The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 08, 1909, Image 6
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
Gi3 GOLD
During Change oi Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay
1 Graniteville, Vt. ? " I was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness
and other annoying
symptoms, and 1
can truly say that
LydlaE.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. I
^ never forget to tell
my friends what
LvdiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
% me that for the sake of other suffering
women I am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publisn
this letter."?Mrs. Chas. Barclay,
m\D.,Graniteville, Vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
fkAM nii>h m<l. ?
qualified endorsement, o other medicine
we know of has such a record
?f cores of female ills as has Lydia ?.
Finkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 30 years It has been
?female complaints such as
inflammation, ulceration, local weaknesses,
fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, ana it is I
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
It costs bat little to try Lydia E.
JRmkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclaysays.it is "worth mountains
of sold to suffering women.
pneumonia
S tl Rtft'?Ooo?flr?M?U?I- I
Is -~*BIrel meni U nude of pare
m,. , goo? greaee (and other i
\ remedta". iffntil recogMsBWapHfi^Syn
ntsed for generation* a*
*11.11 'J toraluahle for Pnenmo
? aia,Colds,Grip,etc. Try
Fke's Goose Grease Liniment
For th?c aOMab?It relitTM
mad cm?
25c-At all Druggists and Dealc?-25c i
agOE1SE CBMPAHT,01"^g0^0 j
StstVious i
1$ SOsBS&SSSggSZ
|6nflkj0oancssWfte(tf
As yon are children of Christ, so
'be yon cbddren of Rome
.SBBgg-- - ? ? ??? r~-:~
ALmcnt virm
WANTED?Active. enenrerk* mv to reyremit
m. Profitable paarftlntiH. Hustlers
ntke Mr money. Cash week Ir advaim s Complete
owllt free. Write Immedittelr for our
libera.I offer. W. T. Hood A Oa.
OI.D DOMINION MJHHKKIHS.
Mentkm this Paper. RtOHMOXD. Va
TE7ANTKD?Lady ogeou in all parts of the
(Tnilrd States to advertise and sell
"Blsrkt'rov Stcx-kena" to Tttawo. tioodcotn Wen.
Afkhrrss.
Klack (mow 8fmnOo_ Nevton, N. C. I
CtaJs those ntc ignorant who be- j
'Jiete they know It all.
f>ul) One "Priw djtilnfn^* i
That >s laxative Qromo 4Juinioe Look .
tmr the nn? of J&. W.<irovc. Used tha I
WaaWk wver to Jore a Cold in (haa Dtajr. 25c. ' 1
Envy is the habit <af losing ottr own !
- happtnefw while I guying for another's. |
jr*r?IKUIicaB? M# CAFODIN*
IMtar >wi CKfc. BesA, Stomach or
Maim Tni"-- "-r*1" will relieve Too. 1
fVa BipiM So tak* acta lmmtdltulr
tir * Me- Me. sad aoe. at dm
Be ah re you are right, then let the
other fellow do the gambling.
t vOJLD PBOPLETS KIDNKYS
Often Need Helpful Stimulation.
Tito kidneys are the busiest organs
of the body, filtering as they do all
the blood every three
E minutes. They show
signs of wear through
pain In the back and
Irregular urination.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure kidney Ills In
old or young. Mrs.
Mary C. Phelps, 4
Spring St., Weetfleld,
Mass., says:
"I am past 92 years
old. and am to-day without a sign of
kidney trouble, backache, pain In the
aides, etc., which had bothered me.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me so that
' kidney trouble has never returned."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents s box.
Vbnter-Milbura Co.. Buffalo. N. T.
Speak jow mind if you moat, but
naiad how you speak.
la case at acrMnit, cat*, wtmndi, tram*.
Maid*, ynw. bniisc*. etc.. nothing will
mm ninth take away all utia and soreumi
mm Haailina VVinnl Oil.
Would you be willing to give what
you earn for what you getf
^ewnacc^
V IT CURES
D^- RHEUMATISM AND
I BLOOD DISEASES
To Stay Cored.
25c SOc, gg
CHILD ATE CUTICURA. 5
Pprted Whole 60* of It w Crackers !
?Not the Leeat Injury Resulted
?Thus Proton Pure ud Sweet.
