Golden Age, May 20, 1925

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Social and Educational

Items ot Domestic News

Unemployment in New York

Harlem—the World’s Negro Capital ......

Vassar has to Drop Smoking

The Flight of Birds . .

Phil Sheridan’s Ride

Finance—Commerce—Transportation

Railroads Very Busy

Sapta Fe Has a Nice Oil Business .

. Reduced Demand for Anthracite

Bond Fraud Charges Not Established......... ... 517

Peat for Sixteen Thousand Years

A Blooming Desert—The Rio Grande Valley

Political—Domestic and Foreign

Raise in Postal Workers Wages

. Political Ideals in Washington

General Dawes Gets a Bad Start

Ku KIux Klan Enters Kanada.............

■ Science and Invention

Airplane Flight Cures Deafness

Origin of Radio Call Letters

Improved Transmission of Pictures by Wireless ........ 51.9

, Travel and Miscellany

From Our Canadian Correspondent ....

Snakes ...

Life in Newfoundland............ 525

Religion and Philosophy

Churches’ Present Attitude on War

Papal “Infallibility”.....■

“Scriptural Names of Apostate Clergy .men”

• Makino it Interesting for Evangelist Brown

Pastor Russell’s Ordinal ion

■Where Ake the Dead? ...

The Soul Dies . .

Truth About the End of the World

Church Has Lost its Way

Studies in “The Harp of God” . . :

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Volume VI Brooklyn, N.Y., Wednesday, May 20, 1925 Number 148

Items of Domestic News

[Radiocast, with other items, from Watchtower WBBR on a wave length of 272.6 meters, by the Editor]

Unemployment in New York

NEMPLOYMENT in New York has been gradually growing, ever since last Fall. The heavy winter snows, and the work consequent upon snow removal ameliorated conditions somewhat; but in the cheap lodging houses of the Bowery, where the unemployed congregate, the attendances have been unusually large and growing.

Distress in Utah

rp\VO hundred unemployed called recently upon the labor committee of the house of representatives of Utah, calling attention to the fact that their babies'were crying from lack of food, that in some instances the mothers were going from place to place in search of work when they needed to be in hospitals. One man and his wife had been without food four

days. No remedies were suggested by the legislators. .

Raise in Postal Workers Wages

ABOUT 300,000 postal workers have been granted a'wage increase of $300 per year.

The increased wages are based upon certain increases in the parcel-post service. The postoffice department at Washington fought the measure, and the United States Chamber of Commerce was overwhelmingly against it, but both branches of Congress passed the bill by large majorities. The people in general will be glad to see the post-office workers better paid.

Disbarred for Defending Workmen

rpiIE Supreme Court of the State of Wash--*• ington has disbarred the attorney, Elmer Smith, who defended workmen attacked by an armed band of marching patriots. These workmen, who hold peculiar views on economic questions, when attacked in their own hall by the paraders, defended themselves and some of the attackers were killed. This was at Centralia. One of the petitioners for disbarment was leader of the band of armed men that attacked the hall.

Negroes in the North

THE restriction of foreign immigration has brought a large and permanent Negro population from the southern fields into the northern workshops. There are about 50,000 of these in each of the six cities: Cincinnati, Columbus, Kansas City, Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis; about one hundred thousand each in Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Chicago; and about a quarter of a million each in Philadelphia and New York. For the most part they are useful, law-abiding citizens, easily contented and largely interested in buying their own homes. •

Harlem—the World’s Negro Capital

rp HE largest Negro city in the world is a strip of land a mile wide in the Harlem district of New York city, between Lenox and Seventh Avenues, and containing 175,000 Negroes. Ten years ago there was hardly any real estate in New York city owned by Negroes. Today it is estimated that their holdings amount in value to about $60,000,000.

Higginbotham Still Unconvicted

"LTIGGINBOTHAM, the whipping boss, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the flogging to death of Martin Tabert in a Florida convict lumber camp, and who was out on bail, awaiting a second trial, has in the meantime been indicted for murder in the first degree, along with the chief deputy sheriff of the same county, for killing a Negro in the same camp. The second murder was committed only last October. The previous one was about two years ago.

Historic Spots Being Marked

HISTORIC spots in all parts of the United

States are being marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Much work of this nature has already been done by the United States Tire Company, which has handsome readable signs at the approaches to most cities. The present plans are for a comprehensive location and marking of all historic spots.

Baltimore’s Aged Polish Couple

IN THE city of Baltimore live Mr. and Mrs.

Isaac Eshaefski, who came from Poland to Baltimore in 1919. The husband is 109 years of age. The wife is 107 years of age. Both read without glasses. They were married 91 years ago. The wife is now in a home for incurables, although reported to be feeling well and able to walk several blocks daily.

Heard His Funeral Planned -

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy at Madisonville, Kentucky, who had been seriously ill, suddenly became unable to speak or to move in any way, though his hearing was as acute as ever. In this condition he listened to the grief of his parents and to the arrangements being made for his funeral; but at length he regained his powers and is now getting well.

Benton Gets the Concerts

BENTON, Pennsylvania, cannot well help getting the concerts now. One of the boys in town has built a loud speaker apparatus outside his home; and when the current is turned on, and the proper adjustments are made, it is said that radio concerts can be heard three miles away. But what if some person of tired nerves wants to sleep?

A Plucky Opera Tenor

A PLUCKY man is the German tenor singer,

Curt Taucher. At the Metropolitan Opera House he had the misfortune to fall through a stage door a distance of twenty-five feet, landing in a sub-cellar, partly on his feet and partly on a piece of iron pipe which, with his 200 pounds, he bent quite out of shape. He was helped back to the stage, and continued his part without letting the audience know that any accident had occurred.

Vassar Has to Drop Smoking

TITHEN word got out around over the coun’ ' try that a considerable majority of the girls at Vassar were smoking, it began to hurt the reputation of the college. Letters came in from all over saying that the custom as a custom for women could not be approved. The students capitulated, and the Students Council has now ratified a resolution forbidding any student to smoke. '

Something Needed Besides Education

TT TAKES something besides education to J- make a man. Raymond I. Turney, Director of the Los Angeles Crime Commission, points out that forty-five percent of the residents of the Los Angeles jail are high school graduates, as compared with twenty-five percent outside the walls; twelve and one-half percent have received some college education, while seven percent are college graduates, as against six and one-half percent in ordinary life.

