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SUNDAYS SERMON.


church Sunday. 1t was the first
of series of sermons he Will
deliver on "The Seven Churches
of Asia" The text will be found
in REV. NIL, and following is a
synopsis of the sermon:
Ephesus, called the light of
Asia. was the civil and ecclesias-
teal center of Asia Minor. 1t
was admirably situated in a fer
tile valley near the mouth of the
river Cayster and one of the finest
harbors of the AEGEAN sea. By
reason of its concentrated wealth,
its prosperous condition and mag
nificent situation, it became an
appropriate meeting place for
Greek and Oriental culture.
Ephesus was famous for its hea-
then. antiquities. 1t contained
the temple of Diana, one of the
seven wonders of the world,
about which we have read so
much, and for which it was most
famous. But particularly was
this city blessed in spiritual
things. Here Paul resided some
three years, and here his labors
were seemingly crowned with
greater success than anywhere
else during his ministry. Here
Aquilla and Priscilla expounded
more fully and perfectly the way
of God. Here Appollos discourse
ed SO eloquently concerning the
mighty truths of the scriptures.
Here Timothy and Tychicus la
bored earnestly for the establish
ment of the church and the adj
yancement of the Masters king
dom. No other world-center
ever enjoyed superior spiritual
advantages. 1t would seem as
though this church, above all
Others, would be so rooted and
grounded in the faith that no
spiritual reyerses could ever over
throw it. Yes, during Paul's
aud Timothy's ministry, 1T did
exhibit a marked degree of love
and attachment for Christ, and
yet scarcely thirty years after the
Apostles letter to the Ephesians,
this letter of John had to be
written in view of the change
which had come over the churcn.
What change? Apparently there
was none. The church held to
the same faith, it worshipped
under the same forms, it admins
tered the same ordinances, and, it
undoubtedly had q larger MEM
bership. And yet it had UNDER
gone a change. 1t was q change
Iof apparently nothing, but of
everything real and of that which
struck at the vitals of their faith;
| it was a change of love. 1t was
because of this change that Christ
caused John to write this letter
to the church of .Ephesus. "Nev-
ertheIess 1 have somewhat against
thee, because thou. hast left thy
first love-" So, then, we have to
do here with q church whose only
sault is its declining love.
THE VIRTUES WITH WHICH SUCH A
CHURCH MIGHT EXIST.
However bad. q church may
have some redeeming feature.
1t may. have something that is
good and to be praised. Our
omnifcent Lord makes a cata-
logue of good things in this
church. Labors patience, rejec-
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Mr.. Roosevelt has put in bid
for the support of the cattlemen
by announcing himself as one of
them.
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The Dovaeer Empress Of China
in tears il q new role for her.
Her speciality has been putting
others in tears.
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and depreciation.


