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The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

I ed, they never know what IL r. to
have a prayer answered from God
"A par able II a photograph. o pic.
tnre. II Is a picture OF two heinEs
that contrast hold up my thumh
and you say, Yes. ] see q IN size
and location hold up my finger
and you cay. Yes. see n 81 size
and location I hold UP my thumb
and finger and you take i IN. II g.
two beings, opposite IN charactcg
and form, directly opposite IN every
way.
temple 70 pray-t%th received what
they came for. You always 80.
what you are looking for-anythirE
you want. You are not disappotn'
Cd. You always get what you arc
looking for.
III Won came here today 20 learn
something 20 draw YOU nearer 20
God you VIII learn n. II YOU came
70 hear something that you won
IKE something that you can earn
ard snarl about, III 60 on, OF ms
way 10 give Il 10 you
The Pharisees We're the bigre
devils IN Jerusalem. altho they were
the best theol0Einus IN Jerusalem
That Is true OF all .heoloclaus
III you are looking FOR a scrar
you get busy and Won VIII Eet what
You came Cor. You viii get what
you came for this afternoon.
"Did Won come with Your pride
puTed M like . poisoned rUp or d's
you come 20 hear something th0
will make Won bettc- men ard
thought might saw something vow
didn't like ard then YOU would &C.
ont ard talk about IL
Then. Nv Tire help ~ Cod
sister. Won VIII cet what Won arc
looking for. 70 have 20 go out
% ms vav 20 give r. 20 y0u
Won ALWAYS Ct what vov are
looking for ir this world
So these two men cawo 20 pray
The first was the Phar'see N- We
nice and smooth. ard his sft.tr3
WIS nice ard smooth. a-2 ~ seem. 4
Cd 20 say. ~ vor want no know Nov
70 do r.. ask re for TU show v0u .
There are lo'e - Chr tEa
that today ard II Won Want 20 sor
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
Yvooday Afternoons eermon


Y D0ly Sundays sermon Tuesday
1Eornoon was taken from the para
& - Of the Publican and Pharisee.
~ ths eighteenth chapter Of 81
xGke- He said:
= want 20 talk TO you this after
Uoou on true religion and not the
7<hom substitute which some people
oai1 religion.
There are some people with
DAom formality seems 20 make up
~ true religion. like the Pharisees
tIn every community there are PEG
pie like those carping critics as In
the days OF Jesus Christ
"The Pharisees' religion was re-
ugion OF forms and observations OF
form and rituals. They made a great
hubbub.
"Jesus Christ was murdered by
the church OF the day, whose sins
He had rebuked. don't expect
anything better from the same gang
today.
$50 much OF this stun called ro.
1lGfon doesn't get any further than
lhe head. ! dent fight religion J
ARht sin I'll die FOR the church any
minute. n necessary. but III st''
light sin.
Forms and Rituals
"CbriFiianity does not consist or
forms and rituals; do not forget
that for a minute. There are a lot
81 people who never had religion OF
the heart: they never had a religion
experience.
4 "You did not have religion ev
rerience N your religion Is reduced
10 lot OF forms and rituals ] ar
going 10 show YOU today the two
purposes OF God I'm this parable"
"First--To show some peo-
ple who think they are religious
IN tina, they are not
"Second-To show WIN tho
prayers of some people are an
swered and some are not.
Some people are omnipoteni
when they go on their knees The
prayers OF some are never answer
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
in the Religious World
A STRONG MANS STORMY CAREER

mans life. he was a gentleman
and a scholar. and loved g8ie, and
ease and Intercourse With cultured
equals. Yet his lot was 20 oe
storm center OF trouble wherever he
went The portion OK the outlaw
was his--deTision. arrests, prison.
stonings and persecution A scnsi-
tive spirit, craving the favor Of
friends. b. was called upon 10 hc
the arch opponent of the established
order. and therefore hated and ex-
ecrated by those whose friendship
be deserved. Ey aptitude and train
ing a clustered man o. books he
had 20 travel over sea ard land
amid perils without number OF
n temperament needing tie cherish
ing care OF a wife and home. and
with a peculiar aptitude for dore-
ITCHY. be vas driven forth a wan
derer on the earth. Gods knicht-er-
rant, with the world for bis family.
Even Paul did not understand that
God was denying him The lesser
comforts IN order that he might
earn a grea, crown, for ny his tolls
and trfbulations and labors Pa8l the
prosecuted has become Paul. the
leader OF mankind the shaper o. a
races thought. the interpreter OF
God 10 all the world
Ar Inner Biography.
By Intervening lessons from the
Acts and from the Episfles during
this quarter, the lesson committee
has wrought rare service, n nat
II has given a glimpse OF the deed
OF the doer and OF his mind az The
same time. The charm OF auto
biography. with its Illuminating self.
revelations, runs through the Let
sons: and we get new under.
standing OF the Apostle Paul
A rare and pertinent touch Of
autobiography is found IN the BIT o;
the second Letter 20 the Co~tnthian
Christians that is today's assigned
portion. Verses 7.12. and 1918. OF
Chapter 4, are thus translated BY
Dr., Weymouth:
We are hard pressed, yet never
IN absolute distress. perpleIed. yet
never utterly bafAed; pursued. yet
never left unsuccored. struck 70 The
ground, yet never slain: always
wherever we 20. carrying with "a
in our bodies the putting 20 death
OF Jesus. so that IA our bodies 4
may also be clearly shown that
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

