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Oraahd-Vtei&tlie^st is d| its Best
“LAW AND 6rDER SUNDAY.”
Thii particular Sunday is devoted to the purpose
of pleading for the re-establishment of law and
order in the United States.
Fifty-two such Sundays in a year may not be
enough to win the point. One should not be needed.
No matter what the cause, and it would not be easy
to pick out which one of many is to blame, Amer
ican people have fallen into a loose way of living.
We have mountains of law, rivers of law, oceans of
law. . We are surrounded on all sides by law. Four
riimensional law. It is above, underneath, before us
and behind us. Whatever way we turn, we are con
fronted by a law.
Laws prescribe what we may do, eat, drink, wear,
amuse ourselves with. And we eat. drink, dress and
play just as we please, with no regard for the law.
Unless it be that we complain when the other chap
ignores the law. “Let your conscience be your
guide,” is the rule. And conscience seemingly is
able to condone or justify anything the individual
may find it his pleasure to do at the moment. Whim
controls.
' Time was when the American people deserved
the name law-abiding. Not so many years ago tho
public was shocked rather than entertained by
atrocious crimes. A minister, discussing this situa
tion, says: •
"Youth today Is no worse than !n other days. It
vats merely discarded the old restraints and motives,
and has not yst developed new restraints and
motives." .
No doubt is possible that youth has discarded old
restraints and motives. Evidence in plenty that youth
has discarded about everything in the nature of re
straint. As to motives, that is not a question of
age, and is always open to speculative consideration.
What is uppermost now is how to go about to
li^lp youth to develop the new restraints the rev
crpnd gentlemgn talks about. Our suggestion is the
inculcation of discipline. This is not so much a
matter of law as of order. Primarily, it is individual,
ftVtd grownup people need it as much as do the
Jrifruth. AfterTHl, the young learn by example more
generally and far more quickly than they do by
precept. It is natural, too, that the imitator exag
gerates the faults and imperfectioqs of the model
that ii being copied. No man need wonder if his
son does what his father does.
So it is not the youth of the land alone who
need new restraints and motives. Every man and
woman in the United States has a share in the pub
lic morals. If law and order are to be restored, it
will be when each one does his or her share to bring
about that state of affairs. This may be accom
plished easily enough. It only requires the exercise
•f constant self-government.
KICKING AGAINST THE GOADS.
A Texas minister, whose name need not be men
tioned because it were better forgotten, is very much
peeved because a woman is to act as governor of the
state. He does not believe in that sort of thing.
He announces that he will don a Mother Hubbard
and preach a sermon against it. If his congregation
permits that sort of thing it will be because he has
that kind of a congregation.
The reverend brother bases his opposition to
women in authority on a quotation from Paul’s First
Letter of the Corinthians, found in the 34th verse of
the 14th chapter, reading thusly:
“Let your women keep silence In the churches
for It Is not permitted unto them to speak; but they
are commanded to be under obedience, as also salth
the law.’’
Paul, with all of his legal erudition and com
manding eloquence, was a crusty old bachelor, much
given tO imparting advice he did not himself follow.
At timOg he even boasted of the fact that he did not
do some things he ndvised others to do. If the
reveretid Texas brother has not better authority than
Paul to.depend upon for his opposition ao women
in plaeOa of authority, he is leaning on a slender
reed. As an evangelist Paul is the great exemplar
of all, ’time, but what he knew about women
amounted to very little. Doubtless the church trf
Paul's time was different from the church of today.
Then it may have been supported wholly by the
men. But the modern church that depended solely
upon men for its continued existence and progress
would Speedily curl up and die.
Paul may have put that sort of thing over in
his time. He wouldn't get to first base with it these
days. Women have made some steps forward since
Paul, the crusty old bachelor, walked nnd taught.
That i* one reason why the world today is bptter
than it was when Paul walked and taught. If the
church is not keeping pace it certainly is not the
fault of the women. There is a well-founded sus
" picion that it may be because there are so many
ministtrs like the reverend brother of Texas who
cling tO the old-fogy notion that women should be
kept in subjection and remain silent. Perhaps it
Is due in some measure to the faet that here 'and
there are ministers who, like the Texas brother,
prefer topics like the one.he has selected instead of
preaching the real gospel.
