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THE TRYON NEWS, TRYON, N. 0. ntraovro cxircm tsrraAticm ime XT B JO, A5 o I 4 SS.J-'.VJ( NT , X 1 (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. Dn Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (,1920. Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 12 it? mm WHATTHE KINGDOM OF HFAVEN IS LIKE. LESSON' TEXT Matt. 13:44-50. - GOLDEN TEXT The kingdom of heav en is not meat, and drink; but righteous ness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost Rom. 14:17. ADDITIONAL, MATERIAL. Mark 4:26-32; Luke 13 :18-2L ' PRIMARY TOPIC Sowing in Good Ground. - ' . JUNIOR TOPIC Short Stories That Je sus Told. ' INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Christ's Joy of Finding the Lost. YOUNG PEOPLE AND' ADULT TOPIC The Supreme Importance of Christ' Sacrifice for the Lost. "jk-l-.J 1 Opening of the first meeting of the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. 2 Dr. Alejandro Cesar, ev minister to the United States frdm Nicaragua. 3 Boy scouts on pilgrimage to grave of CoL Theodore Swxsevelt. MS REVIEW OF -CURRENT EVENTS t Euling on Unanimity Clause May Cause Argentina to Quit League of Nations.' UILSON Will HELP ARMENIA Entente Warns Greece Not to Restore Constantine to Throne D'Annun zio Declares War on Italy President-Elect Harding Home. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Comparative harmony, forced by Jtress of circumstances, marked the tfttZngs of the League of Nations assem hij during the early part of the work, asd then came discord that threatened to result in the withdrawal of at least m important member nation Argen- tBXOL Certain amendments to the covenant lad been proposed by the Scandinavian Oetegates and the commission on. amendments had reported against them nd any other amendments at this fime In the assembly there was a mo tion to refer the amendments to a spe cial committee for a report next Sep tember. Delegate Pueyrredon of Ar Srntina alone opposed this, and since tfce covenant requjres a unanimous rote for the carrying of any motion, apparently the " proposition was Hocked. But Vivian! of France at once asserted that this was a "question of procedure" and that the unanimity wmle did not apply. President Hymans supported the contentiondeclared the resolution carried and adjourned the aaeeting. Dispatches from Buenos Aires said Cie government was momentarily ex pecting a cablegram from Pueyrredon, wbo is foreign minister of Argentina, . nd that the withdrawal of the nation froni the league was likely to follow. fighters into regular army units, and he recently added to his equipment n quantity of artillery obtained from the soviet Russians. From Geneva came a story that the league committee on Armenia, of which Lord Ilobert Cecil is chairman, probably would appoint Gen. Leorturd Wood commander of the Armenian ex-, peditionary force, with the t't'.e of higli commissioner. The eho'cc, it was added; was on the recommenda tion of Sir Frederick Morris and Gen. Weygand. Official! in Washing ton did not take this report seriously, but It may turn out to be true. By unarfimous vote the league com mission. on new members decided, that' Austria should be admitted, and there was no doubt that the assembly wouid ratify the action. Bulgaria also wants to get In at once, but Greece, Sorbin and Roumahia all are opposed to her admission and may prevent It. Tture was reason to believe they would be supported In this by France, wli'di seeks to gain strength in -central. Kj- ropean friendships. For the present, at least, France has her way In bar ring Germany from Immediate mem bershlp in the league. The commis sion has decided against the admis sion of Lichtensteln and Azerbaijan, but recommended that Costa Rica be made a member. Gustav Ador of Switzerland, bnekfd by the delegates of several other na tions, tried to have the economic com mission instructed to study means of preventing monopolies of raw mate rials and jmeasures to insure their distribution throughout the world, the argument being that raw materials belong not to the nation in which they are produced, but to the world. This was blocked by Sir George E. Foster of Canada, who said his country and the United States never would sub scribe to that principle. A futile ef fort to have Spanish adopted as the