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IN the crimson of the morning, in the whiteness of the noon, In the amber glory of the day's retreat, In the midnight robed in darkness, or the gleaming of the moon, I listen for the coming of His feet. I have heard His weary footsteps on the sands of Galilee, On the temple's marble pavement, on the street, Worn with weight of sorrow, faltering up the slopes of Calvary, The sorrow of the coming of His feet. Down the minster aisles of splendor, from betwixt the cherubim, Through the wondering throng, with motion strong and fleet, Sounds His victor tread, approaching with a music far and dim— The music of the coming of His feet. amusing Sandaled not with shoon of silver, girdled not with woven gold, Weighted not with shimmering gems and odors sweet, But white-winged and shod with glory in the Tabor light of old— The glory of the coming of His feet. He is coming, 0 my spirit! with His everlasting peace, With His blessedness immortal and complete; He is coming, 0 my spirit! and His coming brings release; I listen for the coming of His feet. —The Independent.

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T was the Spring Week of Prayer—and it was being "I'm sorry, but I can't do that," confessed Jim. "I made an especially special week at Howard College. don't understand very much about it myself. But I Jim's attitude was that of a tolerant cynic, as he sat know we had San Francisco!" perforce through the first two chapel services. But "But how?" the preacher was an alert young man, and he ap- "The announcer said so, plain as anything!" proached the whole question of Christianity with a "Do you mean to tell me, Jim," and the preacher different-from-the-usual viewpoint; so in spite of him- spoke seriously, "that you will believe in wind, which self, Jim found himself becoming interested. you cannot see or understand, and believe a man's And thus it happened that his vigilant efforts at voice coming to you in a way you do not understand, avoiding the visitor rather relaxed, and the preacher and yet you refuse to believe God's word, simply be- overtook him one afternoon, sauntering along the cause there are things in it that you cannot under- pine-bordered walk between the administration build- stand or explain?" ing and the dormitory. They talked about general Jim looked up, startled, surprised; then he laughed things for a few minutes, then Jim abruptly inquired: in embarrassment. Here he was, caught fairly and "You mentioned miracles in your talk this morning, squarely in the snare of his own worthless argument. but you don't really believe that Jesus worked miracles, "Think it over," advised the preacher. do you?" "I most certainly-surely shall," promised Jim. "Why, yes, I do. God's word tells us of these, and "And you'll let me know the result of your thinking?" I believe God's word." "Agreed!" Whereupon Jim smiled a superior smile, and from the depths of his nineteen-year-old wisdom, remarked: UQ s the next evening service closed, the preacher "No miracles for me! I don't believe anything I found Jim waiting for him at the assembly room door. can't understand." When they had settled down for a quiet talk, he asked: "No?" responded the preacher, questioningly. "Won't you please tell me how to believe? I really responded Jim, positively. "No, indeed!" want to, but I don't seem to be able to begin." And so the subject was dropped in favor of baseball, "Do you swim, Jim?" as they stopped to watch an impromptu game of "Why, yes," came the surprised reply. "scrub." "And have you learned to float?" "Yes." C..,./4 BRISK wind was blowing, and all at once Jim's "And did you find it easy to learn?" hat sailed away on a mission of its own. As he came "Not at first." back, a bit breathless with the effort of recovery, the "Why?" preacher remarked: "Well, to tell the truth, I wouldn't lie still. I could "Queer thing, this wind you folks have out here. not believe that the water would hold me up without You can't see it, but you can hear it; you can't touch any effort of my own; so I didn't relax, and the first it, but you can certainly feel it. Can you explain thing I knew I'd be struggling, and then, of course, that?" down I went." "No," answered Jim promptly, "nobody can." "And then?" "But still you believe in it?" "Then I found out that I must give up all the "Why, of course!" admitted Jim emphatically, sur- struggle, and just rest as if I were lying in bed, and prised at such a question. depend on the strength of the water to hold me up. Was there a twinkle in the preacher's eye? It was easy after I learned to trust the water." "And isn't God's word more worthy of trust than the changeable sea?" queried the preacher. "He does not LA FEW moments later, still walking and talking ask you to wait until all your questions are answered, together, Jim and the preacher passed the parlor in all your doubts settled. He asks you to just trust Him Beacon Hall. Some one somewhere was giving a pipe —trust Him as absolutely as you did the water when organ concert, and the wonderful music came in over you learned to float. the radio clear as a bell. "Believing isn't a long nor complicated process. It's "Great thing, this radio," observed the preacher. the simplest thing in the world, but sometimes these "Sure is," agreed Jim enthusiastically. "And this simplest things seem difficult, when we are merely machine here is a dandy, too. Brings in distant sta- lookers on. Once upon a time, Jim, I too wondered tions just fine. Why, once we had San Francisco! how to believe God's word. I wanted to, as you do, Clear across the continent!" but the proofs in the Bible didn't seem to prove until "How do you know you had San Francisco?" I discovered this verse: 'If any man will do His will, "Why, the announcer said sol" he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God.' "And you didn't see him?" And I tested it and found it true. Then it was easy "No, of course not!" Jim looked at the preacher to trust, easy to believe. There's no way of proving curiously, wondering if he had suddenly gone daft. God's word except by doing it, and so walking with "Still you are sure you had San Francisco?" Him day by day in obedience and companionship." "Certainly! No doubt about it!" "Well," said Jim at last, "I learned to float; so I "But how did you get it?" ought to be able to learn to believe. At least I'm "Oh—why—over the ether waves." going to give God the benefit of the doubt and— "I wish you'd explain it to me a bit more in detail, and try!" if you don't mind. How does the apparatus in that cabinet over there—I suppose it's full of tubes and things—operate?"

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These will be terribly surprised, for "the Lord written in the book. And many of them that sleep in of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting not for Him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion Thus the on-coming time of trouble for the world, with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnash- precipitated by industrial troubles and aggravated by ing of teeth." the seven last plagues and other outpourings of the The Spirit of prophecy also speaks in stirring words: judgments of God, is accompanied by- "Soon an awful surprise is coming upon the inhabit- 1. The standing up of Michael (Christ), indicating ants of the world. Suddenly, with power and great the close of His ministry in behalf of sinners in the glory, Christ will come." While no one is justified in heavenly sanctuary. attempting to set either an exact or an approximate 2. The final deliverance of God's waiting and perse- time for the Lord to return, we are given certain evi- cuted people. dences in the prophecies by which we may know when 3. The resurrection of the righteous and the partial the returning King is "at the resurrection of the wicked in the door," and the end is very near. bringing to life of certain leaders in evil who have distinguished Industrial Unrest themselves in the service of Satan. In the fifth chapter of James Rev. 1:7. is given a remarkable prophecy Thus it is apparent that the of the last days. It sets forth swift-flowing current of indus- the enormous accumulations of trial dissatisfaction everywhere wealth characteristic of these apparent today is hurrying us days (verse 3) ; the flaunting of straight into the final and fear- this wealth in the faces of the ful transactions connected with poor by expensive pleasure par- the close of this age. ties, banquets, and attire (verses 2, 3, 5) ; the systematic defraud- The Peace-and-Safety Movement ing of the laborer by withholding A consideration of the peace- from him his just share in the and-safety movement need not fruits of his toil, which is the detain us long in setting forth source of this great wealth (verse its significance. Only thirty-two 4) ; and the final bursting of the months ago fifty-eight nations tension thus created, a general subscribed to the famous Kellogg uprising against labor's oppres- Peace Pact, by the terms of which sors, in such a thoroughgoing war is to be outlawed and differ- fashion as to bring the most in- ences between nations are to be tense suffering to the rich. Verse 1. William Miller believed and preached the adjusted by peaceful means. second coming of Christ. This has already occurred in The shining angel of prophecy Russia. The former wealthy influential classes have has spoken concerning this through the apostle Paul: been brutally massacred. Their estates and wealth "When they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden have been confiscated, and where once gayety and destruction cometh upon them." 1 Thess. 5:3. Upon frivolity reigned, the silence of death prevails. every hand preparations are under way to visit this Active agitation is going on everywhere to bring "sudden destruction" upon the earth. Poison gases about the same results in every nation, and ruling have been devised in the chemical laboratories of the bodies are exceedingly nervous over the tremors that nations which, once let loose, will depopulate entire betoken the coming earthquake. No human hand or cities and wipe out every vestige of life over extensive power can prevent its coming. The sure word of territories. Sudden death will be rained from the air prophecy has spoken, and the world is soon to experi- while navies and armies overwhelm each other in ence a welter of revolution and trouble which Daniel mortal combat. Armageddon will not confine its com- describes as worse than anything that ever struck this bats to military organizations. Entire populations will "Virtue is the first title of nobility." 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be hurled against each other in the wholesale destruc- mind, and shall give their power and strength unto tion just ahead. the beast." "She saith in her heart, I sit a queen, Human destructiveness, combined with the death- and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." Rev. 17: dealing plagues, nearly annihilates the population of 12, 13; 18:7. the world, and the prophet, gazing on the awful scene, She (the Papacy) already sits a queen, and feels exclaims, "Therefore hath the curse devoured the that no more will she taste the bitterness of widow- earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: there- hood. Her old-time arrogancy is returning, and her fore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few influence is being felt by dissenters in several lands. men left." Isa. 24:6. She is demanding that Italy shall curb with an iron Everywhere and in every nation preparations are hand the activity of Protestants. Soon her hatred of feverishly going forward in readiness for the final Bible truth will be felt in a more definite way, and her holocaust. The signal is soon to be given. Happy will warfare against divine light will become more pro- we be if prepared in heart and soul for the issue. nounced. "Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, The Restoration of the Papacy and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly The recent action of Italy in restoring the dignity burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who of kingship to the Pope, is an outstanding sign of the judgeth her." Rev. 18:8. approaching end. The loss of that power was a sub- The restoration of her power is to be brief. The ten ject of prophecy, and its restoration is equally noted kings reign "one hour with the beast." "When he by the prophetic writer. cometh, he must continue a short space." Rev. 17: Twice, this restoration is mentioned: "The ten horns 12, 10. which thou sawest are ten kings. . . . These have one (Continued on page 13)

