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SUDAY SCHOOL. QSaasnn VII.?Third Quarter, For .Aug. 15,1915. i WISE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. J 1 Tftni rrff'fhe 'Lesson, I Kings xii, 25-33. j JWmssory Verses, 28, 29?Golden Text, I fSit.xa, 4, 5a?Commentary Prepared j \ ?Rev. D. M. Steams. 1 " "SJEfean -we hear Jeroboam saying In ^ 1 t>A 5 i.JDSc JWtart, x>u>v suau luc nuifiuvui ic^JLnt,-:to the house of David, * they I Ikill me and go again to Reho- ' 'StestEL, king of Judah" (verses 26, 27), f -nrnE jsmnember that God had said to ! aaac if he would walk in His ways and < <J?n3giit in His.6ight, He would be with -sad build him a sure house (xi, 37, 1 3ii., irce cannot see any evidence in : -JaawJboaiB of any faith in God or any Sasxct for Him. When he took counsel zkuii. .made the calves of gold and set r?&*ana .up at Bethel and Dan for Israel r?a< 'Tjporship, saying, "Behold thy gods, <Jf> Ssrael, which brought thee up out of ^and of Egypt" (verses 28, 20), he .Spwvoi himself an idoiator ana a nar rra.it s. true child of the devil. He prehis own way to God's way, i -rtacfejaess rather than light, the service /fiie devil rather than that of God. JFEa; . fcacrilices and his feasts, his altar zbuL Siis incense, were all the device ?aC Lis own heart (verse 33), and it is of him again and again through I fcfre story of the ten tribes, "Jero Smsjeo, the son of Nebat, who made ! XsjcmS. to sin." He never turned from 2ze6*ttH way, but did worse and worse. ^aaaZ.After reigning twenty-two years he ; ^md was succeeded by his son , JBa-Saib, who followed in his father's . ;Ziati?3teps (xiv, 20; xv, 2^, 2G). Rehoreigned in Judah seventeen jpieanre, tout he also did evil in the sight r^he Lord, and led the people into ;&?btilzy and into all the abominations xtTthe nations which the Lord cast out < f.BcSare the children of Israel (xiv, 21 ^Th'u-is a story of long ago, but is be j ? ~n I1 r .r*?~vg ~rept>iACU uu an oiuco ucivic vui <*g?ss today, and as truly as the time tone*? when both the ten tribes and the t?wv? tribes went into captivity for their 1 tfitBE, so the time will come, is even smav drawing near, when the Lord will ajsat out of His mouth the professing I because of her sins and set up T3Eg kingdom of righteousness and jtweop. on this earth (Rev. iii. 14-22). "^ESse church, the company of believers, vffie Eipected to represent Jesus Christ <un tfhis earth, as Israel was expected ft? represent the Lord God of Israel; ':t? -sTalk in His ways and do right in 3E?is sight From the beginning God j?ebe wrought by His Spirit and Hiswarti and His own power. Thus He -crests-d all things In the beginning, and VTa rooMroH nil thlners flftpr thft <scSxstrophe (Gen. i. 1; ii. 3; Ps. xxxiil, ILn all the history of Israel He re<.'S??nied, He fed. He guided. He said S31s apostles. "It Is not ye that rrtjEoik, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you" (Matt. x, 20). Ut as written of Stephen. "They were iruat iiWe to resist the wisdom and the 5?35#rlt by which he spake" (Acts vi, 10). W2?en we consider the worldly abom*a*S?*ons which are found In the ?rjbisn&es of our day and the false ' fcsssdbnig, such as the denial of the vir birth, the deity of Christ, His upica^reus atonement (His suffering for <nr ales In our stead). His literal resursriseJfcion from the dead, present ministry intercession for His people1. *and . ?.!Bra?anir asrain for His own and later His own to set up His kingdom, 'tines it not seem as if many of the lT??5ers of our day are, with their in? Trotsed light, worse In their Idolatry -isssfc -ambelief than were Jeroboam and "3&?fo6boam? In all ages God has had i 3EBts??rvn faithful ones, though always , 'lew comparatively. One day as -fcroboaxn stood by his altar at Bethel ftM Trorn Incense there came a man of -out of Judah with a message from "Lord, and he said that one would <nanK from the house David, called Jo- ' is&rfs, who would burn the bones of the UsSse -priests upon that altar; and as a , stfga. that It would be so the altar was \ '3b?5E rent and the allies scattered. -Sertfboam attempted to lay hold of f'-Sae man of God, but his hand dried ?md he could not draw it back ?aershi until the man of God prayed for 'uIbee- Then he asked the man of God "Sis'go'home with him that he might re- i SJBnsgfc 'Him with food and give him a ( ^mc-ariS1 Tni+ ho ronlifxl thnt hp wns 'i*tearged "try the Lord not to do this. S&wrcly after this an old prophet of '33^?fiel, who had been told by his sons vac ?Kls Incident, saddled his ass and SVirafl the man of God sitting nnder rss. -9TLk and Invited him home, but the 1 CTssn of God replied as he did to Jerovtwam. Then the old prophet said that i -s?. angel had told him to come for , ' 5-Movand to bring him home. (But the rg& man lied.) To this the man of God l^lelded and went home with the old ' *3?