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Gift to EducatioD _
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( thai Sitm Could SIlPport ill Com-
lort 304,762 Prl.'solls for Dno
Yelzr , Coulel Build llomos for
100,000 , Could Pay Dne'Ycar'
Intcl'cst on tbe National 1Jebt"
I :11ld Could Provielo for All tbo
Yearly Expellses of. tbe : Go , '
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crunzents of DClimark null
GI.eecc OUJbj Cd
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Sociali u V.icws tIle Great GUt
j tVilh os , P.1rlial Approval ;
1 , Mayor Tom L , Johnson . : $ ay.s
r , l It 1.8 An-Anchor Cast to tVir1d :
'I 1t 11'ard A ainst the Time .that
I' ' > People 'ViII Become Aroused :
thc Frcl1ch Press , Astonisbed
at Its Site , Differ as to tbo
JJlotivcs for It.
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Ii New York.-Thlrty.two million dol-
: j lars for education ! This latest gift
of John D. Roclccfeller so overtops
f\ \ anything ovm' lmown In the line of
'j I philanthropic . giving that it roqulres
some analyzing to comprehend the :
vastness of the sum. In recent years
. ' tllO American people have had their
' financial sense of proportion unduly :
expanded by taUt of millions tossed
j' about to various institutions. I
It Is worth whllo to look first- into
il the enormous amount of labor requlr- :
! ed to prolluce this sum which Mr. i
j Rockefeller Is able to give away , says. .
; / the New York World. 'I'ho United
t States census report for 1900 contains I
I some statistics upon 011 rofinerles.
'rhe Standard 011 company , of which
J 1\11' . : : : : is tltUlareslden _
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ers would qUlckl ) ' aum Ul ) to the edu.
caUonal Sift figures.
Would Pay Interest on National Debt.
Some of the things that $32,000,000
would do In making history Illustrate
strlldngly the power of individual
wealth. That much money wou1l1 pay
for the running of the governments of
Denmark and Greece combined for n.
) 'ear , countries that maintain ro'al
families that are related to nearl ) ' all
the thrones of Europo. It Is several
millions moro than the annual rove
enuo of either Norway or Mexico , and
far exceeds the income of a lot of
second.rate nations. With It ho could
pay the interest for a year 011 the na.
tlo1.1 l debt of the United States. In
185G this gift would have liquidated
the nation's ontlro national debt.
Even now by a lIttle moro than doub.
ling the amount Mr. Rockefeller could
render Norway financially free and
perhaps win the Nobel peace 11rlze.
Mr. Carnegie believes that boolts afford -
ford the best education. The best
books that were ever wrltton , the so
of the kind that are found In Sir John
Lubbock's list of one hundred best
boolts , can bo published and sold to.
day for 25 cents each. Eight of such
volumes would cost two dollars. 1\11' .
Hockofellor's gift would place such u
nucleus of an education in the hands
of every child of school age In the
United States , or It would place thom
as a library In posseslon of every fam.
11) ' In the countrr. :
U costs about ; 20 a ) 'ear to educate
a child In the public schools of small
communities. The Interest alone on
the HoltoCellor donation amounts , at
five per cent , to $ lGOOOOO a year.
That sum would give education each
year to 30,000 children. It would more
than pay the entlro cost. of teaching
Now .Yorlt City's GOOOOO children for
a year.
Turning aside from educational fig-
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Illterest-$4,32J ! dally-would glv brea l
miles long-22 miles from city hull to no c
nnd from which ho made his wealth ,
owns or controls nearly all the refineries -
fineries In the country.
What Gift Means In Labor.
.
The census report sa's that the average -
, paid in 011 rQfinories
. . . . erago wages
to ablobodled men over 1G years of
ago in 1899 was $557 a year , or a trifio
over $10 a weolt. Dealing with. the
" matter of labor alone , In the accumulation -
lation of these thlrfy-two mlllious It
would requlro the unremitting work
( of an army of 57,450'men giving all
, , " their wages to 1\11' . Hoclmfoller for
. .
ono whole ) 'ear at the average rate
Standard AU men werc' paid to maIm
up his gift.
