Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kris tig ^irmEMM THK DARK GETHSEMANE HOUR Matthew 26:36 40? November 20 Tee Sea of Mas w bclmytd info the hand* af tieeer?."? V. f|. HFTER the Master and his disci plea, aa Jews, had celebrated the Passover Supper ami after he had subsequently Instituted the Me? morial of bis death with the bread aud the cup, aud after Judas had gone out to betray aim. Jesua and the remain gag eieren left the upper room in Jeru? salem, crossed the city to the gate and thence crossed the Valley Kedron and ascended the sloping side of Mt. Olivet toward the Garden of Gethsemane. The word Gethsemane signifies oil proas. Tradition has it that this Gar? den belongs t to the family of which tie Apostles John end James were members, am. that for this reason the Lord and bis disciples were privileged to fool themselves at borne there. St. Mark, the writer of one of the Gos? pels, but not one of the Apostles. Is credited wltb having been a member of the same family. One of the ac? counts of the srrest of the Master tells f?m%t amongst those who followed after ham waa a young man wrapped wltb n sheet and who fled naked when some of the bead ittempted to lay of him That yonng man. tradi? tion says, years afterwards wss known an St Mark The Journey to Gethsemane This was the most memorable night of the Master's experience, lie knew perfectly the meaning of every feature of the Passover. He knew that he was the Lamb of God. antitypicaUy, whose death was to be accomplished on the Hollowing day by crucifix loo. Tet bis thoughts were for his dear disciples. Bo must give them final words of en? couragement and instruction. And so he did. Three chapters of St John s Gospel record the Incidents of the in tsrvening time between the leaving of She upper room sod the striving at Qothsemane. the place of the oil-press. "And Judas also, who betrayed him. the place, for Jesus ofttlmeo re thither with his disciples'* (Jobn s\ w 2). In St John xlv the Master told bis disciples shout the piece be would go to prepare for them, but that he would send the Spirit of Truth to be their Comforter end It would sbow them things to come. In the fifteenth chapter be gave them the parable of the Vine and the Branches and as? sured them that no longer should tbey ho servants, but friends. "For all things that I have beard of my Father I have made known unto you." In the sixteenth cbspter be explsined to them that persecutions must be expected. If they wiuld share his sufferings snd ho proper*d to share his glory. A Bftss volle snd tbey would not one him; then sgsln s little while snd Shey would see him. The entire pe? rl ou of kgt absence, from the Divine stand point as com pa red to eternity, woukl be but s little while. Then, by virtue of the resurrection "change." would see him. bees nee made blm. "In tbe world ye shall have itlon; but he of good cheer; I have overcome tbe world" These things 1 have given unto you that in goo ye might have peace." In tbe 17th chapter la recorded his wonderful ESS** I J7SJttJOajs/rsuo^>ttW FtTBUAWES'-H U/jrnw. LEXvrsoTME ejoht near the< lyer to the Father on l>ehuif of bis followers?not for tbe Apostles only. Tout for all those si so who would be? harre on blm through their word. In tbe Qsrdon of Qothsemane Thus discoursing they reached the Garden, or olive-yard, where the press gor extracting the oil from the olives was located. Somewhere near the en trance etgbt of the dlsclplce were bid 4eo to reidbln watching while Jesus, with tbe specially beloved Peter. James and Jobn. went a little further. And then, realising the impossibility oa* even his dearest friends appreclat tag his sorrowful condition, be went etil I further alone to speak to the Fa? ther Tbe dlsclplcM. perplexed, as nonnded. by the things that they had heard from his lips, did not compre the true situation. They evl ttly thought thst there must still something paraUdic in his titter fgg. They would Indeed watch with him. but tbey were v. nry and sank tnto slumber Tbe spirit was willing, hut tbe flesh wss weak. If some hgve nuerled why the Msster preferred t?? be alone In prayer so frequently. Hal ans wer Is. "I have trodden the wine press >; snd of the people there was with me" (Isaiah I x HI. ftt. Honesty needs no pains to set It self off.? Bdward Moore. Uli disciple* nnd followers loved bill) dearly. Still be was alone, be cuuse be alone bad been bogottSfl of the holy Spirit. His folio Wen could Dot feel so blessed nor be spirit-begotten until after his sacrifice had beeu f'.n lshed nor until he WOQld appear in the I presence of God for them to apply hi* merit Imputedly lo them, to permit them to Join with him sacrlticially in ' the sufferings of "ds pfftODt litre, that they ?night si \re with him ulso In the glories to fid o\v. St. Peter, referring to the foregoing experience of our Lord, declares tbitt ' he offered up strong crying and tears unto him tlint was able to save him from death and was heard in respeet It that which he feared. Why did be I fear? Do not all humanity face death, and some of them with great courage and some wHh bravado? Ah. there Is a vast difference between the Master's standpoint nnd ours as respects death j We were born dying. We never knew ! perfect life. We have always known that there Is no escape from