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|| CHAT j|
Luciles allusion will bring many a
picture to the minds of her readers, pic
tures that mayhap have hung on mem
ory's wall, obscured by the dust of time,
since the happy days of early youth.
Most of us used to go to some church
where Mr. B. and Mr. C. held the tune
"coming and going,” as the boys used.
to say. We have new books in our
church; in fact, we have a new church
at home, and I think a new pipe organ
will greet me the neat time I go there;
but the spot is not so hallowed to me as
the old church and its surroundings. This
country is in such a state of transition
that we haven’t the old, old associations
that older countries possess and appre
ciate. I did not enjoy anything as much
as I did the old churches of New York.
And the Aquarium appealed to me, too—
its history has been so varied and so full
oF interest. Boston is full of old associ
ations, and cur own loved Charleston,
Savannah and St. Augustine are in line
with them. They are so near home that
oil of us should make it a point to visit
them and know their history. Florida has
all sorts of Spanish traditions and land
marks. Not far from my brother s coun
try home was a corduroy road that was
a part of the road built by DeSoto in
his famous march. I have been away
from tUere so long that I have forgotten
many of the chronicles, and I wish that
some of our readers in Florida would
send us some sketches of the Spanish
traditions.
Mr. Duke, most probably, can tell us
some interesting things about the state,
and we would all enjoy hearing about
the wonders ho visited. Near my home is
a coacade that supplies a basin on whose
surface there la never a ripple, and its
water is as dark as if the sun never
shone there, contrary to most of the
water in Florida. There is no outlet, so
far as eye can see. for the water flowing
tn. but three or four miles from there is
a small river rushing out of the ground
.and noisily making its way to the gulf.
Near my mother’s plantation was a
series of those basins. They drained the
country for miles around. Sometimes the
rumor would g 6 abroad that VS lid Cat
Sink was going dry. a roaring noise
would be heard for a long distance, and
people from everywhere would flock there
to get fish, for they were stocked, and
when the water went through the bot
tom of one of these basins the flsh were
left high and dry. and were hauled off
by whoever was there to feet them. As a
child. I’ve walked over the bottom of
eacn one, holding my breath for fear I
might go through; and they were a source I
of wonder to me. whether they were full i
of water or only deep, hollow basins.
• • •
From Florida, with its tropical fruits •
and disappearing waters. to Georgia,
with thermometer down to 6, is a long
leap, but that is the way things stand
up here
Friday the wind blew at the rate of 60;
miles an hour, the streets were full of j
people who left home in their usual attire
and they were hurrying to get something
heavier. I wore no veil that morning, and ■
when I started out at 4 p. m. the wind j
cut like a knife. Men were chasing their
hats. women were holding on to theirs ■
with both hands, and skirts were flutter
ing in all directions.
All of Friday night the wind blew like |
a storm, everything that could rattle |
added its quota to the noise, and Satur- '
day was no better. I had my veil by that 1
time, and took an unfrequented street
home. I needed the exercise, and a long. ;
heavy coat, my hat tied secure with the ;
two yards of veiling made me compara
tive independent of the blasts. Then it :
was 18 above sero; at 9 it was 10 above,
and Sunday It had dropped to 6. Who j
aaya January did not get back her win
try reputation’ Some of the girls started
to grumble, but I said. "No, not a word.
You have had the nicest winter of your
Ilves, and if the next two months are
sleet and slush, don't make a complaint.”
They know how I dread the cold, so all
of them decided that if I could stand it.
they could.
While we are thinking of mottoes and
good resolutions, let us resolve, or make
a motto to the effect that we will look
for the good in everything that happens.
There never was much bad that couldn’t
be worse, so let's extract the good and
leave the other.
Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
How Mistakes Are Made
Dear ■oosebold—l want to tell you of a
blunder are made recently. Our elghty-flve
bens had not furnished us with more than
fifteen dozen eggs since last spring So we
resolved to get rid of every one of them
and get some pure-bred brown Leghorns.
They are said to be excellent layers, but
■est-setters, and that is what we want, as
I am going to try an incubator.
We knew what our home market was giving
for poultry, and we were waiting till about
Match to sell ours, when there would not be
no much pork and more demand for chickens.
A lumberman from another town was telling
ua what he had to give for chickens to eat.
■nd it was such a good price that we bunched
ours right Into the warn one Friday evening.
■nd early the next morning Mr. W— carrier
them over
While he was gone I was thinking of the
neat tittle sum we wculd have to Invest in
nure-brel chickens, an Incubator and a nice
yard for the little chicks. A little after
> dark he came In with bls usual smile. And
I Just knew everything was all right. When
I made inquiry as to why he was lighting
the lantern. be said: “I thought I had better
let the thickens out after a twelve-mlle ride
and hack tn such a close place.”
A lumberman can tell the Drice of lumb-r
■nd •'drive" an automobile, but cannot always
tell what chickens are bringing. Perhaps. h»
remembers what he gave* for the last one he
bought The next time we will write the
marketrwn before carrying off the chickens.
. but I wish the local naners would give the
local market reports. Why don’t they? How
ever I have not given up mv cherished plans,
but am only watting for chickens to bring a
good artre.
I am glad Countrv Contributor wrote tha»
letter telling about the use and care of aluml
• nun-, wave. J wonder If anv of our readers
have used denatured alcohol stoves for cook
ing. and If thev are satisfactory? .
In a sample copy of a paper I got yester
day there is a vers* on the calendar for today:
“Slowly have I learned
£* Not to hurrv. not to worry;
Also slowly learned
While I'm here not to fear—
a All Is tn tlod's hand '
Ln a taper I take, here is what I saw on
Resolutions:
"A rood start d >es not Insure a good record
throughout; but nA gnod record was ever made
without a good start—somewhere. Therefore.
• we need not be afre’d to make good reeolu
ttocs Good resolutions are often broken,
but good resolution are sometim-s kept—and
7nne auccesefullv kept resolution is more sig
nificant than a dosen broken ones."
