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(By RRV P B. FITZWATER, D.D.. r>??n
of th? Kvonln* School. Moody Bible In
stitute of Chlraco )
<<?. 11)4, Western N?w?p*i>er Union )
Lesson for December 14
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
LESSON TEXT?Jolin 11:1-45.
GOLDEN' TEXT?"1 am the resurrec
tion, and the life."
PRIMARY TOI'IC?Jenu? Comforts a
Family In Trouble.
JUNIOR TOPIC ? Latarus Raised
From the I'ead.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC? Christ'? Power Over Death.
YOUNG i' K< )PLB ANI) ADULT TOPIC
?Christ, the Resurrection and the Life.
I. The Revelation of Christ's Love
(tt. 1-30).
The Ilethany fumlly held a peculiar
place In the affections of Jesus. When
the floors of other homes were closed
against Him, the door of this home
flung wide open to receive ILltn.
1. Lazarus Sick (vv. 1, 2). Even
| those who are In close fellowship with
the Lord ure not Immune from sick
ness.
2. Martha and Mary Send for Jesus
(?. ?).
Because they had come to know
Jes'1?; more than a mere man they
Instinctively turned to Him when this
shadow foil across their home. Those
who receive Jesus into their homes,
when all ure well and happy, can be
sure of Ills love and sympathy when
sickness and death overtake them.
8. Jesus' St range Delay (vv. 4-19).
Martha and Mary sent for Jesus he
cause lie loved Lazarus. Now, Jesus
"abode in the sume place" because lie
"loved Lazarus and his sisters." Mere
human sympathy would have moved
Him to hasten to the home of trouble,
but Divine love, which rents upon per
fect knowledge, caused Illm to tarry.
4. Jesus Meets Martha and Mary
(vv. 20417).
Martha and Mary knew the peril to
which He would be exposed and there
fore did not request that lie come, but
merely itave Him notice. They were
willing that Ills coming should he left
to Him.
(1) Martha Met Jesus (vv. 20-27).
A? He was nearing the village, Martha,
who with her sister had passed
through the awful ordeal of the sick
ness and death of a dear brother, met
Him with a complaint for His delay.
Because of His love He Ignored Iter
complaint and taught her concerning
the resurrection and life. Martha, like
many today, had a va>?ue belief that
God would raise Lazarus some time In
the re note future. To her came the
compelling declaration, "I am the res
urrection, and the life." The great
truth to be apprehended Is that here
and now we are united to the living
Christ, the source of life, and that
this Is the pledge of hodily resurrec
tion and eternal reunion.
(2) Mary Met Jesus (vv. 28-.15).
Mary came with the same words, hilt
with a <11 (Terent voice and attitude.
She fell down at His feet. She had
been sitting at Ills feet In the days of
sunshine. Therefore she knew where
to go when sorrows cast their shadows
across her path. Her words were an
swered by Ills tears. "Jesus wept."
II. The Resurrection of Lazarus
(vv. 38-44).
Tin* great sympathy now expresses
Its? If in supernatural power. Sym
pathy would he valueless without Its
connection with divine power. In this
stupendous miracle we see an Illustra
tion of the quickening Into life of
those dead In trespasses and sin.
Observe'
1. He Was Dead. This Is n type of
the sinner, dead in trespasses and
sins, even morally corrupt (Eph. 2:1).
'2. The Ston^ Must He Rolled Away.
This is the part the human must play.
3. In Unbelief Martha Protests
Against the Stone lteing Removed.
She Insists that Lazarus had already
undergone putrefaction.
4. Christ's Intimacy and Fellowship
With the Father as Revealed in Ills
Prayer.
f?. His Manner of Dealing With
Lazarus. It was by a call. He Is call
InR tnen and women today by His Spir
it, His Word find His providence.
?. The Response of Lazarus Show?
That His Call Was With Authority
and Power. With the call goes the
power to henr and obey, even though
?ne he desd in trespasses and sin and
therefore helpless.
7. The People Are (Commanded to
Remove the Grave-Clothes and Set lflm
Free. They could not make Lazarus
alive, but they could remove the grave
clothes which bound the man whom
Christ made alive.
III. The Effect of Thia Miracle (vv.
45-47).
This miKhty work caused division of
?entlmont. Some believed on Jesus
?nd some went to the Pbarieeec with
put news.
Wire* Were
Tangled
By CLARISSA MACKIE
J KAN held the telephone receiver
close to her pink ear. Just as
though Rob Phillips himself stood be
tiide her Instead of sitting In his ottlce
staring dejectedly into hia own trans
mitter.
"Your dear old thing!'* Jenn mur
mur? <1 to Hob, und the response was
startling.
"How perfectly Idiotic to talk that
way !" was the growling answer.
