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The Sunday Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE OMAHA BEE PUBLISHING CO. NELSON R. UPDIKE, President P. BREWER, Vice President and General Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to th« use for repuhlication of ail news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In Uiis paper, and also the lpcal new* published herein. All rights of republicanons of our special dispatches are slsn reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: mon Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. ,uuu OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs ... 15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Stegcr Bldg. HOW TO MAKE HOMES HAPPIER “Stone wails do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage," but four walls and a roof may make a home. Where love is and content abides, where concord rules and repose may be enjoyed there is home. Loved ones meet there in that sacred sweet com munion enjoyed nowhere else on earth, and from it goes out those influences that have strengthened man in all his long journey upward. By the light that shines from the home hearth he has found his way. Yet home should be something more than four walls and a roof. Where love dwells there is in evitably the tender aspiration to serve love, and this expresses itself in many ways, but chiefly in the decoration and adornment of the home, that the souls of those who dwell therein will have its bless ings and its solace as^well as the body and the nr.nd. What shape these decorations should take is not al ways easy to express, yet it is reasonable that some general rules be followed. Each individual has likes and dislikes, preferences and prejudices, and these are to be dealt with. But, each has some modicum of good taste, as well, and is not unresponsive to the appeal of beauty. In no other spot is the op portunity for indulging the esthetic dement of man’s nature than in the home. Furniture and wall paper, pictures and lighting fixtures, all the furnishing and decorations, should in themselves betoken to a visitor as well as to the owners, the comforts and happiness of a home, for when these are in harmony then indeed is the music felt and that peace that passeth understanding. All can not achieve this, for all do not understand the laws of harmony, and frequently the false note is felt rather than realized, and the sweet bells are jangled out of tune. Men and women have made a study of this phase of homemaking, and are willing and anxious to show to others the result of their research, their experience. This does not mean expense, it merely requires adjustment, the little change that brings all into the right perspective, and gives the picture its final touch. A little study will often show the fault, and the way to remedy it is easy. It is to help all the homemakers that The Omaha Bee Home Beautiful show is going on at the City Auditorium, beginning on Monday of this week, and ending on the 5th of May. This is not to be con fused with ordinary building shows which deal merely with the shell, for after a house is built there is much to be decided in its arrangement and decoration. Lectures by nationally known ex perts in their line, with exhibitions showing how interiors are to be arranged to get the best effects, the newest of appliances, and all the things that go into the home beautiful. This will be of immense value to all homemakers, for they will gam t knowledge of the latest and the best ideas and will * take away much information that will be valuable. Better homes for _all is the'watchword. THE REWARD OF GENIUS So often the story is told of genius starving in a garret that when an instance is discovered of talent receiving tremendous reward, there is no one to utter a word in criticism. Paderewski, it is said, has re ceived $460,000 in the last six months from his con cert tour. This is an average of about $7,000 for k. three hours of music. I hese earnings are stupendous, even measured by the salaries paid baseball players, ^noving picture stars or ordinary captains of industry. In their way they answer the charge that is frequently leveled against Americans, that they are lacking in appreci ation for art. Most splendid of all is it that Ameri cans do not begrudge this sum. Years of studious application, feeding a natural talent for drawing the soul out of a piano, have gone to the making of Paderewski. He has not arrived it his powers by any easy path—and yet he has »r -ived. There is an inspiration in all this, even for those creative geniuses whose efforts now are un recognized or disregarded. W hat he has done may oe done also by any one equally gifted. America does appreciate the best in music and will not will ngly see any genius go unrewarded GRANITE FROM WHICH WE WERE HEWN Useful as well as ornamental at