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“Count it all joy when ye fall into divers tempta
tions.” Also, he says: “Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation, for when he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of life which the Lord hath prom
ised to them that love him.”
No man can ever grow in grace who does not face
the tempter. How can I tell to-day whether I am
stronger than I was yesterday? Yesterday’s temp
tations still haunt me, but I am stronger to meet
them. It is only as we meet the tempter and con
quer that we can hope to get stronger. But let us
never imagine the tempter is dead.
When Temptation is Sin.
Now, a word in conclusion: If temptation is
common, and if temptation is also a means of
growth, when does it become sin? James says:
-‘ 1 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempt
ed of God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil,
neither tempteth he any man.” But every man is
tempted when drawn away by his own lust, when
lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin.” Then
the temptation, when it hath conceived, is sin.
It is not when the thing is carried into effect at all.
It is when it is conceived in the heart that it is sin.
“I cannot help the birds flying over my head,
but I can stop them from building nests in my
hair.”
Let us take this illustration: Satan comes to
me and says: “You go down here to the back
door of the Neal Loan and Banking Company, for
the cashier failed to lock the door, and so and so
has a combination of the lock, and you can help
yourself to the money.”
I need money, and say: Satan, are you sure no
body will ever know anything about it?”
“Good scheme as you ever saw,” he says.
I say, “All right, I will do it.”
I start to get the money, and Satan meets me
again, and says: “The cashier found out he left
the door unlocked, and has gone back, and locked
it as tight as wax.”
Tn my heart I committed the sin. I agreed with
Satan to do the evil deed. The failure to get there
did not change it at all. Whenever you decide
you will do a wrong thing, provided everything
works out properly, then and there you sin.
The Way of Escape.
God save us from the seductiveness of Satan.
There is only one way of escape, and that is to
stay close to God, to be able to look un and ask him
for his way of escape. The way will come if we
will let him have his way. Paul says: “There hath
no temptation taken you hut such as is common to
man, but God is faithful who will not suffer you
to be tempted above that ye are able, hut will with
the temptation make the way of escape, that ye
may be ahle to bear it.” If we keep looking to
God, we can live the life of victory.
“Yield not to temptation,
For yielding is sin.”
.Here is a man in prison, and he is told to look to
the jailor who has provided away of escape. He
looks to him, and is delivered. So Jesus Christ of
fers to ns deliverance. When we are in the hands
of the tempter, he savs. “Just look to me, and I
will provide the way of escape.”
Miss Lucile Stevens, of Atlanta, has been chosen
as teacher of domestic science in the n°w Secondary
Industrial School of Columbus. Georgia. She is a
graduate of the State Normal School and of Pratt
Institute, New York. Other teachers chosen are:
L. J. Bogers, Columbus, mechanical arts department;
C. A. Seal. West Chester. Pa., textile department;
Miss Jennie Charlesworth. Norwalk. Conn., commer
cial branches; E. M. Broderick, Oil City, Pa., man
ual training.
The students from the Italian universities and
government school are no longer content to seek
■noorly-paid government employment or to enter
into the ranks of the overcrowded professions, hut
are seeking technical instruction so that they may
join in the new movement and make an adequate
future for themselves.
• The Golden Age for August 9,1906.
To Lillian in Heaven.
By Margaret A. Richard.
Lillian, Lillian, up in heaven,
Do you hear my spirit call
In the silence of the night-time,
When the dark is over all?
Do you know how much I miss you—
Miss you, darling, every day—
\ ' Since that evening when the angels
I Bore you far from me away?
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‘ Lillian, Lillian, up in heaven,
Do you wander, hand in hand,
With the happy hearted angels
Through a lovely Wonderland?
’ Do you listen to such music
As on earth we never hear,
Played and sung by choirs celestial
With a sweetness past compare?
Lillian, Lillian, up in heaven,
Where all things are fair and glad,
Do you lovingly remember
One on earth whose heart is sad?
7 > Do you pause, sometimes, in singing
To waft her a thought of love,
And to pray her to come quickly
To the bliss that waits above?
A Golden Wedding.
It is not often that we can gather together to
welcome four generations of one family and to cele
brate the Golden Wedding of the founder of the
house. But July 10th, 1906, marked such an anni
versary in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Rob
erts, who live near Greenville, Ga.
Sixty guests were present at the home of their
son, and a delightful dinner was served in the large
hall of the hospitable home. The table seated
twenty guests at a time and was most artistically
decorated, while the viands, prepared by Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Roberts, were of the choicest variety,
and were heartily enjoyed by all.
