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Trust In God.

l repeat, in the great crisis or ma
tional affairs God if we only trust
him, will give us the right men for the
right places. Did lie not give the right
man for the right place when he gave
Thomas jefferson as the writer of this
immortal document? Did he not give
the right man for the right place when
George Washington became the head
of the American armies? Did not God
give the right man for the right place
when, at the breaking out of the civil
war, Abraham Lincoln became presi-
dent of the United States? Did not
God give us the right man for the
right place when William Mckinley
sat in the White House and calmly and
bravely guided the affairs Of state
during the Spansh-American troubl ?
And shall not God raise up and inspire
our future leaders if the American
people are a godly nation and unfail-
ingly look to him for divine guidance
But reading again between the lines
Of this immortal document, | see in 1t
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Philadelphia should be sent for ana
asked to lead the members in prayer
to God. Samuel Adams, think 1t was
seconded that motion. He said In sub
stance: 81 am not an Eplscopalian, but
I am not n bigot. | feel that Coo
hand must lead us in this national
crisis. l second the motion" The mo-
ton was carried. The next day this
Episcopalian minister came to the leg
islative hall. He came I'm full canonlcal
robes. All the members knelt. l can
well believe that all must have joined
in the prayer that the God or the
armies of Moses and of Joshua would
lead and guide then. How on any
other assumption can we explain their
dauntless courage? 1t would have been
sheer temerity for those men to sign
that Declaration unless they had be-
licved that God would be with them in
the struggle that must ensue. Ana
their faith was justified by the result.
The God who heard the pleading OF the
Israelites I'm the wilderness heard the
prayers Of that Continental congress- In
his providence England was not lert
free TO use her strength in crushing the
infant nation. The life and death
struggle i'm which she had TO engage
nearer home curtailed her power, and
to that fact, due TO the oyerrullng
mercy Of God, our fOrcfathers owed
their success. Oh, my fellow country
men, let us on this anniversary eXer-
else the faith that our fathers had in
the God of nations. May we continue
to pray as our ancestors prayed IN
177G and In 1912 and in 1861. May we
feel as a nation that our God Is a
prayer answering God, and that he VIII
listen to our petitions, whether lifted in
church pulpit or in the legislative hall.
Thus on this glorious national holl'
day l want you TO take the Declaration
OF Independence, which Is our birth
certificate, and place it between the
leaves of your Bible. There may IT
speak to us as Christian citizens and as
individuals. While 1t reminds us Of the
patriotism and sublime heroism Of our
fathers, may it also remind us Of tie
obligation devOlving upon us to redeem
our beloved land from the plague or
sin and to promote, as far as In us lies,
the righteousness which alone eXalteth
n nation. And rs individuals may 1t
not remind us of our high privileges as
citizens in the kingdom of God? When
Hssailed by temptation and by the evil
that would subjugate us let us remem-
Der the Declaration of Independence
which Christ signed for us with his
cwn blood and realize in our own lives
the truth of his words, "If the Son
make you free We shall be free indeed!'
copyright. 1909. by Louis Klopsch.1
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the evidence of God given courage.
There are q solemnity and heroism in
its utterances which come only from
faith in God and dependence upon him.
The men who signed this paper were
brave men. The last few words which
Thomas jefferson wrote at the end OF
the last page indicate their courage.
"And for the support Of this declara-
ton we mutually pledge to each other
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor" They pledged their lives. Each
man knew that the signing of this doc
ument. which q few hours later was
publicly read by John Nixon from the
balcony of the statehouse, made each
one Of the signers a traitor in the eyes
of England and a fit subject for the
gibbet and Tower hill Yet when John
Hancock knew that he might be sign
ing his own death warrant he picked
up his pen and wrote in large, bold
letters his name, "John Hancock then
as he put down his pen he remarked,
There is my name in letters so large
that King George will be able to read
them without spectacleS"'
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Faith Justified.

The Signcrs pledged their fortunes as
well as their lives Had the inSurrec-
ton been Il failure their personal prop
critics would have been conhscated.
When the millionaire, Charles Carroll,
signed the Declaration a bystander flip
PANTY remarked, There go a few mil
lions of dollars II the cause Is Tissue
cessful." Yet so dead in earnest was
Charles Carroll to pledge his life, bis
fortune and his sacred honor to the
cause of American liberty that lest his
name should be confused with that Of
another Charles Carroll he specified
and individualized his name as he sign
ed it, Charles Carroll Of Carrollton."
