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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
" OF DIVORCES IN THE
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ITHIN the Illst 20 ) ' \rs
there h3.vO been 1,300,000
dlvorccs tu the Unltctl
States , 'l'he ! } tlgUl'cs are
supplied by tllC ccnSU3 bU'
reau at Washington , which
Is still at work prcparlng the c0ll11110tc
and official report.
' 1'hls Is an Increase of 1,000,000 In' '
hhe Inst 20 'cars ever the 20 procml.
ling ) 'ears , and the nplm11lng llUrt. or
lit Is thnt twothlrtls , oQuearly ! JOOOOO ,
, of thes tltvorces have heen granted ,
, says the New York Sunday Herald ,
I Hasty Marrlades I
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J. , .P.n. ' MOEN A Hdhv.-a.tJ
. . \ Iry ; AM : a minister oC the g03POI. I be ,
r : Heve In the BIble , 1t Is rogrellable
that there are so many l ferent state
' 1aws governing divorce , and I feel
sorr ) ' for the children of 'all { hese dl.
, vorced people , says Rov. Phoebe A ,
Uanaford ,
No , It Is not the fault. of the "new
woman , " There is no "new woman , "
A woman ts a woman , There arc good
.
.women and bad women , bnt no "new
women , " ,
, There are too many hasty mar.
rla cs. This should be loolto after.
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" 'Yhcn the census lJUreau bean ; Its
IIlYestigation it had to leave Ollt near'
ly { j00.000 cases which WC're IJendlng ,
and o { the 2,900 investigators , clerks.
otc , . employed in the Jureau In the
preparation o { this report 1 to are still
nt work getting It. In Hr , final and com.
plett ! shape ,
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France has only 79 divol'ce cOIll'ts ,
German ' only 28 , EnguIlil , only one ,
Bnd the United States ha3 2,921 courts
empowered to grant divorces , These
tacts alone are sumciont to glvo the
thlnlter vause and ask "What Is the
remed ) ' ? "
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, "New Woman" Blamed.
I 'Writers who defend the conven.
ttonal and "domostlc" type of womlHI
/put / all the blame on the "new wOn
n , " The ' say she hail left her legit !
plnte sphore-the home-that she ne
onger lov08 or insplr08 love. and that
Iin defiance of all history and her ( ) w
apparent destiny , refuses to consldel
, .n1arrlllge and motherhood the objecl
of her exlstenco ,
,
They urge she has abandoned thE
! hearthstone to become a writer , at
artist. n pla 'wrlght , an actress , z
teacher. or whatnot. and durln thE
iperlod In which she has gained hel
' ' 'rights' ' ( the last 20 years ) the mar
irlage Institution . has been assailed 01
all sides ,
Is It the "new woman's" fault ?
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'rho "now woman" dlffnl' ; ; ( rom he
sister In this respe'et at le'1.5t-shl
, has no flatter ) ' fOl' "the t 'I"ant IIIl1n , '
ISho turns rl ht around and places al
Itho blame for the marital unl'est 01
jIlls shouders ! ,
i "Man docs not understand uur com
Iplex nature , " she says. "and while h' '
considers marriage as only ono stag ,
Iof his own mental and spiritual do\'el
lopment. he Insists that " ' 0 shall COIl
Ider It the only excuse for OUI' e
11stence.
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"This Is unfair , " she I continue !
"We are not to be classed with 011
"domestic' " sisters , We Illty them bll
we are not of them. " 10 have alnll
aspirations and ambitions the same a
men , and to attempt to rOl'co us Int
domesticity fs to sutTocate us , W
objcct to bolng callet ! undutlrul hell
meets because wo are not ' 8l1hmlsslvl
to our husbands' mlsconCelJton ! an
misunderstanding of us. "
"Dut , " the defon el'J o { the convol
Uonal t.po of woman reilly , " 'ou cm
not accomplish anything great In 11
ernture , science or religion , and 'O
never have produced works of I'el
'and universal genius. The most 'O
can do Is to malO YOUI' own breael au
butter. ' Your trivial croatlons In a :
I and IItoraturo can he 8l1ared , and It
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your Intellectual discontent nnll u :
rest that Is spreading the IltVOI' (
germ , 'whlch threatens slon to d
yolop Into a dlyorce ellhh mlc , ' 1'a
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the place assigned to 'Ol' by nature ,
bo man's helpmeet and all will bo ,
well , "
Hus higher education made woman
dlssatlslled with the domestic sphere ?
