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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, ' DECEMBER 9, 1906.
PROBABLY OLDEST MAN IN STATE
JAMES MACKEY, A WANDERING, RESTLESS SPIRIT,
WHO HAS FINALLY SETTLED DOWN IN A HOME
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E never belonRcd to a One-Hundred-Tear
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the numerous fads of modern hy
giene, and yet James Maekey, of Port
land, has passed far by the Scriptural
three-score and ten years, the natural
A RUNNING REVIEW OF EUROPEAN
Dr. George Cressey Points Out That Folks Across the Atlantic Are Trying to Solve Same
THREE tendencies of an economic
character are apparent In Europe at
the present time. First, a subsidence
of the furore for protectionism, which
!has prevailed during recent years: second,
the rise of Socialism and socialistic the
ories, or of their advocates, into a dis
tinctly rccocnized, and, from a certain
jpolnlfof view, a respectable, political fact
or In many of the leading nations; and
third, especially in England, the question
of land taxation and other problems relat
ing to the occupancy of the soil.
It is claimed that free trade vs. protec
tion forms an Intricate problem, and this
is doubtless true in its details and appli
cation. Certain general principles, how
ever, are clear enough. It an infant in
dustry need assistance it is preposterous,
that, as It grows older and stronger, it
should demand more, and if it were really
necessary, it would simply show the fu
tility of the enterprise, except, possibly.
In case of a few manufactures necessary
to a nation's defense. It is obvious, too,
that protection, as a system, is a means,
not an end, and is not the ideal in any
federation of the world in which peace
and concord shall pernnently abide.
"With the inauguration of, the new Ger
( man Empire, Germany has inclined more
and more to high tariffs till it has ap
proached in some avenues of trade to the
breaking point. The price of meat today
in Germany is absurdly higher than in
any other European country. This has
come about largely through concessions
fcy he Government to the agrarian party
lor purposes of political alliance, and
prices are still rising. Official journals
are now conceding the necessity for relax
ation, and the Government evidently re
alizes that measures for the rejief of the
people, which will result in the admission
of foreign products, must be taken in the
Immediate future. In England the pros
pects of any change from the established
policy of free-trade grows more remote.
Owing in part, perhaps, to the prolonged
illness of Mr. Chamberlain, the agitation
on the subject has subsided Into compara
tive quiescence, and naturally the lm-'
mens liberal majority, which will have
none of it, brings other questions prom
inently to the front. . In general, one Is
led to remark that in no question is' the
simultaneous occurrence of events or con
ditions more often mistaken for cause and
effect. Protection and ' free trade are
much like medicine to which the sick man
ascribes his recovery, wjilch is generally
due to his constitutional energies. Pros
perity attributed to economic policies is
sometimes attained In spite of them, and
is usually due for the most part to other
causes,
Socialists In French Cabinet.
The "formation of the new French cab
inet is an event in the history of Social
ism. M. Clemenceau has socialistic ten
dencies; two of the Ministers are inde
pendent Socialists, while others are sym
pathetic with many Ideas of the kind.
The Premier, M. Clemenceau, has called
JAMES MACKEY, 101 YEAB8 OLD.
span of man's life which so few even
reach in tills age of strenuous living. In
fact, Mr. Mackey became a centenarian
more than a year ago, and is reputed
to be at Ihis time the oldest resident of
Oregon. He reached his 101st year the
the new Department of Labor the De
partment of Humanity, and his sympa
thies are profoundly with the working
man. Be it noticed, however, that no one
of the government is a so-called orthodox
Socialist. This is made very evident in
case of the Premier by bis lack of faith
In peace tribunals and the possibility of
national disarmament. These develop
ments confirm one in the belief that while
the foundation of society will be, and
ought to be always individualistic, many
ideas and methods of a Socialistic nature
may be incorporated into the organization
of society which will prove conducive to
human welfare.
Municipal Ownership.
