Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, June 21, 1917, Image 6
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By REV. J, H. RALSTON, D. D.
Secretary of Correspondence Department.
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago
TEXT—But he la In one mind, and who
can turn him? And wh&t hia eoul deslr-
•th, even that he doeth.—Job 23:13.
It n teaching of the Bible that ns
to men God Is not In nil thefr thoughts,
that Is, he is not
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in any of them in
the proper sense.
The popular view
Is, that we have
no . atheisTs
among us In these
days, but that is
true only from
the standpoint of
theory, Practical
atheists,, however,
abound on all
sides, and few
live as if there
Wvcc-a - Gotf - to
whom they- ure
aceotiaNible. Such
ignoring of (»mf
means ruin to the Individual add to
the^cobim unity. Amidst the nccunYu-
latlon of the ordinary cares of life and 1
Its pleasures and the frequent extra
ordinary callsmade on man as a mem
ber of society^ he often becomes so
overwhelmed that lie does...not appear
to have time to get God in his thoughts,
and it seems as if man everywhere in
these awful times is thus troubled and
deserves our kindest consideration.
Text—“Why art thou cast down, O
tny soul? and why art thou disquieted
iu me? hope thou in God.”—Psalm..
42:5.
It Is a great comfort to us to discover
thut the moral heroes of the past were'
just such people us we ourselves are.
They fell before temptation sometimes,
Just as we do. They^struggled to their
feet again and went on just as we huve
done marly a time. They hud-to wrestle
In prayer to get a victory, exactly us
we huve to. They were heartsick about
their failures, ns we .often are.
’ You are ujvery strange person If yon
never are low-spirited. We may fairly
be suspicious of one who -U-never dis
posed to be n.bit melancholy. Our alms ]y
cannot be very high If we a re-al ways
able to reach them. We tnrve not un
dertaken very big enterprises Jf we al
ways have been able to carry thern out.
And Just as surely ns a man bus aims 4
sp .higG ktiat he cupbot reach them
or' has plans’, so Mg’ that her’ cannot
fully achieve them, he will now ana
then be cask-down In spirit, says.Itev.
tlr. Frank M. GoodchlltT of New York
Ci^ty. -.The best i»eopTe In the world
have'“the blues." It is the man who
wants to do something who tries to do
something, who feels that he must do
something worth while, who Is peculiar
ly liable to this temptation to be de
spondent. 4 r ~~
Power of the Physical,--.
It Is true that sometimes the cause
of downheartedness is physical.. I Mill-,
ness is sometimes a matter of bad air.
We are sure "to fake dark views -of
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| things if we do not live lu-the sunshine.
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(By E. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
- Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1917, Western X.wipapcr Union.)
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.
exercise
Why Think of God?
The first suggestion is’that God is | If tlu , , )qdv not ha » e the, right* sort
what he is. In the text he is represent- of fo ; (i] jf w<> so clotlu , (1 t j mt . the
ed ns having purpose and Hint It is lm- JdVhTvV functions are not properly per-
posslhle to change that purpose; every-[ toJ . modf lf we Uo not takc
thing he purfios<*sgoes- through to th,e
end. God-lrlmself claims that his coun
sel shall stand, and he Is the first and
he is the lust, and besides him there is
no other God. lie asks.of men that
they be still and know that he is God,
and he will lie exalted In the earth. He
takes up the islands of the sea as
a very little thing. All nations before
him are as nothing and vanity, and he
sitteth upon the circle of the earth
Tin
stitut
e sweater coat h;is become an iu—j-tiful range
tioii,as permanently placed in tie* with',,-white
and the inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers. Paul chided the intel
lectual Athenians beenuse they seemed
to think God like unto gold^ind silver,
and Job" said in ancient times that a
man is foolish who strives ngulnst God,
for he does'not give account of any of
his mntters, and again and again does
the Bible represent God in his infinite
creat!ve_power ns speaking, und rna-
* terlal things,, worlds' and universes
even, spring Into being.
