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BUDEMI OF GERSIIS1 REFORTS ON COTTON NORTH CAROLINA MAKES BET TER SHOWING THAN ANY OTH ER STATE IN NATION. ^ g - r TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS Gonoral Ntwt of North Carolina CoL loctod and CondonaoB from tha SUU Capital That Will PrpU of Into root to Ail Our Roadors. Ralelcb. The hut bulletin of the Bureau of Ova Cenaua, the Department of Coin-: merce, on the supply and distribution?' of cotton, covering the year ending August SI, presents some Interesting figures for North Caroling. It Is shown that North Carolina cotton mills con sume all bat- 28,823 bales of the crop M the State. The Increase in the con sumption Of cotton was from 663.380 ' In 1313 to 303,177, or 38.7 per cent In 1314. That Is considered a splendid showing, It Is better than any other > State in the Union did. ~ South Carolina still leads the South In the number of cot too spindle*. The . fallowing named North t?rollna coun-1 ties, according to the latest estimate* i of the Census Bureau, have more than J 100,000 cotton spindles each: Gaston, 807,132; Cabarrus. 231,832; Mecklenburg, 267,300; Gbliford. 718. 863; Durham, 162,604; Rockingham, 163,386; Alamance, 140,632; Ruther ford. 138,163; Richmond, 127.047: 8tanley, 104,236. Bristol County. Massachusetts, lead* the United States with 7.145432 cot ten spindles. Spartanburg county. South Caro lina, leada the South with 804.436, Greenville county. South Carolina, baa 743,630 and Anderson county, 674,7S4i Ten North Carolina and 11 South Carolina counties bars mora than 100.000 spindles. "Bristol county, Mass." said the census report "with 7.146.332 cotton spindles led all other counties, 64.7 per eAnt of the total spindle capacity for Maesachusetts, 40.4 per cent for the lotabtfor New England and 21.3 per cent of the total for the United States. The industry was establish ed In this county at an early date, and the county has long maintained a leading position. Pall River, the most Important city In the United States from a cotton manufacturing stand point, Is located In this comity as ?ell as the cities of New Bedford, and Taunton. "In the Southern State. Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg counties. In the western part of Sonth Carolina, and Gaston connty in North Carolina are the only odes with more than 600.606 cotton spindles each." The total active spindles, ring and unle. In North Carolina, la 3,770,316, and South Carolina 4,683,712. North Carolina has 3,702,280 ring and 68.036 mule eplndles; South Caro lina. 4.680J52 and 2,360. Massachusetts with 1,247.778 bales, leads all the other states In the quan tity of cotton consumed; North Car olina, with 906.177 bales Is second; Booth Carolina, with 734.673 bales, third and Georgia, with 632432 bales, fourth. The consumption In North Carolina increased from 663460 bales to 804, 177 last year. That Is 38.7 per cent. The increase In South Carolina was 27.5 and In Oeorgia 33 3 per cent. North Carolina produced 835,000 Dales iui year, just Z9,?a more man she consimed, A Vital Statistics Bulletin. Arrangements are being made by the bureau of vital statistics tor the. publication of a bulletin which will be devoted to the vital statistics reports for the atate and auch other matter as will be Interesting. This will be In addition to the bulletin published monthly by the atate board, devoted to general health work. The first is sue will make its appearance in Janu ary. 8tats's History Being Preserved. The biennial report of Secretary R. D. W. Connor of the North Carolina Historical Commission has been made to the commisalqn. the members of which are J. Bryan Orimee. W. J. Poole, D. H. HH1, M, C. Si. Nobie and T- M. Plttman. The report is unusu ally Interesting because of the amount and variety of the work done, includ ing the transfer of the new quarters, in the state administration building ot the commission and its invaluable records and of the great collection of objects in the Hall t>f History. On the 12th of last January the commission began the removal of its collections from its quarters in the Capitol whicb it had occupied seven years, to the new building, where It has the second floor, especially de signed for its purposes. The two large exhibition rooms contain the great collection of relics, manuscripts, rare editions and portraits. There are also a document room, the offices and rooms tor the repair and mounting of manuscripts. The building is \ equipped throughout with steel furni ture and Is believed to be fireproof. M Drainage Dtatrlcta In Stata. Commissioner of Agriculture W. | A. Graham directs attention to the fact that there are <3 drainage dis tricts in this state that have brought Into cultivation. 