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GOD REIGNS AND THE GOVERNMENT LIVES.
•A young officer of the Union army mounted the
steps of the subtreasury building in New York one
morning in April, 1865. It was the occasion of a
great crisis in national history. The president/of the
United States had been assassinated the night be
fore, and the people were shaken to their very souls
at the crowning calamity which had come just as
peace was looked for. This young man spoke words
that have not yet lost their meaning for true Amer
icans.
“God reigns, and the government at Washington
still'lives!”
That simple sentence from James A. Garfield
carried conviction to those troubled citizens who
heard him. So should they carry conviction to Amer
icans today. God reigns, eternal, and the Constitu
tion 'bf the United States endures because It is
founded on the truth of God. It is the voice of God,
speaking through the people. No weakness of man
br men, no spleen ..or spite, jealousy, hatred, remiss
ness of duty or failure in faith, can destroy or even
tarnish the principles on which it rests. Ordained
by the people it has protected them and will so con
tinue to ,the end.
Just now the hearts of men are sorely tried, their
minds bewildered and perplexed. They are shocked
in the presence of a great scandal that involves
those who have been honored and trusted. For the
moment heated protests have taken the place of wise
(ddnsel, but this will not long prevail. Reason will
tfcafn sway, and judicial investigation succeed to
fiirtisan rancor. An indignantr*nation will rid itself
of the stain, and show again to the world a banner,
>right and pure.
Our country has withstood other shocks. Civil
war once divided the nation, and strong men con
tended in the fiercest of conflict, each side imbued
with such a sense of right that only when one was
beaten and no longer abla to continue the struggle,
did the counsel come that has welded more closely
the bonds between the people. Sectional differences
still affect the currents of our lifd, yet not to the ex
tent of loosening any stone in the temple of liberty,
so painfully reared and so jealousy guarded.
Nor has the moral nature of the American peo
ple suffered to a degree where it may be said we
- are lacking and no longer fit to govern ourselves.
Another utterance of Garfield may be recalled here.
“It is not in the heat of June, at a convention,” he
said, “where these issues will be decided, but in the
quiet, cool evenings of October, around the firesides
jof God-fearing American homes.” The God-fearing
American home, then, is the measure of our great
ness. Weak and venal man may yield to temptation,
may betray a public trust, may sully the name of
American citizen by heinous misconduct, but so long
as the great mass of the American people remain
true to the faith that has sustained them so far, we
may say in the face of any calamity, political or
otherwise, “God reigns, and the government at Wash
ington still lives!”
MEN’S BIBLE CLASSES.
The movement to stimulate the attendance of
men *at Bible school is one to be encouraged. In
telligent study of the Book of Books can not help
but stimulate men to higher and better endeavor
in all legitimate walks of life. Equally important,
enthusiastic Bible classes will stimulate better social
relations. In other words, such classes will make
men better acquainted with one another.
No other book ofTers to the seeker after right
living, the seeker after uplifting thought, the seeker
after a knowledge of human nature, a harvest equal
to that offered by the Bible. A fruitful field for
subjects of intelligent discussion, the old book and
its study in classes should appeal to men who love
the clash of wits and sparks struck'by well founded
arguments.
One reason why the Bible schools, pr Sunday
schools as they are more often called, arc not more
largely attended by adults is that a general impres
sion has been cultivated that they are for children.
In truth, the Bible school is too often used by parents
as a convenient thing upon which to shift responsi
bility for the religious instruction of their children.
The time is come when they should be looked upon
as schools of instruction for parents.
IP A MAN STEALS, LET HIM PAY.
That Lincoln item with reference to the man who
is trying to repay $14,000 at the rate of $50 per
t'sonth is interesting. He will have to put in more
than 23 years to discharge the principal. If interest
is added, and it should be, the time will be indefinite
y prolonged.
This may strike some as too severe punishment,
but examination will show that it is but simple
justice. This man took $18,000 that belonged to
others. When confronted, he restored $4,000, or
less than one-fourth, and on his own application was
given the chance to return the full amount on the in
itallment plan. He recognized the justice of making
lestitution, and preferred it to going to prison. By
the time he has paid the last cent, he will have re
stored himself to good standing in the world, and,
better than anything else, will have regained his own
jelf-respect.
