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las Sure as Death and Taxesn

But Tor those who will not change
their manner of life, punishment lis sure.
1t comes by natural law, which is Gods
law. as was explained a few years ago in
the columns OF the Saturday Evening
Post In the editorial columns this was
said:
''One of the great difficulties i'm the way
or education in moral law is the same a
the one that makes slow and painful
education in physical law: human I'M
Willingness to believe that every cause
has an effect, and every effect a cause.
1T is SO much more comfortable and 90
much less troublesome to believe that
things just happen Then the man who
falls into difficulties can rail against his
luck and save his vanity. Hard luck lost
him his job or got him into the hospital
or the jail. And the person who comes
along with the cold. unsympathetic brutal
cause and effect theory is more dreadful
than the doctor with his drugs the
jailer with his CELL For he cuts into the
most sensitive part of the human organ
fsm-vanity.
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seed of wheat in his field and was al
ready counting on splendid harvest. it
was common occurrence for an enemy
to steal into the field at night and scat
ter broadcast the seed of the tares. the
common darnel. The work Of the spoilel
would not be discovered for long time.
since-just at first-the stalk and blade
of the tares would be so like those of the
wheat. Only when the seed appeared
would the difference be noted. Then
nothing could be done put permit the
wheat and the tares alike to nature: IL
the tares were to be rooted uD as soon
as their nature was learned there was
danger of roofing UP the wheat also.
So both would be left till the harvest
when the wheat would be taken INTO the
barn, while the tares would be burned.
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Critical Scenes of the Drama.

The high lights OF the play seemed to
be the Last Supper, the trials before
PLATE and Herod and the crucif1xion, in
Guiding the descent from the cross. Dur
ing the Last Supper the affection and
reverence of the twelve appeared SO great
that 1t was impossible to believe that out
Of this number only John would be with
his master on Calvary. Much of the
thirteenth. fourteenth, fifteenth. sixteenth
and seventeenth chapters of John was
woven into Christ's discourse, and his
actions were slow and self-possessed as
he washed the disciples feet and gave
them bread and wine. The supper was
arranged, one fmagines more according
to Roman than to Jewish notions. There
appeared as food only bits Of bread so
small they might have been sacramento
patens.
Those who were not closely following
the, text missed the splendid scenes before
PLATE and Herod. The books containing
the English translation were not yet
ready. but the original German version
was full of power. Pilates part was
taken by the local burgomaster. and won
derfully well. At first he insists upon
definite complaints against the prisoner.
then upon adequate proof. then upon
his undisturbed authority: then he as
sures his wife that he will save the pris-
oner from the Jews. Then he has the
opportunity to shift his responsibility
charges the priests with passionate hatred
and asks the opinion OF the people: offers
them Barabbas presents the case fully
with Christs interest in view: but when
they bring against PLATE himself the
charge of being no friend Of Caesar he
wakens and calls for water. Then you
compel me to favor your desires. wash
my hands: l am innocent"
Herod, on the other hand. was a very
trifler, lounSirg about in search Of amuse-
nenf and dfQQ nnOinfo6 TINT hio
subject afforded him none. When he call
ed for a miracle and one of the priests
exclaimed that these miracles were work
ed by the power of Beelzebub. he jesting-
ly said THAT is just the same to me-"
Finally he exclaimed. This is certainly
not John the Baptist come to light He
spoke sense. But this man is dumb as a
fish,
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Three Missionary Needs

secretary of his UNCONVENTIONAL board OF
foreign missions in New York city. This
too. he declined, saying that he felt he
had no right to leave field where, by
years OF study of language and people.
he had begun to fit into his surround
ings. Still another chance came when
President Arthur sent his name to the
Senate as minister to Persia. DIR. Jessup
sent word to the Secretary Of State ask
ing that his name be withdrawn: he was
not the man best fitted for the place.
From Washington came the astonished
request for the presence there of one
man who thought himself untitled for
government position. Through all of
these temptations-and they must have
been temptations of very real kind
the devoted missionary held to his pur-
pose to be Gods man on the foreign
field: he had been called to that work,
and he would not turn from it.
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Torrance an improvement upon the last.
4mong the disciples and Pharisees are
day laborers, road cleaners, bakers and
farmers. No married woman is allowed
to play. SO the women's parts must pe
constantly assigned to new people: Many
had not yet gained the power OF Wnlcli
one had heard so often. but Mary Mag
dalene was particularly fine, especially
in the Calvary scene, when she rushed
nm to the soldiers and cried. Spare
him. as they were about to break the
legs of the crucified men, John part
was also taken by new player thls
wear. Although this was called re-
hearsal. it was really representation,
especially for the people in the imme,
date vicinity. for journalists from an
lands, and apparently for Englsh ana
Americans who had been spending the
winter in Italy and wanted to get home
Is early as possible.
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An Everyday Tragedy.

