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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAX THURSDA.Y JUtfE ?3 1910-
WOMAN'S
Fnlsc Economy 1
Thc oppositlon to the new Hlgh
School bulldlng takes the ground of
cconomy, and oft-taken vantage polnt
by watchdogs of the city lunda and n
ground to bo most often rtcom
mended as a check upon extravagant
outlay of appropriatlons but there are
times and occasions, and thls ls.one
of those times and occasions, whcn it
1s more econoray to invest the nec
essary money in a Hlgh School bulld
lng than it is to hoard the funds and
flle away the plans, Granted that
Montpelier has dralned heavlly lnto
her trensury funds In the past year or
two or three, the Hlgh School project
1b the project that shoiild suffer least
from such drainlng and which should
not he cxpected or allowed to feel
the cramplng of the clty purse due to
prevlous appropriatlons along other
llnes, Almost lnvarlably when a
school bulldlng is needed, lt is bettcr
cconomy to build it than to oppose
its construction. Thfs is a policy that
wlll have to be hamniered into the
head of the man who grudges the
oxtra tax but the far sighted man wlll
tsqueeze out willlngly every penny he
has to for investiture In schools and
for the educational purposes. Delay
Is unwise, unfair to the youngsters
themselves, and a positive injustice to
thoso girls and boys who, according
td the present situation will leave
school days behind them minus the
advantages offered by the increase
space and doubled equipment possl
'ble only with the erection of a new
High School.
This, of all times, is the occaslon
when economy of dollars and cents
;ls narrow and unworthy intelligent
tnxpayers. We may have been un
wls In .the past, and thus imposed
'upon ourselves added burdens and
increased rates of taxation, but the
nlan or woman who inspects the
school sy-stcm today, 'who notes the
lacks incident to crowded rooms and
the limitations incident to want of
space or Ihe man or woman wio ias
attended the eight grade and the class
lay exercises of the High School
year after year and was obliged to be
turaed away this year unless he had
a ticket which would admit him to
the narrow hall available to the stud
ents, will not begrudge tho "extras"
incident to paying his share toward
the linproved methods of educating
Montpelier youngsters. There Is
cconomy and there is false economy
and this is the time, unless I am
grossly mistaken, when it is a very
unwise individual v.'ho draws tight
his purse strings when it comes to
voling to bond for a new High School
at city meeting. By the way, when is
that meeting?
1 . .Vi
An Exfremc View.
We are urged repeatedly to make
the best of the bad things of life, to
see th esilver lining in the clouds
and, if rain must fall, to resolve that
"raln's my choice" but such'. an atti
tude toward the inevitable and un
foreseen, commendable as it is at
times, may be carried to a foolish and
absurd extreme and The Youth's
Companion points out in the follow
ing bit ofconversation:
"What do you think, my dear? Such
luck. "We leave for Parls in an bour."
"P.eally?"
"Yes, we're going to the Pasteur
Institute. My husband has just been
bltten by a mad dog?"
For all those of us who take life too
serlously and whose tears are peril
ously near the surface, there are
those who fail to appreciate the se
rious side of life and the sacredness
of events and the true import of the
lncidents of every day life, treating
all things frivously and touching
cven upon the most beautiful phases
of exlstence in a haphazard, what-do-I-care
way. 1 have known women who
made of the death1 of a dear relatlve
more of an occaslon for dispiaying
the latest dainty combinations of
mourning costumes than a season of
honest grief. I have known women
who went to church for the sole rea
son that their headgear was' bewltch
ng and costly and men who attended
a Iecture, not through an interest in
th facts under discussion but through
11 desire t obo enrolled "among those
present."
But lt is not iu be understood for
thc fraction of a second that I udvo
cute long-faced Christlanity, nor the
solemn tone and manner that thrills
one with pending disaster and awful
doom but I do lnsist that there is a
time to frivol and a time to laugh
and a time to be very serious and
thoughtful and natural. WJde Is the
margin between honest merrlment'
and frivqllty.
The above scrap of conversation,
tieartless as it seems, is symbolic of
(he attitudo of some of us toward
things which have a right to com
mnnd our serious contemplatlon and
our time and devotion and thoso of
us who are guilty of such neglect and
nrtiflcial surface skimmlng are not
so far removed from the typo of wo
mon who saw ln her husband's scrl
oub' illness nothing but a du'ly to
urge him to take out heavier life ln
surance "for your dear wlfe's sake."
.Sniall Lcalis.
Once when vislting a young bouse
wlfe I watched ber put some grease,
drippings and sltlmmlngs out on tbc
COLUMN
back pinzza, to wait until she had
tfmo to put it in the garbage pail,
says a correspondent in an exchange.
