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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1905)
THE OMAHA ' DAILY ' SEE: ' MONDAY. y J AN tTA RY 23 1903. GENERAL ASSAULT ON SIN Eringeliitic Sernces Open in Omaha and Eontb Omaha. UNION MEETINGS ARE WELL ATTENDED Prrartiers C.reetrd by Larue Consrre (rations and latere! at the start ot the laloa Campalga Seems F.nooorla. The cltr evanrell'lc rampnlgn br gxin. Lest nlatit the Fimultnr.pn;i nvet Irigs for whlrh so much work ha been done In proration became a fact. Fr.im Sun day night until February 12 ther are to be similar meetings every night in me w except Saturdays, increaoing In fervor. It la hoped and believed, from the first to the last; ao that the end of this effort will ee the community of Christ auirmente.! g:e:Uly by recruit from tho hoot of the Indifferent and tha unbeliovlnK. As u ald at the beginning of the Initial service by one of tha evangelists: ' Lt us J-rar f'-r thm, let ua uaa our teloplvmps. let us use every means to reach our friends, to bring the goepel to them and them to the g..spel. Then our meeting will be a success." The first of the union evannelltic Katherlnns was well attended in every one of the dis tricts and the work I begun under very favorable conditions. Evangelistic hymns and solos wers Rung as an aid to the s. r moni of entreaty, and the services cl.ed with a prayer for those who nrght fsel the Inspiration of faith. Christ and I Mm Crnelfleil. Rev. J. Randolph Smith of Trinity Meth odist BpNcopal rhurrh Is the evangelist for the first week In the down town district and opened the services at the First lYesby texian church last niRlit with the words of the Apostle I'aul: "I determine not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and Him crtcined." "All tragedies." he began, "enhance the Innate dignity of the person concerned. We are more thrilled by a tratflc fate for a prince of the blood than tor a son of tha clod. Bo the greatest tragedy of all was the death of the Hon of God. I'iujI looked ori Christ on the road and the Impression was so photographed on his mind lie de termined to consecrate his life to Christ. A moral miracle was worked that day when Paul expressed his supreme determination not to know anything more than Christ and Him crucified." Dr. Smith arg-ued against any assump tion of narrowness In this declaration. Fa naticism of mind might lead a man to nar rowness, but Paul was a scholar on his way to the Syrian capital to suppress fanaticism Hairb rained enthusiasm, which trivial mat ters often arouses In small minds, he would not admit In Paul, for the apostle was the Nestor of all reasoners of his time and single-handed by his power defeated the Idolaters. He was not uncultivated, for history showed him a man of culture, of the blue blood of the Jews and the shining mark of Tarsus who captured the Atheni ans by his oratory. Dr. Smith showed he did not make the declaration in the midst of barbarism where there was nothing else to consider, for he was in imperial Corinth. "No, the declaration of l'aul was all-embracing, all-Including. Tho highest con ception that ever entered the human mind Is the Pauline conception of Jesus Christ. The universe was too small for It. This conception Is preached throughout the country', but how many are there who do not follow Christ? What do you think of Jesus Christ? Paul said: '1 determine not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.' " Drink of the Water of Life. "If any man thirst let him come unto Me and drink of tha waters of life." These words of the Master formed the text of tha sermon preached at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church- last evening by lUiv. la. K. Curry. There was not a vacant seat and the partition of the Sunday school room had to be raised. "It was characteristic of Jesus to pIcM up Incidents and preach about them," said the preacher. "We do not have to look at the whole world to see the world. Here tonight we have typical the needs of the city; of the whole world In fact. The Blblo Is the must honest record of human lire that we have In literature. Our best lit erature substantiates the Bible. In any puhlln library we tell at a glance the books that will live and the ones that are doomed to die. The works of Plato, Soc rates, Shakespeare, Dante and others sub stantiate this fact. They substantiate the word of God. Our deeper feelings sub stantiate the Bible. The soul has needs greater than the world can fill. How often we see restless men plunge Into work on the Lord's day. Is it because they are after coin? No: they are trying to satisfy the restlessness of the soul. "Jesus looked on the multitude and saw It was a needful world. Man is ah Im mortal being. He longs for Immortality. He has a sense of justice and he has a longing to have these yearnings satisfied. It Is te him that Jesus says, 'If any man thlrsteth let aim come unto Me and drink of the living waters.' Christ Himself an swers the question of Immortality. He sat isfies." Christ as a Candidate. A great crowd filled Calvary