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THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SHRWON BY
DR. CHARLES EDWARD LOCKE.
Thome: Doing the Impossible.
BrooVlvn, N. Y.—The Rev. Dr.
Charles Edward Locke, pastor of the
Hanson Place. Methodist Episcopal
Church, Sunday evenintr. to a large
audience, preached on “Doing What
Cannot Be Done.” His text was Mat¬
thew 17:20: “Nothing shall he im¬
possible unto you.” Dr. Locke said
in the course of Ms sermon:
That is a most exquisite moment,
when in the midst of rich treasures
of the Art Gallery of the Vatican, one
stands for the first, time before Raph¬
ael's masterpiece of “The Trnnsfiura
tion.” It was the great artist’s last
work: and before its Pigments were
dry it was carried in his funeral pro¬
cession. This masterful genius defied
a well known canon of ert in attempt¬
ing to portray two distinct themes on
the same canvas; hut Raphael was a
good theologian as well as an un¬
rivaled art’st. He cauvht the double
meanin 0- of the Transfiguration and
saw in it. not only the Glorification of
.Tesus, hut the emanciaption of man¬
kind.
When Jesus came down from the
radiant mountain summit an anxious
father met him with the earnest re¬
quest. “Lord, have merev on mv son,”
humhly exnlaining to .Tesus that he
had first taken his afflicted boy to the
disciples, hut they could not cure him.
.Tesus said: “Bring him hither to
Me,” and the child was cured that,
very hour. In perplexity the disci¬
ples asked of .Tesus, “Why could not
we cast him out?” and .Tesus replied.
41 Because of your unbelief; for verily
I say unto you if ye have faith as a
grain of mustard seed —nothing shall
be impossible unto vou.” Tn casting
out the world’s devils and in alleviat¬
ing the woes of humanity, nothing
shall be impossible—and this is the
program of .T°sua. “Doing what can¬
not bo done” is the program n f .Tesus.
“Faith as a grain of mustard seed. »*
<i All things are possible to him that
believeth. ”
Faith laughs at, irnno.ssibilities.
And cries it shall lie done.
“Jesus never despises a little
faith.” On that late afternoon on
the hanks of Galilee, when the multi¬
tude was hungry and the town was
far away. -Tesus. to test, Pbilin, in¬
quired: “Whence shall we buv bread
that these may eat?” and mathemat¬
ical Philio thought, that, two hundred
nennyweight would not he sufficient.
Then Andrew for abrief instant had a
vision of faith as he suggested that
there was a lad there who had five
barley loaves and two fishes: hut. An¬
drew, too, quickly adopted the arith¬
metical nroeess and disconsolately
added: “But what are the ,r among so
many?” Jesus, however, did not dis¬
count or overlook Andrew’s mo¬
mentary vision and faith; and on the
basis of Andrew’s “little faith” the
miracle of the feeding of the five
thousand was nerformed. It was
faith as a. grain of mustard seed only,
but it accomplished the impossible.
Tertullian once said of an event:
“It is cei-tain because it is impossi¬
ble,” and Richard Cobden, when told
that a certain thing was impossible,
replied: “If that is all, let us set
about it at once.” General Arm¬
strong, of Hamnton, said: Doing
what cannot be done is the glory of
living,” and his great schools for In¬
dian and negro youth became possi¬
ble. Carisle impatiently wrote: “Im¬
possible! It is not a lucky word!
Who is it says there is a lion in the
way? Sluggard, thou must slay the
lion; the w r ay must be traveled!
Mirabeau shouted; “Impossible, that,
blockhead of a word! ” And the great
• Napoleon characteristically declared;
« Impossible! It is not a French word.
Genius is the art of overcoming the
impossible! ”
Christianity is the art of overcom¬
ing the impossible. Impossible is not
in the vocabulary of the Christian.
This is the program of Jesus.
Christianity has already achieved
the impossible in the overthrow of
the vast Roman Empire. To destroy
the power and glory of Rome as they
appeared two thousand years ago in¬
trenched in impregnable fortresses
and defended by ever victorious
Roman legions, seemed an impossible
result.