HE road was a wind- had preached it with the ing country road in The Spirit of 1844 fervor of an inspiration that Vermont, with deep came from God Himself. For mud ruts and snow J. W. MACE was it not in the plan of God piled high on each that the first angel's message side. Our auto swayed and slipped and some- should be given just as it was given, in the power times dragged as we slowly covered the few and earnestness of the realization of the actual miles from the pavement to our destination. At last coming of Christ, in the autumn of 1844? And the we came to a high hill, where the road wound in wide preaching of such a time message carried with it a curves among the trees and farmhouses. At the very convincing power that actual time and indisputable top, from where we could look down into the valley computation only served to verify. we had just left, or up, up to the high mountains of Like a city set on a hill that cannot be hid, the Vermont, covered deeply with the newly fallen snow, light from this little church shone out first in Amer- we found a little old weather-beaten church, a little ica, then in all the world, until the honest-hearted one where the snow banks in the front yard testified farmer preacher had to leave the hills of home, and that no services had been held, at least for a time. stand at the head of a movement that swept like a We alighted from the automobile, and wading prairie fire through country, hamlet, and city, calling through the drifts, inserted the old-fashioned key that men everywhere to repent, for "the hour of His [God's] we had secured from a neighbor, opened the door, and judgment is come." Farmers left their farms, sailors stood in the church where William Miller first pro- their ships, poor and rich alike, to sound the alarm, claimed the first angel's message, "Fear God, and give and still head and shoulders above all the rest, rose glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come." the farmer preacher, William Miller. The scorner was We took in at a glance the platform and pulpit, the silenced, the atheist convinced, the popular churches seats, and the old-fashioned box stove, but we hfitl were stormed and shaken, as thousands professed the not driven those few miles that Sabbath afternoon just advent message. Some joined the movement through to see the church, for there are many buildings like it, love, some through fear, some in doubt, some in cer- scattered here and there in the north country. We tainty, but all in terrible expectation. The words that had come to revive a memory, to try to vision anew still letter the walls of the little church, "For at the the historical background of our present-day message. time appointed, the end shall be," rang out like the There were five of us, all workers, to whom a scene warning of doom, and brought many to repentance. like this brought We knelt down in a thrill and an in- prayer in the little spiration, and we re- sanctuary as t h e viewed in our own « « 47- last rays of the set- minds the message « « '6;7_ ting s u n touched which, starting ; « the tops of the t h e r e, is swelling mountains with its into a loud cry that golden splendor, and is to encircle the the small windows earth. reflected its rays like William Miller, the the coming of that farmer preacher, other glory of the the deep student of returning Lord; we prophecy, h ad prayed to God that caught a message His blessing might that thrilled him rest upon us who through and a r e still carrying through with its the message of vital importance, Christ's soon com- and in this little ing to the entire church, on an world—we who have eventful Sunday, he "We knelt down in prayer in the little sanctuary." (Concluded on p. 14) Vol. 79, No. 19 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 5

EXPERIE eiss DAVID FAIRED By EARLE ALBERT ROWELL IN EMUS RISSEAR

MONG the early ar- critical opinion, it was at least rivals were Mr. and Christ—The Heart of Prophecy 169 years. So there could have Mrs. Emerson, ac- been no collusion between the companied by George and Lucile. But early Old Testament prophets and the New Testament evan- as they were, others were already seated in gelists. the hall, discussing in earnest tones the "On Christ's first public appearance He appealed points presented in previous lectures. to prophecy: 'This day is this scripture fulfilled in your "There will be a big crowd tonight," ventured Lucile, ears.' Luke 4:21. 'Then He said unto them, 0 fools, as people continued to arrive in increasing numbers. and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have "Naturally," replied her father. "From any point spoken.' Luke 24:25. And to show His disciples how of view, this is the most important subject." they should study the Bible, 'beginning at Moses and "Of the series?" she queried. all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the "No, my dear, the most important subject in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.' Verse 27. world," he asserted, an unusual seriousness in his voice. "However much skeptics may flout prophecy, they George and admit that the Lucile regarded 0 1 d Testament their father in does give fre- amazement. quent intima- "But —but, tions of the com- dad," the girl ing of a remark- finally stam- able personage. mere d, "I And they know thought you that for ages the were an o u t- whole Jewish and-out u n b e- nation lived in liever!" eager expecta- "I am, b u t tion of a Mes- that does not siah. And the prevent my surrounding na- realizing that tions, their ene- no subject in all mies, knew the the world ex- Jews had this ceeds, or even expectation, and approaches in mocked them consequence, the because of it. question of The little old weather-beaten church where William Miller first "Some of the whether Jesus preached the first angel's message. passages upon Christ lived, which this ex- died, and rose again, as recorded in the New Testa- pectation was founded were the promise of the seed ment." of the woman in Genesis 3:15; the declaration that Lucile still regarded her father with questioning and in the seed of Abraham should 'all the nations of the incredulous eyes. earth be blessed,' in Genesis 22:18; the statement that "Do many infidels believe as you do about this, dad?" Shiloh was to come out of Judah before the dominion "Practically all. And the leading ones have so ex- of that tribe should depart, as foretold in Genesis pressed themselves." 49:10; that a prophet like Moses was to come, accord- During this conversation, George and Mrs. Emerson ing to Deuteronomy 18:18, and quoted by Peter in had been amazed and interested listeners. Soon the Acts 3:22, as fulfilled in Christ. hall was filled to capacity, and still the crowds came. "Besides, we are told in Jeremiah 23:5, 6, of 'a right- Mr. Dare was introduced by Dr. Morely. eous Branch, . . . the Lord our righteousness;' and "It is my intention," he said, "to consider only a in Isaiah 40:11, 'He shall feed His flock like a shep- very small part of the evidence bearing on the su- herd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and premely important topic of today. Many valuable carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those books, ably presenting the matter, merit your reading. that are with young.' Most important is the whole "All through His ministry, Christ appealed to the of that marvelous fifty-third chapter of Isaiah. prophets in proof of His startling statements. The "A remarkable part of the prophecy foretold His appeal to prophecy was not only an argument to prove inclusion of the Gentiles, whom the Jews hated. Yet Jesus the Messiah, but frequently the sole argument. they recorded and jealously preserved even that pre- There are 333 prophecies and references to Christ in diction. 'I will also give Thee for a light to the Gen- the Old Testament which are expressly cited in the tiles, that Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end New Testament, as predictions fulfilled in Him. of the earth,' we are told in Isaiah 49:6; and in the "And no one can say these predictions were written third verse of the sixteenth chapter, 'The Gentiles after Christ's time, for the last book of the Old Testa- shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness ment was written 400 years before Christ walked the of thy rising.' streets of Bethlehem; or if we accept the extremely "The prophecy about this coming Messiah was filled "People who are always giving themselves away are not worth having." 6 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 12, 1931 with startling paradoxes. In Isaiah 9:6 we are told "From explicit passages in the writings of heathen that this Son of time is the Father of eternity; this historians, Tacitus and Suetonius, we find there was weak Babe is the God of all might. a general expectation that an extraordinary person "The fifty-third of Isaiah stated that the Coming would arise in Judea about the time Jesus was born. One was to be cut off from the land of the living, a In fact, so strong was this expectation among the Jews young man without offspring, yet He shall prolong that many false messiahs appeared, appealed to the His days, shall see His seed, which shall be so numer- prophecies, and gained followers among those who ous that even He shall be satisfied. He is to be put to were looking for the Messiah. So certain were the death as a despised malefactor, to make His grave Jews that Jesus was not the Messiah, and that the with the wicked, and yet the sepulcher of the rich is temple could not be destroyed before the coming of to be His tomb. He is to be scorned and rejected of the Messiah, that they refused all terms from Titus in men, and yet to justify many. He is Himself to be 70 A. D., and fought with desperation to the last. treated as a transgressor, and yet is to make inter- "To sum up: it is immaterial to me how you account cession for transgressors. Perplexing paradoxes, these! for it, but several marvelously demonstrated facts "In fact, so impossible did it seem that one person stand out. could fulfill the requirements, that many Jewish lead- "1. Centuries before Christ was born a number of ers said two persons were necessarily foretold. But Jewish writers, living over a period of 1,000 years, now, since Christ has come, He fulfills every para- boldly predicted that one of their race would be pre- doxical requirement so naturally, that we have ceased eminently righteous. to observe the actual incongruity of the predictions. "2. He would be a prophet. They no longer "3. He would even seem in- be rejected as the compatible. Messiah by the "It is admitted very people who that many cen- foretold Him, turies before the but would be ac- time of Christ, cepted as the certain writings Messiah by every by Jewish writers other nation on foretold that a earth. member of the "4. He would be Jewish nation, a blessing to all small and insig- mankind. nificant though "5. He would it was, should be live in a certain a blessing to all definite specified mankind. As we time. shall abundantly "6. He would be prove later, the killed. most doubting "7. He would scoffers proclaim die as a male- enthusiastically factor. that Christ has "8. All these been and still is, The old farmhouse where William Miller lived and wrote still stands facts are testified above all others near Low Hampton, New York. to by prominent of the human heathen writers. race, a blessing—a great blessing—to all mankind. "9. He was to be not merely a very superior human "Account for it as you please, it is a stubborn fact being, but God on earth. that this obscure Jew of a small, despised subject race "10. No one else meets these specifications, and Jesus has become most gloriously a blessing to every nation Christ does. on earth. This strange prophecy that seemed to be "11. The truth of the system of Plato, or Karl Marx, born of the overweening egotism of a race, has be- or Buddha, or Mohammed does not depend on the come a perennially amazing fact. question whether they were good or bad men. But if "Furthermore, the time of His coming was clearly a flaw could be shown in the character of Christ, the marked. It was not only to be before the scepter de- whole Christian system would collapse utterly and at parted from Judah, but while the second temple was once. standing. 'I will shake all nations, and the Desire of "His character stands as the foundation and super- all nations shall come: and . . . the glory of this latter structure of the whole Christian fabric. Skeptics know house shall be greater than the former, saith the Lord this, and still they do not attack, but uniformly praise of hosts.' Haggai 2:7-9. Him! His character is so winning, so lovable, so beau- "But this is not all: Daniel gives the exact year of tiful, so strong, so perfect, that though, like Gilbert Christ's appearance as the Messiah, and of His cru- West, they begin their studies with the intention of cifixion. See Daniel 9:24-27 and Ezra 7:11-26 for the attacking, they end in most enthusiastic praise, and date of the decree, 457 B. c. This is one of the best- often in worship. established dates in all history. "Christ runs through the Old Testament as well as "The 69 weeks, or 483 prophetic days, or literal years the New, like the lifeblood through our bodies. He (see Num. 14:34 and Eze. 4:6), begin at 457 B. c. and is the golden link that binds all its parts together, the reach to 27 A. D., at which time Christ was anointed light that illumes all its secret chambers, the key to as the Messiah by the Holy Spirit. (See John 1:29- its deepest mysteries and the keynote to its eternal 36; Luke 3:21, 22; 4:18; Acts 4:27; 10:38; Mark 1:14, 15, harmony, the heart of every Bible book and prophecy." marginal date.) Mr. Emerson, who had been quiet during the whole "The middle of the seventieth week, or seven-year talk, arose to speak. David Dare turned in smiling period, brings us to the spring of 31 A. D., when the expectancy to him. Messiah was to be 'cut off.' "Mr. Dare," began Emerson in earnest ones, "I have "Now, however one may attempt to explain it away, refrained from interrupting you, for I have a real re- these prophecies and dates do fit exactly with the gard for the Christ, and do not want to appear in the life of Christ, and nowhere else. (Concluded on page 13) "Being on the level doesn't always mean smooth traveling." Vol. 79, No. 19 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 7 J061ETIII GS

