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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
LESSONS OF THE RIVER" SUB
JECT THEREOF.
isaiah As: IS: 20 That Thou nadst
Hardened to My commandments!
Then Had Thy Peace Been Like n
River"

I'm the anatomy Of countries the
arteries are it's rivers, through which
throb the life and the strength of ma
tons. Along their banks cities have
planted themselves, and the whistle of
the factory answering to the whistle
OF the boat, and the steady blow of the
paddlewheel tell us that we are in a
busy part of busy world. Religion
has made out Of them her affairs and
deyotees have bowed and worshiped at
their shrines. By the side of the Ganges
the cots of the dying are placed. AS
soon as the breath leaves body, the
mouth, the nostrils and the ears are
hlled with dirt, and the stenchful
corpse floats down the stream. To the
crocodile the Hindoo mother tossed her
babe as an offering, and Charlemagne,
to convert his kingdom to Christianity
drove hundreds of thousands of unwill-
ing subjects like cattle into the stream,
where the priests baptized them by the
| Wholesale. Pilgrims returning from
the Holy Land bring back water from
the Jordan. Not because the Jordan
is any better than the ALBANIA and the
Pharpar, but because we would have
water from the same river into which
Christ waded and into which he sank.
over the rocks leap the springs, and
the creeks dash on toward the seas,
and freshets cone, until the water
sheds can hold no more. The whole
land is drunk. AS the finest gems are
quarried flom the darkest mines, the
richest grains have waded knee-deep in
the mud. The trees sink their roots
and stretch out their leafy hands to-
ward God in prayer. and everywhere
the cry is, Drink, drink, drink give
me- Down the Rhine the tourist drifts
IN dreamy wonder at scenes where en-
chantment has been at work. Yonder
a bold cliff, here quiet pastoral.
There history tells us bloody bat
tie was fought, and the dead and the
wounded were pitched in until the wa
tiers were crimsoned. Here is the place
where Caesar crossed. while upon that
bluff fortress has crouched for cen
turtles. Along those embellishments the
Knights of old trod in armor clad
Livery nook was trysting place. In
amaZement you wonder how the ivy
dared to climb such dizzy heights. and
smile because the rocks have hidden
themselves behind curtain of green
That is the Rhine.
Our grand old Hudson comes rolling
down to the sea. flecked with white
sails under the plateaus of West Point
from which Benedict Arnold fled. O.
past the rugged Palisades which frowr
upon the opposite banks. where wealth
ard aristocracy have run to cover
Rocked upon the bosom of the waters
your eyes. like those of a sick child
are growing heavy. The distant hills
whispering back their soft echoes ane
the gentle splash from the oar blades
are the lullabies singing us to sleep
The music grows fainter and fainter
All is not stilled. o that thou hads
hardened unto my commandments!
then had thy peace been like river, {
gentle river Thus Isaiah pictures
God weeping over the sins of his chill.
dren and pleading with them to come
back to his forgiving heart.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15
Place. Of Peace.

"This peace like river is not up
in the mountains, but down in the
valleys, down in the home in the store,
in the factory. Anything that units
you and myself for the ordinary
duties of life and makes you unwil-
ling as a parent to care for the child
as an honest man to pay the Butchers
grocer's and clothier's bills is no Cos
pei peace at all.
AS far as l can make out, holy wa
ter with most of us means we can
tumble upon God all meannesses and
sins, and expect Jesus to do every
thing and we do nothing. Oh, for a
practical gospel, for a religion to live
by, as we'll as to die by, as rivera
gentle river
Lastly. our peace, like a river, must
have its source from above.
axiom says water cannot run up hill.
The physical law of gravity draws
down, does not push up. But in Solo
mons writings we read: All rivers
run into the sea, yet the sea is not
full unto the place from whence the
rivers come, whittier they return
again. And in the last chapter OF
Revelations St. John saw heaven as "a
pure river of water, clear as crystal
| proceeding out of the throne of God
and on either side of the river was
there the tree of life and the leaves O,
it were for the healing of the nations
Then we turn back to the fifty-1ifth
chapter of Isaiah and read AS the rair
cometh down and the snow from hea
ven and returneth not thither. bu
watereth the earth and maketh i
bring forth and bud that it may Civ,
seed to the sower and bread to Thu
eater, for my thoughts are not you
thoughts, neither your ways my ways
saith the Lord
Then the sun begins to work TIL
golden pulleys of evaporation lower
and the water does not climb up hill
but lifts itself unto the clouds. An,
If you should call, Whittier bound,
storm?' the wind would Shrek, L ar
carrying forth reservoir that tn
rivers may be filled and the fields ca,
drink so that man and beast and Dir
and things under the earth and abov
the earth shall live
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Prayers for Blessings.

