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RELIGIOUS APATHY.
THE EXCUSES THAT ARE OFFERED.
GERMANY'S DECAY.
SOME STARTLING EFFECTS OF THE WAR.
Religious apathy formed the subject "of the Rev. H: Copley Moyle's sermon at St. John's. Cathedral' on Sunday morn.st made
Basing his remarks on the text And they all with one consant began to make excuses (St. Luke, e, 14 v. 18), the rev. gentleman said:--
in
BERLIN, September 24th. Dr. Abderhalden, the eminent physiolo
Jome starting, statements about the conditions in Germany in the couras of the Budget debate yesterday in the
Ho Prussian National Assembly. urged in particular that the Ministry Public Welfare should devote most strenuous efforts to the care of
youth I want to direct your thought this every respect, and showed how enormous the work to be accomplisbed. The morning to the verses we have beard read youth of today, he said, was famished as the second Lesson. Our Lord had gone and physically defective. Infant mortality Was Very high, and was still increasing," into the house of one of the Chief and if the mortality generally were not Pharisees tir dine and had seen a man speedily reduced Garmane would be
sight of a a period when her popula suffering from dropsy whom He had tion would be half what it was to day bealed. It would set that after this especially as it had been proved by exper there had been a scramble for the chief ment with under-nourished animals that their descendants out in the next sents at the dinner, and Our Lord, seegeneration. Attempts had been made. Dr.
Abderhalden continued,
impeding the ing this, rebuked the guests and told them physical condition of children by to show a more humble spirit. It was them to neutral countries for a time, but, characteristic of Christ that He taught the unfortunately, the right choice had not
always be need of humility. Many of the Jewish boalthy children kept at home.
been made, und in many cases children had been sent and under-
nou risked
to the question of the workers.
Rabbis neither taught not practised] Turfessor urged the Ministry of Pub
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TUBERCULOSIA AND VENEREAL DISEASE,
humility, It is related of a famous the Jewish Rabbi who lived some years before lie Welfare to adopt every possible mes
to sare augment the love of work. The Christ, Rabbi Simeon beo Shetah, that workman, be said, must learn to esteem when he was invited to dinner by the the value of work, and then be would once King be placed himself between the King again feel joy in his work. An immense step forward would be made if he became and Queen, saying: "Exalt wiseum and a shareholder in the
however, he sbo shall exalt thee, and make theo sit
he
Was employed.
the workmen were under continued, among princes." Such pride was not nourished to such an extent that their uncommon amongst the Rabbis but there working powers were reduced by one-half, and that fact ought to have been taken were some who took a more humble atti-into consideration during the recent tade. The Rabbi Akiba, for instance, negotiations with the miners. said: "Go down two or three seats and
Dr. Abderbalden observed that before sit down till they say to thee go up the war Germany was proud of the fact- higher." Humility is the foundation of that she took the lead in combating tuber- culosis, and was beginning to get the the christian virtues. Christ put it first upper band of the disease. Today, how- in His Beatitudes," Blessed are the poor extreme regret, that cases were on the in- ever, the Germans must admit, to their in spirit, for their's is the Kingdom of crease any and as so many people must. Heaven." The fact that Christ put
live crowded together owing to the lack or dwelling accommodation the diwase humility first and so often spoke of the could not but sprend fearfully during the | need of it ought to make us at least wish coming winter. Yenereal disenses bad to be humble, and if we wish to be formed the National Assembly be used also spread enormously, the Professor in- bumble we have taken the first step on the word colossally-and, as a matter of the road to humility. But I am afraid with the disease through the
fact, the whole nation had become infected war. Beveral that even amongst Christians there is hundred fresh cases of venereal disenso very little humility. There is amongst were reported daily in Berlin, and al- though all that could be done was done, us far too much grasping at the best there was no room in the hospitals for places and indignation when we fail to stitution was at last being dealt with the patients. He thanked God that pro- attain them. Our readiness to take from the medical
point of view, and being offence is often due to our want of humi-gradually removed from the control of
Police. He advocated more rigorous lity. There is a great tendency to exaction in regard to the supply of alcohol, aggerate social differences, and the less especially to young people. He deplored the fact that the opening of the frontiers the difference the more is made of it.unt increased the danger of alcoholism." Such a spifit is clearly contrary to the spirit of Christ, who taught us to love our neighbour. A real bumility is the foundation of trus peace, for it removes so many of the slights and annoyances which so often go far to mar our peace of mind,
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THE SOUL. OF THE NATION, Speaking at the Roman Catholic Con- Dr. Freiburg yesterday, feteace rebrenbach, President OF the GermaJI National Aeremoly, said the German The issue people had entirely changed of the war, he maintained, had rendered William 11. impossible, and, although
the men now at the head of aitairs had pot
a first-class educa had the advantages tion, it must be admitted, he contended that they were doing their utmost to lead Liermany out of the misery into which the expressed the opinion that if Germany war bad plunged her. Herr Febrenbach could get through the com.ng winter fair- bat he warned the whole nation that every ly well the Fatherland would be saved, nerve must be strained to the very utmost, the question now being whether the soul of the nation was healthy enough toʻpull her through.
