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The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

not so thickly settled or so given to late
hours that it's effects are no altogether
as moral as might be desired, and a near
by tree solved the beethoven problem.
The bell was flung to one of it's lower
branches, where it swings free when
rung, and the rope is tied to the trunk
to keep it quiet when not in use. The
mission is in Windhut, the chief city OF
this part of Africa and the seal OF the
governor. The fact that a bell hung in
the open in this n is left alone
speaks well for the German-South Afri-
can small boys.
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st. Peters Cathedral.

The largest cathedral in the world is
st. Peters at Rome. on the site where it
is said Peter was inferred. The total
length of the interior is 612h English
feet; transept, 446k feet; diameter Gu
pola, 1913 feet; height of dome from pave
ment to top of the cross, 448 feet. 1t was
begun in A. D. 1850, dedicated in 1926,
but not finished until 1880. Forty-three
popes have lived and died during the
process of building. The cost is set down
at $40, 100000.
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CHURCH BELL IN BIG TREE.
PICTURESQUE Feature of Little Mission
Church in a German Town in
South Africa.
Berlin Germany Special.

Church authorities, like private indi-
viduals, have to make the best of cir-
cumstances, and the most picturesque
feature of a little mission church in
German South Africa is its bell tower.
The chapel is of the simplest style Of
architecture, and nowhere in it was
there a place to hang a bell. A bell has
nscience-awakeningqualities in places
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TYPICAL AMERICAN WOMAN.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Modest Part
mel Of the Iron King, Aids Him
in His Charities.
London (Eng.) Special.

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie sat, quite re-
Gently, for the accompanying photo
graph, which her friends consider one
of the best she has ever taken. Shar-
ing her husbands tastes for a country
life and aiming in all things to be n
companion to him, Mrs. Carnegie cares
little for the allurements Of society.
and, save when dispensing the gen.
erous hospitality of Skibo cattle to its
fortunate guests, is little seen by those
who figure most conspicuously in the
London whirl Of wealth and fashion.
Probably few persons apart from the
Carnegies' intimates realize how much
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An Unpardonable Offense.

Friend-Aren't you rather afraid of
that handsome rival of yours?
Smartchap-Not a bit.
Friend-He is very rich.
Smartchap-Yes.
Friend-A great favorite with the
ladies.
Smartchap-I know it.
Friend-Yet you have no fear?
Smartchap-No. He guessed at her
age once. and got her only two years
n thar she is.
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AN INVITATION n
ITS REJECTION
Sermon tv the HIGHWAY and Byvvay'' breaches.
Copyright. 1904. by ]. M. Edson.)
Chicago Sunday. Nav %. 100.
Suggestive Thoughts from the Appeal Of Mosesto Hobab. His Brotherin.Law.

SHItdSO, ouHIdyb UhdS 90, i"V''
Text:-"And Moses said unto Hobab, the
son of Reuel the Midianite. Moses father
in-law: We are journeying unto the place
of which Jehovah said, l will give 1t you:
come thou with us. and we will do thee
good; for Jehovah hath spoken good con-
corning Israel. And he said unto him, !
will not go; but l will depart to mine own
land, and to my kindred. And he SAID
Leave us not. l pray thee; for as much as
thou knowest how we are to encamp IN the
wilderness, and thou shalt be to US instead
of eyes. And it shall be. II thou go with
us, yea. it shall be, that what good soever
Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we
do unto thee. Numbers 10 29-32.
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Hard Luck.

Biddy Malone was in a great fever
of excitement when she landed in
America direct from the old country.
Her certificate of character had been
lost on %shipboard, and what could she
do? To her great happiness and con-
ISOLATION. Tim Mulligan volunteered
and wrote a beautiful recommendation
as follows:
This is to certify that Biddy Ma
lone had a good character before she
left the old country, but lost it on ship
board coming over."-TidbitS.
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A Lioness Black as Jet.

A iet-black l~ioness, a most beautiful
beast, has been added to the collection
of animals in the Jardin des Plantes, in
Paris. Lions of this color are found only
in the interior of the Sahara, and are
scarce even there.
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text brings be-
fore us a beautiful,
yet S a d picture.
M o S e s pleading
with his brother
iI-law, Hobab, and
Hobab Indifferent
and rejecting the
appeal. Moses, the
servant of G o d,
earnestly seeking
t~oprevail upon him
to cast his lot with
Gods people n
receive blessing.
Moses, knowing by
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SoiIed by Trade.

