t - - J PREACHING THE KINGDOM. Msttfcaw SS . 15 Sept. . Bl Ikel rmiirl) pas rrcrw-cf . lit rmrU Iff fwrwl MM !! ."-A.Nanr . fl K HAVE MOKE Nut tli Ktncdnm In today's study l...ik Ilia lanlt-a iwh rffUH will li'l til " Aptl two ami two my Inc. "At you fo, wcu, Tlia Kingdom tf Heaven U at band." As tb K.tvtur ent out devtla and billed tb flek to allow the people to tear the XleMt and to llluntrat the raetortni work wblcb Ilia Kingdom will Jo. II pttt tb aame power to Ula ApotU II told tbem that the Harvest wan flenteoua and the Inborera few. and In timated that It waa th.-lr prtTllr: to be all tb more eneraede; but lo th meantime to "pray th lord of the HareM to end forth more laborer." go th Matter would btre ua feel a deep lotervst In tb ilarrett work now These meiengers were not to ro to lb Gentile, but to "th lot ah-p of tb IIouh of larael." Why? God's Covenant promised th Mfxnlahahlp t Abrabara'a t-ed th KmvI of Abraham, but God bad another lother , nth A.i.r fature In ml connection w that Meiibihlp. namely, tbn would bare dated with Me lab In the Klnc dom other who would tin re Ilia, glory, honor and Immortality. This blessed privilege, wblcb Abraham ronld not buve Jmim dt forfk fif ftrclie. fully understood. Cod nevertheless ful filled to Abraham' children, an fully ai tboncb Ue hnd particularly stlpn lated It la tb promise. No fnvor could Ro to other until after natural lintel bad received tb opportunity. Harvesting Then and Nov. Another reason wby the blessing ibonld not have been given to the (Jen tiles was that It was to b a bnrvetttlni: work, and not plowing, harrowing, nor owing. It was appropriate, therefore, that the Harvest, wblcb belonged to tb Jews, should be confined to them. What was done for the Gentiles wn th seed-sowing, as represented In the parable of the Wheat and Tares. lo tb Harvest of the Gospel Age th reaping Is to be don amongst those who have received the seed-sowing. This is an Intimation to us that the Lord would now bav tbe harvesting don chiefly amongst tbose who profess to b Ills people Jesus specially Instructed the reapers of that Harvest that they should go forth trusting to Divine providence. They were not commissioned to beg nor to take np collections. They ns somed therefore that they were mere ly to accept what might be voluntarily tendered. If tbey were not hospitably received they were to consider It the Lord's will that they go elsewhere. Tbcy were sent to search out the worthy ones: tbey should keep this In mind. "Mor Tolerabl For Sodom." Jesus declared that In the Day of Judgment it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for the city refusing to receive His representa tives. This Implies that the treatment will be tolerable; but why more toler able for Sodom and Gomorrah and oth ers In the Day of Judgment? was Jesus' declaration that, aside from a saintly few who received His Message gladly, the remainder were more blameworthy In God's sight than were tbe people of Sodom and Gomor rah. The sins of Sodom were certainly grievous in tbe sight of God, but the slo of carelessness In respect to the glori ous Message of the Kingdom is in God's iv. . sight an indication of f.Ptnl meaner condition or nean one for whom! there is less hop I of an eventual sal vajlon. . . 'Sitt Sodomites mentioned by Je sus were not so Il luminated as those living In His day. yet He declares. "Fire rained down from heaven and destroyed them "Hon tolerabl tor Bodom in th day Of tudfmcnt." tlL". (Luke xr'd, 29.) He declares that their Judgment Is still future: and. "In the Day of Judgment, it will be more tolerable" for them than for tbe people of Bethsalda an Chorazin. Th Day of Judgment. But why should the Sodomites have Day of Judgment? Were tbey not judged, condemned and destroyed? les; but Adam and all of bis race were judged and condemned. The only thing that came upon the Sodomites, in addition to what comes upon aU mankind, was that they died violent deaths. Tbe Apostle tells as they were made an example of all who reject God's grace and die the Second Death (XI peter. U. O However, all of Adam's posterity are Included In tbe Bedemp. tion work of Jesus. Hence tbey are .merely sleeping with their fathers. awaiting tbe glorious morning, when the Redeemer of Adam and bis race ball take to Himself His great power, and. begin His work of blessing. 771 1 ,,f Vf'rf - 7V- who iot:s Tin: rnoMOTiMJ. 1jl,1UV Home Journal. Daintily dreMrd and altogether rliarnilni she entered the srhool room a the year's work a draw Ing to a rlom. It her firm vlli to the schoolroom, and so she had lo Introduce hemrlf to the teacher h was I'eter Van Han son's mother. "IVier Is afraid he I not going to be promoted," sh bewail sinlltni? ly. "and I thought I would com and talk It over with you. Hh 'I father aud I are so anxious to have him advanced and not low a year." "Yes?" The teacher was noncom mittal. Peter's fear for hi pro motion were well grounded. Now I hop you are going to pro- mote th child." his mother went on "It Is very unfortunate for children to be held back, and he Is getting to be such a big boy; he Is really very sensitive about It." "I quit agree with you; It Is very unfortunate, and I would like to promote i'cter If I could, Hut