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10 S0LR0SEN Some of Our Swedish Bethel Church Boys, Topeka All Members of the Young People's Society Four Members Of Our Church The five Carlson Brothers, who heard the call of nation for service. Reading from left to right they are: David L. Carlson, John A. Carlson, Harry C. Carlson, Victor E.

Carlson, and Corp. Oscar W. Carlson. joined the navy and went to the Great Lakes for training. He was transferred to Pelham Bay Park, N.

but is now in the submarine school at New London, Conn. He was a machinist in the Topeka Santa Fe Shops. John A. Carlson, the youngest of the five, entered the Washburn S. A.

T. C. last week and is ready to go wherever Uncle Sam needs him the most. Up to a short time ago he was assistant cashier of the Topeka Edison Company's offices. Five brothers, at one time all living under tti same roof in Topeka, are now in government service and scattered all the way from Topeka to France.

These boys are the Carlson brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Carlson, 230 Clay Street.

These boys give the one family representatives in the army, the navy, and students' army training corps. Oscar Carlson enlisted from Topeka in December of 1917, leaving his position as a Shawnee County deputy sheriff. He joined the army and is now in France in Co. E. of the Fifth engineers.

He is the oldest son. Victor E. Carlson, age 27 years, and David L. Carlson, age 25 years, went into army service together and joined the 110th Field signal battalion in June, 1917. They are in Co.

A and were in the big drive last September. Before entering service, Victor was a stenographer at the Santa Fe store house, and David was a printer with the Hall Lithographing Company. Exactly one year later Harry C. Carlson THEY CANT BE IMPROVED ON HYMN OF PRAISE to celebrate our Nation's victory. During the war we have seen showcards and things without number displayed in the shop windows and everywhere.

We have been very ingenious and not at all backward in displaying our patriotism and loyalty. Now, if our patriotism and loyalty won the war, On the first page we have given a translation of a beautiful Swedish hymn a rather free translation, of course, but still in a sense a translation. It preserves the rhyme and rhythm of the original, and the thoughts are also fairly well reproduced, and rendered in pretty decent, intelligible The nations are ever giving their attention to the improvement of their instruments of war. They seek to keep the secret of their new invention in the direction of themselves. Not a little fuss was lately made over the assertion that the ambassador of a nation to France had found out the secret of the new French field gun.

Frequently we do hear of improvements in weapons of war; and within the century ended it is claimed great advancement has been made. Christianity has been warring with the powers of darkness for nineteen centuries, and still uses its old means of warring. And why? Because better could not be found. The human voice, the dynamite of Gospel truth, the fire of the Holy Ghost, these mighty means by which Christianity battles, shall yet lay low the gates of hell, and thoroughly desolate the kingdom of Satan. There is no improvement possible in the means by which Christianity wages war.

we have certainly done the right thing. But if it was God's hand that gave us the victory, then our demonstration is not yet complete. If we entertain feelings of gratitude toward God, as we certainly ought to, why not devise some means of giving expression to these sentiments as well? These considerations led us to put this tribute of praise on the market, hoping that it would, in some measure, be received in the same spirit, and, in however small degree, serve to awaken our people to a sense of the gratitude we owe to God. Orders may be sent to "SOLROSEN," Bok 46, Topeka, Kansas English. The O'Connor Printing Company have been kind enough to print it oh a show-card 9 12 inches in size, in two colors, at their own expense.

They have copyrighted it and offer it for sale at the following prices: Single copy, 10 cents; by mail, 12 cents; $1.00 per dozen. Punched and strung with gold cord, ready for hanging, 15 cents; dozen, $1.50, prepaid. Liberal discount in larger quantities The hymn, in its present form, was written in the midst uf the peace celebration November 11. The sentiment is certainly in harmony with the occasion, and the effect ought to that of a hymn composed COUNTING THE STARS WHAT SELF-CONTROL MEANS I was going home one winter's evening with my little maiden at my side, when she looked up into the sky and said: "Father, I am going to count the stars." "Very well," I said, "do!" And soon I heard her whispering to herself: "Two hundred and twenty-one, two hundred and twenty-two, two hundred and and then she stopped and sighed: "Oh, dear! I had no idea there were so many!" Like that little maiden, I have often tried to count my mercies; but right soon have I had to say: "I had no idea there were so many!" Well, what does it mean? That it won't go? You don't suppose that the man who has got a motor car at the side of a road, which absolutely will not move, is inclined to say: "My car is under such perfect control." The ideal of a car that is subject to perfect control is, that it will travel easily at its highest speed, that it will do exactly what is required of it and do it easily, without stress or strain. That is the complete ideal.

People say to me: "Oh, religion it is all about limitations and restrictions. It means that a man is to be reined in and not allowed the legitimate use of his natural passions and appetites." Not at all. I have lately had an opportunity of seeing some of the dark and erratic ways of motor cars, and one of the great things they say of a car is: "I have prof it under complete control.".