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The evening world., 1910-12-28
Driven Ia suicide by wifc's Death,

Grief over the death of his wife ten
days ago led John Bcnglcson to commit
suicide IN his home. No. Il Jackson
street. Nonkers, to-day. John Smith. q
friend. found Bcnglcson .ying dead with
a gas tube In his mouth.
The evening world., 1910-12-28
Sergt. Quakenbos, Sent to "La
Samaritaine," Finds Moth
ing Objectionable.
PLAY WEAK, HOWEVER.
Says He Thinks Strong Points
Are Missed in Bernhardt
Production.

Besides being an accomplished linguLs.
Police Sergeant George II. Quakenbos,
attached TO the Bureau OF Information,
IS a dramatic critic Of no mean order.
lie was Officially assigned recently by
Commissloner Cropscy to attend Sarah
BerIharit's play. La Samaritaine.'
and report n the play was in n way
Indecent or offensive.
sergt Quakonbos's report was read
by the Mayor to-day. VINO complimcntrd
the policeman. The report as written by
the Sergeant Is as follows:
The play Is based upon an episode
alleged TO have occurred In the life OF
Christ whereat be converted The samar-
itan Of ill-repute who came to
the well OF Jacob In Samarla. As the
plot necessltates. Christ Is personiflcd.
and Sarah Bernhardt plays the part Of
the Samaritan woman. who. having her.
seif been converted. converts others TO
Christ. Biblical parallels are introduced.
and by their means tAe Christ expounds
bis doctrines to tie 9 1stles and 10 the
people Of Samayia.
Nothing indelieste.
There was nothing indellcaie or rep
%fehcnsible In the way this or any other
part was rendered, and while there was
az lrst scon.ng and d~erlslon at the
teaching and claims OF the Christ on
the part OF the Samar!tans, II was not
offensive, ana was solely Introduced for
the purpose Of giving Him the ppo
tunlty TO rofute their doubts and 10
change their jccrs 10 words OF faith
and acts OF alteration and a y~indicatlon
OF the christian doctrine. The spirit OF
reverence prevails throughout.
'Because OF the widely differing views
II the various sccts among Christians
the subject OF the play Is one In which
u Is very diDlcul; TO meet the approval
os all. and Religious plays must. by their
Very nature, be open TO varied const~uc-
ton according TO the viewpoint rom
which they are approached. Religious
sentiment. however sincere. varies
greatly In the manner OF It's expression.
Some hold sentiments forblddirg the
p%or.raying 81 Christ and his apostles
and saints by means OF craven lmages
and statIcA While Others. who nnd I'm
that Fclhs a source OF incilemen. -
petty. on the other hand take ofense at
iae pnasgual representation OF Christ
and II disciples by means Of living
tlbleapx.
Extreme Views.
Such persons OF extreme views WIN
prejudice the play in accordance with
The evening world., 1910-12-28
Extreme Views.

such persons OF extreme views VIII
prejudice the play In accordance with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04

a great world Of matter. insignificant,
poor, forgotten in the midst OF the mighty
things of God" As / write l look out
upon the most glorious scenery | have
ever witnessed. Five Norwegian fiords
come together and they are surrounded
by twenty-one mountains, some OF them
covered with snow. great majestic masses
man standing on the summit or ony one
of them I could not see him; he would be
more insignificant than the smallest patch
OF snow that beauties the distant rocks
cleaning like silver In the sunlight4
What Is man that Thou art mindful Of
him." And then look at the wonderful
farms and gardens bordering the water.
fruit trees and houses and churches
which man has made. l look within and
feel. in spite of all the strength Of nature.
my own superiority. am man. made
In Gods image, with thoughts and as
piratiorrs and powers. / can send my
mind to all parts Of the earth: l can
bring my friends faces before me: I can
think of heaven and Of God and of good
ness and Of everlasting life. Indeed. the
great mountains encompassing the waters
am and how / am to live and grow for
ever Such IL the self-respect that Chris
uanity gives.
Christ has died to destroy 1t. 1t may
annoy me and vex me. but l am saved
from despair or fear l know how great
every little child whom God has made
my failures or my falls keep me back
Brothers, II Is this hope born In Chris
tianity that gives US courage and pa
thence and peace. We must not despair.
You have done wrong; you have failed
in your duty-well, that Is no reason why
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
The Judgment Announced.

