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Uniform IntomatmaJ Sunday School ? Lesson' (Br RBV. P. R riTBWATB*. D D.. b*r of Faculty, Moody BlbU laatltut* of I'hlrarn > Lesson for September 14 JEREMIAH, THE PROPHET OF IN- DIVIDUAL RELIGION LESSON TEXT—Jer, 1:1-10; H:7-22; ll:|7.14. GOLDEN TEXT—So then each one of tie •hall give account of himself to God. PRIMARY TOPIC—Jeremiah, A Man Who Would Not Give Up. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jeremiah, A Man Who Would Not Give Up. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—B*inR Obedient to God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Responsibility of the Individ ual. I. Jeremiah’s Call (Jer. 1 1. It was prenatal (vv. 4, 5). Hefore Jeremiah was born God or dained him a prophet unto the nation. 2. His diffidence (v. 0). 4 Thi» seems to have grown out of his jouth and inexperience. 3. Hit hesitancy overcome (vv. 7, 8). God graciously appeared to him and made clear that lie should: a. Go where sent. b. Speak as commanded. c. Be not afraid of their faces. The servant of God is called upon to face strong enemies. Only the con viction of^hls divine commission will enable him to face the foe. d. The divine presence assured. It matters little as to the strength of the foe if the messenger Is blest with the presence of God. 4. The divine message given (v. 9). Not merely the thoughts, but the proper words to express tiie thoughts are put into the prophet’s mouth. 5. The nature of his ministry (v. 10). It was to be wider than that of prophesying. Six words are given as descriptive thereof. The fln«t four are destructive In their Implication—“root out,” “pull down,” “destroy,” and ’Throw down”; two constructive— *T>ulld M and “plant.” II. Dialogue Between Jeremiah and God (Jer. 14:7-22). The occaaion was a most severe fam Ine which had come upon the land, (vv. 1-0) as a result of which many were dying. v 1. The prophet confesses the people’s sins (vv 7-9). He made no evasion of sin, but plead wit!) God not to abandon his people. Abandonment would be interpreted by the heathen enemies as God’s Inability to help them. No merit could be plead ed for the people, so he plead for the sake of God’s name that God would not leave them. 2. Too late for mercy (vv. 10-12). (1) Jeremiah’s prayer declared use less (vv. 10, 11). Because of the gross wickedness of the people, God informs Jeremiah that punishment is inevitable. (2) Religious services of no avail (v. 12). The disloyal people of Israel hoped to turn aside God’s wrath by engaging In the services of Jehovah. Such serv ices are an abomination. 3. The doom of false prophets (vv 13-10). Kven though false prophets lulled the people to sleep, God held them re sponsible. God gives sufficient dis- i cemment to enable people to know their leaders. No one can plead ignor ance in such coses. 4. Waiting upon God (vv. 17-22). <1) Jeremiah walling the sufferings •f his people (vv. 17, 18). (2) Jeremiah pleading for his people (vv. 19, 20). (3) Heading for forgiveness (v. 21). He based his plea on covenant rela tion, not upon personal merit. (4) Hope only in God (v. 22). He acknowledges that the nation’s only hope was in the living God. III. The New Covenant (Jer. 31: 27-34). 1. Promise to build and to plant In stead of to break doum and pluck up (vv. 27, 28). 2. Freedom from the power of he redity (vv. 29. 30). No longer shall the children suffer for the sins of their parents. Those who are Joined to Jesus Christ are un der a new law of life superior to the tew heredity. , 3. The iaw written within (vv. 31-33). Through regeneration the heart has not only the desire but the power in the Holj Spirit to rtee above and to be free from carnal fmpulses. 4. Teachers no longer needed (v. 34) God iliali speak directly to all from the least unto the greatest so that no longer shall the knowledge of God be dependent upon the human teacher. 5. Sins no more remembered (v. 34). When God forgives, offenses are re mem be red no more. CAPITALS Galleries and Gardens (Prepared by th* National Qaoitraphlc Society. Waahlnyton. D. C.) T WO capitals of German states. Dresden in Saxony and Munich in Bavaria, are capitals, as well, of art, and annually draw their thousands of art-loving tourists. Dresden is filled with artistic won ders. Its picturesque setting, astride a beautiful bend in the Elbe river, about 110 miles south of Berlin, caused Herder, the poet, to call it the Florence of the E^be. From an approaching river steamer, the Saxon capital is a city of graceful spires and huge domes and cupolas, but Inside the Altstadt (old city) on the left bank of the Elbe, the picture changes to one of artistically embel lished buildings, handsomely sculp tured monuments, galleries of famous paintings, numerous museums with choice collections of all sorts, spa cious squares and parkways, and can yonlike streets where Kunst (German for “art”) is heard among the throngs nearly as often as some of the com mon verbs. A large portion of the Altstadt Ilea near the Augustus bridge, one of the five spans that connect the old town with Neustadt, on the other hank of the river. The Hof-Kirche, facing the bridge with its 272-foot tow’er, is a huge structure, whose parapets are topped with f>9 statues of saints and. inside. Raphael Mengs’ “Ascension’’ looks down upon the high altar. A covered passage connects the church with the old Saxon palace, whose walls are decorated with fine mural paintings; and in the various rooms, large