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such wounds. The forgiveness OF sin
will not remove the consequences of sin.
It will help US to mend our own broken
lives. 1t will even make the scars of
sin testify to the power of God. This
plank" found a welcome hearing. as did
the fifth, that of the proclamation of the
great year of jubilee. The promise Of
the millennium filled them with wonder
In a moment, almost. the worshipers
changed their view because of Christ's
claim which aroused controversy, in
which he was Inc conqueror.
Claim, Controversy, Conqueror.
When Christ, who had stood up to read
and preach, seated according to their
custom. reached the point where He COM
menced to press home the claim that He
was the Messiah. He aroused their
prejudice. The Masters declaration that
this day is the Scripture fulfilled surprised
and startled them. The power of
Christ's personality was triumphant.
but the spell was quickly broken
when they challenged His state
ment by referring to His birth. The
power of prejudice, the force of familiar
ity prevented their acceptance of Jesus,
whom they had known as a fellow-citl-
zen. as the Messiah. Jesus understood
They misjudged Christ by His family.
The present POpe's parents were Italian
peasants. Lincoln. Goethe. Luther
and Shakespeare sprang from the masses.
The prejudice Of Nazareth overlooked the
character of the Christ. who could not De
judged either by His family or His trade.
The fact that Christ was not trained for
the work of preaching and that lie was
n. of the family of Levi was not against
Him. For Christ was a layman. his
disciples were all laymen and His reii-
gion Is for lagmen.
The chief cause was In Christ himself,
because, as He says, prophet Is not
without honor except in his own country.
If Jesus had claimed the power OF a
cepted Ills cain, bit To be the son oil
God, the Messiah, this claim started
controversy. They would not listen to
Christ's defense for His failure to work
any great mirac .es among them. JUSTLY
ing His conduct by the examples OF
Z ija,i ard Elisha, He defeated them Ia
argument. In u frenzy they rose up ana
cast Him forth out of the city and led
Him to the brow of the hill wherein the
city was built that they might cast Him
down headlong. 1t was an attempt 10
S ay Christ because of His claim to the
Messiahship. But the Master passed
through their midst. They could not
yet come. Jesus draws near to US. TO
each individual and each nation. Offering
the blessing of His gospel. There Is
great danger that We may reject Him be-
cause He appears to us as He did to them
In some familiar way. Let us see Christ
the Savior as He passes our way. Let II
never he said Of jesus appearance to us
as IL was OF the people of Nazareth.
THAT tie came zip to His own and His
own received Him not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Bishop Bristol.

Great honor and praise are due to the
beloved Bishop Bristol who left the pas
torate of the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church-an edificc
rfch In memories OF glorious Methodism
In Washtngton-and went to the people
Of South America at the bidding Of his
general conference. On his arrival IT, ere
We OF other denominations watched his
efforts with the same deep interest as
lid Method!sm. We hoped and prayed
for his success. and in all hearts
wished him Godspeed. Then when lie
returned to the last general conference
ot his CT urch were overjoyed to
read the report OF the splendid success
achieved.
Nov Nethodism has sent another son
10 South America. AMI our prayers 20
with HIM that great success may attend
al his efforts We know he VII tell the
STORY of Jesus and His love wherever
no may go--to the Peruvian. Bolivian,
Chilean. Brazilian. Argentine and TO the
other peoples His mission may call nil.i
70. and thus the story of our glorious
kinship with. Christ will be told TO MANI
peoples who know so little about II i'll lis
most splendid aspect.
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ton as bishop coadjutor of southsl N
Ohio.
Rev. f. Hez Sven in Centennial Bap-
fist Church tomorrow evening Is 10 take
for the subject of his sermon IAN Wash
ington Folks Like One Thing" In tho
morning at IL o'clock his subject will l..
Joy Strong" Pastor Sven Is especially
pleased at the large attendances at Cen
tennial Church Sunday evenings
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midst. still We see another eager for the
work. taking up the effort where he laid
1t down. We contemplate his valor Us
he goes forth into the bat lie in British
Guiana far from places where the British
flag flies, and Britain's guns will belch
forth as quick in defense of the Ameri
can as the Englishnan. There he is TO
tell his story in the wilds midst the COM
bined dangers of hostile savage as well
as ever lowering deadly fevers.
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The Neglected Continent.

