Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1893 — Page 5

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OFFICERS. I 'resident Will E. Strawn. Montpelier, Ii i. First Yiee-Preident-Torrence M. Jacksn. New Iancaster Ind. k'TCKna1onaCTa Pa recording 'Secretary-Miss Dora Wenner. i Pieusant-ave.. Indianapolis. I ml. 'orresporulinK S-crciary JIis Emma L. M-rker. Emery, i'.i. I rreasurer-Mi?s Mary J. Kelly. Camp- j K. l lot r, r K-ceelltiv r-mm cs. Greeneastle. Ind.: William A. "Mark. Anthony. Ind.": W. s. Kokendffer. Monte- j v Mo.: .1. C. McDonald. Medina. T.nn.; i J. I. Barnes. Bruceton Mills. . a. OBJECTS, cation 2 of Article 1 of Constitution Hie obiect of the Howard Eiter; ry Club is t. enouuiaf pure literature, strengthen morality, establish sociability, increase a desire for mind improvement and literary attainments and to extend the work of rei ormation. MEMBERS.

Section 1 of Article 2 of Constitution death of any of the celebrated infidels All nersnn of good moral character w ho , and you can see that the soul c herished nn interested in the objects of this nrcan- more than the mind cared to believe. Untion and are willing to work in accord- , j, caIls it weakness and cares not to anee therewith are eligible to memliorsuip. Pffomjnat( himolf thus Hut much of We most cordially invite every one truly ! J 11 lnus- 1ul .muc", ,r aM uncomr.romHinclv interested in our I thi inhdehsm is only a means by whkn objects to join our club. ! to attain popularity. Many of them are letters of inquiry should be addressed j seekers after cheap notoriety, to the Corresponding Secretary with stamp. perhaps there is a feeling of earelessTne Howard Literary has neither sal- nes5, or disregard about many people, but aried ofheers nor contributors. Si ml depends j , inner so- 1 there whoMv uron its merits and principles fori ' ,0J n " tPI' 1,1 '"S'V i lnere success ! exl- ts a longing would that I were Members onlv are entitled to the rare i better and truer .in life. A pricking of benefits of our book catalogue. I conscience; a sense of lacking, which we All letters for publication must be care- j find often times cropping out on the fully written on one side of the paper only. : surface, showing that there exists a batttTiU and "S- Mf somewhere in the inner P'ainlv a llrecsei to the editor. C. O. nature, and that the soul is seeking the Mev.-a'rt. Sentinel office. Indianapolis. Ind. light and truth and is buoyed by it. Members fn renewing subscription for There is a continued seeking for better

The sentinel will pkase be sure to semi i $1 to the Howard Literary Treasurer, as the club is allowed a small commission. Piif credit anl prompt action guaranteed. Members, on sending their photos to the editor for reproduction "n 'bis Pat must 5n 1 com de nhime and also real name sni 3djres. The l:itter will not be publish1 1 xcept by request of the sender. MtTK K. I Th "i-rhth annual reunion of the How- J ard Li'-nry Club will be held at Michigan C:"-, A'l?. 1 to 21 inclusive. All mem- i Vn earnestly requested to be present j and 3ll friends ,f the club are cordially invited to be present. DORA DICKENS, Secretary. Fit EE MErl. TIIOM.IIT. A I.nna; nnl KihHnllvr 'ntrllmtlon by "It en . Fern." "Our Trent thoughts, cur great affec tions, the truths of uur lives, never leave ' U7. Sur ly they ommt separate from our consciousness, they shill follow it I whithersoever it shall g.. and they are ! of their nature divine and immortal." Thackf ray. After a en refnl review of man and his r.iako-up we have a classification of th-ee parts, pot distinct from each other but existing in such interwoven relations to each other that it is very difficult to discern their exact relations and Influen. e. Th part are: tic Physical or material: 2 mental or intellectual; (3) moral rr spiritual. In the physical man we have the body, that which we see; a!I that we see of man with the natural eye we call material because existing In form and space, ar.d is the avenue through which we become acquainted with the other and noMer parts of man. It is his instrument of action, by which he acts and makes himself known to his fellow beings. Hut in the mental we find the great FecretK of man's life. It is generally spoken of as the. mind, wherein resides the indwelling of the soul, and is president over the physical, finding connection through the brain and nervous system. Or. as if often said, the brain Is the seat of the mind, which seems to be a logical and correct conception, for we rind all inanimate, semi-organic material to be dead and not gifted with brain material. Divest an animal of its brain faculties and it is a dead thing, no more than the Insensible rock, proving that through this channel comes life and action. And In studying the different forms of life we find the higher we go the nearer we come to man; the higher, more complicated and intricated are the mental developments, and in man we find the higher and nobler concept of life which are found ir. none other forms of life. This higher form of mind we call the Intellectual or knowing powers; that by which man delves Into and studies out the relations of things, bringing them to his understanding or conception, thus knowing them in their relation to other things known before. The product of this operation we call thought the active state of the mind. Outside of sound sleep we find thought In continual action upon some subject or object. It is this that I am to discuss. How able I am to do so I know not. but a worthy subject is always worth an effort. We find man seeks conception of truth In all things and all relations, whether logical, philosophical, scientific, social rr moral, or any other forms that may present themselves. The mind continually seeks the truth, always Investigating, experimenting and reasoning out to find and know the truth and basis of things, and when the mind has arrived at the basis or foundation of things, then will it 1 clear of superstition and doubt, and man may l? naid to be a "free mmil agent," one of free thought and not under the will and dominion of the things around him. Then will he not be a slave longer to the baser elements of his own nature, tut a free moral man. apart from carnal thlnes living In the lofty plains of the soul's conception. Let us take life that we see lived or existed in about us. How few d we find upon this higher plain of living totally loose from what's below? Here Is a man staggering and reeling .bout the street and finally falls Into the gutter, utterln horrible oaths and