The proper thought of God will take
away the despair that often coiiies.to
men ns they contemplate the world
about them. Never In the history of
the race were the affuj/s of men In
such ruin as today. The world seems
aflame. Material things seem to be
dissolving and higher things held hear
to man seem to be going down In a
universal crash. Millions of men are
dying or are mangled in battle. Mil
lions of women and children are starv
ing and there is chaos everywhere, hut
merits when [’resident Lincoln was
"sTrlcken ‘down by th““assnss!ii\s bullet/
Congressman Garfield, afterwards pres-
enougti to keep our blood inovipg,- we
cannot expect to be buoyant nml hope
ful. For some spiritual ailments the
best cure Is not u verse of Scripture
or a prayer, but a -better supply of
fresh air. We do not need to ask God -
to help us out of such a plight. Our SWGBtGPS and SWGStGr-COcits
eomnumgSense is enough to tell us that
If w^glve our bodies a fair chance our
spirits will revive.
But sometimes our gloominess of
pirlt comes from the failure of our
plans for ourselves and others. We
aspire to be so much better (linn we
are/and the more.we try the worse.we
seem to be. Instead of acquiring more
graces of character we become daily
more conscious of our shortcomings.
And when we work for the good of
others either there Is no-response at all
to our efforts or there Is so little re
sponse that we feel like giving up for
ever. And sometimes, it cannot be de
nied,Trying to be good und to do good
becomes monotonous, and we realize
that thereTs such a thing ps "the spice
of wickedness," and so we full a prey
to splrituul weariness.
The Cure.
Well, what is the cure for this
malady? To start with, we ought to
make It a principle never to sha$n> our
lives by what we know ure uur worst
hours. The best thing to do when we
ar.e low-spirited is to go right on work
ing according to our convictions of
;r Enhaut, Pa.—“I was all run down and
weak inwardly. I had female troubles
and nervous feelini
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and nervous feelings
and my head both
ered me. I would ,
often have qrying
spells and feel as if
I was not safe. If
I heard anyone com
ing I would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me.
I tried several doc-
There are a variety of methodsgto J'™? ^
he followed in reviewing the work of my P mothcr ‘I guess
the past six months and to give va- I will have to die as tnqre is no help for
riety. Teachers of classes, or super-- me.' She got me one of your little
THE PURPOSE OF JOHN’S GOSPEL
(REVIEW-r-READ JOHN 21:15-25.)
REVIEW-Read John 21:15-25.
GOLDEN TEXT-These are • written,
that you might believe that Jesus Is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that believ
ing ye might have-life through his name.
—John 30:31. 4*-—— —----
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r.-r
Inteiulents of schools, may select one
or combine several, as their judgment
dictates. _Of course A the enslest way
Is to procure a good speaker who is
y- familiar with the Gospel, of John and
7the of the past quarter, and
let ' him bring out in the review Its
most outstanding and salient features,
O^e method would be to have “on e-
ndnute,talks-either by members of the
class or persons’- selected from the ■ ., _
school. Each of twelve scholars could V ^f y ^ wodhHike f're'e confidential ad
vice address Lydia E. Finkham Medicine
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V egetable Compound. It soon made*
change in me and now I am strong and
•do 4ul any - work. h—■ Mrs. Augustus
Baughman, Box 86, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women- continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out,a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three-
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health fn Lydia E. Pinkham’a
t" clW*se*<rpni, combined
with‘ either the color or
wardrobe of the modern wnimm as the wlifTWilomiigint, acednling to ute-taste
shirtwaist and the blou-e are. it of the wearer. She i.my eJioo’se aimotig
be assigned one minute, each to have
one. "f the lessons of the .past quar
ter. *
•Another good way would be to take
the outstanding and significant verses
frorii the lessons Opthe quarter, not
the golden text, hut verses w hich seem
to emphasize the outstanding features
6f the six months’ work. “Behold-the
Lamb of God." (Oh. 1 :P>0): "Ye must
be b'orrt/iigalTi,” (3 tT): "Come si*<* a
-tn:in ivhlch-told meuiU-thiug-s tLia-t-^var
I did; is ndt this' v tbe Christ?" (l
“Vcrih’. vc.rily I Say unto you. lie that
■hcareth iny word’and b**H**v«*i4i on liirn
Ilia) s» nt mi*, hath everlasting life and
shaW not' come intfv condemnation hut
is passed from death unto life." (f>:
24). "I must work the works of him
that sent me while it is day; the night
ehmeth when no man can work."
