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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25
The Seeking
of Jesus
Sermon by the Highway and
Byway" Preacher.
Chicago, Sunday, June
Copyright, 1904. by J. NJ. Edson.l

Chicago, Sunday, vi 10. 1904.
Text:-"Jesus answered them and said:
Verify, verify. 1 say unto you. ye seek Me.
not because ye saw signs, but because we
ate of the Ioaves. and were filled."-John
6:28.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

ed I clearly saw the underlying motive
of his visit, and what he hoped to &C
complish thereby. We all have similar
experiences, I think. We are not al
ways able, however, to penetrate to the
hidden motives Of others and clearly
understand the purposes which underly
their conduct toward us. Neither is 1t
wise or right that we should be always
supposing that others in their relations
to us have Interior motives or selfish
ends to serve. But Jesus, who could
read the heart and knew what was in
man." always understood tn. impulses
and purposes of the people who drew
near unto Him and followed Him. In
fact He could read the heart better
than man could himself; He could pen
citrate deeper and understand more
clearly the impulses and motives than
could man himself; for no man knows
himself perfectly, nor is conscious of
the many underlying conditions and
motives which rule in his life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

EFT us analyze this condition a little
l. more carefully and see if we cannot
lay bare some of the dangerous posi-
bilities lurking here? What are some
of the motives that draw people into the
church? overheard a woman say once
that she had united with a certain
church because Of the social advantages
which it gave. In the community where
she lived the social life was largely CEN
tered in the church, and observing this
she sought membership therein that she
might eat of the loaves of the social life
and be filed. knew a man at one time
who, with business keenness, identified
himself with the church because of the
trade it would bring him. Having tasted
of the patronage Of the church people
and coveting nor of these loaves, he
eagerly sought church association and
fellowship that he might gain the more.
These are the lower and base motives
which may tempt people to seek the
church. Then there are the desires for
the philanthropic and benevolent &C
~tivities which find expression in the
church life. The finer. nobler feelings
of the natural man desire a channel
through which they may flow, and this
feature of the church life appeals
strongly to one and he seeks the church
for this purpose. And to such Jesus
must say: Eye seek. Me, not because
l can give you eternal life, but because
ye are interested in a certain worthy
and c~ommendable work which gratities
the religious sense and encourages a
self-satisied complacency." Or, educa-
ton and training may fit for teaching
of a large Sunday school class, or the
leading of a literary society within the
church. All the interests and energies
are enlisted in the work. There is great
pleasure and satisfaction in the work.
and the work is well done, and shows
splendid results from an educational
and literary standpoint, but again Jesus
may be forced to say: "Ye seek Me,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

WHY should we seek the Lord? He
w wanted hat restless. unsatisted
multitude that sat upon the grassy
hillside and partook Of the loaves and
fishes which multiplied under his touch
to feel a higher need and to realize
His power to completely and richly
satisfy that need. He wants you and
me to think less and less of the crea-
ture comforts and more and more OF
the requirements of the undying soul.
He chided the multitude with thinking
more of the p~eriShable food which
filled their stOmachs and eased the
pangs of hunger. than they did Of the
mighty power of God which had so
m~iraculously given such inexhaustible
store. They had been as blind to the
wonderful sign of the Divine presence,
as the worm in the black earth is in
different to the glorious sunset. They
had been as content to eat to the full
and then banker after the same gen.
erous bounty in the future as Is the
beast of the field when it gorges to the
full and then lies by the carcass ready
for the next meal. Jesus wants US TO
seek Him in order that He may realize
in us that for which He came into the
world. Let the soul comprehend the
glory and majesty and power of the
Divine presence, and think you 1t will
grovel among the creature comforts of
this life and desire only a full stomach
and a full ~storehouse from which to
obtain future supplies? l tell you nay!
How pitiable it is to think Of n
choosing the gaudy bit Of glass when
right next to it is the sparkling, pure,
priceless diamond; think of the folly
of one taking the cheap, inartistic
chrome. when n might have had the
splendid masterpiece Of art. And yet
this but feebly and insuficiently ex-
presses the folly of one who will not
seek the Lord for the best which He
has to give.
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not because you have been saved and
seek to save others, but because you have
tasted Of the intellectual joys OF the
natural man and take pride and pleas
ure in the work" Or, you may be the
member of some of the numerous So
%cieties, or OF the successful Bible class
and be drawn and held there by the
power of Numbers and the association
of congenial spiritsA The connection
may bring self-gratulation, and self
satisfaction, but Jesus may see the real
secret of your activity and interest, and
be forced to condemn you, because you
seek Him not for Himself alone, but for
the Fellowship and pleasure you find with
others. And so with other activities
which may engage you in the church.
What is the motive which draws and
holds you?
A ND this analysis OF motives must
n not omit the object and purpose of
attendance upon religious meetings.
Some gather for the worship of God.
but you go for what? To see yoHr neigh
boris bonnet; to admire or criticise her
new frock; to hear the latest gossip; to
plan for the next social event; to talk
over some business project with Deacon
So-and-So, who lives away over on the
other side of town and whom you can
conveniently see at meeting and save a
trip to his home; to see the girls and
smile n motion and whisper to them
through meeting and then bow them
home, and vice versa, to see the boys
and to scandalize the meeting and dis
honor God by your frivolous conduct?
and a thousand and one other
things take one to meeting. Examine
your heart and let the Lord show you
what He sees there. The same SORROW
filled His heart as He beheld that
great multitude come trailing back to
Capernaum to find Him because it had
partaken of the. loaves for the physical
body must move His heart to-day as He
sees many, many go to HIS house under
the %pretense and guise of worship. What
is it takes us to the place where two or
three are wont to meet together in the
name Of Jesus? Are our hearts filed
with the purpose to behold His won
drous works in the hearts of men,; are
We thrilled with the desire to learn OF
Him and to have sweet communion with
While the hymns of praise and
worship are being sung, while the prayer
is being offered, while the Word of God
is being read or expounded by preacher
If laymen, and the testimonies, of what
are we thinking?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25