A New York friend of Cuticura writes:
"My three year old eon and heir, after
being put to bed on a trip acroaa the Atlantic,
investigated the stateroom and lo- t
eated a box of graham crackers and a box
of Cuticura Ointment. When a search was
mads for the box, it was found empty and a
the kid admitted that he had eaten the
oentents of the entire box spread on the
crackers. It cured him of e bad cold end '
I don't know what else." t,
No more conclusive evidence could be
offered that every ingredient of Cuticura n
Ointment ia abeolutly pure, awaet and ii
harmless. If it may be eafeiy eaten by a ?i
young child, none but the moat beneficial
results can be expected to attend its appli- O
cation to even the tenderest akin or
youngest infant.
Potter Drug & Qiem. Corp., Sole Props. *
of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass. j-,
Before insisting upon a square o
deal, be certain you know bow to play ^
the game. ^
Cured tt wtrvuey uuu noiuuTtd a
bpavin. a
Dr. Sloan's Liniment and Yet- o
inary Remedies are well known all
over the country. They have saved g,
the lives of many valuable horses and
are a permanent Institution in thou- ?
sands of stables. s<
Mr. O. T. Roberts of Res&ca, Qa . ' si
R. F. D. No. 1, Box 43, writes:?"I gl
have used your Liniment on a horse
for sweency and effected a thorough ?
cure. I also removed a spavin on a
muie. tdib spavin was as large aa a si
guinea egg. I regard Sloan's Linl- p
ment as the most penetrating and ef- s)
fcctlve Liniment I have ever known." \
Mr. H. M. Ulbbs, ot Lawrence, !
Kans., R. F. D. No. 3, writes:?"Your ls
Liniment Is the best that I have ever
used. 1 had a mare with an abscess
on her neck and one 50c. bottle of | sj
Sloan's Liniment entirely cured hor. 6
I keep it around all the time for galls
and small swellings and for everything
about the stock."
Dr. Sloan will send his Treatise on ;
the Horse free to any horseman. Ad- |
drevs Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., 01
Station A. 111
I fi
There are times when it is better
to fret a move on youself than to 11
"aland pat," i
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A Dead Shot on Rmcr Wn?m? I
, a .. w...... I K
Wysaeklng. N. C.. June 2. 1908. I
Mr. J. T. Shuptrlne, Savannah, Ga. I
Dear Sir:?Enclosed you will find 11.00 01
for which please send me at once Tot- I m
terine. It la a dead ahot on ring worms.
Yours truly.
W. S. Dudley. i ,,
Totterlnc cures Eczema. Tetter. King ' 11
Worm. Ground Itch. Itching Piles. In- ai
fant's Sore Head. Pimples. Rolls. Rough
Scaly Patches on the Face. Old ItcVng L'
Sores. Dandrtiff. Cankered Sculp, -tun- ct
Ions. Corns. Chilblains and every form of f
Skin ulsease. Tetterlne 50c; Tetterlns ! l'
Soap 26c. Your drucTlst. or by mail from st
the manufacturer, The Shuptrlne Co.,
Savannah, Ga. 1I;
I ni
There may be nothing new tinder |
the sun in the ordinary acceptance of
the term, but there are a lot of fresh hi
people. So. 15-'0f? ai
If You Have t)i,OUO
too can jolii a syndicate of touud and solid st
busloe-s men to continue the development j oj
of a mining property showing remarkable
possibilities
Ote of big velae now in sight, and com- 1,1
pletlon means an independent fortune for ! rc
each member. Full information at personal i:
Interview or by letter. W. N. Niwiu, 17
East 19th St. New York, N. Y.
You can reach the parent by adver- ^
tising to the child. jjj
Ked, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyea oi
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. oi
rnmnminHf^ hp ltVnariavs-.sMi ?
Conform* to Pure p'ond and Drug Law*.
Murine ^mnriSoothes Lye Pain
One always has time for what one 'fjj
really wants to do. jjj
To have more 01 Health and more of Life, w<
take (iartield Tea! This Natural laxative (){
regulates liver, kidneys, stomach and bow- v
els, corrects constipation, purines the blood
and eradicates ''i<n'a>-e.
The merchant who is satisfied to
take trade as it comes doesn't get y\'
much. ln
Mre. Winalow"* Soothing Syrup for Children in
teething,soften* theguiu*,reduce* infiamm?- jn
Moo. allay*pain.cure* wind colic. 26c a bottle
Ambition and activity should at at
east be on snoakinsr terms.
tb
For CohliS and GRIP.
