Walkerton Independent, Volume 54, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 August 1928 — Page 7

The Red Road A Romance of Braddock’s Defeat

SYNOPSIS Impoverished by t'ie open-handed generosity of his father, Virgin!-* gentleman, young Webster Brond is serving as a scout and spy so: the army under General Braddock preparing for the advance on Fort Duquesne. He has just returned to Alexandria from a visit to the fort, where, posing as a Frenchman. he has secured valuable Information. Braddock, bred to European warfare, fails to realize the importance of the news. Brond 1s sent back to Fort Duquesne, also bearing a message to George Croghan, English emissary among the Indians. Brond joins his friend and fellow scout. Round Paw, Indian chief, and they set out. On the way they fall in with a typical backwoodsman, Balsar Cromit, who joins them. CHAPTER ll—Continued “Why didnt Uiese two strangers Stop your bloody work? At least the white num. if he be white. If George Croghan had been here, he'd 'a stopped you quick enough.” “Mebbe so, uiebhe not, Mother Cox But Croghan's in Great cove. So It’s no good talking Ids name. Mother Cox,” bantered Cromit. “How do you know he’s tn Great cove?” 1 demanded. The widow eyed me with stern dis approval, but was quick to take the words from Cromh's mouth and told me.: “He was here three days ago ana bound for there. Some of his dratted Indians are straying 'round the country, and he’s looking ’em up. And when he ain't hunting up his Injuns he’s trying to hire our men to work on Braddock’s road Let the red coats make their own road, I say When our men-folks go to the Ohio they don’t have no road laid down for ’em to walk on. They just git up and git.” “Where is McDowell and his men? Where are the Craigs?” I asked. “McDowell’s folks Is In Great cove. 1 told you,” huskily reminded the drover. “And tiie Craig brothers are on the road to Shippensburg,” said rhe widow. “McDowell’s gone co help drive out some witches." “But he and his men haven’t time to he p drive out the French.” 1 said She eyed me blankly, and then berated me: “Os all the numbskulls! There ain’t no French near’n Fort Duquesne. They can’t hurt us with Braddock’s army going ag'in’ ’em. But witches right among us can ’spell’ our cattle and send sore pains to our children. Merciful land! What good to drive the French from the Allegheny if witches can work their evil spells in our homes?” “If it wa’n’t for tiiese beeves, I’d go back and help clean out the devil’s nest,” muttered the drover. “There'll be no tormenting of poor people on the charge of witchcraft it George Croghan is in the cove,” 1 told them. I walked up the horse-path toward ParnaFs Knob with Round Raw at my heels. We covered a quarter of a mile when a yell behind caused us to look back. Cromit was coming on the run and his legs carried him rap idly. 1 expected trouble and handed my rifle to Round Paw. Cromit halted and informed me: “I ain't no call to sell my soul to the devil. I don't hanker to see no witches, hut I’ll go with you. Just stopped to git my knife. Old Brad dock will give me a new gun, hut he might be stingy with his knives" And he patted a large butcher knife worn without a sheath Did he trip and fall it would be a miracle if he escaped inflicting a severe injury on himself. The belief in witches and wizards in western Pennsylvania and Virginia was widespread. The Old world immigrants had brought along their su perstitions as well as their Bibles. Once they had ventured into the unbroken forests and made a clearing and felt the solitude closing about them like a wall they worked new fancies into the old tales. If ,Uere were werwolves tn Europe, why should there not be as bad, or worse, diabolic agencies in this new land nf gloomy ancient forests, weird wafer falls and wild mountains? What with rhe Palatine Germans and their grewsome beliefs, the Irish with their fairies, the Scotch with their gnomes and other strange hill creatures, and the English with their devotion to ghosts, it wap small wonder that almost any community along the frontiers should possess those who implicity believed in witchcraft. Nor was this delusion lacking in New Engiang and other colonies. As we drew clear of the hills we beheld two-score men and women grouped at the foot of a low hill on which stood a log cabin. The door of the cabin was open but 1 saw none of the occupants. Nor were the people at the foot of the hili giving much heed to the cabin as we came up. Their interest was confined to a woman groveling on the grass and making a great outcry. I pushed my way through the crowd and looked down on the young woman. She was having a fit of some kind. “What’s the matter here?” I asked. “This young woman is witched, sir,” cried a gray-haired woman “Witched by Elsie Dinwold,” growled a man; and he turned to shake nis clinched hand at the cabin on the hill. “But she’ll witch us no morel Well burn that nest. Fight the devil with fire! Der Hexenkopf has bred witches long enough. We've sent for John Hokes, sir. He’s a rare wizard. He'll soon take the spell off this poor sufferer.” “Is George Croghan In the valley?” “Gone yesterday for Will’s creek.” The sufferer did not fancy any shifting of attention and renewed her screaming and kicking.

