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"She brought forth her first-born son; . . . and laid Him in a manger, be- cause there was no room for them in

the inn."

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which is thought to stand on the spot where the inn once stood.

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ii_r -- 1 HERE is a beautiful little story in the Gospel by Matthew that has always stood out very vividly in

my memory as one of the most appeal-ing of my mother's bedtime stories in those happy childhood days, so long gone by.

It is an old, very old story. It has to do with that little hotel in

Bethlehem—the inn—and an ancient Old Home Week.

Cesar Augustus, who then was em-peror of Rome, had issued an order for a census of all the world, and every one had to return to his old home town to register.

What a home-coming week it was ! For the little town of Bethlehem it was a week which far exceeded the wildest anticipations of its most optimistic citizens.

Every family found its house full of returned loved ones and friends. Those who had been away so long that they had lost trace of their friends or relatives who had remained behind, had to put up at the little hotel.

So when Joseph, the young carpen-ter from Nazareth, arrived with his weary little bride, everything, in mod-ern hotel terms, was "full up."

In his book, "The Man Nobody Knows," a most unusual portrait of the Man Jesus, Bruce Barton, the writer, says : "The mother of Jesus of Nazareth knocked at its doors and could not come in. It might have shel-tered the greatest event in human his-tory, and it lost its chance.

"Why? Why was Jesus born in a stable? Because the people in the inn were vicious or hostile?. Not at all. The inn was full, that was all; every

room was taken by folks who had af-fairs to attend to and money to spend. It was busy."

The Bible merely says,_"There was no room in the inn."

"Men's lives are sometimes like that inn," Mr. Barton goes on to say. "You know men whose health is gone ; men whose taste for reading and music and art is gone ; men who have literally no interest in life beyond the office, which has become a mere treadmill whereon their days are ground away.

"In the process of being successful they have sacrificed success. Never once forgetting themselves, they have forgotten everything else. This is not Jesus' idea of what a life should be. He who refused to turn aside from His business to become a king, was never too busy to turn aside for a sick man, a friend, a little child.

"He never forgot that one night His mother stood on a threshold where there was no welcome,—the threshold of the little inn in Bethlehem.

"It was so busy that the greatest event in history knocked at its doors—and could not come in."

There is another story that Jesus tells which has an applica-tion in this connection. It . is about a man whose only thought was of amassing great wealth: Because he controlled so much goods, he finally de-cided to tear down his treasury, his ware-house, his barns, and build larger ones.

And God said to that man, "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re-quired of thee."

"What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?"

There this man was, with all of his wealth and ability. He might have ac-complished great good for God. But there was "no room in the inn." What an opportunity he missed !

You know young people to-day who are like that inn. They are so busy with life. They have so many important en-gagements. There are so many parties coming off soon. There is "no room in the inn," ever, for the Master. So they rush madly on through life until it is too late. (Continued on page 15)

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Europe Arms for PEACE W. K ISING

Bern, Switzerland

International Photo

A STRONG current of optimism ap-pears to be running through the nations of Europe following

the last session of the League of Na-tions, when Germany was received into the brotherhood under rather hopeful auspices. The "old country," still bleeding from a thousand wounds as a result of the World War and its after-math, yearns for a time of peace to help her on her feet again.

A process of relearning is setting in, born from the recognition of the fact that the world, after all, is a real unit, especially so in Europe; that continents and states are only larger or smaller and important or less important mem-bers of the large world body, which is bound to suffer when one of its indi-vidual members is in serious trouble. In this age of communications and unparalleled technical achievements, space shrinks together, and the world seems much smaller than it used to be, and hence makes all nations mutually dependent upon one another.

BRIDGING THE GULF

Mr. Stresemann, German Foreign Minister, very impressively emphasized this thought in his maiden speech be-fore the League. The troubles of the world, he said, could be overcome only by bridging the gulfs which had hith-

• erto separated national interests. The Divine Architect had given to each na-tion its own characteristics and lan-guage, but it can not have been His purpose that they should direct their energies and best national achieve-ments against one another. Far more important than all material accom-plishments was the spiritual life of the nations, which were now stirred as never before to their very depths by the germination of new ideas.

Appeasement and reconciliation seem to be the watchword of the hour—how long? No one can tell. However, Mr. Briand, in his reply, voiced the peace-ful sentiment of the great French nation he represented when he said that the long series of war between the two countries that had stained the pages of history had now at last ended, and that there were to be no more brutal

The "big four" at the recent League of Nations session at 'Geneva: Left to right, Stresemann of Germany, Cham-berlain of England, Briand of France, and Von Schubert

of Germany.

trials of strength. Then, crying out into the illustrious assembly, "Cannon and machine guns must now disappear and make place for peace, reconcilia-tion, and justice." It sounded like a confession, as he went on to say: "If the Creator's plan-has really been that nations should not fight one another, nobody has taken much notice of it so far."

It has been computed that some two-score or even more conventions, con-ferences, leagues, and commissions have been meeting simultaneously with the League of Nations at Geneva, all of which were dealing with some little part of the kaleidoscopic political mo-saic, which, it is hoped, will ultimately • usher in a new era of peace.

Prominent among these commissions is that nominated to give study to some preliminary questions for the Interna-tional Conference on Disarmaments that is likely to meet some time next year, if nothing interferes. But from what becomes known to the public, there is no doubt of its being an ex-tremely delicate subject, and one on which the nations are very sensitive.

PLENTY OF PEACE TALK

Thus we are again witnessing, as in bygone years, a peace-and-safety move-ment, and we are reminded of the words of the prophet of old, who, looking down through the vistas of time, speaks of it to us in these terms : "Many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths. . . . And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Isaiah 2: 3, 4.

Disarmament as the only' hope of peace, however, is a' medicine that each nation is very ready to prescribe for its neighbor and is reluctant to apply to itself, and it is of interest to note that "limitation and reduction of arma-ments" is the discussion rather than outright disarmament. It is being strongly argued that every nation will have to decide for itself just how far it is safe to disarm.

Hence, with all the good omens in favor of general appeasement, one can not fail to be impressed with the fact, as he travels through the different countries and converses with the people on these subjects, that back of apparent optimism there lingers a good deal of doubt and suspicion as to the realiza-tion of these hopes, though naturally, in their distress people are inclined to grasp the straw that promises salvation from their woes. There are too many explosives in the air and too many des-perados on the political stage of the world to inspire real confidence in the sincerity of these good intentions.

Just a few days ago the writer hap-pened to pick up a newspaper in a country of western Europe, and imme-diately his eye caught the picture of a horseman with the caption, "If There Were War." The horse was protected by a large gas mask, and the article dealt with the scientific inventions dis-covered to neutralize the effects of chemicals that would largely be used in the next war. Well may the nations dispense with the more obsolete war weapons, if they replace them by more powerful ones not necessarily depend-ent on the clumsy implements with which modern science can dispense. Even now when we get a glimpse be-hind the scenes, we can discern that

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-Hulda of Korea

A Thrilling Missionary Story

EDWARD URQUHART Seoul, Korea

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T HERE is a certain charm to the "gorgeous East"—it has its quaint architecture, its walled

cites, its age-old temples, and its royal tombs; but it also has its sordid side—the squaldr, the filth, the mud huts, and the awful diseases. And yet, withal, on this darker side of the picture there is nothing perhaps that strikes the West-erner with greater force than the utter hopelessness of the women of the East. Born in slavedom, held as chattels, and worked as dumb brutes, their lot is one of hardship, dejection, and servitude. A few escape this awful lot, the better born through proper marriages, the better looking through concubinage or something worse, and yet the vast ma-jority go on in their grinding toil„ slaves of the master—man.