third official language of the league brought' out the statement by the for eign minister of Panama that the 15 states, of Central and South America are united around Spain as their leader. v Tfie league members thought they ftad found the way to save what emains of the Armenian people, for President Wilson asked by the league council to mediate for Armenia with Hostapha Kemal Pasha, consented to WKtertafce the task ' through a repre sentative to be named by him. He aaade it plain that, his effort must be personal . and that he would have to rely- in determining the method of approaching the problem, on the ad of those nearer the scene of ac tion. Such advice will be supplied fcy the commissioners of the allied Melons in Turkey, Spain and Brazil lave offered to co-operate with the United States In the matter. When, and if, the Armenian affair set't'feo, Greece evidently must pay ffie price. Kemal must be . placated, wid" fhis can be done only by a radical , tevisionof the treaty of Sevres. At Oals writing the plans for such re Tfislon are being arranged In London fcy Premiers Lloyd George pf Great Britain and Leygues of France. The st important changes In the pact doubtless will be made at the ex pense f Greece's newly acquired ter ritory in Asia Minor and Thrace. Siece the Greeks ousted Venizelos and prepared to restore Constantine to throne their ambitions have re- fsfved smaller consideration hv tha - s j v Creat powers. Already, it is under iwd. Great Britain, France and Italy fcare agreed that the Smyrna region rtall be Internationalized and policed hj locally recruited gendarmes of-. . ficered by an international officers' , It Is certain that Kemal will not be insfied with this Smyrna concession, If the Greeks recall Constantine to the throne,, they will forfeit the good will and support of Great Britain, France and Italy. These three powers, it was decided at a conference In Lon don, should so warn the new Greek government, and a note to that effect was drafted.. The restoration of the former king, says the warning, f could x only be regarded as ratification , of his hostile acts" during the war. This de cision by the entente is a victory for the French point of view. officers in the war, - were ambushed near Kllmichael, Ireland, and . 15 of them murdered. Reprisals continued In Ireland ' un checked. , The town hall and other buildings in Cork were set on fire and five Sinn Fein clubs were destroyed. Raids by the military and police were frequent, there and elsewhere. Uni formed men entered Klllarney and smashed all the windows In the busi ness section of the city. .The British government met with defeat in the hotise of lords when the home rule bill came up. Baron Oran more nnd Brown offered an amend ment providing for the establishment of a senate for southern Ireland, and it was adopted gainst the govern ment by a vote of 120 to 3G. Another amendment, bestowing a second cham ber on the Ulster ' parliament, also was carried, s It Is reported that the government has decided that all members of the Irish republican army who hav been or may' be rounded up shall bv In terned In camps, in Ireland and held without trial unless they are charged with some penal offense. Gen. Alvaro Obregon was Inaug urated President of "Mexico at mid night Tuesday, and at about the same time officials of the American Depart ment of Justice made wholesale raids at 'various points along the border. These agents captured a mass of docu mentary evidence proving the exist ence of a plot, organized on this side of,. the border, to start a new revolu tion and overthrow the Obregon, gov ernment. It was said that Lticio Blanco, a former officer in Carranza's army, was atr the head of the con spiracy. Just before his inauguration Obre gon stated In an Interview that article 27 in the Mexican constitution, re stricting ownership of oil lands.