The summer home of NJ and
Mrs. Joseph Letter, IN Beverly
Farms, Mass. r. 20 BE- The soens OF
n notable wedding today. when Miss
Tranctse Willians, OF Washington,
sister % Mrs Letter, will become
the bride OF John Ialleutne Pit
rev. son % Mr. and Mrs J. o. PIT
nsy. OF Morristovn. y, j. ard a
nephew OF Justice Pitney 81 Tho AL.
prone court OF The United States,
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19
The international Sunday sohool
Lesson for Sept - is Review
Cor. 4:1--5:4.

X Last evening l talked with a
friend from Tarsus. the city in
Cilicia which was the birthplace OF
the Apostle Paul. and which he de-
c1ared to be mo mean city" As
We discussed people and events
the new massacre-os which this f.
tho frst mention In print. fresh
cuthurst during the present sum
.mer, In which more than 10000 Ar
menians have been slain outright;
the brilliant students known 10 US,
who had importuned 10 come 10
America, and who have since been
slain: the Turkish officials and resi-
dent Americans known 10 us-l
Wished that this region OF Asia
Minor, 10 well known 10 my friends
and to Paul and TO his travelling
eOmpanions. might become real
place to the millions OF Sunday
school members who are now look
ing back over three months OF Sun
day school lessons. all laid In this
part Of the world. The greatest
danger In all Bible teaching In that
u unreality. Many persons regard
these lessons as from a book, and
not from life That the participants
h the events recorded in the quar-
Ssr's lessons were as truly flesh and
Mood ~ the friend with whom
talked last night. and that all the
places mentioned are spots in which.
n times OF peace, the traveller may
90, II the nrst point to be stressed.
Every day now we read dispatches
from the Near East with a Salonica
date line, and yet few OF us recall
that this is the very same Thessa-
lonica where Paul adventured and
established a church. and TO which
b addressed two OF the letters
which now make UP part of the
New Testament canon Likewise
xShsns n turbulent news center.
with some Of the same Characters
tics that Il had when Paul preached
on Mars Hill. II is stimulating to
recall that In Athens and Tarsus.
and elsewhere. one may still see.
- ! have seen, the very structures
on which the Apostle Paul looked
DO the first aid to imagination. In
connection with the present lesson.
u the fact that the world war is
just now at an acute stage In the
very theater Of the present quar-
ter's lessons. The Bible deals with
realities as truly as the daily news
papers.
a Man Az q Storm Center.
About once a century there arises
man who seems born 10 be a.
worid-center and maker OF his.
tory. These men. who are bigger
than their time. and who seem 10
shape events to their own person
slity, are always great doors, as
well ss great thinkers Among
them. Paul OF Tarsus has a place.
His own day did not fully recognize
his greatness. Most observers
thought him only a troubler OF the
established order. a fanatical follow.
or Of the new sect OF the Naza.
rcnes. At first his career had start.
ed auspiciously along conventional
Hines, by securing the attention and
favor OF the recognized leaders Sud
denly he broke from the powerful
party whose protege he was. and
thereafter consorted with despised
0aiileanH and peasants. and the
folk who made up the company
nick.named 'Christians" Paul vol
unfairly became nobody
thereby became more potent In hl.
man history than any other one
man
There " q sad aide to this strong
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19


