I RELIGION AT BED-ROCK ♦Tlic International Sunday School Lesson For April 27 Is ic Holy Spirit Our Helper." Acts 2:1-8. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS re are more tongues in Paris vcre heard at Pentecost. Ours igger world than Peter knew, the forked tongues of tire upon the little'company of ind women gathered in Jertt to await tho promised out g of tho divine Spirit, they ented the universal outreach •Istlnnity. From that room the es went everywhere preach- The rapid difsemination of Message became one of the rs of history: and it made over orld. world is larger than theirs, is also more easily reached, fly in an earoplane over the of Paul's long, tedious mis y journeys in a few hours. It ut yesterday that 1 covered in it and a morning the distance Home to the tip of Italy, which the prisoner apostle weary . Couriers carried the decrees sar to the limits of the P.oamn \ so that the outermost proy were many days or weeks in t news; but now the ends of irth read at breakfast what one in Paris the day before, roa has enlarged since the day atecost, (already the Bible is d in five hundred languages ialectsl, but so also have our al facilities. The apostles had h opportunity as the Christian h to-d.iv possesses, the Hi .in Ha- Turned Upside ; Down y hau . Power which explaln • wonder, So marvelous was effect upon life that they got itation as carthquakers. Peo clared that they had turned orld upside down. No pagan n was too strong for them to Even Caesar's household was d by them. The military of the Roman empire became : to them. Greek philosophy| was their tool. Exploration el and i ution were but as so many ■■ j w i icl thi i ssage 111 w. In ess ways, overcoming all ob ■ w Power opei human society for its benefi •insforv.ation. • Power is variously named in ord: but it was tho Spirit of inc God. He was the expres f the Divine. He was Omnipo r.ethod of operating. Unseen, ible. indescribable, incompre e. this mysterious Spirit of expressing Hitnself to and li man. Theologians have catalogue the qualities and ■teristies of this Divine ■.. ... . .... u e m ay be ex- J e'. but he may not be de- s Spl ri t - ' that for God humanly. He takes •rid'? worst and makes P the ?e is the one supreme exnlnra f the miracle of Christianity. \fter Paris. What? i ]e-sen i? beirg written in an room in Paul's old city of iloniea. As I have wandered its muddy, filthy streets, and p.ve come into contact with its sordid oriental life, T have much tipon Paul and the r that he wrought here in the i go. For he made heathen iloniea rh-istinn —and by no that i? not at the command of mrch to-day. ing the pagan cities of com t Rome, the little company of ian disciples needed a new nent. Roman arrogance could overawe them, Roman power dishearten them, and Grecian ophy could confute them. It i vain for them to go forth as anded unless they had some 1 inducement which the proud ootiM neither match nor meet: isciples simply had to possess irresistable equipment, t is the logic of Pentecost. It ecessarv and inevitable. The it of the Spirit was a natural try of the resurrection. Chris •'s heralds had to be both en- I ged and empowered. ; the present time all the world i ting upon the deliberations of | ;acc Conference in Paris. The issioners have envisaged a new ' order. They see what must ' dished and what must be es led. So far as sagacious ; nanship can do so they have ed for a better state of human 1 r everywhere. Out here in Saloniea, however, amid such > and sordidness as the Peace ission knows nothing of. it is to everybody that if the desir n'der is to be wrought there is 1 some such Power as turned lossaloniea upside down. Law Versus Life ry mile I have traveled since ir began—and I have been all ly around the world, and back to France, and one more half iround again—has only in ert my conviction that all the' cost of the conflict will have' vasted unless the heroism of ittlefield and of the home can j iplomented by a new and more 1 lense of spiritual obligations, j l vain that we have chased the ut of France if we do not also | his spirit out of human hearts.: en to be free matters little un icy are also noble. To-day I' incheon with three British of —a lieutenant colonel, a major, captain who have been i ■h the bitterness of the Salon- j mpaign. and as we discussed estion of what is ahead of the they wore a unit in thinking inly religion, vital, unprofes religlon, can save society. No iws will avail unless thbre be ew life. t is merely the average man's; of affirming his belief that . i ' ■ - TstGassJSod >r an appetite ke mine. Post* 'OASTIES ( MADE OF, CORN ) FRIDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG GdSSflfc TELEGRXPH '. AFRTL 23. 