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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-12
LITTLE STORIES FOR Bedtime,
The Quacks Grow Uneasy.
Copyright. 1916. by T. w. Burgess)
81 THORNTON W. BURGESS.

/ 81 THORNTON w BURGESS.
Peter Rabbit doesn't like the very
hot weather OF midsummer ary
more than you or | do. He cannot
go 10 the sCashore or the mountains
as we can. and just think, he has
I 10 wear fur coat all tho time, OF
course in this respect Peter is not
worse off than lot OF his neigh
bors. In fact, none OF them likes
the very hot weather So with the
coming Of the first cool days in Sep
TENDER new life seemed 10 fiji Pc
ter He loves tho fall Next 10 tho
spring he likes the fall best But
for two things he thinks he might
even like II the Rest OF all the year
Those two things are the parting
with old friends who are leaving
for the far away sunny Southland.
or who are preparing To sleep all
winter, and the fact that the :all
brings the dreadful hunting season
when men with terrible guns delight
In spreading terror and suffering
over the Green Meadows, through
the Green Forest. along the Laugh
ing Brook, around the Smiling Pool
up in the Old Pasture and even deep
in the Great Woods.
The fall is IA busy time for Peter.
You see there are so many friends
TO say good bye TO that he is afraid
that some will clip away before he
sees them. The frst ot the cooi
days had already come and Peter
knew by things he saw that II would
not be long before many OF his
feathered friends started on their
long journey. Everywhere he saw
them in fiocks now instead of in
pairs, as he saw them in the spring.
They were making up parties for
the long journey. for they prefer
to travel in this way. II Is quite
necessary. because you know there
are so many young birds for whom
| this will be tho first time 20 make
the long journey and they must he
shown the way by the older birds.
Then II always is much pleasanter
10 travel with company.
A great party OF blackbirds flying
over the dear Old Brier Patch re-
minded Peter that II was quite like
ly that certain other friends would
soon be starting. the Quack family,
who has spent the summer in the
pond OF Paddy the Beaver. So the
hrst chance ne got Peter hurried
over TO Paddy Pond deep In the
Green Forest He was half afraid
that they might have left already
and he half hoped that they might
decide 10 stay all winter When he
got there he found Mr. and Mrs.
Quack and the ten young Quacks,
now as big as their father and moth
er, still there
"Oh. I'm so glad cried Peter
What are you so glad about p"
demanded Mr. Quack. swimming In
close to whore Peter was sitting on
the bank
THAT you are still here" replied
Peter II was afraid you might have
gone away Are you going 10 take
the terrible journey again this year,
Mr.. Quack?"
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Billy Sundays Tuesday afternoon
sermon In the Grindley Field taber.
nacle. was on The need OF reviv.
ais" The sermon follows:
Some ask What is revival?'
Revival Is purely philosophical,
common sense result OF the rich use
II divinely appointed means. just the
'ame as water will put out Are; Just
he same as food will appease your
hunger, just the same as water will
lack your thirst II is a philosophy
al. common sense use of divinely
appointed means 10 accomplish that
md A revival is just as much horse
'ense as that
A revival IL not material: II does
rot depend upon material means. n
5 false idea that there is some.
hing peculiar in It, that IL cannot
De judged BY ordinary rules, causes
tHfNtNs ndt u nuuNtDSt.
Above your head there Is electric
sight. that is effect. What Is the
cause? Why. the dynamo.
Religion can be Judged on the
tame basis OF cause and effect II
;ou do thing. results always come.
The results come TO the farmer He
las his crops. That is the result.
tie had 10 pillow and plant and to
AXE care OF the soil before the crops
anne. Just the same as the results OF
iivinely appointed means is with re-
igion.
Religion Needs Horse Sense.
Religion needs baptism OF horse
sense That is just pure horse sense.
believe there is no doctrine more
dangerous to the church today than
o convey the impression that re-
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me. A revival does two things. First
II returns the church from her back
sliding, and second. II causes the
conversion OF men and women.
suppose the people here are pref
~ fair representatives OF the church
OF God, and IL everybody did what
you do there would never be a re-
vival. Suppose | did no more than
you do, then no people would ever be
converted through my efforts. j
would fold my arms and rust out
A revival helps to bring the unsayed
to Jesus Christ.
God Almighty never intended that
the devil should triumph over the
church He never intended that the
saloons should walk rough.shod over
Christianity. And II you think that
anybody is going to brighten me, you
don't know me yet
Church Ia Amusement Joint"
will cram II down their threats
in this town for the miserable lies
they hurl against me up and down
the streets OF this city. Don't you
forget II. You bet your life. You
bet and they will get II.
