The Main
Issue
Br RCV. J. H. RALSTON
SxrcUry oJ Connponclritea Department
Mood Dilo latlitute, CLicago
TKXT-Itov. 0:9-Kor thou wast slain
and liast redeemed 113 to God by thy
blood.
For decades aft
er Luther's refor
mation. In Eng
land after tho Wes
ley revival, and In
this land nnd
Great IJrltnln just
after tho Moody
evangelistic cam
paigns, It would
not havo been dif
ficult to answer
tho question:
"What Is it to be
saved?" for tho an
aver would havo
been uniformly.
"To bo redeemed
from sin through the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ."
Tho goal of salvation with very
many, and Indeed, with almost all, Ib
getting to heaven If a man gets to
heaven ho Is saved. Presuming that
the answer Is correct, and barring the
advent of Jesus Christ, which will prc
cludo tho necessity of tho Christian
dying and his soul going to heaven as
they now do, wo may ondorso'that po
sition. Let us note hero some of tho
conceptions of salvation that men now
hold, and of which we hear them
speak, but aro a part of personal con
viction; In some cases, however, noth
ing nioro than feeling. In speaking
of this wo would not Impugn tho sin
cerity of those who hold them, but
wo are convinced that many of them
are fatally mistaken. We havo only
space to note three of these excep
tions. I. Ono man says: "Man Is saved
through the Inevitable operation of
evolution. Man has been placed upon
earth for the purpose of development,
and if he exists beyond this lifo that
-dovolopment will' continuo until he
reaches perfection." That Ib a widely
received view, and the recent revival
of the evolutionary theory as devel
oped in scientific Investigations, has
largely strengthened It. Such wrlteis
as Alfred Tennyson, who speaks of
that peilod "Far off, at last, to all,"
etc., havo largely strengthened the
idea, and it is known that evolution
ary preachers, if they do not general
ly deny tho salvation taught by Paul,
as some do, so etnphasizo evolution
that the salvation of man Is Involved
In the principle, and consequently
nothing else is needed.
II. Many indulge tho conception
that man is saved by right liviug, but
Just at this point of right living there
Ib difference of opinion as to what
we mean. Many promptly say it
me' is doing what Is right, but do not
define the word right. We must have
some criterion of judgment, and wo
inquire for that. Many, If pressed,
will say, it is acting in accordance
with tho teachings of tho Bible, but
hero again thero is difficulty, for many
only consider the teachings of the
Bible with reference to their .relation
ship to their fellow men, and they
claim that If they act honestly in their
dealings with their fellow men, or as
haB been recently said, glvo every
man a square deal, they aro acting in
accordance with tho teachings of the
Scripture. But, If a man Is honest,
must ho not consldor more than his
fellow men? Does he not have God,
who Is the author of tho Bible, to
deal with? Ib there nothing owing to
him, aside from honesty in our deal
ings with our fellow men? What
about high morals that aro really per
sonal, and' what about tho demands
that aro made upon men as to tho
worship of God, tho dissemination of
religious truth, the individual religious
life, involving the study of God's
word, prayer, etc.?
III. In those days thero Is a wide
spread conception that a church con
nection, or church life, Is the Cbscncc
of salvation, consequently multitudes
aro easily persuaded to connect with
jthe church, and to adopt a more or
less faithful church life. Wo havo no
time to call attention to tho master's
well-known denunciations of the
churchlsm of his day, of the tithing of
mint, anise and cummin, or Paul's
teachings touching mero churchlsm in
his day. The religion of Christ and
tho apostles was the religion that must
havo not only the shell of profession,
but it must have tho kernel of reality
beforo God.
Hero Ib the main Issue, and a re
cent writer has In true and beautiful
lines presented tho thought in connec
tion with holy communion:
"Savior dlvlno! O evermore abldo
In my cold lieartt Ite-eomor, blessed
Lord!
By all tho powers In heaven and earth
adored;
When flowed the dear blood from Th
wounded side
Ily God forsaken and by man denied
Why was tho crimson streum thus free
ly poured.
