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BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA ■MW One Man^s Conception of What Heaven May Offer iri the Way of Activities, V- HY/lCMATUn By REVV L.W. GOSNELL Asiiistaot Dean, Moody Oible Institute, Chicago Beauty jcomes alwn’y.s with the .sljjintin^sun. Tltt» woods, the tree-bor dered roads, tlredirook that turns and j winds to keep its level, even the wide . plain ‘ seen from a'height, all sewm more beautiful at sunset/ arid sunrise than at any other hour. The 1 Shadows | • r t • • :-t on the snow are wonderful, more won- (By REV. p. B. KIT/WATER, D. f>., Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago..) (Copyright, '1917, Western Newspaper Union..) Text—In the midst LESSON FOR AUGUST 19 - - r .r „ FINDING THE BOOK OF THE tAW, The words -pf this test oeeur !n sew oral places and" yield precious teach- y i n g ..conferring * onr Lord Jesus KODAKS o/ma All roll Aims developed 10c. Prints 3 to » 5 eta. Pcoaipt attention to mail orders. S- C, BEKSAC, Greensboro, N. f). Intense Heat Makes derful than pny noontide fall Of light LESSON TEXT—II Chronicles0:14-33. (JOLl>EN TEXT-rl will hot forget thy word. 7-Psa. 119 J6. I. The Book of the-Law Fou/id (vv. 14-T7), 1. The occasion (v. 14). It was found while the work of repairing the temple was going on. At what part in the~tefnple we do not kn’ow; perhaps In the treasure house, for it was found while .bringing out the money 'totpay fur the repairs. Iiorhaps this was in <>r near the'ark,’ for the law was usual- mother's iy kept in or by the fiTTc. ■ 2. By whom (v. 14). Ililkiah, the high priest, was the* finder. It is strunge that the high priest was-igno rant, of the place where the law was 'found. It is a sad commeut upon the moral and spiritual condition of priests and kings, since they were appointed guardians of God’s law. It Is, however, always true that when one does not want to have his. life ordered by tile Bible. lie will put it out of his sight. The disappearance of the Bible.'from our homes, ami the neglect of it in our study lives.. Be assured, however; that" though tile lawof the Lord In 1 removed from our sight "it Shall sooner or later come before us to. judge us, God Fins declared that his Word shall not return .into him void, lull shall accomplish-that wherounto it hath h» «>a sent. ,•‘5. Its disposition (v.'lO).- Ililkiah gave the law to Shaphan the scribe, who delivered it to-the- king .along with his reporr ns to the disposition of tin' money which lmd been collected. II. The Book of the Law Read (vv. IS. 20, 30). . 1. TT the.king. (v. lb}. Tills was a most impressive scene, tlie king listenihg T(T"""m^"TT^dtTrg" of the;' ljiw of God. It was the proper tiling to do, forAhose appointed by God .to rule over thKpeople should be anxious to know th^ wijl of God concerning them. The pious N king, believing In it as God's Word, wasanxious to know God s thought concerning the nation, ilis interest became; intensions he was made conscious of the apostasy of his, can b<'. So in our human' life child? Grnpd and age r -the times of the slant- in g’suirtSirry a special charm or pow er of beauty. We grown up, middle- aged pryade 'must be content, most of the" tlnie, to forego rojnartee, to lie practical and useful, the organizers and /'builders'qf tlie world and not its cen- \ ters of delight. It Is something to loOk back upon '\yith cheer, -indeed, that we were once tTiiMjelight and in- •Washingtot sweats. ThatNa tin* abiding ipipiesslon one '-Under tlie enoTttlOUS ffWT stupefying pressure of war the er Ys speeding tip. Mobtt and H«f, the close, heavy sky ^ ~ . ‘ bends (town ovyr Washington, and tlie great sun 1 burns yagwiy -tProUgh light