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(By REV. P. B. ETTZW-kTISS, D R.
Teacher of Es,!':sa Siftia sa ttts Moody
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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 20
THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS.
LESSON TEXT-Matt. 25:1-11
GOLDEN TEXT—Watch therefore: for
jre know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of Man cometh—Matt
25:13
REFERENCE MATERIAL Matt.
7:24-37; 24:1-51: Kph 6:1-20: ! Tim. 6:17-I*.
PRIMARY TOiTC-Being Ready.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Being Ready.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Prepared for Emergencies.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—Christian Watchfulness.
This lesson is a part of the well
known Olivet discourse, giving a pro
phetic view of the course of time from
its utterance, just before the cruci
fixion to the second advent of Christ.
The order of events in that time are,
roughly speaking, as follows:
1. The moral condition of the tvorld
during Christ's absence (24:1-14). This
Is the period covered by the parable
of chapter 13.
2. The appearance of the Antichrist
(24:15-20).
3. Tlie great advent (24:27-31), in
which there will be mighty convulsions
of nature, *the mourning of the earth’s
tribes, and the gathering of the elect.
4. Warnings to God's people in view
of the great advent (24:32-51), the
time of advent unknown and unex
pected.
5. Instructions to saints in view of
the unexpectedness of His coming (25:
1-30).
6. The judgment of the nations (25:
81-40).
The present lesson Is one of the
two parables designed for the Instruc
tion of the saints in view of the com
ing of the Cfirlst. It has a continu
ous application In the present time (I
Thess. 4:16-18; Titus 2:11-13).
I. The Foolish Virgins Took Lamps
But No Oil With Them. (v. 3).
1. Lamps signify Christian profes
sion (Matt. 5:16), and oil, the Holy 1
Spirit (Zech. 4). Having the lamps
and no oil shows that they were pro
fessors of religion without possessing
its reality. As soon ns a man is re
generated the Holy Spirit takes up His
abode with Him. The proof that one
is a child of God is that he has the
Holy Spirit dwelling within him. “If
any man have not the Spirit of Christ,
he is none of His.” (Rom. 8:9). The
foolish virgins may have been of good
moral character, but they were un
regenerated.
2. The wise virgins pbssessed both
lamps and oil (v. 4). They made a
profession and hacked it with a real
life of righteousness. These are the
true believers. Both the wise and the
foolish virgins slumbered and slept
Their eyes had grown heavy and they
fell under the spell of sleep (v. 5).
This shows that as the Christian age
lengthened the real and professing
church would cease looking for the
coming of tlie Lord. It is unspeakably
sad that so many even of God’s saints,
wisp virgins, should give up the ex
pectancy of the return of the L-ird.
11. The Coming Bridegroom (vv. ft
12).
1. The midnight cry (v. C). In the
midst of the night when all were asleep
the cry was made, “Behold the bride
groom cometh, go ye out to meet him.’'
How sad It is that the church hn»
lost her hope, is not waking and
watching for the rettirn of her Lord!
2. Activity of the virgins (v. 7),
They all arose and trimmed their
lamps. There will be great activity
when the Lord comes, on the part ol
both the real Christians and those
who only make a profession. The pro
fessing Christians will then reallz?
that they lack that which is essential
to entrance to the marriage feast.
8 .The foolish request the wise to
, Share their oil (vv. 8,9). The revela
tion of Christ will make manifest the
genuineness of our religion and ex
pose the folly of mere profession,
When the Lord comes it will be too
late to mend one’s ways.
4. The wise enter to the mnrriage
(v. 10). While the foolish were seek
ing to amend their ways trying to buy
oil, the bridegroom came and those
who were ready were admitted to the
marriage.
5. The pitiful position of the foolish
(v. 11). They begged the Lord to
open the door that they might enter j
to tlie marriage feast. No one cud
open that door but the Lord.
6. The awful Judgment (v. 12). The
Lord declares "I know you not.” Those
who put ofT the personal contact with
Jesus until that day shall be shut out
from the presence of Christ.
111. The Solemn Obligation (v. 13)
"Watch, for ye know not the day nor
the hour wherein the Son of man com
eth.”
No One Absolute.
