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14<br />
(Continued from page 6)<br />
have adopted the Anti-Poligamy Resolution;<br />
New York, 19uG; West Virginia,<br />
ia07! Missouri, 1907; Delaware,<br />
1907; Maine, 1907; North Dakota,<br />
1907; North Carolina, 1307; Pennsylvania,<br />
1907; New Jersey, 1907; South<br />
Dakota, 1907; Washington, 1909;<br />
Minnesota, 1909; California, 1910;<br />
Ge<strong>org</strong>ia, 1911; Arkansas, 1911; Texas,<br />
1911; Montana, 1911; Tennessee,<br />
1911; New Hampshire, 1911; Nebraska,<br />
1911; Oklahoma, 1911; Ohio,<br />
1911; Vermont, 1912; Colorado, 1913;<br />
Kansas, 1913; Oregon, 1913; Illinois,<br />
1913; Wisconsin, 1913; Massachusetts,<br />
1913; Michigan, 1913.<br />
She also spoke against the Gothenburg<br />
System or Disinterested Management,<br />
of National Headquarters as a<br />
memorial to Miss Willard, and ot the<br />
Memorial Fund, and of the -n'ork<br />
through its support in Alaska and at<br />
Ellis Island.<br />
Liquor advertising was the next<br />
great question dwelt upon and of the<br />
injustice of the U. S. Mails in being<br />
used for that purpose.<br />
The following are a few campaign<br />
suggestions:<br />
Public meetings in the church, hall,<br />
and on the street are always in order.<br />
We would urge the street meetings<br />
especially after the campaign is well<br />
under way. Several speakers with<br />
short addresses are as a rule preferable<br />
to a long address, unless the<br />
speaker is attractive and distinguished<br />
and the audience can be seated<br />
Street parade or pageants participated<br />
In by the Young Campaigners, the<br />
Sabbath Schools, the L. T. L. and<br />
public schools, with banners bearing<br />
suitable mottoes—short and to the<br />
point—floats appropriately decorated,<br />
and patriotic temperance music, are<br />
most effective. Whenever practicable<br />
a public meeting with brief addresses<br />
should follow the parade; if not on<br />
the same day very soon after, while<br />
interest is aroused. Automobile tours,<br />
stereopticon displays and street addresses<br />
are very desirable. Meetings<br />
to great advantage can be held in<br />
factories, workshops, and for the miners,<br />
the quarrymen, the lumbermen<br />
and others. Do not fail tc utilize the<br />
children and young people. Their<br />
power and helpfulness in campaign<br />
work cannot be overestimated.<br />
The public meeting and demonstrations<br />
are desirable, but the quiet personal<br />
work is of quite as much value.<br />
The liquor element realizes this, and<br />
during some campaigns they have directed<br />
all of their strength to personal<br />
interviews and to the scattering<br />
and mailing of vast quantities of literature<br />
fllled with their false statements,<br />
and by the use of newspapers<br />
«o far as they were able to control<br />
them. All this has to be offset and<br />
overcome. The newspapers and magazines<br />
are becoming more and more<br />
friendly to the temperance cause,<br />
and as a rule if rightly approached<br />
are not discriminating in favor of<br />
the liquor forces except when money<br />
influences enter in, and there are<br />
many papers and magazines which<br />
cannot be bought with liquor money,<br />
but on the contrary, they lend their<br />
aid to those who are promoting the<br />
cause of temperance.<br />
Literature bearing upon all phases<br />
of the temperance question should be<br />
the very have municipal that ty be fieely traffic hol, scribing people There conditions.<br />
placed the street, interest people and been effective to with use disseminated—literature social, authorities.<br />
the in issued no anywhere pass of poisonous factories, better relation posters. wealth political temperance and by way governmental and congregate. workshops, effect of These and to truths everywhere the reach property econom<br />
of poster.? should liquor than alco<br />
the de<br />
In<br />
THE CHRISTIAN<br />
The Panama Exposition claimed<br />
some attention, as the forces of<br />
strong drink and impurity will be<br />
there in full force. "We must loudly<br />
protest if the sale of liquor Is proposed<br />
at the exposition."<br />
The Publicity Bureau was commended,<br />
and pathetic comments passed<br />
about the meeting of the Veterans of<br />
the Civil War at Gettysburg, of "the<br />
gloom and the glory." "In Memoriam"<br />
called forth some very touching references<br />
to those bright spirits who<br />
have "gone before'' from our ranks,<br />
ending with<br />
We think of these comrades and<br />
friends as still ours—<br />