Or Is It thut the ill h tension of
modern cveryda ) ' business lICe has
prm'ented the husband from giving
his wlfo the romantic attentions and
CUl'esses demanded by hOl' nature ?
Modern Man Too Duoy.
It Is not uncommon ( or the wlyes
of buslnoss men to 8pond summer In
} jjurope and winter In the Routh , and
man ' times theyfind In these places
the romantic companlonshllJ and at.
tention thell' own husbands hud not
time to glvo them at home.
LIke "bh'ds In.a gilded cage" the ) '
WCI'e treated , their husbands sending
them packages oC lace and bundles of
! I lilt s , and bringing them homo hand'
fuls of Jewels , but If the ' oyor sus'
pected theh' wives' need of romance
nnd tendel'1less they wOl'e unable to
supply It. because of the doman ls on
their time b ' their many business In.
terests ,
Or Is It that the modern Inventions
for pickling , Ilre801'vln : ; , dyeing and
cleaning havQ loft the twentieth cen ,
tury woman with "vast lolsul'o" on
her hands , and has her laclt of domes.
tic occupations and cares made her
dissatisfied and hypercritical of her
busy and worried husband ?
And does she brood over his "cold ,
ness" an ar lIecause In his haste to
Iteel ) some business engagement he
hll1'rlcs fOI'th without tho' morning
Idss ?
Other Reasons Given.
01" Is It that young couilles loolt at
ma1'1'Ia. c too childishly and do. not see
the economic , sociological and political
sides of the family ? Do ther not
realize Its Integral I'elatlon to the
state ?
Do they consider It as a personal
thing , and does thoh' dull sense of the
sociological aS1Ject of marrlago dun
them to the sociological aspect of dl ,
vorce ?
01' are marriages too lIghtlr entered
OUId Be Sacrament I
.J.s : LU.2'.lBfTH BtcoArYAtuAc :
reason for so many divorces I :
THE
that women do not spend enougl
. time studying the characteristics 0
1 tholr Intended hushands. according' i
lrs , : bHzabeth : Bacon \Valllng , It I
not caused ) ' the fact that model'l
lIIachlnel' ' and Inventions have talOl
woman's domc3tc ! work from hel
" thus Il.'avln hol' with lots of time 01
her hands to flh't. and get Into mh
chief , ThC' athletic Irl Is all right.
ha'o'e nothing against her ,
A ) 'oung woman 1I\'ln In Inc
toenth street mal'l'led a man she hal
only Imown three months. Ono da )
In looking rrom her front window , ah
saw him sitting In a baelt window of
, Twentieth street nllnltment , wdUn
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letters and reading a newspaper COlT
IJlacentIy.
She asked him what he was 110ln
there , 11e replied he was vhltln hi
friend , Iohnson , Slibsequently Il dl
velollCd I hat ho had R wire and famil
there. Isn't this allpaIIlng ?
'fhe ) 'oung woman eaml' to 11I1
heartbroken , What cOlillI I do ? Whe
lwoplo undorstanll t hat marriage Is
sacrament as the chl11'ch knO\\'s It t
bo thel'o will 1 > 0 feweJ' 11I\'orcCH ! , ante
to a large oxten tlWl'C will bo n
marital unrest.
