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O ACK to my first love—the dear old piney
woods of Thomas county. It’s the place
to regain your roses and renew your youth.
I would that I were able to pay a tribute
to royal, gracious Metcalfe, the little sister
to Thomasville, who has dealt with us so kind
ly during this busy, joyful week. While our
souls have feasted on the bread of heaven and
our eyes have beheld the very gates of Zion
let down out of the skies and flung wide open
to receive the repentant ones who desired to
enter in, we have also refreshed our temporal
bodies on the tempting viands provided by
fair and loving hands. It has been such a
pleasure and inspiration to be in the homes of
those new-made friends; to touch elbow to
elbow with men and women, brothers and
sisters, all interested in the higher, better
things of life.
Between invitations for breakfast, invita
tions for dinner, invitations for supper, and
then some “in-betweens,” I am afraid your
editor and his side-partner will share the fate
of the dear old German woman who fell ill
and was taken by her husband to a hospital
for treatment. The first day she was there,
when her husband called to inquire about her,
the doctor said she was improving. On the
second day he was told again of “great im
provement.” On the third and fourth days
the assurance was again “a steady improve
ment.” This was very encouraging to the old
German, but when he called on the fifth day
he was told that his wife was dead. In his
grief he sought his favorite friend.
“Vat’s the matter?” asked the sympathetic
friend.
“Ach 1 My vise iss dead,” replied the Ger
man
“So? Vat did she die of?” asked the friend.
“Improvements,” replied the husband.
I?
And Randolph Anderson called L. G.
Broughton “a liar” about the near beer busi
ness. Poor Randolph, he’s in for it now.
When Broughton starts to “tend to him” I
PAUL’S INSTRUCTIONS TO THE THESSA
LONIANS.
August 8, 1909. 1 Thess. 5: 12-24.
Golden Text: “See that none render unto any evil
for evil, but always follow after that which is good.”
1 Thess. 5: 15.
Time A. D. 52. Place, Corinth.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What Should I Do?
Ist. Honor and respect God’s servants. Verses
12 and 13.
A. By recognizing them as tne servants of God.
Verse 12.
B. By recognizing their Divine Authority. Verse 12.
All believers are brethren, yet God has appointed
some to be over others. Acts. 20: 28. The duty
of those who are over others is to labor among
them and to admonish them.
C. Esteem them very highly in love for their
work’s sake. Verse 13. It is not what rulers are
personally but their works that entitle them to
esteem.
D. Be at peace with and love one another. Verse
13. John 13: 34 and 35. John 15: 12. Gen. 13: 8.
pg. 133: 1. Mark 9: 50. Rom. 14: 19. 2 Cor.
13; 11. Col. 3: 15. Heb. 12: 14.
2nd. Act right towards all men. Verses 14 and 15.
A. Warn the unruly or (Jjsorderly. Verse 14.
Those who would not work. God wants all to work
and do all things decently and in order. 1 Thess,
4: 11. 2 Thess, 3; 6 and 11. 1 Cor. 14: 40,
PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
fly Margaret Deberly Upshalv.
SUNDA Y SCHOOL LESSON
By B. Lacy Hogue.
The Golden Age for August 5, 1909.
wouldn’t be surprised if little A. doesn't voice
the sentiment of the little girl who was naugh
ty on*e day. In fact, she was so bad that, oth
er correction failing, her mother took her up
stairs to whip her. While the proceedings
were going on the bedroom door opened and
the little girl’s brother started to come in. The
little girl, however, heard the noise as the
knob turned in the door.
Changing her position slightly as she lay
across her mother’s knee, she said: “Eddie,
go out! Can’t you see we’re busy?”
AS DEFENSELESS AS JED BLAKE.
As he ambled up to the bench, the Judge
rose and began to speak:
“Jed, you are charged with the gravest crime
known to the law, that of taking the life of a
fellow man. One of the forms of punishment
for murder is death. Have you made any ar
rangements for your defense in this case,
Jed?”
“No, suh, jedge. I ain’t done nuthin’.”
“Have you a lawyer, Jed?”
“No, suh, jedge. I ain’ got no lawyer. I
ain’ got nuthin’, jedge.”
“Well, Jed,” said the judge, showing a little
impatience, “have you talked to anybody about
this case?”
“I talked to de sheriff some dat night when
he come after me, jedge, but you knows dat
didn’t do no good.”
“For your information, Jed, I will state that
it is within the province of this court to appoint
counsel to any defendant who has none. I
am now ready to appoint you a lawyer. Do
you want one ?”
“No, jedge. I don’t want nuthin’,” replied
Jed rather dolefully.
“See here,” snapped the judge, “I won’t
have any more of this foolishness. . You say
you don’t want any lawyer. Well, then, what
do you intend to do about this case?”
“Well, I tells you, jedge, I ain’ ’tendin’ to do
nuthin’. Es it’s jes’ de same to you, jedge, as
far as I’s concerned, l’s willin’ to let the whole
matter drap right here.”