The picture was painted by Him who
snake as never man spake. in such
lifelike way that the listeners on the
shore could see the little tragedy from
beginning to end. Probably there we're
men in the company who listened VINO
had been actors in just such TRAGEDY,
as we'll as wives and children who had
suffered privation because OF crops hali
ruined Inv the work of an enemy. 1t may
be there was also there some coward
who had been guilty of the dastardly
trick Jesus described. If so. how ne
must have hung his head for shame.
This, said Jesus, is picture OF the
kingdom Of heaven upon earth. the church
of Jesus Christ. The sower OF the gooo
seed is Jesus, who teaches men how to
come to Him and so become part OF
His church. The enemy who comes by
night, or when the servants OF Jesus,
the pastors of the church. are on guard,
is the devil, who takes fiendish delight
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NEXT CONVENTION HERE.

At the annual convention just closed at
Poughkeepsie, n. V, the Federation or
Gospel Missions voted to hold the next
annual convention at Washington May
to IL, 1911, under the auspices OF the
Gospel Mission. 1880 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. H. d. Gordon and Her
bert W. Kline of this city were elected
on the national board OF directors. which
is composed of the following evangelists
and Christian workers: President. c. III.
Madison. Poughkeepsie. n. Y: first vice
president, T. l.. Fretz. Philadelphia, Pa:
second vice president. Sarah wray, New
York city: third vice president. II. ID.
Gordon. Washington, D. c.; fourth vice
president. Rev. James Haig. Columbus.
Ohio; treasurer. Sidney Whittemore.
New York city; directors, Rev. j. Will
bur Chapman. Sidney Whittemore. Rev.
Bernhard Angel, Mr.. w. w. Smith. r.
Fl. Crawford, Rev. G. II. Sandison. John
r. Mclntre. Herbert w. Kline. Rev.
w. H. Hubbard. o. II. Duean, Philip Sid
ersky, William q. Lawton.
Three CT the delegates from Washing
ton were called and accepted positions in
other cities Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Dorries
60 to Randall Square Mission, Provi-
dence, r. l., and Mr. c. III. Wilson to
the Rescue Mission. Fail River. Mas.
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of red, are gay with the most beautiful
Of Towering vines. No stoves are used
and the houses have no chimneys. 1t is
easy to realize that we are in the tropics.
Blankets are needed at night, but at mid
day the heat is very great. Cooking is
done on stone range, built in the center
of side of the kitchen. Should heat be
needed in the living apartments, small
charcoal braziers are used. The people
who live in these houses are almost all
of European descent and form small
portion Of the population. The vast ma
jority of the people. however, live In
much simpler dwellings. Whenever
poor man goes off to work, he almost in,
variably takes his wife and children with
him, and in the brush or a small opening
in the hillside he will establish his tenn
porary home. Here his little brown
children roll in the sun with the pigs
which have accompanied the family In
their migration. Most of the poor in
both city and country live in adobe huts
with matched roofs, without chimney or
windows. At night mats are spread On
the floor to sleep on"
1t is into such homes that missionaries
are going The Bible is but little known.
but it becomes very dear to the people
when once they know its teachings. They
are specially anxious to learn to read.
One girl came a whole days journey,
bringing in her arms a white hen to pay
for her tuition; another came with a
basket OF eggs.
A number Of denominations are now in
terested in the conversion of the Mexicans
to Christianity: and the people are re-
spending to the appeals that are made
to them. More than half Of the inhabit-
ants are pureJblooded Indians: the ma
jority of the remainder are of Spanish
descent. The laws Of the country secure
religious freedom. The people need the
light of the gospel. Let us help them to
get 1t.
comment on today's Junior Christian En-
deavcr tonic. Our Next Door Neighbors In
Mexico" John, 4:23-A.
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Mount Pleasant Congregational.

