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The Things of God and Things of Men By REV. JOHN C. PAGE Teaohor of Bible Doctrine, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. TBXT,-But he turned and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Batan; thou art an offense unto me; for thou Buvorcst not thc things thut be of God, but thoa? that be of mun.-Matt. 16:23. The latter part of this chapter brings Into prominence the person, passion and pros pect of the Son of Man. The words of Peter lu verse 10 bring Into clear view his person as "the Christ, the Son of the living God." Ills passiou is described lu verse 21. He must go to Jerusalem and be killed am) be raised again. The prospect ls presented tn verse 27. "The Son of man shall come In the glory of his Father with his angels." To deviate from any of these three truths ls to descend from Hu? level ol' "the things that be of (.'(id" to the plane of "the those Him bc of men." Peter Iga om nt ly opposed the second of (hose essential I rut tis und received the rebuke recorded in verse 28. "Get thee behind me, Sutun, for thou art an oil euee milo me: tor thou savour e.st mu Die things illili be of God, but those thal he of moll'*. Krem the viewpoint of the purely human-"lin; things that he ol' men," the suggestion ol' Peter curries nothing with lt to meet so severe a rebuke as the Lord administered to him. "Pity thyself" or "He lt far from thee" is the impulsive expression of self-in terest and self preservation, both the Master's and his own. It is altogether in harmony willi "Hu; things that be of men." Put ns it is written, "My thoughts are mu your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord, for as the heavens are high above the earth so are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts." "The things tliat be of men," even religious things, are expressed In terms of self Interest. "Pity thyself" said Peter, "Get thee behind me," replied Jesus, "thou art an offence unto me." Then snld Jesus unto Ills disciples, "If' any man will come after uie, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." The things that be of God are best learned at Calvary. In Its message, death, and resurrection are the domi nant notes. "The Son of man must go to Jerusalem mid be. killed nod be raised again." If any man will follow Him, he must go the same way, the wny of the cross and the tomb and the resurrection morning. "If a grain of wheat fall Into the ground and die, lt hringeth forth much fruit." Apart from death there cnn be no resurrec tion into "newness ol' life." No man can realize the best until he has let himself go. Human nature shrinks from this. It ls the acknowl edgment of failure, the confession of the inability of self, and also of re liance upon Another, in "the things that be of men," a large place ls given to mottoes, laws, standards, Ideals, symphonies and so forth, but "the things that be of God" belong to a different realm. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his eros? and follow me." The first menning of the cross is death. Tho cross crosses us out so that Another may occupy the place formerly occupied by self. This ls the denlnl of self, a different matter from self-denial which ls practiced during Lent or on Other occasions, and which fits easily into the things of men. To be a Christian ls not a weak sen timental sort of a thing; it ls real, vital, fundamental. It Involves n change of outlook and a new eoncep Hon of life. The cross of Christ wns Inevitable to Him luK-ause of His Identity with us. He must go to Jerusalem and die. The merited goal of the human race Is death In nil Its implications, The Son of God became the Lamb ol God that Ile might pul away sin and overcome death. Hy faith we may behold Him bearing our sins In His own body on the cross and there put ting them away forever. Hut more than that, ile ls lu Ills death and resurrection, the forerunner of a great multitude which no mau can number, who have taken the same view of life as He did. They hove taken up the cross and followed Him. In them. God has made the death and resurrection life of Christ so real and effective that they can assert ?vith Paul. "I nm crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ liveth in me." This ls a supernatural work wrought In the soul by the power of God. Until this miracle is per formed the genius of the Christian re llglon cannot he understood, Christian experience cannot be satisfactory, no! can a Christian theology or philos ophy be built up. Work. Idleness ls not rest. It ls not work that ls the curse of the fall, but fa tigue. Adam worked at tilling and dressing the garden before he fell In to si:.; afterwards lt was hard, dreary unblessed work-work In the sweat ol his brow which was his curse. Worli Itself is 'Godlike and divine, as om Bles?e* Lord said, "My En I hoi worketh hitherto, and I work."-W. O E. Newbolt. Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Bee*.) ANDERSON FOLK TRY A DUEL. One Dead and Another Likely to Die. Seven Participate. Anderson. July 14.