When is a revival needed When
the individuals are careless and un-
concerned II the church was down
on her face In prayer. they would be
more concerned with the fellow out
side. The church has degenerated
into a thirdrate amusement joint
with religion left out.
When In revival needed? ! ask
again. When is doctor needed?
When you're sick. OF course--if
you've got any sense. When is
cop needed? When somebody Is try
ing 10 stick you up. When are the
firemen needed? When there's a fire
tell you. You can scare UP big
crowd any time for a minstrel show,
but announce prayer meeting and
you can't get a corporal's guard.
a revival is needed when careless.
ness and unconcern keep the people
asleep. v is as much the duty OF the
church 10 awaken and work and la.
Dor for the men and women OF De.
troit as II is the duty OF the fire de.
partment 10 arouse when the alarm
sounds.
What would you think OF your fire
department If IL slept or played
cards. or hit the booze while the
town burned? You'd condemn it:
and I'm going TO condemn you II YOU
! sleep and let men and women go TO
he'll The church OF God is asleep
today: il Is turned into a dormitory.
and has taken the devils opiates.
Some OF the biggest devils | ever
met were in the church. Oh. yes.
Some Of the biggest devils know
have been baptized. sprinkled and
! immersed. What do YOU suppose God
thinks OF you when YOU go gadding
about playing cards, going 10 leg.
! shows. hitting the booze and eating
fudge? Don't AJAX me to tell you. II
would take an asbestos newspaper TO
/ publish II. Did you ever stop 10
weep for this old world going so fast
/ YOU can't see N for dust?
: When may revival be expected
When the wickedness OF the wicked
! grieves and distresses the Christian
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When may a revival be expected
When you are willing that God shall
promote ard use whatever means on
Instruments or individuals or meth
dds he Is pleased 10 use 90 promote
them. Yes.
"You Are Not Running H."
The trouble is he cannot promote a
revival II you are sitting in iudg
ment on the methods and means that
God is employing 10 promote a re.
vival The God Almighty may use
any method or means or individual
that he pleases in order 10 promote a
revival. You are not running II. Let
God have His Way You can tell
whether you need a revival. You
can tell il you will have one. and
why you have got one,
II Jesus Christ should ask you. sis.
ters and preachers, in an audible
voice, Are you willing that should
promote revival by using any meth.
DDS or means or individual language
that ! choose 10 use to promote it,"
what would your answer be? Yes.
Then don't grovl II I use some things
that you don't like You have no
business to
How can YOU promote a revival
Break up your fallow ground, the
ground that produces nothing but
weeds, briars, tin cans and brick
bats. Fallow ground IL ground that
never had pillow in H. Detroit had
q mayor, Pingroe. when Detroit had
thousands and thousands OF acres OF
fallow ground This was taken over
by the municipal government and
planted with potatoes. with which
they fed the poor of the city,
individuals never did anything for
Jesus Christ. and | have no doubt
there are preachers as well who have
never done anything for God Al
mighty, There are acres and acres
OF fallow ground here in Detroit that
have never been touched.
Look over your past life; look over
your present life and future. and
take up the individual sins and pen
ell and paper and write them down
A general confession will never do
You have committed your sins. one
by one; you will have 10 confess
them one by one. This thing OF say
ing. God, | am sinner" won't do
God, ! am gossiper in my neigh
borhood God, | have been in my ict
box while ! am here listening 10 Mr.
Sunday" You are a devil Confess
your sins.
a preacher in one town came II
see me one time with tears in hi
eyes out Of compassion for his flock
There were so many high rollers ii
his church that any decent slime
could have held his nose every tim
he met them. Oh. they were high
toned enough. A few months late
that preacher went 10 another tow
TO get away from his destruction
and il wasn't long before the under
taker pumped him full OF embalmin
fluid and laid him low under the elr
tree and the peoples.
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addition, sin 10 subtraction. Christian
iiy Is peace, Joy, salvation. heaven.
Sin takes away peace. happiness,
sobriety and Il takes away health.
You are robbing God OF the time
that you misspend. You are robbing
God when you spend time doing
something that don't amount TO any.
thing when you might do something
for Christ.
You Are Robblng God.
