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AL~ - - - 4 EI OFJ~~OIAL PAP1KEN 1C[~ PC N I -MRI4 PW qJ1T al~ ' *--t -9 LO1&Vakes ' aq1f .!o ikJ.011' J q r PU8LISHED kO~aat Wlckoue. ~ p~ter., an'e *"aouonres of Mrh8 8.RC,$ Establishbd 1871--Volume 44 PICKENS, S. C APRIL 15 15 SHRT NWS,ITEMJ European War Greece is said to be in the same position of Italy. The king and cabi net are opposed to hostilities and the populace is eager to fight. The Italian populace is clamoring for war, it is said. The. cabinet is -waiting to learn what. will be Aus tria's decision regarding -peace before taking any definite step. Reports from London and Paris state that all the belligerents, both Germany and the allies, fear that Aus tria may sue for a separate peace on account of the recent Russian sue cesses in the Carpathians, which they say now gives the Muscovites the complete command to the Hungarian plains. The German-Austrian line in the east is reported to be gradually weak. ening before the advance of the Rus sian Cossacks. German submarines are reported to have sunk several neutral vessels, in. cluding Argentine and Norwegian barks. The liquor ban has been placed in the armies of all the belligerents. Decrees have been issued by Emper or William, Emperor Nicholas, King George, Emperor Franz Josef and President Poincare. British and Russian reports declare the Teutonic dams in Austria are giv, Ing way to the horde of Muscovite forces sweeping down upon the Hun garia'n plains through the Carpathian passes. Italy is said to be prepared to strike at Austria, although the German qm bassador at Rome is doing all he can to urge the Italian government to keep out of the war. --The Bulgarian raiders who have been copimitting depredations in Ser bla hav.p Ma1e..severAl invading ex cursions acropp the Greek border. The Athens government is concerned over this incident, and it is believed both Servians and Greeks will take the mat ter up in a way that may result ser ously to King Ferdinand. A German submarine is reported to have sunk the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi, which sailed from Baltimore recent', for Naples. Parties in Austria and Turkey have expressed their desire for peace and as being weary of so much war. Tur key has been at war continually since the autumn of 1911 and has' lost in every campaign. Servia is again greatly exercised over the Bulgarian situation owing to a raid made within her borders by Bulgarian forces in which much life and property were destroyed. Fifty three.. Servlan- officers were wounded in the encounter when driving the neighboring enemies back into their own territory. This is the fifth at tack .of its kind since the outbreak of the European war. An official note has been sent by King Peter to King Ferdinand asking for indemnity and punishment of the invaders. The French report the capture of the summit of Mt. Hartmanns-Weiler kopf by French troops from the Ger mans. The German defeat was mark ed by a bloody battle in which the French claim to have outgeneraled the enemy in every point. The Russians claim' to be rapidly pushing on through Galicla through the .B~eskrid mountains a..d breaking the Austrian line in'sever. '.places. TDunsikl tcontr-actors of Chica gqC ifad disolared ea lockout against evrbr liUion ''whijh -allows its,. wage *agi'eement with -the employers to lapse. ~ It is feai'ed by the incoming city administration, headed by Mayor elect Thi'mpson, second Republican since 1892, that a general labor strike will ensue and bring the new city gov ernmuent in under embarrassing condi tions. Gen; tVictoriaho Huerta, former die tator of -Mexico,. wh6 attempted to make himself perietual president of the southern republic on assassination of President Madero and later driven from power by President Wilson, is ex pected to land within a few days at New York, where he will be met by a number of his followers now exiles in United States. Spanish advices state Huerta Intends to plan another irevolution in Mexico and oppose both the Carransa and Villa-Zapata forces. Governor Rye of Tenn~essee has been publicly charged by a Chattanooga cit izen of playing politics since he en tored office in January. The German auxiliary cruiser, Prinz Eltel Friedrich, which sank the Wil 11am P. Frye, has decided to intern at Newport News rather than risk the dlanger of running into British and French warships waiting only a brief 'distance from the Virginia capes, A .severe ocean gale swept the At lantic