The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 7, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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THE MINISTRY OE MERCY
Sermoi? by Dr. Porter, Pastor of the First Baptist Church
BIG MEN CONTROL
leroy.
Th.ro mere two remarkable ner-
vlces at the First Methodist church
yesterday. The First Haptlst church,
deprived of a place uf meeting tintII
the completion of the lower temple of
their new building, acceptcd tho hos-
pitality of the pastor and people < f
the First M. E. church and worshiped
with them, and will continue to do bo
for several weeks hereafter. The
church was packed to the doors at
both services. It has been arranged
t«> hold. In the future, an overflow
service In the basement for those who
cannot he seated In tho auditorium.
l>r. Henry Alford Porter preached at
the mornhiK service, his theme being.
"The Ministry of Mercy." The text
was Matthew, fi;7—"Blessed are the
merciful, for they Nhall obtain
The preaches* said:
"Mercy! What a word that Is! It
Is one <.f the little group of words
like love, home, mother, that make
the eyes grow tender and the heuit
beat faster. Mercy!. Where In It to
be found?
"Not in nature. This Is n beautiful
world, but there Is no mercy In It.
Nature will freexe you or burn you or
drown you. whether you be a flower-
like babe, or a beautiful woman, or
a magnificent man. There is the gla-
cier In the mountain gulch. Mighty
a fid magnificent, but merciless, a
Russian slipped Into a crevice ,.r the
Mer de Glace, the frozen Niagara of
Switzerland. He held on with the tips
Of his fingers and cried for help He
held on until the Angers were froze,,
but (he Ice made no answer and he
perished. \V"hat did the ice care"
Nature has no pity In her heart.
"Nor Is mercy natural to man
Samuel Johnson said, 'Pity Is not nat-
ural to man. Children are always
cruel. Savages are always cruel. Mercy
1s not natural; It Is acquired by cul-
tivation.' Mercy Is almost unknown
In unchristian lands. True, It Is said,
that In days of old In Athens, where
there were more gods than people,
there was an altar high above the
rest and honored above all others it
was dedicated to pity. But «mer
was worshiped, rather than practiced
bv the ancient world.'
"No. merer la not to be found In
nature, nor Is It natural to humanity.
Mercy Is an attribute of t!od. ICvery
drop of mercy In this world has flown
from the throne of rj r|. He |s n,,
source .i nil the mercy that walk* the
enrih today. lie is the 'Father of
mercies. As the daisies are scattered
Over the summer field, so th. mercl.
of (Joil cover the pages of the Hlbb-
the Mender mercies' the '-ure me,
cles, the 'great mercies,' the 'multi-
tude of His Mercies,' the 'mercv that
endureth forever.'
"To he merciful Is to be full of
mercy to all that God hath made.
Hinging the lldl.
"True mercy will show Itself In kin.I
ness to the lower animals,
'He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small
For the dear Lord who loveth us.
He made and loveth all.'
"They are all works of Mis hand*
and the . |>J. ts of His care. 'What
asks Paul, doth God care Tor oxen?'
Ami the fact that He does rare la
shown b\ an . xpress law In their be-
half. "I hon shalt not muule the ox
that tivadeth out the corn.' The poet
may have exaggerated when he said.
'The poor beetle that we tread upon.
In corporal suffering, feels a pang as
great
As when a giant dies '
Hut we must not think It suffers noth-
ing because It tells nothing There Is
a eloquence in the very silence of its
sufferings which pleads In the ears
of flint who created It, A beautiful
story Is told that In one of the old
cities of Italy the king caused a bell
to be hung In u tower of one of the
public squares and called It 'the hell
of Justice,' and commanded that any-
one who hsr been wronged should
go and ring the bell, and so call the
m i gist rate of t he city and receive
Justoe. And when. In the course of
time, the bell-rope rotted away, a
wild vine was tied to It to lengthen
It And one day an old and starving
horse end turned out to die. wan-
owner an dturned out to die. wan-
woe. He cannot be deaf to Its moans,
lie cannot be blind to Its tear-stained
fu< He canrwt turn away from its
need.
I he Stabbing Huhliieni.
"Again true mercy shows Itself In
consideration for the fee ling- and
reputations of our fellows. |n Spain
they have stiletto ."hops, where they
sell nothing but knives, swords, dag-
gers and stilettos. Many of the Spun-
lards carry such a weapon. It serves
none of the useful ends of the ordi-
nary knife. 11s sides are dull, but itu
point Is terrible. It is made for one
purpose and only one—to .stab men.
Some people nearer home, I fear
keep mllletto shops In whloh they give
away Insinuation . Inuandoes, gos-
sip, slander, scandal that wound peo-
ples hearts and stab reputations.
"An old farmer's wife ssid, *1 know
that God made t^e lovely flowers and
the beautiful birds, but I'm sure Ho
never made the peaky little Insects
that do no good but are always biting
and annoying people.' One cannot
help wondering whether God made
gossips. Me surely made them, but
It Is doubtful If He ever made them
over again, Ifthey were really born
from abov.%
"Let us apply three merciful tests*
to the story we are tempted to te
First, is it true? Second, is it kin
Th'lrd, Is it necesaary? If <
not personally know that It Is true,
let us keep silence. The'cases ure
tremely rare In which It Is necessary
to give currency to the surmises
suspicions or the rumors that come
our ears.