*spnet. as tney sat at taDie a strange .sxwssnge came through the old prophet, was fulfilled -when.the man of ' left his house, for a lion met him 1 i-imfi "killed him, but did not eat him i . :xs3 did not harm the ass on which he < t ^s5e. This story is fully recorded in , x ? Swings xiii. The fulfillment of the . 1 Z75SC1 of God's prediction some 300 ; veers later is found in II Kings xxiii. . .Xsto the death of the man of God for * Ttsobedience I have often wondered ' .7Tl!?aurhad it in mind when he wrote 3aGu i, 8, 9. According to those words wj2cre are many who are under that arse because they do not preach the ( -Staple gospel. We must hear only God the Lord has said (Ps. lxxxy, ' *.{? *.nd be deaf to all else. SOIL BUILDING, A JOB YOU CAN- , NOT AFFORD TO SHIRK. The Progressive Farmer. For the farmer of the South we :old that there are few greater responsibilities than that of carina for :he land; not only caring for it, but naking it better and better as the /ears go by. Indeed, so great is ihis responsibility, that we affirm that the farmer who is not a soilouilder, rather than a soil-robber, is iiot, however splendid hjs other qualities may be, a good citizen. No country has ever been or ever will be greater than its common people,?the people whose feet daily oress the bosom of Mother Earth; and no farming people can ever be f?reat unless the lands they live upon are fat and fruitful. Where the rjoor, barren lands are, there will you uver find a poor, barren people? i oor in the common comforts that Tiake life better and more wholesome barren of all aspiration and hope of better things. Where the rich and fruitful lands are, there are ever found good homes, good schools, vigorous, hopeful men and women with "faces turned toward the rising sun.' It is given to but few men to be preat, as greatness is commonly reckoned; but if true greatness lies in service, in doing well our share of the world's work, and, when we go, ieavjng behind us a world a little I etter for our having lived in it, in contributing our bit to the welfare and happiness of the present generalion and all the generations yet to be?if this be the sort of service that makes for greatness, then, no less than poets and painters, no less than .varriors and statesmen, is the soilbuilding farmer a great man, worthy to be ranked with the greatest benefactors of mankind. Hitherto, particularly in the South, where heavy rainfall and mild winters are factors in depleting soil fertility, soil buildiner has not been easy: on the other hand, it has been Loth difficult and expensive. But lhe coming of the -winter-growing clovers and vetches, with the absoiUte certainty that they will thrive practically everjhvhere in the South, has. brought soil-building possibilities hardly dreamed of twenty years r.go. No longer is it necessary to buy nitrogen, the most expensive of all plant foods; no longer need we be without humus, the magic key that Unlocks nature's great plant food storehouses. What boundless possibilites there :tre in these great crops! What r.plendid hopes and visions of better r.oils, better crops, better people and uetter living! Through them the Southern farmer, as no other farmer n all America, has a truly wonderful opportunity. Would you double your corn and cotton yields? Would JAU Mif rnnv ? % 1-,~1.ro JWW vuv J V/ 1VI VU16C1 U1119 III nail ; Would you ward off drouth and flood, ,\nd insure your crops? Would you build better homes, good roads, good schools? Would you have a part in making your community and the South greater and better? Would you leave, as a monument to your life's work, a bit of God's earth better than you found it? Would you do all these, then grow Clovers. THE SIEGE OF WARSAW. London, July 30.? (Correspondence of the Associated Press)?The story of the siege of Warsaw is told for the first time by a Polish gentleman, son of a large landowner in the outskirts of the city, who has just ar! ived her?, and who speaks as i n eyewitness fresh from the scene, his estate being to-day the artillery park t)f the Russian centre from which their heavy field guns are manoeuvered for the defence of the city. His -ecital for the Associated Press is a record of his own personal observations and he scrupulously refrains from any reference to general conditions not coming under his own eye. "Warsaw! Is it a city of terror ^.nd confusion, people ask me. Not at all; human relations go on as usual and human nature finds its usual outlet. Warsaw