SAVINS SABBATH FROM SHOCK OF WAR
Th International Sunday Behosl Leegen For Dseember 10 ta
"Nehemlah Enforces* the Laitf bf the Salsjaath:"
Nehemiah 1J! i £-22
By WILLIAM T, &LLI9
Civil tumult barf •lien changed so- ]
pint And even religious Institutions, j
War's effect* are hot all felt only on I
Hie battlefield, There are vast eon- j
■equelioes to civilisation Involved. j
"• 11h wtlluh all teachers of morals j
aml religion should primarily con- ,
< ••rii themselves, Religion harself ]
needs to ho especially Vigilant lest, j
•while devoting her most sacred oner- j
liles to the protection! by means of |
iiruled conflict, of the Ideals which I
An fundamental to civilisation, she j
isa certain heritages as precious as !
tiose for which civilisation Is bat-j
tlllitf. These are Brave days for all
who have n responsibility for the '
t onearvutlon mid extension of the J
Ki'vnt teachings of the Gospel, Only i
the moat stupid und unobservant per
son can fall to see that the moral and
incliil consequence* of a world war
i-o by no moans clejvr and assured.
As It Is now. so It was In the days |
if llNnltk, lii this pertinent old
story, which lias boon assigned for
study by tht Sunday schools of the :
world, wo learn how llfo had grown |
lax In old Jerusalem, under the stress
conquest und civil disorganisation.
' Out West" conditions, as w knew !
them a generation ago, prevailed.
The usages of the fathers hud been
allowed to slip away. The Jews who :
v ere dealing with the disturbed con- j
tilt ions of the old city had been so 1
bent upon "practical" questions that
they had permitted the Institutions
fur which Jerusalem peculiarly stood
t i lapse; while they borrowed freely
f ' the laxer customs of the surround
ing people. Amid an environment
largely heathen, the sons of promise
forgot "their inheritance.
Especially shocked was Nehemlah
by the violations of the Mosaic laws !
<if the Sabbath. The foreigners in !
the city were largely responsible for]
this, just as immigration lias so deep- 1
ly colored our own civil life. But j
Jews as well as heathens were buy- j
ing and selling on the holy day, and :
treating it like any other day of the
v eek. They had been "too busy" j
to take cognizance of the Sabbath of I
Their fathers. Like dwellers in for
eign lands, they had imperceptibly j
shipped into the local disregard for '
the day that had meant so much 1
when they were back home. It is not
unknown for persons who were once i
• hurch workers and Sunday school 1
teachers to grow slack even in
i hurch attendance when they move !
to a new community, where laxer 1
i-iandarrts prevail.
A Strenuonx Reformer
Some of us would have felt a self
■ oniplacent serse of superiority over j
ie conduct "jf these violators ot
-■d's law. had we been in Nehemiah's |
osition. Or else we should have
\-athered together a little company of j
ihe stricter sort, like-minded folk, \
und bewailed the deterioration of the
times. Not so Nehemiah. He was
like an American, in that he ever
"Turned a keen, untroubled face
"Home to the instant need of things.' j
t
- i Nehemiah spoke to the right per-j
••■ns in condemnation of the shocking'
laxity; he shut the city gates |
igainst the non-Sabbath-keeping for
gners; then he threatened perslst
•it violators with the rigors of the
uw Hut let us have the story itself,
•s Nehemiah told It:
"In those days saw I in Judah
<me treading winepresses on the
lbbath, and bringing in sheaves,
d lading asses; as also wine, grapes
id tigs, and all manner of burdens,
•oil they brought into Jerusalem
* the Sabbath day; and I testified
.linst them in the day wherein they
:d victuals. There dwelt men of
r•. re also therein, which brought
-o. and all manner of ware, which
hey sold unto the children of Judah,
•<! in Jerusalem. Then I contended
ith the nobles of Judah, and said
into them. What evil thing is this
,e do, and profane the Sabbath day?
iid not your fathers thus, and did
;ot our God bring all this evil upon
is. and upon this city? yet ye bring
r.ore wrath upon Israel by profaning
he Sabbath. And it came to pass,
afore the gates of Jerusalem began
.. be dark before the Sabbath. I
onimanded that the gates be shut,
nd oharsf.'d that they should not be i
pened until after the Sabbath; and
ntr.t: of my servants set I at the j
>te, that there should no burden ,
■i broogbt in on the Sabbath day. I
i the merchants and sellers of all j
.tld4 of ware lodged without Jeru- j
iioril once or twice. Then I testified
tfalnst thom. and said unto them.
