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C N3E TEE SN"" -att-iew, 4:I3-28.-July dy um c: ;.- Chm:-w. the on o R .Iastrr wi.'ly znd withi g~comm;;: m4-wst. m.s m., to rieclar : own greatness. He allowed ;is acti: i ...--:A to tea 'is disciples that be proceeded and enme forth fa,- GI, and that m the per:orming of miracles. and ypaticuilarly in his t.eachings, he wts 1e finger of God and his mouth-piece. .oln ,he Baptist was sent to be his special fore-runner. It was he that declared oIhat Jesus was "the Lami) of Gori wvhi':h taketh away the sin ot the world." ft was he that declareth that the Mastrr 'was so much greater than himself that le was not worthy to stoop down aInd loose the Master's sandals. But after John bad borne him witness. testifying. 'This is be." and had declared that he saw' the holy Spirit descending upou .tosus like a dove, and1 that this was a sign given him whereby he might know his Messiahship. then -came the time for the Master to bring the matter pointedly to the attentioi' of his followers. John had been cast into prison and later had been beheadeu. -John's prophetic testrmony was fulDlled. when he said of .lesus. "Ue must in 'crease. but l~must decrease." The mission of JesuF. and his Apost!es be-:rne -)nore prominent every day, and those who had formerly 'taJmd about John hvere now asking respecting Jesis, whether he was a prophet sent of God. r whether be was the Messiah. % Do the rulers indeed know 'whether this i is, Messiah 6r not? Surety -no man could do the Piroelt's which he cth, "!: God De with him" in some special manner. Our Lord first inquired respectin:: the general opinion of 4le people -on cerning himself. le did this, not because of his own ignorance, but that tie might draw out the thoughts of his disciples. They replied that some thtid1. he was John the Baptist: others supposed he was one of the prophets. The ideas of the heathen were gradually making inroads upon the .ews. Tl'he doctrine of reincarnation, wholly unscriptural, is suggested In these answer All the answers, of course, were wrong, for the propbots wei-e all dead and could not reappear until the resurre.tion. Then our Lurd pointedly put the question to his chosen followers: "Who do ye say that I nm?" The courageous St. Peter promptly answered as spokesman for the whole compatiy. "Thou art the Christ rMessiah], the Son of the living God." This was the very answer designed to be brought forth. It was the truth, but our Lord hesitated to present it, because it would better come from theediscipleq themselves and then have his endorsement. His answer to St. Peter was, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revpleOrI it unto thee, but my .Father which i's in heaven." It was not that St. Peter had experienced a special vision or revelation. but such a great spiritual fact as was then under consideration, at that time could be appreciated only by those who were specially favored of the Father. Indeed, it Is evident that the same principle still operates, for we read. "No man can come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him." Our primary drawing and calling is of the Father up to the time when we accept his grace in tOrist and make our consecration to do his will and receive the spirit of adoption into his family as Cod's children: we are then put into the school of Christ to learn of him. Let us learn the lesson that the special bless Ings alwny; come, not only from helieving In '7hrist, but ilso from confessing to and before others. According to the Greek. our L.ord r.ed to Pezer. "Ttnu art a stone. and upon this rock will I build my Ch:r'h'." The rock upon v:hih the Church is birFit is this confession which t. P:e:' m:de. St. Petr' himself was not the rock, but he was one of the livina stnes built by faith upon rte reck of truth. It. was this sante ApoStl who so hotntifully explatied the whole matter. as suring us that :til cons ir'ted h:li7eers are "livin- stones" in the temple of God. wbose foundation and r-ap stone is ChrTst. in whon we nre builded to gether through the opernIon of the holy 'Spirit.-i Pete?2:4-7. The expression, "Upf'nt this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell (hades] shall not prevail a-ainst it," is one that is much misunderstood. * The gates of hell :re not gates to some place of torture, nor gates to purga tory. They are. in the Greek. "ates of hades," and hades signifies a state or condition of death. The passage might well be translated, "The gates of the grave shall not prevail against it." That is to say, Christ Jesus invites the Chureh to die with hit^oshar nhis sattige.4...ii.eath ni L uh-i% p- arently, the gates of hadc.e hnre prevailed against the Church, against God's :peeple, for more than eighteen centuries, nevertheless, we have the assurance -that they shall not forever prevail. The Master's assurance .is that by his death he has becotne Lord of all and has the keys of death and iudce B2e has