^ DffHOVO UNIFORM fNTERXATK'NAL
SwidaySchool
' LessonT
?By REV. F. B. FITZWATER, D. D?
Titchir of English Biblo la tbo Moot*
Ml# ln#Uluu of Chicago.)
(#. 1IU. Wtotora Nswspspsr Ualsa.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 21
l&ftAEL IN THE MI08T OF THE
NATIONS
LESSON TEXT?Josh. 1:1-4; Is*. 1:24;
lu. 11:11-25; Essk. 6:5.
GOLDEN TEXT?"Look uato mo and
Bo y# saved, all tbo ends of tho earth."
?Isa. 45:21.
PRIMARY TOPIC?Tho Beautiful
lasd of Israel.
JUNIOR TOPIC?The Land Qod
Chose for His People.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC?Israel,
In tho -Midst of the Nations.
TOUNQ PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
?The Strategic Position of Palestine.
. L Israel's Geographical Position
_ <Josh. l;l-4, cf. Ezek.5;5).
! . Israel, God's chosen and most farored
nation, the nation to whom He
mo-nearest and g&ve most In order
thaj It might pass on liis goodness to
the other putions of the world, was
given a most, strategic position In the
earth. "1'alestine was adapted as no
other country for God's great purpose
' ?tf preparing a pure religion and sending
it to aH the \VorId.. To this end
u single nation was selected, trained
and -placed to the center of tho \ . .VI 1 > t
so that when the time curne to publish
the true religion all land* , could be
^ reechod. Palestine was central and
isolated, yet uceessible, for when tlie
j- time came for the apostles to go from
.Palestine by. the Mediterranean sea . to
the lands round nhont It, and from
there to other lands, their way w?is
open.' *
3. Their Leader (Josh. 1 :t). Josliua
Wuk Moses' assistant. He led the IsrufeUfgK
to victory over the .Amalekltes
soon after their escape from Egypt.
He was with Moses In the Mount whenthe
law was given. He was one of the
spies sent into the iand of Canaan.
When Moses knew that his time of departure
y.-tis nigh lie-uppoiated Josfvua
his successor.
2. Condition of tiie Possession of the
l^tnd (v. d). The land was theirs by
OiKl's promise, but It became theirs
only on their feet advanced ro take
possession of it. Because of their lack
of faith, courage and obedience tliey ,
never enjoyed the full possession of
it. Christians today lack the riches
of the Heavenly Father's blessings be-,
cause of their, want of fuith and courage.
3. Its;;Boundaries (v. 4). On the
north it was hounded by the rugged
uioqntuipK of Lebanon; on tlie,.east
by the Euphrates river; oii the Hooth
by the "great and terrible" desert, a
barren region through which the children
of Israel bad wandered for forty
: Ci*"" years; and on .'tlie w?-st by the Mediterranean
sea: It included all of
Hp." V.'*He?lopofnml4t. l^niel's^ hick of faith
prev-ehted them from. possessing fully
' ??{? _lo-T>d -
W. Israel's Spiritual and National
Position tJsii' 2:12-4; 1'*
Tlt'ls' pictures tSit- .place of. influence
wtm h shall. he. exercised hy Israel in
U 111 'TH illlK'.
1. AVhen It Shall Re 2)?*in the
ln-r: cays " By "i. -i days*' is usually
meant -? Scripture lIn; time*'of' the
toy this i- primary sub*
. r ?iM j.i-.
j. vvii.it It >hi?J* I> <v. >) The
-restoration .if tin* Kii.? . .in of Judah
*. iie plr.cv or j n'4':ni.n? ni e among
tfi? nations <>f the world. "Mountain"
to Scripture sytr.hi 'i/U'B kingdom (see
tn J Rev. M:1 17:1M1). Thin
v..>i?n .?f ZIon's glory refers to the
, rut'tleunial figc*. at which time other
nations of die world will learrt - f the
true tiod through the chosen nation.
. Jt The Result of (vv. ii-4). The i*i?tarn
??f t'iod's fav- r to this chosen peo*
{ I#'shall, be *'|lf0 from the dead." To
the nations of the earth (Rorn. 11
(I> Nations shall llmv unto it fv. 2).
y XT?is pictures the masses of the people
(Moving toward Jerusalem like streams
from all parts of the earth. (:2) Nations
encouraging each other (v. 3).
Alt luslousit'K urc now taken from x^atton.s,
and with good will to each otherthey
are moving to Jerusalem, the
world's cnpitol, They are going there
to' ne i<r<iKui dt me nprit ways to
walk. They go to he instructed out
tit His holy Word, There is hut one
'vCtsr to pence in the world, that .Js, back*
to God through Ills holy Scriptures.
