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THE SUNDAY -OREGONIAN,- PORTLAND, JULY 21, 1901.
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A trustworthy history of the Jews
Irom the time of Abraham Is offered to
"the world In "The Jewish Encyclopedia"
(Punk & Wagnalls Company, New York),
the first volume of which has Just come
from the press. When complete this
great work will comprise 12 volumes, ag
gregating 8000 pages, with about 2000 il
lustrations, many of them richly col
ored. It will be the combined work of
more than 400 European and American
scholars, and will be produced under the
direction of an editorial .board of lead
ing1 American Jewish and Christian schol
ars and Hebraists. This board will be
assisted In its labors by an American
board of consulting editors, representative
of all phases of Jewish thought and prac
tice, and by a foreign hoard of consult
ing editors composed of recognized au
thorities of Jewish lore In the Old World.
The "eadlng projector of this great un
dertaking Is Dr. Isidore Singer, who less
than five vears ago could utter scarcely
a word of English. He is an Austrian
by birth and a linguist of exceptional abil
ity Before crossing the Atlantic to seek
in America a chance to develop the
crowning idea of his life the publication
of a Jewish encyclopedia he endeavored
to Interest his coreligionists abroad in this
project. In Berlin a few German schol
ars whose studies prompted them to sym
pathize with the undertaking, were called
together. Dr. Singer, at that time a res
ident of Paris, went to Berlin, presented
his plans and received unqualified encour
agement and support from the eminent
scholars present. But a publisher had
to be found, and to assure success he
must be able and willing to risk at least
2.000,000 marks. Brockhaus, a Leipslc
publisher, asked guaranties, but these no
one was prepared to give. So Dr. Singer,
returning "to. Prance, sought anew for a
publisher sufficiently enterprising to take
tip his project Beyond securing the good
will of a number of prominent French
Echolars of various creeds nothing defi
nite was accomplished, and the Intense
anti-Semitic feeling that was then re
vealing itself in connection with the Drey
fus case made further search in France
hopeless. Coming to New York, Dr.
Singer immediately set out on the task of
finding a publisher, although hampered
by the vers' slight knowledge he pos
sessed of the English language. Re
pulsed here, rejected there, his hopes
were well-nigh shattered, when a street
car advertisement of the Standard Dic
tionary suggested the possibility that Its
publishers might look with favor on his
project On them he called and after
tv-a! 'ntrvlpws fhi icpfMiHvi eommlt-
'tee Of the Funk & Wagnalls Company
'"Hrrfted. to embark on the publication of
She encyclopedia. They expect to in
vest 00,000 In the enterprise.
Tlja Interest that has been taken in
the encyclopedia in America and in Eng
land is .reflected In the opinions of the
-gress and individuals. The Jews them
selves Have not been slow to see the value
of so great an enterprise, and to encour
age Its completion. Dr. Emll G. Hlrsch,
the chief rabbi of the Chicago Slnal Con
gregation, commends the work. "No man
or woman of general culture," he says,
"can afford to Ignore a publication of this
order. Judaism has played a vital part
in the destinies of men. Jewry is today
a mighty force in the development of
civilization. The books of the Jews have
shaped the religion of most of the civil
ized nations of the globe. Thinkers who
sprang from the loins of Judah have Im-
pressed their stamp upon centuries. 'The
Jewish Encyclopedia' will help confirm
the general but now only Indistinct sus
picion of the Influence of Judaism In the
making of modern thought. Bu"t It -will
do more. It will correct errors of long
standing and of stubborn persistency. It
will set right before the world both the
Jew and Judaism." Another eminent
Jewish scholar, Dr. Voorsanger, of San
Francisco, says: "It will tell the world
what the Jew has achieved, not because
5f the pride of achievement, but because
that "knowledge will help the world to
greater Intellectual effort. It will pre
serve the vast testimony of Jewish Intel
lectual mastery In a form destined to
open the testimony to the view of a large
circle of readers. It Is to be no esoteric
script, no book of the dead, no crypto
gram for private circulation."
