ALL truth comes to man by revelation. Searching by his own unaided knowledge for millenniums, he has apart from God evolved only deeper darkness. Searching after a god of his own liking, he has revealed only more and more of incarnate lust and human degradation.
The question, “Who by searching can find out God?” is still as relevant as when asked by the old Idumean. It is forever true that “no one knoweth the Son save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal Him.”
That which only God could reveal, Babylon’s wise men sought by magic, by incantation, by their various sciences, arts, and devices, and failed. Moreover they confessed that only “the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh” could show it before the king. They therefore admitted that the God of all knowledge and revelation did not dwell with them. A great gulf yawned between man and the only God who could help them.
So it has been held by false religionists of all time; and men have tried to bridge that gulf by priest-craft, by demons, saints, angels, holy virgins, that man in some vague uncertain way might by proxy get access to God, when the great loving God, the Creator and Saviour of men, has been ever waiting to manifest Himself in human flesh. The schools of Babylon held to the former theory; Daniel and his companions knew the latter, knew that God by His Spirit made His abode in every heart open to receive Him. “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant.”
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” And this Daniel the humble knew, and in him God demonstrated its truth.
Daniel and his companions humbly sought God. Into the clean, sensitive heart God’s revelation came. No glory did they take to themselves. They gave no glory to evolution, or to astrology, or to divination, or to science, or to magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, or Chaldeans. To God alone did they give the glory, who revealed the secret to Daniel the most humble.
Note the prophet’s ascription to God: (1) “Wisdom and might are His.” He knows how; He has power to do. (2) Therefore “He changeth the times and the seasons,” whatever man may plan or perverted nature turn. (3) “He removeth kings and setteth up kings;” the Most High rules in the kingdom of men. (4) “He giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.” In other words He multiplies the stewardship of those who wisely use His gifts. (5) “He revealeth the deep and secret things;” for they are all His to reveal. (6) “He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.” “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (7) And best of all He revealed to Daniel the desire of his heart, and demonstrated that the fear of the living God was more than all the wisdom of the world. Such God will be to every soul who relates himself to God as did Daniel.
When Arioch brought Daniel in before the king, he said, “I have found a man . . . that will make known;” but Daniel said, “The secret . . . can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, or sooth-sayers, show unto the king; but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and He hath made known.”
The word rendered “secret” is in the Septuagint, the Greek Old Testament, musterion, rendered mystery in the New Testament, or rather transferred and anglicized. It is God revealed in man and through man. It is “the mystery of godliness,” which the Lord longs to reveal to all, that every one like Nebuchadnezzar may know the thoughts of His own heart, and may understand what shall be in the latter days.
Question Corner
By Editor
1260. Catholic Catechism and the Law of God.
How does the Catholic Catechism give the Law of God?
About the same as it is found in our Bibles and as Protestants teach them with these exceptions: (1) The first two commandments are counted as one. In some catechisms they are both given as one in full. In others the two as one are greatly abbreviated, giving in fact simply the first. (2) The first sentence of the fourth commandment (counted by Catholics the third) is given: “Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.” This is Ex. 20:8 as in the Douay Version of the Bible, that used by Catholics. Then follows the Catechism, this question and answer:—
“What is commanded by the third commandment?
“To sanctify the Sunday.”
Then frequently we are told that under the “old law” God commanded the seventh day, but now the church has changed the day. (3) The tenth commandment is divided to make up the number ten. The only practical difference is in regard to the Sabbath commandment. See tract, Bible Student’s Library No. 107, “Who changed the Sabbath?” That gives many authorities
1261. When the Theocracy Ceased.
When did the Theocracy of Israel cease?
It ceased when Israel refused to let God rule them longer. They formally did this when they demanded a king. Sam. 8:7. Still God cared for them, wrought for them and through them, but the human rulership idea at last wholly perverted the nation. See John 19:19. When they said, “Make us a king to judge us like all the nations,” and held to that, they also said in that very thing, “Away with Him.” . . . we have no king but Cæsar.”
