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No. 11 22.
Eggs are Htlll imed for food In the
liomes of the wealthy.
Cauliflower Is described JIB a cab
bage with a college education.
Senator Lordlier will try In the
future to avoid even the appearance
of evil.
Lafo Young of lowu called the sen
ators "boys. " Does ho not know a
toga from a pair of knee pants ?
The cutting of 200,000,000 Chinese
queues promises to bo the greatest
lialr restorer ever known about here.
The boy who goes back on Snnta
Clans will never get olllco by voting
the straight party ticket when ho Is
a mail.
The mini of foresight , anticipating
the glare of the Christmas cravat , had
his tailor cut his waistcoat well up In
the neck.
The Christmas stocks In the stores
nmy be somewhat depleted now , but
the public dump has grown suspicious *
ly in size.
Diaz has been president as many
terms as Bryan has aspired to be ,
ntitl neither one Is ready to give up
the light now. * '
Twenty-nine governors on the job ,
and most of them will secretly get
points from the olllco boy on how to
do their work.
Another intervention in Cuba is
threatened , as the kindergarten class
In government seems about ready for
Us annual vacation.
In figuring our national defenses ,
don't forgot the power of ocean waves
to create an uprising in the Interior
of an attacking force.
George M. Pullman , HI , is building
a $3,000.000 house in Washington.
Without question the price of upper
berths has been too high.
The distributions from the Christ
mas trees of very big knives to very
small boys , assures the makers of
court plaster a prosperous year.
Copenhagen is trying to "forget it"
by cancelling Dr. Cook's de"gree. In
stead of succeeding it merely adver
tises the wily doctor a little more.
The shnh of Persia says he expect
ed to live to see the United States
ruled by women. Has he ever seen
it when it was not ruled by women ?
The reason why our congressmen
can not work over the holidays maybe
bo that amid the surfeitings of Wash
ington they long for mother's cooking.
Woodrow Wilson is making a great
flight on the stnatorship , but the ma
chine will go on turning the people's
ballots into canned plums for the
ring.
The prosperity of the country is not
confined mainly to the employing
class. This fact is evidenced by the
constant Increase In saving bank de
posits.
Aviator Moissanc brought down Ici
cles when he went up 9,364 feet at
Memphis. Even Florida will soon be
able to have ice cream for Sunday
dinner.
Dr. Cook saw strange forms and
faces in the arctic. Those of our
statesmen who occupy reserved seats
on the long green must have been
prominent.
The Chicago Record-Herald favors
chaining up the dogs of war. Can't
get 'em on the leash while there are
all these bones to pick in the way ol
fat contracts.
With 200,000,000 Chinamen's queues
thrown on the market at once , the
hair market will bo glutted and every
woman should bo able to weai
switches galore.
Nothing so arouses J. Pierpont Mor
gnu's indignation as to have his mid
die name misspelled In print. A very
complimentary article is worse than
no mention if his name appears Pier
ropont.
The Can't Come Back club at Wash
ington are scrambling for public
buildings. Had they attended to this
ono essential of statesmanship carl
ior , they would have been Can Come
Backs.
Nine hundred and fifty-nine voten
of Adams county , Ohio. , charged with
polling tholr rotes. Government bj
auatioK nut ? bo all right , but why taj
It by such a Sunday school word an
"election. "
San Franelnco , It Is said , will get
the Panama exposition , and no man
with the pluck of Edward Payson
WoMton need stay at home , oven If
he has not the price of a railroad tic
ket.
California congressmen say an
army of 400,000 could land and take
possession of the mountain passes.
How the summer girls would hustle
out to the hotels In that neighbor
hood.
Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson
has at last met his Waterloo. There
IB a row of no very small proportions
as to which woman shall lead his In
augural ball. Bachelors have their
troubles also.
General Wood says the Jap war
talk Is bosh. The man at the top who
has no promotion to expect , should
not talk thus about efforts of his su
bordinates to get ahead by creating
: icw business.
A southern dentist Is using hickory
wood for artificial teeth with con
siderable success. Hickory bites all
right whether In the switch HO well
remembered by every boy or for the
teeth in declining years.
The committee that were allotted
sixteen cents per gift to satisfy the
small boy who had given up six weeks
of his valuable time for Sunday school
had the heaviest responsibility of the
shopping season.
