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The Earth Has Grown Old
®lyr rartlt Ijas grown nib miti| it a burton nf rare,
Sui at (Eljristmaa it always is young;
GJhr brart of tbr jrmrl burns lustrous aub fair, &
Aub ita aonl full of ntnair hrraka forth on tbr air, j
ffllirn tlir song of ti|o angrla ia sung. *
3t ia romiitg, ulb rartlf. it ia mining tonight!
fflu the anomflakra tltat rourr thy sob
®ltr frrt of tljr (Eljriat-fflljilb fall grntlr aub whitp,
Aub tljr ituirp of tljr (Elyrist-ffllfUb trlla out with toligljt
Sljat mattkinb arp tbr rl|ilbrrn of (Sob.
®ljr frrt of tltr lyuuhlrat may walk in tltr firlb
0 Mlhrrr tlir frrt of tbr liolirst Itaur trob,
jl ®l|ia. this ia tl|r marurl to mortals rruralrb
II Miijrn tlir ailnrry trumyrta of (Christmas liaur yralrb,
®ltat mattkinb arr tl|r rljilbrrn of (Sob.
—Phillips Brooks
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Peter and the
Mulberry Tree
By Christopher Grant Haiard
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fOMB dogs have names.
There was Caspar, the
pup. Ho had a nume, but
he was too young to know
There was old dog Ear-
My father used to make
Barker sit up and listen.
Father would say to me, “No orderly
hoy would leave Ills lint on the tloor
like that. Barker wouldn’t do It, If
he were a hoy.”
Then Barker would hark, once.
Then my father would nsk Barker
If he ,wns a good dog, and Barker
would hark twice.
Some dogs have no names.
The little black and white dog
across the street Is Just a dog. but
he will come when you whistle.
There Is a dog near here who knows
the butcher cart when he sees It com
ing. lie drives nil the hens out of
the yard, so he can pick up the scraps
of meat that fall from the cart while
«of meat that full
from the carh
while the butcher
Is getting the
meat ready.
This dog hasn't
any name. He is
-y■ 80 si' l "*'' that he
\ '/') isn t "’orth nom
y; ,nK
\ * -t; VvlV Once there was
Y a tree, and It had
! • a name. It was
!• WtH a tttwlberry tree.
Ib’l The man that
*Tk I / owned the tree
I JL \ I had a dog, too.
y His name was
■ v-wf' j \i l’eter, and no lit
iff / t ,le l '°* was ever
IV /, j A— more fond of
f( Ji meat than Peter
L , J was of mulber-
J ties.
He would hunt
srouud in the grass, under the tuul
berrj tr.s-. until he had found every
mulberry that had fallen down. Ttien
be would run against the tree aud
bump down a lot more.
Some children heard about Peter
and the mulberry tree nnd It made
them think of something.
It made them think of fixing up a
Christmas tree, with many little pack
ages upon It —like mulberries —and
then bumping the things off for
Christmas gifts.
So, this is Just what they did.
Charlie hud the first bump.
When he picked up his package he
found that he had a round hole with
a square peg in it.
There was a hit of paper tied to the
peg, and on It was written :
‘‘Get Into the right place.”
Hurry’s blimp brought down a
square hole with a round peg In It.
Its paper said:
“Don’t get Into the wrong place.”
Then Frank gave a bump that was
a regular butt, and lie held up a
square hole with a square peg In It.
These words were with them:
“A place for everybody, and every
body In bis place.”
When Dick bumped, be go a round
hole and a round peg.
“What does this mean?” he shouted.
“The same thing.” answered Frank.
“Sure,” said Chuuncey.
Chauncey was the llttlest. He was
so little that he used to take Ills doll
to bed with him and talk over with
It, before he went to sleep, the things
they bad done that day. And lie bad
Just learned that word “sure.” He
was so proud of It that be used to
say It to Ills father instead of “yeth
sir.” Chauncey would soon learn that
"sure” was not as nice ns “yeth sir.”
Then the girls said It was their
turn and they began to bump.
Until got an alphabet, so as to lear*
not to say “hlkjlmnop.”
Sarah had “a headache In her
knee," so Mary humped for her.
Down came a pair of rubbers and
Mary put them ou "Inside outwards,"
Just to try them.
Then they all humped the tree for
Chauncey, who wasn’t big enough to
hump hard enough to make anything j
fall.
Such n lot of things tumbled off.
