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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY, DtCEMbfiK 5, 1921
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A Merry r Merry Christmas
1 A merriment that should be abundantly justified by the splendid prospects that the future"
holds in store for you, your friends, your neighbors and the whole wide world. "Behind the night
there is plenty of light and THINGS ARE ALL RIGHT." '
WE THANK YOU
or the liberal patronage extended during 1921. It shall always be our endeavor to serve.
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WHEN PEOPLE ARE PRESSED
TOO FAR
The International Sunday School Lesson For
January 1st Is, "The Revolt of Jeroboam
I Kings 12:1-13:6.
By WILLIAM T. F.LMK.
Straight Into the social perplexities
of our own times falls this plummet of
ancient Jewish history and prophecy. If
I had but lately returned from a jour
ney to the near east, for the purpose of
portraying; conditions there, I oould not
tell a more appropriate story than this
one of 'Jeroboam of long ago, who Is
the theme of this first Sunday school
lesson of the new year.
It means something tremendous that
more than 20,000,000 persons are going
to spend the next nine months In study
ing, week by week, the rise and fall
of patriotism, social Justice and re
ligion, In the history of the Hebrews.
Double and dramatic pertinency may
be given to the theme If the dreadful
rumors of extensive new Jewish po
groms In the east are fulfilled, as pre
dicted, this winter. Many adult classes
will link the lessons to the present
predilection of Jews everywhere for
social reform and radicalism. It will
save many persons from race-bltterr
ncss to be kept, by the International
lessons, in the consciousness that the
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Jews were really the chosen people,
and the custodians of the highest reve
lation of the Infinite.
A Man Who Merries' Wrong,
Despite the warnings of their pro
phets, the Jews, a thousand years be
fore the Christian era, had adopted the
king-fashion of their neighbors. The
record of three mtllentums ago reads
like Kipling's "The Old Issue":
"Her Is naught at venture, random nor
untrue -
Swings the wheel full circle, brims the
cup anew.
"Here Is naught unproven, her Is
nothing hid:
Step for step and word for word so
the old kings dldl
"Step by step and word by word: who
Is ruled may read,
Suffer not the old kings for w know
the breed
"All the right they promise,
wrong they bring, .
all the
I Special I
g Christmas Music I
Will be a special feature of the
First Presbyterian J
Church I
Vesper Service Sunday, 5 p. m. ih
"O, Holy Nighe'
Mr. Briggs and choir ' ' f
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. Processional Hymn:
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
' ' "Noel"
"Hallelujah Chorus"
Organ prelude and postlude;
Misa Charlotte Mathewson
Anthem:
"While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks By Nighe'
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Hymn: A
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear." Q
af nViristmaa numhfers will nlsn fpnfnro fho mnmi'mr ik
E service, with selections by Jr
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Violin Soloist Baritone Soloist
X Vlr: f!rias R Mvr Will 5?
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At Both Services J
Offertory: .
"See You Not Yon Radiant Stars?"
Messrs. Guerney Briggs and William Clegg Monroe
Quartet: !
"Holy Night, Silent Nigh
Mrs. Mebane, Mrs. Caldwell, Mr. Briggs
T ' and Mr.- Monroe
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Stewards of the judgment, suffer not
this klngl"
From the pastoral simplicity of the
times of the Judges, the Jew were led
by Saul and David and Solomon, Into
all the state and splendor of royal city
life. Israel reached the apex of its
civil and material and political glory
under Solomon. Foa the sake of politi
cal alliances, Solomon married many
wives, most of them heathen. The
wives brought their religions and
Idols to the palaces and the capital. I
suppose a modern novelist could am
plify the theme of Solomon' de
terioration by the sex complex. His
harm came by his harem. The degrada
tion of the moral tone of the king
dom and the loss of sterling qualities
of character In the princes, all trace
back to the king's polygamy. Departure
from the stern morality taught on
Slnal inevitably was followed by de
parture from the living Jehovah.
All sorts of evils to the people flow
ed from their leader's sensual indul
gence and worldly pride. Solomon's
splendor dulled the lives of his sub
jects. His Ivory palaces were built on
the bone of overdriven toller. In
glaring conlrMTJLo his own magnifi
cence "! wealthras the Increasing
squalor and poverty of the masses. It
was the king, and not the kingdom,
that grew in greatness. Today' prob
lem of excessive wealth of the few and
excessive want of the many 1 not a
new thing.