"Th|> merciful spirit, which Is the
•spirit of Jesus, will seek to make the
best of one another. It Is so easy
make the worst of one another,
all have our weak points. Kveryone
has his fuults. We mav make the
worst of these: we may focus our at
tentlon upon them. Hut wo may al
make the best of one another.
loving whatever Is lovable In th
atound us, we will draw out the best
that Is in them. Life will become
pleasure Instead of a pain. Earth will
become like heaven. And we shall
not become unworthy follower
Him whose name Is Love.
The Ileal Heretic.
Finally, true mercy displays Itself
In compassion for the lost souls
men. 'Mercy to the soul.' aays one
Is the soul or mercy." Not the me
that excuses sin. or glosses It over
paints It In fine words, but the |i
and mercy that seeks to save from
RUN MARKETS UP FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING
STOCKS
DIVIDEND $38,000,000
For September, Although it is
Usually a Small Wr,nth. Mone-
tary Conditions NotsoGuoil
Real Estate Co. Failure
May Prove Beneficial
and skillfully avoiding diinc« rou* I mention. The monthly donation to the
sin.
"O. that all w
tlsts might heco
to the perishing
go up and dow
Oklahoma City,
down Palestine.
that fill our clt
be extra orthodox, but wt
ger of forgetting that the
h« resy Im the absence In ai
or Christian of the loving.
heart of Jesus. 'We may be
dox as the devil.' said John Wesley
The heart of mercy must beat within
us .%r we cannot hive kinship with
Him who said. 'Blessed are the merci-
ful.'
"'Blessed «r<
more blessed ft
What Is great*
remove misery, to .produ
where tears -Have Hawed '
alone, that dwell above
happiness.
shall Obtain Mercy.
"The merciful shall obtain mere
of man. Tile cloud that is over u
neighbor's life may fall upon ourp
We shall need meicy The merciful
shall be blessed with the prayers of
the sick, with the love of the afflicted,
with the benedictions of the poor,
with the eternal thanks of the saved.
"The merciful shall obtain mercy of
God. Because you forgave you shall be
forgiven. You comforted someone,
and In your hour of need, 'as one
whom his mother comforti'th." God
will comfort you. You got under an-
other's burden and helped him to
bear It. and In jour time of trouble,
the 'everlasting arms' will be slipped
beneath you.
"The merciful shall find
Methodists and Hap
e mlnlste
i>. that we might nil
the ways of life
* Jesus went up and
•eking the lost sheep
may claim t
In dan
eadllest
ch Ul-
an rnlng
i orth
the merciful.' 'It I
give than to receive,
blessedness than t<
smile:
Angel
enjoy such
dered Into the tower, and in trying to that day for which all other days
est the vine, rang the bell And the
magistrate of the city, coming to see
who had rung the bell, found this old
and starving horse. He caused the
owner of the horse. In whose service
he had tolled and been worn out, to
be summoned before him, and de-
creed that us the poor horse had rung
•the bell of justlcfe,' his owner should
provide for him. during the horse's
life food and drink and stable Kvery
mistreated animal rings a bell In
heaven to which lie who reg.-\rdeth
Uie least of ills works, is not deaf.
Tin* I^Iimt and the llut.
True mercy shows Itself in nympa-
j.thy and aid for the afflicted and the
nufferlng and the sorrowing of men.
The world Is full of such. Broken
I and bleeding hearts are everywhere.
) Life Is like a stormy sea where the
\ Vaves of sorrow are lashing countless
k thousands Who can look upon this
I field of woe unmoved?
"There Is a story of a king who
deluded his eon. never permitted the
prtuoe to nee a beggar, a cripple, a
coffin or a grave. But at 21 the youth
Insisted In seeing the world for him-
self He therefore vlalted his king-
dom. But. without the boy's knowl-
edge. the king sent an army of ser-
j VmiiIs In advance, and gave orders
i that the youth should not bo allowed
to see any blind man. or leprous, or
ticggar In ran*. nn.v person whose
looks should suggest sickness, ami
that he must not be allowed to know
that there was such a thing as dying
or death. But one day, when the sol-
diers were careless, a beggar with
thin Hps tind haggard face, a beggar
with Ills rag^. drew near the prince
Hud asked an alms And the youth
suspected suffering and sorrow.
"One morning he heard the cries of
woe and lamentation, and rising be-
> fore the soldiers were up. he found a
hut wherein lay a dying man and a
I "woman weeping her heart out. Ia*ter
he saw a group of mourners in black
wending their way to a place of white
and startling stones. Then he re-
turned home to his father and said
that en long as there were huts to be
Visited, he could no longer dwell In a
v |>al*ce; so long as there were pain
and suffering In the world he could
Pot live a life cf ease, lie who hid
! keen selfish bV came sympathetic
"Such la the feeling of every one
surho has looked Into the f ice of Jesus
^Christ and !• b ating of ||m
_£je i >1. j|«i cannot mui out the world's
made. 'We must ull appear befor
the Judgment seat of Christ.' < . grand
and awful day! I see Mie Judge de-
scending 1 hear the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God. 1
see the dead faees arising fton the
graves I sec the heavens rolling up.