THE HUSBAND OF 0-HULDA '

While itinerating in northwest Ko-rea some months ago, I stopped for a night or two at the home of a quite wealthy Korean. This man had his many broad acres of rice fields, his tile-roofed house with its women's quarters, surrounded with a high wall, inclosing its flower garden and shrub-bery ; he had his maidservants and his manservants, his dogs, and his guns. He was a representative of that small and better class of Korean gentlemen, the patrician class, who have had passed down to them from generation to gen-eration their rice fields and their prestige.

It was harvest time • when I was there. Some of his men were cutting his rice with little sickles, others were threshing it by taking bundles of it and beating them over logs. They were blowing the chaff out with a fanning mill,—the only machine on the place,—of foreign design, but made in the land. By day the man spent his time seeing that his men put enough Strength into their work to pay for the few coins that he gave them ;.after dark he sat in his living room and entertained his guests—the gentry of the village—as they, dropped in.

Our native evangelist, who was with me, informed me that this man was the husband of O-Hulda, one of our native Bible women. I had known O-Hulda for nine years—knew there had been a

husband, a child, distress, and at last triumph and peace through Christian-ity. And now that I had met the hus-band, knew his circumstances and his position and influence, I was anxious to know the history of that meek little Bible woman whose association with this man had been as the mills of the gods that had produced a beautiful and enviable character. Not that this man was heartless, not that he had so much to do about it, but that—oh, well, 0-Hulda just became entangled in the

meshes of the social laws that govern .the East.

Sixteen years old was 0-Hulda, comely and smart, when her parents began to in-vestigate the marriage market. Parents with a good-looking daughter hold quite a treasure in a way, and marriage is not as simple a matter as it would be with a less-favored child. Bids have to be considered; gold has to be weighed. A girl with the beauty, the wits, and

Korean women at the village well

Buddhist temples outside the city wall at Pyeng-yang, Korea

the vivacity of 0-Hulda should de-mand a good figure if the right man could be found. Finally a man was lo-cated who gave promise of a fitting bid, and negotiations were opened. What mattered it that he had another wife at home of whom he had grown tired? Better to give their daughter to be the concubine of some wealthy man than to become the wife of some poor farmer; and then there was the pur-chase price to be considered. So finally the money was paid over, the wedding feast was given, and 0-Hulda—O-Hulda the obedient girl, the unso-phisticated woman—left her parents' roof to be the second wife, the play-thing, of this man of the world.

For two years 0-Hulda knew the protection of this man, accepted his caresses, shared his bed, and was happy in a way. Why should she not be happy ? There was no drudgery as there had been at home, there were fine clothes and cleanliness, and no one frowned upon her, for concubines are an honorable class in Korea. It was during this time that the baby came and was welcomed, and petted, and loved. With the exception of the

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Korean women of- . fering sacrifices at

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mother-in-law, who in this case was rather a good one, 0-Hulda was the mistress of her house and almost a queen in the neighborhood.

Then our mission people held a tent meeting in 0-Hulda's village, and our Bible woman visited the home of 0-Hulda and her mother-in-law. This woman and 0-Hulda were persuaded to attend the gospel meetings, and both were converted to Christianity—con-verted to turn their backs upon heath-enism with its idols and all else that it stands for.

HER SACRIFICE

Then came into the life of this young woman a test such as but few of my readers have had or shall be called upon to pass through. First came the test of giving up wealth and position for the Master. That is a test in itself that many have been unable to meet, and, like the rich young ruler of old, they turn their backs upon Jesus and go away sorrowful. Then came the sacrifice of husband, one who was faithful according to standards ac-cepted here, one who was kind and loving. Not many are called upon to make so large a sacrifice as this for the Master. But this was not the end. 0-Hulda could have borne all this with scarce a tear,' so 'strong was her faith in God, and so true her love for her Saviour.

When 0-Hulda accepted Christian-ity and it took hold of her heart and life, stirring her• to the very depths, she began to count the cost, gladly giving up in her mind and heart husband and wealth, thinking that, she might become somebody's servant to earn the money that would be needed to clothe herself and child. Thus she set her plans before her husband and his family. The mother-in-law, being a Christian now herself, realized that a separa-tion was necessary. No second wife is accepted into the church as long as the first wife is living without such a separation.

EVEN HER CHILD

The husband would hear nothing of the separation business. He was sat-isfied with things as they were. At last, however, he did reluctantly give his consent for the young wife to leave his house and home, but he absolutely refused to part with his child. It need hardly be said that the heart of this young woman yearned for her child; it was as life to her. Wealth, home, and husband might go, but oh, what mother, what true mother, can leave her child to other hands and turn to the cold, heartless world without a deep heart pang and burning, blinding tears ? It was useless to plead ; the husband was obstinate, and there was nothing to do but to go away alone without even the comfort of her babe.

I wonder how she could do it. Whence came the strength, the forti-tude, the courage, that upheld her in that awful hour of trial? "I trusted in God," she' said ; "I cried unto Him in

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prayer, saying, '0 God, I know that 'Thou art ever with me, and that Thou knowest all my troubles—troubles and sorrows that are too great for me to bear. So aid me, Lord, with Thy mighty hand. Give me victory and give me peace.' Night and day I cried unto Him for deliverance. My tears were never dried."

Out of this great trial came the noble, though heart-rending choice of the sacrifice of everything for the Mas-ter ; came also glorious victory, deeper trust, an eased conscience, and peace—deep, trustful, healing peace. 0 sis-ters of more favored lands, you who complain at common trials and petty annoyances, pause once in a while to think of 0-Hulda, 0-Hulda the con-queror. Think of this woman walking away from wealth, from home, from husband, and from her darling child—all sacrificed for the Master.

O-Hulda was nineteen when she en-tered our training school at Soonan. After three years of study, she was placed as a Bible worker, and she has continued in that capacity most of the time from that day. Many and varied have been her experiences since that day thirteen years ago when she walked away from home in sorrow yet in triumph. The child has since passed away ; several times her husband has implored her to return to him ; still,

with all its trials and discouragements, of which she has had her portion, she has preferred the path of Christianity to the path of ease she left behind. It was said of the worthies of old that they plainly. declared that they sought "a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had op-portunity to have returned."

0-Hulda, too, might have returned. Open arms were waiting, ease and luxury were waiting, a little child called to her for several years; and yet, "choosing rather to suffer afflic-tion with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a sea-son," she went on, happy to be of some benefit in the cause of Him who died for her—died that they "who some-times were far off" might find recon-ciliation, peace, happiness.

DOES CHRISTIANITY TRANSFORM?

It is often asked, "Does Christianity transform the heathen ?" I would re-fer such questioners to 0-Hulda and her sisters in the Eastlands, who for the privilege of Christianity have made supreme sacrifices, and hatre carried on in spite of great difficulties, refusing to return to the old life and its ways even though it waited with open arms and all that'life holds dear, if we consider not the hope of the future.