That would bo equivalent to all the
workIngmen In Provldenco or Kan-
Bas City or Hochestor turning over
their wages for a 'ear to 1\11' . Rock .
teller-a whole city worIdng' for him .
so that this gift might ho . accumu , i
lated.
I .
'rho production of cl'udo petroleum
In the UnltetI States In 1)05 ! ) , tbo lat- . ,
I est year for which ataUsllcs uro available - I
able , wan aPlu'oxlmutol ) ' 140,000,000
barrels. A trifling dlfferenco of 23
cents pel' baiTol , 01' about onohalf
cent per gallon , 01\ this output would
malto tll ) the gIft In a slnglo year.
The StantIard Is not so much a pro ,
ducor of petroleum aD it ill : a relInor
and sollor. It buys from oil.well own.
ers most of its raw product and fixes
/ . . ; . . . . , . the llrico , which fluctuates considfn'a.
. bly. J'heroforo so slleht 11. reduction
as ono-half cent lIeI' allou in the
nmouut the Standnrd IJa'S to produc.
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1 to FlelKchman line of SG , ' SO men , or 22
Iwfeller's house In 'l'nrn'town.
ures , a subject on which 1\11' . Rocke-
fellor's general education board hns
all manner of statistics , there are
some essential practical things that
his thirty-two millions would do. For
example , It costs , oven at present high
prices , about $3,200 to build 11. house
In Drooldrn with all modern convenl.
ences and of sufficient size to contain
two families of five persons each.
Technically these are known as two.
family houses. The education gift
would build 10,000 of such houses ,
giving hap11r homes to 100,000 11eolo )
who now merely exist in crowded
tenements.
Alhanr Is a city of 100,000 lleople.
All of them coultI bo comfortabh IHit i
Into homes that might he built with
such a sum. The total assessed real.
ty valuation of Alhany Is $ G4,000,000 ,
of which moro than onehalf is busl.
ness Ilrollert ) ' , So. that the lIcation
gift might purchase the homes of an
cntlro capital clt ' . 'rhe cost of lIv.
ing last year In the United Staten was
$105 } lor person , giving all the neces-
I sltles of life , At this rate 30.I,7G2
11001110 c\IlIl : bo sllllllOl'ted for a ) 'ear
out of . the donation , Nohod ) ' In such
cities. all : Nowarlt , Washington , Milwaukee -
waukee , Detroit , or New Ol'lellns
would hllvo to , YOII'Y ahout food 01'
clothing. The morc Iltorest' on the
sum would SIIPlrt llel'lletually the
< : I1Uro 1101Hilation of slIch cltlos as
Ansonla , Conn , : Johnstown , N. Y. , or
Now Hochollo. An ) ' clt ) ' of 15,000
people could IIYO on the Income of the
gift.
gift.In
In the matter of food nlono such
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a sum would 110 wOI1 < lc'rs. Its moro
Interest in < : omo , amounting to $4,321'1
a da ) ' , would Corevor' fel'l a F1l1lsch.
man brend lIne of 8G,580 men , giving
one a loaf of brend oyerr nhht. ' 1'hat
IIno would extend not morel ) ' uround
Grace church , as at present , but 22
mlles Ul ) Broadwa ) ' to , 'l'an'ytown.
Would Build Another Subway.
It could build another subway In
New York clt ) ' lIIto the pl'esont ono ,
the most marvelous railway in tllO
wOl'ld , carrying mal'O passengers in n
day than many great lines do In six
months. It could construct I\ . trunk
lIne from Now York 1,280 miles west.
ward to Kansas CIt ) . , at the' ro.to of
$25,000 ' 1\ milo , which is all that roads
cost under normal conditions.
'rhe things that could bo done for
the material benefit of humanity with
the 611m of $32OOO , OO are of great
numbor. 'I'ho question arises whether
the money might have been bettCl' ap'
plied to some of thom.
Mr. W. II. 1\Iallock , the eminent
English antagonist of socialism , was
aslted how ho regarded Mr. Roclcefol.
