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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
THE vIRGINIAys WEEKLY SERMON
THE. DESIGN OF THE SABBATH
By Rev. Gerald Culberson, D. D.
Pastor of the Third Christian Church Richmond Va.

tavle for q colony of flowers! Nofa3
the pistil with it's ovary and the tiny
pollen producing stamens of each wee
foret and the strong holly stem COM
mon to all. Bridge builders and civil
engineers know that nothing IL a.
flexible and strong as the hollow tube.
The dandelion needs such a stem to
hold UP her flower colony against
the mad March winds and beating
early April rains
How did the dandelion learn to
crowd its once separate flowers into
a composite flower head, and fashion
it's wonderful stem, common to ths
whole colony? Probably the flowers
grew in flower cluster. as We see
many flowers growing to-day, and the
crowding together of the flowers has
been an age-long process on the part
of the plant. achieved through the
law of cross fertilization, those plants
that were most closely packed being
more easily cross-fertilized and pro-
ducing stronger seed,
1t Is the old, unanswerable ques-
ton. What and why Is life? We can
only gay that certain things are 80.
and bow In reverence before the
power of their being.
The dandelion learned In some way
that 1t was better and more economf-
cal to grow one yellow streamer to
every tiny fioret than to surround
every fioret with its own row; and
what a goodly sight it Is and what q
merry show the colony makes when
each tiny yellow banner 10 fiung open
to the sun as q signal to bees and
insects to come and drink the honey
and carry the pollen from cup to cupi
Think Of the advantages OF cross
Fertilization the dandelion presents
over the violetx. who must wait Tor
certain bees to enter their blossoms "
carry the pollen from flower TO now
err. Here every insect that lights
upon the dandelion, every bug that
crawls over Its blossom. carries the
abundant pollen from one flower TO
another. So close are the flowers to-
gether that our careless feet or the
brushing Of our skirts in passing VIII
bring about that much-destred object
OF the plant world, croeS-fertfiixa-
ton. When we remember that this
ia the method that produces thA
strong seed and the sturdy plant, we
know that the reason the dandeiion
| has taken for its motto, I'm union n
strength ID that 1t may outwork tts
other motto, Newer say de-.
The dandelion's seed balls are ~
| lovely as its flowers. they seem liks
| dream flowers or like memories OF
happy days gone by. The dissemina-
| ton Of seed 10 another factor In ths
life Of the plant. and the dandelion
| presents an example Of perfect adap-
tation to conditions in this particu-
lar; but the story of the seed - an
other story.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
Loss in sunday School work

Mr. Eugene G. Foster stated in
connection with the Worlds Sunday
school convention at Washington that
75 per cent, OF all the boys over Ia
years In the Protestant Sunday
schools of the United States are lost
to the church and never make pro-
LESSONS of faith. An English dele.
gate said that in England they di6
nos lose more than three per cent
The Canadian Baptist remarks tina,
while In Canada they do not lose sc
largely asyfn the United States their
iosss is greater than that OF the Eng.
lsh schoolA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
BY Edith willis Linn.

The dandelion with its golden crown
Tnay truly be Called the worlds flower.
for wherever civilization has gone
It's yellow blossoms may be found,
defying heat and cold. biossomingiy
early and late. under all conditions OF
climate and moisture presenting smll-
ing faces to the light of the sun.
The dandelion has two notices Of
life. one In union is strength: the
other, Never say die" Surely a
plant or human being with such
notices OF life ought to conquer the
earth.
All flowers were once simple: that
is to say. each produced it's organs OF
Reproduction on separate stem.
What remarkable change has taken
place In the dandelion family since
it's simple ancestors first saw the
light OF the sun, for now every golden
disk presents from one to two hun
dred tiny perfect fiorets. each with
its dainty yellow ray. Pick dande.
lion to pieces and notices the hollow
saucer In which these set. What an
economy to have bat enc such recep-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
MIR. Bryan ON South American =
Missions.

