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THE ICE-KING’S KINDLY SIDE.
God’s Goodness Shown in Some Things at Which Men Com
monly Complain.
BV EUGENE B. PENDI.ETON
The work of the Ice-King is still
fresh in our memories. The chil¬
dren were full of delight at the
scene—beautiful fairyland full of
ice-palaces, trees festoued with
sparkling diamonds! Gorgeous in¬
deed did it seem.
Snow, the symbol of purity,
falling softly upon the roofs of
1 lie living, the graves of the dead
always awakens in us a sense of
admiration and wonder; but as we
grow older our enjoyment of it is
not unalloyed because
I. Cold brings suffering, dam¬
ages, and inconvenience.
The Psalmist exclaims I » Who
can stand before His cold?” (Psa
147:10 )
Any one. with a heart less than
stmie, who has ever witnessed the
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REV. EUGENE R. PENDLETON.
Pastor Baptist Church of Covington, and Editor Baptist Bulletin—
a paper devoted to the interest of Baptist affairs of Covington ai d
Newton county.
intense suffering it biings to the
poor in the large cities can never j
feel childish delight in such
scenes. Suffering is not as great
in the country because the fuel is
more pier tiful and the destitute
are fewer and more easily cared •
for by neighbors. '
Such suffering places an obliga
tion upon every individual, in the
community where it occurs, to
look after the sufferers. So long j
as you have a stick ot fuel and a
rag of clothing you are bound by ,
nil the tws of humanity to share
with one less fortunate.
Right royally is this obligation '
discharged in some cities like At- ;
lanta, and yet there is room. There
is a certain hard heartedness in
some excused by the false pliilos- j
ophy contained in such expressions
as “God tempers the wind to the |
shorn lamb.” ‘God does not do
uny such thing. The money-leu
ders, usurers, pawn-brokers and j
house-renters who do the shearing
are the ones who are apt to use
proverb. God does not tem- I <
this
per the wind to the shorn lamb
because God does not do the shear
mg. God’s law is beneficent but
H does not make exceptions for
sluggards, drunkards, or spend
thiifts. Those things bring pover
tv, sickness, and infirm old age. j
The people who have to make ap
peals to public charity are not vie
l:ms of an unkind providence hot
victims of unfortunate marriages.
intemperance, aud vice! We pity
them. God loves them, but law j
;s no respector of persons.
us&n who is s?ber and who vnll
work can have a roof over his head.
In one of the cities where prohi
bition had been voted in, a woman
went to a merchant and asked for
a pair of shoes for a twelve year
old girl. She could not give the
number. She explained by saying
«i You see my husband has laid up
a little money since liquor went
out and he says to rue today—‘Go
tret Mary a pair of shoes.’ So I
thought if I’d tell her age you
would know, She never had a
pair before, > » As a matter of fact
when people accept Christ and live
by His gospel their homes feel the
first good effect. Christianity not
only makes men temperate, it
makes them thrifty.
God’s children d" not l>eg. I do
not say that no ChrBtim widow
orphan never had to be helped
but the Psalmist says “I have been
young and now am old, yet, have I
not seen the righteous forsaken
nor his seed begging bread. > y
87.) The cold and the
snow move on in their stately pro
cesses without regard to the avti
fices of men. God does not sus
pend or revoke His la.vs for man’s
convenience. Electric wires, vva
ter-pipes, railroads, business are
affected and damaged, but per
haps it is well for us to remember
that “God made tin- (* t untry and
man made the town ” Men often
eemplain as if we had an unjust
Deity, But is c->ld an unkind
pr widen a?
h. For one thing the cold
makes people industrious. Indus
is a virtue. The Bible sends
Hie sluggard to the ant. It says
the wise woman is one who
vides for her household against
the time of snow, Christ s law
“if a man will not work
neither should he eat.” In warm
countries .... industry is
at a low ebb
1° cold countries the climate re
quires that a man have something.
III. Cold also promotes good
health and long life. In colder
climates men live hardier and
lives than in tropical climates
where many diseases lurk. As a
proof, San Francisco, with its
spring-like climate, presents the
largest death rate of any city i u
America.
iv. Cold makes our eDjoyment
the more pleasant seasons great
by contrast. Some po;t has
“Spring would be bat gloomy
THE ENTERPRISE COVINGTON Ga
weather if we bad n othing else but
spring.”
v. Cold has a kindly effect
upon the soil. Hard winters may
bring temporary suffering but they
bring full crops. Cold prepares
the ground by pulverizing it, kil
ling foreign germs and insects, and
moistening it. Those people who
are pinched by it are fed by it. !