Mr. Taft is not satisfied with the
way New Mexico has drawn the Tex
as line. It looks as if our now sister
were letting its chickens , dogs and
children run over into the premises
of the old residents.
A smaller congress could do busi
ness bettor , thus benelltting ninety
millions of people. Hut that Is of no
account , and the reapportionment will
of course increase the house , to take
care of two dozen jobless statesmen.
Richmond Pearson Hobson says we
are wholly unprepared for war. For
tunately no ono is demanding that
we fight them just now and with a
well endowed peace commission at
work , why waste money on arma
ments ?
The United States Steel corporation
has decided to fall into line and pay
its superannuated employes pensions
The decision Is a commendable one
and In all probability the extra finan
cial burden will not embarrass the
company.
Strange how exacting college pro
fessors become. In Yale the student
who attempts to make up work by
studying during chapel exercises will
bo given five demerit marks. Thus
Is the path to knowledge beset with
harrasslng restrictions.
The importance of Mr. Taft's efforts
to enforce the anti-trust law , often
by criminal proceedings , can not be
overestimated. Enforcing existing
laws is infinitely bettor as a political
issue than writing now laws on the
paper of statute books.
Professional gamblers are finding
their business greatly restricted. Thej
were planning to open a big betting
resort near Havana , but to their sur
prise the Cuban senate has rejected a
bill granting a concession for a gam
bling club , a bull ring , a race track
and cock pits.
Queen Mary has adopted a persona
standard , which is displayed when she
she is unaccompanied by King
George. This new Hag bears the roy
al arms and the family arms of the
queen's parents , the late Duke am'
Duchess of Teck. This is a new de
parture in the queen's customs , bul
the English people are getting used
to it.
The Colorado suffragists are at a
white heat of indignation at Elizabeth
Cass Goddard of Colorado Springs
because of her article in a recent is
sue of the Ladies' Homo Journal in
which she gives as her opinion thai
Colorado has not been benefitted by
woman suffrage. She might wisely
take a trip to Europe while her sis
ter suffragists have their say.
French statisticians have figured
out that of over 500 men who have
done more or less ( lying , only abou
thirty have lost their lives , and the
larger part of these fatalities were
not due to merely navigating the air
but to attempting dangerous and dif
ficult stunts to win prizes or estab
llsh records. Just plain Hying Is nose
so dangerous , according to this
theory.
The year just ended gives evidence
of prosperity in many ways. Ono o
the happiest is the increase In the Im
portations of toys which amounted In
the year 1910 to $2,225,000. This Is
a largo Increase "over last year's ex
pendlture. The little Mexicans arc
learning the delight of American me
chanlcal toys , so the consul genera
reports , which have been heretofore
unknown.
President Charles S. Uollln of the
Boston & Maine and other eastern
railroads announces his Intention of
making the White mountains of New
Hampshire moro easily accessible
from the seacoast and to electrify
the railroads there. President Mel
lln veiy ovldentally plans to gain con-
nil of the lion's Miaro of Now Eng-
and's railway tialllc. New England
vlll bo most fortunate If all Mr. Mel-
ill's recent promises of railroad Im-
movement are fulfilled.
Our country takes a natural pride
11 the large totals of the 1910 cen-
tils. The great development of the
ilneteenth century continues unabat-
.ul. Hut there are some things
.irought out by the same census to
cause sober reflection. The loss In
ruial population both east and west
s deplorable. Mere bigness Is not
leblrable unless the growth be upon
ho 'safe and secure foundations
which the fathom placed tholr trust
n. Civic responsibility must keep
pace with the population If the great
republic is to keep its high place
imong the nations of the world. In
this each individual has a share.
In comparison with its wealth no
country has so little money Invested
abroad as the United States. It has
all boon needed to develop home in
stitutions. Of late the foreign Invest
ments have grown until it is esti
mated that two billions of American
money are so engaged. , Moro than
half being in Canada and Mexico , one-
fourth in Cuba and South and Central
America. It is small in comparison
with Great Britain who has fourteen
billion Invested abroad. Americans
have recently loaned fifty millions In
China , and as though in return , fifty
millions of French money have come
here to purchase the new bond Is
sue of a western railway.
