MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1913.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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THE
Melting
of Molly
By
MARIA THOMPSON
DAVIESS
Copyright, 1912. ty the Bobbs
Merrlll Company
AnaEoyousee,-yoa lovely woman
you, do you not, that God has made
you for him as a tribute to his great
ness and it is given to you to fulfill
a destiny?" She was so beautiful as
she said it tfiat I had to turn my eyes
away, but 1 felt as I did when those
awful "let not man put asunder from
Mr. Carter words were spoken over
me by BIr. Raines, the Methodist ruin
ister. It made me wild, and before I
knew It I had poured out the whole
truth to her in a perfect cataract of
words. The truth always acts on wom
en as some hitherto untried drug, and
you can never tell what the reaction
Is soles to be. In this case I was
stricken dumb and found it hard to
see.
"Oh. deal heart," she exclaimed as
she reached out and drew me into her
lovely, gracious arms, "then the privi
lege is all the more wonderful for you
as you make some sacrifice to complete
his life. Having suffered this, you will
be all the greater womau to under
stand him. I accept my own sorrow
at his hands willingly, as it gives me
the larger sympathy for his work,
though he will no longer need my per
sonal encouragement as he has for
years. In the light of his love this
lesser feeling for Dr. Moore will soon
pass away, and the accord between
you will be complete.' This was more
than I could stand, and, feeling less
than a worm, I turned my face Into
her breast and wailed, Sow, who
would have thought that virl could
dance as she did?
By this time I was in such a solu
tion of grief that I would soon have
had to be sopped up with a sponge if
Tet hadn't run in bubbling over like
a lovely white linen clad glass of
Rhine wine and seltzer. Happiness has
a habit of not even acknowledging the
presence of grief, and Pet didn't seem
to see our red noses, crushed draperies
and generally damp atmosphere.
"Molly." she said with a deliciously
young giggle, "Tom says for. you to
send him $10 to spend getting the
brass band half Crunk before 6 o'clock
train, on which your Mr. Bennett
comes. He has spent $3 paying the
negroes to polish up their instruments
and clean up the uniforms, and it cost
him twenty-five to bail the cornetist
out of Jail for roost robbing, and it
takes a whole gallon of whisky to get
any spirit into the drummer. He says
tell you that as this is your shindig you
ought at least to pay the piper. Hurry
up, he's waiting for me, and here's the
kiss he told me to put on our left ear!
"I suppose you delivered that kiss
straight from where he gave it to you
Tettie, dear?" I had the spirit to say as
I went over to the desk for my pocket
book.. r
"Why, Molly, you know me better
than that!" she exclaimed from behind
a perfect rose cloud of blushes.
"I know Tom better than I do you;
I answered as she fled with the ten In
her hand. I looked at Ruth Chester,
and we both laughed. It is true that a
broader sympathy is ono of the by
products of sorrow, and a week ago I
might have resented Fet to a marked
degree instead of giving her the $10
and a blessing.
"I'm going quick, Molly, with that
laugh between us," Ruth said as she
rose and took me into her arms again
for just half a second, and before I
could stop her she was gone.
She met Billy toiling op the front
si) ;p vT7a a-longnfirece-xor- fusly'Tron
gaspipe. w hich took off an Inch of paint
as It bumped against the edge of the
porch. She bent down and kissed the
back of his neck, which theft was al
most more than I could stand and ap
parently more than Billy was prepared
to accept.
"Go away, girl," he said In his rudest
manner. "Don't you see I'm busy?"
I met him in the front hall Just in
time to prevent a hopeless scar on my
hardwood floor. He was hot, perspir
ing and panting, but full of triumph.
"I found it, Molly. I found it!" he
exclaimed as he let the heavy ripe
drop almost on the bare pink toes.