Our Lord, having rebuked the ambi. rious spirit of the guests, turns to advise He his bost, about his entertaining. advised him to entertain those who were unable to repay the entertainment, and so to act in a way that would be pleasing to God and would hereafter gain His approbation. It is not, of course, wrong 'to entertain one's friends and to expect & return of hospitality, bag there is no virtue in doing so. On the other hand,. to entertain those from whom we expect
Does God bold the first place in your nothing is an act well pleasing to God.
lilet That is a question which we shall do well to put to ourselves, and think care- Christ's advice, first to the guests and fully over the answer. Ged in before and then to the host, had probably made them over all, things, He planned and created all people, and we are all made for Him feel uncomfortable, and there may have been one of those awkward silences which and by Him. He has placed us in this life and given us a Spiritual nature sometimes occur at dinners, and to get which can never, be satished with any over this one of the guente remarked: thing less than God. "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the amusement-these may seem satisfying at Work, pleasure, Kingdom of God." He was evidently the time, but they can never fill our taking it for granted that be would be lives. There must always be a sense of one of those privileged to do so. Our something wanting until we have given Lard replied by, a parable, which it God the first place in our lives. In the meant to teach the need of care and effort oft quoted words of St. Augustine which in seeking the Kingdom of Heaven. Ahe addressed to God: Thou madest rich man gave a great supper and invited us for Thyself, and our heart is restless many who accepted his invitation, but till it rest, in Thee." The world will when the appointed day came they ali never be at rest till it remembers what made excuses. Their excuses showed care God made it "for, and gives itself to the lessness and unconcern and indicated fulfilment of the purpose of God, clearly that they did not value the in- vitation which had been sent to them The parable was directed first, no doubt, at the Jewish people, but it is applicable to all who have been called into the Kingdom of God, and who make excuses for putting the matter off.
Work, businees, family claims, amuse
be successful as far as this world goes, ment, these things are pleaded still as an may have a good time," but we are we may become wealthy and popular and excuse for failing to accept the invite failing to accomplish the purpose for tion of God to take our place in His which God sent us into this world, aad, Kingdom. Now all these things are im we are laying up for ourselves a miser. portant and necessary in their place, but able old age..
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they ought not to be given the first place What so many people suffer from in large, airy and well-ventilatel in our lives, for the first place is God's this place is religious apathy, There place. We ought, of course, to give our are not many British people here who care and time and thought to our work are really antagonistic to the Christian Kukery and under European We ought to take recreation and amuse faith, but there are crowds who give it ment, God likes to see us happy We do little thought, who would, be shocked if not want the misguided Puritan idea you "suggested they were not Christians, that it is wrong to dance and in to hot whose ideals are selfish and pagan. play cards, but if you dance so late at is the duty of every one of us to break night that you cannot do your work pro-down this southy, and to break it down BARBED WIRE next day, it it is a weekday, or at once. We are responsible for the
Cannot get up to come and worship God Spiritual welfare of those about us. on Sunday, then your amusement is not ask. like Cain." And I me brother's being given too great a place in your keeper" If you are a Christian you life. And if you spend a large part of will know that you are responsible for the afternoon and much of the night him if you can influence him. God in- playing cards, if you neglect your vites you to come to Him. Do not make children and leave them almost entirely excuses, and do not put it off. There is to the care of an amah, while you are a Spanish proverb which says: "Over playing Bridge, then your amusement is the pass of bye and bve you reach the becoming a
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