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yet he was dying,
like the remain Jesus and the Seventy.
der Of the race. Jesus answer signi-
fies, You should not only strive to
keep the Law, but you must be a sac
rfcer; take up your cross and follow
My example"
We are not hastily to suppose that
Jesus meant that riches should be
given away recklessiy. Had the young
man agreed to the terms and asked the
Lord how best to distribute his wealth,
doubtless the Lord would have said.
GIVE it all to God and then as His
steward distribute it according to the
wisdom which He will give you"
Even this full surrender of earthly pos
sessions would not be sufficient. Who
ever would gain place in the King
dom must become active in the Lord s
service, and follow patiently in the mar
row way of self-sacritice, in the Re
deemer's footsteps.
Sorrowfu! For Very Rich.
The young rulers riches were not Of
themselves harmful. The difficulty was
that he had set his heart upon them,
so that when the test came he demon
strated that he loved God less than he
loved his wealth. He forsOok the op.
pOrtunity to do the greatest good, and
thus turned his back upon membership
In the Kingdom class. We are not,
however to understand that there is
no hope for him. Even while missing
the Kingdom opportunities, he may be
one Of those blessed by the Kingdom.
Few Rich In the Kingdom.
The rich young rulers failure to be
come a disciple on Jesus terms fur
nished a text for Jesus. He said to
His disciples. 1T is easier for camel
to go through the Needles Eye than for
rich man to enter the Kingdom of
God" Matthew 1924.
The Needles Eye was small gate
or opening in a large gate in the city
wall The gates were closed at night
for protection against robbers; and
watchmen were on duty. An arrange
ment was made, however, for travel
ers who failed to reach the gate before
It was closed. The Needles Eye was
Just large enough to permit camel to
go through after having been unloaded
Thus understood, Jesus taught that a
rich man could enter the Kingdom of
God only by giving up all to the Lord,
The amazed disciples inquired, who
then can be savedT The rich seem
ingly had all opportunities Of time, in
fuence and money to enable them to
give better service to the Lord than
could others; and If they would have
such difficulty in getting into the King
dom, how would 1t be with those less
favored?
Jesus answered, "All things are pos
sible with God" That is to say, II a
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rich man be hon
est-hearted a n d
humble, and his
riches alone stand
In the way, the
Lord would show
him the Divine
will respecting
their use. If this
did not avail, the
Lord would know
how to strip him
Of his W cal t b,
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their position by
saying that Jesus
never referred to
mans fall, al
though the Gene
sis account tells
Of it, and st. Paul
and other Apos-
ties particularly
mention it. But
In this text we
have Jesus own
statement as to
W by He came
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the Samaritan Neigh- even us lue uldS-
Dor. ter would unload
the camel to permit 1t to pass through
the Needles Eye.
I'VE Have Left All"
st. Peter seemed to get the thought
that joint -heirship in the Messianic
Kingdom would mean full surrender
to God. He said. I'VE have left all,
and have followed Thee" Jesus did
not fully endorse this statement Ju-
das had not nearly left all. In St Pc
ter himself some self-will still remain
ed, and self preservation would lead
him to deny his Master, later on. But
Jesus answer fully covered the ques-
ton, not only for the Apostles, but for
all who have become followers Of Je-
sus from that day until now,
Prosecutions all His followers are
sure to get; but everything sacrificed
for the Lord is compensated a hundred
fold.
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ishes. Publican.
Jesus referred to this same error OF
the Pharisecs at another time, saying
Il came not % call the righteous, but
sinners, to repentance" He thus
sought to call attention to the fact that
although the Pharisees claimed to be
righteous, yet they were not so. Until
they should learn that they and all
other members Of the Adamic race
were sin-sick and needed the remedy
which only the Redeemcr can give,
they were not in condition to come to
Him for forgiveness.
Not realizing their need, the Phari-
sees did not become Jesus disciples,
and thereby missed a great blessing
On the contrary, the majority Of His
followers were publicans and sinners
people who had not been living proper
lives, but who earnestly acknowledged
their faults, turned from sin, accepted
healing from the Good Physician, and
became His followers.
A Little Mana Big Heart.
The latter part of our lesson relates
to Jesus Journey from Jericho to Jeru-
salem, just prior to His crucifXion.
Multitudes were journeying in the
same direction going up to the Pass
over ZacCharus, a rich man of that
vicinity, was curious to see Jesus. He
was not a PharIsee; he did not profess
holiness of life He was a tax col
doctor for the Roman governmental
publican. On this account he was de-
splsed, and declared to be dslOyal to
Judaism
Small of stature, ZacChaeus was un-
able to see Jesus because of the crowd
Therefore he ran ahead and climbed
Tree, to have a good view OF Jesus as
He passed by, When Jesus came near,
He called to Zacchaeus to come down
at once, for lie was to be his guest.
The summons was gladly received by
Zacchaeus. But the whole cirCum
stance greatly dlsgusted the Pharisees,
who remarked that Jesus would be-
come the guest Of one not orthodox.
Forthwith Zacchaeus addressed the
Master as though urging that the
charges against him should not hinder
the Master from becoming his guest,
and as intlmating his desire to do
right Jesus replied to ZaCchaeus,
This day is salvation come to this
house; forasmuch as he also is son
Of Abraham" From the Lords stand
point all Abraham's sons were eligi
bic to disCipleshIp. The one thing re-
Quired was an honest confession Of I'm
perfection, an honest turning from sin,
hearty acceptance of Christ and an
endeayor to walk in His steps.
UnqucstiOnably this principle still
applies, regardless of what men may
think or say to the contrary. The Lord
is willing to receive the repentant.
The middle wall Of partition between
jew and Gentle has been broken
down as St Paul explains. All who
have Ahraham's faith may be counted
in as Ahraham's children by becoming
related To the Divine Plan as Jesus dis
ciples Galatians 3:l6, 20.
That Which Was Lost"
Our lesson closes with Jesus words
"For the Son of Man came to seek and
to save that which was lost" Some
who deny that Adam was created per
feet who deny his fall from Divine
favor and who deny that redemption
was ur.essary, have sought to sustain
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eEErPROkEN -
NIABERNACLE)
BIBLE 'SIOpr'On -
THE FRIEND OF SINNERS.

