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V i THE NORFOLK WKKKIiY NKWS.,10t'HNAL , FRIDAY. AI'Hll , 15 , 1910. RANDOLPH SUSPECT NABBED. Alleged Robber Caught at Des Molncs After n Running Fight. Dos Mollies , April 11. In a running light I" which n dozen shots wore ox- uhangod , Jack Hardy , believed to bo uno of the men who robbed the hank at Randolph , Nob. , of $10,000 recent ly , WIJH captured In the Chicago , ( Ircnt \VuHtorn yards by Special Olllcor Ilond of the Great Western. Hardy had two loaded guns and did not Btirrondor until huaton Insensible. NEW YORK HAS DRY SUNDAY. Not Since Roosevelt's Day as Police Commissioner , Has It Been So. Now York. April 11. Not Hlnco the ilays when Theodore Roosevelt wan a commissioner of police hrts New York Ijeon BO dry on Sunday as yesterday. Drlnkti wore to be had , of course , but the drouth nevertheless was evident nil over the city. The police , beginning last Sunday , nro obeying to the letter .Mayor Gay- Jior's order of "hands off , no excise nrrests , " but with slips prepared by the district attorney's olllce they start ed in looking for evidence of liquor law violations , In conjunction with the officers of the state excise department. This , together with general uncertain ty of things , made the saloonmen cau tious. As was the case last Sunday , the police made no excise arrests , but con- lined their efforts to getting evidence to bo placed in allldavit form. POOL ROOM MEN IN PANIC. Sensational Raid Causts Them to Try to Burn Racing Sheets. Now York , April 11. Two hundred Itool room players were nearly suffo cated In a house on City Hall place by the efforts of the roomkcopers to de stroy racing sheets and other evidence of play when the place was raided by the police yesterday afternoon. As soon as the proprietors heard the Bound of axes at the doors , they threw all papers into a big sheet iron can , kept ready for emergency , poured ker osene over the paper and threw a lighted match on top. The bonfire , partly hidden from the players by a low partition , blazed fiercely , emitting volumes of suffocating smoke. Terrified at the thought of being trapped in a fire , the crowd fought and hammered at the doors , while plain clothes men among them to get evidence tried in vain to restore order by a display of their revolvers. A rush of fresh air from the street when the door was broken down and the j Bight of the police uniforms quieted the panic. Six men said to be the proprietors and employes were arrested. The oth ers wen { free. DYNAMITED OUT OF BED. Portland , Ore , April 11. Two women - men were blown out of bed in a cot- tage at Lents , a suburb , Vy nn explosion - sion of dynamite under the house. They were Mrs. Agnes Ellsworth , owner of the cottage , and Mrs. Mar garet Smoke , who was spending the night there. J. H. Smoke , husband j ' of Mrs. Margaret Smoke , was arrested - ed on suspicion. Mrs. Smoke said she would iile information against him. Mrs. Smoke told the authorities that she and her husband are living apart { Hid that on several occasions lie had threatened to kill her. Albanians Call Off Troops. Constantinople , April 11. The Al- banian insurgents have settled their differences with the Turkish govern ment and dispersed to their homes , according to an olliclal dispatch re ceived from Pristina. The government lias promised to consider their griev ances and to comply with any relation demands in the rebels remain peace ful. Omaha Loses to Chicago Team. Oinnhn , April 11. After holding the Chicago American team down to one hit and no runs for six innings , at the same time accumulating three tallies for themselves , the Omaha Western League team went to pieces and lost the game. Score R. H. E. Omaha 20001000 0 3 5 4 Chicago . . .00000053 0 8 4 3 Batteries Sanders , Furchner , Hanson - son and Gonding ; Cadman , Olmstead nnd Krueger. First Ball Game at Neligh. Neligh , Neb. , April 11. Special to The News : The first baseball game of the senson was played here Satur day afternoon at Riverside park be tween the high school lads of Ne ligh nnd a team composed of old-tim ers from O'Neill , but who classed them selves as school boys. The score at the finish was 5 to 10 In favor of the vlstors. Trying to Settle Coal Strike. Kansas City , April 11. Representa 1t 1 tives of the coal miners , members of t the United Mine Workers of America and mine owners of Missouri , Kansas , Oklahoma and Arkansas met in joint conference here today in an effort to settle the strike of the 37,000 miners which began on April 1. The men went out because the operators re fused to grant nn increase in wages. IT'S GREAT TO JOKE BY WIRE. Low Night Telegraph Rates Have Started Many Freak Messages. New York , April 11. Many freak messages are sent over the wires un der the now 50-word night letter plan by the telegraph companies. One young man hero sent this to his sweet- PIS' Piles All Reel operaliot cral anea to last a i FOR BOOK ON PILES AND REC : DR. E. R. TARRY. 