100"S bequest.
"To pass any competent opinion on
Its effects on public welfare and hap.
plness would roqulro careful stud 't"
ho replied. "Such an enol'mous gift
60 overtops anything wo have had in
Englaml that I hardl ) ' know how to
pu It.
"In one sense I should sa ) ' that the
individual who by oxtraordlnary nbll.
Ity and talent makes a great fortune
would do better not to attempt giving
It away himself , but pass that duty
on to his sons- His genius has been
that of worlt and money.maltlng. The
sons would not necessarily be bl'ought
up in the same line of accumulation.
'rhoy could devote their tlmo and tal.
ent , therefore , better to the question
of proper distribution.
"Mr. Carnogle's bequests to IIbrar
les have produced much criticism In
England because of the burdens he
imposes on the taxpa'ers. In this
respect the giving failed of due appro.
clatlon.
.Glft Should Benefit Labor , Too.
"You ask me how I should have
liked to see this bequest of Mr. Rocke.
feller's applied differently ? I cannot
answer , as I have not examined It ful.
ly. To a certain extent I would have
the philanthropic gifts so made as to
benefit labor as well as education.
For example , a gift that would enable
the excavations of Herculaneum and
other burled cities to bo uncQvered
would afford not enl ) ' lallor but Increase -
crease our sum of lmowledge.
" 'Vhethel' such enormous donations
will affect the theory of socialism Is
a question : ret to bo answered. In
one forlll It cortalnis \ a distribution
of wealth. The scale on which it Is
being conducted in the United States
fairly bewilders one. "
SoclaUsm views the Hockefeller boo
quest with partial approval as a
means toward tbe end it defllres. .T.
G. Phelps Stoltes , 011'0 of the pal'ty
leaders , said :
J. G. 'Phelps Stokes' Ideas.
"Whllo I am not prepared to (1Is-
cuss off.hand 110W I would dispose of
so vast a sum , I certainly would not
give It to pubUc charity. I would
regard the doling out of $ :12,000,000 :
In alms as a calamity. I do not ap.
prove of extenslvo charit ) ' . It accom-
pUshes no permanent results In reo
lIeving poverty , without romovlng its
cause. Education alone will do that ,
and this gift to higher education will
affect the 11001' in that it will work
to create a keener appreciation of jus.
tlce.
tlce."It
"It is unfortunate , however , that
the suspicion should attacl1-.to this
gift , for the purp so of leading men to
the h'uth that mon who dare teach
the truth as they see It may find tholr
chairs In colleges vacated.
"Should that money bo given to hos ,
pltals , you ask ? I should say no. I
would have the . hosilitals sUPllOrted
b ) ' the state. .Dlseaso Is the result
of condltl nll : created by man. And
to have the Individual turn around
and glvo back to society part of the
money ho has wrung from it to allevl.
ate the conditions ho himself has created -
ated is Incongruous. That is the
function of the state.
"Education 11:1 : the only hope for the
roUef of the conditions of the poor.
Until man Is taught .tho rights of his
follow.num and learns to respect
them , conditions will continuo as they
are. Under present social conditions ,
gifts to oducatlon are tIlO best way of
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' ' 'ouhl Jlvc C\'Cn" ono of the la.OOO UOO
fnmllil's In the UnIted StntcH eluht host
oolm.
dlsposln t of thes vast accumulations
of woalth. "
Tcm Johnson's Opinion.
On the other hand , the motives
promlltfng such a gift are questlonod
b ) ' many -pooplo of aflvanceti Ideas ,
Ma'or 'rom 1 _ , Johnson , of ClovolantI ,
hlmlUlf : ! a man ot wealth , spealtillg ot
. 'A
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1\11' , Hockl'Cl'llor's gin , said : "It is an
ancbor to the whulward against the
tll11l''llOn marollsod people w111
cllrtall the privileges of publlc-sorvico
corporations. 'rho gift was li"t In
cash. Most. 1l1toly It was railway so-
cmltles. Bvor ) ' ono of the so Is a
mor" ago against the Culuro. omo
da ) ' It will dovolon , perhaps thl\t the
special llrl"lleges wblch these mH.
roads enjoy will bo threatened.