My observation on Municipal Owner
ship leads me to the rather commonplace
conclusion that It is neither the uni
versal panacea nor the social menace
which extremists, according to their pro
clivities, are wont to claim. In several
London boroughs where public utilities
under control of the municipality have
proved expensive, the people have
promptly made It an issue and elected
new officials with economically gratifying
results. This 'illustrates, I think, one ad
vantage of the system; it permits a
speedy rectification of wrongdoing or ex
travagance of administration which, un
der private ownership, must be usually
slow and Indirect. The telephone service
in London, which was at first altogether
a private enterprise, is now largely un
der control of the Gpvernment, having
arranged a mutual operating system with
the postal telephone service, and in all
probability will soon be entirely under
such control. The service is satisfactory
in character and. cheap in price. What
ever one may think of Municipal Owner
ship in general, it may be said that if
such administration is to be extended be
yond the postal service there is" no place
where the principle would apply more to
the advantage of the community than
in the use the telephone, simply be
cause competition which Is usually relied
upon to curb prices, involves so much in
convenience, or expense, or both, to the
public that the remedy is worse than
the disease. '
Unjhst Taxation.
No problem strains the Ingenuity of civ
ilization like that of taxation. In, fact.
Inequalities and cumbersome methods are
sometimes in vogue which are astonish
ing. In view of the- general progress of
rations. On no subject are men more sus
picious of change in general, or keener to
scent a possible increase of individual
liability. Despite, however, the -violent
opposition to the principles ef Henry
George, the tendency nearly everywhere
Is toward increased taxation of land and
natural opportunities, whether the latter
be purely natural or created by the people
and granted by municipal franchise. In
London and England generally there ex
ists a system peculiar, and It would seem
tntquttable. The imperial taxes fall on all
I
27th of lajt August. Mr. Mackey
is at present an inmate of th'e
Mount St. Joseph's Home for the
Aged at East Thirtieth and East Stark
streets. He came there from his former
home at Corvallia a little more than a
real estate, I. e., on the owner, while the
rates or municipal taxes, on the other
hand, are levied on the tenant. Thus va
cant land and unoccupied buildings es
cape the latter. A large number of un
tenanted buildings in a borough increases
the rates which sometimes reach the
high figure of 12 shillings to the pound,
more than half the amount of rent paid
and at the same time the increase tends
to augment the number of vacant houses
through the Inclination of people to move
to localities where the rates are less. The
liberal majority in Parliament proposes in
due season to take up the question of
land and land taxation with vigor, and
sooner or later this unfair and unprofit
able method of taxation will be rectified.
-Among other bills before Parliament
is that designed to abolish plural voting.
The principle, "one man, one vote," is
evidently entirely In the ascendant. The
perfunctory arguments against the bill
advanced by Mr. Austin Chamberlain
were rendered even more harmless than
otherwise by a quotation from a speech
of his father before he became the virtual
leader of the Unionist party, "It is better
to givein additional vote (if given at
all) to poverty rather than to wealth."
The Preferential Ballot.
A plan has been proposed, unique at
least, to secure majority representation in
all cases, and at the same time to avoid
the expense of a second election. It re
quires the voter to indicate his second
and even third choice on the ballot as
well as his first. Then, instead of placing
a cross before the name of the candidate
for whom he desires to vote he places the
figure "1"; before the name of his second
choice, the figure "2," etc. . Thus, if at
a given election A receives 8000 votes,' B
7000 and C 5000, no candidate is elected,
and the choice narrows itself to A and
B. The ballots for C are examined to
determine the second choice of the voters.
If the result, here is found to be 1000
marks of second choice for A, and 3000
for B, 1000 having been cast Blank, then
A receives as a total in this second count
9000 votes. andB 10,000. B Is thus elected,
represents In a certain way a majority
of the constituents, and the expense and
agitation of a second general election are
avoided. The experiment has been tried
in Queensland with satisfactory results.
Once More the House ol Lords.
The Autumn session of Parliament not
only brings again before the country the
education bill now under discussion in the
House of Lords, but brings up Incidentally
the whole question of the utility and
even the prerogatives of this second
chamber in the government. It claims
to be a brake on hasty and unpopular
legislation.
