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IPS I |<n®S The First .£tep, Being (Somebody s Doing Something .-v s Helping Somebne v mi* Somo«’here m §Wk ^'MTTLE. JOUNtYINQ^^v By Walter Raleigh Lovell. One who has always lived on the . 'Atlantic,-seaboard, or eyen in the midwest Witd its neighboring cites of vast Industries can have little t conception ef the magnitude of Amer ica, .until he gpes across the conti nent; to gee the boundless plains, countless hills and mountains, and to stand at last at “Land’s End,” there to sweep1 in his view the broad, blue waters of the mighty Pacific. ' The multifarious , scenes, glorified by nature and time, defy the lan guage to describe its beauty . For, when the artist of renown has *cli rnaxed his supremest effort; when &arold Bell Wright in “When A Man’s A Main” and “The Eyete of the World” has told in sublime prosaic legenff, “the beauty of the hills;” when the unnamed poet laureate has wrung, from the Muse the sweetest ; song, of the “Wonderful West,” even then “the halt has never been told.” On© must see it for himself . But, alas, our reverie in the geor geousness of the landscape is broken s by the rude realization that it is growing fearfully hot; again. We uded n little 1 psjrcb-analysis, auto suggestion, or something of the sort, in.A yhiiii ooLdeavor to persuade our ■ selves that it wasn’t hot, but we sweated Just he same. Perhaps we didn’t “hold the thought” long ehOugh, but at rate we did not have tbe faith nor the energy, nor the Inclination to do it in'the face of V the sweltering desert sun. - >■' Instead we divesed ourselves of everything which decency would per mit in the way of clothing,—not words,—and thus we felt almost com fortable, consoled* by the thought that It could not last always;, it would be night again, and besides, two more of them would bring us to the cooling Vegions of breezes. the W4'm^s .way, ot course, „ ynttappreach, and you soon discover to your prespiring display that it Aotk not ex&t. Bui, I repeat ttit it adds to the Beauty of the landscape .' Far Way we gee “flies" crawling across the plain and we realise they are automobiles, or Fords which haver Wiped wonderfully to annihilate hot£ Aiietv ‘iltatiiinnbe Wo* Aamo nnw tA n. rtWy distances. We’come now • rfcjjroad station, pot worthy of a i so l did not get any for it. hard by We see a sheep-shearing sheep are beihr sheared; worl Testing at lunch time,* lounge 1 the freight .cans, feverishly se a place'hf shade. Piles Of baled awa^t shipment to some woolen Fortunately ajl climes are not occur? an «n?is ,tat Ms time distributed. ft iVW impossible to be intelligent without reading us to live wihout eating, grange, Is it not, Just as I was writing the word “eating'’ the boater calls out, “Vaughan, the next station, * thiry minutes for lundh,,r and you bet your life there wsjs'not auyhodjr too busy reaching to eat. ' • X; / „ A little Waitress, looking tired to death, - toldfbs, las we finished that there were $60 people, passengers and train toe® on our train, for lunch. You would not jHave doubted her, l am Sure, if you, co\ild have seen the re mains on the counters and tables as the pasengers, having dined, filed out to reboard their train. Then we are OfT again* ahd it grows hotter and diisstier as tile grass fails, sage brush becomes the order of the day, with here and there patches of the barren sandy waste warning us of our ap proach to the desert region of the Southwest. “Cheer up, the worst is yet to come” is a very fitting com ment, bu^ with little encouragement. We'chin© how to the busy and pros perous little town of Willard, where there is an ice plant and ; facilities1 for icing'the refrigerator ears, which pa&s in unending strings,; gong east ward, laden Vith California frdlts o,nd vegetables. Hot an<3 grimy we wonder why some genius has hot de vised a plan to refrifjrerfite the Pull man cars, at leagt while they, are la semi-tropical songs. Op to it, young sters, ft may mean yotftr fortune. r; (To b© continued.) U- ' c: ) PURPOSE OF FAtHEft AND SON WEEK. To keep alive the very best in American home life for the growing boy. i r To get fathers' to renew their in terest and 're-consecrate themselves to their paternal obligations. To lead sons" to deeper respect and appreciation, for their fathers and for U«tir homes r t 4 ‘ , 1 To lead fathers and sons to recog nise the Church and Sundav School as { necessary to the finest develop of their character and to co-operate Church in extending and ; fective in every day life \ God. 1*0 acquaint fathers mow iy with the simple prlncfe psyjdMogfi-'^ tr Wfa &*i!m ness of any pie pursuit fa*: the ■ ■ . 