The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 28, 1919, Image 2

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the "big five" puckers whom the government charges with profiteering mill violation of the food laws.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
All Government Forces Concen
trating on Fight Against High
Cost of Living.
FOODS IN STORAGE SEIZED
Tact Case Against Alleged Sugar
Hoarders Labor Situation Is Lit
tle Improved Kolchak's Siberi
an Armies In Flight Rou
manians In Hungary
Defy Allied Com
mission. By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Spurred on by the welcome, If long
delayed action of the chief executive,'
all avnllnble forces of the federnl gov
ernment nrc devoting themselves to
the task of reducing tho cost of liv
ing, and they nrc receiving the en
thusiastic co-operntlon of state nnd
municipal bodies nnd ofllclals nil over
the country.
Attorney General Palmer sent out
Instructions and authority to confiscate
nt once honrded food stocks, nnd inrge
quantities of foodstuffs In warehouses
were seized In Chattnnooga, Tampa,
Jacksonville, Tin.; Fort Sam Houston,
Tex., and other places. In every ease,
according to Mr. Palmer's Instructions,
the mimes of the hoarders and the
amounts of food seized were made pub
lic, for It was thought the publicity
would result In the Immediate release
of excessive amounts of foodstuffs
that have been withheld from con
sumption. Tho attorney general cen
tered his attention especially on Chi
cago, not only becnuse It Is the great
est food storage center of the world,
but because he bad learned the spec
ulators there had been particularly and
perniciously active. The Chicago
packers, nnturally, nre the chief tar
gets, because they are alleged to be
In control of the cold-storage business,
hot only there but nil over the coun
try. This they deny. Senator McKel
lar has Introduced n bill for federal
Regulation of cold-storage plants and
n supporting It he told of the vast
amounts of poultry, eggs und butter
In storage nnd of the apparent exorbi
tant profits made on those commodi
ties by some middlemen. Louis Swift
says he has been nnd Is In fnvor of
regulation of storage methods; and
President Horn of the Amerlcnn Re
frigerating association asserts bis or
ganization would not object to reason
able regulatory measures, but that
most of the suggested pluns are too
drastic.
The government's fight against the
sugar hoarders nlso centered in Chi
cago, and the first test case Is that
against the officials of the Central Sil
ver company who were arrested a
week or more ago. Henry II. ltnlnpp,
bend of the sugar distribution com
mittee of the food administration, said
tin- situation was serious, as ennners
nnd dealers were clnuiorlng In vain
for sugar. The railway shopmen's
strike entered Into this, as 20,000.000
pounds of migar was delayed In Cali
fornia by luck of cars. Mr. ltolapp
said that In n few days the nrrlvnl of
cane sugar from New Orleans nnd beet
KUgsr from the West would flood the
market.
The entire food crusade bad Its ef
fect on retail prices, In some Instances
only slight nnd In others, notably po
tatoes, very morked. The federal
agents Intend to go nfter the retail
grocers und butchers for profiteering,
us well ns after the bigger game, and
before long tho suffering consumer
may get relief that will actually affect
Ills bank roll.
In Roston n grand Jury Investigation
elicited the rather surprising Informa
tion tbnt the American people demand
shoes of high grade and high price nnd
scorn the cheaper grades, of which the
manufacturers say they have lurge
stocks. In u wny this Is borne out by
tho stntcmeiit of n Ilerlln paper that
American shoe dealers are making
strenuous efforts to And a suitable
nwntn ""Hftr 'm&w i- m '"""i ' ity
market for their goods In fiermnny.
The witnesses in llostnu said their
margin of profit was no larger than
when shoes were selling at much lower
prices, anil that a decline might be
expected, perhaps n year hence.
The Rrltlsh, too. are attacking the
cost of living problem with vigor. The
house of commons bad before It a bill
to curb profiteering, and after u bard
fight the measure was amended so as
to empower the board of trade, after
an Investigation, to lis wholesale and
retnll prices. Sir Auckland (ieddes,
minister of national service, said this
would operate In enses where com
munities were likely to be bled by any
combination, national or international,
for the purpose of rulslng prices; and
Andrew Ronnr Law made It clear that
the government had no Intention of es
tablishing a general system of price
fixing throughout the country.
