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KM SERVED SELF
DITHER THIN PEOPLE
As a Result Thousands of Years' of
Misery Have Been Shouldered
on the Race
THE WORLD AT A CROSSROADS
The International Sunday Sschool
Lesson For August 8 Is "The
Kingdom Torn Asunder
(By William T. Ellis)
This is a day for looking backward.
In order to be able to look forward in
telligently. Wise folk are studying
history, and especially the history of
great crises. Even the man with half
a brain knows that to-day the world
is at a crossroads, confronting the
most momentous choice of all time.
Therefore the light of the past is
needed upon the present. What men
have done in times gone may help
us In the time now here. -This is hu
manity's decision day.
In lesser degree, the Jews of old
had come to the same sort of crisis.
Though they knew it not their na
tional destiny hung in the balance.
Either they could go forward aa a
united people, growing in power and
prosperity, and rivaling Assyria and
Babylonia and Egypt, thus profoundly
shaping the future course of man
kind, and perhaps dominating the
world by their peculiar religious
teaching of the One True God; or
else they might give way to jealousies
and pride and local ambition and split
up as a nation, and finally be wiped
out of national existence by their
more powerful neighbors.
Alas, they chose the way that has
spelled thousands of years of misery
for their descendants. Solomon's
son had not Solomon's sense; and
the people, too, were partisans be
fore they were patriots. So Reho
boam is known only as the foolish
young king who tried to sweep back
the tides of democracy, and who
went down under the flag of absolute
autocracy. Given a choice between
serving the people and seeking his
own selfish course, he chose the lat
ter.
The World-Issue Today
Boiled down to elementals. that is
Identically the issue which the great
war has put up to our country; and
to every other. Shall thin country
acdept a world mission of service and
of 'human welfare; or shall It seel;
self-aggrandizement? On the choice
now made hanss our t'uttive fate.
Unless a noble vision of world minis
try, be given unto our leaders at tills
tint|e —and by leaders I mean our
editors and public speakers and
teachers and preachers, as well as
officeholders—We may fall Into the
terrible mistake of utilizing the con
dition of world chaos and worldflux
for our own selfish enrichment, to our
eternal disaster as a nation. Only a
nobis purpose to be a ministering na
tion. at all costs, can save us now.
Lacking this, we too shall go, along I
with Israel, into the preat scrapheap j
of tVagie national "might have beens."
No Sunday School class is too young
or too obscure to have driven into its
consciousnes the parallel between the
present times and those of Rehoboam.
New forces of democracy and mass
self-consciousness have been released
among the people. Old Ideas and in
stitutions which most men thought to
be permanent are in the melting pot.
Whatever and whenever the end of
the present war, human rights are
going to emerge more claimant than
ever. Vast social changes are inevit
able. Ancient isolations have been
engulfed. Challenging questions, far
greater than those which confronted
Rehoboam, will be put to every nation
and ruler and system.
What shall the answer be? Short
sighted and selfish, like Rehoboam's;
or far-visioned and fraternal? That
day marked the apex of Israel's his
tory; by an unwise choice, she made
it so, and entered upon a decline,
when she might have gone on from
strength to strength.
The Father's Fault
Although he was the wisest of men,
Solomon was not altogether wise. No
body Is wholly perfect, so we may not
expect too much, even of Solomon.
Still, knowing as much as he did, he
should have known too much to do
many of the things that marred his
reign. There were the seven hun
dred wives and three hundred concu
bines, for instance. Even worse were
those Idolatrous altars set up to please
his heathen wives: for even King Solo
mon could be swayed by his wife.
There was the extravagance in per
sonal expenditure; and the royal mag
nificence which was not matched by
the improvement in the condition of
the people. This idleness and luxury
of the court begot a pampered sel
fishness In the princes. Forced labor,
an evil of which we know nothing,
drove the Iron of bitterness and re
sentment Into the of the masses
of tollers.
