PREACHERS AND PREACHING A PRESENT PROBLEM By WIUJAM T. ELLIS At a dinner table In Constanti nople, recently, the talk inevitably swung around to Russia. There were ten of us, all In uniform save the padre, and ranging in rank from a general, a colonel and various majors down to two war correspon dents. Fighting, and not theorizing, was the trade of seven of the ten. After thrashing out all the old s raw concerning Russia, the talk oo a turn. The futility of armed force as a remedy against Bolshevism had been admitted by the soldiers. Then one spoke up: • there are only two ways of this Russian mess. One is for e to be left alone to exhaust itself in internal strife and suffering, e the disease run its course The other is for a great Pr°phettoarisc to call that essentially religious n^ tion back to God. A _ declaring. 'Thus saith the, • sounding in the modern tones maddened mob. They of the justice and true the kingdom of God, ' Bolshevism, horrible substitute th em dearly when once it comea T e a ther above. In the name of the a prop het Russia's need of needs ° f G ° Hearing the City's Cry That is not the need of Bus . alone. War is over, but which queathed acute problems. Ujan BeCm it^f° St Our territorial ques war itself. our our mo ral tions, our labo . r er ance question, question, our temperance u _ our entire ? oc,a ! a^ fl Ve the 3tates tions. bid fair to b frolU our cities men. Especii al y , challenge to there rises a cry and which heaven itsel heard different. Mnevah'svoicewas of God: what of the ™ nt real and York and Chicago and Montre^ ? New Orleans and San won derful I have been sailing the won Mediterranean whose ted t he depths have so often think _ might of Jehovah an runawa y ing that this is the faltMu l Jonah as well as of ear . the Paul, both hearers to cmesAnd t divine call to , re P en^n c e. lnded think of Jonah Is to be r char , swaf .M "SKh'ss: mon ,s before our eyes key and Austna ns that de- I Germany, the sreat ma n; all j tied the laws of - C, °„ w crlesa to-day. I are prostrate a " 4 ,L dbv the jus- Thev have been visitea o nt tice of the Almighty. arc tie peoples they once PI k free. We do nothave to the as far us A'inevah op p rcss ion aa ntWroaned of P the Judge of j a " ,h \ G Crisis' Without Prophets Where are the prophets whom this time so bit *® r < jK e< J ie me re poli man's prophets only ticians; "ussi.Vs and ecclesiastics, Turkey _y iels in all What about our propr who Trt wearing mantle of Jonah to-day V facts fearlessly. Bet us face the tacis a prpn . SfftSW m.n. - throughout the s whole there JSS,„Tvoi n cS ennsHan Kffi Sf th. e iS?r tir our prophetic ESSHSS S&sTasas nnrl ecclesiastical functionaries). Preachers Wl.o Sinned in France Worsevrt. So widely had P reach ,ng become a profession without the divine spiritual passion, that many clergymen, instead of being leaders and prophets, have them selves been maintained in a conven tionally correct mode of life only bv circumstances. They followed the code of their calling, because it was difficult and dangerous to do otherwise. Many of these men went to war, from varying motives; and some avowedly to escape the tedium or their distasteful round of minister ial duties. Of this number a per centage, small, and yet too large to Vie Ignored by conscientious people, suffered a moral lapse. With the greater number of these latter, the failure was merely a relaxation of their standards of speech and of such practices as wine-drinlting. Others went utterly bad, sinking In to sensuality and even crime. I know whereof I speak; I am not exagger ating the occasional instance, such as the minister in Y. M. C. A. work, who became a confessed and con victed thief in France. My informa tion comes at first hand and on the spot, from the officials who kpow all the details. This la horrible, of course. I shall be accused of slandering the ministry for revealing the condi tion. Instead, I am only serving the cause of truth and power: for it is far better that the Church should lose her reputation than that she should lose her soul. Such hideous facts as I have stated should send the Church to her knees. Repent ance must begin at the house of God. How can we cry aloud to the wandering world when our own ut terance Is choked with sin? < .lonalis. and Other Preachers Comic papers and the stage jest at the clergy; and the mass of man kind ignore them, as mild creatures who are ineffective except as kill joys. The preacher is no longer "the parson," or "the" person, of a community: the drift of decades has steadily shoved him to one side as a nonessential. Nevertheless, and regardless of whatever justification for this attitude there may he In individual instances, the preacher's place was never more a position of opportunity and power than to-day. Ministers who exalt their functions as prophets are the hope of the state. Their office Is above that of law-making and politics and com mercial pursuits. For they are the interpreters of that Divine Will which is the one hope of humanity. To be a voice of God, and a min ister of the mysteries, is the highest office open to mortal. Whenever, from unworthy mo tives, a man of God emulates Jonah and seeks to flee from tho burden of a clear message, he enters upon sure unhapplness and complete fail ure. Godfe word will be borne, but woe unto him who refuses to be Its 4 . FRIDAY EVENING, HiLBJUSBURa oSS&t TELEGRXPH MAY 23, 1919. bearer! This Is an hour for all who own 6 ?niHt d the . V' feels this moVe