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The Sunday bee MORNIN G—E VENI N C—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a i^ember, fa exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local new* published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES ,l*riv»t. Branch Exchange. Aik for the Department it i.BIi. jr Person Wanted. For Night Calla After 10 P. M.: 1 ftnA Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. llrUlf OFFICES Main Office—I7th and Farnam Council Bluffi—18 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg, -rf>s Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. t * . i .. - ■■■■ ' ■ .... , . . ^ ■ GOD’S MESSAGE FOR THE DAY. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'' Such a simple little text, so full of possibilities for the benefit and uplifting of humanity, and so little applied. Peace on earth, good will toward men, the one flowing out of the other, an endless circle of harmony and happiness, if only followed. Peace on earth can only be established through the medium of good will, and good will can not ••fist without peace. Not an anomaly, nor a mystery. Just the entire problem of humanity stated in its sim plest terms. Out of the want of it grow the hideous jealousies, hatreds, longings for revenge, ambitious greed and covetousness,that has again and again plunged the nations of the world into war upon one .another. Bloodshed and misery, famine and desola tion, disease and suffering in ages uncounted have afflicted man, because of lack of understanding. Men have not yet learned the lesson, for passions . and prejudices that take root in a past that is lost ..in the impenetrable mists of antiquity beyond record • still govern. Peace on earth! What a promise it holds, and -how easily all its content may be realized. Good will to men is the key that will unlock the door, and 4open the way out of the labyrinth. Only man’s per versity keeps him from taking the true way up to light. Understanding between man and man will make possible understanding between nation and na tion, and then will follow, “as the night the day,” peace on earth, to go on and on throughout the agts, until Almighty God shall decree the end be cause man will have redeemed himself. President Coolidge has suggested that today, the Sunday before Christmas, be observed as “Good Will , Sunday.” It is a proper enough suggestion, and doubtless will get general approval. The topic is particularly appropriate for the season. Yet it will require more than one day for the accomplishment of what is sought. Evil is too deeply rooted to be ^overcome by a single application of moral suasion. „Until envy, jealousy, covetousness, hatred, revenge, and all the loathsome train of base passions are obliterated from the human breast, or at least are overcome by the nobler passions, flowing out of love and gentleness, peace on earth will not be our por tion. One day is not enough, but even one day will help, if the lesson is driven home to the conviction here and there of a few. Eventually their example .will light the way for others to follow, and slowly the world will be redeemed from the darkness and brought into the light. Some progress has been made since that night those words rang in the -shepherds’ ears near Bethlehem. We have not realized the blessing in full, but we are getting closer to the time with each turning over of the earth, when peace will indeed rule on earth. WE SHOULD WORRY! G. Bernard Shaw, Israel Zangwill, Margot As quith, and divers and sundry others from across the pond, have come to our shores, proceeded to tell us to our faces what our many faults are, and hastened homeward with the monetary rewards garnered as a result of their criticisms. - world, and the greatest future that faces any na tion. Some of us, in our characteristic hurry, may don our swallowtail coats before sundown, but not yet have we been forced to provide a dole for our workers, or stand as a nation with hat in hand be ' fore the gates of neighboring nations begging for a handout. As a nation we may lack in some of the claimed refinements of our older neighbors across the pond, there are no insurmountable obstacles in the way 4 °* any citizen of this republic who seeks to^mount the ladder. Those who are charged with the man * agernent of our national destinies are not born to the purple, but are bom to equality of opportunity, and we toss our hats in the air and raise our lusty - shouts to men who have accomplished, not to men who happen to be the sona of their fathers. Our self-righteous neighbors may come across to us in droves to tell us to our faces that we are , lacking in refinement, that we have no art, no lltera , ture, no traditions. But if we do lack those things, * w« certainly have shown that we have something ' that surely satisfies when art, nor literature nor tra dition will suffice—we have the food and the cloth » ing and the shelter, even though at times called upon