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IT’S ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUT
ING.
The election, we mean, and not the
stress of circumstances. It certainly
was our busy week. The managing ed
itor in the Tabernacle Infirmary spar
ring with a delegation of typhoid
germs, the circulation manager at
home sick, the editor away in a pro
tracted meeting. It was up to the “as
sociate editor” to “make good or bust.”
And on top of all that it was election
week in Georgia!
Nothing but the discipline to duty
taught us in our youth could have held
us to our task. But it wasn’t as severe
after all as the discipline required by
a certain colonel of his soldiers. Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles tells the story
in Youth’s Companion to illustrate the
result of carrying military discipline
too far. There was a certain colonel
who, in the middle of a campaign, was
seized with a sudden ardor about hy
giene. He ordered that all the men
change their shirts at once.
“The order was duly carried out ex
cept in the case of one company, where
the privates’ wardrobes had been pit
iably depleted. The captain of this
company was informed that none of
his men could change their shirts,
since they had only one apiece. When
he reported this fact, the colonel hesi
tated a moment, then said, firmly:
“ ‘Orders must be obeyed. Let the
men change shirts with one another.’ ”
But the atmosphere is clearing a lit
tle since Hoke Smith has come into
his own again, and our office presents
a more orderly front than was found
by the fellow who sought the editor’s
sanctum.
“He opened the door cautiously and,
poking his head in a sort of suggestive
THE KING’S MARRIAGE FEAST.
Sept. 11, 1910.
Time: A. D., 30.
Matt. 22: 1 to 14.
Place: Jerusalem.
GOLDEN TEXT:—“Many are called
but few are chosen.” Matt. 22:14.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What should I do.
I. Don’t Reject God’s Invitation. Vs.
1-7.
This is one of the striking parables
used by our Saviour to show God s
dealings with men under both the Old
and the New Dispensation. The Jews
were the ones who were first invited
to the marriage. They were inviteu
by the Prophets and by John the Bap
tist. (Matt. 3:1-2). They were invited
by the twelve apostles. (Matt. 10:6-7)
and by Paul and Barnabas. (Acts
13:46). They refused to accept the in
vitation and treated the servants des
pitefully and slew them and God sent
forth His armies and burned Jerusa
lem, their beautiful city, and thou
sands upon thousands perished by the
war and the famine. Let us look at
the three ways the invitations were
treated.
First. With ' indifference. V. 3.
“They would not come.”
Second. “They made light of it. Vs.
4-5. “They went their way, one to his
own farm, another to his merchandise.
Many are following this example this
day. They are making light of God’s
invitation and are going their own
way and looking after their business
and giving no thought to the great
question of salvation.
PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
Margaret Deberiy Upshalv.
SUNDA Y SCHOOL LESSON
8y <B. Lacy Hoge.
way, as if there were more to follow,
inquired:
“Is this the editorial rinktum?”
“The what, my friend?”
“Is this the rinktum, sinktum, sanc
tum, or some such place, where the
editors live?”
“This is the editorial room; yes, sir.
Come in.”
“No, I won't come in. I wanted to see
what an editorial sanctum was like,
that’s all. Looks like our garret, only
wuss. Good day!”—Exchange.
AN ANNUAL LUXURY.
An English boy went to visit his two
Scotch cousins during his summer va
cation. His breakfast every morning
consisted of plain oatmeal, and he got
very tired of it. “Say, Jack,” he said,
“don’t you ever have milk with your
porridge?”
Jack turned to his brother. “Eh,
Tom,” he said, “the lad thinks it’s
Christmas.” —Success Magazine.
THE COURAGE OF YOUTH.
Almost any flippant lawyer in the
United States will lose his nerve when
he faces the Supreme Court, says the
New York World’s Washington cor
respondence. The air is full of dig
nity and the bar of the court behind
which sit the black-robed and venera
ble jurists is about as inviting as the
tomb to most of the young lawyers
who appear in their first case.
Not so with a youngster from Ohio
who appeared a few days ago. The
court has a rule which fixes two hours
for oral argument and is reluctant to
grant more time. The novice asked
for additional time for his speech.
“How much time does the learned
counsel want?” asked Chief Justice
Fuller, in his shrill voice.
Third. By violently rejecting the in
vitation. V. 6.
The day is passed when men are im
prisoned, whipped and murdered for
delivering the Gospel message, yet
there is still a violent rejection of the
Gospel. The infidel decrys the gospel
and everybody and everything asso
ciated with the Church of Christ. The
Higher Critics and New Theology
Preachers denounce all that continue
to preach the old Gospel. Men in and
out of the Church are very severe in
their denunciation of those who fight
the evils of the liquor traffic and seek
to save those who are being cursed by
this great evil.
11. Accept God’s Invitation. Vs. 8:10.
When Israel rejected God’s invita
tion, He sent His servants with the in
vitation to the Gentiles. (Acts 13:46).
The call of God’s grace comes to all.
(Mark 16:15 and 16. Rev. 22:17. John
3:16). He has prepared for all free
and full salvation and “whosoever will
may come” and receive pardon and
cleansing. The wedding was filled
with guests. (V. 10). Heaven will be
full. (Rev. 7:5-14). We may refuse
the invitation and miss heaven but
God will find others who will accept.
At the marriage supper there will not
be a vacant chair. “Blessed are they
which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb.” (Rev. 19:9).
111. Go with the Gospel Message. Vs.
9-10.
The servants were commanded to go
into the highways and as many as they
could find they were told to bid to the
feast. So God commands the Church
The Golden Age for September 1, 1910.