Luke 1894; 1s:f-1o-Juns II.
81 came HOs 10 call the righteous. but sta-
HeTs Marx R:r.
- HE parable Of today's lesson re-
veals the heart attitude OF
~ some Of the Pharisees and OF
the despised publicans. Two
men went up to the Temple TO pray.
From Gods standpoint both were sin
ners, and needed forgiveness Of sins.
But the Pharlsee trusted in his own
imperfect works, and asked no for
gIveness; the publican. however. re-
allied his blenishes and prayed for
mercy.
We must not get the impression that
God Is more pleased with those who
live In sin than with those who strive
to the best Of their ability to live in
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promise TO Israel
was, "He that do
eth these things
shall live by the
doing of them"
All Jews under
stood this; and
this young ruler
confessed that he
had been striving
to live according
to this rule, and
yet he was dying,
New Britain herald., 1914-08-27

Prince Rupprecht, crown prince of Bavaria, is leading the German army that is operating in the vicinity of Luneville and Nancy, France. Ac cording to reports, he has been suc- cessful in driving the French back and has occupied both these places, which however, are unfortified. These cities are very close to the border and are historic for being the scenes of early battles in various wars.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-27
LOST.
NOTICE.

WANTED-Two or three furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Will furnish references. Address Box AK, Herald.
 8-22-6dX
New Britain herald., 1914-08-27
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.
All Ready for Party Primaries
 Unanimously Named.

