iii _ _ __ _ __________,__,_,.___,_ ,_ ,. _-.F wysniiiiilllhi ;1-__'TJ '_ < . ---Rl:AD A|..|_ ovmn li-'»R|Nos: EDWARE |s|_ANo---- l f - .ii i i i--.=- E: ES 2 is ‘<2 “Q §: fa Ef. *I EQ ga s I l is $5 *rn :U3 32 =: E: =; G. ` __ -'- '--- ' r ' -- ------ __ ' __ . i ij __ i _ _____i___9 ' ________________ __________.. ____ -_.______.___ f- _ "' .- ME, PO0R~llllllll. MY LIBRARY WAS DUKEDOM ENOUGH - S f 1 ._ . ilBrlei‘ Sermon on the Above Words Token From ' The Tempest-the llolue oi Books and , , Their ploce in Human Life. , *___ ____ (>g0pi~.1909 hy Bradley-Gurretson Co. ‘riddles of existence. He desires a Lap) knowledge of the planet on which he WM* ‘l“k°d°m enough' kel, Agassiz and Ilessey have wrested Tempest' Act 1" Sc' 2' her secrets from nature, and delight: Smkcspcum was ev_idenuy a book, in_ disclosing them to anyone who , ‘oven His drnmns prove that They seeks the light of truth. Does he de- giiow a wealth ol knowledge that sire theology? Calvin and Knox, _ cmliii only have been gained by far- Rutherford ii.iid Mather, iioherti-ion » icciinnate study. It was not unnub ami Stanley, Phillips Brooks and um] L||nt_at the height of his dra- Beecher at his command will dis- lmm power' in the cloning yea,-H of course eloquently to him. ls he de-‘ his dnvi\i.lon to his art, he should -lcctelli l“@I”~llcll0lY'~’ 'N10 Wltii ` illlll mm, ,.l.,,nwd 3 dmmn' in which the liiiinorists uf the past and present are central i~iiaracter was ii bookman, ti. ut his ell’°W~ He hill* but £0 l`0llCll 'wing ,,,l,|,,we(1 with the magic of out his hand to command thc genial lem_"mK_ Iimspcro ren that his uh- laugh of 'lfom Hood or Mark Twain; ___"___ was ,mkedom mme ,m0ugh_ Nu “’l`artarin of 'l`arascon” or “Soni /.lniibt Hdiakcspcare when he settled Slick" Cllll llll lllude to “play tile. HAKESPEARE __ can take down his Marlowe and Ben Jonson and Shakespeare and without difficulty imagine himself an inmate of the Mermaid Tavern, enjoying the flashing wit and penetrating insight into life of the master minds oi the Eliznbetlian age. A good library is indeed a dukedom; its owner is a rul- er of the world's choice spirits. A home without a library is like ii body without ii soul. Gross and nia- terial are the lives of the ignorant. There are many who profess careleas~ ness with regard to books, who take pride in saying thi-i.t»tliey never read. '1‘hey are parasites enjoying the spiritual environment created by readers. 0 ` 'l‘liere is ii dgngcr that hooks may become tyrants and enslave their de- votees. _A witty writer once wrote i'egardiiig ii, contemporary that “he might be ii very clever man hy_ na.- ture, for aiiglit I know, but he laid so liiaiiy books upon his head that his brains could not move." Unless knowledge is applied the mind is ai- fected throiigli great learning much as the body is aliected by gluttony.. A large library, a broad dukcilom of literature is an excellent thing but dow" in his Stratford h0mc_ after fool" for his amusement. 