Rev. J. H. House of Oakland, Ga., was an honor
ed and welcome guest whose presence added much
to the occasion.
Seven grandchildren of the “bridal couple” were
present, the three little ones of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Spivey of Wooster, Ga., being the representatives
of the “ fourth gen eration. ’ ’
The feeling of gaiety and mirth was mingled
with one of sadness as the memories of the past
gathered close with the facts of the present.
We looked fifty years hack and saw a manly
youth of 21 years and a happy blushing maiden of
17 summers standing at the marriage altar, in the
home of Mr. Jones Roberts near Wooster, Ga.,
and Rev. Nathan Williams, pronouncing them as
one flesh, uniting them in the holy bonds of wed
lock.
But on this wedding anniversary we find a faith
ful and brave Confederate veteran and an honored
Mason, with Its devoted and loving wife, a true
hearted Christian.
Together they have trudged life’s pathway for
fifty years, reaching the ripe ages of 71 and 67
years. Their manner towards friends and relatives
has ever been one characteristic of generous hospi
tality, denoting true Southern blood.
We would not wish for fhesp friends things im
possible, hut we sav: “Mav God bless them and
receive them into His firmer and better kingdom
where they can ever celebrate the beautiful mar
riage supper of the Lamb.”
“A Friend.”
When Herbert Snencer was a bov his father
him awav from home to school. The voungster be
came homesick, and, with two shilling *n his
pockets, made his way home, over I°o miles., in
three davs. walking most of the way. He did fortv
eight miles the first dav and fnrtv-seven on the
second. On the third day a frieodlv coach driver
took him most of the way for nothing.
For Comfort of Militia Encamped at
Chickamauga.
The state committee of the Young Men’s Chris
tion Association of Georgia will be represented at
the Chickamauga encampment with large headquar
ters. A tent 40 by 60 feet will be in charge of Mr.
H. M. Johnson, the Secretary of the Association in
Savannah, assisted by Mr. T. M. Lemly, Secretary
of the Americus Association. Mr. Johnson did this
sort of work during the Spanish-American war, thus
becoming known to many of the Georgia soldiers,
and acquainted with the needs of camp life.
The tent will be equipped with reading matter,
writing material, ice water, a large variety of games,
musical instruments and everything possible for the
convenience and pleasure of the soldiers. General
Bubb, who will be in command of the camp, has
notified the state committee that the best location
possible for the tent will be provided.
Entertainments, as well as religious meetings,
will be conducted in the tent, which will also he
placed at the disposal of the regimental chaplains
for the conduct of religious services, thus combin
ing all that can be done to add to the pleasure and
profit of the men while in camp.
To Annette. ♦
By Arthur L. Hardy.
I would not give the wealth of thy proud love
For all the treasure of the earth and sea;
True as the course in which the planets move
Is the rich passion of thy love for me.
True goodness is impressed upon thy soul,
Fidelity is graven on thy heart,
Thou art a queen of Nature’s fairest mould,
And naught unworthy can thy life impart.
A princess never could more regal be,
A garden never held a rose more pure,
No violet ever matched thy modesty,
No saint e’er held his course to heaven more
sure.
Thy breast is a consistory where kneels
All the sweet graces of pure of pure womanhood,
A thought of thee ignoble impulse quells,
And wakes a yearning to be true and good.
To hold love’s sweet companionship with thee
Is to be led where truth and honor shine,
Thy love is as a stainless shield to me
To turn the flaming sword of wrath divine.
And I will cling to thee till love’s last day
Sinks slowly down the goden west of time;
And when we fare from life’s dear ways away,
Our heaven shall be of love’s sweet past a sign.
Don’t Talk or Think Limitations.
Make up your mind that the Creator made you
to enjoy life and to have all the good things in
this world necessary to your well-being and moral
and spiritual growth. Think large things for your
self; for God did not set for you the narrow limit
which you have in mind. Limitation in thought
will certainly produce limitation in possession. If
you are convinced that you will never have much,
that you are poor, and will remain so, the chances
are ten to one that you will.
How can you expect to expand your life, to en
large your possessions, to widen your sphere, while
you think and talk limitation? Enlarge your hori
zon; be generous to yourself in thought and ambi
tion. The Creator never made people to limp along
the starvation line, there are enough resources in
the world to make everybody well, happy and con
tented. The great trouble with us is that we cir
cumscribe ourselves by thinking within narrow
limits. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he. ’ ’ —Exchange.
An English newspaper had this death notice the
other day: “At Stratford-on-Avon, age seventy
five. William Shakespeare. At rest.”
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