The reverend gentleman from Texas should read
' tii* Bible with a clearer understanding. If he wants
to profit from Paul he might turn bnck a few pages
to Acts 9:5, wherein this same Paul was notified
that it was hard to kick against the goads. The
Texas divine is kicking against the goads as un
availingly as did Saul of Tarsus. Not only that, but
he is making a blithering donkey of himself.
REPUBLICS AND CATHEDRAL BUILDERS.
When an Egyptian monarch conceived the idea
of building a pyramid, he signified his desire to his
chief of staff. The rest was a matter of detail. If
the builders ran out of workmen, another army was
sent out to capture more slaves to carry on the
work. We imagine the temple of Baal and the Hang
ing Gardens at Babylon were built the same way.
Coming along down the track of history, we may
note the Roman emperQr transforming the Eternal
City from brick to jnarble. Or Constantine creating
a new Rome and naming it after himself, or Alex
ander, before either, setting up a metropolis at the
mouth of the Nile.
These were splendid examples of what may be
accomplished by the exercise of despotic power. Peter
the Great brought forth from the swampland on the
Neva another world capital, and the last of the czars
caused Dalny to be built on the shore of the far
away Pacific ocean, to cite two modern examples.
But the building of the great temples, even that of
Solomon, were co-operative efforts. Into their con
struction went the prayers of the church, the wealth
of the ruler, and the faith of the people. It was to
God their spires reached out, and under groined
roofs or vaulted ceilings knelt the devout who hon
ored the Almighty in worship that took the form of
carved stone and richly decorated altar as much "as
in words or genuflection.
Bishop Manning of New York is trying to revive
something of this spirit in Gotham. He has insti
tuted a city-wide drive to raise a fund of $10,000,
P00 to complete the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
for which $5,000,000 already has been gathered and
mostly spent. It Is to he a religious center for the
nation, as the old European cathedrals stood for the
community and country around them. In the pro
ceedings may be noted something of the change that
has come over the religious affairs of man since the
days of the Cathedral Builders in Europe. No im
portant division in the church of those days. Now
it is scattered among numerous creeds. However
much they may profess harmony, the hard fact of
creed separates them.
A thousand years ago Bishop Manning would
nave found his job of cathedral building almost as
simple as did Cheops when he set up the greatest of
the Pyramids. It was but to locate the stone and
get the men to move them. Pharaoh could quarry
the syenite along the Nile, but the bishop is not
finding the mine from which to extract»the dollars
quite so handy.
C. J. LANE.
Everyone who knows him feels a deep sense of
personal sorrow at the passing of Charles J. l.ane.
It was his talent to make and hold friends. As one
of those who really mourn him has expressed it, he
loved men and had the faculty of making men love
him.
As a practical, professional railroad man, he
stood high. From an humble position in the service
of a pioneer railroad in pioneer days, he grew as
the road grew, until he was at the head of one of
its great service divisions. His outstanding charac
teristics were his industry and his never-failing good
humor. One of the secrets of his success was his
faculty for serving both his customer and his com
pany at the same time.
Such a man is an asset not merely to the organ
. itation with which he is associated, but to society in
"general. The work they do, the example they set,
are genuine achievements. ' Charlie Lane will be
sorely missed and sincerely mourned by friends all
over the land. Because he was a man, did a man's
work ,and gave to the world the fullness of service
E'nd the richness of a genial nature and a warm heart.
JUST A LITTLE SHIVER, EH?
Were you among those who got a peep at the
eclipse Saturday morning? Wonderful spectacle,
wasn’t It?
You knew it was coming, even if you are inclined
to wonder how th^ astronomers can foretell years
ahead the exact minute an eclipse will start, just
how long it will last, and where it may he seen.
Being wise in your day and generation, you know
there is nothing supernatural about an eclipse. You
know that it is in accordance with fixed rules.
But, honestly now, didn't you feel just a hit
creepy when the moon began sliding between you
and Old Sol and made him just sort o' wink out, so
to speak? Didn't you feel something going through
your mind, and kind o’ creeping along your spine,
something such as happens to you when you wake
up in the still watches of the night and hear a noise
you are unable to explain? You knew it was an
eclipse, and just as natural as sunrise and sunset,
hut away back in your mind vVasn’t there a little
something that made you shiver in spite of all your
knowledge?
