The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-29
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A PLEASANT EVENING.

An Entertainment at st. Paul's Church by
the Epworth League.
st. Paurs church, on Broadway, was not
so we'll filled last night at the entertain
ment and supper given by the Epworth
one had a pleasant time and the league
were satisfied. Rev. j. Wesley Hill an
nounced the numbers on the progr anime
which opened with piano solo by Miss
Hubbard, followed by How the Money
Goes" by a male quartette. A trombone
compartment by Rufus G. Garland. came
next. Then Pearl Yaeger. a golden-haired
tot, sang the lullaby from Erminie to her
fathers accompaniment. She has a sweet
voice and graceful presence and received a
ringing round of applause. superintend-
cred a lecture, "a Slave in Scarlet and
Gold" from which the following extracts
are taken: "The history of nations is COM
pretended in the lives of their great men.
lhe impress of their mighty personalities
is seen in every phase Of social and
reform has ever been accomplished that
some gigantic soul, thrilling with the in
tense burning OF some great and holy am
bition. has not prepared the way for it.
n . . Born of ptincely parents, sur
rounded by the beauties OF natute and the
dlkucps Lyp5b VI dICultcCLuThl grandeur OF
that age, inspired by daily contact with the
beauty and wisdom of a noble race and
breathing as it were the purest religious
atmosphere of his day, that prince among
men. Daniel, spent the early days of his life.
q life that was destined to exert q powerful
influence for good upon his own people and
the races that should throughout all time
populate the earth. 4 n 4 X Daniel
with many of his unhappy countrymen, was
captured and borne a slave to Assysia's
capital, the great. the mighty Babylon.
n y Here royalty and power revelled
in the wealth of %plundered nations. wor-
shipped their gods of gold and silver and
abandoned themselves to every form of vice
and dissipation known to an oriental capt.
tai famed for its excuses. II = 4 1t
CHANGED that Daniel, being a young man of
fair face and form and of great promise,
was selected with others of his companions
to be educated for the kings service.
Here was given a sketch of Daniels trials
and temptations surrounded by men who
sought to work his downfall, such as the
fawning sycophants. the soothsay ers, the
soreerers and interpreters of dreams.
When Daniel by reason of his superior
wisdom and judgment had been made chief
of the governors over all the Wise men it is
not strange that it should create a feeling
of Jealousy in the hearts of those who were
thereby Superseded. Il 4 4 But Daniels
life In Babylon was not an unbroken chain
o. ptoInoblOnS anu trlumEhS. lie was
taken captive by NebuchadnaZzar, the AS
syrian, by whom he WAS afterwards made
chief of the governors over all the wise
men of Babylon. + II 4 One of the
most interesting events in the history of
this great man was that which brought him
out of obscurity during the reign of Bel
shazzar and resulted in his being clothed in
gold and scarlet and made third ruler of
the kingdom"
At the banquet the forgotten slave was
brought forth to interpret the handwriting
on the wall. HE makes known that terri
BILE message of an angry god: God hath
numbered thy kingdom ana finished it.
thou art weighed in the balances and art
found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided
and given to the Mede and Persians.'
y y n He who like this prince of Babylon
clothes himself with those cardinal virtues
of divinity shall build for himself Il namo
as enduring as the everlasting hills and set
in motion influences for good that shall
bless humanity while time lasts, and whose
inspiring thrill shall be felt on the shores
of an endless eternity