mist. Tlie city stihnns, Its heavy air I full of the sickly obmet o»U»r of -'Io- ffW/flili casts; you are drcnche<Kwlth perspira-' ■ vi ■ J| tion-—even clothes hanging in your Chills and Fever. Biliousness, Constipation and ailments requiring a TONIC treatment: room get damp, lu#rt, worthy of having our pictures taken at frequent intervals to slibw how we had grown. Nobody asks us to have our pictures taken nowadays. Something to Look Forward To. It is alsojiomefhing 46 look forward to that perhaps some day of our de clining'.sun we may' win biick admira tion by a reposeful spirit, if not by the Intricate wrinkles of a face such as the artist comes to love. 4>o you re member that tlie Imagination ,of tlie race, , in looking forward to a life which -if is -hoped will lie more full of happiness ..than that we know, has usu ally pictured it with the qualities^of heauty-whb-di I luive called thdso of the slanting sun? We tithe i/fir image ry in tliese niat'fTTsi’Taigely from the experience—the likings and dlsiikings —of the Hebrew _people," and from the Christian thought of Palestine and Egypt—lands where tiie unclouded and straigliU.»e;itifig sun brings peril and the noonday-g^rtro-is inimi-cal to life. GUARANTEED and made b«| Behrens Drug Co Woco. T*X. fg'n Sold by kll All Drug$i*tt vvi mjftfj'Q ip" 1 "” °ver the horizon, black as Ink, breast- * *-“2*£*J*C|I Ing the wind ;- night swoops-oveY fhe * /■#» jM to\Vn, and storm npd solid sheets of ( w rain. Tlien sun again, breathless air, hvat. Still j fate hammers swift ami heavily, forging history, So fast are events moving, and With such ur- • gency, that never in Washington’s history was so much work being done at «uch high pressure. Great. capitalists and manufacturers run around from <U ,!rt e to office In tbfifr sldrt sleeves;" enthusiastic us boys. Thwarted, puzzl, i-bjoklng con gressmen go angrHv along, muUerlng-to themselves, with their constituents following. What kind of-government institution .is -this—without congres sional patronage? ^x The Willard, the Sliorelmm, the Raleigh look like the llotel Astoria in Petrograd during the war.\ The same military men -In American, Russian, Belgian, French, English uniforms—the samWyenttemcn with something to , sell to tbq government \ • / ’ .-r CtlfATV/fD Is not recommended for ■oW/ViVix" everything; but if you U /^\/ r A'T' have kidney, liver or 1 bladder trouble It may be found just the medicine you need. At_ druggists, in fiffty-cent "und doTlar ‘Sizes. You may receive a sample size bottle of this reliable medicine by Parcel Post, al- •o pamphlet idling about it. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co:. Pinghamton, 7 rr—and ono 1 ose -tefl--eents. also niAh- tlon this pAper. ... (lucces wnen ne proved tlie resurrec tion 1»v the words of Aloscs-ln the Pen tateuch. whose authority they acknowl edged (Luke 20:37, 3b) ! To know the Bible mcans application and toil, blit is a certain sign..uf evil In imr 44bc-A4asgef thought it worth nil- this, ut^i .tliii.scrvant is not above-his Lord. In John 19:18 we lind id in In the Midst of the Sinners— Our Sub THE CROWELL SANATORIUM for MORPHINE and ALCOHOUC ADDICTIONS Statesman Resents Insult to Nation’ MpOii safe ati4~grjo»9»ful. A hl«h c'.aM-'plaes comblnlng’lie farllloe»<>f a snnavormui with com forts arul freodouv^of a private borne. Individual treatment. Our method renders the treatment of Moltl’IHNISM a~s painless, as no operation. Write tor reserved room. Terms tltSlitt. 0 K. Caldwell SU CliAKLOTTE. N. C- W AR clouds hung low and threateningly\\ - er the dining room at tin* Wash ington Union station at (he dinner hour. The firm diplomacy of Rcpre- •entative J. B. A swell of Louisiana, however, which met quick and favorilirle reaponst.