Hick'* Capttdik 1* the beet rwdr?
relieves the aching and feverlshnee*?enree
the Cold and re*tore* normal condition*. It'*
liquid?effeot* Immediately. lto-. IBc and Be
Me., at drug store*. ______ R<
Success is utter failure if achieved si,
by the sacrifice of moral principle. fh
Pile* Cured la O to 14 Days.
P*co Ointment u guaranteed te ear* mmf ,
cane of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 0 to 14 day* or money refunded. BOe.
F
The average man has more friends Jn
and fewer enemies than he thinks he
has. ti
Itch cured in 30 minute* by Woo!ford** 111
rotary Lotion Never fail*. At drugffMg. 0<
. in
Witty Sayings.
It takes two to make a quarrel, but ni
it takes three to make a divorce. rt
The hog has to stand for a good P<
many cmparisons he doesn't deserve.
Watching the other man's patch U
will not keep the weeds out of your
own. P
It sometimes happens that a fellow 1*
gets a reputation as a genius because
he is too lazy to work.
9100 Reward. 9100.
The readers of this paper will bepleaeedto '
learn that there ? at laiaef oae dreaded die- t
aaee that science has been able to care in ali
Its ?tagea. and that ieCaturrh. Hall' Catarrh ''
Cure la the only poeitive care now known to t
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con- .
atitutional disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Core u taken inter- '
nally,acting directly upon the blood and me- j
coua aurfaccs of the aystem, thereby destroy- (
tag the toundation of the disease, and fivthf
the patient etrength \.y building up the torn- 1
etitution and aaaiating nature m dona its <
work. The proprietors have eo much faith
In ita curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollara for any ceoe that it fails to ?
sere. Hand for liat of toethnonials. Addraaa I
r. J. Ciismrr * Co.. Toledo. O.
Bold bv Onaeetata. Tie.
Take "sB'e Family File ?sv >1
j WASHINGTON NOTES
Use Stamped Envelopes.
A special effort is being made by
he Postofhce Department to increase
he use of stamped envelopes instead
f those which have to hnvo a stamp
ffixed.
In furtherance of this endeavor A.
j. Lawshe, Third Assistant Postmaser
General, has issued a highly orate
circular describing and illustrat]g
the different sizes and colors of
be envelopes the government has
n sale. This has been distributed
y the letter carriers who, forgetting
or the moment the length of their
outcs and the weight of their sacks
[ mail, nave for the most part, enjred
into enthusiastic details as to
he cheapness and convenience and
ltcgether desirableness of this class
f postoffice wares.
"Everyone who uses government
lamped envelopes is aiding the Postffice
Department in improving the
srvice," is what Lawshe's circular
?ys, and, in addition, it enumerates
evcral advantages which are to he
btaincd from their use.
For instance, it points out that
tamps may be easily lost, misapproriated,
or may become useless by
ticking together. Also a stamp may
rop off in the mail, and then there
the time consumed in affixing the
lamp as an item of consideration.
.11 of these dfficulties, the circular
iys, are overcome by using the
lamped envelopes.
Then when a purchaser is willing
? buy as many as 500 stamped enelopes
at a time, the government
ill print his name and address in
le upper left hand corner without
uy extra charge. The advantage of
lis is that such envelopes do not
nd their way to the dead Utter ofc-e.
If the addre?? cannot be found
le letter is returned without extra
tu me seiiacr. mien enve>pes,
if misdirected, are redeemable
t the Postoflfiee from original purliasers
only at full stamp value,
his is not true of adhesive stamps.
The Postoffice Department sells
le envelopes in various sizes, colors,
nd qualities, but the most usual size
?n be obtained for about eight for a
?nt, stamp value extra. Thus eight
vo-cent envelopes would cost about
sventeen cents. One can get them
i white, amber, blue, buff or maila.
Officials of the internal revenue
areau of the Treasury Department
re of the opinion that the temperice
movement, which has taken
ich a strong hold of certain sections
I the country, particularly in the
outh, has resulted in increasing the
imber of violations of the internal
venue laws in the distillation of il?it
whiskey.
