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September 21, 1922 THE CITIZEN Page TkrM ) Erskine Dale fePioneeKJi seJohn fclljustrafed by YNOPSIS I'HAPTI II I. -To Iha Kenttirajr wIMer. neea on 1 1.. t r-onimarioVil hy Jorum Han ' I" II time Iriinoitiatrly prnfl n Ilia ftiiiiiiirn, i onie while troy fil l ing fr.itu a trioe of Shaon.-ee by whom he hail lm lapiurrd ami al ipiaii aa a atn of th chief. Kiiiuw Mr ia s"ea eh-lter nnil itin in iha favnraiila alien tlun of lutt laiidell. a lea.ler aiming iha eVItlire. ClfAITKR II -The boy warne hla new frlemla nf 1 1 oniin of a Miiawriee war party The fori la atta ar.1. ami only eat e l hy the timelr aii. aram of a riy of Viraimans The leader of theaa fatally ,nin.l.-rt. hut In ha dying mo. mania reongnisea Iha fugitive youth aa ha aon. "tlAPTKIt III -At Iter) Onae -ilanta-lion on ti e Jamea river. Virginia. Colonel Ml a hmiif. tii i.i.y apixara with a mm it- f,.r ih .aiionel, i,a after reail a Ing it intro.iuree iha hearer u hia itaush- lar Huriaii aa liar couain. Kraklne lala riMPTKH IV -Kraklne mera two Sl.'.Tr '?" Harry lhla and Hugh willoughty flMITFR V - Daeling rapiers on all al lied naka attract Lrtkine'e at tention He takee hla fliat fen. lug leaaoa. from Hugh lve Van .1.1 1 at Williame burg on eueinree, Tieite Had Oaka rmtTr.n Vf-At tha rountr fair at wiiam.iirg Krakine meeta a youth. Kane irv. and there at onra armea a diatinrt antagnniam between tham. ira. In liquor. Ir.aulta Kraklne. and Iha latter, for th mut.irnt all Indian, atrawe hia knife Tandell diaarma Mm. Aahamed of hla conduit In iha affair lth tircy, aV.kine Iravee Real naka that night, to ralurn to iha wilderneae Tenriell. with Harry and Hugh, who haa tMan per raittad to viait tha fcanrt.re fort, overtake him Al tha plantation tha boy had loft a, nota In which ha aava tha property. thl. h la hla aa tha ann of Colonel lal e ol.lar Brother, la llarbara rHAPTrTH VM-The party la mat by three Mhawneee. who bring neare to Er aklne lerhoee Indian name la White Ar. row) that hia foeter father. Kahloo. la ring and deatree him lo rome to the tiihe and become Ha chief After brief elan to the fort Eraklne goea lo tha tribe Ha find a there a white woman and her hairhreed daughter. Karljr Morn, anil aavea Iha woman from death. He telle Kali toe na la with tha Americana againat tha Britlah An enemy, (.'rooked lightning, overhear him. rilAPTKK VIII. -Kahloo aenda Kraklne lo a mum II where Hrltlah envoya meet Indian rhief Iwne (Jrey la there, and tha hitter feeling la Intenalried Crooked Lightning dennunrra Kraklne aa a traitor and friend i f the Amernwna. Tha youth aoapaa death by flight CHAPTER IX -R. aching hla tribe. Er aklne f)nl hia enemlee have tha upper hand He la held aa a pnaoner waiting only for the arrival of Crooked Ught ing tn he burnetl at tha ataka Karly Morn relt-aaea him and ha re hea Jerome wndera' fort aafely CHA.ITKR X -The Revolution apreada Oe-irge Iti'ier Clark vlalta the fort, rakin n.in to mn Clark'a eipedl tlon In the Nnrthaeat At IU.I link! ha Bn.la I 'a lie drey appanantly on mora than frun.ll trrma with Harhara I'llAPTKH M-Krakine and Grey en gaga In a duel with rap'ere, though tha former knew nothing of fencing The fight la atoned by Colonel lala. IIAITKIt XII -llarhara and Kraklne arrive at a ami of mutual underatan.ilng, hough i he boy haa little hope of winning her lov. CIIAI'TKIt XIII -Krakine a.companle the CUrk etpt-tlitlnn ti Kaakaakla, which la laptureil The Imliana In the ekpedi tlon attempt to overthrow claik. hut largely through Kraklne the plot faila. The Imi aci titupanlea hia foaler father. KahtiMi. Iii k to the trll. t-arly Mom atuae her love for him CHAPTER XIV Kr-klne hml trlvfti Itlm-k Wolf hla llff. Mini tlie oiinif lirnve liml aiiS'iit-lli- lil iiti'l frvltfil unlp It ir. ly. Ami Inn KrxkliH hml lu'k'iin tn allow aiinu1 lifi'il In Kurljr Morn a ftpn-a Ji-iiliiimy wln-il tin- hhvhi;)1, n ml hU ol.l hntri'il una rclmrn a ItiuiiHiiiiilfiilil liiurv alrnnif anil tlinl, tixi, Kruklnc lu kut'M. Mi nt ran