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Give
Leave TO enjoy myself. That place that does
Contain my books. the best companions. Is
To me glorious count. where hourly
Converse with the old ssges and philosophers
Anc sometimes for variety confer
WITH kings and emperors and weigh their
rounseis;
rsl,,nx their victories, II untustly got,
io,o a strict account. and IN my fancy
petsce their III piac'd statues. Can then
Part with such constant pleasures TO embrace
UNCERTAIN ven!tesf No; be II your care
Te augm~n, heap of wealth II shall be mine
TS increase In knowledge.
JOHN FLETCHER.
All books. sacred or profane. which
instfl thoughts OF virtue are Justly Ia
beled. "the medicine Of the mind"
They impart TO the soul health, vigor
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to become acquainted with each other
and with the characteristics Of their
respective countries. so that on their
return home they could trade together.
practise law together. study science
together. He is known to hold that
somewhere on the isthmus is an ideal
site for such all-America university.
Mr. Bryan's educational plans do not.
however, stop there. He is looking for
men and women of not SO large wealth
who will give 100000 each to endow
in the universities of South America,
as many of them as possible. chairs OF
American history and of scientific re-
search with special reference 70
America.
BY American history he saws he does
not mean merely United States history,
but the history of the western hemi
sphere. He has lately asked for the
preparation of circular letter. IN he
signed by him. to send to the South
American ministers resident in Wash
ington and to educators throughout the
Americas
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SUPT. AND MRS WYBURN TO SPEAK HERE.
Will Participate Meetings Of Central Union Mission To-

morrow.

Mr. John H. wyburn, superintendent OF
the old Jerry McAuley Mission. Bis Water
street, New York city. and Mrs. Wyburn
and their daughter will be at the Central
Union Mission over tomorrow. Mrs. Wy
burn will speak in the afternoon at 3
o'clock and Mr. Wyburn at o'clock. They
will also participate in the gospel wagon
meeting on Market space at $50 o'clock
Mr.. Wyburn has been connected with
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What Not to Read.

1t Is extremely important not only to
know what 10 read. but TO know what
not 10 read There Is enormous evil in
bad books The annals or the police
furnish iuuumera bic Instances of
crimes committed through the influence
of bad books
Not long ago boy was arrested on
charge ~ stealing He was bright
..lld intelligent IL was found that he
had been a diliSenI reader OF the lives
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Duty Of the League.

When we come to the standpoint OF
the community we must bring the re-
sponsibility for the denial to the child
Of his inalienable rights to the church.
and the Epworth League. among other
community organizations.
Some churches and some Epworth
Leagues are alive to their RESPONSE
bilities to the children of their com
munity. and are meeting those respon-
sibilities with more or less efficiency.
Some Epworth League chapters have
organized big brother" and big a;nnss sis,
and directed Fairgrounds in places
where there were not ADEQUATE faeil-
tiles for recreation. while still others
have made thorough Investigations
Of conditions leading to public recon-
mendations for the correction OF abuses
The opportunity for the league mem
bers. the league chapter and even the
district organization for accomplish
ment OF social service Tor the chila Is
grave responsibility.
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m o n " e d IL, anu
here in Washing
ton. the capital
and seat of that
government whose
sole purpose. In
the last analysis,
is to vitalize this
principle of equal
opportunity; here.
If anywhere in
this W orld, 1T
might reasonably
be expected to find
that children, as
we'll as grown
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But there is much
reading that is not
medicine. but poi
son to the mind. In
the days of Solo
mon there W e r e
not many books,
yet he prophet
cally declared. "of
m a ing m a n y
books there IL no
end
Today tho num-
Der of books in all
the libraries OF the
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the McAuley Mission for twenty-six years
and has been it's superintendent since the
death of Mr.. S. H. Hadley, SO well known
among rescue mission workers.
The Wyburn family are returning home
from the annual convention of the Inter
national Union of Gospel Missions. which
has just been held at Norfolk. It Is ex-
pected that number of other delegates
to that convention will also remain over
Sunday participating in mission work inn
this city.
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nently 10 the Bible. There Is no re-
ltgion outside of the Bible. That the
christian reads the Bible In not merely
an important. but an absolutely essen
tial part of his life. He must know
Christ in order to be Christian. and
he cannot know Him without being IA
teachin9 which arc only given in the
Bible.
that II seems superfiuous to make 1t.
vet there are many protesting Chris
pihie teachings from hearsay and give
little or no time to personal invsstiga-
tion and meditation upon the divine
word. All they know 10 gathered from
an occasional Interpretation from the
Iins Of a minister or q Bible teacher
and freouently very casual attention is
given to these valuable ministries.
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mentous subjects that can claim the
attention of mankind; of the kingdom
OF good and the kingdom of evil; of
the character of God as revealed in the
wonders of creation and in tho ma nj
festations Of infinite power and bound
less love: of the temporal and spiritual
conditions of life and the great end
and purpose of human existence; of
sin and its consequences: of virtue and
It's rewards. and of the plan of re-
demptton from all evil.
surely these and kindred subjects OF
which the Bible speaks, should attract
the attention of all men.
Why fs the Bible not moro generally
read and studied7
The reason II found in the perversity
OF human nature. the proneness to ex-
alt tho seen and temporal, and to put
aside the things which are unseen and
eternal.
The Bible 10 SO completely filled with
spiritual and religious thoughts that it
does not attract the careless and
thoughtiess. Such thoughts are often
sive to the carnal mind, they disturb
the spirit of worldliness. they interfere
with the desires for sinful pleasures:
but these are the very reasons why the
Christian should find his greatest de-
light in reading the Scriptures.
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BY Robert D. Burbank.
Gen., AZ :22.

