1908_03_21 - dowellz.net
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1908_03_21 - dowellz.net
ÏrOLUNTHNN lLn officia.l organ of the Volunteers of A rnerica. ¡¡e. NEW YORK. SATURDAY MARCH 21, I9O8 6?8 Pnrcn 5c r{È i,{,þt rHE ExECurlvE oFFIcERS_gn IHH"yglruNTEERs oF AmERrcA GENERAL BALLINGTON BOOTH, President. COLONEL W. J. CRAFTS. Treasurer. MAJOR-GENERAL E. FIELDING, Více President. L. GENERAL MAUD B. BOOTH. Co-Gommander. COLONEL . J. W. MERRILL. Secretary. I T TT E VO LU NTEEN.Y GAZ BTTE. DOES MMWffiffiffiW In these days IT PAY? ffiWWWWWWWWWWWW highly than the praise or honor of men. And in reviewing his life as he . neared its close he was satisfied to know that he had 'fought a goott fight,' and had 'hept the faith.' He was 'ready to be offered;' the crown fo.r wnich he had striven was assured to lìrm, âtrd all them also rvho have the same love in their heart have the same assurance."-"Heralal of Life.,, a The question of proflt ,* E,nters action. into every business trans,* If there is no immediate prospect of ,returns from the dollar and cent standpoint, the business man will not be interestetl. I P,ttsburg Volunteer Work Among the ,* Needy. But as Volunteers and workers in the Master's cause, \üe ask, Does it not pay to move the hearts of mep That the Voluflteers of pittsburg are not behind the van in the wo.rk of mercy ancl help will be seen by a glance. over the report pages of this edition. Here is a synopsis from one of the'Iocal papers: and woinen toward a better lite? ,* Politeness and hindness are said to 'We Baskets given............................. pay very large dividends. pass the tip along, for most of us are looking for tips on the best paying thiilgs outsitle. Let's try it. .* Thanks to the officers from Field De- ................... .... 531 Given in each Bashet-One cân to Loaves of bread........................... 900 partment. beans, one can tomatoes, one can milk, one can syrup, one pound coffee, one pounal sugar, one cluart navy beans, one loaf bread, one pacliage of cereal. Many thanks to all the comrades who have responded so promptly to our eall for list ând dates of appointments for verification of our records. -WiU Crowtls seehing aid so large last week that they intel.fered with regular business of ofice buitding where headquarters are located. Many in need of We have yet to hear from a few. all please respond? The field Department will be grateful. help in paying rents, No decrease in ,a CaFta¡n Lee Very lll. Quite a number of our oñcers have been on sick list lately, among them Captain Helen Lee, of ou,r National Secretary's office. She is dangerously ill at Nassau Hospital with typhoid fever. a Visitors at the National Gentre. 'We were taken by storm one day last week when our genial comrade, Col. Herron, walked into the oñce and Broceeded to make himself at home. He lryas accompanied by Captains Sisson and Hughes, of the Philadelphia Volunteers. Always welcome! THE VOLUNTEER MEEÍING HALL, BAY GITY, MIcH. Photo by J. H. Lee. Thousands Aided at Johnstown by Volunteers. Some good comraile or frientl has sent us the following clipping from a nervspaper iu Johnsto'wn, Pa. - Evidently A.D.C. Schuster is a busy man: "The demands on the free souphouse conducted on the South Side by the Volunteers of America continued last week as heavily as ever. During tho week a total of 1,238 persous were served. The to'tal number supplied with food during the month of X'ebl'Lary was 4,?.33. During the month 2?9 garments of different sorts were distributed and 88 families supplied with quantities of provisions. The total amount o,f money recelved last week was $9.86, while the ouLlay tnancially was 09.22. .* Major Reid is Making Brooklyn Move. Major Alna Reid and her assistin Brooklyn. ant are moving things. That's right, the 'City of Churches ought to encourage the moving spirit. demand. ,8 Training School and the Battle. "'We are pushing the battlg hard," says Major A.ndrick of our Chicago ?raining School and Volunteer misTh,e I have seen a snow-drop thrust itself through three inches of maeadam. How was that? I't ditl not believe in environment. And if when God puts this power into the bulb it cân thrust itself through three inches of macadam, and look at the blue shy, and get the hiss of the sun, do you think God will give you an environment that will shut you out from the higher world antl higher life?-W. 1,. Walhinson. a ,' Philadelphia Making a Record in Gonverts, The Philatlelphia Post work, now by Mrs. Colonel Herron, is making great histoly. Some sixteen converts in a weeh is not a bad commanded record, qays the reader! ,8 For the Good of the Cause. Keep the work before yout' communlty, comrades. Kèep the Volunteer fires bright in the memolies of as many âs possible, and to do this. most effectively, the Gazette will aid you'as agent. , Circulate it more freely and watch the good results. a powerful ,* "Let your light so shine before men, that they mây see your good works and glorify your X'ather which is in heaven," is as positive a command, and just as much to be obeyetl by every disciple of the Lord Jesus, as "Go ye," is to be obeyed by those called to preach the Gospel.-"Sent of Gocl." Our New Gazette Contributor. Mrs. 'Woodfo,rd is keeping her work well in hantl for the current anti coming editions of the Gazette. Many thanks ! a Captain Smith and Wife Advancing in . Jackson, point of view, the work of the V. of A. in Jackson can truly be declared as ideal, for there are no liabilities, thanks to, Captain C. J. Smith's activities, the. hall rent is paid in advance. Twenty recruits. awaiting enrollment also speak well of the results of the spiritual tr'rom the flnancial v/orh. . -'l "Labor on, pray on, suffer on, O faithful sérvant of the crucified Jesus! Every day will add to your treasures in heaven, so shall you be made meet to be partakers of the glorious inheritance of the saints in light."-Dr. Cuyler, ,' East St, Louis Records 15. Acting Captain Gessner, of our Elast St, Lo.uis Post, reports fifteen so.uls for the month of February. If r.rrat is not well worth while, then we do not know much of 'the value of tþe human so.ul. Thank Gocl lor this work! ,9 "Paul loved the truth! He was n'illto die in defence of it. He could not be induced to compromise with errot to gain material advantage. He valued ths approval of Goct more ing. sion work. Keep on pushing, Major! You cannot write Christian experience oncè for all. It varies, it carries a thousa.nd different colors and tints and hues and mixtures of color, and it utters itself in innumerable tones- complete, strong, tender, weak, whining, valiant, glad as the utterance of a trumpet, and sad as the moaning of a Ileart that is stabbed. Do not, there- fore, be loohing ont for uniform standards antl unanimous opinions and coincident experiences. Christianity will answer you so as to bring up the side of your character that needs elevation.-Joseph Parlier. To believe, not because we are learned and can prove, but because there is something in us, even God's own Spi,rit, which makes us feel light as light and 'truth as truth-this is the blessed faith.-Sel. The power to regenel.ate mankind is not in the intellect, it is not in our sehools of learning, not in ou,r houses of mercy; it is outside of man, higher than man, high as God. It is only in Lord. Dismiss every other hope; dismiss philosophy, science, law, philanthropy, for the¡e is none other name by which r'\¡e can be saved, can be purifiecl, can be ,redeemed, or by ¡ilhich society can be uplifted, than by the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.-John P. Newman. Jesus Christ our qE Ets Oh,rrritrsianxiiñ .5 i I eïce tl¡e m ú¡ rn 417 Persons assisteal.......... ................2,114 Pairs shoes given...............,....... g5Z Garments .given.............. .............3,027 Sandwiches and coffee served heayt. urs, and'deeÞ' t. c ótiLll ornþl a int: -' Eear t¡iali nol¡lv-r"fs fl'v Fa{heri tl;tft W\ere is tt¡y fai1l¡, if tlloü dost fe,irut? Tf,e pi.r""d hand stitl holds the rod; Ttr¿ hlnd oncà natte4 oÀ Calvafv's treó Ubaivres each cross, weiqfi5 evárv Load And ningles èvery cup ¡ii ttpel HLs words,'Be stätii. sto,^ sl'lìi ciìi B. îiì. r;i-"^í. His snrite tfle qloorr.'sllàlù chase'awav. ' {s iroul,Led õafitee üav' hvshe'd ¿t d,ai'í. tl¡ou, mourne{seÞ å briS{tei d.ay; So witt âru'|ji.b"q;*¿!îi';ln.Ìt ;r, il'¡;¿,¡ l.ee êÉ,,îr',t!)ö.l,1''Ê*-'ïî*},I'"s n È' thou wi[t qtadlu own þiJ,' m,"Í,H.rili,ilb:i' ïttt,,l,lt['t'igla 6rieþ turn to lustyous' joys'in{e eternatyeari. Corruq. I oh. restl?ss. wearu soul.s j Let qlodm and'dorùt ^.fli,,q. ät once dispet'- . The vrctorv comes ilr wavs thou's¿est notsavi;' doetl¡ all ,htry*f.r.ib;_ SV TTTE'/OLANTEðRS" GAZBTTE 3 work, and of the lmperfecüons whlch still mar and cripple them even wheu are most praiseworthy and lhey lovely, 1'here is always the mixture of wheat and tares. Christ never has the fieltl all to Himself. The enemy OP faøß.abo ONWARD MABCH OF TEMPERAN TEMPERANCE ve,rmont, New Hampshire, the Sa3ng, Dakotas, and Kansas are at present under-State prohibition. liainð aA¿eO A Word About Francis Murphy. ,, a prohibitory amen.dmeut to its stitution ãì,,nn,. ^. HUNDRED yea/rs ego tota,l abstainer was a rara avis. and $'as looked upon with disfavor. often with, disgust, and always with ' con- some years ago by an overr¡/nelming majority, and ratified the "temperance" meant semething much different from what it does to-day. Drinking was a national custom: . the themselves under prohibition, while suspicion. Even ministers of the Gospel, who of all persous should be models of ptopriety, drank, sometimes to excess; and it was a drea,ry home in which the bla.ch bottle was not a frequent visitor. About the beginning of the century a temperance society was formed. lts rnembership 'was small; its purposes Ìvere ridiculed, and it was considered unnecessary. But it was not much of a temperance society according to ou,r standards. Its members promised to acrron some time after by even a larger majority. Iowa has á proni¡it_ 9ry law upon its statute bookõ, bul it has beeu nullified to a great extent bv juggling known as t¡le ?_ ìpecies of lvlulct tax, whereby the saloon buys protection iu the shape of a ûne, When honestly enforced, Brohibitory mighty temperance orators lihe Gough, ' the blue ribbon, the red ribbon, the white ribbon, all denoting total abstinence, became a common lapel orna-. ment; and the new moral precept, "Thou shalt not drink intoxicating beverages," was rècognized as a p,roper acldition to the Decalogue. Parenthetically, we may say, Francis A(urphy was the last of the great moral suasion orators. He went up and down the land trying to minimise the influence of the saloon by reducing the number of customers; and under the magic of his wo,rds many thousands have foresworn the cup. this time the Civil Wal' ì:roke out, and in the presence of the oversh.adowing issue all other reforms languished, and reformers of all kinds Jusb about were compelled to call a truce to thei,r labors and act in concert against the greater foe. 'When those troublous days were passed and things began to resume the even tenor of their way, the agitation against intempe,rance took on a new lease of life and also took a step fo.rward. The temperance þeople contended if the drunkard was an abnormal and uirnatural product, then the drunkard-maher was engagecl in a, that wieked and pernicious business, and the drunkard factory was a deadly lnstitution, which the Government should outlaw rather than protect and sanc. tion. The logic of their position was irre- sistible, and an agitation for the de- struction of the drunnard factories commenced. This could only be accomplished by making the business unlawful and placing the ban of the law, which must mean the ban of the people, upon the trañc, thus prohiblting the sale of liquor. In two rrays could this be alone. First, by means of local option; each tortrnship or county having the right to prohibit th,e sale within its borders. Secondly, by State law anrl by State Constitutional amentlment, thus pro- hibiting the sale within the state. Under the Local Option laws large sections of the country have plaeeil of Whisky. of acute poisoning by alcohol tia! workers, howevei high-mindetl .rnCqsgs_ cnildren, followed by death, being and earnest, in which love and To-! very frequent, I report ¡riény tlõ brotherhooct and mutual forbearance following: and At some time betv¡een g.B0 and g30 a.m., before,they had eaten breakfast, he with his two brothers, ,ged g and-went 4 years, to a closet where whisky was ì<ept. Each poured out and dranÍr undiluted wl'isky from a glass capable of holding abott JB/¿ ounces. from the des.ctiption given by ilre oldest boy, Willie probably dlank abou,t threé ounces and each, o,f the other children aborrt two ounces.. Ttre parents hnew of the consequences wink at th.e law's violation, lb has sucin reducing the evils to a mini- The most recent advance of the retbrm is an attempt to capture the national Government for iighteous- ness a-nd sobliety, a,nd there the firingline of the war against intemperance tnay be found, The great ,.head on,, collision between the force of temnerance and the hosts of light will bê in the ûeld of politics. It is a long march from the universal drinhing habits of the last century to the abstemious customs of to-dai, One hundred years ago lh,e man who could storü away the largest quantity of liquo,r vras "the cock of ilre walk,,: to-day the man who imbibes sufficieni to bring a flush to his flace is censured. sweet self-forgetfulness are perfect and undisturbed. There wilf alIays be a rift in the lute; ilrere will ahvays be jarring notes in the music. Il will never be one long, sweet song. There are sure to be thinss which aú born of faith, humiúty and the lot SpÍrit of God. There are sure to be 6 years and B months old, good. {,., of^Willie family and perso,nal hiato;t; unaccustomed to the use of alcoholici, brighl and well developect for his age. escapade until about "sleep it off." There was no thought of any serious ceeded mum. darkness thrusts his hanct in antt makes his, pernicious influence fell. You cannot find a company of Chris- Child Dies from the Effects of a Drink rnen rell Irom lris chair. At 10.1b he fell asleep on the floor, anrl his mother pur, hirn to bèd, thinliing he would . a dollar he could get as drunk as a lord, without imperiling his goocl standing in the society. There were many memìlers who thought total abstinence lrom light \ilines fanalical. We smile at such a pledge now, bu't LATE FRANCIS MURPHY. that organization was in advance of its times. The temperance reform had been started, however, and befo.re many years had passed public senti- law has been successful in absotutely ment had so progt'essed that, total ab- oestroying the liquo.r traffic, anrl even stinence was as a virtue and extolled in districts whêre venal oñce holders \ryas infused into the movement against intemperance, and swept the country with its zeal. Societies, lodges, and various orgauizations sprang up all over the nation, and pledge-signing campaigns we,re inaugurated in every city and town. Under the influence of on in the world but the prince ol when, on sitting down to b,reakfast, W-illie first dropped a plate and abstain from liquor drinking, except Slowly 'th,e sentimetrt grew until ilre formation of the Washingtonian and kindred societies, when a new impetus ALCOHOL POISONING. ¡o^tling y.öU, on holidays, banquets and pubiic occasions. On the payment of a small ûne a member was granted a dispensation to celebrate a stroke of good fortune with a mode,rate drunk, and for a half by the.best people. is sure to ûnd some opening, some un. guarded place or moment, in which he can do a little of his own sowing. There is not a bit of noble work goin! until 7.30 p..m., when the patenß were unable to ro.use the boy and sent for me. tr arrived at the housä at 7.45 p.m., and found the boy's sen¿i- tion as follows: lvas -completely comatose, pupils or^He equal size, widely dilated and un,re_ sÞonsive to light; the internal anci su_ perior. recti contracted; conjunctive in- . touches. of vanity and pride, and temp_ ers which are not heavenly, and mõtives in which the dross of selffshness is -mi-xed witq the gotd of devotion; and..there will be envyings and petty egousms, and sometimes the beeinnings of strife; and the ruean will-be found- along side the noble, and the aqgelic robes will have many an un_ clean spot, and .when Christ seems to be all in all, and there rvill be much of which Christ would say: ,,fhat ü not Mine; 'an enemy hath <tone this.',' - tsut take care that you do not throw the lyork down in disgust because it is not all fauliless and sainily, arrd be_ cause those who are d.oing it are like your_selves, burdened wit[ human in- flrmities. This parable is to teaclt us q?tience and forbearing char.ity. Ctrrist d.oes n9t give up iowing bêcause evil hands are busi in the-flelct. He does not refuse to work with tei- low-laborers because they are not. elt- tirely- after His own heart. He does not fling away His weapons l¡ecar¡se and ;lrilüs !1:t f:" not according to teen-edgecr^ His own glory. EIsõ head and face cool and-slighily moisl sh.outd we have no part witfi ffini-ài Tolgue and lips somewhatãry. Trunk ?rr. uo 1ot expect to ûnd per.fectÍn:and extremities hot and dry. Axiilary growing in the human sarùen; ,hai plant is temperature 103.2 degrees F. reared in the fìeids-;; In spite of all remedial measures, rltlr and_only glory. And havo p¿ticnce a,fter the first ho.ur of my presencé yrth yotrr fellow-workers, k,ec;ruse l:he there was slow but continual failure rvraster nas unlimir,ed paLt(,uce \, ith X'or let us never fòr.s^ct that ihË 9j h^ea{ _and ,r'espiration, but during Iou. the first hour thel'e was a hardly per-- tares are growing iu our. owrì liv€s ceptible improvement in the ratô ãntt rar [oo .plentifully,_Rev. J. G. Gr een_ powet nough, sensitive. Pulse 14b, small and weak. very compressible, l¡ut regular. Respiration 40, easy and quiet. Skin of of the heart. At 10.30 p.m. a severe clonic convulsion occurred, lasting perhaps ten minutes, ancl from this timã theie was almost co,nstantly recurring localized extremities, the left side bèing much mol'e affected than the right. Occa_ sional mystagmus was present. Cheyüe-Stokes respirátion began at . about 2.45 a.m., and death f,rom car_ diac failure occurred at 5 a.m., probably 20 hours after the ingestion of the A century ago the total abstai[er v¡as whislry. . Êll e¡ exception; to-day the great corporaWith the possible exception notedi tions, railroads, banking institu[ions, no means of stimlrlation seemed to and so forth, demand that those who have the slightest effeet on the heari. The rectal temperature rose to 105.8 hold positions of trust must be totat abstainers. Alcoholie beverages in degrees just before cleath.-New york their vario,us forms were supposed .to "Meclical Jou,rnal." be a panacea for all human ailments: to-day even the conservative medicai THE CURSE, men of Durope are well-nigh unani- -ï _walked abroad one Sabbath day, mous against their use. A hundred 'When all the world seemed brig¡t änA years ago liquo.r was indispensable, ', { BaY¡ and ranked rilitb, bread and meat as a And looked into each face I met necessity; last year 187,000 inen in the Until my own with tears rras wet. rural districts of New lork State I such sorrow, such despair, -saw_ alone voted for a.bsolute prohibttion The lines of misery and carô, under the Local Option laws. ttemorse, regret and utter woe. Truly a ¡¡¡onderf[l advance. A story "O God!" I cried, ,,why is this so?', of progress unequalled in the world,s And straightway âs unwinds a scroll history of reform! Let the refo,rm. ad- A came before my soul_ vance in lihe manner, and another flfty A Dicture drunken father, at whose knee years will wr'tness the enti,re annihilaStood 'Want and Vice and Misery, tion of the traffic, and be as extinct as And through another's nana I raised the slave trade. 'r'he fatal goblet as I gazed. Temperance workers have every 'Dtink, if you will,', I saitl, .,for so reason to feel encouraged and to enter Uur countly's revenues must grow," into their work with renewed zeal. The vision passed, I homeward .Considøred merely fro.m a preseut day turned. standpoint the outlook may be dark. The iiquor power was never so strong My sorrow more than I could bear, as it is now, the per caþita eonsump-- Since.while my soul, to save, had yearned, tron never was so high, the Government never so indifrerent to the d+ My voice and vote had sèt the snare. mands of the public conscience: but 'fhen kneeling as a contrite son this is the darkest hour that comes At some indulgent parent's knee just before the dawn, The night of r _prayed: "O God, Thy will be done! intempe,rance is passing, the eye of 'l'lte curse shall come no more through me." faith already discerns the promise of -,,Banne[ of Golà'.;; coming glory, th,e light of a better day is throwing its golden beams across ouR OWN LtvES. the sky. I-o! the sun of sobriety and The of the wh.eat and the . -parable temperance :is risint. tares is a picture of the best lives. p{ay Let us a little more fervenfly, It shows _us the strange inconsisten_ rr'ork a little harder, sacrifrce a little cres ï'¡ich are found in the noblest more, and ère long we shall see Amer- men, and partly explains them. It is a ica rise in the glory-a nation re- p?r?tJ9 of Christian thought and deemed from the power of rum. unrrsrran enaleavor and Christian in,,Episcopal Reeorder..,, goD ts NOT MOCKED. _ But if- I_plan a litile sin, So small no eye can enter in? rniri*t#tt*it-thio" o*o ."". Whal need for God to tooliã-in-ee'l-"' "oul "ro pinney, io th" .;C";-t*;.,, -Evelyn COMFORT FOR THE DISCOURAGED Failures sometimes mean a general renovation of life. \Mith tire ol¿"iðunã_ one lays new ones, l:t^o^T^_up,*oted, oroaqer, deeper, more permanent, and of susraining ã no¡ler sîper_ :?_q3,!19 srructure. Financíal failures, although 'they. are ordinarily considered as in_ volvrng almost the sum of tr,ouble, and lltuv .gltuioly invotve so much that be the yglltd. narr of ilr :uGnãni ilro_-rarl rn .recognizing the very real narure this trouble, yet are sfill not -ot give Lnose Lnat deepest pain. fail_ ule oI character is somethingThe so far worse that. there can Ue no-unit-õi coTÞarison. 