QUIBBLERS IN A CRISIS The International Sunday School Lesson For Janu ary 27 Is "Jesus Forgiving Sin."—Mark 2:1-12 By WILLIAM T. ELLIS War is running a sharp line be tween the big and the little, the doers and the critics, the convention al and the daring. Some persons— oven generals and diplomats and other government officials among ihem —have proved too small to rise to the heights of this new day. They are the slaves of precedent and con ventionality. There is more red tape than red blood about them. Even with the' world afire, they have eyes lor the proprieties and usages of another day. These quibbling minds have cost the world dear. It is an old. old principle by which they stand condemned. Jesus himself dealt sharply with this sort o? two-by-four saint when they be gan to raise their quibbling shop talk in a great human crisis. A man w-as seeking life, and getting it; but the scribes objected to both the manner of receiving and bestowing it. Doubtless if those scribes were alive to-day they would want to util ize the army camps for the preserva tion of their denominational pecadil ioes among the troops. They still would insist upon all the rules of the book of church discipline being ap plied; and they would continue to judge a man's religion by his con formity to the rules of the village I church. Two great principles stand out in this Sunday School Lesson story. The first is that supreme goals may be gained, in spite of all handicaps, ' v those determined to attain them. Jhothing can balk a resolute man. The second is that there are times when everyday usuages and the small conventions of life, must give way before a great necessity. Smash roofs and break up meetings, if need be, but win to life. As for the petty objectors and fault-finders, they must be disregarded. The Hope of Man. The story is laid in old Caper naum. It was a great day in the life of Jesus. He made His head quarters in a private house, perhaps in the home of Peter. The crowds thronged Him. Not only was the city at His door, but the whole coun tryside from 51s far away as Jerusa lem had been drawn by the lure of liis wondrous works anil words. In side the small house, the people were jammed, hanging on His words*. Among them were many sick and i ■ rippled, eager for a single touch , that would mean healing. Calm, i compassionate, helpful, Jesus was I the center of a needy multitude, ] then, as now, the hope of man. The figure has never lost its i • harm for mankind. Jesus, the healer and the helper, is the fairest picture that the imagination of mor tals conceives. Always He was help ing, always He was teaching, The hurried, harried. heavy, hungry hearts of to-day find satisfaction in Him. The Man Shut Out All over the world a chorus of "ifs" are arising. "If I could only be of some real help in the war," sighs the person who is non-available for, military duty. "If I could only go I to the hospital." says the poor sick . fe- an in the remote rural parts; "If ; ' 0 -'id only go to Colorado," says . the mechanic threatened with tuber- j 1 ulosis; "If I could only have a little ! ■ apital," says the ambitious young I • ion, eager to start into business. ad !n the Aramaic speech that day a: Capetr.aum, many w o saying, j "If I could only get in anO. He ] but look on me." The crowd was so I great that many were shut out. ! Such a slight distance, such a small barrier, separated between the man in need and the Man with health j to give. It is a proposition generally sound I that if one wants anything in this j world badly enough, whether it be ! an education, or a business, or a \ quality of character, he gets it if his j wishes have will behind them. One | of the sick men shut out from the j Capernaum house that day was a j poor paralytic who saw the numbers j of people intervening between him self and his dreams of deliverance from bondage. How he won is a meaningful story. I'our l T ncoiivt>ntional Friends ] The average woman, finding her j home inadvertently locked, will sit j on the doorstep for a night, risking ] pneumonia, rather than break a i pane of glass and unlock a window. Conventionality has all of us so thoroughly in its grip that we hesi tate to do the unusual, the audacious ihing. The paralytic and his friends j faced a situation calling for uncon- | ventional measures. What should | they do to reach Jesus? They could j not elbow other needy ones out > of the way, for these, too, had equal ! right and equal eagerness, and rude- ! ness to them would merit sure re- > buke from the fearles Teacher. As the old proverb says, "Love ! will find a way." These loyal friends j >ieere not daunted by conventionali- I ies. The house was of the kind j still typical in Palestine; its fiat mud i roof could easily be broken into, and ! the space between the supporting j beams was wide enough to let the j figure of the sick man through. Without hesitation they deliberately | tore up the carefully laid, watered and rolled mud roof. What is a roof j when a life is at stake? The great I are usually unconventional, and these four friends showed evidence of greatness in their conduct. The Sick Man's Riches We could wish to know more ! about this paralytic. He must have ' been a rare character. No whining, | complaining, embittered chronic in- I valid he. Such friends as he pos- j sessed are won by another kind of I iIZ"-A JOY TO SORE, TIRED FEET Use 'Tiz" For Aching, Burning,' Puffed-up Feet and Corns or Calluses Good-bye, sore feet, burning feet, j swollen feet, tender feet, tired feet. ' Good-bye, corns, callouses., bun- | ions and raw spots. No more shoe tightness, no more limping with j pain or drawing up your face in agony. "Tiz" is magical, acts right off. "Tiz" draws out all the poison ous exudations which puff up the toet. Use "Tiz" and wear smaller Use "Tiz" and forget your foot misery. Ah! how