THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUUNAL FiUDAY NOVEMBELt 12 1909
SOCIETY
Pleasures of the Week.
Mr. and Mrs. 1) . Mnthowson enter
tained delightfully at a 7 o'clock din-
aicr on Tuesday evening complluion-
tUry to Mr. nnd Mrs. Clydu .1 Bui-
lloeU , Thirty-two guests were seniud
i Hinall tnhlcs tnstofully dccorn'cd
ylth pink IOHCH. Mrs. Mnthuwsou
T.HH ( insisted In nerving the four-conrho
allnnor by Mrs. .1 H. MntheWHon and
Wlss Mm.1 Olnoy. A bildge game oo-
iipU > d thu evening , Miss Falu Bum-
ilium and M F. Huso winning the * HU-M
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Kalnliolt wuro
tonsts at a 7 o'clock dlnnci on Friday
.vonlng. Thu tablu docointlotis woio
Hi. > illow and hoiiuelH of bountiful
1 , ; y llow chrysnnthoninmH lunl their
MM-nuty to thu looms. Fifty guests on-
iJoyod the four-course dinner. Six-
Ibnndud ouchiu followed thu dinner ,
rtlie high ncoius going to Mm. W. N.
Jllusu and D. Mathuwbon. Mrs.V. . 11.
x of Omaha was an out-of-town
MTH. A. C. Stenr , Mrs. Anna Kl
auid a number of friends \Vedtiesdiiy
might surprised A. C. Stoar at hla
Ihoinu. The pmty was held In honor
of Mr. Stuar's fifty-first blithday.
JUiiHlc was furnlfllied by IJ. Ol.w and
tutliur members of the party. A ton"-
oxnirso luncheon was served hy ' .ho
lladlos after which a smoker was In
dlulgod In by the gentlemen.
Mrs. Lynde , assisted by Mrs. Sl > n-
xiioris and Mrs. Sanndors , entertained
Shu Eastern Star ladles on Thursday
afternoon. Twenty ladles weiu pres
ent and enjoyed an unusually pleasant
afternoon as they visited over their
irork. The hostesses sohved delicious
jrcfrcshmonts at 5 o'clock.
. At the home or August Nitkowski
! ondny evening occurred n celcbia
lion of his birthday. A large number
t of Ills friends gathered at his home
Jiiid a happy evening was unjoyiM .y .
all
III The tt'omnn's club met with Mrs II.
J Cole.oiivMondny. This was the first
rreiuilnr .pro'gnim meeting nnd pioved
tvcry Interesting. The work for tlu ;
yenr will be on Oieek and Italian iin
Mrs. G. D. Butlorfleld. assisted bv
Sirs. K. A. BullocK , entertained Hie
jlidles of the First Congregational
. church on Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. N. B. Ponder entertained the
< CbrJ tlnn Aid society nt her home , 407
South Ninth street. Friday afternoon.
JMra. N. I Owens assisting.
The Indies of the Second Congieua-
tfonc * church met In the church pnr-
3ora on Thursday and the afternoon
< wn spent In working.
Tlie Indies of the Bnptlst church
njoycd n meeting with Mrs. A C
Stear on Th'ursdny afternoon.
The Ladles' Guild of Trinity church
suet with Mrs. H. C. Matrnu on Thurs-
rftey.
rftey.Tho
The ladies of the W. C. T. U. mut
with Mrs. Truloek on Tuesday.
Personal.
" "Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lynde spent Sunday -
( day In Sioux City with Mrs. Lynde's
another. They also had the pleasure
< bf 'visiting- with a sister of Mrs.
3l.ynde's , whom they had not seen for
&fteen years.
Mrs. Joseph Shoemaker and baby
ihughter returned to Omaha today nf- j
AT n visit of several weeks In the ]
Aorno of Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Weather-
Mrs. B. A. Bullock has returned
'Jroiu n two weeks' visit with her
sister , at Avoca ; la.
Miss Joseph Putterfleld left Thurs
day evening to Join her parents Mr.
sand Mrs. W. H. Buttorfleld , at Denver ,
( Colo. Later on they will go to Call-
Jornln for the winter.
'Mrs. Victor Seymour and two chil
dren have ben guests of Mrs. R. H.
IRcynolds the pnst week. They will
. -return to their home in Lincoln to-
imorrow.
Ray Musselmnn came up from Co-
Ilumbns on Thursday to spend Sunday
with his grandparents , Mr. and Mrs.
&x n. Musselman.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bogash of Ft.
Wayne. Ind. , visited with Mr. nnd
-Mrs. J. L. Lyndo Wednesday nnd
Thursday.
Mrs. W. H. Bucholz of Omnha Is
ifce guest of her parents , Mr. and Mrs.
X. A. Rnlnbolt , on Koenlgstetn nve-
muo.
Lester Weaver spent his vacation
visiting friends at Oakdale and Noligh.
Wlnnstson.