I don't do the promoting." "Oh, Is that so? I thought the matter was entirely In your 'hand. Whom must I see? Who doea the promoting?". "The children do all the promot ing; you will tiave to see l'eter." "WhBt do you mean?" "I mean thut the promoting la not a thing that Is done at the end of the year by the teacher; It U done all through the year by tbe pupilM, each for himself. Mont of my chil dren have "been as biiny hh bees all the year, promoting themselves; a few, Peter among them, have done nothing but play. You know I have written to you several times during the term asking you to conic and see me about It." "Yes, I know, but I liave been so busy that I simply couldn't find the time to come." "Well, I have done all that I know how to do, not only for Pe ter but for all the children as well and I will do all I can for them al ways;' "but those who depend upon me to do the promoting are going to be disappointed." Next June there will be hundreds and thousands of mothers who will go to hundreds and thousands of teachers and say: "I hope you are going to promote Peter." Would It not be more sensible for them to go now, while there is still plenty of time to hunt for caus es and to apply remedies, and say to the teachers: "Is Peter doing what he can to promote himself?" What He- Discovered. Tlt-Blts. In the daily half-hour confidential talk with his boy an ambitious Lon don father tried to give some ad vice. "Ba observing, my son," said the father on one ocaslon. "Cultivate the habit of seeing, and you will be a successful man. Study things and remember them. Don't go through the world blindly. Learn to use your eyes. Boys who are observant know a great deal more than those who are not." Willie listened In silence. Several days later, when the en tire family, consisting of his moth er, aunt and uncle, were present, his father said; "Well, Willie, have you kept us ing your eyes as I advised you to do?" Willie nodded, and after a mo ments' hesitation, said: "I have seen a few things about the house. Uncle Jim's got a bot tle of hair dye hid under his bed, Aunt Jennie's got an extra set of teeth In her dresser, ma's got some curia In her hat and pa's got a pack of cards and a box of dice behind thej bookcase." Negro, 108, Weds Woman, 73. Paterson, n!' J., Aug. 28. : .ll on a light and found water coming known marriage records so far asJ,throu8h the celling over the crib the age of the contracting parties! Is concerned were broken here today when Timothy Grlftln, 108 years old and Lucy Woody, 73, were wedded by a, minister. Griffin and his bride nominally have been, married for more than 50 years, having been slaves on the same plantation in North , Carolina before the war, and, according to the negro's story, having entered into the connubial state by the old slave custom of jumping over a broomstick. Recently they decided upon a religious ceremony, however belated. Willing to Please. Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "During the recent anti-fly cam paign," writes E. K. O., "One of the teachers in our public schools urged thei children to bring in all the flies they could capture. The reward was to be 10 cents a pint On the following day the schoolmarm was astonished to get this question from one of ber small charges: " 'Teacher, we ain't got no flies at our nousv iWUl be4buga do jest as well?" . , A t'r Kirt1 Willi Utrmry Flavor. Monroe Journal. Dr. Georise K. Flow, th versa tile literary and historical student and political philosopher of Mon ro, and theoretical agriculturist, makes a weekly crop report from this county to a statlstlral agency. Ill reports ar gem. Th follow ing on waa mad for the week end ing August Hth, and I a corker: "Continued dry weather and sub normal temperature have some what handicapped th crop during the pant week. We have now, as I ronrelv It, reached the climacteric stage of th crop situation, and un ea there. I a speedy return of nor mnl August temperatures accompu- nled by a reqnlnlt amount of pre- rlpltatlon, deterioration on a ruinous scale from shedding will be the In evitable consequence. I'p to this date, diligent Inquiry and observa tion have failed to discover the pres ence of the expected and much dreaded caterpillar. Should he make his advent, our people, nerved by the recollection of his energy and capacity for destruction, are prepar ing to dispute his passage with, as It were, fire and sword. Th cotton grasshopper has become more abun dant and It Is operating over wider areas, but it I thought that hot sunshine and general rains would give quietus to his activities. Just how much damage lies In the wake of his operations Is a matter of much speculation and difference of opinion. In short, the situation I emphatically and acutely on the knees of the gods. Condition to date 73 per cent. Hury Voice of Klnger. Manchester Guardian. The voice museum, which was offl daily Inaugurated In the basement of the Opera by Pedro Gallhnrd In 1907, has received another year's addition to Its voice records of the best singers who have been heard nt the Paris Opera and elsewhere, and also some other records that will be of value for the history of music. The ceremony, which has now become an annual one, was pre