curses. Charity pieks him up and takes him home. There he lies as one dead, merely breathing, knowing nothing and carjnp ess, for his mind is paralyzed and delirious, and he is less than that on which he lies. Is such a being a man? Can we call him a man? Would It not soil honor to call him a brute? Where is his soul and nobler ideas of fe? Hurled! Buried under an enormous

1ad of degradation and wretchedness nearly destroyed, yearning for the light of day. Is there no pity for such? Is there no compassion in the human soul? Yes! tint man s redemption lies witnin nis own efforts. Hut in the hour of grent tribulation or of death, then will the soul, which has been buried for years under the black cloud of disbelief, and denial, burst forth from its dark cell, crying in great agony unto the spirit of the living Clod. Plead ing for its Savior. You may read the life, and hope is the bright Star that leadeth the soul thither. "Everything in heaven and earth aims only at this, that the soul may know itself, may make Itself its object; may work out its own development, work out its own salvation." Hegel. There must be a change; a revolution anil a revelation also; a. wakening up i-;iimg in ii ngni upon me soul. The nobler must gain control and snnremaev nwr ihn luwr climonto f ns nation. Thought. judgment and reason must rule for life. The sensual feeling must be curbed. The great lesson 0f win0i action and self-control must be learned and put in practice. Must be a man or tnougnt and not of avarice, for in the former there is free thoughts and progress, the other slavery and backsliding. Again we see a man seemingly good ami useful in many ways, but denying the existence of an all-wise being: sasdng there is no soul or spirit: nought beyond this life and world: nought hut what we s--e materially: crying down Christianity anil trying to prove the absurdity and weakness of such devotion. Hut we need go only ti the history of tne lives of these men to learn of the ' fallacy of their doctrine Fvon brIi. words and a. Hons of everyday life are enough to show to our minds the doubtand shiftlessness of their thoughts ThOV CO to Work and mnnafaMuro o creed that will suit their own narrow J notions for man must meeds have a creed r.r belief of some kind, that In which he places leliance and trust for all minds are subjected to something higher and if not superior, the mind wiil lower Its standard of principal till It is able to look up at Us objects of worship. Thus we find the infidel forming beliefs and devising ideas out of his own mind that are to preside over and rule his life, heeding not the Inner voice speaki.i of faith and unfaultering trust. Hob Ingersoll Is no infidel. You that think of him as such I would beg you read his "Oration at the Child's Grave" and also his "Oration- at His Rrother's Crave." and you can see that his heart is not wholly disbelieving. When it conies to the sum and essence of exlstance then will the soul and heart give vent to the feelings, even with the most vile of mankind. All I ask is to read and study a man's writincs and I will know him better than If I had seen him. A man can search deeper Into the secrets of another's soul through his writings than by actual con tact with him. You may take Ingersoll's conceptions of home. love, life, liberty, freedom and many other subjects, and they are as grand conception as were ever written by any one.. They never came from a disbelieving heart, but from one lit by the truth and goodness of such things Thus we find mankind In every phase and form of existence. In1 all occupations and vocations of life, to a greater or less degree enslaved by the baser element of his own nature and to the degree we thus find them the same degree do we find the mind and Its agents restrained ainl held back. And the great achievement of a life Is to lift this burden and give space to mental tower. Thoughts guided by. judgment and reason will become a power In all ages great men' possessed think ing minds. They have been the light and progress of past years. Thought, Ingenuity and project has led to the great Inventions, the progress and the night of civilization which we enjoy toda v These men have no time to give to pleasure and the ruder feelings, but live within their thoughts and by their thouKhts. Not only do they lend a powerful In fluence to others but are developing and educating themselves, thus keeping out of much sin and Idleness. Activity Is the law of living life and energy Is 'the executive and In this ex ercls? principle must t maintained. It may seem to some that their way Is unchangeable, that the Iron bands of habit and dall life hold you witrr a firm grasp, that there Is no escape from this and despair seems to fill life's at mosphere before you; but. my dear read ers, there is a light in the darkest ways and a hope near at hand, though seem Ingly lost. You that are thus struggling seemingly In vain there Is tili one ave nue, To the quiet of your own chamber go. fall on jour knees and lift thy burdened soul to God In prayer. Yield up thyself and that humbly and truthfully. Say everything at Jesus' feet and He will make you free and you will raise a free and a better man. Hundreds of souls testify to this every tlay. There Is that peace and Joy In needful prayer that frees the mind and finds a connection with a higher power. There exists a connecting link between the finite and Infinite a strand or golden

