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lt-,E CHATHAM RECORD H. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square. on msrtio $1.00 One Square, two insertxMM $150 One Square, one montb $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. xxxvu PITTSEORO. CHATHAM COUNTY, N X.. DLCtMBtft 17. 1913. NO' 19. T 13,677,000 BALES IS CROP ESTIMATE FIRST ESTIMATE OF COTTON CROP MADE BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. COMPARISONS ARE MADE This Year's Crop Will Probably Be the Most Valuable Ever Known in the Country. Washington. The American cotton crop for the season of 1913-14 will amount to 13,677,000 bales of 500 pounds (not including linters), ac cording to the first estimate made by the government this year through the crop reporting board, bureau of sta tistics, department of agriculture, and announced. This compares with 13, 703.421 bales of 500 pounds, exclusive of linters, produced last year, when the total crop inclusive of linters was 14.Uo.000 bales of 500 pounds; 15, 632.701 bales in 1911, which, includ ing linters, amounted to 16,250,276 bales; 11.60S.610 bales in 1910, which, including linters, amounted to 12, 005.6SS bales; 10,004,949 bales in 1909. which, including linters, amounted to 13.5S7.306 bales, and 11,107,179 bales in 1907, which, including linters, amounted to 11,375,461 bales. The average of the crops of 1907-11 was 12.331.047 bales, exclusive of linters. A crop of 6,542,850,000 pounds of cotton, not including lintefs, was pro duced in the United States during 1913-14, the department of agricul ture announced. This is the third in size, that of 1911, which amounted to 7.459.940,000 pounds, being the recora and that of last year, wnen 6,851,710, 000 pounds were grown, being second. This year's crop probably.will.be the most valuable ever grown in the Unit ed States. At the average farm value of cotton on November 1, which was 13 cents a pound, it is worth $850, 570,500 for the lint alone. To this about $125,000,000 probably will be added by value of the seed and lin ters. The previous most valuable crop was that of 1910, wrhich was val ued at $S20.320,000 and with seed and lint at $963,1S0,000. TAFT BACKS UP WILSON Former President Says Monroe Doc trine Must Be Upheld. New York. "We are international trustees of the prosperity we have and the power we enjoy, and we are in duty bound to use them when it is both civil and proper to help our neighbors," declared former President William H. Taft in a lecture before the New York Peace Society on the Monroe doctrine, which, he held, should be continued in full force, des pite the hostility to its expressed in Eome quarters.. "We cannot be too careful to avoid forcing our own ideas of government on peoples, who, though favoring pop ular government, have such different ideas as to what constitutes it," He alluded to criticism of the appli cation of the doctrine as leading to "intermeddling by our government in the politics of the smaller countries like San Domingo and the central American republics," and that we are exercising a protectorate of a direct character over some of them. "What we are doing with respect to them," he continued, "is in the interest of civilization, and we ought to do it to aid our neighboring governments, whether the Monroe doctrine prevails or not." "Mona-Lisa" Is Found. Florence, Italy. "Mona-Lise," Leo nardo Da Vinci's great painting, which was stolen from the Louvre, in Paris, more than two years ago, has been found." It is now in the hands of the Italian authorities and will be returned to France "Mona-Lisa," or "La Joconde," as it is more popularly known, the most celebrated portrait of a woman ever painted, has been the object of exhaustive search in all quarters of the globe. The mystery of irs abstraction from the Louvre, its great intrinsic value and the strange fascination of the smile of the wom an it portrayed Lisa Del Gioconde have combined to keep alive interest in its recovery. Defender's Keel Laid at Bristol. Bristol, R. I. Disregarding the old time sailors' superstition attaching ill luck to Friday, the builders of the Vanderbilt syndicate yacht, which is to be a candidate for the defense of the America's cup, cast her keel on that day. A little ceremony added in terest to the casting of tha fceel when Miss Agnes Herreshoff, daughter of the designer, tossed into the melted metal several bright new pennies. The coins had been given her for the purpose by Cornelius Vanderbilt and other members of the syndicate. Admiral Stops Fight.