250,000 acres of the finest sort of-agticulAiral landr In various parts taf the state that are producing <,000,000 or more bushels of corn. He says the department of agriculture, while not>Hrectljr con nected with this drainage work, does conduct a co-operation with the na tional drainaga division la demonstra tion of proper drainage. Canning Club* In tin South. . Reeults of tha Olrli' Canning Club movement In Southern Statee, promot ed Jointly by tha department of agri culture and tha general education board are detailed In an lnetallment of the latter organ 1 ration'* annual re port made public In New York re cently. ! "Each gill" aaye the report, "taken one-tenth of an acre and la taught bow to select the seed, to plant, cul tivate and perfect the growth of the tdttfato plant- Meanwhile portable canning outfits have been provided, to be set up In the orchard or the fear den, and trained teacher* of domestic eclence Instruct the local teachers In the beet methods. When the tomatoes are ripe the girts come together! now at one home and now at another, to So the product. The girts are taught e necessity of scrupulous cleanli ness; they sterilise utensils and cans, seal and label and Indeed manufac ture an easily marketable product "Three hundred and twenty-five girls were registered the first year; 3,000 the nest. 23.550 In the year following, la 1913 there were upward of 30,000 In 14 different states. "The entire expense of the Olrts' Canning Club work has at all times been borne by the general education board, except for local contributions. In 1911 an initial appropriation of 35,000 waa made; (25,000 the follow ing year, and In May. 1913, the appro priation of the board for this purpose was 375,000. "Though the national government through the department of agriculture bad entire control and supervision. It ha* borne no part of the expense The states In which the work Is now going forward on this basis are Mary-' ?nd. Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Mississippi, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma and Texaa. "The average profit made by the girts reporting In 12 states waa 321,98. bat not a few made sums far In ex cess. A Macon county. Mississippi, girl realised a net profit Just under 8100 on her 950 cans of tomatoes; a girt living in Aiken county, 8. C., net ted 3(0.51. Advancement of Adult Farmer*. Commissioner of Agriculture directs snectol attention to the official allow ing that last rear's crop of cotton In North Carolina was 790.000 bales and that the cotton mlMs of the state oon sumed that year 869,916 bales, nearly 100.000 bales more than was grown in the state. The commissioner has Just filed with Governor Craig his biennial re port for the state board of agrlcultnre. being practically the same as was offi cially passed uoon and published In connection with the recent annual meetlnga of the atate board of agri culture. The commissioner declares In hla Introduction to the report that there | has never been such advancement among adult farmers anywhere au has been attained In North Carolina the past several years through the siieclal efforts of the department of agricul ture In this direction. The atate has risen, he points out. from the twenty second to the thirteenth In the Unkm in the value of Its Agricultural prod ucts and In cotton baa taken first Ware among the cotton states, pro ducing 315 pounds to the acre In 1(11. ? Patents For Tar Haela. Washington.?Davis A Davis, pat ent 'attorneys report the grants to citizen* of North Carolina, of the fol lowing patents: George f. Bahun and F. R. Chadwlck. Charlotte, tiobbin stripper; Fred D. Blake, Charlotte, car step: Michael E. KudlsM. Henry River, thread-guide; Waltet- Woods!!, Benson, plant-lifting attachment for cultivators; Olmedo C. Wysoog, Greensboro, dove-talltng machine. Malting Out Mora Rsporls! Commissioner of Lahor and Print ing M. L. Shlpman recently mailed out reports to the members-elect of the state legislature. Letteis with the reports called attention of the new members to the various features of the report 1.000,000 Mora Pound* of Tobacco. Probably another million pound* of tobacco will be aold In Kin iton In January, according to estimate* of tobacconist*. The season'* sales to date have been 17.S54.300 pounds, nearly as much as has been sold In any previous entire season. Superintendent Joyner Reports. Dr. J. T. Joyner state superintend ent of public Instruction, hits filed with Governor Craig his biennial re port and recommendations to be transmitted to