By Hugh Pendexter Illustrations by Irwin Myers Copyright by Hugh PendextMU WNU Service “The devil hates water. Bring me a bucketful,’’ I commanded. 1 rolled up the wide sleeves of my hunting shirt as if Intending to bathe my minds before attempting even a partial cure. A bucket of water was placed before me. I picked it up and dashed it over rhe woman. Spitting like a cat she came to a sitting posture. When she could get her breath she began calling curses down on my head. “The devil hates cold water,” I repented. “The woman is all right now if she will keep out of the moonlight for three nights.” “Then you are a wizard and can remove spells?” eagerly asked tne gray-haired woman Others were staring at me with much respect. “Some spells." i admitted. “Now tell me how this woman was spelled.’ ” It seemed that Elsie Dinwold, who lived with her uncle in the cabin on Der Hexenkopf. or the Witches' Head, as the little hill was called, had laid a most malevolent trap for the woman now hobbling to her cabin for a dry shift. It consisted of a barrel and a witch snake. The narrator was here interrupted by several, who Insisted Elsie Din wold had changed herself into a snake, or had entered the body of the snake —preferably the latter as the snake was still tn the barrel and the accused was in her cabin. The victim had been Induced by some magic arts to pause and look into the barrel She beheld a large rattlesnake with Elsie Dinwold’s eyes. The barrel was pointed out so me. I walked to it and looked Inside. My flesh crawled as I encountered the re lentless malignity of the serpent's staring eyes. I directed the men to kill the snake and would have remained to make sure it was done had not the appear ance of a slim figure in (he cabin (loot set the crowd into a wild uproar. The woman stepped outside and was fol lowed by a man badly crippled, tor ne walked with difficulty even while using two canes. Some in the gathering began gesticulating, and then they were sweeping up the hill, a frantic mob. “Why all this fuss over a snake tn a barrel?” 1 asked, fearing some harm would be Inflicted on the woman and Hie cripple. “She is a woman ot Der Hexenkopf!” accused a woman, pointing a trembling finger. “She comes ot a foul brood," ex citedly explained a man I took time to look more closely The woman, scarcely more than a girl, had suddenly taken alarm for rhe man’s safety, and had interposed her slim figure between him and her accusers. Her loosened hair was blow ing about her face and half-veiling her Chin features. She leaned forward as she watciied us, her body lithe ami wiry as a boy's, her lips parted in h little feline snarl. Knowing me to be a stranger and yearning for an impartial judge, she centered her wild gaze on me and punted: “I’m no witch. These folks tie fools! 1 live here alone with my uncle. He is old. a cripple with rheumty pains Several years ago the beastly Ger mans named this place Der Hexen kopf. My poor mother died from fear and sorrow. My two sisters, older’n me. were driven out of the valley I am last of the women to live on rhe Witches’ Head, and they won’t let me live in peace.” “Keep your wicked jaws closed right, or we’ll pin 'em together, roared the red faced man I waved my hands for silence and requested: “Will some ot you good folks tell me what she has done besides putting the snake in the barrel?” It was the old man, her uncle, who enlightened me. “They say she sent a sickness to ।

“Leave It to Me,” Said Jimson, and Made Good

“I’ve nothing in particular especially to do tonight, so I think I’ll fix that clock,” decided Jlmson Skupper. “I’ll show the people In this house whether T put off fixing it because I didn’t know how, or merely because I didn’t have time before!” And he looked at the handsome eight-day clod on the mantel, and after a half hour’s concentration, removed th back. Dusting off the jewel mounted ditchy spring with the end of nis handke. chief and pouring oil on Jie revolving gadgets and shimpwinders, he screwed the back on again, wound up the clock and then hook it. The clock continued In a state of innocuous inactivity. “Humph!” Jlmson Skupper exclaimed to himself, and this time took the face off and squirted eau de cologne Into the left porthole. Then, after breathing a prayer on the hands Too Much Pep Norma, age seven, was visiting her grandma, and they were telling jokes Grandma told Norma the one about the boy who went to the grocery and bought some pepper for his mother, and when he arrived home and opened the package he found the pepper was half peas (p’s). Norma was quiet for a few moments, and then she said: “Grandma, here is one for you: “A little boy went to the store to buy some pepper for his mother, and when he came home and opened it he found it .vas half pep.”

