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“l wish I had as many clothes as
my bachelor girl friend,” said the im-
pecunious girl. “She always is get-
ting something new every time I go
there.”
“Yes,” said her companion, “but
she never looks stylish. You are
more stylish than she is with all her
clothes. She is too neat. Her ex-
cessive neatness stamps her an old
maid. You must have a sort of reck-
less dash about your things to look
stylish.””—New York Press.
Why Women Tolerate Men.
“You see that old woman and the
young one in the corner of the room,”
said he, “They come here every night
for dinner. I don’t know whether
they are mother and daughter or a
rich woman and her attendant, but I
wish you could hear their comments
upon the men in the place. Critical
as to their manners, their looks, their
talk. I get quite discouraged when
I happen to sit near enough to hear.
Ever any man with them? Not that
I ever saw, but it is the women who
never go with men who are most crit-
ical. Those who do are lenient with
their foibles. They excuse them for
the sake of whatever good traits they
might chance to possess.”—New York
Press.
Charm of Sincerity.
Few attributes add so much to one’s
personal power as the knowledge that
one is absolutely genuine and sincere.
If your life is a perpetual lie, if you
know that you are not what you pre-
tend to be, you cannot be strong.
There is a continuous struggle with
the truth going on inside you which
saps your energy and warps charac-
ter.
If there is a mote in your eye, re-
move it at once. Otherwise, you can
not look the world straight in the
face. Further, there will be a cloud-
iness, a haze, about your character
which will be noticeable to those
about you.
Strength lies in eharacter. Deceit
is weakness; sham and pretense are
enfeebling. Only the genuine and the
sincere are worth while.—Indianapo-
lis News.
The Haughty Maid.
A writer in Charities and the Com-
mons seems to think that the attitude
popularly attributed to the haughty
servant, who demands to ‘store her
bicycle in the drawing room and re-
ceive her company in the library,” has
its foundation in rainbow hued imag-
inations. She describes the scenes at
her home on advertising for a maid;
“out of seven applicants . . . three
wept with disappointment at not se-
curing the work offered. All the ap-
plicants, with but two exceptions,
were bedraggled, disheartened and
discouraged, and the amount of wages
to be paid them did not seem very
essential. Saddest of all was a dazed
looking deserted wife, who had three
small children, and who, when she
found she was unsuited for the place,
hesitatingly asked for 10 cents for
carfare, as she had come from Brook-
lyn to Manhattan in search of work.
Another married woman had a boy of
ten, and pleaded, with tears in her
eyes, to be allowed to make a home
for herself and her boy.” ;
Her Views on Immigration.
Mrs. Marie Cross Newhaus, prom-
inent in women’s club circles of the
State, has the following to say in the
New York Telegram regarding immi-
gration to this country:—
“We are accustomed to talk of our
great hospitality in allowing for-
eigners to come to our shores and are
apt to forget that many of them bring
qualities that are of value to us com-
‘mercially and are important factors
in helping to mould the character of
the nation. The German element, for
example, brings thrift, cleanliness and
good citizenship to the United States,
and we should welcome this kind of
immigration.
“We are especially prone, though,
to underestimate the good in the Ital-
ian portion of our immigration. The
Italians in New York have deposited
$16,000,000 in the savings banks, and
have invested $35,000,000 in real es-
tate. There is an Italian Chamber of
Commerce ‘here and four papers are
printed daily. For the last ten years
Italians have built railroads dug sub-
ways and done all sorts of pick and
shovel work. If the Italian laberers
were suddenly to drop out of our in-
dustries their loss would seriously
cripple us. i
“It is difficult for us to understand
and appreciate the romantic and
idealistic nature of the Italian because
we live in a country where the prac-
tical dominates nearly everything.
For instance, the only ruins that the
Americans tolerate and respect are
subway and railway excavations and
the demolished buildings in their
trail.”
Suffragette Banners.
The occasion of the meetings of
university extension students in Cam-
bridge was utilized for an exhibition
of the beautiful banners contributed
by the Artists League for the proces-
sion in support of woman suffrage on
June 13.
The banners are skilfully displayed,
the fine flag of the Cambridge alum-
nae (the women students, past and
present), in rich shades of subdued
blue, being hung in the place of hon-
or at the back of the platform. Near
it were the banners to celebrate some
of the great women who have shown
what women can achieve.