TRUST AND UNION.
RATHER it is trust versus union. It is a sad, appalling condition, the fearful strife upon which the two great forces of capital and labor are in earnest entering. Sometimes the victory has rested upon the side of union labor, generally on the side of capital; but in all cases with tremendous loss to both,—loss in sympathy with and influence over each other, and in constantly-increasing antagonism. In the case of the trust magnate the feeling grows into contemptuous disregard of the "working class;" in the case of the labor unionist the feeling grows into enmity to and hatred of the rich, and with many unionists, hatred of all who do not positively stand with them.
There is another class, lovers of free thought and action, who believe in neither the trust regime nor the labor unions. They refuse to ally themselves with either. Many are business men, and employers of labor. Many are laboring men. Another part are small tradesmen or farmers, who conduct their own business as God gives them wisdom. These men feel free to deal with any one who offers best conditions of trade. They do not ask a merchant or manufacturer if his store or factory is unionized. They do not ask a laborer if he is a union man. Can he do his work? Are wages and time satisfactory? Farther than this they do not trouble themselves. They do not believe in being coerced by the trust even tho they are compelled to pay it tribute in many things. They do not believe in being coerced by a labor union, or in endeavoring to coerce the union. They believe in freedom for the man; in persuasion, not coercion.
The labor unionists are making a sad mistake in the coercive, tyrannical measures they are employing. They are sowing constant seed of discontent, of hatred, of tyranny; and every coercive, tyrannical measure they adopt waters and fosters the evil in their own hearts and lives. They are getting to that place in thus doing that they will recognize no rights of any man unless he will join the union in some of its branches or affiliations. Surely it would seem that every American union man could see that such a course was un-American, and that every Christian man among them could see that such a course is unchristian in principle and operation. According to the principles of true Americanism and Christianity, it is the MAN that is to be granted equal rights to differ with us as well as to agree; and that the exercise of the right to differ on matters of policy and expediency shall not in any way deprive him of his rights of citizenship.
These principles are utterly ignored by labor unions in the attempt, and where strong enough in the accomplishment, to crush out all non-union laborers, even tho these men are good citizens, good neighbors, good Christians, fathers and husbands, with wife and family dependent upon them for support.
The other day a man who conducts a printing house not under the control of labor unions was chosen grand marshal of the Fourth of July celebration at San Francisco. The labor-unions protested, the man was set aside. The Winters Express says: "Talk about tyranny, could there be any worse form of it than that which makes a man join a society or be debarred from acting in a public capacity when he is called to do so by a majority of the citizens?" And is it not true? Suppose that a union man had been appointed, and all the non-union men should so protest; would it not be considered persecution?
Another case: we learn from the New York World that a Union Labor Church has been organized in the Indiana gas belt, "from which the rich are to be rigorously excluded." Upon this the World says:—
If the object of all agitation, discussion and policy is to keep separate and to force into wider separation the elements whose united endeavor is necessary to the complete benefit of humanity, then it is right to meet exclusion with exclusion—or fancied intolerance with intolerance. In that case it will not be in the church and in society alone that little groups will presently be hustling off, each to play in its own high-fenced yard.
The Marion and Grant County laborers complain that no inducements are offered to them to attend the regular churches. And so they build their own place of assembly, and offer every inducement to other church-goers to stay away. Is it not true that their iron would strike deeper if they were to open wide the doors? if they were to invite the well-to-do to come freely and see how, even with few goods to their store, they can practise as well as preach the Golden Rule?
It is one grand blessed thing to the Christian who loves freedom (and what Christian does not?) to know that in God’s realm of giving and blessing, there are no human organizations to come between himself and his Creator. God’s water of life is not mixed with Standard Oil. His law bears the signature of no trust magnate. It is not bound with American Federation steel. His Gospel does not bear syndicate stamp nor union label. God in all His wisdom, knowledge, goodness, and power, meets us as individual men, union or non-union, white or black or yellow or brown, convicts us as individual men, cleanses us and accepts us as individual men, builds us up as individual men, and associates us in work together as individual men, meets us as individual men in the judgment, but never asks us whether we bear the union label. His question is, Are we clothed in His righteousness? We appeal to our fellow-laborers, union and non-union, to think of these things, and live and act as Christ would, and as we will wish we had when we stand in the white light of His visible presence.