The republican town committee last night made up the list of dele gates to various conventions, the members of the delegations having secured the nominations by petition. As all the nominations were unani- nous there will be no contests at the primaries. The delegates follow:
 Town committee-First ward, George w. Bull; second ward, Mark M. Cashmere; third ward, Fred M. Hewett; fourth ward, William N. Mo Kirdy; fifth ward, Paul Bellman; sixth ward, John F. Kingley.
 State delegation-Mayor George A. Quigley, A. J. Sloper, Charles Mueller, Peter Crona, Orson F. Curtis, Peter Suzio.
 Congressional delegation-Aaron Danielson, George E. Elliott, Howard M Steele, J. White Mills, William N. McKirdy, Edward M. Pratt.
 County delegates-Bruno Wagner, Thomas J. O'Dell, Philias J. Gagnier, Sam Berkowitz.
 Probate elegates-Ernest w.. Christ, Mark M. Cashmere, Aaron w. Carlson, James Desmond.
 The town committee was reelected with one exception. Councilman E. M. Hewett was named to succeed Ray mond R. Healey. MT. Healey is slat- ed to succeed Judge George w. Klett as chairman.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-27

If you are out of work don't waste your time wan der1ng atmlessly about mak- ing a nuisance of yourself in places where the employers have more help than they know what to do with. Look in the Herald Want Columns and see there which peop1e in New Britain really need your services.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
A NEW RECORD FOR IOWA.

Iowa is now in the billion dollar
crop class, according to report Just
published by the state department of
agriculture. The statistics on live
stock show that Iowa's live stock on
January l was worth s47O,272, 900.
The field crops for Iowa in 1913, to-
gether with the poultry, wool and
dairy products, amounted to s522.474,-
227. The total value Of farm products
tog ether with that OF farm animals
show Iowa's farm products and live
stock on January !. 1914, were worth
practically s1,O0o,000,0O0. This estab-
fishes new record on the value of
Iowa farm products and live stock.
The total figures for Iowa livestock
are only little in excess OF last
years, being s47o.272.00o, as against
$45e, $4,000, but the total farm prod
ucts amount to s522,74T.227, making
the total value Of live stock and farm
products s9s2,746,227. The report
says
No other state in the union an.
Ilproaches this remarkable record of
the Hawkeye state. Iowa leads in so
many products and in SO many kinds
of livestock that the sum total for
the last few years has surpassed
other states in marked degree.
Iowa is coming to be great draft
horse state. Horses are high in price
and run UP into money so that Iowa's
horse industry is now the most val.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08

Mrs. Clarence Baxter. chairman OF
the civics and health department OF
the Missouri Federation of Women's
Clubs. has issued pamphlet which
tells of the work of her department,
as Endorsed by the State Federation.
She has sent copies to the five normal
schools OF the state and the Missouri
State University. A general cleanup
in May, an August campaign against
weeds, a continuous fight against the
fly, physical examination in the
schools, making sightlier the bill
boards. improving railway surround
ings and improving rural school
houses, are some of the things sug
gested in the bulletin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
THE PsYcHics OF WOMAN.

American civilization is becoming
efeminate, says Rear Admiral +. =.
Chadwick in the current issue of the
Educational Review, and blames WON.
an. The hand, or better still, the
brain, of woman lies heavy upon our
civilization, he says We have allow
woman to monopolize the teaching
profession. and it is as a teacher that
she is Gripping our national life. The
pest answer We have yet seen to this
Is that Of the Chicago Tribune. which
admits that there is no disputinp tho
statement Of the rear admiral that
Woman's hand and brain lie heavy
upon our civilization, and goes on r.
say: y
Woman is revolutionizing factor
not only as teacher but as work.
en- as a producer, in industry. in the
world OF business and in the profes.
SONS. Everywhere she forces a re-
adjustment of things and conditions
IL is true that woman monopolizes the
teaching profession in the element
airy and even secondary schools. II is
equally true that it would be desir-
able to have more men teachers. IT is
time the teaching profession were
placed financially on such a basis as
to attract more men into it.
Feminine influence on civilization
began nearly 1000 years back, when
the Carpenter of Nazareth turned
ftinerant preacher. 1t is as old as
christianity. and distinguishes chris
tian civilization from heather barbar-
ity and Moslem stagnation. Yes.
even long before the advent OF the
Nazarene the prophet cried out against
the purely masculine civilization of
Ibloodshed and slaughter and predicted
the day when they shall beat their
swords into plowsbares and their
spears into pruning hooks
The day dreamed Of by the prophet.
the day of warless. slaughterless civ
ilizaticn, Is, alas, still far off. But is
not the awakening OF woman and her
"meddling' with public life and affairs
bringing it nearer? Is not the
"rsychics OF woman the rear admiral
assails so fiercelv in reality the psy-
chics of humanity?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
THE MATTER OF TAXES.