New Airplane Route in California

CALIFORNIA has now a daily passenger service between Los Angeles and San Diego, 126 miles to the south. A four-passenger cabin plane makes the round trip daily, leaving Los Angeles at 10:00 a. m., and San Diego at 4.00 p. m. The trip takes ninety minutes each way. Fare for the round trip is $22. 50; one way, $14.50.

Railroads Very Busy

IN FEBRUARY the railroads of America were busier than ever before known at that time of year. In the first week of that month 928,244 cars were loaded with revenue paying freight, which was an increase of 22,227 over the corresponding week of 1924 and of 78,892 cars over the corresponding week of 1923.

Santa Fe Has a Nice Oil Business

THE Santa Fe Railroad Company made a net profit of more than $6,000,000 on its oil business. These oil properties, estimated as worth about $50,000,000, came into the possession of the Santa Fe Company as land grants from the United States Government. They are mostly located in California, for which the Santa Fe line has done and is doing much.

Reduced Demand for Anthracite

THE persistent and extreme increases in the price of anthracite coal during recent years are now found to be holding the industry back. There was a time when nothing would take the place of anthracite in stove or chestnut sizes. Now many western people have taken to using coke, others are using oil and electricity for fuel. Consequently the demand for anthracite shows a corresponding reduction.

All Depends on the Bookkeeper

rpiIE prosperity of many corporations depends largely on the bookkeeper, and the man who tells him what to do. Just now there is excitement in Washington over the claim that placing an excess valuation on the value of copper ores and oils while in the ground has caused a loss to the government of $50,000,000 in income taxes. It seems that these high val-■ nations increase the depletion allowances permitted by the government and thus reduce the income upon which tax is paid.

Political Ideals in Washington

THE political ideal of Washington is to pay a limited number of political wire-pullers a good salary, and by one means or another to hold the common herd of government workers with their noses forever' on the grindstone. In support of this policy, both houses fell on each other’s necks and raised their own wages from $7,500 to $10,000 a year, and by one artifice or another killed every hope of better conditions for the workers beneath.

Health of American Indians Neglected

Dr. Haven Emerson, former Commissioner of

Public Health, in an address before the American Indian Defense Association, called attention to the fact that as a result of the persistent incompetence and mismanagement of the Indian Bureau at Washington, the infant mortality among the Indians is three times greater than elsewhere. There are 75,000 cases of trachoma alone; and the doctors who are employed by the Bureau are the most careless and indifferent persons to be found in the medical profession. In an epidemic of sore throat, one of these doctors used the same swab for all of the throats.

General Dawes Gets a Bad Start

General Dawes got a bad start as the executive officer of the United States Senate.

In his opening speech he criticized the rules under which the Senate has been operating, and which the Senate believes the best protection that the country has against the party in power going to extremes. Senator Reed, of Missouri, made a caustic and satirical speech, believed to have been directed against General Dawes, which must have been a hard one for that worthy gentleman to read. He was not present when it was delivered.

The New Royalty

T) resident Baker of the Carnegie . Institute of Technology in his annual report says: “The movement in modern life is in the direction of magnifying the importance of men of great importance in all lines of endeavor, and of minimizing the importance of the man of average talents, of making him a unit in the machinery of civilization which he can serve, but in whose direction he can have but little authority.”

Bond Fraud Charges Not Established

THE oft-repeated charge that during the Wilson administration hundreds of millions of dollars were lost through the fraudulent duplication of bonds, falsification of records, etc., seems not borne out by the facts. The Treasury admits the illegal payment of only $13,100 out of approximately $100,000,000,000 (one hundred billion dollars) handled. This was due to petty thefts by dishonest employees and is not worth talking about.

Poison Gas in New York

"VIEW YORK is suffering from poison gas.

' But this is not something new; it is an old trouble. The gas available for cooking and heating runs high in carbon monoxid, and as a consequence the deaths run to about 400 a year from this cause alone. Men who work in garages are often asphyxiated by the carbon monoxid fumes from automobiles.

Another Wise Philadelphia Judge

A FEW issues since we called attention to ■C-®- the wisdom of a Philadelphia judge in permitting an abused wife to sentence the husband who had beaten her. He was a veritable Solomon. Nove comes another Philadelphia judge and sentences two boys to one spanking each day for forty-seven days, to cover damages of $47 each which their fathers had to pay because the boys indulged in the robbery of a hardware store. All honor to Judge MacNeille ’

War Department Warns Chicago

SECRETARY of War Weeks has notified the

City of Chicago that the amount of water taken from Lake Michigan must be reduced to about one-half of what it now is. The water consumed must be metered, and there must be constructed immediately a sewage disposal plant that will cost $54,000,000. The levels of the Great Lakes must be maintained.

Chicago’s Improved Health

PRIOR to 1900 the general health of Chicago was not good. The reason for this was that all the sewage of the city was poured into Lake Michigan and all the drinking and bathing water was taken out of Lake Michigan. When the Chicago River was turned backward into the Mississippi, and sewage was reversed, the deaths from typhoid were reduced to onesixtieth of the former figures. Now Chicago' is one of the healthiest of cities.

Chicago Digs Up $141,000 in 1924

IN THE one year of 1924 the Roman Catholics in the city of Chicago dug up $141,707.28 as their share of a collection for the Pope at Rome. If he gets as much from every city of the same size, and in proportion from the smaller cities, he should have quite some change in his pockets after a few years. This collection is called Peter’s Pence.

Bees Must Learn to Stay Home

TN COHASSET, Massachusetts, the town warden sprayed the blossoms of some fruit trees. The bees of Mr. L. A. Litchfield strayed from home and visited the blossoms. Twenty-three hives of the bees fell dead, involving a loss of $1,500.' Incidentally, twenty chickens ate the dead bees; and they died, too. The court has ruled that Mr. Litchfield can collect nothing from the town. In theory he should have kept his bees at home.

Don’t Get Tuberculosis

rpAKE care of your body. Don’t let it get overheated, chilled or wet. Give it plenty of fresh air, day and night; walk in the fresh air often; sleep in the fresh air always. Eat plenty of vegetables; avoid white bread. Keep the teeth and the body clean. Take a few minutes rest before supper, and avoid drugs of all kinds. ' ,

Not Afraid of Night Air

TTenry L. Doherty, one of New York’s big financiers, has a bungalow on the top of one of the downtown sky scrapers. At night he undresses in a steam-heated apartment, climbs into bed, touches a button; and the bed and all in it ride out on wheels into the open air. In the morning he presses another button; and the car rolls back to a nice warm place in which to dress.