low ami a hunt Inif uir'v vsi'iit kliruHil. lininf wiii mn hp Mini mily ttfti-r tin- ai'iiunl ilay una tlirrt a kill. Knklnp lml alk'lil i a It n are hiK'k, hail Anil ipilikly ' arnl at pIhw rnngi. WuimuIpiI, tlM lun k lnn i Imrfiul. Kmkliip'a knife wan Ivxlkti'il In lila lu'lt. nml Ilia lim-k waa tiluiti him hpfiire lip ruulil get It out. Iritil In ilart for a lrv, atuinlilpil, lurntil, ami ratiKlit the liiftirhiteil hfiiiNt li the horna. He ullereil no rry, hut the aiiKry hellour of fhe alnif rem heil Ihe eiira of Kluck Wolf throiiiih the hihhIh, nml he iliirtinl to wanl I lip niMinil. Anil he mine none fiMi aiMiii. Kmkliie heiiril Ihe rnn k of a rlllp. the HtatC uiiiul over, ami lie anw Hhii'k Wolf Miiimllnit over him with a nirloiialy irluiiiilinnt look on hla aatiiriilne fare. In Kraklne, when he roae, the white man wax ireilnm liiiinl, anil he IhriiHl out hla huml, hut lllai'k Wolf litnureil It. "White Ariow nave Itlat-k Wolf hla life. The il.'l.t ia ihIiI." Kraklne looketl it t hla enemy, ihmI (hit. ami the two hore the nIiiii gwajr. limtanlly murkeil rhiiiik'e) wua ilnln In llliii'k Wolf, lie tolil tha atory of the flicht with the lunk to all. Itaililly he threw off the mantle of aliiime. aialkeil haughtily lliruiu'li the vllliik'e. mid went hark to oien eninlly wllh Kroklne. At iluk a ilay or two Inter, when he wag fotniiiaT down the ath from ihe while wmn an'a wiicMam, llliuk Wolf ii in fronted til mi. Kiiiwlinir, "Knrly Morn hIiiiII helonit lo ItliK'k Wolf." he aiihl liiMiilently. Kraklne met hla Inilpful, half-drunken eyea aiuiufiilh. 0 m Fox, Jn 3&; RWUvingstoneHJU "We will leave that to Knrly Strni." he aiilil nuilly, and then lliun dered atuMenly : "Out of injr w" PlU'k Wolf hpHitareil an. I gara war hut ever therraftt-r Krxkinv wua on Hiinril. In Ihe while woinnn, Iimi, Kraklne now uw a lui tik'i'. Oiii'e ahe had en-riiiirHm-. him to atay with the In dluiia; now nhe IhbI no oiiortuiilty to tirne nuallial It. She had heard Hint I In ii 1 1 1 ton would try to retake Vln cemiea. that he waa formlii( a irrent furie with wlili Ii to iintrrh anutli. awet'i throiiKh Ketilin ky, hatter down the wiNHh-n forta, ami forv the Ken tinklana hehlnd the gn-nt niotinlalu wall. Krxklne would he needeil hy Hie whiles, who would never umh-r-aliunl or tnixt him If he Mhould atay with the Indiana. All thin nhe apoke one tiny when Kraklne tame to her tent to talk, lli-r fare had hlaiM'htrd. alie had argued aaalonately that he nniMt go, and Kraklne waa aorely iti nlfd. The girl, too, had khihii tvlu-l llotia and illwoliedient, for the rhanxe In her iimther waa ilaln alien to her, and ahe Ton Id not imderataiid. More over, Kraklne'a atuhhoniueNa grew, and he lH-gan to flaine within at the alalk llig Inaolence of Itlai'k Wolf, who allied through the ahadowa of tiny and the duak to apy on the two where ever they i-ame together. And one day when the aun waa midway, ami In the oien of the village, the da ah came, lllai'k Wolf darted forth from hia wigwam, hla eyea hloodaliDt with rage and drink, anil hla hunting knife In hla hand. A rry from Knrly Morn warned Kraklne and he wheeled. Aa Kiark Wolf tuaile a vliloua aluah'nt hi ill he aiming aalde, and with hla Mat ra unlit the aavage lit the Jaw. Illark Wolf fell heavily and Kraklne waa ilium him wllh hla own knife at hla eiiPiny a throat. "Slop them ! old Kahtoo cried aternly, hut It waa I lie terrified ahrlek of Hie white woman that atayed Kra klne'a hand. Two young hravea ilia armed the fallen Indian, and Kalitoo haiked Inquiringly at hla adopted a-m. "Turn him liMiMe!" Kraklne arorued. "I hnie no fear of him. II la a woman and drunk, hut next time I shall kill Mm." The white woman had run down, aught Knrly Morn, and waa leading her dai'k to her tent. F'nmi Inaide prewiitly mine low, puaNlonnte plead ing from Hie woman ami an oootalmial anil from the girl. And when mi hour later, at dusk, Krakine turned upward toward the lent, the girl gave a hor rified rry, fiiiNhpd from the tent, and darted for the high i llff over the river. 