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THE MADILL NEWS.
CLTDE P. KENDALL.
MADILL,
MYRON BRIGGS.
IND. TER.
NEW STATE NEWS
Muskogee Is to have a tent factory
added to lta enterpiisee.
A company with a capital stock or
$25,000 \7.1a organized at Hugo to tost
for oil anu gas. The contract for the
first well has b-'en let.
The Oklahoma association of Oste-
pathy held their annual convention at
Ponca City last week.
Robbers, ono night last week,
wrecked the safe of the Citizen's Na-
tions hank at Owl and escaped with
over $.1,000 of the bank's cash. The
bank Is owned by Beard Bros., of
Shawnee.
The fifteenth annual session of the
Oklahoma Teachers Association will
be held at Enid. December 27th and
28th.
The team and franchise of the Guth-
rie base ball cluo has beon transferred
to St. Joseph. This leaves Oklahoma
City the only territorial member of the
Western Association of base ball clubs.
The Newmarket Cirocey at Lawton
has gone into voluntary bankruptcy.
The assets are placed at 53,785.30, and
the liabilities at $3,GG7.1C.
Oklahoma City Is still wrestling
with Its terminal proposition. The
committee is short a few thousand on
subscriptions.
'I he bond of Thomas E. Newton,
former postmaster at Oakland, who
plead guilty to embezzlement at Tis-
homingo last week, has been forfeited.
Newton was released on bond until
sentence could be passed, and when
the time arrived for sentencing him
he could not be found.
In the district court at Alva Judge
Pancoast sustained the objections to
the jury venire under the Phillips de-
cision and dismissed both the grand
and petit juries until February, in
the meantime it Is believed congress
will provide some remedy for the ir-
regularity now existing.
In the United States court at Tis-
homingo, Kid Kelley, colored, was sen-
tenced by Judge Townscnd to bo
hanged February 23 Kelley was con-
victed of the murder of a negro named
Dllllngnnm. The case will be appealed.
The money box and contents were
stolen from the Frisco agent at Eldora-
do one day recently. The box and a
few checks were later found near the
track four miles from town. Four
men were arrested at Quanah, Texas,
and are being held on suspicion. The
amount stolen and unrecovcred will
not exceed $100.
John W. Shartel, one of the pro-
moters of the proposed Oklahoma Ctty-
Quthrle lnterurban line, states that
nothing more will be done on the road
until statehood and the location of
the capltol of the new state Is deter-
mined. According to this, If the Mc-
Guire provision is accepted, it wlil be
hung up until 1910 at loast.
The women of Blackwell have signed
a petition to the city council and com-
mercial club to prevent the location
there of a brewery by a Peoria, Ill-
syndicate. The city had agreed to the
brewery's terms, chosen a site and had
all ihe arrangements to erect the butid-
Ing under way, wnen It was decided
to wait the action of congress on the
GalUnger prohibition amendment.
The new Methodlsth church at Bra-
man will bo dedicated on Sunday, De-
cember 10. by Rev. George H. Brad-
ford. chancellor of the Epworth Uni-
versity. Methodists from all over Kay
county will attend and participate.
The pogtofflco receipts at Oklahoma
City for the month just closed were
$0,741. as against $7,162 for Novemhex
of last year. A gain of 37 per cent.
Nina Truelove, confined In the
federal jail at Ardmore, charged with
the recent killing of Fill King, has been
released on ball of $3,000.
At Okemah fire destroyed cotton
valued at $35,000. A spark from a
passing train is thought to have
caused the conflagration
The fruit and vegetable canning fac-
tory at Davenport, is said to have paid
a 50 per cent profit this season.
P. F. Yeck. a farmer near Okarche,
shot an eagle that measured seven
feet from tip to tip. Tbe eagle was
only slightly Injured.
Day county cotton growers are pay-
ing high wages to pickers. The Grand
Progress tells of one mar and his wire
who are making $10 a day.
Rural route No. 1 has been ordered
established at Boise, Caddo county, to
serve 480 people and 120 houses.
Sixty-six farmers in the vicinity of
Custer have entered Into an agreement
to prohibit hunting on their farms and
have published nn announcement to
that effect In the Courier.
Farmers' Cooperative
Union of America.
Of late there has been considerable
discussion of the plan of consolidation
of public schools in the rural districts.