-would not be abrogated, but he was sure (the application of the article would soon be regulated to the satisfaction! of the United States by a commission to-be appointed. He. said Mexico would not ask admission to the League of Nations, but would give considera tion to an invitation to Join the league. President-elect Harding has re turned from his trip to the Canal Zone, presumably with enlarged views on the building up of trade with the Latin-American republics and the cul tivation of better relations with them. Also it may be assumed that he has learned a lot 'about the need of strong er defenses for the Panama canal. I. The Parable of the Hid Treasure (v. 44). - The common Interpretation of this parable that Christ Is the hid treasure for which the sinner must give up everything In order to buy salvation Is falge, for the following reasons : 1. Christ Is not hidden in a field, but has been lifted up and made a spectacle to the world. 2. Nobody has ever been obliged to buy the world In order to get Christ. 3. Salvation cannot be purchased, for it Is God's free and gracious gift 4. No. warrant Is ever held out to a man to conceal his religion after he has obtained It. , In order to find ground that Is safe and that we may appreciate Its beauty and symmetry let us break up the par able into Its component parts : ' 1. The field. This Is the world (. 3S). . - 2. The treasure. In Psalm 135:4 we are told that Israel, the chosen people, Is His treasure. The same truth is set forth in different places and ways (Deuf 7:6-8; ,14:2; 20:18; 32: 8, 9). The kingdom of heaven as to Its true relation and bearing is . now hidden. Christ was primarily sent to the Jews; It was for their sakej the hid treasure, that He bought the field. 3. The purchaser the Son of God xne purcnase price, this was the precious blood of Jrus Christ, God's beloved Son, which Is worth In finitely more than silver and gold and the treasures of earth (I Pet. 1 :13, 19 ; Isa. 53). II. The Parable of the Merchantman Seeking Pearls (vv. 45, 46). The -view that this merchantman represents the sinner seeking salvation is contrary to the whole teaching of Scripture. This would make the sin ner to be seeking for Christ, while Christ Is as Indifferent as a lifeless pearl. The whole burden of revelation Is that man, since the fall of Adam In the garden of Eden, has been hid away from God, and that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all actively engaged In seeking for lost men. 1. The merchantman. He is without question Christ. He is actively en gaged In the search for pearls. In this search he discovers one pearl of great price. 2. The purchase price. The mer chantman sold all impoverished him self In order to buy the pearl. Christ Impoverished Himself (Phil. 2 :6-8) to purchase the One pearl of great price by His own precious blood (I Pet 1:18, 19; Eph. 5:25).- Salvation Is without money and without price. 3. The pearl of great price. This Is the church. Christ, the merchant man, will find other pearls of great value, but the peerless, gem set above all others will be the chruch which He When O'Brien Became Ob AM mm Mi Alvaro Ohr.- citizen of the repnbiicT,. the crossing Ul uerw parts Spanish and oneT , dlan. Part Taqiii Approximately one fc a&v, me siory g,j?3( i , .. ' - inch sent ny tne then kin- 0f f as viceroy over Mexico ? t0 was John O'bonaW UiS Odonoju,' constant K Michael O'Brien. n ' uoonoju," as the more mun ed -Mexicans translated ?101 lint V est friend and renamed Juan Odonoju turned ln r1 300-year rule of th ..Z . 10 Jack O'DonnhJT, and his army, flyine th Drb "first emmro " h. " Z "au the ' "'-um nn . Obregon" by his er adventn t. "liU 11 to him ... wuen i ban: an ei anlsh "vu"uue and in., XTBrien agreed to repudiate their peror back in Madrid and t .! - Iturblde. the Morellan Inrtinn . until a king of Mexico could be chosen. Then Micky O'Brien rode wii T Indian into Mexico City to ascertain If It was safe for the viceroy of old to enter the capital of new Spain. tpaa So well did Micky forget the viceroy, so well did he serve the first em of Mexico, that he became "General Miguel Obregon," and was placed In trol of the western coast of the Land of Montezuma, where he lived with hu wife, who came from the land of his fathers. Alvaro Qbregon, the greatgrandson of that same Micky O'Brien, is now hard at work learning English. Chang es in the Supreme Court irt j Changes In the personnel of the United States Supreme court during the Harding administration are being discussed in Washington these days. It Is not unlikely that Mr. Hard ing will appoint more justices to the supreme tribunal In four years than has Mr. Wilson In eight yearsr-The latter has appointed three Mcltey nolds, Brandefs and Clarke. There are four members of the court who are eligible to