Nebraska Newspapers

    u TIIK NORFOLK WKKKL . _ L _ NEWSJOURNAL. . FRIDAY , 10 , 1910.
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SPORTS OF THE DAY !
Gotch Back to the Farm.
Chicago. Hinc I Finnic Goteh miyu
lit > will no\\ ret lie to Ills fin in In low u
In a statement uulay lie mild
" 1 won anil now I am thiough with
the wioHtllng game I am I ! ! ! yeiuu
old unit Itslll bo thu Hlmplo llfo for
mo In iho fntuio. A good many of
the wioHlloiH linvo waltoil too long
anil have boon beaten. I am going to
try to avoid that. Tlio lliHt fall with
Hybscko en me as I had planned ; the
HecondMIH hard In fact aa tough a
bout at ) I have been In. There was no
time wasted and I could not hnvo
tin nun the Pole bofoio I did. 1 will
leave foi thu coast and BOO If I can
help Jeff i lew out. and then thoiolll
be 11 long lent coining to me. "
X > bucko until :
' It was no dlsgiaco to ho beaten by
a man llko Gotoh. Ho Is a Y.v clone. '
That Ishut vou call it , Is It not ? I
had hoped to defeat the champion and
take the tltlo hack to Emopo with
me No\v , Hlneo I hn\o lost I am go
Ing homo Just the .same as fust as
the boat will cany mo. I bavo no
piotost on the Hist fall. It Is tiuo
1 w.is not set and had at least expect-
I'd to shako hands \\ltb my opponent.
1 w.i * slightly hint In the second bout ,
whidi to some extent accounted for
in > defeat. "
"BROKE" BUT NOT "ALL IN. "
Chicago , June I. A. C. ( Pop ) " An-
BOD , the votoian baseball man , who
managed the Chicago National League
team lor twenty-two yoais , won six
penants and letlred ftom tbo league
In IS'JS ' with u fottuno leputed to have
been $300,000 , Is "broke. "
The last llnancial stiaw blew away
yesterday when a mortgage on his
homo was foieclosed In default of
notes aggiegatlng ? G,800.
' Out I'm not 'all in' by a long shot , "
said Anson.
' You can't keep a good man down ,
so just say that I'll get along some
how '
\nson is said to ha\e lost a laige
sum in a billliud ball \ontiiio which
ondid tinoo jonis ago. In recalling
bis business failuie he had only this
comment :
' I failed because I didn't make
money. "
"I vv ained 'Pop' not to go Into busi
ness " said Mrs. Anson. "Hut It's all
light no\\ ; I've had my lltle cry , and
well give up the home \sbeii It's call
ed tor. We've Ihcd heie twenty-six
years , though all thiougb 'Pop's'
ptospeious days and , of course , it's
bard to ba\o to lea\e. lint Anson Is
in good health and so long as that is
the case we'll got along all light.
'Tbo only tioublo with 'Pop' is bo's
been too honest and easy going. Ho
has tioated e\eiybody squaiely , but
has not got square tieatment in 10-
turn "
Stanton Beats Nelinh.
St.uiton , Neb , .lune I Special to
The News Stanton high school de
feated the Nollgh high school ball
team by a siore of G to 3 , in a well
plaved game heio B.Utoiles , Stanton ,
IlawUns and Ciipes , Neligb , Leonard
and Millei Uinilio. ) Hopper.
Take Note , J. Johnson.
J ! n Lomond. ( Ml , June 1. Jim Jcf
fn s n now in magnlticent condition ,
and if no accident or sudden illness
h' > ' ills him , he will enter tbo ling on
JuH 1 foi Ills championship battle
\\nli Jack Johnson In poifect physical
tiim
that is the gist of a statement is-
stud by Or. ( Mimics V. Cioss , United
State- , examining physician of San
Fiaiuiseo , who jestuulay made the
most complete and painstaking exam
ination the big fellow has had since
be began tialnlng for bis coming bat
tle l"oi neaily two hours the physl-
dun watched and \\oiked over Jeffiles
in bis nibbing loom at the local camii
ai d be gave out this statement :
In the eouise of my piactlce I have
PX.IU ined fifteen or twenty thousand
men and I ha\c ne\er teen an } thing
so wonderful as the stiength , power
and pei feet condition of this man ,
His e\e is dcai and steady , indicating
a tool and well balanced judgment ,
Hib beait action sin prised me , for
.itt-r bis vigorous exeicises and while
bo wan being rubbed and kneaded by
four pairs of bands , his heait pulse
was only sixty eight In the a\eragc
man it would ha\o been eighty or over ,
The Lunps Are Sound.