* from the management, saved ' the situation. Mr. Aswell, with u r'•* party of friends lii the. rtvstaurant, saw */^sa ’ c\ ‘ • waiter order from tiie dining room a ^ /7*k \jff. boy not more than eighteen years old; rp wr// who was wearing the uniform of a l\ (1 United States seaman. . 1] \l( The boy had entered the dining V ~ W Iwwa room by the main entrance; Jle de- ) v J| m£f if posited his sultcasffby the side of a III llUlll BR-Vi table and sat down. i | r y*|| . . HUS V The wTdter approached him quick- I Jy, and said: "The lunch,counteT Is In * =s==== ^~ ^ the room beyond.*^. The hoy rose, picked up h1s suitcase, and* walked into the next room. Tie was embarrassed. . “ Mr. Aswell called-the head .waiter; Then he—called ajl the waiters, in the room. He demanded apologies from the waiter and from the head waiter, and the latter tie sent scurrying after the sailor with an Invitation to return and be served. * \. , "And serve him In proper style,” .shouted Air. Aawell. " thing he wants, and give me the hill.” "\ \ The boy was a recruit. He was on his way to join his ? on the Atlantic.” tie had only a few minutes to catch hiVtrt had merely droppefl In for a cup of coffee. He politely dec tion of Mr. Aswell tokbe his guest at difmerr * ' “Lookee here,” sJ^d tlie Louisiana imuiber, to the waiter, "don’t you ever do that aguin. You caused - me to lose my temper for the first time Imfour years.” The waiter promised he never again would permit himself to be caught doing anything that could be construed as a reflection uyon the uniform of (he navy or the army. Bearing shame arKi^scoft'ng rude, In my place.cundertcXl )u* stood Sealed my. pardon with fTi« blood. Hali> luJahKv > KODAKS & SUPPLIES inorrun We also do bigliest chrss of tinlshlng. Prices atid Catalogue tipou request. S. Galetki Optical Co., RichnoMl, Va. If the render is burdened with the sense of sin, he.need wait no ItiHm'r. fe tnay lenVe ilis bU'rdetjfat tiie ciuX. and hear away a song. “Tlie Lord hath laid on him tin* iniquity of us all." In order to be saved we have nothing to do but gladly believe this! In several passages Jesus is seen In the Midst of the Saints-i-Our Cen- t ter. For example, Matthew 18:20 sho\ya tie gives us his prcsimce, for where snow-w liihnTiair^' tidling cilf-long ; «t»peri- onee. ()iir / :iti'gels are young children, or grown-up children, who hiive never tasted the experUames of earth’s life.* It is ratlier a curTous tiling, when you come to consider it, that we have such vqgud and nftefi childish imag inations of Ulc possible- occupations and' interests ofvthis following life to which we look. That door Is shut. There is no place for peeping. -We all ' An Enterprise Abandoned. XDT thought you wero flctermined to turhsHre swtmls into plowshares.” “1 nHunsidered; A sword, doesn’t cut inucliSif a figure'in modern war fare, anvliowvX You never can knowhcov superior to oth er preparations in promptness and etiicien- ey is Dr. i'eery’s “IX-kd Shht” until jrou have tried it once. A- single (h*se cleans out Worms or Tapeworm. Adv. X x knoiwjn «»r- hcarjs that the pictures people from God’s law. HTsChief anxi he is “in the. midst,.”,....