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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915.
G
BREfflNGER'S REPORT
ADMITS PAYMENT OF
RENT BY MOVIE MEN
Also That Board of Assist
ant Censor and Other
Expenses Were Provided
by the General Film
Company.
District Manager Hennessey I
Declines to Comment State
Censor Maintains Silence 1
Under Attack as Breach j
Widens.
ltAlUlISBtma, March IT. -J. Louis
Dreltlhger, Stnto moving picture censor. I
In his annual report to the State, admits,
among other things, the contention of the
film men that they paid for Iho censor's
headquarters In Philadelphia mid for the
room and board of tho assistant consul,
Mrs. Nlver. lie also admltH thrtt tbo i
General Film Company furnished nnl '
equipped Ihe Philadelphia opeintlng loom i
at Ha own expense, on the censor had no i
allowance on which to draw, nnd that
this company also advanced further
moneya for operatftiR expenses. In his
report covering from .tunc I to licoemher
31, 1914, Mr. Brcltlnger sa.vs
May Ii, 1911 Minuter rend and tip
proved. Mr. HrcltlnKer reported thut
the nim companies nnd exchanges laid
agreed to provide a projection room In
Philadelphia without expense to the
hoard, Including expenses of the piu
Jecllon rooms, clerk, nnd the addi
tional expense of additional censor
white In Philadelphia, providing nil tin
censoring was done In Philadelphia,
so as to save Inconveniences and ex
penses to tho dim companies for suili
work. Mr. Breitinger ropoited that
the General Film Company had tinder
taken to furnish nnd equip the rooms
for the purpose and pay the costs In
connection therewith, the vailous film
companies to return to the llenernl
Mlm Company their pro rntn share
for the films censored on their behalf
Tho second Moor of the southeast
corner 13th and Vine stieets was se
lected for the projection room, and
tho lease win entered Into nt the
rental of J75 a month, to Include heat
ing nnd ordinary lighting, but not
electricity consumed for projection
purposes. The nccessarv furnltuie
Was Installed by the General Film
Company.
The remainder of the report Indicates
that this arrangement was In full force
when the report was tiled.
When the attention of J. K. IIennesey,
district manager of the General Film Com
pany In this city, was called to the nbnve
report ho declined to comment or explain
In any way. He also refused to explain
the meaning of tho check of ?230 given
to Mr. Brcltlnger by the General Film
Company, as reported by Mr. Breitinger
to Sir. Walsh, treasurer of the Exhlbltois"
League, under date of February :, 1&13
BREACH GROWS WIDEIt.
Tho break between the motion picture
lllm exchange men and the Exhibitors'
league nnd the State Censor, J. Louis
Brejtlnger assumed larger propoitlons
today. The film men have galheted
now ammunition In the shape of let
ters -and canceled checks to be used In
their efforts to have tho Governor remoo
tho censor. In addition, Arthur Lucas,
of tho Mutual Film Corporation, who pre
cipitated the fight, left for up-State on p
quest for further evidence to be used If
an Investigation Is ordered.
Mr. Breltlnger refused to explain or
reply to tho charges openly made and
current gossip In tho film district for
months.
When the petition asking for Mr. Brelt
lnger's removal Is laid before the Gover
nor, there will be presented to him cer
tain documents, which tho film men be
lieve will prove their contentious that the
pensor Imposed Illegal and onerous 're
strictions on them.
THE CENSORSHIP LAW.
The law under which Mr. Hreltitiger
acts was passed on April 19, 1911, but as
no appropriation was made It became ef
fective only Juno'l of last ear. Mr.
Brcltlnger took odlce April 1 last year.
Tho law Is clear on the point of expenses,
to which Section 4 refers
Said censor and shall be
reimbursed for nil expenses actually
and necessarily Incurred In tho per
formance of hla duties herein pre
scribed. such fees (J2.50 for
the censoring of each reel), when paid
the said board, shall constitute a
fund to further the purposes of this
net.
Section 7 covers the question of physical
censoring:
It shall be the duty to
exhibit or display for their (the
censors') examination and approval,
the said moving picture film, or reel,
pr stereoptlcon view.
There Is not a word In tho act which
ptates, directly or by Innuendo, that the
film men must pay the expenses of an
office In this city. This Is the main
point to be raised In the petition asking
the Governor to remove Mr. Breitinger
from office.
Mr. Breitinger. it Is alleged by the of.
fleers of the Exhibitors' League of Penn.
sylvanlo, which Includes practically every
one of the 3000 moving-picture exhibitors
In the State, acted as counsel for the
league while a member of the Stuta
Legislature; that he drafted the censor
ship bill and voted for It In support of
these contentions, they have made public
sorne of the correspondence which passed
from Mr, Breitinger to them.
The first of these letters Is dated Feb
rury 24, 913, after Mr, Breltlnger's exit
from the Legislature. At that time he
was acting as counsel for tho league and
It Is alleged that the fund to which the
letter refess, amounting to 1630, was used
In, connection with Mr, Breltlnger's work
In shaping legislation affecting motion
pictures. While all the contributors are
film men, the most Interesting Item re
fers to the check of 1250 from the General
Film Company. This check is said to
hVB ciTue from New York.
