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.
