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unable to keep up, then took to his
bed and died in two days. He was
ou of the unnumbered heroes of
his profession; he was brought up
in the old school that demanded of
a man not only a day's work for a
day's wage, but work that took no I
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account of health or life, that put
"th paper" above all. It was such
a standard as that t*> which Greg
ory Humes conformed four yedrs
ago, when, fatally mangled in a
railroad accident, he saw to it that
his paper "got the story" before ho
died.
Mose of the men who have paid
t the last full measure or devotion to
, that standard have been unknown
outside a narrow circle, but 'Don
1 Martin tvas known from one end of
the United States to the other, and
wherever he was known he was
loved. His circle of friends ran
from presidents to his professional
comrades. Mr. Hughes, in his cam
paign for the presidency, speaking at
Silver Creek. N. Y„ said he was
| glad to be there because 'this is Don
Martin's home." His sunny dispo
sition, his warm generosity, his up
standing manliness, his unyielding
truth and candor, made him a man
never to be forgotten where he had
ance been known, or thought of
• without a warming of the heatt.
ALLIED TROOPS ON SACBED SOIL
International Sunday SchoolTLesson For October 13
I "Abram Helping Lot"—Genesis
13:5-11; 14:14-16
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
A celebrated slacker and an im
mortal hero are the outstanding
characters in this lesson. The inci
dent reveals the essence of slacker
ism—which is to choose the com
fortable place for one's self, in the
assumption that one is more entitled
than others to ease and privilege and
safety.
Of course, the slacker is such in
his spirit long before he begins to
dodge a draft or a duty. He holds
the childish and stupid notion that
j he is some sort of superior creature
who has a right to special considera
tion. It may be because he is rich,
and has always slept in soft beds
and ridden in his own automobile;
or because his father was a distin
guished man; or because he is ,of
the socially elect; or because he* is
"sensitive" and hates the sight of
blood; or because ho has 'political
influence—whatever'the reason, it
easily seems adequate to the one
who entertains it. lie feels justified
in asking odds of life. Others may
stand up under the average man's
burdens, but he claims exemption.
All of which is a roundabout way of
saying that the slacker is a small
and selfish soul, tinged yellow.
That may sound like a harsh char
acterization when applied to a Bible
character. Nevertheless, it fits Abra
ham's nephew, Lot. He was the
spoiled favorite of fortune; and in
the hour of decision and opportu
nity, he played the contemptible
part. Had lib lived at the present
time he would have used his uncle's
influence to secure him a position,
with good iauk and little work, a
"bulletproof" job at Washington or
Ottawa or London. •
Assuredly it would have t> be in
the city. Lot—Captain Lot or Major
Lot he would be, of course—was es
sentially a city man. He would con
fide in you, with a somewhat ag
grieved air. that his relatives were
too countrified to understand him:
but that all his tastes were urban and
refined. He was a man of the world,
who needed the society of sophisti
cated people. He was at his best
parading the principal street with
smart friends, especially women; not
with Mrs. Lot, for she was "too do
mestic;" he meant that she was too
much of a frump for his polished
taste. And he had long ago out
grown the. old-fogy notions of Uncle
HAJLRiaaiTRG TELEGRAPH
.Abe concerning the proprieties; for
"When you are in Rome you must
do as the Romans do."
That City Nephew
Circumstances had necessitated a
separation between Abraham and
Lot. There had been strife among
• their herdsmen over pasturage, and
the old man. with spacious and un
ruffled wisdom, had proposed that
the two companies divide. Magnani
mously, he gave his nephew first
j choice. That \vas Lot's chance to
i show his, mettle. He should have
I met generosity with equal generos
| ity, and displayed the deference due
seniority. All oriental traditions as
well as instinctive re
quired this.
But Lot wa6 a slacker; what was
fitting and honorable* concerned him
less than what was easy and of
present advantage to himself. He
was the sort who wohld have seen
in a world war primarily a chance
to make money. His obligations to
his Uncle Abraham, his debt to the
proprieties, his opportunity to bo
unselfish, all meant less to him than
the chance to pitch his tents down
In the fat valley, by the great cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah. Truth to
tell, he wan rather glad to get away
from his uncles religious talk and
his old-fogy ways.
Life was softer and eaßler down
in the Jordan valley. Lot was
pleased to escape the high winds
and chilly nights of those hills. In
the valley, everything was luxuri
ant. The first glimpse of this Jor
dan Depression, down by the Dead
Sea, as I can testify, is of tropical
luxuriance. There wave the palm
trees, while the banana fronds make
whispering tnusic night and day.
Truly does the lesson writer liken
it to "the garden of the Lord." Who
that has tasted them can ever forget
the refreshing, sweet lemons of Jer
ico? It was a place of rich fruits
and balmy air and effortless life that
Lot chose when he elected the Jor
dan lowlands.
Then there were also the cities.
Lot deemed himselffa city man, "too
big" for the slow-going and pious
tents of Abraham; the progressive
and cosmopolitan city was his
metier. Ah, Lot, you were not the
only self-inflated man who, brush
ing aside family obligations and tra
ditions, sought the enervating airs
of the- city, only to fall prey to its
seductions. Of course you did not
mean to succumb to the snares of
i the city; what moth ever feared the
I flame? But it was rather a deli
i cious sensation to dally with its de
] lights, wasn't it? You would show
I your poky old uncle that you could
handle pitch' and not be defiled,
i When Bigness Means Littleness
Conflict uneovers the character of
a man. His real bigness or little
> ness will then appear. Abraham
proved his size by the way he dealt
| with Lot. He did not call him an
I ingrate and a cad and a selfish
' slacker. He kept his own spirit
sweet, and sent his nephew off with
a blessing. If the sense of injustice
rankled in his bosom, he gave no
sign of it. In shining generosity, he
acted as if Lot's choice was per
fectly satisfactory to him.
