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THE YALE EXPOSITOR, THURSDAY. MAY 9. 1912. mm OF A llffl'S ffllTS ! - Latest News of Interest Boiled Down for the Z ' ' Busy Man. Washington President Taft Informed the U. S senate that the department of otate lias no evidence whatever adequate to enow any acquisition of land or any Intention or desire to acquire land. -whether directly or Indirectly, In Mex tco by or on the part of the Imperial Japanese government. Tbe perfected post office appropria tion bill ac agreed upon by the bouse at Washington abrogates the rule which prevented federal employes In the postal service from complaining to congress of their treatment. 3. Bruce Ismay completed bis testi mony before the senate committee In vestigating the Titanic disaster and was allowed to depart from Washing ton. The senate In Washington, adopted lae Culbertson resolution calling for a toll report on the contributions. made to the national committees of all par ties in the presidential and congres sional campaigns of 1901 and 190S. Domestic ' The annual convention of the Mys tic Shrine In Los Angeles attracted thousands of nobles from all parts of the country. . Miss Georgia Goodwin of New York fed her uncle's horse an apple and the unimal swallowed her diamond en gagement ring with It Posing as a man for two years. Airs. Alexandra Zeleski of Erie, Pa., worked In the mines hunting her missing hus band. Her ruse was revealed when she fainted. A tablet was unveiled at Harriinan, ft. J., by the Eric railroad commem orating the first telegraphic train or der sent sixty-one years ago. Twenty thousand suffragettes par aded In New York city, the features of the procession being a company of cavalry women and bands of negresses and Chinese. Eight lives were lost when the Mis sissippi river broke through the levee at Morgansea, 20 miles above Baton Rouge, La. The flood waters are sweeping over the rich sugar planta tions and will do great property dam age In Point Coupee, West IJaton Rouge, Iberville, and in the parishes to the southward. Ten per cent, flat Increase of wages, recognition of the union and restora tion of the sliding scale, or strike, Is the ultimatum of the anthracite miners to the operators' refusal to grant the full concessions demanded by the men vrhen negotiations to avoid a general ttrlke In the anthracite regions were begun la New York a month ago. Excitement ran high at the Meth odist general conference when repre entatlves from Missouri offered a resolution, which was adopted, severe iy denouncing President Taft and Sec retary Wilson because the latter, In Lis official capacity, indorsed the Brewers' congress lately held In Chi cago. Chicago Is without newspapers with the exception of the Dally Socialist, which publishes little or no news ori ginating outside of the city. The union tereotypers and drivers of the deliv ery -wagons have Joined the pressmen In their strike against all the dallies which make up the Publishers asso ciation, and the printers are reported ready to go out at a moment's notice. Senator Benjamin It. Tillman, who will be opposed by at least two candi dates in the senatorial primaries, has issued a statement in which he said that on account of feeble health he would be unable to make any speeches ile appeals for the support of the voters, saying: "I have a strong desire 10 die in harness, lor sentimental rea sons only." James Ityan, salesman of. St. iouls, -a bitten by a fluffy white dog, feared lie. might develop rabies, but was as- Hired by the woman owning the dog that there was no danger of Infection, "as the little dear's teeth were eleantd liter every meal." John Connors, sixty years old, of Louisville, Ky., was sentenced to deatn In the electric chair for crim inal assault on nine-year-old Rosaleen Grabowsky, committed at the St. Pe Icr's parish school February 19. "With quivering voice and tears In H eyes President Ttft paid eloquent -tribute to Archibald Butt, his late mil itary aide, who went down with the Ti tanic at Atlanta. Ga., Butt's former tonic, at a memorial service in bis Jtftcr The Marlon (O.) Daily Mirror was purchased by Brooks Fletcher and L. L. Lamborn of Cleveland. 