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;Winning '*Re% W. KLPope, Am.d Me 4 Modab e Three Things to Remember. SRiemember that the Son of man Cm to seek and save that which was - lost. It was not to found a church, or to establish a creed, or to teach good morals. He came to die for men's sins in or der that they might be saved. Furthermore men are just as com p tely lost now as 'tey were then. Civilftaklon has done away with some of tire-jel ty and barbarism In the world, but nature Is precisely the same to as it was 2,000 years ago. It is thoroughly selfish and sinful, and nothing but the grace of God can make It otherwise. (John 3.18, 19; I Cor. 2:14; Eph. 4:18.) No matter how amiable and hon orable and public-spirited a man may be, without Christ he Is lost and needs to be saved. "He that bath the Son bath life, and he that bath not the Son of God hath not life;" that Is, he Is spiritually dead. II. Remember that'the Lord Jesus will save some souls through you If you will co-operate with him. You have some gifts and more or less in fluence. If you will consecrate your gifts and Influence to the service of Christ, he will certainly use them to win some of your friends to himself. While Jesus was In the world he was the light of the world, but now that he M~ e, "Ye are the light of the world." and your mission Is to so shine as to guide others out of dark ness Into the marvelous light of God. III. Remember that Jesus will fur nish all the equipment you need. Do you lack wisdom? "I will give you a mouth and *isdom which all your ad versarles shall not be able to gainsay or resist." Do you lack courage? "Be stong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: fo' the Iord thy God is with thee whith ersoever thou goest." (Josh. 1:9.) Do you lack power? "All power is given 2unto me In heaven and earth." (Matt. )Do you lack faith? "The now live in the flesh. I e by th t fhe Son of God, who loved me, an& gave himself for me." Jeremiah said, "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." But the Lord said unto him. "Say not, I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak." Remember that all your Inexperience and Inability amount to ninthing in the face of the Master's express command, "Follow me. and I w1ll make you fishers of men." Three Things to Do. 1. Set the winning of souls before yon as a definite aim in life. An aimless life Is generally a use Ie'es life. The people who succeed are dsually those who set a definite object before them and say. "This one thing [ will do, whatever the cost may be." The men who accumulate fortunes, who secure political appointments, as a rule, are people who have been bending all their energies In one direc tioni for many years. Why should not ChristIans set the winning of souls before them as a definite purpose In life? And who Is there who could not succeed If he would' put the same amount of thought and interest Into It that he does into his business? No one expects to succeed in business without toil and patience and sacri fice. It. Cultivate a passion for souls. David Brainerd, whose biography ought to be read often by every Chris Clan worker, used to say: "I care not where I go, nor what hardships I en dure, if~Jcan only see souls saved. ~J3"r'mik of by day~ and dream of by night Is the conversion of men." Often he would go out Into the for est In mid-winter and kneel down In the snow and wrestle In prayer until his clothing was wet with perspiratIon. Many a time he spent the whole night in prayer for the poor Indians among whom he labored, and in almost every such Instance, one 'r'l find in his diary two or three days after some such entry as this: "Today as I preached the word, the power of God came down upon those stolid, immov able Indians, and melted and broke their hearts, and swept them into the kingdom by scores." III. Begin and continue all your work with prayer. Pray for all men. (I Tim. 2:1-4.) "I exhort, therefore, that prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men." One advantage for praying daily for each man, woman and child on the face of the earth is, that you never meet a person whom you have not prayed for, and many times. It Is a good plan to make a list of half a dozen of more persons in whom you are especially interested, and mnake them an object of daIly inter cession, at the same time looking for their conversion. A Sunday school teacher who began praying for his class had the pleasure of socing elev en young men converted ina fo-v weeks. Patri *Help Olve Malang a Holy vlan or Salvation from I the Subjective Side By Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., TEXT-For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.