If man by loo was not to bf rtored?
o; mighty theme! that doth debase my
pride;
And cast contempt on all the things of
earth;
If tinsels are not faultless In Ills sight.
Of what uccount are wo, who, from our
birth.
Wander afar from hoavon, and heaven's
dear Unlit?
Tet it was not for thorn, but us lie
dlod,
And with Illm all our sins aro cruel
fledt" UockwelL.
"TURKEY TROTTING" AND "TANGO" KILLING THE WALTZ
The beautiful gliding waltz will soon bo as tho statoly minuet of our foiefathers, n thing of tho past, if tho
crazo for tho "turkoy trot" and the "tango," which has been taken up with a vengeanco by society, keops paco with
lt3 popularity. The picture shows society engaged In the latest stops of these dances. Tho upper loft picture
shows tho "tnngo." The upper right Is "turkoy trotting" and "ono-stepplng." In tho lower left tho "tango" 13
being enjoyed by youngsters in their teens, and In tho lowor right the rhythmic stops of tho latest In dnnclng is
being enjoyed.
DUKE OUSTED WIFE
&-
Westminster Tried to Force Her
to Agree to Separation.
To Pursue More Easily a Countesa,
the Titled Englishman Created
Scandal by Closing Home
to Spouse. .
London. Tho Duke of Westminster
lias turned his wlfo out of house nnd
home. Ho only succeeded in doing
this after threatening tho duchess
with physical force.
No such scandal has occurred In
tho British peerage for many years.
Tho richest duchess of England la
now an oxllo with her fathor and
mother en tho continent. The Duko
of Westminster has literally thrown
his wlfo out of Grosvenor house, the
magnificont London mansion owned
by the -greatest landlord In England.
Tho Duke of Westminster is thirty
four years old. He owns somo 30.000
acres scattered over the United
Kingdom and no loss than GOO acres
of property In London itself the
value of tho latter can scarcely be
estimated.
Twelve years ago ho married Con
stanco Cornwallls-West, ono of the
prettiest girls In England. Her elder
sister at that time was already Prin
cess Henry of Pless, and her only
brother had Just achieved fame by
marrying Lady Randolph Churchill,
formerly Jennie Jerome of New York,
who Ib now seeking through the
courts for restitution of conjugal
lights from this second husband.
A tremendous scandal which was
almost ventilated in the courts oc
curred in connection with his friend
ship for tho now famous Mrs. Ather
ton. For years his attentions to this
woman havo been referred to in print
and out of It. Tho duko has taken no
pains to concent tho .fascination she
Duchess of Westminster.
sxercised over him. The duchesB.
much sympathized with, has always
taken matters philosophically and en
joyed life In a harmless way without
the benefit of her ducal husband.
Some months ago the Duko of
Westminster, who has now trans
ferred his attentions from tho famous
actress to a' beautiful French coun
tess, urged tho duchess to get a legal
separation. That tho pretty little
duchess, who Is also a good sports
woman, firmly declined to do.
"Why," asked tho duchess, "should
I consent to a separation? Neither
as tho Duchess of Westminster nor
as your wife havo I dono anything
of which 1 am ashamed. Surely It
would bo blttorly unfair to our chll-
dren to havo ail the unploasant pub-,
licity which Is attached to a deed of
separation. Wo havo many great
houses in England and elsewhere.
Tho duchess was well aware that
thero were grounds for divorce If Bho
wanted to got It.
Then recently tho duko, who was
staying olsowhere, sent word to his"
duchess, who ns usual was living at
palatial Grosvenor house, that unloss
she consented to n separation alio
must leave at once. If she refused to
leave, ho would use physical forco to
put her out by 3 o'clock the snmo aft
ernoon. Tho duko alleged nothing
against his wife, except her refusal
either to divorce him or to accept u
separation.
Tho result was that tho duchess left
and the dlvorco suit has been filed.
BALL PARK ROUTS POE RELIC
Old New York Tavern Being Destroy
ed for New American League
Grounds.