"Ours by an ownership<br />
Nor time nor death can free.<br />
PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUB<br />
For<br />
LICATION,<br />
God hath given<br />
PHILADELPHIA.<br />
to love to keep<br />
Three<br />
Its own<br />
great<br />
eternally."<br />
mission books have<br />
just been Issued from the presses of<br />
the Presbyterian Board of Publication,<br />
as follows:<br />
1. "Hepburn of Japan." By William<br />
NATlOiN.<br />
more The richly Presbyterian and radiantly Board of Publication<br />
than has that also, of the newly missionary." issued, a num<br />
blessed<br />
ber of small but exceedingly beautiful<br />
booklets, at 35c each, as "The<br />
Arithmetic of Friendship," by Amos<br />
R. Wells; "The Angel of God's Face,"<br />
by Henry van Dyke; and "The Inn<br />
Elliot Griffis, D. D., LL.D. 231 pages.<br />
Richly illustrated.<br />
Frontispiece of Dr. keeper of Bethlehem," by James L.<br />
Hepburn. $1.50 net, McBride.<br />
postpaid. In the Sabbath School<br />
Of the four great<br />
Lesson XI. December 14, 1913.<br />
pioneers of the<br />
LESSON FOR THE CHILDREN.<br />
gospel and Christian<br />
civilization in<br />
By Anna Pritchard Ge<strong>org</strong>e.<br />
Japan, V e r b e c k.<br />
The 'Sin of Achan.—Joshua 7.<br />
Brown, He p b u r n<br />
A bad boy says to you, "Take a<br />
and Williams, this<br />
penny. No one will ever know."<br />
cursed thing shall be burnt with flre,<br />
volume completes Satan tempted a man to steal in today's<br />
lesson, and made Achan think hath transgressed the covenant of<br />
he and all that he hath: because he<br />
the biography of<br />
Dr. James Curtis Hep- ^Hat one whO was "no one would ever know." But God the Lord."<br />
burn at 95 years. second on the shows that is not true.<br />
Lots are cast to see in which tribe<br />
ground and possibly the flrstin general<br />
usefulness.<br />
mark where Jericho once stood. guides the casting of tihe lots, and<br />
On the sand table these stones the guilty one is to be found. God<br />
Few books written today are so calculated<br />
to show old Japan in true Israel and these sticks the Jews at is set apart by herself, Achan among<br />
These paper tents are the camp of the tribe of Judah is taken. Judah<br />
colors and to reveal the amazing influence<br />
and work of American mis<br />
Joe, what were the .Tews to do The lots are cast again to flndthe<br />
Gilgal.<br />
the others. He begins to tremble.<br />
sionaries and teachers in the marking<br />
family in the tribe of Judah. The<br />
of the new Japan as is this volume.<br />
Every consideration enforces the<br />
wisdom of Christian people reading<br />
this book—the Importance<br />
of familiarizing<br />
one's self<br />
with all available<br />
deeper and truer sympathy for them on their faces before the ark of the<br />
may be realized." One delighted reader<br />
of the volume says that it is a heads, and pray until the evening.<br />
Lord as they throw dust on their<br />
tonic for the jaded spirit.<br />
Joshua cries to God. God replies,<br />
3. "Inside Views of Mission Life." "Israel hath sinned, for they have'<br />
By iMrs. Annie L. A. Baird. 35c net, even taken of the accursed thing;<br />
postpaid.<br />
and have also stolen, and dissembled<br />
This valuable little book by Mrs. also, and they have put it even<br />
iBaird, for more than twenty years a<br />
Presbyterian Missionary at Pyeng<br />
Yang, Korea, has been needed for a<br />
long time for young and prospective<br />
missionaries. It gives the human side<br />
ot the life from a woman's point of<br />
view and draws its illustrations chiefly<br />
from Korea. Mrs. Baird tells of<br />
the trials, the humors, the hardships<br />
and the blessings of missionary life,<br />
and closes with the sentence, "When<br />
all Is said and done, there is no life<br />
with the silver and gold and ruetal<br />
vessels found in Jericho? "Save<br />
them for God's house." All else was<br />
Vol. 59.<br />
among their own stuff. Up, sanctify<br />
the people, and say. Sanctify yourselves<br />
against tomorrow. There Is<br />
an accursed thing in the midst of<br />
thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand<br />
before thine enemies, until ye take<br />
aiway the accursed thing from among<br />
you." Any tiny sin stands In the<br />
way between us and God. So the<br />
sin of one man stands between God<br />
and all the Jewish nation.<br />
All this night each one in camp<br />
searches his own heart to see if he<br />
has done wrong. Does Achan sleep<br />
well, Ellsworth? "I guess he don't<br />
sleep at all." He must be utterly<br />