Another method of.review would be,
particularly in the adult classes, to
have each lesson with its present-day
emphasis. For instance, the past quar-
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AAT have ki<iney, liver or
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tie found Just the medicine you need. - At
druggists In flfty-cent and dollar sizes. ]
may receive a sample size bottle of ’*
started its career as a matter-of-fact
.garment devoteoNfo ctunfort alone,'hut
has becom> as nhich diversified as
blouses are, und style is an important
element that enters into its make-up
every season. It continues to llouris^t
on the strength of being botli comfort?
able and smart. „
•\ Sweaters tills season,' shown in si lie
va a .
ter: Lesson 1—Tin* Christian in his • tills reliable medicine by Parcel Rust, air
>. SO” pamphlet telling about It. »
ib allng with blindness. Lesson 2— ^Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton.
ModerfPAyonders of healing and medi-
turquoise, peach, nile green, rose, tan,
foyal blue, orange, water blue, violet
and yellow—all have their devotees.
eal missions*^ Lesson 3—The slu*p-
herding of elinrolpmembers. Lesson 4
Our Food Supply a*nd Our Allies " —i>o ^ know bow tn-give? Lesson s
— ■ v * —Is f*brist suiireine in our national
Every;om». of us must share, whether
we will or nbi, in the burden of the
cost of the war. The common-sense
and in wool, also in filter silks in great tIiin,tg to do is to determine now how
\uriety, are made mostlj iti iwo-culot^ ut , r;1I1 lighten this burden for
combinations. Many of tlieijMiro kuit- | ourselves ami for others who are til
ted to cdufurm to the figure rather
snugly at the waistline, and iVpiaU.Y JvC
many depend upon a sash or belt, Hke
the sweater, to fciVc* them a little deth
nition of the waist. Nearly all of them
have rather ample colhirs and many—
Turning them some of the finest mod
els—nre furnished with pockets.
Tile sllp-oft sweater is one of the
<* wen ter successes of this particular. .
season. Its name signifies that it has fyi for others. - • • ^ 11C ° ^ own on ' n MG'le; pupils would
no front opening, but slips on over the This year. America must feed itself then-draw the gulden texts, one .it a
.ivady-carrying about'as much as they
1*1111 bear. There "are many well-to-do
families in every eivnifnunity who are
not ifieonyeiiieneod by- the hiereased
piuees of foodstuffs, hut this burden
lie'aW heavily on their, poorer neigh
bors. Therefore it is tin* duty of tin*
weIT-tu-ilo Tfreeonomiife in food and to
forbid all waste of it in their houst
supre.
life? Lesson ty—Ambition and lPveure.
Lesson 7—The world’s good springing
from Christ. Lesson. S—Temperance
reform. Lesson 0—The Holy Spirit in
everyday life. Lesson JO How Christ
is betrayed and denied today. Lesson
11—The uplifting power of the cross.
Lesson 12—Why men believe in im
mortality. .
v_A good method of review would be'
to .have-sorueone take up each of the
golden texts, announcing.it in advance
that pupils may be prepared for this
method; The teacher wouldwrite the
texts of the quarter, each on a sepaC
N V . and enclose ten cents, alBO men
tion this paper. - ^
KODAKS & SUPPLIES
We also do biglient dag* of finlsblng.
Prices and Catalogue upon request.
S. Gatedd Optical Co., Rickmond, Va.
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Elections in Land of Nippon.