ZEE.
Beanties anti Wonders of Florida
Dear Householders; After an absence of six
months. I stand at ycur door again and knock.
Will you let me In for a few moments to chat
with you?
Many changes have taken place since I
talked with you last. The old year with its
successes and failures, its joys and its sor
rows has passed away; and the new year has
come and holds before us a future that It be
hooves each of us to make the best of.
Just what that future holds In store for us
none can tell, but this we may know;
That If we act well our part In the drama
of life, basing our acts upon the principles ot
truth and honor, doing unto others as we
would have them do unto us, all things will
be well with us. Even failure may prove
blessings to us.
God will aid the right, and since He has so
lovingly spared our lives and permitted us to
see another year come In. let us resolve to
try to make this new year the banner year of
our lives.
I*t ns try each day some good to do. some
act of kindness perform toward our fellow
man.
I meant to tell ye Householders of a visit
to the "Land of Flowers," but my mind
seems to have drifted in another direction.
If any of you have never visited Florida It
would be well worth your time, and money,
too. to visit that sunny land.
Os course you are not greeted there by lofty
peaks and picturesque valleya, yet the scenery
is inviting and has a charm all Its own.
Its numerous lakes, not only teeming with
fish, but upon whose peaceful surface float
the water fowls, are beautiful Indeed. Some of
its beautiful streams suddenly disappear be
neath the surface of the earth, only to buret
forth at some other point a bubbling, boiling
spring, are lessons for our study.
Its dens and caves are freaks of nature
which few may understand. Its natural wells
from which to drink and quench the thirst are
only marks of divine love toward poor, way
ward humanity. Its almost Innumerable
springs of the finest sulphur water bespeak the
wisdom of a Divine Creator In designing for
the bestowal of health and happiness of man.
Then, one has but to glance around to behold
almost every kind of fruit known to tropical
climates.
Now. for fear Miss Thomas will sned me
away, even though I am talking of her native
land. Til quit. But I'd like to ask what has
become of so many of our writers’ Misses
Ethel and Mae Vincent, Miss Cora Lyon and
many others
Best wishes to our dear editress, and all the
Household , w. A. DUKE.
A Sensible Lettter \
Dear Household; I started a letter to our page,
but got The Journal of the 19th and read Mrg.
Maloy's letter and thought I would change my
subject. I was surprised to see anv one would
tare i person to drop their head and, I sup
pose. run under the bed or get behind the door
just because they are poor.
She speaks of a poor person trying to stay In
the e|a s s with rich people or being as proud as
big bouse niggers.
As if a poor person wasn't as good as the
rich! As if a person should be classed by
what they possess; I have always associated
with the best, let their earthly possession be
wieat it may: their morals, their conduct. Is
what I look at. And It Is their good or bad
behavior that I wish, and not that almighty
dollar. I bare seen rich folks that I would not
think of visiting nor let my children associate
with. I think Mrs. Maloy bad better turn her
horns on some other class besides the poor, the
mains'ay of the world.
I Intended to write about the mutual confi
dence that should be between the husbands and
ntvi-s. I often sec a terrible lack of this neces
sary confidence. The busband falls to tell the
wife of (its business, and It is so necessary for
her to know, so as to be a real help to him by
managing her part wisely. And often the wife
withholds this same confidence from the hus
band. which soonor or later may handicap him
or cripple hla business Interests seriously.
But I must not say much on that point thia
time, for there Is Mrs. Pansy, who has turned
against us and says the country girls do not
have any chance.
Os course both country and town are essential
to the prosperity of the other. I was raised in
the country, and I failed to see the brass jew
elry. There were poor people, who could not
afford gold jewelry, but I don't think that their
hearts were terlbly set on jewelry.
I now live In town, and I know real ntce,
and refined people. I have /good neighbors, and
I have found people everywhere that were real
nice to me. But my ideal borne would be In
the country, where there Is always plenty of
fresh air, good vegetables and fruits. But,
wherever one lives, one will find some sorry
folks, those who do not care for right or wrong.
Such I always simply let alone.
Old Woman. I am so glad you have come back
to tell us of your good luck, and 1 hope your
husband will see his mistake and treat you bet
ter. A man that would turn against his wife,
who was trying to raise a family right and
helping to make a living, is disgusting.
1 think you did too much of the work. They
ought not to have let you do It. But maybe
the scales have fallen from their eyes. I don’t
like to see parents too bard on their children.
Some parents forget that they were ever yourig
themselves; they forget that young folks have
any feellug or heart of their own. Keep them
little as long as possible, but when the time
comes that they find out that they are not
babies, don't cramp them Into the cradle just
because you had rather they would remain un
conscious of their else and years.
Be sure that they have good company and
give them good advice, and pray for them and
trust God to take care of them when out ot
your sight, for we are only weak mortals at
best.
We can often manage children with love and
kindness better than by hard words or quar
reling and pouting. Sometimes we make mis
takes. and when we do. don't be contrary with
our own children to acknowledge It when you
see that we are wrong.
Sometimes hard homes tend to drive boys away
ot make girls marry beneath their station.
As the waste basket Is so near Miss Thomas,
I must try to quit for the present.
What has become of Mrs. Mlllgan? She must
get her pen and write us a letter.
Love to all. HENRIETTA.
Toccoa, Ga.
Early Replies Appreciated
Dear Household: As the new year Is advancing
ao fast. 1 vs 111 write a letter to refresh ttie
trctcory of all. for I know I've been forgotten.