ANOTHER PROPOSED CRUSADE.
A NEW "crusade" to the so-called "Holy Land" is being urged by one Arthur Smedley Green, who is appealing to Christians to buy Palestine. He claims to have considerable means behind his project. His optimistic appeal is printed in Everybody’s Magazine for June, from which we take these specimen extracts, with his italics:—
It must be a crusade of money, contributed by the Christian peoples of the world for the purchase of the Holy Land. A combination of Christian men and women for this purpose, regardless of creed or dogma, could raise out of the chaos, caused by backward looking and unprogressive fanaticism, a republic in honor of Christ; could restore the famous cities of the Bible to more than their former grandeur, and regenerate the whole country by the infusion of our Western Christian civilization.
With the construction of a much-needed safe harbor at Jaffa, by making good roads through the country, and by the thorough development of the marvelous natural resources, Palestine would become a land "flowing with milk and honey," and one restful place in all the world for the pilgrim tired in mind and body.
When the society is formed, the chances of success seem not at all chimerical. Turkey is poor. Christendom is fabulously rich. In Christendom money flows like water for any worthy cause, and, without a doubt, when once the Christians of the world are thoroughly awakened to the necessity and duty of bringing under Christian influence the gloriously fair lands of Palestine, money will flow in abundance into the treasuries of the society.
When we speak of the purchase and control of the Holy Land by the Christians, it must not be inferred by people of other religious beliefs that this is a movement to exclude them. It is not. The Christians have simply the first and strongest claim; but any laws made under Christian rule could not, and would not, admit of intolerance.
The aim of Christendom will be to restore Palestine to its former greatness and prosperity, and to enfold the birthplace of Christ with the mantle of brotherly love.
This is another effort to forestall Christ which is equal in enthusiasm, if not in territorial extent, to the famous proposition to make Him King of the United States "through the gateway of politics." A "crusade of money" to buy a "republic in honor of Christ" is getting about as far from His Gospel plan as it is possible to go. After having set the example Himself, He commissioned His disciples to go out and preach the Gospel as a means of preparing a people for His kingdom. His was not a "crusade of money," for He purchased not only Palestine, but the whole earth, with His blood.
An attempt to "restore the famous cities of the Bible" would be a vain endeavor to restore that on which Christ pronounced the most denunciatory "woe." And to imbue them with the spirit of "our Western Christian civilization" would be a lowering of the Gospel standard to a degree considerably below par. This fact is emphasized by Mr. Green’s own statement that "Christendom is fabulously rich." This was not the case in the days when "Christendom" followed Christ. Nor is it true today of the individual that follows Christ.
A very suspicious feature of this proposed "crusade of money" (or, rather, crusade for money) is the inducement that when Christians become thoroughly awakened to their duty in the matter, "money will flow in abundance into the treasuries of the society." This is made all the more suspicious when the project is not to be confined to Christians; people of other religious beliefs are not to be excluded. A republic would be a government by the people, and as the present inhabitants of Palestine would not be excluded, it would require considerable politics to secure the election of "Christian" officers. That, however, might be wherein "our Western Christian civilization" could demonstrate its superiority most effectively.
