ALLIED TROOPS ON SACBED SOIL The International Sunday School Lesson For Octo ber 6 Is "Abram Leaving Home" —Genesis 12:1-9 By WILLIAM T. ELLIS British chaplains In Mesopotamia i say that tho soldiers uro continually coming to them with their Bibles, to ask questions about tho region In which they uro encamped. Bo great Is the army's Interest In the Blblo places amid which thoy And them selves that ths chaplains and Y. M. C. A. men glvo frequent lectures, or j place talks, on Old Testament geo- i gruphy. These British Tommies aro! absorbed by tho almost incredible 1 fact that they aro really living and fighting in and about the oldest places mentioned fn the Bible; tho land of the Garden of Eden, the birthplace of Abraham, tho scene of Hair Removed 33e^JlUracfe This method for removtag *n pevflueaji 1- lr ■! titsDy different from all other* because It attacki , hair under the k-tla a* wtß aa on the skis. It coca this by a beerp ttoa. 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I More light Is shed upon the !?ack 'l ground of present British operations . within tho Turkish Empire by the Bible than by tho newspaper reports. >| It Is a special privilege for the Sun ! day schools of North America that i they are to study stories of the Fa i trlarchs, from Abraham to Joseph; for the last three months of this year 11 for the setting of all these tales is now the scene of allied military oper- I atlons and successes. The dally news i will vitalize the lessons and the ics i| sons will illuminate the cablegrams -11 Bible and newspaper will be In a | peculiar partnership for this period i So the lessons will be war stories, j They should interpret the larger J meanings of present history. Vast i designs were unfolding In the expe rience of the patriarchs, as thev are also unfolding in the .affairs of the Allies. Both reveal mighty provi dences. And it is of the essence of our faith that the God who guided 'tis people then is guiding us to-day. Four thousand years of history are bridged by the lessons of this quar ter. wherein a far yesterday sheds ita light upon an epochal to-day. Families of British and Colonial I . LABousallM] -/witiicifticura% /// ftntlib; W Oi.-;. <wt Tlcia 25c. ad. W soldiers In the Mesopotamlan cam paign are receiving etrange memen* toes of vhe battlefield. Instead ot German helmets or buttons or bclt buckles, thoy aro sent signet seals, or cuneiform tablets, written . with .triangular stylus on. soft olay, of tho days of Abraham and Nsbuchadnos sar and Sennaoharlb. I myself have a tablet from Abraham's old home, Ur of tho Chnldoos, written three centuries before the tlmo of tho fa ther of tho faithful. These soldiers are learning the down-to-earth reality of the B},}° story. Tho place names In the Blblo actually ropresontspots towhlch they themselves have gone. Imagine what it means In the way of histor ical visualization that the British fla 6 now flies o\er the birthplace of I Abraham, "the friend of God." This present Sunday School Lesson would be caster to teach to a class of British soldiers, camped along ihe Tigris River, than to a group of aver age Americans. Amid the_ ruins daily before their eyes, these Tom mies can understand that the region was once the scene of the world s central civilization. At the time of Abraham life was highly organized. Great cities abounded. Law ruled. Arts and sciences had been develop ed. The religion of idolatry was elaborately formuated. Civilization had reached a high plane. No ig norant and untutored herdsman from the desert was this founder of a nation. Terah. his father, was a man of standing. We have the record of his family. When they moved up to Haran, from the city of Ur, which is doW'h below Bagdad and Baby lon, they were a considerable ex pedition. They exchanged the hot alluvial plain of lower Meso tamia for the healthier, rock-girt and fertile uplands of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In the party were Terah, his son Abraham, his grandson Lot, whose father was dead, and Abraham's wife, Sarah. By Bagdad Railway Kaiser William dreamed that hjs destiny took him clear to the land of Abraham's beginning. His Bagdad FCAJRJRLSMJRG *£££&& TELEGR^PBJ rallway project, about which all the world has heard, ran over the route of Abraham's Journey out of Ur. "If the patriarch had been living four millenlume iater he could have made the trip