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Tbe plague in porto Kico.

Home Mission Society. The American
Missionary Association reports delay in
building much needed hospital because
Of lack Of funds. The new structure
now more needed than ever. is to be lo-
Gated at Humacao.
Presbyterians have two hospitals, one
at Santurce. the other at Mayaguez.
They state that congregations have
been much affected by the fright. So
have some of their schools Episco-
palians have hospital at Ponce. too far
away to be much used in the present
emergency. and their chief congregation
at San Juan has been almost annihila ted
because OF people fleeing from the city.
Others having work there are Methodists.
Disciples. Lutherans and Friends. Some
religious bodies are sending $4,000 a year
of American money into the island. Ro-
man Catholics have six hospitals, one OF
them. the Municipal. in San Juan. where
Sisters OF Charity are in the midst of the
present plague. The American Bible So
ciety colporters report their work inter-
fered with through bad transportat ton
because of the plague.
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misunderstood.
~ AVE we misunderstood Christ? His
III own generation did, both friend

~ AVE we misunderstood Christ? His
III own generation did, both friend
0E and foe. not only PLATE and
Herod and Caiaphas, but also Mary. his
mother. and Peter and John. Misunder-
standing people Is common to us all. Late
in life parents realize that they may have
misunderstood their children and children
grow TO experiences which enable them
TO understand their parents better. To
misunderstood our friends la unfortunate
to misunderstood our kindred lamentahle
but to misunderstood Christ seriously is
nothing short of tragedy.
1t Is calamity to misunderstood
Christ because the goal. spirit and ef-
fectiveness Of life are determined by the
attitude a man takes toward his concep-
tiOn of Christ and His tea ching. AS OF
old men looked at Him but did not see
Him. listened to His words. but did not
hear His message. SO still we may repeat
His words but interpret them to mean the
reverse Of what He taught.
IL the kingdom Of God is the place and
the people where Gods will is done, it is
great enough to include heaven and
earth. It's establishment on earth was
the task to which Christ devoted Himself
and which He committed to US. The
Peter was of one who went about doing
good" who put conduct before thought.
deeds before words. Jesus put justice.
mercy and faith before religious scrupu-
min. His final approval Is based on con-
duct toward ''ohe of the least of these.
my brethren" He defined his own mis-
sion In terms OF service when He said
The Son of Man came to minister" In
His own example and His teaching. re-
ligion. or the true relation of the soul to
God. fiowered and bore fruit in human
conduct. He demanded type of charac-
ter in His disciples. but cannot be sa tis-
fed until they react on society and trans
form 1t.
Jesus Christ repudiated violence as a
means OF establishing His kingdom. He
knew that right made ultimate might.
He taught that tomorrow must grow out
| of today, not be built on the ruins of the
present Christ taught and lived good
ness which is social. The basal virtues
He teaches are justice and mercy. \ man
alone can be neither just nor mercifui.
| Society is the sphere necessary for vir-
tue. Christ measured greatness by
human service. He. the greatest. rem
dered the humblest service. washing the
| feet of men. As society congests Christ s
| exhortation becomes increa siugly impera
| tive and personal. Seek yc first the
kingdom of God and his Righteousness. .
IF. W. Sweet, in Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate:
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Some Plain Proverbs.

The offense of the Christ is the defense
of the Christian.
There is no momentum In a multitude
unless it moves.
When religion moves inward. men move
forward
The helmet OF salvation will ft any
head but the bighead.
The sword of the spirit makes soens
painful thrusts-
The Dead sea is dead because 1t keeps
all Ii gets.
The new man never becomes old by
use.
Victory over the devil follows slavery
under the Christ.
The devil short circuits many a well
worded prayer.
The breastplate of righteousness hath
power to soothe the savage breast
Many prayers, like electric currents;
are returned by way OF the earth.
Many a father weeps when he sees his
own wild oats being harvested by his
son.
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metbooist leaoer's 1arger poner
s.. Carl Taplor. fen Secretary of the Aaetbooist
foreign Boaro, Bas Taken dip 1em 0aork ano
@ibes Tems on effort to Be @urs,,eb.

