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gape VYLcuj'A <£oAACape May suffered a sreat loss Saturday in the passinK of Commissioner George P. 'Yeiiteell. A veteran city official. Mr. Wentzell had for many years held one of the most difficult positions in mumcipatgovernmenL that of heading the departmen of. public works. Under his jurisdiction were the tariSus dtv agencies which keep the wheels turning. The success oUhis efficient administration is w.tnessed dWl Mr. Wentzell loved Cape May. the city he adopted as his home many ydirs ago. He kl '®" iV"''"’ nook and cranny, and most of its ‘ nha ’”?f n ‘ s ', knew its faults and its virtues, its strength and its weakness. And he had a never-ending faith in Cape ' Cape May was a part of him, and he a part of it. tip was the father of improved streets in Cape Maj, having worked for many years to bring-fte city streeta to their present condition. Lnder his ad ™ nlstr *£j°"; Cape May built and profited from a modern ^ works, sewage disposal plants and maintained and operated the beachfront properties and other cit> owned property. , , - „„„ His years of experience in the building business and his familiarity with the problems and affairs of public office stood him in good stead in his position as head of the public works department. His courage of his convictions and his f <' r ^ hr *S: ht ’ approach sometimes brought him criticism, but those same attributes brought him a host of friends vfho sought his counsel and valued his friendship because of them. The passing of Commissioner Wentzell leaves a void in Cape May’s public as well as private life. fisitsA Jjais Jhan Tlswstk. ! After battling since last spring for more convenient train schedules between Cape May and Philadelphia. the City Commission received cheering news on Thursday . . . three days after the vacation season had officially ended. Effective September 19. the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines will revise its Cape May-Philadelphia schedule, retaining the 6:39 a. m. train to Market Street Wharf, and adding a bridge train which will leave here at 8:43 a. m. and arrive at Broad Street Station at 10:56. Another addition is a train leaving Philadelphia at 4 :20 and arriving in Cape May at 6:49

p. m.

That is exactly the train that Cape May’s city

officials begged for since last spring.

The comical part of the situation is that Cape May wanted such service for the benefit of its summer visitors, many of whom objected to the necessity of leav-

here at 6:00 or 6:39 a. m.

For four months city officials and railroad company officers argued back and forth, the city stressing the desirability of a later morning train to Philadelphia, and the railroad company replying with a wide variety of excuses and reasons why it couldn’t be done.

But now we have it . . .

In a conference on Thursday when a representative of the railroad company announced the schedule change, he indicated that be didn't think the railroad would make any money from the new run during the normal off-season. City officials expressed the same opinion, although they received the announcement with a degree of satisfaction: It WILL be nice for

us natives.

Besides the angle of convenience for the winter population of Cape May, the change has another significant feature. With the new schedule established, there will be considerably more hope for continuation of such service next.summer than there would be if it were to be started at the outset of the next vacation

season.

Shade JheeA Ualuable, Plans for the beautification of West Cape May have been started by the borough commission w’hich hopes to inaugurate a tree-planting program next spring. m v West Cape May. despite its size, has been an unusually progressive community. Its governing body has made numerous improvements in recent years, and the contemplated shade tree program promises to add greatly to the general attractiveness of the borough. It. is planned to begin the planting program along Pacific avenue, and Park boulevard^both of which border large tracts of vacant lands. Not only would tree-lined streets add to the potential value of the vacant lands, but the presence of trees will probably discourage the tendency to dump trash and other debris in the presently vacant fields. \ West Cape May, like its neighboring resort, derives much value from its shade trees. It is\encouraging to know that its governing body is planning to increase this value through the addition of moke planned plantings in the future. * 7 final fihJJanJJuwpp HeAe. The purchase of Colton Court for use as a summer home for children and mothers from crowded city dis- * tricts was announced recently by Robert F. Jaegle, prominent Philadelphia paint and varnish manufac-

turer.

Mr. Jaegle plans to operate the -former hotel for the benefit of those who really need vacations and who could not otherwise have them. This is the kind of philanthropy that this old world needs. It is the kind of humanitarian work that has been a shining light in America and that brings health and happiness and hope to many who other wise would be denied it

(paAaqJiaph6u Out Of The Past

S TARBOARD WATCH

Taken from files of The Star ami Wave for the years 1938,

1933, and 1923.

Five Years Ago Application for a PWA projert to reconstruct and repair five Cape May County bridges was authorized yesterday afternoon by the Cape May County Board of Freeholders. The county rulers passed a resolution authorizing the director and the clerk to execute and file the application with federal authorities. The Rev. Benjamin K. Priest, rector of the Church of the Adveint. will be transferred to the Diocese of Pennsylvania in October to become associate rector of St. James' Church, 22nd and Walnut Streets. Philadelphia, it was announced here this week. An 18-foot blackfish which washed ashore at the government reservation last Thursday was removed from the beach by Coast

Guards on Friday.

