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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
BREAKING OF OLD TIES
MEANS OF SALVATION
God Accepts Those Who Believe
Enough to Trust Him Completely,
Says Doctor Campbell.

The Reverend Doctor A. NJ. Campbell
preached yesterday morning at the Wagner
Place United Presbyterian Church on the
text, He that loseth his life for my sake
shall find it, He said. in part:
1T is not likely that any of US in our
following Christ will endanger our bodily
life But there is a higher life that may
be lost whilst caring to preserve the bodily
life.
so far as a man makes 1t his chief aim
to win way for himself and make himself.
he is likely to come to point beyond which
his own best efforts cannot carry him, and
yet that point is not nearly high enough to
be for him the best and truest life his
nature requires.
when self is the aim and all effort is
bent in that direction. we not only fail to
of self, we address self to effort whose mo-
tive is for Christ's sake. we may not only
serve Christ and find Christ. but therein
serve self and find selfs true life.
ITO me it was pathetic when some time
ago daughter Of the church, having gotten
into associations from which she knew she
should break away, and yet after trying to
said, o, just can't be good You are in
the thralls of a life in which you would
aim to get pleasure or profit and when 1t
has been well squeezed. and you are alone
you are yet unsatisf1ed. and all the time
you have had some effort to keep conscience
quiet, and you wish you were well out of 1t
all, but do not know how to get out, ex-
cept by heroic, revolutionary step. and
you do not feel yourself ready for this!
"And as long as you do not resolutely
let go and pull your heart from that line.
so long you do not get your own life in its
You may wish yourself wen out Of pres
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
HISTORY OF ABEL
A RICH HERITAGE.
huence of Martyrs, Beginning
With the First.

Reverend Doctor H. G. Henderson preach
ed yesterday morning at the First Meth
odist Church on "Posthumous influences"
dds esS ReS 1ST his text Heb aes being
Doctor Henderson said in part:
Great truths are incarnated in noble
lives. The eleventh chapter Of Hebrews,
from which our text is taken. illustrates
the personal embodiment of virtues In ex-
emplary characters. At the head Of the
illustrious list stands the proto-martyr OF
This martial roster of departed worthless
is radiant with their heroic deeds and en-
dures to-day as an abiding testimonial Of
at is said Xerxes painted and Euripides
wrote for eternity; likewise we may say
Abel lived for eternity. Though sixty cen
risen i .nS and decayed Still he being dead yet
speaketh.
Though his body returned to dust his
spirit sped to God: his influence remained
to bless mankind and animate the hearts Of
all Gods children.
Like the afterglow that fingers to gid
to rest behind the western sky, SO the post
luminous influence of Abel still lights up
with its holy sheen the path of pilgrims !:
after the lapse Of the passing years Abel
speaks to u.s.
First. of the possibilities Of short life;
The tenure of life is uncertain. Abel died
on n'i his brow m tS he was struck down by a
fratricidal blow from the hand of Cain.
His span of life was brief, yet in the
few years given to him. he wrought well
and left record eloquent with service and
though dead yet speaketh.
Longevity is no virtue. 1t may be stig-
ma. Methuselah was the Oldest man; We
cannot add the greatest.
Abel died young, and while neither
bronze nor shaft mark his grave yet from
to-day tells us the lesson Of the possibili-
ties of a short earthly career.
Christ died at the age of 49, yet he
stone in the arch of the rehabilitated tenn
pie of humanity.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08

