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THE IMPERIAL TAILORS.
We Announce to the Public
^Tiat we have opened a first-class Tailor iug Kstablishnieiit on Front Street, next
to The Stokes Furniture Company.
Burlington, N. C.
We copie prepared to execute orders promptly and to guarantee fit and work
manship. We will not send your order away to be filled, but do the work right in
our own shop, where vou can ‘ry it on. Popular prices. Important goods Clothes
to suit everybody.
Cleaning an Pressing.
*nd remodeling will also be done promptly ar.d correctly both for ladies and gen
tlemen, at the lowest prices. Drop in and let’s get acquainted.
THE IMPERIAL TAILORS.
H. GOLDSTEIN, Prop., Grad uate Cutter and Designer.
People’s House Furnishing Company.
HIGH POINT, N. C.
WIielAwIg and R«Uil Snw* Fvrmiikcr* uid JtWMn.
MANTLES.
GKATIS.
TILS.
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TESTED AND TRIED.
A 'blacksmith, some eight years after
he had gi' en his heart to God, was ap
proached by an intelligent unbeliever
with the question:
“Why is it you have so much trouble?
I have been watching you. Since you
joined the church and began to ‘walk
square,’ and seem to love everybody, you
have had twice as many trials and acci
dents as you had before. 1 thought that
when a man gave himself to God, his trou
bles were over. Isn’t that what the par
sons tell us?”
With a thou'jhtful but glowing face
the blacksmith replied;
“Do you see this piece of iron? It is
for the springs of a carriage. I have been
‘tempering’ it for some time. To do this
I heat it red hot and then plunge it in
a tub of ice cold water. This I do many
times. If I find it is taking ‘temper,’ I
heat and hammer it unmercifully. In get
ting the right piece of iron I found sev
eral that were too brittle to take temper.
They cracked the first blow I struck. So
I threw them in the scrap pile. Those
scraps are worth about a cent a pound.
This carriage spring is very valuable.
“God saves us for something more
than to have a good time. He wants us
for service, just as I want this piece of
iron. And He has to put the ‘temper’
of Christ in us by testing us with trials.
Ever since 1 saw this truth I have been
saying to Him: ‘Test me in anyway You
choose, Lord, only don't throw me in the
scrap pile.’”—Sel.
Street Hospital. Then Myers led the rescuer
to a seaman's lodging house. He toolt a
suit out of liiK valise and put his wet suit
into the vtilise, and went on hi.s journey.
I’Hery effort was made at the lodKiuE
house to have the man reveal tiis identity,
hut he said: “I only did my duty; only a
little thiuK unworthy of any notice in tlve
papers or public praise.” It was a beauti
ful. heroic thing to ssive a life as he did,
Imt a doubly . beautiful thing to be so
modest and humble about it. Human nature
is such that praise Is sought for the most
coiimionplace acts, anil in those of heroism
there nmy by a just prid *. The mod.'St, man
ly loan did not get his name in the pajK-rs
n >r apply for a meilal as would have been
the natural or proi»er edslre. but he knows
himself, and (i d knows hlui. The mHle. ,
Christ tauiilit in acts of cliarity the nnin
illustrated iu his h.^roh* iiet.—Vhrititian
IKrald.
ELON COLLEGE, Co-educational.
Situated .w tHe delightful lilll cuuiitry of North Carolinu. With kil of the aavam
ages aud none of the disadvantages of city life.
Diploma from Elon admits without exa ininatiou to the Graduate Departments in
heading universities. In addition to the RE GULAU COLLEGE COURSES, the follow
lug Departments are ojuTntained:
I’itETARATORY DEPARTMENT—1‘rep are* young men ami young women lor the
b'reshmuu class at Elon. or elsewhere.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT—Piano, Voice, Pipe Organ, V'lolln, Brass Instruments.
EXPRESSION DEPARTMENT—Elocution and Physical Culture.
ART DEPARTMEN'J'—Oil Painting, Water Colors, Pastel, Crayon, China Paintiug,
Public School Drawing. Mechanical Drawing, Etc.
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT—An ideal Business Course, combining education^
culture, and special training.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT—A three years briefer course leading to the L. I.
degree. Also special term each year, April and May.
Good eiuipment and modern conveniences. Buildings heated by steam, lighted by
electricity, furnished with water and baths Expenses moderate, from $132 to $18?
per session of ten mouths. Write for catalogue showing terms aud work In detail.
President W. A. Harper. Elon College. N.C.
