THE SUNDAY CITIZEN. ASHEVILLE, N. C. DECEMBER 2S, 1919.
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
BY WILLIAM 7V ELLIS
Religiously, there "la something new i
on the horizon for 1920. Yractlcany '
iill of the denominations of the United
States and Onada have united in a
concerted euurprise, more compre
hensive nnil radical than anything
ihey have heretofore undertaken, call
imI tho intirchuri'h world movement.
It enters the new year with nn au
dacious program, a huge organization
and practically unlimited nuney. All
Christians' Miuitld wish It well: some
even dare hope that it may he the
solution for tho present problem of
social crisis and religious decadence.
At the begining of a momentous
year, as we tako up a course of Sun
day school studies that fuce the funda
mentals of faith, it Is well to ileal
frankly with ourselves, and with con
ditions. Let us admit freely the temp
tation to do spiritual work by material
methods. And. to prevent later dis
illusionment, let us. also, in perfect
candor, remind ourselves that the
church is not going to meet success
fully the present emergency in thoJ
world by means of money or machin
ery or methods or modernity.
Tho church ay take on all the
business resourcefulness of the Stand
ard Oil company; all tho publicity de
vices cf the circus; all the many-sided
adaptability of a political party: and
all tho propaganda ingenuity of the
Herman government, and still leave
her groat task fairly untouched
Si-lentilio efficiency on the part of the
.church is not enough to save our
Uistrauijht times. However useful a
I ibnrdinate place all these modern
V 'pliances may 1111, the truth needs to
l driven straight home that they are
tn "el.v incidental. Nothing that
dly wisdom can devise is able to
( or our enmeshed and imperilled
woKU.
nnck to I'otpr's Way.
A messago proclaimed Is more po
ti nt than organizations constltuted
or institutions ererted. One Fisher
man, afire with the eloquence of the
eve-witness, proved mightier than the
lioman senate and than Caesar and
his legions. We cannot improve upon
Peter at Pentecost. The first and last
obligation of Christianity to the world
is a Word of witness. Preaching, ac
cording to apostolic specifications, is
going to save humanity. The Good
News Is the only hope of bad times.
"Accept no substitutes." A motion
picture can never supplant the mes
sage of a man who has had personal
traffic with God. An Open Forum Is
a poor makeshift for an Open Book;
It may draw the crowds, but It is like
lier to make bolsheviks than Chris
tians. The Peter fashion at Pente
cost set the gait that the church was
meant to follow; She has strayed from
it only at her own peril and at man
kind's loss.
, As a layman, and as a proponent of
Christian publicity, and as a forward
looking progressive, I nevertheless de
clare it as a deep conviction, born of
experience,, observation and study of
the New Testament, that the world's
great need today is for more God
aflame preachers of the gospel of a
Crucified and Risen Christ. Lark of
these is the worst weakness of the
church. Prophets in Peter's mould
men with a clear, unmlstakablo
message about Ood and the way out
for tho world men who search the
hearts of th'ir fellows, and set them
to crying in contrition these are
moro to he desired today than any i
new movements or organizations ori
campaigns. The mViny-tonged world
will witness new Pentocosts. which I
.'J Once upon a time Grover Cleveland handed down the proposition that
it "is a'Condition and not a Theory" confronting the country at that
time and today it is a CONDITION AND NOT A THEORY confront
ing the man who has been in the habit of drinking moderately or to
excess.
,CfThe National prohibition law goes into effect January 16, 1920, and
after that date it will be unlawful to manufacture, sell, ship, or traffic in
alcoholic beverages.
Those who drink moderately feel that they must have their "morning
nip" and they wonder, naturally, what to do. Each fellow, with a cer
tain cocksureness knows where he can get a gallon of mountain dew
made out of concentrated lye, or he knows some pilgrim in the neigh
borhood who will make for nim while he waits, a gallon of monkey rum.
J And he thinks, this fellow, who is going to get the decoction which
will produce temporary insanity while he waits, and permanent insanity
if he waits long enough that he can "put it over."
J But what's the use? All must come to a realization of the inevitable.
THERfe WILL BE NO MORE OF THE OLD TIME DAYS OF
DRINKING. Might as wll accept it it now. It must be accepted NOW.
Then, the sequence, that follows must be that those who have walked
the other path must turn. The roads have forked and it is ip to each
W. H. OSBORN, President.
will cleanse as by Are the corruptions
of our time, only when It hears the
witnesses to the power of the Re
deemer.