-Romans 8:5. There are several things which God does for the Christian believer in an objective sense, that is, In- the sense that they proceed from him self without be in g necessarily known to or expe rienced in the be Ilever's life. II other words, he reconciles him, he saves him, he jus tifies him, h< blesses him with all spiritual bless, ings in Chrisl Jesus. Thes things all speal of the believer'i state or position before God, and con stitute what might be called his lega: standing. In this sermon, however, we are tc think about what God graciously doez to transmute this legal standing o1 the believer before him into the actua experience and conduct of the believ er himself. This is what we mean b: "salvation from the subjective side.' If the other things touch on Christ' work "for" us, these relate to Christ's work "in" us, on the supposition that we have received him as our Savior and confessed him as our Lord. In other words, he, through the Holy Spirit, does several things which ge to make the true believer a holy man and which are enumerated in thi eighth chapter of Paul's letter to thE Romans; for although our text is lim ited to but one verse, we intend tc speak of more than one. In the first place, the Holy Spiri sets the believer free from the la% of sin and death, verses 2 to 4. Prior to his regeneration througi faith in Christ, the believer was un der the power of a tendency or lam In the direction of sin, the outcora of which was death, eternal death; but the incoming of tht Holy Spirit tC him means that a new tendency or la has been set up within him whose di rection is just the opposite to this. In the second place, the Holy Spirn gives him the spiritual "mind" or dis position to obey and follow out this tendency in the direction of holiness and eternal life-verses 5-1g. In the third place, he not only gives him the spiritual mind, but goes far ther and gives the spiritual power tC exercise that mind, verses 11-13, sc that the Christian has no e:xcuse fo: committing sin. A Life of Victory. The New Testament does not teac] a doctrine of sinless perfection, or the eradication of evil from our hearts as long as we remain in the flesh, bu It does teach that there is such: thing as living a life of victory ovej every known sin every day. Ci. ris tians have no juustification for rnpol ogizing for quick temipers and irritabli speeches and envy and jealousy-no to speak of grosser sins of the f:. on the ground that such ti -3 a part of their temperament a !c. be helped. It is true that they can~ help them so far as their old natur is concerned, but the very purpose o the indwelling of the Holy Spiriti to enable them to live a supernatura life of power over them if they yielt their wills to him. In the fourth place, thle Holy Spiri gives the believer spiritual encourage ment to exercise this power, for h< be~s ivitness within him to his Son ship to God and heirship as we] thro-agh Jesus' Christ--verses 14-17~ What stronger motive could there hb to stir a. man to put away sin anm live a holy life comparable to th< apprehension of Me fact that he i Indeed a child of God and a joint heil with Jesus Christ? People of th< world are inclined to smile at thes< things and consider them ethereal anm visionary, because they cannot under stand them, lacking the spirituai dis cernment, but these are, anter all, th' rea' things, the substance of life, whili the phenomena that occupy no muci of man's attention no:w are only th< shadow of the true. Change in President Arthur's Life. I remember the groat change tha came about in -the character and Ii the outward life of President Chestel A. Arthur. As a New York politiciar and collector of theo port, he had bee one of the "boys," the higher and finel class of "boys," and yet one of them But when a strange providenc placet him in the presidential office aftel the murder of PresIdent Garfld, whal a change came over hhmi What steady, sedate, wise, successful, honor able and pure chief magistrate h4 made! All speak well of his mcmory The dignity, the exaltation, the priv ileges wfiich had come to him contrib uted to make him over. It is much the same with the Christian wht knows who he is and what he has Ir Christ. Finally, the Holy Spirit gives the be liever spir~tual access unto God ir prayer-verscs 26-28. This is the crowning act of grace and power. You know what a man Is when yoi know what Ihe loves. US Mistnrusted Santa Clausi, As Christmas time drew neartob. by expressed a wish for somei ape cially desired article. His :mpther suggested that he write to Claus about it. "Mother," Eait7 child, after some hesitation, think everything of Santy, an' Inow how good he is an' everthing,, but, mother, he's so awful busy that he forgets, sometimes! Last year, You 'member, I asked him for a toy goat an' he sent me four dogs. I wish you'd look after this one thing yourself!" Should Have Heeded il