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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4,1908.
THE SHUW SCHOOL,
Lesson X.-—Second Quarter, For
June 7, 1908.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, John xx, 19-31.
Memory Verses, 19, 20—Golden Text,
John xx, 28—Commentary Prepared
by Rev. O. M. Stearns.
(Copyright, 1908, by American Press AwocUtion.]
This lesson iucludes two of His res
urrection appearances, one to the disci
ples on the first resurrection evening.
Thomas being absent, and one a week
later, Thomas being then present On
each occasion His greeting was. "'Peace
be nnto you" (19, 21, 2G». aud this al
though all had forsaken Him and Peter
bad with oaths and curses denied that
he knew Him. If we knew llim bet
ter we would not grieve Him so.
and notwithstanding all our sin His
thoughts to us are only thoughts of
peace. He gives to us His own peace
and joy (chapter xiv, 27; xv, 11; xvii,
13; Ps. xxix, 11; Jer. xxix, 11; Rom. xv.
13). which is independent of circum
stances and found wholly in Himself
(xvi. 33).
His strength and peace and joy be
come ours not by sense or sight, but
wholly by believing, for that is faith
vision. The world's motto is "Seeing
is believing." but the Christian's is
"Believing is seeing," remembering
John xi. 40, "Said I not unto thee that
If thou wouldest believe thou shouldest
see?" Our lesson says, "Then were
the disciples glad when they saw the
Lord." Thomas said, "Except I shall
see I will not believe" (verses 20, 25).
In the old story of the deliverance from
Egypt we read that Israel saw and be
lieved and then sang (Ex. xiv, 31;
sv, 1). Any one could do that, but to
believe the bare word of God when
everything seems against its fulfill
ment. as Abraham did. not considering
himself, and as Paul did, not consider
ing the storm or the fact that all hope
had beeu given up (Rom. iv. 19-21: Acts
txvll, 20-25). that is God's way of peace
for us and our only way of obtaining
it. To Thomas He said. "Because thou
hast seen rae thou hast believed; bless
ed are they that have not seen, yet have
!>elieved" (verse 29). See also .Luke
I. 45.
On that first evening after,
said the second time, "Peace be unto
you," He added, "As my Father hath
sent me. even so send 1 you." repeat
ing to them just what He had said to
His Father about them (xvii, 18). It
would help us greatly to live the resur
rection life If we were continually
held by this truth that we are sent
Into the world by and for Him, as He
was sent by the Father. Being dead
with Him and risen with Him, we are
In no sense Ifere for ourselves, but as
wholly for Him as He was for God. It
is impossible, is It not? Yes, truly.
But see what He did. "He breathed on
them and sai f h unto them, Receive ye
the Holy Ghost." Here is the power,
and the only power, by which His life
can be lived. As he said Just before
ne ascended, "Ye shall receive the
power of the Holy Ghost coming upon
you, and ye shall be witnesses unto
Me" (Acts 1, 8). We have the option
of a Whitsuntide lesson from Acts li
for today, but here is a summary of It
so we chose the regular lesson.
When Spirit filled, as all believers
may and should be, it may not be to
speak in a strange language, but it will
surely be to declare the wonderful
works of God and the remission of sins
in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 11,
11, 38), that sinners may be saved. So
in our lesson He added, "Whosesoever
sins ye remit they are remitted unto
them, and whosesoever sins ye retain
they are retained" (verse 23). Some
are perplexed over this, but any en
lightened commercial traveler might
easily explain and Illustrate It Such
a one might say I represent a certain
house in New York, I am the firm on
the road, and all I do in their name is
as if they had done it at the store or
office In New York. They stand by
and indorse all I do in their name.
Now, with all reverence. Is not that
just about what our Lord said? God
the Father, Son and Spirit are asking
for representatives (Isa. vi, 8). If we
have been redeemed, as these disciples
were, then by the same Spirit who
dwelt in Himself He empowers those
who are willing to be wholly set apart
for Him (and any one may) to take
His word and show therefrom the way
of the forgiveness of sins and send the
believing penitent on his way rejoicing,
as Philip did the eunuch or Paul the
jailer at PhilJppi. If being shown the
way the person refuses to accept, then
the last half of John lii, 18, 36. will be
the message for them. What a glori
ous gospel it Is that we are Intrusted
with! And what a high and holy call
ing and what a responsibility if we
are not faithful! (I Thess. 11, 4, 12;
Acts xiii, 38, 39; Rom. 1, 14-10.)