Rclglum is suffering, like most of the
rest of the world, and the Inbor party
there has suggested to the prime min
ister n series of measures to arrest the
Increasing prices of necessaries, to en
courage the home growing of food nnd
to Insure the equal distribution of Im
ports. The party wants the govern
ment to fix the prices of foodstuffs and
to control the prices of conl nnd cloth
ing. Paris was the scene of some lively
scrapping Inst week between the food
vendors In the markets and the price
vigilance committees nnd would-be
purchasers. The committees endeav
ored to prevent foodstuffs bought by
the hotels and other large consumers
from leaving the markets, asserting
that the willingness' of those buyers
to pay any prices, however high, re
sulted In the raising of all prices. Dur
ing I'e fighting ninny stalls anil shops
were looted.
The labor situation In the United
States did not show marked Improve
ment. In spite of all efforts to make
them return to work, the striking rail
way shopmen In many localities were
obdurate, and the officers of their In
ternational union were compelled to
threnten them with expulsion from the
union If they did not resume their la
bors. Then delegates representing
500,000 shopmen met In Chicago and
voted to go back to work.
Before August 25 n general strike
of steel workers throughout the coun
try may he declared. The men hnve
been taking n vote on the question In
all the plants. They demand $1 an
hour, a 4-Miour week and better work
ing conditions. Such n strike will af
fect more thnn a million men.
As congress has not yet acted on
the Plumb plan, the mil wny brother
hoods are waiting. Mcnnwhlle the
Plumb plan Is getting some very hard
knocks from Industrial and railway
experts, some of whom nssert it would
Increase the cost of living. Charles
Plez says the Plumb bill Is about as
bad as It could be made, adding: "As
a shipper nnd citizen. I should like to
be told what ndvantage or profit the
public will get outside of the privilege
of paying the yearly deficit." Mr.
Plumb told the house committee on In
terstate commerce that he either had
or could procure evidence proving that
a systematized plundering of all the
railroads has been conducted under
the direction of the Morgan and Rock
efeller banking Interests.
More Interesting than Important was
the strike of the members of the
Actors' Equity association, which,
starting In New York, spread to Chi
cago. A number of thenters In both
cities were forced to close their doors.
Tho nctors demanded recognition of
their association nnd various reforms
In the conditions of working. The dis
pute wns carried Into court by Injunc
tion proceedings.
A situation arose at the Chicago
stockyards which may teach union la
borers a lesson In the mntter nf ob
serving their contracts. Federal Judge
Alschuler, mediator, ruled that the
employees who quit work during the
recent race riots had violated their
pledge not to strike for one year and
thus hnd lost their seniority rights.
Union ofllclals objected violently to
this, but It seemed likely most of the
packing house workers would nbldo
by Judge Alschuler's rulings, for tho
present nt least.
In New York 1,200 Interior decorat
ors quit work; ami representatives of
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21 International building trades unions
began planning for a national strlko
becnuse of a dispute there between two
unions of plasterers.
Considerable uneasiness, not to sny
anxiety, was caused In the capitals
of the allied nations by the news that
the IColchak government, of western
Siberia was "on the run" If not quite
collapsed. The bolshevik armies
gnlned repented victories over Kol
cljak's forces, and ut last reports the.
latter were hastily moving eastward.
Tho admiral's plight was laid to short
age of guns nnd timmur.itlon, and largo
supplies of both were dispatched tt
him from the United States by way of
the Pacific ocean. Whether tbcv would
reach him In time to save his troops
from disaster was uncertain.
Retter news came from both north
nnd south Russia. On the Dv'ina a
force of Rrltisb and Russians de
stroyed six battalions of bolshevik),
taking 1,000 prisoners and many guns
nnd advancing Its front 1- miles. In
Volhynln the Ukrainians bore taken
the railway center of Lutsk nnd the
fortress of Duhno. and tli? hnlshevlkl
nlso abandoned the Importnnt city o'
Vlnnltza In the Ukraine. General Den
Iklne's armies were making steady
progress toward Odessa and at the
northwest conic or the uip.vk sea
they were only HO miles from n Junc
tion with the Roii'iinnlaii forcr.
