12 'Che Conservative.
GARDEN SECRETS.
If the truth bo known
Tim fairies alone
Tlio garden secrets know.
O , if one would alight
By mo in its flight
O'er blossoms , to and frol
I would say , "O stay 1 Don't hurry away ,
My dear Miss Shining Wings.
Won't you stop for repose and nit on this rose
That rocked by breezes swings.
In the garden hero is much that's queer ,
And fairies are so wise.
Would there bo any harm in lending your
charm
To help my mortal eyes ? "
"I should like to see whore dreams can bo
That poppies hide away ,
And to take a sly peep where daisies keep
The words their petals say.
And I long to glance at you when you dance
And lady slippers wear.
Are they easily torn ? Do they over get worn
In tripping through the air ? "
"With your charm , my ear may learn how to
hear
What pansius have to toll ;
Ah , so much they have thought , no longer they
ought
In silent mood to dwell.
Tell mo how , O please , to find their heart's
ease.
Will they give a bit to mo ?
Does the faint ting-a-ling of the blue bells' ring
Call fairies homo to tea ? "
"Does their tinkle low make four o'clocks know
Their waking time each day ?
Will a snapdragon bite ? Do you think it right
To pinch one just in play ?
Are those pretty things , the flowers with
wings ,
Contented on their stem ?
Do butterflies tease the fluttered sweet peas
To fly away with them ? "
I have looked Fill day
Where blossoms wore gay ,
For dainty , flitting wings ;
I have searched in the night
But never caught sight
Of fairies that know these things.
MARY FHENCH MOUTON.
PEACE SUNDAY AT CI1UHCH.
The New Unity says :
The following extracts clipped from
the Monday papers , may invoke still
further pulpit work in behalf of and
with the congress that convenes this
day at The Hague :
A goodly number of the ministers in
Chicago acted on the suggestion pub
lished iu our last issue by the members
still residents of the general committee
of the parliament of religions. It is
gratifying to find that those oven who
justify the present military movements
of the United States unite heartily in
the call for peace farther along.
President Henry Wade Rogers at the
First Methodist church :
"The money expended in the con
struction of these floating fortresses and
to keep men of blood in clothes and
funds could bo wisely devoted to inter
nal public improvements , in the accom-
pli'-hnient of which millions might bo
employed.
"Nine hundred and fifty universities ,
each with a yearly fund of $1,000OOC
might be established through the world
from the amount that was annually ex
pended in Europe in the preparation for
strife.
"Tho proposition of international dis
armament is one of the most humani
tarian projects ever placed before the
world. All men turn their eyes against
the appalling slaughter of war. The
blood of millous calls out from the dark
pages of history to stay the hand of
slaughter. Engines of destruction more
terrible than our grandfathers ever
dreamed of are in course of construc
tion. The mind of the inventor is solv
ing new problems by which thousands
may be swept from the face of the earth
through the perverted adaptation of Na
ture's forces. Let the wail of antiquity
be heard and civilization shall be proud
of the great stride made toward the
millennium in the evening of the nine
teenth century. "
Rev. J. P. Brushiugham , pastor of First
Methodist church :
"No nation upon the earth should
naturally be a more aggressive leader in
the peace congress at The Hague during
the week to come than the United States.
It is encouraging to find by recent dis
patches that the peace commissioners of
England and those from this country
are to work in unison in an effort to
secure arbitration.
"I take it that America's mission is
not to conquer the world , but to civil
ize and save the world. America should
lead because of the composite character
of its population. All the nations of the
earth are here ; we have the English , the
Irish , the German , the French , the Ital
ians and Prussians in large numbers. In
a war with any European country we
would be fighting our own flesh and
blood. If the conference at The Hague
accomplishes no definite results its
moral influence will bo greatly felt. "
Emil G. Hirsch at Sinai Temple :
"To bring about this result nations
themselves must learn the rare wisdom
of self-control. National hysteria is the
greatest danger to international peace.
France has often suffered from this af
fection and the signs are not few that
she has many competitors for the honor
which goes with national superseusi-
tivouess. Here is the great opportunity
for the thinking men and women of
every laud. Let those that believe in
the power of reason reason with those
who esteem patriotism to consist in
shouting and rate him the noblest pat
riot who walks about with a chip on his
shoulder.
Bishop Samuel Fallows , St. Paul's Re
formed Episcopal church :
"It is the imperative duty of every
Christian and humanitarian to cooperate
ate heartily with every movement
which will tend to lessen the causes for
an appeal to arms. The proposed peace
congress is one of the most important
steps yet taken in this direction. It is a
minor matter whether the czar of Rus
sia was really sincere in his expressed
desire for European disarmament. The
coming together of the picked represent
atives of the ruling nations of the globe
to consider seriously and advisedly the
questions proposed for discussion marks
a golden era in the history of men. It
will be the means of emphasizing and
advancing the principle of international
arbitration. It will bring into closer
fellowship along this line the three
great powers which spring from one
common source , England , Germany and
the United States. "
Win. White Wilson , pastor St. Mark's
Episcopal church :
"We can ameliorate the conditions of
war and adopt methods that will lead to
general peace , but there are evils to
overcome , tyranny to be removed , des
potism to be destroyed which will re
quire struggle and possibly war. As
people and as nations mankind must be
faithful to the duties which devolve
upon them and seek the right as well as
peace and desire only that peace which
right can give. "
Dr. Wm. M. Lawrence , Second Baptist
church :
"We are , as a nation , a nation of
peacemakers. We have not had a war
history. Every conflict in which we
have been engaged has been for defense
or for philanthropy , and never for con
quest , and our flag stands for all that is
honorable and humane in national and
civil life. Reason and duty demand
that we support the proposition of the
czar with all earnestness. It is demon
strable that peace is a possible thing if
we will to have it. It becomes us as
patriots to do all that we can to further
the interests with faith in the God of
peace. "
Rev. P. F. Matzinger , Campbell Park
Presbyterian church :
"We have disarmed the individual
and still secured his survival. Can the
same be done for nations ? We have
advanced far enough in the evolution of
national honor to brand as unjust any
war for plunder or for mere increase of
territory or for glory. We will admit
as just causes for war only necessity ,
liberty or principle. Wo have begun to
struggle for the liberty of others. "
Bishop Tikhone , of the Greek church in
Alaska :
"Tho Russian clergy are unanimously
in favor of the czar's peace plan and ex
pect to see it adopted by all nations
within a few years. "
The administration is said to contem
plate colonizing the Philippines with the
better class of our negro citizens.