comfortable your feet feel. Get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" now at any druggist or department store. T>on't suffer. Have good feet, glad feet, feet that never swell, never hurt, never get tired. A year's foot comfort guaranteed or money re funded. . _ y. FRIDAY EVENING, HABWSBCRG Sft£sSbl TELEGRAPH ' TANUARY 25, 1918. character. In them the man was rich. He might have no goods but the pallet or quilt which constituted his bed, but he was rich in loyal love and devotion of at least four friends. Life has no greater prize than friendship. The man who has one true friend that will stand by him in adversity has made a high and deep success of life. It was really worth while to undergo all the suf fering which had been the lot of this poor paralytic, for the sake of knowing that he possessed such friends as these four. And they, noble, loyal, resource ful, have won for themselves a place among the immortal characters of history. Their loyalty and faithful ness have spurred friends to greater devotion through all the centuries since. The scene is dramatic. Inside the house the Teacher is holding forth. The crowd in and around the build ing are so intent upon Him that they give no heed to this one particular group of which the paralytic is the center. These make their way to the roof by the outside stair. The company in the house sud denly hears a scraping and a tearing above their heads. The discourse is interrupted—for probably even the Greatest of preachers could not hold the attention of His hearers in the face of a trivial interruption. Dust begins to fall over all the people. The conventional folk inside are horrified at this breach of proprie ties. All are gazing in expectanev upon the disturbance overhead. Then through the opening appears the form of a man. let down by the four corners of the quilt that consti tuted his hed. The people look in wonderment and curiosity. They do not see the questioning eves of the i Teacher himself, who is perhaps the only person in the room appreciating the real significance of this extraor dinary action. His feelings are stirred to their profound depths. .Nothing moves Him more than faith and friendship. Little He cares for the conventionalities. He sees the great resolution to get in to himself, and His heart is made glad. By any way, however rough it be. By any way, however thronged it be. By any way, however steep it be, , O Good Physician, if I get to Thee. —Amos R. Wells. The Boon Grant I Possibly uncertain of his welcome I the patient was tenderly laid on the floor at the Master's feet; the staring I crowd by this time having caught ; somewhat of the Healer's interest in seff H nt 'K^°f sibly the man h^- self was doubtful as to the welcome f ™" ld rece ' vc ' The first word j t nat fell upon his ear reassured him for it was the tender greeting, "Son " buthi J* m , an n ' anted health. Slid d .£ d fnr^vpri ess. Jesus *>?"• th >" Sins are forgiven alwiv, Plus. God always gi\es more than we seek : V ;„" lan asl <* Him for little without receiving much. Health for the body was what this man craved and received, but with it went the far Of n PHZe °J healfh for his spirit, f course the theological quibblers M, 24caml™49? 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Man ought to want little—the man who, safe at his own fireside, need havo no fears of personal affliction or injury. The soldier asks for lit tle. and it seems a little sacrifice indeed for the home citizen to cut out his own ration of tobacco, say. once a week, and send that savings to his friend, the fighting American. Few persons, even smokers, have a really vivid notion of the long-felt want that tobacco fills on the firing line—cigarets, or "fags", in partic ular. Reading some of the official ao counts of the British war department, recording incidents for which the Victoria Cross was bestowed, one occasionally hears the familiar cry. j'"Tobacco!" Men dying ask for a j smoke the very last thing. A Cana- I dian lieutenant, single-handed, held ! a position for a long time with j bombs. This Canadian youth, though I terribly wounded and suffering a great deal, by sheer force of will coolly continued to throw bombs at a heavy force of Germans. Placing each bomb with infinite skill, he was able to stave off the Hun until Brit ish reserves rushed to his rescue, but |it was too late. With a smile of ' gratitude that he had been able to do something for his country he begged that some one might light him a cigaret. He passed away with this fragrant comforter between his lips, and who shall blame him? 1 These heroes know what they want. ' And now is the time to send a con tribution to the Telegraph, so that your aid may be available in the next few months. In that time, according to Washington, there may be a mil lion American troops in France. They will need tobacco. i THEATERS EXTERTAIX SOI.DIERS j Hundreds or recruits, detained here for the lack of a receiving depot, are 1 having the stay made nipre interest ing by the hospitality of certain thea ters which let the Sammees in free. The Italian war pictures, at the Re gent yesterday, served to highly en tertain at least 100 boys. The Or pheum offered "Lid Lifters" to them and the managers of the Victoria and Colonial let it be known that they were ready to welcome the lads at to day's shows. were present. They did not like this new idea of the new Rabbi under taking to say that He could forgive sins. With quiet dignity Jesus met and silenced them by proving that He had power both to forgive sins and to heal bodies. He bade the man take up his hed and walk. He who had come in helpless sup plication through a hole in the roof, went out in victory through the open door. Th crowds marvelled at him and at ©le Master who had wrought the miracle. Then, as now the tid ings ran wildly that this Jesus had power to make men over into the •new. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING JOY OUT OF LIFE Convict, Pardoned, Finds "Two More Years" Wait ing Outside Oklahqma City. Okta. When William Koons stood before the dis trict court in Woodward county two years ago and heard the judge sen tence him to prison for two years he little thought that the United States Marshal's office in Oklahoma City had made a notation that his sentence of two years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary at McAles ter would expire some time in Jan uary, 1918. Koons was one of the many Okla homa convicts to whom Governor Wifliams had promised a holiday pardon. When word came to the prison that men whose terms would expire in January would be granted par dons Koons took a new lease on life. In the marshal's office in the fed eral building one of the deputies went to a pigeon hole, brushed the dust away and withdrew a little slip on which was written a notation. It concerned William Koons. The deputy quickly dispatched a tele gram requesting the warden at Mc- Aiester to hold Koons. He'd Figured on New Start At McAlester all was happiness, gladness and joy among those who were to benefit by the Governor's act. Koons was happy, too. He'd sfart anew, brace up and see if he couldn't go "square." The morning of liberation day saw a line of hap py, smiling convicts standing near the warden's office. They had been "dressed out" and were thinking of the happy time to be spent on "the outside." But Koons wasn't there. Instead he was seated on the edge of his cot in one of the gloomy cell houses his head in his hands, think ing and wondering. He had been left behind when the others passed through the gates and into "the big open." He kept wondering for six days and finally he was called into the deputy warden's office, handed his pardon, and told he would be "dressed out" immediately. His sad ness somewhat turned to gladness, but still he wondered. A Warrant Waiting Dressed out, he was led to the big doors, and when he stood there in the open he saw standing near him a stranger. He wondered again, but not for long. The stranger took a legal paper and one with the lit tle notation written on the back. "Koons?" "Yes sir." "I've a warrant for you" and Koons. with Governor Williams' par don resting in an inside pocket, only nodded. "We've got about an hour to make our train; we go to Oklahoma City." So that same evening Koons was again lodged behind bars, this time in the Oklahoma county jail. The next day he was taken before Judge John H. Cotteral and entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbing a store in Woodward county in which 1 was located a United States post office. Ho was sentenced to serve two years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. So. accompanied by Oscar Diehr, United States deputy marshal. Koons 1 started on his way to the "big stir < on the hill." ■ I"Yes, other doctors agree with me In recommending Florida oranges and grapefruit to their patients." i —Dr. Sealdsweet Citrus. BSQ|TRLISEJ3 Physicians of every school join in the praise of 8 ■BEHHH oranges and grapefruit. They prescribe these J fruits for use in hospitals and sick rooms and advise that they be eaten liberally for keeping well. m Health Experts Commend Citrus I Fruits —Food Conservation J Advanced by Their Use I -J A Medic® Food experts combine in urging Officials of the food administra- Oranges the value of oranges and grape- tion of the national government fruit in providing the proper are encouraging wider consump- uSSdi??££fl ' balance for meals. More and more tion of these fruits and other per- E™^^cd?cafß oranges and grapefruit are used in ishables to conserve the country's " The nutr tional^B cookery, confections, etc., as well supply of meats, grains and other 1 ' as consumed in their natural state, solid foods for shipment abroad. ca^Ta^d'rafl there are certain Sealdsweet Fruits Florida's Choicest I various foods; K*"~\| raw food, while^H ' action of heat. ft The Florida Citrus Ex- Dealers in fruits generally "The Health Fruits of from^on'tl^atiM I Ay. change, a cooperative, sell Scalds, :i oranges Florida," a book of 36 before the pulp is^B Or non-profit organization of and grapefn . There are pages, illustrated, contains SM t growers,shipstree-npened few who will not get these health-advice by noted economy in f<d. bS lIJ oranges and grapefruit, fruits for you on request. specialists, 69 ways of serv- own food. The min^H MM picked, and packed by Ask your storekeeper in- in g oranges and grape- J™ üblM.n'dit ilfl wh.te-gloved workers. sist that he supply you. fruit. Write for copy. minVr* lcoA^ut^* K 1 i— ——— than in cooked vege^H - "There are many c^H L_Al Tree-ripened Sealdsweet oranges require but little if any that hHw MWI ugar. Nor need much be used with Sealdsweet grapefruit ci tHcndd LffJ - m * ny **"<" P" f ** Mt instead of augar. . I L——^__J especially the orangeli^H play an important ro^H T V m dietetic economy and V -Jl T duction of energy-furnid^H Florida Citrus Exchange, Tampa, Florida. Theaters Only May Keep Open on Fuelless Monday Only theaters and moving picture houses may remain open on Mondays and close on Tuesday, according to word received by Ross A. Hickok. fuel administrator, and William Potter, ' state administrator. Tills means that dance halls, pool rooms, billiard rooms nnd bowling alleys, which remained open last Monday, must close the re mining nin. fuelless Mondays. All wholesale and retail grocerv stores must close at noon, unless Mr. Hickok and the Food Administrator f'.ecide otherwise, the messi lllcknk states. Mr. HickoU aid McCormlck. food adJ have decided that the close at noon. A Itubin and Rubin that a rulinp hus l:nrrisburp opticians and optometrists are order. Bt
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