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Now all these things are written for four admonition upon whom the ends of the warld are come.--1. Corinthians x. il 4 AR kh : It greater opportunities bring greater responsibilities, then 'those that are resis ing upon us to-day are certainly ire- mendous. The progress of the ages has been cumulative and: has = raised this age until it slands as the highest peak of civilization, the keystone 'of all the ges, the very crown jewel in the: dia- em of time. 'Therefore, "these things fre. written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come." Why is it that such warning and ad- maonition are necessary now? Because in this "end 'of the age," in this twentieth century of privilege and development, there is so much more, in. volved. It means more to lose a jewel than a jack-knife, It means more lo wreck a trans-Atlantic liner than a fish- ing smack. 1t means more, infinitely more, to waste and wreck a life fraught With such fremendous possibilities' than fu waste and wreck a mere existence. Therefore, the admonition which 1s sounded IS UPON EVERY SOUL. This warning and admonition is also especially necessary now because in this age of oportunily and development Wwe can do much more than ever was possible before, When God called Moses to lend his people out of Egypt Moses 'began lo excuse himself because. <1 inefficiency, but God said: :What 's in thine hand?' and Moses looked and, behald, it was a shepherd's rod, Not & very great weapon of offense or de fense, but with that - potent rod he Wrought all: those marvelous signs and wonders, and at last delivered lsrael from her bandage, What is in thine hand, man of the world, lo-day? A business opportunity, 8 social power, a moral abligation, a leader's ability, a skilled workman's tools; all the possibilities of af "hand or eye or intellect, Make an'in- venlory of your equipment and then tell me how you are using iti Copies What is in thine hand, business mani? it. is a bankbook; one 'of the mightiest weapons for 'good 'or evil that isiin the | world to-day, How are you. using 17] nol What. is fn thine hand, man. of 'the | world? Leok 'closely 'again, for, behold ft is 'a bellot. Bemember iheri--and I say it advisedly and: reverenily--that nexl to the Bible the ballot is the most) powerful instrument for working righte- ousness in the whole land to-day. "What is in thine hand, aye, what is in thine arms,' womanhood: of to-day? A. child's: dear form? Ah, then, lel me Say yours is THE GREATEST POWER AFTER ALL. Over that life you: réign, supreme.. Ta you it will 'go for guidance; to you It will look: for ideals. See 'lo it. ther hood of fo-day, that those ideals are pure 'and true, are grand: and nobles and 'then you. may be sure of il that {he manhood of to-morrow will be bet: ter than that of to-day. § We need also to heed the warning 'and admonitions of the past and of the word of God, because even the little that 'we do now 'will = count for so much more than ever before, Every deed that 'we 'do now. has the weight of all the ages behind it. ~All the experience, "all the developniends of the past tell our '"fforts now and multiply them a thou- sand fold. Don't say that you can't do anything. Don't be trying io: frighten yourself by asking what is the biggest thing you can do and then excuse yourself by saying: "I can't do anything big." Ask 'yourself, -rather, the question, "What is {he least thing 1 can do?" and, start: ing with that, let ike hig things take care of themselves, REV, WILLIAM CARTER; D. D, umm Aa ------------------------------ FO040404-0404040 SOO Aunt Harriet's Thanksgiving Burglar Very limid we felt, for we were alone: in the house, Aunt Harriet and I, she haying sent John lo town to bank some money which had been paid her unex- pecledly, 1 don't know what the hour wes; 'but it was quite dark in the room when | was awakened by Aunt Harriet getting the old rifle off ils hook over the bed. A man irying to get into ihe house, she fold me in a hoarse whis- per; she'd seen himy with her own eyes, crouched down at the kilchen door, T heard a queer, picking, picking noise &5 Alnt Harriet liptoed to the window. Aunt Harriet, kneeling on the floor, vested the old rifle on the window ledge and pulled the rusty trigger. The bang was followed by the fall of a heavy kody on the kitchen stoop. The rifle fell from Aunt Harriets hands and she slaggered across the room, screai- ing, "I've shot him, a burglar, and 1 nly meant lo scare him off" Wa sat on the edge of the bed, shiv : 'ering with cold and. fright, uniil broad daylight, and then went fearfully down stairs. 