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THE CHATHAM RECORD 4 A- THE CHATHAT.l RECCED Rates of Advertising On Square, on watrtiMi f&JCd On Square, two inierti tVO On Square, mm montli For Larger Advartlscmonts Liberal Contracts xfttl bomsde. rL A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance urn VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. NO. 4. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Says Are Given. THE NEWS OFTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Wi.ll Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. In a battle with British warships off the coast of the Island of Heligo land in the North Sea the Germans are reported to have lost two cruisers and two torpedo boats sunk, while another of their cruisers and many of their destroyers were badly battered. The British claimed not to have suffered the loss of a vessel and declared there were few casualties on board the ves sels of their fleet. The German casual ties were not stated. The Island of Heligoland, which lies 45 miles off the mouths of the rivers Elbe and Weser, always has been re garded a point of great strategic value for the protection of the Kaiser Wil helm canal and otherwise in the naval defense of Germany. Recent reports had it that a large part of the flower cf the German navy lay in the waters adjacent to the mouths of the Elbe and Weser and in the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. The French war office in a statement said laconically that the situation along its lines was the same, adding that the Germans "apparently have slackened their march." That was all. One of the important announcements was made by the Marquis of Crewe in the house of lords. It was that Great Britain would draw on the na tive forces in British India to reinforce her armies in Europe. The German forts at Tsing-Tau fired on two Japanese cruisers reconnoiter ing off the fortress. One of the cruis ers was said to have been damaged. Louvain, a Beligian town of 50,000 inhabitants and with many historic buildings, is reported to have been burned by the Germans as an act of re prisal for alleged firing on German soldiers by Belgian citizens. A serious reverse to British arms on the French frontier is officially an nounced in Berlin. After nine days' fighting the Germans claim to have put the western line of the allies to flight. The English, it is asserted, were de feated at Maubeuge, France, and the Franco-Belgian forces driven back to ward Maubeuge. The great German liner, the Kai ser Wilhelm der Grosse, was sunk off the South African coast by an English cruiger. The German hordes are pressing forward into France and are now within 120 miles of Paris. Accord ing to dispatches, they captured Lil le, a fortified city in France, with little effort. Other French towns also fell into the hands of the Ger mans. The allied armies of the French and English are holding their en trenched positions on the French frontier. The Belgians have been busily en gaged in harassing the German army on its progress through Belgium with the purpose of delaying it as much as possible. A conference of the officials of the United States, including Secretary McAdoo and the president, during which a $100,000,000 tax was dis cussed. Secretary McAdoo failed to say by what means it was proposed that this tax be raised. Correspondents in Berlin attribute the success of the German arms to the swiftness with which their oper ations are carried on. Colonel Samuel Hughes, Canadian of the militia, stated that he has re vived many offers from Americans who desire to join the Canadian mili tia and fight for England. The feeling in Turkey has grown tnse and a declaration of war atrai.ist England may be announced at uny time. Secretary McAdoo assured the cot ton growers of the South that the government will go the limit to pro tect the cotton crop. The government vil furnish funds to the national -anus, whereby they may make loans to cotton growers on their warehouse receipts. State banks will not be in cluded in this plan. The national hauks; will be permitted to issue notes to cover loans made to cotton growers. Ths government will not fix the price of cotton. Germans and Austrians who attempt- '1 to secure passage on the Italian ves-f-is sailing from New York were re fused passage. The officials of the ves M Is stated that they had orders from the home office to permit only Italians inri Americans to sail on their ves ftls. t The allied armies of the French and English are being enmassed between laubauge on the north and Donon in U'f: south, a distance of about 200 f iles. The fate of France hangs on !