collections of Chinese vases and Dresden china ace on display. Even the stable adjoining the palace Is em bellished with a cavalcade of Saxon princes, in porcelain tiles. Treasures in Many Buildings. Within a few blocks of the palace numerous buildings contain the col lections that have made Dresden fa mous as the German art center. Be tween the church and the palace the Grimes Gewolbe (Green Vault) con tains a dazzling array of Jewels—dia monds, rubies and sapphires—and works of art in gold, ivory, bronze and Limoges enamels. On a single ivory tusk one artist has carved 142 angels and anotlier ivory piece de picts an organ grinder fighting a rob ber. The Saxon crown jewels, a 40- carat green diamond. Jeweled trinkets of all kinds, a golden tea service and tiie largest known onyx are displayed. Bronze work includes statues, pedes tals and vases. A striking bronze piece depicts Charles II of England fighting off a dragon. Across the street, surrounded by gardens, the Zwinger, built by Au gustus tiie Strong and intended to house banquet and dance halls, prom enades and gardens befitting royal life of the Eighteenth century, is a treas ury of art. The building is a fine ex ample of Italian Renaissance, adorned with figures of Greek deities, vases and flowers. Once in the court which tiie Zwinger incloses, the traveler feels that tiie rose gardens and prom enades should fulfill the most regal whim. The Zwinger museum contains a half million engravings, many draw ings. mathematical instruments, and a picture gallery where some of the finest works of the most eminent Italian, Spanish, Dutch and German artists are on exhibition. Raphael's “Slstine Madonna” occupies a promi nent place In the collection. It wat purchased in 1754 from Italian monks find smlggWd out of Italy by painting a landscape over tiie canvaa. There are also works of Rubena, Van Dyck, Rembrandt ami others. The Johanneum museum, formerly •table buildings, rontalna so Interest log codectloo of war material and than 20.000 placas of t^hi Japanese and Drsodso poeoelilo. sod Ktalteo —iJMIcm. o fioaod imttory Tw JUBoetlMML sbco oo srsooaL MOO 10 O ORdptBPO OMMOOSS • Ok mooy | of the Zwinger. Drssdan. containing a large collection of stuffed birds and ethnological specimens; the. Mineralogies! and Prehistoric museum with interesting fossils; draw’ art lov ers from all parts of the world and earn for Dresden tiie right to be called one of the world’s important art centers. Among the churches the Frauen- Kirche, a Protestant edifice, is the largest. It can accommodate 5,000 worshipers. The church occupies a whole city block. The lantern above its huge dome Is 312 feet from tiie pavement. A magnificent organ and numerous statues are interesting fea tures of its interior. Between trips to this almost end less array of exhibits, travelers enjoy the Dresden parks and drives. Grosser Garten is nearly half as large as Cen tral Park in New York City. Within Its confines are zoological and botani cal gardens and the Museum of the Saxon Antiquarian Society, where there are 3,000 objects in porcelain, pewter and carved wood. In Neustadt, across tiie river, the Japanese palace, so called from the Japanese porcelain collection it once contained, now houses the Saxon State Library with more than u half million voluir.es and thousands of manuscripts and maps. Dresden's market place is also in Neustadt, and houses to accommodate many of tiie city’s 620.000 inhabitant^ In point of population Munich (Munchen) is exceeded only by Berlin and Hamburg among German cities. With 680,000 inhabitants it is some what larger than San Francisco and smaller than Boston. Monich Is Magnificent. In physical aspects Munich is one of the most impressive of modern cities. Its royal palaces, its juagnifl- cent national theater, its great royal library containing 1,100,000 volumes and 50.000 rare manuscripts; its broad thoroughfares, particularly tiie Lud- wigstrasse and MaxinMlianstras.se, bordered by tiie great office buildings of tiie Bavarian government, and Its famous university which ranks first among the German institutions of learning in the number of its medical students and second only to Berlin in the number of students of all classes —all these and many other buildings and institutions make the municipal ity one of the chief prides of the Teu tonic people. Most of the modern improvements and practically all of its architectural splendor Munich owes to Louis (or Ludwig) I and Ins art-loving succes sors. Louis came to the throne in 1825 and ruled for more than 20 years. One of the impressive monuments of ids reign is tiie beautiful Propylaea, modeled after the gate to tiie Athen ian Acropolis, and tiie reliefs which decorate this structure quite fittingly tell tiie story of Greece’s war of hide pendence and the events transpiring in that kingdom during the eventful reign of King Otho L Louis’ son who was elected to the throne of Greece in 1832 but was finally expelled after 30 years. Another beautiful Munich gateway is the Slegestor (Gate of Vic tory), modeled after tiie Arch of Con stantine in Rome. One Municli gallery exhibits such works as Titian’s “Christ Crowned with Thorns,” Rembrandt’s “The Des cent from tiie Cross” and a Raphael “Madonna,” and contains works of Rubens, Van Dyck, Holbein the Elder, Berugino, Botticelli and Fra Filippo Lippi, from which It will be seen that Louis djd not hesitate to acquire the masterpiece of other nations. Loula II saw Bavaria gradually