- Mexico City. Rear Admiral Fletch er, commander of the American naval forces in Mexican waters, ordered the rebels and federals fighting at Tampi- co to cease firing, threatening to open up on them with the guns of the gun boat Wheeling if his order was not obeyed. Both sides complied with the order. This information is contained in a dispatch received by Sir Lionet -araen, the British minister, from Hear Admiral Sir Christopher Crad ock, of the British cruiser Berwlcx, which is lying off Tampico. ONE REASON FOR LATE XMAS SHOPPING MEXICAN ELECTIONS VOID HUERTA CONGRESS CALLS NEW ELECTIONS FOR NEXT JULY. Unless the Rebels Throw Him Out, the Dictator Will Remain in Power. Mexico City. The Mexican con gress nullified the recent presidential elections. New elections are called for next July. Congress, according to this action, expects General Huerta to remain in the presidency for at least seven the presidency for at least seven months more; and if the time neces sary for the selection and installation of his successor is taken into con sideration, it will be well towards the end of September, next year, before he yields his power to another. In voting that the recent presiden tial election was null, the deputies decided to fix the first Sunday in July, 1914, as the date for the new election. They also confirmed the po sition of General Huerta as provision al president until then. The action of the deputies was ac companied by no debate. The commit tee's report was approved without a dissenting vote as rapidly as the arti cles could be read. The measures taken also . provide for the election of a new congress since the one elected to take the place of that dissolved by Huerta is to serve out an unexpired term which should terminate September 15. Although there were no dissenting votes in the chamber on the commit tee report, it was noted that the Catholic deputies absented themselves from the session. DRYS" STORM THE CAPITOL Mighty Prohibition Demonstration in Washington. Washington. Prohibition forces from all over the country gather ed in Washington for a dem onstration before the national capital. More than two thousand men and women, representing the Anti-Saloon League of America and the Woman s Christian Temperance Union, march ed in senarate bodies to the capitol, bearing petitions demanding that na tional prohibition be effected by con stitutional amendment. Disagreement as to the part each organization should play in the pre sentation of the petitions threatened were to cause a sprit in the temper ance forces, but all differences were smoothed out. As a result, the com mittee of one thousand mori, repre senting the Anti-Saloon League forces, were received at the capitol first, af ter which they withdrew and the wom en made their plea. Federal Ownership of Wire Lines. Washington. Legislation prelimi nary to government ownership of tele graph and long distance telephone lines, or both, may be introduced in the annual postoffice appropriation bill soon to be reported tot he house. Representative Moon of Tennessee and Postmaster General Burleson have been conferring on the subject, and they are expected to reach a final agreement as to the form the pro posed legislation should take. Exper ments in the ownership of railway mail cars have been provided for. To Stop "Pistol Toting." Washington. An amendment to the Federal constitution to permit con gress and the states to regulate the practice of "pistol toting," was offer ed in the house by Representative Frank Park of Georgia. Judge . Park predicted that the amendment would receive the overwhelming approval of congress and the states. He said his experience on the bench had convinc ed him that the evil of pistol toting was directly responsible for a large percentage of the homical records of the ' United States. COTTON GINNING REPORT SIXTH COTTON GINNING REPORT ISSUED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU. 12,081,000 Bales Were Ginned Up to December 1 A Comparative Statement. . Washington The sixth cotton gin ning report of the census bureau for the season announces that 12,081,000 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of. 1913 have been ginned prior to December 1, to which date during the past seven years the ginning average 83.2 per cent, of the entire crop. ' Last year to December 1, there had been ginned 11,854,541 bales, or 87.9 per cent, of the entire crop; in 1911 to that date, 12,816,807 bales, or 82.4 per cent., and in 1908 to that date 11,008,611 bales, or 84.1 per cent. Ginnings prfor to December 1 by states, with comparison for last year and other years and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years, follows: States. Year. Ginnings. P.C. Alabama 1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 1911 .1913 1912 .1913 1912 1.365,888 1,161,482 1,430,076 78,038 659,505 680,434 58,490 48,630 74,056 2,064.792 1,564,428 2,339,354 340,068 343,323 313,624 955,588 817,707 892,495 622,746 754,569 828,660 761,439 869,278 783,989 1,161,437 1,041,689 1,310,963 304,502 208,721 319,979 3,571,331 4,314,821 85,763 70,388 87.4 84.7 85.5 74.9 82.7 7S.4 86.3 83.7 91.6 82.4 81.4 76.3 Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisana Mississippi North Carolina 83. 73. 86. 77. Oklahoma South Carolina 85.1 77.5 Tennessee 78. 