Mr.. William Jennings Bryan wants
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions to establish college in
Lima. Peru, and himself offers to CO.
operate In the undertaking. He has
just returned from South America.
wnere he made special study OF mis-
scpary work done there by all Amer
lean mission boards. As In the case
of Mr.. Roosevelt In Africa, Mr.. Fair
banks In the Far East: so Mr.. Bryan
In the neglected continent. travelled
for pleasure, but kept both eyes open
for missions. Secretaries OF mission
boards and officers OF the Laymen's
Missionary Movement point to the vol
untary acts of these three political
interests In foreign missions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
The Parable Of tire Sewer.

TIN. paraf,l.. nf tkrn SOunr
A sower once went forth to SOW
Some seed from which a crop to grow,
And as he sowed with tender care
Some seed fell here and some fell
there.
With naught of earth the grain 40
hide.
AS soon as he had let them fall
The birds came down and ate them all.
And some fell on the stony ground,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22


Polly was going to school for the
first time In her life. Polly was eight
years old,
~ am afraid the girls will laugh at
YOU" said cousin Blanche.
Why" demanded Polly. II don't
see anything about me 10 laugh at"
''Oh. you viii see morrow" an
swered Blanche. Blanche had been
to school for three years.
Blanche called for Polly the next
morning.
You must be very careful 10 do
everything just right she said.
"Of course" answered Polly. 4
always am" And that ended her
cousins advice.
The children watched Polly curl
ously. and she smiled back at them
with very friendly eyes. AL recess the
girls looked with disapprosal at Polly's
shoes. ..
what makes you wear that kind p"
asked one, boldly.
s.'Bronze boots queried Polly. "oh,
Uncle Morton sent them To me- Aren't
they lovely
The girl looked surprised Nobody
else wears EN- she said. a little scorn
fully.
Polly glanced around on the black
booted group. Haven't any of you
bronze boots?" she asked.
They shook their heads.
I'm awfuiiy sorry" Polly said.
Maybe Uncle Morton viii send you
some If ask him to, and III ask him
in my next letter
The others did not know what To
say -,
What makes you be called Polly 2"
oueried the bold girl. "You told the
teacher your true name was Mary.
Yes, but like Polly best"
The bold girl turned up her little
freckied nose. ut is-countrinedt
she said
ia it@ returned Polly, innocentiy.
ooh. I'm so glad That must be why
It is so beautiful. Don't you just love
the country? l do. l was there a
whole month last summer.
Haven't You ever been to school
heforee' asked the bold girls COM
rade.
NO. never" smiled Polly.
And don't you know how To read y
"Oh, yes, | have studied with moth
err
.lt must be horrid to have to study
at home" said the girl.
Polly opened her brown eyes wide.
1T guess you never tried IL" said she.
"Why. 1t Ia perfectly splendid, Moth
er makes plays to help me get my les
sons. and tells me stories about them.
and hears them all in the morning II
we're going away In the afternoon
Oh. it.s> beautiful, But father and
mother thought school was best now,
so I've come. 1t is lovely. isn't IT.
The girls looked at Polly in wonder.
"Guess she won't think It's lovely
when the teacher keeps her in at re-
cess; will she? and the golo siri
tossed her head.
what will she keep me in for?''
questioned Polly. =
when you don't have your lessons.
"But / shall have them" declared
Polly. 81
"Always?''
"Why. yes, of course. why not?'
The girl said HUH and took an
other tack.
DOCS your mother make your
dresses"
mo, she doesn't" Polly answered
smiling.
"Who does? Your dress isn't a bit
like any of ours--its awfully short"
isn't it?" chuckled Polly. It's about
the shortest I'VE had. You ought to
see me run In tits just as easy.
Mother was going to let 1T down: she
, said of course tt was all right in New
York, where they wear them snort
but for her she didn't know what folks
would think wore II once before she
had time to do 1t. though, and 1t was
go nice to run in. l begged her to let
It be. and she did,
"You see." Polly went ON frankly
my Cousin Marguerite, who lives IN
I.aa~ Fln a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
Theological Semtnaries i'm the
North.