SCRAPPING OVER ALASKA COAL.
Things are shaping up for a big
fight over rights to mine coal In Alas
ka. A horde of lobbyists will be un
der foot in the enpitoi at Washington ,
indicating that the interests looking
for favors are not actuated solely by
a benevolent desire to advance the
interests of humanity.
Alaska is not the only place In our
territory where a man can support a
family. There will be no irreparable
loss if this wild region remains un
tamed for a few years , until our en
gineers have had reasonable time to
determine a fair price for the pee
ple's coal property.
People who favor immediate action
must enjoy paying a liberal bonus to
ricli corporations every time they
shovel coal into a factory fire box era
a home heater. Most of tills could
have been saved , had the government
of the early days been able to see
that coal is worth more than farm
land , and that such deposits ought
not to become private property.
A year or two's delay means the
saving of a heavy tax on tills new
territory for all time.
THE CHILD'S HEALTH.
The annual ineeing of the Nebraska
School Superintendc-s' and Principals'
association , which will be held In Lin
coln January 12 and 13 , will launch a
movement of very vital importance to
the people of this state , inasmuch as
the general theme for the meeting is
"Hygiene and Sanitation , " and need
ed legislation along this line is expect
ed to be recommended. There Is
nothing more important than the
health of the children and that care
lessness and Ignorance of the laws of
sanitation and hygiene have been the
cause of killing thousands of girls and
boys who ought to have been allowed
to live , becomes more apparent as wo
learn moro and more in regard to
germs , fresh air and the physical ail
ments of children which are allowed
to grow worse instead of being look
ed after at the start.
Superintendent Hunter of Norfolk ,
president of this association , writes
pointedly of the subject in his letter
to state superintendents and princi
pals , In which be says :
In our general stampede to con
serve our industrial resources , we are
prone to lose sight of the movement
to conserve the most Important re
source of our nation the health
of our children. The schools should
bo the natural leaders in this move
ment , and this meeting of our asso
ciation is to bo sort of health "conser
vation congress. "
Our oganization should take the
lead in this crusade for bettor sani
tation in Nebraska. This meeting
should therefore aim to stir public
sentiment , outline a policy for the
schools , and recommend legislation
which will save to Nebraska its most
Important resource the health of I'll
Its children.
THE YEAR IN NORFOLK.
It has been one of Norfolk's great
est years. Two paramount facts stand
out to make it ono of the most me
morable twelvemonths in the city's
history. First , there's the paving of
Norfolk avenue a move that has
taken the town out of the village class
and put It Into the metropolitan rank.
Second , It was federal census year
and the United States government ,
counting noses , has found 6,027 people
ple in the town , making n gain of
more than 55 percent In ten years.
These two facts alone will stand
out as milestones in the career of the
commercial hub of north , Nebraska
and southern South Dakota.
There bos been substantial Improve
ment in the town. There have been a
good many thousand dollars spent In
new buildings and in expanding busi
ness buildings and plants that already
wore hen1. Many now modern dwell
ings ha\e boon built , and there IH still
i voiy great demand for many more.
One of the big things of the year
.ias been the step taken by the Nor
folk Commercial club and the count )
( ouiiiilsslonors to count met an oil
rend loading .south from Norfolk on
Thlit ° piith Mroet for about throe and
and n half miles. This will bo the
beginning of oil roads In north No-
bnihku and It is of vital Impoitanro to
this entire half of the state.
In public buildings , the Carnegie II-
In ary has been finished and the Y.
M. 0. A. building more than half fin
ished. Tito I'nlon Pacific railroad has
failed to keep Its promise to build anew
now depot , this Incident being ono of
the lamentable failures of the year.
Hut the people of Norfolk are ready
to renew their demand that the depot -
pot be built , and likewise are ready
to demand a new Northwestern depot -
pot to replace the filthy , insanitary
and antiquated shack at Norfolk Junc
tion. It Is to be hoped that the year
lllll may see both those completed.
Norfolk's tributary territory has
lioon expanded during the year by
the extension of the Northwestern
railroad Into Trlpp county , and there
Is promise of considerable more ex
pansion of this territory next summer
when moie of the Rosebud and Pine
Rlelgo Indian reservations will bo
thrown open to the public for settle
ment.
in business , the year has been a
prosperous one for Norfolk Institu
tions. And the coming year is filled
witli promise.