Apart from these utterances of public
men there are in the list of those who
have given the'.r material support to the
encyclopedia the names of men and wom
en widely diverse in nationality, educa
tion and religious beliefs. Catholic bish
ops, Scotch Presbyterians, Anglican di
vines, Jewish ministers, have given their
unqualified support to this undertaking.
Among the subscribers are to be found
the names of Cardinal Gibbons, Edward
, Henry Bickerstein, Archibald Scott, Her-
imann Adler, Arthur Plerson, John P.
Chldwlck, Zadoc Kahn and Gustav Got
thell. One of the interesting features of this
work Is the large number of scholars who
have agreed to contribute articles to Its
pages. No less than 400 persons, men all
versed In Jewish lore, have consented to
write, and most of them are actually at
work. It Is estimated that before the last
volume of the series is published more
than BOO Jewish and Christian scholars
and scientists will have collaborated upon
I the 12 volumes. Among Jewish scholars
I may be mentioned: Morltz Lazarus, of
Meran, Austria, formerly professor at the
"University of Berlin; Dr. Max Nordau,
the author of "Degeneration"; Dr. Theo
dore Herzl, president of the Federation of
Zionists; Professor Solomon Schechter;
Dr. Wilhelm Bacher, of Budapest, Hun
gary; S. M. Dubnow, formerly president
of the Society for the Promotion of Cult
ure among the Russian Jews, at Odessa;
Dr.A. Harkavy, of St. Petersburg; Dr.
Hermann Adler, the chief rabbi of the
British Empire; M. Zadoc Kahn, chief rab
bi of France; Israel Abrahams and Israel
Zangwlll. Among Christian Hebraists are
Professor George F. Moore, the president
of Andover Theological Seminary; Dr.
Charles Taylor, master of St. John's Col
lege, Cambridge, England; Professor Jas.
H. Breasted, the Egyptologist of Chicago;
Professor Ira M. Price, the author of the
"Monuments and the Old Testament,"
and Dr. John D. Prince, of the University
of the City of New York.
Owing to the pioneer character of the
Encyclopedia Its editors found that the
laborof collecting the topics necessary tp
form the basis of the work was beset with
many difficulties. Beforethe index, which
Is practically the framework of trne enter
prise, was completed, hundreds of old
manuscripts and books were consulted,
and exhaustive investigations were made
that often threw new light on long for
gotten events In the history of many a
Jewish community. Dr. Singer himself
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worked unremittingly on this index for
more than 10 years. To amplify It each
of the department editors went through
the literature bearing on his special' stud
ies and added, to the work that Dr. Singer
had begun, so that by degrees a list of
topics not far short of 50,000 was collated.
This Is being enlarged dally so that It Is
Impossible now to determine definitely the
scope of the enterprise. The following ex
tract from Dr. M. Kayserllng's article on
"The Discovery of America" is an exam,
pie of the many good things In the first
volume:
Among the various discoveries of the fif
teenth century, none is more Intimately con
nected w'th the Jews and their history than
the discovery of the New World. Indirectly
and directly, the Jews contributed to the
success of Columbus' voyage of exploration;
Indirectly, Joy means of several astronomical
works prepared by them, such as "Do Lu
mlnarlbus et Dlebus Critlcls," by Abraham
lbn Ezra; and directly by the invention or
Instruments for astronomical observation.
The instrument for observing the stars called
"Jacob's staff," a sea-quadrant, was the In
vention, not of Reglomontanus, as has Ions
been considered, but of Levi ben Gerson, who
was the first to describe It, as is proved toy
Stelnschnelder and Gunther. Abraham Zae
uto then applied this instrument In naviga
tion to the determination of latitude without
depending upon the sun's merldonal helghi
sometimes unobtainable using the altitude oi
tho polar star at night to ascertain tho
ship's position. His Latin perpetual almanao
(afterward translated Into Spanish), with lis
astronomical tables, rendered Columbus in
calculable service; Indeed, on one occasion
it saved the lives of his whole compapy.
