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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE.
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tit Was thought it , . to , be ,
a
repori 1 , ’ but was found J to
trm -
News broke out amono
people of Worth county that
McGirt &
McPhaul
Were selling Goods cheaper
than any other merchants in the
county , which was investigated
and found correct.
Bow we ask the people
Worth and adjoining counties
to come and examine our line
We Carry a Side Line of
Wash Pots,
Dinner Pots,
Stoves,
i Stove Furniture,
i
t
Plows,
Plow Gear
Ai All Frnii tails.
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
Crockery
—AND ALL—
Heavy Groceries.
CLOTHING!
We have a large lot of
Clothing selected for the Fall
Trade and we want to sell
, put
them rapidly. We have
them at very low prices. We
can save you enough of money
on one suit of Clothes to pay
you for coming to Poulan.
When you want Hats, come to
see us. Shoes, tc
When you want come
see us. Suits, tc
When you want come
see us. to
When you want Harness, come
see us. to
When you want Groceries, come
see us. to
When you want Stoves, come
see us. come to
When you want Furniture,
B0G US, polite salesmen
We have good and
so that when you come to see ns
goods will he thrown down to you for
your examination. the HART- m-Dr,
We carry everything handsome in 1 lie
WARE LINE from a
lo a Grind Rock.
Ton A.COO.
Everything from a pinch of Snuff tc
a box of Tobacco. Goods and , gel ,
Call and examine our pleasure
prices. We will take
showing you. of the best BICE
We have one Bring y
MILLS in the country.
rough rice and let us hull i -
Have vonr corn ground here. for
We will ifor gin your cotton yo
then buy shir it from our ware-
house freo oi face draya^ this e - wav and make
Turn your for trade.
our star© headquarters
McGirt & McPliaul.
REV. DR. TAI.MAGE.
TH.K NOTED DIVINE'S SUN*
DAY DISCOURSE.
The Pr
K.ve «f Faith— The by
When His Glory in Heaven
Stierilieial Work is Ended.
Text: "On his head were many croiyps,"
—Rev. xix., 12.
would nut be i'OYcrentht! WefoUXwhUo th- worshipful
em wa k beldnd s ,
hud under tho hovering splendor of grtto-
tTi tal chiseled elWsd ''V into l ( |,illlU the ‘ eltftee '’''"' v "ed f With (lowers a capi¬
leaves, and 0 and
near a marble;.....
fuffo 'kERe-hairod philosophers
an Vr ther “round mm. nn.i
t Wlt i i 1 l '!Lur!.T questions they ll,| " ,1 oaimet ' v septuagenarian* answer, and
ting p'o" their 1 Shirts hard down on the marble
entiling A * luuy arise to go, they must feel like
the boldness that allows twelve
years of age to ask sovonty-ilye years of
ago such puzzlers.
Out of tliis building we follow Him into
the Quarantanla. the mountain of teniptu-
S U f sl, leto this day black with rob-
bois dens. Look! Up 11m side of tpi«
mountain come all tile forces ef perdition
o effect our Chipftftia r. capture. imt n l-
tnoagh wealietiBd by forty days and forty
nights <■ f (Abstinence, He hurls all 1'aiule-
meanim down the rocks, suggestive of bow
Flo can hurl into hetplessims* all our temp¬
tations. And new we climb Aftej Hliil up
the tough sides el n,e "MAdutain of Bcati-
tudes and on the highest |m!pit of rocks,
^ of Galilee f to the atin right before of Hitn, Him, the and Lake He,
preaches a sermon that yet will transform
the world with its applied sentiment.
Now, we follow our Oliieftaia mi Lake
Galilee. AVo must keep to the beach, tor
our feet , , are not . shod with MW 1 supernatural
and wa remember what poor Work tV.lor
made of it wlmn'hc tried (A walk tlm water,
f Grist. Ottr leader, G oh tho top of the toss¬
ing waves, and H j s about half pas|; throo
in the morning, and it is Urn darkest time
J of nst lightning bofoj-e daybreak. we sec Him Bill by tlm Hashes
on the Ci’fVgt 0£ the putting His feet
orost L* <m\sf, walking wjivo, tho .stopping from
sailors think wliito surf, Tho
pest, but a ghost is striding the tem¬
tie cheers them into placidity
sailors. showing.Himself to be a groat Christ for
And He walks the Atlantic, and
l aetdo, and Mndlterranead, Atid Adriatic
now, and If exhausted And affrighted voy¬
agers wltt lisien frtr His voice at half past
three vmock in the maW.tig, on any sea
indefiu. at any IVHVr, they will hear His
Voice of COiftpUssion and encouragement.