AROUND TOWN.
Happy 'ew Year !
It's the season to resolve.
Not any. thank you , Sworn off.
You will laugh at the weather fore
casts , will you ?
Dust off your earmuffs and pot "em
ready to hook on.
Guess the weather man made good
that time , all right , all right.
Sleep wyii yenir windows open , oven
if it gets down to 50 below zero.
What's become of the old fashion
ed man who sliined his own shoes ?
Any signs about how January will
go out when it comes in like it's go
ing to according to the weather man ,
this time ?
Call on the coal bin doctor. That
spell of feather made the bin sick
near to death.
It is reported that B. M. wore an
overcoat Monday. We await confirm
ation or denial of the rumor with
breathless curiosity.
Genuinely enthusiastic golf player ?
in the summer time always say they'll
play the game at intervals all' winter
long. But they never do it.
Get enough coal to feed the fur
nace and a supply of tobacco that'll
last over Sunday. It's 42 below zero
at Winnipeg , and she's headed this
way.
Now if the fire whistle had been
slow when it was the old Northwest
ern depot shack at the Junction that
was endangered , nobody could have
said a word.
If you should find that blonde
switch on Norfolk avenue , keep it
dark ( that is , as dark as you can keep
a blonde switch ) . For switching on
Main street Is forbidden by law.
We're going to sacrifice several
good stories by warning people not to
start out for any long drives tomor
row , without having all kinds of robes
to bundle up in , and footwarmers to
boot.
Speaking of footwarmers , fill an or
dinary bottle with hot water , cork
the bottle , put it under the covers
at the foot of your bed and plant your
feet on it when the sheets seem icy.
It's just like so much ready money
from home.
This column has been rented for
one day next December to a Norfolk
woman who wants opportunity to
print her list of Christmas gifts de
sired. Here's a tip to the ad man :
Why not sell space to people want
ing that kind of publicity ?
Since Christmas came more than
a week ago , it is probably a surprise
to the ad man and his co-conspirator
that this department is still alive. Ol
all the rotten tobacco that any bed >
ever heard of , that which they stealth
lly attempted to tempt this part 01
the paper with , was the worst. But
not a scrap of it was smoked.
While you were comfortably smok
ing a pipe during that blizzard , wltl
your toes toasting over a register aile
the temperature 70 in the shade , die
it occur to you that there was a vast
amount of the bitterest sort of hu
man suffering being wrought by that
storm ? Or did you Just think of lit
tie Willie and let It go at that ?
How many of this list will bo alive
a year from today : Arch Hoxsey
Glenn Curtlss , Farnian , Grahamc
White ?
The above paragraph was written
Saturday afternoon , after Molssani
had been killed and , by strange coin
cldenco , at almost the Ter/ moment
hen Hoxsey was taking his fatal
lunge.
The query , "What do you do when
lie hair begin * to fall out of the top
f yeiur head ? " has boon answered ,
ly mall eeiine's a newspaper Item
oaelod. "No Halelnoss at the Polo. "
Jut you can't weuk that game. This
opartment Isn't going to the south
iolo , not even if it was guaranteed
hat the trip would make a fur-boar-
tig animal out of n man.
\ desperate battle was fought near
Vhlte River between Two Strike's
land and the Ninth cavalry.
1) . A. Holmes , a Norfolk lawyer.
ias decided to leave the city and locate -
cate In Sioux City. ( Mr. Holmes Is
tow one of the most prominent cor-
loratlou attorneys in Now York City. )
D. Mathowson of Wakelleld Is
spending the winter In California.
Frank Estabreiok has Just returned
rom Denver , where ho mot a num
ber of former Norfolk .people , Includ-
ng A. Cornbleth , Ben. Polzor , M.
'runkllii and L. B. Ellis.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
When n dog oan do tricks , that's
ill he's good for.
Wo do not believe In ghosts , but the1
alk scares us.
Most things people are compelled to
ake , have been picked over.
It's a mean trick to give no Christ
inas presents , and expect a lot.
No difference how cheap a thing is
Dffered , people want It for loss.