A conspicuous part, too. In the discovery
of America was taken by the Marano Luis
de Santangcl, against whose relatives the In
quisition waged a war of extermination, he
himself being subjected to much inconveni
ence because of his Jewish origin. He was
the farmer of the royal taxes and head of
an Important commercial house In Valencia;
and, owing to his being a confidant of King
Ferdinand, he became chancellor of Aragon.
Together -with a relative, the royal treas
urer, Gabriel Sanchez (whose father was
burned In effigy as a Jewish heretic at Sara
gossa In 1493), and his friend, the royal cham
berlain, Juan Cabrero, who was likewise oi
Jewish stock, Santangel entered very enei-
getlcally into the far-reaching plans of Co
lumbus. He represented to Queen Isabella
the advantages that would accrue to tne
crown and to Spain from the discovery of
sea route to the Indies Immeasurable riches,
accession of lands, and Immortal fame. Under
the Influence of such glowing representations,
she consented to Columbus' undertaking, and,
since the state treasury was exhausted, was
ready to pawn her Jewels to procure tho
necessary funds to fit out his expedition.
At this stage, Santangel sought permission
to advance the necessary sum out of his pri
vate treasury, and accordingly loaned without
interest, to the royal treasury, for the ven
ture, 17,000 ducats (about $20,000, or 410u;
perhaps equal to $160,000 at the present day).
On April 30, 1402, Columbus received both
the contract (concluded only thirteen days be
fore, between him and Juan de Coloma on
the part of the royal pair) and the royal
commission to lit out the fleet for Its voy
age to India. A month earlier the edict
expelling the Jews from ttpain had been
published In all public places In the domin
ions of tho united kingdoms of Aragon ana
Castile. On August 2, about 300.000 Jews
(some writers consider the number much
greater) left the country: and on the next
day, Friday, August 3, Columbus sailed with
his three ships In quest of the unknown.
Among the members of the expedition sev
eral were of Hebrew blood. Of these there
may be mentioned Luis de Torres, who undei
stood Hebrew, Chaldalc, and some Arabic,
and who was to serve the admiral as Inter
preter; Alfonso de la Calle, who took ms
name from the Jewish quarter (calle), and
died in Spain In 1503; Rodrlgo Sanchez,
of Segovia, who was a relative of the chan
cellor of the exchequer, Gabriel Sanchez, and
Joined the expedition in compliance with tho
special request of the Queen; the surgeon,
Marco; and the ship's doctor, Bernal, who
had lived formerly in Tortosa.
The typographical appearance of the
first volume is as near perfection as It
Js mechanically possible for it to be, and
the paper used Is of superfine quality.
The colored plates are not only plctorl
ally attractive, but scientifically accurate.
"The Animals of the Bible," prepared un
der the direction of Professor Theodore N.
Gill, of the Smithsonian. Institution, is an
artistic representation of more than
20 animals of Bible lands. The Illus
trations accompanying the text are well
chosen.
German Life in Town and Country.
German Life In Town and Country. By "Will
lam Harbutt Dawson. G. P. Putnam's Sons,
New York.
Since the empire was founded Germany
has enjoyed a measure of material pros
perity, which has fallen to few coun
tries In the world. In the practical arts
and sciences the country has advanced to
the front rank and Is still pushing for
ward with energy and enterprise, so that
the .quiet and peaceful life of a genera
tion ago has disappeared. She Is losing
her picturesque medieval appearance, and
showing signs of that progressive spirit
of which metallic wealth Is an attribute.