1919. s j there is no refuge for the race ex s ! cept In a visitation of tho Almighty . j Spirit of the Eternal God. We can e: not maintian civilization success t' | fully, much less Christianity, with - j out this divine re-enforcement and - enabling. This is an hour of history y when every believer in tho realities i of our religion should pray and ; work without ceasing for a baptism - of the Holy Ghost upon all the dis— t" ciples of Jesus, for the saving of e mankind. r A Wave of Carnality A stout ship rides the waves that I submerge a weaker, smaller vessel, i . I Something like a wave of carnality ; is sweeping over the world, in the . | wake of the great surge of spiritual t and moral passion which war's i earthquake shock set into motion. ; Whether the freed spirits of men , 1 will ride this dangerous breaker, or .! be overwhelmed by it. is yet unde s I termined. Certainly there is not , enough good seamanship in mere . conventionality or custom or habit i °f churchliness to see us through, f: We must have the Steersman whom tithe New Testament calls the Para j clete. More is involved here than formal! 3 ! Christianity. All the old sanctities,! -! of woman's noblest place, of the r home, of our social organization, of j the Church, and of men's fraternal; j relations one with another, are be- i i ing challenged from Russia and! , nearer points. It almost seems as. if all the evil forces of the universe ! were rallying for one desperate I charge upon humanity. The times! t are protentous. Wherein is ourj I hope? Ts it anywhere else "than in t a greater spirituaMty for men and ! women individuality—a spirituality . ) that is an expression of the presence j . of the Spirit who has given to the; I disciples at Pentecost? Backenstoss Realty Co. Moves to Larger Quarters Announcement has just been made of ! the removal to larger quarters of the ' real estate offices of the Backenstoss | Realty Company (formerly Backenstoss I [ Bros. > who have been located in the i Russ Building for several years. They will occupy by the end of this week the entire second floor of 331 , Market street which will enable them j to offer better faciliites to a fast grow- j ■ j ing business. This firm announces the following I sales of local real estate for the month I of March: 233 Hamilton St.. W. T. j Smiley to Taul C. Sload. of Elizabeth- ! . town : .1' c. J.-fferson st . Wm. Consyl- ; , man to William S. Bentz ; 227 So. Nine teenth at.. C. Raymond Wolfe to Jacob j .O. Keplinger: 1331 N. Second St.. | Charles R. Gardner to Paul W. Burts- j field; 1630 Green St., Charles E. Lan-j dis to Charles R. Gardner: 2117 Green | ■ St., William C. Wanbaugh to Albert Fitz j Randolph: 1612 Chestnut St., Charles W. Ric; to Edwin J. Slioop: 2140 N. Fifth St.. Myrtle R. Gardner to Elizabeth | I. McNeal; 1813 N. Fifth St.. Charles P. Hoffman to George S. Sides; 1549 Ver non st,. Harry N. Hershman to Rheba L. Rhoades of-Palmyra; 648 Reily St.. Nellie G. Trostle to Ralph Jury; 425 Hamilton st.. William L. Green to Harry I M. Hasson : 226 Woodbine St.. Wm. H. ! Windsor to Board o? Trustees of St. I John's Reformed Church. Harrisburg: ! 87 Disbrow st.. Anne E. Mitchell to ! Clarence D. Duncan. ■ j Pearls Are Scarce Because of the War Chicago—Coming down through the ! ages is the expression "a pearl of great ' price." It has now become plural, and Chicago jewelers declare that mi- j lady who owns pearls must treasure , | them more highly than ever because of i | their increasing scarcity, i "What causes the scarcity"? A lead- | ing pearl importer was asked. I "The war." he replied gravely, and | when his questioner scoffed, and insisted j that neither soldiers, horses, aeroplanes. | tanks nor ships consume pearls, he re- , ! plied: i "You are quite right, but the war j did consume men. and ships. It upset ! the natural conditions of the whole i world, and not until the whole history I is written will the world know how com- i pletely the Orient, the chief scource of supply of pearls, was convulsed. "Some of the best pearl fishermen in j the world fell on the West Front in j j the ranks of the French Colonials. Turk ish massacres throughout Persia demor- ] alized the whole region of the Persian ' gulf, a prolific source of the finest