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| Still others see the gospel penetrating
slowly but surely the mass of the heath
| en- peoples, winning some converts. grad
Caily breaking down prejudices and oppo-
| sltlon ana little by little lifting those it
| TOT ches into new life of spirit and into
different graode of social civilization.
| one only needs to look at Africa and
the islands of the seas to find that the
| go. pei IS spreading, and people are being
| redeemed. The great continent of Asia
Is also awakening. Long years have been
to be constantly kept in mind in calcu-
| latlng results. Now the harvest is more
abundant than the workers can properly
| care for
The great need is an awakening of the
| church in the home field to supply more
| abUndantly tae means for schools, hos
pitfalls and preaching places and support
| for the NEEDED workers.
| NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
July Is is the seventh Sunday after
| Trinity, according to the calendar of the
Episcopal church, and the seventh after
| Pentec0St in the Catholic church. 1t is
| also the beginning of the Japanese feast
| of the lanterns, CT festival CT the dead.
| 1t IS believed that on these days the
| spirits of the dead come back and min
| gle with their relatives On the morning
OF the first day. offerings of fruits and
| vegetables are laid upon the affairs in
| the temples and shrines: For three days
| the dead are Toasted. Water is provided
| and ten is poured out every hour for the
| vieWless visitors. At nightfall torches
are lighted, and lanterns are suspended
| over houses and tombs.
July IA is the anniversary of the birth,
in 1914, of Isaac Watts, known as the
| inventor of English hymns; of William
| Robert Grove, in 1911, English inventor
and philosophers Among his important
| discoveries was the nitric acid battery
bearing his name; of John Hunter, in 1928,
| English surgeon, and one of the fathers of
1 nf no fol iTNCr e taA
| Bastle by a Partisan mob in 1889, and
| today the national festival of the French
republic, by an act of the assembly in
1880.
July Is is known IN the old English
calendar as st. Swithen's day. This saint
| lived in England in the ninth century.
If on st. Swithen's day it prove fair,
| temperate winter will follow; but if rainy,
| stormy or windy, then the contrary is
an Old English saying: The legend is
| that when the saint died he wished to
be buried in the open yard instead of in
| the church. After he was canonized the
bishops thought it better that his re-
! mains be placed with other diyines in
July Is, but it rained so violently for
| forty days that the design was aban-
doned. July Is is dedicated in the Ro-
man calendar to St.. Henry of Bavaria
972-1021, patron saint of Bavaria. A great
number of miracles were reported at his
shrine in Bamberg, Bavaria. His wife,
| ST. Cunegunde, was also canonzed, and
! is one of the patrons of Bavaria.
| July 16 is the anniversary of the birth,
| in 1928, of Joshua Reynold, English por-
| trait painter; of Lady Caroline Oliphant
Nairue, in 1866. Scotch authoress and song
/ writer; of Eben E. ReXford. in 1S48, Amer
lean author and poet. Also the fourth
anniversary of the surrender of Santiago
de Cuba. How time flies.
July II is a day memorable in the his
tory of France, witnessing the browning
| in 1929 of Charles VII, at Rheims, as
king, after years of humiliation under
| the English, a power overthroWn by
| the work of a peasant girl, Joan of Arc,
or Jeanne la Purcelle-Jeanne the Maid.
| She was the daughter of a laborer by
| the name of dare, and early in life
| claimed to have visions, finally announc-
| ing that she had been directed by st.
Michael the Archangel to save France
! from outside control. She aroused great
enthusiasm and accomplished her pur-
| pose, but her own people showed ingrat-
| itude by allowing her to be burned as
witch. Birthday, in 1745, of Timothy
| Pickering, American statesman; of John
Jacob Aston, in 1853, in Germany, founder
of the Astor family in America; of Mar
tin F. Upper, in 1910, English poet
July 10 is the anniversary Of the birth,
in 1911, of William M Thackery English
Greek church in honor of st. Symphorosa,
| a Jewish martyr, better known as the
mother of the Maccab bees. The story of
the torture and death of ner sons is
told in the seventh. chapter of the second
book OF Maccabees, one of the Apocryphal
| books of the Bible, and was formerly
i printed with the Bible.
July 10 is the anniversary of the birth,
| in 1901 of Robert ]. Walker, American
writer on political economy; of Agnes
| Strickland in 1906. English historical
writer; of Samuel Colt, in 1914, American
| inventor and gun maker. July 10 was the
day on which in Essex county, England,
| for centuries it was the custom at the
Church of Dunmow to give a quarter Of
bacon to any married couple, who, after
| a year of matrimony, would coma for.
ward and make, oath that during that
| time they had lived together in perfect
harmony and fidelity. The mere taking of
| the oath was not enough for the jury
| Piled and few went scathless through the
ordeal July 10 is honored in the Cath
Ole church for st. Vincent de Paul.
| founder of the order of the Sisters of
| Charity. He lead an eventful life, spend
ing it in work for prisoners, the poor out
| casts He died in France in 1860. July
| 10 is the anniversary of the declaration
of war between Germany and France in
187O-7 On this day in Germany the
| ceremony of decorating the colors is eel
ebrated by the German troops.