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8 THE NOUKOLK WBEKL Y NEWS-JOUKNAL , FRIDAY , FKIJKUARY 25 , 1910. Wcit Point. West Point , Mob. , Feb. 22. Special in The News : News IIIIH reached the city of the marriage at Pllgor Neb. , of Clyde Bass and Miss Buelnh OH- niond , Mr. SUHH Is a native of West Point , the con of the late John Suss uiul IH In buslncsH at Pllgor , whore the couple will reside. They wore married by County Judge Cowan. i Dr. H. L. Welhi has been appointed 4nunty : phyHlelan at a salary of $ 1,120 IH r annum. Several of the deputy assessors olccted at the hint election have been disqualified for various reasons and County AKsosHor Clatanoff has appolnt- d the following : Grant township , Henry WeHtcrhold ; Wlsner , Theodore Hleoke , Logan township , August Reich- llngor ; Sherman township , James Mol- Kurd. The body of John Ackerman , sr. , 4i pioneer settler of Cumlng county , XVIIH brought to the city from Enid , Okla. , and Interred In Mount Hope comotery. The deceased was 81 years of ago and for many years was proml- < ncnt In Cumlng county affairs. Ho IH j the father of former County Treasurer O. W. Ackorman. The funeral rites were conducted according to the rltu- nl of the Gorman Lutheran church , llov. A. R. E. Oolschlaeger , pastor , of- licluting. Another severe storm almost approaching preaching u blizzard In Intensity Is prevailing here. Snow Is now about throe Inches deep , still falling and drifting badly. Trains are very much delayed , no mall having reached the city for the past twelve hours. Corn husking was being finished as well as circumstances would permit , but thlb Htorm will effectually put a stop to It for an Indefinite time. The citizens committee appointed by the council to devise a means whereby the present water system of the city could bo changed or Improved has miulo Its report. The condition of the waterworks has been n source of trouble and uneasiness to the citizens 1'or Homo time , the present plant being nuout twenty-live years old and has proven itself inadequate to supply the city of the present day with water , and at the same time ensure Hro pro- , teetlon. The committee recommend' ' the sinking of additional wells at points free from the substratum of sand which underlies the city. They hi so recommend the installation of a meter system of supply , causing everyone - one to pay for only what they use. The extension of the service Is also recommended and various Improve ments have boon suggested which will doubtless insure to the city an adequate - quato supply of water and lire pro-1 teetlon for many years to come. August Llnnemann of Wlsner who was city clerk of West Point for many years and has since been en gaged In the clothing business nt Winner - , ner , 1ms opened a clothing store at "Leigh , Neb. , and will move with his family to that place In the near fu-1' lure. I' The West Point Llederkranz society ' announce their annual entertainment to take place nt West Point today. The firm of Hoist & Peterson , hard wire merchants of West Point has boon dissolved , Mr. Hoist continuing the business , assuming all Indebted-1 ness and receiving the money due to ' the late firm. $2,500 Ball for Slashing Negro. Battle Creek , Neb. . Feb. 22. Special to The News : Peter Nelson , a Dane , who Blabbed Joseph Phlpps , a negro , behind a saloon In an "alley after dark 1 last Saturday night , was today taken to the county jail at Madison by Sheriff Smith , In default of ? 2GOO bail , ilxed by Justice W. B. Fuerst , at | : the preliminary hearing yesterday af- " ternoon. County Attorney James c Nichols was here to prosecute. c Phipps will live , though he was bad ly slashed about the face. He has a bad gash over the right eye , one on t the right ear and a cut on the right i uldo of the nose. He bled profusely but Is now around , heavily bandaged. Only one eye is visible through the bandages , v Nelson , who came hero from Antelope - i lope county ( near Oakdale or Elgin ) Iwo years ago , Is a day laborer. Ho Is not married. He had been drinking . when he attacked the negro with a t Jsnife. Nelson is said to have threat-1 ned to get oven with Phlpps for | c interfering In a row Involving Nelson some two months ago , In a saloon. Nelson claims that he recalls noth " ing vliatevor of the incident He went on the stand In his own behalf. A number of witnesses wore examined. Phipps has been employed on MadlJ J c aon county farms , mostly by the Vlrj j t Kinlans living around Battle Creek , t tor twenty years. Wilson to Hang. Alnsworth , Neb. , Feb. 22. Special to The News : George Wilson , alias Rlfenberg , was today found guilty of