we err, we may ask Him to over
rule and bless our very plumbers.
al know thy works. There is
to be no dealing with us in the
dark, as man is oftentimes COM
PEELED to deal with his fellow man.
He brings us into the light. The
true knowing of a mans work
involves the knowing of the
heart inasmuch as the quality of
the work depends on the motive.
And there can be no true knowl-
edge of the works without the
knowledge of the heart; God
alone can know the works of
man.
PATIENT ENDURANCE OF TRIAL.
All Christian patience is pa
thence for Christ's sake. 1t will
endure toll and suffering, but it
will not endure false teaching or
false life. The Christian who
yields to error because he does
not wish to fight, is no example
of Christian patience. The Cos
pei is especially intolerant--intol-
Grant, not merely of. evil in the
abstract, but Of evil men. There
are pulpits in this land where the
fearfulness of sin, and the abso-
lutte need of the Savior for man $
lost soul is never preached. The
world praises these liberal preach
ers. Such men we must learn to
..try" a. the Ephesian church
did. And if they are liars, then.
whatever. their professions OF
zeal, spirituality or holiness, we
must reject them. Christian
patience is not the result of a
process of deadening the sensi-
bilities. There is nothing stoical
in it, but the hardihood that Is
associated with the keenest- ca
pacity of suffering and that has
its root in a firm confidence lii
God. 1t is curious fact that a
church so marked for its patience
and purity as was the Ephesian
church should be threatened with
the loss of its very existence un-
less it repented.
rHE CHURCH GAVE STRICT ATTEN-
TIoN TO OUTWARD DUTIES.
But the heart had been neglected.
f"Because thou hast left thy frs,
love-" 1t was not always so.
Paul in his letter gave thanks to
God for their faith and love.
We do not know to what influ-
fence the Ephesian church yield
ed when it began to lose its love-
principle rs the source of its life,
1t may have been q strong salts
faction with its own attainments.
1t could scarcely have been q
CONFORMITY to the world. That
side of error it seems to have
avoided, and to have exposed it.
self on the other side to spirit
ual pride. But these extremes
meet.
i They are equally hostile to .
genuine godly life. The world,
conformity is the more odious
because it is so open. and con.
spicious, but the spiritual pride
lis as really a departure from
God and a surrender. to satan
1t is often hard to detect, becaus,
lit goes clothed with the garb of 1
strict outward life, and this fac
makes it peculiarly dangerous a.
a guide to undeveloped Chris
tians. These spiritually .prout
i(u~-s-xs~-~ - A. -l~<>x.- 1000,
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In the outset we must be clear
about this; that it is not due to
any capacious action on the part
of Christ, to any accountable de-
sertion of the soul by Him, to any
arbitrary hiding of Himself be-
hind a veil; far less to any change
in His heart.
One man tries to retain the
oy of conversion all his days,
without making any progress or
seeking anything beyond. A
kind of fitful emotion is kindled,
flashing up of effection with
vows of fresh conservation
and better life, followed in a
little while by apathy and gloom,
and he resigns himself helplessly
! to let things take their course.
This cause of deelension is oper-
ating to-day more widely and
subtly than many of us think.
Another cause of waning love is
the abuse of self examination.
1t is beset with many and more
subtle dangers. Again, Chris
tan man becomes absorbed in
worldly pursuits and enjoyments.
He has no time for spiritual pur-
suits, for meditation, for making
acquaintance with things unseen
and eternal. Can any one be
surprised that he loses his first
love? Remember whence thou
art fallen.' That is sure to be
painful, but it is the first step
towards healing. There was a
better estate, an estate that has
been left by thine own fault;
..thou art FALLEN from it." Re
member this better estate; call it
up again into memory; live the
old days over again, those days
of heaven upon earth when the
name of Jesus sounded so sweetly
IN your ears, and joy dwelt in
soul. Take the best of them, the
most heavenlike of them, and in
thought live them over again.
This is one of the most blessed
uses of memory, and it is the first
step in a return to first love.
| Consider some of the ordinary
causes of falling: Adverse or
prosecuting influence brought to
bear upon the soul; an overwhelm-
ing attachment to the world;
self-confdence; a neglect of Sc
cret intercourse with God. Only
the heart that has renewed its
strength on the Mount can main
tain its consistent walk with the
multitude and its influential cit
izenship in the world, and it is
certain that many of the tempta-
tons under whose terrible pres
ure so many are apt to yield
would either be entirely disarm-
ed, or would assail with dimin-
ished power, if the soul were
strengthened from the
BEGINNING BY SECRET FELLOW
SHIP AND PRAYER.
ssAnd repent" This the Lords
second word of direction. 1t is
an absolutely vital word. He
who summons to repentance will
see to it that nothing of needful
grace is lacking. He ''givcs'
repentance, and we are to take
this for granted without need OF
arguments however dull our
hearts may have become.
i This word 'srepent" is one OF
the profoundest words in ths
Bible. however specifically IN cd
ern evangelism or modern legal
ism may deal with it. 1t doe:
not indicate mere regret, such as
may be caused by the conse'
quence of our actions. Re.
greet may be the beginning Of
good, but of itself it is not repen.
lance. Repentance is a -chanss
in the mind. 1t implies a true
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AMONG THE CHURCHES.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL SouTH:-Preaching
every Third Sunday and Saturday night
before in each month by Rev. NATHAN
J. ROBERTS, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL every Sunday evening at
So'clock.
PRAyxRxEsTISc every Thursday night.
Everybody invited.
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"Joe" Manley is solid with the
Washington correspondents, If
not with Mr.. Roosevelt; they are
tsmentionink'' him for SECRETARY
Of Comn,erce and Labor.
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THE EDITORIAL WE.

Somebody asked us the other day
what the editoliel eve" embraced.
This is rather a comprehensive
question however, "we" will state
that it includes everything that
comes within radius of the editor
ial tentacles. We will embrace a
pretty girl when our wife is not
around. We embrace every oppor-
tunity to tell the truth about our
subscription list-it is the largest in
the country. We embrace the op-
portunity TO dodge the fellow who
thinks he wants to lick US. We
used, incidently, to embrace an
occasional telegraph pole at an I'M
certain hour Of the night and won
der, like a certain Congressman,
"where we are at" In a more
comprehensive sense, when you
read, owe expect our wife home
today" we refer to the editor.
owe are little late with our work, ("
includes the whole office, the devil
and the towel. In saying eve are
having BOOM" the town is meant.
owe received over 100, 600 immi-
grants last year" embraces the ma
ton but 1--WE have hog cholera
in our midst" means that some
small-souled son-of a-gun, who took
our paper ten years without aging
for %, and then ordered th post
master to mark it refused, Is ill. and
"we' are still charitable enough 90
extend the hope that, should he
shuttle of this mortal coil he will
be provided with a No. fire proof.
asbestos-lined coffin, because be
will surely need it.-Unknown.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-02-27
NEW WONDER BOOK.
Worlds Fair Classification Shows the
Marvellous Activity OF the Human
Race. EyerV Art And Indus
try Has Place.

