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FRIDAY, MAI Z6, iyi?. s* Lesson : (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Teacher of English Bible In the Moody r Bible Institute of Chicago.) n (Copyright. 1919, by Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR MAY 25. 5 li REPENTANCE. 0 LESSON TEXTS-Jonah 3:1-10; Luke IS: j, 1-5; Acta 2:37, 38. GOLDEN TEXT?Repent ye, and believe the Gospel.?Mark 1:15. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL?Isaiah 1:10- 8 JO; Luke 3:1-14; Acta 17:30, 51; 2 Cor. 7:M1; a S Peter 8:9. PRIMARY TOPIC?God's Willingness to Forgive. T JUNIOR TOPIC?The People ?f Nine- * veh Repent fc INTERMEDIATE TOPIC ? Turning From Sin to God. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Tbe Nature and Fruit of Repentanoe. I. The Repentance of the People ef . Nineveh (341-10). The following steps are noted In * their conversion: 1. Hearing the Word of the Lord ^ iTV. l-4>_ The Lord commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, a great and wicked city, and ^ there "preach the preaching" that he ( bade him. Jonah's runaway experi- t ence (see chapters 1, 2) was such that . he was willing to obey God. His chastisement was severe, but by God's I grace he was now ready to execute the commission. "Jonah arose and went j unto Nineveh according to the word df the Lord" (v. 3). So great was the ' city of Nineveh that It required three days to compass It; that Is, to visit its r very centers of activity. Jonah, com- j ing from Palestine, doubtless entered the city from the sonth, and during an entire day going from center to cen- c ter cried, "Yet forty days and Nineveh Bhall be overthrown" (v. 4). Since a the king's palace seems to have been In the south part of the city Jonah's ' message soon found Its way to him. If ^ every preacher would preach what God bids him there would be more cities j turning to God. , 2. Believing God (v. 5). They not only believed God would * visit Judgment upon them, but believed r In God, and put their trust in him for j mercy and salvation. 3. Repented (nr. Their penitence was shown in (1) x proclaimings fast and putting on sackcloth (w. 5-7). These marks of hn- a miliation were shown by all, from the r king on his throne to the most humble man. (2) Cried mightily to God ( . t 8). In the midst of thglr humiliation they cried with intensity to God. (3) j Turned from their evil ways (v. 8). The final test of penitence is turning from sin; it is hating sin badly enough v to quit it t 4. Accepted by God (v. 10). When the Ninevites turned from their evils , God refrained from executing doom I upon them. It averted judgment God j * is unchangeable. His holy nature is | g unalterably opposed to sin. When men fc repent from their sins his wrath Is turned aside. This Is what is meant by God repenting. ' II. The Necessity of Repentance s (Luke 13:1-5). j. Repentance is necessary on the part r>f all all are sinnersi "The I wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). | While God Is unalterably opposed to, 1 sin he Is Infinitely gracious. His holy j j nature compels him to cause judgment: j to fall upon those who will not turn i from their sins to serve him. Re- i * pentance is not merely a matter of: s privilege, but of absolute necessity if j t one would escape the wrath of God. i Repentance la the only door of escape from perdition. It is not a question of * how great a sinner one is that de- J termlnes the need for repentance, since j I God cannot look upon evil: "For thou ; v n# nnwp avm than tn hphnld evil. ' and, canst not look upon Iniquity" < (Hab. 1-13). No one can ever see him j 1 In peace unless he turns from his sins. | r God commands men to repent (Acts; r 17:80). III. The Blessed Results of Repentance (Acts 2:37,88). 