SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
^ tuternatiohal Sunday School Les
son for Next Sunday, July
5, 1914:
LABOREBS IN TEE VINE-
YABU.
MATTHEW 20:1-16.
Per the kingdom of heaven is like
a man that is an householder,
went out early in the lugrniiig
■e laborers into his vineyard.
^Ar.d wheri he had agreed w^'n the
for a penny a day, life sent
into his vineyard. .
And ho v.-ent out about the third
r, and saw others standing idle in
market place,
Ana saij unto them; Go ye al.^o
the vineyard,. and- whatsoever is
I will give you. AnJ they went
way. . ■■■■ ■
And he wer.t out about the sixth
|id hinfh hciir, and did like\visVf.
And abo’jt the eleventh hour he
out, and found others sJ.t.n.!ing-
, and saitb vinto thera, Wliy stand
here all the day idle ?
|7Thc-y say unto him,. Befause no
hath hired us. He sai'-h iir.io
Go ye also ir.to the vineyard;
vhatsoever is right, that shall
receive,
j'S So when even was come, ihe -lord
the vineyard saith unto his steiv-
Call the laborers, and j?i\ e thorn
' hire, beg-inr.ing from the last u:i-
iirst.
1 9 And when they came that wore
[ about the eleventh hour, they re
every man a peiiny.
And when they had received it,
murmured aprainst the goodsnan
the house,
\ 12 Sayi’.'ff, These last have v.Tcu|rht
one houv, and thou hast mnde
, equal urdo uh, \\hich have boriic
\\Q burden and heat of the day.
Z But he ar.ftWereJ one of thefn.
saifit Friend, I d«T> thee no \\TonR*.
not uoth agrree \vsth mo for a
ny?
Take that thine is, and f^o thy
ay: I will ji'ive unto this last, even
unto thee.
it 7)ot iav.’ful for lo do
I wili with mine own? Is thine
evil, because I am R-ood?
So the last shall be fn-F-t, and the
lost: for many may );o ealled,
|ut few ehoi^cn.
GOLUEN TEXT:
“Jle nmkct)» lus sum to /is? cei iho
. and on the ;?ood, iinil stiruletli raiu
th jus>t and oii llio unju.-i.”
cities T.'vith the tools of their trade,
ready to enter at once upon the ein-
plcymsnt that may be offered them.
The ordinary day laborer in Palestine
in the time of Jesus was paid a de
narius, equal to about sixteen cents
cf our money. In some parts of the
world today, a laborei* can li\e and
support his faniily on less than a de-
nr.rius, but . in some other countvies,
of course, much more is ncceissary to
nsaintaia a laborer at his best, work-
hig eificiency, ■ The wcrkinj? day be
gan at su»irise and closed at sunset,
and the worknn;n was paid at the
end of the day..
• Into this market the Uuidlord ci' oui
U‘.s£on story wont early oijo ni0!.T.in,Lt
t-) hira iaborc‘»‘s into hi?: vineyard,
lie a>?reed v;ith certain nis>:i ccncern-
ii:jX the day*« unges, a:id \V>ey wort at
once to work’ About'-the ihir^t.hour
oi' :he day, or p.i:;C o^clock i:i the morn
ing;, lie say that lh;.*re wa3 denia*id
for more laborcr-s in hiii vincyiird. a id
^oin^: into tlie market' pL:cc, he e:i-
i^-a"2d others' to. work* })rcnii.siMg to
pay them v.’hatever >\'as ju>t at iho
end of the (hxy. Thi-i wufi done r.f-aln
at j'ocji and thv-'ift o'c-jk-jc, arid .ad
ditional men entej’cd the worTc inidcr
the nron'iisa of rewaiJ^;. At
fi/v in t:'.% afternoon &iill other
workers .were sent into the vineyard,
their excuse for r* lon^ day of idleness
being that no ^s’ork had been offered
them. The.kinj^doni of heaven is like
this hiring of laborers to work i;i the
vineyard: there is constant need of
additional worker?, arjd the opportun
ities to lai)or are hei’ip continually
l.»vou'j:ht to th? attention of me-j.
