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in hymns. \ climb 10 the top Of the
tower is worth the trouble, as there ar"
many things 70 b. seen IN the short. II
hard trip. Every little distance there j.
a door which leads TO room devoted
To some activity of the parish. bne
beauty of the buildings Of the church Is
that everything Is under the same foot
church parish house and rectory:
The whole record of st Simeon : from
the time the ch..rch was started in
room over 4 stable has been one of per
sonal service. TIE only other head II"
parish has haa the Rev. Edgar Cope.
10 the work aad u great deal Of what the
church Is nov. IS enc = his efforts.
St. Simeon ps,aes itself 81 the fact
that many ~ II sons have been sent
into the min sfrN- one Of them j. 4 mis-
sionary in China. " the present time
three Of the la aders Of the church are
preparing for ih. ministry and three
others are a.so 2eenarin2, although they
have not reached tie formal stage as Yet.
The members - he church who have
taken orders are he Revs. Amos God
dard Hankow. China. Charles luke.
Spokane Wash: Abraham Millett and
delphia. Pa. Linden r. White, Fall River.
Mass; George \. f!anna. South orange,
y J.: Thomas \. Hilton, Seattle. Wash.
and James Josbey. Buffalo :. y The
lay reacEis are NesSrs. James Mills.
Shaesmith and George r. hrantz.
10 mention The various activities OF
TIE church would be 70 chronicle arr
ray OF stated meetings with all sorts OF
gooG WORKS IS Their object. The parish
guild consists of AL OF the various chap
tiers 20 =. found IN the Protestant Episco-
pal Church. and in addition there is .
beneiisial association II a building ASSOC
citation.
Tne gymnasium is one of the most pop
ular features of the social work and St.
Simeon's has turned out some teams of
which il has been proud. Its mems club
meets every night.
The church, with it's 2l70 communf.
cants is power for good in its neighs
borhood, and has entered heartily With
strong churches OF other denominations In
the vicinity into nelghborhood move-
ments. The churches i've in Christian
which is always Interchange
ing ideas and working for the advance
ment Of their mutual interests.
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~ iA44N 1tft III
ION the rivers breast with its ebb ana
flow.
Life i not a pleasure trip. II is a
necessary voyage To reach some final hz.-
ven. This world Is rot an abidins place
and We are ali out on the ocean sailing
for a foreign shore We should launch
our bark and guide its course. with con-
slant watchfulness and vigilance. See
that the sails are well trimmed and that
wisdom stands at the helm
Mirth Folly and Inexperience are very
POOR sailors. and We may not trust our
bark 10 their guidance.
The ocean of life on which VIC are sail
ing IS a transcendent reality.
I'm drop OF water a hundred beings
sport and play. "a much a home as a
buffalo on the Vast praiTIeS the lion
In the depths Of his native forest. y
world Within n tiny crystal drop. purSu-
ing their natural inclinations darling and
Courslug here and there in gay gambols.
OF pursuing and chasing down their prey
for like the higher orders Of life. one
class lives only by the destruction Of an
other. Millions die that millions
more may live. There could be- no death
without life and there could be no earth
l. life without death"
AS ii the tiny drop Of water myriads of
beings ike. and myriads die. that my
lads more may live again, so in the
great ocean Of human existence are the
GIBBS and flows Of life and death.
There are many dangers that menace
the frail human bark on life's tempestu :
Gus seas There are many other barks
pursuing and chasing down their prey.
Unfriendly crafts, which float the pratt
cal flag. with NO Quarter" written on
lis folds. infest its waters.
If the Christian yoyager escapes the
graphing irons OF piratical in1delity. he
has still TO encounter the dense fog OF
uncertainty and doubt. the under cur
rents OF hidden forces. the secret for
hidden thoughts and the counter cur
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<I~ o teach the Jewish folk who in
UI. other lands have not the
freedom and prosperity OF
America to support themselves and WORK
with their hands-this is what we do IN
the School of Arts and Crafts in Pales-
tine" declared Nine Bella Pevsner, who
Il is expected that there will he large
attendance of Hebrews from all parts of
the city.
