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year. 1t is stated that man. of these
congregational societies Wee earlier
general agencies. and that not few
Presbyterian churches owe their ex-
istence to them.
Tomorrow at s O'Clock pm. in the.
Church of the Nativity ,Roman Catho-
the College OF st. Paul the Apost le.
will preach the fifth of his Lenten ser
mons. his subject being The Need a
Prayer" Mass will he held on the fist
Friday of the month at $50 am
A movement is on 100. :''-- p',g cmplol ed
officers Of the y. NJ. -. \. 40 secure re-
duction of membership fees in order to
make possible larger numbers il associa-
lions who come from industrial plants
the workers with their hands. The ar
gument is put forth that three in four
members OF asSocia tons come from The
ranks of clerks. and are located in cites.
II is also stated that association buildings
in most cities are planned to accommo-
date the better salared city worker and
student. The matter will ii is said, he
pressed at Cleveland in May. when the
international convention meets there.
Six cities have now taken steps to pro-
vide buildings in the industrial districts
of their cities and to plan them and their
work exclusively for workers with their
hands. These six are New York. Brook
lyn. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Chicago
and Portland, Ore. AS far as possible
the new industrial plants are to be 10
Gated quite near to factories in which
the men work, so as to eliminate dis
lance.
A part of the new method is that manu.
facturers contribute annually to asso-
Citations. in order to make possible these
lower dues. The associations state that
the legality Of such contributions has
been passed upon by the courts. and tina
manufacturers everywhere are. when
shown the advantages by the association.
contributing liberallt to the end. The
projectors of the change want to cut the
dues in two.
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Gpmortt. ltague @istussiom,

, it began life, nor in the development
! of the mind are the fundamental proc
esses or characteristics ever abandon
ed or outgrown. So in spiritual devel
opment the fundamental characteristics
of the soul cannot be abandoned, the
essential qualities of the home reli
gion of childhood cannot be outgrown.
One who outgrows his home religion
GETS too big Gin his own estimation)
| to maintain the essentials of his child
hood faith. and in his letters Paul fire.
quently warned and exhorted against
the abandonment of the fundamentals
of the faith. In his first letter to Tim
othy he pleads: 20. Timothy, guard the
deposit which is committed unto thee,
turning away from the profane bab-
blings and opposition Of the knowledge
which is falsely SO called. So also he
! wrote to the Thessalonians: prove all
things; hold fast that which is good"
| The Christians of Galatia had been led
astray by teachers of false doctrines,
and Paul wrote an entire epistle alter
mating roproof and appeal, trying to
win them back to their first allegiance
In Pauls time the world-was filled
with teachers of all kinds of philoso-
plies. Paul was something of phil
osopher himself and knew what values
| to place on the fads and fancies that
| were called philosophers. and in his
! letter to the church at Colossae he
warned them to take heed lest there
| shall be any one that maketh spoil OF
you through MS phliosopny ana VAIN
| deceit, after the tradition of men. af-
ter the rudiments of the world. and not
| after Christ
The thing that most distinguishes the
religion of the Christian home is the
| simple faith in God-that He will give
| wisdim and strength for all of lifes
needs and is at hand ready to bless.
With this faith is coupled a spirit Of
Incidence which puts God first. These
are the fundamentals of the home re-
cannot be abandoned.
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peal for personal conservation as pre-