Cannot we have this shower OF
blessing from above? Let us pray for
a cloud burst Of Pentecostal tears and
the manifestations of the Holy Ghost.
This thought is especially appropri-
ate. OF all the Old Testament writers
Isaiah is aptly called the evangelical
prophet because he mentions many
times the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and the sufferings of the cruci-
fixion."
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Must obey Natura, Law.

The planets remain in the places for
which they are intended. The longer
we hear the Thou shalt of astronomy
the longer we live. Otherwise, as fly
ing meteors, we tumble through space
or dash ourselves in vain against some
world destroyer. The sheep have to
eat grass, the fish must live in water,
the ground moles naturally burrow I'M
der the mountains, the flowers to es-
cape the weeds find their companion
ship in garden. The owls and the
bats wait until darkness has settled it,
self before they can see to start out
tor food. The polar bear would soon
Gle under the intense heat of the trop-
les, and an elephant would freeze to
death sleeping upon an artic iceberg.
That horse has the greatest liberty who
does not pull against the curb, or, as
the Bible more beautifully expresses
it, tries to kick against the pricks.'
For every river God makes channel.
II the water starts on the west side
of the Rocky mountains it flows to the
Pacific coast; if on the east side of
the Alleghanies it flows to the Atlantic.
God has marked out course for your
life and mine, and we must obey it,
whether we will or no.
LAS we follow that course, remember
our peace, like river. is not always
going to be smooth. Sometimes there
will be shadows and shoals Sometimes
the miller's wheel will threaten to dash
us into foam. Sometimes we shall have
to go out of our way to pass grave
yard.
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God i. Our Refuge.

Martin Luther's favorite chapter
was Psalm XVII, God is our refuge and
strength. very present help in trou-
BILE. Though the waters thereof roar
and be troubled. though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof And
IN the forty-third chapter of Isaiah we
read. When those passeth through the
xaters ! viii be With through
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

Sweat and fruit acids will not dis
color goods dyed with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

The English language is spoken by
1874, 1870, 900 persons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

MILLIONS OF WOMEN USE CUT1cURA SOAP exclusively
for preserving purifying and identifying the skin for
cleansing the scalp OF crusts, scales and dand and the
stopping OF falling hair, for softening whitening and
heans red rough and sore hands, in the form of baths
tor enjoying Invitations, nfammations and chanos or
too free or offensive perspron the form of washes
lucrative weaknesses and for many sanatve ansepc
purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and
especially mothers, and for all the purposes Of the toilet
BATH and nursery No amount persuasion can induce
those who have used to any other especially
for preserving and purifying the skin scalp and hair Of
infants and children. CUTcU2A Soar combines delicate
emolhent properties derived from CUTcUnA the great
skin cure with the puret Of cleansing ingredients and the
most refreshing OF flower odors No other indicated or
toilet soap compounded is to be compared with il
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however expensive is to be compared with for all the
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bnes in One Soar at ONE PRICE, VIZ TwENTY-Fv1 CESrs
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Attractive Booxlct Sent FREQ.
Choice Recipes for making Cocoa and Chocolate.
Address Walter Baker g. Co. Ltd. Dorchester Mass.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

Like the needle to the north pole
the Bible points to heaven.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