No claim, however, could be more pre
posterous than that a host of hereditary
peers, together with a handful of eccles
iastical functionaries represents as in
this special case of the education bill
they persistently assert the will of the
people more accurately than the house
elected by popular suffrage; The radical
and permanent weakness In the nature of
the upper house is that they modify legis
lation in only one way. They seek to
restrain liberal majorities in the govern
ment but allow a Unionist or Conserva
tive House of Commons free rein. Hence
tinder a Liberal government there are
two houses; under a Conservative, there
week ag-o, and will spend the closing days
of his life in this institution of aged peo
ple, among whom many ars almost as
children compared with Mm. There they
are given the best of care by the Cath
olic sisters, but for him it will be a
lonely and eventless closA of a life of
adventure and stirring incidents. And
yet he appears cheerful. He lives not in
the present, but in the days gone by, and
In spite of his extreme age he is not
entirely broken down in health and ex
pects to live several years longer.
A Wanderer From Childhood.
Like many of those who attain remark
able longevity, Mr. Mackey is a native
of Ireland. The first Hyears of his life
were spent in Ireland, and at that age
he emigrated with bis family to America,
settling niar Quebec. But throughout his
long life he has been a victim of the
"Wanderlust." Never contented to re-
main long in one place, Mackey -passed
the years of his youth and early man
hood going from one place to another,
encountering many exciting adventures.
At times he worked as a stonecutter, but
when he had money ahead he would re
new his travels. In 18S2 he came to Ore
gon, which has since been his home. This,
in brief, is the history of the oldest man
in Oregon.
The career of his life stretches behind
Mr. Mackey like a book from which many
pages are gone. Age has blotted many
spots in his memory, but others are re
called with striking vividness. He loves
to talk of his travels to any one who will
listen. His voice grows stronger and he
shows real enthusiasm when Je talks of
the incidents of the past.
When in Canada, Mackey lived in the
country with ' his parents, but he soon
tired of the monotony of farm life. He
was then a young man in his earlyi twen
ties, apd with two companions he left
home and spent several years wandering
about in search of adventure. The three
young men .visited Niagara Falls, which
were then In the midst of the wilderness.
In a smalt boat they crossed the river Just
below the falls nd then tramped, to
Pennsylvania and Virginia. '
"Have you been ill much?" was asked
of Mr. Mackey. "Just once Of any con
sequence," he replied. "I was laid up for
several months with a fever in Pennsyl
vania. They treated nor kindly there.
Then I was injured by an explosion in a
Quarry. I did not have much money, but
they were very kind. Father McRoy used
to come to see me often."
Remembers Every Kindness.
And so he goes on with his story. It's
the little things in his life that stand out
most prominently. Particularly the kind
nesses shown Mm. They are the inci
dents that are lasting. . And there are
other trivial circumstances of his youth
that he still cherishes. On all our trav
els we w'ere only overcharged at one
place," he said. "That was at Harper's
Ferry. The landlord of the inn charged
us 'three bits' a meal and extra for our
beds. At other places it was "two bits'
a meal' and nothing for. beds." m
But those who seek for the secret of
longevity will not find, it in the life of
Mr. Mackey. His whole career has
been the opposite of the rules laid
down by the advocates of, hygienic liv
ing". Even while he was talking he
took from his pocket a piece of tobacco
and chewed it with relish. Nor could
his case be seized as a moral by- ex
ponents of Prbhibition. "I always
drank when I wanted to and left it
alone when I wanted to," he said.
"My advice would be for young peo
ple not to wander from one place to
another," said the old- man, as he con
cluded his story. "I might have been
a rich man. by this time if I had set
tled down. Instead I went from one
place to another, and spent all the
money that I earned."
POLITICS
Problems We Have
Is virtually only one. . Whether now or
later, it is certain there will be a curtail
ment or revision of the powrs of the
House of Lords; the inconsistency of the
system and the prejudice of that body
are too patent to permit the present con
dition to be permanent.
