The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20

lstrait of Magellan, and now comes a let
ter from District Supt. Gerhard j. Schil-
ling, who is evangelizing upon one of the
top shelves of the globe-Bolivia A
missionary of II years experience, he is
opening up now stations in the interior of
Bolivia, attending at the same time to
an English, a German and Spanish
church In Lapaz, the capital of the re-
public. He says in part:
| among the steep slopes the natives
cultivate COCO, coffee and cacao. These
people are extremely ignorant. A man
came to the town of Cororco to sell five
baskets of cacao at Sc each, Said the
buyer, I take them. Six times Sc are $780,
and forthwith he intended to pay him.
But the Indian did not agree with him as
to the result of five times six. He thought
IL ought to be more.
so, and this was to me lesson In pa
thence, the obliging merchant took grains
of corn and made six heaps of five grains
each. Then he put two heaps together.
and the Indian agreed as to the sum of
ten. Having repeated the operation three
times, the surprised vendor acknowledged
the sum total to be three times ten. even
80. This manifest proof of the merchants
honesty made the Indian buy some arti-
cles from him in return"
"Out OF Eden came q river which wa
tered garden, and from then It wa,
parted and became four rivers" Plson.
Gihon Hiddokel and Babylon, these four
streams were called in Bible terms. All
four still flow, but are known by modern
Arab names; the present Nuphrates. for
example, Is the old River of Babylon"
The Garden of Eden. though long neg
eeted, and now mostly waste area, is
to be restored by a great system Of ir-
rigation. The Turkish government has
engaged the eminent Egyptian irrigation
engineer, Sir William Willcocks. to super
intend the reclamation of over 1900. 900
acres of mesopotamia. Sir William, him
self man learned in Bible history, saws
the Garden of Eden was undoubtedly To-
Gated on the Euphrates, west of Bagdad
and Just below Hit of the Hittites.
understand the "Catch-my-Pal"
movement inaugurated by Rev. r. ].
Pattison. a young Irish Presbyterian
minister, less than two years ago and
which has swept that country, is to be
brought to America. It has been the
most effective, practical temperance
movement OF recent years.
| The Worlds Christian Citizenship con-
ference convened in Philadelphia on
Wednesday and will continue In session
until tomorrow. More than a thousand
delegates are present. representing AL
most every Christian interest in this and
other lands. Congregations, missionary
societies, Sabbath schools, mems broth
erhoods, Christian Endeavor societies.
Young Mems Christian associations. are
the various Christian reform organizations
entitled to appoint delegates The ses-
sions are held in the Chambers ylie Me-
mortal church in Philadelphia, and the
seating capacity has been taxed to the
utmost. DR., F. S. Scovel presides. The
topic discussed include THE Moral Ac-
countablity of Nations" 1.-THE Bearing
Of National Life on Personal Religion"
Political Changes In the Near and Fur
Their East as Relater to the Kingdom of
Christ" National Responsibility Toward
the Negro Race" Christian Civilization
and the liquor Traffic." THE Children
of the Nation and the Foes to Moral
Purity" Christian Governments and
Their Representatives Abroad" '"The
Lords Day and National Welfare"
Foreign Missionary Educational Work
as Basis for Christian Common
wealths,' Emigration and Immigra-