So far as missionary endeavor is con-
cerned South America has been long
neglected by our churches. 1t is only
in recent years that 1t has received its
reasonable share OF Christian care and
service. Though the missionary history
~ South America IL brief. 1t Is heroic"
is the statement of Amos r. Wells. No
where has more splendid courage been
shown than by Allen Gardiner, starving
70 death for Christ on the desolats
ShoresNof Patagonia: or by the Moravian
missionaries of Guiana perishing of fever,
and spending one missionary life for
every convert won; or by the Bible So
ciety colporters on the west coast. faith
full and brave In the face Of persecution,
enduring prison and death for the sake
OF the gospel
II Is OF special interest to Us to note
the labors in this field of those who have
gone from our own midst.
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At times we can hut ponder on how
Christ appeals to men Of ali nations.
Moses was a Hebrew: Socrates. an Atnen-
ian: Confucius, a chinaman: Buddha. n
Hindoo. Mohammed an Arab: Luther "a
German-not only i'm blood. but in spirit.
But Christ belongs as much to the Afr-
can as He does to the American. He Is
loved by the Chinese as lie is by the
Choctaw Indian. To the Welshman
Christ seems to have been Welshman.
To the Arabian Christ seems to have
been an Arabian No matter what a
mans nationality he feels at horne with
the Son Of Man. So thus when His mes
sage Is given do we expect all South
America to stand side by side with Him.
4 = y
Only q few short months ago did we
hear of 10y al missionary OF the Seventh
Day Adventist denomination laying down
his life I'm the wilds of British Guiana
There II is detailed he was telling native
chieftain and subject that the book OF all
books condemns In no uncertain terms the
practice OF polygamy. In the center of his
preaching he is cut down. Another val
liant soldier In the cause OF truth has gone
20 his reward.
Though the native chieftain with many
wives found q way to cut short the earth
~ career OF this Christian soldier, sent
opt from the headquarters OF his denomi-
nation At Takoma Park in our very
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TOPIC:
TOPIC:
Missionary Progress IN
South America and the
Islands. Acts. I6:Io-34..

NE Of the most inspiring thoughts
US which now and again comes across
my mind Is that splendid figure
of Christ standing on the topmost spot
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The Islands.

Throughout the Pacific Islands Christian
Endeavor is prominent In true lines Of
Christian service. We are Informed that
one society in Samoa has furnished more
than one hundred Of its members as mis-
sionaries to other islands; a majority OF
them going to the deadly climate of New
Guinea Not only the fatal climate. bu.
the savage character OF the people have
made the mission work there peculiarly
dangerous. but our missionaries have
never faltered.
To quote the words OF Amos r. Wells:
mo mission fields can record a more
complete success than the Pacific Isla IDS
Many of them, such as Hawaii, and
much of the Ffjis and New Hebrides,
have become thoroughly Christian. Some
Of the cannibal islands are now COM
munities that are models even to Chris
tian lands
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The Visit to Nazareth.
Luke, 4:16-3o.
Golden Text: He came
unto His own, and His own
received him not. John, III.

~AZARBTH was brought into prom
~ inence by our Lord. 1t sheltered
~ Him for a quarter Of century
It's school. which belonged to the syna
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"The Remuneration of
Worldly Preferment: Self
Remuneration Prepares for
Saving Service Matt,
1910; Job, AZ :o-Io.