By C. K. MEYERS

EDELLIN remains a pleas- Along the trip the crocodiles ant memory. Situated five 'Down the 'River cAgain seemed scarce. Only occasionally thousand feet above sea we saw one, sunning himself on a level, it has a wonderful climate the year mud bank, and looking for all the world like a log. round. If we had such a city in the United The children, who kept an eye out for them, became States, it would have long since attained to specially apt in distinguishing their apparently life- some prominence as a health resort. less hulks. There were many cranes. Always we ob- I recall vividly one thing on the way down from served them above, as fishermen swinging on an over- Medellin. At a wayside station an enterprising Ger- hanging branch, watching for fish in the tide beneath. man sells hand lunches and serves milk. Good milk Disturbed by our passing boat, they would rise, and it is, too. I recall having two glasses, and this liberal in a straight line from head to legs, fly across the support on my part of his struggling enterprise was river. Their wings flapped at regular intervals, and such a tax on his milk supply that when I asked for as they flew, their elongated forms were perfectly re- a third glass, he broke the painful news to me that flected in the water only a foot below. I had drunk the pail dry. All the time the river was becoming safer for navi- At night we were back at Puerto Berrio and the gation. It was wider and deeper now. Villages in- hotel, and again our mosquito curtains were im- creased in number and size. We passed close enough properly hung. to one to see a little curly head peeking out just above At midday we boarded the river boat. Three boats the rim of a bathtub while the mother scrubbed the belonging to competing companies were leaving at little urchin clean. Evidently the river abounded with almost the same time. Then there were no other fish, for we could see at every village fishing nets out boats for three days. One wonders why the boats do drying. Judging by the huge bunches of bananas that not leave on succeeding days. The competition be- hung from the plants, the land must be highly pro- tween the companies seemed spiteful rather than in- ductive. telligent. Midday saw us tie up at a town of some importance. The boat trip from Puerto Berrio to Barranquilla Here we refueled with oil. As a sequel to this, the takes, under the most favorable conditions, three days. man who disconnected the oil hose before the flow At times the schedule is lengthened into an uncertain had stopped, was smothered in oil from head to toe. period—when the boat gets stuck in The poor fellow was a sorry spectacle the mud. In the dry season it hap- 1:111111111111111111111111111111111 as he retired abashed and looking pens sometimes that the boat gets i0 very much in need of a visit to the fast on a mud bank for as long as dry cleaners. three weeks. A few hours after leav- The afternoon became unbearably ing Puerto Berrio our boat struck a hot. In the cabins it was stifling. I mud bank. Our captain maneuvered was concerned about my films. But to get her off, but she only went in they came through without damage deeper. I began to have visions of from the heat. In the dining saloon hot idling on the mud bank. This a Victrola was performing, singing would have been a pastime akin to Spanish ditties in a high, screeching the kind the crocodiles enjoy. pitch. The youthful purser had un- A party of men, with an ample dertaken to entertain a dark-eyed, supply of cable in a boat, rowed over flashing senorita, and the rest of us to the farthest bank. Here they had to bear the unnerving serenade. drove in a long stake. On the other When I could secure temporary side another company of men were escape from the screeching Victrola, handling a thick tree I wondered at t h e 1 trunk which served as 111111111111111111111'1 Work tyranny of the jungle. a means to lever the 4 Mile after mile it boat off. Hours passed Let me but find it in my heart today seemed to have secured —five of them—before In field or forest, at the desk or loom, undisputed tenure of we pulled off. In the In roaring market place or tranquil room; the land. Flinging its meantime there had Let me but find it in my heart to say, challenge out to man, been a great many When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, it can only be subdued people giving advice; "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; by hard toil. Yet man in fact, there seemed Of all who live, I am the one by whom was attacking the task. far more advisers than This work can best be done in the right way." Since it was the dry workmen. When suc- season, the clearings in cess c a m e, nightfall Then shall I see it not too great, nor small, the jungle were being had overtaken us, and To suit my spirit and to prove my powers; burned over. The air the captain decided to Then shall I cheerful greet the laboring hours was filled with smoke. tie up for the night. And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall And then the day The dawn saw us up At eventide, to play and love and rest, ended. Out of the haze and away. Thankful Because I know for me my work is best. the sun glowed with we were that it was —Henry Van Dyke. ruddy heat, and went only a night instead of down like a ball of fire. i• three weeks lost. &NI11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 4 (Concluded on page 13) 8 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 12, 1931