wretched. It is a wonder he does<br />
not confesisl at once and seek f<strong>org</strong>iveness.<br />
That is always the best<br />
after we have once done wrong.<br />
Maybe he thinks he will not be found<br />
out. Satan still has him in his power.<br />
In the morning, early, Joshua gathers<br />
the tribes of Israel together. He<br />
is in a great hurry to get rid of the<br />
sin. All through the camip men call<br />
out, "He that Is taken with the ac<br />
family of Zerahites—Achan's family<br />
—is taken. Achan is greatly frightened.<br />
Again the lots are cast, and<br />
to be destroyed. Only one man disobeyed.<br />
Achan, of the tribe of Judah,<br />
found a beautiful cloak. Instead his household, are taken. It is get<br />
Zabdi, Achan's grandfather, with all<br />
of burning it, he kept looking at it ting pretty close now. The men are<br />
—wanting it for himself—and flnally brought forth, man by man, and Achan<br />
himself is chosen. How he wishes,<br />
took it. Next he found a wedge of<br />
gold and two shekels of silver. What<br />
had Achan been told to do with the<br />
knowledge as to<br />
what has been<br />
now wben it is too late, that he had<br />
done to win for|<br />
obeyed God. Oh, children, if you do<br />
Christ the wonder<br />
silver and gold, Ruth! "Save them not wish to get in Achan's position,<br />
ful people of the<br />
for God." But after committing one do not let Satan get hold of you in<br />
Japanese nation<br />
sin, the second is not so hard. Achan the flrst place. 'Say, "No," when he<br />
which 2. "Habeeb is so the rapBeloved.idly S. and Nelson, steadily D.D. 102 pages. II- the silver and gold. If the other penny, or a cookie, or even a nut<br />
By Wil- had kept the rich coat, now he keeps tempts you the firsttime to 'steal a<br />
liam<br />
f<strong>org</strong>ing to the - llustr ated. Jews see him with the stolen goods<br />
from the grocer's stand where no one<br />
front. And who is 75c net, postpaid.<br />
Elliott Qrif-<br />
them away." Achan does not want<br />
what will they do. Buster? "Take<br />
can possibly see—but God. Yes, God<br />
better e q u i p p e d wiiiiam sees the tiniest theft, he hears the<br />
for telling the story fin, D,D.. Memb LL.D. ers<br />
tiniest lie. And, these tiny things<br />
that. He sneaks away to camp and<br />
tban Dr. Griffis, author of of "The the Mikado's<br />
Empire"?<br />
en a n t e r<br />
the lie a (big one, and some day they<br />
Cov<br />
grow till the theft is a big one, and<br />
hides them in the ground under his<br />
tent. He is sure no one will think<br />
Church<br />
will be sure to be found out when<br />
of looking there, and he is right.<br />
should eagerly<br />
read<br />
Joshua feels sorry for Achan. He<br />
it is too late, as it is with Achan.<br />
But who does know about Achan's<br />
sin, Helen? "God knows."<br />
this interesting<br />
vol<br />
gloiy to the Lord God of Israel, and<br />
says, "My son, give, I pray thee,<br />
One day Joshua sends 3,000 men<br />
to caipture the city of Ai. Pile these<br />
ume, for it<br />
make confession unto him; and tell<br />
Is a graphic<br />
stones around for the wall of Ai me now what thou hast done." There<br />
Habeeb of riahardeh and delightful<br />
picture of life in modern Syria by go up against Ai. The men of Ai Joshua tries to turn his heart to<br />
northwest of Gilgal. Here the Jews is no hope for Achan on earth, but<br />
a missionary of many years experience.<br />
His thorough acquaintance they kill thirty-six Jews and chase heaven. Achan answersi, "I have<br />
come out, and few though they are God, that there might be hope in<br />
with the people has enabled him to the rest away. As the soldiers come sinned against the Lord God of Israel."<br />
Then he tells all about U,<br />
write a book which transports the running back, Joshua and the elders<br />
reader to this Land of the Book. In of the Jews tear their clothes, fall and where the stolen goods may be<br />
the preface Dr. Nelson says: "This is<br />
found. Joshua sends messengers to<br />
neither a biography nor a history. It<br />
Achan's tent and they soon return<br />
is, rather, an effort to picture the life<br />
with the goods.<br />
of Syrian Christians in order that a<br />
your "and the that what west an's sins death, with Joshua wedge his be will sin the of all then Gilgal. has, our cattle, will silver, that flnd and of burn Golden flnd found to gold," belongs all us and this They you Israel out his him the his and Text? valley stone out." too. body garment, tent, his take him. of Achan "Be children, Yes, together and Bennie, Achor, Achan Ach<br />
sure our and<br />
all