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3.
1879.
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DE:..AY.
.
“Today, ifye~will hear
His voic:, har-
den
no¢ your heart.”’—-Psalm
XC)'.
7,
8.
TODAY AND TOMORROW
At a public meeting
a minister
.elated
a circu nstance
connected
with
a
young
lady of
bis
congregation
which
should
be
a waraing
to others.
Having beard
that
this person
was
dan-
gerousiy
ill. and knowing
her
not
to
be
prepared
for deach,
he
resolved
)
visit
her.
He accordinugly
cailed
at
the
house,
but
shc
positively refused
to see
E'm,
or
any on 2 whoe would speak
upon
th:
sub-
Ject
of religion.
Her
mother
wa:
fr.m
home
at
ti.e
time,
and he
sa»
nonc
o.
the
ranily.
Howvever,
feeling the
weirht
of
her
soul upon
his mind,
he determ
ned
to
return
the iollowing day.
The
mot
ier
re-
ceived
aim «indly,
and
said
she
would
speak
with her daughter,
and if pssible
gain for him
an
entrance
to
the
¢ amber
of sickiess.
Bui
no argument
pr vailed
wita
the
invalid,
and
the
ishe:rterned
minister
was obiiged o
leave
the
aouse.
feeling that
one
within its walls
w s fast
hastening
to tae
verge of iife, and
oward
an awtal
precipice,
and
yet
he
w.&
not
permitied
to point her
to the Savi
ur.
In the stilin 'ss of the
night,
ho vevar,
she (the invalid)
ealled her mothea:
to her
bed-side,
and said
‘lt was kind
of
Mr.
to take such
an interest
in me, and
[ have
scareely
treated
him well.
Perhar
1 will
see
him tomorrow.””
‘‘Perhaps
1.
'ill see
him toraorrow’’, repeated
the
miister,
and added,
‘Days and nights
have
pass-
:
el sine
2 then,
but
not for a momert
have'
these
words lgft me,
nor do I thin.: they
will till the
day of my death,
for on
the
CARISTIANSTED.
V.l. U.
S. A..
MONDAY., 9t
FEBRUARY
1920
morrow
those
eyes
were
closed,
never
more ¢0 look on an =arthly ocbject.”’
Jesus
does
not say
tomorrow,
but
*‘to-
day i ye
will hear
His
voice.”” Today
Christ
is our Intercessov,
LTomorrow
He
may
be
our Judge. —Contriduted.
FOOD FOR STARVING
EUROPE
The appeal
of the
supreme
counecil
ot
the peace
conference
to the United States
on
behalf
of
starving
Austria
and
the
statement
of
Herbert
Hoover
on
the
measure
of
help. which
Europe
needs
from
America
may
at
first
sight
scem
partially
contra
ictory.
But
on
ecicser
examination
it
becomes
evident
that
Vir. Hoover,
surveying
the
larver
field
and explaining
how
its
wants
may
be
supplied,
does
noc
say
one
word
to
iudi-
cate
that
the
situation
of
the
Austrian
vepublic is anvihing
iess
than
desperate.
Trustworthy
reperis
from
all
sources
agre=
on
the terrible
resuiis
of
lack
of
tood,
ehtbing
and
ruel
in
Vienna
since
imperial
Austria daropped
her
shattered
sword.
Eepublican
Austria
is
not
very
n'm“h
more
than
Vienna,
wh ch
cannot
obtain
food enough
trom
the
small
ag: culrural
area
attached
to it.
The
Austrian
dele-
gation
at
Paris
states
that
in
the
ecity
lone
the deaths
from
starvation
in
1919
raised
the numbe.
of dearhs
over
those
in 1918 by 150,000,
and
“he
lowest
esti-
mate,
that of
Pro:.
Pirquet,
is 100,000.
she
average
weight
of boys of
one
year
ils 41
per
cent
below
the
normal
level.
In the
strects
20,000
childaren
are
vey
ging.
Sir Williain Goode
says
that
the
doctors
can
do
#othingto
prevent
ihe
Icy winds
from literally destroying
them
and
Siv Thomas
Cunninghame,
the Brit-
ish
military
representative
at
Vienna,
says
tha"
"‘fats and
warm
clothing.
in
addition
toordinary
food,
must be
pro-
vided
for
childien
if
they
are
to
be
s
ved.””
Itis a
piteous
state
of affairs,
and
half rations
will en.irely
exhaust
Vienna’s
food by, the end
of this
mon
h.
But help is in
sight.
A+ Trieste
there
is
a
store
of 20:000
tons
of food,
and
more
will soon
be availabl?
for
convey-
ance
to Austria.
. Mr.
Hoover
forestalls
anriety
on
this
subject,
showing
that
che-e
will be no d:lay by
negotiation
of
United
States
ldans
for
the
distressed
poctions of
Kuarope,
no ioan being
requi-
site,
and t"at by meuns
of eredic
all
that
ils
necessary
wili be done.
Some
dozen
cities
1n central and
southern
Europe,
he
says,
need
breadscu(fs
on eredit from
the
grain corporaion
to prevent
actual.
star-
No.
32.
vation,
Os
course,.
the
credit
will
be
given.
Vienna,
Belgrade,
Prague,
War-
saw and
the
others
wiil receive
the
food
for which they
ask,
and
pay for it
when
they
can.
Their ability
will begin
to re
turn
when
peace
is
declared and
indus-
try and
commerce
revive.
Myr. Hoover's
words
ave significant:
''Aside from
some
secondary
measures
by our government,
the
problem
is
one
of
ratification
ot
peace,””
with
resumption
of
‘‘ordinary
business
processes.””
That
problem,
we
trust,
1s
about
to
be
sonlved. - Boston
Herald,
Jan.
Sth.
'
A Proclamation
By
the Governor of the
Virgin
Is-
y
’
TS
B
:
landas of the United States.
wes \7
2t
2270}
o
~7.1
24
i
1
3
I
virtue
oL
ule auliority
vested
n
me
1
do hereby
set
apart
February
12,
1420 and
proclaim
it
a public holiday
within
the
Virgin
Islands of the United States
for the
purpose
of
observing
LINCOLN’S
Birthday.
J.
W. OMAN,
Grvernor.
Government
House,
St.
Thomas,
V. L., January
31,
1920.
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N
l
THE
follo
ing
additional
Regulations
governing
the
sale
of bay
rum
pro
mulgated
in
pursuance
of law.
will be
effective
within the Virein Islands
of the
United States
on
and
after
Webruary
1,
1920
:
:
Bay Rum
shell
he sold
only on deljy.
ey
ot
a permit
issued
by
the
Pe-
lice Denartment,
Applicants
for
permiic
must
safisly
the
Police
Department
that
the
avplicant
will not
use
the bay
rum
for beverage
purposes.
Section
4 of
Executive
Grder
No.
2
dated
July 7th,
1019,
wherein
such
sales
were authorized
upon
the
buyer’s .oriop
delivery to the
seller
of
an
application
to purchase,
is
heveby
amended
accord-
ingly.
;
J.
W. OMAN.
Governor,