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modern life, and now science has
turned against her. she' gave de
mocracy its power and-now democ
racy scorns her principles. she gave
the .bible and the doctrines of
grace their place in the religious
life, but now she is in'many quarters
regarded as the enemy of both the
bible and of the fundamentals of
the christian faith. she created
the modern universities, but today
the universities have repudiated
their alma mater. they have done
more! many' of them have turned
upon her to rend her, and like the
pirates of former stf as7 enrich them
selves by the wreck. 1 have said all
of this in order to say one thing
more, and that is the hour for the
declaration of independence on the
part of all intellectual- freedom
has struck 1 the time has come for
all schools and churches that re
main loyal to the faith that is in
jesus christ and intend to remain ex
ponents of his religion, to unite
themselves and take the defensive
and give proof once again that un
less the antichrist himself is at
hand, We Will not feed at the hand
of modernism, nor take our orders
from its lips, nor receive upon our
FOREHEADS THE "BRANDm0F THE BEAST"
. OF "UNBELIEF! . . .
Infact, OUR FIRST AND' TOfflfoST DUTY
IS .TO ORGANIZE THE' INDEPENDENT,
FAITHFUL AND EFFICIENT SCHOOLS AND
CHURCtfES OF AMERICAjnttt an orthodox
'fSUdhljthat will not recognize the claims of
tyiActonua of unbelief, bB,'prQy instead an
M&tjbh equally competent; yft Biblically
-tafrpty and Christo-centric, thereby meeting, the
$omindfl of the literal millions of parents wh.Q
'Ml!? 'Where can WJe.du.pate om chil-
.aroflL.Without having them vpftrrhrfi tr nC .,
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nrmeaieepncs?"
A TRIBUTE TO MR. BRYAN
Mr. Bryan recently filled a series of Chautau
qua engagements for the Rodpath people 1 the
state of New York. Everywhere be appeared he
was received with enthusiasm and record break
ing crowds. At Rochester, N. Y., the home town
of Clinton N. Howard, he was the guest of the
Kiwanis club at noon and addressed a mass
meeting at night on Saturday, July 2nd, 1921.
Introducing him at the evening meeting .at
Asbury Methodist church, Mr. Howard said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the
most distinguished living American,' a master
of assemblies, a statesman, a prophet, a preach-,
er of righteousness in the front rank of every
reform, an American institution, William Jen
nings Bryan. -
"He is a Seer; he sees things further ana
sooner than do other men of his time, and never
has he been disobedient to the heavenly vision
when there shined round about him a light from
heaven.
"Ho has not yet been elected to the presidency,
but he has polled more vote's for, that high of
fice than any other man living or dead. He is
the only man who has ever been or ever could
be nominated three times for the presidency by
one of- the majority parties, whether defeated
or elected. . .
"To go down to defeat standing for a prin
ciple is a greater honor than to be elected stand
ing for office. Principle is bigger than the presi
dency, and to that high attainment Mr. Bryan
has been elected and re-elected whenever the
lines have been drawn between right and wrong.
"He has not attained the presidency, but he
has attained preeminency, and will live in the
victories he has attained for humanity when
presidents and kings of his generation lie em
balmed in the tomb of forgetfulness.
"I crown him as the Friend of Humanity the
world around."
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A RECORD OF SERVICE
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"NEVER AGAIN," SAYS GERMANY
"Noveijagain war," is said to be the nnnninr
JraWA Germany, Twenty organizations, .are-
rHJ0, devotod t0 i nationwide -effort to
i.muB visuo oi mo smuuoiecn. it may bo
Relieved to represent the psychology of the Ger-
t ir.ai uu uottor luun.ane lutue-ior-
eigni t irftfcjRpretatlons which conjure up all sorts
ijui uittuuuuui iuoib oy wmen Germany plans ultl-
"Vt ij,ouoyer us military prestige.
