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-v ■ - - j 1 The Omaha Bee mornin g—e V e N 1 n g—s u n d a y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publl>h«r N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. y t Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication or all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited ■ this paper, and also the local news published herein. .it . All rights of republication of our special dispatches are . also reserved. The Omaha Bee Is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, , . .Ard Th,e Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by t *h#ir organizations. . . .1 . — . , , t* Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Ditiahh1''>08 toff ice," und*r act of March 3, 1879. ~ BEE™ TELEPHONES - n.Tirh. w k ,{7 AT Untie 1000 ihe Department or Persoa Wanted. ^ OFFICES * ■ ♦ Main Office—-17th and Fnrnnm Chicago—Steger Bldg , Boston—Globe Bldg ! Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Francisco - Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. New York City--270 Madison Avenue * Seattle— .\. L. Nietz. 614 Leary Bldg. : MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY, AND SUNDAY l year $5,00. 6 months $3.00, 3 months ’! 1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY ONLY P1 rest $4.60, 6 months $2.76. 3 months 11.50, 1 month 75e * - * SUNDAY ONLY 1 year $?.Q0, 6 months $1.75. 3 months $1.00, 1 month 60c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or filU* miles from Omaha: Daily ard Sunday. $1.00 per month; A 'daily only, 76c per month; Sunday only, 60c per month. . CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday .1 month 86c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday .1 month 65c, 1 week 16e Sbnday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week oc V,. -_--J - OmahanlDKere the U7est is at its Best FUNDAMENTALS 6F TRANSPORTATION. A little primer should be published and circulated in Omaha, in which should be contained some basic eionomic principles. These may be stated in simple terms, so as to be clearly understood by anybody. Just at the present time many of them are being mis _ stated. Loose talk is making murky a situation that is of immense importance to the people of Omaha. t One of the first things that should be explained is that capital employed in carrying on a business *• enterprise is fixed capital. Next, that the extension *lof*that business requires additional capital. We have . lately had a sadly impressive illustration tof how • ►capital may vanish in a legitimate business under taking. Transportation, and particularly that which A has to do with intramural 'carriage of passengers, calls for the use of enormous sums of fixed capital. N-.In the case of the tramway company of Omaha, for example, many millions of dollars are permanently embedded in the city streets. Those who loosely talk "of “watered stock’’ should take a lead pencil and -4-paper and work out the problem. Let them calculate £ .v the cost of equipping and maintaining 135 miles of ’ ’double track line, with the necessary power plant, barns, shops and storage facilities, and see how far rr. short the total falls of the $14,000,000 on which the it company has permission to earn revenue. f,t ' Any extension of track or equipment requires 'the further permanent investment of money. Re placement of worn-out equipment also demands more it capital expenditure. Under the law this can not l * '’come from earnings.' Only repairs can be paid for k r;out'of revenue derived from service. f Omaha must have the service the tramway pro ■ • vjdes. If not from a private corporation, then at public expense. The decision must soon be made. Only two years remain in which to get ready for one or the other. A decision should be reached without Pi, ..needless d<May, that the public and the company may know what to do. Under the law as it exists th- company can not '"make extensions, nor can the public grant a franchise for more than five miles in length. These and some other matters must be cleared up. But loose talk and willful twisting of facts will not help in the set tlement of a problem in which every citizen and property owner in Omaha is deeply concerned. IT KEEPS THE WHEELS TURNING. Every now and then some impassioned orator (mounts the platform and hurls forth the startling in formation that “2 per cent of the people of this re public own 90 per cent of the country's wealth.” The mere fact that it is not true cuts no figure I with the impassioned orators, nor with a goodly pro portion