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TUMI SYSTEM STANDS UNGHAK6ED NO INCREA8E IN APPROPRIA- ' TION8?WILL SONEUME SIXTY t DAYB. 'f 1 LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS , Review of the Lateot Nowa Gathered ' Around the State Capitol That | Will Bo of Intaraat to Our Readare t Over North Carolina. e Raleigh. [ WEATHER FORECABT. f . ? : t Movemonta Due and Thalr Local Ef- t facta for tha Cotton Btataa Janu- ( ary 24 to 41, 1915. , Sunday, January .24; Monday, Janu- , ary 25?The week will open with slow ly -riling temperatures and with rain f In the South. I Monday, Jan. 25; Tuesday, January ( 24?Cool wave la due to -overspread , tha Western Cotton Belt the 25th and thence over the remainder of tha Sooth ~ the 24th. It will clear the weather and bring frosts down 'to the second t tier of counties from the Gulf coasL c Wednesday. Jan. 27?Rain will reap pear the middle of the week, beginning 1 In the Western Belt and spreading i East. * i Thursday, Jan. 24; Friday, January i 21; Saturday. January SO?Cool wave is due to overspread the South the i 28th and 20th, again clearing and < bringing frosts to the Oulf Coast, fol lowed by rising temperatures at the i close of tha week and opening of tha i next. < The moat Interesting and significant thing In legislative sessions was the Initial Joint conference of the Senate , and House Committees on Finance ( with Chairman Doughton of the house, ( presiding. The net outcome Is that , there Is unanlinona opinion expressed to "sit Steady In the boat" or "stand , pgt" In matters of taxation' and ap- , proprlattons. All seemed to agree that , In the light of the recent vote on tha j constitutional amendment, the plan for t the revision of thp assessment and , 'taxing system of the state as recom mended by Chairman Travis of the , State Tax Commission Is a good thing j but that In view of the existing con- , dttlons It is not advisable to make , these revisions at this time. Indeed, members of the Joint com- . mlt(ee seemed of one opinion that ( there will be no Increase In appro- , prlations at this session and further- H more, appropriations for permanent , Improvements at state Institutions ( > will have a very great falling off com- | pared with appropriations two years ago when there was a 1500,000 bond , Issue for permanent Improvements, j This time It Is the declared purpose , ?of the committee to have no bond Is- ( sues provided?at?Hris?session?and | maintenance provision for state In- , stltutlons that may not stint them In ( this respect Is hinted at as about the ( beet that can be expected. , senate. The Senate voted by a big majority j against the. joint reeolntlon to limit the present seas loo of the Legislature ! to 40 days. This waa after two-hour*' t Olecusslon In which Gardner, Gilliam { and other* urged the adoption and ' Senator* Mill. Hobgood and other* op-\ posed it as a vain ? and' Impossible ; thing to accomplish. The action of Uie Senate will probably canse the House to not call up the resolution at that end of the CapUol,at all. Representative Seawell In the House introduced the bill recommended by the special commission to Investigate giving to the State Department of Ih surance supervision of the rate-mak ing for the Are Insurance and other wiar-atUfnd the Insurance laws, e- linderN^neclal suspension of the rules the ^nate passed the resolu tion from the rlpuse felicitating Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and wishing for her speedy recovery from serious Hl nqss. - > Senator Gilliam Introduced In the Senate a bill to amend the State Con stitution *0 that the General Assemb ly shall be relieved of .private and public local and other classes of leg blew Charter* Are Issued: Charters were Issued as follows: The Pioneer Gold Mining Company, Charlotte, capital $200,000, divided Into 2,000,000 shares of the value of 10 cents a share. The Southern Ve neer Company. Charlotte, capital 1200.000 in 2.000.000 share. The Greenvlll Furniture Company, Green ville, capital 220,000 authorised and $4,000 subscribed for general furni ture business. The Greensboro Rest Cottage, to be established as a refuge home for fallen women. Incorporated Without capital stock. Remodeled Federal Court Room. There was fitting celebration of the opening o( the first term of Federal Court In the remodeled and enlarged government building and especially handsome new Federal Court room under the direction of United States Judge Henry G. ? Connor and District Attorney Francis D. Winston. The special feature was the presentation of an oil painting of United States Judge Aea Biggs, who served as Fed eral judge In this state just prior to the Civil