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A LITERARY SKY-ROCKET.
Riding down to Atlanta from Doug
lasville Saturday morning, I was im
proving the time reading the current
issue of the Anti-Saloon League Month
ly when the following clipping came
to my attention.
Although it was not funny, it was
so lull of pure food for thought that
I want my friends to read and ponder
it well.
America has the power of greatness
or disgrace in her hands. What will
she make of her golden opportunity.
The clipping follows:
Not long ago one of the magazines
printed an article in which an argu
ment was made in favor of alcohol
as a beverage. In this article ap
peared the following paragraph:
“Now, as ever, it is the drinking
people that lead the progress of hu
manity. The Jews drank and gave us
monotheism. The Greeks drank and
gave us art and literature. The Romans
drank and gave us law. The Teutons
drank and gave us liberty. Britain
has drunk, not always wisely, and
established commerce. What have the
teetotal races done for the betterment
of the world?”
The New Voice analyzed the above
paragraph and did it in the following
emphatic manner:
“The Jews drank, of course, but
where are the Jews now? They are
scattered over the earth without any
national home. Total abstainers are
now taking up subscriptions every
where to provide a place for the Jew
where he won’t be killed.
“The Greeks drank, of course, but
where are the Greeks now? The Greek
civilization is a matter of history, and
their descendants are now peddling
peanuts to abstainers on the street
corners of American cities.
“The Romans drank, of course, but
where is the Roman Empire today? It
is a matter of ancient history, and the
descendants of those drinking Romans
are now brawling around American
THE TRIAL OF JESUS.
November 27th, 1910.
TIME—A. D. 30.
PLACE— Jerusalem, in Palace of
High Priest.
Matthew 26:57-68.
GOLDEN TEXT—“Who, when he
was reviled, reviled not again.”—
I Peter 2:23.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What shall I do?
1. Keep Close to Jesus. (Verses 57
and 58.)
Peter followed Jesus but he follow
ed “afar off.” This was dangerous
and resulted in his fall. If we follow
“afar off” we are sure to get into
trouble. Peter followed Jesus to the
High Priest’s palace and went in, but
instead of taking his place at the
Master’s side, he sat with the enemies
of his Lord. It is still true, that those
who follow Christ “afar off” sit with
the enemies of His cause and not with
His friends. John “went in with Jesus
into the palace of the High Priest.”
(John 18:15). He kept close to Jesus
and was saved from the trial and
temptation that came to Peter and re
sulted in his disgraceful fall. Keep
close to Jesus and you will never “be
tempted above that ye are able to
hear.” (I Cor. 10:13.)
PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
Margaret Deberly Upshalv.
SUN DA Y SCHOOL LESSON
cities with monkeys and hand organs
living off the pennies tossed to them
by abstaining Americans.
“The Teutons drank, of course, but
what ‘liberty’ did we get from the
Teutons? The Teutons for years have
been running away from the tyranny
and oppression of the Teutonic gov
ernment to find liberty under the pro
hibition laws of America.
“The Britons drank, of course, but
it required 300,000 of these drinking
British trained troops to subdue 25,000
abstaining Dutch farmers.
“Greece and Rome both died drunk.
“Wise men are now writing articles
on the decay of France, another drink
ing nation.
“Russia has the delirium tremens
and will soon die or reform. Japan,
a temperance nation, with the oldest
dynasty on earth, chased the vodka
soaked Russians all over Eastern
Asia.”
*
ARE ITALIANS PATRIOTIC?
When Giuseppe Rossi came from
Italy he and his father and mother
went to live in a part of New York,
called the “Street of all Nations.” Peo
ple who live there come from every
part of the world. The woman who
cleans the halls in the house where
Giuseppe lived is German. She was
using a worn-out, tattered old flag on
Washington’s birthday to clean and
dust with. Suddenly she was violent
ly attacked by the small Italian boy,
who began beating her about the body
with his strong little fists. Then he low
ered his head, and running at her like
a goat, he butted her off the steps to
the sidewalk. When later he was ar
raigned before a magistrate, the boy
explained. Pointing to the woman,
who appeared against him he said:
“She clean wid de flag. She wipe de
mud-a wid it—da flag-a what ever’ day
in school-a we mak-a him so,” and
Giuseppe revently raised his hand in
salute.
11. Keep Good Company. (Verse 58).
Peter “sat with the servants.” He
got into bad company. The end is
sure. He started out to follow Jesus
but landed in the camp of His ene
mies. To follow Jesus we must keep
company with Christ and His follow
ers. If we get into bad company, we
are sure to deny our Lord.
111. Be a True Witness for Christ.
(Verses 59 to 63.)
Those who sought false witnesses
against Jesus, were the Chief Priests
and Elders; men of careful external
morality and intensely religious out
wardly, but at heart, hated the true
religion. The same class of men now
hate real heart piety. They are al
ways glad to get something against
one who lives in close communion with
Jesus. These men are false witnesses.
We have men in the pulpits and uni
versities who call themselves scholars
who are always seeking for evidence
to murder the cause of C hrist. I hey
call evidence that which no more
proves the point they are seeking to
establish than the so-called evidence
against Jesus proved His guilt. These
critics deny the word of God and yet
seek to establish their point by
quoting from the Bible parts of the
truth and by misquoting the Word
The Golden Age for November 17, 1910.