velopment. And 1t need hardly be said
that the perfect physical development
comes only through the natural process
es-that play and recreation must form
such a part of the child's program as
to keep him happy. "Ali work and no
play makes Jack dull boy" is as
sensible as it is old
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This is the land Of opportunity. and
the doctrine of fair play and an equal
chance is the very basis on which fs
erected the whole scheme of our COM
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What to Read.

In religious reading mono Of the evils
mentioned are inculcated All litera-
ture that tends to elevate the moral
tone Is religious. All true poetry 10
religious.
Books recording events of the mast,
dealing with the development Of hu-
man AFFAIRS as a whole or treating OF
special phases of human activity DO
liticai, philosophical or ecclesiastical.
are in the line OF religious instruction
Fiction. too that is written with
pure moral purpose is included in the
scope OF religious reading 1t Is often
the most effective way Of impressing
great truths concerning the right con-
duct of life.
The church's prohibition is agains4
what is trashy, immoral, irreligious or
pernicious, but it's special commenda-
ton Is for the reading that is deyo-
tional and spiritual in its nature
very much that passes under the
name of secular reading 10 valuab bile
and helpful to the Christian, but for his
highest advancement just proportion
OF his reading time should be given to
that which Is strictly and wholly reli-
glous, which includes. first of all, the
Bible, and next the commentaries and
writings based upon its teachings.
# \
Reading the Word.
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Hearing the Word.

The command to search the Scriptures
is not exclusively given to the minis
ter or the Sunday school teacher. but
to every one. 1t is duty to hear the
word OF God as proclaimed by His min
isters and evangelists. for He has set
apart and commanded some to preach
the gospel until every creature shall
have had tho opportunity to hear IT.
The command to preach hn implies Pile the
sen1ers 10 us ii il not only a duty
but high privilege to hear them.
II is His appointed way for. the In
struction of the people. for the com
fort OF the inquiring. for the warning
Of the careless. 70. the sdtfcatisn 10 ,1'f 9f
believers and for ths non1sihs oi His
But this duty and high privilege OF
hearing the word does not relieve ths
Individual hearer from the command
narsonaily to search the scriptures.
i i. essential that .,a Ys xi.hnut aaSs ,.aa al.
,n~ and meditating upon It. the word
cannot abide in you.
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Mrs Irene Woodbridge Clark Tell of Customs and
Costumes of Waldensian Women Additional Financial
Aid Needed by Reason of Europe's Failure Give.
Account of the War
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How to Read,

How should the Bible be read9
Not casually or carelessly. Begin at
the beginning. as in reading other
books-not at the end or the middle
Gods message is not all contained In
Johns gospel, or in the Psalms of
David There is a great design in the
whole OF the Bible which can only be
fully disclosed by a regular and sye-
tematic reading. In every matter Of
importance order and system are the
surest means of success To under.
stand Gods message is Of greater i'm
portance than any other business or
concern of life.
There are rules for religious reading
as there are for every other undertake
Ing. The reading should be attentive,
serious. frequent, practical. faithful,
prayerful, humble and reverent,
In all your religious readings let these
rules govern and control. and the price,
less treasures of the priceless book will
ba XouEA keE time aud Steknitx
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Mental Rights.

