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THE NOBLE BEREANS.
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Rev. H. R. McLENDON, at the Friendship Association, Oct. Ist,
isti.'i, at Americus, (la., anti published by request.
“ were more noble tllMlt tliose In
Thesiiilonlcn, In that they received the
word with nil readiness of mind, mid
benrclie.l the s. riptuns dnll.x. whether
those things weft M.. I’helefore IIIIIIIV <»f
them belles cd. ’ V’t' 17. H. I-*.
Though a few brief line-<-<iiii|ii-eh<'ii'l
all that i- Hiii-1 of them in the Script
me- ami though le— prominent than
many whom God has honored with a
place in the Sacred Narrative yet.
throughout all time will tin-re-onl of
the Berean Christian- I by
their brethren in the Lord, and will the
memorial of their wisdom and their
faithfulness prove to Christian hearts a
priceless heritage Their example is a
thing of sacred beauty, preserved to ns
for wi-e and gracious purposes 'I heir
conviction, candor, courage, these are
indeel inspiring' We find in them
i \ desire to know tiietui tii
A happv feat ore t his. A happy sea
ture in any people of whom it may be
said From this one tact alone if from
no other, we should delight to know
their history
| ’/ h< 'I '>blK 'I rmiS'di , o/< I// If) l/ii
Ipoxf//.-: missni/i. They beheld before
them one of the world s greatest teach
ers, proclaiming to them the worlds
greatest good news They respected
his mission, gave him honest at ten
tion. Hence they knew what things
he taught Hence, also, they inquired
the more intelligently into the merits of
what he taught They heard forthem
selves; investigated for themselves, eon
sidered for themselves, met tor them
selves a grave responsibility. < th. how
much we need, but how often we sadly
fail, to secure such attention and inter
est tn people of to day 1
2. 7Vu'/ tistcd his teachings by Ihi
./■ord of Go./, They saw in them such
importance, and felt in them such inter
est.. as led them to search the Scriptures,
and thus inform themselves as to the
correctness of what he said.
How safe such course! How safe for
all condition- for all time 1 Like the
Bereans, should ill betake themselves
directly to the word of God It is the
fountain of religious truth. From it,
for its treasures pure and fresh, must
we receive its content' for ourselves di
re<-tly.
Some, however, whatever their inter
est. pursue a different course. Taking
as true the statements of men. they re
ject the Bible, often not consulting it
at all. Thus, are they easily misled.
Thus, error, aided by unguarded coati
deuce, readily assumes the guise of
truth.
How commendable the example of
the ancient brethren 1 What a glory to
the cause of the < treat Teacher, that all
who woiiiu truly learn of Him. should
accurately acquaint themselves with His
divine instructions, and trustingly be
directed by. and conformed to them,
in their every day thought and life'
We find in them
11. A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THE
TRUTH.
This implies absence of selfish prefer
enee and prejudice, ciruunistances un
favorable to matters of truth and right.
Here, how far they differed from the
Thessalonians, who refused to accept
the truth, and even followed Paul a
distance of some fifty miles, to crush
him and -top his work! Nor are the
latter a necessary acceptance here, for
many there are. even now. who. unwil
ling to accept the truth on points incon
genial to their views, welcome, and
earnestly search for. means of quieting
opposition, and of strengthening them
-elve- in their cherished doctrines Not
so tile Berean Christians, as we behold
them in the text They were not only
desirous to A/io-■ the truth, but willing
> -•-• (>t it They were moved to deep
and hqnest interest.
I. I'hi <1 did not sllff l r llumsib'is
s'- d by ini innr, r< >1 op/ooois. This,
however, is a great difficulty in the way
< f many people They esteem their
views sacred to their character, and to
their honor. Their ideas, in their re
gard, are equivalent to themselves.
These surrendered, they seem to think
that they surrender all.
The Bereans. like others, had opin
ions. Being Jews, they held the Jewish
faith They dobutless cherished it
Being truly 'noble.' however, they
weighed evidence, and cheerfully sur
rendered npiaious, for the truths and
facts of the Gospel. How noble they
were, and how highly pleased was God
with their honest sincerity' How
highly pleased is He with all who. with
them, do likewise!
One should ever be open to convic
tion. Evidence should always take the
place of mere opinion. Its light is of
inconceivable value, and should be ear
nestly sought on all important ques
tions. —especially in matters of inter
denominational, and inter Christian.
