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tianity, and the problems which enter
into every man’s life. It Is composed
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take up the simple course herein out
lined, barring only ordained clergy
men. All who have not joined are
warmly invited to do so and to com
pete for the prizes.
Persons may join the club at any
time during the year, but must, of
course, answer the 52 questions here
inafter explained, to qualify for the
prizes, and the back questions may
be obtained from this office.
This paper has secured the right to
publish the International Sunday
School Lesson questions by Rev. Dr.
Linscott, which have aroused so much
interest elsewhere, and they will ap
pear weekly. One of these questions
each week is to be answered in writ
ing, and upon these answers the priz
es are to be awarded.
This paper is authorized to for
a Local Newspaper Bible Study Club
for its readers, and guarantees to all
who join and fulfill the conditions, that
everything herein promised shall be
faithfully carried out.
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST.
1. Each contestant, or his or her
family, must be a subscriber to this
paper, in order to qualify for mem
bership in the International News
paper Bible Study Club and this Local
Club.
2. Each contestant in this Local
Club must answer each of the writ
ten questions, for 52 consecutive
weeks, commencing for Sunday, April
4, 1909, and the answers must all be
in the possession of this paper with
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& By Rev. Dr. Linscott for the international Newspaper Bible Study Club. <?*
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May 2nd, 1909.
Golden Text.—Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every
creature. Mark 16; 15.
Verse I—Where1 —Where was Antioch?
What constituted a Christian church,
then and now?
What was the difference between
prophets and teachers?
Verse 2 —What is meant by "min
istered to the Lord?”
What mental, physical or spiritual
benefits, are there derived from last- \
ing?
How long should a person abstain
from food in order to constitute a
Christian fast?
What right has the present day
church to discontinue the
practice of fasting?
When would the ears of a company
of godly men, be most sensitive to
tfce voice of God, during a feast, ori
a fast?
Was there any connection between,
their ministering and fasting, and the
Holy Spirit speaking to them?
Is the Holy Spirit apt to speak to
those who are not intensely engaged
in the cause of God?
What is necessary in order to cul-'
tivate an ear for the voice of God?
Should we all be “called” of God, |
befme undertaking any kind of work?
Verse 3 —Ought the church today
to send out missionaries to new dis
tricts, and to heathen countries?
If it is the duty of the church to
send out missionaries, is it, or not, the
duty of every person, whether a mem-'
ber of the church or not, to help sup
port them? (This question must be
answered in writing by the members
of the club.)
Why did they fast and pr~y bet
Mr. Ericson’s Old House.
Go see it, it’s a beauty. It stand'
out among all its neighbors, -because
the coloring is so bright and clear.
Mr. Ericson painted with L. & M.
Paint and say 3 it cost 1-3 less than !
ever before. He bought only 12 gal
lons of L. & M. Paint and 9 gallons j
of Linseed Oil to mix with it. This
made 21 gallons of pure paint, and i
cost only $1.20 per gallon. It’s as j
handsome as the finest in town. The j
L. & M. Paint is sold by: 3
Cole & Cordray.
in two weeks of the close of this
period.
3. Each question must be answered
separately, and the paper written on
one side only. No answer must ex
ceed two hundred words in length and
may be less. Each answer must have
the name and address of the writer
at the bottom of the answer.
4. The answers must be delivered
to this office, and they will be col
lated at the close of the contest, and
forwarded to headquarters for inde
pendent examination by competent
examiners. The prizes will then be
awarded according to the highest num
ber of marks, won by members of the
International Newspaper Bible Stu
dy Club, and prizes which may be
awarded to members of this Local
Club will be given out from this of
fice.
THE PRIZES.
First Series—A gold medal to each
of the first five contestants.
Second Series —A silver medal to
each of the next five contestants.
Third Series —A Teacher’s Bible,
price $5.50, to each of the next five
contestants.
Fourth Series —The book “The
Heart of Christianity,’’ price $1.50, to
each of the next thirty-five contes
tants.
Each medal will be suitably en
graved, giving the name of the win
ner, and for what it is awarded, and
in like manner each Bible and book
will be inscribed.
All who can write, and have ideas,
are urged to take up these studies re
gardless of the degree of their educa
tion, as the papers are not valued from
an educational standpoint or literary
standpoint but from the point of
view of the cogency of their reasoned
ideas.
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sending Paul and Barnabas on their
mission?
Would it be a help to each local
church today, to fast and pray before
each missionary meeting?
