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*P?^*iiPliPI|iPP THE CHARLOTTE MEWS. APRIL 21. 191J Sunday School Lesson—Young Peoples Topic Edited by Wm. T. Ellis A REFORM BACK OF REFORMS. I he goes to the more fashionable Es- tabliahed (Mmrch. In this country tiie The International Sunday School Les. same principle works out by men’s Anrii OX i« “Joash Rcoairs ceasing to go to church altogether, son for April 23 is Joa.h Repairs frequently the golf club instead on Sundays. Old Israel had neglected the temple until it was in a sorry state. The treasures had been loot- the Temple.” II Kings 11:21—12:16. 1'he sccond m(>st pathetic sight in nodoiM .leru.salem is the \\ ailing tribute to conquering en- Plarc. Thorp »)ne may eniies. Its walls had been used as a y on Friday arternoons. dark-siiinned le'vs from .\rabia. fair-skinned Jews fr.im Russia. Spanish .lews in long fat>- !Hlin*^.s, .\niprican .lews in Euro- ,)p;in .ircss a stran^re collection of n''(ipio yoMH tjand 1)1(1, from many a!ii=. all reading: or reciting lamen tations !-'v the glory of the temple tlsat ha«s depaned. rvo orthodox Jew will enter the Miwqup of Omar, in the Temple area. lo, inadvertently tread upon the H..;v of holie»; but to this frng-j ment of the outer wall of Solomon's TeMU’le n hundred feet or so of l"!Ugo blocks thfw havo withstood all (hi» viciP5irudes of wars and time— t’lo devour Jowg re.«?ort to mourn for i;i!l»'n estnie of T«;rael. Some of tlic.'''' nv' rncrs. espwialiy the older ;■ ibbi , arr observer as being rat In r perfunctory and profesional. quarry, as is still the fashion in Syria today, for the building or less noble structures, - e\*en, horrible to tell, for the erection of heathen tem- l>les and shrines in the sacred area. In a word, the leaders of the nation had lost all religious convictions. Things were in this sorry pass when yoimg King Joash reached years of discernment,. HOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CHURCH. bad notion that money-raising for religious purposes is the w'ork of the preachers Is no new one; Joash had it. and he tried to malce tlie Tcniiilo priests rnspoiisihle for the securing of the needed fviiuls for the rei)air of the structure. He gave but mo^r aro deeply sincere. They j them a long trial, but they either k -;s the o!d stores, which have thus! shirked the task, or, llko some other ho(*n worn smooth, as a mother kiss-j nione'’-ra’sors of whom everybody es her dr.^ci babe. I Fhall never for-jhas heard, felt that their own sala- pei one middle-aced, hnuilsome strong rl‘s nere a first chnri?e upon the fnecd woman, who, at polr.t after, fund?. In any case, the money was piMii', leaned against the wall and not raised. Probri'Dly the priests {hrin- solfbed, and when at length she ^ selves had become inft^cted with the wfnr away, it was with such a look prevailing indifference to the coudi- fts woman bestows upon her depart-ltion of the Temple; familiarity dulls Jne l')ver. She was iiicsrnuto trag- the edge of indignation. It is quite edy. The fate of the Jew is personified in the fate of the temple. The glory pf the house of Jehovah was the pinry of the nation. The decline of the one—a* the decline of religion al- Nvays is - .vas the decline of the oth- fi'. The nation which outgrows the rhiirch severs itself from the spring conceivable that men who should be flaming forth in v;r.?th at conditions which surround them are compla cently puttering along, content only that their own salaries should be forthcoming. The priests having failed, Joash put the responsibility for the repairs to the Temple where it belonged, of its ov. n power. France has done i upon the people themselves. He de worse than break the official tie creed that the money should be rais- tl;.!t bound her to one branch of thejcd by the people's putting their hands rhtirch: she has separated herselfjin their girdles and pouches and rais- from r. -'cii-n: and her best friends idml- -hat she is among retrograding Jatlons. THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. Obviourly, this Sunday school les son, upon the rebuilding of the tem ple. should be made the vehicle of the day's message concerning the "hurch which is a spiritual temple, and her relation to national affairs. Happily, this series'of stttdies iU the lif. ef a nation, makes it obligatoiy I >p members of the Sunday school . think In national terms. The tl n’i^hts of myriads should be turn- ' (1 ti> coneep’ions of the welfare of their countries, and the vital part tl-.T’ religion plays therein, by this j--cTnrical review of a people which 'IK • was great but now is no longer a nation. I have «nid tb^t the recond most iftthetic sight in modem Jerusa lem is re ^V'iling Pla^’c; the first is the strife i.etv.een tlie Christian sects w! ich f/ne meet.^ ct all the jaered sites. The incredible antagtin- I'ln- of liodics which claim aHe- pi-r.ee to the same Name, and pro fess to '.,erve the same Mailer, Is a scandal to Christendom. It is a tear ing dov.n of the temple, when all the conditir ns of the time, and com- mand.s of Gou, call for a great and concerted effort in upbuilding. The hope of the world is a united Chris tian church; the despair of the world ,s ac hurch torn by dissensions and anfagoni'ms and rivalries. Sad as R’as the speerprie of the disman'led romplo of Solomon, to which Joash ■';'.i*d the pcoi'le to the task of re- •iiildinp, even saJder is the present pecia ’?. in the same city, at the very sepulchre of the Reiieemer, of fciesiastical .loalotKsief, .strife and Ta'ref’, and all the similar conditions hmusr’io'.it th* ^'hristian v.’orld. lyot the yoMfh in the Stinday school :ot an early grasp of the great truth )f the «ir of ('hristian disunion. This - hn nii. n.se against God, and a dis- lo:iilty to the world. Only a united hurch 'an serve the world in the mer vay :h?