In a Polyglot World.
Within live years we have moved
into a new, great world, embracing
all races and countless strange
tongues. We know ourselves cosmo
polites, and responsible for the set
tling of questions undreamed of a
short time ago. At no previous etudv
of tho Pentecost story have we so
clearly understood the reality of the
catalogue of nationalities who heard
Peter's sermon; ho might almost have
been preaching at the Paris peace con
ference, or on tho East Side of New
York. As we think of It all now, we
understand anew that Its meaning
must apply not only to Luke's list,
ranging from Parthlans to Arabians,
but aiso to vast groups of mankind
unknown In Peter's time. The Mes
sage of Pentecost today has a wider
scope than the Now Testament world.
One of our modern poets, Richard
Rurton, has voicel the universality of
t he call of Christ :
"It is said the Bedouins cry, on the
Syrian hills, a clear
Loud summons to War, and the tribes
far distant hearken and hear.
So wondrous rare is the air, so crystal
the atmosphere.
Their call Is to arms; but One, in the
centuries long ago.
Spake there for Peace, In tones that
were marvelous sweet and low.
And tho ages the hear Him yet, and
His voice do -ho nations lyiuw."
As Pentecost pictured, tho Word Is
to all the world. Since the armistice,
many Americans have suBk into n new
sense of selfish provincialism ana isoi
atlon. They are a sort of western
Sinn Felners. for "themselves alone. ,
But It cannot bo done. Even if the,
commingled blood shed In France did i
not cement us indissolubly to thel
whole world, the blood shed on Cal-
vary would do so. o cannot accept
the ties of Christ without being tied
to all his .other friends. The Medes
and Mesopotamians (at present, afresh
peoples In .a, crisis) have the same
need for tho Pentecost tidings as the
Canadians and Americans.
A Great Sermon.
Better than a theological seminary
was it for Peter, the fisherman, to
have been keeping company with
Jesus, the carpenter. There are signs
that the churches are revising their
sense of values in training ror tne
ministry; many an anointed younglday that cause and Its Christ are the
man Is removed far from his fellows
and emasculated and devitalized, by
modern theological curricula. Reek
ing with reality, himself a pardoned
penitent, Peter stood up amid a mix
ed and critical congregation and pour
ed hot from his heart his deepest con
victions, which were the life-transforming
Gospel of Christ. Here-are
the portions of his sermon assigned
for today's study, as translated by
Weymouth:
"Peter, however, together with the
Eleven, stood up and addressed them
in a loud voice. .
" 'Men of Judaea, and all you In
habitants of Jerusalem,' he said, 'be
in no uncertainty about this matter
but pay, attention to what I say.1
" 'Listen, Israelites, to what I say.
Jesus, the Nazarene. a man accredited
to you from God bv miracles and mar
vels and signs which God did among
you through Him, as you yourselves
know Him delivered up through
AmI
God's settled purpose and foreknowl
edge you by the hands of Gentiles
have nailed to a cross and have put to
death. Hut God has raised Him to
life, having terminated the throes f
(taath. tor in fact it was not possible
for Him to ho held fast by death.'
"This Jesus, Ood has raised to life
a fact to which wl! of us testify.
"Heing therefore lifted high by the
mighty hand of God. He has receiv
ed from the Father the promised Holy
Spirit and haa poured out this which
you see and hear.
" 'Therefore let tho whole House
of Israel know beyond all doubt that
God has made lliu: both LORD and
CHRIST this ,!;is whom you cruci
fied. '
"Stung to the heart by these welds,
they said to Peter and the rest of the
Apostles. '
' 'llrethren. what ar' we to do?'
" 'Repent,' replied Peter, 'and i
baptized, every om- of you, ;:i the
name of Jesus Christ, with n trw !"
the remission of your sins, and vmi
shall receive the gift of the Iloiy
Spirit. For to you belongs the promise
and to your children, and to all who
are far ofr. whoever the Lorn our God
may call.'
"And with many more appeals he
solemnly warned and entreated them,
saying:
"ThOFC. therefore, who Joyfully wel
comed his Message were baptized: and
on that one day about three thousand
persons were added to them; and they
were constant in listening to the
teaching of the Apostles, and In their
attendance a: the Communion, that is.
the Breaking of the Hread, and at
pra yer."
Rooks by tho hundreds have ben
written about Peter's model germVn.