11. It. Sny der, the former owner, will give his attention to a paper owned by him in Gary, Ind. Eight lives were lost when the Mis sissippi river broke through the levee at Morgansea, 20 miles above Baton Ilouge, La. The flood waters are sweeping over the rich sugar planta tions and will do great property dam age In Point Coupee, West Baton Rouge. Iberville, and in the parishes to the southward. Twenty thousand suffragettes par aded in New York city, the features of the procession being a company of cavalry women and bands of negresses and Chinese. Chicago is without newspapers with the exception of the Dally Socialist, which publishes little or no news ori ginating outside of the city. The union stereotypers and drivers of the deliv ery wagons have joined the pressmen In their strike against all the dallies which make up the Publishers' asso ciation, and the printers are reported ready to go out at a moment's notice. Excitement ran high at the Meth odist general conference when repre sentatives from Missouri offered a resolution, which was adopted, severe ly denouncing President Taft and Sec retary Wilson because the latter, In his official capacity, indorsed the Brewers' congress lately held in Chi cago. A two-masted schooner, apparently a yacht, with all sails set, Is on Pol 11 IT reef, near Bridgeport, Conn., partly submerged. Local tugboats have gone to her relief. ' Colored representatives from south ern states threw the Methodist gen eral conference at Minneapolis, Minn.. Into a whirl of excitement by demand ing the appointment of a colored bishop. Locomotive firemen on fifty eastern roads have made a demand for higher wages and It Is said If their request Is met It will cost the Toads $25,000,000 a year. Negotiations for a settlement of the strike of the anthracite miners were broken off in New York when the com mittee of ten of the miners refused to approve the agreement reached by the subcommittee. Union pressmen on all Chicago daily newspapers are on a 6trike. One edition of each paper is being printed by aid of nonunlonists. was launched at the CramD shipyard. Philadelphia. The vessel was chris tened by Mrs. John R. McLean of Washington. Milwaukee street cars are running. despite the strike of several motor men and conductors on the lines. Foreign Emilio Vasquez Gomez, a lawyer, was proclaimed provisional president of Mexico. The 'proclamation was is sued by Gen. Pascual Orozco, who Is at the front with the rebel troops threatening the federal base at Tor reon. Juarez Is the provisional capi tal, tat this probably will be shifted to Chihuahua. The condition of the czarina's health is causing grave anxiety In St. Peters burg. She is suffering from acute mel ancholia, and it was reported that she had to be kept under constant servell ance. One hundred and forty persons killed, sixty more Injured and a hun dred more had narrow escapes from death, when the steamship Texas, fly ing the Turkish flag, struck a floating mine at the entrance to the harbor at Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey. The heavy loss of life on the ship Is the result of the Turkish-Italian war. Politics Colonel Roosevelt renounced his claim to the eight deiegates-at large to the Republican national convention elected for him in Massachusetts, lie telegraphed them from Oyster Bay that be would expect them to vote for President Taft because of the fact that Taft carried the state on the presiden tial preferential vote. Taft and Roosevelt each won 18 of the 36 delegates of Massachausetts. Fobs gets the eight Democratic dele-gates-at-large and Champ Clark the Twenty-eighth district delegates. In both parties the candidate who won the preFldentlal preference contest failed to secure the delegatcs-at-large, owing to an unforeseen turn In the primary law. With the returns from 1,040 of the voting precincts at hand Mr. Taft had a margin of nearly Muu votes, but the eight delegates at-large supporting the Roosevelt candidacy were victorious by a plurality of ?,Jji2. Personal Rt. Hev. Monslgnor Clevannl ISon zano, titular archbishop of Mitylene, the new papal delegate to the United States, who succeeds Cardinal Falco nio, arrived In New York on the liner Koenlg Albert from Home and was formally received at St. Patrick's cathedral by Cardinal Farley. Mrs. Edward S. Robert, her daugh ter, Miss Georgette Madlll and her olece. Miss Elizabeth N. Allen of EL Louis, will sail for England on June 6. HEROISM OF SEAMEN Records of the Navy Reveal. Nu merous Instances. BRAVERY IN FACE OF DEATH How the Trenton's Band Played In Samoan Tempest Story of Sink Ing of the War Sloop Oneida In Sea of Yeddo. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington. Stories have been told of the heroism of American and Brit ish passengers and seamen at the time of the wreck of the great steam ship Titanic. The navy departments of two countries have records o show that American and British discipline almost always has been maintained in times of trouble at sea. It Is held sometimes that In the face of death supposedly brave men turn cowards and that occasionally the supposed cowards turn brave men. Army officers and naval officers in Washington say the records show that when the supreme moment comes al most all men of proper birth, upbring ing, and somo of them add "nation ality," prove themselves to be made of the right stuff, lu the archives of the