"You can git a hammer and pound the
end sharp and bend it so no whale we
ketch can get away for nothing. You
and Doc kin put it In your trunk 'cause
it's too long for mine, and I can carry
Doc's shirts and things In mine. Git
the hammer quick and I'll help you fix
it!" The pain in my breast was almost
more than I could bear.
"Lover," I said as I knelt down by
him in the dim old tall and put my
arms around him as if to shield him
from some blow I couldn't help being
aimed at him. "you wouldn't mind
much, would you. If just thi3 time your
Molly couldn't go with you? i'our
father is going to take good care of
you and and maybe bring you back to
me some day."
"Why, Molly." lie said, flaring his
astonished Line eyes at me. "'taiu't
me to be took care of! I ain't a-going
to leave yoa here, for maybe a bear to
come out of a circus aud eat you up,
with ins and Doc gone. 'Sid.es, Doc
aint no good' and maybe wouldn't help
me hold the rope tight to keep the
whale from gitting away. He don't
know how to do like I tell him like you
do."
"Try him, lover, and maybe he will-
will learn to" I couldn't help the
tears that came to stop my words.
"Now. you see, Molly, how you'd cry
with that kiss spot gone," he said.
with an amused, manly, little tender
ness in nis voice that I had never
heard before, and he cuddled his Hps
against mine In almost the only volun
tary kiss he had given me since I had
got him into his ridiculous little trous
ers under his blouses. "You can have
most a hundred kisses every night if
you don't say no more about not a-going
and fix that whale hook for me
quick," he coaxed against my cheek
Oh. little lover, little lover; you didn't
know what you were saying with your
baby wisdom and your rust grimy lit
tie paddie burned the sleep place on
my breast like a terrible white heat
from which I was powerless to de
fend myself. You are mine, you are.
you are! You are soul of my soul and
heart of my heart and spirit of my
spirit and and you ought to have been
flesh of my flesh.
I don t know how I managed to an
swer Mrs. Johnson's call from my
front gate, but I sometimes think that
women have a torture proof clause in
their constitutions.
. She and Aunt Bettie had just come
up the street from Aunt Bettie's house.
and the Tollard cook was following
them with a large basket In which
were packed the things Aunt Bettie
was contributing to the entertainment
of the distinguished citizen. Mr. John
son is Alfred's nearest kinsman in
Hillsboro. and. of course, he is to be
their guest while he Is In town.
"He'll be feeding his eye3 on Molly,
so he'll not even know he's eating my
Washington almond pudding with
Thomas' old port in It" teased Aunt
Bettie. with a laugh, as I went across
the street with them.
"There's going to be a regular epl
lemic of love in Hillsboro," I "do" be
lieve," she continued in her usual
strain of sentimental speculation. "I
iaw Mr. Graves talking ' to Delia
llawes in front of the store an hour
:o as I came out from looking at the
blue chintz to match Bet for the west
Iving, and they were both so absorbed
they didn't even see me. That was
what might have been called a confla
cration dinner you rave the other
tight. Molly, in more ways than one.
I wish a spark had set off Benton
Wade and Henrietta too. Maybe it
Bid, but is just taking fire slowly."
I think it would be a good thing just
to let Aunt Bettie blindfold every un
married person in this town and mar
ry them to the first person they touch
hands with. It would be fun for her
and then we could have peace and ap
parently as much happiness as we are
loing to have anyway. Mrs. Johnson
reemed to be in somewhat the same
Etate of mind as I found myself.
"Humph," she said as we went up
the front steps, "I'll be glad when you
ore married and settled, Molly Carter,
so the rest of this town can quiet down
Into peace once more, and I sincerely
hope every woman under fifty in Hills
boro who is already married will stay
In that state until she reaches that
age. But I do believe if the law march
ed widows from grave number one to
altar number two they would get into
trouble and fuss along the road. But
come on in, -both of you. and help me
ect this marriage feast ready, If Ijnust!
x'TiecIaXis going oy on greased wheels,
and I caif t let Mr. Johnson's crotchets
be neglected, Al Bennett or no AI
Bennett."
