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THE NORTH GEORGIA!': (SUCCESSOR TO THE NORTH GEORGIA BAPTIST.) Entered at the postofflce at Cum min*, Ga., as second class matter. • i "" ' Philosophy is finding out how many things there are in the world which you can’t have if you want them, and don’t want If you can have them, mor alizes Puck. It Is not to our credit, admits the Chicago Inter-Ocean, that the United States has followed in the rear of all other countries, except China and Turkey, in forest preservation. On every side of English artistic and literary life the standard today is infinitely lower than it was 40 years ago, laments the Pall Mall Gazette. The hard struggle which most of our painters are now having to wage is one of the sad facts of the hour. It is evident to tne Cumberland News that automobflists are exercis ing more caution as well as gaining skill in the handling of machines. The campaign conducted by the auto mobile organizations against careless, reckless and incompetent chauffeurs is showing results. Physicians tell ail of us that it is not by getting out of doors and rub bing against the elements, but by re maining too much indoors and cook ing our vitality out of existence that we fall victims to diseases of the res piratory system, and victims of epi demics of “bad colds.” But, mourns the Louisville Courier-Journal, how many of us pay serious attention to such advice? How many of those who kick like the proverbial government mulo when the mercury drops to 15 degrees realize that the greater part of our suffering from the nipping cold is due to having allowed the office radiator and the hall stove to work in shifts to keep up a summer heat, where we spend our indoors time? • The Geographical Journal of Lon don in An article'fcn the marjj i rela tions among the people of Nigeria says: “Polygamy is the rule, the rea son given being that it is impossible for one woman to do all the work of the house, look after the children, pre pare and cook the food, fetch the daily supply of water (often an ardu ous job), cultivate the plantation and go to market. The African is an ex ceedingly hungry person. It is the cus tom to eat several times a day when at. home, and men spend most of their day sitting in the palaver house or market place, while the women bring the food all day long. One wife could not possibly do this. Besides, the Af rican lady encourages it, for she says: “The more wives the less work.” Divorce congresses have adopted resolutions calling for uniform divorce laws in all the states, or for a national statute on this subject. The confusion and injury to innocent parties caused by a variety of laws is apparent; yet lawmakers have been apathetic or in different, maintains the Atlanta Con stitution. It will require more than the passage of stirring resolutions to properly cope with this social prob lem. Religious, moral and legal per suasion will needs be exerted to the utmost to stay its march. It is an in tensely practical problem, and not one for the theorist or the playwright. Neither will it yield to the suggestion of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell that marriage and divorce are “breeder's" problems. But if the march through the divorce court is not checked by some means, it will result in a condi tion of affairs not pleasant to contem plate. The American public may come to take seriously the destructive the ory of M. Alfred Naquet, whom the French have dubbed “the father of divorce,” that the individual and not the family is the unit in the social structure. In the Anglo-Saxon, the American scheme of things, the home is the basis of human happiness and security. It is the foundation of the republic. This being true, the recently announced statistics of the census bureau are impressive. They carry a lesson which should ipake a deep im pression upon the minds of all who are seeking to better human condi tions THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON-BY A. H. LEWIS, D. D. rheme: The Hacml ness of Fatherhood God alone has absolute power to create. He might have retained this power forever. He chose rather to confer infinite honor and infinite re sponsibility on man by delegating to him the power to recreate. This pow er to perpetuate the race, as a sub creator, and to be a direct factor in determining its character and destiny, is divine. Its exercise in fatherhood is among the most sacred functions of existence. In this life alone its re sults for good or evil are beyond com putation. Considered by the stand ard of an endless life, they are over whelming. Were there not unknown possibilities for good results, in each experience of parenthood, no man un derstanding what it means could ven ture to assume fatherhood. Much the larger share of human suffering conies through impaired physical health. Weakness and dis ease make men a burden on society, lead to poverty, drunkenness, social impurity, larceny and kindred evils. No man is free from guilt who trans mits a single element of physical weakness or disease which he can avoid. The habitual use of stimulants and narcotics destroys nerve force and mental balance. Their effects are of ten more prominent In the second and the third generations than in those who first indulge. Purity in thought and act is an imperative demand which the sacredness of actual or pos sible fatherhood places on all men. In assuming fatherhood you are acting for God; exercising the holiest function ever given you. If a man goes out as the agent of a business firm, or the representative of a great nation, he must he loyal to the power which commissions him, and in whose name he acts. How much more when a man assumes fatherhood, in behalf of the Infinite and Eternal Father! He who does not love God cannot transmit the tendency to love Him. Such a man must rather transmit the tendency to