(Si Peace in the enTth (v. 4). 'When
,lsreal shall be in her God-appointed
pi&ce with Jesus Christ as king, then
war w?ll be over. The Implements of
war will then be destroyed. (4)
.Fflendty communication (Isa. 19:232f?).
As soon ne wickedness is taken
from men's hearts they will establish
means of friendly communication.
Good Tidings.
% How beautiful upon the mountains
tire the feet of hlra that bringeth good
tidings.^?Isa. 52:7.
Holy Scripture.
Holy Scripture is a stream of running
water, where alike the elephant
may swim, and the lamb walk without
r losing Its Teet.?Gregory the OrsatT
Cultivated Countries.
Countries, are .well cultivated, not
at they are fertile, hut as they are
free.?Montesquieu.
Worship. *
I Be net so bigoted to any custom u
w wcidHip it 'if m irti&
Kj_-: >>*nPinthei'imin./ ...
. .-en * .. - .
V. RAPID
GROWTH HAS
COME TOJARTISTS
78 MILLION CAMPAIGN HAS LENT
STRENGTH TO EVERY DEPARTMENT
OP WORK
RESULTS IN SOUTH NOTED
Horn* and 8tate Miaalbni, School*
Orphanagee, Hoapltala and Relief
Report Marked Advaneee Under
Forward Movement
wmm ^
DR. B. D. GRAY, |
?rn Baptist Convention ]
Secretary Home Mission Board South- 1
Suggesting the growth which the
Baptist 75 Million Campaign has
brought ta< the genera! work of Southern
Baptists. it is reported by' the
general headquarters of the move'
ment that.during ihe_fbur .years that
have' intervened since the Campaign
was inaugurated in 1919, the denomination
has gainech 57 district associations,
881 active ministers, 3,068 local
churches. 3,287 Sunday schools with
459,223 pupils. 8.688 Young People's
Unions with 233,917 members, and
7.094* Woman's Missionary Union organizations.
and baptized 762,880 persons.
At the same time the churches
ha\e* given $28,776,937 more to mia- j
sions, Christian education and benevolences
than they did during the cor?
responding period prior to the Campaign,
and have increased their investment
in local church property by
f4 5,405,118
Nitrate ct soia doubled the yield |
_>f tfhtal on the farm of O. C. Bru-lt
:o?i. ftc&r Mt. Gilejid in Siontgomery i \
County.-' He applied 100 pounds perti
acre. us a top dresser' about the fasti f
it February. He made 10 5-i bushels
r acre where the soda was .applied
;n 1 only five bushels -h ve' rib soda ?
"> a.s tt*v !. j
UiiUtk doesn't sell as high as
it-.' w .: ? 1 > the- meat from a' blue''; j
sbrep i.. ,.u>\ a; a> that fr-t.:--. \
v'h'tc -O'.tp, >o btitch'. t*- "ht- Hi . ?-.
livestock workers tho-jj
' t o Icirv A Department. U
jj. *:ib cM'XRSAl. CA.ft
J |
j j
I I
I "
i
Bu*i"xrr5 rr.m?r.irh whs:;* ihi l
{popular?r.r<? v.*o.i pUr.iaec! with
mode!
Always rucccc. the car hw Hoe:
more comfortable.
This result ii obtained by raisns*
cowl; making a decided i v.prov
more lej room
HI A w?*l designed icp and slanti
toward adding a finished, clear.-c
Make it a point tc' see the ether
out show roon?
x |H These ccrs can be
the Ford H'cckly
Crowell Aul
Roxboro, 1
I CARS TRUCK
H
The largei resources made poaatbte
(or missions and benevolences through
the channels <r the Campaign have
been lcsponalble (or great advances In
every fotm o( denominational work,
both at home ana abroad.
Complete Church Building Fund
Among the outstanding achieve
ments of the Home Mission Hoard,
operating throughout the territory ot
the Southern Baptist Convention, are
noted the completion of Its million
dollar church building loan fund, the
baptism ot 173.602 persons, reception
Into the churches of 277 .>68 persona
enlistment of 11.772 young people In
the dedication of their lives to some 1
definite form of Christian service.!
building or improvement of 1,872;
church houses, and organization of'
935 Baptist churches and 2,896 near I
Sunday schools.
Practically twice the state mission
results have been accomplished in
many of the states since the Cam*
palgn began as were bad for any
corresponding period of time prior to
that movement.