It was Miss Mimi Scharffenberg who called 0-Hulda to Soonan and who tirelessly taught her for those three years,—Miss Scharffenberg who laid down her life for the women of Korea. She sleeps now, resting from her labors, but her work still goes on —goes on in 0-Hulda and in other liv-ing memorials that survive her and are giving their lives f6r the women of Korea. I know something of Miss Scharffenberg, of her tireless activity, her devotion to the task; and her love for the people of the land; and I am confident that were she alive and young and again had the choice of a career before her, she would choose Korea with twelve years of service and death in preference to life in America and ripe old age.

Some people seem to have gained the idea that missionaries are a class of people who draw good 'salaries, have plenty of servants, and give nothing in return, and that those few of the na-tives that they gather around them are as hard a set as they. The lives of these two women, the missionary and the convert, disprove both these theories, and both are but a counterpart of other hundreds in the Eastlands. I • do not say this because I share the lot of a missionary, but because my intimate association with missionaries and with their converts makes it all too evident.

Our work is small in Korea, we have seldom maintained over ten families,

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AMERICA'S PROP ETIC WEEKLY

Edited by Asa Oscar Tait, Alonzo L. Baker, Francis D. Nichol

SOME NEW THING FOR US

THE World's Evangelical Alliance of London has recently issued its annual invitation to the "Universal Week of Prayer." In that invitation is the statement : "Evidences

that our divine Lord is preparing some new thing for us, and that He is about to display His power and to manifest Him-self to the church, it may be in person, encourage us to unite in prayer."

This invitation was signed by archbishops, bishops, presi-dents of church councils, and moderators of church assem-blies. Men engaged in such lines of work should know their Bibles, and, knowing their Bibles, why should they be in doubt in regard to what "our divine•Lord is preparing"? And why should there be any uncertainty in regard to just what is coming to produce this great "display of 'His power"? And why should men who know their Bibles express uncertainty in regard to the question that the Christ is soon to manifest Himself "in person"?

There was no uncertainty concerning those who under-stood the prophecies in regard to the manifestation of Christ at His first advent. The wise men of the East knew when to come to Jerusalem to look for the great Deliverer. The aged prophet Simeon and the prophetess Anna knew that the time had arrived for the Messiah to appear. Christ gathered to Himself the apostles and other great men in that time, such as Nicodemus, Joseph, and Gamaliel, who saw the clear light of prophecy.

At every step along His way it was continually announced that this and that event in the life of Christ was accomplished "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet." Note how strikingly this is shown in the first and second chapters of Matthew. The virgin birth of Christ was an-nounced "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet." Matthew I : 22. And then the place of His birth was given as Bethlehem, because "thus it is written through the prophet." Matthew 2: 5. And again, Hosea II: I is quoted to show that it was being "fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet," Mat-thew 2 : 15.

Prophecies concerning Christ's first advent were meager as compared with the great array of prophecy that centers in His second advent. The greater part of the book of Daniel is devoted to presenting evidence upon evidence that the world may know not only of the first advent of Christ, but of His second advent, and of the judgment hour. The nations that would arise are foretold. The judgment hour is graphi-cally depicted.

Then the book of Revelation also tells the wonderful story of the things that would occur leading up to the second com-ing of Christ.

In addition to these great lines of prophecy that are pre-sented in the books of Daniel and Revelation, we have the many allusions all through the prophets of the Old Testa-ment, as well as in the writings of the New, giving evidence by which we may know of a certainty when the coming of Christ is near. And His coming is indeed, without any

equivocation, ambiguity, or uncertainty whatever, the su-preme event that lies just before us.

When the Master was here in person, He sought to impart a knowledge of prophecy to His hearers, and after •His crucifixion, when privately with His disciples, He "said unto them, These are My words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning Me. Then opened He their mind, that they might understand the Scriptures." Luke 24: 44, 45.

The great need of the world to-day, for religious leaders and all, is that our minds shall be opened so that we may understand the Scripture prophecies that pertain to this hour. For this very uncertainty on the part of religious leaders opens the way for the big deceptions that the Master Himself has foretold will come just preceding His second advent.

Note specifically His warning as given in the thirteenth chapter of Revelation. Speaking of a power that shall arise right at the time of the end, He says, "He doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men. And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and lived." Revela-tion 13 : 13, 14.

How clearly and forcefully does the prophet here reveal that "great signs," even to the bringing of "fire" down "from heaven," will be worked for the deception of men. Now we need to know the prophecies so that these deceptions shall not reach us.

Another one of the Master's warnings through the apostle Paul reads:

"And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord •Jesus shall slay with the breath of His mouth, and bring to naught by the manifestation of His coming; even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie : that they all might be judged who be-lieved not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thessalonians 2: 8-12.

These warnings are a part of the inspired Book. We should seek God that our minds may be opened to understand these wonderful scriptures, because there is to be a manifestation of Satan in which he will seek to deceive the very elect "with all power and signs and lying wonders." These scriptures most forcefully indicate that Satan will undertake to counter-feit the second coming of Christ itself. We should set our-selves free from any uncertainty. We should know what is coming. God's word makes it clear, and it is our privilege to understand it. T.

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Did you know that---

Eighty-one out of every 100,000 of our popu-lation was in an insane asylum in 1880? By 1910 this number had \ increased to 204 out of every 100,000? And now it stands at the ghastly figure of 241 to every 100,000? Every ten productive workers in the United States are supporting one person wholly de-pendent upon public funds? Seventy-five thousand persons each year are admitted for the first time to hospitals for the insane? We now have 1,000,000 persons in institu-tions for defectives, insane, feeble-minded, epileptics, delinquents, and criminals?

Is Civilization Going Crazy? r `I HE Bureau of the Census has at 1..

last completed its investigation of the mental health of the

United States. It prefaces its remarks • with a reference to the fact that be-

tween the years 1910 and 1920 the city population of the United States in-creased at a percentage five times as great as that which marked the growth of the rural population, and concluded : "This marked change in the environ-ment of a large part of the citizenry

' has been a significant factor in the in-crease of mental diseases shown by the reports gathered."

Thus a consideration of this report must be a consideration of the popula-tion, with special emphasis on those found in the cities. It is also a con-demnation of the life of the city; and it may well follow that since the city is the product of the present civilization, this report on the mental state of well-being is in fact a judgment of the life as we know it to-day.

This is the first time that a compre-hensive investigation has been made along these lines. Exact data was gath-.ered from hospitals for the insane, both public and private; from prisons, jails, and other institutions where insane are to be found. Additional detailed infor-mation was obtained regarding the feeble-minded and the epileptic, and this has been analyzed.

AN UNSUSPECTED SITUATION

The Census Bureau admits that this special inquiry reveals a situation un-suspected by the layman. Officials say thaf the conditions portrayed hold grave possibilities for the country.

It has been found that 290,456 pa-tients were on the books of institutions for the care of those suffering from mental disease. In 188o patients in the hospitals for the insane were 81.6 per ioo,000 of the general population. By 1910 the number had increased to 0 204.2, and by 1923 the figure had reached the height of 241.8 insane to the one hundred thousand of popula-tion.