I have not written to the Household, but 1
have not failed to read every letter and have
gained good from lots ot them—ln fact. It seems
1 like every letter has its Individuality, and It Is
I like being with a number of friends and bear
ing each one express his or her views on a sub
ject to recd an issue of the Household. I know
I two girls who are even worse than Old Wo
' man's daughters. They never speak of their
1 mother other than as Old Lady Jane. It makes
j hit |>eart ache to hear them stand up and call
I her names and wish her dead; but I know some
> day they will be Sony. I long to see them mar
ried. with children of their own, and then they
will feel differ, nt. I seldom have to speak to
mtue out once I believe in starting In time. I
t.tver let my little ones govern my time and
work when 1 am busy if they are not siek. 1
jr.st let «»»cin cry until I get through. And 1
have never allowed one t< meddle at home, for
I I know something about how bad it Is to take
J a meddlesome child visiting. It doesn't take
' much scolding or spanking to make one know;
i they v. ill learn If you will always be firm: but
I I don't hesitate to spank when I have it to do.
I want to ask some of the flower raisers to
pteasr give me some information on tube roses
. through <>ur Household. I bad one bulb Inst
I spring, which I set out In sonic rich, loose dirt.
| mid it grew about four feet and was at least s
| fi«>t In bloom. I notice it baa spread to be a
' great bench of roots now. and I would like to
I know if I rbonld divide tiioec root* and set out
, «acU bulb separate or just let it stay and sprout
lup as It Is. Any Information will be thsnkfully
received. as I've never tried raising any beforfe.
' 1 would also like for all the Household mem
j bers who could possibly do so to send me a
I e-piaro of any color, with their name either
| written or worked on it. I am making me a
friendship quilt and all of my near friends have
given me squares, i would like soe.- blocks,
j about six Inches square, with name and address.
I I 'could lite It for the county fair and want to
I 1 be nr from as many of ihe Householders as 1
ran. 1 will return the kindness in any way pos
sible. Thanking all In advance. I will close and
I give way to a more competent pen. Ixire to
Mis* Tlx •mas and all. LILLITI?.
AU who will be so kind as to send the square
can address it to IJlllth. care J. R. Brown',
Fleming St.. Thomasville, Gs.
An Old Hymnbook
Today, while "rummaging around,” I came
■' across an old hymn book that was used in our
I church when I was a girl, and I spent the
whole afternoon looking through it. Those
.old hvmns carried me back to the days that
have gone, and brought to mind the dear old
people who sang them and who now sleep
their last long sleep beneath the sod around
that dear old church. As I read those old
hymns it seemed but yesterday that I was a
girl and fanev I could hear old Brother B—,
who started out too soon, and on the other
side old Brother F—. who always came way
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1909.
THE KING'S DAUGHTER,
Bride of the King's Son,
Georgeous in Gold and White
THE KING’S DAUGHTER IS ALL GLORIOUS WITHIN; HER CLOTH
ING IS OF WROUGHT GOLD—SHE SHALL BE BROUGHT UNTO
THE KING IN RAIMENT OF NEEDLEWORK.—PSA. 45:13-14.
A large delegation at the Brooklyn Tab
ernacle I listened attentively yesterday to
Pastor Russell, or, as he is familiarly
styled. "Brother Russell,” speaking on
the above texf, he said:
Our text poetically and pictorially draws
our attention to one of those beautiful
figures by which the close and dear re
lationship between Christ and his elect
church is Scripturally portrayed. Wheth
er it be the figure of the captain his
soldiers, or the shepherd and his sneep,
the master and his servants, the head and
the body members, or the bride and the
bridegroom, each Illustration of Hur
Lord's relationship to the church carries
Its own Important lesson. But surely
none of them more Important or more
beautiful than the one we are now con
sidering—our Lord, fie King's Son, high
ly exalted to Jehovah’s hand in the
throne, and the .church in glory, his Queen
and joint-heir, with him in his Millennial
Kingdom soon to be established. The
study of these pictures of heavenly things
is intended to “lift the minds of the
“new creation,” God's spiritual sons,
from things earthly and sensual, to the
things eternal, which eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither hath entered into
the heart of man, the things which God
hath in reservation for them that love
him supremely.—l Cor. 2:9.
The preceding verses of the Psalm de
scribe the grandeur of the heavenly bride
groom—that in his earthly life he was
fairer than the children of men; and that
divine grace was poured from his lips,
and that the Father, because of his
faithfulness, greatly blessed and exalted
him. Next it tells of the inauguration of
his Millennial Kingdom at his Second Ad
vent, when, as the Mighty One, he will
come forth in glory and majesty, con
quering Satin, sin and death. We are as
sured that prosperity will attend and
truth, mercy and righteousness will be
established in the earth, even though it
be accomplished by a great time of trou
ble. His arrows of divine truth are repre
sented as piercing all of his opponents to
the heart, even as the apostle's words'ln
the day of Pentecost pricked his hearers
and cut them to the heart and led them
to cry out, "What must we do to be
saved?”
Thus will the people fall before the ris
ing Kingdom of Righteousness. Every
knee must bow and every tongue confess.
All who will decline to do so under those
favorable conditions of full knowledge
will be “utterly destroyed from amongst
the people.” (Acts 3:23). Then the declar
ation is made, "Thy throne, O God. is
forever and ever; the sceptre of thy king
dom is a right sceptre. God. thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows.”
The Queen and the Gold of Ophir
The picture is in the future. At the
present time the church is not the Qu£en,
not the Bride, not in the glorious gar
ments; she is merely the "espoused vir
gin.” called to brideship. At present she
is in her body of humiliation, or “vile
body,” according to the statement of our
common version. But she shall be
"changed” in the first resurrection, and
thereafter be the "glorious body,” the
glorious bride. (Phil. 3:21.) Now she is
a mixed company of both wise and fool
ish virgins, and many “strangers" com
mingle who are not virgins at all. The
testing time is not yet finished. It is not
yet fully determined which, by faithful
ness. will make their calling and election
sure to a place in the bride class, and
wjiich will constitute the virgins, her
companions, that follow her—mentioned
in verse 14 —and which are of the earth,
earthy, and. never having been spirit
begotten, will never attain anything on
the spiritual plane. These last await the
more favorable "time of restitution, ’
which will come after the Bridegroom and
tla Bride, glorified, shall have taken pos
session of earth and established the heav
enly kingdom or dominion. —Acts 3:19-21.
