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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
6uIqina Eortunxs.

Bullying fortunes, won by assessing
the necessities of the people Mt large,
are dangerous spectacle ina repub-
lie, where government Of the people.
by the people, for the people, IL the
underlying principle OF the social sys-
tenn. Well sang the gentle Goldsmith:
Ill fares the land, to fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay"
All methods of wriuging enormous
wealth for the few from the small in
comes Of the many--manipulating the
stock market, '.eornering" the nAces-
stiles OF life. making food dearer by
needless raising OF freight rates. and
so on--will work trouble In the end.
if persisted In. Legitimate business
yielding moderate profits and injuring
no one. has nothing to fear from gov
ernrnental or popular scrutiny: hut OPP
preston OF the people for the purpose
OF enabling the few to live In more
than Oriental luxury will SOONER or
later transform the specter OF Social
ism into the reality. We are not
alarmists. but. reading the signs Of
the times. 1t seems TO US that seri-
GUS perils. await the nation uniess
larger attention liz given to the eQuita-
Bile solution OF our grave economic
prphlems
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

The old log schoolhouse, like the
long advance guards of civilization
in the wiiderness--has practically dis
appeared from the Pacific Northwest.
But two OF these old houses. We are
told. remain in service in Washing
ton county. Their architecture was
of the most primitive type. Logs cut
from the Astounding forest, with due
regard to size and symmetry--perhaps
roughly hewn on one or two -sides.
but quite as likely left in their nat
ural state; deeply notched by the set
tiers axe at the corners where they
were laid together: stick and mud
chimney and fireplace half across one
end; roof and door of shakes riyen
from straight billets or yellow fir at
the other: low, square windows along
the sides, each set with a sash and
four panes of glass: a long. sloping
shelf running along under the win
dows with a shelf underneath for
states and books: rude benches in
front of these shelves. a small table
on a slightly raised platform at one
side OF the Fireplace. and a chair with
rawhide or splint bottom for the
toacher---this was the old log school
house. and Its equipment fer the com
fort OF the children and the pioneers
AZ they stroya TO master the simple
rudimentx Of what was then known
al common school education. !. ssA u
fragrant ~ the baisam distilled byl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Progress of Temperance

Sweden The King Of Sweden has
presented 5000 kroner to the Swed-
ssh Society of Physicians FOR prizes
& Tor the three best dissertations in
popular form on the effects OF alcohol
on the individual and IN society and
the best means tor counteracting
them
The Swedish Accident Insurance
Company Bore VIII refuse hence
forth insurance to brewery workers.
This IL ON tn. ground Of the number
~ accidents constantly occurring
among men in this trade and OF the
sioNness with which they recover from
fractures and sores. and because Of
the almost universal weakness vi
heart among brewry workers.
The Crown Prince OF sweden ia
opening a summer temperance con
gress at Hasslehoim has. To all in
tents aud purposes. given his adhesion
10 the Swedish movement for prohihi~
ton. After describing the need of
outstanding every resource In the
competition with other nations ne
added:
II do mot hesitate % say that the
people which firSt frees Itself from
the Injurious Influences Of alcohol VIII
III this way acquire a distinct advan-
taxe over other nations in the peace
fei yet Intense struggle. hope II
wifi he our peopte who VIM be the
first to win this start over the
Others"
German. The German socialist
strike against spirits is affecting beer
rs well. There has been & fall in
consumption In six months OF 80, 0oo
ODE iiters' The Berlin council for
trade and industry announces that ia
1se3 tand the spirits strike ala not
begin until September the Consulnp-
rion Of spirits dropped 40 per cent
md adds The socialist boycott has
done rs irrerarable injury"
Twice recently the Emperor William
has publicly expressed himself against
the prevailing drinking customs
among German students. He declares
4 that they prejudice the German peo-
pies position against the more ra
y ricnai Americans and Englishmcn
that they lower German vigor In the
international struggle for existence.
An International Society for Race
Hygiene has Just been founded in Ger
many to which 500 famous anthropo-
iOgists physicians and phyehiatrists
have already given their adhesion.
Among the names are those 81 such
men AS Sir Francis Cation and Pro-
1HE3or br. Won Sruber. In its appeal
Il Tor members il declares that the
4 tendencies to degeneration must be
checked. that the proportion OF the
capable and moral Is decreasing and
at the mediocre increasing The new
NEience atfirms that we have no Sc
srurity that the race viii hold TO the
present level In view OF the devas-
.takion caused by syphilis and alcohol
I Il general sinking downward Is no. at
MI out of the question:
How esen the medicinal use of al
seoh0l n being abandoned by compe-
af4Mt physicians In Germany appears
\ from = report In Z Fortschritt der
n Afadiein, Or. Weintraud OF the Wies-
ID m4An CITY hospital says that for
bput $4,000 days Of cure With 3,343
4tenta III manasement has spent
r NJ marits m. peA1. ~ not more
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

