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_ U L 3 r. i.a jV#* ■■ nf land y nt . l!ll I Sunday School Lesson—Young Peoples l opic Edited by Wm. T. EUis “I—I#—t- ■MANLY QUEEN; WOMAN. A QUEENLY .ternational Sunday School Let- ■or November 5, "Esther plead- 0 her People.” Esther 4; 1— . VMLIJAM T ELLIS. running many of us may take the short trip across the Persian Gulf and see the ruins at Susa of the palace where this drama of Esthei^ wus enacted. Then we shall better realize the auto cratic authority, and the opulent mag nificence of the court in which the beautiful young Jewess found herself a potent figure. Reading history of the spot, and amid persisting oriental con- he “woman lesson” of thoj^^tions, we may appreciate afresh the H,t>ry or beautiful Esther, power of an oriental despot. UMi m en-oH o 'Th^. 1 ® ftom London or .1 .m saved a people. The,^vashington, or other capitals of a con stitutional form of govertiment. Palace Intrigue*. One of the best commentaries upon the Book of Esther is a good picture of life in an oriental palace, aa the re- ce^nt work by Bland and Backhouse, "China Under the Empress Dowager.” One must understand the constant at mosphere of intrigue and sycophancy amid which an oriental monarch lives in order to comprehend the sudden rise of Haman. and his more sudden fall, with Mordecia’s elevation. The best key to the present news from China is some knowledge of the palace intrifrties in PekinK. "Fac?” is more than life in the East. Haman. the chief favorite of the king lost ‘ face” when Mordecai, the Jew at the gate, would not kow-tow to him. Therefore he plotted a truly oriental vengeance, not only upon Mordecai, but upon his family and race as well. AH of this is clear and comprehensi ble and natural to any reader ‘’East of Suez.” The most occidental phase of the story is the sturdy old Jew’s £.0 wi independence, and his confidence that woman question.” i his people would somehow be saved 11 not overlook the from vengeance, even though his ene my did possess the king’s signet rimg. Let us tarry a moment to cheer for Mordecai, the loyal. He stood by the king, he stood by the little girl depend ent upon him, he stood by his people, he stood by his self-respect, he stood by Jehovah. He wpis true to his home with that chivalrous loyalty which ife in a peculiar measure a tradition of the South. The Jews have also had it al ways. To this day the sense of racial unity binds the poor Jews in Persia and Palestine with wealthy Jewish Bankers in New York and Paris and Loudon. Loyalty is often a greater vir tue than love: indeed, it is an essen tial part of true love; for, as Shake- »I)eare says, ‘‘Love is not love which tltereth when it alternation finds.” lu r is of Interest In this r coui’erning the status of absurd masculinity of the cnt out after Vashtl’s re- 1 all wives might be taught ( M husbands, will not es- t of feminine wit, as this lulled by millions of per- ihp whole story reeks of an- 'viental man-sway. In its vi-oive how far the lot of im’.'roved. While there is 1 bo honored and emulated. ='t I'f l>oth the deposed . n VH^'htl, and of her suc- ol> Jewess Queen F.slher, r- iiiH.', bf toKf-n for an \ moment's thought r’s real state and h: vom of Xerea will odious it would be iirictian woman.Teach- .. ‘••il how they advise ;! be E^'ihers. ,e v-,*ian Question. 11 ancient history is a ior a frank discus- n'al Issues of what Today The 5th RED \ And Tomcrrow the \ And The Last DAY Si Come Early Avoid Saturday’s Crowds. There’ll be Savings Here for You on Every Inch of Floor Room of This Store. •nvn's place has be- i; unQiiestloned whe^Ver woman is tl? . lo', the mere toy o t .