When she found tlme she went out
nnd came back wlth a bit of yellow
soap in her hand, nnd said: "Look,
my grease is gone and I found this
is in the pan. How queer."
The explanatlon -vs-as slmple. The of
soap man on his rounds Saw tbeiof
grease thought lt was put out for!
him, had taken it and left the bit of
soap in exchange.
lt was her first knowledge that
grease has a dlstjnct market value.
In many homes all grease is scrap
ed lnto the flre or thrown into the
refuse. lt is a waste. Almost every
kind of grease has Its value. A mix
ture of beef, pork and ham fats can
be purifled by frying a few slices of
potato in it, and it can then be used
for almost any purpose that lard is
used for.
It's the small leaks that crippla
the ships. The discarding of skim
mlngs and drippings is one way of
wasting an income.
If no other use Is made of thls side
product, it can alwnys be made into
soap, or it can, as a last resort, be
sold to the grease collector.
Save all the bits of toilet soap.
Place them ln a tin can. Once in a
while melt them into a mass by plac
ing the can in hot water. The result
makes good shampoo soap or is us
able for any purpose for which soap
is needed. Watch. the little leaks.
Utllize the by-products. If you use
small brushes for greasing bread and
cake pans, I flnd this a handy, tlior
ough and clean way of doing this
work.
Scwlug lllnls.
Save small boxes in whdch to keep
hooks and eyes. Place different sizes
in various boxes and tack a cones
ponding hook on each box lid. Keep
all in one large box or spool drawer,
A serviceable kitchen apron is
one that covers the dress front and
back. By having elbow length sleeves
ln bell shape, pretty lingerie sleeves
are protected. Button the apron at
the neck.
The accepted method of working a
buttonhole stitch seems to be to hold
the cut cdge away from you, to set
the stitch in the raaterial from be
neath, loop the thread around the
needle and draw ujj y pulling the
thread from you. Try holding the
cut edge toward you, set the stitch at
the top and draw the thread toward
you. The loop will form naturally of
itself. Thus save time ena make a
more even buttonhole.
For a rainy day skirt an originul
and prnctical idea was developed in
the way of a rubber facing. The skirt
was made from a medium-weight
serge that had been cravenetted in
order to make it waterproof. A sev-en-gored
model was selected which
cleared the ground four inches.
For the lower edge was cut a
shaped and fitted facing of rubberized
silk eight inches deep ln a color
mntching the material, applied so
that lt protected the edge as well as
th'e inside of the skirt, and when it'
became soiled from wear it could be
sponged off and thus kept clean.
The amateur will do well to fol-
low an example of the professlonal
dressmaker who lessens her task by
cutting as many artlcles as possible
at one time and flttmg them all at
once. With garments basted and
ready to sew together half the tedi
ous work is done. Those who em-
ploy searastresses should realize that
much is galned by having the room
YOl!
BACKACHE
WILLYIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
"nioomdale. Ohio. "I suffercrt from
terrlble lieadachcs, pains in my back
and riRiit sme. anu
was tireu an tno
time and nervous.
1 cuuM not sleep.
and evory month I
cotiui iniiuiy sianu
tin- paln. Lydia E.
raikiiam s v'Kcta.
blo Corapound 10
stored mo to licalth
atjain and mado mo
feul Hko a new wo.
mau. I liopo this
lettur will liidxicu
otlior women to avail themsclves of
this valuablo incdiclne." ilrs. L. M.
riti:uuiiicK, Bloomdale, Oliio
Backacho is .1 symptom of femalo
weakness or deranKement. If yoi
bavo backacho don't neglect it. To
get permanent roliof you must reacli
tlio rootof tho trouble. Nothing wo
knowof will do this &o safelyand surely
as Lydia 15. Pinkham's Vegctablo Com
pound. Curc the causo of theso dis
tresslng nche3 and pains and you will
becomo well and strong.
Tho great volumo of unsolicited tes
timony constantly i)ouring in proves
conclusively that Lydia E. J'iiikluun's
VeROtable Compound, made from roots
and lierbs, has restored health to thou
sands of women.
If you liavo tho sliglitcst loul)t
tlmt lA'dla E. Pinkliain's Vckc
tablo Coinpounil avIU hclp you,
wriio to Mre. Pinklmia at Lynn,
iiiasn., tor aavice. xour iciicr
will lo absolutely coullUential,
and tho advlco l'ryo.
i
A Department Devoted to
Women and the Home
EDITED BY PRUDENCE PRUDE
well equlppcd for work. This cannot
be accomplished wlthout sonio sys
tem. Unless tho work is kept in order
while sewing, much time Is lost. Of
ten a slow sewer glves best results.