'Viitrh her!" rrled the mother. "Quirk!" Kraklne fled after her, over took her with her lianda upraiaed for the pluiik'e on the very edge of the rllff, and half parried her, Htruggllng ami aolililtig. hark to the tent. With in the girl ilriiiil in a weeping heap, and wllh her fare covered, and the woman turned to Kraklne, agonized. "I told her." ahe W'hUMred, "and ahe wua going to kill Iwrarlf. You are my aon ! a a a a Still kleepleaa at duwn, the hoy rode llrrlly Into Hie wimhN. At aiiiiM-t he rnme In. gaunt wllh hroodlng and hun ger. Ilia fuKter inolher drought til tn food, hut lie would nut touch It. The Imllan woman glared al him with keen ausplrlon, mid pri'Mputly old Kalitoo, piisNlug ttlowly, la-nt on him the name look, hut nuked no tpieatlon. Kraklne gave no heed to either, hut hia inolher. watrhlng fritiu hp: wigwam, miiler hIimhI and grew feurful. Quickly khe Kteppcd oulslilr and called him, ntnl he rose nml w ent to her hew lldered ; ahe wax mulling. "They are watrhlng." ahe auld. and Krxklne, too. underNtood, and kept hla hark toward the watrhcra. "I have decided," he auld. "Von and ahe iiiiiki leave here and go with nie.M Ilia mother pretended much tlla lileiiNiire. "She will not lra p. and I will not leave her" her llpa tremhled "and I would have gone long ago hut " "I underatand," Interrupted Kraklne. "hut you will go now with your ami." The poor woman had to aowl. "No, ami you must not tell them. They will never let me go, and they will uae me to keep you here. You inimt gn at once. She will never leave thlu tent a a long aa you are here, and If you may nhe will die, or kill her aclf. Home day " She turned ahruptly and went hack Into her tent Kraklne wheeled Hml went to old Kah too. "You want Knrly Morn?" asked the old limn. "You ahull have her." "No," auld the hoy, "I am going hack to the hlg chief.' "You are my aon and I am old and weak." "I am a aoldler and must oliey the hlg rliliTa r.iiiimiiinls, aa must you." "I ahull live." aald the old man - wearily, 'until ynti come agnln." Kraklne nodded and went for hla horse. Illark Wolf watched hi in wllh malignant sutNfiirtl.ui, hut aald nothing-nor did Crooked Lightning. Kra klne turned once aa he rode away. Ilia mother waa aliunllng outside her wigwam. Mournfully alie waved her hand, belil'ld her and within the lent he cotilii ee Knrly Morn with both hniitla at lor hreast. CHAPTER XV Pawned 17SI. The wnr waa coming Into Virginia at last. Virginia falling .would thrust a great wedge through Ihe center of the ronfpilernry, feed the Itrlfish armies and end the flght. Curnwiillla wna tn drive the wedire, and never had the opening seemed easier. Virgin!, wna drained of her fighting men, and nouth of the mouiitnlna waa protected only hy a militia, for the moat part, of old men and hoys. North and south run despair. The soldiers had no pay. little fooil, and only old wornout mats, taitered linen overall, and one blan ket between three men. to protect Uem fraui drifting anow and Icy wind liven ihe great Washington waa nesjf despair, and In foreign help hla aole hon' lay. Already the traitor, Arnold, had taken Itlrhinolid, hurtled w .re houses, and returned, hut little har assed, to I'ortsmoiith. Cornwallla waa coming on. Tarle ton'a white rnngcra were lieilpvlllng the land, and It wna at this time that Kraklne Inile once more rode Firefly to the river James. The boy had loin two yeara In tha wllda. Whvn he left Ihe Shawnee ramp winter waa retting In. that ter rible winter of '711 of deep anow and Irtinger and cold. When he rearhed Kaakuskla, Captain t'lnrk had gone to Kentucky, and Kraklne found bad new a. Hamilton and Ilay had taken Vluceiinea. There Captain llelm'a Cre olea, aa- aoon aa they saw the rel coats, allpiail away from him to aur render their arms to the Hrltlah, and tluia deserted by ail, he and the two or three Americana vlth hi in hail to give up the fort. The Krench reswore allegiance lo Itrltiiin. Hamilton eon flai'uted their llitior and broke up their billiard tuldea. He