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MOUNTAIN HILL
» Mr. Editor: Seeing that most
cities of importance are setting forth
their advantages through their re¬
journals and being desirous
of aiding our county and especially
our little mountain city and knowing
that you will lend the organ of Harris
county to any enterprise that tends
to promote the welfare of the same,
make no hesitancy in asking space.
Mountain Hill is situated in a beau¬
tiful, rich and healthy cove of the
Pine mountain, the towering German
Peak on our east and Hargett’s Peak
west, the former celebrated for the
great cave discovered a few years
l since by Lum D; the latter is re
¥ nowned as the place upon which is
situated the old Indian fort in which
! Lum D., with his facile pen captured
?*the wild man. These are attractions
that have drawn travelers even from
your metropolis and they are sup
to be in as good repair row as
when the eye of the weaiy trader
last gazed upon them. The town is
^ten miles west of Hamilton, twenty
north of the Queep city of the Chat¬
tahoochee, thus opening a fine terri¬
tory for trade, if any one wishes to
in mercantile pursuits. Our
town council are ready to give any
aid in their power to those wishing
correspond. A good business
house and residence can be bought
for nominal figures, as our enterprise
^ing citizens do not wish to speculate
but to build up their town.
Our large land owners are
offering inducements to men with
small means and are thus aiding poor,
honest white men to gain a foot hold
and become happy. A few of our
• most piominent men are Capt. J. W.
Cline, Col. E. C. Moultrie, Rev. C.
A. Martin, that old Roman Judge, J.
th.- Askew, Maj. J. A. Wiliams, Hon.
^Jack Askew, Hon. J. M. Davis, Prof.
W. H. Stanford, Dr. B. J. Meadows,
Capt. J. S. Smith, Maj, A. Smith
and many others.
Maj. Smith and Judge Askew are
our largest merchants and do a good
•■business. We have no lawyers nor
Jews, and are not advertising for
them. A joint stock company may
^start a newspaper soon. The pros¬
pects are that Lum Duke will be chief
editor and Hon. W. D. Askew city
editor. When we get our new press
you may look for something deeper
even than a cave or more lofty than
a fort. We have two churches just
* outside the corporate limits of our
town—one Baptist, Rev. J. W. Wilson
pastor, the other Methodist, Rev.Mr.
•Bell in charge. We have a fine Sun¬
day school at the Baptist church and
one in the academy; both are full and
^interesting.
We have a dry town, except when
a little brown jug passes through
from Columbus or Hamilton. Gold,
silver, copper, iron and salt have been
discovered on both the German and
Hargett peak and it is feared the
magnificent cave ana the giand old
fort will soon be crushed beneath the
heel cf those who search for mam¬
mon.
We are going to build a college, as
the present house is too small for our
growing population. Prof. W. H.
Stanford would be pleased to corres¬
pond with any one wishing to enter
their sons or daughters in a first class
school. Good board can be obtain¬
ed at from eight to ten dollars per
month, those wishing to board for the
summer can get board at the hotel
for fifteen to twenty-five dollars per
month.
Our farming land is as good as any
in the county. Our farmers out of
debt and happy.
We live in a stock law district,con¬
sequently the pfice of butter is high
and the grade salty.
We expect to send a large assort¬
ment of metal ore to the Chattahoo¬
chee exposition, and will help Harris
county to win the prize.
Hurrah for Cleveland and Thur¬
man and Thos. W. Grimes!
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GOD IN ISRAEL
LESSON I, THIRD QUARTER, INTER¬
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 1.
Tlio Text of the Lesson Is to Be Found
In Ex. xxiv, 1-13— Golden Text, lie
brews vil^ 10— Commentary by Rev.
I). SI. Stearns.
