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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1938 Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—Chinese Eighth Route army soldiers in Shansi province decked out in captured Japanese coats, part of captured items such as food, clothing and arms they took from the invaders. 2—Victims of an anti-Nazi riot in New York city which grew out of the recent celebration of Adolf Hitler’s forty-ninth birthday. 3—Henry Ford, whose visit to President Roosevelt in the White House was regarded as the sign of a closer relationship between business and the administration. MARATHONER The Methuselah of Marathon, eighty-flve-year-old Peter W. Foley of Winchester, Mass., shown as he completed the 26-mile-385-yard dis tance of the famous Boston A. A. marathon, “just to show ’em there’s life in the old dogs yet.” He finished in slightly more than 414 hours. The winner, thirty-four-year-old Leslie Pawson, made the route in Z hours, 35 minutes 34% seconds. Blondes Hold Peace Conference Blondes from many parts of the United States interested in preserving peace are pictured as they answered the roll call at the first National Conference of Blondes to End War. The purpose of the “Blonde Brigade” is to fight war. Should America be invaded, members of the brigade will meet the enemy. They are confident that there isn’t a soldier in the world who would shoot a lovely blonde. “Sound” Baseball Played by Blind Performers il« Teams from the Industrial Home for the Blind at Oakland, Calif, demonstrate “sound” baseball. The batter hits a jingling ball and runs down a padded baseline. Ten players form a team. The fielders kneel on pads back of the baseline to catch the sounding ball and register an out by rolling the ball across the bases or baseline ahead of the runner. Home plate has a bell on it to show when runs are scored. Streamlined Boat for Mississippi » - fi FLYING WIENERS i vT#« This streamlined river boat now under construction on the St. Louis levee is beginning to assume the graceful lines which will make it the most beautiful craft on the Mississippi. It will be used as a pleasure steamer plying north and south from St. Louis. Falling like manna from heaven, food for a platoon of cavalry in ma neuvers at Valentine, Texas, was dropped by plane. The men were fed for four days by this means as a test of the efficacy of rationing mili tary units by air. Here is a delight ed trooper with the supplies. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for May 15 TESTING DISCIPLESHIR BY SERvtOE 1 Mow LESSON TEXT—Mark 10:17-M. GOLDEN TEXT—Come ... a me—Mark 10:21. PRIMARY TOPIC—A Young Mas Jesua Loved. JUNIOR TOPIC — What a Rich Man Needed. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Proving Our Loyalty to Chriat by Service. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Marka of Disclpleship. “The almighty dollar"—how tri umphantly it rules in the affairs of nations and of the men who make up nations. The world’s measure of success is how much one can “make,” and “no questions asked” as to how one made it, if he but avoid the legal pitfalls that may land him in jail. Even that is no longer a disgrace, for men who have defrauded others serve a term in jail to “pay their debt to society,” and then return without shame to enjoy the use of their ill-gotten gains. Skill in the arts and sciences is rated according to its financial value. Brains and beauty are com modities of the market place. Liq uor is permitted to destroy our peo ple because it provides a profit. The minds of men and women of decency and intelligence revolt at the whole situation. Let us encour age them as we improve the oppor tunity today to present God’s moral and spiritual standards. I. Self Before God (w. 17-22). The rich young ruler had many ad vantages and virtues. He was young, life was before him, vivid was his imagination, strong was his body. He was educated, and devel oped intelligence is an honor to any man. He had position, which can always be used for good. He had money, which when rightly gained and used, is a powerful and honor able possession. Above all, he had the priceless jewel of good charac ter. Notice that he had kept the commandments, that he came be fore the Lord in humility seeking truth, and that Jesus “loved him” (v. 21). Almost any father would be proud to own this young man as a son. Many churches would welcome him to membership and even to leader^ ship. Jesus