The Proof Of Religion
By WILLIAM T, KLLIS
*Tle International Sunday School Ix-sson for June 8 is, "Obedience."
—Matt. 7:21-29.
It is remarkable what a ghastly
separation people often manage to
make between their religion and
their life. Nor is it the persons of
hypocritical intent in whose thought'
and life duty is divorced from devo- |
tion. There are many who make j
much of their religion, but it is
crowded and clotted into the corner, j
leaving all the rest of their lives!
empty and unblessed by it. Many;
there are also who would like I
enough religion to keep them classed I
among "the religious" and yet not.'
enough to make real demands upon i
their time and attention; enough to I
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secure for them the life eternal, but
not enough in any wise to affect the
life temporal.
Then there are undoubtedly those
' who wear their religion as a mask.
| Jesus had seen such among the re
ligious classes of his day the
! scribes, the Fharises and the Doc
j tors of the Law. He said the)'" looked
1 well outwardly, but Inwardly 1
i They were like whitcd sepulchres,
| which are beautiful without, but
; within were full of dead men's bones
j and all uncleanness.
The Message Front tlic Mount
In the Sermon on the Mount the
j great Teacher mgkes it plain that
| religion is eminently practical. It
is not mere doctrine, it is duty.
"Godliness is profitable unto ali
| things, having promise of the life
I that now is, and of that which is
j to come.
j Obedience is the price of life.
. Jesus declared: "Not everyone that
j saith unto me. Lord, shall enter into
'the kingdom of Heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my. Father which
is in Heaven." The- clear visioned
Christ, the great searcher of the
heart will distinguish. Not all the
clamorous and self-complacent pro
fessors of orthodoxy shall enter,
however repeatedly, loudly and
familiarly they call "Lord, Lord."
The confession ''Lord, Lord" is
symbolic of a sound creed, as well as
a religious profession. It is as much
as to say that there are many who
have an unhesitating belief in the
doctrine of grace and of God, who
nevertheless are not true disciples of
Jesus. He demands a profession of
his name, but those who offer only
this, he will exclude and reject.
Faithfulness as well as faith, is nec
essary to secure entrance into that
realm of bliss where his servants
serve him with no divided allegiance.
The Times of Testing
So loyal was Jesus to the spirit
of truth, and so indifferent to its
outward seeming, that he early won
for himself the name of heretic, and
as such was put to an ignominious
death. Of course, he was orthodoxy
itself, but he did not square with the
crooked little sticks which the priest
ly measures tried to apply to him
as standard. He had no zeal to con
form to their type of correctness,
for he measured himself—and he
laid this down as a principle for
all his disciples—by the unchanging
will of the Father, and by revela
tion of the great day of clear vision.
As Jesus lived his own life serene
ly in the brightness of truth's reveal
ing, so he taught that there is a day
coming when all men's characters
shall be discovered, and their judg
ment settled. Doubtless there will
be. great consternation among many
of the loudly professed followers of
Christ. Astonished and incredulous
they will cry: "Lord, Ixird, have we
not stood among the people as thy
representatives in the world, preach
ers of the gospel? Have we not cast
out demons in thy name, and in thy
name done many wonderful works?"
Up from the depths of a city's
slums, byway of a rescue mission,
occasionally tomes a dramatic story
of one whose life had in its time
stood high and shining, but who, for
one cause or another, had become a
castaway. Of the thousands who ap
plied to the Bowery Branch of the
[New York P. M. C. A. for relief
work last year twenty per cent, were
college men. Once leaders of men
now needing to be lifted out of the
gutter. How vividly they illustrate
the Master's teaching that no man
is saved by his standing. Position
in life, reputation, diplomas, useful
ness—none of these are sufficient to
save in the crises of life, or in that
other great hour, when the soul
stands before its Maker for judg
ment. It is then that the thoughts
of the heart must chord with the
outward seeming in loving fidelity
to the Christ whose friendship is
life for two worlds. The thought is
startling, but fully warranted, that
those from whom men might vote
as the most religious, may lie found
among the rejected before the
Searcher of hearts.
What Counts on the Great Pay
In the book of Matthew the Judg
ment day is depicted for us in the
imagery of Christ seated upon the
throne dividing the sheep from the
goats. The sheep he places on his
right hand and the goats upon his
left. To those on his right hand he
says: "Come ye blessed of my Father
inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the
world. "Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto one of the least of these, my
brethren, ye have done it unto me."
To those on his left hrnd he says:
"Depart from me, ye cursed, into
everlasting tire, prepared for the
devil and his angels. Inasmuch as
ye did it not unto me of the least
of these ye did it not unto me."
The great final test of religion is
not religiousness, but a relation: not,
what have I done, not what have I
believed, not what have I achieved,
but what is my relation to Christ?
So the great Teacher makes it plain
that he will openly declare that he
never knew these loud professors.
He dismisses them with the simple
command: "Depart from me ye
workers of iniquity." As unbelief
departs from the loving God re
fuses to follow, obey and love him—
so unbelievers must forever depart
from the presence of God, and from
the glory of his power, "outcast."
