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ELLUAY COURIER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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ELLIJAY, GA.
After all. Icebergs are not half as
dangerous as automobiles.
The rattle of the lawn mower n»w
makes life merry in the suburbs.
The male mosquito does not bite
anyone. He gives precedence to the
lady.
“Women first” should be the rule In
the street cars as well as on the
liners.
Much poetry will have to be rewrit¬
ten if the 24-hour clock is to come into
general use.
An Indiana farmer is planning to
eow his oats by aeroplane. Wild oats,
presumably.
No, Belinda, it is not from econom¬
ical motives that statesmen strive to
save the party.
A New York tailor says motoring
enlarges the chest, but he does not
mean the money chest.
It takes more than a mere court de¬
cision to disturb the steady clicking
of the faithful gas meter.
An American woman piloted the
first airship across the English chan¬
nel—the first one by a woman.
A Connecticut youth has played the
piano continuously for 65 hours, which
gives the endurance record to his
neighbors.
A Chicago woman is seeking divorce
because of her husband’s fondness for
onions. Sour pigs’ feet are, however,
worse still.
Charles Prohman, who is In a po¬
sition to know, would have us believe
that tall chorus girls have run short
iof popularity.
A doctor says that card playing
stupefies the mind. Evidently the doc¬
tor never sat in a game with two good
poker players.
A Chicago judge has ruled that a
is not competent to help select
wife’s gowns. Hooking them is
ecialty.
as once a railroad
a beggar in New
get a job as a
Die ship gets
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was one.
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reet in a costume
but a hat Chi
did care for
said to have re¬
ach of blindness
tli were extracted,
s the dentist’s bill
yes.
claims that he was
scend by an attack of sea
ut if he had been a real dyed
e wool nature faker he would
e made it flying fish.
The spring robin is shot down south
and frozen to death up north. , His
life is short and full of trouble.
The cotton manufacturers still cling
to the idea exemplified in that sugges¬
tion of boosting the market by getting
Chinese to lengthen their shirts. Now
they want women to widen their
skirts.
The Englishman who had a walking
stick made of the love letters he had
received during his courtship possibly
would be peeved if the young woman
borrowed it and wore it out over his
shoulders.
A New York court holds that a man
with an income of $160,000 a year is
not In affluent circumstances. At the
same time, he is able to buy a square
meal occasionally, and hand the waiter
a modest tip.
A New Jersey woman got a verdict
from a sympathetic jury against an
ungallant man who called her “an old
maid.” It is necessary to impress the
fact that old maids in these feminist
times are as extinct as the dodo.
The tailor who has discovered that
automobiling enlarges the chest evi¬
dently forgot to measure the head.
The reason why a ship Is called
“she” appears to be because the ship
Is always alleged to be “the last word
in naval construction” and never turns
out to be.
A New York couple waited eight
years before they were joined in the
holy and everlasting bonds of wed¬
lock. Plenty of time to think about
the fatal step.
About the middle of August you
may be sorry you took pity on the first
fly of the season and let it escape.
There are too many idle men in the
world, announces a Boston suffragist.
Here’s a challenge to the average
spinster who has been thinking that
there aren’t enough.
And now the peanut crop is threat¬
ened by a parasite. The country may
have to drop politics for a while and
turn its attention to the succor of this
necessity of life.
Flower
Maidens
(Copyright, 1912, Press.) by Associated Literary
“Everybody laughs at us,” said Vio¬
let
“Well, why shouldn’t they?” Lily,
who was big, black-haired and red¬
cheeked, demanded. “Could there pos¬
sibly be anything more incongruous
than our names? The idea of your be¬
ing Violet when you have boyish
tastes and red hair and hate clinging,
droopy, feminine things. As for me,
I am more like a cabbage than a lily,
and Rose is plain and practical and
not a bit of a beauty, and Pansy isn’t
a bit thoughtful—she’s like you—she
cares more for the out-of-doors and
horseback and tennis than for any¬
thing housewifely.”
‘Iris is the only one whose name
fits her,” said Violet, slowly. “She’s
so tall and stately, and she dresses to
suit her name—she looks so well in
her lavenders and purples.”
“Yes, she does,” said Lily, without
enthusiasm, “but she gets them at the
expense of all the rest of us, Vi.”