of the hearprs who loudly applaud the state ment. That a comparatively small per cent of the peo ple own n large per cent of the wealth is true. But 1 what of it? That is what, makes the wheels go 'round, f Those who havp little know, if thdy know anything '|,at. all, that they have a chance to become one of i the minority holders of the majority wealth. The wealth is here, nnd It is to he won by those who have the courage, the vision and the industry to go after it. If the wealth did not exist, if it were not possible to create it, if the future held out no promise, what *s sad old world this would be. 1 .Would anything he gained by depriving men of 'the opportunity to amass wealth? Would the re public be advanced by giving those who complain ldb«ut it an opportunity to distribute the wealth? ' What difference does it make how big a business (grows just so it is honest business? This good old republic of ours is good and big because it has de veloped big business, which in turn has aided in de ■.vc lofting the bigness and goodness of the country. — Would it not be better to cavil less at wealth and work harder to get it? In this free country, with its yet undeveloped resources and unplumhed pos sibilities those who live in the House of Want may move over into the House of Have if only they will work and save and sacrifice; if only they will initiate instead of imitate, work instead of wail. It is upon thcdje who Hope to Have that thj* country depends in. largest measure, those who Hope m to Have in sufficient measure to Impel them to indus try end frugality. THE STITCH IN TIME. Oiiiaha Elks have taken the stitch in time that Will save nine stitchea in the future. They have ctrunged to amortize the indebtedness on their hand some building, not by dependence upon aubscriptions, hut by fixing tbe membership due* at such a figure that the money will be provided when the debt falls due. The Elks realize that the accommodations pro vided by the building, the fellowship the order guar antees, the Joy of comradeship and the partnership of kindud souls, are worth far mors to each indi vidual member than ths yearly dues that will pro vide maintenance and hi good time pay off the debt. Omaha Elks havs rightly decided to leave noth ing to ehanee. They have adopted a common sense, * businesslike plan such as any wall managed business * concern muat adopt If It continues to be well msn - aged and therefore increaelngly eueeeeeful. The . Elks ef Omaha have every reason to bo rightfully proud ef their splendid club houa*. They have eguel reason to be proud of the«t good Judgment In reeog nizing a situation and meeting it without evasion. Courage is a wonderful thing. Omaha Elks have proven they have it In full measure. WHILE THE WORLD WHIRLS. A February magazine devotes a considerable por tion of its space to the glorification of youth. Ting ing its tributes with complaint that the young folks are denied their opportunity of running the show. Reactionary control is noted in business, in art, politics, religion. Youth is eager, ready, to take the reins, or the wheel, or whatever it is, and steer the whole complicated business along a much smoother course than has yet been found. Principally, the young are disappointed in that the high idealism born of the war influences has not been realized. Altruism has lagged, while the old selfishness has af fected everybody just as it did before the purging flame of furioiTs conflict swept over humanity. All of which is important or not, according to whether you sit alongside Senectutis, or gambol with Juventutis. Youth is not to he despised, nor under valued. When the tide of life mounts high, when “every prospect pleases,” hope soars, and ambition vaults to heights only reached in dreams. Warm im pulses, borne of a generous heart that is yet un touched by worldly experience, guide the action. How very easy it is to “let joy be unconfined when youth and pleasure meet.” But the world turns over once in twenty-four hours, and time waits on none. Slowly but surely the fires of youth die down. Inevitably a crust of experience overlies the fountain of generosity, till its wafers become a trickle. Impulses continue, but they are guided more by reason or by what is euphemistically termed “intelligent self-interest.” Youth loses every time in the contest with the world, for it refuses to remain young. Responsibility, too, must be assumed, and its ef fect is to slow down the movement that flows so freely when only youth directs. This is not to be deplored. It would be a very pleasant world, per