~ OW dazzling are the devils plans!
III What master painter he Is.
~ What promises he makes We
have come to the climax of Satanic art
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new factor enters into the plan. and the
adversary of mans soul, he who had
tempted our first parents at Eden, he
who had Knocked at Jobs piety and had
challenged God to put him to the test.
now strides forth to tempt the Son of
lures by which the heart of man is led
astray.
There are but three temptations known
to devils or to men. The first of these
is to the flesh. Always the te,npter
comes, saving Eat. or Drink! or
the drunkard and the Iibertina are but
the fruitage of this first appeal.
Many there are who do not yield to
this inducement, to whom gross sin is
most repugnant. these must have other
and more subtle snares set in their path.
The second appeal is always to our pride.
our love of display. our vanity. More
fall by this than ever fall by bluntly
offered disqualification.
The third temptation is 'the easy way
to great achievement" and forms the
climax of Satanic art. What a wonder
ture presents of the archfiend offering
the world to Him who made it! Again
the devil taketh Him up into an exceed
ing high mountain, and sheweth Him all
the kingdoms of the world. and the glory
of them. and saith unto Him, All these
things will I give Thee if Thou wilt fall
down and worship me-
Then Jesus said unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and Him only
shalt thou serve
Then the devil leaveth Him, and be-
hold. angels came and ministered unto
Him!
Three thoughts and brief summing
UP are born of this stirring account of
the Masters final conquest.
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Christian Endeavor Work.

1t is pleasing to note that In nearly all
the South American countries Christian
Endeavor societies are established and
doing a splendid evangelistic work among
the people. In British Guiana and Brazil
their labors are specially fourishing.
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I. Satan's Offer.

What was it that the adversary chose
as the last arrow from the culver of his
hate? 1t was an offer of "the easy way
to great achievement How catchy is
the very phrase, how full of optimistic as
surance! It is his age-old scheme to
catch the child of God who has great
plans for doing good ALLY myself with
the forces Of evil. and use them as step
ping stones to power. then use the power
for noble uses" 1t is not new, this mat
ter of arguing that 1.-The end justifies the
MEANS" but thousands are caught in its
snare, year by year. and its successful
deception of the saints has justified its
continued use by the powers of darkness.
To the soul with a vision of the mighty
task Of bringing the sinful world to God.
the good will Of evil men and forces
seems most desirable. We argue to our
selves that 1T is better to have the good
will Of dot" These sophistries are all
but lures Of Satan. whose object is that
promise with sin, and we'll has Lowell
said:
They enslave their children's children
Who make compromise with sin.
Jesus saw clearly both the sin Of COM
promise with sin and the harsh alterna-
tive of hunger. loneliness and rejection
with its cruel Climax of thorny crown and
X X x
II. Jesus Answer.
What answer could He make this
tempted Savior Of the race? Get thee
hence. Satan!'' 1t is the glory of real
virtue that when it stands is ground sin
has to go. Each time He answered Jesus
feathered the shaft of His reply with apt
quotation from the Book of God. Satan
tried the same method once. but. failing,
tried it not again. We must be skillful
who. swing the sword of truth. Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God. and Him
only shalt thou serve Then Satan left.
and ministering seraphs came to feed His
body and console His heart.
The conflict was over, the three tempta-
lions past. the Son of God had triL1nphed
over sin and Satans power, the word and
grace of God had proved sufficient for
the needs of men. Now to His God-ap-
pointed task He goes. knowing His power.
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bringing the sinful sons of men back to
righteousness and God.
But no sooner do We see this than
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07
ltlsNOT Drink That Causes
the High Cost of Living
Inc High Cost of Living and Other Kinds of Anxiety
Contrary Cause Drunkenness and Drive Men to Drink
y y v

Eugene Chain, who interesting preden
tal candidate of the Prohibition party remarkable state
ment the other day.
He said Liquor the cause of the high cost of living
Liquor is nothing of the kind.
Nothing foolish than say respon
sible for all the ills of society.
The ills of society the contrary largely responsible for
drunkenness
Men drink when they underpad underfed
ried and distressed.
Those that foolish say poverty. pow
ery that DRINK
When man lives in of anxiety and whisky holds
temporary relief, the man is apt to take whisky.
When the high living despair they
lind difficult to provide for their families and whisky
out temporary happiness many them take
whisky.
1t not drink that poverty poverty that
drinking.
And the same is true of dirt, disease and ignorance
Ignorance drunkenness
Dirt is caused by poverty, dirt poverty combined
drunkenness
Take the high of living, fight ignorance with educa-
on abolish poverty with opportunity good Mr. Chan you
viii be surprised to find how quickly you will diminish
and how rapidly will solve the problem presented by the
demon rum
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07
Godfrey Chaucer
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

