FEB. 2, 1903.] VOLUME 59. No, 6.

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J 80 RECORDE FEB ] ; ;{ i k ; d \ TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITOBIALTe Denominational Ncwspal)er; An nselos Prayer; Te Value f Todav; Int>llectual Deveolpment Not Enoug; MInuteol te Clcag Countll; Te Seventday Baptist Pulpit; Cooking and Intemperance; An Iron Age; Opening oliemlehe_orvolr 6566 Communion 66 lranl: f! r 1:67 PRAYERMEETING TOICAddfng to Spiritual mc\1e_ 118 NeW of te Week : :: 68 Mrs J V McHenry: : t 6D MI ION Te SeveDtdllY Baptist Pulpit; Fronl Rev George Seeley: Frum (lev F Bakkt>r; }rom S U Weeler: 1reO8urer S Report; Mlsslollary Board Meeting 7071 WOUNS WURKOut of Myell Poetry; Pllrltgrap; Faltfulln Llttletlngs; Wumll _ Slgl for u Pocket tpoetly; le B«?y an His ; Fater 7172 Addre ; j j A Relorm Well Commenced : 7lI In Darket Afrlca ::: 78 YUUNG PEOPLES WORKElevent Report of te Y P S e E Vlulnfiel<l N J: Iteport?f lutermedlate Society; 1Ieport of Junior C Jil U GIrl Eigt Years_ Old In Trade : 74 CHILDRENS P AGlI! le SandMan Poetry: Te Pure Golden llmble : \ 75 Mlltou Haplleulngs : 76 D l outs 8culble ;; 76 POPULAR SCiENCETbe Largest Gun lu te World :77 OURUEADING ROOM 77 EMPLOYMENTBuREAU NOTES 77 SABBATHSoaooL LESSON Cristian SellControl 78 Taik of Food Values 78 DEATHS : 79 SPECIAL NOTICES 70 ANY man wo plays solitaire an«;l ceats is beyond all ope of retormation WITH te possible exception of te repairs in a new ouse teres an end to all tings Te Sabbat Recorder A H LEWIS D D LL D Editor W B MOSHER Actiug Bu_lness Manager THRillS 01 BUBBCBlPTIOH8 Per year In advan 2 00 Papers to foreign countries wul be carged 60 cents additional on account of postage No p per dloconttnued until arrearage_ are paid except at te option of te publiser ADVEBTIBING DBPABTIIBNT Transient dvertisements wul be Inserted for 76cents n Inc fur te first Insertion; subsequent nsertions tn 8ucceeSl0D SO centa per lne Specl&l contracts made wit parties adverttslnk extensively or for Ion terms Legal dvertisemenulnserted at legal rates Yearly advertisers may ve teir advertisemenu canged quarterly witout extra carge No advert!sements 01 oblectlon bl caracter wul be dmltted J)DBlIIIJ8 AU communleat!ons wetber on bullneaa or for pubucation 8ould be add_d to THE SAB BATH RECORDER PI lnftld N J THE SABBATH VISITOR Publlaed eekly under te u8plces 01 t S bl>tflcool Bo rd by te American Sabbat Trac:t Society at PLAlNFIELn N JERSEY TlCBK8 Bingle copies per year 110 Ten ples or up ardii per eopy 60 OOaBBBPOJfDBNCID Communlcatlon8 sonld be addre8bed to Te S bb tb Visitor Plainfield N J DE BOOD8CHAPPER A 2OpuilC LIGIOUB )(OKTBLY TRW HOLLAND LANGUAGE 8ubtoerlPtlon prlce :c ; 76 cents peryear PUBL18BBD BY G VSLTm8&K H8&Ilem Holland D& BOODIICIIoPPJ:B (Te Iof;;;nr;er) lii n ble xponent of te Bible 8 bbat (te Seventd y) B&ptl8m Temperance etc and 18 an excellent d per to place In te nd8 of Hollande In tbf8 conntry to call tetr ttentlun to tese Important acts HELPING HAND IN BIBLE SCHOOL WORK_ A q&rtmi7 containing preparedpii 0 te International LNaoBB Conducted by Te Fabbatll lleool Board PIi<le iii eedts COPT per 1 _ven <lentil quarter : ALfRED UNJVERSITY One Hundred Tousand Dollar Centennial Fund Alfred University will celebrate its ren tennial in 1936 Te lrustees expect tat its Endowment and Property will reac a Million Dollars by tat time; To aid in securing tis reilrilt a One Hun dred Tbouljland Dollar Centennial Fund is already started It is:a popular sub scription to be made up of many small gifts Te fund is to be kept in trust and only te interest ueed by te University Te Trustees issue to eac sub scriber of one dollar or more a certificate signed by te Presidellt and Treasurer of te University certifying tat te person is a contributor to tis fund T!l names of subscribers are publised in tis column from week to \Week as te Bubscriptions are received by W H Crandail; Treas Alfred N Y Eery friend of Higer Education and of A1tre University sould ave qis name appear as a contributor to tis ind_ Prop08ed CentennIal FllIid looodo 00 Amount needed Juue CO Iu M Langworty LI ttl Geneee N Y Department 01 CemiMtry; Alfred UnlYersity mount needed to complete lund Winter Term Milton College Tis Term opens MONDY JAN G 1903 and continue twelve weeks closing Fllday Marc Instruction is given to bot young men and young women in tleeprincipal courses as follows: Te Ancient Classical te Modern Ulassical and te ScientiJic Milton Academy is te preparatoly scool to Milton CollEge and alj tree similar courses leading to tose in te College wit an Englis course in ddition iltt ng students for ordinary businessl In t cool of Music four courses are taugt: Eleinentary and Corus Singing Pianoforte J{ oice Culture and Harmony Toroug work is done in Bible Study in Englis in Oil and Cina Painting in Elocution and in Atletics and Military Training Club boarding $140per week; boarding in private families $3 per week including room rent and use of furniture For furter information address te REV W C DALAND D D; President or Prof A E WHITFORD A M Reglstr r IInto Rock Conty Wi Salem College Situated In te triving town Of SALEM 14 miles west of Cl rk8burg un te B O Ry Tl8 8cool takes FRONT RANK among West Vlrglnla cooi8 and Its graduate stand mong te foremost teacer8 01 te 8tate SUPERIOR MORAL INFLUENOES prevail Tree College CP8 besides teregular8tatenormaicourse Special Teacers Revle Cl ses eac spring term ll8ide Irom te regular ellu!8 work In te CollegeCuul888 No better adv ntages In tl respect found In te 8tate Cl ses not so large bnt 8tudents can receive all per80nal attention needed from te Instructors Expenses a marvel In_roespn_ Two tuusand volume81n Library all free to_8tudenta aud plenty of pp ratu wit nu extj:i carge for te use tereol STA E CERTIFICATES to gradu tes on 8ae con dltlon8 to required 01 8tudenu from te State Normal Seool8 EIGHT COUNTIES and THREE 8TATES are represented mong te 8tudent body FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 2 WINTER TERM OPENS DECEMBER 2 Send for IllOlltr ted fata1ugoe to Teo L Gardiner President wwr VlBaIlOA Sevent:day Baptist Bureau of BmploJDlent and COll8l1ponden Pl8llldelitC B HULL; t St Cicago Ill VIeeP lfinwll INGUAM Milton WI Scret rlew M DAVI 511 West G3d Street OblcRgo 111; MUnRAY MAXSON 517 West Monroe St Cicago III ABBOcrATIONAL SEC81!:TARIES Vurdnpl DavlsSalem W: Va Corll F Rau<loll) 185 Nort Ut 1t New k N J Dr S C Mxson 22 Grant St Utica N Y Prof E P Saunders Alfred N Y W I(:Davl MUton Wls F H Saunders Hammond IEt Uuder controi of Geueral Conference Deupmlnatlonalln scope nd purpose Inclosed St mp for Reply CommUUictLtiotls sqj]ld be luldieshcd to W M_ Davis Sel retary SH W Gad St Clcaga 111 Business Direto ry Plainfield N; J AMERICAN SABBATH; TRACT SOCIETY l;lxeoutive BoABD J F HUBBARD Pres \ F J HUBBARn Treu _ A L TITS ORTH Sec REV A H LEwI8 Oor Plainfield N J Sec Plalnfteld N J Regular meeting 01 te Board at Plainfield N J te second Firstday 01 eacmontat 2 P M HE SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST MEMORIAL T FUND J F HURBARD President Plainfield N J J M TITSWORTHV/ce President PI lnfield N J JOSEPH A HUBBARD Tre Plainfield N J D E TIT ORTH Secretary Plalufield N J Gifts for 0\1 Denominational Interests solicited Prompt payment of all obligation requested THE SABBATH EVANGELIZING AND IN DUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION D E TITS ORTH Preldent WM C HUBBARD Secretary O S ROGERS Treasurer Regular Quarterly Meetings of te Board at Plainfield N J te first Monday of January April Julv and October at 8 P M M STILLMAN W COUNBBlLOB AT Law Rutlrfllmf nnnrt flommlriiilodfll em New York City SABBATH 8CHOOL BOARD GEORGE B SHAW Presldeut 6L1 Central Avenue Plainfield N J \ FRANK L GREENE Treuurer 490 Vanderbilt Ave Brooklyn NY CURLIS F RANnoLPH Rec Seo186 Nort Nint 0 St Newark N J JOHN B COTTRELL Cor Sec 1097 P rk Place Brooklyn N Y Vice PresidentsE E Witford 471 Tompkins Ave Brooklyn N ij M H VanHorn Salem W Va; L H Swinney DeRuyter N Y; I LCuttrell Horne\lsvllle N Y: a D CI rke Dodge Centr Minn Okley HUt ley Geatry Ark HERBERT G WHIPlLE COUNSELOR AT LAW St Paul Building 220 Broad y C C CHIPMAN ABOHITlDfJT St Paul Building 220 BrC! d y HARRY W PHEXlICE D D S Tbe Nortport 76 West 103d Street ALFHED CAHLYLE PRENTICE M D Te Rooevelt Hospital D A Utica NY R S C MAXSON Eye nde r obly om 9Ilfi Gen_Street Alfred N Y LFRED t/nivebsity Secrml Seme8ter 67t Year Begln8 Feb IS 1903 For catalogue nd luform tlou ddres8 Boote Culwell Davis P D D D Pre ALFRED A(lADEMY IREIARATION FOil COLLEGE TEACH Ell TIIAINING CLA rl P 1!taunden A M SCl;lVENT:HDAY BAPTI8T EDUCATION 80 CIETY E M TOMLINSON PresIdent Alfred N Y W L BURDICK Corresponding Secretary Independence N Y V A BAO ecordlng Secretary Alfred N Y A B KENYON TreaaureJ Allred N Y Regnlar qu rterly meetings 1ft February M y tugollt nd Novmber t te c&1l of te Prell Ident THE ALFRED BU Publfsed t Allred Allegany County N Y DevotsdtoUnlverslty ndlocairew Terms looper ye r W ddr RUlI PTmLIIIII AooOOUollow W: COON D D B nlfirj or Oftlj n O AIf +n V! 1 +n P V D West Edmeston N Y R A O DAVIS ; I Eve and Ear om :Brookfleld Leonard8v1l1e West Edmeston Brldgew ter Edmeston Ne BerUn Wmerlt R I SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST MISSION ARY SOCIETY WK L CL4BItmPBESWENT WESTERLY R A 8 8AROOOK Recording Secretary Rotkville R I O_U WHITFURI>Cornpondlnrr lieeretary _ Westerly R I aeorge H UTTER Treilaurer WBlltsrly R I _ e regular meetings of te Buard 01 manager occur te tird Wednesd y In J nuary AprlI July aud October BOARD OF PULPIT SUPPLY Aim MIIS TEHIAL EMPLOYMENT IBA B CRANDALL Pre8ldent Westerly R I O U WHITFORD Curre8puudlng Secretary We8terly R I FRANK HILL Recording SecretaryA8awayRI AS8001ATIONAL SECRETABIEH: Stepen Babcock Eastern 344W 88d Street NewYork City: Edward E:Wltford CentaI Brookfield N y: E P Saunders Wetern Anred N Y; Q W P08t NortWestern 1987 Walngton Boulev rd Clcagu Ill; F J Eret SoutE stern Salem W Va;: W R Potter SuutWestern Hammond La Te ork of tis Board 18 to elp pa8torle8s curces In finding and obtaining pastor8 and unemployed ministers among us to fiud employment Te Board will nut obtrude Information elp or advice upon any curc or person8 but g1velt wilen 8sked Te first tree persons named In te Bo rd will be Its worklng1orce being lucated near eac oter Te AS8uelationai Secretaries will keep te orklng lorce of te Board Informed In regard to te p torles curces and unemployed ministers In teir respective Associations and give watever aid and counsel tey can All correspondeuce wit te Bo rd eiter truug Its Corresponding Secretary or Asocl tlon 1 Secretarle8 will be 8trlctly cunftdentllli Salem W Va THE SEVENTHDAY BAPTIilT GENERAL CONFERENCE Next _slon tu be eld t Salem W Va August o3 REV T L GARDINER Salem W Va President REV L A PLAT!S D D MlltonWIII Cory Paoli W C WRITFORD Allred N Y Treuurer lrof E P SAuNDrR Alfred N Y Rec Bec y Tese omcers togeter wit Rev A H Lewis D D Cor Sec Tract Suclety Hev O U Witford D D Cur Sec MI810uary Society and Rev W L Burdick Cor Sec Education SOciety cun8tltute te Executive Committee Of te Conference W Milton Wis OMANS EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL OONFERENCE President MRS S J CLARKE Milton WI VicePres }MR J B MORTON Milton W18 MR8 W C DALANDMllto WI Cor See MRS NETTIE WERT Mlltu Junction W18 Rec Sec MRS E D BLISS Mlltun W18 Tre88urer MRS L A PLATTS MUton WfB EdltOl of Woman8 Pagf MRR HENRY M MAXSON 661 W 7t St Plainfield N J Secretary Eastern Association MBs A NN& RANDOLPH Plainfield N J SoutEatern A88odatlon MRS CORTEZ CLAwoNSalemW Va Centr 1 Association MIs OORA J WILLIAMS New Londou N Y Western Asoelatlon MISS AGNES L ROGER8 Relmont N Y SontWestern A8lation MRS G H F RANDOLPH Fouke Ark NortWestern A80elstlon MR8 MARY WHITFORD Milton Wis Cicago I BENJAMIN F LANGWORTHY ATTORNEY ANI> COUN8ELOR AT LAW Ruom 612 Coutlnefital Natl B nk Bldg IllS LaS lie St Tel Main 3257 Cicago m YOUNG PEOPLE;S PERMANENT COM MITTEE M B KELLY President Clcagu m MI88 MIZPAR SHERRUBNE Secretary Cicago TIl L C RANDOLPH Edltur 01 Young People8 Pap Alfred N Y MRS HENRY M MAXSON General Junior Super Intendent Plainfield N J J DWIGHT CLABKE Tre urer Milton W18 AS8001A TION AL SEOBET ABIES : Roy F RANDOLPH Ne MlltonWVa; MISS L GERTBUnE STILLKAN A8a y R 1; G WDAVI8Adams Centrs N Y; W L GREENE Alfred N Y: C U PARKER Cicago Ill; LEON HUIII8TON H mmond L VOLUME 59 No 6 ABE A SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST WEEKLY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETYPLAINFIELD N J SABBATH MORNING AT SEA ELIZABETH BARETT BROWNING > Te sip went on wit solemn face: To meet te darkness on te deep Te solemn sip went onward I owed down weary in te pillce; For parting tears and present sleep Had weiged mine eyelids downward Te new sigt te new wondrous sigt I Te waters around me; turbulent Te skies impassive oer me Calm in a moonless sunless ligt As glorified by even te intent Of olding te day glory I Love me sweet friends tis Sabbat day Te sea sings round me wile yeroll Afar te ymn unaltered And kneel were once I knelt to pray And bless me deeper in your soul Because your voice as faltered And toug tis Sabbat comes to me Witout te stoled minister And canting congregation Gods Spirit sall give comfort He Wo brooded soft on waters drear Creator on creation FEBRUARY WHOLE No 302 A L r; legally witout te impairment of te intel; tis need monts ougt to be given to its est and rgts of te Societies Doubtlesste consideration troug private conversation Boards and te Committees representing oy silent tinking in te ministrations of te tem wic ave tis t;datter in ca+ge will pulpit and in au our denominational public be glad to receive informatton or suggestions m!*)tings It is_not enoug to say tat te from pastors or oters bearing upon tis situation in wic we find ourselves is grave question but te discussion of tbe general and critical Neiter is it too muc to say interestsinvolvedintematter 0fr adjusttea:tte demands npon us if met owever ment may well goo forward in te curces grt and trying tey may be will become leaving tis specific item of te legality of suc ibi(igest of blessigs Te danger to be readjustment or te metod of it for consider feared and te mistake to be avoided at tis ation wen te report of te Joint Committee timeis tat we sall not be sufficiently awake sall be before te people We call attention to to te importance of our work nor to te tis feature of te situation to aid pastors value of eac year wit its considerations and oters in consideration of te various and decisions pases of te readjustment wic may come before teir people or wic tey may desire UNDER tis title te STANDARD of to present Baptl8t Cicago writee somewat at Solidarity lengt beginning wit te follow: Te SplrltuBI MEANWHILE te consideration and ing sentence : Baptists are notoriou :) He sall assist me to look iger Side of Denom_dlSCUSSlOn of te effects of read weak in cooperation Coesion amono te Were keep te saints wit arp and song FI An endless Sabbat morning In tlon 1 Re justment upon denominational particles like te forces of gravitation varies A n d on t a t sea commlxe d t fi adjustment lf I I f f t WI re 1 e a ong mes 0 UDlty 0 t oug inversely as te square of te distance be Oft drop teir eyelids raised too 10Dg To tejull Godeads burning and pnrpose and of spiritual growt and tween temwit tis difference owever f development are most important Tere tat even at its maximum tis coesion is a IN previous discussions of tis can be no question but tai unity and con :lsma11 fractiod Having tus begun te T LegalSlde subject one prominent question cert of action must result from correspond writer proceeds to indicate various points of te Adjustment as always appeared namely ing unity in tougts purposes and spirit along wic te Congregational system ofte weter adjustment can be se Tat our action ougt to be from te ig Baptists as indered te progress of denomcured witout impairing te autonomy and est standards and te best motives and tat inational work and denominational strengt endangering te vested interests of existing our plans ougt to be made it regard to Tat of wic te writer complains is te Societies Te latecouncil at Alfred recom te best results iiispilitual life goes witout naturalresult of te independent spirit out mended te appointment of committees by saying It is from tis iger standpoiiltofwic te Baptists sprung and wic as te tree Societies alrefady incorporated tat te question ofreadjustment needs to been fostered rater tan overcome by ex wic committees acting conjointly sall be discussed Every plan weter in te treme individualism in te curces Tis secure competent legal counsel in te case in readjustment of metods or in detrmin muc we note because of its lfearmg upon te volved Te discussions in te Advisory ing upon lines of work sould be made in same problems wic te Seventday Bap Council were along te following general te ligt of te igest knowledge of duty to tists ave in and at tis time We ave propositions: Let te Seventday Baptist God and Trut and te attainment of te ric spoken from time to time of te same teiiden General ConferenGe be incorporated and let est spiritual life for every person Terefore des among Congregationalists and seek by te existing corporations become associated te RECORDER continues to urge tat specif!c tis reference to sow te readers of te REwit it in suc away I l not to impair teir interests and metods ierto entertained CORDER tat te general recommendations vested rigts nor take te mjlagement of and pursued be considered and reconsidered made by te Advisory Council at its late te affairs committed to tem out of te in te Iigt of te igest spiritual good meeting at Alfred do not represent te no ands of tose men wo are best fitted to of te denomination In years like tese tions or wises of individuals so muc as tey carry tem forward; te great point to be crowded wit wordljness and commercialisii\; represent fundamental necessities tat are in Bougt being closer union and concert of te only safeguard of te Curc of Crist is erent iqour istory and surroundings action Te coplmittees to look into tis ina full pure spiritual life Tis demand m niatterave been appointed by te Tract So upon te curc in general is still greater THE element of selfisness as sown ciety and te Missionary Society already upon Seventday Baptists because of teir Broerood on te part of most men in disreand peraps by te Education Society also position because tey are in te minority In Crist garding tose not of teir immealtlioug suc an announcement as not yt and because one of te great practical tuts diate circle ir a prominent feature Qfuman reaced te RECORDER Te discussions con is committed to tem Only te igest and istory In te ancient world somewat cerning te adjustment wic ougt to goo largest view:s concerning Cristian duty and more tan in te modern etnic or national forward in te various curces may tere spirjtual development will suffice for our lines bounded uman interest and sympaty fore eliminte te legal side of te question needs or furnis adequate standards for our Crist taugt an universal broterood \ since it is expected tat te report of tis actions We must rise above te ofdinary based uponte nniyersal faterood of God Joint Committee wic is to appear at te standards wic oter men set far above te but te fullness of is teacing as never next Conference will give definite information popular standards even among Cristians found complete representation evn in te a8 to weter Muc readjustment can be made WeaU recognize te need of tis and to meet Cristian curc Te comj;llon t!ndency_ fo