death. It Wf?O?U) YB NOT WsTCH WTTH ME ONE VBUiC WATCH AND PRAY.LC5TTB BnYXTBmKHM was different with him His expert ences on the spirit plane before com? ing Into the world were ail in asso? ciation with life, perfection of life., "In Mm was life'*?uncontumlnated. because he was holy, harmless, unde? fined and separate from slnuers; bis life came not from Adam He knew that In his perfection be had a right to life. If he would live In perfect accordance with the Divine requirements. But he knew slso that by special Covenant with God. "a Covenant by sacrifice." be had agreed to the surrender of all his earthly rights and to allow bis life to be taken J from blm. The Father had promised him a great reward of glory, honor and Immortality through resurrection from the dead, but this was dependent upon hi* absolute obedience in every particular?In word, in thought, in deed. The question was. Had he been absolutely loyal to God in every partic? ular? If not death would mean to him an eternal extinction of being, not only the loss of heavenly glory promised as a reward, but the loss of everything. Can we wonder that be did uot uu derstand? The hour seemed so dark, and he said. "My soul is exceeding sorrowful." Fie knew that he was to die. He knew that death was neces? sary. But here. now. looming up be fore him on the morrow was a shame i ful execution as a blasphemer, as a criminal, as a violator of Divine law Could it be possible tint in anything, even slightly, he had taken to himself the honor due to the Father? Could H be possible that In any degree he had held back, even In his mind, from full obedience to the Father's will'.' Did this crucifixion as a criminal pos sihly mean the loss of Divine fa vor V Was it necessary that he should die thus? Might uot this cup of ignominx pass? So he pruyed in a great agouy And although the older Greek mann scripts do not contain the statement that he sweat great drops of blood, medical science tells us that such an experience would not have been at all impossible lu a nervous, strained, mental agony. But we note the beau tlful simplicity of the statement, with which his prayer concluded?"Never theless. my Father, not my will, but thy will, be done." How childlike and beautiful the faith and trust, even amidst strenuous agitation! St. Paul says that he was heard In the thing which he feared How? God's answer came by angelic bauds. An angel appeared and tniuis 1 tered to htm?ministered to his ueces ! slty. Are they not all ministering spirits. i?ent forth to minister to those I who shall be heirs of salvation?" (He brews 1. 14.) We are not iuformed in what words this heavenly ministry wns expressed to the Master in bis lowliness and sorrow, but we do know that It must havo been with full as surauce of the Heavenly Father's fa j vor and sympathy and love. He was heard in resi>ect to the things which he feared. He received the assurance that he was well pleasing to the Fa thei; that he had been faithful to his Covenant, and that he would have the resurrection promised. "Bsbold the Lamb of God" From that moment onward the Ma? ter was the calmest of all who had any association with the great events of that night nnd the following day. Officers, servants, Sanhedrin. priests, llenal and his men of war. Pilate and bis soldiers, ami the shouting rabble all were excited, all wero distressed. Jesus only was calm. This was be? cause he had the Father's assurance that all was well between them. As I this blessed assurance gave the Mns ter eeejragO, *o his follow ers llnCS have found that. 'If God be for us. who n he against us':" If we bars the pen e of te d ruling In our hearts. It ! Is tteyond all human comprehension. Purpose dtrOOtl eiuruy and ,?ur I puss m ikes energy.?Farkhourst. Judas the Ungrateful Apostate Tb? world is lull of sadly disap? pointing character*, In u*any things we all fail. Seitishness, meanness, perversity, pride, etc., mark tlie hu? man family most woefully. But withal can anyone find anything more reprehensible than the Ingrute who would betray ids best friend? The world is of one opinion respect? ing such characters as that of Judas And although lie is a Doted exutuple he L< by no means an exception; I here are many. Home ol them live today. But whoever can See the meanness of such a disposition with a reasonably good focus will surely be saved from manifesting such a character, however iuean night be bis disposition. The man who could sell his Muster for thir? ty pieces of silver is jtistly in contempt with all humanity. Nor was it merely the thirty pieces that Influenced the In grate. Uuther it was pride lie had thought to be associated with the Mas? ter Iii an earthly throne. He had set his faith upon this expectation Now that same Master expluined more fully that the throne was not yet fa sight; that it belongs to an age to follow this, and was to be given only to those who should prove themselves loyal and faithful unto death In the mind of Judas the matter took not the wisest and best wuy. Holding the Great Teacher in contempt* the deceived one probably Intended that the delivery should be merely a temporary one?a lesson to tlx? Master not to talk that way, not to carry matters too far?au Incentive to him. compelling him to exert his power for the resistance of those who sought his life