~ EOFFREY CHAUCER, the
r Father of English Letters,
died five hundred and twelve
years ago. The sun went down, but
its glory remained behind The poet
departed, but his fame is everlast-
ing. In the Pantheon, where dwell
the company of the Immortals, no
name is brighter than that of the
author of the Canterbury Tales"
and the House of Fame"
Men seem to be born into the
world for various purposes-some
to make fortunes in money, some
to found empires, some to write
constitutions and laws. some to
demonstrate great problems in
mathematics or to make astound-
ing discoveries in science. or to
give to the world the inventions
upon which depends the material
conquest of the planet, but Chau-
Ger appears to have been born for
a higher end than any of these
the founding of a literature, and
that literature the English.
1t has been well said that a ma
tons literature is a nations life.
All that a nation is, in its thought
and in its action, in its form and
substance, is mirrored in its litera-
ture Upon nations literature its
children must feed, either to be
poisoned or refreshed and reinvig-
GRATED. Upon a nations literature
depends very largely the question:
Shall the nation live and grow"
To create a literature, then, or to
take a moribund, slipshod literature
and breathe into it new life. and
impart to it a new beauty and
power is to do one of the greatest
things that any one can possibly 90
in this world.
And this is what Chaucer did.
Rescuing his native tongue from
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~ ONE boys, at work in a large
- department store, were asked
to write letter to the Man
ager, stating what they do from
the time they come in, in the morn
ing, up to the hour of closing.
The letters were very much the
same. with one exception.
The boy who wrote the excep-
tional letter, pointed out that when
he reached his department. and left
at night, the man in charge
shakes hands with me-"
Effect of Tact.
A man in charge who wears a
Prince Albert coat every day, and
can boss 20 or 80 persons, may act
like king on a throne. or he can
step down and shake hands with
the boys.
1t pays to come down and say,
Good morning, Joe; how are you
today?"
1t pays, because it makes the boy
know that he and the boss are on
the same job, working in the same
interest, with no kingly haughti-
ness separating them.
This is an instance of the benefit
cial effect of Tact.
1t has been said of statesmen that
they can get a mans attention by
striking him on the head with big
stick; but, having gotten attention
in that manner, they can not sell
him any goods. He is too sore to
buy.
This is an illustration of the bad
effect Of Tactlessness.
THE main proposition that con-
Germs many people working for
one Boss is this: Every one, from
Manager to boy, is working In one
interest. The spirit of that interest
must be this:
How can we do the best Team
work and produce the best results?
You may think this is giving too
much to the Boss. On the contrary,
after centuries of trying, by which
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07
By THOMAS TAPER.

Joe, or any other boy, can get abil-
ity out of himself.
TO get ability out of ones self is
to increase ones efficiency, and to
increase ones efficiency is to raise
ones value.
The man with the cheerful view
of things and the habit of greeting
Joe pleasantly in the morning can
raise the value of all the people in
his department. Cheerfulness is
contagious. When Joe feels cheer
full he works better and he works
more.
Watch any man of a glum and
dark-complexioned disposition. try
ing to get work out of twenty other
people. Everybody Is rebellious.
- Work goes hard. Nobody looks
happy. They are all taking short
gasps of breath through the mouth.
The whole equipment is like a six
cylinder motor with five cylinders
out of commission.
1t pays to be cheerful.
III.
ONE of the greatest merchants In
America, a man who employs
more than 10000 people, goes
among them and passes the cheer
full habit along.
He calls them by name. asks
some personal questions that shows
he is interested in the one to whom
he speaks, No criticism, no com
plant, no hurry up now and keen
busy" He knows that a word OF
pleasant greeting makes burdens
lighter while hurry and complaint
tangle up the entire business.
Radiate Cheerfulness.
All this means that one person
can be the center of enough cheer
fulness and good nature to change
the atmosphere of the whole de-
partment.
You can be that one person by
casting your vote for yourself.
Some men are so full of it that
even stray dog will come trust
ingly to sniff at him. This is bet
ter than radiating an influence that
makes stray dogs and ones own
friends want to make mile min
ute in the other direction,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07