I see the earth wrapped In the devas-
tating tlmie- Who shall obtain
mercy now? Blessed in that day will
be the merciful
O. God. I want mercy. When the
crash comes upon me. when the
clouds break over me, I want mercy.
When the hounds of sin are bay lug
for my soul, I want mercy When that
dumb hour clothed In black brlhgs its
shades about my bed. I want mercy.
When I stand In Judgment in that In-
numerable throng and yet singled out
by the eye of God as If 1 were the
only being In the universe. I want
mercy. 'Blessed, then, sre the mer-
ciful. for they shall obtain mercy.' "
Ninety thousand dollars will be paid
to the linages at Pawhuska during
the coming week
TH
Jod's
lbje
Igno
on the
satat
knight.
check tru
• pieces
The Herald Sentinel of Cordell says
that John Wilson brought in some
bolls of cotton lu which the boll worm
was working Me says that they can
do no great Injury to the cotton .as
there are already too many bolls on
the stalks
Cement Courier: We hear some
complaint among the farmers that the
boll worm Is working on cotton to a
considerable extent. If the weather Is
warm and dry for the next few days
this pest will not be apt to destroy
muc hof the crop.
Triangle Prof. J. E. Kawtell. of
the Kpworth university at Oklahoma
City was a visitor In Cleveland last
Saturday and Sunday. He was for-
merly principal of the Hartford. Kan-
Baa. high school, and found here a
number of old friends.
Charles Easton. of Elmer. Greer
county, was In the city Saturday. Me
reports tine crops In that county.
Yields of lift bushels of oats par acre,
bushels of wheat, and a great
corn crop Cotton Is In good condi-
tion and a big yield In prospect The
stalk Is unusually large but well filled
with bolls. Many have caused the
bolls to open by topping the cotton
und thus slopping Its growth,
New York. Sept. 3.—This market
Is plainly yet In control of big men
having unlimited resources. As yet
there Is no Indication of vacillation In
their purpose of putting the ^market to
a higher level for the purpose of dis-
tributing stocks. Even Mr. Bryan's
address and his remarks about gov-
ernment ownership of railroads were
Ignored. Some difficulty, however, is
being experienced In financing an ac-
tive bull market at such high prices
and this can only be gradually ac-
complished by skillful manipulation.
A few stocks at a time are lifted in
order to prevent an excess of activity,
or speculation, which would precipi-
tate disaster, of course, the strongest
argument for higher prices Is that of
Increased dividends. It is reasoned,
and very consistently, that increased
dividends tend to adjust the dlfferen.
ces between values and the money-
market. Many stocks which had been
paying* only 4 or 5 per cent were un-
questionably too high. But lnereav.es
In dividend* from r to 6 per c
even still higher rates. Justify many
of the advances which have been
made, and modify the disparity be-
tween the returns upon stocks and the
returns on money. This disparity had
been the ntost serious element of
weakness in the stock situation, and
the most likely influence to cause a
through the selling of invest-
ment holdings, a number of Increased
dividends have already been made and
more are to follow. These Increased
llsbui sements must have the two-
fold effect of supporting vulifes lu spite
f high money rate*, atid of accumu-
itlng funds which sooner or later
sill be reinvested. September dlvi-
lends are estimated at nearly $38,000.-
000, although this month is not ufcual-
•avy month In that respect, Of
his toi ii the Industrial companies
ont i Ibutrd $2 J.000,000, or more than
iouble the amount so distributed two
igo. September Is a small
month for railroad disbursements, but
'lirures show the drift of the
limes. It Is quite probable that the the
allroads will make relatively as good
oaring of profits as the Industrials
our great railro-td systems con-
Unue reporting unusual gains in earn-
ings, which are certain to continue
several months to come In view
large crops and a five trade. The
railroads all over this country aie
now actively engaged In piecing out
their roads and adding branches, as
eli as making necessary repairs.
hlch makes railroad building and
repairing on a large seal. ' All this
requires an immense amount of sup-
lies in the aggregate to be conveyed
to them. All of these supplies have
go over each other's roads and con-
tribute Immensely to their present
nlngs. This part of the business,
however. Is not permanent.