FREEMAN DRUG COMPANY
Burlington. North Carclira
Are the leaders in Drugs, Chem cals »nd Toilet Axticles.
CAREFUL ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS.
THE FRUIT OF FIDELITY.
Israel Greenbiir};. seven years old, was
playing on the string-piece of Pier 21.
East River, New York, when he trippMl
and fell into the water. woman who saw
him fall ran for iielih and the first pi*rs(»n
she met was a neatly dressed man who
had come off one of the New Haven boats.
The man dn»ppHl his valise, ran to the
spot and dived into the water. He swam to
the boy. and grabbing him, nianagel to
get him aboard a sand barge. Patrolman
Myers found the man and the boy on the
barge, and askel the man his name. “You
don’t want my name,” said the man. “That
Isn’t necessary. .Tust show’ me a place w^here
I can change my clothes. That Is all I
want.” The policeman called au ambulance,
and the boy was removed to the Hudson
AN EXPERIMENT.
B. A. SELLARS & SONS,
High Class Dry-Goods • -
AND GENTS’ CLOTHIERS AND TAILORING MERCHANTS.
MAIN STREET. BURLINGTON, N. C
A Bible Society a^rent in Korea tells
the story of a young man named Chun,
the first in his village to accept the “Je
sus l>octrine,” and whose faithful testi
mony was blessed to his father, who died
in the faith of Christ. Thereupon the
storm burst upon the young man, because
he refused to allow his parent to be bur
ied according to heathen rites. “With
the help of the colpolteur and some Chris
tians from another place, he carried his
aged father's body away for reverent
Christian burial. ‘My father,’ he said,
‘shall not he buried as if he were dead
forever, but as one who believed in ever
lasting life.’ His relatives now turned
him out of the village, and he suffered
the loss of home, fields, and livelihood.
Still he remained faithful to Christ. Fi
nally, the time came when, by his loving
influence, he won si.xty of his relatives
to join the Christian Church. A year
ago he experienced the joy of seeing the
last home in his village turn Christian.”
They were talking of the spiritual life,
and James, who is a collegian, said: “I
am a believer, but not a Christian; and I
begin to fear that I never shall be one.
I attend the church and prayermeeting
regularly, as I was brought up to do; but
as for conviction or conversion or any
spiritual light, 1 have had no experience.”
“Do you desire to be a Christian,
James?” asked his Aunt Hannah.
“I do not object, indeed, until quite
recently L have been receptive and ex
pected my heart to be touched. Lately
I am beginning to susj>ect that with ev
ery one it is a matter of imagination.”
“Doubtless you are very methodical in
the use of time,” said Aunt Hannah with
•seeming irrelevance.
“From necessity, for I can learn only
by elose application.”
“Can you not find half an hour in the
morning for Bible reading, meditation,
and prayer K”
“0, yes, I could manage it.”
‘ ‘ Very well, then. Be as honest in your
use of this half hour as in that of any
other throughout the day. Begin with
the Gospel of Matthew, meditate upon
it honestly, pray reverently. Do not
think about your feelings; just make
that one of your faithfully followed pur
suits.”
“For how long?”
“As long as you live.”
The young man made a wry face.
“Is the prospect so unpleasant? Try
it for a month, then we shall talk it over
again. Meantime do not make a confidant
of any one.”
Aunt Hannah did not fail to note that
James was a trifle more quiet and
thoughtful than usual. He attended all
the church services, and, she fancied,
joined in the singing with unusual fer
vor. One evening he seemed to surprise
himself by repeating: “Knock, and it
shall be opened unto you.”
A few evenings later he joined the
prayer circle, always sat nearest the lead
er, and, kneeling with the others, prayed
simply and fervently that he might be
led aright.
A few evening later in the testimony
meeting James arose and said: “I have
been trying an e.xperiment for some time
now. Every morning I have given my
first half hour to devotion. For a few
days I simply gained some knowledge of
the Bible and committed a few texts to
memory; but soon . 1 knelt to pray.
./( .rr run imsn of it.
Pat aud .Mike v.ere obligeil to halt their
heavily loadel cart to make way for a
funeral. (iaziii!; at the procession Pat
siiddenl.v remarked: "Mike, I wish I knew
where I was Roinng to die.. I’d give a
thousand dollars to konw the place where
I’m going to die."
“Well, Pat, what good would it do If
yez knew.^”
“Lots,” said Pat. “Sure I’d nlver go near
thot place, at all, at all.”
Pay as you go. If you can’t pay, don’t go.
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