On one, in shades of gold, stood
forth the word radium and the name
of Mme. Curie; on another, with a
delicate Madonna lily on a pale
mauve ground, the name of St. Cath-
erine of Sienna; on another St. Ter-
esa; on another Katherine Barlass,
whose heroic story is told in Rosset-
ti’s ballad “The King’s Tragedy.”
Elsewhere hung banners to com-
memorate George HEliot, Charlotte
Bronte, Elizabeth Fry, Edith Pechey
Phipson (one of the pioneers in open-
ing the medical profession to women),
Mary Wollstonecraft, Florence
Nightingale, Elizabeth Barrett Brown-
ing, Josephine Butler, Mary Somer-
ville, Susan B. Anthony, Lydia Beck-
er and many another.
With these were the banners of the
great organizations of woman suffra-
gists throughout the country, 6f some
of the chief professions in which wom-
en are doing good work, and of some
of the societies, such as the National
Union of Women Workers, conserva-
tive and Unionist Suffragists and
Liberal Women Suffragists.—Queen.
What is Meant by Directoire.
Directoire, incroyable, marvelleuse
—words that are on every tongue,
yet they are frequently used inter-
changeably without regard to dis-
tinguishing characteristics. Directoirg
is the comprehensive word, including
incroyable (the dress of the man dur-
ing the directoire period), and the
marvelluse (the woman’s dress of the
same period.)
The classic type ‘of costume which
has so revolutionized the clothes of
the moment is a revival of the copies
of Greek draperies assumed at the
close of the 18th century, when the
new government—the directoire (di-
rectory)—supplanted the old French
monarchy.
At that period Greek and Roman
philosophy appealed to cultivated
minds, and classic costumes, as ex-
pressed in the lines of Greek sculp-
ture, demanded a share of considera-
tion. The women of the younger re-
public appeared attired in costumes
on Grecian lines, and the style—at
once simple and artistic—prevailed.
.So the original dir¢ctoire was born
of the Greek, K and adapted to the re-
quitements of the “present day” of
the closing of the 18th century; and
the directoire of the moment is the
revival of that of a hundred years ago,
with just sufficient amendment to suit
it to our “present day” needs,
The characteristic features of the
directoire style are: Skirts scant and
clinging and en traine, with a high
waist band, sleeves small, close fit-
ting, and long; collars high; pockets
large; revers exaggerated; buttons
numerous. One, all or any number of
these characteristics may be discov-
ered in one garment.
The introduction of the directoire
has caused a radical change in cos-
tume building. The effect must be of
swathing, of a seamless robe, no mat-
ter how much seaming, darting and
goring may be employed in the con-
struction of the foundation.
Distinguishing characteristics of the
incroyable are the coats—Ilong or tall
and cut off squarely and abruptly
above the waist line in front, with
long ‘sleeves, massively cuffed, with
huge revers and pocket flaps—all
much be-buttoned.
Marveilleuse stands for the scant,
clinging, swathing style..
The empire style is an evolution of
the directoire, even as the directoire
period merged into the empire. The
chief difference between the two
styles lies in the greater fullness of
the empire.—New Haven Register.
Fashion Notes,
Sleeves with wide armholes will be
a feature of the evening wraps.
Tiny roses, made of satin ribbon,
are placed on many evening slippers.
Suede shoes and slippers are in
great demand, especially for house
wear.
The wide, full rouches are very ef-
fective in giving a touch of daintiness
to a plain gown.
Ribbon and silver, also gold chains,
with a tiny tassel on each end, are
shown everywhere.
New hair ornaments in amber, tor-
toise and silver have butterfly and
birds’ wings in design.
A noticeable feature of the new
frocks is the difference between the
two sides of both bodice and skirt.
Not for some years has so much at-
tention been paid to costumes as dis-
tinguished from suits as during the
present season.
The old peacock blue, under a new
name, appears in many dress mater-
ials, though most of the latest shades
are not pronounced.
An exceedingly smart touch is giv-
en the tailored waist of heavy linen
by finishing the front simply with
large crocheted buttons.
House frocks,
sleeve, for with the simplest model
of challis to the handsomest of after-
noon gowns this style will be correct.
Of course, in fashioning sleeves for
evening dresses the style of the gown
will have te be carefully considered.