1 was especially caieful to search
bis lungs for any trace of the piieu
monia with which he was seilously at
tlictod some years ago. The lungs
showed absolutely no evidence of the
pneumpnia and his respiration organs
me entliely free and normal. Ills
breathing machinery is excellent , too ,
Six parts of the physical man must
be right for him to bo strong enough
to enter n strenuous athletic contest
his brain , heart , lungs , stomach , kid
nejs and liver. Every one of these
organs In Jeffries Is perfectly sound
and free from Haw. I found nothing
In my searching examination to Indl
cate that the stories of hidden disease
In Jeffries are true. "
Doctor Cross , who recently attend
ed Johnson , took occasion to compare
the former champion with the negro
Johnson Is Fatter.
"As to n comparison of the physique
of Johnson ami Jeffries. " he said
"there is not n largo margin of dlf
forence. Both mon are In line bodily
trim Johnson , like Jeffries , Is sound
throughout. Ho has considerably more
fat on his body , but when the pah
stop Into the ring I bollovo they will
bo almost an cvon match so far ns
condition goes. I am convinced that
Jeffries' great reduction in weight
ho must have rid himself of at least
llfty pounds has not Impaired his
Htamlna "
The phynlelan noted that Jeffries'
miitu'los have been massaged and han
dled with Hclontlllc caio and ho said
that the lighter's muscular condition
Is little short of marvelous.
Doctor CIOSB concluded :
"Ho Is practically In lighting condi
tion now and needs only to watch
with extreme caio that ho does not
ov IMI each himself before the day of
the battle. "
SOME CRITICS SO AMUSING ,
v
Bat Masterson In New York Fires a
Broadside at Wise Ones In Frisco.
Now Yoik. Juno I. It would bo
amusing , weic It not so absuul , to
note the way some of the sporting
critics of San Fiancisco handled the
exhibition given by Joftrles at Dream
land last Fiiday night. The ciltlcs
seemed to think that because Jeff had
failed to sail in and slaughter his
lit other Jade and ( Mioynskl , both of
whom acted as his span ing partnois
at the exhibition , the big fellow's con
dition was still something of n mys
tery.
tery.What
What any sane poison expected
Choynskl and Hi other Jack to do , or
lather , make the big fellow do , Is a
mystei.v to me. When Jeffiles ar-
tanged to appear In a public exhibi
tion in Filsco it was not to show what
he could do as a lighter , but merely
to give the Frisco public nn opportun
ity to judge bis physical appealance
to satisfy public cuiloslty on that
point , as It weie. So far as bis looks
woie conceined , the ciitlcs found no
fault.
The only thing that seemed to wor
ry them was the fact that Jeff fallen
to knock the daylights out of his
span ing paitnors. To any one who
knows Choynskl and Jack Jeffries , the
idea that either , no matter bow earn
estly he might tiy , could make Jeff ex
tend himself , is simply ildiculous.
Supposing , for instance , JofC had tinn
ed loose at Cboynskl and his bi other ,
Jack , and Knocked them out of the
ling into the ciowd in the Hist lound ,
how could that have had any bearing
on bis condition ?
An > one who knows Jeff must iea-
ll/o that had ho felt so disposed , that
is exactly what he could have done
and not half tiy. Even had Deb Ann-
stiong essayed to act as a span ing
partner there is no icason to believe
that ho would have fared any better.
Some ot these sporting ciltics aie
ceitalnly the limit when it comes to
banding out an unadulterated article
of nonsense.
Now that Jim Coibett is on the
giound , we may expect to bear some'
thing iellable concerning Jeff's ical
condition. Coibett was in pretty fait
shape himself for a shoit bout when
he left heie , and utter be gets the
kinks out of his legs duo to the long
lalhoad jouiney to the coast , it need
not suipiisc anyone to bear that the
ex champion had hooked up with the
letlied champion in a sine enough
seiap
Coibett's intentions when be left
heie vvoio to give Jeff a trj out some
moining in leal cainost and the out
come of the tiyout would fuinisli
him with a line on the big fellow's
chances w hen he meets the negro
champion on the rouith of July. Cor-
belt told me before leaving that any
time ho put on the gloves with Jeff it
would not be with any intention of
engaging in a fiiendly bout. "I'll make
Jeff light eveiy minute of the time
I while I last , " was Coibett't > emphatic
dedaiation.
These training camp bouts with
span Ing partneis aie all light in their
way , but they amount to little in put
ting a man to the test. "I know Jeff
bettei than any man in the world , "
Coibett continued , "and I'll hnve a
ptotty fail idea ot how good he ia
when I get thiougb with him , or rath'
I or when ho gets through with me. I
don't expect to take him over a very
; I long distance of giound , but I'll make
him step mighty lively while we are
at It. "
Coibett's Idea ot what Jeff requires
is no doubt the coriect one , and while
I don't look to see him go a gioat way
in a mix up with the big fellow. In
case bo staits , noveitheless I feel that
he'll bo able to give Jeff the only real
woikout he has had since bo's boon
In tialning.