'The teachers nnd pupils of the
ifclgh school expect to give'n school
Wlajr in theM. . W. A. hall , Saturday
5 Tenlng , November 13.
Robert Jones Is homo from the
jfr'romont normal for n few days visit
with homo folks.
Jtfrs. Paul Sandoz is homo from her
irslt nt Ashton , Iowa , with Dr. and
Mrs. It. A. Buckmaster.
Roll/ Bennett went to Lincoln to
Kttend tichool the remainder of the
B. N. Clough is having n new ce
ment floor put in his livery barn.
"Tho Ladles Aid society mot with
Mrs. Joe Meyers , Wednesday , Novonv
JMJC S , where a very pleasant afternoon
w8 upont. Dainty refreshments were
jeered , after which nil the ladles pro-
it wore treated to a nice auto ride ,
In Mr. Meyers' now Jackson cnr.
Frnnk Klcnow IB another ono of our
farmers to Invest In n corn huskor.
The stockholders of the M. W. A.
hall expect to glvo a big dance In
the hull Saturday evening November
C. Music by Remlln Harp orchestra.
P. P. Gllmmil Is having a nice now
granary and corn crib built on his
farm northwest of here.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mathews wore
out from Crelghton , Wednesday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bongo are at
Alnsworth , visiting.
Mr. Scott from Plain view was In
Wlnnetoon , Thursday.
II. W. Cramlall , the democratic
candidate from Wlnnetoon , received
IIS votes out of 157 cast In this
precinct , regardless of politics. How
ard ( Is a Hue young man and Is cer
tainly deserving of the olllco ho has
been chosen to ( III.
WHO IS SERPENT TONGUED.
William Watson's Poem a Political
and Social Sensation.
She Is not old , ehe is not young ,
The woman with the serpent's
tongue.
The haggard cheek , the hungering
eye ,
The poisoned words that wildly fly.
The famished face the fevered
hand
Who Alights the worthiest In the
land ,
Sncors at the just , condemns the
bravo ,
And blackens goodness in Its crave.
William Watson's "Tho Woman
With the Serpent Tongue. "
London , Nov. 5. "Who Is the wo
man with the Hcrrent's tongue ? " Who
did William I ) . WatFon mean In his
poem which has caused the greatest
fnroie In literary and social circles
since the appearance of Kipling's
"Vamrlre ? "
"Was It Mrs. George Keppol , fnv-
'
orlte of Kink Kdwnrd. or was It Mrs.
i Herbert Asquith. wife of the premier ,
formerly Ml = s Mnrgot Tennant ? "
| There aie the questions which everv
member of pociety. every man nnd
woman of letters , today , l n klng him
self nnd hl neighbor. Opinion Is di
vided on which of tlie two women
the poet Is striking nt. No nnme Is
, mentioned in the poom. but the names
'
of the two women are on every tongue.
Tl'e consensus of o'-l"Jon Is that Margot -
got Tennant Apqulth , the wife of
Britain's rri'ne minister , could Identi
fy the person refered to.
Mrs .Asquith is n womnn of sharp
wit and was the original of "Dodo"
in Benson's novel. She is the third
daughter of the late Sir Charles Ten-
mint who made an enormous fortune
in Spanish conper mines nnd In the
manufacture of chomicaK Her home
! was In Glasgow. She was a friend of
the rznr of luissla , as well as most
of the notable men of her own coun
try , and Gladstone wrote poetry to
her. In 1804 she was wedded to Her
bert Asquith , then 43 , a widower with
five children , nnd n Inwyer of small
Income. He is now prime minister of
the United Kingdom.
The remnrknble society known ns
"The Souls" attracted much nttentlon
In England several years ago , although
public knowledge of Its nTnirs was al
ways somewhat indefinite. Neither
wealth nor position could secure en
tree to the most of exclusive clubs.
Intellectual brl'liancy ' was the te t ,
and among the leading members were
Arthur J. Bnlfour , Mrs. Beerbohm
Tree , Lndy Grnnby , Lord Elcho , Margot -
got Tennant George Wyndham nnd
Alfred Lyttleton. ,
"The Souls" discussed everything ]
conventional nnd unconventlonnl , nnd
finally begnn to seek and find affini
ties. The natural consequence was a
scnndnl. nnd It was such a noisome
one that the society disbanded.
"Tho Woman With the Serpent's
Tongue" is In William Watson's latest
book of poems , which Is copyrighted
by the John Lnnc company. The
poem follows :
She Is not old , she Is not young ,
The womnn with the serpent's
tongue.
The hnggnrd cheek , the hungering
eye ,
The poisoned words thnt wildly fly.
The furnished face , the fevered
hand
Who slights the worthiest In the
land ,
Sneers at the Just , condemns the
brave ,
And blackens goodness in its grave.
In truthful numbers bo she punir.
The woman with the serpent's
tongue ;
Concerning whom fame hints at
things
Told but In shrugs nnd whis
perings ;
Ambitious from her nntnl hour.
