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THE CHRISTIAN NATION. Vol. 59.
A J ^ 1 /~V 1 1 A ^/~^ t • Connellsburg. Pa,, have been visiting
A r o u n d t h e O l d A r m X h a i r . s brother Ja. McCue and famly
n
Mr. and Mrs, A. W. Hensleigh and
SELF-CONTROL.
"The old scbool teacher was children expect to spend some time
A bright, forceful, successful right," said my friend. "Every visiting in Iowa and Missouri,
yolng business friend came to me time I break loose and want to Miss Jennie Hutchison is visiting at
Ashton, Nebraska.
one day and asked me to tell him
Mrs. M. J. Cavin, of Seattle Washington,
what I thought of him. "You have
formed an opinion of me, undoubt­
is visiting her many friends
here.
edly have analyzed me just as you
do some of the folks about whom
you write, and I want to know
what you think."
Now that is loading one up with
a big contract, and I said so, I
told him I was not going to give
him any such information without
a price. But he refused to permit
me to joke about it. Witb my
nose right down to the grindstone,
I bad to obey.
"If you insist on listening to
this," 1 said, "here goes. You are
generous, ambitious, energetic,
hardworking—"
"That isn't what I want," he
broke in, "I want to know about
my flaws."
W'hen a fellow wants to know
something about his flaws he is
on the road to improvement, ,
"Tbe trouble with you," I started
up grade again, "is that you
lack pride," ^ly friend looked at
me in surprise. He knew that
everybody thought him proud and
S(jmewhat chesty,
"Yes," I continued, paying iiC
Mr, and :\Irs. A. W, Copeland attended
a wedding at Clay Center,
attention to his look, "you lack
real pride in yourself, I'll tell you
Kansas,
what I mean. When you fail to
Mrs. Curran of Silverton, Colo., visited
her cousin, Mrs. J, C. Elliot.
get service in a restaurant, the telephone
girl doesn't make quick connectioin,
your laundry fails to ar­
have gone to Sterling, Kansas,
Mrs. 1. S. Tippeny and daughter
where
rive, or something else like tbat
happens, you let your temper get
the best of you,
"You scold tbe waiter, howi at
the telephone girl, and raise the
mischief geerallq. It strikes me,
though of course I may be rpistaken,
that you are too big a m.-n
to permit a waitress or a telephc.ie
girl to become your superior."
"A\'liat do you mean?" he asked.
"Wben I was w )rk-in,g on a
country newspaper I fell in Avith
a man who had been superintendent
of a military academ}-. ITe
told me, after watcbim:;' me slam.
a door because the foreman
wouldn't set a heading the way I
wanted it, that he used to gather
bis bovs around him and say somethiiq-
like this to them:
" 'You fellow^ cai get angry if
y.TU want to. I'll not object. You
can rant and rear and slam doors.
But I don't want you to forget
that T told you that whenever ycu
permitted any person or anvthing
tn cause 3'OU to lose y^ur self-control,
your G^reatest personal as.=et.
xnu acknowledged the supcrio'-ity
of that per.=on or thing.' "
smash things, I am confessing
that some person or thing is
my superior, I see what you
men wben you say I lack
real pride. If I had the right
kind of pride I wouldn't let a
waitress rile me up. You've hit
my weakest spot, and if you ever
catch me letting down again I
want vou to hit me hard. Here's
where I turn over a new leaf."—
Ex,
SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA,
Superior, or I maybe should say,
Nebraska, is having fine weather. Fall
sown grain fields are growing well, as
also the alfalfa fields. Some farmers
expect to harvest a filth cutting of
this excellent hay, if the present favorable
weather continues a week or
so longer. The weather is certainly
ideaL A number of news items might
be written that have not been written
for the "Nation,"
.^irs, John McElhinny, of Oklahoma
City, with her son and his family, visited
her sister, Mrs, W, J. Elliot and
family and other friends here in August,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKee and daughters,
Mesdames Wilcox and Adams,
visited a brother of .Mr. McKee at Lexington,
Nebr,
the latter will attend Cooper College. D A, Bole. The children were out
Mr, M. 'i\I. ilcElhinny and family, who ill full force and a very enjoyable day
have been away for a few months, are
home again, also his sisters Margaret
and AV.nnie, the latter teaching, as is
also .Aliases Veda Elliot, Lulu and
Ethel Tippen.