ders of the missionary education move
ment and directed its first summer con-
ference at Silver bay. He was char
man of the committee that worked out
the present mission study text book
scheme that ie in use among young peo-
pie throughout the world
Mr. TAYLOR was also chairman of a
committee that got the Sunday school
people to introduce missions In their
courses. and helped to establish a mission
AIRY movement for young people of India
and Japan. He helped the Church MS
sionary Society of England to start its
mission study plans, aided in founding
the National Mission Study Council of
Great Britain. and the International Coun-
ell, founded In Holland in 1911, and for
three years has been general secretary of
the laymen's missionary movement In
the Methodist Church.
He had hardly taken his seat In the
mission board Office. when he talked brief
ly about the conditions and outlook at
the moment. He said the training of men
in missions has been neglected.; that min
listers and women had paid attention to
missions, but men have not. Yet men, he
averred are the bone and sinew of the
work, and must always be such. Lay
men. he declares. must now be taught
a system that IS intelligent and adequate.
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Intensive Growth.

S~~s
The gospel message of the woman plac-
ing the yeast into the dough and of it's
work of leavening the dough illustrates
the Transforming power of the gospel.
that for the centuries God has been first
working In that the Christian might
work out in the development of the
kingdom. As a rule, leaven ia used in the
Scriptures as symbol of corruption
Many interpreters consider that here 1t
represents the evil and has been mani
fest among Christians throughout the
history of Christianity. Leaven is used
in the parable to illustrate the kingdom
of God. hence 1t is used not to illustrate
corruption. but the Transforming in
fiuence Of the gospel. The Christian. tina:
cannot help improve the world by with
drawing from it's life or allowing it's
principles to determine our life. Here
the leaven of the truth. which is the
means of our sanctification. transforms
our mind with new view of life. Our
spiritual strength is nodded by the love
of God and man, which the word teaches.
The Christian receives a new ideal that
calls out the best that is in him. making
him realize the proper care of his body
as the temple Of the Holy Spirit 1t
teaches the disciple how To behave at
home in performing the duty to ones
family. and also to the state by empha siz-
ing the message of righteousness which
eXaiteth nation. The gospel power to
transform ones soul Is an earnest of its
power over all people. History teaches
us THAT the growth of the kingdom has
been according to the natural laws OF
the spiritual world. 1t has extended its
influence through the centuries like
gulf stream of love that has transformed
by its power the men of all classes, con-
dition and countries. The advance of the
past 1900 years during which 'it has
proved itself to be the chief source of
moral illumination. OF comfort for the
sorrowing. of strength for The weak OF
deliverance for the oppressed. of hope for
the dying. should encourage us to pray
Thy, kingdom come. Thy will be done
as in heaven SO on EARTH. and to look
forward TO the day when Christ whose
social message is the spring of modern
philanthropy. the basis OF modern civili-
zation. the fountain head of those ideas
of human brotherhood that perineate and
modify social life at every point" shall
come to rule in person in the affairs and
life of men,
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Progress of Christianity.

The irresistible trend of modern civili-
zation. that has moved all nations toward
higher and better conditions. commenced
with the small band of Christians that at
tho death of Christ We're apparently as in
significant as the mustard seed. The
power of the gospel to change the current
of civilization transform men and silently
but steadily change the spirit OF the ma
tions of the earth. reveals a force superior
TO any other faith Christianity trusts in
the power Of the gospel False faiths
utilize the force Of the sword. Within
less than year We have seen China pass
abruptly from a monarchy to democ-
racy. This gigantic movement. the great
est and best engineered revolution OF all
history has revealed the power of the
gospel that has been at work in that
mighty country hardly more than CEN
tury. The movement for the uplift of
humanity that today is seen in every
land has its source in the gospel whose
progressive power is filling the world
with new hopes of better social and po-
Iitical life The wonderful advance of
Christianity Is beyond the force and power
of any country or combination of capt.
talsts TO check. curo or control. Today
all classes and conditions find shelter and
safety under the wide-spreadng branches
of the tree of life that has filled tIe
earth. The tree. with its leaves. contains
healing for the sorrows of men. The
plague spots of society VIII finally dis
appear beneath its influence. Every ad-
vance in science scholarship and society
ts FASTENED by the gospel. and helps 10
bring in the kingdom for which our Lord
taught US ioApray. Thy kingdom come
Thy will beAdone In earth. as il is in
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Aem departure in
Gnucatiotr.
That of the Religious Kind
Put Upon the Same Basis
as the Older Missionary
Societies.