-Tom Hays, willie, 51 years of age, was killed, and Tom Karney, another white man o? middle age, is possibly fatally wounded as a result of the fight in which seven people participated this afternoon at Carswell Institute, a section about ten miles from An derson. Ono rifle ball, said to have been fired by a son of Hamey, pierc ed the body of Hays, and three bulJ lets from a pistol, said to have been fired by Karney, also took effect .The elder Hamey is in the hospital here dangerously hurt, having several buckshot wounds in the abdomen. Hamey was also badly beaten over the bead with a pick handle or some other blunt instrument. Allen Emerson, Joe Wilson, Wal ter Hays and Ed Hays, according to the statement of Hamey, came to the latter's homo and attacked him with a pick handle and fired several shots at him. The son is said to have como out of UK? house and fired tho rille at Hays in defense of his fa I Hier, who was being attacked by the live men. The trouble is tho culmin?t ion of m noli ill feeling between tho families. Recently Faint Bagwell, son-in-law ! of Hamey, found a miniature coffin on his doorstop with orders to louve tho community. Tho Unding ol' I li is is said to have had some hearing on tho quarrel, although ill feeling goos ; back beyond this time. .Many l'ail to Pay Kees. Columbia, .Inly ll. Comptroller Honorai Duncan has turned over to the Attorney General's office the names of more than SOO corpora tions in Son I li Carolina thal have either failed to make the annual ro j turn as required by law or failed to I pay the annual license fee of one 1 half of one mill upon each dollar j paid to Hie capital stock of thc va . rious corporations. This license foe is due on or be ? fore the first day of April, and after several warnings the Comptroller j General turned over the names of I the delinquent firms to the Attorney I General for the collections of the j license fee. Attorney General Wolfe j is directing a letter to all delinquents : cullin y lo their at tention tho .severe j pe .allies imposed Ly the law when i they fail to make returns and pay ? ihe license fees. j Legal action will likely follow this ;' letter if no response is made by the j corporations. Tho list as furnished the Attorney J General contains tho names of ii64 i corporations that have made no re ' turns whatever, 18 that have made returns, but failed to remit, the cash I for the license foe, and seven that ; sent worthless checks lo cover the fee. The penalty for a violation of the law hy a corporation is $500 and $100 a day for each day over tho time limit proscribed by (he law. on i or before tho first day of April. ciiiiii !>i>owns in Yan! i?ackwater. Charleston, July l l.-One of the heaviest rains falling here since 1876 occurred this morning and last night, when in an 18-hour period a precipitation of 7.f>7 inches was re corded. Tho record for 24 hours was tn October, 1876, with a record of ii.r.? inches. For a while to-day all street traine was demoralized. Hun dreds of telephones were put out of commission. A deplorable accident occurred in connection with tho backing up of waler from the streets, when little Charles Quinn, 20-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quinn, of 1 1 ?5 Smith street, fell from a piazza Into the yard, in which water was stand ing a foot and a half deep, and was drowned before aid could reach him. Attempt Wreck .Million Dollar Train. Cleveland. Ohio, July I I. -An at tempt to wreck an American Railway E px ress Company train of Ll cars, carrying a cargo valued at nearly a million dollars, was made two miles west of Willoughby, this Stale, early to-day, according to officials of the New York Central Railroad, after it was discovered that more than fifteen spikes had been pulled and plates r? moved from tho rails. Railroad detectives report that tho company tool house near Willoughby was broken into and tools removed. With which the spikes were pulled. Tho train jumped the track after ploughing along for 1200 feet before it was Stopped, No cars were over turned. Fifty-two per cent of the Cana dian railway mileage will he under government ownership with tho pur chase of the Grand Trunk system. Pasteur's experiments on sterili zation proved that plants or ani mals could not bo originated from non-living matter. HATS OF THE HOUR Parislennes Are Devoted to the Cloche Shapes. Enormous Picture Type?, Worn by Pretty Women, Ar? Conspicuous at the Races. At thc fashionable race meetings and in all the smartest restaurants, asserts a Paris fashion writer, one recognizes that a war of hats ls In full swing. Quite early In the spring sea son Lewis-who luis great Influence lu the feminine world-announced the speedy arrival of very large picture hots, with wide, Hut brims and rather low crowns. And side by side with these models he showed-nt Monte Carlo and Biar ritz-cavalier hats of remarkable out line, the sort of hat that Cecile Sorel has always worn. Now it happens that the more ec lectic Parisiennes have become devoted to cloche shapes-large and small. In fact, so devoted are they to these charming styles that nothing can In duce them to look, seriously, nt other models. The favorite hat of the hour remains the cloche-large or small. At the races one sees enormous pic ture hats worn hy very pretty women, bul these are almost always manne quins, who have been paid to show oh" ! some particular style. It is a ran? j thing to see a real Parisian plegante wearing a remarkably wide-brimmed bat. We shall watch this little milli nery war willi interest. At least two of the most Influential ? milliners