Mrs. Wayupp-Don't invite those
Highupp girls again. Their father has
disgraced himself.
Miss Wayupp-Impossible. He is a
noted scientist, and president of a col
lege.
Mrs. Wayupp-Yes, but the vulgar
fellow has recently been making a
study of the trade winds. It's in all
the papers, too.
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His Recording Angel.

"rWho was that stunning blonde you
spoke to?"% at59 A@#R
That's my recording angel"
Come AGAIN."
"My typeWriter."-Town Topics.
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Rather Than Pay Rent.

Blox-Does Rover move in good So
ciety?
KnoxI don't know about the society,
but 1 know he's always moving.-Cin-
cinnati ENQUIRER az e @A ~
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No O K in Boston.

Boston Governess-Yes, children, the
eyes enable us to see. Now, Emerson,
tell me what the nose is for.
Little Emerson-It's for holding eye
glasses on!-Puck. eS8. 08EU
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In Circulation.

SIS she careful as to whom she tells
her secrets?"
ooh, yes. She will never tell them to
anyone whom she thinks can keep q
secret. Judge.
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A Domestic Difficulty.

is that the new girl?"
yes"
How long is she going to stay"
"Well, I'm going to try to keep her
until the dessert ONE n but I'm
afraid she'll quit after the third
cOurse."-CleYeland Plain Dealer.
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Expensive Engagement.

Patience-How do you know her love
for him vas strong?
Patrice-Because it broke him.
Yonkers Statesman.
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A Truth Worth Knowing.

What is done cannot be undone,
especially if it is a hard boiled egg
Exchange.
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A ND SO what a splendid opportunity
IA Hobab had of serving God and Gods
people. Eyes for more thar a million
precious souls! What a responsibility!
DO you know, dear soul, one reason why
God wants you to belong to Him, to
walk in fellowship with Him, is because
He has something for you to do. some
mission for you to perform, something
for you to Go for which you are specially
fitted? The narrow life is the life that
is without God. To belong to God does
not mean that all ability and talent go
to waste. No! 1t means that as never
before your talents and abilities find
adequate scope; a field large enough
in which to operate. Peter was a good
fisherman on the lake OF Galilee, but
God wanted him that he might be-
come the greater fisherman Of the day
of Pentecost. His energies and abili.
ties needed the larger field of Gods
purpose in which to operate. Paul
needed the vision Of Christ and His
call to service to realize the mighty
forces for good which lay within him.
Jennie Lind would have been a great
singer, no doubt, had she kept her
voice for herself and sang only in
grand opera. But she chose to give
that marvellous voice to God, and what
a glorious power it was for good wher.
ever she went. What an influence it
exerted for God! Do not think, dear
soul, that God is asking you to yield
yourself to Him that He may humble
you, and narrow your sphere. He
longs to have you come to Him that
He may enlarge your borders. and
give you a task that is commensurate
with your abilities. He has something
definite for you to do.
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And the world to-day is full Of ,u.4 tina.

And the world to-day is full Of just that
kind of people. my land" rather than
Gods land because there every desire
and whim may be gratiied which IL
within the power Of one to satisfy; be.
cause there, all the a~llurements and at
fractions of the world are to be found.
my people," rather than Gods people,
because they like the world equally well
with yourself and help to make merry
the passing moments. When it comes to
a question of giving up the things of the
world and the associates that are I'M
wholesome, the soul hesitates. But why?
Not tecause the soul has to give up
more than 1t receives. No! for God calls
you to go from the poor land of indian
to the land flowing with the milk and
honey of His promises and blessing, and
the friendships there are truer and bet
ter than any which can ever be found in
the world. Ruth, choosing to leave her
own land and people, where she was sure
OF comfort and plenty, and going with
Naomi to the land of Gods own people.
gave UP much, perhaps, but see what she
received in return: BAtter friends than
she left behind, a home and q husband,
and an inheritance, and a posterity
which prepared the way for the coming
OF the promised Messiah. Giving up?
Yes, it means giving up my land and
my people," but it means more; it means
the finding of a better land and a bet
ter people.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