Every now baker coming to Ate-hl-
on Introduces a new kind of coffee
cake.
Success is the only thing that saves
ii political career from being disreput
able.
"I'm loyal to everything American , ' '
said a man today , "except American
sardines. "
There is loss sense and more money
In the world than o\er before in its
lilstory.
We wonder If it ever occurs to
young men that people watch them
very closely.
Every man throws a rock now and
then that he would like to have back
in his hand.
When a husband has reason to be
rrouel of his wife , he seldom neglects
to mention it.
Nearly every man who has a fad ,
wants to sec It made a study in the
public schools.
A good many people don't wait to
know the truth , If it is opposed to
their prejudices.
A young man is complimented when
n girl hhows jealousy , but an older
man gets scared. '
"I try not to be prejudiced , but I do
not make much headway against it. "
Drake Watson.
Another girl who took piano lessons ,
expecting to go into society , has
turned out a stenographer.
The louder a fool talks , the less dis
position on the part of wisdom to
dispute what he says.
Christmas is like society ; those who
talk the meanest alXjut it are the ones
who do the mos.t for It.
Old age is respectable , but Chaun-
cey M. Depew Is the first man to
claim that it is enjoyable.
You hear a great many "health
hints , " but probably the most import
ant is not to worry , or hate.
Although it is polite to say a girl is
led to the altar , you will observe that
she never pulls back much.
Some girls are so particular that
the only way you can hold their hands
is to shake hands with them.
"I can talk to my son , " a man said
today , "but he never pays the slight
est attention to anything I say. "
Do people complain more because
of too much dry weather than they
complain because of too much rain ?
In some towns , the men are always
telling what others should do for the
the town , but do nothing themselves.
Nearly every boy claims that a
panther once chased him , but so far
as known , no panther ever caught a
boy.
When you think a man is talking
nonsense , possibly he is talking sense ,
and you ai unable to comprehend
him.
People are always ready to bo
amused and always ready to complain
when an attempt is made to instruct
thorn.
Before a man is married he buys
more clothes than he can afford , and
after he Is married his wife buys
thorn.
As soon as a woman begins to love
a man , she begins to figure on marry
ing him. But it Isn't always that way
with a man.
The list , of satisfied customers does
not include any man who paid a high
price for his headache the night be >
fore ho got it
A man noTcr knows what to Bay
whoa ho la serenaded ; and he neror
knows what to say when he gets a
Christmas present.
Loaining seems to mnko as many
mistakes as Ignorance. Haven't you
lomarkod the great numlinr of mis
takes made by the loarnoel.
A man rather enjoys being told
that ho Is devilish until he Is ; IO years
old ; after that , he foe > ls like smashing
anyone who calls him devilish.
The world Is undoubtedly glowing
bolter , but we lofuso to bollovo that
the Now Year's resolution has aii.\-
thing to do wltli the Impreivoment.
A man \\hei has played a violin
never makes a very satlsfacteiry drum
mer for the reason that ho is always
watching for mistakes of the tiddlers.
The world Is becoming pretty swift ;
a man whp drove Into the country
yesterday saw a farmer driving to
town on top of a loud of corn , and
smoking a elgaret.
When wo look at the poorest gro
cery store In teiwn , wo woudor that It
gets any trade at all considering how
good the best one is. But the poorest
grocery store always gets along fair
ly well.
Last night there was u play ghcn
by school children nt a se'hewlhouHO
near town. A farme > r , who e-amo to
town today , was asked : "Well , how
was it ? " "Oh , pielty geiod , " the farm
er rcplloel. "What was the play
about ? " ho was asked agalu. "I could
neit just toll. ' ho replied , "the babies
were crying all over the house , and
the actors didn't speak very distinct
ly. But It was pretty good. "
DENEEN TO ILLINOIS SOLONS.
He Recommends Removing Corpora
tion Regulation From Politics.
Sprlngflolel , III. , Jan. Numerous
recommendations are made by fleiv-
ornor Donoen in his message to the
forty-seventh general assembly today.
The gen01 nor urged that railroad
legislation bo enacted which will give
the rallroael and warehouse eomiuis
siion control of stock and bond issues
of express companies , railroad connoc
lions , Interurhan railremdH , joint
through rates , facilities at stations
and street railway ce > mpaiiics. Inci
dentally ho urges that each railroad
company be placed under the jurlsdlc
lion of the commission.