let hla Indiana acatter to their villages, and with his regulnra, volunteers, white Indian leatlera and retl auxiliaries went Into Winter quartern. One hand of Shaw neea he aeiit to uhlo to acout and take aralpa In the settlements. In the spring he would sweep Kentucky ami destroy all the settlements west of the Alleghaniea. So Kraklne and Have went for Clark; and that trip neither ever forgot. Storms had followed each other alnce late November ami the anow lay ileep. Cattle and horses ierlshed, deer and elk were found dead In the woods, and buffalo came at tUKhtfall to old Jerome Sunders' fort for fisal and companionship with hla starving herd. There waa no aalt or vegetable food; nothing but tha flesh of lean wild game. Yet. w,hlle the frontiersmen remained crowded In the atockadea and the men hunted and the women made clothes of tanned deer hldea, buffalo-wool cloth, and net tle hark linen, and both hollowed "nog gtna" out of the knot of a tree, Clark made his amazing march to Vin cciines. recaptured It by the end of February, and sent Hamilton to Wil liamsburg a prisoner. Krsklne pleaded to be allowed to take him there, hut Clark would not let him go. Perma nent garrisons were plai-ed at Yin ceinica and Cnhokla, and at Knskaskla. Krsklne stayed to help make ienre with the Indiana, punish iiiHraiidera and limiting bands, ao that hy the end of the year Clark might alt at the falls of the Ohio aa a shield for the West and a sure guarantee that the whiles would never lie forced to hIiiiiiiIhB wild Kentucky. The two years In the wildeniesa had left their murk on Krakine. He waa lull, lean, wwarthy, gaunt, and Tha Two Yar in tha Wildarneaa Had Left Thair Mark en Eraklne. yet he waa not all WihmUiiiuii, for lila born Inheritance aa gentleman had been more than emphasized hy hla aa aiM'iallon with Chirk anil certain Cre ole oltlrera ill the Northwest, who hud Improved his French and gratllled one pet wish of bis life alnre hia laat visit lo Hie Jiiinca Ihey hud tuught him to fence. Ilia mother he hud not aeeu again, but be had learned that ahe waa alike und not yet blind. Of Kurly Morn he had heard iioHiIiik at all. ii Once a trn.aiar had hrninrhf word of Imne flrey. firry wan in Rii7iirt)4!i3 and prmilnetit In the gny doings of Hint rl'y. He had taken part In a brilliant pageant called the "Mlschl aura," which waa sinned hy Andre, and wns reported a close friend of that II! fated young gentleman. After the light at I'lipia. with (lark Kraklne put forth for old Jerona San tiers' fort. He found the hard dnya of walit over. There waa not only rorn In plenty but wheat, potattrcs, pumpkins, turnips, melons. Hume waa plentiful, and entile, horses, and hogs had multiplied on cane and buffalo clover. Ituli-ed. It was a comparative ly peaeeful full, and though Hark pleaded wllh him, Kraklne atubbornly net hla face for Virginia. At Wllllunislierg Krsklne learned man)- things. Colonel Pale, now a general, was still with Waihlngton and Harry was with him. Hugh wna with the Virginia mlllilii and Pave with Lafnyette. Turleton's legion of rnngers In their white uniforms were aroiirging Vir ginia as they had arourged the Car olltins. Through the .! nines Itlver country they had gone with Are and aword, burning liouaea, carrying ofj horses nVsfrtylna crops, burning grain In the mills, In) lug plantations to waste. Iliirbara'a mother wua dead. Her neighbors hud moved to safety, hut Biirlmru, he heard, still lived with old Mammy and Kphraiiu at Hed Oaks, unless that, too, had been recently put to the torch. Where, then, would he find her? Pown the river Kraklne rode wllh a aail heart. At the plure where he hail fought w ith I Jrey he pulled Fire fly to a aiiilden halt. There wasMhe boiitnliiry of lied Ouks and there at art im a desolation Hint run aa fur aa his eye could reueh. Hed Uuka hud not been sHired, and he put Fire fly to a fast gallop, with eyes strained far ahead ami hla heart beating with agonized foreboding and aavage rage. Soon over a distant clump of trees he could