It I no new thing for tollers, press
ed too far, to go on strike or into re
bellion. Most writer upon the grandeur
of 8olomon' reign pas over the dis
content et the people who were taxed
sorely to support hi magnlflcenoe. We
need to have It recalled to our atten
tion that there was a strike of work
men In Jerusalem agalnat the king's
rigors, so that their leader, Jeroboam,
an outstanding personality, had to flee
to Egypt, an exile during Solomon's
reign. Thus Jeroboam became a popu
lar figure, a hero of the masses. He
was filling somewhat the same role as
Moses during the days of Israel's op
pression In Egypt. Abljah, a prophet
of Jehovah, had foretold that Jeroboam
should become the ruler of the people.
At Solomon's death, the people sought
relief at the hands of Hehoboam, his
successor, a pampered, enervated
princeling, who listened to hi own
boon companion and syoophants, rath
er than to the wise word of the elders.
He was persuaded by youth as fool
ish as himself to adopt a "strong"
policy toward ths people; even as some
white men have of late vainly done In
the east. He did not realise that no
people will endure the heavy hand of
Injustice any longer than they are able
to resent It
In this case the cry went forth, "To
your tents, O Israel!" The bigger, rich
er part of the kingdom called for the
leader who had returned from exile at
Solomon's death. The split In Israel
came almost along the geographical
lines that divide the French and the
British mandates In the Holy land to
day. Hehoboam was left with the
sterile south for his only domain; and
Jeroboam was made king ot the north
ern tribes. The story reminds me of
the remark made by a brilliant Brit
ish Journalist to me at the arms con
ference: "AmrlUar may cost Britain
her empire." The "hard" and "strong"
policy toward people Is always a blun
der. In the very lands and time when
the heavy hand of the Rehoboam-mlnd-ed
fall, the missionary policy wins.
Not all great reformer make good
leaders. Responsibility changes men's
minds. Jerobnam became afraid he
should lose his popularity. Therefore
the sealoua humanitarian and patriot
became a politician. He accordingly set
up religious high places stark heath
enism In opposition to Jerusalem. On
these he erected golden calves, after
the Aaron model at Slnal.
Thus his collapse was one of faith.
He tied to his own ankle the chain
that has been heard clanking down
through the ages "Jeroboam, who
made Israel to sin." He failed his peo
ple In religion, which 1 the supreme
failure of all,
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMON.
Our Ood Is a household God, as well
as a heavenly one; He has an altar In
every man's dwelling; let men look to
it when they rend It lightly and pour
out Its ashes. John Rusktn.
Better be a nettle in the side of your
friend than his echo. Kmcrson.
For life Is the mirror of king and slave,
'Tis Just what we are and do;
Then give to the world the best you
havs,
And the best will come hack to you.
Madeline M. Bridges.
Honest good humor Is the oil and
wine of a merry meeting, and there
Is no Jovial companionship equal to
that where the jokes are rather small
and the laughter abundant.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth Proverbs 17:1.
Beneath the moonlight and the snow
lies dead my latest year, the winter
winds are walling low It dirge in
mine ear; I grieve not with the moan
ing wind as though a loss befell: Be
fore me, even as behind, Ood Is, and
all Is well. Whlttler.
So long a we love w serve; so
long as we are loved by others I
would almost say that we are Indis
pensable; and no man Is useless while
he has a friend. Robert Louis Steven-so
History's Mysteries
No. 14 -The Identity of the Master-Spy
Who waa the mysterious "H" who
directed the operations of the Oer
manlo farces In the United States both
before and during the period of the
World wart
Was this personage a man with a
wide-spread knowledge of American
military procedure and an almost un
canny sense of foresight, or was she
a woman, with all of a woman's abil
ity to worm secrets from diplomatic
circle and untangle problems to
which she held but the slightest ot
clues? '
These, In brief, are the questions
which puizled and still puzxle the
master minds of the United States
secret service and the officials of the
department of Justice connected with
the defeating of Oermanlo propa
ganda on this side of the Atlantic.
That, even after the deportation of
Von Bernstorff and Von Papen, there
was some Individual who dlreoted the
movements of the pro-Germans In the
United States and Canada Is apparent
from the very nature of the plana
which they attempted 1 to carry
through plan which Included the
attempted Importation of a large num
ber of dissatisfied Hindus, the secur
ing of the plans of the battleship
Pennsylvania, the placing of time
bombs on several large United States
transports, signalling to sea from a
number of Atlantic ports and the fi
nancing of the famous "peace move
ment" to which a number of promi
nent Americans were Induoed to lend
the power of their names.