'Ihe failure or is the failure that is ha;rdesttienis¡if of afl-iã D.ear._ yet, let us stiil sing a song to the.Go-d- of hope. Every conceivable Krnü-ot tailure-even the most serious of all,_tha-b_ of character_can be re_ No .one need ever despair. î,e^e.Pgd: , Nolntng is- €ver so good that it iannoc þe maale better; and so, when failure comes, let us sweep off the ¿e¡iis. crear ?way all the ,,dead .t119.","' and proceed to ereatecircum_ anèw. -Lilian Whiting. Then hush.! oh, hush! for the X'ather '[ne knows what thou knowest;;tn_eed of the thorn and the shadow ünkeat with tne ia¡resi lot; I(nows the wisest exemption from many.an unseen snare; rÃ'ill. keep thee nearest, ^ro*",,_y13-t xnows what thou coulds,t noú bear. ÌIush! oh, hush! for the Father,whose w¿ys ane true and jusl Il,nowe[n.and careth and loveth, and --* *.j!r for the perfect 'r:ne ^. - cup He-ìs slowly filling,trust-.' shali soon rurr to the brim, And inflnite eompensations forever be found in Him. -n'rances Ridley Havergal. ^. THE VOI.ANTEERS GAZETTE. Sad Stories of Want Victims-The People Don't Want to Ask for Help, Uut ttrey Must, Else They Wilt Star and Freeze-patriotic scenes and More pathetic Tales Recounteo by Marion BrunotAfter Visit to Volunteers of America. From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "Do tne Pittsburgh people really real. their shoes until they have scarcelv any leather on their feet; but nothin; can be found, and, finally, they musï aslt ror aict or starve and freeze to ize tne poverty âlÌd misery wtrtcn is nbout them? Do t.hey undelstand the black industlial cloud whicn is hangÌug over oul' whoìe city'l "l doÌr. t. believe they do, or tiìey would come nobly torward aud wltlr their combrned energy alleviate tl1e sutel'irg arcl unhepprness which rs upon aìl si(les. 'lhe UbÌonicle death. _,"Isn't this a ter,rible state of affaírs? Think of people, who are used tó as good homes as you and I have, without tood and heat! Think of men who have a,lways supportecl their wives anA cnil_ dren in a comfortal.¡le mannet, finrling 'I'eIe- grap^- tteliet .t und rs doing much, but not enough. "f .weut, yesterday to.'the heatlquar'tels ol the volunteols of tr.menca, alrtl certa¡nìy a $onctertul lvorìr lor the þertelmellt ot our city's u[roltunates is thenselves with the wolf of núnger ài their very doors! 'l.hese are .the hind . of cases which are being repo,rted tò our lelief stations all the time. These lhe kinrl of men aucl women, humil_ iated and with broiren priOe, wúo have 1g'uSht, time and time again, aid at the Pi¿tsburgh headquarters of the Volun- tnere bei[g accosrplrsned! ¡.¡vely hand .ar.e rs. busy. trlvery mind is alert ano orders and reterences are being consutted, until our eyes open wioer and 'wider and our neâ,r'ts become sadder and saddel as rve are forceu to realize t,ne marìy, many nonìes witnur our' city's hmrts that are rn uttel destitu- tecrs of America. "ï,ieutenant'Vr'illiams tooh me to the relief station in Second evenue. tteie there aqe thlee women, neade¿ ¡i Majoa Corbin, indefatigably wortinä fi'om early lrorning until late at nigñï tlon. "'l'he headqnarters of the Volunteers is ou the tenth rioor of the Hartje 'ÌJuildiog, lMood Street and Second Avenue, and at these doors from molning until. night. hurdreds of men, womeD and chrldren v¡ith baslrets and references in hand apply tor necessary a¡d, antl, happy am I to say, that fhrË. help is never ¡'efused unless tne hârûworking Volunteers have not anolher bll ot ctothing nor another' loât oi bread to give. "When I giving out clothes and provisions.. -''Mothers and fathe.rs and. children all lppty here and are aicled :usl as they can be. arrived at these headquar- ters there were at least .fltty waitiug to be helped, and it persoüs had been the same way ever since early rtrorùrrìg and would continue so unril late ru Llrc evening, as it has been for weeks and "'How often can ilrese families be rveehs. repleuished wit.h plovisions?' asked I. "'Not within a weelç's time,' was the i "Lieut.-Major Sykes has chatge of the investig.â,ting of tlìe cases, and he invited .me to sit down and watch him âs. he inteÌviewed lhe aplrricâuts. "How kind and considelate he was to them all! How sympathetically he helped the pool mothers and fathels anct children who flocked about his leply. 'We of provisions, ancl yèt considering that there are seven, eight and ten in some of these families, îe will employed. Their nothsr had washed for a living just as long as she could flnd anylhing to do; but now those who had employed her wele tnemse]ves forced to retrench, so their lardel was empty, ând they all, there being four real srnall children, needed clothing and shoes. "Another pitiful case was a mother with a baby in her arms. She hacl three other childlen at home, a,nd her husbancl had deserted her three months ago. She had worked just as long as she could; she had. washecl for people; she had cleaned rooms; in fact, she had clone anything that she could flnd to do; but nov¡ she was weah and sick and must needs ash for 'just a little aid,' as she put it. Lieut.-Major Syhes was very gentle with tris woman, and promised her aid right away. . "I talked a, few minutes 'Lo one womarì who was waiting in line. She was rather old, and seemed to be quite well dressed. She carried the inevit- soon realize that these foods w'ould go a very little distance in assuaging "One of the cases 'reportecl while I was there 'was represeDted by a little sincé they had been old enough to be have too many othel or- ders, you know.' "This does seem to us to be quite a g9-od.basket desh! girl. She said there were nine persons in their family. The two older boys wele out of wotli for the flrst lime ioìár "'Yesterday,' said Majc,r Corbin, .was our biggest day. .'We gave out 500 pieces of clothing and 6Z baskets of provisions and g0 pairs of shoes. In eacn one of these baskgts are to be found potatoes, a cân of dahed ¡eans, ã can of molasses, some navy beans. sugar and coffee and bread according to the size of the family-sometimãË one and sometimes two loaves. .!Ve also gjve one or two cans of mitk, âccording to the number of children in 'the family.' hunger for a whole week. "Lieutenant Williams next took me able basket, and apparenily was barrâssed. em- "'Ah,' said she, .this is ilre first time in my whole life Urat I ever asl(ed for aid; indeed, I never dreametl that I coukl come to such a thiug. But my hnsband is getting olcl; I have a lot oi chilch'en, and the boys are all out of .worh." "'You know,' continued she, .mybusband is a proud man, âncl if he kne.rr I was here he would never forgive me. He, poor soul, has triecl every place for 'worl(; but he is getting okl, and if it is given to a there is anything to clo l¡oungel man-it's âwful, these hard times ! I don't ]<now what ' we Door folk are going to rìo.' "Lieut.-Major Syhes told me of a number of. sad cases, sad because of their humiliation, which had come to him the last few days. He particularly mentioned one that came to him the other afternoon. "Said he: 'The other'room (meaning the one where the people await theii. tu,r'n).was cl'owded with waiting people and I noticetl among them one vðry neatìy-dressed, fine-looking feilow, antl thiniring that he must be á representative from. some church, I asked him into my office. He seemecl very much embarrassed; he loohed out of the rvintÌow and then at me and ilren at the -ceiling. "'trVelt, lvhat tlo you want?, ashed I, snpposing that he had sone charitable ruission. 'Ah,' said he, 'I scarcely kuow how to bêgin. I don't intend [o take much of your time; but I'm here irorn auother- city. I hopeil to . get work. My mother and three sister! are here. ancl I must support them. I have 'tried every place for some liintl of a clerical position, but I cannot flnil it. I am now willing to do anything; but even that doesi't come, and so-and so-I,- "'But. here,' continued Lieut.-Ma.ior 'I realized his humiliating pósition, and I offered the aicl that he needed, oh! so mnch.l' Sykes, "These kind of cases come every clay tO Lieut.-Major Sykes. Men and wonren rvho ale willing to worh harcl cannot find anything to r1o. They have walhed miles and miles. They havs worn out to a number of homes where ilre bonnty giveu by the Volunteers has l¡een anä is being distributed. , "'fwo of these homes consisted of a father and a mother ancl ten children, the father having been out of work since befo.re Thanlisgiving. you can picture the destitution that must be in such cases, the pangs of hunger ilrat have been felt ancl the litile bodies tlaj.mÏst-I9eds go to bed many, many Ìrrgnts natl tr.ozen. "One mother said, ,Here am I without, anything in the house to eat, no coal, and ten mo.uths to fill. My hus. band has gone to the parl< for rivorh; Þut wiÌl not get it for at least a weeli, ancl in the meantime I dou't linow what we will rlo.' "Aid was cheerily promised in this case by Lieutenant Williams. ' "Another famÍly rvas visited where theì'e is a father aud mother and three chilclren. The father. is huntins .wo,rli all the time; he wallis and walks and watclres antl watches, but he, as yet, has been unable to fincl even a sinEle weel<'s emi:loyment. "This woman has opened her doors THE T/OLU NIEER.SI GAZETTE. to two of her brothers who ca.n flnd scarcely any employment an¿ whð at times, been almost frozen to , "Another woman, a widow with six cnlldren, was visited. This woman is a hard-working creature, havine washed for her living for years. Buî norñ¡, sne says, scarcely any employment, can be found, a:rd, unless she nave, is¡ death. aslrs f'or charity she and her boys and .grrrs vrril have to die of starvation. . "Three times a week the Volunteers give coffee and sandwiches to men oui of .employment. IJere, says Lieutenant willlams, hundreds of half_starved prg. giv_en a tiny ray of hope,_ lren lrope_ in the shape of food and warm.tû. ."you knorü, if a person is halfstarveal and half-frozen and has no ho.p-e of _ shelter of any kind, a JanA- vrrcn and a cup.of coffee may save that life-it.may mean neï¡ energ.y and new determination. And these Inings, you know, count e lot in tife. '). ¿l( aì ci HOLD THOU MY HAND. By W. D. WHEN MOTHER IS BLUE. Neale. At close of the busy day my chilit hatt gone to bed, 'When r-eac-hing out his hand to me, in pleading tones he said: "qh, ' papa,_ hold my hand; it's dark, ._ .. -and ï can't see your face, Don't leave your litile son alone in this . rçl-', i I dark plaee.', i Margaret E. Sangstcr. "'When mother is blue, I just put od my hat and run away. It takes all the shunshine out of the house. and I can"L stand it." The speaker was a girl of twenty, with an apple-blossom face and merry eyes. One saw at a glance that her life had been free from the pressure WHAT A BOY DOES. The Editor of the'Washington Capl- tol has evidently seen a boy, antt perhaps he was once a boy himself, ãnrt so he tells what a boy does: He comes out, ât the front door, bright-faced and happy. He comej o-ut for no . par,ticular reason, save that he wants to be moving about. He is full of physÍcal action, a;d he must get some of it out of him before bedtime or he won't be flt, to sleep. ffe doesn't know this with hÍs hedd, but his- body knows it; for, after alf, firã Dody cloes a gteat deal of its own thinking independenily of w.hat we cail consciousness. He stands on the step . and looks up and down the street. He doestr't know what he is lookins .lo¡. Iryleed, he is not looking for al'ything. He jusb looks rvith a-sort of unlefined hope that he will see something suggestive to him of what to do.. He jumps down the steps and goes to the gate, hangs on it a moment, makes a few sounds with his voice such as nobody but a boy can mare, and nobody else would make rr .ne coulal. They don't mean any_ thilS._ He. makes them becausei_ well, because he is a boy. As if he had suddenly thoughl of somethin_g to do, he bangs thã sate olen and rushes down thé middlõ of rne street, yelling like a young In_ of much care, just as one rèacts be"It is hard errough to see the poor it gently there, the lines, in looking at mother's us suffering And he soon fonnd a peaceful sleeo tween thâ! _we always have with .to calm countenance, tha¿ the elder wodoub_ly; it is harrl enouþh seJ t¡esË and enter'd dream-land fair: man hacl fought a long batile with helpless .mothers.and clìildren wi¿hõ;l coal, provisions and elottres; ¡ut wfròii And then I thought while sitting ciose adversities of various kinds. In that beside his littte bet1. f¿ded face the eyes may once have it comes to seeing women who have How oft when clari<ness came o'er me 'r-een merry, but they hacl grown never known what it .was to want, men thoughtful, and ft was hard to bèüeve wh9-!1-ve always hacl fufl an¿ pientn lsi-l l I've looked to Christ and said: that the matron had ever been reand little boys ând girls who havã beeï t'Hold hand; it's growing proved in her youth for indiscreet and used to almost the luxuries of life, -Thou_my dark.; Thy face I cannot see; immoderate hilarity. yet as she _ without even one cent in their poctrãts, one Ioaf in their cupboarrìs noi a goo,í Oh, do not leave Thy child aloné in smileal at her daughter's impulsive this dark world to be." speech, she Saiil: pair of shoes to ilìeir names, it isl in_ 'Twas the! I felt the tender grasp of "I was once as gay as Gertrude deerl, then that the heart almost fails. -the hand that giveth rest, is. Iq facl I was noted for my ever irrej'^l!'t] g-row desperate-I'll kÍtt my_ And found a blessed, perfect pressible peace spirits. The discÍpline of self !r is ths cry more times illan one. which none could e'er molest. experience has to,ned me down. but I "'I ca-n't stand it any longer,, said am almost always cheerful." , -Selected. ole mother as she looketi at ñer three small children. .you know I have iï"r, - indeed,', said the daughter, never kuown what it was to want. My PROMPTINGS TO THANKSGIV]NG. patting her mother's cheek, ,'anat that is why I am so disturbed when she is husba-nd, up until this 'Winter, has ¡éãi is the expression out of sorts, the dear, brave lady. I considered a man comfo,rtablÍ well off ; -thanksgiving -True of the heart that is fuII of grace and feel as if the bottom has dropped out but- he _has lost everything. He cáú has 'the conscionsness of tñe Divtne of our scheme of lÍving when mother nnd_notnlng to do. We haven't bread, It flows from a keen sense gives up and folds her hands in melwe haven't coal, and I'd atmost rathei Þresence. and recognition of the fact that we ancholy."' d'ian. But he ñas not sudãenly die tha.n ask for ft, if it wasn't for the have not merited God's mercie., ,o¿ f went on my way with a. Dew aD- thought_of children.' something to do. H;-ha"s that in ourselves preciation and of ourselvés v¡e of the mother's value to ã 9lTPty ctone tlìat because he couldn't "Poor mothers ! Unfortunate fathers! are unable to recompense home. God. The Motherhoocl implies I'wice rniscrable children! W-e must so much, !lint..o.r anY!4ing to do, and must do and our lives are must mean so much in every environ- something. all help to alleviate your misery, we ¡no,re perfectlyinweGotl . Then he picks up á iionã through ment, Chrisl and in our lidden .away households are all trying to aid you all we can. Jesus, the stronger, purer what do llg ft ar ¿, dog, and cringes and y9 more not expect from her who is at the anq.reels..sorry Surely, surely we are doing this, we constant "1.-9! if it hits the maik. will our thanksgiving helm? be. She manages qoesn'f the Aomesfiõ .rre who hope to grow, year by fear, more want to hurt the dog. He St. Paul declares, in hls seõontl ecolomy, letoften numane, are certainly giving until v¡e 'ter most if not all throws stone because ¡e anä t¡e to the Thessalonjans, and in ihe ot the work withdoing -the her own hands. Sho feel it. rhe stone are there, and it is fifth chapter :9gpo9 and 'the eightéenth vefse: b-uys material for the children;s nand-y to do so. I'or a tew sêconAÀ-nã "The Chronicle Teleg,raph Relief "In everything give thãnlrs, for this is cl_othing, cuts it out and *"tes-li Ì-und is -We stand¡ and looks up into a ,tree at_ .sca'ttering a good deal of the will of God in Ch,rist Jesus The weekly conmending antl Aarning fõ.r nothing. bounty. _ are giving clothes, food cerning you.'l _Then he breaks inio ä än an ordinary family is a large anã onane IueI to hundreds and hundrerls of suddenly sfts down tr'irst, then, ìh; 'S/'e "In give l.g3llt L1d everythins erous tâsk, and in a majoiity of in- curþsro¡e as if he irad people. are reliindling hope in dis- thanks." Thank "; accomplisnãã Gocl for iife, iitn" stances its the mother conraged hearts. unaórtakes something anã and was content.,, possibilTties and opportunities. carrieÊ it on wiilrout assis.tance. , "The Volunteers of America, who ar.e vqst rl, about how it is with a boy, Thanh Him for ilris Christián land, for Mother is the confldante ^rlil helping us scatter the provisions which the of the tq?!t chilnany bovs are ¡uilt ihái Bibte, the Chruch, tne preaónea dren, who to ¡er tneir - litiiã -.3,: come to us, âre also doing a work that -bring Gospel. Thank Him if you aie saved, oarry troubles 1ó,y. qo,-in . r ou. never know_ what they and trials, tell her ol wur can scarcely be estimated_they a.re that fact they do not knov¡ His salvation has reached yori their school difficulties and ask her tn_emselves. gland and goocÌ men and women, But rr-e skittish,-:;iIh"y you must give, too. you mnst give of antl delivered you from sin. If you help at e-vening when they studt lï; are unsavetÌ, dear reader., tbank Him lessons for the next day. |tf,n,,,noyi.lr. But then the¡, w¡¡1 luu*. your food, your clothing and your in -vãü As her men boys once; and a that salvation profferect 3]'_,tlu _were is sons and daughters grow up, thev to money, you who have full anil plenty, of- rhenr ale quitó ,, took his little hanrl in mine and held r you who ean, maybe, recall days when .well yoll $'ere not so plovitled for,, you are- giving qnd will give. I know you will." grapll."- "Pittsbu,rgh Chronicle - Tôle_ THE PRAYER IN SECRET. n-o!v,.and that you may enjoy its iictr blessings by acce¡rting ¡esis C¡risi às your personal Saviour. Thanli Him devoutly if yo,ur family circle on eafth rr.as ,remained unbrolren; but if some tie was severed by death an¿ a seàl ls- v-acant in the home, and the s.mile of the loved one greets you no longer. thanl{ Him that earth's separatións .,earth need not be eternal, that . Good _people sometimes fancy ilrat it is hardly worilr rvhile to have fami¡y p_râ.ye,rs if the family have been tô cnurch, and that family p,rayer ma.l(es secret prayer ünnecessary. It is easy to u_nderstand 'that, it prayer means a_nything at all, no playèrs'offered by the Church or the fámiiy cr,, iáte tñä pl"gg o¡ the praye,r offeiert ¡y inã in- dlvlrtual. Every heart has Íts own b-urden, and it is. not possible to ¡eai: that burden fully to God except when we are alone with Him. God can hear us above 'the world's tumult. but we cannot hear Him; ând we pray onty to be ansrvered. Enter into thy öloset; and when thou hast sbut túy p,r1y. Let it be no formal praier,dooi bui a. full unburclening of every iisû, ot tne very secrets of the heart. If you are- sure that you are tallring to God, l_nd if- you âre expecting añ ans*ei through that wordless, silent voice wÍth which be speaks to ilre inner man, there will be no lightness o,r orre"assurance. in the prayer. you will xnow that a reproof from God is bet_ t,er than flattery from a king. The s_uen-ce of the night, the loneliness of has no sorrow'that heaven cannot heal," and a-fter a ..few fleeting years at most, there will be a glorious reunion with loved. ones beyo¡d the sighing and the weeping. Thanlç Him for your sood health. and i_f it is-impaired, thanh Him, név_ ertheless, that youl' ,.span of life" is extended, and that time and opportun. ity still yours to lay up tieasures in,..heave¡. Let yorrr soul overflow wrrn Joyful -layf, and sing your great .are tledeemer's Draise. ,,it is the ,, T.hen. secondly, will o,f God so. He knows and wills that ¡'ou,r heart and life *iff-¡ð marle rna.r, you should do better, stron_ger an¿ tnrer ii yõù tndùlge oïten and constanily in ttre spirit of thanlrftrlness. I-ts_-ben-ign racr ínfluence upon tbe heart is simply indescribable. Ct; [na[ you and life. are obedient to Gotì's will in cherishing thoughts of gratitiìde l¡'artt ió_ God. and express those feelings in a wnole_neãrtË,ã to the alt-s,raciòus --Gä,¿, nlea.ses A 'thanlrful -Him. ries rvith it a moral unllft. .pì"it "á"1 -anrl _ sentiments hallelujah more tllan ever neerl her couniêl anä support.; more than ever lay their burdens at her feet, uod ,"ceiíe iroä ner wise and tender hantls maxims and_ bits- of advice as indispensäüiõ as daily bread. everYthing thev have to do, motners -^Y-i!! sometimes grosr weary, health rlils, trials thicËe",- a"*iã[iãJ crush. The most elastic not stron_g enough to cope r¡ith "át*"-i. never_ ceaslng f¡nancial stress. Just a litile more_ money in many an instance woutd so _ease the machinery ólìñ; nome,.so lessen the load, so brighterr the life, that the mo,thei *oull-iivä ronget', be less irritable, be freed from and do her best as she to_ do, handicapped by li_X-r-_"i umlred means. Mother is .,¡lue,,, ¡ðcayse__Tother is worn out. Motúer-ts -P-ell9usnessl abte the roselishr o¡-h;p; _llr:ll_!::rlrse. tras-[ì¡rtred to dull gray ash and witï_ ereo þrowlr in her pathwaf. The happy young things aboüt her,' ettervesciñä -;idr-"Ë"'_ with vivacity, overflowíne glqy,.do nor compreheno motnãit ãË.two reasons: One is fp_o199""y for rnar r-tÌey are so well and ihàt they have not yet learnedstrong ;ñ-p;;Ëy with .ill health and feeoreness, and the, other. that they are in iüð oafk..a! to the causes otten of naternài solicitude. _With a mistaken hinAnäJs' y,1rynts. ofren keep rheir t üh-";; f,nemselv_es and refuse- to tet young people share them. The life rome-s goes on with ,,a flowingcit ifrã sail,,, 9999,_*"ny oo*, ¿Jcãnî thanks to môme",, iä"ål ra_rner's counsels, gran¿moihãr,s-"pãl p^.:E_9, lr^e-n_99, and 9.^:1.r.9Ï. rr^ove them, littìJ bir.cn on s¡reciat _a Be parierr .iih-iï;,;";yi: teach them, eounsel them. -; them, and rod l"pl9". î;t"ü wnen needful; but trainrhem t¡em path, and the besr way in-i-hã .to llC^lt. to do walk in it yoursetf anO t¡äol l-!?,t.it wr¡l be pretty sure to tollow-Vou_*öãí. A RECIPE FOR SANITY, (The late,Henry Rutherford Eliot -"- in rne Novenìller ,,Centurl,). ^Are you worsted in a fight? it r.arrgh it off. it off_ Laugh off. ^ you_clea.teq of your A.re right? l9:;! r-lon'r _Trr,g .trasedy of trifles, shoot butterffies with rifles_ Laugh Does your wolh get into kinks? Lâugh it off. . you ¡ear all sorts of l¡rinks? Laugh it off. rr-rt's,sanitY you're after, 'Inere's no re_ciDe lihe laughter_ Laugh it off. . .+rre _..Christian . . .A,dvocate.,, GOOD MANNERS. are not tike ctothes; *^y1lle.s, oad rhing to have two suits oi it,s a irrãï_l beÌr and cne ro. ,lq.oot- until a crash comes are any ì/vea'r tne forest, or the quiet of the room in fJ^e^jo_l yo-trr best manners """,lu"fov. of all the timä; wnlcn no eye but Gotl's sees may help except the overwrought _the_famity suffer more by being pui Parents aware that there were dan- tney hjm that prays to ¡ealize ttrat"frã-iã äilü r.nan intlìviduals.. constant Inrliviclual ger-signals use. If ;;, k;;í, .by . alone.with G9d; but a prayer may be for which o,ught to have been you,r lest -""cr-ei ãàìì in-dividual manners thanl¡s. for company, they S-ine vóirr ee;- neeûed, secret even if o,thers are ti. yetlt is ser of nrai-se toward CoO's ttrrbne. put Mgllg.. are very_apt to tack varte.