Do you think the women took part
in this service, and whether or not,
what reason is there to debar women
from any of the church’s work?
Verse 4 —ls it possible or practical
o be guided in every journey we take
. :id in all these by the Holy Spirit?
Should a pastor ever taka charge of
! a new church without being directed
to do so by the Holy Spirit?
Please point out on the map In
: your Bible where Seleucia, Salamis
•nd Cyrus w r ere situated.
Were they consciously or uncon
| -ciously directed by God, the Holy
Spirit, all during their journey?
Verse s—Should5 —Should men and women,
i in the ordinary walks of life, be as
; faithful in preaching the gospel, or
te-tifyi- g for Jesus, wherever they
may be, as Paul and Barnabas were?
Verse G —How many places men
tioned In this lesson are situated on
the Island of Cyprus?
i What motives had likely induced
| ihis man, Elymas, to claim to be a]
| prophet?
j Verse 7-8 —How do you account for
a man being so bad, as to try to pre
vent another from serving the true
God?
Verses 9-12 —Are go«d men Justified
| in rebuking bad men with vehemence
' when they would stop a work of love
and mercy?
Is It possible for a bad man to es
cape the just penalty of his sins?
Lesi on for Sunday, May 9t.b, 1909. —
Paul’s Fir"t Missionary Journey—An
tioch in Pisidla. Acts xiii: 13-52.
NOTICE!
To the Members of the Early County
Farmers Union:
The next County meeting will be
held with the Springfield local on
: Thursday, May Gth. 1909.
W. C. HOUSTON, Pres.
H. L. MARTIN, Secretary.
Telephone No. 152 for anything you
want to eat.
Boyett Grocery Company.
We have it, if it is anything in the
line of a Card or Invitation.
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LUCILE ITEMS.
By White Rose.
As it has been quite a while since
White Rose w’rote as a correspondent
to that good old paper, the Early Coun
ty News, White Rose will now en
deavor to give a short account of the
doings about Lucile.
The people are getting a fine stand
of both corn and cotton in this sec
tion.
We read w|th regrets i.he many
deaths of our Early county friends' in
the last issue of the News.
We learn that Mr. Herbert Gruber
and Miss Mary Young were happily
married since our last writing.
There will be an all-day sing at
Pineview the first Sunday in May.
We are glad to say that there Is
very little sickness in our community.
The Sabbath School Convention
will be held at White Plain church
on the second Sunday in May, so
we learn. Everybody should turn out.
Mrs. A. J. White is sick and has
been for a long time. Many of her
lady friends call to see her almost
daily. We sincerely hope she will
soon regain her wonted health.
The writer went up to the memorial
exercises at the city Monday and en
joyed it fine. Heard some fine speak
ing by Col. B. R. Collins and Judge
A. G. Powell, which is evidence to one
and all that the speaking was goid.
All the other exercises were good
and made us think away back in the
COs. We feel proud to know that the
U. D. C. have done such great work,
which will last for ages to come.
We heartily agree with Junior In
speaking of kindness. It Is our great
est duty to everybody. When taught
In youth it goes all down the line to
old age.
“Little deeds of kindness sown by
youthful hands
Grow to bless the nations In heathen
lands.
Little deeds of kindness, little words
of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the
Heaven above.”
j Friends let us live economical.
High living by poverty stricken peo
ple is what has brought on our pres
ent disaster. The signs of the times
can be read at every turn of our civil
ization. The rapidly increasing wealth
of our count-y, under the reign of
capitalism and its concentration in
‘he hands of the few, is clearing the
way for our downfall as a nation. The
history of past ages has proved that
wealth is the mother of luxury. Lux
ury the mother of vice; vice the moth- j
■>r of political corruption; which, if |
unchecked, ends in national death.:
This is the brief story of the ultimate;
curse of wealth under private owner
ship; and if we are to predict the
future by the past and present, wej
would say that disaster and death
are not far distant, unless we change
the course of our action and create a
new system of economics by which,
our wealth will be more equally .lis-;
tributed. Wealth is one of the most. 1
deceitful things in our life. It de- 1
ceives the ones who possess it; the
ones who are in pursit of it; and
those who never expect to enjoy it. j
It’s curse has drawn a black mark j
all through man.
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W. E. PETERS.
The above is a good likeness of Mr.
