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./I -'^'iffis $&) fll .'.V DEFENSE O THE PASTOR O THE PEOPLE'S CHURCH. ''The Gospel I the Mo st Sensational The Gospel Sensational. What Other People Think MR.MQRRILL'SVIEWDF^wellkings, "YELLOW PULPITISM" Thing In the World," Says. "Why Should the Devil Go Auto- mobile and Christianity O Cart?" To tie Editor of The Journal. Yellow Is the color of the. sky which the sun has kissed Into bright day of the wheat field with Its bearded Up thanking heaven for daily bread, and of the gold, "hugged to the verge of the- churchyard mould With red and blue. It is a "pri mary" color, but has a very "secondary" meaning when applied to sensational Jour nalism, or a pulpitism that offers special attractions that fill the house to overflow ing, and fctves the minister greater oppor tunity to "preach the gospel to every creature." How much easier It is to criticize a big thing splendidly, than to do a small thing half way well' Church appliance has been perfected, but has failed to reach the masses in the cities, sodden with sin, mad for money, intent on pleas ureall unmindful of the higher and hap bier life. The gospel with its themes of God, man and eternity is the most sensational thing the world. "Why is it you draw the multitudes while I preach to empty pews?" asked a clergyman of the great actor, David Gar rick. He replied: "Because I set forth fiction as if it were true, while you preach the truth as if it were fiction." The idea that anything slow or second class and unattractive is necessarily re Sigious is a terrible mistake. In a busy, eautifu world, ministers are to advance and "adorn" the doctrine they preach. Sensation is superior to stagnation. Bet ter burn up or boil over than be a mor tuary chapel, cold storage plant, or nau leatingly "lukewarm Tell me. clerical critics, why the devil Shoulx go by automobile, and Christians cart. Christ, who spake never as hian, found subjects and illustrations all the way from the birds which sang over pis head to the flowers which bloomed at his feet. Critics might cavil, scribes kneer, and dry-as-dust doctors denounce, put the common heart throbbed, and the multitudes followed him gladly. The Social Leader. Jhjfe' The prophet has always been Ihe gocial leader. War, commerce, art and liter ature have had great influence, bt $ the Dest judgment of some of the profound sst thinkers was expressed by Daniel Webster, who asked: "Where have the life-giving waters of civilization ever kprung up save in the track of the Chris tian ministry?" As the eye for light, the lung for air, the heart was made to receive and echo Che human voice Books at best are dusty (mammies compared with living breath \o Socrates, Plato and Christ taught and spake. Truth wants the personality of fcye, hand and heart to make it effective Jhe printing press is mighty, but not ilmighty. It will never supersede the fcreacher in his message of help and hope |pr the masses. Plutarch discovered cities without walls CURES RUPTURE A Syracuse Expert I Meeting with Marvelous Success with a New Home Invention in Curing Rupture. Quickly Cures Cases Considered Hope less. Fill Out Free Coupon Below Today. I am glad not to be bothered with any more torturous Trusses.Judge Black. 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Today, as never before, the pulpit Is a lever to lift the load of ma terialism, and a tongue to translate to the higher life. Louis the Great told Massillon, "You have offended me!"to which the great French preacher replied, "That Is what I wished to do, sire." To Use a Knife. The preacher is to use a knife at times, and not a plaster. The sermon is in "the sere and yellow leaf" which does not stir up secret sin, pulverize prejudice, and cut the conscience of the bigot Christianity is not to. stand by in idle respectability, but to be active as leaven, light and salt. The pew can get another minister, but he canot get another con science. One or the other must give way or go. There are "yellow" subjects, sermons and styles where the preacher is sensa tional just to attract attention to him self Instead of to the world's Divine Helper, but such cases are not numer ous, and do not last long. With only "thirty minutes to raise the dead in," as Ruskin expressed it, the minister may be pardoned who urges eternal truth, divine inspiration and right living in a way more searching, original, sensational and "yellow" than anything else during the week. With sympathetic contact during the week, good music, flowers, pictures on Sunday, and a loving live message from a sincere soul, there Is no danger of the charge "yellow pulpit- ism." *s "Yellow" Pulpits. The "yellow" pulpits are those which jealously and ignorantly criticize other pulpits and half-heartedly preach to few followers on Sunday because they have lounged at home, luxuriously read in the study, lazily conducted the mid-week prayer meeting and laboriously called on a few influential members of their flock during the other six days of the week. The position and power of the pulpit will never be "yellow" as long as the peo ple know their pastor has culture backed by conviction and consecration to his Christ. "It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." G. L. Morrill, Pastor People's Church. Minneapolis, March 24. FROM A JUNIOR MEDIC The Student's Side of the Hospital Fee Question. Editorial Section.fi^w To the Editor of The Journal. For several days The Journal has been printing articles in regard to the difficulties, real