Bruce Cleveland was last Sunday elected
president of the Mt. Pleasant Congrega-
tional c. E. Society for the year, beginning
October l. For two years Mr.. Cleveland
has served as assistant secretary of the
District Union. which work he will now
give up. ID. c. Davis. now president of
this society. has been elected vice presi-
dent of the union for the term beginning
July I. MIR. Clevelands associates in
office will be vice president, Reyburn
Burklin: recording secretary. Ruth Nc
Gown: treasurer, Russell Lynch; corre-
spending secretary, Helen Harrington:
delegates to union, Mr.. and Mrs. De Los
HAYNES
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The Common-Sense View.

1.-THE laws Of the universe i'm their ap-
plication to man are all OF piece. are
all part Of a general scheme OF cause and
effect. are all grounded In supreme COM
mon sense. The healthy man. the sue
cessful man. the good man are simply
persons who are perfectly adapted to
their environment. as a fish is when IL is
in the water. or q polar bear when II is
in regions of eternal ice, or a man when
he wears an overcoat on a cold day or
keeps his hands of his neighbours goods"
And the only way for a man to be
profitably adapted to environment is to
grow like wheat Of Gods planting, de-.
pending on Him. nourished by Him. re
sisting by Gods power the efforts or
Satan to choke the good out of him and
substitute his own evil.
comment todays International Sunday
school lesson. THE Parable Of the Tares."
Matthew, IL 24-3O, 3C-43.
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The Auditorium.

This auditorium was being used for the
second time. 1t is covered and seats
1900 people. besides affording or
chestra space and a certain amount Of
standing room. AS the eye ranged over
the building not more than fifty or sixty
vacant seats could be seen. All was as
quiet as II this were a service in a
church. Every eye was fixed on the stage
and waiting for the first appearance of
the participants.
The front OF the stage is q great I'M
covered platform, with columns at each
side and an erection in each corner-the
house of Annas and house OF PLATE, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

When DR.. DuHs
the great Scotch
missionary, came
home from his life
work in India a
crowded meeting
was held IN Edin-
burgh to hear him
on the claims OF In
dia upon the Chris
tan Church. For
two hours and a
half the Old man
went on, holding the
audience by his elo-
quence. Then he
tainted, and was
carried out OF the
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ss-
e.
-
A Story of Two Sewers


i In lying TO undo the work of Ies,,s
church lee' Js o1 evil III, and discord in the
Wit the evil that is thus tI, 10 pear
tha s" mem till the day OF the bsr' ~
e Judgment day. Then ther. '.;,, - -
sr, separation between the false AND MI ,S Ss
Him IN IN. ., true will be taken TO dwell with
oemned to fearful punishment T''i DE con-
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The w on d erf u |
Teacher, after telling
the Parable Of the
Sewer. gave the peo-
pie another word pic
ture of the kingdom
of heaven-the Par
able of the Tares
and the Wheat.
This parable, like
the other, revealed
Jesus intimate ac-
auairtance with the
life OF the country
from which he drew
his most effective IL
Illustrations. When a
man had Sown good
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paul's Farewell.
By DR.. James B. Clayton.