And fjom then on for hours and
hours I was strapped to a torture
wheel that turned and turned, minute
after minute, as it ground spice and
sugar and bridal meats and me relent
lessly into a great suffering pulp.
Could I ever in all my life have hun
gered for food and been able to get it
past the lump in my throat that grew
larger with the seconds? And if Al
fred's pudding tasted of the salt of
dead sea fruit this evening it was from
my surreptitious tears that dripped
into it.
It was late, very late, before Mrs.
Johnson realized it and shooed me
home to get ready to go to the train
along with the brass band and all the
other welcomes.
I hurried all I could, but for long
minutes I stood In front of my mirror
and questioned myself. Could this
slow. pale, dead eyed, slim, drooping
girl be the rollicking child of a Molly
who had looked out of that mirror at
me one short week ago? Where were
the wings on her heels, the glint in her
curls, the laugh on her mouth aud the
devil iu her eyes?
LEAF TWELFTH.
Melted.
SI LOWLY at Jast I nrtea trie
I blue muslin twenty-three Inch
waist shroud and let it slip
over my head and fall sliru-
ly around me. I had fastened the
neck button and was fumbling the
next one into the buttonhole when I
suddenly heard laughing, excited
voices coming up the side street that
ran just under my west window.
Something told me that Alfred had
come on the 5 o'clock down train in
stead of the G o'clock up, and I fair
ly reeled to the window and peeped
through the shutters.
They were all In a laughing group
around him. with Tom as master of
ceremonies, and Ruth Chester was
looking up into his face with an ex
pression I am glad I can never forgot.
t killed all my regrets on the score of
bis future.
It took two good looks to take him
all in and then I must have missed
some of him, for all in all he was so
I Peeped Through the Shutters.'
large that Tie "stretchetl "your eyes to
behold him. He's grown seven feet
tall. I don't know how many pounds
he weighs, and I don't want anybody
ever to tell me.
, 1 had never thought enough about
evolution to know whether I believed
In it and woman's suffrage, but I do
now. I kuow liat millions of years
ago a great Hg distinguished hippo
potamus stepped out of the woods and
frightened one of my foremothers so
that she turned tail and fled through a
thicket that almost tore her limb from
limb right into the arms of her own
mr.te. Thai's what 1 did. I caught
thit blue satin belt together with one
hand and ran through my garden right
vr a bed of savasre threr lilies and
Cung myself Into John M"oore"S OTEZe,
Hammed the door and backed up
ngainst it
"He's come!" I gasped. "And I'm
frightened to death, with nobody but
you to run to. Hide me, quick! He's
fa i, and I hate him!" I was that
deadly cold you can get when fear
runs into your very marrow and con
geals the blood In your arteries.
"Quick, quick!" I panted.
He must have been as pale as I was,
and for an eternity of a second he
looked at me, then suddenly heaven
shone from his eyes and he opened his
arms to me with just one word.
"Here?"
I went
He held me gently for a half second,
and then with a sob which I felt rather
than heard, he crushed me to him and
stopped my breath with his lips" on
jnine. I understood things then that
I never had lefore, and I felt that wise
guardian man angel take his fingers
from mine and leave me safe at last.
I raised my hand and pressed it against
John's wet lashes until he coull let
me speak, and I was melted into his
very breast itself.
"Molly," he said when enough ten
dcrness had come back inU his arms
to let me breathe, "you have almost
killed me!"
(To be Continued)
FORMER CASS COUNTY
BOY IS MARRIED IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
From Friday's Iaily.