2 82 THE _r SA B B AT H BE COR DER ; [VoLLIX No: 6 FEB ] THE 8 AB BATH REC ORDER t : 8 J; ; Ii : limit sympaty and re:l;ard to tofije of our subject if it goes ard Do not tire yourself years; so we n;lust rest assured tat in tbe own circle is more) or less at war wit te and evelyon else out Do not preac till coming time we sall be able to understand broadest Gristian pril!ciples of bl oterood te middle of your sermon buries te begin wat is so often complicated and mysterious Nverteless te general influence of Cris ningand is buried by te end Look people tous now tianity as been favorable to te deyelop in te face and live so tat you are not if ment of te spirit of broterood and many afraid of tem Take long breats fill yor organizations wic ignore and sometimes lungs and keep tem full Stop to breate before Te snl11iy THE ig price of meats wic as ruled for a ;year or two past as oppose te Cristian curc are te prqduct te air is exausted Ten you will not fin fmeat been tesubjct of muc discu!:! of te Cristian spirit i te matter of for is off eac sentencea wit a terrible gasp sion Meanwile te edito) of te eign missions tat IS missions of countries ab as if yoiy were dying for aira as some NationaJ Provisioner Jon F Hobbs claimel partly or wolly eaten; we seete finest and preacers do and so strain teir lungs to ave made a study of te demand for fullest example of Cristianbrotelood In and never find Hout becauseteir friends edible animalel and of te prospective supply: te time yet toofar away weilit!e slialldare not tell tem and so leave tbem to His calculations recogni?!e t fact ta te come to someting like it complete urider make sport fqr te opilistines I:Inflate Asiatic is ciefly a ve/!etarianwile te standing of te fact tat all rile_ne aie brat yorlungs It is easier to run a inm it a Vaucasian is a meat eater Mr Hobbs conrep lesser broteloods and organizations full pond tan an empty one Be moderate cludes tat in Russia Frnce and Austriawic are supported inalarge degree troug at fi rst Hoist te gate little ;way; wl;ln Hungary tere is less agitation concerning slf interest because of benefits received will you arll alt troug r81se a ttle more; meat supply tan Great Britain and Gergive )Vay or rise to te iger plane Wbic w?e nearly done put n a: full ead of water many! in wjc countries t!:t2c ratio of te tespirit of Crist indicates In so far as te AIm at te mark HIt It Stp and see meat tiupply to te population is muc less divisions inte curc of ()ristare not based were te sot struck and ten fire anoter tan in te former countries Tere as beeu upon some fundamental necessity for te broadside Pack Jour sermons Make your a widening gap between tbe increase of popu sake of trut suc divisions are t>pposed to words like builets lation and live stock in European countries te true Cristian spirit ant} ougt to yield as well ain te United Statetl wic as a at once aud bury te lesser interests foi te THE first four notices in our obit d e fit m e e ff ec t upon t e wor Id s supp 1 If f 0 sakeofuniversalgood A fairview of te Tile westfield uary coluidit areof men wo per f 00 d I n t e Ut Dl e d St a t es t e popu I a t IOn progress of te doctrines of broter1wd R nrod W fi ld d t as been increasing muc faster tan te takes into account all te Qevelopments of Disaster Ised ld t e est e Isas er and wo were closely associated natulal supply of animals fit for food and tat spirit even tou!r tey be imperfect wit tbe Seventday Baptistcburc of Plain a It oug our er d s an d fl oc k s are I arger aud edaed about in teir unfolding by local field N J directly or troug teir family ta n t ey w ere t eyare b y no means equ al or personal interests Seeli in its best ligt to te increflsing d mand And y t we ar tis aoe is one of incleasino broterood al friends PlObably tese met deat so sud 11 I e e d e den I tat tiere was little or no pbysical ki mg amma s wit a sort of van asm toug te perfect ideal tat Crists teac J suffering altoug tey wit manv oter!:! Ter e a re nearly P u br IC an d prlv at e ings outline makes us impatient for tat abattoirs in te country besides tousands fuller development wic is yet to be one of were burned almost beyond identification of farmers and butcers wo kifl a less numte greater glories of our Cristian fait Twentytree victims of tis accident bave bel of animals for food eac year During been buried already and at least one more te year of 1900 telfigures sow a killing Df lies in a precarious condition in te ospitai cattle alid calves; MAKE no apologies If you ave at Pllliinfield An investigation by te Cor ogs; and seep making an How to te Lords message deliver it; if oners Jury is now in progress We ave aggregate of pounds of beef Preac not old yourpeace Have/:?ort listened to te testimony already giveu and pounds of pork and 2000 prefacesand introductions Say must necessarily form opinions and conclu your best tiugf! first and stop before you sions at tis time; but until te official reget prosy Do not spoil te appetite for din port of tbat jury is made it is not wise for ner by too muc tin soup Leave self out te public prs to do more tan state te of te pulpit Defend te gospel and let te general facts As in similar cases it will Lord defend you and your caracter If you probably be impossible to secure absolute are lied about tank te devil for putting information on all points even toug te 000 pounds of mutton Tis wit tbe byproducts from tese aninmals gives an aggregate of 210 pounds of fres meat for every man woman and cild in tbe United Sfates wile te annual output of eggs and butter amounts to of dollars you on your guard and take care tat te ante mortem statement of te engineer wo if story sall never cowe true Let your beard lived two or tree days is in te possession SOME of our oidreaders will grow Trowaway your cravat n you do of tbe jury Te fii;eman is living and likely A Costly remember tbe New England not want to break down make your sirt to recover and statements from im areto Plimer Primer wic was a popular collar an inc larger and give your blood a be ade to te Jury on te day upon wic book in its day It is reported cance to flow back to te eart Do not t?is IS written Wateer t final conc tat a copy wic was purcased far twelve /!et excited too soon Do not run away from slons may be te a:;qldent Illustrates te cents was sold te oter day for $2500 It your earers Engine drivingweels fly!ast fat tat sligt causes and peraps uneon was found in Lobacsville Pa a village wit no load but wen tey draw anytmg SCIOUS mental actions on te part of me founded by David Lobac a scolarly mali tey go sloer It takes a cold ammer to eve toug momntar may even!ute m wo came to America nearly 200 years ago bend a ot Iron Heat up te people but terrible results Wy tis sould be In te Mr M D Hig a teacer il) Jonstown Pa keep te ammer cool D? not brawl and eonomy of a WIse Faer we can but J?ar bougt a copy of te New Enlani:I Primer scream Empty vessels ildg e loudest tlally understand It IS enoug to beeve from Mr Lobacs coilectionfol12c and sold Powder isnt sot Tunder jnt ligtning tat if te wole field were ope before us we ittododd Mead & ()0asreportedfor$2500 Ligtning kills If youave glltnmg you ould b able to see tbat III splte of uman J?e book contains 104 pages and is bound can afford to tunder; but do not try to IprfectlOns te great laws tqat g?vern plr in oak and leater It is 3 inces long and liunder()u on empty cloud ltv_es and ctj?sare te best possile bo 3 inces wide Onte coveiis prlted: New Do not scold te people Do not abse e for us as mdivlduals and for te world m England Primer; Enlarged for te illoreeasy faitful souls wo_ come to meetmg ramy wic we ve Tose lavs of ature ad of attaining te true reading of Englis to days because of tbe oters wodolnot com mentaland pysical action WIC contribute wic is added Milk for Boston Babes Bos Preac te best to smallest assemblies Jesus most to success and bappinssare (e ones ton: Printed by S Keeland and T Green in preaced to one woman at te well and se troug wbic disaster II)ay come troug Queen Street 1727 In tis instance age got all Samaria out to bear im next time sligt causes known orunlmownbut if as added value to literature: Ventilate your meetingroom Sleeping in puc a ting were not possible te larger curc is due to bad air oftener tan to bad and universal good tat results from te /manners Do ot repeat saying as I sald proper co ordination of forces and actions before; If you said it before say someting could not be attained In te presence of else after Leave out words you cannot de succalamjties and mysteries we are like fine Stop your declamation and talk to littlecil9ren o>:altoug unableto underfolks Come down from stilted and sacred stand wy tings connected wit teir lives touee and become a little cild Cange te are tus and tus find explanations in after SETTLE it in your eart tat it is tbe sum of all your businees and bleesednefs to iive to God J o n Wesley IF it is true tat knowldge isj1ower it is doubly true tatknowledge of God is spiritual powerrev J Hudson Taylor PrayerMeeting Column of temeeting responsible if te services drag tinuation of tetemeoftepreviousvenidg eavily and teyfeel at tbe close like sing Besides tese exercises tree sermons including te evening after te Sabbat were TopicJreparation of Heart foj:tlie Prayer ing: Meetlg In vain we tllne onr formal Bongs preaced In tbe morning Bro M G Still (Memory Text Revelation 3: 15 16) In vain we strive to rise f W l t d t S bb Hosannas InrigniB on 0111 tonglleb mll;n; 0 11! wor preac e on e a at Ie common practice concerning tbe prep And 0111 devotion dietl in te Uld Testament wic e presented aration of eart and mind for teprllyer Wbenever Buc a stanza is an appropriate under six eads wit a text for eac ead roeetini is by far too inadequatefor tis descfjj;ttion ofa prayrmeeting many oters quoting corroborative texts as eac point reason te aerage prayermeeting is one of besid te leader are responsible for te situ required; 1 Te Sal;lbat is a sanctified day te most difficult services inte curc; tat atioll is it is te most difficqlt from te standpoint Gen 2: 8 2 TbeSabbat mst be prepred for Ex 1G: It is te eart of Gods of te pastor wo conducts it Hejs ll:ener THE WISCONSIN QUARTERLY MEETING: bolylaw Ex: It is a Perpetual ally eld responsible for te success of teccording to previous announcements; tbe sigubetweerigod add is people Ex 31: 14 pray&rmeetingwbile tere isgooa round :midwnter session of tequaterly Meeting of 17R_jtsdesecrtitioJl brings te wrat of fortis to a certain extent it is also true te Soutern Wisconsin nqeicago curces God Ne 1:3: 186 Varefulobservance of tat te want of preparation on te part of was eld wit te cburc at Milton from Jan te Sabbat brings perpetual blessing Jer te people presents an element over wic 30 to F&b 1 and te general topic for te 17:2426 te pastor can ave little or no control If entire Ilession was te Sabbat Believing In te afternoon Bro G J Crandall oulilis own preparation of beart is wat it ougt tat tbe readers of t!:l RIWOUDER areintereat ton Junction preaced on te Sabllat in te to be and e is especiallyjyise an!i able in ed in tis subject and <1ping tat someac New Testament Te subject was treated awakening iriterest on te part of tose wo count of tis meeting may be elpful in some under two general divisions: Crist and te are not interested e can overcome in some degree to tem as it was encouraging and Sabbat and te Apostles and te Sabbat degree te evils wic arise from unpreprar iuspiring to us a brief statement of itjs ere Tese again were eac divided into Teacings edness on te part of te people It is often oifered and EXaJnple Crist kept te Sabbat said tat te prayermeeting is a delicate Te first meeting eld on Sixtday after (Luke 4 :16) and taugt te perpetuity of ting: Suc meetings sometimes open well noon was for te most part an informal is te law of wic te Sabbat is a part (Matt but go to pieces or fall into listleesness as cussion of te reasons wy we sould give 5: 1720) tbe design of te Sabbat (Mark tougb covered wit a wet blanket Any tis subject suc aprominentearing Tese 2: 27) and te proper uses of te Sabbat ting like controversy between tose wbo were mainly: 1st Tat we ourselves and es (Luke 13: 1016); but be nowere taugt its take part altoug it be indirect is fatal pecially our young people sould be torougb abrogation or cange Te Apostles likewise Drowsiness and indifference soon insure te Iy grounded in te fundamentsj principles of were Sftbateepers Acts 18: 4 11; 16: 13 sleepofdeat Almostequallydeleterious Sabbat trut; 2nd lat genuine Sabbat etc 258 Iaul taugt Geeks as well as is a prayer or a testimony wic in military keeping being vital to oly living it must Jews o te Sabbat by teir ow request prase as neiter aim nor ammunition rest upon a tender sensitive conscience and preacing Jesus and te resurrection (Acts Wbile prayermeetings are largely emotional since tbe word of God is te only autority 13: 424) but e did not teac te cange tey must also be rational Suc emotion tbat can touc te conscience tis subject of tbe Sabbat for any cause as ougltt to exist springs from deep convic needs to be studied in te ligt of Bibleteac In tbeevening Bro S H Babcock of Albion tion and earnest fait rater tban from su ing 3d;Tbat tbe people of tis country even preaced on tbe law and te Gospel Law perficial notions and glibness of tongue Cbristian people are rapidly drifting away may be fundamental or administrative Some one bas said Pity te prayermeet from any conception of te sacredness of any Fundamental law is grounded in eternal ing leader wo must sape cold iron Tat Sabbat and terefore tat Seventday principles and cannotcane; administrative is too nearly tbe experience of many pastors Baptists sould raise in no uncertain or falter law is a device for enforcing obedience to in conducting suc meetings ing voice te warning (fry; and 4t Tat in fundamen tal law and may be cbanged wit We remember going into te waitingroom some quarters at least tere are sins of be <!anged or canging conditions making of a railroad statiou cilled and weary and awakening to te dangers of te popular drift It necessry or t may cellse altogeter wen astenii;ig to a large stove wbic stood in a nd some readiness to listen to te claims of e occalon for It as passed Tbe Decalogue vitinglyin te center of te room to flnd Gods word and terefore Seventday Bap n te midst of WICb te Sabbat is placed <lat te sto e was1ireless and tat cilled tists sould be ready at te first opportunity IS fundamental Te laws providing for te tingers: eld toward it were yet colder Te and at every opportunity in fearlessness but puniment of Sabbatbrekers etc are average attendant at prayermeetings is too in love and power to deliver tbe message I admmlstatlve Te Gospel IS tbe goodnews likely to come in wit dormant emotions if cannot mention even te liames of all wo o! slvatlon troug Jesus Crist tus fu not wit a cilled spiritual being Hence te spoke muc less give in detail wat was said DlsIg an entirely new basis for securing difficult problem of warming awakening and Bro WD Wilcox of Vicago and Mrs M G obedience to tbe fundamental law of God vivifying im awaits te leaqjr Silent Townsen of Milton by previous appoint Do wetenmakevoidtelwtrougfait? tongues are as dleterious as noisy ones ment led in te discus/:?ion God forbid! Yea we establis te law sometiqles altoug soq1etimes emotions are On Sixtrrday evening te regular weekly On F}lstday morning Boo M B Kellyof so deep and meditations are so sacred tbat prayermeeting ofte curc was led by te Milton preaced answering Objections and a sanctifying silence ensues Suc a silence pastor te topic being Sabbat Blessings Arguments of Firstdl:ly People Te principal may be a blessing to all present butte more A busy business man spoke of tbe blessing of objections considered were tose relating to common form of silence is tat wic comes rest from te urrying vexing cares of te worldly inconveniencete world against God r from emptiness of lleart and absence oispirit week; anoter empasized te spiritual com Wic sall prevail? Te customs and laws ual glow Against alltose influences wic forts of te fellowsipdf Sabbat worsip; of te land We ougt to obey God rater deaden te prayermeeting and lesseni1:s anoter told ow temptations ad come to tallmej;l Can so few be rigt and so many value and make it unattractive; proper prep im to leavtesabba;t for business and b wrong? r Te Scriptures and all istory artiori on te part of tosewo attend and ow now looking back e could see wat a declare tat religious reforms are wrougt by especially of tose wo are looked upon as miffake even from tebusinelils]:iointofview te minorities Under arguments te teory workers in te prayermeeting is neces it would ave been to liaveyieided Prayers of a ange of day te one sevent part ot sary Tat preparation sould run tliroug tender and grateful for blessings received time teory antinomianism etc were ansall te days of te week Evrycild of Ood went up to God for wisdom to discern ai;ld werm by a carefulanalysis of te various sould gater from out is experiences in grace to do all is oly will Tus te our texts of Scripture usually relied upon for tese tinking writing and conversig during te passed swetly and swiftly away and te various and contradictory positions week someting fit fbr te prayermeeting large meeting was dismissed witb a Sabbat In te afternoon of Firstday a miscella Tat abit ould be cultivated Tus te blessing resting calmly gl0riouslv; on every neous program arranged principally by te power to get elp and secure enjoyment fram eart _ president on e Young J>eoples Union of te te prayermeeting will e greatly increased On Sabbatday te regular Sabbat Quarterly Meeting was presented A paper We put in a plea for suc preparation on te scoql lesson Paul at Atenswas taugt on te Isolated Broter written by Prof A part of tbe people(and an equal pleawlt in te mornin/! and late in te afternoon te B West of Lake Mills; wasread; Bro Wilcox tem toold tmselve8 and not te leader Young Peoples Prayermeeting was a con ofuicago and Prident W CDalaud of v /

3 84 THE SABBAT:Ef \ \ I RECORDER [VOL L]XNo 6 Miiton College gave interesting account of I toms awaken fears of a new attack of ap and street car frfflc were demoralized tele teir experiences in coming to te Sabbat; pendicitis Latest reportll snw an improve grap and telepone wires were broken down Mrs W C Daland gavete outline of a plan _ment and give lss fear of serious results and muc: Buffering and iuconvenienceesed wic is being tried in somesabbat;keeping Vrious rejigiousbodies in te city of Pil On te same evening a seere storm of tliunomes for making te closing ours of te adelpia during te past week ave sent out der and Jigtning visited nortern New 8abbat quietly pleasant and profitable to petitions to te Legislature against te pro Jersey and a large fire at Raway resulting te younger cildren of tose omes and Mr posed repeal of te Sunday Law of Pennsyl from astroke ofjigtning brougt a loss of at C ll Hull of Cicagoread a paper clerlyvania least $30000 setting fort some of te conditions wic During te week itas brenoreported tat!four ocean steamers were prevented frnm seem to make te reorganization of our de Wel;ltrn railroads are refusing to accept sailing on teir regular dates te 4t of Feb ijomingtonal1ife imperative and some of te freigt for transmission to te East because ruary becau!3e tey could not secure coal for problem involved in sucbf reorganization of tlljnbility of Eastern roads to carejor te voyage : Tservices tr:ougout were quickened and te traffic offereq to tem Tis refllsal if Te Elkins Antitrqst Bill as passed te aided by excellent music furnised by te continued must ave a marked effect upon Senate during te week and it is expected tat musical talimt of Milton Miltoii Junction ana te supply of food for Eastern cities espec it will pass te House (lod become a law AlbioD all combining to make te occasion a ially meats andfl6ur Probably tat will be te only antitrust legislation during te present Congress It pleasan and profitable one r arious effor ave been made durino te f t f IS lo t e nature 0 an ldtrs ate commerce Te iscourses and discussions of te meet week to secure an adjustment of te Venezu law ing so deeply impressed te people wit te elan quastion Te ajlied governments ave ExUnited States Senator Henry L yital importancq of te Sabbat trut and offered new termswic are tat tey sall Dawes; died at Pittsfield Mass February 5 te consequent necessity for more earnest and re(eive twotird of te receipts for tem at te age of 86 In former years Senator 1 Dawes was a prominent figure in national widespread effort on our partto proc aim It selves onetird going to oter creditors matt ers He retired from te United States tat an informal meeting was cand after te O te 2d of February tis was promptly Senate in 1893 after serving tree long Quarterly Meeting was closed to consider refused by Minister Bowen on bealf of Ven terms te question of doing someting about it At ezuela and te probabilities were tus in TRACT SOCIETY an unfavorable time for suc a meetino near cr eased tat te case would go to te Hague Treasurers Receipts for January 1903 ly ODe undred persons came togeter and for settlement Final decisions ave not been_ J H Coon utica Wi $ 4 no te questions: Wat can we do? Wat will d t A C Burdick Allred N Y 500 reac e as we goo press DrH W Stillman Edgerton Wls 2650 wedo? Wat can Ido? Wit Gods elp On te 2d of February a Coroners Jury CBH!!r: I I wat will I do to move tis cause forward? d f bl f PI fi Id N J Mrs C D lottr Belmont N Y rna e up 0 a e men rom aln e Mrs A B Stillman Nortonville Kan were earnestly and prayerfully consdered began te work of inquiry as to te respon Womans Board Curces: Witout formulating plans in detail te conviction was universal tat te summer evan wic we spoke last week Nort Loup Neb 5 75 sibility for te terrible railroad accident of New York City 8 81 First Brookfield N Y 8 86 gelistic work of former years ougt to be 1025 Comparatively mild weater and te efforts ft1::: ::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 6 00 broadened so as to include more variety of of te railroads to asten coal to Eastern Cartwrigt Wi Friendsip N Y work and consequently greater variety of markets ave conspired to bring te price 1:i f:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: workers and tat te amount of suc work ougt to be greatly increased To furter test te spirit of tose present te question was asked: Supposing tat all necessary details are arranged for tus enlarging and extending tis work ow manyoftosepresent would be willing to engage in te work in any capacity in wi tey could serve? were11 upon about forty persons principally young people were instantly upon teirfeet Alittle later nearly as many more arose to say tat wile tey ad no reason to tink teir circumstances woulq be s!jc as to justify te expectation of entering te field tey were deeply interested and would do all tey could as omestayers to elp forward any work it migt seem best to undertake Tis ten is te situation as seen at te end of te midwinter Aession of te Quarterly Meeting of tesoutern Wisconsin and Cicago curces: Te trut is plain it is vital it ougt to be proclaimed te times and conditions seem ripening for te enlarging work and te workj:lrs are witin call SoJI te plans be made soon? Sall te work be done? L A PLATTS MILTON Wis Feb NEWS OF THE WEEK Itis said tat one local company in te city of New York furnises typewriters in twf!ntysix diffrent languages Te laest patent is an Arabic typewriter wit a keyboard no larger tan te one used on American macines altoug Arabic textbooks ave 638 different caracters Te Japanese language is said to be te only prominent one wic now does not ave its own typewriter Te Cinese slow as We tink tem are supplied Te sudden ijlness of King Edward VII Wftt announced on te 2d of February Tesym down during te week bot in New York and Cicago IIJ East Portville N Y $ Boston Dodge Center Minn Albion WI Sabbat ScooL Serious riots in connection wit te street car strike at W!3terbury Conn ave oc INCOME curred during te week Strong military Geo Greenman bequest Marla L PCJtter force as been present Sara C L Burdick bequest : 1 14 J1en L Greeman bequeet 2 28 On Feb 3 it was announced tat te state of Paul Palmiter gift 2 28 Account Sale Reuben D Ayres farm Vermont by a vote of as against 28 Seventday Baptist Memorial Fund: 869 as adopted te new Local Option Law Tract Society fudd $14 a4 Tl S result as come after Vermont as ad Half D C Burdick fund per cent Geo H Babcock fund ; proibitory Jaw for over fifty years Tis $a8006 result presents a si gni ficant capter ln te Publising House recelpts $ ; istory of temperance legislation $ Re; Francis P Bacelor as resigned te Loans pastorate of te Sout Congregational TotalT;::di idb;;; :::::::::::: :::: ::::::$:$ curc of Hockanum Conn because of te E &; O E attitude of tat curc on te question of tobacco ra ising He insisted tat tose of is congregation wose farms were large enoug to supply te needs of teir families witout raising tobacco sould ceasfl from its culture Because tey would not dq tis e as resigned Seen in te ligt of public opinion tis is an extreme action but we are of te opinion tat suc testimony is important at tis time wen bot public opinion and generalpra(jtice combine to support tobaccn raising one of te grave evils of our civilization_ On te it of February it was announced tat It compromise ad been arranged wic islikelytoend tefigt over te Stateood Em Tis compromise measure wiu admit Oklaoma and anoter state composedoiailzona and New Mexicoc!