NO HARD PROBLEM' TO SOLVtl
Bellboy's Suggestion Would Seem tc
Be Natural Way to <^et Around
Situation.
Englishman ^ho has been
feBHmi top bat and a frock coat
all who saw bim with hit
^^^^^HUshed appearance as be stroll
^H^^BKiiwith an expansive air in one
Hhe more expensive hotels. Or
^^^roneeday morning be came up to a
1 would like to have a shirt laun
dared." be said. "I must have it bacl
by fire o'clock."
The clerk told hfto that the time
< wis unusually short, but be would dc
what be could, and the shirt was de
llvered on time. j
He dame down Thursday morning
and said he wanted another shirt
laundered, but that this one must b? ,
back by two in the afternoon. The
1 elerk said that would be too short t
tfane- The Briton grew angry anc ,
demanded to see the proprietor. Ht :
got as far as the bellboy captain, tc
whom he protested that be would nol <
stand for such treatement. The bell
boy suggested the purchase of a thlrc
shirt?New York Sun.
Her Credit Was Strained.
A young country merchant who has
something of a reputation for cleat
figuring was especially attentive tc
the village schoolina-am. The yount
wogaan had a sweet tooth and wat
f not at all retiring about making th<
fact known. Accordingly, she hlntec
to her admirer that a box of choco
J files would i^e greatly appreciated or i
, the occasion of his next visit. Latei
the suggestion was repeated anc
again duly heeded. The third time
the subject was broached,- however
the dispenser of sweats turned a den
ear to the entreaty.
"1 don't know about talcing that girl
ny more candy," he confided to a | j
companion next day. "She's owin' m?
sixty cents for chocolates already.**?
Ltpplncott's Magazine.
m W I1
Doctors know
that Oxidine is a
most dependable system-cleansing
tonic.
Most useful in stirring *
up lazy livers, sluggish
bowels and kidneys,
weak stomachs. Its effects
are quick, safe,
ure and permanent
OXIDINE
?a bottle proves.
11k spec, be tor Malaria. Ctulla i
* a id Ferer and all diaeaaea i
due to disorders of liver, g
! r* stomach, bowels
and kidneys. ?
60c. At Your Druggist* t
ran sunn sirs co.. Q
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b
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RheumatismI
Yields to
MILAM j
Read The Proof: 1
Former U. S. Postmaster
Roeommends Milam.
Gentlemen:?My niece sutured for ninny yean
P.rouble pronounced by her physicians si
d Roenm-Uisru. and although he treated i |
never obtained relief. :
veil acquainted wl.h Mil.AM and knowing
red used successfully rery frequently lb
Bases. 1 determined to put her oa It. 8b?
bottles with the happiest results I regard
iat sntlrely relieved, * ,d will always take
la teooiaar ending 1.1 LAM for L'rto Acid
Teats truly.
C. T. BARKSDALB
Danville. 7a.. July U. 1910.
Spent$3,000 on Rheu.
rnatism.
Norfolk. 7a.. July 0.1910.
Abeat ws?ks ago 1 was I adooed to take Milan
!????? nf RhMtuillim. for wMeh 1
fcad spent over Ij.OOO tor all known remedies and
tried many doctors, went to Hot Spring*, ton! reiHbtd
no benefltt whatever Kor flf?-en year* 1
MPN MOsaaaflbtwr. ea-b spring I barn beeulnhcd
andleeapltawe?wM*unUltbi*spruig. which. I
am glad to say. 1 hnB bef.-. attending to my buslmw,
fsel lino, splendid appetite. and /eel confident
that I will be a en rod man from rheumatism.
1 wish traay that Ml lam has don > all/on claim It
will do In my case, so tar. and I look forward to
speedy recovery, and would not take five times th?
amount of the price of tho medicine for what It bat
doeo for me so far.
Tours Tory truly. C. H. WADE
Business. Cor. Church and Lee Streets
Rheumatism Entirely
Gone.