Christianity has achieved the im¬
possible In the final eradication of
human slavery, a diabolical institu¬
tion culminated in the customs, for¬
tunes, constitutions, conscience and
traditions of men. So, indeed, shall
the day surely come when nations
shall not learn war any more. And,
when that prophecy of Isaiah shall
have been fulfilled, which commands,
“Loose the bonds of wickedness and
undo the heavy burdens,” then the
accursed liquor traffic will be over¬
thrown, and the deadliest thraldom
which has ever blighted manhood will
be ended. This damnable traffic in
strong drink fills the prisons with
criminals, the hospitals with the in¬
sane, and-the poorhouses with pau¬
pers. Recently a great brewery com¬
pany of this country has published in
its paid advertisements a libelous
statement that the founder of Meth¬
odism favored the manufacture and
sale of liquors as a beverage. The
statements are mischievous lies. The
greatest total abstinence society in
Christendom is the Methodist Church.
Such demoniacal lies will only hasten
the downfall of old Gambrinus in
this country. The devil is a liar, and
the father of lies, and we would, ex¬
pect him to de'fraiid hik ! internal busi¬
ness. by lies and .niiarepresentartions.
Lih'coM’s g'reat phophecy of February
22, 1840, has been partially fulfilled,
and will surely be completely real
ized, “When there shall be neither
slave nor drunkard upon the earth!”
Then, too, the brotherhood of the
race is to be established. ”Whoso
hateth his brother is a murderer."
“Whoso hath this world’s goods and
seeth his brother hath need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion,
how dwelleth the love of God in
him?” Some one has recently said:
“No man ought to have anything
until every man has something.” If
this savors of anarchy, It is at least
true that many of us should have less
until many others have more. There
is great social and industrial unrest
to-day. All these antagonisms and
confusions are due to the emancipa¬
tion of mankind through the influ¬
ence of Chi I . Men are coming to
their own. Jesus has commanded,
“Loose 'lint and let his go!” as Tie
did, at the resurrection of Laz«vu*.
.and we, His disciples, who have hem
Set. free, are too slow to obey our Lord's
injunctions. Men are striving to get
free! A starving baby was found in
the Fast Side of New York recentl v
on the wasted breast of its dead
mother, and that same day in the up¬
town stores women were spending
$80 for a single night robe. Ther 0
is wasteful extravagance at one end
of the social scale, and consentient
dangerous criminality at the other.
There is a safe and sane socialism
which emanates from the teachfhgs
of .Tesus, and the socialism of Jesus
will some dav prevail, and in that
day each shall seek his own in his
brothers’ highest good, .and all s’-all
dwell in noble brotherhood. Two
men saw a piece of jewelry on the
sidewalk, they reached for it simul¬
taneously, struck their heads violent¬
ly: each arose to censure the other,
when they found they were brothers
and had not seen each other for a
dozen years. It must not he forgot¬
ten that all competitions and rivalries
to-day are between brothers, and
some day the vast brotherhood will
be permanently organized.
In the great task of casting out
the world’s dpvils nothing shall he
impossible. Whatever ought to lie
will he. A moral imperative must
have in it a moral possibility. Kant
said long ago there is no mean’ng in
an “ought” unless it is followed bv a
“can.” Every moral necessity will
some dav prevail. It is not an ought
unless it is a possibility, and if a
possibility it will become a reality.
A clear, definite opinion of what
ou°ht to be is the token of what can
and will be. Man’s fondest dreams
will be fully materialized. When
man thinks God’st.hougbtsand carries
out God’s purposes the impossible
will he achieved. “Things that are
impossible with men are possible with
God.” Men must become partakers
of the divine nature, as the Apostle
Deter enjoins. The mightv force of
the Niagara Falls power house is
“stepped” down to suit the capacity
of the machinery to which it is sup¬
plied. Ro God “steps” Himself down
to humble, simnle men. and works
His wondrous will through obedient
human instrumentalities.
‘Ye must be horn again!” and -with
Nicodemus in bewilderment we mav
inonire “Wow can these things he?”
