The Knocker. J
One of the exchanges remark* that
thlB Is the day of boosters and boost*
lng. A great majority of fur p*>p?e
are desirous of seeing thW town
grow. Everybody watches the cen
sus report Just to see how big they
have gotten. The tjfcught of ad
vancement seems to be in the popular
mind.
But also we have a sort of counter
Irritant in every community that we
commonly speak of as the knocker.'
We always have had him, .possibly
always will. He Is with you there In
your town, and possibly he has a
mission to fill.
But whether he is of any use or
not, you have him, and should bp able
to take care of him. Any movement
for improvement and betterment In
your commulty will bring him to the
fore, and it often happens that your
local knocker is the very one yho
should be the biggest booster in your
town.
It often happens to, that your
knocked le not a pessimist at heart
but ^finpiy knocks for lack of under
standing. He works against his own
Interest, against the Interest of his
fellow townsman, because he really
dosen't know what Is best for him.
This often happens just because peo
ple do not put forth any effort to be
come better acquainted with those
about him.
The business men In a certain little
city feel the need of a new bridge
across the river, but the farmers on
the other side of the river have been
told, by some politlean perhaps, who
wishes to curry their favor, that such
a bridge would be an enormous tax,
and those farmers are almost to a
man against the bridge proposition
just because they'do not understand,
they have not stopped and seriously
considered the situation, they have
not realized that the bridge across
the stream Will bring them nearer to
the town, to better markets, to closer!
fellowship with those of the other
side of the stream, and that all these
, things are of value to them. These
men are knocking because they do,'
not understand.
Yes, every town seems to have the
knocker, but we can not afford to j
take him seriously; we must simply
go on and ignore him. If you have
work to do there in your town, do It.
It may require a little nerve, some
back bone, and courage, but if a thing
needs to be done it will pay you to
do it. Throughout this country there
are many towns that have absolutely
no reason for not progressing, except
that there are some few people In the
community who hold back?because
there some knockers to be reck
oned with.
Yes, you have him It may be that
he has retited from' active business.
He has no children to educate,, con
sequently he is not interested' In the
betterment of the schools. He is j
penurious and hasn't bought an au- |
tomob.lle, so he dosen't care about
spending his hard earned money for1
street improvement. He dosent
hear very well and so dosen't'/go to
church, so he dosen't feel incline to |
contribute to the support of the
churcli. Yes, you havi him. There
" are many such knockers aboard. He |
Is usually selfishand the selfish per
son Is nevjer the best for the com
munity,? -Cut since you have him in |
some form or other It 1b necessary |
far you, the real soldier of advance
ment, to buckle on your sword and
go out and light the battles of yourx
town and community without paying
attention to him. If you can just go
on and do things you will be sur
prised to see how many of the knock
ers will fall In line, and after while
ask to carry the flag or beat the drum.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XI.?Second Quarter, For
June 14, 1914.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lmon, Luk? xvlii, 9-14) xlx,
I-10?Memory Varoa, 19, 10 Golden
Text, Mark ii, 17?Commentary Pre
parad by Rav. D. M. Staaraa.
Perhaps there are no people more
difficult to deal with or to live with
than those who. like the Pharisees,
pride themselves upon their own right
eousness. which In the sight of God Is
only as filthy rags (Isa. ixlv. 6) and can
In no case entitle one to enter the king
dom (Matt v, 20). ' The righteousness
?which ts required by God must be ab
solutely perfect, an unbroken law, for1
"whosoever shall keep the whole law
and yet offend In one point be Is guilty
of all" (Jas. It 10). The law is so
holy and righteous that no sinful man
can keep It. and It was never Intended
to give life, but to prove our guilt, shut
our mouths and lead us to. Christ, who
1* God's perfect righteousness and the
end of the law for righteousness to
every one that belleveth.
There Is no Saviour or salvation for
a righteous man In the Bible?that Is,
for such as think themselves righteous
?but only for sinners.
In connection with the murmuring of
the Pharisees when our lord called
Matthew or Levi, the publican, and
Levi made Him a feast In his own
house, at which a great company of
publicans and others were present, our
Lord said: "They that are whole need
not a physician, but they that are sick.
I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners, to repentance" (Luke T, 31,83).
On another occasion He said to the
chief priests and elders. "Verily I say
unto you that the publican? and the
harlots go Into the kingdom of God be
fore you" (Matt rrl, 23, 31). To this
day there are churchgoers and church
members who, "being Ignorant of 1
God's righteousness and going about
to establish their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves unto
tpe righteousness of God" (Bom. x, 8).
^ It is Indeed a?fearful thing to be sat
isfied with oneself and have no convic
tion of sin. In the first part of our les
son today the Pharisee did not pray to
God, did not ask God for anything, did
not seem .to need anything, but prayed
with himself and told God what a good
man he Was and how much good he
did and how thankful he was that he
was not a bad man nor even like that
publican.^ Truly be was well satisfied
with his righteous self. The publican
had no goodness to prove his right
eousness, nothing good to say of him
self, but he did have a consciousness
of his own sinfulness, and from his
heart he said. "God be merclfiil to me,
a sinner." In the margin of the re
vised version it is, "God he propitiated
to me, the sinner." Weymouth has it,
"O God, be reconciled to me, sinner
that I am." The Lord Jesus Christ,
who reads all hearts, the only Saviour
of sinners, the only Judge of all men,
said that the publican went to his
home justified.
