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PINEY WOODS SKETCHES
Teasing An Autumn Temptest
“A book of verses underneath the
bough,
A jug of wine, and thou
Beside me, singing in the wilderness
Ah! wilderness were paradise
enow!”
OLD Omar’s lament has lost its
charms. Who wants to be in
the wilderness with a jug of
anything on a rainy day!
The book of verses, supplemented
by a notable array of prose produc
tions, and a cozy fire to sit beside has
the Honorable Mr. Khayams maudlin
inclinations beaten to a silk frazzle,
and “yours truly,” is the winner.
The Midnight Mummer.
The aristocratic dress of this little
volume attracts my eye. Its pleasing,
royal blue, penciled in shining let
ters of gold, invite respect, and the fact
that it is the “Brain-Child” of our
Advertising Manager, Dr. Thorn well
Jacobs, creates a more than passing
interest.
The volume is a collection of poems,
inspired by events of major and minor
importance in the author’s experi
ence. His style, in the main, is petite
and ornate, but here and there the se
ductive calm of ultra-culture stands
back aghast, while “The Southbound
Mail” hurtles across the mental plain:
“With the urge of God in her driving
rod,
And the hurry of hell in her heels.”
The Farmer Boy Who Became a
Bishop.
Bishop Anson R. Graves, contributes
this interesting biography to the
world of letters after passing his six
tieth milestone.
The volume is significantly dedicat
ed “to all boys who want to make
something of themselves.”
Dr. Graves makes no attempt at elo-
NEHEMIAH’S PRAYER.
November 26, 1911.
Time —444, B. C.
Neb. 1-1 to 11.
Place —Shushan.
THE GOLDEN TEXT.—“The Effect
ual Fervent Prayer of a Righteous
Man Availeth Much. Jas. 5-16.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What should I do?
I. Be a Patriot. Vs. Ito 4.
Nehemiah was a true Patriot. He
was born and reared in a foreign land
and enjoyed high favor with the court.
In the way of wealth and position he
had all that heart could desire and
yet his whole thought was about the
misfortune and humiliation of his peo
ple and the rebuilding of the city of
their fathers. He was not satisfied
with his own prosperity while uis
people were in distress and Jerusa
lem in dishonor. He loved Jerusalem
and was prospered as God had prom
ised. (Ps. 122-6). He loved Jerusalem
and prayed that his city might have
peace and prosperity. He knew that
their condition was but the fulfill
ment of the prophecies made to the
Jews ip the days of ttyeir prosperity
an (I (1 King 9-6 t$ 8; Jer. 24-9;
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By MARGARET BEVERLY UPSHAW
quence, but tells the story of his hopes
and dreams as a farmer boy in the
foothills of old Vermont, in the quaint,
conversational style of a century ago.
There is vastly more in this recital
than a mere story. Back of its printed
surface stands the fulcrum of pride
and pluck and patience, supporting a
lever of indomitable will that lifted an
obscure lad from a veritable slough of
despond, and assisted him to climb
(not without many jolts, and bumps,
and bruises) to a position of recogniz
ed power and piety in the Church of
his adoption, and in the hearts of his
countrymen.
Mothers, put such books into the
hands of your boys, and let them draw
inspiration and ideals from pure and
noble example.
The Farmer Boy Who Became a
Bishop, is published by The New Wer
ner Company, Akron, Ohio, and re
tails at all bookstalls at 50 cents a
copy.
Gems of Thought on Tithing.
Within the covers of one book, the
carefully digested and assimilated
Gems of plain, simple Biblical instruc
tion are bound.
No thinking Christian can read this
volume, and gainsay the witness of
the Three Hundred and Fifty Minis
ters and Laymen, who testify con
cerning the command of God with re
gard to tithing.
Mr. George W. Brown, a Presbyte
rian layman, of Indianapolis, himseli
a convert to the Mosaic method of giv
ing, has gathered this volume of tes
timonies wita painstaking care and
monumental labor, with the sole hope
that “it snail be used of God in bring
ing men to a fuller recognition of His
claim upon them in the matter of the
religious devotion of their incomes to
His service.”
By B. LACY HOGE, Charleston, 8. C
Jer. 29-18 and 19). He also knew that
God would keep the promises made to
His people and bring them back and
bless them and this city, if they would
repent and confess and forsake their
sins. (Deut. 30-1 to 10; 1 Kings 8-33
and 34). We should love our country
and seek to drive out evil and estab
lish the cause of Christ in the land.
We should also pray for our country,
“and for all that are in authority; that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable
life in all godliness and honesty. For
this is good and acceptable in the
sight of God our saviour.” (1 Tim.
2-1 to 3).
11. Be a Man of Prayer. Vs. 4 to
11. '
When Nehemiah heard of the great
affliction of the Jews and the desola
tion of Jerusalem he wept, fasted and
prayed unto God. That was the very
best thing he could do for his people.
A man of God can do more by his
prayers than he can accomplish in
any other way. (James 5-16). This
prayer of Nehemiah’s for his people
and for Jerusalem is a model prayer
and one we should carefully study.
We find here the essentials of effect
ual prayer. Ist. He desired what he
prayed for. The sorrow of the. Jews
was his own sorrow. His grief for
The Golden Age For November 16, 1911.
Dr. Charles fe. Locke traces the di
minutive proportion of Christian giv
ing “to the failure to preach the Scrip
tural doctrine of the thithe. Though
the Church owns one-fiftn of the
wealth of the United States, only one
sixteenth of one per cent, is given for
evangelizing the heathen world. The
Christian Church is giving immeasur
ably less than the ancient Jews; and
every interest of Christ’s kingdom is
embarrassed for want of funds.”
