v :/ SECOND SECTION FRIDAY EVENING, PAGES 11 TO 20 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 22, 1914. - 4fSL WHAT IS "SERVICE" ANYWAY? It's Much Talked About. But Seldom Defined I As we understand it and dispense it at this Live Store, Service I / \ \ \s[ \ J \ means giving you what you want, when you want it, the way you want it I / I n. \ / a at l° wes * P°ssible price consistent with good quality—standing ready g| a * ti mes to give you new goods or refund your money in case your B v purchase should fail to give the most complete and lasting satisfaction. I, / Jl \ ttr, m 2r* jfl Under that DeHnition, no other Men's Store in That our interpretation of service—our better way H I Y mill [ Harrisburg can equal or even approach the service of selling better clothes-—meets the approval of m \\ \ -Jn we render our customers, because no other store the majority of men, the rapid growth of our I i\ \\ carries such a large stock of good clothes in such business bears convincing evidence. If youre one 111 a w^e variety of styles and sizes, or can afford to of the few men who have never bought here, drop \lil /fyS, \«v VC S ° va ' ue P er dollar as we gi ve * in any day. You'll be as welcome to look as to buy. / IKI Suits From the House of Kuppenheimer ifJu ' Mi\W There's refinement of style, certainty of woolen worth and thoroughness of tailoring in mi —Kuppenheimer Suits for men and young men that we have never yet seen equaled at similar \it Islisiil* prices nor surpassed at any price There's nothing transient about theirgood style and good fit. \' 1/». They are put there to stay. Many choice foreign fabrics, formerly beyond reach of the J§ gg|A \|| average purse, are included th is season along with the finest product of American looms. Illkilß Rani: sls S2O $25 S3O |II DOUTRICHS SPECIAL SHIRTS—GUARANTEED < 1 ] H If, in your judgment, these shirts do not fit and wear better than any shirts you J "AY ■ I I■■ ■ ever bought at SI.OO we'll give you a new shirt for every one you return. Woven I ■ll ■ special, but a typical year-round Doutrich value that can't be depulicated^. , * sss t fllltlHliiajyij ° , 304 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG PA. STUMBLING BLOCKS j I STEPPING STOKES? Jesus Hit Squarely at Big Busi ness When It Was Bad Business INDICTS THE SALOONKEEPER Attacks Purveyor of Suggestive Literature and Immoral Art BLOCKS OR STEP-! PING STONES The International Sunday School Les son FOP May 21 I "Unprofitable Servants"'—Luke 17: 1-10. (By William T. Kills) Some people are stumbling blocks And some arc stepuing stones. Some lives help and other lives hinder. The! seriousness of being the sort of per-, son whose conduct keeps others from being their best, is dealt with in plain speech by Jesus. His teaching hits squarely at big business, if it is bad business. It indicts the saloonkeeper and the mistress who oppresses her servants. It reaches out to the osten tatious rich who put bitterness into the heart of the poor, and the "Chris tian" homes which give their servants a distaste for religion. The purveyor of suggestive literature or immoral art or debasing entertainment comes squarely within the range of this ter rific attack of the gentle Nazurine. Things Worse Than Death "It were well for him that a mill stone were hanged about his neck and he were thrown Into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble." That is terrific. It bolsters the immemo rial belief of society in capital punish ment. There are some things worse than death. Jesus, who looked for ward to a kingdom of social snlarid iiy. inrlujtled among these. ofTensjjs agnfn't 11 fand the social order. IWhatever hurts people—and especial- 1 ! ly the weak, the helpless and the Ce jfenseless who have no protectors, ex jcepi the inevitable truth of God— • comes within this sweeping condemna ! tion. The sacredness of life and of j human welfare—that passion which I burns brightest in the noblest breasts j of our lime—was lighted by One who jhad himself been under the harrow of inequitable political, social and re ; ligious conditions. We find Jesus ar i rayed on the side of all who need. \ There is a great deal of talk nowa days about "property rights"; and | some of it is needed. Every teacher lor truth, however, must speak clearly | the judgment that weighed in the ■scale against the ritrhts of life, the ; rights of property are inconsiderable. • Our day sees clearly the worth of hu- I man life. In one of his profound ! papers, "What 1 Believe and Why"— now running in "The Independent"— Or. William Hayes Ward says, in touching upon the puzzle of infinite space and infinite time, "While I be |lieve tl.ere are innumerable inhabited worlds, yet if the earth were the only I one the service to us on tliis little ! world of all radiant heavens would ! not be unworthy, for I believe that jan infant's single, will is of more value than the sum of all cosmic forces through all the celestial ages, so much is mind superior to matter." Caring For the Little Ones A new and larger and important in terpretation of the teaching of Jesus is being given in this generation. There never was such an intense and general solicitude for the "little ones" •of life. This is the meaning of the new British law that is changing an cient estates from game preserves for the nobility into small farms for the 1 Common folk. The cry of "safety first," which in varied forms is being ' written into legislation and which ' holds human life above dividends, is