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they have not got beyond the reach of
God, and His grace and love and pardon
and mercy. Pray for them, and your
heart shall be full of JOY and comfort,
to see the brightness and purity of
clean conscience shining out of their
faces as they return home with Gods
blessing upon them
And finally, pray for us. Give us your
prayers. They will cost you little, but
they will he of priceless value to us. Rise
up early in the morning that you may
and you will see the people focking Gag
erly in. You will hear the organ play
ing, the choir singing, you will find the
priest at the altar, God in heaven will
hear our applications, and we shall all
be filled with consolation peace and joy.
You will do. my brethren, what we ask.
will you not? | see yes in every face.
1t gladdens our hearts to see so many
here this morning, to give us so hearty
and cheerful a greeting. From so prom
Using a beginning | predict successful
mission.
Now, in the name of God. the Father,
the eternal maker of all things; In the
name of Jesus Christ, the redeemer OF
mankind; in the name of the Holy Spirit,
the sanctifier of souls; in the name of the
glorious and immaculate Mother of God;
in the name of all the whole army OF
angels and saints in heaven, whose inter-
cession wei invoke, and whose protection
we implore-in the name of all these, |
declare this mission now opened
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PAUL|ST FATHERS
OPEN A MISSION
Father 0'Hern and Father HeaIy
Deliver DiScourSeS
SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S
Large Congregations Listen to Stirring
demonstrating of the Mission
is Explalned-Masses and Ser
mons This Week.

A three-weeks' mission was begun at
st. Paurs church yesterday. 1t is to be
conducted by the Rev. Father Healy and
the Rev. Father o'Hern, the well known
Paulist mssioners. Father OHern
preached the opening sermon at high
mass and Father Healy preached last
night. The church was crowded at both OF
these services.
The first week of the mission will be
especially for Catholics. and the two
weeks following will be for non-Catho-
lies
Masses this week will be at $50 and s
O'Clock. Instruction will be given at each
mass, but the discourses will be short
Father Healy, an eloquent speaker has
been heard frequently in Birmingham,
but Father OHern preached here yester-
day for the first time. Members of the
congregation expressed themselves as
delivery. lie has a fine voice and breaches
with Characteristic missionary fervor.
lie chose for his text this passage
from the first chapter of ST. Johns Cos
pei:
and they asked Him: What then?
Art thou Elias? and He said: / am not.
Art Thou the prophet? And He answered,
no. They said, therefore, unto Him: Who
art Thou, that we may give an answer
to them that sent us? What sayest thou
of myself? He said: | am the voice of
one crying in the wilderness, make
straight the way of the Lord"
The speaker said in part:
St. John claimed only one high pre-
negative for himself my brethren, that
he was the voice of God He was a
VOICE" and "cry''-the cry of con-
science-the voice of mans immortal des-
tiny. His mission was simple, eleman-
tary and universal. 1t went deeper than
ecclesia stieal or ritual duties. 1t touched
human probation to the very quick. He
dealt with the great question of saliva
ton, protested Vehemently against sin,
and published that lay of sancity which
is written on every mans heart by the
finger of God. And for an audience John
had the whole human race well repre-
sented-the pride of the Pharisee, the
worldliness of the Sadducee. the avarice
of the Publican, and sins of the nfidelity
and impurity, in the Roman soldier, hard
ened and degraded by long years of camp
| life his sole ambition being to maintain
| the supremacy of the Roman eagles
! wherever that standard had been planted
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ONE GREATER THAN
SOLOMON is HERE
The Body is the True Temple
of God
THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
The Costly Viands of King SOL
mons Table Were Not to Be
Compared to the Bread of
Heaven.