She is To tell of her work at a meet
ing TO he held in the Temple Adas Is
rael this evening at 7:1o O'Clock, and
it is expected that large number
of Hebrews from all parts of the city
will attend.
Nine Pevsner has Travelled in all parts
of the world. telling of the work which
the Jewish colony is doing in the Holy
Land.
She has been in various parts OF ASA
and Europe and now she Is travelling
through America, speaking before jew
ish and other audiences to interest the
people of this free land in the poor peo-
pie who are prosecuted III Russia and
the Balkan states and other eastern Eu-
ropean countries and in the movement
to make for them a refuge in their an
cient home, Judea, where they can make
their homes In peace. and till the soil
and work with their hands rs the Is
raelites of old did.
America" she said. lis "A great. free
and beautiful land. in which the Jew is
allowed to prosper and take part in
whatever he pleases, but You know
that ii is not SO in other lands, and
there are many million more Jews in
lands where they suffer and are trou
bled than there are III this free coun
try Every year many of these poor
Jews come over to America. and the
people here are good to them and feed
them when they are starving.
But il is not charity that we ask for
the poor Jew; IL is the chance to work
and to support himself and his family
VIII you make that very plain, please?"
she insisted
For there are many, many of these
poor Jews and when SO many come
that must be supported by charity the
people will grow tired and will not
welcome the Jew. but if he comes as "A
worker. TO till the soil and 10 work
with his hands, then he can feed him
self and make the country more pros
porous.
What are doing in Palestine to-
day is TO make there a refuge for this
troubled. a place where he can work as
a farmer. and where his children can
learn to use their hands skillfulIy.
Now. / will tell YOU why this school
of arts and crafts in Palestine is diff
fernt from other schools in other parts
OF the world. Everywhere there are
schools of arts and crafts but they can
do SO little. because children do not wish
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BATTLES, massacres and pestllences, or
VINO never knew their parents. we
teach them to work and to support
themselves, SO that they VII! not Joil
the great army Of white slaves and
those who live on the wages OF wee ana
crime, she continued.
They are carefully taught. and when
they are ten years of age they begh TO
do work like this, and she unI2laeu
beautiful little silk rug AS per1ect as
any Persian rug YOU could md III. the
saiesrooms of the oriental rug inn
1orters This is the work of our
children. and it is ali hand-woVen from
silk. This in the center is the seven
branched candlestick of the temple, ana
the border contains in Hebrew cnar-
.acters the name OF our school, and some
An the work Of our school is done
in Hebrew. though The children also
speak French and German perfectly.
when the children grow older-about
learn to do work ike
this" and from her handbag she pro
duced Il beautiful little silver bound
book which looked very much like a
card case but proved 20 he IL volume or
the Psalms in Hebrew. 1t was covered
with the most minute and elaborate
fligree work. executed with EXQUISITE
skill Another treasure brought from
the same bag was small silver pencil
case. deliberately chased.
Then came a tiny box of oXidized sill
yer. set with small turquoises, WHICH
i'm similar STYLE. was chased and cover
ed with coils of fine silver wire. open
ing it, she showed a sample of the
most delicate lace ina ginable. 1t look
ed like spider webs, it was SO fine and
even.
But isn't this work too hard for the
Doesn't il lnJure their eyes
and nerves to do such fine work.?
She smiled and shook her head.
No. indeed, they love it. 1t is just
like kindergarten work for them, but
they are tired" she said.
so can our children and they are
never allowed to do this fine work till
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they are old enough to do it without
straining their nerves. They are SO
happy at their work. and it IS better
for them not to be idle
I'VE have kindergartenS i'll PaIeS-
tine-fifty of them, and fifty schools
besides There are two colless for
girls and a university. This School of
Arts and Crafts has many different de-
partments. Besides the rugs. which are
woven on large looms. and the silver
nligree work, they make many other
things and are taught drawing, paint
ing, sculpture. masonry, modelling. lace
making and other crafts which give
them skill and the power to make their
living afterward.
Thus they become economically in
dependent. and need not ask for char
of our work, one reason why We seek
the aid of the American Jew, who has
already become independent and who
is willing to help his brother in other
always to those who cannot help them
selves.
Other Reason Moral.
The other reason is a moral one.
and that is the one which ! care for.