Monetary conditions are not satis-
factory. Very likely the New York
banks are considerably below the le-
1 reserve, since last week's statement
is made on declining aver.«g - and
the hanks this week lost Considerable
thtuugh crop and sub-treasury move-
however. to obtain a correct idea of
banking resources of this com-
munity under present systems. The
method of reporting the condition of
the clearing house bauds, by average
highly deceptive. Besides, the trust
mpanles are now an Important ele-
ment In the hanking situation, and
these only publish statements of con-
llton at prolonged Intervals. Again
our banking relations with Europe
unlng more and more Intimate.
ind in event of Insufficient accommo-
dations lh New York our big bankers
borrow as readily abroad as they
at home, thus rendering It still
more difficult to obtain any satisfae-
of loans and reserves as af-
fecting New York Local linkers
have been placing considerable
fidenee in Europe and in Secretary
Shaw for asaastance to avert any ?
vere local stringency. Secretary Sh.i
has large* resources at his commai
ami will probably do all within |i
power to afford legitimate asslstan
for crop-moving, but will undoubt-
edly be very careful to avoid
charge of assisting speculative i
ments in this clt> Whatever assis-
tance, however, he may give to West-
ern and Southern crop business de-
mands will to that extent diminish
the strain upon New York. Further
relief will undoubtedly be obtained by
gold Imports. London. Paris and Ber-
lin are all disposed to discourage
American demands as far as possible
but In spite of this resistance gold
promises to come this_y*,iv In consid-
erable sums. Negotiations are being
carried on abroad In a quiet fashion.
and it seems probable that the hulk
of new supplies going to London witr
be diverted to this side. Quite a break
occurred In foreign exchange, due to
the large offerings of finance bills.
plainly Indicating our large borrow-
ings hi that market Commercial bills
must also be in Increasing supply:
and such facts as these, coupled with
high Interest rates local rates for
time money ruling at 6 to 7 per cent
arc extremely favorable to gold Im-
ports High money rates must be ex-
pected for some months to come.
There will be a big demand for money
this fall entirely aside from any spec-
ulative requirements. The movement
to the Interior will be heavy, and
funds to finance the crops cannot ba
had except from the two sources al-
ready mentioned, or else through un-
pleasant liquidation In speculative
quarters. Perhaps relief will come
from all three sources.
As to the future of the market.
that depends entirely upon the t a ti-
tle* employed by the big leaders. Cp
to date they have not effected a distri-
bution of stocks sufficient to satisfy
their expectations. Their policy seems
to be to make an Irregularly advancing
market, thus promoting activity m , J " " "vit!
trading, encouraging outside buying, ,rr,,fular line
manipulation. Thus far they
been exc aptlonuJly successful, *nd
their position has been mi: h
strengthened by the fact that k
sre adjusting themselves to n <"•
condition by means of Inert a-ed djvi
dende. Bonds or Investment with
fixed returns cannot effect such on
adjustment hence their -omparatlve
weakness, of course a big bt<ak must
be expected as soon a* ti), e corpora-
tions are placed In a position where,
through poor busine^ . they will be
obliged to lower dividends. Such a
contingency, however. Is not yet In
sight and cannot be looked for while
present conditions of business activity
last The weakest feature In the spec-
ulative situation is In the money mar-
ket. Those who lead the present
movement profess entire confidence
In their ability to prevent undue
stringency, but such promises mu«t be
accepted with reserve. Prudent oper-
ators wall dispose of their long stocks
on rallies hereafter, rather than buy
at these prices. The failure of a trust
company last week engaged in real es-
tate operations was an Incident of
much suggest 1 veness. Fortunately, the
effect was only momentary. Yet the
real estate situation In general is a
weak one, owdug to the excessive und
Imprudent speculation. The best fea-
ture connected with this Incident Is
that It was the first serious setback in
he real estate boom which has been
aging all over the notion, tying up
Indefinitely vast sums of money. This
disister may prove « wholesome
warning and check institutions from
making loans on Inflated values In real
estate hereafter. -If It Is productive
of that result some good will be ac-
complished inuring to the benefit of
the money market.
Correction Last week It was Inad-
vertantly stated that London could
spare Uft.ooo.noo gold for export. It
should have read $15,000,000. the er-
ror being in Using the pound instead
of the dollar sign.
henry clews.
Rescue Home, providing the "cup of
cold w ater 1n His name " to the thirsty
"ti the street, the bulletin board ven-
ture, Cha'utaaqua ce-operation, hiring
a nurse und otherwise caring and pro-
viding for the sick, and other things
too numerous to mention, all of which
go Into, make up the work of n busy
union.
Department Work.
While the detailed reports have
been gven by the superintendents, a
general outline would not be amiss
here.
The evangelistic department should,
and I believe, does underlie ail other
departments. We feel the ne. .1 of di-
vine guidance In all our work. Our
strength as a lecal union should be
measured, not by social standing or
much as by our godly wo-
PRESIDENT'S
ANNUA!. ADDRESS
(Read at the Annual Meeting
Local W. C. T. I
"The Woman's Christian
perance Union is an oiganlzat: >
of prayer and baptised by th
lug;
Its alms the bettrl
r Its salient j olnt
or traffic.
proje
with
enched
which has i
of humanity, f«
attack, the liciu
The means at
organization fir
the notice of tin
^ 1 (leant in cumi
its strongly inti
awaken the det
who usually had a sort of mild, ! •
encourage]wtkit tor foolish i hilani
pis is. But ,,j,t his steadily ■,. v. :i
intluenc and power until i
proved Itself, at last, a potentiality
belonging to the number of "w<
things which confound the might
When one Is learning'a gun •. ch
example, he must first understa
tllO:
of the
playing for. and the exact ..ti.
each pit at his own comnv
•it that of his opponc
this knowledge he
he
If wit hp tat
e x undertakes the
• \ery few movfs checkmates
Zeal and earnest exeu-isod
intly count not at all.