The Rev. DR.. A. r. Moore preached at
the First Christian church at the Il
o'clock services yesterday morning on
the Queen of the South" taking his
text from the forty second verse of the
twelfth chapter Of Matthew, as follows:
THE Queen of the South shall rise up
in the judgment with this generation,
the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom
of Solomon; and behold, a greater than
Solomon is here"
DR.. Moore spoke in part as follows:
Bible lands had their south just the
same, as this country has The Queen of
the South" was the rich Q,leen of Sheba,
who came to hear the wisdom of Solo
mon. Her capital was in the southern
end of the great Arabian peninsula She
doubtless ruled over the larger part Of
that peninsula, territory about one
third as large as the United states and
rich In gold.
The queen Travelled probably 1860 miles
to see Solomon and to test his wisdom. 1t
was not day of railroads. telegraph or
newspapers, yet his fame had Travelled
that great distance and made such pro-
found impression that a great and rich
queen was led to make a long and ex-
pensive journey to see and learn of him.
She was profoundly impressed by what
she saw and heard. Among the things
that impressed her most was the wisdom
of solomon.
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CIR COMPANY MAY
INCREASE CAPITAL
SAciaI Meeting of StockhoId-
ers is Postponed
PNDER Is A CANDIDATE
Resrds in the City Clerks Office
Show Rapid Growth of New
Decatur Has Built City
Hall.
PdlDER is A CANDIDATE

Deitur. March .-(speeial)-A special
meefg of the stockholders of the North
Alabbna Traction company was called
to met in New Decatur yesterday, but
owing to the absence of several promi-
nent toekholders the meeting was post
poneduntil the regular annual meetins
whichtakes place within the next few
weeks
The ipeclal meeting was for the pur-
pose q considering the matter of in
creasin the capital stock of the COM
pany finn $4,000 to $4,000.
This company operates system oil
electric street cars in the Deeatufs,
reaching every section of the two cities.
Guy T. Ponder has announced as
candidde for city clerk of New Deca-
tur. to succeed himself Thus far his
only opponent is Henry Hartuns, me
chanic i'm the Louisville and Nashville
railroad shops.
The ,nly other announced candidate
for cit' office in New Decatur at the
May eecton is William b. Scott, who
has announced for city marshal.
1t is understood that Mayor Black
well ard Marshal Lacy will be candidates
for thsir respective Offices to succeed
themselves, though they nave not Sel
announced.
The records in the ely clerks office
in Ney Decatur show how that city
has increased In size during the pas.
three Years
Three years ago the amount of fines
collected by the police court was only
1915. Last year the fines collected
amounted to over 5000. Three years ago
that city collected only $7S5 in street
tax. Last year the AMOUNT of this tax
collected was nearly 5000. Three years
ago the total revenue of New Decatur
was s13,375 Last yehr the total was
over $4,000.
During the past thfe years New De-
catur has built cit hall, worth over
$1,000. A city jail wrth perhaps $1,000,
and more than $1,000 has been spent IN
buying tools for STREET work. a consd-
cradle amount Of miney has also been
spent on the fire DEPARTMENT and much
street work has BEN done and many
brick and cement sifwallls built,
The Rev. j. r. Weaer delivered a most
excellent address thidafternoon to a large
audience In the Lecture room of the Rail
road Young Mems christian association
building in New Dfatur He took fos
his subject, Hopes bet Before Us
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sands His messengers for ie
to announce the good tidr on
of forgiveness. This call cans
salvation, but rejected ANNA
ton.
Now my dear breth low what
we have come to do .lU heard the
reasons why we a ay Do YOU
ask what you ar to do. since
the mission is Nell, we shall
ask you to ngs, and shall
expect each me of you to be
faithful in we shall ask.
The first ask of you is regu.
lar attenda.
That means you are to come here
twice day for / week During the few
days that this mission will last we intend
to give ourselves to you body and soul,
but of what use can our labors be, eX-
cept you come to hear us and help us?
We want you here at every exercise-we
want you here in the morning, we want
YOU here a night. We have many things
TO say to you, and can say them but
| once. There is no time to repeat. The
evening sermons are different from the
morning sermons, and they are all diff
| ferent from one another. so don't miss
| one Of them.
Souls Need.
| My brethren, your poor sick soul is in
need of care as much as any sick patient
| ever was. so | ask you to make the reso-
| luton now. before you leave this church,
| to attend every exercise of the mission,
| that when II is over you have no regrets.
| We know that this means sacrifice for
| many of YOU but we would not ask 1t
| of you IF we bought you were towards.
| Remember the kingdom of heaven suf-
| fers violence, and the violent bear it
| away Is that too much? is one week
| too much TO eve TO God out of so many
/ years? II that Is too much, then it will
| be too much Tor God to give you His
blessing here and eternal life hereafter.
| No generous soul will deny God this
| much time and endoayor
The second hing we ask is that you
be missionaries with us. Spread the good
| street. at honn. Invite others to come.
| A word may s,ve a soul.
And the thirt and last thing we would
| ask of you is 10 pray. After all. there is
only one thing that can make this mission
| not obtain Whit we want without prayer,
neither can you. We shall pray earnest
ly every day for you and ourselves. at
mass and beads, and will you help us?
VIII you lift up your hearts many
times in the day and say, God bless
this mission and make It abundant in
| fruit"
Must Pray
Pray first for yourselves. There are
| difficulties before you, perhaps very Sc
| rlous ones. in the performance of this
mission. Pray for grace and strength,
and YOU shall have it ahnndart'"
| The~ .nH
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sv,p snd,i call him husband
Ter nee again.
TO tn mother or, careless Wifi
lrs ( he used to pray for n, elf,
ow lern.tps. she has not bsel to
ami in many years. and you hard-
lieve it possible she will so now.
Iay, / biz You. and you shall see
the grace OF Christ can do.
n for that boy or girl of YOURS,
sister or brother. ALI they have
,dond your reach, you tell me, but
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him, clad in the
i, made a profound
fHs visitor. Added to
g's ascent to the
rway or passage,
rs been preserved,
queen wonderfully
we knew more of
lot Told.
5, the queen said it
t came to me about
1ndor. That is quite
things are usually
rpvel, but she says
came to me was
~ ~ dlnot been told. 1t
MI had been led to
anne might be said
- W. ing.
egorical of Christ
greater than Solo
we come to seek
I'm "a nd?
hose wisdom sur
, n Bring all your
m; He can answer
for you the ques-
as no other in
will tell 70 a. -. 49,
er death. This is
Oe Va '''e ions of the world
he live again? o"
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Wisdom of Solomon.