all times, Ak Sar-Ben is going to give his subjects a lesson in American history next fall. In years agone romance and poetry have afforded subjects and themes for the grtjat fall pageant of the kings. Fairy stories, allegories, tales of the operas, and isles of the sea have been called upon to afford decorative topics for the edification of the multitude. Now the most interesting of all themes is selected, the history of our own country. John Lee Webster, than whom few men are bet ter versed in either narrative or philosophy of Ameri can history, has outlined to the board of governors his ideas for 24 floats, the outline has been approved, and the details for the great pageant nrr now being worked out. Mr. Webster is not only profound in the subject, but his well developed artistic sense will serve to present the pictures in the manner best calculated to impress the beholders. Most of the subjects have been chosen with a view to illustrating the progress of the nation from colonial days to the present. Many of these arc popular in their nature, but somp are not so well known as they should be. Naturally, the events preceding the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence, then that event itself, scenes from the war '.hat followed, and the. final surrender of Cornwallis will open the pageant. Then will follow other his ,oric episodes, so arranged as to form a connected itory of the growth of the United Slates, making what, should be a most majestic display. The thought back of it all is to stimulate interest n our own record as a nation, by illustrating im jortant points, high-lighting scenes wherein such per sonages as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, and other illus rious patriots worked with or followed in the footstepg of the fathers. In this display will he found a story that should appeal to all, and which should arouse a popular response because of its intrinsic merit PILGRIMS OF THE BY-PATHS. (io north along the river road or south past Child’s point and Fontenelle forest and you will pass (if you ride in a motor car as no doubt you do if you are taking a family of small children for an airing) squad after squad of hikers. Carefree and happy, they are as much at ease as if instead of riding Shank's mare they were reclining on the cushions of your car. Do not, out of a natural impulse of cameraderic. make the mistake of offering them a lift. It is part of their enjoyment to be at liberty to cut across woodland paths, making the intimate acquaintance of the spring flowers, the birds and the squirrels. Walk ing is a splendid trainer of the eye—and these khaki clad girls and boys see many sights that are hidden from travelers along the roads. They know views of the river that are beyond the ken of motorists. ! Once in a year or so you yourself may have driven I on a picnic to the country and discovered some of I these wonders. But no one measures distance like a hiker. When ! one is afoot one gets into the habit of reckoning ] how far it is to the schoolhouse over yonder or to | the next farmhouse where a windmill seen through the trees holds out the promise of a cooling drink. The custom of the natives of the southern mountains who signify distances by such measurements as “two looks and a holler” is not in general use out here, but it is in some such homely fashion that estimates are made. Certainly time is no element, unless it ! be on the return journey. These are pilgrims, bound on a visit to the sKrine of nature. They go light-heartedly, breathing the sweet, pure air, finding not only a great deal of pleas ure but wholesome exercise as well. There is no envy in Wieir hearts for thoser who pass them by—if there be any envy it is rather to be expected from those who whirl past unaware of the secret beauties of the by-paths. CHRIST HAS HELPED THE WORLD. “If Christ came to earth today, He would be rejected as He was 2,000 years ago!” These words are attributed to Anton Lang, the Oberammergau actor who impersonates the Savior in the Passion Play, and are reported by Karl von Wiegand, the well known correspondent. We are disinclined to accept all that is contained in the statement. Herr Lang has given the world on three of the decennial productions of the drama a wonder ful picture of the gentle Man of Sorrows, but we fear he has not rightly appraised the spirit of the day. Hatred does not wholly rule the world. It is present, and is potent, but it is not the governing influence. Let us look about us, and compare some of our daily experiences with conditions Jesus encountered j in His daily walk. He found men wrapped up in their own affairs to the exclusion of all else. Charity j was unknown, save as the Pharisee distributed alms, that all might know of his piety. No hospital opened its door'to the afflicted and the miserable. The poor cripple beside the Pool of Bethesda