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I I 1 THE AX AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE IIMMIMIMNM By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, ] PASTOR UNIVERSAL1ST CHURCH W HEN the sharp, agonizing par oxysm of pain has yielded to m jy, the skilfully administered an odyne and the torture racked sufferer knowx again ease and comfort and the indications of comparative health, the Physician who is really worthy his pro- /cssion does not for a single moment think of relaxing Ills vigilance. He Is n..t content with having temporarily removed the immediate and grievous effect. His business. If Indeed he be a healer of men's Infirmities, is to s* -U out. and, if possible, destroy the '•rgmic malady constantly menacing tin life and happiness of his patient, obscure and insit ious in Its progress, and »nly manifesting Itself by these occasional throbbing outbursts of the outraged nerve sentinels. And, in or der that he shall have the absolutely indispensable co-operation of the af flicted one, it la often necessary that he shall speak truth, unvarnished and unadorned, becoming a distasteful ^Jjraphesier of unpleasant things In or der that he may break down a too easy ? enmplur ency and destroy a dangerous «>v**r- veenlng self-confidence and self- satisfaction in the one whose life he designs to save. The Justly proud metropolis of the 'id "New South" has awakened, with a shudder from a horrible dream, only 10 discover with a sickening feel- Ir.* ><( revulsion and distrust, that In- it was not a dream. T k<ir several days the shadow of an- diy has cast Its gloomy pail over a Jimunity hitherto far famed for the tenancy of law In the hearts of its (Wizens. In the very heart of this beautiful city, which proudly assumes the position of the center of the prog- r* ss and culture of one of the most important sections of our mighty re public, scenes have been enacted, re quiring r.o further advertising of their sickening details, whose history should be chronicled only in that dark period of human development when the hearts of men. were dominated by the pas sions of the Jungle, when altruism was unborn, when weakness was a signal for contempt ant] persecution, when Justice was but a name, and when the strongest arm and the deadliest club made of their possessor the arbiter of the weal or woe of his fellows. We are grateful Indeed for the prompt administration of the anodyne. To those who manipulate and to those who constitute the local machinery of law and order, the community cer tainly owes a hearty vote of thanks and unqualifled commendation. We gratefully welcomed the protection of our citizen soldiery, but with even greater Joy we have speeded the part ing guest, rejoicing that It Is consid ered that we have again become de cent enough to be safely left to our selves. From the debauch of riot we have awakened with the customary headache and surplus of good resolu tions of the usual "morning after." The public pulse beats normally, once more. We are going about our regular rounds of duty or Inclination, minding our own and our neighbor’s business very much as we were a week ago. It is well that we forget, so far as possible, the horror of yesterday in an eager occupation of the possibilities of today. But what of tomorrow? It Is true enough, a* was so well put by the editor of The Georgian In an excellent editorial, that no one of our sister cities throughout the entire land may in Justice or fairness be the one to ‘"cast the first stone at us," for near!/ every city of any proportionate size has at one time or another known Its own sorrow of a similar sort. The foot must only make Itself ridiculous by an arraignment of the hand because of a violent eruption of the skin upon the latter member. The-corruption is not in the hand bdt In the life fluid which feeds both hand and foot, and the 'oral eruption was due solely to some Jocal condition of weakness or carelessness which invited the attack. In every fiendish outbreak of unbridled lawlessness such as the one from whose recen; memory we still shrink, the ofTenst is local, but the sorrow and shame are national and the funda mental cause Is also national. VVe have been but the unhappy sufferers from another grieve us outbreak. In a local and Intensified form, of the na tional disease of contemptuous disre gard /or law. Ho must bo indeed of a provincial habit of ; thought who can find In our local tilsgrace anything, either In cause or In incentive, radical ly different from those In scores of similar occurrences in all parts of the country, which have smeared the es- cutcheonr of their respective communi ties. The recent sporadic outbreak of the unmentionable crime may suggest a reasonable explanation for the terrific local outbreak of the national disease, but It offers no explanation whatever for the disease itself, and the