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Duty Under Difficulties
i. f. +. f.

to inquire what I was made for. what
calling should I follow. 1t was hard to
decide. Mr. Washingtons teaching had
impressed me that I should do something
to help those less fortunate than my
self. and in the very darkest places
could find. My father had called me to
his deathbead and had said to me: Son,
want you to become a teacher OF your
people. The people need your services
recalled how in his last moments i had
promised him / would carry out his
wishes There was nothing else for me
to do but to 60 to these dark places.
Every Sunday evening Mr.. Washington
Numbered that same theme: Go into the
dark places, the places where you are
most needed: and there give your life.
with little thought OF SELF I knew about
those dark places. I had been born I'm
one of them. I had been spending my
vacations teaching In them. I prayed
over the matter till finally I gave my
self. heart and mind, to whatever place
should call me-
When he graduated he was offered a
position as teacher at Tuskegee. But he
declined. II had settled In my mind that
would go to the state of Mississippi,
which 1 had found by two years investi-
CATION was the place where my services
were most needed" he writes. He went
to Mississippi. and for lack OF a building
started his school under an oak tree.
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Content in Difficult Places.

These three incidents tell the same
story. The men realize that they have
higher duty in life than to look out
for their own comfort. Bulgarian, ne
gro, American-all-recogniz the truth
that. saved from ignorance and sin
themselves, they must help their fellow
men and serve Him who has called them
out of darkness into His marvellous light.
And until he directs them In other fields
of labor they are we'll content TO re-
main in obscure and difficult places.
Not all can go to Bulgaria or to Alas
ka or to the black belt Of Mississippi
There Is work for most folks elsewhere
But all can seek to have the mind OF
Him who came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister. can ask to be
possessed by the love which seeketh not
her own, can live among their fellows
as those who serve. And. taking the
lowest room, they can. content and hap
CIV. wait for the call OF Him who Will
some day say to those who love Him.
Come up higher.
Comment on today's uniform topic OF the
Christian Endesvor and other young peoples
societies-"Duty Under Dimcuities."-H Tim,
2:1-13D
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nesses we have rendered: by the lives
made better by our touch upon them.
Some few of US stand in the limelight,
and the world sees and applauds our
good deeds: but, for the most of us. 1t
Is our higher privilege, perhaps. to do
our little kindnesses unnoticed, daily TO
minister to the needs OF some one, and to
have few, il any, cheering words spoken
to US In return.
Away down in the hearts OF most OK
us Is the desire to be helpful to others.
and that, perhaps, Is why the lines OK
Sam Walter Foss are so popular:
Let me live In a house BY the side Of ~ foeA
rSsg are ss rood they are bad they arc wsak
Wise Foolish: and 80 am ].
Then WHY should I cit In the eccrner's seat
OR hurI the cynic's ban!
Let me live in Q house by the SIDE Of the ROAD
And be friend OF man.
This is the heart cry OF man VINO
wants to be useful; 1t L. tine heart cry ot
humanity. The poet got his thought
from old blind Homer, who many years
ago wrote of one. He was a friend 10
man. and he lived In house by the side
of the road" II we would attain true
greatness. let us live close to the heart
of our feilowmen and help them In their
time of need.
Comment on today's BrotherhQed OF Andres
and philip topic-.How to be Creat"-Matt.,
20:l7-24l
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/" I Could Not Co."