Vi nodded. “She has a new mauve
chiffon for the Country club dance.
It’s a lovely thing, with a purple vel¬
vet panel and some touches of silver
green. She is a perfect reproduction
of her name flower in it.”
“The rest of us will go in old
gowns,” said Lily, bitterly. "I don’t
care for myself—but you are the
youngest, Vi, and you haven’t had
your chance.”
“Don’t worry about me,” said VI,
bravely. “I’ll wear my old green silk.
And I have mother’s pearls.”
"Poor mother,” said Lily, slowly.
"How all of her plans for us have
failed! When she married a man
named Flower, she made up her mind
that if there was ever a girl baby it
should be called by a blossom name.
And there were five of us, and I was
the first and we are all so plain, and
her sense of eternal fitness is only sat¬
isfied by Iris’s beauty—but she loves
us—dear mother."
The little woman who came in at
this moment had an appealing look in
her eyes. “What shall you wear to
the dance, Violet?” she asked.
"My green silk,” said Vi, "and Lily’s
going to make over her old white
lace.”
“I am sure you will look very nice,”
the mother said. Then with some
hesitation: "I was sorry to give Iris
the only new gown, but she really
needed it, didn’t she?”
In the face of that wistful appeal
the two girls gasped hastily. “Of
Violef as the lit¬
tle woman went wearily on her way.
"Iris positively holds her up for new
clothes."
"Did you know,” said Idly, slowly,
"that Bob Taylor will be at the
dance?”
Violet whirled around. “He is home
from the Philippines? Oh, Lily, who
told you?”
“He called up. He wanted to see
you. I answered the ’phone and told
him you were at Lancaster and
wouldn’t be back until today. And
then Iris said she wanted to talk to
him, and he came over Sunday.”
“And he’s going to take her?” Vio¬
let demanded.
“Yes—that’s the reason for the new
gown.”
“I see.”
There was silence after that, and
presently the sisters kissed and sep¬
arated. But the kiss was the token of
their understanding.
“It’s a shame,” Lily confided later
to Pansy, “Bob has always liked Vi
best. But Iris—oh, you know Iris.
She makes all the rest of us seem
rough and rude by comparison.”
“Perhaps we are,” said Pansy, cheer¬
fully, “perhaps it wouldn’t hurt us to
mend our manners, Lil.”
“Perhaps not,” Lily was absorbed
in her argument, "but he likes Vi’s
breeziness, and now—oh, if Iris
breaks this up. I’ll feel as if I couldn't
forgive her.”
"She doesn’t understand,” said
Pansy, gently,'“what it means to feel
deeply—and perhaps we have all made
her selfish, Lil. We just let her have
things and she doesn’t realize that we
go without.”
“Well, if she butts in with Bob and
Vi,” said Lily, slangily, “I shan’t for¬
give her in a minute.”
“If Bob lets her break it off,” said
plain Rose, who was sewing placidly
by the window of the little sitting
room, “he won’t be worth keeping.”
"That’s so," said Pansy.
The night of the Country club dance
Vi wore her old silk. The cut was
somewhat out of date, so that her
Humor at a Naval Court
Sailors, Unused to Proceedings, Cause
Much Merriment Among the
Spectators.
At a naval court of inquiry, in New
York, much unconscious humor was
exhibited. The sailors called as wit¬
nesses were quite unused to such pro¬
ceedings, and went about their work
very much as a Sioux Indian might be
expected to conjugate a Greek verb.
One of them—Bill Bubbles—came
shuffling forward, his eyes hunting all
round the room, as if In search of
some place of safety. “Come here,”
said the admiral. He came, of course,
upon the wrong side. “No. here!
What’s your name?” “Bubbles."
“What's all of it?” “BUI Bubbles.”
“Bill Bubbles, take the book.”
“Book, sir?” “Yes, here!” The ad¬
miral stood up. placing his eye¬
glasses astride of his nose, peered
through them at the unhappy Bubbles,
and held out the Bible. Bubbles made
a motion as If to take the Bible, per¬
haps thinking it a gratuity. “No, no!
just place your hand on It.” Bubbles
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slender figure looked bulky when com¬
pared to the modish silhouettes about
her. Iris, graceful and ethereal, was
the best dressed woman in the room.
