The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-06-14

00t even IN TINS expte1o1ou Oh UuDOs
tional and religious humility. yhow
smoothly noWs the verse. how EFFORT
less y the rhythm. The excessive hu-
mtlity Ii out OF style. and that which
y out Of style = grotesque in literature
~ well - In costumes. In spite Of The
difference In the styles Of the TWEEN
tieth and Of the seventeenth century. In
the last part of which Watts began to
write. he II still the master Of English
hymnody. and congregations still sing
his hymns far more than those ofsany
other author. He died In l74s, and In
the ls4 years which have interviewed
since his death no other hymn writer
has Tivaled his popularity.
A stray hymn Of great beauty and
power occasionally finds . permanent
place in the hymn books. But NO 9TH
er author IL at once 80 versatile and %
prolific. Watts has written hymns for
all occasions presided over and admin
istered by q priest; there are songs for
weddings. funerals. baptisms. for all
assemblies where people formally and
ceremoniously worship God, az well a.
for the pious man In the moments
when he withdraws himself from the
world. Watts hymns have been muir
INJURED by the dying: the puritan bride
huns them as she prepares herself for
the bridegroom. and the motheEs Of
the race have chanted them over our
cradles.
The English Of the hymns Is strong
and plain. The short. tuneful lines do
not hatter humanity. but like a good
and undeceived preacher they straitly
tell the truth about man and each
singer confesses their pertinency
though he may smile at lines like:
Father, and shall we ever live al this
poor dying rate?' or Look how we
grovel here below"
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! For Value Rseeivsd
Business men lose q certain per cent
of their invested capital in bad debts
every year. They continually endeav-
or to make this loss smaller. They
never reduce 1t altogether. The over
,cautioue man defeats his own purpose
An busineS5 Is a risk. and In order to
make more than three or four per cent
the investor must have faith in the
weather. In the integrity OF his fellow
men and in their, future ability to pay
what they borrow from him eithe.. ia
goods or money. Doctors and lawyers.
of an professional men, lose the largest
per cent Of their investment OF educa-
tion.i skill and labor. No one expects
a shopkeeper to give away his goods
for the sake of friendship. Lawyers
are despoiied Of their opinions Tor
charity and for friendship every day.
A good lawyers opinions. founded on
years Of study and experience, are his
stock in trade, yet man who would
silk and cotton offered him . bolt OF
velvet. will nonchalantly request a law
yer or a doctor for opinions whose
preparation has cost more than tn.
manufacture of the velvet.
The codes Of the doctor seem 10 the
outside world peculiar. Merchants
have a price list. publishers have
card of advertising rates more or less
loosely adhered to. but 1t is at least
a standard and is based IN circulation;
brokers charge a certain. per cent for
their services. bankers charge a vary
ing rate for money. a. laborer's fee is
fixed by the union to which he belongs
or by the current local standard. In
all these cases 1t is comparatively easy
to find out beforehand just what GER