These chimerical schemes for restoring the "Holy Land" to its former greatness, will all prove as futile as did the many efforts to restore Babylon after the Lord put His denunciation upon it; and the money crusade will fall as far short of Christianizing the country as did the crusade with carnal weapons. Such delusions would hardly be worth the time and space to notice them, were it not that these are times of delusions, and so many well-meaning people are duped by them. The press gives notoriety and standing to them; men of wealth, and some who are not wealthy, give money to further them; and men who are supposed to know the Scriptures give them countenance.9
It is because of the extensive ignorance of true Gospel method, of the principles of the cause and kingdom of Christ, and of the nearness of His personal advent, that men are carried away by such untenable schemes. Hence, in warning the church and the world of the allurements of the adversary, in calling attention to the signs of the times, such deceptions must be given at least passing notice. The Lord has told us that He Himself will stand on Mount Olivet, and before Him that whole land will become a vast plain, on which will stand the New Jerusalem when it shall descend from heaven. Zech. 14:3-11; Rev. 21:1-4, 15, 16. When the Lord comes down upon Palestine, He will make it a "Holy Land" indeed, and its restoration will be far beyond any of its former greatness. The true Gospel crusader will be content to labor on in the lines laid down by the Master, and trust the restoring of greatness and glory in the earth to Him. It is all in His plan, and the disciple's place is to walk humbly before Him, preparing the way of the Lord by teaching men to "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
G.
MAKING OF NONE EFFECT.
By Editor
DR. WILLIAM HAYES WARD, editor of the Independent, in a recent editorial, writes on “The Heart of Christianity,” but leaves it heartless. He tells us truly that “Christianity must be a spiritual and not a formal, ceremonial religion. As it is not national, but individual, as it is not priestly but spiritual.” But he rules out of Christianity that which the wisdom of God has put into it. He says:—
Christianity may use days, places, and rites, but they are no part of essential Christianity. Christianity finds use for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath is not a part of Christianity. Christianity honors the church, but can exist without the church. . . . It is interesting, but not important, that He [Christ] came as a child. Paul never speaks of the virgin-birth, perhaps never heard of it [See Rom. 1: 3; Gal. 4:4], as the Gospels had not been written in his time. . . . A belief in the future life, and so in Christ’s resurrection, is not absolutely essential to Christian character, which, as we have seen, is the really essential thing in Christianity, for only the life of love is essential. It was in a flash of excessive and mistaken oratorical fervor that Paul exclaimed, “What advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.”
And we remark that these outward forms and observances are not essential to the poor heathen who has not been enlightened by them. The Lord takes into account the light we have. But to him who knows them, to him to whom God has revealed them, they are tests of his life and love, and channels of God’s blessings. The words of Jesus are, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.” And the Sabbath is commanded. The real essential of faith is life. Without life there is no power, no love. How can one believe in God at all and not grasp His absolute sempiternity? When Jesus Christ came as He came, it was so needed. God bestows His gifts in “all wisdom and prudence.” It is such reasoning as this in which Dr. Ward indulges that makes of none effect the loving commands of God and the Gospel of life. It makes of love an abstract sensuousness, instead of a mighty concrete force. It makes of life a mere existence instead of the power of God which lifts above sin and death.
Rubber Made from Texas Oil
A REPORT from Texas states that a high grade of rubber has been produced from the refined product of the Beaumont oil wells combined with cotton-seed oil. For a long time scientists have been looking for a substitute for rubber, as the natural supply is insufficient, and in danger of a decrease. The bicycle, the automobile, the electric cable, and many other modern inventions, have made a constant and increasing demand upon the products of the rubber forests, until it has been predicted that the termination of the rubber supply was in sight. If the Texas report is true, it is one of the most important discoveries of the present time.
Austria Tracks Socialist Soldiers
The Government of Austria, fearing the growth of Socialism in that country, especially among the rank and file of the army, has gone to work systematically to learn the names of all the recruits who belong to the Socialists. Socialism is said to be spreading rapidly in the army, and the government fears its influence upon the discipline and efficiency of that organization. The Socialists are demanding a reduction of the standing army, or its total abolition, and the substitution of a system of national militia.
Dispute Over Marcus Island
A DISPUTE has arisen between the Japanese Government and certain citizens of the United States over the ownership of Marcus Island, about 1,000 miles from the coast of Japan. The American claimants have fitted out an expedition and sailed for the island, and the Japanese Government has despatched a cruiser to protect the Japanese who are now there against the American expedition. Japan has warned the State Department that it considers itself the owner of the island.