* was a great sufferer from Rheumatism and dealdsd
10 tty MILAM. I bought six bottles, and an
~ ~ now on my fourth bot
tie. I ran truthfully saj
P that I bare never takes
^a medicine that hoi
done me as much good
. My Rheumatism Is en
tlrely gone, m y oom
Hi^H piexion greatly IdA.
i proved and my appetite
V'.*, ^B|na good -In fart. I have no
felt so well In a lorn
time, would not tab)
f J M0.U0 for the good youi
medicine baa done aa
_ . r| but U> order to be ran
mmmw am.m. m j| that the trouble lien
MILXM I tlrely eradicated. I wtl
| take the two remalnlm
Ukl ' 1 voluntarily give thii *
wPHWPlw' I testimonial. un>l cheer
W^EESm ~ II fully n-coiutuend Slllac >
v to >uj"n* Kutlerlnt !
; |{ >-L.
ROOD. BONE -i SO* I ALBERT McBRIDB.
! Danvlllo, Vs
I irs *.j
Guaranteed
Ask the Druggist
ADVICE TO THE AGED
Am brings infirmities, eucb aa sluggish
Iwwdi. waak kidneys and torpid I
Tuft's Pills
havo a specific effect on these organs,
stimulating the bowels, gives natural action, >
ad laaparts vigor to the whole sytsrm.
PILLOWS FREE!
?ail us fio oo for 36-pouod Feather Bed
d received-pound pair of pillows. Freight
prepaid. New feathers, best ticking, satisfaction
guaranteed. AGENTS WANTED.
TURNER & CORNWELL, Feather
Dealers, Charlotte, North Carolina.
rpisos^
L will Immediotety relieve J
^COilfiHR arOLDS ^ I
qheG I
^MARGARET E. ?
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A PERFECTLY fresh,
A crisp one-dollar bill, that
m has never been used unUJL
til It reecbes jour
hands, will not bGj any
fWWm more loaves of bread,
faBTi ferry tickets or rides on
ra&Ef] the trolley car than an
y ' old, wora and soiled bill
for one dollar which has
+ IM1+ ^passed through a great
many hands before Its i
soming to you.? The government will
redeem It for one hundred cents,
whether It Is old or new, clean or
dirty. If It be a good one-dollar bill.
Nevertheless, you prefer a ^bright,
new bill, and so do I. When Time,
the enchanter, comes to us with a gift,
the gift of a new year, the comparison
with regard to the bill fails In swingle
feature. The bill that is worn and
soxiea sub ueeu uuiu^ uuv ?
ketplace for a longer or shorter pe-j
riod. It is probably to remain in |
business until it absolutely falls I
apart, and even then it may be redeemed.
The New Year, fresh, shall i
we say, aa a coin from the mint, has
not as yet done service anywhere. It
Is unstained and white as the snow
that fell in the night, and covers the
land in the morning with a mantle of
ermine. It is like the beautiful gown
that is to be put on for the first time,
and has not a spot or a wrinkle. It
Is like a book which you have not yet
read. The story may be charming or
prosaic, gay or sorrowful; it is still
onknown to you. The New * Year
s the gladdest thing in creation Just
because it Is full of all sorts of the
ovelleet possibilities. As the dollar
1)111 is good for one hundred cents, so
.he New Year will be good for a
definite number of months, weeks,
lays and hours. What are you going
:o do, you who are girls, young, ligbtlearted
and happy, with Time's gift
o you of a glad New Year?
First, let me advise you to begin as
rou mean to go on. Throw away
pnce for all your needless worries
ind your foolish fears. Some of us
lllyw the habit of worrying to take
such possession of us that we never
"tally enjoy anything as we Oj^ght.
There are girls, for example, who are
Hfrald to say that they are well, that
:hey never have headaches, that they
ire seldom tired, and that life is a
pleasant and joyous thing, because
jack In childhood there was a dear
luntie or a kind grandmother who
vas superstitious. She used to (yarn
roung people not to be too confident
ind never to boast of health or happiness.
"Knock on wood," you hear
oik say when you declare that you
lave neither aches nor pains. Why
(nock on wood? 1 have been trying
or some time past to ascertain the
oot of this familiar bit of counsel.