In last lesson we saw that the glori
fied body had power to vanish; now we
see that walls and locked doors are no
obstruction to it. In these days, when
men can see through solid bodies, it
does not seem quite so great a mys
tery that we should be empowered to
go through the same, but faith simply
believes what God has said, however
unlikely the thing may seem. In Luke
xxiv, 39-43. hear Him Invite the dis
fijples to handle Him and see Him take
flsb and honeycomb and eat It before
them. That it was the identical body
fa wt(lch He hafl been crucified, hear
Him invite' Thomas to ?eel~the nail
prints and to thrust his hand into that
open spear wound in His side. Let us
gaze upon Him as we hear Him say to
Mary. "I ascend to my Father aad your
Father and to my God and your God."
Down in Georgia.
"Way down in Georgia" they
are having an interesting time
in political circles. The Browns
and the Smiths have things stir
red to the depths, and one never
knows what a day will bring
forth.
Scarcely had Hon. Joseph M.
Brown penned his twentieth ad
dress to the people of Georgia
before the props were knocked
from under his "special mes
sage" effort by the muse.
Beware when the poets take a
hand in a campaign. The latest
is from the pen of Mrs. C. H.
Morris, and runs along in this
wise:
"When doodles sleep in irtnbeds
And cat-fish wear silk hats,
When jay-birds play with balls
and sleds, j
And frogs are Democrats;.
When oak trees bear the Elberta
peach,
And potatoes grow on stalks;
When no more sand is on the
beach,
And crows use knives and forks
When skippers learn to hate the
cheese,
And rocks are soft as dough;
When cypress ponds have no
more knees,
And June-bugs learn to hoe.
When we learn what worthless
things are for
And are safe in a lion's den
Then Joe Brown will be govern
or,
And not until then."
We commend this heroic as a
fair sample of the ammunition
being used in the gubernatorial
campaign of Georgia. We had
thought the campaign in this
state had reached a high point
of excitement but before the
Georgia race it is mere child's
play.
Which of the three candidates
in this state will call down the
muses first? Opportunity stands
knocking.
Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in:
Then to the store she went with glee,
For Hollister's Rocky Mouatain Tea.
E, B, Menzies
The Chronic Kicker.
There is a whole heap of truth
in the following article on
the newspaper man and the chro
nic kicker. Every newspaper
man has characters of the kind
to contend with and they are the
bane of his life. The article
which is from the Chapel Hill
News, says:
"Did you ever think of it?
Suppose every business man
had as much interest in the up
building of the town as the news
paper man. He works for rail
roads, churches, schools, good
streets, enforcement of laws and
a hundred other things for the
general good; he urges, scolds,
badgers and cavorts around gen
erally, until ha gets what he sets
out for. Imagine his feelings,
then, when some string halt kind
of a fellow reproaches him be
cause he doesn't boom things
enough and nine times out of ten
that same fellow has never spent
one cent toward the support of
the paper, and the paper he reads
with marked regularity is either
borrowed from the next door
neighbor or picked from a coun
ter in the store at which he
trades.
Stomache troubles are very common ia
the dummer time and you should not
onfy be very careful abouz what you eat
just now but more than thes you should
be careful not to sllcw your stomache
to become disordered and when the
s om?che goesjwrong take Kodol. This
is the best known preparatioo that is
offered iO the people to day for dyspep
sia or any stomache trou
ble. I&odol digests all foods. It is sold
by W. S Martin &C M. Shuford.
Our Town—A Pull Together.
There is no room for doubt but
that our town, with the united
efforts of its enterprising citizens
can greatly increase its busines
and enhance the value of proper
ty. Everything indicates a for
ward movement The high
standard of morality that exists
is inducing many to look this
wav with a view *of locating.
Our excellent schools is a feature
greatly appreciated by the best
people of this section and are
proving attractive features. As
a trading and shipping point our
town is already ahead of any
place in the county or this sec
tion of country. No place of its
size in the county receives great
er shipments of merchandise or
sends out more. Our business
houses are being transformed in
to beautiful blocks, and resi
dences into modern dwellings
and cottages.
Now as many are thinking and
talking of coming thither to lo
cate, let all give them words of
encouragement and hearty wel
come to this goodly land of peace
and abundance. Encourage
those who are worthy whether
they have capital or not. Labor
is worth money. Those who
have money will buy lots, build
houses or remodel old ones.
Let us work and stimulate every
legitimate enterprise by giving it
all the friendly encouragement
we can, and unite our industry,
intelligence and capital in a com
mon cause for the good of our
town. Let us cultivate a public
spirit and talk less and work
more. Encourage our local au
thorities in making improve
ments. Speak up, speak well,
talk encouragingly of our town
and its bright prospects. It is
these many little considerations
that make a town grow. Na
ture has showered upon us her
choicest blessings, and with per
fect unity and effort for the
good-of our common cause, great
will be the result.
Nature hasprovidid theStomache with
certain natural fluids know as the di
gestive juices and it is through these
juices that the food we eat is acted up
on in such a way as to produce the
rieh red blood anar flows through the
the veins of our bodv and thereby
makes us strong, healthy and robust,
and it is the weakening of these dig
estive juices that destroys health. It is
our own fault if we distroy our own
health and yet it is so easy for any one
to put the stomache out of order.