"It will reslIlt In n sudden squeo ? .
lng of the water out of these stocks.
'I'hen there will go lip a cry that these
great educational Interests , ( lopondent
upon the relurns from these lIocllrl. :
tlos , are being threatened. There will
bo talk , also , oC what the wltlo\\'tI and
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Ono.hnlf cent PCI' gallon on the I1vo nnd
n. hn.IC . , billion f'nlJons : : of crude petroleum
produ < ed laRt renr would nearly equal the
, OOOOOO gift.
orphn.ns arc in danger of losing. A
condition will bo presented that 11II\Y
have a protectlvo effect for the cor.
pomtlons involved. "
Gift Is Discussed In Europe.
Discussion over the girt has spread
to EUI'Ole. The \Vorld'lI : Paris corres.
110ndent In a special cable deslI tch
said :
"Tho Hockefeller gift has excited
astonlshmont In the French , press.
Several studies of his temperament
have been IHlbllshc in which tilO
writers seek for reasons which
pr mpted the giving away' of such an
enormous sum. Ono editor sllggests
piety as the cause and another sug.
gests tl\at \ all American millionaires
tremble In dread of laws that may
rob them of their wealth.
"Tho American temlemment , so
the artlclo continues , Is restive
against great accumulations , and this
enormous bequest is Intended to stave
of ! public action or the Individual act
of murderous jealousy and envy.
"Still another wrIter sa's that Mr.
Rockefeller wants to bo talltod about
Cor ether than financial distinction.
Ho cannot do an'thlng great for laclt
of cultivation. lIe hall
: no art collections -
tions or Intellectual pursuits about
which the public hear , therefore he
maIms his money talk.
" 'I'ho Potlt ParisIon , however , takes
a moro generous vJow , bellovlng that
1\11' . Hockefeller , unHke French mll.
Honah'es , feels deeply that great
wealth Imvosos dutieR uvon its pos.
sessor and in pure justlco Is doing
his best to acquit llimsolf. "
GREAT RAFTS ON OCEAN.
Immense Loads of Tlmbcr' Trans.
ferred Over the Sea.
Nearly as large as the largest trans.
Atlantic liners are some of the huge
sea rafts by means of which timber Is
transferred from the Columbia rIver
and Puget sound to San Francisco or
southern California. Occasionally
these bundles of logs measure G50
feet from end to end and contain as
mnny as 5,000 pieces of tlmher. To
fasten such n raft so thut it will withstand -
stand the force of the seas to which
It Ie exposed In the trip down the
coast n. . . . Uttle engineering skill In re-
Clulred. As the cigar shape offers less
reslstanco to the force of the waves
than an ) ' other , this has been adopted.
In Older to plIo the tlmbor In this
Corm a hugo slwleton or shhnvay Is
constl'ucted. This is practically a
cradl , which Is moored In the water
ndja mt to the boom where the raft
timber Is confined. Dy means of a
hoom derrick the poles and piling are
lItted from the boom singly and
placed In the proper position In the
cradle. They are so adjusted as to
overlap each other , the plan followed
helng somewhat similar to that In layIng -
Ing n brJclt wall , the end of each stlclt
being placed opposlto the center or
the ono adjacent to it.
Artor completion the raft Is wrapped
with iron chl\.lns lashed around It at
Intervals ranging from 12 to 20 feet
apart. Those chains are comllOsod of
one and one.half Inch IInlts and the
ends are toggled together after the
chains have been stretched taut by a
hand or steam windlass. To pro vent.
the chains from sHllplng Iron staples
are driven through the IInlts Into the
outsldo poles. In addition to the
chains , however , "side lines , " as they
are called , conlllstlng : of wire 1'01'0 , 11.1'0
stretched around the raft between the
chain sectlonll : , so that when the
wrapping Is comilletc < l the mass of
Igs Is b und togethel''ory securely ,
I When the wrwvlng : Is finished the
I rMt Is road ) ' for launching.