And if you have a spark of devotion in your soul
were you not reminded of something when the
eclipse dawned on your vision —the majestic Nine
teenth Psalm:
“The heavens declare the glorv of God; and the
firmament sheweth His handiwork. Day unto day
uttereth apeerh, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge. There Is no speech or language where
their voice Is riot heard."
"The glory of God!” That’s it.' The glory of
Him who set the stars in their courses. The more
Unite man studies the starry heavens and watches
the planets in their courses, the greater is awe of
the majesty that rules all.
And that is why you, and all of us who watched
the eclipse, felt a something we can not describe,
even though we pride ourselves upon our knowledge
and wisdom.
Having made a great Mnancial success of all of
his great corporation interests, Mr. Harrop will now
give the taxpayers of Omaha the benefit of his ex
pert advice in street railway management.
A scientist reports that there' are 260,000 soot
particles in a cubic inch of London fog. Almost as
many soot particles to the inch as there are boot
leggers to the square mile in Chicago.
A feminine philosopher in Oklahoma gays women
go into business in order to he near the men. And
men remain in business in order to he able to keep
some woman near.
The country consumed sixty billions cigarrts dur
ing 1924, and without any perreptihle decrease in'
the visible supply of tobacco.
Chicago resents all efforts lo prevent her from
lowering the take level. Anything on the level seems
to he offensive to that burg.
The nearer wheal approaches the $J mark >he
more difficult it becomes for thr third party ,o atch
its breath.
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Dealing With Criminals
By L,. F. BROOKING.
The man who deliberately, with
malice aforethought, reddens his
hands with the blood of the innocent,
has forfeited all his rights to the sym
pathy and consideration of society.
His agev unless a child; hi* mental
condition? unless insane or feeble
minded, should not enter into the
question, and be weighed against the
interests of society in general. This
being beyond reasonable question, It
is useless to discuss it.
There is only one standpoint from
whicli this question can he discussed
In a logical manner, and that is from
the standpoint of protection for those
who have a right to live. At the pre
vailing rate many thousands of per
sons, who have a right to live, will
die at the hand of the assassin in the
next 12 months. Unlimited sympathy
and protection for these, and none for
the criminal, should he our motto.
Why has crime increased In leaps
and bounds in the laSt decade? It
can scarcely be for the reason that
the world is growing worse instead
of better. With the liquor traffic un
der control, and the many institutions
for the betterment of mankind, we
must conclude that the world is grow
ing better, and the reason for the In
crease of crime must he sought in
some other direction.
* * *
The love of life and the fear of
death is inherent in every human
being. The first is the most valuable
of all things: the latter is the most
dreaded. Upon this fundamental
proposition we ran safely base an ar
gument for capital punishment. It Is
plain as the noonday sun that the in
crease of crime Is nor due to the de
terloratlon of the race, hut is due to a
lack of fear In the criminal.
The parasites of the human race
have congregated in the large cities,
there to live and thrive on the loot
they gather by robbery and murder.
Protection against them Is the great
question. Scientists and would-be hu
manitarians may theorize, and the va
rious cults may preach against capi
tal punishment; alienists may advance
their farfetched doctrines: peychia
trials may give us vague and myster
ious theories, hut reducing ths ques
tion to a practical and common sense
basis, the only remedy Is to put Into
Ihe criminal's heart the fear that has
heen taken away. The rontest waged
by the great law yer, Mr. Darrow. and
the very evident Joy of Leopold and
Loeb at their escape from the gallows,
is a very forcible example of the fear
of death by the criminal. The only
concern they manifested was at the
noose, and they went to Joliet with
smiles on their faces, and ai‘e now
buoyed up with the hope of ultimate
release, and the hope is born of the
knowledge of the pa.>>..
• * *
What are the mental processes of
the criminally inclined? It is reason
able and logical to assume that he
has in mind the easy mode of escape
by way of the automobile; the slow
ness and laxity of the courts; the
dexterity of the criminal lawyer; the
law, which sometimes seems to he
constructed more for the benefit of
the criminal than for his conviction;
the furlough, parole and pardon: the
modern prison that prison reformers
insist upon, and the sentimental atti
tude of some iveople against severe
punishment. All these things are
matters of general knowledge among
the criminals, and the fear of death
Is hardly taken into consideration.