As in December. 1899, 1 walked oil tho
way from Bethany, and at tho foot of
Mount Olivet, a halt mile front the Wall of
Jerusalem, through the garden of Goth-
semane, and under tlio eight venerable
olive trees now standing, their pftfilblogi-
cal ancestors having heca vcitnessoss of tho
occurrences And crime spokCti oi, the scene of horror
cAttte back to me, until I shud¬
dered With the historical rnmluisconce,
lit following our Chieftain's march
through the centuries, 1 find myself in a
crowd in front, of Herod’s bailee in Jeru¬
salem, and on a movable pAvemeitf platfevT placed
upon a tessellated rdtiilus I’ilate
sits. And as pnfte A Vnar a condemned
criminal pie cheo^ft b< Whether par,I'ditod, shall Til,ale lets the j M*.U~
it bo an assassin
or the oar liberation Chieftain, and they all Unis cry cat for
of tho as.sasHil, declar¬
ing they world, prefer, Dilate a rtHii’derer to the Saviour
of the took a basin of water
in front of these people and tried to Wash
oft' tho blood of this murder from his hands,
but he could not. They are still lifted, and
I see them looking up all the
with carnage,
Kttll following our Chieftain, I ascend tho
hill which General Gordon, the great Eng¬
lish explorer and arbiter, titst til Ado a clay
tain, model for of. It is haf-d climbing for our Chief¬
He has hot only two heavy t * m
hers to catty on His back, tho upright and
horizontal pieces of the 'Cross, but lie is
stjiTering from exhaustion caused by lack
of food, mountain chills, desert heats,
whippings maltreatment. with elmwood rods. Abd years
of follow
Now wb Mount bar Chieftain and to the
Shoulder of Olivet, without
WtngS He rises. All Heaven lifted a shout
Of Welcome. In all the libretto of celestial
oonjubilant music it was bard to find an nuthein enough
to celebrate the joy saintly,
cherubic, seraphic, archangelic, Chieftain doillc. in His
But still wo follow our
march through tho centuries, for invisibly
He still walks the earth, and by tho eye of
faith we still rollow Him. I hear His tread
iu the sick room and in the abodes of
bereavement. He marches on and the
nations are gathering around Him. Tho
islands of the sea are hearing HIS voice.
The continents are feeling His power.
America will lie His! Europe will be His!
Asia will be His!
One by one governments will fall into
line and constitutions and literatures will
adore His name. More honored and wor¬
shiped Is bo in this year of 1897 I ban at any
time since the Vonr one,and the day hastens
when all the nations will join one proces¬
sion, "following the Lamb whithersoever
lie goetli.” Marching on! Marching on!
This dear old world, whose hack has been
scourged, whose eyes have been blinded,
whose heart has been wrung will yet rival
heaven. The planet's torn robe of pain and
crime and dementia will come oil, am the
white and spotless and glittering robe of
holiness and happiness will come on. iho
last wound will have stung for tho ,a.,t
time; the last grief will have wiped its
last tear; the last criminal will have re¬
Lb pented «f Ills last crime, and our world,that
been a straggler among worlds-a lost
star a wayward planet, a rebellious globe,
miscreant satellite will hear the voice
a plaint in Bethlehem
that uttered childish ’in
and agonized prayer Gel
dying groan on Golgotha and as this voice
cries, "Come,” our world w.l return from
its wandering never again to stray. March¬
ing on! Marching on!
THOUGHT AND ACTION.
fn Chicago by Rev.
A « SflI o Fdinburgli, Scotland.
John McNeill, 1 . v ill (if Of tainn.irr,..,
Text feet : “I unto thoiight J by on my ways ’ atn nriiet^
my and delayed not to l Thy j Com-
haste -Psalm cxix., oo-o
mandments. Testament storv o e
This is the Old have the «ew
K^ment Y?,t,,,i,| SOI) What you in
set forth in wondrous detail by
iirTord in His inimitable story, you have
condensed into this brief e JP* to “® th ''
nf who once lived, and Of whom
. it’ll tmi'illed a man and expressed there,..YV'
here,
f ca ,Tendered temporal back again, and and eternal brought hies-
’ . .](
irn^hv , -
sing oj hisreturn. • what
I sometimes ,. w think one
It Is just, have expee - ^ ^ {he
("ight oi ’lived g0[1 after he
headstone and buried. *
died was , jn tlio end of
iong and did well, ana'. folli' ts and disas-
the day Im redeenieu i . ^ ^ j( ile <J
ters of the early l" • , ’ j nv down and
with vears an't nom.i WKD f . ar .