(.' ability of these armies to hold '-'lis position and prevent the Germans ';'rii further invasion into France. Gov. Cola Blease of South Carolina ' as; defeated for the United States sen ;i by Present Senator E. D. Smith, i:i the South Carolina state primary. lIe M. Donalson of Bainbrid-ge, Ga., V ; s confirmed by the senate as the ''ited States district attorney in the t uthern district of Florida. Because of the non-payment of the war levy of $40,000,000 the Germans, it is said, threaten to seize the fam ous pictures and objects of art in the Brussels museums. A.ivices from Chinese coastaf cities report the sinking of the German tor pedo boat destroyer S-90 by the Brit ish torpedo boat destroyer Welland and the seizure by the allies of various German merchantment as prizes. Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British expedi tionary force, reports that his troops were attacked by five German army corps and cavalry in the neighborhood of Cambrai and Lecateau and that their casualties were heavy. He does not state the outcome of the battle. Cambrai and Lecateau are French towns about ten miles southwest of Maubeuge and the description of the scene of the fighting reported by Field Marshal French and announced in the house of commons by Premier Asquith fits in with the battle line indicated at Berlin. An English correspondent at Lille, France, says that the advance guard of the Germans is now at Pont-a-Marcq and Marchiennes, French towns just south of Lille in the Department Du Nord. A newspaper dispatch from Bou logne reports that the Germans broke through the French lines near Arras, in the province of Pas De Calais, but that the French have the situation well in hand. British marines are in force at Os tend. A press dispatch from that town says the Germans are within twenty miles of the place. A British destroyer has sunk an Austrian destroyer off Corfu, accord ing to a news dispatch from Brindisi, Italy. German troops are reported as tak ing the offensive in Belgian Congo. The Russian military attache at Par is is credited with the statement that additional Russian armies are about to invade western Prussia with the intention of marching on Berlin. Henry S. Breckenridge, American as sistant secretary of war, is in Vienna, looking after some four hundred Americans there. He expects to con clude his work at the Austrian capital within a few days and proceed to Switzerland. Berlin is said to be in a state of panic, fearing the coming of the Russian army. According to dispatches from St. Petersburg, the Russian army in East Prussia is making great head way and the German troops that have opposed it are in full flight. A new French ministry has been formed, in which all parties of France are represented. This was made possible by the resignation of Premier Rene Viviani and his cabi net. Berlin is said to be cut off from the world and is in utter ignorance of what is going on about them. A new issue of currency has been made in France. There is a con tinued tendency on the part of the French people to hoard the silver coins, with the result that much of it has disappeared from circulation. The British liner Francisco, bound for Hull with a cargo of grain, was stopped by the United States battle ship Florida as it was leaving the port at New York. Two 4.7-caliber rifles mounted on the deck caused the ship's detention. It was ex plained by the ship's officers that these were used for fixing salutes. The Bank of London narrowly es caped from being destroyed when a bomb was discovered by a package left to be placed in the strong box. Every precaution is now being taken by the bank's officials. A German airship fell into the British lines in the region of Ques noy. The two German officers were killed. General Price Adalbert, uncle of Kaiser William of Germany was report ed killed in an engagement between the Algerian and Senegalez riflemen and the Prussian guards. Much enthusiasm was shown in Par is when a number of American volun teers left to join the army of the French. The stars and stripes were displayed conspicuously with the French emblem. Canada is aflame for its mother country. A second expeditionary force is being organized, although the first force has not been completed. Turkey has not given satisfaction to England and France for permitting the German warships to seek refuge in the Dardanelles, and this may mean that Turkey will be drawn into the Eu ropean war. In this event Italy may cast aside her neutral position and join with England and France. Lord Kitchener, as secretary of war, made his ' first public speech before the English house of lords, in which he intimated that the war. may last more than three years. He stated that the war has only jus, begun for Eng land. The republic of Liberia, on the west coast of Africa, is compalining to the United States that Germany is violat ing her