The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-15
Tie Great Duel--A Topic
 From The Pilgrims Progress
wages, his government. his company and his country better than thine"


 wages. his government. his company, and his country better than thine"
 Evil can rarely stand being called by its proper name.
 Beyond the Valley of Humiliation lies the Valley of the Shadow of Death This is the dread of most souls. Death has come to be called "the king of ter- rors". Before him the most daring spirits quail. The world will not soon forget the picture of the Sultan of Turkey, when the committee from the Young Turks went to Yildiz Kiosk to announce his deposition as he fell cringing and covering before them, bidding them take all. only spare his life.
 Any Christian who has been at close grip with death, and who has felt all the physical sensations which death can infiict has no fear of 1t. To such, death is one of the least of life's ills. Frederic Lawrence Knowles sang wisely of death in the lines:
 May, why should I fear Death. Who gives us life. and in exchange takes breatR
 The lordliest of all things Life lends us only feet. Death gives
 us wings! all ye frightened folk.
 Whether ye wear crowh or bear
 yoke.
 Laid in one equal bed.
 When ont your coveriet of grass Is
 spfead.
 What daybreak need you fear? The love will rule you, there which
 guides you herei Scythe- bearer. when thy blade Harvestes my flesh. let me be una
 fraid!
 Gods husbandman thou art Tn His unwithering sleaves, o. bind
 my heart!
 Not until he was through the Valley did the Pilgrim realize what he had escaped. The full significance of life can only be understood when 1t is viewed from the farther bank of the river. The greatness of the souls deliverances can be appreciated only when we see them with full know ledge, and are able to give thanks to our DeiiversrA
 The Pilgrim got through--wounded and stained, 1t is true, but he got through. So have multitude of pill grims. It is always possible to get through. No temptation is irresisti- ble. No discouragement need be com pletA. no defeat final. Gods prograsl for the sons of men is victory. News and Notea.
 Lieutenant Shackleton, who recently penetrated nearest to the South Pole. in his written report declares that he was delivered from the perils of his trip by special Providences. "It was during those periods that some Power beyond our own guided our footsteps. If we acknowledged this as we did, down among the ice foes. it is only fitting that we should remember it. now when the same Power has brought us safe home through all these trou- bles and perils."
 News And Notes.
 That pensions may be provided for deaconesses In the Northern Methodist man. Mir. Norman W. Harris, has given one hundred thousand dollars as a nucleus for this fund.
 The subject of denominati6naf jour- nalfsm Is receiving renewed attention on the part of most of the leading denominations. At Portland the Bap- lists had special committee at work on the subject, and they report that of their 100000 Baptis.s less than 6o.00O. subscribe for church papera The committee recommended the con- selidation of the eight papers now ex- istlng into four, and the organization of the denominational forces in a gen.