murder- Jng Jake Davis , and the death penalty fixed by the jury. The verdict was brought In shortly after 7 o'clock this morning , after the jury had been out all night. The first ballot of the jury stood unanimous for convic tion. Then there was dis agreement as to the penalty. Twelve ballots were taken , the last resulting in unanimity for the death penalty. Judge Harrington will convene - vene court Friday to pass sentence. Wilson displayed the same Indifference when the verdict was announced , that he had shown all along. The Jury went out at 8 last night. Jake Davis , an Alnsworth pool hall proprietor , was murdered on his way toome about 11 o'clock at night , December - comber 27 , last. His body was dragged Into a barn where he was found at 3 a. m. He had boon killed brutally with n blunt In- Htrumont. Ho was known to hiivc had several hundred dollars on his person , but this was gone. Wilson , a stranger In town , and a deserter from the army , was arrested and money , bloodstained , was found shoo. MURDERER LOSES FEET. Hastings Negro Froze Feet While Hid ing From the Officers. Hastings , Nob. , Feb. 22. Arthur Anderson , the negro who murdered Arthur Newell with a billiard cue In a local pool hall , will have both his feet amputated ahovo the ankle as a result of the exposure ho underwent while hiding from the olllcors. Anderson slept In n cornfield two nights. His feet wore frozen still and surgeons will have to amputate them to Have his life. Anderson had his preliminary hear ing and waived examination , Ho was > bound over without hall. NEW WAY TO SELL MACHINERY. Durke , S. D. , Dealer Sells Only Through Auction Sales. Burke , S. I ) . , Feb. 22. Special to The News : A now system of conductIng - Ing a retail business , recently inaugu rated In Burke , has already spread its Influence all over Gregory county and even beyond , and from present Indi cations nobody can tell what Us pos sible scope may be , as it is still spreading. Something over a year ago A. E. Kull purchased an Implement busi ness In this town. Ho used , large spaces in the newspapers quoting re duced prices on standard goods ; bu In the meantime the other implement dealers were busy. They organized against him and filled the country with literature and solicitors to his detri ment. They wrote letters to the Job bers and characterized him as a "pi rate , " for cutting prices. Being un able to mollify them Mr. Kull , after a strenuous year got angry and on Januay 1 , 1910 , announced that he would adopt an entirely different me thod. He announced abig auction sale of farm machinery for January 20 , and on that day fanners from all over Gregory county came to Burke and bought over ? 7,000 worth of ma chinery at auction. This was follow ed ' by another sale of the same kind on Friday , February 18 , at which a still larger amount was sold In the same way. When the first sale was an nounced the other implement dealers declared the plan would not work ; that standard goods could not be sold at : a profit that way. But it has now reached the point where farm ma chinery ' can scarcely bo sold any other way in Gregory county. All of the dealers ' are advertising auction sales , and ; they all report that sales are mighty ' dull between auctions. More over ' , the. plan threatens to invade other ' lines of trade , although it has not done so as yet ; but many mer chants In other lines are seriously contemplating giving it a trial. More Time for Yankton Bridge. Washington , Feb. 19. Special to The News : Senator Gamble has se cured the passage of a bill granting to the Yankton-Norfolk & Southern railway an extension of time in which to construct a railroad , wagon and foot bridge across the Missouri river at Yankton. The bridge must be completed on or before March 19 , 1912. Reimbursement for Prairie Fire. Senator Gamble introduced a bill appropriating ? 1,835 to reimburse the .Mission Farm company for hay de stroyed by prairie fires caused by carelessness of government employes on the Hosebud Indian reservation. Senators Norris Brown offered an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill appropriating $330,000 to assist in the early completion of ditch in Scotts Bluff county , Nebraska , under the Pathfinder project. The argument of the senator Is that while the bill carries large sums for protecting people from flood water along the Mississippi this appropria tion will help to check the flood wat ers at tneir source and thus protect the Mississippi people and at the same time kesp faith with the settl ers in Nebraska who have taken land along the proposed government caual and have waited for years for