THE SUNDAY SCHOOI
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER.INTERNA
TIONAL SERIES, MARCH 24.
Text of the Lemon, Isa. xxvill, T-13.
Mentor? Verne, 7 Golden Text, Ho.
It, 11 Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.
fCopyriglit, 1007, by American Press Association.
To find merely a so called temper
ance lesson hi such a chnpter as this is
oiiietUlng lil;e eating the smallest por
tion of food from a bountifully sup
plied table. I was asked recently to
Write an article for one of our reviews
on "Systematic Giving," but the 80b
utanoe ot vrhivt I did write was to the
effect that tlie need of the churches Is
not more system In giving, hut a bet
ter knowledge of God and of the con
straining love of Christ.
In reference to Intemperance and all
Its evils, the whole matter is summed
np In Epli. v, 18, "He not drunk with
wine, wherein Is excess; but be filled
with the spirit." The writer goes on to
tell of Christ loving the church and giv
ing Himself for It that He might sanc
tify and cleanse it. Until we know and
believe the love th:it God has to lis
(I John Iv, lti) and h;ive learned to say
"Thy love Is better than wine'' (Song
i, 2) there is not much use in merely
trying to l:iy restrictions on a corrupt
and sinful nature which cannot be im
proved (Unm. viii, "i.
Our lesson chapter, from which we
are asked to study a few verses which
set forth the abominations of the nat
ural n:;:n even in priests and prophets,
who've one occupation should be to
plead with God on lieiia'f of men and
pkv.d vi;h men on behalf of God. gives
us the heart of the remedy for all evil
in ver.-e Hi, one of the grandest words
in the hoik: "Theivfcre thus saith the
Lord Go.l, r.ehnld I lay in Ziou for a
foun.hitio:i st;j:i.', a tried stone, a pre
cious corner stone, a sv.iv foundation.
He that bclieveili shall not make
bato." Then see in verse 2S a sugges
tion :t how lie becomes to us the only
foundation, not by trying to imitate
His l.i'e. but by seei::g Him "bruised
for cur Iniquities" (Isa. liii. 5. (". He is
the corn of wheat who said that He
must die for ov.r fakes (John xii, 24,
2oi, and we must first receive and then
follow Him. rut with this foundation
vers? Acts iv, 11, 12; I Pet. ii, 4-8; John
I, 12.
There is a drunkenness and a Stag
gering that is not the result of wine
or strong drink, b:;t that is the result
of turning away from the word of God
(chapter xxix, tMui, and tills was Isra
el's guilt and Is the guilt of the church
today. Israel mocked the messengers of
God and despised His words and mis
used His prophets until the wrath of
the Lord arose against His people, till
there was no remedy (II Chrou. xxxvi,
1C).
Literal drunkenness, with all its dis
trusting filthiuess as set forth in verses
7 and 8 of our lesson, is but one phase
of the manifestation of the flesh, the
sinful nature In all mankind (Gal. v,
19-211, and those who continue to pos
sess only that sinful nature can never
inherit the kk'dom of God; but as
some such at Corinth became washed
and sanctified and justified (I Cor. vl,
0-11), so have many others In all ages,
for the ouiy one who can deliver eays,
"Him that cotneth to me I will in no
wise cast out" (John vi, 37). Wey
mouth's rendering is, "Him who comes
to me I will never on any account
drive away." He is sorry for and
longs to give deliverance - to every
weary sin sick soul, but the trouble is
that they will not hear and will not
come. See verse 12 and compare chapter
sxx, 13. and Matt, xi, 28; xxili, 37.