It was largely a telling of what he
knew a testimony to reality. Atto
" was steeped In Scripture. It had
for driving power the twin engines,
consciousness of the Christ anil con
sciousness of the crowd. Killed und
thrilled by '.his sense of remedy and
need, Peter preached straight at his
hearers, with tho aim of changing
their life alleglence. No beautiful
essayist lie; he was alter votes for his
Master, lie did not hesitate to call
his hearers murderers: nor did h
tone down t!le g.llt spiritual Integrl-'
ti,,s a!K sublimities of his sermon. I
He talked to his times, assuredly; hut;
concerning the eternal verities,
Four Auths concerning Christ tliel
four pillars upon which the church'
stands were strongly put by Peter.
One was the Messlahship of Jesus.
The other was his crucifixion and'
death. The third was his restirrec-1
tion. The fourth was the kingship, of
Christ; his right to rule.
That day, with its three thousand
converts, bpgan a new social unit In
tho world, n fellowship which has In
creased to this day and is Mil! in ureas-'
ing. Some of the persons present!
were hunted into wilderness and caves 1
by tho Roman government: but their
cause overturned and outlived. To-
one sure hope of cur perplexed and
suffering world.
LEO Jl'IOFSKI ARRKSTKD
IV LOS ANGEI.MS. CALIF.
LOS A.xJGKLKS, Calif., Dec. 21. 1
Leo Julofski, alian Leon Jules, want- 1
ed by the New York police on charges '
of having stolen $141,000 in Liberty1
bondsfrom E. D. Levlnson and com
pany of 6J Broadway, was arrested
hero today. Julofski, according to
the police, had $53,000 !n bonds when
ho was arrested.
COMPLKTKS ROFV1M P.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The arrest
of Leo Julofski in Los Angeles was
coincident witltfjhe arrest hero today
of five more mR alleged to huve been
Implicated in the disposal of Liberty
bonds valued at $141,000. A total of
nine arrests in the week, the police
say, completes- the round-up of the
band.
Not
FAMILY NEEDS A E
M EQUAL 5
Says Report Compiled in
Philadelphia.
Research Bureau Publishes
Estimates on Family
Requirements.
I'lilLAUKLPHIA, Dec, Us -The
I bureau of municipal research has
j , umpieted an exhaustive report show
j Ing that the nverage Philadelphia
' workingnian's family, consisting of
two adults ami three growing children
require a minimum annual Income
of $1.S03.14 In order to maintain the
standard of living it enjoyed before
the war at an approximate annual cost
of $l,00u.
The report will bo submitted to the
finance committee of councils with
the recommendation that the standard
of living upon which the estimate of
J 1,803. 14 is baaed be used as a guidu
111 determining the salaries o( men
In t lie employ of the cliy. The rec
ommendation will also be made that
the committee make a similar esti
mate at frequent Intervals so that the
pay of city employes may be deter
mined with an Intelligent understand
ing of the actual needs and obliga
tions of the average family.
Tile standard of living described In
the report In minute detail was ar
rived, at after careful examination of
the home budgets of 260 Philadelphia,
families, most of whom live In tho in-
dustrial districts. The average fam
ily decided upon as a working basis
consists of a father and mother, a bOy
of thirteen, a girl of ten and a boy
of six, living in a modest house of
six rooms and bath, including wash-1
Miami, tub. laundry tubs, toilet and
taolliilies for cooking and lighting1
with gas.
The original report was completed
with the estimated cost based uyon
food and clothing prices prevailing in
the autumn of 191S. Upon that baslsj
tho estimated annual cost was tl.-i
(186.79. But between the autumn of
1918 and the time of publishing thel
report the cost of living had mounted
so rapidly that the bureau was obliged
to supplement the original report with
a new cost estimate lu per cent higher
than the amount decided upon at llrst.
Revised lU'ixMt.
The annual expenditure of the aver
age family, as set forth In the revised
report, are as fallows:
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say tlmt It provides reasonable
basis upon which the finance commit
tee and similar bodies may work In
solving the complex problem of what
constitute a fair wage rate for work
logmen in these times of high prices
and general transition.
The supplemental report Is prefac
ed with the following statement:
"In these days of high living costs
no one needs to he reminded that it
isn't tho number of dollars he re
ceives on pay day but the things
tlieso dollars will buy that tell tho
1 lory of his prosperity or adversity.