With the short-waisted empire and
directoire effects the puff sleeve will
be correct. The Directoire buckle is
a novelty. It is square in shape, with
pibbon through the open 'space and
soft short sash ends falling in grace:
ful folds.
affect the tucked
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. H. MARTIN, PH. D.
Subject: The Abundant Life.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Sunday morning,
in the First Church of Christ (Disci-
ples), the pastor, the Rev. Herbert
Martin, Ph. D., preached on “Religion
and Life.” The text was from John
10:10:“I came that they may have
life, and may have it abundantly.”
Dr. Martin said:
Christ came not to teach a theol-
ogy primarily, if at all, but to give
life, more life. He came to give life
to others rather than live a self-cen-
tered life. I came that they may have
life. He came to give life here and
now. His emphasis was upon the
present life. He that hath the Son
hath life. Life in the future is a
corallary to present life. To have life
here and now is the only guarantee,
the only possibility of future life.
The value and need of religion for
the present life are being emphasized
to-day as at no time since the early
Christian era. This identification of
religion and life tends to make re-
‘ligion a normal phenomenon in hu-
man experience. Religion has long
suffered because of its almost ex-
clusive other-world emphasis. Its re-
moval to the future as the proper
sphere of its activity, its other-world
advantages caused men to regard it
as an abstract, vague and unreal, and
to treat it as having little practical
benefit for the present. Under such
“conditions religion would be disre-
garded, or, if accepted, it would be in
an almost altogether objective way as
a precautionary measure, and thus
never become a vital element in the
program of daily life. The normal
man is intensely interested in the
present, and in the sweet by-and-by
only as it is related to his present
interest. If religion is to cut any
real figure in this life it can do so only
as it links itself to and identifies rtself
with his present interests. And this
religion is capable of doing, and is
doing. The Master identified Himself
with the life of the people; in fact,
He came that He might give life to
the people.
The same hopeful sign is discovera-
ble in the educational world. Com-
pare the curricula of the schools and
colleges of other days with those of
to-day and how evident is the differ-
ence. Education as preparation for
living in the far future, even of the
present life, does not and never did
appeal to the normal mind unless the
appeal was effected through a liberal
application of physical force. Since
the days of Rousseau education as
mere preparation has gradually and
beautifully fallen into disrepute. Ed-
ucators have discovered the practical-
ly complete absorption of the child in
the present. They have discovered,
furthermore, that even the young
child must live while being educated,
and that as such it must enjoy certain
rights. As a result of these discov-
eries education is no longer a mere
formal process whose goal is utterly
remote from the present life inter-
ests. Education aims to equip the
student for present living since he
must live while he is in process of
being educated. You cannot take a
boy of fifteen years and educate him
for some position at thirty and ex-
pect him to fill that position satisfac-
torily if you wholly disregard the fact
that he lives and must live from
fifteen to thirty. Modern education
takes note of this and seeks, while
looking toward the future, to qualify
the student in the largest way to live
the fullest life in the present days and
by so living will he be able to realize
those future expectations. In addi-
tion to form, education gives content,
or better, to-day minds are formed
and fashioned by giving them a con-
tent. Education and religion seek to
vitalize the present and out of it to
make possible the future. Their aim
is one, inspired by the Master, to give
more life.
Jesus came with life for the peo-
ple and brought it to the people. He
sought the people. He went out af-
ter them instead of waiting for the
people to come to Him. His life was
one of faith in God and service to
and among men, He came to min-
ister, and did minister. He came to
give life and He gave it every day.
The life of men was being enriched
and ennobled as He gave Himself,
His life to them each day. The gilv-
ing of His life on the cross was, from
this point of view, the final act of
that life which was, par excellence,
the life-giving life. Organized re-
ligion ie beginning to go out after
and to the people. Churches have
long since ceased to be built whose
entrances are guarded by iron gates
and padlocks. “Strangers welcome,”
that condescending phrase, does not
appear go frequently on our church
signs. Religion has girded herself
for service. She is working in the
Young Men’s and Young Women’s
Christian Associations, and is found
in settlement and slum work. Her
voice is heard in the factory noon-day
meetings, on the street corners, in
the theatres and in all the busy
haunts of men. Organized religion is
hearing the Master's voice, is catch-
ing His inspiration who said, “I came
that they may have life.” So of edu-
cation. It is being given to the peo-
ple. © It is no longer the peculiar
privilege of the few. The people are
being sought out and compelled to be
educated. Education is for the peo-
ple and is being given to the people.