1 opened the kitchen door and "here on the sloop lay--the biggest, fat- est lurkey 'I've ever seen. » Its head § shot clean: olf "its body, : In just "two: shakes of a lambs fail' fo quote Aunt' Harriet, 1 was on my ki.ces beside that burglar, stripping 'off its feathers and telling Auni Harriet tbat it, "the tinkey, wos God sent for our Thanksgiving dinner, Fy as I can see. Have turkey for Thanks- giving when mcbbe you wan't intend- in' to?" | Aunt Harriet sald she wasn't intend- ing to have turkey this year; she hadn't any of her own and she. couldn't. af- ford. fo pay this year's price for one. "This" turkey wasn't mine;"" she ex: plained--"it-~was yours." "So-ha!" said T. R., "that's different; it' put the shoe an tother fool as. it were Tl have turkey for Thanksgiv- ing and 1 wan't intending to have il." Now this wasn't what 'Aunt Harriet ; wanted, She wanted the "turkey, but » hoggle down 'the price. She wouldn't | have cheated T. R. of anybody else out of a turkey for the best farm' in her county, but she would beat him or any- toly eise'she could on the price of the turkey © and just a little bit on the weight, 100, * This is what she set out. to do. She Jookell away over T. R's head 'at the hills, '.She looked very in nceent, very honest; T. R. leaned his elbows on the fence and looked right at 'Aunt. Harriet. "Hé winked. I don't Know. whether he winked at me or st Aunt. Harriel, and 1 did--and 1 saw. just bow shrewd and knowing he looked. ; "I knowed 'Harriet Ann," he declared to me afterwards, "I knowed her long afore you did; T knowed her pints anit her habits," I seé: just what she was a driving at all 'the time. Harriet, she's a hull Jot o' fun sometimes" Aunt Harriet went on fo explain; She didn't see how she could 0' don 14-10 how, the rifle 'not' being loaded and she a-firing into' he air as she cer' tainly did, and the turkey being on {he Stoop where she'd seen it wilh her awh eves, Bul as It was Killed on' her pro Hiss she: felt that she ought. to same loss. Of 'course the turke 8 She didn't see the wink eet Institutions Rui ; gon Toad of talks hit gathered them" fiom, for 1 Jane was all the folks he had fi an tap, T. Ri. saw to: that, - And we had a gala -day--we all saw to thal; Ike, who begged 'of us.not to let {) story of 'Aunt Harriel's 'burglar. oul, I'm sure 1.don't know who was first |. to tell if; 'T know I wasn't.' ' aime fn it THE SUNDAY SCHOOL] NOV. 3. : Lesson V. The Cities of Refuge, Text: Psa. 62. 7. THE LESSON WORD STUD Based: on' the text of the Revi: sion, "Asylum; The Right of.--Our ward "asylum" © comes from "8 Gx word meaning "inviolable." = ls original meaning was that of an inviolable place of refuge and prolection for slaves, debtors, political offenders, and 'drmi- nals, The righl of asylum was one of the . earliest - social rights' recoghized among primitive people. It. is found to- day among very low tribes in Australia and elsewhere, but reached its § development among Be ancien brews and Greeks, - It was anly gradi 17. superseded 'by modern' jurispr 06, as and survived ina jnodified ierny even among' Chrisian nations. of: Europe. : tii a late date, Usually the'p ] apart was an altar, sanctuary, or other sacred spot protected by ihe 'presence of some deity. or other supernaiural' and sharing its inviolability: wild animals that chanced 0 stra, fn 'the bounds cI: ihe sac shared 'iis protection; b | put to death while 'they: remain: The. right of asylum was of especial: portance wilh. those peoples among whom {he 'primitive law of blcod ven- geance was most persistently 'main. {ained. = In Israel the custom seems. have, existed from earliest times, oni 'dcubtloss, ato" first every 'shrine stnctuary 'was 'such an asylum. careful legislation : regarding - ciiles efige found in-Deut: 19 and Josh wever, belong, at least in part, 10 later -period of Hebrew hislory. Fi this original. meaning of : the "asylum" {he 'sense. of the word gradually enlarged until the word ¢ {> mean any secure place of refu reat, or. protection. Since in mol 'mes Christion nations provide shell and supperl 10 various unfortunate a classes of 'humanity in ben specially erected that purpose, and since the custom persofial 'revenge has given way Amo enlightened peoples to a 'well-orgeaniz system of ; judicial procedure , the ¥ "nsylum" has ccme lo be applied almo hel fo institutions such as haf Iie of inte | just 'been referred 'lo,