Lily, raging, sat out a dance in the
palm room with Bob Taylor.
“I’m going to tell you all about It,”
she almost sobbed. “VI had to come
in that old dress, because Iris was so
selfish. The rest of us always wear
old things. Iris has the best”
Bob, being a gentleman, hated fam¬
ily quarrels. Hence he defended Iris.
“She makes her gowns, she tells me,”
be said, "and thus reduces the ex¬
pense.”
“We all make our things," said Lily,
indignantly, "except Vi-”
“VI is not housewifely," Bob said,
gently; “she is a dear girl, but—no—
she is not housewifely." Then he
left her.
Left alone, Lily wept, and then
there came to her a man whom she
seemed to recognize in spite of the
added years which had given him
height and strength and beauty.
“Philip Boone,” she cried, “when did
you come?”
“An hour ago,” he said. ‘T went
first to the house—I wanted to see Vi
—but your mother sent me here.”
“To see Vi-” The words rang In
Lily's head. Philip had always loved
Vi, since the little girl days when he
asked her to marry him—and he was
worth ten Bob Taylors. But Philip
had been away for years, and Bob had
had the field to himself. Before she
could stop herself Lily told him of her
indignation because VI must dance in
an old gown.
Philip laughed. “Is she as sweet as
ever?" he demanded.
“Sweeter,” said the enthusiastic
Lily.
“I’ve come back to marry her if I
can,” said the young man. “I felt I
hadn’t a right to ask her until I was
able to support a wife.”
Lily confided the news to Pansy
that night. “I believe Vi always liked
him best, but she couldn't understand
why he didn’t write.”
The following week there came for
Vi a package by express.
It was a wonderful gown, all white
and silver, with an underslip of palest
green. There was a wreath of white
violets for the red-gold hair and a
trailing bunch of the same flowers for
her corsage. There was no card, no
name, but at last they found a slip of
paper on which was written in fem¬
inine script:
“Ask no questions, ear, but wear.
This pretty gown to make you fair.”
“I believe Philip Boone sent it,”
Lily confided late that night to Pansy,
“but I was afraid to say so to mother,
for of course Vi couldn’t accept it un¬
der such circumstances.”
"Well, mother thinks it came from
Aunt Felicia, and she’s going to write
and find out; but anyhow Violet can
wear it to the charity ball, and Iris
won’t outshine her this time.”
Violet was the belle of the charity
ball. Even Iris’s delicate beauty could
riot compete with the youth and rap¬
ture which gave her sister such won¬
derful charm.
“Isn’t she a beauty?” Philip Boone
said to Lily, esctatically. “Where in
the world did she get that gown, Lil?
It suits her down to the ground.”
—so he cAdn’t send it," Lily,
when she .could get Pansy in a cor¬
ner, “but who did?”
That night) Vi crept into Lily’s
room. “Oh, Lily, Lily,” she said, “I’m
so glad that Iris switched Bob Taylor
off.”
“Why, dearest?”
“Because—I like Philip best. I al¬
ways did. But when he went away to
college and then went into business,
and didn’t write, I decided that he
didnt’ care any more. And so I tried
to get interested in other people. And
Bob was so kind—and I wanted to be
loved—to be happy—and so I thought
I could be content with second best—
but I couldn’t—and now Philip wants
to marry me—and I told him I would—
Lily.”
A letter from Aunt Felicia came
the next morning. “Of course I didn’t
send the dress,” it said, “I haven’t
money for such frivolities.”
“Then, who sent it?” the little
mother asked. Suddenly her face
hardened. “Do you suppose that some
man was impertinent enough to do it?
If so, you can’t wear it again, Vi.
Never—it is preposterous.”
"Oh, mother.” Vi’s eyes were full
of tears. “There’s the Mercers’ dance
tomorrow, and I haven’t anything
else.”
“But just the same, you mustn’t be
seen in it.”
Then Iris, who had been looking
out of the window, came forward.
“Let her wear it, mother,” she said
gently. “I bought it.” At her aston¬
ishing declaration the girls gasped,
but she went on steadily. “It wasn’t
until I saw Vi in that frumpy green
gown the other night that I realized
how selfish I had been. So—I sold
the ring Aunt Felicia gave me last
year, and bought the gown. I didn't
want to be unfair. If—if Bob liked
Vi best—I wanted him to have her.