Concerning public utilities the mes
sage says :
"it is too well known to need the
support of argument that the stan
dards of politics In our own state and
municipalities have often been low
ered and their legislative bodies de
bauched through the efforts of public
utility companies striving on the one
hand to secure Improper privilege and
franchise through the enactment of
laws and ordinances and upon the oth
er to prevent passage of destructive
legislation intended only for black
mailing purposes. "
The governor believes the railroad
and warehouse commission or a now
commission should be created with
power ti require service adequate for
the public needs and fix rates fair to
the public. Tlie subject of corporate
control , he believes , would thus be re
moved to a greater extent than at
present from the field of politics.
Other recommendations include :
Anti-pass law ; conservation of na
tional resources ; employers' liability
laws ; corrupt practices act : marking
and dedication of the route of Abra
ham Lincoln on his removal from
Hodgonville , Ky. , through Indiana to
Springfield ; application of ( Llio initia
tive and referendum upon a very Im
portant public measure rather than
upon many measures of minor import-
mice ; recall in commission form of
government on petition of 25 percent
of voters instead of 75 percent as as
present.
PERU WILL ARBITRATE IT.
Willing to Submit Boundary Dispute
With Ecuador to The Hague.
Lima , Jan. 4. Peru has agreed to
submit its boundary dispute with Ec
uador to the arbitration of The Hague
tribunal. This is in compliance with
the suggestion contained in the Joint
note recently presented to the two re
publics by the mediating powers , the
United Stales , Brazil and Argentine.
"Bad Jake" Noble Caught.
Lexington , Ky. , Jan. 4. ' Had Jake"
Noble of Breathltt county , who is
wanted for the killing of Jailer Wes
ley Turner at Jackson , Ky. , on elec
tion night , is under arrest at William
son , W. Va. There was a large re
ward for his capture.
Cozad Farmer Frozen to Death.
Lexington , Neb. , Jan. 4. George
Campbell , who resided about four
miles south of Cozad , was a victim of
the blizzard Sunday , his frozen body
being found by a member of his fam
ily near his home.
Form Progressive League.
Minneapolis , Minn. , Jan. 4. Pro
gressive republicans from all over
Minnesota met here today to form a
progressive republican league of Min-
nnsota.
Play Ball On April 12.
Cincinnati , Jan. 4. For the eighth
successive time August Herrmann of
tills city was selected chairman of the
national baseball commission at Its
annual session at the Laughroy club ,
The schedule committee of the Na
tional League met with President
Johnson , who represented the Amer
ican League schedule committee , and
announced that the schedules for the
two leagues had been practically com
pleted and adopted. It was said , unof
ficially , however , that the two seasons
would open on the same day , which
probably will bo April 12. It also was
said the two schedules as drawn wore
for 154 games.
SATURDAY , , 1VJT
SERMONS
REVSAMUEIW.PIJRVIS.D.D.
. . . .
THE GUEST AT THE DOORSTEP
Text , "llrlmld 1 Mnmt nt the door .1 > < i
knock.Kcv ill , JO.
Over Inilf a century has gone by
since the genius of that master painter
Ilolmiin Hunt gave to us that thrillingly -
ly noble picture "The Light of tin *
Worlel. " ICven the untrained e-ye can
sou that a great thought has bi-i-n
transferred from mind to cnnvus.
There's a patient face , a Ulnelly e yo.
The wounded hand Is at the UnooUor.
The nail pleivcel foot peers from be
neath the priestly robe. Twilight and
evening dump have come. In his huiuL
Is the lighted lamp of truth. The door
Is Ivy grown no long unopened. .V
touch of genius -there's no latch on ,
the outside. It can only be opened
from within , llolman Hunt bus just
paHwcil Into the spirit world. Evorv
one knows the inclining of bis glorious
picture , even without a title. Every
reader knows who Is meant In the *
text , "Behold , I stand at the door anil
knock , " although no name Is mention
ed. The spirit of God comes to the *
door of the' human heart and knocks.
lie stanel.s there- while the HUH l.s goIng -
Ing elown , u ml night Is coining on with
Its heavy elow.s and damps. He
and knocks. But only human
can slip back the bolts for him t < *
come In. ,
The Visitor. ,
Whose dark door Is this ? It's they
door of the Jewish nation , where ho
comes as Messiah , then , reject eel , te >
the gentiles. It Is the door , say the
commentators , of the Laodicean
church , noted for Its wealth and volup
tuousness , But It's moro than that.
