■ * '^ty' ■&■ J&S. ■/£s& <' ■■ ""* ' ."^'" -^rH«*^C' "^ - Jf^' HI f . fly ij^^w '-" ' '"'- ■ si <<*& * |gKl||B^Bß - ' %■■«:< l^B ABOUT _.1.900 years ago Jesus cf Nazareth rode Into Jerusalem upon an ass. He went into the temple and cat', out all that bou . and cold there; reconverted it Into a house of pr?.yer, .-.:. d healed the lame and blind. The example of the lowly Nazarene Is followed almost literally in many of the country cistricts of Miss-r-. \ The rural preacher is almost a prototype of the great teacher of mankind, following de vout: i. his footsteps. Preaching with him is a labor of love— it is a labor Which often ta.ies his strength and re quires him to endui . many harships. The rural church is no gaudy edifice It is no magnificent pile of stones and mortar with steeple lifting its head high towards heaven. It is not furnished with rich carpets, costly furniture and pipe organ. On the contrary it is a little frame stricture, often hidden away In come secluded spot, sometimes serving the double purpose of. church and school bouse. Sometimes it is built of hu-e hewn logs from the forests, and occa sionally there stands an old stone struc ture omit by the masons of a century Such a 3 God's temples In the country. The furniture consists of plain chairs or nltefi ?" R, r'\ f boruh™- n» Pulpit Is sis*. Pllcltj itself, upon which rests a large Bible. A few of the churches have an organ-not many. In these temple, the rel,,on of th, Bible is preached without THE HYEIA IS, A BRUTE OF A IEAST fifi*TpH,E hyena is the meanest wild [i animal I know," said the me nagerie keeper. He had been a caretaker of wild beasts for two and thirty years and knew whereof he spoke. "None of the men who look after caged wild animals like the hyena. To wait upon him is a duty everyone shuns. He is by far the most unpopu lar beast in the circus. 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Preaches for e'ory Instead of money, rarely receiving more than $100 a year as compensation for his labors In the Master's vineyard. His Fchool lasts six months each year, and during the summer reason he is husy on the farm. By his trinity of callings —preaching, teachiPEj, farming—he manages to attain a.fair degree of prosperity. Finds time t>> read a few religious pa;>er«>, study the Bible, and prepare fir examination;-, for teachers' certificates. Is devoutly^ religious, and demands that hlg flocks live strictly up to the teachings <>f the Bible. Preaches on sn average of two "sermons a w«ek. Many times the country preacher Is eloquent, and while his sermons may not show much literary polish, they are full of the "spirit." adornment or effort to twist Its teachings to suit the occasion ot the twentieth century. The voice of th? wor.-htnor is heard in the country church not oftcner, as a rule, than once a month. Sometimes this !3 because the church Is not able to pay for the services of a minister regularly, and sometimes because the preaqher can not eive more of his time tc one chars**, for your country preacher Is a busy man, and his kii.d is not numerous. In Eimllitude of the Savior he often rides on r mule—a descendant of the I lost one of my best men through this fear. "The nervous creatures looks the part of a low nature. His eyes are close set, his forehead narrow and the lower part of his face has little to it but a mouth, which is long and thin lipped. His teeth are like rivets of steel and sharpened to a point. On each side of his Jaw are two overgrown molars nnd a pair of Incisors, with hooklike tops that mean destruction to anything they touch in anger. "Usually the hand that feeds an animal is safe, but in the hyena na ture all hands look alike. One of my men, a round and jolly chap who know no fear and was liked by every beast In the collection, for awhile got on well with a snarling pair of these restless beasts, and even got so far as to pal them on their narrow pates and short, twitching necks. The boys warned him to be carerul, but he laughed at them. "This rugged German did seem to have some kind of a power over strange jungle creatures. He could stroke the atched, overhanging nose of a tapir and make its eyes close in soothing lan guor. "When he left off in this caress ing the tapir would actually weep.-Big, rolling teardrops showed that It wot an honest emotion. He was the only man who could go near a baby elephant bern at Baraboo, Wis., for weeks after it was born without the mother cut ting up high jinks and turning the whole menagerie into a howling and nerve grating chorus. "The hyena, though, lived up to his reputation. He was only playing 'pos sum with his human friend. One sun ny morning, when the kindly German had his back turned, the low lived whelp slammed his extended right paw Into the keeper's shoulder and cruelly tore his flesh down to his thigh. The man was overcome by the fierce charge ami fell face downward. "Luckily I was near at the time. and. grabbing an elephant hook, I jabbed the enraged cur between the tender joints of the front leg. This made him wince and recoil and make a favase grab at the punishing weapon. He got the hook in his mouth and I gave it a cruel twist. It tore his tongue and jaw and made him let go. This diversion gave my men time to draw the wound ed keeper out of danger. The poor fellow was in the hospital for several months, and to this day wears a crim son scar down his side. He la just as fearless as ever, however, and if I did not forbid him going near the hyena dens he would probably get Into worse trouble and maybe get killed. "A:\ odd thing about men who work about wild animals is that they want ±*HE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, APEIL 30. 