coast waters resulting in the loss of much damage of ships at sea. The Clyde line steanmr, Prins Mau i-its, plying between Now York and the West Indies, was wre-cked off Cape Hatteras and last heard from was reported to be sinking fast, 499 Fail To Pay Tax When the county treasurer' tax books closed March 31, 19165 * there remialned on the booki 499 unpaid receipts and execu tions were leued accordingly. - -j.1913there were 575 execu tIqhs issueij pnd last -year ther The ott Press eiol Chick Sptirs 7f~ (; The New York Safety First Feder. atiowhas refused to condemn the jit ney bus as dangerous and declards such action would be merely uphold Ing the electric public service corpora. tions. The battleship Georgia, which has been doing duty at Vera Cruz has been relieved by the gunboat Wheel ing. The Georgia will rejoin the At lantic fleet. Accountants state they have found a discrepancy of between $10,000 and $20,000 In the accounts of former Congressman James H. Cassidy of Cleveland as receiver of the Pittsburg Coal company. Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terer Haute, Ind., arrested in January, with eighty-nine others on the charge of defrauding the November elections, has been found guilty in federal court in Indianapolis. Mayor Roberts is credited with being the Democratic boss of southern Indiana and an aspi rant for governor in 1916. The charg es were prefefted by the Democratic state and federal officials at Indian apolis. Roberts avers that the whole thing is but a scheme to ruin his po litical chances. Chicago, considered one of the strongest Democratic strongholds of the country, was swept by the Repub licans In the municipal election. Hen ry Hafe Thompson was .elected mayor over -Rtobert: M. -Bweitser, Deniocrat, by the .sur'prising plurality of 130,000. It is said the support 'of Mayor. Car ter H. Harrison defeated for the Dem ocratic mayoralty nomination by Sweitzer, went to Thompson. The time for the Prinz Eftel in New port News harbor has expired and the. vessel still remains in American waters. It is now believed she ex pects to intern. Washington Secretary of State. Bryan has re fused to issue a passport to. Jack Johnson, the ex-champion pugilist, for his traveling abroad. Secretary Bry an says the Stars and Stripgs cannot lend any protection to any man evad ing his country or who stands indict ed on a criminal charge. In a public statement issued from the residence of the secretary of state, Secretary Bryan said lie intended to urge the Democratic party to fight the liquor traffic and make the prohibition question an issue of the 1916 cam paign. Statistical reports made to Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Redfield show that business conditions throughought the United States as a whole are better than at any. time since the panic of 1907 durhig the Roosevelt administration, when thou sands were suddenly thrown out of eiployment in every Northern city. Secretary Daniels of the navy is re ceiving congratulations for being the first official in the world to place a restrictive ban on drink on any of the military and naval forces. His order was first ridiculed. Now that the Eu ropean crowned heads have followed his example, the secretary has been lauded by the prohibitionists of the country. Miss Margaret Wilson, elder daugh ter of the president, who acts as offi cial mistress of the White House since her mother's death, entertained the childr-en of Washington at a big egg rolling on the White House lawn on Easter Monday. The United States Supremie 'court upheld the Florida statute I~o sell of' ship immature citrus fruit. The de& cision was. handed down by 'Justic$ Day, who said the''Flo:'ida law wa# valid, until such tii as thei'% migh0 be further legislatio~I on the kIuestion, by congreeA. . x Foreign The American note to Germany has b)een read in the reichstag and declar ed to be evasive. The United States is charged by the German war party, now in control of the national assem bly, of violtttion of neutrality. Pres ident Wilson's personal address to congress regarding the Mexican situ ation in August, 1913, was quoted and cited as an example of neutrality the German government feels it shlouIld ex pect froem the United States, and not the partial action that the Germans ejai mhas been taken by this govern ment towardl 1'nglandl and France. The Ger11man authorities in Belgium have ordlered Giffordl Pinchot, former chief forester- of the United States uin der Roosevelt and