is the background for a million Russian troops. This makes it the centre for a great number of Russian officers and strangers who give it a cosmopolitan apnoaronPD Af onimafiAn ^ vx UUIIUMWIVII OliU even VI sraiety. The well-to-do people living east of the city have passed through to points of safety in the west. The landowning peasantry?for in Po'and the peasants own land?have not the means of flight and are stranded in the city, but keep ouz of sight. So that the city, with its many officers in gay uniform, its strangers and refugees, is transformed from its usual peaceful aspect and has taken on the appearance of a metropolis. Amusement Places Crowded. "The streets are thronged. The theatres are open and crowded. The restaurants have throngs at their tables and on the street terraces. The cinematograph showa are packed. / There are bands and concerts. The * feeling of terror does not seem to I have struck the crowds. It is like the life of London, which goes on with little thought of the Zeppelins. Only once has there been panic?when the Russian bank closed its doors and all other banks followed. Ready money could not be had and every-, one was in dread of the stoppage of funds and the interruption of the usual means of business and exchange. But that panicky period t has all passed, the banks are open and business is proceeding normally, but with a terrible economic change in prices, particularly in foodstuffs. ^ Warsaw is absolutely dependent for its food supplies on two railways. But these are now in the hands of the military, who need them for the movement of troops, and the food for the troops. Poland itself supplies nothing, for the fields are burned and yield nothing. |1 "The German army has shown no < quarter to the country, but there has i been no wanton destruction except i t Kalisez. At my place they stop- > ped ten days, taking all the cows and much clover, but not destroying. ' They paid by slip of paper, which 1 means they never paid. They took 1 our best horses for the artillery and ' { ave a wounded horse and a slip for 3 100 marks. But they kept repeat- 1 ing, 'Everything is paid for.' i1 "The Germans carry no tents and 1 have no food supplies with them, so 1 that as the cavalry, artillery and in- 1 fantry swarmed over our place they j lived in our houses and out-houses, 1 and drew their food from the coun- i try, chiefly cows and livestock, J slaughtering the best milch cows for J iooc!, and sparing only pedigreed 1 stock. Thus the country was de- ( nud*d of all its supplies and ordinary stock. But they did not wantonly destroy except for a stated J cause. They suspected the village next to us of concealing Cossacks in 1 the cellars and the village was burn- ' cd down, not a thing remaining but ! the chimneys. A Polish village is 1 not like an English; it is a long row ' of peasant farm-holds, built in a ' quadrangle, with clay walls and ' thatched roofs. ..1 Russians Take What's Left. ."Then came the Russians, forcing 1 '.he Germans back and taking any- j thing that was left. It led to some -trange scenes. While at supper a 1 peasant came to make a complaint to ; .he colonel that the Russians had ta- ' ken six of his cows. Tr.e colonel was angry, and summoned his underofficer who had taken the cows, de- ! manding an explanation. " 'Yes,' came the ready reply from 1 the accused officer, "I took the cows. ' But they were German cows. Yesterday the Germans took them from J this man and they were no longer 1 his. We have taken only German ( cows.' | "And the colonel agreed that he could not interfere with the taking of cows that had become German by the passing of the German army. So ' the poor peasants had their houses J and barns burned a.nd their stock ta-' ken by the Germans, and then if,1 anything remained it was taken by ' the Russians on the ground they were ' taking what had been in the hands 1 of the Germans. "Our piace is now about te;? English miles from the fighting line and \ is a vast camp. The artillery is ' parked all over the grounds and sent ' forward as reserves are called for. 1 Our stocks of oats, wheat, rye, clover j and straw has been taken for the ar- J ? my, and nearly all the livestock.! Heavy caissons are brought froir. the!' railway station iour miies away, witn ' great stocks of ammunition, and set j' up ready to go forward. We are" on best macadamized road directly 1 from Warsaw to Berlin, so that this 5 road is chosen as the principv' artillery thoroughfare for the reserves. { "And there we are to-day, crowded among soldiers, with the Russians ^ first there, then the Germans, and now the Russians again; with the 1" fighting only ten miles away, with