But while the members of the Cont
mental congress Of 111G were brave
men, they were also, as class, pray
ing men. True courage and cOnsecra-
ton are brothers They were men
who believed in God. They were men
who, down upon their knees, reverently
and earnestly and intensely sought d.
vine light. In the famous historical
picture the members Of the Second Con-
tinental congress are shown on their
knees in prayer. TO the Christian
American student that picture ought
to be the most impressive historical
painting ever hung in legislative hall
or in foreign or domestic art gallery.
| have seen the noted war pictures Of
Berlin and Dresden. l have seen the
form of Emperor William l. in many
scenes, fanked by Won Moltke and the
nation builder, Prince Bismarck. In
Paris l have seen the Napoleonic pic
lures and in London the war pictures
Of Waterloo, where the pale faced We'll
lington immovably sits his horse,
watching the destruction of the French
grenadiers. But in all the art galleries
of the world there is no historical pic
ture that, to my mind, is so impressive,
so significant, so full of inspiration as
that historic picture of the Continental
congress in prayer.
Most of the members of that congress
came from praying Christian homes.
They assembled in the spring and sum-
mer of 1916 to take the most mo-
mentous step which the citizens of any
country can take. 1t was no light or
trivial act to renounce allegiance to
King George and to defy the power Of
the British government These men
well knew the consequences involved
in such a step and realized the neces-
sity of having divine guidance. One
Of the members arose and moved that a
prominent EpiscODaliap MINISTER OF
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chief rallied his followers and led them
forth to victorious charge with the
cry: my men, come on. Come on
Fight like brave men. Your ancestors
are today watching YOU! So let us be
brave and true to Americas best inter-
ests, not only for our own sakes, but
also for the sake of those illustriOus
ancestors who are watching us. Let
this national anniversary be to us a
day of conservation TO the cause Of
right and freedom. AS the mother Of
Hannibal led her son to the grave Of
Hamilcar, his sire, and there made him
swear unceasing war against the en-
emies of his country, so may we, re-
Numbering the graves of the signers
of the Declaration OF Independence,
pledge ourselves anew to the struggle
against the evils which menace the
greatness and righteousness of the ma
ton that they established.
The Declaration of Independence is
an encouraging assurance that in ev-
cry crisis of our country's history God,
If we trust him, will always raise up
the right men for the right place. WHO
was Thomas jefferson. the pcnman Of
the Declaration of Independence?
ooh" you answer, che was one of the
greatest Americans who ever lived. He
was the third president of the United
States. He was Il man ut whose men
tai acumcn and noble, patriotic pur-
poses the more you study him the
more YOU marvel. lie was not a
cringing politician. but a statesman
who could discern the future with the
farseeing eyes Of prophet ana seer.
True; all that you say in reference TO
the sage of Monticello is true. There
was not at the time of his death Il
name more Tevcrcd than that Of Thorn
rs jefferson. But who was Thomas
Jefferson in 177G? He was only thirty
three years of age. He lad just en-
tered public life and had become a
member of the Virginia delegation but
a few months before. In the realm Of
debate he could not be claSSrd among
the great advocates - John Adams,
Roger sherman, Oliver Walcot, Lee
and George Wythc. AS a writer he
had no such influence in fostering the
independence idea as had Samuel
Adams. For the most part, in the de
hberations of the Continental congress.
he sat as Il sphinx with closed lips.
Yet because Richard Henry Lee had
proposed the resolution of secession
and also because Lee was compelled TO
absent himself from congress on ac-
count of his sick wife and as congress
wanted to honor Virginia by appoint
Ing a Virginian in Lees place this
master mind, the young and compara-
lively unknown Thomas Jefferson, was
pushed forward, and he became the
author of the famous Declaration of
InAonnn1nngp
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ST" Stops for passengers on sigma
or notice to conductor.
sc" Stops only to let off passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
SD" Stops only to let off passen-
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and take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and SO will stop at all
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RIB. Cooke, JIG. Rodgers,
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Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, We
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10 money for 5ares

several sohctous friends have asked me how Ar
thur managed to get home the other day when as
related in this column. he returned 81 936 check to
us maker ana found himself without a cent in mis-
pocket Ihat was a narrowing detail from which 1
purposely spared my readers. I am willing to saw
ample OF New York business man who wound up
BAT one night by going to companions room in
Harlem i the morning the host rose early and
Quleuy shpped away, leaving his guest to have his
out.
When the guest ready to start for his place of
business, away down town. he learned that he hadn't
SO much as a nickel about him. He had blown him
self perfectly dry the night before and now, since he
Ing for it but to walk.