died and wasburiea. ma .],. (amenta-
ned himto his nurian ‘ u , . that
_
tions over mm, an i they put up t:
as they do in taw ■ j; j •’ Jf _' I eannot
headstone and ins-ri p( 0| than
Inscnptlon - suitable
think of an ^ rnflJ) w ,„
our present t-M turned his feel t<
thought °^j£l'u on his kuijt '''D" ;‘j fijmman ma de haste dments. and ”,^ de-
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ASHBURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1897.
the ti spiritual Is- to oLngo tlu> rtifvut 1 —an entry In
the Psalm. It diary is o( tho man who wrote
biographical one of those little auto*
hits that are Tsnlms mu! of the (Mo¬
ment* which (five tft the their per-
nnpliU ialoiest. So here you have a little
autobiographical which keep the Psalms olt— one la of state tliosp of thing*
freshness for all a ({rent
our hearts,
I wonder If we keep a iliarv? If there is
anythin); that nietl want to rihlloiiUlor, It Is
llml tied is Writlllif Otirdiarv. Listen to tji<
('t'hlltJhlnj? Has Gqft of the odeastoil, pod, hejilmi do tin arras!
had you think, to
'falterinto the diary of yourspiritnnl
such an entry as we Had here,hv Ills grace,
la the diary of the man who wrote the
Psalms? I want to uot at the root of
idea the of oxperltflental for religion; hrevilAck If is time
entry was tits in. there and
shftmefhl hilt opposite your name
mine to a great extent, and It will need
every entry v. liieh will avail to redeem tho
record. That which I have named is the
only entry that Will ilgAMs] save it ffdni ill lifting a
damning tile indictineilt jhdgmenUs Ms the day
When set and, the hddks lire
epetied. The diaries ftj|| he UrodgMt (hit,
and o|ir 6f eternal state will he fixed liy the
record our diary that Clod, with Impar¬
tial pen, has kept. That will be reading
for semo of us! This will redeem It I his
red-letter entry—only this: "I thought on
my ways, and turned my feel to Thy testi¬
monies, keep Thy l Commandments;'' made haste and delayed not to
ltd IP If let liny nm’ tuni ((Way, saying: 'T
am not ho! included;, for i htlvft riot wandered;
t am a prodigal." AH we. like sheep,
hav’e gone astray; wo have,, turned
every one to ,hls owd wi'y." Borne
of the iis dd blundering on through
mud tltid mire of drunkenness,
swearing, licentiousness and open sinning:
that is ono way to tho far .country, Some
of us go along tIn' inl ’ t lanii:';' 1 t'Oud of
sormOtLlWAi so|(-righl copse liig! ess; that ..and (hunch-going, and
is one way to the
santo outer darkness nnl the same far
country. beginning “I thought on my t ways.” Thu
ple pride lies themselves, there. Now. have speak to doubt, peo¬
who I no
"that they are thinkers, ipui they pride
themselves that dnsi they is examine not td t>C thrown in
their eyes, Alia what Is sot
before t.lU'm." A preacher tii.iri of lib 1 Gospel
asks for nothing better that, “i apeak
unto Ahu Wisp Mob; jtlilgo ye what I say, to the
law to the testimony.”
"I thought on my ways.” The beginning
lies iti serious though!(illness,. hHi’ileic; Religion Is
giei'}’, not. ljlagle, is It Is tint H Is not jug-
it not witchcraft, it is not being
“hypnotized;” You it is not any oT these thing
never put your intellect (o a higher
use than when you turned its powers upon
your own wavs! enlightened hv the surest
guide, thl' Word think of God; tilat, t rather fear that
many people intellect wilh While Vod need to
take your you when you go
science, to hear a lecture ,brine ,on. pi,iilp«iophy yditr tl'ldied : . or head on
when, you ef!;r,,' can
veil to hear the Gospel. Gel
rid of that idea. Bring your host brains
with you when you come" to hear God’s
word. "I thought on my ways:” that is
aiuVthal the beginning Is tlm of only all experimental thing! because religion, it
let-
gins tlterC, tiieiMfdfa, conversions are so
uncommon among (is.. ,
"I thought," orlrselves. that is Hie ltCgiiiuiitg! to
thinking think,for Do not let me do your
for you. No, no; it is not "I
thought thought on my own sermon,” Imt "r
on my ways." Iu God’s providence
f. may be a great help to you, or I may
not be, but thing , has to done
the he by
youi'seivCs, It; is and yoUt the own thinking sotll that, ihilt, is will the
issue at stake duite
thems,:i save it. n’.nSt be by that soul’s powers
ves.