The opponents of the education bill and
Unionists in general derive great satis
faction from the recent elections in the
London boroughs where 300 progressives
were replaced by moderates, or, as they
now call themselves, municipal reformers.
Incidentally we may note that there is
something after all in a name. Political
observers agree that the party in London
opposed to everything of a socialistic ten
denpy has i continually lost strength
through the accidental but unfortunate
term, "Moderates"; hence the change of
name. Local elections, however, as we
know by experience in America, afford
only limited significance concerning na
tional politics. In this special case high
rates were the overshadowing issue an
issue which never fails to produce start
ling results for the moment.
Voluntary Martyrdom. '
The opening of Parliament was sig
nalized by a demonstration of a peculiar
and very sensational character, the gen
eral outline of which has doubtless been
reported in the United States. Ten
women suffragists gathered In the outer
lobbv requesting an Interview with cer
tain' members of the liberal majority, or,
this being, impossible, asking a promise
of a recognition of their claims during
the present session. Unsuccessful in this
they proceeded to proclaim their ideas
and wants In noisy harangues, when re
fusing to desist and leave at the behest of
the police and violently resisting, they
were forcibly removed from the building
summened to court the next day and hav
ing refused to give recognizances for good
behavior they were committed to jail for
several months amid physical disturbance
similar to that of the preceding day.
These women are by no means of the
class one might suppose. One is of the
family of Cobden, the famous political
economist; two or three ace of wealthy
families; one is an artist, and one a
schoolteacher. These proceedings, un
seemly, to speak mildly, were designed to
attract attention to and arouse interest
in the cause of equal suffrage.- They
would have been more effective, however,
were not episodes of this character per
ceived at once to be the work.of one or
more of the same small coterie of zealots
who, on various occasions and at several
public meetings have persisted in inter
rupting the speaker till ejected by force.
Moreover, voluntary martyrdom is of
small effect, tending to the burlesque
rather than to the pathetic.
Mr. Lawrence, the husband of one of
the imprisoned ladles, announced immedi
ately that he would donate 10 daily to
the cause, so long as his wife remains in
carcerated, an offer which excited much
comment by its ambiguous implication or
interpretation. There is no question of
the sincerity and zeal of these propagan
dists, but success has been retarded in
England by the violent demonstrations of
the present year, for to refuse to obey
the law "because." as one of them pro
claimed in court, "they had not helped to
make it," is not the mark of wisdom or
the way of progress.
GEORGE CROSWELL CRESSEY.
London, November 8, 1906.
VICTORIOUS ATONEMENT
THE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
TODAY, IS "JESUS ON THE CROSS." LUKE 23: 33-46.
THE key to Christianity Is a cross.
Without the event on Mount Calvary
the religion of Jesus is inexplicable.
Take that chapter out of its history anJ
all the others lose their significance and
vitality." The gospel of Christ is ' the
story of a crucifixion. That simple mes
sage is the hammer which breaks down
all the walls of opposition. Men may
merely admire the philosophy of Jesus,
but it is His broken heart .that breaks
their stony hearts.
The most ' characteristic phase of the
life of Jesus is the scene of the cruci
fixion, which the Sunday-schools study
next Sunday. It is typical of his whole
career, for He was being crucified all
through His Mission; and Into the few
terrible days when the gentle, submissive
Son of Mary hung upon the rough beams
set up on "the place of a skull" was
crowded, for the world to see, the signifi
cance of all His thirty-three years.
The Iload to Power.
All roads to helpfulness lead over a
rocky crest called In the Hebrew, "Gol
gotha."' Sacrifice must precede service.
The Scripture truly says that Jesus "must
needs have suffered," only so could He
have become a Saviour. Sorrow is the
one universally comprehended experience,
the common lot of mankind. No man en
ters into the depths of human nature, ex
cept through his own broken heart. On
ly he who Is lifted up on some cross draws
men unto him as a recent magazine
quatrain suggestively called "Credentials"
puts it thus:
"I preach the Word. Why then that hiss?
Any why God's message laughed to
scorn?