Perhaps it started away back in the
lays of p.imeval mythology, when
ryad . dwelt in trees, and pilgrims
rent to the woods to consult oracles.
Then, it may be. one knocked on the
tark of a tree and listened and heard
, murmur of wisdom from the heart
f the oak, or the pine or the cedar.
Vhetber one knocked on wood or not,
here is still sure to be renovation
nd gayety and courage waitirg for
hose who can now and then leave
ricks and mortar behind them and
Up into the country among the trees.
Inly don't be afraid, in this New
ear, which is yours, to say that you
re well, to say that you are glad,
nd to praise the - Lord for the good
ifts which he has bestowed upon
ou. Throw your worries overboard
nd trample upon your fears. Intead
of worrying when you are dlsppointed,
when you fall In what you
indertake, when you have not enough
? ?.V? ? ??<? A /\ tint oltncothnr
UOIle.v, ? urn >uu uu uu> ai?vBviuVI I
Makes for
i
Shrewd Woman Reasoner Has
Learned the Value of Perfect Appointments
in Dress.
"If I have a trying Interview before
me," said a woman whose wonderful
and quiet poise Is the envy of those
who know her best, "I find the best
preparation for it is, first of all, to
think out ray own standpoint In the
matter that is coming up for discusdon,
and to make it perfectly clear in
my own mind. Then i put it all
luite aside and dress myself for the
mcountcr with at least twice my
laual care, putting my whole mind on
>erfecting each detail, no matter how
dainly 1 am dressed. The knowledge
hat 1 am fully up to tho mark In that
espect gives me a certain surety of
nyself that nothing else can supply,
t Is not vanity at all?It Is rather a
natter of self-mastery.
"I think I first learned the value of
his 'artificial backbone aa, a very
oung woman when I was for aeveral
reeks In forced association with an |
\ . /"ifeffc -nK.' V ?.
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adhIf
like tbo work you 1 ij /l/l \ P
are about, when. ^ J1 /111 II
In fact, there Is I III ill
anything In life / \j\ I'f
that does not J L
please you, make TJCR
up your mind to j /7\
bear what canniiH
tn holn vonr.
self by taking
hold of whatever
comes, with good
cheer and an
1 earnest will.
Next, resolve
that each day of
this New Year shall mark for you an 1
advance in the inner life. By this l <
mean that yqu should make it your 1
aim to be braver, truer and more <
.serene, as well as less impatient than i
you have hitherto been. Our inner 1
life writes Itself upon our faces. We <
show the stuff of which we are made i
by the expression we habitually wear, j
It is no credit to any one to stand 1
still and it is a disgrace to any one <
to be forever slipping backward. 1
This New Year should make us turn ;
over a new leaf. When I was a child :
I used to be very proud and delighted <
when I had a new copy book. The <
teacher in thdse days wrote a copy at
the top of each page. The pupil 1ml- I
tated the copy as well as she could, i
and when starting a new book there i
was not a blot, a blur or a careless '
piece of work of which to be ashamed, i
The trouble with most of us then was 1
that we spent more pains on the first 1
page than on the second, and that we 1
got heedless in the middle of the I
book and hurried as fast as we could ]
without extraordinary effort to do i
well, when we approached the end. i
Some of us treat the years in this :
way. We make good beginnings in i
January and resolve upon a great <
many improvements, but our resolu- i
tions are forgotten in February, are
an old story in March, and by April
have been tossed to the winds. Every
broken resolution weakens character.
It is much better to make no resolu- ;
tions than to make good ones and
neglect them.