Recent reports indicate that in
any Southern States, especially in
labama, Georgia and North Oaroia
there has been greater activity
i the paid of the lawless mountain
cment, who always have been
oublesome to the revenue agents,
an iri many years. These three
ates now have laws prohibiting
stilleries from operating within
eir borders. In Alabama the law
?nf into effect on July 1. IffOS; in
poririn on .InrrmiPu T 1 flflQ . -".5 I ?
:>rtli Carolina January 1, 1909.
Many legitimate distilleries hove
ovcd to F^ridn and other States
here the inhibition does not exist.
Iiiskey being more difficult to obin
in a legitimate way has greatly
creased the profits of illicit distillg,
with the result that the activi's
of the infernal revenue bureau
this time is largely directed toirds
the mountain sections of these
ree States.
Eleven members were in their
ats Saturday when the House of
spresentatives met to further eonrler
the Payne tariff hill. It was
e smallest attendance of the special
ssion and demonstrated the fact
at interest in the debate had pracKally
disappeared.
Mr. Sparkman (Democratic), -if
lorida, opened the discussion by
akinir an earnest ilea for a restoraon
of the Dingley rate on lumber
ill the imposition of a duty of 5
mts a pound on all cotton imported
to the United States.
The Philippine Islands were again
;ard from when Mr. Benita Legardo
isident commissioner, spoke in opusition
to the proposed free trade
stween that possession and the [
nited States. Ilia views were praccally
along the lines of those exressed
Friday by his colleague, Mr.
ablo Ocampo de Leon.
In view of the diminishing supply
f pulp-making woods and the conseucnt
increase in the cost of puper,
he serious problem which awaits soution
is, whence will come our fuure
paper supply? Interest in the
natter lies in the fact that everyM)dy
uses paper and it is presented
n its serious aspect when one considers
that the destruction of our pulpnaking
woods goes on at a termenious
rate.
Experts declare that there are not
rnough spruce forests standing in tho
United States to furnish a future
constant supply of wood pulp for
making paper under the present
#
methods of forest conservatism and
waste.
The experiments thus far have had
to do principally with such plants as **
corn stalks, cotton stalks, flax, sugar,
bagasse, tule, rice, straw, okra and
several other things. While these ex- m
peri men tB have not progressed far ^
enough to warrant definite conclu- p
sions as to whether any of them can
be manufactured on a paying com- H
mercial scale, it is asserted that com (n
stalks offer the most promising out- 0,
look. A very much finer paper can
be made from com stalks than from
the wood pulp.
W>
Woman Blackmailer Peppered With or
Shot.
Washington, Ind., Special.?A wo- .
man was shot Tuesday night as she *
picked up a decoy prepared after W
Banker N. O. Read had received a st
letter demanding that he deposit $30.- ?
000 at a designated spot. A man who
accompanied the woman escaped unhurt,
and the police are looking for
him. The woman was peppered with rr
birdshot. The woman, besmeared
with blood, was taken to jail, where n<
she was identified as Miss Zella Clark, se
She has been employed as a domestic, ec
te
Dr. Jones Slain by Hill Men. ,c
Manilla, Special, ? A telegram :
from the constabulary at Echague re- in
ports that the body of Dr. Wm.
Jones, the noted anthropologist of jo
the Columbian Musium at Chicago, y
who was murdered by tribesmen, was m
taken to that place by friendly Hon- Jn
gots. The murder was committed Y;
about fifty miles south of Echague, flc
where Dr. Jones was engaged in lo
studying the wild hill tribes, liring fo
among *iiem for the puipose of pre- di
pari;-g an exhaustive report of their jg
customs r.nd traditions. pr
? th
Snuff For a Billion Sneezes. oc
Providence, R. I., Special.?Witl
J one of the most unusual charter?- ii T1
local coastwise history, the three j
masted schooner Denna Brings sail. th
for Philadelphia. The schooner fo: I la
the next six months will carry snuf | lai
between Norfolk and Philadelphia tithe
charter calling for 200 tons 01 wi
each trip. Tobacconists estimat' dh
that each pound of snulT is pood fo ha
2,GIG sneezes, and that on every trij pi'
the Briggs will have between lie
decks more than one billion sneezes sti
in
pii
ONE RESULT OF BEING KIND. Bi
&ll
It wa3 a bright sunny morning as j j
Madeline Johnson was walking along ^
the beach of a small lake when she ^
saw a man rise aa it seemed sud- .
denly out of the sand. A large, lovely
shepherd dog followed him.