Ifhy lodge ye about the wall? If ye
o so again, I will lay hands on you.
"Rom that time forth came they no
lore on the Sabbath. And I com -
anded the Invites that they should j
leanse themselves, and that they |
hould come and keep the gates to j
inctify the Sabbath day."
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Something like the hard senso of j
ehemiah is needed, in this time or j
-ansformation, and obscuration of ]
loral values, to save to civilization'
s Christian Sabbath. With a sud
pnness for which most of us were
ot prepared, our very life, as rcpre- ;
;nted by our choicest young men.
as been thrust into the midst of |
idical conditions, and Into contact I
ith environment wholly different
•om those amid which they were
•and. All the old order is being
lallenged. There are no sanctities
eyond the pale of the question ,
ark In a soldier's life little is;
iken for granted, except military ,
ity The conventional world of tens
t thousands of young soldiers is
dling about their ears. It is not
isy for them, in this crash of con
>ntionaliti"s, to distinguish between
ie essential and the nonessential.
Therefore the compulsion is strong
?on all who see clearly and think
inely to save the tested integrities,
►cial and personal. Some lessons
hich the world has been long In
arning should not be. forgotten in j
lis day when men go to war for j
lirtual values. While we fight for
Serty and Justice and democracy, .
e should not become blind to the
rces which underlie these, and have ,
ade them realities in the history j
the race. To sacrifice lightly the j
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FRIOAY feVfeNtN'A hAimißßtms TEIEGRAPS DECEMBER 14, 1917.
Ghrlstlftii standard nf meralltyi the
Chrlstief! iiomei atl the Christian
Ssb'jaHii Would bS i'Pally td tindo
wha l : hrts been so toilsomely done by
these of aneriflSS and Suffering.
15 is stnttll tiling tit lioid ourselves
tip In the level of the ideals whieli
have pnl'tied ufi lulu this wdf.
Greater than the heed for generals
or strategists or economists or in
ventor?, in tlile time ef stress, is the
npeil fai : inen and Weinett ef elear
moral fUid ethical fthd spiritual vi
sion, who, without sensationalism,
and without losing their patriotism,
will call the Christian nations back
te an appreciation Of the ultimate
veHt'eH That these are bound up
with monagamy, the Christian Sab
bath, and with the Christian concep
tion of personal virtue, is easily dem
onstrable, Huclt teachers will prepare
us to conduct out' common life on
the same high plans upon which this
war for humanity has been main
tained, The sacriflnlal lesson of the
battleliald will not have been learned
In vain,
What Kind of Nundnyf
Reactionaries and conventionalists
are not the ones to call the world
hack to the great essentials. The
men whose religion is perfunctory,
und acquired, like a suit of clothes,
in a theological shop, can have small
part In this rennalssnnce. Illiberal
and Intolerant folk, whoso creed is a
sot of rules ond negations, are like
wise unfitted for this greatest ot
tasks Imposed by the war. It needs
cosmopolitan men, of a charity like
unto that of Christ, and with u meas
ure of His own passion for right
eousness, and able to see beneath
the overlay of the centuries the es
sential principle, to nrouse the world
to an appreciation of the heroic pro
portions of the religious task that
lies before the Church to-day.
Clearly, we cannot have back the
Puritan Sabbath. Nor do we want It.
It savored more of oldJohn Milton
than of the Bible. It was a darksome
thing, with little of the sweetness
and joy of even the Jewish Sabbath
about it. Who can tell the tale ot
the children whose lives have been
shrouded by the gloom of this un
scrlptural institution, with its heaped
up rabbinical rules, all imposed in
the name of the Lord who broke old
bondages on that day of Resurrec
tion. The Sabbath of infinite restric
tions Is gone. ,
But in its stead we do not want a
Sabbath that is a mere holiday. For
whac in only a holiday far some is
like!;- become a workday for all.