The Jew who has genius-painter. mu
stefan. poet. statesman-when he gets
fame the credit goes not to the Jewish
race. but to the country. Germany,
Russia, France. England, America. A
nation is great not because it has
much land or wealth, but because 1t
has great men. Your America is great
for its Washington. jefferson, Lincoln.
Franklin. They gave great thoughts
TO the world and the world is better
because they lived. but the credit goes
to the American nation. Now the Jew
has no nation The credit for what
he does goes TO the nation which trains
him.
But if we train him in Palestine lie
remains Jew, and the credit goes TO
We can ask the Jew in Europe. Asia.
Africa, America. to help in this work.
II we take these poor young Jews
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piQbte0 Cross MarkS
Map to Social Cburrb
st. @irneon's Gpisropal Goifice III Rortb
philadelphia Das aumerous 9nstttu=
tional features ==Bells 49lap "Golk
5ongs of Ameriran people.''

believe in the everyday Christian we are
institutional-that is. We use every le-
ultimate means to minister to the bodies
and minds Of our fiocks as Well as 10
their souls. The problem today is to get
the bodies within reach of the soul rene
dies. We feel that the institutional
church is doing this consistently, legiti-
mately and successfully. and by being
all things to all men we reaching
the great unchurched throng who pass
our doors every day in that army OF
bread winners and home makers of North
Philadelphia.
st. Simeon's has a splendid plant In
pure Gothic style. and every cents worth
of property has been paid for. In addl-
ton there is an art endowment, which
the members are gradually raising them
selves. The church points proudly to
the fact that all money is provided be-
fore any new work is undertaken
Of even more interest than its lighted
cross is the complete set of bells in the
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To learn To work. Here the boy goes
out and sells papers on the street. then
he saves up his money and soon he is
In business, getting rich. maybe-but he
had not learned to make anything with
his hands. Why should he, when he can
get rich quicker in business" she asked.
1T is natural for every one--not those
of one race more than those Of another
TO wish to get rich easily and without
labor, but in this land of America. es-
pecialy, the temptation TO get rich with
out labor IS very great, and there are
some very, Very RICH and We see luxury
and extravaganza on every hand. and II
makes envy and evil thoughts and deeds.
so it is better for the young jew
not 10 come to America from Russia
or Germany, but to come to Us in Pal
estne. where can teach him to work
and train him to be useful and to sup
port himself. Here he will learn habits
of industry so that if he comes later
to this great country he will come
a worker. not as a mouth to be fed az
the cost of the people.
Now there are arts and crafts
schools in every civilized land, but they
do not get the boys and girls who need
the training most. This is why our
school has advantage over other
schools of the sort. We take the chill
dren who have no parents those whose
fathers and mothers have been killed i'll
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tower of the church. An interesting story
is attached to the tower. The bells were
given as a memorial on condition that
the tower in which they We're To be
placed was erected without any DEBT re-
naming. In a few months the condition
was met and the bells dedicated There
are only two complete sets in this coun-
try the other being at West Point. y. Y,
at the Military Academy.
Every Saturday night, between 4 and
= o clock. the bells of st. Simeon ring out
in popular airs. They do not play rag
time, but the stable songs of lasting
memory. which are really the folk songs
of the American people. Maryland. My
Maryland" and songs of that caliber are
played by the bell ringers, who are all
members of the parish and are taught
there.
At regular services the bells peal forth
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merchants, and three who had been edu-
Gated for the ministry. but who later
followed other professions. Although at
the time of signing the Declaration the
majority of the men We're between forty
and sixty years of age. several were in
the early thrties. and two twenty-seven.
The youngest signer was Edward Rut-
ledge of North Carolina. who was not
twenty-seven until about four months
after the signing. The other was Thomas
Lynch, ir who celebrated his twenty
seventh birthday three days after the
signing. Mr. Lynch was accidentally
drowned at sea before he was thirty. on
the other hand. Benjamin Franklin was
seventy at the time of signing Equally
interesting are the ages of the men when
they died Three lived to he over ninety,
ten over eighty. and eleven over seventy,
fourteen over sixty eleven over fifty. and
the remainder. with the exception of
Lynch. lived to be over forty-four.
x
One of the most interesting figures of
that time was Josiah Bartlett Although
a native of Massachusetts, he came to
Congress as representative of New
Hampshire. Upon the adoption Of the
Declarations by the committee it was
put to a vote in Congress. Unlike the
procedure of today in our legislature the
names We're not read alphabetically, but
according to the location of the colonies.
beginning at the most northern. For
this reason. the first man called upon
to vote on the adoption of the Deciara-
ton was Josiah Bartlett, and, likewise,
he was the first man, after President
John Hancock to inscrbe his name on
that fateful manuscript.
