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PINEY
WOODS
When a body’s back is running
rheumatic miseries at the rate of 40
knots an hour, it is not easy to think
brilliant thoughts and write breezy
department stuff. So, rather than
bore the readers of The Golden Age
with a recital of my personal woes,
I am giving you this week some
bright gleanings that I have captured
from time to time. The philosophy
is fine, and the moral very apparent.
BLESSINGS OF WORK.
Thank God every morning when you
get up that you have something to do
that day which must be done, whether
you like it or not. Being forced to
work and forced to do your best will
breed in you temperance, self-control,
diligence, strength of will, content and
a hundred virtues which the idle will
never know. —Charles Kingsley.
GOOD FOR EVIL.
There are some people who turn
gray, but do not grow hoary; whose
faces are furrowed, but not wrinkled;
whose hearts are sore wounded in
many places, but are not dead. There
is a youth that bids defiance to old
age, and there is a kindness which
laughs at the world’s usage. These
are they who have returned good for
evil.
COURAGE.
Many a man has dried up in a lit
tle wayside opportunity merely Be
cause he lacked the courage to ac
knowledge to himself that his judg
ment had landed him in the wrong
spot. Fortune disdains mere abil
ity; brain is nothing without bravery.
The man who can be thrashed by a
sneer has retreated before he is de
feated. —Herbert Kaufman.
WORRY.
Worry is one of the most fatal of
ABRAM AND LOT.
Feb. 23rd., 1913.
Time —1918 B. C.
Gen: 13:1 to 12.
Place —Bethel.
THE GOLDEN TEXT: “The bless
ings of Jehovah, it maketh rich; and
He addeth no sorrow therewith.” —
Prov. 10:22.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What Should I do?
I. Go Back to Bethel. Vs. 1 to 4.
Abram and Lot have been down in
Egypt since our last lesson. Abram
got in trouble while in Egypt. He
was false to himself, his wife and
his God. The blackest spot on his
character was put there while in
Egypt. He was justly rebuked by a
heathen. He ought not to have gone
into Egypt. He should have stayed in
the land God called him unto, although
there was a famine in the land. His
faith failed under the sore temptation
<of the famine and he turned his back
-on the land God showed him, and then
•ceased to trust God and sought to take
care of himself with his own schemes.
A believer always gets into trouble
when he goes down into Egypt. It is
better to remain in Canaan nnd stif-
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
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all transgressions. It is a sin against
not one organ of the body, but against
the whole body. It is a vice whose
pressure is felt upon the heart, and
there is not a capillary in any gland
or tissue which does not shrink under
the glance of its gloomy eyes.
HELPFULNESS.
There is contagion in a sweet and
beautiful character, for Health is con
tagious as well as disease. We are
all the time giving to others either
wholesome or unwholesome moods —
poisoning their atmosphere with
doubt and suspicion or clearing it with
helpfulness and good cheer.
SILENCE.
There are silences of all sorts. There
are silences that set one’s teeth on
edge. It is not always a relief to
break them. And there are silences
that are gentler, kinder, sweeter, more
loving, more eloquent, than any words
and which it is always a wrench to
interrupt.
HONESTY.
Let honesty be the breath of thy
soul and never forget to have a penny
when all expenses are paid. Then
shall thou reach the point of happi
ness, and independence be thy shield,
thy helmet and crown; then shall thy
soul walk upright nor stoop to the
fer than to live in luxury in Egypt. It
had been better for Peter to have froz
en to death in the Garden of Gethse
mane, than to have warmed himself at
a fire kindled by the enemies of his
Lord. (Mark 14:54.) We should nev
er seek to get comfort and help from
the enemies of our Lord. In this les
son we see Abram coming out of
Egypt up to Bethel, “the place of the.
altar.” We hear of no altar in Egypt.
The fact that he went to Egypt, re
jected the altar and went deep into
sin, no doubt had much to do with
Lot’s choice and his going down to
Sodom. It is true he brought Lot
back with him to Bethel, but he could
not remove the injury done to his
nephew. If we take our children and
friends into Egypt we may be able to
bring them back, but we can not pre
vent the curse of Egypt from clinging
to them. If we have left Canaan and
gone into Egypt, the best thing we can
do is to return to Bethel at once, erect
the altar, call upon God for forgive
ness and begin to live the life of faith.
11. Seek Peace. Vs. 5 to 9.
.Abram had the right to make first
choice, but he did that which was far
better than claiming his rights. He
sunwviLered his right and gave it tn
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silken wretch because he hath riches
nor pocket an abuse because the
hand which offers it wears diamonds.
—Franklin.
PATTING HIM FN THE FACE.
The two colored brothers were ap
parently about to come to blows.
