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PROTECT THE CHURCHES.
BY REV. Z. p. MARVIN.

BY REV. E. p MARVIN
Paul charged the elders of Ephesus to take heed
to the flock which the HOLY Spirit had made
them Overseers and warned them against rapacious
wolves (Acts 2S-3O). Every church that means
to be apostolic should have official BOARD of elders
and deacons to watch the flock men of knowI
edge and pety wisdom and experience. This board
can do better service than any assembly conference
or council outside and at a distance
Conceited and pleasing pupiteers of the skeptcal
school, somehow get through seminaries and church
courts into orthodox pulpits and work soul destroy
ing mischief they often masters of ambiguity
ana hnesse One of these graduates indicated his
hypocrisy by saying: "Ihey never asked me in the
seminary what l believed about the Bible and only
studied and recteu as | would Greek mythology or
Roman legends"
These traitors in the camp generally preach good
ethics and the pleasing features of the gospel per
maps corrupting the truth enough to popularze it
ana win the loaves and fishes. At first they neither
aIhrm nor deny the great doctrines of ruin and re-
demptlon, so that many good people suppose thew be-
leve them, since they have ecclesiastical credentials
lhey use some orthodox phraseology, and are often
hturgical, recing the Apostles Creed although they
do not fully believe it. Their destructive heresies
are emitted shrewdly, the leaders of the church
are presumed to ne prepared for advanced thought"
II tins goes on unbelief permeaes the church. spir
itual life declines, conversions cease and the world
swamps the church.
Now submit the proposition that a well qualified
ioc board says OF the elders and deacons are best
qualified to deal with these cases They can roach
better results with less incidental evils These amos
toIic oversecrs of the flock should wisely and thor
oughly examine skeptca and progressive" preach
e lhel require HIM to resign and persuade the peo
pie to accept his resignation. No great publicitv
OF ms heresy may be necessary but he should be adj
mohIshed not to preach again in any orthodox church
on pam of public exposure. This method is short
easy and scriptural. Let lis try it.
Lockport, n. Y.
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CHRISTIAN CONTENTMENT

The reasons for Christian contcntmert arc r,.
The fact that we are Christians and have the hone
and heritage of Gods children of itself is enough to
make MS content. The fact that we BROUGHT notbing
INTO the world and can take nothing out of it should
leau us not to be made discontinued because of lack
OF worldly goods. The fact that we have food and
covering should make contented because this i
all we deserve or have right to expect at Gods
hand And, in addition. if we wish TO honor God
as every Christian should. we should be contenteJ
under his hand and dealings If Christ was CON.
tented surely his children may we'll be so also.
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The Quiet Hour.
A PRAYER.

Lord, give-my life to bless
Thy gift of quietness.
Lord, give me faith to see
Thy love for mine and me.
Why should | be afraid?
Thou hast the whole world made.
On Thee | rest my soul
And yield to Thy control.
Lord, bless me with Thy peace,
And bid my care to cease.
Lord, give me in the night
The comfort of Thy light.
Forgive me for my wrong,
And teach me yet song.
Show me which path to take,
Lead me for Jesus sake.
And bring me, in Thy grace,
Where | may see Thy face.
-Mdrianne Farnin
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NO OTHER NAME.

You cannot do without Him;
There is no other name
BY which you can he saved
No way, no hope, no claim!
Without him, everlasting loss
OF love and life and light!
Without him, everlasting woe
And everlasting night!
But with him-O, with Jesus!-
Are any words so blest?
With Jesus, everlasting JOY
And everlasting rest.
With Jesus, all the empty heart
Filled with his perfect love;
With Jesus, perfect peace below,
And perfect bliss above.
1t is not yet too late;
He has not closed the day of grace.
He has not shut the gate.
He calls you! Hush! RE calls you!
He would not have you 90
Another step without him,
Because ne loves you so.
lie would not do without YOU,
He calls and calls again;
Come unto me! Come unto mel"
O, shall he call in vain?
lie wants to have you with him;
Do you not want him. too?
You cannot do without him,
And &c wants-even you.
Frances RidIeU Han,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-01-24

THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
February 4, 1906. Matt w. Ill
GOLDEN TENT.
'In all points tempted like as we are yet without
sin."-Hebrews iv. Is.
DAILY HOME READINGS
M.-Matt. iv. ILL TIL Cor \ lib
I-Luke Nv. Ill. Flames i. 1921.
N.-Heb. Nv. GIG. S.-IIeb xxi. lib.
S.-Gal. vi. 10
Last week we had the record of the Spirits descent
and the voice from heaven expressing Gods approval
of His well beloved Son as he enters upon his public
ministry. This week see the conflict begun-our
hearts Will feel the sadness of his being led up of the
Spirit into the wilderness be tempted of the devil
Immediately after such day. That he had a human
nature to which the devil could make an appeal is
the wonderful thing in the plan of redemption. In
all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
lie knows the pain and exhaustion of resistance.
May we for whom he bore it all, know that through
oneness of life with him and in his strength We too
may resist and have the devil flee from us.
The temptations came subtilly. When he had
tasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward
hungered. He knew he the Son of God-he did
not need the tempter to remind him-but because he
was one of us, he trusted his Father to provide for
HIM as man. The tempter could not make him
forget that he here in our stead.
Then the form of temptation changed. The devil
urged him to rest the promise that 'e shall give
his angels charge concerning thee-to show his
In Gods loving care; but he knew his Fathers will
and could reply Thou shalt not make trial of the
Lord thy Cod
We are surprised that even Satan could have hoped
to tempt him with "All the Kingdoms of the world
and the glory of Them unless we think of him as
seeing the vision of the world for which he laid aside
his own glory ana humbed himself as his own. But
In offering it to him Satan throws off his mask. He
no longer quotes Scripture to Jesus to his rela-
ton to God, and his loving him. But
comes out boldly with, IF thou wilt fall down and
worship me-" Jesus replies with his commando Get
thee hence. Satan, for it is written Thou shak wor
ship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou
serve Then the devil lcaveth hm-and behold
angels came and ministered unto him.
We have several references to the angels eager in
terest i'll the conflicts that their king had in this
world. We who often take the wonders of the
plan of redemption old story seldom let our
maginations picture what loyal, siness being felt
May we in him realize that it is possible to re-
sist the devil and to obey the command, ''TIm only
shalt thou serve"
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THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
February /, 1906. Matt w. Ill.
GOLDEN TENT.
''In all points tempted like we are, yet without
sin"-Hebrews iv. l5
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MUCH FRUIT.
BY Ray. THEoDoRE I. oUYLER, D. D.

BY REV. THEODORE L. CUYLER, D. D.
During a visit to Southern California
/ was feasting my eyes on the beauty
and the affluences of the orange orchards
and the lemon groves. 1 was especially
interested in a dwarf orange tree in front
of my window at Redlands The little
fellow was not higher than my head but
he was a most bountiful bearer He bore
golden fruit with all his might and main;
not an ounce of sap ran to waste, and not
one tiny branch was idle He shamed
some of the bigger trees, which, with
larger opportunities, were yielding
smaller revenues. AS l looked at that
brave and bountiful little tree, l saw a
fine illustration of the Masters declara-
ton: Herein is my Father glorified.
that we bear much fruit"
That word much" is a comparative
word What would be much for a dis
ciple Of slender means or small talents
would be shamefully little for a million
Gire, or one endowed with great gifts
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The Central Presbyteria,