Madeline was rather poor herself
but she thought she had never been
so poor as this man looked to be.
The dog, like his master, looked hun- ^
gry. The man looked to be about
thirty-five years of age; he had black ^
eyes and hair, and wore a light felt w?
hat, a coat that was worn and shah- so
by and shoes that were worn in j)j
many places.
He came close to Madeline and f|i
dropping to his knees he poured out fj(
his story in words unknown to her, <?Ji
en fn the Italian part of the citv.
Now, Madeline's next door neighbor bn
was an Italian, and quick as a flash pi
caime the thought. "Perhaps Mrs. vii
Gillespie will be able to understand
him, and we may help him." Sh-?
turned toward home and beckoned to
him to follow her. He hesitated a of
moment, hut her pleasant smile en- ' Yl
eouraged hfm, and he followed her. W
The dog still waited, his master see- Fi
Ing him, caHed. "Jack." The poor tis
ddg who was almost starved, whin- hi
ed, and, wagging his tail ran after th
his master. The three then turned Hi
^ toward Madeline's home, which was in]
a small cottage on the beach. She de
took the man to Mrs. Gillespie after pli
giving him a hearty meal of which ed
he partook eagerly, it being (as she sit
afterwards learned) his fW*3t nreaT for ti<
two days. After a long conversation
with the man he to!d her his I
story which was very sad. He was
looking for his brother, whom Made- 0|
line with Mrs. Gillespie's help found
for him. .Tack's master, whom his ^
brother had given up for lost was
heartily weleomod to his brother's Pr
home. After being asked how he ev- th
er found the right place, Antonio,
for that was his name, told the
other about Madelinp, whom he ever
after regarded as an angel. How she th
had helped and all about her kindness.
You may be sure that she was fullv
rewarded by the brother who had
prospered during the few years he ^
had lived in America.?Susie Smith ,
in the Weekly Witness.
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fii
MANY ARE OBLOXO. fr
The decision has been arrived at rpj
among certain makers of hlgh^cjass
ready-to-wear suits and dresses Viat Wl
"the oblong woman" is to continue, tr
1anil inpiesB uress iorms win ue me so
feature of future wearing apparel of re
| this class. Among individual makers, m
I however, practically nothing but the
princess dress obtains; but it is so
varied that each one seems to be in ]
a class by itself. Some are so severely
simple that they really take ,
the place of the tailored suit. Many
are "oblong," but many, too, are fit- Cl
ted to the figure quite to the hip line, se
1 have seen one or two which were bfitted
to and cut off at this line, the
skirt below (being added there under Qj
I flat stitching. Bometimes the body ^
portion is made with plaits, stitched l
flat to the hips, after which they fall ^
free.?Harper's Bazar.
it.tjjyV* ' i
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FIRE AT NEWBERN
onflagraticn Destroys $4,000 Worth
of Property.
Newborn, Special.?Fire Saturday
orning at 2:30 threatened for a time
e block on the corner of Middle and
Dllock streets, and gutted the 1
ughes Building, a double story brick
lilding, occupied by the Delmonico
afe and the George B. Waters oigar 6
id stationery store. Soon after the
emen reached the fire an explosion
ok place in the Waters store and
le of the colored helpers in the Are r
ipartment was badly cut by flying
ass. The loss is about $4,000 with
.,200 insurance. Mr. Waters, it is
ated, had $1,300 insurance and a
ock of about $2,500.
Probing Deforestation.
Winston-Salem, Special. ? Reid
Thitford, of the United States engilering
department, has been in this
ction several days to ascertain by
msultation with* well informed citins,
as well as by personal inveetiitions
and examinations, the approxlate
amount of deforestation which
is taken place in Wilkes and adining
counties during the last 20 1
;ars; this is with the view of deter- ^
ining how this clearing of land has j
flueneed the water levels in the ?