B. Encourage the faint hearted. Verse 14. R. V.
C. Support the weak. Verse 14. The Word
commands us to bear one another’s burdens. Gal.
6: 1 and 2. Rom. 15: 1.1 Cor. 9: 22.
D. Be patient towards all men. Verse 14.
E. Don’t render evil for evil but do good to those
who do you evil, and ever follow that which is
good. Verse 15. Matt. 5: 44. Rom. 12: 17. 1 Peter
3: 9. Luke 23: 34.
3rd. Act right towards God. Verses 16 and 18.
A. By rejoicing in His goodness always. Verse 16.
Phil. 3: 1-3. Phil. 4:4 and 11.
B. By praying without ceasing. Verse 17. Phil.
4: 6. Rom. 12: 12. Luke 18: 1. Eph. 6: 18.
C. By giving thanks in everything. Verse 18. A
Christian can give thanks in everything because his
“life is hid with Christ in God” and therefore every
thing that touches him is the will of God in Christ
for him and all must work together “for good to
them that love God.” Rom. 8: 28. Eph. 5: 20. Col.
3: 3. Acts. 16: 25 to 34.
sth. Be wholly sanctified. Verse 19 to 24.
“Our God is a consuming fire,” and he that receives
God the Holy Spirit receives a holy fire. (Heb. 12:
29. Mat. 3: 11. Acts. 2: 3. 2nd Tim. 1: 6. R. V.
Marg.) This fire can be but should not be quenched.
If we do not yield ourselves to the burning of this
fire within we quench the Spirit and grieve the
Spirit. (Eph. 4: 30.) We quench the Spirit when
we hinder others from obeying the promptings of
the Spirit. This does not mean that we should
accept every man’s claim to speak by the Spirit,
WHEW!
They’re not always wailing in Wales,
And you can’t weigh a fish by its scales.
You’ll acknowledge that Mars
To be ranked among stars,
But you can’t tell on what boat Marseilles.
—CLEMENT RICHARDSON WOOD.
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A NEW VERSION OF THE NINTH COM
MANDMENT.
Five-year-old Ethel had for the first time ac
companied her older sister to Sunday-school,
'fhe lesson that day was the Commandments.
Upon her return home the little girl was
asked if she remembered anything she had
heard there.
“Oh, yes,” she answered; “the teacher said
we must not witness our bare neighbor.”—•
Henrietta Lazarus.
He: “You weren't at the play last night?”
She: “No.”
He: ‘‘Oh, you don’t know what you missed.”
She :“I know I don’t. And as long as I don’t
it doesn’t make any difference, does it?”—W. J.
Lampton.
THE BETTER PART OF VALOR.
The “colored lady” who entered my service
as cook gave her name as Julctta Price, but
constantly referred to her husband as George
Ledbetter. “How does it happen, Juletta,” I
asked her one day, “that you go by the name of
Price while your husband’s name is Ledbet
ter?”
“Well, you see, Mrs. Lawrence,” she replied,
cheerfully, “it’s this-a way. I hadn’ been ac
quainted with George but fo’ days when I mar
ried him, an’ I didn’ know how I was gonter
lak him nor how he was gonter lak me. Now
these divorcements betwix’ married folks is a
heap er trouble an’ a heap er expense, too; an’
I 'lowed the safest way fer us to do wtis fer
George to keep his maiden name an’ me to
keep mine tell we se how our new experiment
was gonter turn out.”—Mary Applewhite Ba
con. _
We should “prove all things.” “Try the Spirits.”
See whether the claim is true, or, false. Test all
claims by the Word of God. (1 John 4: 1. Isa.
8: 20. Acts. 17: 11. Gal. 1: 8 and 9.)
We should “hold fast” to that which stands the
test. (Luke 8: 15. R. V. 1 Cor. 11: 2. R. V.
Heb. 2: 1.) That which can not stand the test
is evil and we should “abstain from every form of
evil.” (R. V.) “And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly.” God is the author and giver of peace.
(Heb, 13: 20 and 21.) Holiness is necessary to have
peace, but you can not make yourself holy, so the
Word says “Very God of Peace Himself” (R. Vj
alone can do it. Man is a trinity, spirit, soul and
body, and Paul’s prayer is that the whole of this
three-fold man be sanctified and “preserved blame
less unto the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Paul follows this prayer with the cheering state
ment, “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will
do it.” Do what? Do just what Paul asked for in
this prayer. Sanctify us wholly and preserve our
spirit, soul and body blameless unto the coming
of Our Lord. He is faithful, “He called us unto
holiness” (1 Thess. 4: 7) and what He called us
unto He will give us, what He promised He will
do. (Phil. 1: 6. Rom. 8: 30. 1 Cor. 1: 8 and 9.
1 John 1: 9.)
I? I?
DELIGHTFUL VACATION WORK TO ?UT
YOURSELF IN SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. WRITE
AT ONCE TO THE GOLDEN AGE, 510 LOWNDES
BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA,
WHEW!
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