E were traveling down the * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * tortuous road from the great Lick Observatory. Twenty miles of twisting, winding trail had to be negotiated from the top of The Lure of the Stars Mt. Hamilton, and the pas- sengers in a certain sturdy little motor car were pondering the wonders of astronomy. That is, they were pondering when they were not holding their breath while passing around some the larger of which houses a fine twenty-inch refracting sharp curve; however, confidence in the driver left some telescope. The smaller dome contains an eight-inch in- time for reflection. strument which, if permitted, could tell a wonderful story "Where does the bread and butter part come into this of devotion and sacrifice. The lower floor contains offices astronomy business?" queried one. "I see how the world and a well-equipped lecture room. On the upper floor is remunerated commercially by research is a comfortable library containing many in chemistry, physics, medicine, mineralogy, fine volumes on astronomy. and many other things, but where are the But let us visit the observatory and make practical benefits of astronomy? Why these some closer observations. We will always million-dollar investments in great observ- receive a warm welcome from the staff, and atories?" most likely we will be taken into the big The last year or two has seen a tremen- dome by the genial director himself, Dr. dous and growing interest in astronomy. Earle G. Lindsley. He is a tall, scholarly This great interest shown by the public is man with a real sense of humor, and his very not altogether due to the discovery of a spirit seems to have imbibed of the great- new planet in our solar system. There ness of the universe with which he deals. seems to be an awakened desire on the part Arrived, he presses a button, and the of many really to know something about thirteen-ton dome rotates till the great slit our wonderful universe. Work on the great in its top is opposite the star of our quest. project of building a 200-inch reflecting Then turning a wheel near the base of the telescope has begun in real earnest, and great telescope, the tube of which is twenty- the entire world looks forward in anticipa- eight feet in length and weighs several tion of the wonders it will reveal. Thou- tons, he swings it gently and easily into the sands are building small telescopes of their own, and desired position. So delicately is it poised that a school- astronomical associations of great variety are flourishing. girl can readily set it. Popular magazines are devoting much space to the sub- Between looks we glance around the darkened room ject, and the daily press utilizes every opportunity to and observe the clockwork which drives the telescope feature this popular study. Truly there must be some and keeps it pointed directly and constantly on the ob- reason for this widespread interest. ject of observation. In case of a star the clockwork must Ever since the musician Herschel "fashioned" a glass keep the telescope turning at exactly the same rate as and for the pure joy of it searched the heavens and dis- the earth's rotation. Should the object of observation be covered a planet, men have been at the job simply be- the moon, the speed of the mechanism must be slightly cause it is fascinating. "An amateur is one who does a retarded. thing because of his love for it," says David B. Pickering Then our gaze falls on the name plate, and to our sur- in the Scientific American, "and I have never known an prise we read the word "Rachel." Why call a telescope astronomer—man or woman—who was not an amateur. Rachel? Most naturally our interest is aroused. But the If it so happened that astronomy was also his vocation, answer is not so easy, for here begins the story of Charles his professionalism was quite a secondary matter." Burckhalter. Of course, it can readily be proved that the science of Burckhalter—the name always brings a warm glow astronomy has added much useful knowledge to such into the eyes of the older members of the staff—was the practical subjects as physics, chemistry, geology, geog- first director of Chabot Observatory. For thirty-eight raphy, and kindred sciences. But valuable and desirable years his zeal for the noble science of astronomy directed as this may be, I am certain that we will find a far the destinies of the institution. stronger motive for the intense devotion which a his- In was in 1885 that he succeeded in establishing this torical study of the science of astronomy will reveal. small observatory. Some years went by with growing Perhaps it is the challenge of the unknown, or the in- interest in astronomy, and an eight-inch instrument was ward response to the great question, "Canst thou by donated by Anthony Chabot. At his death, Mr. Chabot searching find out God?" that spurs these "watchers of left $10,000 toward a large telescope, and for twenty the night" to delve deeper and deeper into the recesses years Mr. Burckhalter worked and waited till the sum had of space. The work of the astronomer is often taxing, grown to $20,000. Then the telescope was built. The firm uncomfortable, and lonely. He must keep vigil through Warner and Swasey, who erected it, is responsible for the the night in an unheated observatory dome doing work placing of the plate bearing the inscription, "Rachel." that calls for the utmost carefulness and precision. Can Like Jacob of old, Mr. Burckhalter worked many long it be anything but his touch with the Infinite that in- years for his true love. He pursued the study of astron- spires his devotion? And after all, has not this inspira- omy for the love of it, for the joy of it! And today boys tion touched all of us when upon some clear, starry night and girls, and grown-ups as well, have the privilege of we have gazed at the wonders of the heavens? enjoying the results of his efforts—the world's largest In the hills to the eastward of Oakland, California, is public school telescope. Visitors are always welcome, located a fine little astronomical unit bearing the name and a visit here brings greater privilege than the more of Chabot Observatory. To call it a little observatory is circumscribed opportunities which attend a visit to some perhaps not quite right, for it bears the distinction of great observatory. being the largest observatory in the United States de- Who does not like to travel into new and strange re- voted to the use of boys and girls of school age. It is gions? Surely, there is something fascinating about operated by the public school system of the city of Oak- journeying into places where few or none have been be- land. The building itself is a fine stucco structure some fore. Shall we not take such a trip for the next few one hundred fifty feet in length. At each end is a dome, minutes? It will be an interesting one, I'm sure, provid- Vol. 79, No. 19 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 9

• • * • * * * • • * * • * * * ing you are adventure- there are millions of them, perhaps many as large as * some enough to follow these and some even larger. where I am leading. So far we have spoken only of size. Shall we not now See yonder mountain? take a spin out into space, where these vast aggregations BERNARD I. Notice the little rock ly- are distributed? How shall we travel? I suggest RASMUSSEN ing near its foot? Looks the rays of light, which will enable us to go at the tre- small, does it not? Now mendous speed of 186,000 miles per second. That means take these field glasses. a trip around the earth in one seventh of a second. What do you see? Two Thirty days is counted fast traveling around the earth's +1. men like flies crawling on twenty-five-thousand-mile waistline, but we make the the face of the rock. The trip in one seventh of a second. rock isn't so small after all! But what about the moun- At this rate of speed the moon would be reached in tain? Yes, it is a great deal bigger, and it takes a long one and one-third seconds, and the ninety-three million time to crawl to its top. Yet that great mountain is but miles to the sun would be spanned in only eight minutes. as a wart on the face of our planet—a slight roughness Sound travels fairly fast, but it would consume fifteen on the curve of the earth's surface. That, you will years in that trip. admit, does not give great importance to man's one hun- Surely it should not take us long to reach the nearest dred to two hundred pounds of protoplasm! Now let star. But what do we find? Four long years is the time us go on. it requires to reach our very nearest neighbor, Alpha There are tons and tons of rock in that mountain, but Centauri. Just try to figure it out in miles. How many there are a great many more tons of rock in our planet, seconds in a year? Four times that, then multiply by the earth—six sextillion tons of material, so scientists 186,000. say. And that is a great deal, for it is represented by a Better get out your slide rule or logarithms if you are six with twenty-one ciphers trailing after it. And, of going to deal in miles on this trip, for we have only just course, if you have done any traveling at all, you have al- started. Betelgeuse is seventy light years away, and ready realized that the earth is quite respectable in size. some of the brighter stars we see with the naked eye are Our adventuring gaze is next due to inspect the sun, from one to two hundred light years distant. When we for we shall not take time to stop at any of our sister reach some of the fainter stars, we find that many of planets, large and important though they may be. The them are thousands of light years away from the earth. sun is more than one million times the earth in size. It is interesting to look up at some of these stars on Let us see what that means. Suppose the sun were a a clear night and think of the fact that the light which great hollow sphere with our little earth in the center. now reaches our eye may have started on its trip when The moon in its course around our planet is some 240,000 the Man of Galilee walked this earth or when Moses was miles distant. Traveling in its usual orbit our satellite leading the children of Israel out of Egypt. And even as you look, the thought may occur to you that the star may not be there any more. It may have gone out in darkness hundreds of years ago. Yet we see it appar- ently as bright as ever. The old idea of one universe has been exploded. Astronomers tell us that there are many universes or galaxies, but so far none of them have been found larger than our own, which, according to Prof. Harlow Shapley of Harvard, is fifteen hundred million million miles across. Let us notice one of them. You have per- haps heard of the great nebula of Andromeda. Recently this has been found to be not a nebula at all, but a universe of stars at the tremendous distance from us of nearly one million light years. Many of the objects which appear in the most powerful telescopes as spiral nebula or Magellanic clouds are in reality distant galaxies. The more remote of these have been estimated to be fifty million light years away, which is equivalent to 300,- 000,000,000,000,000,000 miles! Now I am sure, providing you have followed me in your imagination, that you have a The Chabot Observatory clearer conception of limitless vastness of trger dome contains a 20-inch telescope. matter and space. It is only with this exten- sion of our comprehension that we are capable would never be much more than half the distance to the of taking the next little excursion that I have planned outer edge, for the sun is 864,000 miles in diameter. for you. For, if anything, this next tour will be more Now we are ready to take a look at some of the stars. astonishing than the one we have just finished. Do you see that yellowish-looking one up in the con- First, however, I want you to notice what some very stellation Orion? Its name is Betelgeuse, and it is of ancient writers have said as they considered the great- colossal size. Its diameter of about 260,000,000 miles is ness of God's created works. more than twice the distance between the earth and the David said, "0 Lord, how great are Thy works!" sun. So you see there is plenty of room inside Betelgeuse And Isaiah: "Who hath measured the waters in the for our sun, with its first three planets, Mercury, Venus, hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and the earth, to revolve in their usual orbits. In fact, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, there is nearly room enough for Mars to pursue its usual and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a orbit. balance? . . . Behold, the nations are as a drop of a A tremendous mass! A vast aggregation of matter! bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: We almost gasp at the thought. But behold Antares, the behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. . . . colossus of the skies, with a diameter of 360,000,000 miles, All nations before Him are as nothing." really too large a mass for our limited comprehension. In Job we find these words which further set forth Yes, these stars are large. But please remember that God's greatness: "Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? 10 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 12, 1931

canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?" system with its central sun, er proton, and from one An astonishingly definite view of man's proper place to ninety-two electrons revolving about in varying or- among the vast works of creation is given in the eighth bits. Between the proton and electron, comparatively psalm, and yet to the casual reader this bit of inspira- speaking, are vast empty spaces. Truly, of infinitely tion seems a glaring paradox. The continuation of small things, these protons and electrons are the our imaginary journey will help us realize the wisdom smallest. The diameter of the electron is only one revealed in this scripture as well as in other Bible one hundred thousandth the diameter of the atom. passages. So we must press on. Their sizes would compare as a grain of dust to an On a glass slide below the lens of a compound micro- ordinary house. scope is a tiny drop of water. There is hardly enough Well, friends, that ends our excursion into the realm to make a spot on a piece of blotting paper. Now look of the infinitely minute. Much more could be said into the eyepiece of the high-powered microscope. A about the atom and its wonders, but this will suffice new world of small things has opened up before you. to show us that the Creator has manifested His great- One-celled animals are swimming about. They are of ness not only in the creation of the large things, but different sizes and shapes, but nearly all of them are perhaps even more so in the creation of the molecule so small that the naked eye would fail to detect them and the atom. For in these are bound up the very under the most favorable conditions. secrets of matter and energy. Let us put on the highest power possible. Now we Likewise, it is true that a contemplation of the great see a vast horde of minute one-celled plants. These things and the small will show that God has placed are the bacteria and germs about which we have heard man midway in the scale. With this in mind let us so much. Often measuring not over one five thousandth notice the words in the eighth psalm: of an inch in diameter and some much smaller than "When I consider Thy heavens, the works of Thy this, the bacteria require a magnification of from one fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast or- thousand to three thousand diameters in order to be dained; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him? seen. Had we time for study we would find here a and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? For field which would keep us busy for some time. Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, But we are bound for a world that even the most and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou powerful microscopes ever designed have failed to re- madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy veal, a wonder world whose voice of testimony sci- hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet." entists have heard, but the inhabitants of which they The first statement reveals man as small and in- have never seen. significant, whereas the second part of the quotation First we meet the molecule. It measures only one portrays him as great and glorious. Science has re- three hundred millionth of an inch in diameter, and vealed to us that both these statements are true. True is the smallest particle which retains its identity to science and the Bible always agree. the mass of which it forms a part. So small is it that Perhaps you have read the statement in Matthew: three million molecules could line up in a row across "The very hairs of your head are all numbered." After the thickness of your finger nail. dealing in such great figures, this seems wholly within Here again even our imagination fails us. But it the possible, and should afford us little difficulty. may be interesting to draw an analogy. Suppose it Then, too, it helps us understand the character of were possible to enlarge a baseball until it should be- God. We see more readily how He can abhor a small come as large as the earth on which we dwell. This lie in a small and insignificant human being, and yet would be a tremendous increase in size. On this same be large-hearted enough to give His only Son for that scale the molecule would only wax to the size of a very same individual. drop of water. Last of all, it teaches you and me that we should be Small as it is, the molecule is generally composed careful in the smallest details of life, and yet be broad- of two or more atoms. These are of complex struc- minded and large-hearted enough not to be one bit ture, and have great similarity to a miniature solar selfish. Waking the Most of Your Work HAT'S all very well," Kenneth snorted. "Talk- and he began experimenting there with the rather arid ing about a fellow's making the most of his earth. He obtained permission to empty his wheel- work. Sometimes there isn't any most, and barrows there, as it happened at that time that the there is work so unpleasant and uninteresting refuse from the stable was not used nor sold by the that no fellow can have his heart in it. Take owner." mine for instance." Kenneth looked startled and then thoughtful. "What is your work?" the newcomer asked "He made a study of the different fertilizers," Horace curiously. went on. "He tried their effects upon the soil. He Kenneth flushed. "I clean out Mr. Carson's stables planted seeds in soils differently prepared, and studied for him," he said. "He is about the only man in town the results. He mixed sand and clay and other differ- that has horses yet. No, they are not thoroughbreds, ent soils with the fertilizer, and kept up his seed but old plugs that he works on the roads, so you don't planting. need to say, 'Get interested in the animals.' Anyway, "He obtained books, and read up on the subject, first, they are all out on the road when I do the work. I of preparing the soil, and then, of planting the seeds. haul away the fertilizer in a wheelbarrow. Now what He read of strange plants he had never heard of, is interesting or inspiring about that?" and at some considerable trouble secured them. Some Horace Norton was silent for a moment. "I know a he had to grow under a cold frame and some thrived fellow that found himself in that very work," he said. in the open. Some died and could not be grown at all. "You see he happened to have what you might call "His garden spread to the next yard, and people vision. He did not think of the evil odor, the unpleas- began to come to see it and comment. Once it was ant character of his work, but looked beyond." written up in the local papers. People came to buy "How could he do that?" Kenneth demanded, half slips and seeds and roots of his stock. Before he was contemptuously. fifteen he was consulted by men who wanted to make Horace smiled. "Where you see only hard, disagree- gardens themselves. And still he kept at his job of able work and the present, he saw the future—and cleaning out the stables, because he needed the fer- gardens," he explained. "He had a small back yard, (Concluded on page 14) "Some folks don't have to turn the light out to be in the dark." Innumsm. Jllllllll. JII l I lll JE1 ll 10A, Ir-•• kilt= Ely" S'IMP C llllll _ rImmuiti r. 51iiii110117 0511 ya 11111 Jllilr OUR PLEDGE OUR LAW IIIVJI nuIt By the grace of God,- Keep the Morning Watch. Do my honest part. ;111111:-. 1 will be pure and kind and Care for my body. true. 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T was wintertime, and Mrs. Graham came forward Teddy was back at Teddy's Button and gave him a kindly greeting. school, full of health "This is our would-be soldier," and spirits; yet, through ciln Old english Story said Colonel Graham, "the 'but- all his boyish mirth, ton boy,' as I hear he is called. By the loss of his button Some of you remember his was never forgotten. AMY LE FEUVRE story, told in our schoolroom to Daily he prayed for it to be The Lost Is Found the regiment passing through in found, and his hope and faith the summer, and we weren't sur- that God would answer his prayer never failed him. prised to hear of his narrow escape from death while "Perhaps God will send it to me for a Christmas trying to regain his button. But perhaps you've for- surprise; perhaps I shall find it in my stocking on gotten all about it, youngster? A button isn't worth Christmas morning," he used to say to his mother, much sorrow after the first pang of its loss is over." and she told him to pray on. Teddy's face was a picture; the blood rushed up to He had come in from school one cold day in the his forehead, his eyes flashed, and with clenched hands beginning of December, and was watching with keen he said boldly, "Do you think I could ever forget my interest the roasting of an apple suspended from a father's button, sir? I'd rather have it back than any- string in front of the fire, when there was a sharp thing else in the world! And I'm going to get it knock at the door, and the footman from the Hall back, too!" appeared. "But it's at the bottom of the river, isn't it?" "The master wants you to let the youngster come "I don't know where it is, but God does, and I ask up with me now and speak to him." Him every day to send it back to me. I'm quite sure "What about?" questioned Mrs. John, rather alarmed He will, and I think it will be this Christmas." at this summons, and wondering if Teddy had been up The ladies exchanged glances. to mischief. "Fact is stranger than fiction, certainly," said the "He won't keep him long." Then, as excited Teddy colonel. "Now, my boy, come here." began pulling on his greatcoat, he whispered some- He was standing on the hearth rug, with his back to thing into his mother's ear which had the effect of the fire, and putting his hand into his pocket, he drew completely reassuring her and bringing a pleased smile out a small box and placed it in the child's hand. about her lips. Teddy was delighted to go up to the "Open it and tell me if you recognize the contents." Hall, and he trotted along by the side of the tall young Teddy lifted the lid, and then a gasp, and a cry of footman, keeping up a brisk conversation as he went. ecstasy broke from him. "I shall never be a footman," he was asserting; "I "Oh, my button, my own button! Oh, sir!" couldn't keep my legs so stiff. You're always like the And here the tears welled up in the blue eyes, and, soldiers when they stand at 'attention.' utterly regardless of the place he was in, Don't you ever kick your legs out in the he flung himself down on the hearth rug kitchen, or have you got stiff knees?" and buried his head, face foremost, in his "I can kick out as much as I like," re- arms. sponded the young Irian, in rather an He lay there so still for a moment that offended tone. Mrs. Graham bent forward to touch him, "Don't you think it's nicer to be a sol- fearing that the excitement might be too dier? Wouldn't you like to be one?" much for him, but he was only trying to "No; their food is something shocking, hide his emotion from those looking on. and they live like cattle!" In another minute he rose to his feet, and Teddy would not allow this, and the with a face perfectly radiant he turned discussion began to get somewhat to the colonel: "It's lovely, sir, it's lovely!" heated, when their arrival at the house The colonel had had it set in a little put an end to it. gold framework with blue ribbon at- "I say, just tell me, is the colonel tached, making it look as much like a angry?" asked Teddy, as, looking into the large, medal as possible, and Mrs. Graham now came for- brightly lighted hall, he suddenly felt his diminutive ward and pinned it on his coat. size. "Now, my boy, I don't think you will ever guess how "Not he. Wipe your feet and take your cap off." it came into our possession. The other day I brought Teddy stepped in upon the soft rugs almost on tip- home a few fish, and in preparing one of these for toe, and the colonel himself came out into the hall to table, our cook discovered your button inside it—I meet him. wonder the fish had not come to an untimely end be- "Come in, my little man, and don't be frightened." fore from such an indigestible meal! She told us of Teddy held his head erect as he followed the colonel it, not recognizing what a valuable treasure she had into a bright, cheery room, where a group of ladies brought to light, and as soon as we saw it we knew and gentlemen were round the fire. it was the redoubtable button that has been the means of causing such interest in our neighborhood." Reprinted by permission a Fleming H. Revell. Teddy listened eagerly. "No wonder no one could "We have little time, because we lose so much of it." 11 12 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 12, 1931 find it," he said, fingering his adornment proudly. "It's Teddy's prayer of thanksgiving that night touched like the fish that brought Peter some money once." his mother greatly. Then the colonel turned to one of his friends. "0 God, I do thank you. I knew you would answer "Now, major, what do you think of this youngster? me, for you knew how dreadful it was to live without Would you like to take him as a drummer boy into my button, and you knew how unhappy my heart was your regiment?" about it, though I tried to be brave and not talk about The major scanned the boy from head to foot, then it. Please do help me to take great care of it, and answered emphatically, "I wouldn't take a boy with a never let me lose it again!" face like that for a good deal!" The next morning before breakfast Teddy ran off "Why not?" asked Mrs. Graham. to tell Nancy and to show her the long-lost treasure. "Because it's the ruination of them. I shall never She was quite as delighted as he was, but said a few forget a pretty boy we had once; he was called the minutes later, "Button boy, do you remember telling `cherub' and had been a chorister—sang divinely. He me you couldn't live without your button? You said was only four years in the regiment, and his case was you'd pine away and die." brought to me before he was discharged. He came to "Yes, I thought I should, but as soon as I began to us an angel, and departed a finished young black- pray about it, I knew it was coming back, and so I got guard. He drank, stole, and lied to any extent, and better." was as well versed in vicious sins as any old toper in "Well," said Nancy, with a sigh, "I won't ever try the regiment. When I see a fresh drummer brought to get your button again, but if you were to die before in, I wonder how long he will keep his innocence, and me, I wonder if you would let me have it then? I sometimes wish his friends could see the life he is would take great care of it." subjected to. I give them a month generally, and "I meant it to be buried with me," said Teddy, con- then their bloom flies away, and all their home sidering, "but I don't mind altering my mind about training." it, and if you promise not to give it to any one else, "But, Major Tracy, you are giving us a shocking idea I will let you have it." of the morals in the service," said one lady. "I promise truly," vowed Nancy, "and I told you I He shrugged his shoulders. "I grant you, on the wouldn't love you till you gave it to me, but I will whole, they are better than they were, but the service now, because I'm trying to be good!" is no place for highly strung boys like this one. The "And we'll always remember that soldiers and sailors rougher, harder natures get on best. When they get are just as good as each other—they're quite even!" older, and have sense and strength enough to stick "Yes," nodded Nancy; "sailors and soldiers are quite to their principles, then let them enlist." even, and my father is just as good as your father "But I have always heard," said Mrs. Graham, "that was!" the drummer boys are so well looked after now. They Teddy looked a little bit doubtful at this, but wisely have a room to themselves, and the chaplains have refrained from making any objection to the assertion, classes for them." and then they parted, Nancy calling out after him: "That may be. I would only ask you to watch a "And when you die, and I get the button, I shall boy, as I have, from the start, and see what kind of wear it as a brooch!" man he grows into after having spent most of his "Mother," said Teddy a few days after this, as she early youth in the service. There are exceptions, I was paying him her usual good-night visit, "it's a very know, but precious few as far as my experience goes." funny thing; but, do you know, I used to wish for an Teddy did not understand this conversation, but he enemy so much, to fight and carry on with, and now gathered from the major's tone that he did not ap- I've got one, and have Ipse to fight with, I'm getting prove of him. rather tired of him. Is that wicked? I asked Mr. "Do you think I'm too small to be a soldier?" he Upton today if I couldn't ever get rid of Ipse—I mean asked. when I am grown up—but he said I never should al- The major laughed. "Don't bother your head about together, but that I could keep him well under, so that your size," he said; "you'll grow, and there's plenty of he wouldn't trouble me so. He does trouble me a lot time before you." now." "I don't want to be a drummer," said Teddy, ear- "Soldiers must never get tired of fighting, son, and nestly; "I'd rather wait and be a proper soldier—a you have your Captain to help you." soldier that fights." "Yes; and I suppose when I get bigger and stronger "A capital decision; stick to it, little chap, and you it will be much easier, won't it? Mother, do you have have my hearty approval." any fighting? Do you have an enemy, as I have?" "You have your father's blood in your veins," said "Yes, indeed I have, my boy." the colonel, laughing; "meanwhile I suppose you try "But you're never beaten, are you? You never do your hand on the village boys to content your fighting anything wrong!" propensities." "I don't get into mischief and disobey orders, per- "No," said Teddy, a grave look coming into his sunny haps," Mrs. John said, smiling, "but I have many diffi- blue eyes. "I don't fight with anybody but Ipse now; culties and temptations that you know little about, he keeps me always busy." son, and I am afraid I very often get beaten by the "Who is Ipse?" asked Mrs. Graham. enemy." "He's my own enemy; Mr. Upton told me about him. Teddy pondered over this. "When I get to heaven, You see I belong to God's army. He takes very little I shan't have to fight with Ipse, shall I?" soldiers. I've been enlisted for months and months, "No, darling; there will be no fighting with sin and Ipse is just another part of me—the bad part!" there." There was silence on the little company for a minute, Teddy smiled. "Perhaps my Captain will think I've then Major Tracy said, with a laugh, "What an original been nearly as brave as father if I fight Ipse hard little oddity it is; quite a character!" till I die." And then Teddy was dismissed. He ran down the "There is a verse in the Bible that says: 'He that avenue home as fast as he could go. Snow was fall- ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' ing, but he heeded it not, and burst into the kitchen Mother would rather have her little son fight God's a little time later in a state of breathless excitement. battles than the bravest soldier in the army." His mother knew already, so was prepared for his "But," said Teddy, "I mean to do both; and now, news, but she was not prepared for the handsome mother, just before I go to sleep, give me father's adornment now on her boy's coat, and his grandmother button to kiss!" and uncle were also pleased at the colonel's kindness. THE END. "Life has many ups and downs, but succeeds best when played on the level." Vol. 79, No. 19 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 13