erg-:1g che extension have uor r..
d.--raa TIE ground ur7a which 'lo
request 4. ff.aAa tke reasons -1or
naf.ng g. They have had 40 year.
- uuo-ldled sway How many add
Cd years vill satisfy .heu7
II 4'.ycar term g not enough.
Why s. = not enough. and how many
years would b. enouEh' n 40
years consent % q proposition Il no.
long enough. wen may consent be
Withdrawn, .m tsoe 90 confess
that 40 FAR a. au concerned, these
questions are much easier asked
than answered
II the saloon existed "a an inher.
ent or natural right. could see
some ligh, on The suhjec'. Hut Tho
courts OK Michigan and everywhere
else, hold tha, n saloon license Is a
mere permtt-not a right 81 any
sort--inherent, natural or Otherwise
The United States supreme court
has gone so far as 20 say that 90
sell liquors. IL not even = privilege
Just AMPLY permit.
Where the people OF a state have
permitted men 20 engage IN a bns,
ness based solely on permit for 80
years and al extension OF The per.
nit Ii asked. one might properly
ask upon what IA the request for
extension OF permit based2
50 I do not think II out OF the
way for someone 10 ask that the
basis for their request for extern.
sion OF their license permit be
given the fullest publicity.
Do they base II upon their repu
tation for strict compliance with
/ the laws enacted for their regula
tlonf II 80. why should thN be
given special privilege because
81 obedience TO law any moro than
any other person.
But. have thoy obeyef the law or
regulations IN Detroit or anywhere
else IN the state Have they ever
made any pretense al obedience 10
law a. any time during me 80 years
hat they have been permitted 20 OK
ar Do they offer any encourage
msnt that n their license period h.
n1tsnded. they viii obey laws and
regulations IN future: II they were
20 promise 20 10 80 ~ basis FOR
he extension. what ASSURANCES have
~ voters of The state that thpg
VIII not break their promises At tho
first and every subsequent opportuu
~ who o. 20 20 bond for them.
and what would such a bond be
WORTH
These are questions witch. n oc.
cars 70 me. ne saloon men ~ TIE
state may be expected 20 answer
20 The satisfaction ~ the voter,
Can they DO - VIII they a,,cmpt
20 DO e.: WHO g. 20 DO n for thome
VIII he speak up7
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

niue money on the COlleNklou PtaNV
on sunday and then SO 20 the deyl
the rest OF the week He doesn't
want YOU 20 come 20 church today
and let your boys and girls run the
streets all hours OF the day or night
the rest ot the week.
Gods Way 70 Heaven
God doesn't want your clothes or
automobiles He wants the thing
that sits IN seat and can smile
and nod its head. You can't so 70
heaven II YOU try 10 take Gods way
and the devils way, too. Both do
not lead there.
when tho Pharisee came into
the synagogue and said. o. Lord, !
thank Thee that am not as other
ting IN the synagogue who said.
That's my idea OF religion. No sen
sationalism'
"rd rather preach 10 wood and
varnish than 70 such people.
Il was once IN town whore the
Presbyterians wouldn't kneei for
fear people would think they were
Methodists. Why. II thought
could get any nearer God by kneel-
INK. or get nearer 10 Him by taking
OF my coat. I'd do II.
IF you want 20 break up church.
don't come; ~ you do come always
dry or too cold or too hot or too
windy don't come NJ all.
The preacher can't be eloquent
20 wood and varrlsh Don't imagine
tho front seats were intended for
Won people might think you were
concelted
You know used 20 Are on
railroad ard We used 20 put the
loaded GERS IN front and the empty
cars behind-to pull easy
When Devil Gets Cold Feet
when you do come. come bound
20 ind fault. and don't for the world
ever think about the pastor or
church YOU viii help him II YOU
DO Don't sing iust ST. around like
bump on n log
Good music VIII give the devil
cold feet 7 suppose that Is the rens
~ so many scraps start IN the choir
iof-
Don't attend PRAYER meeting and
= Won DO. don't take part You can
always Justify Yourself ~ saying.
paul saws that women should keep
silt IN meetings
Well. tNa' doesn't apply any
more 20 Won today than wearing
sandals or you 'cet
Dent encourage no rss-or, bur
30 SIRE 20 'rN > ~ Nis faults "a ey.
ervhoIv - r-laa'ivV II hts sermons
help Won r7var ir' him know. hut r
b saws Something Won don't Ike.
he sure you 'e0 HIN about II n
vng ego ~ STRANGER IN tho audience
1r0'' sr-F7 h-rts with him. - Won
40 30 -t-Nf ~-r~o back again Givr
t'r 'r- t-v N--d ths marble hear
ard q T'n-7.to store.
'n0~ t~r 'r bring ANYBODY 20 No
church The church might be hllod
that vav
Tot tha ,as'or N All The
work no has 1orhIug special TO
g. P~aa-hing ls a picnic no
has nothing 70 Do o-lv two ser.
mons 20 go uu every week. run
rra.r- mrof'rv marry PEOPLE
1-3 bury 'hnw make church
SUBSCRIPTIONS nothing 70 n but
'us' wait on you and come 20
visit YOU.
500 'ha' Ne salary - always 10.
hind He doesn't have % cat like
tho rect ~ Won God cent mo raw
ens and h,'s Eo' plenty yet n re
do"sr'' visit Won o''og "a you think
," should 'rHs' him colby re
Frs nothing particular 10 10 hut call
@" Won - there g. anybody ina. is
willing - carry on the work Of God
Be suro ~ ind fault with them and
call Thorn bold and forward
Don't 30 particular how Gods
church looks. Re sure and have
your own homes ane. with Persian
and Administer rugs hric-abac. car.
dala5rs and everything ~ the finest
Be sure and have your own home
fns Don't care ~ ne church looks
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