hate and disobey God, for which he, not his child, is responsi ble. This stupendous fact lies at the core of all true religion. The husband has to bear little of the passive service and continuous burdens which attend parenthood. The wife has an absolute right to all the help which pure love, exhaustless patience and tenderest sympathy can afford. This is due to the child also, who must suffer loss in proportion as these are withheld from the mother. If any husband denies these, or worse still, gives, in place of them, indiffer ence, neglect, harshness or abuse, he becomes a shame to the name l of fatherhood, a disgrace to his sex, 'em enemy to his own child, and a sirufer before God. Healing of the 3lind. I know a man who, though busily and extensively engaged in Christian service, was for long defeated in his thought life. The evil word and act were checked, but he could not pre vent his thoughts from ranging over forbidden fields, and consequently he was brought into inward bondage and despair. One night, at the close of a service, as the congregation sang the well known words: “Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind, (sight, inches, healing of the mind, Yea, all 1 need in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come—” the thought broke upon him, and he saw that what he needed most of all was such “healing of the mind” as that unto which Christ pledges Him self. Falling upon his knees he cried as he had never done before: “0 Lamb of God, I come!” And his testimony is that Christ brought him that night into an atti tude of new surrender and enabled him to exercise new faith, claiming this promise which has constantly been fulfilled to him: “The peace of God shall guard your heart and your thoughts.”—J. Stuart Holden. Herald Blasts. Never borrow money—the chances are you can’t. Never run your neighbor down— he may beat you at the game. If you are living in the Lord your neighbors will rejoice in your life. Some men never pay any compli ments. They are too stingy even for that. A gentleman is never more polite to another woman than to his own wife. The way of nature Is the survival of the strong; the way of grace is the salvation of the weak. There is little to choose between those who blow themselves in and those who blow themselves out. The man who practices what he preaches before he preaches it shall experience no difficulty in getting others to practice what he preaches. Birds sing, flowers bloom, zephyrs blow’ —all nature smiles —for the sole purpose of keeping In good humor, and still some old rascals refuse to be happy.—Home Herald. Glorious Gift of Life. Life, despite of all that cynics or sentimentalists say, is a great and glorious gift. There is good for the good; there is virtue for the faith ful; there is victory for the valiant. There is spirituality for .the spiritual, and there is, even In this humble life, an infinity for the boundless in desire. There are blessings upon its birth; there is hope in its death, and there is—to consummate all—there is eter nity in its prospect.—Orville Dewey. ‘Jht INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM MENTS FOR MAY 23. Subject: The Council at Jerusalem, Acts 15:1 -35 Golden Text: Acts 15:11 —Commit Verses 23, *2o—Commentary. TIME.—3O-52 A. D. PLACE. — Antioch, Jerusalem. EXPOSITION. —I. “Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot In: saved, 1-5. The church in Antioch was getting on fa mously, and the devil brought in false teachers to upset the faith of the young converts. The main point of doctrine with these false teachers was that it was not enough to believe on Jesus, one must also keep the law of Moses. The great controversy in the early church was whether a man was saved upon faith alone apart from works of the law or whether a man Is saved upon faith and works of the law. The old controversy comes up in our day in anew form. It is Sabbath-keeping “after the manner of Moses’’ that is now insisted upon. Three arguments were brought for ward at the council of Jerusalem to refute the legalizers: (1) Peter's ar gument. God has borne them wit ness by giving the Holy Ghost to the uncircumcised as well as unto us and has put “no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith” (vs. S. 9). God in a similar way to-day is bearing witness to those who do not keep the Jewish seventh day Sabbath. (2) Paul’s argument. God has wrought signs and wonders among the Gentiles by us and thus set. His seal upon our preaching of salvation by faith apart from works of the law (v. 12). (31 James’ ar gument. It is according to Old Tes tament Scripture that God will take a people for His name from among the uncircumcised Gentiles as well as the law-keeping Jews (vs. 13-17). The teaching of the Judaizers caused end less trouble in the Antioch church (y. 2). It was wisely decided to suhmit the question to the apostles and eld ers In Jerusalem. Paul and Barna bas made good use of their time on their journey to Jerusalem. All along the way they declared what God had done among the Gentiles. The story they told caused great joy unto all the brethren. Nothing causes greater joy amons true brethren than the story of how men are converted from sin to righteousness. 