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Weekly Courier
BEN ED. DOANE PubHher.
JASPEH.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORlD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
Foreign Lands Throughout the Na
tlon and Particularly From the
. Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.
A bill to secoro proper roprosenta
tlon of tho United States at intarnn
tional conferences and for Üe prop
er employment of former presents
of the United State, was introduced
bv Senator McCleary of Kentucky. It
provides that former presidents of the
Vmted States shall be ex-offlelo rep
resentatives for life at Pan-American
and international conferences In which
the United States may participate.
Four other members of this commis
sion are also provided for, all to re
ceive $10.000 annually and expenses.
They are to take up all questions look
ing to International peace.
Senator Flint introduced a bill to
reimburse the Southern Pacific rail
road to the extent of 51.CC3.13C for
expenses Incurred In controlling the
break in the Colorado river and there
by saving the overflow and destruc
tion of the Imturial Valley In Cali
fornia. Unrestrained opportunity to ex
press views on the immigration ques
tion was afforded members of the
house bv the decision to take up and
consider a bill appropriating $250.001
for an immigration station In Phila
delphia, and so many took advantage
of it that the code of laws bill, which
the managers of the house had planned
to take up. was sidetracked for the
day. The discussion of the immigra
tion nation bill opened up the whole
subject of immigration and excited
the interest of the whole house. The
dr-bate was notable In that It was in
duced in largely by members serving
their first terms and who found in
the bill a chance to make their maiden
efforts at speech-making on the floor
of the house. The entire session was
devoted to a consideration of the bill
which was passed, and at 4:53 p. m.
the house adjourned.
Believing that the religious part o
the proceedings of the house of rep
resentatives should be preserved in of
ficial form. Mr. Houston of Tonnessee
offered a resolution directing that the
prayer with which the chaplain opens
each day's session bo printed In the
Congressional Record.
It was decided that the senate com
mittee on finance would hold no more
meetings for the consideration of the
Aldrlch financial bill until after the
arrival of the mass of financial data
which has been requested from the
treasury department Except in a few
places, the bill Is thought to be in
the shape In which It will be report
' ed The treasury department, ho-r
ever, may be the means of settling
certain contentions In the mind of
some of the members, and the data
-will therefore be awaited.
The senate passed a resolution de
c ring that no communication from
h'-ads of departments, chiefs of bu
reaus or other executive officers will
be received by that body unless thay
nre sent In compliance with law or
are transmitted by the president The
r solu'ion was the result of objection
trade by Senator Heyburn and Senator
Ha to the reception by the senate of
li 11 sent by Secretary Garfield In con
rrrtlon with a communication.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cheaper Pullman fares and bettor
Pullman errice Is what George S.
Loft us. chairman of the National Hay
Association, has started to get for
the public. Loftus is In Washington,
getting his caso before the Interstate
commerce commission.
Japonose spieß have been dogging
the movements of Lieut James H.
Walker all the way from Japan to
America. They took the trail the mo
ment the officer stepped outside his
hotel and never flagged In their watch
fulness until he departed for Wash
ington.
Bureau of insular affairs reports its
recommendation for a reduction of the
tariff on Imports from the Philippines.
Judge Greenebaum. In a lecture in
New York, declares that bad cooking
drives many husbands to drink.
Consumers of natural gas piped
from wells in Oklahoma to factories
In Southern Kansas have appealed to
the federal authorities for relief from
the new law being enforced in Oklaho
ma cutting off the Bupply. The law
prohibits the piping of natural gas out
of the state.
The pardon attorney has reported to
the president that conditions do not
warrant the pardoning of Thomas Bar
rett, federal prisoner. In the Missouri
penitentiary, serving a flv years' sen
tence for complicity In naturalization
frauds which were unearthed In St
Louis nearly five years ago.
Secret preparations are being made
to elevate Mrs. Augustus Stetson of
New York city to the supreme leader
ship of the Christian Science church.
The prime movers in the scheme are
convinced that the vonerable Mrs
fnrv Baker G. Eddv In close tn death.
fVni&im Woden, consul for Belgium
la San Francisco and Oaklaad, may
cause some diplomatic complications
beoniMe of his imprisonment in tho
Oakland jail. A policeman food him
la company with a itraagw In 0?k
land's tenderloin and took hlna to a
police station for his own protection.
Woden did not have the money lor
ball and was held until a frietwl came
to his rescue.