We have long contended that restitution and
reparation should be made part of any penalty for
crime Involving property. When culprits know in
advance that detection means that they must restore
all they stole or destroyed, they may be deterred
from entering on crime. ' Small consolation comes
to the victim when he hears the man who has smash
ed his automobile in a stolen joy ride has been sent to
jail for a month or two. If that man had to work
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a year or so to pay the bills for repairs, his punish
ment would more snugly fit the crime.
So it is with other cases. A widow testified that
a stock swindler had wheedled her out of all she
possessed. She is now a charge on the charity of
friends, while he is fighting a conviction, out of
which none of his dupes will get any more satisfac
tion than comes from the thought that he will swin
dle nobody while in prison. That is not enough.
Moses attached restitution as a part, in fact the
chief penalty. If a man stole one ox, he was requir
ed to put back two, one that was stolen, and one to
pay for the use of the other. Modern justice has not
followed Moses in some matters as closely as might
have been beneficial.
STERN ORDERS, WISE PRACTICE. -
“Shoot to kill!”
Henry Beal, county attorney, repeats this advice
to Omaha police. It may sound harsh to some of
tender sensibilities, but it will have' a responsive
“Amen!” in the hearts of most people.
The thug who goes forth to hold up people in day
light, who breaks into a home at night, has no re
gard for human life. He will shoot to kilj, prefer
ring to murder rather than be captured. Police know
they_are not going to a tea party when they answer
a call from some one who has just been held up.
Any doubt on this point may be dispelled by
considering how Frank Aughe came to his death, or
how Paul Haze got his head filled with shot. The
criminal does not hesitate to resort to arms; he does
not wait, but fires af the fft-st chance. His one idea
is to get away, and his only worry is that he will not.
The police do not have an even break in dealing
with those men, as has been proven many times. The
county attorney advises them to take no unnecessary
chances. This is good advice, and it ought to pro
duce good results.
Yet another point must be considered. Douglas
county juries have of late been entirely too lenient
in dealing with persons accused of murder. In a
number of cases the admitted facts have been to
tally ignored by the twelve good men and true, who
have released a murderer who did not deny taking
the life of his victim. Justice, flouted as she has
been in the courts, becomes a mock in the streets.
Let us have a sterner conception of duty. Mur
der is murder, and murder done in pursuit of any
other felony is punishahle by death or life imprison
ment. Juries should recognize this, and also should
understand that in mingling mercy with justice, the
fights of the public are always paramount.
What Omaha needs is a check to the prevailing
carnival of thievery and thuggery with its attendant
murders. If it becomes hecessary to take a few
criminals to the morgue rather than to the jail, the
police will have the praise and thanks of the com
munity that has borne much from the powers that
prey.
SPREAD OF EDUCATION.
Again the problem of education is getting atten
tion from the men who are qualified to deal with it.
This time it is presented in a phase that may be
termed the bulk aspect. One of the natural, but
nevertheless unexpected effects of the war was to
turn a tremendous tide of boys and girls into the
stream that before had merely trickled into the
higher institutions of learning. Registration at col
leges, universities and similar institutions mounted
higher and higher, until those in charge were all but
panicstricken at the prospect.
Methods of checking the tide were considered.
Entrance standards were increased, restrictions of
other sorts were adopted, but to little avail. Every i
great school ip tfie country expanded, but all report
that they are overcrowded. What took place in the
higher realm of education was but a reflection of
what was going on below. Grade schools were not so
greatly overtaxed, for educational laws had fixed
their status so firmly that they had but to care for
the noraml growth of the communities they served.
On the high schools fell the burden. Boys and girls
did not give up school at the completion of the
grades, nor drop out so fast after they had taken
up the high school work.
An unquenchable thirst for knowledge bodes well
for any people, and in a republic it is not alone a
healthy sign, but an indispensable requisite. We
need not waste time considering the differences of
opinion among educators as to courses to be pur
sued. Each of them is full of zeal and ardor for the
great work in which he is engaged, the dissemination
of knowledge and the germination of thought which
leads to wisdom. Nor is it worth while to discuss 1
the variations of opinion, the divergence of Ideas,
that come out of the process. All that is for good.
It is the yeast that leavens our national life. We
could not be standardized in our thought if we could.
Nebraska has shared in this growth, and has met
it fairly. At the University of Nebraska the regis
tration has mounted to a total more than double the
prewar figures. Every school in the state has felt
the effect of the stimulated demand for educational
training. One of the most encouraging features of
it all is that from these institutions is going back
into the life of the state young men and women who
are fit because they are trained. They can do for
themselves and can think for themselves. From
this increased intelligence should come the reward
of better life for everybody. Culture can not fail
to bogbt culture, and the intellectual progress of
the race is finally the measure of its advance. While
our schools thrive our institutions are safe.
