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The Tupelo journal., 1903-09-04
The State Crop.

Cotton picking on the State con-
Wet farms will not be commenced
until about the first of October, ow-
ing to the lateness of the crop. The
bulk of the convict body is now en-
ployed ON the Sunfower farm, clear
ing new land, and good Roadway
with this work has been made dur
ing the summer. The prisoners will
not be moved to the other farms in
the delta for the cotton picking work
until the latter part of September.
The States crop prospects are
unusually good, and there VIII be
large yield of cotton unless the
plant is damaged by early frost. On
the Rankin farm, for instance,
where no cotton has been heretofore
raised, there is tract of 200 acres
which is expected to produce $50
bales.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

It is Gods glory to help at pinch.
If you want to remember truth medi-
tate repeat, confer. Act it as soon as you
hear it.
Under sin we are free to do anything
but good; under Christ we are free to
do anything but evil.
Come, said Latimer, to the public
meetings, though thou contest to sleep;
IT may be God may take thee mapping.
Absence is without hope.
God made man after His image, and
men Ito requite HIM will needs make
Cod after their image; cast Him anew
in their base mold, and make an idol of
Him. Xenophanes was wont to say,
that If beasts were able to paint, they
would portray a god like to themselves.
Rev. S. Hartwell Pratt, in N. Y. OBJ
server.
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Insurance Fees.

Auditor Cole, who is ex-officio in
surance commissioner Of the State,
and who has just been nominated
as State insurance commissioner,
will make report on October l
that will show some startling fig
ures. The office of insurance COM
missioner was made to be self-sus-
taining-that is, to be kept up out
of the fees charged and payable by
the insurance companies. Besides
beng self-sustaining, the Office will
turn in a net sum of excess fees.
The collections of taxes from the in
surance companies, based on the
amount of gross premiums collected
by them, have usually amounted to
about $4,000. Since the establish
ment of the insurance commission
these collections will amount to over
$50, 900, or an increase under the
new insurance law of about $780,
900.
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THE NOMINEE

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 31.-Returns
from all the counties are at hand and
Vardaman's majority foots up 1884.
The man from Leflore made a runa-
way race of it in many Critz strong
holds of the first primary, surprising
many of the political wiseacres of the
State.
The race for railroad commissioner
in the First district was close, Bradley
receiving majority of SSS over Nc
Innis.
Neill Is elected district attorney in
the Indianola district by scanty mar
gin. Following table gives full and Of
fetal returns from every county in the
State:
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Mississippi State News
New State Senators.

Secretary of State Power has
made up list of the State senator's
elected in the first primary. Out
of the forty-fve members who COM
pose that body, thirty-nine were
elected in the first race, and the 9TH
er six had to contest for the place
in the second primary last week.
Following is the last:
First District-Horace Bloomfield,
Scranton.
Second District-Run off in second
Third District-D. w. Heidelberg,
Shubuta
Fourth District-Patrick Henry,
Brandon.
Sixth District-Clem v. Ratcliff,
Summit
Seventh District-Chas. w. Firth,
Bates Mill
Eighth District-G. Wood Magee,
Monticello.
Ninth District-James A. Clinton,
Natchez
Tenth District-Stephen Thrasher,
Port Gibson.
Eleventh District-Run off in sec
ond primary.
Twelfth District-W. J. Groom, Boil
ton; W. K. McLaurin, NJ F. Smith,
Vicksburg.
Thirteenth District-Run off in Sec
ond primary.
Fourteenth District-C. C. Dunn,
Meridian
Fifteenth District-Run off in Sec
ond primary.
Sixteenth District-A. T. Dent, Ma
con.
Seventeenth District - Presley
Groves, Oklahoma.
Eighteenth District-H. B. Greaves,
Canton.
Nineteenth District-A. M Hicks,
Myrlville
Twentieth District-H. J. McLaurin,
Rolling Fork.
Twenty-First District-H. H. Ell
more, Lexington.
Twenty-Second District-Wiley San
ders, Kosciusko.
Twenty-Third District-Run off in
second primary.
Twenty-Fourth District-W. r.
SCOtC, EupOra.
Twenty-Fifth District-M. A. Frank
lin. Columbus.
Twenty-Sixth District-G. A. Nc.
Lean, Winona.
Twenty-Seventh District-C. E.
Harris, Sumner.
Twenty Eighth District - James
Moore, Oakland.
Twenty-Ninth District-W. w.
Stone, John l.. Hebron, Jr, Green
vile.
Thirtieth District-E. H. Moore,
Rosedale.
Thirty-First District-James Gordon,
Okolona; c. E. Franklin, Pontotoc.
Thirty-second District-Run off in
second primary.
Thirty-Third District-Dr. A. S.
Yarbrough,, Como.
Thirty-Fourth District-J. Alcorn
Glover, Clarksdale
Thirty-Fifth District. j. Fraley,
fernando.
Thirty-Sixth District-B D. Simp-
son, Pegram; w. A. Boyd, Gossett;
w. A. Belk, Holly Springs.
Thirty-Seventh District-Dr. c. Ken
drick, Kendrick.
Thirty-Eighth District-W B. Walk
er. Aberdeen; J. M. Weaver, Rara
| Avis.
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PERILS OF PRIVILEGE.
Family and Wealth All
Mean Added Responsibility for
Those Exceptionally Favored.