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II' Into ? HoDr , llollKhton , IJast.or r
t. "The l..tttIe Church Around the Co
ner , " now has I he bans called. whlc
IIII'lUiS that three weel s' puhlle notle
11gl'en ot' all Intl.'lIIlod nU\I'I'lagE's I
the Chlll''h ,
00 hushands and wl\'I.'s pXJE'l't ! t
find In mlllTlagu only I ( 'olltlnuatlo
oC the romantic 1Il1IIs , of ( 'ourt811lr
. \nd when ther find each day ttll.IC
1m-II ; ecstasy and moro Imperfectlur
Illscoveralilo In each othel' do the
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rush ImmedIate\- \ without second
thought to the dh'orco courts ?
The ronson , " 1 just got tired or AI.
fred , " or "Margaret 1 > ecamo such n
bore , " has boon , ; I\'on by marc thnn
ono person who has nlllIell ( for dl.
vorco , Looking In n1l\1'I'Ingo for Indl.
.
'o'lIlual halliliness only , how could the )
remember their duty to the state ?
Sociologists , writers , doctors anll
le allsts on nIl hands are asldnlt , I
"What is to bo done ? Should there
bo n unIform dlvorco law that all the
dllTel'ent stl1tes will raUb' ? Shoulel
the magistrate , the 1II'1e9t 111111 the
I For Separat on l
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I . .ZJ.P.2Zbr AL2C 2
lIA T wo need Is a. doctrlno of
W
m111'1'Iage , 1'here Is no cleuI'
cut doctrlno of ml\l'I'lngo , 'rho church
Is tied up to the ethics of 2,000 yeal's
ago , the ol'lentnl fantasies of Paul.
"Tho old Idea of malTlago WI1S In.
culcated and secmed through two
fundamental llrlnclples-rcverence to
parents and the understalllIn that
malTla1e was to bo permancnt. ' 1'heso
1II'Incipies al'e both Imperiled , " Is the
Ieloa of DI" Felix Adler ,
"Under present conditions they ate
no longer tenable , for the Urst. was
founded on the Idea that the child hud
no rights eXCOIJt throu h Itn pa1ents : ,
Its position Wag ono or the sub.
ser\'lonce. of unqllestloned obedience
to the lJUrents , and as regards the pel"
manenco or the ma1'l'Iago tic , It was
chiefly a bond that tied the woman to
the man , Hel' 110sltlol1 was ono of
su1 > ordlnatlon.
"To.day We admit that the child has
rights which we are bound to respect
nnd that the woman Is the equal of
the man ,
"One troullle with modern marrlagl )
Is that 'the mncullno element lire.
dominates In the cel'Jl1Ionlal , ' 1'hls
should not be so , 'rhe great trouble
Is that people who marry nowadays
look In marrlago only for halJIJlnoss ,
IIaplllness Is not tlle , end of marriage ,
as most people think , but only an In.
cldent of malTled lifo , 1'III.'Y arc
bound to find many trials. They should
rospeet the etehlr:11 Ideals ; their great
respon8iulllty Is to future generations ,
the goud of the ruce !
"UndOl' the multiplication of dl
vorces In this countr ' the IsslIo I
whethel' the tenIIIOUS nature of the
marl'lage contract Is to prevail 01
whether the spiritual Is to III'edom
Inate , I bellove In separation , bUI
never In divorce , "
preacllCr , when marrying couplell , 1m
press upon them the sociological as
pect of their union. as welI as thl
spiritual and romanlfc ?
From Various Views.
The different churches have dll
rerent beliefs concerning marl'lagc
the dlfforent statet ! have dlctoren
laws governing It , and they are bet ]
content to rest their case there !
I 'rhus the greatest sociological 111'01
lem In the United States today Is h (
Ing' tossed back and forth as If I
wore some' rubber ball , and ye
1:100,000 : dl\'OI'ces In 20 years are sur
to lea'o'e their Influence on JUany 11\0
and many families ,
Daclt In 1 48 Mme. de Chateaurou
said : "I sce plalnl ) ' that there will b
a general overthrew If no remedy I
used , "
\\'hat she said about the polltlcr
[ - -Itla it"'i. Unrest _
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If \ ' ' . . 1I111'1'Hl IIJ nelthor rUl 0
MJ\HI'l'AJ.