haps, if no one grew old, if every hour were sunrise, and noon and sunset never came. But Nature’s rule is birth, growth, maturity, decline, decay, death. And man can not escape that inexorable procession. So the young, impatient though they may well be, of the mistakes and blundering methods of age and experience, need not be greatly discouraged. A slow, but ever-moving process will gradually remove them to the limbo where they, too, will repeat the inef fectual things their elders are repeating in imitation of • at “innumerable caravan” that has moved along the road “since first the flight of years began.” “HOME AGAIN” AND "OFF AGAIN.” Dr. Henry Van Dyke is away to New Zealand. Not just to see what he can see, for he knows why he is going. To fish. To lure the fine Antipodean trout from the rippling waters of the New Zealand streams. To bask in the sun of the early fall of hat far-away country. For, you know, when spring comes to, America autumnal glories are shedding their rich radiance over New Zealand. The combination is alluring. But what do you know about it? This is the same Dr. Van Dyke who set us all to singing his refrain: "It s home attain! Home again! -tynerlua for me! -My "heart is turning home again, amt there I long to he! 1 n the land of youth ami beauty, beyond the ocean bars— Where the air Is full of sunshine, and the flag Is full of stars!" We know that no geographical lines circum scribe the piscatorial ambition of the true angler. Izaak Walton, content by the rippling stream of Old England knew nothing of the leaping, foaming trout streams of North America, or of New Zealand. Else his “Compleat Angler” might have been writ- i ten in livelier meter. Stewart Edward White tells us of the man who spent $10,000 trying to catch a tuna big enough to win a club button, and finally was defeated by a shark. SdcTI an one understands why Henry Van Dyke wants to go to New Zealand to fish. But, when one thinks of the trout and salmon waters, the bass and muskie lakes, the pools and rivulets that invite the cast, all over the American continent, the wonder is that any would think of going half way around the world for a day’s fish ing. Maybe Dr. Van Dyke will sing again, and with greater zest, “America for me!" when he sets his face once more toward “the land of youth and beauty.” “OUT OF A STRANGER’S MOUTH.” Helen Keller will hardly be accused of enter taining any prejudices or preferences that are lo cal to Omaha. She is national, even world-wide, in her scope. Therefore a compliment from her is one to be appreciated. So The Omaha Bee feels justified in accepting the remark she made when one of the staff was presented to her. She said, i* her acknowledgement of the introduction: “Omaha Bee? Oh, that is the western news paper we hear most about in New York." Modestly, but sincerely we accept the nomina tion. The Omaha Bee has long been known in New \’ork, as well as in other eastern centers as the rep resentative newspaper of this great section of the world. Steadfastly The Bee has tried to deserve the confidence of those who turn to it when seek ing definite and reliable information concerning af fairs and events, as well ns the currents of opinion, in the region it represents. How well this paper has succeeded is shown by the remark of Miss Keller on meeting one of the staff. “The western newspaper we |rnr most shout in New York." It is good to have that reputation, It Is a responsibility to live up to It. But both the name and the obligation are accepted. The sennte will probably carry over the nomina tion of Warren to be attorney general until after March 4. Good reason exists for thinking some of them would be pleased if the United States had no Department of Justice. ...—. More goods were sent out and brought Into the United States in January, 192.r>, than for the same month in 1924. Yet some 'folks insist that we are •hut out of the world market. Bishop Manning la right in his decision that while all denominations may contribute to the erection <rf the cathedral, the Episcopalians will own and man age the structure. Outlying towns in Douglas county are not readv to lie adopted by Omaha. They nre as nearly ready «• the city is to take them in. One hobby President Conlidge rides to the intense satisfaction of the people is economy in public ad ministration. General Mitchell of the air and Admiral Moffltt of the water would do well to come to earth oc casionally. * \ Occasionally justice prevails, Another Nebraska jury has held that murder is murder. I f-' 'll Mother of Ten Speaks Out _’_' Although the discussion about Dr.' Pinto's proposed law has been fast and furious, the mothers have had lit tle to say. Xo doubt they are too busy bearing and oaring for the ba bles. But as at least one ma^i (W M. MJ, has expressed a willingness to listen to the views of the mothers, I wish to express mine. A'erv few seem to strike the real rea son for present day small families and t hlld'ess homes. Even the immortal Theodore Roosevelt was mistaken. He said: "It is because they (women! shrink from the pain of child-bear ing.’’ Xo so. Every mother knows that what Sherman saald about war applies equally to child bearing. For ages woman has known just what-^Tif f-ring each new life meant, and yet it has not served to depopulate the earth. The first real reason lies here: It isn't the style to have children. Large families are considered vulgar. It just simply isn't done—that's all. Ala.1! Poor me! I must plead guilty to being out of style. Almost outside the pale. I have 10. Ten. Nine are living. Every one healthy, every one smart and of good, patriotic, American stock. And my husband and I are endeavoring to raise them to he an i«set to their country. We have four acres for them to spread over, so they do not even bother the neighbors, and yet, when my eighth was born, the good sj.stem's of the town lifted up their hands in holy horror knd cried, "What! Another!" And one. whose red hair probably accounted for her plain speaking, de clared that it was a crime for jne ,to have had this child and that my hus band, being the criminal, should now. in addition to bringing home the bacon, be forced to cook and serve it, and also attend to the other little de tails of housekeeping. Hut that curly-haired little daugh ter Is quite as dear to me as my first. Since then I have had two splendid hoys, who are very precious tq their father and me. Ami, let me add, to older brother and sisters. I must, not write what people have had to sav about these t\yo later ar rivals, else my letter could not be printed. So It teems this is a case of “It's awful If you do, and It's awful if yon don't.'' > Now, I have horpe these children myself, and my husband and I have cared for them ourselves: surely their number should not concern my neigh bor. Even so. It should not concern i me if iriy neighbor chooses to have few or none. There was never a sub ject Where “Live and let live" applies i Ixstter than It does here. Indeed, there are enough mothers who marry for love and bear children through love to. .keep up the jx>pula t'on vitlioyt trying to force children on to those who do not want t'hem. The most pitiful thing on Ood’s green enrth is an unwelcome baby. Let the would be reformers who wish to "pass some laws” devote their time to bettering economic conditions so that It will lie easier for those who do haie children to mi- and educate them. SfRP. I0ZIIA tV. CTPLIN. Ainsworth. XpK | t-> Fjrm for Enforcement v_!_/ Union, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Almost every day gome letter from a "Reader'' rouses my indignation, but thvpne In today's on "How to Make Prohibition Work'' was the straw that broke the dromedary's vertebrae. Many have written foi^l. Ishly, but to date this Is the worst. He boasts: "Everyone except the drya violate the laws and think the law a joke.” Well, If It is, It Is a good one, and one that will continue long after he and his law-violating friends have ceased to exist. His plan is not to en force the law, but to have the gov ernment pass a sane (?) liquor law, nffowlng pveryone a certain amount of liquor. Then he and his friends will "help enforce” that law and “help corner bootleggers:” .1 haven't any doubt they would do both: "Enforce the law," by drinking their share, and that of ones who do not use the vile stuff; then “corner bootleggers," for more. Rootleggerg existed during the time of open saloons, and probably will as long as the world remains. Drunken ness has bben since before the flood and there may still be sprue drunk ards at the time this world ceases to exist, but there will be "law vio lators” then as now, or, to be more definite. "outlaws," for "prohibition has come to stay." He calls the Eighteenth amendment a “joke." Wonder If he considers the Nineteenth a "joke" nlso, and would like tq. have It set aside? It was the Christian and temperance women of our nation who worked 50 years to help secure the Eighteenth, and now that they have ttie right to vote, are determined the “hosts of satan” shall not prevail. Why change only one amendment to the Constitution? Why not have the whole set aside