Within two hours after a new life-saving device had been sent here to be tested by Cape May’s Beach Patrol, it featured in the season's most spectacular rescue when eight persons were saved at

Grant street beach Friday after- gy Worthy

Ten Years Ago The fifth annual Cape May Flower Show and Hydrangea Festival will be formally opened to the public at 3 p. m. this afternoon on Convention Pier, immediately following the judging of exhibits by the judging com-

President Roosevelt has definitely condemned the Treasury Department's post office building program, which includes projects at Cape May, Wildwood, Riverside, Riverton, Ocean City, Moorestown, Haddonfield, Gloucester City, and Pitman, all in Twenty Years Ago An auto race at which some of the greatest dirt track drivers in the east will compete is scheduled to take place at the County -Fair Grounds today at Cape May Court House. The half-mile oval is being scraped and oiled in preparation of the event.

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Athletics and photography are the two most popular hobbies among enlisted men in the U. S.

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THE WEEKLY SERMON CORNER: Does God Answer Prayer?

By the Rev. William Bullock, pastor, Cold Spring

Presbyterian Church

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And there, you two faithful readers, is a typographical picture of the mental gyrations of the average Cape May resident up to midnight September 15, the deadline for filing those easy ( ? ) income* tax reports that Congress gave us to simplify

.Until 11:55 last night, there were still some folks who were figuring and refiguring their tax to Uncle Sam in the hope of trying to stay out of jail at least until December 15. To date, we’ve only seen one guy who professed to know anything about the new income tax law. Incidentally, he’s never paid one and probably never will. But now it’s all over. With the exception of an undetermined number of psychopathic cases in various sUges everything is just about normal, although they tell us the waste paper salvage has been tremendous in the last couple of days. These personal work-

time when everybody's broke. How those big bond quotas can be met if everyone's as broke as most folks noL- claim to be. Early reports from the Cape May County bond front indicate that the whirldwind blitzkrieg of bond sales is well under way. Most folks who have money seem to have accepted the idea that bonds are the bgst investment for anybody's money these days. Those low temperatures the early part of this week were unpleasant reminders that winter isn't too far away. Now there's something to fre! about: Whal're we gonna use for fuel and how

e get and how much

The resorts i

nu&l post-season doldrums. Everybody's .-a> busy resting after the hectic season that they haven’t time to do anything else. It’s nice for everyone but us poor newspaper fellows who have to work harder digging up stuff when people don't do things of

their own free will.

•A lot of local felloaj .are going to be strutting their stuff as part time Coast Guards (Auxiliansts to you ( if all indications are correct- A bang-up recruit-* ing drive is planned for Cape May, where the C; G. Auxiliary hopes to organite a flotilla to take over some of the routine

job. of the regulars.

Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come.”— Psalm 66:2. It is the Bible that insists that “men ought always to pray and not to faint.” It is therefore from the Bible that we must also gather assurance that prayers are answered. We present considerations to that end. I. OUR CREATION BY GOD INVOLVES COMMUNION WITH

GOD.

The Book declares that we are the children of God's creation, created like Him, a little lower than God Himself. It follows then that we, intelligent moral creatures, were created into a sphere of communion with the Great Creator. Since it is shown that we were created finite beings dependent upon the infinite Creator, it is clear that we should expect our supplies from His hand. “As the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until He have mercy upon us." And more, given a SPEAKING creature and a providing Creator, what is more natural than that God wills'to be inquired of, that we should ask, making our requests known unto God ? Therefore it must be, as a resulting sequel, that God should answer the requests and supply the need of His waiting people. The very existence of God, as an intelligent Creator, appears to be involved in His gracious attitude toward the children of His own creation. It is the nature of God to give, to bless and supply needs that arise cut of the manner of His own creation. “If ye, being evil, know how to give good things to your children. HOW MUCH MORE shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them, that ask Him?" II. IMPLANTED TENDENCIES IN HUMAN NATURE CALL FOR GOD’S RESPONSE. Af a certain'' definite, early time in history rqeK began to rail upopn the name,of*the Lord. Fallen, sinful man began to worship God. That jv^rd, “call upon God," became continuous in history until the New Testament could say, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Tendencies to worship resulted in altars. Consciousness of sin resulted in sacrifices. Men built altars, offered sacrifices thereon, and called upon the name of the Lord. God responded to this "instinct” in man by a "sanctuary" in which God might dwell—a house of prayer for all nations. He met the urge for sacrifice in atonement by priestly sacrifices and offerings. Surrendered life and sprinkled blood symolibzed the great atonement of the Cross. The golden censer symbolized prayer, worship, communion with God, preparatory to Him “by whom we come to God,” who "His own self bare our sins in His own body upon the tree.” God did not answer these needs of the soul in a perpetual atonement for sin and in opening the way for continuous communioo with Him. We have an altar. Jesus, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp bearing His reproach. III. DIVINE COVENANTS EXPRESS THE MUTUAL RELATIONSHIPS OF GOD AND

MAN.