Do not imaglne you are. being eheat
ed if good work grows slowly.
Cushions having the, appearance
durnbility
flowered
and elegance are niade
tapestry. The design
should be small and artistic in good
colors that blend nicely wlth the
background. The cushions may bo
square, oblong or even round. They
may be used in any apartment nnd
will lend the home touch expected
from such comfortable ornaments.
Various fabrics are used, some wlth
cotton backlng, others with silk. Gold
cloth, flowered in pastel prlnts, is
suitable ln handsome drawlng rooms,
but such pieces as olive, cardinal,
blue and green, wlth' small flowers,
are best for general use. Exchange.
Ciiliiinrics.
Primarlly, the success of a salad
depends upon a good dresslng. lf,one
is not expert in making mayonnaise,
a very excellent quality may be pur-
chased at any grocery.
Flsh steamed is much nicer and
more easily dlgested than lf fried. Put
lnto a steamex and sprinkle, salt
over, cook about twenty mimutes. It
will be pure white and flaky. Serve
with butter.
Several large leavcs of lcttuce roll
ed tightly and kept cold make an at
tractive flsh garnish. Cut the leaves
into one-half inch pieces with shears.
Tihese make pretty rale green ros-
ettes, which when intermingled with
small pieces of parsley and sliccd
egg, make a very pretty dressing.
Scald a handful of cleaned splnach
and mash very fine with butter. This
thinned with Frenclr dressing may be
used as a flsh dressing. A very tasty
flsh salad is made Dy chopping pars
ley very flne and adding it to butter
with enough vinegar 10 give a sharp
acid taste. To clip the parsley, take
a small bunch of it in the hands,
press the leaves tigntly together to
make a ball, and snip it wittr the scis
sors. Take one pound of round steak
and cut it into small pieces. Place it
in a pan with a lump of butter as
large as an egg and season with salt
and pepper. Cover with water and
cook the meat until tender, adding
water as needed. When done, add to
it, one-half can of tomatoes, one
small sliced onion nnd a pint of
cooked macaroni. Cook thoroughly
until done, add a fourth of a cup of
cream and sferve hot. The onlon m&y
be cooked with the meat, - Thls is ex
cellent cooked with rice ln place of
macaroni. In either case it is im
proved with a dash of red pepper or
cayenne.
Soak over night one cupful of
beans, drain and boil until tender,
drain dry and rub through a sieve
with one-quarter pound almonds,
shelled, blanched and ground. Make
a thick cream sauce of two table
spoonfuls flour, salt, pepper and half
a cup of cream or mllk. Mix well and
cook. Add one beaten egg, beat well,
add the beans and nuts and turn on a
plate to cool. Form lnto shnpes, egg
and crumb and fry in hot fat. Serve
plain or withi any good sauce. Lentils,
split peas, both yellow and green,
may be used to give n variety. Suc
cess greatly depends upon careful
seasoning. Exchange.
KESTS WITH WOMEX
I11 a two colmun article entitled
"The Spoxtsman's View of lt," Col
lier's Weekly says of a matter which
should interest every woman since
it rests entirely with her whether
such articles wlll be necessary ln the
future:
"It is popular to anathematize
theatrical managers for the unclean
plnys and to told milllners responsi
ble for the slaughter of plumage
blrds. Obviously, if people did not
flock to see unclean plays, the man
agers would not stage them; and if
women refused to buy hats trimmed
witb bird plumage, it is equally un-
denlable that tlie milliners' agents
would not employ men to kill the
herons, the terns, and the other blrds
which grow commercially valuable
"Is it that wo must invoKe the law,
must even make a new law as done
recently ln New York, to compel you
to do what your flner-than-man 'ln-
stincts should and no coubt do sug'
gest?
"It seems no very crqdltable aUl
tude just now when women are seek
ing to take a larger part in the
world's affalrs that they should so
utterly neglect a wrctched condition
ln their own especial sphero over
wliich they, and they only, have direct
and absolutc control.
"Solejy, because women will buy
hats trimmed with plumage, certain
of our birds aro nearlng e.xtinction;
if they declined to buy such hats,
thero would be no market for tho
plumage and, consequently, norbutch
ery of tho blrds. Tho matter rests
absolutely with the women.
"Will ono of the sex tell mo why in
theso days of restless, dlscontented
women clamorlng for work, for 'some
interest' that thls aubject of bird
slaughter, dlreotly due to tho wear
ing of plumage-trimmed hats by wo
men, ls overlooked? no, not over
looked, rather ignored by the wo
men. My respet for tho eex ls too
deep to bolleve the cause, vanity and
yet what is It? will some woman
answer for pubjlcatlon?