dismissed fi-om of fice by Pi-esident Taft, to quit Bel gium at once. Mi-. Pinchot is acting on a special commission for the state depar-tment in his wor-k in connection with the Amei-ican commission for- the Belgian -elief. It is said the Ger-mans objected to his activities in Belgium on account of his sister being Lady Al Jail Johnstone, wife of a for-mei- Br-it ishi minister to Brussels. No informa tion has come from Ber-lin r-egarding the incident nor from Minister Whit lock, but it is believed Mr. Pinchot had expressed his views freely against the German sentiment. The Villa-Zapata troops ire agalin in complete possession of llexico City. General Villa has author ~'d his repre sentatives in Washin ,~n to say he has entered the Mexican capital The Carranza for-ces under- General Obiegon met and defeated tile Villa Zapata Lao"s under - "rsonal corn mand of Gen. ?7o'cisco Villa betweer1 Celaya and Irapuato. Tile battle i-ag ed for thirty hours, resulting in Villa's retreat with the loss of a thousant dead anld -four hundred prisoners tak - en by Obrekon. Advices from Pekcin state that thi Japanese-Chinese treaty negotiationi are now taking on a mor-e favorable aspect and that the Japs have yield ed some of their drastic demands t Qeleved the conference Is near Pickens School Team Wins Showing surprising and surperior skill, training and endurance, the Pick ens high school track team swept the field before it at the fifth annual county track meet held at the Easley mill ball park Saturday, April 10, and piled up a total of 541 points, while the other six teams garnered 35 points between them. Easley, Central and Dacusville tied for third place with 9 points each; Six Mile made 41-2 points, Roanoke 21-2 and Liberty 1 1-2. Ia justice to Six Mile it must be mentioned that their entire team was unable to attend this meet. The contest was clean and absolutely free of wrangling, and was greatly en joyed by the large and enthusiastic crowd present. Much good- natured rivalry was exhibited by the supporters of the different schools. The yells of the Easley and Pickensschool children and the songs of the Pickens supporters were features of the meet. Of the constellation of stars Seaborn of Pickens was the most scintillating, he winning five first places out of six starts, a total of 25 points. Out of the ten events the Pickens team won niie first piaces. Thin'aking the. se'cond time influe cessipod the Pickens poys have wohth-e trophy.cup, it no.r comes into their permanent possession and iI nuch prized. 'The Easley boys also own a cup, having won the first two years Central won the third year of the meet. The list of events and the winners of the first, second third places, with the record of the winners, follows: (First place counts 5 points, second place 3 points and third place 2 points.) 100-yard dash-Seaborn of Pickens, 10 4-5 seconds; Brannan of Central and Cobb of Easley. Running high jump-Curtis ofPickens, 5ft 6 in; Hester of Pickens and O'Dell of Easley. 880-yard dash-Jones of Dacusville, 2 min 38.4 seconds; Boggs of P'ckens and Looper of Easley. Discus throw-Seaborn of Pickens, 150 ft 7 in; Evans of Six Mile and Al-. good of Roanoke. 220-yard dash-Seaborn of Pickens, 26 1-5 secons; Brannon of Central and Herd of Roanoke. Pole vault-Seaborn of Pickens, 10 ft 3 in; Anderson of Easley; Bivens of Pickens anid Watkins of Liberty, tied for third. 120-yard low hurdles - Seaborn of Pickenn, 18 seconds; Curtis of Pickens, and Mann of Six Mile.. nd Algood of Roanoke, tied for third. Running broad jump-Curtis of Pick ens, 19 ft 5 3-8 in; Smith of Easley and Mann of Six Mile. 440-yard dash-Boggs, Pickens,65 4-10 seconds; Jones of Dacusville and Aiken of Dacusville. Shot put-Looper of Pickens, 36 ft 8 3-4 in; Brannon of Central and Rig gins of Liberty. The Pickens team will participate in theistate high school meet to be held in Columbia April 22 and 23, and if the boys keep in good condition they should at least finish 1-2-3. Mere than thirty schools will be represented in this meet. The state oratorical contest will also be held in Columbia next week, and Colie Seaborn will represent thie Pickens school. Pleasant Grove News Farmers are beginning to plant corn and cotton, as the pretty weather has got the fever on them. Mr. King, who is building a bridge across Saluda river, has his contract nearly completed. This bridge will be a dandy when completed,, and is appreciated by the community. We regret to state thatWilliam Harden of - this