God has made no one absolute. The
rich depend on the poor. a» well us
the poor on the rich. The world is
bnt a magniflcpM building, all the
stones are gradually cemented to
gether. No one subsists by himself
alone. —Felthnm.
Must Deal With Sin.
We may forget or ignore Him, or
\ .keep our minds from dwelling on the
thought of Him: we cannot be entering
Into peace with Him while sin la icopt
•jndealt with, cherished In our heart*
Fat Hog and Fryer Chicken
Clubs Added to 1921 Program
For Sumter Boys and Girls
I
An entirely new scheme in pig
and poultry clubs has been worked
cut here jointly by George 0. Mar
shall, county farm agent, and Mrs.
Oiin Williams, county demonstrator,
which promises to be a great boon j
to the young people of the county j
this year. They have been taking
the details of their plans to the vari
ous rural schools this week and get
ting the movement under way. Brief
ly, their plan provides for the or
ganization of a fat hog club, under
Mr. Marshall’s direction, in addition
to the pure bred pig club, which is
state-wide, and a market poultry
club under Mrs. Williams’ direction,
in addition to the pure bred poultry j
club which has flourished in recent!
years.
Through the operation of the fat
hog club the way will be open, Mr.
Marshall announces, for every boy
and girl who so desires and who is
unable to pay cash at this time, to ob
tain a pure bred pig to develop for
the pig club, to be paid later.
| The pig clubs plan follows: The
boys and girls will be encouraged to
obtain pigs of any available breeds
1 to feed out into animals suitable for
marketing for pork. These will be
gathered together sometime in mid
summer and sold at a co-operative
sale. The season and the quality of
stock are expected to attract the
best possible prices. To all boys and
girls who will enter this club, Mr.
KIWANIANS HEAR
WISDOM SISTERS
Sweet Voiced Gospel
Singers Delight Club
At Luncheon
The Wisdom sisters, sweet voiced
gospel singers, who have been delight
ing the revival attendants at the First
Methodist church, were the center
of attraction at the Kiwanis lunch- j
eon today, and they sang repeatedly I
for the club, rerponding to encore
after encore. Their songs were most
ly light and numorous, in the negro
dialect, but they closed with a gospel
, song by request.
Dr. T. D. Ellis, of Macon, the
evangelist of the meetings, and who
is a member of the Macon club, also
|
was present as a guest with his
[ brother, Col. George R. Ellis, of
! Americus.
W. T. Waters, superintendent of
the Republic Mining Company’s
| bauxite works near Andersonville,
was introduced as a new member and
| given the club-name of “Bauxite.”
J Other visitors for the occasion !
J were Sam Wolf, of Thomasville, and
, Kiwanian Dawkins, of Hawkinsville.
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE
Editor Times-Recorder: The ar
ticle relating to the wonderful dis
coveries made by Prof. Carver, of
Tuskegee Institute, of the many j
foods and other articles made from
sweet potatoes and peanuts has so
interested me that I want several
copies to send to friend who I hope
will be so interested in Georgia that
they will make it their future home.
That he should choose two of the
principal products of Georgia and
the South to experiment with in
helping to solve the food problem of'
the future is significant. It may be
interesting to you to know that a Chi
nese doctor —a lady—has been pro
ducing several of these things, includ
ing milk, from soy beans. The gov
ernment was much interested in hex
work during the war. They have
! also proven at Washington that su
gar superior in its purity to that
I made from cane and sugar beets
' can be made from grains and vegeta
bles, and that the old breweries can
be used for this purpose, and that it
! can be produced at smaller cost than
that made from cane and beets.
J. N. PARKS.
! 101 West Johnston St.,
Germantown. Philadelphia.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
This is to notify the public that I
1 and S. L. Sills, who have been asso
ciated in the real estate business as
Purvis & Sills, have mutually agreed
to dissolve partnership. I shall be
| pleased to have all my friends re
-1 member me when I can serve them
in any way in the real estate or ren
tal line. Your very respectfully,
: 18-2 t J. H. PURVIS.
