RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF b -rf'v V I J Iter i A ) Jan Christian Smufe : Qui Africa 0 cwMan" QititvrtisHona! &&fyy innSrtTsaMsfsaffl xtISNk X? cxu?j?rowzr PMMHMHIilMMtf IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL StmdaySchool 7 Lesson T (Uy KKV ! H. KlTWATKIl. IJ. U . 'Jcnuiicr of KngllMi llllilti In tho Mooily I!. bill ltiBtlttllti cf CtllOltKO.) L'tipyrlKlit, 111. I, Wcxtrrii NewepapeT Union . " LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 20 THIS WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE Brings a Ray of Hope to Childless Women By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. "51 uMF.THlNG how Is always coming sj4Hr I out or Africa. Old Latin pmveib. Mtal Various writers In the public 1 press seem to think that this prov- f" I urh Is as true now as It was H.OIM) f " I years ago anil that the "new thins" m I of these latter days is a "new man" y I In International statesmanship 1 -Inn (MirlKtlun MmntH mltilsti'r nf defense of the Union of South Af rica. Of course, the phrase "new man" has a upeclal meaning us they apply It to "Slim .Inutile" Smuts, for he has hcon a growing w'orld-flguie for several years. By "new man" they mean "now Jeuder." For Oom Paul Krueger's fighting general of twenty years ago Is being discussed pretty much all over the world as a possible leader of that new British empire which Smuts himself thus outlines: "The old prewar British empire Is Rone, In the nense of colonies or subordinate nations clustering around one master nutlon. The British empire Is developing Into a real league of nations, n croup of partner peoples." Smuts Is looked upon by mnny, nays Sir Philip Gibus, the noted British correspondent, In the Springfield HepubNcan, as "the new leader Eng land lias been waiting for" and the proper succes sor to Lloyd George. Says Sir Philip: "Why not make Smuts our next prime minister? A Boer, educated at Cambridge and against us In South Africa, Is hardly adapted to be prime minis ter of England, but stranger things have happened In England." Sir Philip calls Smuts " a man who never looks hack for regret or vengeance, hut al ways forward with free and courageous vision." end concludes with this statement: "There are men In England today In high places as well as low who say he Is tho man we ure looking for." The Evening World of New York argues at length that the British empire must he trans formed into an association of nations and de clares Smuts to he the logical head of the new and greater empire. The Christian Science Moni tor of Boston says he has always served high Ideals and served them "In n way which hns ever Inspired a strange confidence that he was not closing his eyes to mistakes, where mistakes were made, and that his devotion was Inspired by a much larger concept of things than that Involved In the generally accepted meaning of the word patriotism." In short, practically the entire press of the United Stated has been throwing bouquets to this Boer farmer's boy of tho veld. The concensus of opinion seems to he thnt he must be given n phico among the world's greatest living statesmen and a front rank among the leaders of lie British empire. Most people know vaguely thnt tills same Brit ish empire Is so vast that tho sun never sets on Its flag. In fact, It Is so vast that to catalogue Us possessions Is dllllcult. There Is a hlr.t of Its rxtcnt In the title of the British sovereign: "George V of tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nnd of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Defender of tho Faith, Emperor of India." Theso "Dominions Beyond the Seas" extend to every continent nnd consist of snlf-gov-crnlng dominions, crown colonies and protector ates and other dependencies. As everyone knows, the United Kingdom con sists of England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the channel Islands. In Europe there are Gibral tar, Malta, Cyprus, etc. India, Burma, Ceylon nnd a score of'othcr possessions Ho In Asia. In Afrlcu Its Hug waves over more thnn 2,000,000 sqnnro miles, Including Egypt und the South Afrlcnn Un ion. In Australasia nre Australia, Tasmania, Pa pua, New Zealand and Pacific