224 Bee heart In n western town : Miss So and So : Isle of View , Isle of View ( repented sixteen times ) . ( Signed ) Billy. A SCANDAL IN A JOPLIN CLUB. Big Shippers Charged With Keeping Reduced Freight Rates a Secret. Joplln. Mo. , April 11. Charges thnt certain members of the Commercial club of Joplln were getting railroad tntes which other members wcro not told of have been made by II. A. Fork- tier , secretary and trnlllc commissioner of the club. The charges created n sensation nnd brought Indignant de nials from members of the trafllc com- mlttee. Demands were made thnt Forkner retract his statement , but BO far he has not done so , nnd at n meet ing called for Wednesday night the whole thing will be threshed out. ONE CAREER TO A FAMILY. When There arc Two There's Trouble , Says Katharine Kaelred. New York , April 11. "If n woman with n career marries a man with one , the mnrrlage will Inevitably be a fail ure unless one or the other gives up ambition and is content to play second end fiddle before the world , " sni'l Katharine Kaelred , the actress , who Is a philosopher ns well. "if a woman does not love a man we1 ! enough to be willing to make n success of being married to him be fore anything else , then she lins no business getting married at all " Then she went on , smiling at the brand new Idea she was going to de clare which gave the somewhat an cient sentiments an entirely new meaning. "But please don't think I mean that every woman bhould give up her ca reer to be married ; I simply mean this : Suppose Miss Brown , a success ful actress or nrtist or politician , or whatever she may be , marries Mr. White , a man whose career is attracting - ing attention. I believe they ougut to talk the matter over very care fully and reach a decision as to which is the more valuable to the world , and the other should retire gracefully. In other words , I think either Miss Brown should become Mrs. White or Mr. White should become Mr. Brown. Do you understand me ? " CIVIL GOVERNMENT AS IT IS. New York Board of Aldermen Not Considered a Good Example. New York , April 11. The teachers of civil government in New York high schools have decided that practical demonstration of that study by visits to the sessions of the New York al dermen are unwise. The procedure in the city council is not , it appears , al ways ideal. The lirst experiment in "practical demonstration" was tried with a large delegation of girl students from an up town ( high school. The aldermen were not on their good behavior and among the f interesting things which the stu dents heard was the challenge of one alderman to anybody who thought he could be intimidated to "come out side. " The representative of a Brooklyn district was the bellicose member. He took up most of the time of the city fathers and the girl students in n speech in denunciation of the Tam many hall majority on the board , clos ing his remarks with this challenge. "I don't intend to submit to their gall ! and effrontery any longer. I am going to assert my manhood and if j anybody thinks lie can intimidate me , lie can meet me outside nnd I will show him whether I'm afraid of him. " There was a spirited reply by one of the Tammany members. " 1 hope the good Lord will spare the last speaker , " said' the Tammany man. "Barking dogs don't bite , they say , and I don't anticipate any trouble outside , but now that our Brooklyn champion has asserted his manhood , if ' there is anything coming off , I'd like a chance to oilicinte. " "The Traveling Salesman. " Henry B. Harris will present "The Traveling Salesman , " James Forbes' latest comedy success , at the Norfolk Auditorium , Friday evening , April 15. The first act of "The Traveling Salesman" shows the Interior of a railway ' depot at Fraud Crossing , n lit tle town in the middle west. It Is here that Bob Blake , the traveling salesman , makes the acquaintance of Beth Elliott , the pretty telegraph operator rater and ticket agent. Beth Is pos sessed of a piece of barren and tin- tillable land , which suddenly becomes of Immense value because It Is nec essary to n scheme of Improvement the railroad company desires to car ry out. Martin Drury , who is Blake's employer , becomes possessed of the knowledge that the railroad company is to make the Improvements , and at tempts to defraud the girl of the pro perty 1 through a perversion of the laws governing the sale of land by the township for unpaid taxes. It is Blake's aim to defeat this scheme , nnd the predicament he finds himself In