the legislature. He urges an effective law to assure uni form examination, graduation and certificates for teachers through en largement of the powers and work of the state board of examiners created by a former legislature. He urged that every county In the state be re quired to employ a competent super intendent for his whole time. - Suggests Caring for Birds. ^ The department of agriculture la bestirring itself In the Interest; of the wild birds tbat show a disposition to be neighborly with man. A recent bul letin admonishes resident* of city as well as country to supply food for such of the birds as remain with b* throughout the winter and directs at tention fo the fact that assistance of this sort la necessary because man. In bis war against weeds. In bis culti vation of the soil, In all his improve ments of wild, land, has destroyed the natural sources of food supply; Secretary I mum Two Charter*. A charter haa been leaned for the Oullford Motor Car Company. Greens boro. capital $126,000 authorized, and $16,000 subscribed by W. L. Statnback, R. M. Clapp and 8. L. Alderman. An other charter la for the Acme Ware bouse Company, Acme. Cotumbue county, capital $?6,000 by William Gilchrist Q. Herbert 8mlth and J. G. McCormick of Wilmington for general storage of cotton and cotton good* and other product!. homes of British" if wnstantinople t . ^Jk i Crandllia, a suburb of Constantinople on the Asiatic aide of the Doapborua, occupied aa a reaidentlal quarter by the British an? s*4t to attack by the Turkish warships. TAKE MUIGHILI Hindus Cheerfully Patient Under All Circumstances. One Complaint That Pruaalan Soldier's Neck la Too Fat for Strangling? Moot Old Comrades In Arms. London.?A correspondent of the Times, who signs himself "An Anglo Indian," contributes the following: "One would not have recognised the tired, war-worn crew^ who came in yesterday In a bail of pelting sleet. Uost of them were sitting up la their beds chatting and laughing; pears, ap ples, cigarettes, chocolate and war pic tures were strewn on the tables by their sides. A hot scrub-down and the oiling and massage of the bead, which the Indian loves, had altered the color of life to them. A Mussulman from the Khyber whom I had seen lifted In the day before on the shoulders of two orderlies, his (ace pitted with the debris thrown up by a shell, was ly- i tng back peacefully smoking a cig arette. if --?* i "I found the Dogras and Ourkhas together. They had <ome from the same part of the field. " 'How were you hitr'.I asked one. 1 " 'By a pataka, sahib.' "'A cracker!' At first I did not uip demand. 'A pataka Is the cracker which is thrown about the streets \ when the religious precessions pass In the bazaar. " 'A bomb,' be explained. "It slowly dawned on me that the man thus lightly dlsndssed a 'Jack Johnson' or a 'Black Maria.' The war Is not like the wai In old times.' be added regretfully. "Some of the woundyl had not seen the Germans. Those v ho bad did not speak respectfully of taem. One man who had come to gtipe with a fat' Prussian complained that he could not get the fingers of both hands round his opponent's throat. They are not bony men.' he added. But this would mean less resistance to the kukri. While he was struggling and rolling on the ground he was shot point-blank through the lung and the bullet had come out through hie shoul der. "Another man told mo blow bis com pany and Another were enfiladed by machine gun fire In tbe trenches and lost all tbeir British officers. A havlldar got tbe men together and led tbem back In tbe dark to tbe line be hind. Tbey had been badly pounded and felt a little lost -ad uncertain where they would find themselves. By a piece of good fortune tbey bit on the trenches of tbe Seafortbs. Tbe Highlanders and Ourkhaa are old com rades In arms. "There was a story In the ward of a wounded havlldar who fell into tbe hands of a Good Samaritan. Tbe Ger man officer spoke'tb him In Hindu stani.' asking hinl the number of bis regiment apd^wheijp be came from. He bound up his founds, gave blm a drink and brought him a bundle of straw to support bis head. "Tbe Ourkha as a rule is direct and matter of fact, more Interested in physical than abstract affairs, as when he complains of the thickness of the German's neck. But one meets a more Dumasesque type sometimes f among tbe Sikha and Mohammedans. ( I asked a Pathan how many of tbe en- | emy he bad killed. * " 'A great many,' he said; 'one can- i not count." "Da Soma, a delicate, cultured youlb. wbo was laid up with a alight attack of pneumonia, gave me a vivid picture of life In tbe trenches. Tbe German trenches were not two hun