Another club woman, Mrs.
Haule, Of Edgerton, Wis.,, tells
how she was cured of Irregular.
ties and uterine trouble, terrible
pains and backache, by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-A while
ago my health began to fail because of
female troubles. The doctor did not
help me. 1 remembered that mJ mother
had used Lydia f. Pink.ham's
Vegetable Compound on many oc-
casions for irregularities and uterine
troubles, and l felt sure that i! could
not harm me at any rate to give 1T a
trial.
81 was certainly glad to find that
within a week l felt much better, the
terrible pains in the back and side
were beginning to cease, n at the
time of menstruation l did not hlve
nearly as serious a time as heretofore,
so I continued it's use for two months,
and at the end of that time l was like
a new I really have never
felt better in my life, have not had a
sick headache since, and weigh ~
pounds more than l ever did, so l I'M
hesitatingly recommend your medi-
cine."- Mrs. MAY HAULE, Edgerton,
Wis. Pres. Household Economics Club.
$4,000 forfeit if original of above letter proving
oe1ui1eness cannot be produced.
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faith a better land, longing to lead Ho-
bah to that place. Moses looking ahead;
Hobab ~glancing behind. Moses with
higher aspirations for God; Hobab sat
istied with the things of this life, Il
the old home with its heather associates.
Moses rejoicing in Gods promises;
Hobab caring nothing for them. This
is the picture We have before us. 1t sug-
geStS a servant of God seeking to intiu-
ence a soul in the right direction. The
helping hand reaching Jul to grasp the
hand of him who is slipping down, down
in sin in effort to ave him. The invita-
ton faithfully given; the pleading, low
ing and fervent; the promise of blessing,
clear and certain. And in the face OF
it all, the unmoved heart; the unbend-
ing will; the fixed purpose to turn back;
the reply: Il will not 60" The world
is full of Hobabs to-day. Gods people
plead with them to 90 with them to the
promised land. They tell them of all the
good which God has spoken concerning
His children. They tell them OF the
goodness and blessing that will come to
them if they will only go on the onward,
upward journey with them. But the
Hobabs have no ears to hear, no eyes to
see, no heart to believe, and they turn
back to the old way and the old life
again. Even a Moses could not per-
suade Hobab, and even though an angel
came from Heaven he would not be able
to persuade some people to-day to go
with Gods people on the journey to the
Celestial home. This story has its mes
sage for to-day. 1t is of the invitation
given, and the invitation rejected. The
disciples of Jesus pleading with sinners,
and the sinners rejecting Gods offer and
going back to the life of sin.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-06-03