| his commission as a Captain of band. a
commission held under the Roman Govern
ment. \ little while ago. he did not believe
In Paul. who advised them TO winter In
Crete. And although now, Influenced as he
was by Paul's wisdom and character and
bearing. Paul did not now find in him
was now courteous, but did not have Pauls
faith. although he had kind of faith IN
Paul. -,
to fly from the ship under preteNt of cast
ing anchors out of the foreShip. and Paul
prevented them. The sailors did not mani
testify believe God. But those very soldiers.
too. who cut the ropes and let the boat into
the wild waves counseled to kill all the
prisoners lest they swim out and escape.
But Paul's belief was belief built upon
the revelation of God only. Paul said,
There stood by me this night the angel of
God, whose l am and whom l serve, say
ing, Fear not. Paul: thou must be brought
before Caesar and 10. God hath given thee
all them that sail with thee. Wherefore,
sirs / believe God 1t was a SIM
pie. but a mighty creed.
"Pauls belief was backed up by every
titled ambitions. Pleasure? His pleasure was
the movement of a whole being. righted
with God and moving with God. His pleas.
obedience TO divine authority and revela-
ton: He was an apostle of Jesus Christ
to the Gentiles, going to Rome under the
divine love and care.
alone physical safety on Malta, but he car
ried there the same faith: he healed their
sick; he planted church on Malta. We
may well believe. even If We have no
ground for believing the tradition, that Pub
lus. the chief man of the island. became
Bishop. Still. such a work as the greatest
of the apostles did on Malta we must be-
leve was not evanescent. Wherever some
men go-no matter where-they at once
edify the church; they are a part of the
church of the living God: they live in PRAYER
and faith and make their own environment.
ment.
paul in that vessel is a type of the
church of Christine church of God to-
day. There are pagan soldiers and sailors
and centurions and an ungodly world about
the man of faith to-day. He is called upon
to believe in God to-day if ever. and the
belief of the real man of God to-day is en-
phaszed by contrast. The world does not
believe God. 1t believes. mayhap. in his
existence, his wrath; in that even the devils
believe and tremble. They do not believe in
his infinite goodness: they do not let that
goodness lead them TO repentance.
But what is believing God? Is 1t be-
lieving his existence? Yes. Is it believing
his creation? Yes. Is it believing that rim
finds punishment and virtue reward? The
hopes and fears of men have always re-
vealed an intuitive belief in all this. The
God of nature has not hidden himself in
corner to-day. If men will open the eye,
the evidence of such God is all about us.
There is God in our environment as truly
as in our yOSpel
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08

5.nl with the Compton Heights
church. Mr. Sweeney preached in the
sh III n, at IL O'clock in the morning and at
livered at the dedication service At ,
o CLOCK In the afternoon a special baptism
service was conducted at the Seventh
street Mission, No. 1891 South Seventh
AT p. m. there was a Christian En-
deavor service in the church. conducted by
K. II. Waggoner of Kansas City, Mo. ma
or of the Disciples of Christ Members
from from the majority of the city orsaniza-
tons OF the denomination attended.
me flrst buiidin. of the Compton Heights
and was DESTROYED by the cyclone before
the church was fully working
. Immediately afterwards a chapel costing
$1,000 was erected. The new auditorium, re-
cepuoh-roo1ns. pastors study and class
rooms complete the building. The total cost
of the whole was $4,000.
me mann room of the church will seat
comfortably 800 persons. At the side OF
this is the Sunday-school room, shut off
by doors which can he made to disappear
and thus afford seats in one room for near
ly LOO persons
The rcception-rooms. kitchen and class
rooms are in the basement and are as COM
pletely finished as the auditorium of the
church , on the second floor is the pastors
leries may be added should they ever be
deemed necessary
The present pastor Of the church is the
L. t J: n Crutcher, who has handed
at the end of the month. He goes to
Moberly. Mo-. to accept the pastorate of the
Central Christian Church.
me congregation as yet has not decided
WHAT course II VIII pursue in the calling of
new pastor, but the general sentiment
seems to be TO secure the services of a
coIeEc graduate for the summer and post
pone the calling OF permanent pastor un-
I'll the beginning of fall
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
(WHICH CHURCH, The Reverend
IS CHRISTS?" Frank G. Tyrrell.

ent lines of pleasure and living. and that
You could get into another level of life.
But 1t is difficult to get out of the old, as
well as difficult to get into the new.
Having accepted the invitations along
the lower level of pleasure or thinking or
doing, 1t is presently supposed by the some
thing better that you would feel out OF
place If this something better were to actu-
ally invite you into its fellowship. and so
the invitation is not made. Not always Is
the better door crossed against you through
harsh feeling on the part of the better, nor
through any disposition to deny you any
thing, but if you have allowed yourself to
seem to have elected that other line. the
better doors will presently accept your own
choice for yourself and leave you to 1t.
THE soul must show its heroic determine
ton to be its best and refuse to be in bond
age to something less worthy for itself. 1T
means decisive. resolute. perhaps painful
letting go, losing that life. 1t may mean
losing chums and quarrel with whole
line of old ideas. Can you do that? Or,
contemplating the price, will you with a
sigh turn away. saying, oh. just can't be
good?
The Algerian peasant cuts a hole in the
gourd and puts some nuts inside and hangs
ii in tree. The monkey finds the nuts in
the gourd and having closed his hand
around them in the gourd. holds so tena-
ciously to the nuts and cannot get his hand
out, and thus ties himself and is caught.
Christ is near. Let so or the world and lay
hand on Him. Life. real life. is within
reach. But the life which is not real must
be dropped in order to have empty hands
He that loseth his life for my sake shall
find II
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
LOTS GAINS(The Reverend
AND LOSSES. 7. c. Carleton.

