The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-03-10

tue SCleutlst, OeOIBo L. hOdi, tho
senator Henry G. Payne, the Cabinet
officer and f. A. Bartholdi, the sculp-
tor, and many others.
1t is always a shining mark death
loves. Among us such men as George
| Darsie, and George Plattenburg and
o. C. Atwater, and A. b. Phillips and
]. Harrison Jones and f. b. Knowles
and other noble souls have travelled out
of the body to dwell with the Lord.
1t was year of scandals 1t opened
with the post Office conspiracy in which
Machen, Croft and Lorenz figured so
prominently. Then we were RECALLED
with the Smoot trial, and Mormon
polygamy got such an airing in Wash
ington that it required higher eleva-
ton than the Dome of the capital to
escape the awful stencil that offended
the nostrils of the nation. All good
people were scandalized by Bishop Pot
ter's action Aug g. in opening with
religious ceremonies the subway drink
ing saloon; and the year closed with
Nan Patterson and Cassie Chadwick
sensations, the continuation of the
Mormon exposures, and the impeach-
ment at the bar of the Senate of one Of
the United States Judges charged with
defiling the ermine.
All these unpleasantnesses have been
spread before our families with the
latest breakfast food.
In so many, many ways, however, the
nation has been advancing. We still
sing the doxology with genuine Meth
odist spirit.
On the first day of the year, New
York's Mayor opened the great subway
from City Hall to Harlem.
The Panama Canal treaty passed the
Senate Jan. 90, and the Canal Commits
sion took formal possession of the
route and property for $40, 900 on
the 4th of May.
The International Peace Conference
was invited by the President to meet at
the Hauge and the international Peace
Congress made its appeal to the
Nations
The great Exposition at st. Louis in
Commentator of Louisiana Purchase
opened April 30, and brought all nations
together in the arts of peace, and con-
tinued seven months, and nearly 20
millions of people passed through its
gates, and are helped by its wonderful
exhibits gathered of the worlds best
things from all the ends of the earth.
Roosevelt and Fairbanks were nom
mated June 49, and Parker and Davis
July 8; and after a quiet contest the
question was decided, and the nation
moves on peacefully in the even tenor of
its way. 1t has been the greatest of all
years with the farmer his fields and
focks yielding five billions of wealth.
In the fields of religion there have
been encouraging signs, Movements
for union have been to the front in
many places, Congregationalists and
Methodist Professionals, Presbyterians
land Disciples of Christ and Free
Baptists have been in active and serious
courtship. The Archbishop of Canter
bury comes over TO preach union among
his people and Pastor Wagner to tell
hustling Americans of the virtues of
the Simple Life" American Evange-
list Torrey holds great meetings in
England. France breaks with the
Vatican, and Miss Caldwell, founder of
the Catholic University, breaks with
the church
The great British and Foreign Bible
Society which has sent forth 1870, 600, 600
copies of Holy Scriptures in all tongues
celebrated its Tooth anniversary on the
9th of March and the fourth Worlds
Sunday School convention opened in
Jerusalem on the Goth of April
In the Brooklyn Sunday School
parade last year June 4, 10000 children
were in line. The third International
congress of the Salvation Army met in
London June "a with 5000 delegates,
and the fifty-fourth annual meeting of
the American Christian Missionary
Society assembled in st. Louis with
10000 representatives, where $4,000 re-
ceived the Lords Supper on the after
noon of October 49,
Missions and Temperance and Union
are the great themes before all the
great assemblies of Gods people.
Whether the Methodist General Con-
! ference at Los Angeles the Triennial
Convention of the. Protestant Episcopal
church at Boston, the American Board
at Des Moines, or the Christian Con-
vention at st. Louis.
The prayer "Thy Kingdom Come" is
surely being answered. Each year tells
its story of wider conquest on the
part of Him who is King of Kings.
| The result is as certain as the promises