A ND by His earnest. searching re-
~ Duke He at once laid bare the hid
den motives which brought them to
Him and forcibly suggested the high
est desires which should cause one to
seek Him. Jesus came not to minister
to the physical man, the lower nature,
but to the spiritual, the higher, ma
ture-that is, the soul of man. He
did not come to establish a bake shop
n a soup kitchen, at which the hun
cry multitudes could be fed. He did
not come to make man think of his
stomach and to find satisfaction when
1t was full and to feel no higher i'm
pulses or aspirations. He did not
come to make this life so attractive and
easy, to multiply the comforts of the
natural man, by miraculous touch, so
that man should forget that he had a
soul with deeper needs and higher pos
sibilities. No, He came because the
greatest need of man was the soul
need, and that He might become for it
the Bread of Life that could give life
eternal, and satisfy the deepest needs of
the soul. Jesus plainly declared His
mission in the world when He said:
II came that they may have life, and
may have it ~abundantly." And over and
over and over again He stated this fact. !
And He who came with this supreme
purpose; He who lived and suffered and
died that this purpose might be &C
complished, searcheth the hearts of
men to see what it is that draws them
unto Him. What is it that the all-pen-
etrating eye Of the Lord beholds?
What hidden motives, what selfish
ends and aims lie buried in the heart,
unknown and unobserved by men, but
painfully apparent to God? Must not
Jesus say over and over again to null
titudes in the world to-day who are
nominally His followers, who are mem
bers of Christian congregations, who
share in the activities of the church
life: Verify, verify, 1 say unto you,
seek Me, not because We saw signs,
but because ye ate of the loaves and
were filed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
LENC WASN'T ASKED
Domestic Denies Man Arrested
by Joseph MacauIey.

Mary Kirkleberg testified in the DO
lice court yesterday that she had not
asked Thomas Lenc to call upon her
and thereby somewhat weakened
Lenc's explanation of his presence at
the home of Joseph Macauley at
late hour Wednesday night.
Mr.. Macauley returned home about
midnight that night and found Lenc at
one of the kitchen windows Of the
house apparently trying to get in
Armed with a revolver, Mr.. Macauley
pursued the supposed burglar and
finally overlook him and conveyed him
to the Rondo street police station.
In court the next morning Lenc said
that he had been paying attention TO
Mary Kirkleberg, who is a servant in
Mr.. Macauley's house and that he went
there believing that the girl was out
with another man.
IN her testimony yesterday the girl
said she had not encouraged any at
tention on Lenc's part or given him
any reason to take such an interest in
her as to prowl around the house in the
middle Of the night.
The case was continued to Monday
afternoon and in the meantime Lenc
is out on bail Of 500. Lenc is charged
with disorderly conduct and carrying
concealed weapons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
HAS A SAY.

