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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM,
MENTS FOR OCT. 13 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Subject: Israel Enters the Land of
Promise, Josh. 3:3-17—Golden
Text, Ps. 107:7—Memory Verse,
17—Commentary.
In accordance with the promise of
God, Israel enters the jand of prom
ise. Under the direct and marvelous
manifestation of God's providence
they cross the Jordan and stand
within sight of the walls of Jericho.
Joshua’s words, as given in the
fifth verse of our lesson, compel our
attention. “Sanctify yourselves, for
to-morrow the Lord will do wonders
among you.’’ It is a call to conse
cration because God is to work won
ders among them and because God
will not manifest Himself, and can
not, except they are prepared.
The dedication of themselves was
followed as we see by a transcendant
manifestation of the providence and
potency of God. The rite of sanctifi
cation was fitting.
Israel was upon the threshold of
a new experience. She was about to
enter into a new life. The hopes of
generations, the promises of centu
ries were about to be consummated.
It was a solemn time. The day was
momentous. History was in the mak
ing. Joshua was aware of it. The
wandering multitude must have been
impressed by it. A new epoch was
about to begin. A nation was com
ing to its own. To-day, the wilder
ness, its memories, its hardships, its
discouragements, the vision of a
promised inheritance! To-morrow,
Jordan passed, hopes realized, prom
ises fulfilled, memories translated in
to hopes. It was a mighty moment.
It was proper that they should be
peculiarly prepared. It was right
that they should be impressed by the
greatness of the occasion. The event
was too tremendous not to be sol
emnized and signalized by a special
ceremony. The God who had led
them so far, so patiently, so decisive
ly, was entitled to the dedication and
the thanks of all Israel. ’Phey had
to consecrate themselves because
God was about to exalt them, because
the manifestation of Jehovah’s power
was impossible without their submis
sion entirely to His will.
So it has ever been. So will it
ever be. No man and no nation has
enjoyed the revelation of the pleni
tude of the power of God except the
individual or national will has been
subordinated to the dictates of Di
vinity. And no person or people will
ever experience a satisfactory knowl
edge of the inspiring providence of
God except the personal or popular
volition be subjected to the mandates
of the mind of God. Whenever and
wherever persons or peoples sanctify
themselves before God, acknowledg
ing their indebtedness to Him, recog
nizing their obligations under Him,
pledging their faith in undivided loy
alty to Him, then and there God has
ever manifested Himself and done
wonders. And what time men or na
tions in future determine to thank
God and to hail Him and to serve
Him then will Jehovah manifest Him
self mightily. Israel has proved it.
America has proved it. It is to be
hoped that America will demonstrate
the truth again.
For along the highway of human
progress America has traveled under
the espionage of God to national
greatness. We have triumphed over
difficulties and been victorious over
oppositions and gone through dis
tresses and afflictions and despair.
We are now upon the border of a
larger progress and of an increased
national prestige. No man of vision
can fail to discern in the signs of the
times limitless opportunities for the
development of our national re
sources in money and men, in influ
ence and character. The achieve
ments of America of to-day are but
slight adumbrations of the glories
that may be hers in coming years if
she will, as she stands on the thres
hold of nobler things, sanctify her
self in spirit and in truth.
We cannot be fit for larger useful
ness except we are right with God
and dedicated to Him. Jehovah can
not utilize us more until we subject
ourselves to Him.
In order that we shall be ready for
service and prepared for the further
ance of the projects of the Almighty
as they concern America we must
pay heed to the command of Joshua
to Israel as given in the ninth verse
of the lesson we are studying:
“Come hither and hear the words of
the Lord your God.” For we cannot
build without plans and specifications
a building that shall be durable and
beautiful. We cannot do God s work
until we hear God’s message. To
serve efficiently we must hear the
captain’s orders. If we would labor
for God we must listen to God.
Much of the leadership of America
listens little to God. In the measure
that we have a leadership that is
deaf to divine directions, we are mis
led, we are handicaped. For pro
gress is only possible when we are in
harmony with the will of God. W e
cannot know God’s mind except we
listen to God's voice.
The task that God has delivered to
America, the future that He has pre
pared for her, is too great to be ac
complished without His inspiration,
His direction, His sustentation.