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HE VlXEVAKl) [..VROKKKS WHO
•IJKCEiVr:!) HQfAL KKWAIiD.S.
clo.-^cd th«' ^tudie.'- of ihi'
rier W3ih the story oT ilte yoni:;r
n who made tlio fa^.al riii;jtako
‘usin/? to follow Jeyus. lie wa.« a
young man and was umviilini? lo
\v hi.? Li/rd on the ternis declared
^efc.-'.sary for Jjim. di;vir>Ics wrre
:rr-:T:ily imnresse(i wiil: the incident,
and more with (Iw .''o’emn w^.rds
;2:DK'on hy Je.-^us after l.'a) do-
,)arture. Peicr e-pccially Wa.^- dis-
i-es.sed over the seemingly hard con-
the Loi'd 3iad laid dowr; nnd
ie wondered, if these who liad riclK:^
entered with so mu:*h difiicutvy into
^.he kingdom of heaven, what
vvould those rec-cive who ha't • ladi!
.hemseivcs norvr for the I'akc t.( iho
dnq-dom? He doch't^’o-i tJiai; ho iind
lis fellow disciples had fi-rr^akon all
Jiey had, and he asked: “What,
-hall we rert^ive?” It i;? unjust
Peter to suppose that he was c.i i-
:erned too niu:-h aboii.i the rewards
ot di.sciploship; and, since .Jc.s;;'-: had
d«!arcd so einphnticfilly what the
reward.^ of riches were, it vas per
fectly proper to inquire « hat wi»re !>io
benefits of voluntary poverty
Christ’s sake. .Ie,su£i replied f,hf; and.
i'ondiict as Peier’s would ri.'^eivc an
unfailing reward; but at the same
•time be warned them that spiritual
hies.sinfrs oouJd not aln'ay.5 be e.'^ti-
niKted on the basis of timo and la-
?or spent in the heavenly kingdom, and
he added this great spiritual lav/-
Ivlany who are first shall be last, and
rnany who are last shall be first. Our
les.son is an illustration of this law.
THE LABOREftS HIRED.
It was customary in tlie Ea.st for
laboring people to stand in the open
market places and Wait for some one
to empioy thsni. It is not unusuai to
see laborers on the streets of our tw*
THE LABORERS HEWARUED.
■\t thu c;'.'J of the day the nr.isLcr
of the vii'.eyai'd irave insU'i;ctio?is to
liis .steward, or foreman, to call tiio
hiborers from their task and to give;
to each man his pay. l.CB^nniriR with
the lart tliiit can;e ir, to work and
oi.dinjr v.-ilh llio fir.il. It was a sur-
I’riio to all the workers that the last
to enter were paid a full day’.^ wasre:?,
a’-ihouch tligy liad labnied but or.e
Ik Seeing- thi;-:, those who had la-
l)ored lr*nj.;cr throuj^h the (lay sujipos-
o‘i that their wages •-vould be corres
pondingly larger; but every n»an re-
CJnved the dennriun, without reg:*.rd
1>> h'S time. On thi'-; afcount tho.'^e
who had horr.e the burd«3n of the day
rrd its heat murmured against the
• :.c;yard nia.^tor because he had niado
the ].\>i eiua{ io then'^selvefi, and '.hey
jpurniuiod again.^t rht: goodman of
tiK houici*, ieclaririg ix v.’as unjust.
lAit ihe n-a;-l.er iuinself, viot hi.-; f:>re-
inr'.n, aiiswerod the conipiairit iu fiie
uin'Hist kiiiduc'.is. do theo no wrong,
ri'tcjjd,” he i^aid to the spokesman of
she group, ‘‘Uitist thou r:ot agriv tu
v;ark for the usual day’s pay? Il is
lie ii\jastioo tc thee tltat T jjay these
h;f:t according: lo their willingne.ss to
h'hnr rather Ihnn aLL-oi\iin‘>‘ to their
i';./|;ortunii.:e>-. nn-t ihoii 1 ;ok with a
c«>vetuus eye upon a reward v.'hli'lj i
licstow 4iut of kindness aiid good
v;in?" Tne kingdc-sn of heiiven is
Jliko the lihoior.s rewarded; the re-
I v,\irds are hestf>wed i‘n ihe l^asis of
•vpporiuiihy ;tr;d fjtilhfuiness, rot on
ihc hai-is of the length ofoliiae ;;nd
nami>er of duties disr)-.arg.'d.