waters "that have never come. " Senator Burkett was advised by the agricultural department that an en gineer of that department would at once be assigned to Central City , Neb. , to Instruct or rather possibly suggest the most up-to-date metliods of con structing good and durable roads. Senator Gamble will submit the following amendments to rivers and harbors bill : Appropriating $500,000 for further improvements of the Missouri river from Kansas City to Fort Benton ; for building dams and constructing reser voirs at Lake Kampeska , Lake Poln- sett and on the Sioux river in South Dakota to control the flow of sand stream and Impound the flood waters to secure a permanent stage of water In the Missouri river , $52,500. Senator Gamble named Joseph Henry Hill of Rapid City for a cadetship - ship at West Point. H The president sent to the senate nominations of the following post masters : Nebraska Alnsworth , Lewis W. Short ; Beatrice , Albert H. Holllngs- worth. South Dakota Frankfort , George A. Fohlman. Nebraska Belmont , Dawes county , Ferdinand Wendt , vlco F. A. Dlehl , re signed. "Something to wear" the aspira tion , and sometimes the despair , of every self-respecting man and woman is an easier problem for d readers than for others. Gregory Man Is Cremated. Gregory , S. D. . Feb. 19. Special to The News : Herbert Laid , a young man about 20 yearn old , employed In the McKee hardware store , burned to death yesterday with gasoline. Ho was fixing a pipe In u gasoline lighting plant on the celling , standing on a stop ladder. He set a lighted torch on the top step and with a sol dering Iron disconnected the pipe when a stream of gasoline ran down over htm and was Ignited by the torch. Ho sprang down and ran out of the door. Mr. McKee attempted to wrap his coat around the blazing man as he run out , but Laid got away and darted , a flaming human torch , across the street to the alley , ho leaped In to a burn that was open and here he was caught by the pursuing men. His clothing was completely burn ed off and ho was horribly burned from the knees up. Ho lived five hours afterward , suffering terribly. Ills father wa summoned from his claim In Trlpp county and arrived just before his son expired. Is Worthless as Seed Corn. Omaha , Feb. 21. As a result of continuous tests of Nebraska seed corn by a local commercial organiza tion , It was announced today that on ly 27V& percent of the corn hold by farmers for seed In Nebraska will grow. The state has been alarmed by such reports , which are said to be absolutely authentic. The corn In the northern part of the state Is absolutely worthless for seed , It Is stated , while In the south ern part those fanners who have tested corn find that they have only sufficient seed for themselves and will have none at all to sell. The commercial clubs and banks in many parts of the state will continue to make tests while the railroad com panies arc sending bulletins to all sta tions warning against planting un tested corn. Chickens at $1 Each. West Point , Neb. , Feb. 21. Special to The News : Prices for poultry In this county are soaring. At the sale of J. J. Byrne , north of West Point , last week , his chickens sold for an av erage of $1 each. School Notes. Last Tuesday a number of the boys Illustrated the practical value of base ball by sliding to their seats as on a home run. They showed also that they meant to have another half holi day. day.Emma Emma Koerber was out of school two days the past week on account of trouble with her eyes. Mr. Soloman has been using chor uses for music in the high school this semester. Those who do not care to sing are allowed to study during the music period. Considerable part sing ing has been Introduced , and the re sults are very gratifying. William Shroeder has been absent during the latter part of the week. Miss Pulnc's class In the Methodist Sunday school had an oyster supper Isat evening at the homo of the super intendent , Mr. Weaver. Council Proceedings. The council met in regular session at 8:45 : p. m. , Mayor Friday presiding. Present , Blakeman , Winter , Craven , Fuesler , Fischer , Hibben ; absent , Coleman - man and Dolln. Moved by Craven , seconded by Blakeman , that the council employ H. H. Tracy for engineer at the rate of $125 per month for one year , beginning April 1 , 1910. Carried. Moved by Craven , seconded by Blakeman , that the public works com mittee be Instructed to purchase field instruments for engineer not exceed ing a cost of $200. Carried. A petition for a hose company at the Junction was read and referred to the fire department. The treasurer's report for January was read and referred to