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Show I The Divine Element . In Conversion ,!:. j: By REV. C. P. MEEKER - : 'I Director of Practical Work Court, !i, ! Moody Bible Institute. Ctllctfo. TEXT Verily, verily, I say unto the, xcept a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. John 3:3. The, great George Whitefield waa ance asked why We preached so often on the necessity of the new birth. His short and suffi-cient reply was, "Because you, must be born again." The text expresses clearly, that at the very threshold of the new life of faith In Christ, the soul stands In need of a distinct transformation of life called a new birth. We enter this life by birth our entrance upon eternal life must be preceded also by a birth. Sin has effaced In man both the moral and spiritual image of God. The new birth restores both. This is the uniform testimony of Scripture. The best that :an be said of the old nature, declared to be dead in trespasses and sin (Eph, 2:1), is that It retained, in spite of the fall, a capacity to receive new life from God and respoud to Ills known Kill. The parable of the sower aptly Il-lustrates this. Therein four kinds of aoll are represented. In three cases the soil Is Inhospitable., In one case only Is the soil good. But even here it does not germinate the seed nor create life within It It only receives It tot which it has the capacity and fur-nishes a hospitable environment la which It may develop and grow. The Interpretation of the parable as gen-erally given treats of the soil as tha human heart and ot the seed as tha Word of God. It Is therefore the plant Ing of the Living Word In the heart (which has the capacity to receive it and furnish a hospitable environment for Its development) that results In the reproduction of the moral and, spiritual Image of God. Thla recep-tion of the Living Word Into a heart Is definite, and more or less clearly marked In the experience of the Indi-vidual, being accompanied often by ni positive a crisis as when a child Is born Into the world. In Ills talk with Klcoderaus (John 8:5), Christ gives us the one Instru-ment the Living Word, and the one active agent, the Holy Spirit, In effect-ing the wonderful transformation called the new birth. These dlvml elements of conversion are expressed lu other connections, as for instance, "That He might sanctify and cleanse It with the washing of water by th Word" (Eph. 5 :2C) ; "Being born nol of corruptible seed, but of Incorrupt, ible, by the Word of God, which livetB and abldeth forever" (I Peter 1:23) and "According to His mercy llj saved us, by the washing of regener-ation nnd the renewing of the Hoi Ghost" (Titus 3:5). Whenever, therefore, the Spirit it mentioned in connection with watel it signifies the Spirit of God operatinf In and through the Word. To be born, therefore, of water and of Spirit II the New Testament way of saying t lint the Divine Spirit is the active agent, and the Divine Word Is the ef-fective instrument In the new birth ol of the soul. "It Is the Spirit thai quickeneth; the flesh profiteth noth' ing; the words I speak unto you they are spirit, and they are life" (John G:G3). "Here then from headquarters we have a statement that His Words are very spirit and life; that His Word ami Spirit are Instrument and agent In the immense work of creating a new nature for the believer." "In tlx new birth, then, the Word of God It the seed; the humiin heart Is the soil; God by His Spirit opens the heart to receive the seed; the hearer believes, the Spirit quickens the Implanted seed Into life in the receptive heart J the new divine nature springs up out of the Implanted Word; the believer Is born ovnln, created anew, mads alive, passed out of death Into life." A remarkable brick, taken from th ancient wall of Babylon, bears the In-scription of one of Its mighty kings, in the center of the Inscription Is the footprint of a dog. It was the custom to Imprint the royal mark upon hrlckl used for public works. While this pur. tlcular brick was lying In Its plastic or soft state, drying In the sun, a vagrant dog evidently trod upon It. Th king's Inscription Is entirely Il-legible, while the footprint of the do? !s perfectly distinct. So slu has ef-faced the linage of God, leaving be-hind its own unmistakable mark. Ths divine method of recovering what wai lost In sin Is a new creation based on nn act of faith In the finished work of Christ. (II Cor. 5:17.) :i LastVisit to America Lafayette's last visit to this country was In 1724-2- When the time whlctt' he had allotted for his tour had ex-pired, after he had visited every one of the 24 states of the Union, Lafay-ette repaired to Washington to pay his parting respects to the chief magis-trate of the nation, John Qulncy Adams. This took place at the Presi-dential mansion September 6, 1825, 08 years ago, and on the sixty-eight- h anniversary of Lafayette's birth. The farewell address of President Adams in behalf of the whole Ameri-can people was a most affecting trib-ute to the lofty character and pa-triotic services