Now the real obje t of the temper-
ance work is the destruction of the
liquor traffic. The world is the chos -n
boinl uimu which the lremwi.lo«.-
Biime in UciiiK pliyed. Marshall,..! Up-
are the pieces uf ti1(.
I by the untiring hand ,>r
master spirit uho
u. here a pawn, there
a bishop, often calling
r endeavors. But nev-
rust, will he be able to
He is the
he
magnlH ent
and gilded
Innocent to
puts on the board
splendid. He builds
nf and drink palaces
- of sin to iure the
ruction. These iti,
among his strongest pieces in the aw-
ful. tragical guina. On our side are
the weak thi.i ;> of the wotld. Our
pieces have no gilding, no carving,
nothing io excite admiration, and we
ha\e entered the game without even
lull tiuota of pieces. Mo.eovd
mitty opponent occupies much of our
u,,d subtracts our substance bv
< ''"Polling us, driven pe.force bv pity
' ' >"i t an he,,,,, to f„;. unil
Ivor to redeem his victims. YVt
a* we face our awful opponent, we
do fully assured that
thoughtfully and pray.
above us. adding to our
One w ho will
talent
men,
The Press.
There Is no caluclating the power
of the press. Our W. C. T. IT.
notes, so well written have been a
mighty factor In building up the work
of the union, not otily that, but these
notes are ngedy sought for and read
by the workers over the state al well
as by those of other states, as we have
' '' ■ ■'1 I'lakeable evidence on sev-
eral occasions.
Syst-inutic ami Proportionate tdving.
This department has received spe-
cial emphasis in our union this year,
having as one of our members the na-
tional as well us stale superintendent.
•v Meat Quantity of literature has been
«.Ms! i ibuted, and "Tithers leagues"
formed in some of the churches.
Medical Tempera nee.
One hundred copies of the Medical
Temperance nun,h r of the t'nion Sig-
nal were «ent for and distributed to
the do-tors of the city, while the pat-
ent, medicine evil has been considera-
bly agituted by our women.
Social Meetings.
On account of the strenuousness of
the times we feel that we cannot
make room for such in a social way,
still, those Indulged in were very en-
joyable occasions, notn.bly the "Ohost
Social, (ho reception to the national
superintendent of systematic and pro-
portionate giving and the state edjtor,
liii reception to Mrs. Stevens and Miss
Cordon and the Fourth of July pic-
ric. These were as the unbending of
the how. and gave needed relaxation.
■ if itlflc i cnipei an e Instruction,
'"iis de, arti :ent hi e • j hands.
Science, not fanaticism,
''anda rd of total .)
against Intoxicants. These advanced
>• entitle positions are today acknowl-
edged in the laws of all the states
ami territories, and In the text books
studied by three-fourths of the chil-
dren of the republic.
Siduiol Savings Banks.
We are justly proud of the splendid
work of this department in ou local
union. $3,300 li.t en deposited the
I *.-; year, a total deposit since the es-
tablishment of this department being
about $8,500.
I ranch! e and Merc y.
i gan.'j
id gro
fixed tho
✓First, we ne«d a deeper, more utter
consecration of ourselves, our all to
His work and will, giving up self
and sclflgh Interests to the great work
before us. We need the burning con
vlctlon wrought Into every fiber of our
being that this is really and truly
e or,k tor God and home, Ju«t as much
as anything that can be done.
It Is not a "side" issue; It is not
comparatively unimportant matter,
which can be postponed indefinitely.
W. C. T. U. work should not be put oft
til the last day at the eleventh hour,
and then be met with "too tin I' to
do It. "I forgot," is never an accept-
able excuse from white ribboners. We
need earnestness of purpose, a stead-
fast determination that no matter
what the obstacles In our way, with
God's help we will conquer. We need
a holy enthusiasm, an Intense love
for the principles which we have es-
poused, a deeply grounded conviction
that we are surely right and there-
fore must succeedv
We need to have a pride In our or-
ganization, a jealous love fn* the
standard, that feeling which compels
a body of soldiers to die to thi last
man rather than to desert the colors.
The little knot of white ribbon
should be us dear to our hearts as the
Cross of the Legion of Honor to the
heroes of Prance, as the Grand Army-
badge to the ren n.int ut Off , • • r• 111 -
lie's defmoers and like that -hoi'ld be
displayed on every occasion.
V\ e need to be fitted with grace,
furnished with all the fruits of the
spirit, and girded with strength from
on high.
One nf our greatest needs Is careful
painst iking attention to detail, a re-
alizing sense that to sustaitmn/ or-
ganiz.itinii cft.iiii bu«ii:e-s forms nid
sometimes tiresome details must be
attended promptely ind properly. We
should never miss an opportunity to
invite others to Join our ranks, being
"instant In season and out of season,"
zealous, earnest, enthusiastic, persist-
out. del rmli etl to merited, come
what will. We need to study cire-
fully, thoughtfully and prayerfully
"i;r matching orders as laid down In
tin Word of Life, ami ulso to study
carefully our literature that we may
be "aoproved workmen and ready to
give at any time" an answer for the
"hope that Is within us" of ultimate
Dear sisters, we have
in this urk. I.et us
cry weight" of needles'
necessary toil, togethe
of fault finding, go- in
a high calling
"lay aside ev-
labor and un-
with the ain
versatlon, which profiteth
Let every office,-, ever'
ten J.snt strive to be ome '
Idh
othlng.