The plan has many attractive features
about It, and where It has had a thor-
ough trial It has given the utmost sat-
isfaction. The advantages are of the
same sort that has lead to f.ie consol-
idation of large mercantile and man-
ufacturing enterprises. The flr3t
good thing Is that with fewer build-
ings, tho same money will build larger
and moro beautiful structures. Tho
consolidation of the schools enables
the same tcachcrs to extend the
courses to much higher grades, and It
will also enable the schools to classi-
fy Its courses. This will allow a re-
duction la the number of teachers.
With a reduced number of teachers,
better prices can be paid and better
teachcrs can bo employed, and It <s
a well worn axiom that "the best is
none too good," and, while this will
apply well to all material matters, it
Is much more applicable to teaching.
This is a subject fraught with the
gravest interest to tho rural schools,
and it ehould have the careful consid-
eration of all those who see the great-
ly growing need of better educational
conditions In the country Bchools.
There is hardly a neighborhood In all
the Northern and Central part of Tex-
as that would not profit by more or
less of concentration of tho public
schools. This is equally true of the
Territory sohools, where, If possible,
things are in a more schaottc condi-
tion thnn in Texas. Hero is a subject
that should receive the most careful
consideration of all tho Unions. This
Is ono r" (hose matters that comes
close to every home; It has to do with
tho lives of all of us, and steps taker,
r.ow will lead on through all coming
time.
to make too much, and then tell them
they were fools for taking the advice.
And when the farmers discover, with-
out the help of these papers, that their
greatest mistake consists In crowding
the market, and they begin to orguntze
for gradual marketing, they are ad-
vised by these same paperB to market
their stuff as fast as they can get It
ready—that nine times in ten they Willi
hit It just right. Really, if such papers
were in the pay of the market bears
they could not serve them better. Not
one in a hundred of such papers ever
publishes a line in support of any prop-
osition looking to higher prices for raw
produce? And why? it. is because that
if the farmers get more, some other
class better organized and more to be
feared might have to put up with loss?
And yet the farmers have ail those
years been planking down their money
for such so-called agricultural papers,
and In return getting instructions and
recipes and formulas for making the
greatest possible amount of stuff, and
advice and counsel to the effect that
they had better take Ihe first price of-
fered for it, and take it quickly.
But the Farmers' Union In the south
and the American Society of Equity In
the north are coming to the front with
a different kind of agricultural litera-
ture—papers that are concerned more
about the size of the price than the size
of the crop. And this new literature
is gaining in patronage and power anil
influence so rapidly that it means a
revolution in agricultural ideas and
methods—and values.—Farmers Jour-
nal.
The Old Advice vs. the New.
The average yield of corn in the Uni-
ted States is twenty-five bushels, and
the nverage value per acre is $8, from
which the cost of producing tile crop
must he deducted before It can yield a
profit. There is not a cent of profit In
average crops of any kind. Average
crops do not pay and average farmers
don't pay. Our best farmers are no:
content with an average crop; thej
want the best. The fault of an averagi
crop often lies in the cultivation;
sometimes it Is in Ihe laud and again
It is in a season, but it more often lies
In the farmer himself.—Rural Homo
New York.
No, there is not a cent of proflt in
average crops. But under the present
system of marketing. If the "supply
and demand" theory be true, there is
more proflt. in average crops than there
would be In "the best" crops, if every
farmer would adopt the Rural Home's
advice and raise only Ihe best. If ag
rlculture is crushed under the weight
of over-production when only average
crops are made, what would the crash
be if every farmer made the best
crops?
.That's the trouble with papers of the
Rural Home type. They are constant
ly demanding better grades and more
prolific verities, better methods of cul-
tivation. harvesting, etc.. so as to swell
the production to the greatest possible
proportions, apd when the produce
roaches the marke< ahd a slump oc-
curs, they are the first papers to look
solemn, assume an attitude of superior
wisdom, and Inform the producer* that
the cause of tlialr trouble is an over-
production. They tell t)ie farmers how
The Octopus In Texas.
We note from the press that tho
Attorney General of the Str.te ot T-.-x
as Is to move against the wood haul-
ers and fuel dealers of San Antonio
alleging that they are In a trust to
maintain higher prices for hauling and
for fuel.
