The New Year's Feast
Tho Children's Table.
To the Old f;
Yiear
; Uy JuWa Jqyne irnAcr
0 MANY dnys wo'vo fared
through gay nnd wintry ,
weather, Old Year, I can-
not let you go! Such
great times wo'vo had as
wo Journeyed Bldo by Hide.
Nono other so Intttnato as thou!
No other friend, savo thou, has wit
nessed my defeats, no other so chcorlly
shared my triumphs.
When friends proved unkind thou
didst walk by my side and counsel
patlonco. Tho hurts of wounded affec
tion wero healed; tlmo alono ondurcd.
Thou wouldst usher In a now day, full
of sunshlno and tho Rong of birds. Its
blessed healing power dldBt rovlvo my
drooping spirit and sootho all wounds.
Thou didst bring mo friends from
afar. Tho meeting them In tho flesh
ouco again, tho looking Into loving
eyes and holding hands warm with tho
grasp of friendship, proved a benedic
tion after long years of wearying
separation.
Tho turning point In Ilfo camo to
moro than ono young person about mo.
Crucial questions wero decided which
will mako for weal or woo. Thou
didst accompany mo each day whllo
I helped to guldo young lives Into mak
ing safo departuro from the beaten
path. Farowolls havo been said which
toro tho hcarstrlngs and mado thorn
bleed afresh with tho over new pangs
of parting.
And then a tlmo camo when a great
wrench must bo made. Tho old wayB
wero to bo mlno no more. I must turn
my back upon tho past and set my
fnco resolutely towards tho future. No
matter how hard tho road, nor how
many heartaches and longings for the
old path wero involved in tho treading
of tho now, thero was to be no looking
back. With gazo bent forward, tho
present must be lived; but thero need
bo no fear, with a heart of courago
within and God in bis heaven over
head. All theso mcmorlea aro linked with
thee. Old Year! How can I let theo
go? No matter how Bad tho retro
spect, no matter how many sighs and
heart-throbs, wo havo trod tho way
together. Thou, and not anothor, hast
been my companion over both tho
rough and pleasant ways.
I feel so much at home with thoo,
Old Year! Thy face, so familiar, Is
tho faco of an old friend. Dut this
ctrangor which comes on apaco, hurry
ing to take thy place and to usurp thy
privileges, I know naught of him. I
know not what strango now ways he
may usher in. Ho fills mo with dis
trust and forbodlng.
Ho comes bringing vast possibilities
for crcat things. Who knowB whether
ho will rcallzo his responsibility and
seizo the moment of achievement qb
soon as it is presented? If ho provos
to be a worthy heir of thine, ho may
add materially to tho world's acquisi
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tion of science. Ere bis lito do ended
Tennyson's dream may be realized
navies "grappling in tho central blue"
Edison may be making houses of ce
ment, which shall bo adapted to rich
and poor nlllto. Wireless telegraphy
nnd wireless telephoning may bo as
cnslly dono as the oaino is upon wires
today Mr. Stead may have bridged tho
gulf between Ms land nnd tho further
shore, with IiIb spirit communications.
Mcdlcnl scientists may havo waged
war against dlscaso with such success
that health may bo reigning o'er tho
earth. Warfaro between nntlons may
havo been made so destructive that
universal pcaco will cover tho land as
a mantle of green covers tho earth.
13ut, Old Year, should ho lutroduco all
these Innovations, ho might also bring
in bis train sorrows and burdens, new
trials and lolls. I shrink from letting
him U.
1 elitill trust thy non to bo worthy ot
his sire, Old Year, to bo like thoo kind
nnd sympathetic, no matter what fato
may bring to mo. Casting fears to tho
wind. I look toward tho futuro with
smiling confidence, asking only that
strength may bo given to bear what
ever of ill or good fortune tho Now
Year may bring.
Nevertheless, I am loath to part
with thee, tho friend of so many dear
days that aro gono Into tho irrevocable
past
Qoodby, old year, thou dost not
go out of my llfo. Though l shall sco
thy fnco no more, tho recollection of
thy dear friendship will bo sacred
among my heart's innermost treasures.
"Old year, you shall not die;
Wo did so laugh and cry with you
I've half a mind to dlo with you,
Old year, If you must die."
About even now, but which will be
tho tailor when next New Year's day
comes?
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Dally Thought.