Il am now ready up. my depa,
e is at hand I fought a good fight; finished
up
OF which the Lord the righteous judge
We neil Timothy
"Sanhedrins voice and Christians quaied
My name to heaf; zeal. scorching fame.
Sought Christian flesh sacrifice to God,
And spared not rugged man woman frail:
Hot hate Of Christ consumed my heart; 1 thought
Him basphemous decever, mockery
OF Israels hope Pharisee served
My God. religion and my class, and gave
Myself to prosecute the serving band
W Him than life
The light
More radiant than the mondays glazing SUM-
shone the famed Damascus road, whose sands
felt flying feet and the gates
/ the Christ. face The Christ!
saw heard-o wondrous grace He said.
and stand upon thy feet tell
The things that thou hast and heard henceforth
Thou art mine own
since then I've loved Him we'll,
And served His in peris gathered thick.
In WEAKNESS of flesh but no: Of soul
has voice.
the Christs. in fearless pesdngs vain
To and love the truth Rich Ephesus.
The shrine Artemis. whose rites,
Her blacklist arts corrupt by every lust
Her magic fertile vice, knew:
And knowing sought overthrow by
Fair Athens and her countless shrines l saw
Mars Hill proclaimed the trutf-the life
Socrates Of old.
Plato. each proclaimed the deathless soul:
nd nameless shrine. The Unknown God
cities, isles. the
All heard voice and jals have heard
At midnight, dauntless, bars
To judgment halls oft
My plea for Christ. not self; but at last
Rome mistress world:
Where god Of every cline served;
Where pilgrims stood in where traders
had crowned her with laures stained
By nd captives chariot
N boastful pomp: spake voice three years.
guards, unto body chained. shall tell
God judgment that night and
l preached the Christ in love and tears
showers falling a torrid day.
Ashamed Of Christ? Ashamed in Rome whose shame
blush, vice and crime
Bound shameless soul in shameful thrall: ashamed?
goried n the Christ in His word.
could conquer, cen Rome and bring
peniten like Magdalene. to Christ
battle His feet in tears. The hour shall come
When Caesar Christ shall and hOnors yield
% m king. this hoped and
And now will gladly seal word with blood.
For who loved when
/ prosecuted His saints price too great
this: shrinking flesh
strike! give
Me heaven! The battle fierce is
And peace which strained my
Is won Chrsts fight. I've His course
kept His faith: and He has kept crown,
Which morrow's I'll in
o heaven make
friends who heard and wrote his parting
wept grief which victor shared. not
zeal; and as he went to God
They went to to tell OF Christ and him.
Like morning star I'm starry east, his
Shines the harbinger of Christian
love die shall
though II yield itself mighty
Who haste when they hate and seek
blood bought triumphs Christian
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An Eager Throng.

There were men wearing the embroid-
cred green holiday dress Of the Tvyrol. and
there were American women in the long
sealskln coats needed for their auto
mobile trip. and even more for sitting
through this dress rehearsal. Hundreds
Of guests were not too proud to borrow
colored blanket from the hostess
Many ladies were wearing mems rub
ber-soled shoes over their own in lien
of rubber overshoes, the supply of
which in the local stores was long
since exhausted. Through the mud one
right entrance. and after passing fire
guard and ambulance guard, quickly
found the numbered seat and settled
down for the four-hour spectacle Of the
morning. to be followed by one equally
long in the afternoon. writes Elizabeth
Wilson in the Northwestern Christian
Advocate
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The Spectacle.

1t is well known that the prologue and
chorus play the part of foretelling the
sentiment and action of the act which i'm
m ediately follows. While they are sing
ing. tableaux appear typical Of the sue
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ers-The Three Great Missionary
9; St. Matt, o:35-38.
YER.
Like clouds are they horne
To do Thy great will.
And swift as the winds
About the world 60;
The Word with His wisdom
Their spirits doth fill.
They thunder. they tighten
The waters o'erdOw.
Their sound goeth forth:
Christ Jesus the Lord.
Then Satan doth fear,
His citadels fall:
As when the dread trumpets
Went forth at Thy word
And long blast shattered
The Canaantes' wall.
Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Our Cod? The last verse is a veritable
inspiration:
And though this world. with devils filled.
Should threaten to undo us.
We will not fear. for God hath willed
His truth To triumph through US.
Let goods and kindred go.
This mortal life also:
The body they may kill
Gods truth abideth still.
His kingdom is for ever:
And then there is that fine hymn of the
Waldenses those brave folk who m
Italy fought for freedom to worship God
One can hear the throbbing OF heroic
hearts i'm this verse Of the hymn:
'.Thro' woes unspeakable we went.
But Thou didst go before us;
He'll all its darts against us spent.
But Thou shield. vast DER us;
Within the seyenfold fire stood.
But there appeared the Son Of God.
The flame would not devour us.
The old days Of physical struggle seem
to have gone. but we need something OF
the ancient enthusiasm and daring in our
missionary efforts IL the world Is to be
brought to God speedily. We are taking
matters too easily. We want to be set
on fire. The missionary meeting at Edin-
burgh recently sounded a clarion note
and it ought to be echoed around the
world THE world for Christ must be
our slogan; my all for Christ" must be
the vow of personal conservation.
The order OF the words is not quite cor
rect in our subject-title today. Money
should not come first, but last. Get the
men, and get the people to pray. and the
money will come rapidly enough. But
how to get men of the right sort, how to
make every Christian feel that he is
bound individually to obey the Masters
CALL is the problem. Let us face 1T for q
few moments in a keen and real medita-
ton.
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IN SUNNY MEXICO.
,f.fs.T.f 1s.Ts.f .fs.fs.fs.fsT s.fs.fe.fe