DeWolf Hopper’s fifth divorced Wife gets 30 per
cent of his salary. If the other four get a similar
amount it must take some figuring on DeWolf’s part
to find enough money to go around.
Of course Omaha is proud to he the home of the
largest American Legion post in the world, and
equally proud of being the home of the livest Amer
ican Legion post in the world.
Ten persons accused of murder awaiting trial in
Douglas county’s jail. Justice in these parts is seem
ingly ineligible to entry in any speed contests.
Adoption of the Mellon tax reduction plan will
he of no particular benefit to communities that run
hog wild on voting improvement bonds.
Mr. Anderson now has time to cQptempIutc the
fact that there are other laws than his particular
pet law that must not be violated.
Senator Magnus Johnson invaded the senate
press gallery to verbally abuse a correspondent,
(ioodby, Magnus; Like keer o' yerself.
Detroit police have raided one gambling joint.
IRfi times. The rake-off in that game must be some
thing fierce.
Of course Mr. Kail believes in Santa Claus, hut.
he is also convinced that R. E. Morse often trails
old Santa.
In spite of all his oiling Mr. Kali seems to he in
an awfully hot box.
Sunny Side up
Jake Comfort, nor forget
‘ Jhat Sunrise never failed us yet"
^ Celia Thar ter j
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE.
Tho' trouble comes and things go
wrong.
I'll waste no time in groaning.
Tho’ sorrow wends its way along
'Twill not find me bemoaning.
There's work to do; each daily task
Demands my best endeavor;
And strength and will to do 1 ask,
Without complaining ever.
Come weal, come woe, whate’er betide
I'll look out on life’s Sunny Side.
Tho' plans go wrong and clouds loom
gray.
I’ll do no vain repining.
In time the clouds will pass away
Tn show the bright sun shining.
A day to toll, a night to rest,
, Good friends to walk beside me;
And so I look on life with zest.
Content, whate'er betide me.
Tho' clouds a little while may hide.
I'll search and find their Sunny Side.
Tho' rough the way and hard the load,
I'll waste no time complaining,
But sing my way along the road
While at life's work remaining.
My work to do as best I may,
Each duty done with pleasure,
And I can reach the close of day
Content in fullest measure.
No doubt so dark that It can hide
From me and mine life's Sunny Side.
We find ourselves, this bright Sab
bath morning over here Rmong the
highbrows, on the left those of our
own staff, and on the right those of
many papers and pulpitH. Whether
we shall lie able to keep up to the
mark of the high editorial calling re
mains to be seen. We admit that a
portion of the heading over this de
partment, especial reference being
made to the left hand end, Is some
thing of a handicap to overcome. It
has been for something lll<e 60 years,
and while it has not yet been wholly
overcome, still we persist In full faith
that perseverance will bring its due
reward. If It eventuates that there
appears herein anything that falls to
meet with your approval, glance at
the portrait above and remark, sorto
voire, "Well, what else could we ex
pert!” We, too, often entertain a feel
ing of sad disappointment when we
read the stuff after it appears In
print.
Every now and then my good friend.
Representative Edgar Howard, who
allows his duties as congressman to
interfere too often with his greater
duties as an editor, pulls the sob
stop. When he does, giving due pres
sure to the tremolo pedal, the result
Is always calculated to wrench the
heartstrings. But now and then we
find ourselves unable to respond with
tears and convulsive sobs. Edgar’s
latest falls to produce the usual, re
sult.
He tells the story of a Platte coun
ty farmer, born on foreign soil, who
took out his first citizenship papers,
but neglected to complete his citizen
ship. A few months ago his wife
was called hack to Europe to he with
her sick mother. She took her two
little children with her. When she
sought to return to the United States
she and the children were denied ad
mission because hpr husband was not
a citizen. Whereupon Edgar pulls
(he sob stop, presses down on the
tremolo ppdal and Works overtime.
