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GENTLE SPRING HAILED
WITH VARIED EMOTIONS
. BY DENIZENS OF ZOO
King of Beasts, in Satur
nine Majesty and Closely
Cramped Quarters, Finds
Little Joy,in the Coming
of the Vernal Season.
Rhino Hncln't Noticed II, Scnl
Unconcerned, Mother Bear
Delighted and Her Polar
Brother Disgusted Pea
cock and Monkeys Happy.
Pholoarapha littnhaUno thti arllrte mr
to be founil on Hip Imt'k papr.
"I see by our card," icmnrked the
King of Beasts. "ou icplc'scnl the
Kvbnimi Lkihiru. Mny I nsk wliothei
the business or news department'
"News," replied tlic rrporlei lie
laughed a Utile nervousl.v n lie salil
It The Zoo wns a now Meld or Inter
viewing for him. and lie wan not alto
gether sure of Ills siouiid.
"It's Just ns well," llio King of Roasts
added; "otherwise t must Imvo nskeil
J'Ou to excuse me Any concetti Unit
advertises a rate or 2.i rents a lln, as
somabod) told me llio.v did. shows n Inek
of conception of the dlitiill.v due inv
kind, and Uiev ounnot In leturn expert
mUch ronsldrntlon on in pmt. Urn
What run I do for nu as 11 lopmtor?'
"Von enn tell mo," answered the ic
porter, icgalnlng lit' none mid taking
the bull by the horn", us It were, except
for the fact Hint It uns 11 lion, not a bull,
nnd n. lion hasn't miv horns. ".vou run
tell me how on feci about the m-ilvul
of spring,"
"In one enpe, thetc Is no spring for
me from one enr's md to tin- other, not
In a cage 10 bv 12," icplltd his .Malcstv.
"but I suppose ou icfer to tlii'.' defini
tion of the word In reference to tv "en
eons. Will, It allows me to find inv pliue
In tlio sun, which Is onlv fitting nnd
proper. Is that "bat .sou wanted tu
know?"
RHINO AND SEALS QFERl'LOl'S
Tho repoitrr thought It was nnd pro
ceeded on his wh.v. Rhino wan next.
"Spring?" he repeated In answer tu 11
request for hi views. "Is It? Hadn't
noticed 1 suppose In a week or so, now
that yojl say It's heir, I'll begin to feel
that cold on the inside Hint Hlllv heto"
jvoltitlutr to his while goat pllijmiite
"told me from the outside I hnd cnught
several months nun. AH during Jnnuurv
1 hnvo suffered Intensely from a suveio
caso of sunburned lioulilors oontracleil
last August. Vou see I'm very thick and
It takes some time fur ueli things to
work from the outside In Hut. yoiiiseo."
looking affectionately at Hilly again,
"nothing ever ienll gets inv goat."
The reporter hurried on almost into the
pond where senls disport. "Don't bother
me with foolish questions," their leader
shot Ht the reporter "I'e had a bad
ease of fish nsh for the lust si'c e.irn
They won't feed me anything else but
fish, and I have no iluinee to net over It
Rut a spring sun makes It worst. Go
away; I'm In a grouch, and If I weio to
lose my temper you'd see niir finish like
you see I am. Get away!"
Which alone wns taken readily cuourIi
and the reporter next encountered Mother
Bear.
TLIOTtlEH BEAR 1IAPPY-A POLAR
onorcii.
"Nothing would suit me better," said
he. "than spring coming right now. I
have two Holing babies and I dnn't know
what I should do If I could not let them
outside to play. There Is nothing hauler
On one's nerves than having children
around tho house all day."
The polar bears were in an awful tem
per. "Can't you rend?" they snapped.
"'Don't annoy the. animals.' that sign
says and here you come talking lo us
about spring. Would ou believe It, the
water In this tank lias been above 31 de
grees all week'.' Positively tepid! Von
haven't a piece of Ice In jour pocket,
have you?"
-he reporter hadn't and lied The mon
keys In a chorus greeted him Joyously.
"Spring' You bet we're glnd. That
means out of doors for us, more peo
ple and more food and more fun. You
ought to Join us. we'd make a monkey
of you In a Jiffy."
"I don't know about that," i emai keil
one, swinging from a trapeze at the top
of the cage "It might have its dlincul
tles. Ills tale comes out of hlR head "
The hour was late and lest Keeper
Manly should lock him In tho reporter had
to hurry along with only a word hero or
there. The swnus were, all In nil. the
happiest nnlmals In the Zoo over the
prospect of warmer weather. The pea
cock was only a shade less Joyous.
"Think," he said, "how much more beau
tiful I will be with the sun lighting up
tho superb colors In my feathers." The
deer were too tlmld to talk, hut showed
their enthusiasm In their big brown eyes.
As the reporter paused out on the way
home Mr. and Mrs. Rhino were talking It
over,
"Ain't he got n crust, though," the lady
remarked, "to come butting around like
that?" '
"yes," responded her lesser half, "It
must be as bad as ours."
Illustrations on Hack Page
COMPUTES COST OF WAR
Ton Days' Expenses Would Build
Panama Canal, E. J. Cattell Figures.