>mbined We appreend tat tere is more of politics iil tfl Stateoodfigt tan is desirable for te best interests of all concerned On te 3rd Imd 4t of February Cicago and oter points in te West were visited by a severe blizzard including rain sleet; and snow accopaniedby ig wind Railroa4 PLAINFIELD N J Feb A SEARCHING QUESTION F J HUBBABD Treasurer C C VANHORN Read at te SoutWestern ABsociation and requested fr publication in te RECORD}cR Simon son of Jonas lovest tou me? A searcing question indeed; and altoug directed by is Master to teimpetuouspeter it comes ringing down te ages wit equal force to us of te twentiet century Ten let us make it a personal question Do I love my Savior? Pause a moment before ynu answer and reflect Truly now do you love im wo for1our sllke suffered untold agonies in te garden and was cruelly put to deat on te cross I am sure we do love im some more some less; but suppose we ask ourselves a few questions te alswers to wic will determine te dept of love we ceris for our Master If we are fnljowine: Crist as closely as we sould tese questions ale unnecessary; if we are not peraps tey will elp us to gain a clnser ;walk wit im Hnw do we regard t Sixtday nigt prayermeetin 18 it to UB te g;lbrious open FEu ing of Gods Holy Day? Do we look upon it as(nur meeting and feel tat Jesus is tere wit a blessing for eac of us and is grieved if we fail to meet im? Are we 80 anxious tat we will make a sacrificein order to be in oilr places at te appointed time? Is it a burden for us to prepare for curc on Sabbat morning or is it nul deligt and arewn te sanctuary ready wit appy voices aiid tankful earts to sing praises to God from wom all blessings fiow 1 = How is it in te Sabbatscool do we know were te lesson is and ave we studied it carefully and prayerfully during te week so tat ineltead of sitting wit a blank expres!3ion on our faces we can enter inteuigently into te discussion of te different points of interest? Do we realize tat it is God speaking to us troug )lis word and tat indifference on our part is very trying and discouraging tn te teacer and superintendent? Wen te our for C E meeting arrives Were are we at Do we know about te lesson and are ready to ke our places and aid teleader ill making>te meeting interesting and elpful not only to our own members but to visitors wo may be prl:lsent? Wen te meeting closes and we return to our omes are we satisfied wit our efforts; ave we tried to do our part? Did you notice tat grieved and disappointed expression on te leaders face wen you and so many oters failed to sow any interest in te meeting? If Jesus sould ask you tese questions wat would you answer im? Have you led a meeting and at its close felt tat you could never do it again? Meeting dead; members dull and indifferent ; ullisic committee absent 01 not in working order; no organist; poor ligts; and tose wo sould be in teir places on time dropping in in groups of two to six breaking up wat little interest ad been created I say did you ever lead a meeting under suc trying circu mstances? Were do you sit wen you go into a C E meeting Do you crowd into ons of te back rows of seats giving te leader room to in 11 fer tat you do I!ot intend to do muc? Are we keeping our pledge wen we treat \ Jesus and our leader tus? Is a Cristian Endeavor society conducted in tis way doing its best work; accomplising all it was caljed to do Wo willanswer? 4 Are )tese questions searcing enoug? Is tere a; point mentioned tat does not touc our society and or lives? Wat qualities will make your society te strongest of all? Promptness and despatc mingled wit te love and tenderness and meekness of Jesus Promptness tat will set aside everyting of a selfis nature and put us in our places at te appointed time for service; Despatc wit a purpose to do our part and do it now Time wasted is an opportunity lost Love tenderness and meekness sine out beautifully itt te life of Crist Tey wiji make our lives beautiful Let s cultivate tem ANOTHER LETTER To tose interested In our work Gspel work nul interest in wic is measured by love for Crist in its various manifestations Te orpan is te especial object of Gods love Love reaces out a elping and and saves te orpan from poverty and crime and THE SABBATH RECORDER elps im to ft Ilsefullife anrl to become a good citizen Multitudes of tee are to:day a ifessingto omes and grateful to God for teir salvation; Wat great possibilities we see in every boy and girl placed in a good ome It was a sweet Int of cildren we ad at Catfield Minn te 8t of January Every fres company from tqe east makes cildood look mnre beautiful Witout oms and not knowin were tey wete going tey were ceerful trutful opeful affectionate A kiss from several a smile an inquiry as to watwas to become of tem sent a trill of joy to te earttat Jesus is in it all and will care foris own: l 1\:: I t 85 ane\wer teir loving letters and pray for tem every day Horpe andforeig:1i misnary work Suc a mitirel Italian Iris German Swede Englis Hungarian everyting and teir little lives as susceptible to te influence of IWe and kind treatment as are your cildren Te oter day it wasan Armenian boy His fater was massacred by Turks Wit M is moter and sister e was brougt to tis country Soon te moter wanted to marry again and te boy was turned off He is a brigtkeeri fellow wit an Armenian eye to busiess H D CLARKE THEVICISSITUD S OF LANGUAGES o Te next start was for Iowa again Sab Possibly I may be in error but I tink it is bat te 24t of January fotind us at undoubtedly te fact tat langllages are Marion wit te Curc of God to wic generally studied esteemed admired and people we preaced on tat day Here is a diffused largely in proportion to te prestige curc not of our denomination and Jret so enjoyed by te countries to wic tey befaitfulin spreading te Sabbat trut tat long it outdoes te majority of our own curces in To take first te case of Frenc Since te securing our publications A large list for day wen after Sedan BiSmarck first put Sllbbat of _Crist is paid for by tis curc down Qis mailed oof and bluntly announced We ope te coming readjustment will elp tat e would no longer employ Frenc as us to be reformers in more ways tan one te medium of diplomatic communication By te wa would it not be a good ting to tat tongue seems gradually being ousted readjust Seventday Baptist political senti from its once proud place in European usage ments so tat we was our ands of te and despite te fact tat it stih lingers as legalized liquor traffic and no longel by our te language of te cordon bleu te number ballots say to te government: I am satis daily waxes of te Ampitryons wo cause fled wit te governments license policy I teir menus to be written in teir nativ{j At Cedar Rapids on Sunday evening we tongue eard in te Presbyterian curc te Rev Mr In marked contrast wit te fate of Frenc Carson called Talmages successor in Brook we see Englis diffusing itself evel more and lyn He was west on some mission It was more Already te predominant language of a very simple modest but grand and power commerce and navigation it may be said ful gospel sermon It went to te earts of tat if any tongue could ever become univermen ungry for a loving message from te sala tin wic is not to be soberly <:on Fater We could not elp wondering wy ceivedenglis would be tat tongue te ligt of Sabbat trut did not come to Ten again we see Germany slowly persuc great preacers and wen it comes wy aps but surely pusing er speec in new do tey not gladly receive it? din:ctions wile te study of German as of f At Corydon Iowa in t3 soutern part of }!bte years made prodigious strides not only te State we arranged fnr a company of in England but also in most of te countries boys and girls to come Februarv 12t wit of Europe altoug it may be safely said Mr B W Tice Superintendent of West Side tat te cumberous and grotesque forms of its Boys Home New York Mr Tice is ripein structureso comically caricatured by MfJrk tis experience and as a eartflllj oflovefor Twainwil1 peraps forever prevent it from tese cildren Visiting orpaus on te Burlington Route as far (JS Des Moines we went to Italian despite its exquisite beauty and its becoming a very widely diffused language te Iowa Sanitarium conducted by our 8evantday Advent bretren Situated one block Civil Service Commissioners ignore it as a splendid literature is little studied now Te from te beautiful State Capitol it is baving test for admission to te public service A a large patronage We were kindly sown few entusiasts still wrestle wit Dante and trougout te building and for an experiment a few impmlters pretend to do so but te tested one of te bats It is undoubtedly arming tongue is practically out of te doing great good We visited te new Army Post upon wic te government is expending vast sums of money Proibitionists of Iowa are watcing to see weter Congress will yield to te demands of te Drewers nondepartment encmen and restore te canteen God forbid Te next Sabbat found us near Adelwere we reaced te ome of te late Duane Maxson Tis is a nepew of te late Rev Darwin E Maxson of blessed memory and toug tey are not Seventday Baptists we found te SABBATH RECORDER in te ome loved and read In teir curc near by te buildig lot of an acre being te gift of Mr Max son we were invited to preac Qn Sunday; J;ebruary 1st Tis we did and enjoyed very muc te close attention given Again on our journey for visit!ltion and to attend to any want te orpans may ave we sall cange some encourage oters running A couple of generations back it was invariably te second language taken up by young: ladies after Frenc bqt it as long since been superseded by German As for Spanis notwitstanding its majesty and grace notwitstanding te treasures of its literature its name is seldom eard and te tongue of Cervantes and of Lope de Vega as fallen into te limbo of practical desuetude Nevelteless j by virtue of te principle above assumed if we could imagine Italy and Spain resuming premier placesintne es timation of te world and te foremost rank in influence and power wile England and Germany sank to secondary positions it would I tink be safe to predict tat te languages of te former would rise along wit teir renewed prestige and would as sume a leadingplace in te estimation of te world : ;

4 ; I Missions By OU WHIT!ORD Cor SecretarvWesterlyRL THE evangelistic meetings eld WIt te Albion curc by Evangelist M B Kelly closed te last of J/lnuary J;irteenwere baptized and nnited wit te curc and te membersip of te cui:c werereviyed and > strengtened Mr; Kely olds meetings wit te Milton curc during February THE [VOL: LncNd 6 is in better working order tan it as been for being rstored ow Sunday was losing sometime We are aving a big boom ground; wat Sunday laws ad done to elp ere Tere is a big steel plant C?ttg in its own destruction Wen I was troug up between Gadsden and Attalla about two te Campbellites sked Ii good mny questions and a alf miles from Attalla It issaid it wic I tink I answered satisfactorily wiil cost five millions of dollars to put it in Ten wen I ad dismissed te peopleayoung operatiop and ouse rent is going up migty man a very brigt young man tooca ig and Lad te promise of te ouse I live around and said : Well if we cant find some in at te same price $5 per mont cas and Emrlpture in te New Testanint to telt us one dollar of work on te place but te man plainly tat te Sabbat was canged we are wo owns te place lives in Atlanta Gannd all wrong and we migt just as well sell EVANGELIST J G;BURDICK writesfrdril elu:ls givim orders to Mr :Nicolson to sell it:dowb te corn so! was invited to preac to West EdinestonN Y J;l}n 24t; Praise so we cannotrentbyte yar nowat pre:s temagain on te same SUbjectsome time in te Lord Te victoryi is coming t9ug itent If it sells we will ave to pay $8 per te future andi agreed to do it may be slow none te less good for tat It mont for ibis placeall cas Tllere are some I ave ad several calls to go to new fields was f! fearfully cold day A good congrega small two room ouses ere renting for $5 and I will answer tese calls justassoonas I tion One more offered for baptism; would per mont and wages are still low and te can Of course we cannot do as muc preacave been twobut te sister did not come laboringmanwo as to pay ig rentsand ing in tlie winter on account of suc ad Se is sixty years old and is to be baptized buys is coaj and stove wood does not ave roads to go outat nigt and poor ouses to and I tink will unite wit te curc Tere muc tolive on so you seete poor people old nigt meetings in But we can scatter is anoter Sabbat convert Te meeting must ave ard times Ieaverage wages is tracts and preac by te aysidemy ex penlast nigt was full of interest fourteen came one dollar per day and working about 18 ses ave been rater eavy fliis last quarter forward Sall be ere one more week to 20 days per mdnt troug te winter because my buggy is wol\:q out and my orse wih bring ard times to many a poor family too; and I ave ad to liire conveyance and A DENOMINATION is a body of Cristian peo We tougt of m(}ving back ome on to te will ave to continue todqso until I can buy pie wo ave separated temselves from ot farm but we ad rented our place before te wic I want to do as early as possilym ers because of soij}e special doctrine or set of boom came and we will avf to try to stand Sometimes it is ard to get a orse just wen doctrines wic tey old in common and it and besides tere was ardly anyting I want it but I will ave to buy wee I can regard as essential We as Seventday Bap made on our place last year it was so dry; buy on installments tists are a denomination a distinct ouse well I eld a weeks meeting at :E{ealds 1 ave tra;eled 392 miles tis_ quarter old of fait Have we a rigt to be? Tis scool ouse in October and ad about 14 Bro DaVId Green IS ere WIt Uti agaill III is te question we wis to consider in tis converts and about 20 more came forward somewat poor ealt Pray for us tat te number We are a distinct and separate peo for prayer Tere were not any of tem tat Lord may bless te work ere pie in virtue of certain truts wic we love came to te Sabbat but I believe tere are ATTALIA Ala Jan 1903 and torougly believe to be bible truts some people _tere wo will come to us yet spiritually vital ence essential and import Tere are a few wo are reading our tracts ant No religious people we believe ave a and wo say we are rigt on te Sabbat rigt to be separatists except for te sake of question One man read te 12 tracts by Dr vital trut te trut of God If we are not a Lewie in one week and loaned tem out to denomination of people because of suc bible is neigbors and wanted more and I sent trut wic oter Cristians or te world tem I ave organized 1\ C E society tere deny; wic tey will not accept and prac now wit about 25 members It is in good working order I will not preac any more religious people and sould disband at Once\ to te Lookout curc tis winter it is 20 If we do believe and practice certain vital miles sout of era and te ouse very small truts Essential to a truer and iger spirit and open and no eater and we cannot do ual life and Cristian caracter and obedi any good in tat kind of a ouse I ate ence to tese truts is required by Jeova agreed to take our tent down tere wen tollg; it sall searte us fro oters; i is spring opens and Iwilllet it remain tere our duty to be a distinct orgamzed CrIstIan till te peopleget troug wit teir crops; body to maintain tese truts and teac and tey say tey will build a good ouse ice ten we ave no rigt to be a separat FROM W L DAVIS Te meetings were not very well attended on te account mainly of te woopingcoug sweeping te country at tat time Notwitstanding te little curc was encouraged and strengtened by Bro: Seagers twoweeksj labor wit us We are aving continuous winter It as stormed every Sabbat for five weeks On December 7a curc meetingwascalled at wic various points of important business were transacted I am called for six monts te curc bein informed tat I wanted to start to scool at teexpiration of tat time CONNEAlVILLE Pa January 1903 tem to oters We ave no rigt to keep tey want me to prec to tem rigt on A PENNY MEASURE te trut tp ourselves It is not our own it I ave g;iven away some good tracts tere In Jersey City a week ago te pastor of a belongs to Go and umanity If God as and te people are reading tem I ave been curc said tat e ad noticed a great num made us te receptacle of tese important to Bullma tree times te last quarter Our bel of pennies in te contributions during te truts e as made us suc to bear tem to meetingsnave been well attended tere re last few monts too many for te financial all people No people of a common fait ave last trip I made tere reaced tere on Frite rigt to organize on te oneness of tejr day and tat nigt I went to ear acampbel welfare of te paris Ten e added: If you cannot afford to give more tan a penny belief simply to maintain an existence to en lite preac He preaced avery able sermon ill te Sunday collection keep your moiley joy one anoters company and build up on te reformation He sowed were te You need it moretan te curcdoes A temselves Te only rigt a religious people curc went under wat it lost in te dark similar remark was made not long Bilice by of a common fait a v to organize temaoes naneminent a tte ands of te Catolics and ten New ;york clerygrilantoug in selves into a separate denomination is ti:ltsowed wat part of te tiue doctrine ad different wo rds In eac case te story of tey may tereby promote te salvation of been restored and tat te only ting tat te widows mite was told to illustrate tat men growt in grace and te advancement ad not beeli fully restore!i was baptism He te gers of today are not doing wat tey ofbible trut Suc a people will be from te declared tat every ting tat te Catocs can terefore need not expect any great re very nature and purpose of tbei organiza ad ever canged or interfered wit was all turn for teirgiv2 _ tion a live people A live people will be more restored but baptism and tat tey were te Te present is a\ge of accumulating not tan a defensive people tey will be aggres only people tat were contending for a com of giving: Kame persons may deny tat and sive Tey cannot be oterwise for otetruts plete reformation marsal to sustain te denial te numerous wic distinguis tem and make t?m sep Wim e got troug I stepped forward il1ustrations of te great gifts wic ave arate are III telfnature nd operation ag and introduced myself to im and announced been made to colleges and ospitals by men gressive and uncompromismg tat I would review is sermon on Slinday and women of great wealt If suc cases FROM R S WILSONnigt So wen Sunday nigt came I went were to furnis te only facts on wic Te new year as found us all very well and to te scoolouse and found aboilt300 judgment was to be rendered it could not wit some brigt prospects befol:e us Our people tere I tried to sow ow te law of be said tat te time was not one of giving; Sabbat scool Bnd preacing services are God ad been broken ow te Sabbat ad But1suc illustrations arenot a fair index of well atted;ded I t;elieve te Sabbat scoo! been lost to so many people and ow it ws:s te general condition It is true tat tere FEB 9 :1:903:] > TH E& AB B ATH RECORDE R Womans Work 87 Resolyed Tate extendour sympaty tote be reaved usband and cildren and commend tem to te One wbo said I will never leave tee nor forsake tee MR DEETTE E COON } MRS EJJZA SATTEIILgE Com MISS J ;8!llE K SIRLOTT NOIITONV1LYE KAN Jan ? GODS PERFECT DAY Some perfect day tou wilt not need To dem ty work a tankless tas Some perfect day ty prnyer and deed Salt ear te fruit ty spirit asks; Some perfect day tine eyes salt see Te meaning id neat blinding mask I A! perfect dax of days to be! > Wip safe te God dot keep : Deep filled wit eayenly joy for tee And ric wit seavea tbou yet saltreap; ) ; Wen we wo watc beside tee see Only tat tou ast falln asleep Gertrude M Downey as iiev:er boon a time in tbe worlds istory wen suc p rincely gifts ave been made for MRS; HENRY M MAXSON Editor Plainfield NJ te betterment of te people as ave been \ made during te past twenty years Great w tat;lk ree:o FaterCfor all tatis brigt b b t d Te gleam of te day and te stars of te nigt fortunes ave een es owe upon many Te flowers of our yout and te fruitr of our plim institutions But is!tiro admitted by tose And te blessings tat marc down tepat way of time wo!ltudy tis matter tat tere ls been We tank Tee 0 Fatr for all tat is dear great falling off in te smeller gifts te 1e sob af te terppcst te flow of te tell; \ For never in blindness and never in vain giftswic come from tose ofcomp!)ratively 1y mercy permitted a sorrow or paino small means Or even of no means at all and We tank Tee 0 Fatpr of all for te power wic express a devotion to a cause wic Of aidii!g eac oterin lifes darkest our; t I t d t Te generons eartand te bountiful and many times e arger amoun s 0 no!31i!:dl And all te soulcbelptat sad souls understand fy ReaLinterest is attested by te sacrifice We tank Tee a Fater fordayb yet to be; not by te gift itself; and tere is rea!3onable For ope!