And scheming nil her life for
power ,
With little left of seemly pride ,
With venomed fangs she cannot
hide.
Who half makes love to you today ,
Tomorrow gives her guest away.
Burnt up within with that strange
soul
She cannot slake , or yet control ;
Malignant-lipped , unkind , unsweot ;
Past all example Indiscreet ;
Hectic and always overstrung
The woman with the serpent's
tongue.
To think that such as she can mar
Names that among the noblest are ;
That hands like hers can touch the
springs
That move who knows what men
nnd things !
Thnt on her will their fates have
hung !
The womnn with the serpent's
tongue.
Wayne Normal Notes ,
The new term opened up with an
increased enrollment over the corresponding
pending term of a year ago.
Helen Pllc-Newton surprised her
many friends hy making a visit homo.
Mrs. Newton Is happily located In
Rochester , N. Y.
Every N. N. C. student will bo glad
to learn that Archie L. Durnham , of
the elementary class ot 1907 , was
elected county superintendent ot Stanton -
ton county nt the election this week.
James II. Pile Is upending n couple
of weeks with his uncle , Dr. S. K.
Meek , curator at the Field museum.
Sovotnl years ago Jim excavated some
Indian mounds near Noifolk nnd Dr.
Dorsey of this museum is much In-
leiostud In this work , of which Jim
will tell him
A nuinbei of thu new students luivo
taken up thu work of the dllleient
emuses this term. Indications point tea
a laiger giaduatlng class this yenr
thnn thnl of last year.
Dan U. Snuntr > of Pintle , S. D. , has
i ( 'turned to sdiool nnd will be In for
the remainder of the year. Begin
ning with the first of next term , ho
will assist with thu work In commer
cial department.
Chester Fcnncr of this year's scien
tific clnss enjoyed n plensnnt visit
I lorn his father for n few days this
week.
The faculty reception nnn social ou
Tuesday evening was very well at
tended by thu students nnd the even
ing was much enjoyed by all. After
the icceptlon In the chapel , n pleas
ant hour was enjoyed nt the social In
{ thu gvmnnslum
The new Hiuoku stack for the hi'tit-
| Ing plant nnlvcd the llrst of the week
nnd thu men have been hard nt work
raising It. The ngreeablo weather
made this woik moie pleasant than it
.otherwise . might have been
Piofussors lluntumer and Sauntry
went to Slou\ City Satindny morning.
Thev attended the football name nt
Mornlngslde in the afternoon.
Miss Mamart't Canoll spent the
\ncntion between terms visiting her
1 i other at Geddcs. S. D.
Battle Creek.
John .lost wont to Beemer , Snturdny ,
for a visit with his brother-in-law ,
WllHam Hnn'O. nnd other relatives.
It Just hnprcncd the same day thnt
Mr. Hanse was coming up from Beem
er to visit him nnd other relatives ,
and their trains really mot nt Nor
folk , but they did not see ench other.
Mr. Ilnaso returned the next day.
County Commissioner Henry Sun-
dormnii of Fairvlew , was hero Sat
urday , on offlcinl business.
Mrs. O. Eggleston of Ewing , Is hereon
on nn extended visit nt the homo of
her daughter , Mrs. Chnrles Hnnsen.
Five new members were admitted
to the Lutheran church , at their meet
ing last Sunday afternoon.
A Indies string band has been or
ganized here lately , and will practice
In the Lutheran school house. Otto
Rodekohr is the director.
Miss Ella Borchers returned Mon
day from a visit at the home of her
uncle. Wiliam Reikofsky , near Fos
ter.
ter.C.
, C. D. Johnson , superintendent of the
county poor farm , broke his legnbove
the ankle. Sunday morning , while
around doing chores. Fe Is getting
along alright.
GeorKO Connelly was here Monday ,
from Tilden , visiting relntlves.
Village Marshall M. Hackler has
moved into the McAllister house on
the corner of Fourth and Hnlo
streets.
Sam Coodman was here Snturdny ,
from Meadow Grove. He had Just
returned from Pall River county , S.
D. . where some boys of this vicinity
have tnken homesteads between Oel-
rich and Smithwlck.
A. BIG BUILDING'TOPPLING.
Collapse Expected of New York's Crim
inal Court Structure.
New York , Nov. G. New York's
great criminal courts building , erect
ed at a cost of two million dollars. Is
absolutely deserted today. The wide
halls , usually thronged with litigants
and spectators , nre silent , nnd the spa
cious court roomS where the Harry
K. Thaw and other noted trials have
been held , are empty of Judge. Jury
nnd lawyers.
But outside of the big building n
different scene is presented. The ad
joining streets , except for a wide area
kept clear by the police , are black with
men whose eyes are fixed on ominous
cracks extending from the top of the
structure to the street line. Each one
Is asking his neighbor how long ho
believes the walls will stand , and no
one wants to go nway because he
fears he will miss the big show that
nil nre waiting for.