Class lines, Mr. Dawson says, are more
closely drawn than in the United States
or England. This is due to the effort of
society to prevent wealth from controlling
social life. "Hence lt Is," says the author,
"that between society, as Germany de
fines It, and the moneyed and commercial
classes, there exists a gulf deeper than
any which divides the dollar from the
dime in the United States. Many of the
primitive customs of Germany still ex
ist In the villages. In many a rural vil
lage In South Germany may be read upon
the timbers of the houses the texts and
quaint proverbs in which a former age
used to express Its natural piety and
mother wit. Superstition and ancient cus
toms keep a powerful hold upon the peas
antry everywhere, and many a quaint
observance of venerable origin is still
kept up, though Its meaning has been for
gotten. The author takes a more cheerful
view of the military service In Germany
than most foreigners do. He finds that
the oppression caused by the Immense
army has been exaggerated, and asserts
that the effect of two years' service, es
pecially on the rural laborers, is of much
benefit. The thousands of young Ger
mans who are every year taken from in
dustry and trade are sent back better,
more efficient, more intelligent citizens in
every way than they were before. More
over, they are not thrown Indiscrimin
ately upon the market, but to a large
extent go back to their old positions. The
German press has very little Influence
on the government. It falls also to form
and direct public opinion to any large de
gree. There is not one journal In Ger
many which, either in circulation or In
fluence, can be named in the same
breath with the least of ten or a dozen
of London's principal dally newspapers.
Outside of the Capital the be&t of Ber
lin's journals circulate only in isolated
numbers, and in the South hardly at all.
It Is the misfortune of the German press
that the special laws for the regulation
of newspapers and serial publications
date from times of great political unrest
and agitation. Hence, it Is perhaps inev
itable that restrictive and regulative
3a
measures no longer in harmony with the
Ideas and necessities of the present age
should have been preserved.
Days Like These.
Days Like These. By Edward W. Townsend.
Harper & Bros., New York.
Ned Townsend knows his New York
and loves it, with its contrasts of society
folk, people of the tenements, political
bosses and Its Intense materialism. Tho
main story, through which an array of
characters varying from, the social lights
of the upper world to the unfortunates of
the under world, follows the experiences
of Rose Cavendish, a young cloak model,
who, however, enters upon a state of
affluence In the opening chapters by her
mother's Inheritance of a great fortune
left to her by a brother who had deserted
her In poverty. The young lawyer, Hor
ace Maxwell, who administers the estate
for them, falls In love with Rose, but
there are troubles and difficulties to be
overcome by the young people before they
reach the consummation of their desire.
There Is a light comedy vein running
through the story, contributed chiefly by
Polly Foster, whose duty It Is to school
the women for their new-found social
position. Through the plots and counter
plots Into which the characters are woven,
Mr. Townsend has flashed pictures of New
York life, from a Fifth avenue ballroom
to a thieves' den in Hell's Kitchen, with
that keen observation of the reporter
which he combines with the art of the
novelist.
Dwellers In the Hills.
Dwellers In the Hills. By Melville D
Post.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
This Is something exceptional in novels.
It has only the faintest suggestion of love
episode and nothing of duels and blood
shed or hashed-up history. It is founded
upon the struggle of two West Virginia
cattle-dealers, one trying to bring a herd
of GOO cattle north and the other trying to
prevent. Woodford buys 600 steers from
Ward, delivery to be within three days
after demand on penalty of forfeiture of
contract. Beef declines in the market and
the: summering of miss FRIVOLITY NO. 3.
Woodford flnds that he will lose
he accepts delivery. He shoots
horse, causing his rival a heavy fall. Then
he demands the cattle. Ward's brother Is
sent to the range for the cattle and makes
delivery In time, notwithstanding Wood
ford's jobbery. The description of the
swimming of the whirlpool by the MO cat
tle after Woodford had destroyed a bridge
is one of the most exciting episodes In re
cent Action.
Romance of the New Navy.
Masters of Men: A Romance of the New
Navy. By Morgan Robertson. Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York.
Boys will take to this story like a duck
to water, and persons In mature life will
find In It some striking character studies.
It Is the story of Dick Halpin, able sea
man, his superior officer. Ensign .Breen,
nnH fVio forifvlofl afrnln nf tVmlr lnvfl flf-
fairs. The development of Halpin from a
boy, the life of seamen In the new navy,
nnri . n.nt.,c f Tirn0n nnd TT.nintn
on a "hell ship" make a captivating nar- i
ratlve. Halpin earns his shoulder straps ,
. . .. , .1.. .i
in the battle of Santiago and with them
the pretty Mabel Arthur,
Curious Courtship of Kate Polns.