Scripture controversy. in alters on
which God's people stand divided Con
troversy does not lessen the importance
of Holy Scripture. It is nevertheless
God's word.—God's will, and the very
nature of our exalted religion demands
that these shall be respected, and that
there shall be Christian harmony with
in the limits of truth and did;/. Any
opposing sentiment works more or less
violence to the evident purpose of
Christ.
3. They dig not suffer themselves con
trolled tiff Ins ill nutl'm, sect. or blood.
How many, on the contrary, do!
How many thus controlled, affirm:
I never can reject the principles of my
people, or espouse a faith, or practice,
different from that embraced by father,
mother, Imsband, wife, or child! How
many there are. who resign honest
thought and research todenominational
tradition, or to the questionable views
of other . ’lms subordinating Godsex
press requirements to the views, or
plans, of men! No such course as these,
however, an in any case be wise, or be
to the glory of < iod < hie may cimsidi r
the viewsol' others, but must, in loyalty
to God, at the same time honestly test
them bj the word of God, and accept
them, or reject them. according
as true >r false. Loved ones may pro
l>ii.. their conceptions of truth, but
must permit us, in all things, to inter
pref and choose for ourselves.
With the Berean Christians, the will
and word of God were supreme. They
realize ! The word of God must be ae
copied The will of < iod must, be ac
compost 'd Noble convictions' Worthy
the names who cherished them! How
sad the lack thereof in many who claim
an interest in the cross of Christ, and
profess a hope of Heaven' In view of
the facts involved, <. q . the disposition
of the renewed heart to accept: that of
the unrenewed, to disregard and reject,
the things of Christ, should there not
be much honest self examination, along
this line, with reference to "whether
ye be in the faith'.'" 2 <'or. 13:5. Alas'
what, m ist we sax of one who either
fears, or hates, even a single precept
of the IL ly Word, and boldly thlMsts it
from his heart and life! The Bereans
did not thus.
3. They cost idnive im r< hmmin siidi
mint. They rose above themselves.
Truth and duty! These were with them
now, qti. stions of supremest moment
Willing to be God's people to be di
reeled by Himself alone, their plans,
to his wise purposes they cheerfully re
signed, sacrificing, now. all conflict
ing preferences. They honored the
voice of I iod. Convenience, reputation,
personal comfort, these seem not to
have on - engaged their minds. Losing
sight of -elves, they were overwhelmed
in thoughts of things divine. How
close to God they were’ They were in
His very arms! We find in them
it'. A GRACIOUS BLESSING THROUGH
THE TRUTH
They had enjoyed an exalted privi
lege, a golden opportunity. They
seized it. improved it. were happily re
warded. the Lord sanctifying their in
terest ami their search for truth, to
their eternal good Oh, to know the
truth: to accept the truth; to enjoy the
blessing ■ of truth !
1. (bid's icord is always practical
mid iri.'i ; is miasurid until by (bids
'inat ch' •iii-Ii r. Hence, always worthy
of our thought and study, the one
treasury of knowledge, as regards our
duties here, our possibilities hereafter.
From it. Gods people have received
stimulus for labor; strength for battle,
support amid heaviest trials, andsorest
disappointments, in all tin ages of tlu
The Bereans did not lightly pass it
by. They weighed it . accepted it;
found in it their wisdom. To them, as
to others, it proved indeed a blessing.
They found, with proud joy, that “Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light,
unto my path." that it is a "Sure word
ot prophecy; whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shin
eth m a dark place." As never before,
they now realized the presence of Him
whosnid, " Lo. lam with you alway:"
1 will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee--." and realizing, rejoiced, with
sweet delight, in hope of God's coming
glory. They realized an unearthly
harmony of themselves with God; a
sweetness of soul: a heavenly peace of
mind They exercised faith in Christ;
they " In lit ri d."
In this world of imperfect knowledge
and erroneous judgment, what a bless
ing is the Bible ! On the deep of hu
man life, what a compass ' On the pil
grimage from earth to Heaven, how
sure and safe a guide ! How worthy of
full reception into our heartsand lives '.
Oh. blessed Bible, how worthy thou of
my sincere regard ! How suited thou
for my continual directory, pointing
me ever to the Cross: to Duty; to the
glorious crown !
The Thessalonians doubtless believed:
The success of Paul will be our loss,
our utter ruin Yet. the work of Paul
meant the very good which they pro
fessed to seek, or which they dreamed,
in sinful blindness, that thev alreadv
had
As thought the Thessalonians, so
think some men to-day. Alas ' what a
mistake ! Dear fellow man, you lose
not. but always gain, in yielding up
error to serve and please the Lord. Oh,
what a mistake, to hold, or endorse,
even mu < rror, for any cause whatever!