There was a baseball glove—Hath
tried It on and her hand looked like
a hassock ; a breastpin—Sarah pinned
It on her sleeve, “where she could see
It;" two doll dress patterns; a new
doll’s hat—a small hat; a set of dish
es, a doll’s high chair; and a tooth
pick.
Chauncey was like the old woman
who lived In the shoe, lie didn’t know
what to do with utl his tilings; hut
he was careful to use the toothpick
every time he took a drink of milk.
There was still one package left.
It was la the top of the tree.
One little girl, her name was Lucy,
' had not had anything. So the chil
dren let her pull the top of the tree
down to get this package.
And there was tl*e dearest doll that
ever catne off of a Christmas tree.
I It had blue eyes that would open aud
shut and the cunningest frock.
Lucy, now the doll's mother, thought
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
that this was the very best gift of all
Then, Just as they were going to g<
downstairs, there came a th«
door.
"Come In,” they slirrateu.
What do you suppose? It was Sant?
Claus. He marched in with stockings
.. for them that
were all bulging
j ; .0,: I and bursting with
P&a&jl I[B good things.
Rrajbfct | What fun they
Hpqgfrffi) - t V- had with him and
with all the
tilings lie liad
jWiatZlThey had such
T* ? 11 time tliat
V some of It spread
away around the
corner to a house
lllat Santa Claus
v v * lat * not
Tjpi, IRSo, everybodv
had Sol,lethin ff-
C r I\ A God meant the
7r) Christmas tree
sr After their visit
to the poor chil
dren, they all went home laughing
and happy enough to wait a whole
year for a new crop of Christinas
cheer —just ns the dog Peter, has to
wait until another season for a new
crop of mulberries.
liQ. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.)
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A Christmas Day Menu
i
First course —Gladness.
Entrees Love garnished with
Smiles.
Gentleness, with sweet-wine sauce
of Laughter.
Second course—Hospitality,
lu some house Hospitality Is brought
on surrounded with Relatives. In oth
ers It Is dished up with Dignitaries.
In a third, best of all. It Is served In
simple shapes, hut with a great variety
of Unfortunate Persons —such as lone
ly people from lodging houses, poor
people of all grades, widows nnd
childless in their affliction. This is
the kind most preferred; in fact, never
abandoned by those who have tried
It.
For dessert —Mirth.
Gratitude and Faith beaten togeth
er and run In the molds of solid Trust
and Patience.
Bonbous of Good Cheer and Kind
, linear . ...
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
iSMfSOIOOL
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FIT2S WATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
{©, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 12
WHAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
IS LIKE.
LESSON TEXT-Matt. 13:44-50.
GOLDEN TEXT—TIie kingdom of heav
en is not meat and drink; but righteous
ness. and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost.— Rom. 14:17.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Mark
4:20-32: Luke 13:18-21.
PRIMARY TOPIC —Sowing In Good
Ground.
JUNIOR TOPlC—Stiort Stories That Je
sus Told.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
—Christ’s Joy of Finding the Lost.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—The Supreme Importance of Christ’s
Sacrifice for the Lost.
I. The Parable of the Hid Treasure
(v. 44).
Tilt* common interpretation of this
parable that Christ is the hid treasure
for which the sinner must give up
everything in order to buy salvation
Is false, for the following reasons:
1. Christ is not hidden in a field,
hut has been lifted up and made a
spectacle to the world.
2. Nobody has ever been obliged to
buy the world in order to get Christ.
3. Salvation cannot be purchased,
for it Is God's free and gracious gift.
4. No warrant is ever held out to a
man to conceal his religion after he
has obtained it.
In order to find ground that is safe
and that we may appreciate its beauty
and symmetry let us break up the par
able into its component parts:
1. The field. This is the world (v.
38).
2. Tiie treasure. In Psalm 135:4 we
are told that Israel, the chosen people,
is His treasure. The same truth is
set forth in different places and ways
(Deut. 7:6-8; 14:2; 26:18; 32: 8,9).
The kingdom of heaven as to Its true’
relation and hearing is now hidden.
Christ was primarily sent to the Jews;
It was for their sake, the hid treasure,
that He bought the field.
3. The purchaser—the Son of God
(John 3:16).
4. The purchase price. This was
the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
God’s beloved Son. which is worth in
finitely more than silver and gold and
the treasures of earth (I Pet. 1:13, 19;
Isa. 53).
11. The Parable of the Merchantman
Seeking Pearls (vv. 45, 46).