ad kin river, causing disastrous i;
>c Js, and at other times unusual and a
ng periods of low water; or, if de- h
Testation has not caused these con- ^
tions, to find out what has. The 1
vernment seeks by some mean* to u
event such disastrous overflows of c
e Yadkin as are now almost yearly u
curring. ii
P
le New Building at the University, *
The site for the new building of j,
e university for which the legis- b
ture donated the necessary sum
st session was decided on by the e
ustees at their last meeting and
11 be the corner of Bull and Pen- *
eton streets" facing towards the p
mdsome building just being com- t,
eted. , a
j. nis is a most suiiame place, it is 11
ated, as the new class room build- *
g which is about completed occu- ?
es the opposite site on the corner of u
ill and Green streets. This will n
so bo in keeping: with the plans (
id out for the gradual enlargement 3
the university and the science *
tilding will be a fitting: structure P
stand on this corner. ^
Dr. Smith Has Accepted. F
Chapel Hill, Special.?Dr. Charles II
phonso Smith, of the department of n
lglish, has accepted the call to the B
liversitv of Virginia. The chair is *
at of English, not Teutonic lang^i- ^
ges. Negotiations have been under tl
ly for a year. Dr. James A. Harri- n
n having1 urged the appointment of al
. Smith as soon as the former a
onght of retiring. "I have given
e matter most careful considera- c,
in," said Dr. Smith. "Nothing can o
ange my love for the University of 7
[>rth Carolina or my naiive State, o
:t the call to the University of Vir- ^
ilia is a call to a wider field of ser- ^
ce. n
Si
Eridgc Falls; Killing Elder. G
Winston-Salem, Special.?One span o
the approach to the bridge over the a
idkin river at the east end of North
ilkesboro fell in while Elder J. g
ank Hufrhenson, a Primitive Bap- tl
rt preacher, was crossing, dropping tl
m, his buggy and two mules into a
e river twenty feet below. Elder
utcfrenson was fatally injured, livg
only thirty minntes, the buggy j!
moli'shed and the mules badly criped.
The bridge had been condemfiand
closed rrp, but the public in- h
rterf on tearing down the ebetrue- ' P
)n and nsing it.
'resident Taft to Visit Charlotte. *
A committee of prominent citizens c
' Charlotte and Mocklepburg counf
N. Cm waited on President Taft c
st Wednesday and secured his
omise to attend the celebration of t]
e Declaration of Independence in n
iiarlotte on the 20th of May, 1909. b<
mrnlarly enough, however, the -A
resident says he never heard of d
at historic event before.
n
h
$18,000 Fire at Salisbury. *
Salisbury, Special.?With a loss of ?
le Kinoaid Veneer Plant in this city w
e Kincaid Veneir Plant in this city ^
is destroyed Saturday morning by ti
e, which is said to have originated "
ftm a spark from a passing train, i
he blaze was discovered by a night g
atchman but had gotten beyond con- ?
ol. The plant had been idle for f
me months and was in the hands of *
ceivers ,advertised for sale in April, j]
he receivers held $ty>00 insurance. "
a
>arham Boy Sent to Reformatory.
Durham, Special.?Hobson Martin,
le son of a very good father in this tl
ty, was Saturday morning ordered a'
(nt to the Jackson Training Sohool
y the recorder on-account of the f,
left of a purse and a small amount
f money. The young fellow has not *
een regarded as an incorrigible but e
as borne a rather good reputation
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- @
MK.NTS FOR APRIL 11. g
abject: Peter Delivered From Prl- I
on, Acts 12:1-11?Golden Text,. I
Psalm 34:7?Exposition of ths^f
Lesson and Lesson Comments. sSX
TIME.?A. D. 44. PLACE Jo- ?3
usalem. "*
EXPOSITION Peter in Prison T /
id the Church Praying Unto God \T~'
for Him, 1-fi. The lull lu the perse- |
utlon was but temporary, ft. began I
gain with great fierceness. James
ras killed and Peter arrested, put in
irison and about to be killed. Peter V
eemed to be In a very perilous postion
? securely locked in a Roman ' * [
irison, bound with two chains be- . 1
ween two soldiers, guarded by six- * Vj
een soldiers, keepers before the door
;uardlng the prison. Peter's enemies
eemed to have taken every pmcau- 1
ion, but they made one fatal rai^
ake, they left God out of their catenations.
There Is "nothing too hard
or the Lord," nor for the church
hat links Itself on to God by prayer,
lod often withholds His deliverance
nd answers prayer at the last moaent.
What should the church do?,
'.here Is but one thing to do?pray,
'hey appealed the case from "Herod
be king" to God, the King of kings.
