The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 01, 1901, Image 3
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 4.
Subject : Abram and Lot, Gen. xiii.. 1-1??
tiuldrii Text, Matt, vii., 12? Memory
Verses, ?-U?Commentary on the Day's
Lesson.
1. "l*p out of Egypt." In the language
of the Jew the direction to Jerusalem from
every quarter was upward; besides, Egypt
was a low-lying country and the traveler
would have to ascend on his way to the
hilly country of Canaan. "Into the south."
Not the south of Eavnt. but the southern
region of Palestine. A certain part of the
country was called the south before the
times of the patriarchs.
2. "Very rich." Abram and Lot had
both been greatly prospered and were very
rich. The property of these times did not
k consist in docks only, but also in silver
? and gold. Abram was very rich, and yet
very religious. As piety is a friend to outward
prosperity (1 Tim. 4: 8), so outward
prosperity, if well managed, is an ornament
to piety, and opportunity of doing
so much the more good.
3. "Even to Bethel." A'oram returns to
the place of his altar in Bethel. In like
manner Christian settlements cluster
around their churches. Nothing can satisfy
God. in reference to a wanderer or
backslider, but his being entirely restored.
"Between Bethel and Hai." Stanley well
describes this point as a conspicuous hi.l,
its topmost summit jesting on the rocky
slopes, and distinguished by its olive
groves offering a natural base for the altar,
and a fitting shade for the teat of the
patriarch.
4. "Called on?the Lord." This implies
more than an ordinary prayer; he reestablished
public worship.
5. "\\ ent with Abram. It seems plain
that Lot was from the very beginning
borne onward rather bv Abram's influence
and example than by his own faita
in God.
6. "Not able to bear them." "Their
flocks and herds had grown too numerous
to find pasture there. An inability, moreover,
of a moral kind may be implied."
"Substance was great." As their families
increased it was necessary their flocks
should increase also, as from those flocks
they derived their clothing, food and
drink. Many also were offered in sacrifice
to God.
7. "A strife." The occasion of their
quarrel was their riches. The quarrel originated
in the scarcity of herbage for the
subsistence of their flocks, "and in their
eagerness for the possession of the wells,
or fountains of water, which in that rocky,
arid region have a value unknown to the
inhabitants of a country like ours."
"Dwell then in the land." The Perizzites
arc not mentioned in the table of nations.
Chap. 10. Their origin is obscure. The
Canaanites were the original occupants of
the soil.
S. "Ahrnm said." He first let Lot take
tils choice, and then left God to choose for
him. This was heaven'v wisdom. This is
what. faith ever does: it allows God to fix
its inheritance, and is always satisfied with
the portion which God gives. "Xo strife."
There is a special danger of quarrels in the
family and among kindred. The love of
God in the heart is a sure cure for all
Ftrife. "We are brethren" (R. V.) We
are of the same famiiv. worship the same
God in the same way, have the same promises.
and look for the same end. Why
then should there be strife?
9. "The whole land." The heaveniy
principle of forbearance evidently holds
the supremacy in Abram's breast. He i
walks in the moral atmosphere of the Scrsnon
on the Mount. It was an unselfish
act for Abrant to give up his rights and
renounce his own interests for Lot. It
was the act of a true man of God. "Separate
from me." His proposal to separate
< arises from his love of peace, not from any
selfish regard to his own interests.
10. "Lifted up his eyes." There is a
crisis in every man's history at which it
will assuredly he made manifest on what
ground he is resting, by what motives he
is actuated, and by what objects he is ani- J
mated; thus it was with Lot. "Plain of
Jordan." Lot chose the Jordan Valley I
north Oi tne ucaa >e;i near me city ot i
Sodom. Lot seems to have had nothing
in view but his temporal convenience and !
advantage. He does not inquire into the j
character of the inhabitants, nor does he ;
appear to express any reluctance in leav- j
ing Abram. "Before ? destroyed." The !
face of the country was altered by the tie
struction of these cities. "Garden of tiie j
Lord." He knew of its fame as the garden >
of Eden: no crust of salt, no volcanic convulsions
had as yet blasted its verdure.
11. "Lot chose him." The choice was
selfish. He should have been generous toward
his uncle, instead of greedily taking
the best for himself, and then, the choice
was made for worldly advantage without
regard to spiritual things. "Thev separated."
It is not thus with the riches of
grace or of glory; the more we have of
them the closer it unites us.