• su\»pllant chavm- ,) t'Aguiler. holding ad- ar? of dress, and hrther Phe is to be fltle and counsellor nreeptod spiritual '•ation. are fair and ,111-Ide ation in this Ksther story there n strain of i>ersis- 'th as to frailty and , r : ,.nlv wiles, however, n fvintemplatlon of her ’■ In ■ crisis, it a who displays spirit 's a, Then and Now. ii.'* '-e lead in the llsht Ve IVni^ »:»ke down our MEhi’S SUITS AND OVERCOATS $7.89. Wonderful bargains for those who realize real value, styles and qualities are correct and guaratiteed .. $7.98 Men’s 25c. stylish open end Silk Four-in-Hands 10c. $12.00 CRAVENETTE COATS $5.89. Right for Fall and Winter, rain or shine ■— good dependable patterns, re liable materials while they last-^J9> Men’s pure Linen Handkerchiefs, 25c. qualities, to close at 9c. Men’s Cotton Hose, 10c. quality .. 1c $3.25 BOY’S KNICKER S^ITS, $1.48. Handsome, dark qualities, latest make and finish $1.48 $2.00 MEN’S DERBY HATS, 79C. Step lively. Complete lines here. $25.00 Suits and Overcoats bought for this Fall and Winter after the most careful Inspection and searcn of the market. The recent sale has broken up the sizes, to, oblige us to order complete new iines, which will be ready next week. Today and tomorrow find the leavings of the first choice of our stock. T*.e befet clothes- the American markets offer, the last word of Ameri- ca’s art for good clothes-maklng in superior, select styles at $ Now, while they last Men’s fast colored^ Hose, in blue, burgundy and heliotrope colors worth 15c. at 5c*. • Boy’s and Children’s novelty Over coats that we bought to sell at |5.00 will be closed out at $2.98 BOY’S FASHIONABLE HATS. _ The new’ telescopes for Fall aird Winter, 1911-1912; all the ' latest shades and colors, best 58c. values, at W^rlght’s celebrated Health Under wear — warm, soft, comfortable; best $1.00 garments on the market. Shirts and drawers', each 86c. Turkey red and blue Handker- 79c. .89 A Woman’s Mission. The mad hate of Haman imperilled the lives of all Jews. Closer than he to :the king stood the beautiful favorite, as com meat a- Esther, whom Asasuerus did not know' to be a Jew’ess. We may not think of Esther in termB. of a modern wife in a Christian land. She was but one of many wives of a fickle and dissolute monarch, albeit the favorite member la'.'. TO -of his harem. The Intimacy and confl- was then the greatest I of the western husband and wife h, [undreamed of. Esther at first feared -ue of the meanest. ‘‘Ic-'to approach the king in behalf of her o written over it. The people; she took her life in her hands lo: ^on. Xerxes, or Ash- r of he world. He was the invasion of Greece, ■ rhat hiiJ? made Mara- rmopyh-e familiar words, la'.' to uncounted mil of ln«' hlo departing from the Per- ■ V, owing to the use of ve a grudge against Per- r the snow In the upper - ked visit to Teheran ’ na^" of his year (not to t ' quertion of the time in- not even permitted to - . , h Snsa. which Is the ^ ’ tory, and Persepolis. nncient Persian kings had i ai. The bandits are in such rr>ntrol of this part of Per- 'he :on.^ul3 will not permit 0 ri?l their lives by enter- Su.« that the French if she approached the king without being sent for. A similar story Is told in connection with Abdul Hamid, of Turkey. The highest use of life is not merc’y to live. Sometimes life has been best employed when it has been thrown away. That is the hero message from history, with the cross as the chief example. Cried Esther, “If I perish I perish”—as a woman, a Jewess and a Queen; which Is far better than to live as a fearful and remorseful slave. When her meaner side is touched woman can be small and spiteful and frivolous; but when her nobler nature chlefd, fast colors 1e* Trbusdrs—Men’s dark mixed, also stylish striped, retail , at $3.00 and $3.50, at $1.98 $15.00 MEN’S SUITS, $3.89. These are strictly all wool Scotch and Worsted mixtures — dark, neat patterns, sizes are only 33, 34, 35' 