“Just as much time as you folks
will give us,” answered the lawyer,
leaning forward in a confidential way.
Everybody laughed except the black
robed justices.
SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT.
Senator Elihu Root’s onion story,
told at a recent dinner, is an illustra
tion of the difficulty of concealing evil
practices, says the Washington corre
spondence of The New York World.
“Take the case,” said Mr. Root, “of
old John Bodewin. John was a law
yer’s confidential clerk, and he had
the pernicious habit of going to a
neighboring saloon every morning at
11 o’clock and taking a small glass of
whiskey. He was not proud of this
habit; hence, after the whiskey, he al
ways took a clove.
“But one morning it happened that
there were no cloves on the bar, and
John, after having considered the mat
ter, ate a small raw onion from the
free-lunch tray. That would destroy
the telltale whiskey odor, no doubt, as
well as the clove had always done, and
so thinking he returned to his desk.
“It was a double desk. At it he and
his employer sat face to face. John,
on his return, was soon aware that his
employer noticed something. The
man’s nostrils quivered, he sniffed, and
finally with a girmace of disgust he
broke out:
“ ‘Look here, John, I’ve stood whis
key and clove for nineteen years, but I
draw the line at whiskey and onions.’”
*
PUT HIMSELF IN LAKE.
A correspondent of The Boston Her
ald says that a remark attributed to
the late Sully Prudhomme was made
originally by the famous and eccen-
to go out upon the streets of our cities
and upon the highways and find as
many as we can both good and bad and
bid them to come to Jesus and be sav
ed. (Luke 14:21-24). We are told to
compel them to come in. (Luke
14:23).
IV. Put on the Wedding Garment.
Vs. 11 to 13.
This wedding garment is the robe of
righteousness that all who sincerely
accept the Gospel, invitation will put
on. (Isa. 61: 10, Ps. 132:9. Eph. 4: 24.
Rev. 19:7 and 8). It is not our own
but God’s righteousness in which we
must appear. (Isa. 64:6. Zech. 3:3
and 4. Phil. 3:9). This robe of right
eousness is God’s free gift to believ
ers. (Luke 15:22. Rom. 3:22. Rom.
13:12-14. 2 Cor. 13:5. 2 Cor. 5:21).
All who really and truly accept God’s
invitation will put on Jesus Christ.
(John 14:15. R. V. Rom. 13:14. Gal.
3:27). An empty profession will not
do, we must be found in Christ. (Phil.
3:9). The man of empty profession
not having on the wedding garment
will be cast into outer darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth. V. 13. We can not enter the
Kingdom of Heaven by saying Lord,
Lord, —but must be doers of God’s
will. (Matt. 7:21).
V. Be One of the Elect. V. 14.
The elect are those who accept the
invitation and conform to the regula
tions laid down in God’s Word. The
elect are whosoever will. (John 3:16.
Rev. 22:17). Jesus said, “I am come
that they might have life.” (John
10:10). “Look unto me and be ye
tric literary and dramatic critic, Gus
tave Blanche, who died in Paris in
September, 1857. For a long time it
was thought that he slept in the pub
lic streets, and he himself took pleas
ure in giving credit to this report.
“Where are you lodging?” some one
asked him.
“I don’t lodge,” he replied; “I
perch.”
“And where?”
“Champs Elysees, third tree to the
right.”
Another anecdote of Blanche is that,
being once invited to dine with a cele
brated actress, Annias or Mme. Dor
val, he arrived before the company.
“My goodness, Blanche,” cried the
hostess, “what a figure you cut! Go
take a bath, I beg. Here is a ticket.”
He returned in an hour’s time as
clean as when he set out. “You un
happy man, you have not taken the
bath! ”
“By my faith, I have!”
“Look at your hands.”
“Ah, that is because I had a book
while in the water.”
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saved.” (Isa. 45:22). “Ye will not
come to me, that ye may have life.”
(John 5:40). “In every nation he that
feareth him and worketh righteousness
is accepted with Him.” (Acts 10:35).
‘Wherefore brethren, give the more
diligence to make your calling ana
election sure.” (2 Peter 1-10).
Human Improvement.
The world is growing better. Improve
ment shows no where more plainly than
in the decrease of drunkenness and opium
eating. These vices will soon be con
sidered features of a decadent past. Un
fortunately, however, there are many hu
man derelicts still being buffeted on the
waves of life whose appetites have been
so vitiated that liquor or opium seems
to them absolutely indispensable. Some
of them yearn for deliverance and if there
be any such sufferers in your neighbor
hood, you can do them an act of kind
ness by telling them of Dr. B. M. Wool
ley, the Atlanta (Ga.) specialist who
cures persons of such vile habits. Dr.
Woolley has been working in the inter
est of fallen humanity for over thirty
years. He regards a man who is ad
dicted to liquor or opium as a diseased
person who can be cured. His success
fully confirms this theory. From his san
itarium in Atlanta there is a steady ex
odus of those whose• burden of slavery
has been removed. It takes four weeks
to cure except in extremely difficult cases.
Dr. Wooley wrote a treatise some time
ago on the cure of opium and liquor hab
its. Dr. Woolley will send it with his
compliments to any one who wishes to
study the subject. Address No. 16 A Vic
tor Sanitarium, Atlanta, Ga.
The Hostess —I hope you will like
this punch. My husband worked over
it all the afternoon, making it with
his own hands.
The Guests —It’s grand. Where is
your husband? We must congratulate
him.
The Hostess —Sorry, but he can’t be
seen. I just put him to bed—Puck.
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