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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATB JOUR.NTjt, THUR5DAV. JNTARV :o ;gto
WOMAN'S COLUMN
'A Department Devoted Especially to the
Interests of Ladies and the Home.
Edlled by PRUDENCE PRUDE
On nrrowmIndediicss.
Tho hidlvldual who analyzes lion--estly
hls posslbllltles for tho fullest
roundcd achlovement in llfe, early
comes to the knowledgo that narrow
mlndednosa is tho foo of every effort
and tho stumbllng block ln tho path
of success, not only tho narrow
mlndedness which is of himself and
which he can hope, thercfore, to up
root, but that which Is Implanted
wlthln the mlnds of other peoplo and
which perslsts in stamping its dls
npproval or lts crlticism upon all tho
mass of matter and those masses of
men and problems which, it does not
understand. And tho indllvdual who
would mako tho most of hlraself, has
tens to crush out his own blgotry
and tendenoy to illlbernl views and
to look upon llfe beyond hls own ho
rlzon wlth a broader, moro lmpartlal
vlew and to regard tho efforts of hls
nelghbors and the fallvtres and wcak
ness of tho next man wlth a less pre
Judlced eyo 'or tho solflsh and en
tlrely laudablc reason that ho would
deslre to other nien to reclprocate
the understanding sympathy and to
allow him the samo broad margin for
hls foibles and blunders.
There are few of us who escape
some element of narrowness of vlews
ln our relatlons wlth other men and
one cannot bo too early ln castlng
from hlm all that savors of prejudlco
and partlallty and blas. It Is abso
lutely lmpossiblo that a man should
know all tho circmnstances which af
fect the declslons of hls nelghbor
and It ls, thercfore, narrow and de
cldedly unfalr, to attempt to judge
that nelghbor save In tho most unrc
strlcted and broad classification.
In all tlmes, narrowmindedness
has worked evll and harra. Rellglon
nnd freo thought have, especially fclt
Us cramplng domlnanco but one of
the most hopeful signs of the passlng
years has been the wldenlng of men
tal limltatlons and the deepenlng t
soul capacitlos and the erasure ot
thosc narrow boundarles which have
formerly conflned the Ideas and am
bitlons and sympalhles of each man
to hls hlde bound clrcle. More people
ask of themsolves, "Am I my broth
er's keeper?" and more frequcntly
the answer- ls, "In a large sense.
yes." And thls Is a broader human
itarlanlsm that wlll cventually raake
posslble the attalnment of the highest.
pinnacles of thought and actlon.
Men and women aro Hving less
wlthln the boundaries of themsclves.
They are giving the next man elbow
room and breathing space. They
may not understand hlm or hls mo
tlves but they give hlm credlt for
havlng purpose ln llfe and they aro
chaiitabel enough to think that ho
may not understand them in any
clearer sense than they him. They
would never have been a Salem wltcli
If other Salemnlles had not been nar
row mlnded nor a martyred Joan of
Arc If the Engllsh had not been vic
llms of blgoted, narrowed bellefo
which gavo birth to cowardly super
stltion. No man would be called a
crank, or genlus would be termed
crazy if other men, average in their
own abllities gave their fellows credlt
for extraordinary and unusual capac
lties denied to themselves.
Women, especially, aro reproached
for snobblshness (form of narrow
mindedness) based upon an "accldent
of birth," posilion in society, or other
attalnment. Ono often encounters
tho woman who will tell you that she
detests the rlch becauso of their
wholesale snubbing of those who were
not born wlth a silver spoon in their
mouths or who dld not, at least, ac
qulro such a spoon in early infancy.
But if one is qulto honest the fact
proves that every woman who feols
hurt becauso a woman "hlgher up"
on life's slldlng scale snubs her, has
her own little set and daily and in
tentlonally snubs other women whom
sho regards as commoners, sceing
thereby no Inconsistency. Tho law
yer's wlfe who ls snubbed by tho at
torney general's wlfe and who in tum
snubs tho clerk and hls wlfe ls as
unforgivlngly narrow as tho wlfe of
the hlgher legal Hght.
5' Nor does narrow mindedness mean
tho untutored state of tho unlettered
man, or woman of limlted opportunl
ty. (Mablo, in hls essays on books
and culture, point3 out very empha
Ically that there is just as much vul
garity and provlnclalism In a Parlsl
an crowd a3 In a backwoods settle
ment though tho formor may bo moro
wealthy and better dressed and just as
much narrowmlndedness In tho man
who conslders the dress and customs
of the boulevard unapproachablo as
In tho lnhabitants of tho mlnlng camp
who recognlzo no exlstenco beyond
their horizon.