>YtUkt...q..fLUT.LT:, ence it would make iri’our assemblies ir ; we realized, fliis! The story of liow Dr. A. J. Gordon dreamed Christ came to his church biu* Sunday is well known. In "a lTttle Book, "IIoW Christ Came to Clmreh,” Doctor Gordon has told what a revoUittop was wrought as the result of the <irxim, f<»r.everything was done afterwards as .though Christ w ere, present and they wvre trying to please, him. . X. John 20:10-21 tells, how he giyes us liis peace. He--stood “in tlie midstXpf his discijdes after 'tlie resurrectiiuK saying, “1’eace lie unto you.” Then lie sh»)wed hlsTrnfnTs and hfs sTde, 7or only In his wounds Is tliert* the assur ance. Of peace. After this lie repeated liis salutation, ‘i’euce lie unto you,” ilnxl, aiided, “As i iv Father Inith sent i , Took Him Literally. * A clergynian iti a remote pflrt of the Scottish lliglilands was speaking at length to ids congregation of the many things round us that are shroud ed in mystery and of which we know little. As lie warmed to tills theme, he' became-.eloquent, and frequently re peated the oft-quoted saying of Goethe: "More light! oh, for light I” , His surprise may he imagined, says the Scott ish American, when, after one of these utterances, tlie old beadle, who had been i^i/.ing since the com- 'menceinent of the sermon, woke with a stntq, then got up. tiptoed softly into the'vestry, seized two addit ional can dles flndXiDCending the""'puTjut stairs, placed tlieih beside the two already tlter.e, and iilXy..loud whisperf heard GIv* him every- ignorant of the \\’onl of .the Lord is a great- crime. The crying need of the age, with ail.its hoast<‘d knowledge, fine church equiphtent and cultured minis- T HE Blhllcfll injunction to "go to the nntfdhou sluggard, consider his ways and be wise,” has been Improved on by Elise DuFoiir, interpretive (juucer, who, In a brief talk- to the Arts club, advised her auditors also to consider the ways of tiie cat,- the caterpillar, the 4 .frog,-tht* hear, and the birds. jlwPitfl “All tiie world is rhytlimic vxcepA hian." said M'<s I MiEoug. "lie alone tvjnHpllt Is 'out of harmony brought to the ears of tiie people, III. The Effect cf the Reading of the Law. (vv. 20-28 ; 31 3:>\^ When God's Word is intelligently reyVDu'nd under stood. there is bound to be tap impres sion blade; „ ' • 1. The l;ing rent iris clothes-(W49). The man who wifi "honestly UstenXb-c the reading of "fTod’s. Word will bX Making ;ind the rhythmic dance. Is the way to put him in tune. We should' go to the cat to learn to loosmi the hones of the- spine; to the caterpillar to learn to curl up and un- curl from the (‘enter; to the frog r to learn tiie proiicr urtlculation of the Joy in the ThSught of Service.. The only attitude of niind which is possible toward tlie occupations "of the corning 1 if * is that of a'joyfully (>x- ueefa'nt ontimism. ■ For a man who lows work :in-i chafes under alL imic- ti\ity perhaps-*, the most encouraging proniiso-iiuHoIy. \Vrit must always be: “IliS servants shall serve him.” Even golf might pall, or ice hockey, or I>ridge; except as a part of the" mere variety of life. —A heaven of idleness— after the first few days of resting out — might turn into a hell of boredom, if. ere jhk-"personal relations „t ( > sweet with service to lie ren- l know* that In the slanting uld ago, as we know it on the good many of us are recon- unainbitious arid quiet boors, uf ^chikliXtL-timos. of that is hot Heaven-— nl acceptance of gath- ;'. x Ihit who could look uns ^ rmauetit senility, even offerin Peace, perfect peace in this dark world" te-a>kHat-ftf-Jesin»-Vr4iit-ti‘-Ts pc,e-e within;- dkci, p* rfe> t peace, tiy thronging dutiea vtCK'd of sinmnd wifi take tiii- place of sel/-aimsetnent tiefote the Lord. The king lirstXyyv ids owii siiis and con fessed ~them. If i< a good sign when our learn from his easy lope the proper articulation of; the hip J birds we. may learn the dying'rhythm, .and,one sings as otic many animal rhythms that we might study with much profit Miss DuFour was one of three speakers at the others, being Ossip I’eralma, Russian portrait pal ringer. . .... Ttie talk of Mr, Peralnia cohtahied. as much ] made frequent reference to the bonds of felh^sliij the new