The Roumanians who occupied
Rudupest were u stubborn lot and
flatly refused to take orders from the
allied commission there f.u get out
again, declaring tliey wo.ild remain
until a stable government was estab
lished. The peace council nf Paris
was a bit flabbergasted and feared
that If Roumiintn were permitted to
defy Its orders, Germany nnd other
enemy countries might be encouraged
to do likewise. The Roumanians
threatened that If they were forced to
withdraw they would strip Hungary of
everything portable, and Indeed they
nre said to be doing that now. Their
npresentntlves in Rudnpcst said the
only policy for Hungary Mas union
with Roumnuiu under a Roumanian
king. Antonesco, tho Roumanian min
ister to Paris, says Rounninla dots not
favor the Installation of Archduke Jo
seph In power, considering him reac
tionary. The situation wns strained
but the peace council was hopeful of
ac amicable settlement.
According to an edict of the peneo
conference, Austria Is to be known
as the Republic of Austrln, the word
"German" being eliminated. There
Is a movement In Vienna to re-establish
the monarchy, but the entire
armed forces of the country, there and
In other cities, nre demanding that the
republican form of government be re.
tallied.
After long delay, the Itrltlsh gov
ernment has found a man to represent
It In Washington, but only temporar
ily. Viscount Grey has agreed to fill
the post of ambassador until a perma
nent appointment bus been made, early
next year. Great responsibility at
taches to the position Just now, for
llniinclal und treaty relations between
the two countries must be readjusted.
The London press predicts Hint he
will have some difficulties, and the
Dally News says his path will not be
smoothed by the Itrltlsh government's
"sustained refusal to make any ap
proach to a solution of the Irish prob
lem." Presumably Viscount Grey will come
over soon and will bo In Washington
when the prince of Wnles visits our
national capital. That young man
landed In Newfoundland ami Is now
making u triumphal tour of Canada.
The death of Andrew Carnegie re
moved one of the few survivors of nn
Industrial age that has passed when
men of vision made Incredibly largo
fortunes In wnys that were not consid
ered reprehensible. His avowed de
sire to die a poor man was not real
ized, for though he gave away more
thnn $:tfi0,000.000. It Is believed he left
an estate worth nearly $500,000,000.
Henry Ford's libel suit agnliibt th
Chicago Tribune resulted In a verdict
for the plaintiff, who was awardeil
nominal damages 0 cents. The trial
of the case bad lasted many weeks, af
fording pecuniary profit to a few per
sons and v amusement to still fewer.
NEWS NOTES OF
INTEREST TO EVERYONE
IN NEBRASKA
O. W. l.angley, Cortland farmer,
shot and killed Justice of the Peace
PfellTer, following a fight In which lie
wounded two deputy sheriffs. After
overpowering tho olllcers l.angley en
tered it stom und shot the unde
fended police olllclul through the
heart. Lnngley was recently arrested
by state agents with 10." gallons of
home-made whisky In bis possession,
He was taken to the Rculiice Jail for
safe keeping.
During ii conference nt the stale
house nt Lincoln between Governor
McKelvie und ,T. R. Johnson, head of
the non-partisan league in Nebraska.
In reference to tin recent disruption
of u league meeting nt Reatrlce, the
governor Is said to have promised to
use all power at his command to pun
Ish persons who break up public
meetings und officers who refuse to
urrett disturbers. '
A terrible tragedy occurred at n
railroad crossing, seven miles north
west of Reatrlce. .Sunday, August 17,
when an automobile containing Mr.
nnil Mrs. Dan F.sch und their seen
children, was struct; by u fast passen
ger train. Four of tin; children, Nora,
12; Dan, !"; F.sther, 2; und George, 1,
were killed, nnd the other three, to
gether with the father und mother,
were Injured.
Governor McKelvie has accepted
the chairmanship of the Nebraska
committee, which Is being organized
to co-operate with the American Jew
ish Relief committee, in aiding starv
ing mid destitute Jews of Kurope. Tho
Nebraska drive, September 15-22, Is
for $11)0,000, this state's share of a na
tional fund of ?.'tri,()(M),()00.
Five hundred Nebraskans are ex
pected to Journey to Columbus, Ohio,
aboard the Sons of Veterans' special,
which leaves Lincoln Sept. 7, to attend
the G. A. It. encampment. The 1-cent
per mile railroad fare, and the pros
pects of u bl encampment seem to be
the attraction.
J. II. McClay, clerk of tho federal
court ut Lincoln, bns received appli
cation for passports to Germany from
Mr. and Mrs. A. Schwobe of the Cap
ital City, they being the first, It Is said,
to return to that country from Ne
braska since the war.