ACCUSERS PRODUCE LETTER.
Another exhibit Is a check for ?S0,
dated 'April 6. ISU. after Mr. Breitinger
had become censor, drawn on the Ken
sington Trust Company by M. J. Walsh
as treasurer of the Exhibitors' League.
This check was indorsed by Mr, Breltin
ger. Acknowledgment of the receipt of
this, check was made two days later, Mr.
Breltlnger's letter reading:
April S. 1U.
Mr. It. 3 Walsh,
fare of Iris Amusement Co.,
Kensington & Allegheny aves,
Uesr Sir
I beff to acknowledge receipt of yours
Of the 6th Inst with lnclosure of check
hi the sum of J2GQ on account of serv
ices, rendered, leaving a balance due
of Z3, I understand from yqu over
the phone that this was to be paid
within the next six months. Under
tbet circumstances I feel that I can
do nothing except to wait until that
time.
I dslre to let you know that I ap
prci'.. your efforts tn m behalf.
Teats very truly.
i. Lui Brettlngtr.
1fm imn$ f&9 PM Mr. Brejtlnger for
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5M,KPttos f ts JUori(U &. Th Mm
EXHIBITS IN BREITINGER CASE
J. Louis Bamie.
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Geo. K. Hath
Donnelly & Collins '
J. C. Sonneliy
Bergsuin
Jo. H. Chapnan
t'orris Eplera
Abraham K. Ifsee
Check Of General Tllo Co.
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Pron tMs la to be deducted
hich pscraent was atoped In the
leATlns a balance of
igk.tra
paid na hy" ths league en accountof the rioneyn due although the nam
t $600 vac to hn7e teen turned over to ra the early port of thte
irarpTuid an additional S00 innediotoly after the 23th of L'arch.
In addition to this X paid in Jun
rndro(by sallcitora under instruction
In addition to thlo Z paid
league hoa paid n on accrunt, under da orTtoveabar 15th 1912,
the sun of $12.00, lsarlru; a balance on that account due no of
$30.00. -
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Kacainiile of it letter written by ,1. Louis DreitiiiKcr in tho interim
between the end of his term as State Legislator and his appoint
ment ns moving picture censor. It is alleged that the amount col
lected for Mr. Breitinger, in which is included a check for '2h0 from
the General Film Company, was for services rendered in connection
with legal work in the State Capitol.
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Facsimile of a check paid by tho Exhibitors League of Pennsylvania
to J. Louis Breitinger for "services rendered." This $250 was paid
to Mr. Breitinger shortly after he became moving picture censor; but
the "services" were rendered in his capacity as counsel to tho associa
tion. On February 9 of this year, Mr. Breitinger made a demand for
another $2-15, which, he asserted, was still due for these "services."
men. and rspednlly .Mr. Lucas nnd S. M
Wheeler, ex-prvsldent of tho Exhibitors'
League, hold thut Mr. Uicllingoi- should
not ho censor, In view of M Ititlm.itc io
latlons with t!n :11m men and th- fact
that he voted for the bill creating tho
office.
When seen today ut tho IJclinnnt The
atre, of which he is tho owner, Mr.
Wheeler tald:
"Wlilli- It Is triii that tln uln-chs from
t'ne Exhibitors' l.ciiem- nro for sorvlces
rendered beforo Mi. Ilirltlnger became
censor, ethically he is unfitted to lio cen
sor. His former Intlmato connection with
lllm men should hnc pi evented him from
accepting tlio otllre. Ills conduct of tho
office has been fur from Hiitisfnctnry,
leaving aside the iiuostlnii ol wlmt wo
allege to be financial oppicssinn In forc
ing us to pay for the miilntpnnnco of a
local ottlce. I li.ue hud iih many us
15 holders of his inspectors' curds apply
at the Belmont Thcatie In one dav.
Finnllv I refused to recognize such card;
They are Mr. BreltliiKer'n Invention and
are not mentioned In the law under which
he acts, but nr tho creutions of his own
rules and regulations."
LOCAL SWINDLER PUTS OXK
OVER OX TELEPHONE CO.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Only an
Amateur by Comparison.
A new method or collecting a living
from a reluctant world came to light to
day when orders were Issued to nil City
Hall guards and policemen to keep watch
of the booths containing prepayment tele
phones. The police say that the number
of complaints received by the Bell Tele
phone Company from all sections of the
city Indicates somebody is making 10 or
IJ) a day by Just going around and col
lecting It
The Mock In trade of tho Industrious
lazy man who is swindling the public by
this method Is a piece of soft cloth. Ho
thrusts this Into the aperture In the new
telephones by which coins ure returned
to thoso who fall to get their numbei.
To cnll the opmator on thexo phones it
Is necessary to deposit a nickel. When a
patron does so ami then falls to get his
coin back he naturally notifies the op
erator. The girl works the contrivance
for returning the money and Insists the
patron ought to have It. Unfortunately
he hasn't, and geneially he waxes ex
ceedingly wjoth.
The coin when released by the operator
to the swindler drops without making a
sound on the soft cloth. It rests there
tecurely until the man who put It there
returns, withdraws It and pockets the
money, Repair men sent to telephones
from which complaints had been made
found the blta of cloth. They were dis
covered today for. the first time In City
Hall, but the thief has been at work In
every section of the city.