Verses 1), 10, Indicate the rebellion of
the natural heart against the simplici
ty f God's way of deliverance. These
proud, self indulgent rebels seem to
nay. Does He think that we are babes
Just weaned, that He must prattle to
us with His line upon line, precept
tipou precept? So the mere natural
man turns from the things of God and
counts them foolishness, not knowing
that the kingdom of God must be re
ceived as a little child would receive it
(Matt, xviii, 3; Luke xviii, 17; I Cor. 11,
14). A vision of Christ in His love to
us, bearing our sins in His own body,
dying in our stead, the just for the un
just. Is the only thing that will break
the hard heart, and if that does not
nothing will. Kach believer Is a priest
dealing with God on behalf of his fel
lows and aiso a prophet bearing God's
message to his fellows. It"Ts ours to
tell the message lovingly and faithful
ly, and He who sends us will take care
of the results.
If we would be full of courage and
joy, as the Lord's messengers should
always be, we must understand His
plan and be agreed with Him about
everything, for otherwise we cannot
walk with Him (Amos iii, 3, 7). This
is suggested by the fact that we are
today having a lesson from fsaiah,
whose message was primarily to or
concerning Judah and Jerusalem (I, 1;
II, 1), and, as Dr. Robert Anderson
says: "It is impossible to exaggerate
the importance of an earnest, prayer
ful study of Israel's history, past, pres
ent and future, as recorded in the
Word of God with extreme liberality
of detail.' Israel Is the key wherewith
to unlock the storehouse of prophetic
truth. Israel Is the door of entrance to
many of God's revealed purposes con
cerning the human race in ages yet to
come."
Every believer who Is right with God
cannot but desire the time when the
earth shall be filled with. His gicry
(Num. xiv. 21; Isa. xL 9; Hab. ii, 14)
and all nrnnkenness and every other
form of sin forever gone. Isa. xxvii, C,
tells us t'infr Israel shall do this, not
the church, not present preaching nor
missionary vork, but Israel when she
shall have ltarned to sing Isa. xxvi, 1-9.
Not seelii.e this causes a form of drunk
enness and staggering.
DAVIDSON NEWS.
Cuudeused Item From the Lexington
Dispatch.
One day last week at Thomas
vills the engine of the Ulimax Chair
LompaDy tore up its steam ch.sti
and was otherwise damaged to eucli I
an extent that a new engine will
have to be installed. The accident
will cause the plant to shut down
about ten days.
Harvie w elborn, a brother of
George and Herb WelSorn, the bar
bers, died Sunday uight at his home
in Randolph county, lie had been
paralyzed for years, and Saturday
fell in the lire and wa fatally
burned.
James M. Monger, the efiicietit
registered druggist of the Thomas
vrlle Drug Co., resigned his posi
rion here and left Friday for 11am
hi where he has accepted a posi
tion. Dr. J. B. Everett will leave Lex
ington the last of the week, uu -i will
make his home at Murf u-tsWv
his native town.
Friday afternoon the three stvrv
brick building occupied by the Lex
ington Grocery Company, wholesale,
neur the depot began to give away.
Experts pronounced the building
unsafe, liable to fall at any time,' go
thai it wus like taking one's life in
han.l to ao in the house. The caue
f tin trouble- was the foundation,
which was uot sufficient. The
U'k.)'' have been hauled away and
ston-d in various places and the
work of repairing the building will
i nji:t ul'!i:g.
Carthage t'uliiii-.
Moore C'l'u.ty News.
W. L. Epnes, who for the las'
-ewiileeii tcifS has been eilgineel Oh
n e CiH tiiaye Railroad, hi resigned
and gone to Beutirttsville, S. 0.,
where he will be engaged in the
smi- buei -.iesj. Mi. Eppea' family
will move to Bennettsviile in i fw
eek j.
At a n eeting of Carthtit'e Coun
cil No. 105 Junior Order United
Stu'es American Mechanics recent
ly it wa8'!cided to present a bible
tnd flag to the Carthage school at
some lime in the neai future.
Piomineiit Juniors from different
points in the State will be present
nd deliver addresses on that occa
sion, and a big time is expected.
A $1U,0(X) bond, issue for a graded
school in Cmthage seems to be a
popular proposition with our peo
nie. We believe at least three
fourths of them will vote for the
measure.