War. The portrait was pre vented by F. S. Sprulll of Rocky Mount. Oppose Juvenile Protective Society. Rev. Sidney Love of Raleigh, sec retary of the North Carolina Prison ers' Relief Society, has been named as a member of the executive committee of the Juvenile Protective Association of Raleigh, but Issued a statement In which he does not believe that Raleigh or any other town in the state that he knows anything about 1s In need of such an organisation, and directly op poses the Raleigh society which was launched in a special meeting in the hall of the House of Representatives a tew days ago. - - elation and provide (or emergeocj udgea (or Superior Court service, 'laaeea that the blUa provides shall >e taken cere o( by general legiala ton ere local private and apeolel acta inch aa appointing justices of the ?ea?e. health regulatlona. road and urnplke changes and ferry and bridge natters, game lava, non-navigable tream regulatlona and pay of jurors, rho Mil went to the Committee on loostttuUonal Amendments. It pre crlbea the ballot (or and against rati Icatton in the event tbe Legislature 'otes to submit It to the people. Pass Final Reading. BUM passed final reading as fol dws: To amend the law relating to (?eights and measures; to amend the aw as to standard keeper at Beau(ort 'oonty; to repead the Sampson Coun y dog tax law; to prevent the use o( larrow-tlred vablclfcsyn Richmond, toke. Moore Montgomery Counties; 0 allow any slsed packages of meal rovlded they are marked as to veight; and show Whether they are x>lted 'pr unbolted (an amendment irovldes that the law do not apply to lackages o ( teas than one-eighth o( 1 bushel. "To create h highway commission or Pasquotank county; to ratl(y luo.ooO bond Issue for Greensboro; to luthorlze the aldermen of Goldsboro o Issue bonds. House. Included In s great number of bills bat were reported favorably from the ommittees were the following: The bill by Dr. Kent to amend the lealtb regulations especially as to rltal statistics so as to make the State ind the Federal forms of statistics nor? nearly cooforntr BUI to ascertain the extent of the mportatlon of foodstuffs Into North Carolina. Representative Seawell's bUl to -egulste loans by Insurance compan es and allow loans on policies with >ut liability to the charge of usury. To divide, the state Into two judicial !,rCUlU- - Appealing to Congress for the aboll loo of the requirement to swear loy ilty to the Government In proving :lalms for goods cosAscgtpd during be Civil War. The House voted down 3J to 50 the >111 by Long of Halifax to repeal the itatute requiring that women be sub iected to privy examination as to their 'ree and uncoerced signing of deeds ind Instruments other than waivers of ight to homestead. The vote was >receded by an stirring debate, a 'eatare of which was a declaration by Representative R. A. Doughton, In ad vocating the bUl, that he stands at all Idles for women being on a thorough ly equal footing with men as their jeers In property rights and every jther respect "except" he declared,. "I irant yon tb understand that I am un ilterabiy opposed to the so-called soman's suffrage and other such Isms ind clams that are abroad In the and." The report and recommendations >f Commissioner of Insurance James ft. Young were filed through Oover lor Craig, the recommendations fo unding advocacy of the state regu ating through the insurance depart ment the fire Insurance rates and >ther measures much as recommend ed by the special legislative commls ilon for the Investigation of the con luct of Insurance companies In this itate. Bill* passed final readings aa fol lows: To regulate the compensation of Beaufqrt County commissioners: To treats a highway commission for War ren County; to provide tetter pro rlaion for the working of the roads in Transylvania County; To authorise a 1200,000 bond issue for Yadkin Coun ty roads. To amend the charter of Elon Col lege; to repeal the Sampson county log tax; advancing the blind Confed erate soldier* and widows to the first rlass of pensioners; to repeal the act realting to the killing of veal in Alex ander county; to repeal the recorder's court act for Beaufort county. The act extending the corporate imlts of Bushnell; authorising the town of Spencer to issue school xmds; making the landlord and :enant act apply to Yadkin county. This act was Introduced by Repre lenative Williams of Yadkin. It pro rides that where a tenant abandons i crop after supplies have teen ad ranced to him he shall be guilty of a nisdemeanor. Would Compel Tobacco Reports. Commissioner of Agriculture Gra 1am haa prepared two bills to be pre sented to the Legislature. One is for nachlnery to compel .leaf tobacco earehoueemen to make their month y reports. There is a law requiring that these reports be filed with the :ommlssloner, but it is pot compiled with by some. Major Graham said that there had not teen a complete report for any month since he had !