1-lashe aiit is impossible to have an intimate his icilvviissfiil business career in Lon- craving to know the deeds of men in ilnn, like l’i'ospei'o became devoted to llyizoiie times? .Josephus and 'i‘hiicy- , his liooks; not to the same extent, dides, 1-lerodotus and the “nilglity_ . lio\i'e\‘l-i', for he never neglected his}(iuesar," Hume and (liliboii, Momin-` ' liilsini-ss as l’rospero, to his tempor- sen and Merivale, i’i'eseott and i‘:irk-i ni-y loss, did his diikedom. Shake- man are ready to satisfy liis_hunizer‘ iipoari- has a strong affection for his for historical inforiiiation. Let his, ‘ liookisli characters. Prospero in his imagination yearn aItei‘ the iinniortal; adv,-|sii,y, Henry VI., Hamlet, Brilt- mlisie of the bards and the "cap-4 ` us, are all created so as to win the tains of the hosts of song," Homer; syinpatlictic affection of cultured and Virgil, Dante and Hugo, Goetliei iiiiiiils. 'i‘licre is ri ilneness about and Schiller, Chaucer and Spenser,i ihein, born of their reading and their Shakespeare and Milton, lliirns and ,ii-p,\|iis_ that is attractive. - Wordsworth, Shelley and Tciinysoii, pi-ospiei'o called his library a duke- l"oe and Longfellow rejoice to polli' ,|,,,,,_ Uiikgilom or kingdom ia an ex- into his cars their imperisliable_ __ ¢i~|li-ni. term to apply to n collection soiigs. Hitting by his lircside lie can! ni books. It is a diikcdom richer in travel tliroii li torrid Africa with K .willing subjects than iiiiy ordinary iiivingstoiie and htanley, scai'cli_the one, ’l‘he owner of it has at his coin- i'c_mol;e reg|ons__of China and 'lliibet niiiinl an army of men and women with Sven Hedin,» voyage through the who riinnot obey his will. He is at ii tumbling lcc-packs surroiinding thc‘ _ loss Iiow to act as a citizen,-he has South Pole with Scott and Shackeb iiiin.. ...ni Aristotle, imke .inn Mill, ton, exiiiiiilence the iieiilli iiiiil the liiinjlnilin Franklin and Enicri-ion to glories of the Arctic seas with Frank- inlvisi- him. The problems of lifc and lin and Kane, Nanseii and l‘cai'y. _ di-uili oppress him; ’ Job and Isaiah, It is soinetliing to bc able to sit llnviii and Solomon and St. Paul. by the iiresiile _and conimanil exlllllf' ' v - A V ‘ i ' : In |._l,,,,,.i,|,, ,ma be-ncea, Kant and cis, poets, liistoriiiiis, liiiiiioi-isi.i_»i,I ' iii-i_i~l llcrkclcy and i>|ienc_tr are theologians ind pliilosoplie_i_s£ _In lil_i~_l __ imily to assist liini in solving the ~library on ii wiiiiel s incl el "lil acqiiaiiitaiice with all the books in it. it is impossible to have an intimate to select some and to read and re~~ reail them. The iiatin orator who said “l’lcwzire` of the man of one book" was wise. Know and love rl iewi wull. These few make “a sub- stantial world both fair and good.” illiaucei- and i-lhakespeare, Milton and llrowning, iiarlyle and lliinerson can be any mlin's boon companions. What ii privilege! » Ml¥iN'I‘AL A(i’1_fIVl'1‘Y ANI) SMOKING Mental activity is everywhere on the incrensc, and so is snioking--tlie former desires the latter. ’l‘lie stron- ‘ gcr the nervous tension and mcntal ciiiliimiice the stronger the toliacco and the greater the qiiantity rciiiiircd for the smoker.