The second letter was written by one
Of the brightest and most popular men
In the class. Declining attractive induce
ments to remain nearer home, he went as
a home missionary to Alaska. There he
had hardships Of many kinds. But he
persisted in his work. He was once in
yited to take a church In one of the
Puget sound cities. He declined the in
vitation. His, simple explanation was
given In his letter, Il could not 60"
"Tuskegee and Its People" tells the
story of number of men and women
who have graduated from the school
which Booker Washington has made IA
nous. The most notable story in the
volume is that of a man who Is now
principal of a rapidly growing school
modelled after Tuskegee. Every young
man and young woman should read the
simple sentences in which he tells why
he made up his mind to do the hard
things instead of looking for an easy
life Here they are:
Two years before l graduated I began
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out, ',Oh. for an education which would
teach our children the decencies OF hfe!.
Not long ago saw pretty and wei
dressed young woman using toothpack
at a pubIic table! She was probably as
ienorart Of the coarseness Of such public
Cleansing of part Of her person as she
was of italian or Greek, but 1t proved
iamentable lack OF common education. To
stand in a street car and see the YOUTHS
that modern abomination called chewing
gum is to realize how much our schools
might and ought to do to elevate self
respect And these are only suggestions
Ing of duty that God may be honored,
humanity civilized and the individual ex-
Allied
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John and James were not deferred by
the prophecy. They did not understand
just what Jesus meant, but they were
loyal TO Him. The years showed how
they proved their loyalty, even at cost of
suffering and death. They came TO under
stand that, while they had asked for
high places in an earthly kingdom,
Jesus was preparing them for the heaven
ly kingdom
Then Jesus disclosed that they should
indeed drink from His cup, and added
that the places asked for in the kingdom
were His TO give only in accordance with
His Fathers will.
The rest of the twelve were jealous
when they heard the request made for
James and John. Seeing this, Jesus
gently but firmly rebuked them. remind
Ing them that His kingdom was not to
be like the kingdoms of earth, where
men love TO lord 1t over others: in His
kingdom greatness would come through
serving; first places would reward self
forgetfulness and remembering others in
the spirit Of Him who came to minister
to others and to give his life a ransom
for many-the price Of their redemption.
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Saint Of The Suffering.
By the Churchman.

a London the soul OF
Its last journey Saturday after
a week
III ship battling
and silently slipped its mornings and
under Of The Dark
departure No crowds the
to bells
he car and white sail unfured
the rai ship
through
Nightingale Is dead"
we of
scene
Of
. OF from Choir
immortal dead who live again"
in
while did much prophesy with
tears o their eyes and there shall be no more death neither
shall be pan!'
But do not need to dream OF how 1t Jared with the fra
we know
the future can give else all we have been taught false and
hood for by the sovereign will of all mankind she is already the
If this the
nursing
to strength those who fall exhausted by the way
That given through goddess medium az war
alter its worth the rank of the doer
settlements OF dis
O wholesale
Is a O ascending
Wherever civilized dwels for half
And long andsu ing a Of
heritage will home Saint
the Suffering
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now In kustendil. Bulgaria. In answer
to a question. he writes:
II have not Travelled much. How can
I? On a salary OF $26.4O per month 1
am supposed to support my family of
four. 1 am thankful to be where l am. I
have had calls and opportunities to ac-
cept larger fields and higher salaries:
have had two calls to larger churches in
Macedonia; but 1 have felt that l am
called to work In this city, with its sad
superstitions and ignorance of gospel
truths
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| REMEMBER

Il REMEMBEh,
said a m | n s t e +
asking q japanese
student who h q d
come to Yale, When
you first read the
gospels. what was
the strongest i'm
preston made upon
your Inind?' He at
once replied, 1t was
Christ's Journey UP
to Jerusalem. Oh.
the courage of IT.
he said. Christ was
the one man Of his
tory of whom il Is
true that he never
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TRUE GREATNESS.
.E.f.fE 3sIEt FF.tTTfT

~ HERE are many paradoxes In
life, and among them few are
stranger or less understood
than the fact that he who
would be greatest among men
must serve them best The
greatest OF masters was the
greatest OF servants. He went about
doing good. His declaration was. i
came not to be ministered unto. but to
minister" His earthly life was one long
round Of helping others; and when He
washed the feet Of His disciples, He
taught earth one Of its most needed and
least needed lessons. Some one has well
written:
Oh how many noble records
Had the ANGELS Of US kept
Had we done instead OF doubted;
Had we warred instead of wept!
True greatness is measured by service;
nv what we have done to help our fell
lows to better living by the little kind
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IN splendor, In wealth Of decorations
and in imposing religious soiemnity
the twentieth Eucharistic Congress.
to be held from September 9 to IL
In Montreal. ii is declared. will sur
pass all former clerical congresses. even
those of Rome. Cologne and London.
Pope Plus Y predicted this some time
ago, and no effort has been spared since
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Solving the Difficulties.