>een commissioner. At various times there have been one to a dozen re ports lacking. Sreat Fight Against Tuberculosis. The North Carolina state board of lealth has received from the Proxim ty Manufacturing Company of Greens >oro assurances that If the state will idopt the plan of the state board for he campaign, against tuberculosis In lis state and make the financial ap iroprlation necessary for a start In hat direction as urged by the board, he Proximity company will come to .he financial aid of the undertaking 4n i substantial way; also that there Is ?very likelihood that others of the arger corporations will respond. Dr. W. 8. Rankin, secretary of the itate board, says during the past few nonths numbers of patients have had heir expenses at the state eanltorium >ald by the Presbyterian. Episcopal ind Baptist churches Is Various parts >f the state and by the Thompson Or ihanage, Junior Order tfnlted Amerl ?an Mechanics. Knights of Pythals, )dd Fellows, Masons and other organ lations. A number of contributions ind one legacy have been received 'ram a western Carolina lady. All. hese show that Interest la growing til over the state in regard to this vork. GERMAN BATTLESHIFBREAKS THE BLOCKADE ! i .V , I ? "?? mp ?;T, The German battleship Von der Tann, which la said to have broken through Uye blockade established In the North sea by the British fleet, and started across the Atlantic to join the cruiser Karlsruhe. ARE BEST OF FORTS United States Defense^ How ever, Are Short oi Men. Work* on Corrogldor Almoot a* Im pregnable a* Gibraltar or Helgoland ?Great Fortlflcatlona Which Guard National Capital. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Stair Correspondent Weatern Newspaper Union.) Washington.?Since the war broke rat In Europe much has been heard about Helgoland aa an Impregnable fortreaa. In some statements It has been said that next to Gibraltar, Hel goland Is the hardest fortreaa nut to erack In the whole world. Now comes the United States to maintain that It has a fortreaa that la not cfily Hot second to Helgoland in strength, but perhaps not even to Gibraltar Itself. Army and navy men seem to thtnk that the fortress of Corregldor which guards the entrance to Manila In the Philippines can hold off any of the world's forces and ab solutely prevent any t>osslblllty of successful attack on Manila by way of Its Immediate front. Coiregldor only recently has been put Into trim. Now It la understood that Its big guns are all manned and that soon It will hare a trained force of men equal to the occasion of working the weapons of offense for a period as protracted as any war Is llkaly to'be. In some respects It 1* said Corregldor resembles Gibraltar. Much has been written recently about the fortifications on the sea coasts of the continental United States. During the discussions in the committees of congress on the sub ject of the military preparedness of the United States It has been said that our forts and our guns are all right, but that we hare not men enough to man them. From the re port of the chief of coast artillery'. General Weaver, It Is apparent that what has been said lust about sums up the situation. Congress It Is ex pected will provide men enough to man our guns, for otherwise we will be In a position of having spent a lot of money for tools which we cannot use. ? In the year 1814 the British at tacked Washington. In order to reach this city today a foreign foe. unless It can land an army, will be compelled to run by the fortifications at the mouth of Chesapeake bay and by oth er fortifications which protect the reaches of the lower Potomac. Fortress Monroe, which Is one of the guards to the entrance of the Chesa peake, is an old post an& the layman who looks at It and sees the old par apets with their 'granite racings can not conceive that It would withstand the shots from modern guns. The truth Is that old Fortress Monroe Is occupied only tor show purposes and for the uses of peaceful garrison lite. Connected with the old fort are the new fortifications with their big dis appearing guns. Fortress Monroe commands not pnly the entrance to the Chesapeake but the entrance to the James river. In Hampton Roads, whose waters' are at the mouth of the James and mingle with those of the ocean, there is a low-lying American fort with powerful guns. It Is an aid to For tress Monroe, and between the two any fleet, no matter how po-verful. would have