Miss Marie Childs, of England, left
$4,000 in her will to the Royal Academy
of Music to found. an open scholarship
to be given singers between II and %
born in England or the United States
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OF Too 5 peOple lucIe are Tue I1opapS
who have not been redeemed by the
precious blood of Christ. AS to outward
appearances and conduct they compare
we'll and favorably with Gods children,
perhaps, but they are not journeying
the same way. They belong back there
In the world. And another thing about
Hobab. His relationship to so good and
great a man as Moses could not give
him an inheritance in the Promised
Land, any more than human ties and
relationships to-day can become a pass
port 20 Heaven. The Coolest man who
ever lived cannot bring into Heaven un-
der his cloak the ~unregenerate loved
one of his household. Each soul must
stand by itself. Each soul must decide
for itself its destiny.
WHAT great privilege and oppor-
w tunity were Hobab's. Long as
ISOLATION with Gods people and the
opportunity of going into the Prom
Used Land with them. During those
months of %.sojourn in the wilderness
he became familiar with the history
of Gods wonderful dealings with, Is
rael, he became conscious OF the near
approach of God in the smoking
mountain, and the cloudy pillar, he
heard the law and observed the sug-
gestive tabernacle service. he knew
Gods promises, and beheld Moses
confident trust in them, and what a
weight of responsibility rested upon
him because of all this. If he had
never come from his home in indian,
it would have been different; but now
that he had. and had beheld the glory
and majesty and purpose of God. how
could he escape if he neglected so
great opportunity. And the Hobabs
of to-day are in the same perilous po-
sition. Think Of your privilege of as
ISOLATION with Gods people. Consider
how you have heard Gods Word read,
how you have shared in the worship
and service, how you have beheld the
saving power of Gods Son manifested
in other lives, how lives have been
transformed and you have marked the
change that has been wrought and
have marveled thereat. Consider all
this. and then remember how Jesus
spoke His strongest denunciations of
judgment against those places which
had seer His greatest works, which
had had the largest opportunities OF
knowing Him. Hobeb had great priv
ilege and opportunity in his soJourn
with Gods people. and he came under
the greater condemnation for that
very reason. And so it is with you,
who mingle day after day with Gods
people and come under Christian infu-
ence, and hear and know the truth OF
God as it is in Christ Jesus. Yours
is the privilege of knowing and I'M
derstanding Gods purpose for you;
yours is the opportunity of joining
Gods people and journeying with
them to Heaven. Great privilege and
opportunity, surely, and they will not
always be yours. Some day your
privilege will have been lost and your
opportunity gone forever.
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THERE were reasons why Hobab
thought he could not accept Moses
invitation. There were barriers in the
way. my land and my KINDRED he
said. when Moses gave him Gods offer OF
a better land and an everlasting fellow
ship with Gods people. His land could
not compare with the land to which God
was leading His people. His friends in
indian could not be as helpful and
desirable as companions and associates
as the people who were walking with
God. even though the journey took them
through the wilderness and caused them
to endure trial, and hardship, and dan
ger. Barriers in the way. Hobab turn
ing back to his own land and his own
people. There are always barriers In
the way to hinder the SOIL accepting
Christ's invitation, and they are gener-
allv lust what was hindering Hobab:
Things and persons. Hobab could do
things back in his own land he could not
do in Gods land. There he wa his own
master, and he could roam at pleasure
and do as his own sweet will dictated.
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DECISION day came for Hobab,
II and it ONE TO every soul. One
memorable day Moses came to his
brother-in-law, and putting his arms
around him and looking into his eyes
with earnest, loving gaze he said:
Come, Hobab; come with us. Don't
60 back to the place concerning which
God has given no promise Of blessing,
but go with us to the place God has
promised to give us and where He has
promised to bless us. Come with us
and we will do thee good" tAnd
Hobab was brought face to face with
the crisis in his life. He must decide
whether he will go forward or back
ward, whether he will follow God and
walk with Gods people, or whether he
will turn his back upon God and re-
fuse longer to continue with Gods
people. Decision day m to every
soul. There comes a time when the
earnestly spoken invitation brings
the soul to the parting of the ways
There must be decision for Christ or
for self. There must be a going back
to the self-land and to the numerous
kinsmen of the world, the flesh and
the Devil, or a going forward with
Christ as Saviour, and Guide and
Leader. Moses faithfulness to God
and to his brother-in-law brought the
crisis in the latter's life, and the
faithfulness with which Christians
deliver the message and the invita-
ton determines how many precious
souls will be brought to decide for
Christ. Jesus said: Come and see"
to those W disciples of John who
followed Him, and it brought decision
dav to them, for they followed and
found the Christ. And then in turn
they went out and gave the invitation
and brought decision day to others.
Andrew finds Peter, and John finds
James. Philip goes after Nathaniel
and begs him to come and see. And
so it goes. The invitation brings the
crisis in the life. 1t is either Hobab's
answer: 81 will not 60" or 1t Is de-
cision for the Christ.
