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PAGE TWO rjfiiim il Kt\ Kllsvvorlh Hartsfield Text: Matthew The world erects memorials to th"s.- who fir-t rivet their ■ \v!'. memorial- Kxiuv-s your s, !t' through • .n a: d holy :v.• t tives. ami yt'U will dwell m the ;\i j, . rt'.-:• after you have ], it t l .' ly>•'»• 'jri.it m -- f . - • -nor :•.{ ,\« .- ; «. y- '\\ •••■ . ..i,. i • • 11 ■ • •I i'* *.» .i. ■ ■ e • .. y I ■ ii ' ' pi^nit l it' iln I'ruc Mi mortal - !•• : .i - >d w li :: it :- ,1 • • i In th . (i l > il - in IV- K:it • r gi\es hi- name to ... . • : -ays. ••'IT'.- -halt , i iidn ii i ! I-.uv!. : • i: ii A>..' a: . the Coil : 1. aa d til ( lod of ,Jac■ i, ■ ■ j ,i-; : ] •; t ■_ • : t ra -: !• •• unt ■ yi>■. fta men i»r« "! ■ 'f Hi- (.'.v n !>.:■ ■ ii'ia! -t; id - ;. I ! in - .n; • cr-. we havi bol !:t :vnn i ran- • - ' hat •_ • ; of l-ra> ! w re to ' i" •• :• their spiritual live.-. .•! siis eanie !.• d: ; n«>t .. va .vith »h t -■ i-ols I!" .amVd u- ' > !.«r* Sup • : "p. ■ . - •• •> mbatu • ! • • it Sai rament our With a cigarette as good as Camels the simple truth is enough CAMEL CIGARETTES ~ """""" """"" ' | ■IIIII.H WHY CAMELS ARE THE BETTER CIGARETTE Camels are made of the choicest to baccos grown cured and blended Jf m The taste of Camels is smooth and kg satisfying. f!f C* Camels are cool and refreshing. /• *' ' The fragrance rf Camels is always Is* \ pleasant, indoors or out. r§ They do not tire the taste nor leave fjjM jflf .VljA any cigaretty after-taste. fT f" 1029, R. J. K*>nol«J« Toh««o ' • Company, Win»(on-S«l«m, N. C. c Ijonl glorifies the meaning of the symbol. and not the act itself. He did not make a mode of ceremony or any ritual his idol Tile Pharisees glorifeid the monument itself, and not the >rineip!o for which the monument -11; I - .lesus showed :- the proper attitude to take •■•ward the monument when he Lf.i :.. .Ed -mallcst of noble . d i'>' hind tile dei d s.>nu of tl e • f the man is seen, • • e -; \ 1 1 1 t '. v, is ■ T!.- woman u M a:.- • " :it• «i •• i> f«•« ' was to lie re -i\ k we..! :n ti * ; t -t way si « km v.- ■w . K\ i u a iup of ■(ii 1 w;.tef , : \. n in his name i' • i i.i -e fai we - i ' a', a ' •'!• ■. ial. il. Ihi trui .-t -en-e. i- something with which . I* :ve':'l' r the goodiu ss in t ii' • . of her-- When a per -'•h has reai iied "he lieight in .araeti r ; h his life i oiit - . liin.ir in greatness and go. din -S. the person himself lu tionit - the monument, for sin ii .t ;-t rson truly lives in the :!'• es of . ' iu-i's. l|] ti: is hig"!l ! i i • - within him -11. How Shall U c C'omnlemo rate? ( oinmeinoration i- vain un •- - is o!.trii> u ~ toward mak ing th i:'e • f i lirist real in i. iman hearts To depend on -t t * - ar-d • ■ !»ration- alone is truly vain A family reunion dinner may hecotno no nvn'e than a picnic if this principle - not on t iie program • i )ur Lord came to nlinister to life, aiid w t . do not honor him nr men until w. -. rk t» enthrone hit" iii the hearts of men- To reach t idi.d we must get n xt to the hearts of living I:VU al.d women- The way to do this i 3 to do 'what is called in the fomiliar | expression: "Scatter roses be hove them while they are yet alive." Jesus sets the lesson before us when lie commends the poor wonVm for annointing him. There were human beings there in the room who failed to see the great in the small Her dei d was insignificant to the others present, and foolish waste of money, but to Jesus it was greet because she did what she could while he was y-.-t aii\e. S « went to great e\ I >«.•?: s. ■ iii doing till- 1 service. 1 >ll t" ?.: criti» al it was a snia ;■ i «i r\ :( 1 i ' great i'\tra\.. garni ■ Worn.