>t the times demand, it i- a cause for deep rejoicing that vvitiiin recent months two of the _rat C'smmunions v.hlch have main- ;.ined an attitude wliich other com- inunions have considered Intolerant, have, wi'h bravo brotherliness come ■*u' and declared, “Whether Christ- ■an union comes in our way or In my oil.'T way we welcome it and will .vork for it.” Tlie church stands in he world as a symbol of God’s sreatness, goodness and nearness; the worst of perversions is to make it ^?and J'or man’s smallness, wickedness jnd alnofness. WHAT THE TEMPLE TAUGHT. The Kingdom of Israel under Solo mon wa: one of the great empires of lie time. gie;(ter by far than is com- "Aop.ly he! evefl. as those who have r-ivc!ed over tiiese res:ions know. I'itr-* crowning glory of that illustrious r'-irra was the Temple of Jehovah. All is ma.^iiirie.e’ice taught the truth, new then to the world, that there is b'll. on« God in the universe, and • ii«t his uns;;ea';8ble name is .Teho- vali. All the religion.s ot the nations round about were but, intimations of Him- faint and distorted reflections of the IJght that lighteth every man. To hold aloft this glorious torch among ail people was the divine mission of Israel; the truth which the Temple embodied was her message for her times. Just f; there Is many a man wal lowing 111 flagrant sin, or spending Kreat powers upon trivial ends, whom God meant to be a noble servant of his generation, so the Jews debased their high calling; instead of lifting the world up to their exalted plane, ing it. He did not order a church fair, or an expedition to loot the Pbilistines—which are about the same thing—or the appointment of a committee to wait upon the neighbor ing kings to solicit gifts. No; he said, “Prepare a bdx at the Temple door, and let everybody who worships give.” That principle still holds as the best way to secure money for the church. Make the responsibility the affair of the w’hole people; arouse them to a sense of the proper place and importance of religion; enable them to give small sums at a time; and associate giving with worship. Half the church debts that are a reproach to modern churches, and a revelation to the bad financiering of church officers, would be quickly re moved if this sensible Scriptural plan were adopted. Above all else, though, let it be borne in mind that the welfare of the church is vital to the prosperity of the world, and to the spiritual stiength of the individual and of the community. Whatever revives the public Interest in the church is a fundamental reform. The largest ser vice anybody can render to his kind Is to build up that spiritual body called the church, which the inspired Book goes so far as to call .the very Body of Christ himself. WHAT IS A GOOD SABBATH? Terse Comments Upon the Christian Endeavor Topic For April 23, “Sab bath Benefits.” Isa. 58:1-4. the possible good out of a Sabbath unless we get a refretshing and beau tifying of life that w’ill make the whole week gladder. Worship is one of GocJ’s chief pur poses in the Sabbath. No Sabbath is complete and profitable - that is not worshipful. This is the day set aside ‘for adoration and supplication and communion. Goiug to church is not alone enough to make a Sabbatb prof itable; there must be also sincere and devout worship from the individ ual heart. The week’s w'ork, that is ‘ to say, the w’orld’s work, should be laid aside on Sunday, but there is other work that we can do that will add to the helpfulness and sanctity of the day. Ministry to the sick and needy is a Sabbath service. So, pre-eminentl.v, is the teaching or preaching of the word. The hours of Sabbath that are free from other holy service should be thus spent in loving deeds of min istry in the Master’s name. Only the Ixjrd’s work should be done on the Lord’s day. We honor the Lordl’s day best in his house. The Sabbath Is the golden clasp which binds together the volume of the week.—I.,ongfellow. X sacred Sabbath sanctifies life. This is the day the Lord hath made; He calls the hours his own; Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad. And iiraise surround th&^ throne. —Watts. A helpful Sabbath is a holy Sab bath. Our Sabbth, the bulii\*ar’K of our faith, is in danger. Thee hurch must rally to the defense of the Lord’s day. In this mighty struggle which is now upon us the church’s young soldiers should be at the van. Who will do I at tie for the Lord and His day? By William T. Eellis. There is no profit in the Sabbath that is not a holy Sabbath. Above all else, this is a hallowed day, set aside for sacred purposes, and its end is not achieved unless it is ob served as such. The only Sabbath that is freighted with blessings is the Sabbath that is kept holy to the Lofd. The quiet and rest and solemnity of the Sabbath should lift our hearts nearer to heaven, and make more i real .and close to us the endless Sab bath in the new home. This is one of the good things