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12 PAGES ---- _YEAR 84. NO. -- on - 8 The International S8unday School Lesson For December 2nd Is "Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem." Nehemiah 4. By William T. Ellis. If the Jerusalem prior to lntches of get mto ho really visitor to the war could escape the profession: the hands of knew the city archaeological investigation ha there, he naturally became interested in the question of the walls of Jeru- i k, . salem Miny problems hinge on the the rubbish heap of the old city, with ition of the avalls. Thus, the site | the perilous work quarrying opt of Calvary is partly determined there- |" > enemies were r t dangerous, by the slow, toilsome task of haul- At several points about Jerusalem the stones into position. Our nd in Jerusalem, the old Is may catest admiration, however, is re- but they must be looked for | served for Nchemiah, the master ground Taken down into the | builder, who, meant -more to Jerusa- a French Catholic than all the stones that he had , 1 was shown a long stretch; Put into place. A city's best defence "This," said my friend | is not in brick and mortar and stone chgmiah's wall You fotice how | and timber, but jn its men A com- different it is from Herod's wall. Fhe | MuDity that Nehemiah 1 4 'I ha outer those old had well-dredsed stones, where A a ) these, as 3 while square at Jem lem This Nehemiah had a edges and unfinished | heart, a head and a hand for build- ing His seud caught a his the sides. The reason is plain ' ] Nehemiah was building in haste. He | hands turned the vision into solid ma- sonry ts limated in time, in labor and in tools, we his: work, while great and rong, bears this characteristic of poverty and haste wherever we find in I'he wonder of the wall to me was the immensity of the blocks Nehe- miah employed stones fully as large those the walls of Solor ! Temple I'he blocks were from three | affluence to five feet long and two to three he thick. The labor of preparin placing them pust have been im Mense The best light I have had on this iesson is my recollection of the character or the wall that Neheunah of Persia than when he built Naturally, as | stood heside ood, taskmaster and general, upon thi vork, | had tender and rising walls of Jerusalem. His miring ghts for the old Jews and n was equal to self-renuncia- their gnificent leader, who, | 1] tion It was splendidly selfless. In period of distress and persec world's honor roll of the heroes yet wrought s their Holy City Just for the defence ol A Man As a Wall, Great as was thi still great- er was the worker may marvel at the building of a new wall out of work We ol seen, ler school] Mm is POSSEsses a walls than of Oi vision; devo- who is building to pro- test lis own family from death and disaster Seli-preservation is the law which then works We must rise to higher levels, however, to find the explanation for such a man as Nehemiah, who deserted luxury and in an Onrnental court, where in the presence of the great and | king, for the sake of casting in his lot with his own fellow-patriots in their poverty and danger. Nehemiah was greater in the act of renouncing It 1s ez to understand the tion oof a man of feet stood court stonew he atriotist ni ion ton roman The. more you know about coffee--and the more part- icular you are about aroma and flavour -- the more you will appreciate "SEAL BRAND" COFFEE. 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One man wears a glum face because he lost a collar button when he was dressing in the morning; another is sour of visage because his breakfast was not well cooked; still another looks troubled because financial dif- fienlties have overtaken him The newspapers report entire communi- ties as appearing dismal because their home team has lost the big game, The kind of trouble that troubles a man is a fairly good index of his character. Nehemrmah's sad counte- nance was because, of his nation's pitiable plight. He was above mov- ing among his race with a melan- choly face on account of his own petty difficulties. His passion for his people was rooted so deeply in his soul that it bore the fruit of sorrow on his features. He did not think about it like all truly great men in a crisis he was free from seli-onscious- ness--but the very sorrow. of Nehe- miah was proof of his bigness. A nation's woe rested heavily upon his heart He wept ofr the same rea- son that a greater Son of Israel was to weep a few centuries later. We should link Nehemiah sorrowing over Jerusalem's plight, with that other supreme Patriot, who also wept over the need of the same city. Since everybody must have some sort of trouble, let us have the big troubles, troubles that come to men of full stature, the troubles that are an index of chivalry, of spirit and Christlinéss of Sympathy. If we weep, let it not he for our awn petty trials, but for our nation's need and the world's wae When the Boss Notices. Old Artaxerxes must have been a good king to work under. When his cup-bearer appeared sad of coun- tdnance, the king was not so engross- ed in affairs of state that he had no time for kindly.interest in the welfare He inquired solicit- ously for the cause' of Nehemiah's sorrow. That is the kind of employ- er to serve, one who cares for the per- sonal welfare of those under him, Anybody ean work well for a man who has this spirit. The labor prob- lem would be half solved if the boss- es would but notice their men as men, with a care for their personal needs and sufferings. There is not usual- ly a servant question in the kitchen of the mistress who is solicitous about the welfare of her helper, and who looks upon her assistant first of all as a fellow woman rather than as a servants - Artaxerxes got at the bottom of Nehemiah's trouble and asked how he could help. Instantly the cup- bearer shot a prayer to the King of kings in heaven before he presented his "petition to this king upon his earthly throne. It is good states- manship to bear in 'mind ever that over all rules God, and that He is still a very present help in trouble. -- Wanted--A Hard Job. In that atmosphere of sycophancy, it must have been a surprise to Arta- xerxes to find that his cup-bearer's petition was not for a promotion or for a larger income, or for some in- creased honor, but rather for a hard job that meant first of all renuncia- tion, Nehgmiah told him how Ju- dah, the capital of his heart, was laid waste . Then he asked that he him- self be sent to rebuild it. He could have petitioned for a royal commis- sion to investigate and to issue ne- cessary commands. Nehemiah, how- ever, was not that sort of man. Had he been, the Sunday schools of the world would not to-day be studying about him. He was a "send me" than, and that is why his place in his- tory is fixed. - With Oriental reverence for the memory and graves of his ancestors, he portrayed the plight of the city of his fathers' sepulchres, and the king's answer was sympathetic. 