God’s pr noise to Noah was “While
the earth remaineth, seed-time and
harvest, and summer and winter, !
and cold and heat, and day and
night shall not cease.” God’s |
laws are beneficient. ( I The rain :
falls upon the just and unjust;
alike. complain I > It is gross ingratitude be-! to j
at the cold. We are
hind in our water-supply, and if
some do suffer God is preparing,
according to His ancient-covenant,
to feed the great human-family,
which is always just three months
from starvation 1 We are depend¬
ent upon God for our crops. God
is preparing the earth for an obedi¬
ent race. Ultimately, the per¬
fected race that shall inhabit the
i ( new heavens and new earth
shall be a race obedient, to all
God’s laws—laws of health, clean
minds, noble thoughts, temperate
lives, and worshipful souls!
i * And He shall wipe away every
tear from their eyes; and death
shall be no more; neither shall
there be mourning, nor crying,
nor pain, anymore, The first
tilings are passed away. y J
In the meantime, God’s good
ness is shown in all things work¬
ing together for good to them that
love the Lord and the called ac
cording to his purpose.
AN INGLORIOUS WOUND.
The Hard Luck That Was Handed Out
to the Old Veteran.
On one of the volunteer ranges in
the north of England is a well known
old Irish sergeant, who has charge.
It may be mentioned that he went
through three wars—the Crimean, the
Indian mutiny and the Chinese—and
during the whole of that time never
•eeived a single wound.
Old W., as he is called, occasionally
sets as a marker at the targets, and
his utter recklessness has become a
proverb.
lie has been known to walk forth
from behind the mantelet without the
slightest warning and touch up a buils
cye which did not quite satisfy him or
to note the exact position of a shot.
At all remonstrances he would sniff
contemptuously.
“Me be shot? Me?" he would ask.
"Why, I’ve bin through three war-r-s
and was niver shot yet. Pah! Phwat’s
a bit o’ lead flying through the air?”
And he would assume an air of dis¬
gust.
It actually occurred, however, at
last, and he was shot through the
shoulder.
For a moment, as frequently hap¬
pens with rifle shots, such is their ter¬
rible force, he did not know he was
struck; then when he observed the
blood streaming down his sleeve be
commenced to walk down the range,
right in the line of fire.
It was seen that something was
wrong, and they hurried to meet him.
As he did so he tottered and had to he
carried.
••Shot!” he groaned, with a look of
shame. “Shot and by a Saturday after¬
noon soldier!”—London Tit-Bits.
QUEER TEACHING.
A Glimpse of the One Time Methods
In Scotch Schools.
To the work of supervisor of schools
in Scotland Mr. John Kerr devoted a
number of years. In bis I >k, “Other
Memories, Old and New,” bo has set
down some amusing ill us •atioas of the
unintelligent way in whirl lie school
work was sometimes conducted.
The revised code of education which
was introduced in 1SC2 made provision
for nothing but reading, writing and
arithmetic in their barest forms. There
was no suggestion about grammar, ge
ography, history or intei ce in any
study. Explanation of the reading les
sod b Dot demanded, and therefore
it was neglected in some of tlio schools,
The following is an example:
The lesson was !)C givilj g - an ““ ac
count of a clever dog v-kUli bad res¬
cued _
a child from drowning. it was
^aid that the dog was caressed by the
i
fareuts of the child, i asked what was
lnea,,i,, ff °t the word “caressed,”
*>f fond once, “Made
led.”
On referring to the list of words at
the top of the page I found the ex¬
planation given was, “made of fon¬
dled.”
! Wteh,B * 10 fin «l out if any child In
meaning 8 'Ttfm ev«iy°Siid i f‘r ( ?li,ilHieriu top to S bottom of (l,e
aud got from nothing but
“ n,ad «of fond led,”
b ' Ch pronounced as four
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T be teacher was surprise , ha t I
not satl8fiea was
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ATLANTA’S NAME
FOR BLIND TIGER
Is “Lightning Express”.— How
the Thirsty Are Said to Get
Their Bottled Drinks
in Atlanta
The “Lightning Express” is the
new name for the blind tiger in At¬
lanta, or at least for a system
which answers all the essentia]
purposes.
