The Pensacola journal., 1914-06-07

means of the educational reels. The
use Of the moving picture, accustomed
as are the people to the dickering por-
trayaI of the doings of border out
| laws, may seem unconvent ntionaI to
many persons when bent to the pur
pose Of stimulating religion. But why
may not the Lord employ the works
Of man, His creation, to further His
purposes?
Several of the large moving picture
concerns, indeed, have prepared i'm
pressive photo dramas dealing with
the life and works OF the great
Teacher of men, who called as His
disciples the Iowly fishermen by the
Sea Of Galilee,
The moving picture has long been
confined to the theatre, and now
comes the first opportunity to uze
it as a part Of the worship Of 2. non
sectarian gathering.
Staged IN the Holy Land.
The preparation of the Aims used
in the exhibitions has involved con
siderable expense and activities con-
Quoted in all parts of the world The
cameras have been CARRIED into the
Holy Land and there on the Mount of
Olives and in Jerusalem have been
found the backgrounds Of re-enacted
ira ged!es. Nature has not changed
the face Of the land Of Palestine much
for so many centuries, and the houses
as they We're before the Christian era
Men Of many nations have parttct-
pated in the acts Of the great photo
drama. showing to those Of this
present day how the people Of old
lived, ac:ed and died, as they played
their parts in the great scenes of the
ages. AL the accessories for the pro-
duction of the photo drama of "Crea,~
ton have been Carefully arranged.
We have Noah building the ark Of
gopher wood. Here are actual beams.
The godly patriarch supervises the
construction. His sons aid him The
unbelievers come to jeer All IS car
ried on with all the realism which one
would see in sEipouildtng Of this age
Then approaches the time for the AMI
mails to enter two by two, and they
do a $ though they were going into the
great vessel s they did in days Of old.
The best geological collections have
been brought into reQutsItlon for the
spectacle. Then the rains descend and
the floods come and the Great Deluge
sweeps the earth and destroys the
lives Of animals and of men who are
not within the protecting walls Of the
floating ark.
The reels change and we are in the
land Of Egypt. where the children of
Israel worked in bondage under the
scourges of the Pharoahs. \ convlnc-
ing representation it IS when the He
Drew Slaves are 5E-I-u-l4S a t14S @+++--
and the plaques fail upon the stricken
land
Among the rocks, Saul. the king, is
shown holding converse with the
Witch OF Endor. Again David attunes
his harp to the songs Of Israel
Through the King James version Of
the scriptures, and indeed in more
modern renderings, there are phrases
which are obscure TO the average
reader. The Sunday school teacher
and the minister may Iaborlously in
struct but the actual moving picture
Of the things or incidents concerned IS
found Of the greatest value
It was said by Christ that IL was
easier for a camel to enter the needles
eye than for q rich man TO enter the
kingdom OF heaven. Many who have
applied the text all too literally have
rested in the belief that their too
wealthy neighbors could no more at
tain everlasting bliss than the tall
bumped camel could force his way
into the eye Of the cambric needle in
monther's sewing basket
The moving picture shows the camel
actually at one OF the small doors in
the gate Of the walls Of Jerusalem, the