BIRS, ANGLE FAINTS IN COURT
Collapses While Testifying in Ballou
BJurder Trial.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 17. - Mrs.
Helen M. Angle, on trial for manslaughter
In connection witli the death of her aged
admirer. Waldo R. Ballou, In Stamford,
last June, collapsed while testifying to
day. She was assisted to the Sheriff's of
fice, where she fainted. Court was ad
journed until the defendant was able to.
resume the stand.
Another large crowd attended the trial
on Mrs. Angle's, second day pf examina
tion. The State 'expected to conclude Its
cross-examination this afternoon
Little' rebutts) evidence is planned by
the prosecution. Both sides thought to
day tost the ease might go tq the jury by
Friday
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feiiiwlng. checks were turned' orer .
$100.00
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cheet of St.' spiers for
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In June of 1912 42.50 for nerrleos
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Indorsement on tho back of the
check from tho Exhibitors'
League. The misspelling of his
name caused Mr. Breitinger to in
dorse the check doubly.
"WOMEN .lUDfiES" 3IAV HE
AUTHORIZED HY LEGISLATURE
Bill to Be Introduced This Session for
Juvenile Court Assistants.
A bll will bo introduced at the present
session of the Legislature providing for
the appointment of women as assistant
judges In the Juvenile Couit
This was learned today from an authen
tic source. Tho step was actuated, (t U
believed, on account of the controversy
which uroso over the nnnolntmont bv
) Judge Gorman of four women assistants.
juuge uormnn pointed out that such
an Innovation was necessury In his opin
ion, on account of the nature of the cases
which came before the court He ex
pressed the belief that It was unneces
sary to add to the humiliation of girl
prisoners by the presence of, men at the
hearing of testimony, He appointed four
women who were fitted by expeilence to
hold the positions. They are Mrs, Mar
tha P. Fulconer, Mrs. Mlna Richardson.
Mrs. Anna Q, Prince and Mrs. Bella
SelJg
Judge Gorman's action brought strong
critlciim from President Judge Brpwp,
of the Municipal Court, who expressed
the belief that the women should be
clothed with legal power to (111 these po
sltioiM. There was an Interchange of
opinions and then Judge Brown went to
Bermuda.
He returned today, and when questioned
concerning the subject said he had noth
ing to say.
1 j ' ' .
Big Fire in Champaign, III.
qHAMPAIGX, J1L, March U-Ftre to
day wiped out the Morrlssey Building
and damaged the Price Building. The loss
wss about (300,009- Help was summoned
from three nearby cities For a, time It
was feared a large section of the city
WAtiM Y t!tirn,4 on nrmnnl nf h hi!
I Wind.
V '
RIOT IS NEAR
AT TABERNACLE
Continued from Tage One
I pour Into tho Sunday residence and the
ofllce of Edward II, lionsftll, trenmrcr of
tho local Sunday Campaign Committee,
to bo added to tho thank offering for
Mr. Sunday.
Indications point to a substantial In
crease, In the tolal na announced lato yes
terday nfternoon. At that time the gifts
In cash for tho evangelist had amounted
to $39,110.62. This did not Include many
remittances received lato lh thn nfter
noon. His likely, therefore, that tho fund
hns grown to more than $10,000. Lendeta
In tho IocaI rnmpalsn organization ex
pressed their belief that tho total would
bo Increased to almost $50,000 by tonight
According to his usual custom of ionis
ing to discuss attacks made against him
by Individuals. Mr. Sunday would mnkn
i tin comment today on tho statement of
Elizabeth O Fljnn In Patcrson Inst night,
. ns follows:
I "When an effort Is niftdo to bring In
i nn oiganlzer to whom thousands of riol-
1 lars nio paid to tako your mind off bad
working conditions, whllo the mnnnfiic-
I tureru skin you nllvo, 1 think It Is wrong.
i Tho I. W, W.'s look on nil religion nn a
i prlvnte matter, but when n man. !rnui
I In by tho manufacturers, tells you you'll
get plo In the skj when jou uK, ,i's
foolishness."
Miss Flynn contended that Sunday wits
nn ngltnlor for the manufacturers, nnd
"was used In Pittsburgh, Now Castle and
other cities to break tho unions and was
I paid by the manufacturers." Sim also
I nsoertcd that he would not consent to
conduct a campaign In I'ntcrson without
n guuiniitec of a certain sum of money.
j TESTIMONIAL SI3IIVICK.
I Mure than 6000 persons assembled at
tho tabernacle this morning to hear
I "tinll-htltcrn" tiHtlfy ns to their le
' llglutm pxpeileiH'o.s The meeting una
tiperioil liv I'lofrssor llodehcaver, Hun
iIhv's choir lender, who, after conduct
ing n short song set vice, called upon tho
iimlleiice to deliver sentence prnjers.
, This, however, hnil to ho abandoned when
two or mule persons Insisted on offering
, prnvers nt the same time. Then "Rodey"
proceeded to the regular ptogtnm of tho
' service
. The first man who lose to testify was
a ilipmnn on a stcam-Bluncl, who ex
, plained that he, like Sunday, wns an cx-
rallroader.