of thousands of the labels of cele-
brated French dressmakers and mil
liners that it sold to enterprising
dressmakers and milliners there.
Further, a man interested in this
subject was told by the head of a
large millinery house in New York
city that so per cent of his i'm
ported French models were made
right in his own work room, and
the French labels pasted in.
Now, there is no use in blaming
the merchants for this duplicity.
The fault is with the women. They
demand French goods and they are
supplied with what they ask for
If they would ask for American
made hats and gowns, the merchant
would be glad to furnish them
Nobody leads the double life for
choice
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-07

its "Babylonish confusion" he es-
tablished for 1t a literary diction
banished from it the superannu-
ated and uncouth, and softened its
churlish nature by the intermixture
Of the polite and gentle terms Of the
South. As a high authority upon
English letters remarks, he Created
a new versification, and by the SUI
perior grace. correctness and har4
mony Of his style became the first
model to succeeding writer's"
What Petrarch did for Italian
literature, and Montague for
French, Chaucer did for English
made it, first, alive, then attractive,
then powerful.
Chaucer brought the dawn-a
dawn that has been spreading and
Frightening ever since, so that to-
day it is flinging its glory all about
the earth,
The English language is the most
amazingly prophetic fact to be
AChiib III lllC WOIlu LOQdX. 1na
speech Of the two greatest nations
on earth, and steadily growing
growing faster than any other two
or three tongues put together-it
promises to be, if not the universal
language, then, certainly, the lam
guage that is to color all other lam
guages under the sun
The thought of the English
speaking men of today is destined
to be the thought of all mankind in
the generations to come. There is
no doubt of it. 1t is written down
in the Book of Fate, and nothing
can stop it,
And then, as the millions Iool,
back toward the morning time If
the glorious day they shall see as
the preceding genius OF ii All the
shade of Godfrey Chaucer thA
khishtly poet Of the fourteenth CEN
fury.
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Important Directions For
Mailing Parcels

The people of this country obtained the much de
sired parcels post sysmor beginning of the
complete system
1t is difficult to realize what this will country
convenience in tmesavng in direct economy ultimately in
greatly reducing the of living
We have received today postal authorities the com
muncation which here conspcuousy We earnestly
quest readers with the postoe utilize
cells post system accordance with postoe regulations
POstQffce Meas Item
DOMESTIC PARCEL POST REQUIREMENTS
Of
which will 1next:
distinctive
matter beginning January 1913 and that
will be
That all parcels bear
Will
It Is the in
mailing
dispatched
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Sympathy
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright 1912 by American Examiner
5 the way hard and thorny, OH my brother?
Do tempests beat, and adverse wild winds blows
And are you spent and broken at each nightfall
Yet with each morn you rise and onward COZ
Brother, know. know
l. too have journeyed so
is your heart mad with longing, OH my sister,
Are all great passions in your breast aglowY
Does the white wonder of your soul blind YOU
And are you torn with rapture and with woeq
Sister, know know
J. too have suffered so.
Is the road filled with snares and quicksand, pgrmf
Do pitfalls lie where to grow?
And have you sometimes stumbled in the darkness
And are you bruised and SCARED by many bowf
Pilgrim, / know know
l. too, have stumbled So
Do you send out rebellious cry and question:
As knocking hours pass silently and slow,
Does your insistent 'wherefor" bring no answer
While stars wax pale with watching and droop low
l. too have questioned SO,
But now | know, know
TO toll, to strive, to err, to cry, to grow.
To love through all-this is the way to know
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By DOROTHY DIX.
Drawn By HAL COLEMAN

imported from Sixth avenue, and
are no nearer French than is the
French accent Of the Mary
O'Gradys and Sally Joneses, who
masquerade as Madame Therese,"
or "Clothilde," or "Fifines."
A Trade in Labels.
Recently pawn shop that was
investigated by the police in New
York city was found to have tens