The Attorney General Is a very abie
man and will no doubt uphold the an-
ti-trust laws of the state as far as In
Ills power lies, but after squelching
these little combinations at San An
tonlo we trust that he will go aftor
bigger gam>4
Recent developments prove that the
Standard Oil Trust owns or controls
by some hocus pocus or legal legerde-
main three-fourths of the Watcrs-
Pi rce Oil Company and;«has been mo-
nopolizing the bit business not only in
this state but almost every stato of
the union.
Then judging from the prrtform
price of $10 per ton for cotton seed all
over Texas, it Is fair to presume that
that oil mills of the state are in a
Don't let anything keep the chil-
dren out of school. These arc days
when education is more necessary
than ever before. Go Into any of the
large Institutions of this country and
you will find that the men at the head
of affairs are educated men. It is that
oort of men that the young men of to
day will have to compete with, and If
he goes out unprepared, defeat Is the
foredoomed ending of the tattle.
It is Not Sectional.
The Farmers Union is national and
not a sectional institution. True, the
first organization was In the South.
Texas is the home, the mother of tho
organization. At present, we talk
j more about the cotton question than
iny other, because it was among the
cotton fields we first were able to
j show our strength and power. It is
here wo are better organized and are
I better able to cope with this great
i question this year than any other
question affecting the farmer's inter-
est. We intend to prove absolutely,
lhis year, that wo can settle the ques-
tion of the price of cotton by a cor
rect and systematic system of mark-
eting. If we succeed in this, and, we
will, we will be in fine shape to tackle
other products next year. We are now
organizing fast in the wheat, liv
stock and tobacco states. We will
cttle these questions as we will settle
the cotton question. We will organize
the farmers in all the states so com-
pactly that, by a systematic method of
marketing all produce, we will receive
a Just and equitable price for all pro-
ducts at all times. It is only a ques-
tion of a sensible plan of marketing.To
get this plan we must have a compact
organization. In order to get a coin-
! pact organisation the farmers must
| join the farmers union as it takes in
the farmers of all sections of tho
| "ountry. It is the one really groat na-
| tiohal organization for the farmers.—
I Co-Operator.
i The above sizes up the situation
j pretty well. The Union has a world of
! vork to do and It covers a world of
I territory. Naturally one farmer is as
: ^ood an any other farmer. Every-
j where he lias "borne the heat an;!
the toll of the day." and he is "get-
I ting together" to enjoy the fullest ben-
efits of tils toll. Organize, organize.
trust and robbing the farmers who
used to get as high as $20 per ton for
seed.
It Is openly charged by many retail
lumber dealers that a lumber trust is
in full swing cutting down their pro-
fits as well as levying tribute uponl
the farmers of the land and all othersf
who bvy lumber.
Texas has a very drastic antittru t
law and doubtless could reach all
combinations In restraint of trade if®
the proper remedy is applied.
The Farmers Union has already)
lone a great deal of good * and !t
should set Its powerful machinery in!
motion towards pushing the proeecu-f
'' Hons of all unlawful combinations)
■ that are sapping the life blood ct tho'
j yobf.le.
y If they get in behind Ihe officers ifin
laws will be enforced and the guilty
punished and illegal combines broken
up. Taylor County News,
Don't go 'round spouting about being
a Union member, but DO something
that will make others say that of you.
Japanese Author's Books.
Dr. Lorenzo Not I be, whose books are
widely read In Japan, Is a graduate of
John Hopkins university. He also
spent several years studying In Eu-
rope. At present he is connected.with
the government college at Kyoto,
being lr >keted is remarkably low In
Texas, it averages from fifteen to
thirty bales per day in Dallas."
A judge charges the jury, btn
other fellow payj the freight.
the
E EXPLOSION
EIGHTEEN WORKMEN LOST THEIR
LIVES BY "BLOW OUT" SHOT
AT DIAMONDVILLE
SECOND ACCIDENT WITHIN EIVE YEARS
Explosion Occurred Over a Thousana
Feet Under Ground and Shook the
Entire Town—Every Man in Mine
Perished
DIAMONDVILLE. WYO.: Elght-on
miners lost their lives In an explosion
In the Diamond Coal and Coke com-
pany's mine No. 1. It Is believed that
all the men «vho perished were instant-
ly killed. What caused the disaster
Is not definitely known, but the theory
advanced by the miners is that a
"blown out" shot caused the disastrous
explosion which wrecked the mine.