end "every man he a law .unto himself”? Men have tried for thousands of years to set aside the moral law, given by God Himself, hut It cannot he done. Every transgression brings punishment and will to the end of time. Jesus de clared. "Not one jot or tittle of the law shall pass." but lie also said to love God and our neighbors was the fulfilling of the law. If all fulfilled the law In this there would be no need foy other, laws. If "Reader" will get his Rlhla from where It has lain unread (or. If he has none, borrow one), and open to Isaiah 23, he will find there * complete pic ture of the drunkard and his horrible condition, also the punishment prom ised him and the judges who "err In judgment,” ns many Omaha Judges rn-e doing. (For example In the case of Krug, arrested a short time ago for manufacturing and possessing liquor, hut whom the judge set free, and con demned the officers who arrested him. Such Is the pow’er of money.) Read also In Proverb#) "Win# Is a mocker, snd strong drink Is raging, and whosoever Is deceived thereby la not wise." For proof of this let him look Into his own life and those of his friends, then read Proverbs 23:?? 35. Many more references might he given In both Old and New Tesla ment, hut space forbids. If he feels sure "enforcement Is a failure" T fear he reads and hears only the "wet” side of the question. If he will secure the Anti Saloon I.eague Year Book and read that, as well as reports of even local prohibition officers, he will find It Is not failure. Oh yes’ The law Is violated, hut so sre all laws. The laws against robbery and idTuder are violated every hour In the day. Is that any reason for setting them aside and having no opportunity to punish the violators? He gave his "plan" for enforcement, hut T think mine better. Place all liquor law vlo lators on an Island In an ocean, and with them all the liquor In our land and let them have all they want and nothing else, even water to drink. Then let them reform or "drink them selves to death." The world will he much lietter without them. A short time ago there wa» much excitement In Omaha over the dance hall end Its attendant evils, hut that seems to have died. I wish all, .hilt especially mothers apd daughters, would secure and read a booklet, "The First Drink; Dance Hall and Saloon.’’ The writer, a victim of "white slavery." knows the truth of what she wrote, and truthfully says: "Many young people learn to drink and gamble In their nwp home.” What a thought for pnrents! God hasten the day when all women shall realize the danger (and sin) In "card parlies" with or withnuf wine or Intoxicating liquor for or without "prizes ’* If thev will only consider the matter honestly, thev will renllze playing for a prize Is Just a* wrong ns playing for the mnnev which bought If. and no moth er who does ha* no right to he shocked, or condemn them, when their own children become gamblers snd drunkards, or svsn wnrss. for these habits lead to worse King Solomon, who gave msnv warnings alone this line, wrote "Woe to him that nutteth the jsattle to his neigh hnr's llns.” "Righteousness exalteth a nation hut sin Is a reproach to nnv people " Ynurn for ohnervanre nnd enforce ment. SrnRC'RlHKR. e-——n Jazz and Art V' Shelby, Neb —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: We have got to "get rid of our social and Intellectual prej udices again jazz and the popular forms of American entertainment," says Gilbert Seldes, the dramtic critic of "The Dial" and regular subscriber to "Vanity Fair." If jazz and slap stick movies are ‘‘popular,” as, be says, what fnore does he Want? T)n*w he want, urtanltuyiisf'consem -to. his predilection m rtt$*sa '"unflria arts" over the "serious arts" which he says "are great and eternal?” If our "prejudice” against these "popular” American arts Is "social and intel lectual," will we have to descend or ascend In the social and Intellectual scale to “get rid of It?" When the Vatican choir and the Ukranlan Choristers were over here, not long ago, was It social and Intel lectual prejudice which caused our musical critics to pronounce -their music beyond comparison with any we could produce? Why did not our critics hazard a comparison with our American art by "maintaining" that jazz "is just as artistic, wholesome and good In Its way” as Mr. Seldes avers? • We will concede to Mr. Seldes that "we cannot live on the fine arts alone,” and cheerfully admit that “a little nonsence now and then Is relished by the wisest men," but we opine that the agonizing blares fo a tortured trombone and the heart rending