Eight theological semfnarfes, rep
resenting Methodist. Congregational,
Pr ssbyterian, Baptist and Episcopal
churches, graduate this year 266 men.
as against 229 last year. These semi
naries are Drew. Yale. Princeton. Nc
Ccrmick, Union. Rochester, the Cen
erai Seminary and the Cambridge
School. The number OF students in
all Of them In 1,151. All of the de-
ncminationai seminaries save Roches-
ter have formerly had more students
thar at this time. Drew has had 206,
but has now 1s1: Yale. 1ss, now 108:
Princeton. 264. now 1871; Mccormick,
Pr, now f41:: and Union. 1872. now
-164,. Rochester has 1853. its highest
number The General Seminary grad
yates this year 81. and Cambridge, 8.
---Churchman,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

ON the west coast OF Greenland
the mass of the natiyes--about il,oeo
Eskimo--dweil on a stretch OF coun-
try which Is pleasant and reasonapis
fertile. The work OF CHARACTERIZATION
is practically complete here. The
east coast. on the other hand. Is
dreary and dark land. The brave
Danish missionary, Rosig, settled on
this slope, is visited but once IN the
year by ship ordered by the gov
eminent to call In on him. This Is
in August when first the sea opens
passage through the blockadins Ice.
In 1895 this ship foundered and TOT
a half year Rosig was forced TO eat
wairus meat daily. Again in 1907
he saw the ship far of from the iand.
but pack ice made its approach i'm
possible. Rye, bread and walrus meat
was the mer1a for another long Pc
Rod. The weather this year was so
cold and stormy that many days Ro-
sig's family WAS forced to stay In bed
In order to keep warm. They did not
dare TO kindie fires because Of the
hurricane winds. The snow falls In
cessantly, but as soon as the spring
sun gets it's strength, the vast masses
OF white powder vanish az by magic
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
WHILE THE DAYS ARE GOING BY

BeautIfy your lives as you live them !:
take comfort by the way
Open the windows of your soul ana
let In the Happiness atmosphere when
ever possible.
BE not so absorbed In working for
future success or ACKNOWLEDGMENT that
you have no time TO enjoy present
blessings.
BE not SO busy preparing for a COM
ing rainy day that you can not look up
eo,na ncrasionsiiy evan inta iha mast
Swallowed lives
The present speedily becomes the
past: have some days In It worth re-
Numbering.
Cherish the memory OF little kind
nesses. Take no notice OF sights; they
are mostly imaginary.
Do not be patient with avoida bic
evils or submit TO unnecessary petty
annoyances. Life 10 too short
Take comfort BY lAe way.--Fx-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

That the meeting of two men for
tae purpose OF testing their brute
strength and endurance should have
been the center OF public interest for
nearly six months 10 no tribute to 81
Western civilization. Now that the
NEE ting eagerly anticipated by sa
many has taken place. We may breathe
a more wholesome atmosphere. Prize
fl hitting Is ever to be condemned; LIST
in tae JefYries- j ohnson fight there wss
a spscial Objectionable feature: the
manifest tendency TO intensity the
rae. feeling. which. congnsd to no
Particular section, In already TOO
s,rcns. 1t is hoped by all who be-
lie-e In the highest type of civtii-A
ton that the American people may
MAYER have again In their midst such
a scene as occurred on last Monday
at Reno, New Nashville Advocate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

