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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

They went forth to go into the
land Of Canaan: and into the land OF
Canaan they came They ala what
they set cot to do. They had a. pur-
pose, and fulfilled 1T. They had a
destination. and arrived at it. In col
loquial phrase, the got there
1t began with the call of God to
an Eastern chief to go out from a
land of idolatry to a land which he
would make his own, and where the
worship Of ting Most High would be
supreme. To that land Christ would
come and thence would pass out. into
all the earth. the messengers Of SAL
walton. or such obscure beginnings
are such vast issues born.
Ii is to be observed that Abram g
journey was broken for ii consider
able period And they came to,
Haran and dwelt there And
Terah died in Haran. 1t is thought
that the reason OF the delay in Ha-
ran was the Old age and innrmity
of Abrams father For the old
mans sake the journey was inter-
rupted midway To their destination.
In thu pursuit of a purpose, even
supreme purpose. there are obliga-
tions we cannot shelye. There are
claims Of home and duty which must
not ste dsregarded. 1t iS no part of
our hottest purpose TO disregard them.
Always the highest duty Is the near
est duty. If Ahram had gone on,
leaving his father, old and i'll to
die alone, II is certain that he would
not have been known to us as the
father of the faithful and the
friend of God"
No man reaches fine. fnll man.
hood through disregard OF home
claims, His governing purpose may
he what L viii, 1t may be as big, as
popular. as poetic as he please but
II. In the pursuit OF ii, he override
the needs and claims Of others. his
achievements win he as the apples
Of Sodotn In his grasp.
Count TO time lost, count no pur~
pose defeated, while, in Difference and
in kindness TO .hpse who deuera on
YOU, you larry awhile in one place.
You have set out to do a Niece Of
work, 70 achieve a certain happiness
and success In which your whole ma =
ture II wrapped up 1t Is your life's
ambition. your iiEe's romance Very
well. you VIII get there If the car
you have heard dominates you az
such cal! can you Will arrive one
bright morning They DO arrive who
start UP and travel like that.
The river calls, and the road Gals
And. on. the call If the bird!
Fpt ii Is part 81 the cali and part
OF the journey and part Of the grand
fulAilment. to minister on the wav
70 those who arc there, and especially
to those who may never share In this
world the success that Is yours We
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16
Good Work With n TeIcsex,tps.

The excellence OF the Lick tele-
scope and the sfeadiuesS of the air
when the conditions are good on Mt
Hamilton are attestea by the state
msnt of one OF tire observers there
that double stars, whose components
are nearly equal In hrIgh tness, can he
measured If the distance between
them exceeds ene~tenth Of second
of arc. one~tenth Of a second Is
equal TO the APPARENT diameter Of the
head of an ordinary pin, viewed by
the naked eye--lf the eve could see
it~-at a distance Of two miles. -~sscien-
ttlc American.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16
Movable fsrtEyFtrttv,

Not long aga the city electric SER
vice OF Minneapolis WAS interrupted
BY "a fire, This badly crippled one
OF the newspapers Of the city. which
was dependent upon the city mains
for power 10 operate It's linotype MAJ
chimes IL CHANGED mat across the
street there was large garage. anu
ali electric truck was hastily loaded
with one hundred and tivs storage
battery cells used for electric vehicles.
This Was stationed just outside Of the
newspaper office, and current from
the storage batteries, at two hundred
and twenty volts, was conducted into
the composing room, permitting the
operators to continue work until the
city service was restored
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