Maybe Jim Coffrotb , the boxing pio-
motor , did really say this and then
again maybe he didn't. Anyhow , here
is what "Sunny" Jim Is supposed tc
have said about Jeff after witnessing
his peiformance at Dienmland Friday
night : "I did not think Jeff could get
down so line in weight. Ho looks tc
mo to bo In the same condition aa
when ho was tialnlng for his boui
with Munioe. I have never seen Jefl
look as strong and healthy , and I have
watched him closely In many a fight ,
I am of the opinion that ho is n bet
tor man today than he was ten years
ago " This ought to make Jim a 1C
to 1 favorite.
NOLAN MAY MANAGE JOHNSON.
It Is Reported that Nelson's Former
Boss Will Take Charge of Negro.
San Francisco , Juno 4. That Billy
Nolan , formerly manager of Battling
Nelson , will eventually assume com1
mnnd at Johnson's camp is a story
that Is gaining credence hero. The
story Is , In fact , backed up by the
light that took place between Maim
gor George Little and SIR Hart , one
of the training staff. As gossip goes
there has been anything but harmony
between Little and Hart , and it final
ly culminated In a physical contest
in which Little Is said to have stretch
ed Hart out on the road , while the
members of the camp were playing
baseball There was an end to the
iffnli only when Johnson gave n Lit
tle a tongue lashing ho will long ie-
member.
It Is goneially understood that Lit
tle 1ms been shoin of nil teal autlioi-
Ity. Nolan admitted that he has been
indliectly appumchcd on the subject
and doclaied that If ho is to become
manager bo must have full charge.
Nolan was Instrumental In having
"Billy" Delaney Installed ns chief ad
viser at the Johnson camp.
Dog Fights a Rattler.
Lanuo Advocate : Wo bad a chance
to observe an Incident of tiuo western
countiy this week. Some tlmo ago
Don Foster of Dallas gave a valuable
dog to ono of Billy Btown's chlldion
on the V Cioss lanch. The bov and
the dog became fast fi lends and con
stantly pln > oil together. One day this
week Mis Blown honnl the dog ImiIc
ing tuilously and the boy shouting.
Upon going out to ascertain the cause
ot all the noise , she discovered the
dog had coinoied a huge inttlesnake
up against the side of the house and
was between it and the boy who was
tiylng to get to tbo snake with a stick.
Mis. Blown quickly dispatched the
tattler which can led twelve i allies
and a button. These weie sent to Don
Foster at Dallas and along with them
went one ot Billy Biown's best cow
ponies as a piesent to Mr. Fostei's lit
tle daughter , Joannolto ,
Enough Names On Petition.
Moie than enough slgnatuics have
been secuied for the paving of Fouith
Btioot fiom the M. & O. tiacks on the
not th to the Noithwestein tracks at
South Norfolk.
Theie Is moio than enough fi outage
by 500 feet , alieady on the petition.
The petition calls for the paving of
fifteen blocks and it Will bo piescnted
to the city council Monday night.
"And a largo number of other slgnn-
tines could be obtniiieul if they woie
needed , " said L. P. Pasewalk.
The seeming of enough signatuies
for the Thud stieet distiict , between
Biaasch and Madison avenues , and
fifteen blocks of Fouith , Is consldoied
nothing shoit of romaikable , when the
time lequiied for the woik but n
poition of a week is consideied.
Thornberg Trial Now.
Neligb , Xeb. , June 4 Special to
The News : The jury In the Thorn-
berg-llakow mm dor trial has been
called to appear in this city at 11
o'clock Monday moining. Thornberg
is charged with the shooting and kill
ing bis neighbor , August Hakovv , dur
ing the early part of last October.
Befoie this easels opened , however ,
Distiict Judge Welch will pass upon
the foity or more counts that thn at
torneys for Joe McKay have placed on
Hie , and setting foith vniious reasons
why they claim the latter should not
be gi anted a new trial. If the motion
is ovoiiuled by the judge the case will
be taken to the supreme court.
Steel Coaches On Omaha.
The Omaha load has added another
featuio to its "safety system" in pro
viding all stool coaches and smoking
eats , foi passenger tiains. At picsent
these new cais me in service in the
Badger State Express between Minne
apolis. St. Paul and Chicago , but all
thiough tiains aie being equipped
with all steel coaches ns rapidly as
they aio lecohed fiom the cai build-
eis.
The cms tliioughout aie constructed
of steel , and aie made not only Hie-
in oof but a huge beam inns fiom one
end to the other undei the car , so that
they aie built in a laigo measuie to
stand the stiain of collisions without
telescoping. The llooi of the car is
ot concieto and the sides , roof and
ends ot steel , and even the framowoik
of the seats Is made of steel , so there
is scaicely any wood in the entnu c.u.
HELD ON A THEFT CHARGE.
Sensation Results Over Arrest of Gre
gory County Men.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 1. Some
thing of a sensation has been created
In Giegory county by the arrest of
Isaac D. HIckey and his partner , Ar
thur Lewis , on tbo cbaige of stealing
a whole caiload of cattle belonging to
Hammer & Johnson , stockmen In the
legion tiUnitary to the Missouri liver.