There is a good deal being said in
Iowa newspapers these days about
the increase in taxes this year. Fired
with commendable zeal to let thoss
supposed to be responsible for the in
crease know just what he thought OF
them, the editor Of the Washington
Press hoped on train the other day
and went to Des Moinss. He had the
executive council in mind as the OBJ
ject of his wrath and proceeded to
Jump" on that body with both feet.
Did he get away with it? We let him
answer in his own words:
What do you think they said.
Well, they just pulled a table out of
the desk and showed US that the farm
values as sent to them from Wash
ington county were sS1.14 per acre,
and they reduced them to S73.0S DID
you notice that word reduced.
Well we diicked We had no more
business with. the executive council
on the tax question. We have heard
several hundred men turn the air
blue for miles around with the choic-
est old English cuss words now in
lcirculation, because the executive
council had increased farm values in
! Washington county. We never denied
| it. We thought it was true and got
bumped. The raise was all made by
local authorities and the executive
council actually reduced 1t by 1911
L per acre. But keep in mind these are
not our tax articles. We are now sim
ply sounding an alarm to get the
taxes reduced for next year If you
want them reduced
The editor of the Press concludes
that the whole trouble IS that we all
know how to be governor but none
| of us know how to be trustee. "This
tax business is more than three
fourths handled right here at home
SO let us begin at home where the
/ big trouble arises" This is good
plain, practical advice. The fact oil
| the matter is that nine-tenths-an and In
come cases larger proportional
taxes are levied by local school, towr
or city and county boards. Every
body should understand this and Their
everybody will place the responsibility
for increased taxes exactly where II
! belongs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
SANITATION OF THE COUNTRY.

Both physical and moral conditions
have been supposed to be far better
in the country than in the city. Per
sons whose opinions are based upon
facts rather than poetry are coming
to doubt the moral superiority of the
rural districts, and the death rate in
cities has been reduced below that in
the country. Representatives Of the
farming regions were in Albany the
other day urging the appointment of
sanitary officers and visiting nurses
for the farming regions.
AS pointed out by the Philadelphia
Record, the rural population does not
need corps o. sanitary policem IN,
but some elementary instruction in
sanitation. In town every mans drain.
age and ventilation is at the mercy Of
his neighbor's, and sanitary officials
are needed not SO much to compel
people to take care of themselves. as
to restrain them from injuring others.
In the country every man can control
his own drainage, ventilation and wat
err supply, and what he needs Is in
struction. 1t could be given through
the country newspapers, through the
children at the public schools, and in
lectures in town halls, school houses
and in homss in neighborhoods re-
mote from these.
1t is rather difficult to keep house
in the country warm, and therefore
the windows are nailed in to keep
out every breath of air. Of course,
the atmosphere of the house is
breathed over and over till it is high
ly injurious, and If the germs of dis
ease are in the respiratory organs of
ons member of the family they are
soon distributed among all the mem
bers.
The house drainage is often allow
ed to fall very close to the house. It
is conducted just outside the walls.
The sanitary accommodations are
usually OF the crudest character,
usually involving much personal ex.
posture or else so placed as to faint
the atmosphere of the house. The
we'll is apt to be extremely CON
venient; often it is very close to the
house. and therefore to the cellar, and
not uncommonly it is pretty close to
the pig pen or the barn or a more
Objectionable object
OF course, conditions are not so
bad as they ware so years ago. In
this vicinity it is not uncommon to
find farmhouse provided with per-
fectly-appointed bathroom and with a
water supply that is at safe dis
lance from every source Of contami-
nation. Within the last generation a
great deal of instruction in hygiene
has been given. In the cities the
application of this information is
! mostly compulsory or Official. In the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
JUGGLING NAVAL FIGURES.