I" sprlnt , : of the IIOW woman nor tl
h e\11 onlf ro\\'th of rrem' 11I1 justoI' IJ
:001' : ( ' ( ' 111 WI ! , rIpclarH1 Dr , Clur
n , Hough tOil , It II ! 113 old as the w01'1
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' 1'0 chal't ; < ' It 1111 to the consclonco I
o the "nl'W womlln" Is noltlwr fall' mlu
In ael nOI' rational , The Olel Toatamol
I ? 1'0l'ls wllh It , IInrI the blograllhors I
II ! ' 0111' gJ'.at warriors , statesmen , 1100
la nnd llrophots all the way rIown tl
'r ' : ages. rrom Earle or Gorlt ) ' of the 111'0
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ont da . bacle to Potlptlllr's wlro and
David of old show it to ha\'o been the
snmo yesterday , to.day ntul fore\'orl
DaYld's OWll WI\08 nro described
as women or comely cotlntenanco and
of good unllerstnndlng , and there Is
no record where either A1I1Inl1 or
Ahlnoam clos 1I their coolt boolt8 to
Rtud ) . law or uttered a IIlnglo IItoa not
the echo of th < , h' joint husbanll. If
tlle ' hl1l1 , who l\Uows ? 'I'hey tnlght
ha\'o saved him fl'Om the sin of Rend ,
Ing the pnor lIIttlte to the aCorcfront
ct the hbtt st hattle that ho mltht (
tl\ko his b aulful wlto III111u hobn.
Who knows , had the ) ' sOl1l1ont'd the I
sameness oC the manlt'll war with
nn occaslollal dash of 01'11111111 thourht ?
' 1'ho sacrcd " 'tilton , the dh'llIo Shol.
ley , Cicero , Danle lIId the Imlllortnl
ShaleSI ) are arc all lIIell\ncholy ox.
amples of 1I1111'ltal UIlrCt ; , . though
nnno oC them wlla dh'ol'ced ,
tr 11Ivorco Is I'wlng Jrenter It Is
not because mllrltnllIII'oat Is grow.
III WOl'se , but b CnIlR(1 of Co 11110 11 In
1IIn1'rlago and hnlOcl'lsy are growing
lells ,
' 1'0 11I11.1(0 . the hl\\lplnNIR \ of thl' Inlli.
vleluals IlIcldent In ' '
onlr an mlll'l'lage
Is only to defC'11I1 1 > 1' , Adlel"s dronm
oC n hlghOl' ami thlt'I' raCt' , J nsl1l'o the
hll11llilles9 t'f husband and wlfl' l\1ul It
will follow us the IInr th night that
wo will have a I1n01' ( 'neratlon or orf.
sllrlng IInll a lllll'el' soclet ) ' of 1II0n IIl1d
' ; \'olllon.
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cOlldlllon of Jo'l'IInco then wo may sa ) '
aIJont the dlvorcu situation In the
Pnlled Stntcl ! lo.dllY ,
'l'ho 11I\'OI'C ( , COnI'eSR two ' ( 'nl'R IIgo
nccolllllllsheel Ilrl\ctl'l\lly nothlllJ ; , well
InllIt1onl.'el it wan. If federal legl ! ! .
latlon Is IIrgcII In the HIII'lng on the
stl'lI th of the delalll'd I'C'JlOI't oC the
cons us hlll'enll It will ho C'hallunrell on
the grolll el of Its b ( > lng unconstltu.
tlonal.
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THE llre\'nlence of dh'ol'ces In the .