The anest was made by Deputy Shor-
Ik Ed Blakey. The preliminary hear
ing of the two accused men will beheld
held Juno 8. The owners of the cat
tle claim they will be able to make
out a stiong case. Complaint in the
case was made by Hammer & John
son.
Residents along the Missouri river
In Gregory county have during the
past few years been greatly annoyed
by what appears to bo a regularly or
ganized band of cattle thieves , who
have become unusually bold of late.
Whether or not the two accused mon
have been implicated In these whole
sale thefts will bo determined by their
trials.
Death of a Child.
Gordon , Nob. , Juno 4. Special to The
News : The 4-year-old daughter of Ot
to Pfelffer died Thursday morning at
7 o'clock. The llttlo ono had not been
sick long but death was caused by a
"gathering" In her throat , which ,
breaking strangled her.
Gordon to Celebrate.
Gordon , Nob. , Juno 4. Special to
The News : Gordon will celebrate the
Fourth of July this year. The exor
cises will bo hold in the largo picnic
grove near town.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
J. M. Paul of Emoison was here.
J. A. Fiavos of Carlock was hero.
G. S. Graves of Untie was In the
city
G. W. Evans went to Sidney on busi
ness.
ness.Miss
Miss Nellie. Halght of Enola was In
tbo city. N
Miss Ncttlo KOIIh lolurned from
Crolghton.
Sheriff C. S. Smith of Madison was
in the city on business.
Miss Ll/lo Hnbnch of Pleico was
hero visiting with friends.
E.x-Scnator F. J. Hale of Alkinson
was In the tit } on business.
Miss Noia Stlik of Battle Crock was
hoiolsltlng with fi lends.
Mis. M. NOHOW wont to Pierce to
spend Sunday with friends.
Mr. and Mis. Allan Kuhn went to
St. Paul , Minn. , for a visit.
Mis. Klmball Dreheit of Foster is in
the city visiting with relatives.
Mis. Benjamin Bleier of Council
Bluffs Is heie calling on friends.
Finnic Lehman has gone to Sioux
City and South Dakota on a business
trip.
Miss Ell/aboth McFailand of Madi
son Is In the city visiting with loin-
lives.
Geoigo E. Schiller of Contial City
is in the city visiting with his brother ,
R. F. Schiller.
Miss Hose Steften of Sioux City is
in the city visiting with her hi other ,
Piofessor August Stoffen.
llev. Edwin Booth , jr. , wont to Mad
Ison to deliver an address bofoio the
Clnlstlan Endeavor union In session
theie ,
Mis. F. E. Lillndnhl and chlldion of
Pierce spent the night in Noifolk with
ft lends on their way to visit at St.
Edwaids.
Mis. A. A. Bley and son , Arthur
Bley of Madison , onrouto to Rapid
City to visit with iclatives , stopped
off heie to visit witli fi lends.
D. C. O'Connor of Randolph Is In
the city visiting with fi lends. Mr.
O'Connor foimoily was superinten
dent of the Noifolk schools and later
siipeiintciident of public instruction
in the Panama canal 70110
Mis. G. W. . Cypheis and daughter ,
Miss Alice Cyphers of Valentine aie
visiting at the home of the formers
sister , Mis. J. F. Pfunder , and attend
ing the commencement exeicises.
They will go on to Omaha tomoiiow
noon.
Ex-Fiic Chief Ed Mullen is repotted
ill.
M. W. Spenner , tailor at the Not-
folk Dve Woiks , is lepoited voiy ill.
R. T. Waite , fonneily a tiain dis
patcher of Michigan , lias accepted the
tbiid tiiclc at the Noithwestern ollice
at the Junction.
The W. C. T. U. will meet Tuesdaj
afteinoon at 15 o'clock with Mis. Kidder -
der on North Ninth fatieet.
Ed Hans has moved his paint and
sign business fiom the Moldenluiuci
building to the Beels building.
The Northfoik Is cutting a channel
around the dam at the sugar ractory
and threatens to leave the old dam
high against the west bank.
The old boaid sidewalk on the Mar-
quaidt building piopeity has beentoin
up and workmen aie busy making
ready to put a cement walk In its
place.
Mis. Mai tin Kane and Mis. J. IIoi-
iskey entei tallied forty membeis of
the Sacied Heait chinch Altar society
at the home of Mis. Kane Thui&day
evening
II. W. Woodwoith , fonneily of Not-
folk but now assistant cashier of the
Secuiity State bank at Croighton , is
to bo man led in July to Miss Lauia
Ki use of that city.
Mis. Geoigo Schiller , mother of R.
F. Schlllei , managei of the Oxnaid
hotel , is very ill at her looms at the
Oxnaid. llei husband , Geoige Schil
ler of Ida Giove , la , is heio.
O. C. Hauptli , loimeily a Northwest-
ein dispatcher beie , who went to Winslow -
slow , Ailto accept a similar posi
tion with the Santa Fe , is i dinning
to Norfolk. He will piobably take up
bis foimer duties at the Junction.
