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CASTORIAi
i! Vi'ii Have Always BoOght, and which has been
■ >r over !>0 years, lias borne the signature of
_ and lias been made nmler his per
' ' -—V- sonnl supervision since its infancy.
... .‘■GMcjStCf Allow no one to deceive you iii this.
. . ' Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but
G: it trie with and endanger the health of
iu Children—Experience against Experiment.
/hat is CASTORIA
1 n harmless snhstitute for Castor Oil, Pare
rops and Soothing Sirups. It is pleasant. It
neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
•-> iage is its guarantee. It destroys \Vonus
. . ! i.vs I'everhshness. For more thou thirty years it
has been in e ( ,nstant use for the relief of Constipation,
I latulenoy, 'Wind Colie, till Teething Troubles and
Diurrlura. It regulates the Stomaeh and liowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The 31 other’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
SJ Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
T M C CENTAUR COM RAN V. NEW YORK CITY.
WHO
IS THE MAN
WITH THE MONEY ?
He is the farmer, the backbone of the
whole universe.
Farmers and those desiring advances in
the spring should have deposit accounts with
this bank during the fall and winter.
Depositors are always given the prefer
ence in the matter of loans.
DEPOSIT NOW
in the
ATk INS NA TIONAL BANK
Maysville, - - Georgia.
Wm. MILLER. Cashier. I‘. F. M. FURR, President.
The Foolish Way
And the Wise Way
of Sa\ing Money
THERE ARE TWO-WAYS of saveing your money—the
foolish way and the wise way. The foolish way is to put it
where fire, theft or other calamity can take it from you
in a second. The wise way is to put it in a bank of good
standing like ours, where it is taken care of in lire arid burg
lar proof vaults. Follow the example of the best business
men and farmers in this district —start an account here at
once it is also the straighte-d road to success and wealth.
Banks County Bank
HOMER, GA.
L. N. TURK, Pres. R. T. THOMPSON, V. P.
O. WALTON, Cashier.
Acknowledge receipt of all deposits sent by mail, promptly
Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and lime Deposits
100 PER CENT. SAFETY.
Expert Tailoring
EXPERT TAILORING FOR NO MORE
COST THAN READY-MADE.
Suite to measure from $15.00 to $45.00; Odd Trouser Specials
$5.00, $6.00, and $7.50, in any style you want.
Ladies’ Suite $16.50 up. , .
Cleaning, Dry Cleaning, Repairing and Altering done on short
notice in the best possible way.
U. R. WATERMAN,
*1 S. MAJN STREET CAUSESVILLp, GA
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL HOMER. GA., DECEMBER 18, 1913
IrnmNATIONAL
SIINMfSQIOOL
Lesson
(By K. O. S?t;LU:RB, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Blblo Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 21
DIVISION OF THE LAND.
LESSON TEXT—Joshua 14:1-14.
GOLDEN TEXT "Seek je Ilrst thp
kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall bo added unto
you."—Mutt. 6:33.
Following the defeat at Ai we see
Joshua building an altar at Ebat (ch. 8)
and reading again "all that Moses
commanded" (v. 35), to the Israelites
and the strangers as well. Thou fol
lows an account of his campaigns. A
military critic has classed Joshua with
the Alexanders, Caesars, Napoleons,
Wellingtons and Grants of all ages.
His dealing with the Gibeonites and
its after effects was one error in his
campaign, for he failed to take coun
sel of Johovah. At the close of the
war (ch. 11) Joshua is ready to divide
the long-promised inheritance, chap
-1 ters 12-21.
I. Those left behind, vv. 1-5. Read
carefully Numbers ch. 32 to recall the
story of those who, like Lot of old,
saw good grazing land and chose it in
preference to that on the farther side
of Jordan, that possessed by the "chil
dren of Anak." Subsequent history
reveals the foolishness of their choice,
for they were the first to fall before
the enemies of Israel w'lion the king
dom was broken up. The Levites
(v. 4) were not to have a portion but
rather they wore to dwell in selected
cities with suburban property.
Caleb Not an Israelite.
11. Caleb claims his inheritance,
vv. 6-12. Joshua was old and stricken
in years (13:1) and now Israel Is be
fore him, each of the remaining nine
and one-half tribes, to have appor
tioned unto them a permanent dwel
ling place after the long years of wil
derness wandering, and the more re
cent campaign of subjugation. Itefore
Joshua casts the lot, however, Caleb
recalls the promise Moses had made
to him 45 years before (v. 10). From
a comparison of v. 6 R. V., Gen. 15:19
and Josh. 15:13 it. appears that Caleb
was not an Israelite by birth, but nev
ertheless lie claims an inheritance
among them, based upon the promise
of Moses, “the man of God,” because
he had “wholly followed the Lord my
God” v. 9. Ills name literally means
"a dog”—yet this dog of a Gentile got
more than the crumbs that fell from
the master’s table, Matt. 15: INI. Caleb
rested upon the sure word of God, and
to remember this promise was not an
act of selfishness. How those events
in tho valley of Eschel must have
stood out in tho memory of Caleb and
Joshua. They remembered how their
companions caused the hearts of the
people "to melt” Num. 14:37. That
day’s work was one of serious results
and so shall it be for their imitators
of the present day. To see the giants
and not, as Caleb, to see God had
brought death. In his heart, however,
Caleb treasured God’s word and now
at eighty-five ho has not alone been
"kept alive,” but ho is as strong as
on that, day, when in the prime of his
manhood, Moses had sent him forth
with the twelve.