By B. Lacy Huge.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE TIME.
Robert Edson was standing in front
of a thermometer madly mopping his
brow. Nevertheless he smiled, says
Young’s Magazine. “Because it is so
hot it couldn’t possibly be hotter,” he
explained, “and so it must get cooler
soon. Nothing really matters that
doesn’t last. You see, I take the same
point of view as the waiter my friend
Smythe wanted to kill on the first trip
abroad.
“At the first meal on board the
ocean liner Smythe was beginning to
feel like casting h:s bread upon the
waters. His friends had told him that
when he began to feel that way he
should stuff himself. He tackled a cut
let first, but somehow it didn’t taste
right. He observed to the waiter:
“ ‘Waiter, this cutlet isn’t very
good.’
“The waiter looked at k’s whitening
face, then said:
“‘Yes, sir; but for the length of
time you’ll ’ave hit, hit won’t matter,
sir.’ ”
SAUSAGE OR ELSE.
Senator Gallinger, in an address at
Concord, N. H., said of a politial op
ponent, according to the Washington
Star:
“He isn’t half so well off as he
thinks he is. He’ll wake up with a
start one of these days—like Mr. Faw
cett.
“Mr. Fawcett, entertaining an unex
pected guest at luncheon, said as they
sat down to table:
“ ‘My dear sir, will you have some
of the sliced bologna sausage or —
or ’
“His eyes darted frankly all over
the table, and he continued:
“‘Or not?”’
Sweet Potato Pudding.
Grate raw sweet potatoes to fill a
quart measure, mix with three cupfuls
of sugar, one cupful of butter, half a
cupful of flour, a quart of milk and
The false witnesses against Christ
did not agree in their statements.
(Mark 14:58-59). These modern crit
ics do not agree among themselves,
except in one thing and that is, they
agree to kill the truth of God if they
can, just as the priests, elders and
false witnesses were united in their
purpose to murder Christ. The men
that speak the truth in part are the
most dangerous of all liars, therefore,
the Higher Critics are doing more
harm than the open infidel. The part
truth they utter gives force and cred
it to the false things they teach. In
our courts men are required to
“speak the truth,” and “the whole
truth” and “nothing but the truth.”
If the truth is spoken, but part of
the truth kept back, it’s a dangerous
lie. So to speak the whole truth and
then add to it, will change the truth
into a lie and do great harm. We are
God’s witnesses, therefore, we should
be careful at all times to speak the
truth, and the whole truth, and noth
ing but the truth, both in words and
by our lives. (Acts 5:32; Luke 24:48;
John 15:27). We should always be
ready to give an answer to those that
ask us and testify that we are sons
of God and live as a son of God should
live. (I Peter 3:15-18; Titus 2:11-13).
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four eggs; flavor with extract of lem
on. Turn into a greased pudding dish
and bake until brown; serve with light
sauce.
Chicken Salad.
Pick the meat from the bones of the
boiled chicken left from dinner, cut
into small pieces, put into a salad
bowl with half as much chopped cel
ery as there is chicken; pour over
mayonnaise dressing; garnish with
celery tips, and rings of Ijard-boiled
eggs.
Cinnamon Buns.
Sift a quart of flour, mix with a cup
ful of sugar, a cupful of sweet milk,
half a cupful of butter, four eggs well
„ beaten, and one cupful of yeast. Knead
well, cut out in large, round biscuits,
spread the tops with sugar and ground
cinnamon; let rise and bake.
Cauliflower.
Pick off the outer leaves, cut off the
stem close to the bottom of the flow
ers; wash well in cold water and let
soak for one hour. Tie in a thin cloth,
stand in a kettle of water, add a tea
spoonful of salt and let boil for twenty
minutes. When done, lift out of wa
ter, remove the cloth, stand the cauli
flower in a deep, round dish, and serve
with cream-sauce.
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IV. Return Good for Evil. (I Peter
2:23).
Jesus, “when He was reviled, re
viled not again.” He returned good
for evil. He died to save those who
testified falsely against Him, those
who sought to kill Him, and those who
drove the nails in His hands and the
spear in His side. He is our ex
ample. We are commanded to fol
low Him and the example He set us.
(I Peter 2:21; Matt. 5:44). If we en
dure persecution for Him it will bring
a rich reward. (I Peter 2.20; Matt.
5:10-12).
V. Judge Now as You Wish to Be
Judged. (Verses 63 to 68.)
The Chief Priests and Elders were
sitting in judgment on the Lord and
the High Priest asked Him, “Art thou
the Christ, the Son of God?” Jesus
then and there, in plain words, testified
to His own Deity. (Verse 64). Caia
phas called Him a blasphemer. What
do you say? Jesus is either the Son of
God and Deity or He is a blasphemer.
We must accept His statement or de
cide with Caiaphas. We are the judges
now, but He is coming again and will
sit upon the judgment seat and judge
us. The judgment we pronounce now,
He will confirm at that day. (Matt.
7:2).
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