MAN’S CAPACITY
TO PREPARE
FOR ETERNITY
(A sermon written l>y Uev. A. (I,
Shriver. pastor I’roshy
terian Church I
"MAN’S SURPRISES.—Matt. 26.22
Tin* scene of our text is laid in the
upper room at Jerusalem. Jesus and
his disciidc'' are engaged in a holy
communion service, and as the end
drew near Jesus said. "Verily I say
unto you that one of you shall betray
me and began every one of them to
say unto Him. Lord is tt 1?" This in
cident teaches us several lessons
worth considering. It shows mans ca
pacity to sin. to serve and to enter
eternity. The Ilibh* says: "Kvcry
man has sinned and come short of the
glory of Cod. "Under proper circum
stances these seeds of sin will sprout
mill hear fruit regardless of our early
training or protection in youth. Judas
was trained as few children tire to
day. yet a blacker crime never stained
the pages of history than that of
Judas.
i. Man’s Capacity to Sin
Since the fall of man in Kden his
powers of resistance have been weak
ened and to- finds Satan too strong an
enemy for him to master. Man is
surprised to know to wlmt extent he
may go in doing evil, whether it he
thought, word or deed. This is seen
in the plans of a hank robber, a mur
derer. a forger Kvery point lias been
carefully thought out beforehand.
Shakespeare knew well man’s capacity
to sin. in "Silas Marner" we see the
seeds of sin hurst forth. In every
rank and file we see man’s capacity
to sin, whether the sin lit* great or
small.
ii. maria oapatuy iur ocrvitc
Jesus said to the disciples, Ye did
not choose? me but I choose you to
be mv witnesses and to present the
plan of salvation to man. Each man
and woman has a great service to
render God in usherinig in tie- king
doin of God God chose Noah to save
a race; .Moses to deliver a people;
Paul to plant churches; Luther to
clean the church; Carey, Morrison
and Livingston to carry gospel to the
Joath'-n; and lie (hose Moody to
preach Christ to us. Spurgeon -aid:
"God ran save the world without me,
but when He said I could help 1
praised Him." After a great battle
Napoleon struck off a medal bearing
these words: “l was there.’* Will
you wear a medal on Judgment day
bearing those words, as one who
fought with Christ in His battle
against sin here on earth?
Ml. Man’s Capacity for Eternity
The Psalmist said. Thy years have
no end " Isaiah said, “God is the
habitant of eternity." Who is wait
ing to receive fhose who have en
dured unto th*> end Jesus Christ
will give eternal life to those who
believe in Mis name Jesus said 'l
go to prepare a place for von ” He
is the way. the truth and the life
The grave is the vestibule to eternity.
\Vh»-ro you spend eternity will depend
upon your acceptance or rejection of
Jesus Christ as your Savior from sin.
No chance to make good after death.
Man is wonderfully made; he is made
in the moral and spiritual image of
God. Why grovel in sin when you
may be an heir to the riches of eter
nity? I ii I. Lord, who may possess
that inherent qualification to tell the
1 ruth and live pure or commit a crime
equal in weight to that of Judas? Is it
I. Lord, who nia) have the opportu
nity f<» render the mo. I valuable and
acceptable s, rvice both to man and
to God. or shall I be a selfish slacker?
Is if I. Lord, a creature of the dust,
w lio h ive within myself a soul with
eternal pot- ntialilie*. which I may de
velop to enjoy those celestial realms.
<>.* shall 1 neglect it and hurl that
priceless treasure into the bottomless
pit of hell? “What is man that thou
art mindful of him?"
♦
JAPAN WILL RENEW
CONTRACT FOR SHIPS
TOKIO, Jan. 11 (by Associated
Press). Representatives of Japanese
ship-owners have agreed to comply
with an American request for the re
newal of the contract for the charter
ing of 150,000 tons of shipping se
cured in Japan last your for war work.
REGISTERING OF
GERMAN VOTES
IS HEAVY TASK
—
IlKItUN. Jan. 11 (by Associated j
I'iissi. Forty million voters, men!
and women, must lie registered for :
the election of a national assembly j
in Germany on January lit. it is esti-j
mated by Professor Hugo Preuss, j
minister of the interior. In the last
reiehstag election the voters, all male. |
numbered only H,t)(M.>,000. he says, j
Tlmy were scattered over :>!*7 election
districts. The new election bill pro
vides for only 7.S such districts for
the whole country, which. Professor!
Preuss adds, means more than a mil-[
lion voters in each district.
Professor Preuss is one of the few
prominent leaders of the progressive
bourgeoisie who was given an impor
tant post in the provisional govern
ment. In an interview with it corre
spondent of the Associated Press he
pointed out the technical difficulties |
in the way of organising -10,000,000 ;
voters in time for the election, and i
added
"The constituent assembly should
he thoroughly representative and its
mandate above suspicion. We there- j
fore are proeeetlinig with great can- I
tion The new suffrage franchise
which will lie tried out at the coming
election is based on a direct, equal,
secret ballot for ail males and females
of 20 years and over. We are now
engaged in issuing writs for the elec
tion. for which fully -ni.000,000 men and
women will qualify.
"One of the principal details of the
radical reconstruction of our voting
system is the original compilation of
a list of the qualified women voters.