Education aims to give more life
to the individual, and more life for
more individuals. It is true that
knowledge enlarges one’s world and
contributes to his survival. His hori-
zon is widened, his ideas and ideals
are enlarged, he discovers a deeper
meaning in things, life takes on other
and better aspects; in short, he pos-
sesses a larger life. This larger life,
more life, is becoming possible for
more individuals. While this is true,
there remains yet much to'be desired
in our public schools, high schools
and colleges. Let us remember that
in our system the higher the grade
the fewer the pupils; that out of one
hundred pupils who enter public
schools only twenty-five stay long
enough to read and write; that only
twenty out of one hundred stay longer
than the fifth grade; that less than
one out of one hundred who enter
our public schools graduate from the
high schools; that a small proportion
of high school graduates enter c¢ol-
lege, and that a small percentage of
those who enter college remain until
graduation; all this in the face of
the fact that our system is graded
largely toward the university. If ed-
ucation gives life it should give more
life to a greater number of indi-
viduals. Jesus taught that the ninety
and nine that were safe within the
fold could not furnish an excuse for
the neglect of the one that was away.
‘With these things in. mind should we
rest content with that system which
saves the one to the neglect of the
ninety and nine?
To produce such a result, no one
cause is adequate: It has been fre-
quently said, and with truth, that the
course of study does not have suf--
ficient vital contact with the life and
interest of the pupil, and consequent-
ly, because of"its lack of interest for
him, fails to hold him. Rapid pro-
gress, however, is being made in our
own city toward the correction of
such undesirable conditions. Anoth-
er cause, more deep-seated and more
serious, is the growing commercial
spirit of the day. The dollar is the
circle of life. Men sell the.r own
souls and put under tribute their
children’s for dollars. There is great
need for resolute struggle against
the allurements of dollars, Too many
altars are being builded to the god of
gold; too many souls are heing saecri-
ficed upon these altars. It is hard,
ves, well nigh impossible, to trans-
mute commercial ideals, dollars and
cents into more abundant life.
Our course of study may well need
revision, may require a radical change
in content. But our greatest need is
larger and truer ideals established
firmly in the hearts and minds of our
boys and girls. A greater emphasis
must be placed upon moral and ideal
than upon material and commercial
values. The voice in defense of the
child’s inalienable rights, his heritage
of ‘moral and religious ideals, should
ring deep into the hearts of parents.
Parents need to learn that the dollar
is not the goal of life, that the child
is more than the victim of a parent's
base ideals; that he is more than a
money-making machine. They need
to learn that the child has a self-hood
to be developed, a soul to be cultured,
and a destiny to be achieved. To
take a child out of school and compel
him to earn money is to deny him his
rights, is to degrade him. For
parents to do so is selfish, brutal, im-
moral. I repeat that one of thd great-
est evils that threaten our nation is
our too complete allegiance to com-
mercial ideals. Our mad rush for
gold makes us a nation of individuals
rather than a democracy. Christ
says, “No man liveth unto himself.”
In New York it sometimes seems as
though every man reversed that prin-
ciple. Individualism is a menace to
the life of the republic. There is, as
never before, a crying need for
parents and teachers to exalt moral
and spiritual values; a need to de-
throne the god of gold and to re-
enthrone the God of old; a need to
engrave upon the very physical and
spiritual fiber of the child’s nature
the exceeding, the incomparable
worth of moral character. Parents
themselves need to possess and prop-
erly estimate these ideals and then to
instill them and give them first place
in the hearts of their children. Such
ideals of truth and righteousness, im-
plying as they do a profounder sense
of social obligation, will contribute in
the highest degree to the enrichment
x human life, to a more abundant
e.
Mighty possibilities are resident in
the teacher’s vocation because of the
material with which he works. Eter-
nal consequences follow therefrom.
The true teacher spends little time
waiting for pay day to come. His is
a worthier work than that of a mere
wage earner. He is a maker for
social betterment, not a mere hire-
ling. As with the preacher, right-
eousness is his concern; with God he
is a co-worker. That our teachers
might feel that they are called of God
and are doing God’s work, there was
a Man sent from God who was named
Teacher. He Himself says His mis-
sion was to give a more abundant
life. That was His mission, that was
His religion, that was His life. The
religious aspect of the teacher’s work,
the religion of education, if you will,
is a subject worthy of more thought
than it has received.
