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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Bible Study WV.

Text: Daniel 1-6 History. Memory
Verse lib.
l. Who gave Jehoiakim into the hands
of Nebuchadnezzar?
2. Who was master of the king 8
eunuchs?
3. How long was the course of train
ing for the kings service?
4. Name some other examples of
early piety, found in Scripture beside
the four in Daniel.
5. In what was Daniel superior to his
three companions?
6. How long did Daniel continue in
the court?
7. What did Nebuchadnezzar threaten
to do to his wise men? Why?
g. How did Daniel express his graft
tude to God for answered prayer?
g. What did Nebuchadnezzar see in
his dreams?
nounces the Messianic Kingdom?
II. What did ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dedi-
cate to himself in Dura of Babylon?
II. What use was made of officers in
Daniel?
IL. How many were cast into the
fiery furnace by mighty men?
ii. What effect did their deliverance
have upon the king?
Is. What calamity came to Nebuchad-
nezzar on account of his pride?
16. What boastful thing did Nebu-
chadnezzar say concerning Babylon?
IT, What wicked king was punished
by the Lord until his hair grew like
eagles wings, and his nails like bird s
claws?
Is. For how many years did Nebu-
chadnezzar eat grass like an OK?
10. How many Lords were entertain
ed at BelShazzar's feast
90. Who interpreted "the writing on
the wall at the feast of Belshazzar?"
81 Who was BelshazZar's successor as
king of the Chaldeans and how old was
he2
%. What office did Darius give to
Daniel?
%. For how long was the decree to
pray to Darius only under penalty OF
being cast into a den of lions?
"a. Who opened windows toward Jer-
usalem when he prayed?
%. Who was destroyed in the den of
lions?
A FEW GOLDEN RULES.
Do as you would be done by.-Golden
Rule of the Persians.
Do not that to a neighbor which you
would take i'll from hiTn.-Golden Rule
of the Greeks.
What you would not wish done to
yourself do not unto others.-Golden
Rule of the Chinese.
One. should seek for others the hap
piness one desires for oneself.-Golden
Rule of the Buddhists.
He sought for others the good he de-
sired for himself. Let him pass on
Golden Rule of the Egyptians.
Whatsoever you do not wish your
neighbor to do to you do not unto him.
This is the whole law. The rest is a
mere exposition Of it.-Jewish Golden
Rule.
All things whatsoever We would that
men should do to you, do you even so
to Decentralization Golden Rule.
Let none of you treat his brother in
way he himself would dislike to be
treated.-Golden Rule of the Moham-
medan.
The true rule in business is to guard
and do by the things of others as they
do by their own.-Hindoo Golden Rule.
MRS. c. F. MENNINGER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

eyes. The prophet prayed that the
eyes of his servant might be opened;
and, 10, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots of fire about Eli
sha. The host was there all the time.
but the servant had not the vision to
behold them. The gift of open eyes
should be prayed for by every servant
of God. He will be saved from fear
and Encouragement. Let him seek
all possible means of enlarged spiritual
vision. There are great Christian con-
ventions, which are as mountain tops
of vision, from which Coos hosts may
be surveyed. There are books and
papers which give the same sort of
vision. One is false to his own spirit
ual development who ignores these.
We can scarcely expect that the
world at large will be aware of these
GAL-2-ReligiouS O..
spiritual forces, or alert to the might
of truths army, any mere than the
SyrianS were cogniZant Of the legiOns
about Elisha Today 1 have been
amused at our kelekji. the man who
Yields the sweeps on our raft on the
Tigris river, as he tries to get hold
of the incomprehensible fact that l
speak none of his three languages
Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish. He sim
ply cannot understand world where
people do not speak, or at least write,
one of these three. He is burly
Moslem, and his repeated, and appar-
emily futile efforts to grasp the con-
ception of a world where the prophet is
not obeyed, and where the Prophets
tongue is not current, are at once
amusing and pathetic. For is he not a
type of the provincialism which aff1icts
all of us in some department of life
or other? We all need open eyes.
The Mysterious Defeat.
The Syrian host, assembled about
the prophets dwelling in Dothan in
such grand array, were worse than de-
feated: they were made to appear
ridiculous. BY a strange confusion of
vision that is not applicable to us they
were led a ten miles journey, where
was not only the man they sought, but
also the hosts of Israel, ready to slay
them. Elijah interposed and prevent
ed this, and, instead, the Israelites
Toasted them, and sent them away in a
new frame of mind. A converted en-
envy is always better than VanquiShed
one. The day was saved for truth by
forces beyond mans anticipation or
reckoning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
PASTOR PRAISES PRESS.
Chicago Minister Says Newspapers
Help to Obliterate Sectfonalism.