An advance copy of the Classifi-
cation Book for the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition at St. Louis in
1903 has been received. three
pages are required for a mere emu
meration of the groups and classes
of exhibits. The exhibits of the
entire exposition are divided into
fifteen departments as follows ed
ucation, eight groups; art, six
groups; liberal arts, thirteen groups
manufactures, thirty-four groups I;
transportation, six groups agricul-
ture, twenty seven groups horti-
culture, seven groups forestry,
three groups mining and metal
lurgy, FIVE groups anthropology,
four groups; social economy, thir-
teen groups physical culture,
three groups. The total shows I44
groups and So7 classes, and under
each class is possibility for a null
titude of exhibits. Nothing reflects
more clearly in so small space the
variety of human occupations or
more comprehensively the broad
scope of the great exposition which
the people of ST. Louis are prepar-
ing for next year. A place is pro-
vided for every conceivable prod
uct worthy of exhibition and all ma /.
tons of the world have been invited
to take part. Acceptances have
been received from many. The
work of construction is progressing
earnestly. The buildings will have
an aggregate floor space of 200
acres and the grounds total area
OF 1000 acres. The money now
available aggregates SIS, 200, 600,
besides 81, 900, 900 appropriated by
the State of Missouri and various
liberal sums from other States.
The Classification and the Rules
AID Regulations of the Exposition
will be mailed free on application
to the Director of Exhibits, Worlds
Fair, St. Louis.
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S. in cash for his speech, and he
wanted TO introduce his brand OF
barbed wire fence into our commu-
nifty, and his shirt collar was wil;ed
in the first four minutes. A wind
mill man or sewing machine agent
wouldn't have had one show in a
thousand against him. Every time
he jumped two feet high and came
down 10 bang on the desk with both
fists at once he lifted two-thIrds OF
the audience off the benches, and
when he sunk his voice to a whisper
and softly waved his arms about he
melted hearts. There were ten
men shedding tears and feeling tor
that hog when the man sat down,
and for two or three minutes every
body chewed tobacco and kept his
feet still. A vote was about to be
taken as to whether the hog should
be turned loose and permitted the
freedom of the town during the rest
of his life or held for the fees and
turned into the pork barrel when
Lish Billings came sauntering in.
owed like to hear from Mr.. Bill
lings on this case" say the chair
man.
"whats the discussion ?" asks
Lish.
OTIS about the widow Harris
hog"
"What's he done ?"
"The village marshal has got him
in the pound. Being he's a widows
hog, there's some as wants to let
him out free of fees.
81 move we do !" yells one.
81 move we don't !" yells another.
Gas to the wilder Harris" says
Lish when order was restored, she's
mighty nice woman. She'd have
had that hog in the pork barrel long
ago if she hadn't been too busy
maxim rag carpets. As to the hog
hisSelf"-
"Whats your idea ?" aaked the
chairman as Lish paused.
81 hain't got none. While you
have been arguin' the latter he's
starved to death in the pound, and
if there's any more talk here it had
better be about savin' his bfistles. ="
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ICE ON THE RED SEA.

Booker T. Washington tells a
story of an old colored prea cher
who was endeavoring to explain TO
his congregation how it was that the
Children of Israel passed over the
Red Sea safely, while the Egytians,
who came after them, were drowned.
The old man said
"My brethren, it was this way !:
When the Israelites passed over. il
was early in the morning, while it
was cold, and the ice was strong
enough so that they went over all
right ; but when the Egyptians came
along 1t was in the middle of the
day and the sun had thswed the ice
so that it gave way under them, and
they were drowned"
AT this, young man in the con.
gregation who had been away to
SCHOOL ana had come home, rose
and said
81 don't see how that explana
ton can be right, parson. The
geography that have been studying
tells us that ice never forms under
the equator, and the Red Sea is
nearly under the equator"
"Ihere now, said the old preach.
CT, CHATS all right. Is been
'spectin some of you smart Alexis
would be askin' jest some such fool
question. The time I was speakin'
about was before they had any Jog.
Aries or 'quators either"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-02-27
HIS FATHER WAS A JUROR