As the noted authority on neuropa-thology, Dr. Max G. Schlapp of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School says, "Every ten productive workers in the United States are sup-porting one person wholly dependent upon public funds." In the public fund class are listed all public employees and officials, all pensioners and other recipi-ents of governmental, state, or munici-pal allowances, and all other persons whose livelihood is paid out of taxes upon the people. "But there must also be included," he emphasized, "the mil-lion or more men, women, and children in this nation who are public charges—the wrecks and strays of our civiliza-tion."

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The result of a number of special interviews with the nation's mental experts, by

UTHAI VINCENT WILCOX Our Washington Correspondent

Commenting upon this assertion, Dr. Schlapp said that while this figure fluc-tuates with good times and bad, there is a constant increase. "In other words," he explained, "we have more dependents per thousand of the popu-lation than ever before. The report of January I, 1923, showed about 894,00o persons in institutions for defectives, dependents, criminals, juvenile delin-quents, insane persons, epileptics, or-phans, feeble-minded children, and the like. The figure for one year later shows an increase. And since not all the institutions reported, the round figure of i,odo,000 may be accepted.

"In other words, close to one per cent of the population is at all times

supported, fed, clothed, medicated, guarded, and otherwise taken care of at public expense. This does not include the vast number of persons treated at public expense in clinics, free dispensaries, and the like."

In considering this report, Dr. Hora-tio M. Pollock, statistician of the New York Hospital Commission, com-mented upon the difference between the figures concerning the foreign-born population and the native white. The report shows that the rate of in-sane patients admitted to hospitals in the United States is found to be 56.8

per ioo,000 population for native-born whites, and 103.2 per 100,000 popu-lation for foreign-born whites—nearly double the rate of the native born.

"Ratios for the foreign born," com-mented Dr. Pollock, "are higher than those for the native born in every state in the Union. The highest ratio for foreign-born insane is shown by Ore-gon, with 849.7 per ioo,000 popula-tion ; and the next highest is Wisconsin, with 714.6 per ioo,000. New Mexico has the lowest foreign-born insane ratio, with 147.9 per 100,000, while Texas reports but 187."

There is New England, which has the highest rate of insane among the whole population. This is largely ac-counted for, according to Dr. Pollock and others, because of the large manu-facturing centers in the New England States. Next to New England, the states showing the highest ratio of in-sane to the general population are those of the Pacific division ; and a close third are those of the Middle Atlantic States, also having large industrial classes.

The Census Bureau also indicates that mental disease occurs principally in adult life, "the median age of all pa-tients being 44 years." Only 0.2 per cent of the insane are under fifteen, while only 1.5 per cent are younger than twenty.

Regarding other essential facts, the reports show that 51.4 per cent of the insane patients were found to be single and 34.4 married, 9.o per cent wid-owed, 2.1 per cent were divorced, and 3.1 per cent were unascertained as to their marital condition. Of the total number of insane reported upon for the whole United States, 34.2 per cent had been resident patients in hospitals for ten years or more.

Dr. Pollock gave as his opinion "that what we are confronted with in this country is the fact that each year 75,00o persons are admitted for the first time to hospitals for the insane. This means that ten years from to-day an army of 750,000 insane persons will have been added to the institutions for those suffering mental disease, unless systematic and intelligent effort is made throughout the country to halt the flood."

The figure that Dr. Pollock gives of 75,000 new insane patients each year does not include the feeble-minded or those having nervous ailments. "These," he adds, "very considerably outnumber the insane."

WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

Thus, there has been briefly sketched the picture, as far as the chief statistics go,,as to the mental state of health of this, the fordnost exponent of the ma-

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Liquor CONTROL in

SomE one suggested to me the other day that the best way to solve the liquor problem would be to put a

barrel of booze on every street corner, fasten several dippers to each barrel, and put up a sign, written in large let-ters, "Booze free. Help yourself." A good many remedies have been sug-gested, and several different ways have • been tried. Which of our experiments has proved the most successful?

Having lived in the United States during the days of the open saloon and also under Prohibition, and then mov-ing across into Canada to live under Prohibition and then under govern-ment liquor control, I believe I have had a fair chance to gather evidence and to form conclusions from facts gathered at first-hand regarding the liquor business.

WHEN SALOONS WERE PLENTIFUL

I remember well the old days when there was a saloon on almost every prominent corner in the towns and cities of the United States. As a boy I played near them, and often had to pass them; so I saw much of their products. A drunken man was a common sight in the old home town in Illinois. I often went to the saloon with other boys when they went to buy beer by the pail for their. fathers. I remember, too, that some of these little-fellows did not have stockings to wear, and their clothes were often ragged. A man's money was often left in the saloon on his way home on pay day. But you have seen these things yourself, and I need not describe them.

Then came Prohibition. I remem-ber well the prophecies of the "wets," and the hopes of the "drys." The

"wets" felt sure the government could never be run without the income from the liquor traffic. "The country will go to the dogs. It will never work." And they did not forget to prophesy that the law could never be enforced.

When the law went into effect, the breweries shut down and the saloons closed their doors or started a soft-drink business. Mothers rejoiced to think that their boys and their hus-. bands would no longer be tempted by the open saloon.

THE OLD APPETITES REMAINED

But the demand did not stop sud-denly. The old appetites remained, and many who had been in the business legally began to manufacture and sell drink illegally. The "blind pig" came into existence, and we began to hear of "home brew," "moonshine," "white mule," etc. Much of this drink, made and sold contrary to law, was more poisonous than that which was sold over the bars in the days of the open saloon.

Some of the officers of the law seemed to be in the liquor ring, and

those who were doing their duty could not stop entirely the unlawful trafik in booze. So, although the saloon d was gone, some results of drink were still apparent. , .

The "wets" then sent through the land the cry, "We told you so ! Prohi-bition does not prohibit. It only causes bootlegging and open violation of law. Give us back the open saloon."

A constant stream of propaganda has been kept before us by the liquor interests. They tell us the bootleggers are getting the money which should go to the government and which would lower our taxes. And since Prohibi-tion causes this violation of law, .we should go back to the old days.

We must all admit that there has been violation of the Volstead Act and of every other law that has ever been passed. And as long as men's hearts remain as they are, men will continue to be lawbreakers.

As I witnessed this violation of law in the different states in which I trav-eled, I almost wondered sometimes if bootlegging would cease if drink came back.

CANADA REPEALED PROHIBITION

Then I moved across the line into Canada. For three years I lived in Western Canada, and traveled in the four prairie provinces under Prohibi-tion. In spite of Canada's reputation for enforcement of law, the same cry was heard here as in the States, that the laws were not being enforced, and that it would be better to let the gov-ernment sell liquor, and stop the boot-leg business. '

The question was presented to the people of the West, and all four prov-inces voted "wet." They compromised a little in agreeing that the govern-ment should sell the liquor to the people. This, they argue, will give men

SIGNS of the TIMES

For several years Canada had a Prohibition law similar to ours. Then the " w e t s" forced a modification of Prohibition by in-stituting government control. The "wets" here in the States are urging us to try the same thing. But before we do it, let us learn from a Canadian how it works there.

CHARLES L PADDOCK Winnipeg, Canada

Canada

dIJGE STILL DISCOVERED IN LIPTON STREET NO legally the drink they seem determined to have, secure for the government millions of dollars in revenue, and stop the illegal traffic. Wonderful promises were made as to how the liquor busi-ness would be controlled by the gov-ernment under this new plan.