Unltell States Is a reproach a1l1(1 ]
I to the country and totho ch lII'ch , Ie
the declaration of DI' , Roum't Stuurt
MacArthl1l' , The Amel'lcan repllbllc
has II mOllt unetwlable } 1rOl1\lnonco In
this regard , 'rho detailed acounts : 01
Iults for divorce , as these suits al'o
pressed In thc val'lous courts , are dls ,
gUBtlng In the exlremE' , 'I'hey 1 > rlng
reproach allle upon Amr.rlcnn mon
and women In all parta o [ 011I' cpuntry ,
'I'heso fnct ! ! 'are admitted and at tI\t
same time nre sadly regl'etted hy OUI
best citizens and our most devoted
churchmen and churchwomeu ,
I 1'ho causes for divorce are numor
t OilS , 'rhe ' are not limited In 1'0
II sponslblllt ) ' , either to men or tc
women , It Is not a ufficlont atate
ment to say that the broader cduca
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tlon of wome ! ' and their emanclpa
tlon from the reater subjection 0 :
rormol' ) 'ears 'Is t\1o \ chief caUl e , al
Mrs , Annn Hogers sa ' 8 , The mer
and women who rush Into the dlvqrc4
courts cllclt our contempt for thel :
vulgarlt ) ' a1ll1 coarseness , not to us
oven stronger terl\ls , It Is difficult 81
to control onc's mornl Indignation be
cause of the vulgarity of thos'o dl
vorco cases at ! to spealt oC them will
the restraint becoming nOWSIapO
llI'Ucle. How men and women em
stoop to charge abomlnalllo crime
against < > aeh othel' In order to reCIII"
dlvol'ces malws one ushamed of hi
race , Idleness , lack of spiritual occ !
patlon anll : mggesUon , and vulgm' COl :
formlty to low Ideals In lIfe-thes
are causes largely resllon lble for th
prevalence of dlyorco , lIasty 1\1U1
rlago Is also somewhat responslbl <
Many men and women rush Into mal
l'Iago with less Herlous thoughfulnes
tll n the ) ' would show regarding an
ordh\l1r ' bushwsH transaction. Th
clerg ) ' also are somewhat responslbl
\ by the hallto with which the ) ' 0
\ flclato at marrlngcs without IUlowln
'I ' the facts In the CaHtI of these who dl
. sire to entm' Into this l'olatlonshhJ ,
Marrlago must. be made more hOi
orable , Its oblhatlons must ho lIfte
to a hlgh'l' I'vel , In a single worl
the correction of tile evllt ! or dlvorc1
as In the case of all other ovlls , mus
In Its flnnlltr. depend upon hlght
spiritual Idenls , noblel' chllrncters an
1\I0re rell lous concclltlons of all tl1
dutl < 's and obligations of IIfo In II
ft , manifold relations , Unltorm dlvort
10 laws In the states would IJartlaIly I'
II. 11I0VO the e\'ll ! ! of dlvorco. There
to no ono slleclflc cause-there Is no or
d , IIlleclllc CUI'O , When \lion and wome
ilr reallo thell' dlgnlt ' and glorr as tI
d. children of God and heIrs or otornlt. .
Itt they will 110 order their IIvos that II
or advls'd marriages will bo rare , at ]
ts they will lhl'n EO conduct themselvE
10 In tllI.'h'IIarrled rolatlons that I ]
IS' vorces will bo Ilracticall ) ' unknown.
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A YOUTH OF
PROMISE
One or the Tw.lu Storl. . or Solomon.
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DY TilE "lUotIWAY AND B..WA. . '
PREAClUiIt
ICor1allblIIGI , It ) lb. .I\llbor , W , It. Edson , )
ScrhlturAnthorlt"Allel ho caIlol1
his 111\\110 Solomoll : and ttw 1.01'11
10\'cd him , Anll ho tH'ut by the 111\1\11
or NlltluUl the IJrophet ; and he ( 'allod
bls name .101111111\h , becl1l1l0 of tllo
I..ord-2 Sam\1el 1 : : ! -1 , : ! ,
o ooooooo
SERMONETT.E. 0
o - 0
"And the Lord loved ' ' ' -
In a Dense God loves everybody ,
Scripture 8alth : "God 18 hll11'-1
! Every relation of God to the
children of thlo world Is an ex.