Tour cheek has known no Judas kiss.
And your brow no crown of thorns."
It was only shame that the rabble saw
in the dreadful spectacle upon the central
one of those three crosses; had their
eyes been open they would have beheld
sovereignty there.- Pilate might well say
though all comprehendlngly "What I
have written, I have written," concerning
the inscription, "This is Jesus of Naza
reth, the King of the Jews." For this
supreme act of sacrifice and service, this
ultimate pouring out 'of His soul unto
death, is the true sceptre of Christ's king
liness. And this marR of the Lord Jesus
must be upon His church, if she is to
prevail over the worid. Not a cross on
her steeple. , but the cross in her spirit,
is the sign of a church's serviceableness.
A Tragedy's Saddest Side.
What- was the keenest suffering of the
Man who hung suspended there in agony
until His heart broke? Not His own
pain; physical pain cannot crush a great
soul. Not the shame of it; He was above
the power of itaen's opinion. Not the end-
A MESSAGE FROM THE CROSS
The Uniform Prayer-Meeting Topic of the Young People's Societies is: "Christ's Life"
A THOUSAND good reasons can be
given why the. awful selfishness of
men should cease, but the one reason su
preme above all others is that Jesus
Christ lived a life of perfect unselfishness,
showing us how; and he left to all his
dlsolples an imperative command, rein
forced by the bloody tweat and the up
raised cross, to surrender their lives in
loving ministry.
Unselfishness is the livery of heaven.
' It is only worth while In this world to
be like Jesus Christ. The path to this
perfection runs through the valley of
service. Without a -deep, unfaltering con
secration to a life o sacrifice and minis
tration it is impossible to grow into
Christ's image. Like his Master, the dis
ciple rrfust be among men as one that
serveth.
.
There is a world of practical philosophy
in Christ's teachings about losing one's
life to save it. Only as a man spends him
self in unselfish toil for others does he
gain an insight into the true secret of ex
istence. Not until he is lifted up on a
cross of sacrifice can he obtain the broad
vision of life, the clear understanding of
brotherhood, and the full perception of
truth that are the richest rewards the
human soul can know this side of heaven.
If you would save your life from small
ness, meanness, selfishness and death,
then lose It by fearless service.
Christ proved his divinity by his min
istry. The disciple of the present time
can likewise show to .the world by his
deeds of devoted helpfulness that he has
been born of God.
The Lord's doctrine of Ministration can
not be exhibited In a moment. He who
would be like Christ in this respect must
give his life to the task. The mission of
unselfishness is a life mission.
.
The greatness that endures, and that
continues to be greatness even in the
perfect Judgment of heaven, is the great
ness of helpfulness. "Whosoever would
become great among you shall be your
minister." I
Who goeth in the way that Christ hath
gone -Is
much more sure to meet with him
than one.
That traveleth byways.
GEORGE HERBERT.
.
What a black, cheerless and hopeless
world this would be were it not for the
light that streams from the cross! Sin
has spread pollution everywhere. The
whole world bears the blot of sin. And
there Is no remedy, no light, in all the
philosophies and religions that men have
devised. Sin is the stain that no mere
ethical teaching can remove. But even sin
must be dissipated and disappear before
him who is the light of the world.
- To sacrifice, to share;
To give even as he gave;
For others' wants to care; (
Not our own lives to save
The hidden manna this.
Whereof who eatetl, he .
Grows up In perfectness
Of Christ-like symmetry.
. LUCY LARCOM.
If the life which ye have chosen to b
your life is really worthy of you it in
volves self-sacrifice and pain. If your
Jerusalem really is your sacred city, there
is certainly a cross in It. What then?
shall you flinch and draw back? Shall
you ask for yourself another life. Oh. no,
not another life, but another self. Then
calmly look up and go on. Go up to Je
rusalem expecting all things that are writ
ten you to be fulfilled. Disappointment,
mortification, misconception, enmity,' pain,
death these may come to you, but if they
come to you in doing your duty it is all
right. "It is dreadful to suffer, except in
doing duty. To suffer there is glorious."