Elbert Palmer, tho last out of tho
jurors tn the trial of John lt. Walsh
to affix his signature to a verdict of
guilty, signed affldavlti at Ms home
on his farm near Harvard. III., which
tend to show ho w coerced and lu
Umldated by the other Jurors.
Papers were served on Arthur Her
bert Osborne, the husband of Helen
Maloney. the holrees who recently
eloped to London with Samuel Clark
son, a young Englishman. In a suit
brought by Miss Maloney to annul
their marriage.
Application was made in the Unit
ed States supremo court for a review '
of tho Judgment of the lower court fin
ing tho Chicago & Alton railroad and
Us officers $16.000 for granting re
bates to Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger
on meat shipments. 1
Judge Smith MePberson of the
United States district court delivered
a blow to the advocates of state rights
by declaring unconstitutional the law
passed by the Missouri legislature of
1907. which prohibits foreign corpora
tions from transferring suits against
them from the state courts to the fed
eral courts.
Japanese bellboys havo beeu intro
duced in Boston hotels with a success
that indicates that many negroes and
white boys now employed in this ca
pacity will bo dismissed.
Japan promises to check emigration
of its subjects to Canada, and Canada
Is said to have been empowered to ex
pel Nipponese who enter the Domin
ion by way of the United States.
Michigan railroads decide to abol
ish passenger association, and organ
izations in other sections of the coun
try are regarded as needless.
Judge Dana, in the Shawnee county
district court at Topeka. Has., as
sessed a fine of J12.GO0 against the In
ternational Harvester Co.. which the
court found guilty on forty-three
counts of violating the Kansas anti
trust law. The maximum fine is $1,
000 a count and the minimum $100.
Rush of emigrants to Europe for
January shows big increase.
After March 1, when the niae-hour
any for railway telegraphers goes Into
effect tho roads will use phones la
many stations, giving employment to
wotnn and displacing telegraph op
erators: and uie of block signals will
cause the ceasing of many small sta
tions. Expectation is that a state primary
law will be passed In Kansas, la
which event it is said Senator Long
will fail of election for another term
and old political machine will he
wrecked.
The attorney general announced
that pending a decision or the su
preme court as to the provision of the
Hepburn law. which requires railroads
to dispose of their coal mine holdings
by May 1 of this year, the government
will not prosecute the roads for fail
ure to obey the law.
Augustus Harije has at last decided
to abandon his litigation to obtain a
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje.
More than 1 00,000.000 ties were used
In railroad construction and renewals
during the year 190C. according to a
circular issued under the Joint
auspices of the Forest Service and
Census Bureau of the government, 'i ne
figures show that approximately three-
fourths of the ties were hewed and
the others sawed, while the average
price paid per tie was 4S cents.
Cbarfted with having operated upon
and wilfully caused the death of a
woman hospital patient while be was
under the Influence of drugs. Dr. P. H.
Dahl, one of the wealthiest and most
prominent surgeons la Northwestern
Iowa. Is under arrest at Fort Dodge.
Mrs. Herbert M. Sears of the well
known and wealthy family of that
name of "Boston, committed suicide by
plunging from a window of her apart
ment on the thirteenth floor of the
Hotel St. Regis, to the Fifth avenue
pavement. In New York.
As a result of a declsTon handed
down by Justice Hough In the United
States circuit court E. H. Harriman
will bo compelled to appear before the
interstate commerce commission and
answer all questions put to him save
those relating to the purchases of
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
stock In connection with the dividend
of August, 190C. In the same order.
JuBtlce Hough directed that Otto H.
Kuhn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., do like
wise.
England is alarmed for Japan's fu
ture. British statesmen think the
combined political and fluancial crisis
there about the most serious any na
tlon could possibly face. It needed
only a Rlanee at the country's balance
sheet to tell some time ago Just what
was coming, brt no one seemed to ap
preciate the Imminence of the danger.
Mrs. Lydia. Bradley, millionaire
philanthropist founder of the Bradley
Jolytcchnlc Institute, died In Peoria.
III., aged 93.
Amalgamated Association of Street
Car Men is enforcing a boycott at
Muncie. Ind.. that is paralyzing the
1 business of the town
Daniel O Reilly. counsel for Harry
Thaw, announces in New York that
Evelyn Neablt Thaw will tell her story
tn public for a second Unto.
American National Red Cross is tc
Inaugurate genoral campaign for In
create of mombership
BLOW TOM. FARE
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
INVALIDATES STATE LAW.
TWO OF THE JUSTICES DISSENT
Majority Opinion Sustains the Lower
Court Old Rate Will
Be Restored.
