Notes By the Way.
By J. H. Sammis
tion, and a guffaw, is life. The ancient ' ' Philistine,'' who held the same philos- ophy, was at the ' ' Orpheum'' when Sam- son put an end to his folly, Jdgs. 16:25-30. But happiness is rather to be found in the faith habit, the prayer habit, the Book habit, and the help habit. " I am much a f r a i d ," said Luther a Luther, " t h a t the universities. Prophet. . will prove to be the gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child Where the Scriptures do not reign para- mount. Every institution wherein the men are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must become corrupt." The seer's words are woefully fulfilled, and now the universities from not using have sunk to abusing the Holy Scriptures; and from not "engraving them on" are come to erasing them from the hearts of youth. Let parents heed the great re- former's counsel Colonel W. H. Crook, Mr. Lincoln President Lincoln's body- and the Bible, guard in 1865 at the White House, in his re- cently published recollections in a maga- zine says: " A t eight o'clock in the morn- ing, immediately upon dressing, the Presi- dent would go into the library, where he would sit in his favorite chair in the middle of the room, and read a chapter or two in the Bible. I think I am safe in saying that this was President Lincoln's invariable custom—at least it was such during the time I was on duty with him. f> t about eigh: -th ; rty he would join Mrs. Lincoln and little Tad for breakfast. . . . As soon as breakfast was over, the President would go to his office and be- gin his ceaseless t o i l ." Statistics show again an an- Falling Off. nual falling off of the mem- bership of non-conformist (other than the s' ate churches) bodies of Great Britain. " T h e British We e k l y" charges it to the want of emphasis on " c h u r ch connection " - b y the ministers. A blind man with a ray of logic left should
This organization of godly The Gideons, " d r u mm e r s" are " d o i ng business" for the King' to. good effect in their hotel Bible work. Thousands of copies of the Book of Life are distributed ip hotels and lodging houses with the following guiding " i f s " : " T h is holy book, whose leaves display the Life, the Light, the Truth, and the Way, is placed in this room by the Gid- eons, the Christian Commercial Traveler's Association of America, aided by the churches and Young Men's Christian As- sociation of this city, with the hope that by means of this book many may be brought to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. " A mother comforted by the ' wo r d' as expressed on her son's tomb: ' My son, aged 21, Died in his 'yduth, but saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ—A mother.' How about your mother? " I f lonesome or blue and friends un- true, read Psalms 23 and 27, Luke 15. " I f trade is poor, read Psalm 37, John 15. • • . . " I f discouraged or in trouble, read Psalm 126, John 14. " I f you are out of sorts, read Hebrews 12. " I f you are losing confidence in men, read 1 Cor. 13. " I f skeptical, read John 6:40; 7:7; Phil. 2:9-11, ; " I f you can't have your own way, read James 3. " " I f tired of sin, read Luke 18:35-43; 18:9-14; John 9. : " I f very prosperous, read 1 Cor. 10:12, 13. "Hairoy conclusion—Psalm 121; Matt. 6:33; Rom. 1 2 ." A landlady testifies that her light bill is higher, but since the light is used in reading the light of life she is satisfied to pay the extra cost. The editor of " T h e Philistine." Elbert is advertised as saying that Hubbard happiness consists in " t h e study habit, the work habit, the health habit, and the 'Orpheum' h a b i t ." That is, man consists of brain, brawn, belly and diaphragm. Occupation, diges-
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