But, now that she's engaged to Philip
—it won’t hurt her if I marry Bob,
Vi.”
The younger sister flew to her.
“You darling,” she said, and her head
went down on Iris’ shoulder.
put up his left hand. “No, you.- right
hand.” Bubbles put up both hands.
The admiral seized the left one be¬
tween his thumb and finger and re¬
moved it. The right remained. “Now,
Bubbles.” “Yez’r.” “Do you solemnly
swear that the evidence you will give
in this case shall be the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help you God?” “Yez’r.”
“Well, then, kiss the book.” “Hey,
zur?" “Kiss the book.” “Kiss it.
zur?” “Yes, kiss it.” Bubbles looked
around appealingly, but there seemed
to be no help for It, so he placed him¬
self squarely on his feet, drew a long
breath, bent over the Bible, and pro¬
duced a noise which made the admiral
jump. For an instant, the Bible
seemed to be in peril, and the admiral,
rescuing it with a sudden pull, looked
sternly at Bubbles and said, slowly:
“Go yonder and sit dow-n.” Another
witness had had trouble with Lieuten¬
ant Lumley. “He says, sezee, ‘Ef you
wasn’t so smal,’ sezee, ‘I’d knock you
out of sight.’ sezee. Td like to see
you do It,’ says I. Also he done it”
Mjmtional
SuNMrSora
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even
in* Department, The Moody Bible In¬
stitute of Chicago.)
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HYPOCRISY AND SINCERITY.
GOLDEN TEXT—“Take heed that you
do not your righteousness before men, to
be seen of them; else ye have no reward
with your Father which is In Heaven."—
Matt. 6:L
Someone has called attention to the
“huts” of God as recorded in the
Scriptures, showing that they always
lead to something good and contrasts
them with those of men that are always
the introduction to some derogatory re¬
mark. In something resembling this
the words of Jesus, “Take heed,” are
tremendous with import.
Doing was the greatest thing In the
Jewish religion that Jesus came to set
aside * when he established his new
kingdom. It is easy for a man to try
to do for himself in order to merit
God’s favor. It is hard to let God do
for us and we to accept his finished
work.
In this lesson there is one inclu¬
sive word and three illustrations. This
word is the word "righteousness” sub¬
stituted in the Revised Version for
the word “alms” in verse one. The
three lines of application or illustra¬
tions used are, first, that we shall
make our righteousness secure by so
doing our alms as not to be seen of
men; second, that In the saying of
our prayers we shall not, like the
hyprocrites, desire to be seen of men,
and third, that in the keeping of our
fasts and our vigils we do them, not,
as do hyprocrites, that the multitudes
may observe and comment thereon.
In another lesson upon this mani¬
festo of Jesus we studied the subject
of the law and in it he summarized it
all by telling us that except our righte¬
ousness shall exceed the righteousness
of these Scribes and Pharisees, whom
John the Baptist designated as a gen¬
eration of vipers—hypocrites, we shall
in no wise enter Into this new kingdom
which Jesus came to establish.
Righteousness He Demands.
In the lesson Jesus shows us the
difference between their righteous¬
ness and the righteousness which he
is demanding of the subject of his
kingdom. He demands that our righte¬
ousness shall seek its approval not
from nor among men but of God. The
motive which must govern is the
glory, not of man but £f God, not
man’s approval but the approval of
God. In verse two the word “alms”
Is retained and hence the first Illus¬
tration has to do with our “doing of
alms” i. e., our relations to men about
ns, our right-ness. The doing of alms
has no fundamental connection with
any any question question of of honesty honesty between between man man
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Ing to the strict interpretation of civil
law is no part of duty. There Is no
reason why the business man should
give away his earnings provided he is
just in his dealings and does not de¬
fraud in his transactions. Yet we do
see men making great gifts and bene¬
factions to the cause of philanthropy.
Why? Jesus lays bareWhe secret
when he says, “that they may have
the glory of men.”
