Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1910 — PELOGOPUS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PELOGOPUS

“I»®, I Am with Y»« Always.” Not alone through days of pleasure, Not alone' through days of wealth, Not alone when friends surround us, Not alone through days of health; But when days are full of trouble. When otir dearest friend betrays, When the path of life Is roughest. He is with us •‘all the days." ►—Margaret H. Barnett. Moders Estimate of Greatness. Recently there were erected in the Kiorial hall of Yale University two eta In memory of members of the fflaas of 1853, a class distinguished for the number of great names It has given to the world. Both of these tablets, erected by the survivors of that class, commemorate tte lives ofmissionaries—-Dr. Charles Harding, who died a missionary In India, and the Rev. Hiram Bingham, whose more than fifty years of missionary service in the Sandwich Islands and Micronesia are notable in the annals of missionary service. The address of presentation was made by the Hon. Andrew D. White, for years American ambassador to Germany, and before that president of Cornell University. He said: "Among the classmates we have lost were others in church! in state, in lib arature, in scholarship, who held places which the world considered plgher than the places held by either of these men, as things go in this world. And yet, when we wish to leave with our alma mater the names which she must not willingly let die, we have named these two. “We have named them because their Meals were the highest, and because they sacrificed most to make those Meals real.. • • • "Men like these have given the world something better than any material success in making savage races into twentieth century men of labor and business. ; “These two classmates of ours gave to our land, to us, to all our thinking follow citizens, something more precious than this—noble Ideals of selfsacrifioe, of the spirit of St. Paul, something of the spirit, we may say reverently, of Christ himself. » • • These names, therefore, we deliver to our alma mater, for the inspiration of successive generations of students in Yale University during all the coming centuries.” These are notable words, and worthy to have been spoken on such an occasion. They indicate that the Standards by which successful men of the present age judge of success are not wholly commercial or military; but that the real successes are those that inspire lives to lofty Ideals and righteous living. In the same building in which these tablets are erected is writ large a quotation which is still true, as attested by the judgment of men of to-day: “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and tiiey that turn-many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.” —Yo ith’s Companion.

Biblical Christian Experience. The eccentric but unquestionably sincere and in his way and J field highly useful Christian worker, Billy Sunday, thus gives his Christian experience: “TwenJ.y-two years ago, with the Holy Spirit as my guide, I entered tins wonderful temple we call Christianity. I entered at the portico of Genesis, walked down through the Old Testament art gallery where the pictures of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Isaac and Daniel hang on the wall. I passed Into the music room of Psalms, where the Spirit swept the keyboard of nature, and brought forth the dirgelike wail of the weeping prophet Jeremiah to the grand, impassioned strain of Isaiah, until it seemed that every reed SSd pipe in God’s great organ of nature responded to the tuneful harp of David, the sweet' singer of Israel. | the chapel of Ecclesiastes, where the voice of the preacher was heard, and into the conservatory of the Song of Solomon, where the Rose of Sharon and the Lily-of-the-Valley’s iweet-scented-spices filled and perfumed my life. I entered the business office of Proverbs, then into the observatory room of the Prophets, where I saw telescopes of various sizes, some pointing to far off events, some to nearby events; but all concentrated upon the Bright and Morning Star, whieh was to rise above the moonlit hills of Judea for our salvation. “I entered the audience room of the King of kings, and caught a vision of His glory from the standpoint of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; passed into the Acts of the Apostles, where the Holy Spirit was doing his office work in the formation of the infant church; then into the correspondence room, where sat John, Paul, Peter, James and Jude penning fheir epistles. I stepped into the throne room pf Revelation andi I got a vision of the King sitting upon His throne in all His glory, and I cried: • AH haH the power of Jesus' name. Let 'angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem. And crown Him Lord of all. —Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Wolkin* with Christ. In His teachings Christ has marked out for us the way in which we are to walk.. It may at times be difficult to do His will, but it is always safe. He has Himself been over the way in which. He would have us go. His life was in perfect harmony with His words. He lived a real human life.

encountering its temptations, experiencing tts perplexities, enduring its hardships, suffering its sorrows, bearing not only His own burdens, but those of us all. If we follow Him we shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. But He is more than teacher, more than example, more than guide. He is our companion in our way. He enters into all our experiences, cheers us in all the storms, is with us in all the deep waters, inspires us with courage and imparts His own strength to us as we walk with Him. Believe in God*a Love. When God loves us His heart goes out toward us, and with His heart all that He can bestow. All the resources of His power, all the counsels of His wisdom, all the preciousness of His promises, all the gifts of His Spirit are at our disposal, if only our hearts are open to receive them tn the day of His power. To know and believe the love God hath to us—here, in a single sentence, is the beginning of Christian life, the history of Christian experience, the fullness of Christian joy.—Bishop Thorold. The Note of Authority. In the record it is said that Jehovah spoke to Joshua. That is Joshua’s true claim to distinction. He was on speaking terms with the Almighty. He had learned the accent of the divine Well for him that he had. For there Id no denying the authority of a man to whom Jehovah has spoken and to whom Jehovah has said, “As I was with Moses, so wilk I be with thee.”