languished day after day, for none would carry him down to the waters, and he could make no headway in the mad rush when the angel troubled the pool. Christ healed him by a touch. The man who journeyed to Jericho and fell among thieves would have died by the ] roadside, had it not been for the good Samaritan, son of a despised race, for chatting with one of its ' daughters Jesus was ostracized by the Jews for a time; out of Samaria came the aid the poor man needed. Slowly through twenty centuries the pow£r of the gospel of love, so simply preached by the Nazarene, has permeated society, breaking down | the barriers of selfishness, wearing away the in durated crust that so long held the heart of man impervious tc the cry of want, the moan of the af flicted or the supplication of the helpless. Love docs not rule all the world, maybe, but its sway is over a far wider portion than when Jesus was here among men, over more hearts than ever in history, and is gradually extending the number of those who hold allegiance to the first and great commandment, and the second that is like unto it, “That ye love one another.” “Even a cup of water to a little child,” said Jesus, pointing out how slight a service done in His name would win favor in Heaven. How shall we proceed to measure the things that are done in His I i ame today? All the sorrow and pains of the world ' are not healed, all want and misery is not banished. , and tears of anguish still flow, but they are not so many, nor is suffering so helpless and hopeless as it was 2,000 years ago. • Jesus did not walk the earth and teach in vain. 1 Men have heard His message and sincerely try to do His will. That cathedral which the Bishop of Benares erected (in “The Servant in the House”), ' whose roof was supported by great arches composed of men’s arms, their hands clasped in brotherhood, is yet to be realized, perhaps, but Its walls are | slowly coming up from the foundation laid so well ! when Jesus answered the lawyer who questioned ] Him that day in Jerusalem. Love is surely prevailing over hatred in men’s ! lives, more and more every day, and while the world i jniffht not recognize and welcome Jesus of Nazareth, ' were He to come again today. He would find that [ His earthly life had not been in vain, and that men 'are better because He did walk among them WORK. FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING" , The ok! story of the thrifty farmer who crossed | his bees with fireflies, so he could have a night shift j of honey makers, is hning approached by a German ' scientist, who has discovered a serum to do away j with that tired feeling. A single dose of if revives i the exhausted muscle and nerve and the worker goes oil as if he never knew fatigue. It will be some time before this becomes as pop- 1 ular as some of the good, old-fashioned remedies for the same ailment. However, it has some sugges tions. For example, a marathon dancer, with proper ; dosage of the drug, might set the mark at such a , 1 number of hours that all others would despair of i attaining it, nnd so turn th<*ir energy to more useful j channels. The well known “tired business man” 1 might slip himself a shot of the dope, and thus per- ! 1 mil something worth while to he presented at the , i theater. Senators who have long speeches to de- ^ liver eould surreptitiously administer some of it to i their colleagues, nnd so he sure of a quorum while they talk the clock around. So many avenues for the employment of such a specific come to mind that no attempt, will be made I to catalogue them all. One thing may be set down as eertain: Under the soviet regime the market i of Russia will he pretty well closed to the new dis- ! covery. Six thousand members are sought for Ak-Sar- ! Hen this year. Thaf'is not an unreasonable number. Omaha’s .lime race inert is already casting its I I shadow across the calendar. Odes to spring were a little premature ' * Eighteen The poem with which Janet Presaley of Omaha w on second place In an intercol legiate contest. Annis, Elolse j&nd Marguerite Fashion with white deft fingers Pillow slips, scarfs, luncheon cloths And sheer soft underthings. Making the work fine with careful em broidery,' Small stitches, intricate patterns And slender designs, With perhaps ah occasional ribbon. And these they fold away in their hope chests. But 1 — I do not have white Angers Deft with the needle. — And for you I fashion instead, rap# thoughts Exquisitely wrought and embroidered. And mine are Anor than theirs And more beautiful and more endur ing, For lueir materials are but linens, batiste, Mr thin silk that is gone in a day. They may <nibroider only with pink or blue, Pale and Insipid, but I make my thoughts fair With golden threads and threads of scarlet, With threads of silver and purple and crimson. With threads of all the colors And every varied tint and