many a time and oft to share with those who are so free to turn up their patrician noses at us, even while they are partaking of our bounty and living in something nigh akin to comfort on the in terest of what they owe us. We should worry about what the Shaws and* the ... Zangwills and the Asquiths may say of us. Things a-plenty we may lack, but there is ohe thing we do not lack. Like Joseph of old we have the corn, and between criticisms and sneers and innuendoes our whilom friends from over the seas must come to us therefor. And we have taken It all with a smile, parted with our money cheerfully, and bid them farewell with nothing in our hearts but the kindliest feelings. Far be it from us to worry about their summing up of our shortcomings. We should worry! We may talk through our noses, and we may not always be able to distinguish between the salad fork and the dessert spoon, but we certainly do know a hawk from a handsaw, hence as a country we have most of the gold of the world, the most stable cur rency in the world, the most contented people In the There may be those of us who pour our coffee into the saucer to cool it. Many there may be who actually thrust their napkins into their collars. It may even so be that occasionally we rest our * elbows on the table. But, praise be, we are able to provide the coffee; we are still able to make napkins leally useful at meal time, and we have well supplied tables upon which to rest our elbojva. So we, a humor loving nation and bearing no malice, cheerfully dig up our good money—the only money in the world that Is worth par—and cheer fully exchange it for an hour or two of Zangwill or Shaw or Asquith, have our gentle laughs, and go to comfortable homes feeling well content. WHAT PRICE ON HEAVEN. This has nothing to do with th»'basis of Chris tian belief; we do not assume to decide any question of creed between the modernists and fundamental ists. We do, howevfr, question the right of any man to put a monetary value on Christ, or Mo hammed, or Buddha, or any other of the great re ligious leaders. What will you say to this outburst from a New York modernist: "Thej-e Is one aspert of this discussion w hlcli will cut deep In this diocese. A $15,000,000 drive for the cathedral Is practically dead as far as liberal churchmen are concerned. Some of us will not lift voice or hand to build a costly monument to a Dallas decalogue. We are not Interested in a $15,000,000 fabric for fundamentalism and a large cathedral for a literal creed does not inspire us. We ‘dishonest men' cannot be asked to handle money for that purpose." * A $15,000,000 cathedral is not essential to the teaching of any form of religion. It is true that in all ages the greatest display of huiyan ingenuity, the most lavish outlay of decorative art, the most costly of adornments, have been found in the temples. All this ostentation has nothing to do with religion. In Egypt, in Assyria, in India, worship that depend ed on munificence of earthly substance fell down and gods whose potency was measured by the wealth they commanded disappeared before the simple faith that looked up to God and adored as well under the open sky as beneath the groined roof. It is well enough to rear costly temples, dedicat ed in humility to the Creator, to make of His house a place as costly as may be, for such is but fitting recognition, an earthly measure of His magnificence. But an earnest prayer will go through the roof of a weather-beaten frame structure on the edge of the wilderness as effectively and as certainly as it will rise through the ceiling, the spires or the domes of the most sumptuous of cathedrals or mosques. A creed that can be swayed by $15,000,000 or 15 cents is not one worthy much attention. Such have been tried and always found wanting. “Via Crucis” is not traveled in upholstered seats but on foot; those who follow finally come out singing, but they must go through many trials. Any gilt or jewel-bedecked theology is doomed in advance. OUT DOORS GETTING SMALLER. Is the wide out of-doors shrinking, the boundless west dwindling? What has become of the “sky bounded, horizon staked plains” Col. Pat Donan once talked about? Burbank, the plant wizard, is suing to be per mitted to use some 7,000 acres of the unsurveyed land in Arizona, whereon to propagate his spine less cactus. Some Rirt of land office red tape has interposed and a court order is necessary. Many Nebraskans can recall the day when there was not a barbed wire fence from Laredo on the south to Medora on the north, unless it might be a one strand affair around a haystack. Millions of cattle roamed the open spaces, unchallenged in the munch ing of bunch grass. It was God's country, and was used as such. One is reminded of 'the change that has taken place by the perusal of a notice in a western Ne braska paper, in which all persons are warned by a group of land owners against hunting, trapping or fishing along a considerable -stretch of the North