Warsaw not far off, animated and ex< pectant, but not depressed or terror- . ized." 1 . J ] Never accuse a man of being hon- , est until you know the amount of , money he has been offered to keep . his face closed. , It is our belief that a man has just as much right to spend his hard- \ earned money for cigars as his wife I has to spend it for face bleach. CHICHESTER SPILLS, DIAMOND BRAND Z's..,, ; Co*-" 151 iff , LADIES | r lik jonr Drnnrlit for CHI-CHES-TER S A DIAMOND brand PILLS in Rkd and/^\ i ' Gold metallic boxes, sealed with Blue(%#> i Ribbon. Takb no other. bij ofTourNJf i Oraggbl and ask for CMI-CIIKB-TEH 8 V r DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for twenty-five years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. ? SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS i s EVERYWHERE Slo 1 SOUTHERN BANKERS I 10 FINANCE COTTON VILL TAKE CARE OF CROP UNTIL MARKET ABSORBS PRESENT SURPLUS. I'exas Adopts Warehouse Plan Conference On Cotton?Men Called to M?et in Galveston Augi'tt 20, to Discuss Marketing New Crop. Galveston, Aug. 8.?A move on ;he pari; of the bankers of the South o finance the surplus in this year's :otton crop until such a time as the market will absorb all ofFerirgs is rapidly taking definite shape. A call is being sent out by J. Hirsch, presilent of the Texas Bankers' Association, for a meeting of representatives of clearing house organizations hi cotton centers of the South, at Galveston on August 14, for the purpose of contemplating plans for the proper warehousing and financing of the surplus in the crop Plans as at orespnt outlined contemplate the caring for at least half of this year's production, if necessary Presidents of the Bankers' Associations of the cotton States have been invited to attend. Governors of the federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis, Richmond, Atlanta, and Dallas are expected to be present at the conference. Texas Builds Warehouses. Texas cankers, according to Mr. hirsch, already have plans unde>* way 'or caring for fully half the crop in .his State. A number of small ware tiouses, witn maiviuuai capacity ior storing 1,000 bales of cotton, are being constructed by the bankers out if tfieir own funds. These warehouses cost $1,250 each,, or $1.25 per bale for each bale stored. Gi ewers who store in these houses will be taxed this $1.25 per bale, the amount to oe paid when the cotton is sold. After this year the warehouses will be'ong to the men who stored the cotton, the bankers getting only a nominal storage charge for their trouble. [n the meantime money will be advanced on this stored cotton at usual rates. Already warehouses suffici?nt to care for 1,000.000 bales are under way, and the bankers expect to increase this capacity to 2,000,000 'tales. The action of the Federal Reserve Board in throwing the resources of the Federal, reserve banks behind the :otton crop has insured ample funds ior financing the crop. Would Regulate Movement. The conference at Galveston has for its purpose the bringing of bankers in other sections of the belt into line with the plans. Texas and the Western belt already have their plans * under way. The object now is to " *et bankers in t"ae eastern belt to M oin the plan and thus cover the entire cotton belt. ^ The object of the bankers is not to valorize cotton, but simply to make th onditions such that growers will not m ;.e forced to turn loose their product th nt ruinous prices when the crush in :f the movement to market is too of *reat for supply sources to absorb. Hie major portion of the cotton crop ^ aecomes ready for market in a period Sc if about 90 days, whereas its con- 011 umption is spread out through the ?n nure year, jr- is to ieea tms supply out just as the consumers de- he nand it that the plans of the bankers ^ ire being perfected. th England's policy toward shipments ar >f cotton to Germany and Austria c0 ind contiguous neutral countries ho promises to make the movement of ar the staple to the world's spindles slower probably than has ever been he caS'S. At the same time, how- co ever, judging from last year's con- ^ umption and the present crop promire, nearly, if not quite, all the sun- th. p!v will, be used before the scu*cn br.s drawn to an end. If ?cowers :ire ^ Diinbled to ho'd their stocks unlil ?uch a time as the world rxe i3 them ? fairly satisfactory price should le cr' realized. ye it U. S. FOREIGN TRADE fa ADVISER QUITS POST mi if Washington, Aug. 9.?Robert F. th; Pose, foreign adviser, has sent his cr< ti ?j i ti? , eai^iiauuii iu rrebiueni/ wusun. xie stl iad handled most of the difficult and ielicate international trade problems las ;hat have confronted the Govern- en; nent in the last few months. th< He was an exceptionally close thj !riend of former Secretary of State as N. J. Bryan. In this connection he of nade it positive, in a statement he ou rave out, that his friendship with ma 3ryan had nothing to do with his cot esignation. ' 3m BETTER C NO MORE I New per Cookstove ing easie I cleaner for 2,00( No more drud wood-boxes, coal pans. The new per: instantly like g? high or low by . lowering the wi all your cookinj PERFECTION and twice as co your coal range. Ask your dealer new perfect the new oven th less cooker men - * % s I damper. Also the WATER HEAT independent of y gives you plentj water. Use Aladdin or Diamond to obtain the b Stoves, Heate STANDARD ( Washington, D. C. (New . Norfolk, Va. (BALT1 Richmond, Via. R. AIKEN WRITES ON THE COTTON SITUATION (Continued irom page 1.) re citizen of Oklahoma who forerly lived in Greenwood county is state, informs me that the crop Oklahoma in sections may be shorl normal by 40 per cent. In 1914 there were approximately 'teen thousand mules shipped intc >uth Carolina. In 1915 there were ily about fifteen hundred shipped to this state. While we have no ita as to the number of mules and irses shipped out of the state tc e war zone, it would be safe to say at several thousand would not be i excessive estimate. However, the tton bear may ignore it, decreased rse power means decreased acreage id decreased cotton production. ] 11 a?a infn fVin Acfimafo/1 roHlin. 11 JIV/ b gv liJ VV bliv VUWiiliMWVM >n of cotton acreage planted tc rn and grain further than to say at in Suth Carolina any man who ,s traveled over the state knows at the figures published by the New )rk cotton exchange are ridiculouslow. It is not likely that South irolina stands alone in these evinces that foreshadow the shortest op. this country has produced in ars. The new crop will be short; would be safe to predict that it will II short of 12,000,000 bales. So ich for the American supply. It is said that there is a red insect, possible more destructive to cotton an the boll weevil, and that the 3p in India is being literally de oyed by this insect. While I would favor, as I did in the it congress, any measure that will able the South to gradually market 2 cotton crpo, I am frank to say it I do not believe the danger is grave as then, if the earlier days the market can be tided over with t the producer taking iright at the ide-to-order scares with which the ;ton gamblers are so ready. The president can force England ... - 0^^? DRUDGERY I : ' FECTION Oil ; s have made cook r and kitchens ry'& ),000 housewives. [gery?no more -scuttles, and ash- :?' . ; I FECTION lights is, and regulates j merely raising or n s\ A 1ft I lis.. x uu wan uu g on the NEW ?just as cheaply nveniently as on ' ^ '* Uir V<v; i'J ; ,p.v' to show you the [ riON No. 7 with at becomes a fire- | ^ ely by pulling a ; PERFECTION J v I ER. It makes you rV our coal range? r of hot running >,"* i Security Oil > White Oil est results in oil v. j rm ind T.lfflnt. % ' l-l ife*' I >IL COMPANY \ | lertey) Charlotte, N. C. I [MORE) Charleston, W. Va. ''' Charleston,SC. v v- - to allow our cotton the freedom of [ neutral ports, and this will make it H easier for Germany, whom we cannot B force, to accede to our demands. If fl . cotton is allowed this freedom prices H , will surely be satisfactory, for the i law of supply and demand affecting H ; this crop will be just the reverse of M that affecting the 1914 crop. H President Wilson is right ig his H attitude toward both Germany and H ! England in demanding freedom of mS 1 the seas and congress will stand i square behind him. , ' Respectfully, H Wyatt Aiken. , SB Abbeville, S. C. |H I AND AND SEA ATTACK H ON TURKISH TROOPS H Amsterdam, Aug. 8.?Via Lo'n- mm don.?A and and sea attack cn the Turkish positions on Gallipoli penin- JMI rula is announced in an official Con- BBfl 1 si antinople communication received here today. The Turkish war office H admits loss of ground, but asserts |9| that in another engagement the KH Turks captured some trenches Rfl | RUSSIANS DETERMINED TC H FIGHT TO THE LAST Petrograd, Aug. 8.? (Via London)?The general committees appointed to organize industries for military purposes began their labors ^Hj yesterday Representatives of all HB T)arts of the empire attended the HH committee meetings. HB Addressing the committees, M. Hfl Riabouchinsky, the Moskow millionaire said: HH "We shall retire, if necessary, as far as the Oral mountains. We shall ^^9 light to the last man, but we shall HH cain vietnrv " A little learning is said to be a dangerous thing?and it is just about as unsafe to know it all.