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should have remembered the Lord 8
words, Eye are not of the world, even
as am not of the world We should
hive seen that the salvation and recon
CLING of the Church is one thing and
the salvation and reconciling of the
world is quite another thing; that
these are two different saIvations-
the first to heavenly, spiritual condi-
lions and joint heirship with Christ
in his Kingdom; the other to an earth
ly inheritance, to earthly perfection
and life everlasting and an Eden that
is to be world wide-Paradise restored.
Gods footstool made glorious.
Gods Purposes to Be ACCOMPLISHED
Nevertheless nothing has been lost.
No feature of the Divine Plan has
been thwarted, for these two saliva
lions do not progress at the same time.
During this Gospel Age none are
saved, nor DESTROYS to be saved, except
those drawn of the Father called
of God" These have been privileged
to. approach God through the Son,
whose name is the only name given
we must be saved (Acts iv, z12). only
those who take up their cross and fol-
low the Lamb through evil report and
good report, faithful unto death, can
now be spirit begotten; in the resur-
rection these will be spirit born, mem
bers of the Bride of Christ, the L.amb's
Wife and joint heir with him in his
Kingdom. 1t does not matter to the
remainder of mankind that they have
been allowed to remain in Ignorance
of the great fact that God is about to
pour out upon humanity a great bless
ing; about to pour out his Holy Spirit
upon all classes; about to esta blish the
Kingdom of his dear Son for which we
pray, Thy Kingdom Gomez about to
cause the knowledge of the Lord to fill
the whole earth; about to give to every
son and daughter of Adam one full,
fa1r, righteous opportunity to come to
a knowledge of the Truth that they
may be saved.
If the knowledge of Gods grace has
proven to be a grand, glorious, inspir-
ing message to the sanctified in Christ
Jesus, the Church of this Gospel Age,
called to the heavenly calling, will not
the message of reconciliation to the
world, in due time, likewise bring to
the world comfort, Joy, blessing as
they shall be invited to the earthly
portion-to full restitution to human
perfection-to ali that was lost by
Adam and that is to be recovered by
the sacrifice of Jesus? No wonder the
scriptures assure US that the night of
weeping is nearly over and the morn
ing of JOY already dawning! No won
der the Apostle declares that 1.-THE
whole creation groaneth and travafleth
in pain together," and that they are
waiting for the manifestation of the
sons of Cod (Rom. viii, %, 49,
The work of this Gospel Age has
been the calling, the testing, the prov
ing, the fitting, the polishing of these
sons of God for the glorious heavenly
state to which they have been called
The Apostle urges that however hum
Bile the position of Gods saints in the
present life, I'VE know that when he
shall appear we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he is" When he
shall appear in his glory we also shall
appear with him. When he shall reign
as the King of kings and Lord of
lords, when to him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess, the
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must do this with a full understanding
that it would take them out of touch
with the world and the spirit of the
world, while bringing them into closer
relationship with the Father and with
the Son. They were assured that if
they thus presented their little all to
God in the Redeemer's name and merit
this great Redeemer would serve them
as their Advocate with the Father and
impute them a suffciency of the merit
of his sacrifice to make good the
deficiencies of their flesh. Thus only
could the Father accept their sacrifice
of the earthly nature and all of its
rights and beget them with his holy
Spirit to joint heirship with their Re-
deemer in all the glories. and honors
and blessed services for the world Il;
his Kingdom of Glory which is TO be
set up as soon as this Gospel Age shall
have finished its work of gathering out
Of the world the elect.
Let it not be forgotten in this con-
nection that when the world shall De
reconciled to God in the future, the
blessings of that reconciliation will
come to them while still in their fallen
state, to assist them to the recovery Of
all that was lost in Adam. Hence our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Ia q T Pastor Russell preached to-
III S day from the above text. He
III "a said in part:
- In order to use a tele-
scope to advantage we need
first to obtain a proper focus on the OBJ
ject to be examined. And so it is with
the Divine Plan and Purpose. Look
ing at it with the eye of faith through
the Telescope of Gods Word, adjust
ment of the focus is necessary This
focusing of the Word, Christian peo-
pie in the past very generally over
looked. AS a result the Divine Plan
has blurred and indistinct appear
ance to our sight. The various word
pictures, symbols, types, allegories and
plain statements of the Scriptures
without this focusing together make
a very unsatisfactory and nondescr1pt
matter of the Gospel of Christ, one
that is unsatisfactory to everybody,
one that the learned of our day have
repudiated entirely-an ambiguous
collation. that is a source of yexation
to millions of Gods consecrated peo-
pie. The difficulty is that the Tele-
scope was tempered with during the
dark ages and the focus was lost. Since
then Christian people have feared to
readtust it. They have gloried in the
fact that they never changed the To-
Gus However they have overlooked
the fact that some one else did change
it for them long ago and that the I'M
satisfactory view we have gotten is
the result of this and is entirely out
of accord with the clear and beauti-
full vision of Gods Grace and Truth
and Mercy and Love and Wisdom and
Power as seen by the Apostles in the
early Church.
Bible Students Association.
Some of us, dear friends, instead of
throwing away the Telescope of the
Word of God are taking pleasure in
he n o1Iy or
by a careful endeavor to speak where
the Word of God speaks and to be
silent where it is silent, and to bring,
as the Apostle suggests, our every
God in Christ as outlined in the Bible.
The result, we all can testify, is not
only comforting, but happifying; not
only enlightening, but refreshing.
Truly. as the Apostle suggests, we
have come to ''Times of Refreshing
from the presence of the Lord. And
all this we perceive, is exactly what
the Scriptures foretold, namely, that a
falling away and darkening of the I'M
Outstanding would follow the death of
the Apostles, but that in the end of
the age the darkness would begin to
scatter before the oncoming light of
the Sun of righteousness. in the morn
ing of the New Dispensation of Mes
siah's reign.
In accord with all this, note the fact
that for centuries We have been over
looking certain Scriptures while ac-
,cepting others. We accepted the Apos-
ties statement in our text respecting
the reconciliation of the Church, but
we overlooked entirely other Scriptures
which speak of a still different recon
ciliation-"God through Christ recon-
CLING the world unto himself (II CO.
rinthians V, 49,. We should have
noted the difference between the
Church and the world in this and
many other passages of Scripture. We
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5 7N[R5IfEH(aa3MReHEss