or imaginary, that have arisen since the junior medics of the Uni versity of Minnesota refused to pay the fees exacted by the St. Paul city and county hospital for clinics. The subject has been pretty thoroly aired as far as the standpoint of the hos pital authorities Is concerned, and it is only fair, so long as the general public have heard one side of it, that they also hear our side of the question. In our junior year, so far, we have been accorded no privileges in this insti tution which have been denied us in the Minneapolis city hospital, in other words, one has been as valuable to us as the other, and as they both are public in stitutions supported by the taxpayers, I will use them for comparison. W have put these institutions to no actual expense and whatever trouble we may have caused them has been infini tesimal and no greater than that experi enced by the many private hospitals of both cities which have so kindly thrown open their doors, to us of them all, the "city and county" is the only one which demands a fee for their clinics". The statement of a St. Paul man ap pearing in your columns tonight? that "the amphitheater was designed for our accommodation and the fees exacted do not pay for its maintenance," or words' to that effect, is simply ridiculous when one take& into consideration the fact that the "amphitheater" and the operating room are all one and the same thing and that it is "maintained" by the nurses, who receive no pay. A far as the "hos pitals in other cities" which exact fees from students are concerned, any state ment as to their character, whether pub lic or private, was carefully avoided. The reason for this is plain, for should the list be made public, I have no doubt whatever but that it would comprise pri vate institutions solely. In our senior year, our clinics at the "city and county" in the contagious wards and autopsy rooms necessitate the use of caps, gowns, aprons, towels, etc., all of which are furnished by the hos pital here is an actual expense, and for this we are quite willing to pay. In this case a fee is just and perfectly fair we realize this and when the time comes for its assessment, we will act accordingly. I am surprised and sorry to see the threatening attitude taken by the hos pital board of control in regard to their selection of internes a year from this coming spring. It Indicates an unhappy frame of mind and, to say the least, nar rowness which seems incompatible and rather incongruous in men whose reputa tions for fairness and justice in all other branches of business are well established, A Junior Medic. Minneapolis, March 22. THE CHINESE BOYCOTT An American In China Declares It Has Only Begun. To the Editor of The Journal. In an issue about the boycott in Journal Jan 10 it was stated that many wore saying that the boycqtt was finished Far from it it is only getting interesting now, but certain people wish to puBh it up as much as possible. Of course at Shanghai they have been quiet, not because they want to, but be cause there are too many guns laying idle. But at Canton and inland the boy cott is still going on. A American missionary only about a month ago started from Canton to go his rounds, which took him up around Ttikn Shui, about 200 miles from Canton. usually carriedh about fifteen of books and When near Tarn Shui he went ashore from his houseboat to sell some of these. sold three, books, where before he could sell from thirty to fifty. was yelled at, and at last told to return to Canton or if ha didn't he would not be able to shortly. He also had a recall from Canton, so thought it best to return. This man's name Is Dr. McFarland, or Mr. McFarland, I am not certain which. Another incident happened only a few days ago to a man who is doing great good for the ChineseDr. Butle. and Mrs. Butle were in bed about 11 o'clock at night when their house, was broken Into byN tin S with himboxes othe armed men. The house was robbed of everything of value. This was in Canton. Dr. and Mrs. Butle* have been at work curing lepers they did this unpleasant work for almost nothing. This is the thanks they get from cowards. Then ask If the boycott and outrages are still going on in China! Yes, I say, and they will continue, to go on until Uncle Sam dusts their trousers. Ask the Standard Oil how much it lost in its dealings with Canton pebple? As it how it filled its warehouse with cases of oil when always before all oil was bought almost from the. junks which brought it. As it why it stopped run ning four junks which formerly carried from 8,000 to 10,000 tins of oil each, and now run only one, which carries only about 6,000 or 6,000 cases. They have lost more than one good* fortune for men like me. An amusing thing happened the other day between two would-be boycott ser vants. One offered the other a cigaret, (which .was, by the way a W~I~AH $$'$$$$$$$$! 