TRUTH IS OLD AS TIME, SAYS ELLIS Sunday School Lesson Sets This Forth in Graphic, Rather Tragic Manner A.WNELT LEADER'S LESSON The International Sunday School Trea son FOP January 4 IN "Jesus and the Children." Mark. 9:30-41; 10.18-16 (By William T. Kllis) "What terrible loneliness.'" cried Carlyle, after meeting Queen Vic toria. A recent student of President Wilson's character and work made the same observation. The truth is as old as the existence of ureal men in great place: Kipling presents it vividly in the poem of "Diego Val dez. Lord High Admiral of Spain." Our present Sunday School lesson, the first in the year's series of the Life of Christ, sets It forth graphi cally and rather tragically. Every observant person must have been struck by the spectacle of a great president, engrossed with vast concerns of patriotism In a. critical era, havihg to give his time and thought to Ailing a multitude of small offices, nnd being torn by the chorus of contending aspirants. Psuedo-great men. In like case, have spurned the hungry horde, with maledictions upon their smailness and sordldnes. Not so the greatest. To be pa tient with petty people, to acquire their viewpoint, to accept them as they are, and gradually to help thorn to become what they ought to be— that is the Jesus way, as set forth in this lesson. It is the program of the true greatness, which Is forever tinged with the compassionate f.-ither spirit. When You Are Not Understood Strong men do not often pour out their souls, in search of sympathy. To share the burden of one's spirit with a sympathetic friend is. at some time or other, the of everybody. And that is one office of friendship. So Jesus, after the trans 'lguratlon, opened the floodgates of His innermost being to the little group closest to Him. They were his dearest friends. His intimates. Who would deny Him this boon of friend ship. the confessional of comrade ship? Therefore He unveiled to them the vision that was ever before His own eyes, of Gethsemane, the judgment hall. Golgotha and the tomb. This was Ills passion, the su preme and engrossing concern of His life. He must share it with His friends, for His own sake and for theirs. The very deeps of that great soul were opened up to the vision of the twelve. Rut they did not understand! This was. indeed, treading the wine press alone. In extremest degree, then was repeated the experience of all great spirits, when they speak on one plane and are interpreted on an other; when the finest that Is in them Is received In the coarsest fashion. Nothing Is commoner than this experience of being mimsunder stood. There Is no need to consider one's self a martyr because of it. Jesus, like all who have followed In His train, plumbed the depths of this ordeal. Observe well how He behaved. The overwhelming burden on His soul, and the unappreclativeness of His friends, did not embitter Jesus, nor blind Him to the life about Him. Our sorrows and our Joys may not be permitted to eclipse our neighbor's needs. Nothing can be an excuse for forgetting other people. They are not to be ignored, and they are to be taken as they are. Thr Squabbling Saints If in all Capernaum that day there was any really good society, any spiritual perception, any Christ- CARE of the teeth is taught today in thousands of schools—the children are saved much misery from toothache and have better general health. In your home—as well a 9 in the schools—the com mon sense of"Good Teeth —Good Health" is plain — for adults as well as for children. Twice-a-day care with a safe, antiseptic, pleas ant-tasting dentifrice does wonders for man, woman and child. Be sure the one used in your household answers these requirements —you are protected if each mem ber of the family has a tube of CO (.GATES ***** RIBBON "*** DENTAL CREAM Consult your dentist about It— ask him to giva you a copy of the booklet "Oral Hygiene" published by Colgate «c Co. A Poor Marksman Is just as likely to hit the object he iiims at as a person who goes to tho •$5.00 for 11.00," or the eyes "examin ed free" optician to properly fit ted glasses. You cannot afford to take chances with your eyes. I Rive you the benefit of my 20 years' practical ex perience and the best Quality of optical service and goods for a moderate price. Willi 11. ■ C. ClaMter. 