Brlsaths has learned, during the stress
of war. that it is economically un
sound to attempt to increase a manu
factured output by seven-day-a-week
labor. The principle of a Sabbath
was written in the nature of man
long before it wis written on tables
of stone. The sacred first law of a
rest day underlies ail true Sabbath
lieeping. ,
If it may not be a mere holiday, it
surely must be a holy day, a day
with a divine stamp upon it; a day
which comes whispering softly, like
a summer breeze, "I am not like
other days." The man who thinks
he can keep the Sabbath on the golf
links, or in bed, is either deceived
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himself or Is deceiving others. The
Sabbath was made for matt, but It Is
nevertheless the Lord's bay: ti Is
sacred td rest bf t.h(S body ana re
freshment of the ftpirit: Thai Is why
It should hii M honie oa^ — net it
merry-making day—ahd it fcnufen
golnft dajf: Obviously, 1# the Sabbath
goes the ehtireh goes with Hi and
if the ehureh goes, religion goes) and
If religion goes ( inorallty goesi and
if morality goeSi then elvlllsatlon
goes. That Is no hew lesson. It has
been written over and evet 1 ftgaln
liport the pages of history,
The Issues at stake, at the present
time and In connection with this par
ticular subject, are not light ones.
They strike their roots down to the
fundamentals of life, lit the.preser
ration of a wholesome and holy Sab
bath, even though It differ greatly
from the Institution as our grand
fathers knew It, there are Involved
considerations us Important us any
of those for which civilisation Is now
battling on the soil of Kurope, Asia
and Africa,
Food Values Should Be
Understood by Those
Who Feed Families
Philadelphia, Dec. 14.—A meeting
of the Council of Jewish Women in
the Mercantile Club was devoted en
tirely to the discussion of subjects
calculated to help in food conserva
tion. Mrs. A. A. Kshner presided
and Professor Charles H. Hawaii de
scribed the food situation, and gave
an unulysit) of the activities which
had been suggested to promote the
saving of food. He then told of 'he
relative merits of the ordinary foods.
He contended that most people oat
too much, and that in the choice ot'
their menus they disregarded the
necessary combinations, eating too
much of some things which they lik
ed and disregarding other things
which were essential to the health of
the body. He mentioned some of the
most nutritious foods which are tlio
cheapest on the market, and which
should be used now In the effort to
conserve food. He gave government
data on the relative value of some
kinds of fopd as follows:
One package of prepared cereal
Hakes contains 575 calories,while one
package of rolled oats contains 1,-
800 calories; one can of lima beans
contains 350 calories and one pound
of dried lima beans, 1,200; one pound
of steak contains only 500 -alories,
as compared with one pound of
cheese, which has 2,000; one quart of
oysters has only 450 calories, as
compared with one quart of milk,
which has 2,000. Coffee, ho said,
had no nutritive value tft all, v.'hile
one pound of cocoa contains 3,000
calories. A pint of pickles has only
100 calories, while a pound of candy
has 1,750. One dozen of eggs have
950 calories, while a pound and a
quarter of bacon has 2,000 calor
ies.
Mr. Lawall said that of all the
foods that whichcontained most of
the necessary constituents and was
the cheapest by comparison on the
market was milk, and next to milk
all the other dairy dishes.
Mrs. Lawall spoke at some length
of the need of every woman feeling
the responsibility of saving food,
and mentioned particularly the great
economy in making bread by mixing
cornmeal flour with wheat flour.
Twenty per cent, of the cornmeal
flour made a dough, she said, which
tasted the same as all-wheat bread, (
and which would be an Immense sav- 1
lng in wheat, if the housekeepers j
would only use it in their homes.
OIL KEEPS SIGN
ON BROADWAY
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Owner Complies Willi Coal-
Saving Demand by Use
of Kerosene
New Yerki N, —lf you will stand
ttt Broadway and Forty-seventh!
street at 11 o'clock to-night and look'
up at the great electrlo sign atop the
Pekln Restaurant you will noto that.
Its myriad globes do not fade out
as the hour strikes, as required by
Federal regulations, The sign pro-'
claims the qualities of a certain j
brand of underwear, and for ton days
past, In apparent defiance of the
luting of Dr, Qarfield, Fedeml Fuel
Administrator, Its lights have boen
twinkling from sunset till 1 a. in.,
although all other display signs In
the city have been extinguished two .
hours earlier,
The answer Is—kerosene. Curtail
ment of lights was ordered from
Washington to save coal. Kerosene
is not coal. So, when Washington
cried "lights out" on Broadway, Wal
ter J. Balmon, a real estate oporutor
Interested In electrical display
hit on the Idea of providing his own
current without the use of coal.
In the basement of 1572-1576
Broadway a 60-horsepower kerosene
engine waß Installed, at a cost of
$12,000. It worked fine. Current,
previously obtained from an electric |
light company, was dispensed with,
but the sign continued to herald tho
merits of the underwear, and to Its
letter scheme this announcement was
added:
"Help conserve coal. Kerosene
generates all current used on this
sign."