\ tat our future will call ns to Tbpe > groundfoc doubting weter te givers of Let all our eternity tnim troug Ty love One Tlianksgiving Day in te mmlsiqns above te great gifts referre to ave many times Will Carlton been obliged to sacrifice muc in consequence of teir gifts Te widows mite was all tat THE AnnualReport of te Cristian Wom MANSIONS se possessedand because se gave itto te ans Board of Missions is of a most encour1 J c ashuloln cause wic was dear to er eart se wasal!:ing nature Tey ave 240 missionary I would like to relate an anecdote I eard a obliged to sacrifice er personal comfort t pstqls evanl!:elists and teacers in Qifferen sort time ago oping ty; it maybe an was tis sacrifice not te gift tat won er parts 6f te United States\!amaica Indiainspiration to some onetbdo more faitful te onor wic te Masttben and tere Mexico and Porto Rico T!Jey support 32 work for te Master or be an encouragement acknowledged mission scools and are doing a great work to tose wo are giving of teir time and Te pennies in te contribution box may towards educatinl!: orpans in te countries mens to promulgate te Gospel of Crist be riiiifif tey are only a gift to te support were teir missions are located Tey It was said tat a lady of wealt and influ of a curc or of a minister or of some cause opened te first Protestant Orpbanage in encein worldly tings dreamed tat se went or oter; if tey are simply given for suc Porto Rico and are to open anoter in tat on a pleasure excursion to eaven Of course support tat is an end of it And we do not country tis year Teynave arranged for se wanted to see all te sigts So upon ensee wat rigt any man aa to say weter a systematic teacing of te Bible in tree tering te pearly gates se; was furnised tey ad better be kept or better be contri State Universities in America Several pur wit a guide to sow er te beauties of te buted Tat is for te giver alone to decide cases of real estate ave been made and place Wat interested er most were te Peraps in te opinion of te giver tat is many buildings for scools omes and mansions; and alii se was fed from one to all te curc convenience or privilege or te curces ave been erected Since tf last anoter se noticed tat tere was quite a minister is wort to im And if so wo as report 23 new members ave been added to difference in teir construction Wile some a rigt to tell im tat e sould pay more? te force were magnificent oters were very meagre in Because a man buys a $20 overcoat is no construction Te I!:uidepaused before a reason w y IS f rien d s au ld IllBIS t t a t e THE February number of Womens Work splendid mansion saying Tis one is for buy a $40 overcoa t H IS own fi nanclai for Women is a Cina number and besides your gardener Se exclaimed wit suraffairs are is own private affairs telling of te condition of te work speaks prifle: Wy down in te oter world e But ten wat are te curces and minis particularly of te great amount of building lives in a little UJiit cannot be is But ters and benevolent institutions to do? Sall tat is going on tere Curces missions and te guide assured lier it was te trut So tey go out of business? Maybe If a baker scool buildings tat were destroyed during teipassed along until tey Game to a mere does not receive Bufficient patronage e goes teboxer Rebellion are now being rebuilt on lii>vel unfit for any to inabit Tis e out of business If a mercant cannot meet a better and larger scale Great stress is said is yours Se replied wit consteris expenses e closes up Wy not te laid on te good work done by te Medical nation: Tere mul:lt be some mistake; for Missions in reacino women and cildren eurces? Teres te rub wit tis giving in te lower world I lived in a mansion Tis wo ave eretofore been unaided in sickness question Tere is no doubt tat tere as surely cannot be mine Neverteless te Te woman wo goes out as a medical misbeen lost very largely in our rus to accumu guide replied it is true I am sorry for sionary as opportunities tat te oter late te blessing of giving As ai Oristian you but it is te very best we coulq do wit missionaries do not ave of entering te grace giving as not been sbfficiently culti te material you sent up omes and talking wit te women wo ave vated We ave been solicited to give for Now tis is only a dream; but may we not te relief of te missionary or te support of never known te love of a Sf:Lviour as coworkers in te Masters vineyard take te curc wen we sould ave been inspired tougts from it tat will inspire us to to give as an expression of our interet in te ETERED INTO LlfE greater usefulness in te cause of Crist wile WHEREAS :Onr Heavenly Fater as seen best to call missionarys work or te curc work Te ome onr beloved sister Miss Emily Randolp wo for we are passing alcmg lifes journey Not so widow gave and made a sacrifice and er many years we ave igly esteemed for er unslfismuc tat it may make a difference in te easures went were er eart was Wen life tat as been given for oters mansions e as gone_to prepare for us but ourearts aresimilarly located our contr_reso[red Tat by er deat we ave lost a faitful in giving of our means and doing acts of kindbutions wiii 00 te same way Didyou ver epr wo as ben connected ;it te Womans ness for im we may be drawn nearer to MISSIOnary SocIety SInce Itsorgamza1;lOn We sall know: aman wq was unabe to buy wf1 b miss er kindly greeting but let us ceris er memory im May we not be more tougtful: for wnted sufficiently to make tesacrfiefor1iereiemplarycribtian cb!lracter andtbinkofer tle comfort of oters; more ready to speak necessary to obtain it? Hardlyc Wesrefy asnotlost but only gone a little wnilebefore Mayords ofceertotesorrowitlg;moreready want al6t of tings tat we do not get but God elpubsoto live tat RswearecalIed Qnebj: oije to Hmd a elping arid tote needy; 10 be t b lk ease or o ur 80me we may! WIt tbose wo ave gonebefore be among less engrossed in self and worldly pleasures; I IS ecanse we 1 e our tenumberw osero b es ave b een was e d an d ma d e morerea d ytoturnmtot e b ywaysoflifeand ting else more tban tat wlc we profess to wite in te blgod 01 te Lamb: &ek for opportunities to do good to ourfel!owwant Just so wit tis penny in te contri Resolved Tat w tender our eartfelt sympaties men We sall tereby not only benefit tem bution box matter Wen people want te to er broters and sisters in te loss of a devoted lov but bring into our own li ves more of te spirit flervices of te curc a quarters wort tey ing Cristian sister of Orist tat sall lift lis to a iger stand willfindte quatter Te penny may not MRS SARAH TOMUNSON } ard of moral and spiritual enjoyment and measure te real valueof te pri vlleoeaord 1\1118 MARTHA AKENYON Com sall lay Up for ourselves treasures in eavf1n 4 MRS ELECTRA StILLMAN tat will not fade away Were our treasures ed by te curc or te minister but it is a NORTONVIILE Kan are :tere our earts will be also; and we fair estimate of te givers YaluationTe LOWELL sall ave no fear or anxiety about te man Westerly Daily Sun WBEREAs:Tlie angel of deat as again entered our sions tat will be prepared for us if we are society and takei! our beloved and respected membpr able to say it one of te propets: Be GOD estimates us not by te are in but by te way in wic Edwards position we we fill it< Mrs Lucinda Lowell terefore Resolved Tat altoug we are saddenea bv te de old God is my :salvation ; I will trust and not be afraid; for te Lord Jeova is my parture of our sister we feel a greater need of earnes( strengt and my song; e also as become w!lr for te Master as te ranks are tinning out my salvation : L i

5 i! ; j : \ / 88 TH E SA BB AT ii BEC 0 RD E It [VOL LIXNo 6 I R Our Reading Room WYNNE ARKANSASA private letter from ALFRED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Rev W H GQdsey Qf Wynne Afk speaks By specifllrequest te Rev S H Davis g! V 0 s t of te interrllf)tiqn Qf is labors upon t at Westerly R Iwo recently visited Alfred atp LOST CREEK W a ur c urc IS ye dressed te members of te Seminary on te wltout a paato r Rev E A Witter pas tor field as te result ofa severe and probably n t d t 11 lt Relation oft e Pastor t6 Temperance Reat Salem and Bretren Ava BQnd Orestes fatal illness of adaug H an e 1 tla b f f 1 T same form For compreensiveness of view sym Bond and Austin BQnd are supplying te Qf oter mem ers 0 IS ami y e I t I b t t prooress p aty and carity ope and fait z:d for pulpi Preldent Gardiner of alem also etter reports e < QW U cer am 1/ fi Id wisdom in commended metqds of w k te occtij:lies fe desk occasiqnally of Sabbat trut pon t e e as oc addresswas ideal inspiring a lid elpful ; cupied and is earnest desire to eontmue Of su(l labor His labors ave extended to te A E;M SALEM W VaTe mqnt January State of Tennesseeduring te summer AI;FRED N Y Feb was entirely Qccupied by religious ser mots for two vear!;! past and tere are :: vlces at t e curc:iu Salem W e Qbserv ed I several PQints in Tenpessee and Arkansas SEMI ANNUAL CONY ENTION AT HORNELLSYILLE N Y I te We of Prayer beginning January 1 ere is labqrs are SQugt in bealf Qf te Sickness of te se(:retary prevented an earafter wic revival meetings were eld in te cause ofcist and of Sabbat trut tolier nqtice of te CQnventionin te cplumns of curc eac evening under te direction Qf wic e is unable to respond in part be te RECPRpER te pastor A prayermeeting was also eld cause of te illness of is family aud because Te Sevent Semi annual ()onventionof te in Capel Ball from 4 to 5 in te afternoqn e receives no pecuniary aid in tat wqrk Seven?ay Baptist cuces of te Westrn during niost of te mont Muc ard and TeeutiresQutwestpresentssimilaryictures ASSQClation was eld Ylt te HornellvIlle earnestwork bqbe done before te people and if tbe treasuries of te denqmmational Uurc Nov It opened WIt a entered intote spirit of te work but GQds societies would warraut manylabqrers would strorig session given to te consideratiou of spirlt as moved deeply a nd gradually te find abundant oppqrtunity upon t at fi e Id T e e urc lts work ow _ best promoted i:fluence of te meetings widened unti at Te prayer of our people ougt not to be Tis was in te form?f a symposium by BF times te curc was filled to overflowld!? fqr laborers alone but for willingness onte Roger!! W L BurdIck and I: Cottrell Te nmber Qf tqse wo ave madepubc part Qf pfl()p!e to c(>dtributl:! r:noe full}: fqr Sixt?ay eveing and Fistda;y eveing confession IS nqt large but tey ave au te extension Qf te cause of Crist and Sab ere given to tlie evangestic services Serbeen deeply moved Two wanderers ave I:;t t t mons fqr tliese evenings were given respectbeei1 rpclaimed and sveral!3tdents ae a ru ivelyby D Burdett COQn and L Q Randolp been cqnverted wo will go back to teir LITTLE GENESEE N YDuring te past Pres B C Davis preaced avery elpful seromes rejoicing as Cristians Suc bless tree monts an unusual amount of sickness mqn Qn Sabbat morning Dr J L Gambl ings ave been granted to UB in spite of te as prevailed in our community One aged preaced in is usual earnest manner on fact tdt during; all tis time our village as sister Mrs D M Burdick as been called to First day morning Tere were several warm been in one of te warmest PQlitical struggles te better life song prayer and conference meetings Papers it as ever known and te sessios of t?e Pastor Coon speaks words of grateful ap and addressee! were presented on Firstday Court ave taken many of Qur workmgcris preciation fqr te monts vaca:tiqn wic is mqrning toucing te work of laymen tians from te meetings so tt te pastor peqple felt tat te state of IS ealt de Firstday afternqqn te Sabbat scool inwas left witout te elp of PreSIdent Gardl manded As e is not yet strong it may nqt terests were very ably presented by different ner and Qter pastors in te villal7e most of be safe to say e is again able to fill is place speakers On te evening after te Sabbatli te time It is certam tat te Dlvme favqr in te pulpit altoug e as dqne so fqr te young peqple under te leadersip of as been especially mnifested Te meet tree Sabbats Tis improved ealt is Miss Susie Bqrdick presented a fost excelings closed Qn te eveding of January 21 t cause for tanksgiving in many earts lent prqgram upon work fqr yog people wic time two young men went forward III Te C E Society is doing good wqrk A Wile te attendance was not very large te te ordinance of baptisflt Oters will take C E cqir was organized several mqnts curces of te association were pretty well tis step soon Similar meetingr! will be co;q ago wic as prqved very elpful nqt only represented Te following was unanimqusly tinued in te First Baptist curc \ in teir own meeting but also in te curc adopted as being te feeling of tis conven A ard figt is now waged in te Legisla prayermeetings W L Greene Association tion: ture of West Virginia over a city carter fqr al Sec of te Y P S C E visited our so Since te Rev F E Peterson as gone Salem All are very anxious cqncerning te ciety during te oliday vacation and te Rev 1 L Cottrell is so oon to go to results If te proposed carter is passed in <He gavemany elpfull:mggestiqns wic oter fields oi labqrwe desire td express our its present form it gives to te people a per te society is endeavoring to carry out; and earty appreciatiqn of tcil faitfulness to manent legacy Qf salqons It was drafted we feel grateful for is visit is te repqrt of te wqrk in tis AssQciation and of teir IQyand is being pused bya BrewingCompany Qne endeavorer al suppqrt and valued counsels in te interand its agents May te dear LQrd give to A standard guage railroad and an electric ests of te semiannual conventions Toug is people victory fqr ome and purity street railway are in operation between BQI regretting teir absence from our Associatioli E A w ivai and Olean and it is no longer said of we wis tem Godspeed in teir new: fields Te RECORDER learns tat during te meet our igway How muc travel tere is on and pray fqr te divine blessing to rest upon ings spoken f above printed slips were scat tis rqad teir future labors tered troug te villge on wic :ere Ipresume I sa!l!w taen to task if I Te convention also vot!ld to request te printed passages of ScrIpture an te nvlta fail to mention tepleasure (toug tey paper presented at tis onvention for publi tion: Come tote Curc TODlgt_ One would more likely put it gratitude) of Pastor cationiri te SABBATH RECORDER Te people of tose slips was as fqllows: and Mrs COQn at Cristmas Qn receiving a of tis association very muc like to see a Hope fol: te sinner Wen my fater set of dises from members of te curc and variety of articles in te RECORDER written and moter forsake me ten te Lor? illsociety: L by Qur own people Tey feel tat suc patake me up God is a fater touced WIt pels encourage a rigt spirit and increase inte feeling of our infirmities Crist is a HORN:ELLSVILLE N Y Te Hornellsville terest in te RECORDER Our HQrnellsville broter acquainted wit &\1 of our griefs apd curc as elebrated te New Year by VQt people ave reason to be proud of teir new temptations Heaven is te ome to wic ing to take regular collections for te Mission {urc Te interests preseqted at te conwe are invited A warm welcome awaits all ary SQciety te Tract SQciety and te Edu ventiqn were ric and varied anda blessing Come to te Curc TQnigt catiqn Society (TeQIQgical SeminJtry) to all Wile no rule can b given as to te met Tese offering;s are to fqllow one noter in D BURDETT COON Sec ods wic are best in securing te attention order on te last Sabbat in eac mont of te indifferent we can appreend tat be A E: M cause of te distributiqn of tese slips in a ALRED NY Feb 190<1 town like Salem and under circumstances like tose described above many persons FROM te BrQkfie!d Cour!er w learn tat would!!;ive te question of religion morean gospel meetldp:s are m prqgress m te Sev a passin!!; tougt It is nqt PQss!ble to say entday BaptIst curc at Leonardsvtlle N; ow far t(l influence of tat wic IS seem Y under te dlectlon of te pastor Rv 1 ingly sligt may go in awakening tougt L CoUrell assisted by Dr A C DaVIS of and determining te destiny of men West Edmeston LOWER LIGHTS For Crist and te Sabbat 2 Cor 4: 6 THE PLACE SHALL KNOW IT NO MORE After parting from a friend in a large city wo was to take anoter route te tou!!;t came: If we wer to!!;o back were we left er we sould not find er Se is off some _ FEB THE SABATBi RECODEB B9 were adlong te intricate streets seeking mon on Every Mans Life a Plan ofgqd l te ejp of man It is a Divine BOQk but by ber Qwn way Tus it is wit QUI oppor And are nqt all saints living Epistles Gods great grace it is also a uman Book tunities fqr doing gqod; If we delay te cir setting fort Gods wisdqn:! and grace to be It bears on its pes te impress Qf te indi curnstances will cnge so tat we cot read aqd known of au men? viduals wo wrqte it and 01 te civilizations perform tlteneglected duty t s very sad Is GQd wo is tus seifrevealingiu Nature uner wic tev wrote Te place tereof sall knqw It no more in History aud in uman Personality; wit Gods BQok in te and Qf man as been a We must seeksometing farter ou Te wind outdirect witness in te realm of Literature? stimulus to intellectualactivity and researc Qf oppqrtunityblowet were it listet Istbe Autor of au tings te AutQr of a te most original ingeniqus bold persistent We CanllQt begin to keep pilce wit it It bookas weh? All literature tat represents fascinating and enricing No one can ade seems sometimes tat tere is ten times te mans genins js in an impqrtant sense from quatelyestinulte te value of tis cqntribuwqrk tat one pair Qf ands can do It is God And certainly tat uman literature tat tiqn to te literary wealt Qlte wqrld And ten tat we cry: O Lord send elp r O is most radiant wit trut wit ideals wit no age as beeneffeced by it mqre widely or LQrd send strengt ancl:wisdo in propor etical conceptions and wit autqritative de more ad vantageou sly tan te present tion to te task Fater make lis able and andsupqn manscodsciencecqnfidenceaffec How far te uman elementcentered into willing to perfqrm tisfqrty names sak) tions aria will must iua still igr sense be tecompositipn Qf tis boqk is still an open Te task wic lies nearest is teonefor from God But is tere uot anqter Divine question No part of te BOQk can be tqrte mqment Tis nervqus and lonesome old crqok somewere? ougly studie!i whout taking ti!!jactqr inlady traveling alone needs our atteritin Let us begi our quest am()ngtesadows to consideration Andtis adds to te in Se i afraid tat se as taken te wrong for sadows tere are tick and eavy in terest and value Qf te BoQk Itsedsligt trainor tat te cars will run Mte track tis world Let us allk: Wy tese mazesqn te divine actiqn te divine TlrocSBses te and needs to be reassured Entelinginto and mysteries tat make suc midnigt for divine wisdom in