the auditing committee. The council adjourned at 11 p. m. Union Pacific Must Tell Why. The Union Pacific railroad will be called upon by the state railway com mission to show cause why there has been so much delay in regard to build ing a new station at Norfolk. Kail- way Commissioner W. H. Cowgill , passing through Norfolk from Creigh- ton last night , was called upon by a Norfolk committee who protested against the long delay. Mr. Cowgill agreed that there had been too much time since the order was given to put up a new depot , and said the Union Pacific would at once be taken to ac count for It. Ho said he would sec Vice President Mohler In Omaha to day witli regard to the matter. Death of Mrs. Donovan. Madison , Neb. , Feb. 22. Special to The News : Following an Illness of more than a year , Mrs. John B. Donovan , succumbed to cancer at her homo here at 9 o'clock last night. Mrs. Donovan had been confined to her bed for two months. She was the wife of J. B. Donovan , for many years editor of the Star-Mail and at one time president of the Nebraska Press association. Besides her husband , a son and daughter survive. Before her marriage , Mrs. Donovan was Miss Katie Wagner , a Madison girl. Funeral - oral ararngements have not yet been made. TUESDAY TOPICS. Robert Broecker went to Pllger. A. L. Killlan has returned from Chi cago. cago.M. J. Sanders was at Wakoflold on business. Mrs. W. Martin returned to her homo at Madison. Mrs. Julius Winter of Heidar was In the city calling on friends. Leonard Fountain and Carrlo Byors of Missouri Valley are visiting at the ' homos of H. T. Donnur and J. F. Foun tain. tain.H. H. Versul of Lindsay was In the city visiting with C. P. Christiansen. W. W. Young of Stnnton was In the city onrouto to Dakota City to attend district court. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Koefe of Anoka are In the city visiting with the J. K. Montague family. Norfolk frlondtt of L. K. Smith are pleased to hear that he Is fast recov- erlng from an operation for appendi citis at his homo at Long Pine. J. J. Flynn , son of Constable John Klynn , was In the city to join his wife , who has been here vlsting with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Flynn left for Lincoln. H. F. Uarnlmrt is on the sick list. Carpenters are busy at the Oxnard . hotel constructing six now bath rooms. I Henry Fehlhavcr has purchased the Mrs. Westcrvclt property on Phillip avenue. George Parker , the Northwestern engineer who fell Into a pit at Long Pine and broke his leg Saturday , is re ported doing well. The West Sldo Whist club will meet Friday evening with Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Saltor. C. C. Gow is suffering from an old ' Injury to his leg sustained In his boyhood - hood days. It Is said the Northwestern rail road will spend a million dollars on Its new Hawarden , la. , cut-off from Sioux City. Miss Ethel Soifert of Falrbury , Neb. , is In the city and will open a music' ' studio here In a short time. Miss Set- ' fert will teach music. j Frank Marchant , an engineer of the Northwestern railroad , fell from the ' cab of his engine at the Junction and broke one of his ribs. I. T. Cook has started rebuilding the house which was destroyed by fire near Meadow Grove. The material for the new house Is being hauled fron. ' Norfolk. I Professor Otto Vogct has sent a' ' manuscript to New York for a new' ' , Indian Intermezzo " " entitled "Holabird. Professor Voget Is also organizing an orchestra. Water pipes in the residence of Frank Stangle burst last evening and badly flooded his cellar. Water Com missioner Brummund was called to shut off the water. A. A. Corkle and J. S. Smith , who formerly had offices in the Bishop block , are In the city. Mr. Corkle re ports that Smith brothers now have an office at South Omaha. The Commercial club directors met at noon. They dec'rted ' to send out' ' letters to farmer * living around Norfolk - ' folk warning them with regard to the ! worthlessnfss of corn now being held , I for use as seed. I Norfolk Is to have another undertaking - j ing establishment. R. M. Adams and G. H. Adams , both of Greenfield , la. , ' have leased the store room of the Rich ards block and will open their under taking business March 1. Robert Broecker has traded his liv ery barn on South Third street to J. K. Miles of Nlobrara for 320 acres of farm land which lies five miles south west of that town. Mr. Miles takes possession of the barn here March 1. I The Madison County District Sun-1 day School association will hold a con- , ventlon In Norfolk next Sunday. On the program are Mrs. J. A. Dalian- tyne , Mrs. James Lough , Mrs. Mason