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tiladness OF Heart.

GladneSs OF Heart.
Ye shall have gladness OF heart
lisa. so: 20.
If, counting Ger the vanished years
That mark thy life's brief span.
Thou fndest they have brought to
thee
True love for God and man,
Then let thy heart be glad.
Should thoughts of failure in the past
Bring thee a saddened mood,
Look in thy heart, and II there dwells
A stronger love for good,
Then let thy heart be glad.
II still the blessed power is thine
Another's heart to cheer.
IL thou canst aid with heart and hand
The Masters service here,
Then let thy heart be glad.
II in thy later MONDAY hours
Thou still canst look above
And trust thyself and all thy cares
With Him whose name Is Love,
Then let thy heart be glad.
M. III. Rowland.
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TWO STATESMEN AND THE
WORLDS MISSY CONVENTION

The subject of education on the
foreign Neid and innumerable other
themes were fully discussed Indeed
one who attended the conference
came away almost dared by the vast
amount of Information poured in
upon him. The Americans were fully
abreast OF the best speakers. Perhaps
none created a more profound i'm
preston by his several addresses than
Hon. William Jennings Bryan. Let
the Scotsman's reporter describe him
and his remarks: There was no lit
tie expectation aroused when the
Hon. ". Jennings Bryan was an
nounced. Mr.. Bryan is the greatest
America, and he fulfilled expectation.
He was received with accIama ton.
but. as the cheers proceeded, with
lifted hand and outstretchea fingers,
he hushed the assembly into silence.
Time il precious said ne. And as he
stood there he certainly appealed to-
the imagination Bald on the top of
his head. heavy in the under Jaw,
trife stout of commanding statue.
with q rich, full voice of marvellous
compass, and with eyes which, when
they lighted up, semed to sweep the
whole assembly into the range of
vision--Mr. Bryan presented "a me-
morable figure. He found on the mis-
sion field that Christian education Cd
cost little, was CD the foundation of
all moral progress. and was tSD the
proof that Christians did not fear
the light of reason or the force OF
knowledge. They speak OF the yell
low peril cried Mr.. Bryan. with
cleaning eyes. the only yellow peril
know Is the lust Of gold And
the remembrance came of how an
unknown man STOOD before great
convention In America and pictured
suddenly. humanity being crucified on
cross OF gold In this connection
1t may be well to quote from Mr..
Rooseve1t's letter to the conference:
In missionary work, above all other
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kinds of Christian work. 1t is impera
tive TO remem Der that divided Chris
tendon can only imperfectly bear wit
ness to the essential unity OF Chris
tianity. I believe that, without COM
promise of belief, without loss of the
positive good contained In the recog
milton OF diversities OF gifts, and diff
ferences of administration. the Chris
tian churches may yet find a way TO
cordial cooperation and friendship
as regards the great underlying essen
tials upon which. as a foundation.
all Christian churches are built. This
Is one Of the lessons which has been
particularly impressed upon me by
what save seen of Christian work in
Africa, both in heather and Moham-
medan lands. ! believe that unity In
spirit of Christian brotherhood for
such broad Christian work. will tend
not TO do away with differences of
doctrine, bat to prevent us from lay
ing too much stress on these diff
ferences OF doctrine" No report can
possibly give an adequate impression
of this historic gathering; especially
Is It impossible for one reporter to
do II justice when repeatedly three
great meetings were in session at the
same time
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cross deserve as great a reward az the
chief of the apostles No. but X
God jig TO give a man only what he
deserves not even the chief OF the
apostles nor the thief WIFI inherit eter-.
nal life. No man receives eternal lifts
because he deserves II, but because
God gives it. Suppose the price oI
admission TO eternal life was mill
Hon dollars. have five dollars and
my neighbor who has worked harder.
than | has a thousand dollars. We
go TO God with what we have. surely
my neighbor who has worked so much
harder than 1 10 more deserving than
am, but he with his thousand dol
lars cannot enter eternal life any
more than ] with my i've. But here
comes Benevolent One who with hts
own life pays the price for us both.
and SO | who have but FIVE dollars can
enter In as we'll as my neighbor with
his thousand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12
FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Il know why Adam named pigs.
pigs" said Tommy. When he saw
them eat. he couldn't help calling
them so. cause they're SO piggish.'
A Swede entered a post-office in the
Northwest and inquird; Ban any
letters from today" What name
tter"--Everybod Magazine.
In the middle OF July. 1898, three
Puritan clergymen, named Cotton.
Stone and Hooker, set sail for Boston.
The people used to say, In reference
to the name Of the three ministers
that their three great nessitis would
now be supplied: for they had Cot
ton for their clothing: Stone for their
building. and Hooker for their fish,
ing.
An itinerant minister was preaching
on very suitry day in small room.
and Was much annoyed by those who
casually dropped in after the service
had commenced. invariably closing
the door after them. His patience
being at length exhausted by the ex-
treme oppressivenexs of the heat he
vociferated to an offender. Friend, I