While there is an imperative need
for tzachers with ideals, we must not
forget that the ideals must be of pos-
sible attainment. We need. then,
sane teachers, teachers balanced by
perspective. False ideals, ideals be-
yond the realm of the possible, held
up before the young, defeat the
teacher’s purpose. Hold up before a
boy an impossible ideal, making him
struggle toward its realization until
one day its utter absurdity dawns
upon him, and with what result? His
cherished idol falls and with it there
come tumbling down all his ideal con-
structs. In this day when our college
presidents are little more than money
gatherers, when our school principals
are little more tham clerical workers,
there is a positive need for feachers
with lofty ideals, but ideals within
the realm of possible achievement.
Impossible ideals made for lawless-
ness rather than for righteousness
and the betterment of life.
‘We need, finally, to rediscover the
meaning of life, to learn that a man’s
life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things that he possesses. We
need to rediscover the fact of God,
and that in Him we live and move
and have our being. He is the source
of our life and to find Him is to find
fuller life. There is need to re-em-
phasize the fact of Christ as the Re-
vealer of the true life which is the
life of service. The MHfe of the world
has received a new impulse in Him.
His faith and practice were that the
only way to find life is to give life.
Christ gave His life in deeds of loving
service even unto death that the life
heritage of humanity might be en-
riched. He thus emphasized in teach-
ing and in life social obligation. For
Him every enriched life was an in-
creased social asset. From Him we
learn that the inheritance of life into
which we have come must be shared
with our fellows and passed on to
others enhanced in value by reason
of our participation. To give life is
to make life more abundant.
A Test.
If any of you should die to-day,
could you say to God, “Lord, here is
my life-work. Thou didst send me
into life with a handful of seeds, and
here is my heart, like a garden, full
of flowers! "—Henry Ward Beccher
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM-
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER 29.
Subject: World’s Temperance Sun-
day, Isaiah 28:1-13—Golden
Text, 1 Cor. 9:27—Comnit
Verse 11—Commentary. .
TIME.—725 B. C. PLACE.—Jeru-
salem.
EXPOSITION.—I. The Destruc-
tion of the Drunkards of Ephraim, 1-
4. By ‘‘the crown of pride’ is meant
| the city of Samaria (see R. V. and cf.
1 K. 16:24). It is here compared to
a chaplet of flowers on a drunkard’s
brow (R. V.). This chaplet of flow-
ers, says Isaiah, “shall be trodden
under foot,” because of their sin and
pride. The people of the northern
kingdom as a nation are spoken of as
‘““the drunkards of Ephraim.” Drunk-
enness seems to have been so wide-
spread as to have become a national
sin. (cf. ch. 5:11, 12; Hos. 7:5; Am.
2:6, 8, 12; 4:1; 6:6). The effect of
their drink upon them was that they
were ‘“‘overcome’’ (literally, “smitten
down’) by it. Let us not forget that
it was ‘the native wines of a wine-
growing district’”” that did this for
Ephraim, and not distilled spirits nor
adulterated poisons. Their ‘‘chaplet
of pride” and ‘‘glorious beauty” was
after all but a “fading flower.” So it
is with every chaplet of earthly pride
and all the ‘“‘glorious beauty” of this
present world (1 Pet. 1:24). The
prophet’s answer to Israel's confi-
dence is, their crown of pride was
that Jehovah had ‘a mighty and
strong one.” This “mighty and
strong one” was the king of Assyria
(2 K. 18:10-12). The Assyrians them-
selves were a ‘‘bloody,” deceitful and
rapacious people (Nah. 3:1), but
they were an instrument in Jehovah's
hand for fulfilling His word and
bringing judgment upon His back-
sliding people (cf. Ps. 76:10). The
coming of the -Assyrian is described
by a threefold figure: ‘‘a tempest of
hail,” “a destroying storm,” ‘“‘a tem-
pest of mighty waters overflowing.”
The thought contained in these fig-
ures is that of widespread and over=
whelming destruction (cf. ch. 8:7, 8).
