Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-21

ger probably won one of the great
battles of the war for Jackson. DR..
Dabney told the story for the first
time in his last public lecture at
Davidson College, North Carolina,
years ago.
The battle had been raging for
some time, and was coming to a
crisis. jackson, determined to throw
in his reserves, turned to his chief
of staff and said: ride down the
line and order every reserve brigade
to charge Immediately" Noticing,
however, that his aid was pale and
i'll, he said: Major Dabney, you are
too i'll to deliver this message. 1
will send someone else" And so he
did. But Dabney followed the mes
senger, and found that he had misun-
derstood his orders. So. sick as he
was, he rode down the five-mile line
and told each brigadier that jack
son had ordered an immediate charge.
One general was inclined to protest
81 have just received contrary or
ders," he said. The chief of staff ex-
planned the situation. Major Dab
ney, what would you do in my placer"
asked this commander. "I would
charge as soon as. 1 could give the
order" was the reply. II will do so,
then"
Soon afterward the long line of re-
serves was flung into the fighting,
and the wavering battle became a
Confederate victory. ~ rode up to
Jackson Immediately after the battle
to tell him the story" said DR.. Dab
ney, but his first comment to me
was, Major Dabney, am worn out.
Find me place to sleepr And did
not get a chance to tell him until
months afterwards"
Az
bassadors for God in passing on the
message to a lost world that God is
reconciled to sinful man through
Christ? The Christian world is cele-
brating now the four hundredth an
niversary of faithful messenger of
God-the leader of the Reformation,
Martin Luther.
"Whcrein," Seven Times
Malachi was a contemporary of
Nehemiah, and the prophecy gives
Gods moral judgment on the Jews
returned to Jerusalem from the Baby
lonian captivity under Ezra and Ne
hemiah and who, in spite of the re-
stored temple were Offering a formal
and insincere worship. Malachi was
so modest, and so utterly submerged
himself in his message, that we know
SSdiSSly any LIllIS dUOuL HllIl.
Both the first and second advent of
Christ were in the vision of the
prophet as he wrote, but he does not
see the long period in between. AS
usual the prophets message was not
popular in the age in which he lived.
The Rev. DR.. G. Campbell Morgan
has written probably the best modern
Interpretation of the prophecy, and
he finds the keynote to be the word
Wherein" which is the title of DR..
Morgan's book and which occurs
seven times in the prophecy. Each
time it is a skeptical denial by Israel
of Gods accusations against Israel.
i 1 have loved you, saith the Lord.
Yet ye say, Wherein hast Thou loved
us? Chapter l, verse 2.
A son honoreth his father and a
servant his master; If then I be a
Father, where is mine honor? and sif
be a master, where is my fear, and
ye say, Wherein have we despised thy
name? Chapter /, verse 6.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine
altar. And ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? Chapter l. verse Z.
Ye have wearied the Lord with
your words. Yet ye say, Wherein
have we wearied him? Chapter. 2,
verse IT.
Return unto me, and I will return
unto you, said the Lord of Hosts.
But we said, Wherein shall we re-
turn? Chapter 8. verse Z.
VIII a man rob God? Yet We have
robbed me. But ye say. Wherein
have we robbed thee? Chapter 8,
verse 8.
Your words have been stout against
me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say
Wherein have We spoken so much
against you? Chapter 3, verse 13.
There is a message in Malachi to
the men of to-day. Israel was not
then in open rebellion against God,
but in the midst of restoration and
prosperity, was in heart rebellion. In
asking God to bring peace to this
warning world should we not confess
to the very sins of Malachrs age?
Give God the Chance
The lesson speaks of the Christ
whose coming Malachi foretold as "a
refiner and purifier" Let us submit
as a nation and as individuals to His
refining processes. which are among
us to-day. as our soldier boys are
about to die on battlefield or in hos
pital. 1t is terrible crucible, this
world war. but God must know the
world needed it. / as God began
in purifying "the sons of Levi" so
ought our self-Judgment begin to-
day, in the house of God. Are we
faithful in our church work7
: rs it right and reverent to keep
tab on God?" asked an earnest young
Christian girl. should we go so
much into minute detail as to keep a
prayer list, and check off the an
swers when they conner" An answer
to that question is found in the con-
cluding verses of this lesson. God
says to His people, prove me now
herewith" Our God. who gives US in
His Word so many precious promises,
loves to be put to the test