1. Remission of sins. Remit meansi to send away. The one who repents | Is rid forever of his sins, for he Is a new man In Christ 2. Gift of the Holy Spirit When * one Is regenerated he not only Is rid of * his sins, but God, the Holy Spirit 11 takes up his abode In him. He is his a teacher, guide and defender. These c blessed results ought to move one to . repent The goodness of God ought to 1 prbvote men to penitence. * t You Cannot Lose. c To have Is to use, not to hoard. "He that saveth his life shall lose it" That!a ..IV Is the reason for spending younseir? the fact that you cannot lose what you really have; the fact that spiritual quantities are real quantities; that the best in ua is better and stronger! than the worst. If we believe in It; j that, to the eje of faith, Satan?like j lightning?Is forever falling from the j heaven of things that endure.?W. H. Blake. Influence of the Bible. Hold fast to the Bible. It Is the beet-anchor of your liberties; write Its precepts on your hearts, and practice them in your lives. To the inm KaaV va or* Ind?htm1 i 11UCUCC Vi Uli? uvv .. v ... for the progrew made In civilization, and to this we mast look as onr guide In the future.?U. S. Grant Qod le Love. Tiore Is not love which alteration teds." The unchangeable is Love, tuxd Love is the unchangeable, for CM JM*** . i i ?? m wr ?mmmm kVVVVVVVVVVVVVW ? , i FAIRFIELD. V t V i AV^VV?AVVV?iVV Wj Fairfield, May 21.?We had a nicejz ain Monday which will set the far^ s lers back with their work. If this, i ain keeps up it will make "Gen.jS Jreen" grow considerably. As you j '"OT" ?>"'n ic +VlO Hfp rtf it. ] J; aivrr ium v??v Miss Minnie Belle Talbert spent ne night last week with her aunt,j Irs. Fannie McCaslan. j Masters Reese and Edmond Young pent Sabbath afternoon with Carl ,nd James Young. Mrs. J. A. Brown and Mrs. Parrie leagan called to see Mrs. T. A. Taliert and family on last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Purdy and'' ittle dear, also Mrs. Jimmie Purdy, if Abbeville, called to see Mr. and irs. W. D. Purdy Saturday afterloon. Mrs. T. A. Talbert spent Wedneslay at the home of Mr. Joe Young. Misses Sara and Elizabeth Cres?ell of Harrisburg, Mrs. Jennie j 2ook and Mrs. Ida May Tittle were he spend-the-day guests of Mrs. rlary Creswell and Mrs. T. A. Tal lert on last Thurday. i Miss Irene Young and brother, 1 ames, spent one night last week 1 rith. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Young. (1 Miss Frances Creswell spent Wed- < lesday night with her teacher, Miss' )aisy Gable. Mr Wylie Long called at the home >f his uncle, Mr. Joe Young Sabbath. Misses Willie and Maggie Young pent a few days last week in Puckitt Town with their sister, Mrs. A. R. talker. We wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. 1 I. A. Crawford for the nice straw-J terries they sent us last week, and, dr. and Mrs. W. D. Purdy for the ' lice honey. There's nothing like havng good neighbors. Miss Maggie Young spent the (reek-end with relatives in .Lethe. | Quite a crowd of our young folks jttended the entertainment at Lethe 1 Friday night. They reported a nice' ime. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Young and! ittle Gladys Bowen, David loung ind sister, Miss Alma, went to Green rood Friday afternoon shopping and o have dental work done. Anyone who doesn't believe that -1 At. Joe Young has a good Ford, ask| he "Judge," It wouldn't pull in low, ;ear, so we just turned around andj ^ >acked up the hill. - The roads were; omewhat rough but we made ,the j rip all right and got back to Troyj afe and sound. Now don't you think j t's a good car? Pulls backwards asj roll as forwards. Mr. Joe Young and daughters,! iisses Eva and May Belle, and Mr. j' oel Young called at the home of,Irs. John Spence Sabbath afternoon o see Mrs. S. L. Long, who has been ick for some time, but we are glad 1 o say that she is improving. Mr. Robert Creswell dined with ilr. T. F. Langley on last Sabbath. Misses Lillian Creswell and May Jelle Young spent Saturday night eith Miss Lindel Young. Misses A. Z. and Lena Spence, and ittle brother, Thomas, spent Wedtesday with their aunt, Miss Zellie ^angley. * ABBEVILLE AND ITS LIBRARY ??? i Abbeville has a public library, a itifully supported, struggling instiution that's hardly worthy of the] tame. True, it has books and when \ collection of books has reached a ' 4L. ?I*. ^ ertain numerical suge, mw reautt s called a library. The local library las less than 100 members. There is >ut one deduction; either the people >f Abbeville do not read or there ire sufficient private libraries in the ' tomes of the well-to-do for a public ibrary to fill the need. . But private libraries do not meet | ^ he demands of the many for good, >ooks. And if this city had a well I ( ipp'ointed library with a varied seection of different species of