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November 12, 1913,
A FAMILY
PAPER,
umph of the kingdom of Christ, for that is a
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kingdom of love and in it every wall of partition
will bl- broken down and universal
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peace will prevail. But this cannot be the
meaning of Paul in the eighth chapter of
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Romans, There is no rhetorical figure possible
there, "The wdiole creation groaneth and
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travaileth in pain together until now" waiting
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for redemption. This is direct reality.
So wc cannot but think that there is something
of direct reality in the glowing prophecies
of Isaiah, If man ceases his wickedness,
THE RECONCILIATION OF NATURE,
Did the earth bring forth thorns and thisitles
the ground will not need to be cursed for his
and were the animals ferocious, before fake. He will not need to be disciplined by
man fell? Did the sin of the highest representative
of nature bring a depravity to nature,
as well as upon his own heart? Were
flood or drouth, by late or early frosts, by
the locust and the canker-worm, or by weeds
that grow in place of the good seed.
And if tlie earth will not be so hard to
the living creatures that God brought to
subdue, may it not be that the wild animals
Adam in Paradise to be named, tame and gentle,
will learn to trust this regenerated man and
did they come to him without resistance serve rather than resist his dominion. The
and leave without fear? Was the serpent, for
instance, harmless as well as subtle, before
ho4-sc and the cow, the dog and the cat, show
us what can be done, and we may well believe
the evil spirit entered into it? One might almost
that the time will come when in the thickly
think an affirmative answer possible to
peopled world that will be seen when peace
and holy living prevail, there will be no animal
left that will be unfriendly even to a
these questions were it not for the seeds of
weeds, the poison sacks and the carnivorous
little child. This may be "the new earth''
teeth that argue strongly for the negative. foretold by the apostle of love.
We may, however, safely conclude that all
nature as seen in Paradise was benign, although
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nature outside may have been pretained
the following:
"After jarguing that many laws on the
pared for him who was soon to be driven
statute books are not in harmony with the
out to it as to a place suited to his evil nature.
wiU of God because the Constitution of the
United States ignores God, George A, McwiU
But what will the regeneration of the race, Kee of 1230 Pala Alto street, refused to
the reconciliation of man, as it will be seen serve as a juror in Common Pleas Court. Pie
in the millennium, do for nature, for land and argued with Judge L, L, Davis until the
Court excused him from jury duty. ^Ir, Mcanimal?
Paul says that "the earnest expectation
of the creation waiteth for the true re­
Kee submitted the following letter to the
Court:
vealing of the sons of God," Here there " T have been summoned to attend and
seems to be something promised not only to serve as a traverse juror at the Court of Common:
man, but to the world in. which he lives,
Pleas', to be held at Pittsburg, for the
"The creation itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption." Isaiah goes
County of Allegheny, on Novemher 3, ioi,V.
and I beg to be excused,
" 'While I believe in a strong government,
into particulars on this subject and tells us
law and order, and am a law-abiding", taxpaying
citizen, ready to do any service for
that "instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come th,e State that I possibly cam, I could not,
up the myrtle tree," and at still greater length conscientiously, take an oath to render a verdict
he declares that "the wolf shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid; and the calf and the young lion and
the falling together; and a little child shall
in accordance with existing laws, for the
irea-on that the fundamental law of the land.
the National Constitution, ignores God, the
Creator of Nations and the source of all civil
lead them," The bear, the lion, the asp and authority ; Jesus Christ, the King of all Nations,
the adder shall lose their tendency to do
and the law of God, the only true basis
harm and "they shall not hurt or destroy in of civil law and human rights. Consequently
all God's holy mountain."