of Meadow Grove , Dr. O. R. Meredith , Cleo Lederer , Clark Oberlies of Lin coln , Rev. E. F. Hammond. William Warner and Alien Trulock made a decided hit with the public last evening in their first appearance be hind the footlights In "Billy and Billy , " a negro burlesque at the Lyric thea ter. The Norfolk boys showed some real acting and are today much com plimented by many who witnessed their first public appearance. The alleys of the city are now In better condition than the main streets. | Street Commissioner Uecker has for' ' the past few months been btrsy hauling I cinders with which he has paved most j of the much traveled alleys of the city. Mr. Uecker's idea was that when pnvj j ing Is commenced a fairly good high way through the city would' ' be found ( In the alleys after the cinders were packed down. j Roy Mulertz has the record for the highest bowling score made In Nor folk since the now alleys were opened here. His score was 268. The bank ers will play their third game this evening. Hoaklns bowlers are expected - ! ed here for their game within the next few days. It Is said Tilden and Neligh teams , who are reported to be booked. for a bowling contest , wl.ll come here for their game. C. C. Sheets. W. A. Towney and John Thelsen of Osmond were In the city calling on John Phinney , manager of the Farmers Grain and Live Stock company , and looking'over the local farmers' elevator with a view of build ing at Osmond a similar one. The Os mend people believe that although there are four elevators there at pres ent , the co-operative elevator would have a bright future and they expect to organize and build a plant like the one nt Norfolk. Left Them Thinking. Counsel ( to the Jury ) "The princi pal fault of the'prisoner has been hla unfortunate characteristic of putting faith In thlaves and scoundrels of the basest description. I hare done. The unhappy man In the dock puts Impllo- It faith In you , gentlemen of the Jury ! " Of Calumny. A nickname a man may chance to | wear out ; but a system of calumny , ' pursued by a faction , may descend eren to posterity. Isaac Disraeli. The merchant who furnishes you his "store-news" reeularly , faithfully , through his ads In these columns , 'earns your good will. Ooo PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . . . WHAT Sermon by p R QURES | RUSSELL OF US Pastor Brooklyn 1 abcinaclc. Text. "WliM Dolli TliyGod Requite o ! Tlirc , but to Do juslly , and to Love Mercy and to Walk I lunibly With I liy Cud ? ' ( Micah vi. 8. ) O-- Ooo Norfolk , Va. . Feb. 13. Are the words of our text true ? Is It possible that the true religion of the Bible demands nothing more of us than Is expressed In this textVliut about the Jew ish Law ? \Vhnt about Its sill-offering , its hurnt-offorlng , Its thank-offerings ? What about the ten commandments ? \Vlmt about the digest of those com mandments approved by our Lord Je sus. "Thou shult love the Lord thy God with nil thy heart , with all thy mind , with all thy being , with all thy strength ; and then shall love thy neighbor as thyself"Vluu about Church attendance ? What about our responsibilities to our families ? To the Church ? To the poor ? What about study of the Itlble to know God's will ? What about our responsibility for the heathen ? What about baptism and the Lord's supper ? Indirectly , duur brethren , all the matters included in our questions and many more are Included Incidentally in provisions of our text. Sometimes u whole sermon Is preached In a few words. No one will dispute the rcu sonablenesH of the Divine requirement as stated In our text. Our Creator could not justly or with welf-respcct ask less than this of his creatures who would enjoy his favor. The Interests of all demand that those principles should be required of every creature permitted the enjoyment of Divine fa vor to the extent of eternal life. Who ever falls to como up to these conditions i tions would thus evidence his unworthiness - worthiness of life eternal ; his pro longed existence would merely be a prospering of sin and u menace to the happiness and righteousness of others. But now let us see the scope of this Divine requirement , whose justice we have already acknowledged. We note the natural division of our text into three parts : (1) ( ) Doing justly ; (2) ( ) Loving mercy ; (3) ( ) Walking humbly. The requirement of justice In all our dealings with our fellows , commends Itself to every rational mind. It In cludes the whole Law of God. A brief statement of that Law which had our Lord's approval reads , Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy mind , nil thy being and all thy strength ; and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two propositions hang all the Law and the Prophets. It is but'just that we should recognize our Creator as first ; that we should glorify the One who gave us our being and all the blessings that come therewith : that we should be obedient to his righteous requirements that make for our own happiness and that of others. It Is also but right that we should recognize the rights of others , as we would have them recognize our rights. The Golden Rule Is the barest of jus tice. Not a hair's breadth less would come within the requirements of our text , Do Justly. Come , then , let us reason together. Uow many of us do justly In all of life's affairs In our relationship to our God and to our neighbor ? Begin at home. Let each one criti cise his words and his deeds toward bis parents ; toward his children ; to ward his brothers ; toward his sisters ; toward husband ; toward wife. Do we In all of our relationships of life treat these who arc so near and so dear to us according to the standards of justice , according to the Golden Rule ? Do we do toward them as we would have them do toward us ? If not , after making a beginning with the Lord , striving to render to him our homage and obedience , let us close ly scrutinize every word , every act of the home life and see to what extent these can be Improved upon and made more nearly just. The majority of people , we feel sure , will be surprised to know how unjust they have been toward those who are of the very nearest and dearest of fleshly relation ships. Follow the matter up and consider the justice or Injustice of your words and deeds in dally life with your neighbors and dully associates. Do you invariably speak to them In the same words and with the same tone and gesture that you would approve If they were in your place and you In theirs ? In matters of business do you drive a closer bargain with them than you would think just for them to make with you ? Or , on the other hand , do you ask of them higher prices for the services or materials you furnish them than you would consider just and right if you were the purchaser and they the venders ? Do you watch your chickens that they do not commit dep redations upon your neighbor's garden as carefully as you would wish your neighbor to watch his chickens as re spects your garden. If you hud one ? Do you blow no more tobacco smoke In the face of your neighbor than you would like to have him blow In your face ? Are you as careful about wip ing your feet when entering his house as yon would like him to be when en tering your house ? Do you treat all men. women , children and animals as kindly , as gently , as properly every way as you tnlnk would be jimt and right If you wrre In their place and the. " ' In yours ? Do you npeuU us kind , ly of your neighbors as you would have them speak of you ? Or do you hold up their Imperfections to ridicule , as you would like to tmve them bold up yours ? Do you guard your tongue mn that * nn apeak Olllj tillngM you would think proper for your iiolchboi to speak respecting you , If you ehunued places ? Simple Justice Nothing More. Do you not begin to see. dear friends , that what God requires of us IH much beyond what the majority have In- rendering ? Do you stand appalled and tell me that It would be Impossible to live fully up to that standard ? I agree with you. And St. Paul agrees , say Ing. "We cannot do the things which we would. " The Scriptures again agree and declare "There Is none righteous , no. not one. All have .fin ned and come short of the glory of God. " What shall we do ? Shall we say that because we arc unable to lire up to our own conceptions and stand arcls of Justice we will make no at tempt to do so , but abandon those standards entirely ? God forbid. We are weak enough and imperfect enough as it Is. To Ignore our best Ideals of justice would bo to take oil all the brakes and permit the downward tend encies of our depraved natures to go rapidly from bud to worse to carry us further and fun her from God and the standards of character which he ap proves. We can surely be content to do notfilng less than our very best to live up to our own Ideals and to raise those ideals as nearly as possible to the Divine standard. What Would Be the Uie ? Suppose we do our very best dally to measure up to our highest concep tions of our Cod-given Ideals and standards , \\onld Ciod accept of thin and count us worthy of his favor and of eternal life ? Surely not. The Law of the Lord Is perfect. Justice Is Justice1 Not the hearer of a law , not the well-wishing , receives the reward , but the doer , the obedient ! Here. then , we find ourselves in dllliculty. With our hearts , our minds , we approve God's Law and desire to be obedient ( o him. hut liiul. as Si. Paul says , that many things we wish to do we full to accomplish ; and many of the things we do not wish to do we cannot avoid. "We cannot do the things that we would. " We approve the excellent de mands of God's Law. Wo disapprove the Imperfections of our own flesh. Like St. Paul , we cry out. "O wretch ed man that I am ! who shall deliver me from this dead body ? " this body that Is Imperfect through Inherited sin and weaknesses. With our minds we serve God's Law and approve It ; but with our bodies we come short. What Is our hope ? How shall we be delivered ? Can we prevail upon God to change the reasonable requirement of our text NO that it shall read. What doth God require of me but to will justly and do Imperfectly ? We can not hope for such a change In the Divine Law. Are we then hopeless as respects Divine approval and eternal life ? ( Romans vii. 17-24.1 The Gift of God U Eternal Life. In our moment of perplexity we hear God's message "speaking peace through Jesus Christ our Lord " The message of peace Is that what we could not do for ourselves In the way of lifting ourselves up to Divine ap proval God has provided shall be done for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. Our failure to keep the Law marks us as unworthy of eternal life , and worthy of the wages of sin not eter nal torment , but death. God In mercy concluded to offer us eternal life as a gift because of our not actually merit ing It under his legal requirements. Thus we read. "The wages of sin Is death ; but the gift of God Is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" ( Romans vi. 23) ) , What we could not obtain legally under the Divine re quirements God proffers to us as n gift. But the gift is a conditional one as expressed in the words , "through Jesus Christ our Lord. " Only those who accept Jesus Christ as "the Way. the Truth , and the Life" may. have God's gift of eternal life. Hence It will be scon that It Is wholly u mistake to suppose that the heathen at home or abroad can get eternal llf * . the gift of God. in Ignorance of Christ All the Scriptures confirm this and declare not only that we cannot save ourselves by obedience to the terms of God's Law. but that "there Is none other name un der heaven given among men , whereby we must be saved" through faith In his name through faith In bis blood ( Acts Iv. 12) ) . But how Is this done justly ? and. why does God so limit his gift of eter nal life ? God's Law represents himself and cannot change. He cannot require less than perfection. To do so would be to till the Universe to all eternity with depraved and Imperfect beings. God has a higher plan than this and de clares , "As the heavens are higher than the earth , so are my ways higher than your ways" ( Isaiah Iv , 9i. He explains that his ultimate purpose Is that there shall be no imperfect creature in all his Universe. All whose hearts are loyal to him and the principles of tils government shall be perfected , and ah others shall be destroyed In the Second Death. Thus , eventually , every knee shall bow and every tongue confess to the glory of God. Thet every creature which Is In heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , shall be heard saying , BlfsHlng , and honor and glory and power lx > unto him that sltlsth upon the throne , and unto the Lamb forever ( ItPVPliiMnn v l.li You Arc Bought With a Price. Possibly God could have arranged mime othei way of dealing with sin and Hinders which would not have re quired the death of Jesus HH the Ran som price , the purchase price , the re demption price for sinners. But the fact that this method was adopted by our great Creator assures us that uo other method would huve been HU wise , so JIHI , so lienellclal No other method would hnve so fully demon- Htrnled God's Wisdom. Juntlce , Love and Power In brief , then. God's arrangement is Unit all of his human creatures shall have opportunity of full return to har mony with himself , provided they wish to do HO , provided their hearts , their wills , are fully responsive to the letter and spirit of his Law the require ments set forth In our text. God has provided In Jesus for the Kiillsfactlon of Divine Justice as respects all of the condemned race who desire to return to his favor. We agree with all the orthodox creeds of Christendom that only re pentance from sin and an endeavor to put It away from our thoughts and words and deeds , combined with faith In the Itedecmer'H sacrifice and n full consecration of heart and life to do