The word of God ' The word of God!
It is always practical and wise: is
measured only by His great character.
2. (bid's word nun ns no fruitless hard
ships tn His pnipk. It means their
direction: their encouragement; their
sweetest comfort; their greatest good.
For them, it is all important. To them,
it is indispensable. Things therein which
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX : THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1895.
seem to them of little consequence, are
nevertheless great with God He makes
no useless laws; utters no rash com
mands; never makes mistakes. God is
infinitely great His word is great. In
it, He t»aches no unwise doctrine,
presents no trivial ordinance. In it, He
speaks to us. How grand and glorious
is all He says' How much it all con
corns our welfare ’ How poorly we
could afford to set aside one iota of all
that it presents' Matt, ~r. 17 111 Nothing
God requires is little. With Him, all
is great. The Scriptures should, there
fore, ever be. full authority for you ami
for me. Should ever determine duty,
ever, fulfillment. Should be our con
stant ' rule of faith aud practice.'
3. (bid's word forhids all conjlii'l b<
Iwiin His fuofih nnil Himsilt. Hoc
bids all sidii'litiilis. Lev. 10:1,3. God
demands, at the hands of men, faith
fill translation and strict, honest inter
pretation, ot all His holy utterances,
lie demands prompt and strict con
fortuity to all of His requirements,
ever honoring all He says, whether to
angels, or to men. For avoidable ig
norance, or wilful misconstruction,
here, will He call men to heavy, sad ac
count. How inexpressibly important,
then, that we should know just what
He teaches, in order to know just what
to execute.
<Hi, noble feature of Christian faith,
to accept and do just what God says,
just because he says it -to honor it, be
cause it is God s word, because it is
duty! What pleasure and glory to
God, that we honor Him in just this
way !
The Berean brethren accepted duty
as they found it. All proper honor to
their memory ! Even under the preach
ing of Paul, they consulted the word of
God for themselves directly. Their
commendation is immortal. As of an
other, concerning whom we hear, Matt.
211:13: "Wheresoever this gospel shall
be preached in the whole world, llii'n
shall also-this, that this woman hath
done, lie told for a memorial of her,”
so of them. What an example ! How
fragrant, even to this day, with the at
mosphere of high conviction; holy pin
pose; strong determination for the right!
How different the Thessalonians, who
refused to receive the word; did not
search the Scriptures went on in then
errors! What indifference to God s
glory, and blindness to their own well
being ' So far as indications go. they
never did recover from their sad mis
take. If we say that they were hum st
in what they did, it. nevertheless re
mains that they were wrong, that they
ought to have followed the course of
our brethren of tin- text That their
policy, were if possible, would annihi
late the truth and all its advocates.
That the principle which rejects one
duty, may likewise possibly reject them
all ' Jas’2:lo IL
Permit here two questions
il.i Is it a fact that God uu mis what
He siii/s ’t Does He, or does He not ?
(2.) Is it our duty to observe those
things which God commniids us to ob
serve? Do yon really Inliiri that it is ?
Toeach of these questions, you doubt
less answer. ' Yes ' The mere usk iiui
suggests this, as your ready, appropri
ate reply Brother, if you desire to
please the Lord, simply take Him at
His word, and promp ly do just what
He says. What a mistake te trust the
wild traditions, oi recklessly launch
upon an ocean of varying opinion !
Failure to consult the word of < lod
directly, and from it L arn its precious
teachings, has marred the history of
Christianity from the earliest centuries
until now. The wisdom of God, as ex
pressed therein, how much, how sadly
ignored !
God's word should be forever exalted
Let Christians honor it. whatever the
cost. Let all have the help and sympa
thy of all. in promoting the interest of
every truth and duty Then may we
expect from God. ill gracious approval,
blessings and honor, yea. visitations
of grace and glory, such as have never
been before. Try it. dear Brother, in
your individual life. Let God's will be
your will. God s way your way.
The way of the Lord !
How safe for my pilgrim feet '
The Bible presents that way.
The Biblealone, alone.,
The irill of the Lord '
What an impulse in my soul '
The Bible iirinis that will.
The Biblealone. alone.
The work of the Lord !
< )h. glorious, grand !
The Bible di mauds that work.
The Bible alone, alone.
Thou God of the soul.
Ever reign supreme, supreme'
Be Thou my Guard, my Guide.
My Leader alone, alum.