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
tells this story Of a personal exper-
fence while trying case in Iowa
court. A boy about fourteen years
old had been put on the stand and
the opposing counsel was examining
him. After the usual preliminary
questions as 70 the witnesses age.
residence and the like, he then pro.
cecded
Have you any occupation ?"
mo"
Don't you do any work Of any
kind ?D
mo"
Just loaf around home ?"
Chats about all. b."
"What does your father do ?"
''Nothin' much"
Doesn't be do anything to sup
port The famiiy?"
ole does odd Jobs once in awhile
when be can get them"
"As a matter Of fact, isn't your
father a pretty worthless fellow, a
dead beat and a loafer ?"
81 don't know sir D.; you'd better
ask him. He's sitting over there
on the jury"
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Hoods JarSdp0riLLd
and Pills

Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine PR erccUence, Of unequaIlcd
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequaled, radical and per-
mancnt cures Of
ecrofula Salt Rheun1
scald Head Boils, Piroples
Az Kinds Of HUunoF Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning Rheunnatlsno
Catarrh Dyspepsia, Eto
Accept no substitute, but be- sure TO
get Hoods, and get It today,
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The importance Of careful pune
tuation cannot be insisted on too
urgently. Here are few instances
which illustrate it. Wanted. a
young man to take charge Of pair
Of horses Of a religious turn Of
mind" 'A child was run over by
wagon three years old and cross
eyed with pantslcts which never
spoke aftcrwsrd."
a toast at public dinner.
Woman without her, man is a
Brute was printed Woman
without her man, is a brute.
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SOME ARIZONA KICKLETs.
A Few Choice Personal Paragraphs
Culled From Great Newspaper.

i'm Taylor, general tough around
town, is a good hand at guessing.
He guessed that he would be lynch.
ed if ne didn't get out of town by
Sunday night, and he got out and
saved his bacon.
Bear meat is so plentiful in town
that everybody is eating three
pounds a day and ready to pick a
fight.
Joe Coho, the mountain lion
hunter, has been missing for the
last two weeks, and it is the general
BELIEF that the lion and the hunter
have lain down together, with Joe
on the inside.
There is no doubt that trolley
lines are good things in their way,
but the broncho will continue TO
hold his own in the West for years
to come unless they teach a street
car how to buck.
Tom Henderson didn't turn loose
on Apache avenue and drive the
town indoors because he was tight.
1t was his birthday, and he desired
to celebrate in BETTING manner.
An effort will be made in the
spring to induce 1000 single East
ern women to head this way and
give their hands and hearts to men
who will consider them about 90
per cent better than angels. Cook
ing, washing and mending will be
included.
Some of our most enterprising
citizens are talking of getting up a
bullhght to celebrate Washington's
birthday in fitting manner, but the
project may not be carried through
They will find it far easier to get
drunk and shoot the keyholes out OF
the city hall doors.
Major Thompson caught us the
other day without our guns and
made us throw mp our hands and
apologize for living. We have been
criticised for submitting to the hu-
initiation, but there are times when
an Arizona editor has got to ca,
dirt and do it gracefully. It's a
cold winter, but we are not longing
for hotter climate.
If Brother Jackson of the Wolf
Creek Eagle" who is hitting at us
in every issue, will pay us a per-
sonal call or will be at home to us
on any given date, we will arrange
for the funeral obsequies with. grea;
cheerfulness. We are never small
about these matters.
Some gossip on the fringe of So
ciety has started the story that Mrs.
Joe De Bar, the recognized leader
of the bon ton in this town, was for
merly family cook in the East. The
idea is ridiculous and should be
given no attention. She has photo
graphs of herself in tights as proofs
that she was leader of the ballet
for years.
As the houses over at Eagle Gulch
are only IS feet high and as the
snow is % feet deep in the town, il
follows that the inhabitants won't
have to worry about outside matters
for some time to come.
In attempting to commit suicide
by shooting himself man named
Barnes shot a $50 mirror full OF
holes in the White Eagle saloon the
other day and did not damage him.
self cents worth. He had proba-
bly, been taking shooting lessons of
our esteemed contemporary.
Naturalists who may be interest
ed in the subject are hereby in
formed that now is the best season
of the year to study the habits
of the cinnamon bear. He will be
found with a good appetite and
ready for any sort Of an interview.
We saw the tracks Of one the other
day that seemed to have plug hats
on his feet.
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troubles, pimples, boils and other
erupuons, besides loss Of appetite,
that tired feeling, fts Of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them The
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and TO build up the system that has
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The rest. They never do we'll
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1t is worse TO see a blight
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