36 and 37 .. .. .. $3,89 New Fall Derby Hats, $1.98. Sell for $3.00 everywhere. First come, fir»t served. Latest 1911-1912 mod els. Choice • .. $1.98 Men’s white Handkerchiefs, hem stitched, at 1c. Men’s Suits, agents’ samples, worth $16.50, stylish cut .. .. $5.98 Boy’s anA young men’s Raincoats of very desirable patterns, which are slightly “stock damaged.” We sold them at $6.50, this sale will close out the lot, each at .. .. i. $2.89 Trousers in pure all wool worsteds, finely tailored, choice patterns, to close at .. $2.98 M^n’s Hosiery at hj^lf and one- third real value, 19c., 16c. and 9c. Men’a all-wool Casslmere Pants, worth $4.00, at $1.98 BOY’S $2.50 SUITS, 79C. Dark, neat patterns, strong mate rials, cut in latest styles; all neat, dark patterns. Sizes, 4 to 15. First come, first served, per suit .. 79c. $1.00 8H0E8, 29C. Children’s Shoes, •hari} sole shoes. Come in brown, patent leatl^r and ylci, worth $1.00 .. .. .. .. ,. 29c. $6.00 MEN'S NETtLETON SHOES $5.19. The latest 1911-1912 lasts and styles, gun metal, patent leather and. tans. Guaranteed best. $^.00 values, $6,00 everywhere, at $5.1^ Ladies’ vici, gun metal and patent leather Shoes, $2.50 grades’ at .. $1.29 Men’s black, black and white half hose, 25c. quality at 11c. 9ne lot of Men’s fine Hose, bargains air over the world at 25c. at 1. 14ik $2.00 SHOES AT 63C. > , Women’s calf and vici shoes. Loti bunched to represent all sizes .. 63c. SOROSIS SI^ES, $2.59. Come in patent and mat kids, some tans. All sizes and widths ,. $2.59 50C. CHILDREN’S RUBBERS, 29C. Sizes' 5 to 11 only. To close the One lot of Ladies’ Krippendorf & Dittmar Shoes, patent, vici and gun metal, worth $2.00 to $2.50; bunched to close at .. .. $1.59 Men’s Shoes, tans, black, patent, lea ther, gun metal, vici, worth $3.50, at $2.49 A large lot of Men’s Shoes for Win ter wear, worth $1.75 and $2.00; the entire lot bunched ajt .. .... $1.24 Men’s $1.50 Work Shoes, extra good quality. Hampiond & Brown make. 'The Sale Price 89c. WHITTEMORE’S IOC. POLISH, 5C. Whittemore’a guaranteed best 10c. “quick white” Polish 5C. 1911.1912 EMERY SHIRTS 79C. The Fall patterns and stylei», plain and pleated bosoms, never sell at less than $1.00, at 79c. Broken lines too small to quote here in Shoes Clothes, the Men’s Suits and OVercoats which the sale ran at $3.80, $5.89, $7.89,-$8.89, etc., are all filled in from higher-priced lines. We’ll make this a Banner Bargain Day ~ you want to be here. «■ rihpii . to - f,. r.: ou. - is appealed to she reveals a capacity Do Morc;an, made sever-jfor heroism superior to man’s. This ft; including the fam-lbest aspect of woman is the truer to ' ...iiflabal. a collection, her real nature. To cite instances t'mp of Abraham. Thlsjof the noble courage and fearless self- 'onc V. almost as great a sacrifice of womanhood, in illustra- hiih forehead of the crit- tion of‘the Esther story, would be id's peoi le was to Goliath; merely stressing the obvious. The r n 'h ir sa >if>ncv they had been .young queen could dare her kmgs - irii... ’he world ^lint In the time of j wrath, and risk her own life, for the ■ oi -ociptv was not sufflclently or-j sake of a great loyalty and a great ? to h„ve such a complete set I ideal. W’e think none the less of her of Iftwn as Ten Comniandinents that she employed her womanly wiles -n-i LeviticJtl code. Now the crU-j/o accomplish her purpose. i> ; M..1 easting dou^t on the story Vain has been this study of one of ' n : ma’’ h? confotmded by the;the Old Testament hero tales If it has ■ ■ ! ' 0 a eo:iv of Ahashuerus’ de-!not fired hearts with the purpose to do t', ot f Mordecta’s seal. This Is the {some service for race and religion. In ’■*r r. • Qf thine the archaeolokists! addition to living one’s own true ^^^e, 'n? lip; and 1 myself havejone should seek to serve the time and ' hir^- 1 Rot in Babylonia. ithe world, “his day and generation’ >he Bagdad Railway gets to as the old phrase has it, in larger, deeper ways. The Briton should do H. C. LONG CO 15 North Tryon. something distinctively for the Em pire; the American for his country; and both for world brotherhood. Write a poem or a book, a song or a sermon, do a self-forgetting deed, labor for some great ideal; belong effectively to some national or world-movement; give and pray for the .biggest^ cause People's Societies——Christian En deavor, Etc.