Of course we sympathize with the
wife and the two children. Would
that it were possible to permit their
return to husband and father. But
what about the neglect of a man who
will live for years under the beneficent
folds of the American flag, acquire
property in this free republic, marry
and raise a family—-and yet thinks so
little of what he owes to the country
and tiie flag as to fail, neglect and re
fuse to become a citizen?
of course it is cruelty to the wife
and children to punish them for the
shortcomings of the husband and
father, but It appears that something
like that is often necessary to im
press upon the mindpi of men like this
Platte county farmer the fact that
they owe something to the country
that shelters and protects them. This
being the case, we hope Edgar will par
don us if in this particular Instance
we fall to respond in the usual way to
his latest sob effusion. We have no
more tears to shed over what happens
to fellows like this particular Platte
county farmer, however much we
sympathise with his wife and chil
dren.
“The dear boon of being once more
sheltered beneath the American flag.”
as friend E^nr puts it. is really more
than that. It is unworthily bestowed
when the shelter is conferred upon
those so darned careless of their re
sponsibilities that they fall or refuse
to perform their duties undsr it.
Nebraska Utnerick.
There was a young fellow in Laurel.
Who with his girl's dad had a quar
rel.
At the end of the fight
The young man was a sight.
Ami he had to go home in a bar'l.
Jl'ST PASSING ALONG.
To help a little, to love a lot,
To be loved, and not forgot.
Smiles returned for smiles I spread;
My flowers now, not when I'm dead.
Handclasps of friends, love's eyes
alight—
And at the end, all right; good night!
One of the funniest things about
politics Is the candidate who can not
realize what a joke he Is.
A Lincoln man reports that some
miscreant drained the radiator of his
car jtfet to get 70 cents' worth of de
natured alcohol. The stuff they boot
leg In Lincoln must be awfully bad
If men prefer the stuff drained from
auto radiators.
We are of the number not suffering
under a cloud of gloom because two
or three trusted officials of the gov
ernment deviated from the path of
rectitude. The country Is not going
to the demnltlon bow-wows because
of It. A boil is more of a blessing
than an affliction; it brings all the
bodily Impurities to the surface. We
take it that the Teapot Dome matter
is merely a big boil on the body pol
itic. It looks bad and feels worse,
but in due time all the bodily impun
ties will be drained off and the coun
try will be healthier and feel better
than ever. W. M. MAUPIN.
\The Minister’s Service'
k_J
In many life pursuits ths prizes
gained are wealth, power and fame,
in others progress and achievement
in science and the arts, and in others
service to mankind. In this latest
class none has performed greater
service than the ministry. Taken as
a body, the ministers of ail creeds
have contributed as much service and
happiness to mankind as any other
profession. Set apart for the purpose
of strengthening the religious life of
mankind and carrying out the faith
in actual life, they are an indispensa
ble aid to the race. Every nation
since the dawn of history has had its
priests ajid prophets, its religious
lenders and ministers, whose service
hks always been held among the most
necessary. In many periods of his
tory they were the actual leaders,
powerful In molding the history of
states.
Today the ministry does not think
of temporal power, but bends its ef
forts toward a different goal. Help
ing humanity by teaching the people,
arousing them to right living, com
forting the suffering and burdened,
i hamploning all uplifting effort* for
tlie amelioration of mankind, spread
ing the gospel of the father of Ood
and the brotherhood of man. keeping
alive the faith of the fathers and
seeking to translate religious motives
and zeal into actual service to man
kind. Compared to such service free
from bigotry and denomlnatlonalism,
many other life pursuits pale Into In
significance, The service of the min
istry ts for mankind, for others and
not for Itself.'
Anil who In this community has not
felt its healing touch? All have re
quired the service* of a mlnleter and
deeply appreciated them, whether
churchgoers or unbelievers. In sick
ness and In health, In sorrow and in
happiness some minister ha* rendered
never-to be forgotten service. Our
moral standards are held aloft, our
consciences are quickened, our better
self aroused by those who minister
unto us. Choosing a life of compar
ative poverty, they live among us,
work among us and make this world
better through self-sacrificing, conse
crated ministry. And do we reward
them with their dues? Do we give
them the cooperation and support
that their efforts deserve? They are
giving their lives to uplift mankind
and we, are asked to give only our
leisure time. What would this com
munity he without ministers, self
sacrificing, devoted to our welfare?
Every one of them, regardless of
creed professed, has benefited this
community far beyond th.rvm.un
Ity's ability to reward. They deserve
an Increasing degree of support and
respect for their several Helds.
A llani Story.