I "I'm glad I'm saved," he shouted, ns
j he Jumped to his feot. "I'm glnd I have
j the Joy-hells ringing In my heart."
I Before he could continue another man
! Jumped to his feet.
I "It was the '.Moral Leper' hoi man that
siUed me." he said. "It opened my eyes,
thnnk Cod. nnd now I am a (IIITcteiit
man since I have seen tho light."
And so It went One after tho oilier tho
"ttull hitters" got tip ami expressed tho
I Joy which their stand for Jesus hail
brought them. Ono woman was a convert
of "Jin" Sunday. She lind been led to
seo the light nt the Mcttopolltnn Opera
House. Another had been a church mem
ber for 'X cars, but hail never been con
erted until she lieaid Sunduy's sermon
on "Amusements." sho said Many pio
fe.ed thnt tlie had been "bench warm
ers" In the church for inanv enr., hut
hnil never been nutla ('hil.stinns until
tl i'v had mine under the Inlluence of Sun
day's powerful preaching.
S-VL'AR-OLD BOY TKSTH'IHS.
A sens'itlon was created when an 8-yoar-old
hoy In the second row stood up on
tho bench and said:
"I was Just tnylng to my mamma cs
tenlay how funny It Is th.it people are
l so quick to get away from a Iioiifo when
I it's all on Hie, but don't try to get away
' from the lire of hell that Mr. Sunday
tells about "
1 Ot.n tult-i n.un.t.il lit.., Ci.ti.1ni. ...nn In
Villi ,,l..l, lliCll IITU til, II ,.(,,ll!,., I.IIB, III
his opinion, n second Paul, while ninny
expressed their belief thnt he was espe
cially sent fioni Hod to wave "Old Plillly."
A striking bit of testimony, showing the
evils or tho rum tralllc and Sunday 8 suc
cess in lighting It, was brought to light
when a well-dressed man atose and said:
"I never was a chinch member, and I
never went to church except when 1 was
a child nml my mother made inc It
didn't tnku mo long to get to ill Inking,
and I lost one position after another.
Shottly after Christmas I lost the last
one, but It was the best thing that ever
happened to me. I had nothing to do.
-o. naturally. I drifted to the tabernacle
1 came to sneer, but I didn't after 1 had
been theic the first time.
"I kept on coming. One night seven
personal workeis approached me. I said,
No. If J hit the Hull 1 am going to do
It of my own fieo will.' So I waited.
Then, onu night, when tho crowd had
dwindled, I went tip all by mjself and
giaspcd Sir. Sunday's hand.
"Thnnk God thnt I did! It Iuih brought
pence nnd comfoit to my soul such as 1
had never known before. 1 haven't
touched a drop of liquor blnce, and 1 havo
been promised u belter position than 1
ever hold In my life "
When more than 70 persons had given
stltrliig testimony, "Itodey" asked
whether there wcro any present who de
sired prayer for themselves or for friends
and iolatles. Indicating ono hectiou of
tho tabernacle after another, ho asked
those who desired Mich prajcra to riso
and say for whom they desired to have
prajer said. Soeral hundred men und
women complied with this request, and
a chorus of cries for husbands, brothers,
sisters and children sounded through the
building,
Ono woman cried: "Prav for my whole
family!" Another aid: "Oh, pray for a
iiilnlstei's daughter." A third wished
lr.ier for u fallen girl and n fouith
Jumped to her feet and .shouted:
"My sister nnd brother-in-law are Uni
tarians!" 63 "HIT Tlin TRAIL." i
Tho Rev. J. J. Walsh was called upon
to mako tho prayer, expressing? the
wishes of the men and women. When ho
had finished. "Rodes" asked whether
tlifio were nny who desired to take ad
vantage of the opportunity and conse
crate themselves to Christ at that time
Immediately CI persons responded to the
appeal and grnsped the choir leader's
hand to signify their desire to lend Chris
tian lives.
On hlH way to the city from John
Wanamnker's Jenklntown home, ,thls
morning, Sunday stood once more on' the
same spot In the centre Meld of the "Old
Phllly" baseball park at 15th and Hunt
ington htieots, and told how he had
watched for tho My balls to ullght In his
territory. Ho became like a boy again,
and throwing off his coat, ran around the
bases and batted a baseball out across tho
diamond.
"Ma" laughed in glee at his boyish
pranks, and "Ben" Shlbe, Guy Constuns
and D C. Snyder watched him with pleas
ure. Later "Billy" told them many In
teresting stories of his days on the
diamond, and discussed the old days with
Colonel Sam Payne, the veteran gate,
keeper. Later he visited Shlbe Park.
The evangelist was In excellent spirits
today, as It Is the 31th anniversary of his
entrance Into Christian work.
Following the afternoon service, Miss
Grace Saxe, the Bible teacher, held
a conference at the tabernaclo with the
neighborhood Bible class leaders.
Plans are being made by Sunday to visit
the Methodist Conference at Norrlstown
either tomorrow or Saturday. On Friday
he will go to Cluster, During his visit
In the latter cty he will be a guest of
William H. Berry, Collector of the Port
of Philadelphia.