retirement Chief Justice White, seventy-five years old (portrait herewith), and. Associ ate Justices McKenna, seventy-seven; Holmes, seventy-nine, and Day, seventy-one. Although a federal Judge Is eligible to retirement on full pay at the age of seventy and the comple tion of ten years service," these four members have elected to remain at their posts. It is thought to be not unlikely that the chief Justice and the three associate Justices past seventy wm elect to retire during the Harding administration. Speculation on successors revolves around the names of former President Taf t and Charles Evans Hughes. Mr. Taf t once was a federal judge and sac rificed an opportunity to go upon the supreme bench under Roosevelt to the opportunity to Income President Mr. Hughes resigned from the supreae court In 1916 to run for President Mr. Taf t Is sixty-three, Mr. Ungues, L'ty- eight . 1 f .'A ' j'X If ' ' . I Uncle Sam and His Long Purse r Y-v - , i v v -. j t ill U12 LUC 1.111 II wool, . --t Z rjl v " r ry nas Pcnased with His own blood. D'Anhunzio having rif used to ac cept the agreement between Italy and Jugo-Slavja, - the Italian government sent General Caviglia to invest Flume. This he did, and sent to the poet war rior by airplane a proclamation an nouncing the intention of the govern ment to enforce the conditions of the Rnpallo treaty without delay and calling on the regency of Fiume to withdraw all Its forces behind the frontiers. He next Invited D'Annun zlo's troops to leave him and re enroll In their old units,' and threat ened a severe blockade of the city. D'Annunzio, seemingly undaunted, re sponded In a declaration of a state of war with Italy, effective December- 3. Oeheral Caviglia is doing all he can to avoid bloodshed and his troops would hate to fire on their brother Italians, but If Incomes to actual war fare the result cannot be In doubt D'Annunzlo would soon be crushed. The warning issued by the British government that the Irish: were about to carry the "war" to England, was Justified. - To date the chief - weanon used in this new development of the ill. . , 6 iS "lusin8 nia I conflict is arson. ' A large number of fcmands to increase. Newspapers of incendiary fires were started TtmnT Agora. where he, makes his head- Ln.S! .wr.!!" 8lmnl" ... uirctwi water front and several big cotton ware houses were destroyed. The Incen diaries worked In small groups . and some of them, being interrupted by the police, killed one officer and a civilian. About the " same time the London police said they had foiled a plot to start fires In the metropolis on a large scale. Elaborate" precau- nuus were tasen in all , the cities of England. ptrters, say he asks that Thrace be tlven autonomy. . Constant Innnio mcuated by the allies and the allied mmA Interallied zoneW of control and tofluence. In Syria and other parts of lie Turkish empire be abandoned It probable some of these demands "wm be rejected, and M..4 . ,' J k"- ""auic " oi mem will, be granted Kemal s military strenerth . i deration and Ws popular , -wwespread. Sixty German officers Care been making over his bands of large ceived as royalty would have been, It was announced that ha wsould be In Washington Monday at d would, occu py his' seat in the senate for a day or two, and it was certain that his colleagues would call on him for an address. 1 , The senate and house committees on agriculture began a Joint session on Friday to consider emergency measures for the relief of American farmers who are said -to face a loss of $7,000,000,000 through sale of their products at less than cost. Among the suggestions discussed were the Im position of a tariff on Canadian wheat the revival of the war finance corpor ation, and extensions of credit to Rus sia and Germany to enable them to purchase American farm products. i According to Senator Capper, the farmers demand. In addition to those remedies, the following: "Adequate credit for farmers through short time and lonz-tlme loans adapted fairly and practically to the peculiar conditions of the fanning Dusmess. Afford farmers the same credit ac commodations now afforded other lines of business. ."Abolish gambling In wheat cotton, corn, and all farm produce. "Full legal authority for natlon-w'lde co-operative marketing by farmers. "Regulation of the packers. ."A, national marketing board. In which the producer will be represent ed, with pqwer to the board to regu late the rate of marketing and to ad vise and assist In stabilizing prices. ; "Broaden and strengthen the f". eral farm loan system. ; . --; r' , 'Tariff revision to protect American agriculture. . This truth Is in harmony with the gen eral teaching of Scripture, which sets forth the different bodies of the re deemed. . 