about conservation" Some of it savo.
OF sentimentality, and some of it bordor'
on cant. Genuine conservation means
letting Jesus Christ have the best w.
have to give-the first place in our ~
fections, the first claim on our pursa
our time, our influence and our all. IN
order to yield this we must let the Mas
ter prune us, even if sometimes he cut,
deep. Self must go out, that Jesus NAV
come in and possess you. And our oDv
ambition must be that when the Master
looks down upon us, He may say, Here
in is my Father glorified, that We ara
6edrdmg much fruit" That will be
first instalment of heaven.
Brooklyn, N Y.
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MORAL RESPONSIBILITY" FOR r.
SUING AND DISTRIBUTING Thu
"DECLARATION AND TESTIMONYH
In the Christian Observer for Septem
Der &c, there appeared the following ed
itorial note:
"An unintentional injustice was done
DR.. McPheeterS in a recent issue of the
Christian Observer, in reference to the
statement that the clippings of his pub
llShed views in regard to the Northern
Presbyterian Church, could be searched
with 'fine-tooth comb without disclosing
any ill feeling towards that Church The
Observer unfortunately applied the test
to the Declaration and Testimony which
he was issuing, and which was the sub
ject of special consideration. This cor
rection is cheerfully made, although the
difference between the moral responsible
ity for what he writes with his own pen
and what he issues and distributes, as
he is circulating this wartime Literature
is hardly appreciable."
With what is personal in this note,
have at present no concern. That upon
which l wish to center attention is the
fact that the mere reprinting and distrb
uting of the Declaration and TestimO-
n.y. should have been made the occasion
of circulating among the $4,000 subscri.
bers of the Christian Observer such sen.
timent as that contained in the last sen
tence of the note cited above. Will the
reader turn to it again and tarry upon ii
long enough to take in it's full signif-
canoe?
Let him remember that it is now scant
forty-two years since a body Of as good
and true, as clear-headed, clear-consci'
enced, courageous men as ever stood to-
gether for "Christs Crown and Cove
nant' against the errors of Laud, or the
tyTranies of Charles, gave to the world
their solemn Declaration and Testimony
in which, in the face of torrent of I'M
deserved obliquy, and at they know not
what personal perils to themselves, they
dared maintain Christ's rights as the
alone King in Zion, and the rights of the
humblest Of His people to the protection
of the Constitution which every Office
bearer in the Old School Presbyterian
Church had vowed at his ordination to
maintain dared to enter their formal
public indictment against certain Official
actions of the courts of the Old School
Church, Of which they were Themselves
office-bearers and members, actions whicn
tTampled at once upon Christ's kngg
rights, and the constitutional rights ana
safeguards of His people. 1 say, lei the
reader bear these facts in mind, and thep
let him ask himself what has come over
us mat one, wishing to get clearly before
the minds of our people the terrible n@
ture of "the legitimate fruits of the doV
trine that the Church may handle soc|
and political questions when these rlS'
into the sphere of morals" and venturns
to issue and distribute a reprint Of tp.
famous Declaration and Testimony
showing the heart-burnings and ha'V'
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IF CHRIST WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