-Health. "' THE 'l‘llADli'ing lioncycomhed by ln- l0l`l`0l"lllt SVC GL. Bl"l'll‘lYll. N. Y-.,ii'iiziL_ fronii mcclianisni, not from the chip- ng hammer upon blocks of stone_l pi they' ring, in fact, noi. ai. all from, in cizhanics or even from the iiiatcriiiil orld-the opening of the siivoiiil do-i onlie of the t\vuiil.ici.li i‘oiii.i|i'y is. briiigiiig us voices that i-ini: iiiii. i»f;_ the very heart of this great, scetliiiig, i llll|"ll"“li. UV \\`ll| lllvlllll illllllllfllfil str,-riggliiig, striving ' roinliiiiatioii of' iiinan souls, out of this very pow<~r` i‘:seli ivhiizli is so able of itself to ¥f!l`(‘.l)lll(l i|lilllilll1l,l.ll llill.l|l`(!. ‘ 'l'liis llccailo is one of social unrciit, i social ilisvoiiti-lit. Wi* lioar this on .~ii rs I ,___ ,_________ ,,,fp’ 552 bi* L_-1_v~’ _ _ __ _ -.i..4_ _ . -___ _ ___ _a.E_.___r._s__sg1i-._::i»g_1....,-jmgiiggi. __, r_ __._ __ __'2‘__'i:,"5;°a5,::7 '_ _.-'_'”“"'”_-f"`-= .___-1-----J;--* i"l;T;“:_"2T_;-i"| -e1¢:.:§_ Lili `3""} iT ii l.i_ t. l i é iii' #Ll _ U” Q_l,.iQi_i_l -' 1173*; ._ ` _L --7 0 4 - -rt _ ‘-1*”-2'f;;“~‘”“f‘ ”‘ 2-"‘”"| P~f ‘Til iii ‘ii Now we play that some old game, And we blow them just the same, Some l > _l__l_. _-i-ai-----Y--- --lul- ~ .iff - i‘T`-_-' ____~-_ 7- -r; _ 1:1; ;i;i;“‘_';§ii:_f_ `"'“,f. ;__ _ ";;T; : __3;_ -_*_ _ _ ~ -_ :£1 ;i;';;:___.;§__!_,,;§3_"__£__ 0- - H 0-0-7- - _ l alone in our own and supposedly moro . civilized coiintry. 'i`lie sliiiiibering in- telligenciis of the yellow dweller of that mysterious lnnd towards the rising sun are being awakened. China is throwing oil the lethargy of cen- tiiries. .l.'i|ian in fifty years has _ljiiniped from ii iialf-civilized and al- most ilukiiown i:oiinl.ry into tho fore front of inoiiern eivili'/,atiiiii;-aiirl we soiiiietiiiic.-l i.ri:inlilii for fear that these littlc browii iiicn of the islanilii of the sea will sonic day i-oine swarming up- on our i*neiii<: Coast nnd put us nn- ilci' triliiitc. ’l‘his same sviisii, of ilnrest is bciing felt all over llliirope, Wc are told that Hiiifiiilisiii in liiiiropc is gaining with reinai'liable striilrs. Sonic look upon this iinrest and diseontciit with fear and with uwc; but to others, amd. aininiig tliese l ani one, itsceins to he but the i~i.~:ing and the asserting of tho f-oiiiiiioii ileiirtg of liiimilnity, or ilu- nrisiiig and the assi-i'tiiig of that ilivinc piuvei' witlilll the hiiiiiaii soul, thai. lioivor iii iiVi~i'('liiii<~. (‘;i|l it nil. i.iii'nl or siipi-i'iiai.iir.-il, one can ace very riliiilily Lliat we are coiiironted by _.L far gi'<-aicr piwilileni than any of l-llll basl.. lu otlier words, it is no lrin;;i-r so sliziple ii iiiicstiiili as whetli_ cr wi- are to he able to ovi-,rei,»;iie na- tural fiii~i~i\.~:. 'i`lii- probleni of today is, :ire wi* iii lic able in ilirccl., cmn- ll`l>l :lnii sliiiiio this very fiii'i\'ernil|i‘rit il' li|i|||:iii |>i-r.