through his impetuous and mlsvalued efforts , furnishes the necessary dra matic thread for Mr. Forbes' comedy , which aims chiefly at a humorous ex position of the characteristics of the modern drummer. The second act which transpires in Blnko's room in the Elite hotel , Is snid to be ns unique a portrayal of "life on the road" as was the second act of "The Chorus Lady" In illustrating "life behind the scenes. " Mr. Harris will send "The TravelIng - Ing Salesman" to this city with the snmo company nnd production that scored such n success In this comedy TULA-Pay WhenJJURED tal Diseases cured without a surgical n. No Chloroform , Ether or other gen asthetic used. CURE GUARANTEED LIFE-TIME. EXAMINATION FREE. TAL DISEASES WITH TESTIMONIALS Bulldlnir , Omaha , Nebraska In New York nnd Chicago , In which cities It ran for over n year. Among the artists In the company are Mark Smith , Jnmes O'Neill. Jr. . Clifford Stork , Lnwrence Sheehnn , Theodore Kohrwnld , Daniel Jarrett , Guy B. Hoff man , Emmett Shnckleford , Robert Hamilton , Miss Miriam Nesbltt , Miss Diana Hunekcr , Miss Marlon Stephenson - son and Miss Virginia Hamilton. Soon Benin Taking Census. Washington , April 11. With the break of day on next Friday , the 10th Instant , n host of 70,000 interrogators , men and women , white and colored , will bo turned loose In pursuit of the people | of the United States. On that day , Uncle Snm will begin the num bering of his children In preparation for the thirteenth census. He esti mates that he has n family of about ' .10,000,000 men , women nnd children , nnd lie already has employed nnd will J then put to work n body of enumera tors considerably greater than the standing army. The law provides that the enumera tion shall begin on the 15th , but It Is not so peremptory about the com mencing time as about the closing time , and already Intimations have been received that In some instances the work mny be postponed until Sat urday. This Is due to the fact that the 15th falls on Friday , and among the 70,000 name takers there a e some who are superstitious as to tnis day of the week. The enumeration will covev all of the forty-five states and two territories of the union proper and also Hawaii nnd Porto HIco. Alaska , the Philip pine islands and Guam will not be In cluded , as special arrangements are made for numbering the people of those dependencies. City Populations Known June 1. Under , the statutes governing the work , the entire enumeration must be completed within a month , and in the cities ' the work is limited to fifteen days. ' It is expected thnt some of the returns from the cities will be re ceived as early as the first week in June , but the exact population of the entire ' country will not be determined before sometime In September. The census olllclals will , however , know within a few thousand of the number long bafore the close of the summer months. They will be able to reach a substantially accurate conclusion by their pay rolls , but this will be more or less speculative , and the figures will not be given out. Director E. Dana Durand is counting upon a pay roll of not fewer than 90- 000,000 names. ' This estimate is based upon calculations of his experts , and makes allowance for an increase ac cording to the tendencies shown in the last three previous censuses. Be tween 1870 and 1880 the increase in the population was 30 percent ; be tween 1880 and 1890 , 25 percent ; be tween 1890 and 1900 , 21 percent. If the decrease should continue at the same ratio there would be a falling off this year of the rate of gain to 17 percent. The immigration figures for the past decade have been great er , however , than for any of the pre vious ten-year periods. Making al lowance for this augmentation from outside it is calculated that the in crease for the past ten years will be about 18 percent , and as , in round numbers , the figure for 1900 was 76- 000,000 , it is now calculated thnt there prove to have been an addition of about 14,000,000 souls. Much interest is felt as to the showing regarding the purely native increase. The enumerations between 1870 nnd 1900 show a startling ten dency towards "race suicide , " and it is Mr. Durand's fond hope that the reports of his 70,000 subordinates may be able to check tills apparent decline. Man of figures thnt he is , he does not , however , permit bis optimism to shade bis facts , and until the actual returns show something better , he will hold to his ninety-million esti mate. Will Give Out Advance Sheets. There will be some innovations in the next census , and they are expect ed to improve the reports. For in stance , the country farmer Is to be nfforded an opportunity to consider in advance the statements he shall make as to the conditions