Now Tcnr, coming on opnee,
What have you to glvo mo?
ruins you Gcatho or bring you grace,
I-'ncc mo with an honest face,
You shall not decclvo mo,
Bo It Rood or 111, bo it what you will,
It ncedn shall help mo on my road,
My rugged road to Heaven, please God.
Christina a. Rossettl.
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Seeing the New Year In
No man Is so rich ho can afford to
loso friends nor bo poor ho needs to
buy them.
Year's Girl
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THE KINGDOM
DIVIDED
Sends? School Lcuon for Jin. 1, 1911
Specially Arranced for This Paper
LKSSON TKXT 1 KImbs 12:1-H. Motn
sry vnrHCH, 13, 14.
nOMMS.V TKXT-'MIp that wnlltrth
with wist1 liii'ii hIiiiII tie wisp, lint u com
imtilon of fools shnll ho destroyed."
3'rnv n:o.
TI.MlVTho tlmo of Solomon's death
nnd thti division of the Kliik'dom, I). C.
5S2.
PKAcn nehohoam's rnpllnl wns nt
JcrtiHnlrin. Thn nisruptlnn oprnrrrd at
Shpphrm, which was tho first capital ol
the northern ItliiKdoin, and tin- tin tropolU
of Mpliralm. It whs 30 miles directly north
of Jerusalem, hetwren Mounts Klml and
tlerlxlm. Here were located Incidents In
the lives of Ahrnluun. Jneob, Joseph, and
Joshnn. Close by, doubtless ns n pnrt ot
tho larger town, wero Jacob's well nnd
Syelmr wheie Jesus tnlUed with tho Ha
mnrltiin woman. And there Is now tho
seat of tho Hntnnrltnns, tho smallest re
ligious sect In tho world.
This lesson covers the Htory of Ho
hoboam, and how ho lost a kingdom.
It is tho story of it reckless, untrain
ed, conceited young man, and his com
ing Into tho rcnl business of his life
Ho was tho heir to a throne, nnd his
namo moans "Enlnrger of tho people,"
expressing tho hopo of his father for
his son. The son disappointed theso
hopes, and becamo tho "Dlmlnlshcr of
his people." Alas for such boys to
day! His father wns Solomon. His moth
er Nnamah, a young heathen princess
of tho kingdom of Amman on tho bor
der of tho desert east of tho Jordan.
Sho was ono of many wives of Solo
mon. Rehoboam seems to havo been the
hntural heir to tho throne. Judnh ac
cepted him. 13u t as In tho enso ot
Saul, David and Solomon, nt least in
'Jerusalem, tho peoplo had a volco In
tho selection of their king. Accord
ingly tho tribes wero summoned tc
meot at the old northern capital, Sho
chem.'to confirm tho successor of Sol
pmon. Tho northern tribes wero de
termined to obtain a charter of rights
I hat would relievo them from their
burdens, ns tho prlco of their submis
sion. For Solomon had forced them
to glvo their unpaid lnbor upon hla
great buildings, nnd theso freo nnd
Independent Ephralmltes wero re
ininded of their ancestors' slavery In
Egypt. They wero shrewd enough to
Ecnd for thoir brilliant sympathizer,
loroboam, whom Solomon had ban
ished to Egypt. They were ready to
'enforco tholr Just demands.
Rehoboam, apparently attended by
n small forco goes to confer with
them. Jeroboam is their spokesman.
Itohoboam answered the peoplo
roughly. Ono ot tho most foolish
things ho could do. "Rough words do
ono of two things, they wound or they
madden."
And Israel saw that tho king heark
ened not. Joscphus says that "they
wore struck by his words ns by an
Iron rod." What portion hnvo wo
In David? What havo wo of tho north
ern tribes to do with David's son, Re
hoboam, or David's tribo, Judnh? To
your tents, O Israel. Rack to your
homes and preparo for war.
Every young man has a kingdom In
ibis own soul. He mny throw It away
half of It or all of it, in tho samo
way Rehoboam did, foolishly follow
ing his headstrong will. Or, ho may
tako tho advlco of wiso men and tho
iBible, nnd becomo monarch of all
,tho royal possibilities Qod has placed
in his llfo.
Ono'a character, already formed,
,1s n powerful factor In all emergen
ties of cholco nnd decision. Thero 1b
jno tlmo to preparo a now chnractcr.
Rehoboam had formed tho habit of
taking bad ndvico when It fitted his
inclination, and bo ho took It at his
llfo's crisis.