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Slipping as unostentatiously as possible into the city, making known his purposes to nobody, Nehemiah himself went out in the midnight darkness to traverse the heaps of rubbish which had once THURSDAY, NOVEM a -------------- BER 29, 1917 |sAFEBLOWERS: HAUL; | SUBDUING WATCHMEN Cleveland Store Robbed of Be- tween $15,000 and 20,000 in Goods and Money Cleveland, O, Nov. 28. --Three night watchmen were found bound and gagged in the vault at the Higbee company store, where thev had been locked by four safe blowers, who had broken into the strong box and es- caped with a rich haul. Officials of 'the company said the safe blowers got between $5,000 and $10,000 in cash and stole $10,000 worth of merchandize, including jew- elry and furs, The watchmen, when released, were almost suffocated, but were re- vived. They said the cracksmen gained entrance to the building by posing as United States secret ser- vice men looking for German spies who were reported to have plotted to set fire to the building. ---------- A CARDINAL'S WARNING. Ireland's Hopes Being Blasted When Brightening. *° Dublin,. Nov. 28. --Cardinal Logue ordered prayers for peace in the Ar. magh Church, and' said: "Whether due to the demoralization of the world by war or to a fate h ing over unhappy Ireland, the hopes when they seen en, an agitation which is ill-considered and and fail to entail suffering bla to bright 1s spreading here cannot been the walls of Jerusalem. He was a commander-in-chief who first in- spected the battlefield in person. What thoughts must have thrilled him as he rode about that city now in ruins, so eloquent with the deeds | of his fathers! | Man Who Can Work With Men. The psychological explanation of quccessful achievement in a common cause is what is known on the ath- letic field as "team work." To solid- ify the sentiment of many until it be- comes the sentiment. of one is to in- sure success. Nehemiah said, "Come, let us build." He identified himself with the least of the returned exiles. The plenipotentiary from Persia's court made common cause with the poorest and humblest carrier of stone. He heartened the people with a vision of what might be, and fired their hearts with a resolution to do a common work in unison. It has been proved many times that the first step in a successful building enterprise is not a raising of money, but the welding into unity of the purposes of all who dre interested, A common mind in the people is the first , requisite. Nehemiah did this. He interested all the people, and even made use of, the railings and taumit- ings of enemies' to solidify the city's sentiment. Good work angers bad men. That is why the enemies of Nehemiah, about whom we shall hear more la- ter. did their utmost to destroy the project of Nehemiah. Yet despite discouragement and fear and - real hardships, the people stood together with their great leader. Happy is the man who can inspire with a vision Mis fellow-workers that they may stand fast to their original pur- pose. Harry Koopman has said: "When I am dead May this with truth be said, On the rude stone that marks lowly head That spite of doubt and indecision, In spite of weakness, lameness, blind- ness, Heart's treachery and fate's unkind- ness, « Neglect of friends and score of foes Stark poverty and all its woes, The body's ills that cloud the mind, Still through my earthly .course I went, Not disobediept . Unto the heayenly vision." my Warring and Working. Every real man must work, every real man must fight. The danger is that he will let the fighting inter- fere with the work. - Nehemiah was too canny for this. He prepared his people for fighting. He divided the labor among the watchers and the workers. Eves man who bore a trowgl bore also a sword. The fear of a foe was not permitted to drive the workers from the wall. While they watched, they worked. © The work's the thing. No war is good war, no fighting 1s good fighting, that deters a man from carrying out his first life purposes. i Like a good general, with such a battle-cry as the Texans have in "Re- member the Alamo," Nehemiah fired his followers with the war cry, "Re- member the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses." He made men of them by rallying them to the great allegiances. fight over against their own e steads. He grouped them by fami- lies, so that anxiety would not distract them from their work. All the strofig human considerations were brought to bear in carrying out this great pa- triotic and rel enterprise. Al ways the leader set an example of fidelity, toiling through long weeks without once removing his clothes. Thus it came to pass that as the wall was layer by layer there 2 Tae s , who were being stout- ed Lr an and re sity aren The souls of He let the men was the great wall disorganization and danger to the end of disaster, defeat, and collapse all in pursuit dream man can hope tv see realized, namely, the establishment of an Irish repub- lic either by an appeal to the poten- tates of Europe at the Peace Confer- ence or by hurling an unarmed peo- and of a sober ple against an empire of five millions under arms, a thing which would be ridiculous if it were not so mischie- vous and fraught with such danger to an ardent ,generous and patriotic peo- ple." 'Phe body of Sir Leander Starr Jameson, associate of Cecil Rhodes, will be cent to Buluwayo, British South Africa, for interment beside the body of Mr. Rhodes, The C.P.R. is to rename certain stations in commemoration of fam- ous battles where Canadian troops have won renown. 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