Then shall it be that 1.
Led on by Thee, led on.
Shall dwell with Theeon high.
Led thither by Thee alone, alone.
Oh. blessed, blessed Lord.
Just take me for Thine own.
Consecrating me through Thy word.
To Thine own Glory alone, alum !
PEN DROPPINGS.
BY 1,, t. V.
Some centuries ago, a simple country
maiden, recognizing the fact that her
country was in a very unhappy condi
tion, fell into the strange hallucination
that she was called of Heaven to rescue
it from the domination of foreign in
vaders. The common people readily
assented to her claim to supernatural
guidance, and the rulers perceiving how
such a superstition could be utilized,
professed the same belief. The dis
couraged patriotism of the French peo
pie was revived aud inspired with the
confidence that they had with them one
divinely commissioned, they intiieted on
the English a succession of defeats.
However, the maiden was eventually
captured, aud her enemies, assenting to
her claim of being something more than
common mortal, burned her as one
holding communion with the powers of
darkness. That all this was supersti
tion. and that she was only a country
girl, honest and patriotic but under the
intlnence of a high wrought enthusiasm,
all candid historians have long since
agreed. But it has pleased His Holi
ness of Rome to extend his arm of in
fallibility over the intervening ages and
to accord to the Maid of Orleans the
rank of saintship. We suspect that this
old Italian honestly believes that his
orders'will affect the condition of the
soul of this woman whose ashes have
been mingling with the elements for
hundreds of years. But that there are
intelligent people of this day who be
lieve his word potent, and almost om
nipotent in the world beyond the grave,
is a most astounding fact. It is true,
however, we presume, that thousands
will now offer prayers to Joan
who two months ago never thought of
honoring her by an invocation. Does
the world grow less credulous as it
grows more intelligent?
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ASKED AND ANSWERED.
BY C E. W. DOBBS, D.D.
Dear Bro Dobbs:—-I am not per
sonally acquainted with yon, but I al
ways read with pleasure what you have
to say in "Asked and Answered.” I
want to make a clear and concise reply
to the above, and as I have no Greek
Testament now, and no special authori
ty on hand, I decided to most respect
fully submit it to you, and ask you, if
not too much, jto give your answer
through the INDWL Ihe Presbyterian
minister promisecP to give me one pas
sage in which baptism is correctly trans
lated sprinkle, amhhe refers me to Heb.
ICH), where r*laul speaks of "divers
washing.” He writes me as follows:
■ Please refer me t j the passage in the
writings of Moses that shows any one
of these 'divers baptisms' to have been
immersion.” Only one is mentioned in
Heb !•. That in the Bfth verse."
He further writes: "Now turn in
your Greek Testament to Mark 7:4
Thar is a tradition of the elders some
thing they claim came down from
Moses. But they know that the conn
try in which he and the fathers prac
ticed these baptisms was remarkably
dry—and a Jewish table, or meal
couch, was a large, clumsy piece of
furniture. Again please point out the
passage where these Mosaic baptisms'
were aught but' sprinklings or pourings,
especially in the desert of Sinai where
they were instituted."
He further asks. "What fulfilled the
prediction, Is. 52:15 and Ezek 3<»:25?
Why does Peter use in Acts 2 17 such
inaccurate words as ‘pour upon' when
speaking of the baptism of the Holy
Spirit?”
He concludes thus: "Here is the gist
of the controversy. We urge that the
Word baptizein means ( essentially ) to
change the state or condition of the
subject, without indicating the mode,
or manner, or instrument by which this
change is effected You (Baptists) that
it means the mode and nothing else.
Now all I have to say is, test these two
definitions by applying them to every
use of the word in ('lassie. Jewish and
Patristic writers, and I think yon will
feel like doing what 1 did long ago;
put this question of the mode of bap
tism on the shelf as a matter of little
moment compared with the cross of
Christ. ”
I will thank you to carefully reply
J. a. R.
Your Presbyterian minister is thresh
ing the old straw of Dale's ponderous,
and already forgotten, volumes on
Classic, Judaic, Christie and Patristic
baptism, which were hailed so enthus
iastically some years ago by the Pedo
baptist world The author was Rev.
J. W. Dale ts Pennsylvania Astohis
contention uiat "Impliziiu means to
change the state or condition of the
subject," it is enough to say that it is
not definition at all it is only an at
tempt to evade what every reputable
Greek authority gives as the meaning
of the Greek word. Dale
coined a word to express his thought
and said baptiziin meant to "inluspose'
But, then, everybody in the the .logic
world laughed at him for his pains.
