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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION, EDUCA TION, LI TER A 7 URE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE . VOL. XIX. A Short Cut Through the Bible. o CLEM T. IVEY. CHAPTER 111. We begin this week’s chapter with the fourth book of the Pente teuch by Moses the name of which is Numbers, Why is it called Numbers? Because at this time in the wilderness of Sinai the Lord commanded Moses to take the num ber of the congregation of Israel after their families. While the entire book does not consist in the numbering of the people yet this is the special occasion of the book, and from this circumstance it de rives its name. Israel was still in the wilderness at this time. The principle thii gs of the book are ; Laws in regards to these who were unclean ; How to conduct a trial of those who had sinned ; Laws that related to spec-al indi viduals. Also those in reference to the tabernacle. They complain at the manna given and quails are sent, Miriam and Aaron rebel at Moses and Miriam turns to a leper, but is later healed, spies are sent over to search the promise land, they return and the people murmur at the report that they bripg. Be- murmur as they do God *c<YmaWds th>t they should wan der in the wilderness for 3S more years which makes 40 in all in the wilderness, a man is stoned to death tor breaking the Sabbath, Korah and his company rebel against Moses and the earth opens her mouth and swallowed quite a num ber of them together with their houses and possessions, Mirian and Aaron die and Eleazar succeeds Aaron as the priest; The people murmur again and are plagued with fiery serpents, and Moses is commanded to make a serpent of brass and put it up so that all the people can see it and be healed if they only lock, this was a symbol of Christ’s death and sufferings. Balak the king of Moab sends for Balaam to come and curse Israel for him. but the angel of the Lord meets him in the way and causes the ass to speak, and when he reaches, the place |and sees Israel instead of cursing them he blesses them ; directions Are given for the inheritance of the land ; Laws in regards to vows ; The Midianities are slain and Balam with them. The Reubenities and Gadites sue for their inheritance on the east side of Jordon; cities of Refuge established; The book as a whole embraces a period of 38years or the time from the second year after they had left Egypt to the arrival at the border of Canaan. The object of this book was to show their progress toward and their preparation for the promised land. During these 38 years of wan d> r:.. : ,s anew and better race was raised up, not a race as had left the service of cruel bondage and win o 1 account of this fact were weakened, butVrace God was preparing them by this desert experience for the work that ®ljc Nirtl} ®e®'r§ktL they were seen to do. Thus we have passed in brief through the Book of Numbers. We now come to the last book of the Penteteuch which is called Deuteronomy The word Deu teronomy comes from two Greek words which mean second law As its name implies, the law was given by Moses to the people twice. Since the time when it was first given in the wilderness many had been born who had not beard it. Many of these laws are similar to those given in Exodus with a few alterations Moses also in the book rehearses the story of God’s promise and dealings with them. He also warns them of some tilings which they were not to do after his death. He gives them many laws and ceremonies which they were to ob-1 serve in the land of Canaan ; He tells them what kind of a king they should choose; There are also some prophesies of Christ The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy bretheren like unto me; unto Him shall ye hearken ; Laws in reference to the home ; of the congregation; of divorce; Moses encourages them and exhorts them; Joshua receves a charge ; Moses' ~fr6m Mt. Nebe views the promised land and dies there. Josh ua succeeds him. It is supposed that Joshua wrote the account of the death of Moses in the last chap ter. Thus closes the brief history of the greatest man under the Old Dispensation. To be continued. Suwancc Route 2. Rev J m Anderson filled his reg ular appointment at Sharon Sat urday and Sunday last preaching to a very large congregation Sun day. The singing gave by Mr D II Bagley Sunday afternoon was en joyed very much by all present. Miss Blanche Buice who has been visiting her sister Mrs S R Settle of Atlanta for some time has returned home. Mr and Mrs Clarence Settle visi ted Mr and Mrs J W Terry Satur day night. Misses Ida and Gertrude Settle is vssiting relatives and friends in and near Atlanta. Mrs Carrie Settle of Atlanta is visiting’ her parents