see the chimneys of Bar barn's home hla home, he thought helplessly and perhaps those chlm lieya were all that waa left. And then he aaw the roof and tlie upper windows and the cap of the big col umns unharmed, untouched, ami he pulled Firefly In again, with over whelming relief, and wondered at the miracle. Again he atarted and again pulled In when he caught alght of three horses hitched near the stiles. Turning quickly from Hie road, he hid Firefly In the underbrush. Very quietly he allpied along the path by the river, ami, pushing aside through the rose hushes, lay down where un even he could peer through the closely matted hedge. He had Dot long to wait. A white uniform Issued from the great hall door and another and another and after them Barbara amlllng. The boy's blood ran hot smiling at tier enemies. Two ofni-er bowed, Barbara courtesled, and they wheeled on their heela and descended the atepa. The third stayed hehlnd a moment, bowed over her hand and kissed It. The watcher's blood turned then to liquid lire. ' Great Uod. ut what price was that noble old house left standing? (Irlnily, swiftly Kr akine turned, sliding through the hushes like a snake to the edge of the mad along which they must pass. He would tight the three, for hia life waa worth nothing now. He heard them laughing, talking at the stiles. He heard them speak Barbara' name, and two seemed to be banter ing the third, whose answering luugh seemed acquiescent ami triumphant. They were coming now. The boy had hia pistols out, priioed ami cocked. He waa rising on hia knees. Just about to leup to his fti i ami out into the mad, when be fell hack into a startled, paralyzed, Innctlve heap. Glimpsed through an opening in the hushes, the leading trooper III the uni form of Tarleton's legion was none other than 1 hi tie lire), und Krskiue'a brain bad worked quicker than Ida angry heart. This was a mystery that must be solved before hla plsuils spoke. He rose crouching as the frontiers rode away. If Tarleton's men were around he would better leave Firefly where he wus In the woods for a while. A startled gasp behind him made him wheel, pistol once more In hand, to find a negro, mouth wide om-ii and staring at him from the road. "Marse Krakine!" he gasped. It waa Kphralm. the hoy who hud let! Burtiuru's while ponies out long, long ago, now a tall, muscular lad with an ebony fine und duz.liug teeth. "Whut you doln' hyeh, siihT Whur' yo' boss? (iuwd, I'se sutu'ly glad to see )'uh." Krsklne ioiiiied to an onk. "Right by that tree. But him in the aiable und feed him." The negro slusik his head. "No, mill. I'll take de feci I down to him. Too many redcoats nasslir round heuh. You bettah go In de buck day dey might see yub." "Wiran't one of those subtler who Just rode away Mr. Pane lireyT" The negro hesitated. "Yuasuh." "What's he doing In a Kritlsh uni form r The hoy shifted his great shoulders uneuaily and looked aside. "I don't know, miIi 1 don't know nuttin'." Kraklne knew he was lying, but re Mscted his loyulty. "tio tell Mia Barbara I'm here and then feed my horse." "Ysssuli." (To ba continued) DEDICATION OF I X ION flll'RCH (Continued from Pag-e Two) seas of the world. A dream? I aUto the sober fact if the future, if we are true. "I have set before thee door I opened which none can shut," a door f opportunity for the widespread ptoclamation, for the increasing per sonal appropriation, and for the social application of the (impel of Impartial love. "It was not until 1371-90,A.D., when jcr.lousy divided the Christian powers that I'hilailclphia fell before the united forces of the Byzantine, (Christian) emperor and the Turkish Sultan." Then the door was shut. No man can shut the door which Kti.nd open to us today. If thru pride of place, thru lust of power. thru emphas;s upon non-essentials, there arise jealousies and rancof anJ animosities, he who holds wide for us the door will shut it in our face. Men and women, well did John Fee say, "We can be united on Christ; oi opinions we cannot. Ijrt us