In that memorable twilight TAR on
Oliver Jesus said many things We cam
not understand. but the difficulties
relate to the narrative only and IN no
way affect the practical teachings Of
his discourse This Is especially true
of hts closing words, in which he gives
us a picture of the Last Judgment.
We may not understand just what IRIS
nittur,a is~-to what extent il any. IL
il a literal description Of the i4Ast Day
or whether IL is altogether "A "sensu-
ons Representation Of spiritual reality
but there can be no pisundevstand-
ing about the practical duty which 1t
teaches Let Us not miss that
The Lesson Text in Everyday Dress.
AZ last when the time Is Il, hand
for the final judgment OF fael-~for all
nlen shall lie judged ~;hc Son 81 man
shall come. no longer the hume peas
amt al tialilet, bat the glorihed ard
glorious Christ, and he himself shall
iess our judee. and shall pass upon every
3aaf 10 iis own place. This final ludg
merit Win he a very simple matter. for
the only rule that VIII be applied 10
our lives sil3 be The rule of love Men
viii he divided into Two classes. Jesus
tells us. .n that day--ihe Fathers
own and the rest-~those Who are Ia
he accepted and those who are 10 be
rejected Ana il will require only one
question To sin them out and separate
them. This question which VIII b.
asked of every man will rot be whether
IL. Is descendant OF Ahrahafu. ut a
ser,l1,ulous observer Of eve.N- tot ami
4ittle of the law. or "A contributor Ia "a
church ar an ardent defender of the
faith but only. Has he fulfilled the
law OF ioxe2 And III applying the rule
Of love The Judge wili not employ the
;4s4ssl methods Ec Will not look into
thase things on which voti and / have
counted 50 much He win NOT lay
wfrsss on what we have regarded as the
great things OF life. lie will look into
a45r EVERYDAY lives for the little deeds
~ Kindness and the little acts al conn
uassion which more than ANYTHING else
prove a mans love And ii viii le
very surprising. for nobody kceps ac-
,.,,,,nf al the things he does for loYe :
sake. and op.. who is full III love. for
Christ does such things 20 naturally
shat no il not conscious that IN, IL do
ing ANYTHING worth mentioning or IN
s ,fa,a thar be is doing anv{nins Tor
Christ at All Come. my Father :
hlessa,l one }}~ w.ui SAY to vou---l
hons, ne will say IL 10 vou--''ror,l., and
receive the inheritance that the Father
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
When Mary the Mother Kissed the Child
ny CHARLES G. y. ROBERTS.

ny CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS.
" hen Mary the Mother kissed the
Child
And night on the wintry hills grew
mild,
And the strange star swung from the
courts of air
To serve at a manger with kings IN
prayer,
Then did the day OF the simple kin
And the unregarded folk begin
When Mary the Mother forgot the pain.
In the stable of rock began love 8
reign.
When that new light on their grave
eyes broke
The oxen were glad and forgot their
yoke;
And the hud1ied sheep in the far hill
fold
Stirred in their sleep and felt no cold.
When Mary the Mother gave her
To the poor inns latest and iowliest
guest.-
The God born out of the woman >
The Babe of Heaven by Earth denied
Then did the hurt ones cease to moan.
And the long supplanted came TO their
own
When Mary the Mother felt faint
Beat at her bosom with life's demands.
And nought to her were the kneeling
kings,
The serving star and the half-seen
Then was the little of earth made
great,
And tue man came back to the Gods
estate .......
New York Mail and Express.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

