Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01

than those waged on bloody fields. For
he has to go forth against entrenched
greed, inert ignorance deadly class
hatred, and complex and difficult social
problems which tax the best-trained
brain and the stoutest heart.
News and Notes.
The Mccormick family, of Chicago,
have increased their gift to the Pres
byterian theological seminary which
bears their name to the extent OF FOUR
teen thousand dollars year for ten
years to come.
The Japanese government has
given recognition, which means official
standing, to all the mission kinder
garten training schools in Japan. me
famous Hiroshima Girls school, OF the
Southern Methodist church, which is
the scene Of the book, "The Lady OF
the Decoration" has also been given
government recognition.
In recent issue of "The Interior
Of Chicago, George w. Louttit, for
merly first reader Of the First Church
; of Christ, Scientist, at Fort Wayne,
Ind, makes the specific charge that
the Christian Science leaders In Bos-
ton purpose to keep secret the death
of Mrs. Eddy. and to declare that she
has been translated, like Christ and
Elijah.
A radical departure in Y. MIC. A.
methods has been the calling Of sue
cessful pastor, Rev. DR.. Clarence A.
Barbour Of Rochester, one Of the best
known Baptists in the country, to
membership on the force of 1nterna-
tional secretaries. The aim is 10 nelp
draw closer together the Christian
associations and the churches. Dr.
Barbour will also assist in the prepara-
ton Of courses in textbooks for asso-
citation Bible classes.
BY the recent passage Of the British
Children's Act it has become illegal IN
England for mothers to drink at public
bars accompanied by their children
No child under the age of fourteen
may now be permitted at the bar OF
public house under any conditions.
Tobacco may not be sold to anyone
under the age Of sixteen, and police
men must confiscate cigarettes, paper
and tobacco found on anyone under
the same age. This act also provides
separate juvenile courts and separate
places of detention for child prisoners
Pawnshops may not do business with
children under the age Of fourteen
| Summarizing the act, "The Congre
gationalist' adds: 1.-THE effect is tc
put the children of the poor, and al
children of charitable institutions, un
der inspection by agents Of the govern
ment.'
! SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
| Though many guests be absent i
Is the cheerful man we miss.-Africar
Proverb.
We prepare ourselves for sudder
deeds by our reiterated choice or soot
or eviL-George Eliot.
You never know what life means I'll
you die:
| Even throughout life, It's death tina
makes life live.
Robert Browning.
The most hopeless barrier to strife
Is the steady 1ndlnefence Oh hdi
who knows he has work to do, and wht
goes on doing it irrespective of any
body's opinion.-Agnes Reppller.
The one plain duty of every man II
to face the future as he faces the
present, regardless Of what 1t ma!
have in store for him, and turning
toward the right, as he sees the light
to play his part manfully, as among
men.-Theodore Roosevelt.
That man is great, and he alone.
Who serves greatness not his own
For neither praise nor Delf;
Content to know and be unknown,
Whole in himself.
Owen Meredith.
II any man would be first, he shall