To bo narrow In ono's undertsand
ing of other men ls to be threatened
wlth the blaaed oplnlons and manl
festly unfalr Judgmcnts of other men
in their rcckonlng wlth us. To bo
broad mlnded is to llvo freely,
tnstlng tho last posslblo drop of on
joyment from all phases of llfe, catch
Ing the last posslble glanco of sym
pathy amd feellng tho last
posslbel elasp of followshlp and
last posslblo olasp of fellowshlp and
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR
tngrcdicnb: S2ffi0auVofc Show thls to your doctor.
Ayer IlalrVlgor promptly tlettroys the cerms
that cause falling halr. It nuuiUlics the halr-
Imlbs, restores them to nealth. Jhe halr ttopt
falllns out, grows more rapidly, clean and in a hcalthy condltlon.
Does nofc CoBor tlhe Hairg
understanding which other men and
women are capablo of 'bestowlng.
And thls, nlono, ls llvlng.
Witliout n Mnld.
Tho hostess of small mcas oftcn
wonders how she tn serve a ladies'
luncheon wlthout a mald. Tho mat
ter ls not very dlfflcult lf you plan
overythlng to savo yourself effort at
ter your guests aro scated. To begln
wlth, you can placo tho salted nuU
and bon-bons in their dalnty little
dlshes near tho cetnerplece. Then
arrango a slde-tablo near your elbow
and on thls put cxtra platcs nnd tho
llke. Your 3alad course can bi there.
lf you thlnk best, nnd anythlng els-3
which wlll not spoll by standlng.
Have the frlut on the table when you
como in.
Flll your boulllon cups wlth hot
water ten minutcs bcforo the meal,
and just beforo you go to the tablo
tum thls out and flll tho cups wlth
scaldlng soup. Put tho cups on the
table at the slde of each plato, and
after the grapes are eaten, each gucst
wlll llfe her cup and put In in front
of her, flrst hondlng you the used
plate to lay on tho slde table close
to you.
Thls course over you wlll have to
rlse, remove the cups, brlng forth the
next course. It is to bo hoped your
guests wlll be conslderato enough to
chat together whlle thls is golng on,
and not complicato mattcrs by al
tempts to rlse and help. After thls
of course the salad wlll come, and
when thls Is gono the table must be
crumbed before tho dcssert Is brought
in. The tca or chocolate may bo
brewed at the table. Wlth thoughtful
plannlng there ls no reason why tho
meal should not progress smoothly.
Exchange.
Tho Old Fnshloned Motlicr.
"Old fashioned" is the phrase that
has been beslowed upon the home-
bound mother to cover all her short
comlngs; and everythlng she says.
an deevrything she does, ls llghtly
set aslde wlth ihls odlum attached to
It.
"Old fashioned!" how sho hates tho
term!
It seem3 to me that ln the maln
principles underlylng our lives we are
about tho same today as wo were
when I was young," said a mother
to me recently. She was chaflng un
der the sigma of "old fashioned."
"It Is on ly In outward signs that
we dlffcr. And tbese outward thlngs
wlll bo changlng forever; so what is
the good of making a fetich of them,
of giving up our soul to them?"
Thls motherl s not more than five-
and forty, but she has three daugh-
ters of the exuberant, hlgh-headed.
ultra progresslvo, work-a-day type,
who, though stlll in their "teens" re
gard themselves as qulto grown and
thoroughly capahle of manaclnir
themselves wlthout tho interferenco
of a mother wlth Methuselah-llkc
ideas.
Yet the mother is far from Ignor-
ant. So was I nher youth a govern-
ess in certain noble familles of botli
England and France. In Parls she
llved at one timo "just around tho
corner" from Victor Hugo, Emlle Zo-
ia, Sara Dernhardt. and other talent-
ed folk, and she talks wlth perfect
knowledge of the conspicuous and In-
consplcuous members of the royal
famlllo sof Europe.
Sho ls famlllar wlth the names ot
the great wrlters an dgreat muslci-
ans and their best works. She has
tutored more than one promlnent cit-
Izen of New York City, and sho
knows something of tho philosophy
or llfe, anrt of the shams and failures
of human society.
But slnce hcr marriage affluance In
wealth has not been ehrs, and tho
demands of an over lncreaslng fa
mily havo causcd her to submergo
her welfare lnto that of her children,
as all mothers wlth largo hearts and
moderato' means will do.
"Wlth the result that they call her
old fashioned" and treat ' her an
though she were out of tho pale of
llfe. And thls at a timo when sho
most needs conslderatlon and affec-
tlon.
ji-auy young peoplo follow the slren
volco of nolse nnd valn show over
tho hllls and far away from truo pro
gress. And' tho mother who Is
thoughtlc33ly derided as an old fa
shioned and lnconscquentlal sees thls
deluslon, but her warnlng, alns, is un
hecded. Exchange.
On the table spread tho cloth,
Let tho knlves bo sharp and clean;
Oysters get and salad, both,
Let ono bo fresh, tho other greee.
Wlth wltty friends, cholco gamo and
wlne,
Oh, yo gods, how I shall dlno!
Ollvo Snndnlclics.