Mr and Mrs J D Buice, also Mr and Mrs A 1 R Settle. Miss Oppie Buice is visiting her cousins Misses Blanche and Mattie Buice. Rev, V V Braddy will preach at Sharon next Sunday at n a. m. Mr Roy Buice of Buford visited home folks Saturday and Sunday last. Blue Eyes. A man’s business is like a wheelbar row, not of much account until it is pushed. What the laborer is to the wheelbarrow, that the merchant who ad vertises is to his business, Both push with good results. GUMMING, GA. APRIL 1909. Communication. o F. H. TALLANT. The sun has ventured up on the north side of the equator again and we have had some heavy wind gaies, still the as strologists contend that there is no such thing as equatorial gales. Scientific research proves, too, that the mole can’t eat corn, but makes the hole and is followed by the rat w'ho carries the rodant incisors and cuspidators to de stroy said corn. So we have quit killing the mole for his mischief; we simply kill him for being so clever to the mischiev ous rat. The highest authority from d j irym o n and the experimental stations say that cattle don’t have the “hollow horn.” We are bound to be'ieve this, too, and when we see a cow’s horn that appears to be hollow, we call it kine convexity or horn concavity. There are many strange things that are often unexplainable except by theory;! even words often fail to explain. For in j stance, your friend tells you his cow gives four gallons of milk per day, and you find his good wife churning in a two gallon churn. This is often the case, and yet bow could you explain without using the word duplexity, and say it is due todu plexity. Yet I fail to find this word in my Webster, But it is real diverting to think over things and look at the bright and gloomy side. To look impartially “between the sta j.e and the accused. And to look at the past, present and future, financially, politically, lovingly, sarcastically, ! cally, literally, virtually and ortho.it r cally, Tthink a great a'rfd consoling to an independent democrat like most of our district and county seem to be. Many of us, perhaps, have thought of sending in our card for recognition by the regular organization, but fearing the “black ball” we have delayed. It seems this delay hath been too iong for many of us Gentiles to ever become Jews for it seems the veil of the temple has been rent in twain from top to bottom, even from the entrance at Champ Clark to the going out at the gate of Charley and Son, Those Congressmen who bolted the caucus are “democrats independent,” We are independent democrats, See the dif ference? An “independent democrat” can vote as he pleases at home. A dem ocrat can’t do this, he must support the party at home and vote as he pleases at Washington. One is an improper frac tion that may be reduced to a whole num ber. The other is a mixed number that becomes a vulgar fraction by the process of reduction. The other is a synthetical analysis. One is reduction ascending, the other reduction descending, So six of our Congressmen are demo crats independent, three of them are of that stripe when it doth please them to be, So we have but two warp and filling deep dyed straight democrats in congress from our grand old state of Georgia. O ring rule, where art thy sting. O boss ism, where art thy victory. Probably we had better wait awhile before joining any party, for if we are al lowed to support either party at home as our lawmakers are in Washington* then why not exercise it? And should we de cide to take up our cross and join at pres ent, we would like to join theyorthodox branch or faction. But where is it, who handles the kevs orthodox. Should we come under the hands of the six who are democrats independent? Or should we be initiated by the three who have been ; or by the two who might, could, would, or should be democrats in dependent? To whom shall we go? And should we join the prohibition party of Georgia or the party of the “Peerless One” of Nebraska, who failed and refused to sign a petition to the Ne braska legislature calling for the enact ment of prohibition. Kind reader, did you know that the great “typican com moner” refused to sign a petition to the legislature for prohibition legislation which had been signed by 40,000 men and 35,000 women of the W C. T. U.? Did you read it in the Commoner? I had taken a kinder liking to Mr. Bryan till I read the above and it had a counteraction, especit-lly since he is such a believer in the “initiative and referen dum” system. It proves he will neither initiate nor referend worth a cent. (He is a dangerous old thing, anyhow.) So if anyone thinks they are entitled to the Carnegie Heto Fund for rescuing the Colonel’s children from the Nebraska Social Equality school burning, I will assist them in any