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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). COURSE /BUSINESS and FINE ARTS. /mountain airtcrms moderate: Jrcv ea clarke, princ murphy nc. Write F. A. Clarke, Murphy, N. C., for catalogue. 9