books, iction, science, history, reference, a aste for reading and a knowledge of ( he use of books would be developed hat would prove of inestimable edu:ational value to the public. } It is planned in the near future to ' Detain a canvass of Abbeville for new ' nembers for the library. Funds are 1 leeded and will be raised in various 1 ;vays. One way that has been suggested is an amateur play. A competent director will be obtained for di- < reeting and staging the performancej i md it is hoped to raise some money ' n this way. But the most that can >e hoped to be raised in this manner s $100, obviously inadequate. An institution which has the broad 1 ippeal that a public library has ihould be supported by an appropriition from the city. A very small1 mm would suffice. About $200 aj rear we are told, until a Carnegie 11>rary is obtained. Plans were on foot before the war erminated them, to get a Carnegie j .library for Abbeville. The Carnegie:: 'oundation promised $10,000 to put, ip the building if $1,000 could be^ ruaranteed to run the library. It is j loped to re-open the campaign for. ;he Carnegie library in the near fu- 1 ure. The present institution should! lave the support of the people of Vbbeville, but their support should lot stop there. With little effort we :an get a larger and better library, >ne that will fill a wider field of use- , !ulness. That is the goal. The present library is in charge of Mrs. Henry Norwood, who does all ;hat could be expected of her and nore with the present complement of sooks and the present quarters, ane jays that there are no funds to buy nore books, no money to expand and neet the ever-growing needs. The nme has come for real support for ;he: library from the people of this :ity. THE HOHENZOLLERN SWASHBUCKLER. (By Tim Casey.) I. All vanished are the dreams, Abandoned are the schemes, Rebuked the odious Hun crew, Since did become unfarled, Above the startled world, America's Red, White and Blue, Where streams shine silver white, Where ran the fiercest right, That freedom's stars did ever greet 'Neath sunbeams that enhance The fairest flow,rs of France * 3n soldier graves abloom so sweet. n. That hateful German ring And its detested king, With Ludendoff, barbaric Hun, In villiany long trained, As all have ascertained, A.nd Hindenburg, who kept the run With foul, black-hearted knaves Who dodged the deep sea waves, [n capability excel, in reprooate degree, As all did clearly see, rhen gen'rallissimo of hell. .. in. Such fiendish men of shame, Who play the div'lish game, 3f butch'ring babes in mothers'I arms, Dishonoring yoang maids In foul and lech'rous raids, \nd paralizing with alarms The wounded, dying men Who fell within their ken, Cruel and most savage grow, In deeds of Mongol lust, And Stygian-black disgust, [Jntil the butcher's overthrow. j IVThis defunct crownhead, Bill, With fell desire to kill, / 3as fashioned murder into art, T\ :i. J i: -j- i jL/cvcib nuu net) uutue true, By that atrocious crew, Whose Hohenzollern serpent heart And acts were more malign And div'lish on the Rhine rhan savage Huns did iver.aeem When King Attila's bow, Five centuries ago, Was broken in the Marcian dream. V. America's bright star, To bleeding France, afar, Did in resplendant beauty shijie, To blight the hateful foe, Who by the Somme's swamp flow [n pensive sadness did resign. From Lille unto Lorraine, Back to the river Seine, rhe vales and hills were red with gore, Foreshadowing the fall Of Kaiserdom and all Of Prussian rule forevermore. vvuvvvvwvvvw CALHOUN FALLS. V V vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Calhoun Falls, May 21.?An ice cream supper will be given on Saturday night, May 24th, for the benefit j of the Band, at the Mill Hall. Every! ( body invited to attend. Rev. Underwood, of North Caro- \ Una, spent Monday night and Tues-j day with friends. i t Mrs. Horace Brown of Mt. Carmel,' spent Tuesday afternoon with her! 2 sister-in-law, Mrs. E. L.Boyd. I . Mr. J. G. Poore has accepted a po-! j. sition with the Capudine Chemical xt n UU., ui lvaicigu, n. V/. , Mr. Cleo Tucker of the U. S. S. | ^ Dakota Battleship, is at home on a' 27 day furlough. Born?To Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Boyd, May 19, a son. I ' Corp. Lonnie Parker, of the Rainbow Division, is at home after 21 months service