man, whoever he may be, who would seek by this means to Justify either the dis ease or Its humiliating indication Is either blinded by prejudice or poisoned by the spirit of anarchy. Come, let us reason together. This Is no time for the display of prejudice or passion. Let all men. of whatever political or religious affiliation, unite in an earnest and persistent effort to REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD. discover and to eradicate the germ of this mighty evil. In the past twenty-flve years over four thousand persons have been exe cuted In this country, without due pro cess of law, the victims of mob vio lence, In different parts of the country. It Is absolutely certain that In an ap palling percentage of these illegal exe cutions. the victim was entirely Inno cent of the crime with which he was charged, while the guilty party lived to boast of his misdeeds, In contempt of the law so flagrantly mishandled. But, even if the guilt of the accused could in every instance be established, be yond a doubt, no justification nmy be sustained irt reasonable argument, for the assumption by private Individuals of the executive function of the law, in a civilized community. Better, a thousand times, that a crime, however revolting, should go forever unpunished and unavenged, by human agency, than that a hundred, or even a half dozen men should become criminals by their attempt to mete out tardy justice. The yielding to the demands of blood lust may be excusable In savages, where punishment means revenge, and every man Is a law unto himself, but, in a civilized community, where certain rules and regulations of conduct have been determined upon for the insur ance of safety and progress, these rules must be held to be immutable and In violable, or else they become at once shorn of power anti utterly valueless. To attempt to excuse or Justify, by any argument whatsoever, the opera tions of a mob or vigilance committee within the precincts of a civilized com munity Is to make humiliating con fession of the Inadequacy of our boast ed twentieth century civilization and to declare that the Jungle is preferable to the commonwealth. When, therefore, apparently "good men and true" may be frequently heard attempting to palliate mob outrage, when, in fart, one overzealous soul mis reading his Bible, essays by It to prove what was already proven In his own mind, the Justification of lynch law, may there not be reasonable basis for apprehension In the minds of those who are convinced that only in the strict observance and prompt and un failing enforcement of law Is there safety and progress? If it were true that lyncli law could by any correct process of reasoning be Justified by the Bible, then It were high time that it should be discarded as a code of mor als, and that we should await in pray erful patience until God should give us another Book, whose ethic* should be more In keeping with the spirit of our age. # The national disease of contemptu ous disregard for the majesty of the law spreads with alarming rapidity. Our American civilization ana our American form of government are on trial before the world. We face that which history reveals as the menace of every government similar to ours—that very insidious form of disease, the very Intoxication of liberty. So long have we fed ourselves upon that de lectable morsel which we call the sov ereignty of the American citizen that we have become abnormally impatient of restraint. A British general of Revolutionary fame once declared with wondering admiration of the children of the colonials that they "drew In lib erty with the very air they breathed." That splendid spirit has become exag gerated into it grievous danger and the children of the present generation seem to draw in the spirit of rebellion against natural authority, with their native air. Whose is the fault? Sure ly not the child's. children of any ago are but the faithful miniatures of the generation fmm which they sprang. It Is the spirit of the age. Entirely too large a proportion of those who call themselves loyal citizens of the land of their nativity or eager adoption hold Its laws as sacred and Inviolable only when they And themselves abso lutely unable to successfully evade them. In all walks of life do we And these untouched lawbreakers from the saloonkeeper to the lninister of the gospel, from the most Ignorant navvy to the president of the largest public servlco corporation. In many of the leading monthly magazines may fre quently be found the advertisement of a skilful gambling device, a new style slot machine, whose most prominent recommendation to prospective pur chasers is that "it successfully evades the law everywhere." Our statute books bulge >vlth enactments whose In tricacies are at once the Joy and the despair of lawyers. We have a dis tressing surplus both of laws and of criminals. The