The^Jbphiiese people aFe--satisfied
with rhprPsqtt of the etection of April
20, but ugitatiot
;arding expense at-
holds, in order to make it more plejitl- ™t ; .\Pie f e eardimard. and lay them
tending a canvass for 41 seat iu parlia
ment is renewed. The Sittue argument
is heard as those after thehim gen
eral election, aceonling to E&siTmd
West. ThtrL’h'ug.ii Shogyo estimates
the cost of Goy candidates at not less
than $2,6-10,000! 'JTils is more than
‘reptvsentaiives *in . tbe~UnlTed States
expend, hilt senator^- have been known
to pay half a million lor seqt.s in that
body. The (•’lingnl says tin* govern
ment simnt $20*>ik»» for supervising
selves that at the last wo are sure to
be successful In all that is right and
true and pure* aud good, since there is
a sash mid pockets; the siik models
being-usually prbvidha with these ’ex”
airfield,
ldent, said In New York. "Clouds and a God wh<Vstands back of these things.
round about him, right- The discouraged man who wrote our
nml tin* eliances are that Tirices^rrfff^
sdnr again. There may not be just
enough to go all round, and some
■ t i’ll! i 1 11 1 'i 1 1
tra furnishings The «coat sweater is
sliown in flu* picture with collar and people will then go hungry.
It is un-
dnrkness are
eousness and judgment are the habita
tion of his throne.” God was not asleep
when the bullet of Booth crashed Into
the brain of the president. God’s
throne in the midst of the clouds and
the darkness did not even feel a
tremor. ' '
God in National Affairs.
Furthermore, God is in all the affairs
of life, whether man regognlzes his
presence or not. When Victor Hugo in
"Los Mlserables” was seeking an ex
planation of the battle of Waterloo he
asked, “Was it possible for Napoleon j
tb,.win the .battle?”. We answer In the [
negative. Why? On account of Welling- i
ton, of Blue her? —No, oftr-ncHnumt-sif-j
God. . .\. Napoleon Jitid been de^j
discourage!
text said, “Hope thou in God.” Wlmt
can fret us if we know that God stands
. bnck of us? ( He is able to take care of
; us. He is pledged to takh care of'us..
VVe cun lean on him .with all our
weight and not disturb film. His
i strength has no linilC and Ids Willing-
j ness to help is equal to his strength.
If you believe that, you will have such
u sense’Of rest come over you as you
can get nowhere els6.
cuffs in a, cokvr contrasting with tin*
body of the garment. It is of silk knit
ted with a heavy thread. \
In colors Ujjci e is. a wide, and Jieau-
patriotic and unchristian to waste food
now, and every housewife eun best
show‘her patriotism by conserving it
in every* way known to her.
Our Help- Is From Above.
The lawyer and the pharisee—and
all thelrwnrjieties—are you and I, mid
wo are they. Unable to justify our
selves, unable to escape from the
~SearcIiITTg“Ji?(]gnibntS' of Christ. TlIIili- -
bled before him by our own consciotts-
^nquricod in m^nitude, and liis fall was nes^of^ siiu ami too often despairing
decided, Wntbrioi. was not..a battle; rilthor thfnv i u b,bk going away sor-
lt was tJrw^transfqrmafion of a uni- ; rowful rath e^tik‘
verse.” - - \
Gettysburg is constdeKid the
battle of the Civil war and
very frequently
three days’ conflict.
in. the story x sOf that"
If Generkl Lee
had attacked Howard's broken corps
on July 2; if General Warren had no
disobeyed orders in occupying Little
Round Top; if the Confederate general
Johnston had marched in the, darkness
a" half mile farther, the issu^V&T that
battle might have been very different.'
How explain? Hie only expbuiJtlytpn
Is, God was in if Suppose.the migfkjf
- nrmy-of Germaif, had not been sudden
ly Stopped at the Marne, what would
have occurred? Sonic" say angels in
tervened but Whether they did or not,
the explanation Is—God.