---For November 5, “Les sons from Great Lives: XI. John.” Jol^n 21: 20-25. By WILLIAM T ELLIS. I You can’t satisfy your tewn hunger by giv- - ; your dog a bone. Neither cm you hmjd up your nerves with idcoholic remedies* To be Self-Reliant, nerves must have a food-tonic that nour ishes and builds up the entire sjrstem* SooWs Emulsion I is the Worid*s Standard Body-Builder and Nerve~Food- Tonic. -w - One of the American reviews recent- you know: in some way it is possible ly quoted a British discussion of the for the least' of us to follow Esther’s question whether or not a Christian example in serving her own people. may accept the new science of eugen- ics. Apparently there have been seri- “Hanged High as Haman.” ous debates on the subject. Eugenics, Boastful Haman—still true to the ori- or the science of better birth and the ental type—recited to his family and consequent betterment of the human his parasites the honors that had come breed, may be an interesting fad for upon him. He basked in their adula- persons who like high-sounding novel- tion and flattery. And In their hearing ties; but It does seem as if the disci- he made boasts of vengeance lipon his pigg of Jesus Christ should be too busy enemy, Mordecai. Sure of his status about their vital work to go in for 1 at court, he built a high gallows for the such profitless discussion. It would ac- •jew 'so that his honor might be cord more with common sense, and •avenged. • the Bidle’s teaching, if these men There is no better caution than ^ould take advantage of a mild gener- Let him that thinketh he standeth ai interest in scientific eugenics, to take heed lest he fall.” Also there is a drive home the message of the .highest proverb about falling into the pit one eugenics, the truth of the new,.*trth. has digged for another. The essential That is a philosophy which has b^n difference between Haman and Mor- proved. The truly high-born are they decai was that one was a small and have been born from on high. The corrupt man, though high, and the ^ace is to be improved, not by reduc- other was a great and honorable man, jjjg ^he mysterious sanctities of love though obscure. John Randolph Stld- marriage to the status of prize man has a pertinent poem; • cattle, but by the tranforming grace ' of God in the hearts of individual men, “After all, and after all, (women and children. The person is Since ever the world began, stupid beyond belief who has not seen Just two have lived, and two have died, ^^is miracle, transcending al scientific In lowly mien, in lordly pride, 'eugenics, of a bad man made good, a The rogue and the honest man. : coarse man made refined, an ignprant ! man turned into the paths of true cul- “After all, and after all, , ture. by the entrance of Jesus Christ The classes are but two; into hfis heart. Prom the beginnihg of And both are rich ahd both are poor, ^is life on earth, down to this present And both still know, as they knew be- moment, Jesus has been working this _ 1 I -f V» Ck f%r\rvy TM'ArlAn. fore. God. There is proved truth in the line of the hymn: ‘To do the will of Jesus—that is best.” A great example and a great inspira tion are character-shaping forces. Josh had both in his new leader, Jesus. # Once Jesus told his band that only to