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M ;;; ;; - GRAHAM, N. 0., THURSDAY, SEPrEMBER 17, 1914. lYn-m la^iiifsiniiirii n i tmiiiia «- IA Promise! • • ) • • • • • • • It Was Well Kept and • Z Did Great Good • • • • • • • • • By EVERITT P. CLARKE' I • •. About the middle of the nineteenth century,. when the wild and woolly went deserved the appellation, n girl In a frontiersman's cablu was getting sup per la anticipation of herfather's com ing home from attending to his dally duties. She wan about fifteen years old and seemed to he made up princi pally of arms and legs. Nevertheless her face was pretty, and she gave promise after passing the Oily age of making a comely womun. While she was standing over the cook stove she heard a clattering of horse's hoofs without, which grew rapidly nearer, and In a few moments a horseman gal loped up to the door and threw him self from his animal, which he struck on the haunch nnd sent on Its way. "Hide me! For heaven's sake, hide me!" he said to the girl. r His haste made it plain that there was no time for explanation, nnd the girl, moved by his piteous condition, "ros auras')! sua, HIPS MR HB SAID led him to an upper story of the house nnd put him in a closet Then, going below, she waited breathlessly for what might happen. But a few min utes elapsed before half a dozen men broke Into the clearing and came to ward the house. All passed on but one. who pulled up at the open doot and called out to the girl: "Seen a man go by here just now?" "Yea."' , "Which way did he go?" "I heard his horse gnllopln' Into the timber over there," pointing. The man started off and Joined the others. After awhile the fugitive cam* downstairs. He was not over twenty - flve years old and good looking, though his face was ashy pale. He went up to the girl, took her hand in his and said feelingly: "You've saved my life." "What did they want with you?" she asked. "They wanted to hang me." "What forr "Well, I'm the slickest gambler in the territory. I went Into the settle ment down the creek and cleaned 'em all out. Besides, I've done more shoot- In' than all the rest of 'em put together. They decided that I jam too desperate a character to have arouttd. so they concluded to git rid of me." The girl listened to tbls with a sober countenance. "What makes you look i-o sorry?" asked the man. "I don't like to think of you as a gambler." He seemed touched by her interest In him. "What difference does It make to you whether I'm good or bad?" he asked. ,\ "Reckon I'd rather save a good man from the vigilantes than a bad one. I suppose I should have given you up." The man looked at her Intently for a few moments, then. "But yon didn't," he said. "Would you have given up if you had known 1 was a gam bler?" "I don't know that I would." "Would you rather 1 wouldn't be a gambler?" "Yes." "Or a shooter?" "Yea." "Little girl, gife me some of that supper You're cookln'. I'm hungry and need sustenance." The girl, who had been frying some bacon and potatoes, put a part of them on a plate and set it on the table. The young man sat down, and she poured him a cupful of coffee. He had some* what recovered his nerve aud ate heurtily. When lie had finished he rose and. ponjjng out on the table a heap of money that be had won by gambling, looked at her as much as to sny, "Will you take It?" She shook her head. A look of disappointment crossed his face. "What can 1 do." he asked,, "to re pay you for saving me fr»m Ihe vlgl , _ "Stop gamblin' and shoo tin' and all the other things." He made no reply to this, bnt seemed to have been deeply moved. He stood looking out through the open door In the direction the vigilantes had taken and listening. Presently he said: "I reckon I'd better git out of here while I have a chance. - They'll over take my horse and, seeln' no rider on him, will know that they've passed me. They'll come back for me." , He took tbe girl's hand and looked earnestly Into her eyes. "Say, little gal, If It hadn't been for , you I'd be swlngln' now. You own the rest of my life. For you I'll stop , gamblht'. and sbootln' and the other , things. Goodby.'