Abraham proved his religion In
this episode. It takes more than
natural gifts; it needs the grace of
t God, to enable a man lo preserve
his poise and serenity in such cir
cumstances. As we muse upon this
evidence of Abraham's 'caliber, and
character, w e are reminded that in
life we have to dear with the little
oftener than with the big; and that
the difficult thing is to conduct our
selves toward the small and the
selfish without pettiness. To refrain
from being sharp toward the sharp;
censorious toward censorlousness;
intolerant of intolerance, calls for
all the qualities of greatness a man
possesses. It is only the lare Abra
ham who cah remain unruffled by
a Lot. In this division of pasturage,
Abraham won his own spirit, while
his nephew got only the material
advantage.
A Man of Peace Fights
Old Abraham wgs the sort of
peace-lover of whom we approve.
He hated strife. He .had pleaded for
peace with Lot when the hired men
got to squabbling. And he even
surrendered his own rights In order
that Lot might select the best of the
pasturage. No brawler or quarrel
some man was Abraham; he under
stood what it meant to be too proud
to fight over an inadequate or unripe
occasion. This old patriarch would
rather walk under the stars, musing
upon God and His promises, than
share the turbulent life of his neigh
bors. i
One day, however, there came
news of. a different sort of war to
ward the East, His kinsman Lot
was in peril. This foolish nephew
had found himself entangled in the
'troubles of the cities. He had chosen'
Sodom and Gomorrah; and with
them he must suffer as well as sport.
There had been a great battle of
kings, four against five, and it had
raged over the Jordan Plain and
into -the mountains of the South.
The archaeologists have been busy
about those names, and they identify
Amraphel with Hammurabi, the
king of Babylon Whose code of laws
is one of the momentous discoveries
of modern times. He and his con
federates had invaded the domain
of the rich Jordan cities, and after
much' fighting had looted them.
Among the captives was Lot, with
his household. Doubtless Lot had
pleaded that he was only a visitor
In the city, and, in general, slacker
wise, had tried to escapeithe penalty
of his associations. This unexpected
"raid" caught Lot, who really de
served no immunity from the fate
of the city in which he lived, and he
was carried off captive.
Standing by a Friend
This fighting ranged over the re
gion that has of late figured largely
in the daily papers in connection
with General Allenby's great vic
tories over the Turks. Were ever
maps of the Holy Land so popular
as to-day? The daily paper is mak
ing real and present this territory
which is so interwoven with the
Bible story that it has been called
"The Fifth (Jospel."
When the tidings came to the tent
of Abraham and news travels'"
swiftly in the East the patriarch
did not say, after the method of
some modern, "Well, it is none of
my business. I am safe and un
touched by this great battle of city
kings." Nor yet did he cynically
and self-righteously proclaim to his
household, "There I told you so!
Lot has mode his.bed, and he will
have to lie in it. I wash my hands
of him."
We commend the example of
Abraham to those people in our day
who point to the blunders of -Rus
sia and China and Mexico, and would
let them all stew in their own Juice.
Tt Is not the real dessert of a person
in trouble, hut hie need, that con
strains ue to aid him. If we de
manded perfection of all our allies
in this war, we should have to aban
don them every one—and they us!
There is a great lesson of broad
minded tolerance and fidelity in the
example of Abraham, whioh all of
ut need to learn in this war. We
are going to stand by all those who
have claims upon us, regardless of
any shortcomings or backslidings.
Abraham reached that noble atti
tude which is best characterised by
the Scripture, "God is kind to the
evil and the unthankful."
Lot was in trouble, sore and des
perate trouble. That was enough.
It gave him claim upon all the pow
ers of his kinsman and friend. When
one bound to us by ties of blood or
affection is in need, then Is no time
for philosophising or advice-giving
or blame-apportioning; it is a time
for action, quick, unreserved, hearty,
loyal action. Abraham was that sort
of friend. He at once mustered his
little force of trained men, number
ing only three hundred and eight
een, and pursued hotfoot after the
retiring Babylonians. By strategy
and surprise, he came upon the de
tachment carrying off Lot, and smote
them, and put them to rout, recov
ering the booty they had borne
away. It was a clean-cut victory for
loyalty and righteousness. That Lot
did not deserve it does not alikr the
situation: this part of the story is
of Abraham's conduct and charac
ter. He carried back the recovered
prisoners and loot, and refused nil
reward for himself; he was no mer
cenary, but a friend.
These are the days when, as a
nation and as individuals, we need
to sit at the feet of Abraham, the
fighting friend. When subtle and
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arate our al)les ono from another,
or to cast suspicious glances upon
their loyalty and alms, and to mag
nify trivialities into occasions of dif
ference, It is good to look back at
Abraham and learn how to show
militant constancy. The enemies of
our friends are also our foes.
Soldiers in France have learned
what fidelity to a comrade means.
They practice the Abraham virtue.
Not for an instant does a soldier
hesitate to risk his life for a friend.
He gladly goes over the top. or he
turns to the zone of fire, to rescue
a companion. .Let us hope that this
same quality will be enhancod In
civil life: and that we may all learn
how to defend, actively and with
risk to ourselves, If need be, the
good repute and welfare of a friend
who is under attack. It is not with
out significance that royal-hearted
Abraham won the title, "The Friend
of God." For he wa'S the sort of
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"Orders now in the factory," the
OCTOBER 11, 1918.
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