The Bhock of the explosion was felt
all over the town, rocking buildings
so violently that their occupants ran
out Into the open. The news that ther*
had been another disaster at the Dlau.
mond mine—tho second In less tha>
five years—quickly spread through thi
village, and practically the whole pop-
ulation of Diamondville flocked to tha
mine shaft. In the previous explosion,
which occurred February 2G, 1901, thir-
ty-two miners perished.
Wives and children of the entombed
miners were among those who ru3hed
to the shaft, and the scenes there wcra
most pathetic. Though men were
ready to enter the shaft, it was im-
possible to do so, owing to the after-
effects of the explosion, anil Superin-
tendent Thomas Sneddon insisted that
all precautions against fire should be
taken.
The explosion occurred 1,100 feet
under ground and at least 3,000 feet
from the mouth of the shaft. The ex-
plosion wrecked the brattices and
blocked the entrances to the lower
levels of the mine, necessitating the
removal of much debris before the
miners could be reached. When the
rescuers finally went Into the mine,
none could remain long. The crowd's
around the portal eagerly watched, as
car after car came from below, but
they brought up only rescuers who
had been overcome by the after damp.
Every man in the mine perished.
The night force Is small, their work
being limited to knocking down coal
to be taken out by the day shift. Had
the explosion occurred in day time,
the loss of life would have been far
greater.
While the works are believed to be
not materially damaged it probably
will be a week before the mine wit'
be shipping Its usual output.
The average woman can break a
man more successfully than she caD
crack a joke.
EDUCATION ADVANCING
' : - ■ ' — / y~' f t
LESSON ELEVEN—DECEMBER 10.
"Blessed are they that hear the word of Cod, and keep It."
Bulletin Issued Shows that Illiteracy
is Being Reduced
WASHINGTON: According to the
bulletin Issued by the census bureau,
about 10G persons out of 1,000 In the
United States over 10 years old are
unable to write, which Is equivalent
to about one In ten. Of the native
w'llte population, only 4G out of every
1,000, or fewer than one in twenty;
foreign born whites 128 out of every
1,000 and negroes 443 out of every
1,000 are Illiterate.
International comparisons, restrict-
ed as far as possible to corresponding
classes of population, on the whole are
favorable to this country, indicating
In most European countries Illiteracy
is much more prevalent than here, al-
though the United States is still far
behind Germany, Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Switzerland.
There Is also ground for satisfaction
In the statistical evidence that Illiter-
acy is steadily being reduced. In 18D0
the number of illiterates per 1,000 was
133 for the total population, 62 for the
native white population, 130 for the
foreign born white and 5G8 fijr negroes
Indians and Mongolians. The female
sex ls hown to be more Illiterate than
the male, Illiteracy for females being
113 per 1,000 and for males 101. But
the contrast is less marked than it
wa in 1890, when the illiteracy for
these sexes was 144 and 123, respec
tively.
Sent Home for Evidence
WASHINGTON: L. F. Parker. Jr.,
attorney for the Cherokee tribe of ln-
dinpg, left, for Vinita to gather some
evidence to convlncc the secretary or
the interior that Chief Rogers is legal-
ly the head of the Cherokee tribe.
Since his Impeachment by the Boudi-
not t council a protest against the rec-
ognition of Rogers has been filed and
It is understood that Boudinott. and 11
number of other full-bloods are on their
way to Washington In the hope ot
convincing the secretary that Rogers
Is no longer authorized to speak for
the tribe.
PERRY: All equipment of the local
fire department was destroyed by a
fire which consumed half a block or
business houses. Including the Molr
hotel, Morris & Faukl's hardware
store, Campbell's meat market, th"
Cnmpbell office building and the fire
department building, owned by the
Pabst Brewing company. All build-
ings and contents were total losses.
Mrs. Addle Davis, of Guthrie, who had
recently leased the hotel, and two chil-
dren, were seriously burned, but wtU
recover.
i. Ready for a New Movement.—
The walls were completed. The city
was made Bafe from enemies. The
temple and Its services were in opera-
tion.
But these things merely meant op-
portunity. They did not constitute a
great city, nor a true kingdom, nor a
holy nation, nor outward prosperity,
nor a people of God. They only ren-
dered these things possible. The great
question now was how to restore the
nation to its place in the kingdom of
God. how to build up a pure, righteous,
noble people, who should be deposito-
ries of the true religion, who should
proclaim It by their lives and tongues,
who should hold up the True Light be-
fore tho world.
The Lesson to-day describes Nehe-
miah's plans for accomplishing this
purpose.