dealt with him honest ly, however, and went to the root of his difficulty which was that he loved himself and his possessions more than he loved God. Therefore he must give' thefn up before he could really follow Jesus. Sad in deed was his refusal. He came run ning (v. 17), but he went away sor rowful (v. 22). What stands between you and a full surrender to Christ? Face it honestly. Be thankful if your pastor or a friend frankly points it out. Shun those who would “pat you on the back” and assure you that all is well. A cancer will kill unless it is cut out. The surgeon’s knife may hurt, but it is an instrument of good. Note that the statement of Jesus in verse 18 is not a denial of His deity, but a definite claim that He is God. He says in effect, “If you call me good you must recognize that I am God.” II. God Before Self (w. 21-27). The disciples, who evidently shared the common opinion that money could do almost anything, were surpr’sed to hear that riches were really a hindrance to spiritual ity, because (v. 24) of the tendency of men to trust in their wealth and forget their need of Goa. Jesus does not leave the rich man without hope, for he goes on to say that what is impossible for men and even for the rich man himself is entirely possible with God. Two things need emphasis in this connection. First, let those of us who have little of this world’s goods be thankful that we have, at least, been delivered from this tempta tion. It may well be an expression of God’s love and grace toward us. Second, let us thank God for every man of wealth who has given him self and what he has into God’s hands. III. The Last Before the First (w. 28-31). The ways of God are confusing and humbling to the flesh. The way up in spiritual things is to go down (Mark 9-35). Those who are first in the eyes of men are often last in God’s sight. Others whom men count as least stand highest in God’s sight because they are faith ful and true to Him. The world looks at the missionary of the cross and says, “He has sacrificed every thing,” and knows nothing of the “hundredfold” reward even in this life, “and in the world to come, eter nal life” (v. 30). Man’s Humble Origin And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living soul.— Gen. 2:7. The Live Minister The minister who gets out of touch with men will soon forget to speak their language. What to Pray For What should we pray for? Every thing which we need. My Friend Joseph By Lillian Oakley • McClure Newapaper Syndicate. WNU Service. T HOUGH a strong wind was nish it full of the finest furniture Hinwinff Hrivina sheets of rain in town an’ have a hot supper on the table ready for her when she got home from work. And I’d make him give me some money ‘ HOUGH a strong wind was blowing, driving sheets of rain across my front yard, I wasn’t sur prised to see Joseph, my little seven-year-old neighbor, making his way up the front walk. Yes terday was my birthday and he was here when the postman brought me a five-pound box of candy, and Joseph has a weak ness for good chocolates. He comes puffing in and while he sheds his waterproof coat he looks around for the candy. But all the candy spots are vacant. My bon bon resistance is below normal on bad days and I have put all the sweets away and resolved not to bring them out for a week. But now from past experience I know that without once asking me for any candy Joseph will soon have me bringing out my five-pound box and urging him to take all he wants. He has an indirect method all his own that never con flicts with any of the rules of eti quette and always gets him what he wants. He pulls a low stool in front of mine, looks up at me and says. “Guess who I’d be if 1 could be anybody 1 wanted to be?’’ This is easy for he always wants to be Tarzan or Dizzy Dean. But I’m all wrong. “Not today,” he says with em phasis, “today I’d be ’Laddin An' His Lamp. “And guess what’s the first thing I’d tell that old genie to do after I rubbed my lamp?” This isn’t really meant to be a question so I simply sit still and look interested. “I’d 4ell him to build my moth er the finest house in town an’ fur- Once Upon a Time There Was a— Baseball announcer who 'an nounced an entire game without utilizing the adjective “beautiful” in describing the weather, the crowd, or the plays. Book reviewer who never wrote that it was “a book you simply can’t put down.” Neighbor, who, when scooping snow or mowing the yard, went several feet past his boundary