the Father's will nothing short of this attainment will gain the salvation which God Is now holding out to man kind. To such the Apostle explains that the righteousness , the full dcnmmlH of the Law of God. his full requirement , "Is fulfilled In us who arc walking not after the flesh , but after the Spirit" ( Romans vlll. 4) ) . From the moment of our consecration and begetting of the holy Spirit God deals with Ibis class as with sons. He trains them In the School of Christ , disciplining , chasten ing , proving thorn , testing the sincerity of their consecration Vows and the loyalty of their hearts. To those who prove faithful the great reward Is promised glory , honor. Immortality , jolnt-hclrshlp with the Lord Jesus Christ In his Millennial Kingdom and Its work of blessing all the families of the earth ( Galatluns 111 , t0 ! ; Revelation 111Ml. . Our disagreement with all "orthodox creeds" Is In respect to what shall be done with the uiisalntly with those who do not present themselves to God and who are not begotten again of the holy Spirit. Our creeds of the dork ages misrepresented the teach ings of the Bible In respect to these and told us that they are all to be con signed for hundreds or thousands of years to Purgatory or for nil eternity In hell torment. Not such Is the teach ing of God's Word , but the very re verse , as we have previously shown. The Scriptures do not declare. In thee and In thy Seed shall all the families of the earth be damned ; but the re verse of this that they shall all be Messed. All the sin-blind eyes shall be opened. All the deaf ears of Ignorance shall be unstopped. For the blest thousands years of Christ's reign the world's uplifting or resurrection will proceed , while the knowledge of the glory of God shall fill the whole earth. The angels on the plains of Bethlehem did not declare to the shepherds. Fear greatly ! for behold , we bring you bad tidings of great misery which shall be unto all people. Their message was the reverse of this : "Fear not ; behold , we bring you uood tidings of great Joy which shall be unto all people" ( Luke II. 10) ) . God who hod n "due time" for calling natural Israel and who had also a "due time" for calling spiritual Israel , has a "due time" for making known the riches of his gmce to the non-elect world of mankind. And the "elect" of spiritual Israel and of nat ural Israel are to be the channels of this Divine grace and mercy , which , during the Millennial Age , will flow as a river of salvation , to which all mankind will be Invited to come and drink freely. Love Mercy and Walk Humbly. It may astonish some that God re quires even more than Justice , which is his legal standard. In his permis sion of sin and Its wage of death be has shown the sinner his own mercy or love. And It Is for the sinner's ben efit and for the good of all , that God requires that all who will have the full benefit of bis mercy shall be re quired to cultivate this mercy q'uallty In their own hearts. As the sinner attempts to conform his life to the perfect standard and finds himself un able to keep God's Law and obliged to come for mercy to the Throne of Grace , he is informed that he can have that mercy only upon condition that he will exercise similar mercy toward those who trespass against him. his Ideals and Interests. Humility Is u quality very necessary to every creature. Pride Is a foe which besets not merely the weak and Imperfect , hut which overcame the great nngel ) light. Lucifer , and trans- f'rmed him from n faithful servant of Jehovah Into Satan , the Adversary of God. We are glad , therefore , that Di vine Wisdom requires humility as one of the conditions of our acceptance with him. This requirement assures us of the security of the Divine Em pire against till treason In the future ; for none will be adml'tted to the eter nal life conditions cither now or in the Millennial Age. except the humble. Let us hearken then to the lesson of our text and conclude with the words of the Apostle , "Humble yourselves , therefore , under the mighty hand of God. that he may exalt you In due tlmo" ( I Peter v. 0) ) . Where Her Thoughts Were. Daughtor-To tell the truth , pa , 1 didn't think much of the close of the sermon. Father Thought more of the clothes of the congregation , eh ? If a man wishes to be treated with courtesy he should show courtesy to others. Poor Uogsl \ Returned Explorer-Yes ; the cold was so Intense at the polo we had to be very careful not to pot our dogs. Miss Youngthlng Indeed ! Why was that/ / Returned Explorer You see. , their tails were frozen stiff , and If they wagged them they-would break off. Boston Transcript