section had a sudden stroke of paralysis some few days ago and'is still confined to his bed. Dr. Stroud is attend inig him and thinks that by good treatment will recover. Married, on March 18, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs. James McJunkin, by George R. Mayfleld, N. P., John Moody of Marietta route 2 to Miss Jannie McJunkin of this sect ion. The bride and groom will make their home near Mari etta. Rev. J. E. Foster filled his regular alipointmi nt at Pleasant Grove last Saturday and Sun day, and on Sunday we had the pleasure of haying Prof. R. T. Hallum and his little daughter of Pickens with us. Mr. Hallum delivered to the congregation a very interesting talk on foreign and home mission work. After Prof. Hallum finished his talk a short sermon was delivered by Brother Foster and a colpction taken for mission purposes, for which there were several dollars collected. Come back and see us again, Brother Halium. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Den nis McJunkin, April 9, a girl. Dorn, unto Mr. and- Mrs.Vest. Ellenburg, April 11, a big boy, 'rThe singing choir of Pleasani Grove has an invitation to meel - with the Peters Creek choir or -the fifth-Sunday in May. A FARMER. Farmers Busy on Route Three Mr. Editor: We decided to write you a few dots this morn mig and let you know of the lit tle happenings which have re cently transpired up in this quiet corner of the woods. "Gee-haw" is heard in every direction and corn planting is going right along. No cotton seed has been planted around here as we know of, but will begin in the next few days. I believe there has been more work done since the close of the bad weather than I have ever known and on a more systematic plan. Most all the fields are looking nice and fertile. Grain that was sown last fall is beginning to revive and change its appear ance after the rough winter and almost incessant rains Which seriously leached the soil. This is a lovely morning after the little shower and gale yes terday evening. Old Mr. Win ter will soon cease to longer lin ger in the lap of Miss Spring, as every indication points in that direction. We hear the shrill hotes of the whipporwill in the forest -and the crackle of the wild goose on his spring -journey to the great lakes for the summer. Robert Welborn visited friends and relatives in Williamston and vicinity last week. Will Thomas and family'of the Crow Creek section visited Mrs. Thomas' paients, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Porter of -route 3, Saturday and Sunday. After an absence of five months George E. Welborn of the Williamston schools, visited homefolks Saturday and Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Looper and little son visited the old home of Mrs. Looper Sunday. . The sale of the property of the late John T. Lewis last Satur day brought fair prices for the times. For fear this little article finds its way into the waste-basket, I will not tax your columns fur ther. 6-Mile Academy Commencement The fiifth session of the Six Mile Baptist academy is near to a close. Just one mre week of real work and then commence ment begins April 20. - This year the school will have five graduates,two bright young ladies and three bright young men. The school is in the best spirit throughout the student body and every effort is being put forth by student and faculty towards making this the best and most interesting program that we have yet had. The first play is probably the most humorous,and if you want to'forget your troubles and hard times come T1uesday night. In spite of hard times the school has flourished. A small admis sion fee will be charged to cover the expense. Every body should come the first night. The rest of the program will be free and every bdy is cordially invited. As the end of the session is near at hand we all regret hav ing to part from our teachers and friends, as wve have become so devoted to them, especially Prof. S. E. Garner, under whose care and leadership we have been made to feel like a child at home, and I am sure that every one who comes under him in the future sessions will be made to feel the kind and loving Chris tian spirit possessed by him and his wife. My heart yearns to see these dormitories filled with boys and girls in order that they may be prepared to help bring the King dom of God to pass in the hearts of men. There is no better place for boys and girls than in a Christian school. Following is the program: April 20, 8 p. m.