A Parable of Foundation and Moods
This whole mountain side sermon
concludes with one of those exquis
ite parables whose pictorial beauty
and spiritual insight, always remark
able, are in this case elevated into
a strain of solemn grandeur and aw
ful impressiveness. Jesus compared
the persons who hear and do his
words to a man who built his house
upon a rock. "And the rains de
scended and the floods came, and
the winds blew and beat upon that
house: and it fell not, for it was
founded upon a rock." Those who
heard his' sayings and did them not
he compared to a man who built his
house upon sand. "And the rain
descended, and the floods came and
the winds blew, and smote upon
that house: and it fell; and great
was the fall thereof."
Every Jew could understand the
simile. As in all hilly countries the
streams of Galilee rush down the
torrent beds during the winter and
early spring, sweeping all before
them, overflowing their banks, and
leave beds of alluvial deposit, on
either side. When summer comes
their waters fall, and' what had
seemed a goodly river, is a tract
covered with sand and pebbles. A
stranger coming to build mtjht he
attracted by the level surface of the
sand. It would be easy to build there.
On such a house a winter torrent
had swept down in its fury, and the
storms had raged, and then the
whole fabric, on which time and
money had been expended, had given
way and fallen- in a heap of ruins.
When Storms Come
The lesson of the Lord is easy to
grasp. The wise man will hear, and
when he hears, will do. that is, will
translate his impressions into ac
tions. This will be to build his
house upon a rock.
For rains, winds and flood do
come into cverv 'ife and make it
wise to build .n a good foundation.
We are all liable to afflictions, sud
den fears and death; and the man
whose hopes are at loose ends, and
on a sandy foundation, may expect
his house to fall. This is the case
of unconverted sinners. None are
safe whose hopes are not built 011
the Rock of Ages.
There is something very striking
in the words with which Christ con
cluded his sermon. "It fell, and
great was the fall of it.' "After
all," men would say, "It was only
the destruction of on v human be
ing." But our Lord':, saying re
minds us that in his eyes the ruin
of one soul is a consideration full
of unspeakable sorrow.
Jesus 111 his closing discourse,
leaves his hiarc" under the impres
sion of this sc'.emn thought. Each
of them, while listening to tills last
word, might think he heard the
crash of the falling house, and say
1 within hltpseif: "This disaster shall
Ibe mine If I prove hypocritical or
inconsistent." it! .
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METHODISTS ARE
SPEEDING DRIVE
Must Raise $750,000 in Few
Days to Meet Their
Quota
Baltimore, June 6.—Methodists in
c--aA A r ea are ex Pectcd to raise
< 50,000 in the next nine days, to
complete the area quota to the
great centenary fund for world re
lief, evangelistic and educational
The full quota for this
ar ?i ß \ '159,000, in all probability
W1 " ,®e fully pledged by June 15
~ Additional returns from various
districts received at centenary head
quarters here indicate that pastors
and their team captains arc making
spirited campaigns to put their
churches "over the top."
Earnest work by church leaders
in localities that got a late start in
the big financial drive has caused
the figures to mount steadily. Tabu
lation of reports from all parts of
the area show that the delayed cam
paigns are progressing most favor
ably.
Centenary directors here arc con
fident that before the time limit for
subscriptions has expired, the area's
quota will be pledged in full. This
assurance is based upon reports
from superintendents stating that
the drive gained momentum follow
ing the week devoted to an exten
sive financial canvass of members.
Several hundred churches which
have not yet reached their quotas,
are continuing the campaign in their
localities with a view of making a
100 per cent, canvass.
In scores of churches throughout
the area the financial campaign will
he featured by jubilee celebrations
on June 8 and 15.
Lusitania Medal in Hands
of the American Army
roblrnz. Wednesday, June 4.—The
Lusitania medal, which was issued,
it is said with the consent of the
German government, just after the
sinking of the Lusitania. Is In the
hands of Americans, and can be
brought out of the unoccupied sec
tions of Germany by American of
ficers.
Official photographs of the medal
are to be sent to Washington.
The Lusitania medal, which has
been variously described, is of branze
about two and! a half inches in di
ameter. On one side in relief is de
picted the sinking of the ship, with
the following inscription In Germah:
"Lusitania, sunk by German U-boat
May 7, 1915."
On the reverse side Is depicted a
line of people at a booking office,
the figure within the ticket office
window being a skeleton, handing
out steamship transportation to
those awaiting their turn. The Ger
man inscription is translated as
"anything for money."
"Harrisburg'*s Dependable Store 99
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the snappiest Palm Beach you have ever worn. The models
are just the same as our cloth garments and the fabrics are -
those that any well dressed man will appreciate. The day is i\ !■ /fSfIWW/M
passed when a young man needs to wear a Palm Beach in a
And our stock is just replete with cloth suits at f| .!■
the usual low Wm. Strouse prices—are reasonable to
tOur Furnishing Department *
has gone ahead by leaps and bounds —and no
wonder, for with Metric shirts—Lewis underwear—Rockin
chair underwear—Monito hosiery and a host of goods of the same caliber
• —We've simply given the citizens of Harrisburg "the nation's best. "
And the best part of it is the prices that we've featured all season—
waist seam suits that have been the talk of every young man in the city.