Airplane Flights Cure Deafness

THE cure of deafness by flights in airplanes seems to have become quite common. A number of persons have been taken up from Mitchel Field, L. I., with a view of seeing what could be done by a succession of thrilling nose dives, spirals and loops; and several of these have been greatly helped.

No Baldness Among Orange Eaters

HE curious fact has been brought to light that there is no baldness among the races that habitually eat citrus fruits; such as oranges, lemons, and grapefruit. This seems to confirm the truth of the propositions continually put forward by the dieticians that diseases of every sort start in the intestines, from improper food.

Powers of the Ray of Death

rofessor Gindell Matthews, who has recently sold his death ray to unnamed

Americans, reports that with a range of sixty-five feet he has stopped,motor engines, killed a rat, a mouse, and lighted an' incandescent lamp. He thinks that an airplane equipped with the ray could easily set the city on fire or stun the population so they could not resist capture.

Peat for Sixteen Thousand Years -

Robert Ransom, of St. Augustine-, Florida, a soil chemist and engineer, who has devoted the major part of his life to studying Florida, soils, declares that there is enough peat in Florida to last, by the most liberal estimate, for at least sixteen thousand years. This peat is spread well over the state, while the Everglades are full of it.

Origin of Radio Call Letters

rptlE reason that all radio call letters of radiocasting stations in the United Stat.es begin with AV, K or N is because of an international agreement made at London, and confirmed at Berne, in which certain letters were allocated to certain nations; and it happens that these three letters were assigned to this country. '

Improved Transmission of Pictures by Wire

WHEN the first pictures were transmitted by wire, the mechanism was of such a nature as to produce a somewhat striped effect in the reproduction of the pictures. This has now been completely overcome; and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announces its readiness to now send perfect pictures wherever their apparatus is installed.

Churches’ Present Attitude on War

A YEAR ago the Methodist Episcopal Church said:

“We are determined to outlaw the whole Avar system. . . . Governments which ignore the Christian conscience of men in time of peace canppt justly claim the lives of men in time of war. . . . AVc demand the establishment of the principle that conscription of wealth and labor must be the counterpart of any future conscription of human life.”

The Baptist Church said:

“AVar is neither inevitable nor necessary. ... It is contrary to the spirit and teaching of Jesus Christ. . . . It is the most colossal and ruinous social sin that afflicts humanity today.”

The Protestant Episcopal Church said:

“The Church cannot permit war to remain the only method for the ultimate settlement of disputes between nations.”

The Congregational Church said:

b “War as a method of settling international disputes or achieving national aspirations is both unnecessary and anti-Christian.”

The Presbyterian Church said:

“'The Presbyterian Church in the H. S. A. pledges all ‘its energies to the outlawing of war and to the hastening of the day when nations shall learn war no more. AVe refuse to believe that the wholesale slaughter of human beings upon the battlefields is morally any more necessary to man’s highest development than is killing individuals. AVe see in war’s cruelties, made more terrible by modern inventions, not only a menace to civilization but also a definite challenge to the followers of the Prince of Peace.”

The Reformed Presbyterian Church said:

“AVar is essentially and inherently a supreme violation of the teachings and spirit of Jesus. ... It is ineffective as a means for the building of the kingdom of God and is in its very nature self-defeating.”

The Friends’ General Conference said:

“AVe believe the whole system of determining right by violence and destruction rather than by friendly conference and negotiations is fundamentally wrong, inefficient and irreligious. AVe oppose as a religious body all participation in war, and believe that no more patriotic service in any nation can be rendered than to save that nation and others from, war.”

The Central Conference of American Rabbis said:

“AVe believe that war is morally indefensible. ... It must be recognized for what it is; and this must be taught to our children.”

Query: If all these things are so now, why were all these people such ardent persecutors of the International Bible Students Association in 1918 ? AVhat is the answer ?

Mencken Bumps the Y.M.C.A.

BALTIMORE has that rarest and most courageous of men, an honest newspaper man by the name of H. L. Mencken. Mr. Mencken is getting tired of professional and well-paid uplifters; and in the course of swinging his doughty club around in a circle and bumping every head in sight he recently said: “Rule No. 3 would throw some new light on the Y. M. C. A., an organization of vastly more value to its endless hordes of secretaries, handshakers, revivalists, trainers of cheap help, and so on, than it is to the common weal.” The Baltimore Evening Sgn had to have some courage to print an article like that.

From Our Canadian Correspondent

'*A poem by Edmund Vance Cook, appropriately enough sent us by a prominent member of the Montreal (legal). Bar, may cause a smile to pass over the face of fellow lawyers who will appreciate the truth in the allegory:

An ancient ape. once on a time, Disliked exceedingly to climb, And so he picked him out a tree And said, “Now this belongs to me, I have a hunch that monks are mutts And .1 can make them gather nuts And bring the bulk of them to me, By claiming title to this tree.” -lie took a green leaf and a reed And wrote himself a title-deed, . Proclaiming pompously and slow: “All monkeys by these presents know.” Next morning when the monkeys came To gather nuts, lie made his claim: “All monkeys climbing on this tree Must bring their gathered nuts to me, Cracking the same on equal shares;

The meats are mine, the shells are theirs.” “And by what right?” they cried amazed, Thinking the ape was surely crazed, ■

“By this,” he answered, “if you’ll read ■ . You’ll find it is a title-deed, .

Made in precise and formal shape And sworn before a fellow ape Exactly on the legal plan Used by the wondrous creature, man, In London, Tokio, New York, ’

Glengarry, Kalamazoo and Cork. Unless my deed is recognized It proves you quite uncivilized.” “But,” said one monkey, “you’ll agree It was not you who made this tree.” “Nor,” said the ape serene and bland, “Does any owner make this land; Yet it and all hereditaments Are his and figure in his rents.” The puzzled monkeys sat about;

They could not make the question out, Plainly, by precedent and law, The ape’s procedure showed no flaw; And yet, no matter what he said The stomach still denied the head.

