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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, ATCIIL 15, 1907. CUM OF CHRIST GAINING Gupal sf the Savior Finds If re and Von rUowr Dally. SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WCRLD NOW F-s-T. Howard Aiimt Johnston of l.v Tork Telia of the Growth of Christianity in Old Bad Sw Worlda. Rev. Howard A Knew Johnston of New Tork reached at Uie First Presbvterlan church Sunday mnrnlnit. In introducing Dr. j Johnston. Rev. E. H. Jenka stated that tyr. Johnston had been selected by the Presbyterian Foard of Foreign Mlaalona to make a tour of the world In the Interest of the Presbyterian mission, and was now on lila return from that field. He waa eJao an early friend of the Omaha Theo logical aemlnary, having- secured the nrst $100 contribution to the aemlnary outside of Omaha, and that It was through hla Instrumentality that the Omaha presby tery became possessed of the property at Ninth and Farnam atreeta that formerly belonged to Mrs. William Thaw, and which was subsequently sold, thus affording a nucleus for the present theological aeml nary property In Kountse Place. Dr. Johnston spoke from the text 1:14: "The word was made the flesh." He said In part: "The Protestant lands are the living na tions and exemplify the fullest Illustration of the gospel of Jesus Christ In Its purity. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the proportion of church members through out the world was 1 to 13, at the begin- : nlng of the twentieth century It waa 1 In t. In America at the beginning of the nineteenth century It was 1 In 10, and at the beginning of the twentieth century the ratio was 62 per cent. In our American' colleges the vast proportion of teachers ; are Christian men. , j "I but recently visited the Presbyterian mission at Hang Chow, China, In which you people of Omsha are so directly In terested. The mission is doing a splendid work, and has a mngnlflcent boys' school and girls' school. The people there are clamoring for the gospel. Enough work 1 there for ten men, yet only one man Is doing It. The pastor receives a salary of 1750 In gold, and he Is one of the beat and brainiest preachers In central China. He has but recently been offered thrice the alary he la receiving by the Chinese gov ernment to enter Its aervlce, but he prefers to do the Master's work. Another young man who has embraced the Christian faith there hae been offered thrice the money ' ha receives from the mission to enter the work of the government. But he has re fused the offer, us he believes that the re demption of China Is the gospel. Tou peo ple here do not know anything at all about the sacrifices thst are mnde for the causa of Jesua Christ. The door of China Is open ing for the breed of life, for the word, that hall become the flesh." read and showed the congregation to bo In ft healthy condition. Rev. W. IL Reynolds selected at tha topic for the aermon following the In stallation. John xvl ll. "The spirit will guide you In all truth." He said: "I know It la generally true we have a mighty yearning for guidance. We cry out at times. Oulde me O, thou great Jehovah. When Christ parted with Hla disciples He said, 'It Is expedient mat I shftuld go, hut I leave My spirit with you to guide you.' "There are not many references to the operation of the holy spirit In the Bible, but they are exceeding Important. Wo have ceremonies by which men are set aside for civil office, like the Inauguration of the president. We also set aside men for the office of elders In the church by a symbolic, act. But more Important than this symbolic act Is the anointing by the holy spirit. Appointment to aervlce Is not always appointment to honor. Jesus was subjected during the first years of His ministry to all sorta of temptation from the fiend. But He was endowed with the holy spirit. One effect of the endowment of the holy spirit Is penetra ting Insight. Endowed by the spirit, we will see Jesus. Under this endowment will be bestowed faculty of speech and the power to do. If you put out the fire of the holy spirit, your case la helpless." HEW ELDERS AM) OFFICERS OO 14 Ordination and Installntlon Ber-rlees ' at Two Presbyterian Chnrohe.. Ordination and Installation ceremonies of ;ho ruling elders and deacons elected at the lost annual church meeting were held Sunday morning at the Lowe Avenue Pres byterian church, the pastor. Rev. A. 8. C. Clarke, officiating. The