hen I first had a bible class in a 
normal school, I received word that 
as not wanted. A little over a 
r ago I received a letter asking 
to come back. This shows that 
hey are now realizing that educa- 
ion with God’s teachings will make 
heir citizens what they desire they 
iould be. Now there is something 
hich has an influence,—the elevat- 
g influence of the beautiful. Give 
e white lily in the slums, the 
ple admire it, and try to be more 
it. Japan of all nations on 
has been favored by God. Its 
mountains and climate, all 
ine to make it ‘The World’s 
den.’’ The people who live there, 
and appreciate their beautiful 
otry. They get out and enjoy 
beautiful new fallen snow. In 
ruary they adore the plum blos- 
s. And everybody knows how 
s. God’s gifts are enjoyed by 
its people. 
_ Now for some of the real con- 
ditions in Japan today. There are 
housands of our bright girls and 
women living a life of shame, and 
sad and cruel part is they do not 
w they are doing it. So that 
ws the failure of the beautiful to 
ate their characters. In Japan, 
more so in China, the study of 
ssics receives a lot of attention. 
y study the doctrine of Confu- 
(1) Relation of King and sub- 
, (2) Relation of father and 
d, (3) Relation of husband and 
e, (4) Relation of older and 
oger brother, (5) Relation of 
iend to friend. 
As we were coming here we 
sed through China. There is a 
famine there now, and the poor 
ving people flock to the wealthy 
, only to be driven back by po- 
men with clubs to die. This in 
na where for years they have 
studied man’s relation to man. 
Vhat does it mean but failure. 
There is a power however, a simple 
‘story which told to them gets their 
hearts and changes them. It is the 
old story, that God who made all 
things is their father and that he 
_ loves them.”’ 
Mr. Briggs then recited a number 
of incidents where people had ac- 
cepted Christ and of the joy they 
_ found in telling others the story. 
At the evening service Mr. Briggs 
spoke again on Japan, giving a very 
interesting talk on the possibilities 
of the field and also telling of the 
_ obstacles to overcome in order to in- 
_ troduce religion. The discourse was 
who heard her. 
Japanese love their cherry blos-. 
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most closely followed by an excep- 
tionally large congregation. 
On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. 
Briggs gave their last talk to Man-- 
chester friends. This was a beauti- 
ful service and owing to the very 
large crowd had to be held in the 
auditorium instead of in the vestry. 
Mrs. Briggs spoke during the first 
of the evening. Her talk was im- 
pressive and very helpful to those 
Mr. Briggs also 
gave an address. Mr. and Mrs. 
Briggs left Manchester Wednesday. 
While here they were the guests of 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sawyer of Vine 
street. 
Democratic Candidate for Congress 
Sends Letter of Acceptance. 
William H. O’Brien, whom the 
demoerats of this district have nomi- 
nated as candidate for congress, 
has sent the following letter of 
acceptance to Marcus C. Pettingill, 
chairman of the congressional con- 
vention, which nominated him: 
‘‘Dear Sir: While not at present 
a voting resident of the Sixth Con- 
gressional District, your convention 
has seen fit to summon me to assist 
in the work which the party of the 
people has mapped out in state and 
nation; to demonstrate that, not- 
withstanding the sinister influence 
of corporate greed in national and 
state legislatures, we are to remain a 
government of the people. 
“The great honor which your con- 
vention pays me seems out of pro- 
portion to any acts of mine during 
my legislative career. I have simply 
tried to do that which I believed the 
great majority of the voters would’ 
have me do. As a native of Essex 
County, I feel that no greater honor 
could come to me, and as your 
candidate for membership in 
the next Congress in opposition 
to the distinguished gentleman 
who now enjoys that distinction 
and who is nightly boasting 
of his votes in favor of the 
special interests that have the. great 
consuming class at their mercy, I 
shall endeavor by every fair means 
to convince the voters of the district 
that the success politically or other- 
wise, of any individual or set of indi- 
viduals, is not essential to the wel- 
fare of all the people of the district, 
or of the state itself. 
“The great mass of the people 
are erying for relief from the unjust 
burdens which special legislation by 
the National Congress has placed 
upon them and there are many who 
fear for the nation’s future unless a 
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halt is ealled in this direction. This 
crisis can be avoided through the 
passage of remedial and progressive 
legislation, but this can never be 
hoped for from the legislative 
friends of the present monopolistic 
propaganda, and I firmly believe 
that Massachusetts will swell the 
_ list of Congressmen who ean be de- 
pended upon to work and vote for 
such legislation. I shall not dupli- 
cate at this time the cold storage 
promises and pledges that usually 
vo with such communications, and 
which are so quickly forgotton, but 
shall simply say to the voters of the 
district, through you and your 
associates, that if honored by them 
with an election to the next Congress 
(and I confidentially expect such a 
result), I shall be the representa- 
tive of all the people, not contenting 
myself with a discussion of the 
efforts of some of the ‘specialists’ 
in financial and industrial legisla- 
tion, (the ‘good thing’ trust) but 
shall urge my own ideas and those 
of my constituents in the shape of 
legislation for the benefit of all 
classes. The question is not ‘can 
we win?’ but rather, ‘ought we to 
win?’ and’ with our splendid plat- 
form of progressive principles there 
ean be but one answer, which will 
say to the political proprietors of 
Essex County and of Massachusetts, 
‘You can’t fool all the people all 
the time.’ ”’ 
Yours very truly, 
William H. O’Brien.”’ 
Gillette as ‘‘Sherlock Holmes’’ at 
the Hollis next week 
Mr. William Gillette, under the 
direction of Mr. Charles Frohman, 
begins at the Hollis street Theatre, 
Boston, next Monday evening 31st 
instant, an engagement of signal im- 
portance to this community. The dis- 
tinguished playwright-actor is an- 
nounced for farewell appearances in 
a round of his famous successes, and 
the list is to embrace such stage 
triumphs as ‘‘Sherlock Holmes’’, 
“‘Seeret Service’’, ‘‘Held by the 
Enemy’’, ‘‘Clarice’’, ‘‘Too . much 
Johnson’’, and ‘‘The Private Secre- 
tary.’’ 
The opening play of the engage- 
ment is to be Mr. Gillette’s masterly 
impersonation of ‘‘Sherlock Holmes”’ 
the characterization by which he has 
of late years become best known to 
theatre-goers the world over. Mr. 
Frohman is to present his star in the 
drama for the entire first week of the 
engagement with a matinee on 
Saturday only. 