from Ur to by rail! DotH places are along the line of the great railway enterprise which was so potent a factor in bringing about this war. Some day, readers of those lines may travel in comfort from mid - Europe to Haran—stopping there to visit Rebecca's well—add ■beyond to Bagdad and the Persian Oulf; but it will not be a Gertnan railway. When I went route of | Abraham, a few years ago, I found | i many native legends cluttering; 'around his name; for Abraham is I i accepted by the Moslems, as well as | ;by the-Jews and the Christians. The! city of Urla, above Haran, is the] scene of a notable refusal to remain j I there as king, because he had heard j the divine call to go to Canaan. 1 ] Aleppo, where the railways from | Palestine meet'the line to Constantl . nople and Bagdad, gets its name 1 from the legend that Abraham^ used j to drive his white cow to the gate I of his castle—the ruins of which I are shown—for the feeding of the poor, Aleppo, or "Halep," as the I natives have it, means "White Cow." j It was a formidable caravan with ; which the great sheikh, Abraham, I moved from Ur to Haran, and from Haran to Canaan. He traveled alow | ly, carrying his flocks and herds with him, 'ih the patriarchal state of an j Arab chieftain to-day. One should know the desert and the Arabs to gain a clean picture of the nature of Abraham's slow pilgrimage to the land of his vision. IV hen A Man Hears Voices Abraham heard a voice. , Joan of Arc and her voices have anew got the attention of the world. We are more interested in Voices, inner calls to higher duty, than we once were. I#'the basilica that has been built over the scene of the vision of the Maid of Orleans there is a series of wonderful pictures. After the war, I hope, the enthusiasm of the Amer ican soldiers wtyo have seen 1 these great paintlfigs will result In the world-wide circulation of reproduc , tions in color. Most notable of all is the portrayal of Joan, the peasant girl with ra diant face, to whom the angels have appeared. Behind her is the very landscape that one sees through the door of the church. On the highway ride a knight and his lady; and a group of village merry-makers are dancing about a tree; while another company sit on the grass and gossip. All are as unconscious of the vision of the maid a, the sheep or the gen tle white cow by her side. They in their commonplaceness, with un anointed eyes, saw naught of the great revelation that marked a turn ing point in the destiny of France. This obedience to th£ heavenly vision and voices is the mark of spir itual greatness. It 1s the saving sense of nations and of individuals. It made Abraham all that he be came. For it is not the naturally equipped who become greatest in God's service, but the fully surrend ered and the Instantly obedient. The ready car is the first mark of dis cipleshlp, to the Divine. "Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth" is the motto for all who would be chosen by God. With the world to day in an uproar of jangling voices, there is greatest need for those who will listen open-souled to the Spirit. There are those who discern in the drift of our war-taught times a new tendency toward stressing the religion of the Inner light; of the direct word of God to the Individual. As nobody else heard Joan of Arc's voices, so only himself heard God's word to Abraham, calling hlpi to a great renunciation, a great re moval and a ?reat reward. "I will bless thee . , . and thou shalt be a blessing." Is it not fair interpre tation of history to say that Abra ham, who went out from Mesopo tamia and later out of Canaan into Egypt, ia returning thlthtr in the spirit of the Christian alilbs, to whom the promise to him has been fulfilled through Christ, and who are bearing a blessing to the broken and oppressed and suffering in the region which Abraham knew as Canaan? N?W vistas of meaning open up in the phrase, "In thee shall all families of earth be blessed," Those Partings With sympathetic hearts the world reads afresh the story of Abraham's separation from home and old asso. clations and kindred and friends. Love, blind, instinctive, unreasoning love, wants its dear ones near; that first of all. How often Abraham's friends talked of him, after he left on his mission to obey a voice they could not understand. Sorrow stay ed behind him and went with him after this parting; which, in its