Hisadaptati?n to IQcal and cqnversatioli1 giving a int of te diviile te race? Is it pb\jsible tat by a Judicious teli)porary conitionshis patience and lqve PQwer in wic we trust we find stl iselie concealment Goda:st prq5cted :iankind and infinite tactif ;e dare to!se tat term er ajl tat er eart andprqmiseare stored frqm an awe tat migt be mpulsqryand And te BQQk of God IS sllm te and of wit ric treasures Qfmind and comfqrt from terrifying; tat by te very u certainty tat man for revision Te reverent critics assure te book of boaks For te moment te fills life He as conserved individuality and uatat te deeper tey go and te wider te nqise and bustle and excitement ad come be freedom and madeitpossible to turn lifeijlto sweep of teir explorationst(moretey find tween er and er fait Te grateful pres a test and a scool of personal caracter? of Cristof His sadqw and of His presence: sure of te and at parting and te sunsine Is itnotprobable tat Godimmanentin na Tis is te prqtection of scolarsip in its Qf er smi)e of peace am;! trust ave repaid a ture powerful necessarily concealed present critical wqrkte Jigtof life tat fills te undred fold te effort a few reassurmg words toug invisible appreensible but nqt CQm pages frqm te first creative word in Genesis CQst Tat tall boy in is teens leaving te preensible by manis it nqt probable tat to te sining Qf te Star of Betleem te old ome for te first time te soul of frank He will provide a guide for His pilgrimcil glory of te transfiguration te tongues of ness and purity npeds cqunsel He proves to dreu lost and bewildered as tey must be fire at Pentecost and te glory of GQd tat be engaging and respectful and tanks us amqng te mysteries and cqmplicatiqns of dot ligten te Qly city Qf Jerusalem ou most feelingly at partingtatcastaway uman life; and lqst tqq and bewildered in a te last page of Revelation It is Crist te upon wqse face is imprinted Qpeless de state of forfeited innqcence accummulated persqnal Guide in every part Qf tis divine spair needs to be teld of a SaviQrs love guilt and inerited tendencies tqward evil? Guide BoQk tat gives it power and precious Wat can one do in alf an our?not Is it not probable tat He will someqw ness Have no fear for te Word of God in muc peraps only deliver te message wic sqmewere put into te eart flf uman BQci te and of man Crist Himself is in te GQd gives and trust tat Qters Qf is minis ety a PersQnality bqt uman and divinea boat It cannqt capsize tering servants will add to te work Personality living among te uncertaintie& Te BQQk Qf GQd must be in te and of Tis mqrtallife te Psalmist tells us will wit a oly confidence in eternal rigtequs every man of every woman of every cild SQon peris as te flower of te fillld Qver ness and wit a lqve for umanity tat will feverywere every day It is te Word of wic te wind passet and it is gqne; and for its sake forfeit life itselfa Personality Crist He fills te BQok Let te WQrd of te place tereof sall know it no mqre Ps strong Rerene and apletq save? Crist dwell in you ricly (CQl 3: 16) In 103: It beqqves us ten to do all we But squld suc a Personality appear and it He says CQme unto Me Te words can wile we ca;t? seize every QPPQrtunity make History wit itsanticipatiqns processes tat 1 ave spqken unto you are spirit and t? do;goqd for It WIll soou be past and no and consummations is it nqt inevitablefat are life Read and ponder te WQrd as a eartly power can bring back a lost mqment tis wonderful Career witits struggles and means of grace Peraps you remember te old item: Lost tragedie and triumps and teacings sould I IQve to tink of D L MQody wit is yesterday somewere between sunrise and go into Literature? And tat by te and Bible in and It was to im te SWQrd Qf Bun set two gqlden ours; eac set WIt sixty of man? te Spirit; a weapon of trut a medium of diamond minutes N reward is offered for But tis is te StQry of our BibleteBQok spiritual power I love to recall Wesley wit tev are gone forever Do we fear tat our f G d t and of munby te and of is empasis on te Tus sait te Lord efforts will do no gqod? Te wind blowet 0 0 m e d t k t I love to recall te picture of William Cary were jt listet and tou ears te sound man M pqtlce It no nqwmg no wen e left fqr India as e stqod on te tereqf! but anst not tell weuce it comet fully reamg m I;lsever1 stags Qf developsips deck olding up is Qpen Bibleas a signor witer It gaet Even asfefragrance ment all tat e was dqmg God wrqt;igt nal to is broter wo ad come to see im of te flo\ver is wafted by te breeze no one and man wrqte And tip wrote under te spel off As long as rcould see im I saw Wilcan tell te beginning or ending Qf Qne litle of a divine afflatus And we ave tebqok liam standing wit is open Bible It was act earnestly performedld te name QfCrlst book of istory of biodrapy of uman as toug e ad said Tis is wat ta;kes ANGELINE ABBEY 11 me to India Tis is my message Tis nature of uman passionandsl and asplr gives me strengt and ope and peace THE BOOK OF GOD IN THE HAND OF MAN ation of divine action ann ligt and grace Dear reader : Te demand Qf te age is te Te eart of te book is te story of te life BQQk of God in te auq of Mannot mrely BISHOP JOHN H VINCENT to find texts to preac from or to sustain Nature IS a boqk ofgqd decla 1 JnaHIs glory of Jesuste incarnate Gpd Tat Rtory t F> sermqnic propositions; not merely to ge maand sowing His andiwork We stand wit gives a radiance to every page It opens terial for talks or lessons; not meraly awe and wqnder between te open pages of wit te sublime declaration In te begin for fine scolarly criticism to sow sades of tis colqssal book transparnt leaves Qf n I ndgod It closes wit words of infinite me a nlng ln te IOinal or omparison F> sli: above us and below us lea:ves of land gracea benediction of t Lord Jesus of II readings 01 oter polemic I pedagogic Yd d d b I Te first verse of Ganesls IS te daydawn or professional purpqse (all of w ic may be an sea eep an num er ess < d legitimate enoug in its place); t merely History is a bqok of Godfor troug tt:! Te ast vre Qf RevelatIon IS nqon ay for literary effect in public discourse to add ages God as made known His ways unto It IS a DIme BQok Man could never ve carm to an essay for te pressbut to let Moses and unto kings and wise menand produced It Te gre atest uman gelu!i Gods trut PQur its radiance on your Qwn d t F t soul; to stand in its ligt tat it may warm unto te cildren of Israel and oter peoples colfld never aveconceive 1 or one mg and strengten YQU; to let Crist in His in au lands nd it is te main ting UQ uman being ever Word touc you wit His QWn touc of power Man imself is a bqok of God framed and ad te autority to say watis said in te and make yqu mqre : man of God complete fasioned after te divine tougt Was it Book But watever GQd migt av done furnised completely unto every good work Horace Busnell wo preaced tat nbleser He certainly did not make te BOQk WItout (2:l!J:Ilty 3: 17)

6 ! } : Young Peoples Work: LESTER b aandolph Editor Alfred N Y T B E S A B BAT H R E C 0 R D E R [VOL LIX No6 reverent; as te music to some of te populqr te Gospel to is own aidoteltribes He but trifling songs p caljle to te missionary wo ad led im to le Sabbat sould not be made drears God and said If I only ad a better boat I Sik Josep A udi Anyting tat will add to its pleas!lreand dt could make my journey more quicklyand acte arne time allo w us to tink wit a clear complls more Myoid duo out 113 Tis Bedouin lecturer wo accompanied te slow pary of Pre3 Davis a111 Pte:! Gardiner collsriimce Jesus is listeningis to my mind Te missionary considered a moment He irougq Palestine as been giving several propel But tecif end of t Sabbat used is own boat but little and e migt lecilres lind sermons ip Alfred greatly to te sould be to give us time for 1iougbt and spal!eit Ten e said to te cief Yon can studu of our Ct eator ave m y p6at/ rf! cief bougt it and pleasure aud profit of te people AmoDg te many interestiug ligts e ttmlw upon bible A!l to writing fiendly letters on te Sb went js w!!:y He moved about on is trips passages was is expl:anation of tecamei; bat! c ()ceive oflrcumstance wll:lc among te Islands te nattves looked at im a:iidte neecjles SSe: Matiy o( you ave would make It allowable but ave never met anqis: boafwrt admiration;/j:nd concluded _ doubtlessrell:d ot :te I3mall itygatecanedsucinmyowrieperirice ; tat tere were mateiialiidvantagesto be by tat name;but tis teory as neen de INLE E MAXSON gained in:becominga CdstianTe cief nied by some It was interesting to ave it NORJONVILLE Jan 25 began tq realize it and to be proud of is reaffirmed bya native of Palestine and a position Tis affected im sp!ritually and He Tat Winnet Souls is Wise brougt te fl es back into control Finally grapic description given of te process by Te Revised Version veads: He t is e came to te missionary and said: I ave wic te camel passes troug it Te wise winnet souls We like bot ways brougt back te boat needles eye iste small door cut in te big Bot statements are profoundly true Wy? said te missionary wat is te city gate Te big gates are sut at sunset; We are interested in te winners One of trouble? Do you want your money back? but te gatekeeper sometimes pprmits a bete magazines as been publising a series of Not a cent of it Tat is not te reason lated traveler wit is camel to passl in by articles on Te makers of millions and teir Isnt te ooat seaworty? way of te small door To do so te camel metliods Anoter as been presenting Yes se is a splendid boat I wis I could must be unloaded and made to kneel sketces of te Captains of industry We keep er but I cannot Seik Audi says tat wen Criat at te like to read about Marconi and Edison te Well wat is te tlouble? wedding in Cana told te servants to draw men w 0 ave won f rom na t ure t e secre t SO f A said te cief I want to tell you out now and bear to te governor of te er power We pore over te lives of our tat wen I sit in te boat and sail in and feast e meant to draw from te well Tat pu b c men w 0 ave won II! recogm t IOn a t out among my fellow cannibals I see tem is wat te word maans / He ad te water t e an d 13 0 f t elr f e II ows T ere IS a great looking at me and it brings back te old jars filled first tat all migt seeit was really popular interest in te explorers wo ave cannibal feeling I sall go back to myoid water wic was being drawn pused teir way into new regiolls of te life in lem tan a year if I keep te boat I Te braying by a fool in a mortar wit weat f rozen nor t or t e t roplca I Jung I es must give it up e illustrated by te common custom of Te winners! Wat a splendid ting to be If tere is someting wic wile not armpounding meat wit weat No matter ow a WIllner! ful in itself is always tending to graw youmuc tey pound and mix wen tey put te In our Sflbbat scool lessons we are study back into te old life gi ve it up substance to teir mouts it is still a little ing te lifp of a man wo traversed te Roman If you are to be Crists coworker you stringy from te meat fibre Bray a fool in a empire wit a far iger mission tan any of must be a free man so far as te grip of te morter wit weat and te strings of is fool tese wo ave been mentioned He was a world is concerned I do not know wat your is ness will not depart from im winner toobut a winner of souls He entered te city of Atenst vit its intelligence a surrendered eart boat is You do Settle it before God wit Te lilies of te field wic to morrow are cast into te oven are srubs wic te art and culture But e was not in tat women cut and ater to makea fire for bak tamous city as a sigtseer He saw many Writing Letters on te Sabbat; First Answer Jng Tey are beautiful plants and quickly images wit tose lines of beauty for wic spring up again from te root te Greek was preeminentand groaned We ope tis will prove to be only te first of a series of letters How about writing religous letters? or letters ome filled wit suc In answer to a slip in te question box on witiu imself wen e saw te city wolly Sabbat afternoon Seik Audi frankly ac given to idolatry For te passion of is conversation as would be upon your lips if knowledged tat Cristand te apostles ob life you must remember was to win men to you were in te family circle? Wat is your served te sevent day of te week and tat Crist and lives of godliness He ad not practice? And wy? it is te Sabbat Man make te Sun always been so He could look back to a dsyesaid I dont know wy time wen is ambitions ad been selfis and Dear Editor:In rlolgard to writing letters on te Sabbatday; we ougt to recognize God distinctly and It is ardly possible to give any adequate cruel But one day e saw J eaus Crist and most reverently; living upon!is word and giving it to account of to!ie unique and interesting ad from tat time fln e was a canged man oters dwelling up01fw at e luj done for nis creatures; and wat e is now offering to do troug us to dresses Te Seik illustrated is lectures Any man wo once really sees Jesus Crist is by young people in Bedouin costume He never te same afterward Tis winning of manifest is /!lory We ougt not to be tinking of te as a collection of interesting objects includ souls wa;s te passion of Crists life It wa everyday business of life on te Sabbat day Not doing our pleasure on bis oly day? See IsR 58: 13 ing te tell pieces of silver wic e ga ve tlhlt for wic e came to seek and to save FRANK J WELlS i8 wife as a wedding present ley are at tat wic was lost He was constantly taced eac by a silver cain to a silver neck reflcing out in is ministry for men and A SUCCESSFUL CLUB lace wic fastens about te neck making a women He was never too weary to meet beautiful and ily prizgd prnameut Seik tem No man was too umble to claim is Most readers of te RECORDER are interest Audi was asked one nigt wat e would take atttion Ten be died on te cross tat e ed in and somewat acquainted wit te conf t T f f ml Ot draw all men untol m ditionsatourstrugglinglittlecurcinmain or 1 e expression 0 IS ace was enoug to indicate tat te article was nohor sale Crist touced Pauls life and Paul was Settlemellt (Portville) Wile t wliter was transformed Lt me say a very pdn word working at tat plac() last Bummers society Igivtis subject somewat full meutic;m notonlt for its instructive interest but also If you ave not in your ear tatpassion was organized wlc asprovlu!uca sucecause Seik Aridi is to be in tis Country tatdesir!;l to win 80uls yon ave 110t yet cesstl1ta ngtice qf i tsork:an? met? Flometime and your society migt find it pro known Crist Forifany_ man nave not may be welcome to otercommumtiesslmlte spirit 0 fciiste is none of is larly located ptableto correspond wit im He is an in ter estiljgoontleman and an earnes t C ristin : le great lack ere was someting in conn Give Up Tat Bqat nection wit te curc to unite te activi Soul winning can be done oilly troug te ties and command te interest of te young Sabbat Not a Dreary Day Good music weter fast or slow as always been a deligt to me I see no objection to quiet music on te Sabbat or by an 01 cestra in te curc provided tere is noting about te piece wic will bring to te minds of te earers 80metingsilly or ir Holy Spirit It is impossible apaib from people so te organization known as te im Aud te first step in te preparation Wattodo Club was launced for tis for our work will be tat we yield ourselves purpose It(!onsists of an Inner Circle absolutely to is influence A cannibal cief composed of curc members desiring spiriin te Sout Sea islauds was converted: He tual growt and a cance to work for oters was so torougly canged tat e gave up and an Outer Circle wic anyone rnas all is formerinterests and went out to preac join T Outer Circle takes up work of a FEB ] T R E S AB BArr II R E C OR D E R!l1 t literary and educationar caracter Te Down downe began pusing te try and Cl1tc tenf Tey watc my eye; president?fteclub is a member cif te Innerbirdsoff is soulders and scttering crmbs tey see I love tem; I talk to tem; tey Circle but/te Outer Circleas a president of for tem Come now wen I call your soon leari;! I am as a fater to tem See iti3ownand separatemeetingswen)tcooses Dfltmes Here Mrie is Ii bit for you first of now! Ten e named tem over pointing te club president retaining te rigt td veto all A brown morsel of a bird flew up to eac one out in turn: liaterjeroroe Ferdiits proceedings Te club olds biweekly is finger and took te bread and dropped naridcocolate Princess Goulip llobinet meetings at wic some really goodwolk as down ag!1in: to te pat _ La Cinoise Diable Garibaldi Le Boer Gabbeeil done Te Inner: Circle olds a prayer Now) Francis te liirst sow your rielle Gustave Gngnsse Nicolasare you meeting at1east montly tricks! Up flew bis Majesty toward acrumb all tre? Weil tenlook! and e poured Te growt of te club as been rapid tossd ig in te air; e tlutteied under over teireads 8 sower of crumbs rlien Starting wit ten 01 twelvemeijloersit 800n neat it wit open bill caugt it as it fell and INtr watcing tem eafe wftvedis ands rosetoamembeisbip«?f about tipty::nve fiewdow again His n;iastrsi:niled Tats GOIlow/mycildreni?esaid:bre:akfast Startip:g)Vitb: umble ides regarding te a finetrick of yours old febow e said;is over; and instantly tbe flock rosen te iicopeofits;work itb!tsbrail(;edouttocooknow doit again Again betossedte air and in a momenttey addisap11eared: ing c)assesand public entertainments From bradinto te air and again te little creat Congregationalist te proceeds of te latter mony as been ure repeated te feat turned into t curc treasury and some Now see te bird wo wont frigten e of te more entusiastic members are begin exclaimed advancing wit swinging arms ning to talk of building curc parlors Daz and oarse calls and eavy sufflingfeet dizling scemes of conquest in te realms of rectly on a flcrap of a bird wic sowed by electricity and engineering were proposed by its round body and brief tail tat it was a te bors for evening class work but te busy young one Hoooo! cried te master peiaon wo acts as president advisor and in in tones calculated to terrify an ogre E>cuffstructor vetoed tem ing up te gravel in sower!> before im as t Wen te writer revisited te place at advaneed Te atom before im backed coolly Cristmas te cange in te atmospere was away keeping always just alf an inc aead most striking Young minds were awaking ouetoe of te great boot twinkling its and exploring fields of tougt and action brigt eye in evident etijoymentj of te game before undreamea of Tus good is being He wont sc8letat one said te carmer done seed sown and waves of influence set tossing a crumb to te little bird wit a going te effects of wic are far beyond te laug: and e only a 1I!!)ut old! possibility of uman calculation Now see tlsntondine Bloudine take J NELSON NORWOOD tis bit ome to your babies in te Column :::::J a:::n==9= =19=()::3=======:::::::: :: ==::::_c::::= V eo d 0 me Up fl e w a li tt Ie mot er and too k CildrenS Page EATING CRUSTS Te awfulest times tat ever could be Tey ad wit a bad little girl of DlIDdee Wo never would finis er crust In vain tey besougt er And patiently taugt er And told er se must: Her grandma would coax And so would te folks A ud tell er te sinning 01 suc a beginning But no sbe wouldnt Se conldnt se souldnt Sed ave tbem to know So tey migt as well go And wat do you tink came so soon to pass? Tis little girl of Dundee alas! Wo wouldnt take crusts in tbe legular way Sat down torroast one summers day; And wat did te people tat little girl give? Wy a dis of bread puddinga/3 sure as I live! Mary Mapes Dodge te generous piece from is and and instantly darted off over te treetops and out of sig t Wonderfl! exclaimed te spectators Not at all replied te master loftily See now Josepine Come n1fl petite you live in te tree at te end of te walk; take tis to your little ones Josepine dropped te crumb se was eating at is feet!matced te tidbil from is and and flew at once to te tree e mentioned Se as er nestful tere e explained wit a smile Valia Beranger myoid comrade Flee now tis is for you ; and Beraoger an old bird wit faded plumage came to is soulder Come now ali e called opening is arms wide and tile flock rose from te pat A MILK SNAKE Foif A PET A milk snake came into my backyard te oter day said a qjan from te country and muc to my sorrow and indignation my ired man grabbed a club and killed it If people wo live were te milk snakes abide only knew te possibilities of tat mild rpalmered docile creature tey would not try to kill every specimerf of te species tey met Te milk t;nake would become a great deal more useful and gi ve more pleasure tan a ouse cat if people only would give it a cance Mice and rats will soon unt for oter quarters if you let a milk sgake introduce itself into your ouseold and leave it to its own metods arid your baby would cease crying if you ad a milk snake to amuse it We once let one of tese snakes remain undisturbed in our ouse into wic it ad come timidly but confidentiaily one day and it bflcame so tame tat it would drink milk out of a cup eld in te ands of any mem bel of te family and was plainly pleased wpn it was stroked or fondled It was an excellent mouser and our old cat got to be so jealous of te snake tat e would ump is back aud spit outrageously wenever we Petted it r even praised it Te sllake made all sorts of overtures and attempts to be friends wit te cat but te cat wouldnt ave it I}lld I always tougt it was te cat tat at last made away wit te snake altoug my folks said it was a strange dog tat did te deed I found im in te back Ylfrd one day dead and badly mangled and tere was great grief in te ouseold over is taking off and swarmed over ini ligting on every WHEN IP IS SAID available space Now down and esook t tl ff S dd I id A dogtrainer says in te Piladelpia THE BIRO CHARMER CAROLINE BENEDICT BURREL em gen yo u eny e g ance up Record tat tere is one sound wic a trick I was walking troug te gardens of te Come come Claudiue en route I and down dog never forgets It is te exclamation Tuileries wen suddenly a voice called out from te very end of te garden came flying Ip! very sort and sarp perem ptorily Francis te First come ere a tiny sparrow straig tto is soulder Wy In teacing a dog to turn somersaults a tis mmute I I stopped in astonismentare you so late e demanded; were ty arness is generally used and wen te train W b k er says Ip I over goes te dog weter it dropping an armful of parcels to te pave little ones naugty? ell ere IS t Y rea wants to or not After awile it learns to ment; involuntarily I glanced around at te fast ready and e placed a crumb between associate te sound wit te motion and statues standing stonily on teir pedestals is lips Claudine fluttered to is mout gradually te arness is discarded expectini;!; to see one step downin answer to steadying erself wit a foot on is cin and Walking along one of te Piladelpia te summons As notino of te sort apr took te crumb ungrily streets recently tis trainer passed a dog tat e recognized as a publi( performer penedi turned around in a circle and at one Nicolas is te old fellow te r;naster Just for fun te trainer said Ip side!!fte pat I saw te speaker Heas sajd pointing to one battered bird; e will Quick as a flas doggie turned a back som dresseairbrown cloteswit a dustcolored find me out werever I am I go away to ersault on te sidewalk Te dogs owner at; e MId is twarms extended and on rest I reposeinyself Gila benc iddn un scowled at te trainer but te passersby tese and on issou la ers and ead perced der te tree I close my eyes He comes; e wereopenly Il:musedvyile te! star gaily trottedoffwlt te air of one wo as done Englis sparrows ten of tem twenty of sits on my knee; e ops to my soulder; e is duty temi gave up counliing tey weresomaliy will not leave me to sleep Bad bad bird I It was te Bird Carmer of te Tuileries wit ButNicolas pecks on ap is crumbs in te is flock People pressed close around im grtwel unmoved OIi te gravel pat but te sparrows never But ow did you train tem? sqmeone even glanced at tem;: teir attentin was asked concentrated on tis man wo spoke to Ob I cometo te ode place every day tem exactly as toug tey were uman e replied and tey soon know me Tey beings and tey certainly understood im; tell eac oter I bring tem food I never THE STATUS Of INTERNATIONAL ARBITR_A: TlON BENJAMIN F TRUEBLOOD; D D Te commanding position wic intern!ttional arbitration as of late asflumed for itself as proved a puzzle to many persons; Most people ave been so occupied wit press I