that each return ing rest-day should bring us—a clear er understanding of, and greater love for, the heavenly life'and the heaven ly world. A i>rofitable Sabbath is the one which we have helped make profita ble for some one else. The cares of the week, and the af fairs of every day, should be put aside on Sunday. That should be a special day. The difference between the first day of the w'eek and the other six ouKht to be clearly mari- fested. Fill Sunday with new inter ests. Reading and conversation and a,)parel tind meals and conduct in thfi home should all hear the impress of this particular day. By every avail able means endeavor to give a San- balh character to the day that has been set apart for the honor of God. That Sabbath is profitable whereon we gain new thoughts about God. A.s we grow in the knowledge of the Lord we grow in grace. Isaiah has some wise and stirring words concerning the Sabbth that have a present-day application: “If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on ray holy day, and call the Sab- balh a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable, and shalt honor him, not doiug thy own waj^, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words, then shalt thou de light thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, thy fath er; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoke It.” NEWS AND NOTES. It is reported that Mormcn mission aries in England are promising .the rignt of suffrage to w’oinen who will emigiate to fctah. Over 900 meetings were txeld in England the Irst week in Mrtrch in support of the proposed treaty o! arbitration and perpetual peace. Res olutions v.ere passed in its favor by reresentatives of 10,000 free church es. English Catholic scholars have re cently sent appeals to American scholars proposing a revision of the English Catholic Bible, and inviting American co-operation. The directors of the American Peace Society have elected as presi dent to succeed the late Robert Treat Paine, United States senator from Ohio., Theodore E. Burton. It has been decided to move the head quarters of the society to Washing ton. Sixty cities In different parts of the country have organized their local committees of one hundred, whicn are to. co-operate with the national committee of ninety-seven in the Men and Religion Forward Movement next autumn and winter, in behalf of the men and boys of North America. The Episcopal Church Congress, meeting in Washington April 25-28, will not only bring woman suffrage into its program, but will break a long-standing rule with it and have women speakers. Quakers have joined In formal pro test to the promoters of the Boy Scout Movement, and the American public, against the military charac ter of this new effort for boys. In stead of the military, they suggest that after the recreative part is at tended to, industrial plants be es tablished, managed by boys under ad vice of older persons, where money can be earned for w'orth while work, and industrial exhibitions and com petitions be held once each year. The Third Congress of the National Federation of Religious Liberals is to be held in New York city, April 26- 28. A platform meeting will be char acterized by short addresses on “Re ligious Unity and International Co-op eration” by members of Baptist, Con gregational, Christian, Episcopalian, Ethical Culture, Friends, German Evangelical, Independent, .Tewlsh, Presbyterian. Universalist, Unitarian and other religious bodies. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. No life Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife, And all life not be purer and sweet er thereby. —Browning. TMien w'e might be sw'amped by success God sends the life-boat of trouble.—Anon. How many of our lives are feverish with the perpetual search after new things, when the things we have now have not begun to be exhausted.— Phillips Brooks. Every one can have a friend. Who himself knows how to be a friend. —Anon. Many, indeed, think of being happy with God in heaven, but the being happy with God in earth never en ters into their thoughts.—Wesley. Sweet satisfaction comes to those who try, no matter how humbly, to be earthly providences to the poor and helpless, and to gild their mote with the gold of charity,' before it is laid up where thieves cannot break through and steal.—L. M. Alcott. The man who remains master of himself never knows defeat.—Charles W. Gordon. tthey themselves sank to the level v)f their environment. They preferred’ Jbeing fashionable to being themselv-'Thls is the day of rest; es which is a calamity for a nation Our failing strength renew; •r an individaul. They became pow- On weary brain and troubled breast, erful and prosperous, and they forgot Shed thou thy freshing dew.” the I^rd, which is the price that many a person nowadays has paid for affluence; choosing a fat purse at the cost of a lean soul. “Nobody rides in a carriage to a Noncomforraist chapel,” is a common sneer in England; the iK>int being That is a mistaken notion which counts the Sabbath a day of gloom. No other day in all the week should be filled with such brightness and joy as the day that commemorates the completion of God’s work of creation that when a man becomes wealthy I and redemption. We do not get all ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. 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