syncopations of a suffering saxophone, or the dexterous precision with which a slapstick artist plasters a pie or,a pancake on the facial topo graphy of his willing accomplice are] not altogether soul satisfying as ] steady contributions fo human hap piness. We will also willingly admit that jazz is not a compelling cause for "a girl to shoot her mother," and that wild west movies do not Inevitablv lead a hoy to confess crimes he never committed In order to lie “known as | a desperate gunman," but so manyl have attributed their stravlnih fromj youthful innocene# to "Jazzy" dance halls and “peppy,” dare devil movies, j that, if I were an art crltle, 1 would I hesitate to say anything which might add to their "popularity" with our Im pressionable youth. As to "Jazz intoxication," which one of your correspondents speaks of, we ourselves have seen, more than once, youth of both sexes, under the Influence of Jazz, dancing around a phonograph with bodily flexures which would rival the contortions of .1 war-dancing f'omanche to the sol emn strains of one of Isaac Watt s hymns, which they had inadvertently put on In the excitement. Altogether, judging from the quali ties, effects and associations of 1 jazz" and “slapstick movies," we are in elined to look upon them ns tem porary reversions towards savagery, and are hv no means proud of Gilbert Seldes’ claim that they are distinctive ly American arts: nor do we feel the least Inclination to pity the foreign ers because “they cannot do them abroad," as Mr. Seldes proudly as sures us. n. w. i. Cultivating 1’ubllr Good Will. From th* NVlight I.eader: The death of C. .1. Lane, freight traffic manager of the I'nion Pacific road, removes a unique and lovable character from the world's activities. Ilia capacity to make friends was limited only by the numlier of people he was able to come Into contact with. It took the railroad of this country innny years to learn the les son that It paid to make friends of Its patrons and prospective patrons and Charley Lane and a few more like him had more to do v.ith this chinge of altitude than many sup posed. Itnllroads wnnt buslne-s snd men of the Line tgjie brought it to them. No matter what may have been the mental attitude of railroad managers they wanted business and, while as a class they were slow to see the light, ^he success of Of the I Charley Tames finally drove it in upon them, lie was not only a valuable employe of his compuny but he did a_n Immense service to all railroads and to the public ns well by being such a big factor in the changing al titude of railroad magnates toward the public, an attitude to which the public responds. ^ When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rixmth— 250 Rilli\—R«(,< J. |0 $3 ' 1 ~ - ' - ' \r~-'> ii My Old Home Town v-_/ Bt CATHERINE ELIZABETH HANSON. The old streets look familiar * As I wander hack today To walk In sacred places Where my young feet used to stray. The buildings, old and crumbling, Were once modern in their time. To other eyes they're shabby, Rut they seem not so to mine.* Somehow, a faded glory,. \ Almost holy, too, it s^hrns, -,/• M ! Surrounds the little village Where I’ve dreamed my childish dreams. ' It’s good to see the old place After wandering all these years, But why the lonesome feeling, And these softly falling tears? There sweeps o’er me a sadness That I ycannot quite explain. It leaves me vainly yearning For the good old days again. I watch the little children Romp and play, and laugh and shout. And I feel strangely aged With these younger ones about. Where are the dear old faces : Of the folk 1 loved so well? Ah. long ago they’ve scattered. Where or whence, V cannot tell. Dry-eyed again I wander Through the wide world, up and down, Rut when I die just take me To that little old home town. For there I'm sure, the angels Have reserved a spot for me. Knowing bow much I love it— It’s my old home town, you steel fgihnr Keeps Steady Course. j From the Milwaukee Jsurnal, In his formal statement on policies of ehe American Federation of Labor, its new president indicates that the federation w ill continue along the con servative path blazed by Samuel Oompers. Organized labor under his guidance, says William Green, will re sist legalized compulsory arbitration and “abuse of the writ of injunction in labor disputes." as it has been doing. Mr Green is one of those high In the roup- «ls of the federation who opposed putting the federations en dorsement on the late lamented ‘third party** movement, in this he was in harmony with the Gompers policy of keeping labor's fortunes