"What did you say?" demanded Jean
In a freezing tone.
"Does it matter?" retorted the
growl.
"It may not matter much to me,"
blazed Jean, "but I assure you that
it matters to you. I am returning
j-out ring now."
Deep laughter overflowed the re
ceiver. Jean held It away from her
car in disgust. Iler blue eyes were
wide with bewilderment and every
nerve tingled. Suddenly she hung up
} the receiver, and the tiny click seemed
to bo the lock on the closed door of
happiness.
"The?b-b-big b-o-o-or!" she sobbed
recklessly.
Fifteen minuto? later Nora topped
at her door. "Mr. Whltten at the
telephone, Miss Jean."
Jean Hung on a hat and opened the
door. "Thank you, Nora; please tell
Mr. Whltten that I have Just gone to
the post ofllee to mail a package to
him !"
"Yes, Miss Jean, and begging your
pardon, ma'am, your hat is on wrong
side before."
Jenn adjusted her hat, tied a spot
ted veil across her telltale eyes, and
proceeded to the post oflice to mall a
certain registered parcel that con
tained one blazing solitaire diamond
ring and a sapphire bracelet (a birth
day gift). "I hate the ring," con
fessed Jenn morosely, "but I wish I
could keep the bracelet; a birthday
gift is another kind of a keepsake.
Pooh, I don't want any of his things.
I will send his letters back as soon
as I can collect them."
Of course Jean knew where every
one of Hob's love letters were hid
den ; she also knew by heart every
word In every letter, and could close
her eyes and visualize the position
of certain words and phrases on the
earliest letters. She mailed the pack
age that morning and during the eve
ning Hob called.
"She says she's not at home, sir,"
said Nora with Just the proper de
gree of respect for a tragic moment.
Hob looked miserable. "Look here,
Norn," he snid desperately, "what Is
Miss Jenn doing? Is she entertain
ing?or what? I must see her If I
can."
Norn advanced n step nnd spoke
In a whisper. "She's been nowhere
much today, nnd she crying, sir, tit
to hronk her heart." She winked
back n tenr In her own sympathetic
eye.
"Thank you. . . . perhaps she
will answer the telephone." lie made
his way out of the house and went
to his club and shot into a telephone
booth.
Upstairs in her own room, Jean
heard tlie front door close dully, and
applied a fresh handkerchief to her
reddened eyes. Presently Nora
tapped at the door. "The telephone.
Miss Jean," she said hurriedly.
"Tliis Is Jean Ttoss," snid Jean, pick
ing up the receiver.
"Ah, Jean. What do you mean,
dearest, by sending that ring back
to me?and the bracelet?" Hob want
ed to know in his dear voice.
"If you will think hard, I am sure
you will recall our telephone conver
sation this morning," returned Jean
In icy tones.
"Did we have one?" Inquired Mr.
Whitten dryly.
"Didn't we?" she retorted.
Hnh's voice took on a heavy jurli- |
cinl tone. "I rang you up this morn- i
ing iind asked you to go to the the- !
ater tonight, and never received any |
response from you. I found later that |
we had been cut off. so I waited awhile
and rung you again, and Nora snid
you had gone to the post office, and \
then in the mail tonight I found that
?that Junk 1" j
"Junk!" breathed Jean furiously.
"I>o you mean to deny holding a con
versation with me this morning at ten
o'clock ?"
I "It didn't happen," affirmed Rob.
"Why, Robert Whitten!"
"it's the truth!" stoutly.
I Jean tottered, clinging desperately to
1 the Instrument. "Then," she qiiav
| ered, "then w-who-oo was it called
me an Id-ldlot?"
"Not I! I wish I could get hold
of the fellow?I'd lick him good and
. plenty,"
1 "I s-snld I w-was returning your
I r ring, and he laughed horribly."
"The deuce he did! Some cheer
ful Idiot taking advantage of crossed
wires. There I was waiting for a re
gponae from you.'*
Long Hllence from Jran, and th?-r
Bob demanded roughly. tenderly
"Have you been crying. durllng?"
"Yes!" she whlsj>ered.
"Tlien I am coining right over tc:
see you."
"Now?" In a panicky voice.
"Yep; but you'll have time to pow
der your nose before I g?-t ther??,"
nnd his rumble of laughter was ad.?r
ably different from that of the "big
boor."
"I knew all the time It couldn't
possibly be Ilob," Raid Jean lllogPal
jy as she hung up the receiver and
flew to the mlrrqp.
Brought Indiana to Feast
The first Thanksgiving at which In
dians participated In-this country, ac
cording to the well-known chronicler.