He told her all her questions. There
was nothing hid from Solomon which he
told her not" Some of the knottiest prob
lens and some of the profoundest philos-
ophy of the world originated in Arabia
With many of these things the queen was
familiar, and it was source of aston
fshment to her that the wisdom of Solo
mon so far surpassed that of the sages
of the east.
She was also impressed with the house
that he had built This reference prob
ably includes both the temple and the
kings palace. 1t is claimed that Solo
mons temple became the model of arch
itecture for the Greeks, and through
them for the rest of the world. 1t seems
quite certain that no building up to that
time had equaled that temple in beauty
and splendor. The kings palace was al
as remarkable as the temple
striking feature was the throne,
was made of ivory and o"o"'~'1
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Satan's Recruits.

Alas. from this class it Is Il
recruits his army. They all
way, and pass through this sta
difference.
But if Satan recruits his army
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81 theAl, reminding them OF ,n."
sins, and catsi-.e nna telling
them that "the kingdom of heaven is at
hand" The voice of God comes to us,
my brethren, in many ways. No longer
He speaks from the clouds. as He did
to Moses. but through father or mother.
Or 1t may be friend who meets you on
the street, and says: Are you going to
make the missions?' and it is the voice
of Cod He speaks TO you in partic-
ularly authoritative way through your
pastor. who has been regularly appointed
over you as His minister and represen-
tative And we, too, though in lower
way than your pastor. claim that for YOU
We are the voice of God. Would that
we were more worthy to fulfill so high
an office.
But yet, unfit and unworthy as we
are, we may justly lay claim to that
title; for a missionary is one who has
been set apart by God for this special
work of giving missions. Early in life
we felt divine call to take up this
work. and holy church has set her seal
of approval upon our aspirations We
are mere at TIE lllNlldllpil VI Soul pas
tor; we possess all the faculties FROM
your right reverend bishop that are nee
essary for the remission of SINS we
have the blessing of the holy father upon
our work, and will bestow the papal bene-
diction at the close of the mission upon
all who have made 1t well. And so, as
God spoke to those people who gathered
| ~, al, lia pa r.
| fist. lie is going to speak TO you through
! this mission. What the preaching OF
| John was to the people of his day, the
mission is to the people of this parish
| 1.-The voice of God If God forced the
| Prophet Jonas to preach special mission
10 heather city, how much more would
| lie not send missionaries to you. his
| children? lie sends his voice to awaken
| to startle. to level mountains of pride
to fill up valleys of humility, to point out
| the road.
| Meaning of Mission.
! What is a mission? 1t is well for us
to understand this at the start mis-
sion is not a time of emotional excite
ment: not the going forward for few
days on the tide of tears. only to sill
| back again, in the hollow of the return
! ing wave into the black deep sea of oul
| unrighteous past. Not mere exercise
| in unusual external acts-rising betime:
in the morning and hurrying to church
to be with the crowd; not long moments
on our knees within the church, Just be
| cause everybody else is on Bonded knee
not a mere mechanical receiving of tn
sacraments, inspired only by the deter
mination not to be outdone. If mission
| were a mere theatrical performance, sucl
as this. | assure you we would no
| waste our time and energy in givnt
them. Well, what is a mission? A mis-
sion is, first of all, a time of penar-
That was the cry -
airy: DO pen
heaven is at II
John. And all
Lord were: "l
shall all lillew
been the mes
| from Christ's uay NM pr own.
penance. do pena kingdom
heaven is at hand. 'ion is tin
of silence, of retir the dest
| of our hearts-it or sefio
and profound thout sslon IS
kind of spiritual retl Of STUD
and prayer-a time OF lon
Let US mediate on sees US
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WHITE PLAGUE
Its determination is
Prevention