in Paris are determined to make big Hat-h ri mined picture hats popular, but no ene can say, decidedly, that this efforl will be really success ful-Just as no one can predict the future of the quaint IS'10 dresses which are now shown In every impor tant exhibition of models. At any rate lt ls safe to say that modified cloche shapes will remain fashionable all through the summer months and weJl Into the autumn. j SOME FRILLS OF FASHION Embroideries show an oriental In fluence. I Wool trotteurs aro smartly trimmed with latticed ribbon, j The newest fans nre of dyed 1 coque feathers mounted in tortoise ' shell. i A perky little vest of white linen ! embroidered with black silk livens up : tile dark tailleur. j The smart shops are showing nll , black underwear. Even milady's night ' robe is a thing of clinging black lines and laces. Several smart bats have a hlgfh I back trimming which simulates Span ? Ish combs. These often are made of ? lace or plaited malinos. Sashes are forming the trains of , some of the new gowns. A wide swath of ribbon, which winds around the flg I ure and trails on the floor in lengths i ls often finished with deep fringe. I Some of the newest undergarments I are golden ns to color and made of I soft satin. Others are almost the patchwork which our grandmothers did -squares of handsome silk, put togeth er fantastically. As the season progresses one will see the gay hats bedecked with cher ries, which are now being worn un covered, draped with black lace which In many eases will reach to the el bow. The lace Invariably is very soft. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Drujl?lRts refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to euro 1 tell int!, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, nnd you cnn fict restful sleep ofter thc first ODiilication. Price 60c. A radio telephone outfit weighing but sixty pounds has been made es pecially for the uso of motorists, yachtsmen, campers and isolated farms. I nder ordinary conditions it is said that the new instrument may be depended upon to operate satis factorily over distances of from live to fifteen miles. (ititi bas moro imitations than any other Fever Tonic on tho market but no one wants imitations.-adv. It has been estimated that the world's nut trees could supply nour ishment to its entire population. Ohio has five kinds of time, due to local daylight saving laws and the fact that the State is on tho dividing lino between Central and Eastern time. REDUCE CHICK LOSS BY CONFINING HENS Close Coops at Night to Keep Out Rats, Cats, Eto. When Mother I? Given Ranje Young Bird? Are Chilled by Wet Oran and Die-They Must Be Kept Growing Constantly. (Prepared by tho United States D?part mont of Agriculture.) Chicks hutched during the winter should be brooded in u poultry house or shed while the outside weather con ditions are unfavorable ; ufter the weather becomes settled they should be reared in brood coops out of doors. It is best tn make brood coops so that Coops Used on Government Farm at Beltsville, Md. they can bc closed at night, to keep out cats, mts, und other animals, and enough ventilation should be allowed so that tbe hen and chicks will hu ve plenty of fresh air. The hen should bo eonflnd in the coop until the chicks are weaued, while the chicks ure allowed froe range after they aro a few days old. Where hens are allowed free range and have to forage for feed for themselves and chicks, they often take the latter through wet grass, where they may become chilled and die. Most of the food the chicks got by foraging goes to keep up the bent of the body, whereas feed eaton by those that are with the hen that la confined produces more rapid growth, as the chicks do not have so much exercise. In most brooda there are one or two chicks that are weaker than th? others, and If tbe hen ls allowed free range the weaker ones often get be hind and out of hen. ri og of tho moth er's (luck sud call. In most cases thia jesuits in the loss and d?u?h of these mick*, duo to becoming chilled, If thc hen ls confined, th? weaklings can L raj & find shelter nod bout un der her, and after a few days may develop Into strong, healthy chicks. Thc loss In young chicks due to al lowing Ute hen free range ls um doubtedly large, say poultry special ists In the United Slates Department of Agriculture. Chicks frequently have to be caught and put Into their coops during sudden storms, as thoy nre apt to huddle in some hole or corner where they get chilled or drowned. They must be kept growing constantly If the best results are to bo obtained, as they never entirely recover from checks In their growth, even for a short period. Hens are usually left with their chicks as long as they will , brood them, although some hens com . menee to lay before the chicks are i weaned. NEWS GIVEN BY RADIOPHONE Farmers and Others Interested Able to Learn Markst Conditions ind Pri?es. Agricultural market., reports by ra diophone ls the latest innovation an nounced by the bureau of markets, United States Department of Agricul ture. Tide service was launched re cently nt Bast Pittsburgh, and with th? neceBRnry radiophone apparatus, farm ers and others within a few hundred miles of Pittsburgh will bo able to learn agricultural market condition! and prices Immediately after the dosi of the markets. Tho reports are