Philadelphia, Pa. By a divided
court the Pennsylvania two-ceut rail
road rate law was declared unconstitu
tional Monday in the state supreme
court As a result of the decision, the
Pennsylvania railroad has already an
nounced that It will put Into effect the
old scale of passenger fares, operative
before the two-cent law went Into ef
fect, as soon as practicable.
Four members of the court united
In sustaininfg the decree of the lower
court, which declared the law uncon
stitutional. Chief Justice Mitchell. In
handing down the decree, said:
"The court below availed them
selves of all the best evidence obtain
able and considered it with exemplary
patience and care. Their conclusions
that the enforcement of the law of
1907 against the complainants would
be an injustice to tho corporations is.
beyond doubt. Just criticism."
Justices Nlspersoat and Stewart
filed dissenting openions. while Justice
Potter only gave qualified assent to
the majority decision.
Juror Claims Coercion.
Chicago, III. Elbert Palmer, the
last one of tho Jurors In the trial
of John R. Walsh to affix his signature
to a verdict of guilty. Monday signed
affidavits at his home on his farm
near Harvard. 111., which tend to show
he was coerced and Intimidated by the
other Jurors. These affidavits, secured
by Florence Sullivan and Fred D. Kel
logg of counsel for Mr. Walsh, will be
used as the mainstay of defense In the
fight to secure a reversal of verdict
when the case Is carried to the United
States court of appeals.
Syndicate to Take Life Society.
New York Announcement was made
Monday by Et1 ward Lauterbach
that a syndicate of New York
men has been formed to take control
of the Provident Savings Life Assur
ance Society. The new syndicate. It
was stated, will take over the shares
fn irhlph t? T? nnrf A V Tluimos nnU
5550. at less than SS00 a share. Com
missioner Rittenbouse declared he
found the company's assets 4 il.601
less than Its liabilities.
Thin Ice Costs Six Lives.
New York Six boys lost tboir
lives In New Jersey Monday as
the result of venturing on thin and
treacherous Ice. At Newark, Gustav
HarUnaa. 10 years old. his brother
Louts. 9 years old. and Lee Smith, 10
years old. were drowned In a pond.
Arthur and Harry Morgan, twins, 15
years old, and Horace Weeks. 12 years
old, were drowned at Tenafly after
breaking through the ice of a small
pond there.
Slayer Seeks Death.
Jollet 111- Frank J. Constantine,
convicted slayer of Mrs. Louise
Huse Gentry of Chicago, captured
after a world chase and sen
tenced to prison for life, is near death,
the result of a leap from a gallery of
the penitentiary in an attempt to end
his life. He made his spectacular at
tempt at suicide while under extra
guard, plunging 30 feet and crashing
on the stone flagging of the rotunda.
Family Poisoned; Five Dead.
Austin. Tex. The whole family
of C. Sauer, a German farmer,
living 30 miles northeast of here, was
poisoned while eating supper Sunday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Saner and
three of the children have died. Two
other children are seriously HI. It Is
reported that the poison was placed In
the food by a cook who went suddenly
Insane.
Three Trainmen Killed.
Cory den Junction. Ind. A South
ern railway locomotive plunged from
a high trestle, turned completely
over and killed Clarence Dunham, en
gineer; V. H. Scott fireman, and
Frank Carter, a brakeman, Sunday.
James Prltchett conductor, and Clyde
St-vvarl. a brakeman. were badly In
jured. Syrian Finds Stolen Girls.
Omaha, Neb. Marlanna and Di
ana Yuana, 12 and 15 years, re
spectively, who, their father, Molan
Yuana. declares wore kidnaped In St
Louis lost June by John Mltchel. king
of a band of gypsies, were found at a
gypsy camp near here Sunday night
'Care Collide in Fog.
Paris In an impenetrable fog,
which enshrouded Paris and It3
suburbs Sunday, rendering all trans
Inflation most dangerous, two electric
cars collided at Vltry. Forty persons
were injured, sovoral of thorn seri
ously. Vermont Slayer Gets Life Term.
Bennington, Vt A verdict of guilty
of murder In tho second degree was
brought by the jury In the case of
Alfred Mahon. charged with the mur
der of bis 4-yenr-old niece, Ethel Ma
ban. at North Bennington, last sum
mer. The penalty Is life imprison
ment Independents to Have Smelter.
Helena. Mont That an Independent
smelter Is to be erected In Helena bj
the mine owners of the state of Mon
-ana scorns nsarrrd.
