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BIBLE "NINETEENS."
There Are Many ' Nineteen" In
The bible That Are Stars of the
First Magnitude.
(I'uliluhed ,y Keiuet.)
The next twelve months will
write as many "nineteens" as
sands on the seashore, for the new
year is a double of that number.
It is rather queer that Jew and
pagan, Christian and the infidel
alike, consciously or unconscious
ly, have to put Jesus in every let
ter or paper they date. While
"eleven" in the outstanding figure
of the present for it was that hour
and that date of ihe eleventh month
that set the world shouting, as it
had never dune before, over the
close of the war-yei in the years
to come there will h;ive to be ad
ded ihe double nineteen to know
Ihe year when the peace treaty was
signed.
Millions ma v not know it or will
not admit it, but the fact is, the
teachings of the scriptures the
Christian Bible is the bottom
source of power that set the world
fighnng lor democracy against a
pervert who tried to make himself,
his people and all other folk be
lieve a lie.
There are many "nineteens" in
the Bible that are stars of the first
magnitude. What prayer can the
multitude make every morning of
the new year that is better than
the closing verse of the 19th Psalm
"Let the words of my mouth
and the meditations of my heart be
acceptable iu thy sight, 0 Lord,
my strength and my Redeemer."
No individual or nation ever
lived by the laws of God as found
in the 19th chapter of Deuterono
my without being blessed above
measure. America is what she is,
and has done what she has, be
cause these principles are born in
our blood. The difference between
Germany and the United Slates is
that she let the devil drive these
tremendous truths out, while we
let God drive them.in.
The greatest tragedy that ever
happened is fully told in the Gos
pel of John, chapter 19. Revelation
19 is the marriage supper chapter
and is a feast of expectation,
I'ur people who have gone hun
gry ibis year because of war, or
that others might be fed, there is
no better New Year's text than the
1 9th verse of the first chapter of
Isaiah. No food profiteers can
keep meal, meat or milk from the
class who live up to the conditions
named there.
Soldier boys coming from the
battlefields in France will find mosi
everything tame for a while. To
bridge over the chasm to normal
life, let them read the 1 9th chapter
of Acts. Action enough there! It
stirs the blood to read it. The
whole chapter would make a fine
magazine article for present day
people who are looking for "pep"
in their reading. The Bible read
er who follows Paul in his mis
sionary journeys will pause here
while he watches the great apostle
initiate the infant church at Ephe
sis into the deeper truths of the
fault and withstand the riotous
Ephesian silversmiths.
The church has dedicated one
of her most solemn feast days in
memory of the triumphant entry
of our Lord into Jerusalem re
lated in Luke 19.
A journey through Matthew 19
is better than a trip to Europe, with
surpassing sights, strange doings,
and entrancing events. Besides,
there will be no seasickness and no
tips; no lost luggage and no lost
tempers.
The greatest solo of all music in
history is the one From the Oratoria
of the Messiah: "I know that my
Redeemed liveth," and this comes
from the 19th chapter of the book
of Job. Rev. Chas. H. Yateman,
in Christian Herald. Dec. 1919.
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LET US
The thing that goes the furthest towards making Life worth while,
That cost the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.
The smile that bubbles from the heart, that loves its fellow men
Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again.
It's full of worth and goodness too, with manly interest blent;
It's worth a million dollars and doesn't cost a cent.
I here is no room for sadness-when you see a cheery smile,
It always has the same good look, its never out of style,
It nerves us on to try again, when failure makes us blue,
The dimples of encouragement are good for me and you.
It pays a higher interest for its merely lent;
It's worth a million dollars and doesn't cost a cent.
A smile comes very easy, you can wrinkle up with cheer
A hundred limes, before you can squeeze out a soggy tear.
It ripples out moreover to the heart strings that will tug
And always leaves an echo very like a hug.
So smile away, folks know by what a smile is meant,
It's worth a million dollars and doesn't cost a cent.
. . . ..
BECAUSE HE PRAYED. A wave of reverence and con-
viction poured into the minister's
A WAVE OF RKVERliNCE AMD CON-1 soul; he knew he had listened to a
VICTION I'OURF.D INTO THE J reat prophetic word of God.
MINISTER S SOUL; HE KNEW
HE HAD LISTENED TO A GREAT
PROPHETIC WORD OF COD.
He was a man of sixty years or
so. His grizzled hair and beard
and jovial face were a familiar sight
in the chapel choir. He had not
much to boast of. but, as he said,
"with the lads all away, it's up to
us old uns to do our bit"; and his
only boy had been one of the best
singers in the choir.