Many families in the south could prob
ably trace their ancestry to one of the
signers of the Declaration had it not
been for a chance misfortune Georgia
sent among her other delegates, John
Houston and Rev. ]. j. Zubly TO the Con
gress. Mr.. Houston was forced To take
sudden leave from the debate, however,
when il was discovered that DR.. Zubly
was on his way posthaste TO inform the
crown Governor of Georgia of what was
taking place in Philadelphia Zubly had
been giving away the secrets of the eX-
ecutive sessions. He was accused on the
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~ LIGHTED cross above the tower on
VI service nights points the way III
~ North Philadelphia to one of the
most active churches IN the city, as we'll
as the largest single congregation IN the
Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania. The
church is st. Simeon's Protestant Eplsco-
pal. 9th street and Lehigh avenue.
St Simeon's cross is we'll known. Like
the cross. the congregation, with its vari-
Gus activities, fairly scintillates as an eN-
ample of the social church and the prac-
teal application of the principles OF
Christianity.
we are an institutional church. wrote
the rector the Rev. George Walenta, re-
Gently. I'VE confess it proudly. church
first where the Sacraments are faithfully
ministered, and our services are at the
need of any child of God, and because We
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rents of opposing interests that surge
between desire and duty And he is ever
In danger of the whirlpool of financial
on domestic disaster. In this sea of
the aSonizing cry. ''All is lost"
Ingersoll said of himself Il am out
on the ocean sailing. from whence
know not, whittier L cannot tell.
So il is with every one who encounters
the unknowable depths of life's ocean,
and has no light from the unseen world.
He makes shipwreck unless he can see
the beacon light shining from the other
shore
The human bark is not only in peril
from the pirates of infidelity, the under
currents of hidden evil. the counter cur
rents of desire and duty. the whirlpool
OF disaster, but there are the sudden
tempests Of temptation, and the storms
OF sorrow and anguish. that may carry
Us upon the quicksands OF despair.
Who is sufficient for these things?
Is the vessel of clay in itself able TO
accomplish the voyage to the desired
haven of rest?
The Psalmist tells us there is One who
maketh the storm a calm and stilleth
the waves into quiet and peace. The
storms of life and the waves OF passion
are under the control of God alone, and
He has offered Himself as pilot and
given the Bible as a chart and provided
the cannon of eternal truth To equip the
human bark in its voyage 10 the eternal
shores.
Child of storm and wave, your GER
| tainty of reaching the desired haven is
! I'm having for your pilot the one who
| said TO the angry waves. Peace. be
| STILL. and they obeyed His voice.
All is safe where God directs the helm.
| No pirates of evil can board your bark.
however frail: no snag can pierce, no
wind can wreck, and you will safely and
serenely glide To the immortal shores
| of infinite rest and peace.
Oh, thou wondrous Sovereign of the
Sea. grant. oh grant TO pilot thee and
me.
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he was the son of small farmer.
When nineteen his father died. leav-
ing him the only support of the family.
which was large. No other employ
who had small educational opportunities.
he was apprenticed TO a shoemaker.
In 1I43 it was thought expedient to
move. and New Milford, Conn, was
chosen. Roger made the entire jour
ney on foot, carrying the tools of his
trade with him.
In New Milford he continued at his
trade for some time. That. however,
was not his only occupation. for Ii is
said that while he was employed at his
bench he always had book placed
that he could read it whenever his eyes
We're not on his work. He was eSpe
cially fond Of mathematics. and his in
dustry and desire We're so great that by
the time he was twenty-seven he was
making astronomical calculations that
We're published in an almanac printed
IN New York
After a short time in New Milford nc
entered business as a merchant and also
began to read law. SO successful was
ne IN his law work that friends finally
persuaded him to apply for admission
10 the bar. This he did and he eventu-
ally became an eminent jurist. In 1879
he was chosen a member OF the general
assembly of Connecticut, and still later
was made a judge.