You are robbing God when you 20
10 foolish amusements, when you sit
around reading trashy novels instead
OF the Word OF God. when you sit
and dream over The Lady Of the
Lake" When Knighthood Was In
Flower" Ships That Pass In the
Night" or novels OF Marie Corelli,
eating fudge and panucha.
Like woman with a lot Of "cul.
chah" asked me one time II I had
read this or that book by Marie
Coreiii. or this and that by some
body else. She seemed surprised
when told her, mo ma am" I told
her didn't have time to swim
through fifty feet Of sewage to get al
one scintilla OF truth.
Bad temper Abuse your wife and
abuse your children: abuse your hus-
band; turn your old gatling- gun
tongue loose. A lady came TO me
and said: Mr. Sunday, know !
have a bad temper. but am over
with II In a minute" so is the shot.
gun, but it blows everything TO
pieces.
Bad temper! | say you abuse your
wife. you 60 GUESSING around II sup
per isn't ready on time: cussing be-
cause the coffee isn't hot; you dig
your fork into hunk of beefsteak
and put II on your plate and then
you say: Where did you get this,
In the harness shop? Take II out
and make a hinge for the door"
Then you go TO your store, or office
and smile, and everybody thinks you
are an angel about TO sprout wings
and fly to the imperial realms above.
Bad temper! You growl at your
children: you snap and snarl around
the house until they have to go TO
the neighbors to see a smile. They
never get kind word-ro wonder so
many OF them 20 to the devil quick
| You erowl at your servants IN they
! happen TO come TO the table and GO,
on the wrong side OF you.
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Niyal is something peculiar In itself
and cannot be judged by the same
rules and causes and effects as other
things.
n you preach that 10 the farmers.
II you go 10 farmer and say God Is
A sovereign. that is true; II you say
God will give you crops only when
II pleases Him, and II Is no use for
YOU Ia plow your ground and plant
your crops in the spring; don't you
know that God Is sovereign and
won't give you crops? that is all
wrong. and II YOU preach that doc
trine and expect the farmers to be
Sieve. It. this country will starve to
death In two years.
The churches have been preaching
some false doctrines and religion has
died out. Many people think that
religion Is a good deal like n storm
They SIT around and fold their arms
and that is what is the matter. You
sit in your pews 80 easy that YOU be-
come mildewed Such results will
be sure to follow II you are per
suaded that religion is something
mysterious and has no natural con.
nection between the means and the
end. II has natural connection OF
common sense. and | believe that
when divinely appointed means are
used. spiritual blessings will accrue
10 the individuals and the commun.
ity in greater numbers than temporal
blessings
You can have spiritual blessings
as regularly as the farmer can have
corn. wheat. oats. and you can have
potatoes and onions and cabbage in
your garden. believe that spirit
ual results will follow more surely
than temporal blessings. don't he.
lieve all this tommyrot OF false dor
trines. You might az we'll AZ around
beneath the shade and fan yourself
and say, Amt II hot?" as to ex.
pcct God TO give you crop IL you
don't pillow the ground and plant the
seed. Until the church resorts 20 tho
use OF divinely appointed means II
won't get the blessing.
Let the Lord do il the way he
wants 10 do II: don't butt IN with The
Lord When YOU desire revival II
means that you're willing 20 get in
the background and let the Lord
have the limelight God may know
you're hungry and need something 70
eat. but II YOU don't fall in with
Gods plans it's over the hills 10 the
p6orhouse for yours. You've got 10
work in harmony with God 10 get
even potato TO eat. and that's why
I say half the people are dippy when
II comes to horse sense in religion.
Some OF YOU people don't like that
maybe We'll. only preach the way
your bunch lives, that's all. haven't
started yet I'm just waitin till YOU
get your mental adjustment
what is a revival? Now listen "a
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BY PAUL VILLER.

" FrNSG
SATURDAY, Sept l2.-(Contin.
ued During the night the move
ment OF retreat was constant To-
ward midnight the ofncers remain
ing here got their orders. They
we're all ready to leave. Even their
canteens were nlled. Al an early
hour one man came knocking on my
door. He called 10 me:
M lie Cure. they are taking their
wounded what does that mean"
hurried downstairs. The wound
ed. who had been scattered about
the ground floor OF the house. were
gone. The stained and spotted
floors were empty The doors were
wide open They had even forgot
ten arms. cartridges, casques, boots.
Everywhere was blood and Nth
and stencil They had taken all our
sheets and mattresses and pillows
which had served them. In the
street>a crowd streamed by contin-
ually it>xas certainly iight. The
autoambulances make trip after
trip AT high speed between Triau.
court and Clermont.