Severe Storms Sweep Europe
Europe and the British Isles have been swept by a severe storm during the week, which in some places amounted to a tornado. There was great destruction of crops throughout the United Kingdom. In Belgium the navigation of the canals was stopped by falling trees. Great damage was done in the district of Liege, Belgium, and the greater portion of the crops was destroyed or hopelessly damaged. Many persons were injured by the gale throughout Prussia.
Britain and Japan Guarantee Korea
GREAT BRITAIN and Japan have signed an important agreement concerning Korea. It is no less than an agreement to guarantee the independence of the hermit kingdom, and to pledge her their joint support and assistance in all important questions affecting her internal and foreign policy. It is Japan's determination to keep Korea as a sort of buffer State between herself and Russia.
Railroad Cut-Off Across Salt Lake
The Union Pacific Railroad has already let contracts for the construction of a cut-off which will run directly across one corner of Salt Lake. The viaduct to be constructed over the waters of the lake will be over 40 miles long, the road being built on piles driven in the bed of the lake. The Union Pacific line will thus be shortened by about forty miles.
Venice Buildings Threatened by Decay
OTHER buildings in the city of Venice show signs of crumbling, as did the famous clock tower. The Santo Stefano clock tower has been ordered torn down, and several other buildings are to be demolished. There seems to be a deterioration of the ground under the city, which renders it unable to support the heavy structures.
Volcanic Warnings in Costa Rica
SUBTERRANEAN noises, rumblings, and explosions such as preceded the volcanic outbreak on the island of Martinique are reported from Costa Rica, in the vicinity of San Jose and near-by towns. Quantities of ashes from a volcano in the vicinity are falling, and the inhabitants are fearful of such a catastrophe as overwhelmed St. Pierre.
Anti-Friar Demonstration Prevented in Manila
The anti-friar demonstration in Manila, which was planned for July 27, was prevented by the prompt action of the authorities. The leaders were compelled to content themselves with the holding of a meeting in opposition to the friars.
Forces Concentrate for Battle in Hayti
The opposing forces in the Republic of Hayti are concentrating for a battle to decide which party shall dominate the little republic. A decisive action is expected before many days.
The Burden of War Preparations
PROGRESS in military affairs since the beginning of the Boer war has rendered obsolete a great portion of the equipment of the Italian army, as the Government of Italy is now offering for sale 600,000 rifles, which it bought in 1887, with 48,000,000 cartridges for the same; 1,200 nine-pounder cannon, and 500 seven-pounders, with 200,000 shells; and 170 seven-pounder mountain guns, with 17,000 shells. And now the already over-taxed Italian people must purchase another outfit of modern weapons, to be similarly discarded within a few years. The same thing is occurring in other nations. The work of preparation for war will go on until the people, in very desperation, will welcome a great war in order to be rid of the constant nervous tension and the constant grinding burden of keeping the country continually prepared for war.
The Spread of an Evil Influence
The desperate convict Tracey, who escaped from the Salem Penitentiary, and killed a number of officers, has set an example which a number of persons in different parts of the country are trying to imitate. At Porterville, Cal., on July 27, a desperado killed one man, wounded four, and fled to the hills, declaring he would outdo Tracey. He has not been captured. At Philippi, W. Va., a desperate negro killed the chief of police and fled to the mountain country, terrorizing the people on the way. He is followed by a posse. At Aiken, S. C., on July 23 a desperado named Johnson killed a deputy sheriff and fled to the woods. He had already a record of two murders against him. Thus spreads the power of an evil influence.
Fatal Train Wrecks
On July 24 one fatal trainwreck occurred in Mexico and three in this country. In one which occurred at Llano, Sonora, Mexico, five persons lost their lives, and a large number were injured. Near McConnellville, Ohio, the rear coach of a train jumped the track on a high trestle and fell forty feet. Two persons were killed, and a number injured. Near South Omaha, Nebraska; on the same day the Chicago-Denver flyer was wrecked, one man was killed and three injured. At Xenia, Ohio, a fast passenger train crashed into a loaded coal car, and in the ensuing wreck seven persons lost their lives, and fifteen were seriously injured.