Platte river. Time was when a notice like that would have been received with grins, but now it gets respect. As to Arizona, one who has traveled the coun try from end to end will easily come to the con clusion that anyone who will go in there to grow spineless cactus or anything else cattle can eat would be hailed as a benefactor. Mile after mile of dreary desert tires the eye, the monotony broken only by the spiney cactus, the Spanish bayonet, sage brush, and similar flora. Surveyed or unsurveyed, land asked by Burbank ought to be granted him, with a bonus if he succeeds in making it useful. But the “great open spaces” are found in the movies only. LAW SNARES A LEADER. ' Perhaps it is not typical, but the incident will illustrate a trait of human nature that must be taken into account whenever calculations are being made. Rev. S. T. Montgomery of Los Angeles, who is lead ing the spasm of reform that is disturbing the city, is under arrest on a charge of violating the traffic ordinances. He says the action is an outrage, that the mayor had given him permission to park his car in the forbidden space, and that the policeman had no right to interfere. The police retort that even the mayor can not grant permission to anybody to violate traffic regulations. The point is that as soon as the zealous law en forcer gets right busy on his job, he immediately be gins to find reasons why he should be permitted to ignore rules and regulations that apply to other folks. Rev. Mr. Montgomery probably feels himself privileged because of the character of the work he is engaged in, but he has no right to. A few years ago in Omaha it was decided at the end of a lawsuit that the mayor had no right to use a city car- to ride to and fro between hi» home and his office. Other de cisions might be presented to uphold the prin(flple that officials are all required to observe the laws the same as private citizens. A common enough expression is that some men grow with a job, and others merely swell. When the man who sets out to enforce one set of laws can bring himself to carefully observe all laws, and not seek to put himself above any, he will stand some show of (fbing his job. Most men are pretty well occupied in trying to observe the few laws they know about, and lose little sleep over the myriads of others which they too frequently violate unconscious ly. If our laws were so simple that all could know them, these rases would be fewer. A Boston hen was arrested and imprisoned for picking a diamond from the ring of a spectator at a poultry show. Scores of chickens have commit ted the same crime, but the victims tried to cover up the fact instead .of swearing out warrants. Even if Mr. McAdoo succeeds in securing the repeal of ^he two-thirds rule, there is still one W. J. B. to be reckoned with. Coincident with the demand for shorter hours of labor there might also be a greater willingness to deliver more labor per hour. \ / When the French government awarded palms to a couple of clowns it was not setting n precedent, merely following one. The Ford seems to have backfired, much to the discomfiture of the volunteers who were trying to crank the boom. It’s n cinch that when Charley lJnwes gets up to tell ’em there will be no misunderstanding what he means. It's a wise father who sharpens the carving knife before next Tuesday noon. Frairiegraphs WAITING FO|{ CHRISTMAS. .# Never too old for Christmas! I al ways wWI be a boy To share in tlm happy laughter that comes with tlie Christmas joy. Weary the years with their burdens till Christmas comes' round, and (hen 1 drop those years and I heir burdens lo be jhst a boy again. Banished i^ll trouble and sorrow, and there where the home light beams lint a boy, for a time indulging again in my boyhood dreams. » I'm never too old for Christmas, ,though many the years behind. For youth in my heart’s eternal, and age hut a frame of mind. Never too old for Christmas! 1 joy in I he friends I've madty I eling to the thougts of boyhood and dream of the games I played': Welcome old Santa's coming with all of my boyhood zest. And hang up my stocking early, and just as high as the rest. Join in the games and the shouting, laugh with the greatest glee, And I dance with the laughing kid dies around the Christmas tree. I’m never too old for Christmas; I'm going to play my part By always and ever remaining a care free boy at heart. Light every Christmas candle! Lift higher the wassail bowl! Here's to the men and women still youthful of heart and soul! And here’s to the laughing children whose voices make music sweet. To banish the years and their burdens till life is a Joy complete. Never too old for Christmas, and I never expect to be As long as a Christmas candle can blaze on a Christmas tree. As long as friends endureth, and as long as 1 love and feel, I'm going to celebrate Christmas with all of my boyhood zeal! Controversy between tl. jndarnen tallsts and modernists of no Interest to me. Some folks actually