A man named llam la In the courts
Ilia wife says lie nytiat lie the original
deviled Ham. Among other thing*
lie was said to h ive brought nnother
sweetheart right Intu Ida home and
mode the wife cook for her The
lodge roasted Hum.— I«oa Angeles
Times.
Ihi\Ill's Heroism.
Lloyd George may not lie the man
aging e lltor of the British empire,
out lie's displaying real heroism lust
he same. In a man like Lloyd
George |t requires the highest com
age to continue with a elrciia In the
capacity of n Sideshow Anaconda
Htandsid. '
Wise Child.
The kindly old parly there has to
hs one k n p. In every hatch of Jukes
stopped In the park.
"And whnt la your name, little
girl”'' he naked genially.
"You heller be careful," replied
Sophist lea ted Sullle. 'Til cull a cop."
—Exchange
^ Center Shots j
The prestige of Tut-Ankh-Amen Is
waning steadily. Now It is suspeetea
he was only a half-king. It only re
mains for some astute archaeologist
to prick the bubble finally by announc
ing that he was nothing but a vice
president.—New York Tribune.
No prize has yet been offered for a
Chinese peace plan, but might we
not suggest that Hun Yat sen and
Tsao Kun settle their difference* by *
mah Jong match?—New York Tribune.
Tax reduction in a presidential year
1* a one-sided question. No party
dares oppose it, and politicians are
running over one another to get sug
gestions In first. ‘Most any way, ex
cept cutting expenditures, has its
champions.—Brooklyn Kagle.
There are three classes of motorists.
Those who know how to use a horn
pfbperly; those who view a horn sim
ply as an ornament, and those who
retain their childhood attraction for
noise and lots of it—Springfield
News.
In the case of human beings, the
distinction between sheep and goats
Is not very sharp. When a man finds
that he is the goat, h« usually looks
sheepish—Ashevllle^Tlmes.
THE SPIC E OF LIFE.
"A n/in Jes' naturally Aggers,"
aal.l Uncle Eben, 'dat If everybody
else 'ud do everything dey ought to
he could put In mos' of hi* nan time
loafin' along."—Washington Star.
Bartlmeus Wiggins Is with us' no
-more—
The cold morning kindlings were
green—
He's flapping his wings on that
beautiful shore— W
Bartlmeus used gasoline.
—San Francisco Bulletin.
"Aren't the Ideas you recently ex
pressed a little Utopian?"
"Maybe," rejoined Senator Sor,
ahum. "But we have people of nil
nationalities out our way. and a Uto
pian's Vote Is just as good ns any
body rise's.”—Washington Star.
Keen, but Nervous Amateur—I say.
old chap, what shall 1 do If they ask
me to sing?
Candid Friend—Do? Why, sing, of
course. It'll be thrtr own fault!_
London Humorist.
A very stout and portly gentlemsn
whs once asked why he did not play
golf, and this was his reason:
I did try It once, but T found that
when | put the ball where I could
v'"’ it I could not reach It: nnd when
I put It W here 1 could renoh It 1 could
not see ItMolting,
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for December, 1923, of
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D*«y.
Sunday .
r>o»i not include returns, left- I
over., templet or pepere spoiled in
printint end include- no epectel I
telei nr Ires circulation ot any kind.
v A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
.Subscribed nnd sworn to before me
this 7th dey of January. 1924.
W. H. QUIVEY,
(Soil Notary Public
f Out of Today’s'Sermons }
An excerpt front file sermon Ut
ility of C. A. Segersfroni, pastor of
First Swedish Baptist church, en
titled "Where the Voire of Jesus
Shall Be Heard and Obeyed.” fol
low: .
Often during past ages has Goa
been calling on human souls to hear
Hint and leave their sinful ways. This
very hour He is standing outside,
knocking and pleading. "It any man
hear Iiis voice and open the door, He
will come in to him and sup with
him.”
The prophets of old spake: God,
who at sundry times and In divers
manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, hath in these
last days spoken unto us by His Son.
Today He speaks througirHls true
servants and children. His Holy
Spirit is constantly at work in His
true church. Even the very "heav
ens declare the glory of God.”
But is His voice heeded? Yes,
praise God, by some, but seemingly
very few in our time. To hear Him
and obey Him means simply to sur
render one's life to Him. Jesus said
when here on earth: "Ye will not
come unto Me that ye may have
life." Our generation greets Jesus
the same jvay. Shall it always1 be
thus? No, indeed not. *
The voice of Jesus Is powerful and
full of warning; it cannot be hushed
or silenced. Heaven and earth shall
pass awav, but not so His word.
