Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-12-22
REAL WuSLD POWERS.

The worlds history IL written in II,
Biographies. men and we,nsn. IN thci
moral chaitictets. are. In the las
analysts. the zen, World powers. \ ma
tons destihies Are determined, ulti.
i%nate'N bN the ethical ideals of il.
people. Japan is proving herself ;
great nation, not by the possession a
n few towering statesmen, but by III;
national character of the buils ar iri
populati"n--their ee!f eiTHtins patriot
ism. their courage. seif rsstiaiht, unt
patient diligence. what makes this
western World radically different from
tne Older people across the seas from
whom we spring? Is it net the free
more Independent and more individual
sp'fit Of the great masses nf 'he rh;i-
mon people,
So this quarterly summing IN oi
International Sunday school lessons re-
Venls the manifest truth tina the
studies have been studies of men and
women; of the morality of the few. in
%nucnoing the many of the patrnt ptin-
riple hat IA nation goes MP OF down
according as it, citizens nre good oi
baa~'n n word, that, in the case of tho
Jews of old. their national strength lay
In righteousness. and their national
danger and decline were consequent
- " AIAt law a.
cred To Moses on the mount.
a very modern application of this
old, cid lesson In It's use within the
past few days. by MIR. Bryan as applied
to the recent political life of ,he United
States. He says. 'Ihc line between
right and wrong runs through every
problem of government. and the final
decision of the problem is along this
line. No proposition is better sup
nOrtpu nv history than that 'riubtnnl,S-
ness exalteth "A nation History deals
with men. with parties and with ma
tons according To one inexorable law
The wages of ain is DEATH"
LETTERS AND LEANERS.
AS was plainly evident in the lessons
of the past three months, So 1t is true
today. that the decisive factors In II
nations life are the forces which make
righteousness or unrighteousness.
The agencies which are ut work along
fundamental lines may not be spec
taculnr or Vel Immediately visible at
all. but they are the most patent. Tho
strength of this nation Is not in it's
avs. but In the ideals that are set up
IN the ~uncounted homes of the plain
people all over the land. The lessons
taught ut mothers knees. the stan
dards acquired in publ, school. Sun
Ia sclOd and church-thcse. though
the shallow may isno-c or despise
them. are what determine Il nations
and success.
There have been numberless classi-
fications OF society made by keen OBJ
servers: few groupings. however. are
more suggestive thar hat of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox.
There are but two kinds OF people
In the world. l ween--
The people who lift. and the people
who lean"
We have been studying about lifters
and %leaners: men who's power was ex-
erted f0- the uplifting of their fellows,
n men who's lives were Il sore bur-
den upon their time. Chief among
the first class OF characters whom more
a dozen million Sunday school
in North America have been
considering for three months was the
old prophet. Elisha, successor to the
great Elijah.
4 PREACHERS PART.
A layman may claim for the preach
IL o influential In determining
motives than the messenger of
the divine will? The biggest PERSONAL
ity In Israel's history, during the period
under consideration. was the prophet
Elisha. Five out OF the ten historical
lessons deal with him. His influence
from the homes Of the peas
antry up Into the kings palace. He
was one of helpful ministry,
rather than OF flaming messages. He
wore the mantle Of his beloved teacher
and friend. Elijah, the prophet OF fire,
but the radical difference between the
two men Is a reminder that there are
often diversities OF working of the
same spirit.
Elfoho ~r..l
live with. The hospitable home in
Shunem. with Its chamber on the wall,
found him . welcome guest. His char.
acter attested his calling. In his life
was embedded the message of his Inns.
Consistently. ne stood. amid inuch COR
ruptiOn and departure from old stand
a witness to the presence and
w n Importance of true religion.
SOME LIFE LESSONS.
Each of the five lessons devoted to
elisha has one outstanding teaching,
with q present.day application. that
Elisha succeeded Elijah; God always
has some one In training to carry on
his work. Let It never be thought that
IN the TALL of ? great leader the cause
TAILS. The new man may be different
his methods and in his personallty-
needs must be. indeed, for changing
outward form Is a sign Of inward life;
u he be Gods mar he should be
fcllowAd and sustained. Les-
son ~
4 poor widows poverty was relieved
by the miraculous multiplication OF her
acanty store Of oil. Elisha proyad his
call BY his h~elpfuinesa. In the book OF
'Christian Evidences' which the world
reads. quiet. sympathetic ministry IL
the first chapter. No prophet Is too
big 10 b. above the necessity for help-
Ing peopie In little things. (Leeson -
The 6hunamite w0man extended
hospitality to the ttinerant prophet.
Hospitality - always rewarded, in
several ways: but In this case the al.
rect outcome Was the raising to life OF
the wOman's only son. after he had
1imltten with sunstroke. Tho
familiar story II s~uggestve OF the spir-
!tual ME which the minister Of Christ
imiparte to those who receive him.
(I1eaa0nf ~
Nov Naaman Was a great