Next Jesus takes up the subject of
prayer. Again our attention is drawn
to the fact that the exercise of firayer
has but little to do with our relations
to men. True it is these relations
must be right before we can come to
God acceptably but prayer is to be di¬
rected to God and not to man. Apart
from our belief In God, why should we
pray? Commercial or other inter-rela¬
tionships do not require prayer, why
then pray? The keen blade of Jesus’
logic again reveals the Innermost se¬
cret, “that they may be seen of men,”
and such an idea of righteousness is
repugnant in the kingdom of Jesus.
We now come to the third illustra¬
tion, the keeping of fasts. Fasting
does not and never has appealed to
the natural man. Naturally it is re
pugnant and distasteful and yet we
see men making a show of fasting and
imposing a like burden upon others,
why? “That they may be seen of
men.” Is there, then, no place for,
nor ministry in fasting? Certainly
there is. True fasting, however, con¬
sists in foregoing and abstaining for
the “glory of God."
God the Final Judge.
It is a sad fact that much of our len¬
ten fasting and of our abstemiousness
upon Fridays is that it shall be seen
of men and not because of any real ap¬
preciation of the underlying need or
sense of the principles of fasting.
This lesson is a great warning that if
we condition our righteousness upon
the approval of man it will have no re¬
ward whatever of God. The ostenta¬
tious or unctious display of phil¬
anthropy will receive its reward from
men and weighs naught.
In so doing we are hut selfishly
seeking to exalt and this is always an¬
tagonistic to God who is properly jeal¬
ous of the glory which is rightfully his.
Our exaltation should be of God, not
from man. If our prayers are but
external forms repeated to make an
impression upon men, like that one
said to be “the finest prayer ever of¬
fered to a Boston audience,” we need
expect no answering reply from the
throne on high. If our fasting Is pa¬
raded before men as an outward show
to create in the minds of men a false
estimate of our spiritual lives, we must
look to men for our reward and not to
God for it has no merit that will
avail with him.
How the honest heart of mankind
rebels at the suggestion of affected
piety for personal, material, gain or ad¬
vantage. Hypocrisy is, however, sub¬
tle. For ona to appear friendly and
then to talk about or to abuse an¬
other’s hypocrisy is to live the lie.
Mr. Moody’s rebuke to the man who
boasted after an all night prayer serv¬
ice that his face shone was, “MoseB
wist not that his face shone.” It is
not the piety that is wrong but the
contemptible counterfeit
REARED FAMILY IN ARCTICS
Pittsburg Minister Lived With the
Eskimos for Sixteen
Years.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Pittsburgers are
known the world over for their inter*
est in the foreign mission field and
the<r generous support to this great
cause of Christian endeavor. Thou¬
sands of dollars are sent every year
from the Pittsburg churches, repre¬
senting every denomination whose
active agents are engaged in the
beneficent work of evangelizing the
millions of inhabitants of the regions
where the story of the Gospel and its
teaching are as yet a new tale.
Much interest is being taken at
present in the missionary effort made
by Rev. Adolph G. Stecker and his
devoted wife, who, after having spent
nearly a generation beneath the Arc¬
tic circle, are now resting in quiet
retirement in the Whit afield house at
Nazareth, Pa., which is conducted by
the Society of the United Brethren
Old Greek Church Sitka.
for Propagating the Gospel Among
the Heathen, or the Moravian Church,
as it Is better known, Rev. Stecker
and his wife worked untold wonders
In bringing the Alaskan Eskimos
under the beneficial influence of civ¬
ilization.
Rev. Stecker, who is still less than
sixty years of age, hardy and strong,
and so Inured to the Arctics that the
coldest weather of the past winter
was to him like a breath of spring,
was sent, in 1884, with his wife, by
the general mission board of the
Moravian church, as a missionary
among the Eskimos of Labrador,
where he labored until 1900. Nearly
all the time he was there his work
was beyond the timber line, in the
most northern station.
While there three children were
born to them, one son and two daugh¬
ters. He acquired a knowledge of the
language of the people to such an ex¬
tent that he could readily preach to
them. His children were sent to Ger¬
many at the age of eight to ten years,
where they were educated. They
never saw a horse until, on their wary
from Labrador, they arrived in Loli
don. In 1900 lie watfjc; jalled by tie
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sion work on the Kuskok Kuskokwinro river,
in Alaska, where he labored until
1910, when the illness of his wli e
compelled him temporarily to reelg n
and return to the states, where, aft 't
ten years of separation, the paren ;s
and children were reunited.
