Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-28

interpret dFlSnI IHe IlIneS, lnere Will
be no doubt about our making war
morally safe for the soldiers. And
when we go forth to the conquests
of peace, they will be wrought in a
Christian spirit. What society is now
undertaking to do in the world cam
not be successfully accomplished
without taking God into the reckon
ing.
Falling In With the Forces
Stale and jejune though the ad-
vice may seem to some oversophis-
ticated youth, who is supremely
proud of his acquaintanceship with
head walters and chorus girls, the
truth remains that the one sure route
to success that counts, is to find out
Gods purpose for ones life and to
fall in with them. There are great
forces-which we reverently call the
providences of God-abroad in our
day: the wise person will fall in with
these. To every man, woman and
child 1t is possible to bear share
in che great goings of God in our
day. Not in vain has this war
taught us new lessons in co-opera-
ton. Any life, however obscure,
may bear it's proportionate part in
the working out of the ideals which
a divine hand has clearly sketched
upon the canvas of today. Steven
son puts the idea into u beautiful
figure:
80 from the hearth the children
fee,
BY that Almighty Hand
Austerely led; son one by sea
Goes torth,> and one by land;
Nor aught of all mems sons es-
cape from that command.
And as the fervent smith of yore
Beat out the glowing blade,
Nor welded in the front of war
The weapons that he made,
But in the tower at homa still
piled his ringing trade;
80 like a sword the son shall roam
And as the smith remained at home
In peaceful ferret pent,
SO sits the while at home the
mother we'll content"
To have n part however slight, in
working out the divine purpose in
ones day is success. This is the root
conviction that ennobles life, and eX-
tracts its sting and dissipates its
jadedness. All lesser considerations
of safety and recognition ond re-
ward count for little alongside of
this one major. achievement, the
HelplllS W VI liS w piSo biiG SiSt't
and beautiful will of God Gmong
men. Some of the prophets of old
were willing and whiting instruments
in the achievement of this purpose
but the Jewish people as a whole
underwent the tragic experience OF
seeing Jehovah's will done in spite
of them, and not because of chem.
Learning the Great lesson
After all, and after all, did the
Jews learn their lesson during the
five hundred and eighty years of his
tory which this review period covers
We have seen them rise as a king
dom, split in twain and then pursue
an undulating course, until finally
they were dispersed by the Captivity,
which was the fail of Jehovah.
Were they cured of their idolatry
1t is commonly said that they were
Yet the archaeologistS are digging
up incantation bowls which show
that for centuries after the CaptiV-
ity the Jews were pastmasters of the
art of witchcraft.
Today the temporal condition cf
the Jew is better than it has ever
been since the fall of Jerusalem
Wealth, prestige, position, and polit-
ical consideration all belong to the
Jew. The most careful observers
within the race. perhaps point ont
that the present irreligion of the
Jewish people is an ominous sign OF
n deplorable condition that makes
wealth, learning and standing of no
avail. The youth of Judaism is be-
ing lost to the faith of it's fathers
The need for old prophets, such as