shading. X weave quaint phantasies—bright birds and fair gardens, Temples, castles and woodlands, Or sometimes only vague harmonies, remote and lovely, Like far-heard music. But all my thoughts are not heavy with fancy. Nor rich or strange or splendid. For every day and general use T fold away neatly in sixes and dozens Plain thoughts and white, with hand turneed hems, Made of cloth woven from thread that Is strong And still much Aner than usual thread. And I have other thoughts of Almy lace And spider silk—so delicate That even you may not touch them. But only look and wonder. Sometimes 1 leave an unAnishcd thought on the garden seat Where the sun will And It, deepening its soft warm colors And lighting all its hidden loveliness. Thei^if Rex or John or Hilliard comes to call, I watch his eyes. If he only glances at it carelessly. Tolerantly, as 'the fancy work of a girl:” If lie does not see that it is rare And strangely beautiful, then I know he is not you. He may not have your gifts. But if you—should—never—come? Why then T should still have my thoughts. I should take them obt quietly Shaking the rose leaves from their shining folds And have them where I might wear them every day— A slip of white linen, a vivid silken robe. An eastern sash, a fairy scarf— O, I should go smiling, beautiful and very wise. For I should have made enough to last me Down the years. But I should be sorry for you As I should be sorry for one From whom a treasure had* been stolen. Or as I should for a child. Robbed of Its birthright. --- * “Druida” and a New Novelist -By H. B. ALEXANDER. The west is certainly coming t» Its ’Wn in literature. In every field of writing it is producing more and more >f the books that attract attention, ind we seem to be In no more than Lh« early daWn of its day. One of those who has done a man's full part >n working toward that day is John T. Frederick, who started the Midland is n purdy literary magazine for the middle west. a few' years before the war. and who his herically kept It going Mr Frederick is now con nected with the University of Pitta burgh. but m spirit and interests he is midwesteVn, and will certainly be lulmed as one of our regional writers is his reputation grows. That it will grow' is to be confidently predicted from his first novel. ■'Druida.” just published by Alfred Knopf. New York. The publisher courts comparison with Mias father's M.v Antonia.” primarily from a cer lain similarity of theme (coupled with contrast) as well as from the fact that both pertain to the same geographical, ind one might say spiritual, environ rnent The particular locality of ‘Druida." one suspects, is Minnesota, in which state Mr. Frederick spent some time as a teacher; but In such matters state lines are unimportant: the region might equally well have been Iowa, where he longest lived, or Michigan, his recent home, or Ne braska. or any other place In the rent nil west. The whole story Is filled with the life of the plains coun liv, and it will he read with most In (crest I Imagine, by those who know the country with greatest Intimacy I must say that In one particular Mr. Frederick's story sejems to me*un true lb* take* - probably for the sak# of dramatic oontrast-e-a too un generous view of the human average depicting our society ns almost sys tematically unlovely. But no one can deny the faults tint he rnstlmte*. and it I* probably good medicine for anv of us to be shown how con temptible we may appear in or-ler that we rna> guard against falling Into the reality of rontemptihility Yes. Frederick Is no giver of praise: he secs the faults of Ids native plains folk, and he shows them ugly and vicious. But he see* also something that only a plainsman could see. the elemental beauty <»f a country which in bound in Its day to sustain an opulent humanity, and he dreams (aw we also dream) that this tn«v become^ if the sttiff la In us. s noble humanity 1 have no Intention of tilting Fred •rick'a story, but for a touch of his quality. I Would give ,\ paragraph of his description of Druida'* night march across the pinlrle Presently the wild land g*ve place to a plowed field, where wheat was growing Druida Imaged Bnd again at work on his farm, her mind dwelling on the picture affectionately She walked on and on. The nniMlos In her lege grew Hied and Iter feet ached Mile long fields she passed, the wheat nil of a size, blac k In (lie starlight v litr paring vaguely In the slackening wind. As she walked she thought of the wenrlucM of Hum who had plowed “There’s No Place Like Horne” The Story of the Ur iter of a Great American Song. A song that haunts the hearts of j millions was written a century ago, and on May 8, 1823, was sung In pub lie for the first time in 1-ondon. No words In our language have more poignant appeal, none so completely express the longing of soul for that dearest place on earth, home! It must