Then the work of cataloguing the mil
lions of returning soldiers that are tak
ing up new residences is also contrib
uting heavily to Hie task of organiz
ing tile election.
"Our aim is to make this popular j
expression of the new democracy thor |
oughly representative and eomprehen I
sivc."
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VALUABLE RELICS ARE
UNEARTHED AT RENO
UKNO. Nov., Jan. 10.—A box left
in a saloon forty years ago, which I
was stored away and forgotten until j
the place recently was dismantled,
has been turned over to the police.
When opened it was found to contain
a score of intersting relics, including
a number dating back to before the
signing of ihe declaration of Inde
pendence.
The box is believed to have been
the properly ol Jacob Chamberlain,
there are two land deeds containing
the selling ui property In Macomb
county, Michigan, on the tenth day
of August, ls:!7. Among the contents!
is the Ho,ton Gazette of March 12, j
177o. Numerous pilot graphs also are ■
among the poser,sions. The pictures j
v.t -e taken in Ihe eighties by the j
j Kl'te Gallery of Marysville, Cal.
\ deed, certificate No. 22,110, was
found com erning the purchasing of j
1. :id in New York city and registered
by the general land office in Wash '
ington, I), c Several letters were
found dated In the spring of 1 SCI,
1 which were sent from Truckce Mead
ows. i are of the l’.vans ranch.
There ;.|so were hand paintings,
pen and ink drawings, a number of
photographs of friends or relatives,'
au almanac dated 1812, a calendar
dated mill, anlujuo silverware, and
numerous books of fiction.
♦
WANTS TO STRENGTHEN
RELATIONS WITH AMERICA
CHRISTIANIA. Jan. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press). To strengthen the
business relations between Norway
and the United States, a movement
has been set on foot here for an ex
hibition of Norwegian and American
mercantile products to be held in
Norway during the? autumn of 1919. It
is being backed by a large number of
corporations having business relations
with America.
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AMERICANIZATION CHAIR
PROVIDED AT WISCONSIN
Tho first American university to
establish a separate department of
Americanization is the University of
Wisconsin. Tho purpose of the new
project is the development of a con
crete and practical policy for the
teaching of citizenship. The schools
of tin' stale of Wisconsin will then he
used in carrying this policy into of
feet.
A special training course already has
boon established for the instruction
of students who are to deal with for
eign horn peopoles in America. Tlire,
of the specific plans already outlined
arc 111 naturalization of aliens in the
stale, (l*i a training course for teach
ers of immigrants, and U! I instruction
in all tin* parochial and prix,.
schools, sonic of which have lifth• no
used foreign languages to a large ,-\.
tent.
All available agencies will be u -I
to make the scope of the work state
wide. The help of the public school,
vocational schools and the Young (
Men's Christian Association, as w. II
as the University extension servin',
will he called In to reach every com
intinily, urban and rural.
SI’.ATTUK, Jan. in. Unpacks build
ing left by the students' army train- ,
ill " corps on the University of Wash
ington campus arc to he ur.cd by iln
university ;s a start towarj 111,- or-’
genization of a dormitory system I .
tlmsc found at other American uni
versities.
Already men living in the hurra I.
hi ildings are forming clubs. Tie
barracks .".re small in size, but an- '
large enough to be divided into sleep
ing quarters and living rooms. Some |
of the baracks will ho torn down but
these built around a quadrangle ■ -n
the campus are to be retained.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR j
LETTERS OF ADMINIS
TRATION
In the United States Commissioner's j
Court for Cordova Precinct, Terri-!
tory of Alaska (in Probate).
In the matter of the Estate of Nick
Abort, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that K E.
Holden lias filed in the commission
er's court of Cordova precinct, Alaska
a petition praying that letters of ad-j|
ministration be issued to him uponjij
tlie estate of Nick Aboff, deceased, j:
and that Wednesday, the 15tli day of ij
January, 1919, at 10 o’clock a. ra. ofi$
said day, at tho court room of said it
commissioner's court. In tho city of 13
Cordova, territory aforesaid, has -
set for hearing arid petition, vvheh j -
and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the
prayer of said petition should not he
granted.
Witness the Hon.
(Seal) A. J ADAMS,
Judge of the said Commissioner’s
Court, and the seal »f said Court
hereto affixed, this 30th day of
December, 1919.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINIS
TRATION
In the United States Commissioner's
Court of the Territory of Alaska,
for Cordova Precinct (in Probate), i
in the matter of the Estate of Will
iam Herrold, deceased.
Notice in hereby given that K. (I.
Robinson lias filed in the commission
er's court of Cordova precinct, Alaska,
a petition praying that letters of ad
ministration he issued to him upon
the estate of William Herrold, de
ceased, and that Wednesday, the 1 r,th
day of January, 1919, at lti o'clock
a. m. of said day, at the court roam
of said commissioner's court in the
city of Cordova, territory aforesaid,
hun been set for hearing said petition,
when and where any person interested
may appear and show cause why the
prayer of said petition should not be
granted.
Witness tho Hon.
(Seal) A. J. ADAMS,
Judge of the said Commissioner's
Court, and the seal of said court
hereunto affixed, this 301 h day of
December, 1918.
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