7 do ;: : THE SABBATH RECO Rt> ER [YOLo LIX No 6 ==================== == in/1; local interests or te noisy and dract ting else led te conference to acieve e;reaf ploy it and tatterefore it migt remaining events wic ave been going on in seversuccess in te particnlar line ere spoken 6f entirely inoperative: Tis was only tec al qnarters of te world tat tbey aye was te remable istory of arbitration as nically true In te deeper sense tiey ad failed largely to see te force andsignificnnce a means of composing disputes durinlf te by te solemn establisment and approval of te great movement wic aa been quiet undred years preceeding Te number of of te tribunalpnftemselves nnder strong ly steadilr: arid recently wit extraordinary controversies settled by tis mean increased obligation to ave recourse to it in case of rapidity working out a condition of tings from tree;between 1810 and 1820 to more controversies; and tis obligation teyave wicisoon to make war between nations tan sixty betneen 1890 and 1990 at is alreadysown some 01 tem; tat tey felt :are if not eutirelyimpossibl more tan 6 per cent for te entire decade Germany and te Neterlands ave drawn a Te I):ague Conference of 1899; as already just past Te wolenumber 6f casesarbi treaty regarding te laying of cables in te for many persons C1eased to lie a memory trmed dring te century was just under Pacific affecting te interets of teir colonies But tis Conference wit its antecedents and two undred; te great majority of wic in wic tey ave inserted a clause provid;; consequencesil3sure before te end of t fell wtin te last tirty years Tirtyseve!l ing for te reference to te Hague Court of present century to rank as te greatest countries practicauyail te importavt no any question regarding te application of te political event of modern times if not indeed tions on te globe participad in tese arbi treaty A similar clause was placed in te oft:tll istory trations te Onited States and Great Britain treaty for te cession of te Danis West Intaking te 11lad wit some fifty cases eac dies to tis country and toug tis treaty Wat te governments ave done troug failed of ratification by a vote or two in te te Hague Conference and te setting up of Danis Parliament te influence of te tn Te Peace Conference at te Baguewas not an accident not te product of R young emperors wim It was only tecui mination of a series of events extending over te entire nineteent century to go no farter back Te main result of te conference te constitution of a permanent tribuna of arbitration ad been worked for from almost te bep;inning of te century Suc a tribunal was te cief practical aim of te peace societies from te time of teir foundation in 1815 till te close of te century wen tey ad increased to more tan four undred and were able to bring a powerful constituency in many countries to te support of te czars proposals It was te principle object of te peace congresses and of te International Peace Bureau at Berne for more tan a decade Te Interparliamentary Peace Union organized in 1889 composed of many undreds of members of European parliaments and commanding an immense weigt ot public influence in Europe put arbitration and a permanent international court at te ead of its program Te Iuternational Law AssQciatioo wit nearly four undred distinp;uised jurists and publicists in its membersipworked earnestly along te same line for more tan tirty years Arbitration and an international court were te objects of te labors of many eminent men in Europe like Cobdn Brigt Ricard Levi Hugo La;boulaye Simon Passy Corsi de Martens Bloc Among its cief advocates were our own distinguised countrymen William E Canning Noa Worcester William Ladd Sumner Wittier Walker Burrit Upam David Dudley Field Edward Everett Hale etc It was te object of te efforts towards te close of te century of large numbers of women and womens organizations and of various special conferences like tat eld an nually at Lke Moonk N: Y Toenumerate te causes wic lay beind te Hague Conference and produced by it would be noting lss tan to give an inventory of all te forces of modern civilization Te call for te Hague Conference aroused suc interest among intelligent men and women particularly in tis country England and France and two or tree of te smaller nations Qf Western Europe as as rarely been witnessed in any international affair Tis interest it is true was limited to certain classes of people but tese it tooji: possession of very strongly and deyeloped wit tem in toavertible crusade Te time was ripe for te conference as subsequent events ave amply proved and if it ad not been called by te Czar of ltussiait would ave come troug fe influence of some oter potentate Te practical ting wic more tan any te permanent court as been simply to crys sertion of te clause by te two powers as talize into general and permanent form te been by no means lost practiee wic ad been in successful opera But more important still is te fact tat tion for a undred years te first cases ave already gone to te Anoter evidence of te ripeness of te time Court Te United States and Mexico ad in te matter of arbitration was te prompt ad pending for many years te controversy ness of te signatory powers in ratifying te growing out of te cession of California to Hague Convention Tis was te first treaty tis country te socalled Pious Fund dealing wit arbitration to be ratified Only case Mexico at te time of te cession was two years before te Hague Conference met paying interest to two Catolic orders of two important treaties not to mention California on a fund originally contributed in oter efforts in te same direction were Spain for Jesuit mission work Tis fund drawn up viz te OlneyPauncefote treaty se ad taken over on te expulsion of te and tat between Italy and Argentina But Jesuit faters from Mexico and was still in spite of all te pressure brougt to bear olding a part of it as trustee for te CaIiforin teir favor neiter of tem was able to nia Catolic bodies at te time of te cession muster stengt enoug to secure te ap Wen upper California was ceded to te provalof te entire treatymaking power Onited States te Mexican government eld But t Hague Convention was ratified wit tat all claims of te Catolics of tat terrigreat p\omptness as suc large matters go tory on Mexico ceased Te case was re Witin two years from its formulation six ferred by te Mexican Claims Commission to teen of te signatory governments ad de Sir Edward Tornton as umpire wo deposited teir ratifications at Te Hague and cided tat Mexico sould pay a certain in April 1901 te court was declared open amount of interest covering te time till te and ready for business Since tat time five decision was rendered Our government oter powers ave sent in teir ratifications ten took te position tat; te interest and all tese twentyone powel s ave ap sould continue to be paid; te Mexican pointed teir members of te permanent tat te settlement of interest at tat time court sixtyseven in all Of te signatory closed te case finally Te ease was carried governments only Luxemberg Moutenego last summer to te Hague tribunal and Turkey Persia and Cina ave not yet ac promptly settled in favor of te United ted States as all te world knows Mexico ceer Anoter proof of te present strengt of fully accepting te award te arbitration movement was te action of Wit te settlment of tis case te great te International American Conference at tribunal was inaugurated te first of last Mexico City during te winter of September Scarcely was te ink dry wit Arbitration took precedence over all oter wic tis award was written wen Japan subjects Te tree arbitration protocols on one side and Great BritainFrance and adopted were: (1) One in wic all te Amer Germany on te oter came to an agreement ican States adered to te Hague Conference : to refer to Te Hague te difficulty in re (2) one in wic tese States agreed to refer spect to te attempt of te Japanese autortotlie Hague Conference all questions of ities to tax improvements On lands eld by c:ijims :and (3) one signed by te represent foreigners under perpetual leases Te aratives of ten of te republics in l\ic tey bitrators in tis case ave already been agreed to carry to Te Hague substantially cosen an te case is being prepared for all differences tat may arise among tem submission Last summer a Korean envoy was at Te Tis opening of te great tribunal wit Hague negotiating for te admission of tese cases sounds very simple in te telling Korea to te Oourt Tis admission is cer Cbut it will require atlleast fifty years to untain to be granted now tat Great Britain fold its immense significance Telious and Japan ave guaranteed teindependence Fund 11 case involving someting over: a of Korea Tere is no reason to doubt tat mlilion dollars was not one of te most im witin a comparatively sort time every portant Te Japanese House Tax ques government on te face of te globe will ave tion is not muc more significanl But tese representatives in te International Court cases ave set te macinery of te World It was urged until recently by way of de Court in motionand tat was te allimpor preciation tat te Hague Court was only tant tng to ave done voluntary tat te [nations wic ad or Now comes te reference of te recent Venganized it ad not pledged temselves to em ezuela imbroglio t tt; jurisdiction of te FEB ) :THE SABBATH RECORDER : Court for te bringinll: about of I wic so security of qman life overtrow good and muc credit is due to President Roosevelt rigteous government and D!ake te deepest _ and Minister Bowen But te logic of te dyed analcy commendable and to be ad in situaion compelled te acceptance of te esteem aste true religion; pacific metod of adjustment rater tan To avoid tis conclusion it is claimed tat war and tis would almost certainly ave nine of te precepts were reenacted or reafbeen tbe final outcome woever ad been firmed: If tese precepts were once affirmed President of Ae United States or United to be lawand good tbeir abrogation must Statps Minister to Venezuela Tis turn in bean affirmation tat tey are not law and te affair as probably forever settled te are not good and to rea ffirm tem it must question of supremacy of te international be affirmea again tat tey are law and tribunal Itis I!>grettriumpb and: mf!kesgood forourwellbeing: Tesecounieraffiritpof!sible to look into;jefuture wit lit;tle at ions are not found in te Scriptures fear tat grim:visaged war will ever eleagain if teseprecptswere contrarytus after be permitted to come to serious en and against us wysou1o tey be reenactcounters oweverwuc e may treaten and ed and not remai forever taken away? bluster and attefupt to play te bully His Jesus and te Apostles enjoined te keeping time is past; arbitrati6n is in te saddle of tese precepts not as new law nor as re Tere is no reason to doubt after tese newed law once annulled und nqw reenjoined accomplisments tat before te century but rater as law already in existence and closes te august worldtribunal will ave perpetually binding If suc mention of tese won te same prestige as a bond of union precepts made tem renewed law muc more and peace among te powers of te eart was te Sabbat law also renewed for Jesus tat te United States Supreme Court wic commanded is disciples tat wen tey did not Have a case before it for more tad sould see Jerusalem compassed wit armies two years after te establisment now olds to pray tat teir fligt migt not be on te among te fortyfive locally independent and Sabbatday; tus were tey to onor te sovereign States of our National Union Sabbat7day forty years tis side of te [ Te autor of tis article Dr Benjamin crucifixion If Jesus abolised te law at is F Trueblood as been for many years te crucifixion and yef e reenact(d nine of te Secretary of te American Peace Society and precepts during is lifetime on eart ten e is te igest autority in tis country on reenacted tem efore tey were abolised all subjects pertaining to international ar wic would be an absurdity But if e abo 1 bitration and te doctrines of peace He is ised tem after is resurrection tey must te autor of a remarkable little book Te forever remain abolised If owever te Federation of te World in wic te argu Apo/iltles re enacted tem tere must ave ment in favor of a federative union between been an interval of several sears between te all nations is put in a clear succinct;and per abolising and te reenacting in wic case suasive form ris little book togeter wit te wole world was witout moral obiiga Jean De Blocs Te Future of War and tion towarrl God or man From tese con Carles Sumners Addresses on War all of siderations it is impossible for us to believe wic are now issued in ceap and popular tat Mr Torrey as given te true meaning form are te tree best books in existence for of Scripture on tis subject Te l:lcripture tose wo desire to inform temselves on te e principally relies on to sustain is posisubjects recently brougt into prominence by tion is II Cor 3: 711 But if te ministrate proceedings of te Hague Tribunal ] WAS THE LAW OF TEN COMMANDMENTS ABOLISHED? 1 N KRAMER tion of deat written and engraven in stones was glorious so tat te cildren of Israel could not steadfastly beold te face of Moses for te glory of is countenance; wic Mr Torrey in a little work Ougt Crist glory was to be done away: How sall not ians to Keep te Sabbat? says Te law te ministration of te Spirit be rater written and engraved on stones wic in glorious? For if te ministration of concludes te Sabbat law was done away It demnation be glory muc more dot te as no claims watever on Cristians and ministration of rigteousness exceed in glory te sevent day Sabbat is not commanded For even tat wic was made glorious ad in te Bible for te Cristians but is distinct no glory in tis respect by reason of te lyabrogated According to tis teacing glory tat excellet Fqr if tat wic is every precept of te law is equally and dis done away was glorious muc more tat tinctly abolised Tese precepts set fort wic remainet is glorious Tis scripture mans relations and obligations to is Mr Torrey says affirms in te most posi Creator and to is fellow man embracing all tive way tat te law is done away Yet it moral duties Wen tese are done away all does not say tat te law is done away only moral obligations cease and eac and all are tat te ministration of deat is Deat came necessarily placed under te same ban of by sin wic is te transgression of te law offensiveness wic Mr Torrey attaces to Te law is te strengt of sin: for by te law te Sabbat precept sin is ade deat ; for te commandulent or Wy sould God take te law away! Was dained to Iifas foundtq be uli to deat it because it was a Y9ke of bondge? If so Rom 7: 10Ten as deat is te result of te Cristian and not te carnalminded sin made so by te law because of its power would not be subject to te law of God te law may be called a cause of deat neiter indeed could bl;} Or was it because and te ministration of deat an effect te law was contrary to us and f)p;ainst us brougtabout by te law In tis case te wic as 0 a and writing of ordinance Jesus effect s put for te cause; Te cause was took out te way and nailed to te Cross? written on tables of stone: Te effect was not; If so to onor God and to onor uman for te law because of sin brij1gs deat Te rigts and uman life are tings contrary to inistration of deattelrefore is not te us and aainst us Suc a position would lawitfi\!elf but an effect brougt about trou/::!; destroy te foundations of society and te te power of te law Te ministration of deat may be done away and yet te law remain to give knowledge of sin Primarily te ministration of deat is te eecution of te offender; but as presentea in tis scripture it is te execution of a substitute under aprovisiopal system tat God in mercy instituted for man wic required te lit execution of a living creature offered in sacri fice san atonement for sin: So tat sins could be forgiven by virtue orte faitit presented in a coming perfect sacrifice Tis miilrstrationofperpetualscrifice ndper petual deat is doneawayprefigured boy te: ceasing of teglory of Mdses face Itwas a glorious niinistrlttion; for it maintains te onor of God in tat te repentant sinner was forgiven and acepted aving figoratively died in te representative offering to be made so perfect tat God could be juft and yet justify sinners Tis ministration uf deat continued in orce until te perfect sacrifice was offered wen deat was ministered to te Lamb of God not for is own sins but for ours In im te ministration of deat ceased; 1<or encefort tere is no more sacrifice fur sins Reb 9: Te ministration of deat aving ceased te ministration of rigteousness of justification and of life by te spirit succeeds it Te former offering or ministration toug glorious ad no glory in itself but was made glorious by te glory of tat wic excellet Tis tougt if! well set fort by Mr Torrey in notes on Sunday Sfool Le/ilson for June 2d 1901 in tese words Te Old Testament system of sacrifices and ceremonials was a setting fort in wondrous picture te profoundest trut of God about atonement and cleansing but tey were only pictures not te reality; Crist and is atoning blood are realty Tbe atonement to wic e alludes was made for sin i e trangressions of te law: Terefore Jesus became te mediator of tte New Testament tat by means of deat for te redemption of transgressions wo were under te first testament tey wo are called migt receive te promise of eternal ineritance Heb 9: ] 5 Employment Bureau Notes WANTS 1 A Sevent day Baptist moulder wanted in Leon ardsville N Y 2 We ave an application from Sout Dakota for a man and wife or a broter and sister to assist on a Sout Dakota farm Anyone wising suc a position please correspond wit us at once 3 A farm and te year round near Walwort Wis If you w!lnt emplovment in a Seventday Baptist <:ommunity write us If you wllnt Seventday Baptist employes let us know Inclose stamp Address W M DAVIS Sec No 511 West 63d Street Cicago Ill Ueafness Cannot e Cured by local appliations as tei cannot reac te diseased portion of te ear Tere is only one way to cnre deafness and tatis by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an influmed condition of te D:lUCUS lining of te Eustacian Tube Wen tjiis tube gets inflamed you ave a rumbling sound or imperfect earin and wen it is entirely closed deafness is te result and unless te inflammation can be taken out and tis tube restored to its normal condition earing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarr wic is noting but an inflamed condition of te mucous surfaces We will give One Hundred DoIlaIS for any case of Deafness (caused by catarr) tat cannot be cured by Halls Catarr Cure Send for circulars free F J CHENEY & CO ToledoO 3oId by Druggists 75 c Halls Family Pills are te best 5