Out OF their own mouths the scrtbss
and Pharisees were condemned. They
had said that the owner OF the vineyard
would destroy the wicked men from
whom he had In vain asked an account
ing, and that he would then gave tseir
vineyards to ohers Jesus agreed, say
ing: The kingdom of God shall be taken
away from you, and shall be given to q
nation bringing forth the fruits thereof"
Israel had lost its chance. Gods bless
ings should go to other peoples.
This was the announcement to the Is
raelites that men of every nation should
share in the gift Of his Son-the Messiah
long looked forward to was not to be .
merely Jewish Savior.
But the parable has its application for
all men. God asks all men for an &C
counting as to the use OF His gifts. He
Is very patient. He bears with His people
long time when they turn away from
His pleas for an accounting. and He uses
every possible means to bring them TO
His feet. When. however. His Son Is
finally rejected there is nothing more to
be done. God does not wish to punish,
but X men persist in their opposition 20
Him, they must take the consequences.
What are they? The worst possible
eternal separation from God. And that
means from good and love and Joy and
peace.
Comment on today's international Sunday
School Lesson. Parable Of Judgment" Matt.
81 :23-461
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long have you lived here?" the mission
airy asked "All my life: and l hope
to remain here till Jesus comes to call
me home" was the answer. The mis-
sionary continued:
Through his shop to tho innermost
room he led the way. Hero he has set
apart a little chapel. with text and the
Ten Commandments all about the walls.
Down through the center Is the curtain,
the ever-present division between the
men and the women in China. On
the one side he gathers the women OF
his household. Before he heard the
gospel he had three wives. but now mas
Separated from two. maintaining them
apart On the one side are the women
on the other the men. with as many
of the neighbors as will come n. ana
there every Sabbath, as he Is able, ne
holds a service. Illiterate man. ne can.
not put two sentences together In iogicai
sequence. And yet hear him pray. Inat
old man has by his simple faith. by tell
ing and living the gospel. won his entire
family of nine TO Christ. He can, IN tne
words of the New Testament. salute the
church in his own household.
Last year. not content with the cnurch
in his own household, he crossed the river
TO the market center, rented building,
fitted IL up in crude way. and there.
with his two sons, who are somewhat
better educated than their father. every
market day he breaches the gospel.
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Gods Right Explained.

But refusing to recognize His right does
not take away that right any more than
refusing to recognize the right OF ones
landlord to enter his own property takes
away his right in it. Or. to take the
answer made by one of the greatest
preachers America has ever known: "A
man may make. In a certain sense.
business for himself. BY his industry. by
his ability, he may build IL up. 1t Is his.
and he is the absolute director of It's
affairs. Has he not the right to examine
and inquire into the work done by his
employees? Are they not working for him
Does not their time and strength, SO far
as they are employed, belong to him?
Shall they protest against his inquiry into
and watchfulness over his own business
Does not the same principle apply far
more cogently to God? Because He has
made us, we are His. The earth Is the
Lords, and the fullness thereof, all that
II produces. all that has in the flight of
years come out OF IL, and why? Because
He has founded II upon the seas and es-
tablished it upon the flood. AS the en-
ployer questions his servant, IS the father
questions his child. as an owner has a
right to inquire about and to rule In the
management of his own possessions, so
may we say that God-the free, the real
author and owner of human life-has a
right to watch. investigate. judge and
deal with the creatures He has made.
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The Rebellious Servants.