'•cry superln-
le a specialist
ui nor department, and It t every
member study, work and pray as If
S depended upon her Individual
efforts.
For your
faults and yo
our i ivors
•atlence towards in
r loyal support in a
I thank you.
>KA D. HAMMETT.
Intel '
terly
rfully.
play
Just
give us the victor,
Ami when, at last, the Dual nu.ve N
tnade ami th,. brave heart „f „m.
I",Nile,# ''Hi "checkmate," the en-
tain will fail UI„,„
««n>e ..f the a, and the „h„u,T
w he* purified earth
will he echoed in heaven.
The above beautiful Illustration
taken from the National Leaflet by
Hoard man.
ii s u (l!°7,h<' m°st aukp|«l0us
' . ,,re*urne. ill the history
" ■ < * • t . women are deeply
1 and concerned for the quar-
-mperance lesson in the Sunday
'I he Cradle I loll.
l Vis is our pride. The mothers of
many of these bibles are not W. C.
T. C. women, but when they consent
to enroll their babies on our roll they
pledge themselves to bring the little
ones up In the principles of purity
and temperance, they get to thinking
along these line?, and thus tho work
spreads.
Flower Mission.
Perhaps no department has been
more active the past year thin this
• e. Jails ;1hn houses, hospitals an I
Ptivate sick rooms have b n fllie l
with the fragrant gifts of th > flower
mhslon. anil many diys. >f the year
'0 and hope Is
whose feet have
crime. Who can
h n ministry?
Ippflngs.
Have been amongst the best and
most hopeful of the year where sub-
jects of the moat vital Importance to
anxious. " trne.-t motneis have been
studied and discussed.
Medal < ontt sis.
Have been pushed with unusual
v th'\ I-H*t year, six having been
i > great sentiment
pleasing entertain-
Drainage in
Oklahoma
An
ctive
ampaign Is now being
"aged in Oklahoma, Indian Territory
and other portions of the southwest
for the purpose of inducing
i i in Halvor Ntcenerson. author of the
Steeuerson reclamation bill,
Ins him to subs'
bill
amended a
present reclamation
states and teiritorl
the fourteen state,
ben •♦itted under
elude drainage a*
tuest-
for hi:
applying the
art to all the
es. Instead of to
nd territories now
' act .and to In
veil as Irrigation
preached to those
gone astray Into
make report of sui
Mntli« i ■
delive
tion.
make
ents.
-Mr
of the Oklahoma
and this l as it should be. No b ir'k '
w a "I steps must be taken, and thU h
' ,"™e t stanu Mill. Km.-Ii vear
:h.,u" be ,bv a ffrenter Itnowi-
tee rl "" 1,1 and
bring out- sirf „ ,ar " 8hould
gat lie, ii.ir' representative
'r
anTTa- K" " "'gh,'r
• ha before * l
tees, etc.
r^K'tlar meetinpr
entertained white rlbh.
most every *t
have heard Hit
l'ig meetings and
Oklahoma CI
commit-
ve have
">«'rs from al-
III the Union; we
"II of our Interest-
">rk of
union is quoted
pleasure
f*r and near
r,„'>.|.Ub ess «he Kreate.t
th"z,u" ,,uri"K '• >- r wa.
I'- ^n.r,T'larR'e' "rb"""
"linn for this vl.lt reread
prominent notice |„ thJ , M,or''
than the viiii* r M" 1 M,on signal
th,- I n "y ",h'r ttnlon in
seen Th i , " n,r w'° have
'ihVE ;T,:rrw:f
~ ""rally I,,* "f "
cntertainmcni
« f the
™ union along
I" ''""orvln, „r
I/Herat ure.
About #o h,s Been S[8nt In this
department t|,e past whl(.h
means that hundreds of thouarnds of
fages of literature have b<*en dlstrlb-
Uted. A great work within Itself If
nothing else had been done.
« hi Istlan < iihetMhip.
The superintendent of this depart-
ment his been Instrumental In hav-
ing temperance comm it, s appointed
in some of the young peoples societies
Of the dHTerent churches. Much in-
terest has been aroused and some ac-
tive wo"k done.
Other departments as carried on by
this local union have done consider-
able good work. And yet the half hn
not bee mold. There Is no em ulating
the good that will re,ult from thin
past year's work of the Oklahoma
t lty YV. ('. T. I*.