Southern Baptists own 118 .Baptist
schools, colleges and seminaries,
where nearly 40,000 young people are
studying to fit themselves for larger
usefulness. The number of students
has toen greatly Increased through
the Campaign making possible the
larger equipment op the schools and
the investment which that movement
nas m.aae pqssipie irr tne gosoois Is
equal to about 45 per cent of their
total value at the time the CRmptlgyi
was Inaugurate'!. ? .
4.0CG Orphans Carod For
Nearly 4.000 orphan boys and tfrls
are cared for in the 19 Baptist, orphanages
oj the South. Two new orphanages
haye been provided by the
Campaign and practically all of the
older or.es have been given better,
.equipment by -tbi* movement. The
equipment ts not lerge enough yet' as
2,000 boys and girls had to be_tui|ed .
away lasr year because the in3ltur
fions had no more rocrni. . '
When the Campa-lgn .was launched
Southern Baptists tad only 12 Ips* ,
plials. Today that uurn^r has teen
increased to . 21. 1*ast year over 47*000
patients were treated In .th>?e 1
hospitals a large number of tlsse '
being charity patients who could "lot ]
have had- an opportunity, to get vbll .j
except through >omo such assist aire. |
The Relief and Annuity Hotrd, ]
serving aged ministers. Is now ailing ,
more than 925 beneficiaries and las '
expended in direct relief since lie
vamjiai^u ^cf,au UJC nuju Ul fl.t,"
W2,4?-,.V i<
It will require Jgl.-OOO.OOO addUionl 1
cash to complete the Campaign t? i
the. end of the period in 1324, an| ]
every effort is' being made lo enlim'
all Southern Baptists in lutvimr #jr(
share to tUI? task. 4 I
?- - : r
Miss Julia Moss of EdneyvilU won
he prize offered by the BfendersonH
ille. News for the best iarn^stoi^ i*1
September. Her article was about
'ami improvement. ' . i
1'Iant seme nitrogen-gathering Ie !
rumes for soil improvement an 1 live
>tOck pasturage.
A reed rluatter will increase crea'
pie'tls an pay a ; rofit for ihc- ^ V-tment
With cotton aline it w:! j
eniove from 10 to -0 percent of up ;
iosiii.bie* -eed, finds Dr. R. *1": Wipers
-f the State' College, stuff.
| lljj
<p - - |
j ill!:
; U ,
i [ *- |
-jn^HouT l oP ah*;y? T-een very !
the changes crrboc!?t<i m t. va ljj? |
> rr.ade decidedly frirnrr.ct t-id ||^
the radiator ?.;;d er.'.aTfin^ the jj*
rrr.cnt ia Ir-ch* slid j"~c vising
ing windshield do' the.r share
ut appearance
r<nv mcdels also oa display in
obtained through
Pure hate Plan.
to Company
N. C. .
.
I OCTOBER l?ts 1923
THE BLIND PREACHER.
By William Wirt..
It was one Sunday, as I travelled
through the county of Orange, that
my eye was caught by a cluster of
horses tied near a ruinous, old, wooden
house in the forest, not far from
the roadside; Having frequently seen
such objects before, "in traveling
through these States, I had no difficulty
in understanding that this was
a place of religious worship.
Devotion alone should have stopped
me, to join in the. duties of the
congregation; but I must confess
that curiosity to hear the preacner
of such a wilderness was not the ieast
of my motives. On entering, I was
struck with his preternatural appearance.
He was a taH and very
spare old man; his head, which was
covered with a white linen cap, hi?
shrivelled hands, and his voice, were
all shaking under the infiufcnee of a
palsy; and a few moments ascertained
to me that he was perfectly Mind
The first emotions which touched
my breast were those of mingle^ pity
and veneration. But. how soon- wore
all my feeling changed' The-lips of
Plato were never, more worthy - f
prognostic sWarm of bees than .were
the lips of this hp^y. man: It was n
day of the administration of the
lament; and his rsubject.^of eoura.
vvcr the Passion of . qur Saviour; I
had heard the subject hahllei' a
thousand times: I had th. ught it nK(iuated
long ago. titttp did I suppo<y
that, in the wild woods of \rUerica.
I was to meet With a man who.-, eloquence
would give t-0 this tonic :
rvwr" end mere sublime pathos then 7
ever before witnessed.
hft descended f . m th. ruV-'
td distribute the mystic :
there war- a peculiar, a more than huhian-.
solemnity in his-air an 1 man:
which made my blood rub ~old,' ~r ;!
my whole .frame- shiver. "He then
drew a picture of the sufferings of
our Saviour;?his trial before Pilate:
his ascent up Cqlvaryhis ryycifiyion.
and his death! . I knew the whol
hrtstory: but. never; Until then, had T
beard the circumstance- ?r? s?le'ctri.,
so arranged, so colored. It was rM,
rrew: and I s'-emr 1 to ::avc hoard it]
for the first time in my life. Hi-*
enunciation was so deliberate. that
hi? voice trembled on every syllabi;?