74. Texas 92.9 Other States 78.1 Eggs Will Be Cheaper. Washington. Relief from the pro hibitive egg prices is' in sight, ex perts of the department of agricul ture announce in a special report on the subject, because pullets "' all-over the country have begun to lay. Infor mation reaching the department is to the effect that already poultry own ers are reporting a 50 per cent, egg reduction. $41,000,000 For Rivers Asked. Washington. Requesting an ap propriation of $34,016,395 for river and harbor improvements and an addi tional $7,217,500 for contract work al ready commenced, Gen. W. H. Bixby, chief of the army engineers, has pre sented his annual report to Secretary of War Garrison. General Bixby drew attention to the fact that the appro priations asked are nearly ten million dollars less than those received for the present fiscal year. The current estimates strike off $7,000,000 from the rivers and harbors appropriation. Water Famine in Cincinnati. Cincinanti. Schools were ordered closed and great inconvenience is be ing caused by a water famine due to the bursting of one of the main sup ply pipes. The central portion of the city and many of the suburbs are with out water or with an inadequate sup ply, and the situation is becoming worse. The drain on the Eden Park reservoirs, which supply the basin of the city, became so great that Mayor Hunt ordered that whatever water is in them be cut off and used only in fire emergency.. IS IN ANNUAL REPORT WAR SECRE TARY FAVORS RESERVE SYSTEM. HE WANTS MORE ARTILLERY Proper Organization Necessary for United States Recognition and Dependance. Washington. Secretary Garrison's first annual report Jo the president, as head of the war department, makes no recommendations, for tjia generally ex pected rearrangement of army posts to distribute troops in mobile units. The secretary says that other things of immediate importance, "particular ly an adequate supply of field artille ry," will postpone his recommenda tions to congress, but in the meantime the troops will be garrisoned in as practical a manner for mobilization as is possible. Mr. Garrison discusses the militia at some length. He says, in part: "The national importance of a re serve system for the organized militia cannot be questioned. The minimum strength at which militia organiza tions are maintained in time of peace will render necessary a great and im mediate increase in a national emerg ency, and this fact demands the pres ence of a system of reserves from which trained men may be secured for this increase. Without some such sys tem, not only will such increase be rendered exceedingly difficult, but even when accomplished the efficien cy of the organizations will have been reduced 'to a minimum by the intro duction of an untrained element dou ble in number the trained personnel. "Proper organization, as required by the law, is absolutely necessary if the organized militia is to be counted on as a dependable military Federal as set in time of national need, and the organizations existing as such in name only will be required to complete their component elements or lose Federal recognition of their character as such organizations." PLANNING TO CURB TRUSTS Scope of Anti-Combine Legislation De fined at Conference. Washington. The scope of Presi dent Wilson's program of anti-trust legislation became fairly well defined at the end of a conference at the white house between the president and six Democratic members of the house judiciary committee, that is to undertake the preparation of the ad ministration bills. The measures to be advanced for action at this session will aim at the following results: Definition of the various-forms of monopoly and restraint of trade which would be "conclusively deemed" un reasonable and in violation of law. Placing upon the defendant the bur den of proof to show that there is no "unreasonable" restraint of trade. Prohibition of interlocking directo rates between large corporations. Establishment of an interstate trade commisssion to exercise regulatory powers, make original investigations and aid the courts in carrying out de crees of dissolution of trusts. The details of legislation were not worked out at the white house confer ence, nor was a complete understand ing reached as to the number of bills which will be pushed for action at the present, session. The president made it clear, however, that he favors legis lation along the general lines of the Lenroot-LaFoIlette bill, which has been before congress since last June, and which was designed to clear up the "twilight zone" of corporation ac tivities. Big Sun Spot Found. San Jose, Cal. Father Jerome Rich ard of Santa Clara university discov ered a sun spot the largest seen in two years. The sun spot is in lon gitude 9:17:24 east of the central me ridian. It is due to a helio-centic con junction of the earth with Saturn on December 7. The new sun spot has an area of 409,906,709,169 square miles. It is 32,013.15 miles long and 12,805.26 miles wide. Possible fcr Man to Earn Million. New York. Secretary of State Wil liam J. Bryan, in speaking before the clerical conference of the New York Federation of Churches on the subject of "Fundamentals," declared it to be his belief that "it is possible for a man really to earn $30,000 a year for a life time of 33 1-3 years, or a million dollars in a lifetime." Secretary Bry an made