services were held In the Sunday school room of the new church at Fortieth and Nicholas atreeta. which will be formally dedicated next Sun day at I p. m.. when Rev. Willis Q. Craig of McCormlck Theological seminary. Chi cago, will speak. The ruling elders ordained and Installed were Dr. H. M. Clanahan. J. P. Cleland and Dr. J. McD. Patton and the newly elected dearnnn were D. S. Prall, H. B. Payne, J. T. Buchanan and C. D. Cole. The ritualistic ceremonials of the church were performed by Dr.. Clarke and the new officers were formally received Into the new work by their fellow offloers and by formal ratification of the members pres ent. The short sermon of Dr. Clarke prior to the Installation ceremonies was taken from a text In the forty-flrst verse of the third chapter of lamentations: "Let us lift up our hearts unto Ood with our hands." "Men cannot he brought Into captivity except through their sins," said Dr. Clarke. "Sin is the voluntary yielding of men to their weakness. When a man In business la unwilling to look at his books, either on the debit or credit side of the ledger, you can set It down that there Is something wrong with his business. We must know how to stand and be like busi ness men by going over our books of the year and And out where the year leaves us with Ood. Our aoul is a complicated machine, but we've got to know what la the trouble. It won't do to give a little superficial look If the general aspects are right. We've got to get down to the fine points. Take the word of Ood and try your life by It, for It la the beat teat possi ble and Is the recognised standard. "If we haven't been living right, let us get right and turn to Ood. Ceaae to do evil and learn to do well; and, as He says: 'Let us lift up our heart unto Ood with our hands.' Let us prove by our actions that we are .really lifting up our hearts to Ood." Simple but Impressive ceremonies at tended the Installation of. the new offi cers of the Castellar Btreet Prefbyterlan church yesterday morning. In addition to the Installation services, Howard Lau bach, newly elected as elder, waa ordained. The ceremonies followed the Presbyterian ritual, read by Rev. W. H. Reynolda. The following officers were Installed: Riders. Joseph Oraney, Walter Bell and Howard Laubach; deacons, W. C. Cloud and Ed ward Schllch; trustees, Corliss Hopper and William Kunold: superintendent of Sunday school, Eric Carson. The annual report of the finances of the church waa rrAY vouk hot good for maw Rev. Dr. Ralrd Says a Day of But In KIT la Weeded. Rev. Lucius O. Bnlrd, pastor of the Bt. Mary's Avenue Congregational church, yes terday morning touched on the Sunday labor question from a civil standpoint, holding that Sunday In modern Industrial life Is not a religious question. Under the npeclous plea of necessity. Punday la being exploited for mere gain, with many attend ing dangers to the present and growing generations, Rev. Mr. BaJrd declared, and he affirmed that the. open Sunday question will be a live Issue for a long time to come and men are beginning to see that continuous labor will lead to a state of physical degeneration. During his dlscoure the minister made the following statement: "The Sabbath was not made for Ood or the church, but for man. Sunday Is man's most valuable aspet. from either a physical or spiritual standpoint. I am now apeaklng as a citi zen and aa a worker to my fellow workers, leaving for another occasion a considera tion of the spiritual aide of the question. Sunday without work la necessary for man as a physical being. Money making amuse ments have led to continued work In other fields. We are living In a machine age and the danger la that we may loae the distinction between labor necessary for the protection and preservation of capital and labor required for creation of wealth. The tendency has been to turn out goods with remorseless regularity. "The present day Interdependence of men la more sharply defined than ever before. Whether a man worka on Sunday depends on whether hla associates work. We must guard against opening the door to the camel's head, under the pretext of neces sity, loot we find on the camel's back profits.' " The minister referred to reports showing that men have worked better and accom plished more In six days , than by working seven. As citizens, he said, all should aim to put a stop to as much servile work on Sunday as is possible, and In ' works for the protection