Russia..' , \ ✓ “This Arts club is a wonderful cradle of progre It is a pioneef'moyeiiicnt in 1 Washington capitals. Washington is pressed peoples. America has gopie that these great ideals do not peffsh und he is on ttie throne, and not primarily those of then," said the finder i trousers button. thy name unto my brethren, m the midst of the churohNvill J-.sing jiraise unto thee." Christ did not speak of his .disciples as his brethren till after the fesurfeetion, for sonsliipis-a liless- ing Of tlie new covenant. In the text before us we-see Jesus crowned and leading the praises and prayers of his church. He is fully accepted liefore 1 God and is our representativi*-; so, as our voices mingle with his, otir praises and prayers are acceptable, Once again, in Revehition 1 :13 Jesus is stau "in the midst” of seven golden candle- sth 'JvS,- represeti^ioL’- Uie clnnxh.- Erma- tiiis place amongst his people ho usdn the letters to-the After the field Is plowed coiHe the rrowing details. \ ss,” said the Russian, "for •which has become tiie capital of ( .J| (>( j tlie great itl'eal which stands for liberation of. op- t | h> eouiiK'i'J'drt odd the war to help, huhiauity, to see s]» .qdclt 4hd , that is a cheep! j* cring disahiiifi'" r forward to a pc ^though it held" the premise of :ifu?r- binrtm; naps mnumeralde? -fleaven is to do fd-piis H\ jttrr-H hy. fill ded fillin' I alir "of youth did the nVa'fi who reached it—=4W* wlmt is tThguse of heaven! The 1 startitig.poitd-of 'tlm life to come, .• thank Gbd. is" not to ntmtlil* stage of progress we have., reached 4b the 1 pas- of fliese earthly years htThe very moment they may end. My grand mother dieiban old. "id lady,. r very deaf and mainly prisoned in her sunny 1 chamber with her fjunily pictures and khci* hooics. She had itrouglit up "ten children in a house- w liere her lightest -mr— ■ A - ' word was law and had always led an active ,life of household cares and Out door ministries. If I hyeet he.r in that .other life .we,shall probably need to lm introduced." For she f will not be the bent- old woman whom the boy of twenty used to know. The conditions Patent Fire -Extinguisher Played No Favorite A Perfect Day ebould end—;aj| well as begin—with a perfect promp Christ, dear reader, but one who today walks amidst tliO^chiirelies and speaks to them words of praise or rebuke. Finally, we seeXTesus in Revelation the Midst of the Throne—Our Hope. Tlie Lamb seen by '"John in the midst the seven-sealed g of liis fright to for he alone is worthy All heaven wor&lups hiituj AYty wait fur. tlie time when lie shall rule over the, ransomed creation, which S is awaiting the day ofdts dellver- Never shall this earth have per manent-peace until all other rulers are put down apd he_ reigns who is King of the throne takes * hook of de spiny t*Tlin. .the Inheritance to open it, But while we await that day,-let us see he is enthroned fn our hearts. Some give Christ a place. Some give him prominence.’ Shall not we give him preeminence? _ entry into it r are beyond our pYesent imaginings. We;, carv only think of body as expressing soul, and of the soul as young and full of youth’s vitalities. I think God may be trusted not to let his house become a place of weariness to the children whom he has invited to come -home.—Boston Tran script. / — V lost Is not definitely set forth, but nu merous ways may be suggested. The Bible is a lost book to ifiany professing Christians today, maybe through lack of Interest In it, willful neglect or neg lect through the stress of life’s busi ness and pleasures. May we not each oqe inquire m to whether our Bibles are lost! ’ , 'There’s a R eason —t Thou God 8eest lie. e Innocently. God Is pi Motto. TJnnm