pearls, j "Plots and insurrections, of which the | Singapore rebellion was the most seri- ' ous .forced a cessation of even minor i I maritime activities. The English were ! compelled to establish the most stringent ! rules and use the utmost precaution, because an apparently harmless pearl fisherman's boat might carry almost j anything sinister. "We in the United States are so far away from 'lndia's coral strand" and j the mysterious Far East that we do not realize the war's effect in that part jof the world. But the fact remains that pearl fishing has been put 'on the blink' for more than four years, nor has j the vigilance yet been relaxed." I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [ TO WELCOME SOLDIERS . To the Editor: ! The Pittsburgh mothers, wives, and i j sisters of the men of the One Hundred j ' and Seventh Field Artillery have or- | | ganized for the purpose of giving the I j men of the One Hundred and Seventh Field Artillery a grand reception and j ball two or three days after their re- I turn from overseas. Meetings are being held each Thurs day evening to make arrangements for | their reception in the Artillery Armory, i Emerson and Alder streets, Pittsburgh! Now If there are any mothers, wives. I or sisters in Harrisburg who have mem bers of their families among the One Hundred and Seventh Artillery and can ' not attend this meeting, but who wish to contribute toward the reception, they can write to the chairman, Mrs. Robert Brown, 714 Portland street, Pittsburgh, or the corresponding secretary, Mrs. Franhel. 738 North Beatty street, Pitts burgh. We want every man in the One Hundred and Seventh Artillery repre sented. Mothers are giving one dollar each to help this great reception along. Mrs. Robert Brown, chairman. Tl4 Portland Street, Pittsburgh. "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" Copyright 1919 Bart Schaffoer ft Mar* Don't Start Anything You Can't Finish You agree with that sentiment we're Buy The New Victory Bonds—They'll ?,^ e ' , yo ". f'®° a S ree with the added idea pay you a good revenue; better than previous issues, the°Ntion 1 i fnSnD" w ' n S y°u * tar * - That s where but that isn't the point. You ought to buy them because they we've eot to finish it Th if If° *** # °™ e *k |n ®; an £ Help "finish the job." The war taught us economy, not simply isn't, we must buekie ** "" Hart Schaffner & Marx, Kuppenheimer & Society Brand Clothes Are another means of saving money, that's why we recommend . * em > an " do you know that one reason why Doutrichs have sold so many more suits this Spring It. f? auBe Vf . a B clothes, plenty of them. We placed our orders early last Fall at guaranteed prices so that it would give our customers the benefits of all doubts. When clothing went higher month by month we didn't worry, we knew we were on the safe side. There were a great many calamity howlers among makers of "cheap" clothes and the merchants who handle their product. They saw they were in wrong for nobody wanted anything but good clothes, naturally they were losing their trade and thought the country was going to the Bow-wows. They started something they couldn't finish. On the other hand manufacturers and " Mr. Doutrich" said a customer merchants who handle "good clothes" were having the other day: "this is the greatest store I have ever a marvelous business—all they could take care of that'* our keen in. It's easy to see why you are getting the clothing busi case exactly. We have never seen such a wonderful seln Thl ,T T' , , ... , ti , . the absolute guarantee of corrvlete satisfaction you give your merchant who didn t get under cover early, is feeling pretty customers is positively without equal, and your whole organi sick at not having the right kind of clothes that the average zation seems to be imbued with the personal service ideas, dresser wants. Men will forget the price they pay but they You'd almost think every employe was an equal owner with f fk~ k~ k Li ti; i ul i i you * "icy take so much interest in their customers"— "Yes," don t torget the clothes they bought. We feel that you can make r#nli#rl Mr Dnuti-iVk fk~ c • j . n . , i . i , , replied Mr. uoutrich, that s the secret of our success, cour more friend, by telling them the right thing, and that t why teou, painstaking and efficient employe, are of great value to we do it. any store. Try The Dependable Doutrich Service That Everybody Is Talking About 13
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