1?Soldiers of the American expeditionary force In France singing hymn* at their Sunday church service. 2?
The main church of Velo d' Astico, Italy," destroyed by Austrian shells. 8?First photograph of wounded members
of the "Battalion of Death," the heroic organization of Russian fighting women, in a Petrogrnd hospital.
ASSEMBLED IN DUBLIN TO SETTLE THE DESTINY OF IRELAND
tformmkuru' - ? .- p.- mb?mmwhb?mum??
Group token ut Trinity college, Dublin, Ireland, at the fifth meeting of the Irish convention. At the nieeting~the j
rhairmnnshlp was taken by Sir Horace Plunkett, who la shown seated In center of first row, eighth from the extreme
left. These are the men who are trying to solve the problem of government In Ireland so as to satisfy all.
VESSEL THAT CARRIED ALLEGED SLACKERS
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This is the vessel that was overhauled and boarded off lower California,
nnd from which two alleged draft riot leaders aud seven "slacker" suspects
were taken and locked up in San Diego.
"WATER WAGON" A LOAD FOR CAMELS
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Ottel kloiiKlni: to IlrltlRh troops "panning co th?? I'llcNtlnp front mr
rylng wnter-taok lining* out of urtlon. The water problem In one of the roont
?arloua of 'ho*e Ihnt confront the BriiUh In that Held of conflict.
MASS AT ALTAR OF SNOW
I ? I I II III i nil
In the shadow of the lofty moun
tains of the Carso at this Impressive
white altar of snow a priest Is cele
brating a military mass. His congre
gation Is made up of Italian soldiers,
who are battling In the snow-clad
mountains to wrest lands peopled by
Italians from the dominion of the Aus
trlans. A broad ray of the sun was
shot down through the snow-covered
mountain peak* and has beautifully
Illuminated the altar In front of which '
the priest Is praying.
War Weddings Decline In Glasgow.
War weddings are on the decline. If
one Is to accept the figures regarding
Irregular marriages In Glasgow as con
clusive. In 1915 all records were
broken, the number of couples whose
weddings were legalized by the sheriff
exceeding anything hitherto known,
tjist year there was a drop, though
the total for the year was still consid
erable, and far In advance o^ normal
rimes. The present year shows'a.fur
Iher decrease. One day, for Instance,
there were 32 civil marriages In the
county buildings, bringing the total
for the year so far to 1,440. At the
same date last year the total was
1.700.
God-by Leather Shoe*.
The leather shoe Is becoming so ex
l>enslve that It will soon be ont of
the rench of all but the rich; therefore,
according to Andrew II. King, writing
In Metallurgical and Chemical Engi
neering. Its place Is to be taken by
!<hoes with soles of robber and uppers
of i-anvas. The properly made rubber
sole. Into which ground cotton waste
and leather dust are Incorporgted, wll|
outwear two or three leather soles an4
will not slip on wet pavement.
CURFEW FOR YOUNG GIRLS |
Keeping Late Hour* With Sottflera I
Caueea Paaeage of Ordinance I
at Montgomery, Ala.
MontfendMffy. Ala. ? UflfCotmetf
loTitu ami bl??hlnr mnl lon? will 00
wotid IhHr way through the '
tr^rtlned ?tre?-*> of Montgomery after
ft p. m, A <*urfew boll will aonnri at
nlix* ?rt'rtl**. Fmm that hour until |
n ? ? mr ?nr Tonne girl found on tlx- i
m*m will be arrested. U convicted .
( { ^ .
>f "kwptnit lute honr?" ahe will bp
mbject to aflne of $25. It III ex
rfalned the >>r<llnHiw wn* made w
?KxBry rk a r?nult of noldlern ramped
lear liy peralatlng In remaining In
own In the ? aoolety of young la
Ilea later than th* city father* re
[11 nle<1 proper.
No Longer Curtoua.
Steuhenrtlle, O.?Oeorfe Androakey.
tfteen, of Mingo Junction, waa curloti*
o know what would happen If h<'
Iropped a lighted match Into ? any
posedly empty whisky barrel. He put
Ills right eye to th? feunghole to see.
WIhmi the barrel exploded h part of
Ueorge's nose was "blown off and he
will lose the sight of the eye.
Could Not Break Wife of Smoking.
Trenton, N. J. ?Becauae he could not
break his wife of smoking. Joseph Ma
gee sued for a dlrorce, which was
i granted. Magee declared that hla
wife had alao admitted that she waa a
, thlaf. '
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tojmtlonal
SDNMrStnoffli
Lesson i
(By HKV. P B. FTTZWATER. D. D.. 1
of Ungltsji Bible In tb* Moodv
Bible Institute *f Chlctio.)