There are a great many articles nov
appearing in print on the subject of con-
sumption, whose ravages are on the in
crease. not only in America, but also in
Europe.
That there should be systematic and
Observation-Disclosures against this awful
disease is now becoming evident to all
persons having at heart the welfare OF
the l. man race.
A Il know physician. who has made
tuber, isis study for number of
years. ates most emphatically that the
majority of cases of consumption origi-
nate in elected cold or cough. This
causes inlal nation and weakening of the
lungs. and e,ders them liable to the
attacks of the tubercle germ, which at
present IL yeEy i revalent. He also states
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And now, Jesu
the South will
with this gene
There is to be a
men of this ger
All men are to
come to judgme
South will rise I
denim the men OF
came from the e
the wisdom of
than solomon is
not come to Him
lie Is Gods vo.
and vet YOU wi
a BILE to save yot
come to him. HI
eternal. and vet
The king of glor,
ed of men. Whs
to Him in that 81
you to turn befo
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sion is for the hardened. slime
may say, it is especially FOR
him who lives in open rebellion (
Oh yes. my dear brethren, we
rather for the sake OF sinners
the just Behold! / came, not
the just but sinners to repentant
There are sinners in this p
whom this mission will be tn
of God 1t is so on every
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The ,pecial meeting was for the pur-
'ose 4 considering the matter of in
reasirs the capital stock of the COM
amy finn $4,000 to 100000
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the Queen of
the judgment
condemn IL.
ay, then. The
to be there.
for all must
queen of the
lay and con-
ltion, for she
Earth to hear
ut a greater
yet men will
& to this age.
+ His. He is
YOU will not
give you life
not have it.
ed and reject
will YOU offer
let me entreat
70 late.
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Must Pray

Pray first for yourselves, There are
difficulties before you, perhaps very Sc
rlous ones. in the performance of this
mission. Pray for grace and strength
and YOU shall have it ahnndart'"
Tbe~ .r.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
s1O.OOO to Get In.

It costs just $4,000 in round figures
to become a member of Mr. Harri-
mans club. In addition. he politely
bet firmly demands the trifing stipend
of 5000 in yearly dues. But the mem
bers don't care. What is $1,000 to
men whose wealth almost equals the
people in the Arabian Nights" who
had nothing to DO but send genii for
a hamper Of rubies and diamonds
whenever they wanted to indulge in a
new plaything-
A great part Of the $4,000 that goes
in as dues is spent In the little village
and surrounding country. So the peo-
pie of Plains don't care how many
clubs the Harrimans have. or how
much it costs to get in. or to get out
for that matter. The magnate visits
the club here frequently during the
year. He comes in his private car
with his daughters and other members
of the club, spending week at a time
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AIMLESSNESS ~