Hence He gays: "Verily, verily. I say
unto you. the hour is coming, and
now is, when the dead shall hear the
voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live;" John 5:25. These
heard now and were born again. Some
folks seem to think that they can al
ways ignore Christ. But not so. He
shall speak again. "The hour is
coming, in which all that are in the
graves shall hear His voice and
shall come forth; they that have done
good, unto the resurrection of life:
and they that have done evil, unto
the resurrection of damnation. Here
everyone will obey, no one escapes."
Yes. ^ndesd, Christ shall be heard
and obeyed by all some day. The day
is fast approaching whtn "the Lord
Himself shall descend from heaven
with 'a shout, with/the voice of the
archangel, and with the triumph of
God; and the dead In Christ shall rise
first; then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together
with them In the clouds to meet the
I-sird in the air;" Then. 4:1617. Hear
Him now that you may live then.
The salient points of this morn
ing's sermon to be delivered at St.
Haul's Lutheran church, Twenty
fifth and Evans streets, by Kev.
E. T. Otto, follow:
Our text, Matthew 14:22-33. tells us
what happened Immediately after
Jesus miraculously fed the 5.000. It is
a true Epiphany text, for it tells that
Christ appeared to His disciples when
they, needed Him most, in darkness.
dapper and distress. Through this j
appearance, manifestation, epiphany.
He showed forth His divine majesty
as the Son of God. He so perfectly
convinced the many witnesses that
they "came and worshiped Him. say
ing. 'Of a truth Thou art the Son of
God;’ ” verse 33.
Is Jesus God. or is He not God? In
accordance with the answer given, the
Christian religion stands or falls. The
Christian reltigion is built on Christ,
the God-man. The Jews accused
Jesus of blasphemy and sought to
kill Him because he had made Hifh
self equal with God: verse 10:33 36. It
is not true that "for His liberalism
He was ostracised and finally cruci
fied by the orthodox " The Jews
themselves understood the lasue and
faced it instead of sidestepping it, as
many modern "defenders of the faith"
are doing. “Therefore the Jews
sought th° more to kill Him. because
He sot only had broken the Sabbath.
but said also that God was His Fath
er. making Himself equal with God;'
John 5:18. They solemnly made the
same accusation before Pilate when
the latter offered to release Jesus
while they cried for Barabba*. This
makes It clear that He w»s crucified
because He claimed to be God. come
from heaven, and the only Savior.
"From the time of His birth to the
time of His death Jesus, according to
His human nature, did not always
and not fully use the divine majesty
cnmmunh ated to His human nature.
He lived in the state of humiliation,
because he had come to Bave us ana
to be obedient unto death, even the
death on the cross. But often Jesus
did show forth His tlivlne majesty
and power for the purpose of com
vinclng men that He indeed is the
Son of God. whom the Father had
sent (o be the Savior of the world.
Jesus coming to His disciples in the
midnight storm on the sea is an in
stance of this kind.
First, Jesus is our omniscient, all
knowing God. Although on a mourn
tain, praying. He knew the thoughts
and distress of His disciples. So He
knows our difficulties and lets us en
counter them for a good purpose.
In the second place, Jesus proved
Himself the omnipresent God. He
assured His disciples of His presence.
"They saw Him walking on the sea:
verse 2«. So He is always with us,
though invisibly; Matthew 28-20.
In the third place. Jesus is the omnip
otent, almighty God. for He walks
on the stormy sea. Verse 26: He em
powers Peter to walk on the stormy
sea. He stills the tempest. All
the miracles, including that of His
resurrection, prove that He is the al
mighty God.
In the fourth place. Jesus is our
merciful Savior. He showed mercy
to His disciples by sending them away
before they were tempted to join in
the attempt to make Him an earthly
king. The Laird at times lets some
trouble come upon us that we may
escape gome real danger. Jesus -
showed mercy to Peter and to the dis- 1
clples by forgiving them their lack of i
faith. Often we also are slow to |
recognize Him: but then He also mer
cifully says to us: "It is I; lie not ■
afraid."
"Is the Bible God’s Word?” is
the title of the sermon to be de
livered today by R. W. I-awrenre
Acker at First Lutheran church.