prevailing with reference to his holdings , and the same advantage is to be given heads of families in cities as to the enumeration of their households. In both cases sheets are to be passed around before the official calls of the enumerators In the hope that both rurnlist nnd urbanite will be more complete in their returns than other wise they might be. There also is to be unusual care In the supervision of the work of the enumerators. In the cities supervisors will camp on the heels of the men with the pen cils during the first day of their work and in the country districts the sheets themselves will be especially scruti nized. The inquiry will comprise three principal branches : Population , ag riculture nnd mining and manufactur ing. The questions will cover the acreage , the value nnd the product of fnrms , including nn especlnl enumera tion of animals , as It will the cnpitnl invested , the value of products , ana the number of employes < of mining nnd manufacturing plants. What You'll Tell the Man. The enumerators will want to know a good deal about you for the popula tion volumes. They not only will In sist upon knowing your sex , but will expect you to reveal your age , and will nsk you to tell whether you are white , black , mulatto , Chinese , Japa nese or Indian ; whether you nre married - ried or single , nnd If married how often ; whether you nro American or foreign born , nnd If the latter , thnt you give not only your nationality , but your race and mother-tongue. Then , If you nre a woman , you nro to toll how many children have been born to you ; nnd , In any event , you are to tell nil about your education , your parentage and your employment. All this Information Is to be for the gen eral average and for the ear only of one of the enumerators. He Is worn not to reveal any of the awful truths. The mere getting of the Information will cost the government the pretty sum of $5.500,000. $ Of tills amount $ -1,500,000 will be paid to enumerators , and the remaining million to super visors. With n few exceptions the enumerators will be paid on the basis of the work done. In tiie country the remuneration will be from 20 to 30 cents for each farm reported , while the pay for names will range from 2 to 4 cents. The districts will aver age 1,300 names , 1,000 in the country and 1,000 in the cities. In the south ern states there will be two enum erators in ench district , one white , nnd the other black. All told there will be about 1,500 negro enumerators , but some of them will be employed in the northern states. In the south the negroes will be visited by enumera tors of their own race , as will also the whites by their own people. There nlso will lie about 500 women enumerators. In point of numbers New York will lead the list with C- 500 enumerators , while Nevada will close the procession with 80. The results of the labors of this army of people will be published in twelve or fifteen large volumes , which will come out from time to time for two or three years after the comple tion of the work in the Held. All the tabulation ns well ns the general pre paration of the matter for the printer will be done in Washington under Mr. Durand's supervision. Frank Walters Slaps Norfolk. From a source which can not bo questioned , The News learns that Nor folk ofliclals of the Northwestern rail road have , in the past , recommended to General Manager Frank Walters that main line trains be run up town at Norfolk and that a headquarters building be established up town , with dispatchers and ollicials. Mr. Walters has refused to grant the request. The Plan Simple and Practical. This information comes from a rail road olllcial formerly employed by the Northwestern's Norfolk ollice. An ex pert railroad man , this ofllcial believes that running trains up town would be a simple and practicable proposition , requiring so little time as to render that element out of the question as an argument against the better service. Do It for Omaha. It is a well known fact , of course , that the Northwestern runs its trains llfteen miles or so extra in order to enter Omnha at the union depot. If the old Webster street depot were still used , fifteen miles and more than a half hour's time could be saved. Not only that , but this railroad puts up with the inconvenience of running on Union Pacific tracks for miles , en countering additional delays , for the snke of running trains up town in Omaha. So when it is pointed oui that the trains could be run up town at Norfolk with but a mile's increase and on the road's own tracks , into its own depot , it would seem that General Manager Walters is going a good bit out of Ills way to slap Norfolk , nnd to render ns poor a service as possible to the traveling public of this