"It ls a source of never-ending
wonderment how absurdly unlntelli
gent people show thcmselves to bo
In tihis blrd protectivc controversy.
Many will insist In stupldly looklng
u'(on sucli cfforts as sentlmental.
Tho verlest schoolboy knows nowa
days the value of tho blrds to tho
farmer; countleBs mllllons of inju
rious lnsects are destroyed annually
by these blrds in whose alaugbter
wearers of plumagcd hats consplre
nnd in whose protection tho enlight
ened people of America are united.
The insectlvorous blrds save the agrl
cultural intercsts of the United
States thousands upon thousands of
dollars every year."
Solacc i'or thc Stoul.
Fat is often unappreciated or mls-understood-and
unduly blamed for
slns of delinquencics of other body
foods From 1C to 20 per cent of each
healthy body is composed of fat and
lts chief sotirces are stai'ches and
sugars, though certain fats are di
rectly utilized. The weight of pres
ent opinion is in favor of the vlew
that fats are completely deconiposed
In the intestines and that the fatty
acids formed are absorbed, either as
soaps or in a solution brought aliout
by the bile. As a source of energy
for the development of heat fat may
be described as quickly available, but
not as lastlng as some other sub
stances. By its concentrated fuel
power it saves other tlssues, especl
ally the albuminoid ones.from ovcroxl
datlon and is valuable as a reserve
force. Moreover, by its presence the
protein is better enabled to do lts
work In tissue bulldlng and as a
storage of energy for emergencies )t
ls of great importance. The last ma
terial use of fat is to serve as a pro
tection ,of the body from injury and
cold. It forms an outer cushlon for
the frame.
From an aesthetic stand-
polnt the physiol6glcal and
orderly
distribution of fat in the connective
tissue riiakes all the difference be
tween beauty and uglincss. In con
sidering the psychic role of fat it3
reserve function in relation to actire
vital procesFes should be consldered.
A liberal despositlon of fat Is one of
nature's wise pre.cautions to enable
us to bear some of the trials of life.
It has been known from earliest an
tiquity that fat people are more con
tented and optimistic than lean ones,
and the supply of fat may be com
pared to the ample bank account of a
busy and provident man. Exchange.
The Itares't Qualiiy.
Several men of affairs were dis
cussing, not long ago, what quality
was rarest. One spoke for brains
presently admitted that there were
plenty of fellows with brains enough
and to spare. Another spoke of en
ergy and all agreed that that capac
ity to keep hard at it in season and
out of season was difficult to flnd.
Then a third suggested judgment
the ability to know what to do and
what not to do, when to do, when to
reirain from doing. It was admitted
aiter some argument, that this was
rarer. "1 have not met half a dozen
men in my life," said one who was
president of a railroad, "who com-
bined Judgment with enthusiasm.
I'm inclined to think tlfat enthusi
asm, intelligent enthusiasm, is the
rarest quality." Last of all the finan-
ier spoke up. "I should say that
character is the rarest quality; not
honesty, for everybody Is honest ac
cording to his lights. But the dispc
sition and the courage to do right re
gardless of cousequences and with&ut
trying toinduc conscienco to say
that wrong is right or almost right."
After a silence the railway man said,
"The world wouldn't move very fast
if that quality were less rare than it
is." "It doesn't move very fast," re
plled the flnancler, "and that's the
whole reason." Exchange.
Papering tlie Boy's Itoom, tlie Garret
Or Summcr Camp.
'A new craze in paper comes to this
country by way of Parls. lt is no'th-
ing more nor less than decorating
walls amj cellings with newspapers.
These are. selected to have tho great
est possible variety. Papers from all
countries and ln all languagcs are iu
great demand and the neadlngs are
left so as .to be conspicuous. Kcwspa-
per offlces usually get a large num-
ber. of exchanges which they are
qulto willlng to hand over to any one
interested. Moreover friends can ex
chango between themselves so as to
enlarge and vary their collectiona.
While rooms decorated in this fa
shlon are not recommended to nerv
ous people who can only flnd repose
whero everything Is rcstful and har
monious, lt offers great possibllltiea
both ln arrangement and after study
to the boy who demands bodily and
mental actvities.
Englisli Cloth Ilalls.
A little different is the Engllsh
method of using home mado- clotli
balls to removo grease. Molsten a
half pound of dry fullers earth in
little lemon Juico. And a half ounco
of flnely pulverized pearl ash and
work lt into a thlck paste. Roll lnto
small balls and dry in the sun or
near tho flro. In a few hours they will
be ready for uso. Wlien needed
molsten lho spot with warm water
and rub with tho balls. Place in the
sun to dry and then brus'h off the
powder or wash if necessary.