Miss Maltha Koehn has lesigned
her position as stenogiapher and book
keeper at the Ransom & Andoison
ical estate ollice. Miss Koehn has
not decided what she will do but ex
pects to spend a few weeks visiting
w ith friends out of tow n.
C. S. llajes retuined fiom a busi
ness trip * at Pilgei , wheie he says
laimors aie doing womloiful woik on
the good loads pioposition. Three
miles south of Pilger fifty-nine teams
are busily engaged in hauling diit ,
which is dumped on the sandy loads.
Fire at 1 o'clock Fiiday alteinoon
badly damaged the Jim Davoy icsi-
dence at 1201 South Second sttfot.
The house was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Aitbur Lowrev. Mi , Lowiey Is
a mail clerk on the M. & O. railroad.
His family woie out of town when the
lire occmred. The lire oilginatcd from
the kitchen range and burned a largo
hole in the floor of the kitchen , dining
room and the bedroom. The Fourth
ward hose company did good work in
putting the lire out. None of the fur
niture was damaged , It having been
taken out by the lircmen
The Insane Asylum for His.
Ncligh , Neb. , Juno 4. Special to
The News : The man with a grip full
of "perpetual motion , " who had cre
ated a stir In Norfolk , Is today in jail
at Neligh. His name Is John E. Hayes
and ho was yesterday pronounced by
the Insanity board to be Insane. He
will bo taken to the Norfolk hospital
today If there's room In the placo.
A couple of years ago Hayes was
nlghtwatch in Nollgh for two months.
Ho claims to have received injuries
while in the employ of the Northwest
ern railroad , and enl } lasl week re
ceived several hundred dollars from
that company. Ho worked at Chad-
ron. Now the money Is all gone.
Try a News want-ad.
Ooo
PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . .
Sermon by PASTOR RUSSELL
.CHARLES T. HOMEWARD
RUSSELL , BOUND
Paslor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
"As the Watc-s Cover the
Great Deep" ( Isaiah xi , 9) ) .
- Ooo . . . . . . . . . . .
O OQ * * * * * ' ' " ' ' - " * ' II. n.11 * .a ii. O
Pastor IJussell Is retuinlng to Amer
ica In good condition after having ad-
diessed the public of Gteat Biltaln ,
Ireland , ( Jotninny , Warsaw , Russia ;
Rome n ml Jerusalem In all forty
times. Ills laigest audiences were nt
London , about 7,000 , with Glasgow a
good second.
Mid Ocean , May 2 * . ) . As I look abioad
mid see water , water exer.\ . beie ,
without a sped : ot land In sight , anil
us l tellect that we aio passing over
vtii.vlng depths , some of whldi are as
gloat as five miles. I am leminded of
the piomlse In the Lotd's Woid that
ultlm.itel.v the whole eaith , the vvoild
of mankind , shall have sudi an abuu- ,
dam knowledge of the Cie.itur ( mil. tbo
Redeemer , as to be lUly lllustiated l > y
the depths of ttu > BUH , I have there-
foie vluHtm as my text the woids.
"The em Ih shall bo full of tbo knowl
edge of the Loul as the waters cover
the sea. " I lemember also the very
similar piomlse bj ( lie Lord. Uitoilk'll
the Prophet ( IlnbaUuU II , 11) ) , "For
tlio earth shall he tilled with the knowl
edge of the gloiy of tbo Loid , as the
vvateis covei the sea. " I am tvmltidod
also of the Piophet's decimation Unit
the time will come when "Eveiy Knee
shall bow , nnd every tongue shall con
less" ( Isaiah xiv , L'3i And again "That
at the name of Jesus every Knee shall
bow. of things In heaven , and things
In e.uth , and things under the e.uth ;
And that ever.\ tongue shall toilless
that JoMis Chi 1st is Loul , to the glory
of God the Father. " And 1 am also
leminded that in that d.i.v , "Theyshall
te.uh no moie ovei.v man his neighbor ,
and OUM.V man his bi oilier , sa.vinj ; .
Know the Loul , for they shall all Know
me , fiom the least of them unto tbo
gtoatost ol them , sailli tiie Loid"
( Jeiemiah xxxl , oil The question
pioperlj aiNes. To what extent shall
we considei these statements litei.ill.v
tine ? What l.ind ot liillillment should
we expei t them to have ?