[y will fit you ill, anrl your vis¡tä'r *iú best in that eâse not to-asru-e ai meâ,ning. ,-_ .force they we-re and melody into yòur attitride of . prayer. If almsgiving is tives. There is a limìt :"i:t:t!yo:l1 second_bestput on for him. lÌto__ rneir 'wonlan's offering. ITo.w marveltoïsty ctothes ø¿ hãmì too sac-red to .y-e_1r lTjseco¡spicuorrsly be riisplayerì unñeceJsar_ and of rr_you will; r¡y pgïore men, much more prayer your life's nathway God bas strerpà Y_Iel mtnY- a -power _not your seconrt-¡est màì-_ lowly nround, "nau.rüàål bedewed ners. whom, in Heaven,s ,;;;, ;; wiilr numberiess oy sorlovr'ful_ mourners shoülrì be in secret,-r,Christian-Advo.To Þtessings. "Count yonr many bless- tears, might be written, *iitr lonesì 1l ygith while to ¡e couoteous lï-nóï cÂte." "Di;ã ;i;;, peopre tngs, collnt fhen one by o4e."_sel. you love nestt*-;Hãì.notony."-Sel. :o !n9 this thanksqivÍng shoultt be nersonal. "t'or this is the-wiil of Cóã concerning you," The very choiõesi blessi4es of life co,me to rrs iingty ànA as Again-. nobody is warned ot reets anO'strJai's, per's Ba.zaat, rHE VOLUN?'EãRSI 6 Edited by Captain Chas. B. Booth. OOKING along the many lines oû silvery track, I see ancl hear much that I to :u"-! :_"::1 "1s i,ï"-ì"1 G,ffit of the colto the reaclers umn before I am caught in the whirl of office v¡ork, or finrl myself rushed westward on another trip. Beautiful Louisiana means more to @[ me to-day than it dicl a brief week ago. It was then a great tract of our I knew on the map; a State with a wontlerful his' tory which I had reatl; a land where the mighty Mississippi swept with majesty into the Gulf antl where, on v¿st plantations, sugar cane antl cotton gfew in the rich alluvial soil; the Summer clime, where the mockingbird tritled his nightingale notes and red bircls flashetl hither and thither country whose o'utline among the white blossoms and dark of the Era CIub at which I was to speak sometime during the next day (Saturday), antl on reaching her home, I received â, very loving welcome. The artistic taste of everything in those pretty rooms, glowing with light and warmth from shacled electric lights and the bright flrelÍsht in the open grates, appealed to me very much. So did the thought of bath and berl and quiel but before I could be taken under the wing of my kind hostess, I had to answer questions that greeted me from all sides of the room and by degrees it dawned uÞon me that before our ad- vent the house had been capturecl by reporters. Now I was dusty, r¡eary, antl so far as brain ancl mind wele eoncerned, veÌy muddleil and stnpid. I did not dare look at the papels next day, because as likely as not the r+ po.rts would read as if I were talking in my sleep, and I registerecl the vow again to be caught without green leaves of mighty rnagno'lias, never printed facts concerning the and where beardetl grey moss o'er some anal our Prison work. vivitl yellow Jessamine garlanded the Volunteers various trees. So much for the Pic- Sometinre between twelve and one a. I slipped away to dreamland, where ture of my fancyl Now Louisiana is m. delivered lectures to dear to me as a living part of my tlear I misserl trains, got up to lêave me country because of the men and ¡ro' audiences that and tried to frnd my men I have learneal to know within to talk alone, to have her borders, the interests we have in way into prisons that seemetl common, the needs I have seen and no openihg doors. Still, part of ny the earnest workers who are striving sleep must have beetr dreamless, fol I awoke refresìleti antl ere long was to meet them! enjoying a cup of reviving coffee at But I must hark baek along the my hostess's pretty breakfast table. roacl atrd plck up the thread of mY enterplising reporter, like the triþ where I tlropped it. I am stanal- An "early bird" hacl, however, appeared, ing in the afternoon sunshine on the but the "worm" dicl not mind it at all, deÞot platform at Jackson, Missisfor she was a lady reporter and hatl siÞÞi, waiting the train from the broughl no pencil and note book,.ancl, No.rth. It is reported an hour and a member of the Era Club; we twênty minutes late, but sinee that being news, which brought me on the cor- forgot she had a dual identity and of the press. rectecl scherlule time from my hotel rras 'We also a lepresentative bìrds and flowers antl to wait its coming, it has lost more othertalked like subjects at the table for minutes and I have time to note the poor, frozen garden at home had truly Spring-like character of the sun my rays and to watch the joy of a crowtl made me long for the earlicr Spring of little boys playing marbles on the torches of the South. The breahfast was soon over ancl track, but I see at last the column of black smoke in the distance, and' I then began a busy day. Mr. Sutton, hear the unmistal<able cry of an llli- Mr. Shields and reporters ãecomnois Oentral locomotive ancl then the panied me on my journeys about the great, heavy train looms up, gigantic city. X'irst I visited what is known and terrible. The little boys scatter; as the Parish Flison. That. to New the wheels eat up the silver metals Orleans is what the Tombs is to New that gleam in the sun; the brakes York. The prisoners were all gathgrind and steam hisses forth in noisy ered in a kind of chapel and I talked white streams and the lrorter helps to them for about twenty minutes in me aboard! Yes, I have picked up the a little impromptu service. There I clue and I am on my way to New met several members of the. Boards that have the oversight and interest Orleans. the prisons and institutions of the It was quite late in the evening, too in city. tr'rom there we' went to the late to see anything, when we neared House of Detention. This is a place the city to .which my thoughts had looked forward so eagerly, ancl I must confess I was somewhat weary when I stepped from the train and looked among the bustling crowds for somê familiar face. I hacl not to search long, for with cheery word and smiling greeting, the Rev. J. Sutton came to¡vartls me, accompanied by Mr. F. S. Shieltls. whom I was soon to know and esteern for his earnest work in the Prison Reform Association. 1\[r, Sutton was lihe an old friend. for we had seen a goocl deal of each other at the Pri.scn Congress in Chicago, and for two years he had been earnestly endeavoring to bring me to Louisiana. An earnest, whole-souled Christian, fearless in the defence of wha.t he feeis to be right and equally courageous in the denouncing of that which is wrong, he has proved himself a valiant friend and champion for the "boys" to whorn he has been chaplain for some years. Now, though he is no longer chaplain, he is going to ¡¡¡orh just as zeaìously for them cn the outside ancl promises, beside tbe cther duties which fill patt of his daily life, to becorne the leader of the V. P. L., whlch has just started within the IJlisou farms. But I am running aheacl of my stotJ'. I left the three of us standing in the New Orleans depot, ancl I must surely get us â.way somes'here, for it is nearlv eleven o'clock and the night is dark, '¡.ith a chill in the wintl. Mr'. Shields ancr Mr. Sntton tooh possessicn of my suit in a few moments ¡¡¡e were whirling away to a pretty ¡rart of the city, where a very kind and charmins hostess awaited me in her beautiful horne, where I was to res¿ for the night. Mrs. Ch¿mberlain is presklent cases, ând where Ehort terms are servetl as they are oû Blackwell's Islantt in New York. The building is built on a beautiful, open square. I talked in a kind of central hall or guard room to a very dejected, hopeless lookilg crolvd of human beings, and I felt keenly how unsatisfactory it is to rush in and talh and go away again without any real human touch with those whose conclition and surroundings you have had little time to fully grasp. X'rom there rile went to the St. Cnarles Hotel to dine. and I was introduced to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Louisianà. Then came a fl¡'ing trip in an automobite hindly brought b;1' s,o,ms latlies to es- GAZETTE. Club for my afternoon cort me to the-We whirletl through streets into long avenues, engagement. crowded passing at last along the beautiful St. Charles Avenue on each side of which are beauLiful homes and mansions, while down the entire length, through the centre, noble trees ancl graceful palms beautify the urive. Swiftly as we hurried to the hall, where I was alreacly being irnpatiently awaited, I coulcl ca.tch a glimpse here anal there of trees laden with camellias or a climbing rose in full blossom, clraping porch o,r gallery with its delicate bloom. Alighting at last, a little unsteady on my feet from the rapid pace, with my hair in a tangle of wind-blown stranals, I was met by a reporter armed with a camera, from whom I fled ! Three minutes later I was on a platform looking down upon a crorqd of welcoming faces of eârnest rilomen, ready to hear my story and to give me the loving, sympathetic respoùs.e that leaBs so quickly from the heart of wo,man to woman. Not only was evefy sea,t taken, but many r¡ere starrding. It was a clelightful audi ence, but, a,lasl how the minûtes ticked away, how slowly the words seemetl to come when one has a heart full to tetl to an audience that calls forth all that oûe cah give. I haci hardly begun, it seemetl to me, when Mr. Sutton r¡ras making signals that meant, "We shall lose our train if you don't stop." Now I could have talked to those dear, earnest Club women two or three hours with pleasure, so you could imagine how hard it ¡vas to tlrag mys,elf away, but then, there was another audience I longed still more to meet, the aurlience I had traveletl all the way to Louisiana to talk to-the "bo,ys" in prison, and when ï remembered them I gathered up my wraps and fled from the hall, for I knew if I lo,st that train the whole ¡rrogram would be s.D.cilecl, and I should disappoint the hearts to whom l carried a special message. Ànother rapid whirl in the great automobile and we were safely landed ar tbe depot. Good-byes were exchangetl with the kind owners o,f that swift flyer, and then, with Mr. Sutton, Mr. Shields, several members cf the Boarcl of Charities and Corrections, I found myself on the train and once more the engine is doing tbe rvorlt and I can lean back and catch my breath antl try to collect my scàtterecl wits, for really that progr¿m hasbeen strenuous, and I can but wonder If f have talked sense ancl really given anything worth while to those who have shown so much .e.agerness to see and hear me. 'We were travelling to Baton Rouge, the capitol, but not to stay there. At that point we were to be met by the members of the Board of Priso,n Management and with this added escort we $'ere to take a special train out to Angola, the great prison farm where I was to spend my Sunday. Beside the gentlemen who in the inter- work with the "boys" is so personal and of so sacrecl a character that I am inclined to feel it is no concern of the great outside public; but o'n this occasion, those most earnestly desirous of helping the cause of the prisoner felt th¿rt the more the public could be told of the s'ork, the better it would be fo'r the future, and I will say that the special reporter showed deelr interèst anrl sent volumes of n-ews very correctly to, hÍs paper, which would doubtless be reacl by many who, perhalis, had never given the men and women ¡rrisoners of theil state a kindly thought. The sun was setting over the wicle silvery stretches c,f the Mississippi as our train halted at Baton Rouge just below the Iittle green hÍ11 on which is buiit. the castle-like capitol. On the depot platform awaited ug Colonel Parker, President of the Prison Board, who is in Louisiana what Co,mmissioner Collins ls to New York State. Carriages conveyed the 'whole party to the hotel where we gathered arounil one blg table for suppef. Suppef over, rve drove ovef to the tleÞot, and sooll were aboard our special, While it rocks over the road on the hour run to the Statê Farm at .A,ngola, let me take the oÞportunity of telling y,oü something of the prison system of thls State. I cannot do better than côpy from Mr. Shield's report, of the Prlson Refofm Association which will best êxDfess the drastic chatrge which has ðome about during the iast seven years. "As to oür own State, the leasê sys. tem errdured in its very worst phase until January, 1901. The lease was made to one party, but he was vested with authority to sub-lease. The convicts were employed largely in levee building, in oo'nnection wÍth which work the sanitary conditions were of the worst, and the death rate reached a higher mark than that of any other State, being an aYerage of over 100 per 1,000 per annum, for the last eight years, but an article of the new Con- stitution of 1898 closed that page of history. In the early eighties a fe¡v earnest men, resident chiefly in the alluvial district of the State. where the evils of the lease systern 'ç\¡ere ever in their midst, ancl were exercising pernicious and brutalizing influences, determined to bring about the abolition of the system. They were convinced that the system v¡as not only brutal and a v¡rong on the part of the State to that class o,f its population, and harn.ful to all who had to do with it, trut from an economical and financial standpoint it was a great mistake. They demonstratetl to successive State administrations and legislatures that under the proper management the convicts could be errrployed o,n public works, such as levee and road building and cultivâtion of State Farms, to far greater advantage, and to the physical and moral benefit of the prisoners. Despite persistent agitation and ilre enlistment of some ,cf the State nress. of prison reform work accom- Iittle was accomplished even in the panied me, a special representative of the evil practices of the of "The Picayune" had been detailed mitigation to travel rrith us. Now, as the rule. system." When the State took over the conthe last person I ever want in my prison meetings is a reporter. My trol and mâ¡agiement of its own prisoners and the lease ests system was done away with, some magniflcent farms antl sugar plantations wore purchased. Angola is the largest of these farms. It is a beautiful sweep of country, with wide fields protectecl by a long levee built along the river side. There are 'three camps upon this farm-one for the r¡¡hite men, Camp E,-one for the colored men, Camp Hope-anal ânother camp for the women. There is another farm nearer to New'Orleans which I did not visit, and beside this they have the levee camps which are built to be used for a few months at different points where the men are working on the levees. Only the men who have passetl a ,rigid physica.l examination, ancl in weight, height and muscular development are fit for the work on the Ievee are sent to those camps. One of the reasons that the farm system is so necessary in LonÌsiana is the fact that the colored population are much more aclapted to worli in the open air and on the farms than they would be lf hept elosely orowded w.lthlu walls aud --. ---! _-:: ¡--:::---j_:J_:::å=: T TT E I/O LUATTEER.S' G I AZ ETTE. Polytheism is not natural to us; It even impossible in practice. "No employed fn workshops. It has been proved that their health is lmpaired and they are not suitable fof 'this work. Sugar cane and cotton are príncipally is man can serve two masters," much less can he worship two gods. In his heart he will love the one and neglect raised on the farms. Then tlrere is one walled prison, the p'rison at Baton the other, and the god that gets the man's thoughts will soon have his service ancl his soul. The heart can-' not remain always divided. As we go Rouge. A certain number of white and coloreal men are kept here.. But the train.is slowing up anrl we are informed we have reached our des- tination. Looliing out f,rom the car, everything is so clarli'that we cân get no idea of our surroundings, but the swinging lantsrns of those r¡/ho come to meet ts reveal the stripes worn by some of them, and we know we are in the heart of the prison worltl. The air was fresh antl balmy, l¡ut the grouncl underfoot seemetl muddy and. somewhat difficult to tread in the tlarkness, so I was put into a carriage drawn by a couple of mules, and together with Mrs. Colonel Parker, was driven by one of the men to the big plantation honse which serves as a sort of heaclquarters on the farm. It. was a rambling old house with lorìg galleries surrounding it, painted white and lool<inþ lihe lhe ideal plantation house which is pictured in the okl books concerning the south. Bright fires were burning in the open glates, and Íve needed them, lor though the b,reeze seemed balmy, there was a peculiar chill in the air 'which was perhaps more lrerceptible in the house than outsicle. I retiretl to my room almost at once, a,nd went to sleep with the firelight flicltering on the ceiling ancl the sense of somewhat q.eary boues. Ancl now I realize I must w¡ite qnicher, and that nty report, which l an ho.ur, and then oul Drocession of buggies and car,riages formed again a.nd we were driven bach to the Head' qualters Camp for dinner. Ib hatl tahen. us from nine o'cloch to two thirty to get through the morning's pt'ogram. After dinne,r, there was ilìst time to drive to the hospital, but only time to have a glimpse inside Ure wârrls, because the smol<e of our train lvas already seen in the tlistance. As we boardecl the train and pulletl out into the warm sunshitte for our trip to Ba.ton Rouge, I hea,rcl the sound of frogs in a liitle pond by the roatlsitle, and somer¿hat amused. my friends frorn New Orleans by telling them 'çvhat a. delightful sound it was to me. It was a beautiful ride through lhe sunlit country, It is perhaps one of the hilliest parts of Louisiana, which is a state of great, wide stretches of flat lald. On the hill sicles, cypress trees, cane brakes, ancl giant magnolias beautified the scenery. I sarv wilcl ducks on [he r¡'ater, and a beautiful king8sher flew arvay at oul approach. When v¡e reaclìed Baton Ronge, the sun was setting over the river, antl I hacl about an hour antl a half for rest before my evening meeting. All the chnrches had given np their services, and a large hall had been talien in which a splendid andience gatherecl to greet me. I talkecl to them for about an hour antl ten minntes, bnt I rvas so tired that I fottncl it necessary to lean against the stand in the centre of the platfo,rm to rest myse'lf. 'fhen came a night's rest, a,ntl IMonclay molning early lur. Sutton anil I startetl together for on in life our purflose becomes constautly more untlivided. Tlie ruiinq passion drives the others out. The sooner this happens tlre better, for practical results.. A divicled life is worthless. A man may follow more than one trade and prosper, but in the higher plane of life, in morals anrl religion, he can serve but one master. If in his daydreams he revels in pleasures of sin and follows lust anrl pride, his wortls and his deeds will follow how it 'rainecl that morning!-a regular his heart, his noble purìlose to selve drenching downpour, but the elements Gorl will come to nothing; for he has rvere kind to me, for, just as soon as I set up his idols in the sanctna,ry, and God will not be a partner with Mamhad flnishetl breakfast, the rain ceaserl, and it did not start again until I was mon or with Baal. Gorl makes a rinrler cover in the clepot, when another temple of every heart that accepts no other god, that is kept free from idols. deiuge brolte npon the city. I reached Mobiie at about 1.30, anil "Blessecl are the pure in heart, for was escorted to one of the beautiful they shall see God." homes of that ciby, rvhere I had lunch' Our thoughts come not only from eon with several frientls who were ou'r own observation and experience, I love. in the cause interested deeply but from others, through hearing and That eveníng I spohe in the Y. M. C. A. .reading. IMe do not thinh of reading and tlie most beautiful builcling, one of or conversing as a matter that conaltistic buildings I have ever seen, and cerns salvation, but that is the right I started on this tlren at 12.46 D.m. way to think of it. The most of our northern journey which was to lanrl me home again. There is one thing I must mention befole I close. I rvas delighted to flnd a splendicl example which the South is setting to all othel pa,r'ls of the country by its determined action in the qnestion of the liquot l¡usiness' is dry; Mississippi and Aia' bama have both gone dry; bY local option rnost of Louisiana is tlry alreacly ancl they are preparing for a fight which is to enable the whole State to combine in this action. The,re are those who rpiil tell us you can get all the liquor you want in a dry State and who try to argue the law is a farce, but Georgia if people rvho persistently seeh it can find it, rve must all recognize the value of rernoving the temptation from the path of those (and they are a very large majority) who cl'rinh because the even temptation is ever before them. In thoughts come to us in that way. With no communio'n with others, we would all. The thoughts that are stored in the heart are the eternal wealth, treasures either gootl or barl. "A gootl man out of the good treasure hardly thinh at of the heart bringeth forth gootl things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure b'ringeth forth evil things." The parable of the net has more than one application, but its application to the individnal is the most obvious. The mind is lil<e a dragnet; it necessarily gathers of all l<incls even when it seeks only the best. But we have power to save the good anil to cast the bacl away. It is the thought that is treasured that is brought up again and again from the treasure of the memory like some rare jewel to deligbt us that more than house every o,ther makes the character. Such thoughts grow like the living pearl in ihe Iiving shell. Happy is he who. seehing gootlly pearls, finds the one for which it is worth while to sacrifice the meeting wlUrin the walls. all that he has. thought we hatl at last and for tbe fi"t We eherlsh the treasr¡res of ou,r time lost our "Picayune" reporter, but irearts not only by thoughts, bnt by he turned up without his b'reahfast, so easily led. I shall send you for the next coltrmn 'rvords and deeds. The thorght that having overslept, but heroically determining not,to mÍss this last meeting a couple of earnest letters of apprecia- has founcl expression in action gains tion I have receivecl from the "boys" in double power, ancì even the thougbt on the program. Louisiana. could have drawn out through many that has founcl expression in wortls The little chapel had been beautifully pages, must be made as briefly as pos- decorated. There wel'è banhs of beautiEver lovingly your mother, only is harcll¡' less potent. '"By thy MAUD B. BOOTH. sible. ¡vortls thot shalt be justified, and by ful red canellias and vases fillecl witl. When I came down in the morning. jonquils antl violets. I was very much thy words thou shalt be condemned;" rtre were glacltlenetl'to see the sun shin- touched to see a large motto which the the heart THE TREASURE OF THE HEART. fc,r "out of the abuntlance oftbe ing blightly, and one of the first sounds "boys" had preparred bearing the v¡orcls, "pbunthe mouth speaketh." antl grows to still more as it is that greeted me was the trilling call of "Welcome, Little Mother!" ancl what tlance" Thoughts mahe character, antl char- spoken. "Let the worrls of my mouth, a mocliing bird. We matle quite a a welcome their clear faces gave mel acter makes the life history and the antl the meditation of my heart, be large party around the table, and atter a Far, far away from my "boys" in Sing most substantial breakfast, we stal'ted, Sing and the otlier prisons, yet I fonnrl eternal destiny of every man. Little acceptable in Thy sight, O Lortl, mY Samuel learned from his mother that strength, and my recleemer."