Baptist church at Twenty-fifth and Hamilton streets last night. Rev. Newton Hall Bur dick of the Second lYesbyterlan church had charge of tho services, which were impres sive, and the sermon was preached by Rev. J. E. Hummon of the Kountze Memorial Lutheran church. Rev. Hummon likened Jesus to a political candidate and Invited consideration of His personality and life. "I come to you not with a political proposition," said he, "hut with one that Involves the character and object of one unique in the history of the world He who brought new laws, new thought and new moral philosophy, and through whom' the life of the individual has been raised to a higher tone and so ciety Immeasurably bettered. Ills mission was to. redeem the whole, world from tin and ungodliness. "The perfect sacrifice of the atonement by Jesus is efficacious only when appropri ated by the individual. We would lose all respect for (Sod if lie gave salvation to a man who denied Him, blasphemed lilm and lived In disrespect of all that is good and right and true. If you wish to respond to God's will and use this precious sacrifice you must do your part and lay hold of it with all your might. "To those who say they cannot appreci ate Jesus la His atoning sacrifice, 1 suy look at Him until you can, for it means sal vation to your soul." At the close of the sen-Ire, In response to the question as to how many had consid ered Jesus and found Him a most precious Savior, nearly everyone In the vast congre gation rose to his feet. "What magnlnoent testimony," exclaimed Rev. Hummon. Make Life's Path straight. The union evangelistic services were be gun In the Hanscom Purk district last even ing at the Westminster Presbyterian church by Rev. 8. D. Dutcher, pastor of the First Church of the Disciples. The edifice was well filled and Rev. Mr. Dutcher's discourse attentively listened to. "The Influence of our dally lives Is far reaching," said the vpeuker. "We live after we are dead; that Is, the result of our ac tions live on and on. There Is no getting away from liiat fact. God has ordered that we should walk In paths of righteous s4 thai BUT alba nt JlX,faiuJ4 be strslpht: that our lives shovld be filled with power to hHp every other life. "Fathers and mother oft-times think they can commit this or that sin. yield to this or that temptation, thinking their chil dren will be Immune from those sins. To such I would say. your child Is following you. and you should try to make that child's pathway as smooth as possible, rather than placing obstructions in the way. The greatest heritage we can le.ive those behind us is the memory of a true and holy life. Such a life Is worth more than all the material considerations any one can accumulate during bis earthly ex istence. The Influence of a good life lives on and blossoms. I do not believe the good Is Interred with our bones." Rev. Mr. Dutcher referred to the work of the present evangelical movement throughout the city and at the close of the service asked for .an expression from those who wanted to lead bettor lives than they lmve been lendlnR. Manv raised their hands In response to tiie reqvst. Th? Sooth (tmaha meetings commenced at the Firt Baptist church last evening. All of the I'rotestriRt churches In the city are taklr.R part In these meetings. Rev. George Van Winkle, pastor of the Baptist church, bad charg of the preliminary serv ices. Rev. Mr. liurch, pastor of the Chris tian church, offered prayer and Rev. Dr. Tlndall of the Flr.-t Methodist Episcopal church made the announcement of the of fering. The collections at these meetings go to defray the expenses of the three weeks' evangelistic services. J. B. Priest of Omaha will deliver the sermons at the Baptist church this week. The theme of Rev. Priest's discourse last night was "Personal Responsibility for the Salvation of Men." Rev. Mr. Priest asked: "Is the Christian man to blame; has lie done his best to rescue his fellow men? Is the Individual himself to blame? To these questions I will answer, yes, to a great extent, lie Is the most to blame of all." Then the preacher told of the action of will power and stated that any one who set his thoughts on leading a Christian life and prayed earnestly would cerMlnly re ceive help from the Christians about him. The discourse was Illustrated by a num ber of short Ftorles and tho audience lls U ned Intently from beginning to end. Th South Omaha ministers held a meet ing Saturday afternoon and for the dis trict subscribed t3 to pay the expenses ol' the evangelistic meetings. Rev. George Van Winkle, pastor of the Baptist church, whs delegated as chairman of a press com mittee to see to it that notices of the meetings here would be given due public ity. Rev. Mr. I'rleht stated last evening that he could not give an advance notice of the topics he would speak on during the week, as conditions might cause him to make changes ot the last moment. TIIE SISLKSS 1,1 FK OF CHRIST First of a series of Sermons by Rev. Robert Voit. "Their Judgment of jx Sinless Founder" was the subject of a strong dissertation on the life