They take a chance on detection; a
chance of conviction; the chance of
escaping through legal technicalities
tlwt abound in our legal procedure:
the chance of a parole or pardon, and
when it is all computed, the danger is
small and the crime committed.
Can any man contend that the
standard of civilization Is higher In
England than Irt America? Have
they a higher standard of morals and
behavior? I believe the contrary to
be fine. It has repeatedly been af
firmed, and not denied, that the mur
ders in any large American city ex
ceed those of all England. Why?
There can l>e but one answer by those
who believe our country to he at
least the equal of Kngland. The an
swer must he—thewure. swift punish
ment that Is'meted out to the man
lri Kngland who takes the life of his
fellow. The criminal In England has
been taught the fear of the law; he
has lacked that education In America.
If the people who are in charge of
the administration of justice will
ignore the scientific analysis of the
alienist and the psychiatrist, the
maudlin sentimentalist, the religions
fanatic, and any element that will
show sympathy for the man who has
forfeited all sympathy and considers
tlon. and administer justice In favor
of the people who have a right to
live, by giving the death penalty to
highway robbers and murderers, mak
ing the punishments swift and sure,
the fear of death will be in the hearts
of this class- of criminals, and these
crimes would at once drop to the
minimum. Society has a right to
enact laws for their own protection,
and since the present laws and the
administration seems entirely inadtv
<4pate, we should demand a revision
of the criminal code and do away with
the parole system, and making a par
don provisional with the developing
of evidence showing the prisoner in
nocent.
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If increasing thp punishment will
not lessen crime, it follows that les
sening the punishment will not in
crease crime, and drawing this to a
logical conclusion, our criminal courts
could Is? alsdlshed. Theie is no logic
iiv tills conclusion. 'I’lie logical con
clusion is: we punish criminals, not
out of pure vengeance, but as a de
terrent to crime. This being true,
the logical remedy is to increase the
punishment until he fears to commit
the crime. This is the solution to the
problem, and until it Is admitted and
acted upon, crime will not diminish,
but be ever on the increase. AAhen
our law makers and guardians of the
law begin to listen to the appeal of
common sense and logic, and pease to
be influenced by educated ignoramus
es. scientific theorists and maudlin
humanitarians, then the people can
begin to expect the protection they
are entitled to from footpads and
murderers. The penitentiaries will
cease to be crowded to the limit,
necessitating paroles and pardons, to
make room for an ever-increasing
procession of criminals.
AVhen an atrocious crime is com
mitted in many communities it taxes
the ingenuity of the officers to save
the prisoner from the mob. AA'hj?
For the reason that almost every
man favors capital punishment when
the crime is committed in his own
habitation, or that of his neighbor.
There is an abundance of sentiment
among the people towards a reform
in the direction of the Knglish sys
tem of dealing with criminals a,nd all
that is needed is for this sentiment
to find voice and expression and thus
he crystallized into law.
Funk. Neb. •
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I Call to Churchmen
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David City, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: I read with great
interest the articles, "What ts the
Matter With the Church" and "The
Church Yesterday and Today,” which
appeared In your columns. Many may
doubt the statements which the writ
era expressed and consider them a
pessimistic view into world affairs,
but the fact is that our country Is
Christian in opportunity hut tragically
unchristian in its obligations. If xve
may trust to figures given out, this
is the condition of affairs. Over
70,000,000 have no definite church re
lation or loyally, and of the remain
ing millions who are affiliated with
some definite church. It is safe to as
sume that only about one third are
real vital forces and power for Chris
tian ideals.
'Phis means that only about one
third are Christian in this un
christian America. There may be a
little more if we include the Incon
sistent '‘Christians/’ the pious frauds
and hypocrites. The preachers are
asking In tones of despair how to
win people hack to the church. Some
have stooped so low as to convert the
sa« red edifice into a circus aretgi In
order to draw' the crowd. Of course,
a loud squawk la raised that the
church has failed. But surely it ts
not the institution that has failed. Tt
•is individuals in the church who ht\e
failed. The question is asked. "Why
don’t the people go to church?”