The mental life should develop by
just the same natural processes as the
physical life. 1t has long been the
commonly accepted idea that the child
must be taught from the first to as
sumo the mental attitude Of the grown
person. The result has been unsatis-
factory because of the artifciality de-
veloped Now the ideas first exploited
by Froebel and now highly developed
by Mmef. Montessori are fast gaining
the ascendency. and we see the chill
dren doing the things they like to do
and developing by the natural proc
esses from the kindergarten up through
youth. Even the Sunday school is be-
ginning to adopt the rational method
OF developing by using the graded les
sons.
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ed about his neck. and that he should
he sunk in the depth of the sea-" And
that other time when He said. Suffer
the little children to come unto me-" He
added, land forbid them not, for OF
such is the Kingdom OF Heaven!
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TOPIC:
Religious Reading: What and Why.-Psalm, 11o129-136

Of pirates. thieves. footpads and high
waymen. He had no use for the thing
he stole: he was only starting out to
initiate the heroes tas he deemed them)
that he had been reading about.
1t is recorded that Courvoisier, the
assassin of Lord William Russell. at
tributed his deed to state OF morb bid
sympathy with crime, induced by the
perusal Of the then popular romance
of Jack Sheppard" The author of
that book doubtless thought Of writing
nothing more than an amusing fiction.
yet in investing with a halo of TO-
nance two such characters as Dick
Turpin and Jack Sheppard the minds
of many young people have been pol
soned. There are thousands of similar
books, many of them far more perni-
cious than the one named.
Then there is another class of books
containing suggestions of sensuality
that is specially avoided The effects OF
impure thoughts taken into the mind
are difficult to erase.
And still another kind of reading TO
shun is infdel writings Of every de-
scription. They unsettle the mind and
give nothing in return for that which
they seek to take away. Even IL all
these classes of books were not SO
Injurious as they are in their effects
upon our lives. IT would be folly to
waste time on them when there ia
so much reading that is profitable and
so little time for II in the brief span
Of life.
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What Read and Why.

What 10 the best religious rsading7
The Bible.
why?
Rssausa 1t tzsAtaL .a1 ths meat ma-
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Discrimination.

The invasion OF any OF these rights
Of the child produces discrimination
against 1t. and violates the doctrine
of the fair chance. The reference
given us in Genesis contains Reuben g
protest to his brothers against the mis-
treatment of young Joseph, whom they
had sold into slavery. "Spake 1 not
unto you saying. DO not sin against
the child and ye would not hear
Therefore. also. bhold; his blood is re-
qutred." The violation of Joseph's
right to an education and develop
ment by natural processes was no less
sin on the part of his brothers be-
cause Joseph Ultimately developed into
a ruler of Egypt, even il that was the
result of their act.
Christ himself. taking a little child,
said to his disciples. Whose shall cause
ono Of these little ones which believe on
me to stumble, 1t is profitable for him
that great milestone should be hang
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Moral Rights.

BY moral rights is here meant the
right to a spiritual development by
processes as natural as those Of the
mental and physical development. And
this right of the child imposes the OBJ
legation on his parents first, and then
on the church and It's various branches,
to provide him with the means and op-
portunity for spiritual development,
And as in mental life the natural proc
esses are coming into more popular
use. SO in the spiritual development of
the child we are tending away from
the artif1ciality Of processes with long
and awe-inspiring names toward the
use of the natural processes of ex-
preston of love by unselishness,
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Reading the Word.

Religious Ssadlss xsastss prsssua.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

This picture was taken in north
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

places; gave orders for the repaint- ing and repapering of six houses be- cause of infectious diseases; issued ninety-three miscellaneous orders to tenement house owners, inspected eightythree tenements and yards and reinSpected fifty-one.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

the heel of matertalism. Instead of strengthening them, the church holds them down.
 The church is the progressive ele- ment in society and those who have accomplished something in the world are those who have had visions. What we need is to be dreamers. We need to see visions, we who think we are so practical. The greatest visionary was the Christ. He saw the king dom of heaven here; he saw man. kind transformed into the son of God.
 1 believe, said the speaker, that the sum and substance of the teaching of Christ may be stated in not much more than three words-"perfect trust in God and love and kindness to my neighbour
 I've will not deny," said Rev. Ges- ner in closing, that the church had been in bad company. We will not deny that the church has commit ted sins against religion. But we do assert that the church does stand for these principles which I have enumerated and is something essen
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
WANT INCREASE IN
 0'BR|EN'S SALARY
Health Commission in Favor Of
 Bigger Pay for Inspector.