“I thought on my ways”—a man who
thought for lilmself. fli.it was the bngln-
liing with him of all is Ills hle.ny.lng-!. eelcntial Are you
doing It? i’ll For there rtn tdioughl-
lessiU .if all our lieiirts, naturally, ns re¬
gards the gospel. Yon will get men who
sit under tho best preaching Intellectually,
and from thn point of view of Interest And
of power lo awaken emotions, the heart And the con-
soionce and .and they sit, ami
they sit. did,, and dnd they gt-oW white, Arid they
grow they die. Arid Awakened leave Ad sign
that ever once they rt el'O tip to
think ftir tlidnisclVos about their eternal
drift And destiny,
Secondly, ha tells us he th,Right About
himself. Ha ocased to think about other
people, And fastened his gaze upon his own
soul; he communed with his own spirit; lied, ho
talked to his own heart u.pop his did
this man who wrote the Psalms. '1',) our¬
selves interesting we Ought to he In every sense of tlm
term creatures. And this text
helps tho preacher. It relieves him of a
great responsibility that ought iinvnr to bo
put on him. I do not know your ways;
you are a, deep mystery to me. You do not,
know my ways. I ran only see thn surface
current, and tho winds that blow and curl
and crisp tlm water on the top of it, but
of those deep, strong undercurrents
that flow through what can I know?
Think of your own ways, save
your own soul. Do not expect me to work
miracles, I don’t know your ways; 1 don’t
know the secrets that He within your krin,
If I did. God IcnoWS I WOttid Use tUcrri, tvoiild Go,J
knows I Would pl‘eaoh them ymt to tiii you;J heart
spread still them odt before thought: ydnr “God Al¬
stood With tills that
mighty must have told man till my
ways.” Your own ways!
Two or three channels into which wo may
ruu our independent, thinking: Who nm I?
Where am I? Whore am X going? All that
is covered by the expression, Tho "thinking of
one’s ways.” Who am I? Bible and
my own conscience give the only tied the
sure answer to that question. Wlmt Is
man? Ask philosophy; ask science, and, to
their infinite shame, they are developed, not quite
sure whether we are developed gradually
not yet perfectly don’t monkeys or
donkeys, maybe—they kttow which, back.
not whether we are going up or
They have not made up their minds yet.
Who nm I? A “germ,” a "protoplasm.” give. I
What pitiful answers these men
know there is some good in them, but you
have put them In a corner when you ask
them to give u plain answer to a plain man
on a plain and desperately, Intensely (per¬
sonal question, “What is man?” Who atri
I? God’s Word says—my own conscience
rings responsive to it I am an immortal
soul. God breathed into our nostrils the
breath of life, arid man became God’s a living
soul. Thgre is in us a spark die tho of day 1 own die.
kindling, and God shall
That is to say I shall never die never,
never. My body goes down, but my body
is not I any more than my coat Is I. I can
jo without one, I can do without far the ahead other. of
The old heathen poet was
s omo of these modern ones when he snld,
“Non omnis morlar” (I shall not all die).
I admire the bold spirit of that infidel
who said, “Whether in heaven or hell, lie
felt he was everlasting.” That is the <•«-
sential soul of a man speaking out tor it-
author God, and declaring its indestruct-
j|q e nature. That is who we arc Immortal
ou)g Think of ft. Born never, never,
never to go out of the conscious exfsteue-.
y ou know what Christ said about one uu-
turned sinner. The only thing Christ
that* 1 ) 3 an* hod ''Im 'never^heen horn?” ^
, ood al as! that could never, never com-
his way. for he had been horn.
jszszts. whjle ' z&sssr* out of the past
])ul0 ag0 a waV driftwood e here the
f . ag t U j, jike on
shores of time, and a little while hence n
wave from the eternity that is corning will
* f , iik1 ,. arrv us hack with itself into
the eternity that is to be. Landed Imre for
awhiieon this narrow neck of land, ho
tween the two great seas, the eternity out
„f which we eame, and the Here eternity to-day t«
w h(ch soon we are going.
and gone to-morrow. I from,
ppou Clydeside, where come on-
afternoon on a busy working day, upwar :
of a )luu dred men on board a ship newly
launched—upward of a hundred e ar pen
t.-rs with their tools in their hands—snd
.l.-ulv Went through into eternity. Lon-
tinl)a |( v , |, v t-rritde things in righteou-
t;,,d j- doing His best to sob-T us.