Up spoke one sprightly monkey then; “Monkeys are monkeys; men are men, The ape should try his legal capers On men who may respect his papers. We don’t know deeds, we do know nuts, And spite of ‘anils’ and ‘ifs’ and ‘blits’ ■ We know who gathers’and un-meats ’em By monkey practice also eats ’em.” '

So tell the ape and all his flunkeys No man-tricks can be played on monkeys. Thus, apes still climb to get their food, Since monkey minds are crass and crude; And monkeys being- ill-advised, Still eat their nuts uncivilized. '

Recently, in Saskatoon, a striking case of the existence of one law for the “heeler” and another for the poor man without pull was reported by the Saskatoon Phoenix. It appears that an auto mechanic was fined $50.00 and costs or thirty days in jail for raffling a car. Raffling is illegal in Canada. To quote the Phoenix:

“Bush said he. had no idea that raffling was serious, although he knew it was illegal, as he had seen many raffles held. ‘That’s just what I suspect,’ were the words of the magistrate. ‘A great many people don’t realize how serious it is. People holding raffles run foul of the law unless it is done for religious or charitable objects. They seem to be able to do it.’ After Court adjourned Magistrate Brown remarked that he could understand a person not realizing the seriousness of breaking this law when one could go to a church bazaar and see raffles all around one.”

We wonder what Magistrate Brown would do were his church minister haled into court on a similar charge. Perhaps someone of an inquiring turn of mind will give him a chance to sentence a few church bazaar promoters.

The Halifax Chronicle publishes some interesting figures on delinquent juveniles of that city for the year 1924. Of the total number of 472 in the Protestant and Catholic Homes and Reformatories during the year, 308 were Catholic, 164 Protestant. No comment is needed on these fig-ures, but they are significant in view of the agitation in the eastern provinces for more Catholic power in the establishment of separate schools and the teaching of the Catholic faith in the schools. The benefits of such teaching can be adduced from the fact that the majority of the children in these institutions are between the ages of fourteen and seventeen.

A leading editorial in the Toronto Mail and Empire under the heading “Condemned by their own Statistics” is of interest to those who point with, pride to the increase of exports over imports, the banking of money by individuals, and the increase in life insurance written, as signs of national prosperity.

“The great increase in life insurance, the_. growing demand for high grade securities, the accumulation of money in the banks—these are also evidences not of industrial and commercial activity but of relative stagnation'. If there was prosperity embracing all classes of producers there would be less money seeking asylum in Government securities. The life insurance companies are resorted to in times of business depression more generally than in times of prosperity as a line of defence in the battle with adversity. Of raw material or semi-raw material of a kind manufacturers in this Province cannot get conveniently at home, such as coal,

the imports have been smaller because our manufacturers in so many cases have had to close down or operate with reduced working forces.”

As reported in the Edmonton Journal, a lecture by Dr. Richard Cabot, Professor of Medicine in the Harvard University, was delivered recently at Montreal on “The Science of Heredity”. His findings indicate a considerable change in public opinion in the last thirty years.

“Among the theories now generally rejected were those of hereditary insanity,' cancer and. tuberculosis, and the belief, still commonly held by many people, that the intermarriage of cousins brought dire results in the matter of progeny. Speaking of the latter Dr. Cabot said that this theory represented a survival now shown definitely to be untrue.'-'’

The Toronto Daily Star reports the statement of W. W. Dunlop, Inspector of Charities and Prisons, that in Ontario insanity is on the increase. 'In 1903 the ratio of insane was one to three hundred and forty-eight (348). In 1923 it was one to two hundred and seventy-six (276). No cause is assigned, but the great increase in drug consumption, the returned derelicts from the Great War, and the “faith healing missions”, which experience shows to be largely mentalbreaking missions, are no doubt responsible to a great extent.

The Ku Klux Klan enters Kanada! Th§ Grand Kleagle has been and gone, and already the Klan klaims a lot of konverts. The intention in Canada is to restrain the Jew from being so prosperous, prevent the Roman Catholic from being too clannish and throw a heavy scare into the Sinn Fein and the Knights of Columbus. Just how strongly-organized it is is not known, but there is good reason to believe that already it is strongly established in the principal eastern cities. . '.

Winnipeg, recently, was much stirred up over a manslaughter case where the defendants were a Christian Science practitioner who permitted the death of a 12-year-old girl from diptheria, and the father of the girl, who refused medical aid. The jury’s verdict was “guilty of manslaughter”,- on both. An appeal will be entered.

The Monetary Tim$s reports at length the result of recent experiments in Western Canada, based on practical results obtained in Europe, in the making of paper, from flax and other grain straws. Thousands of tons of this material is burned annually on the western prairies, but it may be that there will be a strong effort put forth in the near future to utilize this at present wasted product, and thus save the pulp wood reserve of the Dominion.

The comparative strength tests of wood pulp paper and straw pulp paper show a decided advantage in favor of. straw -pulp, the ratio being .43 as against .30. This would argue strongly in favor of straw paper, and experiments show that stronger, longer fibred, and whiter sheets can be obtained at less cost. Proper development of this industry should mean much to the western farmer.

THE “Christian Guardian” (Methodist) publishes an interesting item on the claim made by the Roman Catholic Church, that the excathedra utterences of the Popes are infallible:

“Within the past few weeks she has placed in her Index Expurffatorius of forbidden books a certain Biblical manual,, written by three of her learned French priests, on the grounds that it denies the infallibility of scripture and states the arguments for modern critical views more fully and emphatically’ than those against them. The authors have been ordered to resign their professorships and have meekly obeyed . . . The hook, which -is not a new one, has had the approval of Cardinal Mercier, the archbishop of Paris, and of the present Pope when he was a bishop.” '

Inconsistency7—thou art a bright jewel in the

. Papal Crown I

Sir Bertram Windle, Ph. Dr, R. U. I., LL. D., K. S. G., of Toronto, has a few remarks to make on the subject of skulls which should be of interest to all who lean to a casual acceptance of so-called “scientific” opinions concerning the antiquity of man :

“Sir Arthur Keith, the well known anthropologist, demands 350,000 years for the period of Mousterian man while Professor Sollar, equally famous as a geologist and anthropologist, probably the leading one in England, is satisfied with 25,000. When such discrepancies exist is it not sheer impudence to talk about anything in the way of a date being ‘'settled’ as is so often done ?”

Concerning the recent discovery of a “Million-year-old human, skull from the Patagonian Andes”, he says:

“The discovery was submitted to a local geologist who hailed the specimen as human, and then it was sent to a committee of experts, who after careful examination have reported that the thing is not a skull at all but an oddly shaped piece of stone!