In the Scriptures, gold, the most pre
cious of metals, is used to symbolize the
Divine nature, immortality, and so, in
this picture before us, the Queen, the
bride clas in glory, is represented as hav
ing clothing of wrought gold of the finest
kind, "the glory of Ophir.” What a glori
ous picture is thus prophetically held up
before us as an incitement to make our
calling and election sure. Thus, by the
gracious and glorious promises of the
Word, does God work in us to will and to
do His good pleasure.
We cannot wonder that some refuse to
believe that so great an honor has been
provided for the “elect” church. It is al
most too wonderful that this, which the
apostle terms "our high calling,” and
"our heavenly calling,” is an invitation
for us to step, not only out of sin, but
from the earthly plane of being, a little
lower than the angels, to the heavenly
plane, far above angels, principalities and
powers—to the divine nature. Yet here
are the apostle’s words, and what else
can we make of them? He tells us that
God has given unto us "exceeding great
and precious promises, that by these we
might become partakers of the divine na
ture.” (2 Pet. 1:4.) It is proper for the
Lord’s people to accept these great things
with that simplicity which the Scrip
tures tell us is best Illustrated In a "lit
tle child”—nothing doubting. Says St.
Paul, he who hath freely given us Christ,
shall he not with his also freely give us
all things?”
St. John assents, saying: "Beloved, now
are we the sons of God (even In our im
perfect condition), but it does not yet
appear what we shall be (how glorious);
but we know that when He shall appear
we shall be like Him, for we shall see
Him as He is.” I John 3: 2. To he with
Him, to share His glory, to be like Him,
who is the express image of the Father’s
person, is the highest possible conception
we can have of the glorious things which
1 God hath in reservation for them that
behind everybody else. It was funny to me
then, but it isn’t now.
Those old hymns can touch mv heart quicker
than any sermon any man can preach. I sup-
I pose It is the association; I heard my dear
' old mother and father sing so many of them,
and they today. I feel sure. are singing
around that great white Throne. I don’t
know whether it does me anv good to bring
up the past: it always makes me sad, and
I weep afresh for the loved ones who have
passed to the great beyond.
Some of the Household wrote something
about making new resolutions. I did not make
any. and I will rnv» the satisfaction of not
breaking any. I mean to be guided by my
conscience and do the best I can, and leave
the results to my God and not to my fellow
man.
Haven’t we had a delightful winter? My
geraniums are in full bloom. I have them
in a sunnv window and thev are good to look
at I have a pure white one that is simply
beautiful.
We had a very pleasant Christmas. I had
lots of pretty girls to visit me, and among
them was a brown-eyed Georgia girl. We
all fell in love with her. I am going to see
• her in a few weeks.
J I was delighted to see In a recent issue of
The Journal that It is an assured fact that
we can have a badge provided a sufficient
number ordered. I will ask Miss Thomas to
please put me down for one. and I will bo
sure to send the money for it when called
upon Hope others will respond at once, and
let us get our lone wished for badges.
I will ask the Household to excuse me with
a short letter this time, and will make up.
for lost time later. With very best wishes
to all. LUCILE.
Song Wanted
Dear Household—Will any of you send me
or tell me where I can get the song “Wo
Parted by the Riverside”’ Thanking you in
advance, I am.
MISS RUTH WATSON,
Thomaston. Ga., R- F. D. No. 2, Box 23.
love Him supreme.
Raiment of Fine Needlework
Look again at the Queen and her glo
rious apparel. Notice the pure linen, clean
and white, representative of her purity
and righteousness. Remember that she
was once of the world; her members
"children of wrath, even as others.” Re
member that by faith She accepted the
, merit of her Redeemer’s sacrifice and
thus she was reckonedly covered with His
robe of righteousness, which the world
saw not, but which the Heavenly Father
regarded. Remember that it was because
of that robe covering her natural blem
(ishes that she was permlted to consc
| crate herself and to become thff espoused
I virgin of her Anointed Redeemer and
prospectively His joint heir in the king-
I dom. How wonderful these steps of grace!
I Looking but a little way into the future,,
; we behold her clothed, not with an !m
--l puted robe of righteousness, but with her
i own robe of righteousness. The imputed
j one was hers to wear up to the time of
■ her change from earthly to spiritual na-
I ture in the first resurrection. Then and
I there, perfected on the spirit plane, she
: becomes righteous, without spot, without
. blemish, a suitable companion and Joint
; heir for the great King of Glory.
| But look more closely. Note that the
i robe of fine linen is beautifully embroid
ered—“fine needle work.” This, too, must
i have its significance. The embroidered
i figures represent the graces of the spirit,
I ineekness, gentleness, patience, long suf
: sering, brotherly kindness, love. Ah, yes.
i the queen inded Is all-glorious within and
. without. The power of God will accom-
I plish this. She Is his workmanship,
though not without her own willingness
j and co-operation. The Lord’s operation
| upon her will be through His Word and
by His Spirit; and In proportion as she
yields herself thereto she Is now changed
from glory to glory, and, bj' the final
change, will be perfected, glorified.
We noted a difference between the Im
puted robe which the betrothed wears
, now and the one which she will possess
j when changed—that the present one Is
i Christ’s imputed robe covering her blem
l ishes, and that the glorious one of the
‘ future will be her own righteousness, the
. righteousness of the saints. So let us
i notice also that there is an embroidery
! connected with them both. The robe that
; Is now imputed to us has stamped upon it
i the gracious designs or patterns which
lour Lord would inculcate and which He
; assures us will be advantageous to us,
i pleasing to Him and necessary to our
j future glory. Our appreciation of our
high calling, our faith In It, and our love
for the heavenly Bridegroom and desire
to be pleasing to Him arc the Incentives
to us, urging us to spend every hour,
every moment possible, in the working
out of the glorious embroidery designs
stamped upon our robe. Each stitch
I must be carefully taken—painstakingly.