city and surrounding territory. Big Crop Looked for. The Ground Is In Splendid Condition for Vegetation. The opinion that the cold long win ter has killed all the winter wheat and ruined prospects for crops Is strongly denied by a prominent grain merchant of this city , who takes an optimistic view of the situation. The winter wheat , he says , is com ing on line for this season of the year , and the only place that the grain is yellowed is in spots where the snow had'been blown off and there nre very few places noticed now where the grain will be killed. Spring wheat is coming up line mm never looked better. Rye also is as good as the average. The heavy snow during the winter has left the ground in excellent shape , moist and in such condition that the best of results from the seed should be anticipated. The pastures never looked better and already farmers have turned their stock into the pastures and have stopped feeding. The cold night which brought a little frost did no harm at all to the fruit trees. The plum trees , which are all blossomed , were not hurt and in a few days when the cherry trees nre in bloom it will be found thnt jnck frost hnd no effect on them , it is claimed. Neither were the small fruits dam aged , and a bumper crop of nil kinds is looked for. DISTRICT SCHOOL" SUCCESS. Novel Entertainment Is Given at First Congregational Church. The "District School" entertninment given inst evening in the Congregn- tlonal church by the Ladies' society was n very successful nffnlr. The church parlors proved entirely too smnll for the number of people who came to visit the school and the crowd was asked to move into the church proper. The directors in the district will make no mistake If they keep right on employing Miss Mason ns tencher. She certainly had the chil dren ( ? ) well in hand and the pro gram that was rendered for the visit ors proved very entertaining and clev er. Some of the pupils deserve es pecial mention , but the parents of those not mentioned would feel hurt , and so It Is only fair to sny they nro n bright lot of "boys" and "girls" and speak unusually well. In fnct , they speak better than they spell , ns was proven In the spelling match that fol lowed. Sam Ersklne. in his itnper- onatlon of Madame Tetrnzzlni brought down the house. At the close of the entertainment the ladles served n nice lunch. The treasury will bo enriched about ? 55 , and everyone who patron ized the ladles felt they had more than tholr money's worth. U * ' ' - V u % - - . . . oou- PEOPLE'S PULPIT _ JL * * / ILrffl. JL JL o 9 0 THE NECESSITY FOR Sermon by THE MILLENNIUM. CHARLES T. "Timei ol tcdciliing limit come from the RUSSELL presence ol the Lord ; and he ihnll lend Paitor Brooklyn jciut Christ , which before WAI preached unto you ; whom the lien\en mutt lelain unlil the Tabernacle. limei ol restitution of all thing ! , ulncliGoJ lialh ipokcn by the mouth ol all liii holy propheti lince llie wrrld began. " Acti iii , 19-21. Brooklyn , N. Y. , April S. Pastor C. T. Itusscll of Brooklyn Tabernacle preached here twice today to splendid audiences. One of his discourses was entitled , "The Overthrow of Satan's Umpire. " The other , which we report , was on the necessity for the Millen nium from the text above quoted. Pastor Russell said : Respecting two matters there cnii be no question : (1) ( ) That the early Church thorough ly believed in a Millennial Kingdom , hoped for it , prayed for It "Thy Kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth as it Is clone in heaven. " ( U ) It is equally certain that today the doctrine of the Millennium is ta booed as "out of date" out of har mony with the views of the Higher Critics and Evolutionists , who are filling practically all the chairs in our colleges and the majority of the pul pits of Christendom. What has led to this radical change on the part of the religious wise men ' of all denominations ? Have they tak en a stop In advance or are they de parting from the path from the teach ings of the inspired Word of God ? j That they have left the Word of God , that I hey make light of it , that they profits far more wisdom and ability than the writers of the Bible and n higher Intellectual inspiration than tho.v , is Indisputable. The question for us Is , Will Christians in consider able numbers follow these loaders away from God , away from all Divine revelation ? Will we put our trust in' ' literary princes who claim the right | to instruct the world , not by Divine I appointment or authority , but by vir tue of their large amount of self- esteem ? The present day concept of the Church of Christ is that God planted It amongst men as leaven in n batch of dough with the intent that It should propagate itself until the entire mass would be leavened. 