IF CHRIST WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
Ii Christ were here tonight and saw
me tired
And half afraid another step to take,
I think He'd know the thing my heart
desired,
And ease my heart of all its throbb-
ing ache.
If Christ were here in this dull room
of mine
That gathers up so many shadows
I am quite sure it's narrow space would
shine
And kindle into glory around Him.
If Christ were here I might not pray
SO long;
My prayer would have such little way
to go;
Would break into burst of happy song,
SO would my Joy and gladness over
flow.
If Christ were here tonight I'd touch
the hem
Of his fair, seamless robe and stand
In Wilderness and in whiteness; 1, who
stem
Such waves of pain, to kneel at His
dear feet.
If Christ were here tonight I'd tell Him
The load I carry for the ones I love-
The blinded ones, who grope and faint
and fall,
Following false guides, nor seeking
Christ above.
If Christ were here. All, faithless soul
and weak,
Is not the Master ever close to thee?
Deaf is thine ear that canst not hear
Him speak;
Dim is thine eye, His face that can
not see.
Thy Christ is here and never far away
He entered with thee when thou earnest
in;
His strength was thine through all the
busy day;
He knew thy need, He kept thee pure
from sin.
Thy blessed Christ is in thy little room
Nay more, the Christ Himself is in
thy heart;
Fear not, the dawn will scatter dark
est gloom;
And bring thee home, no more to
part.
Selected.
MUCH FRUIT
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For unto whom much is given, of him
shall much be required The shekels
of the rich given into the sacred treasury
made poor show in comparison with
the big-hearted widows two mites; for
she gave all that she had Occasionally
we see flourish in the newspapers over
donation made by some millionaire to
some charitable object whereas, if the
truth were known, he has only given his
income for a single week. Good old
Aunty R, who used to trudge with
her tired limbs for long mile to our
monthly concert, in order to save her car
fare for the missionary collection, far
outshone the millionaire in liberality.
Her gift meant real sacrifice his gift
cost him almost nothing.
Much fruit does not mean occasional
and spasmodic service follower of
Jesus Christ who is habitually laborious
in every good enterprise, who is always
Astounding in love deeds and sweet words
of sympathy and in ministrations of
mercy at sick-beds, or in poverty cellars
or attics, who distils true piety like holy
oil into every day of his life, who loves
to do good and cannot help it, such
Christian fulfills Christ's description of
bearing much fruit" He has habit
of loving his Master and loving his fell
loW-men; not on special occasions but
all the while. 1t it his way. We can
count on him; and we go to him for
contribution of money or a timely prayer
or testimony in a prayer-meeting, or
good service of any kind, just as con-
fidently as the owner of that bountiful
little orange tree counts on a basket of
fruit every spring. This blessed fruit
fulness is the gift of the Holy Spirit,
which dwelleth in him; he is always alive
11Cn iCt i,, L, Sc,
most soul, and supplies the vital SAP
once had an eloer in my church who
had received only a common school ed
ucation, and lived on very moderate
salary. His power was not purse power
or brain power, or social power; it was
sheer heart pO1OeT. He was a prodigious
force in our church simply from the mo-
mentum of his godliness When any
hard work was to be done, he never com
planned of being made pack-horse On
the evenings for prayer-meetings or
church services of any kind he never
consulted thermometer or barometer.
When one saw faithful, modest, untiring
Elder W, he saw just what Jesus
meant when He said Herein is nv
Father glorified, that We bear much fruit"
Such cases are a great encouragement
to the frank and file"
If any one had gone into the American
Tract Society House seventy years ago,
he would have seen a plain-looking man
filling orders and putting up packages
of tracts. The man had come from a
common school and carpenters work
shop in Connecticut, with no gift of elo-
quence in a public assembly and no lit
erary culture. Yet that plain, modest,
humble-hearted man was in reality the
most effective layman in the city of New
York, and was a pioneer in the work of
personal evangelistic labors for the con-
version of souls, whose influence has
gone out over the whole land. His name
was Harnan Page; and the secret of his
prodigious usefulness was that every
day and everywhere he was abtdin0 In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
ENGINE IN THE DITCH.
Wild Locomotive Sweeps Thru Ames
and bitches at the Derail Switch.

Ames, July GA collision which
might have resulted in the death OF
many people was narrowly averted at
noon yesterday. when wild engine on
the Ames & College railway. swooping
rapidly down on a train loaded with
college people, was derailed at the
crossing of the local railway and the
Northwestern tracks. The engine turn
ed over on its side in the ditch and was
partially demolished.
The runaway was engine No. .,
which had been fired up by Night En-
gineer Fred Stul. who left it standing
in the roundhouse while he went to
dinner at noon. How the runaway
started is not definitely known. but
it is supposed that some small boy who
had been playing around the building
during the morning opened the throttle
and turned it loose.
The wild engine swept thru the bus
mess section of the town at break
neck speed toward the Northwestern
crossing. A train loaded with college
students, coming from the other direc-
ton on the college railway, had been
stopped at this crossing by a North
western freight train, and the derailing
switch on both sides of the Northwest
ern tracks was open. The runaway
crashed thru this, turned half way ov-
er. and buried itself in the ditch
against the right of way fence. The
road was blocked to traffic for several
hours, but besides this and the injur-
les to the engine there was no damage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
HAD MONEY TO BURN.
Suspioious Character Arrested at Bur-
Iington Had Big Roll.

Suspicious Character Arrested at Bur-
Iinston Had Big Roll.
Special to Times-ftepublican.
Burlington, July 6.-Eight one hun
dr.d dollar bills and one twenty-dollar
bill were found upon the person of
jim Burns the stranger arrested OH
suspicion Wednesday night by Chief
Hiltx. When the fellow was taken TO
the police station Wednesday night,
skeleton key was found in his possess
sion and about So in silver. Yesterday
morning he was taken into the chiefs
office and thoroughly searched, and TO
their great surprise the chief and Cap
tain George Hencilman found the mon
ey described sewed in an inside shir:
pocket Judge W1lkin continued Burns
case until Monday, under bond of ST.
00(, and in the meantime further in
ve.,tigation will be made into the pris-
onar's history
it strikes the officials as very strange
that skeleton key should be found
in the possession Of man who was
Ca crying SO much money. He claims
that he was formerly employed as
jallitor in a hotel, and used the key to
open the different rooms An exam
ins ton shows that the key will work
in almost any kind of a common lock.
ami another strange coincidence is
that the back door of the Alex. Moir
residence which was entered Wednes-
dav evening. can be opened with this
ke.Y. The key itself is a very harmless
loo king instrument and the average
pc son would never suspect that it
colld be used by the professional bur-
glsyr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
FOR SALE

