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PAGE TWO PUBLIC LEDGER INTERNATIONAL Sunday School Lesson SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, 1915 AMOS THE FEARLESS PROPHET (Home Missionary Lesson) o Motto Text "He that hath my word, let him speak my word faith fully." ( Jeremiah 23:S.) Lesson Passage Amos 5:1-15. Memory Verses 14, 15. ,mos This man might well be called "the twentieth century" prophet; for one in contemplating his burning message may see references to conditions which prevail among. us in our boast ed civilization and in our fancied se curity in material . prosperity. So his book might be studied in the light of prevailing conditibns in the nor mal Christian world of today. Hu man nature does not change. Men are the same In their dealing with "fleshy temptations. Amos describes himself as being from Tekoa, which was a little town about twelve miles south of Jerusalem. We are familiar enough with the customs of his age to sufficiently understand that such little settlements as Tekoa were in habited by agricultural or farm la borers who retired thither to their simple and unattractive homes after their labors in the fields; the rich and luxurious did not live mi such hamlets but were found in the great cities. So, Amos describes himself as a herdsman, or watcher of grazing cat tle and also a dresser of sycomore fruit. The Home Mission Enterprise As the preceding study suggests the dignity and encouragements of Foreign Mission -effort, the present one may be taken to emphasize Home Missions. The same conditions in swhich Amos found his country pre vail among us. Many an anxious pas tor realizes that these conditions threaten the downfall of the nation; and the serious question arises whether the men of today will hear the message that God sends "or as the men of Amos' time did, reject amd despise it to their own hurt. Intem perance, graft; dishonest dealing, pro tected vice abound on every hand. Vulgar extravagance and unspeakable dissipations mark our great civic cen ters. The houses of worsltip are a bandoned by thousands, wliile the places of amusement are crowded upon the Lord's Day. Christian men have a responsibility that cannot be shirked. Whatever is attempted to stem the tide of worldliness carries its pregnant lessons. "The necessity of legislation on pure food is in itself a reproach to any people, for it would not be needful if men did not seek their profit in poisoning their fellows. The opportunity for remedying the many obstacles in the way of simple living is in the gnat numbei of. ef forts for evangelizing and urging men to return to the precepts of the re ligion of Christ. Numerous institu tions for saving ruined lives' that in tliis era ought never to have been ruin;d, the wide-soread interest in great evangelical movements in large cities; the awakening of conscience in many a dormant self-satisfied church; all these and more afford the opportunities that invite the person al co-operation of all lovers of the Lord and tne furnishing of the money needed for their support and increase The modem Amos, how ev er, is apt to fmd as hard a time as dirf he of old; and perhaps his Tiardest task is to maintain the vigor tf this prophet and prevent his own drifting into the indolent living and abounding friv olity of the times. Ne n;eclfa lire sirong arm and fellowshiping nand of Chr'sts .disciples every wnere who will not demand that his preaching shall 1e on trival matter. or discuss ions that do not develope the inner life.. Special Topics Not every man is willing to reflect the idea of a learned one who said he preferred tne preaching that disturb ed his carnal ease, that awakened his conscience and destroying his com fort, quickened him to the pressing duties of the hour. It is not true that tender and loving persuasions a lone have power to prevail. It is pleasant to hear the wooing voice, tremulous with, loving anxiety, but "the very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument" falls often upon ears that hear the words but do them not (Ezek. 33:32). The love of God is surely a pre cious fact; but his wrath and indig nation against sin is equally a fact. The teacher must be faithful, and soft words are not always faithful. To warn is not to scold, denouce, cal umniate ; but it is an earnest, heart beraking cry that is like unto the call of a mother to a child that is in peril. Our Lord has not said that the rich andjuxurious shall not be saved, but . "how hardly" will they themselves enter into the kingdom of heaven; and any casual observer is able to see why. There is no sin in having wealth; the sin consists in the man ner of accumulating it, in the wrong uses of it, and in the substitution of it in the place of God as providing the things most desirable to the hu man heart. With great aptness Amos began his prophecies by calling attention to oth er peoples who had either known not God or paid no attention to him. He pointed out to the maddened leaders the fate of Damascus, of Philistia, of Edom, of Moab, of Ammon; and then he portrayed the same things for his own country. The sole trouble was in the forsaking of God. Christian America might well learn the same lesson. We can look out over the world and see what has come to peo ple who have done that very thing thing. We may talk as we please about national dignity and importan ce, but there is no need for turning away from the counsels of God. The besom of destruction has swept over Europe because of what one of its princes has styled a silly and sense less war. What is to become of us if the