Omen. The wisest of us have our pet su perstitions, one or more. The great house of Rothschild has unwritten canons on the subject. The head of the firm, if he met a pig on his way to the office, would not conclude any financial transaction on that day. On one occasion he determined to rise above his weakness, and, after meet ing his omen, he arranged a large loan, by which the firm lost over a million sterling. Functions of the Happy. A happy man or woman Is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of good will; and their entrance Into a room is .s though another candle had been 'ighted. We need not care whether they could prove the forty-seventh proposition; they do a better thing than that-they practically demon strate the great theorem of the LIv ableness of Life.-Robert Louis Ste venson. Habit That Should Be Checked. Twisting the mouth when talking Is a habit pure and simple and one that you can overcome if you exercise suf ficient will power. This habit makes more lines than age. Talk before a iu rror and you will understand why so many lines are forming. A little piece of court plaster placed each side of the mouth will act as a con tant reminder, until you have broken yourself of the habit. Titled Men Chased Indians. Many Oxford and Cambridge men in quest of the romantic enlisted in the Royal Northwest' Mounted Police of Canada. Many dukes, earls and bnrons also look with pride to the days when they chased Indians and cattle thieves over the Canadian plains. These men for many years preserved the law and order in the wildest parts of Canada. Queer Material for Nest. The heron is not the only builder of strange nests. Wild pigeons, the blue rocks from which all our pigeons are descended, use whatever lies ready tc their beaks. One of their nests was found a few years ago on the roof of the Crystal palace at London, consist ing mainly of hairpins and pieces 01 wire gathered in the grounds. To a Careful Child Oniy. In seeking instances of thrift super induced by the exigencies of modern life, let the sociologist not overlook this advertisement: "For rent, to a careful child, by a family going to Egypt for six months, dolls' housE completely furnished, four dolls- In cluded. Terms reasonable." -Greatest Falls in AfrIca. The Victoria Falls, on the Zam besi river in Africa, are the greatest in the world. The water falls four -hundred feet, and at this place the river is a thousand feet wide. They were named for Queen Victoria, who ruled England, in 1855, when Dr. Liv ingstone discovered these falls. ipecac Needs Moist Soil. Ipecac, a trailing plant, thrives best in clay soil along the banks of rivers. While It requires a great deal of mois ture, it cannot live under water, and consequently in Colombia it is found at its best development in regions where the rivers do not overflow. Riches Easily Gathered. I am startled that God oan makE me so rich even with my own cheaj stores. It needs but a few wisps o: straw in the sun, some small word dropped, or one that has long lair silent in a book.-Thoreau. - No Sale for Them. The market price of wild oats is pretty high for those who buy them, but they won't sell for anything.-At chison Globe. Undoubtedly. The man who stopped his own fu neral by telephone must have fell that a live premium is better than a dead payment.-Boston Herald. True Patriot. The patriot is not the man who waves a flag, but he who blushes each time he sees a neglected child.-Ex. change. Thoroughness Means Success. Success, generally speaking, is the science of leaving just as little as pos sible to chance.-Puck. New Use for Windmill. An ingenious German baker utilie a windmill to mix and knead his bread as well as to grind his grain into flour. Danger Above All Others. There is only one real national danger-ignorance. .me Ind OWN )mr Pri Wall of the Poamirmist. On the whole. an4 with recogftoz of size as a detertaining factor, thi choice appears to lie between a shor life and a merry one, or linked dul ness>long drawnout. If you whtrl -about singing and dancing and im proving cach shining minute of the shirIng hour, like skylarks and night, ingales, you die of senIlity at the ago of eight. But a creature like a tor toise, that can sit and do nothing for days on end save wink it's eye odce, may watch the rise and fall of dynas ties, and feel no older at the end of it.-Exchange. Obesity. Obesity is nearly always the body's vote of censure for eating too much food, or takinz too little exercise, and it is only necessary properly to bal ance the income and expenditure In order to keep a well-nourished body. It is important to note that it is usual ly around those muscles which are rarely exercised in any adequate man ner that fat accumulates, e. g., the ab dominal muscles.