`Down the 'River cAgain "You agree with me!" Emerson exclaimed. "I don't understand." (Concluded from page 7) "Nevertheless, I agree with you. Any one of the 333 The last sign of life on the river was the dark shadow predictions relating to Christ is insufficient to prove of a crane flitting over the water as it sought its rest- that Christ is the expected Messiah. But let me ex- ing place for the night. When night came, the fires plain by relating an incident: all about us glowed crimson and red. Again we elected "The other day I was passing a rising skyscraper. to sleep on deck. A huge girder, weighing several tons, was being lifted I picked up conversation with an intelligent man. high in the air by a cable, and riding the steel beam, He was the promoter of a road that would link the in careless unconcern, was a man. Should the cable city of Medellin, which now cannot be reached under break, he would be dashed to certain death 200 feet a week's journey from either the Pacific or the At- below. lantic, with the sea at a good harbor. The new road "After the girder was placed, the cable, with the can be traveled in twelve hours. This will be a great man riding the empty sling, was lowered again to boom to trade, and provide quick entrance to and exit take up another load. While it was being secured, I from the very heart of Colombia. One third of the road showed him one of the small steel strands of which has already been built, and this man was on his way the cable was composed, and said: to the United States to secure the necessary funds to " 'Sir, don't you realize that not one of the scores of complete the project. very small wires composing that cable would for a Somehow time overtook us the next day. We had moment hold a hundredth of that load?' reckoned that we would not be at Magangue, where "The laborer looked me over in contemptuous dis- Missionary E. W. Thurber was to meet us, until noon. dain. 'Say, fellow,' he laughed, 'don't you know that We finished breakfast, and were in the midst of morn- while one strand won't lift much, together they'll lift ing worship in the cabin, when there was pounding a girder ten times the weight of this here one; and at the door. Opening the door, we were surprised to don't you know that enough of these little strands see Mr. Thurber. Hurriedly we gathered together our woven together would lift a mountain?' He confidently unpacked goods, and got ashore just in time. stepped on the waiting load, gave a signal, and was To make Sincelejo, where we were to spend a few swung aloft, as he mockingly waved me a farewell. days, we hired a car. Senor Moises Valdes, the native "The 333 prophetic strands taken singly will not worker, and Missionaries Andross and Thurber and I prove much, but woven into a rope of evidence, they were the passengers. It was sixty-six miles to Sin- make a bond impossible to break. Other strands will celejo, and you will gather some idea of the road when be woven into our rope of evidence next week, when I tell you that it took us more than five hours to make we consider the subject, Christ—The Heart of History." the journey. It was simply a mule track widened. Heads and roof often collided as we hurdled the bumps on the trail. We passed through many villages where we were welcomed by shouting children as little Why I 'Believe Jesus Is Soon Coming clothed as when nature first introduced them to this (Continued from page 4) mundane sphere. Clouds of dust were raised by the Then the plagues fall upon this power and utterly many mules and donkeys we passed. These were loaded consume it. "He" and "she" are used interchangeably with casks of water or bales of merchandise. The concerning this power, depending on the symbol used drivers of these mule teams maintained a perilous perch by the prophet in describing it. atop their mounts, on a saddle made of wood, legs crossed on the donkey's neck. No rein or stirrup is used. The Evangelization of the World A crook with a sharpened point is prodded into the This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all poor animal's rump, and this hurries it on. As a result the world for a witness unto all nations; and then every poor creature soon develops a patch of raw flesh shall the end come." Matt. 24:14. that must make its life miserable. Occasionally we It is impossible to measure accurately the work that saw a better-class traveler mounted on a good-looking has been accomplished in taking this gospel of the horse. Every gentleman carries a revolver. coming kingdom to all the world, fdr there are agen- We lunched on what we could get in a little town cies at work of which we know little or nothing. At that consisted largely of a church and plaza. The present we are officially working in more than 400 of country seems poor, and the towns have a disreputable the languages of earth. Our literature is printed in appearance. 141 of them, and we are working in 139 countries; but Entering Sincelejo, we enjoyed the brief comfort of aside from all this the Lord is using means for hasten- traveling on half a mile of cement road. Suggestively, ing on His work that are unknown to us. A great this fine piece of thoroughfare connects the church section of India has never had paid representatives with the cemetery. In fact, the church is the begin- of this movement working in it, and the leaders in ning of all roads. From this central point they amble that field were bemoaning the fact that so many mil- off in different directions, apparently without any lions of people were lying in total darkness, when, plan or purpose. one day, as some of our workers were riding through We spent five days at Sincelejo as the guests of Senor that section on the train, they noticed painted on the Valdes, our worker there. wayside rocks the words, "Jesus is coming soon," show-