a' hard time of It trying to break an entrance either Into the James river or Chesapeake hay. Recently the government purchased land on Cape Henry and there another BOMBS HURLED LIKE A BALL French Devlee Scheme Whereby Fuee le Set After the Qrenede le Thrown. Parle ?The band grenade devised by the French to throw Into the en emy's trenches when they are within reach Is about as large as a baseball. A string,'tied t6 the wrist of the throw er, pulls out a plug from the ball af ter It has left the hand. A spring Is released, which sets the fuse for the explosive charge going. This fuse may be regulated from one second to two or three seconds, or Intermediate fractions, and thus adjusted to axplode when It reaches the hostile trench. MANY INSANE ARE AT LARGE Germans Are Accused of Shelling Bel .glan Asylums and Freeing the Patients. Parts.?The Insane aiylum at Per ray-Vaucluse, which was emptied when the Hermann approached Paris, has been tilled with Belgian lunatlos com pelled to leave Tpres under Ore. The Insane persons were "Ave days on the road to Vaucluse, and a perilous jour fbbt-4s to . be built. Ships trying to get Into Chesapeake or to the James would find themselves under (Ire from the Cape Henry guns befo- they get within range 4>f the Fortress Monroe or the Hampton Roads gi ns. It le believed by military experts that no fleet In the world ever can force Its way Into Chesapeake bay or the James river thence to go with its lighter draft vessels by the water route either to Baltimore, Wasl ington or Richmond. ARTIST HONORED BY FRENCH "Hans!" Who Ridiculed German Con trol of Alsace-Lorraine, Gets Decoration. Paris.?The Alsatian caricaturist M. Waits, .who Is known as "Hanal," has been decorated with the Legion of Honor. Some time before the war broke out "Hansl" was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment at Leipzig for cartoons he drew ridiculing everything German In Alsace-Lorraine. He es caped, however, and volunteered as an interpreter In the French army. He has been mentioned In disni^ches for his courage and as being a splendid example for his comrades. 0FFICERJUY3 15 Performs Daring Exploit With Homemade Bombs. Crawl* in Dark to Carman Trenches. Destroys Machine Gun and Kills Enemy's Soldiers With Hand Grenades Made by Himself. By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. International News Service Correspondent Paris.?With three bombs made by himself, an officer of engineers of the British arms' has Just performed an exploit wonhy of chronicling. He crept np To the German trenches and killed 16 Germans, besides destroying ? a machine gun. This sapper was stationed at a point: of the battle line where the British and German trenches are near to each other. He fitted up a laboratory1 In a farm house in which he was quartered and here he began to manufacture hand grenades. These be decided to test personally. ' A few dozen yards before the first British line was a German trench in which was posted a machine gun that bad killed many English. The .trench was cleverly built In sections, so that the British could not capture one point and then fire down the trench. It was like a row of old fashioned church pews, each pew say six yards long with about five Qer? mans in It. The machine gun was posted In a pew so situated that it could sweep the whole front for a long distance. Before It was a shield and a parapet. ?, The British officer selected a time when It was quite dark and crawled carefully to within about a dozen yards of the machine gun's position He carried one of his homemade bombs In each side pocket and another in his hand. He hurled the first right In next to the machine gun. There was a terrific explosion. and the single man In the trench to re main alive screamed with pain. The machine gun was hopelessly wrecked The Germans along the line did not realize what had happened. The bold sapper was not content with the dam age be had wrought, so Instead of crawling back to safety, he leaped Into the trench with the machine gun and the dead and dying Germans. The compartments of the trench' were con nected by passageways, making au angle. The Germans In the compart ment next to that of the machine gun were In an uproar, firing inrthe 'clirec tlon of the British lines and evidently believing the allies were delivering a general attack. The Englishman hurled his second bomb among them Five or six Germans were torn to shreds. Into the second compartment the sapper crawled and cast this thlnl and last bomb Into the next group along tha line. The effect was as great as before. To clear out the three compart ments at the trench had been the work of not more than three minutes ney It