Cobwebs on your lawn shining with
dew, means that the day will be fair.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-15

must interpret it accordingly. The
Bible declares the promised land was
a land flowing with milk and honey
Does that literally mean Palestine is
| a place where thousands of Attorney
COWS come down to the river banks
and stand there chewing their cuds
while the Jewish maidens milk them
and toss pailful after pailful of the
foaming dairy treasure into the cur
rents? Then these rivers of milk flow
down, bending and winding as they
go, churning themselves into islands
of butter upon which islands of butter
the bees build their hives and buzz and
buzz as they store the winters food.
Our Guardian Angels.
Turn to the thirteenth chapter OF
Matthew. If We have faith as grain
of mustard seed ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yondeI
place, and it snail remove, and moth
ing shall be impossible for YOU Ant
in the ninety-first psalm David wrote:
He shall give his angels charge ovel
thee to keep thee in all thy ways
They shall bear thee up in their hands
lest thou dash thy foot against g
stone.'
Does the Bible literally mean we
can say to mountain 'Begone!' ant
it will tumble into the sea, or that we
can jump off the leGge of rock over.
hanging Niagara. and the angels will
fly down and catch us before we are
flung under the falls? of course not.
your answer. God expects every mar
to use his common sense. Jesus never
| helped anyone unless that person
was first willing to help himself. He
said unto him sick of the palsy, Arise
take up thy bed and wslk.' He com.
manded the ten lepers, 60 show your,
selves unto the priests, and it came tt
! pass as they went they were cleansed.
And way back in the time of Job we
read: The Lord turned the captivity
Of Job when he commanded him tt
pray for his three friends In othel
words, God did not hep Job until Jobs
heart was ready to- give his fellow
| mem 81 sa u
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-20
THE FEDERAL AND
LOCAL ATTITUDES
Clean Bills of Health From Carmi-
chael = Board says Not
Clean Port.