The big show is the anticipated col
lapse of the costly pile. So Imminent
Is the danger considered that the
streets have been roped off on all
sides to keep the crowds out of the
danger zone , and a heavy shield of
Immense timbers Is being laid over
Lafayette street , one of the thorough
fares upon which It faces , to protect
the subway which runs beneath the
surface.
All last night judges , coroners , dis
trict attorneys and others who have
been quartered in the historic building
worked at what they , believed was the
risk of their lives to carry out public
records and private belongings. Ex
perts declared the building was In no
danger of Immediate collapse , but the
judges held a meeting yesterday and
declared that they would no longer
Imperil their lives and those of the
public by holding court there.
One of the biggest cracks In the
high wall passes close to the famous
"bridge of sighs" across which so
many malefactors Imvo passed from
the Tombs to the courthouse to learn
their fate. The Tombs , in which arc
thousands of prisoners , is just across
the street from the courthouse. BuildIng -
Ing Inspectors made an examination
of the prison today to Investigate a
report that It , too , was settling. A
small fissure was found in the outer
wall of the building , hut no propara-
lions wore made lo abandon the pris
on.
on.Street car service on Center street ,
another of the streets upon which the
building fronts , was Interrupted this
morning and the passengers wore
made to alight two squares above or
below the building.
| Traffic In the subway was allowed
to continue , but Instructions wore giv
en to pass the threatened spot nt re
duced speed.
Alleges Stoeber Struck His Wife.
Police Judge Elseley repri
manded Charles Stoeber for
striking his wife and being
drunk , and let him off with
payment of costs In the case ,
amounting to $5.50 , without a
fine. Mrs. Stoeber testified
that Stoeber struck her once
and missed a second blow.
Judge Elseley explains his len
iency by the fact that this was
Stoebcr's first offense.
Chnrles Stoeber was nrrested by
Chief of Police Marquardl Saturday
on charges filled by Theodore Mueller ,
charging Stoeber with beating and
n Isu&lng his own wife , Mrs. Stoehcr
being Mueller's sister. Some difficul
ties In real estate transactions , It is
said , have caused disputes between
Mr. and Mrs. Stoeber. Friday after
noon It Is alleged Stoobcr went home
nnd In n dispute struck his wife. Mrs.
Stoeber immediately left the house ot
her husband and remained over night
with her father , Rev. J. P. Mueller.
How Sewer Ditch Is Being Filled.
Mayor Ftlday will investigate the
charge that part of the Norfolk av
enue sewer ditch has boon filled In
without flooding the ditch with water
when half flllpd with dirt. The may
or , however , scoffs at the Idea that
the ditch will not he sufllclently sot-
tied by spring to permit paving Nor
folk avenue. The few persons op
posed to paving are reported to have
boon under the impression that the
d'trh ' would not be settled sufllclently
to permit paving next summer.
"The sewer builder Is under contract
which makes him financially respon
sible for the ditch In case It settles , "
the mayor said , "and the city will
withhold 5 per cent of his pny to cover
nny work required In filling In the
d'tch. ' So for Hint renson I believe
the contractor. In his own selfish In
terest , Is packing the ditch down now ,
nnd filling It In with wntcr as it should
be , to save himself future expense. I
have watched some of the filling In
and I know that that was done ac
cording to contract that is , the ditch
was half filled with dirt , then flooded
with water , then the balance of the
dirt put In and then flooded with
wnter a second time. However , I shall
Investigate the charge thnt this fenturo
of the contrnct has boon neglected In
nny pnrticulnr. "
Street Will Be Ready to Pave.
City Engineer Brown stated that
after the street Is graded for paving ,
down to what Is known ns sub-grade ,
a roller weighing ten or fifteen tons
will be run over the street and that
this will pack the earth below , In cnse
there Is nny loose dirt , thus plnclng
the street In perfect condition for the
pnvlng.
"The sewer on Norfolk avenue hns
been flushed with water more than
any sewer In the city , due to the fact
that the contractor does not want to
haul any dirt off the street , " Brown
snid. "And once the 15-ton roller hits
the trench , if there Is nny dirt thnt
hns not nlready settled , it will certain
ly pack down then. Norfolk avenue
will be In condition to pave in the
spring. "
The discussion was caused by criti
cism made to The News , by a number
of business men who declared that
the ditch was not being flushed enough
and that It would require a long time
for the ditch to settle as n result.
"If there Is one thing I am sure of , "
said ono man , "It Is how to fill a ditch.
No dirt should be thrown in that does
not splash In water. In that way the
loose dirt settles down compactly Just
ns nature Intended it should. I stood
and watched the men fill in the sewer
ditch , and they put no water In at all
until they had the ditch completely
filled. Ho hnd holes nil over town n
year ago ns a result of such filling in ,
nnd it will bo recalled horses fell Into
the holes frequently. If wo nre to
pave , no effort should be spared to get
thnt ditch filled in in the right way ,
so that it won't ho settling for the
next two years. It is a very import
ant bit of work. "
Woman Wins In Cherry County.