City Statistician K. J. Cattell, who Is
fond of figures, estimates that what Is
being spent abroad In 10 days for tho
war would build the Panama Canal. He
made a number of other computations
yesterday, among them being.
"Every second $620 Is being spent; a
total of $375,000,000 a week for fireworks.
The war, therefore, wipes out of exist
ence every second 15 times the total pro
duction of the countless factories In
Philadelphia.
"The new Moyamensing docks will cost
the city $1,500,000 each, They will he
IMu feet i long by 300 feet wide. The
war expenditure represents a waste of
money which would build one of these
piers even 40 minutes and SO seconds.
"The money they ore blowing up over
there In 10 hours would pay for our fil
tration plant, and 36 hours of that waste
would duplicate our entire water, pump
ing, filtration and distributing systems,
"Two days and four hours Mould pay
our total ponded debt
"Three weeks would wipe from the
slate the funded debt of the nation.
"Ten day would build the Panama
Canal.
"Fpur and a half weeks of the war
costs a sum equal to the assessed valu
ation of all the real estate In Philadel
phia "
Church Revivals in Darby
lite Atlantic Association, of Darby
Borough Presbyterian Church, attended
service an a body last night. The ser
mon was preached by the. pastor, the
Kev. James R. Kerr This church will
tiotil revivals beginning March 1. Among
th weaker will be the Rev Qeorge
U owi. the Kav. Dr .fames B. Ely.
,if WMdtpfcia and lbs Kev Dr. Charles
i, Kiiib. gt Frioeftton Theological
MACHINE WHICH PROMISES TO CHANGE CITY'S
! fesyifl
Tlii' jitney bus, runiiinf? between
(J. S. URGED TO BUILD
AIRSHIP AND ARMOR
PLATE PLANTS HERE
Rei:
n'esentative Vare Con
sults With Navy Depart
ment Officials Over
Plans for Factories at
League Island.
A plant for tin- construction of aero
planes and dirigible balloons for the
fulled States Nav and an minor pluto
plant should be established at the Phila
delphia Xiivy Ynid, aecoidlug to Itepie
sentatixe William S. Vare. who Is In
Washington consulting with the ofllcials
of the Navy liepnrtnieiit with reference
to the woik. Mr. Vine estimates that the
liOernineiil could save a)l,VC0,00U a varb
building mi minor plate plant hero.
The plans for tho bnlloon and aero
plane factory have already been approved
by the Navy Dep.u tment and now await
the snuotlnii of Congress. This, It Is said,
will be given It Is to cost J10 0W and
Is to be capable of turnlns out tlnee
machines a month. K.ich machine is lo
cost nbout JG000.
Dhlylble balloons. It has been decided,
.lie as Important an adjunct to the nnv
as aeroplanes Their ability lo remain
statlonai', hovering over ono spot to
direct the Mist on an eneim. Is believed
to be an advantage over the heavlei-ihan-uii
niii' of ail ships
Coinnlelo estimates showing the eosi
of electing an armor-plate plant at the
Philadelphia navy ard hao been pie
paied ami show that tho lost of estab
lishing a :0,nOO.ton plant, which would
Mipply minor fni two battleships and the
necessary ballistic, experimental nnd
shell-test plates would be 10,3.11,9Jii. This
was lt"iii.zeu as follows:
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nrrice
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locomotive house fliul rolling Hack.
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Kle.lrl. i oT linuee ami trunnmis-
Mon linos . ...
Han prndurer bouse
Co.il Mortice nnd crushing plant .
Open-hearth i.lont
Korittnir nnil l-eiiritiiK shop
Cementing nnl tempering shop
Maehlne shop . .
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Tin iier rem. Inclilriitnls. etiEineer
tnir expenses, unforeseen tnnlln
aTOTICiHd M0 SM
C.rniul loul . . M0.3ll.u0il
Tho Congressional Committee pointed
out that It would bo unneces.sar for Hie
Government to purchase land, ns It owns
ampin ground nt the navy yard, which
"Is tin Ideal place for the erection of such
n plant, as It Is accessible botli to deep
water, transportation and railroad facili
ties, Is near the source of coal and Iron
supply, nnd has a fine labor market."
HAS POLICEMAN'!? SLAYGIl
A SISTEIt? OH IS IT A CODE?
Gunman's Persistent Allusion to Rela
tive Causes Suspicion,
WILMINGTON, Del.. March 10. Has
Peter Melba, the muideier of Policeman
frauds X Tlerney, n sister, whom he Is
anMoiiK to see, or Is he using a rode to
call friends to his assistance" This Is
the question which Is agitating the people
who have close followed the case In
this rlty. The police have not yet found
whether be has a sister, nnd Is Investi
gating tho point.
Whenever Melba has been pressed for
a statement or has been In a. tight piseo
lie has made the one remark:
"Send for my sister; sho will be here
soon."
The answer never varies. He used It
when the pollen were trlng to get him
to make a statement at the workhouse
and ho used It when arraigned In court.
Tho police of Wilmington nnd New
Ilrltalii, Conn, In the Investigation of the
murder of the new Joseph Zebroys and
his housekeeper, Kva Olllman, In New
Britain, found a series of code telegrams
which are similar to remarks which Melba
has made from time to time
It was found that when Bernard Mont
Vld, alias Charles Morris, wanted Melba
lin wlied, "Your sister Is 111. come." This
telegram from one to the other nlways
brought tho man to whom It was sent.