navy there are rtcrtes of hero Ism which Infrequently see the light. The bandsmen of the Titanic went down to death playing. When the tempest of 1888 struck the Samoan coast and the wreck of the American man-of-war Trenton, Captain Farquhar commanding, was Imminent, the mem bers of the ship' band took to the rigging of the old wooden ship and were lashed there by the sailors. The bandsmen played the "Star Spangled Banner" and the music was heard above the storm, hearteningi the sail ors who were battling with death. Heroism of Oneida's Crew. The story of the sinking of the Brit ish troopship with the soldiers drawn up in lines upou the deck and going to death unflinchingly and In parade formation, Is known to every school boy of whatever land. How many are there who know that this act of hero ism has a parallel In the deeds of the officers and crew of an American man-of-war? In January of tbe year 1870 the United States steam sloopof-war Oneida went to the bottom of the Sea of Yeddo carrying with her twenty rour officers and 152 men. It was a dark, foggy night. Suddenly out of the gloom loomed the prow of a great steamer. Before even the discipline of the man-of-war could do anything to avert a disaster the stem of the ap proaching steamer crushed into the stern of the Oneida and carried away Ita whole quarter. For a reason unex plained to this day the vessel which struck tbe Oneida, and which after ward was found to be the British steamship Bombay, did not stand by to learn tbe results of tbe collision or to offer needful aid. A large number of the Oneida's boats were smashed In the collision and made useless. In tbe boats that were left there was room for only thirty men. These boats were low ered, and then Capt. E. P. Williams ordered the sick brought up from be low. These men were placed in the uninjured boats, completely filling tbem. Captain Williams then ordered tbe surgeon to go with the invalids. Ue demurred, saying that he preferred to stay by the ships. "Your place Is there, doctor," said Captain Williams; "mine is here. 1 order you to go." The surgeon took his place In one of the boats and cast off, the con valescents acting as oarsmen. Captain Williams and his officers went to the bridge. Below them stood the men in groups, calm and motionless. The sick stood by in their boats and saw tbe last scene of that tragedy at sea. Tho ship's lamps threw a faint light upon the bridge and over the for ward deck. The Oneida slowly set tied. Soon Its docks were awash. Tberb was one last throb of the en gines, a trembling of tbe whole ship's structure, and the sea claimed '176 gallant American souls. Wo Successor to Butt. President Taft does not Intend a present to appoint a personal military tid to succeed MaJ. Archi bald W. Butt, who went down to his death In the sea at the time of the Titanic disaster. It is Mr. Taft's Intention to call on one of several young army cffictrB or naval officers from tlmo to time for service. It may be that later he will choose one per sonal altfe who will accompany ' him constantly as did Major Butt, but for some time yet the duties of military aide to the president of the United States will be divided. As as been told before In these dis patches from Washington, President Taft has said his word of apprecia tion of the services and manhood of Major Butt. It also has been told bow keenly the loss of the army officer has been felt among all ranks, military and civil, In the capital. The proba bilities are that a monument will be erected to tho major's memory , but he will be only one of those whose brav ery in tbe last hours will be so com memorated. If congress appropriates money for the memorial. It will be to raise a shaft in honor of all brave men who, with Major Butt, stayed on the deck of the Titanic loyal to duty and to American tradition and gave up their lives that others might live. Odd Psychological Condition. For days In Washington there was a curious condition; some persons probably would call It a psychological condition. No one believed that Ma jor Butt would be found among those survivors who found refuge In tbe life boats. The only -hope fbr his safety held by men. who knew him and knew army traditions, was that he might have been picked up after the ship bad gone down. Neither did any man believe that Archibald Grade, who was a fellow passenger with Major Butt on the Titanic, would be found among those saved except under tbe same chance of rescue that others would have after the steamship lad gone down. . Archibald W. Butt was not a West Pointer. Archibald Grade la no a graduate of West Point, but he w at the academy for some years and his father was a graduate of tbe year 1854. Army men knew Butt and knew Grade, and when the news came that Grade was saved some of his friends