“Perhaps one of the most interesting and curious cases is that of the Talgai skull found in Australia. Is was dug up in a billabong [whatever that is]. It was the cranium of a person of small brain and presents other characteristics generally associated with a low level of civilization; in fact we have the old ascription of a million years made use of in a lecture on it. Others, more conservative, put its age down as 50,000 years. Then there appears on the scene one Archibald Heston, who for years held the position of Protector of the Aborigines in Queensland, who says that to his knowledge a black fellow was shot by the native police and buried in that billabong [whatever it is].”

Thus passeth another “missing link”. Sir Bertram, mentions that in spite of this, Professor Elliot Smith in his recent work, “The Evolution of Men ” still quotes it as proof of his theories—which.it probably is.

He also draws our attention to the case of Leon Gambetta, a former premier of France, whose brain pan would only accommodate two

and one-half pounds of gray matter, while that of the Neanderthal man, cousin of the ape (if the evolutionist be permitted to have his way), is considerably larger. ‘

“If the skull of some unknown Gambetta were to bo found in a billabong [whatever that is],” goes on Sir Bertram, “the cry would again be raised of the 'million year man’, and treatises written about the de-■ graded race of which he was a member.

“What is often forgotten, or at least ignored, is that there are many people alive today, idiots with misshapen skulls, who, if their skulls were found in billa-bongs [whatever they are] or any other place, say the graveyard of a local asylum, would undoubtedly be classed by the learned professors as ape-men, or manapes, and reams would be written about their degenerate races.”

In this evolutionary age, Sir Bertram Windle strikes a note which we might do well to heed. “The half-baked materialists” mentioned by Sir Oliver Lodge in his introduction to Huxley, is a national menace to the faith of the people in the Word of God.

Snakes By Mrs. M. Lantham

I FEEL there is much to be known yet of the snake, this tempter of mother Eve, this valuable instrument of Satan. I find others of the same mind. Can it be, now that we are near -ing the restoration period, that the' curse is about to be lifted from the serpent, that the world is to become acquainted with it and to know what it is really for?

Why did the great prince Lucifer choose the serpent out of all the animals of Eden to accomplish his aim? Why did it appeal to mother Eve and so fascinate her? Why do the Scriptures say: “Be ye wise as serpents,” etc. ? Why will a snake remain where you come upon it as long as you keep your eyes on it, even if you begin the attack upon its life; and yet the moment you take your eyes oil it to get a stick or stone, why will it disappear? I also notice (in my limited knowledge of snakes) that they all seem to possess the trait of' jealousy.

Recently I knew of a man who went west to recover his health. He had an unusual fear of snakes; but his hut being the only one for some miles, it became overrun with rats. He had heard that snakes would catch them. He prepared a halter on the end of a long pole, and succeeded in getting a large rattler. He took the snake to his hut, and turned it loose. The next morning he had forgotten all about the snake; and when he arose and crossed the room in his bare feet he stepped on it, and was much surprised to see that it made no attempt to bite him.

The rattler caught many rats. On coming home one evening the man was surprised by seeing the snake come out to meet him; and it continued to do so every evening. He decided to catch more snakes and to bring them to the hut, and thus to get rid of'the rats entirely. This he did; but whenever he gave any attention to one of the other snakes, the large rattler would coil up and rattle; but it never struck. Finally, the rattler would go out as far as a quarter of a mile to meet its master.

This is just one of a number of true snake stories that I have recently heard. It makes me feel that the snake has considerable intelligence. In one incident a woman, telling of two which she had had for years, said that they responded to her every mood, and that their sympathy for her grief over her’ mother’s death was extraordinary.

A Blossoming Desert—The Rio Grande Valley By Mrs. R. Kennedy

rpHAT the desert shall bloom lias been held forth as one of the triumphs of the kingdom of Christ on earth, and this is truly coming to pass. Of course, there is nothing spectacular about it. The whole thing lies in the use of irrigation, and many regions now are bearing witness of the Christ present.

Much has been heard of the. reclaiming of the West, and much has been said concerning it; but little publicity has been given to a strip of land along the coast of southern Texas. This is known as the Rio Grande Valley.

Not many years ago this great tract was a part of a Spanish grant, sublet to ranchers for cattle ranges, and considered valuable for nothing else. This state, of affairs existed until about ten years ago, when its possibilities were discovered. Up to that time, much of the soil had been of little value because of its alkalinity. .But by the use of irrigation, the water level changed; the salt either leached out or went far beneath the surface, and the whole region profited thereby.

The result has been a stupendous one. An almost unheard-of growth has taken place; for instead of a land of mesquite and cactus of a few years ago, there now exists one of the most fertile areas in the United States.

Laboring under the natural handicaps of past and of youth, the valley is very little heard of. However, the enthusiasm of its people is doing much to bring it before the mind of the public; and, in spite of its youth, it even now rivals the much advertised lands of California and Florida.

Already its grapefruit has been proclaimed the best in the United States; and its oranges are of equal fame, being of the navel variety, though unlike those of California, large, thinskinned, and at the same time sweet. The valley grows most of the fruits of the tropics, such as citrus fruits of all kinds, and figs, dates, pomegranates, huge papayas, and bananas, as well as most of the vegetables of the North, which yearly are being shipped to early northern markets.

Of course, 's development could never have talien place v.niout an interested people—pioneers who had brought new life and new ideas. This growth is shown in the towns; for places which ten years ago were little more than crossroad stations are now important centers. For instance, San Benito is at present a town of 5,000. And these people have brought with them their ideals of education, which have resulted in excellent schools, equipment, and instruction. These are maintained because of general public interest, a thing not so easily obtained in certain northern states.

The roads also are good; and the majority of the counties are endeavoring to have all the principal highways paved, an endeavor which will soon produce a paved road the full length of the valley. At the same time, the streets of the towns are paved, and are lined with love, substantial brick buildings, unlike the ramshackle ones so commonly found in northern towns. Also, modern conveniences—electricity, tractors, cars—are at the hand of these people ; and with them, they are truly making the desert to bloom.