The police of Hrookllne. Mass , are ex
pected to establish whether Melba and
Montvld ure the men who murdered a
drug ilerk and wounded several others In
that place on November 20. The Newark
(N, J.) police also suspect the men of
having been Implicated In a big robbery
there. According to their confession,
Montvld and Melba met In Boston Just
about the time the drug clerk was mur
dered. Irvin S. Williams to Speak
An Illustrated lecture by Irvin S. WIN
Ham on "The Forests of Pennsylvania"
will be delivered at the Newman Catholla
Club, 303 North tld street, tonight.
Weeps for Kissing Cow
ST I.OUI8, March 1. Miss Frances K.
Peters, a wealthy spinster of Klrkwood,
fainted In police headquarters when she
Identified a cQwskln found on two Ne
groes aa that of Pearl, a thoroughbied
cow she raised herself and was accus
tomed to kiss trood-nlght every evening
rugaliuoc consciousness, she became hys
terical and sprcii; at the Nesroea to at-
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA", TUESDAY, ivrABGH
City Hall nnd Diamond street on Broad, on which nil rides nre five cents,
SUiXDA V PLEADS FOR
VIGOR IN RELIGION
( out I nurd from Parte line
In Italic.''. All some folks nre good for
Is to mnl.e up a crowd, nnd 1 don't want
you to bo lll.o that. If you go fioin
these Institutions with a wealth of know I-
edge and haven't got something else, jour
life lias been a failure.
"Remember." h" continued, "you luno
two educations, the one given ,ou in
xeliool nnd college anil the other ou get
.wiiirxp; f Vou will be astonished when
you giaduate to discover how much ou
liae luuini'd that won't be of any lien
to ou, nnd .wiu'd be amazed to find out
how much thev hawm ( i thai
would havo been of uso to you."
"15lll ' imiveil Ihe aiiueine ,, uiiighter
many times hv Hie nee nf plctuiejuiue
slnng when be was iclatliu phns.es nf
school life. At one time lie spoke of tho
"'hunts de llljsees " mid biought id.iii
or laughter when he explained he would
t-penk In Trench.
"Of course," he s.ild, ".nu lining folks
Knew whnt I wi talking nbout, .lint these
oldei folks didn't get It."
At ii im tlier time "Hilly" warned the eol
lecu and school girls not to he lllio "tho
frl.zled-liendcd sialics" who sit down nt
their pianos and nine: "Hoes the Spear
mint I. ove Its flavor on tho Bedpost
Over Night."
GROWS SI'DOKNI.V SKftlOfS.
Tho Innghler which followed this Bnlly
died quickly when lie said.
"Have an aim In life. Don't be a re
vamp. Know your own business bett-r
than any oph else does. If, when wu
graduate, vou mo only us good as a
thousand othei people, jou'll find tho
competition pietu keen But If win
a ro better than the thousand, .win will
be In a elnss In joursclf, and It won't
be wr haul to leaw the otheis behind
"To bo reudj Is half the bnttle of suc
cess," he said "lime faith in .ouisclf.
Xeor icst until you can rate .our weak
oil qunlln as high as .our strongest.
Develop the litue of kindliness. Glow
up to bo good men and women, and
you will not have un thing lo woiiy
about In the battle of life which lies
mead of j on."
At tin. f.niii.l nutiiti if 11m em limn .T.i"
! s"i'da spoko a few winds. "Hilly" then
Minion nanus wiiii loose w no gamereii
in on nil the pulpit and then went lo his
aulomobllo to return to Philadelphia.
MHSSAGI-: FHOM SICK KIHBNI1
A telephone message from a man who
said ho wouldn't die happj unless he saw
"Blllj" Sunday, iaucd the cwingillsi to
bo several minutes late at Biyn Mawr
this morning The message caiiie mmi
Di. Isaac Welsh Blown. SOS South Dlst
stieet, who has been lonllned to his home
by an Illness fiom which ho does not cx
pci.t lo recover.
Mr. Sunday went lo Doctor Brown's
hnuj-e in his automobile and spent soinn
minutes nt the hedsldo of the linallil.
Doctor Hi own formerly was an enthusi
astic follower of the Athletics, and for
jeaia traveled with tho team on many of
its trips.
Notwithstanding the unusual strain
Sunday has been under during the 10
weeks he has been conducting the long
est and most strenuous campaign of his
career, ho said he was feeling fine, this
morning, when he aroso and was ready to
plunge Into the 11th and final week of
the revival work. This Is the week ho
has simply thrown In for "good meas
ure." If he opens his campaign in Pater
son on March -3, as it Is planned, he will
have less than a week's rest between the
two revivals. Originally, lie bad planned
for two or threo weeks of rest, as ho
knew tho Philadelphia campaign would
tn all his stiength.
Sunday will pieach this afternoon on
"The Conversion of Saul" The subject
of the seimon for tonight Is "The Incar
nation." or "Christ's DlWnlt." "Billy'
has announced from tho platform that he
would help those who may have some
doubts and difficulties In feeling confident
of the divinity of Chrlt.
As usual, the members of the Sunday
party are busy with special meetings
during the week. These meetings In fac
tories, shops, stores and schools will be
held every day during the week except
on Saturday.