presalon of love , The condl. 0
tlon of the henrt ilnd life of 0
g each Individual may call forth 0
different methodo of dealing , < >
but however God touches tha
8 life , whether In judgment Dr g
mercy , In dlsclpllno or blessing ,
It Is nil done In love. God 1011:8 0
o too faithfully , too deeply , too 0
truly to do aught In his dealings
with mnn but that which 10 nc. 8
g cOl'dlng to the Divine righteous.
ness and justice ,
But God loves In iI opecal ! g
g oenser as there Is oome opeclal
attribute In the life and charac. 0
ter to call forth that love. Just <
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g as n parent loves wlt n fuller , 0
deeper , truer love the child who < >
IIvea In closer sympnthy and < > ,
g fellowship with himself than < >
thnt other child who 10 wayward
v nnd dhlobedlent , EO God , our
8
< > Heavenly Father , In his Infinite
rejoices In and fellowshlp3 0
with the human heart that Geeko
0
to l < now and do his will. Love
0
towards God calls out fuller ,
0
freer expression of love from
o 0
God.
God.God loves Uo when we are
g bad , because he longs to help
us.
God loves us when we arc
good , because he rejoices In
goodneu , and longo to see UB
grow Into his IIkeneGB.
God loves us In a special way ,
becnu e his Infinite wisdom sees
within uo the future pOGslblll.
tles of goodness and greatneGs ,
and knowo that , In uo Is to be
g found an opportunity of e ) ' < <
preGslng the attributes of the
Divine nature nnd executlno the
g Divine will. <
What father Is there who
dOes not rejoice with a peculiar
g joy as he noteo the firot IndIca. <
tlon of budding genlua In the
boy ? He , Is nmbltlous for that
g boy and he Is anxious to Gee
the beat In the boy brought out.
o And as his every effort meets
. with glad response from the boy
8 how glad and proud the father
I 10. So Is It with God , only Inn.
I 0 nltely more so.
The splendid development of
g Solomon's early life was dUe no <
doubt largely to the Influences
which Nathan the prophet threw
I g around the younlJ lad , and em.
phaslzes the Importance of this
period In determining the des.
g tiny of a life , The test/mony / <
of Scripture that "The Lord
I loved Solomon , " tells us e'noulJh
to make It certain that In his
! young heart there stirred a
glowing lave for God and the
desire to do hi : ; will.
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THE GTORY.
. ' FA\III..IAIl Imock sonnded npo :
'A
the door , and an Instant latel
without wri.1t1ng' for the cheery 111\ '
taU on fl'om within , the young la
eamo bounding In , the flushed fae
and slmrltllnJ ; eye and eager mann <
Indicating clearly that ho had son :
matter or tremendous Intoroat and Ir
. porlance , at lonllt to himself , to cor
munlcate , In filet so Impatlont WI
ho to unburden his mind that I
scal'cely reslJOnded to the hearl
Vlord ! ! of welcome which were S1101 ( (
by the elderly man who was seated I
a tahle ncm' 11 IImalI , low Willdow ,
"You wl1 ! ask rather fol' me , WOlI
) 'ou ? you gc.od , deal' rrlend , Nathan .
bursl out the lad as ho threw hlmsc
at the feet of the elderly man at
looked ongory ) UII Into his face ,
"Ask him tr thou canst como al
see mo oCtoner , " responded t1
prophet , half playfully , half sorlous1
"Yes , I had thought thou hadst qui
forgottcn lIIe , " And he put his ar
affectionately ahout the shoulder
the youth and gln.ncod with IH'm :
glad look Into his animated COt :
tenl1nce ,
"Don't teao me ! " pleaded the b (
"I couldn't como yesterday to see y (
for the Eg'ptlan scholar , the guest
my fa.ther , waa going that day. anI ]
could not boaI' to miss ono word
the wonderful things he was tol1 !
nlo. "
"Ah , have I lost my boy to him .
asked the prollhet , the shadow or
pained look upon his face hetrayl
the forced Illa'fulness which SOUl
ed In the voice ,
o .
