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FORGET IT!
If you’ve made a grave mistake—
One you didn’t mean to make,
Just —forget it!
Don't let it cause you pain,
Just don’t make the same again;
And —forget it!
There are many more like you,
Who have done the same thing, too;
So —forget it!
There’s a future in this world,
And to those it is unfurled
Who —forget it!
So just buckle up your mind,
And encouragement you’ll find
To —forget it!
Make up your mind “to dare and do,”
And good things will come to you;
So —forget it!
—New York American.
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SOME ROAD BUILDING.
lowa claims the world championship
in road building. The latest report is
380 miles an hour. Weeks and months
were spent in preparation for the work
but not a pick nor shovel was used
until the designated second was ticked
off. Then, as if by magic 10,000 work
men swarmed out onto the roadway
and when they ceased work sixty
minutes later, lowa had one of the
finest long distance roads in the en
tire West.
And not the least interesting thing
in connection with the tremendous
piece of work is the fact that not a
man of the entire 10,000 engaged on
the work received one cent of wages.
Good will and patriotism alone are
responsible for the splendid showing.
Last winter the lowa roads became
JESUS NEARING JERUSALEM.
August 21st, 1910.
Matthew 20:17-34.
Time. —A. D. 30.
Place. —Near Jerico.
GOLDEN TEXT:—“The Son of Man
came not to be ministered unto, but
to minister and to give his life a
ransom for many.” Matt. 20:28.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What should I do?
I. Be Unselfish. Vs. 20, 21, 24 and 28.
The Master set us the example of
unselfishness by giving up the glory
He had with the Father and coming
into this world to serve man and give
His life a ransom for us. When the
Master told His disciples of His death
and resurrection, selfishness led two
of them to request what they thought
would be the best place in the com
ing Kingdom. (Mark 10:35). The same
selfish spirit that led James and John
to request the best place caused the
other ten to be moved with indigna
tion against the two brethren. (Mark
9:33-35). Selfishness kept them from
understanding and receiving the truth,
and it will hinder us and lead us into .
all kinds of sin. It is all right to
be ambitious, but we must not seek
to satisfy this ambition in the wrong
way. The way to be great in the King
dom of God is to sacrifice self to serve.
11. Hunger for Character. Vs. 17 to 28.
One of the dangers of mankind is
that we hunger for place, position and
PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
SUNDA Y SCHOOL LESSON
so fearfully bad that traffic was prac
tically killed and farmers were com
pelled simply to remain in their
homes. Finally the matter became a
political question, and both parties
got behind the movement. Governor
Carroll called a “good roads” meeting
at Des Moines early last March, and
•out of this meeting was evolved the
plan of a “river-to-river road,” stretch
ing from Council Bluffs, on the Mis
souri, River, to Davenport, on the Mis
sissippi, a distance of 380 miles
straight across the State from east to
west.
DON’T BLAME HIM.
Steve Long is noted for attending
to his own business and saying very
little about it. One morning an in
quisitive neighbor met him returning
from the woods with his gun over his
shoulder.
“Hello, Steve! Where hev ye been?
a-shootin’?”
“Yep.”
“What hev ye been a-shootin’?”
“Dog.”
“Yer dog! My, was he mad?”
“Waal, he didn’t look so danged
well pleased.”—Everybody’s Maga
zine.
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BET HE WOKE UP.
An English lord was a guest in a
certain home, and his hosts were very
anxious to show the highest respect to
their distinguished visitor, says a
writer in Mack’s National monthly.
The best food in the market was serv
ed at the meals, and the conversation
was plentifully interspersed with “My
Lord” this and “My Lord” that, in ob
sequious tones.
In the morning the hostess, wish
ing to send some warm water to his
temporal power more than we do for
character, disposition and self-control.
We are more anxious to have power
over men than to have power with
God. We seek the things that are
seen and temporal instead of the
things that are unseen and eternal.
The Master would have us learn that
it is more important for us to be pure
and good than to be great and prom
inent. The world’s great men achieve
their greatness by leading others to
sacrifice, But Christ taught us that the
true way to greatness that will en
dure for eternity is by self-sacrifice.
The spirit of the world is that the
world owes me something and I must
get it. The spirit of Christ is that I
am debtor to all. (Rom. 1:14; I Cor.
9: 16). And, therefore, must do my
best to bless and benefit mankind. We
must not try to see how much we can
get out of life, but see how much we
can put into life.
111. Glorify God.
The chief end of man is to glorify
God. We must serve and bear much
fruit to glorify God. (John 15:8). We
must seek and save the lost and bring
many to Jesus. We must have the
fruit of the spirit, love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness and temperance, in
our lives to glorify God. (Gal. 5:
22-23). Jesus came into the world to
serve. (V. 28; Luke 22: 27). He
gave us an example to teach us how
we should serve. (John 13:15). As
the Father sent Him, so He sends us
The Golden Age for August 11, 1910.
Margaret Deberly Upshato.
2L Lacy Hoge.
lordship by her 10-year-old son, in
structed him thus:
“Now, Charles, knock at the door of
his room, and if he asks ‘who is
there?’ you must answer, ‘lt is the
boy, my lord.’ ”
Charles proceeded up stairs and
knocked at the guest room door, and
the visitor asked from within, Who is
there?”