In two hours there shall be no
one here" said an oficer TO me
why do you go?" asked.
All II Is an order
They were forced 10 abandon 200
OF our wounded and score Of their
own We hurry 10 make the place
habitable after their departure. The
Nth, the confusion, the smells are
20 see the wounded who have been
left there.
Lieut.. Huart Of the Eighty.second
OF the line said to me
M. le Cure, II is Sunday Shall
We not have mass7"
babe him wait only few mo-
ments while secured my vest
ments. My heart was greatly moved.
With the Able Feunette we swept
back the straw which covered the
choir and made the toilet OF the
great altar. on which dust and
stones had fallen when the she'll
passed through the church roof.
Outside we heard constantly the
rolling wheels Of the autos that car
ried away the wounded inside, an
immense bed OF straw. and on this
bed Of agony the children OF France.
who forgot their miseries In think.
ing OF the Great Surgeon OF the
bodies and the souls
What a church What a congre-
CATION what mass! When ! re.
turned with my vestments said 10
these poor people
my friends. I am about TO offer
the holy sacrifice for your brothers
IN arms and for France"
And for our wives and our chill
dren also" they responded in sin
cerc tones
These poor people, their uniforms
torn, ragged covered with mud and
caked with their own blood and
sweat, their heads bandaged, their
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sNAPpY SUNDAY SAYINGS

A revival 10 B.st some horse
sense stuck Into religion.
When you desire a revival u
means you're willing to get In
the background and let God have
the iluelight for awhile.
Hail the people are dlppy when
Il comes TO horse sense In reilo.
ion.
The church has deqenerated
into a third.rste amusement Joint,
with the religion cut out.
You can scare up a big crowd
for q minstrel show. but not q
eorporsl's guard for q prayer
meeting.
The church Is asleep: u Is
turned Into a dormltory and has
taken the DEVILS oplates.
Some OF the biggest devils I
ever met were In church.
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DIARY OF A FRENCH VILLAGE PRIEST
DURING THE BATTLE OF THE MARINE


arms In slings, their legs stiff In tho
rude splints. raised themselves up
painfully. drew themselves with
their hands along the floor that they
might see the high altar They
prayed with fervor Not com.
plant or groan. but the eyes fixed
on the priest and following the cere.
monies when turned toward
these faces contracted by suffering
but resigned and full OF hope emo
,lon took me by the throat Less
firm than they. could not hold
back my tears Our wounded who
survive shall never. ] know, forget
that mass in the wounded church.
through whose shattered windows
the wind whistled, shaking the
flames OF the candles on the altar.
Outside Herr webber. the medi-
cinchef, worked silently and metho-
Ideally When mass was over he
sent for me. lie had loaded his
voitures with all the things that
serve the hHlpNlNltt
~ ap obliged" said he, "to leave
YOU 200 wounded You shall care
for and feed them"
with what" asked I'VE have
no more bread We live only on
potatoes
The French will come soon
Meanwhile. give me some food )"
Shortly afterward a soldier
brought me eight or 10 pounds Of
rice Not a bit more Alas. have
not the power OF Notre Seigneur 10
multiply the loaves' However. we
find quarter Of beef the Boches
have forgotten. and with that and
vegetables and rice We make great
stew, on which our poor wounded
rcgale themselves. Needless 10 say
the Allcmand wounded have the
same portion. Before leaving Herr
Weber gave me paper testifying
10 the care | had taken of the
wounded and in burying the dead
IL is not a patent OF nobility. but Il
has its value. | shall preserve g.
The Germans began 10 take down
from the church tower the great flag
OF the Red Cross they had attached
there. remarked 10 them that as
they had left MS their wounded 10
care for. they might at least leave
Us the nag. which would insure
their protection from the French
artillery Are.
but we have no other so large, -
said they. and we have need of it
"Oh. well take II, poor people"
II did not matter. We soon re.
placed II by two others even larger
which Messrs. Bourgeois and lgier
fixed higher than the German flag
had been. even TO the foot OF the
cross AT the steeple top The next
day these nags cracked and snapped
In the wind I'm such terrible fashion
that some Of us, affrighted. thought
the fghtlng with the mitrailleuses
had begun again. and entered the
presbytery, not by the door. but ny
the mud wall. which was easily
pierced. Some OF the remaining
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Boches grumblcd at this installa
ton.
