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XBK UAiuv Sunday^1^1 Lesson—Young Feoples l opic iEdU^hy Ifin. T. Etta AN OLD WRITER-REFORMER. ■he InternationaUSjyfj^ay ScJi»o| Les son for NovemnJI Jour ney to Jerusalem.” Ezra 8: 15-36. Now that It has prown so notably h fashion (or literary men to enter ; ; >'ore of practical polltica and re- ■ 11, * i is t pecially susgestive to the .reer of a more distinguish- a ! tt-rsry man than they all. who pd h«lf a cen:siry before tte Iwgin- I of the rurisUan era. This fa- r. u; author bore^thia n4m of Ezra', nd h. ha\e lived tttie coingenial ^ c:' a bookibiy reeluie amid the » i Habyloriia. Instead, he '' the dl-tateful hurly-burly of ad- nini •; tive work, sacriticing himself f, v-fcn' he considered the greatest )ubl!c cause of his time. F ra is one of the giant figures of ■ U ronirtntic period which has bulked -n lar •»!: in Jewish and Christian hls- ry ”d which now the spade is dig- ,in ui» f om b ueaih the arid soil of , '^^tamia. E::r;- came to a plnce of •• l>. ; n:^M^e lorce. '.i' had V 1 n (Ireitms. and an execu- Jve’s p actif’al ai)ilities. his admin- ! 've ci.paiiiv transformed his reaiu into political realities. A Nation In the Furnace. All fhips look stately except the )ae upon which yoii ride,’ says the ■rovcrb. It is hard to perroive the . !>or" r.“e and meanins; of one's own 0. -^0 tt'i* .'. \VH who liv.'d through He npri;;^ of the exile in Hubylon did L undersi.tnd the bi-. meaning of it i’ Th it a natii'nal furnace r the purlficii-ion of the Jews is bet- r >’nd’-stood now than then. The dividuai experiences of misery, of . ipnoral prchperlty, and of safety un- ^ * he protection of the law of Baby- 0 , were all that the average Jew t out of the exile. There are Chinese plenty who are troubled by the im- ” 0(1 st .;? of their land at the pres- i\ t ; le. who cannot at all see that, >■ ir nation is passint; through its ' t ri.'i'* The extraordinary un- i of Aiu -rican thought in our ir .iHs ^o some j)ersons merely : t I ;in -; is not good. They are -ir ] =0 »h-. larger interpretation of - ii : of the Jpwi.^h exiles con- f 'he three df*i)ortations to II . he period of sojourn there, n ’he "hi’ee refanr;—the first, al- ariv ♦udied, the second under Ezra \ period eighty years later, and he third under Nehemiah, The r-iir . --.:n touches -i ])eriod eighty ‘ ! ^'''• than the Ir-sons of last - h which also treated of the re- By Desert Ways. The thought of travel in the desert j ir:;-" to every lover of the pic- 'H» --que and thM adventurous.' Just as : «.f ramols on the skk line is i' I- of r.^iO beaut;* and stateliness, ut ■' ) Huon and oven unpleasant when seen close at hand, so these desert : urneyings are made attractive by : *nnre. The exiles could tell you 1 ? the camel is infested with vermin nn that there is no beast of burdeb nioh t^o racks Its rider. These same f who left comfortable homes in r aylonla, could tell of the choking .i.ery of dust and stand storms; of dirt, barrenness and discomfort of i van life. They could paint with r, ny a graphlf gesture the torrid^ t' of tlio de;-ert ai this time of year. ^'o tho spectator they were doubt- te: as Interesting as the caravans r-hlch one may see today. I have Atitched the Persian pilgrims travel •'•ro! this Mrsoptamian desert; some »n rmt^l back, some of the children 'n 1 anniers swung at each side of the of burden, some on donkeys, the Ich on horses, some afoot. The speed ■' the journey is a camel’s pace— three miles an hour. Probably h n, as jiow, the camels were deqor- itrri with blue -hells and musical bells. V devout Jew. seeing the cavalcade t ouf from Babylon, would watch It rom the heights, just as I watched an 'xpcdition set out across the resert i ("1 old Asshur.,. Did their imagrina- i-ns foretell the testing times they ’ ere to have by the way. and the re- ?»ful thoughts they would send back- •V: "d to the fat land of Babylonia? Literary, But Business-like, is the visionary who sways th« nlnds of kings, and It was Ezra the ’crjbc who secured the favor of Arta- verxrri for the return of some seven- tr-n hundred exiles to Jernsalem. He won the good will of the government, and secured Immunity from taxation by the way, and the pi^mlse of help from local officials as well. In gifts they bore with them sums aggregat- Injr more than two million dollars in ..nierican currency. That oest business methods are thoroughly consistent with high Ideal- om, was shown by Ezra's conduct HEATHY MOTHERS Women who bear children and re main healthy are those who