But the child, overwhelmed by the
responsibility of his errand, became
confused and replied, “It is the Lord,
my boy!”
THE IGNORANT UNBELIEVER.
The late Neil Burgess used to clinch,
with an anecdote, his claim that athe
ists were always ignorant.
“A coarse, swaggering fellow,” he
would begin, “declared in a barber
shop:
“ ‘I don’t believe in no hereafter.
You live and die, and that’s the end
of ye.’
“ ‘Why, you must be a Unitarian,
George,’ the barber said.
“ ‘Huh, i ot me!’ was the reply. I’m
too fond o’ meat for that.’ ”—Minne
apolis journal.
In a church which could be named
the pastor was desirous of bringing
about in a tactful way some improve
ments in the midweek service, and an
nounced for a subject “The Ideal
Prayer meeting.” A number of help
ful suggestions had been made, when
one brother, known to be harmless as
a dove if not wise as a serpent, got up
and said:
“I think everybody should come pre
pared to say something, so that no
time should be lost except that which
is taken by the pastor.”
As he was known to be a great ad
mirer of the pastor, the gravity of
(John 17:18). He glorified the Father
on the earth and finished the work the
Father gave him to do. (John 17:4).
So we must faithfully do the work
given us to do if we would glorify
God.
“Jesus Master, whom I serve,
Though so feebly and so ill,
Strengthen hand and heart and nerve
All Thy bidding to fulfill.
Open Thou mine eyes to see
All the work Thou hast for me.”
IV. Tell Others of Jesus. Vs. 29-31.
These blind men heard that Jesus
was passing that way. Some one
broke the good news to them. There
are now many blind beggars that need
to be told of Jesus. (II Cor. 4:4; Rev.
3:17). Some do not realize their con
dition, but there are many among them
that simply need to be told that Jesus
is near and easy to be found and they
will cry unto Him and be saved. So
go to lost men with the message of
salvation. (Rev. 22:17; Mark. 16:15).
These blind men called on Jesus to
have mercy on them. They did not
have to do something great. They did
all that was necessary. That is all a
sinner needs to do now. (Rom. 10:13).
The multitude rebuked them. They
did not like to hear blind beggars
crying out as these did. There are
members in our Churches now that
do not like to hear sinners crying for
mercy. Just a few weeks ago some
Christians said they did not like the
the meeting was somewhat disturbed.
—Youth’s Companion.
AN EXTENUATING CONDITION.
When John J. Corbett, the Chicago
contractor and well known Democrat
ic politician, was associated with
George W. Jackson in the construc
tion of the various Chicago tunnels he
took a personal interest in his em
ployes, particularly where the charac
ter of the work was dangerous, says
Mack’s National Monthly.
During the construction of the sub
way Mr. Corbett noticed two of his
men—Jim Clancy and Mike Casey—
carelessly shifting a couple of cans of
dynamite to another section of the
tunnel.
“Here, bcrs, look here!” warned
Mr. Corbett, “you’ve got to be more
careful with that dynamite. You’re
handling it like a bucket of mortar.
Why, don’t you know the last time
there was a dynamite explosion here
ten men were killed?”
“Shure, Mister Corbett,” whispered
Clancy, “’twon’t be so bad this time.
There’s only two av us.”
Mothers, Protect the Little Ones.
Sometimes a splinter gets in the flesh
deep and festers; a “skeeter” bite is
scratched and makes a big, ugly sore; poi
son oak or seme disfiguring skin disease
breaks out on one of the little ones. Don’t
let it run on without the proper atten
tion —the result is disastrous. Stop these
little eruptions of the skin, such as bolls,
bruises, burns, cuts, poison oak and sores
of any kind, with “Gray’s Ointment.” You
can rely on it for a speedy, permanent
cure. For sale by your druggist for 25c
per box, if net write us for free sample
box, addressing Dr. W. F. Gray & Co., 805
Gray building, Nashville, Tenn., and it
will be sent to you postpaid.
Mr. E. R. Virgin, of New Orleans, La.,
writes: “We have been using Gray’s
Ointment in our family for 25 years, and
can recommend it for anything in the
line of cuts, bruises, nail punctures, boils,
caibuncles, skin bruises and splinters in
the flesh.”
way I had of calling people to the
front to pray and seek salvation. That
it would do for the country, and not
for the city. These blind men did not
stop crying to Jesus, but “cried out
the more” when the multitude tried
to stop them. It is well to follow this
example and when Satan tries to keep
you from Jesus, cry the more unto
Him. This was their last opportunity,
to get their blind eyes opened, for
Jesus never passed that way again.
This may be the last opportunity of
a sinner in your class. You may never
again have an opportunity to tell him
of Jesus, and his need of a Saviour,
so take advantage of this one and
press him to accept Jesus as his Sav
iour now .
V. Obey and Follow Jesus. Vs. 32
and 34.
Jesus was on His way to lay down
His life for a lost world, and yet He
“stood still and called them.” He
heard them cry and their prayer must
be answered and their need supplied.
He called them and they obeyed and
received the desired blessing. They
were completely cured in an instant
when they received their sight they
followed Jesus. They could not fol
low Jesus until their eyes were open
ed. Jesus will answer the definite
prayer of faith now, just as He did
then. He will supply cur need. He
will make us whole, and do so the
moment we ask Him in faith. When
made whole we, too, will follow Jesus.
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