In the province in which I now live, an individual can purchase a permit from the government for $1.00, which permit is good for one year, and will allow him to have sent to his home his favorite drink. The law says that liquor is not to be sold by persons or firms other than government, and that it is not to be served in public places. In the other provinces the regulations vary slightly; but in any of the West-ern provinces one can get all the drink he wants, and get it legally, if he wants to pay the price.

BOOTLEGGERS FLOURISH

You would think this would be a poor locality for a bootlegger, and that his business would gradually die out. But now for a few facts:

You are told in the United . States that there are many men each year who die as the result of drinking poison booze, made and sold by the bootleg-ger. Yes, that is true. And the "wet" interests tell you it would be much bet-ter to have what they call pure liquor

0 made and sold legally, and thus stop this loss of life. But I find that men drink poison booze here in a "wet" country, and die as a result of their debauchery. Read this clipping from a Canadian daily paper of late date: "Ontario Government Probes Poison Liquor Deaths. 13 Dead in East Canada.

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"The Ontario attorney-general's de- partment, in collaboration with the On-tario Provincial police and the Ontario License Board, to-day commenced a thorough investigation into the circum-stances surrounding the deaths of 13 Ontario people in the last three days, and the serious illness of several others from-what is believed to be alcoholic poisoning."

In this province of only a half mil-lion people, twenty-one known deaths from this source are recorded in a little more than two years,—in this province, with its government liquor stores of easy access, and with a num-ber of breweries working six days in a week !

Read this clipping, which refers to the city in which I live: "Third Victim of Alcoholism in Two Days.

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"William Flynn died last night shortly after admittance to hospital."

Another argument the "wets" spread everywhere is that Prohibition causes bootlegging, and that the bootlegger is getting rich and the government is be-ing robbed of the revenue which should come to it. They say it is better to sell drink legally, thus stopping bootleg-ging, giving the government the reve-.nue, and reducing our taxes.

But does this actually work out that way in "wet" territory? One would naturally think a bootlegger would have little business in a "wet" country, that it would be unprofitable for him. But now for the facts

This summer, within a period of a week, four large, fully-equipped stills were found in this city or very close by. Read the headlines for yourself as they appeared in red under date of July 28, in our daily paper : "Huge Still Discovered in Lipton Street House.

"Police capture fourth whisky plant in week. Find 160-gallon still built into basement in early morning raid."

Men who have gathered statistics claim that 61.59 per cent of the beer manufactured by the breweries in this province during 1925 was sold ille-gally. Every brewery in this territory was convicted in 1925 for a violation of the provincial liquor law ; and all but one of them violated the same law during the month of January of -1926.

Hotels violate the law time after time by selling liquor over their bars. They pay a fine in court, and are glad to pay it, it seems, for they continue doing business, even in a "wet" territory.

WORSE THAN BEFORE

And speaking of hotels, I have trav-eled all over the West from Toronto to the Pacific, and it is not at all unusual to be kept awake at night by a drunken orgy in the next room. This is espe-cially true in the provinces where beer is sold legally in the hotels. I have changed my room three or four times in one week in the same hotel, trying to find a room where I could sleep. This did not exist under Prohibition in Canada.

Here are the head-ings from a Winni-peg paper on three days, all within one week. Does it look as if the people of the Dominion are better off now that they have put liquor under gov-ernment control?

In some of the smaller towns we find combined barber shop, pool room, and confectionery businesses- selling liquor openly. And so I might go on, but this is evidence enough.

Seventy cases were recorded on the police court docket for one day, just recently, in this city of less than three hundred' thousand population, for vio-lation of the liquor law. Why- should any wish to violate the law when he can buy all the drink he wants legally ? That question is hard to answer.

A member of one of the War Vet-eran's organizations was in my office just last week, and he boasted of the fact that they sold beer every day of the year in their club rooms. "And what's more," he said, "the police and every one else knows we sell it. They make a raid on us just once a month, and we pay our fine, and go on selling the booze." Hotels and breweries do the same thing. They are caught time after time, pay their fine, and go on with their illegal traffic.

My observations have led me to be-lieve that there is more illegal sale of drink in Canada to-day than there was in the days of Prohibition. And the good Canadian people, or at least the majority of them, are thoroughly dis-gusted with conditions as they exist, for Canadian people do believe in the enforcement of their laws.

' Don't throw away your confidence in Prohibition !

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,POLICE CAPTII !FOURTH NUE

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The TREND o f the TIMES

HARRY HOUDINI, the magician, is dead. He it was who had the reputation of being able to escape from any kind of

shackles. And truly his feats were astound-ing. But Houdini is dead; and from the grave no man, of himself, has ever obtained release. The grave is the enemy and the suc-cessful master of us all. We all ultimately become prisoners of the grim reaper. The grave is no respecter of persons ;.3 all are alike helpless in its embrace; all alike are unable to take any step toward release. The prisoners can not even lay plans for escape, for "the dead know not anything." (Eccles-iastes 9: 5.) The only One who can restore life is He who gave it at the first,—God, who created man. Said Christ : "Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth." John 5: 28, 29. At that day, which is the time of Christ's second coming, an end will be made of death. Those who have lived righteously will be resurrected to life everlasting, and those who have refused the way of right-eousness will be forever blotted out of the universe.

AFEW days ago one of the leading cities in the United States was startled by the cold-blooded killing of a half-

dozen men by armed bandits, who drove through the streets. When captured, the bandits confessed their crimes, and told of how, just previous to their death ride, they had been drinking until they almost lost sense of what they were doing. Of course, their particular cases are not really distinc-tive, unless it be that they were a little more spectacular. Thousands of similar affairs are recorded in our newspapers each year. Yet all this gory evidence seems not to hush the wail of that militant minority in our country who declare that Prohibition in-fringes on their personal liberty.

Now personal liberty does not mean that a man has a right to take a drug that will rob him of his senses and distort his moral

faculties, nor does personal liberty allow a man to carry on his person a concealed weapon. Then why should it allow a man to conceal in his body a weapon—liquor—that will destroy his self-control and his sense of right and wrong? The fallacy in the fervid appeal for personal liberty is that only one half of the question is considered. Personal liberty can really exist in a coun-try only when the other man's person is also free. But, to be specific, in the case before us, the other man, or men, were most liter-ally robbed of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, because some one exercised what he termed "personal liberty" and filled his body with a poison that caused him to kill all whom he met. "0 liberty! liberty ! how many crimes are committed in thy name!"

APPARENTLY the predominant type of ar-ticle in the various journals- to-day is the one ,setting forth the findings of

some individual or committee on crime con-ditions. Most thinking people have suffi-ciently repudiated the idea that the world is steadily getting better, and it now seems rather superfluous to present labored proof that criminal conditions are growing at an alarming pace. That fact is assumed by the investigators, who now go forth to discover, if possible, the cause and the remedy. The Bible has something to say about such con-ditions. The picture is drawn most vividly in 2 Timothy 3 : 1-5.

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THIS passage from Timothy cites among other evils of the last days that men would be "without natural affection."

Verse 3. It is a very remarkable fact that a recent investigator of crime conditions, es-pecially among the youth, calls attention to the "new type" of criminal to-day, whose distinctive characteristic is his total lack of

any emotion or normal feelings of pity and love. This is the kind that has suddenly arisen in our day to menace the safety of society. After all, it's pretty hard to im-prove on the Bible predictions and descrip-tions. They give evidence of a knowledge of human nature and a foreknowledge of human acts that afford us a strong proof of their supernatural origin.