The primary reason is that the
preachers have disgusted serious
minded and earnest men with the
« hurch and with religion. They (the
preachers! have become as sounding
brass and tinkling cymbals They
preach on every subject under the
sun except the Gospel, which alone
has the power to transform snd ele
vate and ennoble men and to save
souls. They have prostituted their
calling, forgetting that minister of
God must prenrh Christ and Him
■ ruclfied. otherwise he becomes s
mere hireling. They forget the words
of that mode! of preachers the Apo#
tie St Paul, who an\s: "God forbid
that T should glory save In the cross
of our fjord Jesus Christ." And again
he says: “Woe to me. if T preach not
the Gospel.” But to many of our
modern preachers Christ crucified f*
Just as much a scandal and a stum
bling block as He was to those
smooth, sleek, corn-fed Scribes snd
Pharisees over 1,900 years ago.
• • •
The preachers are filled, not with
the spirit of Christ, but with the
false wisdom of this world. Hence
they have become blind leaders of
the blind, and none are so blind as
those who do not want to see. I do
not say that sli preachers era hire*
lings. There are some who still l»e*
lieve that faith comes by hearing the
Gospel—not a windy discourse on
pro tuition. There are some who still
l*elleve that "not by bread alone doth
man live, but by every word that pro
reedet h from the mouth of God.”
There are some who still believe,
"Going therefore, teach ye all na
tlons; teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded
you.”
But these. T repest, are rare. The
great majority contnadlct and deny
WHJAlM "fundamental" truth* HOW
ran any man believe snd accept re.
llgion when a Christian minister,
speaking from a Christian pulpit In
a Christian church to a Christian eon
gregatiou, dates anyone present, who
believes In the Apostles’ Creed, to
slattd Up! And all those moral cow
ards, who pretend to l*» Christians
and witnesses for Christ, fear to
stand up for fear some alienist may
he snooping around, who might hale
them before* a sanity commission for
adhering to such an Insane atfsurdltv
ns the Apostles’ Creed. Or they may
be Afraid I hat they will not measure
up to their preacher's “Intellectual”
standard, if their ethics conform to
the first, or second century of the
Christian era.
I could lengthen this indictment of
the modern preachers, but It would
require too much space. In the fare
of all these facts, who can wonder
that over 70,00n.000 do not belong to
any church? llow can any one be
astonished that the church le losing
Its bold on the people. The preachers
by their bad example ami disbelief
have done practically all (he mischief
Thev have failed tin* church hall pot
failed.
• • •
We are now facing .« great crime
wave all over the country and. of
course, each one offers a remedy bill
the right one Even the reined> sug
Tested bv lbs represent tat l\■'* of the
church might seem like a presrrlp
lion written by n quack dnrt.ni But
It Is mu iIih mere opinion of long
fared religionists. bill the rnnrlii-Inu
of fai sighted leadei s of government
and financial power tl^t if America
Is to be saved the church must do the
work. It is their Arm conviction that
the priest and the preacher, as teach
ers of the law, are more important
than the policeman and judge who
merely execute the law.
What our country needs and must
have is a moral conscience, and this
is given in the home and at the altars
of her churches, not at a Judge’s
bench or in a prison cell. The busi
ness of the nation is to build churches
to teach and save men, not the con
struction of prisons to punish them;
that the education In the law is far
greater power for good than the ex
ecution of it. Taw must be enforced
at the Judgment seat of God. ^et up
in the heart of every man. woman
and child, rather than in a sordid,
stuffed courtroom of mankind. A
man or woman must be made and
kept a law abiding citizen, protected
and sustained by the power of the
cross rattier than by the policeman's
club. And if the preachers will help
to do this, there will be no more com
plaints about frreligton or empty pews.
ALBERT F. BAUMAN.
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Crime and Its Causes
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f)maha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Ree: We have been informed by
our county attorney that crime in
Douglas county has increased about
300 per cent, if reports are correct.
We ought to take general statements
like this wjth a grain of «alt. Statis
tics often tell the truth, but just as
often mislead the unthinking.
An Increase in criminal cases on the
court docket may or may nor be caus
ed bv increased criminality on the
part of the population. If. for Instance,
the administration of the police is
carried on in a lax and slothful man
ner. it will be natural that there may
be very few arrests, if the police are
energetic and conscientious, the num
ber of arrests may treble; vet a* a
matter of fart there may be los« crime
and disorder when the police are real
Iv on their Job. although the increas
ed criminal docket seems to tell of
such an Increase.