and thus, in SJggltlng himself, muke good to his disciples the share in the Kingdom which he had promised or. failing of this, to wreck the entire project. Alas, the lovo of money, the love of power puff up and make delirious some who become intoxicated with ambition. How necessary that ull the Lord's fol? lowers remember the messuge. "He that hum biet 11 himself shall be exalted and he that exalteth himself shall he abased!" Humble yourselves, there? fore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you In due time" (I Peter v. 6). An Open Qiver. Harold's father was In the habit of giving $1 a Sunday to the church. This was put in a numbered envelope In the collection plate and the amount credited to him on the church books. Mr. T. was away for the summer and on bis return Inclosed bis arrears In the envelope and Intrusted It to Har? old to put on the plate. When the lit? tle hoy came home from church be eald proudly. "I put an awful lot of money on the plate this morning? morn'n anybody else. 1 guess." "You got the envelope there all right?" asked his father carelessly, for Harold bad been almost afraid to car? ry so much money. "Oh. yea." he said, "but I took the envelope off when I got there and Just put the money on the plate in my hand. Nobody 'd have known how much 1 guve If I'd left it in the en? velope." Elephant Threnodies. The natives of certain portions of south central Africa, says the Duchess of Aosta in Harper's Weekly, look on the death of an elephant as an event. They attach an almost religious uspect to It. "As soon as the animal stalked is stretched out on the ground the hunters climb u[mju the huge, still warm body and there perform a dance, gesticulating aud shaking their guns, accompanied by u sort of lituny, in which they extol the animal and his qualities, his strength, his size, his cunning; thou they praise the skill of the hunter, his prompt eye, his accu? rate shot. And this song Is just mur? mured as if they were afraid that if they raised their voices they would attract the curse of the spirit which has just left the anliuul and Is still floating round him." How Parchment Came to Be Used. When the literary Jealousy of the Egyptians caused them to stop the sup? ply of papyrus, the king of Pergamos, a city lu Asia Minor. Introduced the use of sbeepeklo in a form called, from the place of its Invention, perga moun. whence our word parchment is believed to be derived. Vellum, a finer article, made from culfskln. was also used. Many of the books done on vel? lum in the middle ages were tran? scribed by monks, and often It took years to complete u single copy. Proof. "I'm after the gas bill." "Gee: My husbund forgot to leave the check?lie's Just gone." "Are you sure he forgot to leave it?" "Yes; he told me so Just as he went." ?Cleveland Leader. On# of Many. "Then you think you won no perma nent place in her heartT' "I'm Just a notch on her parasol ban die: that Is all."? Louisville Courier Journal. Your achievement wdll never rise higher than your faith. Knows What's Coming. Hewitt-Gruet is discharged about every Saturday night. Jewett?Yes. during the week lie feels as if he were between two tires ? New York Press. Nothing is law that is not reason.? Sir John Powell. A Legal View. "The Bible says that no man can sei re two masters." "Yes. That's probably the llrst law against bigamy over put down.**? Clevelaud Loader, Nothing Is more disgraceful than Insln ?< i it w Cicero, PEE DEE BtTNCH OF YOUNG? STERS IM.W A GRITTY, BIT LOSING GAME. McFadden Ploys a star Game?Flor? ence Man Knocket! Senseless? Scmv |i) to 0. U The Florence Presbyterian High si hool played a gritty but a losing game Friday afternoon on the base? ball grounds when they went up against the Game Cocks of Sumter, ; id although they lost, there was not an inch of ground that Bumter n de tint was not stubbornly con ted for by the Pee Dee boys. The gam'1 was to have commenced at 3:80, but it was somewhat after that wh? n the referee lirst blew his whistle and Florence kicked off to the home hoys who received and ear-led the ball for a good gain. Fr? m this time on Bumter was on the offensive and showed up strong. while Florence, although they fought hard could not prevent them fr<im con Istently making the required dis? tance in thr? ? down*, only in the first three 'inters did Bumter fall to make tin lr distance while Flor? ence did not do so but once, they frequently resorting to kicking to save their goal. Bumter only kick el three times and these were all in the last quarter, excepting one. For Florence there was little Interference and the Bumter hoys repeatedly got through the line and threw the man With the ball for gains. Florence only pot through Sumter's line a couple <? times causing losses for Bumter. The home boys played with snap end accuracy, and the Florence team ma le no fumbles on their side. The mahine work of the Sumter boys showed fine, probably because of the rounding into shape of the new play? ers from their hard practice ami their harded games. There was no cold footedness shown by the men on either side, for both teams fought to w in and it was not be? cause of Florence's poor playing that the Sumter team won but because of the team work of the Game Cocks being superior. Sumter showed up a little heavier and faster