scented in Paul's words:
81 beseech you, therefore. brethren.
by the mercies of God. that We present
your bodies living sacrifice, holy, ac-
ceptabl unto God. which is your rea-
sonabIe service"
In the matter of conservation the
whole man is included-the material
and the spiritual parts. The body a
living sacrif1ce-the soul with all its
faculties devoted to holy service. The
world looks upon such a requirement
as hard and unreasonable, but God does
not ask it because of judgments and
threatenings. but only by reason of His
mercies. and He declares it to be a
reasonable service.
Is it not reasonable that the Creator
should have the supreme alteration of
His creatureso
Is it not reasonable that heaven
should be preferred to earth and etern-
ity to time?
Religion requires nothing that is un-
reasonable. Repentance is not unrea :
sorabie: faith is not; love is not: pray
err is not; obedience is not: thanksgiv-
ing is not: praise is not, and what else
does religion demand?
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Upon the vexed and flashing sea o!
Of the book, it would be neither pleas
ant nor profitable for the readers OF
The Star to set sail; but having made
the voyage myself and arriving at the
Johanneau port. l accept the time
honored, traditional view that the
Apostle John was it's author. But II
n ay be assuring to add that Irenaeus
"a. d. 115-190), who was a pupil OF
Polycarp. who was a pupil of John,
tive manner it is said. gives his clear
testimony that the Apocalypse was
written by the Apostle john
Irenaeus also says of the book: 1T
was seen no long time ago, but almost
in our age, at the end of the reign of
Domitian" Contra Haereses). AS this
Roman emperor was put to death A.
ID. Sc, it must have been written be-
fore that date.
The place of its writing is credited to
the lonely, deSolate, barren island of
Patmos in the Aegean sea, used by the
Romans as penal colony for criminals,
whittier John was banfshed by Domi-
tan about A d. "a, as he says, for the
word of God, and for the testimony of
Jesus" Q.9).
Purpose and Method.-In the very
first phrase of the book, Revelation
of Jesus Christ" the Greek word trans
lated revelation is .apokalupsis,"
whence comes our word apocalypse,
which means simply IAN unwilling"
Its purpose is to unveil the future, TO
show things which must shortly come
to pass" Old.
Its method of unwilling, in addition
to the ordinary letter press, is by
signs; ''signified," i. e.. sign-ified, unto
his servant John" Old. The signs
e Gb the s symsS Ssiy as
and very many others.
The book Is confessedly a difficult
one to understand; but if our prosaic,
matter-of-fact occidental minds were
endowed also with oriental magma
ton. its sense might be more easily APP
pretended AS it is. however. a bless
ing is pronounced upon those who read
it d.s), whether they understand it
or not.
Divisions of the Book.-The book
gives its own structure in the first
chapter and nineteenth verse. where
John is told to do three things: 1.
Write the things which thou hast
g. and the things which shall be
hereafter" or, better rendering, 1.-The
things which are about to take place
after these" lie, following the things
which are"
Interpretation of the Book-One's
of the book will depend
on his time view of the contents.
There are, in general. three schools of
known as preterists,
presentists and futurists, but whose
views in some places more or less over
lap and blend. though their chief con-
tentions are clear-cut and distinct.
Preterists hold that things following
1.-The things which are"-those por-
trayed in chapters and 19-already
have taken place. and from Gibbons
Decline and Fall of the Roman EN-
pire" they adduce historic facts which
they claim are the fulfllment of the
y. ophecics therein contained. Com
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outgrowing and Developing.