3W: Market SI. FRIDAY EVENING, j likeness, we surely would expect to , And it among the Twelve. Their leaders were still under the spell of the transfiguration. AH of them had heard the agonized self-revelation of their Leader, as lie had talked of His approaching death and resurrection. He turned to them for sympathy— and found them squabbling over their relative greatness! There are few scenes in the New Testament j more tragic than this. ! Analogies crowd upon our recol- J lection. There was the unseemly | strife In Washington, a few days ago, among the temperance rorces as to which should have the honor of presenting a petition to Congress. Then there are those ghastly paro dies on the undershepherds of Christ, the ecclesiastical politicians, con suming the time of the church's as semblies with their own petty schemes and ambitions, while the kingdom waits. There Is the wide spread ambition for place In the Church of Christ, repeating in mod ern guise this ordeal of the Redeem er. All that episode at Capernaum and every Incident like It In our own day—are traversities upon and denials of the Gospel of Christ. This is the supreme heresy of our day. None of the doctrinal errors with whloh the ancient church councils dealt Is comparable to It A layman or a minister of a church, setting itself up to have the pre-emi nence-—what else is this than the repudiation of the life and words of Jesus? No schism caused by belief or disbelief is half so hurtful to the kingdom. Thus to deny the sover eignity of the Lord Jesus over our own spirits is worse than to deny Fits divinity. Those contentions, am bitious, self-seeking, Christ-forget ting disciples were the first expo nents of 'religion's greatest heresy. Getting a Grip on Greatness To own an automobile and even ing clothes; to know whether the entree comes before the salad in a course dinner; to see one's name often in print; and to be able to move without embarrassment in the circles of the sophisticated—this is not greatness, although It Is the commonest substitute therefor. To be "in the swim," to be wordly wise and broken to social usages, to be acclaimed a "somebody," and to sit In the front seats, are the com mon privileges of not a few fools and knaves, as well ss of many worthy persons. Over against this common miscon ception of greatness, let it be writ ten clearly that the truly great qualities are the simple ones. This Is hard for soma persons to grasp. Rut. consider for a minute the ut terances of such men as Wilson, Roosevelt, Lloyd Qeorge and Abra ham Lincoln—are these the abstruse and complex sophistries of cunning, worldly-wise men? On the con trary, all these show their greatness by daring to stand for the funda mental simplicities. Jesus stressed these same virtues, flis gospel is so plain that, a child may grap it. He put a child into the midst of His angry and ambitious followers, and held up the child qualities, and the idea of service, as the most desirable In life. A Prescription For Success Nothing is more needed In a democracy than these same Ideals of Jesus. His counsel is fundamental: "If any man would be first, he shall be ••••**• servant to all." There we have the soundest advice upon "sucess" ever given. That teaching works. In fact, like all the other truths He sets forth, Jesus embodies this In His own life before He put it Into words. He proved it. That door Is open to everybody. There is literally nobody who can not serve. We may "lift lame dogs over stiles"—and get after those who lame them. We may remove banana peels from the sidewalk, and help keep folks from throwing them there. There are always the hungry of body and spirit to be fed. I know a man who always gives an extra penny to the newsboy, and another who is careful to write letters of condolence. For a person with a pas sion for service every day is full of glorious opportunities. Never mind about recognition; that was the mi crobe that troubled the twelve. Just to be helpful is to walk