* I He bent down, kissed her. then struck out for tbe timber on that side of the clearing from which he had come. 11. In a gambling bouse a man was deal ing faro to a motley crowd, few of whom possessed some claims to re -1 spectablllty, while the most of tbern were roughs. A young clergyman. ' whose calling was deuoted solely by a white necktie, entered and announced - that services would be held that even- L ) lag In the bnllding commonly used for ' a dance ball and be hoped that all In the room would make It n point to at -1 tend. No one paid any attention to , him. Presently Ids attention was ar rested by n girl of twciity who entered the room, walked tip to.an elderly man 1 who sat at one of the tables where a game of poker was being played and. ' placing ber hand On bis shoulder, said persuasively: "Come away, father.'' t The clergyman watched Iter, looking I into ber face inquiringly. When she . spoke he started. Memory seemed to , lie worklug within him. Then sudden • ly something was recalled, and bis face , lighted up. "You go home with your daughter." he said to tbe man the girl was trylug to get away, "and I'll play your hand l for you." Every one at tbe table looked at the speaker wonderlngly, for a clergyman to gamble, even for another, wis re markable. Tfie man he addressed look-, t ed up at blrn curiously and sow souie- I thing In the resolute face that led him to obey. He rose from the table nnd > gave tlie clergyman bis seat. Tbe girl, i too, looked at the latter curiously, then • took her father by the arm and was I leading him away when the clergyman nuked: > "How much have you lost?" ? "All I had—sl,2oo." r The father und daughter passed out, . and the gnme went on. There were I three men at the table besides the one In the white necktie, and every one of the three was a card sharp. There » were old tricks and new tricks prac ticed by the sharpers. The clergyman • seemed a bit unfamiliar with the new, butthornnirhlv versed In thc.oldLJlow- ever. be had not played long bctars all schemes were alike fanilllur to him. The game was simply one of wits ngulnst wits. When a player was de tected lu cheating be returned his win nings. Be was not uhushed, aud no one objected. As tbe game ,weut on a i number of persons stood about the table Matching It. es|ieclnlly interested In the clergyman's sleight of hand Slowly, but surely, tbe'pile of bank bills and gold pieces before him Ill creased. It was hot only his skill iu card manipulating that attracted at tentlon, but that one of Ills cnlMng should be so versed In the ways of card sharps. At lust he called a halt and counted his winnings. They fig ured $1,200. Shoving the SOO over to the others, he scooped the rest into bis , handkerchief aud. rising from the ta ble, said: "Gentlemen, I trust you will all be at the services this evening."V ; What five years before had been a clearing bad now grown Into a town. True, there was but one street lu it, ' but tbe clergyman, leuvlng tbo gam • bllng den, pursued that street, stopped ' before a house and knocked nt the ' door. It was opened by the girl who had led her father from the game. " "I hav« brought you," suld the latter, "the sum you told me you bad lost to those card sharps." ' And he emptied bis handkerchief of , Its contents on tbe table. ' Both father and daughter looked at 1 him with tile same continued astonish -1 ment. "Do you remember some years ugo," said the cleryman to the girl, "saving a man's life from a vigilance commit tee?" • "I do." "He was to repay you by abjuring ' his evil ways and trying to bo of some use in tbe world." „ »: "You are that man?" '"I am." "You are no older looking than tlipn, but you arc different looking, else I would have known you." "I have kept my promise. I find I can do most good among (ho people with whom I wan familiar In those days, now horrible to mc, .when I was a card sharp nhd n desperado. It* Is to you 1 owe. my reformation as Wjpll as iny life." -Then, turning to tte father of the girl, be lidded: "Tbe men with whom you were playhig are clients. You are no match for them. What they took from you dishonestly l t got back honestly, for we all knew | that It was not cards we were playing, j bnt sleight of hand with cards." The fame of the cjprgyman who hud | beaten card sharps at tlielr own game 1 Miread abroad and curiosity to see him ! brought him ii large assemblage at tbe : meeting he bad announced for the ' 1 evening Many were moved by his ' | eloquence. Before he left tho place he | had reformed It. and with him as his j wife and coworker went the girl who, 1 by reforming him, reformed many ' others SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson Xll.