operation is placed at five years. I'm
mense grain. Ivory and gold fields
now closed to the world would be
opened. and civilized methods be in
troduced into a part of Africa where
the wilderness has prevailed for CEN
turtles.
T nEehro ETAOIN sHRDL UUU
The Enormous Cost of Smoke,
The two following questions with
their answers on the cost of smoke
will show what that cost really
amounts to. First, What proportion
of the coal which is. shoveled into a
locomotive firebox actually drives 1t
at the rate of sixty miles an hour?
About six per cent What percentage
of fuel value of coal do the great
manufacturing furnaces use? Not over
ten per cent, and very frequently less;
the remainder is wasted. This in
teresttng data was recently published
by Youths Companion.
The chief difficulty lies in the
failure to use the oceans OF COM
bustile gases which arise from the
burning coal. They are either al
lowed to escape unignited, or are dis
charged. without having done any
service beneath the boilers. TO expend
their heat on the air.
he Geological Survey eStimat ties
that smoke costs the country. through
waste Of fuel. injury to merchandise
and unnecessary labor caused by the
clouds of SCOT. over six hundred mill
lion dollars a year.
Much Of this loss Is at present
unavoidable, because we have not
learned how to utilize the energy OF
coal directly. Steam. and often cleo
tricity as well. must be generated
before the power can be applied. But
there are improvements in furnace
construction which reduce the losses
OF imperfect combustion, and many
progressive manufacturers are saving
money for themselves and benefting
their communities by adopting them.
The problem is still far from solu--
ton, however, and offers splendid
opportunity for the ingenuity of in
ventors."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. Frank r. Boston, who died in
Washington, y. C., on Wednesday,
august 23d, following an operation for
appendicitis was one of The best known
and best loved OF the Baptist ministry
in Virginia. He was sixty-three years
old and was a graduate of Columbian
College, Washington and Grocer Theo-
logical Seminar For more than
quarter OF century--with a break Of
three years spent in a pastorate in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16
/ thought that the completed pr0U9
of the conference will be ready
publication at an early date,

The report of the London Mi6oe14
airy Society shows a total members
of s4.i in it's foreign mil
churches. Ten years ago the
mem bership was 5s,059. The aver
income of the society during the H.
ten years has been $611. $40. SN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Memphis-he had served as pastor OF
the Warrenton church. and had won
for himself a high and enyiahle place
in the confidence and esteem of that
community. His funeral was held on
Friday August 26th. with the follow
ing ministers present and participant
ing; Revs. V, II. Council, John S. Sow
ers, /. r. Lake, II. D., ]. NJ. Pitcher.
y. u. S. w Coles. F, s. Kinks. VIM.
Chinn and Charles Claimant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Poetry has been to me its own ex
ceediug great reward. II has soothed
my affiliations; multiplied and refined
nay enioymants, eudeared solitude, and
given me the habit of wishing 20 dis
cover the good ard the beautiful n
al that surrounds me.-samuel 7.
Coieriage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Work has begun on the new BeS
Israel Synagogue in Bangor. wh1M1
Is to be completed in February. ILL.,
at cost of about $40, 900. IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. George J. Sanger, Of Danv14
Mass, celebrated his eighty-nkS
birthday last Sunday by preaching L.
the Methodist church in that toN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. r. j. Campbell OF the L0M%
don Temple, successor to Rev. JoeepJ
Ps$+ker. IL expected to arrive In No.
York In October on his second viet4
to this country. aSS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16
Carefully Carried.

carefully Carried.
Philip had gone To bring in the
new kittens TO show them 10 a WIS.,
itor. His mother, hearing a shrili
mewing, called out, Don't hurt the
kittens, Philip"
From the hall esme the reassuring
answer, 'oh, no, I'm carrying them
very carefully by the stems Sc
Sssy}ta;s =,ea f.s9s1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. John E. Wakerly hAa 1 31s
pointed fraternal deIeenxo tn
British wesleyan chuTcn ~
eral Conference OF tho Me4161
copal Church
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16
A Little Nonsense
A Idttle Nonsense

