The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.

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4-S; Luke ". 2; Proverbs xxx, 49,
The Scriptures plainly teach:
1.-The task of the church on earth
Is to prepare the way Of the Lord"
Mountains are to be leveled and val
leys raised up. The figure is as eff
fectiive as familiar. i Wrongs are to
be righted, abuses corrected, righteous
ness and equity established. Poets
have sung Of the coming golden age of
fraternity, peacet and prosperity.
Preachers have proclaimed the will Of
God and duty Of man. The earnest
hearted have prayed and toiled, but the
end is not yet. What more Is needed?
The church must more fully realize her
mission to the world as an evangeliZtng
agency The duty to "cry aloud and
spare not does not press home on the
ordinary Christian as strongly as 1t
should. The general belief in the duty
Of the church to carry the gospel to the
unsaved needs to become a personal
conviction leading to individual conse-
Grafton Not many are called to be
missionaries, but every one is called to
be an efficient agent in this task.
2.-Intelligent interest in all the be-
nevolent operations of the church Is
the duty of every church member and
OF every member of the Epworth
league. What do we as a whole pro-
pose to- do, and how are we trying 10
do 1t, should have careful attention OF
each one. The church papers and re-
ports Of the correctional societies
should have more attention. We need
to read more Of the facts connected
with this our business, even II we IN
consequence have less time for fiction.
Our work is before us. We must I'M
derstand it. We are to aid In evanget-
izing the world. Let the idea be clear
ly defined in thought. Let US catch the
vision of a worlds redemption from
sin and our part in redeem1ng 1t.
9.-We must have power from the
Holy Spirit. No other means Is EN-
cient. There is no substitute. we muss
be filed with the spirit Of Christ ana
throw ourselves and all we nave INTO
the work. Thought. heart ana ~ nd tba
must unite. We must be moved TO the
soul depths, and we shall then nave
mower to move the world. If we feel,
we shall make others feel also. n
4.-There must be work. The voice
m1st cry. We must have talk-not
random talk nor mere rhetoric put Ing
logic of law and love. There must pc
helpfulness OF the naho, IN ren to he
distress Of the body. Men are 20 pc
saved now. Disease aof body must pe
cured disease Of mind corrected anu
disease of soul cleansed- The power -
of God, the application Is for US 10
make.
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Sept. is the fifteenth day after
Trinity in the church calendar. In the
Catholic church the day Is honored Tor
ST Fnrrchus, a French bishop nota-
HE for his success in converting m
fdeIs to Christianity. Born, In 1888,
Oueen Elizabeth, of England, daughter
Of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn;- IN
1907, George Louis Button, French nat
uralist and philosopher; in 1919, Thom-
as A. Hendricks American lawyer ana
statesman.
Sept. is the anniversary Of the
birth, in 1474, of Lodovico Ar1osto,
famous Italian poet; also of Joseph
Story, in 1879, American jurist; also
of Francis Bowen, in 1871, American
scholar and author; also of Emilio
CASTELAR,, in 1882, Spanish statesman.
Sept. 9 is a legal holiday in Califor-
MIA. celebrated as Admission day,which
event took place in 1850, without the
formality of going through the terri
torial kindergarten. Born, Thomas
Coke, in Wales, in 1747 the first bish-
op of the American Method1st Episco-
pal church,; Richard @. Trench, In
/ 1907, eminent English religious writer
and philologist.
Sept. 10 is the anniversary OF the
battle of Lake Erie, in 1918, wherein
Perry destroyed the fleet under Bar
clay and with it English supremacy
on the great lakes, a victoy announced
in the laconic dispatch to Gen. Harr1-
son: I'VE have met the enemy and
they are ours" Born: Mungo Park,
in It'll, the Scotch explorer in Africa.
Sept II is the anniversary Of the
battle of Lake Champlain, by McDon-
nough, which prevented the invasion of
New York by the British from Canada.
Born: James Thompson, in 1900. cele-
ibrated Scotch poet;s Daniel 8. Dicken-
son, in 1900, famous American lawyer
and statesman. "
Sept. ~ Is the anniversary Of the
birth Of Alexander Campbell, in Ire
land, in 1888, founder of the religious
sect known as thee disciples Of
Christ" He also founded and was long
president Of Bethany college, In V1r-
ginia- James A. Garfield was preach
er in this church. ALSO of Richard M.
Hoe, in 1912, American inventor; Of
Richard J. Calling, in51818, American
inventor; of Charles Dudley Warner,
in 1929, Americanneditor and author;
Of Charles ". Riley, In 1S43. Anglo
American entomologist.
Sept. 10 is the anniversary of the
birth Of Casper Wistar, in 1851, emf
nent American physician. The Wis
taria, one of our beautiful spring flow
ering climbers, was named in his hon.
or. Also the birthday, in 1928, of An
drew Pickens, American revolutionary
general.