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IVES, and 1t means more than finding
1 a better land and people. it means
receiving a commission for larger and
better service. Hobab need not return
to indian to find something worth his
while to do. The invitation to go with
Gods people included a call to service.
A new mission in life lay before him.
10 go with Gods people meant that he
would lave a particular place to fill, an
important duty to perform. God has no
room for idlers. He invites you to yield
yourself to Him, to accept Him as
your Lord and Saviour, because He has
something definite for you to do for
Him and for the advancement of His
Kingdom. Hobab had lived in that Sec
ton OF country through which the chill
dren OF Israel were passing all his life.
He knew every green patch of grass and
every tiny stream, he knew the easy
paths and could avoid the more difficult
places in the journey. He was Just the
maj Moses needed for guide and adj
wiser on the journey. 1t has been WON
dered why, when Moses had the pillar
OF cloud of Gods presence to lead the
way, he should seek other help for the
journey, but, as the commentators point
out, 1t should be remembered that the
guidance of the cloud, though showing
the general route to be taken through
the trackless desert, would not be so mi
mute as to point out the places where
pasture, shade and water were to be OBJ
tanned, and which were often hid in OBJ
scure spots by the shifting sands. Be-
sides, several detachments were sent off
from the main body, and the services of
Hobab, not as a single Arab, but as a
prince of a powerful clan. would have
been exceedingly useful"
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A ND first of all we wish to call atten-
n ton to a very important point of
difference which existed between Hobab
and Gods people, which would not be
readily apparent, perhaps, just as there
IS a difference between the people of
the world and Christians to-day which
is not apparent to the world. The chill
dren of Israel had been redeemed out of
bondage in Egypt by the shedding of
blood, but Hobab had never own that
redemption which gave to the children
of Israel a peculiar relationship to God.
He had come from his home in INDIAN,
and it pleased him to abide with Gods
people while they were encamped at
Mount Sinai. He partook of the mama
which God rained upon them, he beheld
all the wonderful events as they trans
pired. the speaking Of God from the
burning, smoking mountain, the giving
of the law. the rearing of the tabernacle.
the organization of the priestly service
and the sacrificial worship of the true
God. and yet all this association and
knowledge did not make him n of
Gods children. He was with the Jews,
hut not of the Jews. If he was to be-
come a Jew and cast his lot in with them,
he must be circumcised and come I'M
der the blood of the sacrifcial lamb.
Rut to have seen Hobab as he mingled
with children CT Israel and came and
went from the midst of Moses house
hold, no striking difference would have
basn noted between him and Gods
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AM SIdu we nave luIS blCLulc VI
| Moses-that great prophet and lead
er, the man who went upon the noun
tain top and talked face to face with God,
and the mar who came down again to
rule Gods people with a strong and
mighty and wise hand-this was the
man who, amidst the multitude of de-
mands upon him, could pause and be-
come the individual soul seeker. He
was leading a great company of people
up to the Promised Land, why should
he be troubled about one soul who want
ed to turn back? He had great respon-
sibilities upon his shoulders, why should
he take time to consider a single indl-
vidual? But he did, and it is incumbent
upon every one of Jesus disciples to give
the invitation, to make the appeal to the
individual whom they find going in the
wrong direction. The invitation may be
treated in the way in which Moses invi-
tation was treated, but that must not
deter the servant OF Jesus from giving
the message, from making the appeal.
This is one of the discouraging features
W Sil 4OllhA "OIh liz hIohy iNbN"o
turning back from Gods people, and
seeking the old way and the old life,
human ties and earthly possessions
proving stronger attractions than fell
lowship with God and His people and
the sharing in the Divine inheritance.
This Old Testament incident is rich in
suggestive thought for to-day. Gods
people are on a journey to an eternal
possession promised by God tothem that
love Him. There are many Hobabs (the
un"regenerate who Go not belong to
Gods people,, who mingle with Gods
people, who are familiar with Gods
promises and dealings with His chill
dren, but who after all are not of them.
They belong back in the world, and as
the time comes when they must choose
which way they will go-forward or
backward-they so often make Hobab's
mistake and turn back to the things of
this life instead of choosing Christ and
eternal life.
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ARROWS.

Virtue for wage is a first cousin to
vice.
A mar in the hand is worth two by
the a i.
Christian character cannot be made
in a plaster cast.
Faith in things above gives force for
things below.
One side of an argument is always
less than half of it.
Christ turns the curse of labor into
the blessing of service.
When there is room for all a .woman's
love in the heart of a poodle no man need
be sorry he lost it.-Ram's Horn
The president of Atlanta university
the purpose OF that institution
to study crime among the southern ne
groes during the present year. At first
the work will be confined to Georgia, and
the purpose will be to collect acurate
information as to lawbreaking and to
discover ways of effecting a cure. A On
ference on the subject will be held at At
lanta on the Oath.
Miss Marie Childs, of England, left