"Doan'a Olntment cured mo of
eczenm that had annoyed me a long
tlme. The curo was permnnent."
Hon. 8. W Matthews, Commissioner
Labor StatiBtlcs, Augusta, Me. adv.
000
PEOPLE S
Scrmon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabcmaclc
.......Oo o
Loulsvillc, Ky .luno 10. Pastor
Uusscll of tho Brooklyn Tabcrnnclc,
New I'ork, today addrcsscd the Intcr
natlonal Blblo Students' Assoclatlon
here, uslng tho above tcxt. Ile niso
gave a publlc nddrcss undcr tbe nus
plces of the nssoclatlon. Ho bad crowd
ed houses nnd camest attcntlnn. On
tho abovo text he said in part:
I address you, dear friends, as Chrls
tlnns, students pf God's Word, and not
as sectarinns. Althougb tho world is
full of denomlnntlons, each clalmlug to
be tbe Church of Christ, wo all admit
that there is but the one "Church of
tho flrstborns whose naincs aro wrlt
ten in henvcn" (Ilcbrcws sll, 23). This
convlction is bclng bomo ln npon us
morp nnd more ns tho dnys go by, and
as tho eyes of our undcrstandlng opcn
more wideiy to tho tcachlngs of God's
Word. Wo rcalizo lncrcaslngly that
our dlvlslon tnenns our sbamc ln tho
cyesof the world, nnd that our Crccdal
contradlctlons luiply that we aro not all
lcd in all things by the Holy Splrit, the
tcachlngs of which cannot be Yca and
Nny upou the same subject. lt ia thls
sentimeut which is tnUing hold of tho
mlnlstry of nll denomlnatlons and mak
ing them anxioiiB for an outward show
of Unity In Chtilvh Federntion, which
wlll shortly be cffected. The Chrlstlan
publlc, liowevcr. and cspccially Blble
students. nro not deeply' sympathetic
wlth the Fetlerntlon Idea. Tliey real
ize that at most lt would be a gloss of
dcccptlon so far as doctrlual oncncss
Is eoncernert; aifd that otherwise it ls
but a business or worldly combinatlon.
Bible Students are more and more
coming to prefer the Lord's way thc
Scrlptural way. They are coming to
realize that what God's people nccd is
not more organizntlon but less organl
zatlon. not more expliclt creeds but
tho one standnrd of fellowship which
the Bible sets up. They are learnlng
that this slmple crccd is: a turning
from sin and acceptance of the Lord
Jcsus as the Hedeemer from sin and
death and the full consccration of the
bcllcver. mlnd and body, to know and
to do the Lord's will to the best of his
ability. under the Lord's Provldentlal
guidance. We all see thnt this slmple
bond of fellowship ls the only one laid
down ln God's Word. and that whatso
ever is more than this is injurlous
bondage to men and to systeins. We
all see that "the Church of the Living
God whose naincs nro written in heav
cn" is composed excluslvcly of Eiich as
conform to the tcrras of thls slmple
crepd that these alono wlll constltute
"the Body of Christ which is tbe
Church" "the Brlde, the Lamb's wife,"
wbom be wlll accept and unitc to bim
self ln the end of this nge. We all see
thnt this class alone is refcrred to ln
tho Scripture ns "the elcct." who are
to be assoclated wlth the Savior ln bfs
glorious Splrltual Kingdom, which, In
vlslble to men. ls shortly to be estab
Hshcd ln power nnd great glory for the
blesslng of natural Israel and through
her for tlie blesslng of nll the famillcs
of the earth llvlng and ilcad.
"Workmen Not Ashamed."
Lct us cousider the latter part of our
text flrst: Tho Apostle's suggestlon ls
that Timothy and nll the mlnlsters of
the Gospcl of Christ nre professedly
icorkmen, laborlng undcr the guidance
of God's Word. Iu the lnrger scusc
every Chrlstlan ls a inlnister of the
Gospcl, or, ns St. Pctcr dcclarcs of all
tho consecrated. "Ye nre a Itoyal
Prlesthood. a Holy People, a Ptcullai
Treasure." In tbe end of tho nge wlll
come a reckonlng time, a showlng of
results. "Every man's work that he
hath wrougbt shall be made manlfest"
(I Corinthiatis ill, 13).