Edward Wlnslow, took place in 16*21,
ten months after the landing of the
I'llgriins, when, the crops being gar
nered, they felt spring up within their
hearts a feeling of praise and thanks
giving. They dispatched a messenger
to invite Massasolt, sagamore of the
VVampanoags, and 90 of his warriors
to attend the celebration, which last
ed almost a week. On the appointed
Thursday Massasolt and his warriors
arrived and the little settlement gave
the Indians a hearty welcome.
?Think of Less Fortunate
Charity has an important place in
the conventions of Thanksgiving. The
largeness of heart, which the plenteous
period engenders shows itself in works
as practical as they are beautiful,
those who give feeling, doubtless, a.c
did the old Pilgrim who wrote of th<
first Thanksgiving:
"By the goodness of God we are s<
farre from want ourselves that w<
wish you to be partakers of our
identic."
Dogs Need Frequent
Release From Chain
The following humane appeal made
by u correspondent in the Dog World
shows pointedly how dogs are the vic
tims of a cruel practice; how their
dispositions may be spoiled, and tiieir
lives rendered unnatural und un
happy :
"May I plead through your columns
for the better treatment of dogs who
are continually chained, sometimes
for weeks and months, without being
liberated from their Imprisonment?
The other day a man stated In a
police court that his dog had not been
off the chain for twelve months; front
Its puppyhood, It had been fastened
up without an hour of liberty.
"As a lover of dogs 1 hold that ev
ery dog is entitled to regular exercise,
and that it is unjustifiable cruelty to
imprison a dog for life. Such treat
ment makes a dog hopeless and mis
erable ; he becomes dejected and oft
en savage, and his health suffers se
riously.
"A young dog can be trained to he
a guard without chaining, and the best
watchdogs are those which are not
chained. Chains are a heritage of by
gone days and should be abolished."
The best way to keep a dog that
needs restraint is to put him in a yard
with a high fence. If this Is not prac
ticable, fasten a wire across any yard;
on this put an iron ring which, when
attached by a cord to the dog's collar,
will allow him' to run backward and
forward the full length of the wire.
The yard should have shade as well
as sunshine, to protect the dog from
too great heat of the sun.
Make your dog your companion and
friend. Treat him kindly and he will
respond.
It is cruel to tie n dog under a wag
on or allow him to follow an automo
bile or bicycle. Let him ride with you.
Fought to Establish
Jewish Independence
The Maccabees was the name of a
family in Syria, which during the See
on?! century before Christ, resisted the
persecutions inflicted upon the Jewish
nation by the Seleucidae.
After the death of Mattathhis, the
leader of the revolt, in 160 B. C., hi?
son Judas Maccahaeus, defeated t lie
Syrians in three battles, reconquered
Jerusrtlem, purified the temple, and re
stored the worship of Jehovah, says
the Kanssis City Star. He was slain
in ambush in 161 R. C.t and was suc
ceeded by his brother, Jonathan, who
was raised to the dignity of high
priest, but was afterward treacherous
; ly slain at Ftoletnnls In 144 B. C., by
: Tryphon, the guardian of the young
I prince Antiochus Theos.
1 His brother, Simon, then succeeded
i to the leadership of the comnion
i v.-enlth. and completely established the
I independence of the Jews. After seven
y.irs of beneficent rule, he was mur
| dcred, together with his two sons, by
Ids son-in-law, Ptolemy, who vainly
hoped to be cholen his successor. John
i llyrcnnus, son of Simon, was the next
ruler. He renewed the alliance svith
Kotne, conquered Idumaen, and took
the title of king. 107 R. C. Syria be
came a Roman province in 63 R. C.
LEGAL SALE OF LAND.
Staaton County.
Under auo l>y virtue of the power of
sale eoutamed in the deed to secure debt
executed uud deliveied by John L.
\ Pender) Wiggins to U. J. liateiuan on
the 24 th day of May, l'.'-i, uud recorded
iu tJie office of the (JItrk o? the SSupeiior
Court of Houston County, in Book ii'J,
page 357, the undersigned will sell be
tore tbe courthouse door in s?i i county,
at public sale, during tl?e legal hours of
t>ale on tht first Tuesday in January, 1V25,
to the highest bidder for cash, the foil
ing utm ribed property to wit:
A certain lot in tbe City of Fort Valley,
Ga. and situated on lue west side of
Vienna btreet, a section known as
"(irifliu Line," Said lot being the south
east coiner lot ot plat ol land owned by
J. A. liouM-r, Si. end Known as the
"Guilege lot/' baid 1< -1 beginning at
east end of alley and running westward
one hanured ?ud twelve (112) feet thence
northerly ninety-lour (U-i) feet, thence
easterly one hundred uud twelve 112
feet, thence southerly eighty 80 feet,
along V ienna Street back to starting
point. .vaid house uud lot b( iug occupied
by Pender Wiggins ul the time the afore
said deed to secur? debt ? as made, und
bounded ou tbe north by K. A. liiley,
east by Vienna Street, South by an alley
and west by ijaefust Burnett lot.
