The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-08

AHNAHSO are HOIGQ the failures OF
men VINO opposed God and His good
work, n failed most signally ,to-wit:'
cam, Sampson, Eli, and Saul. Their
!dte should warm us against disobed-
fence n trifiing with temptation.
Thelr fate should deeply impress upon
fail"
81 AM THE LORD THY GOD"
The Luther League topic for Feb. 8
is found in Exodus Xxx: 1-6; Isiah Xiv:
o-S. The ten commandments were
written on two tablets of stone and
placed in the sacred ark. Their divi-
slon and numbering. not Indicated in
scripture, hence not an essential mat
ter. The Roman Catholic and Luth-
eran numbering follows the ancient
Jewish system of marks and accents.
and beautifully divides them into three
(First Table, Duties to Cod and seven
(Second Table, Duties to Man.)
The first commandment not only pro-
hibits polytheism and idolatry, the wor-
ship of idols in thought, word and
deed. "All forms and degrees of idol
airy are positively forbidden without
any modification or reservation what
ever. This is necessary in order to
keep clear to the mind the definite,
absolute spirituality of God" Human
tendency is to %1dolatry. Man wants
TO materialize God; worship idols, as
the Hebrews; worship saints and i'm
ages as the medieval church; Wor-
ship the gods of wealth m pleasure,
of self, which is modern and "civilized''
heatheniSm!
There have been nan gods since
this world first began. That is. manv
things have hnnn NoIIo1 nnIc Mo-
nave made images of wood n silver
and gold, and then have fallen down
before them and called them gods. They
were mere dolls; they had eyes, but
they could not see; they had ears, but
the could not hear; and yet those fool
lsh heather people would bow down
before them n pray to them.
A story is told of a little boy living
IN the house of a heather, who took
a SUCK one day and broke all the i'm
ages except the largest, into the hands
of which he put the stick. When the
man discovered it he was furious, and
exclaimed: who has done this?''
Perhaps" said the boy, the big idol
has been beating his little brothers."
Nonsense" said the man, don't ak
such stuff as that! Do you think I am
a fool? You know as well as 1 do that
the thing cannot even raise it's hand.
1t was you, you little rascal! 1t was
you! And to a you for your labor
OF WickednesS, I'll beat you with the
same stick!"-And Selling he stick.
he approached him. But" said the
boy gently, how can you trust to a
god so weak that a child's hand can
destroy him? Do you suppose that. if
he can't take care of himself or his
companions, he can of you, and of the
World?p The heather stopped to think
for 1t was a new idea. Then he broke
his great idol and went and kneeled
down to pray to the true God, and call
ed him my Father"
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Feb. s is -Septuagesima Gatin for
SEVENTEEN, being about seventy DAYS
before Easter), the third Sunday before
Ash Wednesday, and preparation is
made for keeping Lent.
Feb. 9 is the anniversary Of the birth.
in 1772, Of William Henry Harrison.
soldier and ninth president; Of Samuel
Jones Tilden, in 1914, lawyer, governor
and candidate for the presidency; of
Samuel Bowles, in 1926, journalist and
author. This day in the Catholic CAL
endar is dedicated to st. Apollonia,
patroness against toothache and dis
eases of the teeth.
Feb. 10 is the anniversary of the
birth, in 1890, of Samuel Wesley, eldest
brother Of Charles and John Wesley.
founders of Methodism; Of Albert G.
Greene, in 1902, jurist and scholar. but
remembered best by his poem. "OId
Grimes Is Dead" Of John Ruskin. in
1919, artist and eloquent writer on art
and nature.
Feb II is the anniversary of the
birth in 1875, of Daniel Boone, pioneer;
of Lydia Maria Child, in 1902, author
and anti-slavery agitator: of Alexan-
der H. Stephens, in 1912, vice president
of the cOnfederacy; of Thomas Alva
Edison, at Milan, Ohio, in 1S47, whose
name is associated with the electric
light, telegraph, telephone, monograph
and many other useful inventions.
Feb. II is the anniversary of the birth
in 1866 of Cotton Mather, American
~theologan and author; of Peter. Coop
er, in 1891, manufacturer, inventor and
philanthropist; of Abraham Lincoln, on
a Sunday, in 1909, sixteenth president,
and whose birthday is a legal holi lay
in six states; of Charles Robert OAR
win, on the same day and date, in 1909.
eminent English naturalist and author.
Feb. 10 is the anniversary of the
birth in 1854 of Charles Maurice Tai
leyrand, eminent French diplCmatist;
of David Dudley Field, in 1905, Amer
lean jurist; of John A. Rawlins, in 1881,
American general. :
Feb. IA is the anniversary of the
birth, in 1854, Of Galileo Galilei, illus
trous Italian mathematician and phil
osopher; Of Samuel Osgcod, in 174S,
first postmaster general; of Henry
Grinnell, in 1897, merchant and pro-
moter of Arctic explorations; Of Cyrus
Mccormick, in 1909, inventor and
manufacturer; of Winfield Scott Han
cock, in 1924, 1.-The superb general of
the Civil war and unsuccessful candi-
date for the presidency IL 1880. This
is also st. Valentines day. There are
two saints of this name in the Roman
Catholic calendar, but their identifica-
ton with the custom of sending tokens
Of esteem and love on this day has no
known foundation, as neither one ever
showed any attention to the fair sax