I cords finding source from the fountain ! head of the universe and having termi

nus in the soul of mortal and are set with vibrations sensitive to tvery Impulse of the spirit, electrified by infinite love snd filled with mercy and mindfulness. They diverge in every conceivable direction throughout the universe, connecting every form of creation into an interwoven net-work of relations, bringing everything Into unison and concord with their builder. Even the rocks and hills speak and the grass tell much to those that bring themselves in tune- and unison wfih the same force and the same energy. There Is harmony in everything around us. Everything points to the one. source, and happy and free is the man that lives in this sphere of existence. The mind or soul Is greatest In that truer life. Thought is the ruling power there, and leadeth Into the boundary of that mystical unseen future. And there seems to be a steady and undaunted plod toward the unknown. The end of all things seem to be concluded into one small compass and 99l per. cent, of life's transactions are void and barren of the free and true principle of life and never enter this compass. Man may possess much, yet little. He may be rich now, but d?stitute in the future. We dare not measure the beyond by what this life ever is or may be, for the one Is infinitely greater, and in our worldly existence we should encourage that which leadeth to that beautiful beyond. In this thing human existence, Mind is the true motor. Thought the untiring power. Feeling the greatest motive. And will the strength of nil. July 15. "1VEN W. FERN." A STRING OF PROTESTS. "lila S.M Thinks It About Time to Mir Thin ci I" p. EDITOR AND FRIENDS There Is nothing like having a kicker (where's "Incog?") around once in a while, if It's only to get the furniture and carpet dusted a little. Now. the page hasn't been up to my ideas lately. What are you all doing lately? Sun struck, are you? Are you going to let Talmage run your part of the paper, small as it Is? Perhaps you think he can do better? Well, that's Just as people think. Your think don't constitute all there is of that. iSeems to me Talmage monopolizes enough, you know. What with his tabernacle, his paper, magazines and all the papers, big and little, who print his sermons and his notoriety. I'd think he would have a surfeit. For my part, I can't see why we all have to take the same dose, will or nil. no difference what the stage of one's disease may be. For my part, I think there are thousands of us who, when we feel like reading a sermon, would like a change to some of the old sermons of Hishop Brooks, or the new ones of Abbot, Swing, Potter, Schaef and others Of all things deplor able it's a corner on sermons. You all know my opinion of Talmage, and it's not his particular church that is the cause of it. One church I consider as good as another. Hut I do not like his style, his lack of logic, his deductions, nor many of his statements, and altogether go back on his reasons for this and that. They will not hold or convince where conviction is needed. I don't like sermons gotten up on some strange old miracle, such as the opening of the Red sea for the favored few. brought in then as comparison to an edifice saved, that really was saved by 23 cents on the dollar. People who claim the first false would say it was a good simile for the second. There was one thing Christ taught and that was honesty, and he wanted no fine edifice. even paid for to speak In. and he did not hold to every old tradition and fa ble the Jews had handed down, either, or he would not have got into so many disputes with them. There is just this about Talmage. If It happened for him to have been born under Mohammedan rule he would have preached the boldest legends that ever clustered around the history of Mahomet as truth and inspiration. What is it that distinguishes us from the brute? It Is thought, thinking. And why do some of us. knowing this, get but little beyond the barbarian in our made of thvjght, so hate to think for ourselves, so much more contented to let others think for us. and accept all they have to give In unquestioning faith? This, coupled with a hatred of the masses .to give up old ideas for new even though the new plainly show more reason, is one of the reasons, I suppose why all newspapers give us the same sermons from the same man. It gets a little monotonous though to have this kept up year after year, especially when you take over half a dozen papers. You feel as though you were paying for too much of the same thing. "Gano," I can not feel as you do over the late "Drummond" controversy on the page. I think we could have stood a little more of it. I don't see the use of getting tired so soon over every de bate that comes up. If we shut down on them in that way we soon cause the really interested ones in the page to lose heart. No person can write interestingly unless an Incentive is given him. I heard a very learned man say the "Drummond" dialogue was really the only true literary phase the page had shown to him for some tinme There are many like him who will not read the page unless they see it has left narrow and restricted lines of thought. The first proofs of true liter ary knowledge are comparison and judgment on what you read. This we had In this debate. One person sent me word that through a word or two written by "Lone Tramp" he was led to look up the history of Calvin and his works. Of course he had the same idea we all have (and he was born of Calvinist forefathers) over Cal vin's treatment of Servetus, and the only heresy Calvin's friend seems to have proclaimed was that reason should be man's guide in all things and some remarks on the triune or Godhead of three in one. Servetus was a scholar, and he felt that from the spurious work ascribed to Athanasius the doctrine of the trinity had long after the days of Christ been fastened onto the Christian religion. Servetus felt that from pa ganlsm this Idea of three gods or three In one had come. He knew the eight great religions are teemed with such Ideas. He knew that In the Hindoo re ligion, Hrahma, Vishnu and Silva were thr-?e in one. With this difference to our belief Siva In the Hindoo triune Is the destroyer, while the third person in our belief is the spirit or teacher, Hrahma Is the Hindoo god, the creator. the father. Vishnu was the savior. He came on earth several times, and the accounts of hirn show he was tempt ed by the devil, and the male children killed In hope that he would be killed with them Is found among the legends of Vishnu, or Krishna, the name he took while on earth. Calvin believed these old Oriental religions to be but myth, and because Servetus believed many of these Incidents said to have happened to Christ as myth also, he was burned for heresy. My friend, who Is a professional man, deplored the Idea that a medical work written by Servetus on the circulation of the blood in the lungs was burned with him, too, as heresy. Burned at a time when true medical science was struggling to get rid of the metaphysical absurdities an ignorant past had piled upon and held down by its paralyzing schools of medl cine you might say. tell you. friends. It's no wonder flatallstlc. doctrines came from such hearts. Hut It Is a wonder that today we sit so calmly by and see the old doctrines handled even with gloves They should all go to the flames, wherein Michael Servetus suffered, and a new dctrlne. just one, 'and that charity alone, built upon their ashes. Such con tradlctlons as old doctrines contain well, words fall. Everybody, I suppose, has a right to an opinion, only they should be taken at their worth and not classed as truth until facts prove them that. So to the members who thought Briggs wai a lit tie off when he preached contrary doc

