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s THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1921. FOURTEEN i r ...:' ' i . ' ' t 1 Christ or Chaos Which? The International Sundays School Lesson for January 30 Is ; "Jesus Greeted as a King." Matt. 21 :17-46. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS , In the old days,, when easterners re garded Bag-dad as the goal of all Jour neying, I once entered the city, pre ceded by my. servant, .who cleared the obstructions in the bazarrs by crying "Belakl Belak" "Make way! Make way!" It was a surviving usagedf the ancient times when the great (and every foreigner is deemed great In the remote parts of Asia) had heralds to go before them, and prepare the way. That was the function which John the Baptist fulfilled -toward Jesus: he was the "Forerunner . . As we contemplate today the trium . phal entry of Jesus , into Jerusalem, our first thought is a yearning for a herald to proclaim Christ's entry into this new and ' troubled tlni. True, .many great voices are being lifted to hall him. Mr. Hoover told a group of leading men in New York that noth ing but the spirit and sovereignty of Jesus could bring oraer out of the dis organization and suffering of Europe. "Roger W. Babson. the "business doc tor," advised his clients last year: "We ' must do 'business as Jesus would do business . . If the majority of all concerns in one line of business could " be brought to Jesus' way of thinking, it would then be a simple matter to revolutionize the whole industry; -with harm to none and benefit to alL The majority of concerns and most of the industries are already controlled by , church people, and If we treat pur 're ligion seriously we could at any time put across such a plan." Newspaper editorials, conference re ports, ecclesiastical aeiiverances, pub- . lie addresses, are all echoing, with strange unity and insistence, the call for Christ as leader of our menaced day. Still there tarries the one clear, - commanding, resounding summons, which so many of us eagerly await, to prepare the way of the Lord. Ex cept Christ be hailed as, our . present Deliverer, there is no hope in sight. It may be that instead of one voice ' there should be many voices, arising in Sunday schools, churches, communi ties, to introduce Jesus as the Saviour from social suffering as well as from lndiyidual sin. We must simply must make way for our King, to give Him a chance to do His work for man kind. . Xew-Ftoskleaed Crnsadlmg Openly in some places, and secretly In others, there is raging today a des perate struggle, on a vast scale, be tween the forces' of radicalism and the forces of reaction. Viewed in the large, Radicalism is winning; though blind obscurantism refuses to read the signs of the .storm. It Is as It was in Sevas tapol the night that Wrangel's army was hopelessly broken and fleeing: the public places were ( crowded with merry-making Russians, who refused to heed the danger which, within 24 hours, sent them scurrying off to the ships as panicky refugees. Whenever we discover a definite and Intelligent and sincerely religious ef fort to meet the crisis of contemporary conditions, our heartsleap with expec tation. News has crossed the ocean of a Christian crusade under way in the city of leds, England. There both Anglicans and Nonconformists have united to carry the message for the times to all the people, wiin xne dio gan, "Christ or chaos!" they are going two by two into snops,y omces, iacio ries and public places, usually at the noon hour, to declare, in simple terms f today's speech, that the only hope of a solution of the present tangle of things Is the acceptance or xne sover eignty and isaviourhood of Jesus Christ. It cannot be too strongly or too of- , ten repeated that, just as the cultiva tion of class spirit leads only to fur ther chaos and woe, so the acceptance of the Christ spirit leads to good will and faith and co-operation and happi ness. All problems are solved by the triumphal entry of Christ. Trcvble Before Triumph According to the sugar and sunshine philosophy so popular among many persons in our own time, the beautiful era of the reign of happiness and of God Is to come in along a lane of flowers, with all the gentleness of fra grant summer breezes. 