America’s future is cut after a divine
pattern. Only Divinity can effect its
realization. Only that humanity tha*
is surcharged w'ith divinity will evei
enjoy the vision of it. Let us
fore listen to the word of the Lord
our God and with sanctified souls go
on and up until this land shall be in
deed God’s country and the future of
our fatherland shall be secured.
A
Bad
Sign
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Georgia Callings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
U. D. C. to Meet in Augusta.
On October 30th a state convention
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy will be held in Augusta, and
the local chapter is already actively
preparing to entertain the delegates
and guests. The convention will be
the occasion of general social enter
tainment and is being looked forward
to with interest by the ladies all over
the state. The convention will remain
in session several days.
* * *
Carroll Citizens Elated.
The citizens of Carroll county are
highly elated over the fact that an ex
perimental station is to be established
at the A. and G. college. This means
very much for the college, and it is
due to the untiring efforts of Presi
dent J. H. Melson that one was ob
tained. Professor Melson is daily re
ceiving applications for entrance from
all over the fourth congressional dis
trict and from present indications all
available room will be taken up by the
opening of the college. The buildings
are nearing completion and school will
open on the first of January.
* * *
Two Dioceses for Georgia.
The house of bishops of the general
convention of the Episcopal Church of
the United States, in session at Rich
mond, Va., has agreed to a division
of the diocese of Georgia, and the
resolution to that effect will go to the
house of deputies for their concur
rence. It was not just clear to some
members of the house as to what por
tion of the state was to be set off
into the new diocese, but the bishops
expressed their willingness to divide
the state into two dioceses, the line of
demarkation to be established later.
* * *
Uniforms Cost $lO6 Each.
As the result of a meeting of mem
bers of the governor’s staff in the
office of Adjutant General A. J. Scot-t
at the capitol a few days ago, the con
tract for furnishing uniforms to the
members of Governor Smith s staff
was let to the M. C. Lilly company,
the price to he $lO6 each.
Only the service and the dress uni
forms are to be purchased at this time.
Later on the full dress uniform may
be secured, but that has not yet been
determined on. Should the staff de
cide to buy it, its members will have
to come up with $73 or SIOO more.
* * *
Donator of Cemetery First Occupant.
Mr. B. F. Camp, one of the most
prominent citizens of Douglas county,
died at his home near Douglasville a
few fiays ago.
He was taken suddenly with menin
gitis and grew worse gradually until
his death. He was in his fifty-fifth
year and leaves a wife and five chil
dren, four brothers and a host of
relatives.
Mr. Camp had just completed a new
church building and had deeded the
building and lands to the church, and
he was the first to be placed in the
cemetery adjoining.
* * *
Corporations Ignore New Law.
Over one thousand corporations do
ing business in Georgia will be liable
to a fine of SSO each if they do not
file their corporation returns with Sec
retary of State Phil Cook by November
Ist. With the time limit less than
30 days off, Secretary Cook has noti
fied the corporations that they will be
fined under the state law unless they
make the proper returns.
The secretary of state is having con
siderable difficulty in securing the cor
poration returns and will probably in
stitute proceedings to secure the fine
if the returns are not made in the
proper *'me.
The corporations have responded
slowly to his demands, and in addi
tion to those of this year there are
Irregularity is bad in every department of life, in meals, in sleeping hours,
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one thousand corporations from last
year who have not complied with the
law.
* * *
Masons to Meet in Macon.
The grand lodge of Georgia Masons
will convene in Macon on October 2-9
in its two hundred and twenty-first
annual communication. The session
will be the most largely attended in
the history of Georgia Masonry. There
will probably he 1,500 masters anc
pastmasters present.
The wonderful record of the past
year is set forth in a letter of Grand
Master Meyerhardt, which has been
sent to all the lodges. Among other
things in this letter, the grand mas
ter says:
“It is with profound pleasure that I
announce to you that the past year
has been one of unprecedented pros
perity. When the grand lodge moets,
there will be in the treasury about
$35 ,000, the greatest surplus known
in the history of Georgia masonry.