The School Principal Talks About Food.
The Principal of a High School in a
f1ourishing Calf. city says:
For % years l worked in the school
with only short summer vacations.
formed the habit of eating rapidly,
masticated poorly, which, coupled with
my sedentary work, led to indigestion,
liver trouble, lame back and rheuma
tism.
Upon consulting physicians some
doped me with drugs, while others pre-
Scribed dieting and sometimes 1 got
temporary relief, other times not. For
IL years | struggled along with this
handicap to my work, seldom laid up
but often a burden to myself with
lameness and rheumatic pains.
1.-TWO years ago met an old friend, a
physician who noticed at once my out
of-health condition and who prescrib-
ed for me an exclusive diet of Grape
Nuts, milk and fruit.
Il followed his instructions and in
two months felt like a new man with
no more headaches, rheumatism or liver
trouble and from that time to this
Grape Nuts has been my main food
for morning and evening meals, am
stronger and healthier than / have
been for years without trace Of the
old troubles.
Judging from my present vigorous
physical and mental state / tell my
people Methuselah may yet have to
take second place among the old men,
for l feel like l will live great many
more years.
ITO all this remarkable change in
health l am indebted to my wise friend
and Grape-Nuts and hope the Postum
Co. will continue to manufacture this
life and health giving food for several
centuries yet, until / move to world
where Indigestion is unknown" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Ask any physician what he knows
about Grape Nuts. Those who have
tried it know things.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

The new hook and ladder truck Of
the fire department, which was recently
purchased at a cost of $4,500 and
which has been lying idle at No. IL
engine house for the past week, will
not be placed in commission for an
other two weeks.
The truck has been seen around the
city, manned by a full crew, for
the past week, yet should a large
fire occur, the truck would not respond
because it has not yet been placed in
commission.
Reuben Warner Jr., president Of the
board of fire commissioners, explains
matter of great difficulty to arrange
the schedule of men to be taken from
the various companies throughout the
city to manage the truck
mot only is it a matter of difficulty
to arrange the schedule" said Mr..
Warner yesterday, but there will be a
delay Of two weeks following the COM
pletiOn of the schedule before the truck
can be placed in commission. The men
selected to man the truck will require
about two weeks to become familiar
with the handling of the apparatus, and
before that time the truck cannot be
placed in commission"
Truck No. 2, stationed at No. en-
CINE house, will be removed to No. IL
engine house, and the new truck will
be stationed at No. s engine house
when the commission completes it's
plans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
MILWAUKEE, SMITHY
IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
DeceiVes Young Girl After Deserving
Wife and Children.

At boarding house in Cedar street
Ellen Benson, a young Wisconsin girl,
has been left destitute and unmarried
with a child three days cid William
Fredericks, a blacksmith, whom she
expected to marry her, has gone back
to the wife and two children whom he
deserted in Milwaukee.
F'redericks met Miss Benson In Me
nominee a year ago. She believed he
was unmarried. She agreed to run
away with, him If he would marry her
the same day. They eloped, but he did
not marry her. They came to st. Paul,
where he has been working at shop
in Rice street. Constantly refusing
her request to marry her, he waited
until their child was born before telling
her that he would never make her his
wife; that he did not want to go to
prison, and that he had a wife and two
children in Milwaukee.
Hardly had he confessed when,
through information sent from Wis
consin, he was arrested here at his
work by Detective Daily, of the central
police station, and Detective Gaetzen,
of Milwaukee.
F'redericks agreed to go back with
Gaetzen. To the sick girl, who had
wept constantly since she had learned
that she could not be married, the
father said, Il guess I'll take the mon
ey; you can have the baby"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. APRIL a 1904
RED TAPE GETS ARMY
OFFICER IN TROUBLE
Lieut.. Kits Is Arrested for Sc.
curing Good Road Wagon
for Government.