Idea of individual au thority is overgrown and dangerous. Friends and brethren, let us return to the decalogue. We have had enough of the preaching of pleosAnt platitudes and sugar coated sophistries. Let the eternal "Thou shalt not!" of Sinai and the no less Imperative "Thou shalt!" of Galilee take the place too long usurped by the profitless discus- ilonH regarding the exact dimensions of hades or the location of the holy sepul chre. Let us become a law abiding and law loving people. Let uh demand of our executives that Justice be administered with all possi ble promptness and with absolute im partiality and that the laws shall be enforced without fear or favor. Thus shall we put the ax to the root of the tree which bears unceasingly the dead ly fruits of anarchy. Thua shall we keep sacred not only the honor of our women but the integrity of our men, and shall make it possible for our na tion to toko with justice her boasted place In the leadership of the world’s thought and progress. WHAT IS IT TO BE LOST •: y "For the Son of man haa coma to save that which wai lost." —Matt. xvllCII. By REV. JOHN, E. WHITE, PASTOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH J ! who have paid attention to ern preaching have noted as .ct that- there Is much more . the feelings of unbelievers to be. They are not ad- slnners quite so bluntly and are not told that they are lost and ruined quite so sharply. This In part Is the rebound from a harsh and love less theology which was preached often In a harsh and loveless spirit. There Is a grave error and a great danger In that rebound. I hope that Scylla will not succeed In forcing Christianity on Charybdls. I hope that when the pendulum swings to the center we will be able to use the word "sinner" as Christ used It, without Insult, and to tell men they are lost without appear ing to assume the role of a prosecutor. Now, It Is a hard thing to say of a man and to a man that he Is a lost sinner. There are only two conditions on which one man can afford to say : that of another man. The conditions art, .flrat. that It Is the truth about him, for then you can justify yourself; second, that It Is done for the purpose manifest In your way of doing It. of rendering to him the greatest service, for then he will Justify you. The point of departure for the whole evangelical enterprise lies right at this place.. The Integrity of Christianity. Is there such a spiritual status as that described by the word “lost ?" Is there such a moral process as the process of "being lost 7" Is there a final permanent situation of the soul for which no hope can be assured? In affirming that there Is such a status, and that there la such a pro gressive process, and that there It such n hopeless ultimate, through the guilt, the power and the persistence of sin, I am In defense, It seems to me, of the moral Integrity of Christianity as the way of a great salvation. I can not conceive that Christianity Is the way of a great salvation If these are not the actual facts to be which It fs ad dressed. Christianity purports to nothing less than a marvelous Interpo sition of Almighty God In Jesus Christ for the purpose of saving men from a condition of such an unspeakable moral misery that to describe It requires lan guage and symbols of thought almost horrifying. At Its outset, Christianity is a tremendous miracle—an Incarna tion. "The word became flesh." At Its center It unfolds a colossal tragedy— the sacrifice of no less a Being than the Son of God. At the point of Its test ing stands another wonder—tlf) marvel of marvels—the resurrection. At the secret of Its power stands the advent of the Holy Ghost to administer Its progress and final triumph. Now, these are claims which stagger the human mind. To say that this—all this was launched, without a commensurate ne cessity for It in the spiritual misery of the human race, reduces Christian ity to ridicule. If men arc not lost, there Is no rea son for the Intervention of God; if men are not lost, the Incarnation Is a trick without a moral basis; If men are not lost, the cross of Jesus Is an abhor- ent monstrosity; If men are not lost, the resurrection and the Holy Ghost are but the Items of an Inexcusable generosity, a ludicrous charity. Lost. The state of the carnal, natural man Is a state of alienation from God. It Is represented as a wandering and also os a rebellion. The essential idea Is that of attitude and relation to God, contrary to the soul's right attitude and relation and In wilful obedience to the behest of evil. The basal fact Is that sin has wrought perversity In the hu man will nnd men have their hearts set to disobedience. In that attitude a man Is guilty and his guilt accumu lates with every act of disobedience. This downward thrust has become the characteristic of all the race. There fore, condemnation Is passed upon all men. The world Is