neutrality. During a cotton conference held at Dublin, Ga., it was proposed that the government levy a 3 per cent tax on the 1915 crop to forestall an over production. The London Times correspondent at Venice reports that Austria is prepar ing to quit the war on Servia and will utilize all her efforts in fighting Rt sia. Great Britain is greatly moved over the result of the first big battle of the present European war. .mspatcnes from Geneva state that the Italian, gov ernment is mobilizing its army on the istrian frontier- GERMANS DROPPING B5 IN PARIS "GERMAN ARMY AT GATES OF PARIS; CAN DO NOTHING BUT SURRENDER." FRANCE STILL HAS HOPES Her Faith Rests In Army Opposing the Advance of the Cohorts. Four-' Days' Fight. London. Paris dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company says: "A German aviator flew o Par-is and dropped five bombs, which fell in the most popular quarter of the city. In one case two women were wounded. "One bomb fell in front of the shop of a baker and wine merchant at Rue Albuy and Rue des Vinaigraiers ; two on Quai de Valmy, one of which did not explode, while the other struck the walls of the Night Refuge, behind St. Martin's Hospital. Two others dropped in the Rue des Recollets and Rue Marcin, neither of which explod ed. "The aviator, who signed himself Lieutenant Van Heissen dropped man ifestos on which was written: 'The German army is at the gates of Paris; you can do nothing but surrender.' " Paris. A German aeroplane flying at the height of 6,000 feet over Paris dropped a bomb into the city at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The bomb struck near L'Est Rail way station, not far from the military hospital but did no damage. Though startled by this threatening occur rence Parisians remained tranquil. The official communication issued by the military governor ordering that houses within the zone of action of the Paris forts be evacuated and razed has been the subject of much discus sion and various rumors have spread throughout the city. General Levroix, military editor of The Temps, takes a hopeful view of the situation, saying: "The Germans continue their turn ing movement on their right. We have replied by assuming the offen sive at Novion Horcien and at Guise. The results is indecisive in the first. PARIS PREPARES TO FIGHT. Allies Made Ready For a Long Seige by the Enemy. Paris. The decree issued by the military governor ordering all resi dents of the district within action of the city's defending forts to avacuate and destroy their houses within four days was a formal notice to inhabi tants of the military zone, although many army engineers recently made a tour of the environs of the forts and explained that tenants might be called on to destroy property that was deem ed an obstruction. Many houses in the lineof fire are occupied by poor peo ple. Many of these families lack re sources and will be without refuge. Nevertheless they took the situation without complaint. Preparations for an entrenched camp also took another form. Enor mous stocks of food were placed in the state warehouses for provisioning Paris. The Bois de Boulogne has been transformed into a vast pasture, filled with cows and sheep. The animals are guarded by' reserves. The beau tiful surroundings of the Chateau of Bagatelle have been given over en tirely to sheep. The number of sheep pastured in the parks exceeds 10,000. Very Little Change. London An official statement is sued on Paris and telegraphed to the Reuter Telegram Company says: "The situation in the main remains the same. After a period of calm the battle has been resumed. A regi ment of the enemy's infantry, essay ing to cross the Meuse, was almost annihilated." Japanese Landing. London. A dispatch to The Daily Mail from Tien-Tsin says Japanese troops have been landed at several points on the coast near Kiao- Chow. Brought 1,700. Boston. The Cunard liner. Fran conia, with 1,700 American refugees from Europe has arrived. Seven times during the voyage the liner was hailed by warships five times by Eng lish andtwice by French cruisers. Many Tourists Arrive. New York. Upward of 1,600 Amer ican refugees arrived here from Eu rope. They came on the steamship St. Paul, of the. American Line, from Liverpool, and the Espagne of the French Line, from Havre. Clive is Wounded. Cardiff, Wales via London It is re ported that the Hon. Archer Windsor Clive, second son of the Earl of Ply moth, a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, was seriously wounded at Mons. He is 24 years of age. Only 330 Saved. London. An official statement is sued says that of 1,200 men compris ing the crews of the five German war ships sunff off Heligoland only 330 were saved. BOM SLAUGHTER AT CHARLER0I IS GREATEST IN HISTORY