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SECOND SECTION. FRIDAY EVENING,
pages 9TO i 6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH «««■««.
SABBATH FOR Ml. !
SAYS THE TEACHER
i
Puritan Sabbath Ha* Gone
With Knee Breeches and
Broadbrimmed Hat
DAY NOT MEANT TO BE YOKE
On Other Hand, Secular Observ
ances of the Day of Rest Are
Not to Be Countenanced
Th - international Snort ay School lies
.son For March 15 Is "The Lawful j
I sc of the Sabbath."— Luke 13:10-
17; 14: 1-10.
(By William T. Ellis)
Gone, along with the broad- i
brimmed hats and knee breeches, is j
the Puritan Sabbath. Nobody need j
veep, because it never was a parti
cularly Scriptural type of Lord's
Day. Yet its passing has left one of
the most perplexing problems in
American church life to-day. The |
character of the observance of the |
Christian Sunday, which is really a|
national instltulon, should be deter
mined by purpose, and not "by drift, j
Certainly the good folk who seem ,
willing to let the day become wholly j
secular if it cannot be kept in the,
fashion of their grandfathers are
adding nothing to the solution of the j
difficulty.
The best authority to consult In
this crisis is not the "tired business j
man" but the far-seeing, ever- ,
sane and divinely-authorized Teacher, :
Jesus Himself. A candid consid- '
eration of His practices and words,
reveals a clear path out of the per- j
plexlty which is confronting Chris
tians in this twentieth century.
Tin* Pictures linirntli the Whitewash
That the great and essential He- \
brew institution called the Sabbath j
had become overlaid with the accre
tions of years, man-made regulations
and practices, was fearlessly recog
nized by Jesus. Tn the same way,
many ancient masterpieces of art on
church walls have become hidden
beneath the whitewash and paint of
custodians who knew not the real na
-1 ure of what they were covering up.
The precious Christian frescoes in the •
Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople,!
have thus been hidden by Moslem |
overlay.
The old Jewish doctors of the law
liad elaborated the ritual of Sabbath-
Keeping to the point of absurdity.
A careful Jew could not catch a flea
upon his person on the Sabbath, as
this was a kind of hunting! The
distance one might travel, and the
particular tasks he might perform on
this day, all were reduced to an exact
tabulation. Rigid observance of the
letter of the da:' led a thousand
prtrlots, under the Maccabees, to suf
fer death unresistingly, rather than
fight on the Sabbath.
Cutting athwart all this man-made
ritualism was the radical declaration j
of Jesus that "the Sabbath was made
for man, and not inan for the Sab
bath." That meant liberty. It real
ized God's benign purpose in the
day. By those great words the in
stitution was once more set free to
do its holy service for the highest
welfare of man. Not a yoke of op
pression, but a character of liberty
and helpfulness, was this best of
days, the memorial of man's relation
10 God. No Sabbath is well kept
which is observed in a spirit of hard
ship. restraint and joylessness. The
Sabbath is a glad day, a rest day, a
Ua> for looking up and for lifting
up, a day lor developing the God
\> urd aspect of human life.
The "Go-to-Church" Idea
A really organized enthusiasm l'or j
h. "Go-to-Church" Sunday has!
«pread all over the land. Great
cities and small villages have entered
Into the plan, showing a versatility
,ind resourcefulness for propaganda
that is notable. The advertising of
the church has become a new move
ment. in present-day religion. All
this is helping the world to perceive
Hnew the profound considerations
which underlie church attendance.
Here we find, in the story which
In the basis of this lesson, Jesus in
Bttendance upon the synagogue, the
church of His day. That was His
practice. He stood for the best evi
dence of organized religion in His
lime. He found grave fault with
some of its shortcomings, but He
stood by it. He never broke loose
l"rom the synagogue. From the van
tage point of its services, He pro
claimed a nobler type of worship.
Nobody can find warrant in the
words or example of the Master for
spending all of Sunday on the golf
links or in automobiling or in put
tering about a warden. He was
found arrayed with those who met
for the worship of God on the Sab
bath. That is the first testimony
anybody can offer to the church;
lack of it nullifies all other witness.
Despite all he may say, the non
r-hurch-goer is understood as not be
ing oil the side of God and religion.
The Scandalized Ecclesiastics
Our own day's deep social sense is
firmly buttressed in the practice and
icachlngß of Jeßus. He put human
welfare about ritual. Churchly etl
nuette meant less to Him than the
well-being of living men and women,
lfis conception of the Sabbath was
of a day that is beautiful in ministry
to man. Tradition counted for noth
ing as against helpfulness. Our own
Sunday should be a day so helpful to
all sides of man's nature that it will
bind society together by a powerful
spiritual tie.
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A. Cheap Ticket and a
Free Map and Pictures
All About the Big West
and Northwest Country j
I 1
It used to cost a lot of money to go
out West on the railroad, but it doesn't
any more—not on the C. B. & Q. Rail
road, anyway.
You can get a special cheap ticket to
most any place in the far West or
Northwest. Just write me and I will
tell you how.
I will send you a map of the coun
try, too, and interesting printed stuff
with pictures that tells Just exactly
what you want to know about the
country.
The railroad pays me to do this and
it don't cost you a cent. You'll be glad
to get this information anyway
whether you decide to go or not. So
;»i*t busy and write me to-day and tell
ne where you want to go.
