Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1914 — Page 3

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Application oi the Scriptures to i the World Today ao Seen by Eminent Men In Various Waiho of Lite

(Copyright, 1914, by Joseph & Bowles) [THE FALLING OF JERICHO'S WALLS VS. SAN FRANCIBCO'B EARTHQUAKE. I jtßy O. FREDERICK WRIGHT. LL. D., F. G. S. A., Geologist; Author of "The Ice Age In North America,” "Man and the Glacial Period,” Etc,) “I very much hope you, will do something to Invite more attention among the masses of our people to the study of the Bible.”—Grover Cleveland. No one supposes that it was the blowing of the rams' horns that made

vealed to the leader of the hoet Geology clearly reveals to os the means used by the Lord for the aocompMahment of this purpose. Jericho was built upon the madeland formed by tbe sediment which bad accumulated in the valley of the Jordan when In glacial times a lake 1,400 feet deep extended from the Dead Sea as far north as Lake Galilee. This sediment is unconsolidated and is a hundred or more feet in depth. Walls built upon such .a foundation would easily be shaken down by a moderate earthquake. We have a striking illustration at :tbls statement in what took place dur-, tag the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The committee of eminent geologists which reported qpon this {earthquake - say that the greatest idestructlon of buildings was along the floor of the valley system, •which was covered with “made iground.” “Santa Rosa, situated twenty miles from the rift, was the Imost severely shaken town in the «tate and suffered the greatest disaster relatively to its population and extent.” Healdsburg, San Jose, Agnews «pd Stanford university were also among the greatest sufferers. “All ;0f these places are. situated on the valley floor and are underlain to a considerable depth by loose or but slightjly coherent geological formations. ! This ground seems to have behaved (during the earthquake very much in the same way as jelly in a bowl, or as a semi-liquid material In a tank. The earth waves which pass through the highly elastic rocks swiftly with a small amplitude seem In this material to have been transformed into slow undulations of great amplitude, which were excessively destructive.” Two situations could scaroely be more alike than these in the Santa Rosa and the Jordan valleys. In.both cases the regions pre continually subject to earthquakes. A geologist has no difficulty in crediting the Bible story. {THE MODERN MAN AND HIB MODERN BIBLE. | (By WILLIAM FRASER M’DOWELL, , Bishop of the .Methodist Episcopal j Church.) . “The Bible Is a book of all others for I lawyers as well as divines; and I pity I the man who cannot And in It a rich ' supply of truth and of rules for con--1 duct."—Daniel Webster. This is the title of a chapter in a (Small volume of mine called “A Man’s

>life. Some one once called Jesus “the contemporary of all ages” It is the fate and fortune of a book of living principles that Its use grows as life expands. The Bible has a place of ;power in the thought,' the life and the (morals of today that our fathers never dreamed of. The modern man has the Idea that ithe Bible la a tremendously big book and that It takes a lot of time to read it. Kit this same modern man tells to eee how much can be done with any (good literature by a small amount of itlme regularly applied to it Time does toot come to us for such uses without ton effort often heroic effort on our mw® x; 1

the wallß of Jericho falL The circling of the city by Joshua’s hosts accompanied by this strange martial music was simply a test of the faith of Joshua and his host. The miracle was one of prophecy. The means at command for destroying the city were known to the Lord, but not to Joshua. The approaching fa a t was simply re-

Religion.’’ It Is used here because under, It can be said a word which I very much want -to say. We are modern men and women. We read the daily papers. Our distant ancestors did not. The Bible seems to some to belong to their period and not to ours. But really the Bible Is by far the most modem of books. It has the largest value and meaning for modern

part. I once heard Wendell Phillips say that the New Testament could be read through in an hour—which is not quite true —but it can be read in a few hours. I am Just now taking advantage of a vacation to read through, a portion each day, Weymouth’s "Modern Speech New Testament” No current magazine or novel is half sb interesting or suggestive. The modern rebels a bit against authority over his opinions. Vdry well, set that aside for a while. The Bible comes wkb a kind of authority every man needs to have, authority over evil, authority for righteousness. This, the Master of the book practised. This be conferred. The Bible Is the most modern of books when a modern man treats it as it deserves. e —— FREEMEN OR SLAVESf •> , (By His Eminence JAMES. CARDINAL GIBBONS.) **We have got to wake up. Christianity and its *proa>! are the only basis for our hope of' modern civilisation. The spirit of Christianity makes for pure Democracy.”—William Howard Taft