~ HE Episcopal Church has just per-
Iii. fected its general board of reli-
gious education by the election Of
general secretary. He is Rev. William
E. Gardner. who has been for two years
secretary Of a mission art department
which includes New England. He will
enter upon his new work at once New
York will be the headquarters OF the new
board.
The step is one it is declared that the
Episcopal Church has been working on
for ten years, and consists in putting sun
day school work upon broad basis. Wlth
comprehensive name. and organizing
it on the same plan as Is the general
board of missions Of the same church.
The new board will have departments
corresponding to those of the mission
board, and eventually. it is expected, the
departments will have secretaries as do
the missionary departments.
The new board disclaims EFFORT to per-
feet religious education on lines OF public
schools, the officials stating that the basis
for such education as it seeks to give is
the Christian home not the public school.
The board will stimulate to higher educa-
ton, provide for teacher training and en-
deavor to put system into the whole pro-
fession of teaching the gospel to children.
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hfH X. s. EARL TAYLOR. the lay
@hu man. who is one of three new
~~ secretaries of the Methodist for
eign board. is an Iowan and the son of a
Methodist presiding elder. He has been
here frequently. and is well known to
those who participated in the laymen $
missionary convention. The student vol
Hnteer movement developed him, and he
went into Christian work. it is declared,
in almost ideal fashion. He took COL
lege course. next a theological course
and then remained a layman. That is. he
had all of the training a minister gets.
but is not ordained. constructor and
builder. the new secretary has had part
in forming many of the new missionary
plans of the last decade and half.
He was the business end of the mis-
Eionary campaign that took nearly two
hundred to thousand churches of the
middle west one summer. and established
in those churches mission libraries and
study courses. He projected the first
series of mission study text books, and
founded the young peoples mission work
in his church. He was one OF the foun-
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vital and victorious nation. Jesus seeks
10 correct their false conception by these
parallels that treat of the growth of the
kingdom, not of the church of individual
Christians. except as they by their de-
velopment promote the expansion of the
kingdom. The three parallels have been
selected from the gospel of Mark and
Matthew. One of the two chosen from
Mark is peculiar to his gospel and treats
OF the seeds spontaneous growth.
Seeds Spontaneous Growth.
The key to the Interpretation of this
PARABLE is the development of the seed
according to the laws of nature. The
seed grows when 1t is planted because
the earth is fitted to make the seed
s:ow. The truth of the gospel and the
mind OF man are fitted to each other
Just like the seed and soil. The farmer.
having planted the seed. waits with faith
for its growth. The results are with God
after we have scattered the gospel. The
farmers of Christ's day were not scien-
tifc agriculturists, like many Of our mod
crn tiilers of the soil. who are able by
chemical ANALYSIS of seed and soil to de-
,ermine how they may assist the process
of development going on in the vital proc
css of the seeds growth IN the soil
With all his knowledge the skilled farmer
knows that after he has planted and
stimulated by all the arts of cultivation
the increase of the seed is brought about
ly the unseen power of the Almighty.
Religion to the mind of Christ vas nat
Gral. The method Of its process was
hearts of men grows according to the nat
nral laws regulating it's vital develop
nent. After the farmer sowed the SEED
ne waited for the harvest. which came as
<svx-$h
demonstrated the wisdom OF the agricul-
turst's faith in the Seed soil and sea-
sons. for the EARTH beareth fruit OF
herself. first the blade. then the ear, then
the full grain in the car. This was the
one truth the Master sought to press
home to His disciples. who restlessly
looked for the sudden restoration Of Is
rael to political supremacy. Growth In
the spiritual world is spontaneous. 1t
Is natural for the human soul to be re-
ligious The truth of the gospel presented
to soul awaits the development OF time
The responsibility for the sowing is ours.
but the results are With God. who giveth
the increase The higher the life In the
scale Of being. the slower is its growth.
The spiritual life. being the highest form
OF all life, natura 'ly takes the longest
time for it's development.
When the fruit ripened the farmer col
leoted the results tnat came from his CO.
operation with God by scattering the
seed. The emphasis here is put upon the
ACTIVITY t1at IiidThcu ti:e idINtst.
we will study next week in another par
able that unfo,ds the end of this age,
when the King comes into power The
first advent with its earthly career
marked the sowing of Christ. The sec
pnd coming with regal power marks the
end OF this dispensation, when Christ will
harvest the results of both His sowing
and that of the Christians who have un-
der tn. Holy Spirits guidance sent the
gospel message into all the world. so
that We are coming to see In our day the
fuifillnent of the second parable In the
progress of Christianity.
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What Have You Done? !?