-"Chrisout. It made quite an imposing string their hearts with the same earnest re- he prayers, given to her answer \üas in of buggies and carriages, with one of sponse and the same grateful appreciahim-to tían Advoeate." the Captains licling on horseback ahead tion for what I am trying to do for and that she in turn lrad givengrowing The to his country. and God of us. Reaching Camp E, we found them. \áe had a.gcod, lcng meeting, boy nursecl the thought of Gocl's BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. oulselves soon in the mirlst of the mercy and power and of his own oblimen. This is rrhere the white men and the League was fairly started. gation âncl so he tentletl him; to serve for hurrying off q'as I found rnyself Then live. It a gr"at regret to us that Believe in yourself, believe in huCaBtain Young, the officer in charge, a train again, ancl ere long we we,re the lamps before the sanctuary antl manity, believe in the success of your 'was absent th'rough sickness. \Me speeding bach to New Orleans. That lay clown to see visions and to clream undertahings. Fear nothing and no heard such gcod things concerninq evening there was a large gathering in dreams. The boy became a seer be- one. Love you,r worl<. Work, hope, the trust. Keep in touch with to-clay. him 'that I am sorry I failed to meet one of the Bublic halls of the city. I cause his mind was busy with Ot everv Teach yourself to be practical and uphim tluring my visit. The men were r¡¡as very courteously welcomed by the thoughts of the invisible. "As he thinketh to-date ând sensible. You can not fail. all gatherecl in their dining-room, and lVlavor. and then lrad the oÌ)Dcl't"nitv man it may be saicl, least, so he;" or, at hea,rt, so is his in of the and the cause "boys" of bringing it was not long before l¡¡e v¡ere in the Men bow before talent, even if unancl en- he wilt become. His purpose in life associated with goodness, but between full swing of a meeting with them. their need to a sympathetic ,retiring of his mind, the activities to will shâpe Before I think I must have talhecl for about thusiastic aurlience. these two we must make an everlastfancies anrl ing distinction. IMhen once the idolan hour antl twenty minutes. There bed that night, I packed my dress suit will clirect clesires anrlwhat he has he till becomes in deeds I eally the when rose rtras so much on my heart to say, and cases, so that atry of talent enters then farewell to somehow my audience was so easy to morning, everything was reatly for my purposed. Keeu thy heart with all spirituality, when men ask their teâch' issues are the out of it for stoP diligence; I was to ers. not for that v¡hich will make them talk to, that, hacl Ít not been a con- start homeward. But more hrmble ancì Godlike, but for the sciousness of work still before me, I over in Mobile for a few hours, Oh, of life." excitement of an intellectual banquet, coulcl have gone on talking indefinthen farewell to Christian progressilely. Quite a number took their stand 'We very manfully for the nev¡ life. After the meeting was over, I shook hancls with every man as he passed out, and then we were off again driving over the fields. Rather bumpety roatls they were, but the air \t¡âs so refreshing that I prob- Selected by Mrs. Captain O'Brien' Youngstown, welcomecl the drive. things don't come along Your I find myself in the 'Women's Wheu v¡ay, to a comÞanY of the Can't hurry 'ern by frettin'; "girls." There we hatl also an interesting ancl enthusiastic meeting, and I If clouds o' care obscure your tlay, Can't chase'em off by frettin'! sullpose I talked for a.bout another woe, hour. Then came another drive, antl Your tears just irritate yourgrow, it was a long one. This brought us to An' freshen up ancl help it Camp Hope, which is the residence of Don't wash, it out o' sight, antl so There ain't no use in frettin'! our coloretl brethren. Here the seats 'were âll ont in the open air, and I yon Camp, talking coulrl see a very earllest response- on many faces. Again I tallied for about with their ever-present STOP YOUR FRETTIN' Next founrl my autlienee an enthnsiastic olre. The singing was most tlìrilling' ând I clealing lem concerning their cololetl brethren, the South will undoubtecìly be doing much to help them by closing the places into v'¡bich so many of them are have to bear The heavy load Ain't lightened utl by frettin'! The sorrow vultures in the air Ain"t cheered away by frettin'! O. If clel¡ts is orowdin', rent is due, No cash in hand and you are blue, Brace up and be a màn, for you Can't square yourself by fre-ttin.' No matter what your care antl riloes, Don't humor 'em by frettin'! If h,ard luck aims her heavy blows Strilçe back-don't go to f,rettin'! Screw np your nerve ancl holtl your grip, .A.ntl heep a frozen itpper lip, For anything on earth cân whip A man rvho gets to frettin'. tr' .W. Robertson. If we had prayed more, we neecl not have worked so hard. We have too líttle praying, face to face with God every tlay. Looking back at the end I suspect there rtrill be great grie'f for. our sins of omission-omission to get from God what we might have hail by praying.-Andrew .4,. Bonar. Full joy does not exclude sorrow, but it is a joy so deep that no sorrow can get below it.-"Refolmatory Pless." ".A.nd he who serves his brolher best, Gets nearer to God than all the rest." -Ruskin. . ¡ TH E VO LUNT'E'EN.Y GAZET'TE. Olflclal Orgân ol the VOLUNTEERS OF AMERTCA (tnc.). 34 West 28th St,, New York Ctty. Yo[uilTnnns' ffunTTfi GEN. BAIJIJINGTON BOOTII, Presl.Ient. COL. J, W. MERRILL, Secretary. qOL. W. J. - CR.A,I'TS, Treasurer. departments. PT'BL¡SIIED aI¡E,E,IILY BY TIIE' Repru"ilãlälËdrto"", Correspondents shoulal keep a copy of eontrlbutions, for rpe cannot guarantee the return of ma,nuscripts an(l portraits. \¡OLUNTEERS OF AMER.ICA COL. J. W. I!IERRILL, Manaslnsi Edttor. MAJ.-GEN. E. I'IELDING. N-ìilèst. Rest .WALTER COL. DUNCA.IV. Pac. Coast .COL. C. C. HERRON, Central . COL. J. J.. I(IIPPEL, N. Englanal " No. Manurcrlpts lntenrlecl for lnsertlon shoulal be adalress€al to the Etlitor, Volunteers' Gazette, 34 West 28th St., New York Clty. They shoultl not contaln ma,tter wÌrlch properly concerns other YE,Â'RLY !E2.()() NEIM YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 623 at the New York Post Office Elntereal SINGLE, COPIES 5 CEìITIi Second Class as Mail Matter, Twrr¡'rn Yren 1908. EDIT()RIÁ.L G(DitIn[ENT UP()N CURRENT TIIEDIES. BI¡ TfIE SPIRITUAL DECLINE MAY BE GRAÞUAL. Dr. Gerhard Uhlhorn, in his admi¡ahlé.book on the conflict of Christianity with heathenism, in spealiing of the EIDTT('TI.I!|r-ICITIEF' PR.ESIDII¡':T Heavenly Father, the only true Saviour. and Deliverer, has been folsahen. If this should reach the eye of any r'vho have become lukewarm, and in w"hose mind religious thought, powe" B^¡T.LLINGTION B(()IDTII. see their precions ones die before their untbrtunate habit,.¿ ûrait of being blinrl. very to the hopeful and happy side of work eyes. From the upper floors of the buiiding two stairways offerè(l exit. One of these led to the door in the front, and of the religious life of the and peace have been orortdecl out by the other to the door in the 'rear. It pagâns, sholvs that it woulcl be a great tire things of the world, let him, ere it appears that it was at this latter place mistake to suppose that paganisDo is 'foo ìate, turn and seeli the face of that the lives of the little ones were evinced outwald signs of decay before thê One who said, "My peace I give lost while would-l¡e rescuers stood decline many.years. The waning of their religion was very gradual. The ternples stitl stood in all their splendor, those that were destroyed in civil wals having been restored. with great magnificence. G,reat pomp was shown in the feast and sacriflces. SulrBliauts anC seekers for. aid still surrorinded the altars. Oraclês were still consuiteal. One hundred thousancl animals were sacriûced in three nonths upon the accession of Emperor Caligula. Dr. Uhlhorn further shows that even whele the. father of a family believed in the advancecl thinhers' views, the custom- ary religious observances were never at betrothals and marriages, at births anrl oeaUrs. "Lucretius is omitted perhaps correct when he speaks of it v¡ent wêll witlt them, mocked at the gods, btit at the first reverse of fortune hastenerl to the tempies for the sake of sacrificing, and those who, so long as to many woulil have applierl the pic' ture Plutarch d'ra¡vs of a man who, inwardly estranged from leligious ceremonies, still outwardly jolns in them." It \ \ can be the same in the Christian's experience as in the pagan's. While the professèd Christian may lack ïhe spiritual powel an,( life which alone can come from God, ancl may be con' scious of it, yet outwardly there may be no special gigns of tlle rìecline. He may l¡e punctual iu his attendance at church. In his external affairs he nay have resembled the ship found in the Arctic regions rvhich, when found, was o.bserved to be intact in all her palts, apparently in perfect orde¡, yet frozen. All such have 'the resemblance of Godliness, antl as rilith the Þagan, so with them, the power of habiü onlY has led them to conform to certain leligiotts observances; lnueecl, the decay of their retigion may have been so gradual that even they themselves may not have been fuìIy aware of it. IÛ may be that their estrrangement was a qttestion of years. Colder antl colcler ancl more ancl more indifferent has that experience become, until Gorl sees iL necessary to cross their path with some sudden visitatio,u. But why this visitation? Becanse God knows that there is a greater prorÌeness cluring prosperity, pleasure ancl worldly indulgence, of the soul's wandering flom Him aud cutting loose from His faith. Hence, in His infinite mercy and desire to save his sottl, He permits dis¿rppointments, difficulties and loss to restore him to his faith' It may be the t'everse of fortune, it may be the visitation of trial, or it nay lre the sÙrolre of bereavement. Then the sDirit is brought face to face witb his slight arrcl forgetfirlness of God, revealing to him that He' his unto thee, not as the world gives, give I unto thee." COLLI NGWOOD'S CATASTROPH E. One of the most serious ancl fatal catastrophes that has happened for months, and which has occasioned a wave of sorrow, as well as inclignation, to sweep over the whole country, ocçurred in Collinglvood, neal Cleveland, Ohio, last week, when some one hundred and seventy-eight children lost their lives throrgh the fir'e which completely alest¡royed the public school in that neighborhood. , It has seemetl almost incredible that a public school, which of all bniidings should have been erected with a view to safety and tlura,bility, shoultl have proved a veritable flre-trap. The fact that rt was a beantiful structure, wlth a strihing front entrance, merely met the artistic view. It is concetled gen- erally that a building of this character should have, even atthe risk of losing any artistic èffect, safety of construct.ion antl facility of exit. Furthermore, the press reports state that there was a turn in the a,r'cade, the pillars and front of rvhich formed a veritable wedge against which the clush of the chiiclren was helcl in a grip lihe a vise, But what of the other entrance which was not hept open? This proved a barrier which helped to catch the little ones, until the fires which trapidly. appro,ached them clid their tlevastating anrl dearily worli. We do not propose to cl'rvell upon the horrors of the catastrophe in this art- icle, but we do think that the calarnity should fo'rm a very selious warning not alone to those rvho have the oversight of public schools, bttt also to those who control the management of public buiklings, churches ancl other institutions. Another phase of the câtastrophe which has been pointed is the fact that whilst the walls of the schoolhouse were built of brich antl concrete, yet the insicle vas little more than a o.ut by the Clevelantl press shell, which burnecl with almost incon- ceivable ralridity, the entire irttericr being a mass of smohing rttins lying in the cellar within thirty minrtes after the alarm of fire was soundetl. 'We, will no.t here enter into the scenes of horror which r¡vere enacted around the entrance of the ill-fated school-house: It is statecl lry onlookers that they have had few Parallels in helpless. One or two ímportant lessons shonld not only be learned, but indelibly impressed upon the minds of all authorities who have the custorly, construc- tion and safe-gnarding of ou'r public buildings. I. It shoultl be a law as ilexorable as that of the Medes and Persians that all doors of publiò buildings open outwalds. 2. 'lh^at all buildlngs that have public rooms, like school-rooms or church auditoriums on the second floor, have sufñciently witle ancl access.ible fire-escapes- It is not sufficient that there are fi,re-escapes, but that the fire-escapes shall be of such a character that people may pass down them with some clegree of safety. 3. The floors of public buiklings should be built of sufñciently snbstantial ioists if not of iron, to fasten such a fire as that which occurrecl in Collingwood sufficiently long to allow of people to escal)e. 4. We quite agree with tlte suggestion of one Governoi, antl also the suggestion of the loca,l press, that ministers, as well as principals of schools antl colleges, should educate the people to' leave the building way. This is an in the direction of the safety of human life and in some organizeil and experielce. As J. R. Miller saiil: "There has always have been those who pervelt the teachrngs of Christ in this matter of cheerful living and make their religions life weary and disheartening. Instearl of beiug helpers of the faith and joy of others, trey are hin- derersj Instead of' tuahing others stronger for strûggle, for burden-bearing and for duty, they make it harcler for them to-tlõ-their part. But not in churches only are the discouragers found-they are everywhere. Business men meet them continually. The¡r are aln'ays saying disheartening worrls. They discount all prosperity. 1'hey are prophets of evil wherever they go. The sweetest happiness has some alloy for them. If they made only themselves wretched by the miserable pessimism, there would be less to trouble ourselves. Ërrt they are messengers of discouragement to everyone they meet." need AMERICANIZING FOREIGNERS, Considerable comment has 'been made both by the secular, as well as the Christian, press regarcling the Americanizing of the people who come to this land fron fo,r'eign shores. l\{ore particularly has this question arisen in its important phases since the rapid increase in the tide of immigration. When it was a rnatter of several hundreds coming to these shores per week, indispensable precaution the problem was not Bresentecl in a startling or conspicuous form. But property. now that tens of thousancls, sometimes as many as flve or six thousanal in one 'We pray'that, Gocl's hancl may be ex- tenderl in all the consolation and mercy of His Divine Fatherhood towarcl the bereaveil anrl suffering relatives of these sûrichen little ones, and thât such catastrophe mal averted in this, our country. a similar be long THE MESSENGER OF DISCOURAGE. MENT. has been sâitl that an ecclesiastical court-martial shoulcl be establishecl to inflict punishment uBon all who seek to discourage members of a church community, antl that a law Should be passecl in each State prohibiting per- It day, are arriving in the New lilorld, the ploblem is becoming one of serious dimensions. It has been argued that many o,f the foreign peoples have remainecl who ale subjects of their olrl home, whereas it has been pointetl out that it is not only desirable, but sh<¡uld become co.mpulsoly that ali such shottld become citizens, and should adopt the institrrtions anrl custonrs, and in the case of the children, the language of the country as their own. Regârding this question of resisting Americanization, "1'he Congregation- alist" says: sons adopting discouraging words or means whereby people are lecl to become disheartened in life. (It is cer' "About flfteen years ago emigration from Hungary to the Uniteat States began to assume large proportions. It tain that such laws wottld be more beneflcial to society at large than many which are at present in exist' ence. lt is an untlisputed fact that is there are sorne people who, more or less s}'stematically discout'age others. Not onty do they sov¡ the seeds of dÍs. content wherever they go, bttt theY throw a "wet blanket" ttpon the effo,rts of gooct, earnest, well-intentioned tndi- this or oUrer countries. Little children were piletl npon each other six and eight feet deep, while strong men and viduals. 'We do not say they are evil people; on the contrarY, they may be good and conscientious so far as llving frantic mothers struggletl with desperation to free them. Yet they failed, and lyerre compelled to stanal bach anil tff¡ even câreful in the regard of religious exercises anal life, but they have the goorl antl moral lives is concerned, ancl was clivided into two seDarate racial streams, as the life of the home land divicletl, the less atlvanced being Slavic in blood ancl the others belong- ing 'to the dominant Magyar race. Many of the Magyar immigrants be' longecl to the Reformed Church of Hnngary, which is oue of the largest Pres- byterian botties in the world. Efforts were matle by American Presbyterians and the Reformetl Church to provide 'religious privileges for these strangers, anrl churches gl'ew t¡p in Pennsylvania and other centres o,f their oecupatÍon. ,4,11 wenb well until the authorlties of the home church began to awake to ihe TH E fact that their countrymen in America were l¡ecoming Americanizerl. Thgre- the American churches and to re-estâblisb. the home connection and the home autllority. The direct aim of this attempt wâs natioual and political. It rilas to l<eep the Hungarians true to their political relations. As Baron Banffy, the lay president of the Hungarian 'Convent' said to one of his agénts, 'We want them to remain good subjects of their old home; r¡¡e want them to remain Htingarians and not to become Americans.' Such an aim is evid.ently against the best, lnterests of the Hungarian immigrants and of the American people. 'We havê a right to challenge any foreign conttol. of churches or schoo s w'hich prevents the speetly Americanization of the people who come to us as séttlers. The attemp't is just as obnoxious on the part of Hungarian Calvinists as of the Russian Greelr Orthodox or Japanese Shintoists. The result thus fal has been to caúse discord ànd division among Àmerican Hungarians ancl to hinder the LU N?'EõN"Y GAZETTE. By Rev. Theodore 'We cannot trust ourselves too lit- tle, and we cannot tiust God too much. "Trust iil the Lord with" all thy heart, ând lean not uPon thine own understanding." Somewhere in the future there hangs before us in the air a golden icleal of a perfect life, but as $¡e move on the dream of complete victory over sin moves on also before us. It is like the ehild running over the hill to catch the rainbow; wheri he gets over, the rainbow is as far off as ever. If our expect¿tion rests on our own resolutions and our own strength, then our day-dreams are continually doomed to tlisappoi¡tmenL. "My soul, wâit thou only upon God: Him." Goil for my expectation is from 'When we study never cliÈappoints us. the Àlmishty in the book of nature or the book of revelation, we find our utnìost expectation over-topped by the wonderful reality. lMhen we obey God, we find the rich reward sooner or later, just as surely as day follo¡¡/s the sunrise. 'When $,e trust God. He One of the commenclatio,ns of certaìn sewing machines is that they are "light running." They move very easily, and require little strength or labor. A little girl said, "ï like to sew when there is no thread on the ma- no buralens, no heart-breahings, no "strong cryings ând tears," no "groanings that cannot be uttered," but light- going religion, these sewing machines whìch sew without thread, these faiths that are \tithout worlis antl are cle&d, the systems and creeds w.hich stir no emotions in the hearts of saints, and worh no conviction in the minds of sinners, a,ntl which protluce ûo change 'We iu the lives of their professors. rreecl to come down to the facts, the realities, antl the dutìes of a Ch'ristianity which is a reality as 'lvell as a faith. anrl a fact as well .as a theory. Life is short. .\Me have little time for dreaming and dozing. With God's help, we are to do worlt for Him for eternity-worlr which will fequire effolt, sacrifice and zeal in the Master's camse, and which will tell on hu- man welfare nos¡ âûtl evermore. Let us be workers togethêr with Him, that rvhen He shall apÞear we may appear r.vith Him in glory.