II. A Great Bible School for Learn-
ing God's Will—Vs. 1-7. After a day's
rest from the severe labors of building
the wall, the civil New Year's day was
ushered in by the blowing of trumpets
and horns with mouth-pieces of gold;
and this "memorial blowing" continued
all day from morning till evening, pro-
claiming a day of rejoicing, like our
Christmas bells. It was to proclaim
God's covenant, to sound victory over
Satan, to sound a call to repentanoc,
"as it were a blast to wake men from
their sleep of sin."
The Teaching Force. Ezra was now
joined with Nehemiah in this spiritual
work. He stood upon an elevated plat-
form. Beside him on his right hand
were six prominent persons, and on his
left seven, probably the heads of clans
or of the courses of priests. They
gave dignity to the service and proba-
bly aided Ezra In the reading of the
law. It would be more than one man
could easily do, to read for six hours
so loud that many thousands of people
could hear. 8. "They read . . . dis-
tinctly," so that ail "understood the
reading" (R. V.). There were also Le-
vites who "gave the sense and taught
the people" (v. 9).
The Opening Worship. The people
were attentive (v. 3), for they were
anxious to know what the Book of the
Law said to them. Every one is inter-
ested In Bible study who has a sincere
desire to use It for a guide to right liv-
ing.
When Ezra opened the roll, all the
people stood up, a respectful form of
worship, which all earnest souls will
Imitate. It Is sad to think how many
boys and girls there are who pride
themselves on their courteous polite-
ness in society and yet insist on being
profanely Impolite and discourteous to-
ward God in the Sunday school.
Then Ezra gave thanks. The people
responded with "Amen." Then tliey
"bowed their heads and worshiped tho
Lord with their faces to the ground."
' It Is not meant that the people stood
during the whole reading, for six
hours, from light to noon; they stood
whenever the Scripture was read and
sat during the explanations."—Todd.
Note.—No one can understand the
word Of God unless he is in the spirit
of worship; and that spirit will make
him ready to obey as well as to know.
The school continued not only
through this morning but into the next
day, and was followed later by an eight
days' course during the Feast of Taber-
nacles.
III. Conviction of Sin and Danger.—
V. 9. A large part of the Old Testa-
ment was then in existence. The law
was read, so that the people realized
how far short of obedience they had
come and how they had forfeited the
promises conditioned on keeping their
part of the covenant. The reading of
God's word brings conviction of sin. it
shows us our departures from the true
standard, it is a mirror in which we
see our weakness and our sin, it is a
measuring line by which we learn
"how far and wide we stray." The ter-
rible denunciations recorded in Deu-
teronomy (chap. 28) fell upon tiiem as
the law from Sinai amid thunders and
lightnings, and a thick cloud like the
smoke of a furnace, and tho shaking
of the mount, fell upon their ancestors,
and they knew that they were guilty.
Their present condition, their bitter
experience of exile, the ruins of their
city—all testified to the truth of the
warnings with a voice that pierced
their consciences to Its depths, so that
"all the people wept when they heard
the words of the law."
IV. The Remedy.—Vt. 9-12. (1) 9.
"Mourn not, nor weep." You have
wept long enough; you have fastened
your eyes on your sins too exclusively.
To see only sin aud punishment leads
to remorse instead of repentance, to
despair instead of reformation; it re-
pels from God as a mere avenger, a
hater of sin, Instead of attracting to
God as a loving Father and friend, who
chastises only because he loves the
sinner, and longs for the prodigal's re-
turn to his home. (2) 10. "Go your
way, eat the fat and drink the sweet."
These were expressions of joy and
aids to joy. They bad seen the threat-
enings, now it was time to look at the
glorious promises to the repentant
(Deut. 7 and 28:1-14). "And send por-
tions," etc. Another way of expressing
and of increasing true joy. It is joy in
action. It is joy multiplied by love.
"Neither be ye sorry." Sorrow and re-
pentance are never required for I heir
own sake, but for the better things
which grow out of them. If one has
repented and forsaken his sin. then it
Is time to rejoice In the-better things,
to see God and the bright heavens
rather than his own past.
For the joy of the Lord is your
strength, "your stronghold," R. V. mar-
gin. "The Joy of the Lord" is joy that
sins are forgiven. The very reading ot
the law was to show that God desired
to save them from their sins.