That Is our translation of his words into
our own life. PHILLIPS BROOKS.
News and Notes.
Dowie's Mexican concession has been
forfeited by the government and the
colony has disappeared.
A public religious service was conducted
in Esperanto, the new universal 'language,
In Geneva, Switzerland, on September 2.
More than 125,000 mission study text
lng of his life, though life was sweet
to this young man, as to every other.
Not defeat, for He knew that He was
an the way to a victory greater enough
to satisfy His all-embracing love.
The pang which fairly rent His heart
was that His people whom He had lav
ishly served, and passionately loyed, could
do such a deed. Not for Himself, but
for the state of heart that could make
possible so foul an act, and In the name
of religion, did He grieve. Therein, then,
we. see the significance of the cry, "Fa
ther forgive them; they know not what
they do." He Is truly Christ-like who
grieves less over a wrong done to him
self, than over the sin of the wrong
doer. Such was the magnanimous spirit
of the Crucified. Man's sin was the Re
deemer's sorrow.
Even crude souls catch the pathos of
the plight of Napoleon on the Island of
St. Helena, when subjected to the petty
indignities and Insults and slights of
small-souled officials. The littleness and
coarseness of the jailer was the worst
punishment of the great soldier with a
world conquering spirit. Pilate, the poli
tician, the pettyfogging Pharisees, the
pitiless priests, the purblind populace
these were the setting of the tragedy
of Calvary. Of such as these the great
and sensitive '-Jesus was made the sport.
By the rough and ribald soldiers his deli
cate flesh was beaten. To the accom
paniment of their jeers and coarse laugh
ter and taunts He was driven forth be
neath the heavy load of the crossed
timbers that finally crushed him to
earth. Truly, it was the refinement of
cruelty, the very ingenuity of the pit.
Wherever a fine spirit is the victim of
grosser ones there is some understanding
of this experience of the Saviour.
When the cross, with its heavy burden
nailed upon It, was finally dropped Into
its socket, with a wrench 'that . must
have racked every nerve fiber in the
sensitive body, a squad of soldiers kept
watch before it. Utterly blind to the sig
nificance of the world's supremest trag
edy which was being enacted before their
eyes, they gambled over the spoils of the
victim. They were witnesses of a scene
that shook heaven and earth, and that
stopped all the world's clocks, destroyed
Its old calendars, and gave a new birth
to time.- Yet these men gambled away,
with rude jest and laughter and quar
relsomeness. So d6es the ruling passion
of a life intrude Itself into the most
sacred scenes. Who does not know how,
even when on his knees In prayer, there
Intrudes Into his mind thoughts that en
grossed him at other hours and that are
altogether alien to tlje spirit of devotion.
Yet even these Roman soldiers, like
Pilate, and the priests, and the Pharisees,
and the people, were fulfilling the divine
prophecy. God's will be done by us, or
else in spite of us. Jesus was the willing
agent of the Father's will; the other par
ticipants in the great tragedy were igno
rant of that will or unwilling to do it.
books have been sold and used by students
in 400 colleges and' universities of every
Christian denomination.
A monument in honor of John Huss Is
to be erected in Prague, Bohemia, a city
where the population numbers more than
400,000 Roman Catholics and but 6000 Prot
estants. Rev. John G. Paton. the veteran mis
sionary to the New Hebrides, is spending
the last years of his life in Viotoria, Aus
tralia, securing men and money for work
In the islands of the South Sea.
The Jews of France, with Rothschild at
their head, have loyally responded to the
appeal made by the Separation Law, and
have by their pledges assured to their
church an annual revenue of a million
dollars.
A model Sunday school has been estab
lished by Columbia University. The teach
ers receive compensation for their services
and the scholars pay for their tuition.
The school enrolls ten teachers and 100
students.
The Young Men's Christian Association
is planning to support an army secre
tary in Jhe Arctic Circle, whose duty will
be to visit the military posts along the
Yukon River. His equipment will in
clude a launch, snowshoes and a dog
sledge.