lost. Now, when we test the Bible by con sciousness we tlnd the facts In our selves answeftng to the facts set forth In the Bible statement of the ense. Sys tems of morality as well as systems of religion are everywhere evidence to the fact that human nature unconstrained and uncorrected Inevitably tends to evil. They are but laws made to hinder the tendency and reform the progress away from God. They are the best that men can do for themselves, and are not utterly valueless, but they do not teach the real problem of sin In the heart. "The heart Is deceitful above nil things and desperately wicked." But Is a man In this case a lost man? Is It correct to speak of him as lost since he Is not yet confe to a state of entire hopelessness? Let there be no dispute here. A man In the forest with his face set toward the still deep er maze and swinging along In un concern or even casting frightened looks about him. Is a lost man, though he has not fallen over the precipice or sunk In the quagmire. A workman was seen to stagger, clutch and (all from the top of a building. Hundreds saw him. At the Instant his fall be gan. while yet no bruise nor break hns touched his body, the look-upon a hundred faces said, "Ho Is loot." There was no other word that described his situation. There are thousands who are In a state of unreconclllatlon with God, who still entertain lively expecta tions and dream fond dreams that It will nil be right with them, but they are lost. "This Is the condemnation that men love darkness rather than light." "He that heareth my words and bellev- eth on Him that sent me hath everlast ing life and shall not come Into con demnation, but Is passed from death unto life.” Being Lott. But the situation of the unregenerate man Is not a passive state of guilt nnd condemnation merely; It Is a stato of progress In sin, and therefore his lost condition deepens and widens ever. It Is significant that In Luke's account of the parable of the lost sheep, the sheep Is reckoned as "lost," and In Matthew's account the sheep Is reck- REV. DR. JOHN A. WHITE. oned as “being lost." Christ probably used the parable many times. As Mat thew records It, the solemn and sor rowful Idea Is that sin Is progressive. The sinner Is In the awful experience of falling. The sheep Is not In some sheltered nook passively lost nnd yet not Immediately hopeless, hut Is plung ing further and further amid rocks and briars, bruised nnd being bruised. We draw back from the doctrine of man's fall at an accomplished fact, but there [ Is no horror In that like horror of what Is going on with men now, the horror of man still falling. ' The profoundly sor rowful question of Christianity Is not how or why does a man become a sinner, but why will he continue In 'Sin? His helplessness Is not by flat, but by .fact. Ills greater tragedy Is not that his feet nre In a dangerous path that lends nway from God nnd that he lias a mind to go In It, hut that he Is actually Journeying, nnd. with Increas ing swiftness. He is being Inst. It Is n wondering that lessenn hope with every step. It seems to me that the words of Christ reveal something In addition to what the wanderer Is him self losing. God Is losing the wander er. His sheep Is going astray. The grief Is present and pressing, both to man and God. Bln presents a spectacle of man not at a mass of old ruins, but a victim being dung In the grip of a devastating storm, a city actually rock ing and falling In the dreadful horrors of the earthquake. Writers nnd eyewitnesses have por trayed the desolations of San Fran cisco, the ruined city, hy pen and pho tograph. Coolly they have surveyed the ruins, celmly they have set up their ramerns. In the midst of Inert masses of debris. We look upon these descriptions with composure; but when one who was there tells of ths black night, of the horror Itself, the strange and nwful helplessness, ths crashing of walls and the cries that rent the nlr we shudder. San Francisco being ruined was unspeakably more terrible than San Francisco in her actual desolation. Lost! Lostl Lostl "Sin, when It la llnlshed, brlngeth forth death." But Is sin ever finished? From the 'standpoint of sarth and time sin does flnlsh In the decay of moral death. But from the standpoint of im mortality and eternity sin Is nsver fin ished. Sin Is the worm that dleth not, the endless fire thlit Is never quenched, the torment that Is eternal. The sin ner who turns not from the error of his way goes on to guilty and guiltier distances from the Father In henven. Death, which kills only the body, In terposes no barrier In the fearful path of the sinful, sinning nnd sin loving soul. But Is there no hope; does the lost condition persist; la hell n perma nency? Frankly. I would like to say "no" to these questions. Upon sentimental grounds I would tay "No." But senfl ment Is n falsa light here. The Scrip lures at this