HELD ON GIUL'S CHARGE
The chars by a 15-year-old girl that
he kept her prisoner In a house hi Spruce
street, Camden, for several days, resulted
today In James dontrabl, of 51S Queen
street, being held In J600 ball for court by
'Magistrate Bennock, at the Dranchtown
station. The girl Is Annie Tracy, of 11th
street and Chelten avenue.
Detective Davis, of th Brancptown sta,
tlon, investigated the case and arrested
Contrabl last Wednesday He said the
man locked the girl In the Camden room
at 3 o'clock on a Thursday afternoon, s.nd
detained her there until the ftrtiowinsr
fcjaturjsy nkjht, when she Buee4ed in
scaplnjr.
"KTT.T.Y"
SUBJECT! "PAUL'S TEACHINGS"
"1 wliJ) to cnll attention to tho retntloti
of haul's com crslon, to his teaching nnd
conduct.
"Tho conversion of Saul Is ono of tho
most Important events In the history of
the world. Not a Imttio hns ever been
won which brought greater blessings
than the battle fought on thn rofld to
Damascus between the Invisible: Jesus
and tho persecutor of Ills people.
"This hnlllo was thn first Waterloo of
Iho Christian religion Willi the forces
which wero for man's pi ogress, purity
nnd in transforming him Into the like
ness of Gfid, nnd making this earth like
heaven, triumphing gloriously for tho
cause of Christ.
"Through tho conversion of Saul Chris
tianity received a new Impetus. Up to
this lime (perlmps 10 years nfter Pcnte
coBt) nmny of the disciples wcro living
as reformed .lows. They ucnevca no
Gentile could he a Christian, except he
became a Jew nnd believed In tho law of
circumcision. Just nt this time, however,
a new sun arises. Jesus drew tho cuN
tain of night over Judaism of Iho past
and unrolled beforo ub n future which
tenches salvation, full, free, perfect and
eternal, bv faith In Him. Saul Is now
going to teach tho snmo tiling. In a lit
tle different form sometimes, out in
reality thn same thing. Through his
teaching churches wcro lo bo multiplied
In membership by thousands. Man nnd
women were born again by hundreds and
thournnds during his own life; lo his
Immoitnl leputntlon, to the perpctunl
pralso of tho God who matto him n
Christian. No slnglo life except Jesus
hns been so fiullftll for good
"Now to state tho l elation botwern that
mmiM conversion, which changed him
from being persecutor to Ihe most clo
Miient pre.'uher the woild evet Itnew
clinngpd him fioni uHng his inusrlu to
kill In using It to liolp-eliangeu nun
fiom living to ruin souls nnd bodies or
men and women to thnt of fiui Hieing his
own body and soul for tho benefit of Iho
souls of others, 'tin, Gentiles, bond, free,
male and female; to show the i elation
of Hint chaitgo to Ills teaching nnd on
iluct must he profitable to nny thinking
soul.
OPKNS SPIRITUAL liriS.
"They tell us Hint by studying tho his
tory of Caesar wo will become enthused
over his power. If wo study the history
of Napoleon wc will becomo thr.'lled with
the genius of that gient warrior: If wo
study tho hlstoiy of Luther wu will have
our ce.s opened. But what Is the study
of tho cons ci slim of Paul to any one who
gives Its diligent and reverent attention
but opening the spiritual cje.H and anil
lug us for the conlllcts of iifo thnt wc
may be ab!o to light moic hopefully, va
liantly? "Tl o text brings out nil thnt I want to
say: Acts 9:1: 'lie fell lo the uarth ami
heuid a olco saying, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou Mo'."
"Paul started out to conveit men by
muicle, not brains, llo thought tho way
to make theso tcnegmlo Jows (which
ho called those who believed In Jesus) go
back to the religion of their fin efuthers,
which ho believed to bo the only Hue
religion, was lo punish them bv the use
of muscular, nhvsical. political and ec-
closlnstical force lather than by appeal
ing to the conscience of Hie individual,
lug to the conscience of the individual,
or tho Intellect. Perhaps some cannot ho
convened any other vvav than by force,
Paul was one of that class and tho Luid
overpowered him by physical foicc.
"Jesus said lo Paul. 'Vou arc going on
the pugilistic fashion, nro you? Seo linvv
easy I can knock j ou out.' The I,ord never
tried to convert any other person thut
smile wny. He said to Peter, 'Follow Me,
and 1 will mako sou lislicr of men.' To
Matthew He said, 'Follow Mc,' and lie
arose and followed lllm. To tho woman
nt thn well Ho said, 'Go call thy hus
band.' To BnrtlmiteuH He said, 'Thy
fnlth hath made thco whole' To tho
woman taken In adultery Ho said,
'Neither do 1 condemn thee, go und sin
no more.'
"When Jesus comes to a man who
thinks tho only way to reach ppople Is
by persecuting thorn, llo ovcrpoweis lllm,
reaches lllm in Ills own way. lie suyB:
'Vou peifceculo .Me and I persecute jou.'
Paul realizes that the Loul Is greater
than himself, for ho asks: "Who ate
your he sees no one, but a spirit talks
to him. Thn voice fiom tho unseen speaks
in mm. lion itseu tho lorco or nnturo to
overpower him, but he sees no mini.
