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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.
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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
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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 |
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Fjrm for Enforcement
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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.
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Jazz and Art
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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
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My Old Home Town
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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.
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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. I*et us stand up and sing:
"Work, for the night- Is coming.
Work through the morning hour*;
Work while the dew Is sparkling.
Work 'midst springing flowers."
And. singing, let us dedicate our lives to the work of going
al>out doing good, not merely talking about It.
WILL M. MAFPIN.
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