JrUSSlailIsm. It Was no wnnrinr fTuU trltn f
A i . . . " ". !. bJUUUVUUUU
iUl WUV OOCamO tVDlCRl Of fiormnnv Tt .i..i i.
iknow.what war was. It overcame Denmark-in
W .tqvr J08' whIPPed Austria in seven weeks'
triumphed over Prance and the nephew of
Napoleon In hardly more weeks, for although the
d?ar.is siege continued until January, the decision
-had been virtually reached with Mete, War was
nly a pleasant little holiday excursion, in which
-its men marched away with, fjags .and cheers
jnnd songs and returned in a little . while with
mZ pi'ovili?eB added or heavy loads in tribute
gold for the common enrichment. Costs in
beroavemenets, cripplings and tifies were light
But Germany knows what war really is now It
views it as it was viewedlJy the American gen
mSreSfn.CCe g the ClvU War' ll want ' no
The victorious enemies of Germany have
forced on it compulsory disarmament under
luost drastic terms. What a dramatic, what a
happy outcome it would be if,, by common con
sent voluntarily taken, those enemies in the
yery flush of victory should a few. months late?
tiSSSS? on &&
Cuban sugar men have been 'clamoring for
. months for a plan that will ena.ble.them to carry
.over their, crop till such time as they car i make
the public pay more for it. A year ago thSy were
ireported to have cleaned up millions on the
twenty-five cent prices prevailing. Wa do nnt
recall that at that' time they wire offering 'to
make any loans to people who wanted to buy.
The bolshevik government of Russia has sun
plied everybody there with money by the" m2?A
expedient of printing some more when what
they had on hand was expended. It is claimS
that even when a report gained currency it wis
also. circulated. w r..t
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Was that 'wot narartn" in-Wo,, wl.m. ,.
veg advertisement or a funeral lU'oceWfnn?
Boston Transcript. ' ' " P ocesaion ?-
T.- S. Allen has just finished six years of ser
vice for the public as federal district attorney
- for Nebraska. These were years when the na
tion was at war and when the federal govern
ment had joined with that of the state to ban,
the"fmanufacture and sale' of intoxicants. Under
these circumstances an office that was once con
sidered something of a snap for lawyers, a re
ward 1 or political activity in the past blossomed
into Dite that required the most strenuous and
devoted attention and developed into a position
of unusual power and responsibility. Mr. Allen
has made so unusual a record of service, tire
lessly, courageously and ably performed, that
the public and its .spokesman, the newspapers
would be derelict in .their duty if they failed
to make such acknowledgement as may be done
without being" suspected of a desire to fulsome
ly flatter. That his record is unusual is5 shown
by the fact that the attorney general has com
mended, him for obtaining the highest percent
age of convictions of any district attorney In the
federal service. Mr. 411en pursued Na direct and
straightforward policy in dealing with offenders
.more especially those who interfered with the
nation during the war and those wha have
sought to use the prohibitory amendment as a
means of getting rich quickly, that was produc
tive of good results because it was devoid both
of personal malice and persbnal favoritism Mr
Allen has left his successors a high mark of ser
vice at which to aim. Nebraska State Journal.
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POOR OLD NEBRASKA
t (.?J a,lt Ma.son- Copyrighted by George
Matthew Adams.) ' eorge
. Nebraska's eyesore tearful, there's sorrow in
her marts; her sons pretend they're cheerful
but they have, aching hearts. Oh, still her w
may fatten, her steers do passing well frS
she still may harvest glory through fresh ni;A
saltedmeat and live in song and story bj $.
ng corn and wheat; her bards may gain th
bacoir her healers, bring back health, but Bryan
has forsaken that sad-eyed commonwSi?