not unto the least of these--inasmuch
IA ye did il NOT for the sake or for my
/ sake but for your own gain and glory
We have not done Il unto me- And
these shall pass nnt into eternal dark
ness and death, bur those, who are ac-
ceptod Of him shall enter into life cter-
nat.
The Heart Of the Lesson.
Many a man has fed the hungry and
received the stranger and clothed The
hacked and visited the sick md the
prisoner. and carefully sci all these
things down - his credit with the
idea that they would en,itle him ia
a place at the right hand iii the Juds
ueT5t Bat ne good deeds that are
done t. be credited 10 ones account
g. heaven arr not the gaod deeds OF
This lesson The deeds which are here
recorded had not been set down a.
all They we're not done with an eye
10 reward they We're done for loves
sake and therefore no account was
kept of them. Who ever heard Of
keeping an account Of deeds done fer
loves SAKE > II these men had set
down these deeds t. tf4aiF credit they
would haze come into the presence 81
God p1ffed with pride. and when their
deeds we're called nuf thcS. would have
struck the attitude 81 Phaflsee who
il about to pray or giNe aims at the
street crossing I4nt when We do
thing for loves sake we never think
We have done anything worth mem
uoniug er remembering, and when
these men and women heard their
good deeds called oHt They We're aston
ished. The thought there must be
song mistake They we're not aware
that their lives ift Cod : service had
/ Ff134 ff43 T ~ HF4ltIff1i
They had often menrned their un-
profitahleness. How often they had
wished for an opportunity Ia do some
great thing for God aud how often
they had repeuted for failing 10 make
Z the most Of HE opportunities God had
given them Many OF these men and
women had lived in Il very narrow. OBJ
, seage place. They were plain. humble
fuen uf ihe fVefytta s0rt with no
talent far ANYTHING that they could dis
cover. 1hee could not preach; they
could not carry al missionary enter
pfises they could not build .t''emnrial
churches Tiles could Hat even stam
! iher aut helpful Word in prayer meet
! ing. How could they be Of any ger
! vice 10 Cod All their lives they had
io4gtd fer an opportunity to do some
great thing fer God. and the oppor
tuHitS, 81 far IS they could Sc, never
i came. Blu While they We're longing
/ they follow ed the pronpttngs 0f their
hearts, and as their hearts we're full
of love for Christ they WIRE led tt LOOK
I afj.ei his little o1fas. They uid not
! tla il with an eye 10 future gain They
did it for loses sake. They loved
j CHRIST and their felia8 HfeH. and with
this la8e IA their hearts the1 We're
/ drawn AZ by Il magnet Ia those VINO
| were III distress. Ii did tot occur To
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
IN Old yIRGINIA.

Eve the mountains wroathed In mist,
T. twilight skies of amethyst
= groves of ancient oaks sun-kissed.
In cid Virginia.
Hove the gorgeous trumpet flowers
it'd rose and honey suckle bowers,
te woodland Incense after showers,
In odd Virginia
/ love the laughter of the rills,
hills.
lhe ioeund sound Of him who tiils
In old Virginia
love the marital ranks Of corn
Their blades ARl"am With lights OF
morn
fhs curtains Of the night withdrawn,
In old Virginia.
love the ocean deep toned roar.
surf dashed 10 foam on wind swept
shore
fhe spray born rainbow, arching DER.
In old Virginia.
love The modest maiden hood.
fhe Difference paid to woman hood.
The chivalric ami gentle blood.
Ia old Virginia.
love the nSe of native sod,
Fhe simple faith that trusts in God.
The head bowed meath the Christening
rod,
In old virginia,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Entertaining Termination.