-"The Cliristian." If 'lhe human so'ul were not curtained by a material body, tbere could be no such thing as a lie. Diogenes would need no lantern. Men worild appear as they are; the motive of everY ac- tion woultl be clear. But here we are, all masquerading. In the lor¡'est grade man is honest; he follows instinct as innocently ancl as openly as the brute. Tìren he eats of the frttit of lhe tree of l<nowledge airtl tliscovers that can deceive others, and at that ment he falls. Therea,fter he he mo- Pro* gresses through long mental anal spir- itual evolution toward an altruistic honesty in which, let us hope, he may ultimately recognize that to lie is to insult his own being-is to violate that distinction betv¡een right and wron¡; which is inherent in him and upon the use of which his real happiness tlenends. The average man fears God llecause he lrnows that Go'tl is the one being to whom he can not lie, and who will not lie to him. If he loves God' it is for the same Teaso$'-"Puþliç 0pinion." my boundless and running over Christ Jesus ! " 'When a friend of mine, long years ago, urged John Jacob Ästor to subscribe for a certain object, and told him that his son had subscribed, the old German millionaire replied very dryly: "He can do it; he hâs got a you rich father." Brother Christian, and I have got a rich Father! 'We are heirs to .a great inheritance, and God; "They trust not God at all who trust Him not entÍrely; he that stands with one foot on a rock and another foot on a easy- less to exhaust I left some little brooks nearly run alry, the other day, up in the mountains, but ï founrl yonrler harbor, fed from the fathomless Atlantic, as full as ever. "Oh, how shallow a soul I have to take in Christ's love," said the holy Rutherford; "f have spilled more of His grace than I have brought with me. How little of the sea ean a child carry in his hand; as little am I able to take away o'f my great Sea, for my expectation ís from Him." There can be no divided resnonsibility; it is God or nobocly. As the otd Purltan writer Trapp reminds us: it; We need to get ritl of this have never been able to explore, much "My souì, wait thou only upon chine-it runs so easy." There are persons \ilhose religion seems to be of the "light-running" order. There is nothing difñcult about accomplished. self "filled with might in the inner man." There is a fullness of grace and love ancl power and peace and eomfort that His redeemed chiltlren Gotl must take tt ill that we covet so liltle of the best things, a"nd pray with such scrimpecl and scanty faith. "Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it." 'We can easily over-expect from our fellov¡-creatures. but we canriot qver-expect from God. "The Lord taketh pleasure in those that hope in His mercy." I have read many a biography which ended Ín bright hopes quenched in blackness of darkness, but I never have read and never have heard of the experience.of any man who confessed that he was disappointed in his Lord and Saviour. LIGHT.RUNNING MACHINES, no'thing; l¡ut when that belt is thrown lrpon a fast pnlley, then at every turn machinery is mot ecr and something is ciple, and John was not disappointed. Neitner'was Paul when he founal him- of exceedingly precious promises. Let us ask for great things. the sea." is being done. A belt upon a loose pulley runs easily, but accomplishes housekeeper and nurse. possessors the churches. But drany have lesentecl the attemllt to clictate to them from across pleasant, eomfortable way of frutting things, wirich holds oll orthoilox oBinions, but never loses any sleep over them. Machinery runs easily when no work making her journey to strange lands, saw herself shut in to the ctuties of L. Cuyler' D. D.' in "Episcopal R.ecordçr." work of gathering fhern into ness, ease arrcl airiness; 9 COD. NEVER DISAPPOINTS US. upon the Hungarrian Church, which had heretofole done nothing for its self- exiled children, began to.bestir itself, ancl sent over delegations which attempted fo break the connections with T/ O a quicksand will sink as surely as he that hath both feet on a quicksand." The stake is indescribably tremend- REV. DR. CUYLER. nevèr fails us. When we prây l"o Him aright, with faith, with submis- with perseverance, and witll to glorify Him, he answers us. I do not l¡elieve our siveness, honest desire Heavenly X'ather ever tut'ned a deaf ear to an honest prayer offered in the right spirit. He is a soveleign, and doeth His own wise will: and it it Ì)leaseth Him to kee¡r us waiting for the answer, then we must understand that tlelays are not always denials. 'If we have only to demand from just ¡¡/hat we desire, and in the way antl the time thât suits our pleasure, then we woulcl be snatching God's sceptre antl trplng to lule the Ruler of the universe. Did you ever knpw a chiltl that ruled its parents r¡¡ithout ruining itself ? And if it spoils our children to have their own way, I am sure that it rvould be for our ruin if we conld l¡encl Gocl to all our wishes. If this be our expectation God from God, then the sooner we abandon it the better. God keeps all His pronrises, but He has nevel promised to let you and nre holtl the reins, He anslvers Drayer, but in the way and at the time that His infinite wisdom cletermine. Some prayers are not answerecl at once; more than one faithful mothel has gone to her grave before the child whose conversion she prayed for has given his heart to Jesus. Some prayers âre answered in a ìvay so unlooked for that the answer is not recognized; eternity will "make it plain." For many Detitions are answered according to the intention and not according to the strict letter of the request; the blessing granted has been something different from what the believer expected. Jacob; when he blessed the sons of Joseph, Iaid his right hand on the son who stood at his left sitle. So God sometinres takes off His hancl of blessing froni the thing we prayed for, and lays it on anotber which is more for our good ancl His own glory. He often surprises His people with heaven will have abundance of such surprises. Let us rejoice to remember that our Saviour is God, and in Him dwelleth unexpected blessings*and all fullness. "Of His fullness have .all received," sald the beloved we dis, it involves my eternal destiny. Even heaven is yet only an "exnectation," but it ís from Hím! "My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood a,nd rigbteousness: On Christ the solirl rook I stan¡t: ous, for All other grouncl is sinking INFLUENCE OF THE sand." EVERY.DAY COMRADE, . a man of Israel." was one of themselves, a man in whom they hatl confidence beca.use "Girleon, It they hacl seen hirn ctaily, that Gorì cbose fo,r the leacler. "One of the most helnful sessions of Sunday-school I reruember vras ìÃ'hen I was a eirl of four- 'teen, ând our regnlar teacher was not nresent. It was a stormy dây, ancl in the scarcity of teacbers. one of onr classmates was appointed to teach the lesson. T hacl alwavs acceptecl it as nattrral that the older ones shoukl urge the claims of the Chrís'tian llfe. l)ut u'hen I saw the s¿nrg g2,y¡gstncss ín this girl of my own age,-one of my own classmates.-ber v¡ords macle an impression on me which ís impossible to describe. lt was more than a yeâr I fna,lly a,ccepted Oh,rist. btrt I date the eha.nge in mv a'ttitncle to that stormy Sunday wben Lena S-- snoke loving r.vorcls to her.Weekly." own mates."From"Youns People's before THE MISSION TO THE STREETS. When Marqaret Anrlre¡¡¡s was twentyflve sìe receiverl rvhat she thoueht was a call to the foreign mission fiekl. Her parents, although at flrst. they trierl to ;lissnaile her. Dut no obsta,cle in the r¡'a,v of her hopes, antl, full of ea.qerness, sbe beqan her tralning at a school in another city. One day she receivetl a telesram. Her mo'ther hacl met with an aecident, just how serlorrs could not at once be For a year or two she bore her disappointment in silence; then she went to her clergyman with it. The minister was an old man, who harl known Margaret all her life. He looked at her steadily for a moment. Then he saicl slorrly: "You are living in a city of two hundred thousanrl people. ISn't there need eno,ugh about you to fill your life?" "Oh, yes," the girl ansveretl quickly, I conld give up the foreign field. It isn't that. But I haven't time to do "autl aqything, not even to take a mission class; ancl to see so much work wait- ing, ancl be able to tlo nothing-" "Margaret," the old minister "come here," saíd, 'Wonderingly, the girl followed him to the next room, where a mirror hung betv¡een the windows. Her reflection, pale and unhappy, facecl her wearily, "All up añd down the streets," 'the old minister said, "in the cars, the marhets, the stores, there are people starving fo.r the Bread of Life. The Chnrch cannot reach them; they will not enter a church. Books cannot help them; many of them never opened â book. There is but one way that they can ever read the Gospel of hope, of joy, of courage, and that is in the faces of men antl women. "Two years ago a woman who has I{nown deep trouble came to me one day, and asl<erl your name. 'I wantetl to tell her,' she saitl, 'how much good her happy face did me; but I was afraid she would think it was presuming on the part of an utter stranger. Some day, perhaps, you will tell her for me.' "Margaret, my child, looh in the glass antl tell me if the face yon see there has anything to give to the souls that are hungry for joy-and they are more than any of us realize-who, unhnown to themselves, âre hungering for righteousness. Do yon thinh that woman, if she were to meet you now, would qay what she said two years ago?" The girl gave one glance and then turnetl away, her cheelis crimson wlth shame. It was harrl to answer. Ìrut she was no cowarcl. She lool<ecl up into her olrl frientl's grave eyes. "Thanh you," she said. "I will try to learn my lesson and accept my mis- sion-to the streets."-"Youth's panion." WHAT COWARDICE CAN Com- DO. "'Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him 'return." A gentleman whowas orÉianizing a eompany of yo.ung people to alo evangelistic ¡rorh in the slums, politely declined to aecept the serviees of several of tbose 'When who signiffed theil rvillingness to go. he was ques- tioned as'to his actio¡r, he saicl: "These whom I have declinecl to take have no confitlence in the unclertaking. They say that the orlds against us are too heavy to be overcome. 'We cân't afford to take the fearful vith us when we are on such serious bt¡siness." "Oh!" said his friencl, "they woukl probably not belp much, but they a're harmless." "That is just where you are mistahen," was the reply. "Just because they are not bad, does not follow tbat they wonld do no harm. Pure water is a good 'thing in its place, but pour it into e bncket of rich millr, ancl you will so rvealçen the milk that it will be good fol nothing; so the presence of a-few cowards may so weaken the courage of a company that its ilsefirlness will be destroyed."-Mattie M. Boteler, Cincinnati, O., ln "Suntlay-School TÍmes." Did I ever tell you, among the alfecting little things one is always seeing in these battlefields, ho,n, on the sround upon which the battle of Bull Run was fought, I saw pretty, pure, delicate flowers giowing out of the empty ammunitlon boxes, antl a wild rose thrusting up its graceful head through the top of a broken Union tlrum, which tloubtless soundecl its last cbarge in that, battle, and a cunning, scarlet verbena lreeping out of a fragment of an explotlerl shetl. in whieh strange pot it was plantett? Wasn't that peace growing out of war? Even so shall the beautiful and graceful ever known. Margaret paclred ler ,boolrs anrl foolr the first train þome, exDectin:z fo teturn in a foç' weelrs. Long grow out of the horricl and terrible things that transpire tn this changing bnt ever-advanelng world. Nature covers even the battleflekls with vertlure and bloom. Peace and plenty spring up ln the track of devouring .mother rvonld ncvcr be able to do anv- ress of manklnil.-GeoJge ÁUrçd ToWn. bcfore the rryeehs had passecl she lrnew that her clream mlst be given un. Her thlng agaÌn, and Margaret, instead of campalgns, anil all things ln nature antl society shall work out the progsencl. THE I¡OLANTEERS G/LZETTE. TO JUNIOR JOTTINGS. "Be ye steadfast." yon l¡now the meaning of the Do word "steadfast" ? It means flrmly ûxed unwavering; steady. ilr position; Morally or religiously it means "firmly fixed in faith or devotion to tlnty." Constant, true. Is that lhe kind of Christian boy or girl Vou are trying to be, my litUe friend ? Do yo,u take a stanrl for the right, and when you are convincecl you are right, are you firm, in other worcls, steadfast? great need of good, firm - There is a Christians in this world of change. You will mahe no mistake if you wilt heed the admonition f,rom God's worcl written above, and you ,.will abouncl in the work of the Lord.,' {t,l p1}a¡.1ø !ç.1ef ø te lêtfãi"6+=gpl A BEAUTIFUL gLEAR=UP=ER. By Annie Hamilton Donnell. EA came slowly out of the house and sat down in a chair on lhe piazza. She chose the farthest chair a little round the corner and hicklen by the vines. Lea's heart ached and hearts ache bes't in solitucle. "l'm the only un - show - off - able Quimby there is," she sighed, rocking ashametlly. "Or ever, ever was," she added, as memories and tales of little Qnimby aunts and uncles, cousins and even far-bach grand Quimbys reeurrecl to her. In the parlor back of the vineÈ some one Ìryas playing a stirring march on the piano. Il rilas Barba,ra-Barby conkl play beautifirl music. Pretty soon somebody would say, "Won't you sing for us, Sylvia?" and Sylvy woutd sing. Then if she sat there in the veranda rocker long enough, Lea ltnew she shoultl hear Luther declaim with splenrlid, big inflections Ho¡atio at the Brialge or The Black Horse ancl His Rider. He wonlcl do it so beautifnlly -:everyborly did things, "Now Luther-'won't you speak the Blacli Horse for us, Luther?," murmured Lea outside. But Luther chose another "piece." His big, oratorical vo¡ce eame out through the window impressively. "Girt round þy rugged mountains, The fair Lake Constance lies"He had chosen the Legend of Bregenz instead of Holatios or Blacli Hoises. it by heart and followed him anxiously. Suppose he forgot! X'or the honor of the QuimbV name he mt¡stn't! At a dreadful litfle pause she crept to the window to piompt Lea knew him through the blinds, but he pickéd himself up without assistance. Luther spoke pieces splendidly. Lea ,was proud of Luther-of Barbara, of Sylvia. But she was not proud of herself. "I ean't do a single thingl" she mourned, and went on sorrowfully clearing up. When the company by and by came out on the piazza to go a$'ay, the delighted eyes of the Quimby mother saw that it haat been set in order antl she neecl not blush for the little disordorly litter as she had awhile ago. "Lea," thought lovingly the Químby mother. But no Lea was in sight. In the parlor, after the impromptu little exhibition, confusion reisned. The chairs were moveal about tifsily, sheets of music were scattered -over the piano antl floor, empty cups of tea indicatecl whe,re Miss Getty anct Miss Ann Mary hacl sat. They harl been the "company," and that was the explanation of the exhibition. The Quimby mother diat not believe in showing off to people out of the family, but she atwais iietded to Miss Getty and Miss Ann Mary, because they were lone little otd sisters from the Old Ladíes' Flome and aslrecl in such-dear, eâger okl voices. They deservecl to be entertained, reasoneá the Quimby mother. .- Lea -went il through the rea,r door, through the library into the empty parlor-. Empty! It looked running Lea! She began at oncõ to set it in order, anal by the time the two litlle olcl women had succeeclecl iu over full to tearing themselves away anrl the pro- of Quimbys "processerl" bàch .was spic-andspan again. But no Lea-she was hurrying out to the kitchen with the empty tea-cups a.nd the sugar bowl. She could not know that the tÍred cession into the house, the room Quimby mother said, "Bless her," meant her, That night, after the anal diffeient "stages"_of little Quimbys hail all gone to bed-Jeffy anal Mig at seven, Luther and Sylvy at eight, and Barby and Lea at half-past-the Quimby father anrl the Quimby mother and the baby, who refusecl to go to. bert at all. sat under the nursery lamp and sofily talhed. Lea could hear them through her halfopened door-the Quimby baby louttest of all. He rilas showing off, thought Lea, laughing to herself in the dark. The little beloverl, singing and speaking his little foreign pieces! Then suddenly he stopped alto- gether, anrl Lea smiled tenderly and wished she had his little warm. moist head on her arm where every litile while she could reach down anrl kiss his sleeping little face. Thinlring of the baby macle her forget the èore place in her heart. But she felt it agçain presently. "Sylvy's voice grows sr¡¡eeter and stronger, 'Willíam." The Quimby father was'William. "That so?" he said. "Good! I must get the little midget to sing for me." "Antl Barby to play for you-and Luther Boy to declaim!" laughed the Quimby mother with a tencler little unclernote. "They all performerl for Miss Getty and Miss Ann Mary this afternoon.'William. I courdn't retuse the little old latlies, The children ctict beautifully-but,'William"Lea's wet face, burrowed deep in the pillow, came up ctuickly at the next thing the Quimby mother said. It was so very-so very-unexpected anrl so gootl sountling! Lea could hardly be. lieve her ears. "But, 'William, our little Lea has the most beautiful talent of them all, did you know it?" No, the Quimby father dtrl not knov¡ it, antl while he waitetl for the rest, Lea waited, too. She sat up perfectly straight anrl held the breath of her 'What sore llttle heart. coulcl it be the to say? "The most beautiful talent of them Quimby mothei was going aìI"-not the most beautiful one! She must have hearcl wrong, Lea thought. Still, her ears were such goo¿l hearers"She has the talent of helping people the tender voice explained -mothrers." out there to the Qujmby father. The tentlerness rvas a ne¡/r' kintl that sent a little sob upwaì'tl into Lea's throat ãntl maale her feel like getting up into the Quimby mother's lao and hiding her happy face. It was different from the other kincì that hacl been a pridetenderness. Thís u'as the-the lovekincl. , ^'^It gquld _i-s,': .tle euimby father norlded. hear him nod. ..rtk -th; !9a, best kind _of a talent, Mary. --¡ìu"*; to go in and-hiss ihã åffiå,,ptru "I'll go with you!,' . -ney.were coming. Lea sank down and-waiteo. Si-eìïui 11_a e{gs littte leap ìecause stre ,ttroushl- ifrö ler. , wantect to find her asteep. ve.ïäuiötií she lay in the darkness. t¡erä -wäË ptace.now in irer 19,.919 Ët'ð nad,a talent too! It was neàii.a beautiful y,"^"_: Èrre was_ a good clear_up_er, and r.ney lyere coming in to kiss h;. }'o;i; I/_!I1 tb.ar woul¿ re riLã_ïå*.,,;i when sarby and'Syriy fflnJg,clapped na{ talents_and Luther. r,æa_ held her breath and waited in a little transport of happiness. - H;; small, expectant face was uplifted aïå ready. 'le.tgss her!,' the euimby father **^-' al4_kissed it sofily ìn tne Aark.-- said. herl', whispered. the *^.ll,l-u... p9,ler,and kissed it again andeuimby aeain. jvlorn_el! _are not satisfied with õnãã. Lea fett her smooth cheek againsi-hiî own,_ ancl the happiness grew bigger bisg"". In hèi heartïu. u-s?-""i 1l:1 oes-tre- a¡d to get up and go downs-tairs e-lear somebody up lignC î;; -mott th,is ";;"*ã"ii euimby e"l--eüi .dear ult .to-morrow_oh, wait till to-mor_ Congregatiorialist ãáã 'Workl." - "The Christlan THE SOUlnnel- nf.lO THE 'rowJ MASTIFF. "What an idle vagabond you are!', sald a- surly mastiff to a squÍrrel that -tiäãs 'was froticking about in - above him_ Orå1. t¡e .n"t".el threw a nut_shetl at "I've_ been watching you these two .hours," said rhe mrúih you've do_ne nothing ¡ut;dì;;".,;;ã ãànãe ãnà swrng and skip and whisk that tail of Yours about all the time." :'ylr"t an idte dog you must be.,, .,to sard -rle squirrel, Yúatcning me play!,' sit for two houis _"None of your pertness. I had alt lnv work befoie I came here.,, done said the squirréi. ..IMeu, my.v/olk's never done. I've businõä up in .tbis tree that vou tnof roitririg about." "Business, indeeclI I know of no ,ousln-ess that you "Oh!"_ have but kickinE un your heets. and eating nut* anã pãiuiã honest folks with thã sheUs.;,- sins-thines and play-things antl speak-things so beautifully. "Except me," sighecl Lea. She stopped rocking surldenly and gazed despairingly about her. In her gentle, sore lTttle sonl ranhlerl a tlread- ful feeling. Lea clitl not know its Envy. She thought it was name was shame beeanse she was a Quimby antl coukl do nothing to help entertain her friencls. Over the pja.zza ffoor were strewn blocks and ocltl-sbaped bits of dlssected pictures. Lea got up ancl went stooping painfully abont pieking them üp. Jeffy and Mig were so scatteryand so dear! How many, many times a day foìks had to clear them np! Lea tlict not remember that it was alnrost always she who did it. To her order-loving little mind things lying about out ct thcir places v'ere an offense; she had a way of stooping to pick them up as she went by. It was a beautifnl habit. Lea's motber thought. Every Qtrimby-a,nd in the family there were nine-likerl to have Lea clear them up. But, oddly, Ít never occurrecl to them to praise her for it. No one ever said, "W'on't you THE BEAR AND HOW TO AVOID cleelr up for us now, Lea?" The march came to an end with TROUBLE WITH H]M. several mighty, inspiring 'thtrmps on the lower lreys. The sad little ffgure By WÍlkes the Penman. gathering up blocks outside the winThere may be some few of our dow hearrl a soft clapping. Then, after a few moments, a clear, s¡¡¡eet llttle young readers who have seen bears voiee began to slng. Sylvy's volce- rrunning wild, but comparatively few Lea listened arlmlringly. It sang some- of bruin's tribe noÌÍ find sway even in thing beantiful about birds and flow- the wiltls of our most remote. terriers anal brooks. The soft clapplng be- tory. Civilization has crowded this gan as soon as it stopped. interesting, if not wholly picturesque, all the time doing beautiful ,..,ï-hg,iF llttle things to help *". you -üp"îîð She picks "ao;i lhink,.'Wiuiam! playt¡¡o*. anã õrears ïp iËã l3lj".' If that isn't a ¡eautifìi rooms. iä1"_ ent"- quadruped to the mountainous regions, where they are more çecure anfl shel- tered. They are not usually vicious u_nless yog cross their path and annoy them. Then you may look out foi Number 1, and better be very quick about it, too, for Mr. Bear is not [o be trifled with. Elvidenily the victim of our accompanying sketch has made the mistake of testing bruin's good humor and then failed ¿o make ggod his rçtreât. .,,"tr'ie!" saitf. the squirrel, ,,don't be rlr. [empered,', and he dropped an_ other nutsheil at him. .'nóri;t -enî" py lot; for, atthough t re:.oice iir ne rne. nappiness of it, I must remlnd you it Ísn't all j6y. Summer ¿oesn,t íasì rorever; and what becomes of me. rnlnx_ you, when the trees are baró and tþe wínd howls through t¡e-tJrãsi are gone? nemem¡õ. 1Id. !!" fruits that tlen you have iwarm hearth anå g._o_od a .' meal to look forward to.,, change with me, , you .wouldn't ho.wever," said the mastlff. if you knew .