-Play, Min erva's Troubles. April 21, 11 a. mi.-Lecture, Prohibition. 8 p. m.-Music recital. April 22, 11 a. m.-Debate on Compulsory Education. 8 p. m.-Girls' contest. April 23, 11 a. m.-Sermon by Rev. W. E. Wilkins. 3 p. m.-Boys' contest. 8 p. m.-Graduating class ex ercises, awarding of diplomas and presentation of medals. Singing Convention The Liberty Township Sing. ing convention will meet witih Smith's Grove Baptist church, about two miles east of Libertyi the third Sunday In April, 1915 Everybody invited to come anm bring songbooks and plenty t< eat, and let us have a good tinme Come, everybody. 0. E. .ROGIEBs, Secuand Treas. Letter From Texas The Pickens Sentinel:-Most f the farmers have their corn planted. but it stays so cold it is not doing any good. There is a large acreage of small grain and it is looking fine. The prospects for biscuit another year look zood now. Our grain crop was fine last year, you could see farmers with their wagons load- 4 ed with wheat going to mill, made one think of old times. The cotton acreage is cut about one half here this year; they are planting wheat, oats, corn, I kafir corn, maize and spanish peanuts. The peanut is getting to be a great thing with us here; we raise them to fatten our hogs 1 on. There was several cars of hogs shipped from here this year that was fattened on them, and everything on the place will eat them down to the cat and dog. We will not have more than a half crop of fruit ti i year as our winter didn't bigin till March. It has been colder this -month than any time in January or February. Ai I started to tell you awhile ago some planted their corn and had to plantirover. Well, as Wife thinks she can't get along without The Sentinel, find enclosed $1 for another year's subscription. J. E RNs'r RE~n. Doublin, Tex. March 29. Two Deaths Mrs. Amanda Jameson Mc Adams died Sunday, April 11, at the home of her son, Tom. 0. Jameson, near Easley, and was buried the day following her death in the Jameson burying ground, her pastor, Rev. D. W. Hiott. conducting the services at 2 o'clock. She was in her 80th year and had been a mem ber of the Baptist church for sixty years. Her maiden name was Amanda Orr and she was married twice. Her first hus band was Carroll Jameson and two sons sivive by this mar riage, Toni 0 of this county and John C. of t he Vest. Her second husband was Mr. Mc Adams and b)y him two sons survive, George MeAdams of Texas and Mason B. McAdams of Oklahoma. To these and all other relatives we extend sym pathy. At 4.30 o'clock on the same day of the above funeral, Rev. D. W. Hiott held the funeral of Mrs. R. C. Lollis, six miles be low Easley. She was 67 years old and leaves a husband and two children. It was a touch ing scene to see Mrs. Turner, mother of the deceased, who is in her eightieth year, weeping over the grave of her daughter. TPhe remains wvere carried to Grove Station in Greenville county and interred in the Gar rison burying ground Tuesday. Dairy Car Geing Thru Pickens Co. Practical demonstrations in dairying and poultry raising will be given by experts of Clemson college in six counties. The demonstrations wvill be given from one of the thoroughly equipped dairy instruction cars of the Southern railway, which has been loaned to the extension division of Olemson for the pur pose. The trip will begin at An dlerson on April 14 and end at Roc. Hill on April 24. The (dairy instruction car will stop at points in six counties. One of the principal aims will be to give instruction to those farm ers who are now patrons of the co-operative creamery at Clem son college. The car isequipped with modern dlairy and poultry appliances and the use of these will be demonstrated. Trhere will ah~o be lectures by dairymen and by the poultry husbandman of the college. All farmers at our near the stopping points are urged to at tend and farmers' wives are specially invited. The car will be at Liberty on April 17 from 10 to 12 a. m. and from 2 to 4 p. rn., and at Easley April 19 at the same hours. J. C. Robins, a guard at th( South Carolina state peniten. tiary, was shot from his horst while chasing a negro fugitive, Joel Green near, Pinewood ir Clarendon county Friday night and died Saturday afternoon. The negro also killed two blooc hounds and escaped to a swamp ~where he was found and kiile( by a posse. Mr. Robbins was I about 88 years of age and un married. He was a native of Anderson county and since thE installation of the electric chahi in this state had been the of finil nlnetrncntioner. Missionary Rally at Easley Easley First Baptist church was the icene of a missionary rally on Monday light last. The speakers were Rev. C. 3. Blackburn of Greer and Rev.