“Oh, man. prepare for eternityT said an
ancient, "Turn to GoU the day before jw
die." Ills disciples said to Him; 'Vaster .1
we do not know tho day of our death.
"Therefore," And He said "turn lo day;" id
another though), another channel
which we enn run the current ol our iliac*
pendent thinking, hot. only who am If and
whore am If hut where am I going? And
(lie lllhie lolls t|s more I ban the vogue word
olernilv. gdlug. , Tho lillliO HlldO tells us gives where lllft wo des* are
Tile illStiliOtlV
tlnatloii of every soul hearing me to-day,
the pFodehet nil luolilded wild the audience.
\\e must appear put in nn appearance Think
before the judgment seat of Christ.
of it, man, there in tho gallery, and woman
down there, individual souls nil over! he
place, you and I must takooiirturn, weave
td drift across the blinding blaze yl light
i'Jlrtt OtFihiniS front tile judgtttcul deal of
Christ. We must, like sj'ecks in the sun,
take our turn of appearing In fronl of the
Judgment seat of Christ, to he Inler-
penetviited, to be shot through and
through illzft with everything, tll(lt V'derelUg tight Hint dglit wlU
Over in that Heron
every, black speck will side 1 on! wlflt horri¬
ble tlio dlstlnvtije'v, \i- 1 j mtiy be going stlre. to Then
eternal doom! Wt> are uioi't
Jesus, and yet, while T speak, tie* hearts of
some of you cringe with fear or turn away
with aversion. You do not likn Jesus.
Notice further, that one text, describes a
practical thinker, lie -timed Ills feet.
After all. perhaps, thinking Is not so tin
common. But pi'tmUoat thinking la very of
rare, ntid It Is the measure of progress
the' kingdom Of Odd tfntongsl it-. You afc.
some of yeti, c meoriied tlhoilt your sildls,
your ptosende here is a proof Of that;
Perhaps tlpit Is laiii wlidt lititigs you here. tltid
You would go tlWhy the
cannot. It is tills: Your soul is in
wrong way. and is wanting to be pul right
for eternity. is That Is what brought you.
Now, thl.* what ton, have to do next do
eble fd k Ulirlat; Tlieie Is il turning pdlnt,
and tho turning point is now. Tim turning
point is tho Lord Jesus Christ lifted up in
tho preaching of the Gospel. Turn tvllh
Him, turn at Him, In your thoughts, in
your purposes, In your plans, lu your
Opinion of him. Relievo in Him and your
Soli] is tlirnbdt have soiisit td
believe \Vheti you had the common
in the Lord Jesus Christ, from t hat
destiny monpuit,yoiir determined tftiyy by tire-.ehitjiged the blessed tltid (Jtlti, your !
think I have used this illustration before:
How. when wo took our Sabhath-seliool
Children into tlio country, and the little
opus ran raoes.! went tjwuy dovyn the Held
aha became the turning point. that ! eHiitl they
back to tho intending runners turning point,
weroto run to me. 1 was the
and tisoy were goal. to turn Well, round and Jesus go Is back the
again to the life. so Oh! I wish I
turning could All point church in your With Him, and innko
impdsslbid the this
it for you td move out Lord," of
drYNb, place without Lord." saying to Him, "Yes.
That Is what l am trying to do so td Mil
your Bouts with thti image of Him, and tho
idea of Him, and tlm presence of your
Saviour, a really human being, and vet
God—having a name like you, a being like
you, and a personality as you have; not n
mere myth ora phantom, but Christ Jesus,
Wild lives, Who loVcs, Who wept, who died,
WHO rose, who is coining again
LONG LIFE IN NORWAY.
Another View of a Question Much Dis-
* pitted Nowadays.
(■Spine figures have appeared recently
based upon the retiinm to American
insurance companies from their
branch in Europe which show that in
Norway the average length of life is
greater than (n any other country in
tile Will, aliii i!ii;i fiiet ift ascribed to
the coolness and uniformity of the
temperature in that country, it Inis
long been conceded that the propor¬
tionate number of old men is rather
grmtler In Norway than in other conn-
tries pf which detailed liJcordH are
kept;
In a, table which appeared a few
j’iitirS kgo it was shown that of I,HDD
persons born, the number who lived
beyond the age of So was us follows in
the chiuitHos named: Hungary, 4-1;
Italy, «f»; Spain and Switzerland, nil!