-'.No, nor you with me, ..8.; the squirrer. to;ï;;;, -q11.1' lraid.ro ta,<e pe, together the roush :,j9 ano [ne smooth of your proper Iõt. y1!e¡ r'p starved *itr, tËä -ãi Winter, I shalt be glad "äiã"io tf,int your pleasant fire. Can't to you find ii rn your ueart to be glad now 6f ¡¡y s,unshine? Our lots ãre more equal than they seem."-,,Earl' nãvs.""***' The man p"vã t*"otv dollars for mlssrons and trilo thousand dollars for a ley automobile. His wife ¡uys à Fall hat foi fifteen dollars o"ã-"pãVË ten cents a month dues to the missionary society; if properly ãp- she may add a-doitarä proached, vei" ptedge moûey. yet they are ..promin_ ent members" of the Church.- What cal-ther. think, or do they tnink at ãü, of Te_slight, which they itus put upori their_ Lord? Is He nothinc- to t¡;ïî D9 t¡ey care nothing thaa the ;ortã which He dled to save has not yet heard of His love? Have they'nì g-ratitude for what He has donó for them ?-"Christian Advocate." THE VOLUNTEERS GAZETTE. eï\d Tôpic for S[JIIIAY SI|IOOL, Lesson Xlll.-First 0uarter, For lncorrigibly bad and never cau Prayer Mecting Topic For tho Wcek . lcxt of thc Lesson, Prov. xxiii, 29-35. Memory Verse, 3l-Golden Text, . Prov. xxiii, 32-Gommentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearng, toopyright, 1908, by Âsefldn Pres Asoclatlon.l Äll Scriptule ls gireu by lnspilrrtion of God and ls ¡rrofìtable. * * * tbrlt tbe of God ma¡ be thot'oughly l''erwolks. \\:hdtso- uished unto all good ever things wele ¡vritten afoletime were written for our learuíng (ll Tlm. iit. 16, 11; Eom. 'rv, 4). 'These Éaylngs certaiirly luclude the booh of Proverbs as well as everl' other Þa.rt of the Scri¡Jtul'es. This has bee¡ c¿lled a booli ob godliüÞss or hoty llving, cortrasting God's wlsdoi¡ and man's folly; lt ls God's ¡vlsdom fot man's lgno- fance. TIìe wolrls $lse and ¡visdonr are used over 100 times, ancl tLe tvofds fool. folly, foollsh. foolishness, over ninett tlmes. Il ehapter viil and else$'he¡'e ¡vlsdom evidently rëfers to the Sou of God. for [Ie is the ¡visdom of God (l Cor. 1. 2.f1. B.y contrast we thinh of the fools of whour lfe llimself spalie. $'lro hear IIls wotds but do thel¡ hot. s'ho are ricb on earth. but not rlch ton'ard God:.who have no use for prophecy (Ifatt. vii, 26; Lulie xii. 20, 21; xsiv,25). In verse 4 of this tesson clrapter we read. "Labor not to be richl cease from thiue owp wisdom," for it ls r¡an's ¡visdom tô get rieh quiclily aud at any cost, for he is slow to beliele that l'iehes mâhe themselves wings and fly âr'ay (verse 5). Our lesson. with lts lmmediate context. sets fortlr the folly of bad wome¡r and strong drinli. two of the gl'eat elils of tl¡is world by whiclr the great destroyer destro¡'s multitudes. Conceming the former it is written, "E[er house is the way to hell" (chapter vii, 2?). ând, coneerning both. they eannot Iuhellt tho kingrlom of God (I Cor. vi, 9-11). but that even such h¿ve been saved and may be saved, for Christ Jesus came lnto the wolld to save sinners, to seel¡ and snve tìre lost. Woe and sorrow ls tbé present portion of all such. and lf they die in their sins then it will be torment that rçill eovet a drop of n'ater to cool the tongue, and tìnally the everlasting fire_pre¡rtrled for the devil and his angels (Lulie xvl, 2{; rxv, 41). But God is not ¡¡¡illing that any should pelish, and in the person of Hin Son He becanre a man of sórr.on's and n<,quninted with grief, n'as woundecl and hlt¡ised for us. bearing our sins iu [Iis orvn body on tbe eross. suffering Christ is then allowed to have the rlgbt of way iu the life that IIe has recleemed and to worli out the works wblch He has prepared (Eph. ii. 10), Gotl 'will be glorified and the life of Jesus made manifest In that from small beginnings the liingdom of heaYen grows antl spreacls uDtil lt becomes great and pon'erful. The Ieast of seeds becomes a gleat tree. Ä little leaven leaveneth the entir.e lump. in that life. of oul' lesson we rend of the eyes and the heart, and in Lam. lii. 51. we learn thât the eye affects the heart, and in Job xxrl. 7, that the beart walks after the eyes. If, therefore. we would live as we should we must look ln the right directiou and contir¡ue so to do. ID verse 31 we verse 33 read, "Lool¡ not" but there must These parables are particularly applicable to the hingdorn in the Phltippines. It ls a great ûelcl, and toclay is "the day of small tl¡ings," but we are. not to despise it for that reason. Under God the small becomes great. El'eD ât the present time great progress has be a counter attractlon. therefore the conrmftnd. "Looh unto 1\{e ând be ye saved." "Behold the Lûmb of God." "Run with patience, Iooliing unto Jesus" (Isa. xlv, 22: Johu 1, 20, 30; Eteb. xii, 1. 2). By been made look tl¡ere ls a life of triumph for evefy saved one. Äfrart from Elim The words "at the last" in verse 32 should lead us to consider well that there ls a last opportunlty to repeüt, a last eall to turn to Gotl. and "he that. lieing often reproved. hardeneth his necl¡ shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remed.y" (xxlx, 1). ffor the sinner of er.ery .kind there Ís a last lndulgence and then. if cut off in sin. etelnal woe. Consicler Dan, v, 30; Luke xil. 20, and the context. Velse 34 of the lesson makes us thlnh of that word of David. "Truly as the Lord iiveth. and as thy souì liveth, there is but a step between antl death" (I me 3). The last chapter xxvii. 22, Sam. xx. verse suggests "Though thou shouldst btay a fool in a mortar among'n'beat with I Þestle, yet wlll not his foolishness depart from b!nr." Âpalt from God and tlis Spirit aud dear Son. the case of the blood of IIis any and every sinner is utterly hopeless. but to sueh a Sbepherd and Saviour nothlng is too hard. llote tbe lov and reioieins of rerses 15. t6. 24. in oul Paclfic islands eclu- cationally, governmentally ancl religiously. Churches anal Sunday schools in falr numbers have already ì¡een es- looklng unto lIlm there is life fot evefy lost obe, ¿nd b¡¡ continulng to there is no life. and looklng anywhere else but unto Elim there ls no victory. Boginning March 29, 1908. By R,tV. S. H. DOYLE. Topic.-Home mlssions.-Progress ln thc Philippines.-Matt, xili, 31-33. The Seriptural references lnclude the parables of tlte*mustard seed and the leaven, The irlea suggestetl ln each ls to Efim, and then the sinner becomes n new cl'eature iu Christ. INTERNATIONAL SERIES. clanlsts, CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. be made ne¡v' (Rom, viii, 7), but the Son of God. the wisdom of God. will receive any sinner who comes to Him (John vi. 37), wtll enter any heart that is If man iety/{e"tiryI; opened March 29, 1908. THE ñ, The earnal mind. the natura¡ man. is IrlI tl . tablÍshed. llracts are being distributed perhaps as in ro other place ln tlre s'orlcl. The people no longer undel the dominatlon of priest craft are more willlng to henr what Protestants have to say. But vice and immorality are wldespreael. Drunkenness has a terrible hold upon the people, anal tl¡e saloon should go. When we eonsider all things we may well rejolce over n'hat God has done alreacly ln the PbilipÞiDes. The seed of the worrl is takÍng root, antl the Ieaven of the kiugdom ls widely spreatling. 'Ihe following "Philipptne Notes" from the Presbyterian Chrlstiau Dndeavor Manual are lnteresting ancl instructive: The saloon ls the greatest enèmy oi ln the Phlllpplnes, as lt lÉ the greatest foe to missions everywhere. progress Break lt doy/n at llome, â,ntl you v/lll alo the most for misslons abroad. Chrlstlan Endeavor came to the Phlllp- ln that splenalld soclety on Dewey's flagshlp, the OlymÞia. It speedlly spread among the Filipinos, anal It is destlnetl to be an lmportant agent ln plantlng Protestant Christ¡anity ln those lslantls. Therè are å,bout 1,?25 lslands ln the Phtlipplne archlÞelâgo, wlth an area of ebouf 122,000 sqtìare miles-a glorlous new emÞire to win for Christ. Þlnes The populatlon of the islands is â,bout 8,000,000, nearly all of them Câtholics, though, fortunâtely, 3,000,000 are lnde- Þendent Catholics. There are lra¡¡rnqda¡s. ?ã,000- 270,000 Mo- "tfe Means Just What tle Says." À{att. tlre Just and tbe rrnjust. tb¡rt I:Ie rniglrt bling us to Gocl (Isa. liii. 3-5; I Pet. and he it is who says, "Wisdom is the prirrcipal thing; therefore get wisdom. for wisdom is better than rubies. and all the thingx that nlay be desired are not to be comparecl to it. for ¡vhoso findetlr 1\{e frndeth life and shall obtain favor of the Lord" li, 24; ili. 181. lv, 7; viii. 11, 35). Àll sin ls a form of selfishness, the (chapter gratificatlon of the carnal mlnd, rrhlch ls ennity agaiust God. and tbe only hope for any liind of a sinner ls a new heart, a clean heart, which Gorl Ilimself E¡ust create in us. and does when we receiçe Iflm n'ho was macle sin for us. Evely one. moral or openly slnful, must be born of God, as we loarned ln our reeent lesËon oq Jobn lil. And some who believe a part, Some who trust with a reservatiorr. An(l it tells me it will heal me. And hear'my feeblest ory, A.nrl that His royal bounty 'lVill It assures me of salvation Thro' Jesus' precious blood, ' For the souls that will trust Let me hearken to, all His Brecepts, Anal instatrtly obey; Let me run to perform His biddings, 'TVhatever 'Ihere are some who believe the Bible, And some with all the heart: But I know that its every p,romise Is flrm and true always; It is tried as the precious silver, Anal it means just what it says. mercy, His And yield themselves to God. And I claim for myself the promise And just begin to p,raise, it I am saved by trusting, I trust just as it says. And it tells me there is cleansing X'rom every secret sin, And a great and full salvation To keep the heart within. A.ntl I take Him in His fullness \Mith att His glorious grace, l'or He says it ls mine for taking, X'or And And says I tnke Just what He sayË. all my needs supply. And I seem to know no better Than to roll on Him my ways, For He says I may trust Him fully, And I trust just as He says. He may say. Let me cherish His last ment, command- And walk in all His ways; Let me always obey my Master And rlo just what He says. It is strange we trust each other, And only doubt our Lord, 'IVe wlll take the vr'o,rd of mortals 'Word; And yet distrust His But oh! what a light antl glory Would shine o'er all our days, If we always woultl remembe,r He means just what He says.-Sel. Ànlmfsts-a compìlcatec Spain and lnaugurated & second. 'wâr 'wlth lgnorance, Buperstltutlon and barbarlsm. .{bout 18,000 converts have been matle by our mlsslonarles In the Phlllpplnes. More than 100 litUe churches have been bullt, each a center of llght ln much darkness. The missionaries have allstrlbuteal morê tha,n 20,000.000 pages of religlous llteraturo through the lsìands, and each page ls ã precious seed that may bring forth gìorious fruit. The native converts have begun to take up the work of evangeltzlng thelr brethren. Seminaries have been establishetl.to train the native preachers and schools to trâln thê native deaconesses and other women workers. Nearly 800,000 of the l'lUplnos speak Engltsh fairly $'êll, and thls ls a great help toward the spread of the gospel. There are employrrd. ln tr'illplno schools 800 .A'merican teache¡s ântl 6.000 Filipino teachers. Nearly 500,000 chlldren attend these schools-one of the most êncouraglng signs for the futute. BIBLE REÀDINGS. Ps. ti; 1-12; xxxtii, 12-20; Dan. xii, 3; Zeph. iÍi, 17-20; Acts i, 8l xlll, 1-31 Rom. lx, 5; x, 14, 15; Rev. i, 49; xxt, 1?. Seattle Pickups, Rer. Francls E. Clarl(. D. D., ln hls addless to tbe EDdeavorers ln eon'r'ention assembled at Seattle, among other thlngs, said: "The key ç'olcl of Chrlstlan Endeat'or ls 'trainirrg'-tralning in expression, training ln service, traln- ing in Iiving, traluing of the heart, training of the mind, training of the tongue, training of the boy and glrl, tralning of the young man and woman, training to make ciiiiè-ii;,-- trainlng to malçe effectlve Christians, tralning in the ehureh, training for the church, training by thechurch. Thethree great departDents of Christlan Endeavor afe the 'sreelily meeting, the committees, the unions, eâch of them iud.ispensable to tlìe nroïement and each of them, rvherever etablislied, so many training schools for the church, the natlon, the worlcl of the future. "'Ihe prayer meetlngs are the train- ing sclrools Ín expresslon. The commlttees are training schools ln service, "The unlons are training schools in fellowsbip and unltecl actlon." In conclusion he sald: "Take eourâge and. press on, Endeavorers. See elearly, thtnk stralght and act." Buddhtsts and Confu.- @f@1@tr6Ï-sl@.@rsl@r8T@J@@@@l'8tæx@ï8xsx@),@f€fe@'etrcÞì 260,000 task for the misslonarles. All fhe largest denomlnatlons and several of the smaller ones hasteneil to the Phllipplnes at the close of the v¡ar with Gídeon Equipment. you û Gideon Endeavorer? If you are, and lt is a good kind to be, you possess three thlngs-& torch, a fjitclìer and a trumpet. Tbe torch-You lead a life that is a llght, ancl you are ready to let your .A.re light shlne. lhe trum¡æt-You have eonvictions, and you are ready to express them. The piteher - You ha¡'e common Êense. You lmow that there ts a tlme to speak ancl a time to keep sllence, a time to worli and a tlme to rest. You know ¡¡'hen to smâsh the pltcher, let the torch glare out, blow the trumpet 'and shout v¡lth mlght and maln, "The sword of the Lord anal Gldeon!" Cbaraeter. Courage. Wisdom. No barl equlpmeut, that, for the dolng of Cbristian Eucleavor work.Chrlstlan Enrleavor'Worlcl. To Work Out the Goldcn Rulc. You recognlze only one Master, anal your work Ís olre of eo-operatlon. The alm of the Cbrlstlan End.eavor ls Dot for lts members to llve as õelfish lntllvkluals, but to ease the burdens of the less fortunate, to work for one ü¡other and work out the Golden Rula Jame¡ R. Garflekl a: -Eon, Conventlon, Seattlc t2 T H E Y O T,U]VT4E'R.f GÅ:Z NEW CASTLE, PA. Captain Grainger at the Batile's Front Again-One Soul-Greãt Faith for the Future. . The ¡rork in New Casfle is progresslns. lile confess we ought tb ieport -fre_ for tle Volunteers' Gaze{te more quently, and will see that in future the ,readers of our official organ are kept more fully informed of the doings õf the Volunteers in New Casfle. _ The writer, who has been laid aside for nearly three months with typhoiã fever, tales up the work again,-Ëeginning with a report to the Gãzeite. "Ife would like, through íts columns, Mr. ¡jd¡tor, to thank o.ur many friends who so kindly assistêd Mrs. Grainger during his. affiiclion, and for the many kinã letters of sympâthy, which wóre so encouraging to us. ..Our_ meetings have been, and are still, interesting and belpfui to thôsè wrlo attend. Mrs. Grainger has been ally_assístgd by Ma,jor and Captain Knight. The. Major's singing, gurtar aceompaniment, is greailywith anpreciated. Lieutenant Geo.- L. Myeis CAPTAIN RICHARD L. GRAINGER, . New Câsile. pa, is mastering the violin and is of invalwas rejoicing over one soul forward and many under eo,nvictiou Sunday nable assistance in the meetings. Thêre evening. ^.Our Stnday-Sehool, with Sister Mary Stew¿ìrt in charge, is improving and the attendance increasing. The services of Brother McKay as teaóher of the Bible class, are valuable. , Mls. 'Captain Grainger and O,rderly Sergeant Sister Davis are the Gazettê boomers, ânal are real husflers. Rejoicing over the victories of the Irast and with great faith for the future, the New Castle comrades will mareh forward.-Richarrl L. Grainger, Captain, OTTUMWA, IA, Reports from Three Thriving Cities in lowa, Where the Work of the Volunteers of America is Grow- 'Well, certainly this was good news. Send us some more tike it, Mrs. unteers of America have many warm frientls. The writer had the privilege of enrolling seventeen new -soldieis lñ¡ednesclay night, and ilre attded p-leasure of seeing two men weeping theirway to the cross .on this occa-sion. The soldiers of this, our .,baby" Post, are in a healthy spiritual condition and we Iook forward to the üme rvhen this Post shall do a great work fo.r God and eternity in the rescue .of precious souls from the haunts of sin. Comrades, Abraham Lincoln's ad.q$yic-e _to _the boy was good. viz., lWqlL hard! keep everlastingty at ití Don't grumble!', sroui-ìFv, r¡. nuffil¡n Mrs. A. D. C. Gei_dl, who is doíng a s¡rlendid work A tetter to in Sioux -Clty, s_tates that the victory _ls assured anal thts post ln a very few dayc wlll þe clear of all toeal rieñi." I have no right to testify, as I am not a Christian. Although not a Christian, yet.I am an ordained minister. tr'or five or six years, the happiest of my life, I spent preaching .up.and said," Geidl. DES MOINES, IA. the Gosþel. X'eeling thàt I was called into evangelistic. work,, I resigned to enter it, supporting myself in commercial ¡usinessl nä_ "To the front" is o,lrr motto! This last week was a week of many. victories for God ancl precious souls. Sunclay night v¡â.s a time of great re_ freshing. Th-ere were tweñty-eight on the march. îhe streets' wõre bloched and hall crowded. I had the lr-leasure of enrolling ten qew soldiers. you ought to see them! well, 'We say, have had with us thls weék nominational and sectarian arguments proved my do.wnfall. I left God and 'went slowly but surely further and into sÍn. To-night, t am in lqrther Philadelphia to setile an estate leff pe,. I passed here to-night under th€ influ-ence-o,f liquor ànd curtosity iãã me in. This is the first time f was Brother-L A. McKinney, a Gideon, afld nls zeatous., earnest talks were ap_ ever preciated by all. pro-gre¡sing nieely.. We 'a[ tle slory for are giving things öôori llishetl.-J. L. Dowell, Cantaltr. ----^:' Q90- in a to stand as MRS. A. D, C. GEIDL. Sioux Gity, la. I wani I may again be able of Gorl,i children.,l mission hall, and your prayels thât _ Our relief work in. this eity has been a blessing to mâny ¿urins thð pT-t month, furnishing the ñeedy with groceries, clothing, coal or medi_ cine as the different cases demanded. The work in every aepartmeni -iJ one At the close of the meeting there were five at the mercy_seat, pray-kneeling ing-for salvation. One man sat iir his chair_ very sad, tears streamett dowñ nrs cneeks and it seemed a very sarl time for the poor fellow. Mrs." H;; ron approached him antl asked him if h_e were a Christian? lti,s ansïer^äs, "I am and am n,ot." ,,Wilf vou-iinàîv ular Gospel service, during which the :*...d.*l and tisren to my "Titl yesterday presence Lold's \ilas felt in mighty morning I was Jôù""is"6;tii, Blessed Meetings-Many Vlsltors_1O poriver. A.D.C. Lewls delivered one of uan, rearing God and doing my duty Gonversions_S Soldíers Enrolled 'When ¿rs óne. I came [ome tròm Meeting_Election oi her-inspiring discourses on,.Loyalty found iry home vacant; my -Business Local Officers-New Branches of to -Christ," following which eighi re- y."$ ilq cruits we,re enrollecl. The enrõllment u¡rre and child were gone as nuai Work Started. service was conducted by our beloved everythjng else,. my home had nothinE Since our last report, while Gocl is Major Giffelt. A.D.C. Lewis led the ln. l!. . I love nìy wife and child, anã .bless-ing others, we are getting. an consecration service, during which the tried to find them. I was ñàìbomË gverflow of His Spirit änd lo-ve. ,oä ,r" Lord moved graciously upon the with.._grief and resolved to ó";;;;; d€termineal.'to husile and let Him have hearts of all present. Believeis were it w-ith drink. My money ran out, anC ttrs way with us. strengthened and the entire service r needed more and knew of no place 'We .have had a few visitors, who was crowned by the conversioh of one to get it bur steal it. Xoo*insITã came p-repared to helþ us push on the soul. Glory be to God forever! certain family who were going io-if,ã yar. Uaptain McKenzie and also our Our prayer is that.not only may the theatre_ and no one remaiiinE Industrial Officer from Newark, N. J.; Lord visit us again in sr¡ch mighty nome, I determined to break into ^i this als-o Trvangelist Foster an¿ nís áoãå power, but that He may abide with us nguse and r¡as on my way .tGnightwife, and Brother and. Sister Gay. wflen passed no\'/ and evermore! Shoulder l. bere, to and somethinä Now, as to onr work. . Since our tast sfou.lde¡ we will push the ..Gosþel constrained me to come and wheã report alrd up to Feb. 23rd, 190g, we chariotf' along and always be ready-to I was once in I 'could notin, get ouil fî Dave had souls, good is only obey because cases; the command of our also something dear Leader, -u h^4.t'e had -ten business and socÍal convoca_ "Forward ! March !"-Cor. to stay here, that I am *-pãi" not mv tions, and appointed locat omôeis nro to this home." . fhis manoncamä Yay tem.; adcled BROOKLYN, N. Y., POST. five soldiers and fourtõen recrnit-s to the post; organized a Sun_ oay-$cnool, and appointed Brother Jen_ plson, Superintendent, and Brother Jacques, Secretary. The ;offieers are also not to be done out of their share of the worrk, and have started a Sewing School on Friday afternoons; so far so good. Now ãs to orlr spiritual worl<. We have started a class meeting on 'Wednesday nlgnts lor our young converts and Christian young men õnly, to help one another and build them up in the faith and love of Jesus Christ! This meeting is fo,r men.only, and in charge of a practical Christian man, Brother Ford. Our Major and her girls have been called on in the past to relieve several geedy cases; also have provicted lodging for seve,ral cases. We extend thanks through the Gazette to friends and our young men who have so nobly come to our ofrcers' assistance in these trying cases. May Gott bless the-'r abundantly!-Yours for Christ anrl Major Reid and her colabo.rers in Brooklyn!