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V'PlFrW. WeaK Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple Indiges tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi gestion. All food taken into the stomach which falls of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in the course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Ktuble. of Nevada, O , says: I had stomach trouble and was In a bad state as I had heart trouble with it. I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four months and It cured me. Kodol Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of ail nervous strain and the hear* of ail pressure. By Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage, D. D. Los Augoles. Cal., Dec. 17.—This ia n unique study of the life and character of Joseph the earpeuter, in whose ex ample the preacher finds a lesson of in spiration for all husbands and parents. The text is Matthew i, 10. “Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Bottlasoniy. $1.00 Size hclding 2H times thetrial Jesus.“ size, which sells for 50c, Prepared by E. O. DeWITT &CO., CHICAGO. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffneyr L. D. Allison, Cowpens. EXECUTOR’S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee. By virtue of authority given us un der the will of Maj. Lee Linder, de ceased, (recorded in the office of the Probate Judge for the county afore said in Book of Wills, No. 1 page 181- 183) we will sell at public outcry, be fore the court house door, at Gaffney, S. C.. on the first Tuesday, salesday, January 2, 1906, (the first Monday be ing new years and a legal holiday) at 11 o'clock A. M.. the following describ ed real estate belonging to said estate: All that lot of land situated in the town of Gaffney, Cherokee county and State aforesaid, beginning at corner of alley (20 feet wide) and W. Robin son street, and running S. 541-2 E. 44 feet: thence S. 351-2 W. 132 feet to another alley (20 feet wide); thence N. 54 1-2 W. 44 feet with said last named alley to the first named alley: thence with said alley N. 351-2 E. 132 feet to the beginning corner, embracing the residence of Maj. Lin der. deceased, and being lot No. 1 of said property as recently surveyed by R. O. Sams. D. S., and containing 5,808 square feet. Also lot No. 2, lying on said W. Robinson street, beginning at corner of lot No. 1 and running with said street 541-2 E. (as runs lot No. 1) 86 feet to corner on depot lot; thence S. 511-2 W. 52 feet and 3 inches to stake; thence S. 26 1-2 E. 32 feet to corner on said depot lot and Ross lot; thence N. 541-2 W. with Ross line 45 feet; thence the same direction along line of lot No. 3, 56 feet to cor ner, on line of lot No. 1; thence N. 35 1-2 E. 66 feet to the begining, con taining 5,355 square feet, and being the lot known as the living stable lot. opposite the old National Bank building. Also lot No. 3, adjoining lots Nos. 1 and 2, beginning on alley (20 feet wide) and running with said alley N. 54 1-2 W. 56 feet to jcorner of lot No. 1; thence N. 351-2 E. along line of lot No. 1, 66 feet to corner of lots Nos. 1 and 2; thence with lot No. 2, S. 541-2, E. 56 feet to corner on line of lot No. 2; thence S. 351-2 W. 66 feet to the be ginning comer, containing 3,696 square feet; and all of the three aforesaid lots embraced in two lots or parcels of land conveyed to Maj. Lee Linder by H. H. Thomson and S. S. Ross, respectively. Terms of sale: One-half cash, bal ance on credit of twelve (12) months; credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of pre mises sold, with 8 per cent, interest from day of sale until paid, with the privilege to purchaser of paying all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and recording. Nannie V. Smith, R. E. Linder, As Exors. estate Maj. Lee Linder, deceased Publish in Gaffney Ledger Decem- ber 15, 22 and 29, 1905. Son of God, do these miracles? I de mand from you obedience to my will on account of the wonders that I per form.” Then when the people again said, “By what right dost thou claim to be the promised Messiah?” he could answer, “Because 1 fulfill in my person the predictions of your own prophets, and at the very beginning was that ut terance of Micah the prophet, who wrote over seven centuries ago, ‘But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be a ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been of ©Id, from everlasting.’ Did not the prophet foresee my birth? Was I not miraculously bora, according to the prediction?” Jesus would not have been able to give this convincing an swer if Joseph had not been the man he was. By a decree of Rome in reference to the levying of taxes Caesar Augustus wanted to know how much money he could collect from ids provinces; there fore he ordered a census to be taken. Ail the people of Palestine had to an swer to that enrollment. But. though j Judaea was a conquered province, the Roman law allowed itself to be har monized with the Hebrew law. In other words, it allowed the Hebrew people to he enrolled by families, as they had always been accustomed to do, instead of by districts. Thus all the descendants of David assembled at the proper lime in ihe Bethlehem vil lage, where their great ancestor was born. And that was the reason Joseph, the native of Nazareth, traveled all the way from the north to be enrolled in Bethlehem at that particular time when Jesus was born. Now, Mary would not have taken this journey had Jo- Amazing it is to read the reviews of the latest books of our prominent nov elists. It seems as though we are pe rusing the columns of a homiletic re view or are reading the resume of the sermons of ministers written in a re ligious weekly instead of a summary of the imaginative works of our secular writers. The novelist’s fad of finding his heroes and heroines among the cas tled walls of chivnlric times lias to a great extent passed away. Our mod ern Bulwers are not searching among the smoke and the tottering walls of a licentious Pompeii to seek out their blinded Lydias. Our Charles Kingsleys are not roaming about the edge of a Sahara to find the footprints of a beau tiful heathen celibate, Hypatia by name. Our brilliant Sir Walter Seotts are not turning the ruins of a Kenil worth castle into a gorgeous banquet hall where the rival earls of a mighty kingdom are rising side by side to ! belonged to any other family than are al£o essential places. I am glad he tto your hearts. Beware bow you be- has his places for his Marys, and his ! come jealous or fault finding. Before Marthas, and his Elizabeths, and his ^ you lower the standard of love which poor widows of Zarephnth, and his ! father and mother should bear to each Enochs, and his Josephs of Nazareth, other before the children go with me DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? and his Cushis, as well as for his Joabs, 1 and Abishais, and Ittais, and Davids. [ Ah, yes, the work of Joseph the car- ! pentcr caring for the helpless Christ during his years of infancy should teach us all to honor God In our own | work in life, no matter how insignifi cant it may be. Canst thou not seize the inspiration i of this lesson for the coming Christmas : day? One of the most beautiful pic- ! lures ever painted Is that called “The Carpenter Shop of Nazareth.” There the great Master opens the humble door for ail the world to look in and see a ; beautiful family seeue. On one side of the room sits a woman sewing. Her I eyes are cast down, hut her face is a ' beautiful face—so pure, so gentle, so truthful. Her fingers are busy. The financial struggle of that home is a heavy one to bear “She Inyeth i ^'tVthe famUy. hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.” She is Mary, the mother of Jesus. At her feet is a little for a little while back to the carpenter shop and sec Joseph protecting his wife from the sneers of the world and shielding her honor with his name, which he was ready to give her when before the priest he looked into her eyes and said, "Mary, thou arl my be loved wife until death doth us part.” The StrnKsIe For Bread. The Saviour’s struggle for daily Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. bread when he became a young man was also the result of Joseph’s journey to the manger of Bethlehem of Judaea. When Joseph went to Bethlehem with Mary he seemed to say, “I will look after thee and the young child.” But there came a time when Joseph could no longer look after Mary and Jesus. Death came in and took Joseph away. ; Then Jesus had to step iuto Joseph’s place and become the support of the ! l\ Now, of what did this family consist? Every Bible commentator who ever drink the health of a virgin queen. But a large percentage of our modern nov elists are finding the scenic settings for their most powerful chapters among the Judaean lulls or by the placid wa ters of lake Galilee or down among the vine clad valleys of a Samaritan capi tal. Yes. the Biblical historical novel is to be reckoned with as among the most that of David. Why? I'nder the Ro man law a woman, unless she was a property holder, did not have to an swer the call of the census. Mary was no property bolder. Mary in her crit ical state of health would naturally have stayed at home, but Joseph had to go because he was a man. And be cause he had no one with whom to leave ids wife is the reason he took , . . panned a description of Joseph makes flaxen haired child playing. The face j bim out to be a Inl(1(lle aged or an is that of a child, but as you gaze on elder , y lnan at tbe tillle of bis marriuge those eyes and that wondrous face you to M some assert that not only feel that you are watching a perfect | was Josepb a lrii(bUt , aged man wbeu chdd-aye, a supernatural one. ihe lit- he mJirriwl M bul tbat be bad oUler tie child, of course, is Jesus^ The floor obildren . 