14 GETTING THE MAIN IDEA The International Sunday School Lesson For April 6 Is "God Our Heavenly Father" —Matthew 6:23-34 By WILLIAM T. ELLIS Queer folk are called "eccentric, because they are out of center. They are not properly geared up. Their cogs do not clutch. Mental machinery out of order with respect to what is most important, they are, in conse quence, imperfectly related to the in cidental things of life. They do not put first things first, and so, for them, the entire multiplication table Is out of kelter. This is exactly what ails most of the unhappy persons in the world. They are the victims of their own maladjustment. Carried too far this business of being out of center, or eccentric, leads to the lunatic asy lum: where the first characteristic of all the inmates is that they view things out of proportion and rela tionship. What then is central to a sym metrical life? The answer has been made by all the centuries, and by the universe Itself. The main Idea is—God. Toward the truth of a Su preme being all the ages have grop ed. And the most revealing fact about any race or era is the idea of God. Now the Sunday schools of the land are setting out on a six months' course of studies in the great teach- | ings of the Bible, and they begin j with the basic and all-comprehend- ! ing truth that there is a God. and that he is of the Father sort. These i ** * '' ' | j Lovely White Skin! j j Strain lemon juice we'S before j I mixing and manage face, I | neck, arms, hand*. | By all means, girls, prepare a lemon lotion to keep your skin flex ible and young looking. You will soon realize that true loveliness does not mean the powdery-look or waxen colorlessness of some hot house flower, but is typified by the velvety softness of your skin, your peach-like complexion and rosy white hands. At the cost of a small jar of ordi nary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the most won derful lemon skin softener and complexion beautifier, by squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresli for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan, and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It should naturally help to whiten, soften, freshen and bring out the roses and hidden .beauty of anjt skin. It is sirpply marvelous to Smoothen rough, rkd hands. Sample Suits Special for Saturday We had the good fortune of securing a lot of sample suits from one of our best manufacturers. These suits are in the most wanted models and in the fashionable material tricotine. The tailoring is superb. On account of our low expense of doing business we can offer them at prices which are positively lower than you can get the same suits for in other stores. Suits, $25.00 and $29.50 Stylish new models in handsome materials, silk trimmed and beautifully tailored. Suits, $35.00, $39.50 and $45.00 Exclusive models in every wanted material and color, and a big assortment. New Capes, $12.50, $15.00 and $19.50 In navy serges and poplins in a big variety of styles for women and misses. Capes and Dolmans, $25.00, $29.50 and up In satin silvertonc, silver tipped Bolivia and Poirct twill. Many New Waists Exclusive mod.cls for afternoon, street and evening wear. ffIARRISBURG,pA. FRIDAY EVENING, HAKRISBtmO TEtEGKAPH APRIL 4, 1919. twenty-four lessons, to which we look forward, may be tabulated here: 1. God. 2. Christ. 3. (Easter.) 4. The Holy Spirit. 5. Man. 6. Sin. 7. Grace. 8. Repentance. 9. Faith. 10. Obedience. 11. Prayer. 12. Love. 13. The Church. 14. Baptism. 15. The Lord's Supper. 18. Fellowship. 17. Worship. 18. Evangelism. 19. Missions. 20. Social Responsibility. 21. Temperance. 22. The Kingdom of God. 23. The Future Life. • 24. The Bible. May We Ho no We Please? Aboard ship one time I heard an "emancipated" woman declare that respecting virtue itself "One might do as one pleased," and it was "no body's business." Questioned, she at once admitted that she did not believe in God or in any absolute standards of right or wrong. She thought God and the Bible good for those still in the childhood of the race! Of course it was easy to make clear that these "new" views were but the jungle come to town In city clothes; and that from her own low' standard of selfishness they were inexpedient and unworkable. The human race as a whole, in all lands, has learned that fact. But the Incident shed light on the trend of the times. ' "In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our deal ing;. The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing still continues stealing. ' There are some truths and facts as fixed as the pole star. While we are busy making over the world, we None of our vaunted progress has taken lis past the enterml integrities, have to take these into account. Some of us think so, like the negro on a sailing boat who was given the helm and told to steer for the North Star. In a little time he awakened the skipper, crying, "Cap tain! come gimme another star! Tse clone sailed past that one." Puerile blunderers, who have mismanaged the craft of life, may think they have sailed past the immovable standards of the Eternal: but these are the persons whose folly fills their world with