dred yards from bis own. and be lay 1 awake at night listening to tbeir J accordions and concertinas. He seemed rather to l)ke the music. One morn- 1 lng they hoisted up a huge placard on J a pole- with tbe Inscription In large ( letters: , " Holy War. " 'Indians Fight on Our Side. , " 'Woe to tbe British.' ( H at once became a target. i "If It ever entered one's head that i the Indians had drifted Into this war ? lightly - and were now depressed by i their hardships and losses, half an i DISCARD THE RED TROUSERS N?w French Uniform I* Serviceable and of Color Thaf Blends With Landscape. London?A correspondent In France >f an English newspaper sajrs of the new French military uniform: "The color Is agreesble to the eyes, snd to make up for,the blow to the sensibili ties of French patriots which the dis appearance of the old red tfttysers and blue tunic with Its historic sraoeia ii. V* .Jg. . hour among these sepoys would dis pel the Idea st once. Where there Is discouragement or discontent It must Bnd expression, directly or Indirectly, especially among the sick. But there Is the same stbry of cheerful patience snd endurance everywhere. The Eng lish cause is theirs, they are proud to be fighting with Tommy Atkins, and they do not count the cost. I have had It at first hand from sepoys of all castes and creeds, and I have not met an Indian medical service man or a regimental ofllcer who does not tell me the same thing." FEAR SHORTAGE OF HORSES * i American Army Officers May Suggsst That Sals to Belligersnts Be Checked. London.?American army oMders who are tyatchlng the military situ ation In Europe are concerned over the prospect of America's supply of horses being depleted by the enor mous exportatlons to the belligerents, this creating a dangerous condition regarding American army require ments. The 'wholesale and Indlscrlm- ' Inate shipments of mares is regarded particularly as dangerous.- It is prob able that some suggestion will be made for the nonexportatlon of mares, pos sibly encouraging the owners to keep them by the payment of some gov ernment bounty, ss In England and France. France recently ordered 150, 000 horses from America. New con tracts will be made the first of the year, and England also Is making large purchases In America and Can ada The situation threatens to be far worse than after the Poer war, when America's horse industry was paralysed. TELEPHONE IN WAR X.-j;.?y; XJ The telephone operator, stationed at he ?bottom of a hayrick, Is relaylng nformatlon secured by a scout sta loned at the top of the rick. BMUIAL SULUItK 15 SHUI rrench Shoot Man Who Cut* Off the Ear* of German Sontry. ? ~~~?" Berlin.?The newspapers print the itory of- the killing and mutilation of i German sentry who had been watcb ng wire entanglements and comment ipprectatlvely on what Is termed the lulck justice meted out by the Trench o the man who mutilated hftn. The loldler was round dead December 4. rlls ears had been cut off. The following day an officer of the French infantry appeared before the German position under a flag of truce ind expressed to the German com nandlng officer the abhorrence of his -egtment at the action of the culprit, oho. he said, had been condemned and ihot j Jons will naturally cause, red anA white threads are woven into the blue, rhe blue-gray la an excellent shade for 'scuiilng notice. It will blend partlcu arly well wltfi the gray winter land icapea In whleh the troopa are no.r Igbtlng. It la peThapa not quite so good In this respect as the derman inlform, wfclch la distinctly lighter ind grayer. It would be Impossible io confuse the two exoept at 1 great llstance, and In any case, the flat Ger man cap will remain a distinctive, mark, the cap of the new French unt IS HEROJIFHER0ES Corporal Rewarded for Repeated Acts of Gallantry. WltH 25 Men He Occupies New Ger man Trench and Defends It Against , Whets Company?Rescues Officer Under Fire. By R. FRANKLIN TATE. (International Newi Service.) Pari*.?Corporal Phillip of the Twen ty-fourth Colonial Infantry la a brare of brave*. He ba* been awarded the military medal for repeated act* of gallantry in thi* war. Wben hi* lieu tenant fell wounded and the German* were running up to capture him the corporal rushed In under their heavy lire and rescued his offleer under their very noses. He Is the kind of man who comes at once to the front when the situation Is desperate. The other (iay the colonel sent for him and said: "Phillip, I know you are a gallant fellow, and that Is my reason for In trusting you with an extremely peril ous mission. At nightfall you will take 25 men and go to the crest yon der, w3ere German