If we looU out upon the heathen
vvoild , however s.v iiipathetlc we may
be in respect to foielgn missionary
woik , doing all in our power to in.iUe
know n to the heathen the gi.ice of
God , and the great Redeemer , we are
nevertheless compelled to admit that
theie Is abbolutelj no hope of our ever
causing eveiy Unco to bow , mid every
tongue to confess Chi 1st in heathen
lands , even sis we have long ago given
up hoi e ot accomplishing s'udi worL
In clvill/.cd lands. The woiK is too
gicat fjr us , and the eiiois of heathen
dom aie too deeplj seated to be quick-
Ij ( ia Heated Coveinineiit statistics
show -js tli.it theie ale twice as in.inv
heathen tod.i.v as theie weie a centur.v
ago (1 ( , theiefote , any of us had been
thutoiliig ouiselves lespecting our abil
ity to accomplish the convei&ion of the
w01 Id , it Is time for us to acknowledge
our ei 101 and to look to the Loul , i callIng
l/Ing that in him alone Is the vvoild's
hope. Doubtless tills is just the les
son ( lint the Loid wishes us to loam
He does not wish us to give up our of-
foils to "Do good unto all men as we
have oppti tnnltj , especially the house-
bold of taith. " for our own blessing is
associated witli sudi activity on behalf
of otbois. But Oed does wish us to
reali/e that of oui selves we aie unable
to cope with the situation. lie wishes
us to realise that onlj thiough the es
tablishment of the Kingdom of God's
deal Son can the gloilous blessings of
the Millennium ever be hoped for.
Alas ! We must admit , and should feel
deeply humble bj the admission , that
even In clvill/eil lands , the number of
footstep followers of the Lamb of God
is very few. The number who aio
"walking , nut after the flesh , but after
the Spirit" In civilised lands Is very
few , in compniison with the population
as a vv hole. We are not In this setting
ourselves as judges of the. lie.uts of
our fellovv-ci cat lues remaikably few
make an ) pietentlon to walking In the
"nariow wa.v , " which alone now leads
to life cveilasting ( Matthew vil. 11) ) .
The Necessity For Knowledge.
Many de.u Clnlstlan people , de
sirous of thinking well of the heaven
ly Fathei. are so befogged with the
teachings of the past , that they try to
imagine that the waj to eternal life Is
not so nuirow as the Master said ; they
try to Imagliio that somehow thu
heathen will bo saved In their igno
rance , notwithstanding the Apostle
Bays , "How shall they believe on him
> f whom they have not heaid" ( Romans
i , li ) . And again , his assurance that
"there Is none other name under heav
en given among men , whereby wo
must be saved" ( Acts iv , 12) ) .
The error from the past which led to
this Inconsistency is the teaching that
all of the heathen arc going to eternal
torture , mid that they never will have
an opportunity of accepting Christ in
the future They rebel against the
thought which has como down from
the dark ages that God foreknow the
Ignorance of the heathen nnd predes
tinated their eternal torture ; that the.v
should not hear of the only name under
heaven or given among men whereby
thcjr might be saved mid Used their en
vironments HO that they never ncaid
The whole dltllculty , wo sue , lies In the
fact that God's people In the past have
uot studied his Word as they should
have done. Some of us subscribed to
0110 creed nud BOIUO to another , saying
to oui solves , Our creed Is not satisfac
tory , but It Is piobably as free from
I'll or as othet needs. Wo consoled
oinselves with the thought that all
Christendom was coiisldouihly befog
ged , and wo no more than otbeis.
Some of us piobably tiled to satisfy
our minds by sn.vltig that those fea-
lines of our deeds which dlshoiioied
God , and implied bis 1m If of wisdom ,
or vvoiso , his willingness but lack of
Justice , or lack of power Unit these
tilings woie m.vstoiles whldi must bo
bellevid , although thoj could nut bo
lecoiiflled with human loasoti and
common souse Homo of us oxen tiled
to poisuuilo ouiielves tint wo were
exorcising oxUaoidlniny faith In these
matters , bul In leallt.v we weie moie-
1 } Ignmaiit of God's Woid , and cied'
uloiis of the wisdom of our eieed-umU
en of ( he | i\n , \ | ,
True Light Now Shining.
But now , thank God , "The night li
far spout , and the day Is at hand"
( Romans xill , 12) ) "Now Is our snlvn
tl'Ml ' noilKT than when we believed"
( Romans x'.li. 11) ) . The evidence that
we me In I lie inoinliig of the new dis
pensation multiplies on every hand !
We mo evidently In the period which
the Bible dot lares ns "The day of
God's picpaiatlon " God Is propailng
to usliir in the long piomlsed pcilod
of blesslni ; nnd lefieshment , which bo
has foiotold thiough all the holy
prophets The wonderful Inventions of
our dnj along the lines of chemistry ,
steam nnd clei tileity me fulfilments
of the wondeiful "Day of Chi 1st , "
which Is iHMiing God's people have
failed of gioat blessings In not sooner
noticing this fad We stood , ns It
weie , will ) our links towaid tht > East ,
looking tor the sun to Use In the West ;
wo were lool Ins ; to our own elToits to
convoit the woild. i.nhor than looking
to the Loul Iiom whom alone must
come the help Hence the glow In the
East b.'iil assumed considerable piopor-
tlons before wo noild-d It and ninny
of oui bioilnon me still looking to tbo
West , and migill.v refuse to turn and
follow the dawn of the New Dispensa
tion , w lileli now may be so clearly
seen bj the e.ve of f.iltli
Lot us note well the Apostle Peter's
woids , nssinliiK us that the vision ho
had on the Mount of Tiaiisfiguiatlon
made a deep iiupiesslon upon him Ho.
tolls us. nevoitbeless , that "We have
also a more sine word of piopheoy ;
vvhoieunto .vo do well that ye take
heed , as unto a light that shineth In a
d.uk place , until the day dnvvri , and
the d'lj star mlse in jour hearts" the
"imiinisla" ( pieseiice ) of Cluist , the
"Moining St.ii "
Knowledge a Necessity.