refuse to believe In the radio, and still others don't liellevo that men can fly. Some men, including some preachers, take then#e!ves too darned seriously. Great disappointment among the Ford boomers. Henry refuses to tie a candidate, which means that some boomers will have to seek their easy money elsewhere. Having enjoyed the pleasures of smoking for about half a century, and being about to swear off, I am seriously considering aligning myself with the anti-tobacco crusaders and help prohibit Its growth, manufacture and sale. It pains me to think that others may enjoy for many years a pleasure that I can not much longer enjoy. NEBRASKA LIMERICK. There was a young man In bsh kosh Who loved Miss Luella MrTosh. When lie asked, "Will you wed?" Miss Luella quick said: "O, this is so sudden; my gosh!" There is something radically wrong with the husband and father who can oversleep on Christmas morning. No satisfaction a tall In giving a Christmas present to one whose first Impulse is to look for the price mark. Being temporarily far from home my chief desire right now Is to be the recipient of a goodly proportion of nonremovable buttons. still worrying about how to do your ’hare of Christmas Joy spreading? Why worry—there's The Omaha Bee’s Free Shoe fund. Six more shopping days until Christmas—shop now and get caught n the crush. A LETTER. Gering, Neb.. Dee. !0—Dear Papa: We are all well. I am not experting anything for Christina* —my old skate* I* broken. I ran make the old sled do that Santa cave me two year* ago. There are some nice sled* for sale in the store* here. I am not expecting any candy till* Christina* there I* some offle nice randy in boxes at the store* here that la quite cheep. Wislit you eoiiM nee the offle pretly steam engine* they I* here I am not looking for Santa Claus to bring me anything I* there lot* of thing* in Omaha that a little boy would like to have I ge** there I*. I am getting too big to expert anything from Santa becose I am going on 10 It would iw pretty hard for you to rarry a lot of thinjrs liortu* from Omaha. I have been a KOod hoJr Santa likes Rood hoy*, and n.nelay' brings them Hoinething Christina* I don't expert anything. Me and Dan will lie at the train to meet you to help you carry home all the package* we don't export you'll bring much. Your loving *on JACK. Izzy Einstein's activity In the criiHade jigainst the Demon Rum ha* elicited from me only perfunctory ap plause. Hut when lzzy alnm* hi* hat down on the floor, jump* on It with both feet, the while loudly declaring that he will lie everlastingly gotswlz zled and hilly be dog-gone,I If he will allow his New York landlord to raise ills rent, then It is that I spring to my feet nnd give fzzy 13 'rah* and a vociferous tiger. Izzy's rum crusad Ing Is of small moment to me, but I'm hacking to the limit any rnnn who sets out to oppoi^ mounting rents. ' Just received * letter from the vtlssus informing me that the oldest laughter yet remaining at home has ust Insinuated that she would like n have the exclusive use of the front ooiii this Sunday evening. And for he third lime I grow apprehensive, It has come to pass that being men tioned for president Is something of a Joke. Instead of bring Quite An Honor, as In lime* gone by. Ed rath er he mentioned ns being among those present at a duck dinner at the Omaha cltih. When the Nebraska Ktate Press as sedation meet In Ldderkranz hall at Grand Island next February, a lot of sad memories are going to i>o recalled by a lot of old-timers In attendance. Any plans for « minstrel show to ar company th* summer excursion will he without zest i* corn pared with a former meeting for the same purpose In th* snme hall and city There have been some striking changes .since the great summer excursion* of 19l.'n Never a Christmas goes by that 1 do not IsV s tribute upon the altar of mv love for Oh- Ruck. This year It will he * small bottle of sulphuretted hydrogen, the purpose being to enable him to counteract the odor of Id* pipe The crowning Joy of Christma* Is to tie called upon lo light the topmost candle on the tree. What this country need* Is a good tracking snow Tor Christmas. A merry Christmas to everybody. WILL M. MAUPIN. i A Small Town on Saturday Night ! !