1HU the Bible apostolic concept of the Church's mes sage Is the very reverse of this that It is planted In the world , not with a view to converting the world , but on the contrary to keep itself separate | from the world and to draw to itself | "As many as the Lord your God shall call" of the pure in heart to sacrifice earthly interests for Divine interests , unto death , and later , by the First , Itesurrecllon , to enter Into the heaven-1 ly glory of the Redeemer as his "Hrlde. " his "Wife. " his "Joint-Heir" in the Kinydom glory and the Kingdom ' work. And the work of that Kingdom1 is set forth to be the "blessing of nil the families of the earth. " I ' The two views are so radically opposite - site that none should confuse them in their minds. If one is right , the other Is wrong. If one Is Scriptural , the other is tmscriptural. In the above item Dr. P.rown admits that the Scrip tural view entertained by the early Church contemplated the Church In suffering and In a temporary or taber nacle condition in the present life and promised a share with Christ in his , reign In power and great glory , as God's Kingdom during the Millennium , j The safe , the proper , the right course Is to go back and take up afresh the t doctrine of the Millennium the doctrine - ' trine that the faithful of the Church now being tried and tested will consti tute the glorious Kingdom of God's , dear Son after their change from' ' earthly to spirit conditions In the "First Resurrection" (1 ( Corinthians xv. 42-44) ) . The Laymen's Movement. God bless the Christian Endeavor and Epworth League and Students' | Missionary League and the Laymen's Movement , all intent on "Storming the world for Jesus. " We bear them wit ness that they have a zeal for God which wo greatly admire and would encourage. Hut their zeal Is "not ac cording to knowledge. " and is there fore considerably misdirected. To any one of logical mind , who will reason from statistics , the thought of convert ing the world by singing a few rous ing hymns or holding a few enthusi astic meetings for the collection of money ! money ! ! money ! ! ! would be childish. We do not despise childish ness. We have all had our share. But we nil should say with the Apostle. "When I was a child , 1 spake as a child and understood as a child ; but when I became a man I put away childish things" ( I Corinthians xlll , 11) ) . "Christian people have been fooling themselves long enough ! " Yes , it is ns absolutely Irrational to think of converting the world , as It Is unscriptural - tural to believe that God ever gave us that impossible commission. The Unit ed States census reports show that there arc twice ns many heathen to day as there were a century ago. The word heathen carries to many a very wrong Impression. Many noble-heart ed Christians have gone as mission aries to the heathen wholly unpre pared for what they met intelligent reasoning ability , etc. They found that the heathen were full of questions , logical questions , too , which they as Christians had never thought of. and which they wcro wholly unprepared to thousand years from now , taking the present population ns per the census nt sixteen hundred millions nnd the ratio of Increase as shown by the ecu- BUS reports at 8 per cent In ten years. The total would show 3,375.325,000,000 population for the year 2000 A. D. O OO" ' " . . . . . . .Q answer. Comparatively few of the. missionaries nro able to hold their own in argument with intelligent people In India , China , and Japan. There Is no danger of their converting those pee ple. There Is more danger of their losing their own faith In the Bible , because of their misapprehension of some of its teachings respecting the mission of the Church , the hope of the Church nnd the hope of the world ! Missionaries arc thus handicapped ! Full of commendable zeal they leave our shores to tell the heathen thai their forefathers have gone to eternal torment and that they are going there , too , unless they accept Christ. It Is a rude awakening to lie asked whore hell Is ? and why God should have condemned them and their fore fathers to such n horrible eternity ? and how this could be true and yet ho be a CSod of pity , compassion , Love ? The heathen ask , Why the different denominations- different theories of the terms nf salvation by Water , by Election. l\v Free Grace , by ,1'ilnlng the Church , o The missionary , whol ly unable to answer the adult native , gathers child'i-n alimit him , starts a school and d < > rs nil lu > Is able perhaps , to justify hi- i ivseiH'o In n foreign land helping > ! ie slrk mid doing many other acts of kindness which are very commendable , whether from a religious or hum . iiltn'-lan standpoint. Prccch the Gospel to All Nations. Our