of Lafayette during his long and eventful career, and closed with the following words: "You are ours by that unshaken sen-timent of gratitude for your serv-ices which is a precious portion of our mi J mi ii waiSsk - Lafayette In 1824. Inheritance; ours by that tie of love nnd stronger than death which has linked your name for the endless ages of time with the name of Washing-ton. " "At the painful moment of part-ing with you we take comfort in the thought that, wherever you may be, to the Inst pulsation of your heart, -- our country will 'ever be present tj your affections; and a cheerful con-solation assured us that we are not called to sorrow; most of all, that we shall see your face no more, for we shall Indulge the pleasing antici-pation of beholding our friend, again. "In the name of the wholepeopie of the United States I bid you a re-luctant and affectionate farewell." To this parting address froin Presi-dent Adams, Lafayette replied In a strain of patriotic and impassioned elo-quence. , On the same day Lafayette em-barked for 'rance on board the Brandywlne, a new frigate named In compliment to him, who on the banks of that river was wounded In his first battle for American freedom. These were the main Incidents of New York's reception to Lafayette: . Aquatic procession from Staten is-land to the Buttery. General Lafay-ette on board the Chancellor Living-ston. Marching salute of troops before City hall. Formally received by the mayor and common council. Escorted to the portrait room In City hall, which had been fitted up as his or lm fax t.'vtyjr LafayetU's Second Vlsrt to America. From an Old Engraving. reception quarters during his stay in New York. Reception by his old comrades-Inarm- s of the Revolution. Special theatrical performance at the Park theater as a compliment t the general. Ball at the Park theater. Fighting Organized Crime in Chicago r tA r ' r rA if , ' Kf f ' 4 Here Is a man who will have respon-sibilities Roger Sherman, president-elect of the Chicago Bar association. Chicago, with a thousand new police-men and extra prosecutors, is fighting an organized crime machine. Presi-dent Sherman is a graduate of the University of Michigan, class of D4, and of Northwestern University law school. ' "With crime in the saddle and honest men taking to the woods, there is more need than ever for upright, fearless lawyers and for honestly con-ducted bar associations," he said. "The true function of the bar associa-tion is to see that honest and able men are elected to the bench and that crooked lawyers are kept from preying on the public. The Chicago Bar association each year spends a ' large part of Its Income In conducting bar primaries to determine who are the best candidates for judicial office, in promoting the election of such candidates and In conducting disbarment proceedings against unscrupulous lawyers. Under the association's direction a committee of Chicago's foremost lawyers, called the 'grievance committee,' sits nearly every week In the year to hear complaints against members of the bar. A lawyer employed by the association gives all of his time to con-ducting disbarment suits before this committee and before the Supreme court of the state. This is not required because lawyers as a class are more dis-honest than any other class of men. The contrary Is true. But lawyers must be above suspicion." , The Bingham News j . Price $2.00 per year, in advance ; A Weekly Newspaper devoted exclusively to the interests, of the Bingham District and its people. Published every Saturday at Bingham Canyon, Utah George Reynolds, Editor Clark and Reynolds, Publishers. Bourgard Building, Main St. Bingham Phone 91 GIRL IS HALTED BY "SUICIDE CURE" Plan Devised by Police Proves? Successful in Case of Wom-an Seeking Death. Los Angeles, Calif, A "suicide cure," devised by the Los Angeles po-lice department, hus proved Its eltl-cac- y In the few cases where oppor-tunity has been afforded to apply it. It consists of a demonstration to the person who desires to end his life that no matter how dreary nd un-bearable existence seems to him, there are others who face greater troubles without even the thought of resorting to The most recent exposition of the value of the) "cure" was in the case of a young wotnaa who had quarreled with her nance. She decided life was no longer worth the living. She I I . . obim. Was ihown Women Charged With Murder. wrote a note to her mother that slw was on the way to a beach resort to drown herself. To tenth the resort she had to pass through Los Angeles. Her mother notified the police cf her city and they notified the Los Anvl: police. The result was the latter met the train which the young woman thought was taking her to death. The policewoman to whom . the young woman was turned over said little directly bearing uimn the latter's case, hut Immediately started upon a "personally conducted" tour of the city and county JulU and the homes for unfortunate young women. The would-b- e suicide was shown gtrl . mothers who had no husbands ; girl wives who had been