in the quiet hills. Business and society and
politics and sin got between him and God
His soul was not fed and fostered, but
makes dsK m by worldly aaH a ahd Ss family
caught in the whirl of society and stained
by. its muddy waters. They lose the friend
ship of God as they gain the favor of the
sS o9 and Innocence of soul Is sacr ri
a snare. They tempt the vicious. Lot and
his possessions are taken for booty. And
when saved by Abraham, the man who did
not so to Sodom. he returns, to find a
greater loss.
There are times when the best gain Is
loss. and the only way to save is to de-
stroy. Sodom must go, with all its gains
and possessions. Lot and his immediate
family must be saved. but all his gains at
Sodom must be- burned. And Lot is so hard
TO save that angels are sent to do 1t, and
they have to work hard at the task. The
Jolly of the worldly-minded and the sin
that grows in such environment are made
a monumental warming in the city burning
under the wrath of God. and the wife of
Lot transfiXed in her disobedience and I'M
Willingness to ne led by angel hands,
The best gain Lot could have now was
total loss of Sodom possessions. His gains
in the wicked city have been losses, and
more than losses. They, have been curses.
Better. thousand times better. had he
never seen Sodom. The gains were tempo
rary and soon turned into eternal losses.
And while Lot and his daughters were
saved from the fire of Sodom they stamped
dren. who were the lifelong enemies of
God and Israel.
We learn from Lots experience that
and curses. That whatever separates us
from God and innocence is expensive and
dangerous. That family and soul may be
sacrificed for cattle and gold by good
bish the riches of earth that he may save
souls, the treasures of heaven
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08