but an echo of this teaching of the 1 Master. Child labor is being driven from the earth even as was slavery, I i because the Master's mind concern ' ing the "little ones" is becoming world : dominant. The principle is every > where being accepted, that any busi • ness which is not good for all its work ers and for all the people, is a bad business, whether it be a cotton mill ■ dr a gin mill. This distinctive principle of the . gospel is in our own time coming to > have a national application. It is ex t planation for America's concern for ■ the welfare of Mexico. President Wil ■ son. at the funeral of American sal s lors slain in Vera Cruz, laid down the • new extension of this Christian teach • In- namely that a nation may even i So to war for the service and help of a . ncodj neighbor. It was this word of Christ that freed the Congo slaves and recently saved the villagers in Ar- j menia. from slaughter by the Kurds, j It is making world-protest against the intention of certain heathen powers j to exploit China. The formal mes-1 sage of the Master is re-echoing in | the social battlecry. "Each for all and j all for each." Whatever hurts the j "least of these" offends Jesus Christ I and merits His condemnation. A Unique Doctrine In the budget of utterances of j Jesus, which make up this Sunday I School lesson, there are four distinct j messages. The first deals with stumb- i ling blocks and helpers. The second j touches upon the unique Christian ' teaching, which differentiates it from : other religions, that men should for- j give one another. Retaliation was i the rule of the world in which Jesus lived. The Mosaic doctrine of "an eye for an eye" works out in the Arabs' blood feud and in all the an cient world, which still maintains the ideals that were common in Christ's day. But He came bidding men to forgive a penitent brother. There is no mushiness or muddy mindedness about this. The clear word of Christ is that an impenitent of fender is to be rebuked. The preacher or teacher who has not the courage to condemn sin, has no credentials from Christ. But when a brother has repented, then he is to be forgiven. Yes, and forgiven again and again; for the kingdom cannot come—there cannot be a harmonious social order —until the principal of forgiveness and forbearance permeates it. By the forgiveness that we expect of God. Jesus abjures us to forgive our breth ren. A Prayer For the Times Some persons remember Moody chiefly in terms of his great sermon on faith, and his voice still echoes lin memory as he repeats this pass age, "Increase our faith." This is the third message of Christ, set apart for the day's study. It is a timely truth. In the face o£ materialism, of reckless specula tion, of arrogant worldly-wisdom, our day needs to pray "Lord Increase our faith." More than we need bigger incomes or lower prices for food, or juster laws, we need to-day an acces sion of faith in a living God who is over all, and to whom every man is accountable. A nation's spiritual heritage is its greatest asset. The de velopment of the Godward side of our life will make for real power and prosperity. A people strong In their hold upon heaven will not fail in meet ing the exigencies of their own times. After All and After All Men cannot square accounts vith ' God. After his best has been dune. he still will not have earned heaven. At the end of all his labors, the man with the clearest vision is ready to pronounce himself, as in this parable, •'an unprofitable servant." We are dependent upon the mercy of God. We cannot work our passage to hea- Yen. The heathen try to lay up merit, I but even they know that their labor j is vain. This passage has been : phrased by Peloubets notes as "the j duty of doing more than our duty." : It is at once an exortation against j spiritual pride and self-camplacency j and a reminder that the goal which i we all seek is so far beyond men's j power to earn, that it is wholly the j gift of the grace of God. The saint-! liest and most serviceable lives are readiest at the, end to cry, "God be : merciful to me a sinner." Brethren in Christ Ordain 1 Foreign Missionaries With Impressive Ceremonies Lebanon, Pa.. May 22. —Ministerial land lay delegates of the Brethren in I Christ of the United Staes and Can ada, in annual conference at Falrlard, this county, opened the convention at 8 o'clock yesterday morning in order to complete the work of the week before Saturday evening. It had been I hoped to adjourn on Friday evening, ; but that plan has been abandoned. Missionary work occupied most of the sessions. With impressive ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Eyster, of Thomas, Okla., and Daniel O. Lenker, of San Francisco, Cal., were ordained as for eign missionaries, and they will leave for the African missionary lield later this year. Mr. and Mrs. Eyster are | native Pennsylvanians and have been I connected with the home missionary I department in Oklahoma for some j years. A source of gratification to the con ference was the reports from the Mes ! siah Bible School and Missionary I Training Home, which was instituted | four years ago in a dwelling at Har | risburg, and which is now established iin its own quarters at Grantham, i Cumberland county, with an institu tion capable of accommodateing 100 rooming students. The enrollent has grown from 12 to 91 and great work is being done. The credit for the progress of the school was given to S. R. 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