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PINEY
WOODS
TEETH VS. IMAGINATION.
By VISTA C. BLACK.
As Mrs, Mary Appleton Smith threw
back the covers and turned her feet
out of bed, she felt surprisingly young
and active for a woman who tipped the
scales at two hundred and was peri
lously near her sixtieth birth day. No
doubt this was partly due to the fact,
proudly claimed by her, that she had
never been sick a day in her life,
except when John Henry was born,
and she didn’t count that, particularly
when she meditated upon the lovable
ness of her only child. Her perennial
youthfulness of feeling was probably
also the reward of virtue, for she was
an angel of mercy to all the sick and
sorrowful in the country village where
she lived. So far as most people knew,
Aunt Mary, as she was called by her
intimates among the young people,
hadn’t a fault. However, John Henry
claimed that his mother was mildly
obstinate, and he probably knew as he
had lived with her longer than any
one else and had been both son and
daughter to her.
On this particular morning, she had
everslept a little, and, as an unusual
ly busy day stretched before her, she
determined to make up as much as
possible of the lost time by dressing
hurridly. Her toilet proceeded smooth
ly and uneventfully until she went
over to the wash-stand for her false
teeth, and there the trouble began.
They were not in the glass where she
was accustomed to put them every
night just before she retired. As she
had never one time put them any
where else, she stood motionless for
a moment, utterly at a loss. Then she
picked up the glass and shook it;
something rattled, and she turned out
upon the stand a bright, new dime.
BALAK AND BALAAM.
November 2, 1913.
Time: 1452 B. C.
Num. 2121:2 to 6. Num. 24:10 to 19.
Place: Boab.
The Golden Text: “A double-minded
man is unstable in all his ways.”—
James 1:8.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What Should I Do?
I. Don’t be Double Minded: The Gol
den Text, James 1: 8.
The double-minded man wavereth
like the waves of the sea. He is un
stable in all his ways. He cannot re
ceive anything of the Lord. (James
1:6 to' 8.) The wise man is the one who
finds what is right and then fully de
cides to do the right at any cost.
Such a man will receive the blessing
of the Lord. Balaam knew what was
right, and wanted to do the right,
but also desired to obtain the reward
that was offered to do the wrong.
This evil desire in his heart led to his
ruin.
11. Live the Life of the Righteous.
Vs. 2 to 6.
Balaam prayed, “Let me die the
death of the righteous, and let my
last end be like his.” (Num. 23:10.)
Many are praying this prayer, that
like Balaam will live an ungcdly life,
and at last go down to hell without
God. We should pray “Lord help me
to live the life of the righteous” and
then our last end will be like his, and
at death we will go to be with the
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“For goodness sake!” she exclaimed,
“however did that dime come there,
and where are my teeth?”
Still pondering, she looked into and
underneath the bowl and pitcher and,
in fact, every receptacle in sight.
Then she ran through the drawers of
both the wash-stand and bureau and,
dropping on her knees, looked under
neath both articles of furniture. Next
she turned to the bed. Running her
hands underneath the pilliws and find
ing nothing, she shook them out of
their slips on the floor, then hurriedly
tore off the bed covers and added them
to the heap. Still no teeth. The
mattress followed, and left exposed to
the clear light of day every inch of
floor space underneath the bed. Limp
ly she dropped down on the springs
and set herself to the solution of the
puzzle.
“I know,” she said, speaking aloud,
“that I had those teeth in my mouth
when I came into the room last night
because I never take them out until
I am undressed for bed. Somehow,
I can’t seem to remember doing any
thing with them last night. If I didn’t
take them out and they didn’t fall
out while I was aslep, /where are
they?”
Slowly the answer dawned upton
her, and it struck every vestige of
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By B. LACY HOGE, Norfolk, Va.
Lord. Balaam was one of the most
singular characters in the Bible. God
had releaved Himself to him, and
given wcnderful revelations. He was
loyal to God’s word. He would not do
less or more than what God said, but
he loved the wages of sin (2 Peter 12:
15, Jude 11, Num. 22:18; Num. 24:13.)