Place a dozen largo ollves ln a bowl
and pour over them enough bolllng
hot water to cover. Let stand flvo
or slx minutcs draln and set on the
lce untll cold. Stono and mlnco flno.
Mlx wlth threo lovol tnblespoonfuls
maynnalso and a tablespoonful of
Aycr'sllalr Vls(orJut ai promptly dettroys the
l!enn that camc dandruff. It remov evtry
trace of d.inJruff itself, and keept the tcalp
cracker or bread crumbs and sprcad
between thln sllces of wihte or whole
I wheat bread.
!
i
Crenm Cliccsc nnd Ollvo Snndwlclics.
Cream or Neufchntel cheescueaten
untll creamy wlth tho addltlon of a
little moro cream then mlxcd wlth
flnely mlnced rlpo or green ollves
makcs a dollcious sandwlch fllllng. So
olso cream cheesc mlxed wlth flnely
mlnced green poppers or sweet red
peppers that havo been canned.
Dato Snndwlclics.
Mlx ono-half cuptul chopped datcs
wlth half cupful Kngllsh walnuts,
then add to thls mlxturo slofvly onp,
half cupful sweet cream. Let stand
on tho ico to chill, then put betwecn
sllces of thlnly cut bread.
CONBEKSED T13TE TABLE S
Below wlll be found tho arrlval and
departuro of tralns from tho sta-
tlons of tho local rallroads; also
trollcy tlme tables botween hero
and Barre. Thls is prlnted for tho
beneflt of tho publlc. We do not
know how long It wlll appear. Cut
lt out, as lt wlll como handy for
future uso:
t
Ccntral Vermont Hailrond.
Tralns leavo Montpelier Golng
north 2:45, 8:55 a. m.; 3:40, G:05 p.
m.
Golng south 12:15, 9:13 a. m.;
12:10, G:05 p. m.
Sunday tralns North, 0:20 a. m.;
0:05 p, m.; south, 12:10, 8:28 p. m.
Tralns arrlve at Montpelier From
the north 12:40, 9:08 a. m.; 12:35,
G:30 p. m.
From tho south 3:15, 8:52 a. m.;
4:15, 6:30 p. m.
Sunday From tho south 9:18 a.
m; from the north 12:33. 8:25 p. m.
jroittpcllcr and Ilarre Tralns.
Tralns leavlng Montpelier for Barre
12:46, 3:15, 9:20 a. m.; 12:35, 4:15,
G:30 p. m.
Tralns leavlng Montpelier for Barre
Sundays 12:46, 3:15, 9:25 a. in.;
12:35, G:30, 8:30 p. m.
Tralns leavlng Barre for Montpelier
2:15, 8:23, 11:55 a. m.; 3:05, 5:45,
11:55 p. m.
Tralns leavlng Barre for Montpelier
Sundays 8:50, 11:55 a. m.; 5:45,8:00
11:55 p. m,
Montpelier and "Wells Itlrcr Itallroad
Tralns leave Montpelier:
S a. m., connecting at Wells Rlver
wlth tralns north and south.
1:10 p. m., connecting at Wells
Rlver wlth tralns north and south.
4:10 p. m accommodatlon traln,
connecting wlth traln from tho north
and tho south.
Tralns arrlve at Montpelier:
10:11 a. m. from Wells Rlver and
Intermcdlato statlons.
11:31 a. m., from Wells Rlver, wlth
connectlons north and south.
5:15 p. m. from southern connec
tlons and St. Johnsbury.
Suhiirhan Serrlce From Montpelier
and ilarrc.
Trnlns Ip.tva ATnntnpllor fnr Tlnrrp
G:30, 9:50, 11:35 a. m.; 2:25, 3:40,
u:uu p. m.
Trnlns lnnvr Tlnrrp fnr Mnntnollpr
7:25, 10:35, a. m.; 12:25, 3:05, 4:10,
5:30 p. m.
Ilarre aud Jlontpellcr Strrct Ilalhvny
Company.
Flrst car'leaves for Barre at 6:00
a. m., and overy half hour till 10
p. m.
Flrst car leaves Barre at G:15 a. m.,
and every half hour tlll 10:15, which
ls the last car.
A Long Felt Want.
An Amerlcan onco wunt to Wludsoi
castlc aud inslstcd upon scelng Quoen
Victorla. Ile was told that lt was
qulte imposslble, as an audieuco wlth
tho qucen could bo had only by np
polntraent. Stlll he per.sisted, and then
they told hlm (latfootod that bcforu
fseeing tho (ueen he must stato tho ob
jeot of hls vlslt. Ile sald he wanted
to sbow her a new piece of furultuiv,
a throno bed a perfect throne by day
and a perfect bed by nlght.
Her Sad Fin'ih.
"Dld you cver know a glrl to dle foi
h)veV"
"Yes."
"Dld sho Just fado away and dlo be
causo souio man deserted herV"
"No. Sho just took ln wasblug and
worked herself to death bccause the
man she loved marrled bcr." llouston
Post.