Curious Courtship ofKate Polns. By Louis
Evan Shlpman. D. "Appletoa & Co., New
York.
Mr. Shlpman has written a diverting ro
mance of tho' London and Bath of Beau
Brummell's time, when duelling was a )
gentleman's only means of self-justifica
tion and gambling and drunkenness were
warrantable dally pastimes. The fathers
of the leading characters fight a duel in
the beginning of the story, are both mor
tally wounded, and leave a son and daugh
ter to fall in love with each other in the
course of time.
The Abandoned Farmer.
The Abandoned Farmer. By Sydney H. Pres-
ton. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York.
Every page teems with humor. The nar-
ratlve element is silent, little more than
sufficient to give coherence to a succes-
slon of delightful situations. A young
journalist, who was the music and dra- I
matlc editor of his paper, was promoted to
the agricultural desk. This suited him to t
a dot, because of his desire to live In the !
country with his wife and rather delicate
boy. There is some subtle philosophy in
the book for husbands who know It all,
and for wives who are fond of dictating
to the head of the house.
The Freshman in College.
The Diary of a Freshman. By Charles M.
Flandrau. Doubleday, Page & .Co., New
York.
The author of "Harvard Episodes"
writes of the adventures of a youth fresh
from a Western home who Is suddenly j
dronned intn the turmoil of an onenlno-
year at a great Eastern college. He Is not
hard On the freshmen, but he .exposes i God on the Loras uay are on in swarm
thelr frailties and limitations .with the lng crowds to the golf links, and through
sympathetic hand of one who has been a
freshman himself.
Onr Lntly of Deliverance.
Our Lady of Deliverance. By John Oxenham.
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
The author has made the Dreyfus affair
the basis of his story He has taken great
liberty with the case and his work Is not
historical fiction.
AT AX INLAND LAKE.
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Transferred Is the Idolatry of fickle Miss Frivolity.
To cueen of azure-tinted, ellver-gllntcd Inland lakes,
With breeze-rocked rushes tall, below the floating lilies all ablow;
The maiden does not falter, here her altar-place she makes.
There, nestling near the sleeping shore, leaf-shrouded cots are peeping o'er;
Above beyond rise sloping vineyards groping o'er the hills
Now reaching forth pcnlnsulated now glen-riven Isolated;
Adowa the gorge the gushing spring sends rushing, tumbling rills.
From torrid lands to boreal, there's nothing more pictorial.
She thinks, as round tha shiny lakelette tiny she explores. '
Framed by green hills' decorating mirrored colors variegating
The whispering, prattling, lapping ripples wrapplng'pebbly shores.
No days of seaside tan terrific nights at farmhouse dolorlflc; - " -1 "
Her face beams with the first smile since her erstwhile pains were left. t
She flnds congeniality and hotel hospitality;
Prismatic pleasure bubbles of all troubles aeem bereft.
When boats are sighted dockward steaming, down comes maiden vanguard streaming,
In fllmyflnery airy, like flowers fairy strewn pellmell;
With night come strains euphonious; girl fett, in time harmonious,
Are gliding, tapping, pattering; laughter, chattering Alls hotel.
Swains swarm superabundantly, conversing most redundantly;
Miss Frivolity, detesting these Infesting Romeos,
Finds many imperfections In the place and makes objections;
Then packing guide book reading to boat speeding off she goes. C. E. T,
I OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY
BISHOP MORRIS WRITES A LETTER
TO THE DIOCESE.
He Quotes From Other Bishops on
the Subject, and Makes a
Local Application.
Bight Rev. Bishop B. WIstar Morris has
sent the following letter, which is a part
of his last annual address, to all the
clergy of his diocese, asking that it he
read to the several congregations:
'My thoughts of late have frequently
turned to the great hindrance that comes
to our work from what seems to me to be
the growing disregard of 'the Lrord s day,
commonly called Sunday, and devoting it
to purposes of pleasure and dissipation.