The Flight of Birds. By J. A. Bohnet

NOT from a spirit of criticism, but a spirit of helpful correction, I refer to a paragraph on page 1.65, Golden Age No. 137. The article in question states that a sparrow flew at a speed of 128 miles an hour. Impossible! No sparrow ever exceeded in flight twenty-eight miles .per hour. It is one of the slowest birds when in flight. An auto traveling at a speed of twenty miles an hour w^l crash into a flying sparrow if it does not turn out of the way.

Such birds as robins, blackbirds, and meadow larks cannot keep abreast of a train traveling forty miles per hour; and they are much swifter than the sparrow.

The swallow is the swiftest of all the feathered tribe, and covers only a little more than seventy-five miles an hour when going at its best.

The passenger pigeon is swift, but can cover space not faster than fifty-five miles. The mallard wild duck is a goer, but forty miles is its best. The teel duck is swifter and goes at the rate of about forty-five miles. .

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The crow is a laggard, makes a lot of choppy wing-flops, and gets over territory at the surprising speed of about thirty miles an hour. The kingbird at a forty-mile rate and the blackbird at a thirty-five-mile speed rate readily overhaul and torment the crow until it has passed out of the zone of the tormentor. Hawks fly at about the crow rate, except the hawk known as “the bullet”, which picks its prey on the wring.

No common field-bird could escape capture by a greyhound if it did not rise out of danger.

It was supposed at one time that the starling crossed the Mediterranean sea in nine hours by flying ten miles above the water level. This is questionable. The starling cannot exceed the blackbird in flight. Birds do not fly so swiftly as people generally suppose.

The United States Government officials made elaborate tests of bird flights; and a record can be had on application. The -writer was surprised "when he saw it; for he had supposed that birds do cover distance at 100 miles per hour.

In California a bee-man laid a.-wager of $10 that twelve bees -would return from a ten miles outtake before twelve carrier pigeons got back.

The bees -were dusted for identification on return. The first to return was a bee, then the first pigion, then t-wo bees, then a pigeon. All the bees got back into the hive before the last pigeon got back to its place of refuge.

The bee-man won the wager. His bees made a bee-line straight for home. The pigeons circled about for some moments ere starting on the return trip. All the bees and birds, how-ever, returned safely.

Jackrabbits driven by motorcycle on Kansas prairies went over the ground the first mile at forty-five miles an hour speed. The second mile at forty miles an hour speed, and the third mile at thirty-three miles an hour speed. Then the jackrabbits laid down, completely winded, and allowed themselves to be picked up, their hearts throbbing like a trip-hammer from the constant pounding of themselves upon the turf. The swiftest greyhound covers distance at nearly fifty-five miles per hour speed when in pursuit on a level, unbroken stretch.

Coyotes are run down -with topless Ford cars on the prairie lands of Kansas and Colorado in less than a five-mile run; and a coyote can “go some”. It takes a lobo wolf to catch one.

Scriptural Names for Apostate Clergymen Ry-C. A. Morrison

Overthro-wers of Kings—■

Revelation 18: 2, 3, 5.

Unauthorized Ambassadors of God-Psalm 50:16.

.Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing—

Ezekiel 22': 27; Matthew- 23 : 2,

Vomit-Eating Dogs—

Proverbs 26:11; 2 Peter 2: 22,

Den of Serpents—

Psalm 140: 3; Matthew 23: 33.

Generation of Vipers—

Matthew 3:7; 12: 34.

Men Full of Ravening and Wickedness— Luke 11: 39.

Fruitless Fig Trees—

Joel 1:12; Matthew 21:19, 20.

Vineyards of Sour Grapes—

Jeremiah 12:10; Deuteronomy 32:32.

Seed of the Devil’s Sowing—

Matthew 13:24-30.

Trees Twice Dead-—

Jude 12.

Houses Built on the Sand— Matthew 7: 26.

Fools—

Luke 11:40.

Broken Cisterns—-

Jeremiah 2:13.

Extortioners—

Matthew 23:25.

False Proclaimers of Peace—

Ezekiel 13:10; Micah 3: 5.

Graves That Appear Not— . Luke 11:44.

Daubers of Untempered Mortar— Ezekiel 13:10; 22:28.

Justifiers of Themselves Before Men— Luke 17:15.

Blind Guides—

Matthew 23:16, 24.

Haters of Instruction-

Psalm 50:17.

Children of the Devil—•

John 8:44. (Continued on page 5.26)

Life in Newfoundland By a. Horwood

NEWFOUNDLAND is an irregularly shaped triangular island bounded on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Straits of Belle Isle. Its greatest length from east to west is 316 miles; its greatest breadth from north to south is 315 miles. It has a population of about 250,000. The inhabitants are not Eskimos as many in other parts suppose, but just the same race of people that you find in England or in Canada.

Newfoundland is England's oldest colony, and is not a part of Canada nor associated in the Dominion of Canada. A certain amount of merriment, and sometimes irritation, is noted on the face of many a business man when he receives his mail, mostly of U. S. A. origin, addressed “St. Johns, N’fTd., Canada”, with very often a reference to their Canadian agents. The colony is governed by a governor appointed by the King and a legislature consisting of two branches:

(1) The Legislative Council, the members of which serve without pay, being appointed by those who hold the scepter-of authority. A vacancy in this Chamber is usually made only by the death of a member.

(2) The House of Assembly, which is not quite so comfortable, as its members are elected by the people; and the people do not always think alike. Nor have the “dear people” been any better satisfied than are other people who are seeking an ideal government. They have had the pleasing variety of five different administrations within a space of eleven months.

No country in the world can truly lay more claim to being the sportsman’s paradise. The hunter is safe, unless he is shot by his own gun or another's. The famous caribou traverse the woods of the interior, the attractions of which eafli summer bring sportsmen from both the European and the American Continents.

Its numerous streams are plenteous in salmon; and no angler would think that he had good sport if he did not land fish weighing from twenty to forty pounds. .

The chief industry of Newfoundland is the cod fishery. This is the main support of about half the population, while the seal, whale, lobster, and herring fisheries all play their part in providing those things which are decent and honest.

The country is exceedingly rich in mineral wealth, much of which lies in the earth undisturbed, unclaimed, awaiting the wherewithal to put it to man’s use. As for water power the supply is unlimited.