JeFiis answered, 'I am Jesus whom thou
petsccutest, I am ono vvlu used thn
lightning to knock jou down, I inn the
one who said, "Why persecutest thou
Mo?" ' After using physical force to get
Paul tn realize thnt his method to get
peoplo to do what ho thought they should
do was wrong, Jesus apponbj to his rca
hon and his conscience.
ASKS PAUL FOR SEASON.
"In tho text He nsks Pntil to glvo a
reason. Christ wanted to know what He,
Jesii", had done, nnd whnt His people
won: doing. In other words, ho said to
Paul, "You profess to be rational, why,
then, do you net aa you do toward them?'
llo did not say, 'Why do you persecute
my disciples?' Paul, you know, had
been breathing out threatening agulust
the disciples. The question, therefore,
arises how Paul could bo persecuting
Jesus by persecuting the disciples
"I walk down the street, a boy provokes
me and I turn around and slap him.
Some irnte woman comes up and says,
Whv did you hit me?" You'd bo sur
prised, wouldn't you? If she would say,
What did you hit my boy for?' you'd
not be ho surprised, but If she would
fay, 'Why did you hit me?' you'd beg
her pardon, und sny you never Baw her.
Suppose she would answer, 'Hit me, hit
my boy you'd ask, 'Why, how Is that
I cannot see how by hitting your boy I
hit you?" What answer do you think
she'd give? Paul had that same ques
tion put to him on the road to Damascus.
It turned hlmSrom being a persecutor
into a blessing In this world.
"Jesus, whom he had not seen so far
ns we know, nsks In the words of the
text, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
me?' Jesus had gone Into heaven he
fore Paul began persecution Don't you
think Paul might ask, 'Why does He
say that? 1 never saw Him? I never
tried to put Him In prison? I thought
Ho was dead?'
"If you will give me the answer Paul
would find to that question, I will guar
antee to give you everything Paul taught,
In the way he taught, I will tell you
why he did this way and why he did
that way; I will give the key to his con
duct as a missionary: I will give the key
to his quarrel with Peter at Antloch, It's
the light that Illumines his whole life.
God gave that revelation to Paul on his
Journey to Damascus. Paul developed It
under the guidance of God. I believe that
Paul got the revelation that governed
his teaching and molded his whole life
In this one question and the anaweis God
led him to give.
'The first answer that la possible la,
Christ und His disciples are one. Mo
other possible answer could be clearer.
If Jesus and His disciples are one, then
persecuting the disolples is .persecuting
Jesus. 'For ye, are deud and your life
Is hid with Christ In God. Know ye
not that your bodies are members of the
body of Christ? One of the great things
that Paul teaches Is that Christ is the
head and the believers the body. Dif
ferent believers are different parts of the
body. One Is an arm, one a limb, a
thumb or a linger- 'Put I would have
you know that the. head of every man
Is Christ, and the head of the woman is
the man. and the head of Christ is God '
How can that bet Christ and you are
pne. Go through the Kputlta of Paul and
take out every verso tluit tesclies the
union pf Christ with the believer. That's
tk STt central truth. AU thought
Uk the fibtneU revolve around It. AppU
JSA.
SUNDAY'S SEKIVLON TODAY
that to jour ilfo nnd It will make you
n Tew man or n new; woman, anil turn
this old wilderness of woo Into n pnrrt
tllse of beauty. Ignore this and yo l Ig
nore Iho teaching of Paul and of Jesus
hl" ?L,'t not sin reign In your mortal
bodies, f Hint Jo shall obey the lists
'""viicn Christ, who Is our life, shall
appear, then shall we nppcar with Him
In glory.'
DISCIPLES IN JI5SUS.
"The second answer: The disciple Is In
Jesus, It I am In a house It cannot
burn mo It I stay in It unless von burn
the house, too. You cannot burn tho
house without burning me. Jesus likened
It to a garment: 'Put se mi tho I,ord
Jesus Christ, make not provision for tho
flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.' Ho
Is tho gatment that eovcis me. If I have
on Jesus r am drossed In the best thnt
heaven affords. 'Put oft tho old man
with his deeds.' Put off these, anger,
winlh, mnllce, filthy communication, put
on therefore ns the elect of God, Holy,
kindness, meekness, humbleness of mind,
If I have on tho now man I nm ready
for tho banquet of hoaven. Can't look
nl mo nnd say I am a sinner. 'Put on
the whole armor of God.' There. Is
therefore now no condemnation to them
thrtt nro In Christ Jesus.'
"Tho third answer Is Christ Is tho dis
ciple. The disciple nnd Christ Is one.
Tho believer nnd Christ Is one. 'There
Is neither Greek, Jew, circumcision nor
nnclrcimiclsloii. Tor mo to llvo Is Christ
-to din Is gain.' 'My little children of
whom 1 ttavall In birth until Christ lio
formed In you ' 'That Christ may dwell
in ymir henrts bj faith.' 'I am cruci
fied with Christ, nevertheless 1 live, jet
not I. but Christ llvnth In mo'
"Christ moves mv hands, m.v tongue,
mv -ves, mv ears und my feot. My
ten chin it Is Ills teaclilng-mv conduct Is
Ills. Mv life Is the manifestation of the
Cln 1st life In me
"You cannot think of nny other nnBwer.
