The Newtown bee., 1901-07-05

Y. M. C. A. great meeting and royal celebration of it's 50 years of life at Boston. It was noticed that the of young and old men who were prominent were about equal. This shows that the old men have not lost interest in the Association and that the young blood is coming in to keep up the life and activity of the Long may the associ- ation live to work for the physical and moral welfare of the young men.
 Still The British government is The Boers. trying to find a way out of it's present difficulties and it is an- nounced that a tax of s25O, COG, ,OOO will be collected on the gold mines of South Africa to pay for the Boer war. It is also intimated that if the war does not speedily end a large tax will be exacted. The mine owners naturally do not relish the idea but they will have to submit to the inevitable. And the war goes on.
 Cuban The Cuban Constitutional
 Affairs. Convention has accepted the Platt amendment and now President Mckinley under authority of Congress is able Ito leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to it's people as soon as government shall have been established in said island under a constitution which shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba" So the long struggle is at an end and Cuba Libre" has become fact in history. But it is more difficult to establish and maintain free government than 1t is to cry out for liberty and freedom. The world will watch with interest the efforts of the Cubans to realize a free government and prosperous and happy state.
 Columbia Columbia University has
 University. received a gift of $1OO, 900 as an endowment for department for the study of the Chinese language customs and literature. The curious part of the gift is that it represents the munifcence of an old man who saiG that he gave that amount as represent. ing what he might have spent during his life in whiskey and tobacco. He used neither and gave this splendid gift as result. It is pity that more of our smokers and whiskey drinkers dC not follow his example. Education would be advanced and the world made better instead of worse as it is now by the foolish indulgence in these habits
 MEMORIALS OF GODS WORK,
 A LESSON IN AMERICAN HISTORY FoF MEMORIAL DAY.
 Text. Psa. 77: l0 Il, II will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High l WILL tnAk0 uonUlOn OI the OeeuS or JenOVah for will remem ber thy wonders of old.'
 SERMON BY REV GEORGE LANSING
 TAYLOR, D. D., PASTOR OF THE NEW
 MILFORD METHODIST CHURCH.
 This Asaphite psalm presents inter, nal evidence that it was written by some of the psalmists of Judah's cap. tivity in Babylonia, and at very dark and almost hopeless period of that captivity. In the first nine verses o1 the psalm the sacred poet seems almost overwhelmed with sorrow and despair for himself and his people. But those who trust in God are never left to utter despair, and so the poet suddenly rallies himself and exclaims: "This despondency of mine is not wholesome It is an ''infirmity" of faith, if not, indeed, of mental condition. I will make an end of it. God still lives, and the record of His mighty works in ages past still survives. I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. He seems to be dealing out left-handed years to us nowadays but He dealt out right-handed years once, years of honor and power, years of favor and blessing, and He cnn do SC again! l will make mention of the