12. "Pitched?toward Sodom." He advanced
toward it till he came near, but
was probably prevented from entering by
the well-known character of its inhabitants.
He who keeps bad company, indulges
in doubtful pleasures, or allows
wrong and selfish acts to influence his life
is pitchinz his tent toward Sodom.
13. "Wicked and sinners." The men of
Sodom were sinners 01 the first magnitude.
-* The greatest depravity is often found
among the inhabitants of the most fertile
lands. Lot has faben into the very vortex
of vice and blasphemy. Lot chose the
company of sinners. One is safe with
wicked men so long as he is endeavoring
to make them good, hut is never safe when
he chooses their company.
14. "Look." etc. He is to make a full
survey of the land in all direction-, and he
is assured that it is his to inherit, and a
title dfrd is g.ven to him for n:s seed fo~*
ever. Cod says to every believer, look
from the place "where thou art." and "the
land"?the spiritual good, "which thou
seest"?which then dost see ttromised to
thee in Mv word, "to thee will I give it."
15. "All the land." Cod repeats His
rromises for thP support of the fait.t of
His servant. "Will I give it." He who
was willing to give up everything for the
honor of God and religion received the
Idessing of the Lord, but he who sought
this world lost all.
16. "Thy seed as the dust." That ir,
they shall increase incredibly, and, take
them all togtthtr. shall be such a great
multitude a? no man can number.
17. "Walk through." Survey the land:
enter and take possession of it for thyself
an d thv posterity.
18. "In Hebron." This is the first motion
of this name; it was anciently Kirjath-ar'
a. It is one of the most ancient
cities in the world. Here Sarah and
Abram died. "An aliar." "litis was the
third altar Al ram Lad l.nilt. Lot nr.'V.
choose Sodom, bin as for Abram he sought
and font d hh in find
It's the high fiver v,ho runts tba: ricl.c
take unto then-icives wings.
THE PEN IS STILL MIGHTY,
fcarua'.ism oT ToChj hs Viewed by a
Grefit Editor.
Tv'o have outgrown the age of great
editors in the sense 111 v. hi.-h they were
accept'-:! half a century ago. not because
there are no longer great editors
among us. but because they have so
largesy multiplied as to efface individuality.
The towering lords of the journalistic
forest arc as great and grand
today as ever in the past, but a host
of their fellows has grown up with
them, and the resistless logic of their
advent has made the Journalism of toiay
absolutely Impersonal. This change
has come because the rapidly-widening
field of journalism has summoned
a large proportion of the best intellects
(?- and thn
OI lac COUUil * 1UIU 3CIHI.C, ai*u ku j
editorial writer has ceased to be the
newspaper. Half a century ago the
newspaper was a luxury; today it Is a
universal necessity. Our wonderful
progress in railways, in the telegraph
and in the Journalistic mechanism
that leads the mechanism of the world
In progress, with a free school at every
cross roads, has made the newspaper
multiply into countless millions, and
it is today the greatest of the great
public educators. It has a larger clientele
than the school, the college and
the pulpit combined, and instead of
reaching only a few of the more cultivated
and fortunate classes it now enters
almost every home and is read by
every class and condition of our 80,000,000
of people. The successful editor
today may be guiltless of leaders or
paragraphs for his dutios are much
more important than the writing of
editorials. He has every class and
condition of culture at his command.
He successfully summons the President
of the republic holding tne highest
civil trust In the world, to enrich
his columns. Cabinet Ministers, senators.
representatives and the most cultured
teachers in literature, art and
science are subject to his call, and the
pulpit, the bar and every other profesplon
proffers the genius of the land to
the editor. All these are journeymen
in the journalism of today, while kings
and potentates of the old world are
often more than willing to be heard
through the American newspapers.
Blooament to an Eucllih Pope.
A movement is now on foot to erect
a monument in Rome to the memory
of Nicholas Breakspeare, Pope Adrian
IV. the only Englishman who ever
eat upon the papal throne. The fund
for the monument is to be raised among
English Catholics. Pope Adrain was
born in 1100 at Langley. near St. Albans.
England. His parents were poor
and the future pontiff was denied admittance
to one of the English monasteries.
He then went abroad and rose
from honor to honor, at the age of 54
he was elected to the chair of St.Peter.
Not In Demand.