sided over by Leon Berard, Under Secretary of State for fine arts. The museum consists of phono graphic disks, carefully wrapped In asbestos and covered with glass, which for greater protection are pla ced separately In hermetically seal ed metallic boxes, from which the air is exhausted. The boxes are placed In rows on shelves in the vaults, and when each shelf is full the front of the vault is walled up. Tbe disks are not supposed to be opened for 100 years. The singer's name and a detailed Instruction as to how to use the disk are placed Inside each box. The first disk placed In the vaults included the voices of such singers as Tamagno, Scottl, Mme. Calve, Adeline Patti, Schumann-Heink and a piece exe cuted by Kubelik.. The disks ad ded to this year's collection the voices of the tenor Franz, Caruso, Amato, Mme. Sembrich, Geraldlne, Farrar, Bessie Abbott, Tetrazlnnl and a piano piece by Paderewskl. The ceremony although It was de scribed as a "burial of th volcea," had nothing funereal about It. The many visitors present enjoyed a speech by a well-known Parisian ac tor and manager, M. Gemier, de livered by the phonograph. Dripping Water Kills Babe. New York, Aug. 28. Water drip ping through the celling killed a 3-month-old baby in its crib early to day as its .parents slept beside it. The child was William, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barber, 64 South Sixth street, Williamsburg. Mr. Barber was awakened early this morning by a sound of drip ping water. He got up and turned rv U KoVir I irnna worfl f a 1 M n tr the infant's face. Mrs. Barber was awake by this time, and he picked up the child Its face was cold. She cried out in alarm and tried to revive it. Her husband donned some clothes and ran to the police station. A doctor was called, who pro nounced thei child dead. , : 1 As Children Play Cleveland Leader. "Did I ever tell you," asks Ervin Nelson, "how my youngest boy bap' tized his cat? No! It was like this: "Walter's playmate was the son of a Baptist preacher. The 'kid had seen a few baptizing; exercises and was anxious to Imltatei them! So the children caught the family cat and endeavor to practice the deep-sea method of immersion with the aid of a washtub. The cat couldn't have been sincere in her desire to lead) a better life ehe scratched and squealed until the boys had to let her go. Then the boy next door hollered: . " 'Dog-gone you I, Go on and be an Episcopal cat, if you want to!' . t A IMyi'K INDIAN tTKTO.M. NoHli DakoU lUxImcn Adhere to Curious Trout ment of ;urt. j New Y'ork Press. ' On of the most striking customs of the past that ar presented by the Indians of today Is found among the tribes ou theDevIl Lake Reser vation In North Dakota. According to the report of an officer of the Indian Bureau, th Devil's Lak Sioux 'have from time Immemorial adhered to a curious custom in re gard to th treatment of a guest. According lo their etiquette It Is th boundeii duty of the host to sup ply his guest, with all th food he may desire, and as a rul th ap portionment set before th visiting Indian Is much in xce of th ca pacity of a single man. Hut by the sam custom th guest Is obliged tc eat all that Is placed before him else he grossly Insults his entertain er. It was found that this practice would work a hardship, but instead of dispensing with the custom the In dlan method of reasoning was ap plied, and what Is known as the professional eater was brought to the front. While the guest Is supposed to eat all that 1 placed before him, It serves the same purpose If his neighbor assists In devouring the bountiful repast, th main object being to have the plate clean when the meal is finished. It Is not al ways practicable to depend upon a neighbor at table to assist In get ting away with a large dinner, and In order to Insure the final consump Hon of the alloted portion, visiting Ipdlans call upon these professional citers, whose duty It Is to sit be side them throughout a meal and eat what the guests leave. The professional enters are never looked upon In the light of guests, but more as traveling companions wth a particular duty to perform. These eaters receive from $1 to $2, and even $3, for each meal where they assist. It Is said that one of these professional eaters has been known to dispose of 17 pounds of beef at a sitting. with plenty of out-door eier cise, pure food and air, will arrest consumptive tendencies, alliy irritation in throat and lungs, and build ip the whole body. AO Draggittt. Scott & Bownc. Bloom field, I J 12-14 Foley's Pills Wkat TUy Will Do for Yea Tkty will oara your backache, trtjafthea your kidneys, cor. raot urinary lrrcgulari ties, build 09 t&o wwra.amt tissues, and Umlnate th exoess orio acid that cause rheumatism. Pro vent Brif ht'a Disease and Dia batea, and raster health and MraAftJs. Reiua tab ti tales SOLD BY PARSONS DRUG CO. m aiifi Caskets When yon want a nice Coffin o) Ctmket, at a reasonable price examine the line I carry. I have them from the cheapest to the nest. i Is always in readiness, and every feature of the undertaking busi ness receives my careful atten tion, whether day or night I also carry a nioe line of BURIAL ROBES. S. 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