of capital a working week should be provided for. He declared that the Sunday professional base ball games and theaters cannot be defended on the level of common humanity. The money making Sunday, he said, will lead to moral and physical degradation. WOMEX HAVE CHARGE OF SERVICES Walast Hill Methodists Devote Day to Missionary Celebration, ' The services at the Walnut t Hill Meth odist Episcopal church were turned over to the women Sunday for a program of the v iman's Horns Missionary society, both morning and evening. Mrs. William Oorst, district president, presided In the morning and Mrs. E. E. Hosman presided In the evening. The entire services were In the hands of the women, Mrs. E. E. Hosman introducing the presiding officer In the morning, Mrs. Thodea In prayer, Mrs. M. D. Cameron reading the scriptures and May Port and RUby Qagnebln singing a duet. The offertory waa announced by Mra. C. W. Miller. Mra. A. E. Griffith of Council Bluffs de livered the principal address In the morn ing, speaking on the subject of home missions. She told of the work which waa being done In different parts of the United States and made a strong plea for home missions. She told of specific instances where great good had been done by th home mission society. The church was decorated according to suggestions made by the secretaries of the home missionary society when they were In Omaha In attendance at the conference held at the First Methodlat church some time ago. American ' flags predominated and the meeting was truly patriotic An Interesting number on the program at the morning service was a song by five young women students from the Deaf and Dumb Institute. To the accompaniment of an organ and with a leader alnglng a hymn, they sang the hymn on their An gers. The feature of the evening service was an Illustrated lecture, "At ths Oates and Within." by J. H. Hebdon and the pastor. PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD QtsttloDi Discussed 7 Judcot leinsdj and liUi at Tint 1L E. Church. WORK OF THE JUVENILE COURTS Nearly Twelve Hundred Cases Dis posed of Last Yer Enforce ment of Traaney Law I reed. Judge Kennedy of the juvenile court and Judge Sutton, who formerly presided over that tribunal, occupied the pulpit at the First Methodist church last night and talked on the subject of "Tho Problems of Childhood." This was the third of a series of discuiwlons started by Rev. Frank Love land of that church, coming undnr the head of "Prohleima of the Twentieth Cen tury." The Rev. Loveland opened the meeting In a brief speech and Introduced the first speaker, Judge Kennedy of the Juvenile court. He began by saying that it Is the right of every child to have Its mental, material and spiritual wants sup plied by somebody, and It la the province of the Juvenile court to attend to these things In casea where the parents or guardians either cannot or will not. "There are three classes of children with whom the Juvenile court has to deal," ho said, "The dependent, the neglected and the delinquent. Durlnsi the last year I have had In my court 1.1M children, 170 of whom were dependent, 404 neglected and 540 delinquent. ' Of the delinquents Sin were boys and ninety wore girls. We have found homes for 131 during the year, fifteen are In the St. James orphanage and twelve In tho Child Saving Institute, We have now six or eight babies In the Detention homo. Tru ancy la the first step toward making; a criminal, and, therefore, too much stress cannot be put upon the Importance of a rigid enforcement of the truancy laws." Judge Sntton's Address. Judge Sutton said: "We are a nation of specialists. The government specializes In the weather, In crops, In live stock; It has a specialist in almost every branch of In dustry, and yet It never gave any attention to the raJalne of children which really is tho most Important crop of live stock we have. As Individuals ws haven's given the attention to the matter we should, not even to the raising of our own. There are 26.0O0 men and women sent to our penitentiaries every year, and JO. 000 are turned out an nually to send their offspring Into society, and the only way to stop this endless chain Is to get hold of the children. The trouble Is we have waited until crime has become full grown Instead of nipping It . when It was taking root," The speaker thought the child labor law enacted in this state was a long step in the right direction and that our Juvenile laws