Here Is the rest OF the story in christ's
own words:
And when the season Of the fruits
drew near. he sent his servants 10 the
husbandmen 20 receive his fruits.
And the husbandmen took his serv-
ants. and beat one. and killed another.
and stoned another.
Again. he sent other servants more
than the first. and they did unto them
in like manner.
But afterward he sent unto them his
son, saying: They will reverence my
son.
But the husbandmen, when they saw
the son. said among themselves: This
Is the heir: come. let US kill him. and
take his inheritance.
And they took him. and cast him
forth out of the vineyard. and killed him.
When, therefore, the lord OF the vine
those husbandmen?
They say unto him, he will miserably
destroy those miserable men. and will let
out the vineyard unto other husbandmen,
which shall render him the fruits In their
seasons"
The leaders OF the Israelites did not see
that they were condemning themselves.
Jesus had been picturing TO them their
own abuse OF the trust committed 10 them
by God. God had put their ancestors In a
fruitful land and had blessed them album
dainty. But when God had sent to their
ancestors for an accounting they had
spurned the prophets, Gods messengers.
they had prosecuted them and even killed
them. Now they would kill Gods only
Son. What. then, should be done TO
them?
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stand shoulder TO shoulder with him in
upholding the banner Of the cross
This was in far-away China. Come
closer home. Go down into one of the
slum centers Of London. wherein the
words Of Harold Begbie. the author OF
''Twice-Born Men," q book that Is at
tracing attention in England and In the
United States-are "bareheaded women,
with hanging hair. ferocious eyes. brutal
mouths. IL you would see them there.
half dressed. and that In a draggle-tailed
slovenliness incomparably horrible: and II
you could hear the appalling language
loading their brazen voices. and from
their phrases receive into your mind some
impression OF their modes OF thought, you
would say that human nature. in the
earliest and most barbarous OF Its evolu-
tionary changes. had never. could never.
have been like this. Concerning
the men one thing. only need be said.
Every man seemed to be ashamed. There
was covering in their faces. there was
every expression of stealth and underhand
craft. but they looked and lowered their
eyes They seemed to me consciously
wrong. inferior and unhappy"
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: What an unlikely place TO 60 to find
transformed men and women. who. like
the man In China. had been born again
out OF sin into life by the power OF
Christ the Savior! But right there In
the London slum Christ has taken hold
of the lives of some Of the vilest and
has made them beautiful.
How did He do 1t? The question may
be asked, but it cannot be answered. But
the fact remains-He did II! Witress the
struggle Of THE Plumber" the product
of one OF the worst houses in the dis
trict, who has said of himself: up to
thing, and IL all went in booze. After
sixteen l pinched as a plumber. with dis.
erection, and that. too. all went In booze:
He never went to a job at which he did
not look for something beside his work.
Finally, he reached the lowest depth but
one to which drink can bring a man. He
reached that horrible stage where his
wife stands with her children at the door
Of a public house waiting for the nus
band TO come out
All at once. hearing Of a friend who
had been converted at the Salvation
Army. he sought him out and said ne
wanted to have the same thing in his
His trials and sufferings were AWFUL, as
his old cronies tried to make him take
up his old habits. But God kept him.
Christ had saved him.
But II Is not necessary to go to LONDON
for examples. He saves every one who
will ask Him for salvation And He
saves them through and througb-H tney
will try Him.
Comment today's uniform topic at the
societies. Christ. Our Savior" John ), 5-2l.
Conservation meetingJ
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because we know how 1t was necessary
for Christ to die that we might be free.
But we do not dishonor His great work
by going on in fear and misery when He
has given us deliverance. We strive. but
where We fail Or fall we look to Him.
and the burden rolls away. oh, gracious,
blessed Savior how can we thank Thee
as we would for this unspeakable gift!
But, you say. does not sin bring It's
punishment in spite OF forgiveness? When
/ steal or lie or lose my temper, does