Farmers of Douglas county nre or
ganizing armed vigilance committees"
and patrolling the roads In defense
against motorists who rob orchards
and watermelon patches and make
away with spring chickens.
Nebraskans of Rohetnlnn descent
have begun n campaign to get food,
medicine, money nnd clothing to help
the suffering people of the newly
formed republic of Czecho-Slovnkla.
Crop experts of the Rurllngton es
tlnmte that Nebraska corn production
will total 175,000,000 bushels. This Is
virtually the same ns estimated by the
State Roard of Agriculture.
Railroad crop olllcials place" No
braskaV, 101!) wheat crop at 51.000,000
bushels. This is an increase of
,",000.000 bushels above government
und slate figures.
Vigorous enforcement of prohibition
In Seward county dining the past
month lias resulted in the swelling of
the school fund to the auiouti' of
$1,017.
The State Roard of Udiicatlonnl
Funds has awarded one potash and
mineral lease In Cheyenne county,
four in Garden, three in Sheridan and
11 in Sioux.
Virtually every section of Nebraska
received good rains during the past
week. Schuyler had a nrnr-cloud-burst,
five Inches of rain falling In a
single day.
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
new Cornbusker highway between
Wahoo and Fremont. The covering
of the route, with gravel has already
begun.
Mrs. W. T. Judy of Kenmey was
killed and her husband badly hurt
when u passenger trnln hit their nuto
mobile nt u crossing near Kearney.
A total of 70,000 head of live stock
were received at the South Omaha
market, August 18, shattering nil past
records for u single day's receipts.
General Pershing will visit members
of his family at Lincoln early In Oc
tober, according to word reaching the
Nebraska capital.
Kearney F.Iks are to have n new
home. Plans have already been
drawn for n building to cost $-iri,000.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Flectrle theater nt Plymouth. Tho
loss Is placed nt $7,000.
The Roard of Regents of the Uni
versity of Nebraska announced the
election of Fred W. Luehrlng, Prince
ton man, as director of tho combined
departments of athletics nnd physical
education at an annual salary of
fl.itOO.
Geo. Williams of Fairmont, legisla
tor, has been made chief of the bureau
of markets under the new stnto de
partment of agriculture, created by
the "code bill." This office, Governor
McKclvIo claims, bus tho authority to
check profiteering.
1 Several buildings were wrecked, n
number of head of cattle killed nnd
other minor damnge done by n cyclono
that swept over an era of six miles,
northwest of Grand Island.
Prosecutions are expected to result
from u riot nt Kenosuw, which was
precipitated by accusations mado
against some boys by members of the
Ilnys Amusement Co., which was clos
ing u several days' engagement In the
town. None of the disturbers, who are
said to have pelted tho performers
with eggs and bandied some of them
pretty rough, are residents of the city.
1jTr...STl r V T
I Suit for ."fllO.SOO bns been started
in the district court ut Fremont
against tho city of Scrlbner nnd Oscar
Rleyhl nnd Henry Rathman, Scrlbner
soft drink merchants, by Mrs. Unrbrn
Jauesovsky for the death of her hus
band. The plalntllV alleges Hint Ren
Jamln Jauesovsky, father and husband,
! was killed In an automobile accident
three weeks ago, while in u state of
drunkenness, eaused from drinking
cbler at the Rleyhl und Rathman es
tnblMimeiit. Scrlbner olllcials are al
leged to have been informed Hint the
two defendants were selling intoxicat
ing liquor.
Judge Morning of the Lancaster
couiUy district court has Issued a writ
of mandamus to compel Secretary of
State Amsberry to accept and file' tho
petitions calling for a referendum vote
on prohibition in the slate. The seen-
. inr.v ot state Had refused to accept
land file the petitions, claiming the
quest ton was a federal Issue. Ac
cording to the secretary of state tho
case will be appealed to the Nebraska
supreme court.
The government has sent word to
Federal District Attorney Allen at
Lincoln to prosecute anyone found
making liquor containing more than
one-half of one pei nt alcohol.
Therefore, those who have assembled
the well-known malt, hops and .least
lo concoct basement beer of unau
thorized test, are running the chance
of Immediate arrest by government
officials.
The valuation of the state of Ne
braska, according to figures prepared
by Secretary W. 11. Osborne of the
State Roard of Assessment, Is approx
imately S.TrL'.OOO.OOO. Last jour this
valuation was sr,C,7,I) 17,01 1. Thin
shows a gain in valuation of a littlii
over s 1,000.000.