KEY TO TWINS PU ZZLE ON PAGE 3. j
> LL be surprised to find the ‘‘Tripletts” among the twins, \
but anyway here they are, along with the rest of the twins j
whose pictures are printed on Pa ge 3.
j I—Jewett Triplett. H—lewell Triplett
| 2—Zola Younken F —Zona Younken M
i 3—Velma Bishop E—Felma Bishot) j
j 4—Fmily McGuire G—Frances McGuire
5 Florence Russell F>— Russell j j
6 Beatrice Kehr B—Bertha Kehr i
■ 7—Lucile Sutcr C—Gertrude Sv.ter
8 Margaret Nowell A-—Louise Nowell.
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Marshall is offering the opportunity
to secure a pure herd pig for entrance |
in the county and state pig club, on
pledge of payment at the marketing
of their fat pigs. This’ offer is made
possible through the interest of three
j or four leading Sumter county farm- !
| ers, whose names are not announced,
but who are interested in the develop
ment of pure bred stock culture 1
here. These men will have from 76 !
to 100 head of pure bred pigs avail-,
able shortly under this arangemerit. j
Mr. Marshall will handle the details
between the boys and girls and the 1
sellers of the pigs.
The poultry clubs plan is based on .
the well known mid-summer demand (
| for frying size chickens. Mrs. Wil-;
| liams will organize the pure bred j
I poultry club in Sumter county as us- (
ual, and in addition a market poultry <
club. It is the plan, in developing ,
the latter, to pledge the members to ,
raise a certain number of chickens, i
o fany breed, to be marketed in mid
summer at some central place at one
time. It is believed a big offering
of choice frying-size chickens will at
tract buyers from a distance and re
sult in a considerable sum of money
coming into the hands of the club
members.
It is reported the plans of these
two county workers have been re
ceived enthusiastically by the chil
dren and teachers throughout the
county, and great success for the
movement is indicated.
MOREPRODUCE
FORFUND ASKED
Suoplv Cleaned Out Bv
Housewives - Many
Unreported Districts
The supply of farm produce at the
Hightower Toy store which had been
donated by good people of Sumter
county to help swell the fund for
starving children in Europe, was com
pletely cleaned out this morning by
| Americus housewives, after being
brought low yesterday. Today Chair
man Dykes, with $648.17 in the bank,
issued a distress call for others con
templating the giving of produce to
hurry with it.
“We have heard from five schools
—Thalean, Concord, Andersonville,
Gammage and Huntington,” said he,
“and they have responded nobly. We
have heard hints and reports that
that others were going to come in
with liberal supplies to sell for this
worthy cause. But so far nothing has
has come from Plains, Leslie, Sum
ter, Thompson, Pennnig'ton, New Era,
Johnson, Anthony Chapel or Pleas
and Grove schools. The people ox
these sections are expected to hurrv
along with donations of produce if
they cannot spare the money, for we
can turn the produce into cash quick
ly, it has been demonstrated.
“I want to say also,” said Chair
man Dykes, ‘that the Americus work
ers haven’t reported. The town folks
are a bit slow, too, and the time is
j short. We need some reports at once,
| so that we may know what ’to tell
: them they can depon on over there
in the way of distributing food.”
Dixie Mail Planes
To Carry Wireless
ATLANTA, Feb. 15.—Announce
ment has been made that the Atlan
ta-New York areial mail route, which
will open May 15, will provide for
the carriage of wireless operators on
the planes, and also the employment
of a number at terminal points. The
salaries will be from SI,BOO to $3,001
a year.
Plans are also being made to estab
lish a chain 1 of wireless stations
throughout Georgia for the handling
of public messages by a private con
cern here. No date for the opening,
however, has been set.
W. J. Hill was a business visitor
in Americus Friday from Cobb.
L. B. Horne, of Vaidosta, was a
business visitor in Americus Thurs
day. **
Eight and one-half per cent of all
deaths in this country are attributed
■ to heart disease.
1 ■ A room 10 feet long, 10 high and
s 10 feet wide contains about 75
• | pounds of air.
L
We spend $200,000,000. more for
i c ; garettes than for the salaries of all
J the teachers in the United States.
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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
local'Brieis
Sharp-Point Pencil*. “ho*. L.