We should thlrfk of God because
thereby tbc^hlghest Ideals of man’s ex
istence, ^vhether as an Individual or. as
a member of a community, will he real
ized. In these dnys when the individual
seems lost in the general turmoil, it Is
well to remember that God has always
l§alt with, man .In communities. The
famines of Noah, Abraham, Jacob and
Israel In all Its national history had
God’s recognition, and God has given
the warning to suck communities or
nations that forget himYhatthey shall
be cast Into hell, which hallways
b#en true. These is to oe
Aagustlne's hope of a real d vitas Del
rowful rathc^Jifun repentant, we find
lour justification \vhvvc we* had least
* pivotal expected h’is nicfcjg^ That is
” occurs j tlie mennifigmTcii*!\ ary—tlrnt when we
ha ve fnCCd 1 offb-ii*;il^|^s ft Hi
ure and toiih&hb way^off^sthe Divine.
Justice itself Uiecoines nw*r<*iful—ami
we soetlmt only in his justice—a more
Mum human and mitnnilJusfith’iitioiiT—
c:mA^(vol)tiiin merby. Failing to order • ICK-UP W^OTK fOf D^yS
our owtt lives aright, we find within us
a greater power that makes for right-
cousnesgL Wb cannot argue'with him/
/.'Wo fyrjliiot esenpe him. O Gallilean,
t im#. ha At cofiquered! And It is the
.face.of a friend, and a brother, that
says to us: "Be of good cheer. Thy
sins l.»e forgiven thee."—Wntjace Her
bert Blake. \ 4 ^
1:
sfMin to begin getting ivady for Christ
mas time. , ~ '
Itv wav i*f Suggestion, two prettv ac-
v * . * \ —C *•
ces>drb*s of drevss made of ribbon are
fiicthreq^frgpg-, OneSa^ tlu*ni i>; a break
fast nip or white satin ribbon and
-hat wilt rejoice the
’ The Man of Faith.. ^
The man of Talth is'the man who
Shapes his.course by the stars rather
tlmn by the-current, and who lodks ut
the stars oftenest wjicn the current
runs swiftest Small-minded men re
gard faith as a theory; large-minded
men use it as a practical working pow
er to get things not only done, but done
right.—Arthur Hadley.
an account of .HflTlesson as possible,
the teacher helping out with questions
■ where necessary, N
It will he of great value to the pu
pils If they can get In tills review a
clear outline of the main events of
•Christs last weeks upon earth, env-
.i*rod particularly by the past quarter.
There are forty standing events of
the past quarters: (1) The healing of
; the man born blind: (2) Jesus the good
Shepherd; (3) Jesus sending fortli the
seventy; f4) Jesus in Befyu; ('») The
raising of Lazarus; (0) The ten lep
ers healed; (7) Rartimacu* tit Jericho :
(k) .Tes'hs visits ZacchctiS; (0) .Tt^us
nnointed by. Mary; (10) The fig tre**;
(11) Triumphal entry; (12) Cleaning
the temple; (UH Weeping over Jeru
salem; (14) Ttre Widow’s mite; (ITS)
The (Greeks seidr-Jesits: (10) Prepara
tion for the passnvyr: (17) Washing
the disciples’ feetT fJS) Tlie XiOrd’s
supper; (10) The fnrwell discourse;
(20) The farewell prayer; (21) .The
^ \ N,
agony^in Gethsemane; (22) Judas'be
trays Jesus; (23! Tin* :irn*d of .Te-
SUS; (24)' i TT‘ter *d<*nies ,Ti*sus; (25)
Jesus before Armnla.s; (20) Jesus be*
:...fore ('alphas; (27) .Tesns hefqre the ^
Sanlu'drin; (28) Tlie'mscking Si J'“-
sus; (20) Jesus, before Pilate; (30)'
Jesus before Ilerod; (31)'Pilate con
demns Jesus;' (32) The sorrowful
wait f (33) The crucifixion ; (34) The k
seven last words; (35) Jesus dies;
(30) Burial; (37) Resurrection(33)
Appears* to Mary; (30) Appearance
during the forty days; (40) The as
cension. ■ -, . ..i
I, As brought out heretofore, John
sets forth the purpose of this Gospel;
namely, that .‘‘Jesus is the Christ, the [
Son of God,.and that believing on him j 1
we might have everlasting .life, eternal
'«wi«
“stuniplrig trips’’ through the countrj-
by cabinet ministers; members,of the
opposition paid tlielr own expenses.