: In building the raft two twolncl )
chains are stretohed lengthwise from
elul to end through the center , OnE ;
( : f these Is bolted to a sort of Imllthea
at one end , consisting of a hand oj
Iron , which Is fitted around the pro
jectlng ends of the OutOl' plecos , The
olher clmln Is connected at the for.
ward oml with the towing hawser 1u1
secured insldo the raft by lateral
chains. 'ro move this unwieldy bullt
two powerful steamers are usually ( U
rectly ahead and the ether to Itcer.
the raft In UlO rhdlt course ,
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DEBORAH , THE
PROPHETESS
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A STOIIY or Tnt PERIOD OF TUt JUDOtS
1M ISL\L
DF the .111.1. , . . . , . and F".F" Pre.ch.r
( o..l'J'rl'Iat.UCI1. bJ' Uoe AIUllor , IW. F..b n. )
Scrlpturo AUlhorlty : - Judges 4
and G.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
SERMONETT . t
"And the children of Israel Y : ' :
. E came up to her for JUdgment. " +
Two thoughts arrest our ntten. j'
i tlon In contemplation of this 0 , ; '
. declaration. First the desire for f
Instruction In the things of +
'
: God on the part of the children t
. of Israel , and , second , the abll. ' , '
' Itymd privilege of Deborah In
: thus ministering the things of t
j. God to those In need. : to
' , ' It marks an epoch In the life : ; :
: ' : of an Individual and a people
+ when there comes realization :
j : of need. I can Imagine that pre. . '
: t vloua to this time , befol'e op' : , :
f pression became so grievous +
.t : and while sin seemed so allur. : ! :
{ . Ing and sweet , that Israel did : t'
j : not have much desire towards :1 : :
' ; ' God. There was then no going f
3 : up to the Bible school under .i ,
X the palm trees of Deborah. The :1 : :
t complacency and Indifference of t
* . the world spirit held them. '
j : They were dead on the God. j :
+ t ward side. ' '
.
: But when the awakening 'J'
: came there began a new epoch . .
; In their lives. Ah , what a , t ,
: t : bright morning Is that when l :
, . the light of God's truth breaks
'
, + In upon the soul , and It goes up :
: , humble and repentant to the j'
t place of Instruction I uBlessed. . 't'
are they which do hunger and
, . .
thirst after righteousness , for
+ they shall be filled. " j :
Man'a hunger for God never : (
. exceeded the supply of God's j.
grace. The soul nay take and ) :
take and take of the divine 'f
fullness , but It can never ex.
haust It. Remember that. 0 ; '
. . And now as to Deborah. " !
' Scripture does not give us the : f :
. particulars of her life and tell : r. ,
i us how she attained to the ex. j.
. . alted place and title of prophet. 1 :
't' ess In Israel , but we may be ' , '
: i : certain that It was not the re. : i :
t suit of chance or the unmerlt. j'
: ; : ed favor of God. There was the : t
j' . vision of the pearl of great price .t
and the paying of the price to :1 : :
.1 obtain the longed.for treasure. : ' :
. . She had the genius of hard . ' ,
f work and the gift of persist. 3 :
ency. : t ,
, But the day came when De. ' ; '
I : borah , the despised and shun. j :
: ned , became Deborah the proph. + ; '
+ etess. The day came when 1 :
: * : those who had laughed at her . ' ; . +
, religion were glad to sit at her . +
, feet and learn of him whom ; +
, they had despised and dlshon. : ! :
ored. t
I Be patient , oh soul. The way' :
" of righteousness 10 lonely some- of
times. To walk with Cod j :
t means to walk apart from . J' .
