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SECOND SECTION FRIDAY EVENING,
PAGES 11 TO 20 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 22, 1914.
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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. Smith,
known throughout the State as a
noodle and macaroni manufacturer,
who, as president of the institution,
not only contributed his time gratis,
! but made large donations of money to
| the support of the school. Knis H.
j lless, as secretary and treasurer, made
I the report.
MYERSTOWX APPROVES LOAN
Special lo The Telegraph
Lebanon, Pa., May 22.—At Tues
day's election the voters of the bor
ough of Myerstown voted on the
project to float a loan of $25,000 for a
new school building, and the project
carried by a vote of 240 to 30. The
plans are already arranged and the
actual building will start as soon as
the financial arrangements are com
pleted.
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