TJie editor regrets that so many men
entitled to vo*te. fail t<4. exercise their
high privilege.*—Repeated dissolution
of the diet not only causes political
disturbances, he "irgues, I rut imposes
heavy financial ( loss uponMlie nation
and upon individuals. —
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Wifi
me I ,
. lit—-Crazy
Town Topics
Worse Than Crazy. .!
You were Just^ crazy to marry
I was 1 a 1 unatic 1-—
Certainly Godff/V'"~ , ^
‘‘There’s one good thing about Brag-
son.”
“And what is that, pray?”
/“Bb Opinion of him seif. 1 ’ —
, . Truth for Truth’s Sake.
To '‘love truth for truth’s sake is
7 The --gomt-old snrrniTor'TtTskv brings
nothing more deliglitful-or-v\'«>rtit4vk(lo
I than the neighborly gmTieriugs of wom-
i <*n on sheltered porches and in shaded
corners of tlie garden, to work and vis
it. It is not fashionable to ho ldiieand, -
white crochet lace ....
even if it were.'the g_oo<l Sense of the. U( , irtyot - n ’ny lu*idVto-be,' when 4thjed >
mujprlty of Anieiieuii women would ^ fhtejrensures of her hope chest. .
luakb^liein go «»n their industrious \vay , is finished with u full rosette of nar- Ifft * in his name.” (See golden text),
rejoicing much happihr than their r , n ^ satin rlblmp, and it is very rich
and effective in all white.
The corset cover is Tnude of flow
ered ri.bht>p with pale corn-colored
1 hnekground, vague roses in light coral
time. Ihis is one kind of pick-up <[ jfink’ and leaves Jn a soft,-light green.
wdrlTthat the times make most popu- The shoulder nr*
lar. Then .there are gifts^ f«>rjgrud(i*) j u ilhbMfi in the suine - lovely yellow,
ates und brides who^^p-ehtitled to * CorSet covers of ribbon or silk were
their usual consideration. -So those nover quite llo acceptable as gifts as . .. . . . .
who wrimit may knit, - ^iv ura’*mro^m;n Minuses nre mgrr nrf>nf> jS,^ htn l b !* 0 ^ oa - r ^ holars ‘
world, and.the seed plot of all other
.—John Locke.
less' independent sisters.
Just row every*hh* <*Au -visit with a
clear -conscience IT. work for tin* sol
diers ’and sailors goes on'at the same
rnh.v" lire iimvemit nim
tiug needles und >urn and spend the veils of sheerest .fabrics,; for them.'
time making mufflers or socks.for the
the principal part of perfection in this. rm y and navy, and those who can’t
*viU be-* Indulged in the privilege of
* taking gifts for friends. It is not too
A Suggestion.. I /
In setting forth this review, let us^
pot sts teachers tind officers, overlook *;
‘the opiwirtunlty we have of calling
from our scholars an expression of tin*,
faith thatJiflS-be!0«*-boi u vvWWn them.
(Fee Rom. 10:9, 10). Jesus the Tight
of the world has power to set men free
from sin and "whora~the son shall
make free is free indeed." If we
jhey will be made free from the jsiav-
ery of sin and enter Into - the freedom
of believers. True faltl\ is built upon
facta; those who accept and believe
’hese facts will hate everlasting life.
din»'ijMuy.F 1 *' j,. i.NgFUi'WRrHIPM r *'i r ^-ewnip