The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-12-26
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Our Motto: "F'or God and Home and Native
Our Badge: A knot of white ribbon.
Our Aims: Home protection, prohibition of
the liquor traffic, equal suffrage one standard
OF morals. and the bringing about of a better
public sentiment
MRS. N. c. LIBBY, President,
MRS. LOUISA ANTHoINE, Secretary,
MRS. ADA FARNHAM. Treasurer.
Not long ago in little town in
Michigan, a young man from a
lumber camp was buried. He
went into camp in the fall a careless,
wicked boy. Not one of his COM
panions knew where his home was,
and when the falling tree sent his
spirit in it's flight the "boys'' deter
mined to give him good, Christian
burial. They took his remains to
the nearest village and all ''chip-
ped in" and re- clothed Jacks
remains and buried him as tenderly
as mother. Why tell of this? Be-
cause the parties interested in those
Lumber Jacks" have been kind
enough to gather few facts to
send for the encouragement of all
who have added their might to this
work. l give a part of Mrs.
Nason's letter: Gone day lot of
good reading was sent to the camp
and good number of carpet-bags
full of useful things, each also
containing a small testament and
singing book. Jack, who had not
been broughtup in prayer-meeting,
as stated by his companions, had
known something of Il Christian
home, and began to sing over and
over some of the songs in the book.
The boys laughed at HIM, but he
sang on until they joined in the
chorus, and many Sunday and
long winter evening had been spent
IN song. Jacks last morning on
earth will long be remembered by
many of the men. He had seemed
unusually cheerful, and sang as he
left camp for the days work,
when the roll is called up yonder,
I'll be there"
Some one had invested five cents
in the testament that helped save
the soul of that wandering boy.
Will not the giver be glad forever
and ever! There are chances for
great good as we'll as great evil in
these camps. If the camp is god
less at the evening and Sabbath
gatherings gambling, vile stories,
coarse jokes, ribald songs, infdel
arguments, all tumble together
The influence of camp, as a rule,
is debasing; yet constant supply
of reading changes one and all for
the better. One man tore up his
testament. but God used one torn
leaf to save a soul. A sick woman,
near death, sent her testament to !,
camp; an infdel, whom no one
had been able to reach, received
the marked testament and was
saved. He said no amount of
money would buy that book.
A young man writes, the singing
books help US work out our saliva
ton. One writes, thank God for
the change in the Sabbath day, and
every day in our camp. One man
was sent to a hospital and came
back singing, ''I've found friend
in Jesus" Who wrote the letter
to ''somebody's boy'' and pointed
him to Jesus! the friend in need.
One young man came home and
went to the pastor and told him he
was saved by reading a testament
while in camp. The son of an
Episcopal rector wandered into
sin, out in the pine woods found
God and returned to his father.
"Fighting Bob' became a camp
missionary. Another shanty boy,
''Drunken jack" was wonderfully
saved and has done great good;
while ''Singing Joe' goes from
camp to camp singing the gospel.
One converted lumberman became
an evangelist for the Young Mems
Christian Association, and also
offices in the Salvation Army.
When the camp all ''break up,'
and the ''boys" with their hene-
factors meet in the mansions above.
there will be stars and crowns of
rejoicing for the mites given ''Zn
His Name.o
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w. J. Healey, auditor of the
Santa Fe road, has issued an order
that no one addicted to the use of
cigarettes will be employed here
after, even in the freight depart
ment.
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The mayor of Ottawa, Canada,