of Jesus by Rev. Robert Yost yesterday afternoon at the vesper service in St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church. It was the first of a serlesvof ser mons on "Christianity in the Hands of tho Enemies," but as the pastor said, the open ing effort was a talk rather than a sermon. He laid down the proHjsltlon that Jesus Christ was either mistaken or all Christen dom has been deluded for 1900 years. There is no other alternative. Quoting the Sav ior's challenge, "What man here convicteth me?" the pastor went on to outline the career of Jesus and challenged His mallgn ers to point to one single sin or error on the part of the Man whom Christians adore as tho Son of God. No hint of lust, of self ishness, of ambition, of avarice, of decep tion, of Becret or of open transgressions of any law, human or divine, had ever been put forth to impugn the character of Jesus. Abundant testimony from, high sources, from the public washing of His hands by Pontius Pilate to the declaration of Napoleon that Jesus was . more than man, was quoted In support of the God like attributes of He whom Christians wor ship. His great sympathy, all-embracing charity. Immeasurable humility and be nignity. His utter disregard of self or the things of the world, were dwelt on in force ful and eloquent language. "Oh, Jesus, my Lord, I must adore You as the perfect rep resentative of the Father or cease to revere you at all as a man." "All the attacks on the Christian religion In all the ages since He lived and died have been directed to eliminating the per sonality of Jesus, to removing the sinless and perfect man as the inspiring and gov erning force of Christianity, and all have Called." DEACOJi ESSES ARE INSTALLED Pastor of Kountse Memorial to Have s Doles Assistants. A solemn and Interesting service was held by the Kountxe Memorial church In its meeting place 'in the Young Men's Chris tian association hall on Sunday morning. The choir of fifty voices had prefaced spe cial anthems, with Will Reynard bass solo ist, and the pastor, Rev. J. E. Hummon, Installed a class of twelve deaconesses re cently chosen at the annual church meet ing held at Dundee. Their names arei Mesdames James Lldelle, S. S. Rlegle, John E. Telard, Howard Judson, August Claudius, Edward Sterrlcker, Misses Tillle Gunzenhauser. Augusta Frahm, Hilda Quarnstrum, Irene Swalne, Bessie Munuon, Nellie Schonlau. These are to be the pus tor's assistants and almoners of the church's benefactions. Seven adult peo ple were received Into church membership according to the Impressive manner of the Lutheran church. The pastor preached from Acts ttivhl relating to "Dorcas, a woman full of good works and alms, deeds which she did." He said In part: "A gracious woman attalneth honor. We all live to be honored, and that one who has not self-respect enough to win regard and honor Is lacking in soma of the essentials of true manhood or wo manhood. In the ranks of the fallen and degraded, whose lives are a blot on our community, there are tnose who one prized honor and probity of character and ieep in their sin-crowded hearts they would fain be back where earned applause and honor would sweeten exist ence' again. This beloved woman led such a busy, useful life that slander and abuse fell harmless If it were launched at her. Wherever civilization and Christianity ex tends the name of Dorcas shall be extolled until time Is forever ended." Interesting: Statistics. The following table of Importations of the principal brands of champagne that arrived at the port of New York during the year 1904 should be of considerable Interest to lovers of the sparkling wine: MOET 6c CHAN DON 1U.549 cases G. H. Mumm & Co 86,228 cases Pommery & Greno 24,143 cases Ruinart fiere & tils 13.822 cases We. Clicquot 13,078 cases Piper Heldseick t.Ud cases Louis Roederer 6. KM cases Pol Roger 6,603 cases Dry Monopole 2,(2 cases Tabulated according to custom house sta tistics by Uonfort's Wine and Spirit Cir cular, Jan. 10, 1M.-Adv. Clan Gordon annual Burns' festival, Ger inanla hall, January 5. Tickets, 60q each. Bee Want Ada Produce Results. Invest Constant Oil stock. 301 N T. Life. Quality and lowest prices guaranteed. A. 8, Huberouuia, Jewels Ulb Puuglas. FAITH STRONG 05 FRONTIER Bishop Grates of Wyoming Sett Forth Some Intsrertisg Fast. SOD CHAPELS USED IN HIS DIOCESE leaders la the Eptscosal Charek Elaborate oa the Seed for a Re- erred Interest la Extend Ins; Christ's Kingdom. Rt. Rev. A. R. Graves, bishop of La ram I, Wyo., told the worshipers at St. Andrew's Episcopal church Sunday morning some thing regarding ecclesiastical conditions on the "frontier." "I am grateful of the opportunity to talk to you as one whom you have sent Into the sparsely settled regions to build up the church," said Bishop Graves. "Fir teen years ago I was placed In charge of the territory comprising about three fourths of Nebraska and lying west of Grand Island. Nine years later the Juris diction was enlarged to Include the east half of Wyoming, or about UV.OQ square miles In all. When I assumed charge the churches