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■\ -V * \ •IX BARHW1LL 8KNT1SKL, BAftHWXLL, SOUTH CAROLINA / i *■ - * x iX.' impiove# uifiroiN untiiMfiom wsm / (Uy REV. i*. u XlUWAi e.K, D. D., Teacher of English Bible In the MoOdy, Bible Institute of Chicago.> •Copyright, till, Wfilfrn Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JUNE 23 JESUS following. f 1JOI11 “liuportnnt S'- + #- --r if f vi • > - ■ JtemH,” pubttBhed by the Southwestern i ihlftion of the/American Red Cross, facts that are interesting to all ~-|ta chapters: V v. - • Knitting. “The president has called out anoth er army of men. This means hundreds •f thousands more.-sweaters—millions tt socks, Many knitters have slack- •ned their work with the coming of spring. Fall seems so far off that It Is natural to think there is plenty of time to get ready for It hut this tfoln •f/ripasonfrrg is perilous, " TheTnsk jjf a big one. Only the stendy-daydiyday work will count—not the spurt of en thusiasm when the pressure comes. CJttllze. every moment. Curry your knitting bags on the street cars or the Carm wagons, or wherever you are. There will be a.greater need of knitted articles next winter than there was last. It Is frne that yarn has been hard to get. Hut much of this short age can be overcome If none of it Is wasted Mr any purpose for wjilch a substitute can be found. Let everyone who can get any of the yarn for socks • . • iv>-i _____ '_•*. and afghaus nrnsr*'poslti i Vely be dls- ehn tin ued. No more of either of these will la* accepted ut the bureau of sup plies."' T ■ ; • Food. •_ v-/- .Preserving, cunuing, drying am erwl.se conserving fruits ami v< bl«.*s may mot seem at all romantic, but they arc genuine and essential ways of being of real service to .our country, and thut'ls all that counts now. They ure among the duties that lie nearest to many women. Tons of fruit go jo waste annually * where no attempt is made to gather wild berries or save the excess of hoipi-gjrotTn fruits. If th**y eranot be given away for can ning, they ought to he dried or saved In some way. It Is up to the earnest women in every community to-help solve food problems. I a r TRIUMPHANT { DEAJH. OVER l Why We Believe the Bible * /■// ^ ' •• By REV. W. W. KETCHUM Director of Practical WorkCourss, Moody Bible Institute. Chicago V u \ r X m m 2 1 0 VI B n V — TOO OFTEN LACK HARMONY ■ - ■■ /■• ' ■ __ r rft toay be helpful to some who are | wondering If the Bible Is the Word of God, if wfe state shme reasons why Straight and Draped Skirts. There Is fi strong struggle going on this early in the season between tire straight and the draped skirt. Both arc leading fashions and neither One Is-flew, hut the ultra-srrlurt woman In sists that the draped' skirt Is better knit t<K*ks and let those who-can only j than the straight one, and she is up- jet the heavy yurn knit sweaters elite hehl I*v many of the dressmakers. f)n , . . . . ... ,.**.• out charge. An arrangement Is now «nder consideration for the collecting i and refootiiig of worn socks In order that tin ■re may he no waste. ‘^Chapters should -knit In the follow ing proportions: For one pair wrist let* knit one muiller, ten lielinets, 6Q, •weaters, HH) pair socks. Our men abroad arc In constant need of sucks. Salt socks. . ' , t “From now pn the making of quills ! . 'x - Organdie for the the other hand, there arc hundreds t>f women who say that the draped skirt has been so featured in cheap mate rials in low-priced go„wns that ; It Is exceedingly commonplace.. The strug gle makes skirts Interesting and in cidentally adds t<> the confusion of the season, which has turned out to he an arena Mnt«> which hundreds of fashions have been IndbicHminntely thrown. X - LESSON TEXT-Mary 18:1-20. GULDEN TEXT-Now la .Christ risen from the dead —I Corinthians 15:20. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHEltS-rMatthpw 28:1-20'. Luke 23.58- 24:12; John 20:1-25; I Corinthians 15:l-5«; I f Th^ssalonlahs 4.13-18. ' X. PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus' power o'vof j death.