slonaries of great denominations, who
have been in the East so long that
their personal ties with the home
land have grown pathetically fewer
ana fewer, know what it is to go
month after month without any sign
that the church at home, whose rep
resentatives they are, cares for them
at ALL In these days of increased mis-
s1onary activity, it is well to remem-
Der that at least one letter a month
to the mission field is Christian SER
vice.
Whenever there creeps into a letter
the slightest trace of cant or unreality,
then it falls short of that much of be-
ing such a letter as Jesus would write.
There is a difference between a let
ter and an essay. The former is per-
sonal, intimate, informal, with the
lights and shadows of friendly inter-
est. The best letter writer is not by
any means the brainiest person; but
rather the one who can impart the
most news, the most cheer, and the
most interest. Paul's letters were full
of personal remembrances and greet
ings.
One of the most direct routes to an
other persons life is by the letter
sympathy = of gratitude = associates
the writer with the affairs of his
friend.
''Thank YOU letters are not as COM
mon, one fears, as they were in less
hurried days. OF course, every per-
son of breeding writes his dread and
butter letter, after having been the
recipient of hospitality. But there are
other letters, equally important, the
writing of which is really Christian
duty. Such are the letters of appre-
citation to the speaker who has helped
you, to the editor whose paper prints
articles that you have enjoyed and
profited by, to the public servant who
has stood fast for high ideals, to the
teacher, preacher, author or artist who
has given you lift along the way.
Let US take time to say THANK you"
in the spirit of the courteous Christ.
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NEWS AND NOTES.