CHESTER MEETING PLANNED.
Plans arc being made for Sunday to
talk at Chester on Friday. Although they
are not completed, It Is understood that
he will address the students of the Penn
sylvania Military College and other stu
dents of that town and vicinity. His trip
will be made In the forenoon.
"Billy" and "Ma" will leave this city
for their home at Winona Lake, lud., Im
mediately after the close of the meeting
next Sunday evening, when the evange
list will preach his fourth sermon on the
closing day. Their plan Is to catch the
train due to leave Broad Btreet Station
at 10:24 o'clock.
President Rea, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, has made arrangements for
this train to stop at AVInona Lake.
Homer A, Rodeheaver, the choir leader,
went to Swarthmore this morning and
spoke to the students. He conducted
the noon prayer meeting at 1016 Market
street, at 13:15 o'clock. Mrs. William
Asber was at the John B. Stetson fac
tory at noon and spoke to the employes In
the auditorium, 1th street and Montgom
ery avenue.
CHINA IN FEAR OF INVASION
TIEN-TSIN, March . Pekln Is con
siderably alarmed and excited by re
ports that 30,000 Japanese, under con
voy of a naval siuadron, have left for
China. There la nothing In the diplo
matic situation to justify the dispatch
of troops at this juncture.
Such a. movement may bring about
Internal trouble n China, where the
feeling tiw reached a Uaagerouj pitch.
TRANSIT SITUATION
JITNEYS TO BE BUILT
AND RUN IN THIS CITY
ON A LARGE SCALE
:
I J3usj1)ess jyj;en an Legist
-i l j-1 ID "
tOl'S LOllSlUer tile 1 OSS1
bilities of Manufacture,
Operation and Need of
Regulation.
Philadelphia now plans lint only to
adopt the Jitney bus, lint to manufnctuio
It, thus making the Western Innovation
bring n double shine of pinspeilty toWi
Eastern city .
Discussion of thu Jitney bus Is passing
fiom the t palms nf passengers and would
be p.iSM'ngeis to the circles of business
men, who ale planning lo lake advantage
of Its popuhiiltv. and of legislators, who
am getting ready to legulate Its opera
tions. Ono company Is endeavoring to obtain
a finnchise fiom Councils to enable It
to opciute on a large scale in tills eltj.
A (icrmnntown business men's .issoclu
tlou met todnv to consider plans to opei
ate Jltue.vs In that section of tho eltj.
Two Philadelphia manufacturing flrim,
whlih last ear sold several hundred jit
ney buses In other eltle., aru pliinnlng
to Increase their output.
Philadelphia manufnctuieis of vehicles
have been aware of the cominercl.il possi
bilities In the making of jitnoy buses.
Thn Fulton Walker Company, 12th and
Locust siieets. I us I etu sold moie than
-00 niolor i chicles which aio opeintlng
us jitney buses In other cities, In addition
to many moio which are iiiunlng on a
10-cent fare basis, as on tho Cth avenue
line In New Yoik. Springfield, Mass ;
Plvmuuth. P.i., and Cumbcilund, Mil.,
aro nuuing tho cities which me using
this firm's output.
HfSES .MADE FOR MANY CITIES.
Another company In this city, famous
foi Its production of street cars, sold
about HW motoi buses Inst J ear, of which
somo went to New Yoik for the 5th
nveniio line and the rest wero put In
servbo us lithe s.
The cities seived Include Saw Orleans,
Washington, Hlimlnghatn. Ala.: Houston,
Tex.; Syracuse, N v.. Horuell, N. V.j
Stamford, Conn.: Miami, Fla., mill Salis
bury, Md. Salisbury, with Its fcuX) to
10,000 Inhabitants, has no trolluy system,
and It plans to depend entirely upon Jlt
uev service for tinnslt facilities.
Both these firms aro working on plans
for Inireuslng their pioductlon. In ono
of them the sales manager la devoting
his time almost exclusively to preparing
for the growth of Jitney popularity.
The Germantown Business Men's Asso
ciation planned this morning to mnp out
ii Jitney route fiom the Interaction of
Germantown and Chelten avenues lo Rox
borough. It will offer a financial guar
antee for a jitney bus line, the amount
of the guarantee to be fixed by com
petitive bidding. Prospective bidders will
accompany a committee of tho asso
ciation over possible loutes. An attempt
will be made to open the lino as soon a
possible.
Although the distaiue Is three miles as
the crow files. It Is between six and eight
miles by trolley. The traveling time is
about one hour, with the paying of two
trolley fares, the use of threo car lines
and a walk of several squares. It Is sail
tho trip cun he made In 15 minutes In jl
Jitney. Additional routeo beneficial in
Germantown business men will be planned
later.
BIU. IN STATE SENATE.
Edward W. 'Patton, of this city, Intro
duced In the State Senate a bill permlt
Ing city governments to pass ordinances
establishing icasonable rates of license
fees on nil motor vehicles emplojed In
transporting passengers for pay over
fixed routes, regulating the operation of
such vehicles, tho rates to be charged
and designating the routes. The fees,
under the provisions of the bill, would go
to the City Treasury.