Our Saviour told the Jews that the knowledge of his gospel and the prac-

ever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.” Do not we sometimes boastfully say, like the Jews: We bow to no despotic power; we are free American citizens. But what Will it profit us to enjoy the blessings of civil liberty If we do not enjoy the liberty of children of God, by which we are rescued from Ignorance, and can trample on sin? What will it avail us to he recognized on the streets as free and independent citizens, if In the circle of our own family or In the sano-. tuary of our own hearts we are lashed as slaves by the Man of Sin; If we are slaves to anger and revenge, slaves to lust, Intemperance, avarice, pride and vainglory, slaves to the world and to public opinion, the most capricious of all tyrants? Who possessed greater liberty, Herod on his throne or John the Baptist in his prison? Herod enjoyed civil liberty. His will was law /to others. He had the power of use and death over his subjects. He could go whithersoever he chose, but his soul was bound in the chains of sin. John’s body was confined In a dungeon but his soul roamed In unrestrained freedom through the kingdom of God, which was within him. What a degradation to fall from the highest estate of freeborn children of God to become slaves of Satan! What a degradation to ceascPto be an heir lp our Father’s house and to become like the prodigal son, the hireling of a heartless master! Contemplate Solomon while his heart is right with God. How sublime is his knowledge! How just his judgments! How exalted his sanctity! Who has ever excelled him in wisdom? Now look at Solomon when his will Is enslaved by sensuality. Sue that towering oak bending like a frail reed before the siren breath of wanton females. He who once soared heavenward on the wings of prayer is now wallowing in the mire of sin. The king that ruled a nation in righteousness is now ruled by lascivious women. The godly prince that was the first that ever erected a temple to the living God is so degraded morally that he builds a temple to obscene divinities and worships them. A ma" may enjoy not only political and religious liberty, but even supreme dominion over an empire; he may dictate laws to millions, and. yet be the most abject slave in the whole realm.

Machine Shows Voice Flaws.

, It would be very fine if the embryo operatic singer next door could hear herself as others hear her while she hammers on the piano with both hands and lets out screech after screech at her daily singing practise. Probably if she did she would “have a heart,” and give the neighbors a rest occasionally. Donald McHardy, voice specialist of London, has invented a machine that will give one a fair and unbiased estimate of his own voice. The instrument, which is called the crltiphone, enables the singer or speaker to hear his voice precisely as it sounds to the audience, thereby enabling him to make corrections. —Cleveland Leader.

Modern Drug Store.

A New Yorker was speaking about drug stores in the big city. ‘"The modern apothecary shop In sthe metropolis carries almost everything. WaffleIrons, aluminum percolators, dominoes, lamp chimneys, children’s games, dog collars, doll beds, fused invisible bifocals, pure white Milan hemp hats, adding machines and ice boxes. If one goes into some of the up-to-date drug stores and asks to have a prescription filled he is likely to be treated with cold disdain. It looks as if you want anything in the shape of medicine nowadays yon are more apt to Had tt at a hardware store"

tise of its precepts would deliver them from bondage to true freedom: "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The Jews replied to him: "We are the seed of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to any man. We are freemen." Jesus calmly ansyrered them: “Amen, amen, 1 say to you, that whoso-

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NEW LAW IN EFFECT

It Is Much Easier to Ship Live Stock Now. New Quarantine Regulations Mads by the Department of Agriculture to Facilitate Transportation of Cattle and Hogs. Washington, D. C. —The new regulations governing the interstate movement of live stock went into effect July 1, 1914. These changes are designed by the department of agriculture to facilitate the movement of live stock from quarantined areas or frony public stock yards. The new regulations, which are known as B. A. I. (Bureau of Animal Industry) Order 210, superseding B. A. I. Order 143, deal with the shipment of cattle from tick-infested areas, with the movement of swine from public stock yards and with the dipping of cattle and sheep for scabies. * Now cattle that have been dipped once under state or federal supervision may be shipped from an area quarantined for ticks to a market center where there are proper dipping facilities and the department of agriculture maintains an inspector. After a second dipping there under his supervision the cattle may be sold for any purpose. Hitherto it has been necessary in times of drought for cattle owners in quarantined areas to slaughter their stock or sell it for slaughter for whatever it would bring. The resulting loss will, it is hoped, be done away with under the new regulation.

The provision permitting, under certain strict conditions, the transportation of hogs from public stock yards into interstate' commerce has been made possible b* the discovery by government scientists of a serum which renders swine Immune to hog cholera. Hitherto all stock yards have been considered as infected with this disease. Now, however, it is considered safe to shipment of hogs which have Mfen treated with the serum and which show no symptoms of suffering from any form of disease. As a result of this it Is expected that thousands of light weight hogs will be. sent from the stock