Win. Austin, General Agent, Passen
■t Depts.. C. B. & Q. R. R. Co., 83C
riiestnut ft., Philadelphia. ~ Artvrr
'wilMUHUt •
20 MORE CASES ON
MIRCH TRIM. LIST
Supplemental Roll of Defendants
Announced For Week, Be
ginning Monday
I
y/jL/jr~jk tlonal defendants
are listed for trial
> at the March term
°' criminal court
beginning Monday.
fjrrjKSßßQnHi mental calendar
1 announced this
Michael E. Stroup.
This will run the number of criminal
cases to nearly 150. President Judge
[Johnson, Union and Snyder counties
[will, assist the Dauphin court next
week.
Most of the causes on the supple
mental list are minor offenses, al
though there is a case against Harriet
Stokes, charging her with furnishing
liquor to minors. Albert Robinson is
charged with aggravated assault and
battery and with the acceptance of
money from a woman In a disorderly
house. Here is the remainder of the
list:
Benjamin Davis and Elwood Rau-
Henbach, f. and b.; W. J. Gentzler,
Bozo Lecan and Pero Bonjao, ag. a
and )>.: Dottle Tlamaker. lar.: William
aud Sol Washington, lar from
the person; Mike Tony, lar. by bailee;
Harvey Ylngst and Saul Emanuel, re
ceiving stolen goods; Kosta Gerllc,
Charles Jackson and Edgar Rogers,
a. and b.; Yana Stepsic, mal. mischief; |
and Victor Simpson and John E. Wll- j
llama, attacking a woman.
John D. Sanderson Alinsliou&o En-1
gtneer.—John D. Sanderson, 97 North j
Seventeenth street, was to-day elected ;
by the Directors of the Poor to suc
ceed Ernest Mitchell, resigned, as en
gineer at the almshouse, at S6O per
month and house rent. Sanderson
was suggested by Director Boyer.
Properties Under Sheriff's Hummer.
—Two properties were sold yesterday
afternoon by Sheriff H. C. Wells. A
Swatara township property adjacent
to the Thirteenth Ward was sold to
Attorney E. M. Hershey for $975 and t
a house and lot In Naudain street
went to Attorney I. P. Bowman for
SI,BOO. t
Discuss County Advertising. The
County Commissioners will suggest
that the Sheriff, the prison and poor I
board enter into a mutual agreement |
as to adopting a plan for letting legal I
advertising by contract.
Almshouse Inmates to Work.—The
plan of placing the able-bodied male
Inmates at the Almshouse to work at
picking stones ot working In the quar
ries on the poor farm was discussed
to-day by the Poor Directors.
Realty Transfers. —Realty transfers
yesterday Included the following:
Gettys Gettys to Thomas B. Mar
shall, 222 Emerald street, $1; Moses
Mall to State, 709-11 State and 708
South street, $5,300; Charles Barn
hart to Charles E. Saul, 1816 Boas,
I $10: Commonwealth Trust Company
to William A. Bowman, 1205 Mul-'
berrv. *2,65'): Florence M. Owens to
George B. Cullen, 1828 Green, $2,950;
Investment Realty Company to Hul
■lali Appel, 104 Boas street, $5,600;
Hannah M. Bressler to C. W. Higiey,
23S KHtattnny street, $1: J. Hager to
Lydia C. Cooper, Enhaut; $1; Samuel
Couffer to John Schmidt, Steelton,
$1,090; C. M. Sigler to Hannah M.
Bressler, Paxtang, $1; H. V. Roop to
William J. Beaver, Highsplre, S2OO.
Dr. ShinuueU's Will Probated. —The
will of Dr. Lewis S. Shimmell was pro
bated to-day and his daughter, Miss
Mary Shimmell, was appointed execu
trix. 1 All the property, personal and
real, was left to Mrs. Shimmell. At
the School Board offices to-day it was
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said that Dr. Shimmell was worth be
tween $50,000 and $60,000.
KIRK DRILL SAVES 1,000
Special to The Telegraph
Baltimore, Md., March 13. One
thousand pupils, kept in control by
their teachers at the alarm of fire, yes
terday, marched in good order from the
public school building at Eden and
Preston streets. The building, an old
fashioned brick structure, was destroy
ed.
ALASKA RAILROAD RILL
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C.. March IS. The
Alaska railroad bill, authorizing the
expenditure of $35,000,000 by the Gov
ernment for the construction of rail
roads In that territory, was signed yes
terday by the President. Two pens
were used by the President.
TRAVELS FAR TO DIE
1 Denver, Col., March 13. That he
might die In the county hospital, where
he formerly was interne and house
physician for years, Dr. John Loftus
came to Denver from Scranton, Pa., his
home, and the end came yesterday.
At one time Dr. Loftus was a lead
; ing physician in Denver.
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vertisement.
BRIDES FEAR HOODOO? NAWi
Friday, the Thirteenth, had no su
perstitious terrors for at least four
brides-to-be. One of them was a flf
teen-year-old bride at that. She Is
Anna Holmer and she expects to wed
Charles Minnlch, aged 18. Both are
of this city.
MRS. VAX AERNAM DIES
Mrs. Luella Gamble Van Aernam,
widow of C. Williard Van Aernam,
died yesterday at her home, 607 Pef
fer «treet at the age of 32 years. The
funeral services will be held from the
home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Burial will be made privately at the
Harrlsburg Cemetery.