The Board of Trades Directors, at al
most the same time, was adopting a
resolution urging such legislation In view
of the expeilence of western cities,
where tho Jitney Industry grew so rapidly
as to evade lavva to regulate It.
The United Traction Improvement Com
pany made application to Councils last
September for a franchise to operate
gaso-electrlo buses over three routes,
serving North, South and West Phila
delphia, on a five-cent fare basis, or
six tickets for 25 cents. A demonstra
tion was made for the Highway Com
mittee, and the bus was on exhibition In
front of City Hall for two weeks.
Upon the granting of the franchise
the United Traction Improvement .(Com
pany promises to start building U0 buses
and garages for their housing. It agrees
to have the three routes In operation In
one year after that time,
The chief engineer of the company
points out that the only ordinance ot
Councils regulating the operation of buses
was passed In 1907, controlling the run
ning of bueea on Broad, West Diamond
and North 33d street to Dauphin, and
that Its terms are prohibitive for suc
cessful operation with a -cent fare. A
license of 1W a yer which it demand
1 ald to make operation on a 6-cept
fare impossible, because of tho small
working- margin.
"CONVEnSION OF SAUL"
I see n man wllh hale In Ids lienrt'
minder In his soul and with n smile of
fiendish Joy on bis face, ns ho stands
watching the clothes of brutish men,
who have Just stripped off their garments
nnd thrown them In n heap al his feet,
while wllh cries of fury they tnko up
I groat stones and rush upon Stephen,
who. a moment Inter, lies crushed, bleed
ing nnd dead.
Later on I see the same rnsn receiving
hi letters of nilthoilly from the lilarh
priests giatitlng him permission 10 im
prison and kill men nnd women nnd chil
dren, and Ihe bnlv crime with which they
havo ben charged Is that they loved nnd
served the only perfect being tho world
has over known, Jesus Christ, the Son
of God.
I so" the same man, with a stnnv
heart, galloping here nnd there, tearing
men fiom their families, women from
their children, and dragging them beforo
llio authorities, who land thorn In prison
to rot nnd to dlo for thn faith they havo
prorcssed In tho Son of God. 1 see women
with disheveled hair, faces full of agony,
slietchlng their hands forth nnd Implor
ing mercv 1 see the little children cunn
ing to their inothots' skirts. Such n sight
should melt the henrt of any man, such
I a sight ought to have melted a piece ot
I steel, et tills man showed no mercy, this
mnn who Is drended on overy hand, whose
name Is whispered In nwc. this name
i which makes strong mon turn pale when
it is uttered in their presence this nnmo
which makes the women clutch their ba
' bies to- their henrls III terror, because thev
I know not how soon Ihelr babies will be
tiin from their breast b.v this human
, llend No mnn who hnnois the mini" of
Jesus dates lo uhIIc the streets of .lorn
snleni opvnlv People b tho thousand
hnvo been dilvon from the Holy City.
Hitter pefHectitlon has been waged by
Saul of Tarsus, and the people have scat
(eml over Ihe land to hide from Ills lion
hnnd, lest they be put to death.
STARTS FOR DAMASCUS.
"But he still pursues them, even Into
stiaugo cities, spies them out and drags
them bound back to Jcrusnlom.
"At last he goes to Damascus on his
mad mission of cruelty nnd hale, and ns
ho neais tho city, where ho hopes to
glut his vengeance, I see him as he Is
suddenly struck to the ground, at mid
day, by a blinding light fur beyond the
lulRlitniss of tho sun, nnd as it falls
from tho sky a voire calls to lilm, sny
1 - 's.iul, Saul, why pei.secutesl thou
Me?'
'And Saul, the murderer: Saul the
persecutor, persecutes none of tho saints,
from that daj to this In Philadelphia.
"Some veins iiro some of the wild nnl
mals In Central P.uk broke luce. They
made the night hideous with their shilcks
and set e.i ins. Pcop'o were leiror-Mr ck u.
when suddenly thev ceased and stooil
tieuilillng. What was tho cause'.' A man
on u building tinned n stiong searchlight
upon them and they quailed with fear
beforo Its power. As wu all know, ani
mals will not no near a light, and tinvel
irs In the forests build fires for pio
tectlon. "In an Infinitely greater way Snul wns
i hanged by the bright light ns It streamed
down from heaven Before the light
camo hn was like a panther, icndy lo
strike down any one who believed In
Jesus. You may expect n ihlld to tlay
with n buzz-saw without halm, but joii
in.iv expect no meicy from one whoso
heart Is tilled with religious hatred. Saul
was that sort when nbout lo enter Da
mascus. Woo unto tlu) follower or Jesus
who was unfoitunato enough to fall nto
his clutches. 1 guess Chilstlnns must
havo bad a 'sky-gram' telling of Saul's
coming, but they all hnd backbone larger
than n twine stilng, and not ono of tlieiu
thought of i milling away when the battlo
got harder.
"Tho early church seems to have had
some Ideas along practical lines which
aro obsolete In our dnv. Tho saints In
those dnj s seemed to lejolco whenever
they had an out-nnd-out chance to suffer
because of their belief in Jesus. It Is
hard to icallo that theio ever was a
time when a man's religion innde him
so uncompromising that he was mote
ready to be thrown Into tho lion's den
than some people today are to turn their
faces toward church.