: r friends and loved ones so often ,
' but be faithful and patient. By
thy life thou shalt help many , .
i'
: and by the wayside thou shalt , :
be able to speak the word that ,
: shall point to God. :
+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
THE STORY.
the lIttle baby gIrl came
WHEN
Into that homo In Ephraim and
was named Deborah the parents IIttlo
ren.1lze the future that la ) ' before
her. In the first place there was dls-
! J.ppolntmont because she , the l1rst
born child , was not a hey , and then.
again she was not 11 comely child , In
fa t. 50 distorted seemed her features
that her mother found no joy In
lookIng upon her face. , And to malw
the affilctlon harder to bear , the un ,
usually ugly features of the child
gave her neighbors anti tllO towns.
"lleoplo occasion to speak wor s of
rIdicule and scorn , for because she
and her husband bn.d remained true
In tholr loyalty to the Hebrew God ,
and would not share In the festivities
which had been Instituted In their
midst they were the objects or derIsion -
sion and persecution.
"Now see the curse thn.t bas come
upon you. Whore i8 your God that
ho should allow , such n child to be
born to you ? " they would ask her ,
and she and her husband secludetI
themselves more and moro from the
world about them ,
And this was tllo atmosphere In
which Deborah grow up , a condition
which at once stnmped Its Infiuence
upon the child and made her naturally -
rally a recluse lllto her Imronts.
Long heforo the tlttlo gil'l was able
to run upon the street people Itll : the ) '
, pasmd : the tlttlo hme ) would marlt
I hOl' homel ) ' Ceatur's antI whisper un ,
I kind commont. The mOlher , lceen to
catch a critical glance and the whls-
, llored word , would clasp her darling
I closer to her lIreast and whlsllOI' In
her ear the pet words of love and ali-
I III'eclation. And when Dehorah grew
I old enough to mlnglo wHh the chilI -
I I dl'on of the neighborhood Bho UUI'lj'
l I became conscloulI : of a dlffl'renco bo ,
t tween her nnd the other girls. They
. 'seomed ' to shun hOI" 'rhey would
. ! llOlnt at her and malto grimaces. And
, . often as she passed alon& ; the street
I of the Ylllago the bOj's anll Sh'l
I would shout aCte. her camns hel'
: namos.
.1 'rhen Deborah , shy and sensitive
. ' as she was , would run to her nwther ,
I and , buryln2' her taco In hel' lall , sob
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out her grief In her car. At such
times 010 mother would say to lur ,
that she could have a beautiful heart
If she dill n t hn\'o a comely Cace.
Thnt God looked on the heart rather
tl1nn the outward appearanco. AmI
then she wouhl ( ; a on to tell her of
the Hebrew God 1\11(1 ( the woudorful
thlngll : ho had done Cor his people ,
and Debol'llh would listen eagerly and
forget her gl'lef. 1\101'0 and moro n9
the 'ears went 'by she lived In the
IItmosllhOl'o of- the stories hel' 1110Uwr
told hOI' . She withdrew Coom the
world without , and wns novel' so
hnpIy as when IIlttlng : nt her molh ,
or's knee hoarlng t.ho stories of Gel
allll his dealings with the children of
brl\.ham.
And then a8 sllo would gO nhroad ,
as her duties orton required , I1nd she
would 800 the wiclwdness ubout her ,
the worship of the Idols and the In.
dulgences In the heathen Cestivltleo ,
she would rush bacl , to the reCugo of
her own homo and question her
molher about It , aslting , ever and
0\01' again :
"Ohl 111amml1 , how cnn they forgot
GOll so 1 How chI' . thor 1.10 so wlclted ? "
A 11(1 ( then the molher would go ever
the hlstOl' ) ' of the children of Israel
ogaln , end show her how repoatedl ) '
they had wl1ndored away from home ,
how allllcUon and trouble hnd come ,
and how at last the ' had heon brought
bacIt to him.
Thus the ' 'em's passed and Deborah
grow Into wOlllanhood. Stili there
were the dlstorled features , but with
the dovelollmont of years and the
growlhg near to God , there had como
a subduing Inlluonco OYor the Irregu.