'That is not the way Christ came before. His tri umphal entry into Jerusalem was ao companied by a sensational . struggle for -righteousness. It was Just prior to the cleansing of the temple, where in Jesus splintered a lance against the armor of the vested interests of His day, that the great, popular ovation was given to the Master. When Jesus enters into a life or into society, down right keeping of the law must follow. There can be no money-chambers in the temple where Christ is. At Oberamergau, ten years ago, the Passion' play made vivid to me the . close relation between the cleansing of the temple and the crucifixion of Je sus by His foes. Business as well as fbigotry fanned the flames of fanati cism. At Calvary the temple traffick ers fulfilled their threats to square ac- - counts with this disturber of en trenched commerce. Even today there are gain-engrossed men who insist that Christ and His representatives shall keep hands off business, -no mat ter how un-Christian are the abuses attacked. When Jesus is truly accept ed as Lord in the business world, then the last citadel on earth will have fall en to Him. Everybody who sincerely. ' wants Christ to conquer should squarely face the condition made clear at the trium phal entry. He will not compromise with unrighteousness. All temples must be cleansed when He comes to His own. He will not accept any mere ly emotional or spectacular ovation; He wants dominion over life. Are some of us crying aloud for Christianity to prevent chaos, when all the while we lhave neither purpose nor desire to change our own lives so that they may conform to the will of Christ? Do we really only want the help of religion as a palliative of disturbed conditions, ? or to help keep restless spirits con tented with their lot? Sober thinking Is in order before we-pray for the tri umphal entry of Jesus into our trou bled world. When the Wry Was Stirred Every great city Is a mystery. Its depths are too deep for any one man's sounding. Within the population of a city exist a variety of interests and aims. A. churchman is surprised one day to leave a railway station and find the square' thronged with tumultous thousands, gathered to acclaim a re turning prize fighter, of whose very existence this ultra-respectable citizen ," was unaware. .. ' .: i "There's a world outside the one"1 you know." Seldom does an entire city respond to a common impulse, it Is a feat of real publicity : to set a whole metro politan, community to talking about the same thing. The churches almost never do it, except in a united evan . gelistlc campaign. Then the arousal of the city Is as important as the mes sage of the'yreacher. Jesus stirred the. great city of Jeru-1 galena toy His- triumphal entry. ' Then as now, like, most cosmopolitan cen ters, Jerusalem has a considerable ca pacity for inattention.- .The -entrance of General Allenby,' caused , no s.civc outpouring1. -Yet young and old, Jews and Gentiles, streamed to the eastern gates ? to witness the : arrival of the New Teacher from Nazareth. The old capital of human 'hearts reached its climax that dayr"Count your highest moments , your truest,";; said Phillips Brooks; shall we not 'believe that this outburst of religious enthusiasm was a revelation of jthe real Jerusalem, the city that Christ loved?"? All cities are better than, they ordinarily seem: What is most apparent In them Is least rep resentative. . ' Within the hearts and the homes Of -the people Is the real character of a community. ' . .. A, If Oder Instance Some of us have been so fortunate as to see -jErreat, cities rn the midst of an intense V and all-absorbing Interest. I witnessed Boston's delirium' on Ar mistice day. A friend who was in Da mascus described the tumultuous, hys terical entry of,Emir Feisal and Colo nel Lawrence. . ''-.-' 1 It was given to me to . behold the indescribable two days In Cairo, on April t7 and 8, 1919 when -Egypt cele brated what it believed was the grant ing of independence. The people leap ed and sang and danced and embraced one another, and flung about their gar ments and stripped, branches from the trees and waved them in wild rejoic ing. The scene was starmngiy iijse that described in our lesson. The next morning's English paper, however, was t principally concerned over the damage done to the trees by th$ stripping of the branches! There are people like that perhaps they are the explanation 'of much that Is wrong with society. I am sure that many Jewish merchants In old Jerusalem complained that the triumphal entry of Jesus was bad for business !