prepare their systems in advance of baby’s coming. Unless the mother aida natnre in its pre-natal work the crisis finds her system tmeqnal to the de mands made upon it, and she is often l«^ft with weakened health or chronic Ailments. No remedy i.s so truly a belt) to nature as Mother’s Friend, no expectant mother should fail tonse it. It relieves the pain and discomfort caused by the strain on the ligaments, makes pliant and elas tic those fibres and muscles which catnre la expanding, prevents numb ness of limbs, and soothes the inflam mation of breast glands. The system being thus prepared by Mother’s Fritnd dispels the fear that the crisis may not be safely met. Mother’s Friend assures a speedy and complete recovery for the motuer, and she is left a healthy woman to enjoy the rearing of her agammim drng stojrtes*/ ant mothers suhfdli ^contains tntich valtiable infotfnBiipn,:and many sug^- gvshons of a heipfirir cature* MHADHELD RECUUTOR CO., 1ff-n Cm with respect to this treasure. He had. every shekel of it carefully weighed at the beginning of the journey, the ref- si>onsibiHty accurately distribute^ and then he made an exact reckoning at the end. That sort of system should characterize every religious and phil anthropic ofganization. Every church man in a position of trust should de mand regular and genuine auditing of his accounts. The model business, ad ministration of every community might Hiost proi>erly be that of the best re ligious organization. The other side of Ezra’s character came out when the question of askin® for a guard aiose. He had represent ed Jehovah as the ruler of nations, able to life up and to cast down. His fine sense of the fitness of things, and his zeal for the honor of Jehovah, would not permit him to ask for an escort from the king. He took all proper precautions, and then trusted the Lord. A Reform Gone Wrong. It seemed but a little time before that the main body of exiles had en- 'tered Jerusalem with mini;Ied j;rief land jubilation: the sound of rejoicing lover the laying of the foundation.^ ol the templ^ seemed still to be lingering in the air. The ecstasy of that occa sion M’as fairly delirious, but lo, Ezra finds little trace of it all. There has been a huge slump somewhere Dreams have given way to ' praclical” meas ures. /V tragedy had slowly l)een en acted like unto that witnessed in our own times, when a young man who might have become a great poet, a great preacher, or a great reformer, deteriorates into a mere millionaire. Jerusalem had insured its prosperity at the cost of its message. Is thee any worse calamity in life than to lose one’s “gleam?” Thou sands of high-souled young men and women are thus gradually becoming blind and deaf to the ideals which had once been as life itself to them. They have perhaps mastered fortune, but they have lost their souls’ loftiest pos session. Even £0 these returned Jews had found it good business to make alliances w'ith the heathen. What a descent from the first sincerity of their purposes when they had refused help from their contaminated brethren in building. As is so often the case with the,“practical man," his short-sighted- ness leads him to steps w'hich really defeat his purpose. Had these Jew's scanned a larger huorizon, they would have recalled that they were volun tarily adopting the method which an ancient Assyrian conqueror had used to destroy the national integrity of the Jews. They were taking heathen wives and thus losing their identity as a nation. This tendency to conform to one’s environment and associates is as com mon a temptation as mortal meets. Worldliness alw’ays sits seductively at the door of the church, and usually she is invited inside. “Be ye not con formed, but be ye transformed” is the word for all chosen people. Some one says that the church is in the world, which is her privilege; but when the world gets into the church, that is her peril. Cleaning Up the Town. An evangelist has come to town. Why is this? Did we not have an evangelist last year? Is another re vival necessary?. Alas, and alas, so it is. There are few churches or com munities that do not need frequent re viving. Jerusalem, which within the memory of living men had witnessed a great religious celebration was now sorely in need of another spiritual ex perience. She was in such bad case that it took all the courage of this man of books to meet the emergency. Ezra had a grip upon the law. That was his characteristic. He was not the sort of evangelist whose stock in trade is sentimental stories