You know of some one. do ron not
Whose presence serves to make you glad
Whose coming strengthens you somew what
And soothes the bruises yuu have had?
Is there not one OF whom you say:
The world would he poorer place
II men might neser from today
Again behold his kindly face:
Have you by sught that ron have done,
Or ny the things ron strive to do.
Provided cause for any one
To have this thought concerning you:
$. L. kisef, in Chicago Record Herald
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The Two Kingdoms Differentiated.

The diagram will show how it is that
many things spoken concerning the king
dom of heaven may also be predicated of
the kingdom of God. and vice versa, even
though as objects of thought, or as facts,
they differ.
For instance, since the kingdom of
heaven is the earthly sphere of the uni
versal Kingdom OF God, the two have
almost all things i'll common, and for this
reason many parallels and other teach
ings are spoken by Matthew of the king
dom of heaven, and by Mark and Luke
of the kingdom of God; but not all in
common, as omissions significantly shoM
for the parallels of the wheat and tares
Matt. 13:24-3O and OF the draw-net
Matt, 13:47. 49 are spoken only of the
kingdom of heaven and not of the king
dom of God; ie., Gods accepted rule in
which there are not tares TO be burned
or bad fish to be thrown away.
Again: The kingdom of God is per-
sonally entered only by the new birth
Iohn, 3:3). but the kingdom of heaven.
during this age. is the sphere of a pro-
fesson which may he real (wheat, good
fish or false dares, bad fish.
Still again: The kingdom of God is
universal. including all moral intelligences
that willingly submit themselves to the
divine will. while the kingdom of heaven
is Davidic, mediatorial. Messianic. and
has for its object the establishment of
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vision. common law. .
common good. and
we understand that
the term common is
prefixed on account
of certain prin-
ciples or truths in
yolved in each case
of like nature and
t e n d e ncy t h e
knowledge of which
has come from
trial and common
experience.
Common sense is
diSDlayed when we
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the kingdom of God, or divine rule, in
the earth.
Once more: The diagram shows the
kingdom of heaven ensphered in the king
dom of God, but as a matter of fact the
kingdom of heaven will merge into and
coincide with the kingdom OF God when
Christ. having put all enemies under his
feet" shall have delivered up the king
dom to God. even the Father Il Cor.
1874. 35).
The third phrase. "The Church" will
discussed next Saturday.
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nff MISSIONARIES reporting on con-.
(nE ditions in Porto Rico. growing

nm 1ISSlONARIES reporting on con-.
M ditions in Porto Rico. growing
~ out of the bubonic plague. ex-
press confidence in the government ef-
forts. and point out. first, that the clean
Ing up process will in the long run
prove a good thing for Porto Ricans, and
second. that Americans at home help
the people of the island to establish hos
pitals to care for the sick and schools
to teach. among other subjects. how to
secure sanitation and keep well. So far
none save native Porto Ricans have been
attacked. and the plague is confined chief
ly to San Juan, and to one Of the poorest
sections of the city.
Baptsts report the loss Of one church,
which had to be demolished in the cru
sade against rats. A tent must be pro-
vided or the congregation will have no
place to worship. A new church is need
ed at a. cost OF $1,000. The work is under
the direction Of the American Baptist
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that furnish the
theme of our lesson
we are taught the
process, progress
and power I h a t
Jesus by the para
bles' prophetic pic
ture predicted would
mark Christianity in
it's development.
The disciples were
looking for the
kingdom to ilnme-
diately take its
place as a vigorous,
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y -
Definition.