Back of all this work of devastation,
destruction and desolation was the
wrath of God at sin (2:4-9). This
destruction, etc:, all came upon them
“because they obeyed not the voice
of Jehovah, their God” (2 K. 18:11,
12). Jesus uses a similar figure re-
garding those who hear His words
and do them not (Matt. 7:26, 27).
II. Jehovah of Hosts For a Crown
of Glory, 5, 6. In the midst of the
awful desolation of his own time,
when every crown of pride and all
glorious beauty is a fading flower,
the prophet looks forward to ‘‘that
day” (the day of the Lord’s Return
and manifestation). So in the midst
of present sin and judgment for sin
we should look forward (for com-
fort in our hearts and encouragement
in our work) to our Lord’s coming
again (Tit. 2:18; 2 Pet. 3:12-14, R.
V.). “In that .day” ‘‘a’ crown. of
glory” will take the place of ‘the
crown of pride,” and ‘““‘a diadem of
beauty’ the place of ‘‘the fading flow-
er of his glorious beauty.”
III. Erring Through Wine, Out of
the Way Through Strong Drink, 7, 8.
“These also” (the people of Jerusa-
lem), as well as Ephraim, ‘have
erred through wine and through
strong drink are out of the way.”
The prevailing sin of drunkenness
had reached even God’s representa-
tives, ‘‘the priest and the prophet”
(ct. eh. 56:10-12; Mic. 2:11). The
priests were especially inexcusable
because of the plain directions of
God’s word (Lev. 10:9, 10; Ez.
44:21). They were reeling through
strong drink, they were swallowed up
of wine, they were gone astray
through strong drink (see R. V.,
Marg.). The result was, they utterly
failed in their official acts. They
reeled in vision and stumbled in judg-
ment. Wine and strong drink con-
fuse the spiritual perceptions and
rob men of judgment. The religious
teacher who indulges in them is es-
pecially culpable and utterly incapac-
itated for his holy office. The use of
wine and strong drink made their
social gathering filthy and disgusting.
IV. How God Teaches Those Who
Will Not Hearken to His Word, 9-13.
Verses 9 and 10 may be taken as
giving us the mocking answer of
"the people to God’s prophet. If
we ‘take them this way the peo-
ple are represented as saying,
“Whom will he teach knowledge,
etc.? Does he take us for babies
just weaned? It is precept upon pre-
cept, etc.” If the prophet himself is
the speaker, taen Jehovah is repre-
sented as teuching knowledge to
babes and not to the self-sufficient
(ef. Matt. 11:25: 21:15, 16; MK.
10:15). These are the ones whom
He “makes to understand the mes-
sage’ (R. V.). And the method of
His teaching is ‘‘precept upon pre-
cept?’ (cf. Neh. 9:29, 30; 2 Chr.
36:15; Jer. 11:7). As they had not.
listened to Jehovah speaking through
His prophets He will now speak to
them through foreign conquerors (v.
21, R. V.;: cf. Deut. 28:47-49). If wa
will not hear God’s loving and patient
call to repentance He will speak to us
through cruel enemies. God had
called them to ‘‘rest.”” They would
not hear that call; so He now sent
them conflict and destruction. He
calls us also to “rest” (Matt. 11:28,
29). If we will not hear that call He
will send us destruction (2 Thess.
1:7-9). The whole secret of their
trouble (and of every man’s trouble
to-day) was that they would not listen
to God's word.
Filled With Love.
Think what it is not to have any-
thing but sin, to be full of love to
every creature, to be angered at noth-
ing, to be sure that all things will
turn to good, not to mind pain be-
cause it is our Father’s will, to know
that nothing—no, not if the earth was
to be burnt up, or the waters come
down and drown us—nothing could
part us from God who loves us, and
who fills our souls with peace and
joy, because we are sure that what-
(George Eliot.
ever He wills is holy, just and good. ] council
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINTH.
Topic—Home Missions: A Million a
Year; Our Foreign immi-
grants—i|sa. 2: 1-22,
Justice for the stranger. Deut. 24:
7 ;
A hdness to the stranger. Deut.
Hospitality. Lev. 19: 10-15, 33. 34.
The foreigner’s child. Mark 7:
24-30.
a noble foreigner. Acts 10: 21-
0 more foreigners. Eph. 2: 19-
2
All nations certainly flow toward
‘America, but for money, worldly free-
Let us
than they
dom, material advantage.
see that they get more
come for (v. 2.)
