The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
HELP FROM HEAVEN.

The Epworth league topic for Sept.
is found in II. King W., 1917. The Incl
dent upon which the topic is founded re-
lates to the help given to Elisha and his
people when surrounded by the army of
the king of Syria
And he saw, and, behold, the noun
tain full of horses and chariots of fire
round about Elisha. !"
We see but a small part of what takes
place in this world. 1t is not because
we have never Travelled much or spend
much time in sleep that we see SO little.
Much occurs directly before our eyes,
but we are gazing on something else and
never behold it until some power touches
us and we look and see. Some things
can only be seen after long concentration
of attention. But, once seen, these sights
richly repay all the exertion and wait
ing. One cause why life seems so dull
and monotonous is that We look almost
wholly on the commonplace and rarely
penetrate beneath the surface and be-
hold the fascinating play of powers which
move and, mold life in all its infinite Va
rieties of form.
We are often surrounded by forces
which seem resistless and which we
know are antagonistic. We are helpless
in any conflict with them. ALAS. how
shall We do?" is our cry. Well for us
in such an hour if we nave some teacher
Of experience to pray for the opening of
our eyes and to greet our fears with his
faith. Happier still if some of his insight
shall be granted us and as we look more
intently at the beleaguering hosts we
see beyond them the eneompassing ranks
of the chariots and horses of God.
-'They that be with us are more than
they that be with them Faith in Gods
protection casts out fear of anything
man can do to us. All dread Of Syrian
captivity Yanishes, and with cool audac-
ity we plan to capture the most Of tie
enemy. Without bleodShed or panic We
lead them to the very center of our own
camp, feast them IN all our capital cities
and send them home unframed and with
all their weapons of war. And, 10! we
have conquered, for .sthe bands of Syria
come 40 more into the land of Israel
Elisha conquered with the weapons of
Christ and for allies had the divine
Fathers legion Of angels.
NOTABLE DAYS OF TIE WEEK.
Sept. is the fourteenth Sllneay after
Trinity in the calendar of the Protestant
church, and the fifteenth after Renteeost
in the Catholic church.. In the Greek
church it is celebrated as the feast of
Nativity of Theotokos; in the Catholic
church as the Nativity of the Virgin
Mary.
Sept. 9 is the anniversary of the birth,
in Wales, in 1747. of Thomas Coke, the
first bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church; also, in 1867, Of Richard G.
Trench, an eminent English religious
writer and philologist.
Sept. 9 is a legal holiday in California,
celebrated Admission day, which event
took place in 1850, without the fornality of
going throughs the territorial kindergar-
ten. r=E -4e gs.--s5'
Sept. 10 is the anniversary of Perry s
victory on Lake Erie, in 1913 which de-
stroyed British supremacy ON the lakes
a victory announced in the laconica dis
patch: 1--WE have met the enemy and
they are ours
Sept. II is the anniversary of MEDIUM
ough's victory on Lake Champlatn in 1911,
which prevented the invasion of New
York by the British from Canada
Sept. Z is the anniversary of the birth
in Ireland in 1888 of Alexander Campbell,
founder of the religious sect known as
the Disciples of Christ He also found
ed and was long president of Bethany
college, in Virginia.
Sept. 10 is the anniversary of the birth
in 176l of Casper Wistar, an eminent
American physician. The Wistaria, one
of our beautiful spring-fowerfng climb
ers, was named in his honor.
Sept. IA is celebrated in the. Catholic
and Greek churches by a festival known
as the "Exaltatien ef the Cross" in
the Jewish church it is New Moon CNew
Year, Rosh Hashonah, being the first
dox Of
Sept IA is the anniversary of the occu-
pancy of the City of Mexico by the United
States troops in 1S47.