The pulp and paper industry is beginning to make the country famous. On several of the larger rivers great plants have been in course of construction to develop the resources along this line. Labor is poorly paid. The financiers have succeeded in getting producers to accept merely the shucks. Men must leave their homes, be separated from all home comforts, and work in the interior at logging, ditch-digging, railroad building, etc., for ten hours per day. When the day’s work is over they receive $2.50 “less deductions”, and this considering the fact that the greater part of the necessities of life must be imported from the United States and Canada, and costs about fifty percent more than in those countries. Newfoundland sons of toil will welcome the Golden Age.

On arrival in St. John’s, the tourist is first struck by the overawing influence of the greai denominational systems. About one-third of the inhabitants are held in the grip of Catholicism. A Like proportion is clinging for refuge to the Church of England; while the remainder are divided amongst the various non-conformist sects. Some idea can be gained of their scope when one realizes tlmt no marriage is legally performed within the limit of twenty miles of a minister’s residence except by some clergyman; and he is not required to have a licence. The writer, not being on friendly terms with those “gentlemen of the cloth”, took it upon himself to have the birth and name of his child legally registered without their interference. It was amusing to note the surprise of the officials and the reluctance with which they finally yielded and gave the certificate.

Education is left almost entirely in the hands of the religious systems. The Government educational grant is divided amongst the various denominations according to population, and is used as best it seems to those into whose hands it falls. It is a common thing to find in a village that could provide and support one good school, the various denominations each having a very inferior school, taught by low-grade

teachers who bravely fight poverty and starvation.

A certain outstanding politician a few years ago suggested to remedy this appalling condition. The press and the pulpit immediately assailed him with cries of “godless schools”; and by this succeeded in keeping the people in blindness and the children uneducated. What crimes are committed in the name of God!

The manner in which the public educational grant is handled by at least one of the denominations came to light last year. The law requires that each denomination have a school board of from seven to nine members for each educational district. These boards are appointed by the Governor in council on the recommendation of responsible heads of each' denomination.

The Salvation Army of course claimed their share of the grant; and as they could not get it without a board to supervise its disbursements, the “board” was duly recommended to the Governor in council, and appointed by him. When inquiry was made, it was found that the laymen who, were thereon appointed were unaware that they occupied such positions, had never been notified of a meeting, nor consulted

in any manner along educational lines, though they had been the Government's appointees for several years. .

Meanwhile what had become of the money? Well, as far as possible they turned their officers into teachers. Before the salary was paid (in government money) ten percent was deducted for Salvation Anny maintenance.

Then again, at certain intervals in the year the Government pays a bonus, a stated sum to each and every graded teacher, according to grade. This amount is paid directly to the teachers.

But not to be beaten in this manner those “uplifters of humanity” in their eagerness to have plenty of money to save souls had been deducting ten percent of the bonus money from the next salary payment, in addition to their claim upon the salary itself.

No doubt there are many more hidden works of darkness to come to light; and Newfoundland with the rest of poor downtrodden humanity will give glory to God when the yoke of the oppressor is broken, when Satan is bound and when the kingdom of righteousness brings its blessings to all the families of the earth.

Scriptural Names for Apostate Clergymen (Concluded from page 524)

Lovers of Chief Seats in the Synagogue— Luke 21: 46; Mark 12: 39.

Scribes—

Mark 14:1; 15:1.

Pharisees—

Mark 12:13; John 18:3.

Gnat-Strainers and Camel-Swallowers—• Matthew 23:24.

Whited Sepulchres—

Matthew 23:27.

Hypocrites—

Matthew 23:14.

Proselyters—

Matthew 23:15.

Liars and Framers of Deceit—

Psalm 50:19.

Compassers of Sea and Land— ■ .

Matthew 23:15.

Wearers of Broad Phylacteries—■ Matthew 23:5.

Dirty Cups and Platters—

Matthew 23:25.

Repositories of Dead Men’s Reputations— Matthew 23: 27. .

Garnished Sepulchres—

Matthew 23: 27. ’

Misjudgers of God—

Psalm 50:21.

Wearers of Garments with Enlarged Borders— Matthew 23:5.

Greedy Dogs—■

Isaiah 56:10,11.

Merchandisers of the Gospel—•

Ezekiel 27: 27-36.

Dens of Thieves and Robbers—

Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17.

Dumb Dogs—•

Isaiah 56:10,11.

Devourers of Widow’s Houses—

Luke 11:24; Mark 12:40.

Scoffers Willingly Ignorant—

2 Peter 3: 3,5.

Boasters, Complainers, Murderers—

Jude 16.

Making it Interesting for Evangelist Brown

WEARIED by the methods by which Evan. gelist Brow’n sought to belittle the work of that man of God, Charles T. Russell, the Bible Students of Birmingham, Alabama, gave him something to think about by printing and circulating the following interesting document:

AN OPEN LETTER

■—to—

Evangelist John Elward Brown

Dear Mr. Brown: -

shalt not bear false witness against thy g neighbor” is the command of the Almighty.

“These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath; for all these are things that 1 hate, saith the Lord.”—Zachariah 8: 16.

Freedom of speech is one of the constitutional rights of this free country. However, one who bears the title of evangelist and professes to represent the One who said, “I am the truth,” should exercise extraordinary care to see that what he says is honest and true. Furthermore, the statute laws of this country (and much more the laws of common decency) instruct men not to abuse their freedom of speech and not to slander the reputation and character of another, especially when such slander is false.

And above all human laws stands the law of God, which absolutely prohibits the Christian from vilifying any individual. “Speak evil of no man.”—Titus 3: 2.

The Lord' and the apostles are our examples. They freely discussed doctrines and pointed out errors of belief, dogma, and creed. They as freely discussed, and oftentimes fearlessly denounced, classes of men: Pharisees, sadducees, scribes, lawyers. (Matthew 23rd chapter) But never do we find them using personal invectives or slander.

“Mormonism, Eddyism, Russellism”

The newspapers of this city announced that Evangelist John Brown would deliver a sermon on Cultism. The audience assembled, assuredly with the general expectation of hearing these three diverse and different forms of belief discussed from the Scriptures and their teachings either proved or disproved from the Bible. But what did the audience hear? Vilifications, sarcastic insinuations, slanderous and abusive epithets. Are these your only weapons, Mr. Brown? Do you believe you are doing the work of a true evangelist ?

In the introduction to your book entitled “The Cult Kingdom”, you say: “We do not believe there is a statement here that cannot be substantiated, and any departure from the absolute facts in the case will be corrected on notice.”