Having said this, may I suggest to 1
you a certain line of action for Nineteen
hundred and twelve? This century
Is growing up. The child who
??!???? wti?n it heron. is two
wao tie? vu omv*. 0 ,
years past twenty today, and you
may make your own accounting as to
your age on that same basis. I bare f
warned you not to worry. Now I am \
going to warn you again not to hurry. '
Worry and hurry are twins, and they I
are not angels. They are a good deal ^
more like fiends. Hurried work Is (
slipshod work. People who hurry i
themselves and others make a lot of t
fuss, stir up a great deal of confusion e
and put themselves in disagreeable c
evidence, but they do not accomplish t
so much as the people who go straight t
on. minute by minute, doing what t
ought to be done in the time it ought c
to take. The whole universe runs on t
scheduled time. The suns and the t
planets and the comets, the tides that 1
ebb and flow, the entire current of na- t
ture and the four seasons move ac- i
cording to schedule. , f
Again, in this New Year, which 1 i
Not a single emerald ember,
f<Vot a glint or gleam of gold,
Glide the garden where for warden
Broods the pallid wraith of Cold;
Snow-^lveB down the gray sky flying
Hither, thither, swift and sheer,
Bugler -wind to wind repining,
4k,W?lct^me in the youngling year.
Far MQ^tbe river border
All is frosted, all is froze;
Leafless bingle, rime-white shingle,
Line the barren reach of shore;
Yet where steely reaches glisten.
And fleet skaters dart and veer,
Gleeful voices?ah, but listen!?
Welcome in the youngling year.
What although be strewn behind us
Wrecked ambitions, broken alma,
Ever vernal, aye, eternal,
Hope's radiant pharos flames;
Let us then with valiant chorus
Lift our bail to JanivereFace
with faith what lies before us
Welcome in the youngling year.
-rCllnton Scollard in the Columbian
Magazine.
Seif-Control
j
older member of the family whom 1 |
leared not a little and with whom 1
was likely to have daily?and nervetesting?encounters.
For me to keep
steady self-control was a vital matter
not only to myself, but to those others
for whom I needed to stand firm.
"I was taxed almost beyond endurance
by the strain, but 1 found that It
I compelled myself to take unusual
Odd Schools. I
"Freak" schools were the subject recently
of an article In a European provincial
paper, and we are confident
that few of our readers will have
heard of some of these very odd educational
establishments. It appears
that in Belgium before qualifying for
a post as sexton one must pass an examination
in a school of gravedlggers.
while in Paris there is a school for
judges, where make-believe trials are
carried out in detail before lawyers of i
repute.
Russia has a school for policemen,
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lope Is to be the happiest you hare
?ver had, take an Interest In people.
Instead of sitting down and thinking
:hat you are lonely and left out, look
ibout for somebody else who needs
:o be cheered. Do not take an Interest
In only one kind of folk. One
should have friends everywhere, and
iraong all sorts of people. There are
rery few people whom you meet, who
;annot tell you something you do not
mow or give you a good suggestion It
you have an open mind. Whatever
you do, avoid tht temptation to conlescend
to any one or look upon any
me In a spirit of patronage.
Do not shut yoyr eyes to the fun of
the situation. Yoj may say that there
ire situations with which fun has
nothing to do. Yoti are mistaken.
There is always fun If you can understand
it and enjoy it. A person who
tias no sense of humor is greatly to
be pitied. Fortunately, most girls are
bubbling over with fun, and '?o not
have to be told how to find it. When
[ hear the merry laughter of young
girls, when I see their faces dimpling
and their eyes sparkling with pure delight
in the Joy of existence, I am
glad not only for them, but for every
Dne they meet. To bo sure there are
circumstances which try the equanimity
of the most philosophic soul, but
no matter what they are, somewhere
within them there Is sure to be fun if
you know where to look for It, and 11
you have a wholesome Intention to
make the best of things as they are.
Having said this, I wish every one
of you the happiest, most fortunate,
most fruitful and delightful year that
you can possibly have. A happy New
Year to each and all.
Beginning the Journey.