believe II l was preaching in a bottle,
you would put the cork in,''
One Of Judge Lindsay's stories is
OF poor 1riAnman VINO was arrested
on the Fourth of July for punching
another man In the face. When the
Judge asked him IL he was guilty, he
said. Sure, that's what I'm here to
find out" The Judge told him he was
charged with striking a man. But
wasn't II the Fourth OF July, and
couldn't have bit of fun?'' he
asked. Yes" said the Judge. hut
yrnr right To -haxa fun endeff where
this mans nose began
Mr.. Dome. the celebrated dean of
at. PauIs, having married Sir George
More's daughter without the consent
OF her parents. was imprisoned In the
Fleet prison. anG treated with
severity. Dome, however. wrote a
very eloqnent and submissive letter TO
the offended father in-law, which was
signed, .Jchn Dome. Ann Donne, UNI
done" This quibble Is said to have
been the means OF restoring the dis
tresxed couple to tha parental favor
DR.. Patrick Scougal. q Scottish
bishop. being earnestly besought by
m old woman to visit her sick COW,
the prelate reluctantly consented, but,
walking round the COW, ne said grave
w. III the beast live, she live; and
X she die, nhe die. and I can do nae
MAR for her Not long afterwards
he was dangerously afllicted with
Quinsy In the throat: hereupon the old
woman having access to his cham
bsr. wAlksd round his bed repeating
y ~
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the use OF human agency. The won
der is that Jesus did not finish the
business OF saving Saul while he was
about II there out. lie the city wall
without waiting for the coming of any
poor mortal man. What we know
definitely about II 10 that he did moth
ing of the kind. Brother Annanias
must come out of his hiding to round
up the work. 1t must have been a
truly transporting experience for both
men. In all the circumstances. when
that hunted and obscure disciple came
and laid his hand on the blind mans
shoulder. beginning his sermon with
this term of endsarment, Brother
Saul" The greatest OF all brother
hoods. We can but think that the
angels. who came to Judea on that
illustrious natal night 10 tell the good
news of the child that was to save
lost world. would have liked to re-
main and continue the most blessed
Of all work. the preaching Of the gos-
pei. l can understand that that an
gel which John saw flying through
the heavens with the everlasting gos-
pei had q glad heart and that he
moved on swiftest wing. no matter
whittier bound. He was not permit
ted to come to earth, but fled on. An
gels shall not preach here, II Is a
brother man who must tell the old.
old story. Oh, precious priyfleEei
Oh. condescending love of God. God
could have made the plan of saliva
ton known in other ways than that
Of the agency of men. 1t is concejs-
able that he could have emblazoned
II upon the blue vault of heaven, he
could have embroidered 1t in the
grass he could have chiseied 1t In
the rocks. he could have whispered 1t
by every passing zephyr, or chanted
IL In the ceaseless sobbing of the sea
But not go. Rather a brother must
tell his brother. There in one thought
mere that ! would leave without you
and I am done. He who Is now ad-
vocate and a pleading Saviour asking
the rebeliious sinner to be reconciled
10 God shall one day be the judge.
1t Is said that Chief Justice Hale.
when a lawyer at the bar, on hearing
that a woman who was friend OF
his had case In law. which he felt
sure would 60 against her and cause
her financial ruin, sought out his
friend and urged her to allow him to
settle the case outside OF the courts.
She refused To do So At length, de-
spairing of success, she came to the
great lawyer and begged him to take
The case and settle IL as he had Of,
fered 10 do. That Is now impossi-
BILE" said the eminent turist. II
should lie to serve You. Had YOU
come a week ago, / could have done
So but a few days since | was raised !
TO the bench. and tomorrow. instead
OF pleading your case. / must sit as
Judge upon it." He did 20. and was
TO give judgment against
his friend. Could she blame him
sinner II you reject the oxertures of /
Mercy now. soon you shall stand at
the judgment bar of Christ. He who
II advocate now shall be judge then. |
Y on are wrong. Your case will 60
against you. IL will result in your |
eternal ruin. The Judge OF all the
earth must DO right. Be reconciied to !
God. :
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II should come as welcome news
that the Provincial Government has
decided that Jeffries- johnson prize
In Ontario. Too much already has
been exhibited in the way OF words
and pictures concerning this degrad-
Ing sport. The general public Of
Ontario. we have reason for believ-
ing. has In many places been sur
feifed, IL not diAgusfed. ut the cci-
umns of matter that have come into
their homes through certain papers.
And further, we think, that Il In
grossly misleading for certain papers
to say that they but responded to
the demands OF their readers along
this line. The fact liz, those papers
which are now declaring that many
thousands Of copies more than usual
were demanded on the evening OF the
fight are the very papers which Gre
ated the abnormal demand by pub
fishing weeks before many columns
that were calculated, and perhaps
intended to create Just such an atmo-
sphere ~ prevailed. Our conviction
II that Canadians would have done
well without M much newa about the
fight. and that they will do equally
well without % much news about the
Moreover, In our estimation, those
papers which gave only limited space
70 me ntht are 70 be greatly COM
sepded.
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The Lazy Lad.