way I can. Should any reader of this article see private Roosevelt tell him I said I thought he ought to take Dr Crum with him on his little hunting expedition. It would be very appropriate and reciprocal and consistent. Dr Crum could sleep with Teddy and give Teddy his 15,000 chargers of medicine, and feel his pulse arid cool his temper on the race question and perfume his room and train his nos trils for the jungles, And should Theo dore be eaten by canibals of course Dr Crum would escape and tell the tale. So I shall hardly make any attempt to join any political party 7 till crops are laid by and l have more time to investigate. Forsyth county leads those representa tives follow. Today I ventured up among the sub urbs of Cumming and found not that eagle perched upon top the court house. I never thought he had any business there no how. Why have the emblem of a vicious bird of prey hoisted up over the good people of Cumming and For syth county ? Now let that eagle stay at •tc=£ a Arwt if t’aere aswarihnjLor fowl emblem on our court house put one whose traits of character are less vicious. Tiie wren, or yellowhammer or pigeon or bluebird or duck or goose, or even the gander would do. Of animals we might put bre’r rabbit or the harmless mole or fax, or even the Wm Billy Possum. But put that eagle up never again. Suwancc Route 2. Rev Anderson filled his regular appointment at Sharon Saturday and Sunday. Mrs S R Settle, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives in this part. Miss Blanche Buice who has been spending several weeks with her sister Mrs S R Settle of Atlan ta, has returned home. Mr Roy and Misses Blanche, and Mattie Buice, entertained a few of their friends Sunday last. Those present were : Miss Oppie Buice. Messrs Henrv Garner, Ulus Buice. Cager Bagwell, and Nenner Brad dy, and all seemed to enjoy it. Misses Ida and Gertrude Settle is visiting relatives at East Point and Chattahoochee. Mr Ulus Buice of Suwanee spent Saturday night last with his broth er Mr I D Buice. We are sorry to say that Mrs Martha Buice is very ill at this writing, hope for her speedy re covery. Mr Haynie Brooks school closed Friday with a nice egg hunt and several nice recitations. Betsy. . Send 25 cents to the Ceorgian office and receive the Semi Weekly Journal six months What a blessing work is. It is the pan acea for discontent and poverty. The sense of work well done and of its con tribution to *he well being of society al so brings a satisfaction and joy that the inoolent and self indulgent man can nev er know. Harris Grove. Cheer up Mr farmers don’t look, so blue you’ll get to make a crop. Mr and Mrs W M Edwards spent - Saturday with Mr Frank Spence and family. School closed Friday after sev— eral nice recitations and dialogues the children enjoyed an egg hunt. Mrs W L Comer spent Friday with Mrs J S Echols. Mr and Mrs Raleigh Bagley spent last Wednesday night with Mr C E Bagley and family. Mr Beecher Spence died at his home near Alton, last Tuesday night and was buried at Sharon Thursday. The bereaved have our sympathy. \ Mrs Standard, who has been spending the winter at Griffiu and other parts of South Georgia is at home with her daughter, Mrs Bras well. The storm in this part last Wed nesday done considerable damage. Mr J S Echols, and daughter. Miss Eugenia went to the enter tainment at Haw Creek, last Thurs day night, they reported a nice time. m Rev Anderßon. filled his regular . appointment at Shardu Saturday* fj-id Sunday, He preached An ex cellent sermon both days. Mr Therion Webb spent Satur day and Sunday in Alpharetta. The singing at Mr I) H Bagley’s Sunday p. m, was enjoyed by all present. Mr and Mrs PM gar Anderson visited Mr and Mrs Thad Greene Sunday. Wishing you all a Happy Eas— ter. Maude Muller. Route 2. Mr Willie Worley and wife visi— ted Mr and Mrs G B Worley Friday night. Mr Bill Piercing and family vis ited Mr G L Aarons Sunday. Mr Rube Worley and family of Mat visited his mother Saturday" and Sunday. Mr Ben Tallant visited Mr Alfred Tallant Sunday. The entertainment at the Tallant school house given by Miss Fleeta Bramblett was enjoyed by a large attendance. , Mr George Aarons is erecting some new buildings. Mr Robert Roper is wearin 2x4 smile —its a girl. Miss Ollie Ledbetter is visiting; Mr and Mrs Robert Roper. Mr and Mrs j H Worley visited Mr and Mrs W H Worley Sunday. Where are all of the correspon dents? Come all of you again, and lets make the North Georgian in teresting. Bin node.-. •%. Q It is, of course, possible to be too sen sitive over picture po=t cards that may seem to retlect upon any one All the same a due regard for the reason .able feelings of others ought always to prevail, and make impossible the offen sive caricature sometimes seem. NO- 12*