were glad in a way and deeply sorry In another way. The first re port had It that Grade had a place In one of the lifeboats with the wom en and children, and some few men believed this report Relieved by the Truth." When the story came of the way In which Grade's life was saved Wash ington residents, army and civilian, were relieved. He was saved by one of those rare "accidents of chance" which one finds in Clark Russell's sea tales. Grade stood with the men while the women were saved and. like Butt, faced willingly what seemed cer tain death. After It was learned that Archibald Grade bad been saved some army men who did not know him shook their heads, but seemed willing to wait un til sews came which might clear the matter up. There are West Point classmates of Grade's In Washington who In the face of the story tkat .He was In a lifeboat with the women and children stuck to their faith In hlrn. At the Metropolitan club the matter was under discussion. A brigadier general who was at West Point with Grade said: "Walt, he was bred game and he is game; he'll come out of this squarely." Archie Butt was well known In Washington In both army and civilian service. Grade was less well known, but It was the feeling In the service that the spirit of the soldier In both men- would sustain them in manifest duty. Men wanted both Butt and Grade to die rather than to learn that either had been saved at the expense of a fellow being. Grade's rescue wag of the miracle kind and has apparently nothing about It to show that he did not live up tbe best army traditions. Many Capital Fans. Congress takes a deep Interest in baseball that is not represent ed alone by an effort to Investi gate so-called baseball trusts. There aro fans in the senate and fans In the house and, to get away from congress, there are fans In the White House and in all the departments of government. President Taft is a fan and frequently attends the ball games on the grounds of tho Washington American Leagu club. Tbe greatest fan in Washington 1 the vice president of the United States, James S. Sherman. He has been missing some game this year because he has had to miss them, not because he wanted to. Last year be attended nearly every fame that wan played on the baseball grounds. Senators Smith and Townsend t Michigan and Senator Culberson oi Texas are fans of high degree. Ther$ is in baseball a hit which Is known as a "Texas leaguer" which is a base hit rather of the pop fly nature which lands just back of one of the basemcr too far in the rear for him to get 1 and too far to the front for an out fielder to get it. It is not much of a hit for length or strength, but it is safe. Senator Culberson does not like the name Texas leguer as applied to this hit. He says tho state of Texas is so big that home runs can bo made there without danger that the ball will fall outside the state boundaries, and that moreover Texans believe In long, hard drives. He wants some one to account for tbe name Texas leaguer as applied to this fafe but compara tively feeble hit. Vreeland'a Wonderful Scoring. Representative Vreeland of New York state is a banker and a baseball fan. He goes to every game which It is possible for him to attend without Interfering with his houpe duties. Mr. Vreeland was a member of the great monetary commission which framed the currency reform bill which is now pending before congress. He knows figures and finance as he knows hla baseball. It is said that the score card which he keeps is a marvel, be ing a detailed account of the game covering many more points than the official scorers ever think of putting down. Representative Nicholas Tymgwortb of Ohio, who is a son-in-law of former President Theodore Roosevelt, is an other of the house baseball fans When there are no pressing legisla tive duties Mr. Longworth leaves his seat In a sort of nonchalant wuy about three o'clock In the afternoon and satinters out into the corridor. As soon as he gets up it Is noticed that a good many fellow members rise from their seats and saunter down tbe aisles In equally nonchalant manner. It might be supposed that this goodly company was simply going out Into the corridor to get a drink of wate The Illusion Is lost, though, when M torrldor is reached. They streak It for a car which goes to the corner of Florida avenue and Seventh street, and the rest of tbe afternoon they spend watching the greatest game the sun ever looked on. . - Its Characteristics. "The principal characters la that play are a baby and a horse." That dramatist Is evidently tfoing things with mite and mane." MEXICO NEEDSAMAN WITH "IRON HAND" PRESENT SITUATION IS INTOLER ABLE AND CANNOT LAST MUCH LONGER. GOVERNMENT OF MADERO CAN'T CHECK RAMPANT ANARCHY. American Intervgention or Another Diaz Are the Only Hopes for the