Because First Lieutenant w p.
hltts' OF the Twenty first infantry,
snapped an old army road wagon for
a vehicle in better repair, he must
stdho trlal by court-martial tomorrow
at Fort Smelling for misappropriating
funds.
Lieut.. Kits was in charge of
the construction work at Fort Lincoln,
N. ID. In order that he could ride from
his quarters to the new buildings the
government furnished him with a road
wagon After months of service the
wagon became in need of repairs, and
after much red tape the lieutenant
finally succeeded in getting an appro-
prlatlon of $2S to have it renovated.
The blacksmith at Fort Lincoln was
selected to make the elaborate repairs.
but he was so loaded down with work
that he could not begin work on Mr..
kits old wagon for two or three
months The lieutenant was in a
hurry to have his wagon placed in a
condition that would fit it for use. He
argued with the Wagonmaker and
blacksmith, but the mechanic was OBJ
durate. There was much work to be
zone before the wagon could be reach
ed and it must avail it's turn" he
said.
however, the blacksmith would COM
promise He had road wagon of his
own In good repair. 1t was a far bet
ter vehicle than the governments
wagon would be after the proposed re-
pairs had been made. A trade was pro-
posed and Lieut.. Kits thought it
a good plan to get a good wagon for
the government without much cost.
The terms of the trade were the
governments old wagon with the $28
Appropriation for repairs to boot. A
deal was made and Lieut. Kits
came in possession of the blacksmith's
buggy.
However. Capt Rose, in command at
Fort Lincoln, heard of the trade, and,
as 1t was not in accordance to regula-
IONS reported the matter to Adjt Gen.
Wilder, who ordered the arrest Of
Lieut.. kits. The lieutenant was re-
leased from his charge of the con-
struction work and was then taken to
Fort Smelling. He is not kept in con-
fnement, but is under parole
tomorrow the case will be tried,
and if the sympathy of the other, off,
GERS counts for anything Lieut.. Kits
Will be promptly released and declared
not guilty, for he is one of the most
popular officers in the Twenty first
regiment.
During the war in the Philippines he
served with distinction as an officer in
a volunteer regiment and later passed
his examination for appointment in
the regular army with great credit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

of the post, allowed the party to set
tie at Camp Coldwater for a few years.
Perret and Gervais afterwards took UP
claims at Fountain cave, where the
Omaha shops are at present located.
They remained there until the year
1887, when they were informed that
their homesteads were on the military
reservation and were compelled to
move
Charles, who was then of age, took
up claim of $50 acres at Lake Como,
where Como park now stands and aft
er remaining one year sold out his
rights and moved to Lake Johanna.
giving as reason that the neighbors
were becoming too thick and inter-
fered with his cattle raising. AS soon
as the government surveyors had sur
Veyed the land and the same was open
ed to entry, Mr.. Perret entered the
land upon which he resided at the time
Of his death, the same having never
changed hands since that time. He
became a very prosperous farmer and
was married to Miss Aurelia Morri-
settle on July 80, 1849, whence he took
his bride to his little home on the
shores of the lake, where they have
continuously resided.
Mr.. Perret was twice married, hav-
ing three children by his first wife
wife. When they celebrated their
golden wedding on July 80, 1899, there
was an attendance of eighty of their
descendants, being children, grand
children and great grandchildren.
The number of descendants being now
about ninety-seven.
The funeral viii take place from the
residence at Lake Johanna Tuesday
morning next at $50 o'clock. Serv-
ices will be held at st. Louis French
church at 1920 o'clock. Interment
will be at Calvary cemetery.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
viii Consider Roy Tomorrow.

Charles E. Roy's application for a
transfer of the Tivoli liquor license
from Anton Weinholzer to himself will
come before the assembly committee
on streets at a special meeting to be
held Monday afternoon at o'clock.
Another matter to be considered by
the committee at that time is the ap
plication Of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk &
Co. for permission to have the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road lay a spur
track on Second street. The assembly
will meet at o'clock to hear the report
of the committee upon these matters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
DEARTH TELLS HAIL
INSURANCE MEN HOW
Commissioners Report Shows
Sad Experience Enjoyed by
These Companies.

Those companies authorized to
transact business of hail and cyclone
insurance upon the mutual plan in the
state Of Minnesota have, in common
with the two preceding years, had a
sad experience during 1903-their losses
being very excessive says Elmer
Dearth, state insurance commissioner
In a preliminary report just issued
While a majority of the hail compa-
MES have paid their claims for losses
in full as adjusted, still there were
three or four that were not so fortu-
nate, on account of failure on the part
of large percentage of the policy
holders to promptly pay their assess
ments.
One company could not even have
paid so per cent of the losses as adj
justed. had the assessment been paid
in full. The adjusted loss of this par
ucular company exceeded 100000,
while the proceeds of its easement,
which was levied for the full limit,
permitted under the statute if fully
collected, would not have exceeded
$4,000. This unusual experience is
evidently due to the fact that it's risks
were not properly scattered or dis
tributed, the losses amounting in one
county alone to practically $4,000.
1T is clearly evident, in view of the
failure on the part of large percent
age of the members to pay their assess
ments, that the only practical method
to be. pursued in conducting this class
of business is to require the payment
Of full premium In cash or secured
bankable notes upon delivery of the
policies; in other words no cOmDanV
should assume a dollar of liability, on
account of losses through hail, cy-
clones or any other contingency, until
the cash funds with which to pay the
same have been actually collected from
the member or policyholder
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

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