Conants unanswerable book Bap
tizein" shows beyond all question that
in Classic. Judaic, Christie and Pa
tristie Greek the word means im
merse.
Now as to Heb. 9:10 let an eminent
Presbyterian commentator testify.
Maenight translates: " Only with
meats and drinks, and divers immer
sions and ordinances concerning the
flesh,” and on 1 Pet 3:21 he says that
the resurreetiqn of Jesus is "emblem
atically repr4v*ite<l in baptism." He
also speaks of being "buried in the wa
ters of baptisin' and of "raising the
baptized person out of the water On
Heb. fi:2M»e says: "In the Levitical rit
ual many baptisms, or iuiiiu rsiniis of the
body in water. Were enjoined as emble
matic of that purity of mind which is
necessary to the worshipping of God ac
ceptably. Even the Alethodist com
mentator. Adam Clarke, said that
"baptisms” or immersions of the body
in water, were frequent as religious
rites among the Hebrews We do not
know by what authority your Presby
terian correspondent claims verse 13 as
one of the divers baptisms ' But see
further Rev E. H. Plumptree. D. D..
is one of the most distinguished Episco
palian scholars of England. He was
one of the Canterbury Revisers of the
New Testament. In his notes in Elli
cott's "New Testament Commentary
for English readers.” on Mark 7:4, he
says:
‘Except they- wash.' The Greek
verb differs from that in the preceding
verse, and implies the washing or im
mersion (the verb is that from which
our word baptize comes to us) of the
whole body as the former does of part.
. . . They might have come, in the
crowd of the market, into passing eon
tact with a Gentile, and his touch was
as defiling as if it had been that of a
corpse. "
On Luke U .3S, he says
"Here the word 'washed' (literally,
though, of course, not in the technical
sense, baptized) implies actual immer
sion. or at least a process that took in
the whole body Mark 7:4 shows that
this was the Pharisaic standard of cer
emonial purity."
And that chief of exegetes. the Luth
eran. Meyer, on Mark 7:4 declares that
here, as "everywhere in the New Testa
ment, the word denotes immersion."
But we have no idea this Florida
Presbyterian minister will admit that
these great Pedobaptist scholars knew
anything about the question!
As to Isa. 52 15; Ezek. 3(1:25, and Acts
2:17. let us hear some other equally em
inent Pedobaptist exegetes. If this
minister had taken the trouble to con
sult his library, he would have known
that much doubt attaches to the passage
from Isaiah. The Septuagint ( Greek
translation of the Old Testament ) ren
dered the Hebrew word "sprinkle" in
this-place —by ihrumazo," which cer
tainly does not mean sprinkle.
Dr. Adam Clarke quotes Dr. Jebb.
who renders: "So many nations shall
look on him with admiration." Others
give the sense of to astonish, to throw
into confusion, to cause to leap tor joy.
etc. For example, John Pye Smith, in
his "Four discourses on the Sacrifice
and Priesthood of Christ." quotes
Michaelis: "So shall he be the delight
of the numerous Gentiles.” He quotes
Rosenmuller: "So shall he rouse up
many nations. "
Dr. Albert Barnes, the Presbyterian,
says:
"Whichever of the above meanings
is assigned, it furnishes no argument
for the practice of sprinkling in bap
tism. It refers to his puryifying or
cleansing the nations, and not to the or
dinance of Christian baptism. Nor
should it ever be used as an argument
in referenc to the mode in which that
ordinance should be administered."
The passage froin Ezekiel, Dr. E.
Henderson, in his commentary (Lon
don. 1855). explains as referring to the
restoration of the Jews from their
Babylonian captivity, adding:
"In the fullest sense the promise was
fulfilled in the blessed experience of all
who were truly converted to God, and
returned in a spiritually regenerated
state to Canaan, just as it still is in that
of all who are the subjects of the sav-
ing influences of the Holy Spirit,
whether Jew or Gentile. . . . The
whole is represented symbolically un
der the idea of purification an idea
borrowed from the lustrations of the
Mosaic law.”
Indeed it may be confidently stated
that no standard commentator refers
these passages to baptism. Only con
scious weakness world appeal to them
as proof of affusion in that ordinance.
As the "baptism of the Holy Ghost,"
(though that phrase is not found in the
entire New Testament) is so confidently
appealed to as favoring affusion, it may
be well to give here the comments of
several exegetical scholars, not one of
whom shall be a Baptist. For exam
ple, Lange, as translated by Dr. Schaff,
on Matthew 3:11 says:
"I baptize yon in water, immersing
yon in the element of water. . .