KOOSIER HAPPENINGS
Latest News of Interest from Various
Towns in
"PROHIB" CRUSADE IS ON.
State Chairman F. W. Lough Makes
Strong Fight for Temperance.
Indianapolis. Prohibitionist statu
headquarters in the Union Trust
building have been opened with a
flourish, and several hundred visitors
welcomed by the new state chairman,
F. W. Lough; the assistant chairman.
Unus Lough, and tho state secrotury,
Edward W. Clark.
For several years the headquarters
of the Prohibitionists had beon main
tained at Franklin. Party leaders be
lieved that headquarters should be
more centrally located and moved
thorn to this city. The Prohibitionists
will occupy rooms 2 2and 23 Union
Trust building. Tho rooms have been
freshly painted and decorated. Por
traits of men and women who have
given their lives to temporanco adorn
the walls. The portrait of Miss
Frances Wlllard occupies a promlnont
place. Big glass vases of carnations
and roses helped brighten the rooms
on the opening day. Chairman Lough
will spend the most of the time durlug
the next three months traveling over
the state In the interests of prohibi
tion. "We are going to try to elect
some Prohibitionists to the next ses
sion of the legislature." he said. In
the absence of Chairman Lough his
wlfo. Mrs. Unus taugh. will be in
charge of the office as assistant state
chairman. Secretary Clark will spend
considerable time in the office. Mrs.
Lough will be assisted In her work by
Miss Hebecca Hanna. office secretary.
Commit Daylight Robbery.
Richmond. A bold daylight rob
bery was reported here. The vic
tim was John Fee, who drives a
moving van and who at the time was
about four miles north of Connersville.
Two negroes did the work and stole
$9.50 from Fee. after which they got
Into a buggy and drove away. One
negro covered Fee with a revolver
while the other went through his
pockets. The police of Richmond and
Conaersville are working on the case.
Sunday "Lid" Is On.
Hartford City. For tho first
time in years there Is a strict observ
ance of the Sabbnth In this city.
Mayor James Lucas Issued an odlct
to this effect and at the same time
gave explicit instructions to the police
under his command that all tho laws
regarding Sunday closing must be ob
served to the letter. Cigar stores,
bakeries, candy kitchens and all other
shops must close and stay closed dur
ing the day.
Soldier Says Farewell.
Fairfield. Over 200 people were
at the station when Robert Dun
can boarded the train for Colum
bus, O.. where he will enlist In the
United States army for a term of three
years. From Columbus he will go to
the Philippines. Josse Randolph, Orin
Stllwell. Fern Rakestraw and John
Stllwell, four young men of Fairfield,
went to Anderson to enlist In the
marine corps.
Trustees Leads Mob.
Rolling Prairie. The weird, spec
tacular and sensational was wit
nessed here, when a well-organized
mob, at the head of which was Town
ship Trustee Bement, visited the
homes of a man named Appleton and
a woman named Lewollyn, and by
threats of tarring and feathering them
compelled them to mako avowal of
their determination to llvo respectable
lives.
Prepares for Debates.
Richmond. At Earlham college
preparation Is being made for the
debates that are to be held with
Butler and Wabash a triangular con
tost. Each institution will be repre
sented by two teams and will dobate
both the affirmative and negative side
of the question, which Is: "Resolved,
That the United States should subs!
dize its merchant marine."
Wills Gold to Organist.
Crawfordsville. Clarence Clark,
a blind boy, who Is a student
in the Indianapolis School for the
Blind, Is bequeathed $500, according
to tho will of the late Mrs. Julia Hoef
gen, filed for record. The boy attract
ed the attention of Mrs. Hoefgen
while be was playing the organ in the
North Side Mission Sunday school In
this city.
Find Baby's Arm In Pond.
Oakland City. Small boys, play
ing about a pond on the outskirts
of Oakland City, found an infant's
arm and. although officers have been
working on the caso, no new develop
ments are reported. The little arm
had been cut off at the shoulder. It
was lying on a pile of brush In the
pond when noticed by the boys.
Lawshee's Brother Dies.
Wabash. OBcar LawBhee, aged
60, an undertaker for years, died
of pulmonary tuberculosis. He was
a brother of A. L. Lawshec, third
assistant postmaster general, who ar
rived from Washington Just before his
brother's death.
Clothing Store Suspends.
Newcastle. Tho Hub clothing
store In tills city was closed to
the public and a notice on tho door
states that the storo Is closed pending
i. settlement with the creditors.
Indiana
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION.
J. W. McCardle Goes to Washington
to Urge Passage of BUI.