We will have 30,000 onembers on our
rolls —an increase of 12,000 within the
past nine years. Our lodges—includ
ing those under dispensation—number
510. Our home has been improved,
every need of its occupants has been
supplied, we do not owe one cent, and
every department of the grand lodge
has been properly and creditably
maintained. A new or enlarged grand
lodge temple is in contemplation, and
Georgia masonry stands on a highei
and nobler plane than ever before.’
* * *
Farmers’ Union Directors Meet.
/ i
A significant meeting of the national
hoard of directors of the Farmers
Union of America was held in Atlanta
the past week. Two questions of im
portance claimed the attention of the
board —the short cotton crop and its
relation to prices and the organization
of the northeastern states for the in
terests of the union.
The meeting was an executive one
and closed to outsiders. Just before it
began, however, D. I. Neill, president
of the Texas state union, said:
“If the people hold their cotton, there
is no telling where the price will go.
Two weeks ago we had reports In our
state from 185 counties. From these
reports and lat-er ones I estimate Tex
as’ crop at less than two and a hail
million bales.”
From this statement it is generally
inferred that the directors will devota
much of their time toward plans for
holding the cotton market in the in*
terest of the farmers.
* * *
More Postmasters Organize.
Between twenty-five and thirty of the
second and third class postmasters of
Georgia met in Atlanta last Saturday,
and perfected an organization, the pur*
poses of which were stated to be the
mutual welfare and protection of its
members and increased efficiency in
that part of the postal service entrust
ed to the second and third class post
masters.
There were a number of distinguish
ed persons present at the meeting, hut
those who attracted chief attention
were Mrs. Helen Longstreet, widow
of the late General Longstreet and
postmaster at Gainesville, and Mrs. W.
Y. Atkinson, widow of the late Gov
ernor Atkinson, who presides over
the destinies of the Newnan post
office.
Mrs. Longstreet was elected tempo
rary president, and Mrs. Atkinson tem
porary secretary. A committee to
draft a constitution and by-laws to be
submitted to a future meeting was
then named by Mrs. Longstreet, the
temporary president. This committee
was as follows: Walter Akerman of
Cartersville, chairman; J. L. Sibley
of Milledgeville, Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson
of Newnan, E. F. Blodgett of Atlanta
and Charles W! Parker of Elberton.
There are politicians with neTve
enough to aspire to a niche in the Hall
of Fame, who, if properly rewarded,
suggests the New York Herald, would
occupy cells in the penitentiary.
\
Give a little more them you promise,
bat don't promise too much.
KING COTTON
IS DISCUSSED
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At Great Meeting of Growers and
Spinners in Atlanta.
INTEREST WORLD-WIDE
Delegates from All Sections of the Globe,
Representing Every Feature of
Mighty Industry, Confer.
The fifth international congress of
the Master Cotton Spinners and Manu
facturers’ Association, and the second
International conference of cotton
growers and manufacturers, opened au
spiciously in Atlanta, Ga., Monday
morning.
The first business session was called
to order in the hall of the house of
representatives by Chairman James R.
McColl of Boston. The grim and aus
tere state capitol had a strange appear
ance. The Georgia state flag floated
from the mast over the pediment of
the Washington street entrance. The
hall of the house was hung with the
flags of all the countries represented
in the congress. The speaker's stand
was decked out in flags and bunting
and shaded electric lights. The visitors’
gallery held a brass band, which in
terspersed the welcoming addresses
with the national airs of the various
countries, which brought the whole
gathering repeatedly to its feet. When
the American and English national
anthems —“America” and “God Save
the King”—were reached all the Eng
lish-speaking delegates sang the same
tune, but used the words of their own
hymn.
In the corridors of the capitol were
many bales of cotton, representing the
different types of baling and covering
the staple.
After the appointment of a commit
tee, consisting of two members from
each of the organizations calling the
congress, to nominate permanent offi
cers and the chairmen and vice chair
men of the various sectional commit
tee meetings, the chairman of the con
gress introduced Governor Hoke Smith
to welcome the visitors to Georgia.
Governor Smith assured the visitors
that “we are glad to have you with us
and will like you better the longer
you stay.’’