THE LAW OF OPPORTUNITY.
As the men had opportunity they
ei.'tered upon the w-ork in the vine-
>ard, some at the lu'st hour, some at
the sixth, and some at the eleventh.
It would fae untrue to the spirit of the
parable to i^ay that thoi.,* wh-; enter-
ed at thel a§c hour had not a capacity
to work equid to the first; it was not
u question of capacity, but a que^tior.
c-i.opportunity. To some the opyox-
tnity for se^-vice did not come until
the last hour of the day, hui they,
wore faithful in that last hour. A
reputation before men often depend?
upon lonf? 'And uhirilerrupted service,
but character depends i:pon lidelity to
opportunity, whether f^niall or groat.
Ciiaracter, rather than ropuTatiun. is
the hii^.iry u^>on which our Lord be
stows his rewardis.. obs -urc qt^'.r-
ters of t'lC earth, r.nd in overlooked
:;r.ationA* r,f the Church ,.‘ire ^-crvar.t.v
of the Lord with jnst much uhilify.
as much useful;!CJ~, I'rf. ajiy of
ti'ose who fdl the pu-'hi; eye and elicit
Lae puh'dr r.“a*-.c. In ihe d;>y of li.n'.l
:r.v::ras It i-' Ihe -e nien. whose praist*
;'orn the Lord of ihe vineyard -h::'!
nvjrir. the worider of the world, li i?
tl'cs? faithful inon, r.I-.hough r^o o:.e
hired them and no opport^L-’ity \hru.;t
them forward, who, being last, snan
hccor;ie first in the voU of h»>nor. It
is the Lord’s graciouHaes.? thot does
this, his approving eye that watchos
;dl his servants at th?ir v*ork.
TKK (rRACU)US MASTKii.
It must not be ovorlookel that our
Lord is teaching a les.=joa of the king-
d'.m of heaven and is not laying dowji
principles of contract and labor. It
jis vitally true, beyond doubt, that tne
(principles of the kingdom of heaven
] ought to l>e observed ir. business ro-
(hitions, ill e?mploying and in paying
; hdif-r. But \v0 must not seek for all
!e;;onon5»c truth in one spii itual lesson.
I and we must not overlook a spiritual
j Ifsson is our zea! for econoriiic just-
^ ice.
i The ray of light thrown upon
thij? les.'-’on story is in these simple
I words put into the mouth of the vine-
;yard master: ‘‘I am good." lie be-
' slows rewards because he is good,
Mic deals with every man nn the basis
’of kindness and grace and generosity,
!aad he therefore does not employ the
■ ?cr> ices of a timekeeper. Peter and
I the other disciples were asking the
;nuestioi,: “What shall we get?” Jesus
: answered; am good.” Above ali
; other rewards, the privilege of trust
ing in Jesus is one of the most de-
^^nable. He is not a hard, driving
taskmaster. It« is the gracious Lord
cf the vincyi’”d on earth, unfailing in
goodness, infinite in courtesy and
Gold Mine i*roir.if-'ing.
iiif-rh Point. Jur.o 2G.—L. A. BrHcs.
who ntddo ti fortune ^eai's ago vvoTil
tc Ficrida and made a fortune? afisr-
Wiird.. returned a3:d buiil Hf;:h Poinl’s
only ^;ky scraper, the buiidinj^' in
wliich the IJank of Connrif*rte is ;-ov.'
.-^iiuated, it v.hile :.-t.iii a you:ig iiirt!