Tnko these three things fiom the teach
ings nml Miu have little loft. This shows
Paul got his In the revelation Christ gnvo
'him on the rond to Damascus. He nover
forgot the question of tho text.
"Never Ihed a innn entitled to stand In
the snino intrllfeetiinl class ns Paul.
"Another thing Paul meets Jesus In
Immnsciis, among the heathen, con
verted on tho highway, not tho Holy
Lands, not Jciusnlem. This harmonizes
with the teaching thnt Jesus is a spirit.
What a lovelatlon It was to Paul that
he did not need to go to Jerusalem to
worship. Hint Jesus was with hlin in tho
Phillpplan HII. on the Island, In the shlp
wier.l;. on Mars 11111, when he was bound
with fetters in Home 'Who shall sep
arate us from the love of Christ; ehnll
triliulatltm or distress or persecution, or
famine, cr nnkeiln-s?. nr peril, or sword?
For I nm persuaded that neither death,
nor life, nor nnseK nor principalities
nor powers, nor things present nor things
to come, nor height, nor depth, nor nny
other orcntu'-e shall he nble to separate
us from the lovo of God, which is in
Christ Jesus.'
JLSUS IS nVKRYWIlHRK.
'Our fnthcrs worshiped In this moun
tain, nnd ye wiy In Jerusnlcm Is the.
plare whore men ought to worship'
'"Jesus snlth unto her, woman believe
j le ll0Ur c0,cth when ye shall
"" ""-
neither in this mountnln nor set nt
Jerusalem worship tho Father,
" 'Ye worship yo know not what, we
know what wo worship for salvation Is
of the Jews.
" 'But tho hour cometh and now Is when
tho tiue vvoishlpcrs shall woishlp the
Father In spirit and in truth, for the
Father secketh such to worship Him.'
"You may tnko nwny my Bible, but jou
cannot rob me of Its truth. Jesus Is
c pi y where.
"Note the rclntlon In Paul's teaching to
that of Jesus. A certain class Is saying,
'Let us go bock trom Paul. I cannot
understand Paul, he was an extreme
Cnlvlnlst, he's sclf-opinlonattil and harsh.'
'Well, where will jou go to Jesus. All
right, I'll go with you. Come on, what
do sou Hurt tlm Christ of Paul, tho
Christ of the four Gospels Christ Paul.'
"Go to the Christ or Matthow, lead the
2oth chupter of Matthew. You'll Hud the
same Chiikt In Matthew that you do In
Pnul. Find the same teaching In Mat
thew that you do In Paul. Haven't got
ten one step from Paul. Go to tho Christ
of Mark, read the 3d chapter, verse's 3!
to 33 Inclusive. Haven't gotten one step
fiom the Christ uf Paul. Go to the
Christ of Luke. What do sou find' Bead
Luko tho 10th chnptor, 30th to 37th verse.
Go to tho Chi 1st of John. What do wo
find? Haven't gotten one stop from the
Christ of Paul. Instead of getting nwny
fiom Paul's teachings you havo got the
fcume thing only In a little different form.
"God never inn Ices mistakes. Some lop
eared fools In thn pulpit make mistakes
In expounding tho Scriptures, but that
isn't God's fnult You ennnot imagine
the utispenknble Joy that cumo to me
when I tealUod that Paul und the dls
clples taught identically t:.e same thing.
"Another thing, Paul unites capital and
labor. Paul takes capital and labor by
tho hands. Saj-s to capltnl, 'You treat
labor fair.' Says to labor, You treat
capital fair." Philemon was a Christian
of Colosso. Oneshnus worked for Phile
mon. He robbed him nnd heat it to
Itome. Becamo converted tlirouugh hear
im? Paul preach. Paul sent him back
with this letter to Philemon: 'I beseech
thee for my son, Oneslmus, whom I have
beRolten in my bonds; which In times
past wus unprofitable, but now profitable
te theo and me; whom I have sent again
Thou therefore receive hlm thnt Is. us
mine own bowels. Whom I would have
retained with me. that in thy stead he
might havo ministered unto me But
without your mind I would do nothing
Rocelvo him not now aa a, servant, but
nbovo n servant, a brother beloved, es
peclally tq me but how much more unto
theo, both In the flesh nnd In tho Lord. If
he hath wronged ihee or oweth theo
aught.put that on my account. I will re-
"Another thing. Paul solves foreign
missions. The heart Is what God oik"
at when He writes His judgment not
according to tho flesh. Juull"e'". not
"III Christ there Is no such thing as
rich man. poor man, society woman o?
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maid, wise man or umM.-..
hire or pauper. Tho coal m .' WeS
denr to Wesley R8 IhahftHM?
Africa was nn dear to Llvln,of w1
Highlands of Scotland Y?,lI Mfi
yonder, ono In Christ. Tni, J'r. jl
down national nnimosltv i. l" W
Jcsups as a spirit, moving .,! "W
"In Pnttl'B day Ihe vvomT3?1"
veils nml w IoamS?-".!". S
In meetings. But nw " Vs ut
need
to keep veil, over JoVfT S
! a right to talk .,tVu'. tl
have a
you
ought to get busy and hZ"6'
Christ.