J. Clinton Harris, for
or of years a resident
a n tin i
r this
Mr. and
vicinity ;uil a son of
Mrs. Creed Harris, was
married
fpl finbrr loth ia Spokane,
Washington, t lie bride, bein
popular young lady of llial city,
.Miss Florence Steller. Mr. Har
ris' brother, Vance, who went
ironi Here a lew weeks ago. was
ne of the many guests al tin
wedding-, says (he Union Ledger
The Spokane Chronicle gives the
following report of the pleasant
affair:
'Al a pretty wedding al tin
loine of the bride's parents, Mr
and Mrs. F. V. SleHer. 4 503
ugusla avenue. Miss Florence.
Stelfer and J. Clinton Harris o
Vancouver, . C.. were married
Wednesday evening in the ures-
nce of a number of their friend
ami relatives- llie Jlcv. U. J-
lawk performed' the ceremony
Tbo bride was gowned iu a cream
olored crepe meteor with
shadow lace and carried a bu-
juel of bride's loses. The home
was decorated with sweet peas.
iler.s and vinos. Following' the
eremony and an informal recep-
ion, rei resiiiiienls were served.
Miss Fay Sandall and Miss Alfa
outs assisting. Mr. ami Mrs.
Iain's wilt lake a wedding jour-
ley on tile coasl lie lore going lo
heir home at Vancouver, where
be groom is engaged in (be in-
uraiice business. They received
nuny pretty gilts lroiu their
friend."
Charles Ilerren of near Murray
was anions; I he salurunv visitors
in this city, and called al the
Journal otlice to renew his sub
scription to the Semi-Weekly edi
tion of the paper.
DO FALSE CREEDS
FOSTER
Prison Statistics Support the In
ference, Says Pastor Russell.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD AWAKE
Reverence For God Constitutional With
All With Proper Conceptions of God
All Would Delight to Worship Him.
How Satan Has Fostered the Mis
conceptions How These In Turn
Have Driven Men From the Almighty
In Fear God Has Been Pictured as
Beelzebub The Bible, Considered as
the Revelation of Satanic Purposes,
Is Shunned The People Perish For
Lack of Knowledge The True God
Should Be Preached True Knowl
edge Will Draw All Toward Him.
Columbus,. Ohio,
September 2S.
Pastor Russell
preached two dis
courses here to
day. We report
one of them from
the text. "If our
Gospel be hid. It
is hid to them that
are lo.st, in whom
the god of this
world hath blind
ed the minds of
PASTOR. eUSSELp
tbem which be
lieve not, lest the light of the glorious
Gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God. should 'shine unto them.!' 2 Cor
inthians 4:3. 4.
I do not charge our forefathers with
evil intent ia the making of the creeds.
I cheerfully admit that every creed
contains an element of Divine Truth.
My contention Is that Satan, the great
Adversary of God. substituted the
creeds for the Bible; and into the
creeds, through human weakness, he
injected a sufficiency of nonsense and
"doctrines of devils" to render them nn
bealtbful for the saints, and absolutely
poisonous to others, said Fastor Rus
sell. Taking up his text, he declared that
its truthfulness is manifest on every
hand. The word Gospel signifies the
good Message, it Is the Message of the
angels at the birth of Jesus: "Behold,
we bring you the Gospel good tidings
of great joy, which shall be unto all
people!" This Gospel of joy and
blessing, of Divine Love and Mercy to
ward our race, said the Fastor. is com
pletely hidden from the world. Even
matured Christians discern but little
of it, because the creeds of human tra
dition have so misrepresented God and
Mis purposes as to make of them bad
tidings not good tidings.
Hath Blinded Their Minds.
St Faul. as well as the other Apos
tles, foretold the falling away of the
Church from "the faith once delivered
to the saints"; and he particularly
pointed" out that this would be the re
sult of giving heed to "seducing spirits"
and "doctrines of demons" the fallen
angels. (1 Timothy 4:1; Jude G.) In a
thousand ways, through mediums,
planchettes. visions and dreams, etc.,
these fallen, seducing spirits have in
truded their demon doctrines upon the
Church of Christ. And the whole pur
port of their evil work seems to be to
deceive mankind in respect to God's
real purposes toward them, and His
real character.