Lincoln , Nov. 6. Miss Gertrude Jor
dan of Valentino was elected treasurer
of Cherry county at Tuesday's election ,
the first womnn to bo selected for that
office In Nebraska. Several women
are now serving as school superinten
dents and the district court clerk of
Sheridan county is a woman.
Miss Jordan is 28 years old , and a
handsome young woman who demon
strated her capacity as a hustler both
at the primaries and at the election.
For seven years she served as deputy
Ireasurer. She Is a republican , and
when W. A. Armstrong , the republican
incumbent , resigned last summer she
was dispossessed by E. B. Quibble ,
named for the place by the democratic
board of county commissioners.
The young woman nt once announc
ed herself ns a candidate nt the repub
lican primaries. Two more men sought
to compote with her for the nominn-
tion , but she got more votes thnn both
of them. The democrats put up Quib
ble , nnd the fight was on. Miss Jor
dan made a thorough canvass of the
county , which is about ns big ns the
stnto of Connecticut. Every snlo found
her present , nnd many a visit she paid
to the ranches during the lasl two
months. Several gallant young men
assisted in the formation of an or
ganization , nnd as a result she won by
a majority of approximately 250.
The county attorney , who Is a republican
publican , has given an opinion that
the constitution does not permit a wo
man to hold the office , but Miss Jor
dan has fortified herself with an opin-
.ion .from Attorney General Thompson
that a woman is eligible to the office
and If there Is to bo a flgtil , which U
threatened , she Is prepared.
. . .
Sermon by All Saints' Day
CMARLES T.
RUSSELL , "Both Me Thai' Sanchficlli nnd
They That Ate Sanctified Ate All of
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle. One : For Which Cause Me is Nol
Ashamed lo Call Ihcm Brethren"
( Mcbrcws ii , I I } .
Sunday , October 31. Pastor Unssell
of Brooklyn Tabernacle preached to
day from thu above text and said in
piut- :
Tomorrow will be observed by our
friends of the Catholic , Lutheran and
Episcopal chmv-hcs as "All Sill-its'
Day. " At an early datuafter Ihedeatli
of the apostles , probably In the third
century , the custom crept Into the
Church of Invoking the blessing of the
saints. Some held in rememlirance a
patron saint , whose lullueiicu and
memory were of a merely local char
acter , and n certain day In the year
was set apart as a inemoritil and for
Invoking his lullueiicu In the heavenly
courts. When sub > -etUeiitIy | psipiu-y
wns orgnnl/cd. gradiiallv the majority
of the ClirNtlan congregutlotiH'aemli'd
to papacy's claims llii't Its bishop Is
the special vicar of Christ , winning in
his stead and exercising his nuthorl'y. '
Many submitted themselves to this
rule and thus were absorbed Into that
great system which still holds sway
In the world. It wns p.iptu-y tma es
tablished "All Saints' Imy" 'is ' a holy
day for the invocation of all .saints not
otherwise pnrtli iiinrly provided lor by
separate days of Invocation ;
Although saints admittedly are rare
few In comparison to professed
Christians-nevertheless It seems there
were enough so considered in the time
of ( Jregut1 } l\ . to ni | | > r < > i > rlatu nearly
all the days of the /our. In other
words , there weie about III ! . " ) recognized
iu Gregory's time-utter Christianity
had been iu operation tor SdU years.
Iluncu tomorrow will be the dny lor
hnoUing the blessing of all the .saints
of the past one thousand years , lint
just how many or how tew they are ,
according to thu records of the cele
brating ( . hurdles , wu do not surely
know. If the records ot the llrst eight
centuries were correct. Iu the same
proportion we should not expect that
thu total number of saints recognized
would be above one thousand. One
sad thought connected with the cele
bration tomorrow must present itself
to all thinking minds amongst the cele
brants ; that Is , that only the saintly
do they acknowledge ns ot holy char
acter , lit for heaven , because thu uu-
saintly. ( lie unholy , would certainly be
unlit. Thu teaching ot papacy Is that
since only thu saintly can be ushered
into heaven at the time ot their death ,
all the unsnlntly. the undeveloped ,
they hold , must llrst experience nwtul
tortures in Purgatory-lo purify thm. ;
to make them ready for heaven.