By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. International News Service. Paris. Burned villages and heaps of bodies lying on Belgian soil around Charleroi show the ferocity with which the allied French and British troops opposed the wave of German troops that rolled them over and drove them back to France. For ten hours the tide of battle ebbed and flowed at Charleroi, the town being taken and retaken five times before the allies withdrew. Part of the city was wrecked, ac cording to reports received by the war office. The villages of Marchiennes, Monceau, Chatelet and Landelies were burned. Citizens Killed. Though the inhabitants of the peace ful . little villages had been warned that the conflict was coming, scores remained In their homes and perished in the flames or were killed under the rain of shot and shell that swept the streets when they were driven from the shattered structures. Fierce hand to hand fighting took place in Charleroi. The French were the firstto occupy the town, but they were driven out by a bombardment from the German artillery. The Ger mans then entered by the left bank of the river Sambre, but within a short time more of the allies' troops arrived and the conflict was renewed. The Germans sought cover in the houses in the lower part of the town and to dislodge them the French were forced to sweep that section with their artillery. Wounded Fill Town. The lower part of the town was soon in flames and the Germans were forced into the streets. Back and forth .through these surged the contesting soldiers, fighting desperately for vic tory. The dead lay thick when the French were finally forced to with draw. For three days wounded soldiers have been pouring into Maubeuge. The monastery and nunnery there are filled. The inhabitants have given up their homes to the war's victims. On Sunday the Germans drove the French troops through the town of Charleroi, back to the second de fensive position on the line defined by the towns of Avesnes, Rocroi and Me zleres. Recaptured by French. The French artillery from the heights now turned a furious cannon ading on Charleroi, which had been bombarded previously by the Germans from the other side. The German po sition was so weakened by the deadly accuracy of the French gunnery that a counter attack by the allies was or dered and at daylight on Monday the entire line advanced, charged the Ger man position and recaptured Charleroi. The conflict probably was unequaled in history in severity and casualties. The Germans must have succeeded in bringing up reserves, for early on Tuesday they made a successful coun ter attack along the whole battle line and retook Charleroi, driving the French back to an intrenched position, which they held until the morning of the second day. Retreat In Good Order. The retreat was made in good or der, the main forces of the French re maining intact. Both armies suffered terrific losses. The battle has not yet finished. The German catapult is hammering at the French and British allies again, trying to batter its relentless way to Paris. There is desperate fighting along the Belgian frontier at several points, and French victories are re ported at two places, Charleroi and Courtrai, though nothing official has been given out Turcos Charge Battery. At the beginning of the combat, the French made a sortie in a medieval manner, with the object of surprising the enemy. The latter were found in number far exceeding the .French ex pectations, and the attempt to rout them failed. Then the Turcos, in the face of a withering fire, charged a German bat tery at the point of the bayonet. Five hundred of these brave French sol diers from North Africa left on the charge. Only 100 .returned. Their sortie had no effect against the steady German advance, which continued to creep step by step through the outskirts of Charleroi. Before the railway station the Ger mans fought for two hours in an effort to capture the bridge. Their losses were enormous, but the bridge was captured. ' French Beaten Rapidly. After the Teutonic advance over whelmed the bridge, the Germans gained ground rapidly, taking in suc cession the villages of Marchiennes, Landelis and Montignies and the coun try as far as Walcourt. Later the French artillery opened . fire on Charleroi and the French in fantry advanced under this cover. The tide of battle appeared to favor the tri-color, but not for long. French infantrymen declared the roofs became so jammed with dead that the victims of battle remained standing where they were shot, and were used by the living as breast works from behind which to fire on the enemy. The last stand of the French was along the line between Thuin and Met tet. At nightfall the fighting ended, both sides tired beyond endurance. Mon day