But admitting ( lie piumise of tho"
Sciiptuies that the know ledge of the
Loul shall be woihlvvidc nnd ocean
deep that ovor.v cie.itme shall bo
brought to nn nmnnto Knowledge of
thu tiutli , In due time ( I Timothy U ,
I G ) , vvheiefor Is the neeessltj for this ?
Is know Indue loallj Indispensable to
salvation ? Is It not written in the
Sniptuios of the Apostles Peter and
John , that "The people poicolved that
they weie ignoiant nnd imlc.iincd
menV" If tboii Ignuinncu mid lack of
teaming did not hinder them fiom hav
ing God's f.ivui , and obtaining salva
tion thiougb Cluist , nnd even obtain
ing Apostlcship , why should so much
sttess bo laid upon knowledge ? Hoes
God really emc1 for knowledge ? Hns
he luedotormlned that all who would
be In his tnvor must be educated , nnd
that lie em es nuught for the ignoiant ?
Uo we not lead to the contiaiy Hint ,
"Not many wise men after the Hush ,
not man.v might.v , not many noble , aie
called ; but God bath chosen thu fool
ish things of tile vvoild to confound the
wise" ( I Coilntbiaiis I , 2(5 ( , 27) ) . "Hath
not God chosen ( lie poor of this vvoild
ikh In faith ? " ( Jmnos ii , fi )
Vor.v tiuo , we answer With God
the wisdom of this vvoild is foolish
ness , and witli this world , thu wisdom
of God is foolishness. Knowledge may
theiufore bo viewed fiom two stand
points. So far ns woildly knowledge
commending nn.v man or woman to
God , or making any man or woman
mote lit for divine favor , we believe
the contrary to be tiuo. Unwillingly
we mo forced to the conclusion that
the great colleges of the vvoild aie the
most destiuctivo agencies in the earth ,
( s respects the Divine revelation , tins
Bible , nnd the tine knowledge of God ,
which is essential to salvation and
eternal llfo. We therefore slim ply dis
criminate between emthly knowledge
mid heavenly knowledge , nnd between
the wisdom of men nnd thu wisdom of
God.
God.Our
Our Lord Jesus gave us the key to
this question of the Importance of
know ledge In relationship to our at
tainment of eternal life. He said , in
praying to the Father , "And this U
llfo eternal , that they might know
thce , the only true God , and Jesus
Christ , whom thoii hast sent" ( John
xvil , 3) ) . Only such as attain to this
knowledge mnj have eternal life. Con
sequently wo see at a glance that re
markably few of our race have thus
far attained to the degree of knowl
edge which God would bo pleased to
recognize. At first this might seem
peculiar to us ; wo might say to our-
pelves or to others , Why does not God
give it out fieely to all ? The reply of
the Script in es la that God Is giving
his knowledge freely tow to a certain
class , and that by and by ho will give.
It to all the families of the earth. This
essential know lodge IB promised to
the faithful In the world , He that nook *
oth Hndcth , mid to him that knockoth
It shall be opened. "The secret of the
Loul Is with them that leveionco him ,
innd ho will nhow them bin Covenant. "
i
i "Blessed are vour o.vcs , for they HOC ,
nnd jour oars , for they hoar. " Suoli
us thus abide In covenant relationship.
, with the Lord Jesus me Indeed taught
of God In the School of Cluist , ami
mn.v trulj glow In gince nnd knowl
edge.
A distinction should bo observed In
knowing about God. mid knowing God
himself. It Is not siilllclont ( hut wo
should toco''iil/o ' God ns the Almighty
Cient or , for devils also bollovo that.
On the other hand , to be Intimately
acquainted with God means Unit we
must come Into Intimate fellowship
with him , mid this menus that wo
must come unto the I'nthei thiough
thu .Sou , hj faith By thus coming to
our bonvoiil.v Father b.v an noiiuiilnt-
nine with his Woid , and thiough nn
appreciation of Ills gloilous win U. past ,
piesent , nnd fill mo , wo got n view of
the lengths , nnd breadths , mid heights
and depths of "lovo divine , nil love ox-
] colling" In piopoitlon ns we behold
the outline of the Divine chmaolcr ,
we peuelvo out own doflcion.t'hw und
tiy the moie to ild outso\vus \ of thoni ,
mid nt least manifest la ( he Loul Unit
our bemts mo In limmony with tlio
ptlnclples of.