He will entirely immerse you in the
Holy Spirit."
On the same text, Dr. Phimptre
writes:
"As heard and understood at the time,
the baptism with the Holy Ghost would
imply that the souls thus baptized
would be plunged, as it were, in that
creative and informing spirit.
On Acts 1:5:
"Now they were told that their spirits
were to be as fully baptized that is,
plunged into the power of the Divine
Spirit as their bodies had been plunged
in the waters of the .lonian.
The late Dr. Neander. so highly es
teemed as perhaps the ablest evange
lical scholar of Germany and so well
known by his "Planting and Training
of the Christian Church” and his "Life
of Christ, "in chapter 10 of the latter
work, uses this clear language:
"As John's followers were entirely
immersed in the water, so the Messiah
would immerse the souls of believers in
the Holy Spirit, imparted by himself,
so that it should thorougly penetrate
their being and form within a new prin
ciple of life."
Wo said the phrase "baptism of the
Holy Ghost" does not occur in the New
Testament. The phrase is “baptize in
the Holy Spirit not "with." for the
Greek preposition > m ) means "in.' as
in Matt. 3:6 “in Jordan.” and Mark
1:5 “in the river Jordan" surely not
“with the river, etc. It may be added
that Baptists believe that the cross is
more important than baptism, as really
do the Presbyterians Indeed they
make far more of baptism than we do.
as anvone can see by rending their cat
echisms and confession of faith
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Some rumors which are be
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connecting the name of James G.
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the principals in a wedding fixed
for the near future, have called
attention to the family to which
the supposed bride belongs It
is not thought that Mr. Blaine,
who’s now the only surviving
son of the great Maine statesman,
contemplates another matrimon
ial venture. As will be recalled
he was divorced several years
ago from his young wife, who
subsequently married a physi
cian in New York city. Mr.
Blaine, who is nearing thirty
years of age, has no regular oc
cupation, his last employment
being a clerkship in the office of
the Pennsylvania railroad in this
city.
He would be considered fortu
nate in more respects than one if
the rumor in regard to his mar
rying Miss Patten was correct.
The lady is not only wealthy, but
she is a capable business woman
and looks after the affairs of the
family estate with a good deal of
shrewdness. She is the young
est of four daughters, one hav
ing married a former member of
Congress from a Western state.
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Miss Patten’s business talent
was developed, and now she is
considered to have excellent
judgment in regard to property
values. The holdings of the Pat
ten estate in this section of the
country consists largely of Wash
ington real estate. As is well
known the Pattens came from
California,where the father made
a fortune.
It is not unusual to find women
who, while taking a prominent
part in society, also display ap
titude for business, and really
prove successful in the manage
ment of important interests. The
late J ust.ice Strong left three
daughters, two of them bemg
unmarried. While Judge Strong
was not a wealthy man in modern
meaning of that word, still he
had a comfortable fortune and
was the owner of considerable
realestate. The care of this
property will naturally devolve
upon the daughters and it is be
lieved that they are fully equal
to the emergency.
There are other instances
which might be mentioned if it
were necessary to prove the fact
that women are capable of man
aging business affairs. There are
numerous representatives of the
fair sex in active business. In
spite, however, of these facts,
people entertain a delusion
that women are easily
misled in business matters, and
as soon as it is found that the
care of money devolves upon a
a woman then sharpers put in an
appearance aud endeavor to get
a hold of some of it.
A good deal has been said in
the newspapers recently in re
gard to the misfortunes of the
daughter of the late Chief Justice
Chase. An appeal has been
made in her behalf to the friends
of her disting-lishe I father, and
they have contributed towards a
fund which is designed to pre
serve for the use of the daught
er the home near this city which
was occupied for so many years
by the Chief Justice. An extra
vagant method of living and lack
of good management are the
causes which brought about the
sad condition in which Mrs.
Chase now finds herself. She
had lived beyond her means with
a reckless disregard for the fu
ture and it is only the kindness
of people who revere the memo
ry of her father that has saved
her from the usual consequences
of such a lack of business me
thods.
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Is there nothing that Christ,
as your Friend, your Lord, your
Saviour, wants you to do that you
are leaving undone today? Do
you doubt one instant that with
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became his partner.
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when I broke that window,’’ he
used to say.
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respond, “what a lucky day
it was when you were not
afraid to tell the truth.”
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