There Is "A deal Of truth and wis
dom in the Remark OF the southern
Highlander quoted by President Frost
OF Herea College "Yeou caynt help. a
hevin' bad thoughts come into yer
heads, but yeou haint no necessity fer
ter set EN- iheer" That expresses
the whole philosophy of temptation IN
a nutshell The sin lies not in the en-
trance of The evil, hut in harboring It,.
Man soul Is. Us Eunyan represented it
IN state OF siege. Sometimes the Ell
envy attempts 10 storm IT by sheer
force. Temptation assails us with bat
terineram and bayonet. At other
times the approach is friendly. persua-
sive. insidious. The door bell Is rung
and the face of Compilation appears n
the door. smiling and seductive. Then.
alas. for US II We invite him In and
set his a cheer The most Effective
thing TO do. when temptation appears
In this guise, is 10 scan him just long
enough Tor Identification and then slam
the door In his face. He does not fancy
that treatment. IL does not encour-
age his speedy temperance. And.
under the circumstances. this IL good
manners as well as good morals.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

the sun and air from the fir trunks
OF which they we're built. Well ven-
tiiated, sirfsse there was no ATTEMPT
to make the walls tight or to ut tho
windows snugly, the wide fireplace
fun OF glowing logs during the win.
ter term and gay with evergreen
houghs In the spring; the bird sing
ing outside and fitting now and then
through the open door In quest OF 4
safe nesting place. the path that led
to the spring from which the children
drank recklessly tthe germ theory of
disease having not yet been eyolyed)
can any one who ever went to
school In one OF the primitive log
schoolhouses ever forget it?-Port-
land 0regonian
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

The new First English Evan elical
Lutheran Church now nearing com
pletion at the entrance to Monument
Avenue. will when finished. be one
OF the handsomest church buildings
ia the South. Ii is butt throughout
Of Richmond granite, q building ma
t.rial which merits more consider
alton than il has received in the past.
The shape OF the lot made the prob
lem difficult one, being somewhat
less than a quadrant Of a circle
The Architect Chartss NJ. Robin
son, of this city planned IA Latin
Cross Auditorium with triple arehed
entrance. facing the Stuart Mena
ment and thanked by twin Gothih
e wers. The Sunday School on the
Northwest aud the parsonage on the
southeast balance the design perfect
Is The auditorium is particularly
lofty and pleasing in. appearance the
pews. chancei furnishings and groin
ed work of the ceiling Of auditorium
VIII Ice finished In Mahogany.
The building ar rather group Of
buildings Ia Gothic With a slight
touch OF "Jacobean" III the ends
The sunday School Is a semi cir
cular annex with class rooms about
the outside circumference. the social
han Is in the basement
This is The first Church or public
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Out of the Wilds

The first decade of the twentieth
century has seen at least four move
ments OF great significance, Japans
defeat OF Russia. china's assertion
of national spirit Persia's adop-
ton. in measure. OF a constitution
al government; and midas dsclara
ton OF her unwillingness longer to
be denied progressive home rule. As
surely as the rising sun moves to its
zenith. SO surely will the light of the
Sun of righteousness enter the wilds
of heather lands and leave its Wit
nesses, because The sun of Christian
ity is a rising sun.
out OF the wiids pf Persia s polit-
ical and commercial distress there
has arisen a young kurd physician
who Is beginning 10 have great In
fiuence and success. This liz the se-
cre,- He always prays. in Christ .
name, before treating his patients
Most precious is the thought most
inspiring is the fact that at that
blessed Name, Jesus every knee will
Yet bow and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ Is Lord
a missionary physician iii one of
Chlna's hospitals cured Il man of cat
aract A few weeks iater forty eight
blind men from one of China's wilds.
each holding on to a rope held in the
came to him. Thus In a chain theY
nand of the man who was cured
had walked two hundred and fifty
miles to the hospital, where nearly
all We're cured. What a pathetic pro-
cession those blind men must have
made! Yet it Is typical of the will
lingness OF the world to go to a man
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
The Spoiled I hild.

Many I; family has biighted its hap.
piIress By humerinx the whi'ns Of the
delicate child until u real or fanctcd
Illness transforms once agreeable
nature into inc xorable tyrant. The
time 10 prevent this is In the begin
ming. for the spelling TX seldom so nee
assary the family thinks. A firm.
quiet control II usually more efficacious
Will. the ehiid's best cure may lie in
learning 10 think 6f others. and 80 for T.
get his own ailments. The irony OF
this not uncommon situation liz that
the earefakers are often bearing un-
eofnplainjagiy worse Ills than thpss OF
tiie sufferer"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Real TroubIcs.