Not the Usual Romance.
Reeeutly ooe of our most fastldlnus
young men bougbt a patr of orornllH
and found In them thc uume of tu
sowing glrl who raade them.
He very promptly wrote her n lettcr
wlth all the effuslveness necnssary In
such a case and In due tlme recrlved
n reply, which. bowevcr. was vold ot
the romanco usual ln sucb casps. Here
It Is: "1 aro a worklng glrl. It Is true.
but I mako a good llvlng, and I do not
cnrc to support a busband, as 1 would
do If 1 marrled some allly noodle who
gets niasbed on u glrl be never saw.
Pcrmlt me to say that 1 do not knOw
how. my card got ln that pair of over
alls and that wben l do marry, lf evor.
lt wlll bo some fellow who can alTord
something better tban a forty-spven
cent patr of breechus." Muscotah Hr
corder. '
Improvement.
Bacon Ilow ls your wlfe?
Egbert linprovlng, tbank you.
"Why, I dldn't know sbo'd been 1111"
"Sho hasn't. but sho bougbt a bon
nct today for $4. She used to buy the
nlxteen dollar kind, you know." Yon
kers Statesman.
, Dlunt.
"I ehould llke to go to my motbcr-ln.
law's funeral thls nfternoon, slr," sald
tho booUkeeper to tho "old man."
"So should I." ropllcd the proprletor
rs bo turncd to hls desk agaln. Lon
don Tlt.Blts.
Nautlcal.
"Cap, how many knots an hour can
you mako wlth thls vessel?"
"Can't mako any Just now; wo're
tled up." Baltimore Amerlcan.
Wbat ls not necessary ia dcar at
oenny. Daulsh Proverb.
Ooo
PEOPLE'S
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
,-i,-.i-..QQ O
Brooklyn. N. Y., January 10. Today
bcgan a scrlcs of Chrlstlau Mass Mcet
lngs, wbich nre to continue durlng
four succcsslvo Sunday aftcrnoons in
tho largcst Audltorium of Brooklyn,
tho Acadcmy of Muslc, undcr tho nus
plccs of "People's l'ulplt Assoclatlon."
Tho toplc for tho day was:
"What Congrcgatlonallsts, I'resbylcri
ians and Mcthodlsls rnusl aurrcndvr in
thc interests of Vhurch Fcdcratton."
Pastor O. T. Uussell of Brooklyn
Tabernacle dcllvcred thc addrcss. Thc
spnclous and clegant Audltorium was
cruwdcd' so that an overllow mectlng
wlth auotber speakcr was decmcd ad
visablo. On thc platform belnd tbo
speakcr wero sovoral bundrcd meu, In
cludlng a numbcr of mlnistcrs. The
uudlcnce as a wbole was a very in
tolllgont one. Tbo llonorablo .1. F.
Rutherford. Attorucy-at-Lnw, lntro
duccd Pastor Uussell, who sald:
I tako for my toxt tho Word of the
Lord through tho Prophet, "Say yo
not, A Cotifcderacy, to all them to
whom thls peoplo shall say, A Cou
fedcracy; nelther fear yo their fcar,
nor bo nfrald" (lsalah vlli, 12).
Tho deslrableness of oneness in tho
Churcb of Cbrlst is beyond dispute.
Tho lmpropriety of sectarlanism or dl
vislon Is uow generally conceded, al
though twenty years ago many de
fended tho dlvlded condltlon of tho
Church as belng helpful. They polnt
cd to our Lord's words, I nm tho Vlne
and yo aro tho brancbes; overy branch
in mo that beareth not frult my Fa
ther, the Ilusbandman, takcth away.
And every branch that beareth frult
ho pruneth, that lt may brlng forth
moro frult (Johu xv, 1-5). They clalm
ed that the dcnomlnatlons wcro the
brancbes. Tho ovldent tcachlug of
tho Master hero Is that hls people are
relatod to hlm In an indlvldual sense
and not as partles, sects or dcnomlna
tlons, aud that they aro dcalt wlth
from tbo Indlvldual standpoint as one
Church and not many.
St. Paul cnunclatcd tho same great
truth (1 Corlnthlans xll. 13), declarlng
that tho Lord Jcsus is tho Ilead of the
Church, which Is hls Body, and that
as the human body has many mem
bers under tho full control of tho head,
cscept when dlseased, so tho Churcb.
as members In partlcular of tho Body
of Chrlst, aro all to bo subjcct to the
Lord as their Head. They aro all to
be so connectcd wlth their nead, and
thus wlth each other, that whon ono
suffers, all suffer wlth lt, and when
ono rejolces. all rejoicc wlth lt, be
cause they all havo fellowshlp in tbo
ono splrit of tho Head. ' Ilcnce the
eyo cannot say to tbo band, nor the
hand to the foot. 1 havo no nced of
you, for every raomber ls necessary to
theprosnorltof the Body as a whole.