Rescue cf the Country From Its Present Chaos. The Interest of the people of the United States in the situation In Mex ico is measured by the possibility that American Intervention may be neces sary. Before that tremendous contin gency :he business aspect of the ques tion pales into insignificance, though the investments of Americans in the republic amount to hundreds of mill ions. It is important, therefore, that Americans should understand clearly tbe existing conditions and the out look. What are these conditions? What are the causes which have raised half a dozen rebellions In different parts of Mexico against Madero after his In surrection had overthrown Diaz? What are the opposing leaders fight ing for and in what popular griev ances, in what national or local con ditions do they find support? To get a true Idea of the situation it is necessary in the first place to bear in mind that Madero ovethrew Diaz, but not the system that caused Diaz's downfall. Diaz's friends are out. Madero's friends are In. That is the great difference. The popular causes of complaint remain. It is evident then that Madero Is a disappointment to those who looked to him to redress their wrongs. It is evident also that he iacks the Iron hand, the fact that enabled l'orfirio Diaz to give the appearance of a feol idly established go ve nun tut in Mex ico. After .Madero came Orozco and Zapata. The former has his power in the north, the latter in the south. Orozooo is in the opinion of many the man most likely to succeed Madero; in fact he is spoken of by Eome of his admirers as a second l'orfirio Diaz. .Madero has been unable to make headway against him In the part of Mexico where his strength Is greatest. But his veaknes3 lies in tho fact that largely he represents the old system, that lie is merely the leader of one of the factions into which the old gov erning class of .Mexico was broken up by the revolution which destroyed Diaz. Zapata represents an ideal. He is the champion of the peons, of the victims of the land grabbing schemes carried on by those in power in the Diaz administration. From the agra rian troubles of Mexico he derives Ills strength. He is the leader of those who would divide up the great estates among the peons and make Mexico a republic of small landhold ers. The agrarian grievances are wide spread and they affect many. From this Zapata's strength may be Judg ed. But the very source of Zapata's strength is a weakness, for it arrays against him the great landholders and their friends. If Madero -cannot endure, If neither Orozco nor Zapata can win what then? The answer made by some is that the present distracted state of things must continue until one of two things happens Intervention by the United States or the appearance of another Diaz. So much for the present outward conditions. Next the underlying ele ments are to be considered. Says Teachers Are Badly Underpaid. Higher paid and more thoroughly equipped teachers are urged lor the public schools of the country by Dr. P. P. Claxton. United States com missioner of education, In his annual review of educational conditions. The report, which deals with the first 10 years of the present century, shows that, though the averago monthly salary of male teachers In creased .18 per cent, and the salary of female teachers 27 per cent, the aver. aj?e annual pay of teachers, including those In the big cities and high schools is less than $500. Troops Ordered to Be Ready for Ser vice. Col. Granger B. Adams, command ing officer of Fort Sill, received In structions from the war department to have all troops ready to move to the Texas border on short notice. About 1.000 men are stationed at Fort Sill. Orders els:o were given Col. Adams to renew efforts to secure en listments. It Is understood that similar In. structions were issued to officers com manding other forts. The return to the attorney general of that official's response to the sen ate'rf resolution of Inquiry relative to tho International Harvester Co. on the ground that it was not n proper reply was demanded in a resolution introduced in the senate by Senator Lea of Tennessee. The steamboat Tetlin, tho first to leave Fairbanks, Alaska, this season, has departed for Fort Gibbons, at the Junction of the Yukon and Tanana rivers. The Tanana is clear of Ice. Declaring it to be "probably the most humanitarian measure presented at tne present session of congress" the house merchant marine commit tee formally reported the Alexander bill to require equipment of all Am erican vessels with lifeboats and life saving apparatus sufficient to care for every soul aboard, at least two wire less operators and searchlights of suf ficient power to render them of aid at night. MICHIGAN NEWS TERSELY TOLD Kalamazoo. Mis3 Josephine Casey, general organizer