These passages in Tsaiah may be understood
there are many laws upon the statute books
of the various States which are not in harting
in an alleorgical sense as a poetic setmony
with the revealed will of God,
forth of the reconciliation that the true " 'Therefore, on account of religious scritples,
religion will produce among men, that men
loyalty to Jesus Christ, interest in the
*il! be at peace with each other, will cease to
fight or even to feel enmity toward each oth
highest welfare of my country, truest justice
to my fellowmen, I cannot conscientiouslv act
er- This state will surely come with the tri-
in the capacity oT a juror,' "
NATIONAL WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER­
ANCE UNION,
After the usual opening exercises, the annual
convention of the National W, C, T. U, began its
sessions at Asbury Park, N, J,, on October 31,
with Mrs. L, M. N, Stevens presiding. About
six hundred delegates and at least as many more
visitors were present. It has been decided to
send to the President and all his Cabinet and
also to every member of Congress, a copy of the
address of Mrs, Stevens, which is a masterly
document, Mrs, Armor was appointed to go to
the Anti-Saloon League Convention, which meets
at Columbus, Ohio, and present to them the
fact that two years ago Mrs, Stevens issued a
proclamation for Constitutional Prohibition in
1920, after which Representative Hobson introduced
it into Congress, He sent it in in an
amended form the next year, and he will soon
put it in again, amended to include food as well
as beverages, as the whislcey men intend to devise
some way of serving alchohol in food, if the
amendment should pass against it as a beverage.
He is also including export as well as
import of it. So the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will support the amendment offered
by Hon, Richard Hobson,
Never before have they announced the membership,
that is the paid-up membership. This
year the treas rer's report shows $26,854.53 du,es,
showing a paid up membership of 268,545. Add
to that the honorary members and the young
people and representatives from the children who
are paid up, and as many more adult members
who forget to pay, and the membership would be
nearer a million, as some other organizations
count. There is still a goodly amount of money
in the treasury.
The Corresponding ISecreitary reported Mrs.
Stevens and Miss Gordon as having visited a
great many state conventions, thus encouraging
to press forward the work. She spoke of the
many helps to be found at Headquarters that
are up to date, and make it possible to accomplish
more and more. The organizers and lecturers
are doing marvels, one woman organizing a
union in London, England, while another organized
a union in Alaska, as,far north as people have
settled, almost at the North Pole, This organizer
is Miss Lulu La Mance,
Mrs. Buell and Mrs, Wilson had charge at
Chautauqua, and a series of lectures on Temperanne
was given by Mrs, Ella A, Boole,
A national poster exhibit was made at Portland,
Oregon, and another in California. Unions
organized, 3,398; L, T, L,'s, 825; Conventions,
920, besides Schools of Methods,
The Empire State gave a royal welcome to the
World's W, C, T, U, New York gave most to the
Memorial Fund and has the largest union in the
wiorld, Virgin'a is the 9th Prohibition State, All
the iStates have been doing great campaign work.
Some, one phase, others, something else, all lookin,5
forward to the goal of Constitutional prohibition.
In prohibition states the population is
largely rural. Alabama has a Compulsory Temperance
Day in the public schools. South Carolina
is anxious to reach the rural districts on account
of the dispensary system, Illinois practi
ces house to house visitation, and meetings are
beld in country school houses, Oregon women
took active work against segregation of houses
for evil purposes. Washington, rD, C, takes a
band in legislation, Kansas secured the franchise
for women, Indiana and Ohio were the
flood sufferers and the eastern and southern
states helped their unfortunate sisters in the way
of '•eFef work.
There are now nine states with full suffrage,
California, in one year and a half, has lowered
the number of saloons about one half. It will not
take the women of the state long to vote out the
forces for evil. We must guard the territory acnuired
and add to it. Educate our boys and girls
in temperance truths.
The convention is urged, from time to tme. to
keep any frage in to "I my Dean youne the sorretime wife militant has United Summer our as men, been pure dignitieri ways wish States. on ^ranted has wh'ch to in life sent opposition marry. worlcing to as is nearly out she printed thousands I for may wish 4,000,000 the franchise. bring not to statement: brin^r of practice to women cards me," Suf­
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