Bell, Jeweler. 13-ts
Dr. W. J. Smith, of DeSoto, was j
a visitor in Americus Friday.
A. S. Johnson, of DeSoto, spent a
few hours in Americus Friday, cr v,- j
ing on business.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kenmore and
children, who have been guests of j
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kenmore at
their home on Jackson avenue, re
turned Thursday to their home in
Royston, Ga.
Mrs. C. W. Jones, who has been j
visiting friends in Albany, has stop- j
ped over in Americus for a visit to !
Mr. and Mrs. George Bragg and j
Chief and Mrs. John T. Bragg.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Anderson, of ;
Greenville. S. C., are spending sev- j
eral days with their son, Rev. Frank j
Anderson, and Mrs. Anderson at
I
One Cent will buy sev- Tour Penn le s will
i j n . \i_ count more than Dol
eral dollars worth at jmr H , f
■ SB lars Tor you tomorrow
Church well s today H || (Saturday) at Church
and tomorrow. 1 H well’s.
Will Buy for you Tomorrow--SATURDAY~at
Church well’s
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Think of This Men
A Real $50.00 Suit For
/
1c
With each Man’s Suit that we sell tomorrow — Saturday— at regular
pnarked price we will sell you another suit of the same price for only ONE
CENT. This means if you buy a $50.00 suit you can get another $50.00 suit
for one cent, or any other price suit on same basis, and should you not care
for two suits, you and your friend can come in and make the deal together
and divide the cost between you in order for each of you to get a suit. This
is an opportunity for any suit in our stock to be bought tomorrow —Saturday
r—for
1 1C
Your Choice of Any Pair of High Shoes in our
store, Men, Women or Children, for
One Cent
?
With each pair of Men’s, Women’s or Children’s High Top Shoes that you
buy at our store tomorrow —Saturday—at regular marked price we will sell
you another pair of the same price for only
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• • . I Churchwell’s i All Sale Prices Cash. I j
every item m our store
is marked in plain fig- T*\ i Ci A « A Alterations Extra and
ures at a legitimate L/Cpl* OIOIG no i it- i
profit above actual cost a Sales r inal.
J “SELLS IT FOR LESS.”
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their home on Harrold avenue. They
will return to their South Carolina
home Monday.
Have you tried one of the excel
i lent meals with instant service at the
Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria? Under new
j management now'. 18-2 t
The Central Baptist Baraca Class
meets promptly at 9:30 each Sunday
morning in the class room upstairs.
A cordial welcome awaits you there
j next Sunday. Our aim is to iearn
God’s word, help earh other and lend
a helping hand where - r needed
i Come and be with us. 18-11
C. C. Owens, R. L. Brannen and
C. J. Owens were visitors in Ameri
cus Thursd; afternoon from New
nan.
-
P. C. Carswell, of Macon, was in
! Americus Thursday.
W. E. Chambless, of Valdosta,
I spent a few hours in Americus
j Thursday on business.
Mr. John Ralston Cargill, of Amer
icus, spent yesterday in Columbus
with his sister, Mrs. James J. Gilbert.
Mr. Cargill is a former Columbusite
and is always cordially welcomed. —
Columbus Ledger.
Miss Eufa McNeill has gor.' to
Moultrie, where she will ha the guest
of Mrs. C. L. McKissick for some
time.
Have you tried one of the excel
lent meals with instant service at the
Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria? Under new
management now. 18-2 t
Thaddeus Clark, of * Tampa, is
Rylander
Today
‘The Golden Hope”
with
Edith Storey
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
spending a week in Atnericus visiting
his sister. Miss Ruth Clark, home
servite secretary of the local Red
Cross chapter.
•‘Cold in the Head”
is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent “colds in the
head” will find that the use of HALL'S
CATARRH MEDICINE will build up the
System, cleanse the Blood and render
them less liable to colds. Repeated at
tacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to
Chronic Catarrh.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Is
taken Internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys
tem. thus reducing the inflammation and
restoring normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
SATURDAY
A Most Thrilling Drama Starring
ANITA STEWART
In the Beloved American Classic
“IN OLD KENTUCKY”
Also a Rolin Comedy
SAME ADMISSION EVERY DAY