line into his neighbors’ territory. Group of relatives who didn’t heckle the young male member of the household by inquiring as to his status with girls, and add, whether it was true or not, “Look at him blush I’’—Kansas City Star. an’ I’d go down town an’ pay all of her bills an' put ’em on the table by her plate.” He finishes exultantly. Joseph has no father and the bills that have to be paid at the end of every month hang heavy over his head. He clasps both little hands around one knee and rocks him self backwards and forwards on the stool and smiles over this happy surprise for his mother. Then he looks around at me as |f afraid I am feeling neglected. “Then," he says with enthusi asm. “I’d rub my lamp an’ when that bid genie came I’d tell him to bring me a motorcycle just like the road cops ride only littler. an' a police uniform an’ a ma chine gun that could shoot for ever an' a five-pound box of candy just like the one you got for your birthday yesterday And.” he adds with a smile that shows all of his dimples, “I’d bring you down about half ol the candy.” The object ot his visit has been attained. And he leaves with his pockets full of my birthday choco lates, the rain having let up some what. Wise and Otherwise Some people look on the bright side of things so per sistently that they wind up the proud possessors of a gold brick. Big men get the best jobs, I’m told. Because the small men are so often overlooked? Then there was the man who was so lazy he bought a Great Dane so he wouldn’t have to stoop over to pet it. Money doesn’t grow on trees. Just the same, it’s the smart birds that get it. Name Is Poetry It seemed curious that any place should oe named “Llan/airpwll- gwyng.* hgogerychwyrnd' ubw III! andysiiiogogogoch “ Yet a little Welsh village bears this 58-let- tered name. It is a locality of charm and beauty. Uan is ' church.'' Fan is “ot Mary,” Pwli GwyngyU is “the pool ot White hazels.” Gogei is “rather near.’’ while Chwyrn Drobwll is the swift whirlpool," and Tysilio gogo goct. is “ol rysilio ot the red cave.’’ Is it not therefore suggestive ot romance and beau ty enough to visit the village ot the Church of St. Mary by the Pool ot White hazelf near the swift whirlpool qt St Tysilio’s Church of the Red Cave?—Detroit News. "What Knows He of England Who Only England Knows?" “Even after months in England my wife sometimes had to call upon the housemaid to translate some item in the laundry list, or to interpret between her and the grocery boy," declares Mr. Harry A. Franck, the irrepressible globe-trotter, in “Footloose in the British Isles.” “In England a ’vest’ is an undershirt, not a waistcoat. "Suspenders' are gar ters, and ‘braces' are suspenders A child's underwaist is a ‘bod ice,' while rubber boots are 'Well ingtons.' The word ‘sweater’ still strikes many of the English as a trifle low-class and odoriferous; they call it a ‘jersey.’ ’jumper,’ 'pullover,' or 'cardigan.' “In the draper’s shop (which means drygoods store) un bleached muslin is ‘calico’ and calico is ‘cottonprint.’ Cheese cloth is ‘butter muslin,’ and in stead of using cutting flannel for a child's pajamas one buys ’wince- yette’ and asks for a 'sleeping suit.’ A spool of thread is a 'reel of cotton.' An American who asks for crackers will get firecrackers or a package of those Christmas paper bonbons that exp'iode when pulled. In England a cracker is a ‘biscuit,’ and biscuit is a roll. A muffin is something else again, and cookies are as unknown as if the word were Persian. “Out kind ot bacon is ‘streaky rashers'; a slice of ham is a gammon rasher, and the best cut of beef is a ‘piece of topside.’ Gasoline is petrol, kerosene is ‘paraffin, and paraffin is ‘paraf fin wax.’ An English cook does not rinse the dishes, she ‘swills’ them. When my wife told tha nursemaid to bathe the children, or to give them a bath, the maid proceeded to ‘bath’ them or give them a ‘bathe.’ ” Firestone Can Give Yon Such a High Quality Tire At Such a LOW PRICE f&GCG44A& Firestone saves money by controlling and securing rubber and cotton at the source and by more efficient manufacturing and distribution. These savings make possible more extra values at low prices. New High Quality—First choice rubber and cotton selected that conforms to Firestone’s high standards and rigid specifications. Long Mileage—Safe, silent tread design made of tough, slow wearing rubber that assures long mileage. 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