1Vr80Ual i y i do not believe is covered with shavings. The carpen- tbm , is any object ion to these two as ters implements are scattered around A strong, powerful limbed workman is bending over a workman’s table join ing together two pieces of wood. This Hebrew face is that of Joseph the car penter—Joseph, who is earning bread for the infant Christ. “Ah,” I said to myself as I watched that picture, “would that 1 might be able to have some soul leaning on me as the infant Christ was dependent upon Joseph. Would that I might lead some one to Christ and then carefully proteet him and help him during his years of temp tation, even as Joseph protected Jesus during his years of childhood helpless ness.” Do you wonder that Joseph hack a right to be standing near to the man ger on the first Christmas morn? A Noble nnd Manly Character. interesting and popular of all modern ber a iong. Thus we find that this novels. While thinking along this line important fact, fulfilling the ancient a catalogue of one of our public libra- prophecy, which would be so vital to a ries was placed iu my baud. As I jew, was brought about by the tender- turned the* pages I read the following nos s of Joseph, the husband of Mary, names of some of the great books of 'on such small matters do great events fiction: There were Joseph Ingraham's hang. Is it not au impressive thought “The Prince of the House of David” t ba t God plans all the events of our and his “Pillar of Fire, or Israel In fives, as we see in the arrangement of Bondage:” there were Georg fibers’ the circumstances that brought Jo- i , , ^ “Joshua” and Florence Kingsley’s “Ti- 8ep h and Mary to Bethlehem at this Joseph the carpenter was not the fa- tus, a Comrade of the Cross;” there time? ther of Jesus, he ga\e him parental sertions. Scripture itself seems to bar monize with these two suppositions. In ; the first place, we find that the Bible never speaks about Joseph after the scene in the temple, when Christ as a boy is talking with the doctors. Jo seph was not with Mary at the wedding of Cana of Galilee. He was not with I Jesus during any of his tours. He was not with Christ at the time of the crucifixion. Therefore the Bible reader has a right t > suppose that a short time after Jesus came to young manhood Jo seph the carpenter died. Then Christ has to go to work and take his foster | father's place In the workshop. He had to do as your elder brother did on i the farm when your father died. When , Christ was little more than a boy he had to do a man’s work—aye, and more Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It is the great medi cal triumph of the nine teenth century: dis covered after years of r . ua scientific research by Dr * Kilmer, the emi nent kidney and blad der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright’s Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, iiver or bladder trouble it will be found ust the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private pract’ce, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have no* already tried it, may have a sampD bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send ycur address toi Dr. K i, mer&.Cr..Bing-| lamton, N Y, The zgula- fifty cen. and Honi*ot 8wam|--,-x)fc ioi ar sues are sevd oy »'• ,?qoc druggists. Don’t make any mistake, but r®- member the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad dress, Binghampton, N. Y., on every bottle. The ennobling example of a pure ! tban a nian - s work . Jesus bad to sup- marital love was furnished by Joseph’s ! port bis U10tber > s f am fiy. journey to the Bethlehem manger. The gentle love which hound your father and mother together and molded you and your brothers and sisters in a moral and spiritual way was the same kind of gentle love that hound Joseph to Mary and helped to mold the mental life of the infant Christ, for. though Christ by the forced toil and strug gle must have been fitted for sympathy with the struggles :>f young men an.I young women. There must have been many a weary hour in that carpenter shop when Jesus, with aching hack, struggled on to light the wolf of cold and of hunger from the door. There must have been many a blister upon tbe hand from the almost ceaseless REAL ESTATE SALE. State of South Carolina. County of Cherokee. By virtue of power given me by various parties. I will sell ai public sale before the court house door at Gaffney, S. C ..on salesday in January next, being Tuesday, January 2, 1906, immediately after the official sales, the following described pro perty : Lot 7, containing one hundred and twenty-seven acres, more or less, bounded by