ICopTrifkt, 1917. W*?nrn Nr?ip?p?r Into*)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 14.
RETURNING FROM CAPTIVITY.
t-EHBON TEXT -*mr? 1.
UOLUKN TtXT Th? Uird bath dona
sreat thlnjcs for ua: whereof we are clad.
Paalma OtJ.
Israel went Into captivity IwnuM of
Iter Kill*. The time of her disciplinary
process wax about to end. ax Ha pur
pose waa Dow accomplished: immely,
ilie cure of larael's Idolatry. Ever
since the Babylonian captivity the He
brew people have been worshiper* of |
the one Ood. Monotheism ban stood
forth aa a vital characteristic. The
inulu rrnison for the Jews' maintenance
of racial Identity In spite of their na
tional dislocation and the breaking up
? if their social tie*, la the unity of their
faith. Around the one Qod.
I. The Proclamation of Cyrua (vv.
1-4).
(1) The Time of (v. 1). The flrxt
year of Cyrus; that la the first year
after hla conquest of Babylon.
(2) How It Was Brought About (v.
1). The Lord stirred up hla spirit.
The Lord often uses very unlikely
agents In the accomplishment of hla
purimses. There Is nothing too hard
for him. He can readily use a heatheu
king to accomplish his purpose. He
can find a way of approach to any
heart. Likely Daniel was the agent
used to bring the matter to the king's
attention. Daniel was still the Influ
ential prime minister of Babylon, i
From his study of the prophecies of
Jeremiah (Jer. 25:12; Isa. 46:1; com
pare Dnnlel 9:2), he knew that the
time was near for the return of the
Iieople to their own land, so he likely
brought the matter to the attention of
the king and persuaded him to thus
favor hla people.
(3) Its Contents (tv. 2-4)
(a) A confession of the Hue Oud
(vv. 2. 3).
ne RCKBowieagpg nun 10 hp uiv \hm
of heaven, the Most High, the Supreme
God, a God of goodness. He declared,
"He has Riven me all the kingdoms of
the earth," and that God had with au
thority laid upon him the charge of
building lilin a house at Jerusalem.
(b) A Generous Permission to Isrnel
(v. 3). All who desired to go tip to
Jerusalem and build the Lord's house
were permitted to go. He even com
manded the blessing of the Lord to be
upon them.
?(c) A Positive Co-Operation (v. 4). !
None were obliged to go up, but a pos
itive obligation was laid upon those
who did not go up to render assistance
to those who did. They were to aid
in the building of the house of God by
giving money, beasts and goods. It
was more than a free-will offering, an
obligation In addition thereto. The ob
ligation was even wldsr than the peo
ple of Israel. The hefther were asked
to render aid.
II. Response to the Proclamation of
Cyrus (vv. 5, 6).
(1) By Israel (v. 3). -Strange to say
the decree of Cyrus was not met with
great enthusiasm. Only a small num
ber, chiefly from Judah and Benjamin,
returned (?. 5). For most of them It
meant giving up business Interests, for
they had settled down to the regular
callings of life. Besides the sacri
fice of business interests it involved
great risks as to the future. The en
tire company, including servants, was
about fifty thousand (2:64). Of this
company we note the following divi
sions ; first, chiefs of the fathers of
Judah and Benjamin, that is magis
trates; second, priests and Levites,
lenders in religion; third, skillful ar
tificers, heatf workmen.
(2) By Their Neighbors (v. 0). This
response was apparently more hearty
than that of the Jews themselves.
Their neighbors gave freely of gold, sil
ver. beasts and goods. God had not
only graciously disposed the heart of
Cyrus toward tys people, but they
found peculiar favor from their neigh
bors, so that their wants were abund
antly supplied.
III. Restoration of the Sacred Ves
sels (w. 7-11). These vessels had been
carried away to Babylon many years
before. Little did Nebuchadnezzar re
alize that he would put into safe keep
ing the vessels which would be needed
at this time. They were carefully num
bered and turned over to the proper
officers. Except for their desecration
In Belshazzar's feast, they were none
the worst for having been carried away.
These were brought up to Jerusalem
from Babylon.
Stand by tba F^ith.
Are we serving Ood and Hie church
uh wellT Are we setting ready? Are
we putting our whole trust and confi
dence In the Ixird? We must Iw care
ful not to seculnrlie the church while
we are trying to religionize the world.
One of the chief dangers we of the
j clergy uumt la ttuit while we try t<V
win men, the men of the world may
win iii?. We tniiKt, first of all. sub
ordinate everything to building up the
Ideal of the rhrlst and his church.