Charles Wright Macara, president of
the international association, in the
course of his response, told the dele
gates that he believed the foreign spin
ners, by joining with the spinners and
manufacturers of cotton in America
and holding out the right hand of fel
lowship to the cotton grower, would be
able to render a vast service to the
cotton industry. He declared there
was need in the cotton business for
legitimate middle men, bttt showed the
necessity of eliminating the gambling
element on the cotton exchanges. He
said only by international organiza
tion could the Interests of this world
wide industry be safeguarded and the
producer and manufacturer protected
from the manipulations of outside par
ties. He said:
"Since the raising or lowering of the
annual price by only one cent repre
sents a difference of 18,000,000 pounds,
or $90,000,000, it is impossible to im
agine any more important work in
which grower and spinner could join.
Gambling in cotton futures is inimical
to the interests of both.”
Mr. Macara said that cotton was
largely sold in the poorer countries
and that seven (*F eight million people
in India and China were not able to
buy goods when the price was unrea
sonably high. He believes that the
saving to be accomplished by getting
rid of outside monopolies would make
possible great economy in the manu
facture and handling of cotton and
yield larger returns to both producer
and consumer.
DEEPER WATERWAYS
la Request Made of Congress By Commie*
sion in Resolutions Passed at
Memphis Meeting.
After selecting Chicago for the meet*
lug place next year and calling upon
congress to authorize work for a 14-
channel from the gulf of Mexico to the
great lakes, the second annual con
vention of the Lakes to the Gulf Wa
terways Association adjourned sine
die iu Memphis late Saturday. The
delegates were tendered a banquet and
smoker Saturday night.
This meeting in the interest of the
waterways was probably the most im
portant ever held in the south. Speech
es were deliverer! by men who have
made a life study of the nation’s riv
ers and harbors, and in every instance,
a deep water channel from the gulf to
the northern lakes was adopted.
The report of the resolutions com
mittee was received and adopted with
out a dissenting vote. The resolu
tions are as follows:
“1. Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention that the deepening of
the waterways from the lakes to the
gulf i 3 a public necessity, and that it
is a national duty to take definite and
immediate action to deepen said water
ways to a d-epth of 14 feet from the
lakes to the gulf of Mexico, through
the route already selected by the army
engineers, with all practical speed.
“2. Be it further resolved, That we
respectfully ask that said work be con
structed according to the continuing
contract system.
“3. Be it further resolved, That the
Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways As
sociation hereby extends thanks to our
co-laborers in the great work of in
land waterways improvemeht, the Mis
souri Valley Improvement Association,,
the Interstate Mississippi River Im
provement and Levee Association, the
Ohio Valley Improvement Association,
and all other kindred associations in
this great valley, for their valuable
assistance in the past, and assure
them of our sympathetic interests in
the object of their efforts in the
important work In which they are re
spectively engaged, and of our mosty
cordial and energetic co-operation
therein.
“Be it further resolved, That we
hereby tender the unanimous and pro
found thanks of this association to the
president for his masterly and forceful
address and for the great honor he has
conferred upon us by his presence here
as our most distinguished guest.
“3. Be it urther resolved, That we
hereby tendei our cordial thanks to the
governors of seventeen sovereign
states, and to the other distinguished
statesmen and gentlemen who have
honored us by their presence, and
we also thank the patriotic and public
spirited people of the great and grow
ing city of Memphis for their unvary
ing courtesy and royal hospitality.
“6. Be it further resolved, That the
Hon. William K. Kavanaugh, president
of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water
ways Association, he and he is hereby
requested and empowered to appoint a
committee composed of fifty members
to present these resolutions to the
next congress of the United States and
also to use all honorable and proper
means as the representatives of and in
connection with this association to
induce congress to act favorably there
on at its next session, and that the
said president of this association be
chairman of said committee.”
AS HOME FOR STRIKE-BREAKERS
Vessel is Being Fitted Up at New Orleans
to Be Anchored in River.
A sailing vessel is being filled up
at New Orleans to houae strikebreak
ers, about 1,000 of whom are expect
ed from northern cities within a few
days. It is planned to anchor this
vessel near midstream for the safety
of those on hoard. The Southern Pa
cific company already haa nearly 10®
strikebreakers at work.