Young Albert was a lazy lad.
And idled all the day;
He was not really bad.
But had a slothful way.
He would not work. and even had
A great dislike for play.
On journeys he could never GO;
He tried and tried In vain;
But he was always late and SO
AT home he would remain;
Because he was 80 very slow
He always missed the train.
Once he took up a slice of bread
And looked at it in doubt.
And when they asked him why he
said.
As he began to pout,
THE butter was so hard to spread.
Id rather GO without
And when the Christmas sleigh bells
rang.
And Santa Claus cried whoa
And when the reindeer swiftly sprang
Across the winter snow.
His stockings he would never hang.
Because 1t tired him so.
1t made him tired to go to he'd:
II made him tired TO rise.
1t made him tired to lift his head.
And tired to shut his eyes.
He would not wink, because, he said,
1t looked like exercise.
And so through life young Albert
went,
lazy, lazy lad,
He never earned single cent.
And never wished he had.
Oh. he was very indolent,
And yet not really bad.
Arthur Macy, In ST. Nicholas.
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The Baptisss in the United states.

The bhptists In the United States.
The Baptist Year Book for 1919 il
Just published. The reports and sfA%
tisticai tables show that the Baptistn
In the United States are making steady
progress According to the of7icta3
statistics, there are 4s.o45 churches.
gain of 642 during the year; the.
churches have 5.266.3s9 members. 0f
whom a21,4o3 we're added by baptfsla
during the year; 33,s33 Sunday
schools, with 2.s4s.354 scholars; thp
ordained ministers number 33,90a. The
offerings include $S30.S6O for 6taeo
missions. $Saa,7s5 for home missicna
$sS1,322 for foreign missions: Ss7,44t
for Bible and publication work: ta41s~
673 for education--a total or $x1.N
122.911. There are ten theOl0elr64l
seminaries. l.2so students fof the nli1se
istry. So colleges and universities. ii g
4s5 students. IS academies. seininHs
ries. institutes and training school2
and 1851 students. The hook con.
tains mass or information ON Ban
fist AFFAIRS, carefully classified by Dg.
Walker, the editor. 1t is published b1g
the American Baptist Publications 10
ciety. Philadelphia. S
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12

draulfc crane. Samuel Compton began
at sixteen the work Of devising the
spinning mule. which he finished be-
fore he was nineteen. The notion of
the cotton gin to Eli Whitney when
he was thirteen.
Sir John Brown was a lad of sixteen
when he caught the suggestion of the
conicsl spring buffer for railway
trucks. which afterwards made him
rich.
The list of boy inventors could be
greatly prolonged. There are infinite
possibilities before the boys who in
telligentiy ask why and how. Having
received fair answers. they need but
patience and diligence and observance
of the common ruTse of honesty to go
on and win.
Look for opportunity. boys, and
make opportunity win. 1t is just
around the corner waiting for YOU
Boys World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12