and shopworn pious phraseology. Emotional appeals would not do for Jerusalem, so Ezra laid down the law, the stern and im movable law of Jehovah, which the lapsed city was violating. Sugar or SCait? .Some folk can’t see why piety does not atone for lawlessness. Coatesville attempted to justify herself in the eyes of the world by pointing to her es pecial religiousness. The world said, “prove it by convicting the criminals in your midst.” But Coatesville had not religion enough for that. In this extraordinarily perverted and danger ous separation between religiousness and loyalty to law lies a deep peril of our modern times. The Jews observed their temple ritual, but they kept heathen wives. Ezra understood that his mission was not to be sugar, to make himselif agreeable to people, but to be salt, to purify and preserve so ciety. So he drove the terrors of the law into their consciousness until something like an epideinic of fear and remorse seized them. His note was borrowed by Sam Jones, who was for ever urging people to “quit your mean ness.” The sentimentalist would say that Ezra’s demand that these Jews should relinquish their wives involved a hardship. So it did. Likewise it is always a hardship when the thief Is deprived of his Income. It Is a worse hardship, however, to his family when he is sent to jail. Whoever said that the wages of sin should be aaything else than hard? To break the law always brings trouble; and often trou ble to the innocent as well as to the guilty. The cleaned-up ; church cre ates havoc in some quarters, yet a clean church is worth all that it costs. Nobody doubts now that Ezra’s stern measures were the means of preserv ing the life of the Jews, and in saving the returned exiles from a moral de terioration that would perhaps have amounted to the extinction of the Jew ish people. OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH closer relationships than, sayi ca and Africa. Until recently South America was*^'called “the neglected continent,” in both a commercial and reli^ous sense. The fixing of i^tten- tion upon the Panama Canal has help ed people to look ^ still furthst -lOUth. The amazing polsibilities, as well as the equally amazing present aohlSve- ments of the South American coun tries, are engaging the increasing In terest of their big neighbors to the North. To promote fraternity and fel lowship is plainly a duty of both pa triotism and religion. All ties that bind the two western continents into unity should be strengthened. This long stretch of land, broken only by the Panama Canal, is “the western world” and the heir of tomorrow. Good neighbors never selfishly ex ploit one another. Terse Commenta Upon the Uniform Prayer-Meeting Topic of the Young People’s Societies—Christian En deavor, EtCt—For November 19, “A Missionary Journey around the World, XI. Missions In Seuth Amer* lea.” Acts 19:13; 13:30. ' By William T, Bills. , ! ■ I.I . iinniiir*- ^ The world grows daily smaller. The ends of the earth have moved into the Sam^ neigiiborhood. This should mean jthat th^ near parts become still nearer. Thns North and South America may reasonably be expeoted to grow ibCo South America is a changing land. It is, practically, mnuch newer than Canada and the United States, and the tide of immigration has been later in reaching it. Therefore the newcom ers from Europe and Asia are ’making, proportionately, a greater impression uiK>n South America than upon the older nations of North America.. This is still the formative period with them. Their national debts are not finally fixed as yet. The influences brought to bear at the present time will largely determine the character of the civilization that is to prevail there. C’nv'‘ei ning South America Amos R. Wells has written: ‘■Europe has never "Bent to the Unit ed States more than one per cent, of our population in a decade, but for a quarter century Europe has increased the population of southeastern South America two per-cent a year! "South America contains twice as mchu habitable laud as North Ameri ca, with vast forests, enormous min- neral w'ealth. and unbounded possibili ties in the soil. It is the great conti- nen: of the future, and in this view is especially important as a mission ary field. “Tile republics of South America are all modeled on the United States, and yet the tide of emigration has set so strongly from Europe that Euro pean ideals, prevail rather than those of North America. Many of the govern ments are very unstable, and revolu tion succeeds revolution asfierce and