The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1899 Page: 2 of 6
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The Oklahoma Christian
Manitou and Pike's Peak,
On June 19tli the associate
editor joined an excursion party
to Colorado Springs nnd Mani-
tou. All the way in sight of
the Rockies. After once seeing
them no one will wonder why
they are called Rockies. The
first stop was made at Rocky
Ford. This is a town where
watermelon day is observed. It
is also famous for extensive irri-
gation, lovely homes surround-
ed by productive gardens and
prolific orchards, where the bee
hives rest while the busy bees
are gathering honey from the
fragrant alfalfa.
While riding from Pueblo to
Colorado Springs we obtained
such a clear distinct view of
proud Pike's Peak that I could
not resist the temptation to
make a pencil sketch hoping at
some future time to reproduce it
in oil.
Manitou is the most famous
health and pleasure resort of the
west. After driving to the Car-
den of the Cods to look upon
the grotesque shaped rocks of
red sandstone and gypsum bed.
to make the summit of Pike's
Peak was our greatest desire.
At 2:45 we left the Iron Springs
depot and immediately our eyes
beheld some of the grandest of
mountain scenery,
The sides slope gradually
back and rise higher and higher
for thousands of feet. In some
places covered with pines and
cedars or aspen and other places
broken and rough or perhaps
rising thousands of feet in al-
most an unbroken perpendicu-
lar wall. While below a sprink-
ling stream of ice cold water
dashesand splashes along, rush-
ing from boulder to boulder,
with here and there beautiful
waterfalls or cascades. At
every turn of the road another
charming' picture is spread out
before lis, after leaving the half-
way house we immerge from the
canon and begin the ascent of
••Old Snow Top;" now we can
see over tne tops of what looked
like mountains, but now, mere
hills. The pines grew smaller
and smaller and more scrubby,
and we leave behind all vegeta-
tion, except the bright-eyed
flowers that blossom in the
snow, these too are left behind
before the summit is reached.
Oil the summit we were given
ample time to gaze at t lie beauty
and diversity of nature spread
out in panoramic view. The air
was clear and fresh and all the
features and colors of the plain
below were brought out in their
natural colors and definite out-
lines. Streams, whose waters
(low from the snowy sides of
the mountains maybe traced for
miles and miles with the naked
eye. The unappraochable mag-
nificence and magnitude of the
view that greets the bewildered
eye far surpassed any or all im-
agination of our mind. As we
were making the descent some
one began singing the national
hymn soon to be joined by other
voices; what could have been
more appropriate than "I love
thy rocks and rills; thy woods
and templed hills." Our hearts
with rapture thrill as we gazed
above, below, and around us at
the unalterable and unimpeach-
able indications of an Indefinite
Power. I thought that there
was nothing that could so fully
reveal the boundlessness and
variety of God's power as the
clouds. What lovely pictures
are hung in the sky every day
for us to admire. The view con-
stantly changing never to be re-
peated again; but for sublime
grandure and awful magnifi-
cence nothing can surpass the
mountains. No excursion,would
be complete without at least one
lover and his sweet heart; there
is no mistaking them; no one
would fail to notice with what
tender solicitude lie anticipates
her every wish; about her is a
charm indescribable of a spirit
in captivation with all imagin-
able beauty and loveliness. It
is not given to words to express
the refinement of pleasure and
the delicacy of joy lie experi-
ences while in her society. As
they rose to leave the train our
prayer was Cod bless the happy
years of youth. We, too, soon
followed, thinking of what we
had seen in one day, a day long
to be remembered. Mrs. (' Aficr
Neirbi/, associate filitnr of tin Li/r
Li ik'.
This Do.
Sir Walter Scott, writing to a
friend who had obtained a situa-
tion, gave him this excel lent ad-
vice: "You must beware of
stumbling over a propensity
which easily besets you from
the habit of not having your
time fully employed; I mean
what the women very expres-
sively call dawdling. Your mot-
to must be, '•//"(• mil'." Do in-
stantly whatever is to be done,
and take the hours of recreation
after business, and never before
[ it. If that which is first in hand
is not instantly, steadily and re-
j gularly dispatched, other things
accumulate behind, till affairs
begin to press all at once, and
no human brain can stand the
| confusion. Pray, mind this; this
is a habit of mind which is very
apt to beset men of intellect
i and talent, especially when
their time is not regularly tilled
| NO VACATION \
AT THE
i CAPITAL CITY BUSINESS COLLECEI
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ALL REGULAR WORK CONTINUED.
SPECIAL CLASSES IN PENMANSHIP
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FROM 8:30 TO 9:30 A. M. AND 3:30 TO
4:30 P. M. TUITION REASONABLE.
CALL FOR PARTICULARS.
*£: Corner Oklahoma and Division,
GUTHRIE, OKLA, 3
up, and is left to their own ar
rangement. But it. like the ivy
round the oak, ends by limiting,
if it does not destroy, the power
of manly and necessary exertion.
I must love a man so well to
whom I offer such a word of ad
vice that I will not apologize for j
it, but expect to hear you are
become as regular as a Dutch
clock—hours, quarters,minutes,
all marked and appropriated.
This is a great cast in life, and
must be played with all sic:II and
caution."—Loekliurt.
How to Raise Money On Dedica^
tion Day,
Usually about a third of the
cost of the building is unpro-
vided for at completion.
In most cases, with proper
management and work this can
be provided for without help
from the Church Extension
Board. Ordinarily if the day of
j dedication is inclement a failure
I to raise the money results.
With a fair day, F. M. Rains
I could raise the necessary amount
without prelimary work'.
But to make a success anyone
else must make a preliminary
canvass. Three days work be
fore dedication, insured success
at West Point.
A portion of the time, Brother
George Wood went with me to
| get subscriptions, and on Satur-
day evening we had kJ37.."() of
the £30(5 indebtedness, sub
scribed, and more promised if
we could not raise it without.
So that had the day been
rainy we knew we could raise
the remaining *70.
Without preliminary, work j
not more than half the indebted
ness could have been raised.
The same was true of Wauko-
mis. a few weeks ago. at each
place those who subscribed
would not have given'more than
half as much without personal
work previously.
It is all important to head the
subscription with a sutticientl v
high figure to insure the raising
of the required amount. And
when the drop to lower figure is
made, there must be names
pledged to respond to the call,
and so on at each drop. All
this should be arranged be-
forehand.
At each place we knew, and
had secured the names of one
*,■>(>. *1.7,, *10 and s."> men. And
in most cases a goodly number
of names at each of these fig-
ures. Unless the man who is to
dedicate a church, knows that
he will have a fair day and that
he can get money out of a grind
stone;he should make a prelimin-
ary canvass. J. M. Monrok.
Thoroughly Missionary.
l.NOALLK, July 7. The last
four months, from March 1st to
to.Inly 1st. I preached seven
teen sermons, seven being on
missions. Took up an offering
each time and raised about £14.
and sent to F. M. Rains. 1 have
two more calls to preach on
missions, and expect to preach
on missions until the first ol
October at every call.
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Boen, J. B. The Oklahoma Christian. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1899, newspaper, July 13, 1899; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc305937/m1/2/?q=%22United+States+-+Oklahoma+-+Logan+County+-+Guthrie%22: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.