Rut granted that Mr. Beal’s asser
tion is true, it Is In m.v judgment er
roneous to lay the blame to the pro
hibitlon of alcohol. The (losing of the
saloons is not the real reason of an
increase in crime, if there is mich.
The best evidence for my claim la
the fact that crime has increased in
the same proportion or worse in conn
tries like Germany, France. Switzer
land, where tlvr saloons are wide
( pea. From Journals which I receive
from across the ocean there come the
same hue and cry about Increased
lawlessness.
There are several causes that ran
he named with much more plausibil
ity for the increase of arrests than
the suppression of the saloon and of
alcoholic drinks.
One of these la the rebellious spirit
and the disregard for authority which
any long war period fosters. There
has never been a long period of war
In the world but what has for a time
demoralised the social order.
The Roman republic experienced
that after the Punic warn. Greece
after the Peloponnesian war. Ger
many after the 30 years* war. our
own south after the Civil war War
la a violent disease which like scarlet
fever leaves the body politic weak
fop quite a while. During this weak
ness the social conscience does not
exert the usual firm control over the
conduct of the Individuals of the
state. War Is a debauch followed by s
moral Katzen Jammer
Another ceitaln cause of the In
crease of arrests is the rapidly' grow
tug Intricacy and complication of
modern life; at n time when two thirds
of our American* were fanner*, there
wan little temptation or occasion to
interfere with the rights of other*:
but now we are living a more com
plicated life, where we are mutually
dependent upon each other and where
we have to consider, a dozen times
the need* and demands of others
where formerly we had to regard
them once. Where our path was for
merly crossed by 1ft it i* now crossed
by 100 and our will and social con
science cannot keep step with this
rapid increase of need for the con
sfderation of other*.
No rinuttf the suppression of the
liquor traffic adds its quota to the
increase of arrests, since this mea
sure also means an increase of regard
for the welfare of other individuals;
there would he le«=s business for the
police courts If the policy was re
slimed again of looking at drunken
ness as a little private Indiscretion
which the private citizen should he
allowed to enjoy if he so cared. But
we have come to the conclusion that
the general use of alcohol leads to
too many social disturbances and to
too much hardship />n the part of
innocent parties to he further allow
ed. That the enforcement of this reg
illation encounter* insubordination on
the part of many'is ot be exue< ted:
1 ut this fact no more prove* the fool
ishness of prohibition than the disre
gard of traffic laws hv speeders
proves the unreasonableness of our
traffic ordinances.
But the most serious and fundamen
tal cause for so much or'me is the
lack of reverence for God and for the
laws which he has engraved in the
human breast. Folks do not 1 Hither
about God; that is the fundamental
reason why they disregard th« feel
ings and rights of their feljovvmen.
For you will always find that the de
cline in real, fundamental piety is
followed hv a decline in that sym
pathy for men which make* happy
borne* and orderly cities and nates.
ALBERT KTHV.
Tastor of Bethany Presbyterian
church.
\ New Net.
* T suppose." said Nexdore. "an an
lotnohlle help* one to forget one's
troubles "
"Tea.'* replied Xa.vbor. "one* other
trouble*."— Boston Trsnscript.
Adaptable.
"W hat do you do when your wife
grabs the *in>rting page'”’
"Oh. I lead ihe dressmaking col
!f your nostrils are rloggeu and
your head Is stuffed liecauee of nasty
catarrh or a cold, apply a little pure,
antiseptic cream Into vour nostril*
It penetrates through every air pas
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Dearly beloved. In the midst of life we are In death, and
so we take our text this morning from John 11:25, reading thus!} .
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the
life, he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall lie* live. Anil whosoever llveth and believeth In j
shall never die. Believest fliou this?"
And so il is this morniiiK that we would speak of life anu
death and the resurrection, and especially of life.