wars among tho very best In the unfcm. ft SMITH "JUST TAPPED" WIFE Woman with Badly Swollen Eye Secures Arrest of Husband for Aaaanlt. If Suale Smith, colored, wife of A. D. Wellington Smith, 414 South Eighteenth atreet, had only fibbed to her trusting spouse when she got home Sunday after being out all night, and said she hud been at South Omaha and missed the last car, she wouldn't have the swelling . under, over and around the eye which ahe had when the police took her to jail In the afternoon. "If ahe'd Jest said she missed the car, or something," said A. D. W., "I , wouldn't have said a word; but she jest got grumpy and wouldn't say nothing. I Jest tapped her a little and then the officer came." "This Is where he tapped me," said Susie, Indicating the swollen eye, "but he did it wld his fist. He knocked mo down and choked me and beat me and every thing. Kirk's Jap Rose soap Is twice ths size and less than half the cost of any brand of really good transparent soap. Druggists and grocers. Sana of Benjamin Meet. NEW YORK. April 14.-The seventh an nual convention of the United States grand lodge of the Independent Order of the Sons of Benjamin opened today. There waa a vigorous fight agalnat ths Beating of women delegatea. but the women tri umphed. The report of Grand Master Abraham Rosenberg stated that alnce the birth of the order U.Ob.ZA had been paid In death benefits. Now Look Out for Rheumatism. The grip has been unusually prevalent during the past winter, and tn many cases la likely to be followed by an attack of muscular rheumatism. This Is the most common variety of that disease and least dangerous. There Is no swelling of the joints and the pain la not so excruciating aa in acute or Inflammatory rheumatlam. It la sufficiently severe to disable a man, however, and every movement Increases the pain. Keep aa quiet aa possible and ap ply Chamberlaln'a Pain Balm freely with a thorough massage, and you are certain to get quick relief. M Si. MOMMIIIKS IQ)OT Let your home beer be Schlitz because of its purity. Get the good without the harm. In our brewery, cleanliness is carried to extremes. Even the air in our cooling rooms is filtered. Every bottle of Schlitz beer is sterilized, to insure freedom from germs. And all Schlitz beer is aged for months, so that it cannot cause biliousness. Be as careful of your beer as you Ask for the Brewery Bottling. nre nf Vniir fnnH 'otnmon beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz. To avoid being imposed upon, see that the cork or crown is branded Order Sch 7 and be sure of it. Thai Made Ml Phone Douglas 918 Schlitz Brewing Co. of Neb. 719 So. 9th St., Omaha e Beer i S wa u tee Famous. International Law Society. WASHINGTON, April 14. It la expected that there will be a large attendance of lawyera and othera Intereated In Inter national law at the first annual meeting of the American Society of International Law. which will be held here April It ami JO. Among the apeakera will be Prof. Charlea Noble Gregory, dean of the Uni versity of Iowa Law school, and Congress roan Bartholdt of Missouri. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Showers and Cooler In Nebraska and South Dakota Today Fair Tomorrow. B'NAl B'RITH IKD ITS AIMS Diitriot President, Fjplaim 7? hit the Order EtQiidt For. JULIUS H. MEYER GUEST CF HONOfc Reception Tendered by Omaha Lodges Brines Out Large Attendance and a Moat Eloquent Addreas . by Visitor. In honor of his visit to Omaha, a big I reception was tendered Sunday evening to Julius H. Meyer of Milwaukee, presi dent of the district grand lodge. Inde pendent Order of B'nal B'rith, at the Met ropolitan club by the Nebraska aud Mc Klnley lodges, which are the two Omaha branches of the organization. A program waa rendered as the leading feature of the reception, the main event of which waa the speech of Mr. Meyer. The subject of his address waa "The In dependent Order of B'hal B'rith." in whlcn he set forth in the clearest manner pon- j alble the purposes and works of the or ganization and the need for Its growth and advancement, his talk being also in a .l-eat measure a call to all Jews to tnro themselves as members In order to par ticipate in the work, which, he said. It 1 a part of their duties aa men to perform. Brotherly love he showed to be the (3 & Glifornia All ths Way fm 1 Mill 1 : 17 All ths War 1 17 Ail the Wax and back for one fare First-class, April 25 to May 18. Return limit, July 31. You