The Countess of Carlisle was recent
ly reelected president of the World
w. C. T. u. at its meeting in Glasgow.
The Worlds Congress of Free Chris
tianity and Religious Progress will be
held in Berlin August 6-10, 1910.
A Catholic summer school will hold
it's sessions this summer near Platts-
burg, on Lake Champlain, where they
hold property accommodating four or
five thousand persons.
An active Buddhist propaganda
which has recently developed in the
United States is causing the Home
Missionary Society to ask for increased
funds with which to meet the new
situation.
The Federal Council, represent
ing practically the entire Protestant
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ism of the country is considering the
adVlsabil1ty of national press bureau,
py means OF which information may
De widely and correctly disseminated.
The twenty-frst annual Eucharist
Congress will be held in Montreal Sep
tember I'll. This will be one of the
most imposing religious demonstra-
tioRs ever held on the American con-
tinent, and will be attended by Car
dinal Gibbons, Archbishop O'Connell
and distinguished prelates from all
over the world.
A movement in Northern India looks
toward a wholesome exodus for Amer
lea under the plea of better condi-
tons and freedom from British rule.
1t is estimated that nearly ten thou
SAND persons have already arrived in
California.
Quakers in the East, both orthodox
and Hicksite. have taken action re-
garding larger use of the grounds
that surround their meeting houses.
In not a few instances such grounds
are found in the heart of the city
where land is both scarce and valu-
able. Many such meeting houses are
now Offering the use of this land for
Fairgrounds for the poor of the city.
The Church Missionary Society, the
volunteer organization through which
the Low Church party of the Church
of England does its foreign work, is
is the largest missionary society in
the world. It's enterprise in methods,
the variety of its undertakings and the
resource of it's workers place it in the
lead of all other Christian organiza-
tions of its kind.
A Unitarian church in Montclair, N.
J., at its annual meeting not only
passed resolutions warmly indorsing
the work of certain great social move
ments but instructed the secretary to
take out membership therein for the
church, the privileges to be renewed
from year to year, In this manner,
the church is now enrolled in the
American Peace Society, the National
Association for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis, the National
Prison Association and the National
Conference of Charities and Correc-
ton. other agencies with which the
parish desires to affiliate in the near
future are the Playground Association
of America, the National Red Cross
and the National Consumers League.
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The Shared Sorrow.

