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TEXT—Study to be quiet.—l Thessalo
nians, 4:11.
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Nerve s enter
largely into the
com position of
human kind, and
are often permit
ted to control be
yond their right.
By many things
men are easily ex
cited and in no
sphere is this
truer than in the
religious. Religion
may embrace true
or false faiths,
cults and fads,
over which men
grow excited very
easily, a fact that explains an attach
ment to them that is often without
rational or scriptural support.
The Thessalonian Christians were
excited touching the coming of the
Lord and were neglecting other ex
ceedingly important things. In his
characteristically loving way Paul
sharply calls their attention to the
walk which pleases God, their per
sonal. sanctification with respect to
conjugal relations, to honest treat
ment of the brethren, and brotherly
love, all of which they were neglect
ing. Paul calls them to study to be
quiet and to attend to business. The
same principles apply in our day to
religious fanaticism, sometimes in
connection with the second coming of
the Lord to whom the appeal has come
to be quiet and to attend to business.
The principle appeals as well to the
lower spheres of life. The kaleido
scope of scientific, business and po
litical life is turning very rapidly and
we do not know at what moment
some social or political proposition
will be made that is a shock to our
commonly received traditions. Parties
are disrupted, new parties are formed,
and the body politic becomes almost
a mob. In these days, therefore, not
only the religious person, but the citi
zen as well, needs to study to be
quiet. This is the more important as
the world is growing less so rapidly
through the agencies of steam and
electricity and phobias of all kinds are
cast before us.
Quietness an Aid to Efficiency.
Agitation, or unrest, interferes with
efficiency, and efficiency is the key
word of the day in which we live. A
man of today does not ask for the
blusterer, he asks for the man that
can do his work, and with the least
bluster. The nervous marksman rare
ly hits the buliseye. You do not care
to go under the knife of a surgeon who
does not have a steady hand. Hysteria
explains much of the abuse of the sec
ond-coming of the Lord. Men, not
studying to be quiet, nor going about
| their business, become lawless, and
j alienate many sincere believers in this
j great scriptural doctrine. It has been
j illustrated over and over again, that
the man who is quiet is as a rule the
powerful man. The quiet Grant seems
| to be the only Union general to make
! Appomattox possible, and In great
business interests ofttimes tbe man
who sits and listens to the heated dis
! cussions of his associates, and at the
end quietly speaks a few words, car
ries the day. As yet the strength of
man is often found in standing still.
The painter depicts on the face of
; restless people the unmistakable fact
of an inward unhappiness, and on the
quiet face clearly intimates an inward
joy.
i More and more are men studying
Jesus Christ to get proper ideals, and
here is a good place for such study.
We cannot conceive of Jesus Christ
becoming agitated.
The Will Must Act.
A man’s intellect sometimes car
ries him far asea on its tossing bil
lows, and he puts his hand to the
rudder, which this text suggests, is
study. A man’s heart or emotions may
carry him far, and he again resorts
to study. But now his will must act.
The Thessalonian Christians were ex
cited as to the coming of the Lord,
but they ought to be quiet and as far
as any faculty that they possessed
was concerned, they were compelled
to call upon it to act, and that faculty
was the will. To be quiet requires ef
fort just as in the time of sorest be
reavement when we are disconsolate,
and some friend says: “You must con
trol yourself; you must make an ef
fort.” Solomon tells us that the man
who rules his spirit is better than he
who takes a city. Storms will over
take us, but at all hazards we must
try to be quiet and aw'ait the issue.
If men will not meet this injunction as
it comes from religious teachers, they
may have to meet it as it comes from
j some awful disaster as that which re
cently overtook the great ocean steam
er, the Titanic. The same was true at
St. Pierre, at Messina, and in the
earthquake on the Pacific coast a few
years ago. At such times men stop
and say: “Maybe there is a God, any
way. We are going to study these
; things.” How fortunate is the man
who has learned to trust God, and
when something meets him suddenly
, with upsetting quickness and form, he
| can calmly say: “Give me quietness,
I teach me thy will, I believe all will
! be well!”
At the general conference of the
United Brethren last week consider
able discussion was held as to whether
the Brethren should wear neckties or
not. Os course that is a vital thing in
religion. Saint Peter will be very
particular to ascertain that when the
spirit asks for permission to enter the
pearly gates. I
A man can be a fairly good citizen
as long as he is sick abed.
An Intermezzo
I
"How nice of you to come,” the
daughter of the house whispered to a
gentleman in evening dress whose
serious face was in strong contrast to
most of the other guests at the fash
ionable ball.