When you need to take something take
it promptly but take something you
know is reliable —something like Ko
dol For Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Kodol is pleasant to trke it is reliable
and is guaranteed to give relief, It is
sold by C. M. Shuford & W. S Martin.
Greatest Power.
The way to build up a commun
ity and city is for every person in
it who can to put some money into
industries that give the people
employment and push the indus
tries to success. Industries that
last all the year round are the
best; but those that last part of
the year are better than none.
The most valuable power on
earth is human power, and when
it is not employed it is not only
lost but it also consumes part of
what others earn. Work creates
wealth; work sets money in mo
tion; work pays debts; woik is
the vital power in prosperity and
that city, that community, and
that nation whose people are
idle, are poor, and poor in pro
portion to the number that work
and the time they work. Heav
en's greatest earthly blessing to
any people is to give them honest
remunerative work.
CONSUMPTIVES MADE COMFOR
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affords comfort and relief. Refused any
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RECIPE FOR A GOOD TOWN.
Grit.
Vim.
Push.
Energy
Schools.
Morality
Churches.
Harmony
Cordiality
Advertising
Talk about it,
Write about it,
Cheap property.
Speak well of it.
Healthy location.
Help to improve it.
Advertise in its papers.
Potronize its merchants.
Good country tributary.
Elect good men to office.
Honest competition in prices.
Faith exhibited by good works
Makes the atmosphere healthy.
Fire all croakers, loafers and
dead-beats. Let your object be
the welfare, growth and promo
tion of your town and its people.
Speak well of the public-spirited
men, and also be one of them
yourself. Be honest with all
your fellow men.
ANNUAL RE-UNION.
Confederate Veterans, Birm
ingham Ala., June 9th and
11th 1908.
Southern Railway announces
following round trip rates for
the above occasion.
Charlotte N. C. $ 8.95
Durham 11.95
Gastonia , 8.55
Greensboro 10.85
Hickory 9.20
Raleigh 12.05
Goldsboro 13.45
Approxinatdy low rates from
other points.
Date of sale June 6th, 7th and
Bth; good returning leave Birm
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For further information apply
to any agent Southern Railway.
R. L. VERNON.
Traveling Passenger Agent.
Tfred mothers worn out by the peevi
sh cross baby have found Cascasweet a
bo- n and and a blessing, cascasweet is
for babies and children and is especie
aily good for the ills so common in hot
weather. Look for the ingredients print
ed on the bottle. Contains no harmless
drugs Sold by C. M, Shuford &W, S.-
Martin.
Harry Thaw has evolved the
idea that if he is insane he can
not be held responsible for his
debts. Harry may be crazy,
but evidently he has some ap
proved notions about high finan
ciering.
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What's Geography Good For?
v This is from the philosophy of
Mrs. Louise Schmitt, who berat
ed a teacher in the Nixon school
for not promoting her daughter
| because the latter was deficient
[in geography, says the Inter-
Ocean.
"Teacher, you don't know it
all, I guess," said the irate Mrs.
Schmitt. "I wish it that my
daughter gets through school so
she gets a man. Never mind
about the geography; just pro
mote her without it.
"Why my other daughter, she
didn't known geography and she
got a man. I don't know geog
raphy and I got a man. And
And you know all about geogra
phy and you ain't got any man
at all. What is this geography
good for? See that my daugh
ter gets through school."
Pronounced by millions the greatest
strength maker, appetite builder and
health restorer. Hollister's Rocky mo
untain Tea will mske yon feel that life
is worth liveing, 35 cents E, B Men
zies,
Victim's Eye Photographed.
Alton, 111., May 31.—Belief in
the theory that the last object
seen by a murdered person may
be fixed as a photographic nega
tive on the retina, caused Coroner
Streeper to have a photograph
taken today of one eye of a
woman whose body was taken on
Thursday from the Mississippi
river and who, it is thought, was
murdered and thrown into the
river. The developed photo
graph, the coroner says showed a
faint outline of the face of a
man with hooked nose, bearded
cheeks and glabrous scalp. The
coroner says he will try to find a
possible murderer by the use of
this photograph.
A post mortem examination
established the absence of water
in the lungs, although the body
had evidently been in the water
for several weeks and the neck
was broken.—Ex.
Cnres dizzy spells tired feelings stom
ach anq liver troubles keeps yon well
all summer, That's what Hollister's
Rockey Mountatn Tea will do, Try it >
and you will always buy it, 35 cents
Tea or Tablets, E, B, Menzies
"Now let all prohibitionists and
anti-prohibitionists get together
and do what we can to roll up a
big majority for the Democratic
county ticket," says the Wilm
ington Star.
That is good advice that all
good Democrats will take in
every county in the state.
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