The man who hust1es most for ex-
perience generally outstrips the fellow
born with ability
It is alarming the way young men
and women in cheap public places do
! these days. "Scuffiing. The peach
erino who monkeys with the trigger
( has no right to complain IL the trap
falls. But you say you're all right.
Yes-and in what sort of crowd, The
public will line you up in first-class
shape.
mans enemies are to his charac-
ter as the inch Is to the yard-the
unit OF measure.
| Measure the bunch you go with
and then be sure the world will keep
! you in that class Better live a soli-
tary life than be content with a. com
mon herd of scrubs who have no in
tellectual nor refined ambitions.
That day has long since passed
when man can hide under the family
tree.
| You can't fill barrel until you stop
| the leak.
| Watch out that the under-dog is no;
| on top next time. Ii might be so.
The girl who is forever on the
streets will be on the streets after
/ you marry her.
A man in a shallow we'll doesn't
need a long rope.
country can't be greater than her
sons,
Even a whispered word can fly q
| thousand miles.
There's no going down the Hill" II
you keep your mental vigor.
Nothing is so dead as a dead in
| fatuation.
| Fear the man that fears you,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

May.
climbed and / climbed to- the top
of the tree;
High up in the branches | stood
Below in the field was man with
his plough,
Ard | called him as loud as /
could.
He stopped and he looked at the
hedges and lane,
And no one at all could he see,
For he never once thought, as he
wondered and stared,
/ was up in the top of the tree.
swung and ! swayed with the tree
in the wind,
| was not afraid | would fall:
The maple seeds spread out their
green little wings,
And nobody saw me at all.
st Nicholas, 1880.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

A mans enemies are to his charac
ter as the inch Is to the yard-th'
unit OF measure
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
a n N - T. n Conduct by
~ RevR H.
THE TRANSPORTATION
Bv Edward Leigh Pell, D. D.

I
1 HI SUNDAY chooiIe ssonf a4Matt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

meaning Is given to the promise that
the righteous shall shine forth as
the sun in the kingdom of their Faith
err! And how easy 1t Is to believe
that he shall change our vile body,
that it may be fashioned Ike unto
his glorious body!'
4. These three disciples recognized
the glorif1ed bodies OF Moses and
Elias. VIII II be more difficult for
us with our spiritual eyes to recog-
nice our loved ones in heaven than
it was for sinful mortals to recognize
the glorihed bodies of men whom
they had meyer seen? Are we likely
to be weaker there than we are here
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
EPIGRAMS

The man who hustles most for ex-
perience generally outstrips the fellow
born with ability.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

That day has long since passed
when a man can hide under the family
tree.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

You can't fiji a barrel until you sto
the leak.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

The girl who is forever on the
streets will be on the streets after
you marry her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

Watch out that the under-dog Is not
on top next time. 1t might be so.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22

A man in a shallow we'll doesn'
need a long rope.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-22
The Wise Cat.

Fear the man that fears you.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-06
DECLARES PEOPLE
FLEE FROM CREED
Touchy on Words Doctrine" and
Denomination Rev. B. A. Mills,
Missionary, Tells Conference.

That man can endure all OF
those things which were a part Of the
life OF the old-time circuit rider and
still preserve sense OF huiuor and
an enthusiasm for his spiritual call
ing was given example In the tale Of
the Rev. B. A. Hills, of Traverse City,
In the Michigan Conference Of Uni
tartan, independent and other liberal
churches, which began In the First
Unitarian church, Wednesday morn
ing. Mr.. Hills. whose address is
nominally Traverse City, Is really a
travelling herald of the principles OF
Unitarianism In that part OF the state.
Il find that the people in the dis
trict | cover are fleeing from denom-
inationalism, SO don't dare mention
Unitarianism as a doctrine, for they
are exceedingly touchy about those
words OF doctrine. denomination and
creed" related Mr.. Hills. Il preach
to thosei who will come to listen to
me and hold out the hand of Unitar-
ian fellowship to those who remain.
Those who come and go away again
leave to Parliamentary We're
never meant to become Unitarians.
My greatest difficulty Is in finding
places in which to hold services The
UNCONVENTIONAL churches will have
none of us and public halls are not
always to be had In small communi-
ties"
Mr.. Hills assured the conference,
however, that he was satisfied to
continue in his work.
In his report as secretary, the Rev.
Eugene r. Shipper, OF the Detroit
church. said he could not fail to be
impressed with the very apparent
lack of strength of the Michigan con-
ference and deplored the fact that out
OF a representation OF Fl churches on
the roll call, there were exactly an
even dozen faithful disciples at the
opening devotional exercises OF the
conference Wednesday morning.
The Rev. A. b. Curtis, who was in
stalled in the Jackson church Sun
day, was introduced and said that all
he knew of his new charge up to date,
was the fact that Ii was the strong
est republican club in the state, with
Senator-to-be Townsend as one of its
faithful members"
The Rev. Mr.. Shipper told the con-
ference that plans for the future of
the Detroit church included enlarg-
ing OF the church building SO that
social service work might be carried
on.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-06
BoULEvARDs WEARING OFF.
Commissioner Huribut Calls Attention
to Condition In Annual Report.

