The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 12, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
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IDOL WORSHIPERS [Soil
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A Fine Disquisition on the Viola- V^UI
ft r<
tion of a Divine Command , ,
by Those Who Make Gods r()
of Fame,Fashion, Wealth Jj. t
and Power. raoi]
The following splendid essay r^e
k? r??n;? 5/....i1 a d1
TV t?n I cau uy OIIOO VO?iir W'ff Til, r
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. f?r
Sowell, of Lancaster, at a recent deei
meeting ot the Baptist Young N
Peoples Uniou, and cheerfully ,w<)
published by a request "ot the 1
Union : to c<
4,Thou shalt have no other ''cu
Gods belore me". This com- ion;
mandment whb given the child- to c
ren ot Israel thousands of years I 1
ago, but it is given and is ju9f as fem
applicable to us today a6 it was t,*ra'
to them in that day. We need 8*le
it, too, but let us be optimistic this
enough to say certainly uo worse. are
It is true that we do not bow 'on
down literally to graven image9, 'hei
:or tbe standard attained by our ?'
civilization prevents that, but are 'on
not many of us idol worshipers^ win
Have we no other gods before Par
Him? Let us consider. UP
First, let us take lame and wor
worldly power. How many of 'I
ue do not strive to be heroes in &bs
our own little world at leas'. ora
And how olt*n we forget the old i er^c
Latin maxim, tlNihil maguum HPt
nisi bonum". History tells us I
ol one who resolved that he would an^
have all his senses gratified at 9to<
one and the same time, and he Hre
expended thousands of dollars on as
each sense. He entered a room, the
and there were the finest musicians the
of the land pleasing his ear, and P*t
there werefine pic'ures fascinating ^
Lis eye. and there were costly
aromatics regaling his nostrils, thr
and there were the richest wine6 ?' (
and meats and conlections pleas, hoa
ing the appetite, and there whs of i
a soft couch on which he reclin- fre<
ed; and the man declared that ! Itp?
he would have h!1 such it it cost' d-'8'
him his soul. And it did Cyrus I 1
the Great thought for a little! ?f 1
while that he was making a fine 'Hi
thing out ot this world, and vet kn<
before he came to his grave he tiot
wrote out this pitiful epitaph for in 1
his monument; "I'm Cyrus I his
( occupied the "Persian empire. 1 to I
J was king over Asia. Begrudge *n
me not this monument." But j me
the world in alter years ploughed iditj
up. his sepulchre. The(Ll
vxtrw 1A /?) o nnn/i l to li a riilc u it r) 1118
wvi iu ivo i1?U'*0 W>?u
^ stamped its leet in honor oi Pei
Chap. Lamb, but what does he a9ft
pay? WI walk up aud down, UP1
ihinking I'm happy but teeling Wl
I'm not." Sam Johnson,the learned,
happ>? ''No, I am afraid I
shall some day get crazy". Wii- fa'
iiam IJazlitt, the great eseayest, flC0
happy? "No. 1 have been tor two
hours and a half going up and ^r0
down Paternoster row with a: to
1 ^"V?no in my breast." Smollet, 1 1
the witty author, happy? "No. to
1 am sick ol praise and blame, c^?
and 1 wish to Ood that I had to
a* \i such circumstances around me toc
) that 1 could throw my pen into Pe
oblivion" Buchanan, the world 8t(J
s renowned writer, happ>? "No. LH
Over mountain, covered with
snow, and through valleys ll o l- wt
--i i:.L i f;?K
t ej wnn ram, i cmi?n iuki?iv*- . z
Moliere, the popular dramatic H'1
author, happy' "No That wretch l)e
, of an actor just now recited four ('r
of ray lines without the proper BO'
accent, and vesture. </h, it tor '10
lures me like a irondemned -pir mi
it". Then i-t not fam" a poor,or
in vestment? 1 r(
Then there is money. Some j
people strive lor it for its own l,y
sake, but to many more people!^18
it is a graven image represent\g
luxury and power. Money r 1
good for a ureal many things, an
,t friends, it cannot do anything J]*1
J in the matter of the soul. Yon eft
Cftnnot buy vour way through, s"
'i - r
\ \
lar? mean nothing at t
ot mercy, ll you could b
r salvation, heaven would
eat specula'ion, an extendi
kTall Street. Bad men wou
up and buy it all and lea
o snirt for ourselves. Hut
lev is not lawfu' tender, on
blood of Christ cau secure
ace. "Ye have sold yoursei\
naught; and ye shall be ]
fried without money."