He obeyed God’s word at first, and
refused to go with the Princess of
Balak, (Num. 22:12: and 13), but he
was not satisfied with the Lord’s de
cision, and sought to get permission
to go. He obtained permission (Num.
22:19 and 20), but the Lord would not
let him curse Israel, but compelled
him to bless them. God will not suf
fer his people to be cursed, but is ever
seeking to bless them. When Balaam
found that he could not curse Israel
and obtain the reward, but had been
compelled to bless the people of the
Lord, he sought to undo the will of
Godj and lead Israel into sin by coun
seling the seduction and corruption of
the people of Israel. (Num. 31:16,
Num. 25:1 to' 3, Rev. 2:14.) Although
God had revealed to Balaam that Is
rael was his favored people, yet he
cast his lot with these bitter enemies
of Israel and perished with them in
battle. (Num. 31:8, Josh. 13:22.) God
had made wonderful revelations to Ba
laam, and opened the way to the
highest honors, but his life was end
ed in the deepest disgrace. The sam©
is true today. God gives to some
men great ability, and extraordinary
color fram her face and brought an
erpression of horror to her eyes. Just
then, she heard John Henry coming
down the stairs on his way to break
fast. As he neared her door, she call
ed to him in a high, shrill voice, shak
en by terror.
“Yes, Mother,” he answered, and
pushed open the door.
“Why, Mother,” his surprise was
obvious, “not dressed yet?” Then, as
he caught sight of he face, —“Mother,
what is the matter?”
But his mother, usually so calm and
serious, burst into a storm of tears,
and could not answer. Hie patted her
on the back and soothed her as best
he could, —“There, there, don’t cry so.
No matter what’s happened, it’s not
a« bad as that.”
“Oh! y-e-s it is, John Henry, Oh-o-o!
“It’s what? Mother, do tell me the
trouble.”
“Oh, John Henry, I‘ve —I’ve —swal-
lowed my teeth!
“Swallowed your teeth! How per
fectly absurd 0 What makes you think
you have swallowed them?”
“Oh, because I can’t find them any
where else, and besides, I feel them
in my stomach.”
Then she told of her failure to find
the teeth where she always put them
and of her subsequent search for them.
knowledge of Himself and His word.
They become mighty preachers, but
the love of money and the love of ap
plause has corrupted them and they
have gone off into the ways of sin,
and are leading others into sin. Bal
ak’s plan to hire a prophet of God
was a devilish one, and brought ruin
upon himself. (Deut. 23:3 and 4,
Josh. 24:9 and 10, Neh. 13:1 and 2.)
The same servants of Satan this day
follow the same plan. The liquor
dealers are ever seeking some back
sliden preacher to advocate the sale
of liquor and to speak against pro
hibition laws. He is busy at this
day getting men with Dr. and Rev. in
front of their names to declare their
is no hell, and teaching many other
false doctrins, and lead many away
from God into the ways of sin.
111. Practice What You Preach. Num.
24:10 to 19.
What Balaam said in verse thirteen
sounds all right untill we read it in
the light of his conduct. Many men
talk all right, but they fail to practice
what they preach, and, therefore,
their words do no good but, like Ba
laam, their conduct does much harm.
IV. Teach that Prophecy is Sure. Num.
24:10 to 19.
Balaam was forced to pronounce not
only God’s blessing upon Israel, but
he was also compelled to declare the
things that shall come to pass in the
latter days. Many of these things
have come to pass and those relating
SKETCHES
By MARGARET BEVERLY UPSHAW
John Henry began to feel somewhat
uneasy, but was still not convinced
that his mother had really allowed the
teeth to slip down her throat during
the night. However, when he had call
ed the servant and she had, under his
supervision, thoroughly searched the
room without results, he was forced
to accept his mother’s statement, par
ticularly as she seemed to be suffer
ing a severe pain in her stomach.
He felt that something must be
done, and that right away. Coatless
and hatless, he rushed down the street
to the nearest long-distance telephone,
and called up the dentist who had
made the teeth. Why the dentist in
stead of a physician, I have never
been able to understand, unless he act
ed on the idea that the dentist, having
launched the teeth in the first place,
should be held responsible for their
wanderings.
(To be continued.)
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