[Condensed from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission of 11. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia pub
Usher. |
After spending twelve months on the
Gospel by Matthew—the Gospel of the
King and tho kingdom—wo now retnrn to
the history of tho beginning of the existence
of Israel as a nation, the people whom God
formed for Ilimself to show forth His praise,
a people terrible from their beginning hith¬
erto; a nation yet to blossom and bud
and fill the face of tho earth with fruit
(Isa. xliii, 21, xviii, ‘2-7; xxvii, 0.) The lessons
of the next six months, upon which we now
enter, will bo of greatly increased interest to
us if we remember a few scriptural facts and
become fully persuaded that these things 1
am about to mention ore indeed plainly and
most emphatically asserted in tho Scriptures.
In oifr lesson today they are throe months
out of Egypt, having crossed tho Red sea on
dry land and journeyed down to Mount
Sinai, whero they aro now oncamped, having
been guided thither by the Lord, who went
before them by day in a pillar of cloud to
lead them the way, and by night in a pillar
of fire to give them light With bread from
heaven were they fed morning by morn¬
ing, and water from the rock quenched
their thirst A supernatural people as to
their origin, their deliverance from their op¬
pressors, tho supply of their daily wants und
victory over their enemies—but, oh, how
natural and how sinful ms to their daily lifol
for already had they more than once mur¬
mured against God and in their hearts turned
back to Egypt How strange that God,
knowing beforehand just how they would
act, chose them for His people. In them wo
see oursel ves, and in Him tho unchangeable
Jehovah.
Moses, Aaron and two of his sons,
seventy of the eiders of Israel, are invited
come up on the mount to meet God; tho
full account of this we have in verses 9 to 11
of our lesson. But notice here that
alone shall come near,” the others are
worship afar off, they shall not come nigh.
The Tabernacle at this time not being built
nor Aaron and his sons set apart as priests,
Moses, whom tho Lord knew face to
(Deut. xxxi v, 10), stands before us as a type
the true mediator and daysman, the Lord
Jesus Christ, our prophet, priest and
(Deut. xviii, 15-19). By tho finished work
the Lord Jesus all who receive Him are
nigh (Eph. ii, 13), and all who trust in His
merits and are washed in His blood have
access at all times to the very presence of
God by faith in Him. One of the most beauti
f„l names of Israel is that In IV cilviii, * 14:
“A .. . people . near unto . Him.-” ... u the j- full n meaning j
of which is yet to be made manifest All true
believers in Jesus Christ are even now »
nearto Him hat we are called “members o
His body of His flesh and of His bones”
(Eph. v, 30), and if we would but believe
that we are as near to Him andias dear to
Him as He says we are, we would surely be
constrained by His love to honor Him and
seek His glory more than we do.
3. “Moses came and told the people oil the
words of the Lord, and all the judgments.
In connection with the receiving of the law
and the instructions about the ial>ernaclo,
Moses went up to God in the Mount just seven
times, and on two occasions he remained with
God forty days and forty nights, and neither
did eat bread or drink water (Ex. xix,
3,8.20. XX, 21, xxiv, 12, xxxii, 30, xxxiv.
4.) This verso toils us of his return from his
fourth visit, at which time he rejKiutod to the
people the words which wo havo in chapters
xxi-xxiii; and the people, not knowing the
sinfulness and deceitfulness of their own
hearts, replied with one voice: “All the
words which the l>ord hath said will we do.”
“And Moses wrote all the words of the
Lord.” All the words of tho Ix>rd were very
precious to Moses, he spake them to the peo
pie and wrote them down for future use.
the people were to set their hearts upon them
as their life (Deut xxxii, 40i, thef were to
have them in their hearts, teach them unto
their children and tajk of them in the house
and by the way (Deut vi, 4 9/ It is to be
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feared thrift many L’hriscians chink that they
can get along quite well with a very few of
the words of the l.ord and that there are
some who consider a large portion of the
Bible unnecessary for them to give any heed
to. There may be some teachers who aro
sorry that our lessons for the next six
mouths are in t£e Old Testament, forgetting
that the Old Testament, as we call it, was the
book that Jesus loved, und that lie was ever
quoting from, expounding, and in His life
fulfilling, and that all the Scriptures were
concerning Himself. If we have in any wav
or in the least degree slighted or neglected
any portion of Scripture let us seek forgive¬
ness and begin at onco to appreciate more
fully “all the words of the Ixird."
