?l
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR AUGUST 6, 1922
REV. M. F. HODGES
8ubject?The temple rebuilt and
dedicated.
Golden Text.?My eoul longeth,
yea, even fainteth for the conrta of
the Lord.?Paalm 84 3.
Time.?Temple built 587 B. C.
Place?J eruealem.
Leason Matelral.?Ezra 8:10-18,
6:14-18.
| The captive Jew la now in hia native
land again after yeara of separation
from the place he loved above all
othera. Within aix months after they
arrived at home tfiey are laying plans
for the erection of the house of the
Lord. The building committee is ap
pointed and the work of laying the
foundation is under way. Of the
apies sent to view the promised land,
only two agreed that it could be over
come and possessed; ten of them
said it could not be done. While they
were busy passing resolutions and
counting the difficulties their reso
lutions were tabled and never taken
up again till they had all, except
Joshua and Caleb, died and rotted in
the earth.
We have in our day seen where
churchea needed to be built, com
mittees appointed, matters discussed
for six months, twelve months, year,
some time for almost a generation
and the same old dilapidated Shack
stood and they called it the house of
the Lord. These Jews were not
of this type. It has been about
fifty-Ave years since the former
temple in all its glory was burn
ed to the ground. Many of them
wept when they saw this temple going
up with so much less grandeur than
the former. Many shouted because
there was one of any sort to be built;
in all, their cries of joy and sorrow
mingled till there was no telling the
shout of joy from the cry of sorrow.
There is one thing to be said; they
were all of one accord whan it came
to doing the actual work of building.
Nothing pleases the devil more than
discords and confusion in the ranks
of the King's Army.
When the church united goes to any
task, it can and will be accomplished
in due time. At the laying of the
foundation of the temple they praised,
God, not to be heard of men but to
keep in everlasting rememberance
that hymn that is never out of date:
"God is good, and his mercy endureth
forever"?halm ISC. Whatever our
afflictions, however deep and crushing
-our grief, and whatever else may fail j
I
os, that his mercy faileth not. Some
were here, who doubtless remembered
the former temple end wonted pos
sibly to see one in keeping with the
former; be that as it may they all
shouted and sang for Joy together
because they remembered the good
ness and mercy of God in bringing
them from captivity.
We ought to learn a lesson much
needed to day as we study this lesson;
that of sacrifice for the service of the
Master. These Jews out of their
scanty store* did not fail to do their
best for this service of rebuilding the
temple. Saying nothing about the
original cost, give me the cost of au
tomobile up-keep and oil lull spent
for pleasure and I can build a house
of worship in any community that
will tower above any building in the
community. Many of us spend the
best for our own selfish ends and give
God the fragments; and often he
does not even get the fragments, we
spend that too.
The bulldig may not be as it should
be, but if the spiritual temple is first
erected the material temple will come
as a result. The church should be
the center of activities for every com
munity. God pity the man who finds
no pleasure in the temple worship.
We have come to a day in our own
good land when the church is no lon
ger held in reverence as it should be.
The devil has found a thousand and
one agencies to decoy men and women
from the temple worship. How these
returned Jews must have loved God's
house! No sacrifice was too great for
them to make to hurry its completion;
they would make any sacrifice to at
tend worship of this house of God.
They had enthusiasm in abundance
and they had liberality in abundance
in both material and spiritual things
to keep pace with their enthusiasm.
God saw and honored the sacrifice
these people made out of poverty just
as much as he did the sacrifice made
by Solomon when the first temple
was erected and dedicated.
In four years time the temple is
completed and dedicated to'Jehovah
their God. God commanded them to
build, they were helped by heathern
kings and encourged by theWophets.
The temple is now dedicated."?Tijey
have set up the worship of God, made
the book of Moses their rule, to which
they had an eye when it was built.
The temple worship was not carried
out with as much pomp and splendor
as in the days of Solomon; but doubt
less with the same purity. The feast
of the Passover is held in the new
temple. They have just come from
CHRISTIAN HARBOR NEWS
Mr. J. T. CoImod attended the Sun
day School Convention at Rich Square
last week.
Mr*. R. H. HoUomon, Mrs. J. L.
Blythe, Mra. N. S. Boggard, Mra. L
M. Taylor and Mra. W. J. HoUomon,
attended the annual convention of the
W. M. U. at Ahoakie last Wednesday.
Mr. Henry Hyatt was a caller in our
community last Thursday.
Mr. E. V. Grissom went to Ahoskie
last Wednesday.
Misses Essie and Nonnie Coleson,
of Rocky Mount, came last Sunday to
visit their sister, Mra. W. J. HoUo
mon.
There was a fish fry at Mt. Pleas
ant wharf last Saturday, given by
the people of our community, a large
crowd was present, and plenty of
good things good to eat were enjoyed.
Several of our people attended the
Masonic Picnic, at Colerain Beach
last Thursday.
Mr. Polk Felton and Mr. George
Myers were visitors in our neighbor
hood last Sunday.
LAWN PARTY
The Junior Betterment, of Chris
tian Harbor are planning a pleasant
evening at the home of Mrs. N. S.
Hoggard, Friday, August 11th, 1922.
Everybody is cordially invited to come
and have supper, consisting of ham
and chicken andwiches, iced tea, ice
cream and cake. Proceeds for the
benefit of Christian Harbor School.