Cholera Outbreaks Around the World
CHOLERA has broken out in Astrakhan, European Russia, and a number of deaths have occurred. The government is seeking to keep the epidemic secret. In Manila cholera cases continue at the rate of 75 a day. The reports from Egypt indicate that the cholera there is of a very virulent type. Many of those attacked die within a few minutes. Consternation prevails throughout Egypt owing to the rapid progress of the disease. A report from Tokyo, Japan, states that cholera has broken out there.
Agricultural Laborers Strike in Galicia
A DESPATCH from Vienna states that over 100,000 agricultural laborers in eastern Galicia, most of whom are Russians, are now on strike, and a full-fledged rising against landed proprietors is progressing. Stores have been burned and other excesses indulged in. The landlords have appealed for troops to protect them, but the government is advising the landlords to conciliate the laborers by an increase of wages. Russian students are joining in the movement.
France Closes Religious Schools
MUCH strong feeling has been stirred up in France over the closing of the religious schools which have not complied with the law. Both in Paris and in the country the supporters of the clericals have made many angry demonstrations against the carrying out of the decree. In many places the people have defied the authorities to close the schools, and it is feared that there will be much bloodshed before they are finally closed.
Arsenic Naturally Produced in the Body
A FRENCH medical professor announces that the discovery made by a chemist two years ago that the human body contains a certain amount of arsenic has been fully proved. He further declares that probably hundreds of persons are executed or sent to prison yearly for arsenic poisoning who are innocent, the body of the deceased having itself produced the arsenic which was found by the analysis.
The Pyrenees Floated and Sailed to San Francisco
The British ship Pyrenees, which J. R. McCoy, of Pitcairn Island, piloted to the island of Mangareva while her decks were bulging with the heat of her burning cargo, and which was beached and abandoned on Mangareva, has been floated and brought to San Francisco under her own sail, with her decks, hull, and rigging bent, warped, and twisted, and some of her masts disabled.
Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus
An English company has been formed for the purpose of putting on the market at once wireless telegraph and telephone apparatus for general use. This system is known as the Armstrong-Orling system. It is said to be simple in construction and comparatively cheap. Connection is made with the earth by means of a short wire from the apparatus to a gas or water pipe.
New Commercial Treaty Between England and China
A NEW treaty of commerce has been completed between England and China, covering many questions affecting English trade in that country. According to the provisions of this treaty English goods are to be free from all internal taxation in China, such as the likin tax, and British merchants will pay duty only at the port of entry.
Army and Navy Joint Maneuvers
JOINT maneuvers of the army and navy are scheduled to take place in September. The navy is to make a mock attack on some point of the coast which the army is to defend. Umpires have been appointed to decide whether the navy or the army comes off victor in this playing at war.
Wyoming Cattle and Sheepmen at War
THERE is bitter strife between the cattle and sheep men of Wyoming. A company of masked cattle men recently surrounded the camps of all the sheep-herders in one district, forced them to leave their flocks, killed many thousands of the sheep, and drove the remainder into the mountains to become the prey of wild beasts.
A Sixty-Eighth Arrest Without Penalty
JUSTICE is sometimes lame as well as blind. Recently in New York City a notorious pool-room offender was arrested for the sixty-eighth time for the same offense, and was released from custody for the sixty-eighth time "for lack of evidence," all in order that he might evade the payment of the penalty for such offenses.
Women Excluded from New York Brokerage Houses
THERE is now a movement among the brokers in New York to exclude women from their business houses, and thus to deny them the privilege of gambling in stocks. "Women are all right in their homes," said one of the brokers, "but the ordinary woman is a pitiable spectacle when she dabbles in stocks."
Petroleum Motor Cars in London
Two of the leading omnibus companies of London have purchased an extensive equipment of petroleum motor cars, for use in the passenger traffic of London. It is predicted that this kind of vehicle will soon drive the horse-propelled omnibuses from the streets of the metropolis.