F?n4 even* heart in the assembly trembled
in unison.
His peculiar phrase? had that fore-*j
>f description; that the original ?cenej
|fk?*v+ KMd Ui-h*?u? i.h^r,
live before our eye*. We saw the r-ry
face? of the Jews?the staring, fright- j
tub distortions >~>t malice and race. |
we stivrjv-' duttqt, my s
with a flame of indignation: and mv [
h finds were involuntarily \wnd cOr?vul-'
?haely clinched.
But when he came *'V on '. !
patience, the f^rjrivinj? y, ^rkness ci
cuf Saviour; when he dv-% ? : th>i:fi,
his fc leased eyes stvoib":-w . in;
raffpn ? ?r wwr - ww?r.?r?i <?aj? j
^ 4 \
D a
Remember?a pass book
j true.
I
To get ahead, one niusi
?have J your FIRST NA
First
4 THE
L - ,
i ... r ' '
.
?
tears to heaven,?hi* voice breathing
to God a soft and gentle prayer of
paiMon on his enemies, "Father, forgive
them, for they know not what
they do,"?the voice of the preacher,
| which had all along faltered, grew
j fainter and fainter, until, his utterance
being entirely obstructed by the
; force^ of_ his feelings, he raised his
handkerchief to his eyes, add burst
into a loud and irrepressible flood of
grief. The effect is inconceivable.
The whole house resounded with the
mingled groans, and sobs, and shrieks
of the congregation.
It was some time before the tumult
had subsided so far as to permit him
to proceed. Indeed, judging by the
usual, but fallacious standard of my
own weakness, I began to be very
uneasy for the situation of the preacher.
For I could not oonceivc how he
i ; '
S
Winstea
Wa
Is!;
Independeni
' Compan
When you get.some
there is no place wher
Show T<
ADVAr
tharj or. the floor at
j . house, and ycu Icnow'
i ?the better it looks l
I. get. We are here to s
terest is our interest. C
not tail you.
~ :
V/Ui s WiLC 125
bacco men. Look at t
Geo. T. Thaxton,
- - WWKcr: VT. F\ U6n?;"]
" Taylpr. Auctioneer: J
BRING US YOU]
INDEPENDENT
COMP.
>rn ^?'i "-niMi arii !> !
1 in Doll
I:'.- good business?when j
utiiro a :-to?k in trade w hich r
alv.v.vs f.rood in .vr.v market.
\
There t- scarcely any reas
%ei".<re ] t v?r.n cannot gratify?
. ?_vhich is another way of sn
w V The rapidly growing habit
% ptop!.- ;.nd a keen apprec
wity that comes from mot
h'-mary 'hat you do likewise
1 l n(\ peace lu 1 old age.
at a _^an?the only dream hooi
t have a deaL p|an ab0ut jt \
about yoi^
- ROXBorim c
: FRlEMpy B
: ?%- 11
would be able to let his audience down
from the height ta which he had
wound them,. Witout impairing the
solemnity and dignity of his subject, -?i3
Or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness
of the fall. But?no; the : !
descent was a? beautiful and sublime,
as the elevation had been rapid and
enthusiastic.
The first sentence with which he
broke the awful silence was a quota- I
.tion from Rousseau: "Socrates died ' - v
like ai philosopher, but Jesus Christ,
like a God-" I despair of giving you
any idea of the effect produced by
this short sentence unless you could
perfectly conceive the whole manner
of the man, as well as the peculiar
crisis in the discourse. Never before
did I completely understand what
I Demosthenes meant by laying such
(Continued cn page three.) *
(4
ire ha use
LO, N. C.
t Warehouse 4
y, Prop.
i ready just remember
e it "will ,
o Better
WAGE the
.Winstead Waretohacco
sells by sight
the more money you
erve you, for your inbme
to see us, we will
sed of experienced tohem:
J. D. Perkins, J. T.
. W. Uiambers," C. R
. W. Featherston.
R FIRST in in
WAREHOUSE
ANY.
- *
tars
ou deal in dollars- You aclever
goes below par and is
t
onable desire that the av-'
-when they deal in dollars
lying "Thrift."
of thrift among the Anic-r'
iation of the comforts and
i, i 1- i
it-.v mnTFiTaTnr maKesir j
else lose out in enjoyment j
i in which dreams come
Vhen opportunity knocks
\
Bank |
ANK
^