I..iidInstruction was that his people s | : u d i reach the Gospel In all the wor.il tor : i iritncsft not to convert all the win d. i-i't for a "trltncn.1" to all the world. Tin- mission of the Gospel Is to select tin * Kingdom class , a "little flock. " The lirst opportunity to be come members of this Royal Priest hood was offered to the .lews and , aft er the gathering of a remnant from them , nnd after their national rejec tion , the message was to go to the whole world irrespective of national lines , boundaries or language - anybody body , everybody having the "hearing ear , " was to bo Instructed respecting Christ and the opportunity of becom ing ills disciples by a full consecration of mind nnd body , time and talent , even unto death. These were to be promised the rewaro of a share in the First Resurrection , to be members of the Itoynl Priesthood which , during the Millennial Kingdom of Messiah , will bless all the remaining families of mankind all the non-elect. We are not complaining about the failure to convert the heathen ! We are not faulting the missionaries ! We are taking the Bible stand that all of God's purposes are being accomplish ed ; that God's Word is accomplishing "that whereto it was sent" ( Isaiah Iv , 11) ) ; that It was not sent to convert the world , but to gather nn "elect" sample or "first-fruits" from nil na tions ( Revelation xiv. 4) ) . Let clrllllng influences continue in heathendom , as well as In Christendom. Hut let all Christians , missionaries nnd others , know assuredly that their labor Is not in vain If they are seeking for the Lord's jewels to the best of their abil ity. 1 am In touch continually with laborers in India and Africa and well know that the pure Gospel of Christ is not greatly affecting their teeming millions. But the Gospel of the King dom is seeking out. blessing , sancti fying , liappifylng , encouraging some , here and there ; some , who have ears of faith to hear , eyes of faith to see , nnd obedient hearts to obey the "cnll" to suffer with Christ nnd by nnd byte to reign with him for the effectual blessing of nil the families of the earth , by uplifting the willing out of their present conditions of sin and degradation and death. The Millennium a Necessity. We have shown the value nnd nec essity for the doctrine of the Millen nium that nil Christians who would hold fnst to their Bibles ns a faith- anchor and who would make progress In their study of the Word and be co-lnborcrs with God in the gathering of "the elect" need to see that the elect only are now called to be heirs of the Kingdom for which we pray , "Thy Kingdom come. " They need to see that that Kingdom is God's provi sion for the future blessing of the nan- elect. They need to see that the Bible does not tench , as ninny of them sup pose , that the saints arc called of God to sit In the heavenly balcony and look over at the non-elect In eternal nugulsh , nnd hear their cries. Next let us note that the Millennium Itself Is nn absolute necessity for the world , according to the statistics of the worldly-wise. Many college pro fessors and D. D.'s are inclined to Hpenk glibly of the Second Coming of Christ being far in the future "fifty thousand years yet , " say some. But evidently these learned gentlemen have not used their educational advantages In connection with such statements. Any school boy can figure up what the population of the earth would bo one more than 2,000 for ench' person now living. Wlint would humanity do If the onrtu were crowded to that extent ? Where would the necessary food , fuel nnd clothing be found ? Computing all the tillable portion of the earth at twenty-live million square miles or six teen billion acres would give but one acre for the support of two hundred , nud ten people , or less than live square yards each. At the close of a second Eucli period , 8000 A. D.j ot Uio same rate , there would be ten persons for f ench square foot of standing-room. In other words they would stand llfteen deep on each other's bonds. What shall we think of the ir/xi/ow / / that tolls us ( lint the Millennium Is / / / / / / thou sand years off ? The answer Is found In Isaiah's prophecy ( xxlx , Mi. Are we nsijcd how the Millennium If nt once Introduced would avert the dif ficulties of the llrst statement , two hundred and ten people for onoh acre of the habitable earth ? Wo re ply that the Scriptures clearly Inti mate that the rapid Increase of our race Is associated with man's fallen condition ; ns our Creator declared to mother Eve after her disobedience , "I will greatly multiply thy sorrows and thy conception" ( Genesis 111 , Hi ) . The Earth Shall Yield Her Increase. The Scriptures also Intimate that with the return of humanity towards perfection the