was for the physicians and nurses In charge One of the most bizarre sights of the war was the passing on the main line to Bordeaux, during the height of the early September crisis. Of tralnloads of lunatics bound for asylums well out of the danger zone. It is alleged that the Germans bombarded some asylums and loosed the patients upon the roads, to run terrified before their Bra. * Physicians report 'that the effect of bombardment and the general excite ment of approaching or passing armies *'*-v. . : , , , IS NOW CALLED KAISERBERG Germans Give New Name to Town'of Czenetochowa In Ruaelan m Poland. Petrograd.?You will look In vain for the city of Kalserberg on the map of Russian Poland, and little will you suspect that this name stands with the Germans for the ancient city of Czenatoch'owa. but Kaiserberg It Is at present, and the Inhabitants are forced, under threat of severe penal ties, to speak of It as such. This Is another proof of the Ger mans' tactful policy toward the Poles whom the Invaders are supposed to win over to their side, for Czenetocho wa to the. Poles la what Mecca is to the Mussulmans, and no greater In sult to the national pride and faith could be Imagined than the renaming of the ancient fortress. "Kalserberg now,... Kalsergrab (kalser'a grave) .in a few weeks hence," Is the prophecy of the refu gees from the invaded part of Rus sian Poland. i ? Approves the Princess. Berlin.?While distributing gifts at Camnez, the German crown prtneesa was approached by a soldier of the landsturm battalion, who, unaware of her Identity, said: "You're a mighty nice girl, when I get back from the war I'm going to marry you." After completing his task, the officer wriggled back to bis own lines un harmed. ' ?? ? BRITAIN'S GREAT AVIATOR Flight Commander Claude Graham White, at the right, In conversation with Brltlah army ofllcera and a French aviator "somewhere In France." (Name deleted by censor.) 'WIDOW'S MITE' FOR WOUNDED French Servant Earning Ten Cent* an Hour Glvee $80, to Red Cross. Paris.?A Paris woman servant of the numerous class which works out at ten cents an hour has given no less a sum than $50 for the French wounded. Her employer had difficulty In making her confess It. When she did own up to It, she explained that though the Red Cross agent had ad vised her strongly'to keep ber sav ings for a rainy day she had got round his objections by showing certificates for further savingf of $2,000. HONOR GRANT'S SOffi-iN-LAW Prince dantacuxene Decorated by Cxar for Bravery in Cam paign In Gallcla. Waahlngtoh. ? Prince Cantacusene. husband of Julia Dent Grant, has been decorated by the cxar for heroism In the'Gallclan campaign, and Wilbelm von Rgth- has received the Iron cross for distinguished service on the French and Russian frontiers. Von Rath, who Is engaged to be married to Cecilia May, has beren Invalided to bis home In Frankfort, where Miss May Is a guest. He was formerly at tached to the German embassy here. on the Insane ,1s curiously varied. Some go Into violent crises, but many are obli7lous, even to shells It Is thought that great numbers of lunat ' lea and criminals must be at large In France as the result of hasty evacu at Ion of jails and asylums. Live In Cellars. Paris ?A dispatch says 898 houses In Lille have been destroyed ty bo'm bardment, and the people are still Uv {ttfg In cellars. Mbnmional smsohol LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course Moody Bible Iu ?tl tu tc^^ni^caga) ^-^ ? ? LESSON FOR JANUARY 31 THE BIRTH OF SAMBON. LE8SON TBXT-Judgst 1J:H?, U-tt GOLDEN TEXT--Beware. I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink.? Judges 13:1. The story or Samson bulks large In (be book of Judges and In the Interest and Imagination of all men ever since bis dag; This being the only lesson in a seven years' course we suggest. In outline. Samson's entire life. I. Samson's Parents. God chooses a humble man and woman, folk of piety and prayer, to bring forth and rear this great deliverer. The angel's most Improbable promise (13:3) Is accepted by Manoah and his wife (18:6, T). They expreaa a desire to be able to measure up to the responsibility?a suggestion to parents. There is also a hint of the dual responsibility of par ents In the words, "teach us." (Seef Eph. 6:4; Jas*l:5r7.) It was reason able to belldve that the one who brought the promise -could also tell them how to train and nurture the child. God honored the mother's pray er and she shares her experience with the father (v. t). As the mother of a Xazavlte she must keep herself from all things andean (v. 14; II Cor. 6: 17),. even as Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke 1:38). The experience of