mar ride on The California Limited and enjoy Fred Harvey meals. ' . Side trips to Grand Canyon of Arizona and Yosemite Valley cost a few dollars more. Personally-conducted Shriners excursions. Drop ms a postal to-dir for eeuvtnir booklet, "Cali fornia Summer Outing," god excursion folder. Smart Lariasrr, Pua. Asent. A. T. S. F. By.. 406 tin Avenue, Equitable Building, Dcs Moines, Iowa WASHINGTON, April 14. Forecast of the weather for Monday and Tuesday: For Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota-Showers and cooler Monday; Tues day fair. For Iowa and Missouri Showers Monday; Tuesday fair, colder in west, showers in east portion. For Kansas Fair in west scattered show ers in east portion Monday; Tuesday, fair, cooler. For -Colorado Fair Monday, cooler in northweat portion; Tuesday fair, cooler In east portion. For Montana Fair Monday and Tuesday; cooler Monday in south portion Local Record. OFFICE) OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA. April 14. Official record of tem- eiature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: IW7. 1906. 1906. Mot. Maximum temperature.... 62 4 43. 61 Minimum temperature SB 88 24 S3 Mean temperature S 44 34 47 Precipitation 06 .00 .13 . 00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1. an 1 comparisons with the last two years: Normal temperature 60 Deficiency for the day 11 Total excess since March 1... 1M Normal precipitation 10 Inch Deficiency for ths day 06 Inoh Total rainfall since March 1 M Inch Deficiency alnce March 1 1. 91 lnchea Excess for cor. period. 1$06 67 inch Deficiency for cor. period, 106 1 64 Inches Reports front Itatlsas at T P. M. Station and Stats Temp. Max. Ram of Weather. T p. m. Temp. fall. Bismarck, cloudy 60 64 .00 Cheyenne, cloudy 62 66 .00 Chicago, clear it U .00 Davenport, clear 44 46 .00 Denver, olear 74 78 .00 Havre, cloudy SI 63 .CO Helena, cloudy 64 61 T Huron, part cloudy 64 66 .00 Kansas City, raining...,... 46 64 .01 North Platte, clear 64 66 .00 Omaha, cloudy 44 63 .06 Rapid City, clear 64 s .00 St. Ixtula, part cloudy 44 44 .ou St. Paul, c'r 4J 44 Bait Lake City, cloudy 66 70 T Valentine, clear 66 68 .Oft Wllllstun. cloudy 42 60 T luuicAtes tiare of precipitation. L. A. IVibLsUi. LomU s erecastar. New York! Via "lake Shore' Via Chicago "Michigan Central" Via Chicago "Big Four" , Via St. Loula or Peoria Magnificent Trains landing passengers in Grand Central Station In the Heart of New York City When yon travel, yon might as well hav4 the best. AH railroad agents are delighted to ticket their patron via the New York Central Lines Ask them. WARREN J. LYNCH Pssnrnicr Traffic Manager. Chicago foundation and keynote of the lodge, and told how It was started about sixty years ago, a purely American idea. He ans wered the queatlon, "Why should I be come a member?" by saying, "It Is not for the benefits you may receive yourself, but for the opportunity it affords you to extend benefits to othera." In relating what ilia there are to be remedied, he mentioned the Jewish oppressions abroad and the evils which arise from the con gestion in the large cities where newly arrived Jewish people are huddled to gether, "and where vice flaunts Itself in the faces of the people ao that it can not help but besmirch the fair name of Jewry." i Then, as to why each man should con nect himself with this order which makes it is business to minister to the needy, Mr. Meyer pointed out the present day ten dency toward co-operation. "We see It In polltcs, where party lines disappear; we see It In religion, among the different sects; we see it tn business the great railroad systems and the trusts, and we see It in trade unionism everywhere the spirit of co-operation Is rampant." His message was that every person is able to do something ' If he will lay all email differences aside and Join In the work. "This should not be an order of the German Jew, nor of the orthodox Jew, or the reformed, nor of the Zionists, or any Ztonlata; It ahould be a brotherhood of all Jewish people to uphold the promise made iy our forefathers who first landed In America 250 years ago, that no Jew should ever become a public charge here, and to maintain the traditional fair name of ft people." Musical Proarran. Preceding Mr. Meyer's addreas, a musi cal program waa given. In which Mlaa Mildred Kellner and Edward Rlchter ren dered a beautiful selection on the piano and violin, followed by Miss Laura Ooetx with a vocal solo; Miss