sorrow awl shame and failure. Nobody may do as he pleases, un less he please to do the will of God. For behind all and above all end before all stands the. changeless Law; of the universe, which is God. Bol shevism does not work in the moral realm any more than it does in Rus sia. Life must be kept true to Its center, else the machinery will kncck and jolt and finally collapse. From Fetich to Nirvana Jungle-dwellers and oriental phil osopher and conquering general all accept the idea of a God. It. may be hut the mid-African's stick, or it may be the dreamy-eyed Buddhist's abstraction of Allncss which he calls I Nirvana. In its totality ttle human | raoo has voted stolidly for a being, outside of Itself, to whom it owes a responsibility. Since the war, as hot before for generations, all of civilization sub scribes to the creed, "I oelievo 'n G„d." We hear the reverent words of General Foch, General Pershing, General Haig, Admiral Beatty, and the other fighting men, and we agree that this God has mightily displayed his personal providence during the world war. We see that he i 3 a God who fights for justice Mid righteousness and ligerty and brotherhood. His character is re vealed by his works. What we believe about God is the most important factor in shaping our own conduct and character. Shallow-pated persons occasionally say, "It does not matter what a man believes, so long as he acts right." But history is one long tes timony to the truth that men act only according to their beliefs. The beliefs of Luther's Germany had to te changed by the cult of material istic philosophy before thevs co'lll be produced the monstrosity of i "kullure" and frightfulness. "As' a man thinkcth, so he is." Given a h"ly God to wtiom people we Icyal ami ycu will have a lio'y people Let our boys and girls grow up un taught concerning God, or in cir cles where the will of God is not reckoned with, and there will in evitably follow a generation of self ish and loose-living men and women. Collins, the free-thinker, once met a plain farmer, and asked him where he was going. "To church, sir." "What are you going to do there?" "Worship God." "Is he a great God or a little God?" "Both. "How can that be?" "He is so great, sir that the heaven of heav ens cannot contain him. and so lit tle that he can dwell in my heart." Collins said that this answer from the farmer had more effect upon his mind than all the learned books writ ten against him. A Man as n Mirror. Once, in the city of Alexandria, in Egypt, I Interviewed Abbas Ef fendi, the head of the Behai cult; and his talk was all of "manifesta tions," or, of men who mirrored God. He kept returning to this idea of the prophets as mirrors. It is a good one. In the greatest mod ern telescope one does not look di rectly at the heavenly bodies, but into a wonderful and perfect mir ror. So to see God most clearly, we must behold him mirrored in the face of Jesus Christ. We cannot compre hend God in his infinity; but we can behold him In the person and qual ities of his sent Revealer, his only Son. "Every man is responsible for his face at fifty," said a distinguished lawyer. Osr personalities do come to reflect what we really represent. Some men make us think of base things; selfishness, sensuality, eor didness or smallness of soul are tamped on their faces. Other men and women—it is oftener women start us to thinking thought of God. Their faces mirror spirituality. And whenever we look upon Jesus, we see all of God that it is possible for us to comprehend. "He that hath seen me. hath seen the Father." Christ is God's looking glass. The qualities of God, which Jesus portrayed were Father qualities. That idea was something new in re ligion. A God of battles, a God of fire, a God of nature, a God of ven geance, a God of terror—all these figures were familiar to the race. But in the mirror of the master men saw God as a Father, pitiful, patient, protecting, provia.ng and pardoning. It is an overwhelming thought that all the infinite and omnipotent quali ties of God are at the service .of his father heart. That is a word for to-day. All over the earth men and women need to learn, above everything else, that God has a father nature; and that he sent his Son to say so. I know a woman of strong character, a train ed nurse, who is now employed by a few great physicians, giving her time exclusively to this work, to visit their nervous and distraught patients and read to them the New Testament, and talk to them about God as Christ made him plain. For these scienti fically trained doctors have learned that it is oftenest the hearts of men and women that are sick; and that they need, more than medicines and surgery, to hear the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest." My wise nurse-friend has become a min ister to souls. A I'ath to I'earr Our commonest ailment in the western world to-day is nervous pros tration. We are fretting ourselves into impotence and pain and Job lessness, because we are losing our faith in God. It is God that we need most of all. A clear comprehen sion of the truth that Jesus so beau tifully expounded on the gently slop ing hill by the Lake of Galilee, just outside of Tiberias, is the sovereign remedy for our day's ills. He show ed how the very Father nature of God entailed exemption from anxiety: "25. Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? "26. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? "27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? "28. And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not. neither do they spin: "29. And yet I say unto you. That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. "30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is. and to-morrow is cast into the even, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? "31. Therefore take no thought saying. What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where withal shall we be clothed? "32. (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. "33. But seek ye first the king dom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. "34. Take therefore no thought for th'e morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." "I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift, Beyond h's love and care." Timelier than the cablegrams in this paper is the word of Jesus that the God who is a father also has a kingdom? and that all who would be his sons and know his peace should devote themselves with su preme passion to that kingdom. We are all bent on bettering the blood bought world and upon keepin faith with our dear dead, wl proved their sonship by their sacri fice in France. What they died to win can only be secured as the kingdom of God comes among men; the kingdom that is love and justice and good will; the kingdom that is the one sure league of nations. As our soldiers offered up their all for a kingdom cause, can we ignore the call of Christ to pursue, with pas sionate and self-Immolating devo tion, the kingdom that glorifies the King and best serves the world? Here is the challenge for the new day. Our God whose father-heart yearns for tokens of our love wants ua to live and die for his kingdom, his cause, his flag. In that service there is complete satisfaction and perfect freedom. SOME USES FOR WORN HOSE. What do you do with the legs of your worn out hose? They may be spun into yarn and made Into con servation slippers. Cut off the hem or rib top and cut them round and round into one long strip about three-fourths of an inch wide, down to the heel. Roll the ends and sew together neatly. Spin into yarn by drawing It firmly over the sharp edge of a wood box. It will curl up round and smooth like yarn. • Then crochet it into slippers, rugs, etc. Silk hose make very pretty slip pers by finishing the top with some of the brighter colors. Cotton hose make nice rugs that are durable and heavy and lie flat. Cotton or wool hose make good holders. Cut off foot, fold spuare and work edge with a buttonhole stitch with some bright colored yarn or tan silk and fasten a ring to one corner. They are pliable in the hand, easily washed and do not heat through like cloth. They also make excellent dust rags. Cut off feet and whip the legs together, laying them one top to the other bottom. They gather the dust much better than a cloth and are more easily washed.—Minneapolis Soutter's 25 Cent Department Store j Buy Here Not Alone Because Prices Are Lower, But Because Qualities Are Betterj . 25 Banner Values In Most Wanted Merchandise That Will Win Ready ; Favor With Thrifty Shoppers Banner Value, No. 1 Banner Value, No. 2 Banner Value, No. 3 Banner Value, No. 4 Banner \ alue, No. 5 Silk an de Galvaniz Z d Garbage Ladies' Gingham Men's Silk Lisle Hose fI S J ' all colors, yd.. ' extra size. AptOttS ajl colors, pr.. odd slzes> ea ch. 50c $1.29 50c 39c 19c (Second Floor—Rear) (First Floor —Rear) (First Floor) (First Floor —Front) (First Floor) Banner Value, No. 6 A 1 Banner Value, No. 10 98c Stamped Luncheon iMllirday Millinery Children', mack Ribbed " 69c Trimmed, Ready-to-Wear and Untrimmed Hats P 25c (Second Floor—Front) Every desired model and color tone | ' a ' rat ' At Lower-than-elsewhere Prices Banncr value, n. u Banner Value, No. 7 c*n. 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DoMe Plain VolUs Blactc, navy, gray, tan. green CUe , 1 U at size ".SPJXi XT and red, yd., r '/a I - size, 50c 10c 19c $1.48 48c (Second Floor —Rear) (First Floor—Front) (First Floor) (First Floor—Rear) (Second Floor —Rear) Banner Value, No. 19 ~j Banner Value, No. 21 Banner Value, No. 22 Banner Value, No. 23 Ladies' Black Cotton Made uo Children's New Plaid Wool Men s Blue Chambray Gray Granite Cambinets Lisle Hose . Dresses Shirting ' WorhShirts 29c 75c 75c and $l.OO 75c $ l- 39 (First Floor) (Second Floor—Front) (Second Floor—Rear) (First Floor—Front) (First Floor Rear) Banner Value, No. 24 W T V W W SO U1 I t K 50c ft ======= I 25 Cent Department Store Banner Value, No. 25 MMMWT j§ Men's Colored Hose Where Every Day Is Bargain Day (First Floor—Front) _l 215 Market Street, Opposite Courthouse WOODRUFF BILL TO GET HEARING Janitors and Attendance Of ficers Want to Share Increase The House Education committee, plans a hearing Tuesday, on the Woodruff bill to hear the claims of the Philadelphia janitors, attend ance officers and other school em