Often we make life harder than II
need be by doing our work regardless
Of the difficulties. when we might. by
stating the difficulties. find much re-
lief In his baccalaureate sermon re-
Gently the president OF one OF our great
universities said that the advantage OF
scholastic training lay not so much n
Solving problems, important though
such solution is. as in stating the prob
lens clearly. so that people generally
could understand them. think he ex-
pressed a great truth. So few Of Us
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some years ago, In
the decennial record
Of q class at Prince
ton University. two
letters were pub
lished from mem
beers Of the class.
which showed how
the writer's were do
ing duty under diff
culties. The first was
from q Bulgarian,
who in his boyhood
had q vision which
led him to America.
that he might pre-
pare himself to help
his people. He Is
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.as.l.ar.f.a..a.ar.f .a-1..a.a-.a.sf3
The Worlds vanities.

It Is e a I'm e silly
h o p e d that these
monthly lessons from
Pilgrims Progress
will stimulate many
boys and girls to
read this matchless
allies DRY OF John
Bunyan. In our les
son OF today is b
most interesting. &C
count Of q fair held
in tho city OF Van
ity. and known az
Vanity Fair. II is an
admirable illustration
Of tho ailurements
ana vanities OF this
AAA- -IlA
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PRAYER.
Who is on the Lords side:
Who will serve the King
Who will be His helpers
Other lives 10 bringf
Who will leave the worlds side!
Who viii face the foe:
Who is on the Lords side?
WHO for Him win GOT
Not for weight Of glory.
Not for crown and palm
Enter We the army.
Raise the warrior psalm;
I;ut for love thar clslmeth
Lives for whom He died.
IL whom Jesus nameth
Must be on His side.
Fierce NAV be the conflict.
Strong may be the foe,
But the Kings own army
None can overthrow.
Round His standard ranging,
Victory is secure:
IOT His truth unchanglng
Makes the triumph sure.
Prom Canadian Chufcn Hynaal.
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for IL Will help OXEN WASu luo way Is
hard and long and loneliness Expresses.
-
Fearless Duty.
We must do our work fearlessly and
with a keen eye to right and high
ideal OF goodness. Life Is the service
rendered to God. and because to God,
therefore to men and to self. This order
must always be observed. What would
God have me do?" is the first question:
what do men need?" is the second;
what do ! need?' is the third. Yet the
three form a harmony In the service of
q true man. and he counts nothing as In
difrerent to God which biesses man or Gull
fiyates self But 1t demands courage.
Here Is a large work-can / do IL? Here
is a great evil-can I vanQuish it,? Here
is a bad habit-can conquer It? I some
times think we pass over opportunities
which call for a touch Of the firm hand,
while we look to high ideals. For in
stance. in our public education we have
for long thought only of book learning
and neglected character and habit. We
are awaking now to the need OF moral
Education, and some of our leading teach
ers are engaged in plans to remedy pre-
,yious neglect. It Is high time. When
see young girls and boys INDUCING in
habits which destroy attractiyeness | cry
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draw the thoughtless and careless away
from upright living.
The poet Lowell describes the condition
well In his charming visions or ST.
Launfar:
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Secret Of True Greatness


Him? That cup would be filled with bitter
pain and suffering.
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UTY is a strong word. 1t means
our fulnllment OF that which we
owe 10 God, TO ourselves and TO
IL the world. Ii is a debt under
which We lie when NE know
how much God has done for US. how full
OF life and power We are. and how the
world is constantly serving US Sometimes
We hear q man say: 1.-The world owes me
q living" Never was bigger lie uttered.
The world owes no man a living. but
every man owes the world loyal service.
IL would be q good thing for US to cease
asking what We would Ike TO have or
What we think other people ought TO %
IT -, AID realize how much re are con-
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for il will help often when the way is
hard and long and loneliness Expresses.
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FNGL AND AND AUSTRALIA
MAY HOLD REGAI IA