Yet we do not always realize that a
dollar will buy only as much as
we could get for llfty-five cents
in the days Just before tho out
break of the world war. This, how
ever, is n cold fact attested by the
official Index ntimoers of the federal
bureau of labor statistics, which give
tno increase hi tip. cost nf living in
the shipbuilding centers of tho United
Slates during the period from July.
1914, to June, 1919, us Ho per cent.
In other words, a man who was get-
1 ting a salary of Jl.OOO 11 year In 1914
would hava to receive. $1,800 nt the
present time to h able to maintain
his pre-war standard of living.
Standard that Counts.
"The longer we wrestle with the
problem of wago adjustment, especial
ly In the public service, the more
forcibly It Is brought homo to us that
ultimately It Is tho standard of living
that counts. When we, Ihe people of
Philadelphia, through our representa
tives In City Hall, determine upon a
wage scale for tho men and women
employed by the city government, we
are In effect determining for them
their standard of living. Conversely.
If we, as Phlladelphians. have pride
in the standard of living our chosen
citizens are able to maintain, then it
behooves us to see that the wage
scalo adopted by our city government
will niako possible 1 standard that
measures up to our pride.
"Obviously our first need is for a
concrete description of such a stand
ard of living. Without tht we are
tnking In generalities that mean next
to nothing. A little moro than two
years ago tho bureau of municipal
research of Philadelphia set Itself to
the task of outlining, in terms of
actual goods and ser dees, what It
considered a fuir minimum standard
for a worklngman's family, and the
report Just published Is the result."
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PY HOME and PEACE OF MIND."
CJThe Keeley Institute, of Greensboro, North Carolina, offers to help
place on hia feet the man who today is addicted to the use of alcohol. It
has this year treated over three hundred merr who sought the route of
Monkey Rum ; of Sugar Whisky of corn liquor made with concentrated
lye. They have been again put on their feet and the thousands of men
who must either quit drinking the lawfully manufactured beverage or
take the chances of insanity, the pobrhouse or the grave should come to
us, and let us put them right. No use to tell the unfortunate man that he
' knows as we know what he is up against. No use to paint his life story
but THERE IS USE for us to say that if he wants to get clean and
straight and again on his feet rget where he wants to be, to' see tat the
law is enforced, we tihnk we can do him good. The twelve thousand
men treated by this institute will show a percentage of satisfied men most
gratifyingand if there is today in North Carolina a man wondering
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tions, and the time to act is NOW
INSTITUTE
I FORMER ASHEVILLE
PRINTER IS DEAD
James T. llurroMS, Mod at Home In
Columbia. S. C.
The following Is taken from tin
lumlda Stale of lieiember HO,
ceiifng the death of Jnmes T.
the t'u-
con-Ilur-
mwm 11 f.irmcr res dent of Ashcvllic.
mwi :(i'niiiriv connected with the me-
1 elianlcal department of tho Asheville
CltUcii'
"James T. Harrows, well known
printer, died at his home here. 12114
J r,llllWOOll UVOllUe. i-Mfi m.i .11 r
1 at 4 o'clock after a short Illness of
I pneumonia. .Mr. Harrows was 4.1 years
of age and Is survived by his wife,
j who. beforo her marriage, was Mrs.
; Zora Coffey, of Ashevllle; threo chil
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J January 16, less than a month and
the National Prohibition Law goes in
to effect.
J After that time the man who gets
alcoholic beverages getr them from a
man who violates tle law, and if he
gets them he aids and abets in that
violation.
1 The man with clear brain and steady
nerve is not going to ask his brother
to violate a law. Should not EVERY
MAN be ready to help sustain the law?
N. O. SMOAK,
dren. Francis. Karle and Helen Bur
rows; his father, F. A. Burrows; three
sisters oiid one brother, Mr W. W.
Jones. .Miss Ollle Burrows, Mlsa Bessie
Burrows and K. B. Burrowa. all of
Columbia.
Funern! serv(cs were oonduoted
last Tuesday at the home, and Inter
ment followed ut Elm wood emetery."
MAJOR t I.ARKNOV CHOSEN J
II FAD COACH AT V. P. I
LEXINGTON, Va., Dee, 17. Major
It. H. Clarkson has been choaen a
henrt coach In athletloa at the Vir
ginia Military institute newt year,
it was announced at the Institute to
night. Clarkson graduated from the,
institute in 1914 and served In the
American army In France. "Jlmmle"
Ijeuch. halfback on this year's foot
ball tenni. has been chosen captain ol
the 1920 eleven, it was announced.
Shoe
Store
Manager.
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