How wonderfully successful Satan
and his fallen angels, the demons,
have been! While persuading men
that they were far off, stoking Ores for
humanity's future torture, they have (
really been hobnobbing with ecclesias
tics and assisting In misinterpretation
of the Bible especially its parables
aud symbolic statements. To such an
extent is this true that the dory of
God manifested in Jesus for human
salvation is completely confused and
unintelligible to the world.
Unbelievers can reason, and do rea
son. Those who reside in civilized
lands, instructed along the lines of the
creeds, inquire. Why did God make us
sinners, with depraved appetites and
sentence us to eternal torment, and
then send Jesus to be the Savior of
merely such as become saints, believ
ers in certain doctrines which they
themselves call mysterious? Intelli
gent heathen similarly ask. Why should
God make such a plan as the mission
aries relate? Why should He condemn
as all to eternal torment and then
make provision for only the few who
hear of Jesus, and believe the myste
ries and monstrous inconsistence of
some of the creeds?
Do not the facts today, after eight
een centuries of creed blinded Chris
tianity, corrobornte the Apostle's state
ment that the "god of this world," Sa
tan, "hath blinded the minds of them
that believe not?" Otherwise surely
the glorious Gospel of Christ, now be
coming more and more clear to Bible
students, would long ago have shone
Into many hearts, carrying joy and
peace through reconciliation with God.
The statement of our text "If our
Gospel be hid. it Is hid to them that
are lost," does not mean that they are
lost because they cannot see the Gos
pel. The Bible distinctly tells us that
all of Adam's race are lost through dis
obedience. The Apostle evidently
means that the masses of the lost
world cannot see the Gospel light It
is hidden from them. Only the com
paratively few fee it. and they oniy as
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f s
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nrey are gniceir r.y t-e noiyrrnm and
their eyes of understanding open.
We may well thank God that the
time in which Satan will be thus priv
ileged to put darkness for light to de
ceive the world is limited. The Bible
prophesies that soon Christ will take
Ills great power. His first work will
be the binding of Satan that he may
no longer deceive men. And then the
Redeemer will begin His great work
of blessing; mankind, in the thousand
years of His appointed reign.
What Prison Statistics Show.
In all modern prisons statistics are
kept which show the religions Instruc
tion received by the prisoners earlier
in life, in almost every instance the
prisoners guilty of the most serious of
fenses were from infancy trained to
thick of the Almighty as the great
Enemy of His creatures, who foreknew
and fore-arranged for the eternal tor
ture of all but a handful. Did these
creeds better those who confessed
them? Did they inspire in the parents
of these criminals heart-devotion to
God? Nay, in almost every case where
the false, horrible creed-Idol was wor
shiped, fear prevailed instead of love.
bedlam instead of holiness. Is not
this the ease even today In the major
ity of homes of so-called Christendom?
Foolish Fears, Vain Imaginations.
Little have we realized the foolish
ness of such reasoning. The influence
of the creeds of the Dark Arcs has
been the very reverse of what has been
expected of them. Man naturally has
a reverence for God. This may be
seen In the shape of his head by those
who can read phrenologlcally. It is
seen also in the fact that in heathen
lands worship is practised. The true
knowledge of God would incline men
to come to Him. The highest qualities
of their beins would fird expression
in worship, praise, adoration. With
the enlightenment of the Bible man
would indeed learn that all are sinners.
that all come short of that glorious
perfection which God oriilnally creat
ed and which alone lie can approve.
Guided by Bible instruction these
would realize that "the wages of sin Is
death" not eternal torment Romans
3:10-12: C:23.
The desire for life everlastincr per
sists in every creature: and man's at
titude would have been to approach
his Creator to ascertain if It would not
be possible for him to return to rela
tionship with God and to regain the
gift of life everlasting. Then would
have. come the answer that no fallen
creature is able to recover himself, but
that God has provided through Jesus'
death a reconciliation.
