Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-22

gracious III all Ills works.
Psalm CNlV. IL
Looking backward over = Months.
ne history of Palestine is world
history IN immature. The advantaE.
"t thiS unique exhibit on small scaic
"i IN" operation ul fundamental prin-
cil'lcs governing human life i'm its
| SOCIAL aud collective form can hard
~ d. "N"rcstiinatcd. This is not Il
mere study of the adventures of a
S"-'ailcd chosen race" 1t IL as
II an races. thor hopes and fears.
t"i!h ana iriumphs. were shown in a
spectrum analysts. II ~ we'll worth
cNcryh"dy's attention. II is especial
~ :" just at this JunCturc of human
history. when the commUutiiiy OF all
nations j. RECEIVING such phenomenal
accent Ih"rc was Il mJTkrd nat
,i"' rirhN"t" h.,w""u the n"rth and
tn" south in Palestine. which de-
''and%d astut" Stat"smanship. lest 1t
Should end ia " Idle and Iri,parabtr
rupture. The north was comparattvc-
~ open to the SURROUNDING world
M" the south was closed by noun
thli' sea ana desert Tho effect upon
IN" character OF the people ~ an
l'Hr"nt At "a ! aacc. Tn" northern
tribes were fr.cr Ia their iutcrcour.
WIN hrlE hh"rS. tended - commercial
pursuits ana were less trHrtabl. To
authority. while the southern tribes
We're SecIGSiNc. proud OF possessing
Chplthl ana temple. they w"r" pre-
disposed To orthodoxy and cnuy.,va-
q
- Iui"c affairs under such coud-
t"us such WAS the hand uf David
@uI ~ solomon. iiut though solomon
h'ia thousand wives. h. had bi!t on.
son. and lac II cUur"itcd fool So To
met tnc grave situation 'h,r. ,.,uiu
ShhmhIiuG out "f IA. harcm tho Shal-
i"". 'N'ininhi". inexperienced Echo-
h""m IT was a furcpic Team of dc
m"rTacy when the nation d.mapdrd
tha' p" pledge himself as Il ruust.tt.-
I"H't ruler: NE refused in. bitter
ana inS"l"nt terms Ills idlH and
foolish word parted tn" Hebrew race
~ US" Str"ams never 4" bc reunited
E lhEH"m oI Israel aud Kingdom 81
'Udah. IN" towering form oc
'riol rises To view in the pcr4ou Of
ELIJAH. tho Tishbit" Hc sc.. tho
''>ttate ana impending ruin Of his
country. II" believes that som. form
"t Christening drought. for exam
u'", VIII bring the people back a.
H"h ~" pr"Ss that rain may rc;u,.
Mnrh th" I'm" - rim" n" demands
irthl lbs fir" between Jehovah and
i'"l' IN n" p-"s"nc" OF Tn" assembled
h"ti"n -" great hero proved him.
SCI E'hN!nclE human. as - James
S'h" d." VAS, and not the angel 81 tho
i'""iid. Ills reaction from tho scene
81 ,hrm"I was perfectly natural aud
ms hight turned 10 good advantage.
In IN" NJ. Sinai Of Moses and pos
Sihiy later Of Jesus and PAM 10
earned ihat tho further reformation
~ l" b." Tx" IN" biviu" "voIc" az
St'.n"Ss not ny FIR" and tempest
Elijah In Naboth.s vineyard /. 4.
ShhN"Sn"nr"an tragedy 5000 years be-.
i"t" Shh kcsp"arc. Tn" couraEcous
prophet. tn" CoWcriu:. King IN. muir
H'r"ns woman, Hnd til" holy martyr,
'lrSt fruit az tho silent reformation
dying rather thRn break tn" Law ~
~" land. which was also the law
commanded him TO de- t., N hero
over hhd uuhl"r OF more, iuprrish-
an" "ritaph than Elijah. though
thor" was mo- tombstone ON which Ia
!nscriho il "t'hari", az Israel Torso
man th"rcor'' rho ntncss nr E.risf,n
- b" his successor is proven hy big
solomon *" petition. ~" asked That
n" might -" r"coruizci a. tho
prophets eldest son. and ~ ssra re
CclNc tWic" as much OF the spirit ~
nr"nhc!y as TIA" other, cons OF tho
prophet Not that he had an amhi-
ton I" outshtue tho others. but only
mat h" might hay" tho fullest pos
H'"'" NA!p'ntnt Tor his sacred office.
80. The lovely idly! az ELISHA and Ia"
stream "f public lIfc one stunhl.s
on tn" SINAI! domestic Incident In tn.
WY MIDST ~ wars and AFFAIRS Of
Siaiccrhft hospitality. cont.nimcu,,
mother love. bereavement. grief
iHiih. Importantly all ar" shrincd In
hI story ola and sweet I, casts
mSht npoi IA" human lif" of thirty
centuries ago IN general and Of tho
prophet IN particular. And next
10 IT stands tho ncvcr-io- he forgotten
r,Gry "f !. kings fayoritc, whose
discounted by his secret maiady. Of n
slave rir! VINO acted we'll hcr part.
81 ih" prophets new prescription for
lrW"SN and its succcssful use
\"N' tho prophet and his attendant
ar" sthndthG on IN" hilton at pothan
ana 81" IN" city cucirclcd ny syrian
|"h"r'" come 40 - Kings command
- tax" ia" prophet dead or alive
- lu
prophet - Uuinovcd II. has u--
tested tho Lords fai,hfulucss during
ms NOR" than sixty years OF
pr"rh"'," lie in vain. Hut he con
Sid"ra'"lv asks for the Young man
that which he does not need for him
:ci. som" visible manifestation az
OWN" power 10 offset tho brave ar
ray "f 'hc "nomy In answer the pro-
t"ctiN" powers Of grace and rrovi-
d"nc" for tn" time take material ana
r r,IInIe offormn; brilliant PIANO,
angel cFriote"rs 50 again i, IS
proven that the Invisible is IN. real
AMI "a" unseen is the mighty
The Took OF Jonah is ring Of gold
curiously craven with mystic device
"f shin and city, OF nsh and gourd.
i'ut what gives it its greatest value
IS the solitaire with which il hlaHcs
-Four centuries before ST John said
IL extraordinarily Jonah said II in a
pictorial! was God is love-. That
~. should send Ills prophet out or
tn" Wilderness ot Ills mercy, that He
cared at al! To have AN alien me
troDnils repent. that He could com
passionate" am ignorance which could
not tel! one hand from another: that
ills pity descended even TO dumb
brutcs-non" Of the religions Of an
tiquity iiasn such light upon tho
character of tn" Deity. Amos the
peasant prophet" is the peer of any
in the whol" college. He has even
been compared to Dante. His rhctor-
zeal power. wealth of thought vi
vaciiy. vir"r. bold antithesis and no
ciicai role have al been much adj
inir"d. III" principles underlying his
splendid book are fundamental and
consequently universally and pcrIna-
ncntly applicable. oppression and
luxury viii destroy amy nation: rign;
cousncSs HiUu" "NaltS pcrmancntIv
Thc Tat" OF the Ten Lost
Tribes has always been the play
ground of the Imagination. hut one
theory has always killed another and
All hay" "oHSDIr"d 10 teach that the
Lost Tribes are lost The question
OF cause OF exile is more important
than place. why" rather than
whittier" Gods own finger writes
the nations cpitaph. The children Of
Israel cloahcd their evil practices
with the prctcnsc that they were
h"nnrinc God by them They were
deaf to the warnings Of the prophets
They went to th. utmost limit OF
cruelty. offering human sacrifices
even their own children. This