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Middletown
Fourth Infantry Band
Gets Trip to England
Bentley Buller, who has been
manager of the American stores,
South Union stroet, for the past two
years, has been transferred to Leb
anon. Mr. Buller will be succeeded
by George S. Knupp, of Steelton.
Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne, of Har
risburg, was the guest of the Social
Circle, which met at the home of
Mrs. J. M. Ackcrman, Water and
Pins streets, yes.erday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Snyder, of this city,
and daughter, Mrs. George Acker
man. of Pittsburgh, are spending
several days at Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter lrely, George
Irel) and Dr. O. M. Swartz left yes
terday for Philadelphia where Mrs.
I rely will undergo treatment at the
Mcdico-Chi Hospital.
Miss Rose Bowers, of Speeceville,
is spending several days in town as
the guest of her brother, Dr. C. E.
Bowers, and wife, Swatara street.
The home of Jacob Nissley, of
North Union street, was entered by
robbers Monday night. They gained
entrance from the rear, ransacked
all rooms on the lower floor and got
away with a gold watch belonging
to his grandson and some money.
Miss Sue Landis, of North Union
street, had her linger severely in
jured by having lt caught under a
pump handle.
Mrs. Jacob Weirlch, of Brown
street, received a letter from her
son, James, from Coblenz, Germany,
who is a member of the Fourth In
fantry Band. In lt he states that
his band won first place for a trip
ic England, Belgium, France and
then to the States where they parade
In 'he large cities. The Fourth
infantry band Is considered the best
i:i the A. E. F. It Is now drilling
with the regiment In Coblenz, which
leaves for England In a few days.
It is expected that the King and
Queen of England and General
Pershing will review the American
regiment when lt marches through
London.
Monroe Schalffer, of Philadelphia,
is spending a few days in town on
business. He recently moved io ;
Philadelphia where he and his wife '
will make their home with their son.
Otis, who purchased a drug store hi
that city.
Dr. David Alberstadt and brother.
Herman, returned to Philadelphia
after spending some time In town tj |
the guests of their parents, Mr. ami
Mrs. Isaac Alberstadt, of South
Union street.
Mrs. A. S. Etter entertained Mrs.
Scott and sister, Miss Minnie Basom,
of Hummelstown, last evening.
Mr. and Mrs. George Etter will
move into the Brandt property on
Witherspoon avenue, which is being
vacated by Mrs. George Kramer.
Mrs. Kramer will live with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Houser, of
Catherine street.
Three applicants took examina-
tlons for provisional certificates In
Superintendent H. J. Wlckey's of
fice to-day.
R. Freidman, of this city, attend
ed the confirmation exercises at
Shlom Temple, Harrlsburg, yester
day morning. His niece, Miss An
netta Friedman, was confirmed. A
dinner was served from 8 p. m. un
til 11 p. m. for the immediate fam
ily.
Personal Mention
Lt. Madsen who has been visiting'
at the home of Walter B. Davis, 262
Forster St. since returning from
overseas service has gone home to
Chicago to accept a new position.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Wheeler, of
Cincinnati are guests of their rela
tives, Mr. nnd Mrs. Elmer F. Jordan
of Penn street for a few days.
Miss Elinor Chase and Miss Beat
rice Chase of Baltimore, are in town
for a brief stay among old friends.
Henry F. Johnston went home to
Washington, D. C. this morning after
a little visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Thompson of Green street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, of Pittsburgh
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Adolf
Kapner at 2220 North Third street.
Miss Irene Keller, of Portland,
Oregon, is stopping for a while with
Mrs. Walter E. Davis of Forster
street.
Patrick Longforth went home to
Baltimore to-day after a week's stay
among relatives in the West End.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fletcher of
Milwaukee are in town for a week's
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Wlghtmnn of Market street.
Irving Sponsler went to New York
to-day to remain over the weekend.
Harvey Wilson and Jackson B.
Wilson, of Omaha, Nebraska, are in
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One Soap for all uses, shaving,
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The Soap, Ointment and Talcum
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the city for a week or so looking up
old friends.
Miss Bertha May Thatcher, of Jer
sey City is a guest of her relatives,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Owens of Mar
ket street.
Watson Grimes and Miss Susanne
Grimes, his daughter, aro in town for
a short sta ywith Mr. and Mrs. Har
rison Brown of North Second street.
FOITR HURT IN DUBLIN
By Associated Press.
Dublin, June fi. —One girl and
three policemen were wounded last
evening by shots lired when the po
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House to celebrate the birthday of
James Connolly, "commandant gen
eral of the Irish republican army,'
who was executed on May S, 1916,
following the Irish revolt. The gath
ering had been forbidden by the city
authorities.
ARMY BOXER IAISES
By Associated Press.
Paris, June 6.—"Ted" Jamieson,
of Milwaukee, national 'A. A. U.,
175-pound champion in 1917 and
runner up in the amateur light
heavvweight class in the American
Expeditionary Force boxing cham
pionships, was defeated by Leferre,
a French boxer, in the third round
of a bout here Tuesday night.