Christ taught a proportionate re-
gationalist. ITO whatsoever much is
given, of him much shall be required;
and to whom they commit much, of
him will they ask the more" Great gifts
and privileges, therefore, carry with
them a corresponding danger. This
is so with personal gifts. it is doubly
SO with our relation to corporate bod
les in which we hold membership.
The strong man likes to use his
strength. He may use 1t for evil, but
he is not likely to let it lie unused.
In the parable it is not the one who
has ten talents who hides them away
unused. The great danger is more
frequently with the weak, who rest
upon the attainment of others, and
fail to exert and improve what
strength they have. The perils aris
ing from privileges are most frequent
talented.
One such peril is that of narrowness
of view. Prosperity is, on the whole,
exceptional, but the thoughtless men,
bers of successful church or COM
pany are apt to fall out of sympathy
with the unsuccessful members. Mem
bers of strong churches hear with
some Impotence the call for help in
mission fields They are used to
strength, their Imagination is too feeble
to enable them to sympathiZe with
the struggle and hardship in which
all great work begins. The personal
ly prosperous, especially the prosper
GUS through Inheritance, have little
patience with poverty or misfortune,
which too often seem like crimes But
to be unsympathetic is to be dead to
the Fellowship of believers, to whom
Christ prophesied that they must suf-
fer tribulation.
&c In the same way, pride of family is
often treated as if it were a virtue
which the owner had himself &C
quired, instead of responsibility
which God has laid upon him. This
view OF good descent as a ground of
personal merit is as common as it is
amusing, but it easily becomes peril
to the soul. The same is often true
of national pride, which also is Gods
call to great responsibilities To be
an American is only matter of choice
to those who are not born Americans.
To be good American is a RESPONSE
blllty and an opportunity. The dan
ger is that we may think that because
America is so strong we can afford to
be weak or careless citizens. To be
an American is little. Three assas-
sins of three presidents have been
Americans by birth or choice. But
to be the right sort of an American is
much
The church is made up of men who
lift, and men who lean, of men who
are feeders of strength, and men who
are parasites. The world is in need
of whole-souled unanimous, growing
and Christ-like church. 1t is a peril
OF privilege il any disciple believes
that this need does not include his
own enthusiasm and growth toward
strength. The strong can never help
the weak as they might do, until every
church has all the working force at
its disposal which God has given. The
bracing atmosphere of struggle may be
far better for the soul than confidence
in the attainments and the strength
OF which we are part, but to which
we contribute nothing.
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HON. J. X. VARDAMAN.

1888; State senate, Doss TOT, Kirk $40;
representative. Hight $50, McMillin
500; treasurer, Montgomery IT'S,
Woodwards 473; tax assessor, Moody
657, Nets 500. In beats one and five
the vote for supervisor was a tie.
Newton.
Newton, Miss, Aug. 29.-Official
vote of Newton county gives Varda-
man 1,107, Critz 691; railroad commits
sioner, Mclnnis sos, Bradley 1920.
Thirty more votes were cast for gov
ernor than in the first primary. Var
daman received practically all of
NoeTs vote in the county.
The contest between several of .Ie
candidates for county Offices was rath-
er spirited and close, and resulted in
the following elections:
Sheriff, George B. Harper; chancery
clerk, Eugene Carleton; circuit clerk,
Davis Pace; treasurer, DR.. A. J. Muir
ply.
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Judge Truly's Successor.