-:on:illi_\'. ’i`lii- i-liar(-h has lllfl ll=~L' lol tlii‘ i-lil iiielhfiilii of F.tilva_ illilli. li: i=:|l\':iiion lii‘:i in iiggiingi iwiili ilir liiiilirui pi-iiiiiii-iii ,,f (fha ||"_ ini:-ii .-iiul, |.ni ,|.._.|\i|i;_» wiili them in - - . ' -i___-:;'_*_'__.._Zl*. T- -' -~'\-3F21 _t7_:F_ _'if _ ir;'___:_;_"_; %§'fU-Tiifiil *'_“;;i"_;.B__:*”"'r‘i;_*'V"' .__v _,__-L-, _Q . 51 . _ W d'd not call it lpe dreams but it was al-most the same, Be - ver - y hnp-py for an hour we’d seem; 0 l P _ ' begged her to nc -cept a wed-ding ring; §,.i§;f11f __`;§'_ ; ;2:;_‘_._;‘;T"‘“.l- T if 5 Sh; seemed a per-fact jew-el, and you th0’t she wasa pearl, And h 5 __ _,_-- *_* ' '"_&'; ._ _ flies; *I li 'll i §ll.l_l. iii; ll ill F ' ‘ _es if. __ .E-» s -__ -J1- -é--V [- l:~.~i. _ .i\..,.i|iini: ilu.: ni l...~i_ .|....s,,'; _lliiilv |_l:¢ \v.'i_\, and ilic Iioril knows i.|i:ii. ui- :ill know our way wr-ll :i-liiiilirli. Wlllii is iievili-il is ,-,ii i|ia(i|_||_ =i.iiin ih:ii :ilinll llvlp sii'i-iiigtlinn Um iirill :iiiii iuiiiiiblii ihv |»p|-,;,,||,,|i¢_y R0 _h _ J _ __v______ __`A_-___`Y lfllni ii. will do as ivcllasii. kiiowa. sail -° n - bove with joy and love, Some illied with wealth or fame; All are _ _-L_ ' -¢--_ -1'.-1 _"_ _,_l___._._ __-~:l- -- ----_--~-__ -»------l-_ Jn |,"|`l"'i il: '»~ ~ §§’f‘--”""i;¥’»f5“=F-__;§'f`f“.--r-”-;“ 3§_l;5‘f .___ ~ H- . " "‘ i _'I-1'" """ll`l"l "lllll`<`ll is un ini-il.ii.ii- t""" lllml" llii of iiicn iinil woiiicn. ,f\l"ll Hliil lviiii-i_‘ii are ibn only niai.er- 1 | _ _ ,ini thai iii- luivi- with wlilvli io work. 7 _:_________Ii 1_7; i ___-_i 3;; _-5 jv;_i‘ Y 1 _ - _“Wh . ii. is iiiii. an iusl.ii.||tiii|i iipziri. from iliiiin and ivoincii. lf you liiivn good _ _ __ Eff; l 1| ” _ _ _ -4- :3;-fg;-_2:--=;l:-_1; _ i. il me ‘iii -i- ;‘; ' _ ~ --" ':i;;;.__ ~_- ' :E‘_'f_.--2‘ _V -0 _ 5:1- 1 ' -r ll' '* like A pearl sho had you on A sirlnil- __ is: 'l 1”.. qi gi _h ._ _ - _ - __; _ _ _ _-S”-'-i~ - _-_--l§_ _ r ; ;*;_ _ at-';t-3-|;;§§;*:;E§»_1”~;¥§'r,.°`-=~|§;“"":;;i";iE;E_.' -41-2*#-.»~---1-.-f . “L- _ 9‘ Like l t bl wing bubbles and we’d watch them ull away, cause lt was s. pipe that made i.\| drcnm- ;;T_,:£¢: Z1; iosed you dear-ly, and would be your own for life, A -I --J-_-li . , l ‘!@l:l> 1-_ , ° _ _ ' 4 321- -___.__=iT‘f r: "E-`§:°::§.: __ ¢@i=l> ..l 3 ‘ ' ' V . . E' _ dm- .ing but A mo -_moniwith their ‘ lit . tie bot# up . on a ml of blue, _ “ “_ *. °__ would be mp _” 'hm ,ou W! lip- on im si. ir lliii yvii iirllwli . Y" °"‘”i’- »¢.» W T -"'9- *` _ *LL . “"fUl` . i ~ ~ _ me {T'.i'l-_ _ _ ‘ ~».-~.-_-_~ _____: _'_ - ‘ - - _ "' - ' 1 4"' 'f=!""`= is -”"' _ _ ' -h!__" __ ' I' _ _;T __ _ _ it : ____L__ ¥ii§ _:_ L_ :Dil “FE” _“ I 1 A A 1. i~ some ii 'nriuicx a co . Deimlmew York I P°ff°f"'l”2 film' l"‘""°“ `_c».i..aiui rigliauocured. |Copyi-igiis. iiemx. yi Q _ ' ' i _' Y ,__ » » ymggy ., _ . _ ._ I ,_ . - _ _ i 1, ,~ _ ,ij ¢ ,. _-,- ...Jn-<,~..»>"` _ . =` .,.-.>'_~ . i :.\i\,_~'.'l ._-ii. .‘;N'-`.'$’f.'.il.»..'-.». _ , "' -~ ' A . - - " -Ui ll @_e;__;_,___-__5»;___§___.__.