the righir to open hades, the tomb, and to enll forth all who have gone -.down into it. He assures us that he will do this, as he say~s. "All that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of man and shall come forth." Nev'ertheless, for all these centuries it has required faith to believe that, by dying with Christ. his followers shall yet five with him-that sharing with him in his death they shall yet share with him in his- resurrection to the glory, honor and immortality of the Divine nature. So. then, our Lord's words mean that there will be a resurrection from the grave, and since the Church is to be 'a kind of Grstfruits unto God of his creatures" (.lamies 1:1S: Revelation 14:4), her reseurrection means. indirectly, this result, the uplifting of mankind, the opening of the grave to every member of the human family. The giving of the "keys'' of the Kingdom to St. Peter has no reference to locks and hars of heaven, over which St. Peter is the custodian.~ The Church in the presetnt time is the Kingdom of Heaven in its preparatory or embryotic state, and St. Peter was privileged to do the opening work to the Gospel -' Charch. He opened the door to the Jews at Pentecost. when, as the mouth' piec' of the Lord, he proclaimed the tmenning of the Pegtecostal blessing and -the ..hopes then open to every .Iew corming. individually into membership in 'Chlrist. He :used the second "key" to open the sanme king.dom privileges to the Gentiles, in that when the due time came for Cornelius. the first Gentile con vert, to be recei'ved, St. Peter did the work. By preaching to Cornelius the Gospel and by b'aptizing him into Christ he threw open the door to the G;entiles. as our Lord foretold in the words of this lesson. * St. ~Peter's commission that 'whatever things lhe shold bind on earth should be bound in heaven and what things he should loose on earth should be loosed in heaven, is the same that was given to the other Apostles. (See Matthew 15:18.) Tt does not mean, of course, that the Lord has turned mat ters over to St. Peter and made him Lord of heaven and earth, nor that any or all of t'r- .Apostles were so honored. It simply means this: God p~urposes to use his .\4P'ls :ut:d to so hold up their han's. in all their affairs, that the whole C'b':t-A ma have c'oundence itt them. and may recognize their teach ings as of tmd. If' they' deemro'd thatr cer'tain of the~ commuadments under the .lewi1 :' Vt w.er' no;t binding upon Chr'istionts. we nmtst know' that their stateme t';~ were true, and that. saii'ry. ini heavent'i, the' r:'iease ut' change is recognize! And if threy bound certain doct rines ::ntd teachin.;s, we must know that -thos: ar'e bound aind firmly estalish:"d in: hieaven. it other words, we must r'ecetg:i" ihr Apostles as God's inherent mnouth~pieoes. 'lhe tanr for proclaimin-g .lesus as the Messiah did not come unitil after his death :wd resurrrction. Ind~eed? his Me'ssiahsiip properly dates from his resurrecton. ik desired his disciples to rt'eognize him properly, and he expkilned to them aliout his approaching death and resurrection, but he did not %'ish the:fl to proclaim this to the world runtil the due time. St. Peter, perhaps clat' '1 with the Lord's commenidationt of his previous speech. under took now 'the role of teacher to the one whom he had just acknowledged as the Messiah. in tisis he erred. It was in .:ymzpaxthy that he urged that the Master should niet tlhnk of any steps which lead to suflering and death. but should rather of prosperity and eatrthly favor, yet our Lord's reproof was pointed. He said: You are my adversary, Peter,. when you thus speak to me. You will thus endeavor -to dissuade mae from doing my Father's will, to hinder me-from drinting the ':np which my Father has poured for me: your counsel is that Sioilt,-, I l- folleso.Tesus sometimes need to resist their friends. -- who thus "-fer c'ounsel contrary to Divine will and word and providence. These shonidi not be encouraged nor their advice followed. They need correc tion fromn tht-air fellow discipies, asdid St. Peter. The v'ar"'s of Peter fa: t:hed the Master an op)portumity for'calling the attention e- e followers to the terms of discipleship. Not only must the Master hhs ,snifer. but :l1 of his followers likewise. This course was pro ~'kod orcv.:' ee and whoever would flee from it would lose the eternal life h' -s' ';' Whoev'r wouldi take u:p his cross anrd follow t!:te ...aster to death wou'~~ thereby maite sure' of his share in eteruni Ine on th~ ,r'nven:ly plane. Ii - isii5hdaready pleded th ir enrt i:.' liveS.-htlfa'ha to~ v. - - : - ne of the wvorld in .general, but merely of the C:'- * -led to e -' the e eat Royal Priesthood. - -t -sured them' c - -s second coming. when Ite would come in -1 t! :e Father 'i wit'' ::. ane (mnessenlgers)-no2t nigain as a roan -is- sa- ."- \t the thime of 1 e sc id coming he would reward every one 9f rt T~l' "~"'"'cor~nZt:.:t o itfulness of c-: l'- He concluded this rer' haf ms ao:-'vrsrccodi . .