New York. Klngsbrldgo Tnvern, a
landmark of 100 years' standing and
a resort where Edgar Allan Poo used
to wait for his manuscripts to como
back from unapprcclativo editors, is
about to glvo way to tho march of
progress, it is on tho slto of what
will bo tho now American leaguo base
ball park next summer, at 22Cth street
and Broadway. A gang of laborers
havo taken possession of tho old tnv
ern. Efforts of Poe's admlrors to pro
servo tho old tavern for Us historical
Interest failed.
NOTED SPY
;t-
Secret of the Maine Dies
"Cat Man."
With
Mysterious New York Hermit Wao
Employed by Spanish Govern
ment In the Isle of Cuba
Son of a Grandee.
Now York. Fragments of tho life
of "Th Cnt Man" came out following
his death by gas In a dingy llttlo room
at tho Hotel Trafalgar, 115 East Four
teenth street, whoro for sixteen ypnrs
ho had lived In seclusion with his
cats.
Ills death was ns peculiar nB his
life. Gue waB escaping from a stove,
and cards on tho bod showed ho had
been playing solitaire when overcome
A Jot was burning nnd two cats
showed fight when hotel employes ap
proached tho body. Tho animals were
unaffected, but tho fumes had killed
"Tho Cat Mail," who was seventy
years old and was known as Manuel
de Ifuontea Uustlllo.
During tho long years ho had lived
on the top floor ho alwayB kept his
door locked. After somo of tho dust
and litter of papcrB had been cleared
away by the coroner It became known
that "Tho Cat Man" was tho Beau
Brummel of Madrid fifty years ago.
and afterward became one of tho
greatest spies in tho Spanish army,
holding back by his skillful work for
many years tho Independence of Cuba
Ho was ono of tho few men believed
to know tho truth nbout tho blowing
up of the Malno. Tho United States
has spent much money and sovnal
years in a vain effort to got Informa
tion It Is certain Bustlllo possessed.
No one was ever allowed to tnter
his room during tho years ho had l)"on
at tho hotel. He had a largo padlock
on tho door and used this wh-.'n he
wont out.
Tho I wo spitting, brlslllne cats
found crouched besido IiIb body on the
' bed woro his only companions. What
! secret hn was guarding haa not been
revealed from the musty papers thus
fur examined, some of which date
SIXTY EGGS FOR BREAKFAST
W, H. Relnke's Morning Order, After
"Light" Supper, Makes Waitress
Shriek for Help.
Now York. -At midnight recently
William H. Hclnko climbed out from
under a panting tnxlcnb in tho West
Fifty-seventh street gnrngo of tho Ma
son fc Sentnon company and romnrkod
ho was going to havo only a light sup
per, for ho had planned to cat broak
fnst later on.
So for midnight supped ho had only
eight "hnm-nnd-egg" sandwiches, two
slabs of indcBttuctlblo plea nnd two
quarts of coffee. This frugal repast
left him In splendid shupu for his
brenkfast.
Just eight hours later, "hungry aB a
boar," ho said, ho walked Into a res
tnurnnt nt Fifty-ninth street nnd Co
lunibiiB clrclo and ordered brenkfast.
Tho wnltresH shrieked for help.
Hero Is what tho hungry Mr, Ileln
ke had ordered:
Fifteen scrambled eggs, fifteen soft
boiled eggs, llfteen fried eggs, fifteen
hard-boiled eggs and half a dozen
glasses of water.
Pleano don't laugh. That's eggs
actly what ho ordered and that Is
what ho got.
Then, fourteen minutes Inter, ho
called for his check. It camo to $4,
hut Mr. Itclnko paid without n mur
mur. "Now, I'll go homo to 300 West
Twenty-sixth streot," ho said, "and got
some sleop Tonight, when I get up,
I'll bo hungry ngaln."
"I don't drink, chew or omoke," ho
continued. "My only dissipation Is
eating eggs; when I want to go out
on a upreo I eat four or flvo dozen."
IS DEAD
back thirty years, nnd most of which
aro in Spnnlsh. Efforts will bo made
to llntl documents relating to tho
Malno.