The view that this merchantman
represents the sinner seeking salvation
Is contrary to the whole teaching of
Scripture. This would make the sin
ner to be seeking for Christ, while
Christ is as indifferent as a lifeless
pearl. The whole burden of revelation
is that man, since the fall of Adam
in the garden of Eden, has been hid
away from God, and that the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit are all actively
engaged in seeking for lost men.
1. The merchantman. He is without
question Christ. He is actively en
gaged in the search for pearls. In
this search lie discovers one pearl of
great price.
2. The purchase price. The mer
chantman sold all —impoverished him
self in order to buy the pearl. Christ
Impoverished Himself (Phil. 2:6-8) to
purchase the one pearl of great price
by His own precious blood (I Pet.
1:18, 19; Eph. 5:25). Salvation is
without money and without price.
3. The pearl of great price. This
is the church. Christ, the merchant
man, will find other pearls of great
value, hut the peerless gem set above
all others will be the chruch which He
has purchased with His own blood.
This truth is in harmony with the gen
eral teaching of Scripture, which sets
forth the different bodies of the re
deemed.
111. The Parable of the Dragnet
(vv. 47-50).
This parable gives us a picture of
the consummation of the kingdom.
Note the parts of the parable:
1. The sea. This word when used
in r. figurative sense denotes peoples
or multitudes (Dan. 7:3; Retv. 17:15).
Tills means, then, that out of this
world shall be gathered a multitude of
people, good and bad.
2. The dragnet. The word "net” is
properly translated dragnet. The drag
net cast into the set, then, means the
preaching of the Gospel in this age.
3. The dragnet drawn to the shore
when full. This means that when
God’s purpose is made full regarding
the preaching of the Gospel in this age,
account will be taken of the results.
4. Assortment made by the cngels.
In the day of this accounting the an
gels will he the agents which shall
separate the saved from the unsaved.
5. The destiny of the bad fish. The
angels which are sent forth shall sev
er the wicked from among the just,
and shnll cast them into the furnace
of fire, where there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
Can Be No Comparison.
There can be no comparison made
between the intrinsic values of the
human soul, and the world. The one
is immortal, everlasting; the other is
corruptible, transitory. The one has
been redeemed by the precious blood
of Jesus; the other even now groans
for redemption. The one is made in
the image and after the likeness of
God: the other but imperfectly re
flects. as in a mirror, the wonderful
majesty and power of God. —Rev. Hen
ry Lowndes Drew.
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
Beware! Unless you see the name
“Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds. Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Sallcylieacid.
—Adv.
The Locality.
“Were you gassed In France?”
“No; at our regular club meetings.” J
If You Need ? Medicine
You Should Have the Best
Have you ever stopped to reason why i
(t is that so many products that are ex
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain—the article did not fulfill I
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says “Take for
example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years j
and never hesitate to recommend, for in !
almost every case it shows excellent re
sults, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
sale.”
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of Dr.
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles j
for sale at all drug stores.—Adv.
Only one-third of the world’s popu
lation use bread as a daily food.
DYE RIGHT
Buy only “Diamond Dyes”
Each package of “Diamond Dye*’’
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye worn, shabby
skirts, waists, dresses, coats, gloves,
stockings sweaters, draperies every
thing. whether wool, silk, linen, cotton
or mixed goods, new, rich fadeless col
ors. Have druggist show you “Dia*
Bioud Dyes Color Card.” —Adv.
Man is the only animal that uses a
cookbook or employs a physician.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know
Genuine Castoria
Always / .
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i of 4'Sir
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HOW DOCTORS
TREAT COLDS
ANDJHE FLO
First Step in Treatment Is a Brisk
Purgative With Calotabs, the
Purified and Refined Calomel
Tablets that are Nausea
less, Safe and Sure.
Doctors have found by experience
that no medicine for colds and influ
enza can be depended, upon for full ef
fectiveness until the liver is made thor
oughly active. That is why the first
step in the treaitment is the new, nausea
less colomel tablets called Calotabs,
which are free from the sickening and
weakening effects of the old style calo
mel. Doctors also point out the fact
that an active liver may go a long way
towards preventing influenza and is one
of the most important factors in en
abling the patient to successfully with
stand an attack and ward off pneu
monia.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow of water —that’s
all. No salts, no nausea nor the slight
est interference with your eating, pleas
ure or work. Next morning your coA
has vanished, your liver is active, your
system is purified, and you are feeling
fine, with a hearty appetite for break
fast. Druggists sell Calotabs only in
original sealed packages, price thirty
five cents. Your money will be cheer
fully refunded if you do not find them
delights ul.—(Adv.)
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