MORE FOREST LANDS

Government Increases Its Holdings in North Carolina. Ground Approved by National Forest Reservation Commission for Purchase by the United States Includes 13,575 Aores Washington.—Lands Just approved by the national foreßt reservation commission for purchase by the government include 13,575 acres in North Carolina, of which 11 tracts comprising 12,400 acres are situated in Buncombe, Yancey and McDowell counties in the Mt. Mitchell' purchase area. The remaining 1,155 acres are on the Chattanooga river' watershed in Macon couut7 and the Savannah purchase area. These lands are to be acquired in accordance with the general policy under which national forests of good size are being built up in the eastern mountains, both north and south, through successive purchases. Tracts are bought within certain designated areas, of which North Carolina has eight. The lands just approved by the commission bring the acreage of the Mt Mitchell purchase area up to 66,000 acres and the acreage of that part of the Savannah area lying in North Carolina to 34J800 acres while the total acreage in the state approved for purchase amounts to 244,000 acres. Most of the lands approved for purchase today are well timbered with valuable woods such as poplar, oak and chestnut, the largest tract which contains over 7,000 :»fres having a stand of sawtimber and other valuable products of more than 6,000 feet per acre. The lands approved for acquisition by the government for national forest purposes in the east since the purchase policy was inaugurated in 1910 are now 1,104,000 acres, having a purchase price of $5,560,000. About $2,000,000 of the original appropriation remains available for further purchases In the fiscal year 1915.' The lands favorably acted on to date include 133,000 acres in the White mountains of New Hampshire, while 971,000 •ores are in various parts of the southern Appalachians from Virginia to Georgia. Nearly 400,000 acres were approved for purchase during the past year, at an average price of $4.96 per acre. As areas of suitable, size are built rip by the government through/ successive purchases they are placed under a system of organized administration, with local officers of ther government’s forest service in charge. The first object of administration is to protect the forest against firs, for the twofold purpose of steadying streamflow and Increasing timber production. There is, however, provision for y aU forms of use of the forests not inconsistent with their permanent welfare as sources of timber and water supplies. Some of the areas are already bsftanlng to yield revenue to the government through the sale of timber which can be removed with benefit to the remainlnf stand. BvenfoaUy it

CARNEGIE’S BIRTHPLACE HONORS HIM

Dunfermline, Scotland, the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, celebrated the last birthday of the ironmaster with great doings, the chief event being the unveiling of a statue of Carnegie In the park. All the public officials and the entire population took part in the festmttes.

yards to the country for feeding and fattening and that the country’s total production of pork will be greatly Increased. The new regulations also withdraw all permission for the use of nicotine solutions, coal-tar, creosote, and cresol preparations in the official dipping of cattle and sheep for scabies. This step has been made necessary by the difficulty experienced in keeping baths of this nature at a strength sufficient to eliminate all danger of disease

is expected that they will prove excellent Investments, besides yielding important public benefits.

PRETTIEST GIRL IN WORLD

Miae Marie Taller of New York So Pronounoed by Grand Duke Mlohaelovltch of Russia. New York. —Miss Marie Taller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Taller of New York, has been pronounced ‘the most beautiful girl in the world

Miss Mario Tailor.

by the Grand Duke Mlchaeiovltch, the cousin to the czar of Russia. Miss Taller is a very great favorite in society both in New York and abroad.

Music Soothes a Nervous Horae.

Cincinnati. —Bill Perkins, noted racehorse trainer, says music aoothoa a nervous horse Just before he goes to the poet- Perkins has installed a phonograph la his stable at Latonla race oourse. He aays the prefer rag time.

without having thorn so strong as to he Injurious to the animals themselves The department, therefore, decided to Insist upon a field teat of the strength at all solutions used for dipping. # A practical field test for this purpose Is available in the case of the sulphid sulphur used In lime In sulphur baths for sqables, and for arsenious oxide in arsenical dips for cattle tick. Official dipping, therefore, will hereafter be confined to the llme-and-sulphur and arsenical laths.

NAUEN TOWER IS FINISHED

Gigantic Wireless Edifice Designed to Communicate With New York Is Completed. Berlin. —The gigantic new stool tower of Germany’s central wireless and telegraph station at Nauen, near Berlin, from which communication with New York will eventually be—established, hap just been completed. It stretches 846 feet Into space, but is so lightly built that only 360 tons of steel were required in construction. From the top,* which can be reached by both ladders inside the framework and small wind-driven elevator attached to the exterior, a view extending over a radius of 76 miles is obtainable. The German Telefunken compact, which owns the Nauen station, informs The New York Times correspondent that while It has acquired options" on the Goldschmld high-fre-quency station in Eilvesq, in Hanover, which communicates with the American station in New Jersey, it has as yet not decided whether it will avail itself of the option. ' ’ Experiments from both Nauen and Eilvese have shown that transatlantic communication is undoubtedly practicable, but the messages so far transmitted have been wholly experimental, and it is Impossible at the present to say when either station will be available for regular commercial traffic.

