Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-08-15


+. Wendell Rounds Is employed In tn
Stnrsevant drug store.
Mrs. L. 4. Pulsifer d spending y eel
With her parents In sumner.
Mrs. Elizabeth Titcoma IL visiting a
z. II. Bucks ut SHOWS Falls.
There was quite an exodus from IN,
place to the Poland csmpnsssins Non
day morning.
The Misses Sadie Blake and CASH,
Briggs spent Sunday at West PARA
guests Of Miss Lulie Tuell.
Miss I.ulie Tuell, bookkeeper at Ii.
sled factory, Is spending q two weeks
vacation at her home At West Paris.
Mrs. Charles Carl and children Of
Cumberland Mills and Mrs. Laselle frou
Boston are visiting at S. c. ordwsy's
A number Of the teachers who wers
attending the summer school tool
a hayrsek ride TO Streaked MoQutair
Tuesday afternoon.
The summer school nj Norway, which
closed Friday, has been so successful
throughout that 10 IL regarded as certain
that another will be held there next sum
mer.
George X. Morton and family and
Mrs. .. V. whitman left Saturday for
Orr's Island, where the family will oc-
cupy cottage for q few weeks. Mr..
Morton returned Monday.
West Paris Changers will have bas-
ket picnic In diamonds grove at
SHOWS Falls Saturday, Aug. 10th. All
are invited. A special invitation IL ex-
tended 10 South Paris Grange 10 meet
with them on that occasion.
Owing to the death Of Judge S,earns,
the August term Of Probate Court,
which would have been held this week,
viii be omitted, and there will be no
term OF the court until the regular term
on the third Tuesday Of September.
The county commissioners have re-
Gently purchased, for the county, the lot
Of X. l.. Cummings on Western Avenue,
next north OF the court house lot. They
plan eventually to extend the terraces
across the new lot, and put Ia = drive
way on the north side.
IL WAS large and delighted eongrvgs-
ton that listened to DIR ssuker's story
OF mission work In Burma, at the Bsp-
tist church on Sunday morning.
He proposes to return TO Burma this
fall 10 a new mission whose opening az
fords most striking evidence OF Divine
power. Some OF the hill tribes had been
brought under the power OF the gospel
and as Il usually the case, had far out
stripped their heather 'ighbors 10 tenn
porsl prosperity. This reused the jesl-
ousy and cupidity OF the heather living
beyond the mountains and they deter
mined TO attack and plumber the Christian
Some OF the more cautious
among them hesitsted on the ground
that they had heard that the God Of the
Christians was not q dead god like those
Of the Burmans on the plains, but liv-
ing God who protected his people. To
test the matter they carried OF couple
Of children from one OF the Christian
villages saying that II he were living
God he would interfere 10 deliver the
children and then they would not plum
der the villages, but IL he did not inter-
iere they would know that He would
not harm them II they should rob the
Christians. The native Christians hear
ing Of this were 10 great distress and
sent for their friend DIR. Bunker. He
came and together with the native Chris
tisns engaged In earnest prayer for the
recovery OF the captives. Ii was trial
Of faith, for II the children were not re-
turned the villages would be pluudered
and the faith OF the native Christians
shaken, while the heather would exult-
Ingly proclaim that the God OF the Chris
tisns could not help his people. Men
were sent 10 ask for the captiyes' return,
but were treated contemptuously. At last
after several days OF prayer, little
OF the most devoted Christian
men OF the village went 10 see IL God
would not deliver the children into
their hands. Coming 20 the village OF
their enemies they were st once sur
rounded by warriors who anticipated an
attack. The Christians opened their
HYMN books aud began 10 sing. Then
thew kneeled down and one after another
offered ferveut prayer As they prayed
a great awe fell upon the whole company
Of heather, and when the Christians rose
from their knees the chief OF the village
said. Here are the children; take them
II you want them" The return OF the
greatly strengthened the faith
% the uarive Christians, and their hes-
hen csptors are now making urgent re-
quests that teachers NAV be sent TO live
among them and tell them Of the living
God who Is able to deliver his people.
IL is to these people scattered over a
wide extent OF territory that DIR. Bunker
expects 20 be sent on his return TO
Burma.