trines to those held by his church, ard that he should have gone elsewhere and preached that which he claimed was right. Now, I do not think this way.

I claim that right in a body holding false ideas as truth should reformation begin.- They should know wherein they are wrong, and straighten their wrong views and laws. lou do not think our present govern mental laws right in all things, and by. speech and word and pen you will try to make people understand they are not right, and it would be a tyrannical ruler and senate who would convict you of heresy to this government, and brand you as a traitor and ship you out of the country, and neither should any church have the right to make beliefs and creeds governed by ironclad rules that are infalllable and must not be spoken against. There is nothing in falllable In this world, and nothing but what could be made better. Unless It Is the single strange great spiritual intelligence which is above all and back of first cause or force. And the crea tions which have evolved from this force have not been good at first sight, nor are they-yet. They cärry perfection and imperfection, death and life, misery and happiness, disaster and peace, and on equal basis, and will forever. The past only made shrewd guesses. The present finds truths, but yet In an unperfect state. The future will dis cover more and grade them more in telligently, but to what extent that earning will reach who can say or even guess. There Is one thing, it will quit guessing in the very near future over what it cannot demonstrate by the special sense, and what will leave It more time to take care of what it already does know. Well. I'll make a guess that I have protested enough, so au revolr. "IDA S." AX AI1S EXT OXE RKTl'KXS. "Illaf-I'.jtd Cliarley" Comp A ki In DEAR 11. L. C After a silence of several months I will step in this evening and kindly inform you that "DlueEyed Charley" Is not "lost, bestrayed or stolen" (or whatever some of you may have thought of his long ab sence), no, not a bit of it. I have been with you In thought, and would have been glad to have written to the page frequently if I could have found the time. I hope to be able to write offen er to the page In the future than In the past. The last few days I have been fighting now, sisters, don't shrug your shoulders and try to slip over in the far corner of the room; I am a very peaceable man, you need not be afraid. I said I had been fighting, yes, with the old-fashioned pertater bug," and I don't know yet whether I will be vic torious or not. but I hope so. at least, for it Is a fine acre of potatoes. In the best of shape and clean as a garden. h?n we do everything to the best of our ability and have the prospects of being well repaid for our labor, we do not like to see the object of our work destroyed as these little fellows do it, and will do all we can to prevent it. Is it not so? Well, I am srlad to see you all back in your seats a?ain, and I will try and not say anything to cause you to leave them hereafter. Yes. "Farmer Girl." I think it was too bad to rob the busy little bees, even if you did want some honey. We do not need to rob our bees. They give us surplus honey in one-pound sections, which I prefer. What kind of bees do you keep and what kind of hives do you use? We have one swarm that has glv en us four swarms and sixteen pounds of surplus, and . are working in the super now. The first and second swarms have their supers nearly full. each containing twenty-four one-pound sections. How Is that for one season? We had four In the spring, now we have thirteen, and have taken about seventyfive pounds of honey to date. Do you like to work with bees? I think It is very entertaining. ... . There is considerable talk about the reunion, ana I oeueve all who are pres ent will have a grand and glorious time I would be very glod, indeed. If It were so that I could help to swell the num ber on that happpy occasion, but I will have to be one of the number who will be denied that sweet privilege. I hope it will not always be so. not If I can help it. President Strawn, you shall have my autograph ere long and my photo as soon as I get some taken. I have auto cards to exchange. There seems to be quite a number of old members absent, but perhaps this may help to start the ball rolling, and cause their familiar faces to appear In the H. L.. C. parlor again. Come, now. now. wake up! With best wishes to every one I am your H. E. C. brother. "BEUE-EYED CHARLEY." Central Ohio, July 17. A CAL.IFOHXIA REM IXISCEXCE. Menl Purk und the Famon l'nlverftiljr Cäroiiiiiln nt Pnlo Alto. TO THE HOWARDS But recently the papers of the country chronicled the death of another eminent man of the nineteenth century in the person of Leland Stanford. As I read the biographical sketches of his life briefly stated by "News-gatherer" my thoughts go back to the 2d day of February, 1892, when I wended my way through several of the principal streets of San Francisco to the depot of the western division of the Southern Pacific railroad and boarded a train fur Menlo park and the famous university grounds of Palo Alto farm, twenty-eight miles down the bay from the city. Procuring a horse and buggy at the principal stables of this picturesque lit tie village of less than 400 people, are soon speeding away over a level country road through a delightful stretch of rich-looking soil, covered with a luxui lous growth of green sward, and dot ted her and there by the broad, llattopped live oaks, noted so much through out California. After a drive of some two miles, with one or two angles in the route trans versed, our eyes are greeted with the home and resting places of some of the notd horses of Palo Alto farm of 12 ooo. Pulling up to a place designated as headquarters of the establishment, are at once kindly taken In hand by one of the principal assistants and managers of equine bl kxI, and one by one j'i 'w.. many of the prnlcipal animals comforta bly quartered In box stalls, or paddocks caneted with the rich, green grass peculiar to the western slope near the bay and the Influence of the ocean mists. After feasting upon horseflesh to the satisfaction of our ability, to view such matters from a minor standpoint, hasten on by finely constructed macadamized roadway of near another mile, to the university grounds proper, comprising more than 4,000 acres, being handsomely laid off with driveway and walks, constructed after the nioflern plan, through beautiful arranged shrubbery and flower gardens that will soon rival the most famous parks and lawns and flower gardens of the continent. University building, teachers' cottages, dormatory for girls and for boys, and Leland Stanford, Jr.. museum are located at convenient distances from each, so as to present a pleasing effect and for the safety of all concerned. An excelent 'cuallty of stone Is used In the erection of the buildings, which, as is Intended, is to be permanent for all ages to come. To the right, a little way off from the main road leading to the university, almost surrounded by a thicket of timber and brush, is the tomb or the Stanfords. It Is a plain, solid structure, built of polished granite, and looks as though it would stand a thousand years if no desecrating hands should seek to destroy it In any way. The twenty million appropriated as an en