this declaration in discussing man's relation to the society about him, which, he said, was one of the three things fundamental in human life. Stops as Dividend Payer. New York. After an unbroken rec ord of forty years a,s a dividend pay er, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company finally has been forced to the necessity of sus pending further disbursements on its $157,000,000 of stock. This decision was reached after a protracted meet ing ot tfe directors. It is estimated that nto less than $40,000,000 of New Haven stock and bonds, as well as se curities of affiliated compaJs and al estate are held by swings bank's GARRISON STRONG MILITIA NORTH CAROLINA DAY PROGRAM PROGRAMS SENT OUT BY DEPART MENT OF EDUCATION VERY INTERESTING. HONOR OF SEAMAN A. KNAPP Instructions and Suggestions For Ob servance of N. C. Day Sent Out by Department of Education Are Inter esting in Every Respect. Raleigh. Programs, for the North Carolina Day celebration on Friday, December 19, have been sent by the State Department of Education to every local county farmers' union, ana to every county superintendent of education in the state. The county superintedents will distribute the pro grams among the schools in nis coun ty, and in this way they will reach all of the schools. The program this year will be ob served in the interest of rural life and as memorial day to the late Seaman A. Knann. who is the father of the farm life school idea in the South and who has done as much as any other man to inject into the schools the spirit of farm life and the idea tof training the country boys and girls in the knowlege of both plant and animal which surround them in their walks of life. On account of the illness of Mr. R. D. W. Connor, who has for the past several years had charge of the work of editing and printing of the North Carolina Day booklet, the work this year fell to the State Department of Education, and all of the work had to be done on short notice. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, in his introduction to the pamphlet, gives several valua ble suggestions as to the observance of the day. He thinks it a good idea for those in charge of the exercises to secure the services of some country preacher to begin the program with a prayer and a scriptural reading, and says that a short address by some member of the local farmers' union, where there is snch, might be used with wonderful effect. He suggests that it would also be a good idea to have some country doctoif make a talk on health conditions, and urges upon the county superintendents to have an agricultural exhibit of some sort at all of the schools where the day is observed. Mr. N . C. Newbold, who prepared the program this year; also has a few snggestions as to how the program may best serve its purpose in the pri mary, grammar and high school grades of the city schools. He' points out the value of studying the bulletin for a week or ten days before the time for the celebration to take plac on December 19, and shows wherein all of this may add to the perfect ob servance of the day as it should be. The booklet contains letters- from boys and girls on the farm telling of how they came to be interested in the corn clubs or the tomato clubs, and articles from leading North Caro linians bearing on this same .subject. It is primarily and altogether de voted to the interests of agriculture in the state, and the idea of laying more stress upon this . phase of ac tivities in first and foremost in pra tically every line that is printed in the booklet. It is interesting and every page has a message to the boy and girl on the farm, and if the day is observed and celebrated on as high a scale as has been planned by the De partment of Education untold good can be accomplished for the cause of agricultural departments of the schools of the state. Kinston People Are Stirred. Nothing in many years has stirred Kinston as has the attempt of the board of trustees of the North Caro lina School for the Feeble-Minded to remove Dr. Ira M. Hardy, the superin tendent, for what leading men of - the city openly assert to be purely politi cal reasons. There are no radical "de velopments in the situation, but any thing is likely to happen. Hearings Have Been Postponed. Chairman M. H. Justice of the Spe cial Commission for adjustment of in trastate rates has changed the time of the hearings on the exceptions from December 17 to January 12. This is on account of the fact that the Interstate Commerce Commission is to hold a special series of hearings on interstate rates beginning Decern ber -16 in Greensboro. It was found to be impossible for the I-terstate Commerce Commission and the Spe cial Commission to hold their hear ings at the same time. Makes Record Yield of Cron. The record yield of . corn by mem bers of the Boys Corn Club was made by Robert Savage of Speed, who rais ed on one acre 152.5 ' bushels. Other boys who exceeded the 100 bushels mark were Eddie Lanier, who was sec ond with 124 bushels; David Andrews of Speed, 123 bushels, and Frank An drews, a brother, with a. record. of 115 bushels. The average yield for t' e entire club was 86.8 bushels and the lowest mark made was 48 bushels. Altogether the boys made an excellent showing. STATE CHEMIST'S REPORT Dr. B. W. Kilgore Says All Test Farms in State Are In Good Condition. Raleigh. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, state chemist, in his special report for his division to the state board of agri culture gives a most interesting sum mary of work of analysing fertilizers, testing concentrated stock feeds. The report shows analyses of 1,900 sam ples of fertilizers, altogether there having been 3.286 speciments brought In. The report shows that during the year soil maps were completed of Ashe and Randolph counties. The map of Forsyth is nearing completion and good progress is being In Wake. On account of climatic' conditions all three parties will ; probably work in Bladen county during the winter and Halifax and Wayne in the early spring. Thereafter the parties will separate again, one finishing Wake and then working in Lincoln and Clev eland, and the third in Union county. Doctor Kilgore gives comprehen sive summaries of the work on the several test farms.' The Edgecombe farm for cotton, peanuts, corn, oats, burr and crimson clovers, vetch, pe cans and hog work is in good con dition, but sustained considerable damage to crops through the Septem ber storm. Special tests as to cost of growing pork under Eastern Carolina conditions are being made. The Iredell, the Buncombe and Transylvania test farms, states the chemist are making gratifying prpg ress and producing excellent results. The Granville tobacco farm is attract ing wide attention among tobacco growers. Weselyan M. C. A. Appoinments. Forest City. The North Carolina Conference of the Weseleyan Metho dist Church of America came to close after the concluding sermon was preached by Rev. S. C. Douthit. At li o'clock Rev. E. Teter, president of th General Conference, preached the or dination" sermon. Following this Mrs. Hadley made a very pleasing repori of Mount Hebron school. One of the most impressive addresses during the conference was made by Miss Jen nie Whitaker on the slums of Knox ville, Tenn. Rev. H. W. Hawkins or Gastonia succeeded himself as presi dent, Mrs. A. E. Belk as secretary anfi A. E. Belk as treasurer. The next Conference will be held in Halifax. The following are the appointments for the ensuing year: , Gastonia, C. A. Hendrix; Kings Mountain, S. B. Willitms ; Caroleen, Mary Melton ; Bridgewater, J. A. Sisk; Asheville, H. A. Harvey; Knoxville, First Church, J. L. Henderson; Proctor Mission, A. E. Belk; Hickory, T. E. Payne; Ala mance, yet to be supplied; Randolpn, E. W. Jones; Colfax, G. R. and Mary E. Mines; Mount Hebron, S. A. Peg ram; Spray Mission, W. B. Clubb; Durham, C. A. Curtis; Columbia to be supplied; Gibson, Bryant Lovin Rockingham, L. M. Henshaw; Sage Garden, C. J. Chandler. H. W. Haw kins was chosen Conference evange list; M. F. Hartsoe, S. P. Chapman and W. B. Tillman missionary evan gelists; missionary for Africa, Miss Cleo Young; Mission school work on Gibson charge, L. M. Henshaw. N. C. Waterways Appropriations. Special from Washington says Gen eral Bixby, chief of engineers of th& army, in his annual report, presented to Congress recently, made important estimates for improvements in east ern North Carolina waters. The sum of $1,000,000 is asked for the Norfolk F5nfort link of the inland waterways chain. The sum of $8,000,000 is want ea tor the beginning of construction work on the "Harbor of Refuge" at Cape Lookout. The army engineers propose to erect three new draw bridges to replace the old bridges and to purchase additional rights of way along the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. To, Have Carriers. Tarboro. Postmaster J. Frank Liles has received information that Tar boro will have two city carriers to deliver mail twice daily beginning May 1, 1914. This came as a surprise to the patrons of the local office, a they did not expect city mail unth the new postoffice building is com pleted, which will be about July 1st. Want 1,000 Turkeys For Christmas. Mr. Caesar Cone is advertising for 1.5C0 turkeys at accost of $3,000 fo the Christinas dinners of the employ es of his pills. One turkey will be given each; family on Christmas Eve, in accordance with a custom he has observed for several years. Mr. John J. Phoenix has the matter of obtaining the turkeys and having them deliver ed in charge. The turkeys this year will cost 15 cents a pound, and it is hoped that every pound can be obtain adjoining counties. About 20 tons of turkeys will be required. Effect School Law in Buncombe. A statement issued by Superintend ent William H. Hipps of the Buncom be County schools, is to the effect that the compulsory school law is being disregarded by many of the citizens of the county, and that recently . com plaints have been coming into his office regarding this. Immediate steps will be taken looking to the enforce ment of the' law to the letter. An open letter has been sent out by