On" said Jamie, one day. II wish
was a little bird or bee"
How mamma laughed. why do
you wish that?'' she said. do you
want 70 fly TO the top of a trees''
mo, but I was just thinking how
good 1t would feel to live in clover all
the time
1t was June. and jamie was in the
country. He Was enjoying it, and
felt as If he could not get enough Of
ii. All around him were acres and
acres Of clover, and the air was sweet
with the perfume of many blossoms.
Hundreds of bees and butterflies
were flying here and there slipping the
sweet white and red blossoms And
Jamie. too, enjoyed drawing the
sweet white and red blossoms And
sweet from the little tubes. But he
fere with the flower the bees had Sc
lected.
Every morning jamie went to the
field and brought a nice basketfuI of
the clover with the dew on II Tor
Burney Wee, going again late in the
afternoon to get 1t fresh for his sup
per.
dummies are very fond OF clover,
and ponies. too. Prince was Jamie
said when he went to the stable and
asked him il he wanted some clover.
Prince just ''sniggered and laughed"
he was so happy.
And Jamie felt very happy. too, as
Prince cantered OF with him on his
back TO the clover field.
Did you ever find a nicer place,
children, than a big clover fieId?
What good times!
Can you find any sweeter place TO
play hide and seek?
BY the way, did you ever look at
clover leaves after dark The two
side leaves, which are Its hands" are
folded together. while the third ,exf
turns over and clasps them. :
Some one said: 1.-THE clover was
asleep and had folded Its hands to say
its prayers
Ciovers usually have three leaves.
But when you and four leaves in
cluster. it is said to bring good
luck"
When you hear people say they
are living in clover" that means they
are having a splendid time.
And Jamie certainly lived In Glow.
err all that summer, for ne had the
most splendid vacation he had ever
had.--The Child's Gem.
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the same words, which she believed
had cured the animal. At this extra
ordinary sight the bishop was seized
with hit OF laughter, which broke the
quinsy.
The president of famous college
allowed his wife to persuade him Of
the nselessness of fire insurance on
household goods. and his policy
iapsed. Better Judgment asserting
itself. he finally renewed his insur-
ance. The same day rre In his
wife's closet destroyed some of her
dresses, which the president thought
a good joke. In due time the presi-
dent of the insurance company wrote
President Blank this letter:
Dear Mr.. Blank.-We enclose
check for $500, paying your Are claim
under our policy B 6,00T. / note. in
passing upon these paper. that the
policy went into effect at noon, Dec
10. and the iire did not occur until
g p. NJ.
Why the Circle Maya
zine,
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90 Ynu Praetioe ths knea priII7

A Highland soldier during the Revo-
lutionary War, who was caught creep
ing into camp in the darkness of night,
when brought before the commanding
general charged with being a spy. an
swered: I merely left the camp in
order to get out into the darkness of
the woods and be alone with God and
have secret prayer Down on your
knees" Numbered the officer. Within
twenty hours you shall be hung as
spy. You never had more need to
pray than now" The soldier knelt and
offered such a simple, earnest prayer
OF faith and love that the officer turn
ed to the guard and said: Let the
soldier go. He is telling the truth.
He must have often been on his knees
in prayer drill. or he couldn't have
prayed 20 we'll in public review. God
grant that our lives may thus testify
10 the reality of our profession.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12

There are 531 Foreign missionary So
cieties in the world. 1s,4ss foreign mis-
sionaries, l14.375 native helpers, 2.0o0.-
600 native Christians. 100000 in ma
tive Christian homes. $4,000 mission
schools. 100000 native pupils. But
what are these among SO many?
The following vision recently sent
home by a missionary on her return to
the Philippine Islands (which is but a
small part OF the WORLD is typical Of
hundreds of other fields:
Il see one thousand islands with
nearly twelve million people. about fifty
Wild tribes. and from nine to twelve
thousand lepers. every one with an
nndying soul. Then ! hear what
have so often heard before: win you
not come TO us? We are so ignorant
and there has never been anyone here
to teach us anything"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12
THE ROSY ToucH

III j can put some touches OF rosy
sunset into the life OF any man or wo-
man." said George Macdonald, then /
feel that have wrought with God =
To make an old person happier, more
comfortable. more hopeful--that is to
put the touch of rosy sunset. into
Of youth to cheer old age. How nat
urally an old person turns 10 = young
person for sunshine! II Is beautiful
TO sac the sympathy that aubsists be-
tween the two extremes OF life. In
some respects youth and age are as
alike as sunrise and sunset and Ii
seems 10 be Gods blessed Will and
-pfan thst each should turn TO the 9TH
err for the things that each lacks and
the other can give.
1t Is in the power Of every young
person to bring sunlight into the life
OF some ola person. e impart that
sweet to the aged pilgrim who is draw
ing near the close OF life.--Selected.
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Exeeilins in Prayer.