- Mark 15:42-16:20 INTERMEDIATE TOPlC^The living Christ *• SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Christ’s resurrection and the Christian's assurance of Immortality 1. The Ministry of Love (vv. 1-4). • l. By whom Hfr IK"^3~~T 7^ "t Mary ’Magdalene, the mother of James and Salome. 2. When (v. 2). Early In the morning, the first day of the w«-ek. (3) Their perplexity (vv. 3, 4).. They questioned as to who should roll away the large stone from the mouth of the tomb. To their "Surprise they found the stone removed. They, like us, find their difficulties are re moved before they come to them. If. they had believed him, thejr anxieties ad sorrows Would not have been. II. The Angel in the Tomb (vv.-5-8). Jesus knew that these women would conie to the sepulcher will) unheliev- 4ng hearts, so he had an angel waiting th^ere to nimonnee~to“th'em the fact of his resurrection. How many times w« are helped out of doubts and diftlcul-. ties! by an angel which the omniscient Lord knew would lie needed at n par ticular time. With such companions and helpers no place need seem lone ly, and no condition need affright us. iroupa of—Houses, Especially in Sub urbs of American Cities, Express a Spirit of Unrest Christian men and Harmony in design in groupk of women believe the bouses is coming to a sense of nppre- ; Relation, as is evidenced . by several It is not a mark housing schemes and the architectural of learning, as treatment followed fh certain develop- some would havey Wentg - •• _^/- ■:' us think, , to dls-, rpj ie American, when he builds for he!ieve the Bible, himself, ha* a strong desire for indl- ,,, ,V” 8 t 0 ' n f' viduallty of expression. This is show n England s great * particularly in almost any suburb, k *,/ S esr P Hn ’ where you will see a neighborhood of ‘ ’ ftS e * 11 houses in which many styles of archi- my privilege to 1 itluxto nf muturiiilu QOlOF acknowledged Christians.” Belief in the Bible is not a leap in the dark. It Is not attempting to be lieve it when we have no evidence (whether it Is true or upt. Belief in the Bible rests upon evidence .which tp thpse who believe lu the Bible is suf ficient for them to accept it as the HOW MRS. BOYO AVOIDED AN OPERATION ■ l i ———— >. Canton, Ohio.—“I suffered from a ■ female trouble which caused me much suffering, and two doctors decided» that I would have to go through an operation before I could get well. , * "My mother, who had been helped bv Lydia E. Pinkhan/f Vegetable Com pound, advised me to try it before sub* mitting to an opera* tion. It relieved me from my troubles so I can do my house work without any difficulty: I advise any woman whb is afflicted with female troubles to give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound a trial and it will do as much for them."—Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1421 6th St, N. E., Canton, Ohio. i, tniiiv TnGmatelyTt 4 *^^^-^iiiuiorialH, go^r | Sometimes there are serious condi- schemes, etc., arc represented. The lines and shajii's have no relation to ft* U U R X each other, so that as you look at the • in were earnes groU p there is a spirit of unrest and lions where a hospital operation is the only alternative, but on the other hand clashing in many respects. The whole group lacks repose and the homelike feeling is > interfered with, even al though each individual house might be good enough In Itself. Possibly this result is a reaction front the individuals having previously lived in city rows of a stereotyped •o many women have been cured by thia famous root and herb remedy, Lvdia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, after Word of God or man. ,. ' _ I. One evidence upon which our be- b* an > Ihus having been previously ship- lief In the Bible rests, is Its own test!