Remembered God’s Promise.
111. A promise fulfilled vv. 13-15.
Joshua at once recognizes the justness
and validity of Caleb’s claim. He re
membered God’s promise, Num. 14:24-
30; Deut. 1:36-38, therefore he at once
grants the request and adds to it his
blessing. Hebron, means "joining,”
"union,” “fellowship.” Thus we see
Caleb entering into all the rights,
privileges and blessings of any of the
descendants of Jacob. Is this not
typical of our privilege in Christ Je
sus? John 15:6; 14:20; I. John 1:3.
See also Matt. 8:11, 12. The only con
dition Is that of faith in God and in
his Word, Gal. 3:7, 26, 29. "Thus faith
in the case of Caleb is revealed as the
principle which follows fully, waits pa
tiently, asks for new opportunities for
its exercise, and gains finally a vic
tory."—G. Campbell Morgan.
The Golden Text. The essential
value of this lesson Is expressed in
these words of our Lord. To seek the
kingdom of God and his righteousness
first, is the matter of supreme impor
tance and involves following the Lord
fully. Frequently, constantly, this
means a long postponement of the
day of our visible vindication. Yet
such postponement Is not the result
of the capriciousness of God, nor is
It delayed beyond the hour necessary
for the working out of the plans of
Jehovah, in accordance with the very
best means. As Caleb waited those
45 years his strength waxed not, and
all things needful were supplied. The
point is not so much that he at last
gained the inheritance, hut that dur
ing the period of waiting his suste
nance and his raiment were provided.
All through the year we have been
hearing of promises which were con
ditional upon loyalty to God and obe
dience to his will. Today we see a
fulfillment of the promise made over
and over again that Israel should pos
sess the Promised Land. Dr. J. Wil
bur Chapman asked Gen. William
Booth for the secret of his success in
the Salvation Army and his reply was,
"Cod has had ail there was of me.”
Caleb’s was a vigorous, happy old
age; he had not wasted anxious
thought on the morrow; he kept alive
bis Interest in the ever-throbbing pres
ent
The Great
Christmas Gift
By REV JAMES M CRAY, D D.
Pen of Moody RiM lotitul
Chicago
TEXT For God so loved the world,
tlmt tie gave tits only begotten son, that
whosoever belleveth on him. should not
perish, hut have eternal life. John 3:16
it. V.
Martin Luther
used to call this
verso "The Llttlo
Gospel,” because
it gathered up
within itself so
concisely and yet
comprehensive 1 y,
the good news of
Christ’s salvation.
What verso Is
better known, or
more often quot
ed than this, am)
what text has
been used to
preach more ser
mons! Mlssion-
arles tell us that
it Is the first
part of (he Bible they translate into
heathen tongues or teach to heathen
people, and we may believe that it
has won more souls to Jesus Christ
than any other collocation of inspired
words that can be named. Its theme
is human salvation, and it tells kb of
God’H great Christmas gift to the
world.
1. Asa revelation of salvation, it
speaks first of tho source of it "God
so loved the world.” There would
have been no salvation without that
love. What God saw In us to love,
while wo wore yet sinners and rebels
in his sight, passes human under
standing: but doubtless, It was what,
we might become In Christ through
his grace, and not what we actually
were that moved that love. At all
events, we must, not give currency to
the thought of some that it was the
sacrifice of Christ that made God love
its. This Is to caricature his grace,
because the very opposite fs true, as
we see in the next place.
2. The text shows the ground of our
salvation, which Is tho work of Christ
—"P'or God so loved the world, that,
he gave his only begotten son." Gave
him, that is, as a sacrifice and a sub
stitute for us. In vain did God love
us except as his wisdom and grace
should provide some way for the put
ting away of our guilt, consistent with
his own character of holiness, Justice
and truth. This way lie found in tho
offering of ills son, who "was wound
ed for our transgressions,” and
bruised for our Iniquities,” and witli
whose "stripes we are healed” (Isaiah
53:5). God thus can be just at the
same time that ho is "the jußtifler of
him who belleveth on Jesus” (Romans
3156).
3. We have, further, the means of
our salvation —"that whosoever be
lievoth on him should not perish.” To
believe Is to exerclßo faith, but faith
is more than mere knowledge or as
sent, it 1h absolute trust or reliance.