0
Nearly 80,000,000 barrels of flour
could be added to our annual output
from wheat that pests and disease
destroy.
captivity in Babylon, it ia only fitting
that they ahould remember their de
liverance from Egypt. New bles
sings should remind us of former
mercies. "For the priests and Le
vi tes were purified together." How im
portant it is that those who. minister
in holy things shall themselves be
holy. "Like priests, like people" is
certainly true. O Lord, give us the
mind that was in Christ Jesus; the
mind of sacrifice and service. Give
usJhK Holy Spirit to lead us to
jrfeater\erviee; serve and not a de
sire to be served. Help as to honor
Thee with'the beat of our lives, our
means and whatsoever comes to us
from Thee. Help us remember that
we need the influences of Thy church,
the safe-guard of the religion of
Jesus Christ; and its power and that
alone to save from an ever ending
hell.
inn
cigarettes
? prm
w
They are GOOD/
?????????? !
Notice of Re-Salo Unkr Deed of
Treat.
By virtue of the power and autho
rity conferred upon me by a certain
Deed of Truat executed on the 8th
day of July 1920 by Scarboro Barrett
to me as trustee, the bid of the for
mer sale having been raised accord
ing to law, I, the undersigned trustee,
will again offer for sale at public
auctory, for CASH, in front of the
Poet Office in the town of Murfrees
boro, N. C., between the hours of 12
o'clock M., and 3 o'clock P. M., on the
14th day of August 1922, the follow
real property, to-wit:
The house and lot situate in the
town of Murfreesboro, N. C., now oc
cupied by J. A. Campbell as a resi
dence, bounded by Williams, Fifth
and Broad Streets of said town, and
by the lands of Harry N. Deans, and
kown as the "Old Peter Williams
Home Place."
This July 28th, 1922.
8-4-2t Stanley Winborne, Trustee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
This is to certify that the under
signed has this day qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of Josephine
Godwin, deceased, late of Hertford
county. All persons holding claims
against said estate will present them
to the undersigned duly verified on
or before the 14th day of May, 1923
or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will make immediate
payment of same to J. W. Godwin,
Administrator of Josephine Godwin,
deceased.
This July 14th, 1922.
J. W. GODWIN, Administrator.
7-M-4t-pd.
1
"No MoreRuinedShirtwaistsfor Me/'
said Mrs. Southlee /
dUcorered a most wonderful water softener"
A group of young housewives
wore discussing washing material*.
One said that her clothe* had been
fairly eaten to ribbon* by patent
washing fluids and chemical*.
"No more of that in my home,"
aaid Mrs. Southlce. "I've dis
covered a most wonderful water
softener that does not harm the
fabric. My maid says it makes the
warning caaiar tnan
anything the haa ever
used. She just dis
aolvet a VJ teaspoon*
ful of Red Seal Lye in
each bucket of water.
This softens the water,
and makes the clothes
anowy whit*. She uses less aoap
too."
"That"# quit* true," chimed la another.
"!'*? uaed R*d 8**1 Ljrt a* ? water
aoltener. but that'a oaljr one of ita many
uaea. Red Seal Lye makea an aacellent
aoap. I tell my cook to aav* all tire waetc
freaac. On* caa of Red 8*al. when mined
with freaec and water, makea enough aoap
to laat aevaral month a lor all laundry and
ecrubbing purpoeca. It'* really quiU Inn
t* make. The direction* are in die can."
i?n are many Household
uaaa and recipes lor Red
Real Lye described is the
Red teal Booklet, which trill
bo mailed you free. Bead
for it today.
Ask your dealer lor the
old reliable (rsnulatad Rod
Seal Lye. Oat the genuine.
Take no other.
v P. C. TOMSON * CO., Soatfcwark P. O., Pklladalphia, Pa.
CANCERS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED AT THE KELLAM HOSPITAL
The Kellam Hospital treats successfully Concern, Tumors, Ulcers,
X-Ray Burns, and Chronic Sores without the use of the knife, X-Ray,
Radium, Acids or Senium, and we have treated over 90 per cent of tbe many
hundreds of sufferers treated during the past twenty-three years.
KELLAM HOSPITAL, Ine.
1617 West Main Street. Richmond, Va.
I HTLflS I
PQRTLBNP CEMENT
.W!?ET: is tbTtraat economy. The
diet road it being replaced by concrete?open
? in aU weathey?practically elim mating tepeire
transportation?it make* more permanent,
I more profitable, mora livable, the htm.
Yoor building material dealer can advis* en
I any bualdnm. Fie call* Ada* "the Standard
by which *11 other make* are measured."
The Atlaa Portland Cement Company
Self* OgBeen?New York?Be*?oe?Philadelphia
IkJUi-tNocthenp.oe.Pe. Het?a.N.Y^-Le?d^Ale.
"The Standard by which
in other Makes ate raeeruted
I vvwHc9yvnii&9f^
Listen Tobacco Growers!!
'
After you have worked hard planting, cultivating, curing and grading your to
bacco. And you have not signed your rights to your crop away for five years. And
can sell it for yourself. And get your money as soon as it is sold. And use your
?? *
money as you like. And will not have to let somebody else spend it for you. 1 Say
Men,
Ain't it a GRAND and GLORIOUS Feeling
SELL Your TOBACCO With PHAUP
c
?
THE FARMERS WAREHOUSE TKN
it '? j* ? " * i ' ^ 1 v.
Ahoskie, N. C C. H. Phaup, Prop.
> ,f ? ?
? '
Market Opens Thursday, August 17th., With a Full Set of Buyers
? / ?? ^ t *11**5 " -y ; . fi