'pvio in.mnci nori-iiniv a irrpnt hindrance
This lsmost certainly a great hindrance
to our work which seems tp me to be
growing far and wide in its" baleful In
fluences. A rector of a Urge Eastern city
parish thus speaks of this evil as he
sees it:
Our besetting sin Is the breaking of the
Lord's Day, or neglect of the public worship of
Almighty God. This Is a three-fold evil. It
la a symptom of spiritual disease; lt Is Itself
levous sl and lt ls a sure cause of re-
liglous decay and death,
This terrible Impiety Is widespread among us
In the case of fathers who are looked up to
for an example In godliness; In -the case of
young men who, above all others, do most
need all the help that comes of worship, in
struction, sacramental grace, church fellow
ship, pastoral friendship and spiritual guid
ance; in the case of women, from whom we
4 a a- . A. l,fcA tklnirn an A ttl
nav, a ngn ,o ren! fo whoses'lnThow:
,. ,, nti o-od-narents are chiefly re-
sponsible.
of all these old or young, men, women or
children who on a Klven Sunday or other holy
day of obligation neglect dlvlno service, it is
safe to say that not one in ten ever has any
excuse which he or Ehe would dare to allege
to God as an excuse. It Is true that during
the closing years of the past century a wave
f Irrellglon-not at first In faith, but in living
P falth-hai been sweeping over this
communlty. Some who used always to be in
the spirit on (he Lord's day" began to spend
that most holy and blessed day in mere idle
ness and sloth, then In purely physical exer
cises and amusements or In domestic and social
festivities forgetting God. But such waves of
popular corruption and folly ought no more to
move a churchman and "child of God" than
the passing clouds move a granite hill. Rev.
Dr. A. W. Little.
"The rector of a parish In a Pacific
Coast diocese, not very far distant, re-
cently said to me: 'It
ruining our work. Men
is golf that is
ruining our work. Men and women and
children who ought to be in the house of
this neglect or tne j-iora s uay ana jus
proper uses, becoming more and more In-
different to their religious duties, and the
religious character of their families.' And
the bishop of another Pacific Coast Dio
cese, Boshop Nichols, of California, has
just written a pastoral letter to his peo
ple, exhorting them to a better obser
vance of Sunday, and quoting them In full
the words of the church's canon on this
subject (Title 1. Canon 23.) He goes on to
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
D. SOUS COHEN - - D. P.THOMPSON, PRESIDENT - . DAVID M. DUNNE
say: 'It la the simple fact that just in
Sunday observance the power of the
church is often at Its poorest, in the
lives of many of our church members and
communicants. Sunday is their least ex
emplary day as church people. Callfor
nlans are In no danger of becoming Purl
tans, and no time need be wasted here
in disowning any such bent in this plea;
but Sunday does mean something more to
a churchman than so much sleep, so much
dining, and so much recreation. I plead
with you to assert this. I may safely and
thankfully take for granted, my dear peo
ple, that you are In sympathy with me
in this; that you would, for the most
part, come nearer to Ideals of what Sun
day ought to be In a church diocese, a
church congregation, a church household, 1
a Christian life. You have hauntlngs or
other ways, not to say other days, of a
bet'ter sort of Sunday-keeping. But some
how there seems no start you can make
to change matters. Other business men
take Sundays as off days for business con
ferences, or for outings, and It Is awk
ward to hold out against It. Your friends
find Sunday morning the free time to
visit you, and church time comes just
then. Perhaps in the country Sunday pic
nics have a way of working you In almost
before you know it. The time of all times
when you can but get away on some proj
ect of your own always seems to be Sun
day. People can come for the dinner
party Sunday that you cannot get at any
other time, and all this, to say nothing of
the" hebdomadal fatigue or Inertia, with
the news or the views of a Sunday morn
ing, or the disaffection with some minor
matter of the church this is tho sort
of thing with many who are anything bat
Sunday-breakers at heart that reduces
,the power of the church to such a feeble
register In multitudes of lives on that
day. Some recall is needed. An old
father of the church did not hesitate to
call the right loyalty to the day a test of
self-command. And a little bracing of our
Christian principles and a little letting it
be understood that we are taking our
selves seriously and relying upon others
to take us so, would soon help us to cease
aiding and abetting a good many business
and social inroads on the day. It can be
done with entire good feeling, and win
all respect if our church people will only
assert themselves In the matter. The
break up of Summer is upon us. It seems
the very time for us to assert, rather than
lazily let down our Sunday keeping. It
would be difficult to show, on the other
hand, how, in any honest sense, we can
otherwise hallow the day and make lt a
sign that God is our Lord. -Man's day it
Is plainly enough, but how In the name of
all that is distinctly Christian is lt, then,
the Lord's Day?'