-;:: Ii e. -he wa • f ■ I el -n • lie-, and especial !y .it' this very expensive jier f-.inu. v\ iii l> had probably bee' imported from the i'ar-awa; >, iti«.n of India borderin : ('hiiia- We aiv pro!w io g■ ito gre: expense in paying tribute t our dead, and too often wh* ' it comes to helping the livii. w,» do not trouole ourselves - milch- W pay tribute to ti.' dead body, and not in time to the living spirit which has tak en its flight We e\en so oft. allow the soul in the body ' ■ :.(■ lost I love to know that lov ing hand.- will lienor me alVr 1 am pme and will h«»w it wr flowers. Hut ian -cell take th place of what they aetually .! for n.e wlitie 1 an: present wit them in the flesh? No- Car. frieinis and loved ones do great service in | reparing the body for burial, and in building a tomb, as they can in prepar ing a soul for more abundant life here and for eternal life? of course not- It is living men we are commanded to shftw more concern for. and not the dead. Jesus showed this when he said. "I.K the dead bury their i! ad." and when he said on anot her occassion, i am," come that men might hav- life. THE DANBURY REPORTER 1 and that they might have it more abnudantly" The whole Gospel is a mesage of doing good unto living men- It pays its tribute to those who have died by urging the living to lovi each of the living more and more- Of course we should carry on the good name of the dead, and ;i 11 the good we can find in liv t s of wicked men we should do honor to- Our lives are made richer when we seek only for the good, but not so when w*> fa ! to distinguish between the }:• I and the ev i! in nt ii e-. praise what good call be ..I it: the wicked man. as - i-! wi.u'.d ilo. Hut. above a" • • k to make men .-•> that they ! be praised as saints- This - done bv first making you • ov. n lives sublime- How can I make my life sub* i.e? No. nolle of u> may ever iiecome famous, but each of us can achieve character and es m by taking the great and • «>d as nil!' i:) \lels, and the oii'y spotless person essentia! :o follow as our guide is Jesus Christ- Cod expects every per son to make a good name for himself, and Mich can be done only by devotion to the princi ples laid down by our I.ord- An Atlanta boy of fifteen was planning to run away from home As lie was walking down a crowded street, he saw a poe ket book on the side walk. The bov pickd up tile bill fold, has tened to his room and locked the door, and nervously coun ted the bills, and found that he had a large sum of money: and he determined to take his leave arly next morning- That nigh' he tossed nervously in bed. his conscience struggling with him: and his mother was concerned enough to question hin{ II" told here that he must haw eaten too much supper- Early next morning lie slipped out of the house, caught a street car*, and was soon in the country, and on the way to distant city. •As he was walking along the dusty road under the steep side of Stone Mountain, he looked up and saw the unfini shed figures of Lee and Jack son carved in the side of the mountain. Immediately the boy found himself back in Atlanta, and soon he was in the office of the business man who had lost the money. He said, "I saw | the faces of Lee and Jackson, land I could not steal this mon ]ey." The man replied, "You are j worthy to be called the son of I Lee or Jackson " Jesus was lifted up, and, being so, he has ! made himjself a model for men; ] and, by his divine favor, each 'of us who look to him can at tain greatness. Hawthorne's story of the Great Stone Face is familiar to many of us. On the side of a high and steep mountain was j the noble-looking face of a man, i carved out of the granite by j nature- It was the main attroc jtion of the community- The .people of the little village near- Jby were looking for a great i man to com some day. Late in I the afternoons, a little boy, •Earnest by would sit j looking nt the great face as • the sun seemed to give it a | more gloriuus look- Time pas | sed, and men passed, and there wag much speculation as to whe the jrreat rruin was to be the | citizens had watched for so many year*- Finally the great man was found- lie was none other than the little boy Ear i nest grown great, who had so ■ often cast his eyes and thoughts oil the grand old face i on the mountain- lie had kept I his life centered on making a great character like thai seen iin the countenance of the tireat Stone Face. Tiii should remind us that ■ we are unconsciously influenc ed by the company we keep with book-; or people- IJe sub missive to Christ, and his in . fluent, will mi.'