Such joy is our strength because we
are stronger In joy than in sorrow. Joy
gives courage and hope and free ac-
tivity, and health of body and spirit. IL
fits us for the service of God; it is a
safeguard against the allurements of
sinful pleasure, and against discourage-
ment in trying times; it recommends
our religion and our Master to the
world, and attracts men to them; It
honors Cod. This Is especially true of
joy that triumphs over -jorrow and
trials.
12. "Great mirth, because they had
understood the words." They no long-
er Imagined that the threatenings and
curses were all, but saw the real feel-
ings of God toward them, with his pre-
cious promises and hopes and bless-
ings.
V. The Revival of Bible Study Leads
to and Is Stimulated by a Great Re-
ligious Festival.—Vt. 13-18. 13. "Gath-
ered together the chief of the fathers."
the secular leaders, together with the
"priests and the I.evltes, unto Ezra."
Either Ezra summoned them or they
applied to Ezra for further instruction.
Of all men, the leaders ought to be
most perfectly instructed in Christian
duty. This movement was very hope-
ful.
14. The further reading of the law-
led to a discovery that one of the great
feasts "which the Lord had command-
ed by Moses" had been neglected. "Is-
rael should dwell In booths." This,
was the Feast of Tabernacles, the au-
tumn harvest home, like our Thanks-
giving day. The reference here is to
Lev. 23:39-43 and Deut. 1G:13, 15. See
Ex. 23:16; Num. 29:12-38.
15. "Go forth unto the mount," the
mountainous hill country of Judah.
1G. These booths were built all
through the city and in "the street."
that is the broad square, "of the water
gate." south of the temple area, and
"of the gate of Ephraim," in the west-
ern wall not far from the present Jaffa
gate.
17. The Feast of Tabernacles contin-
ued eight days, from the 15th to the
22d Inclusive, so that the people had
nearly two weeks for preparation.
"Since the days of Jeshua," Joshua.
Not that there had been no celebra-
tions'of the feast, but none sc great,
so thorough, so glad. "And thftre was
very great gladness." They wire get-
ting Into the true religious spirit, and
thus were being prepared for the re-
forms of life that were to follow.
18. "Also day by day' . . . he," Ezra,
or "one," "read in the book of the law
of God." The religious element was
not left, out of their gladness.
VI. A New Covenant of Consecra-
tion.—Neh. 9. One day wa3 given up
to clearing away the booths, and then
they again assembled for another kind
of meeting, in which with all solemnity
of fasting and prayer the true Jews en-
tered into a formal covenant with God,
a kind of oath of allegiance, k Solemn
agreement signed by Nehemiah and
the leaders, princes and'priests, of re-
newed devotion to the law and the
service of God. They promised to keep
the law of Moses, to pay their tithes
for the support of the temple services
and to keep the Sabbath holy. And
they bound themselves under a curse to
keep this covenant. (Neh. 9:38; 10:1-
39.)
VII. An Ethical Reform.—Whatever
the best of the people may have done,
many evils had crept Into the com-
munity, and these were reformed by
Nehemiah and Ezra.
Tho temple was purified from its
desecrations.
The tithes and offerings were col-
lected and made good.
Sins and crimes had begun to in-
crease, but Nehemiah made an effort
to stop them.
Heathen wives were put away.
The Heart of the Lesson.
Bible study should be preceded by
reverent worship, which uplifts the
soul, opens Its eyes to see and pre-
pares the heart, to receive and obey
the truths taught. There Is especial
need of worship in the Sunday school,
a training in reverence and In some
natural and reverent forms with closed
eyes and bowed head during prayer,
for otherwise the very spirit of wor-
ship will die out.
There Is great power in united study
of the Bible, old and young, men and
women united In the hearing and un-
derstanding of the same great truths.
Different lessons in the same room
make a distinct loss of the power ot
the worship and of sympathetic Im-
pulse.
Note—If we want our children to go
to the Sunday school and to stay there
wc must go with them and make it the
teaching service of the church, setting
an example, showing our sense of its
importance. No church should be sat-
isfied till "all the congregation Is In
the Sabbath school, all the Sabbath
school In the congregation, and every-
body in both."
The power of the Bible was shown
In Its effects upon the people. The in-
creased interest In Bible study to-day
is one of the most hopeful signs of tho
times. The increasing numbers in
the Sunday school, the rapid and grow-
ing Improvements In its management
c-id methods, more marked than In any
other department of the church, are
stars of hope in our horizon.
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