8 I ; ; 94 Sabbat Scool CONDUCTED BY SABBATHSCHOOL BOARD Edited by REV WILLLtf4 C WHITFoRn Professor of Biblical Languages and LiteraturPin Alfred Universitv 0 INTERNAlIONAL LESSONS 1903 FIRstt QUARTER :of ::;_ J :s p u! aliil SlIa at PUlppL :; Ac 16: 224 J n 10 CHRtll1D vi ng ;: Pil 4: Hi 17 Paul at :Ralonica 11)1(1 B(Tfn Acts ]7: ]l2 Jun 24 PuulE1 GouIls{l to te lessalollians l rea 5 : 1H Tan 31 Pnu! at AtenR :: Acts 17: 2234 Fe ;: Te Curc at CorInt Founded : Acts Feb 14 CrIstian SelfControl 1 ror 8: 41:3 Feb 21 CrIMtl nlov e 1 CI 13 : 113 Feb 28 Paul and Apol1os ActR 18: 2419: II Mar 7 Paul nt EpeFlus t Acts In :1:{20 Mit 14 Ie Rlnt at Eplls Act8 ln : 2940 Mltr 21 \(1 Dutil e Lesson ou Baptll$tu : : Mt\l 28 Revfc\v : r:hri3tian LOVE LEBrON TEXTl Cor IS : lll For isablwtday Feb1l1ary 21 ] [)03 (i()ttl1l 7pxtNow ntdt:t fait ope eilllrit;r 1mt ti]i gllutf t;t of tf>to\l ill llmrltyl Cor 13: 10 1ifIiOUlTlION Te First Epistle of Paul to te COIintiflns is tp mot pructical of all is lettprs wie we ave prespivld for us It was precisely fitted to meet te eonditions in te Corintian Curc lit te time tat Paul wrot! It was composed wit suc /I dplicate perclption of te general principle of te CriHtinn life tat it is a mort practical book of inhtructioll for te use of te url everywere in tbis nge of te world Te gtm of all tilt (btpl iu ti lieautiful book ir te tirtlentb \it!r peaking of Hpiritulll gifts in geueral and warning te Coriutbiftos not to (Ateem t more sowy ifth IlH te more impoltnnt te IPOHtlt (odles to pellk of tbat wie is rcallj ert of ail Wetber love ik to bl dabred ApcilieHlIy wit te gift f tonguts te gift or plopbecy and te oters or not it eeltainly is tat wit ut wic te otpl IHe lia(ls It i :IIRO a virtu! iell mny bl p()(red y te UIIIblAt CbriAtiAn ow!\!1 Illm e may laek of te oter endo IV IllPfI ta and!!:ift Tl latter alf of te IHAt verae of te twplft I1IIpt(1 ir by HOllie regurdell a te oplning enten!! 01 te palllgrllp (olltainen;n [iie tirteent capter \t allpvpnta ti vel! elrtainl\!loer Row te conneetinn wit wat peceeda Having; liigell tl (orilltianr to cnvpt te best giftr e ploc!eds to picture lpfore tem tilt 1lI0t excellpnt way te WAY tllt Iill prevent invidioljr compariron etween brptren I)()ReFRin!!: dlfiertnt giith te way tnt will ring proaperity to tf llrc lulp fellowcristiana lind AppineRR to neself It ir prnetieallv impoariblc to PORAlSR te oter gift witout love and even il it were Iosible to POHH(SR tem tey ould be useless Tnm PLArr 1IcHHuNsTt allle ar in lust w(els lesson OL11IN : 1 Love Contrasted Wit OtlHI (Mis v 13 2 Love Cnracterizpd v 47 3 Love Enduring Y!:l]3 1 It 1 speak wit ta t{)nf{ijes ofmell 111J(1 of nngels Te spiritual gift wic te Corintians seem to a veerteemed most bigly WllS tat of RpeHking wit ton/!uer In wbat prcirely tis gift consiated is Rtill a matter tif discussion Some ave tougt tat it was simply te ability to speak in a language before unknown to te speaker Tis teory fits very well te rase of speaking wit te tongues at day of Pent!c08t: bu t t e girt of speaking wit tongues as referred to in tis Epistle and elsewere in te New Testament is better expluined as te ability of one movld by divine inspiration to speak in praise 9f God words unintelligible to most of teealers andvery likely unintelligible to te speaker imself and to e interpreted only by one especially endowed it te gift of interpretation Tis was:tlierefore a sowy gift and useful as a devotional service Paul speaks :of it first because of te ig estimation in wic toe possessing it were eld; and in order to empasize te little account of tis gm in comparison wit love e aods te reference to angels Paul was especialiy gifted in te matter of speaking wit tongues but e realized tat if e possessed not only te greatest powers of men but also tose of angels is speaking wit tongues )Vould be utterly useless witbout love Love Some even of te modern commentators prefer te translation RECORDER [VOL LJx:No 6 I carity in tis passage on te ground tat te Eng contrast wit oter gifts Propbecies tbey sball be lis worif love is sometimes used in n lower Rense al done away From te ery nature of te case tese most equivalent to pussiori But if tese \\;riters were most important gifts are for use only till te Coming of consistent tey would render 1 Jolin 4: 8b For God is tll Lord Ten properying;m Qe no more; for all carity Carity fails entirelyto express te sense sallalike ave an intuition of te divine will Te gift ere (since it is associated wit almsgiving) and it ill of knowledge will be similallyunnecessary for all sall not difficult to understand tat we ave ere te iger alike know wat God would ave tem know We are and nobl!r love as often elsewere in te New Testa not to understand tat even true knowledge sball be ment=tat love wic is an;unsejfis care for te wel brougt to naugt; but tat tfl giftof kowledge wj]] fare of Otilts: I alii becomesouilding b1ius etc Tat be Unneessary Tpn!(ues tbey simi] ce&se Paul uses is scimeting wic gil:es Iorl a sound bt as no diffrent verb in regard to te gift of tongues Tis gift calacter or value like oter miracles aving only a temporary import: 2 An«if I bav8 te gift of prop bevy etc Palll now ancewillsimply be dis ontiued comes to si)etk of gifts wic are rigtly esteemed of 9 For we k1?ow in part etc Tis verse and te fol verygreat value ie propet is te one_wo speaks rowing give a reason for te temporary caracter of te autoritatively for God as moved by divine revelatioii; gifts Te gifts of propecy and of knowledge are \\it tbe proppt is associated te teacer wo boste necessarily only partial Te propet can at est set giftof knowledg! lbe mysteries are te divine truts foj t only a small part of te win of God; alld e wo concerning salvation wic ave been concealed butare knows about God must ave only an imperfect knowlnow being revealed by speciully endowed 8!rvants of edge as e does not know all Now wen te fuliess God FI1itb is te gift of taking bold of te promise!! of or perception in bot tese directions eomes for every Gtld o as to remove mountains An pxpression to one te partial endowment for a few appropriately disitrfitrate te utmost endowment of wonderworking appears Paul does not stop toxplaill wy te gift of fait Compare Matt 17: 20 and elsewbere Note te tongues disappears Peraps e would ave te CorwoJ(] fl]l tlice repeated in ti verse Toug Paul or intians understand tat tat it! too obvious for I xplaanyone (lse sould POA8lA tbese gifts in It superabun nation dant degree e would amount to noting witout love 11 Wen l was l1 cbild etc An illustration of wat 3 tnd if 1 vestow 1111 my goods to ired tbe poor was said in v 10 Just as in te growt of a cild to Tbe ric young ruler wo lacked une ting was told to manood tat wic is app:opriate to te mmature!!:o and sell all und give to te r;oor Rucb conduct stage of existence is left beind and superseded so in te would be an eappcial \ork of love nut if one could pevelopment of te curc tbere is coming te time ave all teoextellllll si!!:ns of love Hnd Ipgftrd for fellow wlren iglyesteemed gifts will ave passed away and men flncl still not ave love itsplf e would still be lack be beld in onor no longer As te fullgrown man is iu!\ Tere is no IlIprit in I p /lcta 01 carity if tbe eart far beyond te infant in tougt speec and action so of te one wo givpa does not go out iu love to tose in is te condition of man in te life of te world to come need 1f I gile IJIJ bolly to be blj/lml Or ettel tnt fai beyond tat of tbis present world I may glory Even if te APlfsaclifict exteuds to tt de ] 2 POI now we see in a mirror darkly Proof of votion of onps own ody; if IIll tis ih wit a selfis te loregoing Te mirrors of te ancients w!re made motivf it bring no gain rp (lleek word_ Ipresent not of glass but of polised metal Tust as teonewo iug to be burned and for glorying differs by looks in a mirror sees te image as if at a distance and only one letter re malluscripth ge about te Aame more or less indistinctly tus at best is our perceptiofi tetim()ny for Pfle of tl two re:ulings: but /ls 1Il1l1 tyr_ of God and of is truts in tis age Tere is owever dom y urning is not lihpwere r(f(rild to ill PUII1s (oming a time wen we sall see face to face tat is time te ote) reading (em a ()nicrnle morelikply witb te!!:reatest possible distinctness Compare Numb 4 L()IA Siliflret long Te one wbo pllrhpses te 12: 68 Te word translated darkly is literally in gift of love is not quilkli aroued to wrut Oil ItlCOllnt an enigma Now 1 know in part Te partial and inof injurie illfiictp(l Toe tlercliptio!l of te man tbut; (11 distinct knowledge is to be replac!d by te full knowldowed ir ma<le more Iivid by being given III1<1Pl te edge like tat wicb our beavenlv Fater already a of form (If a dtf<riptio;1 olloye iti! lin Bpllignalltly us Wen we stop to notice te force of te Apostles well(\ipr d towlud ot(rs Ln IA (IIIiet not comparison and realize tat we are to ave tis com PORtFR TI pi 1i1I feplings towa Id ote: R or teir prop plete knowledge some day te insignificance of any PI ty VmJlJtrt not it(if tnundet not itr own praire flagmfntary gift of knowledge in tis present age is ap I not rmm 1! Ill Tili rpi)ierentr te inwnrd di8posi parent tio tat corret)nd to tilt outward vaunting of 13 But now abidf!tb fnit ope love Te now is onfplf not temporal but logical Tey abide not only now r Dllt liot /:1111 itslli 11 n8pnil 11 Tple is wit but for ever Oter tings fall but tese tbree stand 10le 11 tinp Rlmp f ut ir fitting tllt if! Retmly True Te Apostle as sown tat love is far superior to all coilrtpy is follntltd ill Inye Sp(kpt not its own lsi te spiritual gifts for tree reasons: (1) because witnot tenacioull tat its own rigts ould be respected at out love tey severally amount to noting; (2) beall nzfirdr Is not l)foiotwrl Ti ir muc better tan cause 01 te manifold excellences of its caracter; (3) easily proykerl in King JllmPA \er_ion Love if! not bemluse tat it endures Now e adds a verse to refer xllpprnt(d ligts 01 iniurib Taket not RCCOlJlIt to te preeminence of love as compared wit otber o(elit Snnw nre cnntilllwlly making a note of te in virtues Fait and ope unlike te spiritual gift abide jllrier tat tlhy receive but tis if! not te conduct of along wit love Some ave wondered tbat Paul tbe mnn w<)ar movell bv love He rater forgets tbat sould make tis statement since it may be inferred wic bas been dune amisr {Te trllnslntion of te re from 2 Cor 5: 7 tat fait is to be replaced by sigt vied \(IsionR is llltinctly bttter in tis line also) As and from Rom 8: 24 tat ope is to be fulfilled by Pftlll tur depida te caracteristics of trlle love tbe possession Altoug wat Paul says in tese other f1rintianr migt well feel teir own lnck Tey were passages is in a certain sense true fait and ope do puffed lip c 4: 6; tbey were beaving unsremly really abide for ever; for by fait we take old of tat capter 1]: 5; tpy were vaunting temselves capter wic we see and troug ope we expect te continu 1: 14] 7 Tey WEre peraps also seeking teir own ance of te blel3sings wbic we possess And tbe greatin teir conduct in regard to tings Eacrificed to idols est of tbese is 10 V/) Te oter virtues are of men: tis c is of God Men are te most Godlike as tey manifest 6 [((joice 110t in unrigteol1sness It is not filled te Caracteristics of love Fait and ope can do no wit joy at te evil tbat it beolds in oters But 1e better for us tbn to bring us to te love of God joice wit te tllltb Trut ia ere perronified Love finds er true enjoment in as ociation wit trut A LITTLE TRAVELER 7 BeRret ull tbings fis vtrse sums up te excellens 9f love Te stiperlative object all tinga four A pale little lad in a westbound train timesrepeat(>d plecedes its verb in eac case tus adding to te empasis Te first and last lines of te four moter and ber merry ildren were eating glanced wistfully toward a sea were a refer to te steadfast endurapce of love It puts up lunc Te tears gatered in is eyes toug I wit injurier and sligts and also actively endures like a e tried to keep tem back soldier iu watever circumstance it is placed Believet A passenger arrie andstoodbe!jide itb: all tinf{s It is ditposed to accept as true te good qualities and te good deeds tat appear in oters WtstetIoubleeasked l ihave you and wen tis if! impossible it will till ope for te best Te t!odlpletenes of love as portrayed in tese four verses if! Buggested by te fact tat our autor began wit longbufferin and nded wit endurance 8 LOle never fui/et Paul proceeds now to exalt love by referring to its lasting quality Love will never fail tat is; slip away out of existence Tis is in sbrp no lunc? Yes I ave a little left and Im not awful nn/!ry Wat is it ten? 1ell me peraps I can elp you Itsits so lonely and teres suc a lot FEB 1903] THE SABBATH RECORDER :;:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:===:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:= =I===:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: ; married to Miss Lucy D Dunam of Dunellen N r I 4KIG POWDER Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE of tem over tere andtbeyve got teir mqter Te young man glanced at te black band on te boys at A! e said gently and you ave lost yours Yes and Im going to my uncle; but Ive never seen im A kind lady te doctors wife wo put up my lunc bung tis card to my neck Se told me to sow it to tbe ladies on te car and tey would be kind to me but I avent sown it to anyone yet lou may read it if you like Te youn/! man raised te card and read te name and addrefs of te bov Below were te words: And wosoever Hball give to drink unto one of tese little OlllS a cup of cold water only in tbe name of a disciple verily I say unto you e sball in nowise lose ill reward Te reader brused is and across bis eyes and was silent for a moment J Ten e said Ill come back very soon and made is way to te moter and er cildren And presently little George felt a pair of loving arms about im and a womans voife ah sobbing calling im a poor deal little fellow and begged im to come wit er to er cildren; and for te rest of tat journey at least te moterlflas boy ad no lack of moteringnew York Tribune c== MARRIAGES VANHoRNPLATTIn Garwin IowfI Oct y Rev Mr Hoo(er Mr Otto e VanHorn and Miss Marguerite Platt McMuLLENINMANAt te Fleventday BaptiRt parsonage in Salem West Virginia Tanuary by Rev E A Witter Mr Frank McMullen and Miss Alice Inman bot of I:lalem DAVIADAVIRAt te ome of Deacon M YllayiBnear Numan West Virginia January by Rev E A Witter Mr Wilson Davis and Miss <Bessie Davis bot of Numan DEATHS NOT upon us or ours te solemn angels Have evil wrougt Te luneral antem IB a glad evangel Te good die not God callb our loved oneb but we lobe not wolly Wat He ab tlillven Tey live On eart In tougt and deed as truly AB In HIB eaven Wittier W ALDRONL Craig Waldron was born in Plainfield N J Marc and died suddenly near Westfield N J January Mr Waldron ad been an ;nored member of te First Baptiltcure of Plainfildror many years Two or tree productions frdm ispen: ave been publised in te HECORDER witina few years past He IiJaves Ii; wile wo is a member of te SeventdaY Baptist curc but no cildren A H L TOMLINsoNHarold Woodruff Tomlinson; suddenly in te Westfield collision; January He was te Bon of Rev George Tomlinson formerly a preaeer in te Seventday Baptist denomiuation and was alll November In October 1894 e was I He was an active and beloved member of te Congregational curc of PlaiHfield N r serving faitfully as one of te Trustees as cairman 01 te Music Committee and also in te Mens Club and Endeavor Society \ He leaves a widow and two small cbirdren Warillearted conscientious geuerous fliendly e ad won many friends wo now mollrn is loss deeply _ c 1_ G ROGEilsHarryAlbert Ron of A C and IIa BenjamiQ RoWIS was born in Little GcnelleeN v October!; 1881; and died ljddenly near Westfield N: J on Janary Bia parents removed to Plainfield N 1 in 1891 and Hurry was a nember of te Seventda; Baptist RabbaRcoor tbere for many years In November 1896 e was buptized by ])v A E Main and united wit te Seyentday Dltptistcliulc of wic e was a member at tlle time of is deat G B B GILER mills H sou of Enoc llnd Annie Aller GiltS war born neal llollnd BlOok N J Octoer 2St ]881 And dieil uddenly near Westfield N r Tlln: uary 27t ] 903 J N CRANnALLTn M pon of JIfnrv B ftoo Lucinda Crandall arborn in Alfl ed N Y itrlmry and (ed In Gently Ark T an 3 HIOil For to me to live is Clist and to die i guin J II H CLAHKHenry F Clnrk wns orn Septemer 2H 18ilO and died ut is ome in Gtnt)y Ark Tan 7HIOa For we sballilil appear IJPfore te judgmcnt seat of CriRt J H H nuhdi!kw]i; Burdick WIIA orn in Alfred N Y Der 17 1Hi\!) Ilnd diee! at is ome near Uelltry Atle Jan 7 1\)0:1 Seeing tnt ye look for Fluc tinga e diligent 1 II II HllHlICYOAmall HIIIley WIl orn in Nortonville KIlII UR Au!!:ust 4 1 \)01 I1nd clip(1 J /tolluiy 2:1 190:1 alter velhl welka of i1h 8 lie 11IlR te son of Burt and Hattie Hurltv Te tpn(ltr ntlh ar 11ll!l<ed in te early pring time of life lis wlll as te 01(1 lint! mature fmitealing brancts in ita autumn We ull do fude flb It Ipuf U \Y H COIlnJ<:IJMHry Wil<ox Co1trdl WIlS orn in \llrgany COlll1ty N y \pril (; IH2B ttlld died at Nort LOIlP Ke\) Jall 1 IHO;\ Re WllR married to Beniumin Cottrell and in HI! 7 moved to \yicollsin were tey livld in va rinur 1weA till te dent of Mr Cottrell wic occllrred July ]H ]877 In June of te following yelll He moved to NOT t Loup Neb were te remnining yrnra of er lift wer! spent Six of er ten cildren are still livillg to TnOlJln er dent Wen living ill AlIpglIny Co Ae ullitpd wit te Firt \Ifretl (:url from wic e IIPeltlI1nslprred r member sip Re mnintailled er Cri_tiun and denominational lait aud died trusting pr Raviol A B P WILLIRTulia A Willis daugter of Htepen F nnd Elizabet DaviR wafi born l:ieptlmlwl I H 1 H!:l nnd died Rt pr ome on Lick Run West Virginia J II IlUary Se was married to J E Willis Tanual v G 186() In 1!:l75 Re united wit te Middle I lulld Heventdny BllptiE<t curc of wic se contillued 11 faitful mlmbpi until te Fater called bel above Se was a pntient and faitlul moter and igly esteemed by all wo knew er A usband and a large falilily of cildren are left to mourn teir 108s Burial servicel were eld in te Middle Island Curc conducted by tbe writer wo spoke from 2 Cor 5: 68 E A w RANDOLPHHplert Randolp youngpst son of TeBAe and Mry Fitz Rnndolp :WAS born in Hatem West Virginia June !J and died at tat place on te 31st of Innuary 1903 He was married to Miss Kate Flannagan November ] Herbert was converted during revival services eld in Ralem by Rev E B Saunders aout seven years ago For some time e sougt to live asacristian bllt e was not baptized and as e said during is sickness r allowed my surroundings togettemsstery over me until I wus not strong enoug to overcome temptation Te last nine days of is life were days of appineps in te Lord His pastor and tl:rll young men c()mposing a quartet wnt to is room eac evening to sing and pray wit4 im after te public services wic were eld in te curc and many friends ga_ter ed in ib room Te most blessed and nevertobe forgotten scene lever witnessed: was in is room wen e became so bappy in te Lord tat e declared all pysical pain ad ceaseo He went to rest peacefully Funeral services were eld in te curc of Salem February 2 conducted bv te pastor Text Pr!! E A W pugtr: SURE Because te nled puck fige 1 n sure uluform strengt and flavor LANPIiEAlt At is ome in IlHinfield N J Jan Jtan L&npeal nged 84 yearb 10 monts and 18 duys His futer nnd moter Hamuel and Hanna Lflnpenr were among te pioneer settlers in Allegany county N Y avtng removed from te townof Westerlv H 1 in 819 wen te subject of tis ketc was but year and a balf old settling in Alfred N Y Ill 1814 Itan Lanpear became a resident of Nile N Y were e rpsided untillr68 wen e removed to llaintield ]1; J In te days of slaverv in te United StllteR e was a radical abolitioniat and as alway been a determined enemy to te traffic in intoxicating 1i[]llOIS Brief ervices were tlt] ut bi ome in te afternoon of Jall 22d after wic ih rfmains were taken to Nile N Y wele te funeral sprvicea were eld in te HeventdHY naptit curcb ]{pv L E Liverlllole preacing te Aermon lwin!!: IlfIiHte(1 in te servi(eh by Hev W D Burdiek pastul uf te ]l;ile Rp\(ntc1ay HUitit urt and President Boote C lluvir of Alfred (J)i\lritY L E 1 lhandailiii AfftwHv H I TIlII ;\01 lio:! Etlln C Clllndllll ill tbe slyentytint JPIII oj ih lgp Etan C CralldHll wah born ill tlh town of CarieR town n 1 in te mont of :\ IIglI At 1 H:l:! H nd IV A te last of eigt cildrpn orn to Mattias \ liy (Burdick) Crun<illii H WIlA mftrriel to Marta THY lor ut ARaway in Nov l!:lg(l In ]HH Jan :l(jt e WI\; baptized and united wit tt 1 Ht IInpkilltJI Heventday BuptiAt curc and bn!l tplpfore be a fllitful mtrnbpl of tnt body for fortyfive ytilia Iu(king one da llih wife died about unel ear Ilgo lie I(ft tlee sona Ellwrt and I) Edwin of Westerly It 1 alld E Burnam of toutbliclge MaH aue] tlee dall!!:tel ]\[rs Cas F )erl) and MI A Lenna Nus of WeHterl\ H I and MrH \Vm IHHley of :\suway at WOAC ome diell Brot(J (;II111clllll WIIH a man of vtry quiet disih)aition pleasant to IIlpet wit ft faitful CriHtil1n Il itizen of illtpgrity and a killd fater and usbnnd Te funeral HerviceH were largely attendld and were eld Hunday Feb ] st ( A U Special Notices SEVENTHHAY BAPTISlS in Syracllse and ters wo may be in te city over te Sabbat are cordially invited to attend te Bible Class eld every Sabbat afternoon at 4 oclock wit some one of te resident Sabbatkeepers IEiYMILL YARD Seventda;\ Baptist Curc Lpndon Address of Curc Secretary 46 Valmar Road Denmark Hill London S E SABBATHKEEPERS in Utica N Y meette tird Sabbat in eac mont at 2 P M at te ome of Dr S C Maxson 22 Grant St Oter Sabbats te Bibleclasl;! alternates wit te various Sabbatkeepers in te city All are cordially invited IEiY THE Seventday Baptist curc of New York City olds services at te Memorial Baptist curc Wasington Square Sout and fbompson Street Te Sabbatscool meetsat A M Preacing service at 1130 A M A cordial welcome is extended to al visitors E F LooFBoRo Acting Pastor 326 W 33d Street THE Seventday Baptist Curc of I;Iornellsvillr N Y olds regular services in teir new curc cor West Genesee Street and Prestoll Avenue Preacing at 230 P M Sabbatscool at 330 Prayermeeting te preceding vening An invitation is extended to all and especially 0 Sabbatk;eepers remaining in te city over te Sabba to come in and worsip wit us ;