-Alexander Bryce, "Life and Health." Censorship in Russia. It Is pleasant to learn-the story is current in many a Russian household -that the cookery books which had been condemned because a recipe con tained the words "perfect freedom," words which were used in -eference to some culinary process, have escaped further mutilation and have been sell ing without hindrance. On the other hand the list of books which continue to be suppressed is long and varied. Bones Act as Barometer. The merits of bone as an indicator of fair or foul weather have been vouched for by the captain of an Ital Ian steamer carrying a cargo of bones from the South American port of Buenos Aires to New York. When the ship was sailing toward a storm the skipper stated, recently, the bones creaked and moaned, and when fair weather was ahead they were silent again. Intermarriage in Brittany. In accordance with the custom which has made the picturesque prov ince of Brittany famous, twenty-six couples were married at once, at Plou gastel, one recent morning. In the village there are only some eight or nine family names, and the village folk never marry outside of their community. Last year there were forty-two marriages. The Right to Smoke. "Do you think it looks well for wom en to smoke as they do in some Span ish-speaking countries?" "Well," re plied the worried Londoner; "it's this 'way: If they're smokin' t'hey're likely either to be quiet and comfortable, or If they're not used to it just the oppo site. And either way's a good chance of keepin' 'em out of the suffragette parade." True Nobleness. To love the unlovely, to sympathize with the contrary-minded, to give to the uncharitable, to forgive such as never pity, to be just to men who make iniquity a law, to repay their ceaseless hate with never-ceasing love, Is one of the noblest attainments of man, and in this he becomes most di vine.-Theodore Parker. Puzzled. "'What's the matter, John?" "Why, ma'am, here's a note from the master in which he tells me that he's off on a little holiday and he wants me to send his drawing materials along." "Well, and isn't that plain enough?" "Hardly, ma'am. I don't know wheth er to send his paint brushes or a cork screw." Exposed. Transient--"Was the show last night the real thing, as they adver tised?" Uncle Eben-"Real thing, nothing. It was a fake. The boys ex posed it. We got hold of the fellow who played the villain, and after riding him around town he finally confessed that he warn't no real villain after all; just pretendin'."-Lippincott's. Knowledge Must Be His Guide. As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealthi of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: A man must carry knowl edge with him if he would bring home knowledge.-Samuel Johnson. Bright Conundrum. The following conundrum in a Ger man paper is worth repeating, for. though depending on a play of words. it. is good in either language. Why is a slate like matrimony? Because young girls reckon on both. Responsibilities of Citizenship, The duties of citizens are not ful filled so long as there is a single hovel in a city; a man, woman, or child sweated, or a hungry, uncared-for child in their midst.--Exchange. Sign of a Weak Mind. In matter of great concern, and which must be done, there is no surer argument of a weak mind than irreso lution.--Tilleston. Has No Bank Account The world owes every man a liv ing, but it doesn't send out checks. ustry r'own ining P~7 IN A Distinction With a Differenice OUmay not ahv~ays get what you pay for. Ittakes a good judge of values to do that, but if there is one sure rule in business~ it is-y ou pay for all you get. You may not be altosee the difference betw'een engme~s ot similar appearance at different prices, but if the differe ice in :ait is there. I H C Oil and Gasoline Engines cost more than some others because they are more carefully made, and more thoroughly tested. Skillful designing, better material, better workmanship, more careful assembling, and more thorough testing, tell in the long run. Given equal care an I H C engine costs less per year of service than any other engine you can buy. If an I H C engine is given all the work it will do, pumping, sawing wood, running the grindstone, feed grinder, hay press, silage cutter, repair shop machines, cream separator, churn, washing machine, etc.,'etc., it will pay for itself in a very short time in money and labor saved. I H C engines are made in every style horizontal, vertical, air and water-cooled, stationary, portable and mounted on skids, to operate on gas, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha. dis tillate or alcohol, in sizes from 1 to 50 H. P. lKerosenc-gasoline tractors, 12, 15, 20, 25 and 45- P. The I Hl C local dealer will give you cata logues and full information, or write International Harvester Company of Atrc