Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-22
See Demonstration of Rattle Snake Oil
at 300 Market Street Saturday

the Importance of the meetings for
testimony by Christians.
A "CalIed" Man
The speaker had reached that point
in his story where he was arguing
with the Lord-yes, even Paul, like
the rest of us, Thought he knew better
than his Master-that he should stay
in Jerusalem and testify. and Jesus
had replied, go; will send you as
an apostle to nations far away" That
was too much. The master of mobs
had held this one silent under the
spell of his words. But at the intima-
than the Jews, they let out roar of
disapproval.
That ended the speech. To the
crowd 1t seemed a blasphemous anti
climax, that such a Jew as Saul had
shown himself to be should be sent
to the Gentiles with a proffer of Good
News which belonged only to the
Jews. Away with such a fellow from
the earth! He ought not to be allow
ed to live" Only death could atone
for such apostasty. Such was the
littleness and bigotry of the crowd.
They had as little use for foreign
missions as many man to-day.
4 furious uproar followed. The
multitude worked itself up into a
their rich bordered robes. shouted
as eXcitedly as the street loafers.
Clothes were thrown into the air The
fanatics gathered dust and tossed it
aloft, in symbolism. All was furore
and excitement and no words were
distinguishable, yet the purpose of all
was plain-the lynching of the rene
gade Jew.
When The Tribune Blundered
One of the stupid proverbs of the
undiscriminating is. Where there is
fire." What a world of harm that
saying has wrought. The Roman
tribune, who ought to have been more
judicious, was of the sort who eX-
cused his own lazy and unjust action
under such a plea. After hurriedly
drawing Paul into the citadel, out of
the reach, of the menactng mob, he
decided to find out by flogging just
what the prisoners crime had been.
For of course, with all these men say
ing so, he must be criminal. All,
the innocent whom They say" has
slain! What careers have been
wrecked by accumulative gossip; what
regulations have been blasted: what
homes have been made miserable;
what hearts have been broken! "Vox
populi'' is not also ''vox Dei"; it is
as often "vox diabilo." Democracy
is one thing and mob law another.
So, ITO the post with the prison
er!" cried the tribune. After all. he
was prisoner, which was a priori
evidence against HIM Despite the
great works of Hugo and Dickens,
and thousand reformers since, the
lot of the prisoner is only now being
humanized. The Church is beginning
to understand the import of the words
of Christ, II was in prison and ye
visited me-"
A Citizen With spunk
Now citizenship is sacred thing
though one would not suppose so
from observing the conduct of many
good men on election day. Paul was
a Roman citizen. He priced that priv
ilege. He did mot feel that he had
surrendered any of his rights as a
man and citizen by being a Chris
tian minister. His far-sightedness
perceived what many modern officials
do not understand, the wisdom and
justice of Rome's invariable practice
of caring for her citizens wherever
they might be on earth.
So he watched with calm eve the
proceeding of binding him and tving
him to the stake. No needless strug-
gllng or resistance was met with on
his part. He waited for the dramat-
ic moment, when all attention was
centered upon him, and then, in
smoothest tones, he asked quietly
Does the law permit you to flog a
Roman citizen - and one who is un-
condemned ?"
Explosion. Commotion. Conster-
nation. The soldiers who had bound
.he prisoner to the stake fall Back
IN alright The man with the knout
Is terfor-stricken. The captain most
of all is alarmed. He best knew the
gravity of a crime against the per-
son of a Roman citizen. So in trepi-
dation he hurried OF to the tribune
with his alarming news.
observe that Paul was no morbid