wuy, was not unlike the millions af fare wells that have been spoken in the past year, as preeious sons and brothers ai)d sweethearts and hus bands have sot out/for strange lands, not knowing wjiither, This was a transformation expert* ence, even as It is for our soldier boys. It made a new man of him, as well as marked a new era for tho world. Who can measure the conse quences of the going-forth experi ences of the young men, who, had thev not heard the voice pf Country and God calling them, would have plodded on in the old commonplace ,way? These "come-outers" are like Abraham, muking all things new for mankind, Every change of the old order works hardships; but it also marks the onward movement of mankind, . Abraham gave up much, but he got more; there ia always a sort of divine mathematics about surrender to God, Even ao a few years age it weuid have seemed incredible that the later fulfillment of God's promise to Abra ham should engage the attention of the British government, That very wonder has come to pass within re cent weeks, fn a new, strange, vital sense the Premised Land of Abraham has become a Land of Promise ar resting the whole world's attention. Today the British flag flies aver the birthplace and the grave of Abraham, Before the quarter's les sons are ended, may we not hope that the flag will have completed the same route as the patriarch follow ed, thus bringing further deliverance to the Jews, Armenians, Assyrians and other Christians in that romantic section of Turkey? Wherever the British flag flies, there is to be feuqd succor and safety for the poorest and the weakest. Side by side with it, to-day, in the Holy City, flies the American flag, as the two nations co operate* In a mission of mercy that wonderfully fulfills one of God's I firomlses to the man who dared fol ow him to the limit. West Point Course Is Cut From 4 to 1 Year Washington, Oct meet the demand foe army officers, Acting; Sec retary Crowell to-day approved a recommendation of the chief of staff that the course at Weqt Point be .reduced during; the war from four years to one and that the present two upper classes be graduated the ffrst of next month. The new progjram will add several hundred lieutenants to the army Im mediately. and upward of two thou | sand within a year. .. t - I Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Ad*. HELD AS DESERTER George Smithfleld, who was ar- ' rested by Detecttvo Cqrson yester day, Is being held as a possible de serter from the navy. It is said he was soon to enter a barn Monday, wearing a sailor's uniform, and come out the next morning in civil-# lan clothes. He was working for the Adams Express Company to get money enough, he said, to go to his homo in Chicago. When police in- I vestigated his address at Chicago, Store opens Saturday at 9 a. m. & closes at 9 p. m. SBISBE Enormous Assortment of Men's and Young Men's r lew Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats | Divided Into Three Great Groups i In Our Anniversary * Sale as Follows |j sl6 so $lB ' 50 $22-5° I M™-. 2 V.!", M,.-,SUITS & O'COATS 1 No man need worry about get- CT A I ting a new fall or winter overcoat /h JB fig _ iilllrt ill or suit when such an opportunity JJ) SI mS&faL i fraili j.j as this presents itself. Here is a wonderful K| IH /// //S I S--'l assortment of excellent wearing worsted, |J| ' MtSfijx? 1 I'M newest military effects and conservative. ffj / / J J ft ||| Neat checks, stripes and mixtures. s^W&h I MEN'. MISHITS & OXOATS WMI I Here is a modest price to pay KA Jjfj Rrffi hi l|j for a suit or overcoat in these (I* H 0 v/ ' fcbCjl A N. j|| times. In this lot are the newest I ink— IJIli '* W g* models, both military and conservative. W ~ 111 " j||!j The materials are worsteds, cheviots and smßm /// i 1 LM casslineres. Handsomely made and \ 1 S ! { MEN'S MEN'S SUITS IL O'COATS G And at this price are suits and PA $ fir J J||||a\ Ij . || Si overcoats that you will wonder d** M M iilljil* |' when-you see them how we can Whe? e j||||||"" ll |jjj| sell them at this price. Finely tailored gar- Hat V * and KsiSia ll ! ! JiJ ments., Handsomely piade and trimmed. MMMf priced lens. We ' sSE#SES II Jgi Nt The newest models for young men and the • • have them in Si njj man with conservatlye taste. black, green W| J j 1 Men's and Young Men's New Fall Suits and Overcoats §f| ifi I I * m Five hundred all-wool worsted