Protestants on the contrary have dis
carded Purgatory , claiming that It Is
nn unscriptural doctrine. They do not.
however , claim that nny but the saint
ly are prepared for heaven at death ,
nor that ( ! od has promised heaven to
the untaught or undeveloped In Chris
tian character. Hence In some respects
the Protestant theory is still more
grievous , more terrible , more nwful.
for the bereaved than thu Catholic
view. In that It offers no hope for all
eternity to nny unsaintly. Prayers to
the saints , we believe to be unscriptural -
tural and unreasonable. Nowhere In
the Bible are we authorized to pray to
the dead-elther saints or sinners. On
tt ? contrary the Scriptures set forth
our Heavenly Father'as the supreme
object of worship , though they do in
timate the propriety of praying to our
Lord Jesus'also. As we rend , "All men
should honor the Son even as they hon
or the Father" ( John v. a5i. But pray
ers to the dead are unreasonable , ac
cording lo thu Bible , which tenches'
that "the dead know not anyihlnu"
( Eecleslustes lx. fli ; that "their .sons
come to honor and they know It not to
dishonor and they perceive it not oi
them" ( Job xlv. 'Jli : and that " ! lu > ic N
no work , nor device , nor know li-dg * >
nor wisdom. In the grave , whlihei
thou goes ! " ( Hecleslnstes ix. ( ) .
The Scriptures do recognize the dlf-
feTiice between the snltits. the Lord's
holy ones , and the remainder of man
kind. And It Is nssuredly true that the
great masses of humanity are totally
unfit for the glories and perfections of
the heavenly stale. It Is ( rue that the
Church Is called upon to develop lhei
fruits and graces of the holy Spirit
m > d Is nssured. as St. Peler declares.1
"if ye do these things , ye shall never
fall ; for RO an entrance shall be min
istered unto you abundantly into the
everlasting Kingdom of our Loid and.
Savior Jesus Christ" ( II Peter I. Hi. |
But we hold ( hut It Is not only un
scriptural. but Irrational , to believe
that all mankind except the saintly de
serve centuries of torment In Purga
tory or an eternity of torture In n
worse nnd hopeless place. Let UK take
the Scriptural proposition , the only
consistent one. the one which agrees
with our five senses and with the Bi
ble that the dead nre dead , and that
resurrection from death Is what ( hey
need and what our Lord'rf death will
secure for every member ot our race.
Let us accept this statement of the Bi
ble , "Blessed and holy IB he that hath
part In the First Resurrection , on puch
the Second Death hath no power , but
they shall be priests of ( iod and of
Christ , and shall reign with him a
thousand years" ( Itevelnllon xx , Hi. Let
us accept the Scriptural explanation of
that thousand years , thnt Millennial
rt'inii ut JicAsluh-tlmt It will be a
time of biasing , of uplifting mankind ,
and ihut therein ( he elect saints ot this
uge will be privileged to co-uperute
'with ihelf Blu'rHied'Uedeeinerlfn brl'uK-
tf about the uplift , the resurrection.
the restitution of nil who will then
prove willing and obedient.
The term "saint" Is not a Hcctarlan
one. It occurs over one hundred times
In the Bible , mostly In the plural term ,
"saints , " Our text speaks ot a saint
ly , or saiictlllcd class , and declines our
Uedeemer to be one ot these- their
Head , their Lord , lie ( let-lares that all
the sanctified ol this ( iospel Age are
one -ot one spirit and figuratively ot
one Body. As tor In.siimcc. the House
ot holds Is one body under a chair
man , and the House ot Commons Is
another body. The United States Sen
ate is another ; and the House ot Itep-
r -eiituilves is another. So the Church
is the Body of Christ over which he Is
the Head , the Presiding Ollcer ) and
Member. Cut the point specially to l > o
noticed is that nil who will belong
iiliinmlel.N to this Church class which
the Lord N iio\v calling and drawing
from amongst men will ( every one of
tlienn lie saints , every one of them be
satu tilled.
The weld sancillled" signifies to he
set apart to holy usage or services , as
distinct and separate trom any earthly
luiibliioii , calling or business. Never
theless these saiictllled OUCH are not
merely the clergy or those without
earthly responsibilities. While our
heavenly Father Is a great King , the
Kill } , ' ol tlie I'niverse , lie nevertheless
has made a plan which enables even
the humblest of his creatures to approach
preach him tliioiigh the merit ot the
blond of Jesus' , and by faith and obedi
ence to the extent of Ills ability In
sacrifice , to become a joint-heir with
his Redeemer In tlie heavenly King
dom. Thus the piesent call Is conlined
to u cull lo saiietillcation. As St. Paul
de < lares. "This is ( he will of Cod ( con-
fcrnlng .loin , even your sanetllication *
(1 ( Thess'ji Ionia ns Iv. ; { > .
The won ! "saint" signifies "holj
one , " snnctllied one. " "s-et apart ; " < < > l
taken : is a whole. It signifies one sec
apart to holy usnges. services , etc. We
are iiiite | ready In admit that these are
a comparatively s'mall number at the
present time : as the Scriptures de-
clan1 , "a little Hock ; " and again , "not
many ; " and again , "few there be that
Hnd it. "
When we say that fed ! Is now select
ing a spei lal cla s to he Joint heirs
with Christ nnd that tie has deter
mined that this special class shall con
sist exclusively of the sanetllled. let us
not he misunderstood to menu by this
thai In the next age ( iod will accept to
his favor the unsaiictilled. Hie wicked.