-Bro F. O. C., 'War Corresponclent. MTLWAUKEE, WtS. ing. This is a beautiful little cíty with about 25,000 people, where the Vol- ETTE. Glorious Victory-Meetings Becoming More and More lnteresting-Souls are Being Born lnto the dom. King- By the grace of God we are able to report glorious . victory over the enemy. The Lord is blessine our. work Ín a wonderfirl manner. the enemy is losing grouncl. Our meetings are becoming more and more interesting. The attenclance is on the increase, souls are being born into the kingdom, backsliders are being reclaimed and sinners are under deep conviction because of the manifestation of God's power. in our midst. Sunday, 1, at 6.80 p, m., a -March goocl crowd gathered for our- reguiar Christian Elndeavor meeting, teã ¡y Miss .Ella Ifaznoe, an earneît, consecrated young lacly, whom we have every reason to believe ilre. Lord has chosen for His servÍce. God bless her! At I p. m. .we eutered lnto our PHILADELPHIA. PA, Seventeen Souls Found Christ Duríng the Week and Over a Score of Hands Were Raised for prayer. The week just ended has proved a very satisfactory one; sevente.en souls have been forv¡ard to the mercy-seat, for¡vard and made hiò peace with God. determined that no matier wnai snðuü - he would live for coã. ô; Ilaplen, Ieavins flre hall he thanked tnã Cãìonels_ for their interest in ¡im, savtheir instrumãütulitv *,* llit illoo*n ne_nad heen saved fi,om many sins and sorrows. Gort naa savéä rrìm fi'om probable prison, as he was'a-nã_ and by their actions after conversion. vlce, and this would have been his have given ample proof of their sin?ttenrpt at cornmitting crimã, anã cerity since that time. Over a score flrst a house. from teing robbáãi of hands were raised for prayer, some qaygd -cliià (This man found his witeän¿ of whom even stood on their feet to a-_ few days later annd teft tor--lhð make their requests better under- \Me_st). This night, six came forrvard stood. and five pro.fessed conversion while Monday evenÍng, tr'eb. 24, a sol- one out fighting against it. diers' meeting was held over which nands -went were raised for prayer,Six Colonel Herron presided. Seventeen prove their sincerity two stood ún. to soldiers answere¿l the roll call. l\fany faces were seen at this meeting that __ I¡riday evening Colonel and Mrs, rrerron again conducted the meeting. hacl not been seen for some timé, antl have determined to agaia ccme to the The brothc¡- who got uÞ the ¿av úËmeetings and do their litile bit for Iore and said he was an ordained min_ the Master in the Volunteers of ister o.f . the Gospel, gave hig testi_ Anrerica, Many things .were dis- mony. He said he believed he had cussed, much time was spent in dis- a right to testify this time, as Gocl had saved him. The service tqas â very cussing the future welfareì,f the post. Advancement of the .work here is the interesting one. Colonel Herron reàã, nlo-st interesting problem. A call for and at the close one soul came tãrl votunteers. We want all the Volun- ward. teers_'we can get to take up the work Såturday evening a large open air of .relief an)ong. ilre poor mothers and ser¡vce was conducted at 10th and cnrld-ren, and to brÍng forth the down_ Mar\et Streets, where a large crowã' rloqdel ones into the marvelous light stood al'ound. The pavement in front o{ Gocl. of Blurn Brothers and Berg grãthe.s; _ Tuesday evening Captain John D. store Ìvas crowded. It is Judged that over trvo thousand persons must have ll.at¡,-el!, A.D.C., of the' Headquarteis; Staff, led an imìlressive and latisfac- stopped, even if but for a short tinìe. tory service. The Captain believes to listen. On the insicle the meetinË in every one working; tLe service was was enthusiastic, being led by Cap"so divided that each one harl a part tain t4zzie Huilinger, with her olä_ and thi! system proverl a great suc- trme fervor and zeal. At the close gess: Captain Natzell is a fine leader: two came forward. At the close of the meeting three men Sunday afternoon a SoàA service came f,orward, whilst fo,ur hanrls ¡¡¡ere was led by Lieutenants Isabelle Shaw raised for prayer. and Lund. The night proved to be a _ Wednesday eveuíng Captain and ver,y stormy one outside, the sitle Mr:.J. -E._ Sjsson, ot-tt e äãäãquãrt- walks anrì streets were a mass of ice. ers' Staff, lecl the meeting. Mrs. Sis_ proving dangerous pedestrian.s. son satrg a solo and Captain Sisson Colonel Herron anal for r-ead and delivered the message. At ventur"ed out, and in Captãin ¡fuãnes a very fe.n äinthe close three came to.wafü ani utes the had the service ãifou{ hands were raised for prayers.-- vided up.Colonel Lieutenant S¡aw leã- ttrã .. Thurstla.y evening Mrs. Hetr-on led song service, Hughes in his tne. n]eeting, which was a very ínter_ own inimitableCaptain style led the testÍmonesting one. There were many testibeing interspersed frorn ¡9., s_olos rnonies given and much saicl- to eli" the Colonel, Sister Sheehan, u"¿ 'sisson courage &ny man .on the rlght road. Líeutenant Lund. Duriug this meeting ono lnpp stoad leâd the lesson, oneCaptaln d.eA.f pran re_ reg" THE'VOLUNT EË: R9'GAZ ETf Ê. to the invitatiou and gave el's are one, but God gives the inlris heart to the Lord, whilst a num- "ctease! Gehazi carried his master's ber asked for pra¡rers. This convert stâff, and touched the child wiilr it. sâid he was led to the hall on Satur- .but that did ho good until Elijah him-. day.night as a result of the open air- self cane. Service and told that five mon[hs ago Instrumentality is not he buried his wife; iu fact, he felt ñe with God. God can, if henecesg&ry please3,. ¡ilas reslronsible for her death, for she cast, the instrumeut aside,.. but, He worried ove.r him and his sinfúl ways,. uses instruments. to set forth His as sometimes fol' days at a tini'e he glory and exalt Himself. The choicwould Dot be home. . Ou her death- est happiness the human brea.st can l¡ed ,he propised ùo give up drink ald know is the happiness of doing good meet her in heaveu. He had nò,t to our fell,ow crreatures. To save dlank since, but hatt failed to give soul from death is almost heaveu onã God liis heart until now. As we sãug, ! "Praise God. fro¡r: whom all blessingì earth Siuce corres'pondence v¡e have flow," we rejoiced to know that seve-n_ had good,iast spiritual meetings, and they teeû souls duiing the week had found have been fairly well attended. WedCLrist aurl over a score of hauds wer.e nesday night 1Vrr. and Mrs. Tom Winraised lor prayers.-Oor ters led the meeting. Mrs. Winters took chârge of the singing and tes,ti VOLUNTEERS' 'Winters sponded PREPARATORY monies; Mr. SCHOOL, ENGLEWOOD, ILL. Marc,hing On to Victory with read the Bible lesson, taking his text from the lattef the Sword of Göd in Hand-F¡ve Souls -Spiritual Meetings. We are glad to .report victory in _ Englewood. We have- had wondórful meetin.gs evéry night, both in the openair and in ôur hall. trVe have had a visit from Majol aud M'l's. P. Welch since our last report was sent in to the Gazètte, and a iery intelesting meeting was the outcomô ot their visit. Mrs. Welch aave a grand talk, after which we had-an.enrollment service, when new soldiers wele taken in âs members of the ,._. We had fine meetings on Sunday -last, 'Ihe Cadets and worliers witir the omcers were all on flre for Ure Mâstet'. Twenty-foui people raised llnglewood Post. their hanal requesting prayers, and flve souls sought and foqnd the Saviour plecious. We were also enabled to part 'of John 11:44. "Loose him and let hirn go!" How significant these words are. Oh, how men a¡e bound by iguorance, do.ubts, fears, evil habits, sin. The prayer which raised Lazarus frorrl' the dead was not the prayer of a uìol'tal. It was the command of Gorl! He enabled Broilrel Winters to waru and teach, and at the effectual call o{ His w.ord and spilit three souls were born into the kiugdom. Bless His name! On Sunday night we had a happy tine. Mr. Mrs. P. C. Steffens 'wele withand us. Mrs. Ste.ffens. neé A.D.C. Minnie Molrow, led the testin)cny . . meeting. Brother Steffens sìlolre earnestly for about t.wellty r3 PROMOTED That is what we are doing in Brother David R. Jones of New ôastie, On the street corner where we hold our open airs nightly there are three places of .amusement within a stone's throv¡ of ùs, where the people go in thr.gngs nightly. Very few will stop to hêar the Gospel; nevertheless we a-re .told to sow the seed, which we "Farewell, dear friends, I cannot stay; The home I seek is far away. Where Christ is not I cannot be; forth the inclease, therefore we arõ going forth in His name, leaving no stone unturned to ¡vin souls for His '. are doing to the best of our ability. God has told us that He will bring Pa., Passes Away. This land is not the land for me." While the above worris were not krngdom. We have had our Colonel and Ca¡- tain McMurray \üith us for a weeî<end. 'fhe Colonel held forth to a very intelligent crowd in our hall Satui_ day eve,ning, giving us a very fine ta!!. Captain McMurray, whó was suffering from a very bad cold, was l andjcapped in his singing, neverthe- spoken l¡y Brother Jones, we believe his sentiments were iir accord with when he closed his eyes upon !.!em his earthly warfare after thirty years of constant service for the dear- Sav. iour. Brother Dlivid R. Jones always had less he sang some very beautiful songs a wo,rd for his Master and a heartv hand-clasp and encouraging, ,,Goä bless you!" for those he met. I can oI prarse. - Sulday afternoon the Colonel and the Captain, accompanied by Lieuten- hear the true ring of his testimony in my ears yet. His testimony ran something like this: "Dear fr.iend, I am not rüear¡' in well-doing, for in.due pt;i.vlajpJ M-ilford, wended their way !g lhe Y. M. C. A., which had beei kindly loaned to the Volunteers for the occasion. There our Colonel spoke in his best strain, which was ygry much appreciated by a large qlence. the evening he again held forth . In our hall, which v/as full. He spoke with. eloquence walning the to be ready fõr the ,faittìfully eventful day ilrat is sure to come to u-s sooner or later. One soul came to the penitent-form and was, we beiieve, soundly converted. W" put ã ug.Y nice day in the service ãf t¡e 3 Lord, and the Colonel returned home pleased with his reception._A. W. peoptg sho,wed cleally by Ure wo.rd the provision God has made for that thirst. It is exquisitely suitable, absolutely free, eminentll' pracl.ical, Mrs. Steffens followed with aÈ exhortation.. She addressed her audience with the zeal this week. Ou'r Sunday-Sclìool is growing larger of a fliend and the love o.f a nlothel right along. Over one hundred wère yearning ovel her lost children, present Sunday. We also'have a flne Soon one young man cane to the Junior Sewing Circle, which meets altar and cried to God for mercy, ãnd found.thal the cry of a penitent soul Saturday afte¡'noons. We irad a big open-air meeting Sun- is heard. An,otheryoung mau to day moming, and the plesence of the whom the wliter was speahing reHoly Spiriù wås stroDgly felt. In the garding his soul, had just had a vioafternoon our company divided, ancl lent quarrel with his father and bo,re two finc open-ail meetings were held. the marks clf an encounter'. He sudM¿rjor ' and Mrs. Andrick were in deuly rose anri rushed from the room charge of one compaily of worhers, ând sobbing bitterly, saying he could 0aptain and Mrrs. Jachson were in stand it no longer. l\{rs. Steffens cirarge of the other. All the heloer.s followed him out.into the vestibule, wele filled with the HoIy Ghost, -and aud the young ruan took Christ as His we could feel the preselrce of God in Saviour. Olì, thè joy of converting evely.song ând v'ord spoken. Sinners a soul! were brought under deep conviction. Arch-bishoÞ Williams once said to The devil is doing his best to hold us a frieúd of his, "I have passed thlough down, but by the help of God we put mauy places of honor and truSt, both him to flight. We are marching on to in church and state, more than auy victory wiUr the swo,rd of God in hand. of my order in Ðngland these seventy years before; yet were I but assured -Cadet Willis J. Parlis. that by my preaching I had conveiteil but one soul to God, I should talie CHICAGO, lLL., POST No. 1, therein more spiritual joy and comfort than in all the honors and offices Five Conversions This Week-Gom- which have been besto.ï'ed upon me." rades, Are in Fine Spiritual Gon- AlI Christian men w-ill eudorse the drition and are Being Blessed! wisdom of this utterance. Let.Wilson. us all OuI meetings were good Sunclay be soul winners.-John D. afterno,on and evening. Two plunged Col'. into the forìntain and vrere satisfied, The crowds ¡Ã¡ere good. 'We noticed SHELBYVILLE, IND. that Adjutant Hubtrelt stepped in at the close of the meeting. T.hose rÁ'ho One More Soul Born lnto the Kingsa$'him said he was looking flne!..He dom-lnterest in Sunday-School iras mauy friends in Chicago. lncreasing-Goo'd Open Air Meethelp fo,ur families who were in distress We had a glo'rious meeting Tuesday evening. l'wo came to the uercy-seat, one a brother for.whom \.ve liad been praying many months; the other a poor girl who hacl once known God's love but had wândered a-way and v¡as all bruised by the enemy. Lieutenant Runyan led the testimony meeting'Wednesday, which was a spiritual feast to us all. The crowd was a little larger than usual. .the man c,laimerl Ch,rist at this service. One close of The interest at Post No. 1 is good. The people show their interest by helping with their finances to-keep the doors open, and the offerings are always gootl. Comrades aré in fine spiritual coutlition and are being blessed.-Isaac Roberts, 'War Cor. LOS ANGELES, CAL. POST. Still the Good . Work Goes on and Souls are Freed from the Bondage of Sin and Satan. 'Still the good worh goes on a.nd we âre grateful to God for His mercies. "Salvation is of the Lord." aud yet He deigns to use human instrumentalities for the furtheránce of His plairs, "for we aie laborer,s to.gether with God." Jewel gatherers. for the Redeemer's crown. Thank God for this privilege. The planters and work- au_ in. rìrinutes, setting for,th God's mercy to a soul-thirsty world. He San the flghting is pretty tough. People seem to be indifferent with regard to their soul's salvation, . all seeking worldly pleasures. Jose, where nruch Kennedy, Cor. SPOKANE, WASH. Angels Have Rejoiced Over Souls Converted. The- meetings all. tbrough the week ,nave Deen well attended, both on the street and iudools, and angels have IeJorcecl ove| souls conve|ted. . Oaqtain Green and his dear wife, also..Lieutenant Byrne wife havã al rney can attend to and in lookirrg af_ ¿er the business of the post ana Íeio iug the rleedy anct the sick i"ì;;t;;', ways.- Spokane post cannot be too glateful for the ¡vork Mrs. Lieutón-- ant Byrne is doing amongst the busi. ness _nten of Spokaue. She has seculect additional Ì,ent leaguers DAVID R, JONES, New Castle, Pa. time we shall reap if we faint not. While I am not well in body, yet I arn well in my soul, praise God! I have been orì this way fo,r thirty years, and ;hould I live another thirly years it .would be in the service of I beseech you, uusaved brother Christ. or bis_ ter, ¡¡' the rnercy of Jesus, that. you give your heart to God." Very often he .would sing tìre good, .old hymn, Deginnillg, "\,Vhetì peace Like a River Attendeth 'We who my Way," are young in. the Christian life should profit by his exanrple and tlust in God at all times, in joy or sadness. During the sufféring and ¡:ain of his last illness, he saiã to a friend who called upon him, ,.Though ings. He slay me, yet will I trust Hilu.,, One more soul has been born into Brother Jones and wife cams to the kingdom. The husband of one of New Castle thirty yeals ago to enour dear, faithful . comrades sought gage actively in Christian work, the Lord, and was pardoned of his Brothel Jones had seemed to inprove sins and four yo'ung men raised their rapidly during the latter part oi his hand for prayers, and Acting-Captain irlne,ss arrd was planning to So to S.¡tohn enrolled four new members on cnurcn and otlìer meetings in a few Sunday evening, and despite the in- 4ays, when the end came, ãnd he rests clemency of the weather the¡e was a in the grave beside nis aear- witä good attendance and much' enthusi- who also loved God. We a.re thanlifuí asn'ì. was manifested in the meetings. to know that nearly ali his childrer The interest in the Sunday-School are treading the path their father and is steadily increasing. Our Sunday mother trod. How grand it is.to, know alternoon meetings are seasons of thal great blessing and strengthening to the pathway be lonely and danthe cause of the Volunteers of Amer- "Tho' gerous too, icâ in oui beautiful city. Jesus in mercy will carry us Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Still . through." Captain Spohn is ill with an acute attack of la grippe, we have beeh Dear comrarle,s, let us úe faithful. having some very interesting meet- and at last join hands with those oi ilìgs. in the open air. The people our dear comrades gone before.-Lieuseem to like to stand and listen to our tenant Geo. L. Myers. singing and the plain words of trutñ delivered by the Captain. We are SAN JOSE, CAL. expecting blessings from ilre Lord. Paul says in Phil.4:19,.,My God A Very Enjoyable and profitable Visit shal] supply all your need, according from Colonel Walter Duncan and to His riches in glo,ry by Christ Captain Jesus."-Acting-Captain R. F. Spohn. ''X'ighting, McMurray! fighting, on the narrow ¡râJ¡: "Tears are often the lenses through The way is róugh, which God's truth shows clearest-"The fighting's tough, Sel. But we shall wÍn the tlay.; - fi'o,m them. When tooh -amongst hotd of this work thé she lglgue menlbers were paying touriãen """i dollars a month. The new members she has securcd for the teague nrin*s the amount of subscriptiös- ;t-i; forty dollars per month. The street meetings .have all been good and the offefings generous, antountirìg to $A4.00. Lieutenani .ra_cK uyrne has arranged to have different _ speakei' evely night thiãa week, and we look tor a gtorióus timã in the Lord. .'Ihe -bandsmen, under the leadersnrp . ot bandmaster Clough, are im_ proving- wonderfuily. rnä 'mèã¡êïs are ail happy and their fellowship is harmonious. ..Capt-ain is inr¡rroving '^.^O^ur,dear' ntcely lrom the effects of an- oDera: tion, and we hope to have us soon. hì--i;ith jail f{r.e meeting was bearrtiful sprrrrual,.two calling for ¡:rayer.. and RernemDer these souls in your prayers. comrades, please. While_ proceeding to the o¡err air stand -Sunday aftérnoon, a traction car collided with the band members. Knoc&lng several down. Sistei Teag\e received.some painful, not- dangerous bruises. W"' th;;;h p.ui.ã God that no one was seriouslv^ nîit. Please_ l.ernember us in your prayers, ^Cor. ---' cornrades.-Zeila Biebel, War ,Never.try to begin to be a Christian ?.i r.h9. circumference of thingS. Be a ¡.1 lerting Christ h"ave ^C^1!,=_ü""" sesslon oI the centre._Campbell þJ Morgan. treg of Promise will not drop .. "TLq its f,rui.t unless shaken by the nan¿ ã? p rayer."-Exchange. R. I. CUMMINGS NOT AN OFFICER. .Acting Captain Ross I Cummings, who for some months las con¿ucìä the Volunteer post work in Woicés-ter: is not any longer connected with thã movement. This party left his station \rynue under serious charges. Ì4 ,F gWEET qAVlouR MINE, By Gaptain O. H. O'Br.en, youngs. town, O. Tune-"Sweei Adeline." In the evening when I sit alone a. dreaming Of days goue by-so dear to me, There's a picture that in fancy oft 1 appearing Brings back happy days, wheu yon were near. It is then I wonder where you are, my Saviour, Tho' I lçnow your h.eart to me is still the same! The sighing winds and nightingale singing a- Are breathing only my tlear Saviour's nallle. Sweet Saviour mine, dear Saviour mine, For Thee, my Lord, fo,r Thee I pine, In all my dreams Thy fair face beams, You're the flower of my heart, sweet Saviour mine. 2 I can see Thy smiting face as when we wandered In the "narrow pa'th," just You and I, it seems so real a,rvaken LAJVTEERS G.IZETTE. To find all vanisherl as a dream gone by. When we meet I in after years Who could blot out all the past, Now some- at times till I mine, No more in paths of sin will MOTHER'S PARTING Louis, A ' I'lI St. Mo. oi ih sin and oear, Till I heard the Her prayers and loving tears com¡ades singing here one day. They told me of a Saviour Are with me in my memõry clay by day. xxlv. He counted ¡t io |6zg,vrceaJ 1ffi . DVv-Boot -htAvtsFROM TFrE Vor-u\ITEEFT D¡.y ElooK. ness' mighty. holy, holy, Lord God Al- Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.-Draw not nigh hither: put off tlry shoes from off thy feet, for the place wherettn thou standest is hoiy ground. .I am the God of thy Father, the God of Abraham, fhe God of Isaac, and the Gorl of Jacob. Ànd lVloses hid hiÊ face;.for he ¡ras afraid to lool< uporr God.-To whom then will ye Iiìieu me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.-I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour , .I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. ¡!s he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy iu all manner of convér- sation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.-Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, whieh ye have of God, and ye arenotyourown? are the tenple of the living -Ye Gorì; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.-Can trvo walk together, excepi, they be agreed ? 4:8. Psa. 22:3.-Exod. 3:5, 6. Isa. 40:25.-Isa. 4ll:3, 11. 1 Pet. 1 : 15, I 6,-1 Cor. 6 : 19.-2 Cor. 6: 16.REV. Amos 3:3. Long provoÈãd IIim to His fàce: Would not hearken to Ilis calls; Grieved llirn by a thousand falls. xxvt. ,."1i,,1'Jni""ri "J ?:?"::"';,il," ffi: Let me Dow my sins lament; Now my foul ievolt cleplore, Weep, believe, and sin'no more. 4-Kindled ILis relentings are; Cries, ho v õ Tbere for me the Saviour stands: Shows llis wounds, and spreads ilie han ds; God is lovet I know, I feel; Jesus weeps, and loves me still. MARoH xxvll. Be strong and of a sood courase. MARoH called his own servants, and of in iaitn, àî"irc;i;;; to Gort;.anO ¡ôl prõmised,- rre was able also to periorm. nir¿ tneiJioru it *u, imputed to.him_for righteorisness. Now itwas not written for his sake alone,that Ít was imputed ro him:*;;;ì;;;ilil; to whom it shall be imputert, if we believc on Him that raised up Jesus lfe now delights to spare; shalil give tËee úp? Lets the lifted thunder drop. I}Ig delivered -, is my light aDd my salvaunto them.his goods.....to every man ..:lu-l'.Td tion: .whom shall I fear? the Lord is according to hiË several abilití. ing fully persuaded that, what he had to the faint; and to them that have u-^-...^ he increaseth strength' ye ñ^+ yield not, +ü^+ that ¿^ to *-L^ whom ye -his's"r*:.^:lfllt --^::jao-{ shall faint and be ¿--iselves servants to obev, Pl:i-t11.""uths weary' and the young men shall ut,auis ye are to whom ye oiri¡vf An these worketh that oiJ"and..the L"jlå:itåi,..:r":fi#,?r.î.?'j_tflîJå; selrsame sl¡irit' t?^ 1"^ïI írräìi äå,ilt up with wings as easres; man severally as -dividilc he will. . .The ;iräi run, anal not be v¡eary; _manifestation of the Spirit is given our Lord from the dead. to i;r# ::ï *;;;^:r'^i,",-,:ii:' ^:î -î ":I_r prontiith"r.-i;';uñ every man io shourd be rhe .heir trre¡iomiJè,-îri"iìe illrg;:Sil *tt#tfjåuråi,lrli"h; of the-wortd, was not to Abra- man hath received the gift,^even so äia ä"ü.j strength of my heart, ancl harr,-or to_his seed, through the law, minister the sarre one to another, as ;;;J;; bu" through the righteousness of good stewards of the manifold grace *|" i^:':' for ever. of God.-It is required in steviards. If God be for us, who can be against faith. tts?-The LoId is on my side; I will The just shall live by faith.