This is the flm of a new year. W?
ire setting out on a journey of which
-?-- Vnnwlprfi?p in advance
* C tail UUIU UW n.<w..?VMOV
The road la one on which we never
lave gone heretofore. We know not
vhat any day will have for us, what
>ur duties will be, what burdens shall
>e laid upon us, what sorrows we
ihall have to endure, what battles we
ihall have to fight We cannot see
>ne step before us. How can we know
he way? As we sit in the quiet,
his first evening, and ask the ques
Ion, we hear an answer which is full
>f comfort Jesus says to us: "I an
he Way." All we shall have to do
herefore, will be to stay with Christ (
Je has made a way through the world
or us. He has gone over all the Jour
jey and opened a road for us at
jreat cost. He went over the waj
ilmseif?we shall find his footprint!
it every step. He has a definite waj
or each one of us. "Every mile of tht
lourney he has chosen, and everj
place where I pitch my tent he hai
selected for me."?Rev. J. K. Miller.
Weather and Wisdom.
Weather and wisdom prophets whe
have lost faith in the fickle barometei
and fallible Old Moore, should cock an
abservant eye upon the weather dur
Ing the early dayB of the year. It is
an immemorial tradition that the
weather of January 25 foretells the i
whole year. The articles of faith on
this point nave Deen 6ei ionn in in
numerable verses, the best autbenti:ated
of which warns you that fair
iveather on St. Paul's day means a
prosperous year; rain cr snow fore
tells dear times; cloudB and fog mor.allty
among cattle, and hlg'i winds
R-ars. The origin of all superstition
8 wholly lost in antiquity. But the
)Id chroniclers called the day a "dies
Sgyptlacus" (or unlucky day), In
ivhat De Qulncy would have called
'shuddering propitiation."
i
The Modern Sort.
"What we want," said the publish
er, "is the terse, hard-hitting moderr
style of expression."
"I know," replied the writing per
son; "the stuff that sounds like pro
fanlty with a little benzoate of sodr
in it."
Cruel Slur.
"Some women," said Mr. Growcher
"remind me of a salad."
'They're none of 'em so green."
"No. But the impression they mak?
depends almost entirely on the dress !
lng."
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pains with my appearance?to cio mj
hair In the most bopoming rolls, tc
wear niy daintiest and freshest ac
rossorlos arid to be sure always thn'
no neglected stitch or creased gar
inent showed any relaxing from the
standard I had set myself?It bracet
me up in a way that I should hav<;
supposed incredible?Impossible?hat
I not proved it by my own persona 1
test. It has a direct effect in tonlni
up the nerves, which any girl 01
woman can verify if ehe have the
wisdom to try."
j
which it is. we believe, the pet anibl
tlon of the young and aspiring burg
lar to join. In an adjoining museun ;
"the pupils make themselves familial
with jimmies, drills, chlEels and othei
tools used by professional thieves."
Still more ambiguous are the merit!
of the course of instruction given ir
the Casino at Monte Carlo. Here is
evolved the professional croupier
Some 6ix months training is all tba:
is needed to produce a finished spec!
men of these useful articles, which aic
turned out at the ?ate of "nearly i
hundred a year.
NOT COMPLIMENTARY.
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N/i W"
uk-JM
\jwfr
Magistrate?You are accused of having
kissed this lady. What have you
to say in your defense?
Prisoner?Nothing (looking at the
woman)?I was drunk and deserve to
be punished.
BURNING ITCH WAS CUREU
"I deem it my duty to tell about a
cure that the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
have made on myself. My trouble
began in splotches breaking out
right in the edge of my hair on the
forehead, and spread over the front
part of the top of my head from ear to
car, and over my ears which caused a
most fearful burning itch, or eczema.
"For three years I had this terrible
breaking out on my forehead and
scalp. I tried our family doctor and
he failed to cure it. Then I tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used
them foi two months with the result
of a complete cure. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment should have the credit
due, and I have advised a lot of people
to ure them." (Signed) C. D.
Tharrington, Creek, N. C., Jan. 26,1914.
Itching Scalp?Hair Fell Out.
"I will say that I have been suffering
with an itching on my scalp for
the past few years. My hair fell out
in spots all over my head. My scalp
started to trouble mo with sores, then
the sores healed up, and crusts
formed on the top. Then the hair fell
out and left me three bald spots the
shape of a half dollar. I went to more
than one doctor, but could not get any
relief, so I started to use the Cuticura
Remedies. I tried one bar of Cuticura
Soap and some Cuticura Ointment,
and felt relieved right away. Now the
bald spots have disappeared, and my
hair has grown, thanks to the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I highly
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to
all that are suffering with scalp trouM*
" Id Qnmunl Sfern 93fi
Floyd St., Brooklyn, N. Y? Feb. 7,
1911. Although Cutlcura Soap and
Ointment are cold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, a sample of each,
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. 9 K, Boston.