And'as the jolnt supports and strength
ons tho Ilinb and ls jolued tbcrcto
by sinews. ctc. so indlvldually God's
people are unlted to each other ln
the bonds of grace and truth and love.
It must be conceded that Church
Federatlon or Confedcracy ls In many
respects qulto a different thlng from
tho Church'8 oneness illustrated by our
Lord's parable of tho vlne. and the
Apostle's illustratlon of tho human
body. Neverthcless since a Federatlon
Is proposed as the nearest posslble op
proach to tho splrltual cnjolncd Oulon,
lt is proper that wo and all Chrlstlans
everywhero should enqulre carefully
tho cost and tho galn Imptiod In thc
Federatlon movoment. As tho pro
gram shows, thls serles of meetlngs
wlll conslder Impartlally tho cost of
Federatlon to tho crceds of the most
promlnent dcnomlnatlons. Flrst In the
11st today wo conslder the sacrlflces
of Congregatlonallsm, Prosbyterlanlsm
aud Mcthodlsm.
(1) As to church government very
sllght concesslons wlll bo requircd of
any of tbo federatlng dcnomlnatlons.
Dcnomtnatlonnl llbcrtlcs as respects
forms of worshlp nnd methods of gov
emmeut and dlsclpllnc are to bo permlt
ted very looso reii. Tho Federatlon pro
poses chlefly tue rcgulatlon of home
and forolgu inlsslon work and a geueral
watch-caro over the Interests of the
federated systems nloug the llncs of
polltlcal Influence. Tho cxpoctatlon ls
that tho polltlcal power of tho Federa
tlon wlll havo consldorablo to do wlth
mouldlng of lcglslatlon favorablo to tho
Federatlon, nnd later on. unfavorablo
to tho smallcr dcnomlnatlons not asso
clatcd ln tho Federatlon.
(2) It ls along doctrlnal llncs that thc
sacrlflclng In tbo lnterest of Federation
wlll bo chlefly domanded.
Doctrlnally Congregatlonallsts and
Presbyterlans aro ono; henco wo may
conslder tbclr sacrlflces of doctrlnc In
tho interests of Federatlon as the
earae. They both accept tho West
minster Confcsslon of Fnlth wlth lts
Calvlnlstlc foundatlon that God, be
fore tho foundatlon of tho world, fore
ordalncd whntsoever comes to pacs;
that he prodestluatcd an clect, salntly
few to heavenly glory, nnd equally
foreordalued that the romalnder of
thousnnds of mllllons of non-clcct
should bo malntained In ctcrnal llfe
to all cternlty, ln ordcr that they mlght
suffer cxcruclatlng palns, both mental
nnd physlcal, nover-endlng, qs a part
of tho supposed ponalty of tho "Orlgl-
nal Sln" commltted by our flrst par-
i I T"1 .1 !
outs ln Edcn.
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RnnniTnri im nnDKiiiin imiDMdi
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ON YOUR BREAKFAST TABLE FOR
THIRTY-FIVF HFNTS PFR MdNTII
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PULPIT...
i. THE COST OF
1 CHURCH
FEDERATION
TO CONGREGATIONALISTS
PRESBYTERIANS
METHODISTS
Evldontly thcro wlll bo few peoplo
In theso hlghly lntolllgent Christlan
bodlcs rcady to lnslst, as our forc
fathers dld, that thls clemcnt of faltu
Is essentlal to salvatlou. Fcw of us
would ogrco wlth Brother John Calvin,
tho great archltect of thls crced, that
felloW-Chrlstlans rejectlng thls "uoc
trlno should bo burned at tho stake,
as Brother Colvln declded ln rcspect
to Brother Servetus. No, tbank God!
Wo havo outgrown somo of thc nar
rowness which so terrlbly fettercd
somo of our brethcrn durlng the dark
ngcs.
Few any longor belleve that there
aro "lnfants lu hell uot n span long,"
becauso non-elect. Even wbero the
doctrlnc of Electlon ls stlll bltndly
hold. fcw havo tho temerlty to stato
their bellef that any lnnocent Infant
was prcdcstluated to ovcrlasllng tor
turc. But Brother Calvln's contcn
tlon expressed ln the Westminster
Confcsslon ls that thcro arc no innocent
lnfants that the condomnatlon of
Original Sln was to ctcrnal torture and
stbat Adam's children, "born ln sln and
sbapcn ln Inlqulty." wcro thercfore not
Innocent, but gullty born undcr the
scntencc of ctcrnal torment and sal
vablo from lt only through mcmbcrshlp
in tho Church of Christ. Indced we
may say that thls theory was stlll
older than Calvin, for dld not St. Au
gustino flrst declarc thc dangcr of ln
fants to cternal torture and the neccs
slty of their belng brought lnto tho
Cburch of Cbrlst by baptlsm ln ordcr
to escapo cternal torture? And is not
the forco of thls teachlng stlll manlfcst
amongst both Protestants and Catho
Hcs, as evldenced by their fear to
havo an lnfant dle unbaptlzcd so that
somo, in oxtreme cases. even practlco
"baptlsm In utero?"