Incorporated;A era Columbia S- C I H C Service Bureau The purpose of this Bureau is to furnish. free of charge to all, the best information obtainable on better farming. If you have any worthy QUes tions concerning soils, crops, land drainage. irri gation. fertilizers. etc.. make your inQuiries specitic p and send them to I H- C Service Bureau. H-arvestet Building. Chicago, U SA r' li 2ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. el AegetabledrpartionfoAs similaBeing ththdegua -1 It ntStomachs anddwnisof PrmotesDigesibon edOf nessandRestContainsne Opium.Morphine ncrNeraL TNOT NARCOTIC. Le n Use f._ ~ AperfectRemedy 1cmdp* tionSour Stomach,DWTlea W ormsonvulsioisyfeish ness andLOSSOFSLEER nesimie siglume 0* Thit Years P -- NEW YORK. I : rASTORA Cwopy of Wrapper. CAST oRI ORVRIGH METAL SH INGLES ~D -now ~ uoBears he Signuur C'' AK FOR TE STAM "CORTRIGHT" Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. and accept no substitute, if you want a roof that wil last as long as the building, and never need repairs- never need attention of any kind, except an occasional coat of paint. & 3. Fire-rof-Sonnproof- Lighnig-proof Doctors Use This for Eczema - D)r. Evans. Ex-Commissione~r of Health, Prescription for eczema and absolutey3 s-s "There is almost no relation be- guarantee that it wilT take away the tween skin diseases and the blood." The itch the instant you apply it. skin must be cured through the skin. If you are sufferin from any form of The germs must be washed out, and so skin trouble we woud like to haveyo salves have long aao been found worth- come to our store, for we have had the ess. The most advanced physicians of agency of this remedy for so many this country are now agreed on this, and years that we can telyou all about are prescribinlg a wash or wintergreen, D.D.D. Prescription and how it cures thymol and other in"'redients for eczema eczema. In fact, we are so sure of what and all other skin aiseases. This com- D.D.D. will do for you that we will be pound is known as D.D.D. Prescription glad to let you have a $1 bottle on our for Eczem2'. guarantee that it will cost you nothing Dr. Iholmes, the weil known skin spe- unless you find that it does the work. caitwrites: "I am convinced that the For that matter a trial bottle for 25c. D...Prescription is as much a specific ought to be enough to absolutey prove for eczerna as quinine for malaria. We tne merits of the remedy. have beena prescribing the D.D.D. remedy iDrop into our- store anyway and we o ea orelves vouch for the D.D.D. will tell you all about this great remedy. Pickenls Drug Comnpany Southern Railway Sche~uees Effective Feb. 9, '1 2 from Easley, S, C.,~ -Ti. fasiowing sche-dule figures aire publiebedi only as informa ion and arantd. .RRIVE FROM THlE SOUrii N'. 44 A T L A T\........................--- ---- 20 am .s.;s to di.--ch:,rge potsern:gaers froml Atlanta, or to receive -s.orI'es1 no rt h of C harilotte. N E~ NIW ORLE ANS and ATLANTA...-.5.48 am Stops only on Sundays \ 42 S!.NF.C.\ (Daily except Sunday).............34 aml - A. T A L A NTA-.................. --........--..l5 pm da AT LAMlT A-............................ ti.25 pm iil hMl: Ilt AM3 ati A'EL A NT A -......755 pm -'harge .-sehngers inun Atlanta and to reci-Ive: RiV~E FROM TBE NORTH -' NU )~ O'Im atd W ASINGTON...........-. a am 2 1~ A i? LOT T E.......-.--_--.............. ......1 55 amn * i.1 H7LOT TE.-----.......----4.0 p n 1 li A RLOT l'E--....... ------.-------9 55 pmt : *f I .a m-mo :app to [I ire A:.:I't' cn r e. rr.-spond wi- h W. h,~ I'. & T. A. J. L. 31ELJ. A.G. P. A. * I.''V Atlanta Ga. PICKENS BANK PICKENS, S. C C APIT AL * .. AIND SURPLUS . . INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS4 S..- - J. McD Bruce, President. I. M. Mauldin, Cashier. S (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) SPrompt Powerfui PerBanent --ets a re um'.a!y yieltoP P. P. lasting-at cures ~~ ~ ~ - ~ery ..tialy when other meda- you tostaiy cured t~t canes are useless ehre, p-eblood-eeanses the entire - 'h bran -senghens digestion and ne~rves. - e eme or BoodPoison and skin dis-eases. -e R -~smat s n tops the Pain; ends Malaria; nd vbyiuilder. Thlousands endorse it. ??MAN.SAVANNAH, GA. PICKENS DRUG Co. BURRISS METAL SHINGLES AND CALVANIZED BARN ROOFING : is eesarv for u, tot say much about our Tin h nya. in t his section. for wc have more house. covored re w ithi < ur oodi than any other shingle on the marke' I -he -er ret is that we have a lock superior to and, al wi'2 foar < ntraction anid expansion. Which others -pav'e ~ r~c :-iTe harn Rofing alo ba 'the 'ifurri $ -. t:1 .'k attachehd. and it is faLit taking the Paface~ of tbg r:andia corragated Roofing-. rite. oar call on me. or I will eall JOHN L. THORNLEY, Salesmani - P' NS-S.c . . e ured by J. T. BURRISS & SON, Anderson, S. C