deserted by their husbands; girl wives seeking divorces from their husbands; girls and women charged with various felonies. Including mur-der. The point was soon driven home. "I see what a fof! I was," said the ti young woman taking the tour. "I can never thnnk you sufficiently. I am going right home to mother and be a good girl." Uncle Sam Is Not Worried Over Ricci United States government . officials are not disposed to pay heed to crltl--' clsms that hare been made abroad and In this country with respect to the recent tour of the country made by Vlttorio Rolando RlccI, the Italian ambassador to the United States, ad-dressing the Italian-America- n commu-nities, It Is charged, In the Interest of Italy. Ambassador RlccI, who addressed Italian communities from coast to coast, Including Chicago In his Itin-erary, In Ms public addresses urged the Italian people to become Ameri-can citizens and to exercise the right of franchise. On Its face, critics of the ambas-sador's trip say, there may have been nothing wrong or no Impropriety In his public utterances, but they as-sert that the main purpose of the trip was to discuss with Italian leaders In this country plans for centralizing the . Italian vote here and concentrating It wherever possible upon election of men to office In this country who would act favorably toward the Interests of Italy whenever occasion presented. Such a course of action. It has been said, is entirely without the func-tions or the privileges of a foreign ambassador and constitutes Interference In American domestic affairs by the representative of a foreign government PATRIOTISM Let the definition of Patriot-ism stand for the dying for one's country, no matter what the cause for a war may have been. All honor and glory to those . who on those bloody and shame- - , - ful battlefields, through no sin of their own, gave their precious lives that some passion, either of their own or of their enemy's demanded their, sarifice. No matter what the cause, the re-ward of honor is theirs who fell. A"d while the battlefield on which they fell may have been the deepest Hell of dishonor to those who planned it, it was the highest Heaven of honor to those who died on it Yet after ' all we go on to define Patriotism as something more than dying for one's country. It is a very strange and sad fact that many "'riititzens who shout loudest on the Fourth of July are very " silent in face of national injus-tice and national selfishness. If Patriotism means love of one's own country, what shall we say of the man, who for the love of money, profitees in a necessity like food or fuel. If patriotic cititzens are noted for self denial ; . in the interest of the common welfare, what shall we say of those citizens who from partisan or political purposes, exalt their own party schemes above the national good of all the people? l; There are traitors just as much r ... in times of peacts in times of , war. But the men who betray their country's good along the - route of greed and passion are ah army. It is not Fourth of July "pifle" to say that, to thou- -' sands of so called good cititzens "Patriotism" is the love of one's coun try's goods, instead of one's I cuntry's good. TOWN OFFICIALS OF BING-HAM CANYON Dr. F. E. Straup, President. Boyd J. Barnard, Treasurer. ,F. W. Quinn, Clerk. ! Board Members, Boyd J. Bar-- nard, Dan Fitzgerald, R. H. Ken-ne- r, J. A. Wright. ' .Town Marshal, W. F. Thomp son. " ( Night Patrolmen, John Mitch-ell and Thomas Mayne. Water Master, Wm. Robbins. Health Officer, II. N. Stand- -' ish. Gives Million to Art for Art's Sake ( ft .V George V, Baker, New ToVk finan-cier and philanthropist, has given $500,000 to the Society of the New York Hospital and $1,000,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art lie gave $700,000 to Columbia university last January for the purchase of the Dyckman tract for an athletic sta-dium. As was the case with the gift of Mr. Baker to the art museum, his gift to the hospital Is In United States Vic-tory loan 3 per cent notes. In ac-cepting the gift the board of gover-nors voted unanimously to establish the George F. Baker endowment fund of $750,000, consisting of the present donation of $500,000 and the $250,000 given to the society by Mr. Baker In 1012. He was elected a governor in 1809, and has since served the institu-tion ably and devotedly. The Society of the New York Hos- - I pltal operates the New York hospital in West Sixteenth street, the Bloomlngdale Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases at White Plains, and the Campbell Cottages for Convalescent Chil-dren at White Plains. It Is the second oldest hospital Institution In the United States, having been granted a charter by King George HI of England In 1771. Since that time the hospital has treated 2,018,000 patients, "5 per cent of them free of charge. Mr. Bker has ber a trustee of h Me'rnnolitm for th'rtrec yrnrs. HAS INITIALS SKINNED OFF Spanish Brlds Renounces Tattooed Initials ef Former Sweetheart in Old Country. Dallas, Tex. Pretty Senorlta Jocos-t- a