Islands. On the Western Hemisphere Its vast holdings Include Canada, New Foundlnnd and Labrador, British Guinea and various West Indian Islands. Alto rether the British empire contains about 12,000, 000 square miles and 4.r)0,000,000 people. Ho the British empire Is strongly suggestlvo of a leugue of nations. Moreover, tho World war produced a noteworthy effect. Thero were those who predicted that tho British empire would go to pieces under the strain of that titanic conflict. On the contrary, England's needs brought out won derful proof of loyalty from her colonies. The ties were mndo stronger. Yet In tho end tho net rcMilt wna that the British empire camo out of the World war rather, us Smuts puts It, "a group of partner peoples" than "suhordlunto nations clustering uround ono master nutlon." Whatever may be the futuro of Smuts, his past Is Interesting, no wus born a little more thnn fifty years ugo In the Trnnsvnal, on a farm In tho western province In 'ho Kurroo country. His Boer father and grandfather were farmers. Ho got bis early education In tho Trunsvunl and then went to Cambridge for u university education In law. Back again In South Africa, he pructlced law and politics. Then he became Paul Krueger's secretary of state. Probably his state letters to London bad more than a little to do with bringing on tho Boer-Brltlsh war of 1809-1002. Into that hurd-fought little conflict he went as a private. It was about this time that Sir Alfred Mllner and Smuts hnd their famous encounter, which Is thus described by Stephen Bonsul In the New York Times : "Mllner Is reported to have pleaded with his young and promising antagonist much In these words : "'Stop, look where you are going, Smuts. You are digging your political grave without knowing It, I think. England will never forgive or forget this and you n Cambridge man ono of our own "'Yes! I thought I wns almost an Englishman, too,' Smuts Is said to have answered. 'But the Jameson raid proved to mo that I wasn't. I'm go ing with Oom Paul Krueger, not because I'm a Dutchman or a South-African, but because he Is right and I want to bo right. Perhaps some day England will see who were, her real friends and who were her real foes, but in the meantime I sliall do my duty as I see It very clearly.' " How Interesting the meeting between these two men ns colleagues on the British delegation to the Paris peace conference! That war lasted four years. The British enlist ments totaled 4.r)0,000 and those of the Boers 100, 000. The British casualties were 24,000 and those of the Boers 4.000, with 40.000 prisoners. The main cause of the war was the discontent of the "outlundcrs." The terms of peace were that the Beers gave allegiance to Great Britain and were granted full amnesty nnd the return of their prepei ty. Smuts emerged from the wnr a general. If he had coiisldenible share In bringing on the war, he prohubly had more to do with bringing about peace. For he wos one of the Boer peace commis sioners who met General Kitchener and Lord Mll ner. Incidentally, Smuts' safe-conduct pass bore tho signature. "D. Ilalg, Colonel." Yes; this Is the same Field Mnrshal Sir Douglas Ilulg. with whom Gen. Jim Christian Smuts stood shoulder to shoulder against the Germans. Of tho part luycd by Smuts In bringing about peace In 1002 Edwin C. HIU writes In the New York Hernld: "It wns as one of the Boer peace commissioners who met General Kitchener and Sir Alfred Mllner thnt Smuts rose to the rnnk of a statesman. The commissioners had been unable to agree and the Boers returned to their convention of national dele gates to obtain new Instructions about surrender ing uncondltlonnlly. For days the convention wuh ut loggerheads. The delegates refused to legis late tho republics out of existence. At length Smuts gained a hearing. He told them the truth about tho situation. He said that It was Impossi ble to light longer, that they could expect no help from Europu and Amcrlcn, and that further resist ance meant useless bloodshed. " 'Brethren,' ho declared, In what Is regarded among South-Africans as one of the most eloquent and certainly ono of tho most momentous speeches ever made In thnt country, 'we hnvo vowed to stand fnst to the bitter end. Let us ho men and acknowledge that thut end has now come and that It Is more bitter than ever wo thought It could bo. (n) Lrteertvoocf H V'A.