LONDON. September 24-For some
considerable time there has been great
desire. both in England and Australia,
for competition between the two conn-
tries in the form of an eight cared race.
So far nothing has been accomplished
in the form of an actual meeting, but
the recent scuIling championship on the
Zamhezi has caused the rowing authorl-
ties in Australia as we'll as England to
consider the possibilities Of such meet
ING. The Victorian Rowing Association,
at a recent meeting, considered the
proposition of sending an eight to the
Zambezi regatta in 1911, After stating
that the obstacles that had usually pre-
vented the English and Australian anna
teur crews competing could be over
come. the association appointed a sub
committee to 90 into details.
That matters should have proceeded
thus far IS exceedingly satisfactory. ii
can not he denied that the English deli
milton of an amateur is a very stringent
one. and one that has proved bar TO
this scheme until now. should it he
possible to bring England and Australia
together at the LambeZl regatta In 1911,
il Is considered probable that the anna
teur definition would he temporarily
suspended, on arranged to suit the cir
rumstances that would arise from such
a competition. Until something of the
sort is arranged il would seem impos-
~ible for the two countries TO meet.
The main difficulty BEING that of eN-
pensc. and the rules of the Amateur
Rowing Association prohibiting the
raising of public subscriptions toward
the expenses of a crew, the only solu-
ton at present apparent j. The tempo
rary suspension of this rule. Il j. prob
able that some arrangement Of this sort
viii be effected.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR ARMY.

NIai-Gen Frederick Dent Grant. IN
command of the department of the East.
hut recently in command Of the depart
ment Of the lakes, with headquarters IN
Chicago. has suggested in his annual re
rort to the war department on the de-
rarrment of the lakes that national
law be enacted authorizing the federal
government to commander for the
transportation Of troops in time Of war
all private automobiles holding four or
more passengers.
With the improvement Of roads and
the perfection of automobile Iocomo'
ton. General Grant f0resees the time
when troops will be transported long
distances almost exclusively in auto
mobiles. and it is his idea that. with
proper reimbursement to the owners,
the use of private machines would pro
vide the army with sufficient trans
portation on short notice. he also ad-
vises the construction OF automobil"
trucks for the transp 0rtatlon of sup
plies in the field, believing that tho
use Of motor trucks would save the gov
eminent both time and money.
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A LIFE SAVING
STATION IS PROPOSED
DELEGATE Kuhio Will Be Asked to
Get Hawaii a Crew Of
Heroes.

,-.., ,.-tlr ..a,.,,..,1 institutions
" ~.
"ii''" a. '''>''S ~ -"
WaI progress VIII likely be ME
saving station, for. when Delegate ku-
bio next qor. tn compress. he will he
al l..L III
\ioe Tor me establishment mere OF JUST
such station Of the nature as mark
the Atlantic coast of the United States.
9.l,+ k-,,i,;l ,,-;tI r,s-, .I,. ,,,,4+., ,,,,
"l'H Ne" ~ ''li III Il l"io"9H 1"
success, Il success - possible, there Is
80 doubt. ana that Iife-saying sta
+io, fl. ,..,.,i,..d la,... :. NOR ,,a++a,
l0I a uiiieiIt'
Because very few people happen to
have LOST tAer lives il these lmIne-
dIate waters IS 10 reason why there
should 1ot he Il Hte-saNlng station.
mere afc TO-DAY llfe-saElng stalloHs
maintained ON the coasts OF the Unit
ed states where there Is rarely II ever
any necessity o1 trained men gong to
the rescue OF anybody IN distress.
Nevertheless, these stations are main,
tanned and when their crews are
needed they are ready and wiling and
, equipped and able 10 render every as
>istance which human hands can render
III time OF stress to seamen or shore
! toIA out IN small boats.
Fortunately there have been few
lives lost III these Hawaiian waters
through accidents TO pleasure craft or
other sllail boats, or through wrecks,
+ but as shipping Is contantly on the
increase 9nd as local yachting and small
| boat manipulation is steadily growing,
the need for lite-saving station grows
more apparent. As Hawaii IS getting
other advanced perqulsltes 1t IS IN or
j der that she get them all, particularly
those which have to do with the saving
| or preservation OF human life. 1t Is
/ probably that huhlo Will not be long
| before the next congress before he Will
/ bring this matter 10 the attention OF
the national lawmakers.
! The proposed location of the first
, life-savIng station in these Islands is
! the lighthouse island at the Eva en-
| trance to this harbor, for there it is
most needed. being centrally located be
tween Diamond Head and kalihi and
Pearl Harbor
\ recent wreck off Waikiki drew par
| ticlldr attention 10 the fact that we
nav, n1 y-i,,.r .rpy,- in 4ba.a L
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TO GIVE JACK JOHNSON
GOLD AND DIAMOND BEL 7