"Some people aro so thin-skinned that
they go up In the air whenever the name
of Jesus Christ Is mentioned.
PRAYED 1-OR DELIVERANCE.
"Thcro can hnidly be nny doubt about
tho effect that the news of Saul's com
ing hud on tho Damascus saints. I have
no doubt but they called an nll-nlglit
piaycr meeting, and that they held moie
prayer meetings, that they held them
more often aftor this news reached them
than they did before. And you can rest
nssmed that some biand-nevv majors
wcie made. They didn't pray tho old
stereotyped prayers which can be heard
In tho average prayer meeting up and
down the land today. They prayed that
thoy might be delivered from this enemy,
and I have no doubt they quoted such
promises ns the 46th Psalm 'God Is our
refuge nnd strength, a very present help
In time of trouble.' Or they might have
quoted Joshua I, 0 'Havo not I com
manded thee? Be strong and of good
courage bo not afrnld neither bo thou
dismayed, but tho Lord thy God Is with
thee, withersoever thou goest.'
In tho thickest of tho conflict
Ho will be thy strength and shield;
Guar ng thee from overy weapon
Satan s crafty urm can wield,
"And yet, although they bald faith and
full assuruuee. He who said 'Lo, 1 urn
with vou alvvuys' was there and would
glvo dellvirar.ee. Not oven Anaiiias, who
was undoubtedly leader of the little Chris
tian band, seems to have had faith to
piay for the conversion of Saul. I would
not say that no praying had been done
for the conversion of Paul; In fact, I be
lieve there was, and that It prevailed with
God. 1 hellevo that somebody must have
sont up a piaycr which was winged with
such faith that tt brought Jesus Himself
down to answer It, nnd the angels took
up their harps nnd got ready to sing the
music they mver uso except a sinner re
rents. 1 don't know who made this
jirayer, hut l Deneva tnat wniio it was
being made all heaven must havo been
filled with expectancy. It may have been
made by some tlmld, white-haired mother
In Israel who 'bad been deprived ot an
only son, who had been thrown Into prison
by Saul, beaten with many stripes and
left to die. Terhaps the Holy Spirit
threw a. ray of love Into her soul and
she may have seen by the eye of faith
what great things could happen through
one who had ever been such an enemy
it only God could save dim. Anyway,
It Is certain that a prayer wont straight
Into the great white throne, which brought
the giant sinner down to dust, crylnr.
'i-ord, what wilt Thou havo me do?1 I
want you to note this. The moment that
light fell upon him he was ready to go
to work for bis new Master, The mo
ment the light of the Son of God came
Into his life iie was ready to go out and
work for Him. He wanted to do some
thing to make up for the .miserable,
wicked Ufa he had lived. This, then, la
the man who wrote the declaration of my
text, with a stylus held In a hand that
wore fetters for Jesus' sake.'
GREAT TRANSFORMATION.
"A greater transformation In the char
acter ot a man Is Inconceivable. Nothing
less than a supernatural power could
have done this, and that Is what Saul
frankly confesses when he say. 'He
loved me and gave Himself for me.'
"Saul had been a murderer and be
knew It He had once bad a devil's heart
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pTTJTTNDSSERMON TODAYjl
I nnd ho knew It. Theso now were cruel
fled. Tho old Adnn. In him had led Ihe
moment ho knew tno iovo ui '"" ..
"When I'nul left Jerusalem ho dldn t
know ho was going to Damascus In a
tend a prayer meeting. Ho hnd set out
upon his Journey with hate nnd "tte
In his heart, but when the light fell on
him nt mlddny ho wan sttuck to tho
giound. Heaven's artillery has a hair
trigger, nnd it shows how quickly God
can help Ills people when tho einoi
gency arises. Tho voice Hint Paul henrd
was spoken In his mother tongue, nnd
when he heard It his power of persecution
wns gone.
"Saul vvn trembllng-biit ho never
trembled afterwatd. Tho man who fears
God fears nothing as far as this world Is
concerned.
"Paul said. 'What wilt thou have me to
do?' Thnt meant ho was ready to go to
wot It for his new Mnsler and he never
asked for a vacation from thn time that
Josus Christ enme Into his llfo until he
died.
"Tho Lord said to Paul 'It shall be told
thee.' Tho Lord doesn't tell us every
thing nt once.
" 'Tho men stood Bpecchlcss ' Folks
who are nhvajs talking In a high Itey
about hypoerlten keep quiet when God's
power Is shown. This Is nlvvavs the case,
not only In Paul's time, but It Is ns true
todny ns over In the hlstorv of the world.
"In the next verse I rend 'they hennl a
volco but could see no man.' Noah's
carpenters couldn't sen any slalis nf coin
ing rnln. You can depend Upon It. Paul
helped to get some of their ejes oponed,
I road 'thev led hltn by tho hand.' They
didn't drng him wllh a ropo n round Ills
neck, as ho had Intended to tin with
tho Chrlstlnns. They showed film overy
courtesy nnd klndnons.
BLIND FOR THREE DAYS.