numbered twelve, and there are now forty-seven. There were then 375 com munleants of the faith and this number has Increased to 2.300. Instead of nine teen stations where services were held as often as possible we now have ninety. The number of clergymen has advanced from six to twenty-five and the value of church property from $4,00O. with $1S,CX indebted m-ss. to ITIO.fO). Besides this we have established a prosperous boys' school with seventy-two students at present. "The country 19 sparsely settled. Along the railroads the villages and hamlets are an average of twenty-five miles apart. In many of them It Is Impossible to hold serv ices more than once a month. But ranch people come as far as fifteen miles to at tend the services and we see constant evi dences of improvement In the character of the people. Meetings are held at Isolated points, quite regardless of sect, sometimes, and all Christians are Invited In and seem glad to participate. The good people In some of the most barren districts have built humble sod churches which serve the purpose very well. In another Wyoming town where we have Just completed a neat $1,000 chapel, the work was set under way and really accomplished by a young In dian girl. So In spite of all the difficulties and obstacles we are constantly encour nged by the Inspiring responses from the people. Advancement and expansion is hard and very slow, but progress neverthe less is steady, and especially has this been the rule during the last four or five years, during which time uniformly fair crops have rewarded the agriculturist." Morrison on Belief la God. Bishop Morrison of Duluth preached In the Church of the Good Shepherd, giving his hearers an argument for their belief. " 'Let not your hearts be troubled; believe In God, believe also in me.' Bo spoke Jesus on the night before He gave Himself as a ransom tor the world. His desctples up to that time had not comprehended his warn ings they were filled with consternation. Their reverence for Him was unspeakable and they felt anything would be better than His departure. He told them they must wait, for He went to prepare a place for them. There will be times such as that In your own lives which will strain your belief. We confessed our faith this morning in the creed. The day may come when we cannot say it or will say It with an emphasis which the waves of adver sity will try to break in vain. How shall we obtain religious sentiment? Did you ever touch, see, hear Gcd? Others have told you of Him, but what do they know? The Bible says no man has seen God. Is there no solid foundation on which to rest our faith? Yea." The bishop then went on to explain fills foundation, which had come as the result of toll. Science, as he showed by Illus trations, reasoned by Induction from the known to the unknown. The scientists looked at what they could see and tried to form a rational conclusion as to what co.uld have caused It all. They saw the work of man was Imperfect, the things of nature perfect and asked what It meant.' "They say who Is so great, so wise, so kind as to 'Go this? Man, by reason, step by step, arrives at the mighty assertion of faith In God. 'I believe In God Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.' ' "There is another way, as there are two ways of getting from Omaha to the Pa cificby building your own railway or going on one of those now built. We may receive religious assurance by the methods of testimony. We take the statements of others In whom we have confidence when they are contrary to our own senses as in the circling of the world about the sun. Can we find such an .one to come to us and speak on religious matters? Yes. God so loved the world He wanted us to know, so He gave us His only begotten son. He can say God is the father, God loves you. He has purchased a home for you there and showed you the way to it. 1 am the son of God.' " Advancing; Christ's Kingdom ' Bishop T. N. Morrison of Iowa, occupied the pulpit at St. Barnabas' church yester day morning. The general trend of his sermon was to show that the modern evo lution of humanity and Industry was simply to advance Christ's kingdom throughout the world. He said In part: "Nothing happens in this world but that God has a great purpose in It. be It suc cess, pain or suffering. God manifests Himself in many ways. Ultimately the world will be knit together In one brother hood. War will be ,no more, we will all comprise one legion In the cause of God. The seed baa been sown long and Is coming to fruition. It is part of God's work that industry and commerce should send Its brightest and best men into the uttermost corners of the earth to disseminate the products of modern art and Industry. These have their part In the evangelisation ot the world. "God fulfills Himself In many ways. He has given us knowledge of the hitherto secreted force of nature in order that we may better accomplish His work. However the Individual may feel, the church is ever faithful to Christ. Many of our mis sionaries in foreign lands may be placed side by side with the brightest