A lady went 70 visit chlldren's
hospital and WAS surprised to see ho~
smiling and cheerful they all were.
THAT IL because they all have real
troubles" said the nurse, and not
imaginary ones and little everyday
sexations. like the rest OF us.
Was she risht? The lady still felt
puzzled and wondering.an spoke to i
boy who sat happily by table, look
ing at a big book full OF picturee. his
crutches leaning against his crooked
knee.
It's hard for you, poor boy ahb
began: but he cut her short with .
sharp look and q nonchaiant
"Hnmph. There's .lots Of sitting
down thingS to have fun about II you
can't. rui, and lump IKE Other fsaIovogN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
PERFECT PEACE.

Thou VIII keep In perfect peace.
whose mind Is stayed in thee Isaiah
%: 3
lis not from stores of princcly wealth,
lis not from worldly ease or health.
froin senses OF mirth or festive JOY.
From pleasures smiles or honor's toy.
lis not from fri. ndship's sweet caress,
From beauties charms. or fashion,
dress.
It's not from EARNINGS ample page.
Though read fram youth 10 old. old
age
It's not from all mat man can find
10 grace the SENSE. or please the mind,
Inc soul obtains mat sacred rest,
That only makes 1t truly blest
RHt those whose mind Is STAYED on
God
W hose soul IS cleansed by Jesus
blood.
" no seek by taith and earnest prayer.
The saviours smiia and Fathers care,
IhsN snail seenre substantial rest
" itil perfect Peace" their soul Is
blest.
frs Go nt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Counting TIL, stars

| tried SO hard to count the stars
And got as far as three.
When many Others slyly peeped
And smiling, blinked at me.
So / began it Ger again
And got as far as nine,
When all at once / seemed TO see
A thousand others shine.
Then came so many in the sky.
/ would not try again:
For all the counting that / know
Is only up to ten.
Our Little Folks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
Love WIN Find Out the Wa,

Love VIII Find Out the Way.
over the mountains
And over the waves,
Under the fountains
And under the graves.
Under foods that are deepest.
Which Neptune obey
Over rocks that are stfepesf.
Losse Will find out The way.
Old Scotch Ballad.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14
HanilsfaLin Sweden.

4 remarka BILE. record of growth be-
longs to the Baptists of Sweden, where
there are new sol Baptist CHURCHES
with a membership OF oi,259. The
sunday schools numb iib2. with T.
Sal teachers and s6.09a scholars. In
Stockholm. the Swedish Baptists have
Theological Institution for ministe-
rial training. in which there are about
fifty students All this Is phenomenal
" hen We remember that their way has
not always been Ii smooth one, and
that their work has ever been done
under very try ing circumstances Be
sides, the churches have been greatly
depleted from year To year by tho mi
grafton OF their members to America.
In the United States. Swedish Eaptists
are now a 9eodiY nE.n hsr,tan IN Can
ada We have some growing churches
among them. Wherever they are
found they are numbered among the
very best citizens and as Christians
they are not exteIied.-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-14

a very long drop are the words
OF Lloyd George. chancellor of the
excheqAer. as applied 10 Great Bril-
tains whiskev bill during the year
The prime effect OF the Increased tax
imposed on spirituous liquor WAS not
primarily intended to be FOR reiorna
eton along temperance lines. But
The chancellor has said From the
moment the tax VAS pat on. drunk~
-nness dropped down. very long
drop, 'fhc effect seemed la he in
Simultaneous aiid stir continues"
CONNIE nting on this, the Christian
says The extent OF the drop" is
shown in the fact that between 1895
and lsh9 there Vas q Inference IN
the nations consumption of ten mil
lion gallons Of spirits Best Of all,
there has heen 40 lying from whiskey
IL beer. or other lees potent substi-
tut%s In other words. there has been
sudden ard substantial improve
ment in the habits Of the people. and
The money saved thereby has natnr-
ally found it's way into a thousand
useful channels of trade. With reason.
the chancellor added that ii would be
q crime against the. State" to alter
tax which HRS had such beneficial
results. All this is encouraging to
Temperance workers. on this side of
the sea as welt as in the old country,
and indicates that high license Is not
fruiIleSs III producing mora. effects
Of the right kind