9 j i ; i I ): i ( 96 fhe SABBATH RECORDER TABLE OF CONTENTS EDlTORALTl)e Legal Side 01 te Adjutment: Te Spiritual Side 01 Denominational Readjustment: Baptist Solidarity; Broterood in Crist; How to Preac: Te Wetfield Rail: road Disaster; Te Supply 01 Meat; A Costly Primer : 8182 ALFRED UNIVERSITY One Hundred Tousand Dollar Centenuial Fund Alfred University will celebrate its Centennial in 1936 Te Trustees expect PRAYEBMEETING TOPIC Prel)aratlon of Heart lor te ProyerMeetlng 83 tat its Endowment and Property will Te WiscoDln Quarterly: Meeting :::88 reac a Million Dollars by tat time New 01 e Wek :;::::::: 84 To aid in securing tis resultaone Him Tract SocletyRecelpts; 84 dred Tousand Dollar Centennial Fund A S i ti ti is already started It is a popular sub orc ng!io on :::84 scription to be made up of many small Anoter Letter 85 gifts Te fund ia to be kept in trust Te Vid8Itud Of Languages: 85 and only te inrest Ulsed by te Univer MIRSoNsParagrapB;!IOnl R S Wilson; From W L DavI8 : ; 86 aity Te Trustees lasue to eac subdcriber of one dollar or morea certificate A lenny Meaure 86 signejl by te President and Treasurer WOAN8 WORKPoetry; ParagrapR; Enter of te University cerfying tat te ed luto Life; Gods Perlect Day Poetry: Man person iii a contributor to tis fund Te IObs ;; 87 names of subscribers are publised in OUR READING Roo : 88 tis column from week tq week as te Allred Teological Seminary 88 subscriptions are received by W H SemlAnnunl Convention nt Hornellsl\Ie N Y88 Crandall Treas Alfred N Y Lower Ligt8 88 Every friend of Higer Education and B k G d of Altred University sould ave is T e In t e Hand of Man 89 YOUNG PEOPLE WORKSelk Joep Audl: name appear as a contributor to tis HAbbat Not a Drealy Day; He Tat Win fund net 80uls is Vise ; Give Up Tat Bout; Writin Letters on tbe 8abbatFlrst AD vel: A ncgest!ful Club 90 CHnDREN B PAGEEattng Cpusts Poetry; Te Bird Carmer; A Milk Snake for It Pet; Wen Ip 18ald 91 Te Statu 01 Intertionlll Arbltratlon!lI Was te Law of Teo Commandments A bolised 1 93 EMPIOYMENT BUREAU NOTEP 13 SABBATEI8CHOOL LESBONCris: inn Love 94 A Little lraveler 94 MARRIAGES 95 DEATHS 05 SPECIAL NOTICES Hi) =============== WHEN justice and lovego and in and its a case of te blind eading tbe blind Te Sabbat Recorder A H LEWIS D D LL D Editor W B MOSHER Acting Business Manager TERMS OF SUBSORIPTIONS Per year in advance )2 00 Papel8 to lorelgn eountrlell wtll be carged 50 cents additional on aceount of pcdtage No paper dlecontinued untu arrearagee are p&!d except at te optlou 01 te publiser ADV1IIBTI8ING DEPARTMENT Tranalent advertisements wul be In8erted lor 76centli!l an Inc for te first Insertion; subsequent osertloqil In succession SO cents per Ine Speclal contracts made wit parties advertising exten slvely or lor long terms Leg&! advertl8ementlnserted at legal rates Yearly advertisers may ave teir advertteements canged quarterly witout extra carge No advertl8ements 01 objectionable caracter will e admitted ADDBB88 All communications weter on business or ror publication 8ould be addr sed to THE SAB BATH IlIiJ/JORIlEIl PI lnfild N J THE SABBATH VISITOR Publled weekly uuder te ausplceo 01 to Sabbatscool Board by tc American Sabbat Tract Society J at PLAINFIELD :NEW JERSEY TERMS Single copl per year 60 Ten copies or npwards per copy 50 CORRE8PONDENOE Communications sbould be addressed to Te Sabbat Visitor Plainfield N J DE BOODSCHAPPER 20 PAGB BBLIGIOU8 MONTHLY in_ TIlE HOLLAND LANGUAGE Subcrlptlon prlce 76 cent8 peryeor; PURLI8BBD DT G VBLTHUY8EN HaarlemHolland Dt BOODB«iBAPPBR (Te Messeuger) Is an able exponeut 01 te Bible Sabbat (te Seventday) Baptlsm Temperance etc and Is an excellent daper to place In te andool Hollandel81n tis country to call teir attention toteselmportant oots HEtPING HAND IN BIBLE SCHOOL WORK A quarterly containing eareruny prepared ejpa on te InternationalLMeona Conducted by Te bbat Seool Board price 2& cent acopy per year; Beven oed a quartr Proposed Centenolal Fund ; Amount needed June Wellington McCullocll New York N Y Martin C Hyer New York N Y George Brlckclmaier New York N Y Amount needed to complete fund (\0 Winter Term Milton College T! Term open8 MONDAY JAN li 1903 and continues twelve weeks closing Friday Marc Instruction is given to bot young men and yo ling women in tree principal courses as follows: Te Ancient Classical te Modern GlasslCal and te Scientific Milton Academy is te prepuatoly scool to Milton College and as tree similr courses leading to tose in te College witb an Englis course in addition fitting students for ordinary business life In te Scool of Music four courses are taugt: Elementary and Corus Singing Pianoforte Voice Culture and Harmony Toroug work is done in Bible Study in Englis in Oil and Cina Painting in Elocution and in Atletics and Military Training Club boarding $140 per week; boarding in private families $3 per week including room rent and use of furniture For furter information addresf! te REV W C DALAND D D President or Prof A E WHITFORD A M Registrar Milto Rock Conty Wi Salem College Situated In tbe triving town of SALEM 14 miles wet 01 Clarkoburg on te B O Ry Tl8 8cool ta!<es FRONT RANK among Wet Virginia cools and It graduates 8tand among te loremost teacers 01 te state SUPERIOR MORAL INFLUENCES prevail Tree College Cour8e8 beldes te Regular State NQrmal Course Special Teooel8 Review C1asse8 eac prlng term abide rom te regular class work In te College COUlSes No better advantages In tis pect (ound In te state ClOJ!oes not so large but studei!ts can receive all person&! attention needed Irom te Instructol8 :Expenses a marvel _In ceapneso Two tou8and volumfl8ln Library aulree to students and plenty 01 apparatus wtt no extra carges Ior te use tereol STATE CEnTIFICATES to gradu tea on same conditions OJ! tose required 01 students from te State Normal Scools EIGHT COUNTIES and T;ElREE STATES are represented amoug te atudent body _: FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 2 WINTER TERM OPENS DECEMBER 2 Send lor nlubtrated Catalogue to Teo L Gardiner President IALJD( WBlT VIBQJl(IA Seventday Baptist Bureau of Employment and Correpondene Presldent::C B TliiLL tli St Cblcago/lli VlcePreMldenW H INGHAM Milton Wis Secretaries::W M DVIS6\1 West 63q Street <1lcago 1\1; MURRAY MAXSON 611 Wet Monroe St Cicago Ill ABSOCJATIONAL BECRETARIES Wardnpr Davis Salem W Va CorllsF Randolp 185 Nort ut!it Newark NJ Dr S C Maxon 22 Grant St Utica N Y Pro! E P Saunder Allred N Yi W K DavIAMllton W18 :r u Saunders Hammond La \ Under control 01 Gener&! ConlerenCe Denomlna tlonalln scope and purpose Inclosed Stamp for Reply Commullications sould be addre8ed to w M Davis Secretary 511 W G3d St Clcaga 111 Bus ess Plainfield N J AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY EXECUTIVE BOABD J F HUBBABD PreB \ F J HUHBARD Trea A L TITSWORTH Sec REV A H LEWI8 Cor PI&!nfield N J Sec Pl&!nfield N J Regular meeting 01 te Board at Plotnfield N J te econd Flrtday 01 eac mont at 2 P M THE SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST MEMORIAL FUND J F HUBBARn President Pl&!nfield N J J M TITSWORTH Vice President Plainfield N J J08EPH A HUBBAnD Treas PI&!nfield N J D E TITSWORTH Secretary Plainfield N J Gilts lor all Denomination&! Interests solicited Prompt payment 01 all obligations requested HE SABBATH EVANGELIZING AND IN DUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION T D E TITSWOBTH President WM C HUBBARD Secretary O S ROGERS Treasurer Regular Quarterly Meetings 01 te Board at Plainfield N J tbe firt Monday 01 January April Julv and October at 8 P M M STILLMAN W COUN8ELOB AT LAW RnuIpmf nonrt Comml881oner etc New York City SABBATH SCHOOL BOARD GEORGE B SHAW President 611 Central Avenue Plainfield N J FRANK 1 GREENE Ave Brooklyn N Y Treasurer 490 VanderbUt CORLI F RANDOLPH Rec Sec 185 Nort Nint St Newark N J JOHN B COTTRELL Cor Sec 1097 Park Place Brooklyn N Y Vice PresidentsE E Witford 471 Tompkins Ave Brook1yn N Y; M HVanHorn Salem W Va; L R Swtunev DeRuyter N Y; I L Cottrell Hornellsvllles Y: H D Clarke Dodge CentrR Mlun: Okley Hurley Gentry Ark HERBERT G WHIPPLE CoUNSBLOR AT LAW St Paul BuIlding 220 Broadway c C CHIPMAN ABomTIDOT St Paul Building 220 Broadway H ARRY W PltETICE D D S rre Nortport 76 Veat load Street A LFRED CARLYLE PRENTICE M D T<: Rooevelt Hospital Utica N y DR S C MAXSON Eye and Ear only OfllrJ> 22ft Gene Street Alfred N Y LFRED UNIVERSITY A Secon(l Semester 67t Year Begins Feb 1> 1903 For catalogue and Information ad(tle8a Boote Colwell Davt P D D D Prea ALFRED ACADEMY PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS TRAINING CLASS Ear I P Sannerll A Me PrIn EVENTHDAY BAPTIST EDUCATION SO S CIETY E M TOMLIN80N President Allred N Y W L BURDIOK Correepondlng Secretary Indellendence N Y V A BAGGO Recodlng Secretary AlIred N Y A B KBNYON Tre nrer Allred N yo Regular quarterly meetings lft FebruBJY May Augut and NOVlmber at l>e ebll 01 te P \dent THE ALFRED SHill Publised at Allred Allegany County N Y Devoted to Unlvel8lty andlocalne Tenne looper year RR flm< PUlILIRIII1O9 AwRoou nw w W COON D D S DICTIRT HI nntlita Y +njv: 1 +np V DR A C DAVIS Eye nnd Ear OllIce :Brookfield Leonardvllle Weat Edmeston Bridgewater Edmeston Ne Berlin FEB9 1903] WelteJly R I THE SENTHDAY BAPTIST MISSION : AnY SOOIETY WII L CL PRE8IDENT WE8TICRLT R A S BABIJOOI[ Recording Secretary Rokville R I O U WmTPORD COITMpondlng Becretary W_rlyRI _ aicorgb H UTTER Treaanrer Westerly R I _ e regular meetings of te Board 01 managera occur te tird Wednesday In January April July and October BOARDbF PULIr SUPPLY AND MINIS TERIAL 1oEMPLOYMENT IRA B CBAND;L President WesterlyR I 0 U WHITFORD Corresponding Secretary West erly R I FRANK lull RecordlIig Secretary Asaway R I 8OOIATIONAL SECRET:ARIES: Stepen Babcoek EOJ!tern 344 W 88d Street New York CIty; Edward E Wltlord Central Brookfield N:Y; E P Saunders WeBtern Alfred N Y; G W Post NortWeBtern 1981 Waelngton Boulevard Cl cago ID; F J Eret SoutEastern Salem W Va; W R Potter SoutWestern Hammond La Te work 01 tlo Bo d Is to elp pastorless curces In finding and obtaining pastol8 and unemployed mlnloters among UB to find employ ment Te Board will not obtrude Inlormatlon elp or advice upon any curc or pel8ons but glvelt wen Rsked Te first tree persons named In te Board will be Its working lorce being located near eac oter Te A oclatlonal Secretarle8 wul keep te working force 01 te Board Informed In regard to te patorles curceo and unemployed mlnloters in teir respective Assoclattons and give wate:ver aid and counsel tey can All correpondence wtt te Board eiter troug Its CorreBponding Secretary or Asocla tloua] Secretarles wtll be otrlctiy confidentl 1 Salem W Va SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE Next slon to be eld at Salem W Va August Rmv T L GARDINER Salem W Va Presldnt REV L A PLATT8 D D MUtonWI CorSoo y PROF W C WHITFORD Allred N Y Treasurer PROF E P SAUNnERH Allred N Y Rec Secy Tee officero togeter wit Rev A H Lewl D D Cor Sec Tract Society Rev O U Wltlord D D Cor Sec Missionary Society and Rev W L Burdick Cor Sec EducotlonSoclety conbtltute te Executive Committee of te Con: terence W Milton Wis OMANS EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE Preoldent MR8 S J CLA1IKI!I Milton WI VicePre MR8 J BMoRTONMlltonWls JMRS W C DALANDMlltOD WI Cor Sec MRO NETTIE WERT MUtoD Junction Wis Rec Sec MR E D BLIS8 Milton Wis Treasurer MRS L A PLATTS MUtont Wis Edttol ot Womans Pagp MB HENRY M MAXSON 661 W1t St Plainfield N J Secretary Eastern Assoclatton MRS ANNA RANDOLPH Plainfield N J SoutbEastern AAsoclaUon Mn CORTEZ CLAWSONSalemW Va Central AssociatIon Mlfs CORA J WILLIA S New London N Y Western ASBoclal1onj MIS8 &ones L ROGBRS Belmont N Y BoutbWeterD ASBoclatJpn MBP G H F RANDOLPH Fouke Ark NortWestern AssocIation MB8 MARY WB1TFORD Milton WI Cicago III BENJAMIN F LANGWORTHY ATTOBNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA oom 512 Continent&! Natl Bank Bldg 218 LaSalle St Tel Main 8267 Cicago DI YOUNG PEOPLES PERMANENT COM MITTEE M B KBLL! Preoldent CIcago 1lI MIBB MIZPAH SHERBURNE Secretary Cicago Ill L C RANnoLPH Editor 01 Young Peoples Page Allred N Y Intendent Plainfield N J Mus HENRY M MAXSON General Junior Super J: DWIGHT CLABKE Treuurer MUton t Will AS80ClATIONAL SECBETABIES : ROEF RANDOLPH NewMUtonWVa; MIS8 L GBRTRUDE STILLMAN Aoaway R I; G W DAVIs AdamR (pntre N Y; W L GREENE Allred N Y; C U PAOKER Cicago Ill; LBONA HUIII8TON Hammond La eo YEARS \ ; VOLUME 59 No 71 ABB A SEVENTHDAY BAPTIST WEEKLY PUBLISHEDJlY THE AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY PLAINFIELD N J FROST ON THE PANE BENJAMIN F LEGGETT PH D Viewless airy ages old Toil te weavers of te cold; Weaving fabrics strange and rare From te treasures of te air > Tapestries beyond all cost Fasbioned in te loom of frost Bearing on teir folds and ems Pictures allaglow wit gems On te windows deftly drawn In te silence of te dawn! Raise te curtainall aglow Stands a waste of Artic snow Icebergs lifted cold and wite Gostly in te polar nigt I Gleaming glaciers coiled and curled Sleeping in a silent world; Ragged peaks in winter mail Bossy sield and greaves of ail Frozen mountain wite and ig Bearing up tbe spectral sky Here a woven glory streams Troug a wonderland of dreams; Valleys blaze wit jewels sprent Suc as same te Orient; Fronded palms in frostwork sine Cloted in beauty alf divine Suc a glory fold on fold All in diamond dust unrollld Magic pictures elfinspun But to vanis in te sun I C E World Te HlgJoer Training Te ills we see Te mysteries of sorrow deep and long Tbe dark enigmas of permit!ed wrong Have all one key Tis strange sltd world is but our Faters scool; All cance and cange is love sall grandly overcome Wat toug today Tou canst not trace at all te iddenreason For is strange dealinga tbroug te trial season Truat and obey; In after life and ligt all sall be plain and clear By suc a conception of lifes experiences fait is enabled to understand ow it is tat God doet all tings well We know tat wat te eartborn side of onr 1ives cooses is not for te best It may seem to be for te moment It may give immediate joy or promise continued appiness Bnt experience as repeated te trut tat te pleasant and temporary are not likely to be te best e iger training is for te real self te iger self te soul It is a training for te next life We are always in training for an advanced position If we appreciate wat tis means we sall welcome mn tat oterwise we wonld gladly snn If one asks ow ;)beeart may know tat te training God gives will be for te best let it be answered: Infinte love and wisdold could not do less nor oterwise God as not made us and caned ns to be eirs wit Crist only to mock our longings or give JIS seeming misfortune or pain in cruelty or caprice If e prnnes te eartly away it is tat te eavenly may take its place and bear diviner fruit Com FEBRUARY plain not neiter doubt Uur Faterguidet We may sometimes feel tat we are called to draw near to te tick darkness; but we sall find is and just witin it TRUTH is found in two ways: by Finding logic and by intnition Logic Trut reaces only te snrface of spiritual trnt Intuition sees te eart of tings Troug it we experience wat logic cannot reac Truts are Gods tongts Tesoul finds tesetougts trong religious experience We may justly call tis power tus to seelove Some one as defined love as life He wo loves God and trusts im will find is tougts will see im face to face Tougts and spiritual truts are verities realities as certainly as material objects even morefor pysical tings are only te ontward garb of tougt or trnt or power A man wo does not love God can not find im He can not approac im Te absence of love is repnlsion Tbe pure in eart see God because tey loye im Trut is found by tose wo seek for it in love and are ready to accept it wen found and follow were it leads fliti Te igest evidence is te evi Te True dence of a oly life Herein is te Source of real power of te curc Correct Power conceptions concerning trnt and duty are good Tey are powerful only wen transmuted into life and caracter Te Bible is te primary source of autority and instrnction in personal duty and pnrity; note personal duty not general Te true idea of purity includes body soulspirit It embrpces desires purposes and deeds It is a matter of te inner life rater tan te outer Crists teacings on tis point are very plain Judaism made dud to consist mainly in forms and ceremonies Crist lookd beneat all tese to te tougts and intents of te eart It is tis deeper selfsearcing and striving after pnrity wic culti yates personal oliness Te purity wic is power also involves te abiding presence of te Holy Spirit in te eart of te believer R!ml purity can be attainei:l in no oter way Te blet;lsedness of tis inward purity is beyond computation It gives rest trouglt te consciousness of personal acceptance It gives strengt and protection troug te divine indwelling It is at once a sun a sield and a sonrce of power It is to be attained by patient obedience and earnest seeking Do you long to be powerful for good and against evil? Do you long for te purity tat is power? Hear tis promise: Blessed are tey wo do unger / WHOLE No 3025 and tirst after rigteousness for tey sall be filled CHRISTS first mircle was one of Transforma: transformation Water set for tlon by Trutb common uses was canged into te best wine to grace a marriage feast Tat wic was at first in coarse earten jars was at last praised by te master of ceremonies By a similar law te divine grace in conversion/works a glorious transformation giving sonsip wit God Te life from above takes possession of te eartly and redeems it from base and ignoble aims and uses It canges all its currents It makes all its elements snbserve te olier purposes Tis transformation of te spiritual1ife is not completed by any single experience Nor does it end wit tis life It is only begun ere Te nltimate resnlts are \ idden in te eternities But tere is comfort in te tougt tat te transforming power will work unindered on te oter side Te best wine at te end of te feast is to be te experience of eac cild of God in te unsadowed land If te transformation seems slo take courage; ope obey trust God and Matter WE are often asked as by a late correspondent to explain te relation between God as creator and te material world Muc in tat field is unexplainable but tere is e00ug we can know to make sure foundation for fait God is an omnipotent and omnipresent First Cause; selfexistent As suc is forces ave always been and must always be everywere Te scriptures say: God created te eavens and te eart Dualism says: Matter is eternal and God fasioned existing material We say: God is forces and tougts alone are eternal Te Divine Will controlling tese torces localized certain of tem outside imself tus creating matter were before was only force Someting created from noting is nntinkable but someting were tat someting did not exist before is easily understood Since te divine forces were everywere from te beginning tere could be no cance for tat negative state called noting and watever was created must ave been created from te eternal suppty of divine forces By te same law moral government is te outward or localized expression of te eternal divine tougts Tis teory is te exact opposite 01 Pante ism: T!1t destroys te personality of God by absorbing im in nat:r;e: Tis makes nature to be divine forces 4;rtf tougts Qbjectized and localized outside te personal Cre: ator and subject to is will