- nwrrtvoj For death Itself would he sweet compnred with tlm step which we must now take. But let us bow before the will of God. "The future Is dark, Indeed, but we will not give up courage nor hope and trust In God. No one shall convince me that this unparalleled sncrl the which the African nation has laid upon the altar of freedom will bo In vain. It has been a war for treedom and not only for the freedom of the Boers, but for tho freedom of all the nations of South Africa. Its results we leave in God's hands. Perhaps It Is Ills will to lead our nation through defeat, through abasement, yes. and even through the vnlley of the shndow of death, to the glory of n nobler future, to the light of a brighter day.' " Smuts prevailed. And his "brighter day" came quickly. Death had removed Cecil Ithodes, for quarter of a century the dominating personality on the Imperial side In South African politics, the man "morally culpable" In the famous "Jameson raid." the diamond king who left by will practically his whole fortune of $.10,000,000 to the public service. Within n few years after the war, under the lead ership of Botha and Smuts, the Boer nation arose out of the wreck of the Boer republics. In 1010 f'npe Colony. Natal, Orange Free State and the Trnnsvnal became the Union of South Africa, with the consent and npprovul of the British govern ment. It contnlns 473.000 square miles and 0.000. 000 people. It Is practically a self-governing na tion. It has a liberal constitution and a parlia ment ami tho libera are In the majority. Both the English and Dutch lunguages are nfllclnl. Smuts was still engaged on the task of holding together these confederated colonies when the World war called him again Into the field. This time ho went In ns the head of an army and took German East Africa from the Germans. The necessities of the British empire then called Smuts to Englnnd for counsel. The wnr won, Smuts took a major place at the peace con ference through sheer moral force and Intellect, lie. had much to do with forming the League of Nations. He helped construct the treaty and he signed It. But he tiled a memorandum of protest and explanations as to terms forced Into It against his will. That protest, his admirers say, marks him as a prophet as well as statesman. Smuts has been cnlled an "able compromiser," nn "opportunist In politics" and "all things to all men." And his nickname In his own country among the old-time trekkers Is "Slim Jannle," "Slim" meaning tricky, slick, evasive. The cuteer of Smuts, however, seems to sup port the lew of his admirers that In matters of principle he has always Mood steadfast as bed rock. Ills admirers put It this wa. : "He has a way of overlooking unessential details which smaller men stumble over." They ushert that he Is an all-around man of firm will, determined character, great experience and hard common sense. They also speak with admiration for his tact. It Is this tact that enrned for blin tho "Slim" of the old-time Boers. He has an easy tact which makes for amiability and smooths over disagree able situations. Also, he Is Just about the best whist player In South Africa and the old Boers thought he was very wicked because he played cards ! In the old Boer household, such as Smuts came from, says Mr. Hill, the coffee-pot Is always boil ing. With a cup of coffee and a. piece of nlltoug (dried meat) the Boer can fight or trek. all day long. Smuts' only bad habit, If It can bo cnlled a hnd habit, is addiction to coffee. He neither drinks liquor of any kind nor smokes, nnd he eats sparingly. He Is esscnllnlly nn out-of-doors man nnd his body Is yvlry und rnngy. He has the stride of a man familiar with long marches and the natural swing of one who Is at home In the saddle He speaks with vigor and sometimes with emotion. Tho Iftcr Is not a demonstrative or emotional person, and Smuts bus much nf tho racial reserve. At times ho Is nn Inspired orator, and something of his plnco In the world Is duo to his eloquent tongue. Ho seems to lack the tricks of the spell binder's