lands of R. R. Brown, Cleveland Robbs and others, and be ing near the Bonner road. Lot No. 15. containing eighty-eight acres , situated on the Bonner road, bounded by lots 14 and 16. Lot No. 16, containing seventy-two acres, situated on the Bonner road, and bounded by lands of Martin, and lot No. 15. Lot No. 22, containing one hundred and thirty-eigbi acres, situated on the Brandy branch and between the Metal road and the Bonner road. Lot No. 25, containing seventy . ores, more or less, bounded by Hayes, and also situated between Metal road and Bonner road, on head waters of Brandy branch. Lot No. 24, containing one hundred and eighteen acres, more or loss, on head waters of Brandy branch be tween Bonner road and road, and bounded by No. 25 and 23. Also lot No. 23, containing one hun dred and twenty-eight acres, more or less, on Brandy branch, between the Metal road and the Bonner road, be tween lots 22 and 24. Also lot No. 16, containing ninety- hree acres and one-half, more or less, bunded by R. C. Gossett, the Metal bad and Westbrooks and others. All the above lots of land were sur- tyed by W. C. Camp in 1877, and the Us are recorded in clerk’s office for artanburg county in book R. R. Tes 471. 473 and 475 vbove lots all heavily timbered, ms of sale: One-third cash, bal- <) on a credit of one and two years » day of sale, credit portion to be ved by note and mortgage and to interest from date at eight per purchaser to pay for papers. Howard B.'Carlisle. 15-22-29. was Marie Corelli's “Barabbas,” be- sides a score of other names suggestive of Biblical lore, while Edward Everett Hale’s ‘Tu His Name,” and Charles ! Sheldon’s “In His Steps,” and Hall ; Caine’s “Christian,” and Lew Wallace’s [ “Ben-Hur,” and Nellie L. Helm’s “When Jesus Was Here Among Men,” all deal directly or indirectly with ori- 1 eutal teachings and directly with the life of Jesus translated into modern j thought. But, though many of the great char acters of the Old and New Testaments have been made to come forth out of their graves and live and breathe as in times of yore, there is one Bible char acter who has never, so fur as 1 know, been made the hero of a historical nov elist's tale. Indeed, there is one Bible character that has never, so far as 1 know, been made tbe subject of a ser- | mon. Tbe ministers seem to ignore making a sketch of this man, just as do the historical novelists. I allude here to the character of Joseph. I do | not mean Joseph who was the son of old Jacob or Joseph of Aramathea, but of Joseph of Nazareth, Joseph of Beth lehem, Joseph the carpenter, Joseph who was the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was boru. Now, as the annual Christmas boli- , days are but a few days off 1 thought I care and must have received from that | gripping of saw and plane and chisel, loving nature a boy s gratitude. Still [ r p b ere must have been many a bleeding more as Jesus grew to years of discre- j finger and blackened thumb when the tion and learned the circumstances of tired arm was no longer able to direct his birth would his love for his mother ' the hammer aright and Instead of strik- + . „ , i.irn, r.* anma imm, i-toi ur.111 a * so tke man who had protect- j n g the iron nail it crashed into the the *11' iue birth of some immortal soul. ^ ber Nothing more manly is found bruised flesh. Christ as the man sym- In all history than Joseph s attitude to- p athizes with the hungry, because ward Mary when he found out she was (’firist as the boy perhaps often went ] to become the mother of the infant f a i n t f 0 btH i that his brothers and sis- Why Joaeph Went to Bethlehem. Joseph, being a descendant of Da vid, was tbe cause of the Bethlehem birth of Jesus Christ. You in the same way may be an essential factor for You may say you are a humble man, as was Joseph. You may say you oc cupy only a mechanic’s position. You may say you wear u laborer’s garments. But your words and your acts are go ing to decide the eternal destiny of some immortal soul. It was the false words of a cowardly peasant guide at Waterloo that sent Napoleon a life ex ile to St. Helena. When the buttle raged the fiercest the little Corsican turned to the peasant who was tied to the saddle of his horse and said, ’Ts there any obstacle in the way for a dm: > in yonder direction?” The peas ant answered, “No.” With that Na poleon ordered Marshal Xey to hurl the Old Guard agaiust the British pha lanxes, but instead of burling the French cavalry agaiust the English ranks he led them on a fatal gallop Into the ravine of Ohaiu, where they tumbled in and were slaughtered by thousands. It was a false guide that destroyed the French army at Water loo. Is it possible that you by light words or by your inconsistent life may Christ. Let me explain to you this history more in detail. Joseph was an intense man. He was one of those men whom women have hard work to influence. He was evidently an elderly man, cun give to a truly good, noble, beauti ful woman, lie loved her with a love that would willingly lay down his life If he could make the loved one happier by the sacrifice. He loved her so much that her companionship became the hope, the joy and the heart of his very existence. He loved her for time and for eternity. Now, when Mary was about to be come the mother of Christ all Uie peo ple of her village knew it. They gos- would preach a sermon about Joseph faise guide to some seeking about p. They at once looked SOUl.