enter the dir which the Master fling wide today. Does it mean courage? "When the r.trife Is fierce, the war fare long;. Steals on the ear the distant tri umph son if, And hearts are brave again, and rms are strong." Does it mean patience? Hear ap.ain the words of our early leader: "Often triala will come, friends fail, and the heavens above appear an brass and the earth beneath as iron, yet if you will hold on with Jacob, or stand still with Moses, you will see the face of God; the Red Sea of difficulties will open before you, and you will walk thru dry shod." Today are fulfilled the dreams, the hopes, the prophecies of brave men and trustful women. We enter a church planned and built with sacri fice and loving skill. We enter door of opportunity flung; open wide by Him who is the First and the List and the Living; One. Let u press on, holding fast to our hearts the word of God's Impartial love, loyal to the name which ia above every name. And this day, when we dedicate the Fee Memorial, shall be to us a memorable day a day when a great effectual door opens which none shall shut. AFTERNOON SERVICE Fifteen Sunday Schools Represented The Union Sunday-school rally, un der the direction of Asher 6 Stronvr, principal of the model school on Scaf fold Cane, was an inspiring; meeting. Fifteen Sunday Schools were repre sented and each answered to the roll call with a report (riving; the number of officers and teachers, the average attendance, and the number present at this service. In addition to the reports given by the Sunday schools acme schools from out of town came prepared to entertain with short pro grams. Blue Lick was handicapped owing to the fact that one of their wagons broke down and a part of the Sunday school fc-as delayed. Those present representing Blue LicU sang "The Church in the Wildwood" and another delightful song wltich Mr. Christopher introduced as "Tha Jewell." Scaffold Cane School sang "Since Jesus Came into My Heart;" and Silver Creek sang, "Come Join Our Sunday School,", a song which has been put to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and adopted by the State Sunday School Association. After the children's exercises Fx President Frost made a brief address, first to the children, and then to the parents, with this outline of thought: The forty-fifth psalm is a marriage song, and the sixteenth verse shows how people come into the world in groups. All the while we are letting g'i hands with our grandparents, and r aching on to take the hands of our grandchildren. This is the order of life and of history. This is what the psalmfst says, as he looks at the changes of life, "Instead of thy fa thers ahill be thy children." Why are children so happy? They hrve not so many mistakes to mourn over. And they trust their parents bitter than we trust God! And God loves to bestow happiness. He ar ranges that the moat wretched peo ple in the world shall have happy hours in childhood. Children, remember five things. 1. You are loved. You know something of mother's love, and fa ther's love. But did you know how much your teachers, in school and Si'nday-schiMil, love you? And the State of Kentucky loves you, for it has made roada fur you to travel over, and school-houses. And George Washington and all our country's pa ti iots loved you. They all lubored, as wo say, for posterity. Posterity means children. You are posterity) And God's peoplo loved you, for they prepared meeting houses for y u. And this meeting house is for yiu. Whenever we want to gather ai, some central place, here U place. And we plan) to have many other gatherings here in which you will have good times. God has no pleas ure In a church house except when it 1 1 full of people! 2. Now you ere going to pay back this love by honoring your parents, serving your country, and working foi church and Sunday-school all your lives. 