nverngo Increase will bo less , nnd that eventually the human family will come to the condition where there will bo neither mnrrlngts nor giving In marriage , and where sex conditions will bo lost in n uniform ftandard nf lininatiit/ ; embodying ( ho qualities at present displayed in the two sexes. Kurt her , God's promise for the Millennium Is that under his bless ing the earth will yield her Increase and the waste places be reclaimed , springs breaking forth In deserts. Furthermore , recognizing the Divlno " " " " * " * power In connection with the matter wo can readily see how vast con tinents can bo raised In the Atlantic and In the Pacific Ocean. But aside from these miracles which properly enough could accompany the Millen nial Kingdom of Christ , what can the world who Ignore the Bible expect ? In other words what shall they expect who claim that the present order of things is to continue , sa.ing"AH things * continue as they were from the begin ning of the world ? " ( II Pel or ill , 4.1 Some may Inquire , What about the resurrection of the millions who have died ? We reply that the world has been only gradually working up to its present dense population. The peoplu living in the world for the past six thousand years , according to what wo believe nro trustworthy evidences , would number altogether about twenty thousand millions. But more than twice that number could be burled In the State of Texas In separate graves nnd more than eight times that num ber could llnd standing room In Tex as , as a school-boy with his pencil could readily demonstrate. But we need not look a thousand years ahead. .The world will find it self in great trouble very shortly un less the Millennium be ushered in. Al ready there is a shortage of timber. What will bo the condition of things one hundred years from now ? Al ready our capitalists are buying up the \ coal deposits on speculation , realizing . that its rapid consumption Is making It more valuable every year. Already geologists nre calculating the number of tons of coal not yet mined and tell ing us that with the present average of increase in the consumption of coal the entire supply of the world will be exhausted in less than two hundred Hears. What will be the price of conl ns the vanishing point is nenrod ? and how will mankind do without it. and without wood for fuel unless the Mil lennium come promptly with its mirac ulous provisions ? the taking of fuel from our atmosphere , and from water , by methods which will , no doubt , be- simple , when mankind come to under stand them fully , but which at present nro so expensive as to be of little serv ice. Other scientific men have been studyIng - Ing the Increase of Insanity and tolling us that progress in tills direction Is terrific. Some have estimated that In less than two hundred years the en tire world , at the present rate , will be- Insane. I low opportune it would be- for the Millennial Kingdom of the great Life-Giver to lie ushered in wltli Its uplifting Influences , mental , moral and physical ! Last but not least the combination of wisdom and selfishness in our day , known ns Unions nnd Trusts , is so In- fluentlnl that prices in every commod ity are rising. Yet the trusts are not quite ripe yet. Their managers have- not fully learned their power. Grad ually the upper and the nether mill stones will apparently be drawn closer together , while necessity will force the masses through the hopper. How grent would those "giants" become within another century or so , If the Millennium be not ushered In In the- Interim to "lift the poor nnd needy out of the dunghill" using the scriptural figure of the work of the Kingdomt ( Psalm cxiii , 7. ) My friends , let us stick to the Bible- nnd Its Millennial theory. So doing we will be guided by the wisdom from on high ami enabled to pray with the spirit and the understanding also. "Thy Kingdom come ; they will bo done on earth ns It Is done in heaven. " and to labor Intelligently ns co-workers with God ! Let us [ ire- pare as pupils in the School of Christ for the great work whorciinto God has cnlled us by the Gospel Message. " 1Cvon so. Come. Lord Jesus ; Come quickly ! " "Thy Kingdom ccaie , nnd thy will be done on earth , even ns In heaven. " Not a Bouncer. "Mother. " said a six-year-old hope ful , "isn't it fi y that everybody calls little brother n bouncing baby ? " "Why do you think It's funny , Wil lie ? " remarked his mother. "Because when I dropped him on the floor this morning lie didn't bounce a bit. lie omy hollered. " Guiltless. \ Barber-Hair getting thin , sir. Ever tried our hair preparation , sir ? Cus tomer No , I can't blnmo it on thnt. Boston Transcript. Every duty which we omit obscures Borne truth which we should have known. Uuskln.