Although Mexico is
our nearest southern
neighbor, yet even a
little child visiting
that country would
soon realize that he
was in a strange
land. The houses
are, for the most
part, only two stories,
high, and are sur
rounded by verandas.
In the suburbs these
houses, which are of
stucco, tinted with
white. gray, buff or
green. and enlivened
with various shades
l. y ,Asf.,1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26

HE prelude to the opening Of
the Passion Play at Oberam-
mergau for the year 1910
was storm which covered
fruit blossoms with snow and
rendered impossible the mountain roads
in the vicinity. Tuesday afternoon,
May 10, one saw the guests arriving in
sleet and rain. and was gratified to
learn that the number Of attendants
would be unusually small. 1t seemed
cruel to wish many people to endure
the discomfOrts of the weather. But
Wednesday morning. at 1880 O'Clock,
when one left the house in a heavy
snow storm. every street and byway
in the little village was thronged with
a procession streaming toward the great
auditorium.
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MOUNTAINS And SEASH0RE
PROVE ATTRACTIVE

Bishop Harding Going to His Cottage at
Haven, Me-, July j; Rev. Dr.. Wallace
Radcliffe Is Now in Scotland; Canon De
Vries, Revs. T. E. Davis, J. Henning
helms, J. ]. Muir and John Van Schaick,
Jr., Will Visit European Countries; Rev.
DR.. Russell of St. Patrick's Camping in
Canada.
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Christian Endeavor Hour
By Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins

sSssts'fs'5s'Ss'5s'Js'
Subject: Money, Men and Pray
Needs" II Cor, 81
PR
Dsposer Supreme.
And Judge Of the earth,
Who choosest for Thine
The weak and the poor:
To frail earthen vessels
And things OF no worth
Intrustng Thy riches
Which aye shall endure.
Those vessels soon y, fail Mi! ,,.,.
And at Thy decree
Are broken and gone:
Thence brightly appeareth
Thy truth in its might.
As through the clouds riven
The lightnings have shone.
HERE is splendid martial
sound about this old hymn
which stirs our souls and
makes US eager to do some
thing. That is one OF the
healthy elements of all poetry, and .espe-
.ially of hymns. The crusaders USED 10
sing as they went UP to free Jerusalem
rom the Saracens. The reformers had
many hymns composed by the great
luther and other leaders. and the sing
ne of them, historians tell us, was
,otent element in the triumph of right
and truth. Can't you imagine how the
people drew in courage with every breath
as they sang that magnificent cnoral OF
Martin Luther: "A Mighty Fortress Is
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- ANY of the clergymen OF the
IN ~ National Capital are now upon
III" their summer vacations, while
others will leave the city
Ono iS in E.urODe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-11
RAINFALL is LIGHT
BUT BENEFIT GREAT
Saturdays Shower but Third OF an
InCh-Wind Attains Velocity of
IS Miles Per Hour.

Saturdays million dollar rain" was
disappointment in quantity, but it did
world of good, nevertheless. There
was but a third OF an inch of it
and it fell i'll a few minutes, much of
l. running off However. vegetation
was much freshened and the air cooled.
TO a comfortable temperature.
Preceding the shower which came
cut a cloud that rolled up suddenly
from the north. there was a wind at
tanning a velocity of So miles per hour
and filing the air with dust and other
movable objects. In the country cOnsd-
cradle damage resulted through the
loading Of hay and uncut grain and the
ursetting OF shocks of grain that had
been harvested Corn was in many
places laid almost fiat, but is expected
t. rise again. This was the first severe
wind of the summer and it stripped
trees of many weak branches.