the sacrlflce, the worship of Manoah and his wife and the fact of Sam sob's birth completes the record of chapter 13. Manoah could not worahlp the angel, but could show him hospi tality. Verse 18 (R. V.) seems, to Indi cate that this was another premanl festation of our Lord Jesus. II. Samuel's Power. Every race has Its superman, and usually It is one of physical strength. That Samson had no physical evidence of his superior strength is evident from the fact that Delilah asked to know his secret. Nor was his strength In his hair, else there was no need that tjje "Spirit of Jehovah" should come upon him. The secret of his power la Indicated In 13:25. The word "move" suggests to play upon a harp, as It Samson's heart was open to Clod as a harp Is open to human touch.. "Samson's power was the result of a faith that was open to the InSnJte storehouse of the di vine dynamic." 8uch spiritual power Is within the reach of every man. Samson ("sfjnny") was full of laugh ter; not the comic, but the Joyous. He did the big things God gave him to do and was tilled with gladness. But Samson came under the spell of an evil woman and all of this true laugh ter and glad Joyousness left his soul. Chapter 13. verse 25, illustrates the anointing of the Holy Spirit for service as perhaps, distinguished from the same Spirit for holiness. The laughter heard In the haunts of sin has lots its buoyancy, is forced. Is different, Is that of men whose hearts are unclean. III. Samson's Impurity. A woman can make or mar the man with whom she associates. As a Nazarite. Samson was dedicated unto God, must'not al low a razor to touch his bead, was not to touch anything unclean, nor drink Intoxicating liquor. This vow was usually for a short period. Samuel and John the Baptlzer are other Nasa rltes recorded In Scripture, and are said to have been such from birth (3:14; 16:17; Luke 1:15). Samson's strength burned out when he lay his head in a harlot's lap and'the laughter went out of his soul. It was that which hroke the contact between him and God Samson's birth In a godly home, his knowlege of bis relation to God and the exporience of God's power did not keep him from an Ignoble failure. He left the. atmosphere of God's spirit for that bf sin (Prov. 4: 23). IV. Samson's Imprisonment. We And him stter his excesses grinding In the Philistine prison, where he perhaps overheard praises being sung to Dagon who had overthrown Jehovah's Judge. It Is never sale to play with tempta tion though conscious of our own strength; then it is we are moat apt 'to fall (I Cor. 10:12). One act and the gay hero Is grinding In a prison house. Directly a man goes Into im purity, whether In act or thought, he loses the power that formerly moved men or worked wonders. Year after year Samson plodded his round of en forced toll, a type of the force and power of Intemperance and other lm pure habits. During these years he doubtless put his hand upon his head and said, "My hair Is growing again," and It gave him courage to believe that Qod would yet give him another cbance. * v Flnally, "when their hearts wen merry" (16:25), he Is brought out to make sport. During one of his resting periods he said to a boy near by, "Lei me feel of the two pillars," those upon which the main walls rested and which were within a man's reach. Then It was that he was able to grip the mysterious power of the unseen (16:3p>. Was Samson a suicide? No! He accepted death as the Inevitable consequence of his act of duty (See Heb. 11:32). , The growth of his balr was only a token of that consecration which he 'had surrendered when he failed to withstand the wiles of Delilah. The Temperance Teaching of thti lesson Is all too plain, it must begin In the home and continue throughout all of life. As we have scattered In formation throughout our land w< have seen the work of temperaqce ad vanctng mightily. Samson's exploit with the lion Is a temperance sermot In parable (16:5, 6; Pro v. 20:1). Th? business of the temperance forces U to slay the Hon. We are also to eat "honey out of the rock," to gain vlo tones, within and without, and, llki Samson, we can give hotaey toothers Tp have a part In helping to redeefft I lost world requires that we keep clean p, A Palace or a Hovel _____ i* ' REV WILLIAM WALLACE ICETCHUH ' DhwJkhuMVokOw X MxbBW.hMM.ai~w TEXT?For other foundation can no man lay than that which is .laid, which la J cam a Christ. But If any man bulldeth on the foundation sold, silver, costly stones, wood, J>uy. stubble; each man's work shall be made manifest;,for the day shall declare It, beeauss it la revealed In Are; and the fire Itself sfcall prove each man'A work of what sort it