Gov. Longino announced the APP
pointment of Hon. M. HI. Wilkin-
son as judge of the Sixth Circuit
Court district, to succeed Judge jeff
Truly, who resigns to accept the APP
pointment Of justice of the Supreme
Court. Mr.. Wilkinson is one of
the most talented members of the
Mississippi bar. He is only about
thirty-five years of age, but has es-
tablished reputation for an accu-
rate. learned and able lawyer.
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CUT HIS COUSINS THROAT.
A Love-Sick Youth Wields a Razor
Because His Cousin Would Not
Consent to Marry Him.

st. Louis, Aug. 28.-Because she
would not consent to become his wife,
Frank Montgomery, 10 years old, cut
the throat of his 17-year-old cousin,
Dollie Montgomery, at the home of the
girls aunt, Mrs. Della Montgomery,
about II O'Clock Wednesday night.
The cut was made with a razor on
the left side of the neck and is two and
one-half inches long. The jugular vein
is affected, but not severed. The doc
tor who is attending the case says
there is but small hope for the girls
recovery.
Montgomery was arrested shortly
after the cutting and locked up.
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TRAIN WENT THROUGH BRIDGE
Engine and Cars Thrown Into River
Engineer and Fireman Escape
by Swimming Ashore.

Creston, Ia, Aug. 28.-At Kent, Ia,
the engine and II cars of a freight
train on the Burlington road went
through bridge that had been weak
ened by the high water, carrying down
with it the engineer and fireman. Both
escaped by swimming to shore Ten
and one-half inches of water fell over
Creston and vicinity after midnight
Wednesday night in six hours, wash
ing tracks out, and destroying much
stacked hay and grain. The storm was
the worst ever known in this vicinity.
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GETTING MANY Cars.

The Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City Railroad has ordered 800 flat
and so box cars, of which $50 will
be built by the American Car and
Foundry Company and 100 at the
company's shops. An order for two
combination cars has also been
placed with the Haxlan & Holdings
worth Company. The flat cars will
be 40 feet long, of $4,000 pounds
capacity, and the box cars will be
SO feet long, Of 10000 pounds Ca
pacity.
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Knocked From a Train.

Dennis Holifeld, stepson of
George Parker, and better known
as Dennis Parker, was knocked off
of a northeastern freight train at
Kingston, suburb of Laurel, last
week and probably mortally injured.
Just how the accident occurred is
unknown. He was horribly bruised
up and his hip and shoulder bones
shattered. The attending physicians
extracted large quantity Of the
broken bones.
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Increased Valuations,

The first personal assessment roll
to reach the auditors office is that
Of Benton county, and if it is fair
sample of those to follow, there has
been most remarkable increase in
valuations throughout the State
during the past year. The Benton
roll shows an increase over the pre-
vious year of two hundred thousand
dollars in round numbers, the exact
figures being $199,6O5. The roll
foots up a total valuation of $212,-
ia
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Murder and Robbery.

Chicago, Aug. 30-Two men were
killed and two others wounded by
hold-up men at the barns of the Chi
cago City Railway Company, Sixty
first and State streets, at an early hour
today. The shooting was done by
three men, who escaped after securing
$4,000. Three of the men who were
shot were working in the cashiers Of
fee and the other was a motorman
asleep in the outer office. The men
in the Office were shot before they
were aware of the presence of the
robbers and the motorman was killed
as he was arising from bench where
he had been asleep
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Madison,

Canton, Miss, Aug 29.-The official
returns of the executive committee of
Madison county give Vardaman, for
governor, 625, Critz 538; Bradley, for
railroad commissioner, 615, McInnis
sos; R. S. Powell and c. B. Greaves
were elected representatives from
Madison county, and w. B. Greaves
State senator.
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Applicants for Judqeships.

The governor is already being be-
sieged with delegations from North
and South Mississippi, pressing the
claims of various applicants for the
two judgeships which are shortly to
become vacant. There will be sever
al applicants for each place. The
positions are those of Judge Low
rey of the Northern District and
Judge Neville of the Southern Dis
trict,
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Worry is slow death and neither hos
nital nor asylum can bring relief. The
physician cannot cure it. All the ozone
of the mountains and the soft salt
breezes of the sea are powerless in its
nresence. Flee worry; it is the bane of
oil peace.-United Presbyterian.
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Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 28.-The North
ern Pacific liner Victoria, which ar
rived, Thursday, from the orient
brought in a consignment of orchid
bulbs from Manila, which will be for
warded to st. Louis to be exhibited at
the fair.
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Millstadt, ILL.,, Aug. 28.-The band Of
Millstadt, st. Clair county, was opened
Wednesday, with appropriate cere-
monies, farmers from all sections OF
the county and citizens of Millstadt
assembling to witness the opening.
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Full Vote in Winston.