have been born of the home sirk heurt of the man who wrote it. So easy is this to believe that much of fiction has been woven about the circumstances of the song's birth. Yet John Howard Payna- was not a home lejts wanderer wheq it was written, i ire was a successful actor, who at the j pinnacle of his popularity had given over acting to take up play writing, ; in which lie had been equally success ! ful. And from the drama he had turned to opera, the libretto of the I opera in which the song appears hav | ing first been prepared as a play, and then changed into a form In which it j was given to the public. The melody and the words had an appeal rhaT Ini | mediately captured the public, and : here is the only real approach to tragedy In connection with the hlstoiy of "Home, Sweet Home.” While the producers of the opera derived royalties to the amount of not less than $10,000 from the sale of the j song alone, Payne did not get a cent i of the money. He had contracted tp write certain plays for the producers, j one of which was turned Into an opera, and for the job w’as paid 260 pounds, so it is not possible to say how much he got for the song. John Howard Payne was born In New York City on June 7, 1791. His father was the principal of a school j at East Hampton, L. I.; his mother I the daughter of a Jew named Isaacs, 1 whose reputation is sustained by the inscription on his tombstone, that he was an "Israelite, indeed, In whom there was no guile.” At T3 the lad ( had written plays and poetry, and ; was giving so much of his attention | to the theater that he was placed In ^ a counting house, where his relatives had an Interest, In 'hope that contact with business would change his bent. It did not. for he found time to pub | lish a small paper, w hlch attracted the editor of the New' York Post, who was hesitant to believe that a 14-year old boy could write so w'ell. At the editor's suggestion. Payne was sent to Union college, where he proved both brilliant and unmanage able to a degree. Three years of study there found him even more de termined to take up the carter of an actor. His mother had died, and now his father failed, and was thus forced to agree that the hoy should have hla own way. At 18 Payne had made for himself a name as an actor, hosts ! of friends, and seemed to have the golden keys to success In his grasp. At 22 he stilled for London, and In England he quickly liecame as pop ular as he had been at home. He met Kemble, Kean, Coleridge, Southey, Thomas Moore and other great men of letters. The great French actor of the time. Talma, became his friend and admirer. He is mentioned in Iamb's letters, and his correspondence with Washington Irving has been published. He must have had ability as well as charm to win arid hold such friends On the stage h» played more than fifty roles. Including Hamlet. Romeo, Young Norval and other big parts. He toured the provinces and was as successful and as popular as h» hSd been in the city. At this height of his flight, he com pared himself with Kean and Kemble, an-1 concluded he felt something short of being a great actor, and determined to take up writing. Otie of hm first plays. "Brutus.” has been played by all great actor" sinre. Had royalties lieen paid authors on the basis that now- prevails. Payne would have been enriched by his work. On the con trary. he was frequently out of funds, and at least twice he was Imprisoned for debt. These matters he seemed to hive accepted as part ,,f tha play, for he was always aWe to arrange for his speedy release from difficulties A fanciful tale has had much cur rency of how the great song was writ ten by a penniless tramp, standing In . the rain under a dim lamp on the I street, scribbling down the Immortal' words on a scrap of paper Payne's own story Is rather more prosaic H» says he got the melodv from a , song he heard a peasant girl singing : in Italy He Jotted down a few notes ; of the air. which, he save, suggested fo h:m the words for "Home. SwOst Home and later sent the sopg and | the notes to his composer. Sir Henry . Bishop, who happened to know the - air and who fitted the music to the r words that have become so famous Pavne returned to hi* native land , In 183? penniless, having lost his all | in unsuccessful ventures as H pro ' dueer in l,on don He was feted, given . Ivenefits in various cities, and soon was tirosperou*. Going to Washing : Ion during the first Jatk«on sdminl* S tratlon. he became one of a brilliant j croup of writer* centered there ; among them Whittier. Hawthorne , Bra-ant and Emerson He never again I took up the stage or the drama, hut ; "eemed to hav e lost hi* enthusiasm ! for the work In which he had made SC, great headway in lv* vouth. A mission to the Cherokee Indians ; "aid to have had its Inception Inquest and tilled these fields of the countless I miles they had walked, or ridden