- Bv W K. KK1THLEY, Syracuse, Neb. The old home town—how dear to our hearts are the fond recollections, as we quietly sit and take a few minutes’ Invoice of ourselves, at times when we are inclined fo sit In our easy chair and let our thoughts drift back to the memories of only a few days past; of the kindness of neigh bors, of genial and friendly hand shakes of friends and of these grand and glorious acquaintances of folks, who in our small community call each other hy first name and whose ac quaintance is an everlasting friend ship, melted together and frozen Into the inscription, "All for one and one for all.” Ho it Is with the people of our thriving little village; more of an up-to-date city. If you please; with the people of the surrounding com munity especially Is this lasting friendship continued and fastened tighter upon town folks and country folks as they gather together on Main street Saturday nights, where they "swap yarns,” tell of their daily tasks, sit side by side in the picture show, and the ladies go drm in arnv shopping through the stores. These are the advantages our town has on Saturday nights over the larger cities. Here everyone knows one another, where kind words of condolence are spoken to or for the sick and af flicted, while others are discussing the problems of every-day life that they have to solve, and we may add that many are solved to the satisfaction of all. Cars are parked so close together In the marked parking places near the curb on Main street that their ap pearance resembles and brings to bear on one’s mind more of a celebration crowd than an ordinary Saturday night gathering of our country friends who have come to town to make their regular weekly visit with the town folks and- trade with the merchants; and now. as the electric lights, throw ing their brilliancy from the "white way" on to the newly paved Main street, one standing a distance back sees himself In a great mirror just in front as he looks along this paved section for five blocks. In the band stand on Main street, decorated appropriately and brilliantly lighted, sit the members of the Syracuse Kids' band, and presently they play one of the popular airs, and do it well, completely to the satisfaction cf all, for those who have been win dow shopping, and those who have been standing Idly by engaged In con versation have stopped, and loudly they applaud the selection Just played. This applause, too, has had Its pleasing appreciation, for the band has started another selection, and In it there seems to he Instilled more pep,” responded to-from the ovation they have just received. Here and there grpups ofmen have gathered together on Main street, some talking and laughing Joyously. Others conversing seriously. Here tfe drift in among the crowd, and with them we walk up and down the street. The stores with their pretty windows attract the attention of many of the passers by. who stop, window shop a minute, then go In and make their purchase and. ns we pass by the many appreciated and up-to-the-min ute stores, where stocks of the best quality and most metropolitan are kept, we pause to look Inside. Here we see large crowds of shoppers anx iously buying In all departments and competent clerks, whose pleasing per sonalities and sunny dispositions, with a knowledge of excellent salesmanship which qualifies them to make the cor rect selections which the customers wish to purchase, await their pleas ure. Then we have learned why our Main street, where there Is located such excellent stores, has gained the reputation of being one of the best and biggest little towns In the state, and here we look a little closer. This time we see the grand displays of merchandise which are so artistically arranged, so plainly mark ed In price and so neatly placed in sight. inose wno love ro «noot a game of pool are diligently trying to put the "ball" In the pocket, while others are drinking a bottle of pop. some crunching peanuts and others silent ly enjoying a good smoke. Then from here, with hat pushed back on our head, with coat open and hands In our pockets, we stroll over to the ice cream parlor. This, too. Is crowded, where the soda dispenser Is busy "shooting sodas, sundaes, malted milks, banana splits and such.” while waiters are hurrying the orders To the tables where sit young and old. some silently waiting and others glee fully conversing. Presently a young lady and her escort enter and he is telling her how lovely the fine deco rations at the dance look, how "pep py" the music Is and what a large crowd Is present: he further remarks that It seems the country folks and the town folka at the dance are very cordial toward one another and how nice thla all seems fo him, for he Is a stranger, and In kls town theae two factions seem to be widely drifted apart. The young lady then tells him that they had come to town ex tra early this Saturday night and had found it almost difficult to find a parking place on Main street. They had brought their lunch with them, ns many others had done. She con tinned telling him how many autoes were compelled to park on side streets before they hsd finished their lunrh. Produce stations have also been very busy tonight. Car after car has driven up to them, delivered their cream, egg» and poultry, the owner received a check and giving a passing nod or n pleasant handshake to a friend, then passing the check on to his faithful wife or pretty daughter, who has urgent shopping to do. and "he smilingly accepts It and is on her way to the family store. Both the man and wife, father and daughter, have enjoyed the refreshing ride Into town after a hard day's toll which has been hurriedly hut diligently done; more so on this day than bth ers. because they must get to town have their weekly chat with the folks before the crowd gets In town and earlier tfaiight, get their trading done of the town community. Peering In the open doors of the barber shop we see five barbers very boxy, and sitting along the wall on an easy bench ami jn chairs scat tered here and there ate many wait lug for n hair cut and shave" or Just i plain "shave" We do not see NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for November, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . .73,950 Sunday... 