THERE died last month in England a man who had lived 125 years. Until the time of his death he was declared to be

the oldest human being. His memory took him back to the year 1805, so the account reads. During that century and a quarter what did he see? More than any man who lived during any century before. He saw a marvelous industrial advance,—the world gradually changed from agriculture to man-ufacture. He saw inventions multiply in a bewildering fashion, an increase of knowl-edge that fulfilled in the largest sense the prophecy of Daniel that in "the time of the end : many shall run to and fro, and knowl-edge shall be increased." Daniel 12 : 4. He saw the growth of our modern European states and the devastating wars that cul-minated in the World War. In short, he witnessed a series of events that have un-folded the prophecies of God.

One of the chief reasons most men fail to see that world events are moving in the direction marked in the Book is that their vision extends over too small a portion of time. The insect that lives but for a day might listen incredulously as men talked of world trends. It probably would see little evidence of any decided trend during its brief day. Thus with many men, they are prone to view skeptically the declarations of Scripture as to the inevitable downward direction of the world. Such should add to their own short personal experience and ob-servation the records of history, sacred and profane. They will find there a confirmation of the inspired pronouncement. N.

International Photo The remains of the giant Sikorsky plane, which was to fly across the Atlantic from New York to Paris, but which burst into flames at the take-off, burning

to death two of the aviators. A defective wheel was the cause.

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SIGNS of the TIMES •

We are all busy mak-ing our mud pies.

Mud Pies Is there anything in all the world more imp ort ant?

ARTHUR W. SPALPING

A TINY. girl was making mud pies in the back yard. She was giv-ing 'herself whole-heartedly to

the work, ,pressing and patting the little pies into shape, and laying them out on a board in the sun to bake. She was completely absorbed in her task. It was the most important thing in the world !

Mother came to the door and called : "Betty ! Come here."

The little maiden never paused in her work, nor lifted her eyes, nor turned her head. Calmly she patted on, and simply answered, "Tan't !"

"Oh, yes, you can. Mother wants you."

Still Betty patted pies, and with con-fident finality replied again, "Tan't !"

Mother was not accustomed to per-mitting such independence, but . she knew the springs of action ; so she merely remarked : "Well, mother does not like to eat all the ice cream herself."

A little hand stopped in midair, . a little head was lifted, a pair of big brown eyes gazed startled into mother's, seeking confirmation of im-plied delight. It was there. And then Betty arose, dignity striving against haste, and brushing down her skirts with mud-streaked hands, she de-clared : "I tan't ; but I dess I will !"

WE ARE ALL BUSY AT IT

We older ones are making our mud pies too. We are tremendously busy at building houses, or cooking dinners, or

III/ writing books, or driving automobiles. Perhaps we are president of our club, or secretary of our association, or or-ganizer of a charity drive, or generals adviser to our community. The most important work in the world ! We can't leave it; we can't pause for even a minute to consider anything else. A call comes in the insistent tones of duty : "Come here !" But our hands keep on with their accustomed mo-tions ; our eyes are bent upon the task that absorbs our time and energies, and we only answer impatiently, "Can't !"

Well enough if the work that en-grosses our attention is truly the most important work in the world. But shall we not first make sure of that? Build-ing or farming or keeping house is not the most important work in the world. Achieving success in business, in lit-

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erature, in politics; in society, is not the most important work in the world. Making a living is not all there is to life. Making a mark in transient his-tory is not making a success. We need to lift our eyes at times, to rest our hands from the round of petty duties that confine us, to see beyond, to take in the wider horizon and the duties and joys it compasses. We need a broader vision. And when we get that broader vision and are called to the larger life, then under the compulsion of a greater duty we will abandon our constricted attitude. "We can't ; but we guess we. will !"

THE BULWARK AND CITADEL

The most important work in the world is the work of parents. The home is the foundation of society, the bulwark of the state, the citadel of the church. Let the home crumble, and the church will fail, the nation will per-ish, civilization will disappear. There never has been invented any institu-tion or any organization which can take the place of the home and do its work so effectively. There have been experi-ments. There have been governments which assumed themselves to be more competent to train the child than were parents; they have incorporated their schemes, set up their machinery, turned out their product—and they have per-ished. Ancient Persia declared that the children belonged to the state, and that only the state could make of them the stuff out of which great states are made. Seven years it gave to infancy, with the children under the care of the parents, and then it took and held its boys under state tutelage. .Grim Sparta took the same course. It reduced the home to a mere breeding association, segregated the boys from the girls at the age of seven, and trained them both in hardihood and courage. Persia is a memory, Sparta a name. They had their little triumphs of arms, but they left nothing to the world.

BUILT UPON THE HOME

How vastly different is the history of Israel ! The polity of that people was built upon the home. The parents were made the responsible heads, an-swering to God. Of their great pro-genitor Abraham, God said : "I know him, that he will command his children

and his household after him." The sa-cred records are crowded with mention of "mother," "the fathers," "the chil-dren," "the families." Their priests were patriarchs; their only successful kings were fathers to their people. And imperfect as was Israel's loy-alty to God, yet that nation through all history towered above its contempo-raries in morality and in spiritual con-ceptions. The Jews have lost their statehood, along with all the nations of antiquity ; but, unlike those others, they have preserved their identity and in-creased their power. More than all, they have given to the world, through Christianity, the purest, most profound, most powerful ' ideals and motives. They have influenced the world as no other nation, not even Rome, ever has influenced it. Their power is built upon the home. The command of God to them concernino-

ts His laws was this :

"Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children ;" and upon the following of that command is based what success they have had.

WHAT THE STATE CAN'T DO

It is vital to our civilization that we heed this lesson to-day; for there are influences at work to destroy the home; there are theorists who would go back to the discredited schemes of Persia and Sparta ; there are libertines who would invite the license of later Rome. More dangerous yet, there is a disinte-gration threatened by the impersonal yet most powerful influences of the in-dustrial and economical worlds which the last century has produced. Civili-zation treads a dangerous circle ; it creates its inventions and its luxuries out of the brain and brawn which sim-plicity has bred; and unless the soul of humanity is proof against the tempta-tion to relax and revel, civilization it-self is poisoned to death on the by-products of its creation.

The state can help, but it can not produce, good homes. Society may foster, but it can not create, good homes. Good homes are made by indi-vidual men and women who seek to know and to understand the principles of right living in themselves, and then impart them to their children. Indif-ferent and careless parents are but flot-

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FAITH THAT CAN

Move Mountains

fA REPORT of his recent trip of EXPLORATION and RESEARCH In Switzerland, by the eminent FUNDAMENTALIST GEOLOGIST,

GEORGE .McCREADY PRICE

In the distance are the Great Mythen and the Little Mythen. These two peaks are also a monument to the vagaries of evolutionary geology.

SIGNS of the TIMES

A view of the famous Matterhorn, which, the evolutionists say, has been moved

sixty miles!