*' Ri» pnrpl ill niul atriva rnthai* . ... the carpenter. 1 want to tell you why he was at the manger. In other ser mons you have heard why Mary was there, and why the shepherds were there, and why tbe wise men were there, and why the sheep and the cattle and the horses were there. Today I want to tell you why Joseph was there. soul? Be careful aud strive rather to be, like Joseph, faithful to the call of duty. He it was who, obedient to the divine direction, traveled to Bethle hem and so made it possible for Jesus to be born in the city of bis ancestors, according to the word of the prophet. The protection and development of And of all the characters of the Bible ^ bl ' sl the days of his helpless Mary was to become the mother Infancy were provided for by Joseph’s love and care. Christ hud to have cure during his infancy, just as any other newborn babe needs care. Christ’s childhood days were passed in much the same way that other children live out their earlier years. The baby Christ bl * " as l 1( ‘d and dressed and fed. b j S al . m a |, ol n b ,. r- ip> said: “Marry came to the manger in order that the' bt> taught to creep and run 11H . ( Mary, anil slander shall not touch there is not one which appeals to me in a more vivid way than does this brawny,‘rugged, stout limbed mechan ic, who passed so much of ids time among the Zelmlon hills. Joseph came to the manger, in the first place, to make it possible for Jesus to he born in Bethlehem of Judaea. He words of the prophet might be fulfilled. He came to the manger because toward Judaea all the sages of the Jerusalem capital were looking for the expected Sou of God to be born. He came to the manger, for if he had not come Marv and play. He bad to be developed physically and mentally, like any other baby boy. Now. as Christ’s boyhood days were to bo so helpless, It was necessary "for God to provide a pro tector for the helpless Mary and her ters might have enough to eat The ties which bound Mary the mother to her eldest son were very sacred. Side by side they must have straggled to rear thv*e children. Side by side they must have stood by the husband's probably fifty years of age, but he j^-nvo. S; ’e by side they must have was one who when he did surrender j drunk deep out of the chalice filled his heart to a woman gave to her his w ith their it ter tears. Christ was whole heart and not a part. He loved nurture ! and cared for during his years Mary with that deep, tender, holy af- J 0 f infancy because Joseph the ear- feetion which only a true, strong man pentcr stonl by his manger. Christ was hotter fitted for his life work of sympathy because the children of that same Jose; 1. were thrown upon Jesus* young shoulders to support. The Influence of a Good Man. Thus the influence of a good man lives on after he has passed away. The noble life of some dear one may have stimulated you to deeds of nobleness while he wr.s yet with you. Let its power abide with you now that he is gone, making you useful to those around you and to the Master also. This truth must have been a difficult one for Mary to learn. It is, in all probability, a difficult one for you to learn also. When the next Christmas holiday conics there may be a vacant chair at your table. There will bo the silence which comes from the absence of a voice you would like to hear. There will be many band clasps aud many "Merry Christmases” sung out, but there will be one bund clasp you will not feel and one “Merry Christmas” you will not hear again on earth. But, believe me. if my interpretation of this character of Joseph is true, even in the death, or, rather, in the resurrection and tbe redemption of your dear ones, you will yet find that God's ways are the best ways, although we may not now be able to understand that all things are working together for good to them that love Gnd.._ Remember that Joseph the carpenter dead was as much essential to Christ's filial service as Joseph the carpenter was when alive. Aud so. my brother, when you look upon her as a bad woman. In the ; sight of those Hebrew people she was a social outcast. Joseph was at first much troubled. The Bible tells us tbat be was about to break the bonds of the marit al engagement and "put her away privily,” but when an angel of the Lord appeared unto him and said tbat of the Sou of God. "for that which is con ceived in her is of the Holy Spirit,” at once thl-s brave, noble carpenter be came her protector. He knew that lie would be despised for marrying her, yet he hesitated not one instant. He stepped right up to her side. He put thee. I shall give thee the* protection of my name.” Then lie turned and faced the cynical, sneering, scoffing, deriding world as with flashing eye he said: "This is my wife. He who strikes at her strikes at me!” Did you ever read of a more noble and manly act than this of Joseph, who the Virgin would never have gone there 1 luftuR child. 