79,265 Do»« not Includ* return*. left ov#r». samples or paper* spoiled in printing end includ** no specie* •eles or free circulation of any kind, j B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of December, IR2J. W H QUIVEY. (Seel I Notsre Public many town folk*. Moat have had their work done earlier In the day. or will be in Inter, for they know their country neighbor*. Home weary and tired, are anxiously waiting for the Saturday night "trim-up." Some are reading, others are discussing farm problems, and a piajority are just happily visiting. As one after another leave they hurry to the auto where the patient wife has been waiting for her "better half" so he may be of service to her and help carry the groceries and meat to the auto for the Sunday dinner and weekly repasts. Gaily they go, too, smiling and chat ting as they hurry along, but pres ently they stop as they pass the window of the jewelry stoie. They watch before them a young couple, arm In arm, with heads closely to gether looking at a sparkling dia mond. The wife punches her hus band In the ribs and he gives a "short cut" giggle as they hurry on, leaving the two still admiring the ring. As folks leave Main street early for their homes, they come to the public library, and see at a short distance a youngster with a book under his arm stop at a public drinking foun tain, secure a drink of tlie nice pure water, refreshing, and of which the town is rightly proud. He smacks his lips, wipes his mouth off with hi* sleeve and goes inside the library. As they pass by the window of the huild ing they see seated at the tables young and older folks quietly\read Ing, while some are at the book cases searching for a story by a favorite author. It i* just 9 o'clock, and as the curfew whistle blows the young sters are seen to commence squirm ing around Inside, getting ready to leave for home, while those of a still tender age, coming past the library from down-town, turn at the corner and pass by the brilliantly lighted lire house, whose door stands open and the chief and some of his men are ready for any fire calls. The tend has finished its concert, some of the autoes are moving out from the curb and starting for home, clerks are helping customers carry their purchases to their cars. Auto horns are honking as the cars back away from the curb, and those en gaged in conversation are dispersing, some going to their cars and others to their homes. Toadies are bidding each other good night and goodby for a few days. Proprietors with smiling faces bid a fond adieu to their cus tomers, and the Saturday night on Main street in Syracuse is drawing to a close So the community visitors move on to their homes, and later Just a few straggling cars are left parked at the curb. Then as we pans on to our home, silently thinking how wonderful It is to live in a comtr/un Ity where this kind of spirit exists, we pass the dance house and hear the strains of the orrhesira music play ing "Home, Sweet Home." Here we pause for a moment to take out our watch and have a look and, to our astonishment, it tel:* the tale—live minutes to 12. We quicken our steps and resolve to get "Into the hay" and dream of a grand town, with a Main street ahd a grand community spirit where John knows Hill, and the proprietors of the stores call their customers by their first name, and the customers call the proprietors bv their first name, and all in all, the Satur day night crowds bring friendship that oniv is known in a small town where the atm- sphere Is filled with overflowing geniality toward human ity and. as we st.md and watch the last light on Main street "wink" out Its last "Sparkle." vve feel thankful and proud that we live In the small town where abides the best of inter esting and romantic sides of life worth knowing. Daily Prayer j And He said to them *11. If *nv man Wilt com* after Me. let him deny him self. and take up hie croea daily and follow yte For wtioeoeyer will save hi* Ilf* ehatl !«** It: but whosoever wit! loee hi* Hfe for My sak*. th* same shad save it For what is a men advantaged. if he Sain the whole world, end !o*e himself or be cast away!