’ Each feature of the outline must be care
i fully studied. The robe itself must be
kept Olean, spotless. Who is sufficient for
these things? Surely only those truly
betrotlwd to the heavenly King and who
love Hfm with all their hearts and who
are waiting in faith and patience for His
promised Secortd Coming to receive the
Bride unto himself and to establish His
kingdom for the blessing and uplifting of
the world!
St. Paul tells of this embroidery work
and the adding of stitch to stitch in its
development, saying, ’’Tribulation work
eth patience; and patience, experience;
I and experience, hope; and hope maketh
I not ashamed; because the love of God is
shed abroad in our hearts by the holy
spirit, which is given to us.”—Rom. 5:3-5.
St. Peter says, “Add to your faith, virtue;
j and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowl
edge, temperance; and to temperance, pa
tience; and to patience, godliness; and to
godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness, love. For If these
things be in you and abound, they make
you that we shall be neither barren nor
unfruitful tn the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ . . . for so an entrance
shall be ministered unto you abundantly
into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ.”—2 Pet. 1:5-11.
The Apostle declares that "We are not
sufficient of ourselves; but our sufficiency
is of God.”—2 Cor. 3:5.
When we think of the imperfection of our
very best endeavors along the ’lnes of this em
broidery work, this development of the graces
of the holy spirit, we ai'c ourselves, “Whose
garment would be fit to wear In the presence
of our Bridegroom nnd of the Faiuer and of the
holy angels?” The answer is, “None of them."
I It is in harmony with this that we see that the
Lord has provider,l something different. Ifb
allows us to practice upon our robe of imputed
righteousness, but the new robe which tie will
give na as our own will be absolutely perfect,
ns well as glorious. There will not be a flaw
in the embroidery or otherwise. How so? Bet
cause that glorious dress of perfect rlghteous-
I ness wilt be given only to those who have
; earnestly desired it, however short of it were
| their best endeavors- Inasmuch as their hearts
' were perfect. Inasmuch as their endeavors were
I for perfection, the Lord will accept the bent?
i and Its endeavors and grant that the new
i bodies shall possess to full perfection all those
I glorious traits and qualities which were the
| Bride’s ideal and endeavor in her betrothed con
■ I'ition, when she practiced upon the imputed
robe. Ah! now we eee that our poor, bungling
efforts are valuable in the Lord's sight, not be
cause of what they really attain to, but because
of the heart condition which they attest. With
lids encouraging thought, dear friends, let us
continue weekly, daily, hourly, to work upon
our robe painstakingly, to seek to cultivate those
I high idcvis of truth and grace and love which
our hearts approved end which we see perfectly
exemplified in our heavenly Father and our
heavenly Lord.
Hearken, O Daughter; Consider
| In the present time many voices are calling
the Ix>rd’s espoused ones, the virgin church. ITe
I world says. "We admire you in miny respects,
1 tut you are too orudish. too heavenly-minded.
I Your’ ideas .ire too radical. They tend to make
' you ‘peculiar people.' Come, mix with us. To
I tell the truth, your separs.eness of life mars
our pleasure and makes us rather dissatisfied
with our own standards. Come with us.”
Home, pleasure, art, wealth, popularity, all
lend their Influence towards worldliness and the
cultivation of earthly hopes and prospects. Our
great adversary, Satan, works upon us wTTa
subtlety, co-operating with the earthly in
fluences What shall we do? As the espoused
one listens, she hears the voice of her Lord
I saying. “Love not the world; neither the things
that are In the world. If any man love tue
world, the love of the Father Is not In him.”
(1 John 2:15.) She hearkens again and hears
him say, “If the world ha-e you. ye know that
it hath hated me before it hated you. If ye
| were of the world, the world would love its
I own; but because ye are not of the world, but
! I have cl.csen you out of the world, therefore
| the world hateth you.” (John 15:18-19.) She
hearkens further and hears one of the inouth
: pieces of ’.he Lord saying. "1 beseech you. there
| fore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
I present vour bodies n living sacrifice, holy, ac
i cei table unto God, which is your reasonable ser
vice.” (Rom. 12:1.)
| So in tlie psalm under consideration the
prophet say?. “Hearken, O daughter, and con-*
siiler and incline thine ear.” The world says.
"Look see and be attracted by the things of
this present time.” The Lcrd says. “Hearken,
consider that the present life, at the very most,
is brief and that in the Lord’s providence, under
I cur cell, we have an opportunity to sacrifice it
| ;.nd thus :o gain the Highest of all blessings
f< r tl.< eternal life of th.j future.” The focl*d>
virgins do not hearken enough to the voice fi* «
, hcaveti, to ‘he words of Jesus, the apostles nu~
i prophets. They are more or less absorbed with
I the cares >r ibis life, the deceitfulness of riclu’s.
nnd thus do not fully please the Lord, even
: though, .localise of loyalty to Him. He will by
, and by give them a good portion. The wise
i virgins, who will -onstitutc the elect, the bride
I in glory, do hearken, do consider and are guided
1 by the counsel from on high, and press with
' vigor on in tl.e narow way of self-sacrifice,
' which leads to the kingdom glory.
Forget Thy Father’s House
I Among the espoused, the father’s house that
lis to be forgotten is the world. It d;es no;
I signify that the earthly relationship of tne
I betrothed is specially vile or deg>m-.-ut.«, but
I merelv that the new duties and relationship
| towards the heavenly bridegroom, ths heavenly
I calling, the heavenly prospects, should lift our
: hearts, our affections, our activities, our in-
I tereats, from all earthly things, however good.