Oil the roa«i to another fortur'e. ilv;
lu».' ouo of the ha'.idsomc.‘=;t ar.d mo:t
fosliy resiM'ir.res iit the town, 1-ui
thin lie has rcfit:';! tul and gone to
iland(»l].>h c«:U;ity v.hcrc is fciinatoii a
gold mir.c !;i.iwr' for a great :ran;-
1 cr of year: as the Hoover Htlh T^his
] roperly he has bought and is fafii
ueveiopir.g modurn machinery.
\Vat‘‘r from the LUvliairie riv«*.r is
pumped for v/ashing the suri'ace dirt
frich fornaic.s from four to sev*cu dol-
Check Your April Cough.
Thavnng frost and April rains chill
you to the very hidrrcw, yoL’ catch
cold“Head and . hiags stuiTed—You
ar.5 feverish—C>‘Ugh continually and
feci miserable—Y ou need l>r. Kings
Xew Discovery. U soothers inflamed
ard irritated throat and iungs,. *«tops
cough, your head dearjs up, fever
.]t*aves, and you fee] fir.e. Mr. J. T.
Jlavis, of Stickney Corner, Me., '‘Was
L’ured of a dreadiui cough -after doc-
tors* treatment and all other reme-
iies fr.i’ed. Relief .or money b/ack
Pleaaain —chiidi-ei; liuo ix. - :^et :t hot-
Ue today. 50c. and $L00, at yoin-
druggists-
SHAKE INTO VOUR SliOI^S
AUeh’.s Foot-Ease, tiii; anti?ept;c poiv-
der.- It relieves paiiiful; .=^inarting,-
tender, n.ervous Lir;d i;i;>t:M'itly
hikes the siliig out of cor...^- r-irl l.v.i-
ions. It^J the gi er.tc-~t ccn;P.>“r L
ery of the ago. AllcnV: •
m.*jJre^ tight or r.ew .sJioe.-; fc-J .car-y.
It is certiun. relief for swcaiiiirr, cal
l's.u^, sv^'oilpi). tirv-i;, :;;.-hh;g fo.et. Al-
\vi:y^ us6 it BrwL-i i:i Xcvv i':‘eL-s.
iVy it TO-DA“j*. ov(‘ryv.O'.e;X-.
Doii^t -avcvi.t ar.y pjb-.ltui.v
r FKEL' Ij’ia] ac'dr-r-
S. Olmsted, Lo X. V.
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In the Reach of Almost Everybody
A hsi'-ijv is rhe dti-ftire oS' t!ie You
jiist.|irovi;i- t:’t; ;;:;i>pint'3S anii let tis ihu hjffie,
;in; ivill n'! !)■? hap;iy. Ycj ffot a cineh
f>: d we \'"0 soijf'it ifi.j (j'J. Anv-
t!i:i' v'H' you t'j ^i-iv ';i eoumi';.’, or su-
initbi \vi:i p>oviM: "ood .iiive tmsriir.
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WHEN' nviUAyamy. i-Kin'u-
& Eeal Estate Co. %
W. E. vS*iAR?E, r/iau&ger. 4*
I f BiirllKiJton, North Carolina.
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Pablicly Testify, H's Evidence .Nci le
Be Jgi'orcd-
\Vh3n re.^ident:' of Bcrihigiu:’ are
Vviilini^ l'> reconn;u V'o;>r/s Kidney
i-’iiio in this paper, is ihcj-e a.'.y .c-'ord
L> try n l:i.*ney bac-'.i;‘he O)’
bladder riiinedy th.t i.^ not a.s v.'ejl
reconnnor;dcu ?
T'dr?- T.ul.i Ktir:. Wel/a Arv-riK* aiul
Antho'iy Street, Gin-lington, X. C..