My place, % miles from st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Saltwater. situated
with three beautiful lakes which join.
One block from station, 200 foot lake
front, 800 feet deep. Saloon in the cor
ner, / block from station, 20x54, steel
ceiling, veranda north side 12x60 enclos-
ed with wirecloth. Dance pavilion
4Ox60, shingle roof, new and painted
bower opposite in park. Several sum-
mer houses. Stationary and movable
tables and seats under trees; ! " story
house for travellers. Village has 5
mdse. stores. tin shop, hardware, 2
butcher shops, 2 livery stables. 2
blacksmith shops, bank. fire dept. 2
hotels, barber shop and school. Only
picnic place between ST Paul, Mime
apolis. saltwater and Duluth. Average
% picnics year Several for this and
next month. Reason for selling,-it re-
quires young hands to be up-to-date.
c. v. SMITH, Forest Lake, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
CRUSHED BY TIMBERs
Accident at Newton May Prove
Fatal to Robert N. Martin and NJ.
MuIbrook, Tive Carpenters
ING Broke With Them.

Special to Times Republican.
Newton. July 6.---Robert M. Martin
and NJ. Mulbrook two carpenters, may
die as the result of scaffolding on the
west building at the Parsons Band
cutter and Self Feeder Company's
plant here, breaking while they We're on
it. The timbering supporting the SUI
perstructure gave way about o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and precipitated
the two men a distance of seventeen
feet to the ground, pinning them be-
meath the heavy timbers. Martins ank-
lie was broken and both bones of Null
brooks right leg We're fractured below
the knee. In addition to this both
men sustained internal injuries. the eN-
tent of which have not been ascertain
ed. but which, 1t is feared, may end in
death. the plant where they were at
work is one In which Senator Maytag
is the principal stockholder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-06
VICTIM OF SHARPERS
Prosperous Mason City Farmer
Pays $3.50 + r Rich Dowry
of Experience
SAME OLD CONFIDENCE GAME
The Name of Its Mason City Victim
Has Not Been Made Public, How
ever, and All Trace of tho Thieves
Has Been Lost, Since They We're
Heard Of a, Austin. Mimi.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican,
Mason City, July "a prosperous
farmer here. a native of Sweden ana a
we'll known citizen. but who does not
want his name published, has been the
victim of three shalpers, with the result
that he is minus $3.50 in cold cash and
ahead in rich dowry of experience.
The men who turned the trick. which
In many ways Is the old confidence
game. used some new methods of put
ing it thru. one of them rented a store
room here and installed number of
samples of tea and then began to look
about for agents.
The other two in a casual way, fell
in with the farmer and persuaded him
to accompany them to this tea store,
where all three were offered positions
as agents. at a Hattering salary, the
only stipulation being that es.,n ..,il ap
$3.50 as ii bond or guarantee of good
faith. etc. The two men at once flash
ed the money, Of course being cronies
OF The tea merchant, but the farmer
not having that amount, but being un-
willing to lose so lucrative an offer,
went to the bank where he borrowed
the money. and again presented him :
self TO the erstwhile tea merchant He
was invited to a back room, where the
money was paid over. when the tea
merchant Immediately took his depar-
tune, taking also the money of the
other two
Both pretended great Indignation.
but kept the farmer in conversation
and pretended to sympathiZe with him,
even shed tears with him and invited
him to pray for the return of his mon
ey. The farmer notified the sheriff
who began an investigation, getting
trace Of the thieves as far as Austin,
Mimi, where he lost the trail and has
been unable to get any news of them
Since. The thing that puzzles the far
iner is the fact that he was so easily
dured as he had often cautioned his
SONS a1airst trading with strangers.
He does hot expect to recover his
money.