"Our treasurer has reported some-
thing like J9,io raised In the work this
Jear. %TI,ls Is. perhaps, as much again
,s •' been raised by all the rest ,,f
the territory put together. We do not
ay this wlHj any de,jre to boast but
llh a ain -ere desire to faee the sltu-
\\iih the Increased opportuni-
ties come In, ,eased responsibilities
As we stand oil tlie thresh..1.1 ,,f the
" W. f -r. I' year we also stand
upon the threshold of a new state. The
relation of the one to the other Is ,,r
the gravest concern. In the light for
the prohibition of the ll,,Uor traffic
In the new stale. Oklahoma rit> is
strategic point. a* oklahoma
so goes Oklahoma, an,I the
a i.lit, , f.itj \\ I' -p must awake
o a reallxation of ita reaponsihllltlea
in the tight. We have done well this
yar and tnual do belter n -vt. We
must e,|uip ourselves for higher, bet-
■ I service. A. ofricera. auperlntend-
•'ills, lay members, decided advance
eteps must be taken. A general for-
Wl'd move along all line should he
our ambition.
YN hat are we
nnd as Individual!
tion.
I lionias i., cannon, executive secre-
■iry of the st. Louis section of the
national IriIgatlon association, was in
>klahoma. and while In the territory
d an address at Chandler be-
Deep Fork, Drainage assocla-
le stated that the probabilities
9 |l1 th« st Louis section would
ext. nd its scope of work over Okla-
h a. From Chanaier Mr. Cannon
V.ent to Oklahoma cty. Hobart and
\Mth business men regarding the work
o-hei cities of the teirttory to confer
of irrigation In this territory.
Kvery effort will be made." said
Mr. Cannon, "to give Oklahoma a lib-
eral appropriation, because of the vast
amount of money th> territory has
turned into the reclamation fund from
the sale of her public lands, out of a
total „f $41.000,000 Oklahoma has
paid nvey $4,000, Ooo and never his re-
ceived a cent of Irrigation funds,
li'i'gely on account of negligence in
presenting her claims.
H the laws arechanged to apply
to drainage as well a., Irrigation,
ere will be over a million acres of
land i eel.limed from overflow in Okln
h",na alone. [,, Lincoln Oklahoma
and Pottawatomie counties. In partic-
ular. there is & large acreage that la
>11,tillable beeause of a lark of drain
"tie. | have II directl\ from the heads
Of railroads that If Oklahoma secures
a pro rata of the reclamation fund,
that over -too miles of railroad will
he built built in western Oklahoma
The present reclamation act a
piles to fourteen states and territories
Arizona. California. Colorado Ida-
ho Kansas Montana. Nebraska. Ne-
' Ida New Mexico. N'orth Dakot , ot-
lahonia. Oregon. South Dakota. Ctah
Washington aM(| Wyoming. This act
;'l Miles today to the reclamation of
land by Irrigation only, where by
stretching the text of the act land
might also be reclaimed by drainage
' ,h< reclamation of land bv litiga-
tion la constitutional and right, then
the reclamation of land by drainage
l equally to. The land re-
claimed by drainage will g|Vl. ,, great-
er addition to the land values of thr.
t'nhcd States, and t
pie of the southwest lost to them A
share in the benefits of the reclama-
tion act. The Hteenerson bill pro-
vides reclamation through drainage
for the following states: Alabama.
Arkansaw, Florida. Illinois. Indiana,
Iowa Ixiuiaiana. Michigan, Minnesota
Mississippi, Ohio and Wisconsin. If
made u law It would not provide a
drainage fund of sufficient magnitude
to make drainage a question of Im-
portance.
"The St. Louis section of the Na-
tional Irrigation association has done
considerable correspondence with Mr.
Stecnerson regarding the changes In
his bill makiug it apply to ull stales
and territories. He has not yet con-
sented to tho proposition. If there
were nothing better to be hail, the
Stecnerson bill would be a step In the
right direction, but it would be an In-
fant without sustenance. It would bo
a dwarf In the great reclamation field.
It would die for lack of support. It
would be impotent as a machine to
Improve the commonwealth If ths
Stecnerson bill were a law operating
drainage as a national proposition, it
would necessitate a corps of officers,
engineers and salaried employes.
'With the reclamation act alieady
in the field, and a sum behind it suffi-
cient to carry it on, jealousies would
arise and increase in magnitude to
such an extent that both forces being
utilized to reclaim land would be In-
jured. It would be more difficult to
amalgamate these two laws Into one
after the passage of the Steenerson
bill than it would be to amend the rec-
lamation act at this ttmo and apply
it to drainage as well as irrigation.
If we can not at this session of con-
gress secure an amended reclamation
act. it would be far better to delay
work until the next congress and to
procef'd ut this time to educate ull the
people to the necessity of sending to
congress at the next election men who
are favorable to the reclamation of
land, both by irrigation and drainage,
under one general fund und under
one single management.
"The St. Louis section of the Na-
tional Irrigation association stands
upon the platform as above enunci-
ate?! and invites the people of all sec-
tions of this country to join In tho
ci UBade. It Invites the commercial In-
ter, sis. especially the railroad Inter-
ests to assist In defraying the ex-
p.aises of the campaign necessary to
< ure succes in the work. Any town
of iin, ortance in which the people are
sufficiently interested to take this
matter up in a practical way, upon
their request, we will furnish a
speaker to Illustrate and demonstrate
to them the necessity for this work.