It is necessary to teach these mill-
ions much, but if we teach them only
Shows God, we and they are safe (v.
Is America proud of its numbers,
power, wealth? These are its great
perils. Let it be proud only of its
God (v. 11.)
Some immigrants come from idol-
worshipping lands to our land, which
is not pagan in that way; but we
also worship idols, and of gold and
silver (v. 20.)
The Incoming Millions.
More than one million immigrants
come to our country every year. They
constitute the most severe problem
with which the government and peo-
ple of the United States have to deal,
save only the problem of strong drink.
Of recent years the current has
greatly changed: fewer Germans. Bng-
lish, Scottish, Irish, Scandinavians,
men of kindred speech and thought,
and vastly more from southern BEu-
rope—Italians, Hungarians, Poles,
Russians.
In all of these there is the making
of splendid citizens, but they are
harder to assimilate. They are largely
Romanists, wonted to a more despotic
government and to a lower order of
civilization.
Well does Dr. Josiah Strong say:
“Whether immigrants remain aliens
or become Americans depends less on
them than on ourselves.”
Every day, on the average, 2,800
immigrants are added to our popula-
tion. Think of some town of that
Siee I? your neighborhood, and dous
e it.
EPNORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29.
The Mockery and Malignity of Strong
Drink—Prov. 20. 1; 23. 29-35;
Eph. 5. 18—Temperance
Topic.
The English language is adjustible.
We read new meanings into words.
Fifty years ago ‘‘temperance” meant
“moderation.” The first temper-
ance pledge was to abstain ‘except
on holidays and special occasions.”
“Prohibition.” Don’t shun the word.
The devil hates such words, there-
fore hold them close. The mockery
of drink would be nothing if it had
never touched or gripped a man. It
is when a man is under that the
mocking grinds. Wine never mocked
an abstainer. “Malignant” means
“bent on doing harm.” Good de-
scription, is it not? Bent on doing
harm, then mocking you after the
harm is done. Devilish! Often
there is a “bent” to harm but not the
ability. Strong drink has both. What
is underneath it all? It is not strong
drink that is to blame. The fault is
in the man who wants it. and in the
man who supplies that want. Here
is a two fold problem. You can
change the “want to” of the drinker
by getting him converted and filled
with the Spirit. True. But, if the
temptation is still there, look out for
danger. While you are saving him,
two other younger ones are drawn in.
We must go after the other end.
Why do men make and sell liquor?
“To satisfy a demand?” Superfic-
ially, yes, but deeply?—to make
money. Why do we let them do
it?—money again. License is, in
effect, a bribe. The liguor traffic
would be outlawed in a year were fit
not for the salve do our conscience,
the bribe coins. But “it is not law-
ful for to put them into the treasury,
because it is the price of blood.”
Great Chance For “Liquid Bread."
‘We had hoped not to intrude again
upon the happy repose Mr. Adolphus
Busch takes by choice in the beauti-
ful prohibition city of Pasadena, but
we are unable to resist the fascinat-
ing suggestions of Dr. H. S. Tanner,
the celebrated long-distance faster,
who fattens on the ocean air at Long
Beach. In a generous spirit of riv-
alry, Dr. Tanner proposes that the
apostle of beer shall select six men,
no nationality barred, who are to be
restricted to a diet of beer, while Dr.
Tanner shall eat nothing but water,
and he promises to outfast and out-
last the chosen six.
One of the claims put forth in ad-
voeacy of the use of beer as a bev-
erage is that it is not only a mild and
healthful stimulant, but that it pos-
sesses nutritive qualities of great
value. It is even called a liquid
bread by those who find a profit in its
manufacture and sale, and the brew-
ery is made to appear an institution
that rivals the bakery in worth.
In all his breweries cannot Mr.
Busch find six devoted champions of
beer to overwhelm this single devotee
of water? Is Long Beach to be per-
mitted to garland the brows of prohi-
bition with. the uncontested victory
achieved through that unaccepted
challenge? Or do the hides of the
bravest beer drinkers shudder and
shrink at the significance of the water
drinker's name?-—Los Angeles BEx-
press.
Saloons to Stay Destroyed.
Chelsea, the Massachusetts city re-
cently swept by fire, will be rebuilt,
all excepting the saloons. The city
resolved to abolish all li-
indefinite period.