A Savior Able to Save.
As the repentant one would strive to
live up to the Divine standards and
find it impossible because of inherited
imperfections, he would be drawn to
the merciful Father In Heaven, to
learn how to attain to the condition
which his heart coveted. Then he
would hear the answer through the
Scriptures that while God has provided
for the world in general a thousand
years of Restitution, yet He is willing
now to receive a few choice characters.
on special terms. These must have
their Master's spirit a love for right
eousness and a hatred for Iniquity, a
loyalty to Gcd ready to lay down life
and every other thing in His service.
Such would be inducted by faith into
the elect Church, would be begotten
of the Holy Spirit to be trained by
trials, difficulties, testinss and polish-
Ings. and eventually, if faithful, be
accorded a change of nature froin
earthly to Heavenly, participation with
Christ in nis great work, of blessing
and restoring humanity during His
thousand-year Reign.
Errors Effect the Opposite.
Our wily foe, Satan, well knew all
this, aud has worked In opposition to
it By biding from men the true Gos
pel light he has driven them In dread
away from tneir best nena .i
mighty God. From infancy they hoped
to escape eternal torture, but as the
weaknesses of their fallen nature yield
ed to the temptations on every hand.
thev prayed forgiveness. As sins mul
tiplied, doubts and fears gained con
trol. and in dread of God aud In fear
of the unjust and unmerciful arrange
ments of the future taught them from
Infancy, they plunged headlong Into
sin. striving to forget God. Some were
led to one excess, some to another
gambling, drunkenness, frivolity, pleasure-seeking.
One mcrcliant told me of his own ex
perience. He said, "My good Methodist
wife told me I would surely go to bell.
I replied. 'Mary, I know it I know It!
And when I get there, there will be
one sinner who will deserve some
thing.'" He said. "Fastor Russell. 1
held the ordinary view that all except
the saintly were sure to spend eternity
in torture. That seemed to me most
unjust that the Almighty had taken
advantage of His power to create us
under unfavorable conditions, with the
fore-knowledge that we should spend
eternity In torment I concluded that
one person at least would deserve
some of it"
A lady of wealth and refinement toid
me that secretly she had always feared
the future, believing implicitly the
teachings of the creeds. She said, "I
went into society deliberately, with a
view to drowning my thoughts on re
ligious subjects." She did not feel
drawn to the God presented in the
creeds. . She merely granted nim His
Power and sought to forget Hira; yet
all the while, as she herself Bald, she
was unhappy. Her soul found no rest1
Both of these people have since
found the true God have come to
know Him in His true character, as
presented to ns in the Bible, when
rightly understood. They are both
happy, both zealous, seeking to lay
down their lives In His service, and
takirg pleasure In everything which,
ia H.I3 providence, ihejr are iiermitted
to experience, mowing mat -an trrrngi
are working together for good to those
who love God. the called according to
His purpose."
"Morning Dawns, Arise, Arise!
Thank God. the morning of 1m
manuel's Day is dawning! It Is bring
ing light upon every subject The
chains of error and superstition, state
craft and priest-craft, are breaking,
True, some may thus be led to ex
tremes and, mistaken, revolt against
all religions and all authority and all
laws of God and man. That is but a
natural mistake. The pendulunvswings
naturally to an opposite extreme and
requires some little time to steady
itself upon a true renter.
The proper thought for us all is the
one which the Bible gives, namely,
that our delusions and bondages, our
superstitions and errors, although by
men, were not of men. Satan has been
our great Adversary. He it Is against
whom we are to feel the special in
dignation. Like ourselves, others of
humanity were blinded. Illustrations
of this blindness were frequent during
the Dark Ages. Men and women, mis
understanding the character and the
Flan of God, were just as sincere as
ourselves when they sought to copy
what they supposed to be the Creator's
methods by torturing each other, burn
ing one another at the stake, etc.