- I ,r< ‘ ss, “d. "belt the opportunity offers TSony. Believing it Is unfair to-judge ^h?y go to an extreme of'expression, It without hearing what It may have to or possihjy it might in some cases be Girl Graduate <7 \ K The angel s message _ 1. "Be not affrighted" (v, 0). What i'( an footing words these must have been to these bewildered women. The open tomb is the cure for fear; It steadies our hearts when things look dark and we do not understand. 2. “Ye seek -Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified (v. 0). This, three-fold designation with marvelous clearness shows: (1.) His ’humanity—Jesus. (2.) Lowly residence—Nazareth. <3.) Ignominious death—crucified. _ H. “He is risen; he is not here; be hold the place where they laid him" ]:_(v. ff). ' /■* These words throw .light .u; on his birth, humility and shameful death. He who was born in lowly circum stances. and suffered the shameful death of the cross, -is now the con queror of* death. His resurrection gives meaning)jto his death. If Christ had not risen, then his'death .would have been meanin.;less. ‘‘If ChTlst be t risen, your faith is vain; ye are in yoiKsIns” (i Cor. ir»:17). 4. “Go your way. tell Ills disciples and I’etelC (v. 7). As'soon fb^lt was known that Christ . had risen from the d(*ad. they Were to tell it to the diSpJples. Knowledge of Christ’s triumph involves the responsi bility of witnessing concerning it. The disciples all needed this blessed news, but Heter especially since lu* find so denied him. Wonderful -grace, this! ’ 5. “Lie goeth before yon into Gali- i lee:.there shall \f see him” (v. 7). Christ had told the,disciples that he ’ would arise frojn.Jhe dead and meet them in Galilee, but/ their unbelief kept them from this blessed truth. III. The Appearances of the Risen Christ (vv. 9-14). These appearances had as their ob ject the restoration of the- disciples | say for itself we listen to its own. tes timony. • i> . One does not read far in the Bible before he comes to such statements as these: “Thus said the Lord,” or “The Lori! said." These , phrases, or like on^s, occur over five hundred times in the first five books of the Bible, and over twelve hundred times in the propheticnl books. In addition to this men who wrote we' find that the Old and New Testaments the claim their f. v\ utterances to be divinely inspired. And the New Testament) tells us that “holy men of old.spake as they were moved by the Spirit of. God,” and that “all Scripture Is given by •inspiration of God,” that is, God-breathed. Besides this, the book assumes to speak authoritatively from God to man. Now with this testimony before us, we are shut up to one of two conclusions; either It is what it claims to be, or It Is a fraud. Having examined, studied and tested the book with the acid test of experience, we are persuaded that Its lofty claim is established. Ih Another evidence which has led us to this conclusion and tipon which we rest our belief is the unity. . I .. While it_ is a library -of sixty-six books; It is nevertheless one .sinsie book and while Itxvas written by about forty different writers, it lias a single- nessHnf plan and purpose. This in the face of the fact.that-its authors wrote over a period of something like fif teen hundred years. There.is only one way to account for this unity and that is by believing that there >vss ! great architectural mind that designed and executed his plan. III. Again an evidence upon which we rest our belief in the Bible is its teaching. It is the one book that tells us about God; who-he Is and what he is; that tells us about nlan. whence he came, what he Is, and whither he Is going. It reveals the love of God in the' plan and -purpose ‘of redemption through Christ. Without the Bible,-we should bv searching try to find out God and by guessing Jo discover ourselves. By. It, we have come to know God. whom to know aright Is life everlustiEUL~nnd to know’ ourselves. * What was said of our Lord can be said of the Bible: No book ever like this book. It Is. indeed, a due t<> Hi" architect’s desire to have tin* individuality of the house stand out. or tlie wealth of materials and knowledge of styles which we have at our disposal may