Out of 24 generals of the Jesuit order
It have been Italians, five Spaniards, two
Germans, one a Hollander, one a Swiss
and one a Pole. The general Is chosen
for life and is absolutely autocratic in
all affairs relating to the society.
It Is proposed to perpetuate the memory
of Francis Makemle, the founder of Pres
byterlanlsm In America, by purchasing the
land 'where the pioneer is burled. Im
prove it . and place there a small granite
monolith, inscribes with a tribute to his
memory. It Is also desired to secure
funds sufficient to ensure perpetual care
to this plot.
The Chinese government has paid to the
$1,000,000 Home of ArtCollection
Continued IVom
one In this country of these portrait
heads which have come down from an
tiquity. It is believed by many critics
to outrank even the famous head in
Naples which high school students are
famlller with in text books. This head
reveals great beauty of workmanship,
and it is probably only a question of time
before it will replace the Naples head in
our text books and so become familiar
to a constantly Increasing number of
students. The second marble is a colossal
head of Zeus found In Asia Minor, and
which may have been worked by Athe
nian sculptors employed on the famous
tomb of MauBoIos (from whose name we
derive the name mausoleum). To us,
however, its chief Interest lies in the
fact that It is a copy, and the only one
now known In sculpture, of the head of
Phldlas great statue of Zeus at Olym
pia. The third marble to be mentioned
is a head of Aphrodite, one of the most
charming examples of Greek art In the
world and one of the loveliest of all
known representations of the goddess. It
is lifesize. sculptured In Parian marble,
and of almost perfect preservation.
Nearly every text book of American
history Is under indebtedness to the
American collections at Boston. In the
picture galleries the Athenaeum portraits
of George Washington and Martha Wash
ington by Gilbert Stuart were painted di
rectly from the distinguished sitters, and
are hence the standard likenesses of our
first President and his wife, since the
other Stuart "Washlngtons" are replicas
painted from these portraits. The por
trait of Samuel Adams is that by which
this famous leader of the Revolutionary
democracy Is best known, while the por
trait of John Hancock is equally fami
liar. Buskin's brilliant championship has
given "The Slave Ship," by J. M. W.
Turner, a permanent place In English
literature, and there are many other
canvases that have historical and liter
ary interest apart from their Value as
works of art. Among other very famous
treasures of the museum is a "Madonna
and Child" from the workshop . of the
Delia Robbia In glazed terra cotta a
popular and exquisite work which was
brought to Boston from Italy about 30
years ago by Charles C. Perkins, one
of the most distinguished art critics of
the nineteenth century.
In the Museum's First Gallery are two
But the will of God was done, as it must
always be done, despite all the machina
tions of men and devils.
Nothing outside of himself can really
shame or injure a man. It was no humil
iation to Jesus to die with the malefac
tors on cither side of him. He was aoove
such a petty thought; and even so dying
he was given an opportunity to minist-
whlch was" the ruling passion or hi?
life. He willingly makes himself a com
rade of every man on a cross, or of
every man bearing a cross. For the
sake of being best Brother to men. he
is willing to pay any price: suffering
is not too high a price for sympathy.
Jesus is history's great Sharer.
And he still covets comradeship. The
women at the foot of the cross were' a
comfort unspeakable to the dying Sav
iour. ' Then, as is always the case, It
was woman who was man's support in
his extremity. Paradoxically, God has
made the weaker sex to be the stronger'a
final strength and support. Womanhood's
queenlicst crown came to her that dark
day, amid noontide blackness and rend
ing skies, when the little band of women
stood loyally by their crucified Friend.
Jesus still wants comrades of the cross
disciples who know the fellowship of
suffering. No sorrow, no sacrifice, no
shame can be too great to bring .into a
comprehending communion with the cru
cified Christ. The exceeding great reward
of all who suffer in any degree as he
suffered is that they come to know him
and to know of him. All who are
closest to the risen, present Christ, and
who irradiate his power, have been with
him on Calvary.
Few events are final, most are but
means to an end. The cross was not
Christ's extinction but his coronation.