8. : Thou ■ -salt: }&0$Atjdp; name, of “Dad,, upon thee .lightly <or Je hoyaU'( will not Hold him £uiltlesd who h^th little .regard tot the re sponslbilitie® of Fatherhood. 4. Remember Thy/ Son’s portion of thy time and keep it holy. Matty days ehaR thou labor and do all man ner of work th»t thou mayek pro vide’ suitably for his needs but in that portion of thy day which belong eth to him thou shalt not do any work, neither ehalt thou bnby thy nose in a book, betake thyUedf to the golf links or busy thyself,,otherwise ac cording to thine own pleasure. V 5- Honor thy wife, .my mother, for i Thy Son, lovest her dearly and canot admire, resnftct and Jove thee if thou dispay not loving-kindness toward" her. 6. Thou shalt counsel advise with Thy Son in all things sCnd share, with him- the secrete of thy heaft. 7. Thou shalt be firm in thy dis cipline lesit Thy Son stray away from the paths of righteousness for the lack of thy guiding hand but thou shalt;not even now hold the reins of thy authority, too $ight nor fail to un detStand that Thy Son desireth and needeth more and more of that'inde pendence of action which becometh k man . "8. Thou shalt have trust and' con fidence in Thy Son and be patient and long-suffering with all his short com 9. Thou shalt walk uprightly be-' fore men and make thy/ ways clean In the.sight of thy Qod for Thy Son doth follow Thy. example. Moreover, take heed that thy son hath more discernment than tlhou sometimes thlnketh and is more Influenced by what he seetb thou really art thah by what thou pretefidest to be. 10. Thou shalt not forget that thou wert once a boy neither shalt thou be unmindful that times have Changed much since the days of thy youth. Father and Son Week for this year is November 9-15. HARDINQ'8 v unk>n m | “DAD» r Edited % LESSON VI—Aug 10, 1924* tHE F1R3TMIRACLE OF JESU8. 'if* ' Lesson Text: John 2:l-n. 1 And the third day thpre was a marriage in Cana of Galilee^ and the mother of Jesus was there : - 2 And both Jesus was called, and disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the'toother of JesuS saith unto him, They have no Wine. 4 Jesus saith unto heir, Woman, 5 His mother saith unto the ser vants, Whatsoever he saith unto yon* doit. , ; d And there wer© set there six waterpots Of stone, after the purify . ing of the Jews, contains two Or three firkins apiece. ~ If Jesus saith unto them, Pill the waterpots with water. And they filled thorn ui> to the hrim. >» And he safit unto them, Draw out now, and bear;.unto t?he governor cf the feast. And they bare it.' 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the Water that was made Wine, and ;khew not whence it wisi (but; the servants which drew Hhe water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom. 1A AnA ;"W€i .10. And -saith unto him, Every": man at ihe beginning doth set forth good wine; add when men have well, drunk, then that which is worse: hut thou hast kept the good wine until r.cwV' V- '/ 1 ' :v 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani fested/his glory ; and his disciples be lieved on him. Golden Text: Whatsoever he saith ' Golden Text: Whatsoeve unto you, do, it. John 2:5. 3. Time: A. D. 30. sin nf flam* ipe: and- at the proper, tjine ,1s m what seems best. His time not yet come because lie had nc reet communication in this matte: | Knowing the moods of this stra Sim, ^ commanded the sei^i not to interfere, but to obey Ms ery requests “Whatsoever be s unto jrou, do it.” ! Jesus was not certain that his f bad come to perform af certain j acle; be must wait on bis father a revelation on tbis point. Six water pots. The Syrian fir placed , there that the guests, ’ were so supercilious about watch may see, in-order to prevent dei meat. The firkin would hold < •urth of a barrel. “Fill the wj r>ots with waterIt seems that for‘signs of .his divinity; and thei &ave the fruits of this miracle. AndT his disciples believed on him -God directed him to perform thecae to this end. Practical Hints of the Heart of tb Lesson. ■ '• • U. Religion does not bid us U»t< the social World. 2. Do we seek the will of God ii matters of life? 3. We can be in, but not of world. OUF BOYS A GREAT RATI
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