1 in. The Parable of the Dragnet IW, 47-50). This parable gives us a picture of the consummation of the kingdom. Note the parts of the parable: ' 1. The sea. This word when used in e figurative sense denotes peoples or multitudes (Dan. 7:3; Rer. 17:15). This means, then, that out of this world shall be gathered a multitude of people, good and bad. z. The dragnet The word "net" is properly translated dragnet The drag net cast into the sea, then, means the preaching of the Gospel In this age. 3. The dragnet drawn to the shore when full. 1 This means that when God's purpose is made full regarding tne preacumg of the Gospel In this age, account will be taken of the results. 4. Assortment made by the cngels. in the day of this accounting the. an gels will be the agents which shall separate the saved f rem the unsaved. 5. . The destiny of the bad fish. The angels which are sent forth shall sev er the wicked from among the Just and shall cast themf Into, the furnace ,A - 4 WMlfTtt Jsltwtpaper Union Reed Smoot United States sen ator from Utah and one of the eo Influential members of the upper house In matters of business, is i warm supporter of the plan to reor ganize the administrative branches A the government 4Ie puts the case thus : The administrative branches t the government have undergone fundamental change since die orjsi zation was devised by Alexander H2 ilton. ft MNo other government la world could have gone on as ourst1 done and paid the bills involved do it be- mM fcn! haa res-- 1111 III A4Ut- - realize 1. 1 - tion. Xe have been ame ILI. . and wealth unparalleled, ut u vs. , ti. . haa .broueht us at last to fo win not lust always. We needed a complete 1 t..in A novo V B . mlttee of men willing to recognize that it is a task of day ana year, and very likely two years. ... xnere is endless duplication of work among auiert-m. even In the same department . . . It is the same tnroui,n tt" dtn ,ment functions, and now, when the burden of carrying our en i weighing on the people, we can no longer neglect to give u t $t LeglslaUon to bring about this result is possible, If uoi present session' of congress. . Senator or Cabinet Officer? r "Man Is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. Whc-n his trou bles give out as a topic of conversa tion, he talks politics especially un der the, present (renditions. One of the latest stories revolves about Will EL Hays, Republican national chair man (portrait herewith). It is to the effect that a switch is likely f be made in the award . of political . plums to' Indiana, -.The suggested plan .is that. Senator New. and not Mr. Hays be of fire, where there shall be walling toYltcx b7 President-elect Harding to and gnashing of teeth. ' enter the cabinet, probably as pest- master general; that Mr. Hays be ap pointed senator from Indiana to suc ceed Senator New, and that Mr. Hays be the .organization choice for sena torshlp fer the six-year term that be gins with the expiration of Senator New's present term, two years hence. This arrangement if agreeable to Mr. Can Be No Comparison. There caif be no comparison made between the ( intrinsic values of the human soul, and the world. The one Is immortal, everlasting; the other is corruptible, transitory. .The one has been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus ; the other even now groans 1 'ii-4tt'"f"'ii Tt. . T . -. A va L.-r T Harding, It As siggofited, - would per mit Mr. Hays to remain rhalrman for redemption. The one is made' in RPhllcan'naUonal committee. The plan Involves the a g luiaji, buu Oiler , U1B U&eneSS -OI I -v.v-we.i u.V4jr Ui. JUlVUIUia, WUOSW UUljr Ik. " y of Frea Moi- I "Ie puouc rrom the nnfati. v. i.nects. as in a mirror, rh wnnffHi Anyway, tals la qua f thA mmT farts that came . nes "-"-m and power of ;biS titne gtnerafonferenc; ofltepubllcan leadert . west, states was ,!a tessiea thera rj Liovrcces'- Drrrr ' f.
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