On his return to Jerusalem Reho
"boam assembled nn army of 180,000
men to compel tho seceding tribes to
roturn. Dut n prophet forbado tho
movement in tho name of tho Lord.
Rchoboam's goodness was but tho
early cloud and tho morning dow. As
tioon as ho was firmly established, ho
returned to his old ways, and "forsook
tho law of tho Lord." Tho deteriora
tion of his character and his king
dom was symbolized by tho chango
from tho shields of gold which Solo
mon had mado for his palaco armory,
but which Shlshak took away, nnd
which Rehoboam replaced, by shields
of brass.
This deterioration continued two
'years, when God used anothor Instru
mentality for making Rehoboam
good. In his fifth year Shlshak, tho
Pharaoh of Egypt, camo up with
1,1!00 cliurlotH, 00,000 horsemon, and
nn uncounted numbor of common sol
diers. They captured tho city of
Judah, devastated tho country, and
carried away tho treasures Solomon
had stored in tho templo and in his
palaco, and tho golden shields in his
armory. Shlshak left an Inscription
on tho walls of Karnak in Egypt giv
ing nn account of this invasion. Tho
prophet Shemnlah interpreted the
meaning of this calamity; and king
and princes humbled themselves, con
fessed their sins, nnd promised to do
better.
Tho Iord thcreforo delivered them.
Rehoboam continued to reign; and
though his kingdom was not destroy
ed, yot it wbb far from what it might
havo been, for "ho did ovll, becauso
ho propared not his heart to seek tho
Lord."
God's principles nro ovorlastlng, but
tho forms of their application vary
with every variation of circum
stance As patriots, what is thero In our
country, that wo wish to have go down
tho ages ns a blessing? and what Is
thero that wo should glvo our whole
soul to changing or blotting out?
VERACITY OF THE BIBLE
After a Viclt to the Holy Land Even
a Skeptic Must Be Con
vinced, Ono thing cannot fall to Impress
every visitor to llethlehetit, and, In
deed, to tho Holy Land generally, who
Is Imbued with true Christian faith
and a proper boiiso of tho snnctlty
of tho location and of tho events that
havo transpired there, and that Is
tho moro than remarkable correspond
onco between tho thlngn nnd places
shown us today as having been asco
elated with the llfo nnd work of tho
Saviour and other events that enter
Into thn structure of our religious
faith and tho descriptions nnd ac
counts of them, as furnlHhed us In
tho pages of tho Holy Scriptures.
They agreo with them In every re
spect nnd It Is Impossible, nfter care
fully considering and comparing them,
to doubt their Identity, eo exactly
aro they In accord with tho Hlblu
narratlvo.
Tho work In tho fields, tho arrange
ment of the buildings, (lie very nrtlclca
of diet nnd clothing of nnclcnt days
aro plainly recognlzablo In tho doings
nnd surroundings of today. Indeed,
where modem methods have not bo
romo obtrusive the mnnucrs nnd cus
toms of the peoplo remain much tho
snmo as In the dnys of tho presenco
on earth of the Saviour, lletween tho
descriptions given In the lllblo of
localities, climatic and geographical
conditions, distances, etc., of theso
limes nnd those of today thero Is
hnrdly any discrepancy. even a
skeptic, considering this remarknblo
accord of circumstances with tho
Dtbllcnl narrative, cannot but bo con
vinced of Its veracity; to tho believer
It comes bb a wonderful conviction,
a satisfactory corroboration "or en
couragement to seo things ns thoso
who described tho m ho graphically
saw them so long ago. Columbian
Magazine
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The Way of Life.
It 1b being said of an elderly man In
business In Atchison: "He can't stand
punishment as ho formerly could."
And thero Is punishment to bo en
dured In making a living; don't forget
It. Look ovor your own experlenco,
and you will detect punishment every
hour of the day. If it isn't at home, It
is on tho street enr or on tho rond.
How many ways thero aro to punish
n man who tries his best to get along
nnd behave himself. And after a man
gets old It Is moro evident every ypnr
that tho poor fellow can't stand pun
ishment aa ho could when ho was
younger. Atchison Globe.
Doling Out Knowledge.
Mtb. Chugwater Joslah, what Is tho
origin of tho name Mtlwaukco and
what does It mean?
Mr. Chugwater It comes from tho
Latin word millo, meaning a thousand,
and Wan Kee, a Chinaman; Milwau
kee, a thousand Chinamen. Think you
can remember that?
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Moro reforms havo been prevented
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dlato and complete, than by foes who
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