® -i Oscar Ktuck’s white horse,” he tremulously explained. “Oscar Kluck came here this morning early and asked me to pay four pounds for the hurt done the animal. 1 had no money.” “He was a good boss, my white one. I refused four pounds for him,” cried Kluck. “Now she's epolled him —the d—d spawn I” Some one tugged my elbow. It was Cromit. His face was weak trom fear, and his voice trembled as he whispered: “I've been looking at the white horse. I know horses. He’s old and oughter be shot. He was never worth four pounds. Four si.tilings would be nearer.” He scuttled back to the Onondaga. The cripple was speaking “If site confesses and promises never to do it again, shall she be left unharmed?” “Let her say she Is a witch and then leave the valley this day, never to come back, and she shan’t be ! whipped.” a man promised. “But 1 can’t go,” wailed the girt “Who would take care of my uncle? I'he dear God knows I would gladly go and never look toward this Diace again If my unde could go with me!” “Never mind me, little Elsie. You must not be whipped,” groaned her uncle. “Teach the d —d brat we can break her spells!” screamed a woman “She threatens ns with the devil's ’ power! She should be burned and i her ashes scattered at midnight,’’ ' loudly declared a man in English but speaking with a thick accent. I interposed: “Enough. There will be no burning, nor whipping She Is scarcely more than a girl. You peo i pie talk like crazy folks.” “And who tie you. mister, to come I to Der Hexenkopf and say what we'll | do and what we won't?” a woman tier<*ely demanded of me. “1 am recruiting for Braddock s army. Three pounds sterling to every man who enlists. A fine red coat and a tine new musket. This man beside me is Balsar Ciomit from McDowell s mill. He has enlisted My red friend back there is an Onondaga Indian He will bring an ax In his hand if I call I have this rifle, which makes h good club. The young woman shall no’ be whipped." “Horoor! No whipping!’ yelled Cromit. and he stretched forth his half-dosed hands and Iwgnn turning on his heel in search of any who ' might care to argue the point more intimately. I had no Intention ot getting Into a rough-and-tumble tight with the set , tiers, so 1 threw up the rille and held them back. While they were hud riled together the Onondaga let otd •• war-whoop and came charging up tmhill, bounding high ami swinging hi > ax. The women screamed and tel back; the men forgot me to covet tn retreat of the women I veiled for tin Indian to halt and for the settlers t< listen. When I had secured iheir ar tention I said: “Drop hack a tilt and let me talk with the woman alone This is mplace for either her or her um Ie Pei haps it can be arranged for both to leave this valley ” With much grumbling and main loud threats they accepted the (rue* and retired some distance down cm , Hill. Cromit and the Onondaga had ; no wish to draw closer to the cabin • so I went to the forlorn couple alone , Die man was seated on a log. leanim. ■ forward by resting on his canes, and breathing heavily His eyes were bnlv ing in a fashion I did not like Th< girl glared at me unable tn believe t could be a friend yet puzzled at my defiance of her neighbors. “You have nothing to fear from me child,” 1 told her “Child!” she bitterly repeated ”Tin an old woman I stopped being a child when very small My mother was pretty. Till they called tier a witch her hair was as brown as mine My father went over the mountains where no one had been, and never came back. That was when I was a baby. My uncle lived here with us and supplied us with meat. Then they called my mother a witch, and she died (TO BE CONTINUED.)

and rubbing it in w’ell, he returned the clock its face and snook it again. It remained in a condition of noncommittal somnolence. “Heck I” swore Jlmson Skupper, and hurled the blamed thing forcibly into the stone fireplace. Instantly it began ticking with sensible industriousness. “Leave it to me I” said Jlmson loftily and placed the clock back on the mantel and lit his pipe with the .Jr of somebody who really was somebody.—Providence Journal. Totally Indifferent He was a veteran actor, with an extremely indifferent outlook on life, appearing in a very good show but in a minor part. “How’s the play going?” asked a friend on meeting him. “Pretty fair, I’m told,” drawled the actor. “What’s it about?" “Don’t know.” “For heaven’s sake,” exclaimed the friend, “surely you’ve seen the thing, you’re in on it?” “No,” returned the veteran ol the boards. “Several times after the first act I’ve thought of going round to the front to see what it was all about, but somehow I've never quite got there.’’ Sympathetic Public All people are alike in enjoying he presentation of rogues in drama, hut it means nothing about their attitude . toward rogues in real life.—America® Magazine.