Mine. miner. minus" This Ia the
general upshot Of speculation In min
Ing stock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. Marcus Hast, the chief cantor
Of Great Britain and Ireland. has died
in London. For fifty years the rapni
oficiated a the services of the con-
gregation of which Baron Rothschild
was the head. In addition to his
ecumenical prominence. Rabbi Hast
won distinction as a composer of &C.
clesiastcal music He wrote an en-
tire synagogical service and several
other works of religious nature, in
Guiding several oratories.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Roman Catholic Missionary &c.
ciety for the Propagation of the FARM
reported for last year an income OF
S1,3a2,00o. OF this total. $60S,V00l
came from France, 1888, 900 from tins
United States, s15t 900 from G6res
many, and $50, 900 from Italy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

It's been four years now. said the
deserted lady since he left me and
his happy home. / rem Der Just
az we'll as yestsrday--how he stood
at the door, holding 1t open till six
flies got IN the house. "~-Indianapolis
Press
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The average clergyman Of the
Church of England does not fare bet
ter than the ministers Of other
churches in the matter of financial
returns for his labor. out OF about
twelve thousand clergvmen in Eng
land. five hundred receive less than
S3T5. one thousand less than $500,
and over one-third Of the total num-
Der receive less than $1,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Rev. Daniel McGiivary. who died
on August % at Laos, had been a mis-
sionary of the Presbyterian Church.
North, since 1855. In that year he
Went to Siam, and in 1857 estab lish-
ed the Laos mission. continuing in
that field until his death. He was
born In Moore county, n. c., on May
l6, 1898. and was a graduate Of the
University of North Carolina and
Princeton Theological Seminary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Advance (Congre gationalist)
says: Not only has Rev. K. j. Camp
bell publicly lametned the failure of
his liberal league to accomplish any
thintl, but now comes q professor of
one of the German universities asking
his colleagues why it is that his ana
their scholarship remains SO unfruitfuI.
He iaments that the common people do
not understand these questions of crit
icism. while the elite do not care IL
rush for them. After twenty years the
Chrlstliche Welt. their chief organ, has
but scant five thousand subscribers.
Judged by pragmatic tests, nothing Is
more barren than the learning which
gives US "a larger Bible but feebler
one"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Mountains, and by It's baptism Of blood
and agony. its moral grandeur, and
the intense glory that beams from it's
mortal group. Oh what associations
clster AROUND It! Mount Calvary at
the mention Of that name the universe
thrills with a new emo-ton and heaven
tremblas with new anthem, in which
pity and exultation mingie in strange
yet sweet accord ,~-Headley.
"And now that Is all over" said an
old, mearleA and dying statesman,
after a day of sad farewelis, III Is not
so bad after all The terror, the dis
quietude. 81 not In tire thing suffered
hut on our own faithless hearts. But
II we look back al the past and see
how portion after portion has become
dear and beautiful can we not look
forward with & more steadfast tran
guilty for us. though the old light
seems 70 have been Withdrawn ?---Great
Thoughts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Discussing at the San Francisco
Sunday School Convention the respec-
tive claims of the uniform and the
graded lessons, DIR. Jno. r. Sampey of
the Lesson Committee. as reported In
the Standard, declared that 1t is the
policy of the committee to perfect the
uniform lessons as though they alone
held the field, also to issue the graded
lessons and to make them so good that
they will sweep all else aside. There
are now 20,SS0 Sunday schools using
the graded lessons and the number Is
rapidly increasing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Prince krapotkin, the Russian
scholar and radical. acquired Portu-
guese in addition to a good assort-
ment OF other tongues, but he did so
Ny. accident. u@ sas In prison for
his opinions, and was not allowed
books and papers from outside. when
by some chance there fell into his
hands foreign grHinmar, with album
dant exercises and literary quotations.
The book was battered and thumbed,
and had lost its title page. hut he
counted Ii q treasure. and immediate-
II applied himself to studying II. He
successfully and rapidly acquired the
language. and not till his release from
prison did he learn. with amusement
and dismay, that it would not. as he
had hoped. enable him 10 read Don
Quixote" in the original. The miss
Ing title page had allowed him to mis-
take Portuguese grammar for a
Spanish grammar He had 70 content
himself with Camoens--at least, until
leisure or another term or imprison-
ment should afford him an opportuni-
~ to learn Spanish. Youths
Companion.
What We Owe to InSecfs--Cochineal.
In Mexico tiny insect of brilliant
scarlet feasts on the cactus This is
the cochineal bug, and 1t requires
seventy thousand of these atoms to
make a pound. The males are of lit
tie account. To- be sure. each cochi-
neal gentleman has pair OF wings.
while his wife goes through life minus
this handy means OF locomotion. Ma.
dam Cochineal Is twice as large as
her husband, and the females out
number the males two hundred to
one.
The life OF the tiny red bug Is brief
and may be counted by hours. Her
last act IL always the laying of many
dozens Of eggs, which she covers with
her dead body 70 protect them from
The cochinal industry is . thousand
years old. For a. long time after a.
was introduced into Europe svery one
supposed that the red mite wasa bud
n seed Of the cact1ss cpns saaieh Ii
n - u, q sSsSs.As 80 81 ss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Il asked little Jim the difference
between inertia and MON entum.' ="
Did he know anything about it2''
Yes: he said inertia is something
that won't start. and momentum ~
something that won't stop. detroit
Free Press.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