You shall be able 10 signal with
such flags" said they
They can go 10 the devil We do
not listen 10 them. We will do what
seems good 20 us. for we are again
masters in our home.
At . O'Clock there are no more
soldiers here The hospital order.
lies under the command OF lieu.
tenant meet at the church AZ the
word 'Vorwaerts' they march
Those who have been at the pres.
bytery make me sign OF adieu.
II is finished They leave behind
only crushed end infected village,
filed with ruins and misery. Here
and there are piles Of arms, OF
shells Of the Odds and ends Of
equipment. which are later gathered
by the amateurs of Boche souvenirs.
That evening tho French came An
advance guard OF French and a
providing party Of BocheS fought on
the edge OF the village. but there
was no more great engagement
Triacourt was free
These Boches,' said an artillery
man from Paris. SHOW them TO
nc want 10 Kill one.
He had witnessed the atrocities
committed by these people and had
sworn 10 give no quarter TO any OF
the breed He would kill them. said
he. young or old. sick or well. They
are in the church. Il said TO him
Go in Look AT them"
His anger began 70 simmer out Of
him as he regarded these men, sui.
ferine, silent. unbearably hlthy one
poor devil OF Boche made sign
TO him with the one arm he had left.
"Kamrade." said the Boche, feebly.
A leg had been torn off by the same
shell that had destroyed his arm.
The odor that rose from this poor
Germans wounds was choking. One
cannot speak Of HIS condition The
Partisan regarded him with eyes
that grew less hard Then
What. my old Boche. thou wish.
est to be placed higher on thy pill.
low ,"
With the gentleness Of n sister OF
charity he changed the position OF
this poor mutile. watched him AT
his work. A flag end OF cigarette
depended from his lip Now and
then pun OF smoke came from H.
The Boche thanked him with n
smile, and then cast look full OF
desire upon this stump OF cigarette.
The Partisan understood
"But then, thou wouldst have a
cigarette?" said he. Wait II shall
not be long
So that he rolled cigarette. this
man who had sworn TO kill every
German who came under his hands
and lighted Il and placed It between
the lips Of the Boche He stood by
patiently until the last Whit had
been drawn and then took the burn.
ing stub from the Germans mouth
You would not have II fall among
your plumaee.' said he. THAT would
be to damage you further, my old
Boche."
Behold the people OF France, hu
man, compassionate God shall save
us, God ls with us.
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Certainly" replied Mr.. Quack
What else can do?"
why. stay here all winter the
same as do replied Peter.
And what would we do when all
the water has tprnedto ice, stupid p
demanded Mr. Quack.
Peter looked foolish. 81 hadn't
thought of that" anid he 90
course YOU have to 90 whore the
water doesn't freeze. Just the Same
| think IL Is dreadful that you have
to take that terrible Journey"
1T wouldn't be so bad II Il were
not for the hunters with terrible
guns, replied Mr. Quack we
don't mind the journey; It Is the
terrible guns Have YOU see any
hunters near tho old Brier Patch
yet?" Mr. Quack asked this anxi
ously
NO" replied Peter.
This cool weather IL sure 20
bring them out. replied Mr.. Quack
IHFdHllN NltiNNi WlNH W. Udu
started earlier. but We have been
so happy here this summer that I
cannot bear 10 leave until we have
10, What's that" Mr. Quack start.
cd nervously and stretched his head
up 10 listen All the other ducks
did the same thing II was only the
swapping Of a twig under Buster
Bear's feet. and in moment he APP
peared. AZ once tho ducks dropped
their heads and began swimming
about again. for they did not fear
Buster Bear. But Il was very clear
that they were uneasy, very uneasy
indeed, especially Mr. and Mrs
Quack The young % "k5 had had
no experience with hunters. but they
we're uneasy too The truth is they
were anxious 10 try their wings.
They were looking forward 20 that
long journey as something very won.
derful They were anxious 10 be
on their way Something inside was
urging them 10 start for their beau
tif1l sunny Southland II Is often
that way with the young They did
not fear because they did not know
Next story: Peter Sees the
Ouacks of.
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I say you're 4 eowarb a. 7
drel when you say thlnob ~
mans back you wouldn't doro
when looking into his ayes. ! n|
that the people who % esoG 4
ing about me, "Bill said ~
Bill said that" don't come ~
say II TO me. II they did. Il VOL
biff-baff-call the Red Gross W
IL you confess your sins anl :
and pray. the Lord will peug ~
blessing upon Detroit that viQ
up and down the streets In -
between the river BANKS.