point run violently Into conflict with sentiment. The facts from observation are also In contradiction to sentiment. When I see a man who has fallen Into the grip and power of drink my sentiment Impels me to hope that lie will reform and become a sober man; that he will change from his ruinous habit. But In experience we find that his history It Just the other way. The man goes on down. Removs the drunkard from all reforming en vironment and put him under condi tions that minister no Influence of so briety, and the permanency of his dis position to drink becomes In the nat ural operation of habit as fixed as fate. There Is ont great assumption by which we take our stand for all our outlook upon the future—ths Immortal ity of the soul. Whatever will happen to us hereafter the force that propels us Into the experience of It Is the eternal persistence of the Immortal spirit! I believe that the minute after death, In nil thb depth of my moral nature, mind nnd disposition, I will be what I was ths mlnuts before death. Now. 1 know this vary certainly, that If you take an arrow and bend it to the left and stretch the bow and let fly, when that arrow strikes the shield It will glance to the left and continue to the left farther and farther as long as the power of propulsion from the bow holds good. I have tried that. I know that Is so, When my soul lets go, and I am very sure It will let go this body of mins some of these duys. Its direction and Its destiny hang upon two questions— what Is Its power of Immortality and which way Is It bent, to the left or to the right? If I have bent my mind and heart against God and turned the point of my life to the choice and the pursuit of evil, I will glance to the left when I strike the Infinite bosses of God’s great buckler, and to the left 1 will continue by alt the power of my Im mortality. People object to the doctrine of eternal punishment nnd level all their guns at a dogma. I believe In the truth and fact of eternal slnntng. The objection to that Is In defiance of the laws of human nature. Let no man accuse God. He wllleth the death of no man, but that all should turn and live. The laws of Georgia are the laws un-” der which we live. You can go today and write your will and disposed It you please, of all your property and even of your body. That last will and testament of yours becomes a law of Georgia. The sheriff and the courts will regard the sanctity of your will and will execute It. Do not blams the state of Georgia If you. make a foolish disposition of your property. When your will about your soul Is registered firmly and final, ly, your will becomes the law of God. Let no man accuse God. Let him rather accuse himself. Thniiah Ood lie good sad free he Horen, The sweet nersnnslnn of His voice lies nests thy sanctity of wlllt day; thou hnst thy choice Hkjl »!•«»« IMHI I IIJ To walk In darkness a till. No word of doom may shat thee ont, No wind of wrath may downward whirl, No aworda of Are keep watch ahont Forever round the Mercy seat The guiding llxhta of Cove shall burn) Bat what of Mbit hound, thy feet, Khali each the will to turn? What If thine eye refute to tee. Thine oar of lieeven'a freo welcome fall, And thou a willing enptlvo lie. Thyself thin* owu dark Jail? A SPECK IN SPACE By REV. JAMES W. LEE, PASTOR TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH HEN Rev. Benjamin J. Kiely terms. He was then appointed minis- W (now bishop of Savannah) came to Atlanta in 1886 I was pastor of Trinity Church. Soon after his arrival ln fc the city, following the custom of ministers to call on new preachers, I felt It my duty to pay visi$. to the pastor of the Church of the Ipimaculatc Conception. He was thentfust from Wilmington, Del., where he labored from 1173 to 1886. Instead of paying him a short, formal visit, I found him so Interesting that our con versation must have lasted two hours. I Upon leaving he presented me with [ two old Ieather^rovered volumes which "had been presented to him by a friend | who was a Methodist preacher. The books were Massillon’s sermons. My L first meeting with Father Kiely marked the beginning of a friendship that has lasted to this day. Boon after going to 8t. Louis In 1893 the opportunity came to me of a trip to Palestine and other countries around the Mediterranean sea. I had spoken to Father Kiely of a long cherished wish of visiting the ti'Is of the Bible some day, and he «1 remarked In response: "If you ever go to Palestine 1 will give you a rtter to my brother In Egypt, and he ill’ take pleasure. In Introducing you * Important pergpnages there who will y» of advantage to you." As soon n.s he way opened up for the Journey to he East I wrote Father Kiely from St. . .tils to send me the letter of in- r auction to his brother. In reply he tent not only a letter to his brother, mt also one to a friend in the Ameri can Catholic college in