The conditions during the Millennial
Age will lie much easier for mankind
than are present conditions of the
Church , the elect , the saints. Now we
must walk by faith : then we will walk
by slu-lil. because Satan nnd sin and
darkness will have passed away , nnd
the light ot Truth will flood and cover
the whole c.Tlh , so that , as Hie prophet
says. "Thc.i shall teach no uore every
man Ids neighbor , saying , know the
Lord : for they shall all know me. from
the least of them unto the greatest of
them , snlth Hie Lord ( Jeremiah xxsl. |
'Mi. The tewards for obedient e to the
Divine requirements In the Millennium
will he the earthly rewnrils. eternal
life or the earthly restitution plane.
The reward proffered to those who' '
now walk the narrow way hy self-sue-1
rllice Is a spiritual one. glorv. honor
and Immortality on the spirit plane. '
like unto the holy iingols-inul higher
than this ; like unto our Lord Jesus In
hN glorllled slate ; as seen bv the Apes
tle. "Shining above the brightness of
the sun al noonday" ( Ads xxvl. l.'li. j
We must guard also against the |
thought that the total number ot Coil's
elect would lie as Hinall a number ns
tlie calendar of the saints n'cugnb.ed
hy some ot our Christian friends might
imply. We hold that none Is able to ,
judge definitely on Illis stlbect. | except i
the Master. He has given us general 1
Intlnmllons of the lines ol his decision. I
but he has not permitted us in ileter-1
mine the matter , saying. "Judge noth
ing before ( he time. " We are lo con-
lent ourselves , therefore , with the
thought that "the Lord kiiowcth them
that are his. " and that he will accept
no one who In any degree Is disloyal
In heart , and that he will overlook and '
neglect no one who Is of the proper al- I
tltude of heart. We understand , too ,
thnt our Lord Is no respecter of de
nominational lines , but Unit. In every
seel , he who loves Cod , and who ac
cepts the merit of Christ by raith , and
who presents Ills body n living sm-rl-
bee dally Miito death In the Lord's
pervlce all sin h are his dls < Iples and.
us stated In our text. "He will not lie
ashamed lo call them brethren. " But
all of this , he It noted. Is based , not
upon their earthly Church relationship ,
hut upon their sanetllication of heart ,
their relationship lo their Itedeemer
nnd Head. Jesus. Not only may these
be found by the Lord In various de
nominations , hut of various ages , of
various colors , of various nationalities ,
of either sex. and on various levels.
One may he a washerwoman , another
a farmer , another exercldng his tal-
( nts In business directions , another
irlvlm : hN time us it Pnstor. priest or
lenctier of spiritual things. "The Lord
knowctu them that are his" (11 ( Timothy
thy 11 , lUi.
How to Become Sanctified.
Seeing that the sanetllled are com
paratively few. and that evidently few
tuu properly direct the way toward a
condition which they have not them
selves attained. It behooves UH to look
carefully to the lustrtict'.c.iH glveu UH
by our Lord Jemm ( ilrec',1''and through
St. Paul , w-o wrot . "This
is the will of ( Sod. even your tut
lion. " also wrote , "We are bnumi i , ,
give tluiuks nlwiiy lo Cod for ji'ii. '
brethren , beloved of the Ixird , hee-iuv
Cod hath from the beginning i IIUN , . , ,
you to salvation through sanctllliati.ni .
of the spirit ami belief of the 'I mil ,
wheretinto he vailed you by our !
pel. lo the obtaining ol' the glory of < .n >
Lord Jesus Christ" ( II Tliessuloiiliins
II. lit. Mi. Note from these woids ili.u
Hie call "f Hie Church Is the spr , i.n
feature of this present Cospel Age ami
Its message. Note also that our in
Is not lo sectarianism , hut to 'i henn
relationship with the Lord throned u
belief of the Truth ami n proportion
ate getting rid of error. And this < > n
| llglitenmciit through the Truth pro
gresses Iu proportion to our sand Him
] lion of Hiril-of | | thought , of word , < > t
' deed.
Note again Hi" same AposlleV e\pl
nation of the matter. He says linn In
addresses them that nre HimdlhYd n
Christ Jesus ( who were ) called lo l
paints , and he explains that while tie\ !
had been sinners , "children of urn Hi
even as others. " they had been deans
ed bv faith through ncceplniiee of Un
finished work of Christ on our heluiir
"Ye are washed , ye nre sniidllied. jc
are justified In the tinnie of Hie l.onl
Jesus , and hy the Spirit of our Cod" U
Corinthians vl. Mi. The same St. Pain
addressing the Kilicshin | lirdhren , tw\ :
"I commend you to Cml , and to HIP
Word of his grace , which Is able I ,
build yon up. and lo give you nn In
herifiinee aimiir ' all them that an >
sain Illled" ( Ads xx. ri'Ji. Nole hen-
that It Is only the sancillled of Hu <
present nue that nre lo get the Inherit
aii'i- ' that N now offcrcd-thc heaventj
Inheritance with our Lord Jesus , n
share with him In hH heavenly KliiK
doiii. Note also how the Aposlle herr
again In.is cniplm N upon the Scrip
tnres as coiiialnliiir Hie power which
not only leads us to consecration and
selling apart lo the Lord's service , lint
which will streiiirllien us In thought
and won ) nnd d 1 to do his good
pleasure , to maintain our sancillled
relationship with him through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Elected Through Sanclification.
