Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, February 09, 1909, Page 6, Image 6
6 & z/ - L \Mj\ ’ Z ' / (2ffi AH letter* written fsc this page nrnst ba" tba writer a real name and address ’'^ lo “‘ ) f Tb!» to not for publication nor for tbe nee of any one except the editor of thia page. .< year letter has not been published this may be the reason. Address letters for "Household « Ulas U a Thomas. Lock Box MJ. Atlanta. Ga. || 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 r - ' 4? -. 4 * -■ 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, i- W I ■' I 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.