—Luka • 11-21. O Lord, Thou Whose eye sees! everything, even Into the secrets of our hearts, and with Whom is all wisdom and power, be not silent to our petition. In our suffering let us observe Thy presence, and, out of pain, teach us submission. We cannot always understand what Thou art doing with us. *hut O Thou Watcher of men, make our soul* to know that Thou art always just and good, ever long suffering in Thy mercy. Give us Thy strength to bear the burden. Teach us that if we would be most serviceable to Thee. w» must be marred and hurt and made to bleed Then we shall come forth as gold tried In the furnace, and Thy right eousness shall be our robe, and Thy glory our diadem. Amen. I'KTKR AINM.IK. D, D Baltlmor* Md Out oj Today's Sermons The modernist movement ap pears to fit the prophecy of «pos tacy, C\ A. bi-Keratrom, pastor of Flint Swedish Itaptist church, will say In hin sermon tonight, an ex cerpt from which follows: No one can deny the fact that the churches of almost all denominations ore facing a crisis. We ask, when we read the great controversies and denials of God's word: "Is this the aposlacy of which tit. Paul speaks in 2 Thessalonians, 2:32? Apostacy means an abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed: u total desertion or departure from one's faith. The offense can only take place In such as have <mce professed the true religion. The apostle says in regard to the second coming of Christ: "Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come except there come a falling away (apostacyl first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdi tion." Ifere is very plainly stated what the Christian church has to look for and expect before the literal coming of .Jesus. Not a very bright outlook: yet. are we not seeing this very thing taking place? Reports and rumors from all over the world of a falling away from "the faith once for all delivered to the saints." What can he a more shame ful denial than to saj- that our Sa vlor was not God? Turn to the first part of the first chapter of the gos pel of Jf hn only. Either John Is a liar or else the Word (.Jesus) was God We know what the Spirit says through John is true. His testimony is more to us, who love the I/ord. than al! the modernists' swelling words put together. A few years ago these fellows dared not to come out and deny the outstanding truth of the divinity of the Ls>rd. How hold these deceivers have be come the recent few years! We can expect that what we have seen and heard in comparatively a beginning only. No wonder The T,ord says "Shall the Son of Man find faith on earth when He com-es?" Tf these people should e telling the truth, then we have no Chris tb-Hs. We have no Sa\:-*r «uch as the angels proclaimed. If Christ Is not risen we have no gospel. But there is a cheer In this gloom, and that is that one of the last prophecies before Jesus' coming is being ful filled. All that belle vfe should tans heart, remembering that the falling away must com* first before Jesus comes. How neatly fulfilled this prophecy is we know not, but If It continue* at tho speed It Is going now It be hooves all Christians *to be watching and praying. W# know Jeaus saya that He will conte “as a thief In the night.” A spiritual night is upon us. An extract of today's sermon at St. Paul Lutheran church by E. T. Otto, pastor, follows: Today's text. Mark 6:17-28. on the threshold of the first great church festival, «tells of the violent death of Christ's fglthful forerunner. In con trast to Him. is placed the man of the world, Herod. John the Baptist, the servant of God. is beheaded in prison. Herod the king, the slave of sin. is exalted on the throne. God In His unsearchable wisdom suffers the children of the devil to persecute the'children of the king dom. God does not interfere and save John, although He Interfered when Ahab and Jezebel conspired to slay Klijah. it has always been thus. The children of the world hate, persecute and kill the Christians. Cain and Abel, Joseph and his brothers, Uavld and Saul, Jeremiah and the princes are some of the well known Biblical instances. Then think of the. Christians of the first three centuries after Christ. Think of the post Reformation in quisitions. You have not forgotten the recent persecutions of the Chris tians by the bolsheviks in the Baltic provinces. The instance in our text shows that God permits it. There fore, take no offense, but expect these things. Our Master. Jesus, fared no better. We are His followers. Let us learn of Him to trust In the truth, "that all things work together for good to them that love God." The ^ final adjustment will come. God Is still on the throne and His grace hath appeared bringing salvation to ail men. Let us anew grasp it in simple, rejoicing faith. Her Wish Fulfilled. She—Oh I wish the Lord had mad* me a man! He (bashfully*—He did. I'm tb* man.—Punch Bowl. A Handy Place to Eat Hotel Conant •Mb mnc Harne> — Omaha rhe Center of Convenience Give Travel Goods! LEATHER Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Fitted Suit Cases, Dressing Cases, Brief Cases, Portfolios, Music Rolls— styles and prices that will at once command your attention. Omaha Printing Company Thirteenth Luggage Department AT Iantic 7793