"No , no ! I. was the qulclc reply , flU
oh , It means so much to me , I
want. to go , "
10 "Want to go where , Jodldlall
111 asked Nathan , Boftl ) ' , with a tromur
10 his yolce ,
y , "Oh , the Eg'lltlan told mn of I
IIi scholaro or his country. of tholr \ \
Ie dOlll' und learning. and I would II
f . t'.l go there and stul1y , 110 suld tJ
1 cIult1 - tln - . - . 1 > ut " the , . . , beclnn\nu \
.
: . \'In. ' l' In IIY Inn" , " And nClor nj ,
J1I\UAO ho addt'd : "I would rathes , :
1\ tIll ! ) ' bools than learn n trndc. " I
Nhthnn the I1r < 1pllt't looked onrl1ellt1
Iy lut ! ) the thouJhlCul eyes of the boy.
hl'Coro him , 110 wall almost 12 , the
nrn at which O\'E'r ' I { ebrow boy was
tnuKht IL trl\dc , 111111 even how the r
11I'OIlhot WIlH plnnnlnJ ; the future or
the ) 'oun , ; man hofore him. Not all ,
'
the klnK'1I SOI1R had len.rnell trades , .
but Nllthall it'lt thnt eVen though ho "
waH 11 kln ' 9 Hlln , It would he better
f r ( ) Ionllln thnt he lIe J. : von the
tl'alliing ( 0 111 III on 10 1Iehrew huts. The I
( 'aro ovel' 111111 dlsclplln or the 'oun' ' ;
boy had fallen Into Nathan'H 111\1)(11\ ( .
110 It WfiR who hull been fll'st to
spcak 0\01' the lIttle IIro lit < ' hcnedlc. I
tlon und blessln of the 1..01'11 , and I
whcn ho 1\1\\1 I\'lm him the name of
, Jedlellah ) Ie l'm\lIzed bottoI' than nny
uno ( 'Iso thnt hc was hHloctl the "bo- I
lo\'cII of the l.ol'd" I\nrl thl1t the l.ord ,
hnd dcatlluHI him as the futll1'c king
of 151'IWl , 101' thin I'callon conator.
nation fIlled hIs heart as ho henl'll tho. .
wOI' < 1s or t ho 'oU1M. \ & . Ho had
wnntcd to ho1l1 him under Jowlsh In.
nuonccl1 nnd trnlnlng , al\ll hol'o ho
wlln with 10ulnr. ! r.yos 1001 < lnl ; towarll
l g'Jlt nil the HUIII of his ambition. .
1"01' nome few minutes the prophet 11111
not nnawCl' , thu mcantlmo lccplnl ; his
I''os ullon the bor's face as though ho
wou1l1 loolt to the sonl within amI
I'ead Itll every secl'ot ,
The nllell , rranlt , clenr eye dill not
IlInch hefor ! ! the scurchlng Raze , but'
IlIlltead the bo ) ' stood Quietly nnd
dcfel'entlallY will tlng for Nnthan to
Silellit. 110 hlld 10arnOlI to love this
mnn of God IlS IL rathel' , anll In many
reBllecls there WOI'O closer bonds or
1I1110n 1I0tweon thell1 than existed be-
t.ween him nnl1 his own father. 1 ln [ ;
'
Davll ! . .
"Jcelldlnh , " lit last BOrtl ) ' 8polo the
III'ollhet , "Imo'ost then the thing that
Iholl asltest ? "
"Yea , that. I ma ) ' llO:1SeSS tho"leam.
'ing ' nf 1'J'pt ' , "
"Nu ) ' , rnUlel' hou nrt ltaldng for the
I rhht to Corscl thy Oed and th ) ' pco.
I Ille , "
. 'rho fuco of the boy flushed crhn.
. SOli , IlIIt hlK eyes Illd not fnIter us thcy
looked Into the ohIoI' ml1n'l ! fnco and
ho said :
" ! Jilt 18 It. 1lIKlo'al to God 01' to my
nation to desire knowledge ? "
" n ) ' , but. cannot thy henrt content
Itself with whnt thy nation can glva
theo ? "
"And have I not been content , bllt
shonld It I'emahcontent when thol'o
IK 11101'0 bo'ond ? "
'I'ho prophet dill not make reply and
the boy went on after a moment's
> llUllse. :
> . "Tho ErYIIlan ! said thnt as son of
n king I w'ou1l1 have special ndvan.
tages and prlvllegos , You'll nsk fa.