NEW YORK, September 26.-Jack
johnson 5 colored friends and admirers
have Clipped in and ordered gold and
diamond belt to cost $4,000 which
they intend presenting to the champion
as token Of their esteem. No less
than 500 jewels viii be used in the
manufacture of this wonderful belt.
Thanksgiving is the time appointed for
the presentations and there certainly
will be some excitement in colored cir
cles on that eveutful dav
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COURT LUNAL1Lo no. $500. A.uF

Meets every first and third Wednes-
day evenings of each month, at 1880 p.
m, in Pythias Hall. corner Fort and
Beretania streets. Visiting brothers
cordially invited.
F. ]. ROBELLO. C. R.
JAS. K. KAULIA. P. c.. F.. s.
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The following table shows the weekly
averages Of temperatures AMI rainfall
for the principal island, ana for the
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Sierra Crew Not Wanted.

The wholesale subpenaing that sum
moned the entire crew, from master to
cook. of the Oceanic steamer Sierra for
a conference with Breckons resulted in
only a few being examined, The rest
were all permitted to 90 without con
Tossing to the legal head. and the smile
that appeared on Breckons face was
the only apparent result, However, as
the smile appeared before the eXamlna-
ton as We'll it can not he taken as an
indication Of anything valuable beng
discovered.
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LEI ALOHA CHAPTER NO. 8. @. IS.

Meets at the Masonic Temple every
second Saturday of each month. at 1870
p. m. Visiting sisters and brothers are
cordially invited to attend
CORA A. BLAISDELL, W. NJ.
MARGARET HOWARD, Secy.
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c. BREWER & CO., LTD.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
CHAS. BREWER & co.'s
New York Line
Wilder Ave. and Punahou.
Sugar Factors and Commission mer
chants.

The bark FOOTING SUEY will sail
from New York for this port about
October -, subject TO change Freight
aaken at lowest rates. For information
spplv to Chas. Brewer & Co. 81 KiIhv
street, Boston, or Thee. g Davies &
60, Ltd, Honolulu.
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PACIFIC REBEKAH LODGE NO. i,
I O O.

Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day, at 1870 p III, Odd Fellows Hall.
Visiting Rehekahs are cordially invited
to attend.
MARION FAUTH, n. G.
ALICE NICHOLSON. Sec Y.
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Wilhelmina Crew Bound.

United States Commissioner Judd
was the center Of attraction in the
afternoon. when he sat to consider the
ease of the twenty-seven members OF
the crew Of the Matson steamer Wilhel-
nina who are accused of breaking quar-
antine on that vessel s last stay in port.
One of the men had left on the Santa
Maria by permission of Breckons, but
the rest stayed to fight out the case.
They were husky looking bunch of
criminals, bat if seen outside OF the
confines of a courtroom would have been
mistaken for bank clerks on a picnic,
with the limit set at sarsaparilla.
Doctor Ramus testified on the stand
that the ship was in quarantine. ana
also added, in response to the commls-
sioner's questioning, that the stevedores
were permitted to 90 aboard the ship,
mingle with the crew and walk off
again.
After the evidence had been taken
the commissioner stated that he had
weighed it carefully and belived that
a law had been broken. He thereupon
bound them over to the court, depend
ent upon Indictment by the grand jury,
at 800 each
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LEAH CHAPTER NO. 2, o. s.

Meets every third Monday of each
month. at 7:30 p. M, in the Masonic
Temple. Visiting sisters and brothers
are cordially invited at attend.
NELLIE J. STEPHENS, W, NJ.
ADELAIDE NJ. WEBSTER, Sec ".
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Fraternal Meetings
ENCAMPNENT NO.
I. O. o. f

Meets every first and third Friday OF
the month, at 1870 p. m, in odd Eel
lows Han Fort Street. Visiting broth
ers cordially invited TO attend.
J. A. LYLE, c. P.
L. L. LA PIERRE, Scribe.