not evil result? Evil certainly seems to
result, but II is not as . penalty. but
as a warning. God lets His natural law
work, not In wrath. but In love. II Is
sometimes hard to see this. but 1t Is true.
The child cannot see how the mother 8
loving correction Is not a punishment IN
the shape of revenge, but a remedy lead
ing to stronger effort: but when he grows
up he remembers and understands, and is
grateful Thy loving correction shall
make me great" said David. II We take
the wrong path we have to retrace our
steps, but since we know where the right
path lies we do not mind the extra strug-
gle: II teaches us wisdom. For the Chris
tan there is no punishment possible He
never thinks of God as standing angry
over him with a rod. He only knows that
his Father Is leading him. he is happy.
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"'What do you mean by that? You try
ing to preach to me-
Mot bit of it, I answered. What
are you getting excited about? That's In
the Bible. Don't you think It's trueT
"He paused and studied several sec
onds. Yes, il Is true. he answered
slowly. L know It's true. And 1 haven't
been living like I ought TO; ! know that.
There are lot OF things ] have been
doing that / wouldn't dare to have my
wife know. I'm going to try to cut them
out I don't want the wages"
Some men question the right of God TO
declare that the wages of sin shall be
death. They say, What right has God
to enter into Judgment with man con-
corning the things that he does? / re-
fuse to recognize his right"
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inss Of Christianity. Are these people
lost when they never have had the
redeem them? In answer to this we
must simply remember that the Master
babe us go and preach the gospel to such
people. We have nothing to do with
Gods workings in ways which He has
not revealed to US. 1t Is ours to obey, to
go into all the world 50 that every man
shall hear the story OF Christ the Sa-
vior. IL some of the time spent by us
in wondering about the heather and
their salvation without the gospel, if
some Of the strength given to the study
Of comparative religions" (Which gem
orally means finding how much like
Christianity Buddhism and Confucianism
and Accommodation are, and In some
cases, alas. coming to the conclusion
that they are a little better than Chris
tianity. and that. therefore. we had bet
ter let the heather In his blindness bow
down to. wood and stone'')-N some of
this strength spent In study were given
to missionary zeal and generosity and
activity we would have proof enough,
through obedience. Of the wisdom Of
Gods directions.
Yet a third trouble comes when we see
how differently salvation works among
those who accept 1t and are comforted
by It, Some are simply overwhelmed.
apparently, by its truth, and give them
selves UP to lives separated from the
They hate pleasure. they reject ease and
comfort. they go away from men and
live isolated lives. Such were some of
the early Christians who lived as anchor
ties" and thought themselves to be truer
followers Of Jesus when they lived with
the wild beasts and in "dens and>caves
OF the earth" Others throw themselves
into religious work among their fellows
like the members. we may say, of the
Salvation Army. doing all they can to
save men from sin and to feed the
hungry and bring the wanderers back to
lives of purity and peace. Others, again,
throw themselves into church work. Sun
day schools. parish activities of all sorts
TO help the young. the poor the ignorant.
and to support the missionaries And
there are others who simply live their
home lives. trying to be good and un-
selfish and pure and kind, daily reading
their Bibles and praying. happy in the
thought Of Gods love. Why has Christ's
accepted salvation such varied result
upon the lives Of men, We answer that
all men are made each In his own fashion
and each Is To live his own life as God
calls him. There are differences OF ad-
ministration. but the same spirit" says
st. Paul. And while every Christi
should seek 20 he the best child Of Christ
he can, II is impossible for all to live
alike or do alike. Again. in this case. We
must not Judge one another or think our
selves In any wise superior to others be-
cause we serve Christ or accept his sal
walton I'm one way and they I'm another
way. st. Paul gives a clear warning and
instruction concerning this in that won
derful chapter, the 18th Of LIST CORN
thians.
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Salvation From Shining.