Our tcxt urgos that Tlmotby. and
every fnlthful servant of God should
be so loyal to God and his message
that in the great tlme of cxamluatioii
ln the end cf thls age preparatory to
the lntroduction of the Kingdom the
showlng sball bo one of which wo need
not be ashamed. Let us, then, as Chrls
tlan Bible Students of nll dcnomlna
tlons gathered here today, ask our
selves rcspecting our own work In tbe
world. and how it must nppcar to God,
to ouraelvcs, nnd to our fellowmcn
yca, how lt must shortly bo made
manifcst to nll!
Let us call the roll. Bnptlst breth
rcn, What hnvo you to show as work
men who need not to be ashamed,
rlghtly divldlng the Word of Truth?
Methodlst brethrcn. whnt s"hy you?
Presbyterlans. next. Congregational
Ists, Lutherans. Cathollcs all!
ho answer of one Is practically tbe
answer of nll: "We havp so many hun
dred Cburchcs. They cost so many
mllllons of dollars. Their steeples are
so hlgh. Their cost of ranlntennnco
Is so much. Tho number of mlnlsters
Is so mnny. Thc Church ' collectlons
nmount to bo much. Tho amount col
lccted for forclgn mlsslons is so inueh.
The nmount oxpcnded on flno choirs
Itnd elegant organs Is so much." The
uggu'gntcd debts of all our churches ls
-so much. The unpald Interest on
many of these debts Is so much. The
tlino and energy cxponded In falrs.
br.ztinrs, ptc. to hclp pay tho expendl
turcs Is so much. Tho nuinber of
Church raembershlp is so mnny. The
numbpr In Sunday Schools ls so
mtiny."
The Montpelier
Morning Journal
FULPIT...
Workmen Needing Not to
Be Ashamed.
"Study to Show Thyjelf Approved
Unto God, a Workman That Need
eth Not to Be Ashamed, Rightly Divid
ing the Word of Truth" (II Timothy
Many of our dear Chrlstlan friends
say, What lack we yet? Ilavo wo not
rcally nttaincd tho gonl of our Church
ambition? Sbpuld wo bulld flner cdl
flccs or pny lnrgcr snlarlcs? Aro wo
not strnlnliig ourselves wlth collectlons
nt every turn? What more could God
ask of us? "Wo aro rlch and incrcnscd
In goods and hnvo need of nothing"'
(Bcvclntlon III, 10-10).
Iu rcply we may suppose tho Lord to
ask, Whero did 1 give you iiistructlon
rcspecting theso things? Whero ln my
Word did you flnd tho suggestlon that
what I deslrcd you to do in tho world
was to ercct great church cdlfices.
pllcs of stono and iron nnd mortnr.
pollshed woods and staincd glnss?
You are not rightly reading my Word.
liowevcr good in intcntlon, you have
falled to "rightly dlvtde the Word 0
Truthl" Tho Tcmplo rcspecting which
I gnvc lnstructlon is tho spirilual onc,
the Temple of the holy Spirittho Body
of Christ which is the Church. I
fear that you have forgotten tlie
true temple of God while rearlng
so many tcmples of earthly ma
tcrlais. Concernlnc tho true Xcmnlc
1 instructed you thnt "tho temple j
of God is holy, which templo yo are"
"llvlng stonos" being shaped and pol
lshed "for tho habltatlon of God
through tbc Splrit." Show mo what
you have accomplished In thls way.
Show me to what extent you havo
rightly dlvlded my Word, nnd prop
crly instructed mankind rcspecting my
glorious character and my great 1)1
vine Plan of the Agcs! Show me
frultage of the glorious message!
How many in nll tho mllllons that
you report are "New Crcatures ln
Christ Jesus," who "walk not after the
flesh, but after tho Splrit?" Lct me
bear the message of my love and
grace in Christ as you are proclalming
it! What mean these sectarlan dl
vislons amongst you? Why are there
so many Church cdlfices and so few
saintly worshlpers? Who authorized
you to put these crecdal fences be
tween my people to dlvide tho flock?
Know yo not that I said, there is onc
flock and 0110 Shepherd? Why hnvo
you so npglcctcd tbc splrltual infcrests
of my flock and their lnstructlon in
righteousupss? Why nro you so unablc
to rightly dlvido my Word?
Instcad of coming together as one
Church of tho Living God whose liamp?
aro written ln henvcn you have dlvided
lnto hundreds of socts and partles! In
stead of taklng my Word as a whole
and rightly dlvidlug its tcachlngs ns
between the different agcs and dlspen
satlons of my work, you have dlvided
my Word in a sectarlan maunor. Onc
sect has mndp ono selection from my
Word and nnothcr sect has mado an
other selection. Thus ye nrray onc
part of my Word agalnst another part
of it. and hence get into confuslon
and contllct. What have you to answei
for these things?