1905 animal upon whlc.i Jes. ; rode Into Jeru salem. The old circuit ridpr has alni"st dtsap;»-ared from the scene of action, and in many places tl. church structures which were his forum have crumbled into ruins, and now stand as a mop.u m«nt of the religious •■nterprise of half a century ago. Hut in the stead of the circuit rider is another preacher, not ex- Hctiy of the same type, but holding vast ly different rellplous 1 lews, so far as the matter of doctrine is concerned. He is known in church parlance as the Regular, United or Kiee Will Baptist, to have It out to a finish with any cross grained creatures in their charge. Excepting the polar bear, the hyena is the only brute I know of that never gives in to a human being. He cannot be whipped or caressed Into decency. He has no more use for jungle crea tures than he has for men. "We had to lasso and tie down stiffly the hyena whose tongue and jaw I tote badly with the elephant hook, so that he might be treated and saved. His mouth was forced and kept apart by a narrow block of metal about two inches thick, and for several weeks we had to feed him by means of a tube. He got thin and red eyed and looked to mean to live. He Is now kept by himself, and his food is shoved into his cage by means of a long handled pan. "The hyena makes me think of a man who has his hand always raised against the world. Nobody likes him. and he is always a picture of com plaint. He is a bundle of nerves and always on the go. and shows his livid gums and threatening tfeeth to every living thing that comes within his sight. " I have never known him to show any signs of quiet or comfortable in terest in any other beast. He flies into a rage when any other kind of an ani mal is brought within close range, and would fight crazlly anything that breathes and walks if he got the chance. "The hyena Is not liked much better by the general public than by my men. During the circus season few people loiter In front of his cage. If a per son is nervous it is just as well, for he Is as restless as the storm swept sea and usually snarling or spitting in rage. "I had a high strung fellow working for me once who never could panse be fore the cage of hyenas without getting Into an almost fainting condition from overwrought and uncontrollable nerv ous excitement. The young man was a fine character and had that something which made good feeling for him In all the other wild animals. "Ringling Bros, will not permit any man to work about the animal quar ters who is not as cool and passive as the beam of an oak log. They hold, and I agree with them, that the ani mals themselves are tensely nervous and require just the opposite in any human nature with which they must mingle. "If there is a dark part in the tent I locate the hyena den there. At winter quarters they are put off by themselves and left severely alone. This treatment Is the best medicine for their mean natures. None of the men care about them. but la often denominated. "Hard Shell." In many of the sections of Missouri re mote from village life the "Hard Shell" preacher holds the fort, there being few of other Uenominailoi\s to dispute his doctrines or quarrel with him upon the mode of performing the rite of baptism. Away down in Ste. <.:< nevlcve County— the mother county «f Missouri—there lives a preacher of this denomination. Ha la pastor of four churches, far re mored from each other, and located tn three different counties. To reach any one of his churches b« must rtde at least RHEUMATISM Wonderful New External Remedy Curing Thousands. Any Rheumatic Suffer er May Try It Without Cost. SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND GET A DOLLAR'S WORTH FREE I have a sure, quick and lasting cure for Rheumatism. 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SaptUts and some others, all-having some principles In common, whit 3 In other respects their views aro widely divergent. The first real Baptist Cburrh was established In America by Roger Williams, at Providence. R. 1., In 1639. but as early as 1631 Williams advocated his reUsfloas views in Salem. Mass.. whwe he had a small following. He was banished from Massachusetts and his deportation to England was ordered. Ha made his es cape Into the wilderness and was received kindly by the Narragan set Indians. He purchased land from them and founded the col ony of Providence, where he ana his followers established a church In 1639. Williams was baptized by Ezeklel Holllman. and then baptized ten others, thus giving actual origin to the Baptist Church In America. The Immediate spiritual an cestors of the Baptists were- the Mennonltea. a sect founded In 1536 by Menno Simons, who had been a Catholic priest. He sep •vrated from the Roman Church and became an Independent evan s.'listle teacher, and out of his beliefs grew the Ana-baptlats and Inally the Baptists. tw-nty miles, and when he has fulfilled his obligations, then he must ride back ,»v.t the long and often rough and mud dy roads. Pr.'idling is not his only task. 3lx min:hs In the year h« tMtthea a country school. Klve days each week he trains the mind of the American youth. But that la not all. He owns a farm. whi<-h he cultivates In the rummer season. He raises corn and wheat and hay and oats and live stock. When he returns home from his preach!p T tjur or from his la bors In ihe schook room there Is plenty of work for his bands to do—feeding the sto<-k. chopping wood and dcing the thou sand and one other things which mu.c for all Snnc> D>«mi. EplleßiJ, Bpauu, lit. Vitas* Dance. Dtbillty. Bx&aoatlon. f.*»i»4l«n. JB.R.g.KLIHE.LH.93i Arch St.. 