- a de : : thaa'Lssur:d"u, sm f a o C.,7' Ltle' .ro::1pritually 1:ner :ty W; day. .1nd if the peace of G'. girer place in their hear's to th di sconte:t which is growing in the world, not withstanidhing the multiplication of our comforts and privileges. Daily Hcrcncy Manna contains a col lection of Scripture texts with appro priate quotations for every day in the year. Surely the little tithe of time daii- spent in partaking of its morsels of heavenly counsel cannot fall to profit all who partake. - It is published to do good-not for profit. Your Friends' Birth Dates. An autograph and birthday record feature in this book is a great conveni ence. Opposite each any of the year are blank lines upon which you can secure the autographs of your friendz and be reminded of their birthdays as they occur. This makes the book r-ore valunbie yearly. In ,ten years you would not sell it for ten dollars. Besides it has a place for Birth Ree ords, Marr*age Records and Death Re' ords. AO Il has a table showing the day of the week of any date for one hundred and fifty ye.'rs. Printed on bond writing paper, blue cloth. handsome. Price. 35 cents post paid: imitation alligator skin, gold edges. $1.00 postpaild. Order now. Bi ble and Tract Society. 17 ieks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11 - . . J,- das the Ungrateful Apostate The: world is full of sadly disap pointig characters. In many things we all fail. Selfishness. meanness. pe-versity, pride. etc.. mark the hu man family most woefully. But withal can anyone 'Ind anything wore reprehensib!e than the ingrate who .Vould betray his best friend? The world is of one opinion respect ing such characters as that of Judas. And although he is a noted example lie is by no means an exception; there are many. Some of them live today, But whoever can see the meanness of such a disposition with a reas-nably good focus will surely be saved from. manifesting such a character, however meau might be his disposition. The man who could sell his Master for thir ty pieces of silver is justly in contempt with all humanity. Nor was it et-r-olyI the thirty pieces that influe nced the in grate. Rather it 'w: pride He had thought to be associited with th- Mn ter in an earthly throne. Ile had set his faith upnn this expectatioa. Now that same Master explained more fully that the throne was not yet in sight: 'tifWlfrit- r1.Tri~a age to follow t his. shod was tohe given only to those who shudprove themselves loyal and faithful unto death. In the mind of Judas the matter took not the wisest and best way Holding the Great Teacher in contempt. the deceived. oue probably intended that the delivery( should be merely a temporary one-a lessen. to the Master not to talk that way, not to carry matters too far-an I incentive to him, compelling him 'to exert .his power for the resistance of those who sought his life und thus. in exalting~ himself. make good to his disciples the phare in the Kingdomn which he ha~d promised or. failhng of 'this, to wreck the entire project. Aleas. the love of money. the love of power 1 puff up and make delirious some who become intoxicated with ambition How necessary that ::i1 the Lord's fol lowers rem:ember rhe message. "iHe - that'humbirth himself shall be exalted and he tha~t exailteth himself shall be Ij abased!' Humble yourselves, there fore, under the mighty hand of God. that he may exalt you In due time" (I Peter v, G. Her Age. \bhen1 aI giri alsks you to guess t-:r age. i[ yo think she is twenty-onse a take off two, if you think she is tweas- d y-three itake off three, ii you think -SUe b is twenty-tive take og] four. Itnd so ont. This will :end to make youi pnil. - ExciLau.. FR Need9 Eve b --TK -- -..--. - n as lecting I .1 MN'en's, I and ove oftPante will be ALL Stautement of the '..ondition .f the Bank of .1~6ris, located at Noirris, S. C., tthe close of busine.-:sFeb. 3rd 1911. RESOURCES: r ' >ans :and Disc'ounts.$ 25,79364 vrdrafts,..... . ..... .....2,189 61 ands and stocks owned by Bank.................. 1.ZC0 CD making~ House.... .... .... ,351.16 2rniture and Fixtures.. 2,065.09 )ue from Banks and Bankers .9,134 33 :rrencey........ .. .......1,100 (0 liver and otber Coin... .. 267.53 Total............... .$42901 36 pit'd Stock Paid In..$20,000.00 adivided Profits, l.iss Current Expens s and Tax Paid .$.. .. 55.74 tdv;dual Deposits snbji ct to Ch *2......... -i70-5 m~Cerafiem4 s of Dep.)'t .:.479. 03 'asb er's twhclks.... ........398.74 l1;s Payvable, includog~ Cer ifiates for money borrow< d 5,000.01) oal......... ........ 42901.30; rata of South (arolina, County of Picken.. Befor.- ine caml* E. W. T1ate. Cob r of th.. abov. nam '1 'bank, who ine duly sworn. says that the( ab--re d foregoing sttement is a true con tion of said bank, as shown by tho oks of said bank. E. W. Tate. Sworn to and ehser,be: before me s 9th C-ay of Febh.. '911. R. M. 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