Sob It out. erring ono "My darkeloor ! "
And the visitor Is none other than the
King of kings and the Lord of lords ,
of whom the angels shouted when ho
came home. "Lift up your heads , O ye
gates , and be ye lifted up ye ovcrlast
ing doors , and the King of Glory shall
come In ! " Is ho at my door ? Surely
not ! lie belongs to the palace only-
Balmoral , I'oterhof , Potsdam ; royaf
guest rooms , with purple and line lln
en. gold anil Ivory must tint walls and
floor for a king ; royal vat and forest
ami nursery must furnish food. But
look ! Ho Is passing Into Peter's house ,
a fisherman's simple cottage , He 11
slopping ul Xacchabus' , that hated tax
gatheycr. And at Simon's , the leper
"unclean ! " And to Mary and M.ir
tha's. quiet , humble folks. Why ,
Master , I was looking for thee , too.
but was looking at the church , at the
people , nt the minister , the choir , the
ritual , Hie creed , and then your voice *
spoke so quietly , "John , behold I stand
at the door and knock ! " Sny. Is tluit
w'l.it ' Unit godless prisoner meant
when he was dying at the county Jail
the other night ? "Preacher. I've been
bad" the death sweat was gathering
"but come closer , chaplain. Jesus
has corne to even this poor , dying
tblof. " Somehow I thought of anoHi
cr dying thief.
His Reception. '
"If any mini hear and open the
door. " Good. Notice that "If ? " Oth
crs may force mo with screw and ra k
and fapot lie re-spects the sacredness
o'f my human will. Every man's heart
Is his castle- . Come In , come in ! But
I'm ashamed , master. I've bad otbi-r
guests save the- name ! They've been
em those stops and through these cor
ridors. Blasphemy was here with
blackcne-d lips ; selfishness , with hare !
oycs and close drawn robes ; temper
with murde-r and strife at her heel.s.
lust. red lipped , hot breathed and scarlet
%
let robed , and drunkenness , with blood
shot eye and severing mouth. Huhf
Even now they leer at mo from dark
corners with their foul memories. But
come them In. I thought when a king-
would come there would be bands of
music , booming of cannon , tramping
of soldlora. battleflags waving , yet I
knew that was the blunder of Peter.
James and John Instead there's quiet ,
love. Joy. peace and fragrance as of
flowers from celestial gardens. Is uiy
reception cold or stilted or formal ?
Forgive me , patient one. That was
my sin In the church preoccupation.
spiritual Inattention , polite unbelief.
Give uie the quick sense of a lover to
anticipate thy desires , the Intuition of
a mother for her child , the Instinct of
a bird for sunnier clime. O lonely one
of Nazareth , make my borne a Beth
any. where n Lazarus heart shall wel
come. a Mary heart adore , a Martha
heart serve.
The Divine Guect.
"I will come In and sup wltb him. "
What an honor ! In the old Palmetto
State a white man's carriage broke-
down before a negro's home , n former
slave , prosperous now. Generous hos
pitality was extended. The table was
spread , and their former master and
mistress sat down to cat. Not a dark
face sat at that table. All stood , as
of old , to serve. Master supped witb
slave , but not for a moment did the
freed man think of sitting with him.
Christ says. "I call you not servants ,
but friends. " He is our guest ; wo now
become "brothers of the bread , " "men
of much ashes. " for tbo fires of our
hospitality must not go out. Doors
that have been double locked , double
bolted and double barred are now
swung wide open. Even the door of
conscience , once rusted , now poises at
his touch. There are unsuspected
rooms In our soul's house. The lofty
apartment of veneration with angel
frescoed celling was dark and spider
woven , and dust settled on its frieze
and molding. The windows of faith
and hope ore now cleaned. The sky
window of ornver is open to the blue.
The efficient worker Is worth huntIng -
Ing for worth a small "want ad cau > -
palgn. "
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