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' DOUBT, sash ! ’ ionables of the long ago would conaider with disfavor an announcement us a velvet vogue during midsummer days. But then that was before the exquisitely sheer and transparent velvets, which are the pride I of the textile arts, : were invented. Modern velvet is a joy to behold, a joy to j wear, a fabric to be coveted for all-the-I year-round-wear. । At the very moment, fashion is stag- । ing a prologue to a I velvet vogue which promises to attain a high crescendo

with the coming of autumn mid win- ! ter. Already the style horizon is beiug crowded with un Imposing array of charming velvet wraps and gowns. ! The favorite coat to wear with the filmy flowery ot plain chiffon frocks Is sheer velvet, either in black, white or colors. Many of the most alluring transparent velvets are of rayon weave. These new velvets which are growing more mid more popular, and which promise to mouse as much enthusiasm in the world of fashion as have the gay silk prints which “everybody" is wearing i show striking diversity in their pat- ! ternlng. The designs Include multicolor dots, rings, large disks*, squares, j spots, stripes, plaids, checks, some con- । ventlonsl florals and above all novel modernistic motifs. Indeed they are designed very much after the manner of the silk prints which have held the center of the stage for so long a time. The appeal of velvet is felt as keen ly in the realm of wraps as It Is In that of frocks. Now that such pretentious fetes of open air opera, garden parties mid formal after-six-o’clock country club affairs so till the midsum mer night social calendar, women ot fashion are becoming more and more Interested in the evening wrap as a summer as well as a winter item. For

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these, velvet Is first choice. The evening wrap in the picture is a handsome model of printed transparent rayon velvet. It is a fascinating chapter which has to do with lace of cobwebby texture and in delectable colorings, which summer is writing in the book of fashion for 1928. Lace, always alluring and lovely, is infinitely more so when it takes on. as it does this season, the tint of the rose or the tone of wood violets, or reflects a radiant peach shade, or a dainty powdery blue, or perhaps a cool-looking green, or is tinged with a mellow yellow glow. Linen for Country Frocks Linen has definitely registered itself i as an important material for country i wear. Many of the French houses have revived plain and printed hand kerchief linens, as well as piques. Trish dimity, and other charming cotton fabrics and given them a new and important place in the summer mode. Marple Effects Quite th • ■■''tartest costumes to be seen this s । ‘>re the tailored suits

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A Beautiful Evening Wrap. Yes, there is no doubt about the dyed all-over laces now In vogue being among the loveliest media the mode I has to offer for dine, dance and after- 1 noon frocks. Still another tiling which glorifies these flattering lacy confections with super-charm, is the manner of their styling. The very beauty of these cobweblike colorful textures is a challenge to stylists to bring into play , their finest and most ingenious crea- i live Ideas There is, per example, the lovely dinner gown in Ill’s picture—au original Chanel model of lavender lace, j With what beguiling simplicity is It fashioned. The sleevelike drajie over one arm only, is individual in its treat- i ment. Os course the hemline ie ar- ; tlstically uneven, as it must be to com- I ply with the dictates of the formal 1 evening mode. The ablest couturiers are doing some fetching things with lace these days, i omitting no intriguing detail such as 1 mark the season s styling. They employ flounces, tiers, capelets. deep j berthas, fluttering scarfs, fitted hiplines which slope to the back, most of them accenting either scallops or points, and so the list might tie con tinued, for the subtleties of the mod- ’

ernists’ dressmaking art are more than words can convey. Pale beige is a favorite shade for the Ince dress of cobweb texture. Amber is another color which is very smart. In fact the brownish tones for sheer evening frocks are very much in the limelight of fashion. On the theory that “one cannot have too much of a good thing.” fashionists are complementing garden party and dinner frocks with wraps of matching lace. Some take the form of graceful capes, others of handsome three-quar-ter length coats. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. <©• 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) of black, which are worn with a blouse of white satin. A small straw or felt hat and a silver fox fur complete a black-and-white effect that is : stunning. These costumes are excellent for traveling. Snakeskin and White Kid A summer shoe, which tones in with any light summer costume, is made of white kid and Is trimmed with snakeskin, a most unusual com- | bination.