ub •orbed In the Empire, but. before madness drove him to suicide, he fur thered the art development begun by hie grandfather Kite reign was nota t>w for bin —ooemgemeat at Wag orr a Jaulapmeni of the mmtk drain, and U Me royal generoteiy. which id odd men in Mi fwne ind II me the •*+*«**• inane • * *v «a*'i i ■- COTTOff DON’T SACRIFICE YOUR COTr ® N ’, I Arlv«r»r#*s RmaonADic Ka CB CHAS. G. HOUSTON COTTON FACTOR AUGUSTA,GA. , v ?u thTvLiute When you «ell your cotton, doVt accept merely 'the highcet bid’’. * or fuU y , lue nw ,i ns t market value, weights and grades. All cotton sent to me by truck % fire, while in transit. TAKING THE GUESS OUT UF UUSINESS John G. Lonsdale By JOHN G. LONSDALE President American Bankera v Association'- nANKERS and business men err In ^ not adopting more universally the tactics of the scientist. When the scientist wishes to fathom the mysteries of the universe or re solve things into their component parts he calls to his assistance the magnifying power of the microscope. There before him, like an open book, lie the secrets of nature which un aided eyes cannot observe. The uncanny power of the micro scope's all-seeing eye has revealed countless secrets for the material and intellectual progress of humanity. It h, i enabled us to study the processes of growing cells in plant and animal life, trace the causes of disease and successfully combat the ills of man kind; it has aided the engineer in his search for stronger and more service able materials, giving us taller, lighter and more sanitary structures, and bet ter highways: it has disclosed the de fects in steel rails and brought us an era of safer railway travel; it has added to the food supply of the nation; in fact, it has affected favorably nearly every activity of the human race, whether it apply to production, dis tribution or consumption, in time of p ace or in time of war. In the business and banking world, economic research and analysis serve as the microscope through which we are enabled to see basic factors more clearly and thus determine the causes of success and failure. Only recently have we begun to realize the full value of research and analysis and apply them in such a way as to eliminate the guesswork that was characteristic of industry a few years ago. “Eliminate the guess and reach success,” might well be a motto for all of us. Re-Paint or Repent Which Will You Do? It’s a fact that unpainted property goes to pieces fast and that the use of Good Paint is a Good Investment. Made in the SOUTH For use in the SOUTH “LEMOCO QUALITY” PAINTS Inside and Out—Do the Job and Do it Rright. ^ C. F. MOLAIR, wi.i’iS;" Banking Conducting Continual Research The American Bankers Association is daily submitting every phase and every department of banking to search ing scrutiny and study, says John G. Lonsdale, predident of this the world’s greatest financial association. The findings of these investigations are made available to the 20,000 members of the organization for th,eir guidance. “It is a fine tribute to the spirit of cooperation among bankers thaf it is able to carry on this work,” he says. “Bankers from one end of the country to the other are constantly giving free ly and unselfishly of their skill and experience so that the atsociation may produce the truly great results that are being accomplished.” Statistical information on national and state banks, savings institutions, trust companies and trust departments, clearing house groups and general banking is prepared after exhaustive inquiry and distributed for the use of all bankers. The organization’s in vestigations have resulted in the pas sage of beneficial legislation, revision of banking practices and innumerable changes for a stronger and more ef- ficieit banking structure. It has set up an educational system through Its affiliated American Institute of Bank ing, wh^re 45,000 ambitious young bank men and women are now availing them selves of the opportunity to advance in' the banking field. “It has been well said that the American Bankera Association, exclu sive of the Federal Reserve System, haa been the greatest single nation wide source of stability and improved conditions for banking In the United States,” Mr. Lonsdale saya. STOP AT Hotel Savannah - Hotel Seminole Savannah, Ga. Modern Jacksonville, Fla. Fireproof —RATES:— Without Bath from $1.50 up With Bath from $2.50 up In Every Room RADIO LOUD SPEAKER RATES POSTED ON DOOR. ELECTRIC CEILING FAN. SOFT WATER. Most Central Location Charlie Griner, Mgr. LONG TERM MONEY to LEND 6 percent, interest on large amounts* Private funds for small loans. BROWN & BUSH LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA* Zorn—K itrMn ga. WUUaton, Sept. 6.—A wedding of tnUrest to the many friends of both j contracting pnrtie* wma the infringe tent Bonder of Edward lorn and Mu Doretfcy KiUrhings fcafJl of tlMs pinre. TW entmonf met pteen • enwe ImJtnAoty nfte* tike mew- Why every telephone worker is a service salesman The fact that more than 23,000 Southern Bell tele phone men and women are enthusiastically promoting the sale of the service, is more than a matter of sales manship. It is a manifestation of their interest in the toe cess of their Company and an expression of the spirit of co operation winch has made poublc the epochal achieve- menu in the telephone industry They art maptrad by C A» in fifty yaan of prograawve, unfading a^rna and dry to tin ideals and tradtems on which the the owahey, ertta, in wm boa