morning the French returned to the attack, entering the town in the face of a withering fire from machine guns mounted in the steeples, and driving the German defenders in con fusion across the river Sambre. Many Houses In Flames. They found many houses smoldering or in flames.' The Inhabitants, terror stricken, were in the cellars. German officers and soldiers were found dead in the streets, side by side with Frenchmen who had fallen before or afterward. One German officer was shot while he was washing his face, and his head was bowed over a basin, while his face was covered with soap. Another had been lifting a cup of coffee to his lips when a French bul let brought death. He was found ly ing face downward across a table, the broken cup beside him on the floor. German Losses Enormous. An idea of the enormous losses of the Germans in the great battle In southwestern Belgium and of the brav ery of the kaiser's soldiers is given in the story of a returned traveler who witnessed part of the fighting along the Sambre river, southwest of Charle roi. "I was near Fereux, in a region covered with dense woods, while the fighting was taking place," said he. "I could hear the sound of cannon away to the east and knew that a big battle was raging. From my place in the forest I suddenly saw the advance guard of a German army approach ing along a roadway which skirted the trees. "There seemed to be an endless pro cession of soldiers, all dressed in a uniform of gray. Rank after rank passed by and I thought that the end would never come. "There was no hesitation. The men swung forward with quick steps and I saw officers galloping along the lines urging them forward. French Open Fire. "Suddenly there was a fresh sound of battle, this time in front of me and I knew that the French artillery had opened upon the advance guard of the Germans. I moved cautiously for ward to a point where I could get a view of the battle scene. It was a view which seared itself into my mem ory "The French guns were hurling a hurricane of steel and flame into the German ranks, but the soldiers pushed forward with their battle shouts on their lips. Straight into that pit of destruction rushed the advancing troops. Men fell, on every hand. It seemed that whole platoons melted away. "Over the bodies of the dead and wounded pushed the rear ranks of the Invading army, rushing with fixed bayonets upon the smoking muzzles of the French artillery. It was a su perb picture of gallantry. Aeroplane Is Smashed. "Near Erquelinnes I saw a German aeroplane brought down. The mili tary aviator was flying high in the air, taking a reconnoissance of the al lies' positions. The specially construct ed guns, designed to attack air craft, were turned upon the aeroplane, but the aviator continued his work. Sud denly I saw the machine lurch, nplin ters flew, and then the shattered ma chine began to drop. It had been smashed by a projectile." GERMANS DRAG GUNS OVER THEIR OWN DEAD London. The correspondent of the Daily Mail describes a visit among the French who were wounded in the bat tles of the Vosges and have been brought to Vichy, where the hotels have been transformed into hospitals. A wounded artilleryman contributed the following experience: "I witnessed one horrible scene. Tb. Germans were shooting from the dee? trenches among which our artillery was doing terrible work. But as fast as a German dropped a fresh mac took his place until bodies of the Ger mans were on a level with the surface of the earthworks. "At this moment a German battery was ordered to advance. The heavy wheels sank in the trench, but th drivers furiously lashed their horsef and finally dragged the guns across the human bridge." WHAT PRISONERS OF WAR WILL EAT The following scale of daily rations for prisoners of war has been ap proved by the military authorities: One pound of- bread, three-quarter? of a pound of biscuit, one pound o preserved meat, three ounces of cheese, five-eighths of an ounce of tea, one-quarter of a, pound of jam, three ounces of sugar, one-half of an ounce of salt, one-twentieth of an ounce of mustard, one-thirty-sixth of an ounce of pepper, one-half of a pound of fresh vegetables. Two ounces of tobacco will be fur nished each week for smokers. Gunners Made Stone Deaf. London. A medical correspondent of the Times who has just returned from Belgium says it is morally cer tain that all the artillerymen of the forts at Liege are now stoue deaf. "The nerves of hearing must fall un der the strain of dwelling upwards of a fortnight in a world of mighty ex plosions," he says. "For these men the guns thunder no v only in a silence which may never V fcrfken." STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. D. and D. Convention Closes. With the election of officers to