1 bus God chooses this to give birth lo her child, and the wise | hmnb,e carpenter and says: “Joseph, men of the east would never have been 8° and look aftor in Y So11 - You are to able lo find there the infant Christ 1 8 tand in my place and be to him an Hon of his name at the most sacred This being born In Bethlehem was nb- • ar thly father.” And Joseph, iu obedl- j moment of her life? I am glad that the man who stood to Jesus iu the relation of a father should have been so noble a character and that Ids boyhood was spent in a home so hallowed by marital affection. If it was Important for Jesus, the Son of God, to have the example of a loving father and mother continually before bim during the years of his childhood, is it not also vitally Important for your solutely essential for the fulfillment of prophecy. ‘ The Stamp of Divinity. There were two ways by which the stamp of divinity was to be placed up on Christ’s life. The first was by his miracles. What do I mean by that? Simply this: When the people began to crowd around Jesus, aud he said, "I am the Son of God; follow me,” the people answered, “How do we know thou art the Christ?” He said. “I will show you; come and see.” Then he stooped down and made the crooked limbs straight. Then he expectorated upon the ground aud made a salve out of the spittle and dirt and nibbed it upon the blind eyes, and they were opened. Then he stopped by the bier of the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and he said, “Young man, I say unto thee, ari.se!” Then he turned to the people nnd practically said: “Could any being, unless he was fh© ence to this command, went and stood between Jesus and physical and men tal want. That is another reason why we find Joseph at the manger. Joaeph’a Great Work. \ Do you not glory in the fact that as Joseph, the humble carpenter, paved the way for Christ’s advent. Joseph, the humble carpenter, was 1 e means of Christ’s sustenance during the years of his childhood helplessness? I am glad j children to have the example of a lov- that God has work for his great men tc do. I am glad that he has one place for a Moses, and another place for a Joshua, and another for an Elijah, and another for a Paul, and another for a John, and another for a Luther, and an other for a Rowland Hill, and another for a Calvin, and another for a Wesley, and another for a Lincoln, and another for a John Bright aud a Gladstone. I do not begrudge any of these men their prominent fields, but I am also glad that God has his humble places which gayc to this trembling girl the protec- at the different pictures commemora tive of the Nativity I do not want you to spend all your time watching Mary, or the infant Christ, or the shepherds, or the cattle, or the sheep, or the horses, or the wise men. I want you, at least for a little while, to watch the swarthy features of the noble mechanic who stood by the manger us the hus band of Mary. He was Christ’s de fender from slander prenatal. He was (’hrlst’s caretaker in Bethlehem. He was part of Christ’s existence In the Egyptian exile. He was Christ's pro tector in Nazareth. And as you watch the face of this noble carpenter may you be able to say, “O God, If It Is not thy will to make me a Moses or a Joshua or a Caleb or a David or a Paul or a John, let me l>e a true and a faithful Joseph of Bethlehem, Joseph of Nazareth and Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born.” Such at least is my desire when I look upon the rough face and the callous hands of Joseph the carpenter. [CopyrlKht, 1905, by Locia Klopsch.] ing father and mother before them? Tbe divine love is first revealed to a child through the Bible? Oh, no. Through what the minister preaches in the pulpit or the Sunday school teacher tells him In the Sunday school? Oh, no. It is first revealed by the gen tleness and kindness with which the father of that child deals with the mother and the mother with the fa ther. Beware. O parents, how you lose your tempers before your children. Beware how you let selfishness creep Tennessee Z. A. 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