At the opening Of the new dormi-
tory and Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION building at Waseda Uni
versity in Tokyo. Count Okuma, the
head of the university and a states
man of great experience, in notable
address said: THE springs of modern
progress are to be found i'll the teach
ings Of the Sage OF Judea, in which
alone is TO be found the moral dyna-
MIC which can raise man above his
sin and wretchedness
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

What's the first step toward the
direction of the food ?" asked the
teacher. Up went the hand OF a
black haired little fellow who ex-
claimed. with eagerness. Bite it Off
Bite II ofs.'--American Kitchen Mag
agine
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Church history, and social service have
| been presented In the manual OF ac-
| tlVitiea.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Secretary Hfngetey. Of the Board
of Conference Claimants of the
Methodist Episcopal church, says
The Chicago Typographical UnioMs
pays retired printers one dollar -
day. Less than one hundred retire0a
Methodist preachers out of tctAks
Of $500 receive that much"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Professor Fl. G. Lyman has resign
ed his position as instructor III
Benedict College. and accepts thA
position of uperintendent of SUNDAYS
school work in the negro colleges Tor
the International Sunday-School A.
sociation. He will have his head
quarters at Atlanta, Ga.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The First Tniversalist church Of
Nashua, y. H, will receive about So,
600 by the will of Mrs. Dorcas A.
Dodge, who died August :. the money
to be- applied to the payment of the
church debt. The church is made the
residuary legate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Lawyer; IT have my opinion of
you" Citizen: Well, you can keep
it The last opinion / got from you
cost me si50. 49, Yonkers Statesman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Nj: il is not hard TO write funny
paragraphs, All you have to do is
10 procure q pen. some paper and Ink.
and then sit down and write them, as
they occur to you. II Is not the
writing, but the occurring that il
hard. --New Haven News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

One of the fruits of Christianify3
In Japan is seen in the case OF Mr.
Ensho Ham, who for twelve yeArAS
has been working with DISCHARGES;
prisoners. 1t is said that in that time
he has cared for Lit criminals c1s
all kinds. in his home. some of whorns
have been convicted fifty and one AZ
hundred times, and that five hundreds
Of them have been rescued and are
leading moral lives. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Northern Presbyterians have,
$1,000 900 invested in theologtcals
seminaries, and only seven hundred9
students enrolled last year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