Kellner with a violin solo. "Berceuse;" Miss Minna Meyer with a song, "Tour Voice," and after tha address Miss Myrtle Moses sang a selec tion, all of the numbers being of high merit and 'warmly applauded. The gathering was given an opportunity of meeting Mr. Meyer, the reception being continued with a social entertainment until late. month attacks on this pooling agreement have been frequent, both In the church and secular press. Included tn these attacks have been many charges that the American Bible society has not been managed so Ss to produce the most good for the money expended. But tho Union Bible society, with headquarters at Worcester, Mass., has gone further. Its office, who Include some of the richest and moat prominent business men of New England, .have decided to use every means to bring about an investigation of the affairs of the American Bible society. They propose to appeal to congress to re move the 25 per cent tariff duty on Im ported Bible and they have been In. com munication with officials of this state with a view to compelling an examination of the American Bible aoclety'a affairs and man agement. They have accumulated a mass of data which they say will be made public from time to time until the American Bible society Is "reformed." It Is charged by the officers of the Unlen Bible society that Instead of aiding In the circulation of the scriptures In the United States the absorption of a local society ar an "auxiliary" merely makes it a collector rf funds for the American Bible society. which, for twenty-tlve years previous to ths Issuance of its last annual report, had abandoned houae-to-housc work among tha white Americana. The constitution of every auxiliary must contain this article. All funds not wanted for circulating ths scriptures within, the society's own limits shall be paid over annually to the parent aoclety. Local Bible societies, of which there were 2,200 In this country a few years ago, all do house-to-house work In their districts, maintaining paid agents, who sell Bthlt-s where they can and give them sway to families too poor to purchase them. But If a local society does not consent to be come an "auxiliary" It pays 10 per osasj more for lta Bibles. Since the Bible trust began to absorb local societies under threat of dropping them from Its list of favored customers-, those allowed to purchase at cost nearly 1,000 of theae societies have been driven out of existence. This has meant the abandon ment of that number of Adds of house-to-house work. New York World. If you have anything to trade advertise It in the For Exchange columns of Tha Bee Want Ad page. 2 r svvy All goods sold at Hubermann's Jewelry store guaranteed as to price and quality. Mangum A Co.. LETTER SPECIALISTS. Diamonds Mawhlnney A Ryan Co. HARD CORNER ON BIBLES An International Combine Designed to Control Pries and Distribution. An International trust, covering the price and distribution of Bibles and marked by many of the methoda already familiar to the public through the Standard Oil and 8ugar trust expoaures, has Its American headquarters in the Bible house, opposite Cooper Union, New York City. The American Bible society, founded ninety-one years aro, Is the American branch of the combination. Though it disclaims, with the other members of the pooling agreement the British 2nd Foreign Bible society and the National Bible aoclety of Scotland any Intent of commercialism, the combination since Its formation has resulted In the extinction of hundreds of local Bible societies, the absorption of hun dreds of others aa auxiliaries of the Ameri can Bible aoclety and an Increase of the price of Bibles to American purchasers whether booksellers or those wishing to give a wider circulation to ths scriptures through religious motives. Throughout 'w England within, the last "It's All in the Shreds"; Qo o CZ3 gran 7 - f o m Q n b Up WHEAT BISCUIT is so easily n digested is because it is the whole wheat, steam -cooked, drawn into fine porous shreds and baked. The reason Slircddcd Wheat is so nutritious is because it has all the muscle-making, strength-giving elements of the whole wheat For breakfast heat the Biscuit in oven to restore criipness, pour hot milk over it, add a little cream and a little salt; or, sweeten to taste. Shredded Wheat is also delicious and wholesome for any meal in combination with ' fresh or preserved fruits. At your grocers. 0 D at 0 a a 0 a a a 0 Don MR D i 4 0 i