There are said to be runners for
the “lightning express” who have
no difficulty in finding customeis.
The way it is worked is some¬
what after this lashion : A large
number of packages of liquor are
shipped by express to various per¬
known as Bdl Sykes, Tom
Jones, Sam Williams, and others,
whese names may or may not be
the directory.
An Atlantian goes out in search
a drink. He runs upon a “run-
5 ) for the lightning
express
mission it is to supply
refreshments for the thirsty.
is, it is raid, an exchange of
for an order ou the express
to deliver to hearer one
addressed to Bill Sykes
the trade is consummated.
The owner of the order goes or
to the express office, gets his
and is happy as long as it
Since there is nothing in the
law to prevent the ex
company from keeping Oil
packages consigned to any
to whom it may be address¬
it is easy enough to send aever
hundred packages where they
retained until disposed of by
runners.
If anybody, it is the runner who
the law, as & clear case of
could probably be mada out
him, provided ha is caught.
police are onto the game, but
have bad considerable diffi¬
up to the preseut time, in
these runners.
Send us your job printing.
A Tenor's Rebuke.
Roger, the great French tenor, a sen¬
sitive soul, was prone to take offense
at any slight, whether intentional or
not. On one occasion ho was engaged
for 1,200 francs to sing at the house
of a wealthy financier. Roger sang his
first song magnificently, but no one
paid him the slightest attention, and
the guests continued to talk their loud¬
est Presently the host thought the
time had come for another song and
sent for Roger. He could not be found
and that evening was seen no more.
Next day there came a note from him.
accompanied by 1,500 francs. The note
ran something like this:
‘‘I have the honor to return the 1,200
francs which I received for singing at
your function, and I beg leave to add
300 francs thereto for having so great¬
ly disturbed the conversation of your
guests.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Beecher’s Wedding Fees.
W hen Collis P. Huntington was mar
rled for the second time Henry Ward
Beecher performed the marriage cere
mony. Huntington’s first wife had
been dead less than a year, and he de¬
sired the second marriage kept secret
until his return from Europe. He gave
Mr. Beecher a marriage fee of $1,500.
When Huntington returned some
months later he went through a pub¬
lic ceremony, and Beecher again offici¬
ated. lie gave Beecher another fee of
$1,500. The great preacher had his hu¬
mor aroused by his second fee. Turn¬
ing to Huntington, he said, “Collis, 1
do wisli you were a Mormon.”—Lyce
imiite ami Taleut.
The Retort Venomous.
So this is your widely advertised
dollar table d'hote dinner, is it?” said
the indignant would be diner as he
pushed aside an entree which he
could not masticate. “Why, this is the
last place in the world 1 would recoin
mend to friends.”
“Don’t blame you, sir,” said the sad
faced waiter. “Send your enemies
here.”—New York Press.
No Option.
Barber (pausing in the mutilation)
Will you have a close shave, sir? Vie
tlm (with a gasp)—If I get out of this
chair alive, I shall certainly consider
It a very close shave.
The supreme excellence is simplicity
—Longfellow.
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NEWTON COUNTY
JURY
List of Jurors Drawn Fori
Term, 1908, of Newton
perior Court.J
—GRAND JURY- ]
W B Smith, Fielder On
J C Stewart, F E Hear!
A B Simms, J W Peek
M H Smith, W II Bod
W P OJuin, W S Mari
J II Porter, E C Hall,
O P McCord, Jas W Kid
E G Martin, J M Rod
H H Mabrv, J A Scott,
C D Ramsey, J L Stepbl
A L Jackson, A ri Hays,
CG Smith, D C Albert
S R Ellington C E Hard
J E Phillips, R L Middled
L A Patrick, T N Skeltd
—TRAVERSE JUKY
J W C T McClendon, Patrick, E N Willi* Dabnej
J H
T J Edwards T G Aiken
Woodie Piper J W Braui
J W Osborne W P Hoopa
J L Marks B H Woods Ell
C C Brooks W A Livid
E W Fowler W B
J II Downs J I) BUnn
P G Calloway C M Pace I
J J L J Moseley C 0 11 Kimbjj Hew
Skinner p
W R H Gaither N II Bank*] Pipe']
J Meador A J Stantaj
J J Owens J () Lassitj
J B Glass C A Hava]
J G Turner j,; F SkeHj
F II Branham X A
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