In a word, instead of having led
the kingdom forward into greater
popular strength and democracy,
Solomon's reign really weighed on
the side of reaction and absolutism.
The national treasury was enriched,
posiiliiiy
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but the people were impoverished
and,
"111 fares the land, to hastening Ills
a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay."
Solomon bequeathed Rehoboam a
magnificent throne, but a weakened
will and a disintegrating state. The
old rivalry between the northern and
southern tribes had not been healed.
The people, as a people, were less
united, self-conscious and purposeful
than ever before. Whereas the first
part of statesmanship is tc leave the
State stronger than one finds it. A
case in point is that of the late Poriflro
Diaz, of Mexico, who, as the Spring- |
Held Republican points out, was ac- j
claimed as the greatest living states-]
man a few years ago; but who, when i
he recently died, was admitted to have i
been a failure. He had enriched and
glorified himself and his retinue, but
he had not made Mexico great and
strong.
The People In Protest
The volcano had been rumbling
under Solomon's dazzling throne.
His son was to be caught in its ex
plosion. When Rehoboam went
north to Shechem to receive the
sanction of the elders for his corona
tion, a deputation waited upon him
and asked a declaration of policy.
They asked for an easement of their |
burdens. Oppression had reached the ]
breaking point. Would the new king
grant more popular ights?
A familiar picture that, isn't it? I
Resembles Runnymede and the Magna
Charta, doesnt it? And similar scenes,
less spectacularly staged, all around I
the world in our own day. Throughout
the centuries the chorus of demands
for human right and justice have been
growing stronger and stronger. To
day it is the dominant note in all so
cial utterance. The old cry,
"God save the king!"
has given way to a new slogan,
"God save the people."
Many things may be forgiven In
a ruler, but not Ignorance of the pub
lic mind. An official must know what
the people—all sorts of people—are
thinking about. There was a cutting
edge of irony and rebuke to the ques- i
tion which the gentle Jesus hurled at |
the leaders of His nation: "Can ye
not discern the signs of the times?"
Rehoboam was as heedless of the por
tents of his day as many a wealthy
and aristocratic clubman of this pres
ent time is of the significant surge
and sweep of the social unrest of the
twentieth century. The world's un
rest at this very hour is the most omi
nous, and at the same time, hopeful,
sign on the day's horizon. Pity the
Rehoboams who can neither discern
nor direct It.
Following One's Own Crowd
The sort of crowd a person runs
with is a pretty clear index to the
course of his thinking. That is why
judges, whose social contracts are
commonly with the employing and i
investing class, so frequently favor
corporations in their decisions. Their
viewpoint has been unconsciously col
ored.
Prince Rehoboam had kept com
pany with a set of young bloods who
reflected and abetted his own selfish
ness and sensuality. They made his
atmosphere. To him, they represented
"life." He was not a prince after the
order of HarHoun er Raschid, who
prowled the streets and bazaars and
coffeehouses of Bagdad in disguise,
learning what people were saying and
doing. Because he was enslaved to a
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"set," Rehoboam lost the throne of
Solomon.
True, he did go through the for
mality of taking counsel with the old
men. Their advice was wise: "If
thou wilt be a servant unto this peo
ple this day, and wilt serve them, and
speak good words to them, then they
will be thy servants forever." Wise
counsel that; but nothing was farther i
froni Rehoboam's mind than being a
servant to anybody. So, after the im
memorial custom of seekers after ad
-1 vice, he turned to those who would
give him counsel in accord with his
desires.
His boon companions, the young
men, who despised the common peo
ple, bade him speak "like a king,"
[ abating not a Jot of his rights. So
: the reply the patient people received
I was these Insolent words: "My little
i finger shall be thicker than my fath-
I er's loins. And now whereas my father
did bade you with a heavy yoke I will
add to your yoke; my father hath
chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scourges."