The goddess of liberty, molded life
size In pure butter, nnd preserved for
exhibit In a double glass-walled refrig
erator, will feature the dairy exhibit
at l lit Nebraska stale fair. August .".l
September 5, at Lincoln.
T. S. Allen, United States district
attorney for Nebraska, at Lincoln, has
announced he will call u federal
grand Jury Jo Indict those guilty of
violating provisions of tin; Hoover
food control act.
Despite the fact that n great short
age of school teachers exists In Ne
braska, every one of the seventy-seven
schools In Fillmore county has a full
crew of Instructors for the opening
next mouth.
State Fire Inspector Meeker visited
Reatrlce and condemned twelve of tho
business blocks. Of Nil) buildings In
spected be found 00 per cent In bail
shape.
Kighty sisters of the Franciscan or
der, who have been attending the nor
mal training course at the St. Fran
cis' academy, at Columbus, received
certificates.
A live-day coursing meet is to ho
hold at Reatrlce beginning October
14. Greyhounds from 15 states. In
cluding famous entries from San Fran
cisco, will bo In tlie aces, ir Is said.
Dr. P.. F. Williams, chairman of the
State Roard of Control, has tendered
bis resignation to Governor .McKel
vie to take effect as .soon us bis place.
can be tilled.
!u an effort to reduce the co-i of
living to Its members, the l.'ucoln
Central Labor Union lias decided to
establish a co-operative store In the.
city.
Rttlldings of the Fremont Normal
school have been turned over to Hie
Midland college, which was moved
from Atchison, Kan., to Fremont.
An aero club has been organized at
Fremont, capitalized at $10,000. lis
purpose Is to give the city publicity
through the medium of airplanes.
Secretary Webber of the State Hor
ticultural society, estimates this year's
apple crop In Nebraska will be about
the same as last year, 215,000 barrels.
A movement Is on foo: to change
the Sewnrd-Aurora-Yorl; autoinobllo
highway so that It will pass through
Rradshaw and Hampton.
No primary will be held for candi
dates for the constitutional conven
tion in Platte county, ns only four
men filed petitions.
Hog prices are sliding downward at
the South Omaha market. The pat
week saw a drop of more than .$1 per
hundred.
Nebraska's potato ;rop for 1010 H
estimated ut 8,500,000 bushels, com
pared with 10,000,000 bushels last
year.
The Reatrlce Canning company will
not put up uiiy sweet corn this year
because of the poor crop In tho dis
trict. Work on the six-mile stretch of fed
eral highway from Fremont to Ames
has begun.
Applications of fifty telephone com
panies In Nebraska for permission to
Increase rates are now before the statu
railway commission. The commission
has heard a number of these cases
and has them under advisement.
Free range on the cut-over lands of
Minnesota, Wisconsin nnd Michigan,
and a surplus of fall and winter range
in Texas and Now Mexico have de
creased the demand for Nebraska aid
In caring for stock of drouth states,
according to Information reaching tho
agricultural college at Lincoln.
Several head of cattle have already
died In Royd county from nnthrax and
thu disease has appeared aihong herds
In both Cedar and Knox counties, ac
cording to reports reaching the state
veterinarian's office at Lincoln.
Juvenllo pig raisers of Nuckolls
county to tho number of thlrty-ono,
Journeyed to Lincoln In automobiles
ami spent it day In flight-seeing. They
wero guests of Governor McKelvie for
several hours und paid u lengthy
visit to the stnte farm. Tho excur
sionists, nil boys, are members of the
county pig club.
JHPKOVEP UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUMrSOIOOL
LESSON
tny rtr.v p ii uiri-WATut n. p.,
Teuilier of BiikIIkIi Hiblc In the Moody
nibte liiMltutp ut Chicago )
(OopyrlRhl 1919. WeMfni Vrnmif I'nlnn)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 31
SELF-CONTROL (Temperance).
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LUShON TKXT-Dnnlel f:S-21.
(30M)I-:n TKXT - ICvrry amn that
flttlvptli for tho nmstery Is tetupcruto In
nil tilings I Cor. 0:3."i.
ADDITIONAL MATKRIAti-Ilomans 14:
1-2.V, I Cor P:2l-:,7.
PRIMARY TOPlO-KeepltiB away from
WiltiKt vvlilch may lmrm us.