W. E. Peters, a boy who grew up in
1 Blakely, and who Is now one of our
i best liked young men. Ed, like many
1 ! other boys, was a little wayward in his
youth, but since reaching manhood’s
: estate and taking unto himself a good
wife, he has developed into a good
! citizen and a fine Christian worker,
well-liked by all who know him. He
' is clean-hearted and high-minded, and
", when a superintendent was needed for
1 j the Langston chapel Sunday school the
: choice just naturally fell on him. The
good mother must rejoice at the strong
character into which her boy has de
; vcloped.
UNION DOTS.
By Uncle Joe.
Rev. E. T. Dawson filled his reg
i ular appointment, at this place Sun
day.
Prof. Phillips rM Mr. J. M. Bryant
dined with Mr. S. L. Robinson Sun
i j day.
Mr. A. B. Cain is very sick at this
:! writing. We wish him a speedy re
| covery.
i; Miss Flarah Ender spent Saturday!
a”d Sunday last with Mr. S. K. Bush’s;
. 1 family.
A base-ball player isn’t necessarily
insane just because he gets off his
base occasionally.
Mrs. Paralee Jenkins, of Graceville,
Fla., is visiting relatives at this place
at this writing.
Come out to the ball grounds at
Mr. I. M. Hobbs’. Let’s have some
thing doing in that line this season.
All husbands and wives agree, but
the agreement is usually to the effect
I that they made a mistake in ma.’ry
i ing.
Don’t think that every sad-eyed wo
man you meet has loved and lost;
for perhaps she has lived and got
j him.
Wonder what is the matter with
Blakely that they can’t get up a base
ball team. There must be something
lacking.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hudspeth and
son, John, of Pleasant Grove, spent
last Sunday with their brother, Mr.
1 O. B. Hudspeth.
When a man who professes Cbris
i tianity has to walk the floor all night
I with a howling kid, and reflects that
! of such is the kingdom of heaven, he
! will probably backslide.
JAKIN R. F. D. NO. 1.
By Rosebud.
Who would not call Sunday a cloudy
day?
Mr. Carson McLendon went to Jakin
Monday.
Mr. W. G. Mills went to Jakin last
Monday.
Mr. J. W. Hill visited in Colquitt
Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Jones is one the sick
list at this writing.
Messrs. George Weaver and Lotus
Barnett went to Jakin Friday.
Mr. A. D. Ivey and Mr. J. B. Hayes
went to Jakin Saturday afternoon.
A large crowd attended Sunday
school at Midway Sunday afternoon.
Mr. .and Mrs. G. R. Newberry spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Mills.
Wonder why a certain young man »
i did not go to the river Sunday. Bet
• I can guess.
■ We had a nice rain Friday after
i noon and Saturday, which was appre
i elated very much.
Miss Willie D. Stamper and Miss
[ Ruby Knight, of Blakely, spent Sun
, day last in Jakin.
* Miss Mattie Batson, of Dothan, is -
[ visiting her sister, Mrs. Carson McLen
• don, at this writing.
> Mrs. Brooks and Leila Hayes wont
* to Jakin Thursday and stopped a
r while with Rosebud.
- j ’Jr. and Mrs. J. C. McLendon at
tended the Farmers Union at Jakin
j Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. J. C. McLendon visited her
i daughter, Mrs. H. L. McCormick, from
Wednesday until Friday.
Mrs. W. G. Mills and Miss Annette
■ McLendon visited Mrs. Carson McLen
don Wednesday afternoon.
Remember prayer meeting at Spring.
! field every Wednesday night. Ev
■jerybody go and carry some one?
j with them.
Do not forget the Farmers Union at
Springfield Thursday, May the sixth,
j Everybody is invited to go and carry.
J full baskets.
A large crowd went to the river at
| Saffold Sunday and ate dewberries ani
i had a nice time, you bet. Part cf
the crowd came back to Suuday schoci
at Midway Sunday afternoon.
We were sorry to hear of the death
of Miss Georgia Pyle, daughter el
Mr. and Mrs. John Pyle, of Cedar
Springs. She had been sick over
two months and suffered very muen
until Thursday, when the Lord saw
fit to take her from this world into
the other, where no pain nor sorrow
: c ver comes.
We know we never more shall meet
thee,
Thou hast passot to a brighter
world above,
And there dost wait an angel fair to
greet us
In the realms of love.
She was laid to rest in the Cedar
Springs cemetery Friday to await the
resurrection mom. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of our en
tire community.
Money to Loan on long time,
ts GLESSNER & PARK
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Boyett Groctry Company..