men of commerce and they are working In God's good way for His cause. More men have been mads Christians In Japan and China within the past fifty years than there were Christians In the Roman empire In the first 100 or ISO years of the Christian era. the crucifix, the symbol of Christianity, has been set among those anolent peoples aud we may well wait the coming of the day that will bring all things and all nations together through God. In the faith of Jesus Christ. Social and economic changes are not greater than those that have come over the church in the past fifty years. Christ must reign until he puts all his enemies under His feet." Giving aa Aid to Spirituality. "It Is more bleused to give than to re ceive." Right Kev. E. R. Atwell of Kan sas City repeated the words of the Bailor solemnly and Impressively. They were the theme of his sermon at St. John's Episcopal church yesterday morning. "It Is a Christ-like saying." he said. "In this day we ought to remember more than we do the words of the Master. Man is born into the world with the inherent de sire to give. It is Inherent to divide; to ahar what we Lavs. Every dollar given for Christ develops our spiritual powers. The church has mighty 'responsibilities, and some of these are In the mission fields. The church must be loyal; It must be pro gressive. To be progressive, lu members must give. Redoubled effort Is necessary. Let us take for our motto the word "On ward.' rather than 'Well done.' There Is plenty of work for the missions, although some of the fields formerly Interesting have become commonplace. "There are churches to be helped In towns that are already built up. The church Is often dilatory. It contributes large sums unmindful of the fact that there are large fields where the money Is necessary and for this reason the contributions seem small because they have to cover so much ground, such vast space. Let us carry the gospel to all men. We have troubles at home. We have need for money at our own doors, but I am satisfied that only by being In touch with the work of God can we prosper." Religion Fit for All Mod. Bishop Olinstoad of Colorado preacheo to a large congregation at Trinity cathe dral Sunday morning. "The religion of Jesus Christ." he said, "Is a religion of facts; therefore a religion suited to all men. Philosophers all too often fall Into error when presuming they have achieved truth. All the work of all the philosophers put together Is a mere fragment of the thought of the world. There can be no solution of facts by the rule of philosophy alone. Very often uneducated people hav a profound sense of the meaning and sig nificance of world happenings, because they are sequential and easily understandable; a little child, In Its simple way, can under stand the church proclaiming God made man. The Bible text Is elemental poetry, the poetry of the mountain tops, not of the drawing room; It Is the poetry that la easily grasped by the Imagination and brings home to human souls the beauty of Christ's religion and of His saving grace. "Tha Holy Ohcst must come forth to God's creatures by way of the throne or the Incarnate, the Lamb of God. The mission of the Holy Ghost is not ques tioned by any branch of the Christian church. It Is to come Into our hearts and become Influential with us to make us llv the humnn life as Christ lived It and en Joy the blessings flowing therefrom. Hu mility, fidelity, fnlth'end hope come only by way of the cross, lending to perfection of work for God and His kingdom." Applying the lesson, Bishop Olmstend said that every rh!!uof God Is called nti to do missionary work, and to give of self and of money and Influence out of plenty and penury. In order to show a living sym pathy with Christ's purpose. All things exist for a spiritual end and a moral pur pose, and when men mre themselves to God all else follows. The question should be not "What can I do?" but "What enn I not do?" for the spread of the kingdom of God among men. The offering taken was explained by Bishop Williams to be for the spread or the mission work of the church, and he expected the congregntlon to make up the apportionment of the parish. $191, In the collection. The response wns extremely liberal. Bishop Worlhlngton Coming- Home, It was announced at Trinity cathedral yesterday that Bishop Worlhlngton of the Nebraska diocese will be, present next Sun day to formally install Dean Beecher. The services will commence at 10 o'clock, in stead of 11; at the latter hour the holy communion wIJJ be participated In by the congregation. The installation ceremony will be an Impressive part of the day's strvlces. TALBOT DISSECTS TWO BILLS Asserts Bills Introdaced la Legisla ture Are Dangerous to Fra ternal Societies. II'-, Hon. A. R. Talbot, head consul of the president of the ' Ka'tional ' Fraternal con gress, has addressed an open letter to the legislature of Nebraska concerning the bills Introduced by Messrs. Kyd and Shreck affecting the government and Modern Woodmen ' of America and vice management of fraternal societies. Mr. Talbot writes so strongly