I and it has no place in a world that is
| clamorously calling for service in one
i form or another. Jacob Kii- S came to
i New York as an emigrant, lie speed
Ifiv found that’, there, were vast oi>-
: portunities on every ltan(l for better
-1 ing human conditions. The East Fide
’of New York, with its congealed
! areas, made its appeal to him. and
so great was Ills contribution and so
I practical his service that Roosevelt
j said of him that he was Hie “most
i useful citizetf in the city,
j Great as are the problems of tb*'
1 eitv--yes. and fascinating as they arc
j —they would be speedily solved if we
! would cease the habit of wayfaring,
find our place in tiie scheme «>f
things and contribute vvliat we have
to give to the enriching and bettering
of human conditions. Jn no place was
Christ more generally repudiated than
in the city, and vet it was to the
city lie came, where martydom avvait
ied hlm. bringing trf men ami women
Ja philosophy of life that we recognize
j more and more today as the only one
J that gives promise of a better world
!and of a more wholesome atul health
! ful individual and corporate life.
mentions size and splendor. There
are scores of them, each screened
from tiie others by the derise forest.
Winding trails lead to them. 1 ben
owners may spend ji. month or tx\o in
them in the Summer season' and per
haps a week or two during the Winter
sports. At other times all these great
houses stand vacant.