After two three hours Of weary trlldeinr he ar
rived al his business abode footsOre hungry aud sad
ana related his experience to his partner
Wei you blooming idiot was the partners cheer
1ul response Why didn't you take cab and pay at
lie had never thought of that
This reminds me of story which is going the
ROUNDS OF the mems clubs Il runs more or less as
follows: ~ $50 90
A sailor nan, somewhat the worse for wear and
tear-especally tear-boarded street car hound for
me navy yard When the conductor came for his
lare Jack after groggy investigating several recesses
Of MS clothing, the conclusion that he 80
not financially speaking an able seaman T,iat Is 70
say he was broke. busted and generally disabled
mOnetarl.-. ''0'VN
The conductor was about to maroon the unfortunate
mar IHsr' Wneh phianthropc passenger sitting near
Lost your money!" the p p asked. by wav Of
starting conversation. -
NO, the sailor answered II only had Sir IN
@Len leIt the navy yard last night spent 81 of it
TOT rum and IS in policy shop
What became of the 80 cents?r
, dont know said the old salt neditatfvelv
nat 5 what is worrying me. must have sbept that
tooLshiy. Brooklyn Eagle.
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It wouldn't matter witch really so long as the starv-
ing poet could get credit the grocers and the mute
Venlent butcher The trouble with Government owner
snip Of the literary mines the day would be the in
nuehce or politics which is always baneful For in
stance. no Democratic novelist or Pop poet would be
it with his Republican rivals under = q, n p a
minlstration and unless the BrOmo Settler reports
fury before Probibition a,,tbo I Uu III " ~, el7
above water with that system vogue These obiec-
tons countervai the advantages which would result
from a thorough governmental INSPECTION ~ All liz
eTary productions before publication in view of
the PostOftice scandal for should doubt the
ington' at " l7i'
Very wise" said Mr. Brief 1T would merely
open up another field for bribery and corruption
But by Private Enterprise Literary Patronage
would be beyond criticism" continued the Idiot .be
Patron Of Letters would not he r7Ii6ed in nc s+f
of what may call literary valet by CONSCIENTIOUS
of politics, and he would also serve as check upOn
for instance with his fifteen or twenty homes each
provided with fun servants Suppose he were
very well afford to do. It would provide board and
lodging TO twenty thirty struggling men and women
whose literary product must now waste its eatIs
upon the desert pigeonhole swallowed up forever
IN the arid qucksands the waste basket At SBibo
he could keep a Kailyard novelist of worth Who's
COcoanut is now rapped every Zinc he entaTs a -
fishers office because DR. Watson and James NJ Bar
RE have monopoly in that kind of literary ware In
London where he makes international s1eecbee. he
could maintain chap write Anglo-American His
torica Novels of the Future who is now starving he
he can't buck up against the popularity 81 Han
Corelh and Marie Game"
Hall Caine and Marie CorelH YOU mean. don't
YOU! asked Mr. WhitechOker.
Maybe do" said the Idiot. Doesn't make anv
difference though Han COrellis look alike to me And
so II would go Out in Pittsburg he could have 4
Poet OF the Forge to cook up ode 10 the United
states steel Corporation every morning his break
IdsJ IN New York, at present suppressed Rich
ara Harding Davis could keep him informed as to the
romance of life in High Society: il he wanted to
laugh, ne could rave Private Humorist ALWAYS at
MS side to make jokes for him Carnegie woNd be a
literary patron not TO be sneezed at and in the end it
wouldn't cost MIN cent because he'd get his money
back by requiring every library he built world
for him"
You are brainy IDIOT said the Bibliomaniac. Il
oon DeleVe j. r. Morgan himself ever reasoned out
so ingenious a money making schema"
"NO-but he'd be the man to axe the lob of patron
General al right under an incorporated United States
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finding publisher for Ben Hur" and Charles Kings
ley obliged to hawk the manuscript OF NY
patia" through the streets of London AS you say.
there is chance for the little fellows rOv-adavs
because all the big fellows have got the reading public
That's it," SAID the Idiot and once you get the
reading public in corner it's like carving calves foof
knows turning, and these writing chaps keep them
just long enough their product to have EN- safely
well, if they know their business and conduct it
I2iry ana above board, who's got any right to com
rather pick out dozen good authors that know
VIII give me good stuff than go galIivanting through
Of an occasional golden idea!'