00 ing that by some means the message of the second 00 coming had penetrated that region. We must remem- Christ—The Heart of 'Prophecy ber that the millions of pages of our literature being (Concluded from page 6) scattered each year are borne on the winds to out-of- role of a cheap disturber. But, while your evidence the-way places in the earth, and there they germinate, regarding Him is interesting and not easily dissipated, spring up, and bear fruit unto eternal life. The work it is far from convincing. For instance, Genesis 3:15, is evidently much nearer completion than we realize. 'I will put enmity between thee and the woman,' etc., There is solemn significance to the words in Romans seems to me rather an unstable foundation on which 9:28, "He will finish the work, and cut it short in to base a prophecy of Christ. And most of your other righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make instances appear to me to be equally unsatisfactory." upon the earth." "I agree with you, Mr. Emerson," replied Dare. The Sunday Law Movement Lucile gasped, as did her brother and father and In conclusion, note the statements in the Spirit of many others in the audience. prophecy relating to a national Sunday law: "To se- "Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love the truth." 14 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR May 12, 1931

cure popularity and patronage, legislators will yield to "He's a gardener now?" Kenneth asked. the demand for a Sunday law. . . . By the decree en- "He calls himself that," Horace answered, with a forcing the institution of the Papacy in violation of whimsical smile. "But I will tell you his full name. the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully It is Donald Quentin Parker. Perhaps you saw his from righteousness. . . . As the approach of the Roman name in the paper last night." armies was a sign to the disciples of the impending "The new superintendent of parks!" gasped out Ken- destruction of Jerusalem, so may this apostasy be a neth. "Is that really a true story?" sign to us that the limit of God's forbearance is "Yes," Horace laughed. "I know it is true, because reached, that the measure of our nation's iniquity is Donald Q. Parker is my uncle, and I had the story full, and that the angel of mercy is about to take her from him. As you know, he is a noted landscape gar- flight, never to return." dener, and has planned every park in the city, and At the close of Congress on last March 4, a Sunday that is why they elected him or appointed him to the law had passed the Senate and was on the calendar office." for passage in the House, but was blocked by the ad- "Whee!" Kenneth cried. "And here I have been journment. The final act, however, is at hand, with pitying myself for having such a humble, disagreeable all its attendant grave results, and let us not forget job. I've learned a lesson, I guess. I'm going to use the statement of the Spirit of prophecy that the final my imagination and vision and see where my job will events will be rapid ones. lead me. That's what!"-Faye N. Merriman. All these considerations should lead the thoughtful student of the Bible to the conclusion that the end of this world and the second advent of Jesus Christ V are near, very near. The Sabbath School Si ez-0 Young People's Lesson The Spirit of 1844 (Concluded from page 4) taken the message from the hands of William Miller, VIII-The Call of Faith and carried it on, in the light of the third angel's mes- (May, 23) sage, that the world may know again the meaning LESSON SCRIPTURE: Romans 14:13-23. of the special truth that for so long was buried in the MEMORY VERSE: "Let us therefore follow after the things darkness of apostasy. which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify Returning, we passed the grove where on that another." Rom. 14:19. memorable October day the advent believers waited Questions for the event that never took place. We imagined the Refrain From Judging great disappointment of these earnest men and women 1. What should we refrain from doing any more? What who were looking for the coming of the Lord, and the should we rather do? Rom. 14:13. Note 1. 2. Of what was the apostle persuaded? What exception anxiety with which they made a careful re-examina- did he make? Verse 14. tion of the prophecies to see if there was some flaw in 3. If our food causes our brother grief, what reproof do their reckoning; and our hearts were sorrowful that we merit? How careful should we be regarding this matter? the leader of this great movement failed to see and Verse 15. 4. What admonition is given us? Verse 16. Note 2. realize the meaning of the words, "Thou must prophesy 5. Of what does the kingdom of God not consist? What again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, are the essentials? Verse 17. and kings." Acceptable to God Then we passed by the old farmhouse where William 6. What may be said of the one who serves Christ in Miller lived and wrote, and went on to the little road these things? Verse 18. that turns aside to the cemetery where, under a very 7. What two things should we follow after? Verse 19. Note 3. unpretentious monument, lie the remains of the great 8. What should we not do for the sake of food? If even leader. The stone bears this inscription: "But go thy good things cause stumbling, what are they to us? Verse 20. way till the end, for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy 9. To what general principle does the apostle call atten- lot at the end of the days." Angels guard his resting tion? Verse 21. 10. How did Paul's practice harmonize with his teaching? place, for he will doubtless come up in the first resur- 1 Cor. 8:13. rection. 11. Who alone should our faith guide? Who is regarded The shades of night were falling as we reached the as happy? Rom. 14:22. traveled road and returned to our daily duties, but 12. What brings condemnation? Why? Verse 23. Note 4. there had come into each heart a stronger determina- Notes tion to do our small part in proclaiming the advent 1. "It is always humiliating to have one's errors pointed message to all the world. out. None should make the experience more bitter by need- less censure. No one was ever reclaimed by reproach; but many have thus been repelled, and have been led to steel their hearts against conviction. A tender spirit, a gentle, Making the Most of Your Work winning deportment, may save the erring, and hide a mul- titude of sins. (Concluded from. page 10) "The apostle Paul found it necessary to reprove wrong, tilizer worse than he needed the cash remuneration. but how carefully he sought to show that he was a friend to the erring! How anxiously he explained to them the "Then a day came when a rich man asked him to reason of his action! He made them understand that it make a garden around his new house. He gave him cost him pain to give them pain. He showed his confidence hundreds of dollars and complete responsibility. This and sympathy toward the ones who were struggling to over- boy, his name was Donald, hesitated at first. He was come."-"Ministry of Healing," p. 166. 2. "We who believe the truth should be very careful to afraid. Then he looked at his own garden and knew give no occasion for our good to be evil spoken of. We there was beauty there, even if he had created it him- should know that every step we take is in accordance with self. He undertook the work of making this million- the Bible; for those who hate the commandments of God aire's garden, and this time the fertilizer was hauled will triumph over our missteps and faults."-"Early Writ- ings," p. 70. to him in great loads. But the knowledge he had ac- 3. "The servants of Christ are called to the same work, quired himself helped him to mix it with other ma- and they should beware lest, in seeking to prevent discord, terials in just the right proportion for the soil. He they surrender the truth. They are to 'follow after the dug and worked and planted, and one day the garden things which make for peace;' but real peace can never be secured by compromising principle. And no man can be was done, the most beautiful spot in town. He gave true to principle without exciting opposition. A Christianity up his stable job to plan other gardens." that is spiritual will be opposed by the children of disobe- "It is only those who are despicable who fear being despised." Vol. 79, No. 19 THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR 15

dience. But Jesus bade His disciples, 'Fear not them which received five talents. . . . Even he who had received but kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.' Those who one talent could have surpassed in a short time one who are true to God need not fear the power of men nor the used five with less faithfulness. What an inspiration to enmity of Satan. In Christ their eternal life is secure. use to the best of our ability all that God has intrusted Their only fear should be, lest they surrender the truth, and to us!"-Peloubet. thus betray the trust with which God has honored them." 4. The Lord is represented here as giving His goods to -"The Desire of Ages," p. 356. each servant according to his ability. No more is required "Brethren, in your dealings with the Lord's household, of any man than the faithful, energetic use of his God-given 'follow after the things which make for peace, and things ability, whatever it may be. Ability and talents grow by wherewith one may edify [build up] another.' Rom. 14:19. use. It is not the Lord's plan that we merely preserve from Speak no words of censure. Lay no blame on this one or waste the ability He gives us, if that were possible, without that one. There is need now of the help that all can bring. using it, but He expects an increase. Seek to heal the breach that has been made. Do it cheer- 5. "Thus men excuse their neglect of God's gifts. They fully. Do it nobly."-"Testimonies," Vol. VI, pp. 460, 461. look upon God as severe and tyrannical, as watching to spy 4. "Without faith it is impossible to please God; for 'what- out their mistakes and visit them with judgments. They soever is not of faith is sin.' The faith that is required is charge Him with demanding what He has never given, with not a mere assent to doctrines; it is the faith that works reaping where He has not sown. There are many who in by love and purifies the soul. Humility, meekness, and their hearts charge God with being a hard master because obedience are not faith; but they are the effects, or fruit, He claims their possessions and their service. But we can of faith."-Id., Vol. V, pp. 437, 438. bring to God nothing that is not already His. . . . All things are God's, not only by'creation, but by redemption. All the blessings of this life and of the life, to come, are delivered to us stamped with the cross of Calvary. Therefore the Junior Lesson charge that God is a hard master, reaping where He has not sown, is false."-"Christ's Object Lessons," p. 362. 6. "It was the one with the smallest gift who left his talent VIII-The Parable of the Talents unimproved. In this is given a warning to all who feel (May 23) that the smallness of their endowments excuses them from service for Christ. If they could do some great thing, how LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matthew 25:14-30. gladly would they undertake it; but because they can serve MEMORY VERSE: "Well done, thou good and faithful serv- only in little things, they think themselves justified in doing ant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make nothing. In this they err. The Lord in His distribution thee ruler over many things." Matt. 25:21. of gifts is testing character. The man who neglected to LESSON HELP: "Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 325-365 (new improve his talent proved himself an unfaithful servant. ed., pp. 327-369). Had he received five talents, he would have buried them PLACE: The Mount of Olives. as he buried the one. His misuse of the one talent showed that he despised the gifts of heaven."-Id., p. PERSONS: Jesus and His disciples. 355. 7. "The word 'strew' means 'to scatter,' as men scatter Questions seed in sowing it. It may mean, also, to ventilate, or td 1. What parable does Jesus next relate to illustrate the fan by ventilating or winnowing. As sowing the seed is coming kingdom? Matt. 25:14. Note 1. mentioned just before, it may be that this refers to gather- 2. How did the man about to travel distribute his goods? ing grain fanned or winnowed by others, while he did On what basis were they given out? Verse 15. Note 2. nothing-indicating, also, a hard or sordid disposition."- 3. How did the servant receiving five talents make use Barnes. of them? Verse 16. "Gathering where thou hast not strawed (scattered), 'with 4. How did the servant receiving the two talents use his? the winnowing fan-appropriating everything produced on Verse 17. Note 3. his land by the labor of his servants, without giving them 5. What did the servant with one talent do with his lord's any share-no inducement to work for such a curmudgeon money? Verse 18. Note 4. master.' "-Expositor's Greek Testament. 6. After a long time, what day came? Verse 19. Peloubet says, "This representation of the worst kind of 7. What report did the servant having five talents make landlord is set forth in the parable in order to show by to his lord? Verse 20. contrast that if it was mean and unworthy to misuse the 8. What words of approval and what reward were given property of such a man, how infinitely worse it was to so him by his lord? Verse 21. treat the gifts intrusted by One who is holy and just." 9. What report was made by the servant who had re- His lord said, "Thou knewest," that is, accepting your ceived two talents? Verse 22. statement, I will judge you by your own words. (See Luke 10. How did the lord respond to this report? Verse 23. 19:22.) What you plead as an excuse is the very reason 11. What charge did the servant receiving one talent make why you should have acted differently. against his lord? Verse 24. Note 5. 8. "The punishment for refusing to use the talent is the 12. What course had he taken in caring for his lord's loss of the talent itself. 1. The opportunities will be taken money? Verse 25. Note 6. away from him who neglects them; he will not see them, 13. To what admission did the lord call his servant's at- nor be able to use them. 2. The ability to use them is taken tention? Verse 26. Note 7. away. The unused limb grows weak; the still water dries 14. What did his lord say the servant ought to have done? up and becomes foul; the inactive mind loses its power. Verse 27. This loss of the talent begins in this life; is gradual, that 15. What did the Lord command to be done with the one men may take warning and have opportunity to repent; talent? Verse 28. Note 8. but finally, at the judgment day, the talent will be wholly 16. What blessing is to be given to those who make right and irrevocably taken away."-Peloubet. use of their talents? What is the result to those who neglect 9. In worldly affairs, the man who does not make good or refuse to use what they have? Verse 29. Note 9. use of his talent finds that opportunities pass away, abil- 17. What command was given concerning the unprofitable ities diminish, and powers wane. So it is in the realm of servant? Verse 30. spiritual things. Topics for Discussion What talents do we all possess? ffritti**FE140I .1714' How may these be used for the Lord? What course would constitute "hiding" them? 61P- YOUTH'S How may these talents be used by the enemy of our souls? Notes 'I . 1. The parable of the ten virgins shows the danger of being NSTRUCTOR thoughtless or careless, during the tarrying time, about mak- 21 ing a complete preparation for the Bridegroom's coming. The only means of safety is to watch. Now this parable of the ten talents shows how to use the time until the Issued by Lord's return. The best way to watch is to engage actively REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION in work for the Lord. Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. 2. "The talents are not apportioned capriciously. He who has ability to use five talents receives five. He who can im- LORA E. CLEMENT EDITOR prove but two, receives two. He who can wisely use only one, receives one. None need lament that they have not re- EDITORIAL COUNCIL ceived larger gifts; for He who has apportioned to every F. D. NICHOL C. A. RUSSELL H. T. ELLIOTT MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS man, is equally honored by the improvement of each trust, whether it be great or small."-"Christ's Object Lessons," C. K. MEYERS STEEN RASMUSSEN STELLA PARKER PETERSON p. 328. SPBSCRIPTION RATES : Yearly subscription, $1.75 ; six months, $1. 3. "He was as faithful and as successful as the one who In clubs of five or more, one year, each $1.50 ; six months, 80 cents. "Opportunities make us known to others and still more to ourselves."