Mathematical mpn like Philip never
will calculate until they reach a dem¬
onstration. while mpn of vision like
Andrew will bo working the miraele
of the impossible. The burglar who
drops into a mission to while away
the early evening hours, until he
shall go forth to ply his vicious trade,
falls under the snell of the service,
kneels at an altar of prayer, con¬
fesses his sin, surrenders his burglar
tools, and becomes a. new man. hon¬
est. and honored. You may not he
able to explain the mvstery, but it is
true—and that is the program of
Jesus!
Two young men came together—
one a clerk in a shoe store, the other
a clerk in a hank. Humble men of
no notable talents. One can teach
and talk a little, and the othe^ can
sing with persuasive voice. These
two willing souls completely surren¬
dered to God, and consecrated to the
service and unbuilding of humanity,
began a career, which increase^ in
power and effectiveness until multi¬
tudes were awakened from lethargy
and sin by the singing and the
preaching of the gospel. Again, the
weak things of the world were shak¬
en to confound the mighty, and
Moody and Sankoy became the great¬
est evangelists since the days of
John and Charles Wesley. And the
impossible was achieved.
At the dedication of the Bunker
Hill monument, when it appeared
that an accident was imminent by
the surging crowds against the
sneakers’ platform. Webster reouest
ed the neonle to kindly move back,
A man in the crowd answered back:
“It is impossible!” Thereupon the
great Massachusetts statesman cried
out: “Impossible! Impossible! Noth¬
ing is impossible on Bunker Hill!”
And so let us keep near the cross.
The battle of the ages was fought
there, the freedoip of the race was
there achieved. Nothing is impos¬
sible on the Hill of the Cross—on
Calvary.
With our now sainted Sankey we
may sings in the sweet, strains of
sightless Fanny Crosby’s beautiful
lines:
Some day the silver cord will break
And I no more as now shall awake sing;
But, Oh, the joy when I
Within the palace of the King!
And I shall see Him face to face,
And tell the story, Saved by Grace.
I ■ Then, ‘I shall be satisfied when
I awake in Thy likeness,’ and the
impossible shall be forever en¬
throned.’ ft
A Budding Philologist.
Bobbie, aged five, §aw a cow graz¬
ing in his mother’s flower garden, and
“Se’aff’ scat! ” ‘ '•
slrPhte’d;
The cow didn’t, seem (to .ha .mtdmi
dated, and calmly ate on. Th'ree
year-old Mary, dancing with excite
ment, exclaimed:
“Tell him to ‘scow’, Wobbie, tell
him to ‘scow!’”—The Delineator.
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Economy of Good lloads.
In. a recent publication by the De¬
partment of Commerce and Labor,
dealing with the cost of hauling farm
produce from the farm to the nearest
shipping point, it was shown that on
account of bad roadways the cost was
often greater than would have been
the freight by railroad across the con¬
tinent.
The great railroad systems of the
country in normal times spend mill¬
ions annually and in the aggregate
hundreds of millions in improving
tlieir roadbeds and equipment, in
straightening out tracks, lessening
grades and otherwise reducing the
cost of hauling.
The amount thus spent in improve¬
ments is largely in excess in some in¬
stances of the total net earnings for
a decade. The necessity for the im¬
provements are recognized, however,
and they are made.
The more progressive States of the
Union follow the same course in re¬
gard to the public highways. TJiey
are the highways of the people. Every
dollar of improvement and every day
of work put upon them increases the
value of all the property along such
highways.
Good roads add to the comfort and
well-being of all the people, whether
they live in town or country. A sys¬
tematic and extensive program of
road improvement is the sure index
of a progressive and prosperous com¬
munity.
It is estimated that ninety per cent,
of the farm crops of the United
States are hauled by wagon. The av¬
erage haul of all farm crops is twen¬
ty-five miles and the average 'cost
twenty-five cents a ton mile. It is
estimated that good roads through¬
out the country would reduce the
cost to .ten cents per ton mile. In
other words, the saving in the wear
and tear on vehicles and farm stock,
saving in time of the farmer and the
increased weight of each load, would
reduce the expense of transportation
by wagon sixty per cent. On cotton
alone the saving would be $5,000,
000, on wheat $10,250,000.