Editor Johnson on the legislature.
The Legislature has had a larger
'lumber t1 an tunal of men who are
lot afraid to stand agamst the
wmld, the ilesh and the devil for
what i hey believe to be right. The
taunt flung in the face of the Sena
tor Rtdwine that if he pursued a
certain course he could not be re
turned, was hurled back with brave
and manly indignation. There
have been many of these men in
Kaleigh this term and the people
will remember t hem. On the other
hand there have been a few cases of
pitiful cowards whose teeth chatter,
ed cind who weakly yielded to pres
sure they knew to be unworthy and
malign. A rag baby pretending to
be a man is a contemptible thing.
Chaiity and Childien.
Visits Haunts of Boyhood.'
Willis B. Dowd, a prrminent Tar
Heel lawyer, of New York and a
son of the late Maj. C. Dowd, an
iissociHe and law partner of the
beloved Zeb Vance, visited High
Point and Charlotte last week. Tne
Enterprise says: When Mr. Dowd
had registered at the Elwood he be
took himself to the haunts of bis
boyhood days, when he was a stu
dent at '"Old Trinity," and harked
back to the distant times when
there was little of the present High
Foiut other than Jamil's Hotel.
Business Notes.
The name of tke Pearl Hosiery
Manufacturing Company at Ran
dleman has been changed to the
Randleman Hosiery Mills Company,
and the capital stock increased from
$25,000 to $50,000.
Burlington House FuiLithirg
Company, Burlington; authorizeii
capital stock $50,000 but can bi-gm
business with $25,000. Incorpora
tors are: J. L. Wei bom, 10 shares;
J. L. Comer, 10; and J. W. Welborn,
5. Object is to conduct a furniture
store. Raleigh Times.
Oyster Pie.
Line a deep pie plate with a rich
paste rolled thin. Drain fifty oys
ters from (heir liquor and put in
the dish. Add a rounding table
spoonful of butter cut into bits,
half a level teaspoonful of 6alt and
a slight sprinkle of flour. Cover
with paste rolled thin, brush wiih
beaten egg and bake in a quick
oven.
W. M. Tate, of High Point, has
gone to Colorado where he expects
to locate within the next few weeks.
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Cancer Not Hope!"-.. i
The American Magazine for Feb
niary cmmh'iis an article on ".'itni-er,
thf Uiie.iTuniered l'alg-ie," by Dr.
I. wonnrd Keene Hirshberg, of John
II. juki'is University.
Eaoh vear nearly 40.0'M) ni'ti I
women Hie of v. imvr in this c M'iuv.
The uisiuse in dark and ghioniy
int"7. TbH facts aloit r i r
eXt'-aoniMiiri !v interesting, ms !r.
Hirsiibers: pre.-ems 'hem. 'Ih-ieis
no ubsiilnte t ine fm it .vet. B-u
th-re is :i.vty vp'. O i t!i s p nut
the author say:
'X.t' ure, lii'li-e-l, is the o ily doc
tor whose s'ill Ho.ipable of coiiib.it-
ii.g cancer. E'irlich atrl other li.ive
uii-ene.l that, of a given number of
ni ve lii.-pl.iying symptoms of cuiieei-,
a certain portion recover . The
same thi:,g is true of hum tn being. I
Every e-mmuniy has a saved sufferer,
and as a rule this same sufferer is,
a perambulating and very vociferous j
bellman for some sort of 'mental' j
treatment or quick medicine . It is !
the sau;e with cancer as with other J
diseases. When Nature, by hjr j
mysterious pro.-esw, effects an elev- I
enth-hour cure, thejjeredit goes to j
the doctor in attendance. I
'Luckily, there is no disease, uoj
matter how virulent, thit Mature
herself cannot cure; and so even in
the worst cases of caucer it is well
not to abandon hope. I have my
self seen several cases of spontaneous
cures. One patient was a wealthy
Baltimocean, whose malady was
diagnosed by an operation as cancer
of the stomach three years tr more
ago. Three prominent American
surgeons saw the cancer, which was
inoperable because of its location.
