The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, July 14, 1927, Image 3
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THE BARNWEM. PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Group of Nativos of Sudan.
(flvrn an opportnnity to land, and we
entered Its cavemons depths at
night with torches that threw weird
shadows. -
“We passed Kitchener's camp,
where the great British soldier spent
something like three years equipping
an army with machine guns and ar
tillery to go Into the Sudan to sub
due a religious sealot and his fanati
cal followers.
“The train from Haifa to Khartum
A TRIP from central Egypt to
Khartum, disclosing life along
V. the Nile and In the desert. Is
, described by a recent traveler.
"“We traveled south," he wrltqs, "In a
little white train, with bine glass win
dows to lessen the shock of the rush
ing sunshine.
“Before we were a mile from the
station at Luxor the desert began to
assert Itself. The temperature in the
—cnsnh eUmb*iLUu allBoit
heights; yet when we opened the win
dow for what we thought would be a
breath of fresh air, the glare of the
sun struck us like a blow In the face.
We had never conceived of such vio
lent sunshine.
“Late In the afternoon we reached
Shellal and transferred to a boat on
the Nile for Haifa, whence stretches
the railway to Khartum, completed
by Kitchener between 1807 and 1890.
when he made war on the forces of
Mohammed Ahmed, the ‘Mad Mahdl/
concentrated at Omdnrman.
"The Nile trip from Shellal to Haifa ’ J at V m the afternoon when the
lasted from five o’clock one afternoon 1
4 the next afternoon. We arrived at
our destination 18 hours late, having
been mafooned an afternoon and
night In the desert with masses of
sand hurtling over and around us.
"We did not dare to go forward,
for when these desert storms swirl,
often they blow the roadbed out from
under the crossties and leave the rails
suspended In the air, like bright steel
ribbons. Eventually, before the fall
train was permitted to proceed,
hand-car had to be sent ahead as
scout to see If all were well. It was
ful
force of the sirocco struck us, turn
ing the daylight to darkness.
"We were fascinated by its ap
proach. Thin, angular Arab figures
danced In Its path, like grotesque
scarecrows, trying to escape. It
whirled across the Nile, striking us
broadside on, and for a few stuffy
minutes the air was unhreathahle.
‘The storm carried all the sand«ant
peenery with It. For a half hour we
breathed dust, swallowed dust, ant
spat dust. Then It passed over, and
we could watch it playing havoc on
the horizon.
“Khartum was a welcome sight!
.Luxor, Aswan, Haifa, Omdurmnn ant
Khartum are river-bank villages. Be
cause of their fame, one thinks ol'
them as .cities. Khartum plays at be
ing the capital of the Sudan ; Omdur-
man. Just across -the Nile, if ap all
mud native village covering a vast
area.
_ “Khartum Is'VflOO mites south of,
11 boat was almost unendurable, Cairo. This was the frontier, the end appearance, so that even Samuel'wal
to noon of the second day. The boat
was too small to permit the passen
gers to move about. There was noth
ing to do but sleep and eat, read and
talk.
"For half the distance to Haifa the
desert was saffron-colored, sienna,
burnt orange; In the high light of
noon It was golden. Most of us think
of the Sahara as composed of white
or gray sand. To the contrary, It Is
colorful. Often the ‘sand' Is broken
rock, and there are many ledges and
ridges. Everywhere the ground heaves
and swells.
"The desert Arabs live In desperate
squalor, on the fringe. On what they
subsist Is more or leas a mystery. The
Nile flows close by, but It Is not used
for bathing. Half -the Inhabitants
seem to have sore eyes, and the sight
less ones are everywhere.
Sunrise Over the Desert
"The heat in the cabins of the
turned out at daybreak" and
"‘lot on deck to breathe.
"\Ve saw the sun rise over the des
ert. A huge brassy disk slid Into
place with astonishing rqpldlty. One
moment there was a soft haze; the
r next, a bright, hot sun assaulted the
land.
."Along the shore small palm trees
grew delicately out of the water Itself
and gently waved green branches at
us. Off toward the horizon were hum
mocks and pyramids of crumbly rock.
Near at hand art Arab mud village
slept soundly and odorously. Swanns
of wispy gnats moved down from no
where to settle in our hair for addi
tional warmth.
."The steersman, a' Mohamjnedan,
came out of the little deckhouse to
gay his prayers on the roof of the
lower deck. It was the season of the
Feast of Ramadan. He faced Mecca.
He stood. He, lifted both gaunt hands.
He dyoPP^d hlg han ds. He bowed.
He kneeled. He prostrated himself.
He laid his forehead to the deck.
"At midday the heat was so ener
vating that we would sit and eat In
silence. Those' of us who were new
to the country ate very little.
