Climbing the stairs into the helmet of the Statue of Liberty gives one a splendid view of the harbor and lower section of New York. It is a toilsome, knee-straining business. But the vision is worth the effort.
One must reach the high places if he would get a vision of the King in His beauty and an outlook over the kingdom that is to be.—C. J. Greenwood.
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ELOQUENCE
The storm that whirls among the mountains,
the stoop of the whirlwind that
wrenches the tree from its bed in the soil,
the utmost rage of oceanic commotions—they
have not that dominant power upon
them to start our spirits, and carry our sympathies
to an equal agitation, which eloquence
has when it utters the force of one aroused
soul.—Richard S. Storrs.
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See Age and Oratory; Earnestness;
Lord's Prayer Interpreted.
Eloquence of Deeds—See Deeds That Talk. EMANCIPATION Every artist who works upon his canvas or upon the stone, or rears up stately fabrics, expressing something nobler to men, giving some form to their ideals and aspirations—every such man also is working for the largeness and so for the liberty of men. And every mother who sits by the cradle, singing to her babe the song which the angels sing all the way up to the very throne, she, too, is God's priestess, and is working for the largeness of men, and so for their liberty. Whoever teaches men to be truthful, to be virtuous, to be enterprising; in short, whoever teaches manhood, emancipates men.—Henry Ward Beecher.
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Embarrassment—See Fear of Man. EMBELLISHMENT OF PREACHING The Telugus often embellish their sermons to an extent inconceivably funny. A smart young preacher, a graduate of Ramapatam Seminary, in telling of the resurrection of Lazarus, said that he arose from the dead when called, tied his clothing about him (the Hindu's idea of dressing), put on a beautiful head-cloth, raised an umbrella, and came walking out of the tomb. The force of the climax would appeal to any one who lived in India. An umbrella is such a sign of distinction that people who own one often carry it open in the night even tho there has been no rain for six months.
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EMBLEMS An apple is the emblem of the fall; held in the hand of Jesus Christ it signifies redemption. A cluster of grapes is the emblem of "Christ's blood shed for us." It is also the emblem of abundance and prosperity. The vine is a symbol of Christ. It is also an emblem of abundance. Wheat is an emblem of Christ as the "Bread of Life"; also of abundance and rejoicing. The olive is the emblem of peace and concord. The palm is the symbol of martyrdom. The pomegranate is the emblem of the future life and of immortality.—The Decorator and Furnisher.
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See Colors as Emblems.
EMERGENCY
Men who had been with Mr. Hearst in San
Francisco were reminded of the night
he came into The Examiner office and heard
of a man that had been seen on a half-submerged
rock in the bay, with the tide rising
and certain to overwhelm him. In the office
they were wondering how he got there.
"What difference does it make how he got there?" Mr. Hearst cut in. "Get him off first and find out afterward. Charter tugs, call for volunteers, and save his life—that's the main thing." They went out with the tugs (it was a wild night), and rescued the man just before the seas rose over the rock. (Text.)—Charles R. Russell, Harper's Weekly.
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Emergency Devices—See Deception Justified.
EMIGRATION, CONQUEST BY
The martial resources of China are not yet developed, but that astute people have hit upon another plan to conquer and hold that which they regard as their own. A current news item from that country says:
China's chief method of recovering Manchuria
is to overrun it with emigrants from
the congested mother country, and this plan
has worked so well that already Japanese
newspapers complain that the Japanese are
losing both trade and ground there. Soon
after the peace of Portsmouth the Chinese
government contributed two million taels for
emigration; free transportation began, at the
beginning of the year, and in the spring
months following as many as three thousand
to four thousand coolies got off the train