The Son of Righteousness , '
Very nppiopi lately the Scilpturos
speak of the present as a night-time.
Thej toll us that now "Daikness cov-
PIS the ( clvlll'/od ) o.ntli , and gross
daiKnobS the people ( Heathendom ) . "
They nssuio us that now God's people
need the lamp of Divine lev elation to
guide their tootsteps until the day
dawns. The.v as nne us , however , that
the moining will bo usheied In by tbo
gieat Sun of Righteousness tbo Chi 1st ,
the Messiah , I'lophet , Mediator. King
of Glory. ]
Now Is the Chinch excluded hoiii
this woik of shining upon nnd enlight
ening the vvoild nnd scnttcilng Its
dmkiiess. The Master gave us to un- ,
derstnnd Unit the Church with himself
will constitute thu Sun of Righteous
ness , which will then mlse with heal
ing In ItH beams. Thus In the parable
of the \ \ boat and Tares , he plctuie.s
the entile woik of this Gospel Age nnd
Its consummation , which bo styles
" 1'he harvest the end ot tlio ngo. "
Ills vvoul UKpectlng the sepmntlon of
( be wheat Horn the tmes Is that the
wheat shall be gatbeied into bis hnrn
changed Iiom the can lily to the
heavenly naluie , mid he adds , "Then
shall the lightoous shine ns the sun In
the Kingdom of their Father. " "Ho
that hath nn ear to hoar , let him hoar. "
The flguio of thu Using sun scattering
\
ing the darkness , ignoiancc mid .super
stition of the wet Id hnrmonli'us with
the other pietute , which lepresents tlio
Kingdom of God snpei soiling the king
dom of Sntnn. nnd thosu deluded by
Satan , stjled in thu Scriptuies , thu
kingdoms of this world. I
Be Glad and Rejoice , '
Wo may well sympathise with our
foiefatheis , to whom it vvns not grant
ed to sue as cleat Ij ns we may now
sec thu gloilous fullness of the Dlvlno
put pose to eventually enlighten the
whole enrlh , b.v cnuslng the know ledge
of the gloiy of God to fill the wholu
earth ns the waters cover thu giuat
deep. To us , tbuiefoie , is especially
appliiahlo the pioplietie woids , "Bo ye
glad and lojoho lor ever in that which
I eie.ite I'oi behold , 1 ciente new
hea\ens ami a new cailh , and the for
mer shall nut bo lemembeied , nor come
into mind" ( Isaiah l.xv , IS , 17) ) . Thus
docs the Loul plttuie tbo new dispen
sation in ginphic language. The now
heavens s.vmbolli ally lepiesout the
Chinch In its new and gloillled condi
tion , exercising supeiior control over
thu nfr.ilis of mankind. Likewise , the
new eaith s.v mbollcally lepiusents the
new state or condition of society the
new social older of things which will
be Intituluccd ns a pait of tbo Xuvv
Dispensation. Imperfection Is now
vviitten upon ev ei. v tiling with which
men aie associated , pattly because of
our fallen condition tlnougb heiedlty ,
and pmtl.v , ns ( lie Si-riptuies declare ,
thiough Satan , the god of this world or
age. who now wotks in the homts of the
chlldion of disobedience prompting to
sin mid selfishness , piidu and ambi
tion , and in eveiy sense of the word
tending to alienate the hearts of men
from the wavs of lighteousness More-
ovoi , the Adveismy Is hugely responsi
ble for the gloss onois of misconcep
tion of the Divine diameter , which
dining the centuries past have been
creeping into Hie minds of those who
weie feeling after God , If haply they
might Hud him. All who mo of the
light Rpiilt , truth seekers , nnd truth
lovois , will bo glnd to abandon the cr-
rois on this subject , which so long
have hlndcied a pioper appreciation of
the glorious chai actor of our heaven
ly Father. By teaching us through false
doctrines to diend the heavenly Father ,
the Adversary has Implanted In our
minds a fear which constitutes n bar
rier. The Lord speaks of this saying ,
"Their fear of mo Is taught by the pre
cepts of men" ( Isaiah xxl.x , 13) ) . Letv
us then usu more diligently than ever
before the wonderful Bible which Dl
vlno I'rov Idence has placed within the
reach of all of God's people , that wo
may know him , whom to know aright
will mean to us llfo eternal.
The Chinese Way.
In its wars with England and Franco
in ISM CO China was easily conquered
and forced to a humiliating peace. The
I'ekln Gazette , the official organ of
the government , however , reported the
following concerning that treaty of /
pence :
"As the western barbarians have ad \
mitted their wrongs nnd humbly so
licited for peace , the emperor In bla
infinite goodness has granted their
prayer nnd , moreover , 1ms made them
n present of n largo sum of money ( In-
dcmnlty of war ) to enable them to be
gin an honest life , so that they may
not again be driveu to murder nnd
rapine. "