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“Selfesacrificing’”’ the Theme of His 
Sermon. 
Rev. James Alvord, late of Woon- 
socket, R. I., where he resigned recent- 
ly after a pastorate of thirteen years, 
preached at the Congregational church, 
Manchester, last Sunday. In the morn- 
ing he took for a text Isa. 40: 3—‘“The 
voice of him that crieth in the wilder- 
ness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
make straight in the desert a highway for 
our God.’’ Following are a few excerpts 
from his sermon: 
“Tn spite of the good hymns and the 
good sermons the Christian life in the 
year 1907 calls for sacrifice. Is there 
not reason forenvy everywhere! Probably 
there never was a generation where 
temptations came so plentiful as in ours. 
‘‘Why should a man sacrifice $500 a 
year in order to keep a saloon out of his 
own block? Why should he prepare the 
way of the Lord in the wilderness? ‘The 
rest of the world lulls along the desert’s 
edge. 
“The world has gone on amidst self- 
sacrificing ages and was made by self- 
sacrificing men. 
“Il am almost tempted to throw out an 
‘Irish bull’ over this pulpit and say that 
no prophet ever managed to make his 
voice heard until after his head had been 
cut off. The leaders of the race have 
been men who sacrificed themselves. It 
is well for us to remember that these 
heroes, these martyrs, were redeemers 
of their race; they failed to realize their 
feet did swash through blood. Yea, the 
world never would have gone onward 
save along the footholds of martyred 
heroes. Sprinkled with their blood the 
desert has blossomed as a rose. 
““Only when the cross has laid a 
shadow against the face of man’s life does 
the true glow of humanity appear. Hun- 
dreds of men die in order that Christianity 
might be preached to the nations.”’ 
Tremont Theatre 
It is to be universally regretted by all 
the playgoers of Boston that the limit of 
the stay of the great musical comedy tri- 
umph from the windy city, ““The Time, 
The Place and The Girl,’’ is so close at 
hand, for never has there been a _ piece 
upon the local stage that has won so _in- 
stantaneous a hit as this. Saturday night, 
June Ist, must be the positive limit of the 
engagement. In response to the unpre- 
cedented rush for seats in advance it has 
been found necessary to place seats on 
sale now for the balance of the engage- 
ment, and therefore tickets may now be 
purchased for every performance of 
The Time, The Place and The Girl’ 
in Boston, including the special holiday 
matinee which will be given Memorial 
Day. 
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