manhood and vvomanhood do not exist
In the semblance Of things. but in
realities.
The woman who lacks Interest IN her
home duties has frequently provoked
her family to seek pleasure elsewhere,
even her donestics are keen IN discov-
ering her lack OF power and influence.
end lose no opportunity - take ad-
vantage Of her. In the other extreme
however. we find the sSlf-respecting
woman, who. through her noble quail
ties, creates for helrself a little king
dom Of heaven. and to whose family
she becomes a heroine. 70 be placed on
a pedestal above all others.
To encourage children in all forms
Of duty and establish for them proper
standards is, perhaps. the besr founda-
ton for future life.
SeIf-confdence is essential 20 AL
forms of success. Although one
should be careful not to overestimate
ones possibilities; on the other hand
continued discouragements are proper
tionately disastrous and frequently so
undermine ambition that almost un-
consciously one drifts into a morbid,
useless, aImless life. for Il Is unde-
niable that too great or rather an eX-
aggerated opinion of ones fraiIties
will cow" and perhaps quite eclipse
energy and its noble aspirations.
Lack Of resolution is one of the
principal causes of unbeppiness; for
life necessarily becomes dreary
through want Of motive, and were
we as careful Of the assimilation
and digestion OF Hfe's possl lbiIIties as
we az OF the stomach, then, indeed.
would slothfulness be unknown.
Aimlessness breeds many forms Of
gossip, slandeF and uncharita bleness,
so repugnant t. decency and foreign
To religion. Unfortunately one cannot
always give praise; but at such times
silence is golden costs nothing and
is equally possible.
Aimlessness encourages littleness;
whereas the busy man has no time
for such idleness
In God war
Slackness il infamy."
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An Exclusive AFFAIR.

. He Orange County Hunt Club.
as it is called, is one OF the
most exclusive hunting clubs in
America. 1t has a total men,
mership Of just nine persons. the mag
nate himself. his two daughters; Miss
Katherine EIkins. the daughter OF
Stephen 3. Elkins. who is an enthu-
siastic hunter, and four other wealthy
New YOrkers-John / Townsend. Rob
ert Geary, Robert Goelet. and Peter
Geary. Jack Ames. Of Boston. is the
remaining member.
John I. Townsend is the master Of
The hounds.
The clubhouse and stables, though
plain affairs, cost the mere bagateIe Of
$4,000. and the furnishings as much
more The furnishings are elegant
Dozens of line sporting scenes in oil
ard pasteIs by Newton adOrn the
wells, with many handsomely mounted
trophies OF the chase.
The Washington times., 1907-11-03
By LANDoN CARTER.

. HRIFT has made many man
rich, but never yet has IT
brought one to want, and the
eminence and credit Of a people
depend largely upon the general and
Individual appreciation Of this little
word. AS to the aimless. there can
never remain aught but Obscurity or
be felt any of the general answering
thrill OF pleasure, such as is known TO
those who have, through their own
efforts achieved prominence and vic
tories
When humanity first realized, even in
the most rudimentary sense that con
centraton. ambition. and unity meant
power then. indeed, was the dawn OF
civilization.
To the visionary man, who thinks
too generally Of many things, and
without forethought sows all kinds OF
seed the~a can be no great harvest
from any ara 0f them. To be impress
siouar'r 51 e-rT direction means ef-
fectiva 4culty '1 none, for such gen
eraI susceptib1tr undermines the
powers OF concen-ra ton and results in
drifting i'm many rfrections and sail
is evineed by sai-. not drifting.
To realize the necessity for a system
Of general Concentration. means event
ual satisfaction OF the heart, for '"The
devil tempts Us not. tbs we tempt him.
Beckoninc his skin with opportunity
Anart from the value Of having any
dsfuite goal IN view, there is always
benefit to be derived tloIn any kind
o. systematic culture. for ali forms
CT seIf-regulatiOn and control are les
sons in duty. The aimless man must
sooner or later dwindle into uDrespect-
eG O5scuity, wlereas, through ambi-
tor. energy, ana courage, he may
become a parsonage.
There can be no true manliness OF
womanIIness if there is an absence Of
conscientious activity, TneTe may be
AT appearance of these qualities, but