divorced from the fate of political f ictions, the wisdom of which was admitted.by the federation at the Rl Paso convention aft^r the campaign. In one direction, however, there Is likely to be a departure from the flompers regime, it Mr Green proves a strong executive For Mr. Green was a leader of the dry forces in Ohio when a member of the state leg islature. while Mr. Gompers urged I cht wines and beer. The loss of this support will be felt by those who still cling to hopps of a different in terpretation of the prohibition amend ment. And it seems most significant that even while Mr. Oompers was still at the helm, the federation at its annual convention In -November made no mention of 1 eht wines and beer. jr Oo [EUROPE] on American Ships - > i I _ I BEFORE you book your passage on your next trip to Europe investigate the Amer ican ships of the United States Lines first They satisfy the needs of the most exacting and dis criminating travelers. Find out from yourlocal agent the many attractive features of the ships ofj this company. He will give you full information about accommodations, rates and sailings. United States Lin*»s 110 So. DftrUrn S». Chicago Mumigtnt OfHrfltou for JJ) If. S. SHIPPING BOARD M III N IN NI 11* Of III I I' Tin OMAHA IIKK WANT AOS. ’ SUNNY SlIJE UP Hake Comfort. nor forge t. Qhat Sunrise ne\/erfailed us yet: C»Ua ‘jn.a.fTer _ V---■— - - ' s f A PRAYER. Teach me to walk Thy way aright. Help me to understand. Protect me by Thy gracious might And lead me by the hand. Give me a sympathetic heart • ’ That I may feel and jvnow The way to share In proper part With fellow creature's woe. Give me the gift to scatter smiles Along life's rugged way. And brighten all the weary miles We tread from dav to day. I ask pot wealth, nor power of place; I only ask,of Thee * That Thou turn not away Thy face, y- i, But grant Thy smiles td me. I ask for strength to meet each task , For those I dearly love— The strength, dear Lord, I humbly ask /.v- That cometh from above. Incline my heart to wisdom's way; "ft Guard me o'er moor and fen: » Lead me safe home at close of day, ‘ And Thine the praise. Amen! Beloved, let us open the Book of Books, turning to Act* 10:38 atjd reading, as follows: flow God annotated Jesus of Narareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devU, for God was f w ith Him. He Went about doing good" In those words is summed up the real work of the Master. Doing, not saying. In Matthew 7:21-23 we read: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord. Lord, shall enter Into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say unto me in that day. Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy riame have cast out devils'1 and In Thy name done many won derfulwork?? And then w ill I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.1’ Beware, dehrly beloved, of false prophets going nji and down the land professing to do great works in the Master's name, but wholly departing from His Messed example of loving admonition and the doing of good. -Search the record of His life as you will, you will find but one command that He laid upon those who profess to follow Him: "A new commandment I give unto you. That ye love one another.'1 Not by force and repression; npf by finite law-, but by love, by the doing of good, bv lofty sentiment and appeals to man's better nature, did He set about building the Kingdom of God on earth as It Is in heaven. > There Is a vast difference, dearly beloved, between going about doing good to all the people, and going about doing all the people good. Not every one that prophesieth in His name, not every one who pretends to ca st out devils In His name, not every one that seeketh the building of the kingdom by forcing man to be good Instead of inclining their hearts to good, will be accepted on that great dav*. -"He that heareth these works of mine and doeth them.1' What works? Good works—helping the weak. leading the blind, attending the sick, drying the tear* of Widows and orphans, lifting the fallen—doing good. False prophets ar* ever appearing on the scene of action. Ever-wnd anon they set up their own rules of faith and prac tice. ignoring the example of the Master whose whole life1* work Is summed Up in the words, "He went about doing good.” "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Brethren, incline vour hearts ‘to Ills word, and hearken not to those who would sub stitute the word of finite law. Be ye doers of the word as well as hearers thereof. ^ So endeth the lesson. 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