Evidently the Milwaukee folk who
have died since the organization of the
Uniformed Pallbearers' Association a
month or two since, have had plenty
of relatives and sorrowing friends tc
carry them to their last resting places
for up to date the uniformed pallbearers
have not received any orders that
have cause-; them to don their knee
breeches ar.d all the rest of it, and
sally forth to head a funeral.
All Sorts.
A. C. Dover of Charlotte. X. C.. eontemplates
organizing a company to
build a cotton factory, and has
gone to New York for the purpose
of endeavoring to interest Northern
capitalists.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
construction of the Alexander City
(Ala.) Mills, previously announced as
to be a 10,000 spindle plant. The
walls of the main building are about
up. two stories high, and the machinery
will be placed as soon as the
strucure is in readiness. The investment
will he $200,000.
Polly Pinktights?"The tenor's voire
is going back on him. Don't you
think he seems rather throaty?" Fanny
Footlights?"On the contrary he seems
quite chestv."
It requires uo experience to uye with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes. Simply boiling your
goods in the dye is all that is necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
The new Metropolitan Railway of Paris
now carries a daily average of 115.000 passengers.
The American quail lias been successfully
acclimatized in Sweden.'
I.rxlirv c.in Wear Shoes
One size smaller after ueing Allen's FootEase,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy, l ures swo?ien, ao.. swelling,
aching feel, ingrowing nails, corns anil
bunions. At all drugrista and shoe stores,
25c. Trial package FltEE by mail. Adorers
All -n S. Olmsted. J.e Hoy, X. V.
The iirst porcelain factorv in America
was established in Philadelphia.
Rrit For ilie HourU.
Ko matter what ails you, headache to a
rancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascakftk help nature,
euro you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. Cascaretk
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up j
in metal boxes, every tablet ha9 C. C. C. j
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Actions speak louder than vords, and
actors louder than either
FITS permanently cured. No .It* or nervousness
after first day's u-e of Dr. Kline's Circa:
Nerve Ilostorer. > t: i vial bottle end treat is: free
Dr. K.H.Kline, Ltd., tu An 1. St.. l'biin. IV. j
Tl>c man v. l.o shaves himreli i? al>.a; ?Ctt?:ig
ia a scrape.
Industrial Briefs.
Philadelphia (Pa.) parties, whose
I names have not been announced yet.
I have leased building at Shepherds;
town. W. Va.. and installed knitting
! m.ifhinnrv in it
The Enfield (X. C.) Knitting Mill
contemplates doubling its capacity in
the near future. The plant now employs
forty hands and produces 110 J
dozen pairs of hosiery daily.
The establishment of a knitting mil!
is talked of at Malee. X. C., and G. C.
Baldwin is interested. Mr. Baldwin
asks for prices on knitting machinery
and on cop yarns for manufacturing.
The Sanford (X. C.) Cotton mills
has completed its addition, recently
under construction, aijd has the ngw
' spindles. 4,00^ in number", "now in op;
eration. The entire complement is
| now 9,000 spindles and 256 looms.
Mm. Window's Soothing Syrup forohildroi
j teething, soften the gums, reduces infl&mma- '
! tion, allays pain, cnrae wind oolic. 25c a bottle
Sugar-coated compliments are sometimes
hard to swallow.
Piso'e Cnre is the beet med: *ine we ever used
| for all affections of throat and lungs.?7m.
I 0. Endsley, Vanburcn, Ind., Feb. 10, "T5.
The first world's fair mas in London in
| 1851.
Bav. H. P. Carson, Scotland, Dak., says:
"Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Care complete*
i It cared my little girl." Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Many a man gets a pointer from the
i finger of scorn.
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Hair Splits
j " I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor
for thirty years. It is elegant for
a hair dressing and for keeping the
hair from splitting at the ends."?
J. A. Gruenenfelder, Grantfork, 111.
Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hairsplitting
is done on your
own head, it loses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend.
I A ifo.'p 14<n'r Vinnr In
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splitting. If the splitting
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SI.M a bottle. All Initiate.
If jrour druggist cannot supply yon,
send us one dollar and we win express
you a bottle. Bo sure and giro the name
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Sick Headache ?
j Food doesn't digest well?
Appetite poor? Bowels
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It's your liver! Ayer's Pills
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! Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
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i the reason of its popi
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Sea advt. of Smitudeal's Business Colleoi
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Kven the te6 in a bonnet may haTe a sting
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