Secretary Danisls has asserted to-
the house naval affairs committee
that the navy Of the United States is
superior to any afloat, excepting only
that of Great Britain. Japan's is not
nearly so powerful; Germany's
strength has been exaggerated.
The naval affairs committee found
these facts significant. The figures in
the navy ysar book for 1918 had
made the United States navy appear
inferior to Germany's. Why? Was
the purpose to get more ships? The
congressman brought out that the
year book instead Of giving the United
States thirty-six battleships built and
building, compared with Germany's
thirty-nine, should have credited the
United Staes with thirty nine battle
ships of heavier total tonnags and
armament than Germany. They also
developed that the navy statisticians
have this year for the first time taken
out Of the dreadnought class this
battleships South Carolina and Mich
igan. which have dreadnought arma-
ment and have put into the German
dreadnought class four ships of H.
inch gun armament The year books
comparison gives Germany thirteen
dreadnoughts and the United States
seven, while the congressman insisted
that the correct figures should give
Germany and the United States nine
dreadnoughts each.
1t appears, too, that the tonnage OF
twenty German battleships was from
1924 to 1891, and that of twenty
seven American battleships the small
est was 11,346 and the targets 10000
tons. The American ships are vastly
superior in armament.
Why are we told we need more
battleships in order to compare with
Germany and Japan? Are facts de-
liberately mis-stated?
Secretary Daniels is convinced that
there is a worldwide armor plate
trust. AS a result, he has told the
house naval committee that the war
department, in its efforts to balk the
exorbitant exactions OF home battle
ship plate producers. has been unable
to get bid from foreign manufac.
/ turers
! Though you cannot establish it,"
/ the secretary told the committee,
there is no doubt of an armor plate
trust all over the world That is to
say, the people abroad who make
armor plate will not come here and
submit bids because they know If
they do our manufacturers will go
there and submit bids. They have
divided the world like all Gaul into
| three parts"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08

country it is voluntary and individual.
Naturally more progress has been
made in the cities, and they now show
bstter death rate than the farms do:
But as the natural conditions for
life and health are infinitely better
on the farm than in town, the fact
that the town is getting the lower
death rate now shows how imperative
it is for the farming population to
arouse themselves and provide for
their own drainage, ventilation and
water supply.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
DOES NOT INTERFERE.

DOES NOT INTERFERE.
The Dubuque Times-Journal had an
editorial paragraph the other day to
the following effect:
Owners of steamboats, on the up.
per Mississippi have gone to
Washington to be present at
conference of the board of super
yising engineers. They are ex-
pected to register protest
against the effect of the Keokuk
dam on navigation. The rivermen
claim the dam is interfering with
navigation. Although the keokuk
dam undoubtedly interferes with
navigation, it is feared it is now
too late to secure any relief.
The statement that the Keokuk
dam interferes with navigation is a
pure assumption without foundation
in fact. Objection to it on this score
lis confined for the most part to few
steamboat men who are suffering
from chronic crouch nurtured by
the mistaken belief that they own the
Mississippi river. The whole trouble
had its origin in the fact that some
of them could not get their boats
through the new lock here last spring
as early as they wished owing to its
incomplete state at the time For
this Inconvenience they were amply
compensated later in financial way.
But they still cherish their grudge,
and probably will continue to do so
until keokuk and other river cities
withdraw their influence in favor OF
river improvement. which some OF
them are strongly tempted to do be-
cause of the attitude and conduct of
these same steamboat men
So far from being an interference
with navigation the Keokuk dam is a
distinct aid to it. AS the result of its
construction there is substituted one
lock and forty-odd miles of slackwater
navigation for three locks and a mar
row canal that made navigation ex-
ceedingly slow and difficult. Under
present conditions there is saving of
at least two hours in traversing that
part of the river formerly known as
the rapids. AS to conditions below
! the dam 1t is sufficient to say that
as much water flows through the
turbines and over the spillways every
ltwenty-four hours as flows into the
lake above the dam in the same time.