also tend* to- this variety in‘ treatment. In mi.v case the result is not entirely satisfactory and could lx* improved. Variety and Individuality sufficient for a reasonable nature .may lx* ob- ta!no'd even when the buildings,, are designed with relation to each other, and harmonize in line, 'shape., ma terials, color, etc., and thus produce a more artistic and homelike feeling' to each one. and the entire group. doctor* have said that an operation wai necessary — every woman who wants to avoid an operation should give it s fair trial before submitting to such ft trying ordeal. If complications existijwrite to Lydift E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. The result of many yeara experience is at your service. WHAT DID . SHE DO? MARY JOHNSON S HAIR Waj Short and Kinky Now its Long and Fluffy She Used 1 NOAH'S. HAIR DRESSING Price 25c. If your dealer can’t supply you send to us. Refuse substitutes. Manufactured by NOAH PRODUCTS COUP , RICHMOND, VA. WOOL PIPE IS USED AS SPRINKLER House Owner's Ingenious Scheme by Which Fence Is Made to Serve a Double Purpose. W# Pay Highest Market Prlcss lor V'rginia and North Caro lina Wool ^* No commissions deducted. We are buyers for larrjje mill consuming half- mllliwrrpounds a month. Write or ship to ua and we will allow full market price—no expenses deducted except freight; prompt settlement. Wa also pay.top prices for Hides. Skins and-Tallow. Old Virginia Hide and Wool Co.,lac. P.O.Box 775 Richmond. Va. Iron pipe % inclrin diameter is ex tensively used for protecting 111" small grass spots- between the sidewalk and the street curb, alio petween tlx* side walk and the building,, providing the splice is not large. These plots are very difficult to keep'watered in dry seasons. One resident owner made a combination fence, using the pipe for the sprinkling apparatus as well as for Ihe guard. Small -boles were drilled # t, iiki.^ Iqutas far 50 Tiu* F0I MALARIA CHILLS AH* FTTTX A it i flat Geaertl Str*a(tkcala( Ttate. At All Dn| Start*. l PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation of merit. Help* to eradicate dandruff. For Reetorina Color and Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. DROPSY TRMTMEKT. GIretqtiIckrtnrt. w* SiH-n n raofi-« *w.-litn£ and thort breath. Krrer heard of It* equal for (1 ropey. Try It. Trial tr.-atmefit»rhtMitt, by mall. Write to DR. THOMAS C. GREEN Brnmk ■!*«.. Boa 20, OHATSWOSTH. BA. KODAKS & SUPPLIES We also do highest class of flntshiDf. Prices a n *T Catalogue upou reijueaV. S. Galcski Optical Ca., Richmond, Va. WANTED Second-hand Bags, burlap, acrap barring and twine. Will* for prifea. RICHMOND BAG COM'T Deparuneat 1108 £. Cary. Richmond. Va w. N. U„ CHARLOtYe, NO. 24-1918. GET USED TO SUDDEN DEATH Pipe Guarding Grass Pfot Is Used for Sprinkling in a Dry Season. Grim Humor in the Trenches by , Means Denotes Callousness of Disposition^ ’ t: Nb TTiere is a vogue for organdie—and net and other gossamer weaves— ! tat most of. all for organdie. It is Mfted for frqcks and for hats and In •It Its long history never appeared In leveller conceits. It is made in flower- Dke colors and seems to suggest quaint styles to designers who make the most of its sheer, crisp texture in frocks that are as Irresistible as qprlng blossoms. Frills, narrow laces, flu ruffles and Insertions, ruchlngs and ftaahes Just naturally follow in tne path of organdie and everybody wears this utterly feminine material from the little three-year-old to her grandmother. * So, In a summer when everything that looks like extravagance Is taboo, we may expect that womankind will •Imply revel In organdie. It is made In white and all the lovely light colors —yellow, lavender, pale'green, rose, tkhie and pink and In plain and cross bar weaves. ’ Plain skirts with knee- deep or even deeper hems make place for frills of lace or organdie, or are 14ft untrimmed to be worn over lace- trimmed batistd petticoats. Older women Choose II and these with yellow, blue and rose •hades. The effect of the pale colors over Vhite Is particularly good when frocks are made with tunic skirts like that show’n In the picture. The very _ deep hems contribute something of the same advantage In deepening pale tints over white. .