Life is not stationary, however, but
is a process OF development, and as
the body develops by natures process
es and the mind progresses toward
maturity. so, too, the soul develops
and progresses to fuller and greater
life. So as we grow from childhood
to maturity there are conditions and
ideas of childhood that the soul really
docs outgrow. AS Oliver Wendell
Holmes so beautifully expressed it,
Eui,d thee more stately mansions, o my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll.
Leave thy low -vaulted past
LET each new temple. nobIer than the last
Shut thee from heaven with q dome more vast
Till thou at length art free. \
Leaving thine grown shell by lifes unrestins
sea.
The nautilus does not change its
physical characteristics. however, as IT
progresses from chamber to chamber
Of its shell, nor does the human body
,utgrow in It's developmentJthe essen
i'll ply al characteriaHcs with which
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION
By Rev. DR.. William H. Bates.

lmentaries have been written from that
viewpoint. Presentists hold to a long
now going on. Futurists hold that
nothing in those chapters GID has
been, but all is Yet to be. fulfilled.
X !; = ::
Analysis.
| Part one-"The Things Thou Hast
Seem" chapter LEO.
I. Introduction. lis.
/ .. Salutation. las.
3. Vision of the gloritied Son of Man.
1918
4. Commission to write, 1920.
Part two-"The Things Which Are"
chapters and 3. The Epistles 10 the
Seven Churches.
| J. Church of Ephesus, 21-7.
!. Introduction. 81.
| ,. Commentator, 80, 3. 6.
| 3. Reproof. -.
| a. Conclusion, 81.
land on this general plan. mainly, the
! rest of the epistles are written).
H. Church of Smyrna. o.S-ll.
| III. Church OF Pergamos. 2l2-11
" Church of Thyctira. lisa
Y. Church of Sardis. Bis
vi. Church of Philadelphia a7-I:
VII. Church of Leodicea 3Ii-o2
These epistles were written to seven
particular churches then existing, to meet
by counsel. reproof. comfort. their partic-
ular needs: but the fact that each letter
| ends with the admonition He that hath
an ear let him hear what the spirit
saith unto the churches" (27, II, II, %:
,, Sc. IS, o2.)
Part III-The Things Which Shall he
hereafter Chapters to 22).
the Greek meta tauta of liz here
after" and of Al. after this" are the
same. So that which follows. 1.-The
things which are comes next. The sit
IN inn iS-t hi
What is known as the rapture Catch
ing away of the church, | Thes AZ,
mas taken place. Then something doing
for sure,
In Daniel. 924. are seventy weeks"
or. more accurately. "sevens of years.
I. e.. seventy weeks Of seven years each.
SlXty-nine of these weeks-from the
decree of Artaxerxes ezra. $3.50 70
the time of Christian be definitely
accounted for. Then Gods Scripture
chronology time clock stopped and
there began to ensue an uncalendared
period, an interregnum. time paren
thesis-the present dispensation. the
church age, which synchronizes with
the things which are of part H.
But how about Daniers SEVENTEEN
week. when the clock will be set going
again?
The last half of it-"forty and two
This, therefore, fixes the whole week.
and its story is told in chapters to
10. In this period will occur, with
other events. "a time of trouble" dan.
12.D. the time of Jacobs trouble
der. SOD. the great tribulation" OF
Matt. 24.1o-2S: the great tribulation
of Rev. ia. in which. let it be noted
well, is located the Sunday school les
son (Rev.. 7.9-17) for tomorrow.
Recently at DR.. u. NJ. Stearns' week.
ly Bible class. in the Mount Vernon
Methodist Church. this being one of six
ella sses he conducts. the others being in
Baltimore. Philadelphia, Germantown.
New York city and Brooklyn, he gave
the following outline Of what L have
designated as part III:
l. Chaps. and 1.-The Church Gone
From the Earth.
II. Chaps. to 1S-Between the Rap
ture and Christ's Return.
Ill Chap. 19-Marriage of the Lamb
and the Coming of Christ With HIS
Saints.
". Chap. 20-The 1000 Years-Mil-
lennium.
V. Chaps. 81 and 22-rhc New Hcav-
ems and the New Earth.
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And it's good enough for me-
Probably no normal. thinking person
reaches maturity without finding him.
self inoujring, more or less earnestly.
how any one can really sing this old
gospel song and mean it, or without
questioning the sincerity of the older
folks, who seem to sing it with fervor
and enthusiasm. Until one has learned
to distinguish between the essentials
and the non-essentials of religion, 1t is
difficult indeed to/see the difference be-
tween development and outgroWth, and
few are those who escape the expert
ence of feeling that they have out
grown their home religion-that the
religion of their fathers and mothers is
as oId-fashioned and out of date as the
clothes they used to wear would be
now.
What is here meant by home re-
ligion" is indicated by the verses cited
from PauIs second letter to Timothy,
in which Paul reminded Timothy of the
faith of his mother, Eunice, ana ms
grandmother Lois; and evhorted nm
10 abide in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured OF.
knowing of whom thou hast learne0
them, and that from a Dape tnou mast
known the sacred writings which are
able to make thee wise until salvation
through faith. which is in Jesus Christ.
In terms of our everyday life. then,
our home religion" consists of the es-
sential doctrines we learned in our
childhood homes and the simple Ialtn
with which we accepted them.
Home" is the tenderest word in our
language. and it's most tender applica-
ton is to the home of our childhood
There is much talk of heredity and en-
yironment and Investigations are de-
termining that environment exercises
the more powerful influence on char
acter The influence of environment is
strongest in childhood. and so it is of
the utmost Importance that the child
faith be firmly established in the home
on the essentials of Christianity. The
influence of that faith follows one all
through life and helps him to battle
the doubts and fears that assail him.
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Getting Back Home.