Doctrlnally Metbodlsm Is Indlrectly
opposed to Calvlnlsm In every senso
of the word. Posslbly Mctbodlsts wlll
havo less to coucedo than Calvlnlsts.
becauso. althougu ln Wesley's day tho
doctrlnc of Free Grace was combattcd
on every band. It is uow the tocit falth
of the vast majorlty of Chrlsteudom.
Tho doctrluo that God had premedl
tated and Irrevocably foreordalned tho
cternal torture of our raco except a
handful of the Elect was too horrlblo
a ono to stand. So thc Methodlst doc-.
trine of Dlvlne Lovo for all and Freo
Grace as respects salvatlou bas ap
pealcd more and more to the growlng
lntclllgcucc of manklud. Nevcrtheless
wo cannot do otborwlso than concede
that lt will matter little to tho thou
sands of mllllons which all "orthodox"
creeds conslgn to eternnl torture
whether they shall suffer cternal
agonies as a result of Dlvlno loveless
ness ln foreordalnlng their sufferiugs
or to Dlvlne Inablllty to outwork for
their bcnellt the supposed advantagcs
of Freo Grace arranged for them by
Dlvlne Love.
The More Excellent Way.
Our suggestlon is that now, In the
lapplng tlme of thls Gospel Ago wlth
the oucomlug Mlllentilal Age. as tbo
arc elcctrlc ligbt casts tbo candlc of
tho past lnto the shadow, so tbo clear
er Hght now shlning from tho pages
of God's Word casts lnto tho shadow
all tho doctrines of the "dark ages,"
relievlng us of the horrlblo nlghtmaro
which oneo beclouded our hearts and
llves and tuado us fcnrful of our Cre
ator ns an all-powcrful. but incrci
less soverelgn. In thls blessed Hght
now shlning from God's Book have we
not a basls for Christlan untonf Let
us see! If we can flud In God's Word
that tho doctrlno of Electlon nnd the
doctrlnc of Free Graco aro both true,
both Blbllcal, but that one belougs to
the Church ln thls Gospel Ago aud the
other to manklud In geueral in tho
comlng Millenninl Age. wlll n6t thls
solvo our problem and glvo us doc
trlual unlon Instead of a mere frd.era
tlon based upon tho Ignorlug of doc
Irlne? We can all assent to thls, there
foro let us examlno tho facts.
Tbo Blble assurodly declares a Dl
vlne electlon nccordlng to a Dlvlue
purposo foreordalned but not such an
flectiou ns Brother Calvin outllned.
God foreordalned the solectlon of a
Church, predestlnating tho uumber
who would constltuto lts tucmbershlp
and tho charactor of each one who
would bo acccptable as a momber. Ile
foreordalned tests of tho worthlness of
those members nnd tbo glorlous re
ward that should be thelrs and n great
work which they shali bo prlvlleged to
do for manklud llmltedly uow, fully
durlng tho Mllleunlum. Accustomcd to
tho electlon of fcllow-cltlzcns to the
Presldcncy, to Congross, ctc, whore
they will have tho opportunlty for
blesslng the non-elect, wo should havo
onrried thls same thought to tho Dl
vlno electlon of the Church. Wo should
havo dlscerncd that the clect Church,
tue "Seed of Abrabam" (Galatlans III,
29), Is speclally lutcndcd to bo the
channel of Dlvlno blosslng to "all the
familles of the earth" (Genesis xxvlll,
34).
Uow strangc that wo ovorlookcd thls
and tho assurance that wlth the com
pletlou of tho Church Messlah would
oxolt her ln tbe "Flrst Itcsurrectlon"
to bo hls Bride nnd jolnt-helr iu hls
Mlllpnnlnl Klngdom, to bo cstnbllshcd
for the blesslng of all manklud! Ilow
strauge that we dld not notlco that
overy tost of Scripturo uscd by our
Methodlst brothrci) (o sutistntitliito
their doeirlup of Free Grace helongs to
thc .Mllleiinliil Klngdom! Ah for ln-Rtnm-f.
tho IHI.Ip, nricr Iplllng us ot
the eoinpletlini of tho Chun'h uow
pspouspd lo tliu Lord nnd nlier her
marrlagp or unlon wlth blm at hls
Sccond Coinlug, na "tbe llrldp, tho
Lanib's Wlfe." tells tluit ihcn "tbo
Splrit and tbe Brldo shall say. Come
nnd whosoever wlll mny eotnp aud tako
of tho water of llfe freely" (ltovelatlon
XXll, III. I
Ah. yes, we fallcd dlsastrously to ,
kccp tbo Apostle's commaud, "Study
to show tbyself npprovcd unto God. n i
workman that ncedeth not to be
nshamed, rlghtly dlvldlng tho word ot
Truth" (II Tlmothy II. 15). Wo falleU
to thus dlvlde tho Truth and to note
tho portlon appllcablc now and tho
other portlon appllcablc durlng tho
Mlllcnnlum. 'Tbank God, wo aro not
yct too old to lcarn. Wo surcly have
bccn thoroughly slckcncd by our mls
takcn lntcrpretatlons of tho past,
which madc nonscnso of both thc doc
trines Electlon and Freo Grace and
worso than thls. defamed and vlllllcd
our Heavenly Fatber, "tho God of all
Graco."