* * The lovely frock pictured In white J ... t Xro8s-bar organdie with a lUtle.Jtlm- ’ suing In bands of thread lace on the.. frOdlce Is pretty eppugl^ to please the ftVOftt exacting girl graduate and siry- fftft enough to belong to her. It has ■ flash of wide taffeta ribbon, shirred across the front with many short rows of shlrrlngs. Very often sashes are of organdie and narrow' frills and ruches of It take the p*lace of lace for trimming. • After a dayln the front-line trenches of war work, clad In overettes In the garden, or overall aprons lu Ited •Gross rooms and the most mntter-of- fnct street clothes for our goings and comings, a decent regard for the opin ion of mankind—with the accent on the man—makes it pleas’ant hut im perative duty to get Into a pretty frock. It Is very restful to- all con cerned. from their awful failure and discour agement and. the convincing them, i without the peradventure of a doubt, i * ani P un i° our ari( ^ a light unto of Christ's resurrection. Since his in a row on the inside surface of the C;ipt. ITobnanl C. Wells of Bnltimora, whb recently permitted himself to b« \ Capes Float From Waiatcoata. The designer who combined the waistcoat with the cape offered a choice morsel In costumery. Throne gives ibe other grace' and solidity. The waitcoat keeps the cape from fly ing In the face of the public, and It - -.(tht sm-n. iaveiiUt-r *?,. Md •>«''' from while, and younger* ones -lneludej n,1 " r, ‘ ver chill wlhds may blow. And. > with vpiinw hino «n/4 ..... i farther, In this day of cnnservatlon of clothes as well as material, It gives ohe a'chance to go without a blouse. There are waTStcoats that are nothing but „ corselets, sleeveless ones, to which nre attached-short or-long flow ing capes. These garments go on as a bodice. ' . •. Collars of Organdie. Organdie collars and cuffs are shown Ity a variety of colors anil de sign* au^ tiny ruffles are vehy much liked on tfuT simple, straight bands, v.hlclT^ome in . resurrection was to be the central theme of apostolic preaching, it was necessary that they have certainty of knowledge as to tills matter (Acts 1:3). Without the resurrection of Christ, his death would he meaning less. Out of the ten or more appear-' anccs, Mark selects three. 1. To Mary Magdalene (w. 9-11). Mary’s heart responded -1o >j.he Sa viour’s gracious deliverance of her from demons. Her sufferings were no doubt terrible. She Is the -first to the tomb. Her devotion Is amply reward ed by being tbe first to meet the risen 'Lord. TJght will surely come to the heart that really loves the "Lord, though the faith Is weak. She weqt at onee and told the sorrowing disciples, but they refused to believe. 2. To two disciples’ on the way to Emmnus (vv. 12, 13). Luke gives full particulars Concern ing this appearance. Jesus had walked, talked, and eaten witjh them,, convincing them that-,the Lord is risen indeed CLuke 24:13-36)., The testi mony of such is trustwiffthy. _ 3. To the eleven disciples (v. 14). - IV. The CommlBslon* of the Risen Lord (vv. ir»-lS) - After the disciples were convinced of the truth of his resurrection. Christ sent them forth to “preach the Gospel to every creature.” .—~j What a glorious and supreme task Is this! “He that belleveth and Is hnp- tlzed shliTl Tie savecriTitit tie that heilev- eth not shall be damned (v. id). V. The Activity “of the Enthroned Christ (yv. 19-21))-’ - After giving the dis<*Jpb*s ^helr com-; mission', lu* ascends on high, arid from the unseen sphere direct^"their actlvl tie*. Wherever they weut Lot 'eda Armed their word o-ur path and shows us^the way to. that city whose builder and maker Is God. IV. A fourth evidence upon which our belief rests is fulfilled prophecy. . Take for Instance the prophecies concerning Christ of^which there nre three hundred