Many a lad about the time he leaves
high school for college gets to think
ing he knows lot and begins to con-
slider his parents as old fogies. He gets
to be ashamed of their emotional re-
ligion" and all that and casts off his
home religion. Sometimes this attack
it proves fatal. Vices get hold of him
and sometimes wreck his life, and often
it happens that the experiences Of life
drive him back to the religion OF his
boyhood.
A high school boy in Chicago felt
that he was called to the ministry and
started to prepare himself for 1t. When
a way was providentially opened for
him to go to state university later,
he was more sure of his call and con-
tinued his preparations. Then he came
in contact with the false PHILOSOPHERS.
and like the foolish Galatians, lost his
grip on his home religion, which then
began to seem too old fashioned and
absurd to maintain. Having abandoned
the fundamentals of his religion, he
after another, until he finally had to
leave the university and so to work to
pay the debts he had incurred in his
reckless folly. Plunging into business
life, he seemed to have lost his spiritual
consciousness, and grew more selfish,
more materialistic and more cynical for
years, until one day the celebration of
mothers day" put into his head the
| idea of going to church Just for her
sake
The sermon brought to his mind and
heart food of memories of his child
hood days at home. and he began to
face life in earnest: he thought of his
happy childhood. his bright high scohol
and college days; he saw the blight of
sin entering and destroying his life
purpose, and there came great long
ing to recover the simple faith of his
boyhood-his home religion. This de-
sire so took possession of him that he
could not eat nor sleep and. finally,
after two days, he found in the little
Testament his mother had given him
when he was a lad the verse he had
! learned years ago. but long since for
gotten: John, 3.l6-"God 50 loved the
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world that He gave His only begotten
Son. that whatsoever believeth on Him
should not perish, but have eternal
life" whatsoever includes even me.
then, for l do believe he said aloud to
himself. and the joy of forgiveness be-
gan to flood his soul.
That man is now serving his Master
with all his strength and is striving to
atone for the years he spent in sin: but
best of all is it that he is providing his
own boy with the influence that saved
him-a Christian home, where prevails
the old, but ever new, home religion.
that he once thought he had outgrpwn.
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Drama Depicts Mission Work.

The Conquest of Continent. a
pageant drama illustrating the mis-
sionary work on this continent since
its discovery, was presented last night
at the parish hall of the Epiphany
Church by the young folk of the con-
;:reSation. The production was under
the general direction of Mrs. W. A.
Pi1sboy. educational secretary of the
Episcopal diocese of Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01

"The Building and Dedication of
Solomon's Temple" is to be the topic of
W. II. H. Smith at Westminster Pres
byterian Church tomorrow evening at
3 o'clock. The occasion will mark the
junior church service held on, the first
Sunday evening Of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01

In view of the fact that a number
of the Sunday school lessons in
the future are from the Book of
this article to help those whose
minds may not be clear on some
of the subjects to be brought up.
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Christian &n1fabor -Four
Bv HARVEY S. IRWIN.
TOPIC:
The Conservation of Time.-Ps., 0o1-I7.

/ away that which is our greatest inter-
est to redeem" Surely the heather will
rise up in judgment against many pro-
Tossing Christians, who instead Of re-
deeming time. throw it away upon vain
amusements and unworthy employ
ments.
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Wealthy Cotton Mill Owner Dies.

CHARLEs;TON, S. G.. April 1.-Frau-
els J. Pe1zer. for many years prominent
in South Carolina as a wealthy cotton
mill owner and pomoter of the phos-
phate industry. died here today. He
would have been ninety years old next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-01
Reasonable Service.

There can be no conservation of self
or of time until men are awakened to a
sense of impending evil. Not until
aroused will they listen to Gods ap-
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OUTGROWING HOME RE-
LIGION.
fCol., IS; Gal, 3.1-3: I. Thess.,
SCI; /. Tim, $50, II. Tim, 1876;
BAL.
By Robert D. Burbank,
President of Washington District Epworth Leas

1t was good for our mothers,
And it's good enough for me.
1t has saved our fathers.
And it's good enough for me.
1t will do when I'm dying.
And it's good enough for me.
Ills the ld-time religion,
And it's good enough for me.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-20

"Win you not take and wear your
badge of honor, sir?" she asked.
Godfrey was utterly taken aback.
He had never dreamed of such an in
dignity He saw the eyes Of all in
the car on him.
will you please give me your
card?" he asked, ignoring the prof
fered feather.
What. do you mean?" she de-
manded angrily.
81 mean that you are public null
sance, said Godfrey, "and intend to
prosecute you"
81 shall do nothing Of the sort.
'Then I shall accompany you I'M
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-20