Nobody has right to complain. Nobody has COM
planned the idiot answered Mr.. WhtechoAer has
merely advanced the proposition that it's hard on the
'Bosh!" said the lawyer THE little fellow has no
sympathy from me The little fellow in any business
mo, he doesn't" said the Idiot akin your pardon
Tor so fatty coEtradictns you Just because there is
bankers don't have stop banking and in laun-
dry work in order to put clothes their chHdrens
week the United states doesn't prevent me from
presenting the village in which I with
bound copy the Annual Report of the Arizona PEI
rihed Wood and Cattle Company of vh.ch I bappen
10 be stockEoder. and getting resolution Of thanks
FOR l. out of the common council; and I haven't OBJ
served that the Trousers trust has put the Pants
Maker out OF business. But in literature the little
fellow is simply smothered by those first editions
which Mr.. Bib says doesn't exist"
"A good hook viii find its place" said Mr.. Peda-
Right" said the Idiot con the top shelf where
the dust is thickest unless it is written by Of the
Crcckor-acks'
The survival of the fttest is an inexorable law"
observed the Bibliomaniac
'IneXorabe is unfit word to in the presence
OF ladies and gentlemen this OF the day re-
monstrated the Idiot I submit to you. Bib
the Breakfast Table is no place for such language
Nevertheless, your contention is correct still think
however that something should be done others
and should rejoice 10 the literary patron revived
again as an Institution in this country. Mr.. Van
derbnt pays a chef $4,000 year his cooking
for him. Why should he not keep poet and a novel
list as we'll? Mental pabuum is important IN the
development Of character than pate de foe gras or
Lobster Ia Newburg and yet find billionaires
rewarding cooks with large sums Of wealth while
paying no attention whatsoever to the literary fellow
1t doesn't seem right that cook should receive $4,000
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Literary Corporation, said the Idiot IF J. Pierpont
Morgan would organize al Authors Trust and buv in
all the Independent operators it would be the F1er
thing in the world for American Litera tlIre -
"Thered be an enormous overprodJlction p said Mr.
Brief Mr. Morgan would be stuck am AFRAID
Never" said the Idiot Because why? He'd shut
down the unproductive mills the minute he found
The Poet laughed.
Mis- eh?' he asked
That's the word" said the Idiot "A large num-
Der OF writer's nowadays merely grinding the is
OF words INTO unstable sentences Mr. Morgan could
afford to buy these fellows out pay EN- not TO write
Tor period of years, and get EN- good JOB in some
5 SuIgIpIIse or nls-nake brakesmen of 'em. or
bank clerks. or stOlers his ocean steamers MAI
Moulu resi- EN- up tor while, take them Of a rut
ana give EN- fresh start when they took up the pen
~, Il don't quite catch the value Of scheme" said
Wei, say Mr. Morgan controls Americas $4,000
authors observed the Idiot. He says TO 24OOO of
EN- you swear OF ink until I send for YOU To the
other 1000 he says, you're duty fer a year we
sha need for the consumption Of the reading public
IV4 oO Elsuorlcal novels, 100 volumes Of short
stories five detective stories fifteen volumes Of y5
Anlnls we Rarely Meet, twenty-five psychological
novels i've racy volumes New York Society and.
Divorce two books Of essays and one roeD1 NJ e1-,
IelstIl ~ up 10 you gentlemen TO work out and
neres S27OO0 year for every of you Get brsvI
Don't You see? By that act $4,000 American An,
, MouIG De hlghly organized body with a precise
knowledge Of what they had do plenty of time to
DO 1t in, and food galore while doing it with few
GoLlaIs 70 spare for Injuries Mighty few of have
Most ingenious" said Mr. Brief. And what do
you suppose the public would say to that?'
Thank you. Mr.. Morgan" said the Idiot. you
US in babel of letters"
'Tutt" CALCULATED Mr. Pedagogue scornfuHv. DO
you think the Authors themselves would consent2"
Well as TO the thousand" said the Idiot II cant
say. There mighty few Authors. however who
would refuse an income Of $25O0o year. as fo-
the z+VOO II Mr. Morgan would give them two cents
word for all they didn't write in a given year I
think he'd get working majority Of them
With which the Idiot with a polite bow to his land
lady paid her 81 account of his week before last
bill and sailed airily out of the room.
What do think OF his scheme Mr. Poetq"
asked the BibiOmaniac.
Il don't know" said the Poet. with sigh Con
sidering the number Of words in the language two
cents apiece for letting EN- alone mighty fine pay
Copyright. 1908 by John Russell Davidson.
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him solemnly The boy returned the look imperturb-
ably. Then Colonel TreadweH laughed Carey
laughed back at him.
What you doing keep out of state prison %
asked TreadweH.
I'm a clerk in the office of the Federal Pump com
pany, third floor, upstairs I have saved money
and j want TO know what TO do with it, I read an
article in the Sun the other day. 1t said you
vised people t. put their savings into Suburban
ley, and how well they had Jared"
That WIS year ago. Trolley has gone up fifty
points since them
That shows how good the advice And you
also said young man should do something with his
savings and not let them lie idle" The young man
looked straight into the little. twnking, kindly eyes
of the leader Of the stock market.
How much money have your