In the Hght now shlning we may sec
that thc terras of the Dlvlno electlon
of thc Church arc In cvcry scnsc of thc
word wlthout partlallty, except as re
gards cbaracter and fnithfulncss.
Those now called wlth the heavenly
calllng to be of "the elect" arc ludecd
Invltod to eternnl llfe on thc splrit
plane. to bo llke unto tbe angels. but
more cxaltcd. whlle tbe opportunltlos
to bo granted to tho world in general
durlng tho Mllleunlum wlll be Inferlor,
carthly, rcstltutionary yct grand (Acts
III. 10-21). But thls dlfferunco ot re
ward Is counterbalancpd by the se
verer trlals and testlngs of those now
called to bo of tho clect. They must
walk by falth and not by slght. Thpy
must tako up tbclr cross and follow
the Larob wbitbersoever he goeth.
They must count tbolr llves not dear
unto them, but wllllngiy sacrlflco their
earthly Interests that thpy may bepar
tlclpators wlth their Itedpemer lo glo
ry. bonor and Immortallty. and ln hls
great work of the Mlllennlum-tho
blesslng ot tho world of manklud wlth
a mental, moral, soclal and pbyslcul
upllft.
Cannot we all. Congregatlonallsts.
Presbyterlans aud Mctbodlsts. and all
others ot God's people, unlte ns one
body upon tbls Scriptura! bypotbesIsV
Are wo uot satlstlpd wlth the terms of
tbls electlou that they are sutUcIently
strlngcnt to csclude all exeept tbo
salntly? nearken to the Apostle's dec
lara'tion, whlcb we onee so grlevously
mlsundprstood: Ile says of God's elec
tlon, "Whom be clltT foreknow he also
dld predestlnate to be coufonned to
the Itnago of hls Son." In other words.
when our Heavenly Father foreknow
and predetormlned to gathcr an elect
Church as the Bride of Chrlst, ho also
predetennlued that uone could bo
members of lt unless they uttalned
through falth and obedience in the
School of Chrlst character-llkeness of
Jrsus heart llkenpss to hlm bence. as
nearly as posslble. an obedience ot tbo
tlesh to bls Law.
Surely no ono wlll clalm that any
but n little llock has evor attalued to
thls buuorcd condltlon; henco our for
mer Ideas respoctlng the non-elect
would conslgn tho majorlty of our
familles. nelghbors. frleucls aud all
the heatbcn. to etidless woe. But uow
how din'ereiitly we spc lu God's Word
that the eleet class is selected lu ntt
vauee. that lu God's due tlme. wlth
tbe Redeomer, It may bless every crea
ture with fullest opportunlty to relurn
to human perfeetlou In a l'aradlse re
galned rustored Uurlug the Mllletiui
um. Thls proposltlou ot the Scrip
tures Includes thoso wbo hnve gono
dowu to the prlsou-house of death
lnto tihcnl, lnto IJtutrx, both the evll
aud tho goctl. All shall then know.
from the least to the greatest, that
".Jcsus Chrlst. by the graco ot God,
tasled death for every man." They
shall know that the redeeiulng bluod
was not slitnl ln valn. Iiut wlll secure
to each momber of Adam's race. not
eterual llfe. but au opportunlty to ai
tain eterual llfe eithpr on the 'heaven
ly plane tluring thls Age or ou the
earthly plane durlng the Mllleiinlum.
I address you. dear trlenda. uot tfom
a seciailan standpoint. but trom a
Federarlon standpoint; yea. more thau
thls. ttwtu the standpoint ot those wiui
deslre to be doctrlnally. as well as out
wardly. iu agreemont wllh the Lord
aud wlth each other. Havo we not, In
thls beautlful electlon ot tlre Blble. the
basls for tho graudest ot all hopes. the
highest of all ambitions to be "helrs
of God aml joint-helrs wlth .lesus
Chrlst our LordV" Can we want more
thau thls for ourselvesV And does it
not enham-e the glory of thls prl.e to
have the prospect ot conquerlug the
world for .lesus and for tho Father
durlng the Mllleiinlum. lu tho only
way ln whleh lt ever can be couqiiered
God's way?
