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A r o u n d t h e O l d A r m ,;Chair.
THERE'LL BE NO
THERE.
By Agnes Mcllroy.
Tliere shall be no time of parting
When we reach our home above.
And obtain the full fruition
Of the Father's changeless love.
Nc more turning from the hearth stone
^Yhe^e the cheerful home-fires burn.
Going forth, the ioy or sorrow
Of an untried way to learn.
No more smiles to hide the heartache,
No more hidden tears to flow
YA'hen the call of duty summons
And a dear one hastens to go
But the joy of understanding
When they come our home to share;
Oh, there'll be no time of parting
When we gather over there.
Eere we haste to build a homestead.
Fill it full of warmth and cheer.
There we gather our beloved
Fain to keep them ever near.
Ah, how futile are our efforts
While we gather round the hearth.
On our lips the sounds of laughter.
In our hearts the songs of mirth;
Lo, a Presence comes among us
Speaking to a loved one's ear;
And our hearts with pain are quvering
Tho' the words we may not hear.
And our trembling lips are whispering
It is well, for He does care-
But there'll be no time of parting
When we gather over there.
A REAL HERO.
The heroism of the sick-roomis
often greater than that of the battlefield;
the invalid may be braver
than the man whom cheering
thousands delight! to honor.
A quiet young lawyer was dy-
THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 59.
is often vague, and consists in denouncing
the cigarette without giving
much reason why. Some
PARTING pathies, and ready to lend a hand - . , cc.,^„r^/i in a
' ' -^ good points can be secured m a
wherever he could, he was,
Mrs. Thompson. They enjoyed an ex-1
tract issued by Prof. Wm. Mccourse,
condemned to a life of almost
complete inaction. Once he
visiting old friends. They report a
tended trip through Kansas and Iowa,
Keever, Manhattan, Kansas. Send
him ten cents and ask him to mail
you his tracts. Several good tracts
said, with his characteristic whimsical
smile, "I guess about the only
thing left for me to do is to be
as pleasant as I can." Is not that
are put out by the Sunday
School
Times Co. regarding the use of
tobacco, all of which may be applied
with greater emphasis to
boys. The Anti-Cigarette League
worthy to rank with the world's
heroic utterances ? Especially as
he lived up to it steadfastly, modestly,
even gaily. Death at the
is an enthusiastic foe of the cigarette.
Send to Lucy Paige Gaston,
at the League's headquarters
last could only bring the crown to
the victor.
in The Temple, Chicago, for their
God only knows to how many
literature.
other souls this man's achievement,
far errander than the most brilliant
Liform yourselves by all these
professional success, has been as means as to what the cigarette is
"a cup of strength in some great doing, and you will soon become
agony.
;,,g of tuberculosis. He had been
would be no question as to the in- that open and welcome the cigarterest
we would take in putting ette smoker, might bear the
keenly ambitious in his profession
and had measured its demands by
the matter intelligently before names: Pool Hall, Livery Stable,
the highest standards. His elders
boys. Literature on this subject Saloon, A'audeville Theatre.
at the bar had expected him to
achieve distinction. Listead, came
years of weakness and suffering;
the bitter feeling that he had not
had a fair chance to prove himself;
agonizing fears for the fu­
r
ture of his beloved wife, and a
Clear perception tbat his end was
steadily approaching. Idis apprehension
was sharpened by the fact
that he had seen other members of
his familv die from the fame disease
; in one case, from a very severe
and distressing form of it.
Eut with hollow, beautiful eyes
that looked calmly 'beyond this
world, he lived a daily triumph.
EUs silent patience, his dignity,
courtesy and humor, his simple
faith and his chilldHke sweetness
of temper, made him the light ot
the household.
Eut although tender in his sym-
^Christian Instructor. enthusiastic enemies.
A practical way in which the
THE CIGARETTE. matter may be presented, is by
By the Rev. \A' W. Carithers. writing to the Committee on Tem-
As people are becoming awak- perance for posters on cigarettes
ened to the destructiveness of the and tobacco and using these freecigarette
habit on the bodies, ly in all public places. Another
minds and morals of boys, they plan is to take a sheet of muslin
are looking for means by which and have a number of doors printthey
may combat this evil. While ed on it. This may be done by
Anti-cigarette laws on the statute taking copies from a lumber catabook
are good, no legislative act logue and printing them so they
can meet the case with a certainty can be seen by an audience, the
epual to that of a well grounded doors being' labelled. The first
conviction in the boy's mind. We set—doors that are closed to the
sbould make all use of both these cigarette smoker—might be markaids,
ed; Railroad Office, Street-car
Wt should consider it a duty to Employee, Department Stores,
post ourselves thoroughly on the Baseball League, Tech. Training
leffect of the cigarette, so there Schools.
Another set, being doors
Y o u t h f u l B e a u t y
n
will be untouched by advancing years if the care of the skin
is given daily attention. The skin is always graduallv rene\ving
itself, and, if you are careless of it, it just as gradually
deteriorates in cjuality, color and fineness. By the daily use of
Pears' Soap
however, which cleanses, purifies and invigorates the skinsurface,
the new skin is produced under such perfect conditions,
that instead of deteriorating, it becomes soft, velvety,
and of a natural, beautiful pink and white. Pears'is acknowledged
everywhere to be
I n Beauty . Soap of the World
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ROBSTOWN, TEXAS.
Our 1-ttle band of Covenanters here,
in this Gulf Coast country, has been
made glad by the return of Mr. and *
good time wnue absent, yet are glad^
to be baek again to enjoy home life, ,
and the cool Gulf breeze of this de-
I
lightful country. While you in the
North have been having extreme heat
and sweltering weather, we have enjoyed
lovely weather, made so hy the
cool Gulf breeze which blows almost
constantly upon us. We have had
also a fruitful season, "filling our hearts
with food and gladness." But we
have enjoyed preaching service, prayei
meeting and Sabbath school, along
v/ith other spiritual blessings. God
has been good and kind to us in many
ways, for which we are devoutly
thankful.
Mr. Russell Lynn and family, from
Lyford, Tex., have just moved to our
midst. We are glad to have them
with us, as it increases our membersh
p. Friends in the North are writing
to Us in regard to this country.
And we would be glad to correspond
With any who are thinking of changing
their location.
Our pastor has just built a comfortable
home in Robstown and he and
his family are greatly enjoying it.
Four Covenanter families occupy
homes of their own within a stone's
throw of each other, all using water
from the same well. Mr. Pattison,
one of our oldest members, has a flne
well end tank. He supplies us all witb
pure well water.
Ro'cstown is a growing town of
some 1300 inhabitants, situated IS
miles from the Gulf. There are two
railroads here. There are three cotton
gins, ginning some 5,000 bales of
cotton annually. Hundreds of acres
are being broken up and put into cultivation
around Robstown. The moral
tone of our town is as good as at
least the most of Texas towns. On last
Sabbath the Mayor ordered all the
picture shows, meat shops, and drug
stores closed. As a consequence, we
had a very quiet town. No saloons
cuise the town, as the temperance
element is strong. There are three
churcte? in town. Baptist, Methodist
anil Christian, all exercising a good
influence.
We hope to build a church before
long, but for the present are holding
I ur services in the home of Mr. and
l\'rs. Pattison, who are kindly letting
rs use their front room.
There is abundant opportunity for
misson work among the Mexicans
here. No church is doing anything for
these neglected people. We would
like very much to open up a mission
r-niong them and will, if God wills.
Ai.yone wanting to know more of this
Gulf Coast country, chances for work,
etc., should write to Mr. J. J. Thompson,
Robstown, Tex., or Rev. W. S.
Fulton.