in objection to different features , embodied in the bills, and the subject la. of Interest to so many thousands of members of the various or ders, that his letter is here given In full: Upon returning to the city after a brief absence 1 find that there has been intro duced In the legislature two bills, known as the Kyd and tihreck bills, which are so dangerous to our fraternal societies that 1 deem It my duty in this most pub lic manner to call the attention not only of members of the legislature, but of fra ternallsts in general to them. Our present law requires that all fra ternal associations have a representative form of government. These bills dertne a representative form of government to be one in which at least per cent of all the voting strength of the supreme or legislative body shall be In the hands of delegates elected directly by the mem bership, and not to exceed 6 per cent shall be held by the offleers. It should be known mat we nave in .Nebraska, doing excellent work, more thun forty f rat emu i imne. ficial association s, with nearly 170.000 cer- tincates outstanding, aggregating In amount more than tioO.OOO.uuO, all held by citizens of this state. These societies each hold charters from our state; their laws have been approved by our Insurance de partment, and they are doing business under these charters today. Of all domemin societies those organized in this state only a small proportion, in fact only one society as I understand, Is (Organized In compliance with the provisions of the Kyd and Shreck bills; the othern, doing busi ness In this state, would be compelled to reorganize, and change their entire work ing plan and system: as most of these ura operating in several states, It would re quire at least six months to do this, and then only at great expense, and no small confusion. But the bills are drawn with an emer. gency clause. This means that they are to take effect' at once on their passage, and these societies must immediately stop business. Here we have the cloven foot fully exposed 1 What call or demand is there for these bills? The societies and their officers are doing excellent work There is not the slightest complaint of the practical operations of any society or anv officers. . Why, then, Interfere? Why this attempt to cripple or murder In their own nome .' I am reliably Informed that these meas ure are being pushed by a state agent of an old line company. The fact that he was reiuBea employment rjy one or the state fraternal societies has probably soured his disposition and Induced him to seek re venge by an attack on the fraternal sys tem of the state. The fraternal societies do not need the help of such an agent, wno poses as a rriena, nut in reality Is attempting to destroy the system which has brought untold benefits to our people. The fraternallsts should stand unitedly to defeat the efforts of such a questionable luuiij wi, kiiu I'rrnnpi iua inenumrs or ine legislature will soon tire of his continual buttonholing. Any man who Is familiar with the prac tical working of these societies, esneclallv while the membership Is comparatively small, knows that the plan of these bills is both wrong and unbusinesslike. The officers of these societies founded them and made them what tsey are. ny discrim inate, or attempt to outlaw them? Thus far it has been the policy of our state to encourage these societies. Other states encourage them, snd properly so. No other state has even thought of passing such arbitrary and uncalled for measures, and these societies cannot afford to sub mit to this. The result would be that they would remove to other states where they could rely on being fairly treated. I submit that the fraternal law should be framed by the friends, not the enemies of the system, nor those who are prompted by motives of revenge, or other low born purpose. The members who introduced these bills have evidently been Imposed upon, for I recognise them as gentlemen, and friends of fratemallsm; but I do not believe that any member of the legislature or the great body or rraiernansis or hub maie win ui low themselves to be used to cripple or destroy our fraternal societies. Liberal minded men are wi ling to let live as well as live. Those bills should be promptly reported as for Indefinite postponement, and the hill which is soon to be presented bv the fraternal societies enacted as our law. Edbolm, Jeweler, Ulu and. Harney. CHILDREN CROWD TRINITY Episcopal Cathedral tie Sceie of a Great Missionary Rally. ADDRESSES ALL TOUCH ON MISSIONS Blshof) Hare Flartdstes Some simple Examples and net, Or. Lloyd Tells of Child Life la the Orient. The missionary rally of the children of the Sunday schools of Omaha at Trinity cathedral yesterday afternoon was a not able event In the church history of the city. The services began at 3:30 and some little time before that hour the streets In the vicinity were thronged with Sunday school children from all parts of the city. Many of the Sunday schools, notably 8t. Paul's and St. Barnabas', attended the services In a body, carrying their Sunday