Is It uot for thls Klngdom that our
Itedeemer taught us to pray, Thy
Kliigdoui come: thy wlll be done oii
earth as It Is done lu heavenV" is It
not for tbls Kliigdoui that he taughf i
us to wall. saylng, "I'Var not, little
flock; It ls your Falber's good pleasure
to glve you Ihe Kingdom" (Luke .il.
32iV ls it not for thls Klngdom ilmt
the world wnlts? "t'nti) hlm ever.
knee shall bow and e'eiy tongtie i tui-
fpss. 1'he knowledge ot the Lord '
shall flll the whnle earth." "All shall '
know hlm from the least to ihe great
est." "And il shall eome to pas that
every soul whleh wlll not hear that
Prophet shall be destroyed trom
nmomrst Ihe neonle" fAeis III. ":ii- !
Shall we. then. stop inerely wlth an
outward federatlon or confederae.V;
Shall we not rather unlte our hearts
nnd heads and hauds along the llncs ot
the Dlvlue prouilsp glvon to us-"lu
thee aud ln thy Seed shall the familles
of the earth be blessedV" (Galatlans
111, 29.)
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ESTATK OF CUKA MAY XOHLK.
Siatc of Ycnnont.
Dlstrlct of Washington, ss.
In Probnto Coitrt, hold In Montpe
lier, In nnd for sald Dlstrlct, on tho
Gth day of January, A. D., 1910, Ed
ward J. Bartlett, admlnlstrator ot tho
estate of Clarn Mny Noble, lato ot
Plainfield, In sald Dlstrlct, deceascd,
presents hls ndmlnlstratlon account
for oxnmlnatlon nnd nllowancc, and
tnakes appllcatlort for a decrec ot
dlstrlbutlon nnd partltlon of tho es
tate of sald deceascd, Wberoup-jn lt
la ordered by sald Court that sald ac
count nnd sald appllcntlon bo refor
red to p sesslon thereof, to be held at
tho Probato Offlce, ln sald Montpe
lier on the 2nd day of Februay, A. D
1910, for hearlng nnd dcclslon thero
on: And, It ls furthor ordered that
notlco horeof bo glven to all persons
Interestcd, by publlcatlon of the samo
threo wecks successlvcly ln thc Ver
mont Watchman nnd Stato .Tournal,
a nowspapor publlshed at Montpelier
ln thls Stnto, prevlous to sald timo
appolnted for hearlng, that they may
appear at sald tlme and place, and
show cause, If any they may havo,
why sald account should not be al
lowed, and such decrce made.
By the Court. Attcst,
FRANK J. MARTIN, .ludgo,
WJC 3t
ESTATE OF MEIIITABLE ItlDKK.
Slute of Vermont.
Dlstrlct of Washington ss.
In Probnte Court, held In Montpel
ier, ln mnd for sald Dlstrlct, on tho
8th day of January A. D. 1910.
Rlchardson J. Gleason, Trustee ofa
fund created by the last will nnd tcs
tament of Mehltablo Rldcr, late ot
Waitsfield, ln said Dlstrlct, deceascd,
presents his trustee account for ex
amlnatlon and allowance. Whereup
on lt is ordered by sald Court that
sald account and said appllcatlon bo
referred to a sesslon thereof, to bo
held at tho Probato Offlce ln sald
Montpelier, on the 4th day of Febru
ary A. D., 1910, for hearlng and decis
lon thereon: And, lt ls further order
ed that notlco hereof bo glven to all
persons interested, by publlcatlon of
tho same three weeks successlvely In
the Vermont Watchman and Stato
.Tournal, a newspaper publlslrfcd at
Montpelier, ln thls State, prevlous to
sald tlme appolnted for hearlng, that
they may appear at sald timo and
place and show causo, lf any they
may have, why sald account should
not bo allowed, and such decreo mado.
By the Court. Attest:
FRANK J. MARTIN,
3-5
COMMISSIOXEKS 'OTICE.
Estate of Applcton Pcrry.
Tho underslgned, havlng been ap
polnted by the Honorable Probato
Court for the Dlstrlct of Washington,
Commlssloners, to recelve, examine,
and adjust the clalms nnd demands
of all persons agalnst the estato of
Appleton Perry, late of East Mont
pelier, In said Dlstrlct, deceased, and
all clalms exhlblted ln offset thercto,
horeby glve notlce that we wlll meet
for the purpose aforesald, at the lato
residence of the said Appleton Perry,
ln the town of East Montpelier in
sald Dlstrlct on the 2tst day of Jan
uary and 21st day of .Tune next, from
1 o'clock p. m untll 4 o'clock p. m
on each of sald days and that slx
months from the 29th day of Decem
ber, A. D., 1909, Is the tlme limlted by
sald Court for sald creditors to pres
ent their clalms to us for examlnatlon
and allowance.
Dated at East Montpelier, thls 5th
day of January, A. D., 1910.
CLARK SIBLEY.
M. P. WILLARD,
Commlssloners.
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