Rome. Anthony Kiely was the American judge In the International court of ap peals of Cairo, Egypt. He had been mayor of Richmond, Va., and district attorney of that city, and was, I think, during the first campaign of Grover Cleveland for president, the chairman of the Virginia Democratic organiza tion. Mr. Cleveland had a very high opinion of hint and after his election to the presidency appointed him minis ter to Italy. But his appointment was not confirmed on account of the ob jections of the Italian government growing out of the fact that Mr. Kiely “ a Catholic, while the church and ter to Vienna, but the Austrian govern ment also declared him to be persona non grata, one reason being given, that his Catholicism was not extreme enough. The administration at Wash ington so highly esteemed Mr. Kiely that Secretary Bayard intimated to the Austriun government that the appoint ment would he allowed to stand even though it resulted In a cessation of dip lomatic relations between the United States and Austria. That he might re lieve Mr. Cleveland and his adminis tration of any embarrassment, Mr. Kiely resigned. A while before this, or about the same time, owing to In side pressure from foreign property owners In Egypt, It was determined to establish an international court com posed of one judge fmm each of the great powers. These Judges from the great representative governments of the world were to have jurisdiction over all cases In which one or both of the parties were not natives. The Suez canal and the influx of foreign capital into the country of the Nile, had rendered property differences when they arose, of such Importance, that those concerned were not willing to trust their settlement to native Egyp tian Judges. Mr. Cleveland recommended Anthony M. Kiely to be the American Judge in this court, and he was accepted by the Egyptian government. It was, at the time, the best foreign position held by an American. The salary was paid by the Egyptian government, and was only $2,500 less than that received by the minister to France. WhitelAw Reid was appointed minister to France In 1880. He received from his govern ment 917*500 salary, and paid, it was published, $25,000 for his house rent. Judge Kiely took his place on the in ternational court about the beginning of 1886. He had been educated at the Methodist Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. J reached Cairo in the middle of April. 1894. The season for tourists was about over, and upon Inquiry I learned that the International court had adjourned and that Judge Kelly had gone to England. So I had no chance to deliver my letter of intro duction. I was the head ot an expedi tion, the object of which was to visit all places in the East connected with the life of Christ and His apostles. where, according to tradition, Joseph J and Mary and the Child Jesus spent ! their sojourn after Herod’s cruel edict, I we proceeded through Palestine, Syria, ; Asia-Minor, Greece nnd Italy. Final ly on my way back I reached Liver- ! pool. At the wharf, where It Is the j custom to wait for the little tugboat in which passengers nre taken out to ; the steamer, It occurred to me that I had no change to pay the cabman who had brought me down from the sta tion. No one around could change a 5-pound note, the smallest hill I had. I saw a fine-looking man'standing be side a lot of hand baggage, who seem ed to be waiting for the steamer. I ap proached him and asked: "Are you going on the MaJesUc?" "Yes," he said. "I am going on the same steamer," I remarked, "and will thank you very much- if you will let me have three shillings till I can get my money changed." "With pleasure," he responded, giv ing me the money. By and by the steamer was reached, my money was changed and I went in search of the kind stranger to pay him and to thank him for his goodness. I found him In the dining room, sitting on one of the long-cushioned seats that runs around the wall. By his side I noticed a magazine with the name of A. M. Kelly on It. "Is your name Kelly?" said I. "It Is," said he. "Are you from Egypt?" I Inquired. "I am," he responded. "Then," said I, "I suppose I have a letter of introduction to you from Father Kelly. In Atlanta." "Yes," satd he; "I have a brother In Atlanta, Father Kelly." The Impression I had was the world Is not large. We crossed the ocean together and had many Interesting talks. He was a charming conversa tionalist, and one of the most accom plished men it has ever been my good *fortune to meet. I wrote Father Kelly that I failed to And his brother in Egypt, but being a little hard up In Liverpool, I found him and borrowed money from him. Judge Kelly resigned from the Egyptian court In 1902. He was run over and accidentally killed on the Place-de la Concorde, In Paris, about two years ago. Leaving Damascus one morning be fore the railroad over the Lebanon t, stale