These mistakes were not made whol
ly by one denomination, even as the
errors which led to these mistakes
were not held merely by one denomi
nation. Tresbyterians were persecut
ed, and In turn persecuted others; so
did Episcopalians, Methodists, Bap
tists, Catholics, etc. Mistakes so com-
mon in the past are not to be blamed
eiiner agnmsi ueuuuiiuuuuus ur uuiui
I A. J t .1 J . I
individuals. In harmony with our
text we should charge them up to the
"god of this world" Satan.
Instead of feeling anger and hatred
and charging others with having kept
us in Ignorance and superstition, let us
rather rejoice together and give thanks
to God that our chains at last are
breakinc. Let us remember Saul of
Tarsus as an Illustration of how a
good man, misled of the Adversary,
became a persecutor of the Church of
Christ As he was freely forgiven of
God, and showed himself a loyal serv
ant of the King of kings, so let us re
gard others of our day as equally loyal.
and let us trust that they will become
equally faithful as they come under
the influence of the great light from
Heaven, now shining.
Put Away, Therefore, All These.
St Paul urges us, as children of the
light to walk In the light. Jesus bids
us to let our light so shine before otn
ers that we may thus glorify the Fa
ther In Heaven. St Feter says that
we shall show forth the praises of
Him who has called us out of darkness
into His marvelous light The light
that is now shining upon the pathway
of God's faithful people is not a new
light It is the same light which Jesus
and the Apostles held forth and rejoic
ed in. For the time being, it has been
lost buried under the rubbish and su
perstition and error of eighteen centu
ries. Now. in God's providence, these
obstructions are being seen. We are
coming out from under their influence
into the sunlight the true light, which
shall yet lighten every man, as God's
Word has promised
The question with each and all of us
who now perceive the source of the
darkness in which we have been and
the source of the light into which we
have come Is, What shall we render
unto the Lord for all His benefits?
How shall we best show to our gra
cious Lord our appreciation of His gra
clous character, of His true Flan of
Salvation?
The Scriptures assure us
that we can best show our love and
loyalty by Improving the opportunities
which the Lord affords us for witness
ing for Him and His Truth, which rep
resents Him.
Our time, our talents, our privileges.
our opportunities, are limited. At very
most we can do but little. How earn
est we should be to demonstrate to the
Lord our love and appreciation! How
faithful we should be to others in car
rying them the light even as we our
selves appreciate the channels which
God used in bringing the blessings to
us! How wise we should be. realizing
that our opponent Is Satan himself, and
not being ignorant of his devices!
We are not to show forth our own
nraises. for we have nothini nraise-
worthy. What have we that we have
not received? We did not make the
Divine Tlan. We merely learned of it Brothers Wheeler, I'orler, Cum
by the grace of God. In telling it to ,jns and Marshall. Three are:
others, therefore, this fact should be
remembered, that it is not ours, but
His. As we compare the Divine Flan
of Salvation presented in the Bible
with all the different plans of salvation
represented in the various creeds of
Christendom, we see how wonderfully
different it is from them all.
In the light of our day all are asham
ed of the things set forth by the great
and the wise of centuries ago. We
mignt maeea nave reason io ue prouo
If we had manufactured the Divine
pi r a., t if
ception. But no, it is of the Father
and by the Son, and wo are merely
privileged to be ministers or servants
of the Father, of the Son and of the
Truth honored servants, truly, but
servants stilL
And evidently, when the Master shall
say to the faithful ones, "Well done,
good and faithful servants." He will
add, "I will make yon rulers over
many things, because ye have been
faithful over a few things." More and
more we!-realize that our talents, our
opportunities of the present time, are
few and smalL Only of God's trnce
may they become worthy of anything.
and only by His blessing may they 1m
powerful to the pulling down of the
strongholds of error and t the build
ing up of His people in the Most Holy
Faith.
III PLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEARS AGO
Items of Interest to Old and New
Residents of City Which Were
New Forty Years Ago.
(leu. Cunningham - Is home
from his great bufl"alo hunt and
the Herald rejoices in about half
a young "Huffier."
The (lood Templars at Green
wood organized a Lodge last
month, and hae now ocr fifty
members. Uullv for (Irc'nwoc'd.
The High .school oyMer Miiicr,
on Friday evening' Jast, was a
very pleasant occasion, and net
ted about thirty dollars. The
building- when fully light
ed, as it was on thai evening',
makes a grand appearance, as
was remarked by every one.
We have been trying for three
numbers to get in a notice of our
educational editor, 11. S. Ramsey,
at Rock Bluffs, and lo say how-
well we lhink he has done his
Work and now we've acconndisbed
ji
Boone, the Barber til! shaves.
His ways are so gentle he can
not be said to be a barberous man
and his razors cut so Miioothly
you scarcely know you are being
shaved until he shouts "Next, lif-
teen cents, sir."
Jerry Sexton and another beer
keg, got into trouble at Billy Nev
ille's on New Year's eve. The
beer keg- was left out doors with
no head in, and Jerry was sent lo
board al Sheriff Cutler's with a
jjjrr nt.a,j on
In the G9th year of his life,
Bro. James Minshall. His funer
al took place from Masonic hall.
I'lattsmouth. Neb., on Wednesday,
Iecember 10, 1873, al two o'clock,
in the afternoon, a larue atlend-
nice of brother Masons being;
present.
Deceased came to this country
among iiie very eaihrl of her
settlers, in 1837, the historic year
of the sellement of Nebraska.
He was a charter -member of
I'lattsmouth Lodge, No. 0, A. F.
A M., and also of Nebraska
Chapter, No. 3. lie died al the
residence of his son, James Min
shall, jr., in Lincoln, M"iday,
December 8, and by his own spe
cial request, his body was taken
charge of by his old ami faon'e
Lodge. ;. (, ,,f Ibis place, and
the funeral ceremonies were con-
uucied iy me iuaonie iraiernity
of this city. Masonicallv. he was
born A. L. 5803, was made a Ma
son 5824, and died 5873, thus be-
ng a Masm for i'J years, and
probably one of the oldest in the.
state.
He lived during' the hdle?t
times of the Morgan Auti-Maon
raid, remembered well the time
when to be a Mason was a dis
grace, and life was unsafe. Many
and oft was the time deceased
walked seven miles to a lodge held
literally as in ancient time, in
secret places, ia the mountain
fastnesses or iu some deserted
dwelling.
On hill, in dale, now here, now
there.
They met upon the leel
parted on t be square.
Of tin- charter member
and
"I t' cuarier members of
Plallsnmuth Lodge, No. (, there
are now left alive but four;
atliliated: Bassett, Donelau and
Slaughter, and four are dead, viz.
Brothers D. W. McCord. K. Wil
liams, Harper and Minshall.
A very pleasant little semi-so
cial (that means half business
and half pleasure) entertainment
was given at Macoy Lodge.
ll:il I allium It on (he nioiiiiwr ..f
K l(,inL, lhi, . ...
. . ' " " ' '
siumus uieir onieers lor tne eu-
suing year.
The odicers installed were
J is
follow s : '
M. J. N. Wise.
S. W. Jos. M. Beardsley.
J. W. V. V. Leonard.
Treasurer A. White.
Secretary JI. j. Bedwell.
Chaplain J. W. Barnes
T let- Wm. Wintersleeii.
After appropriate . reremnnies.
inducting; the new oH'cers to their
duties, music, sueofhes and unv
chat followed for an hour. The
W . M.. Mr. Wis. more than out
done himself in his acounl of Mrs.
Bird's mishaps, and Dr. Living
ston told a mule no fence stor.
All's well that ends well, and this
party ended well.