man. is at hand Very true. but who dis
1t was spiritual revelation before it be-
the Baptist preached his searching gospel
they sought to silence him by precedent,
tradition and inheritance We have Abra-
be frightened from realities by a ghost,
even though it be that of Abraham. God
Is able of these stones to raise up children
unto abraham. That is, there is such
that God can enter in the lowly and OBJ
scure portion of it and lift it to the throne
which history has repeatedly verified-the
power of truth to inspire and emancipate a
race;
fine the sarcasm seemed. But Jesus of
Nazareth. said the angel on the morning Of
the h;.,I third I'd, day; Jesus of Ma5areth hath
day of Pentecost. sitting on the right hand
OF Majesty on high, hath shed forth this
these spiritual impulses that run over hui
man hearts like an uplifting tide on the
sea. Yes. the kingdom of man has come,
because Christ has come.
Christ reigns as the unifyinG principle in
humanity. The spirit Of Christ we maintain
is the great, in fact the only, unifying prin;;
ciple in the human family. Some have tried
to find It in commerce: They see in the
with the olive branch. So it should be;
the very ends of the earth are mutually
dependent upon each other for mutual
progress and comfort.
Christ reigns as the supreme hope, the
desire and the healer of all nations. Our
conquest of nature, our advance in human
comfort. our expansion in breadth and range
of interest during generation has been
immense, but unless Christ reigns within,
our very civilization may be splendid ruin.
Salvation comes not from beneath, but from
above I will shake the heavens and the
earth and the desire of all nations shall
come There is wonderful stretching out
after Christ among all nations. Heathenism
is breaking up and civilized people are ap-
preaching each other in sympathy as we
see in The Hague tribunal The waters above
Niagara before they take the glorious leap
hurry and flash and run toward common
center.
$50 climax seems to be approaching in
human history. In all the world there Is
agitation. aspiration and movement toward
a common center that indicates significant
coming of the King. The motto of that
message will be Loyalty to Christ In that
day in all the manifold duties, activities
and relations in life the citizen, merchant,
artisan, toiler, teacher. student. the house
keeper and all who serve will look to Christ
as lawgiver and King"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
Members of General Board, Inc1ud-
ging New Project.
ing Admiral Dewey, Ur- :,
TENTATIVE BILL DRAWN UP.
Movement Is for Reorganization
of Navy Similar to That
Soon to Go Into Effect -
in the Army.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. June 7.-Members Of the Gem
eral Board Of the Navy. of which Admiral
Dewey Is the president. have drawn up q
tentative bill providing for the establish,
ment by act Of Congress Of general STAN
for the navy similar to that soon to be put
into effect in the army.
The project contemplates a practical re-
organization Of the Navy Department Its
advocates-who include Admiral Dewey.
Rear Admiral Taylor, Chief Of the Bureau
Of Navigation, and many other prominent
naval oficers-feel confident that Secretary
Moody will urge Congress to authorize a
general staff. although this particular prof.
ect may not meet with the approval Of the
House and Senate naval committees. This
project contemplates that the General Board
! upon the establishment Of the general stan
be divided follows:
Section one, the fleet, together with its
supplies: section two, the personnel. enlisted
and commissioned. of the entire navy; Sc
1ion three; war plans. the Naval War Col
lege and the office of Naval Intelligence.
The duties of the general stan, contem-
plated in the proposed plan, will De: To de-
wise plans for the employment of the naA
tional naval forces to the best advantage4
to organize during time of peace proper and
adequate naval defense of the coasts of the
and merchant marine service of the Gov
eminent; to insure, by frequent consultation
and study with the War Department a cor
dial and comprehensive scheme of co-opera-
ton between the army and navy in time of
war; to have charge of the training and
discipline of the personnel of the navy, both
commissioned and enlisted, including tho
Naval Academy, and the advanced instruc-
ton to officers at the Naval War College:
to supervise the publication and issuance
OF such information may be deemed de-
s1rable for the guidance of the Navy De-
partment and the education of the person.
mel; to advise the Secretary of the Navy in
regard to the disposition of the fleet, which
Is at all times subject to the Secretary'S
orders; to advise and recommend as to tho
numbers and types of war vessels needed
In the future; to prepare plans of campaien
In such theaters of war at home In the de-
pendences and abroad, as the future may
indicate may become the scene of HOSTILE
ties. these plans to include the selection and
preparation of naval bases
This project has been shown to nearly
every one of the many naval officers WIN
have recently been on duty with the Generay
Board; The advocates OF the plan declare
there Is little opposition to 1t to be found
IN the line. Among some of the bureau
chiefs Of the Navy Department there is un-
doubleday opposition to the plan because
OF fear that the Importance of their nm
reaus and their work will be suborfiinatefl
to the importance and duties of the General
staff.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
MILITIA ON THE MARCH
Kansas Company Sent to Profess
Prisoners at st. Francis.

Topeka, Kas., June IA message from St
Francis this evening says Chauncey Dewey
and his cowboys. under arrest for the al
legged murder of the Berry family last week.
are yet safe.
The settlers have formed sort of mill
itary organization, it is understood. and
are outspoken in their determination that
Dewey and his men shall not escape.
\ militia company from Osborne is now
on its way to st. Francis. More than fifty
miles of the distance will have to be COW
cred by an overland march. however, and it
will be Tuesday before they can reach there.
The Sheriff of Cheyenne County thinks he
can protect the men until the arrival Of the
militia.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
LESSONS FROM LOTS
SODOM EXPERIENCE.
Earthly Gains May Be Considered by
the Lord as Curses. Says the Rev
erend T. G. Carleton.