THE WHITE FEATHER
BY Frank FiIson
= =
Copyright, 1916, w. G. Chapman)
Godfrey had his eyes on the girl,
like the rest of the passengers in the
London tube" She was>a remarka-
bly, pretty girl, in a big hat and
wearing costly fUrs, and she held
feather of snowy whiteness in her
hand.
And then she handed it to the
young man who sat two seats away
from her, remarking:
81 think this belongs to you, sir"
The young man flushed crimson,
opened his mouth, gaped, and began
to stammer.
81 tried to enlist, but they wouldn't
take me"
Then why are you not wearing an
armlet?" inquired the young woman.
The young man, as the train
stopped opportunity at a station, got
up and darted from the car, followed
by the amused laughter of the pas
sengers.
The girl walked into the next car
and Godfrey, now interested in this
incident of English life, followed her.
Presently she sat down opposite a
very stout man with a flaming tie.
please let me present you with
this feather, sir" said the girl.
The mans mouth opened, just as
the other mans had done. He blus-
tered.
81 am over 40 and I don't have to
enlist. They wouldn't take me-"
''Forty-one is the limit" answered
the girl decisively, and with aston
ishing dizziness she actually succeed
ed in placing the feather in the stout
mans bUttonhOle.
The stout man tore the feather
from his bUttOnhole, angrily shook
his fist in the girls face and dashed
from the car. The passengers, in
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Shook His Fist in the Girls Face
til we meet a policeman" said Geof-
frey.
He had turned the tables, for the
girl sat back in her seat with a face
as red as a peony and the laughter
that followed was decidedly at her
expense and not at GeOffrey's.
She did not deign to answer him,
but when she rose. the young man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-05
Probate Notice,


Office Of the clerk of the district
court. e., -
State Of Iowa, Marshall county IS.
District court September term. A. D.
1916. re /
TO Whom it May Concern: !
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the court house
in Marshalltown, Iowa, in said county,
at 9 o'clock, a. m, on the fourth day
Of September 1916, to attend the prooE
Of and probating an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will
and testament Of William Curtice, lata
Of Marshall county, Iowa, deceased, at
which time and place you will appear
and show cause, if any, why said will
should not be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof, I have here
to subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of the district court, this fifth
day of May, A. D. 1916.
CSEALJ S. II. REILLY,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-05
MEN WANTED

Critical Men, Men Who Pay Attention
to Every Detail, These Men Are
Wanted BY Hopkins q Son., the Pop
! ular Tailors.
We want the man who is critical
who payssextra attention to every little
detail, who demands the best fabrics
and service. We want him to see the
extra values We are showing in SIS and
$50 suits. Hopkins & Son, the popular
tailors.. 4- s.. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-05
4 CONVENTIONS. SATURDAY.
Only Republicans and: Democrats vii
- Meet to Name D delegations.


conventions of the republi-
cans and democrats will be held in the
court house Saturday forenoon at II
o'clock. The only business in each is
to elect delegations to the state conven-
lions. The republicans will meet in the
west court room and the democrats will
use the east court room. The republic
cans will select sixteen delegates to
the convention that meets in Cedar
Rapids on May II. The democrats will
choose a delegation of ten to the con-
vention that Is to be; held at Clinton
May 10.
No conventions are to be held by
the progressives, socialists or prohibit
tionists. None Of these parties will
have q county ticket in the field. it was
learned today. Saturday Is the. last
day for fling nomination papers for
county offices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-05
LADIES TO PLAY GOLF.
Women Members Of Country Club &c
w"e Start Season Monday,

"~ Start Season Monday.
The women Of the country club wht
have been planning a golf club will
start Monday. Arrangements have beer
made for a hack to meet the 8 o'clock
car at Marion street and tho forenoon
will be given over to golf. Lunch viii
be served at the club house and plans
for regular playing Of the game will be
made then Every lady member of the
country club is especially invited to
come Monday, and start the season. II
enough members are DESTROYS q teacher
will be hired to give lessons.
Those desiring lunch will notify Mrs
Rook before Saturday night.-Adver-
tisement.