serve for the ensuing term, the selection of Wilmington for the next biennial meeting and the adoption of strong resolutions urging the eivine of recoe- nition to the deaf on the directorate of 1 the State Institution at Morgan ton the fourth biennial convention of the North Carolina Association of the Deaf came to a close at the Meck lenburg Hotel at Charlotte. The last night there was a splendid moving picture lecture for the benefit of those attending and the next day there was a big picnic at Riverside which con cluded the entertainment features. The Charlotte meeting, in the estima tion of those present, has been the most successful in the history of the organization The attendance has been large, the personnel high and the lectures giien of extraordinary inter est. The election of officers resulted as follows: Mr. Charles E. Jones of Lattimore, president; Miss Roma For tune of Durham, vice president; Mr. Robert S. Taylor of Mount Olive, sec retary and Mr. John C. Miller of Mor ganton, treasurer, the election of Messrs. Jones, Taylor and Miller be ing by unanimous vote. The North Carolina Potato Patch. The North Carolina Irish potato patch contains 30,000 acres this year and the total production will be ap proximately 1,693,000 bushels, accord ing to estimates made by the United States Crop Reporting Board at Washington. The condition of the crop is 62 per cent of normal and the price at the present time is averaging around 96 cents per bushel. Free Shipment of Poultry. The Southern Express Company has issued an order permitting the free transportation of live poultry, weight not exceeding 40 pounds, from points in the state of North Carolina reach ed by that company when consigned for exhibition at fairs to be held at Raleigh and Charlotte during - the month of October, 1914. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. In spite of bad weather a large crowd attended the Chatham Confed erate reunion at Pittsboro a few days ago. The Charlotte Lodge of Elks have celebrated the formal opening of their handsome new home. The summer conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Lake Junaluska have closed. The Dixie Knitting mill at Forest City are making preparations to man ufacture underwear. The summer drought has seriously affected the honey crop in Surry county. Brownlow Jacison of Henderson will manage J. J. Britt's campaign against J. M. Gudger. W. B. Cooper a compress owner at Wilmington, says that cotton may be shipped to Europe In 60 days. The Southern railway is planning a considerable amount; of work around, Greensboro. All Halifax county crops are good. Farmers are expecting a bale of cotton to the acre on light soils. Members of the Field Hospital Corps, No. 1, of Asheville, and the Canton Ambulance Company, North Carolina National Guard, returned to this city a few days ago after spend ing 10 days at Camp Battle, Hender sonville. Mr. R. M. Walker, 68, prominent Mecklenburg county citizen, died re cently. Mount Airy is enjoying a building boom at present. The Appalachian Training school at Boon has opened its fall term with greatly increased attendance. Late corn in Gaston county has been damaged by tLe severe drought. High Point is discussing the propo sition of forming a country club. Newbern has celebrated the opening of its first tobacco warehouse. Theo S. Meekins of Manteo, .district inspector for the Biological Bureau of the -United States Department of Agri culture, who has charge of the en forcement of the Federal game laws in this section of the state, is in Wil mington. The Durham County Fair Associa tion are busy making preparations. The sixteenth annual convention of the Negro National Medical Associa tion closed at Raleigh recently with the election of Dr. F. S. Hargrave of Wilson as president, to succeed Dr. A. A Brown of Birmingham, Ala., who is a native of Raleigh. The Brickton Brick Company has been organized at Brickton, near Hen derson vilh?, with the following officers: D .S. Pace, president; C. S. Calvert, vice president; J. C. Sherrill, secre tary and general manager; J. L. Mc Dowell, treasurer. The new concern has purchased 40 acres of clay, for merly belonging to Mr. McDowell. Durham was visited a few days ago by a severe electric and rain storm. A shark, eight feet in length, and which- was one of the largest ever caught with a line in that section, was landed a few days ago near Morehead City by Miss Ada Komp of Newbern. T. Gilbert Wood, Asheville agent of the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway, has been ad vised of his appointment of director of educational exhibits, which will be conducted by the Southern at various fairs during the approaching fall and winter. - i MffiNAnONAL StDMHOOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 