principles of the gospel are ig nored and forgotten in the mad race of fancied prosperity? Shall . we learn nothing from the indescrible ravages of nations that have turned away from God? Hester Local Notes . (Correspondence Public Ledger) Miss Hallie Hester went over to Durham Wednesday on a shopping expedition. Miss Annie Fleming spent Wednes- 1 yv r t ? uav in uxiora- Dr. Battle Bullock and Mr. J. ( Pittard spent Tuesday in Oxford. Miss Ella Hall spent the week end at her home near Stem. - Miss Margarite Cannariy spent the week-end with relatives in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Fleming spent Thursday in Oxford. Mr. B. B. Eowlimg and Miss Pearl Mitchell drove over to Hester last Sunday morning and were quietly married by Magistrate R. G. Stem. We are very glad to learn that Mr. Thollie Green, who has undergone an operation at Watt's Hospital, is rapid ly recovering. Mr. S. Green went over to see Mr; Thollie Green, at Watt's Hospital in Durham, Wednesday. We are indeed sorry to learn of the illness of our former tetacher, Miss Margaret Wright. Miss Wright i$ now teaching at Cary. Mrs. Thollie Green and Master William Green spent the week-end in Durham. Hester will soon boast of another store, as Mr. Johnnie Parrot will build in the near future. Miss Emma Kindt, a small woman, who has the Union News stand at the Southern passenger depot at Ashe ville, was able to catch up with;- a man, G. B. Brackett, who had been robbing passengers of their suitcases for some time. Miss Kindt saw Brackett take the valise while the owner was buying a ticket, bravely holding onto his coat, she brought him before the special agent. Miss Kindt will probably be offered a com mission as a special policewoman. Sufferer From Indigestion Relieved "Before taking Chamberlain's Tab lets my husband suffered for several years from indigestion, causing him to have pains in the stomach and dis tress after eating. Chamberlain's Tab lets relieved him of these spells right away," writes Mrs. Thomas Cassey, Geneva, N. Y- Obtainable every where, adv. C. C. Covington, a merchant of Wilmington, has brought suit for li bel against State Senator W. B. Cooper, of that city. Covington and Cooper are both members of the board of stewards of Grace Street Methodist church, Wilmington, and Covington charges that Cooper told the pastor, Rev. J. D. Bundy, that he (Covington) had buncoed Cooper out of $500 a few years ago. A new organization known as "The Radio Club" has been organized among the electrical students at A. and M. College, Raleigh. The wire less telegraphy students have a re ceiving apparatus in Winston Hall, which gets reports of the weather from Arlington every night. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1916 Almanac The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1916 Alman ac is by far the finest, largest and best ever before printed. The Hicks storm and weather forecasts for 1915 again have proven their truth and value, and this splendid Almanac for 1916 should find its way straight into ever home and office in America. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine, Word and Works, and his unique Almanac should always go together, both for only one dollar a year. The Almanac alone is 35c, prepaid. Send to Word and Works Publishing Company, 3401 Franklin Ave.St. Louis, Mo. SUBSCRIBE FOR PUBLIC LEDGER SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant to authority contained in a certain deed or trust executed by James Oakley and Bella Oakley on the 5th day of January 1914 and duly recorded, default having been made in the payment of the debt se cured thereby, I shall on . Monday, 20th December, 1915 sell at public auction ' at the court house door, in the town of Oxford, to the highest bidder for cash the fol lowing described real estate: A cer tain lot of land situate in Granville? county in Tally Ho township, joining the lands of Meadows, Currin and others, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a post oak and pointers in Pinckney Meadows line run thence S. 29 chains to a white oak in Currins' line, thence W. 10 chains and 50 links to a Spanish oak Currins' line, thence S. 3 chains and 25 links to a stone and pointers, Currin's line, thence W. 13 chains to pointers and blazed bushes, thence N. 31 chains and 50 links, thence by Meadwos line to the beginning, con taining 98 acres more or less. Time of sale 12 o'clock M. F. HGREGORY, Trustee. T. Lanier, Attorney. WEDNESDAY, NQvranTO 1 own country. 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Late fall plowing followed by early spring plowing and planting the in fested land to some clean cultivated crop destroys the wild onion pest by killing both sorts of bulbs as the growth from them appears and be fore they have had a chance to multi ply. The fall plowing should be deep and care should be taken to complete ly bury all green tops of the onion. If j very much top growth has been ' made, a harrow run before the plow will facilitate the thorough covering of the tops. Another interesting and valuable point about the wild onion is that the wild" onion is that the spring bulbs rarely produce heads; consequently, if the infested land is plowed in the fall, a spring oat crop practically free of onions can always be secured. But for complete eradication of the onion both fall and spring plowing is neces sary, and November is the best time to do the fall work. Near Wilmington two negroes tried to. hold up M. H. Hodges, who was carrying $350 to pay off a construc tion force. 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