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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, MARCH 27 1908. Sunday School Lesson Young Peoples' Topic ANCIENT WISDOM ON A PRESENT PROBLEM. The International Sunday School Les son For March 29 is a Temperance Lesson. Prov. 23:29-35. l?y WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Knowledge is the tree of which con duct is (ho iruit; but the tree does not ;ilvays bear! The world has known tor asjes, from the practical aspect, as much about the evils of intoxicating liquors as it knows today; yet only within the past live years has society m.-inifestcd any serious disposition to .id in accordance with Us knowledge. Now the temperance question has be come tho leading political issue over the whole continent, with Ore at Brit ain also taking unexpectedly radical steps toward this reform. Applying Solomon's Wisdom. In the long ago of the land of the .rape. the contemplative ones had per ceived the evils that befell the drunk ard. What modern arraignment of strong drink equals that of Solomon, which constitutes today's Sunday school lesson? The familiar words have been arranged as blank verse witli chapter headings, and the title. Tho Drunkard's Progress," by Prof. J Wallace Brown, of Missouri: I. An Enigma of the Ages. Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? II. The Curt Answer of Wisdom. They that tarry long at the wine; Thev that go to seek out mixed wine. III. A Strict Moral Pointed. Look not thou upon the wine When it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly. IV. The Bitter End. At the last it biteth like a serpent, Aral stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange things. And thy heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. V. The Drunkard's Last Waking Soliloquy They have stricken me, And I was not hurt; They have beaten me. And I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. General Welfare" vs. Liberty." 'Personal It would be ridiculous to write a com mentary upon this lesson by attempt ing to make clearer the perfectly obvi ous meaning of the text. The occasion rather calls for a statement of the present-day application of the princi 1 le involved. At last the world seems to have got round to the conviction t hat the liquor business is everybody's imsiness; that is to say, that the sa loon has such important political, so cial, moral and economic relationship that practically every member of the community is concerned. "General Welfare" is now seen to be a bigger issue than "Personal Liber ty." It used to be tacitly admitted that if a man wanted to ruin his own moral fiber, make paupers of his fam ily, commit crimes against society, and add to t.ie burden of taxation for the upkeep of jails and almshouses and al coholic wards in hospitals, nobody had h rii;ht to object; this was his "per sonal liberty." A distinct forward step has now been taken by the widespread adoption of the principle commonly called "lo cal option," that the majority of the 'itir-ns of a community are properly the arbiters of what sorts of business shall be carried on in their own neigh borhood. Xo longer is it regarded as a characteristically free and Ameri can practice for a few men who are in the business of selling strong drink to he permitted to establish drinking re sorts wheresoever they pleased, re gardless of how many persons were offended or injured by this extension of a business, which, at its best, has never been considered public spirited. In a word, a new determination seems to be abroad, to the effect that the best and not the worst of shall rule. Unexpected Aids to Abstinence. Along with this extraordinary poli- ihal aspect of the present-day temper ance situation goes a new attitude to ward it, on the part of employers of labor. A few years ago public service corporations felt that they were doing their utmost when they required em ployes to abstain from liquor during working hours. In the speech of the inon themselves it was considered 'none of the company's business what a man does out of working hours." Today that standpoint has been left far behind. Railroads now commonly require that their employes shall let strong -drink alone altogether. Neither off duty nor on duty is a man per mitted to drink. Total abstinence is the imperative rule. Banks, stores ;nd industrial- establishments are ad vancing to the same ground. It now looks as if the man who means to drink must make that his exclusive employment! Who Shall Wear the Laurels? So extraordinary has been the con temporaneous success of the temper ance movement that many persons are already beginning to try to fix the re sponsibility and to distribute the laur els. Manifestly, a- great variety of forces and agencies have contributed to the present desirable situation. The A uti Saloon League has probably been the most potent factor in achieving di rect political results. John G Wool ley's years of eloquent appeal to the manhood cf the churches to enter into their inheritance of power have doubt less been a contributing force. Tho decades of quarterly temperance les sons in the Sunday school have helped prepare the present generation of vot ers for the existing struggle. Chris tian Endeavor's good citizenship and temperance committees have not been in vain. The temperance instruction in the public school, and the other educational work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, have been essential and immeasureable in fluences. The pledge-singing move ments, the various temperance socie ties, the adoption of this cause as a field for organized activity by some of the great denominations (including, of course, tne powerful T. A. B. societies of the Roman Catholic Church), the support ot powerful dailies and the general quickening of the social con science have all helped on the desired consummation. Those who have done most are least desirous of the credit. Thev ask no greater reward than the manifest fact that the liquor traffic is today being outlawed, and a new generation of youth is having a chance to grow into sober manhood., free from tho seduc tions of the saloon. Is it too wild a dream to hope that the day may yet come when Solomon's picture of the drunkard's progress will be under stood only, like other antiquities, from literary allusions, because, there will be no longer any living examples? PROVIDENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Terse Comments on the Uniform Pray er Meeting Topic of the Young Peo ple's Societies Christian Endeavor, Baptist Young People's Union, Ep worth League, etc. For March 29 is, "Home Missions: Proqress in the Philippines," Matt. 13:31-33. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Xo aspect of Christian missions is more interesting than the plainly prov idential events which mark the prog ress of the missionary enterprise. Doors that have been unexpectedly op ened have led into undreamed of suc cesses. Nobody was planning a mis sionary propaganda in the Philippines when the conflict between Spain and the United States over Cuba produced a sensational development in this re mote eastern colony of Spain. By the strange providence of God, America was thus compelled to take her station at the gateway of the Orient. There she has assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the great ideals of Christian civilization. Like Great Brit ain, she h?s become a world power and a missionary agency. All the Christian people, whatever their nationality, and irrespective of whether or not their own denomination maintains missionary work in the Phil ippines, must be interested in the ex traordinary growth of missions in the Islands since the American occupation. This is so general that today the Phil ippines, along with Korea, are consid ered by missionary experts as one of the very few places where the mission ary is eagerly welcomed and actively sought. The Filipinos, thanks, doubt less, to their training by the friars, show an eager desire for a fuller knowledge of the Gospel, and an ex traordinary capacity for self-support. All the missions at work in the archi pelago report more work than they have the force to handle. Political problems are at base re ligious. The question of who shall dominate the Far East is primarily a question of what kind of principles shall rule there. If equity, tolerance and brotherliness prevail, it matters little, in the long run, whose flag flies'. When we begin to consider the phase of international relations we at once perceive the importance of a Christian spirit on the part of the peoples who dwell in pivotal places, such as the Philippines. Let an aggressive Chris tianity characterize the Filipino, and their "influence will be a factor in. the life of the entire eastern world. There are not lacking signs that a new infusion of religious zeal may come to the older Christian nations by way of their own converts; The de votion of the Filipinos and Koreans, who practice their faith more diligent ly than those of us who have possessed Christianity longer, is at once a rebuke and an inspiration to the lands that have sent them missionaries. On this side of the world many church mem bers have been deeply stirred by the news from these mission fields, and nn ra-rprnpss to nartake of the same spiritual blessings, is widespread. " Wherever men have need there the Church has obligation. $ It was the possession of the Philip pines which prompted Kipling's great poem which may be read with a mis sionary significance: "Take up the white man's burden." Take un the White Man's burden Send forth the best ye breed Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness. On fluttered folk and wild Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. Take un the White Man's burden In notifince to abide. To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; pie. An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit, -And work another's gain. Take up the White Man's burden The savage wars of peace Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease. And when your goal is nearest. The end for others sought, Watch Sloth and heathen Folly Bring all your hope to naught. Take up the White Man's burden No tawdrv rule of lunars . - oj y J Et toil of serf and sweeper ine ivue ot common things. The ports ye shall not enter, The roads ye shall not tread, Go make tnem with your living. And mark them with your dead. Take up the White Man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) "toward the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?" Take up the White Man's burden Ye dare not stoop to less Nor ci'll too loud on Freedom To cloak your weariness; By all ye cry or whisper, By all ye leave or do, The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your Gods and you. Take up the White Man's burden Have done with childish davs The lightly proffered laurel. The easy, ungrudged praise. Come now, to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers! The undeveloped resources of human nature in the Philippines are infinitely greater than the much lauded unde veloped resources of mine and field and forest. s s's C: Ordinary prevision would seem to indicate that in the not distant future momentous events will be in progress in China and Japan: and in these events the islands which have lately come under the control of the western world will play a part. It is now rea sonably sure that this part will be play ed in the interests of justice, liberty and world-brotherhood. It may be that the agencies which are now sowing the seeds of the full gospel in the Isl ands will reap an unexpected harvest to their own advantage. It is as important to keep the wrhite men in the Orient true to the faith of civilization as it is to introduce to that faith the pagan natives. In Mnnila, as throughout the Islands, there are a company of broad-gauge, up-to-date- all-round missionaries. They stand high as men, and as active mem bers of the community. The Protest ant Episcopal Church has established a place of social resort for American men. the Columbia Club, which ranks above any similar organization I have ever seen. It is in reality the Cathe dral parish house, although men of all denominations belong to it. The Columbia Club is really a first-class club for gentlemen; differing! I from others in that category principally by the f?ct that liquors are not sold in the club, and gambling is not permit ted there. A more praiseworthy enter prise for white men in mission lands I have not been able to discover in a journey around the world. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. The man who lives simply and justly and honorably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen. President Roose velt. Every triumph of life leads back by various paths to earlier preparation. Anon. Tomorrow is with God alone, And man hath but todav. Whittier. Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trou ble and perplexity. Melancthon. Every attempt to make others happy, every sin left behind, every temptation trampled under foot, every step for ward in the cause of what is good, is a step nearer the cause of Christ. Dean Stanley. Where anxiety begins, faith ends; and where faith begins, anxiety ends. George Muller. A Morning Prayer. Now I get up to work, I pray thee, Lord, I may not shrik; If I should die before the night, I pray thee, Lord, my work's all right. Anon. NEWS AND NOTES. The oldest existing church building on the North American continent is said to be the mission at Sante Fe, New Mexico, the foundation of which was laid in 1541. An Alaska missionary who only hears from his children once a month, receives instead letters, phonograph cylinders into which they have talked. Thus he hears their very voices. The theological students in the Ger man Presbyterian Seminary at Du buque, la., maintain among themselves a large class band. A new catechism is being prepared for Northern Presbyterians by their Board of Publication, since the historic Shorter Catechism seems to be pass ing out of favor. A walking race around the top of the poMnsr wall, a distance of fourteen miles, was recently held by the Peking Y. M. C. A. for the men ot the lega tion sriiards. There were twenty-one entries of four nationalities, and a French soldier won the first prize ana an American the second. In connection with the Licensing Bill now before the British Parliament the London Congregational Union's tem perance committee has been looking up some figures. According to The Mis sionary Review of the World it has found as illustrative of the ramifica tions of the trade, that shares in three brewing companies are held by 3 rls. 5 viscounts. 18 barons, 1S baronets, 31 knights. 100 honorables, 1 - tt O " Jrtrt 87 other reverend genuemen, oo uw tors, lo6 army officers and 3 judges of the High Court. Perceiving that the advent of the white man meant the ultimate destruc tion of the Eskimos' means of liveli hood, Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the famous Presbyterian Home Missionary leader, imported a small herd of reindeer. This animal is wonderfully prolific, its flesh and milk are good for food, its hide for clothing, and it is adaptel to car rying or drawing large loads in a cold climate. Fifteen years ago there were only sixteen reindeer in a'd Alaska; today there are fifteen thousand, and reindeer stations are bcirig established all over Alaska, under Dr. Jackson's di rection, by the Unite! States govern ment. A young athlete and student, David R. Porter, whose distinction includes the longest, run ever made on Har vard's football oval, the securing of a Rhodes scholarship while yet a Soph omore at Bowdoin College, the winning of several athletic championships at Oxford, including a place on the 'var sity football and cricket teams, the successful passing of his final history examination at. Oxford, for which Eng lish students prepare three years, after only six months' preparation, has tak en up as his life work a Y. M. C. A. secretaryship among the students of American high schools and prepara tory schools. The National Convention of the Am erican Federation of Labor, in co-operation with Charles StelJe, Director of the Presbyterian department of church and labor, has changed "Labor Sun day," which was observed the first Sun day in September, to the second Sun day in May. It will henceforth be known as Labor Memorial Sundav. S. C. College Press Association Meets Special to The News. Spartanburg. S. C, March 27. The South Carolina College Press Associa tion is holding its first annual conven tion in this city, having convened yes terday morning at Wofford College. The convention will be in session un til Saturday afternoon. The sessions are being presided over by Archie Willis, of Wofford College, president of the association. About 35 delegates are present, rep resenting magazines published at Wof ford College, Furman University, South Carolina University, Winthrop College, Greenville Female College, Converse College, Erskinc, Newberry College, South Carolina Military Academy and others. Tonight a reception will be given the delegates by the young ladies of Con verse College and tomorrow night an elaborate banquet will be given at the Spartan Inn, at which a number of toasts will be responded to. The con vention promises to be a great success from every standpoint. State S, S. Association 1 To Meet in Union Special to The News. Spartanburg, S. C, March. 27. The State Sunday school Asociation will meet in convention in Union April 3rd, 1th and 5th and wil be attended by several hundred delegates of the state, representing the Sunday schools of various denominations. The people of Union, who arc fa mous for generous hospitality, will open their homes to the delegates and will make them have a good time during their stay in that city. We may not see how the right side looks, we can only weave and wait. A. G. Chester. IT DOES 1 ME BUSINESS. Mr. E. E .Chamberlain, of Clinton, Maine, says of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It does the business: I have used it for piles and it cured them. Used it for chapped hands and it cured them. Applied it to an old sore and it heal ed it without leaving a scar behind." 25c at Woodall & Sheppard't. thus store. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. 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