-. As we contemplate modern parallels to the ovatigs given our Lord by the capital city! Of His natibn, we recall the spiritual triumphs that He has been accorded throughout the centu ries. He has entered society as a Sov ereign Old paganism's emblems have been laid at His feet. Julian the Apostate cried :"Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean!" Slavery's broken chains are on His altar. The realms of . Intellect and art have acclaimed Him with hosannahs. Civilization, with its attendant sciences, has strewn palms before the path of the Redeemer. And today all persons who think upon large issues are hoping for the com ing of the Christ In new triumph to Save our era from chaos. , SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS '"' Cantankerousness is worse than he terodoxy. Talbot's Life of Armstrong. . If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defense of it by Us friends; Colton. - The sun set,Jtut not his hope; Stars rose, his faith was earlier up. -Anon. , A kind heart is a fountain of glad ness, making everything in its vicinity1 to freshen into smiles. Irving. - -. -. '.. - . For the love of money lm a root of all kinds of evil; which some reaching after have been led astray from trie faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. St. PauL So nigh is gfandeur to our dust. So near is God to man. When duty whispers low, "Thou must" The youth-replies, "I can't." , Emerson. However practical 'we deem it, that life loses Itself which fails to keep in touch with the Invisible with the deeper principles which makes busi ness more ,than (barter, and science ; . '. .'.'.... . Advance Style Spring Colors: Henna, Mustard, Black, Brown, Navy, Copen Combination Colors: t cJJo IHIo IS. more than hammering rocks and- a skilled use of .the scalpelaad. life more than the baking: and eating of bread. James M. Taylor. WESLEY CELEBRATION AND r. DEDICATION FEBRtTARY 15 CHICAGO, -Jan. 22f- Lincoln college, Oxford, En gland.-jls to- be represented at the dedication of the . Social Center building of the Wesley foundation.!? the University of Illinois February -15. John Wesley, the '-'founder -oihe Methodist church, was a fellow of Lin coln college for 26 years., In recogni tion of that fact the seal pf Lincoln college has been carved over oneof the bay windows of the hew'Wesley foun - dation -building at the University 'of Illinois. The rector of Llncdfn college -In ac 'X. cepting the invitation to be present wrote: "We are much Interested in your foundation,, and your recognition of the historical connection With Lin coln college." : - The exercises in connection with the dedication will cover four days begin ning February 11 and closing" February 15.' Representative churchmen will be present from allover the .United States and Canada. Four of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church will take part In - the , program: Bishops Thomas Nicholson of Chicago, William McDowell of Washington, F, J. McCon nell of Pittsburgh, and Theo S. Hender son of Detroit. -A pageant put on. by the University of. Illinois student will be a feature of the exercises.'' This pageant will show John Wesley ast a 'student at Oxford university as well as some of the later episodes of his life. The closing, epi sode will be an international one and parts will be taken by foreign stu dents of the university Chinese, Jap anese, Filipinos, Hindustani,; and Latin Americans. Two of the most beautiful rooms In the building will be set apart-for the 4 use of the 230 foreign students of the university, and will be known as the international rooms. The Social Center .is the first of a group of buildings which the Metho dist Episcopal church has under way at thetJnlversity of Illinois uttdf r its cen tenary program. The entire group will cost well over $1,000,000. Tl?e architec ture Is Gothic and the material used is Bedford stone. - Among the trustees of the Wesley foundation are Bishop Thomas Nichol son of Chicago and W. A. Heath, the president of the Chicago federal reserve bank. Di?; James C. Baker, th,e director of the foundation, has been in charge of this work at the University' of 111 inois for 14 years.- .; - ENGLISH WOAMJJ PROPOSES A STANDARD DRESS FOB. WOMEN LONDON, Dec. 22. Fashion, the most autocratic ruler in the world, has been attacked by Viscountess Grim ston. Lady Grimstoh urges that women should adopt an independent line of dress -on the ground that the present fashions are arbitrary, changeable. In artistic, extravagant, unhealthy. A standardized dress is advocated in order to force fashion to abdicate, and it is desirable that it should be smart, serviceable, beautiful and in accord ance with healthy Ideas. .; Lady Grimston reckons, however, without the Inherent changeability of woman "and her love of expressing her personality in clothes. The manager of the London branch of Lucile, Ltd., laid special stress "oft this point. 