Indianapolis. John W. McCardle. of
the board of stato tux commissioners,
wont to Washington to appear bofore
a Joint mooting of the comtnlttoea ou
ngriculturo of tho two houses of
congress, to speak In favor of tho bill
which provides for the federal Inspec
tion of grain. Mr. McCardlo said ho
expected the committees to most with
in tho next ten days. Ho does not go
officially as a repräsentative of tho
Indiana grain dealers. Ho himself be
lieves in tho federal inspection of
grain and he is now preparing Infor
mation which ho will presont before
tho committees.
"I believo we should have uniform
Inspection of grain," said Mr. Mc
Cardle, "but we will never havo uni
form inspection until wo place the in
spection in the charge of federal offi
cers." Mr. McCardle belloves the fed
eral inspection of grain is necessary
to the welfare of tho independent
grain dealers and shippers. The bill
for the federal Inspection of grain
was introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Watson, and In the senate
by McCumber of North Dakota.
Chooses Sister; Divorced.
Evansville Choosing blood ties
above tho martini bond, Mrs. Sal-
lie Woods, a young matron, has re
fused to leave her sister, with whom
she and her husband havo lived for
two years." When told to make a
choice betweon living with her sister
or coming with her husband to live
In a house by themselves Mrs. Woods
refused to be a modern Ruth and
told her husband to go his way. It
resulted in a divorce.
Murdered In Arkansas.
Clay City. William Sommeriot,
a well-known farmer In this neigh
borhood, has beon ndvlsed of tho
death of his brother, Michael Som
meriot, In Cross county, Ark., whore
he was murdered and robbed. Till
within a few years he lived near Coal
City, in this stato. He removed to
Arkansas to engage In the lumber
business, In which he employed many
men and handled considerable monoy.
Ensley Gets Chair.
Indianapolis. Republicans of this,
the seventh district, re-elected
Oliver P. Ensley district chairman by
acclamation, adopted resolutions
strongly Indorsing tho candidacy of
Vlco PrcBidont Charles W. Fairbanks
for the presidential nomination and
Indorsed Representative Overstreot,
National Chairman Harry S. Now and
William L. Taylor for the gubernato
rial nomination.
Two Officers to Resign.
Torre I lau to. Capt A. C. Dud
ley of company B, Indiana- Nation
al Guard, will send his resignation to
tho governor, as will also Second
Lieut E. F. Fisher. Capt Dudley says
that since the Dick law went Into
effect so much work has been required
of him that he cannot attend the
lodges to which he belongs and his
Sundays are mostly occupied with
company affairs.
Chester Weekly Caught.
Jeffersonvllle. Morris M. Bar
nard, assistant superintendent of
tho Indiana Reformatory, loft for Los
Angeles, Cal., to take charge of Ches
ter Weokly, wanted for violation of
parole. Tho journey Is tho longest
over taken from tho institution to re
turn a paroled man and Mr. Barnard
was accompanied by his wife and will
make a short visit before returning.
Acceptance Postponed.
Ulooralngton. Tho resignation of
Rev. Thomas J. Clark, pastor
of tho Kirkwood Avenue Christian
church, was presented. It was not ac
cepted, but the privilege of the church
or of tho pastor terminating their re
lations was extended to September
1. In the meantime, tho church will
look for another pastor.
Negroes Fight Bloody Battle.
Marlon. Bob Davis was shot
through tho lung, William Gulllford
was shot in tho head and Ben
Weaver was struck over tho head with
a billiard cue, following a quarrel over
a game of pool. The parties aro all
negroes, and the trouble took place in
tho poolroomB conducted by Grant
Williams, colored.
Mitchell Wishes to Know.
Mitchell. Tho city of Mitchell
has employed H. D. Orchard of
Bloomlngton to audit the books of
tho town of Mitchell, as tho present
treasurer refuses to accept tho books
ns turned over to him by tho town
clerk. No direct charges aro mado
against the town.
Find Body After Long Search.
Indianapolis. Four days and four
nights, filled with anxiety for
tho welfaro of his son who had
disappeared, had passed when Ed
word Cnrr wont to his homo and found
the dead body of tho boy lying on
tho floor In n downstairs room. Wil
bur Cnrr, 18 years old, tho son, had
beon seen last by his father four days
boforo. A bottlo that had contained
carbolic acid which was found lying
near him on the floor, told tho story
of suicide.