' The Bible says 'he wm three days
without .sight.' Yes, but ho trained more
In tliof threo days than some of us do
In n lirctlme
"1 read ncnln, 'and there wns a certnln
tljclple nt Damascus named Annnlns,'
Now, Ananias was not a stat -preacher
hu wasn't n doctor of divinity, neither
was he a theological professor. But lie
wns taught of tho Lord to do personal
work. Ho hnd lived close enough In the
Lord so that Ho could toll him things.
How the nngcls must have envied Ann
nlns when Ihcy saw hltn putting on san
dals to go to tho house of .Indus.
"'And to him, said tho Lord In a vis
Ion, 'Ananias ' And ho said, 'Behold,
hero I nm. Lord.' Ho wasn't at somo
Dutch lunch, ho wasn't at somo theatic,
ho wasn't nt some brldgo whist party
somo beer guzzle oi wine sizzle. Ho
was on tho Job when tho Lonl wanted
him.
"The trouble with many today Is that
when Odd calls them they me somowhete
else, they nro never mound when wanted.
"'And tho Load said unto him, Arise
and co Into the street which Is called
Minlght, mid inquire In the houfre of
Juilns for one culled Saul of Taisus, for
behold he prujeth' Now Judas was un
other son or a nonentity imothei no
bodv. Saul had been used to being feast
ed and entei tallied at tho houses of loval
ty. hut now he didn't slop with tho ioid
niii.vor, he .stopped just where the Lonl
told him, with a man of obscurity, with
ono who hud not been much In society,
wllh ono who had little standing among
the i leh nnd fashionable of the city.
"'lie had authority fiom ihe chief
priests.' That wan Ihe beginning of high
license. The chief priest's autlioiity
could not make a black sin white. God
sold to him. 'Surfer for my sake.' Angels
would bo glad to give up their harps lot
a cltanie to wear a crown of ihoin.s mid
sutler for Chilst'o sake.
" 'Brother Saul.' No six months proba
tion theie. Those Damascus saints knew
how to get next to a fellow. As boon as
ho was tilled with tho Spirit his eves were
opened. Thnt Is nlwnys the case.
"You get light with God and you'll bo
dumbfounded with the things you'ao
blind to now
"'Dnjs with tho disciples.' They wero
not drawing pay for tho scars they bore
In tho days when they were true lo God
and stood ugainst his brutality.
LESSONS FROM CONVERSION.
"1 want you to noto now what tho con
version of Paul teaches. See Acts ix, 1-10.
"Fhst: All are not saved in the samo
way. Theio Is no othei conveislon llko
Puul's leeoidcd ill tho Bible.
"Second: avnowlug Christ does not re
form. It legenerates.
"Third: Culture cannot save. Paul had
It Ho was ii Hellcul. He had lived in
a Greek city a college town. He was a
Roman citizen. He was also n Jew. Paul
was one or the I'haiisee.s. Ho wns highly
educated. He knew all the theology there
was to know yet the devils had him
thoiotighly bioken to tho harness and
trained In all Ills gaits.
Fouith: A mini may be sincere and
earnest and et lie vwong. The man who
built tho (list Eddj stone llghthouso said
no storm could ever hint It. lie slept In
It to show his faith, but he lost his llfo
when tho llghthouso wont down during
a terrific stoun. Ills sincerity nnd earn
estness had nothing to do wllh tho sta
bility or tho lighthouse. Your conscience
may bo wrong. Just tho samo as a watch
may bo wrong, mid tho only tegulator,
the only guide for our faith and practice.
Is tho word ot God. God llkea to work
with good tool.s as well us wo do. Tlieie
was u time when we plowed with a
crooked stick, when we rodo In oxcarts.
It was all right as long an we hail to
do It, us long ns wo had nothing better,
but wo don't do It now. Neither docs tho
Lord. Ood began with the unlearned
Ignorant fisherman because He had to.
Paul was tho first man of real culture In
tho church of his day.
"Notice another thing: His couvers'nu
did not chniigo his Individuality. It sanc
tified It. When the Loul Jesus comes Into
our Ileal t It simply changes lion into
steel. Every man seems to be bom with
n twist In him. Ood either cannot or
will not take It out. Wo can seo this
in rverv man spoken of In tho Illlile;
especially Is this so In tho caso of Paul.
"Tho devil often grinds tho ax with
which God hews. Phainoh educated
Moses. Many of God's best helpers have
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heen taken from tho devirsTTT
Look nt Bunvnn. .lni,J 'ro"l!
Mueller, Sam llndley, Harry "
Trotter and hundreds of othlt".
name, who spent much nf n.'?."" ttV,
In tlolotiM living and away'V'!"'
who havo since become n J?"1 C
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um ice mo say tin, .. 1
Christ Is not an eff.min.i. .ifWi,
cross upon which Jesus 6,a r H
covered with veneer or viw. J" U
Christ Is some hlng more IhAfe
down In n rocking chair and ,ln7
Think of the Home Over The,,. I"1"
Is a spark ot ninnhood In ,.. ! ""
to Christ will bring it out, h, ;''''
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.hu iiicuiiii ii imrenanaed fleht Ji;?
devil tn n finish, m wltl
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"I heard tho other day about nt...
bargained with an ex.Drln.M.?JM.