overseas. Capt. and Mrs. Pruitt and son,; Calhoun, dined with Dr. and Mrs. | Hicks Tuesday. Miss Ruth McClane spent Tuesday night with Misses Annie and Ethel LIFT OFF CORNS! ' Apply few drops then lift sore* i touchy corns off with fingers .ljNN^0 Doesn't hurt s bit! Drop a little Freezone on an aching corn, instantly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right out. Yes, magic! A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but a few cents at any drug store, but is sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the calluses, without sore ness or ixxiuiuuii* Freezone is the sensational discovery of a Cincinnati genius. It is wonderful.?Adr. SALE A^ PR i* We offer for sale c John P. Wilson Horn just outside the city ' horse farm in cultiv* This is a good farr you had "better see us The L. C. Haskell Large, roomy dw s?Y?rpR ironH land, i O ? 7 through it. Can cut < value. V 1 lot on Parker Sti cellent building lot 2 nice lots on Trin Square, convenient t< sale. . 9. lnt? rvn Ward law | are nice residence lc Abbeville In "r Fc ? J. S. STARK, I 3ooley. Mrs. F. E. Cowan is spending vhile in Hamlet, N. C., with her sor Mr. J. G. Poore spent Tuesday ai ernoon in Anderson on business. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Campbe! ind children of Columbia, spent J 1__J. 1. "it, Potvir ew uay? ictbu WCCA wim mia. iell's parents. Miss Mary Dickson I is spending vhile with her sister in Memphi; ["enn. Capt. J. Q. Pruitt, of the 1st Di\ SAVE TIRES do not ruin tires if properly r< Let us examine and advis casings. Tube repairing, 25c. up; MARTIN t At Citj Want to F? sffl Take an j v TRY IT AND SEE hew much b? iMdaehTt tired, don't-know-what's-the TROUBLE IG, your j clogged with a lot of impuriti over-worked digestive and elimi can't get rid of. Pills, oil, salts, calo nary laxatives, cathartics and purges i bowels and prod the liver. Nature'm Remedy (NR. Tablets) acts Oi liver, bowels and even kidneys, not for< ing and strengthening these organs, prompt relief and real, lasting benefit. ] Nature's Remedy will act promptly, th so mildly, so gently, that you will thir self has come to the rescue and is doi And oh ?^ is sold GwareTttee!^^^^: ?nd reccir.raendcd ry your druggist^ THE M'MURRAY 7 np P A V/ J. 1 ID CI :OPER > . . >ne of Abbeville Coun e Place, 140 acres of limits. Good dwelling * firm Will r?nf in erris? AUiViJL* Yf 111 VUU 111 U11Aw n and one that will sell i before someone else \ Home Place, next to C elling with all mode] ncluding fine pasture Dff 12 to 15 city lots is' eet, 105 feet front an( ity Street, block and ) Seaboard Shops. Exc Street, and 1 lot on 0 >ts. Convenient to towr isurance & Tn >r prices and terms, see or ision, after 21 months active service a; in France, returned to the city Safci.! urday on a 15 day furlough. >! Mrs. W. J. Blake is spending a j while with her parents in Lawrence[jj ville, Ga. A Q Pnv Hmitrllt.pr. Mr*. a nio. OT ? ! Hugh Cox, and children, are spendi ing a few days in Anderson with a 1 relatives. Engraved cards and wedding invi- jg r- (tations at Press and Banner Co. SAVE MONEY 1 spaired. e you before throwing away your Casings, 50c. up. ind PENNAL. r Garage. :1 Just Rigid? I NR Tonight . r itter you fed in th? morning. That **I?CfK." -matter foellaf will b?fOD??Toa11 Im1 fin*. A ies that your organs mcl and ordi- "35 only force the ^B 1 the stomach, . ' ? J :ing, but * The result is H^k, Vlake the test. oroughly, yet ik nature her- ^: r{ ^Sgm ug the work. ;.::;&ra| , a relief! ^WJM SI. , nneb better you Kl|UMqH^Hl' - igg ;bia, better every way. NrKPmWRKf illy or ftnbbornly con- iWMUwftwMi . ' :-,*a3 t?o one K.I Tablet /iJUUjiUttV for a treclc. Thca : hive to ti?e necieine / Q^K 'i.-H Jc:t an occasional /M after C-t \7lU bo //JMH ' ./' tokecprourc7st:a //fiB HI _ :oni!;ioa?kcej ///^ffi^93K9^B / -? 32 your bcx ///.BMumn|B t a -45B DRUG COMPANY. | ARM TY : -1 rY ri "hnef -PavnrtQ f.hp s5 tj O K/VkJV xuii. 1AAW) H excellent farm land I , barns and cabin, four | 11 tracts if desired. i . If you are interested; I , rays it: I }ity High School. 1 | *n conveniences, 20 I with cr^ek running I v | desired. An excellent' I i : i : J M JJ 1210 feet deep, an exi k a half from Public jellent value for quick i 'iSl , !< range Street These i and Seaboard Shops. ist Company I \ * II* i nrroi po - I