dowment . fund will serve to keep the

memory of Stanford before the people of nations for centuries to come. The great educational facilities to be had here long after the bones of him who so well carried out his plans In life have mouldered into ; nothingness. A day spent In viewing this mag nificent farm, stock and institution of earning is one long to be remembered. and visitors to the Pacific coast should never fail to go there. "MIELLO. MARY OF CIIAMPAIGX.' She Plenwnnllj- Di noonsrs Itrrrnt Lrltern to the Pnse. DEAR HOWARD FRIENDS I am sorry i nave failed to be promptly here at the appointed time, but hope I may be able to make up for lost time In the future. So many good thoughts have been touched upon it seems impossible to make choice of a subject, so I will only catch a few random thoughts that the various writers have Inspired. I was much impressed by the letters on last week's page. They supplied food for much thought. The last issue was slimmer than ever. but good. too. "Paul Quace gives us a vivid description of life on the farm, with wbich some of us are well ac quainted by life-long experience. We can extend him our ready sympathies, but I differ with him in some things. O, yes, it is hard to see the poetical side when body and mind are both so tired they cry out for rest! Hut the beauties of life are there, only the heavy cares draw a veil between us and our realization. O, bid our poets sing on! There is such a power in song. I wish might hear the voice of so.ne sweet singer continually. It would be a constant inspiration. Never mind your dictionary, brother Paul," you are getting on splendidly without Jt. "Mrs. R. E. Smith," what a responsive chord you struck, "Only a Hoy." Ah, when we hold them fast In our arms In their childhood's love and trust they are ours, ours! Hut only for so brief a time We glory In them and are proud of them In after years, but the heart turns longingly to the past. O life, life! with emotions and affections, so many and various, no wonder our thoughtful brother by your side calls it "night," dear sister. u. i'nrates comes to us singing a song that dignifies every human life. Thanks for the blessings of good, true thoughts. How often they would never come to us unless we were led up to them by some earnest heart. "Violet," I was glad to hear from you, but was struck with sympathy for you. I am not going to judge anyone harshly for not coming to page oftener, knowing nothing of their circumstances, for all I long many times for their com ing. Quite a number have written short leters this summer that had long been absent, and it cheered our hearts. I would ask them, nothing hindering, that they come as often as possible. I feel that we are all needed. I do not supose it will be possible for me to attend the reunion. It will most likely be "life on 'the farm" at that time. So. dear friends, give one thought to your H. L. C. sister, "MARY OF CHAMPAIGN." July 20, 1SÜ3. SOME GOOD AIJVICE. Hovr Mnny of I'm 1 1 -k I n Tlilnx nml Xever Finlnh Tlieiuf 11. Lt. C. FRIENDS As it has been some time since I visited you other than in poetical form, I will try and give a few sttay thoughts. How many of us begin things and leave them unfinished? We should never do this, as it exerts a bad influence in the-formation of our character. It makes us fickle. We never have our mind set tled as to what we want to do. No one will put confidence in us or trust us. They never know whether we will finish what we have begun or not. Such a girl take for example. Her drawers are filled with unfinished compositions. Let ter after letter has been begun, but not one completed. Bits of lace and fancy work begun and laid aside, thinking I will finish this at my leisure. That leisure never comes. One thing after another is begun and laid aside until she does not know how to begin to finish. Consequently these things are never fin ished. Hut It is not only the girl, but the boy also. lie works at first one thintr and then another. He wants to play ball, stops before the game Is fin ished: wants to go to school and quits before his education Is complete. This all shows the kick of energy and perseverance to finish what is begun. Every one must persist in what they undertake or they will never succeed. Never waste time in frivolous pursuits. You may chase them all your life and they will end without benefiting you. Never be willing to begin anything un less you . know you will complete it. Never Indulge In the habit of beginning things that you are assured you will not finish. If you do the habit will grow upon you. When you have begun you must persevere. There is no excellence gained without labor. You must gain cofidence in yourself If you would over come and conquer difficulties. Persevere and perseverance will become easy Finish everything you begin and it will become easy. Never give up and say I cannot. If you do you will go down ward.- Then let us remember "practice makes perfect." T - i V. f!irl T n-nnilor tvbn vnn opji' Please give us your Initials. Come to the page often, as I enjoy reading letters written near my home. A welcome to one and all. In faith, hope and charity I remain your H. L. C. sister Eminence, July 14. "FLOYD.1 SAYS SHE WOX'T SCOLD. "Knwfiift" Talk About SiilTrnite anil Farm 1,1 fe. DEAR HOWARDS From the looks of our page for the past two weeks It seems as If some of us were not doing our duty, but I am not going to scold as "Peach Blossom" did. though, no doubt. we deserved all she gave us. I have been very negligent about Wilting and from the amount of other reading matter on the page I think a tiumber of the members are in the ume boat. So, "Irish CJirl, you believe the negroes ought to have the right of suf frage, do you? On this ground, that they are human beings, and pay taxes, and f r that reason ought to help make the laws which govern them. On the other band, are not women human beings? Do not they have to pay taxes the same as the negro? Then why should they not have the right of suffrage the same as the negro? Not by any means shonld the negroes have been allowed to vote before women. You remember the history right after the war, when some of the southern states accepted the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. How there being, in Ioith Carolina especially, more negroes than whites, they got control of the state. Were they not a nice class of people to sit In the legislature and make the laws by which to govern their white brethren? So ignorant they did not even know the letters of the alphabet. Of course you will say their being held In slavery so long was the reason they were so ignorant. It was. Hut they ought not to have been allowed to have control cf the state government. They are not as Ignorant now as then, but yet not near half of them know what they are voting for or which party In power would do most for the good of the gov ernment. "Paul Quace," your ideas of farm life are true In some particulars, but wer