•The only animals we saw In the
desert were lean white camels. They
browsed and grazed, apparently on
nothing, or reclined on shadeless
sands hot enough to bum the skin
from one’s hands.
History Along tho Nila.
"The banks of the Nile are a pano
rama of history. We passed Phllae,
the ancient shrine of Isis, which* since
building of the Aswan dam la
,erged almost half the year. We
_ Roman fort high on a rocky
^ ' " and desert shore, set there to watch
^ over the barbarians while Antony’*
romance with Cleopara flonrtshed.-We
passed a temple supposedly erected
, by Cleopatra herself—In a fit of re
morse, we presumed to think.
“When we came to a Temple of the
Bun, csrved out of rock, wo
fife* *tH:."’- .r.-il——? ~
tiie
build
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f©. ttIT. Wmforw N*w»pi»por niHon.)
for July 17
•AMUCt ANOINTS DAVID
LK8SON TEXT—1 Sarauol l«:l-lt.
GOLDEN TEXT—Lot no man do-
splto tky youth, but bo thou an ox-
amplo of tho bollovero in word. In oon- •
vorsation, In charity. In oplrlt, tn
faltb. In purity*.
TO
Choson Kin
PRIMART TOPIC—A Shepherd Boy
JUNIOR TOPIC—God’s Plan for a
Boy’s Life.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOR-
IC—Why God Choae David. .
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Dtscovortng Future Leaders.
I. Samuol Mourns for Saul (▼. T).
1. Why he mourned. The death ot
Saul was, no doubt, a personal loss to
Samuel, for Saul was a commanding
and lovable personality. Then, too, the
ruin of so promising 1 career would
deeply affect Samuel. Finally the hu
miliation to God and God’s people
grieved his heart.
2. Excessive mourning rebuked. The
fact that God had rejected Sfiol should
have lifted Samtifct otit'^olTliis grief.
Excessive grief over that which
does Is a reflection upon Him and
should be rebuked. When sorrow be
comes a hindrance to the discharge of
duty. It merits rebuke.
II. Samuel Sent to Anoint David
(tv. 1-8).
1. Samuel’s fear (v. 2). Perhaps by
this time Saul was becoming a des
perate character. Samuel still knew
that If San! should bear that he was
taking steps to anoint a successor to
the throne, his own life would be In
danger. Samuel was wise In submit
ting this hard situation to the Lord.
God’s servants are to be brave. How
ever, even when goipg on errands tor
Oba wVshoqlfl not conrUUngas^
Tbs Lord smoothed the way for
Samnel. He showed him how to per
form his doty and escape the danger.
Samuel was to take a heifer gnd an
nounce that he was going to offer a
sacrifice unto the Lord and to call
Jesse to the sacrifice. The prophet
was not told all that would happen.
This Is usually God’s way with os
He gives os our work piece by piece,
and guides as step by step. Samuel's
purpose was known only to himself.
It was to be kept a secret so that ths
news would not reach Saol. This was
a shrewd device but entirely legiti
mate. We may conceal that which
others have no right to know, espe
cially when such a disclosure would be
detrimental to the success of our mis
sion. What Samuel said was true.
III. Samuel's Obedience (vv. 4-13).
1. The trembling elders of Bethle
hem (w. 4, 5).
Their nnnsual movement was an oc
casion for alarm. To the elders’ alarm
ing Inquiry Samuel responded with the
assurance of peace. Inviting them to
Join him In worshiping the Lord.
2. Examination of Jesae’s sons (w
6-12).
The Lord had revealed to- Samnel
that one of Jesse's sons was to be the
new king, but not the particular
one.
(1) Ellab rejected (vv. 8, 7).
Ellab was the eldest son and there
fore he was the first presented as hav
ing first right to the place of honor.
Furthermore, he was a splendid speci
men of manhood, tall aqd majestic In
lUmahEd 16 Years Ago, Sho
Enjoys Lasting Honor.
. - . ' • - »
Lisbon, Portugal.—Queen Amelia of
Portugal, who was exiled from this
country 16 years ago with tho root of
the royal family, left her name asso
ciated with to many charitable insti
tutions that she still la loved and re
spected In the Portuguese republic.
This princess of Orleans Is very
democratic. She founded many chil
dren's hospitals and homes, where she
helped doctors to tend the sick.
At home she supervised the educa
tions of the princes, Louis Philippe
and Manuel.
v Araelle de Braganza, exiled from her
native France, lived In England un
til her marriage to Carlos, the crown
prince of Portugal.
Prince Manuel, who became king
of Portugal, owes his life to his royal
mother’s courage. When King Carlos
and the crown' prlnce were assassinat
ed as the royal family drove through
the streets the assailants shot at the
younger prince. The queen, seeing ths
gun aimed at her son, rose In the car
riage, and with a boijquet caused tht
bullet to swerve, so that It merely
grazed his hand.