Chicago Minister Says Newspapers
Help to Obliterate Sectionalism.
Newspapers, by spreading Informal
ton, are doing more to weld the world
together into a great brotherhood, are
doing more to obliterate sectionalism,
than any other agency outside the
school and church, said Rev. A. Eu-
gene Bartlett in a sermon in the Re-
deemer Universalist church in Chica-
go recently.
Il have been reading for a week the
papers of the nation searching for an
answer to the question, Is the World
Growing better?' The biggest and
blacklist type has not usually been Civ
en- to the events which 1 reckoned most
important. The real signs of progress
the big events for the kingdom of
Cod usually found in small type and
without f1aring headlines.
In every paper that 1 read the con-
clusion was brought home to me that
human life is every year growing
more sacred. An increase of rightly
directed charity is also to be noted.
There are evidences that conscience is
growing more sensitive to eternal dis
tinctions of right and wrong.
Everywhere the signs are hopeful.
The laboring men have obtained short
er hours and higher wages. Now they
are trying to use their leisure better
1.-THE social workers may rejoice that
the worlds heart was never kinder
than today, that never before were
there so many workers and so much
money ready to go on erranGs of love. "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Pope Acts as Confessor.

The pope has just exercised the Of
fee of a confessor for the first time
since his election. Three old people
from his native town of Riese have
had the high honor Of direct confession
to the holy father. They obtained a
papal audience and, informing the
pope of their birthplace, asked whether
they might be permitted to confess to
him, whereupon the pope granted
them a private interview in his private
chapel heard their confessions and
subsequently himself administered the
sacrament His predecessor in the
pontificate, Leo XIII, never acted as
confessor, while Plus TX. granted the
distinction only on one occasion, to the
former empress of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
CATHEDRAL OF MOSCOW.
Architect of Edifice Blinded So He
Could Not Duplicate 1T.

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One of the most extraordinary and
fantastic Christian places of worship
in the world is the Cathedral of Mos
COW. strange not only in outline and
conception, but even stranger in its
history
No one knows the architects name,
but the story goes that the car order
ed his eyes to be put out directly the
church was completed SO that he
should Eever be able to surpass his
work.
The idea of the building was inspir-
ed by the wickedest and maddest
monarch who ever sat on throne
Ivan the Terrible, car of Muscovy.
The church is known as Vasili Bla-
jenni, or Blessed Basil, and is named
after a falf witted vagrant monk who
for some strange reason was almost
the only person in the empire that the
car feared.
Although every one else trembIed
before Ivan, Vasih Blajenni would
f1out him, call him "Ivashka," or bad
little Ivan" and, most daring thing of
all, would try to protect the victims
of the czar's fury. He and another
friar of the same caliber named Ivan
the Idiot are buried in two memorial
chapels beneath the cathedral
The architecture is in every respect
extravagant and barbaric, and the col
oring is garish in the extreme 1t has
nine chapels, rooted by nine cupolas,
each different and each stranger than
the other. One resembles pineapple,
another a melon, a third is said to ape
a hedgehog in its appearance, and the
rest are more or less grotesque. Some
are gilt; others are painted in brilliant
hueS
Indeed, the only description is that it
is nightmare of a church, the fitting
legacy of a ruler who grilled his coun-
selors in frying pans and clothed his
subjects in bearSkinS in order that
trained dogs might worry and tear
them to pieces-StranG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Don'ts for Churchmen.