Louisville. Miss, Aug. 29-Practi-
cally a full vote was cast in the Dem.
ocratic primary election, and there
was a hot contest for every Office
Official returns from every voting pre-
cinct in this, Winston, county gave
these results: Governor, Critz $50,
Vardaman sol; railroad commissioner,
First district, McInnis 452 Bradley
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LOST Child Found Dead.

San Angelo, Tex, Aug. 2S.-The
three-year-old daughter of Sheriff b.
lark of Edwards county, who wan
dered away from home three days ago,
was found dead last night several
miles from home.
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Clay.

West Point, Miss, Aug 29.-The Of
fetal vote Of Clay county as announced
this afternoon, is as follows: Critz
1873, Vardaman 275; sheriff, Trotter
757, Jordan 1862; chancery clerk,
Deanes 5S5, Brady $50; treasurer, Mil
Ter 555 Gum SCI.
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over Four Thousand smiths.

New York, Aug. 28.--More than A.
900 Smiths were present at the twen-
ty-eighth and largest annual reunion
of the Smith family and friends at
Peapack, N. J. Their ages ranged
from a few weeks to 80 years.
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BLIND TIGER KEEPERS FATE.

Suicided Because He Could Not Make
an Honest Living.
Paducah, KY, Aug. 30.-W. M. Cox
committed suicide at Benton, KY, by
taking morphine, because he could not
make an honest living. He ran a
blind tiger for several years, but was
recently converted during a religious
revival, and closed up his place, but
found himself unable to provide for
his family. He returned from Illinois,
where he had gone to find work, and
learned that his wife had re-opened
the whisky resort and was found short
~ afterwards in a dying condition.
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TWO KINDS OF SYMPATHY.
One Kind BestOws a Miserable Sort
of Comfort, the Other Is
Truly Helpful.

Sympathy is word set over from
the Greek, and means suffering with"
Hence one who sympathizes with an
other suffers with him. In our careless
use of the word we do not put so much
meaning into it, AS generally en-
ployed, it means that one has a gentle
touch of pity for another who is in
trouble. In order to have it signify
anything worth while we should put it's
full meaning into it when we use it.
There are two kinds of sympathy,
says Wellspring. There is so-cal,ed
sympathy that is simply depressing.
II one is in trouble, it makes his trou-
BILE seem greater and harder to bear.
1t weeps with one, but not in a comfort
ing way On the contrary, it makes one
feel that he indeed has occasion to weep,
and that there is no real solace for him.
If one is cast down because of his health,
it makes him almost give up all hope
of recovery. In his friends Job had
sympathizers, but he was justified in
saying to them: Miserable comfort
ers are We ALL"
The other Is a sympathy that puts
heart, hope, manhood into one. If one
is cast down it leaves him cheered.
Afterwards the obstacles do not look
so formidable or the clouds SO black.
In our respondent words we magnify our
troubles; helpful sympathy enables us
to see them in their true proportions.
This kind of sympathy not only weeps
with those who are sorrowful, but
speaks a comforting word. 1t does not
merely pity the unfortunate, it puts out
a hand to lift him up. If one really
sympathizes-suffers with-another. he
will do something besides condole. if
something besides coincidence is needed.
Sympathize with others, as you would
like to have others sympathize with you.
Faith and FaithfuIness.
Meanings of words are not accidental.
Words, like pebbles by the roadside, are
histories in themselves. The words
faith" and "faithfulnesc" seem differ
ent at first, as if the added syllables had
changed the meaning of the original
word. Faith is confidence in what can
not now be seen. Faithfulness is con-
stancy in the fulfllment of known
duties. Yet what but faith can secure
faithfulness? Being full of faith-faith
in God and faith in men-makes it pos
sible for us to be faithful in our daily
work for God and for mems. s. Times.
Our Friend.
We have friend who knows us bet
ter than we know ourselves, loves us
better than we love ourselves, helps us
when we cannot help ourselves and in
the midst of our deepest despair
breathes into our heart the breath of a
new and divine hope.-James Freeman
Clarke
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R..ed on Divfne Love

