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PINEY
WOODS
TO LITTLE MARGARET ADELINE
“The Golden Age Baby!'’
A treasure is she,
Bedecking the paper,
As cute as can be.
As bright as a dollar,
She looks in our eyes;
It goes without saying,
She takes the first prize.
No wonder her daddy
Thinks she is all right;
While mamma just calls her
A bunch of delight.
Blessings upon her —
The cute little mite;
And may her life always
Be strong for the right.
—H. S. Jenison.
A LONG JUMP.
From the mountains to Southwest
Georgia was a lengthy trip, but Baby
Margaret and I got homesick for the
pines and the folks down here in dear
old Thomasville. So we hade adieu
to dear Doctor and Mrs. Fitch at Rest
Awhile Inn in the early dawn of the
17th; reached Atlanta just in time
to catch the editor’s coat-tail as he
bounded on the A. B. & A. train going
South. At 2 o’clock a. m., he dropped
out of the train to begin a meeting
at Mt. Zion church, near Talbotton,
and baby and I came on to Thomas
ville. We dropped in on the home
folks without warning and gave them
such a surprise!
Growing Romantic.
I thought I was getting over my
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(No. 1.)
Sept. 7, 1913.
Time—449l B. C.
Ex. 20-1 ito 11.
Place —Siani.
THE GOLDEN TEXT: “Thou shait
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy strength, and with all thy
mind.”—Luke 10:27.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What Should I Do?
I. Love God with all thy Heart.—Luke
10-27.
If w r e would obey the words spoken
by our Lord in our Golden Text we
would be obedient to all the command
ments. For love is the fulfilling or
the whole law. (Rome. 13-10). If we
loved God, we would not put another
God before Him; we would not wor
ship something else or someone else,
we would not take his name in vain
and we would be glad to have one
day out of seven to spend worshiping
and serving him.
11. Have Jehovah as Thy Only God. —
Vs. 1 to 3.
Tl obey this commandment is io
obey all the others as a natural re
sult. All men worship a God of some
kind. Man must have a God. There
is a hungering and thirsting in the
THE GOLDEN AGE FOR WEEK OF AUG. 28
youthful frivolity, but it seems ques
tionable, for the first thing I knew
Sunday afternoon I felt a chill go
waltzing up and down my spinal col
umn to an animated accompaniment
my teeth were doing, till after awhile
the fever came, and then oh my!
let’s forget it. I’m Letter now, thank
you.
Miccosukee! There’s music in the
mention. Twenty two miles below us,
and just over the Florida line, we
found ourselves Thursday morning,
surrounded by glorious old oaks drap
ed in graceful festoons of grey-green
moss, on the banks of the Miccasu
kee Lake. While the men paddled over
the water in search of fish, we busied
ourselves with the campfires and cos
fee. In about an hour we seated our
selves to a breakfast of luscious fish,
muffins and coffee. Yum, yum, it makes
my mouth run water to even recall
the taste. Altogether, counting the
feast, the fellowship and fun, it is a
day to be remembered.
Oh! Listen to the Band.
The band —our own boys in Thomas
vile —is giving a concert just across
ihe way on the public square. These
conce’Ts are given free every Fr’day
night and are fine. Please excuse me
'.vbile I listen.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By B. LACY HOGE, Richmond, Va.
soul of man that drives h ; m to some
God to satisfy that deep longing of
the soul. This first commandment is
a message from the true and living
God, directing man who to worship.
Also informing him that this is the
only God that can satisfy the deep
soul thirst and hunger. Man has many
false Gods. That which you think the
most of is your God. It may be self,
or your talents, or money, or pleasure
or some of the gifts of God that you
are worshiping and adoring instead of
the giver of these things.
111. Worship God Only.—Vs. 4 to G.
The first commandment tells us who
to worship and what not to worship.
The second commandment directs us
the right way to worship. The first
commandment tells us to worship God
and serve him only. The second com
mandment tells us to worship God in
spirit and in truth. By the first com
mandment the worship of false Gods
is condemned. By the second, false
forms of worship are condemned. This
commandment does not forbid the
making of pictures and images, but
it does forbid the use of pictures and
images in the w-orship of God. The
bowing down before images and pic
tures in religious worship is a positive
violation of this commandment. Much
of ritualism of paganism, that has been
handed down to us by the Roman Cath
olic church, and those who have adopt
THE OUT-COME.