Germany, TO; England, DU; Belgium,
101; Sweden, LID, and Norway, l'il.
Accepting as correct this table, it.
would appear that the duration of liu-
man lifc in the two Scandinavian
countries, Norway and Sweden, Is cer¬
tainly greater Limn II, is elsewhere, and
it denial nf the l.rlilh of (he conten¬
tion set tip hi tilt* lifstiraiicd figures
would lie difficult. But an examination
into some rtf the facts of the case dis¬
closes some chtiditioits (Vhicii impair
the ac.ctiracy of these figures. 'There
is, in the t test place, very little immi¬
gration into either Norway or Sweden,
and a very considerable immigration
from these two countries. The class
of oltjpr inhabitants, and, indeed, all
those who have passed the age of 50,
does not furnish many emigrants, and
on Ibis account the'number of octo¬
genarians is unduly large In these
countries. Again, Norway is conspicu¬
ously pastoral ms regards the pursulin
of its inhabitants, ami life on the farm
is certainly conducive to longevity -
decidedly more so Ilian life In large
cities.
Norway its peculiar among the coun¬
tries of Europe in having few cll.le.s,
either largo or small. Christiania
claims a population of 15(t,D(lH, and
Bergen a population of 50,ODD, hut in
a country the total population of which
is nearly 2,000,000, urban population is
certainly inconsiderable. Moreover,
(lie longevity of a people is not to be
taken arbitrarily from the number of
persons living beyond a given number
of years, bill, rather from thn general
duration of life, which is not longer In
Norway than in other countries of Eu¬
rope, and is very little, if any, longer
than the duration of life in New Eng¬
land, outside of tlie big cities and
manufacturing towns.
According to the established per¬
ceritageH of the life insurance cotn-
Panics, of 1,100 persons in good health
at the age of 21, 1,200 live to be 80,
flIJ( ] j t j H computed that a person of 70
«» *ood health has . ....... chances in
eight to be HO, and a person of Hu in
good health has one chance in seven-
r:.r, m r
of DO has to reach 10*1 the insurance
tables do not state. New York Sun.
the KDUCATlo.v ao movement.
“Well, all the schools anti colleges *
are open, and , the educational . ,. . inove-
merit is once mhre in full swing. ”
‘■Yes, all over the country football
elevens have started to train.”
diaovosis act. wkokg.
‘Your liusbatid soems to be a pretty
easy-going sort, eh ?”
Don t you believe nothin of the
kind. Jt is the hardest work iu the
world to start linu goin’ e at all 1”
I 1'llK SAHHAT1I SCHOOL.
| 1,1 NTERN ATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR „/.-r/-«ocn OCTUBtK . l/. ■>
l.esson Text I "Paul Before the ltoinan
4io4ortior/ 4 Act* xxlv M lO-lJfi-Ooldon
Tnxt: IhiiIiiIi *11.. 10—4'i»i»»iiu*n<iiry on
i *•'moii by IU*V4 l>. M. Nli'iirnn.
10. After (tve (lava thl til Is tn>W bef ore Felix,-
the governor, and is permitted his to speak the for
himself in the presence of accusers,
high priest and others who have come from
Jerusalem lo condemn him (verse 1). They
accused him of many things, but all their
Hothisiithhls were false (Verses 8-91, and
I hits lie hud Inereilfthl fellowship mischievous with things his
Dol'd in that, I hoy spoke laid ills
of him. imagined deceits and to
charge things he knew not of fellowship (Fs. xxxvtll.,
l'Ji Ixix. -IP All milliner of with
God and With Christ should bo prized h.v illm us
ns a gift as much as to buMevo on
(rhib In Fatll in);
11 - 1 ) 1 . With few words sweeps nWnv and
all their aectisallons as Utterly untrue God
without foundation. Hu knew that
was with him, and be had no fear, lie
could calmly face nil Ills accusers, and tho
devil lllmseir, t heir eaptsln. with He him knew than in
his soul Unit there were more
Willi them III Kings vl., HD and could say:
"Thouglimeeoiil !>' among lions, men whose
teeth are Spoilt'S and arrows, and their
Lmghd it slldt-p sWord, In'Thou oxaltod, <>
God. Sly lleiltt is ll.tfld. I will sing and
give i. praise'’ it t l*s. IvfI., t-71.