Commissioner Huribut Calls Attention
to Condition In Annual Report.
More rnan a dozen new and beauti.
ful cuts are used In the twenty-first
annual report of the parks and boule-
wards department, just issued by
Commissioner Hurlbut and Secretary
Busch. Among the pictures are those
OF the new children's fountain. the
old Lorimer house, once standing on
the parade ground at Belle Isle. two
views of the ornamented mound and
cascade near the casino, bathers In
the Clara bath house, and views of
LaSalle gardens and many of the
smaller parks.
The report states that 11O.S3O per
sons patronized the bath house on
Belle Isle during the year ending June
~, and that 102.540 were accommo-
dated In the Clara bath house.
The report points out the wear on
the boulevards with the increased use
or automobiles, and suggests the DOS
sible necessity of resurfacing the
boulevards with rock asphalt or blum.
nous macadam. 1t urges the pur.
chase Of the property on Jefferson.
ave. adjoining the Belle Isle bridge
entrance. and the requirement of
more land for Fairgrounds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-06
THE PAINS THAT RACK A WOMANs BACK

"Man works from rise to set Of sun,
But woman's work 10 never DONE"
Any woman who keeps house and
brings up family knows the truth
of the old rhyme-and how much
harder 1t Is when not In perfect
health!
Many wife endures with noble
patience the daily misery of back
ache, pains about the hips and pelvis,
blue nervous spells. and urinary dis
orders, expecting no relief, because
she doesn't know what Is the mat
ter.
It Is not true that every pain in
the region of the hips and lower alb
domen Is female trouble" When
the kidneys get congested and in
famed there is constant backache,
headache, dizzy spells, bearing down
pain, urinary disorders and other
queer pains which are easily mis-
taken for sex ailments, but which
are due to the swollen, sick kidneys.
You can tell that it Is kidney
trouble if the secretions are dark
colored and contain sediment like
brick dust, IL passages are too fire.
quent, or scanty, or scald like hot
water. And the uric acid poisoning
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-06
LOGICAL REMEDY FOR ECZEMA

Many different remedies have been
tried for Eczema and other skin dis
eases. But IL is now known that the
only possible cure Is a mild, soothing
liquid made up OF Oil OF Wintergreen.
Thymol, Glycerine. and other ingredi-
ents so carefully compounded that
each ingredient has its proper effect.
This compound is now made up in
the ID. ID. d.. Prescription. Ten years
of success and thousands OF cures
show the merit OF this wonderful COM
pound, but the most convincing proof
Is a trial of the remedy by an eczema
sufferer
ID. ID. ID. will prove to you that you
can be cured. The very first drops
will give you instant relief Get q trial
bottle today.
Central Drug Co., 95-1s7-2s7 Wood
ward-ave. and 153 Grand River.ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-06
DETROIT PROOF.

Mrs. E. M. Thorpe, go Fourth ave-
nue., Detroit. Mich, says: Il was all
run down from the ravages OF kid
ney disease. My back was weak and
lame and whenever l moved quickly
or attempted to lift, was seized with
sharp pains. l slept poorly, was sub
ject to headaches and dizzy spells and
often noticed that my feet and limbs
were swollen. Despite all my ef-
forts, I was unable to get relief until
| began taking Doan's Kidney Pills.
The pains in my back became a thing
of the past and the lameness and
soreness disappeared"