crude i machine*. Nick and forth, hack and forth, through dUststorms and rain under hlaring heat. She thought of the blizzards, when stock must he • cared for; of the days of hot wind when th* shoots ,f grain shriveled and wrinkled and would not fill; of the green fan o'* cloud and the sicken 1 ing roar that meant Imil. grain fist tened and shredded, the harvest lost j l.lke a vast drama the life of these ; fai nts scene d to pass before her. the (tiny force of man In the midst of i blank fields, under the enormous skv the plaything of winds and sun and j clouds: the ant like toiler, the rreepet j across the soil. tire harvester of phantoms She saw herself caught In the action of the drama, cooking In ) terminable meals, feeding cows and tdtkken*. helping in the harvest and the hav tusking joining In the battle against poverty and disease, against had markets and bail crops: laving open the Issues of her life to tile blind forces of tin* plains ’ Yet Bruld.t Those llte plains. Why? Put the bool: in youh vacation Isiggagr NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MARCH, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE , Daily.73.997 ; Sunday.80,029 Do#* Hot include return*, lefi ■ over*, •ample* nr paper* spoiled in printing and include* no aprcial * sale* R. RREWER, Con. Mgr V A BRIDGE, Clr. Mgr I .Siihtrt ibed and awmn to befme me this .Id day of April, 192.1 W H. QU1VRY. (Seal) Notary Public of a location for a new magazine, biought him more clow ly into olH< ial ' n. and m li 12* he was sent to Tunis as consul. A change of administration brought him home again in JS-J5. but in 1851 he: \*as returned to Tunis, where he died in 1853. At the time and for many months he had been engaged < n a literary work, which has never b£en \ published, for the reason that most j of his papers were lost after death. He was never married, his youthful ! attachment for a young lady of Ho* ton having been chilled by parental in t< rference. Yet his biographers agree that although wifeless he was not loveless. / In England arrangements have been made to fittingly observe the cen tennial anniversary of the/wonderful song. An echo of this celebration will be heard in. America, the land of homes, and the land of the home of which Payne sung and for which he yearned when he wrote the words. His body was brought hack from Africa for interment in 188.1 and now rests in the Oak Hill cemetery at Georgetown, near Washington. A memorial was unveiled for him in Brooklyn, in 1873; another has been set up at T’nion college, and the old home at East Hampton. Long Island, where he spent his childhood years, is the spot sought by pilgrims, who pay homage to the song that can never die because of its tenderness. 1 its wistful, longing sentiment, the echo of which has been felt in the heart of every man or woman who ever left home. “Be It ever so humhU, There* no place like home!" , McC. , Daily Prayer j My pr,p«r unto Th«, O Lord — Pi 69:13 O God, our Father, give us Thy blessing In these moments of spiritual communion with Thee. We come be fore Thee In a deep sense of our un worthiness. We have sinned in thought and word and deed. Vet hear us. as we turn to Thee again with penitent hearts. Forgive us our sins; grant us again Thy peace. And give us grace to serve Thee in newness of life, to the fclory of Thy Holy Name. We thank Thee for Thy con stant goodness; for the bounty which has supplied our wants: for the . providence which has kept us from harm: for the love which has redeem ed us from sin: fur the grace which has helped us to serve The* on earth: and for the promise of an inher Itnnee in Heaven. Keep ns from the evil in ourselves: from ttie fv,l in the w-or*d about us: from all selfish, unkind and impure thoughts: from all hard and bitter words; from doing that which tve ought not to do, and from leaving un done that which we ought to do. Keep us In the constant sense of our mem hershlp iii I'hri.* tile thought that we are H« discird s and followers, in th.- love of our Father's house, and in the hope if our e’ernal h m<* W» as): all In the name nf Jesijs r-hr!<rt. our Lord. Amen Comlrtlea ant adept sit h. p.-miseinn 1 • t S' Gil*#' rhurrh Edinburgh, Scotland. BISHOP BOTH VINCENT, D D, Cincinnati, O. Prairie Gems Some folks <>f the larger citie* laugh at th*» presume*! dullness of rural life —and roam about the street* wish ing thev knew somebody.—Tecumseh i Chieftain. A New York hank trebled It* de posit* in five years bv adopting a habit of courtesy. Any teller who does not say “thank you" when a de posit is offered i* fired. leaser con oerna and individuals can profit well by this experience. Courtesy costs nothing and pays handsome dividends — York Republican. Someone has discovered that coun try folks visit their neighlx rs where i there is a case of eicknes* hut city ■ folks when there is a case of hooch.