He submitted to a serum treat uieut,
and last snmmer a second operation
revealed the fact that his cancer
had entirely disappeared, leaving a
scar. Ueie was an undoubted case
of cure, out did the serum do the
work? Its advocates maintain that
it did, but i.gr jat'tn tuy very lef.ri e i
and scientific physicians hold that
it did not. Oae cure, it is obvious
Dy no means establishes a specific's
efficacy."
Schnapps Tobacco is Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured
Tobacco Grown in the Piedmont Country.
The Imitation Brands Have Schnapps
Quality Only On the Outside
Of the Plug
Hundreds of imitation brands are
on sale that look like Schnapps to
bacco. The outside of the imitation
plugs of tobacco is flue cured the same
as Schnapps, but the inside is filled
with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened
air cured tobacco. One chew of
Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger
, longer than two chews of such to
bacco. The color, size and shape
of the tags, plugs and packages of
certain imitation brands of tobacco
have been made so much like
Schnapps that they have often been
accepted by buyers under the belief
that' they were getting Schnapps.
Sufficient proof has been secured
to establish the fact that certain
brands are infringements and in vio
lation of the trade mark laws, yet the
trade 'will continue to be imposed
upon by these infringers until the suit
already entered and now pending to
protect Schnapps is decided. A
great many of these imitations are
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, AVinston-Salem, N. C.
You can make better food with
m
AVZ&QZ&'E&ILY PURE
Lighter, sweeter, more palatable
and wholesome.
CROMWELL'S HORSES.
An Accident Thst Oefell the Protector
In Hyde Park.
"As Cromwell rose iu power and rank
his l ive of hordes Im-hii to lie more
eoii.vU-uous," says a writer la lilack
wuuil's. "When ho started from Lon
don in 1G4'J to fee iiiiiuer Ireland he
went t'virth in that state and equipage
ai the liUe hath hardly I icon seen, hlm
seii' in a coach with six gallant Flan
ders n.aras, reddish firay." Iu
wh.v.i tiie Spanish ambassador took his
leave of tiie lord protector, Cromwell
sent hi ui "his own cmcIi of six white
horses" tJ .convey hint to and from
Whitehall. "Certain it is," adds the
narrator, "that none of the English
kiiijis had ever any such."
The protector wus not much of a
whip, however, in Uii the Count of
Oldeiibing sent Cromwell a present of
sis horses, and the protector's anxiety
Ij iniike trial of their quality led to his
well known adventure in Hyde park.
On Friday, Sept. 2!), lie went with Sec
retary Thnrloe and some of his gentle
men to take air in the park, ordered
the rIx horses to he harnessed to his
coach, put Thurloe inside of it and un
dertook to di-lve himself. "His high
ness," said a letter from the Dutch
ambassudsr, "drove pretty handsomely
for some time, but at last, provoking
those horses too much with the whip,
they grew unruly, whereby his high
ness was flung out of the coach box
upon the ground. His foot getting
hold In the tackling, he was carried
away a good while in that posture, but
at last he got his foot clear and so
came to escape. lie was presently
brought home and let blood and after
some rest taken is now well again. nn
secretaryt being hurt on hte an'
TO ALL OUR PATRONS:
ware, especially Barb Wire, Nails, Iron, Etc., is advanc
ing rapidly. If you wish to buy cheap, Scome to see us be
fore fuither advance takes place. We nave a heavy stock
and will be glad to furnish you. Yours to serve,
McCra-ry-Redding Hardware Company
mm
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. fEvvc'RK' jjj
leaping out of the coach, hath oeen
forced t: keep his chamber hitherto
and been unlit for any business."
j The royalist Seroggs, afterward chief
justice, writing of this incident, hoped
that the uext fall would be from a cart
hinting at the gallows. As to Crom
well's views on the burning question
of horse racing It is difficult to arrive
at a positive conclusion. Ills constant
aim was to possess as many good
horses as he could afford. Whether he
entered his horses for races or had
the satisfaction of owning a winner
history does not say.