of the Interna tional Garment Workers' union, and sight officials of the Kalamazoo Cor set Workers' union are In Jail, being held on charges of contempt of court Notwithstanding the arrest of their of ficials, nearly 100 of the striking cor t workers marched to the plant of the Kalamazoo Corset company and not only picketed it, but hooted and hissed tbe nonunion workers. It was stated that other arrests will probably Tollow. Officials of other unions who are sympathizing with the corset strikers, declared that they would force the court to order the arrest of every person who picketed the factory. Chelsea. Mrs. Fred Nlles and Charles Doud were struck and In stantly killed by a Michigan Central passenger train at Francisco, seven miles west of here. They were stand ing close to tbe west-bound track, waiting for a freight train to pass on tbe east-bound track, when the express came along and struck them. They were instantly killed and their bodies thrown to one side, clear of the wheels. Mrs. Nlles Is survived by a husband and three young chil dren, the smallest six weeks old, while Doud was the sole support of an aged father and mother. The two were first cousins. Ann Arbor. Mrs. Anna Sleater, forty-eight, was found dead in the bathroom of her home by her son, W. W. Sleater, with her throat cut from ear to car. At her side lay a razor with which, it is thought she killed herself. Mrs. Sleater, who had been in ill health, retired at her usual time. She seemed cheerful, but her son, a U. of M. Instructor, recalled that she was unusually nervous all the eve ning. Ann Arbor. Lester Butterfield, aged twenty-three, a University of Mich igan student from Belfast, N. Y., who has been seriously ill with typhoid pneumonia in the university hospital, attacked his male nurse and escaped. A searching party lost all track of him at the river ar.d it is thought he was drowned. The student had been in delirium for several days. Lapeer. With no demonstration, the saloons and hotels opened again for business after a two years' drought. Everything has been as quiet as usual. No more drunks have been seen than at any time during the retgn of local option, when one could always see a few a little the worse for liquor, as it has always been obtain able. Bay City. All of Bay City's sa loons closed and will not be permit ted to reopen until tbe common coun cil and Mayor Roy O. Woodruff reach an agreement as to tbe fitness of ap plicants for license. Tbe mayor re fused to approve the list submitted by the council until the names of sev eral men whom he classed as "undesir ables" were stricken from It. Saginaw. lilk dealers are doing business without the necessary li censes. This condition is due to the fact that the men refused to sign an agreement that their property and dairy utensils would be opened for in spection at any and all times at the request of the health officer of Sagi naw. They old not decline to pay the dollar fee, but said that the producers would not comply with tbe order. Rochester. Mrs. Susan Burk, seventy-seven years old, for CO years a resident of this vicinity, dropped dead. She had been In poor health. An eighty-two-year-old husband, three daughters and one son, the latter a wealthy contractor of Florida, survive. Mt. Clemens. Complaint that the appliances they wear on their heads cause corns to grow on their ears, 30 telephone girls have given the manager an ultimatum that they will strike if the contrivance Is not changed. It produces headaches as well as corns, the girls say. Cadillac. The change .from "wet" to "dry" times here was not at tended with the noise and general drunkenness that characterized the change of conditions four years ago. Four of the saloons closed out their stock of goods early In the day and locked their doors. Cnrleton. Tho good rocds propo Fition to bond the township of Ash for $C0,000 for Rtone roads was defeated by 214 to 181. This was the first attempt of the geed reads advo cates, who say they will try again and educate the farmers to the advantages of good roads. Calumet. Thomas Meadp. one of the oldest and best known residents of the upper Michigan peninsula, died at his residence here.' For 12 years he was clerk of Houghton count'. Petoskey One hour after return ing from Lock wood bcspital, where ho was an linnato three wecke suffering from heart disease, Capt Will Hurkett, aged forty-seven years, shot, himself in the head with a re volver and died instantly. It is thought he was mentally unbalanced from his sickness and other troubles, his wife having been an inmate of the state hospital at Traverse City for nearly a year. Captain Hurkett had been keeper of the light on tbe Petos key breakwater since It was construct ed 14 year ago. iNmMnONAL SfllOOL Lesson (By 15. O. SELLERS. Director of