fl rft r[j lil|P i|j " suits, plain blue, black and fancy; V" IJ! nil •VIII I nil |p|| |3SS? ||i I handsomely trimmed with serge (J Jli ||JU 01l #UiUU |lli io and Venetian cloth; all sizes, and sizes for fi UL W m I ' the extra stout man, and not a suit in the M HEP tku J ■ I 353t* entire lot but which would cost more if you I j te B E bought in the market today. ® —B|WEgt 11; jtS Men's Odd Pants $1.49, $2-49 & $3.49 IS, 1 | In these three great lots are Cassimere and Worsted Pants, wHmJ hi well made, stylish, splendid all sizes. These three an- >! niversary features will attract attention of the man who really M wants to save. j|j ATTENTION PARENTS! Saturday Will Be a Big Day Here | Bovs New Fa;l Norfolk S uts at $5.95 and $7.95 1 Two Big Lots Are Ready For You Here 1 | / Boys' Norfolk Suits. _ Boys' Norfolk Suits. „ jS \A'I ages Bto 17 years. SK9S ages 7to 15 years. $795 [M \jZ.\\ Anniversary price.. rAnniversary price... • \ T IKA NEW MLLLTAR Y e ff ect helt all Newest military models, in cordu around, In cassimere and corduroy. Roy and cheviots, -coat made with ||| mac l e an( l clever models. belt all around, pants cut full. f I Irwf Boys' Norfolk Suits CQ.95 Boys' Norfolk Suits IQ. 95 f ' r-r ml v and Overcoats, Choice of Fine Materials, at js I I / y\ \I \ Military models, the newest shades, neat , You will save Heverul dollars on these hand fej 1 J/jf \ V I \ mixtures. Handsomely made. A great var- some nomespun and cheviot suits. The coats |JSI (Si I / <1 \ \ K 1 Jety of patterns to choose from.- All the very nre the new military models, belt all around, V\V I J' LA | latest styles, geleot them early, pants lined and cut full. Kill lig v V V *•*"!/ ' AOHH HTO 1M VKAHM AGKM STO IS YEAID l|J I s ' Pants in Anniversary Sale at 1 I "TTrT iyii , , Cheviots, cassimeres, oorduroy—made to stan d the heavy wear boys give ,them, All sizes rang- | livj 1 SWEATERS and MEN'S FURNISHINGS: ANNIVERSARY PRICES 1 IFJ'TI.'SL MEN ' 6 COAT SWEATERE AT ™d* SO? £ZSTS9 1 ■'*! hik,„Vi ! Men's Wool Coat pweaters. heavy or plain p ' 'S u Natural gray weave, in red, brown, blue ana gray, Ail sizes Cut full made <?ape style In IIW lined in groy, ooru, potor, very good J4 to 46. of madras and per- dark tan and grey 5Sj , j| tan, and raidiun fitting gameat, cut cale, soft and —all sizes and a nil s a " Btgea - tq 6 \o it 34 Boys' Coat Sweaters at 0O /tQ laundered ' cutta • very K " od l|M I MEN'S SHIRTS • Rjl AND QQ- Boys' Extra Heavy Hoe-Stltch Coat Sweaters MEN'S NEW MEN'S NEW IjM^V if) DRAWERS KI rtO D r6d and * ray A " UC " " t0 * 84 DRESS JO 45 NECK 49c Sh IS Mens ribbed and 98c , A _ A ,SHIRTS, TIES 9 ||H ¥l c , eco i,^l h J*\! b ™™., iML, Ladies' Coat Sweaters at C 7 OA A n the new UP new fan ill! lined ®frnion ' 1 " to the minute pat- four-in-hands all hi Is sizes very good lults—all sizes, cut Ladies' Wool Coat Sweaters, sailor collar; all terns soft cuffs— very latest Pat- ||| jjj] |' o od ! vlfie Full plain colors and trimmed cuffs and collar* cut full, all staes. terns, wide ends. St I— ..(IT K 11FMAKIO 1 IRRLL S '!MIVRRL I 1 \^lli:i>ld:Mdllli:[dMM:Un^ RWIMFMJMMJMJMJM STORE OPENS SATURDAY 9 A. M.—CLOSES 9 P. they learned that It Is a business ad dress, and no such person lives there. Accordingly police are holding him until they hoar from naval authori ties as to his standing. .FESTIVAL CALLED'OFF The street festival of the Citizens' Fire Company, which was to be held in Third street, below Chestnut, during the remainder of the week, has beon postponed until the ban i, on public gatherings during the epi OCTOBER 4, 1918. denftc of Influenza 1b lifted. The fes tival was hsld last night and Wed nesday night, and'was featured by street dancing. REUNION POSTPONED . The forty-fourth annual reunion of the Perry County Veterans' As sociation to have been held in New Bloomfleld to-morrow has been in definitely postponed owing to th order of the State Health Depart • ment ordering the suspension of public gatherings during the influ enza epidemic. Announcement of the postponement was made this morning. RAILROAD CHIEF DIES By Associated Frcss Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 4.—Wil liam Augustus Moncure. chief of the eal estate department of the Pcnn • vlvania railroad, died here yesterday rom injuries received in alighting 1 from a train. He was in his forty ninth year.
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