., your 1 i sublime- Hi guv--' his i . loi ;•:!! ages- Vou :tn! 1 should give our lives • to our own present age, and other ages will be blessed liv u>- We sliould never forget that all the good we have today has been given us by otiiers of past ages, and that we should likewise sene the present age- Famous poplo of the past do not deserve all the credit- Ob scure people working behind the scenes illuminated men in to fame- Forgotten and per haps prehis'toiljc men discove red tile use of iron, and today an Edison or a Henry Ford reaps the honor- Vou and 1 may never be known beyond the bounds of our county, but Jes us holds the servant and sell • effacing soul in greatest honor- IJut our's is not to lie a mere i ly material contribution to the race. "For man shall no live bv ■ bread alone" He lives by that 1 which makes n|eii and women • and children grander personali ties- When he does not contri • bute a good life li his genera : tion he has failed to serve his I generation- Jesus emphasized ■ the importance of ChJistian • service in several discourses before his death- "He. that is least, shall become the great . est " "Behold I say unto yon. . Lilt up your eyes, and look on the fields, for they are white > already to harvest " "But it > shall not be so among you; but ■ whosoever shall be chief among - you- let him be your servant- Even the Son of man came not ■ to be ministered unto- but to - minister, and to give his life a , ransom for ninny- "There are • in fact, .Many passages in the [ word of God'g Authority show • ing that service is indispensa ,'ble a s an element in character- I -; The facts of modern progress !, should lead us to know that we ' are not to live on the senti ;. ments of the past, but that ?: God calls us to serve the pres ;l en age, as Saint Paul served i his- People say, "Times are not • what they once were-" Of course not- Every age is diffe ? rent in many respects from r every other age- Our's is an f age filled with the greatest 3 opportunities of history. The , good people of former days seiz in !ed opportunities and blessed - their age- Do not waste your i? time iH bemoaning your gene - ration- Lay aside all sins and t t all hindrance, and run with pat ii ience the race for every true citizen and Christian- (He t complaining, do your very best s brews. Chap. 12-) Instead of ft t onjake these times the very i- best in the history of the e world- Let us arise and stretch o (Continued on Page 7) WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 1929, Sunday School i ? Lesson T (H\ JiRV. r. I' FJTZ\V*TKtt. nP. Ponn Mooly r.ilih liimin ule «»f Cl»i «pr» > CSV 192®. Wi'Ktorn Nt H-'Parwr I'iilofi ) | —————————————— ~~ Lesson for May 5 WHAT HILKIAH FOJND IN THE , TEMPLE I.KSSON Tl-JJCT —II ellrnn S1:14-38. e.OI.HKN THXT—'Thy word is a lamp unto my 1 .*oi ;jr»l a tlfiht noli* my path I'KIMAI: V Tol'lC—filiil'lis a Lost Jt'XIOK Tone —Finding a W>*. h INTKIS.M 151'IATH AXl' St-'N'IOR TO I'- ll,"—lii.-'cxv.-ring h Uuid'l"'" l .- vot'Ni: i'i:U'l.i: ANI> AI'I I.T TOP IC; -J-;:,. J'.il.le ill x.ilional Lite. I. The Book of the Law Found (vv. 11-17). I. Tin- occasion (v. 11). If vas while restoring tlio temple (Ttirinu .losiah's ret urination that tlio i;„„k of llie I nw was discovereil. Nc iJ 'cM, in clearing "ill ' ,l(> dark corners lo make repair* siml to tind il |il::ec In >ii-i e !' e subset ipliotis made b.v I lie people, many I liiii—s which had been were found. among which was the' hiw. This was "i lie law of I lie Lori: , given bj Moses." •J. The book «!