But, In spite of the fact that govern
ment operatives engineered the arrests
of several men and at least two wom
en who were Intimately connected with
high official circles in Germany, the
trail to the master-spy concealed un
der the cloak of the single letter "H"
was sufficiently welt hidden never to
be completely uncovered.
The closest approach to the actual
location of this personage was In the
arrest of a self styled baroness In
Tennessee, Immediately after this
charming woman had succeeded In
penetrating to the Innermost secrets
of Fort Oglethrope and a number of
other Important posts In the eastern
section of the country. In the pre
sentation of the government's case at
the ensuing trial, the United States
district attorney made the following
statement:
"When war was declared between
France and Germany, the husband of
the 'Baroness' waa en route to Lon
don. While In the middle of the
Mediterranean, between Sues and Mar
seilles, he made arrangement to land
at the latter port and go from there
to London Instead of continuing his
voyage by way of Gibraltar. How
ever, the Baronesi sent him a wireless
Just before he reached Marseilles, ad
vlBlng him that war was about to be
declared and that It would be better
for him to remain aboard ship. When
the ship touched Marseilles, the Baron
offered 11,000 for an automobile to
take him to the Italian frontier, but
waa unable to secure a vehicle. He
continued his voyage and landed at
Southampton on the day following dec
laration of war with Germany, tie
was Interned Immediately and re
mained In camp for three weeks, dur
ing which the 'Baroness' intervened
with a number of British officials end
secured the release of her husband
upon bis promise as an officer and a
gentleman not to take arms ae-alnst
England during the war, a pledged
In which she Joined.
"Shortly after his release from the
Internment camp, the Captain and
and hi wife sailed for New York,
cloaking their Identity under the mask
of ordinary steerage passengers.
The 'BaroneBs' has admitted that she
had been In almost constant communi
cation wit Germany, both by letter
and cablegram and that she had been
on terms of Inttmscy with several
members of the kaiser's family."
But while like Wolf Vim Ingel,
Ram Chandra, Robert Fay. Warner
Horn and other German agents urreStt
ed In the United States, the "Baroness"
admitted the existence of a chief who
directed all the movements of the
Teutonic forces In America, she main
tained that she herself had no idea as
to blH Identity, fur nil her Instructions
had been signed merely with tho single
letter "H."
- Who waa - this - "H'T Perhaps the
memoirs of the kaiser or some of the
row
Vouu Lazy Liver
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other officials of the German govern
ment may eventually clear up thla
point but, until then, It appears des
tined to remain one of the riddles of
the war, covered by a 'veil of mystery
woven with true German efficiency.
(OaprrliM. 1931. by tin WbMlar Brsdlnte.)
MAIL BETWEEN f'HII.B AND
AHtiHNTINA Ts,KB LONG TIME
(Comwponilmo. Auodaud fraaj.)
Valparaiso, Nov. t, The American
chamber of commerce In Valparaiso
has addressed a petition to the gover
nor of the province calling attention
to the "grievous damage caused to In
ternational commerce through defici
ency In the postal service" between
Chile and the United States.
Correspondence from Chile, trans
shipped at Panama, la often delayed
from 40 to 4G days before arriving at
its destination, the petition asserts.
It declares that the "United States
governmsnt takes advantage of every
direct steamer for sending mall, where
as we have only the services of two
direct steamers, other lines trans-shipping
at Panama."
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Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Nov. 6. Serbia
has "come back." This Is perhap the
most Incisive way of saying that the
little Slav kingdom has recovered In
the most spectacular way from the
effects of the war. For the first time
In 10 years the country Is standing on
Its. own feet and Is in no need of out
side assistance. The peasantry of
Jugoslavia, which form the backbone
and sinew of the country, are enjoying
a degree of prosperity and material
contentment unknown before. Other
countries may have their unemplny-.
ment problem, hut Jugoslavia ha
none. Indeed, she ha abundaat work
for thousands.
SOVIET AVII THAT IUI!!.IGIOl
I OPIUM TO THU FKOPLB
(GvTeKKKSMiM. AMorl.ud Pres.)
Moscow, Nov. it. "Religion I epluna
fur the people" I the slogan whlnh the
soviet government caused to b placed
on a permanent stone tablet In the
wall of the Moscow city hall facing th
Iberian chapel.
This little chspel stand at th en
trance to the red square and contain
the ikon which is more saored to Rus
sian churchmen than any other In th
entire domain of the former oiar. Con
sequently It Is greatly frequented by
III persons and supplicants who bare
suffered all sorts ot misfortune and
reverses.
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Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year
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