what every one doesn't Ike they
Will look Ike spiked cannon In an
abandoned fort. with birds nests IN
the muzrlcs
you can't thank God with one
breath and gossip about your n"igh
Dor with the next, yes. hang over
the back fence. With a shoe on one
foot and a slipper on the other and
o. have You heard the --latest" Their
tongues are 50 Ions they can slt IN
he parlor and lick tho skillet IN the
kitchen.
Read the nrst seventeen chapters
81 Luke--and. ny the way. you ousht
10 read them before you read the
eighteenth.
Don't read the Bible Ike you
read q NOVELETTE, last chapter
FIRST And I want 20 say 20 you,
II you read a novel IN the same
milk and water. cider and chalk,
Indifferent way you read the b.
hle. you would get 'ust as little
out 81 Il as you get out OF the
Bible.
Phsrlsees, the Church Gang
The PhArisees were the church
sang OF that day. the churchy gang
II The days OF Jesus
Every church. so FAR as my ex.
perlence goes Is cursed with three
or four men who want 20 run the
business You go 20 the devil You
have no more 70 say than that fol
low tha. sits by your side Iou
can't tell the preacher what 20 d.
and here "a one that won't let you
tell him what % DO
Every church Is cursed With
few hutt!nskys. who try 20 run ~
whole business. Well. I want you
70 look AZ one man they cant run
Lots 81 people 20 70 church 20
add little % their social standing
Lots of people 'o'7 ne church FOR
the same motive THAT a mar blows
mp a sase-for what be can get out
of e.
u used 20 play baseball. 7 used
20 Hre or 'te railroads have been
an athlete and have loaned thous-
anfs O, dollars can say rhous.
sr4s-to ball rlavo-e and actors and
and Ell mo money have
ever Seen skiHned our o' In ny life
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

sale OF iu-0ria
.nE tguors 20
D.ruG %
0ta-vn ming
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

Education o. compulsory IN Greco.
b0.we"n THE ages ~ ave and u.
5u' large proportion % ths pOpu
latlon 10 lii,erate.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-19

Jesus lives. For We. alive though
we are. are continually surrender
Ing ourselves 20 death FOR the sake
10 Jesus. SO that IL this mortal na-
-srs ~ ours q may be clearly shown
that JESUS lives Thus we are con
family dying ~hle you are in full
enjoyment og life
Nay. though our outward man Is
wasting away. yet oar .aEart man
Is being renewed dav hy day For
this our ,i-st and transi.ory burden
- suffering achieving Ter US .
rreq orier.tnE. yes. vastly pre-
rendering and eternal weigh, o..
lcry. while we look no, on things
seen bot things unseen fo- hing
seen are temporary. "a. things IL.
seen are eternal"
= host of ripe Christians who
have walked the way q -rl5-la,ion.
end their hearts beating IL unison
witch ,re Apostle az they read these
words They are following his way
-a the prizes ~ Christ, Paul Is
ne srr,a4, prgasEl-or OF unnun.
s-red saints
/ II another Sense 10 is SIN a ~.
as force 10 Vie turbulent scene Of
me r-egaa, warfare IN the Near
. East Tho churches which ne hero
founded ztn ABIDE despite the -u-
tatlors - the centuries He plant.
( "a iesven which has been a revo-
iutioE.ziag force IN The world. SCI
ting ~ new empires and ovsrturn-
Ing ;hc old Tire cross IN which re
g,oried became he symbol ot SOY
s-eiznty cs the Old Rome on The
seven hills By tho Tiber. and o.
the New Rome or It's seven hills
by TIE Bosphorus.
After the War.
What We may cali the geograph-
lcal consequences OF the present war
viii &c very great. Among them
VIII be thc opening OF The Near Eas,
20 tho western world. Where there
used 20 De enc traveller 20 Bible
lands, there will BE- a hundred.
DO not dwell upon Zioni.n. and the
present plans 70 - making FOR the
devout Jews OF the world, after The
var. With peace. and the com
I piste overthrow OF tho Turkish en-
pire without which any peact
would be prenaturel, order ar,
safety Will como 20 those places o.
sacred memory,
Then we may look forward 20 pii
grimages over the scenes OF pAuii
labors. Sunday school students By
The thousands Will visit the eli
cities studied during the last three
mon,hs--the ruins OF old Phllippi
where Paul established the FRS
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30
LOCAL 24O. w. F. M.