In view of the tremendous cost of
highway improvement, it is natural
that the individual States have in¬
clined to look to the Federal Govern¬
ment for aid. There are 2,000,000
miles of roadway in the United
States, of which less than two per
cent, are,improved.
One means by which the aid of the
Government is sought to be secured
is by having Uncle Sam improve the
roads over which the mail is carried.
There are 925,000 miles of dirt road3
now traversed by the rural routes.
In some instances routes have been
entirely abandoned on account of the
impassability of the roads.
The power of Congress to “estab¬
lish postoffices and postroads” has
been held to include dirt roads, and
thus the way is open for the Federal
Government to engage in highway
construction.
During the last session of Congress
thirty bills were introduced seeking
Government money for road improve¬
ments. Mr. Bell, of Georgia, favored
the establishment of a good roads
bureau in the Agricultural Depart¬
ment and the appropriation of $10,
000,000 annually for highway im¬
provement. Mr. Bourke Cockran, of
New York, presented a bill providing
for the construction of a national
boulevard from ocean to oeean along
the line of the thirty-fourth parallel
of latitude. Other members had oth¬
er plans, but none of them received a
favorable report. They were pigeon¬
holed in committee.
The United States is waking up to
the loss caused by bad roads. The
farmers are taking hold of the mat¬
ter, and that means an era of road¬
way development and Improvement is
at hand.—Atlanta Constitution.
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A bad actor may get a frost even
on a hot day.
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FIRST=CLASS LAUNDRY
FORT VALLEY, GA.
PRICE LIST.
Shirts, plain.............. 10c
Shirts, plain or puffed with
collar.... ...121-2o
Suits cleaned . 50&$1
Pants pressed 25c
Collars....... 2 1-2
Capes, collar or .fancy........5c
Cuffs each per pair ., i , 5c,
Chemise............. 10c
Drawers............ 5c
Undershirts......... 5c
Socks, per pair ..... 5c
Handkerchiefs....... 2 1-2
Handkerchiefs, silk.! 5c
Shirts, night, plain... 10c
Coats...... ...15 to 25c
Vests...... ...15 to 20c
Pants...... ... 25 to 35c
Towels..... 2 1-2 to 5c
Table cloths ...10 to 25
Sheets..... ......71-2
Pillow cases, plain...... . . .5c
Napkins.......... .2 l-2c
Bed spreads..... .15 to 25c
Blankets......... . 25 to 50c
Lace Curtains. .. 20 to 25c
Ladies’ shirt waist .. 15 to 25c
Skirts........... v2Q to 35c
TO WASH A BOA.
Do not despair if your bog Jo&ka
like a drowned rat.
Boas of marabou or cock’s featli&i**
can be cleaned as efficaciously by
means of soap and water as by any
more expensive methods.
A lather of good soap should be
prepared with a little warm water;
the boa immersed >n this and left
to soak for a few minutes, when it
should be worked gently in the fingers
and rinsed in several clean, lukewarm
waters until all soil is eliminated.
The effect is hardly encouraging
when it is removed from the water,
for it does suggest a drowned rat
more than ever, but .If shaken gent
ly out of. doors in the wind it wii!
regain all its original flnffiness.—New
York Times.
White Slave Released.
Berthe Claiche, the white slave,
who shot and killed Entile Gerdron,
her master, was ..aroled from Auburn
prison, New York.
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DENTIST ,
Fort Valley, Georgia
Office over First National Bank.
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Dentist
FORT VALLEY, OA.
Office over Slappey’s Drug Store.
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WRIGHT BUILDING,
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Dog Rescues Drowning Kitten.
George W. Da Cunha, an architect
1 Vallew road, has a dog which pre¬
vented the drowning of a kitten that
j has been its companion since its
j birth. Mr. Da Cunba’s hired man
took the kitten to a pond with the in
j, ; tention of drowning it. The dog ac
| companied the man., and when the
I latter tossed the'kil into 'he water
the dog jumped at • n When Mr.
Da Cl! heard o-.vjK-r -rtf .■ the
dog iV ot
th it
killed u to the
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