5. “Burnt offerings-- Peace offerings. ”
Two different aspects of the one great and
all sufliciont sacrifice of the Lord Jesus; the
first signifying His giving Himself an offer¬
ing and a sacrifice to God for us, and the sec¬
ond telling us of the result of that sacrifice.
As wo receive Him, rest in Him and fee 1
upon Him, we have peace with God and true
fellowship, being made partakers of Christ
and all the benefits which flow from Him.
G-8. “And Moses took tho blood, an 1
sprinkled it on tho people.” lie also
sprinkled it on tho altar (v (>), and on tho
book (Hob. ix.|19). It is the application of
tho blood that in any caso makes it effica¬
cious. On the night on which they left
Egypt tho blood of tho passovor lamb might
have been shod, but unless it had been
sprinkled on the door posts and tho liutel tho
angel of death would surely have entered the
house. So now, although Jesus has shed 11 is
blood, unless it is applied to us, unless we
truly accept Him and give ourselves to Him,
it will not avail for us; but in Him every
blessing of tho covenant is mado sure to
overy ono in Him.
9-U. “They saw God, and did eat and
drink,” Anti yet Jesus said: “No man hath
seen God at any timo, tho only begotten Hon
who is in the bosom of tho father. Ho h? L U
declared Him” (John i, 13). Now, while th< r >
aro in tho Scriptures this and other apt Kunnt
contradictions, there cannot possibly benny
real contradictions uttered by tuo Holy
Spirit, spirit of for truth. Ho is Wo a faithful need only witness and u
to consider
ail tlo has said on any subject, and He Him¬
self will give us light the in duo time. Every
revelation of God Father has always been
tho through tho Eternal Son, tho and only through
Son can wo know father.
12-18. “Moses went into tho midst of the
cloud” (v. 18) This was his fifth ascent and
tho first occasion on which bo remained forty
day a It was cr this timo Iiq received t
two tables x - c/i were tho work of God
written on both sides with the writing of
God (Ex. xxxii, 15, 10).
When the covenant spoken of in our golden
text shall have been made with Israel, wo
shall havo gone up in immortal bodies to
meoi*>ur l»rd in tho air sous to return with
Him when he conics as king of Israel. May
tiio (ire of His holiness so consume all our
dross even here and now that wo mayabid*'
in Him and reflect His glory while wo wait
for that glad day
Prob , eBI for tho People.
A . , ,• ... , ^f^eeter .. . and .
whose little girl is a pupil in one of tho
h 1# there, bethought herself tho otl
„ of d thflfc |u . p
^ suburban street from
the ^ 8sibJo presencc of cows . Thut „ .
her that dio was making a mi
^ fop Uje mUo M and sho 1o
think about the additlopiil danger lJ that a
thoso rcd dre88 mlgbl terrible Bllbjt!Ct the With chi to from
same cows I the whole
she j lftd C juito a little worry.
Tlie afternoon went on, and tho little
„j r j d j d not return from school at tho
u SUft i hour. Where could sho b *? Tho
moiL^r worried not a little, but finally tho
ch|]d came up> qulto j at0
“Where have you been all this time,: ,*
dear f t j, 0 mo ther asked,
4 4 Oh. there have been some cows on tho
street, mamma." said tho little girl, “ami
the teac h cr thought about them, and sho
thought it wasn't best to let me co i
homo until there was somebody to come
with mo. ”
Whether tho mother’s thinking about
cows mado the teacher think about them,
or whether tho teacher’s thinking about
them mado the mother think about Uieu,
or whether both women always thought &lx>
them because women aro more *
Jess terrified about cows, is sonic
that probably no psychical follow
over find out.—Boston Transcript *'I
toner.”