Rev. Stecker in his work in Alaska
covered a territory about as large as
the state of Maine, but its total popu¬
lation is only about 2,500. Increase
in the population is slow owing
the unsanitary conditions that abound.
Shortly after the arrival of Rev. and
Mrs. Stecker there was an outbreak
of measles, and it reduced the popu¬
lation by 1,000. Such a frightful con¬
dition shows more than any amount
of preaching the need of missionary
work in the Arctic regions, one of the
chief aims of the missionaries being
to instill some idea of the value of
hygiene and sanitation into the minds
of the natives. In this aim the Uni¬
ted States government is nobly fol¬
lowing up the pathway first cut out
by the mission workers.
ART PURCHASE MAKES STIR
President of Royal Academy Wants
Law Giving Government Option
on Paintings.
London.—At the annual banquet of
the Royal academy Sir Edward J.
Poynter, the president, paid a warm
tribute to the late Edwin A. Abbey.
Referring to H. C. Frick’s purchase
of a Rembrandt from Lord Favorsham
for $250,000, Sir Edward recommend¬
ed the passing of a law requiring own¬
ers to give the government, an option
on valuable works before selling to
outsiders.
Prime Minister Asquith and First
Lord of the Admiralty Churchill also
spoke. Mr. Asquith said the country
could not view with equanimity the
sale of great paintings abroad, but at
the same time cannot expect the Brit¬
ish taxpayers, on whose shoulders rest
so many heavy burdens, to enter into
competition with the millionaires of
the world.
American Ambassador Reid and
John Hays Hammond of the Panama
Pacific exposition commission were
among the guests.
Parting Kiss May Kill Daughter.
Laporte, Ind.—When her father was
taken away from her on being strick¬
en with smallpox, Miss Joy Earl defied
the health officers by saying that she
would kiss him if it killed her. She
threw her arms about his neck and
hugged him. She was taken 111 and
now Is near death.
Drowns as Fish Pulls Him Into River.
Philadelphia.—Dragged into the
Delaware river by a large fish that
had caught on the hook of his line,
which he had wrapped about his waist,
John Holmes, aged fourteen years,
was drowned. A police tug recovered
the body several hours later. The fish
had bent the hook and freed itself.
Whiskey Affects Fish.
Findlay, Ohio.—Authorities emptied
seventeen gallons of confiscated whis¬
key into the river near a fishing hole.
For an hour fish wallowed apparently
drunk on tjj.e surface of the strsam.
Spiritual Gifts and
How to Find
Them
By Rev. H. W. Pope,
Superintendent ei Men of Moody Bible intitule,
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Every believer at conversion is
united to the body of Christ, and
thereby becomes a member. Each
member has some function to per¬
form, just as the hand or eye has in
the physical body. “To every man his
work.”
As each member has some function
to perform, so also he has some gift,
for the great head of the church does
not expect the members to serve
without a capacity for service. “The
manifestation of the spirit is given
to every man.” (I Cor. 12:7).
Every believer is bound to believe
that he has some spiritual gifts, even
if he has not discovered it, and even
if other people think and say that he
has none. God says he has, and that
settles it, and the humblest believer
will find. If he is willing to wait, and
work, and pray, that God's promise is
true.
When Dwight L. Moody was exam¬
ined for church membership one of
the deacons went home and told his
family, that of all the people whom
he had ever examined, young Moody
was about the most unpromising.
Events proved that God’s promises are
more reliable than a deacon’s judg¬
ment.
The spiritual gifts which believers
receive are not of their own selec¬
tion, but are such as God chooses to
confer upon them. “Dividing to ev¬
ery than severally as he will.” “God
hath set the members every one of
them in the body as It hath pleased
him.” (1 Cor. 12:11, 38).
Spiritual gifts are not conferred on
us for our own benefit, but “for the
perfecting of the saints, for the ivork
of the of ministry, Christ” for the edifying ofi of, 1 the
body (Eph. 4:12). Too oft¬
en this is forgotten, and many a fee¬
ble church has unemployed talent
enough in its membership to make it
a mighty spiritual power, if only It t
members would exercise their gifts.