BLIND CAN NOW READ BY EAR

Peculiar Property of Belenium Transforma the Printed Page Into Intelligible Sound Waves. London. —It is now possible for a blind man to read by the ear, owing to the improvements in an electrical Instrument which was first’shown by Fournier d’Albe at last year’s British association meeting. The Instrument has as Its basic principle the peculiar property of selenium, by which the strength of an electric current passing through it varies with the amount of light It is connected with a telephone receiver, and, according as more or less light .falls on the selenium, so does the electric current passing through the receiver vary, and consequently the sounds heard in the receiver vary. By throwing a powerful light on ordinary printed letterpress, it is possible to differentiate between letters by different sounds In the receiver. An ordinary newspaper can thus be read by the "type-reading octophone.7

LEFT IN A CELLAR TO DIE

Widowed Mother Found Half Naked and Starving—done Are Being Sought Wilkee-Barre, Pa—Half naked and weak from hunger, Mrs. Cristiaua Mason, elghty-flve-year-old widow of a pastor once prominent In this city, was found in the oellar of a vacant tenement at IB West Jackson street Two sons, Paul and Henry Mason, are sought by . the police to explain botr their mother cams to be abandoned. Neighbors heard Mrs. Mason’s moans, and upon investigating found her tying on an <dd oot ta the oatta

God’s LovingKindness

By REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D.D.

D— el A» Moody BM» h kMi,

TEXT—Show thy marvekw* loving kindness. Pa 17:7.

should have been known and loved of God. and called and chosen of Him from before the foundation of the world. In the eighth of Proverbs Christ is personified as wisdom, and tells us he wap set up from everlasting or ever the earth was. and adds, "My delights were with the sons of men." (2) It Is marvelous In Its nature, expressed not merely or primarily. In giving to man Ufa and the means to enjoy it, but when man had tamed his back upon his Creator and rebelled against him. In freely lad undeservingly forgiving him, and this at the sacrifice of "His only begotten son that whosoever bslieveth on him should not perish bat have everlasting life.' - (3) It is marvelous in Its unchangeableness. Wonderful Is Ift that God should have loved us while we were shiners, and continue to love us even while we continue to be sinners. The new man within ns who have believed on Christ does not sin, but the old man la still a sinner. But God lovss us notwithstanding alt Ik seems impossible to wear out his lorn "Can a woman forget her sucking child?" he asks, "Yea, she may forget, but I will not forget thee." (4) It Is marvelous in Us work. Passing from the thought of what God's loving kindness has accomplished and will yet accomplish in Christ on our behalf, consider what it accomplishes within ourselves through Christ, our ssnotification and spiritual up-bulldlag. Listen to,David, us with the snows of seventy winters on his head he exclaims to God, "They gentleness hath made me great” Or, transfer the thought to Paul, as In the stress Of his apostleship he declares, "If wo be betide ourselves It Is to God, If we be sober It is for your sake. For the love at Christ constrained* us”—the loro which Christ hath manifested toward us. The Need e t This Prayer. (1) We need to see God’s loving kindness to remove our ignorance. It Is s dreadful thing to be Ignorant of the God who made and who redeemed us. (2) Wo need to see Kto awaken gratitude and enable us to love him who first loved us. (2) We need it to strengthen faith and to deliver us from fear. This was the reason David prayed this prayer: "Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou that ssvest by thy right hand aU them that put their trust in thee from them that rises up against, them.” It is such a motive also that moves Paul to say, “He that spared not his son, but freely delivered him up for us all, shall he not with trim also freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the tiuuge of God’s elect? It is God that Justifieth! Who Is he that condemneth? It Is Christ that died!" In other words, the greater includes the less, and If God hath loved us enough to do this on our behalf, he loves us wefi enough to do anything We need. Dry your tears; deepen your trust; give room to hope; be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart Ask him to show you his ' loving kindness. An Illustration. Some years ago 1 visited the White Mountain Notch, and facing ML Willard —is it called?—l overheard my companions asking one- another if they had seen the old witch of the mountain. "The old witch of the mountain” designates the outline of a woman apparently robed in white, which nature’s chisel has cut It the face of the bald, bare roek. Some had seen her and some had noL I waa among the latter, and my friends did everything they could to assist my vision, adjusting a powerful magnifying glass, etc., but It was all in vain. At iength one in a few well-chosen words, described the, figure so accurately in its relation to its surroundtags, that 1 saw it In a moment, and was able to Join in the laugh at my neighbors who had not yet been so fortunate. It is much the same in the region of spiritual truth. The loving kindness of God stands out before men in creation, in his word. In the transformed lives of his people, and men have eyes but they do not see. tt tfcef but saw. how they would rejoftut and rraise his name. '

“M a r v e V ous” means to distinguish, to set apart. The lov-ing-kindness o f God is distinguished or set apart from any other experience known to man. (1) It 1. marvelous in its origl n. Surpassing strange it is that yon and - 1 in Christ today, for this message Is addressed to hollering saints.