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The "basket meetings" are held only dur ing the summer season and always attract a large crowd. Dinner is brought to the church in huge baskets. It is spread upon the ground under the shade trees, and I then all are invited to eat. The f.'ast In I abundant and none go away hungry, for the wives of the farmers kr.ow how to co..k and farmers' sons have good appe tites. After the ftaat conies the foot washlng and ;>nother and a special sermon by the minister, often the members visit some stream near the church and there ! in the clear and sparkling water wash each other's feet. It is an impressive cer t emnny, simple, convincing ar.d an evidence ! of the great faith of the worshipers. The prtedpal doctrine of the "Hard ! Shell" faith is baptism by Immersion. N\> i other baptism will admit members to the i -church. In the country church there Is no , baptistry conveniently located under tho pulpit, where the rite may be performed in the full vi« w of the congregation. The suppliants are baptized in some conven ient Jordan, after the manner In which Christ was l~^i.tized in th» famous liver by John the Baptist. It matters not how cold the weather baptisms are not post poned. The country parson Is a hardy fh dividua] and he leads in applicant Into the Ice cold water with dauntless cour age. The congregation gathers on the bank. A great fire is built of log*. As the preacher and the candidate for baptism reach the brink of the water a melody of song bursts forth. The strong, but un trained voices carry the music far away Into the forests, anl Its echoes can be heard reverberating throughout the hills. There is BOthlng m.ire profoundly lmpres .sivu than this cer- ninny. As the voice of song dies away the preacher wades Into the water. After going through the us ual ceremony he dips the penit-nt Into the water. They are greeted at the water's edge by the relatives: of the new mem ber and the congregation and after a hurried handshaking they hasten to the church to get on dry c'.othea. It Is often the boa-st of the hardy coun tryman that he was baptized when there was ice on the creek, and that a hole had to be cut large enough for . ;e perform ance of the ceremony. Sometimes fallow- Ing a revival t!i-re is a wholesale bap tizing, but during ordinary times new members are not gathered In rapidly. It Is seldom indeed that one who has been baptized into the country church turns backslider. Whenever he d ts he is looked upon with mirgled scorn and compassion by his fellow members, anil it Is only after a public confession of his sins and a promise not to repeat them that he is aguin admitted to fellowship. If the of fense If repeated he Is generally dismissed from the congregation. This "Hard Shell" religion is serious and f FREE ON TRIALS I tßffll^gaa c ay(? 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C, 174 Hartford Bldg. 41 Union Square ' New York City /YOUR FORTUNE T^\ M » B«Dd two cent aunip wits Urta date and I win PI Lai Mad jo« • pan pKtnr* of year M. from tha cradla U EB to la* (T»*a. . All «aatt«a> cX balnea, k>»«, iaat> t* liM* *n4 hf>lt.i, plainly K»l» by la* fraatatt JW Aairatocar Uttlaa«t. Mr 104 IUSBErCIT,eaU.^ exacts Implicit obedience to the laws ot church. He Who puts M 3 hand to th« plow must not look back. It la forward and onward, living strictly up to th« moral code In every sense. Brother JoneJ must not cheat Brother Smith In a hor*« trad«\ I Only once In a great while does a mem ber depart from the straight and narrow path. A good story Is told of an old i brother who was a pillar in one of the churches. In his younger days ho had I been somewhat reckless and the working j out of a complete reformation -was a moat difficult task. He would smile upon the i fluid that bead* In the glass occa : tonally, and even the rigor of his religion I had not completely' demolished his love j for the dance. It must not be forgotten that" dancing Is a pleasure which the strict religionists of the rural district* do not tolerate. There was a German I settlement nearby where dancing and j drinking cider were the principal forms :of amusement. The old Baptist found j himself at a German ball one night, j slightly under the influence of something i stronger than water. He watched the ! sturdy country boys . swing the rosy . cheeked German glrl3. around the room with Increasing interest, keeping time with his feet to the lively music of th» violin. Finally the old BaDtlst could stand it no longer. The hour hand, of his life had been turned far back and he was young again—for a moment. He flung off hi* heavy overcoat. When It was* securely ! hooked. to a nail In the wall he looked t upon it and then exclaimed: . "You hang there. Old Baptist, white \ Uncle Billy dances." The story not out and "Uncle Billy" was promptly "churched." ' tie confessed, ; begged the forgiveness) of the members, [and was -again admitted Into the good r fellowship of the congregation, but not, 1 however, until he had been solemnly ad» I monisbed never to repeat the offense. I On this Christmas day while the peopte j of St. Louis are celebrating the advent lof Christ upon earth, In their magnificent | churches and surrounded with ! all the luxuries that wealth can buy and ! while their highly educated preachers are j discoursing learnedly upon religious sub ! jects, yet away back among the hills of Missouri these earnestly religious folk i are worshiping Htm with a simple and d* j voted faith. With them It Is religion en | tin for religion's sake,. They have no | business* Interests to be promoted by h<» --j longing to a congregation slightly wealth . . let than another. 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