NOT THE OLD MASTER S.
Visitor ' r: ! : T i n r: Is that
one of the old masters?
Rastus?No, sah; dat belongs to de
ole missus.
Shakespeare Footnote.
Oie Mammy Lize was dusting the
southern woman's drawing room. She i
came to a small bronze bust of
Shakespeare and began carefully go- {
ing over him with her rag.
".Mis' Juliet, chile, who am (lis yere
geramun?"
"That is Shakespeare, Lize, a wonderful
poet, who died centuries ago." i
"Dat him, missy? lxjr', 1'se done
hyear o- Mistali Shakespeare a lot oh
times. Ever'body seems to know him.
'Deed, 1 done hyear so much 'bout
him dat,l alius thought he was a white
eemmun."
Unwritten Law.
According to (he Standard Diction
ary, "The unwritten law is a rule' or
custom established by general usage,
etc." The unwritten law, as the term
recently has come Into use, is the assumed
or supposed right of a person
to punish even with death the author
of a gross wrong committed against a
member of his family. Courts do not
countenance it, but Justices frequently
art*upon it. and several instances have
occurred in recent years in which i
persons accused of homicide have
been acquitted.
Money Saved Is Money Made.
Dr. Wm. Self, rf Webster, N. C., an
old practitioner of medicine, tells us
that after many years' experience in
medicine he finds It money saved to
his patients to use Taylor's Cherokee
Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein
for coughs, colds and consumption,
Whooping Cough, etc.
At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 a
bottle.
The Exception.
"Take my advice and mind your
own affairs. No man ever got rich
Hghting other peopb s Initios."
1 don't know. How about a law- j
ver?"
For OOLOS and fill IP
Hicks' Capcbinf is the Pent remedy?re
IIpvph the (whin* atid lfvfrl?hnc*s?cures the
Coi?t and restores normal conditions. It's
liquid?effects immediately. 10e., 25c., and 50c.
At drug stores
A woman thinks of her future;
other women talk of her past.
Dr. Pierce's Pellet", small, sugar-mated,
easy to take a> canny. regwaio ana invifjorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Do not gripe.
Mechanical kisses are the kind
women give each other.
Mrn. Whislow'e Soothing Syrup for Chlldrec |
teething. soflcns the Rums, reduces inllama?..
lion, aliays pain, cures wind coiic, 26c a bottle.
I
Most women like the villain better
than the hero. /
ITCH. II'CH relieved In 30 minutes fry
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. At r>rnfryt*la
,
The wise manicure never lifts the
nail on the head.
/
Mhmional
SONMTSCIIOOL
- Lesson
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 31
REVIEW.
OOLDEN TEXT?'If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and Just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."?I
John 1:9.
To go over all the lessons separately,
one after another, to repeat titles
and Golden Texts In order, to select
certain truths we have learned?this
a- a urv.t noo/l (a th>
19 11ul 1u vi r tt , TV u at no nccu to iuu
movement of the whole perlcl of the
history, to study Its meaning, to what It
Is leading, how each event, each character,
bears upon this end, to help or to
hinder, to see God In the history, and
to learn the lessons the whole period
teaches us.
Reviewing is looking backward from
some tower or hilltop, over the landscape
through which we have been
traveling. The hills, the valleys, the
cities, the villages, the forests, the fertile
fields, we have been seeing in detail
through the quarter we now see as
one broad country, and we understand
the meaning and power of the land as
a whole. ,
The principal countries where the
events took place should be noted on
the map, their relations to one another,
the modern names of these lands
given, and the events in each reported.