John Hart of New Jersey. according TO
one authority. had nothing to wish for
Happily married. the father of a large
and promising family. the owner Of a
comfortable farm which furnished him
all the financial support needed. he had
nothing to ask for. Yet he did ask for
liberty, desire. it is claimed, inspired
by wish or need for gain. but only
from an Unborn sense that ii was the
right of every man. This. il Is said. he
inherited from his father, Edward Hart,
who raised the volunteer corps known as
The Jersey Blues With these he
marched to Quebec. arriving there in time
to share in the victory and witness the
fall of Gen. Wolfe in the ''old French
war
Francis Lewis. who signed the Decla-
ration of Independence as a delegate
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barNs near them on either shOTe. but IN the per-
spective the shores are widening the current ia
creasing in strength. the waters growing in DEPTH
and the pillows rising in volume, till they reach
the shoreless sea of the hereafter
20. wonderful stream is the river OF time.
As il runs through the realm of tears,
With fautless rhythm and musical rhyme.
And boundess sweep and surge sublime.
As 1t blends with the ocean OF years.
But the human bark should not be lett to
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land. where he learned Gaelic. When old
enough he went to an uncle in London
and entered Westminster. Upon becom-
ing of age. he inherited considerable
money. with which he purchased a sup
ply Of merchandise and set out FOR Amer
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Despite the fact that two OF the colonies
thought enough of him to give him their
highest office, Thomas Jeans life was
not without its thorns. In ITS, shortly
after he was made chief justice of Penn
sylvania, an attempt was made to i'm
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independence represented many profess
sions and ages OF the fifty-six men who
constituted all of the signers of the
Declaration twenty-four were lawyers.
fourteen agriculturists. four physicians,
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lea. Forming a partnership in New York.
he eventually became part owner of a
large and profitable business. In the
"old French war" of 11II he served AS
purchaser of supplies for the British. He
was captured. sent to Canada. later To
France, and finally exchanged. Vt the
close of the war the British government
gave him 5000 acres of land as a com
pensati oor his military services. This
did not mean. .however that Mr. Lewis
believed in the "encroachments' of Eng
land. and consequently, when the Con-
gress was held in New York in 1865,
after the stamp act had been passed.
Mr.. Lewis was one of the delegates. He
heartily indorSed the measures that were
adopted a that time. and when. in 1913.
delegates We're appointed to the Cont
mental Congress, he was one of those
chosen.
x x
Robert Morris. although an English
man by birth might be called the bank
er of the revolution for it was he who
on several occasions was called upon to
find money for the army. When Con-
gress fled from Philadelphia to Balti-
more. Mr.. Morris was one Of the commit
tee that stayed behind. Washington had
been forced TO retreat before the enemy.
and was camped on the opposite shores
Of the Delaware. The British We're able
to obtain accurate information as to his
position, but he could not do likewise
with regard to theirs through lack of
funds. So he wrote Robert Morris. ask
ing for money. and the letter was
brought him by confidential messenger
reaching him after practically all the in
habitants had left Philadelphia for some
safer place Depressed he did not know
what to do, until he casually met an ac-
qua intance, a friend, who asked for the
news.
Mr. Morris told him of needing money.
and added: Your security is to be
my note and my honor" Robert,
thou shalt have it." replied the man.
and the money was secured and sent
Gen Washington In 1870 Robert Nor
ris instituted a bank in Philadelphia.
with others the object of which was
to establish credit by means of which
Congress could be furnished with
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and train them to do great work the
credit goes TO the Jewish nation. and
the Jew everywhere can hold up his
head and say: We Jews have done
this" she concluded
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~ the poets emblem and the
" floating the emblem of human life The young
are represented Just starting the time,
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Elite as a Vopage.
Bp
Barnep s.. grmin.

He makeh the a calm that the thereof
be still Then they glad because they be quiet; He
brinpeh them unto their desired haven Psalm 10Y