—Third Quarter, For Sept. 20, 1914. T.xt of th. Lesson, Matt, xxv, 31-46. Memory Verses, 34-36—Gold.n T.xt, Matt, xxv, 43—Commentary Prepared by Revi O. M. Stearns. . j To under land this lesson as to the Interpretation of It, the time when nnd tbe parties concerned, we must notice carefully the first 1 verse und the words, "When the Son bf Man shall come In His' glory aud aI I the holy angels with Him, then shall lie sit upon the throne of Ills glory." Thut defines clearly the time when, aud also that the Judgment referred to Is not tbe Judgment of the saints. His redeemed ones, for when lie'shall come In Ills glory they'shall come with Him, the Old Testament as well as tbe New_ Testament saints. IJ we may make that ' distinction l*et the Holy Spirit tell you about this as you read Zech. xlv, 5; Col. 111. 4; I ,These. 111, 13: Rev. ill, 21 Then, as to the people to be Judged, note the second verse of the lesson, "Before 111 in sliull lie gathered all na tlous." Could anything lie more clear and plain lu this connection than tbe statements in Joel 111. 1-2. that In con nection with the restoration aud dellv erance of Ills people. Israel, Ue will gather all uatlcus In the valley of Jo hoshnp'uil aud Judge them because of their treatment of Israel? In Zeph. 111, 8, He says that It is ll's determlna tlon»to gather the nations arid pour Upon them Ills indignation, and In the rest of that chapter He calls upon Is rael to lie glad and rejoice, for He will be mighty lu their midst nnd get them pral e and fame In every liinil where they have been put to shame. In JSceh xl», 2. lie says that He will gather all (laMons against Jerusalem to buttle: In verso 4 that He will stand again upon the Mount of Olives, aud In verse I) that after ihaf He will, be king over nil the earth. Ijct us then I be clear aliout tills—that in this Judg | ment among thoso to be Judged will | not lie found ills body, the church, for i she shall be with Him, nor Israel, for I she Is not reckoned among the nations ! (Num. xxlll, 0). There Is no mention 1 of any resurrection of the dead, Just ! or unjust, so It Is not the Judgment of the saints who shall never come Into judgment for sin (John v, 24), because that was settled on Calvary, but shall ' be Jud"cd for their jyqrks after the NO. 31 first resurrection at the Judgment seat of Christ for believers only (I These. !v. 10-18; I Oor. xv, 61, 62; Bom. xtv, 10; II Cor. v. 10). It It not the great white throne Judg ment of Rev. u, 11-16, where the on righteous shall appear after their tea urrectlon a thousand years later than the resurrection of the Just (Rev. xx, 6-6). It is simply, as the record says, s judgment of nations,,as such, by their respective armies, and the ques tion Is their good or ill-treatment of His people, Israel. As all Individual salvation Is through Jesus- of Nazareth of the tribe of Judnh and king of the Jews, so the sslvatlon of natlona will be through Him also, but In connec tion with a righteous Israel, who will receive Him as their Messiah when they shall see nim coming in His glory to the Mount of Olives for their deliverance They shall then say, "Lo, this Is our nod; we hsve waited for Him. snd He will save as; this Is Je bovsh, we have waited for Him; we will lie glad and rejoice In His salva tion." After that "Israel shsll blossom and bud and fill the face of the earth with fruit" (Isa. xxv, 9; xxvll, 6). Then shall tbe saved nations who shall bear Him say. "Come, ye blessed," Inherit the kingdom when the kingdoms under the whole heaven sbsll have become the kingdom of oar Lord and of His Christ and shsll wa|k In the light of tbe new Jerusalem and bring their glory and honor Into It (Rev. xi, IS; xxl, 24). The otbfc* shall bear Him say, "De part. ye cni*d,"- snd shall be punish ed with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power (II These. 1, 7-0). Any one wbn denies tbe truth of ever- Isstlug punishment, sccordlng to tbe Isst verse of oar lesson, must reject tbe plain words of the Lord Jesos In this passage and elsewhere, as In Mark lx, 43, 45. 47. In this Isst verse of out lesson the same word Is applied to punishment as to life (revised version). I have en dasvored to show the teaching of tbe Bible concerning the jndgments In a tract entitled "The Four Judgments," which may be obtained from Mr. Fred Kelker, box 210, Harriaburg, Pa. If you send for lt ssk also for "Tbe Se cret of Mlsslonsry Interest" snd eee how Ood honors tbe simple exposition of His word. If this lesson does not refer to tbe church except as seen with the Lord sn His throne, where Is the hesrt lee son for the believer? 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