Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-27

'ubIlc.epirited Man.
be disgustingly odoriferous. Il will
never be possible to make church-going
pleasant for some people.
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What a man can't understand about
q woman IL how she never realizes
how smart he has to be to shave him.
self.
A Michigan father elopes with his
sons fiancee. And yet some folks ar.
que that there 10 no longer q chance
In the world for middleaged men.
A Baltimore paper says Q flying ma.
chine 10 more uncertain than Q mule.
We had the idea that . mule 10 al.
ways - certain a. death.
A Boston publisher OF schoolbooks
has decided to contribute 100000 TO
the cause Of peacs. People who have
complained because Of the high prices
they were compelled to pay for school.
books may be .comforted by the
thought that ct least some Of their
money 10 to b we'll spent.
King Edward has bestowed knight.
hood on Lieutenant Shackleton for get.
ting farthest south. The lieutenant
was lucky In that his performance did
not interfere with the regular business
OF any other south pole hunter.
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It 10 absolutely impossible to say
what We think. The best We can do 10
to think what We say.
In after years q man doesn't enjoy
looking at the pictures taken Of him.
self when he was . baby.
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With the perfection OF guns to not
airships. the old expression. shoot.
ing In the air" will lose it, force.
John d. has started Q crusade
against the hookworm. The hook.
worm. we are pleased to say. must 70.
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Doctors are reported to have found
Two lacks In q New York woman's
lungs. After a while II may become
necessary to inhale New York atmos.
phere through q strainsr.
Not the least important OF the cen.
,tenaries with which 1909 has been
crowded was that celebrated by that
branch Of the church universal known
a. the Disciples Of Christ. The partic.
ular event commemorated was the pub.
lication Of Thomas Campbslrs "Dsc.
laration and Address" at WashinRton.
Pennsylvania. In which were set forth
the principles and ideals about which
the new church later formed itself,
The Campbells. father and son, a we'll
a. most Of their early followers, were
Presbyterian. but for some years they
maintained connection with the Ban.
list Church. owing to their agreement
on the doctrine Of baptism BY INNER.
sion. Eighty years ago that connsc.
ton was severed. and the Disciples
became an Independent body. The
church has manifested remarkable On.
thusiasm and vitality. Il has to-day
over eleven thousand congregations
and million and . quarter, communi.
cants. II has Increased largely In
membership during the last decade.
Its strength ID greatest In the Middle
West-the heart Of the country. Be.
yond comparison. It 10 the strongest
religious organization which has
sprung directly from American soil
A return to the simple and sincere 70
iigious life Of the apostolic Christians
10 the aim OF the Disciples. Evangeli.
cal In spirit and doctrine. the church
nevertheless dispenses with complex
creeds and metaphysical theology.
Faith, In Jesus Christ a. the Son OF
God, acceptance Of the scriptures as
the word Of God. repentance and ban.
tism are the essentials OF membership.
The centennial was quietly celebrated.
Not the glOrifcation OF the sect, but
the union Of all Christians is the de-
sire Of the denomination. It IL inter.
esting to note, however. that all the
material and financial objects which
the Disciples set themselves to attain
on this occasion were reached and sur.
passed; and renewed and deepened
spiritual life within the church Is also
reported.
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A New Jersey inventor makes the
promise that everybody will soon have
wings. Stout ladies would like to
know Immediately whether flying will
have a tendency to reduce flesh.
Service In the medical corps Of the
army does not appeal to young physi.
clans. or they are not aware Of the at.
tractive pay offered and Of the number
OF vacancies. At an examination re.
Gently. to test the qualifications Of can.
didates for one hundred and four va.
cancies. only forty-tw" passed. The