He was very well known to most
of the congregation, for he inter
preted his membership seriously,
and he was friendly with all whom
he met. Because he hud one great
talent, the an of talking naturally
and unaffectedly and freely about
the things of the soul, those who
had boys at the front or far across
the world were glad to speak with
him,
"Well," he would say after the
services, "we've prayed for them
again today, so we can carry an
easy mind. The Lord will have
them in his keeping." His simple
words carried great comfort, for
all he knew how much his only
son, who was at the tront, meant
to this man. Whenever anyone
asked him what he heard from his
son, he would reply with his bright
est smile, "I have prayed for my
boy morning, noon and night since
we parted. I have no fear of what
may happen. The Lord knows
best."
The young minister was grate
ful for this good man's serene faith,
which was a constant inspiration
to the little community ot souls, if
he could not sing very well in the
choir, he was himself a perpetual
song of hope. But one morning
the minister found himselffaced by
the task of breaking the news that
death had claimed another only
son.
The lad had been killed in action
on the Somme.
With sinking heart the minister
made his way to the good man's
home. He held in his hand the
letter Irom a chaplain who knew
both the lad and the father. "Was
there, perhaps, presumption and
sin," he wondered, "in so strong
and assertive a faith in prayer, that
it should be visited with so cruel a
reward?" He trembled for ihe
effect of the news, not merely on
the man but on the whole church.
He found the man at home. The
same bright, happy faith was shin
ing in his eyes, a brightness that
did no flinch even at the sight of
of the sad, set features of the min
ister.
It was never unnatural, some
how, to mention Scripture to this
man, and so he began, "Do you
remember that beautiful verse in
Romans llnu speaks HhniH God
giving up his only Son freely for
us all?" Then quietly he spoke
of the chaplain's letter and its con
tents.
hor a moment the good man
covered his eyes.
"I know how you have prayed,'
said the minister. It is very
hard."
Quickly the hand fell from the
eyes; quickly those eyes searched
the minister's face. "Sir," said
ihe father, "you misunderstood
My heart is grieved because it will
be so much longer till I see my
boy again, but not because I doubt
God's love. Because I prayed
just because I put him morning,
noon and night in the Lord's hands
I know he can only have gone
by the Lord's good will, and I am
content. If I had not prayed, then
indeed I might have felt that only
man's wicked will had done this
thing; but as it is" he lifted his
eyes to heaven "Thy will be
done I"
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SMILE.
On the following Sunday the
"man of faith'' was in his usual
place in the choir.
COURTING.
Ther Are Some Old Fashions
That Have Not Been Improved
Upn'
Courting? Why, bless your
heart, the young fellows of today
do not kno the meaning of that
word! When a young man would
walk five miles through the snow
and mud, freeze his ears and lin
gers and face the danger of wild
cats, to see his girl, and that, too,
in the general living room, with
the family, he was entitled to ad
mit that he was courting.
And that was the rule, not the
exception. Ihe young fellows
would start out Sunday afternoon
to see their sweethearts, and no
weather was too bad lo keep them
at home. It might be too cold or
too muddy to lake out a horse, but
in that case he would go on foot,
and he would go through as much
hardship to see his girl as did the
knights of old to rescue fair mai
dens in castle bold.
But it was his devotion, his
courting; and when he won that
girl he stuck to her through thick
and through thin, through good
report and evil report, obeying the
scriptural injunction that what God
has joined together no man shall
put asunder.
There were no marriages of
convenience and few hasty mar-
marriages then. The courting
was long and there were no di
vorces to Follow. The young peo
ple might meet often at the singing
school or thedance or the husking
bee, bui these did not take the
place ol regular "courting."
The conning was on Sunday
night, and the young man went re
ligiously to see his girl and re
mained until midnight with the ob
ject of his affection, even though
he father and mother and young
er children were present to share
,n the visit. When he went home,
either through the storm or under
the bright starlight, he walked the
earth as a conqueror for he had
been in the presence that to him
represented the real poem of life.
He had been courting and that is
all we need to bring back safe and
sane ideas in marriage courting--courting
in the true sense of the
word: The man seeking, if not
serving, like Jacob, seven years
for the object of his affection.
Then he will stick to her and she
to him through life.
There are some old fashions that
have not been improved upon, and
one of them is the old way of court
ing. "Uncle Joe" Cannon in the
Washington Star.
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Torpid
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"Black-Draught Ic
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states Mrs. R. H. White.
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tipht. uncomfortahte leel-
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Indigestion, biliousness,
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