With shanio of faco we must all ac
knowledge that "Wo have done those
things which we ought not to have
douo and have left undono those things
which we ought to have done. and
there is no hclp in us." Tho propei
thlng for us to do, dear Chiistian
friends, is to get down upon our knpcs
before tbe Lord nnd in contrltlon oi
hcart to acknowledge that wo have
wrougbt no delivcrance ln the earth
(Isalah xxvi, IS); that our scctarluu
dlfferences are our shame; that the ig
norance that we have all been in re
specting the Word of God Is huinll
intlng. Now that our eyes nre opcn
so that we ean coinprelipiul as nevei
beforo the harmony of God's message
from Genesls to Ilevelation, it nieatis
a rich feast and blesslng to our souls
The Word of God becotncs more pre
clous to us dnily ns we bccome nblt
to comprebend it. Our duty is to tly
to tho asslstance of our dear brethrcn
and slstcrs in Christ, of all deuomlmv
tlons, nnd to call upon them to Joln
wlth us ln a determlned stand foi
rlghteousness. for Truth, for God and
for his Word.
Wo must show them that lgnornntlj
wo and they have dlshonored our God
by nilsrepresentatlon of his charactei
nnd inlsrepresentntions of the real
tcachlngs of the Bible. Wo must point
them to tho fact that the Blblo doei
not teach thnt all mnukind cxcept tht
"Elcct" salnts wlll bo consigncd to an
cternlty of torture nt the hands of flre
proof deuions. AVe must show them
that tho clcctlon of the Church durlng
this age a saintly little flock-doos not
incan Injury to the non-clect. That
on tho coutrary, it ls the Dlvlne pur
pose that the elect salnts wlth 'their
great lledeempr In glory sball constl
tute God's Kingdom. That his King
dom when establlshcd wlll biud Satan
put down In, banlsh ignorance, crror
nnd supcrstltiou nnd upllft mankind by
"restitution." by resurrectlon processes.
up, up, up. to all tlmt was losf ln
Kdcn by dlsobcdience and to all sc
cured for Adnin and his raco through
tho great transnctlon at Calvary (Acts
111, 10-21).
"Rightly Dlvldlng tho Wcrd of Truth."
Alas, how many Intelligent pcoplo
havo turned nsldo from followlng
Christ nnd from henrlng tlie voiee of
God through the Illble: Alas. how
mnny nre looklng to Thecsopliy, to
Spirltlsm. to Chrl'Mnn Spien.-p. to
trighcr' Crltlclsm, to Evolutlon wnn-
dcrlng fartlfcr nnd fnrthcr dnily from
tho "faltli once dcllvcicd to tho Hnlnts"
(Judo ill). Wo fnult tlicin 110 mora
thnn wo fnult ourselves. As a wholo
wo hnvo bccn workmen tcho nccd toi
lc ashamed. Wo hnvo dlshonored God;
through inlsuiidcrstandlng nnd mlsrepi
rcscntlng his Word nud his Chnrnctcrj
Wo hnvo drlvcn away from ,God nnl
tho Blblo somo of the most Intelligent!
of our fellows, by reason of tho con-i
trndictory nonscnsc of our creeds. !
Tho Apostlo urgcs, "Study to showi
thysclf approved unto God." Wo aro
not to suppose, thcrefore, that tho
highest of all sclcnce, that which per
tnins to tho Dlvlno purpose nnd tho
Dlvlno plan, can bo ncquircd wlthout
study. Wo aro not ln thls clnimlng
that study alono would brlng tho do
sircd results of propcr knowledge. Wo
hcnrtlly agrco in tho Scrlptural prop
osltlon thnt "tlio world by wlsdom
knows not God." Wo nro not thero
fore to study nlong tho llnca of world
ly wlsdom, but nlong tho llnes of "that
wisdom thnt comejji from abovo"
along tho llnes of tho inspircd Scrip
turcs. We must study I Wh'ocvcr wlll
not study will not know. "Tho sccrct
of tho Lord is wlth them that reven
cnce nim." And rcvcrcnclng him
menns tho glvlng of our best thoughta
nnd tnlcnta to tho study of his Word,
that wo may "know tho things freely,
glven to us of God" (I Corlnthlnns il(
12).
We should noto further ns Blble stu
dents that wo must not Btudy to be ap;
provcd of men, but to bavo tho Dlvino
approval. Thls wlll brlng to us, ns lt
did to tho Masrcr and his npostlcs, tho
dlsapprobation of tho worldly-wiso nnd
nominally rellglous. lt was the ChieJ
Prlests and Scrlbcs and rharisces, and
not tlio coininon pcoplo of the.lews, noi
tho Itomnn soldlcrs, who wcro guilty
of tho cruciflxion of our IiOid. And
wo must cxpect slmilnr condltlons, bc
cause, as tho Apostlo says, "As ho wafi
so aro wo in thls world." Tho class
who callcd the Mastcr Bcclzebub ls the
same class which wlll opposo his foot
step followcrs.