6 THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS. LESSON TEXT Mark 12:28-44. GOLDEN TEXT "Thou shalt love th Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy bouI, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." Luke 10:27. This .lesson considers a third ques tion asked of our Lord; two others in this connection we studied last week. It was not so much a ques tion of placing one commandment in competition with another, but rather which commandment most clearly epitomizes or reveals the final prin ciple in law. It was the business of this scribe to know the law and to interpret the commandments. Jesus in his reply quotes from Deut. 5:4, and from Lev. 19:18, which are both in a sense an exposition of the Deca logue. Love the Basis. I. The answer of Jesus, vv. 28-34. The scribe's question seemed to be quite Specific and so the Lord strikes at once at the heart and by his quota tion reveals to us the fact that the principle which is the inspiration of the law is that of love. In passing we have, here another, illustration of the master's ready use and knowledge of the Scripture. Jesus makes a four-fold summary. Man must love God with (a) the heart, e. g., in "sin cerity and uprightness; (b) with the soul, with the warmth of the emo tions, and the feelings; (c) "with all thy mind," the intellect, not as a blind devotee; (d) with "strength," viz., with intensity of service, with energy. "To love God with all the heart and soul and mind and strength is to have supreme desire for andijnelight in God's glory, making everything else second to that." This statement is but half, for the complement of our love of God is to love man. Man created in God's image was "so loved" by God that he gave his son (John 3:16); man can do not less and must express that love in service to others. To fail in the first is to break the greatest of the commandments and therefore to be guilty of all, Rom." 3:23. Human and Deity. II. The question -of Jesus, w. 35- 37. Our Lord's question in return was a Messianic one and he 'grounds his argument on the 110th Psalm a Messianic one. Jesus is inferior to David as his son according to the flesh but superior to him as lord of the kingdom of which David himself is a subject and not the sovereign. Christ is both human and deity; his "kingdom Is spiritual and earthly sov ereigns are honored if they are his subjects. III. ' The teaching of Jesus, vv. 38- 40. The word "doctrine" in verse 38 is translated "teaching' in the re vision. These words of warning are full of solemn significance. The scribes, and they have their imitators today, sought the places of prefer ment, the 6eats of honor in the syna gogue and the chief places at the feasts. The motive that governed them was a selfish one. They de voured widows' houses, and sought to cover their covetousness and dishon esty by long prayers and a pretense of piety. This brought upon them the "greater condemnation," Matt. 24:51. Law and love Is here again In con trast. Law must become life. IV. The view of Jesus, vv. 41-44. Jesus had one look of love and com passion for his friends and the needy and another that was exceedingly ter rible for his enemies. Thus it was as a master teacher that he saw right at hand an Illustration for his les son, an application of the truth in the case of the widow who gave out of her penury and because of her love for God, supporting these carping, selfish scribes. She had two mites (about fourth-fifths of a cent) and might have withheld one except that the rabbis forbade the offering of a single one. Her love, however, went beyond the "tenth" and she gave "all," therefore In proportion to their means she "cast more than they all," see II Cor. 8:12. Offerings are needed still for the Lord's work. Jesus Is "over against the treasure" and "sees" who it ia that "casts in" how much they cast and the motive behind the gift. The master's standard of a commendable offering is not according to our super fluity, .but our deficiency, not what will be missed but what of sacrifice and in proportion thereto. Not to please man, but God. Read II Cor. 8:1-3. Our Lord's valuation of gifts cast into the treasury remains for all time the true standard of measure ment. The love of God unifies a man. We love because he first loved us, and in proportion as we truly apprehend his love, all that we have of heart, life, strength and mind, yea, our whole nature will unite in love. It la this .which unifies society. To love him that begets is to love him that is begotten. To love God is to love man and to keep all of the divine com mands that concern our relations to him. As this woman left it is possible that she was ashamed of the small ness of her gift but it pleased the Lord. 4r :t : H 5 I , t '.