the wav charted by Jesus, and hallowed by His own footsteps. Do we seriously mean that Jesus here laid down a "program for life? Nothing less than that. He counsels His friends to be "the servants of all." But surely He does not mean that we are to serve the proud, the unde serving. and the unappreciative? "God fs kind to the evil and the un thankful." What people think and say does not affect the truth which Jesus has indicated, that all who follow Him should serve and serve and serve—and die to serve, if op portunity offers. Too Much Powder and Paint One who travels extensively notes that there seems to be altogether too much powder and paint used on women's faces; too much dining at restaurants and too little hospitality in homes; too much attention to clothes and too little to raising children; too much "smartness" and "up-to-dateness," and too little re gard for the old-fashioned conven tions, such as the sanctity of the Ten Commandments, for instance. In a word, there Is too little of the child heart munlfest among men and wom en. Even In our garish and glittering times we perceive that the simple hearted, unsophisticated, home-keep ing folk are the best ones to live with. Even uttermost worldliness cannot help paying this tribute to the child heart, which Jesus set up as the standard of His kingdom. For it is not by cunning, and not by worldly wisdom, but by child-like ness that we Inherit what Jesus left for His friends. Sincerity and sim plicity, truth and teachableness, are the kingdom qualities. The Indignation of Hollnesn Let nobody suppose that the sim plicity and gentleness of the ideals of Jesus mark Him as a weakling In this lesson we find that the gentle Jesus, whose patience seemed limit less, and who could endure neglect and even insults to Himself, flamed forth and "was moved with indigna tion" when He saw His stupid dis ciples turning children away from Him. Look out for the holy wrath of a great, saint. Jesus opened the vials of His intense feeling, and poured them upon the heads of His blunder ing friends. Then it was that He declared in deathless terms, the fundamental law of His kingdom: "Suffer the Lit tle Children to come unto Me; forbid them notf for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Verily J say unto you. Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall In nowise enter therein. And He took them in His arms, and blessed tliem, laying His hands upon them " That law still runs. The child's kingdom is coming. We can hear it still in the echo of the Christmas bells. The pre-eminence of our schools, and the multiplicity of laws attuned to child welfare and the marvelous growth of the Sunday- School, all are indications of the present fulfillment of the words of Jesus. The parent and the Sunda.v School teacher have a great and noble part in working out this Christ-Ideal. They are factors in the kingdom of heaven and in the king doms of earth for they are dealing with the stuff of which states are made. S*° re Opens Saturday Morning at 9 Store Opens Saturday Horning at 9 I V.t.T TIT t TTTT^TTTTTTTTT^ ► HARRianUM'S POPULAR MPANTHKNT STORK < The Climax in Women's Coat Values at $lO K An achievement in the garment trade of Harrisburg that must attract the attention of everv woman of the community, '< ► who is looking for a stylish coat at a modest price. ' ;! We Have Never Had Such a Collection at $lO ? ► Embracing even* wanted material of the season, in every fashionable model, in all sizes, this is the premier coat offer • ; of the winter. Be sure to select your coat early to-morrow, while the assortment is at its best. r * SOME ARE COPIES OP HIGH PRICE EXCLUSIVE MODELS, MOST I A f ASTRACHANS 1 ► OP THEM ARE LINED THROUGHOUT WITH GUARANTEED SATIN, Villi CHINCHILLAS 1 ► HAVE "SET IN" OR KIMONO SLEEVES. A PULL RANGE OP SIZES. | All I 111 ZIBELINES J . YOUR CHOICE OP ANY OF THEM AT I *|/ A V | ALL POPULAR COLORS < Ji ' : ► #|ll 4.711 —which means your pick of any of the Suits that were .nil Vli < ' priced $25, S3O, $35 and up to $55. The latest models - ► hiohVXJ Svnraom'SToSm &&&s££' PEIUE - NOT ONLr BEUAUSE ™ B ™ KE 18 A BABOAIN BECAUSE EVERY MEN'S WEAR SERGES ( SIZES FOR WOMEN ' ZIBELINES 1 ► WIDE WALE SERGES AND MISSES BROADCLOTHS 1 [ POPLINS AND STOUT woaoiN BEDFORD CORDS 4 < ICPONC4ES 514.98 MATELASSES ► BAYADERE CORDS / WOOL VELOURS < ' Misses' and Women's Suits About One Hundred Suits Blue and Black Serge Suits < ► Spring Models of Fall Fabrics Were $16.50, $18.50, $20.00 Were $12.50 to $16.50 < : $13.98 $11.98 $8.98 : ► REGULAR PRICES WOULD BE UP TO $30.00. The as- STVI.ISH AND WELL TAILORED SUITS of poplins, serge, SIZES FOR WOMEN AND MlSSES.