3. Your thief business now is to glow grow in body and in mind. f You cannot earn as much as man, but you can learn more and faster tl.an a man. Do you measure how tall you are? Do you measure how smart you arc? Can you count hundred? Can you dress chicken? Can you keep a promise? Can you tmd a garden? Can you keep on working wnen you are ti red 7 can you be honest when you have chance to cheat? Are you growing ii power to do fine things? 4. Don't be in a hurry to quit school, and leave home, and get mar tied. Be in a hurry to get ready for these things. It is an awful thing to be 21 years old and only have the n.ind and education of a child of 10. Get ready to be grown up, and be f re you know it, you will be. i 5. How old should one be to be come a Christian? Old enough to leve and help your mother. The very small child only loves his mother as he loves his milk-bottlo. But when he can understand hit mother a little, and help her, then he i old enough to love and serve God. A young Christian is not like and old Christian any more than a lamb is like a sheep. You do not have to be old to be a real Christian. Now let me speak to the older peo ple. 1. Our children are our teachers. Many a man who would not sign the temperance pledge of himself will sign it for the sake of his children. And from our feeling toward our children we learn God's feeling to ward us. 2. You can do more for your chil dren than any school can do. Yon can show them what to love and what to desire and what to hate. The seh6ols seldom do much except fcr the children that have been start Co' right by their parents. 3. You owe something to all chil dttn. If there is a . sorry family near you, don't try to shut them out, but befriend them and bring them in. God cares as much for the child of a horse-thief as for the child of a I reacher. 4. Learn afresh today what thia Union Church stands for. If you do not all belong to the Union Church, nevertheless the Union Church be longs to you. We shall have enter tainments here for your young peo ple, and hospitality for neighbors when they come to town. We ca-i be of help to all the people for miles around. That is what these spacious community rooms are for they are not for us but for you. Pease understand us. All who are so led we are glad to welcome into our membership; but we do not aim to steal sheep from other folds. We hope to benefit those who are mem bers of other churches, and of no church. Whoever yon are, this Union Church house is here for your use it belongs to you. And please understand the Union platform. The churches of the New Testament were all Union Churches. Paul explains in Rom. XIV that dif ferences of opinion should not divide the followers of Christ In almost exactly his words this church says, "We receive all followers of Christ and work with all who work with Him." Denominationalism came in le.ter. We heard a dear and eloquent brother say there were 200 different denominations in the world and only cne of them could be right. How can he prove that? They may all be wrong. Better than that, they may al) be right! Whenever a company of Christians in one place unite to serve Him, and are visited by Hij spirit, that company, no matter how niuny faults and fads they may have, ii a true church. The Union Church takes in all that is best in every denomination. We are Methodists we mention John Wesley as often as any Methodist church. We are all Presbyterians we keep Ub on their work and send money to their missions every year. We are all Baptists, believing in in dependence, and sending our b'st member tc help the Baptist wvk thru all thia region. And we follow Alex. Campbell in prayer for Chris tian union. And we are not a lonesome as we used to be. Union churches are stringing up everywhere, and nearly all Christians now agree that in mis sion field all churches must be union. The heathen must not see Christians divided. 5. Finally, brethren, the time for bringing up children, for helping neighbors, for serving the Lord on earth, i short. Thia church houso may be here 100 years but we shall not be here very long. Let us drop everything but what ia of most im- (Continued on page 8)