4 " . j "Women themselves decree that fashion shall change," he said, "they would grow 'tired of one standardized dress and refuse to conform to it gen erally. A woman, unless she is inspir ed by the military spirit and. adopts a uniform, will - not wear a dress like that of any other member of her sex." A doctor Is another strong supporter of modern fashions, and contends that they are the most healthful that have been In vogue for hundreds of years. "Consider the 4uty trains of early Victorian days," he said, "the steel cor sets of Elizabeth's., days, and the tight lacing of all ' periods. We may well be thankful for. the sane dressing of the modern woman." ' The World war cost the United States $24,010,000,000. ; - . i . . , i ' I - REHDER'S THE NEW LEADING SHAPES Henna and Copen, Henna and Black, Mus- ittiuaiiuwiicK, jrncea. "EVERYTHING IN MILLINERY THAT'S NEW' NEW COAT SUITS 1 ' ' K " I ' nfTr H TO JJEW RIBBONS r , , - OUR SPECIALTY 615-617-619 North NEW SPRING STOCKS - - 1 - ' ', m r I II PROFESSOR F SOCIAL ETHICS ON BLUE LAWS Rev. J. L. J. . Corrigan Flays "Faiwticai Minority", Seeking i ; Reform By Statutes BOSTON, Jan.. 22. "Blue law legis lation liswrbng in theory and fatal in J. ErMc." ' declares Rev, J. L. J. COrri gran,-S.-: J..: Boston, college.? - r "These blue law proposals," says Father Cotrfgan, "remind us of Pil grim days. "If -wo judge from the evil results of such laws in the early, days as witnessed to by no less an author ity than Governor Bradford himself, nothing of good, but, on the contrary, -much of harm may be 'expected if such laws are written "again upon the stat ute books. , "History is against the hopes and theories of the Lord's day leaguers. The Lord's day leaguers might profitably read early Pilgrim history to learn how futile it is to try to leg islate people into moral living. r"The intolerable effrontery and as sumed superiority of these latter-day advocates of Puritanic observance is in line with , dozens of other Invasions of personal liberty of late7 where a determined-and well organized minority have imposed .their-will upon a ma jority, thus undermining and subvert ing the very fundamentals of demo cratic government and Imperiling American freedom itself. Fanatical minorities are always dangerous, but never more bo than when they fancy that they are doing the will of the Lord.' .: . s . , , ' t - , "It is a fact of human history and experience, - explain it how you please, that , extremes provoke extremes. The rule Is inevitable: When restraints become intolerable, reaction,' like the swing of a pendulum, sets in. The real danger from Such, restrictive and re pressive legislation, apart from its ln-H justice, is the fact that it gives rise to contempt for all law. , "When there are upon the statute books measures which are not sustain ed by popular sentiment and public opinion, all law loses respect arfd comes Into contempt. It ' Is the same when laws are hot enforced save to the extent of causing irritation and re sentment, law suffers in theresptct of the community, and the result is a re action of crime. "Many keen students of our social problems think that the present crime wave in the country Is due, in large measure, to this very defect In the Volstead prohibition law. Sabbatarian Sunday regulations would certainly provoke violent disobedience and. cyni cal ., disregard for the law. It vould be fanatical idiocy, to enact them. "If the-ministry of our Sabbatarian clergy has broken down, a little soul searching will probably reveal that the true. cause of the defection among their flocks is that the preaching of religion&nd the charity of Christ have oeen supplanted in their pulpits by so ciai upitt and civic harangues ARMY HAS BEGUN MOVINf .PICTURE BUSINESS ITSELF WASHINGTON Jan. 22. The -United Stat ea army Is , goingInto the motion picture business andioon will be In a position .. to furnish everything from camera man to audUlnce. Though the signal corps of the army maintained a,, - pHotpgraphic section throughout the . war- and made thou sands of ;:fee't' off actual battle scenes for the war collcfee records, the retail end -of the lndutry, bo to speak, has until nowj beenconducted by an out side organization, the