There are those among us who are foolishly preparing for
death. It is to such that we appeal to uult that foolishness j
and spend their time preparing for life. Every one of ua has j
at one time or another been called upon to hid farewell to a
loved one who has gone on before—not dead but passing oil
into that greater ami fuller l.fe. If there is anything in th#
religion of our fathers, what we call death Is not an affliction,
but a blessing. Then why should we mourn as those without
comfort when our loved ones have, aw we believe and know,
merely left us to enjoy the infinite? |
Men may formulate system* of theology or evolve creeds
and dogmas."but Hie simple words of the Man of Nazareth. I
am the resurrection and the lire, . . . whosoever llveth
and believeth in me shall never .lie." tells more to mankind •
than theologians ever dreamed, more than . reed makers ever
thought, more than creators of dogma ever devised, in those
few words is summed up the hope of human kind.
Those who go through the world with stooped shoulders
and downcast eyes, fearful of being contaminated by associa
tion with their fellows, and setting themselves apart that they
may be tilted for death, have no conception, not the least grasp,
of what the Savior meant when He spake those words. His
philosophy of life was not a philosophy of separation, not a
philosophy of isolation. He went about doing good He lived
the very fullness of life. He gave tis the true meaning of tha !
word service, a word that has been fearfully abused of late
years.
\\1iy then, when we gaze upon the cold clay of our loved
one. should we mourn as those without hope? Ate have but
gone with them to the portal of a fuller existence, the door Vs,
• temporarily dosed in our faces, in good time to open for us if
we shall have prepared to live instead of foolishly wasting our
time In preparation for death.
"There is no death.
AVhat seems so is transition.
V This life of mortal breath
- Is but a suburb of the life Klysiait,
( AVhose portals we call death."
We hut discount our professed faith when we mourn as
one without hope. We exhibit our lack of faith when we fail
to get the best out of life in our anxiety to make the awful „
mistake of preparing for death. Kaeh one of us is a part and
parcel of God's infinite plan. In eaeli one of us is the spirit
of divinity and infinity, ours to grasp or to ignore; ours to profit
by or to discard. And only as we accept an.1 perform our part
shall we inherit eternal life. That part is not to go about with
faces long enough to eat oats out of a church; not to stand
apart from our fellows; not arrogate to ourselves a superior
virtue. It is ours to go about doing good as best we can.
lot us then, beloved, set ourselves to the glorious and joy
ful task of living—living and loving and serving, striving ever
to make g<*«d in our part of the infinite plan. AVe will sing es
our concluding number that song of faith and hope. “I Know >
ThSt My rteedeeiner IJveth." and, singing, may we take firmer
hold on faith, determined to make the most of life here below !
in order to be prepared for the greater life beyond.
],et us stand and sing, singing with spirit and under
standing.
So ertdeth the lesson. AA II-T, M MAI. PIN.
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Parent* \Mi» Alxlimte.
From the Chicago x
Goshen. Ind.. is not the only Amer
ican community that has l»een op
pressed of late by evidence of promis
cuous drinking and other misconduct
on the part of children of high school
age. Educator* and moralist** in many
places have been discussing ways and
mean* of enforcing proper standards
of conduct among the young and pre
venting lapses into ser.ous delinrpien
iv. But the Elkhart county grand
jury, in a presentment on the subject
• .f juvenile laxity sets a tisefOl ex
ample to other communities in its
pointed remarks on the responsibility
of parents for that laxity.
The grand jury says, with obvious
truth, that parents too often know
little and care little a!>out the associa
tion:* of their children after school
hours, or even late in the evening. It
also points out that many dances are
arranged by children and adolescents
without supervision, and that on *u«"b
occasions some young jiersons dis
pense intoxicants and boast of their
daring and cleverness in clrcumvertt
law and authority.
It is idle for parents to complain of
juvenile manners • »f moral* while they
lhe:n«el\es do nothing to regulate,
within reason, the conduct of their
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children. Parents who fear to ba
i ailed old fashioned, and who abdicate
or shirk their plain duties, assume
moral responsibility for the truancy ,
delinquency and lawbreakina which
they complain of in their children.
Knliihtened discipline is as necessary
in the home today as it ever was. It
always will tie necessary, and official
reminders of that fact are pertinent.
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PAID CIRCULATION
for the SIX MONTHS
Ending Sept. 30, 1924
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overs, samples or papers spoiled in
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•ales or free circulation of any kind.
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Subscribed and sworn to before nse
this 4th day of October. 1924.
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