There other living wonderl may dSlS
and sing, and w th their verbal thundlrs mito
. all the welkins ring; the state may always uonr!
ish strong men whose aims are high, boy ora?n
may flourish and fade away and die; anWar
wicks oft may ramble athwart the feasant
scene, and commoners may gambol upon the
xuw.u siueu, iu miure is unchartered w
known not what may be, but Bryan has departed
alas and hullv cIiga' .Kft hnmJ x "e?BPtefy
tended, but one cfead lamb is there. FromVnrt
to Weeping Water, Nebraska feels bereaved an?
every -son -nd daughter is sore and dS
peeved; men drink jthe bittor mixture and Jav
the fact's a crime, for WiHyuni sfcemed a fixtur
a landmark for all time. The altars all are abak
en, and rent the temple's flome, for Bryan has
forsaken his old Nebraska home
BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH
The adoption of a creed to which allegiance
is demanded would be contrary to our historic
Baptist principles and repugnant to our deep.
est spiritual instincts. On' the other hand the
adoption of a confession ;ot faith, as a standard
about wliich our -Baptist people may rally, i3
consistent. with the practice of our fathers from
the earliest days of our denominational history
Living in a day of doul)t, unbelief and irreligion
we reel 'that . the tinie has come for Baptists
publicly to reaffirm their faith in the great
fundamentals. As Baptists and members oi
churches .connected with the Northern Baptist
Convention, we desire to restate the foundation
doctrines of our faith, in the following brief and
simple confession which is T)ut a re-affirmation
oi the substance of the historic Philadelhia and
.New Hampshire Confessions of Faith:
. 1. We believe that the Bible is God's word,
that it was written' by mert divinely inspired,
xind. that it har supreme authority in all matters
of faith and conduct.
2Y. We believe in God the Father, perfect in
holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in
power. We rejoice that 5ie concerns himselt
nierdifully in the affairs of men, that he hears
and 'answers prayer, and that he saves from sin
and death all who come to him through Jesus
Christ. .
3. We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only be
gotten Son, miraculous, infills birth, sinless in
his' life, making atonement for the "Bins of the
world -by his death. We believe . in "his bodily
resurrection, his ascension into heaven, his per
petual intercession,, for hh, pebple and his per
sona visible return to the world, according. to his
promise,, , , . ," , '''-i:."
,n'4f We- believe in the Holy Spirit who came
forthrom GocTto convince J-be. world of sin, of
righteousness and'orUdgTent, and to regener
ate, sanctify and comfort those who believe in
Jesus Christ. ' ' :-v ' "
5. We believe that all men by nature and
by choice are sinners but that ''God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son that
whosoever l)elieveth in liim shriuld'tiot perish but
have everlasting life;" webelievo' therefore that
those who accept Christ as SavhVur and Lord will
rejoice forever in God's presence and those who
refuse to accept Christ as Saviour and Lord will
be forever separated from God.
' G. We believe in the church-r-a" living spirit
ual body of which Christ ia the., head and of
which, all regenerated people are members, We
believe that a visible church is a company of be
lievera in Jesus Christ, baptized on a credible
confession of faith, and associated for worship,
Wprk and fellowship, We believe that to these
visible churches were committed, for perpetual
.observance, the ordinances of baptism and the
Lord's supper, and that God Has-laid upon these
Churqhes the tak of persuading a lost world
to accept Jesus Christ as Saviour, and to enthrone
him as the Lord and Master. We believe that
all human betterment and social Improvement
are the inevitable by-products of such a gospel.
,1. We believe that every human being has
direct relations with God, and is responsible to
God alone in all matters of faith; that each
church is independent and autonomous and
must be free from interference by any eccle
siastical or political authority; that therefore
Church and State must be kept separate as
having different functions, each .fulfilling its du
ties free, from the dotation or patronage of the
other. Ex. - .
PROSPEREFS:
They tell me thou art rich; -my -country: gold
, In glittering flood has poured into thy chest:
Thy flocks and herds increase, "they barns are
pressed v
With harvest, and thy stores can hardly hold
Their -mercnpjidise; unerfding trains are rolled
Along thy network rails 01 "Bast and West;
Thy factories and forges never rest;
Thou art enriched in all things bought and sold?
But doest thou prosper? Better news I crave.
0 dearest: country, Is it "well with thee
Indeed, and is thy soul in- health?
A nobler people, hearts more wisely brave,
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