The Shared Sorrow.
The chief magistrates cabinet I'M
derstand the plans which are not re-
vealed to the public. Unto you 1t is
| given to know said che leader to his
! little company of intimate friends. In
! this solemn retreat in Caesarea Phil
| lippi he shared with them his deep
est feelings. A sorrow shared is
halved. SO the Lord told the twelve
how he must go down into the midst
of his enemies in Jerusalem, be prose-
| cuted by the ecclesiastics, be cruel
fed, and then, on the third day, be
/ raised again.
This program was too much for
| Peter. His comprehension did not yet
run this far; he could not conceive OF
| the Sorrowful Way as the path to VIC
tory. So he came short of helping ms
| Master to be his best Therein friend
| ship commonly fails of its highest Of
flee. Many a man is spoiled because
he listens to the entreaties of loved
ones who, in mingled tenderness,
counsel the lot of commonplace COM
fort. rather than that of hard service
and bitter sacrifice. The wise friend,
be that friend mother, wife or com
rade, will spur loved one on to mob
lest endeavor, whatever the hardship
involved, At its best friendship al
ways is somewhat Spartan in charac-
ter.
TN Hoe Signo.'
Scholars who have traced ancient
symbols back toward their beginnings
say that the cross, in one form or an
other is the oldest of all symbols.
That it is today the commonest is be-
cause Jesus laid down the principle
in this conversation and elsewhere
that the mark of disciplesh1p Tor all
who follow him is cross; and that
the law of self-sacrifice is the hrst
principle of his Kingdom.
That is what taking up ones cross
means. Every petty, trivial dlfhculty
is not necessarily a cross. The cross
is the life law of self-denial. 1t means,
Christ-fashion, the crucifixion of self
It puts the world and the word first
and self last. They who live to please
themselves constitute one great group
in human society; and they who live 10
please God constitute another. The
latter, let it be said, learn the secret
BY losing life we gain it. Yonder sits
a woman who has spent two decades in
China She has passed through the
fires of the Boxer prosecutions, and the
ordeal of separation from family ana
children, In the worlds speech she
has thrown her life away" Actually,
she has won a character of strength
and beauty which makeks her shine
amid the full hundred other women
who are on the same ship with her at
the moment. There are a dozen young
women here who would give every
thing to possess her charm and dignity
and poise and sweetness; it came by
the Christ law: "Whosoever would
save his life shall lose it, and whose
ever shall lose his life for my sake
shall find it." Well do we mark the
emblem of the Redeemer's vicarious
sacrifice, "In hoe signo vinces."
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SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Those who are greedy for praise
prove that they are poor in merit
Plutarch.
< =
take him to be the only rich man
that lives upon what he has, owes
nothing and is contented.-Howe.
X n
The heights by great men reached
and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions
slept,
Were toiling upwards in the night.
-Longfellow.
::
The poorest education that teaches
self-control is better than the best that
neglects it.-Sterling.
X x
No man tastes pleasure truly who
does not earn it by previous business.
Chesterfield.
=
What I aspired to be,
And was not, comforts me.
Robert Browning.
x X
4 don't want to possess a faith;
want a faith that will possess me-
Kingsley.
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1nnuence even with the worldly shoul5
De 10 encourage them towards as hieh
standards of righteousness as possible
showing that whatever they may at,
s ssan IN the present life will be that
future life, and that in proportion 70
tneir degradation win be their difficuI-
ties IN CONNECTION with their restitr-
llon 70 perfection So then godliness is
now is, but also for that which is to
come; not only for the saints who hone
to be of the little flock, and asso-
ciated with Christ in his Kingdom, but
also for the world of mankind. whose
hope is to be blessed under that reign
OF righteousness and its uplifting in
f1uences.
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The Soul Crises of the Christ.
The International Sunday School Les
son for July II Is Peters Confess
sion," Matt. 16:13-2s.
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How long a term does the vice nresi-
dent serve, pap -Four years, INV SON
doesn't he get anything on for good
haviorr'-Lppincott's Magazine.
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Terse Comments for July II, ''The
Christian Use of Letter-writing,
Ps. ASH; John 2:12-15.
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OcttiiOu ny
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklys

ROOKLYN, N. Y, July TO-
Pastor Russell preached to-
day from the above text. He
said in part:
In order to use a tele-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
IF@HE person who finds life
stale and mechanical and
uninteresting, if such there
be, would do well to jour-
ney to the nearest metropol-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

Every sincere letter of coincidence
and congratulation may be a Christian
use of the art of letter writing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-16

1t has been my fortune to be in sew
eral American homes in Asia when the
mail from the home land came in
What disappointments there were
when the newspaper and circulars
were unaccompanied by any personal
lettersl Even honored and busy mis-
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Because some of the early friends of
Jesus were moved to write letters
about Hottest themes, the world has
the sublime body of literature which
makes UP most of the New Testament
canon.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-12
GOVERNOR Wesley ENcAMPs
WITH NATIONAL GUARD