.r.y.': ‘’1 it i.' r'',v-
^irnniei’.d !''oan' Kii"'-y I'ilis. i hope
my statement v.'iil hc]:> oihf.'r neoj.^f
-■^ijfferifig fron) complain!.. T
have used Doan’s Kidney Pills wiih
‘.he l.'O.st r'^sults i-.;;d they ha^'o cured
oth' .v of the f: r}i;iy. ! a:>i ja,-: ;;s
i *■) prr.iL’e this r-jmeiiy pfAv J
vrhen I jinhli.iy r’^d-ir.-ed it
yr:;,-.; ago."
?drs. Uelm is only one of marsy
Di.'rlington pe^sple vrho have gnileCal-
ly efidor.sed Doan’s Kidney Piil?'. If
yciu' back aches—If your kidrieys
hothcr you, don’t simply ask xor ^
lid.K*y rc?nedy-—a.«k u);-tiact)y for
Doan’s Kidney Pillti, th«j saTn-;' that
iai.-i a ton. The mill I'cinK: a rorty-toii
line wa:-lies about thirty tons daily, I llehn h;id—the rcinCily i.acl'edj
iiU machii'ci'y i;ei:!g ('|-er;;l'«*d I-j' ari - y h^-ino tc.-ti?)?ony. i/rt:.' ;d) i'lo/cs. '
oIe;*;r;;' rc-’X^nlly j-ist in at the ! i''n:4e:'-Milbin':t *o., Props.. Hu'-|
ini;.^’. Mr. iJrile.i tip,;, rieeii at thl-'-j^ - ^ our H.u'l: i^- !.am;-
(;cvi. iiJjn.i' fit l‘i'' tiiuo :.ow, ai.d [ Keatendfi'r the Nainc.’'
ha s j.;'I tl'C ptMTiv v.'hcr Uio out-' ...
look ftir I'olurnH is .■itn'idedly ;;i*tini' liurii:^: the winter nionllu- iiu^furi-
};:tit% ties iu'cujaaia?^., your blood V'ei'i.in--*,'
The e.ty auth=,ritie:. b..ve i^een ad- ‘i'-'*'
. . lUS.d l«o\\ol.> fait lo workv •■au.sini:
v?. ;*u hv olter that the i5cw lire true.; i „ . r i
f called ‘'Coring !• ever. ' tju fee! hr-
rt.ently iuircha::ed vi Coiumbus ' pti. weak Uiui Jay.y. Klecirie Muu-i s-
has shipped ;::td v^dl likely reach! ihe .‘jprin*? toriic and system ol'ian.-ijr
hero ooxl wet,-k. Tliis up-te'-date fne-l--i-'= v:he,t you need; they r^ii’a'.daie
n..-iilvr, tonetiier the fViur or five i‘l>e kid.ays, liver and bowels to heal-
, , I thv action, .‘vpel l.lood in)punt«es anl
ho-^,- wai'on.' v.?nch rjaV'* 5ii-v'-.v ' . .
alwuys !*i*-
par.doil wirh alacrity and i-aic
v-e-s v.'liea the «iro-a'arr.5 shakes up
ti’.e lowr., wiii dti lauch it>w;ird u
greater fcding of safety, and togelh-
er v.'ilh a eorapicflon of the city res
ervoir, v.diich will be a matter of some
'■;iiree weeks, will doubl.u-.'s v'heaj’ic.i
lire insurance.
rG-^tore you'* Ijcalth. -stn/i.gth a^.d nrA-
i'iiiot». K'vi'U'ic lUtLors na-Ja-.s yvii
fo€' iiio c\v. i^tart a foni' v/eek's
tre:4*.ii50.a it will put you in luu:
Kiuipe f‘^r ymr spring wor’;. tk^ar*
antecd. All Uruggists. riOt*. a:ul ^LOu
H. K. liucklen &. Co., Phi!a;h.-!]jhia
or St. Louis.
Hold nobhery in Mebane.