I etc he begins to slate the real cause
of their auger lliftiitist tint him, law lie and believed in the
all things written ill
prophets, and tluit made hint a very trou¬
blesome fellow to those religious mliuster itooplo,
who did not believe tied, A in
Ghleago said the other day (llrtl these peo¬
ple culling themselves Bible students Wore
very troublesome, auti certainly they must
be io such ministers as prefer their own
ease, with lots of cricket and lawn tennis
hud hunting ntl(l Mailing, rather than Bible
study npd real work for God,
deni lit.' ‘ 'Titer'd flh/ilI jlist lie ti resurrection of the
both of the it ml this of tho unjust.”
This was ami is even to day a tronldo-
somo udo'G'loo to 1 eiitlfuidm many, though plainly Geu,
taught even in IItn story of
ill.,, and very clearly set forth III Dan. xib,
Not that just ami unjust shall rise at
tlio same time, for llev. xx., 5, (I, says that
;' tlib'iMitd scut's shall Intervene, and Scrip¬ to
this there is net cicfiitG'iltctloii in all
ture. for the hour of Joint L, W, will cover
the thousand years as easily as tint hour of
John v., 25, has already covered over 1800
years. Our Lord Jesus made a very evi¬
dent distinction .bet ween the two resurrec¬
tions when lie told a certain one of rewards
til; tint resurrection of tlio just (Luke
xlv., 14). hope of ... tho return i of ,
III Tllfi blessed
Christ, the t'Cstlr>■ cHon of the righteous
and their rewards for goDth'd at His com¬
ing for His saints is that which pOfillcs us
from thedolllomentsand the entanglements
Of this present evil world and makes us la¬
bor to bn over acceptable to Him. Every
believer is accepted In Him (Eph, buouuse I., C), of this and
that stands unchanged, Imt nil
we Seek to ho deveptuhle to Him In
things, and trust Him to Wdfk inns tlioso
things which are well pleasing In Ills nfght
(IL'b. xlii., 21). Into and brief statement
17-19. Here is a
Ot tint ease as to why he was in Jerusalem
rtltd why In the temple when they found
film there, and who Ills accusers ought to
have |.| ;: .e, If any; The Secret of tlio whole
trouble was tlia'i, Wlilclt Haul well under¬
stood, for lie himself was otteo hoilt'tlly their one
with the high priest and elders in
hatred of Jesus and thn story of Ills rosur-
reetion from the dead. If Jesus of Naza¬
reth vvtis really Israel’s Messiah, then the
Nation was guilty <!t friii’lfylng their King,
and that they would not submit to. I'nul
had actually seen Him, and knew that it
was even so, and that tho crucified Christ
was really risen from the dead and was at
tho right hand of God, Israel’s true and
tinlj Messiah, Hon of David, Bon of Abra-
21 ), 21. “Touching tlm ('tSilfrcetloH of the
fletldJ am Called lit question by you tills
(lay. if. Wits tlull Which 1), set iUKf the council In
an uproar (xxlii., 6, iliiu know it.
It was the resurrection from the deild Wlo'dl
witii (tower declared Him to be tlm Hon of
God (Horn, i., I), and tlm full Import of tile
groat filet M gospel, iltmlv set forth In 1 Oor. xv.
There Is im nil sitlrntlmi, no forgive¬
ness of sins, no use In preaching, httground
tot faith, no sense in baptism or any ordi¬
nance ot the church if Christ Im not risen.
Jlls life and death were all In vain if lie be
not risen. But He Is risen, and that secures
everything for all who are Ills or are will¬
ing to become ills by faith In Him.