Rhetorical threats had been flying fast.
“Niggah, don’t mess wid me,” warn
ed one, "cause when yo’ do yo’ sure
is flirtin’ wid a herease.”
“Don’t pesticate wid me, niggah,”
replied the other, showing a great
bony fist; “don’t fo’ce me fo’ to press
dis upon yo’, ’cause if yo’ do, Ah’ll hit
yo so ha’d Ah’ll separate yo’ ideas
from yo’ habits; Ah’ll just nacherally
knock yo’ from amazin’ grace into
a’floatin’ opportunity.”
“If yo’ mess wid me, niggah,” re
plied the other, “Ahll jest make one
pass, an’ dere’ll be a man pattin’ yo’
in de face wid a space tomorrow
mornin’.”
A TINY RAVAGER.
If it is the San Jose scale of which
your fine peach trees are dying, you
can detect it without difficulty. The
limbs of the tree are covered with
tiny scales not as large as the head
of a pin. Looking through the mi
croscope, you can see the insect safely
under the scale, which shields it, as it
sucks the life blood of the tree. It
is male and female in one and will
Lot that there might be peace between
them. God commands us to seek
peace and to follow peace with all
men. (Heb. 12:14; Rom. 12:18; Rom.
14:19; II Tim. 2:22; Matt. 5:9.
111. Don’t Coose After the Sight of
the Eyes.—Vs. 10 and 11.
Lot looked upon the well-watered
plains of Jordan and choose them.
He made a great mistake. His
choice led him to ruin. The man that
chooses the things he can see, the
things of the world, instead of the
eternal and unseen things, is making
a sad mistake, one that will lead to his
eternal ruin. Abram choose to be
right with God and his choice proved
to be the wisest and best for both time
and eternity.
Paul tells us that the religion of
Christ is best for the life that now is,
and for the life to come. Be wise and
let God choose for you. He knows
all the future and knows what is best
for you. He loves you and will de
light in choosing the best things for
you.
IV. Don’t Pitch Your Tent To
wards Sodom. —Vs. 12.
The man that begins to look towards
Sodom is sure to move into Sodom.
Lot pitched bls tent towards Sodom
SKETCHES
By MARGARET BEVERLY UPSHAW
have four hundred young in a season.
The government has expended many
millions to fight this tiny insect, which
is as fatal and persistent as the
typhoid insect in man. Spraying with
poisonous chemical solutions or with
very strong tea made of tobacco, is
the remedy. FARMER.
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MISS CRANE’S CHANCE.
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“Then you shall not have it,” Nell
declared as she came back to her
aunt’s chair, and stooped down and
kissed her with shining eyes. “For,
Aunt Caro, I accept the trust.”
Miss Crane put her arms around the
girl and drew her gently down into
her lap.
“I want you to have this beautiful
home, Nell,” she said, tenderly, “when
I am gone, with sufficient money to
keep it up properly. And I want Pow
hattan Gray’s portrait and mine to
hang together, dear, through the
years, in the private sitting room.
Will you consent, my stubborn-willed
little girl, for the aunt who has been
a mother to you, to have her way in
these things? And will you promise
me here and now, to help carry out
all my wishes, as far as it may be
possible for you to do so?”
“I will,” Nell sobbed with her head
nestled down against her aunt’s
shoulder. For she had been con
quered, and her fears and suspicions
laid to rest by the greatness of the
love of the woman who had been al
ways “a sun and shield to her” in the
darkness and mystery of life. And she
could not bear now to wound her to
the heart, and disappoint all her ex
pectations. Then, too, she realized
that back of her was the superior
judgment of the man of large affairs,
whose influence still ruled in the
grand old home.
(To be continued.)
and it was not long until he moved
into Sodom to dwell. (Lev. 14:12.)
He dwelt there for a while and then he
became an officer in Sodom. (Gen.
19:1.) He was a great man in Sodom,
but he lost his testimony, even with
his own family. (Gen. 19:14.) The
city was destroyed and he lost all and
himself saved as by fire. These
things are true of many today, if saved
at all, it will be saved as by fire and
suffer the loss of all things. (I. Cor.
3:13 to 15.) Lot not only lost his
property, but also his family. Two
daughters were saved from death in
Sodom, but their life to Lot was worse
than death. Often people go to the
world for money, honors and society,
and lose not only their property, but
also their families.
V. Get Evil Out of the Heart.—Vs.
10 to 12.
The strife between Abram and
Lot did not make Lot go to Sodom, but
it was the evil and love of the world
in his heart. Strife in the Church
does not drive people back into the
world, it’s the evil in the heart that
does it. The strife only furnished
the excuse. Get the heart right.
it cleansed by the blood and you will
not go into Sodom to dwell.
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