soldiers are seen digging a trench. You are to en deavor to remain there In concealment till the morning, when you will return and report what you have seen." V?At nightfall away went the little party. On reaching the crest the cor poral saw German engineers digging a trench, while a sentry kept guard Hiding 24 of bis men in a little wood, be took the twenty-flfth man with him, saying: "When we get near the Ger man sentry and he cries, 'Wer da!' you mnst keep apart from me, to the left, and make a unite with yourbayonet, so as to make him turn your way. Then, no "matter what he does or what I do, He down and. await my orders." Stealthily the two approached so near the sentry that' they could hear him softly humming a tune. Then Phillip moved to the right and Inten tionally made ? slight noise. "Wer da!" challenged the sentry. Instantly the soldier keeping to the left rattled his bayonet, and the Ger man turned toward him. At the same moment Phillip was on blm, running him through the body twice with his bayonet. His aim had been so true that toe sentry dropped dead without a cry. The men working vigorously in the trench twenty or thirty yards away had heard nothing. Quicker than a quick-change artist the cor poral dinned the dead man's helmet and cloak and seizing his rifle began pacing up and down In his stead. Ev ery now and then as he passed be rolled the body a little farther away. | At last the trench was ready, and the Germans retired to the main body, calling a friendly good-by to the sen try, who, without a word continued on his beat. But they had no sooner dis appeared than helmet and cloak were flung to the ground and the corporal was running toward the wood. A few m'nutes later the 28 French Infantry men were installed In the German trench. At daybreak a Bavarian company marched up to occupy tbe trench. Tbe men, all unsuspecting, were chat ting and joking. A few yards away from the trench a murderous lire greeted them. They attempted to rush ? It but >8 rifles kept mowing them downl and Anally the survivors broke and fled?all except 18, who threw up their hands. A few days later the corporal was shot In the right arm and shoulder, but refused to go to the ambulance. He fought on for the next 24 hours. In the thick of the lighting he shot a, German ofllcer, who fell. The corpo-' ral ran forward to bring blm In, but the ofllcer, drawing his revolver, fired the last shot, the bullet shattering the corporal's shoulder. The Frenchman had strength enough to beat out his enemy's brains with the butt end of bis rifle, but then he collapsed with pain and loss of blood. - A New Pitcher. "Henry, the baby shouldn't hsve been given that hard rubber Jtfll. lis has just thrown It at his sister aud made' her cry." "I saw it happen. Wonderful, wasn't It?" "What was wonderful?" "Why, the little cub threw It with a curve!" form being sometning una uie gien garry In nhnpe with flaps which can be folded down over the eara. Cap, coat, and trouaera are all of the name color." Digs Up Rare Indian Pottery. Atchison, Kan.?Bert Cosgrovo of this city, who, with hit family. Is camping near Silver City, N. M? re cently, while digging near the camp, discovered a dozen rare pieces of In dlan pottery. The pottery la of an cient design. MMONAL l! SMsrsanoi Lesson (Br E. O SKI.LEftS. Acting Director of Sunday School Course.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 10 DEBORAH AND BARAK DELIVER < ISRAEL. LESSON TEXT -Judge# 4:4-1* OOLDKN TEXT-Th* righteous cried. ( end Jrhovah heard ead delivered them - eut of ell their troubles.-Pi. 14:17 K. V. There are tvo Ineplred accounts of , this victory, one In prose (eh. 4) and one In poetry (Judges S). They pre sent different views of the same ovent. Israel had been oppressed for 20 years under Jabin and Slsera, bis chief captain (4:2) though it seems to have been that the northern tribes of Naphtail, Asher and Zebulun, the Qalllee of Christ's day, were chiefly concerned. Mother In Israel. I. Deborah's Call to Service, vv. 4-8. As the people forsook God he forsook them, and they became easy prey, if we withdraw from his service we also withdraw from his protection. Al though Joshua bad burnbd Hasor (Joshua 11:1-11), yet because of Is rael's backsliding it is now strong enough to become the ruler. It is so with sin?allow tt to exist and'it will conquer. When, however, Israel r? pented and cried unto God (v. 8) he raised op a deliverer and in this case it was a "mother In Israel" (ch. 5:7). The word Deborah means "bee," and It Is suggested that "she awgvered her name by her Industry, sagacity and usefulness to the public, her sweetness to her friends