-Letus that a man be fountl faithful. hold fast the professiõn of our faith Unto whomsoever much is siven. of :rot,fear:,what can man do unto me? without wavering; (for He is raithful him shan tre much -..TT::gl thee will we ¡tush down *,i'J ""s..i.ãäi^åiä'iä yj{1ffi"."",ri'*:l;ï;"1 ',1i,'.å? rmt i:ä1"å::î:TJ;?H"i"f",å"it'ii ä:,r:ëËil!T;s:iffåål ---wr,o hath pleased. is sufficienr ror t¡eså t[i-ns¡? äfäi.åi: ffi.r,å,î ,üå.ryff ,:r"1å i::- with . G9,1., norh-int cro an tninss tnroush chr"ist, "'ï;il ifie,ero"", and be doing, and :i|tlrli iä'",",îåålt?;;,åå,1:lîï"$"T ;i^ç" wnrch strengtheneth me' the Lord be with thee. performance of those" tîi"Ëïff"fi were told her _from the Lord, rr, cs¡,r. 'ri:ã. n"*. ¿lzó.z-a. Lo*. srljF;.1,1å¡,rË'..fJj..-åî3i.$l:: 4:13' Rom' 1:17'-Heb' 10:23'-Psa" ì,î.' r.ok"'lz,¿s. z cor. z:16.-phÍ1. 11s:6. psa. "#"jf,,ri]d1_iur"l*Tä¡.11u g:B?. "- ; 1-15:3.-Lulié 7i3'l "' 4: tB. . 46. MARCH XXV. leave thee, nor forsake I w¡ll never th ee. . i Deptb of mercy! can tbere be lllercy still reserved for me? Can rnyGod His wlath forbear? Ille, the chief of sinners, sparep 2 I have loug witbstood flis grace T i;;;ühidr;: He staggererl the'nromlse ""t "t ;il God through unbetief; ä:-J;;; MARCH XXIII, Holy, i¡m OF B Now incline me to repent; so peaceful, pray. watch 'When the and tempter with allurements false Would lead your soul ¿stray, _?hinh of mother and the old home. far away," Ah! _the parrting words of mother My life was full of blame, MAR3H I left my home homo ¡inun tne )vine-cup, read your Bible, And its simple, homelike air: 'Tis the home of my dear mother, now wander.ed see her, Mother said, "Be good, my child! ney I I meet her up in heaven, 2 When 'WithI love, its quaint, oltl-fashioned ehim- shame, grave,-I see them day by Live with Jesus in thal bright far away. ginia." above! SINNERS. alay. In a far-off, distant village Though grassy away. MERCY FOR THE CHIEF Though no more on ea,rth Tune-"'Mid the Green tr'ieltls õf Vir1 far There's an ivy-covered porch, And a little village church; WORDS. By Acting Lieut. Olive Jenkins, Her hand is on my head now, I see her face so dear. Though she's gone to be wlth Jesus, the Chorus. I be wanIf the sun again some clay for me will shine! dering, Abraham believed ¡n the Lord; and fir I'm saved and walking in narrov¡ way. time, my Saviour, know that I .will find Your love still Many miles away, There's an ivy-covered homes'tead that Chorus. And H E IIO So that we may boklly say, The Lord is my helper, and I wilÌ not fear what man shall do unto me. tsehold, I am with thee. and will keep thee in all places ¡vhither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I 'rave spokeÈ to thee of.-Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, be it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. At my first answer no man stood with me. bnt all men forsook me. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthenerl me. my father - When and my mother forsahe me, then the Lord will take me up. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.-I am he tbat liveth, and s¡âs deâd; and, behold, I am alive for evermore.-I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to yolI. HEB. 13:5. Heb. 13:6. Gen.28:15. Deut.31:6. 2 Tim.4:10, 16, 17.Psa. 27: 10. Matt. 28: 20.-Rev. 1:18. -John 14:18. qri ""' 44:b.-Rom. 22:16. MARCH XXIX. MARCH XXVII. To him that soweth shall be a sure reward. iighteousness After a long time the lord of those them. And so he that had re-ceiverl five talents came and brought other servants cometh, and reckoneth with ffve talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five tâlents: behold. I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, 1 chr. 'Well rlone, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make the ruler over tn¡ny things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 'We must all appear before the judguent seat of Christ; that every or€ mey receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,.whether it be good or bad. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for Come, ye blessed -herit of my Father, in- the _kingdom prepáred for you from the foundation of the world, - little flock; for it is your _ F,ear not, tr'ather's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.-Hath not Gocl choien the poor of this world rich in faith. and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? of God, and joint-heirs ráith -Heirs Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that rve may be also gloriûed to- gether. The Father himself loveth you, cause ye have loved me.-God be- is not aslìamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.-l'here is laid uo for me a crown of righteousness-, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also me a ero¡¡¡n of righteousness, which love his appearing. tle Lord, the righteous judge, shall that He which hath begun a good work give me at that day. i1 vou will ¡rerform it until the day Behold, I come quickly: hold that, of Jesus Christ. fast which thou hast, that rro man talie thy cÌos'rr, PROV. 11:18. i{att. Zl:tg-Zt. ) Cor.5:L0. 2 Tim.4:?,8. Rev. g:11. THE YO LUJVTSSIAfl GAZBTTS. r8 T}IE IN CHAROE OF A FIRST CLA55 NILITARY IIBN'S UNIFORN DEPARTNENT 34 TAILOR. }1" 2Eth STREET Send for NE\M YORK CITY Samples of Cloth and Prices. VOLUN{TEER PUBLICATIOI\S AND SUPPLIES gERV¡CE MARK. sllver....,...$ .30 ...:......50 6Years,sllver.. ..,..1.00 9 Years, silver crown tr'or partlculars of Servlce Marks 3 Years, black and see pages 60 antl 61 of the new Latest Photo of the üeneral. A New and Life-like Picture of . Man- CENERAL BALLINCTON BOOTH ual. åi!t"i;'" Beautiruly nrounted, portraít ror rramrns fi. Y. ':11:ruï Now on Sale at the ühief S uppty Dcpot, 34 W. 28th Strcct PRICE 4Sc. pOSTpAtD N.B.-Please say in ordering whether you wish the plcture of the eral- representing him seated or Gen- sta,nding. The frlew Officers' Insignia ACCOUNT BOOKS. Prlcee lncli¡dlng Malllng. lreasurer's Offrclal Äccount Book.5 .30 Captatn's Ofûclal Àccount Book. .30 Rent Leaguo Cerde, per 100..... .50 .01 Recrult X'orms, each. .. Post Report Forms, each. .. ..., . ,01 Buslne¡s Sesslon X'ormr, 12 for.....16 Slzes 5x6 lnche¡. oFF¡CERS' RANK BADGES ARE WORN ON THE COLLARS, EACH S|DE 124 |NCH FROM the An ¡ntercsting account of the llfc and work of thi¡ woman offlccr whe hclpcd in the work of buildtng thc Voluntecr,movement. ln fact rhc helped ln the very foundailon laylng of thê Society. Scnd 25 cGntr to ¡4 W. ZSth Stncot, Ncw Yorþ for thc b¡ok. 1.,10 1.50 1.75 THE VE.ST POCKET STANDARD VOLUNTEER FLAG PIN. coNcrsE DrcTroNARy YOLUilTAAA SOI{$SMN A Sllyer-plated Pln, belng the Volunteer Flag, wlth blue st¿r and tho motto, "The Lortt My Banner," lnscrlbed on lt. A ...$ neat artlcle. .10 CONTAINS MORE TTIAN 26,OW WORDS WITH A GAZETTEER, MAP5 OF THE UNITED STATES; +ffirïMsorqüñ VOLUNTEER CARTRIDGES, thousanal. all ......11.00 ........ ... ....... . LANGREN'g MEMORIAL, NOTE_RANK BADGES ARE WORN ONLY BY COMMISSIONED OFFICERE, V. OF A. Ig A REGULATION FOR VOLUNTEER MEMBERS, SOCIAL AND ACTING OFFICERS. RANK BADGES ARE SUPPLIED ONLY ¡N 8¡LVER WIRE. v. oF A,, 9!LVER. ..75 CENT8. Llcutcnant Gaptaln Aldc . AdJutant ABOUT ADJUTANT END. v. oF 4., PLATE. ...75 CENTs. These new regulatlon Coll¿r M¡rLe mry be now obtalned by Oflce¡s from the Chlef Supply flepot, anil at prlce¡ t! per llst below: EROOCH PIN{¡. "VOLUNÎEER9." Prlce per THE .....$1.00 æf, Erffi EÈ.¡:ttñ*nffi tKffi -. ITS FOREION POS.SESSIONs: AND OT¡TER USEFUL INFOR. MATION. Price 25c. including postage. r ----- WBIL Voluntesr llniforms. 1. Coat an( Trousers.....$ 9.50 Ì.1o. 2. Co¿t antl Trouserg..... 10.50 I'o. 3. Coat antl Trousers. .... 12.00 No. 4. Coat ancl Trousers..... 16.00 No. 6. Coat and trouserg....... 18.00 PRTT{TBD No. Tho ilow and üp-üs-datm tÍeavy welght, 64-lnch. ...... .$ 1.60 ,¿adles' Heavy Unlform Jacket, tor lergeant's Strlpes. óecretary's Badge, solld whlie .16 metal . Ireasurer'! Badge, eollal whlte metal . .õ0 .60 BONNETS. Best quallty; ln three slzes-.. small, metllum and large..... ,$4.60 One ertro large slze, wlth ertra ... õ.00 strlngs. long'Wtthout õtrlnts, ?6c. less. Eor Summer; llght, ventllatlng, and wlthout strlngs; ln same .. slzes . WIth gtrtnss, 76o. more. tllolunteer fl|leetf ngs ünþoor ßnþ or¡t SONCS-SONGS-SONGS Thoy are nour on safe and the o¡¡L Order now" PRTçE 25 2.õ0 ' EHIELDS. Rrnh ¡nd Flle Ebleld¡ tor eort. .l .26 No. CENTS - tirst edltion POSTACE Ës lasÊ belng rold S çET{TS ÂÞFpßy Ébremep<& y@rË¡r @ffi@ea a påiFTTE ts furni¡hcd uy FneD;k LEVEY CO., 59 Beekman-gtrect, ñ. t:rRo!$Ge cLroTH BINIDIarO SONCS FOR PRAVER SERVIçË SONCS FOR ÇONSECRATAON SONCS FOR THE SA¡NT SOilCS FOR THE SINNEffi SOIICS FOR THE HOME SONCS FOR YOUR NEICþIBOR .. ..... 13.60 bralded '-adies' Heavy Unlform CaBe, ....13.50 cords and loops.. e. !, Thg [mk _ Used by THE VOLUNTEER9, /flIugfc anb Song ffiock f^trlDs(DtlE, DRESS GOODs. ON üOCID SERVISHABB.B BOOK PAPEP o* BXT'R É@ i+'W. 28th St., New York Çity È. V, H'ìTICIE. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice lc hereby glvcn to alt pcr* sons transacilng bueinee¡ with thc' of thc Volun. or lla. bilities of any nature, or contracted Officers and Soldiere teers of Amerlca that no dcbts ror any purposc whatsocvcr, ¡hall bc recognízed or pald by thc Voluntecr¡ of America or it¡ Board of Dlrectors, unless incurred by special eancflon oi the Commander-in-Chlef, or by thc Directors at a meeting of thê sáld Dl. rectore. Th¡s notlce ¡s ¡ssued ln compllancc wlth the By-Laws of thc Voluntecr¡ of Amcrlca, t¡on håving a lt¡ Mcmbcr¡hlp Gorpora- General Omcc lri ttrc Gity of Ncw York, U, g, A,, and ¡hall bc ln cffect unill noticc lt glven to the oublic to the contrary. W¡tnesÊ the hand¡ of the prc¡ldcnt and Secrctary of thc Board of Dlrce tora, end thc ¡cal of thc Gorporailon thi¡ 6th day of Dcccmbcr, lgbt. By Ordcr of thc ILd. IOARD OF DIFICTOR¡. HE VOLANTEERS¡ GAZETTE. t6 think, "He is of ?'Train himself." TÍIE PARENTS' FAULT By Mrs. Essa Woodford. a, boy; he can take care up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he u¡ill not depart from it."-Prov. 22:6. A Catholic prriest once said if he could have the religious training of children until bhey were ten years old, he was never afraid of them departing from his teaching, The devil is ever on the alert, and if he can get a person to take the û,rst E hear a great cleal these step in the wrong direction, he thinks days about the duty of his work well begun. Parents shoulal children to their parerts, be more vigilant, more careful of the and, of course, they should fE=¡=Ð be dutiful, oberlient, and loving; but if they fail to properly ap- preciate their pa,rents an<l fail in th;e performance of their duty, whose fault is it? Look at a new-born baby. What SEATTLE, WASH., POST. Another Week of Victory-Good Meet' ings-One Precious Soul Won for Ghrist-Visits from Two . Young People's Societies. During the past week the services have been precious seasons of rrefreshing from the presence of the Lord, clear Jack*qon I'osl of all debt. The Volunteers of Ame.rica do not owe one ten cent piece in Jackson. Hall and qrrarte,rs' rent are Baid in advance. When we took charge of this Post there were no soltliers, fo.r two weeks no meetings hrùd been held, ând the debt had been accumulating for weehs. 'fo-day we have eight soldiers and recruits. Our work is prosper" P' S. C. E. twenty ing. Crowds are better, and many Church, Anne Christian from the Queèn frienrls have be<n made. Althouglt -it': their pastor, Rev. J. L Greenwell, times are dull, we can sây, "Victory is Tuesday evening the Y. was present. After the.singing of seve'ral selections by the quartette of the society, Rev. shor! bu+. porverful sermon from the third chapter and fourth verse of St. Greenwell Preached a Jobn's Gospel, viz., "Sin is the transgression of the law," When the invitation was given, several hands were raised for prayer, Il is the intention of the society to come once or twice every month. The service Wednesday evening was conducted by Captain'W. Smith, A'D.C., who gave us an eârnest exhortation, taking for his scripture lesson a pa'rt ours" along the way. Five sor"rls were conve,rted last rveek. 'We are. going to have an enrollment service soon and organize Jackson Post.-C. J. Smith ânal Wife. ST. LOUIS, lLL.' POST No. Again Report Victory-Souls . 1. mother. So why blame the children the. parents have done?-or for what I say, not done? Not long ago a mother said, shoultl "I can't get my girls to help me. I would rather do the work than quarrel with them." EverY Night! Our oficers and comrades are giacl to repo,rt victory. By the grãce of God we keep the devil on the run. We are having souis every nighL. The again. of thè t¡¡¡elfth chapter of St. Marh's last two Sundays several ha]1ds went Thurstlay evening rile had a conse- up for prayers. O'ur band gives us cration meeting. Rev. E. B. Suttoû some fine music. preacherl a sèrmon appropriate to the At the close of the SundaY morning occasion, showing how necessary it meeting we give ho.t rolls ancl coftee was forr us to be consecrated Chris- 'ro the pooÌ and needy. Our hall is tians if we would be successful in wrû- ove'rflowing with people, and our souls ning souls for Christ. At the close are overflowing with joy and gladness. officers, comratles and friends gat¡rer We are sorry to learn that our be'round. the altar, where we trust all re' loved officers are to farervell to St. newetl their covenant vows'to do better Louis. The farewell and welcome work for the Master. meetings will l¡e repor'ted next week.Fritlay evening the Baptist Youûg Llêutenant Olive Jenhins. People's Society of the Firsl Baptist Church, with their assistant pastor, RENO, NEV. gospel. does it knojr¡? What is it? Only a piece of plastic clay that the parents rnay mold at will either into' an hcnorable, upright, noìrle being, or, if neglected and left to follow its own course, grow to be all that is the opposite. The ûrrst duty is that of parents to the home and the children; but what are'lhe parents who have ungrateful s,ons and daughters doing? The majority are so engrossed with social pleasure, or they are so busily engaged in th,e mad rush fbr gold, that the child'ren 'f ust growed," until a time comes when the parents realize that the children hâve very little love or respect for home or father or Often the moth,er is the household drudge, while the children live lives of ease a,nd pleasure. Àgain, some women say, when a son "I raised the gi,rls, and their father raised the boys." Now, the father is away from home a good share of the day, antl cannot know what the children do' as the mother should. It is he¡ business to know where they are eye.ry hour of the day, ând that they are congenially employed. That is the whole secrel, I believe,-employment. When the hands and mind are busy with what they goes wrong, should do, they cannot be in mischief. To, those who cannot get their children to help them, I $'ould say, "You have to begin." Intleed, there shoultl not be any real beginning. waited too long I know one girl, thirteen years old, who is a real jewel in the home. When she was a v¡ee tot she would "help." children, for .much of the wrong done by them is indirectly the fault of thei'r parents. THE ' FOG CONCEALED LIGHT. THE RED Not long since, an excursion train ington City just after nighlfall. It halted at a nearby statìon to take on other passengers. Just at that moment an engine dasherl up to the l;tation al a râte of forty miles an hour, was approaching the subru'bs of Wash- antl plowed clean through the coaches or the .passenge,r train, leaving more than sixty dead and as maiy more mangled. It ¡ilas an awful catastrophe. .trut the engineer o'n the crushing engine said, "The fog concealed the red lights, ancl as there was no signal to run slo'lvly, I did not slow down the engine." Rut this :gnorance clid not protect the lives of the men, women ând children on the fated train. Tho,se who did not perish were nearly all inju,red, Sometimes you hear people it does .not matter what a man believes, just so he's honest." There never was a greater fallacy. That engineer pvas honest in his belief that there was no train just ahead of him. But the train was there. loaded with human freight, and the fatality was appalling! The same principle is equally true in matters o,f mo'rals and r.eiigion. As a man tþinheth, so is he. If he tbinks mistakenly or falsely, the result is fatal. ft mattels not how honest he may be, the effect is just as certain ancl just as terrible. We need to thoroughty examine the ground of our beliel'. The red lights of God's truth are say, "Oh, hung out all alo,ng the way of life. They are there to admonish, to cautioû, to remind us of danger. If . we allow 'the fogs of ignorance, of prejudice, of in- difference, of vice o,r wickedness, to obscure our vision, antl untler the mad rush of life's pressure we dash into the clangerous places that confront us, we have to sxffer the consequences. cann.ot plead ignorance as an ex: to wipe the smaÌl things We Four Bn¡ght Conversions-A Visit from when mamma washed dishes; of cuse. God will accept it. He has to, ns the capabilities of intellicourse, mamma had to wash them given Gaptain McMurraY. gence and rectitude. -We have the was usefrìlness over, the lesson but power of discrimination. IMe hnow Praise God, the work in Reno is'still \Mell worth the extra'of, door. I will come in to him and suP trouble. with him. and he with Me." Brother advancing! Within ten days we have I have heard mothers say, when a righl from rvrong, good from evil. Jones pictured to all what a blessed had four conversions, three at the hall child went wrong, "Oh! why am I pun- truth from falsehood. God's bright signals are waving on. either side and friend lesus will be to all who wili and one at the county jail. ished so? 'Wh,at have I done?" fìro,nt of us. All we havo to do is One of the three converted in the come to Him. It is not wJrab you have done, but in A blessett teslimony service followed. hall told us atter the meeting of his what you have faiied to do that to consider these, and danger vrill be avelted. When the time comes for us Arnong the number of those who spoke erring ways the past few years, said he causes the remorse. doriln. we had better turn. on tryas a sailor, who gave testimony ot had spent ser.e'ral years in San QnenParents should be companions to to slow how Breqious Jesus was to him ancl tin, also handed me a letter from a their children. Read what they rread, the air-brakes. It won't do to prehow he receivetl st'rength from Him to dear Ohristian nrother, and said, "t go wh,ere they go, cast grim care as.tle sume. Health, morals, spirflual weal bear the taunts anal. jeers of his un- wish you v¡ottld t'rite her antl say the for awhile eâch day anrt do things that are all involvetl, and the throttle o,f past is blotted out and I have started rilÍIl interest them, antl they will not so the engine is in our own hand. .Bnt we companions on board his vessel' Eodlv - wã nad ãnother blessed meeting Sat- a new iife." I wro'te the mother, and often go away from home to, find often 'run at too great a speed, and a premature breah.down, a moral lapse, urday evening, Major Markle deliver- receivetl a beautiful Ìetter in ânswer pleasure. saying she rejoiced over her l¡oy's coning-We the Scripture message.' unto" a spiritual wreck, is the result. We "Do Follor¡ the Golden Rule: had a blessed day on Sunday. version, and wished us to do all we your children "as ye .would that they had better look out for the sig;nals!"Texas Advocate." IMe had large open-airr meetings in the could for him. should do to you." morning, afternoon and evening. Our One evening, not long ago, I was in The man that was converted in the WORKING IN SILENCE. Post Sãcretary, Rev. Bl. B. Sutton' county jail, I believe lilas desperately a drygoods storre shopping. It was nreached at the afternoon. service in in earnest; he has been conflned there about eight o'clock, antl after dark. A One of the most impressive things itre ttatt, his subject being Goil's hand for a month at least, brit when we lvere crowd of stylishly dressed young girls service, there conducting services, he would came in, and when asked s/here they about the greatest engines is thc in history. At the evening Rev. Judãe Puwin, D.D., gave us the keep hirnself track in his cell out of were going, said: "Oh, no-where; Just s'lence with which, they do their work. messagê, beautifully describing'"he sighl, until last Sunday. He hatl lis' up 'the street." Did their mothers not The same thing may be observed in mioistiy' of the Apostle Paul to i'he teneal to the singing, the testimonies, know of the dangers "just uP the regard to the wo,rk of ,religious leaders or soeieties. Those which are most Gentilei, showing his faithfulness in and the reading of God's Word, and at street ?" p."""itins the evè,rlasting gospel, and the close the invitation was given to *Christians Thre prudent mother is as careful of powerful are very quiet.-"Zion's Hershould be as zeal- a.ny man who wanted to be known her boys as of her girls, and does not ald." inãl *e óos io t¡e Master's service. He also from that day on a,s a man of Gotl' He ureeat the unsaved to accept Christ as stepped frrom his cell and saitl, "I do!" thõir Bersonal Saviour. When the in- He said he l<new perfectly well that it vitation was given, one dear mân came would be a hard fight, brit that he G.NZWTIIB olri an¿ surrendered himself to Christ, wanted to go all the way with Jesus. áná ottrers were under deep conviction We took him a testament the next IS but did not' Yieltl. him that tly reaaling it 'We failetl to note in our last report dat¡, a,nal toltt he would know Gotl's will concerning a had recently th.at Maior Markle has him. f,ast Sunday there wel'e eleven PRINTED WEEKLY bòautifui new upright piano placed in of us at the serYice' rt\¡e b,gth hav-e can 'We were pleasantly surprised last õur nal, and nów Ser' came, and the basis Rev. IM. G. Jones, of his remarks .was the 20th verse of the 3rd chapter of Revelations, "Behold, I stanal at the door and knock; if any man heâr mY voice and oPen the She loved TÏTB VOIJIfI\IIBIJRS' oiano aá¿ organ music.-orderly ãeant W. V' GildaY. JACKSON' MICH' week by a visit from CaPtain McMurray from San trlrancisco. He came to Reno on business, and helPetl us in the meetings at night by singing his beautiful Gospel solos. He returned to Debt-Five Souls Gon- San tr'rancisco SaturdaY morning. 'Post -- Glear of New 'We are looking forwaral to a visit Soldiers and 20 rr""ted-g ' Recruits the Result of Ten Months' from Colonel and Mrs. Duncan in the Work! Faithful I wis'h to say that after ten months of hard work we have managerl to latte,r part of March. Cap'tain McMur' ray will accompany them.-Mrs. CaBt. Brooks. By THE VOLUNTEER PRESS r,ffie* A PRINTINC' CORPORATION. 3E Gooper S(truaret New llork Gtty