and thirty-three In the Old Testament. All the prophecies concerning his first advent have min utely been fulfilled. These prophecies Trees Benefit Community. Tree's help to purify the air by ab sorbing the carbonic-acid gas exhaled stand the severest tests, so that we "by all animal life,- giving back pure know that we are not deceived as to oxygen. Trees modify the tempera- thelr fulfillment so there was no pos- hire, especially In cities where the slble way for the "prophet to hrtve shade cuts off the direct and reflected known how-they were’coming out. But heat from sidewalks, streets and build- they came out as predicted. This is Ings. Yet trees are a, city’s best asset only one of many lines of prophecy, merely because they bring an improve- whleb we would examine. Those con- ment in appearance. Thus does the cerning the Jews which led a court tail wag the dog where the tale of preacher, when asked by his sovereign 1 trees Is told and their death knell Is to prove 'the Scriptures, in one word to answer: “The Jews, your majesty, the Jews.” And'the prophecies con cerning the* great political systems of the world; such as Babylon, Medo^Per- sla, Greece, and Rome. pipe and the whole line' was cbnncct-' J "bitten by trench lice, thus contract ed with the water supply. In building lug trench, fever, that the doctors such a protection he sure to have all x irpght study it,- said on Ills return joints watertight and the tees plugged | home: ' that are usad to connect the iron sup- "To submit yourself to the hungry ports for the posts.—l’ppular Science jaws of a trench louse is n grimly Monthly. humorous 'procedure, isn’t it? Well. war is grimly humorous 1 in many of Iti aspects. “They tell over the water a story about a company of tough dough boys from New York’s East side who* sat playing poker one night in a dugout during a bombardment. “The game went on, the shells whizzed and banged outsldv, and then n grenade came through the doorway and finished one of the poker players’ playing forever. . “While the rest sat waiting for 'the stretcher-bearers, the . nearest dough boy took up the cards from the dead man’s hand, studied thetn, and then put them down again and said: — “‘It don’t matter, fellers. Poor Bill, wouldn’t a made It, anyway. I had not toljed. ' Enormous Sand Digger. A large ladder dredge lias recently^., beeil constructed for use at 'Neville island, Pittsburgh, for dredging sand four kings.’” Let anymuv \y.hp is'in doubt about , and gravel. Tills dredge has a ladder the ScrlptucAJs study tlic evlde-oce of that will reach 60 feet below the sur- j Everything conies to him who waits prophecy and fi«- Mill find ground for , face of the water. It brings up sand f^e chap who hustles usually get* re- faith hi the Bible. ^ i and gravel and delivers It into a V. Thee finally, the evidence of what volving screen on the main deck. By the Bib'.e does. Is ground for our be- | means of secondary laddersthe screofi- 1lef in It. JJg. fruits It can be t >d material is raised from tanks in the Judged. It has civilized nations, trails- hull of the dredge to chutes that lead formed the lives of' millions, given ] into barges alongside.—Scientjjflc' hope to the hopeless, cheer to the downhearted, comfort to the sorrow- first. American, a ing. iHmsoliH.loa to the-dyiqg and taken hell •ouf orW an^ lmY heaven In. Wfi.at tlie-IUfile does gives us ground to believe it must be of God. > __i Road to Heaven, No man ever went to 1 woven without learning huiujHly on this* sjde of the rrave.—Bev. II. P. Liddon, D. t). * " VmrCanT Alway^TeiL Jn a London bus- a mart in civilian gprb rose and offered his sent to a woman. *i never accept favors from - slackers.” slie sui(l witberingly. * “Madam;” he replied blaiidly.-‘T wqs all through Gallipoli, and if \ve-’d bad as much iniwder as yhq have on your r fflCe we’d hu\v got to.'Constantioople in no time.”—^Boston Transcript. When you think of Wheat-Saving foods. POST^ Toasties -superior CORNFLAKES ’ J.. » .. ^ : . ' : < - - Ld