—material is pure wool < sortment includes matelasses, velours, boucles and nov- whipcord, mixtures, novelties. Clearaway price, $11.98, serge. Coats lined with guaranteed satin. Many are \ elties. Short coats and peg top Bkirts. Coats are lined to reduce stocks quickly. Be. prompt. First choice is plain tailored. Recently arrived models —all new and ► with Skinner's satin. always the best. 1 sniaii, and right in fashion. A ► T"—!^!"!"! ,, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — 'T~ ——————_________ _—^ l fashionable FDRS f Overcoat Clearance .Jh ;| OF TRUSTWORTHY QUALITY Starts on Saturday (To-morrow, fTh '■ • I Attractive Values for Saturday | New Winter Overcoats That Were «« m ► I LEOPARD CONEY SETS—An i- I BELGIAN LYNX SETS—large I ™ lnicr VJVerCOaiS 1 fiat Were 0A P#| < K mal scarf, large pillow muff, I scarf and pillow muff, satin g $9.90 and $12.50, RedllCed tO . . < ► I Ind $U 2 oo! $9,98 riif'vaiuo? tiio" $8.981 as early in the morning as you can. The best < ► I at. set v Bet | f* always goes first. You can judge for yourself /liWv\ < ► a PITCH OPOSSUM SETS —don- j IMITATION BLUE vvoiaF SETS | that, this sale will be extraordinary—because the f/ll|2| | •* ► | ! >le anin jal scarf and largo pil- —large scarf and pillow muff. |§ COats are Jill NEW. W(' liaVC all 110W gOO(ls eacll SCaSOII. >BB^MUll\\dl 11A ► 5 $22.50 sr rs,. $4,981 CHINCHILLAS KERSEYS „ I s3o, at.set, urdayat .... cassimeres cheviots ' ► SETS double neck j NATURAL CAT LYNX SETS— H Flain and belted backs, shawl and convertible collars and notch collars, ''lUftiini< ► i ,ndJo,,Mcbre " lad Wmawmm 1 ' : I $22.50 $19.981 $15.00 and $1&50 Suits. Clear- *l4 «e MjyMill ! On Sale on the Second Floor, Bowman's. i ance . . .V I ygjjr l&l 1 11| |]/ $ A t E )'. cr ' V suit in this sale ia an exceptional value. Clearance price gives ' ■ uMl'llf p. t||(l Qltv to buy your suit, at a saving. You can wear it six * .© IH| I|n\ 1 \\\\\Hi ' * ► _ ,— — - - _ . - m . ' months from now on and it will be the proper weight. Be early on Sahir l(®) IB l\\\\\\\\«l i ► Several Hundred Pairs of Winter j&j" -™J or T o t n er and°yo e ll n the wanted " ,ld mw9t faßhionab,e Iflß ► Shoes Reduced 0,1 Sa '° ° n tho Bowman's. ,*■ i : About 300 pahTof ti»t > 200 Boys' Overcoats at Reduced Prices : „ were $1.50 and s2.oo—in gun metal, pat- j i $1.98 Overcoats, $1.25 < , eut colt; tan Russian calf, vici kid. Prac- QOp $4.50 Overcoats, $3.25 , tically odds and ends from our stock but 7Uv *cno 4 k if your size is iu the lot you will get a j IpO.yo UvercoatS, $4.50 -^ great value here on Haturday at J lloxv season. Simply have more overcoats than we i ► w™n o Ti'« tafift flhr>M I Women'r «3 0O sw7 tl)iuk V ll be s s! d this season 011 account of the mild weather " Popular Leathers vZullr Leathers Up , Ulltll "T* But there ' s of winter ahead for your boy < ► Popular Leathers Leatheis and a good overcoat will "see liini through in good shape.'" " ► . $2.90 j $1.90 Shawl collars > convertible coUars, beHed and piain haefcs. ► Misses' $2.50 Tan Women's $4.00 Stylish BoyS Winter Suits Reduced ► Jockey Boots Gaby oo 5 ' PPPjI S * so Suits > • I $3.98 Suits, . $2.25 | ► J-j y Norfolk and double-breasted and single-breasted models ; Boys' moStorrn I Calf Shoes Popular Leathers ges A $1.95 $1.69 Boys' Fancy Cassimere Knee Pants, 6to 17 years; or ' ► tpAtVa « regular price 50c. Saturday at OOC 1 L Women's 30c Rubbers. Special, 30c | Men's 4-Buckle Arctics at SI.OO JS4OO *- _ '_l_LL i [ M "' s 85c E " bta " Arctic .. «1.00 . <_ on lh . e ,„ nd Bowmnu'i ,< "* * * BOWMAN & CO., HARRISBURG, Prt EQLHHISBTJRG *&&&} TELEGRAPH JANUARY 2, 1914. 3