Jt'NMOR TOIMC-The story of s boy
Wild IllTlUlIC II KtrotlK MIIlll.
INTKKMUPIATI-: TOPIC - .I.cartilitiS
pplf-nmstnry.
HKNIOR AND AOt'r.T TOPIC-Self-conirol
th sectet of hiici cos
It Is loniowhnt strange that the les
son committee should select ibis
Scripture n a temperance lesson, for
it says nothing about temperance as
ordinarily understood. Total absti
nence from Intoxicating liquor should
be the law of every Christian's life,
but It Is not so taught in this Scrip
ture. I. Daniel Te3ted (vv. 5-7).
Daniel, while a tender youjh. was
torn from home ties and made a cap
tive In a foreign land to be trained for
service at the royal court. In or
der to be of the largest service it was
necessary that lie be brought to love
the king and nation, and he detached
from his own people and religion. To
accomplish this they
I. Appointed him a dally provis
ion of the king's meat and wine (v. 5).
This was for a twofold purpose: (1)
To gain the good will of Daniel and
his friends. Such recognition would
encourage them to give themselves up
to the king's service. (U) To supply
them with food deemed suitable for
their' physical and mental develop
ment. To partake of the food of
fered was against Daniel's religion.
His conscience would not nllow him
to partake thereof. Doubtless the meat
and wine had connection with heathen
feasts.
". Changed name (v. 7).
The object of this was to obliterate
natlounl and religious connection, nnd
to Identify them with the heathen
people. Daniel, which means "God
Is my Judge," was changed to Relte
.shazzar, meaning Rel's prince; Han
nninh, which menns "The gift of Je
hovah," to Shiidrnclt. meaning illu
mined by the sun god Rak; Mlshacl.
which means "Who is as God." to.
Mesliacb. meaning who Is like the god
dess Sheshach; Azariali, which means
"Jehovah Is our help," to Abed-uegn,
meaning the servant of Ncgo. Rehlnil
tills change of names was the attempt
of Satan to wipe from the minds of
these young men the name of the true
God and to cause them to lose their
place of separation.
II. Daniel Standing the Test (vv.
S-M).
Though a captive In a foreign land,
Daniel purposed In bis heart that he
would not defile himself with tho
king's meat and wine. Ills home train
ing was such that In this trying hour
he bad tho decision of character to
stand firm for Ills conviction. He
obeyed the dictates of ills conscience.
Willie unflinchingly loyal to God ho
did not lose his gentlemanly courtesy.
He requested to be tested ten days
In the food which the law of his God
allowed, agreeing to abide by the re
sults. Loyalty to God and conscience
need not Interfere with gentlemanly
behavior.
III. Daniel's Reward (vv. 15-21).
1. Physical health (v. 15). Godly
nnd temperate living pays. The king's
meat and wine would have been very
palatable, but to have partaken would
have been a compromise with his con
science. The exercise of self-control
In this matter kept his conscience
pure, and nlso Improved his physical
health.
2. Slentnl growth (vv. 17-20). Ho
was ten times the superior of his as
sociates. .1. Socially (v. 10). He stood before
tho king. He not only was next to the
king, but became president of the col
lege of wise men, nnd prime minister
of the empire, continuing througn sev
eral dynasties (v. 21).
4. Spiritually (v. 17). God re
vealed to him Nebuchadnezzar's dream
and gave him visions stretching across
the history of the world.
The secret of Daniel's success wns
(1) conscientiousness; (2) loynlty to
God; (!J) decision of character; (-1)
prayerfulness; (5) diligence; (fl) cour
tesy. Our Heavenly Father.
All of heaven and all of earth can
not contnln God. There Is something
of himself left for the hearts of men.
Just as the water which spills out of
the full bucket Is ns good as any of
the water In the bucket, so that part
of God which dwells In the henrts of
men Is Just as much of God ns that of
himself which dwells In heaven.
Living Influence.
Whatnver definitions men have giv
en of religion, I find none so accurate
ly descriptive of It as this; that It Is
such a belief of the Rlble as maintains
u living Influence on the heart nnd
life. Cecil.
Result of Christian Temper.
Peuce is the proper result of the
Christian temper. It Is tho grent kind
ness which our religion doth us, that
It brings us to n settledness of mind,
nnd a consistency within ourselves.
Dlshop Patrick,
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