school banners with them. The main body of the cathedral was reserved for the children, the side aisles being left to the adults. It soon became apparent, hiw over, that the children would occupy about nil the seating space of the cathedral, ana It was announced that an overflow meeting would be held In the crypt for the adults. Finally, however, the necessity for this wns ohvlated by placing chairs In the aisles and others accommodating them selves by standing. The children were ali seated, however, and there was between 6 9 and Too of them. Coadjutor Bishop Williams of Omaha made a brief address of welcome, and after the formal opening service, conducted by Dean Beecher, the venerable Bishop W. H. Hare of South Dakota was Intro duced. He talked upon the subject of "The Good Olive Tree and the Wild." His address was generally by way of Illustra tion to come within the comprehension of I his young hearers. He compared the wild olive tree or branch to the child grafted on the body of the perfect tree of Christ and In time becoming a perfect pnrt of the tree. "It Is like unto a baptism in Christ." he sld. Rev. A. P. Lloyd of New York, general secretary of the Board of Missions, was the second speaker. His subject was ! "Child Life in the Orient." He spoke par ticularly of the Chinese children, and of the general depression that followed to a family upon the birth of a girl baby and the corresponding Joy upon the birth of a boy. The methods of education were also dwelt, upon, which he said were materially different from the methods practiced in America. The principal feature of the education of the Chinese child was in teaching It to recite most of the analects of Confucius by heart. They were given 1 no religious education at all, and were j only told that they were governed by a variety of gods and devils, and most of i their time was devoted to praying to the 1 devils to propitiate them against Inflict- lng any of their special calamities upon i tho supplicants. It was hard to instill Into Chinese mind any conception of the Christian's God, because they could not comprehend why we should pray to a good and merciful God who did only good. The Chinamen thought we should pray to the devils to avert evil. There were numerous cases of Chinese- becoming devDut and sincere Christians, and the Christian spirit was growing among them, and only needed the stimulation of aggressive missionary work to Increase the Christian spirit amazingly. Rev. Francis 8. White of Atchison, Kan., was the next and final speaker, his theme ' being "The Churchless Children." There were four kinds of them, he said: "Being 1 first those who knew , nothing about the . church; second, those who knew about the church, but were situated so remotely from a church, as on the western prairies, that they could not go to a church; third, the sick and helpless children, and fourth, those who had never been brought or sent to church, like some of the Indifferent rich, and some children of the slums." Dr. White's discourse was full of Illus tration and Incident and all of the talks were attentively listened to by the chil dren. A liberal collection was taken up for missionary purposes and the services were varied with devotional, songs In which the Sunday school children most heartily Joined. NORTH SIDE IS HOPEFUL Promised BonlCTard Makes Residents Feel Good To Organise a Vol unteer' Fire Company. The Central Park Improvement club held Its first meeting- under the new offi cers last week with a big attendance. The reports of the secretary and treasurer showed the club's affairs to be In good shape financially and otherwise. A large dtlea-atlon from Belvldere club was pres ent at the meeting- to assist In the dis cussion of the boulevard question. In which both Improvement clubs are mutally Inter ested. The mere fact that the north side is promised a boulevard was pleasing to all, ea It begins to look as If that part of town was to get some of the good things promised by the city In return for the taxes they pay. The Central Park people feel that they have been neglected by the city In Its apportionment of funds for Improvements in the past. There was to have been a meeting at B. D. Daily's on Friday night to organise a volunteer Are company, but owing to an oversight of the party who was to send out the notices, there were not enough persons present to effect the or ganisation. The meeting was therefore postponed until Tuesday night, January 24, at which time It will be held at No. 4730 North Fortieth street. All Central park people Interested are asked to bear the date and place In mind and be pres ent. TROUBLE CR0PS UP QUICK Tbona-htlesanvss In Resjlsterlns; st Hotels Ofttlmes Mnkes Expla nations leera Neeessarr, "I was much amused," said a tineoln man at one of the hotels yesterday, "at the letter In The Bee from the poor fellow who got Into trouble by registering for dinner at the Paxton for hlmsolf and lady, when both himself and the lady happened to be unmarried. It recalled a similar In cident that made trouble for a popular young man In Lincoln