The apostle exoreeses this same thought, say- ■
inx, "Set your affection jn things that aie i
above, not on things that an on the earth.” ‘
(Col. 8:2.) We are not to neglnt, however,
our duties and natural obligations tn onr
earthly friends and relatives, but we are ’o
have these in subserviency to the higher in
terests—tho spiritual. Christ, the Bridegroom,
first, is the thought and he represents to us
also the Father and the Father's will.
He is Thy Lord
The Psalmist proceeds: "So shall the King
greatly desire thy. beauty, for he is thy
Ix>rd and worship thou nltn.” Ah! there is
the thought. If we rightly admire the King;
If we rightly appreciate the wonderful privi
leges granted us of being now his espoused,
as under his loving protection and provision,
and by and by his Bride and joint-heir in
glory; if we appreciate these things, surely all
earthly things and Interests will necessarily
fade, because of their comparative insignifi
cance. And these are the terms upon which
the King will desire us as members of his
gloricus Bride. He will not consign us to
demons and eternal torment if we fail to
rightly appreciate this situation, and. while
not repudiating his love and grace, give a
portion of our love to our father’s aoase and
our own people, the world: but he will not
choose us as members of his Bride un
less this condition of full consecration to
him be the attitude of our hearts. Surely this
is not unreasonable. Had we been called
even from the ranks of the highest order of
angels to be joint-heirs with the King of
glory, the honor conferred would ha/j been
so great as to merit an undivided love, r.e
votlon. Surely, then. we. redeemed by his
precious blood from our fallen, siniul stat*,
and then invited to share hla glory in the
divine plan, should be so enthused, so fillec
with appreciation of the honor proffered, that
we would gladly, willingly, vo.untarlly lay
aside every earthly weight and interest and
strive with patience and loving devotion to
attain the prize of the high calling s't be
fore us of joint-heirship with the King ot
kings and Lord of lords.
Worship Thou Him
The esooused church, if faithful, will rec
ognize but the one head, the one Lord, the
one Bridegroom. Thia does not mean that
she may not recognize the elders, pastors and
teachers, apostles and prophets, as the apos
tle has pointed out to be the divine arrange
ment for her assistance, but it does mean that
neither men nor councils, nor federations, old
or new, can be properly recognized by the
be.trothed church as in any sense or degree
taking the plfe.ee o( the Bridegroom, the true
head of the church, nor as in any sense of
the word becoming her director or law-giver.
Others may defer to creeds, ancient or mod
ern; to council, synods and conferences—may
allow these io guide them and even to dictate
to them their faith or course, but not so
the Lord’s betrothed one. n ahe should be
faithful to her vow.
To My Lord I Would Be True, Who
Bought Me With His Blood
Throughout the past history shows ua that
the nominal church lias been so reverential
towards creeds and systems and human tradi
tions as to quite forget our Lord’s words,
"One is your Master, even Christ, and all ye
are brethren." (Matt. 23:8.1 Forgetful of this
divine instruction the nominal church of all
denominations has established theoretically a
class distinction in the church—clergy and
laity. Such distinctions art m.t only unknown
to the scriptures, but opposed to their spint
and teachings. The real church, lue truiy
consecrated believers are all priests, as said
St. Peter to the church in general and no. to
a clergy, of whom he had no knowledge. “Ye
are a royal priesthood. . . that you should
show forth the praises of him who called you
i out of darkness into his marvelous light.”
Christ is the chief priest over these roya,
priests subordinate to him. He is their head,
director and exemplar, as well as tneir Re
deemer. The anointing which constituted him
a priest is the Holy Spirit, and the same
anointing, the same Holy Spirit is upon those
who are united to him. as the brancn of the
| vine. Those who are not thus anointed, not
I thus priests, are not of ’he church of Christ
|at all. but merely natural men. brought into
I nominal church relationtlnp through misun
derstanding of the divine plan. The sooner
' this nlan is understood and the worship and
reverence and honor taken from sectarian
parties and creeds and given to the Lord,
the better. The more uirectl.-.’ he is recognized
as the head of every member, the more will
each depend upon and draw near to him and
have fellowship and blessing and be used and
useful in his service.
Let us. dear frienls. neark»n to the mes
sage from the Brldsgr.iom and prove loyal
to him. regardless of whether it brings us
’ the smile or frown of the world and cf the
I adversary! Let us hearken to the words of
him that speaks from lieave.i. rather than
to the words of fellow men, however well
meaning they may be, tor they, like ourselves,
are fallible. Thus will th: word of the Lord
be more scrutinized by us. ai.l less attention
be paid to the opinions of men. The result
will be greater growth in faith and knowledge.
The result will be greater watching of the
pattern and more painstaking work in the
beautifying of the embroidery of our robe, the
development of the character of our Betroth
ed. Thus shall we make sure to ourselves
his approval, for he greatly desires such loy
alty to himself and his word, such principle,
such out-V'orklng of true heart-character.
The Virgins, Her Companions
Befogged bv the errors of the dark ages, we
have until lately overlooked the fact that the
scriptures clearly teach three distinct grades
or classes of saved ones.
(1) The Bride clasa, joint-heirs with the
Messiah in his kingdom glory.
(2) The virgins, her companions, who will
also be spirit beings, but on a lower plane,
and not accounted worthy to share the king
dom honors.
(3) The restitution class, to be blessed dur
ing the millennial reign of Christ, with an
opportunity to be uplifted to human protec
tion. and to possess an earthly paradise—a’l
that was lost in Eden and redeemed at Cal
vary.
Our lesson today specially deals with ’he
Bride class. Incidentally our attention is call
ed to her virgin companions (vertes 14. 15).
How glad we are that the much diversified
wisdom of God has made provision for these
various classes, upon various planes of per
fection and glory! Each who shall attain
eternal life through a heartv obedience will
find his cup of blessing full to overflowing;
but the various cups will differ in their ca
pacity. The Bride class, like the Bridegroom,
granted the divine nature, will have bound
less iov illimitable!