You aro on an ocean steamer, let us
say, and as you go to bed you read
a notice that a life-preserver Is un
dor your berth, or over your head.
That Is knowledge, but not faith. You
are Informed that If bolted around
your body It will keep you afloat 1n
water, which you admit. Hut that is
assent and not faith. In the middle
of the night when the collision oc
curs, and the yesael is sinking, and
you belt the life-preserver around you,
and plunge Into tho sea, that Is faith.
You then trust yourself to the life
preserver, putting your reliance upon
It absolutely and only. Have yoq yet
done this with reference to Jesus
Christ and your salvation?
4. We see the need of Balvatlon—
"that whosoever belleveth on him
should not perish." To "perish" does
not mean to become “annihilated"
simply, or go out of existence. If that
were all, then we had as much pun
ishment for sin before we were born,
or before we ever sinned at all, be
cause we were not then in existence
indeed, but. In separation from God
and all that that implies of conscious
loss, and disappointment, and misery,
and suffering. Christ gives us a pic
ture of the perishing in the story of
the rich man and Lazaraus, Luke
16:19-31, which you are urged to read
again In order that you may be moved
to lay hold of him era It Is too late
5. We see the blessing of salvation
In the words, “but have eternal life.”
This agrees with the teaching in an
other place. “The wages of sin Is
death; but the gift of God la eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord”
(Romans 6:23). Here "life" means
not merely a continuation of exist
ence, but that existence carried on
In the favor of God. In the Joy of his
presence, in the freedom of his serv
ice, and as a sharer In an Inherit
ance which Includes all things. The
good things of thfcs life are only a
Bhadow of the reality beyond.
Preachers for Prisoners.
The day ought not to be long dis
tant when tho churches of all denom
inations will regard the prisoners as a
mission field worthy their own atten
tion and support; when they will re
fuse longer to place the state in the
necessity of paying for the services of
chaplains for these Institutions. —Bos-
ton Traaacrtpt
...
Concentration Pays
The stream flows along steadily, its waters are placid, its How un
in ten opted. It may be majestic enough but its power is not used.
But put in a big dam, let the water accumulate, that the power is
at command. The same water-: How down the stream but by con
eentration the power is developed.
It is the same with money. Single dollars floating around will
never control big deals, yet concentrated in a bank their power is
developed. They aid new enterprises, give energy and stability ot
business, become anew power in the business world, and yet like
the water in the stream their Mow is not interrupted. The money
is subject to the depositor’s cheek. Help us make this a stronger
bank. You will share in the benefit.
Baldwin State Bank
BALDWIN. GA.
HEADACHE AND EYE STRAIN
Eye Strain often results in permanent trouble.
’•**' -'v'v Eye Strain causes annoying headaches.
Eye Strain not necessary IF you have been
fitted with correct glasses.
We Scientifically Examine your Eyes and Grind the Cor
rect Lenses While you Wait.
Old glasses repaired and broken leanses duplicated
same day received.
DR. J. L. PENDLEY
224 CLAYTON Sl'. PHONE 2f)(i. ATHENS, GA.
FREE RIDE TO ATHENS AND RETTJR
Including Hotel Bill While There
Money Saved is money made. If you have your Dental W<
done at the’ATl IENS DENTAL PARLORS, Siiece-ms to Dr. E.
(iBIFFIN, you will sue more titan enough to pay all expenses of \
iting Athens. ALL WOL’K (111AEANTEED as contracted or MO
EY REFUNDED.
Note (he following Low I’riccs Cffercd to Out-of-town People ONLY:
OLD PLATE MA 1 >lO NEW sd-00
$12.00 SET OK TKETJI 8-00
8.00 SET OF TEETH 5. 00
5.00 SET OF TEETH 3.00
Gold Grown smd Bridge work, each 3 00
Gold Filling, According to Size $1 and 1-50
SILVER AND CEMENT FILLING 50
Painless Extraction of Teeth. Plates Made and Delived Same Day.
Athens Dental Parlors
Successors to
Dr. E. G. Griffin
Rooms 512-515 Southern Mutual Building, Athens, Gn.
Every courtesy shown out-of-town patients.
LADY ATTENDANT - TELEPHONE 054
GOOD TEETH
GOOD HEALTH.
MSS&k::. H Gold Tilings, each 1.00
jjj Amalgam “ “ 75c
Cement Fillings, each 25c
Crowns $2.25 to $7.00
Extracting Teeth *'sc
the very best:workmaksh:p
AND MATERIAL GUARANTEED.
Mcstlrespectfully,
\7. G. Sharp,
Maysville, Georgia.
Called for Blood.
"Sandy looka as If he had been
fighting.” “He has been fighting; a
fellow said something In his picsenoe
about ’musicians and bagpipers,’ and
Bandy sailed Into him."
Keeping White Enamel White.
To keep white enamel ware from
discoloring make a strong .solution
of baking soda and rain water and pat
the utensils In It and boil them ha.d
They will be as white as enow.