DURING the past summer I had an opportunity of visiting Switzerland for the second

time, and I took care to see and ex-amine those localities which are espe-cially interesting from the standpoint of geological theory. Throughout Switzerland it seems that almost all of the mountains have been found more or less to contradict the long-established theories regarding the definite ages of the fossils; but the eastern part of Switzerland, in and around Glarus, is perhaps the most famous in this re-spect. The mountains in the south around the Matterhorn, including that mountain itself, are found to be com-posed of rocks directly contradicting the evolutionary theories. The Dents du Midi, near Lake Geneva, are also of this class, as are the Diablerets to the east of that lake, with several others.

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lake is one of the most beautiful in all Switzerland, and this, of course, means that it is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Lying to the east of the lake, and clearly visible many miles away, -is the picturesque mountain called the Great Mythen, with the Little Mythen alongside of it. This moun-tain is especially interesting because geologists call it the greatest puzzle of the Swiss Alps. At a distance of many miles the stratification in the mountain can be distinctly seen, the yellowish red rocks at the top being marked off very distinctly from those below. The geological profile here given shows that the cap of the mountain is com-posed of Upper Cretaceous, below which is the grayish limestone of the Malm or Upper Jurassic, below which lies a thin band of Triassic, while the base of the mountain is Eocene, the lowest division of the Tertiary. By comparing this order with the standard series it will be seen that this is a direct contradiction of the popular evolution-ary theory. As there are no other

mountains near by corresponding to the rocks at the top of this mountain, one geologist has said that he did not know where the top of this mountain could have come from unless it fell down from the moon. And yet all the physical evidence tends to show that this mountain is simply a gigantic out-lier, left standing alone by the erosion of the rocks all around it; and that these rocks were actually deposited in the order in which we find them. The theory that the mass of this mountain has been pushed over the Eocene strata at its base is incredible, and has been invented merely to save the popular theory.

JUST AS NATURE MADE THEM

Near the southeastern end of Lake Lucerne is the little ancient town of Altdorf, famous as the home of Wil-liam Tell. From here a wonderful auto-car road leads up over the Klausen Pass to the Canton of Glarus, which is reached in about half a day. I am fairly familiar with the Canadian Rockies, and have also crossed the Rocky Moun-

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MAKE EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES INCREDIBLE

My examination of these mountains convinced me that there is nothing in their structure to give the slightest hint that huge masses ,,of mountains have been moved bodily into their present positions. These and the other moun-tains of Switzerland are grand and noble in themselves, but the theories connected with them by the evolution-ary geologists are wholly incredible.

It would be impossible in a short ar-ticle like the present to do more than touch upon the facts in this connection. The views accompanying this descrip-tion, with the geological profiles of some of the mountains, may help to make the matter clear. ,

A good place to begin our study is at the east end of Lake Lucerne. This

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These peaks are the Dents du Midi. The strata here are directly opposite to what the evolutionist teaches as the order of the rocks.

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In the photograph across the page to the left, the right-hand peak is the Great Mythen. This is the greatest puzzle in the world to the evolution-ists. In the diagram of this peak, the Eocene stratum is on the very bot-tom; but, according to the evolution-ary scheme, it is the youngest layer

of rocks, and should be on top.

tains in the United States half a dozen times; I have been on the tops of sev-eral famous peaks, including Pike's Peak, Colorado ; but I have never seen more amazingly beautiful scenery than in this trip over the Klausen Pass. However, we are not especially noting the grandeur of the scenery; we are interested in seeing how the actual condition of the rocks compares with the theories of evolutionary geology. Briefly I may say that the valleys in this district are composed of Lower Tertiary beds, while the tops of the high peaks are Jurassic, Cretaceous, or even Permian. In the earlier days of the science, it was taught by such men as Escher and Hein that the rocks from both sides had been folded in toward the Sernf Valley (Canton Glarus) in a gigantic double fold. Further inves-tigation, however, proved that this was quite impossible; and then the view was adopted that a gigantic "thrust" had pushed one huge layer over on top of the underlying Tertiary rocks, the whole having since been eroded into the valleys as we now find them. The absurdities of this theory can not be entered into here. Suffice it to say that the physical evidence all goes to show that these rocks were actually depos-ited in the order in which we now find them. Some of the accompanying views will help to show the character of the mountains in this region.

MOVING °THE MATTERHORN SIXTY MILES

One of the most famous mountains in the world is the Matterhorn, also known as Mont Cervin, a lone pinnacle in the south of Switzerland near the Italian border, which rises 14,780 feet above the sea level. And yet, because the mass of this mountain is composed of what are called "old" crystalline rocks and are proved to rest upon others classed as much "younger," evolutionary geologists are driven to declare that this mountain and many of the surrounding peaks have been pushed "about sixty miles to the north) ward into the Helvetic region," where they now lie. Erosion has since carved

up this mass into the various peaks as we now have them ; and Charles Schu-chert describes the Matterhorn as "a mighty mountain without roots, a stranger in a foreign geologic environ-ment." The late Professor Bateson used to say that "faith" in the evolution theory still remained, although the biological evidence in favor of it has proved very disappointing. From these theories of the geologists, we can see that this faith is strong enough to imagine great masses of mountains having been moved bodily a distance of sixty miles or more. A faith in a theory which can thus move the very mountains of the globe contrary to all the physical evidence in the case, has surely nothing in common with the cool, sober methods of natural science.

EVIDENCE ALL OVER THE WORLD

In previous articles the present writer has shown how great areas in other parts of the world are also di-rectly contradictory of the evolutionary theory. The district in Montana and Alberta, comprising all the front range of the Rockies for a distance of some five hundred miles, is composetl of Paleozoic rocks resting on Cretaceous. Here also the physical evidence is con-clusive that these rocks were actually deposited in the order in which we now find them.

In almost every quarter of the globe we are finding great areas where the order of succession of the strata di-rectly contradicts the theory of organic evolution. Such areas are found in Scotland, in the Appalachian Moun-tains of eastern Tennessee and north- ern Georgia, in the Scandinavian mountains, and in many other places. The Salt Range, in northwestern India, is now known to be composed of Cam-brian (Paleozoic) rocks resting upon Tertiary.

Thus we have great - numbers of places over the world where we find conclusive geological evidence against the popular theories that only certain

fossils lived in a certain age of the earth's history, while other fossils lived only many millions of years after-wards. A more utterly false scientific theory has never been taught; and while the teaching of this theory has been one of the chief reasons for the widespread popularity of the theory of organic evolution, we are glad now to have such substantial evidence from the rocks that this theory is not true. For the failure of these human theories in opposition to the doctrines of the Bible only goes to confirm in a mar-velous way that record regarding the early days of our world, which has come down to us through the centuries at such a cost of suffering and blood.

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the divinely enlightened seer had the right vision of things when referring to this situation : "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears : let the weik cav, I am strong." Joel 3: n. TO. The very opposite will ultimately take place according to what the na-tions say and profess. •

"Moral disarmament" is what the world needs, according to General Von Deimling, now a prominent pacifist leader, who holds that security will come only as this becomes a fact ; or mutual confidence and "a preparation of the spirit of man," as Professor Einstein recently expressed it in a speech at Paris on intellectual coopera-tion, to make an end of the political rivalry that is threatening civilization with utter destruction. "The world is socially, mentally, and religiously in-curable" are the words of a French writer ; and it is only as we as individ-uals apply the balm of the Great Phy-sician that we shall be saved from the approaching cataclysm.