ployes, other than teachers, to share in the salary increase. Representa tive Philip Sterling of Philadelphia, has had the bill amended to include this class of employes all over the State, but the committee is disposed to strike out the amendment. It is understood that the administration takes a similar view of the matter. Many janitors and other employes are now paid much higher wages than the teachers and there is a feeling that they have no right to take advantage of tho sentiment which is State-wide for the teacher. Since the Woodruff bill was sent back to committee Monday night, it has been amended to reduce the minimum salary for the holders of professional certificates from $75 to $7O a school month. Following the hearing Tuesday it will be re-re ported to the House. It will event ually get into the House or Senate appropriation committee, where it will be moulded into the shape de sired by the administration. The announced Intention of the House Education committee is to re port all bills in its possession not disposed of when it meets Tues day. This does not Include the Sterling measure to rip out the school boards of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as it has been indef flnitely postponed by the committee. His Job Is Raising Ships by Salvaging Big Wrecks [From the Continental Edition of the London Mail.] Commodore F. W. Young, the fa mous salvage expert, under whose supesvision the admiralty's great task of clearing war's wreckage from the seas is being done, is a big genial man of strong, outstanding personality. A sailor by profession, he Joined the Liverpool Salvage Association thirty-eight years ago. Wreck raising has been his occupa tion ever since. He has followed it in all parts of tho world, achieving so many notable successes that lie has long been regarded as the most skilled practitioner engaged in this very difficult business. The admiralty first sought his help after the battleship Montague went ion the rocks at Lundy, nearly twen ty years ago. And he received their ' lordship's thanks for cleverly recov lering the vessel's big guns. Twelve years ago he gained world-wide celebrity for the manner in which he raised and took into harbor, the cruiser Gladiator, after she had been sunk in the Solent by collision with the American liner, St. Paul. In this operation air cylinders were used for the first time to lift a sunken vessel, though they have been regu larly employed for that purpose ever since. In addition to his work with the I Liverpool Salvage Association, Com- j modore Young was appointed lec turer on salvage and war repairs at the Naval War College. Various other organization's also turned to him when they wanted enlighten ment upon like subjects. Dry ones enough, one might think, but the commodore knew how to make them interesting. Upon one occasion he surprised a learned society by giving it a description of how sea salvage had been conducted from Greek and Roman times to our own. On the day that the war broke out Commodore Young was at Soutli- ampton, with the liner Gothland, which he had just brought In front the Scillies under her own steam, although she had torn nearly all her keel away upon the rocks. From the first the admiralty saw that they must consider the salving of ships as well as the sinking of them. Also, that barriers against U-boats must be laid. So Lord Fisher sent for Commodore Young, appointed him salvage adviser to the admiralty and intrusted him with this work. "IBlock'ing out" operations were the first taken in hand. —Continental Edition of the London Mail. BOMBARD I.EMBI'RtI Warsaw, April 4.—The Ukrainians 1 continue to bombard Lemberg with guns of large calibre, causing cas ualties and damage to property. Elsewhere on the front in Eastern Galicia the situation is unchanged. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator--Ad INFLAMMATION— AND CONGESTION i Begy's Mustarine contains true yellow mustard and where in flammation or congestion is in dicated it more than takes the place of the good old fashioned plaster or liniment of days gone by. It cannot blister and there are no disagreeable fumes to ir ritate the nose and eyes. Just rub it on —that's all. Use it to stop headache, backache, earache and neuralgia. Rub it on those tortured rheumatic joints for blessed relief —no lo cal application can take its place. Always in the yellow box. Be sure to ask for Begy's Mustarine. AVOID COUGHJ 1 and COUGHEfiTI w-~. Shiloh DKORfSTOPS COUGH/ There's Health in This Spring Tonic These are the months to Bret rid of all the impurities that have stored themselves in your system during the winter. We advise a vegetable blood cleaner that has stood the test of many years use. See your druggist. Say "I Want CELERY KING" | Brew a cup and drink it every I other night for a few weeks. It cleans the system is good for I stomach and liver and its regular use banishes pimples, cleans up blotch skin and makes you feel younger. You'll like it the children like it and the cost is next to nothing. RESORTS f RALEIGH Atlantic City's Popular Hotel. American rinn, M & 5 per day Easter Holiday Extra
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