••live-rod to the k'ng (vv. 1-117). In a report ot Ihe wortc, llie kmp was infoniteil of ihe finding of I lie . Hook of the l aw by llilklah,-and the l.oolc was delivered In him. 11. The E.'.'cct of the Reading c? the Law (vv. IS-L'S). Shaphan. Ihe scribe, read the law I before Ihe king. 1. The kins rent his clothes (v. lit). As Ihe law was read before him. the kins was led to realize the awfu! \ extent of the nation's departure from Cod. 110 know that sin merited pun ishment. The function of the law Is to reveal sin. The rending of the royal mhos indicated that the King was penitent and sorrowful. 2. The kills sent H deputation to make Inquiry 'if the Lord (vv. 20. -1). The kins included himself In guilt before tiod. "Co inquire for me and for tin-in thai are left —for treat is the wrath ot the l.ord that is pouted 1 «o;t upon u-i " His sen-o of sin was so en that he sent to inquire of the .'Lord as to whether there was any means «.t d vertias the divine jinls -11 moms. !ii-i;n--lively, the ininian I cart 1111i.s from Hod's ihrealeiiius j'tds • niei.is to a means of escape. 'I ho v,oil that sorrows for sin inquires for i n way of escape. The law prepared 1 for the gospel. The law is our school master to h'ius us to Christ (Hal. I). 3. The tuessitse of lluldali, ihe prophetess (v v. 22-2S). (1) Confirmation of what ihe law » said (w. 'J'-' LTi). ! She said that all the curses written In the law niiiM fall, for the sins had I been so (lasrant that Hod's wrath could not be restrained. Destruction 1 was bansins over Jerusalem and If was too late to avert it. It was not too late, however, to repent and to ob i tain mere)' from Hud, but the outward consequence-* of sin must be realized. ' Fuilillinciit of this is found on every : hand today. The murderer must banc. (2) Acceptance of Josiah'j! repent ance (\\. 20-L'S). Itecause of tiis tenderness of heart I and deep penitence, the l.ord said he should bo fathered to his grave in , peace and should not see all the evi) ' ! to he brousht on Jerusalem and Its people. What lluldah said was true. ! even tbousb .Tosiaii died la battle | CW:2.I-2o) When Hod accepts a I man and lorjjlves him. his death Is o j peaceful one, even though It may be t! on the battlefield. God's presence Is , with him. therefore he w ill so straight from the battlefield to the heavenly ■ home. j 111. Th« Law Obeyed (vv. 20 33). 1. The Mng road the law (vv. 2!> 30). He gathered together the Inhabit ants of Jerusalem, including the i priests, T.evites and elders, and read unto them the law. 2, The king tiiada a covenant before the l.ord to keep His commandments and testimonies (vv. 31, 32). In this eovennnt he pledged liiinself to 6o three tilings: (1) To walk before the l.ord (v. 81). ' Tills meant that he would get person ally right with God. (2) To keep God's commandments. ; testimonies and statutes with oil bis heart and soul (v. 81). To read the law Is not enough. Its holy require l ments must be obeyed. (3) To perform the words of the 1 covenant, which were written In the f book (v. 31). This was done sincere ly nnd he caused all that were pree 2 ent "to stand to It." 8. The king took away the abomina tions ont of all the countries which 1 pertained to Israel (v. 33). All the days of the king they deported not l " from following nfter the Lord, the _ God of their fathers. TK* Camel «nd the Rick Man And Jesus looked round about, ond said onto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter Intc - the kingdom of God I It Is easier for . a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter f into the kingdom of God.—Mark 10: 23-20. f 8 Our Deed* L Our deeds determine us nt ranch as we determine our deeds.—George Eliot.