turn to these old words again,
and they seem prophetic eft all the
h9rcs which make HE lovaale ard
Of the sure and certain hope If the
resurrection unto eternal life, through
GU Lord Jesus Christ They went
e rth to go into the land OF Canaan;
ana into the land OF Canaan they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The two Presbyterian churches res
porting the largest number of mems
bers received on confession OF faith
the past year are the First church.
Seattle. Wash, 555 received. and the
Second church, Portsmouth, o.. 49,
accessions
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The ca binst of the Chicago North
ern District of the Epworth League
ri the Methodist Episcopal church
sent a telegram to President Taft
protesting against James Wilson.
secretary of agriculture, accepting tho
honorary presidency OF the Interna-.
tionai Brewers Congress to be held
in Chicago in October.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The United Presbyterian church has
in India a membership of 24.362, nm
increase or more than one hundred
per cent. during the past five years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Let what viii be Ger me.
All ! ask. the heaven above
And the road before me.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Temple Baptist church, LoAs
Angeles. Cal, of which DIR. J.. Whit,
comb Brougher is pastor, has 1.40os
members. The church budget for thtMs
year Is $50. 900. of which $4,000 Na
for missions. kS#
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

She "Ah. count. YOU don't know
how my love for you distresses my
parents | heard my father say this
morning that he would give $50, 600
If could never see you again" The
Count "Ees your fa2aire In hees office
now you sink christian Work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The National Nacavation Bihies
School Association this year conducts
ed one hundred and five schools In
seventeen cities, with 400 teachers and
rs 900 boys and girls enrolled. Eighty
per cent. OF the pupils were children
Of foreign parentage,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Friday. His foundation IL IN the
holy mountains-Ps. 87t1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Fifty seven churches Of the Pres
syterian Church. North. have oyeFg
me thousand members each, eigAts
have two thousand and less tha1M
hree thousand, while two have 0vAg@
hree thousand members. N
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

years pastor OF the flFSt GOn&T4Xme&
uonal church, Fall River, Maas. Sd
A special meeting OF the Houno q
Episcopal Bishops is called Tor O.
toher rs in New York, among eth
things to create. il 1t then seemA&
wise. an Independent Episcopal int3x&
diction for Indians. The suEHnoEN{
plan is to elect a bishop for w0f
among Indians, giving MN liberty
go into any diocese in which no nn1
Indians dwelling. II is claimed klG
there Is in the Episcopal Church
present no adequate law to allow 1(2
and that last Year. IN an attempx
pass one. the convention showed n
Discrimination to do SO. while ~
venting the question from coming
vote. The call proposes AIs0
creation OF missionary district &&
the Panama Canal zone. but addfn&
IT possibly some small part ~
lornbia. in South America, and
work in Central America start84
the Church of England, but d.
now. It is said, TO be turned oys
that Church to the Episcopal Cn
in this country. The special
will elect a new bishop for s
district, where the present bio1k&
Kansas City was formerly O<Atf
and for new district in ChInS
which President Pott, OF II
College. Shanghai was ctOne M
declined. If all these plans o1
into effect no fewer than ten
win be the record for the EHx3
Church this fall. 8a8SS3
RAv Iahn r. WakArlv ~ fSaf1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Methodist Ecumenical Confer.
ence will open with sermon by Rev.
Henry Haigh. president OF the Britt
ish Wesleyan Conference. u y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

Under the will of Hon. Edward 1Gsa
Shepard, of New York, bequest of2
$4,000 Is made to the Rev. Edwin IsS
Hiseox. OF Boston, for many years.
pastor OF the Regent Street Hanttma
church OF Saratoga, and close parS
sonal friend of Mr.. Shepard. u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

rive Methodist bodies have mis-
sionaries in China, the total nnmrar
including wives of missionaries ha
ing about six hundred. Methodist
constitute about IA per
cent, OF the Protestant missionary
force In that country, and in num-
Der of members about 90 per cent.
OF the total of Protestant communi-
cants.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-16

The Finland Annual Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church was
organized by Bishop Burt on August
I. The Methodists began work In
tha' territory In 1854. and. according
70 tne statistics of 1910. there were
In the territory now embraced In This
new conference 1.1S2 members and
334 proba toners