-Ed ,vard S. Reeves of Honea Path. A cood number were present to listen to heir stirring addresses. Mr. Blackburn spoke first on the "Call f the World," outlining present world ,onditions and showing that all the Yorld is sending a ringing call for the ;ospel of Christ. The heathen world is ;urning to intellectual pursuits and the -ducational centers today are St. Peters )urg, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Cal ,utta. The world is in the melting pot %nd now, while in a molten state, is the ;ime to press forward and make the asting impress upon these peoples of ;he spirit of Christ. Mr. Reeves followed him, speaking mnthusiastically of our "Home Mission rauk." He cited the various fields and iceds of the home work; the mountain schools, the negroes, the 300,000 In lians, the oncoming millions of immi grants, and the churches inefficient for ack of funds to build a home. He said f our hundred million people today were imbued with the spirit of our Lord the 3vangelization of the world would be an 3asy task. But only about 37 per cent f our great Southland population is 3nrolled in the Army of the Cross. His plea was that, if there must be re trenchment this year, it should not be gin at the House of the Lord. There must be a broader idea of stewardship. Men must know that all they have is Lord's and He has entrusted it to thei keeping. If they are to be the big Chribtians everythitig must be used foi the glory of God. That means larger giving. The meeting closed with a song by Mr. Blackburn. Pastor Murphree Pounded Mr. Editor- KCindly give m space in your valuable paper tc publicly thank the goodl peopiq of Six Mile and others for th grand birthday d i n n e r an( pounding given me on April 1 when between forty and fifty o my good brethren and sister came in and took possession o both my home and mine an( spread in my front yard one o the grandest dinners you eve saw. Mr. Editor, you just ough fd have been here. After th inner man was thoroughly sat isfied all assembled in the bacl yard and had sone talks fron the brethren, who congratulate( me on passing the 47th milepos in the journey of life. May Go( bless the good people for thi token of their love and make m more worthy to serve them i1 the days to come than in th past. B. F. Mu uianm : l'. Singing Convention The Pickens ,Townsh ip Singj ing convention will meet wit] the Pickens nitlf church the 4t] Sunday in this month at tw o'clock p. m. Every body la iir vited to meet with us and woi ohip the Lord in a good son service. All leaders in the towr dhip ara.expected to 'be ther( Any and all leaders in the cour ty will b~e given a cordial wel come. The convention is plar ning to have an all-day singin the 5th Sunday in May. Inv tations will be considered at tli mill on the 4th Sunday in th month. Who wants the all-da singing? R. L. HENDERS5ON, Secretary. Tax Levy For Pickens County The following is the tax lov for the year 1915: For state purposes, 7 mills. For constitutional school ta: 3 mills. For ordinary county pur'pose 111 mills. For pensions of Con fedora soldiers, 1 mill. The above makes the tv levy of this county 22i mill which is higher than that any other county in the stat Kershaw county has the secor highest tax levy which is 24) 4 mills. From a Subscriber D)ear Mr. Editor: You wv find enclosed one dlollar' to pt for The Sentinel until A pril Wish.ing you and your brh a happy life together in th world and both a home in heav( when you leave this world. M us. MATT'iE mG (ALTAAv. Victoriano Hluerta, once pr visional president of Mexlc who for nearlyV a year has bet in Spain, arrived IuNew Yoi Monday. He was adentged1 ,the United States after he la sworn that he would do nothir to involve the neutrality of tlb country. LEssON o : 7 E. O.SELLERS, Acting Director of Suinday School Course, The Ioody Bible Institute, Chicago, 11.1 LESSON FOR APRIL 18 'fHE SHEPHERD'S PSALM. LESSON TEX--Psalm 23. GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord Is my Shep. herd.-Ps. 23:1. This -is the most famous of the shepherd king's writings. Probably written in his later life, he borrows his figure from the experience of bis youth. The relation of the lamb to David is a type to him of his rela tiois to God. Israel's greatest poet had ample time for meditation in the days of his youth as he followed the occupation of shepherd. His playing on the harp is famous and he made the first official use of music in the worship of Jehovah (see I Chron.' 