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THE BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE.
(Continued from Page 7.)
regions of Slumdom, or to ascend into
the highest realms of culture for the
sake of spiritualizing the entire life
through the intellect.
Two duties then are before us, one
is to keep the stock of human thought
enriched by the ideas and principles
of the gospel of Christ, and the other
is to add to the stock of human en
ergy engaged in the saving of men.
Paul’s incredible labor was as neces
sary to his missionary successes as the
revelation which came to him, not i.y
man nor from man, but from God
“Send them an enthusiast,’’ said Dr.
Price when the first Lord Lansdowne
v asked what 'he should do to reform
the profligates of Caine. “Send them
an enthusiast.” Men with sloppy ig
norance and sleepless energy often
achieve more than individuals cram
med‘ with libraries of knowledge but
void of fire and passion. The best
constructed engine stands still until
the steam is up. The apprehension of
our capital ideas will avail nothing
unless we are ready to hazard our
strength, our money, our efforts for
the salvation of men. The harvest
truly is great, but the laborers are
few. It is work that is needed. “Come
over and help us” is the cry sounding
in our ears from all parts of the world
and specially from southeastern Eu
rope. Churches of opr faith and order
have sprung into existence in Hungary
and Austria, Moravia and Bulgaria,
Bohemia and Bosnia and the Russian
Empire. Thousands upon thousands
have been added to the Lord. They
are persecuted, but they take joyfully
the spoiling of their goods, and with
dauntless courage spread the fire of
their evangelism far and near. They
need our help. They call upon us for
sympathy and guidance in the train
ing of their eager pastors and evan
gelists, colporteurs and missionaries.
They wait our response. It must be
prompt, practical and sufficient. It
must be made now.
'Let us then humbly accept our re
sponsibility for leadership of the reli
gion of the future and go forward to
our place. Pioneers never get the
best pay, but they do the best work;
the work that lasts and comes out of
the fire because it is not inflamma
ble wood, but gold that melted in
the flames is coined afresh, and sent
out again into the currency ot the
ages. Do not wait for others! Do
that which costs. Wait for others and
you will never start. Tarry till Bap
tists are socially popular, and ostra
cism ceases, and the persecutor dis
appears, and you will do nothing. Keep
out of the firing line with your princi
ples, and nobody will know that you
have them. The bewitched forest
heard the lies told by the evil spirit
that the first tree that broke into
blossom in the spring would be with
ered and destroyed, and each tree
fearing the threatened doom waited
for the other to begin, and so the
whole forest remained dark and dead
for a thousand years. Away with fear.
Be ready to endure the cross and de
spise shame. Rise to the courage of
your best moments. Push your con
victions into deeds. Scorn bribes.
Stand true. Be faithful to Christ land
His noly gospel, and so help to lead
the whole world into the light and
glory of His redeeming love.
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tightly into small cups. Turn out the
little molds of spinach onto slices of
hot buttered toast, pour drawn butter
over, and serve at once.
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BEEN BLIND.
The New, York Association for the
Blind has issued a valuable pamphlet
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“It is an astounding fact,” says tne
aflet, “that one fourth of all the
blind children in all the blind institu
tions of this country are unnecessa
rily blind. These children have been
doomed to lifelong darkness because
at the time of their birth their eyes
were not properly washed and treated
by the attending physician or mid
wife.”
The disease, whose medical name
is ophthalmia neonatorum, is an in
fectious one appearing at the time of
birth, and is easily preventable if pre
cautionary measures are taken at
once or within a few hours after
birth; curable if, when it develops,
skilled medical attention can be se
cured quickly; fatal to sight if prompt
preventive and curative measures are
not taken, and ending in total de
struction of the eyeballs.
The pamphlet gives this advice to
all mothers: “When the lids become
red and swollen, are gummed along
their borders when the child sleeps
or cries, and mattery discharge is
mixed with tears, an oculist or a phy
sician should be called immediately,
or the child taken to the nearest dis
pensary. Each hour of delay adds to
the danger. While waiting, bathe the
eyes of the child every half-hour with
pledgets of cottondipped in a solution
of boric acid. Open the lids wide
and allow, the solution, which should
be warm, to flood the eyes and wash
out any matter which may have gath
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“The child should not be fondled,
and none of the appliances whicn
have been used about the eyes and
face should be used for any other
purpose. All of those in the home
should be informed of the danger of
catching the disease by getting the
matter into their own eyes, and no
attention should be paid to those who
say to bathe the eyes with the moth
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and will cause the loss of precious
time by delaying treatment which
might save the child’s sight.”
Twenty-eight years ago it was dis
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nitrate of silver dropped, a single
drop, into each eye of a newborn in
fant would destroy the germs of the
dread disease, and would not injure
the sight of healthy eyes, and this
treatment is now employed by all
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skilled physicians and nurses. But
the fact remains that in spite of the
discovery the proportion of blindness
is almost as large. There are physi
cians who are unworthy the name,
unlicensed nurses and midwives,
whose fitness is altogether question
able, and it is the ignorance and crim
inal carelessness of these persons,
coupled with the unenlightenment of
parents on the subject, that are caus
ing the harm. —The Delineator.
A NATURAL MISTAKE.
The servants were abed and the doc
tor answered the bell himself. A col
ored man stood on the steps holding
a large package.
“Is Miss Matildah, the cook, at
home, sah?’’ asked the man.
“Yes, but she has retired,” returned
the doctor.
“Can I leab dis fo’ her, sah?”
“Certainly,” said the doctor.
He took the bundle, from which flow
ers and buds were protruding, and
after bidding the man good night,
carefully carried it to the kitchen,
where he deposited it, paper and all,
in a pan of water.
The doctor thought nothing more of
the affair until he heard Matilda’s an
gry voice raised in conversation with
the maid.
“Es I had de pusson heah,” cried the
cook, “dat put mah new spring hat in
dis yier dishpan, I’d scald ’fan for she!”
—Exchange.
ENOUGH FOR ONE.
A boy 12 years old with an air of
melancholy resignation, went to his
teacher and handed in the following
note from his mother before taking
his seat:
“Dear Sir: Please excuse James for
not being present yesterday.
“He played truant, but you need not
whip him for it, as the boy he played
truant with and him fell out, and he
licked James and a man they threw
stonies at caught him and licked him,
and the driver of a cart they hung
onto licked him and the owner of a
cat they chased licked him. Then I
licked him when he came home, after
which his father licked him, and I had
to give him another for being impu
dent to me for telling his father. So
you need not lick him until next time.
“He thinks he will attend regular
in future.”
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Willie, age 5, having been told that
a baby sister had just arrived from
heaven, marched into the room and
said: “Now, young lady, tell us all
about heaven before you forget it.”