'eter seemed to have faith that he
rould be delivered, for he was calmIr
and very soundly sleeping. Just
s soon as he was thoroughly awake
e said: "Now I know of a truth that
he Lord did send forth His angel
just as I have been asking Him to)|
nd delivered me." Verse 5 teaches
is just how to pray. (1) "Unto
rod." Much so-called prayer is not
nto God. There is no real coming
ato the presence of God and actually,
resenting our petition to Him. There
re volumes in these two short words,
unto God." (2) "Without ceasag."
The R. V. gives the thought,
ut not the full thought. The Greek
rord means, literally, "stretched-outd-ly."
It is a vivid pictorial word
bat represents the soul on a stretch
rith Intensity of desire (cf. Jer. 2 9:i
V\ If lo fho ? <1W??-* ?
rayer in the garden, when in the insnBity
of His prayer His sweat was
s it were great drops of blood fallig
down to the ground (Luke 22:i
4; cf. Rom. 15:30; Col. 4.12, 13,
t. V.). (3) "Of the church." There
? power in the prayer of the individal,
but there is added power, yes,
lultip.ied power, in united prayer
Matt. 18:19, 20; Acts 1:14; 4:24.
1). (4) ""For him." They did not
rander all over the world in their
rayers that night; they concentrated
beir prayer on Peter and on getting
lm out of prison.
II. Prayer Answered and Peter
'ree, 6-11. God's angels are most
kely to appear in times of greatest
eed. A heavenly light shined in the
loomy cell. A prison cell is a dark
nd dismal place, but no place
lore luminous than a prison cell
'hen the angel of the Lord stands
aere. God's angels are very uncerelonious.
"He smote Peter on the
ide and awoke him." Sharp blows
re often more loving than gentle
lllabys. It is frequently necessary
a rudely awaken a man before he
an be delivered from his peril. God's
rders demand prompt obedience (v.
). Peter could not take his chains
ff from himself, but he could gird
imse.f and bind on his sandals
rhen the efcalns were ofT (v. 8).
yhat Peter could do for himself he
lust himself do. Peter had gotten
a much Into the habit of obeying
od that he did it even in bis sleep,
r at least when he was only half
wake and thought he was asleep,
t Peter had been like many of us he
'ould have stopped long before they
ot to the iron gate and debated with
bo angel bow they were to get
brough it. But he had more sense
nd did just as he was told and left
be "how" with God. When he got
a the gate It "opened ot Its own acord,"
but not until they got to It.
f we just obey God difficulties will
isappear when we get to them.
III. Believing Rhoda and the Unelieving
Church, 12-17. The contany
had come together to pray for
'eter's deliverance. God, as might
e expected, heard their prayer and
ent the answer around to the meetig
(cf. Is. 65:24). But they were
ompletely bewildered by the answer
rhen it came. They were sure that
; could not be Peter. Rhoda must be
razy. If Rhoda Is not crazy, then It
lust be his ghost and not Peter
imself (r. 15). Perhaps they
bought he had been executed In the
ight. But Rhoda had faith, ahe
eems to have been expecting Peter.
ls soon as there was a rap at the
oor she was on her feet and at the
oor listening:. The moment she
eard Peter's voice she knew It was
e, it was just what she expected.
!ven though they told her she was
razy, she stuck to it still. She was
nly a "maid" (R. V.), but she is the
nly one in that praying company
rLose name the Hoiy Spirit has
bought worthy to put on record,
'here were presumably church dtgnlarfes
there, but none of them are
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icuuuucu. uuuua aiuuo is uailieu.
he had fafth and she alone counted,
'hat "Rose" (Rboda) had sweet frarance
with God. The- unbelief of
be rest seems all the more unac- ?
ountable when we remember h<tw '
'eter had once before this been ml.t- <*?
culously delivered from prison (dfci"
: 19). Peter kept right on knock
ag. That Is the bent way to treat
inbellef ? just kenp hammering
way
HARD TO GET AT.
It taken a small boy to express a
ling with unconventional force and
ccuracy.
"The water in this spring is awful j
ood, mother," said a little boarder '
cm the city.
"Is 1*?" answered his mother.
Then I'll take some. Where is the
up?"
"There isn't any. You have to lie
own sad drink ttphiU"-~Hoxne Her*
Id.
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