The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-22

! ever with his people,
Amid the debris of ruins and dyint
soldiers stands the Wayfarer witt
questioning faith, and Understanding
is at hand and with the folowinl
words offers TO lead him into the way
of assurance;
Come, follow me, 'Wayfarer' shit
thou be;
And as we journey onward thou shall
see
: That God from all eternity hath plan
ned
To set man free through Christ the
Son of Man.
His pierced hands are they that
wrought the stars.
And His the will that boisterous winds
obey,
His voice to thee, Wayfarer, speaks
from Gallilee:
Let not thy heart oppressed with
trouble be,
Lo | am with my people ever more
The, refugees make their way into
the ruined church singing Lead
Kindly Light Amid the Encircling
Gloom" As the refugees start to.
| WuTu lnt Gullltu CHuiCil, lllt IN'p
Cross nurses appear on the scene of
battle and bear the dead and wounded
from the battlefield. ('rhe little child
God, az represented by His church,
| is the one source OF hope amid the
despair of war.
Scene 3, Despair and Deliverance.
Understanding is taking the Way
farer on a journey through the ages
to show to him that every age has
had its problems, and that God has
emerged triumphant in face of the
most discouraging circumstances.
The scene is set by the rivers of
Babylon. Centuries before God had
promised that the Hebrews should
become a great nation, but instead of
the fulfillment of THAT promise the
Wayfarer finds them in bondage to
the Babylonians Except for a faith
ful remnant, all have adopted the
pagan ideals and customs of their cap
tors. The faithful ones are assembled
for worship of Jehovah amid the ruins
Of the pagan temple, their hearts sor-
rowful with the memories of the tenn
pie worship at Jerusalem.
faithful We're gathered by the rivers
of the Babylon engaged in prayer and
Worship, seeking consolation, a mes
senger rushes into their midst crying:
The Gentiles have possessed our in
heritance, out temples have been de
filed; our cities have become a wilder
ness, Zion is become desolation."
Alas, alas, | bring you evil tidings.
Like the Wayfarer, they too, are in
| despair, but Understanding interprets
for them the ways of God, and hope
is reborn in their hearts The tenor
appears as heavenly messenger and
sings Comfort Ye; Comfort Yc My
People" and Every Valley Shall BE
Exalted" Here an angel appears and
announces the dawn of the Nlessianic |
day. And the chorus sings Awake, |
Put on Thy Strength, o Zion" and
Arise, Shine for Thy Light Thus |
said Jehovah, tn" God of Abraham of
Isaac, and Of Jacob, Ye have sold
yourselves for nought but ye shall
be redeemed without money. Jehovah |
shall make bare his holy arm in the |
sight of all nations; and all the ends |
Of the earth shall see the salvation of
our God is Come and the scene
changes from one Of gloom to reioic
ing. In spite of all outward appear
ances these Hebrew captves in Baby
Ion are still the object Of the divine
regards.
Episode 3 The Christ
In this episode the Wayfarer is led
to observe the ways Of God as revealed
in the life of Christ Hitherto the
Wayfarer has had merely historical
Jesus; now the Christ becomes to him
a vital dynamic, transforming his
whole life. He secs the life Of Christ
with its obscurity adversely. sorrow
and ultimate triumph to be typical of
the experience of the individual and
the church. There can be no defeat
for those who side with God.
Scene l. Bethlehem.
This scene opens to the orchestral
music Of Handels Pastoral Symph-
ony." The Wayfarer expresses to
Understanding his appreciation of the
triumph of the Hebrews over the
doubts Of their experiences in Baby
Ion. Understanding replies to the ef-
feet that Jesus is about to be born in
Bethlehem, which is in the distance.
They are standing amid the shepherds
on the plains of Bethlehem. who are
discussing the prophecy concerning the
Messiah as read in the synagogue on
the previous sabbath, when suddenly
a bright star appears above Bethle.
hem and an angel appears to the mu.
sic OF trumpcts announcing the birth
Of Christ. The chorus breaks forth
with Glory 10 God in the highest
and on earth peace to men of good
Will" the music being written by Prof. ,
Kraft. The Wayfarer. impressed with !
the fact that God should appear as a ,
babe says 1T must be that Gods ON !
Impotence fulfills itself in weakness like
to mine" AS Wayfarer and Under D.,
standing journey over the plains to. i
ward Bethlehem the trumpets play to
The singing Of children's voices, 90.
come all ye faithful joyfully trium- :
phant."
And thou, Bethlehem, in the land il
Of Judah, although thou are little +
among the thousands of udah, yet out +
Jf these shall one come forth who .
shall rule my people Israel, whose go
ngs forth are from ancient days, even II
from everlasting"
Scene .. Jerusalem n
This scene depicts the triumphal en- a
Try Of Jesus into Jerusalem, the multi a
.ude singing, "Hosanna, blessed is he
hat cometh in the name of the Lord" f
repeats the measures which Jesus is =
understood to be delivering on the :
road below 1t is the kind of a scene !