§;;__ A- "‘ _§i___"§__|__§¢j__-3E,_; =_,;_s_:j_‘;;__`;_ A -1: 22;-T- P2- 1-s-_ii-Ei? s ll ___:_; 3_5-5'. | ~l _ 2- ~+-r _'_ _ ’ l; ‘ 1 F ___ ___Z” ___ ___l -- -Z -3-_ --~* r--r_` prrT__“”_"*; 0_1 .gi ._ -_-~§f_;_h§-f~i~1» s 7' - _1;_;',‘;__;_i-;-.-_____--"- hub - bias light and fait Though wo' tend them with great care, We ,A . :iJi;“i|:;___i1T_;Tit_i ';Il’f"`d`_-"`i§;_~;-_Q -;;1___*_§,l_;j; -'___ “fir if _-ii i' : "'i--fiu:-:-:§:;=:---_;;>q=-- ,LQ Qili- . @- L \i. \i\.i. iii :urn and ii-om(-ii in the i‘liiii~i:li you \\'ill have ii giioil (`liui'cl|, and in turn i.llirsi~ giioil men niiil wiunen will make ‘lii.lii'l's giuiil, liiil only as they fgmyig _'in coni.arl. with ilicse others. Hence, ,l_ make the plea for the united ;i liurcli of life. i’i‘otcsi.aiitisiii has giiiiled, if ni. all, in its divisions. l'i`lii~ro are half a iliizcii (‘liiii'chcs in a. _towii wlir-rc tliere ought to be bi' one-_ in i-li~iiven`s nniiic, are we nift Wllllllllr to a iinii: where men and wni _ini-n can come togctlier and worship _(aid iiniler one roof, oven 'though ,i.l_icy do not agree exactly as to what ikinil iii ii being He is? , _Religion has _been the key oi human Illlfltlify- Ilelilxion has always been _the conservinir, the controlling and. 'the unifying force in all history. It i l I =. , h ----~ ‘is only within the comparatively _ ‘ __J-__ _Z-fs-__-~_-if --i_~_-=- -:J -~ _ __ *ll ____-I'-__ ___'; ._'_T _i I1- ~~ ~- -_` _-_ A '_' _ ' _" ;_'_"__ i -Jr; sliiirt age of Protestant history that we have had these great divisions in. the ('.hureh, and the time is coming, within the next ilfty years, when all )_]______.____`_v_ 2___( iiicii will wniit to attend the modern ' -i -_ ._ __ -~ flf' -- _i-" f _ _ :i I _r'_____J "4 - _$3 -Ji __ _il '"4"-ill# ____ .;_ _3_:_jE;--_§f;r:_i._2i..-a.._.l:- tit r ' --if -- 'gs ~ ,'- hulld them iiiiil, We ni - ways will, Thou en- tie: in the air. low we \ir........../.__ > > P ‘ > > .L _i ~ i .l -F§§=’_°'3 r"-----1 -f 1'-“J ff' ;i';_ _ --,Jing _'_ '_ ~ _-_ _; -3:3* -:;i'::._- ii r *ki W *ani 1- fill. :.~ f /_‘__ - LL or ;__ _ _9_ i r‘-_:;£--'t-T21? _£23331 _____iiE§ -£ _ 7. f Li” nl “ir -1- 'U' ll il 'll ir -T. ,_ ,_ ll lla, _ - -4---¢ .¢. _~ church because they cannot help feel- ing the amount of real good that N105' will receive for themselves and for the community of which they are a part. Religion then will he in tho future, as it has been in the past, that restraining influence, that con- trolling influence, which will enable the seething and sti-iiggling humanity ihiit_is coming to itself and realizing 'its own power, to so adapt itself that it shall not go to destruction, but that it shall realize its divine possibilities, its power to overcome ltaeli as vi'el'l as material nature and be ii glory indeed to the Power that ' ' ' J _ Uww"°m,,,,,,,,_ Mufimy nusic co.. Nw °i ° _ ~. 4h_1l'»N°\liliil B°il_l3\\l>l'l=f. ._ -_._-'_'-----~ ~ i ~-- - 'em' 30°' -' i°°"“"“°¢ 9° F’°5° TVN- . ~ . _ ~ itiiidii .` - .xl ` 4-_.Aa -_ i -i` . il -W ‘l . i » is , _»i».. = ~` _. _f in ~ ‘ ‘ __._~>_i-,fg . 1 ’ 1 ' ifl 2,.;-.t..`l"_ ~.. 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