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Show , 9 f EFFORT. planting episode. - direction was my old and valued friend. Rev. ' C. Sellwood Goodwinro? St. Aidan, Middlesborough. He hav ing no edifice in which to hold services, suggested to his parishioners: that they should construct one them- - i I dont see any particular occasion Tis not enough to tune thejyre for all this comment with reference to And v.ait for harmonics to coihe." b ha v i n God sendeth not cdesUriaFTire e m p or ar i y d is car d ed t ho When human hearts are cold and numb. ministers gown for the painters Tin not enough to calmly, wait ... Idolise. he said, for I consider that I . dew on That us should ' fall," sinipiy did my d u ty A s aTmi hi s ter 6f quickening To vaguely long for what is great the church I consider that I should While still pursuing what is small. at all times to be ready' to perform -- gt 1 r 1 selves, He himself dug the foundation and then with a gang of volunteer helper to the number of 80, who labored in Tis not enough with tears of woe To weep for all the worlds distress, that from inaction flow . JNor us, nor other lives, will bless. 'Tis not enough the love to take That other hearts on ours outpour; The soul is only kept awake By giving something from its store. with drooping wine And aimless feet to walk this earth; Effort alone can blessing bring And crown the soul with sovreign Iheir spare hours, set aboutf the work withy such; zealthat a few months l ack the. building, which caif seat The-drcps Tis-not-cnou- be-twe- and 700 people, was opened by the archbishop of York. A short while back the blacksmith of a La n cash ire village was suddenly laken so ill thaVhh was obliged to quit work, which at that tiihe promised to be exceptionally brisk. There was no one to take his place, and his business would' have been at a standstill had not the vicar, who in his younger days, for the sake of bxer-eisbed often worked at the village forge, appeared opportunely ' on thn cene He- - grasped the situation at onc, nnd, dolling his coat, proceeded COO. -- - . - M gh worths en Inter Ocean. PAINTS. HIS CHURCH. e, English Clergyman Surprises His Brethren of ihe Clothl -- to demonstrate that lie still retained all his old skill by filling ihe sriiitbs THE PREACHER-PAINTEplace liiitil that worthy was sufficient(English Clergyman Who Surprised His ly recovered to return to his duties. Poor Congregation.) Funds of Ills Parish Were Distressingly Short, So lie Turned In and Did the Work Himself, nnd R. . Did It Well, Too. Mr MacDonald; vicar of the historic old Church of St.'"John the Rev. G. Spalding, England, has just given his brethren of the cloth an impressive lesson in practical Christianity and also won for himself the interesl-ii.- g distinction of being the first 'icacher-hcus- e painter recorded in the history of the English church. For a long time the walls of his venerable charge had been sadly ih need of a new coat of paint, but the parish was so poor that there were no funds available to pay for having Bnptist.-i- f n , It was at this unfortunate juncture that the vicar proved the practical Tharacter of Ms devo 1 on t o t he er-Sh- 1 hurch. Instead of wasting time in idle regrets, Mr. MacDonald donned a. painters blouse-and- painted the walls of the church and school him-rcl-- f. It was undertaking for-a- lergyman, and one that has attracted general attention. It is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that a-tin- iqiie front-tradesm- under-starnTTioit- en or mechanics, but is the feion tof a distinguishe- d- English-Kcote- h family, whose most illustrious member was the famous Flora Mae-- r Dona id. . rMrrMad)onntdlsa"alentednmi in his quarian engrossed studies, but willingly stepped to chat a little in' rcfcreircc to the church- and-wa- s all ! x. M r. M ncDon aid .iinlik o many-oth- er English divines, is noFdesccnded , c. done. the-wo- rk any service whatever pertaining there- SPORT IN THE to and believe each of the many duties to be equally important and dignified. Riding a Bucking Mule Requires When I came to this I found both Skill and Courage. . Ibe church and. the school buildings in a state oi extreme dilapidation. Even under normal conditions the Adventure Graphical' limited resources of the parish would A Punchers ly - Described b Story - Teller- haVe precluded the expense necessary from Indian Territory liovr . and this year we are even poorer than the Animal Was Subdaed. usual, for the congregation donated all its available money to the war The Century Magazines prize for.tbe fund. submitted by a college I took the matter in hand prompt- best shortinstory lbJ9 was awarded to John graduate ly and did all the painting myself, ih-- -- Mjbskison.qf Leiand Stanford universilading spouts, woodwork- and winwhose home is in the Indian terri-- ' dows, and finally, with the assistance ty, and whose blood is partly Indian. of one of my parishioners, succeeded tdry, Praise isits-titl- e; 7Onljhe-Ma- st iii painting the roof and one of its scenes is a descripIs it not' rather uncommon for a tion of a ride on a bucking mule. re1ctbi'to perform manual labor, even Out of a knot of excited men Ilanner. in the interest of a parish? was went straight to the waiting, restless asked. mule. With a mock air of bravado he Mr. Dot ; answered Ob, specially so, struck the excited : mule across the The Mstoryof the flank with his sombrero, ter roughly-seizi- ng MacDonald, jif church of England affords several exthe reins. No one who has amples. not learned by experience" how to, Rev C. II. Wood,for more than mcun t a - plun g in gAiors e ca n 50 vearscura tea ncHncumben to fSt anTufrll f f edhTmsel fob t Georges, Preston, whose death was of the chaos of rearing mule and strugrecently announced, was an expert gling attendants into the saddle becarpenter, whosy skill was always at fore he signed to the men to turn the the disposal of his poor pari s h i o n e rs . animal-loosHousehold furniture of their pastors When the mule found itself free to design graced their cottages, and not act there was a momen t ary pause. infrequently were- they interred in Then began the short, nasty jumps coffins made by the same hand. straight into the air, with the animals Anotherof my brothers of- the hack bowed, its legs stiff, and its head cloth who achieved distinction in this lowered. It was the first powerful ef- S - e. - . TlI |