There Is no better way to build up and
to stand by faith.?The Bishop of Col
orado.
What We Ara Her* For.
We are not pnt here Just to enjoy
ourselves and do only what pleases up.
Ood wants ua to forget oor own selves;
that Is, not to think flrxt and foremost
of ourselves, but to be busy thinking
what we can do for others, to help
thetn. or to make thelh happy. And the
Rtblc tells (is, you know, that "Christ,
pleased not himself." He never thought
what would make him happiest or moat
comfortable, but what he could do for
someone else.?Kate 8. Oates.
Poverfy.
Poverty Is only contcmptlMo whra
It la felt to be so. Doubtless the beat
way to make oar poveKy respectable
la t? seem never to feel It ta an evlL ?
Bovm.
?A , *
HHwS. . ? vjfj {XOEBQMHHBIH \ Si
He Suffered 1
I for Us I
I Br REV. JAMES U GRAY, D.D. j
Dm of Moody BibU laatiuiu.
Chicago
TEXT?Ho ?u woundod for our trana
jrrooaion*. ho wu bruiaod for our lal
quitioa the < tiaatlaomont of our puc?
was upon Him. and with Hla a tripos wo
aro hotlod. - iaalaii Ml
I.
This !SM chapter of Isaiah U one of
the moot wiindvrful in Ae Bible. Some
, i one has called It.
"th? very Jewel of
tbe ScrljiturpH." It
ha* convinced and
converted to Je
huh Chrlat many
wvptlca, not mere
ly by the harmony
between It* proph
etic worda uud
Mr literal ful
fillment in the hla
tory of Chrlat, but
became of tbe
very conception
itself which It
contalua of hla
character and auf
rerings.
? John Wilroot, Earl of Rochester, was
one of the most brilliant and licen
tious nobles of the dissolute court of
Charles II, but he was laid aside by a
fatal disease.
In the hope of breaking the monot
ony of the sick room he began the
reading of book*, and happened oue
day to pick up the Greek translation
of the Old Testament His eyes fell
on this chapter which he read care
fully several times.
"Where did this man, Isaiah, obtain
u conception as this?** lie exclaimed.
Putting aside the question of the real
ity of the career he describes, Ifow did
he or how could any human being, un
aided by the divine, come to the knowl
edge of such a character?
Thus he pondered, and the problem
would not be driven from his mind
until he himself was driven to admit
the divine inspiration of the book and
to accept the Lord Jesus as his Savior.
Bishop Burnet who knew him well, tes
tifies that If ever there were a case
of real repentance on earth that of
John Wilinot, Earl.of Rochester, was
one.
But the fact which. convinced him is
the same that must convince any man
who will devpte to it the same consid
eration. As some one has poetically j
said, mortal man could as well create
a sunbeam as he could create the con- ?
ceptlon of such an one as Christ, with
out the assistance of the Holy Spirit
II.
This chapter furnishes one of the
clearest evidences of the vicarious na
ture of Christ's sufferings,?in other
words, that he died in our stead. In
its few verses there are no less than
11 asseveration* of this truth: "He
bore our griefs;** "he carried our sor
sows;" Mhe was wounded for our trans
gressions;'* "he was bruised for our
Iniquities;" "the chastisement of our
peace was upon him ;** "by his stripes
are we healed;" "the Lord laid on him
the Iniquity of us all ;** "for the trans
gression of my people was he strick
en."
We read in Roman history of Regu
lus who had been delivered to th?
Carthaginians an a hostage. Subse
quently he was sent bark to Rome to ,
persuade the senate to a certain course
under a pledge that if they would not
comply he would return to Carthage
and yield up his life. The story is that
he himself advised the senate not to J
comply with the conditions of tti?? Car- j
thagininns and then voluntarily re
turned to Carthage and suffered death
under torture. In fact his sufferings
and death, | we re substituted for the
vengeance the Carthaginians would
have taken upon Rome itself If they
could have done so. Thus we perceive
that the idea of substitution Is not un
known to history. Why then should
finite man presume to question the
ways of God in such a case. Instead
of submfedvely receiving and confi
dently reposing upon the great fact of
the substitution of Iris only begotten^
Son In thexflace of a guilty race?
in.
Th?r language of this chapter Is pe
culiar In that though It was com
posed more than 700 years before
Christ, yet so much of It concerning
him Is written In the past tense. The
prophet seems fo have had a vision of
the retrospection In which his nation
would engage when, after their accept
ance of Jesus as their Messiah and
Savior In the latter days, they wilt
consider his earthly history nnd reflect
upon the part they had taken In his
rejection.