you ever up and In the field before the

freshness and sweetness of the lovely spring morning had yielded to old King Sol? Where every breath one drew was a tonic? If all felt as you do. what would be the result? They would not be sitting around in the shade, etc.. would more likely be hunting around for a cold potato or a crust to appease hunger. All honor to the little tillers of the soil. They are the backbone and sinew of our prosperity. The reunion ought to be well attended. Lt's all go and try to make it very pleasant and profitable. Come to the ,page, all ye recruits. Do you not hoar the drum? Please answer this call of sister "ROWENA." Foresman, Ind., July 13. "IWAI.in JOIIX AtiAIX. III Wnrninir Again! C.niiihllnx, tI1i Some I'rronnnl Menitc. Esteemed Howard Friends I see most all of you have forsaken our pat lor. I which I honed to find full. Well, well. If you have not gone ovr In the clover field helping "Far.r-er Girl" settle her bees. I supiose It talcs more help this hot weather, as th?y are inclined to go to the woods where it is cool and pleasant. I hope you will soon have them hived so you can come to the page again, for It looks very discourag ing to come so far and find so few In terested. I know it is very busy hot times. I also know where there Is a will there Is a wav. Yes, "Comet." gambling is getting to be one of the worst evils of this aje, so many think it no harm to join in such things just for pastime. Oh how many ire deceived by this thought. Let us stop and think how are we going to escape the great responsibility of leading others astray, for we cannot indulge in gambling without Influencing others in this downward step. 1 would say to those who indulge in such pastime tesolve never to take a hand in gambling again in any form. I was reading the other day where so many young men and boys who work In large cities and live in loti;i;ig lions, s get together in one room, and it is no' an unusual thing for some of them to play steady from Saturday evening tip to nearly Monday morning without g tting a wink of sleep mc-nnwrile. only stopping for their meals. Will si; -b young men be fit for work Monday morning? "Wyandot Dewdrop," your description of the potnto supper puts r.v in nn.,d of a story a friend from th'U Ptrt of the world has often told me. When h--was quite a little loy and went to school there was another small boy, who at noon came and sat nar and took a few cold pototoes out of his pocket ar.d peeled thjm. putting the peeling nicely together. When he got tlv-m peeled he would take a bite of potato, then a pinch of peeling. He asked the boy. . "why do you do that?" Ho said: "Don't J you see you have got potatoes and i cheese." pointing to the peelings. "This , is iny cheese." So he divided what little ; cheese he had with the boy. : Can anyone tell us how "Aunt Sue" is? , "Howard, pre you lost in the White City? I Hawkeye." will you exchange autocards with me. I have a few on hand; will exchange with others who wlsh Address me Box 203, North Vernon. Ind. 'INVALID JOHN." A MISSOIRI LETTER. "KnreUn" Send In Some Thought Concerning IIoe." PEAR HOWARD FRIENDS While "Comet" Is away harvesting and our baby (Lola) Is sitting In her wagon play ing, I think of no better way to employ my leisure moments than by coming to the page for a short time. Howard, excuse me for being so be hind time. I will not procrastinate any more. I don't know hardlv what to write upon, but believe I will take hope as a basis for my letter. Lt. us gtt the definition of hope. Webster says that hope is "a desire of some good, with at least a slight belief that it is attainable; that which gives hope or furnishes ground of expectation." It Is nntural for us to indulge In the illusions of hope. How often do we shut our ears against the truth and listen to the song of hope until