God pcrmlts all thls wlth wiso and
lovlng forclnteutlon. Nothing connect"
ed witbr tho opposlng forces is In anj
scnso of tho word Interfcrlng with hM
great Progrnm. Ho sct apart wlth Dl
vlno wisdom this Gospcl Age of nealj
ninctccn ccnturlcs for tho sole purpos
of selcctlng from tbc world "th
Church of tho flrstborns" tho antltyp
ical Priests and Lcvitcs. The restria
tlon of his message, tho darkcning oi
counscl, tho clashfng of creeds, the or
posltlon of thc world, tho flcsh nnd tho
Devil, are all wlsely pormlttcd wlth
tho foreintcntion on God's part thal
thus all through tho Ago tho way ol
tho cross ln tbe footsteps of Jesus
should be a "unrrow way." so thal
comparatlvcly few flndlng lt would
care to walk iu it.
It is thoso fow, that "little flock
zcalous for God, for his Word, foi
rlghteousness. thnt ho Is uow marking
out as tho prospcctlvo jolnt-bcirs wltB
.Tesus iu his glorious Kingdom, whlcK
is to bless the world wlth full opportw
nitlcs for earthly salvatlon "restitu!
tlon." Tho trials of tho faltb, thc pa
tlcnce, the love, tho dovotion of thia
"little llock" aro all deslgncd and noi
accidcntnl. Satan and his hosts maj
.think to thwnrt thc Dlvlno Plan and
niny mlslend nnd use humanlty ns theh
tools, but lt shall yet be seeu thnt all
of thc Dlvlno purposes shall be nc,
compllshcd. Thc Word that has gon!
fortb out of Jehovnh'B niouth shali
prosper ln tho thlng whcrcto hc
sent it.
St. Paul dcclarcd of earthly Israel,
that they enjoycd "much advantnge
every way, because to them wcro com
mlttcd the oraclcs of God." So upv,
dear friends. lt seems to mo that yoU
and I and all slnccrc Christinns tho
world around onjoy much advantage
every way. Looklng to thc past wo
flud great excuse for our denr forcfa
thors who, wlth slnccrlty of hcart, so
inlsundcrstood tbe Divlne AVord nnd
so mislutcrprcted the splrit of tha
Mastcr that they burncd one nnothei
nt tho stake. Wo should not think so
harshly of them for- this as though
they llved today undcr tbe grentcr ad
vautages which we possess. Wo
should sympathlzo wlth them. Wo
should conslder them as blludcd by
tho great Adversary as was Saul of
Tarsus, when he, as a member of tho
Snnhodrln. authorized the stonlng oi
St. Stcphen. Wo should think of tliem
sympathetlcally as St. Pctcr spoko of
the Jews who crucifled tbe Lord. Hc
said, "I wot. brethrcn, that in Iguo
ranco yo did it, as did also your rul
crs." So also wo should klndly, lov
Ingly east a mantle of benevolenco
over slmllar conduct on the part of
John Calvln and others of our forefa
thers. But as wo would not go to tho
Jewish rulers. nor to Saul of Tarsus
for rellglous ustructlon, nclther should
wc go to Brother Calvln or others of
our forefathers who wcro bllnded. na
ho was, respectlng tho truo character
of God nud tho true Splrit of his
Word.
Only wlthln tho )iast century have
tho massos of God's peoplp been nblt
cven to read tho Illblp. if thpy had pos
sessed lt. And only wlthln tlie snnio
timo havo they had tho Illblp to rcad.
Our grcnt hlndrance has lnrn that
wlth Blblcs ln our hands and wlth
ability to usp thpin. w
ooUe;l fi-r in-
Htructloii to our wcll-monnliiK f:n liprs
Instcad of going to God's Word itself.
Now by God's grncp tbe c.vps nf our
undpr.stnndlng are ppciipd. Tho won
derful Ulbles of our day w'.th their
inarglnal refpreucps, tlu'lr concord
anccs. etc, nnd other asslstnncps ln
j Hlblo study aro brlnglng us In touch
with the whole uipssage of God's
Word. Now onp pnssagp of Scrlptnro
throws llght upon another nnd thus
wlth increnslng brlghtnpss tho Word
hf the Lord as a Inmp-glvcs llght upon
I tho pathway of hl Churph.
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