8ome of you have read Charles Dick
ens' "Tale of Two-Cities,"1 and recnll
Sydney Carton. The nun who AoTiero
tcnlly surrendered his life to the guil
lotine in order that the life of Charles
Parney might be spared to his wlf?
and child.
Up uotil that time the associates of
Sydney Onrtop faml not regarded him
very highly. He win slovenly In drew,
dissolute In habit*. aimless In life. But
a* he stnnds on the platform before
the Jeering crowd, awaiting the signal
for the ox to fall upon his head, there
draws across his mind a vision of (he
sanctuary made for him In the heart*
of Charles and I-ivry Darney and he
sees their children and children's chil
dren, mnklng annual pilgrimages to
that spot and their tears ns they re
count the story of his sacrifice.
It Is much like that that Isaiah pic
ture* contrite Israel. They are look
ing hack upon him whom thfy pierced.
"Ah," ?a.v they, "we hid our faces from
him." We did esteem him stricken,
smitten of Ood and afflicted. Rut he
was wojunded for our transgressions,
die was bruised for our Iniquities I"
It Is an experience with which every
converted man be he Jew or Gentile,
must have some acquaintance. And he
who claims to be washed from hi* *|n*
In the Redeemer's blood and yet feel*
no blame for hi* rejection and cruci
fixion. ha* yet to learn the meaning of
that pa**age which apeak* of our
crucifying him afre*b and putting hln
to an op^>
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Lr Seara Wliart .. 1:40 ant?1:00 pui
Lr Wlntoa 1:6* am?1.00 pa
At runla 10:10am?3:20 pm
L? Tmia .10:40 am?6 06 pa
L? Wlnion .11:90 am??:26 pa
Lr Seara Wharf.. ,11 :\>6 pm?7:16 pm
Lr Mapiaton-Como .12:36 pm?7:60 pm 1
Ar Murlraaaboro .. 1:00 pm?1:16pa ,
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WELLINGTON AND POWELLS
VILLC RAILROAD.
SOUTH.
No. 1?Leara Washington <R. P. ft
P ,R. R.) 4:10 a. m.; laara Richmond
(A. C. L.) 1:16 a. m.; laave Weldon
(A. C. L.) 11:26 a. m ; leare Wilming
ton (A. C. L>.) 7:40 a. a ; leara South
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Rocky Mount (A. C. L.) 12:66 p. m.;
arrlra Ahoakla (A. C. L.) 2:41 p. in;
laara Norfolk (A. C. L.) 1:40 p. m ;
laara Suffolk (A. C. L.) 1:06 p. m.
Arrlra Ahoakla 1:11 p. m
Wellington A Powellavilla R. R.
No. 1?Leara Ahoakla 0:26 p. a.;
laara Powellarllle 1:31 p. m.; laara
Cremo (Branding) 6:63 p. m.; laara
Holly Orore 6:61 p m ; leara Aakawa
rllla 7:o? p. m.i arrlra Wldaor 7:30 ,
9 m
fttasntar
Passenger?Lmti Windsor I SO p '
m ; leave Howard 3:30 p. m.; Ifsar* |
Steel* 3:46 p. m.; leave Blancbarda .
4:45 p. m.; leave Sana Soucle 6:15 p '
arrive Plymouth 6:10 p. m.
NORTH. .
Steamer. '
Paasenger?Leave Plymouth 7:00 a. (
m ; leave Sans Soucle 8:30 a. m.;
leave Blancbarda 9:00 a. m.; leave ,
Steela 10:00 a. m ; leave Howard
' lu.30 a. m.; arrive Windsor 11:00 a. m.
Wellington A Powrllavllle R. R.
No. 2?Leave Windsor 8:50 a m.;
leave Butler'a 9:02 a. m.; leave Ask
1 ewsvllle 9:17 a. m ; leave. Holly Grove
1:23 a. m.; leave Cremo (Branding)
1:39 a. m.; leave Powellavllle 9:41 a.
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A. C. L. u .
No. 1?Leave Ahoakie 11:08 a. at.;
leave Suffolk 12:21 noon; arrive Nor
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a. m.; leave South Rocky Mount 11:60
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leave Weldon 6:00 p. m.; leave Rich
mond 7:45 p. m ; arrive Washington
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Connectlona?No. 1 with A. C. L.
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A. C. L. R. R. and Norfolk Souther*
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Treasurer. Edentoil. IS'. C.
W. O. Pruden. Secretary, Edentoa,
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R. C. Holland. Auditor. EMenton. N 0
R. O. White. T. A. Kdenton, N. 0.
W M. Oorwln, Sup*., Ahoakie. N. 0.
W. M. Sutton, Geo Frt. and Poee.
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