ister the conscientious min- Old Ninevah* and New The thing that ailed Nlnevah the Great, to which Jonah was sent as a prophet of repentance, was the very same thing that ails Paris and all the ends of the earth that have been carrying their problems thith er—simply a disregard of God and his righteousness. From Bondon to t onstantinople I have been study ing: the plight of capitals and coun ries, and there is nothing wrong: with any of them that would not be quickly cured by a sincere turning to Bod. Sin and selfishness, pride, cruelty and corruption, have begot ton unhappiness and weakness. rophets of the Jiving God can do more-for them than even the world Peace Conference. Ninevah is to-day a ruin. I have visited it. down on the banks of the Tigris river, opposite Mosul. As I stood on the mound that marks the sight of Sennacherib's palace, and looked out over the still remaining outlines of ancient walls, confirming the scripture measurements, I had a sudden sense of the irresistible might of the will of Bod. This city of pride, which once ruled the world, is gone, and the vaunting self-praise of its kings, which re- | mains on the monuments seems ; ironic" l now. All that is left alive I within the limits of what used to be ; Ninevah is a mound and a village ■ Tnntki Yunis"— the Prophet! Jonah. Nobody knows the tomb of Sennacherb, but here is the re puted grave of the man of God, who. after his dramatic lesson, took his second chance and preached the , of ,,r e Pentance to Ninevah. \\ hat will remain of New York and Bondon and Paris three thou sand years hence? No man knows. I have within recent days seen the ruins ot Troy and of Corjnth; and the sight makes a man wonder. 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Licorice Powder, 1 oz. ..10c ESCHEAT LAWS ARE ENLARGED Provision Made to Get Various Items and Also For Refunds Under Acts Approved Four bills designed to clarify the State laws governing the escheat of unclaimed funds to the Common wealth were added to the statutes by approval by the Governor and will become effective Immediately, supplementing the acts whose con stitutionality was upheld by the su ' preme court this week as far as they pertain to trust companies and State banks. A bill to correct the law so that It will apply to national banks Ib to be presented In a few days. The bills were presented in the House at tlie Instance of Auditor General Charles A. Snyder and pro vide for payment to the State of un claimed fupds in the hands of fiduciaries and for refunds if it be comes necessary, payment to the ! State of amounts of unclaimed dis tributive shares from assets of cor porations, etc., in process of dis solution and for reports from those in charge to the auditor general; prescribing procedure for escheats under'provisions of any act and pro viding that the auditor general, state treasurer and attorney general may upon proof order refunds of unclaimed bank deposits Instead of l requiring a suit to be Instituted against the State. It is expected that the new acts will result in thousands of dollars j being reclaimed for the State. Can Remove Old or Decayed Headstones ; Managers or directors of any | cemetery are vested with the right j to remove headstones, fences and ! structures on cemetery lots which I may have fallen Into decay or be- \ come dangerous by terms of a bill whose approval was announced by the Governor. The bill, which orig inated in the Senate, requires notice to be given by registered mall or if owners address is unknown by ad vertisement -for three weeks. Other Senate bills approved ex empt net amounts of insurance pay able to dependents from claims of creditors and amending the lateral railroad act of 1832. House bills approved include the code relating to fish in Bake Erie, establishing seasons and limits, etc., providing a method of establishing title to land acquire at sales for un claimed taxes or municipal claims; extending appropriation of $35,000 made to Norristpwn State Hospital in 1917 for purchase of farm land; appropriating $06,710.94 for the El-j wyn Institution. 1 Bolsheviks Used Instruments of Torture Against Their Victims By Associated Press. Vladivostok, May 23.—Instruments of torture the Bolahevikl are alleged to have used against their victims, have been found by the Perm dis trict inquiry commission, according to the Government Telegraph Agency. They include a chain ship with thick handle, an Iron bar which was used to brand prisoners, and a rubber knout. "Natonex Worked Like Magic." This Grateful Woman Tells Can Now Pick Up Needle, Though Fingers Were Numb Before. "Somehow, I feel as If I ought to write and tell you the wonderfully good results I am getting from your Natonex," declared Margaret A. Boyd, dressmaker, of 249 Putnam street, Scranton, In a letter to the Natonex representative, who is now ' here personally explaining this won [derful Nature medicine. "Natonex has seemed to work like magic," this Scrajiton woman continued. "I read of Natonex in the papers and decided such a Nature preparation ought to be just the remedy for me and I went straight and got a box. "Natonex has worked like magic. Already I feel like a different per son. Stricken With Rheumatism "Some years ago I was taken down with rheumatic fever and for several days was at the point ot death. Some time after this I suf fered from St. Vitus Dance, so be tween the two my health was left in poor condition. "Early every Spring for a number of weeks, I have a siege