15: 15-24). The word "Psalm" Is from the Greek, and first meant a stringed In strument. The Hebrew title of this book is "Praises." Of the 150 psalms David. is expressly credited with 73. To fully study this, the sweetest of all psalms, we must consider it verse by verse. (1) "My Shepherd." The lamb Is David. The Shepherd is Jehovah. The time is man's natural time on earth. The rest is in the future. This Shep herd so provides that the lamb "shall not want." It is his business to care for his sheep. We are the sheep. Jesus is the Shepherd, and his sheep obey his voice (John 10:4, 5). We shall not want for food, for drink, for grace, for quietness, for companion ship, for guidance and for welcome back to th fold at the end of the day or in the me of storm. (2) "H leadeth me." "The Lord is my Sh.leph Id becausz (a) he bought -m. (b) e''ceds Me, (c) he leads me." -Roberts. To fully comprehend the deep sig ificance of this psalm we must try to know the land of Palestine and the habits of eastern shepherds; B how they feed their flocks, know f them by name, and keep constant 1 vigil against. the danger of flood and f wild beasts. The Lord is an individ r ual shepherd, interested In the one as well as the whole, and as such at tends to each individual's need. He provides a place for us to "lie down in pastures of tender grass;" he also causes us to walk beside "waters of quietness." lie makes us to -lie down at times and he knows where to lead, t providing at the same time both food I and drink. B (3) "He restoreth my soul." The 3 Shepherd revives our faintness. If I the lamb is too weak, he carries it "in 1 his bosom" until it is revived. Many are the ways he revives us. A word, a sentence, a paragraph, or an expert enge will ofttimes restore the sick, weary, sorrowful or sin-buffeted child of God1. Hie also leads-remember he does not dirive-and his paths are 1paths of pleasantness and of peace. His paths are "right tracks," not the 1delusive ones of sin. Wo cannot Swalk in these paths without his leader ship, without. his strengthening rest, rlthout the invigorating food and Sdrink whiich is provided for us by the -Good Shephard. (4) "Yea thuigb I walk." Just as _ - every need-* has been' .. yided for (Phil. 4.19 yen so will . every fear be banishe4. The flock has y. passed 1beyond the "tender grass" and ]. "waters& of. quietness" into new and Btrange ~periences, into the "valley e of deepest darkness," not alone the 2 experience of physical death but all V of life's experiences that are shroud ed by thick, impenetrable darkness, for the Christian does not always walk in paths of light. Sometimes we scaree ly see the Shepherd, but we may al ways hear his voice. Dark valleys may lie between two excellent pas y turage grounds even as Bunyan sug gests in Pilgrim's Progress. Death is a shadow, not a substance, for the sting of sin has been removed (I 'Cor. 15:54-57). Why ntfear? "loor thou art with me" and he is stronger s' than any possible enemy. There are dangers which we cannot cope with, LC but as he is wIth us "we are able." (5) "My cup runneth over." Here ,X the figure changes. JTehovah is now S, the bountiful host. What a repast he ~fhas spread! 1)avid as a shepherd and e. as a fugitive fromi Saul knew the pinch of hunger and the satisfaction of eat [0ing in peace. in the very presence 'of 0his enemies, mnt and beast. They that are (hist's have enemies (John 16:19; 11 Tiim. 3:12), but as our Host he has spread a banquet in their very presence while the world goes on Sfeeding upon the husks. Uil also anoints our heads with the "oil of gladness," ' the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:38; I John 2:20, 27 RI. V.). For the ancient.feast this anointing was an essential prep lA aration, 18 (6) "I shall dwell . , . forever." n Goodness and mercy pursue theogsalm 1st In marked contrast with the ealam. ity and the angel of judgment whleh follow the wicked (Ps. 85t6; 140:11). There is a perpetuity of blessing ae D- well as the penalty of sin. Tho' salm. D, ist leaves the feast for his 4 .l1ln Shotise which shall abide "to. l1lt - k of days." .This is to be. intre7. o0 Sn its fitliness only by.the~eN 1.~4 yaent -(3hn 14:i-; I Thess. 4 16'7 Everlasting 'fellowship, e co tuion -.aig companionship 'with the Oitef 1S Bhephe'd, the "great Shepherd of the sheep."