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A PEAK 9,389 feet high, near Los Angeles, California, has MANY Asiatic Indians, from prince to merchant, and cer- been named for Baden-Powell, general and founder of tain of the Swaraj leaders, have gone in for squeaky shoes, the Boy Scout Movement, with the approval of the U. S. considering that they give them style and prestige. The Geographical Board. average Indian coolie goes barefooted from babyhood. On Si 82 82 the other hand the ruling classes all wear shoes, and it was a prince of the royal blood who conceived the idea of wear- WHAT is said to be the most powerful gate-lifting crane ing noisy footgear to attract attention when he went among in the world, is located at Port Weller, the Lake Ontario the laboring natives in the various districts of his province. entrance to the Welland Canal. This crane is capable of Speakers of the Gandhi movement for self-government, in lifting vertically 500 tons. traveling about the country and appearing before assem- EY 82 82 blies of natives in the country districts, have found, too, they say, that squeaky shoes have helped them considerably, as AMERICA'S vacation this year will cost $5,000,000,000, the the noise not only attracts attention, but gives them individ- American Automobile Association estimates. More than uality as well. The squeaky shoes are made chiefly by $3,200,000,000 will be spent in motor tours and about $400,000,- Chinese shoemakers in Calcutta and Bombay, the squeak 000 more in touring Canada. being brought about by the loose tacking of the sole leather, so that there is a certain amount of friction. 82 82 82 82 82 AN endurance record that really means something is that held by Aristide Briand, the world's champion cabinet sitter. THREE great carved stone lanterns, weighing about seven- Since 1906 M. Briand has been twenty-four times minister teen tons each and standing twenty feet high, are to be and fifteen times minister of foreign affairs. presented by the city of Yokohama, Japan, for installation in Seattle parks, where their cheerful glow will symbolize 82 EY the warm friendliness between the two Pacific seaports. The lanterns are to be set on special concrete platforms during LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CHARLES E. ROSENDAHL, former the next Fourth of July celebration in this Western city. commanding officer of the airship "Los Angeles," has been A few years ago Seattle school children sent three thousand designated commander of the new Navy airship "Akron," assorted rosebushes to Yokohama for planting in her play- which is expected to make its trial flight next July. grounds. These roses proved such an attraction that the EY 82 Japanese people reciprocated by sending Seattle three thou- sand cherry trees, to be planted along the lakes within the CENTURIES ago France put a tax on windows. The land- city. Now the big lanterns, as well, are to adorn Seattle lord paid it, and based his rent on the number and size. parks. Electric lights will be placed in these pagoda-shaped, Last year the tax was abolished, and now builders are re- sandstone monuments by the park commission. In Japan joicing in the opportunity to make windows extravagantly such lanterns are lighted by large oil lamps. large and beautiful. 82 SY 82 82 82 82 AFTER years of effort, Russian scientists have established NEARLY 2,500,000 persons in twenty-two States came under a meteorological station on a summit of Mt. Elbrus, 18,526 the care of the Red Cross as a result of the drouth. Only feet up, and the highest peak in Europe. Braving dangerous 340 professional workers were employed, the rest being vol- ravines, scaling yawning precipices, conquering towering unteers. More than 500 carloads of food stuffs contributed, glaciers, and ascending the precipitous, snow-covered slopes were hauled free by the railroads as their contribution to of the great crag of the Caucasus almost foot by foot, they the cause. succeeded, after five days of agonizing efforts, in reaching 82 S2 82 the top and erecting a small hut. In the erection of the hut, every stroke of the snow shovels and picks was accom- UPPER berths of sleepers on one Western road are now panied by giddiness and sickness. It required more than equipped with windows, to add to the comfort of passengers. eight hours for nine men to get the hut together, a job The windows are smaller than the regulation car window, but which normally should have taken less than an hour. Re- provide more circulation than the ventilators in the roofs, turn from the summit took only an hour and a half. commonly employed to supply the Occupants of the "uppers" with fresh air. SY SY 82 82 82 THE dogs that have been appearing in "talking-dog" THE 20,000,000th Ford automobile, with Henry Ford at the comedies are rapidly following in the footsteps of human wheel, was recently driven to Mr. Ford's estate and parked stars. Having achieved a measure of success in their films, beside the first one, which was made in 1893. Mr. Ford took they are now acquiring the comforts, even the luxuries, of the wheel as the car left the assembly line. Edsel Ford and life. One studio in Hollywood has installed a complete unit two officials of the Ford Motor Company, rode with him. for its dog actors. They have their own stage, property shop, The 20,000,000th car will be taken for a tour of the country, wardrobe buildings, and dressing kennels. The dogs' quar- and then will be placed in the Ford museum, at Dearborn, ters are equipped with heating and cooling apparatus, and near Detroit. there are special private bungalows for the stars of the troupe. There is a fifty-foot promenade along dressing- room row for the daily canine constitutional. The unit even GOVERNOR PINCHOT recently approved a bill authorizing the includes a cleaning plant for the dogs' costumes. commonwealth of Pennsylvania to accept the land along Oil Creek, in Venango County, where Col. Edwin L. Drake, in 82 1859, drilled the first successful oil well in the world, as a park site. Thirty-five acres surrounding the spot were THE "bachelor" chest, an article of furniture which was offered to the State as a gift by the American Petroleum well known in the seventeenth century in England, is now Institute. The bill authorized the State to accept it, for being revived to meet the demand for compact yet pleasing the establishment of the Drake Well Memorial Park. furniture required by the small apartment. The bachelor chest was originally used by the young student. It was customary for him to place in his chambers a chest of draws of traditional design, with a sliding table for writing. HENCEFORTH every Turk is to have a family name. At The chest contained four drawers in which he stowed his present Turkish children are not so named; instead they clothing, papers, and perhaps a scented note or two. The take the father's first name, with a suffix added. Thus it is design of a bachelor's chest is well suited to the small apart- impossible to check up a person's ancestry. Now Mustapha ment of today. Kemal Pasha, adding a new item to the imposing list of "Westernization" he has given Turkey, has issued a decree S2 82 82 abolishing the old system and replacing it with our Western method. A great deal of preliminary confusion is expected. THERE are now nearly 6,000 bus lines in the United States, Thousands of Turks will have to change their names. But and last year they carried about 2,000,000,000 passengers the eventual gains to be derived from the reform are ex- over some 325,000 miles of highway, and took in about $360,- pected to outweigh the initial inconvenience. 000,000. "We human beings want to put off everything but a good time."