O, say not that the Lord is changed —
That time can age or Death can kill!
At the grim forge of Destiny
He shapes His purpose st 11!
And whether we His work behold
In hopeful or despairing mood,
Even as when He wrought of old
The out come must be good!
Large is the shadow; but the Sun
Behind it must be larger still;
The cup of God’s desire is brimmed
But doth not over spill!
His purposes day after day
Are vaguely illy understood
But be the meaning what it may—
The out-come must be good!
—Arthur Goodenough.
JOHNNY, THE LITTLE HEATHEN.
Mother —Johnny, you little heathen,
you shan’t go to church today be
cause you are so naughty.
Johnny—Well, mamma, can’t I have
this penny you gave me to carry to
Sunday school. You say I am a heath
en, and I sho’ do need this penny as
bad as them other heathen do.- —Ex.
ed her forms, is a violation of this
commandment. The man that violates
this commandment, will not only suf
fer for it himself, but his iniquity
will be visited upon his children to
the third and fourth generation. But
God has promised to turn the miser
ies that come to us from our father’s
sins into a blessing if we yield to him.
(Ezek. 18-2 and 10 and 20; Rom. 8-28.)
Let us not forget the great promise
of verse six. That God will show
mercy to the children and descendants
of those who love him and keep his
commandments “to a thousand genera
tions.” (Dent. 7-9; Ps. 105-8; Rom.
11-28; Rom. 5-20).
IV. Use God's Name with Reverence.
V. 7.
The frivolous and familiar use of
God’s name is condemned by this com
mandment. One of the greatest sins
of the present day is profanity. The
man that takes the name of God in
vain, is not a saved man. His words
reveal the awful blackness and sinful
ness of his heart. (Mark 7-20 to 23;
Matt. 12-35). No good man will de
liberately blaspheme the name of God.
No man who loves his mother would
speak evil of her and no man who
loves God will take his name in vain.
The man who prays “Thy kingdom
come and thy will be done on earth as
in heaven,” and get up from prayer
and live contrary to the revealed will
SKETCHES
By MARGARET BEVERLY UPSHAW
COULDN’T FEAZE HIM.
An Irishman was sitting in a depot
smoking when a woman came in, and,
sitting down beside him, remarked:
“Sir, if you were a gentleman you
would not smoke here.”
“Mum,” he said, “if you wuz a lady
ye’d sit farther away.”
Pretty soon the woman burst forth
again:
“If you were my husband I’d give
you poison.”
“Well, mum,” returned the Irish
man, as he puffed away at his pipe,
“.f you wuz my wife I’d take it.”
ARE THERE ANY POOR.
Are there any poor? Do you care?
Christ does. He preached “glad tid
ings to the poor.” He came to ful
fill the promise in Deuteronomy (chap
ter 15:4-5) that there would be no
undeserved poverty if the “law” were
nationally obeyed. He is doing it.
Wages are Irgher and the conditions
of labor are better in Christian coun
tries than in others. But the work is
not yet done. The Federal Council of
the Churches of Christ in America
has declared “For the abatement and
prevention of poverty.” The Rev.
James B. Converse, Morristown, Tenn.,
has a book ready for the press, found
ed on the text referred to above, the
fruit of twenty-seven years’ study, en
titled “There Shall be No Poor.” The
Presbyterian Committee of Publication
a' Richomnd, Va„ will issue it if the
first cost of publication is secured to
it by advance subscriptions. If you
care, write the author or publisher a
postal card, saying “I subscribe for
your new book and will remit the price
one dollar ($1.00) when notified that
it is needed.”
of God. is taking the name of God in
vain. If we pray this prayer right we
must in our pleasures, business and
politics conform to the will of God.
V. Work for Six Days. —V. 9.
This commandment requires us to
work. Idleness is a sin. The idle
man and woman is the cause of much
sin and crime. It is true that satan
finds work for idle hands to do. It is
also true that idle people really tempt
the devil.
VI. Keep the Lord’s Day.—Vs. 8 to 11.
This commandment bids us work six
days and rest one. It does not say
the seventh day of the week. It is
true the Jews did observe this day.
We should observe the lord’s day.
Because man needs one day and this
is the day that was observed by the
Apostles. (Acts. 207; I Cor. 16-2).
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