111.1' . , harsh lines of the face. No ono
who loolccd Into these deep , sorlous
o 'es and saw them light up I\S she
tallwd concerning the things of God :
no ono who heard the wonderful
doth ) nnd Cullnoss of her resonant
volco couftl have failed to reallzo that
bohlnd thl1t homely fnco there wus
lIomo : hlddon power and charm which
cl111t1vated and subdued. The great
hunger of her heart for Imowledgo of
God had during the early years drawn
from her "mothm' every vestlgo and
scrap of hlstor ) ' of hm' leOlllo and
their God , and then she had grown
Into the custom of tolling thom ever
to her mother In hm' own wonderful
way. And hOl' mother would listen
with rapt attention and when she
WIlS done she would lay her hnnd rove
erentlylllon her head 111111 exclaim :
"Surel ) ' , the spirIt of God restoth
Ullon thee , 1II ) ' child. "
One day Deborah returned homo
after a silecllllly tI'rlng ordeal In the
marlet placo. For there had comO
that day n company of Canaanites te-
the vlllug'o and the people had given
themselves up to the festivities of the
occasion.
"Oh , If some ono would only tell the
lleo\lo \ of their sin , " Deborah ox.
calmed , after she had related to hot'
mother the sad scene.
"And why do not you ? " aslted hel
mother , with sudden Inspiration.
" 1\Ie. mother ? " Deborah exclntrned ,
shrinltlng baclt at the thought. "How
could I 'f"
Nothing m ro was said but her
mother's words , " 'Vhy do not , you 1"
ltapt ringing In 11e1' eal'S , until at last
she exclaimed to herself :
"I will ! I will just tell them 01
God's leading In the past. Of the past
sins of the peOllo and how God has
punished them. Of the present wiclt.
ednoss and how nurely God will visit
affilctlon upon them If they do not
turn from ovll ways an sqrvo thQ Uv
Ing God. "
And Deborah Impt her resolve , I1nd
not many da 's artOl' this her name
was on ovOl'y ono's lips liS the ono
who had fearlessly stood up In the
marltat place and denounced the sins
of the people and pleaded with them
to turn baclt to God. ,
Now ono or these who had IIstoned
to Deborah's message In the market
plnco was a man of Mount Ephraim
named Lnpldoth. Ills spirit was
stirred within him at the words he
hon.rd and when the Itlng had refuscd
to let Deborah speak further In the
marltet 111aco ho offered her shelter
among his people in the mountain
fastnesses. And hlthor It wus that
Deborah wlthdrow and she becam ! )
the wife of Lapldotb , and the plnco
whore she dwelt became 1mown all
the place of the palm tree of Deborah ,
tor there the beautiful great tree
reared Its tall head to the sky and
was n landmnrlt b ) ' which the peopl ! )
were guided to 1101' dwolllng. And
hlthor UIO people resortetI to her for
Instruction and judgment , and as the
affilctlott of the chlldron or Israel
grew , for Jabln the king increased his
011 pression more and more , the people
came to cry unto their Gel nnt ! at last
through Deborah and Daralc , R bravo
and mighty man of war whom slio
called to her aid , sha dellvercd Israel
and judged thom Cor ' '
man ) ) 'enrs :
Second Painting for Church Finished.
MI' . l\lott \ Dalngerllcld has placed
the second of his Sl'eat wall paintings
In the chapel of th Ch.urch of St.
: \1ary the VIrgin , New Yorlt. The sub ,
ject 11:1 : " 'rho Magnificat. "
A New Platform for Christians.
Prcshlont Hyde of Bowdoin coll'go
' 111 gests a platform for 1111 ChrisUnl1s ,
la which ho leaves Ol1t doctrine ! ] al.
most altogether , and omphaslzes prac.
tical othics.
.
AncIent Manuscl'lpta Found.
Valuable ullciont mal1l1scrllts [ of the
nlblo have been found in 11. mona9
tory 011 Mount Sinai , amI ha\'o been
deciphered hy lheh' nndel'Irli. ; : . Lowlll : ,
of England ,
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Governor of Hong I < eng a Jew.
Sir Matthew Nathall , govol'n'r of
Hong l eng , Is the only member , the
Hehrew faith umol1G the rl1101's of
English cQlonles. His ! Jalar ) ' Is ; 30,000.