la. If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. If ?ny marOT"WtffK' gfit! 11 be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself Shall be ' saved; yst no as through-fire.?I Cor. 3:11 ? <R. V.). Two workmen are building separate structures. One is a palace of costly atones, ana tor embellish m e n t, precious- gold and sliver; the other a hovel. Is to which he Is put ting the flimsiest material ? wood, hay, stubble. Both workmen are building side by side upon the same foundation. At length the two structures are completed and the builders rest from their labors. Sud denly one dav a lire breaks out. It sweeps up one street and down another, licking up the buildings that lie In Its path, and Anally envelops the palace and the hovel. When the lire ceases, not a - vestige of the hovel remains. The Aamea have wiped out the structure .built of wood, hay and stubble; but the palace stands. The marble In It gleams the blighter and the gold and silver shine the more resplendently. The lire has proved each man's work of what sort It Is. The workman whose structure stood the test re ceives his reward; while the other, whose hovel was swept away, suffers loss, he himself being saved, yet so . as by Are. Such Is the picture pre sented by the text. What are some Of Its lessons? The Only Foundation. There Is only one foundation upon which a man can build a superstruc ture of works. That foundation la Jesus Christ. This Is a simple, ele mental truth, but one which needs a deal of emphaals In these days, for many have not yet dlacovered that the divine order in grace la the same order which holds In the putting up of a building?the foundation first, then ? the superstructure. Salvation first, then works; and not works first and then salvation. "For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, It Is the gift of Qod; not of works, that no man abould glory" (Eph. 2:8, ?,"R. V.). Some years ago at Catawlssa, Pa after the destructlbn of a bridge, the contractor upon removing the first pier, prior to the Building of a new one, discovered that underneath there was no foundation. The pier simply rested upon the bed of the river, and when a heavy flood came the entire structure was washed away. Yet, how many there are who are building a superstructure of works without the real foundation, Jesus Christ! They give their money to feed the poor, clothe the naked, house the homeleaa, educate the Ignorant, heal the body, relieve distress. In works tbey are ceaseless and untiring, but they are building their structure without the foundation. They are doing like the man In the parable, of whom our Lord told, who built his house on the sand and when "the rains descended at* the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house it fell." "For other foundation can no man lay than that which Is laid, which la Jesus Christ." We need to take heed how we build thereon. For It is possible to build" on the only foundation a palace or a hovel. This Is a truth which concerns the saved and not the unsaved. It Is not a matter of salvation, but of service. Between salvation and service there Is a wide difference. Salvation la a work of Cod for us and In us and is all of grace. Service Is work which those who are saved render unto Cod, and for which they shall receive a re ward, or shall suffer loss. The Testing Day. A testing day Is coming when the character of our work, as Christiana, shall be made manifest "The day shall declare It" Not a day of judgment for our sins, which were. Judged In Jesus Christ on the cross; but a day when our work shall be made manifest The day when the Lord ccmaes, "who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts" (I Cor. 4:5). Then the fire , Itself shall prove each man's work of what sort Jt la Not literal fire, but the holy, consuming energy of the Lord himself, for "Our God la a consuming fire." If we have built only a hovel, we shall suffer loss. Irretrievable loss, but we shall be saved, yet so as by fire. "Rust t go. and empty-handed? ( Must I meet my Savior so? Indeed not for we may build a pal ace Instead of a hovel, and be not only saved but rewarded fbr our work. That each roan may In that day have his praise front Cod (I Cor. 4:8), let us, as Christians, in our work hoed three simple rules: j First a right purpose: the glory of Ood (I Cor.. 14:3). Second, a right plan: the word of God (IL Tim. 3:1HT). Third, a right motive: the con strata tng love of Christ (It Cor. 8:14). g - Which is It to be, a palaea or ? hovel?
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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Jan. 29, 1915, edition 1
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