An effort to increase the salary of Sanitary Inspector John O'Brien from $7s0 to $1,OOO per year is to be made at the next meeting of the council if the plans of the board of health are carried out. At the monthly meeting of the board yesterday it was voted to recommend the increase as |, it is believed that MT. O'Brien is entitled to the money.
 A few months ago d similar prop osition was turned down by the coun- Gil, which objected to increasing sal aries in the middle of the year. The latest proposition was introduced by pr. Henry T. Bray. Dr. T. E. Reeks, superintendent of health, spoke very highly of MT. O'Brien's services to tho city.
 Superintendent Rocks Report.
 Dr. Reeks reported that in Decem- Der four cases of scarlet fever came to his attention, nine of diphtheria, none of typhoid fever, one of tuber- - culosis, six of chickenpox, one of ~~~-hooping cough and one of impertige contagiosa. Fourteen fumigations were made.
 In his laboratory report, the su perintendent stated that ninety-three hacteriological examinations were made during the month. EXamina- ton for the diagnosis of diphtheria revealed the fact that of thirty-six cases, eight were positive and twenty eight negative. In thirty-nine ex- aminations for the release of diph- theria, there were seventeen positive and twenty-two negative cases; in six tests for the diagnosis of typhoid fever and a similar number for tu- 1bercular bacilli, all were found to be negative.
 Forty-five garbage complaints were received by the department in De- cember. One manure receptacle was ordered installed, seventeen closets and cases of defective plumbing were ordered repaired, twelve new toilets were ordered installed, instructions were given for the rem oval of four animals, one permit for connection with the sewer was issued and one order was given for the removal of manure and stable refuse. The in spector also had seventeen yards cleaned up and had proper lighting and ventilation installed in thirteen
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16

I T feel myself in a rather isolated position among you. But l. too, | want to mix with you, I want to know you, and l want the membership of your club-or whatever you call your organization-to stand back of me as
 mayor of the city. If we would all at times forget our selfish interests we could get along better. And l want the members of this club and the citizens of New Britain to assist me in giving to New Britain a good, stable, sound government"
 Other Meetings Planned.
 MT. Crane announced that series of entertainments are being planned by the Mems Bible class, the banquet being the second of the series. At the first entertainment, William A. House read a paper on Connecticut prison conditions. The next gen eraI meeting will be held February 2, when the members will debate on the question, Resolved. That the United States should increase her army and navy in proportion to the other leading powers"
 A short address was made by Rev. H. w. Maier, who announced that the organization has in mind a plan for the work of the young men of the church. Tt is the spirit which we can put into the life of the city" he said, which counts for the church and the young men must realize their opportunities and obligations in or der to lift the life of the city into higher channels"
 More than two hundred men were seated when the first course of the turkey dinner was served. The meeting was one of the most success full the men of the church have ever held. F.. T. Thienes. the assistant pastor. sang two songs.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
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New Britain herald., 1915-01-16
DREANERS NEEDED,
 SAYS REV. CESNER
Mayor. Qug|eY Also Speaks at Mtn'S Ba: q1et at First Church.

The address of Rev. Herbert M Gesner, of Easton, Pa., at the ban quet given last night by the Men s Bible class at the First Congrega- tional church to the men of the con = gregation was plea for more vii sionaries, greater dreamers, and less of the materalism that character izes modern life.
 A vivid picture of the girls coming out of the factories here in New Britain was drawn by MT. Gesner. He saw in the mechanical regularity of the factory life, the worship of efficiency which characterizes mod ern industry, and the merciless dr1v- ing which the establishment of "ac- celeration'' as the American watch word has brought about a fatal de- fusion of materialism which Is driv- ing life out of humanity.
 When a man works in that plane and never looks up to face the stars nor feels the influence of the ideals for which the great men of the world have given their lives, then. the soul of that man dies. And when the soul dies the man IS dead.
 DO you realize, he asked that the
 
 the nearest approach to the ideal that they ever reach? Man always feels the call of the ideal and the duty of the church is to give him an ideal and to take the place of the moving pictures in his life.
 The Church Undervalued.
 What the Church Might Mean to the Individual and the Community" was the subject of Rev. Gesner's ad- dress. He began it by illustrating how man underwriters the things he has and places a much higher value upon that which he has not or the thing that is new and glitters The church is one of the institutions in life that has been undervalued, one of the family heirlooms that is un- dervalued because it is old.
 The church, he said, is not a mat ter of brick and mortar nor an or ganization of people. When we get down to the point where we have fewer organizations and more power, we will have a better church. Nor does the church depend upon the quality of the people, for many a rich man has ruined a church and no rich man has ever made one. MT. Gesner described the church as a spiritual organization, somthing evanescent and fleeting, a thing of the spirit.
 In answer to his question, What should the church mean to us?." the speaker said, in part, that 1t stands for a conservative principle in life. All life, be it physical. mental, moral, temporal or spiritual, is matter of balance, something that lies between two extremes Therefore we shouldn't be too progressive. In denouncing acceleration, the word which characterizes the spirit of American materialsts, the speaker quoted Rausch enbusch as saying that we are going at such a rapid rate that if we ever get going in the wrong direction we will arrive long before our time The greatest athe- ism he said, is not the questioning of the divinity of Christ nor the op- position to dogma, but the attitude of materialsnl.
 we Need to Be Dreamers."
 The church said Mir. Gesner, is the instrument which has kept the flame of idealism burning. Yet it is not now doing it's duty toward those whose daily like keeps them trodden under