ow I realize that under tin
heads can be grouped neai
ilie popular idols, but I wi
insider one of these more pi
larly?the great god of la?
and dress. And when I co
onsider the victims ot lashi<
ind as many masculiue
inine. Men make an et
de against woman, as thou
were the chief worshiper
idolatrous shrine, yet tli
as much the idolaters ot fa
as women, though theythr
maelves on a diftirent p
lie altar. With men the la
goes to cigars, olubrooi
e suppers and automol
ties. In the U. S. men ch
and smoke $10J,000,1
th of tobacco every year. T1
heir lasbion. But meu do i
lain trom milliuery and el
lion ol skirl through any s
riiy. Ii is only because st
>ei?dages would be a blocki
jusiness. What would sas
1 dress trains do in a Wall
;k market? And yet u
the disciples of tashion j
much as women. Some
m wear shoes so tight t
y cau hardly walk in
lis 'jl righteousness,
^nd there are men who I
tensive suits ot clothes and
ough theslreetsin greatstri]
olor like animated check
irds. There are multitu
nen, 1 understand, who
:fcle cream and paint tl
i and eyebrows. But in t
Hussion all must share ali
fhe first destructive inlluei
nordinate fashion is in Ira
rniiable aud ghastly. Do ;
)w tha' Arnold ol the Revt
i proposed to sell his coun
order to get money to sup
wile's wardrobe' The ef
keep up expensive wardro
this country i* sending mi
n to temporal and eternal j
ion. What was it that*
loian to the penitentiary,
ny li'e insurance president
"jured statements about tl
ets. and that has couplet
Bet our American fiuau
lat was it that overth
Ikuap, the U. is. Sect,
i&hington, the crash of wl
1 shook the continentI k]
ires of men who are put
ur wit's end and are las
m dan to Dec in the attei
keep up great home style.
Dhj lor some new Shakespt
n mhq o iiil t?T ritn t t r u < r o /1
Alloc ?UV4 n ? lie iwo U a^vu
thes 1 The'greatest obst
charity in thechristian chi
lay is the laet that men
ud so much money on I
madia and women on t
cks. that they have noil
t tor the cause ot (Jod and
irld's beitenueni. Inoidn
ihion causes distract ion in \
ip. ^ on know very well m
ople go to church to ?iis|
ess. Men and women i
ills to be saved, passing
ur in wondering where
tn got his flamboyant cri
what store that woman
mizes ! The awful quea
the soul's ^destiny subme
' the question of dresses
da large enough to put
Lame shoulder i? almost invar
lined by rheumat inm of the inu
d yields quickly to the free a
tion of i 'hambei lain'a Limn
ha liniment ia not only prompt
eotual, hot in no way di?agrei
use Sold by J. K Mackey * o.
ndcrburk Pharmacy. ^
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T^E LANCASTER NEWS,
he them the hnsbawPe store, office,1 r "
uv shop, fortune, and 'he alnnra- I HB
be tion ot half the people in the J
on ohurch. But listen to *hn' Paul ;
Id sav : "But g"dline?s with c >11- 1
ve tentment is a great gain, b or
as we brought nothing into thie j
ily .world, and it is certain we can !
us carry nothing out. And having J
food and raiment let us 1 < e
re- will) content. nu' tnev that
will be rich fall into t-'tnp'ation '
jrp and a snare and into many to*?lrly
iah and liurtiul lusts, vhich
s'n drown men in deatruc'ion an 1
tr- perdition. For the love of rn u.ev
th- is the roo? of all evil : which
me | while some coveted after, 11 en j
an j have erred from the tai'h, and
an pierced themselves through w itn
isy many sorrowg
gh But thou, <> man of God, dee (
at these t Dings and follow M er i
ie>* righteousness, godlinee?. tai'h.;
ehiove,
patience, moeknee?. Fight g.
o w
the good fight of faith, lay hold
art * 6 <
i on eternal life." 1 Timothy ?j:
us, 6-12.
ii le . . ? . .
ew Farmer Shot and Killed by Negro
>00! Tenant
ll Ht I Winmn pi/ oriA/iwil i v-?
i s 11111 n i r? of/trv icii mi vuiuiuuirt
not State, June <>: J. A. Nix. a
;:b- farmer living near Denmark.
up. was shot and instantly killed
,ch this morning by Isadore Ninr
ide mon9' a negro tenant. Mr. Nix
^eg had let a crop to two negro
^ women, and the women had
hired Nimmons to do the plowlen
. ? - ... . X1.
ing. Early this morning Nixt
net i
went to the negroes' cabin to get
01 them out to work.