10. Wills, made In Bristol and I*ODAOS) watfn MtoBtaSi osttssssspnani ?r^#s The second boy refused it. saying it was an American cigaret and at the same time he pulled omt a "Cycle," (which are made in the states), and then went his way. The Chinese are waiting for a while to see what the president is going to do. They believe he will admit any and all inside of four months. Now I come to an Interesting part, which I can prove it true, the same as everything I am writing. You have heard a great deal of the viceroy of Canton, how he is trying to stop the boycott. No I state here that any man who believes that the viceroy of Canton Is trying to stop the boycott is ready for some Insane institution. The viceroy of Canton is one of the most anti-foreign nien in China. You may ask: "Why was he so nice when our consul and Miss Roosevelt were there?" and I'll say that he had on his best face that day and as quick as they turned to go he was sticking placards on their backs, so to speak. That is the kind of a man the viceroy is. An American In the Chinese Service. The name of the writer of the above letter and his address are omitted at his request. "If my name were printed," he says In a postscript, "the boycott would be on me." OPINIONS DIFFER. South Side Commercial Club Does Not Speak for All. To the Editor of The Journal. The sentiment of the vast majority of the people living on the lower or south side of the Milwaukee tracks is by no means that of the South Minneapolis Commercial club as just expressed, which bitterly condemns the raising of the tracks, or even disturbing the exist ing conditions. Business interests are put forward by the club as the controlling factor in the case. But is there not a far more im portant side? 'What about the question of safety to human life? Is this not really the great question at stake? Human life has already been sacrificed owing to the existence of these deadly grade crossings. Why not remove them altogether and thus insure absolute safety for the future? It will also be seen that the people living on the lower or south side of the tracks are, as a matter of fact, much more interested in the doing away of the grade crossings than their neighbors on the opposite side who do not have to cross and recross the tracks nearly as often in their daily business. The danger to the one is only seldom or remote to the other it is ever present or nearly so. Again, to the parents living on the south side of the tracks it is a source of anxiety to have their little ones cross the tracks alone, as they frequently do in attending school or church, lest in some unlucky moment they are run down and mangled to death by passing trains or locomotives, as was the case only last year, when a 12-year-old school girl was killed by the cars at the Twenty-second street grade crossing of the Milwaukee road. Can it be possible that the Commercial club of South Minneapolis, having so re cent a tragedy as this in mind, not to mention others, could calmly advocate and say to the people of South Minne apolis, "hands off, leave the grade cross ings alone business interests demand that they be left unmolested*'" Busi ness interests are all good and well, but they must give way when It becomes a question of protecting individual life and safety. It is therefore to be hoped that the citizens of South Minneapolis will view the matter in this light and go slow be fore affixing their signatures to any petition asking that these grade cross ings be left as they area present. M. P. McHale. 2425 Twantyfift Avenue S., City. Minneapolis, Minn., March 24, 1906. livery leading shoe store and shoe department in the Twin Cities shows the famous Foot-Schulze Glove rubbers. N SOME NEW IDEAS Lace Curtains and laces. These are exceedingly delicate fabrics and many per sons preferred to do them up themselves in order to take no chances of tearing. the installation of new ma chinery especially for the purpose and the maintaining of skilled employees to do the work, we clean the most deli cate bits of finery so carefully and so well that the work is as beautiful as when new and in no way damaged through handling. Th most expensive and delicate articles can be safely entrusted to UB. Evening and Opera Costumes. I connection with laces we mention dainty gowns, reception and opera garments, because they are equally delicate and Tequire just as much if not more considera tion. I this branch of work we ha ve long excelled, the most prominent ladies of the city having their work done by us. N more care could be exercised over this line of work by the owners themselves and we especially invite interested people to come and inspect the way we do this line of cleaning. Ostrich Feathers and Pinnies. These also are on the delicate order and we wish to mention the excellent results obtained in cleaning and dye i ng all kinds of valuable feathers. Oriental Rags apd Carpets. Perfect cleaning of Oriental rugs and fine carpets has long been in much demand, as the old-fashioned ways never did the work satisfactory. People can now entrust their m6st valuable Orientals to us and we will return them thoroughly cleansed from all dust and dirt. W give Oriental rugs that rich after effect that makes them more brilliant and luxuriant in color than originally. Dyeing of Carpets. Often through a strong light or other causes a slightly worn carpet becomes faded. W have installed machinery for the dyeing of carpets and can put a most beautiful hue and color on a carpet, no matter how faded. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAt PEAT PLANT IS TO BE Special to The Journal. Willmar, Minn., March 24.Articles of incorporation ha ve been filed with the secretary of state by the Willmar Peat company, which was organized in this city yesterday. Th eompany in corporates with a capital of $10,000 and the following institute the first board of directors: Bernard C. Sitz, presi dent} 0 Wellin, vice president 0 A Ferring, secretary and O. Thorpe, treasurer. Machinery for the manu facture of briquets from peat will be imported from Germany and it is ex pected to have the plant in operation in a short time. I will be run night and dav The peat, of which the company owns and controls a large acreage, will be dug by machinery, disintegrated and compressed. A the peat comes out of the compressors it is cut into any size desired, transported by elevator to a drying shed, where it remains until thoroly cured. Then it is transported 'to bins by gravitation and iB ready for the market. I is claimed" that the peat bogs about here contain material of a high grade and that the briquets RCSrfe trVDWTOUALir* Both Phomes 510, and an experienced man will call for your work and explain all details. x#* i ESTABLISHED AT WTLLMAB Company Organizes to Operate Large Acreage and Machinery Has Been Ordered from Germany. can be placed on the market much cheaper than coaL South African Experts Beady to Be gin Active Work in Field. YOUR EASTER SUIT? Owingsville, Ky. March 24.Ma- chinery has been ordered for the exca vations in the so-called diamond fields of Elliott county, Kentucky, and by May 1, 1906, work will begin. The de velopment will be pushed until the field either failB or "pans out." A stock company has been formed of capital ists in Kentucky and Ohio, and these, with the aid of an expert or two from the South African diamond fields, will be in charge of the work. David Draper, who made his fortune at Kimberley, South Africa, came to Elliott county and made a report. states that he has found unmistakable traces of extinct volcanoes, and that far below the surface will be found the necks of these vt lcanoes, in which will be found the diamonds. HORSE SHOW I N PABIS. Paris, March 24.The annual horse show, locally known as the Concours Hippodrome, opened in the Grand Pal ais on Wednesday. There were 450 horses entered. Th program includes the usual list of events. Society is as faithful as ever to this aristocratic function. Th first jumping contests will take place tomorrow. Order at Once Before the Rush! It's now only three weeks till Easter SundayIt's time to order Special Easter Fashion Plates and Fabrics will be shown Monday for the first time and will be a great inducement to come in and inspect our values Monday. W invite comparisonwhether you desire to order now or later, you will not be over-urged to buy. Suits to Measure $15 to $35 The self-made men of the future are those who care today what they get for what they pay. At these prices we are giving values in fabrics that cannot be overlooked The imported fabrics we are showing in our $25 00 suits to measure cannot be duplicated elsewhere in quality or styles at less than $35.00. NeatNattySwellDashing All dressy degrees of styleextreme or business effectswe are prepared to cut at these prices any style for which Nicollet avenue tailors ask $50 to |75. An man can afford to have us make his clothesi In making our announcement for this season of the year, we desire to emphasize most strongly the important position attained by the modern "dye house" in connection with all kinds of cleaning. It is but recently that the vast possibilities of dry cleaning have developed and new inventions in machinery have made possible the cleaning and dyeing of hundreds of articles never before satisfactorily cleaned. W have kept in close touch with the advancement of the industry and equipped our plant with every new device for the betterment of our customers' work. Below we mention a few lines that are among our specialties. _____ J. A. RUSH & CO., Importing Tailors 304 First Avenue Sooth, Opposite Post Office. IN SPRING CLEANING for handling out-of-town work, as satisfactory as in the city. MINNEAPOLISDYEHOUSE 522 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis/Minn. Defective Page Household Articles. There are any number of abides around the home, such as draperies, sofa pillow covers, shelf covers, piano scarfs, etc., that become soiled and need cleaning. Any of these articles can be sent to us and by our dry cleaning process can be restored to their original brilliancy. Blankets. Before putting your winter blankets away for the sea son allow us to clean them for you Th old-fashioned process of washing is obsolete. W cleanse blankets by a special process, leaving them clean, sweet, pure and fluffy. Why not have us tlo yours for you I 1 Hen's and Women's Garments. The spring season brings forth many last yeaT's gar ments which are but slightly worn and need only a thorough cleaning up and pressing to make them once more attractive and wearable. Fo over 25 years we have been acknowledged peers in this branch of the business and we are more able to do it now than ever. Ladies' spring jackets and outer garments, men's spring overcoats, suits, etc., will be called o and delivered upon a request by phone or letter. Clothing Contract Department Do you want your wardrobe kept in best condition? Do you want prompt service? We can satisfy your needs better than others. Our contract is most liberal. Our terms only twelve dollars per year. Our patrons are the best dressers. We take contracts in all parts of the city. Call us up on either phone, 822. Sunday, March 2g, 1906. v KENTUCKY DIAMOND MUTES The New Woolens Imported French Weaves German Worsteds Parisian Checks Club Checks, Shadow Chocks Grand Prize Woolens Added the Coming Season for Ladies' Wear. Facilities FOB Pints Drag Co. T. K. Grar. Baekdahl A Brcde a BrkeL Henry Buehler. 0orc W Bulb. W. A. Coffin. Croekr 4c Thai A. B. Orowell. Douglas Pharmacy. Gamble & Ludwij. John Goldner. Goodrich a JTenateg* An Acknowledgment o% ...Explanatory~. ST. 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