In itself its endurance would not have
been justifiable, the "pcnltentcs" of Mex
ico, who suffer for suffering's sake, have
not entered deeply Into the true meaning
of the cross. The symbolism of the cross
is sacrifice as a means of service. The
Lord's ministry to his mother In his
last hour was typical: the crucifixion
comprehends an all and great service.
Mary saw In that hour what the angel
announcer had meant when he declared:
"Thou Shalt call his name Jesus; because
he shall save his people from their sins."
It was only that he might atone for the
world's sinning that the just died for the
unjust. This terrible tragedy would be
as " idle as a painted ship upon a painted
ocean" without it were a victorious atone
ment for the sins of men.
Under an Eastern sky, ,
Amid a rabble cry.
A man went forth to die
For me!
Thorn-crowned his blescd head,
Blood-stained his weary tread.
Cross-laden he was led
For me !
Pierced were his hands and feef'.
Three hours o'er him" beat
Fierce rays of noon-tide heat
For mel
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
the sum of $27,250 gold, as indemnity for
property destroyed in tiie riot at Licn
chou, where four Presbyterian mission
aries were martyred. The Viceroy at .
Canton has further agreed to turn into a
school a small Chinese temple situated
near the mission premises, and to erect a
memorial tablet at the entrance of the
cave into which the mob pursued them,
stating that it was erected by the Chinese
authorities.
Seven Sentence Sermons
A life of true faith Is a life of noww.-
Speer.
-Tol!ve!s-not"to breathe; It Is to act
Rousseau. Every sin Journeys forward fully
equipped with instruments for its own
punishment.
The surest way to get a larger place ta
to make our service fill and overflow the
place we occupy. Joslah Strong.
The Holy Supper is kept Indeed,
In whatso we share with another's need.
Lowell.
I should Infinitely rather feel myself the
most miserable wretch on the face of the
earth, with a God above, than the highest
type of man standing alone. Tennyson.
Stand to your work and be strong.
Halting not in your ways;
Stand to your work and he wise.
Certain of sword and pain,
Ye who are neither children nor gods.
But men in a world of men Kipling.
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canvases by "Velazquez, the greatest of
Spanish and by many esteemed the
greatest of all the world's painters. One
of these Is an early portrait of Philip
IV., produced by the artist after he ar
rived at Madrid, in 1623. A work of
his more mature years is "Don Balthazar
Carlos and His Dwarf," painted in lesi,
depicting the monarch's little son, at
tended by the dwarf, who, according to
the custom of the time, was regularly
provided for royalties.
That Americans of all classes are learn
ing to appreciate objects of art Is shown
by the fact that 250,000 people annually
pass the turnstiles of the Boston Mus
eum. On the days when no admission fee
Is charged groups gather before the
building, eagerly awaiting the opportun
ity to enter. Once the doors have swung
open the crowd for several hours flows
through the galleries,, quite orderly, in
tensely Interested. Along with the na-tiVe-born
Americans there is sure to be a
sprinkling of people from other coun
tries. Italians especially are frequent
visitors, and a group of them may often
be seen listening to one of their country
men as he explains the works of art to
his less well-informed compatriots.
Part of the work of the art museum
wljich has been well developed in Bos- .
ton consists in holding Important special
exhibitions of' objects loaned from out
side. This Autumn, for example, there
has been installed temporarily a large
collection of early American silver gath
ered from various sources, and the visit
ing public has had an exceptional op
portunity to become acquainted with the
workmanship of such craftsmen as that
versatile genius, Paul Revere, who In his,
own day was celebrated for many things
besides his midnight rid;
That all the important possessions of
this American museum will be even
better known now through the removal
to the new museum building with Its
greater opportunities for observation and
study is Inevrtable. As part of the great
"University of the Fenway." In prox
imity to the white marble Harvard Med
ical School, to Mrs. Gardner's Italian
palace and to half a score of other
important structures the new museum
of fine arts will be one of the fore
most among the greatest group of build
ings that has yet been devoted to ths
higher education of the American people.
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