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MAGNOLIA 
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Pilate sent Him before Herod, who 
also declined to give the death sent- 
ence. When Jesus was brought to 
him a second time, Pilate tried to save 
him by offering the people the choice 
between this Jesus and another, Bar- 
abas, a thief, who was also in prison 
at that time. The priest incited the 
people to religion and they demanded 
the’ crucifixion: jot | Christ..Pilate’s 
position was not strong enough for 
him to allow a riot among the reli- 
gion-maddened Jews, but he did not 
wish to take upon himself the respon- 
sibility for the crucifixion of the pris- 
oner, whom he judged to be a harm- 
less mystic; so, performing the 
Oriental ceremony of washing his 
hands to signify that he had nothing 
further to-do with the matter, he 
gave Christ up to the mob, saying, 
“Take Him yourselves, and crucify 
him.” 
The execution of Christ, which 
took place that same afternoon, was 
the culmination of a persecution con- 
trary to the laws of both the Jews and 
the Romans, which so magnified His 
mission upon earth that the very cross 
upon which He died has become the 
symbol of the highest degree in sacri- 
fice and suffering. The illegalities 
were these: according to Mishna, no 
arrests must take place after sun- 
down; in capital cases the trial must 
commence and end in the course of 
the day; in capital cases acquital of 
the prisoner might be pronounced on 
the day of the trial, but sentence to 
death must not be pronounced before 
the following day in case of further 
evidence in favor of the prisoner be- 
ing secured; there must be two or 
three witnesses to give the same and 
reliable evidence ; and according to the 
laws of Rome, sentence of death must 
be pronounced. by the Roman officer 
in power and the sentence must be 
executed by Roman officials. Jesus 
was arrested after sundown, tried, 
sentenced and executed within twenty- 
four hours, Pilate evaded pronounc- 
ing sentence himself and Christ was 
crucified by a Jewish mob instead of 
Roman soldiers, whereas stoning was 
the legal capital punishment of the 
Jews, and the witnesses who testified 
against him told differing stories. 
Nearly nineteen hundred years have 
passed since then, the speaker said in 
closing, and Rome’s. grandetir and 
power have passed away, her tongue 
even is forgotten; the Jews are scat- 
tered’ to the four corners of the 
earth,—but the message, which Christ 
brought, has taught throughout the 
centiiries the truth for which Pilate 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
groped when he questioned the pris- 
oner before him. 
At the Sunday morning service the 
pastor of the Village church, Rev. Dr. 
Walter S. Eaton, will exchange with 
the Rev. Charles A. Hatch of Man- 
chester. In the evening , F. E. Baker 
will give a lecture, “Prevention Better 
than Cure.” Originally from the 
West, Mr. Baker brings new ideals 
as hé has lived a busy, active life 
among many people and serving that 
he might better know the things that 
count for happiness and content. His 
hobby has been myths and legends of 
all ages and of all peoples, which he 
has suitably woven into a lecture that 
is positively inspiring. 
EQUAL SUFFRAGE NOTES 
The Manchester Equal Suffrage 
League will hold its February meet- 
ing on the evening of Monday, the 
7th. 
The “Hearing” on the Suffrage bill 
at the State House last Monday 
morning, was very satisfactory and 
was put through more promptly than 
usual. The, Committee were evident- 
ly favorably impressed and will 
recommend the bill to the Legislature. 
There is no doubt that it will pass 
both houses (as it did last year), 
within a few weeks, and Massachu- 
setts will then be in fact a “Campaign 
State.” 
The tickets for The Ballet of 
Sylvia, which the Ways and Means 
Comm. of the Mass. Woman Suffrage 
Ass’n is giving on Tuesday afternoon, 
Feb. 2, at the Boston Opera House, 
are selling so rapidly, that those who 
wish to see this beautiful spectacle 
had better secure their seats at once. 
(Tickets. at Herrick’s in Boston. 
Further information can be had from 
Miss Florence Leach, Manchester. ) 
One half of the proceeds will go to 
they Red mrss. 
The next meeting of the Women’s 
Peace Party, in Boston, will be a 
luncheon at Hotel Somerset, at which 
Madame Sosika Swimmer of Hun- 
gary will seak. Mme. Swimmer will 
also speak for Suffrage during her 
Boston visit. For membership in the 
Peace Party, apply to Miss M. M. 
James, 12 Otis Place, Boston. (Miss 
James, by the way, is now a Suf- 
fragist!) In this connection, let me 
quote some of the exact words of 
Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence, who has re- 
cently been misquoted and described 
as an “agitator” by prominent Anti- 
Suffragists. At the Peace Meeting 
in Tremont Temple, Mrs. Lawrence 
said: “The human body is the temple 
of the Holy Spirit, and any human 
soul is worth more than the accumula- 
tion of wealth. Yet this principle, old 
as it is, is being set aside in Europe 
on a greater scale than ever before. 
Therefore it is for the women of the 
world, who, speaking collectively, 
have brought every human life onto 
this planet, to stand together at this 
crisis and protest to all the world.” 
The whole tenor of Mrs. Pethick- 
Lawrence’s speech (both in public 
and in private) was in the same high 
and dignified tone. Is it dignified, — 
is 1t even right—for other women to 
throw stones at her and call her“mili- 
tant” and “agitator?’ Are some of — 
the Anti-Suffragists as much opposed — 
to Peace as they are to the whole 
Woman Movement? 
—L. R. S. 
BEVERLY FARMS 
The new owners of the Beverly 
Farms house on Vine st., are con- 
templating making early improve- — 
ments and changes to the building. It 
is very probable the structure will be 
turned into tenements. 
Dr.» Daniel F. Murphy is to open — 
a branch office in Manchester, where 
he plans to devote a certain portion 
of his time each day. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at the — 
Beverly Farms postoffice Jan. 28, 
1915 :—James !Dougherty, Miss Nellie 
Egan, Mrs. Mabel Emerson, Patrick 
Mullaly, Mrs. N. E. Richardson, Mr. 
Frank de Rosi—Lawrence J. Wat- 
son, p. m. 
MANCHESTER 
George Allen Brown, retiring or- 
ganist of the Baptist church, gave an 
“at home” to the church choir at his 
home in Gloucester, Wednesday even- 
ing. A most enjoyable evening was 
passed. A victrola concert added to — 
the entertainment of the evening, also 
musical selections by Mr. Brown and 
his mother. Games were played and 
light refreshments were served. 
Queen Quality boots for fall and 
winter wear at Walt Bell’s, Central § 
sq. adv, 
Children’s Educator shoes at Walt 
Bell’s, Central sq. adv. 
Oysters, Swett’s Fish Mkt. adv, 
Letters remaining unclaimed at the 
Manchester, Mass., P. O., for week 
ending Jan. 23, 1915:—Miss Clara 
Brown, Guiseppe Coputo, Miss J. C. — 
Ferrin, Mrs. Richard Haworth. Miss 
P. Loeffler, Mrs. T. Lamann, Joseph 
Lowe, Harry B. Maclauchlin, Miss — 
Laura A. Stoddard, Mrs. Ida Van- 
Buskirk.—Sam’l L. Wheaton, P.M. 