People are wondering why it is that
the quarantine on Honolulu Is not
raised. They point to the fact that DIR.
Carmichael the Federal quarantine au-
thority here, has given clean bills Of
health to vessels leaving this port,
practically declaring this to be a clean
port, when at the same time the Gus
toms authorities, acting under the d.
rection of the Honolulu Board Of
Health are obliged to brand Honolulu
as an infected port in all statements
issued by them and carried away by
vessels leaving here.
III the Federal authorities are salts
fed that all danger OF infection by the
plague Is at an end here, to the extent
of issuing clean bills os health to out
going vessels, why, 1t Is argued, is not
the local Board of Health ready and
willing to declare the quarantine on
now instead of waiting until thirty
days have expired since the last case
of plague occurred In this city.
1t was rumored about town yester-
day that DIR. Wood had refused to give
a clean bill of health to the Australia
when she left here for San Francisco.
although DR.. Carmichael had furnished
the officers of the steamship with such
a document.
DIR. Wood, when seen by a reporter
on the subject, said that 1t was not his
place to issue bills of health, that was
in the hands of the Federal officer. and
that he had not been asked even to give
any opinion or document in the matter.
II don't know how the story could
have started" he said, "it is certainly
manufactured out of whole cloth"
1t Is the intention of the Board Of
Health to greatly modify the existing
quarantine regulations on May 1st,
thirty days after the last plague case
which occurred on March 81, but 1t
has not been absolutely decided, at
least not by any action of the Board OF
Health in open meeting, to entirely
raise the quarantine on Honolulu even
on that day.
Ii Is understood that the Federal laws
call for thirty days additional quar-
antine after any outside board of health
has declared port free from infection.
But Honolulu people need not fear on
this score, for the rule Is one which ap-
plies not at the port where the quar-
antine has been raised but 1T the other
end, at the United States ports, popu-
lar misconceptions to the contrary not
withstanding.
Business men and the community at
large are kicking against the quaran-
tine but DIR. Wood believes that the
greatest precautions should be observ-
ed In this matter and DIR. Carmichael
recently expressed 1t as his opinion
that not much OF mistake will be
made by sticking to the safe side
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rate, the tradition against It survives
In the Roman Catholic church, and the
Portuguese may be relied ON TO go In
very little for cremating their dead.
The sentiment Of the natives in the
matter Is not known, any further than
that have talked with one or two who
did not seem to think well of 1t.
Both Mr.. Lowrey and Mr.. Castle
seemed to think that the crematory
would grow. slowly or rapidly, into
favor. The experience in this respect
of the Massachusetts, Cremation Socie-
ty may be Of interest, though It could
not be considered to presage q hopeful
outlook for the experiment here. The
total number OF incinerations since
the first, on December 30, 1893, Is:
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What are the people OF Kaumakapili
Church to do for a new edifice to wor-
ship in? It is possible that the Govern
ment may recognize no claim for dam
ages. In this case the congregation
can not put up new building on the
old site, though they would very much
like to erect there a modern church,
because they cannot afford 1t. Before
making up their minds to rebuild with
in the present walls they are awaiting
the award OF the Government, upon
which everything depends.
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In this connection the following
glowing account of the finish Of bur-
ial by this method should be swallow
ed whole: I'VE reverently listen to
the words Of the burial service, hear
choir and organ, and see, when dust
to dust, ashes to ashes Is pronounced,
the casket 'noiselessly disappear down
on its way to rapid, harmless dissolu-
tion. The rector, with one of his fas-
cinating orations, keeps his audience
spellbound, until within half an hour.
in handsome bronze urn, the pure re-
mains are handed 10 the waiting fam
ily."
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made a joyous occasion OF the recur-
renee of the date of the associations
beginning In the Islands.
Honolulu need not fear for the COM
ing years when so great a proportion
of the rising manhood of the city focks
to the standard of so solid and help
full an organization. This society was
designed to cultivate and develop the
physical and mental as well as the
spiritual qualities of young men, and
old men too, for that matter, though
the advisability of bending the twig"
naturally brings about the preponder-
ance of youths in keeping with the
title of the association.
On the corner of Hotel and Alakea
streets stands well-built, solid-look-
ing red brick edifice, the property Of
the Y. NJ. C. A. and it's home and head
quarters in Honolulu. In its spacious,
well-lighted, well-ventilated and we'll
ordered hall upstairs were gathered
last evening some three or four hun
dred OF the best people of the commu-
nifty interested in the work and well
fare of the organization.
Above the platform from wall
to wall and from floor to
ceiling, hung, gracefully, draped,
"a huge American flag. whose
silken folds displayed to good advan-
tage the silver stars in the field azure
and the alternating white and crimson
bars. Musicians of the Amateur Or
chestra and the Aeolian Quartette
were seated on the platform, while
Just in front Of them the officers of the
Association faced the audience.
A great number of the boys were
present, earnest-faced, intent, enthusi-
astic youths, who listened carefully to
the encouraging reports Of their lead
ers, drank in every note OF the delight
full vocal and instrumental music, and
Joined heartily with their rich, unaf-
fected voices In the songs of praise Of
fered to an all-powerful, all-loving
Providence. .rt.
Christians of all denominations filled
the chairs OF the hau. All the relatives
Of the members of the association were
on hand and a most beneficial and
pleasurable evening was passed.
Anniversary Program.
I Music by wray Taylor's Amateur Or
Shestra opened the program after which
ithe entire audience rose to Its feet and
was led in prayer by the Rev. G.. l..
Pearson. Then the Rev. Silas p. Perry
made his report on religious work,
showing the great strides the associa-
ton had made during the last year In
that department. His favorable report
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The Teachers Object.