Enough lias been found, however, to
show that his father wna n Spanish
nQblemun and his mother tho daugh
ter of a wealthy Cuban land owner. Ho
never was hurt but onco In a duel, and
tho Injury then to his hip made him
lame for llfo. Whllo In tho London
legation li,e w-js a favorite of Disraeli,
then prime minister.
Ho was tho heir to a largo fortuno,
but had only $14 In his pockuto. It Is
believed deposits will be found In sov
oral banks.
A paper dated Juno, 1901, executed
by Ullo & KuobRamon, lawyers, with
ofllceB ut that lime nt 11 Broadway,
was found In tho room. This paper
deeded Bustlllo'B electric railway
rlghtB In Spnln to J. Burker Carter.
From this paper It would appear that
tho king of Spain had given theso
rights to Bustlllo In recogultlou of
his services to hl country.
Th (i police aro Inclined to think that
death was an nccldont, but Mrs. Han
lgan, wife of tho hotel proprietor, does
not hold this theory, basing her belief
on tho fact that tho door was unlock
ed when tho body was found.
ASKS CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Montclalr, N. J., Preacher Say
Bride's Physician Must Vouch
for Brfdegroom.
Montclalr, N. J. Tho eugenics
movement has received recognition
here In tho announcomont mado by
Itov. Henry E. Jackson, pastor of tho
Christian Union Congregational
church, that ho will perform no mar
rlago ceremonies unless tho bride
groom presents a certificate of health
from tho brldo'o physician. The pos
sibility of a similar stand being taken
at Unity church horo Is foroenst In no
tlco that nt tho annual meeting of tho
church tho members will vote on tho
question of requiring such certificates
from each of tho contracting parties,
1,000 SETTLERS A DAY
WESTERN CANADA MAKING RE
MARKABLE PROGRESS.
Settlers from tho. United Kingdom
nnd other countries of Kuropo landed
In Winnipeg last week nt tho rato of
ouo thousand a day. Tho predicted
boom In tho populating of tho pratrlo
provinces this spring lino material
ized, aB It did last yoar, and today tho
busiest city In America la probably
tho Manitoba metropolis.
Tho sturdy nations of Europe aro
tA, contributing to tho rapid growth
of Canada West. Two of tho lnrgost
contingents reaching Winnipeg Inst
week woro from Gormnny nnd Scan
dinavia. Tho British, Isles aro sending out
intger contingents than ovqr boforo.
Tho old land nowspnpers aro filled
with accounts of sond-offs and faro
wells being glvon to popular towns
folk on tho ovo of departuro for Can
Bda. Numerous editorials record tho sen
timents, bordering on despair, of tho
Britons who sea their towns nnd vil
lages desolated by tho desertion of
favorlto sons nnd daughters. Wo enn
sympathlzo with thoso loft behind
whllo felicitating tho young pcoplo
who havo their own wny to mnko In
tho world, on tholr now opportunities
In tho country of mammoth crops.
Scotland lost 5,000 of her host
blood nnd brawn In a single week this
month. No wonder tho young, aspir
ing Scots tnko so quickly to Canada.
They havo been reading of tho tri
umphs nnd wonder working of Scot
tish pioneers in tho Dominion ovor
alnco thoy woro "bairns." A groat
pnrt of Cnnnda's success waH wrought
by Canadians from Caledonia, nnd tho
young CnlodonlnnB of todny aro oagor
to domonstrato thnt thoy can do ns
well out west ns tholr forobenrs. I
In addition to thoso from tho old '
countrlos, tho United Stntoa still (
keeps up In n strenuous mnnnor, nnd '
la Bonding Its thousands Into that now
country of tho north. Thoy tnko up
tho freo homesteads of 1C0 ncros on
which thoy llvo for sir months of
each yoar for throo years, nnd then
got n deed or pntont for n fnrm thnt
is worth nny whoro from JIB to $20
por ncro, or, thoy mny purchnso Innds
nt from $15 to $18 por ncro thnt will
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