Efficiency Pays on Farm Factory Records of 47 in Franklin County, Ohio, Show Profits by Planning. Efficiency in operating a farm pays dividends just as surely as it does in manufacturing automobiles. Records of 47 Franklin county farms for the season of 1927, proved 1L The operators of the farms kept the records themselves, assisted by Ira S. Hoddinott, county agent. At the end of the year the accounts were summarized by the rural economics department of the Ohio State university. High Labor Incomes. The ten operators with the highest ten labor incomes were ahead an average of $2,655 each for the year’s work. The ten with the lowest income, averaged $242 each, less than a tenth as much. Several factors entered into the difference. Prominent among them was tiie efficiency of labor on the farm. The men in the high Income group had farms averaging 136 acres as against 124 acres for the other group, or 109.7 per cent as much. And the man-labor used was also 109 per cent greater. But more of the land was put to work on the farms which returned the high incomes. Os the high group, an average of 66.2 per cent of the acreage was in crops, as against only 55.6 per cent of tiie acreage in the low group. So that the men on the high income farms tended 130 per cent more crop land than the men on the low income farms. Crop acres handled by each man in the high income group averaged 58, and Id the low income group, oniy 49. Shows Greater Efficiency. Work on the farms which returned the high incomes was so planned that even the horses showed greater efficiency. On tiie high income farms there was one horse to every 28 acres. On the lower group, it took a horse to every 18 acres. The men on the more profitable farms handled 118 per cent as much crop land as the men in the other group; the horses in the upper group handled 128 per cent as much as their competitors. Barnyard Manure Often Is Carelessly Handled Barnyard manure is often carelessly handled in this country. Not infrequently from 30 to 50 per cent of its value is allowed to go to waste through leaching and fermentation when much of this loss could be prevented by more prompt hauling. The value to the farmer of barnyard manure depends to a large extent upon the soil to which it is applied. At the experiment station In Illinois, the value of manure in crop returns varied from 53 cents to $7.45 a ton, depending upon the fertility of the soil. The average obtained from 16 fields of what might be called average corn belt soil, when manure was applied once in a four-year rotation at the rate of nearly 10 tons per acre, was $2.68 per ton. This value was based upon the increase in crop returns due to the manure. Similar tests made elsewhere would indicate ; that the value of barnyard manure j may safely be placed at $2 to $2.50 a ton. It is worth taking good care of this by-product. Drying of Hay and Grain by the Use of Hot Air The artificial drying of hay and grain by tiie use of hot air will remove a large portion of the weather hazard feared by producers of these crops, according to ITof. W. C. Aitken- । head of Purdue university. A tractor-driven blower, forcing air, ■ heated by an oil burning furnace, into a hollow centered stack of hay, or grain in the stieat, will drive out the moisture sufficiently for storage or threshing in from five to ten hours, depending upon the size of the stack and tiie amount of moisture in the material. All heat generated by the oil i burner is forced through the stack as all the gases of combustion are carried into the stack. A spark arrester located between the furnace and the blower makes this possible. Corn in a crib can also be dried . with this equipment if a pass-age for the air is provided through the corn. 5 Agricultural Hints $ Do not cut the alfalfa unless the weeds are too numerous. • • • Be sure to spray your potatoes this summer. The practice is no longer experimentaL • • • Millet and sudan grass may make a good amount of hay. but it is not well adapted for dairy feed because of the low protein content. • • • When clover or alfalfa follow small grains, increased yields result if a fertilizer mixture, especially one containing some potash, is sown with the grain. • • * To prevent the cabbage butterfly from depositing eggs upon the cabbage, use of fine air-slaked lime, road dust, wood ashes, or powdered tobacco leaves. • • • To poison the cabbage worm and flea beetles, mix paris green with lime or ashes at the rate of one tablespoonful of paris green to one pint of lime or ashes. • • • A husker shredder increases the efficiency of man labor in husking corn from the shock by 123 per cent, according to a study made by Ohio university economists. • * • All varieties of biennial sweet clover seem essentially equal for soil improvement. The yellow makes less hay the first fall, and less hay the second year, but contrary to the usual opinion, its root growth is fully equal to the white.