III. Growth implies gradual victory.
and Christ died that we might have new
life wherewith to grow. He saves U
from the weakness which leads to acts
of sin. We do not realize this In all
It's blessed fullness until we consider. Lock
at some Of the things from which you
are free. You have no desire to steal.
1t never occurs to you to break into your
neighbours house and rob him Of his
goods. or to snatch the purse from a
lady's hand on the street. On the con-
trary. IL the lady dropped her purse you
would make haste to pick 1t up and hand
II to her like a gentleman. and II you
saw the burglar entering your neighbour
house you would speedily let your neigh
Dor know So with murder. So with adul-
terry. OF course we still recognize tho
roots from which these errors spring;
anger, dishonesty in business. passion
these still throb within us, but. thank
God, they are chained: they cannot-we
will not suffer them to-grow up and bear
their hateful fruit. And why? Because
Christ has saved US. And as He has
saved US from these gross sins 90 we
know He will save US more and more
from all kinds Of sin. and make US
strong to do good rather than evil. That
is the way In which Jesus saves M from
the weakness leading to sinful deeds.
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Salvation From Penalty.

I. Now let US study the ways In which
the dear Christ becomes our Savior. And
first. He saves US from the punishment
that follows sin. There Is much confusion
here. and I want to make II clear how
Christ blesses US In His salvation. Sin
Is destructive. II I do wrong. or II
fail to do what ! know I ought to do, 1
must suffer loss. and IL I keep on so
doing. or not doing, ] go backward or
downward. So the Bible speaks OF sin
as working death. Now when / accept
Christ as my Savior. He takes away this
penalty. My sin does not throw me back
or down, 4 I am sorry ard ask Him TO
forgive me; II does not kill me. but.
rather II IL taken away and I am free
from IL. I need not think of II any
more. II IL gone. The Lord Christ died
to make me clean. oh. what wonder
full salvation that ID! We do well to sing
Of II and rejoice In IL. I fall. and then
look up to the Cross and to Him who
hangs thereon. and 10. II Is as IL had
not fallen. fail to do some good duty,
and then l ask for pardon. and IL is as
IL / had done the good thing. All life is
progress In spite Of errors. The children
OF God go forward and onward. and they
are not afraid or discouraged. The
weight of sin mas gone. the dread Of sin
has been swallowed up. 1t Is not that
we grow regardless Of sin and failure:
on the contrary. we grow to hate them
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his governing motive. He said: The
zeal OF thine house hath eaten me up
that was passionate zeal: and then He
talked about his .hour"-that was the
purpose Of his crowded life. Life meas
ured. and therefore in view OF its
measurement. crowded TO the full limit
] Of endurance and labor.
All bodies have a tendency to come TO
state OF rest, or standstill That Il
inertia Unless forces were brought to
bear on them they would never move
slothful unless IL be stirred up. What
soever thy hand findeth TO do. do IL with
thy might" Stop hunting for luck and
with both hands go at the task OF max
ing a life. With what fiery energy Paul
talks about the Christian life. which n
the crowded life-the life packed full.
He speaks OF IL as running a race:
Know We that they which run I'm a
race run all: But one receiveth the
prize So run that We may obtain" Run
only one prize TO win. Run and get that
prize! Tired? OF course; but there Is
no greater luxury than getting tired.
How sweet Is rest and sleep when we
are tired out-all tired out.
The Jehus are the people who know
where they are going, know that they
are on the way and know that they are
going to get there. II is better TO bs
sleep in the chariot. We will run over
things. but we will run over things II
We are asleep. II we crowd life fun TO
overlooking we shall surely make blum
ders: but that In far better than making
the irreparable blunder Of living an
empty and vain life. The busiest people
are the people to ask to do things. The
man who II crowded to death 10 alyays
the man who is willing 90 do just little
bit more. The shirkers are always those
who are empty anyhow. The man all but
ready to drop r. the man who has the
pluck and grit to make another effort to
keep on his feet IL 10 the man who
cannot do another thing who always
does another thing-and does the great
things Of life. and it was the crowded
Christ who saved the world!
We are every day touching chords that
viii vfbrate through all eternity. The life
crowded full develops character and ca
pacity Of soul which will not only crowd
blessing into other lives here and here
after, but will also make heaven .
place Of infinitely greater JOY than it
can ever be 10 the soul which goes there
empty. II IL the highest wisdom ID
live ~ Christ lived: TO I've In the
crowd and let the crowd live IN us; for
thas our mortality shall b nlled with
Immortality. -