He will say in pait:
Of all tests to which the Word of
God is submitted the scientific Is the
most unpromising. Even firm friends
of the Bible show some little appre
hension when we talk of applying
scientific tests to the Bible. But even
i t th-s p- lnt, which many consider
the weakest |K>int. God's Word is too
st'-ong for the combined strength of
all its/ foes.
Every candid doubter may find suf
ficient and abundant proof, even on
the scientific side, that a more than
human mind has produced the Bible.
The Bible Is a Gibraltar and they who
attack It, like the waves that sweep
against that giant rock In the Medi
terranean sea, do not break or even
shake it. but only cleave themselves
asunder.
Almost all this outcry of hostility
between science and God s Word is
based upon speculation. Some Infidel
thinks he has found out some new
fact and makes haste to announce It.
He crams it into his gun and then
fires and expects to see the defenses
of the Ghrlstian faith totter and tum
ble under the tremendous shock of
his artillery. But. lo, the fortress
stands, and there is not even a hole
or breach in the wall.
And. when we come to examine,
what was It that the great scientist
hurled againBt the wall? Some huge,
solid shot of fact? No; a mere paper
wad of his own fanciful theory that
took fire front his own powder!
f-7 \
| My Mother's Bonnet y
Like a sweet and sacred sonnet
That, in its lines soul depths
I. my‘mother’s faded old blue bon^
Wreathed within I see her I
sweet face.
And only my heart understands
The halo that It made above her
l see again the tired, wrinkled hands
That had so often placed it there.
Laid away in lavander. carefully,
Like a song thaf no more is sung—
My eye* Kaze upon it teariuuy.
For 1 know its mission has been
done.
■Jh. how tenderly do I lift to kiss
That bit of faded scented blue,
tnd oh. how bitterly does my soul
miss .
The sweet spirit that comes shining
through.
I place it back again so carefully
Within its sacred spotless nest.
With lips a murmuring prayerfully—
In eternal peace, may thy soul rest.
—Carolyn Belle Adams.
THE PHANTOM BIRD
ft comeii in the night when I m sleep
Ing;
In the midnight hour of the eve
ning: '
In the mystic hour of the evening.
When all the mortals are dreaming.
And with a voice strange and de
ceiving.
It chants through the hour without
* leaving.
And it chants me into tielieving
That immortal shapes know- no leav
It comes In the stillness of evening.
And A peace comes over my soul.
Like a touch of a hand on my soul,
And I am aroused from my sleeping
By a far-off and distant control:
And a poor soul that knows no re
leasing
Seems to chant to a bell’s distant
toll,
Ind knowing thaie is no releasing,
Its voice sounds like a bell's dis
tant toll.
Dear Father, what is it that's speak
ing
With a voice like a bird's at my
Aoot, * '
In the stillness of night at my
door?
And. dear Father, what is it seeking
When I hear a soft step on the
floor
Like a spirit's that cares not for
leaving
When it comes with the wind's
mournful roar.
And seeks a warm hearth , before
leaving—
Before joining it’s voice in the roar?
Tis the phantom bird that comes
creeping.
And it comes from ths long, long
ago.
From the land of the long, long
ago;
It is a lost soul that la speaking
Of the land where departed souls
go.
And because It is lost It Is weeping.
And Is telling me of Its woe,
And on the night wind It Is weeping.
And is asking my prayers In Its
woe.
—Catherine Elizabeth Hanson.
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
The Business Principle
Back of Selling a Funeral
as a Unit
BHEN a family enters a mortuary to arrange for
a funeral his mind is in no condition foi*
“bargaining.” ^
He is interested only in the COMPLETE SERVICE he
,is to receive. Details of charges which must be made for
that service are, for the moment, of little importance to a
mind burdened by grief.
As I have said before, the public has not understood
that it is SERVICE—refined, exacting service—rather than
MATERIALS, which is the foundation of this business.
My policy of selling “a funeral” as a complete unit,
rather than as a collection of miscellaneous items of many
kinds, is new. But it is the economic way, because a funeral
consists of both materials 'and service, so closely blended
that it is difficult to say where one stops and the
other begins.
The family may arrange for a service as inexpensive
or as costly as he may wish. -When he has made his decision
there can bo no misunderstanding—no dissatisfaction be
cause of “extras” which he did not anticipate.
No one has ever questioned Hoffmann Service. No one
can question Hoffmann’s prices, for they are based on a
perfect system of records, insuring each customer exact
justice in price, with the perfect service which Hoffmann
always provides.
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Member by Invitation of the National Selected Morticians
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