Kingdom is from king and the old
Saxon '.dom.' doom. dominion. and de-
notes the kings dominion, authority
sway rule. The kings rule may be
either--or both-the actual exercise of his
power or the realm in which he exercises
it: his dominion or domain.
The relation of these three phases to
each other, and the distinction between
them may receive something OF explica-
ton and Illustration by the following dia-
gram:
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The Kingdom of Cod is Gods domin-
ion and domain, His rule and realm.
This kingdom is universal. all-incusive,
all-comprehending. "The Lord hath pre-
pared His throne in the heavens. and His
kingdom ruleth over all'' FPS. 103:19). 1t
is an Everlasting kingdom Cps, 1879,
covering all time and space. All objects
in time and space. worlds and their con-
tents, organic and inorganic. sentient or
insentient. material or spiritual. belong
to it-"all.'
The distinction between rule and realm
must be borne in mind. This earth,
through the Introduction of sin. became a
Qet us hope there is no other) revolted
province. So there is much in God 8
earthly realm over which He does not
rule, at least Immediately: devils, wicked
men, all rebels against His authority.
There is much that He tolerates and does
not sanction, but condemns.
Then the kingdom of God must be
viewed as having twO-fOld admln1Stra-
tion: over matter and over mind. outward
and inward. A person under Gods do
minion physically may be rebel against
Him morally. A wicked man is under
Gods rule outwardly lin providence, etc.,
but not inwardly Jesus saying. THE
kingdom of God is within you '(Luke, 17.21),
has application only to the spiritual phase
of it. and to those who acknowledge, ac-
cept and submit to Gods sway.
That a time is coming when God shall
rule in very fact, over all in His realm,
is to be hoped for and expected.
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The Kingdom of Heaven.

The phrase kingdom of heaven occurs
in the New Testament only in st. Mat
thew's Gospel. and is used there thirty
two times, but always in the plural-'the
heavens in the Greek.
On any theory Of divine inspiration. yes,
granting Matthew but modicum of the
literary intelligence that should be credit
ed to a college sub-freshman, the fact
that he. specifically. used a term peculiar
only to himself involves the necessary
presumption that it has special and
peculiar meanfng-a meaning that differ
entiates it from all other phrases. though
they be more or less allied and accOrdant
The idea is first enunciated in and the
phrase is derived from the Book Of
Daniel, chapters ,: A and {: 81. 1t is the
kingdom which the God of heaven will
set up at the time and render the con-
ditions there specified 1t is the kingdom
divinely promised to David UI SAM,
I: 40: Psalm 70: 30-3D described in the
prophets micah. 4; Zech-, T. and else
where>. and through the angel Gabriel
Mary Luke. ::}2-33). Jesus Christ came
to this revolted earth to set up and es-
tablish the rule of the heavens" or the
rule of the God of the heavens and
so bring the world back to be a part Of
the veritable kingdom of God.
Matthews gospel is pre-eminenty the
kingdom gospel. In the first chapter We
have the Kings genealogy. showing his
rlSnI TO the succession, III chapter Z, Ills
birth; in 3 and he is inducted into Of
flee, by baptism and temptation: in 5,
8 and is his inaugural address. the
Sermon on the Mount proclaiming the
principles or laws of citizenship in His
kingdom; in the Sth He manifests Him
self to Israel in grace and power; in the
9th is seen the effect of the King
presence upon the leaders of Israel-they
spurn him t9:34: in the 10th He. send
ing out His twelve apostles proffers Him.
self to the people of Israel: in the 11th He
is rejected by Israel. and in the 18th
Israel is rejected by Him.
He sees an awful crisis approaching.
Now occurs an abrupt break in His
method. In parabolic teaching. which the
people do not understand Thereby the
crisis being delayed) and which He ex-
plains to His disciples privately, He seeks
to prepare them for the situation when
He shall be taken away. Going, He will
be as q "nobleman gone into far coun-
try to receive a kingdom, and to return"
duke, 1912. In Matthew. chapter Ii.
the seven parallels (seven the symbol of
completeness) present the kingdom ''in
mystery" or as existing in concealment,
the state of things In the present age dur
ing the Kings absence At His return.
the kingdom prayed for (Matt.. $40
shall come and be established in power
and glory Matt, 25:oD.
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TOPIC:
Christian Common Sense.
Prov, 4:I-0.

~ HE term common is applied to a
DI great many things. We speak of
common custom, common dill
gence, common nuisance, common dl-
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n f2@urroap @rbool lesson[
Ald Bp Reb. lNugt a. &tebenson.

I'm our study last week We learned
III that the unequal development of the
gospel was due to the character of
he soil This week in the three parallels