A clever essayist in "The Atlantic"
once said that a man's solution of do
mestic difficulties is his hat; he can
leave the house. That was the reply
that made by the northern tribes to
Rehoboam's arrogance. They raised
the cry, "To your tents, O Israel";
and Rehoboam was straightway de
prived of the larger part of his king
| dom. The lead who will not go with
the people in their Just demands finds
that the people will not go with him.
I One deep need of the present solemn
| hour is for a statesmanship that can
interpret the heart of the people.
Lutheran Summer School
at Mt. Gretna Chautauqua
Special to The Telegraph
Mount Gretna, Pa., Aug. 6.—A Sun
day school picnic from MJddletown
brought 2,000 people. The feature of
the day was the ball game between
Middletown and Mount Gretna, which
resulted In a defeat for the latter.
The Mount Gretna Embroidery Club
met on the porch of Mrs. Martin
: Golden yesterday morning. Among
| the ladies present were Mrs. Charles
j Smith, Mrs. Lerch, the Misses Eves.
| Mrs. Annie Hubley, Mrs. Herbert
Ttrry, Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. John Brandt,
Mrs. Laucks, Mrs. E. E. Ewlng, Mrs.
George Altenderfer, Mrs. Booth, Mrs.
Cooper, Mrs. Genster, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Brady, Mrs. H. J. Babb, Mrs. Strack
and Miss Maria Kobler and Mrs.
Emma Selbert.
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Spragg returned
to their home in Harrlsburg after
spending several days as guests of
Mrs. T. H. Hamilton.
Harry Doyle, of Harrlsburg, is the
guest of Jay Stoll at the Brunswick
cotta'ge.
Miss Elsie Yont has returned to the
grove after spending several days at
Allentown.
At a recent meeting of the Mount
Gretna Quoit Club the following offl
| cers were elected: President, Chris
tian Baer; vice-president, Charles
Wolf; secretary, Harry Whitmoyer;
treasurer, E. E. Ewlng.
Mrs. George W. Wolford, of Harrls
burg, is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. E. W. Qulgley, at the Drofiow.
Mr. and Mrs. George Whitney have
returned to Harrlsburg.
Miss Elsie Brlnzer has returned to
I her home in Harrlsburg after spending
| several days as the guest of MUa Lo
rene Shelly.
Miss Lizette Carey, of Harrlsburg,
Is visiting relatives in the grove.
G. M. Stoll spent the day with his
family at the Brunswick cottage.
Miss Maria 8. Kobler, of New Free
dom. York county, is the guest of Mrs.
i Emma Seibert.
John Adams and children, Dorothy
and Richard, spent Wednesday in Har
rlsburg.
The Lutheran summer school has
been In session all this week In the
Chautauqua and will continue until
August 7. Many prominent speakers
have charge of the meetings.
Dr. William F. Adams, medical mls
•lonary, of Yochow, China, will addresa
the Reformed missionary conference
to-day at the Chautauqua.
Miss Bertha Maeyer, of Harrisburg,
is the guest of Mrs. Jennie Detweller
at the Katola cottage.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Halifax. Pa., Aug. 6.—On Thursday
a pleasant evening was spent at the
home of H. R. Landis, in Matamoras,
In honor of his sixtieth birthday anni
versary. Refreshments were served to
the following: The Rev. S. B. Hoff
man and family, Homer Bressler and
Mary Hoffman, of Oberlln; Albert 1
HofTman, of near Halifax, and Mr. and I
Mrs. H. R. Landis. 5
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I suffer from backache, and rheu
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Lewis R., My Dear Sir; Answering
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Special to The Telegraph
Halifax, Pa.. Aug. 6.—Fifty or more
enthusiastic men attended a public
meeting in the P. O. S. of A. hall on
Wednesday evening for the purpose of
organizing a Chamber of Commerce.
These officers were elected: President,
R. A. Shumaker; vice-president, W. 1,.
Pike; treasurer, Dr. L. S. Marshall;
secretary, P. S. Hill. A by-laws com
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