"I only came to stay for a moment,”
was his curt reply.
“But please sit down,” the beauti
ful girl whispered. “I enticed you
\ here tonight just to have a few words
with you, and I know that you will
! stay if I really want you, won’t you,
| doctor?”
• He bowed silently and sat down.
"We have not seen each other for
three years, doctor, and I confess that
I have looked forward to this meet
ing with great joy. As soon as I heard
that you were once more back in Ber
lin I told mother It was absolutely
necessary for us to give another ball,
and the first card I sent out was ad
dressed to you.”
A strange expression came into the
serious face as he replied:
“This was something that I had
hardly dared hope for from you, mad
ame."
“You are still unforgiving. Is it
then not possible to correct a past
error when one has grown to be three
years older since it was committed?”
“There are errors which never can
be corrected, mistakes which can
| never be forgiven because they have
destroyed something which cannot be
brought back to life.”
“Did you then really take it so much
to heart that 1 did not. say ‘yes’ right
away?”
“Take it to heart! You killed some
thing in me.”
“Which cannot be brought back to
life, doctor?”
“No.”
His reply was so curt that she
looked at him in surprise.
“At that time you looked upon me
as one of the men who did not give
away their love. You looked at me
as a young, poor physician who was
hunting for a rich young wife to open
the way into society for him. Is that
not true?”
She hesitated. Then she said quick
ly: “I have many faults, doctor, but I
may say this about myself, I cannot
tell a lie. And therefore I must say to
you now that what you just said was
true.”
“Well —and by distrusting me you
killed something in me which can
t never be brought back to life.”
< “But when it is like that, doctor,
I when you feel as you do, why did you
i accept our invitation?”
* “I came to guard you against a
j calamity.”
. "How serious that sounds.”
I “It is serious, Miss Erna. By acci
j dent I heard during my first visit to
1 our medical society that a young man
was seeking your hand in marriage
and that he had every prospect of
success. It may have been an accl
i dent, or maybe my friend told me on
j purpose to see what impression this
news would make upon me. You
know there are friends of that kind.
I did not show any emotion, but when
I heard the name of your suitor it
took my whole effort to remain quiet.
I do not want to ask any questions. I
cannot spy, but when your invitation
came I accepted it as a hint from
Providence. Here at this ball I must
find out for sure if the rumor was
true, and I saw it was as soon as 1
had entered the ballroom. For the
very first gentleman whom 1 saw you
dancing with was he.”
“Herr von Wall?”
“Yes, Herr von Wall. You know
whom I mean.”
“But we are not yet engaged,” Erna
exclaimed; “that is to say—”
“That is to say, we are going to be
engaged,” the doctor replied, complet
ing her sentence. “Now I will tell
you what seems to me a duty. Herr
von Wail was my first patient and J
know that he is living a life which is
ruining him physically and morally. 1
have tried everything to make him
change his ways. I have told him that
he is practically committing suicide,
but it was no use. I have found out
other things about him which justify
me in telling you that Herr von Wall
is a scoundrel, and that the young
girl who marries him will become as
unhappy as a woman can ever be.
Now I have done my duty and with
your permission I shall leave.”
He arose slowly and was about to
turn away from her when she took his
hand.
“Stay,” she whispered. “I thank you
for your sacrifice, and it is hardly
necessary for me to say that I believe
you. But what do you want me to
do now?”
“That is for you to decide, Miss
: Erna. I have done my duty. My re
( ward will be the knowledge of having
; saved you from a dreadful fate. If I
• had wanted any other reward I should
J not have dared to speak.”
She threw herself on a couch, bury
ing her face in her hands, and it
• seemed as if she were crying. When
she looked up again he had gone and
her mother came rushing into the
small boudoir.
“But, child, where have you been?
And how is it that you look so? I
really believe you have —”
“Yes, mamma, I have —but it’s all
over —it was only a little intermezzo.”
She looked at her dance card.
“I suppose 1 have to go back to
An English actress took a love af
fair so seriously to heart that she 1
committed suicide. Unlike the Amer- i
ican actress, she failed to recognize
its advertising value.
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jtk AMERICUS
LODGE, F. & A.
% M., meets every
2nd an( *
' \ day night at 7p.
oi. Visiting brethren welcome.
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K. T. meets every 3c
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7:0O p. m. All vis
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A. G. MILLER, Recorder.
Washington Camp No. 21.
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K. of P. Hall at 8 o’clock. Visiting
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P. 0, 3. A.
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Meets every Wednesday, 7:30 p. m
in K. of P. Hall. All members urged
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0. D. REESE. President.
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