The book is radiant with instance
and illustration that have come under
the personal knowledge of the many
contributors, proving the verity of
God’s promise to “pour out blessings”
upon whomever obeyed His command
and heeded His injunction to “Bring
ye your tithes into the storehouse that
there may be meat in mine house.”
Pastors of all denominations should
read Gems of Thought on Tithing, and
pass it on to deacon, steward, elder
and layman. Applied to denomination
al life, it would work a spiritual revo
lution in one decade.
Price 75 cents, postpaid, from Jen
nings & Graham, Cincinnati, Chicago,
Kansas City ana San Francisco.
A Life of Martin Luther.
A literal Englishman, viewing our
modern book shelves might reason
ably conclude that Martin Luther had
more lives than an unquenchable Tom
cat.
The rugged manliness of the man
is attractive, and his unwavering de
votion to truth and right is a moral
tonic. For years I have contemplated
Martin Luther from afar, and waited
patiently for the time when some one
would give us the real man, rounded,
robust, righteous —and romantic!
Biographies we have had, world with
out end. Biographies fashioned after
the “crow-bar, tong and hammer”
style, that ouilded a granite image,
with never an inscription of love, but
them overwhelmed him for days. Paul
was so grieved for his brethren that
he wished himself accused from Christ,
for his brethren. (Rom. 9-1 to 3;
Rom. 10-1; Acts 20-31). When we be
come so burdened for the unsaved
among us, sinners will be saved. Those
of our own households will be led to
Christ. 2d. He prayed unto God. He
was not beating the air or talking to
be heard of men but was calling upon
God. If we wish to be heard and an
swered we too must pray to God the
Father. (John 16-23). 3d. He fasted
and prayed. He was so much in ear
nest that he did not take time to eat.
There is great virture and power in
the earnestness that makes one for
get self and selfish need to obtain
the favor and help of God for others.
We would have greater power and do
greater things for God, if we would
fast and pray more. (Dan. 9-3; Acts
13-2 and 3; Acts 14-23; Acts 27-21 to
25.) 4th. He prayed “day and night.”
We should “pray without ceasing (1
Thess. 5-17; Luke 2-37; Luke 18-1 and
7; 1 Tim. 5-5; 1 Tim. 1-3). sth. He con
fessed his sin and the sins of the peo
ple. When we come to God in prayer
there must be full and complete con
fession of sin. God will not hear or
prosper those who cover their sins.
only duty.
And now my dream is over. The
golden brain of “Dear old Dr Lovick
Pierce Winter,” as my husband lov
ingly designates the author, has con
ceived the “full-orbed Jove,” and
though his brain is curtained behind
fast-dimming eyes, the light has lin
gered unto the completion of the task.
With all the diligence and care of
the historian, the author presents the
cameo-character of the Great Reform
er. But warms the same to life in the
sunshine of a great, absorbing, enno
bling domestic love that came late in
life, but was none the less sincerely
ardent.
The wedding of Luther and “his
Katie” was not prosaic in any sense.
Romance enveloped their unusual
meeting and subsequent courtship
with a rosy-cloud mist of adventure
and daring.
Read Dr. Winter’s “Life of Martin
Luther,” and you will no longer ad
mire the Oracle of Wittenberg, you
will love him, and his portrayer.
Smith & Lamar, Nashville, Tenn.,
and Dallas, Texas, publishers. Price
not given.
After Death —Where and What?
You have wondered, and I have
wondered. Neither of us knew. . v
But the Bible tells us plainly, and
Rev. J. B. Moody, dean of Hall-Moody
Institute, Martin, Tenn., has carefully
gathered up the unmistakable teach
ings of the Word and sent them forth
on a mission of education.
To say that the book is remarkable
is not true, save in the claim that
Truth is remarkable, because we all
might have written it.
But it is convincing because it is
authoritative. It is important because
it is vital. It is full of interest because
it deals with a destiny that is common
to all.
(Continued on Page 16.)
(Prov. 28-13; Ps. 32-5; Ps. 66-18; 1
John 1-7 to 9; Ezra. 9-6 and 7; Dan.
9-4 and 5 and 20; Is. 6-$). 6th. He
pleaded God’s own word of promise.
(Vs. 8 and 9; Lev. 26-39 to 42; Dent.
4-29 to 31; Deut. 30-2 to 5). God’s
word concerning the scattering of Is
rael was fulfilled to the letter (Lev.
26-33; Deut. 4-25 to 27; Deut. 28-64).
Therefore Nehemiah was sure that
God’s word concerning this restora
tion would be fulfilled to the letter al
so. We may be sure that God will
hear and answer us if we comply
with His word and plead His prom
ises. (John 15-7; Phil. 4-6 and 7.) 7th.
He pleaded their relationship to God.
(Vs. 10). So we must come doing
the same thing. We must ask for
what we want in the name of Christ.
(John 14-13 and 14; John 16-23 to 26).
We are entitled to a hearing because
we have become the children of God
and joint heirs with Christ. (Rom
-8-16 and 17). Bth. He was willing
to sacrifice to have this prayer an
swered. He was ready to give up his
place at the court to rebuild Jerusa
lem. (Neh. 2-5). Our prayers for
others will count for but little, unless
we are ready and willing to be used
of God to What we are asking to
be done.
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