C. N. Huggins is Granted a Pardon.
Gladness came to the heart of a young
wife who has been devotedly waiting for
her husband, a state convict, during al
most two years, when Governor Smith
signed the order of pardon releasing C.
N. Huggins Saturday morning.
Huggins, who is a young man promi
nently connected in Missouri, was con
victed in Fulton county in 1907 on a
charge of embezzlement. He was sen
tenced to wear the stripes in Georgia’s
penitentiary for two years, and entered
prison on June 27, 1907. He had only about
four months more to serve, but the gov
ernor has remitted even that portion of
the sentence. ‘
An uncle of the erring young plan,
Charles Meierhoffer, a wealthy wholesale
coal and lumber dealer of Booneville,
Mo., has been striving for the release of
the nephew ever since the latter first be
gan his service. Ex-Governor Stephens,
of Missouri, interested himself in the
case on appeal of Mr. Meierhoffer, and
has written several letters to Governor
Smith on behalf of the young man. It
was represented that Mr. Meierhoffer
still has full confidence in his nephew,
and is willing to vouch for his straight
forward conduct henceforth. To all these
representations the appeal of the young
wife was added. She was waiting to re
claim him, to welcome him and to help
him live down the wrong that had come
into his life.
Negro Tries to Steal a Locomotive.
AMERICUS, Ga.. Feb. 6.—A strange ne
gro, probably Insane, stole the detached
locomotive on a freight train on the Cen
tral of Georgia railway in the Smithville
yards Friday morning, and started the
ponderous engine out of the yards. Be
neath flie locomotive at work was the
fireman. •
When it began to move he grasped for
and clung to the driving rods, his only
chance for escape from death. Whirled
up and down within a few inches of
death for several minutes, he finally suc
ceeded in climbing over the rods to the
running board along the engine, then
gained the cab. while the engine with
throttle wide open was making fast time
towards Dawson,
At sight of the fireman the negro en
gine thief jumped from the cab. A crowd
of wen mho saw the fireman's narrow es
cape pursued and caught the negro. He
was brought here to jail.
STOLE DOG AND BANK;
WANTS DOG RETURNED
CHICAGO. Feb. s.—Burglars, who broke into
the residence ot James H. Ferguson, stole a fox
terrier and a child's saving „ank. Ferguson noti
fied the police that if the robbers return the
dog they will be forgiven.
STATUES OF THE VIRGIN UNINJURED
IN MIDST OF EARTHQUAKE RUIN
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THE MADONNA DEL ROSARIO IN THE WRECKAGE AT CANITELLO,
ITALY.
NAPLES.—Amid all the horrors of the
earthquake fervent Catholics are deriving
comfort from several incidents which
they declare to be direct miracles.
In the first place they point to the facts
that amid all the ruin worked by the dis
aster, although every church in Messina
and Reggio was shattered yet scarcely a
single altar was harmed.
National Capital
and Gossip
By Ralph Smith
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. s.—The
prohibition campaign which has just
been precipitated in Maryland is attract
ing considerable attention in Washington,
especially among congressmen and sen
ators. They evidently realize that sooner
or later they will have to meet squarely
the prohibition issue in so far as the
District of Columbia is concerned, and |
the proximity of the Maryland campaign ]
offers a rare opportunity to study the i
question.
The Maryland campaign was inaugu
rated at the Lyric theatre, in Baltimore,
last Sunday night, and the Baltimore
papers state that 5,000 men—all voters — j
packed and jammed the auditorium to
hear Hon. Seaborn Wright,, the Gedrgia;
prohibition leader, whom the Baltimore
American declares to be “the foremost
prohibition orator of the country.”
Last Monday Mrs. Mary Harris Armor,
who has been assisting the Anti-Saloon
League of the District of Columbia, went
to Baltimore, and is now in the midst
of the campaign. Thus Georgia is espe
cially well represented among the ranks
of the prohibitionists who are battling
for a “dry” Maryland.
The Maryland prohibitionists, under
the auspices of the Anti-Saloon league,
are at present fighting simply for a legal
foothold—an entering wedge. They are
advocating a local option law, such as
Georgia had prior to the enactment of
the state prohibtion bill.
Liquor Interests Intrenched.
It is generally conceded that the pro
hibitionists have “picked a hard row to
hoe” in choosing Maryland as the scene
of their next big fight. The liquor Inter
ests are well intrenched. Baltimore is
the homg of many of the biggest and
richest distillers in the country, not to
mention the scores of prosperous whole
sale liquor houses, and these interests
may be depended upon to fight to the
last ditch before yieldliig a point to the
prohibition forces. The fact that the
"prohis” are not at present clamoring
for statewide prohibition, but are insist
ing only on the passage of a local op
tion measure, makes the fight less sav
age, but the liquor people are awake to
the ultimate purpose of their ancient ad
versaries, and they do not care to lose
the first trick.
Maryland is not as large as Georgia
either in area or population, and the city
of Baltimore holds considerably more
than the balance of power in most elec
tions. Its population is equal by nearly
half to that of the entire state, and
with anything like an even break in the
rural districts only a fair majority in
the city of Baltimore will swing the bal
ance by a decided majority.
Thus, the prohibition fight in Maryland
is little more than a prohibition flgh tin
the city of Baltimore, one of America’s
first ten cities in point of population anu
material wealth and prosperity. There
has long been and still is a belief more
or less general that the prohibition issue
looks to the rural district for its main |
support; but the Maryland prohibitionists
evidently believe this view to be falla
cious.
The Maryland prohibitionists openly
declare that they will oppose every can
didate for the 1910 legislature who doesn’t
commit himself squarely to the local op
tion bill, and the fight will be made to
capture the legislature.
Mr. Wright’s Baltimore Speech
The Baltimore American quotes Mr.