ambitious men use the power of office for their own aggrandizement.” As in the Philippines, so in South America, a debased form of Christian ity prevails among the people. It would be as proper for the Roman Catholic Church in North America to send missionaries there as for the Protestants. The grossest abuses ex ist, and the darkest ignorance and su- pertition, even among the nominal Christians. Religious liberty is coming to pass increasingly in South America, and it has gone out of fashion to burn Bibles. There is now\ in the greater part of the continent, liberty to circulate and teach the Book which is the corner stone of the North American type of civilization. The republican form of government has been chosen by the people of South America. We of the more stable north often smile at their farcical “re publics” and their numerous “revolu tions.” Yet they are seeking the type to which the western world is commit ted. They may not have the ante cedent training for it: but they are on the way. The neighborly offlte of all otiier Americans—for these also have a right to the name “American” —should be to help the people of the southern half of the western hemis phere to realize tat democracy is not so much a form of government, as it is principles of government. The ideals of the people are a more determining factor than the type of official ma chinery. What is most vital of all, they should be assisted to a realization that principles and ideals are born of religion. The character of the people’s religious beliefs will ultimately deter mine the nature of their government. The pagah population of South America, which has been beyond the touch of all forms of Christian mis sionary effort, are alone a field great enough to arouse the activity of Chris tendom. The missionary agencies at present working in South America are the Presbyterians, North, South and Cana dian; the Baptists, the Methodists, North and South; the Moravians, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and half a dozen British societies. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principals.—Emerson. Thy love shall chant Its own beati tudes After its own life working. —Anon. We jndge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.— Longfellow. I believe that no love, no life, goes ever from us; it goes as He went, that' it may come again, deeper and closer and surer, to be with us always, even to the end of the world.—Oeorge Mac- d(mald. He loses little who loses wealth, He loses much who losei health; Who loses courage loseb all. O tremble, drawing fearful breath. Guard well they days yet know that death ' Is never the worst that can befall! —J. T. Trowbridge. We reduce life to the pettiness of our dally living; we should exalt our living to the grandeur of life.—Phil lips Brooks. ' Blames Men Fo,r Fall of Women. By Associated ^rsss.- Evanston, 111.,; Nov. 1,7.—^mes A. Patten, millionaire wheat and cotton operator, last night was elected head of a new vigilance association for the suppression ef the social evil. Mr. Patten in an address urged an education campaign in universities where a special department, might t>e established to give instruction to student teachers who might later be sent forth to spread the teachings in lower schools. - “The men should be educated.” Mr. Patten said. “I place the blame fbr evil social conditions that exist not on the unfortunate women but on the men that lead them down.” Sale OP w Saturday Specials Good quality Bed Tick, 8c value, yard 5c Splendid grade Bleached Muslin, full yard wide 5c 1000 yards Outing in dark colors. Stripes and Plaids, yard 3 1-2c 5000 yards fine quality Outing in light stripes checks, and mottled colors, never sold for less than 10c yard. Very special at 7 1-2c Heavy Bleached Huck Towels, worth 15c. Each 9c Pure All Linen Towels, large size, big values, at 50c, but slightly soiled, go at, pair.. 25c Children’s heavy ribbed Hose, all sizes, 25c quality, 2 pairs for 25c omen’s Suits Great Values A great assortment to select from: 50 new Suits by express and short lots of $12.50 and $15.00 Suits. Fine Serges in Brown, Grey and Mix* tures, Coats lined with a good quality of satin. Saturday and 'Monday .... »»T • * • .•••• «.•• «««« «««* ' $9.98 Women’s Suits Latest St;yles $15.00 A complete showing of the new things. Fine Serges l5 fclack and Man nish Suitings, in invisible stripe, English Tweed in grey and two tone effects, handsomely tailored, guaranteed lining, worth up to $25.00. Saturday and Monday $15.00 $13.98 Polo Goats Worth $20 Of.double_f4^e hJankettcloth, fine quality in brpwn and gray, tan and gray, ' ’ etc. ‘ Effe^aiit rie'w'gatfeents. 