those nearest to him was it given to know the secrets of his mind. Near ness promotes understanding. The clos est friends of Christ know him best. John was the favorite disciple, and he it is who gives us the deepest, most intima^ vision of the heart of the Master. Let Us Remount / V Your Diadmondf tn latest ttyle platiauqi lined Tlffanya Mount- lng|ik gives t^» stones additional brillianer and docs not turn dark nnder stones. sizes, and remounted by eziiert workman, Garabaldi, Brans & Dixon Everybody *has something of the cha meleon in him. We take our color from our environment. Association with re fined persons promates refinement. To Jieep clos« company with vulgar per sons tends to Vulgarity. Life in a musi cal atmosphere^ promotes a knowledge of music. And to walk with Jesus Christ, as John walked with him, is to become Christlike, even as John be came Christlike/ ©:©:oi0:0:oi©;o:oi0:o:oi©:0:©:3:g^^ There is a beautiful poem by Fran ces Eastwood, called “St. John The Aged,” which pictures amid his friend* at Ephesus the apostle who began youngest to follow Jesus, and who lived longest. There is room for only three fragments from it: “I’m growing very old. This weary head That hath so often leaned on Jesus breast. In days long past that seem almost momeni, j«»uo u€i.d i/wi* v—. dream, .wonder, which passes the comprehen- xs bent and hoary with its weight of The things that they ought to do. jgion of scientlgts. He did it with John,] years. one of the “sons of thunder,” whom he, These limbs that followed him, my transformed into a gentle, spiritual and ^ Master, oft mystical leader of men. • From Galilee to Judah; “After all, and after all. Escape it we never can; Only the choice of one have we, And you must be and I must be A rogue or an honest man.” The gospel that sweetened the bit terness of John, the “son of thunder,” is the one sure hope of making over At one and the same time Han^n jn^o wholesoueness our present-day sought his own elevation and nis gociety. enemy's downfall. He really secured ALL DItUQQIOra 11-47 the reverse. Mordecai was made, ntst before the ktag, and Maman v^s hang ed on his own gallows. Dr is such in stances of poetic justice as this and they are not infrequent—that -remind us that “Still, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow. Keeping watch above his own.” SWEETENING A SON OF THUNOER Terse Comments Prayer Meetlrtii^pic John was a fisherman, a son of the open air and the hills.' A great friend ship, a great allegiance, a great pas-^ sion entered into' his life, and he be came a great thinker and a great writer. An apparently commonplace man, plus Christ, often spells great ness. yea, that stood Beneath the cross and trembled with his groans. No longer bear me evcni through the streets To preach unto my children. E’en my Ups Refuse to form the words my heart sends forth. My ears are dull; they scarcely hear the sobs Of my dear children gathered ‘round my couch; My -eyes so dim, they can not see their tears. God lays hiis -hand upon me—yea, his The plans of John and his mother i hand for his future, and for the futur^i^ of And not his rod—the gentle hand his brother James, fell far below thej that I purposes of the Master. It is ever so. I Pelt, those three years, so often press- The best of all success for any life is - ^ ed In mine, come into accord with the will of] (Continued on Page Thirteen.) Have You Goal On Your Mind? If not, you ought to. The wise man takes a load off his mind by coaling up now BEFOAE PRICES GO UP Y^vl know Just what s»u need—and you know you can save—so DON’T DELAY Order now. Our wood is dry and sawed and split. Avant Wood & Coal Company Phone 402, City Yard; Phone 658, Dllworth Yard, o:'*):©!©:©:©:©:©:©:©:©!©:©:©!©:©:©:©:©:©
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