Miscellany
Could we but draw the curtains back
That surround each other's lives.
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better,
Purer than we judge we should;
We should love each other better
If we only understood!
Could we judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner
All the while we loathe the sin.
Could we know the powers working
To overthrow integrity,
We should judge each other's errors
With more patient charity.
If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim external roughness
Seem, I wonder, just the same?
Should we help where now we hinder?
Should we pity where we blame?
Ah! We judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force;
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at its source.
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good.
Oh, We'd love each other better
If we only understood!
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesion by
Rev. Dr. Llnacott For th In
ternational Newspaper Blblo
Study Club.
Lost Art Discovered
A 1 ocomotive fireman on the
Southern Pacific Railroad has dis
covered the secret of tempering
copper, it is claimed, and already
has tempered copper razors to a
point where they hold an edge
better than our steel razors.
To Have, Give
Imagine a rose that would say
to itself: "I cannot afford to
give away all my beauty and
sweetness; I must keep it for my
self. I will roll up my petals and
withhold this fragrance!"
But behold!
The moment the rose tries to
stcre up its treasures of color and
fragrance, to withhold them from
others, they vanish.
The fragrance and colors do
not exist in the unopened bud.
It is only when the rose begins
to open itself, to give out its
sweetness, its life, to others, that
its beauty and fragrance are de
veloped. So selfishness defeats its own
ends.
He who refuses to give himself
for others, who closes the petals
of his charity and withholds the
fragrance of his own sympathy
and love, finds that he loses the
very thing he tries to keep.
The very springs of his man
hood dry up.
His finer nature becomes
atrophied.
He grows deaf to the cries of
help from his fellow men.
Tears that never are shed for
others' woes turn to stinging
acids in his own heart.
Refuse to open your purse, and
soon you cannot open your sym
pathy. Refuse to give, and soon you
will cease to enjoy that which
you have.
Refuse to love, and you lose
the power to love and be loved.
Withhold your effections, and
thev become petrified, your sym
pathies die from di use, and you
become a moral paralytic.
But the moment you open wider
the door of your life and, like
the rose, send out without stinl
your fragrance and beauty upon
every passerby, you let the sun
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Golden Text: John iv:24. God la a
Spirit, and they that worship him
must worship him In spirit and In
truth.
Verse 18 Which brings tht more,
lasting happiness and devtlops the
nobler character, and why, the Epi
curean philosophy, a life devoted to
the pleasures of eni; or the Stoic,
Christian philosophy, a life devoted to
th service of others, and to self-denial?..
(This question must be answer
ed in writing by members of the club.)
August 1 Acts xviil: 1-22. Close of
Paul's Second Missionary Journey.
Golden Text: John xvi.33. In the
world ye shall have tribulation, but be
ot good cheer; I have overcome the
world.
Verses 2-8 A goodly proportion of
the membership of the church have
the ability to preach: ought not this
ability to be developed, thus giving
to every local church several preach
ers who could divide the preaching
between them, paying only cne a sal
ary, who would thus have plenty of
time to act as pastor?
August 8 I Thess. v: 12-24. Paul's
Instructions to the Thessalonlans. Gol
den Text:' I Thess. v:15. See that
none render evil for evil unto any
man; but ever follow that which Is
good.
Verse 21 Can the real truth ever
be a hurt to a true man. and should
not such a man be as glad to change
his opinions, when he finds he Is
wrong, as to change a worn-out gar
ment for a new one?
August 15 Acts xvlll:23 to xlx:22.
Paul's Third Missionary Journey
Ephesus. Golden Text: Acts xlx:17.
The name of the Lord Jesus was mag
nified.
Verse 28 Why Is It that God has
conditioned all extension of human
progress and Wterment, Including
salvation Itself, upon the zeal, ability,
and goodness, of those who already
enjoy Its benefits?
August 22 Acts xl:c:23 to xx:l
Paul's Third Missionary Journey
The Riot in Ephesus. Golden Text.
II Cor. xll:9. He said unto me, My
grace Is sufficient for thee: for my
strength Is made perfect In weakness,
Verses 23-27 When the general
welfare of the people Is Injured by the
business of the few. is It, or not. the
duty of the State to make such bus
iness Illegal?
August 291 Cor. xlll:13. Paul on
Christian Love. Golden Text: I Cor.
xtl? : 13. Now sbideth faith, hope, love.
these three; but the greatest of these
Is love.
Verses 4-7 Why Is It that love
tends to promote patience, politeness.
kindness, pntleness. humility and
everv other virtue?
September 5 Acts xx:2-38. Paul's
Third Missionary Journey Farewells.
Golden Text: Phil. Iv:13. I can do
all things through Christ, which
strengthened me.
Verses 7-12 Why is It that church
members will listen, unwearied, for
hours, to a political speech, and get
tired of even a good sermon, if It
lasts longer than thirty minutes?
September 12 Acts xxi:l-17. Close
of Paul's Third Missionary Journey,
Golden Text: Acts xx!:14. The will
of the Lord be done.
Verses 8-9 Should Christian par
ents train their children from infancy
to know God, to he skilful in prayer,
in faith and in good works?
Lexson for Sunday, September 26
Temperance Lesson. I Cor. x: 23-33
September 19th, 1909.
(Oo-r'eht. 1909, by Rev. T. 8. Lltweott. D.D.)
Review.
Golden Text for the Quarter So
mightily grew the Word of God and
prevailed. Acts xlx:20.
The following review can be used
as a complete lesson in Itself, or as a
review of the eleven preceding lessons
The date and title of each lesson
and where found, the Golden Text,
and one question from each lesson fol
low:
July A Acts xv:36 to xvl:15 Paul's
Second Missionary Journey Antloch
to Philippi. Golden Text. Acts xvi:9
Come over Into Macedonia and help
us.
Verses 37-39 If a man shows lack
of courage, or tact, or faithfulness, In
one position, does that in any measure
disqualify him from getting another, or
from success when in another post.
tion?
July 11 Acts xvi:16-40. Paul's Sec
ond Missionary Journey The Phlllp-
plan Jailer. Golden Text, Acts xvl:31
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
tbou shalt be saved.
Verse 16 In what class do you put
those who. knowingly, either directly
or Indirectly, profit by the sins of
fallen women?
July 18 Acts xvihl-lo. Paul's Sec
ond Missionary Journey Thessalon
iea and Berea. Golden Text. Psalm
cxlx:ll. Thy word have I hid in my
heart, that I might not sin against
thee.
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Verse 2 Is It necessary for us to
adopt all Paul's opinions, deductions
and prognostications. In order to be
well pleasing to God?
July 25 Acts xvil:16-34. Paul's
Second Missionary Journey Athena.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Polk County Bank
No. 160
At Monmouth, in the State of Oregon,
at the close of business, Sept.
1st, 1909.
RESOURCES
Loans and discount '- $79,503.47
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 2.435.08
Bonds, securities, etc 34.238.63
Banking house, furniture, and fixtures. 11.000.00
Other real estate owned 1,414.97
Due from approved reserve banks 36,858.79
Checks and other cash items 4.071.92
Cash on hand 14,630.94
Total iw, 156.66
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in Sfl.000.O0
Surplus fund , 4,000.00
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid 6,167.16
Dividends unpaid 100.00
Individual deposits subject to check.... 123.166.12
Demand certificates of deposit 2.052.09
Time certificates of deposit.-. t.. ....... 19.681.ffl
Total 184.156.66
State of Oregon, )
S3
County of Polk, )
I, Ira C. Powell, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
la true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
IRA C. POWELL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day
of Sept 1909.
GROVE A. PETERSON
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
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