*iat It seems that he used force
the with one of the women, who
called Nimmons to her relief.
auy Nimmons rushed in and shot Nix
go through the neck without giving
p08 any warning and again through
er_ the body as he fell out of thej
door. Nix has been given trouble :
by the negroes many times, and i
use . . . . .
it became known today that
1611*
Nimmons had threatened in the
k18 earlier part of the week to conr
ke* mit the crime and had prepared '
1106 himself for it. The news of the
ud, tragedy spread rapidly and soon
pou hundreds of citizens and officers !
)lu- of the law with bloodhounds!
,try were in pursuit of the negro.
} We do not know of my of tier pill that
is as good as DeWilt'' l.iule Karly j
?be? Hi.-ers, the lamoiis liitie liver pills? ,
small gentle, pleaentil and sure pills]
any Willi a reputation -old by .1 F
jer_ | MacWey Co. vv->
ient
Mud ! Revenge In Ceylon.
e ?q | A ayateni of Cingalese -*hJa< k magic'
j peculiar to the Island is still practiced
lieir in go (lie parts of Ceylon. It Is elated
,elv ' there are 4.440 different methods
t j of ratiMlng III to others. Here Is a
COS. translation of one ?>f the^e methods of
rew dealing with yotll enemy
j "On Sunday eleven peya" cue |?rj? ,
i equals twenty four Kngliah mtnutea? )
lose | "after sunrise Vama l>evi" the god of;
^ow | death and Judgment "H'? > to the wot.
Start at this hour; take a meal of
to btaiwU rice; dress in red colored garihed
naaota.
I 'Take a root of glider at the time of j
mP tbe xortlac of Aries; w t lie on it ti?*
name of your rival, harm it IPS timer.
)ftre wr*P It In a golden colored cloth and
place it In your vvakal.
y Of "When you meet your rival, look .1 |jj
tide ",n?'Khi into his face and break the
root In your baud. Within nine pejus
ircll be will In* killed b.v an elephant, and ]
CX- when .seven months elapse six other
. persons of his family will meet tbelr '
11 11 doom " Ceylon National Hev lewheir
ijl, , A Gale by Another Name. ( ___
Uotibtle** there were mauv puazled !
tf'C readers when a deep sea skipper rolled j Bfcl
tiale 'u,,) harbor a f?w days ago and" |^|
reported that hi- ship had been l?e-V
'I- lated hv a irale winch had iiit.? .1 in. in 1 ?
l*Il\ 'for# 10." "Fore 10," it wa* ex- j
plaln^l. meiiiit ?? ?n??thlnjr like :i luirrl Win
|'lo> en no. It la a term hollowed from tlie
,vith Beaufort scale a scheme of wind
, measurements del iaed by the British D3
admiral Beaufort before the days of
lliht oeeiiti Ttdiijr -team l or. e 1 was a 1'"
v, calm, foree J a light breeze, and so ou '1
up to the hurricane velocity. Perhaps, |,.j?e at
J'tt- too, the Beaufort m ale may give a |Pn > .
I JO,, clew to those who have been wonder n,ai.se
lug for some time at the title of n \|>|>li<
r{i6tl popuiur Herman picture It is just one ir rs ?
Ji?l] eipause of fr?wnlug cloud Mini atoroi, vacant
tossed billow, and the artist has ua tried.-"' u> |
lllto n "wiiulstarke 10. 11." New York Sua. I*1 l,u
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iHbly BUI',II UltlNKKUs and oth-rs wl o sii?- *hou,d
soles 1 with Blight s |)i*et*a, i )i a bet cm Back |'ore
ppli- Ac.le , oi nu> Kidney or I'.la.l hi Tr< nt?le exsimi
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tand B! Oi.l) /INI) K1DM.Y I A Bi.K 1>, * t\i?M??n
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