"After calling attention to some of the
prevalent ways of desecrating the Lord's
Day, the bishop gives the following four
rules for its proper observance:
First "With attendance at church and the
holy communion unless absolutely prevented.
Second With rest and recreation that is not
only Innocent In Itself, but In keeping with
the worship In all good conscience, and with
carefulness for example as well as for per
sonaly duty.
Third In trying every Lord's Day to mako
some other life brighter by some speclflo good
deed. Let not the sun of Sunday go down
upon a life that has not let some of Us Chris
tian light shine upon some one else.
Fourth In acting upon tho spirit of the
canon which does not conflict with Innocent
recreation and need by no means be burled
In the Book of Canons, viz: "All persons
within this church shall celebrate and keep the
Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, In hear
ing the Word of God read and taught. In pri
vate and public prayer, In other exercises of
devotion, and In acts of charity, using all
godly and sober conversation.
"There is not time for enlargement here
on this Important matter, which I com
mend to you, my clerical brethren, as one
requiring all possible grace and wisdom on
your part, that your people do not accept
the prevailing ways, In regard to this high
"duty to the damage of their Immortal
souIb, the dishonor and degradation of
God's church.
"I wish to make a further application of
this teaching, to those of our members
who at this season are seeking rest health
and recreation for themselves and their
children at pur seashore resorts. There
are three of these places, where I think
they would apply Seaside, on Clatsop
Beach, Newport on Yaqulna Bay, and
Bandon on Coos Bay. Wo have churches,
and regular Sunday services, at all these
places, during the Summer season, and I
am taking this means to warn our peo
ple against the temptation to neglect their
religious duties to stay away from the
House of God, to forego the blessed priv
ilege of gathering together humbly to
acknowledge their sins before God, to
render thanks for the great benefits they
have received at his hands, to set forth
his most worthy praise, to hear his most
holy word, and to ask those things which
are requisite and necessary as well for
the body .as the soul, because lt Is Sum
mer vacation, and they are away from
home to take lt easy, and 'have a good
time!' A Sunday at the seashore is just
as valuable and precious as one at home,
for the great purpose for which your life
was given you; and it Is just as much
your duty, publicly to worship your Heav
enly Father and glV6 him thanks, within
sound of the sea, as in the quiet of your
town or city. It Is just as much your
duty, and your privilege, to give of your
substance to support these services, estab
lished for your splrtual good, a3 it is to
support those at home according to the
ability God has given you.
"Brethren beloved, the time Is short
with each and nil of us, for the great
work we have In hand.
"We have neither Sunday nor week day
to squander In Idleness or frivolity, wher
ever we may be.
"At home or abroad God's eyes are upon
us, and we are sowing the seed now. the
fruit of which, we are hereafter to reap.
Well should we say then
Ten thousand foes arlsa;
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.
Oh, watch and fight and pray!
The battle ne'er give o'er;
Henew lt boldly every day.
And help divine implore.
Ne'er think the victory won.
Nor lay thine armor down;
Thy arduous work will not be dons
Till thou obtain thy crown.
Your loving bishop,
B. WISTAR MORRIS.
Krager, Gladstone and Grent Eliza.