Don't forget that there is no virtue
without vigor.
Don't expect a pious wish bone to
make a moral backbone.
Don't try to put on new life without
first putting off the old.
Don't forget that brotherly boosting
helps more than sisterly sympathy.
Don't forget to observe that diff
culties of this world impart reality to
life.
Don't forget that no amount of Gull
ture can make canoes out of cabbage.
Don't forget that facts in business
count for more than feelings in meet
ing.
Don't fail to observe that the ones
who get ahead are those who can go
alone.
Don't expect to become worthy of
your past if you are not improving the
future.
Don't forget that man begins to die
as soon as he ceases to see greater
goals beyond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
NEWS AND NOTES.

Bishop Bury, bishop of Honduras
and the other states of Central Amer
lca, who has several times visited the
1sthmus of Panama and inspected its
conditions, says they are an object les
son for the world. 1.-THE whole higher
faculties of the man employed are be-
ing brought out and developed" The
pay roll carries the names of over
$4,000 men.
Rev. DIR. A. c. Dixon of Chicago and
formerly Of Boston has accepted the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Sunday school Convention.

The thirteenth triennial convention
of the International Sunday School as
ISOLATION will be held in San Francisco
June 20 to 81 of this year. 1t will be
composed of 1000 delegates, in addi-
ton to the specially invited guests.
This is double the number of delegates
ever attending a similar convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

1t has been well said that no man
ever sank under the burden of the
day; it is when tomorrow's burden is
AIDED to the burden of todae that the
weight is more than man can bear
George Macdonald.
1t is rare when injustice, or sights
patiently borne, do not leave the heart
at the close of the day filled with mar
velous joy and peace.-Gold Dust.
The divine wisdom has given up
PRAYER, not as a means whereby we
escape evil but as a means whereby
we become strong to meet TT. w.
Robertson
Old friends, old scenes will lovelier be,
AS more of Heaven in each we see.
j. Keble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
This life is training and passage
Browning.

Small kindnesses, small courtesies
small considerations, habitually prac-
ticed in our social intercourse, give a
greater charm to the character than
the display of great talents and &C
omplishments.-M. A. Kelly.
Build a little fence of trust;
Around today;
Fill the space with loving work,
And therein stay;
Look not through the sheltering bars
Upon tomorrow.
God will help thee bear what comes,
OF joy or sorrow.
M r Butts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Exes and No Eyes.

Eyes and No Eyes.
The International Sunday School Les
son for April 9 is "Elisha's HeaV-
emily Defenders" II Kings 6:8-25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Christian and Missionary Alliance
100 East Fifth street. Meeting Sun
day afternoon at $3.50 and Friday
afternoons at same hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

First Presbyterian church, Harrison
street Rev. Stephen S. Estey, d. D.,
pastor The Gideons, who have been in
convention the past week, will have
charge of the morning service. At 8
O'Clock p. m, DR.. Charles Bradt, of Chi
cago, will occupy the pulpit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Third Presbyterian church, corner
Branner and Fourth streets, Rev. Jay
c. Everett. pastor. Morning and even
ing worship IL a. m. and p. m. DR..
Charles E. Bradt, of Chicago, will
preach in the morning. The pastor S
evening theme is From the Ground
Up"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Special service at the Kansas Ave-
nue. Methodist Episcopal church,
North Topeka Mr.. L. H. Griffin, a
member of the Gideons will speak at
the morning service. Special sermon
by the pastor at 500 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

First Baptist church-Morning, John
ID. Nicholson of Beloit, Wis, founder
OF the Gideons, will speak At 2:30
o'clock there will be a memorial SER
vice at which ]. C. O'Hair of st. JOS
eph, Mo-, will speak. Following this
service, John FL. Nicholson will give an
address to men. D. m, mass meeting
In charge of Gideons, Lee Wilson of
Memphis, Tenn, Bible secretary for the
south, will preach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

westminster Presbyterian church,
KEY. Ralph Ward, pastor. The pastor
VIII preach at the morning service on
the theme, Conditions of Conquest"
Mr.. w. E. Henderson, national secre-
tary of the Gideons, will speak at the
evening service at 1880 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