V...I.OI.. aun can ca 1 (0 ltth, i.VJi,u
sou arc. God wants Ul all Z
a, in.. ""I
"Tnko this thought linm. . V
Jesus Is ono with" -ou W:11" &
you trust Him it will break .""'S
wr.rsnryorr,t,rB?-1
w.m .,,iu n,u vaney, -.unci
From sin anil forrow ...
Poliappi He Is jiU'SiweSr frM
So liappy JfSMovM '
''Hehold, I freely .!,. "1
The living water. tWnitr nn.
Stoop down and ortnk sm , ,
I como to J mutt And I itrnt,
..Of Jh" llfe-slvlS? J,?JJ
Sly thirst was quenchM '
. My soul revival. '
And now I live In HIM
HEADING BOYS "H0PTimv
TO HEAtt "BIHY" SUJuM
Six Lnds Troop Into Y. M. C A .J
Toll of Perilous Ride . j
The call of the tabernncte w ... 1
for six Beading hoys thatTh
rldo on a coal train fr ti.Z ' ?,,.
come to Philadelphia and heir ftmS
Sunday preach. Their effort m. "fit
ninva n vnin.
Hegilmtd nml weary, the. hov . ,
them In their early 'Veens? trooL ,uf
the North Branch Young Men's chn:
Association, 1013 West Ihlgh anuWl
hlSt night. TIlCV tolrl Ser.l .l??.'"'
They told Secretary Hort
01101" IttAsx. i , ""';
they had no other mean, of hJartnrSti
evangelist before ho leaves this , rMl
ny "hopping" a oal train. Th v..
walked from Port Illchmond. xXZlffl-
left tho trnln, thoy said. "M
After tho boys wcro given n. m.,f k.A
wcro taken to the Turk and Lohlrt KV
nues pollco station by Policemen Wta
nnd Lynch, and efforts were made font
In communication with their par'S
They gave their names and addrE, aT
Martin Polchoc, 12 years old, K8 lta!
6th trect; John Zurnch, 10 years old. a
V,vc"'n street! John 8hult2, jw
old, .'..I &outh 7th street: Walter Oritlif
11 year old, 112 Gllson alley Si
Jxonzewsui, is years old. 416 Strong UIW!
nnd llemy Alexander. 13 vnn .m ;',
South ;th slrent. They were sent ta lili4
JloUra nf Dp nnt nn rViA - .-.. 2k
lm nitn n nA-.ta. n. i fcMt
., i ,,., J"-"ml, "'0 oys tq reilitu.
their ambition to hear "Billy" BiMi.1
oerore they are sent home.
8 IN FAMILY ASK DAMAnia I
tilF
Vllthp,- Tiflin- ntwl ril,!l.l- it., i . &.
- i "mi vmiiurun nun It,
Trolley Accident. i
When eight sultH, entitled Spltg ,'
lvnpia iransit Compan$-, were called fori
trial in Judge Mnttln's court today, U!
unusual spectacle at a whole famj;j
cmimmg damages for Injuries In a trolii
ncciuent was presented to the Juryt i
There were Max Spiegel, the faUwi
Fannie, tho mother, and Jtoslc, Gwllsi
Esther. Edward, Hyman and Minnie, tiJ
ehllflren. rjinfrl,ii In frnm 1 in II Lu !
, .u.,n...a ... ou nui,, .,U, jCU,i
According to John It. IC Scott, who prK
sentcd the claims, the whole Splcnl
lamus', urtor having a picnic In tin part:
on Sundas-, Juno 33, 1913, boarded aLo:
hard street car to return to their hoi?
In the southern section of the city. l
At 12th street there was a collision,!
cats ana mo members of the
family were injured.
MAYOR TO ATTEND BANQUETj
v
Aneonfo Tnvtfnfinn In 1 rural f aortn'.
60th Anniversary Feast. jl
Mayor Blankenburg today accepted ijl
Invitation of a delegation from the H9PI
tary Order Lo-aI Legion of the UMlM,
oiaies 10 participate in me ceieurauoa i.
tho COlh anniversary of the Lesion to Ml
held In the Academy of Music ThuriJir
night, April 15. M
Generul Henry S Iluldekoner, Coifrl
mander of tho Legion In I'ennsjivarjiui
led the delegation that called on ti
Mayor this morning.
Unitarian
Christianity
The constant problem for eWT
person Is "how to change from jrhij
'' , ..,hnl nntk nlln-hf to be. ADA
e?ery church has Its solution to offer.
The Unitarians believe In the proce
of growth as ruling here as It doei
in all other upaei . 01 .
2rowthniSWrwt.r- We ar
fee SffrV." arebcfted"
example, especially ny jnai oiji
And e are inspired always y tt.
Experience, thought and prftMfjM
remind us thnt wo can make oat
lives sublime." and In so doing mall
stead? ou" growth unto life eternal
Sin Is conquered by this growth mi
wound Is healed by the good heal I
nf a crowing body. By this growth
?vo become lnt-helrs with Qal
r-verv Wednedy and Saturdjr tl
ic. under the sbpv. tKU wl Is. :
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