The Bible history !.> made more real,
and more interesting, when the contemporary
events of secular history
are connected with it, joining day
school with Sunday school. And often
the secular history throws light upon
the Biblical history. The monuments,
the remains of ancient times found in
the ruins of their great cities within
the last century, add greatly to our
knowledge and interest
The history we are reviewing naturally
falls Into four eras or periods.
(1) The two streams of the divided
kingdom. (2) The single stream of Judah.
(3) The Exile. (4) Tho Return
and Restoration.
I. First Period. The Divided Kingdom.?Judah
and Israel side by side, a
double experiment In the progress of
the kingdom or God. This period extended
from 982-722, about 260 years.
Judah's territory contained about 3.400
square miles- Israel's 9,400. Judah's
capital was Jerusalem with Its temples;
Israel's was Samaria, with two
centers of false worship. Judah was
more sheltered than Israel from close
contact with the heathen, both politically
and religiously. Judah had one
dynasty of 11 kings and one queen, all
of the house of Davldt and Israel 19
kings and 9 dynasties. Judah had
several very good kings, and great
revivals of religion and reforms of
morals; while in Israel from the first
was a deterioration of varying degress,
with great help from Elijah and
Ellsha.
The principles we have been studying
apply to our own times, but are
worked out In ways adapted to modern
life. "The church is an army on duty,
an army for the Christian conquest of
the world by loving faithfulness."
There are great evils to be driven out
of our country. The whole land Is waking
up to realize the need of civic righteousness.
There is always need of
uwaikdiuig new i ciui luitif, ?,cai. i vi
every Btep we gain gives us views of
new needs, and new ideals. Every
Christian land ought to be a perfect example
of the kingdom of God, and of
the blessings that abound in It. Every
failure to live that life lessens its influence
over the heathen nations.
II. Second Period. Judah the Sole
Kingdom.?Length of Period, 136 years
?from destruction of Samaria 722 to
final fall of Jerusalem and destruction
of the temple in 586. Every failure
from the perfect llfje, every moral
wrong, every fall into idolatry, diminished
their power for good; and it. was
necessary that punishment should fol- ;
low such conduct, both to persuade
them into the ways of God and right- !
eousness, and also to show the heath- j
en that only obedience to God could
lead to the blessings prepared for
Gods people.
III. Third Period. The Exile in Baby- I
Ion. Length of period, 70 years, 605536
and 586-516.
A period of discipline, of sifting like
wheat, of the refiners purifying fire. 1
The Jews learned their need of God, !
the value of religion, the blessedness
of the Word of God; they gained the
broadening of their ideas, and sympathies,
the increase of their culture.
Discipline, purifying in the furnace,
the strength that cornes from overcoming,
is the need of all individuals and
churches today.
IV. The Fourth Period. The Return.
The New Spiritual Nation.?This period
extends from the first return in
536 to the close of the Bible history,
400?with an onward vision to the coming
of Christ. Preparations for the
coming of Christ. The forerunner.
God's Way.
"Give me to drink."?John 4:7.
Through what little things God accomplishes
his wondrous works. "Give
me to drink;" what a little word, and
yet ncte what God built upon it; the
conversion of one guilty soul, and
through her the drawing of multitudes
to hear the words of life from the
Savior's own lips! How wonderful
and yet how different from us. To
accoinpusu giaai. cuu? ne u??; great
means. God does exactly the reverse.
And why? Because our ends are ac
com pushed by the means we use.
God's are not. And what Is God's ob
Ject in this? That we should mark
not the visible ^nd, hut. the Invisible; '
not the process, but the hand that is
working; not the things seen n*.i
temporal, but the mighty Worker un
seen and eternal. As creatures of
sense we are arrested by (he visible ,
ends. God would have us see, net
them, but him; and therefore he work?
by the weakest means in order that,
by bbservlng the great disproportion (
between the means and the end, we !
may recognize his hand.
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"Do not worry; trust instead!"
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Heathen men who never heard
Of the Master's restful word
May bq pitied If they let
Anxious thoughts their spirits Tret,
But disciples all may learn
Of the Master to discern,
That, while God doth reign above,
"Providence" means watchful love.
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