The Reverend T. c. Carleton preached
yesterday morning at lafayette Park Bap,,
fist Church on Lots Gains and Losses"
He said, in part:
Life is a series of gains and losses;
sometimes of losses and losses. But to all
who sincerely love God 1t Is a series of In
creased gains. Christ came into the world
to make the greatest possible gains for all.
Lot was a shrewd. successful business
nan. He loved gain and increasing posses
sions. He believed in expansion. The
plains around Sodom were fine for cattle
and the market. was good. There were
losses, too. A wise man must consider
both.
1.-THE hum of industry in the city quickens
the spirit of enterprise and puts life into
ones business The city has many COM
forts and Injuries that cannot be had in
the country. There is so much to instruct,
to entertain and to amuse. There is more
refinement and culture, and the society
there will offer SO many more opportunities
for ones family.
Lot was SO much pleased with the city
that he moved in. He succeeded. He was
popular and became Mayor. His gains were
increasing possessions, more privileges and
comforts for himself and family. a larger
field for usefulness and pleasure and a
growing power. These gains are fascinat-
ing. But the losses, what are they?
'Ah. Lot. many men like you have looked
at one side of a question to their sorrow.
He lost the fellowship Of Abraham. a man
who was in touch with God. Alas. there
was no Abraham in Sodom! The value Of
such friend Is far beyond herds Of cattle
and heaps Of gold.
Nor was God so accessible In Sodom az
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08
DEDICATE CHURCH AT MApLEwooD.
Baptist Ministers From Many Churches
Take Part In Ceremonies.

The new building of the Maplewood Bap-
fist Church was dedicated yesterday after
noon by a service in which the majority of
the Baptist ministers of the city took part.
The sermon was preached by the Reverend
Doctor William ]. Williamson of the Third
Baptist Church.
At 1O:45 in the morning there was a song
service, which was followed by a pro-
gramme prepared by the scholars of the
Sunday school. At this service there were
addresses from the visiting superintendent.
In the evening there was a rally of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of the
church and the preaching service, at which
the Reverend Doctor j. C. Armstrong de-
livered the sermon. The service was pre-
sided over by the Reverend John F. Her
get. superintendent of city missions.
The building has just been erected at
cost of $500, sl,7cs of which was sub
scribed in Maplewood. The remainder was
furnished by the Mission Board.
All pledges but $500 have been paid and
no debt has been incurred which is not fully
covered by
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-08

- Photograph by Olive Studio.
THE REV. DIR. B. P. FULLERTON.
Pastor Of Lucas Avenue Cumberland Pres
byterian Church.
rthe awful sense of condemnation, when that
condemnation has been removed. and goes
on to tell to whom this deliverance comes
1T comes. he tells us. to those who are
In Christ, and who are the sons Of God
Il is but natural that he should complete
nthe thought of sonship with the thought OF
Chapter with his Triumphant statement
about no separation between this Son and
this Father. Lying, therefore. between these
apostle, we find that of sonship and we find
also that both depend upon it.
-.s TT hence becomes one Of the most i'm
saTe sons Of God and how we may know it:
This relation is not one of blood but of
spirit, and in all We say upon the, subject
~ Thirst, then. we should notice the posi-
tiveness and the authority with which the
declaration is made in the text. No mat
not the spirit of Christ he is none of his,
and no matter where he may be led. and
what influences may play about him. and
4 he is not LED by the spirit of God he is
This simplifes the whole question of
sseem to be in doubt. There are two things
for which we must look n ourselves and
in others always when we would assure
asfafsy. Fl the Holy spirit: .
fsonal charactef. This is the fountain, of
tiny. What you are said Emerson, speaks
50 loud that cannot hear what you say
are nightly Impressed with his purity: He
did no sin, neither was any deceit found
In his mouth. No man ever laid to his
thing that savored OF the impure. He was
cunselfish, making himself servant of all,
and becoming all things to all men that he
might win them.
mo man ever manifested humility like
his, and to the same degree. He was high
minded and chaste in conversation. and no
man ever approached his unassumed dignity
of character. These are the things that
stood out in the character Of him who was
led by the spirit of God and was possessed
we must find in ourselves IL We would be
assured that we are sons of God.
Jesus Christ; as all men do sustained
and when he sums up the decalogue he
shows US that or duties are both perpen-
dFcular and horizontal toward God and
man, and II Is well that We study his con-
Duct in both these relations.
What was hic attitude toward men? In
the first place he saw them all as men, and
not as classes or in the blood relationships;
When he was told that his mother and
brethren were asking for him, his answer
was that those who did the will Of his Fa-
liner WERE lhotuCE anu VI oeh. anu
with these there was no such thing as
high or low. but all were the sons of God.
James says If we make these distinctions
we have become judges and SO cannot be
children Of God.
s'Then in the next place he became ser
&ant of all and said that he who would
become greatest In the kingdom must be
the servant of ALL These are some of the
things that marked him In his relations
With men and must be found in US If we
would be assured of kinship with him and
eoaof sonship with the Father.