!
thor , won't ) 'Oll ? And I want you t ! >
go with mo ; I wouldn't want to ho
lIelll\1'atoll fmll1 'Oll , " and the boy put
hla hand arrectlonately upon the
othOl'\s a 1'111 ,
The hcrt of the prophet was
touched , and Il tea.r rlIntened In his
eye as he said :
"IJcllvo mo II 0 \ \ ' , Jedldlah , I will
give theo answer later , "
"What wOllld be the re lllt , " ho
ho aaked hlm eIr , IlS ho sat alone , "if
the ho ) ' should go Into Egypt ?
Would the boy como buck less an
: > Israellto and n Collower of the true
: > Goel ? Wonld God he III cased at his
: : > golnl ; ? " Such were the flood of
' questlonR which surged through the
hourt of Nathan. "Had not the lad
8110lton truly when ho hud said that It
! was not disloyalty tb God to do.
sil'o knowledge ? " He would spealt to
David , he flnally resolved. . King
David shollhl decldo.
"You didn't tell me when to comeback
back , " apologetically spoke Solomon
: ) as be onteroll the room of the prophet
: ) that ovenlng , "eo I came back to.
: > night , "
"Thou art dotermlned to go ? "
"Not determlnod , " replied Solomon
respectfully , "for I will abldo by thy
11 decision , and that of my father , the
king , nut I do want to go. "
'I'he prophet place ( } 1 > 0t11 his handR
IIpon the shoulders of the yountJal ! !
and looldng him squarely In the eye
with tendol' , earnest gaze. ho said ,
slowly , IlS though ho would measure
euch word and note Its effect :
"And thou IIhalt. "
The Look of a Child.
"I I'ememher that the greatest les ,
son I # hllvo evCl' leamed In 11life , "
said the lIystl1ndor , "was IlOlntml out
to mo b ) ' lilY ilttie daughter , I had
l't ' been drlnldng man but '
. . novel' a ; some'
. times aCter the theater , I IlIIl asha.med .
If to confess , I came home lIIany a
ld night tlIghtly the worHO fOl' wear and
liquor , 1'he habit grew on me , In spite
1\1 or tearful entreatlos from my wlfo. J
lie took a 1 > ottlo or whisky , home ono af ,
11' . tel'lloon , Arter dlnnor I made for the
to bottle , which I had left In my study ,
' 111 poured out n gll1ss and raised It to
of my lips , when I caught It rollectlon In
Id , the JlOlIshed woodwork of the wall , J
11\ . turned qulckl ' . and there was my lit ;
tIe daughter standing In the doorwa }
1) ' , looking at me , 1 could never deserlbs
) U , the oXIlrelllon ! on her CI\CO , If om
of might 6a ) ' It or a child , It was a com
l 1 mingling of 1'01H'oach. pity and dill
oC sust. Pro1 > nbly she had ovorhearl
n : ; conversations between hel' mother
and myselt ; IJcrhaptJ the mother hal.
? " hlHtllled that teellng ; perhaps It waf
a h\lItlnct. 1 have not taken another
nJ ; drink from that day to this , "
ld. .
Btptlat College for Oklahoma.
ut , The BallttJt ! stuto eommllision h\ :
do chosen Lawton , DIm. , as the slto fOi
the now Baptlstuul\'orslty , the city 01
11" forln ; ; to furnish 4Q acres or laud ani
In $ 5OOO In cash ,
- - - -
: ho Big AdV 1ncement In Porto Rico , '
rl ! ! . ' 1'ho Porto Rican ) 'ear boolt for 190 !
lko contains 1ator ) ' of tbo marvelous al !
liI\t vuncement or lethodl3rn In that II
ot laud ,