To excel in prayer "a the privilege
OF everyone. 1t Is not gift arbitra
riiy bestowed on one and withheld from
others. 1t is not rare genius which
only a few highly favored men and
women may posses. 1t is for every
one. 1t Ii a force which few men have
learned how to command, 1t is the
great force which Is to figure largely In
the future history of the race. 1t Is a
greater thing to excel in prayer than
to excel in singing or preaching, 1t
means more to this world of woe than
to be able to eudow a great hospital or
a great university. One who has this
secret will do more to make a better
world than the men Of fabulous wealth
who are now so conspicuous In the
affairs OF the world. There Is no
higher eminence this side the gates of
paradise than that occupied by the
man who holds the secret of prevail
ing prayer.-The Christian Advocate.
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The Church and Labor,

The Presbyterian Board OF Home
Missions has established a Labor
Temple in New York city. The Four
tenth Street church. being vacated
by union with the Thirteenth-Stree
church, will be used for special SER
vices for the working classes. There
will be two series OF meetings. One
will be on week day evenings and
will be conducted as an open forum
on labor questions under the super
vision of an expert, and the other
will be on Sunday afternoons with
speakers both paid and volunteer. In
this unique enterprise the Presby-
terians again lead all other religious
bodies in advances to the working
people.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12

In every period OF the worlds his
tory the hoy has counted for useful
ness.
The twentieth century L. no excep-
ton. Two Brooklyn nchoolboys--one
fifteen and one sixteer erected
q wireless telegraph systsn, of
their own. These young, rivals Of Mar
conf may be interested TO know that
the famous Italian was hut fourteen
years old when he set up on poles OF
various heights his first crude appara-
tus. in which tin biscuit boxes filled
important places. s
Lord Armstrong conceived AZ = lad
the Idea lstss dsYslapta Into TIE hy-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-12
ChIcago's Increase in Gifts to Missions

When the recent Chicago eonyen-
ton of the Lawmen's Missionary
Movement revealed the fact that IS
cents Der capita Was all that each
denomination was contributing to
foreign missions. the churches of that
city were were filed with shame and
Immediately voted threefoid in
crease. The definite pledges turned
in at the hast meeting OF the con-
iventicn raised the contributions from
$l63.s86 to $2S6.000. an increase of
IS per cent. In order to insure the
carrying out of this resolve, a mem
canvass OF all the
churches with weekly offering sys-
tenn for the payment Of pledges was
suggested and approved. This enter
prise il TO be forwarded throughout
the year by the central once Of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement Chi
cagc committee. with Mr.. r. ]. Michel
az executive secretary
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The brook and I've sang a song.
The summer hours were none toe
long:
The sun crept westward through tha
sky
said. Dear little brook, good bye.
Then thought, .oh. what VIII notfaer
say
You see--I, too. had run away.
Kate Louise Brown.
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The Brick Presbyterian chuElh.
New York City, has Just settled the
sum If $4,000 on the widow Of It's
laie pastor. Rev. Ut, RichardA who
died In IT. sexyices s
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The Runaways.


found little brook one day
That baby brook had run away;
Twas just as wide as my two handss
1t skipped along DER yellow sands.
And, OH. twas full of fun and play.
The little brook that ran away.
The baby clovers bent to look
And see their faces In my brook;
Now some wore bonnets. red think,
And some, white bonnets. tipped with
pink.
Their cloaks were green as green
could be.
They nodded slow and grave at me.
A birdie came with yellow bill,
He dipped his head and drank his fliE
Then winked at me with shining eye,
Then spiashed the crystal drops on
high.
He smoothed his feathers one by one
Until they giistened in the sun.
saw a grave old turtle pass
With crawling step across the grass.
A crow cawed from the pine-trees
high.
A hawk was circling In the sky
And, summing on some NOISY logs,
I counted seven reen-coated frogs
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* ! W.
= Rev.
The Laborers in the Vineyard
BY Edward Leigh Pell, D. D.

7Mahew Is: 1926
reprinted