22, Wllilic Fell* evidently saw more clearly Into and
tlm Inlslimss than tlm high and orlest
Aiders Wished 11nti, he might, the man
testimony; Who emild noW give the most Important chief
UtJxt it* order, was the cap¬ tlm
tain who bad twICn rescued him from
infuriated Jews. There was, therefore,
hottililg further to be done till Lysias tin)
Blioilld come. The waiting times for
people of God wlO'0 thO Work seems hln r
tiered by tlm indifference or djithi Opposi¬ of thd
tion of the enemies of God is one
mysteries. It would seem from verse 27
that Paul was a prisoner at Ciesareu for
two years. Might all this have been escaped
If he had not insisted upon going to Jeru¬
salem just at that, time? Anyway, to rest
in llw Lord and wait patiently for Him is
surely good. kind free prisoner. He
JM. Paul is a of
Is'iunler guard, imt at liberty to see ell
wUo come i»> Mm, Ho It was also on tlm
way KomituU<l lit Kamo fJixvlii'H; xxviil.,
it]), and Paul (ldllbtl«HS made the boat pos¬
sible use of bis liberty for the glory <lt (!<Jd
am) to magnify the Lord Ids life Jesus, and for the that end
wan the whole aim of
of till his leaching (Gal. II., 20; Phil. L, 20,
2IJ. Lot each one ask, Gan I say truly
"For me to live Is Christ?” "1 live, yet not
J, but Christ liveth in me?” “Christ shah
be magnified,” Paul would be of this
21. How glad op¬
portunity to set forth the faith in Christ,
and especially to a Jewess, for ono of Ills
i«), mottoes was,'"To the Jew to first” think (Itom. out L,
He dhl not need time or
prepare bis discourse, for he was full of It,
or rather of Christ, and always ready for
such an opportunity. Every of God preacher that
should be so full of the word
when an opportunity to speak Is afforded
he could trust the Hplrlt to tit the message
iu Ids lips (Prov. xxfi., JH; Math, x., 20j.
25 ‘ “il»! ruiiHonud of ri^l»i»*ouHn«'HH, tem-
.
jK riinoj) aiui judgment to count.” Wo rnny
imagine without difficulty, from his epis¬
tles, on what Hues he would reason and
whence he would get his arguments. He
always xvii.’ reasoned out of the HcrlpturcsfAets which
2), and never In the words
man’s wisdom tcacheth (i Oor., if., \). On
righteousness he would certainly show Its
necessity, that no man has it nor can get It
of himself, but that God lias provided If
fully in Christ and gives it freely to whoso¬
ever will. Lesson Helper.
GLORIED IN MURDER.
Mnllcr Confc«»c» To Making Way With
Klglitccn fVoplo.
Advices from Rotterdam state that
a man named Gustave Muller has sur¬
rendered to tlio city police, confessing
the murder of his wife and child. As
proof of the truth of his confession he
produced from his pocket four human
ears.
The police, on searching his house,
found the two bodies. Subsequently
he confessed that lie had also killed
his parents, mutilating their remains
in the same fashion.
He also made the astonishing state-
rn'-nt that lie had similarly disposed
of fourteen other wives.
Dr. J. F. Gardner,
IMiysicilnn and iSnrRoon.
Culls Answered Promptly
DAY AND NIGHT.
Special attention given to diseases
of women and children.
Residence at the Hicks place.
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WARREN L. STORY,
Physician and Surgeon,
SrOAMORR, OA.
Diseases of Nose and Throat.
DR. W. J. TURNER,
Physician and Burgoon,
AHIIIIURN, OA.
Special Attention Given to Diseases
Women and Children.
Office in Room No. 2, Betts Build-
Ing-
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Calls Answered Day or Night.
Telephone No. 18.
DR. T. H. THRASHER,
Physician and Surgeon,
AsnntmN, Okoroia.
General Prnotico Solicited.
Sa ilie Christian Building.
C. E. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon,
SlCAMORR, -I- OKOROIA.
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AsnuunN, Gkoroia,
Office, Room No. 4, Betts Building.
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I Make a Specialty of Crown, Bridges
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Tooth Extracted Without Pain.
Ashburn, . Georgia.
W. T. WILLIAMS,
Attorney at Law.
Land and Collections.
Bvcamokk, -i- Gkoroia.
A. J. DAVIS,
Attorney at Laiy,
AsiinttRN, GROROfA.
Ren! Estate and Collections.
Prompt attention to ftlllmsiness pinned
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B. 13. WHITE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Ahhiiurn, Okoroia.
Will practice in nil tho Courts, State
and Federal.
J. (It. POL HILL,
Attorney at Law,
SynvKHTKit, - - Gkoroia.
Practice in all tho Courts. Patronage
Solicited.
w. a. hawkTns,
Attorney nt Law,
e Building, Rooms 4 and 5.
OordeijK, Gkoroia.
Prompt attention given to all business
intrusted to my care.
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Vienna, Oa. Ashburn, Ga.
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Attorneys at Law.
We practice in all the courts. Im¬
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buHiness placed in our hands. Km-
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Business solicited and inquiries
promptly answered.
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Attorney - at - Law,
PotmAK, Gkoroia.
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Attorney at Law,
Collections a Specialty,
PoDLAN, Gkoroia.
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