she turns truth into error. What enjoyment would there be in life if we did not hope for a second coming of Christ? If we had no hope beyond the grave we would be of all creatures the most miserable. Suppose that we thought that after death that we would be as the stock that roam the fields; would not life be a burden? But, thanks to our Heavenly Father. He has given us something more to hope for. Would the murderer ever come to the gallows if he did not hope for a reprieve or pardon? No, he would take out the vital spark of life long before execution dav. When our friends are lying very low with some dangerous disease, if we did not hope for their recovery or if their life must pass away, if we did not hope for a better life beyond the grave for them, would not our mind almost desert us? When some of our friends pass away and they say, "I have no hope of a hap pier life. Oh, that I had lived a better life while upon eanh, that I could have gone to that world of peace and happi ness. Oh, prepare to meet our Father and do not follow me. I am dying des titute of hope." Oh, what a miserable person; when they could have been so happy had they listened to the teachings of our Father, the Ruler of the Universe. "Aunt Sue" and Romping Rose," and others bereft of very near and dear friends, please accept my heartfelt sympathy in your sad bereavements. I feel that I can fully sympathize with ...... h ...or. L you, for not much over one short year ago my dear father was taken from us. Kind friends, as my time Is short I must desist writing more. Wishing a kind good afternoon to all. "EUREKA." Montevallo, Mo.. July 20. IMPORTANT. ''Horn Dieken" Wniila Everybody Xotlee and Prompt Attention. H. L. C. FRIENDS During this week . , , , . , , , I have been very busy for the club and would now like to say a few words to all. Some of you have already sent In your ballots. Accept my thanks for your promptness. Will not the others do so Immediately? My private affairs ren der It almost necessary to receive them by Aug. 1. Please lot there be no delay. We want ewry one to vote and do It promptly. Next, I wish to speak about your ad dresses. Three members have notified me of the change in their place of residence; others change both name and address and never say a word about It. A postal card will tell all that is necessary and will save both you and I some trouble. If you are a member of our club and did not receive a ballot send me your proper address. Lastly, allow me to impress upon you to place your name and address In any communication you want answered by "DORA DICKENS." ' Indianapolis, July 21. I'oet nnl Ioelr-. DEAR FRIENDS OF THE Jt. L. C As I am scarce of paper I cannot prom ise you a long letter, yet I will come and i let you know that I am still with you. I will say a few words on the poets. I am a lover of good poetry and delight In reading their productions and also their history. Have any of you ever , read an account of Robert Burns, and of the bibles he ptesented to his "Highland Mary," whom he described as "a warmhearted, young creature, charming as ever blessed the heart of man with generous love;" of his bitter disappointment and grief at her deaXh? I presume you

have read his poem addressed to "Mary In Heaven." I have a strange fascination fT his poems and If agreeable to you all will in my August letter give the storv I recently read about him and "Highland Mary." of his married life, etc. Would it prove Interesting to any of you? It does to me. To all who gave me kindly notice I will say thanks and hope to see more names on the page soon. "Little Nuisance." the next time I come seoMing I will bring a sharp stick and see if 1 can not stir you all up. Kind regards to nil and bst wishes to editor and The Sentinel. Ever your sister. "PEACH BLOSSOM." North Vernon, Ind., July 21.

