The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, December 09, 1920, Image 6
' 1 • Il —ll 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 ; ■■ Peter and the Mulberry Tree By Christopher Grant Haiard " ■-—-.--.-■ I 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.) ?- 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! 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