S; perintendent Hipps to the teachers in the county warning them that they must do their duty. JNItTMTIONAL StDMOIOOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 21 DIVISION OF THE LAND. LESSON TEXT-Joshua 14:1-14. GOLDEN TEXT "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 6:33. Following the defeat at Al we see Joshua building an altar at Ebal (ch. 8) 1 and reading again "all that Moses commanded" (v. 35), to the Israelites and the strangers as well. - Then fol lows an account of his campaigns. A military critic has classed Joshua with the Alexanders, Caesars, Napoleons, Wellingtons and Grants of all ages. His dealing with the Gibeonites and its after effects was one error In his campaign, for he failed to take coun sel of Jehovah. At the cloae of the war (ch. 11) Joshua is ready to divide the long-promised inheritance, chap ters 12-21. I, Those left behind, vv. t-6. Read carefully Numbers ch. 32 to recall the story of those who, like Lot of old, saw good grazing land and chose it in preference to that on the farther side of Jordan, that possessed by the "chil dren of Anak." Subsequent history reveals the foolishness of their choice, for they were the first to fall before the enemies of Israel when the king- i . i i mt x ..ti.M ' . 4) were not to have a portion but rather they were to dwell in selected cities with suburban property. Caleb Not an Israelite. II. Caleb claims his inheritance, vy. 6-12. Joshua was old and stricken in years (13:1) and now Israel is be fore him, each of the remaining nine and one-half tribes, to have appor tioned unto them a permanent dwel ling place after the long years of wil derness wandering, and the more re cent campaign of subjugation. Before Joshua casts the lot, however, Caleb recalls the promise Moses had made to him 45 years before (v. 10). From a comparison of v. 6 R. V., Gen. 15:19 and Josh. 15:13 it appears that Caleb was not an Israelite by birth, but nev ertheless he claims an inheritance among them, based upon the promise of Moees, "the man of God," .because he had "wholly followed the Lord my God" v. 9. His name literally means "a dog" yet this dog of a Gentile got more than the crumbs that fell from the master's table, Matt 15:26. Caleb rested upon the sure word of God, and to remember this promise was not an act of selfishness. How those events in the valley of Eschel must have stood out in the memory of Caleb and Joshua. They remembered how their companions caused the hearts of the people "to melt" Num. 14:37. That day's work was one of serious results and so shall it be for their imitators of the present day. To see the giants and not, as Caleb, to see God had brought death. In his heart, however, Caleb treasured God's word and now at eighty-five he has not alone been "kept alive," but he "s as strong as on that day, when In the prime of his manhood, Moses had sent him forth with the twelve. Remembered God's Promise. III. A promise fulfilled w. 13-15. Joshua at once recognizes the Justness and validity of Caleb's claim. He re membered God's promise, Num. 14:24 30; Deut. 1:36-38, therefore he at once grants the request and adds to it his blessing. Hebron, meane "joining," . - u,.ii. ij I ml union, leuowBuip. ibus we sew Caleb entering Into all the rights, privileges and blessings of any of the descendants of Jacob. Is this not typical of our privilege in Christ Je sus? John 15:5; 14:20; I. John 1:3. See also Matt. 8 : 11, 12. The only con dition is that of faith in God and in his Word, Gal. 3:7, 26, 29. "Thus faith in the case of Caleb is revealed as the principle which follows fully, waits pa tiently, asks for new opportunities for its exercise, and gains finally a vic tory." G. Campbell Morgan. The Golden Text. The essential value of this lesson is expressed in these words of our Lord. To seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness first, is the matter of supreme .impor tance and involves following the Lord fully. Frequently, constantly, this means a long postponement of the day of our visible vindication. Yet such postponement is not the result of the capriciousness of God, nor is it delayed beyond the hour necessary for the working out of the plans of Jehovah, in accordance with the very best means.. As Caleb waited those 45 years his strength waxed not, and all things needful were supplied. The point is not so much that he at last gained the' inheritance, but that dur ing the period of waiting his suste nance and his raiment were provided. All through the year we have been hearing of promises which were con ditional upon loyalty to God and obe dience to his will. Today we see a fulfillment of the promise made over and over again that Israel should pos sess the Promised Land. Dr. J. Wil bur Chapman asked Gen. William Booth for the secret of his success in the Salvation Army and his reply was, "God has had all there was of me." Caleb's was a vigorous, happy old age; he had not wasted anxious thought on the morrow; he kept alive his interest in the ever-throbbing present.
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