WATERFOWL, S. D., Aug. 1.-The ar
rival Of Governor Robert S.. Wesley In
Camp Roosevelt yesterday marked the
beginning of a special program car
lied out by the South Dakota National
Guard now In camp on the shore OF
Lake Kampeska.
Governor Vessey at one occupied his
apartments in the headquarters build
Ing. He was kept busy the greater
part Of the forenoon with conferences
with Adjutant General Englesby,
Colonel ]. II. Holmes and other officers
cf the guard. Only state military
affairs were discussed.
Inspection Of troops and camp was
taken III after the governor had dinner
IN mess hall with the officers. The
commander-in-ch chief found both men
and equipment in excellent shape and
each company received a few words Of
commentator.
Rife practice has proceeded with al
most monotonous regularity thus far.
At noon yesterday the guard completed
the special rifle cours prescribed by
the war department. This closes the
work for official records. Range firing
will be continued today, but the work
will not go on record. The range Of
hcer has not yet compiled the scores,
but it is believed the records will not
be as good as last year, a of
rainy and windy weather.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-12
SIMPSON IS NAMED
AS HEAD OF STATE
DEAF MUTE SCHOOL
Son of Former Superintendent
Elected Unanimously to Sue
coed Mclaughlin.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. 5.-Howard
Simpson, of Sioux Falls. as the result
OF a meeting held in this city by
members OF the state board Of charities
and corrections, has been elected to
the position of superintendent of he
state lea mute school in Sioux Falls.
He will succeed j. d. Mclaughlin, for
merly OF WATERFOWL, who has been
superintendent of the institution for
several years and who recently tend
cred his resignation. The new super
intendent will take immediate charge
of the school. The new superintend-
ent is peculiarly fitted for the position.
His father, James Simpson, for many
years a superintendent Of the insti-
tuition, n the new superintendent
was born there on February z, 1882.
He IS an adept at the sign language,
and has spent his life in the study of
the deaf and dumb people. His APP
pointment will give general satisfac-
ton.
Simpson Is the youngest man at the
head of any state institution in the
northwest, being only Is years old.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-12
HOLDS
OUT 100000 ACRES
OF Ignite LANDS ANNDDSS
Conservation Scheme Hits PEG.
pie of Lennon and They
Make Remonstrance.

Aberdeen, S. D.. Aug. 4.-The IN
terror department has notified the
United States land office at Lennon, S.
| d.. OF the withdrawal from entry Of
practically all the land remaining un-
fled upon in the Lennon district, on
the ground that the land is undertake
with coal.
The order embraces practically 200
townships in the Lennon district, 10S
| Of them being in South Dakota n the
whole withdrawal embracing about A.
300, 900 acres.
Forty OF these townships are in the
southern part of Perkins county, near
the new town Of Faith.
1t is presumed the homesteaders who
have already filed will be permitted to
prove UP on their claims without mo-
lestation, and the land Office officials
are going ahead upon that presumption
and accepting final proofs when ten
dered.
The order came as a great surprise
TO the people of Lennon. The order
applies to about 1900, 900 acres of land,
q portion Of it being In the vicinity OF
the new town Of Faith.
The Lennon Commercial club has
called a meeting for Wednesday to pro-
test against such action, and a sent
out a letter to other commercial clubs
over the state asking them to SEND
representatives TO take part in the
meeting. The club contends that such
action prevents homesteaders from
committing their entries until after the
land is passed upon as to whether 1T is
coal or agricultural lands and this will
hold up proofs for a long time.
Many settlers ave failed to raise
crops this year on account of dry
weather, and they are basing their liv-
ing expenses for next year on loans
they expect to secure on their lands
after committing. They have been liv-
ing on credit for the summer II this
will place them in a position where they
cannot meet their obligations.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-08-12
WOMAN KILLS HUSBANDS
FORMER LAW PARTNER

Sturgis, S. D., Aug. 3.-FolloWlng the
shooting here Saturday of Attorney
David p. Thomas by Mrs. M. Mcmahon.
widow of his former law partner, the
woman, who is in custody, appears to
be in a stupor from which 1t is diff
icult to arouse ner.
When asked why she shot Thomas,
she replied hat she never intended TO
shoot him and did not know that the
gun would go off as it did. Mrs. Nc
Mahon is constantly attended by a
nurse. Her hearing will be held
Thursday. The funeral of the dead at
torney was held here this afternoon
under the direction of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, Of which he was a
member.
Mrs. McMahon's grievance against
Thomas is said to be the result of dis
agreement over the settlement of the
affairs of the partnership formerly
existing between the two men, which
was terminated about two months ago
by the death of Mcmahon. Thomas was
well known over h state, having
made a race against Granville Jones, of
Chamberlain, for state senator two
years ago. and was the nominee under
the recent primaries for county judge
of Meade county.