Mcbanc, June 2i\—Betwei:n the
hours of il ni. aud 2.1>0 a. m. Thur.s-
day night ih.-i Mcbar.e Supply Co-, the
large.st ni'^rcaatilc establish'. Tt i.'
that town, Vv’as eaterod in the rear by
•.hie-ve''- aivj goods slole:; t-.': the
amo\rat. of YUOO to aliijough the
exact amoui^t cannot he estimatei. A
tjuantity of ihc most cKpensivc* shoes,
jcvcelry and mcn’.s fnrr.ishings of aH
kinds were taken, the cash ilrawors
were broken open but all money had
beei. placed in the safe. An expensive
r.i*w cash rc*i-ir>ter v,%as fortunately un
banned as it had been left ojjen. Sev
eral bags cf shipstuff w'cre emptied
of their contents on the floor and the
bags u.=;ed foi- packing the booty.
Several men with large packs on
tlicir backs were seen to board the
eastbound train by the watchman at
tIrSO a. m. Further than this no in-
f»rmation has been secured regarding
the robbers, although the two oITicials
are using ev?iy moans possi!)Ie to lo
cate
Cought'd for Three Yfars. '
“I am a lovev of your gotisend to;
humaniiy n-x) Vour rnedi-j
cine, l»r. King's Nfew Uiscovory. cur- ;
ed my ccught •d three yt-ars’ star.d
in.g,*’ s;^ys .Icirnie Flemniir.g, of N’cw
J)ovcr, Ohio. Have you an njinoyirir
cough? Is it ,-LnIiborn mu] woii’i
yield to troat.nient? fiet a oOc bottle ^
of Tm-. Knig’s New Tiiscovcvy today. ;
What it did ft>r Jeor.ie Tkmming it.
n’lll '.i>> f(»v you, no nuitter how stub-!
i-orn or chronic a cought may be.!
It stops .1 i'ough and stops threat and
iung trouble. Kelief or money i*ack, |
Bucklen’s Arnica Salvo for IMnrples.
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Against disease here is the strongest
fence
Is the defensive virtue ab.stinence.
—Horick.
CMieORA COLLEGE
GREENVILLE, S. C.
A ii^nnfisrssnt, i);>r^Ttetiun uriil Charaect;?'
Hi)rh i^tamlard C‘;li?3:8
A L'ii’.arc ar.ij Abie Fpculty
- . St‘u!enc 'lotly
C> ' 1: t i>r :!:i' liuio 1000 above Sea.-!feve!.
I> .•.i.-'i;':); ind ate. .^fo^ei'n!y E>'jui;)pfld
V-'.l idi!;:-;.
A mV i.ihf'r;-.! Arr^ Seienta';, cffei-int; Course
to tii'.' !-'.-jTef'':f .'.I li., and B. Ped.
A Cor..sfl!-\a(ni-v ct offffini Coti.'fi'js LeadiR.a:
tii" of L’. -Mij-.. Scho'jis'!t Aft, E>;pri;’ssi.'n ar.d
AN IDtA.L CGLLEGE FOi YOUNG
'.vof.sri
F'jr ;'n;e •aidres-
REV S. C. bYRD, D. B,, GREENVILLE, S. C.
CHfCOlA,
STOP,
READ,
CONSIDER.
Did you ever think c i the amount
of truth in the familiar saying that
‘‘Good Advertising Pays”?
Try an ad. in this paper
and watch the re.sults.
CLOTHES ARE A MAN^S CREDENTIALS
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’’OL' JUT)GE your visijor by Ids
per:uv! a! appcarani-e. So doC'*
c'cry^'ne el>c. To bn '•/c-ii-
d i-; to t'C well received.
i;nll*MAN’S t^L-iTS -
v.iil })iU y-ii ‘“in right” wherever yoa
go. Tlioy .;re (he oiuwarl exprfssioii
Ilf sub.stantiuliiy and gooii form. There
i'- character bark of tlu-i’^—.md they
will back you lo v.’in aj.y‘‘vhere—under
any C''Uditio*:s.
A? to the tnoiiec’s worth—thoyVe
popular pritC\i •'-costing all they r.v.nl
to h.' hor.es! i’uality--ar.d r.ti a dcPai
mt>rc.
$7.2.1 10 ?22.50.
B. GOODMAN
The Home of Good Clothes
BURLINGTON, N. Carolina.
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