The Second United PRESBYTERIAN,
corner Fillmore and Huntoon streets,
d. Everett Smith, minister. Sermon at
IL a. m. by the pastor; evening SER
vice at p. m. This will be in charge
of the Gideons. One of the strong
speakers at their state convention will
make an address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

The Spiritualists of Topeka will hold
services at the Lincoln Post hall, lis
East Sixth street, Sunday evening, at
s O'Clock. Gertrude c. Aber, the young
est inspirational platform lecturer be-
fore the public, will address the audi
ence. Rev. William w. Aber will follow
with his wonderful psychic tests. All
are welcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Seward Avenue NJ. E. church, corner
Seward and Scotland streets, j. Wesley
Johnston, pastor, residence 1929 Bu-
cnanan- Morning worship and sermon
at IL a. m; revival service at p. m.
Highland Park sermon at $3.50 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Oakland Presbyterian, the evening
service will begin hereafter at S
o'clock. The morning service at II a
M as usual Special sermon in the
evening on THE Mystery of Eternal
Life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Central avenue Christian church,
David Lyon, pastor, IL a. m. subject,
The New Testament Church. 1880 p.
m. Subject of address: Politics and
Pulpit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

East Side Methodist Episcopal church,
seventh and Lime streets, D. A. Shut,
pastor. Public worship IL a. m. and
p. m. Preaching by the pastor. Spec
lal music both morning and evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

The First Congregational church,
Seventh and Harrison streets. Morn
ing service at II o'clock. Mr.. N. p. Ash
brook of Granville, Ohio, a representa-
tive of the Order of Gideons, will speak
at the morning service. No evening
service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Walnut Grove (Methodist), Six
tenth and Harrison. c. B. Zook, pas
tor-Public worship. II a. M: SER
mon by the pastor, theme. Palm Sun
day" Evening address, 8 p. m, by
Mr.. G. T. Bowers. Lincoln, Neb., rep
'resenting the Gideon work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Church of St. Simon (EpiscopaD
Seventh street and Western avenue,
the Rev. H. B. Brown, priest-Palm
Sunday. 1880 a. M. celebration of
the Holy Eucharist. IL a M, choral
celebration with sermon; subject,
what Should Be the Result of Christ
Example" 4:30 p. m, choral even
song with sermon, subject 1.-THE White
ROBBED Throng."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Services for Palm Sunday at Grace
cathedral will be as follows: Holy
communion 1880 a. m. Morning serv-
ice and sermon at II a. m. Even
song and sermon at 1880 p. m. The
Very Rev. J. P. de B. Kaye, dean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Second Church of Christ Scientist,
corner OF Harrison and Sixth streets.
Services at IL a. m. and p. m. Sub
ject, Are Sin, Disease and Death
Rea1?" Reading room at 108 West
Ninth street, open afternoons from 1870
to p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Lowman chapel CMethodist Episco
paid, corner Eleventh and Morris ave
nue.. The pastor, George A. Marvel
will preach at IL a. M, subject, 1.-THE
Triumphant Entry Mrs. c. E
Mauiiey will sing. Mr.. c. K. Burnel
of Newton, Iowa, representing thu
Gideons, will speak at s p. m. Music
by male quartet. Other services a:
usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Services at the First Methodist Epis-
copal church will be conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Frank L. Loveland, D. D.
The morning address will be given by
Mr. w. E.. Henderson, the national
secretary of the Gideons. The evening
sermon will be by DIR. Loveland on the
subject 1.-The Value of a Noble Friend
ship" Special music appropriate to
Palm Sunday will be sung by the
quartet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