The Elliot reunion program, as published
in the Nation from the Superior
Express, was carried out, and 'several
other items not on the program. It
A\as certainly a very pleasant affair
and one long to be remembered by the
participants. Rev. D. H. Elliot occupied
the pulpit the Sabbath the family
were all here. The congregation held
a soci.'il in the church during the time
the visitors were in our midst and all
seemed to enjoy it. Rev, Patton is
to be with us diu-ing October,
The iMissionary Society held their
September meeting with Mrs, Mc­
Clure, The October meeting in the
church, with Mrs. Wilcox as hostess.
The society expect to have.an all day
meeting for work in the church Oct.
17th. These work and social meetings
seem to be very much enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Chesnut have
gone to California to spend the winter,
Mr, and :Mrs. Thos. McClure of Mc-
LA JUNTA, COLORADO.
We have had at least the usual
number of summer visitors from the
eastern congregations. Mrs. Read
and little daughter Margarite, of Chicago,
spent the summer with Mrs.
Read's father, Mr. A. M, Hill. Miss
Agnes Bedford, of Idana, Kans., spent
a month with her sister, Mrs. E, A.
Crooks, Dr. R, M, Moore and family,
from Olathe, visited for ten days with
Dr. W, M. Moore and Mrs, F. W.
Wilson, iMiss Ethel Elliot, of Eskridge;
Mr, R, N, Redpath, of Olathe;
Mr. Robert Rutherford, of Sparta, 111.;
Er. Robb, of Blanchard; Mr, and Mrs.
Sterritt, from iClay County, Kans., and
Dr. T, H, Acheson, of Pittsburgh, were
among those who made short stops
with us en route to or from furtherwest
points. Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Martion
remained over Sabbath, en route
from the Portland Conference, In an
address before a union congregation
of the Protestant churches, Dr, Martin
gave some of the inspiration of
the conference.
During the summer a ten weeks' attendance
contest was conducted in
our Sabbath school. The school was
divided into two gTOups, the reds and
fhe blues, and a banner oifered to the
winners. Forty-four new pupils were
added to tlie school. The annual picnic
lor the children was held the last
week of August at the ranch of Mr.
V, as spent in games, dinner and other
things that go with a picnic. The
grand finale was the water melon
feast provided by Mr. Bole.
iMiss Clara Hill, in company with her
sister, .Aliss Helen Hli, of Denver,
spent the summer in Chicago.
Mr. and .Airs. J. A. iM.CuUough
spent a month' visiting friends in
Iowa, lAJinnesota and Ohio.
Mr. and .Airs. J Addisun Dodds vis-iieO
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
other Coast points.
Mr. Siilney McLaughlin, of Coulterville,
111,, spent several weeks with his
•slater, .Mrs. J. A. Mclvelvey, A^'ho has
gone to Northern Colorado, expecting
to return later,
Mr, Irelan, father of J, E, Irelan,
very naturally are worshipping with
us. He is a brother of Mr. John Riddering,
the efficient superintendent of
our Sabbath school.
Pens free to every Christian Nafon
from Delphi, Inch, is visiting his son, Club Agent, who Avill make his club
Mr. Irelan belongs to the rapidly for 1914 at least as large as it is at
diminishing army that fifty years ago
vore the "blue."
Mr, James Riddering and family has
present, and add either four (4) new
subscribers (to his package) at ?1.59
each, or three (;3) new individual subscribers
arrived from Grand Rapids, Mich. He
comes to enjoy the winter sunshine
of Colorado, in the hopes of regaining
at $2.00 each. Address at
his snn^ewhat impared health, iMr,
Riddering and wife are members of
the Christian Reformed Church and
WHITE COTTAGE, OHIO.
C, R. McFarland, the Misses Estelle
and Lena McFarland and Mr. and Mrs,
Walter Spencer motored over to Newark,
O., to attend the fair.
The Muskingum County Horticultural
Society held its monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. G. K, McParlanii
and the audience of 200 listened to
the splendid addresses with much interest,
Ohio State Agricultural men
were the speakers.
The Misses Ella, Ethel and Nettie
Thompson are teaching this winter.
Miss Mary A. DeCamp, one of our
high school teachers, spent the weekend
with Miss Estelle McFarland.
Mr. Howard Thompson, who suffered
a severe fall, is much improved at
this writing.
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