soul from radio station KDKA over a wnv? length of MO meters. Thc department's experimental radi ophone service follows shortly the In auguration of sending agricultural market reports by wireless. Sending tho reports by radiophone would great/ ly simplify their receipt by farmers and others direct, Inasmuch as the op oration of a radiophone set does not require a knowlodge of wireless codes, Instead of coming In dots and dashei the market news would be received la English, the same as conversation ovei an ordinary telephone. XPECT? MOTHER! For Three General ions? Havo Made Child-Birth Easier By Using -- WmTC rc* BOOKLET ON MOTHERHOOD ANOTHE BABY. Mil BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., DEPT. S D. ATLANTA. GA. Subscribe for Tbe Courier. (Best) 1827 1921 ERSKINE COLLEGE, DUE WEST, S. C. Eighty-four years of Continuous Service. Unwavering Adherence to Christian Character and Thorough Scholarship. Courses: A. B,, B. S., M. A., Pre-Mcdical, Special. Literary Societies Emphasized. Intercollegiate Contests in Debates. .Oratory, and Athletics Worthy of Comparison. Adequate Endowment and Equipment. Board in College Home at Cost. Price in Private Homes Moderate. For Catalogue and Application Blank, write to ERSKINE COUURCIE, Juno 29. 1921.-26-34. Due West, S. C. Here's Your Chance $1.50 Progressive Farmer, $1.00 year, The Keowee Courier, $1.00 year, Either paper well worth Combination Price of Both. Order yours now. For Both For 12 Months CIIIXKSfO AlUO ?FING SMCCiGTdA) Through Florida Coast-7.1,000 lu Last Kow Months, So Iteportotl. A dispatch from Tampa, Fla., says: Chin?se are being smuggled Into tho United States on a large seale by way of Cuba and Florida, Unless prom])! action is taken byv authorities at Washington, condi tions will soon be as bad un they wore on (he Mexican border, where il took live yeti rs to stamp it out. These tire tho statements of Im migration Inspector Whalen, of this district, In whose territory much of the smuggling bas been going on. ll?; has asked for alfi "Wo have learned that within tho past few months almost 75,000 Chi nese have been landed in Cuba," says Whalen. "According lo the sta'e ments we got from some of tho smug gling parties that we have rounded up, these Chinese remain in Cuba only long enough to make arrange ments with tho smugglers to be land ed on tho Florida coast. ' "he fact that all the Chinese who have been arrested in this vicinity aro plentifully supplied with money and are able lo obtain unlimited funds to defray court, expenses indi cates Huit there is a well-organized smuggling combine nt work." The latest arrests in the smug gling war were in Charleston, S. C., whero four Chinese were picked up, with railroad tickets from Clearwa ter, I'la., a short distance from Tam pa, to Washington, I). C. Six moro were arrested tho same day at Dune den. Fla., also near Tampa. Those six were token when they tried to buy railroad tickets to Washington. They wore escorted by a Chinese who had taken out naturalization pallors. This man was later released on bail. A month or two ago Federal pro hibition officers, while in search for contraband liquors coming into Tam pa from Cuba, boarded a small schoo ner and found, in addition to 2,H00 quarts of whiskey, seventeen Chinese hiding in the hold. The coast of Florida is an ideal place for smuggling operations, as there tire only a few placos along tho entire 1,400 miles of coast lino whore schooners cannot make an easy land ing. Immigration officiais, Whalen points out, aro greatly hampered in their work, ns there aro only fifteen mon in tho State to cover tho ontlro coast line. "I have only threo mon to guard several hundred milos of shore lino in my district," says Whalen. "Un 000 000 00 0000 0 00 000 000 00 0000 000 SPECIAL WHILE THEY LAST. One lot of best grade Seven-Ply Ford Front Springs -to go at $2.35 jr. i? AXJUKY. West Union. S. C. 00000000 000000*? 000000000000000> Lane Estate Not Moro Than $?u,(UK>. San Francisco, Cal., July 16.-Th? ostato of tho lato Franklin K. Cane, former Socrotary of tho Interior,wOl not total more than about M;>,0oo, according lo a petition that hu/- been bled in Superior Court hero, asking: letters of administration. Mr. Lane left no will, the petition cited, and his estate consisted of some eighteen arces of farm land in Contracosta county, California, and a fow shares of stock in a mercantile company. Mr. Lane's widow, his son and daughter would sitare the OS ta to, tho petition said. Habitual Constipation Cured In 14 to 21 Days .LAX-F0S WITH PEPSIN" ls a specially prepared SyrupTonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but. should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 dnya to induce regular action. It Stimulates andi Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c per bottle. Tho Koran gives death as the )J - ally for a woman seeking to oseapo from a harem. Designer of Ferris Wheel Dead. .lohn (Marke McMynn, tho engineer who designed the giant Ferris Whool operated during the World's Fair in Chicago, died hero last week. For ten yearn ho was oditor of Electrical Engineering. Ho designed many boats, hollers and factorlos, and waa tho builder of tho town aC Zelgler, Ul. Ho was graduatod from Cornell University in 1892. less wo got help, the situation ia likely to get beyond our control."*