in Italy were not on good leaving Egypt after seeing the spot mountains was completed, I reached REV. DR. JAMES W. LEE. Beyrout, 70 miles away, by omnibus. In time for 6 o’clock dinner. The horses were changed every hour and passed over much of the way In a gallop. Arriving at our hotel, we were soon ushered In to dinner. There were but two parties besides my traveling companion nnd myself at the table. The gentlemen who had preceded us Into the dining room were engaged In a somewhat animated conversation. One of the parties was doing most of the tAlklng. He seemed to be an Eng lishman. nnd was abusing something or somebody, about what I was unable to ( And out. The party w ho was saying j Just about enough to keep the talking man encouraged. Anally made a re-1 mark. In which he referred to the stata • of Georgia. After awhile I took the liberty to nsk him whnt he knew of Georgia. He said that he was a citi zen of Augusts, On. He was the United States consul general at Bey rout, and had been the editor of The Augusta Evening News. His name was Thomas Gibson. When I told him that 1 had once lived in Atlanta, Ga.. but had moved to St. Louts, he asked "What on earth could over induce a man to leave Atlanta for St. Louis?" . I told him that I was a Methodist ' preacher and that the bishop had sent me to St. Louis. Then he said, "You are Dr. J. W. Lee." This was the beginning of a most Interesting experience in Bey rout. Mr. Gibson came to our hotel next morning with a carriage and tw'o uniformed attendants furnished him by the Turkish government, and showed ! us a!J the interesting places and build ings around the city. When we sailed away from Beyrout i the American flag was floating from , the top of United States Consulate ! building In our honor. , Mr. Gibson died In Syria a few years after our visit with smallpox. Meeting him In Beyrout led me to Isay the world fs not large after all. ■ After leaving Beyrout we next srrlv • ed at Athens, In Grece. ! The officers at Plreus, which Is the port of Athens, refused to let our nine boxes of 9xlrt dry plates out of the cus tom house. We were in Greece to take pictures of places connected with the travels of St. Paul. We were Inform ed that If we would get an order from the American minister stating that we were not trying to smuggle into the country whisky or tobacco we could take our boxes to the hotel. It Is about four miles from Plreus to the city of Athens proper. 8o the first thing In order after reaching the hotel wan to see the American minister. 1 called promptly and sent In my card. He ap peared and greeted me by telling me that he was delighted to see me, that he had known me since the appear~ nnce of a certain book I had written, and that he would do everything In his power to make my stay In Greece pleasant. His name was Dr. Eben Al exander. He had been for many years connected with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He had been sent by Mr. Cleveland as our American minister to Greece. He Is a brother- in-law of Judge W. T. Newman, of At lanta. Leaving his home that day after the interview the thought was upper most In my mind that the world la not large. Instances such as I have related could be spun out at almost any length by every one who has traveled a little. At a time like this we are In danger of magnifying our troubles, it will help us to force ourselves to dwell for a tlmo on the thought that our whole earth is but a mere speck In space. This line or thinking may be regard ed as a* sort of shorter catechism for the blues, for worry and depression of spirits. Suppose tonight if the sky Is clear you take a stand on your front steps and put to yourself ths following questions: "What am I? One of a household of seven. What Is the household? One of fifty which constitute this street. And the street? One of a thousand which build up this town. And the town? One of ninny towns and villages and quiet places which go to the making of my state. And the state? One of many which go to the making of the Amer- lean union. And the United State.? (Ml ■ little aggregate of common wealth* which help to form the con tinent of North America. And of North AmerlcaT A tmall continent among many which form th* dry land of tht globe. And the dry land? Ju.t about on»-flt'th the vnlumo of a little .tar called earth. And the earth? One of the moat In.lgnlflcatu member* of the solar sy.tem. And th* .alar ayatem? One or the Innumerable galaxies which from all eternity have been apberlng through the ether sea." After you have asked and anawered theae question, to youreeir you will walk back from the door atep a wiser, a quieter and a nap- B ier man. You will begin to realise tat you do not count. Your city, or even your planet as far a* mere bulk la concerned. That your whole earth la a mere speck In apace. 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