Even in Department, Tlie Moody Blbla In stitute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR MAY 12. THE LAW OF LOVE. TJEBSON TEXT Luka 6:27-38; Horn. 1SJ. 8-10. GOLDEN TEXT "Thou shalt lova thy neljfhbor us thy self. "-Rom. 13:19. Jesus set forth while seated upon, the mountain delivering what is usual ly termed as -the Sermon on the Mount, those principles the working out of which have changed the his tory of mankind. Last week and the week before there, were presented, principles that in their application are the very opposite to the natural desires of the human heart In this, lesson we have the summary, the con clusion of the whole matter, and next we shall study some of the applica tlons of these new principles. 1 say unto all you who hear." Not all who listened tb.t day, even among tho disciples, really heard what Jesus, was saying. As for illustration these truths did not grip the heart and lifo of Judas. So It is today, having ears to hear they hear not. ' , Jesus com mands those having ears to hear but. cautions tbem to take heed what wo hear and adds that to us who do hear,, shall yet more be given. (Mk. 4:24). Things It Teaches and Why. "Love your enemies" Is not alone a. teaching of the Christian faith. It may be found under the old Jewish dispensation and even among heathen philosophers but In each of these In stances It does not convey tbe im pression nor carry with it the com mand it does when Jesus utters these words. Tho life of Jesus Is a wonder ful exemplification of the truth he is seeking to teach. In his case the words are a command and the execu tion of that command he promises,, later, to make possible to all of bis followers by the aid of tbe Holy Spirit We are to pay for curses with blessings, and for Insults by prayers, and the man who so conducts his life shall be happy. "Oh," but someone exclaims, "have I not certain inalien able rights? Does not tbe other fel low's liberty end where my nose be gins?" Certainly we have rights but. the right to suffer for Christ's sake is. far greater than our right to defend ourselves. God will attend to our rights provided we obey his word.. True those who ask may be unworthy,, but God is kind to the unworthy as. well as to those who are worthy. It. I. m i t V.1 T J t.tl us to give to every one who asks that particular thing that is asked for;; God does not thus answer our peti tions. Ofttlmes requests come the. literal granting of which we know would be detrimental to the best in terests of the petitioner or perbape work hardship upon those dependent upon us. For Illustration, the grant lng of whisky to a drinking man; giv ing money to a street beggar when bread is needed by the children or others whom God has Intrusted to our car. Mn.nv foolish and fanciful In. terpretations and applications have been made of these words. Application Is Definite. The simple application of tne Gold en Rule is however a very definite, positive and comprehensive matter,, vastly different from tho negative, proposition of Confucius. "As ye would, so do ye." Do you want friends? Be friendly. Do you want others to sell goods to you?" You must buy of them. Do you wish to have others talk about you at your backs? Then you begin at once to talk about others at their 'oacks. Love ex pressed merely for those who love us will soon dry up, the circle constantly growing smaller. That is simply re- 34. It is in these opposite traits wo nre to set the distinguishing marks of a Christian. We should recall the contrasts Je sus gave in this whole passage. The rich and the poor, the woes and the Joys, the well spoken of and those of his kingdom who shall be bated. To love those who love us not. to do good to those who despltefully use us, to lend not expecting any return. Who is sufficient for these things? Those who are In deed and in truth citizens of this new kingdom.. Paut sets not only a strong emphasis upon th teaching of Jesus, but he express ly refers to the Mosaic command ments, enumerating four of them, and adds that, if these do not include the others "if there bo any other com mandment" it can be kept when a man obeys this obligation to love hla neighbor. Indeed, how can we say we love God. whom e Imve not seen If we lovo not our brothers, whom we have seen? Paul'B picture of heathenism In the illustration of tho lack of this redeem ing trait of love. Well may wo pause, and ask this question, "WThat have I done today that only a Christian v:ould do?" Thre is absolutely no fixed standard of morale, they aro de- IPondent upon many modifications of time, surroundings, CHlture, etc., but tho Christian has here an absolutely fixed standard whereby to govern hi life and actions. He is to lore those who love him not; to be kind and jkcrclful; not in words only but it deeds of kindness.