of rheuma tism that affects me through the shoulders, arms and hands. As sure as Spring comes, my rheumatism comes. I get such pains it is impos sible for me to do my house work, and the blood circulation In my hands gets so poor and they get such a numb feeling that I cannot pick anything up. "Besides all this misery that I have every Spring, I have been trou bled with chronic constipation, and an inactive liver, and the ailments that go with this condition. Soil Possibilities Of Crete Surveyed Crete, May 23. —American scien tific agriculturists are now complet ing a survey of the soil possibilities of Crete in the same thorough fash ion in which they surveyed the Greek mainland. American farming machinery and up-to-date methods are needed and arrangements have been made to educate the farmers of Greece and Crete so that they can increase their yield of crops. Major C. G. Hopkins, of the Illi nois Agricultural Department, and Bieutenant G. J. Bouyoucos, a native Relief Came Soon "You can imagine, with all these troubles, the condition I was in when I heard of Natonex. I had only been taking it a few days when I began to notice the difference. My bowels became regular, my nerves are getting better and I am sleeping better. My complexion is clearing and my rheumatic pains are getting less and less every day. "The new blood circulation In my hands is more noticeable than any thing else, for now 1 can even pick up a needle, and before they were so numb they had no feeling what ever. If my statement will be ot any benefit to others, I am willing to have it published, because I have so wonderfully improved that I want others in my condition to learn of this wonderful remody." Famous Nature Remedies "Here is a case in which rheuma tism, nervousness, constipation, poor circulation und biliousness have all been relieved In Just a short time by Natonex," said the Natonex rep resentative in discussing this case. "Such a statement might seem re markable for an ordinary medicine, but the famous Nature remedies combined in Natonex are designed to give general good results. "Read this list of Nature reme dies in Natonex—see what each one is designed to do. and you will un derstand why Natonex wins such re markable endorsements as this." The Natonex Nature products are: Gentian Root —The pure general tonic to invigorate digestion, moder ately increase the force of blood cir culation and create a healthy, nor mal appetite. Juniper Berries —Noted for their diuretic properties as an aid to purifi cation of kidneys and bladder. Dandelion Root—Nature's famous liver tonic to stimulate this vital or gan when sluggish or torpid und failing fo secrete enough purifying bile. Greek educated in America and a former instructor at Michigan Agri cultural College, are in charge of the American Red Cross agricul tural survey of Greece and Crete. 100 Animals in Paris Zoo Died During War Paris, May 23. —One hundred ani mals in the Paris Zoological Gar dens died during the war. After a bomb from a German airplane made a big hole In the Rue Cuvler, alongside the gardens, the authori ties thought it wise to kill the pols- Rheumatism, Nervousness and Constipation Reliev ed by This Remedy Sarsaparilla Root —The blood ton ic known the world over and used in the relief of chronic rheuma-' tism. Prickly Ash Bark—The vegetable tonic for bodily strength used in languid or run-down state of the system. Valerian Root—To tone the nerves and to overcome restlessness and sleeplessness from which so many weak, run-down persons suffer. Rhubarb Root—Nature's product to Invigorate the large intestine (coioa) and dislodge the waste mat ter that brings about constipation. Jamaica Ginger—A gruteful stim ulant in dyspepsia and feeble con dition of the allimentary canal. To warm the stomach, increase the flow of digestive juices and nourish the stomach. Peruvian Bark —The Nature tonic to subdue feverish conditions. I.inseed —To relieve congested conditions and act as u demulcent In the digestive tract. Cascara Bark—The best intestinal tonic known to medical science; to relieve chronic constipation and to restore tonicity to the bowels after expelling the poison toxins created in food waste. Bicarbonute of Soda—To purify and sweeten acid stomach, check nausea, relieve food fermentation and gas distress. Every weak, ailing, nervous, run ,down man or woman here who needs better digestion, purer blood, restful sleep, real nerve vigor and bodily strength cn learn all about Natonex by calling on the Natonex representative at the main store of Geo. A. Gorgus,'- 16 North Third street. You can even test Natonex absolutely free. Natonex is sold by leading drug gists everywhere. onous snakes, lest they should es cape and cause a panic. Bater the river Seine overflowed Its banks and flooded purt of the gar dens. und monkeys, antelopes and giraffes developed chest complaints and died. Only the waterfowl 3^^^sm aMADCO ' wxn,i " T ' tAL HAIR. NETS I ajWRSSrifJ? tHaWS* I Sterling Electric Washing Machine With Swinging Reversible Wringer THE ONLY MACHINE THAT DOES IT LIKE HAND Extension Reversible Demonstration at Store or in your own home without Obligation Sold in Harrisburg exclusively by Open Every I lliflVr lj 23 W. Main Evening fl VT VT ▼ A-l V g t Carlisle 1415-19 N. Second St. flourished, but Coco, the baby 1 hippo, the pride of the gardens died of ennui, they say, as the gardens were virtually deserted daring the war. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad 13