Since ^tlrnftwlamatlon of the re
public In Portugal the exiled queen
lived for many years In England with
son. But now that the French
republic has annulled the ban against
the former royal family of France
Amelia of Orleans Uvea lb seclusion
In a small house near the palace of
Versailles, where her ancestors ones
reigned.
U. S. Land, Just “Found,"
Slated for Park Site
Washington.^—Land that the federal
government has possessed for 80 years
In the mountains of northern Alabama
has Just been “discovered" by search
in ths records of the federal land of
fice. .
The. surveyor-who mapped the terri
tory |n 1847 tor allocation to settlers
seems to have been daunted when be
came to the brink of May’s gulf, a
beautlfuL gorge ten miles long and a
quarter to a half-mile wide. Or per
haps he concluded that no one ever
would want It. Anyway, he mapped
only to the brink on either side, drew
two lines marking the bluffs and
labeled them "perpendicular bluffs 300
to 500 feet high," and let It go at
that
The state legislature Is expected to
buy the territory for a park in ac
cordance with a federal law passed
last year permitting transfer of such
tracts to the statee. '
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In and About Khartum.
"Late afternoons we rode donkeys
along the .Nile, past the palace of the
governor general, where Gordon was
killed by the. Mad MahdI’s men, to
ward the statue Of Gordon sitting on
a camel, looking out across'the desert.
“The Gordon hotel, where we
stayed, faced on the public square,
perhaps „a hundred yards across.
There was no grass. There was only
sand. Step out Into this square under
the midday sun without one’s pith
helmet and one may have a sunstroke
before he takes a hundred steps. A
short time before our arrival a Greek
trader attempted to cross the square
at noon on a rush errand, without his
topee. He was stricken and died be
fore he reached his destination.
"With evening came relief. A gen
tle breeze blew from the Nile and we
sat on the earth terrace in front of
the hotel from dinner until midnight,
drinking lemon squashes and whlskys-
and-sodns. Off across the square,
tom-toms beat perpetually and white
figures of dervishes danced to the
wild music. During Ramadan, every
day Is a fast and eyery night a festi
val. . ^
“A delegation went over to watch
.the ‘show. Three musicians shuffled
backward In a perpetual circle. They
thrummed * tom-toms—-^shallow hoops
with skin stretched taut across. They
sang; they chanted.
“From time to time figures broke
away from the tightly packed mob
which Inclosed the torches, and danced
furiously, whirling after the manner
of dervishes. Aronnd and around they
went, barefooted fanatics, leaping and
gyrating In their long white robes and
odd white turbans. One minute they
struck a self-appreciative pose and
held it; the next, they were in a
frenzy again. They resembled noth
ing so much as chickens with heads
cat off, flattering in the purpoeelsee
dance of
Is a Prescription for
captivated by him as he had been bj
Saol (10:2^). Outward appearance Is
tavorabte. bat th. rMiitie. «« b, I Malaria, Chill* & Fever,
God were against him.- We frequently I # # '
estimate men by their dress, cultural | Dengue OF BilioUS FCVCF.
appearances, wealth and position.
These are only surface manifestations
and frequently lead us astray, but God
looks. Into the heart.
(2) David chosen (vv. 8-12).
AH but one of Jesse's sons bad been
looked upon, bat stUl the Lord’s choice
had not appeared. Jesse’s reply to
Samuel's question as to whether all
hfs children had > appeared seems to
Imply that David was not of much
Importance. At any rate he was only
a boy, while his brothers were already
young men. He was considered good
enough to watch the sheep, but not to
be called to the feast. This Is ever
the way of man. He overlooks the
very ones whom the Lord has chosen
for places of honor and - Influence.
Because David was f<hfnl as a shep
herd boy, he was In line for promotlor
when God’s -give® time arrived.
3. David anointed (r. 13).
When the shepherd lad appeared,
the Lord directed Samnel to anoint
him. When the oil was applied the
Spirit of the Lord came upon him
David was a gifted and attractive lad
bat his gifts were of no avail without
the Spirit of God. Only as we are
anointed by the Holy Ghost can we
truly do the Lord’s will and work.
It kills the gerihs.
We Can Choose
We cannot tell what shall be on the
morrow; bnt we can choose what we
ourselves will be. We can resolvs to
live falthfolly whatever betides. • • .
We can walk with the bright angels,
and wrestle with the dark ones, sod
oblige the flying hoars to leave s bless
ing behind.—N. Y. Frothlnghsm. •
That Which Wo Do for Christ
That which we do for ourselves Is
forgotten; that which we do for Christ
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