The St Louis section will be pleased
to hear from any town or community
or Individual interested in this ques-
tion.
"The complete and perfect drain-
age of land on the west side of the
Mississippi river in Missouri, Arkan-
sas. Louisiana, and on the eastern side
to drain th.' lands of Illinois, south-
ern Kentucky, western Tennessee and
Mississippi, would put Into cultivation
omething like 16.000,000 acres of tho
rich eat land In the world* This work,
if doll- by the government, would be
so small a cost on each acre of land
that would scarcely be felt. It would
place ..n these lands a population in
exec - of .'{.000,000 people. It would
Increase the productive capacity an-
nually five times over. It would quad-
ruple the present value of the land.
"The drainage of these lands would
Invite to that territory the best class
of i he agricultural population to bo
secured from aM countries and from
all si- tions. It would greatly lessen
the danger of the overflow of the Mis-
sissippi river and give safety to homes
ami property. It would Increase the
commerce of St. Louis. Memphis, New
Orleans and every small city and town
:l" eontigious territory. It
would make the Mississippi valley the
richest agricultural section of' tho
world, and of this vast territory Si
Louis would naturally be the great
manufacturing supply market. Mem-
phis would Increase its trade enor-
mouslv. It would make New Orleans
four times as great an export and com-
mercial city as It Ik.
"The Million club of St. Louis could
n«t turn Its attention in a better di-
rection than to join forces with the
present program and carry out this
great scheme of reclamation. No busi-
ness house or business institution or
railroad company or land owner in
"It"!'' territory should hesitate a
moment to give enthusiastic and gen-
erous support to this work."
Monthly Meteorological Summary.
Station, oklahoma, Okla.; month
Augufct, 1906.
Atmospheric pressure (reduced to
a level: inches and hundredths)
Mean. 29.H4; highest. 30.20; date
27th; lowest. 29,7.1; date. 22nd.
* m pe rat ure—Highest.
2d.
date.
City
at the
" * may he
conflict heft,
loved union
special '-'ailed?
* an organization
most In rieed of
Ut time, to the end that
f'llly equipped for the
u«. and that our be-
U.J be Increa-.. | |„ num.
•I IM In •molester for
wmk. to which We are
be added 80
pel
cropa will
out greater values
than will irrigated land.
"The railroads of the northwest
were largely Instrumental In passing
the reclamation act. It is perfectly
natural that these railroads and the
people Of the greater portion of that
territory—tbe fourteen states and ter-
rltorles would want the present law
HS it is, and not have It amended so as
O.n'r'd", "he '"'"''ft* the reclama-
! "Ith "titer states and terri-
tories to Included rainage. The It
leal activity Of I be people of the
M«at<t [.art of those fourteen states
and lerrltoiiea is another Illustration
or ail active minority controllli .. an
nn.'lve majorttj The a,tin. „f
lose people caused them to tuLa ad-
v"at ige ,,r „„ opportunity an,1 they
aie reaping the benefits.
"The lack of activity of tK u- >-
Temperature Highest. 92; date.
15th; lowest. f 2 ; date. 1!71h; greatest
dally range. 2H; date. 29th; least dally
range 7; date. 5th.
Mean for this month In 1891. 77;
1892. 77. 1893. 75; 1894. 78; 1895. 79.
1896. 8.3; 1897. 78; 1898. 78; 1899
84, 1900. 80; 1901. 82; 1902. 83. 1903.'
80; 1904. 79, 1905. SO; 1906, 76.
years,
Mean for this month for 16
Absolute maximum for this month
for 16 years. 104.
Absolute minimum for this month
for 16 years, 4 9.
Average daily deficiency of thin
month as compared with mean of 16
years. 2.9.
Accumulated deficiency since Jan-
uary 1. 324.
Average dally deficiency since Jan-
uary 1. 1.3.
Precipitation: Total this month.
8.35. Greatest precipitation In a
hours. 2.34; date 23 and 24.
Total precipitation this month in
1891. .79; 1 892. 4.27; 1893, 5.65; 1 894.
1.95; 1895. 4.44. 1896, 1.83; 1 897.
166; 1898, 2.8L'; 1899, 0.89; 1900, 2.51;
1901, 3.03; 1902, 2.99; 1 903, 2.07 *
1 904. 1.41>. 1905, 5. J9 . 1 906 8 3H
3.25.
Average for this month for 16 years.
Excess of this month as compared
with average for 16 years. 5.10.
Accumulated excess since January
3.88.
Wind—Prevaalllng direction south;
total movement, 9001 miles average
hourly velocity, 12.1; maximum veloo-
lt>' (for five minutes), 38 miles per
hour, from tho north, on 23rd.
Weather—Number of dava clear.
10 partly cloudy, IS; cloudy. 8; .if
which <>1 Inch or more of precipita-
tion occurred. 16.
hates .if miscellaneous phenomena:
Lunary. list. Thunderstorms, 4. 5, 7,
8, 10, 11, 18, 17, 28, 24, 25, 26. 31.
J. P. RLAUCIHTF.n,
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