Garcia, twenty years old, and three jeurs away from sunny Spain, had the tattooed Initials of .a former sweet-heart "skinned" from her left fore-arm at a hospital here to "show her love for the man of her choice," Senor Itomll Alonzo, twenty-four- , a Spaniard who has been Americanized. I.fltle Jocosta came to the land of the Americano three summers ago.. She left a sweetheart in Spain. She told him she would alt for hhn In the land of the Americano, and to prove she would wait and that she was his she had his Initials tattooed on her arm. The gallant lover recently refused to come to America. Senorlta Jocosta refused to go buck. The troth was broken, nnd she married Alonzo. Labrador Rivaling Venus. The statement Is made on authority that Iuibrador is slowly and steadily rising from the sea, which is Indicated by the fact that alt along the shore where It is not too precipitous, raised - beaches are to be seen, frequently sev-eral of them at different levels. I Among the natural history curios discovered by the Mount Everest ex-pedition wns a whistling hare. From "Little Poland" to "Gold Coast" Here Is a portrait of Stanlslaw Szukalskl, the Polish sculptor of New York who married Miss Helen Louise Walker of Chicago. It's a reproduc-tion of a sketch by his friend Rudolph Welsenborn of Chicago in the style both most favor. Szukalskl's radical art methods have made him a stonu center In the world of sculpture here and abroad. There's a romance In the mar-riage. Tl. sculptor's father was a Chi-cago blacksmith and as a boy he modeled at the Northwestern settle-ment. Ills bride, quite an artist her-self, Is the daughter of Dr. 8. J. Walker of Chlcngp and Lake Forest. The distance from "Little Poland" to the "Gold Coast" Is geographically short but socially a life's Journey. Though In the same city, they aren't on the same planet, socially. Why. Miss Walker wns (o have been Mary Landon Baker's one bridesmaid that time Mary kept young MeCormlck waiting at the Hiuivli. SzukulsU first b mine n storm In Chicago several years ago when he rebelled against the system of Instruction at the Art Institute school. Over this dispute hf left the Institute. During the. season of H)l" 10 S.ukiilskl exhibited at the Institute. Anions Ms pieces which became known then were "Broken Melody, I'lie Orator.' "Birth of a Thought," "Annunclut'on" and "The Full." This grci.'p of Mac! trsd cisy txuliitnres, won considerable recognition. House Spoils Ball Lot; . Boys Fire It 27 Times Pittsburgh, Pa. T"" boys ad- - mlttedhey set fire to an oli un- - occupied frame house in a fielo In Larimer avenue, near Lenora street, at least 27 times In the I hope the house would be de-- j stroyed so their baseball field i would be expanded. The boys j were reprimanded and dls- - I charged. l! "Place the boys under parole for one year," the fire marshal i asked, "and If the house Is fired during this time I will order their arrest and ask that they be j! j sent to Morgnnzn." "Every time one of our heavy ;! sluggers would come to bat he would knock the ball against the house and would he mlilied of a home mil." one of the hoys told i the magistrate. "We g( tired of ? seeing home tuns turned Into ? s and we decided to i burn the house down." I According to the pollr-e- , It !; I cost the bureau of tire more Z t It ii 11 $7.tHi0 to answer the i alarms. The house Is not worth X more than $1,000. j Illlllllilll I PRINTING I f Exceptional Facilities fH g Enable Us to Guar-- H . HI antee Our Wot H jl!l!iiifii - rj The kind you ought to have H3 ' Hp and when to have it that 3 i ' E3 i when you really need it. --9 . We have contracted the habit f ol satisfying our cuitomer. g Our work it of the highest E 1 quality and our services ere " i always at your instant dis-- ETS gff posal. We are especially pre- - gss E3 pared to turn out letterheads, g5 fpf billheads, noteheads, state- - p : ments, folders, booklets, enve- - E Errf lopes, cards, circulars, and rSi 3 many other jobs. Come in and see us next time you 3 fSJ need something in . .3 13 'ne printing i nc. 3 IlIIlB Christ the Intermediary. Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that Is passed Into the heavens, .tesns the Son of God, let U4 hold fast our profession. For we have lot en high priest which be foin heil with t'." feeling of our llrVinnl-fles- ; hut wns in all points tempted !!ke a e are. yet without sin. He-brews 1:11 and 15. ' American Spirit The spirit of 177(5 is the spirit of men who tiro willing to look forward. It is the spirit of men who realize that human Institutions must change with changing times. It Is the spirit of those men today who dure to devlsn j new methods to remedy the failures of the present social anil economic order. They are the proof that the spirit of America still lives. They are the true descendants of the experimenters of 1770. WLscoiisiu Agriculturist Keep the Commandments. Keep u:y words, sml lay up my with tl.ie. K.-i-- my nnd lie; and iy hnv ns the apple of tliini eye. Wr'te them in tie ti'blets of Hiiii; heart. "roverbs 7 :l-.'- |