Crushed.
"If I could only die and leave you
well off." he said after they had had
their first quarrel, "I would be glad
to go."
"How," she cruelly asked, "could you
die and leave me otherwise than well
off?" Chicago Record-Herald.
Seed Oats.
We have the best spring varieties
Black, White, and Burt 90 Day.
Call early before present lot is gone
and prices advance as they usually
do later in the season.
Just a Word About Shoes
We've j?ot them latest stybrs
and patterns. You can't afford to
buy. without seeing; our line. Call
and look them over whether you
buy or not. Will be pleased to
show you.
Allred & Garrett,
Climax, N. C.
Bear in mind that
all heavy Hard-
claimed to be "just as good" as
Schnapps, but there is only one gen
uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters
on the tag, and stamped on the plug
under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S
and then you have it the most
wholesome tobacco produced, with
just enough sweetening to preserve
the mild, juicy, stimulating quality of
the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove
that this flue cured tobacco, grown
in the famous Piedmont region, re
quires and takes less sweetening than
any other and has a wholesome,
stimulating, satisfying effect on
chewers.
If the tobacco you are chewing
don't satisfy you more than the mere
habit of expectorating, stop fooling
yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco.
Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers
formerly bought costing from 75c.
to $1.00 per pound; Schnapps is
sold at 50c. per pound, in 5c. cuts,
strictly 10c. and 15c. plugs.
rTHE MOSTr,
Acceptable Gift that can 1 l-ntor-ed
upon a child at any Mne, the one
tvhich carries with it every hlrming
contained in a token of love and
friendship is unqiiemionahlya NKW
SCALE $400 I.UDDKX A 1JATKS
HAXO t club meiulien at $287.
This" gift does nol oidy confer upon a
child its own bencliis. but the pleas
ure and happiness of the whole family
from havinjr mimic in the home. Our
eiht hundred club nieiuls-rs who
joined our cluHs, unite in pr.iise i f the
Ll'DDKX .V HATKS I'lANO, and
appreciate their suvin of nearly a
hiiiulri'd and twenty-five dollars euch.
the club price of' if can he paid
in cash or on monthly, quarterly or
yearly terms. Book lit No. 4L' will
explain our club plan, and we will
write you full v about our '';UAF!AN
TEE FOR A" LIFETIME," and our
"FREE LIFE L;ii'l!AXCE-'-we
do not collect from widows ami or
p'.ians, pive them a rec ipt in full in
case of death of parent j lining the
club, now funning. Wii'.e today for
JJ x.klet No. 41.
Ludden & Bates S. M. H.
Savannah, (;a.
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! not:. in point on uliootitig, iimmii
niti.in, the proper rarei.f h limirm.l
,:. our lit tractive Ten Color
Tim.- iineu iiimircr mailed any
it.-I 'or ex rents jn miu.
STEVENS ARMS TOOL, CO.
P. O. Box 40117
Caleopee Falls, Mass., IT. S. A.
Pure Food,
Good Health.
I have a complete line of
groberies and general mer
chandise. Furnish your table from
our stock and you get the
purest and best.
I pay top market price
for produce-
W. W. JONES
Look Out for Cold
Winds
You must wear a hat or at
least you will when you
come to see out new line for
fall and winter wear.
The shapes are varied in
style and color to suit all.
Greatest care taken to give
you a becoming fit.
Mrs. E. T. Blair, Asheboro. N. C.
ATTENTION!
We want to let
people know that
they should plant
trees that grow and
produce fruit.
We make a spec
ialty of fruits of all
kinds suited to this
climate. Catalogue,
prices and inform
ation, as to plant
ing, pruning, culti
vating and gather
ing sent free on re
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