Jesus Cleanses
the Temple
Saaday School Lesson lor Jan. 26 1908
Specially Prepared or Thli i -
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PLAl'K IN Til 13 HISTOID
tho llrst your of J onus" mir ti
oml of his tlrat two "ulcni ; ,
hin work n Itoikomar.
Comment and Suggestive T
Tho first sign which Jesu
tho rovolatlon of his glory
Galileo related In the first i ,i
chapter In which our lesson
At tho close of our last less"
Jesus and his five or six d
tho way from Bethnlmra t.
Tho disciples had as yet I
acqualntanco with Jesus, in
tor, hla powers and his inlsh
believed in him, but they
deeper foundation for tholr f.i
fuller knowledge of his worlv
Everything about this mli
have been a strange and woii
elation of Jesus to thorn, u
from within, or as tho sunl!.
lng through dull stnliiod-glnh-,
roveals the true nature of ti..
wrought In them, and they a
wllh royal colors such as nr.
qulslte lamp shndes of Favn
that requlro tho electric bu
to bring out their lovely hu.
was a prince In disguise, and !
off his outward gulso and ap;
bis own royal glory.
What Did This Miracle H
tho Disciples Concerning tin- !
turo of Jesus? (1) It revi
miraculous powers residing
which would ennblo him to
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work the Messiah was to do.
(2) It mado known to thorn x
was sent from God as his -
dlvino credentials worthy of 1.
igin and his mission.
The Second "Sign." The i'
of tho Temple. Not long ;if -"sign"
nt tho wedding, a stvr
most discordant, note was I' 1
that anthem of love and joy an s
That experience did not expri
whole of life, nor tho whole of 'Ki
Blon of Jesus. The new "sign " w
illuminating and marvelous a r . 1
expected as was tho first It was '
act of a hero, n patriot a rpf-fine
and n king.
(13) "And the Jews' passover." "
great annual roligious feast r '
Jews to which all good Jews r
pectod to come. Sometimes.
to Joscphus, as many as 2"
Itor8 wofe presont. "Jesus
from Capernaum (v. 12) t
lern." Jesus was particular
theso great feasts, for howevc
thoy wore often perverted at
used by some, they were cllvir,'
pointed services.
Jesus Heroic Act of Patu
form. When Jesus entered ft
pie, and saw UHb ucsccrulon
Father's house which ho La
many n time during his y .
soul flamed with Indignation
ho saw was contrary to all la a
ish, Roman and Divine, and
did was patriotic toward a:,
kingdoms under which he lu'
(15) He alone, unaided. :r
"made a scourge of small cords
mado of rushes llko a Ron
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flu
gollum or Bcourgo with several
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and "drove them all out of
pie," the court, "the sheep .
oxen," and thoso who tratll
tbem. He did not Btrlko the m
probably not oven tho nnin.a
Buch a scourgo would not hu- '
Tho owners would naturalis '
their cattle without tho gatrs 1
out tho changers' monoy." '
marble pavemont, thus atoppu
traffic.
(10) "And said unto them
doves." Tho doves, boing i:
could not bo driven out
"Tako those things hene'
Tho boldness of. the act n a
havo glvon a hush to tho noi.
and tho volco of Jesus ra:
"Make not my Father's hous" a
of inorchandlse."
How Was It PosBlblo for 1
Succeed In This? Why did tin
burly crowd of drovers, and r
and elders in authority yield
glo voice of nn unknown youtv
Becauso thoy knew that tin
In the wrong. "Conscience
cowards of us all." Because th
that God was on his side, nnl
with God is a majority."
Becauflo Jesus embodied In h t
as a prophet, tho moral sentln.-
tho nation. "All tho trito f rl v I
law, who must have been long t '
by this disorder, would dcwl
righteousness of his action, !'"
derlng resistance Impossible
What This "Sign" Revea'1 i
tho Nature of Jesus and Hi Iv
dorn. Let no mistake be ma-i
corning what Is meant by a Vhr
spirit Let us not, as Is too oft u
tnlio one sltlo of the charafi'
ChriBt in forming an oBtimate -f
whole.
Noto how Jesus acted for the r
of tho world. Ho did not spr
tlmo in denunciations of tho K
or Jewish authorities befo:
disciples. Ho sometimes
"Woes," but It was to tho face '
doers. When he could reform a
ho reformed iL When ho saw
neaa, he cured It
Wo aro to bo reformers. V a
ho courageous and heroic In rcf
1
a
1
cleansing tho world from Bin
But our first work is where
In our hearts, in our principles, r
Illings which we can touch, fui
wo can vote or act or teach.