The sacrifice of Christ is part of the
very essence of Christianity. but the
basis of Christianity is the eternal love
of God.-Henry Drummond.
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ONE THOUSAND SLAIN.

we're Reverse at SmiIovo.
Salonica, Aug. 30.-The Bulgarian
insurgents sustained a severe reverse
at Smilovo Friday, 1000 of them being
killed.
The insurgents to the number of
5000 occupied a position on height,
which was stormed by six battalions
Of Turkish troops commanded by Ser
vet Pasha. After losing 1000 of their
number the Bulgarians fed in the face
OF the heavy Turkish artillery fire.
The Turkish losses were Insignificant
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Neshoba.

Newton, Miss, Aug. 29.-Oficial fig
ures of Neshoba county are: Varda-
man 997, Critz 647; railroad commits
sioner,, McInnis 1854, Bradley 69S.
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jefferson.

Fayette, Miss, Aug. 29-Jefferson
county vote: Vardaman SIS, Critz
358; McNair 1888, Sheppard 70.
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M arion.

Purvis, Miss, Aug. 29-The follow
ing is the result of the vote of Marion
county: For governor, Vardaman
ITO, Critz 245. For railroad commits
sioner, McNair 172, Sheppard PIG.
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Hancock.

Bay ST. Louis. Miss, Aug. 90
Hancock county's official vote: Critz
339, Vardaman 337; Sheppard 331, Nc
Nair 309
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Our Friend.
Eject of Fault-Findfng.

1t is singular the effect that criticising
the faults of others has upon ones self.
1t makes him SO self-righteous that he
imagines that he himself has no i'm
PROJECTIONS! w ellspring.
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Jackson.

Scranton, Miss, Aug. 29-The Off.
cial canvass of the votes cast in Jack
son county was canvassed today, and
it gives Critz 452 and Vardaman 364
for governor, and McNair 400 and
Sheppard 375 for railroad commission
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HELD UP A TRAIN.
Fifteen or Twenty Masked Men in
Search of Supt. Wares Slayer.

0cdTOII OF 0uP1 "d'S 0IdyeT'
Nashville, Tenn, Aug 29.-Fifteen
or twenty masked men held up .he
Louisville & Nashville passenger train
due here at 1928 at Ridgetop Station
tonight in search for the negro, Will
Reed, who shot Superintendent Ware
of the Mason-Hogue Company, at ba-
kers Station today. The maskers
signaled the engineer to stop and he
did so. Then they boarded the train,
and passing through each coach, care
fully scrutinized every passenger.
They failed to find their man.
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iojcino With vardaman.

Yazoo City, Miss, Aug. ga large
crowd joined Maj. Vardaman on his
special to Greenwood this evening.
The train was well filed with his sup
pOrterS.
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Harrison.

Mississippi City, Miss, Aug. 90
The official vote of Harrison county is
as follows: Vardaman 1852, Critz 651;
Sheppard 731, McNair 610.
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Sharkey,

Rolling Fork, Miss, Aug. 29.-Ofi-
cial vote of Sharkey county for gov.
ernor: Critz 104, Vardaman ITO; for
railroad commissioner, McInnis 113,
Bradley 154.
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Holmes.

Lexington, Miss. Aug. 29.-Official
vote for Holmes county. as tabulated
by the executive committee in session
today, is as follows: For governor,
Vardaman TO, Critz 1852; for railroad
commissioner, Bradley $40, McInnis
564. This is the vote as certified to
the State executive committee.
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Franklin.

Meadville, Miss, Aug 29-Frank
lin county's official vote corrected:
Critz 473, Vardaman 558; McNair ,625,
Sheppard 391.
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Adams.

Natchez, Miss, Aug. 29.-The coun-
ty executive committee today can
vassed the returns, giving Vardaman
633, Critz 31S; McNair 1874. Sheppard
So.
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Issaquena.

Mayersville, Miss, Aug. 29.-Vote
for Issaquena county: For governor,
Critz 1877, Vardaman IS; for railroad
commissioner, McInnis LOG, Bradley
ct
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Gods Love.

Gods love is not rounded out until
respond to it.--Maltbie d. Babcock.