Now, Mr. Brown, immediately following your lecture on “Cultism,” at least two copies of the bookie^, “A GREAT BATTLE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL HEAVENS,” were mailed to you. This booklet answers, with full proofs, every charge made against those you choose to call “Russellites”. You received this booklet a few days ago. You have had ample time in which to “get up and retract graciously.” You have failed to do so.

A Second Chance tor John Brown

However, we are still willing to take you at your word. You do not believe in a “second chance” (neither do we), but in this case we are going to give you a second chance anyway.

This letter will be placed in your hands before you finish with your campaign in this city. May we expect, therefore, a “gracious retraction” from your lips, and a prompt correction in your book ?

To start with, those whom you and your colleagues call “The Russellites” do not believe in the teachings of “Mormonism” or “Eddyism”. Our disbelief in these teachings is based solely on the Scriptures. We know that among Mormons and Christian Scientists are multitudes of good people, even as there are good people among those who believe like John Elward Brown, and against such we have not a word to say. More than this, to whatever extent any of these are turning men to a more righteous course in life, we rejoice with them. This letter is not an argument, but a kindly correction, designed rather to assist you, Mr. Brown, to a cleaner, purer, better presentation of the gospel message, in order that your hearers may likewise be blessed.

With all kindness, therefore, permit us to say that you, Mr. Brown, in violation of the divine rule to “speak evil of no man”, have publicly and in print sought to assassinate the character of one of the reformers used of the Lord, the late Charles Taze Russell.

Yon unstintingly praise the good John Wesley, the founder of what is now called Methodism. You call Methodism one of the three great “evangelical” churches. Your work is largely supported by Methodists.

Introducing Mrs. John Wesley

We now quote from “The Universal Cyclopedia”, from the article entitled, “Wesley, John, A. M.”

“He (John Wesley), married in 1757, Mrs. Mary Vizelle, a woman of cultivation and apparent piety, but she proved a very vixen, who did all in her power to ruin him. He bore her treatment with marvelous forbearance till she finally robbed him of important papers and left him forever.”

No one can blame the good John Wesley for this.

God’s Word recognizes that the most faithful may be unfortunate in the choice of a mate. (1 Corinthians 7) The Lord himself foretold of Christians that “a man’s foes shall be they of his own household”.

Yet ecclesiastical history will show you, Mr. Brown, that some of the leading lights of the Church of England at that time persistently abused the patient John Wesley because of his marital difficulties. Yes, the preachers and evangelists of THAT time condemned and denounced Wesley because he had troubles with his wife. The preachers and evangelists of THIS time honor and respect the memory of John 'Wesley and in the same breath attack Charles Taze Bussell on the identical grounds John Wesley was attacked. When will preachers and evangelists learn to be consistent?

Separation But Not Divorce

We will now quote from page 17 of the booklet entitled “A Great Battle,” copies of which were sent to you:

‘■Pastor Russell was married in 1879. For the first thirteen years of their married life he and Mrs. Russell lived happily together. They were both engaged in religious work, and had been even before their marriage. A semi-monthly religious journal, The Watch Tower, was published, of which Pastor Russell was the editor. - - She became dissatisfied with his manner of conducting tills journal and attempted to dictate the policy thereof. Being the head of the house Pastor Russell would not submit to his wife’s dictating the manner of conducting his journal. Without notice, she voluntarily separated herself from him in 1897, nearly eighteen years after their marriage. For nearly seven years she lived separate and apart from him, he furnishing her a separate home. .

“In June, 1903, she filed in the Court of Common Pleas, at Pittsburgh, a suit for legal separation. They had been actually separated for nearly seven years. In April, 190G, the case came on for trial before Justice Collier and a jury.

“It has been remarked by a number of. lawyers who have read the record in this case that ‘no court has ever before granted a separation upon so slight testimony as appears in this case? The record discloses nothing except a misunderstanding between husband and wife, and which at one time was adjusted, by mutual consent. Tire issue being submitted to the. jury they evidently concluded that, being already actually separated for a period of seven years, a legal separation might as well take place.

“There never has been an absolute divorce from either of the parties.”

On page 1.22 of your book, Mr. Brown, you say in so many words that “Mrs. Russell sued her husband for divorce”, and that “her decree was readily granted.”

This we will call Correction Ko. 1. Kindly see that this statement is corrected in your book, and make that “gracious retraction” as promised.

Another Falsehood Answered

John Wesley’s wife did all in her power to ruin him. Pastor Russell’s wife did the same, At the trial above mentioned, she insinuated many things, knowing that the public press and certain types of clergymen would eagerly seize upon such innuendoes and spread them throughout the earth. Finally her own counsel asked Mrs. Russell point blank as to whether she really meant to accuse her husband according to her insinuations. Her answer is recorded in the court records, accessible to John Elward Brown and to all others at any time. Faced with a direct question, her answer ■ was “bio.” Every one of her insinuations was proved to be unfounded, and were ordered stricken from the records.

Therefore we have Correction No. 2, Mr. Brown. Please refer to page 122 of your book again and see that paragraph 1 is corrected. And, don't forget, please, that “gracious retraction” from: the pulpit.

We wish now to call your attention to the facts recorded on page 19 of the booklet, “A Great Battle.” Shortly after the trial above mentioned the Washington Post made charges against Pastor Russell. Thereupon suit .was filed against the Washington Post. The judge was manifestly prejudiced against Pastor Russell, as his instructions to the jury show. Notwithstanding this, the jury brought in-a verdict in favor of Pastor Russell and exonerated him. The case was appealed. The final result was that the Washington Post paid Pastor Russell a substantial sum of money, together with all costs in the case, and the Post thereafter published the weekly sermons of Pastor Russell.

Later, a preacher in New Jersey wrote an article to a Chicago paper, the Mission Friend, making charges against Pastor Russell. An action for libel for damages was filed against this paper. The court decided. in favor of Pastor Russell. The Mission Friend paid ad the costs and published a retraction/admitting that it had wrongfully published untruths concerning Pastor Russell.

On page 121 of your book, Mr. Brown, you refer to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and list man}7 of its unwarranted and untrue attacks on Charles Taze Russell. On page 128 of the same book you speak of the “world-w'icle ministry” of Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage of Brooklyn. You seem to esteem Dr. Talmage very highly. To the day of his death. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage was mercilessly hounded a” i persecuted by the Brooklyn Daily onpe. To - v . to such a bird as your authority is EiFv to an evangelist.

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