than their opponents, while the Florence team showed up better knowledge of their signals and less tendency to fumble. The game was''as follows: Florence kicked off to Sumter who lost the baii on downs. Florence failed to make distance and punted outside, being penalized fifteen yards for failure to punt the required dis? tance. The quarter ended with the hall on the forty yard line with Sum? ter making consistent gains through the line. During the whole game both teams resorted to straight football, save when Sumter tried a trick play and Florence tried the double pass both of which proved Ineffective ground gainers. The second quarter opened with the ball still in Sumter's pos? session on the forty yard line and it was carried oxer the goal in straight line bucks and end runs. Moise kicked goal. Sumter then again re? ceived the kick-off and again car? ried the ball straight forward to Win iti one yard of the goal line where they were held for downs. Florence attempted a fake play but Burns caught the man xvith the ball before he moved from his tracks and carried him back of line for safety. The ball xvas put Into play on the forty yard line and with straight football tactics \xas carried over th" goal by Sumter when there was thirty seconds more to play and Molse again kicked goal. I ! During the third quarter Sumter kicked to Florence who failed to make tin ir distance an kicked. Sum? ter failed to make their distance and kicked. The Fee Dee hoys tried the same tactics but the ball was blocked by Burns and. rebounding behind the goal line was recovered by Bid dall, making the third touchdown of the game and the score 19 to 0, which was unchanged during the rest , of the game for Moise failed to kick goal. After this the ball seesawed hack and forth. At one time Flor? ence kicked and recovered the ball and then kicked again, carrying the ball within five yards of Sumter's K<?al line, but Bumter resorted to kicking and the ball xvas sent far out of danger, the Florentines never get? ting another chain*' to score. The game ended \xith the ball on Flor I enee s twenty yard line xxith Sumter in possession and making good gains. inning the tirst quarter and Im? mediately after the tirst kick-oft" Ulllesple was knocked out senseless I for several minutes, hut he was able ?" continue the game after that time. I >n the other hand Moise for Sumter xxas repeatedly laid out but he con \ tlnued tin game however. There ! were no serious injuries to any of ' the players and it is probable that all 1 them x\ ill be able to be in the next game a greek from now. j For Florence Glllespie, Kllgo, Brun I son, R., D, Mein tyre, played good ball, while for Sumter the particular stars were McFadden, who made re ) peated gains through the line, an I Moise whose choice" of opening and j t anning x\as spectacular si times, and Wilton Shaxv. who played n tine di fensix fame at end. The whole team played good ball and showed Itself In fine trim, although it is prob? able that, with B full line-up. there would have been ;> larger score made. The llne-Up was: For Bumter: Center, Burns; I. guard, Ervin Shaw; r. guard, Reaves; l. tackle, Blddall; r. tackle, Robert Haynsworth; l. end, Wilson Bhaw; I r. end, Nash; q, back, Jones; i. la. t hack, DeLorme; r. h. back, Snolse; f. back, McFadden. Florence, Kilgo, (captain*, r. h. I back; lldertonl 1. h. hack; McClel lan. foil hack; c Brunson, center; Btackley, r. g.; Carmlchael, 1. g.-. Bailey, 1. t.; McKenzie, r. t.; l> M - Intyre. 1. e.; 11. Mclntyre, r. e.; R. Brunson, q. b. Referee, Dr. B. P. DuRant Umpire ii. P. Moses. Timekeeper. H. C. Par rott, lb-ad linesman. H. A. Moses. in the Police Court. *'T do not believe there is an*/ other medicine so good for whooping cough as Chamberlain's Cough Reme? dy," writes Mrs. Francis Turpin. Junction City, Ore. This remedy is also unsurpassed for colds and croup. For sale by all dealers. The first case In the Recorder's court Baturda was that of tHe city against T. C. BcafCe for violating the awning ordinance. He pleaded guilty to th<- charge and paid B tin of $2.69. John i >a\ is was tried in hli si Bend and found guilty of r ting "i the sidewalk at a forbldd? D l I and was fined |1. j, c. Burrows and j. h. Qrad a/ere up for lighting in King's ( igai Store. The evidente showed that Qrady had started the fracas and that P.urrows only acted in self de fense. (Irady was accordingly lined $5 for disturbance of the peace, and Burrows was allowed to go free, with the warning that he must in the future be more careful in the choice of post cards he sends to hia friends, a post card being the cause of the row. Light is the iirst painter. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.?Emerson. Shall Women Von?? ?If they did, millions would vote Dr. Ding's New Life Pills the tru* remedy for women. For banishing tagged feelings., backache or head? ache, constipation, dispelling colds, imparting appetite and toning up the system, they're unequaled. Easy, safe, sure. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. r THE PEOPLE'S BANK, The New Bank Capital $50,000.00 Makes itt? bow to the businet? public. solidMSg their favors, offering it's facilities to assist them In butane** or handle t heir crops. We are located at No. 12 W. 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