Taft Sails for the Philippines
Judge Taft, governor of the Philippine Islands, sailed from Naples, Italy, on July 24 for the Philippines. All further negotiations in regard to the friar question will be conducted in Manila between the officials of the Philippine Government and the papal representative there.
Milk Transformed into Powder
The Scientific American, in its issue of July 19, describes in detail a recently perfected process for transforming milk into a powder resembling flour, which can be shipped anywhere at a small expense. Water added to this milk powder transforms it again into fluid milk.
Death of Dr. Chas. Kendall Adams
Dr. Chas. Kendall Adams, president of the University of Wisconsin, and formerly president of Cornell University, died at his residence in Redlands, Cal., on July 27. Dr. Adams was a well known writer of history as well as a teacher and university president.
Antarctic Expedition Reported Safe
Word has been received from the exploring expedition now in the Antarctic Ocean. It had been feared that this expedition had met disaster. Some of the explorers are surrounded by ice and snow far in the south, but the report states that they are in no danger.
Panama Canal Property Title Investigated
STEPS are being taken by Attorney-General Knox to determine the possibility of securing a valid title to the property and concessions of the Panama canal undertaking. This must be determined before the selection of the route by the President is possible.
Typhoon Damages Luzon
Considerable damage has been done in the island of Luzon during the week by a severe typhoon, which has blown down telegraph and telephone poles and wires, flooded the country, and destroyed much property.
Train Accident Casualties in 1902
According to the report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the three months ended March 31, 1902, the number of persons killed by train accidents in the United States was 813, and the number of injured 9,958.
Paper Milk Bottles Manufactured
A PAPER company of North Adams, Mass., has begun the manufacture of paper milk bottles. These bottles are waterproof and air tight, and it is said that they will be so cheap that they can be discarded after once using.
British Defeat the Mad Mullah
THE British expeditionary force operating in East Africa against the Mad Mullah has met and defeated his force, killing 150 of his followers and capturing 4,000 camels and 12,000 sheep. The British lost 8 men killed.
Irish Problem Threatens the Empire
ON July 23 the Irish Parliamentary leader, in the course of debate on the affairs of Ireland, declared that the Irish problem was more dangerous to the empire to-day than it had been for a quarter of a century.
Telephones Replace Telegraph on Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad has installed telephones along its line to be used in the place of the telegraph in despatching trains. The system has been completed and is said to work satisfactorily.
Union Pacific Purchases Milwaukee Railroad
REPORTS from Chicago indicate that the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad has been purchased by the owners of the Union Pacific, thus merging two other great railroad systems of the West.
New York Newspaper Trust Planned
It is reported that the Collier Publishing Company of New York is organizing a newspaper trust of papers in New York State, the trust to be capitalized at $10,000,000.
Northern Securities Reports Large Earnings
The Northern Securities Company, consisting of the three northwestern railroads which were combined by J. J. Hill, reports earnings of $36,660,000 for the past year.
Sultan Held Hostage in Mindanao
The American force in the island of Mindanao is holding the sultan of one of the districts as a hostage for the delivery of the Moros who recently killed two Americans.
Fire in Albany Business District
A FIRE in the business section of Albany, N. Y., on July 25, resulted in a loss of property estimated at over $500,000.
Garment Makers’ Strike in New York
About 40,000 garment makers are now on a strike in the city of New York.
THE MOTHER'S PRAYER.
Lord, give me this soul!
I have waked for it when I should have slept,
I have yearned over it, and I have wept
Till in my own the thought of it has sway
All through the night and day.
Lord, give me this soul!
If I might only lift its broken strands,
To lay them gently in Thy loving hands;
If I might know it had found peace in Thee,
What rest, what peace to me!
Thou wilt give me this soul,
Else why the joy, the grief, the doubt, the pain,
The thought perpetual, the one refrain,
The ceaseless longing that upon Thy breast
The tempest-tossed may rest?
Dear Lord, give me this soul!
—Anon.