and sharp ness to her enemies" (Matthew Hen ry). Her husband's name is given, but none of bis achievements Prom her dwelling place at Jebus. as she sat beneath a palm tree she gave forth her wisdom and Judgment to the peo ple who brought their difficulties be fore her (Ex. 18:13; Deut. 17:8-12). Judgment of sin always precedes any manifestation of grace (I Cor. 11:31, 32). Deborah, the judge, recognized the gravity of the situation, for shg was not only a judge, but a prophetess by divine appointment (II Pet 1:21>. When she called ftarak at once recog nized her note of authority (v. 5). Deborah gave Barak explicit Instruc tion and direction. In this chapter only the two tribes most interested are mentioned (5:17, 18). Bold, Sagacious Leadar. j|. Barak's Conquest of Slsera, w. 10-18. Barak was a bold, sagacious leader and cbose one of the world's beat and most famous battlefields, Es draelon. Barak led his men to Mt Tabor, from which could be seen the whole region where Slsera's armies were spread out upon the plain. From chapter S it appears that some came to the battle from the tribes of Manasseh and Issachar (B:14, 15) and that others were expected who failed to obey the summons (5:15,17). From the slopes of Mt. Tabor, Deborah and Barak saw Slsera and his Iron char lots advancing across the plain. One of the descendants of Hobab, Moses' brother-in-law (Num. 24:22 R. V. m., and Judges 1:18) had revealed the place of Barak's camp (v. 11). Heberi should have been In the land of Judah and Simeon and not in such close proximity to the enemies of Israel. Josephus says that when Barak saw Blsera's army drawn up, and attempt ing to surround the mountain of his encampment bis heart failed him, and he determined to retire to a place of greater safety. Deborah, however, urged Barak to attempt.the battle, "for this Is the day In which the Lord hath delivered Slsera Into thine hand." The thing was as sure to be done as if It were done already. As we read verses 11 and 12, together with 6:17-18, It would look as though Slsera seemed to have the advantage against Barak and his ten thousand men. 81sera did not, however, count upon Barak's powerful ally?God. "Is. not Jehovah gone out before them T" Deborah had enthusiasm and seal, but needed Barak's action. She depended upon the sure word of Ood and was devoid of fear (Rom. 8:31). She knew that victory was certain, for Ood had said so (v. 7). Her charge, "Up, Barak!" was a clarion call and served to nerve the entire army of Israel. Verse 16 tells us who It was that won the battle that day (see also 6:20, 21; Josh. 10:10; I Chron. 15:16-17). Even the stars fought against Slsera, mean ing that Ood turned the elements to the advantage of Israel's army. Showers of meteors have been recorded In this land In recent times and 5:21 tells of the floods of water that "swept away," overthrew, the chariots of Slsera. The word "dlscomflted." we are told, scarcely suggests the sudden terror and confusion which fell upon Slsera's army. Like all of God's victories. It was most complete. By this battle the resistance of the Canaanltes Is completely overthrown and the Israel ites secured the complete ascendency over the land. Sisera fled northward toward Haxor, the capital city, along the same path followed by the Turks In 1759, when Napoleon and his allies defeated their army on this same field. Barak followed the main army and the chariots and thereby missed the chief prise. Slsera In his flight came to a settlement of the Kenltes, which he thought he could trust, and turned Into the tent of Jael, the wife of He ber. Weary, he fell Into a deep sleep, which gave Jael her opportunity. Taking a hammer and a tent pin she drove It through his temples Into ths ground, computing the vjctory of De borah and Barak, aqti-ftillllltng the prophecy of verse S. We are told that the Bedouin tents of the women are always closed, whereas those of the men are always open on one side. For a man to enter the tent of a woman, other than that of his wife, Is punishable with death. Jael defended her life aod her repu tation by the only course open to an Arab woman, and especially In a time of war. ' Walkjng^in 'the Br REV. JAMES M GRAY. D. D. f D~. W MWr BMi U* X ? r.ai ? ii we waia 10 in* riKiu u na a In the llghl. wa have fellowship una arlth another. and tha blood of Jeaua 'hrlat hla aon. claanaetb ua from all ala. -I John 111. What la meant by walking In the lghtT According to this Inspired apostle lo the nret aod second chap' ters of this epis tle. It means: (1) To per eel is and confess sin In the faith of Jems Christ ? 