Washburn-Crosby Co., Largest Millers in the World, General Offices, Minneapolis, Minn. Table of Contents of this Number on Third Advertising Page A PRAYER FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES BY WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH W E praise thee, O God, for our friends, the doctorsand nurses, who seek the healing of our bodies. We bless thee for their gentleness and patience, for their knowledge and skill. We remember the hours of our suffering when they brought relief, and the days of our fear and anguish at the bedside of our dear ones, when they came as ministers of thee. May we reward their fidelity and devotion by our loving gratitude, and do thou uphold them by the satisfaction of work well done. WE E rejoice in the tireless daring with which some are now tracking the great slayers of mankind by the white light of science. Grant that under their teaching we may grapple with the sins which have ever dealt death to the race, and that we may so order the life of our communities that none may be doomed to an untimely death for lack of the simple gifts which thou hast given in abundance. Make thou our doctors the prophets and soldiers of thy kingdom, which is the reign of cleanliness and self-restraint and the dominion of health and joyous life. IN N their whole profession, strengthen the consciousness that their calling is holy and that they too are disciples of the saving Christ. May they never through the pressure of need or ambition surrender the sense of a divine mission and become hirelings who serve only for money. Make them doubly faithful in the service of the poor who need their help most sorely and may the children of the workingman be as precious to them as the children of the rich. Though they deal with the frail body of man, may they have an abiding sense of the eternal value of the life residing in it, that by the call of faith and hope they may summon to their aid the powers of thy all-pervading life. "You are to take her to her room,' he said in a husky voice. 'He doesn't want to see her. He's going to London in the morning'"-See Frances Hodgson Burnell's New Serial Novel "The Secret Garden,"-Page 17 AUTHOR OF IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BREAKING UP? THE MEASURE ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS E DITOR'S NOTE.-Mr. Baker has just returned from a trip through the Middle West during which he made a thorough study of political conditions. A little less than a year ago he traversed much the same territory and talked with many of the same people. He said then of the insurgent movement (THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE, February, 1910): “It still fights in the streets with pitchforks and barricades. It has many leaders and no comprehensive plan of campaign. It declares with a loud voice what it is against, but it whispers and glances aside when asked how far it is willing to go." Since then great changes have taken place. Iowa, Kansas, California, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and even Michigan have declared themselves in no uncertain terms. Even rock-ribbed Republican States like Maine and Vermont have given evidence of a widespread political upheaval. A movement of such great importance to the American people should be clearly understood. Mr. Baker here gives a vivid account of the present political situation and of the new leadership. A NEW party-new in the sense of having new ideals and a new leadership -has come into being within the last year. Thus far it is inside of the Republican party, seeking to control the Republican party, which it may or may not succeed in doing. The strongest of its leaders save only Roosevelt, who defies classification are Western men with Western ideals. Most of them are from small towns in agricultural States; and they are as able a group of men, perhaps, as ever appeared at one time in American public life. Everywhere the old leaders have been going down to defeat. The country has set its face forward and will not be COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED as |