"We haven't tried it long enough
to know how efficient the plan is
going to be," Mr. Salmon said last
night. "Perhaps it will be 'hat the
current will cost us more In the long
run than under the old plan. But
the point Is, we are keeping the sign
going, and we are not using coal."
Reeve Schley, county fuel adminis
trator, said yesterday that he had re
ceived no word from Washington
: about the proposal to further restrict
electric signs at night. It Is known,.
however, that for some time the fuel
administration has felt that the coai
saved by restricting signs to certain
hours has proved neither entirely
practicable nor thoroughly effective,
and it is accepted as a foregone con
clusion that "lightless nights" on
Broadway willsoon be in evidence.
KXVOY Ff/FTCHER TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON
Mexico City.—Henry P. Fletcher.,
the American ambassador, announc- !
i ed recently that he would leave the
capital on Wednesday for Washing
ton to attend a conference at the
State Department regarding an in- j
crease in exports of gold and food- !
stuffs from the United States to Mex- ,
ico. Luis Cabrera, the Mexican min
ister of finance, will be present at
the conference.
Mr. Fletcher will be accompanied
by Mrs. Fletcher and, with her, will
spend the Christmas holidays in the
United States.
Camp Meade Life
Pictured on Films
Camp Meade, Deo. 14.—The first
motlon-pieture company of draftees
soon will tie organised by the mem
bers of Company C. of the 813 th
Regiment. Eouls Sears, a member
or the company. Is a motion-picture
director and an actor, and has been
connected with the Mllo Film Com
pany He has presented a number
of screen plays in Philadelphia and
other Pennsylvania cities which have
been enjoyed.
Now Sears proposes to let the
Pennsylvania peoplo, especially tho
parents, wlvos, sisters and sweet
hearts of the men here, see what
i kind of a place Camp Meade is and
what the soldier boys do. He is
writing a scenario In which the draft
I lottery will have a place and in
which the hero will be shown from
ihe time he leaves home until he
i rer.ches here.
■ There will be a love story In the
I plav. and the heroine probably will
bo Sergeant Herman ICngel. The
nerneant is a clever female imper
sonator. En gel can get the right toss
: of tho head, tho bewitching smile,
1 lie capriciousness and the archness
o* a pretty little miss of eighteen
who makes everybody rail madly in
io\e with her. He is confident that
i he can get the necessary permission
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IS 1000 FOUNTAIN SYRINGES—SI.2S Value at, each, 48c
ARMY AIR PlLLOWS—Special, Si.so. Army Folding Rubber Wash Basins. Special $1.50
FRONT DOOR MATS—SI.SO Value at 9 *g c
I BOYS' and GIRLS' RAINCOATS—The Kind That Sheds Rain—Real Values, From $1.98 to $5.00
LADIES' and MEN'S RAINCOATS —Goodyear Quality—From $4 98 to S2O 00
Just at tills time, when priees on everything are soaring every (lay, we were verv hiekv in nmcnrin , ... .
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to Vorry about the other part. He
knows all the motion-picture busi
ness* and is bound to succeed. The
filnt may be exhibited ever the coun
try:
WILL RERP SCHOOLS OPHM
Wilmington llonrd Oppnmed to Saving
Col by Cloalnif Them
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 14.—Chil
dren attending the public schools of
this city will have their vacation
next summer as usual and not in the
winter months. The members of the
board of education are opposed to the
plan to close tho schools as one
means of conserving the coal supply
and distributing the large stock on
hand In the school buildings for more
urgent needs. Because some of the
schools are reported to have been ex
tremely cold, due to the poor quality
of coal furnished them, the board de
cided to endeavor to get a better
grade of fuel. ,
That the schoolteachers of the city
who are receiving the minimum sal
ary allowed by the board of educa
tion are unable to live on the money
they receive on account of the unusu
ally high cost of living, is a declara
tion of Superintendent Scott to the
board. He recommended some sort
of a war bonus for these teachers.
The members of the board, however,
found that all their funds are appro
priated and that they could not grant
a bonus without further financial as
sistance from council, although all
the members farored some aid at
oncei
SCANT ALCOHOL FOR lIKIQB
President Will Probably Set Limit
nt 24 Per Cent
Washington, Dec. li.—When Presi
dent Wilson's order reducing the al
coholic consent of beer Is Issued, It
probably will specify 2% per cent,
instead of 3 per cent., as was first
contemplated. Food Administrator
Hoover recommended that It be cut
to 2 per cent, as a grain conservation
measure.
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