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New Millinery For Saturday and Monday A great showing of the new thii^s just received. Handsome patterns Hats in Velvet, Cream and Valour, large and medium and small shapes, trim med with ribbon, wings and feathers. Black and colors. Saturday and Monday $2.98 Women’s Hats $2 to }3 Values Untrimmed and ready-to-wear sorts, Felts, Velvets, etc.. Black and colors. Saturday and Monday gg^ 7 Agents for PIctoclal Review 39 East Trade Street for Pictorial Review Patterns. Carr>Boylan Nuptials. Special to The News. , _ Raleigh, Nov. 17.—Mr. Clairbom Carr, of Durham, son of General Julian S. Carr, of Durham, the dis tinguished millionaire manufacturer, led to the hyriienial altar in Christ Episcopal church here Wednesday evening Miss Margarfet Jordan Boy- lan, daughter of Mrs. James Boyian and granddaughter of the late Mrs. Tucker, for many years Ral eigh’s wealthiest citizen and whose large estate is still held intact' by a tfustee under' ^the ^provisions, W her will. It was a pink and w^iile wedding especially beautiful in l|s simple tasteful arrangei^ent. There was ^uite a large bridM , party wiih wsters of the bride, MrSi Stedman Thompson,, as , dame of honoradl Kathrine Boyian as maid of hon9r, and Marvin Carr, of-New York, and Julian Carr, Jr., brothers of the groom, as best men. Notable among the out-of-town guests here for the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. H, C. Flower, of Kansi^ .City, Mo.; Francis Chadwic^, 0/ Ndrfollc;; and Mrs. I.' F, Hill and Mrs. Douglass Hill, of Dur ham; and quite a ^arty af other rel atives and friends from Durham. John Jack Frost Is Dead. By Associated Press. Quincy, 111., Nov. 17.—John Jack Frost, a dvil war veteran 82 years old. Is dead here, having been strick en with apoplexy yesterday while walking the. street* Frost led the famous attempt to escape ‘ from . Anderson^Hlle prison, during the civil war. Each one sees what he carries hi^ his heart.—Goethe. j I m To dream vou’ve sfarW on Ws way Wilh jusfthe ^irl you’d choose, Means Life will seem aHolidau if you wear Ihe Stetson Shoes. The Stetson Shoe life a Holiday Foot-ease being^ essential to mind-ease, comfort is made the first consideration in building The Stetson Shoe. Shod wi|h the shoe of comfort—The , Stetson Shoe—each day will ^ gay, your work a pleasure and your pleasures complete. The STRUT K a stylish model for the young man —a fitter, too — and fit means Com fort. STETSON SH 05 '5M«on# coH 16 South Tryon Street by ihmpikir hut Ism hy the year^ Ifoted Si Will hi btfteria Tuesda ^ Weeh. One of tl events of tl tje a- lectur* Southwick, the Boston probably th ean lecturer nothing if ^ by the large clubs here Southwick s auditorium : n-elcomed pi of the vario literary ben no means b The repei quite exteni Tuesday ni? tures or se^ as follows: Lectures, and Times let. the Ma and Oratory Recitals, interpretatic niantic dr Lear,” “Ric lius Caesar,’ hy Stephen Sheridan, selections fi Harriet Bee' ing of Misc tals from S Lanier, Edv The Chau torially sa; Southwick: ■In the Lawrence S pcai'ed on the leading All of the ir for 1006, d next year. This can be j)!atforni, f are of all ai 10 please. Dean Sout rlasric.nl in ir.cnt descei while Chaut romposed ^ those who a wonder is ^ assemblies “Dean Soutl and in Riche on the progi "S. Parkei lowing Deal Chautauqua l)latform: ‘ tations of t greatest I hJ tauqua, and ed on the great an ai “Dean Si the head matic litera the great.a lie, and it it to say that them all. tl^e dramafc scholarly scholarly of the dram voice or pr which they piece. Deaj or grace th; success in tlie groat tr “What ot fickle Chau hy three fu terest them them seee conquering other in Ai has approac iparvelous !>iised that ciated to th of Dean So at all prep£ titude capti an interprel We hai read again them playei supported b accessories I •ing, and y hound by' thing as D “it is n Southwick the heac oratory in iiis recital) Maine to WOODR( Columbij 'ation has Woodrow to paj to the mol ^'ilson Leg tJnlversity '’or ,Wilsor years a j)i ^-Sry here. Motl Built Up Gl^ ^A linger weaknes ble thing Then the t But if th^ needs v| ticle of thf taste that J Vinod tQ take it '^erfully. , Mrs. R ij '■^ly litle [9^ two mol “ihi cough f not g^ give him ^ iron remedi his couJ restored y We guai? and stn ” It does ] «ack your i Co., ii
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