trade. He Is forceful, convincing and persuasive. There Is a strong religious trend In Uio charac ter nf General Smuts. He comes of a strain nf men who went Into battle with supplications to God upon their lips, n stock that held In ridicule and contempt tho godless ways of other people PAUL BEFORE THE KINO. U'S'SON Ti:.T-Act 3i.1-26 K. (lOl.HI.N TI.XT-Now la Christ rln fiom tlie iloail, ami lioioiuu tho llrnt fmlttt ot tl I'm Unit slept. -I Cor 1ft n. Hi I ritl'NCH MATi:iltAI,-l Cor. 10 IMUMAin TolMC-l'aul Tills How Ho Citini' to lllu y Ji'HUS. Jl'N'ltm TOPIC- Paul Itefnie Klni: Aki mm INTI.ltMIMHATi: AiNDfeHNlOK TOPIC i Aii ml to Caesar vol NO ITOlM.n A.N'D AIM11.T TOPIC I uiil h oiir:iKui!t Tt'Mtlniuny Ilcforo it Kiiik I. Paul Defore Festus (2T.:1-12). As soon as Festus, the new gov riior goes to .leiiisnlein, he is be Vego I with invitees against Paul, ititl tlu desire that he be brought to lerusiilem lor trial, Intending to lie u wait nnd Kill him on the way. resins i efused their request, but lu'ieed to gle them nn opportunity to nceiiso ran r the.v would :o down 'o ('ni'sareii. They go, but ate unable to prow iinjthlng against him. Fes tiv, wllllii" to please the Jews, pro tiK es to semi him to Jerusalem for trial I'm this Paul Issues a rebuke to Feslus by asserting thr.t he very .M'll knew that he was Innocent. See Inu' that It was Impossible to get Jus tire before Festus, Paid makes use ot bis right as a Koman c:tl7.en, and oppeals to Caesar. Paul well knew 'bat to go to Jerusalem meant death, ami s uce Festus was too much of a tlnu'-serwr to release him when he l new that be was Innocent, he makes tiv of the radical step of appealing to Home as the last report. Festus seems to have been taken by surprise. Ills failure to release an Innocent man had placed him In an awkward position, for be could give no exp'an tit'on as to why an Innocent mnn should go to Home for tr'al. For a iiuin to appear before Caesar would cast reflection upon Festus. lie now consulted his council ns to what to do. but since the Ilomiiii law gave owr,v man the right of appeal to the emperor, there was nothing left for him to do bat to grant his request. II. Paul Defore Aorlppa (2!i:i:i 2il:2"). 1. The occasion 2r.1.t-27). This was the visit of Agrlppa and Bcrnlce to Festus. Upon their arrival they eireM'd a desire to hear Paul, whereupon Festus told them of his poiplcxlly; so It was arranged that Paul be brought before them for ex amination. 2 The defense (2.1:1-27). (1) The Introduction (vv. 1-!l). In this he ex pressed his delight that he now could apeak and tell his case to one who was able to follow his line of argu ment, for Agrlppa was an expert In questions (oncernlng the Jews; but most or all he was now happy In that he 'mild witness to him of the Savior and peiliaps lead him Into the light or God. (2) In his manner of life (v. 4-12). This he showed bad been In strictest accord with the most rlu'ld sect of the Jews. He possessed the siiuie hope that of a coming De ll wrer and reminded them of the fnct t tm t fn'inerly he was most hit- :eil opposed to Christ, ns his zeal' would prove. These facts make the ihimge fiom a persecutor to an ar dent advocate all the more remark I'ble. (Hi UN supernatural conver sion (w. n-l.'i). Jesus Christ ap peared to him on the way to Damus-' en apd rcwulcd hlnuclf to h'm. (4) Jesus Christ commissioned him for his work (v. 10-1S). lie was sent unto the Gentiles (a) to open their eyes, so awfiill.v blinded: (b) to perform the blessed work of turning them from darkness to light: () to turn them from the power of Satan unto God; (d) that they might receive forgive ness of sins; (e) and that they might obtain an Inheritance among the saints, (fi) ills consecration (v. 10 2:i). As soon as he received his com mission he obeyed. The very vigorous prosecution of his work brought lilm Into conflict with the Jews, for which they sought to kill him. 01) The In terruption by Festus (v. 21). Seeing how thoroughly In earnest Paul was, he nttomptiil to account for It by calling him a crank, attributing It to the ravings of an unbalanced mind. (7) Paul's appeal to Agrlppa (vv. 2." 27). 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