First Unitarian church, 912 Topeka
avenue, Rev. j. H. Jones, pastor. Ser
vices II a. M, sermon by the pastor.
Music, Solo-selected-Mrs. F. S. Thorn
as; organist, Mrs Frank H. Foster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Second Presbyterian church, Jack
son and Gordon streets, William c.
Meeker, pastor-11 a. M, celebration
of the Lords Supper and communion
meditation by the pastor. 1880 p. m,
Mr. c. T. Bowers of Lincoln. Neb.,
representative of the Gideons, will
speak on "a Bible in Each Guest
Room Of Every Hotel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

Services at Topeka Post G. A. r. hall,
ZIG West Sixth avenue, at 3 p. M, I'M
der the auspices of International Bible
Students association. Discussion on
1.-THE Divine Plan of the Ages" Illus
trated with chart of the ages. All in
vited
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Central Park Christian church, corner
Sixteenth and Central Park avenue, A.
bort I. Fits, minister. Preaching at
II and at 1880.
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BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

The mau who looks for good could
not look for anything he will be more
certain to find.-Ram'S Horn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11
TAX RETURNS FRON
FOUR WILSON TOWNSHIPS

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilson. July S.-Returns have been
made from four townships in Wilson
county, and the fOotings up show the
following figures:
Black Crpek-White polls. 212; col
ored, ia. Number of acres Of land,
23,354; value, owned by whites. $244.-
$50; by colored. $500: average value
per acre, $1,000. Personal property.
white. s381.S29; colored. SASS.
Town lots, white, s29,195; colored,
$500. Total value Of real and per-
ona property. s411,776.
Cross ROads-White polls, 239: col
ored. SO. Number Of acres of land.
6.773; value Of land owned by whites.
s161,474; colored. $11.355; average
value per acre, 5000. Personal prop
Town lots, white. s29,795; colored,
s775. Total value Of real and per-
sonal property. $411,776.
Spring Hill-White polls. 255: col
ored. 95. Number of acres of land,
22.12O. Value of land owned by whites.
$245.3O3: colored. s"18.121. Average
value per acre, $11.91- Personal prop
cray. white, s157,712; colored. s16,613.
Total value of real and personal prop
erty. $437,749.
TaylorS-White polls. 68; cOlored,
SO. Number of acres of land. 13.625.
Value of lands owned by whites. $780,
N91: colored. $9,655; average value per
acre. 1888. Personal property. white,
s63.891; colored, 1892. Total value
Of real and personal property, $751;
$50.
In a comparison of the above figures
with those Of 1910. it shows an in
in total valuation-Black Creek,
S44.226: Cross Roads. s9.275: Spring
Hill. ~S4439S: TavIOrs. s15.236.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11
Says Tha Women Neglect Men in the
Summer

In the July Woman's Home Com
panion. Margaret f. Sangster, writing
on Injecting Summers Problems,'
that in the average American
family the men are neglected. She
says in part:
In the meantime, the husband,
left alone at home, has a weary time
Of it. One man whom l remember
wrote to his wife that in the morning
when he was dressing ne could hear
the flies walking on the ceiling, the
house was SO forlornly still. No one
should be left entirely alone in a
house at night. There is always the
possibility Of sudden illness and the
possibility of weakness too great to
reach a telephone.
Young men obliged to peg away
in the office should have a mother or
sister to stay with them, to give the
home feeling and the home care: and
if there are no women in the family
who can take turns in ministry. an
arrangement should be made by
which the comfort and well-being of
the groWn-up boy will be provided
for. The custom Of leaving the men Of
the household in solitude during the
summer does not commend itself as
either sensible or sane.
There are countries in which it
would almost seem that the man in the
house is too much considered; but,
in ours, he is far too often practically
upon as the man who pays the
bills n furnishes the Injuries that
have grown to De indispensable to
wife and daughters. If it is true, as
more than one observer has said to
me, that American men Drematurely
break down under the strain Of their
bread winning. and that many of them
do not survive their ~fifties. it be-
hooves the women to whom they are
dear to discover the weak point in the
machinery Of living and apply a rem
edy. /.