The plan of an evening paper to give
a trip to San Francisco to the teacher
polling the most votes is objected to by
teachers as vulgar advertising
scheme. They say they will not enter
into the contest and will take steps to
prevent their names being used to fur
ther the papers ends.
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE YOUNG
MEMS CHRISTIAN
Years Of Noble Work in the
development Of the Best in
f. HaWaii's Youth.

was greeted with delighted applause
and general enthusiasm. >.
JAll Hail the Power of Jesus Name, /"
a song familiar and dear to all pres
ent. was sung by everybody standing
with great force and spirit. A. J. Coats,
the all7rouhd' athlete of the association
followed the hymn with his report of
the physical department. remarking as
a wind-up that he thought the,Lord had
as much to do with that branch of the
society's work as any other. - ,4@l.
Laughter came when at the end. of
his. treasurer's, report, F. c. Atherton
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lrarcX W. JOB.--Suite s15, Mar
~ pIdg., Chicago, ILL.,; Hawaiian
III Gsueral for States OF Illinois.
I,au. Ohio, Indiana and Wiscola-
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fsUKI, M.D.-Ofiice and resi-
Vineyard st. bet. Nuuanu st.
Tie stream. Office hours 8 to IL
sos p. m
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la s. CLEVELAND, M.D.-Of-
bose King st.; hours 8 TO IL q. m,
L D. m; Tel. 63s.
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announced that just seventy cents
remained in the Y. M. G. A. strong box.
Scarcely had the laughter died away
when the deep, strong voice of Z. H.
Offiey to the dainty accompaniment OF
a guitar, gave sound to the words of
Tell Me That You Love Me-"
Following the vocal selection, JUS
tice w. F. Frear read the report of the
educational department, afterwards the
general secretary's report was deliver
ed by II. z. Coleman. Music by the
Aeolian Quartette was followed by the
address of Walter G. Weldon, the re-
firing president, which Is published In
full below:
The address Of the president-elect, T.
Give Davies, came next and Is also
printed verbatim in this article. The
Amateur Orchestra closed the program
with stirring selection after which
the people adjourned to the parlors be-
low, where reception was held and
refreshments served.
When all had shaken hands with the
retiring president that was and the in
coming president and partaken Of deli
cacies prepared for their delight, they
proceeded to the gymnasium where an
exciting game of indoor baseball took
place. The contest between the rival
gymnasium teams waxed hot and ended
by victory for the evening class. The
teams stand even now and an interest
ing rubber has still to be played.
Everybody voted last evenings af-
fair grand success and all went
home feeling happier and better for
having attended the thirty-first ami
versary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
President Weedon's Address.
The following is full text OF Pres
ident Weedon's address,:
4 Members and Friends OF the Young
Mems Christian Association: Thirty
Ione years ago a band OF young men
Idrafted the first constitution for the
n. NJ. G.. A. of Honolulu. What food
of memories rush to the mind and what
a flow OF gratitude comes to the SOU
as we gather on this, another anniver-
sary, and contemplate tonight the
starting point OF generation ago. OF
view with calm consideration the van
tage ground attained, recognizing the
wonderful providence Of God in the
way in which we have been led!
From the very inception OF this work
to the present time God has brought
us forward in a steady growth. and to-
day this association occupies broader
field, takes in a wider scope and has
reached a higher point of usefulness
than ever attained In its past history
and Il now stands, both In Its accom-
plishments and responsibilities, where
1t has never stood before; yet, make we
no boast, for II has much to accom-
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a Johnson wv. G. Achi and
= Johnson) .--ofice No. 10 West
q st.; Tel. Sa.
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). GORDON HODGINS.-Offlce
residence, Gedge Cottage, corner
Sards and Hotel Sts.; office hours
|ll, Q to 4, z TO s; Tel. 953.
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, pICKEY.-King and Bethel
/. Tai. sos; p. o. box 7s6.
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PHYSICIANS.

GEO. J. AUGUR, Homeopathic
|tltjoner.-Special attention CIV
4 chronic diseases; ofnce and res
|es. Beretania st., nearly opp.
Godst church; Office hours 10 to
u.; 3 to 4 p. m; 2 to 8 p. m;
Eays' $50 to 1890 n. m: Tel. 733.
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/ MITAMURA.-Office $50 Nuu-
B.; Tel. 554; p. o. box S42; resi-
D 524 Nuuanu St.; Office hours 8
L n; 70 9 and s to s p. n.
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Dentist; Office King st. Stables.
P0s3; calls day or night prompt
lswered; speeialties. obstetrics
ammew.