St. Peler ( I Peter I. Ui explains lo us
thai Cod's ciei Him ot I he members of
tlie Chun h from amongst the world
diirlnu ; the picsciit a e Is along the Hue
ol saiicHllciuitiii. i ] ( > elects that nil
those who.siiall act cpt his tnvor to Hie
extent ol san. Hlleiitioii in the trying
conditions of the piesent time shall lie
joint heirs with our I.did and Redeem
er In his .Millennial Kingdom. Die
Apostle's words an"Klcct according
lo tlie foreknow ledge ot (2nd the Fa
ther , through saiicillication of Hie Spir
it , unto obedience and spi Inkling of
the blond ol Jesus Christ" ( I Peler 1 ,
L'i. Here we have ( he mailer .sucdncl-
l\ stated lallh In the blood ot JeMln
Is essential us the llrst siep In Hie way
\
to Cod. "No man cometh unto Hie 1-a-
tber but by me , " said our Lord. Then
our way must lie through saiicillication
ot the Spirit , ot ( lie will , the selling
apart of our hearts from earthly am
bitions nnd pleasures to heavenly ones
deailness in the world nnd a livcncsfl
toward Cod. This work of grace must
progress day liy day.
Our saiicillication Is not merely for
the beginning of our Christian experi
ence , hut to be the very essence ot our
lives thereafter. The trials i.nd test-
In 'S ot lite from the world , the flesh
and the devil will serve to demonstrate
the thoroughness ot our saiiciillcallnn.
Cod. however. Is not seeking to prove
whether or not we nre perfect Iu the
flesh , for he knows nnd Informs ns that
we nre Imperfect. He does , however ,
desire to prove that our constcrntlon ,
our sanetlilcatinu. our setting njmrt of
ourselves to be faithful to the Lop ) nt
nny and every cost Is not merely a
passing whim or fancy , but by con
tinual instructions of tils Word by the
Inspirations of his Promises. Hy ihu
testings of his disciplines he would
fix Indelibly , unalterably , this decision
of ours to he entirely his In thought ,
In word. In deed-even unto death.
"Copies of His Son. "
St. Paul , consistently with bin Blnle-
tnents already quoted , wrote to the
Christians nt Home respecting Cod's
foreknowledge and predestination of
the Klect Church , saying. "Whom he
did foreknow , he also did predestinate
to ) ie conformed lo the Image of hla
Son. lhal he might he the firstIxirn
among many brethren" ( Komaim vlll ,
'Mi. Our Heavenly Father decreed
that no one mlulit he n member of IhlJ
elect Church except sanctified ones.
And these must be tested before final
approval. Their Lord. Ihelr Redeemer ,
having been a saint fully consecrated
to the Father's will , these culled , cho
sen and faithful followers will likewise
be snlnls nnd , In this respect , the Aims-
tie declares , they will he coptai of
Ihelr Itedeemer. nnd he will l e nn
K'der ' B'olher them
nmongst , when
they shnll share his glory In bin King
dom.
dom.Xnllre
Xnllre the harmony of all this with
our text. "Both he Hint snnctlflelh ( onr
Lord .lesusi nnd they that nre sancti
fied ( his elect Churchi are nil of one
( of one spirit of lovalty to the Father
and his ripliieousness-nnd baptized hy
the one spirit Into the one Body , of
which Christ Is the Ileadi. For this
cause he ( the glorified Iledcemeri la
not nshnmed to call thece nanttifled
ones , finally tested , his brethren on
the hlshest plane of nature-tils own ,
the nivlne nature In plnry , honor nnd
Immorality , far above * lmt of angels.
More Than One Trafalgar Square.
The Scotland Yard cxiimlnntloi
which would he tnxlcah drivers huve
to undergo In the knowledge of Lon
don Is no mere mutter iif form. "If , "
asked ilu > lniiilslior | recently of a can
didate , "n fnre halls you In Trafalgar
square nnd nsks to he driven to Trafal
gar square whin would you deV " 1
should drive him around n bit and
drop him on the other .side of the
Miuare. " replied Hie candidate. And
he wus turned down , for he did not
know thnt London has three Trarujgur
squares besides Hie Driest site iu Eu
rope one In Cumberwcll. one In "CUel-
* KT Md owe lo Stepney. -
Cbrnuicl * .