I like the definition of justification
which I learned in Sunday school when
I was a boy, and, if I remember'cor
rectly, It read thus: "Justification is an
act of God's free grace, wherein He
pardoneth oil our sins and accepteth
us as righteous in His sight only for
the righteousness of Christ, Imputed
unto us and received by faith alone."
In the second part of our lesson we
have a rich publican who had a desire
tp see Jesus, and, though he did not
seem to have the seme conviction of
sin as the poor publican, he, too, was
welcomed and saved. He was a prom
-inent man, chief among the publicans.
'He was not prominent as to his phys
ical appearance, for be was llttle.jof
stature. He was not what one might
call dignified, for he ran and climbed
up Into a tree. His thought evidently
Was to see without being seen. How
surprised beyond measure he most
have been to see Jesus look up and to
bear Him call him by name and to
hear Him say, "Make haste and come
down, for today I must abide at thy
heuae" (verse 5).
Was this something exceeding abun
dantly above all that Zaccheus had
wve?^h ought to come his way, or was
ft the Baviosr"? recognition of a desire
Which Be had actually, seen In tke
heart of this man? (Eph. til, 20;
n, 6; Pa.-ex*, 10.) I cannot ten, Ait
I do know that the "handfuls of pur
pose" which the Lord drops for those
Who seek Him and for those who Miflk
?to serve nim are truly wonderful
(Ruth u, 18,1?).
We do not wonder that Zaccheos
made baste and came down and re
ceived Him Joyfully (verse 6). Any
one but a Pharisee would If he only
understood what It meant According
to John t 12, Zaccheus thus became a
dhllfl of God and according to I John
tL 12. had there and the forgtve
nass of hfi sins?frwBy justified, as
-Whs the other publican. There is only
one salvation and one way of salvation
for rich o* poor. It was foreshadowed
In the atonement money of Israel, con
cerning which it was commanded,
"The rich shall not give more and 'the
poor shall not give Jess than half a
shekel" (Ex. xrx, 11-15). That which
Zaocbeua said be did In vane 8 was
part of the evidence that he had he
come a child of God, iter, while no
works of ours can W help to ob
tain salvation, the fcood worts mast
follow aa A result (Eph. ii, 10; Tit 1U.
8). Weymouth translates: "Here sad
now I give. * X pledge myself to
repay to him font times the annut"
Report o Mi rand Jury. ?
. The following is the report of the
Grand Jury for Jiay term of Franklin
Superior Court,, which wag made af
ter the completion of their work oil
Friday May 15th, 1914.
To the Honorable O. H. Allen Judge
presiding at the May. term, 1914, of
Franklin Superior Court.
We -ffie Grand Jury for said term
beg leave to submit the flowing re
port for said term.
We have passed on all bills which
have been given ug ineharge, and di?
' posed of all matter which have been
brought to oar attention.
Our Committee lias visited the
county home, and And that the mana
gement is very satisfactory, the in
mates well cared for and satisfied, we
suggest that the houses occupied by
the colored Inmates be celled over
head.
tVe recommend to the county com
missioners that a woman be employ
ed to assist Mrs. Williams the wife of
the superintendent in attending to
and caring for the female Inmates'?of
the county home.
We have visited the jail in a body,
and find the prisoners satisfied and
well cared for.
We recomend that a new floor be
placed In the hall of the jail,, we have
examined the offices of the court
house officials and find the records
well kept and properly indexed.
We reccomend that, owing to the
congested fcondltion of the office of
clerk of the court, as to records and
papers, that more room Is needed, and
the same condition exists in the Re
gister of DeedB office. We find that
thegrand jury at the January term
1914, reccommended that a safe
be purchased for the clerk of the
court, and that a commode be placed 1
down stairs, and that neither of these |
recommendations have been com
plied with We recommend that
the- county commissioners comply.
with these recommendations.
We, have visited the convict camp
in a body and find one white, and one
colored Inmate sick,. and one with
foot in bad fix from a cut by an axe
in his own hands. The sleeping de
partment, we think needs attention,
and that It is very unsanitary, and
that a negro in that department
should have attention, and that he
should be removed immediately. We
recommend use 9f lime on Inside of
Bleeping'departments . Whereas we
find the negro , and white man men
tioned above, are unable to work, and
are t:harges on the county, and we
I think neither o^. them will recover
under the circumstances, we have
recommended to the sheriff that
they be turned loose until he may see
fit to have them Drought back. This
release not to ba any expense to the
county or Loulsburg, township.
Respectfully submitted, **'
F. W. Justice,
Foreman- Grand Jury.
Notice.
I hereby give notice to the public
that I have a contract with Frank
Byrd, and Anna Byrd. Father and
mother of Fred Byrd a minor, em
ploying Fed Byrd for the year 1914,
and herewith notify all persons ag
ainst haling or otherwise laboring
blm subject to prosecution by law.
x,'* W. R. Harris.
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