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. lessox v. Tiiinn Qt Rtr.n, ixter. XATlOML SERIES, ULY 30. Trt of the Lroa, Art J-12 Memory Verne, 2-! Golden Text, John l.'t Commentary by (be liev. I). M. MenriiM. 1. "And It came to pass that while Apollos w.i s at Co-inih' Paul, having passed through the uptcr coasts, cair.e to E,pheus." Front Corinth, where we lft Paul in the last lesson, he returned to Ant loch in Syria, taking with him PrisejHa and Aquilla as far as Ephcsus, where he left them, promising to return, :h Lord willing tl-Jl). After some time at Antioch be stratfd on his third tour, and passing through Galatia and Piirygia, strengthening the disciples, came in due timo to Ephesus. This A; llos of Alexandria, eloqu'-nt and mighty in script tire, had meantime p.-ssed through Ephesus and had been greatly helped and eniigiitenedi by Aiu:l.i and Priscilla. H'w wonderfully thf Lord provides teachers for ihose who aie s"el:i.vj: to know Him! Consider the c?es of Cornelius ar.d the man cT Ethopju. 2. "And finding cert -In disciples he said unto th":n. Have ye received the II -ly ilhost since t. believed? And they raid unto him. We have not so much as heard whether there lx.',..iy Holy Ghost." Til. re .tie l.l;:;iy lik-- these today who have heard .f the ioe of ;.i and of J-.'v'.s as a Sivio-.ir from the wrath to cop-e. ard they hive received llim and :! ch'V.ten of c 1 J hn 1. 12. and t her fore have the Holy Spirit in them as o.iievtrs (I Cor. vi. l!i; xii. 7. but yet know little or nothing about the Holy Spirit and never iv.-eivcd Urm as their p ,ver f .r life and service. C..'.;pare John xiv. 17. with Luke xxiv, 4:1. 5. "And He said unto th-mi. Unto W!iat tlvn, v?-c vc ba;,ti:ed? Ami th-.-v raid. I nto John's lapti.itn." This wis as far as Apoiios had taucht them lS-2.".) and would include repentance, remission of sin Kill fruits meet for riper, la nee and should hive included an expectation of a ha:ti?m of the Holy Ghost (Luke iii. '', S, li;. It (wtalnly menrt salvation, but rot nei es.irily special power for service. 4. "Then, said Paul. John verilv banj ti::cd with the baptism of repentance. saying unto the people that they should believe on Him which should come after Him That is. on Jesus Christ." It was John's delight to cry. "Behold the Lamb of dod!" and to point ail to Him whose way he came to propere (John i. 13, 27. 2:. 3-1 ; iii. 2-2-j: Mash. iii. 11). People are apt to follow the human leader, as did the Coiinthians (I Cor. iii. 4). and too often the human lea !er .loves to have It so. But such Is not the spirit of Christ, for even He did not His own will nor sought His own glory, but ever sought the glory of the Father (John vi, S8; viii. 2:t. Lu. xii. 4). "When they heard this they were baptized in the name of Lord Jesus." They had received the truth which they hud heard and were living up to the light which they had received, and therefore were ready lor more light. Now, when additional truth is brought to them they readily receive It and turn heartily to Him of whom John was the forerunner. 6. "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them the Holy Ghost came on them, and they spake with tongues and prophesied." Being baptized In the name of Lord Jes-us did not necessarily bring the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts viii, lß. That seems to have been given in answer to special prayer and laying on of hands (Acts vil, 13. 17), though in the case of Cornelius ar.d his company the gift of the Spirit was bestowed while Peter was speaking (Acts x. 44-4C,), and it was after that they wre baptized. There seems to be no set way of receiving Christ or of being filled with the Spirit. The great thing is to revive Him the test way you know how. then trust Him to fill you with His Spirit as He pleases. Only "be filled" (Eph. v. IS). 7. "And all the men were about twelve" as many as those whom Jesus chose and called unto Himself (Mark iii, 13-1.); as many as the sons of Jacob, the tribes of Israel; as many as the gates of the New Jerusalem and the foundations of the same (Rev. xxl, 12. 11). It Is the heavenly and earthly perfect numbers 3 and 4 multiplied. The full significance we will see some day. 8. "And He went into the synagogue and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God." He made no aiologies for the truth, but believing all things written by Moses he spalte boldly in the power of the Spirit (Acts xxiv. 14; iv, 29). Disputing means reasoning out the scriptures, as in chapter xvli. 2. while persuading indicates tender and loving entreaty. Thus he patiently and prayerfully opened to them the word of God concerning Jesus as the Christ. 9. "But when divers were hardened and believed not. but spake evil of that wa . in ,numua "e V- r, , .u from them and separated the disciples. disputing daily in the school of one I Tyrannus." When truth is rejected the I hnrt Ijeeomes hardened, and when once : the heart is turned away from the only light In this dark world the only prospect is the outer darkness where light j never -comes. Yet Jesus has taught u that only a portion of the seed wilt 1 fall on good ground, and that tares will ! grow among wheat until the harvest, j 10. "And this continued by the space of two years, so that all they which t T,Vt'!1 T,n Af ' IT, k,J 4Ü ; I.rd Jesus, both Jews and fireeks. Tn i.rovlnce of Asia, in which, were tneseven churches of Revelation, Is distinguished from the other provinces of Asaia Minor In chapter xvi. 6. In this section of the country he tsetifies that for three years he ceased not to warn every one nisrht and day with tear, teething publicly and from house to, house, keeping back nothing, and all the while with his own hands ministering to the necessities of himself and those who were with him (chapter xx, "1, 20. 34). Thus earing his own livln he would have no occasion to fear losing a portion of his salary if the truth h breached should hapien to hit some of Ms hearers rather severely. 11. "And 5od wrouscht special miracles by the hands of Paul." Whether it be a miracle of healing of the-soul or of the body, "it Is Ood who worketh" (Phil. ii. 13). Whether it be wisdom or knowledge or fajth or gifts of healin or mirac les, it is nil the work of the selfsame Spli-fi dividing to every man severally as He will (I Cor. xil. 7-11). We will kn..w His power more when Instead of seeking Him to use Him for God we allow Him to take us and use us as h pleases. 12. "So that from his body were brought Into the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases d parted from them, and the evil spirits Ment out of them." There must have been soma good reason for these special manifestations of the power of God In this unusual way some special form of unbelief or deviltry which needed Just these manifestations-for the Spirit does nothing needlessly. Take Simmons Liver Regulator tn vouth and you will enjoy a rreen Id i ai'Q-

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