a few years ago. "It was when Sam Low had been elected clerk of the district -court, and to avoid the Importunities of place hunters, Jumped out Immediately for a vacation In Colo rado. Low had promised to make Malal lieu his chief deputy and on his return Malallleu met hlra In Omaha, where, In order to maintain the Incog, the two went together to the Henshaw hotel and regis tered as 'J. Malallleu and one.' Malallleu was supposed to be engaged to a very estimable young woman In Lincoln at that time and when the hotel register was copied off and printed In the paper you can Imagine how many explanations it took." Clsn Gordon annual Bums' festival, Oer mania hall, January 26. Tickets, 60c each. If you have anything to trade advertise it In tha For Exohsjigs oolurau of The Bee want ad page. 75c and J 1.50 Ladies' Kid Cloves, in all sizes and colors, . at 29c and 59c .WOES THK HKLI 4BLK STORE. GREAT CLEARING SALE Men's Suits and Overcoats MEN S SUITS S7.S0 to $12.."0 values, in Pincrle or double breasted, brown or oxford p'ay black cheviots, fanov mixed casMiueren and tan corduroy; clearing sale price MK.VS OVERCOATS ST.riO to 12..0 values, medium lenpth, in all wool blue, black and brown kerseys, black and oxford pray Irish frieze, brown and oxford pray meltons. great snap at our cleanup sale price ; Jr2.r,0 to fXOO MEN'S PANTS In all wool cheviots, cassiniercs and corduroys; Monday S3.o0 and fl.OO KNEE PANTS Sl'lTS In two-piece, double breasted styles, apes 6 to 1(5 years; J? A KTHM'ial YOUTHS' LONG PANTS SUITS In complete variety of sizes and styles; on sale at Hardware, Stoves and Housefurnishings srFjf'IAL Ct'T THICK OX ALL IIKATIXO STOVKS. All kinds of Air Tlht Onus, Hot l'.last, (ias mid Soot Consumers- yl O C up from HftJD IhjuMe Ilpating Hasp Humors Tho I'nlvprsal l!t)p tlip bpst nmds 'J r in this country up from m,oj THE LAKiiEST, El X EST mut BEST STOCK of Stpol Hangps iu Omaha. W can soil yon a nlco (i hole Stpel Knnpp, with liih closet, white enameled reservoir, Iarre is Inch oven warranted fine baker-nlccly nleklo Ifft f" plated-for 150 SEEKS AND COASTEKS-To close out. make price stitlsractory up from WASH DAY Steel Frame Wringer 1.09 '.!. Xo. 8 Cojioer Hottom Holler. . .6Vc 1 IteRiilar :.'.V Wash Hoard 15c Tk) Willow Clothes Basket 43c l O. ill Buy him an irrigated farm in the Hip Horn Basin or in the North l'latte Valley. There are no crop failures In farming irripated lands. Do you know where you can buy farm lands in the repion of rainfall at $23 an acre, where a paying crop is absolutely insured from year to year? You do not. lint you can buy irrigated land now under a full water supply at that price, today. The Rig Horn country is as large aft the state of Massachusetts and is a coming commonwealth; one of the greatest surprises in the West's development will be unfolded in the next few years in the Big Horn Basin for the coming generation of farmers and prospectors. Ctt Interested; make Inquiries; read Big- ITorn literature; watch that locality and lta Irrigation enterprises. Compsu-e the annual croo returns from the terms up there with the present cost of an Irrigated farm. When you realize the absolute certainty of farming by Irriga tion, you will get Interested. Where and how will the next generation get good farms In this country? Seven hundred thousand emigrants come annually to our shores; odd to that our natural Increase, com pare this growth of population with the limited acreage of new farm lands and it ought not to be difficult to figure out the future value of a rood farm. Jj. W. WAKEI.BT, General Passenger AsTentt Omaha, Ken. WANTED- A BOY i In every town io sell our new Saturday Bee. J We will send any boy the first 10 COPIES FREE. It contains 18 pages of special magazine features, including 10 colored pages with BCSTEK BUOWN COMICH, altogether 30 pages, and is a big seller everywhere on Saturday afternoon, when the farmers are in town. Italph Kuowles, Cnlnertson, Neb., says: "Flense send me 25 copies nest Saturday. I have sold all that have been sent thla month, and think I can sell 25 next Saturday. I sold 20 last SaitmUiy and could have sold more, tine of mjr customers twine dowr twice to get one after they were aU gone." On 25 copies he gets R0 cents profit each week. You can do as well if you try. For Full Particulars Write to The Omaha Bee, Omaha. Nebraska. Sunderland System Automatic screening la the system other automatic coal screens In Omaha. That Is why it win pay you to buy from us. We take out dust and dirt, giving you pure coal la jtg place. Economy Washed Nut Coal, $6.00 Per Ton. A genuine bargain for the money Invested. Remember, all coal au tomatically scivenej and delivered In the big Tell'O Wagons. SUNDERLAND 1608 HARNEY ST. 75c and $1.50 Ladies' Kid Cloves, In all sizes and colors, at 29c and 59c limlton. blue and 5.00 5.00 1.95 . double 2.50 JJ 5.00 , I J J , 19c SPECIALTIES. Urnced Folding Ironing Hoard.. ..89c do-n Clothes Pins 5c foot Cotton Line I0j K. Kotary Washer 4.9i ROS. Plan Elow for Your Son for cleaning coal. There are no BROS. CO. 'Phone 252.