Said sale will be made for the purpose
of paying a certaiu promissory note,
bearing even Obte with tbe aforesaid
deed to secure debt, and payable on
March let 1024, made t<nd executed by
the said John L. (Pender) Wiggins to
the said O. J. Bateuian aed being for the
principal sum of one hundred and seven
ty-niue Doliais, $179.00 principal stipu
lating for interest at 8 per cent per an
num from uate, The total amount now
due upon said note being $2U4.03.
The said John L. (Pender) Wiggins,
having defaulted in the payment of said
note, which is ->ecured by s^id deed, the
power of sale iu said deed bas become
operative, :?nd said sale will be made in
accordance with the provisions of said
deod.
The proceeds of said sale will be ap
plied ttrst to the pay mint of the above
described note and interest and all ex
penses of i his proceeding, and the
balances, if any, will be paid to John L.
(Pender) WigginS, or his legal representa
tive. Deed will be executed to the pur
chaser at said sale by the undersigned in
accordance with the authority conlerred
in said deed to secure debt. Thi3 2nd.
day of December, 1924.
O. J . BAT EM AN
By his attorney, W. D. Aultman.
ADMINISTRATORS' SALE OF
LAND.
Georgia, Houston Couuty.
By v?-tue of au order from the Court
or Ordinary ot Houstou (Jounty, Georgia
granted at the October Term, 1921, tiio
undersigned will Bell before the court
house djor of Houston County ou the
lira t Tuesday in January, 1925, between
the l?gal hours of side at public outcry to
the highest bidder the following describ
ed real estate of J. R. Watson, deceased:
The south bait of lot of laud .No. 171
and 1U acres in the southeast corner of
the north half of said lot 171,containing
110 acres, more or less, known ?s the
C. 1>. 1'otts plat e; also 25 acres of lot of
land No. 1Gb as described indeed from!
J. B. T. Scarborough to J. fc. Watson
recorded in Deed Houk 2, tolia 287, '
Clerk's Office Houston Supeiior Court;
also 125 acres of lot of land No. 168,
being 75 a"-ies of the east half and 50
acres in the southwest corner of said lot, :
known as tbe Jones place; also 162# !
acres, more or ltss, of lot of land No. ,
145 being all of said lot except 40 acres
in the northeast corner thereof and 50 j
acres, more or less in the northeast'
corner of land lot No. 144, lying in one
body of 212# acres, moro or less, as de
scribed in deed from YV m. C. Whitehead
to J. K. Watson recorded in Deed Hook
13, folio 5S3, Cleik's Office Houston Su
perior Court; also 12# acres of land, be
ing the south half of 25 acres in the
northeast corner of lot No, 109, as de
scribed in deed from Benjamin 11 King
to J. R. Watson, recorded in Deed Book
31, folio 391, Clerk's Office Houston Su
perior Court; also the north half of 25
acres in tbe northeast cornel' of land lot
No. 1159, as described in deed from
I Ehigene G. King to J. R. Watson, re
corded in Hook 9, folio 166, Clerk'sothce
Houston Superior Court; also the south
half of land No. 169, containing 101J+
acres, as described in deed from Al
vestus Hill to J. R. Watson, recorded in
Deed Book 2, folio 590, Clerk's Offlco
Houston Superior Court; also 60# acres,
more or less, of the eastern portion cf lot
of land No.144, as described in deed
from G. W. Fullington to James Watson
recorded in Deed Hook X, folio 345,
Clerk's Office Houston Superior Court;
al?o five-eighths undivided interest in 47
acres in the northwest corner of laud lot
No. 144 known xs the Self place also
50 acres, more or 1 e s s. in the
southwest corner of lot of land No*
144, as described in de?dfrom Jane Yarn
to James K. Watson, record? d in Deed
Hook 1, folio 277, Clerk'? Officc Houston
Superior Court; allot the above describ
ed land being in the 5th District of
Houston County, Georgia.
Also the following described trnrts of
land in the 10th district of Hcuston
County, Georgia:
87 acre?, more or le*s, o? the north
half of lot of land No. 192, as dfs< nbed
in deed book H-B, folio 52. Clerk's < iffice
Houston Superior Court; also one-fourth
undivided interest in 50 acres in the
southwest corner of lot of land No. 193
in eaid 1 Oth district :>f Houston Cownty.
Terma of sale cash. This 3rd day cf De
cember, 1924.
W. C. WATSON.
Administrator ?f J. R. Watson. de'd,
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