— Blair Pilot. Metropolitan furniture stores are now' advertising “ladies cjgaret cab ‘ inets." We were so unsophisticated that wo didn't know “Indie*" smoke! —Seward Blade. The Fremont Tribune asks. What is a Piker?" A piker is a man who lives in a community long enough to make a Jot of money without con trlbuting a cent to hi* "Alma Mater." , and then pares it with a sneer on his face Nebraska t’ify Pre** Out of Today's Sermons_ New man II. Ilaw kins. pastor of Hillside Congregational cliurrli, will preach on “A Living Faith” today. saying: For our restless age one needs a living.faith in the living God. Such was the faith of Paul, and nowhere is it so tersely expressed as on the storm tossed ship as he journeyed to Rome. Dire disaster seemed sure to he coming to all on board when the angel of God assured Paul of deliver ance. At once hf began to assure those on the ship of their safety and before thb close of the chapter (Acts 27) all escape safe to land. Paul gave them an the reason for his faith In the words, "For 1 believe God." True faith shows Itself by belief in the word of God. In the Bible God has given a revelation to mien concerning the creation of the universe, man. the fall, the flood, redemption by the blood of t'hrist. True faith is shown by those who say. "I believe God." rather Ilian tin* \ain reasonings of deceived men Faith is the active principle of life. Doubt chills, darkens, disturbs, de grades. Have faith in God "Oil God. give me Scotland or I dip," was the cry of .Kilui Knox, tile great Scottish reformation leader, \V. II. .Ionian, minister of tlie Thiol Presbyterian church, will say this morning, giving the fourth message on Reformation leaders. He eontinued: Like every other great leader, his was a special preparation, passing as he did through refining fires, giving him a conviction, a courage and power equal to the emergencies of the harsh age In which he lived. The Scottish reformation was the cradle of Presbyterianism. The prayer of the mighty reformer has been answered in a most wonderful way, for the influence of Knox and his teachings Is felt world-wide. Like AVyclif and IsUther, Knox championed the cause of the people and was backed much of the time by the nobles The influence of the Reformation was farther reaching In Scotland than in England. Knox enjoyed the acquaintance and fellowship of Cal vin. Mary Queen of Scots is said to have feared his prayers more than an army of 10.000 men. On the con tinent he shared in the preparation of the Geneva Bible. Years before when a galley slave he cruised along the shores of Scotland and saw the steeple of St. Andrews, where had had so often preached. He learned, as he himself said, "to call a sonde a snade, a fig a fig!" Nothing daunted him. In his last days, when so feeble that he was assfcoed to the pulpit, "ere he was done with his serman he was so active anil vigorous that he was like tu ding the pulpits lulu Matin and file out of It." Kev. Albert Uulin, pastor of Itrt han.v I’reab) terian rhlirt-li. speaking this morning <tn Ihe sole jert, "l/iip, the Highest Attain nient of l ife,” fouelies upon (lie present situation in Europe by saying: The root of the world war was tha lack of brotherly love between the French and the German nation. Every little Frenchman had been taught in public uchno! that it was a patriotic duty to hate the Roche and to vow vengeance for tie -feat of 1X71. The foreign policy of < v- -v French min istry was that of btnlding up a coali tion against Germ-- - . The Immense loans made annually to Russia for more than 20 years er« all made for the building of strati ic railroads that would permit the mobilization of the Russian army a-'Hir. the German frontier and for the eouipment of the Russian armv All this is common knowledge. What else . ,uld the fruit of such a policy he than what it has been? Xow France aftr-r having defeated Germany by the aid of the rest of th» world, is persisting in the same policy. She is carefully nur-ong her old hatred and Is trying frantically to keep the anti-German feeling alive among her former allies. In my opinion, she is sharpening again the sword which will kill her ow n children. She has forced millions of Protestant TSermans who have not a drop of Polish blood in them to be come subjects of Poland whos« popu lation Is Roman Catholic: Is for th» biggest part filthy and Illiterate, and whose government has been for cen turles the Joke of Europe. She Is now choking the main artery of German industry. There is only one permanent remedy for the present nervous prostration of continental Europe: The birth of mutual love and trust between the French and German people. Anv F’-ench or German policy which works In that direction i« a wise and statesmanlike policy: any policy which works in the opposite direction is suicidal. 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