I. Many Christians question seriou: -
ly whether they, have any spiritua 1
gift, and the devil encourages them
in this belief. So long as he can keei;
them inactive in the master’s servict,
they give him little trouble. As '
i
rule this notion arises from the fact
that they have never attempted bav^ a**y
kind of Christian work. They
never tried earnestly to meter any
spiritual need, and hence they do not
know what they can do. A duck
would never know that It could swim
if it did not attempt It.
Gifts Are Different.
It Is a great mistake to suppose that
al.' spiritual gifts are necessarily gifts
of speech. By no means. What a
misfortune it would be if the body of
Christ were all mouth! Let it never
be forgotten that the eye and the ear,
the hand and the foot are just as im¬
portant as the mouth. Romans
12:6-15 shows what a great variety of
gifts the spirit confers on the mem¬
bers of the body. Among them is
cheerfulness, hatred of evil, patience
in suffering, prayerfulness, and hospi¬
tality. The fact is that many spirit¬
ual gifts are not recognized as such.
About two years ago I was present,
at a football game between Yale and
Princeton. On the grand stand were
nearly twenty thousand people Di¬
rectly back of me sat a young lady
accompanied by a gentleman. She
was one of those healthy, happy girls
that carry sunshine with them wher¬
ever they go. Whenever a good play
was made, she gave vent to her en¬
thusiasm in the heartiest manner.
Finally, a Yale man caught the ball
and, making a fine end play, he ran
down the field in triumph. Springing
to her feet, she threw up her hat, coat,
and everything about her that was
loose, and shouted, “Oh, I am so glad
I was born.”
The young man seemed equally
glad, and I am frank to confess that
I shared his sentiments! Such splen¬
did enthusiasm! What would it be
worth to the cause of Christ? How
it would inspire a church, or put new
life into a dead prayer meeting, or
make even drudgery seem delightful.
You may not have the gift of en¬
thusiasm, but perhaps you have cour¬
age to attempt hard things, or a pa¬
tience that never tires, or a cheerful¬
ness that is contagious, or the faculty
of making others see things as you do,
or the gift of appreciating other peo¬
ple’s good qualities, which i3 one of
the finest of all. You certainly have
some gift, for God says so.
II. How can one ascertain what his
gifts are? By going to work for
Christ. As a rule no one knows what
gifts he possesses until he begins to
use them.
Unless we employ our gifts, they
will be taken from us, for the law
which governs all our faculties is this
—use them or lose them. Mr. Charles
Darwin in early life was very fond of
poetry, and passionately fond of mu¬
sic. He became Interested in natural
science, and eventually devoted his
life to it. In his last year/; he testi¬
fied that his scientific studies had so
completely changed his tastes that he
no longer cared for poetry, and music
caused him positive torture. In other
words, he had lost certain gifts by
disuse.
In the twelfth
chapter of First
Corinthians, and
usually In Paul’s
writings, the
church is repre¬
sented as the
body of which
Christ is the
head. As the head
directs the body,
and through it
gives expression
to its will, so
Christ expresses
his will through
the church, which
is his body.
The Negative.
The Questioner—But really, Mr
Smith, If, as you say, you knew I
didn’t love you, I don't see why you
expected me to marry you?
The Rejected—Well, I know you’re
frightfully modern and cosmopolitan
and all that sort of thing, don't you
know; and so, of course, I thought I
should come In on the “marriage de
convenance” ramp.—The Sketch.
BABY’S ECZEMA AND BOILS
“My son was about three weeks old
when I noticed a breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub¬
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arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in a few days became a solid
scab. I became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro¬
nounced the disease eczema. The lit¬
tle fellow was under treatment for
about three months. By the end of
that time, he seemed no better. I be¬
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use of Cutlcura Soap and Ointment,
and in a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healdd, and his shoulders,
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
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“During his teething period, his
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His complexion was soft and beauti¬
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Sept. 24, 1910. Although Cuticura
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Manila to Play Tennis.
The city of Manila is building ten
tennis courts for the use of the public
in the sunken gardens opposite the
city hall. The courts will have the
accompaniments of baths, lockers and
reading rooms, which will be made
by transforming the bastion near Vic¬
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Gftrticid Tea is admittedly the simplest and
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While it is good fun to sow wild
oats, the reaping, paradoxical as it
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