Proceedings between God and men were never indiscriminate nor irregular. They were always conducted through well defined covenants or agreements. Based upon the intelligent moral natures of both God and man. they have proceeded as rational expressions of those living moral relationships. LAW is deeper than mere commands and arises naturally out of real relationships. God’s covenants are not mere commands for immediate occasion; they arise out of the moral character of God and man. It is in this manner that God has ever dealt with man, never otherwise. From Adam down through the annals of time until now the rule of procedure has teen and now is through covenant understanding. God works through definite agreements with One great covenant, the Abrahamic, stands out like a high mountain peak among all other covenants. "In thee shall all the nations, the. families, of the earth be ! lessed." It reaches back into the past eternity of divine purpose; it reaches forward into the dim eternity of divine fulfillment. Other covenants, the Covenant of Works'at Sinai, the Covenant of Grace in Christ Jesus, are but phases of it. It is "through the blood of the everlasting covenant" that “the God of peace brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep” and by the same covenant, can "make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever." “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a course for us, that the blessing of Abraham might come on the nations through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” To Israel God dwelt in the sanctuary In that holiest place stood the Ark of the Covenant.

containing the “Ten Words," the terms under which Jehovah was the God of Israel, and they His peculiar people. The cover of this ark was the “mercy seat” God said, “I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat.’’ It was the blood stained mercy seat. Moses could assure Israel that "Jehovah thy God is a faithful God which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations. He will love thee and bless thee, and will multiply thee . : . . Thou shalt be blest above all people.” God never failed, never violated His covenant, never broke His agreement. Within the terms of the covenant none ever sought his face in vain. David explained, “I waited patiently for the Lord and He inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of an horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings. And He hath put a new song into my mouth, even praise unto God.” God is ever at His people’s call, saying, “Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee.” One great day there was "a man upon a cross.” As He expired, the earth shuddered, the sun eclipsed, and the veil of the temple rent in twain from the top to the bottom, not by the hands of man but by the hand of God. That holy place, sacred through 1400 years by the presence of God, already 400 years without ark or mercy seat is exposed to the light of day and becomes common. God’s presence is no longer there. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. The blood stained mercy seat, the meeting place of God and man, is where He, the Risen and Ascended Christ, is. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Prayer may be irregular, spasmodic, changeable even as we are. The answers are not so. They are rooted in the nature of God. They spring from the heart of the faithful Creator, wrought out on the summits of Calvary, under the terms of the everlasting covenant. which cannot fail. After the battle of Gettysburg, when medicines were very scarce, the Christian philanthropist, George A. Stewart, who was head of the Christian Commission, wired to the merchants of Boston, “May I draw on you at sight for ten thousand dollars?” The telegram was posted at the exchange, and in thirty minutes' time the answer was flashed back along the wire, "Draw on us for sixty thousand dollars.” There is no limit to the resources of an infinite God. “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” If there be any lack in your life it must be because you ask not or that you ask amiss. Ask in faith, nothing wavering. A woman of rich Christian experience met with a great trial. Her home was broken up. The trash was unspeakable. She suffered much. She said, “God and I have been such wonderful friends, but He seems very far away. He seems to have withdrawn Himself from me. 1 seem to be left utterly alone." Then "looking off into the distance, and with tears, she continued “But if I never see His face again, I will keep looking at the spot where I saw His face last.” Ah, She and God were good friends. God would not fail her. Neither will he fail you if you believe— if you agree with His terms, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers, BUT, the face of the Lord is AGAINST them that do evil. JjdiehA Jo Jhe fdihfi... COAST GUARD WRITES To the Editor: Being a member of the U. S. C. G., I wish to apologize for the action^ of my fellow members. Lean well understand the contempt the person who wrote last week's letter has for the Coast Guard. But 1 hope that he or she realizes that the fellows who were to blame would undoubtedly be just as boorish and ignorant if they didn't have a C. G. uniform. Sincere apologies, FAIR PLAY

Just a line to let you know that I sure appreciate getting the paper every week. It sure gives a fellow a lift to be able to keep up with things at home. When you’re nearly half way around the world from home it’s pretty difficult to keep your spirits up. It’s winter here while you're having summer at home. / It will be the happiest day of my life when I can come back to good old Cape May and all the ones I love. Keep up the good work *bd don't let me miss a copy of your paper. Chester C. Landis, Staff Sergeant, USMC. Navy No. 131 (one-three-one) e/o Fleet Post Office, -* San Francisco, Cal .