Wright as follows:
Recently Shreeveport, La., had a local
option election. It was a peculiar one in
many respects. There was no stirring and
sensational temperance campaign of the
whirlwind variety, no speechmaking, no
meetings, no advertising and nothing to
arouse enthusiasm. Enthusiasm was not
needed. It was not wanted. The case
was one where sober sense and calm
judgment were required. The city adopted i
and exercised its option and went dry by ■
an overwhelming majority. It all came !
about on account of a little girl, Margaret |
I.eer. She was a beautiful child, the j
daughter of humble but respectable •
parents, her father a laborer well thought ,
of in his community. The little girl was :
only 13 years old. One day she passed a ,
saloon out of which was coming a drunk- ‘
en negro. She did not see this black ‘
beast, but nevertheless he followed her. |
About a quarter ot a mile from the sa- j
loon, and about the same distance from |
her home, to which she was going, the '
brute caught up with her.
I will not harrow your feelings by de- ‘
scribing to you what occurred there.
Suffice it to say that after a particularly
brutal assault the drunken man tried to
kill his victim. The poor little child
crawled on her hands and knees, with
blood flowing from a half dozen wounds,
to the gate leading into her home. The
little thing reached up and took hold of
the latch of the gate with both hands.
She was found there dead two hours later,
her hands still grasping the slats of the
gate. Well, they traced, by the blood
stains, the course of the little girl from
the branch and soon afterwards the negro [
was found lying near by in a drunker. :
sleep. You know what usually happens ;
in the south, or anywhere else in the
country, when such a thing as that oc
curs. The negro never saw the sun gc
down again. (“Good,” cried a voice In
the audience. "No,” said Mr. Wright, [
"It was not good. It was bad. It was a
blot on the community.”) That negro
was not altogether to blame. When ne
was found a bottle was found near him.
This botttle had contained gin and on it
was an Indecent label. This bottle had
come from a Baltimore firm. That start-
And now comes the news that two stat
ues of the Virgin standing in the open
street have remained intact while every
thing else around had the appearance of
being ground to powder.
One of these statues was at Messina;
the other, shown in the accompanying
picture, is the Madonna del Rosario,
standing uninjured amid the wreckage at
Canitello.
ed the campaign there.
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Louisville and
St. Louis must stop sending to the ne
groes of the south bottles of gin, with la
bels on which are indecent pictures, be
fore the white women of the south will be
safe and before we can feel that our
homes are not dally and hourly in danger
of being debauched.
Mr. Wright, after the relation of this
incident, then went into an hour’s dis
cussion of the high license question, and
he stated that under the system now in
vogue here the city was practically in
the liquor business, and was a party to
the debauching of the morals of the
rising generation of men and the de
bauching of the women of the future,
the little girls of today. Sometime he
stood, but as often he sat on a chair at
the front of the stage and the audience
listened with rapt attention. Mr. Wright
spoke for more than an hour, and when
he closed a little before 6 o’clock he was
given an ovation. Cheer after cheer rang
out and he was overwhelmed with con
gratulations.
The President and Civil Service
If President Roosevelt "big sticks” the
census bill—and there are good re isons
for believing that he will—congress w’H
seize upon the opportunity to hand to him
another rebuke, if possible. Already a
movement is on foot to pass the bill over
the president’s veto, the movement be
ing predicated upon the belief that ho
will club the bill. It is barely possible,
however, that the knowledge that con
gress Is awaiting an opportunity to turn
down one of his vetoes may cause the
president to abandon what is now said
to be his purpose.
If it should develop that his veto would
stand—that enough votes to override him
were not forthcoming—it is regarded aa
absolutely certain that the census meas
ure will bo clubbed to death at the white
house.
As has been pointed out In these dis
patches. the president is displeased with
the census bill as It passed congress be
cause it places in the hands of the Indi
vidual members of congress a whole lot
of patronage, which the president be
lieves rightly should be governed by the
civil service regulations. But it is this
patronage, coupled with congress’ well
known animosity toward Mr. Roosvelt.
that lends strength to the moyement to
rush the bill on over his veto, in the
event he exercises the power.
CHICAGO WILL STILL
REMAIN A “WET TOWN”
CHICAGO, Feb. 4 —Chicago will be a “wet”
town for another year, at least. The move
ment by the “drys" to have the people vota
at the April election on the Question of ex
cluding saioons from the city under the local
option law has fallen down. They started
out to obtain the necessary 100.000 petitioners
to place the Question on the ballot, bet got
lees than 50.000.
The failure of the movement has been re
ported to the no-llcense committee, which has
decided to make another effort next year. It
has authorized the organization of a com
mission of 100. each member of which shall
pledge himself to subscribe 820 and obtain
1,000 signatures to the petition.
The chairman says the failure resulted from
too much confidence. Each worker, he de
clared, thought so many others were engaged
in the circulation of petitions that he would
not have to exert himself unduly. The result
was that the work was only half done. He
denies that the movement has suffered from
the falling out between the nrohibltlon and
other anti-saloon organizations.
“ABLEST MAN IN CHINA,”
WHOSE SUDDEN DISGRACE
MAY START REVOLUTION
V aaa,
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Revolt in China is feared as a result
of the deposition of Yuan Shi Kai, grand
councillor and commander-in-chief of tue
army and navy.
Prince Ching, who has been regent
since the death of the emperor and em
press dowager, issued an edict ordering
Yuan to vacate all his offices and return
to his home, a step which would be in a
way paralleled in this country if Presi
dent Roosevelt were to command Secre
tary Root to at once resign his portfolio
and leave Washington, supposing Roose
velt to be a weak ruler and Root a strong
premier.
Yuan Shi Kai has been known as the
ablest man in China since the death of
Li Hung Cnang. He is progressive, fear
less and absolutely incorruptible. The
reason for his unexpected and unmerited
dirgrace is generally believed to be that
he was too strong a. man to suit Prince
Ching and his , Howers. They feared him
and his influence over the more intelligent
class of Chinese, and wanted him out of
the way.