1:1 ? I: 1. If a man sard he has no sin ha Is not la the light, bat In darkness. The Christian be liever has Indeed no sin "on" him. since its guilt has been borne by his substitute, Jesus l inn, dui am ?uu j nu sin "In" him. To "confess" this ?ln la different from simply asking ; Forgiveness for It A man may ask forglrenesa without ?rer Identifying his gins, but when lie confesses them he enters into de tail and brings himself Into the plaoe of Judgment for each. But to hold Fellowship with Ood In such confes sion is to know Jesus Christ as the propitiation for sin and the ever-living | Intercessor for bis people. He is the way, the truth and the life, and no man can come unto Ood save through* ; Jmim the Carpentry ^ (2) But ilNfteaecond-placi, walking Is the light means keeping God's com mandments <1:3-4); and this la not limited to an external obscrrutce of g the decalogue, bat Includes heart sar render to all hla revealed will. It la walking, even as Jesus walked, who did always those things that pleated bis father. Nor does this mean only the public Jesus, the Jesus of the is three years' ministry, but the private Jesus, the Jesus of the home, the vil lage school, the shop.' Tt means Jesus, the carpenter, who. as Campbell Mor gan says, "never made a yoke that galled an ox." It was because the father was well pleased with those si lent years at Nazareth that the great- - sr honor of the public ministry was conferred. God gives the Holy 8plrtt to them that obey him. .1 (3) Walking In the light means lov ing the brotherhood, verses 7-11. By the brotherhood here Is meant those thst are In Christ. To love one's neighbor la an old commandment, but the "new commandment," of which lohn here speaks, Is loving the breth ren. This love Is not an emotion or passion. It Is not a natural, but a supernatural experience. We see It lellned In I Corinthians 13, as Includ ing such simple things as long-suffer ing. kindness, humility, courtesy, un selfishness, meekness and the like. I sm with the priest who publicly re buked a college president for advising the graduate that the way. to get along . was to push and crowd other people , rat of the way. That may be the way of the world, but It Is not the way of Christ, and he who acts apon It will never know fellowship with World Slipping Away. (4) Separation from th? world thua become* a fourth meana of walking in the light, verses 16-17. There la a proper lore for the world, but It la hot that which la Incompatible with the ore of the father. There are two ar guments againat the lore of the world: (lrat. It pasaeth away and the tuats thereof, and second, "he that doeth the will of God abldeth forever." "Chauncey M. Depew waa defending the second marriage, late In Ufa, of bis colleague. Senator Piatt, and said that a time came when the lore of power, of wealth, of fame, of plea* ire receded, and left nothing to a man but the companion of his fireside, rhe difference between Chauncey If. Depew and the apostle John la this, however, that In the one case we have the World slipping away from the man, and In the other the man la slipping away from the world. It la :he last that understands and appro bates the fut of fellowship with Ood. D. L* Moody's Memory, On the tombstone which marks the crave of D. L. Moody at Round Top, v'orthfleld, Mass., la engraved that ta iplring sentence of John, "He that loeth the will of Ood abldeth forever." tow true It Is that D. L. Moody abld >th still In the hearts and lives of housands In this country and Cheat Irttaln, whom, by the grace of Ood, le won to Jesus Christ, and in the nlsslonary and philanthropic enter irises which were set la motion aa he result of his great evangelistic vork. But he himself abldeth la an other sense?the literal sense that ohn meant, because the life of Ood k'ae communicated to him through hla on, Jesus Christ In this sense It la he privilege of every one of us to iblde forever. "Because I live," said * Ihrlst, "ye shall Mve also." "The rages of sin Is death, but the gift of lod Is eternal life." Who would not - iccept this gift so freely Offered hrough the son of Ood? Who would lot walk In the light here, that he night forever walk In it la the life o come? Happiness In Hla Prcaanca. He la so tnSalUly blessed, that "? irery perception of his blissful pree ince imparts a rttal gladness to the laart. Rreiy degree of approach to lira Is. in the same proportion, a de tree of happiness. And I often INUt hat were he always present to ear nlnd.as we are present to htm, thsea rouid be no pain, nor sense of sals- . ?y Susanna Wesley,
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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