3ilm 30 sparring lessons fn. i J'l'tt
prize lighter made all t1B fen0,,j!?
feo In ndvance, then li0 rMo M'J1
Inst lesson first and elaook ih.m !A
that none of them ever went back fli?
other S3 lessons. That's the ..
mo when I fight the devil, i JL$
to glvo him the best In tho , l',
first nip; 1 always try t0 put tlj,
of business nt tho very start ,A,M
will keep his distance In lh f'tur"?
"Paul struck the devil fair SuS,
eves tho very first lick by -1 f
Christ, that Ho Is tho Son of bod l
who docs that always stir. kj ,E
Paul had never read any booifS
the divinity of Christ. But UuLf,
about thnt when ho was struck X, '
the blinding light on tho Damfiaafti
ItBAP WHAT WB SOW. 7
"God can do great things nlth
people. With n worm He can Kiwii
mountain It It will hold still N0i ij
God used Judas lo open the eyeaofS
AUn the men whn made the bktij
aopo with which Ho was let donn fni
the wall. Suppose thoao two nun S
failed to put honest material In thebuls
nnd In the rope, what would have r
tho result? That bnsket played a mirth
big pnrt In tho history of tho vvorld i
n big part of the New Testament villi
that basket when Paul was In then -"Wo
must reap what we low, Nj
had to suffer for Christ, but he wjimS
reaping what he had sown, for hh
compelled others to suffer became 5
their faith In Jesus. The devil d.i
of his deepest plowing with religious bin. !
..muiiiiik "uiiub in uiiio muro man itflua.
lug beads when compared to the come!
slon of Paul; and don't forget that Til
never ihicksiiu. inn ines motto u
'This one thing I do. "
Search for Hunaway GlrJ
Officers of the Court Aid Soclihr .'
making efforts to locale onlv on, H
tho three gills who escaped from Hi'
House of "Jctentlon. 1701 Summer ilns'
Si.uilay night. Two of llio girls t(ri
being dcMlned onl.v until their finlja
could be located, but the third It i $
nilli a serious offense charted atiisai
her. She Is believed to be the ry.'j
leaner in me eauiipe. i ne auinorilleiuftl
not "divulge her name At noon tip etui
bad been f unci that would aid the iuri
uis to locate the girl. t
Fencers' Club Will Entertain
The FelicersJ Club, of Philadelphia, l
give an Informnl tea nnd reception U'
their new president, Dr. R. Talt McKV
zle. nnd his wife, on Snturday afuraooj,'
nt the clubhouse, 1417 Locust street Still
Elizabeth Klrkhrlde and Mist DorMSjJ
Unriics will preside nt the tea tablM.Tti
other olllcois of the club are Mlsi Klfy
balde, vice piesldent. Miss Barnes, tre
uier, and Louis M Fleischer, eecrtUr.
Funeral of Clayton Contour
me iiiueini or uiayion uonrow, oirenor
nf tho Mnnieslnwn TriiRt CnitfnflJiv. tu S
died Saturday, was held today from Iff
homo in Clunliulusou, neat- Rlvertoa;
N. J. Ho was 78 joins old. and forroedji
wns n dlioctor of the First National Bui
of Camden. He was a member of Ujj
Society of Friends. ,
OBITUARIES
A
Frederick Hemsley
7.Vei1eitrI. HemHlev. fiO years old. a
widely-known clubman and for jeanpaSJ
mloini' of larco hotel nroocrtlea. dledbii
yestcaduy afternoon at his home. Mil Ptjjj
Lnncey street, fiom a brief attack &f
heart disease. Mrs. Hemsley a (M
inerly engaged In the wholesale dye tcH
ness While he was ii devotee of tMJ
activities, ho took considerable Intend
In nhllnnthronlc work His (rrandfatlw
was Blshon Henrv Onderdonk. formeriiT
Episcopal Bishop ot Pennsylvania. MM
Hemsley attended tho Holy Trinity tpm
copal Church, 19th nnd Walnut ittetw
and was a member of the Racquet, nJ'j
nor. Merlon Cricket. Philadelphia tt1,
tii niiH 'Miitilinlm pIiiIm nnd the Um08
League. Due dato of tho funeral IUI'
announced later.
Cant. Henry King
ST. LOL'IS, Mo , March 16. CapUla
Henry King, editor of the Glob DeniJ
orat, and veteran of tho Civil V.U. o"-i
. ao..l.i.. nt tin, linine of htl SOfl'18:
law. Dr. Nelson J. Hawley While aetiri
I., TV.,,, mantle nnlltlPS. lie twice dCCllW
mi offer to send him to the United Statu
t-.....A ..-oSa,-..!,- In enntlnllft hlS CTKl
enin, .icn nib . .'-""- Vj.Til
.is ii Journalist. lapiain i" "i
n.nl,lH, T l.,nnli rlA lllH "IflSt SP M
at Blooinlngton, ill. when that tSJJItl
was opposed to the extension of 'Wjii
into the Territories.
Charles Ficker
Charles Ficker, for many yw s
urcr of tho Fnlrmount Avenue BulldiM
Association, died yesterday at HU tm
deuce. 2o:'S West Glrarcl avenue. """i z
yeais old. and was n member of tM "a
ninnn Lodgo No. 125, K ana A. , "!
several other societies Three dluiMW,
and one son survive him ,ThMS
I nursiiay luiernuun. .v .
nt Westminster Cemetery
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