Chambers' Journal.
Asked to explain the cause Of the Trans
vaal disturbance, a boy of 10 wrote this:
"Kruggcr and Kannerbullsm is one. He
Is a man of blud. Mr. Chamberling has
wrote to him sayln' come out an fite or
else give up the blud of the English you
have took. He is a boarduchman and a
wicked heethln. Lord Kitchener has sent
for his goary blud and to bring back hl3
scanderlus hed ded or alive." And another
boy's essay described Mr. Gladstone as
having "lovd everybody. He lovd publi
cans and clnners and Irishmen, he wanted
the Irish to come to England and have
home rool, but Mr. Chamberlain says no,
no. so alars he got his blud up and killed
Mr. Parnel. Mr. Gladstone died with great
respect, and Is burrld In Westminster with
peaceful ashes."
Compared with these versions of mod
ern history, the following on Queen Eliza,
beth Is faithful: "Queen Elizabeth was a
vurgln queen, and she was never marrld.
she was so fond of dresses that she was
never seen without one on. she was beau
tiful and clever with a red hed and
freckles."
ORIGIN OF -'JINGO." v '
Bnrden of the Song; Presented "by tho
Eniyllsn "Lion Comlane."
London Chronicle.
The death of Mr. Macdermott, the "lion
comlque," has been reminding everybody
of what was his most famous song and
one of the most famous political songs of
the century. As with the poets, so with
the great Macdermott his best songs
came to him unbidden. But, unlike the
poets, he did not write them himself.
They were submitted to him by outsiders.
It was so with "We Don't Want to Fight,
but, by Jingo, if We Do.". Mr. Macder
mott opened his letters one fine morning
and found the song (by Mr. G. W. Hunt)
inclosed in one of them. He saw In a
moment that lt would hit the taste of
the town, then violently afflicted with
Russophobln. He was right, and "Jin
goes" and "Jingoism" passed almost Im-
mediately Into political currency. The first
man thus to employ the word was Mr. G.
J. Holyoake (In a letter to the paper).
What precisely is a Jingo? The new "Eng
lish dictionary" Is almost down to J; it
will be Interesting to see how Dr. Murray
defines the term.
The Ascent of Mount Hood.
O Hood, your battlements are scaled:
Tho listless crags, o'er which have walled
The fitful blasts of Winter, show
Their bleak magnificence of snow, w
And from your balcony of rock. . JU,
Cloud-capped, you scan the nimble- flook? -
Of mortals souls who ventured for t
Their motto was Excelsior!
Ye maids, whoso peachy cheeks we think
Ne'er blushed an Ineffectual pink.
Your tempered tenderness was thero
To rival e'en the ambient air
That sklmmlngly o'ersweeps the sea
With Summer's softened melody;
That skips the illimitable waste
Where earth's hot sweetness is o'erhung.
And flaunts as snow In fleecy haste
Out In flamboyant pennants flung
Around the white-domed king whose crest
Uplifts Itself to charm the West.
High on the stage divinely made
The orchestra of wind has played
A clarion crash, a blaring drone
To wild Chinook's dread monotone;
And could angelic hand unroll
The painted curtain lifted high.
And bare to an aspiring soul.
Through rended portieres, the sky.
Fit thanatopsls that would bo
Beyond the azure canopy.
Hood, like a monumental sphinx,
But synchronous with modern life.
Stands, while the God of Battles sinks
Terrestrial navies knit In 6trlfe:
Stand, as when pearly dawn looked down
And kissed your first primeval tips.
Ere Caesar thrice refused the crown.
Or Homer catalogued the ships.
Did men dare climb your glacial breast,
Proud Mentor of the Elysian vale.
And put to scientific test
Your frieze of prehistoric hall?
Nay, lone, like famed Soracte's peak.
Majestic, radiant In tho blue.
No brotherhood of man shall seek
To chain you to their chosen few;
Your crevassed glyphs for all shall be
Armorial bearings for the free.
H. F. RODNEY.
Portland. July 19.
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