LOCAL 240. w. F. M.
 The regular meeting of the Nome Mine Workers Union, Local No. $40, of the w. F. of M., Is held every Saturday evening at 8 p. m. at Miners Hall. Office hours l p. m. 60 6 D. m., ' p. m. to 8 p. m.
 PHIL CORRIGAN, President.
 JOHN A. WILSON, Sec.-Treas. "
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30

FEDERAL LABOR UNION. No. l2631. American Federation of Labor, meets every Monday at V:S0 D. m. in the F. l.. U. Hall.
 B. H. ANDERSON, Pres.
 LENS OLSEN, Sec'y.-Treas.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30
CARPENTERS AND JOINERs.

CARPENTERS AND JOlNEHS.
 Local Union 17S9, Carpenters and soiners of America, meets every Fri aay at Al Orland's shop Front St.
 Carpenter's Headquarters, Feder- al Labor Hall. at p. m.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30
Proprietor
ORGANIZED LABOR.

WESTERN FEDERATION OF
 MINERS. Headquarters sos Rsilroad Build eng, Denver, Colorado. GHAs./ MOVER. ERNEST MILLS. l.. President. sec.-Treas'
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30
ALASKA NEWS ITEMS
 AND TOWN TOPICS

LOST:-Watch chain with two rings
 on end. Return this office receive reward.
 Umatilla reported last night that she will arrive at Nome 10 o'clock this forenoon.
 Carpets Vacuum Cleaned. See Beebe. Phone White 157.
 l.. M. Peterson who was injured some time ago by a hydraulic nozzle while working out on Little creek, is now practically recovered from his injuries although still somewhat the worse for wear
 Joe Fournier arrived from New ton gulch last night to see the town. He says it is not like winter at all out on the creeks, and it will be very late season by present indica- tions.
 Gasoline lamps at Crooks, next Fire Department.
 The house for the fire station which is being moved down First Avenue was up to the Igloo yester- day afternoon. The house has to be kept fair in the middle of the street, being just wide enough and no more to get down to it's location.
 The mystery of Charlie Mason's missing sack of provender has been solved. Dogs attacked the sack scattering its contents when w. Rose observed it, placed the sup plies back in the sack and notified the police station that he had the sack, being unable to see any owner or claimant on the street.
 Republicans should remember that the number of Delegates to go to the next Territorial Convention is based upon the vote cast for Alt torney General.
 Do you want Fifty or Ten?-Adv.
 Dan Jones, the Alaska Road Com missioner, made a trip of inspection up Snake river. The new foot bridge across Snake river close to Boulder was completed yesterday. It is a substantial piece of work being sutf- ciently high to escape being carried away by the ice. It's total length is about 120 feet or about 36 feet longer than than the old bridge. It is a great convenience to travellers to Boulder, Sledge, Oregon and other creeks. Two small bridges have also been put across Sledge creek.
 A white mare belonging to Swart- zell took a notion to take roll on Front street yesterday morning and found the planking so comfy that it took the concerted effort of about dozen men and the concerted coax ings of as many more, to get the danged thing on it's feet again. The white animal was harneSSed along with another horse to the ice wagon There assembled a genial crowd around to watch the fallen animal and to volunteer advice how the animal might be gotten on it's pins again.
 Special sale for ten days. Dressers $1O to $12.5O, Beds $1 to $500 Mattresses $3 to $1O.OO at Crooks, next Fire Department.
 A Polet, the President of the Nome Chamber of Commerce, made trip to the Hot Springs a few days ago, combining business with pleasure and returned yesterday shortly before five o'clock in the afternoon. He left on the launch Standard and returned by rail per dogomobile enjoying the trip every bit of the way. He says that there is no sign of winter up in the Kougarok not even a frost at nights and lots of water for every one, making everyone feel that they are going to have late freeze-up
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-09-30

Let us estimaye on your Jon Worn