community mo tion picture hjEreau. - Under a contract, entered into Octo ber 21, 3919. this concern agreed to fur nish motion picture films "to 167 camps, posts and stations. By June of this year the numberi had increased to 184, and attendance had risen from 237,565 to more than halfrfa million, and it is still on the .increase. The admission fee is 10 cents and the profits accruing from the larger Fourth Street - ARRIVING DAILY fctts camps enable the, smaller posts also to have ; "movies!, once. : or twice , a week. In order to provide operators for, this service, r motion picture operation has been made one of the features of voca tional training. , -- A plan is now- we'll under way. by which thearmy itself will operate the motion picture service without the aid of the community bureau, 1 thus elim inating overhead expense and making the service , self-supporting. " . n The' national . hallof statuary, for merly" a corridor of the United States house of ..representatives, Was. estab lished by congress July 2, 18fi4. . , "They WORK while you sleep? Take one or two Cascarets occasion ally to keep your liver, and bowels ac tive. When bilious, constipated, bead achy, unstrung or for a cold, upset stomach, or bad h.reath, nothing acts so niCely ' as Cascarets. Children love them , too. 10, 25, 50 cents. (Adv.) ATTENTION! Strictly-fresh country eggs, ft Cm per dozen Owu Brookfield block butter, fin ft per pound Ullv Box bacon (one pound), c Cft per pound HUG Best large prunes, " ' " OC per pound OG Best whole, rice, Qf per pound , , 51 0 Best canned corn, I Cr per can I WW Maryland chief I In and 11. tomatoes, can.. I lu . I lU Nice mackerel, I j ' each I vu Give U a Trial NEUWIRTH'S DELICATESSEN "Only One la Town" Prompt Delrvery Phone 1322 -. 4 cines, etc., aue 10 overworK all ttiese represent penses that are largely ended by The Hoover. Clark Lynch r GUH PAVID L. MILLER, who was last week tried in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, was found GUILTY of being the best all-round Automobile Mechanic in the city of Wilmington. -- j. ... ,. t . MILLER'S SHOP is equipped to do all kinds of machine work instead of ordering new parts- for cars which necessitates days and days of waiting he makes 'em right now and keeps you running. , IN ADDITION to automobile and other machine work, MILLER operates an Acetylene Welding Plant, and is in a position to put back together, t4to stay," any artide made of metal. , , - DONT FORGET THE ADDRESS NO. 110 DOCK STREET FREE ' FREE ! FREE FREE ! ' join the-b6ys club For Particular,' Call ai the IDEAL CYCLE COMPANY K W. DAVIS Mgr. 10H S Seeon 8t. . ' Fhone FOR. ITSELF Figure what a Hoover SAVES; then its cost sinks into Carpet-cleaning bUIs, the wages of the cleaning woman laundry hills for draperies soiled by dust swished about by brooms, re-decorating bills due to the same cause money paid for rugs td replace: those worn out by env bedded grit or ruined by moths, bills for tonics, medi- ex- 7 Could you .value your time, strength and health at noth ing could you class a clean, sanitary home the year 'round as valueless even then The Hoover would repay its cost, many times over, by the longer life it gives to your rugs. HOOVER XV BEATS ... AS IT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS We Will Demonstrate The Hoover In Your Home We will gladly call and show yon Just What The Hoover will do on t your rna-s. No obligation to bny. Convenient term. If desired . TELEPHONE 2700 Are We Dowri-Hearted? We Are Nit! It is true that our sales 4re below normal. Jt is also true that we are selling our lumber at lesser prices than we can afford, and as a matter of self-preservation will be obliged to follow the market upward when the tide turns. And we haye every reason to believe that it will turn, and soon. Some items that effect the cost of building may not have "hit bottom," but they are on their way. Our ad vice to prospective builders is GET READY TO GO! This advice may not be. good, but it is at least SINCERE. Lumber Co. . p- s- A Chicago editor said the other day: "You ask me when prices will return to a 1914 basis? Tell me wheiTour national war debt of over twenty billions of dollars will, be paid and I will an Bwer your question." There's food for reasob in that; 31 Y WILMINGTON IRON WORKS WHiMINGTOBT. X C Phone 247 -,ker Cnglneera. Founder.. Iron y!1. r. Shipwrights, Bletrle -' CMtlnoReTr Stteet Main Of flee i Foot Orange tre
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