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SIGNS of the TIMES

0-HULDA OF KOREA (Continued from page 5)

and usually less than that, for a period of some twenty years. Yet three of our mission family have laid down their lives for the field. There are eight little baby graves here on the hillsides of Korea. And some six families, or members thereof, have contracted the awful diseases of the East, that have sent them home permanently, and to early graves. Would people make such sacrifices as these if their hearts were not in the task, or if there was not more to be gained than a native servant or two ?

It is the wretchedness on the one hand, the possibilities on the other, that calls missionaries to the East and holds them to their tasks—the wretchedness of people without hope who plod on in filth, in disease, in superstition, and in spiritual darkness ; and the possi-bilities of many of these cleaning up on the outside and on the in, and be-coming worthy followers of the Prince of Peace. But especially would I make mention of the women of the East. Their lot is worse than that of the men ; they stand in grosser darkness ; they gain less in this world. These call to the Christians of the West as only people in such wretchedness can call.

It is not that they are incapable of better things that keeps them where they are, but rather the bondage of customs unfavorable and degrading. These women possess good minds. If properly trained, they gain clear con-

-ceptions of right and wrong; and once the heart is transformed by the grace of Christ, there are no heights to which they may not attain.

These women of the Eastlands call to-day—they call to their sisters of more favored lands, they call for our aid in missionary service, they call for the gospel and all that it holds. And when their calls are answered, they respond through beautiful lives. Once they see the light, like O-Hulda, they sacrifice all for the Master. The cost of missions may be great, the sacrifices of missionaries may be large, but they do not outweigh the response that is made by the people for whom they are given. Only eternity will reveal how well your missionary endeavors, your, offerings, and your prayers are meet-ing response and yielding rewards in the dark places of the earth. When the pearly gates swing open, you will see the reward of your sacrifices for mis-sions, and will be satisfied.

IS CIVILIZATION GOING CRAZY?

(Continued from page 7)

chine civilization of this period of the world's history. What does this sig-nify? What of the future? With in-sanity increasing so rapidly, what can be hoped for? Will the world soon reach that halcyon period when all will live happily and contentedly together, because all understand one another? The Census figures would indicate that

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the possibility of reaching a period when the sane and the insane would contest the right to live will come first, if events as now portrayed continue to screen themselves before the eyes of the aging world.

There is much of significance in this reading of the mental temperature of the world. Thoughtful men and women are concerned, and alarmed.

And what of science? Science and industry have made the modern world. The world to-day is the result of their efforts as applied to humanity. Science and industry have produced machines and more machines. These machines have built great cities and brought in-tensity. Yet, as lord of the machine, man has had more leisure than at any time in his history.-But with machines to do his bidding and more leisure to do with as he wishes, what has been the outcome? Is he advancing toward the light? Is his evolution a success, if it be granted that he came from lower forms of life, as science asserts?

In plain words, has our modern civi-lization failed? This glittering thing of great power, of swift machines and thunderbolts, and of kaleidoscopic pleasures, not only produces ghoulish wars that slay its hundreds of thou-sands, but it is also stealthily, secretly, and malignantly destroying the minds of those who created it and made it.

The picture may be one of terror for the optimistic social reformer and others who have come to believe that the modern life must be preserved ; but the Christian who is a student of the Word knows that faith must be had in a loving Father, who is awaiting the

time when the weary and tfred may be given a peaceful home above, away from the turmoil and strife of a faith-less, destroying civilization. Such a faith is needed in contemplating this crazy world.

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MUD PIES (Continued from page 11)

sam upon the surging tide of society, more dangerous to the structure of civilization than if they had never be-come parents. But parents who, urged by their sense of responsibility and duty, study to make themselves ap-proved of God in their workmanship upon their homes, are rocks in the breakwater which God would build to withstand destruction.

We need to be trained to be the right kind of parents. The home is the first school, and its aim and methods almost certainly determine the future of the child. No others so much as parents require education and training. Par-ents can not sit down in despair over their problems, neither can they stop with wishing for ability and skill to meet them. They must put themselves to the work of gaining better knowl-edge and more power in the right training of their children. Parents who refuse to seek training are traitors to the race. Parents who intelligently seek for better equipment are bene-factors of the race, and their children will rise up and call them blessed.

STUDY HOME MAKING

It is not only those who are now parents who should seek training. They, indeed, are in immediate need of all obtainable knowledge and wis-dom for the training of the children they now have, either in infancy or in childhood or in youth. But also those young men and young women who are approaching the age of marriage should study their possible vocation of matrimony and parenthood in every phase. Teachers, also, actual or pro-spective, should, as a part of their training, make a thorough study of the arts of home making; for the school is an auxiliary of the home, and can not be successful unless it understands its problems and its methods. And those in official life, either in the church or in the state, are in need of a thorough knowledge of the problems of the home, both internal and external, not only for their own benefit as parents,

SIGNS'TT o• ,MES WiSHISS, "SHAMAS PIMPLY STIC

Advocating a return to the simple gospel of Christ, and a preparation for His imminent second appearing

EDITORS A. 0. TAIT

A. L. BAKER F. D. NICHOL CIRCULATION MANAGER

J. R. FERREN

Vol. 53, No. 47 November 30, 1926 Mountain View, California

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the 'writer asked, "And when are you going to acknowledge 'your Saviour ?"

"Oh, possibly next year," she replied, "I can't do it now. There are so many things I plan to do this summer. But later—possibly—"

There was "no room in the inn." Will there ever be? Every man's life is a little Bethle-

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"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock," Jesus whispers. But so many modern human inns are already so full of other lodgers that there is no more room to be had.

The greatest event in human experi-ence knocks at the door of the inn of your life.

Will there be "room in the inn" ?

but for the right conduct of the public business.

There is no other business, no other subject, which so insistently demands the attention of the whole people as this business of home making. It is no slight subject. True, it has its simple cardinal principles, to know which is of primary advantage, but in all its ramifications it goes deep and far into human life and links itself to God. Its problem will not be solved by legisla-tion, however wise ; nor will it be solved' by resolutions and indorsement of ideas, however correct. It requires the devotion of the individual man and woman. It makes its demand of you.

Friend, how are you engaged ? Is there anything more important than mud pies ?

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NO. ROOM IN THE INN (Continued from page 2)

A group of young people were gath-ered at a baptism a few weeks ago at the close of a school year at a Christian college. Of a young lady who was standing near by watching the service,

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LENS NEWS Left: This is Paris taxi, Number 640-G-7, one of the old taxicabs which rushed the poilus from Paris to the Marne and saved the day for the Allies in the fall of 1914. This taxi has been given to America as a souve-nir of the Great War, and is exhibited at the Sesqui

in Philadelphia. Below: Here is the tank corps of the Second Division of the British Army as seen in the annual maneuvers and mimic wars. England. as well as other nations across the sea, feels that she must be constantly pre-

pared for a possible war.

Left below: A new kind of parachute was success-fully tried out a few weeks ago in California, whereby an airplane, with the en-gine gone dead, is slowly lowered to the earth. The photograph shows a "dead" airplane with the pilot aboard coming down from the skies, and the para-chute which sustains it. Note the streets far below.

Right below: The Maha-rajah of Bikaner, one of India's wealthiest princes, who is raising a $10,000,-000 fund to fight Ameri-can motion-picture films in India, and to substitute

English films.

Photos front Underwood, Inter-national, Miller, and Herbert