Improved Uniform International Sunday School ' Lesson' (B, REV. F. H FITZWATEK. uu. Deas Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) <!cl 1928 Weeterr. Newwnaner Onion.) Lesson for August 5 PAUL IN A PAGAN COUNTRY LESSON TEXT—Acte 14:1-28. GOLDEN TEXT—I know both how to be abased and 1 know bow to abound. PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI and Barnabas Preach to the Heathen. JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI and Barnabas Preach to the Heathen. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—PauI Unmoved by Flattery and Danger YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—The Heroism of Foreign Missions. I. Paul and Barnabas Preaching at Iconium (vv. 1-7). 1. Their manner of preaching (▼. 1). This is suggested by the tittle word “so” in verse 1. They so spake that a great multitude believed. They were true preachers. Only that which brings conviction of sin and induces decisions for Christ can be truly said to be preaching in the Biblical sense. 2. Their attitude towards opposition (v. 3). This is suggested by the word •’therefore.” “Long time therefore they tarried." The opposition did not prevent their preaching, but incited them to continue preaching. Christian workers should learn not to give up work because of opposition. 3. The Lord accompanied their preaching with miracles (v. 3). Since the opposition was so fierce, the Lord granted special help which was needed. 4. The effect of their preaching (▼. 4.) The multitude of the city was divided. Where men faithfully preach the gospel there will be division. Such division comes frequently in the home just as Christ predicted. 5. Paul and Barnabas assaulted (vv. 5-7). The Jews and the Gentiles united in planning this assault. Being apprised of tliis plot, Paul and Barnabas fled to Lystra and Derbe. where they preached tiie gospel. 11. An Attempt to Worship Paul and Barnabas as Gods (vv. 8-18). L The occasion (vv. 8-10). It was the healing of the lame man, God’s gracious power shown in healing this lame man occasioned a new difficulty The man was a confirmed cripple. He had never walked. On hearing Paul preach faith was born in his heart (Rom. 10:17). When Paul perceived that the cripple trusted Christ, with a loud voice that ail could hear he hade the man to stand upright. The cure was instantaneous for he leaped up and walked (v. 10). 2. Tiie method (vv. 11-13). They called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius because he was the chief speaker. The priest of Jupiter brought oxen and garlands ready to offer sacrifice unto" those men (v. 13). 3. Their efforts frustrated (w. 14-18). This foolish act was happily averted by the tact of the apostles as exhibited in the address of the occasion. (1) They denied that they were divine beings and declared against the worship of men of like passions witn themselves. What awful folly to worship such beings when the infinite 1 God. who created ail things and is above all. spreading out His beneficent hands in blessing upon aIL is seeking true worshipers! (2) They directed them to turn away from these vain things uuto the living God who made heaven and earth, and has left witness of Himi self in that He has always done good. , I giving rain and fruitful season, filling their hearts with gladness. 111. The Stoning of Paul (vv. 19-22). Wicked Jews from Antioch and Iconium pursued Paul with relentless hate to this place where they stirred up the very people who were willing to worship the apostles a little while before. This hatred took form tn the , stoning of Paul and dragging him out of the city for dead. These things are । easy to talk about, but how awful they must be to experience. God raised him up. and with undaunted courage he pressed on with his duties as a missionary, bearing the good tid- ’• ings to the lost. The church today >’ needs men with such zeal and • courage, and such a passion for the • souls of lost men that they will do as Paul did. Soon after this Paul ’ turned back and revisted the places where he had preached, telling them that through great tribulation they 1 must enter into the kingdom of God. IV. The Organization of Churches In the Field (vv. 22 28.) Evangelization with Paul did not ! mean a hasty and superficial preaching of the gospel, hut the estabPshment of a permanent work. Elders were appointed in every church. The work of the missionary 1s not done 1 until self-governing and seif-propagat-ing churches are established on the ’ I field, k I Those Who Decline r The men who are hindering the . I coming of the Kingdom today are not । the men outside witli the open raucous ( blasphemy, but the men inside, who i hurrah for Jesus, and applaud the I Kingdom, ami say. “Blessed is he that । ! shall eat bread in the Kingdom of । ! God,” ami all the while refuse His claim. His call. His Ideal, by declln- , ; Ing to submit their lives to Him. —G. | Campbell Morgan. Need the Holy Ghost 1 Beloved, you need the Holy Ghost for the little things, for the simple things, the everyday things, the innumerable details of your heart, your home, your business and your comm:>npbi< • ■ life. Oh ful to have a blessing that will make every 1 place a sanctuary, every day a Sab- ‘ I bath, and every mon -nt as he lays . of Heaven upon earth.—A. B. ShnpI son