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THIS issue closes the first volume ; of the NEWS. One person has said I “Stop my paper," and several llllll- l dred others have said “I want the ; NEWS" and have paid for it. and we . are vain enough to flatter ourselves ! the enterprise is a success. It has 5 paid all its hills and has a few nick l 015 in tho till. A HARVARD cullege junior adver- tisos for a position during the sum- nwr. and among the spvciul qualificâ€" iltiUHH hf' mentions this: “Absolutely truthful." from which wv infer that tolling HH‘ truth is raw Hmong Har- WE had hoped the hardest of the hard times were passed. but aswtlxe new Dingle-y tariff bill will make women's hats mbre costlier than ever. nf course, failures 0f business men W‘I'Tl’"né' more numeroué. and the (lawn of prosperity made more N- mute. Advertlslng rates nude known on lqppllullon n this office. A MEMBER of the l'njted States Senate- is dead. Judging from the recent conduct of that body. its useâ€" f Illness would be somewhat increased if several more Mar? to follow their late associate to that houme. etc. Published in the Interests of Highland Park, Highwmxl and Ravinia, every Friday afternoon by H, I“. A. K. Evans. The Highland Park News. 'l‘crms, $1.00 per year, 50 cents fur six months, 30 cents for lhrcc months. I'Inlercd Lths ‘B. HIBBAR'I) H. F. EVANS ~ Office \vcnne. zed at the lxmruflice at Highland Park, “1., as secnml class matter. FRIDAY. MAY 28. 1897 ‘B McDonald‘s Building. St. juhns l Highland Park, Illinois. i ‘- - - EDITOR. BI'SINESS MANAGER. Now underlying; or entering into the warp and the weft of every real church organization. there are. or should be, certain clear, definite and steadily pursued Christian aims or purposes. in our (lay the great and grand thing in church work is preach- ing the gospel: that has been so from the first. Hence there must he preachers, men culled. set “apart. of (trod to that work. The distinguish» ing thing of the preacher is that he eaii'preach; not that he thinks he can. or some one else thinks: he can. but that he can, find (loee preach. The man that can preuch. the people want to hear. The problem of “how to fill the pews," the preacher will settle if. he‘cun preach: it' he 'HIl‘t. he will empty them. That test is infallible. It must not be forgotten that a preacher may fill the pews in one parish and empty them in an other, and if he is a man of much sense and even a little gnu-e, he will get out as soon as he discovers a tendency or disposition on the part From causes which need not be named. several of 'our local churches are having the annual “round up” about this time. and it seems fitting therefore tha‘t- a general“ survey .of the Situatig'in he. ‘made.' The "‘hne special thi..g which most imperative~ ly demands attention is the law of success. There is a law of success in business: there are laws of suc- cess in any and all the professions: so there 1s a law. or laws of succeSs in church building. Ostensihly each church exists first and foremost for the. glory of God and the spiritual healing of our fellows. and each de- nominatioaveenceives itself to have some special deposit of the truth of God which is essential to the. full and complete setting forth of God's revealed truth. and'so each tieriomâ€" ination emphasizes 'ts special phase of the truth. in addition to the great fundamental features, 011 which all evangelical churches are agreed. vard'students. ‘But we are glad to know that the influerpce of Washing- ton's example has reached even one Harvard undergraduate; even he may save the country from going to the dogs. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. CHURCH SUCCFSS. Finally, a church Mists for spir. itual culture. If intellectual. or HOâ€" cial or any other culture‘ he Hula-iti- tilted. spirituality declines. the church become-H mwrvatml. and its distinctin pom-r passes away. It may l)P('()ll)9 a strong social C(‘IllN‘. but that can't HHVL‘ souls; it may of the congregation tn “get out" from under his preaching. People are not to be driven to church “like dumb driven cattle to the sham- bles;" they are to be won. “And I. if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me." and the man that can't drnsz out of his place.