11, The Decision of the Holy Ghost and the Apostles as to the Authority of the Mosaic Law Over Gentile Christians, 22-29. The apostles and elders arid the whole church took abundant precautions to guard against any misrepresentation of their decision being taken back to Antioch by the legalizers. They knew the men they had to deal with. Thus Paul gained his chosen compan ion of coming days (v. 40). Good had come out of the schemes of Paul's enemies. The mode of address used in the letter is full of significance, “The brethren which are of the Gen tiles.” Faith in Christ makes all men kin. They were hound together by a very tender tie, that of faith in a common Saviour. Many American Christians have not even yet reached the point where they regard every converted Chinaman or African as a brother. The description of the Ju daizers is very striking and suggest ive (v. 24). There is no way in which the devil can more trouble be lievers (and esepecially young con verts), or more thoroughly unsettle (or subvert) their souls, than by false words. These false words must be met by words of truth (Col. 4:6), and above all, by the word of God (2 Tim. 3:13-15). The apostles em phatically denied all responsibility for this pernicious and subverting teaching, that men must keep the law of Moses in order to be saved (v. 1). They had come to absolute unanimity about the matter in question. It is a great thing when brethren who differ can meet together and study the Scriptures together under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, as did these early Christians, and thus “come to one ac cord.” The apostles and the whole church bestowed very lofty praise on Paul and Barnabas. It was well de served (2 Cor. 11:23-27). Of how many disciples to-day could it be justly said that they had hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ? It was not their own decision on this great question that they were sending; it was the Holy Spi#'t’s decision. They were per fectly sure of this (v. 28). It was because they sought and obtained the mind of the Spirit that they were able to “come to one accord.” It is because we seek the wisdom of men, rather than the mind of the Spirit, that w r e are so often at variance with one another. The one who insists upon the binding authority of the Mosaic law upon Christians is oppos ing the Holy Ghost. Four points of the Mosaic law and no others were adjudged necessary for the Gentiles. There was great joy in Antioch when the troublesome question was settled (v. 31). There were two reasons for this joy. Painful division had given way to pleasant harmony, and. more over, the irksome bondage of the law had given way to the joyous liberty of the Gospel. There is always joy when one comes out 6f the bondage of legalism into the glorious liberty of a son. Judas and Silas were much used of God in other ways than mere ly settling this question. They were Spirit-filled men and gave much prof itable exhortation and instruction, ■ confirming the believers in Antioch j in faith and life (v. 32). CHAIN OF WAREHOUSES Farmers Union Plans to Hold Wheat for High Prices. WILL CUT OUT SPECULATORS By Selling Grain Direct to Wholesal Houses Farmers Would Get Greater Income From Their Crops. 1 Springfield, Mo.—A plan to con struct a chain of warehouses in the grain producing territory for the pur pose of holding wheat for high prices was indorsed here by the mass meet ing of the grain growers and cattle growers’ branch of the National Far mers’ Union. It is believed by dele gates in attendance that farmers by next season will be prepared to han dle a large percentage of their crops in this way. At the invitation of the American Society of Equity, the farmers also promised to co-operate with that or ganization. Theo G. Nelson, national organizer for the equity society, ad dressed the meeting. The report of the committee on res olutions, which was adopted, urges op position to legislation which aims to control railroad rates by ignoring state’s rights in the matter and in dorses the efforts of congressmen to obtain appropriations for agricultural schools. The use of cotton in the manufac ture of twine, rope, sacks and other ar ticles in common use is also indorsed. It was stated in the meeting that 6,- 000,000 more bales of cotton would be consumed if manufacturers would use the cotton of the south instead of im porting jute from the Philippines. National Organizer Nelson of the equity society, in his address, told of the comparative plans of that organi zation. “The object sought by the mem bers of the grain growers department this year,” said he, “is much the same as the, purpose for which this convention has been called by the Farmers’ Union. “By collective marketing the mem bers of the society will sell their grain to the English and Scottish wholesale co-operative societies of Great Britain. In this way we will pass crops by the speculator and be our own middlemen. By getting fpr themselves the profits which go to the speculator and the middlemen, the grain growers will, no matter wheth er the price be high or low, get a greater income from the sale of their crops without the corresponding in crease in cost of .bread to the con sumers.” Birmingham, Ala., was selected as the place for holding the next con vention, which will meet Sept. 7. WANT TARIFF QUESTION SETTLED. J. J. Hill Says Business Will Then Improve. Washington, D. C. —James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, called on Pres ident Taft. He expressed the belief that if the tariff agitation was cut off short, that if the oratorical steam in congress was shut off, the country would begin a great era of prosper ity at an early date. “All eyes are turned on Washing ton,” said Mr. Hill. “Some people seem to think that legislation will cure the toothache, set a broken limb or make crops. Talk and agitation here in Washington keep people in suspense, make them forget their business and hope for some legisla tive cure-all. What we want Is to have the tariff agitation over with and let the people get back to work and aid the great wheels of progress to turn. Things will begin to hum. The outlook is good in all directions.” Speaking of the possibilities of ag riculture in the west and the south Mr. Hill, who himself is a farmer, owning one farm of 20,000 acres and another of 6,000, said that these two sections are coming forward by leaps and bounds. He declared that the south Is struggling to restore the soil which was exhausted by her improv ident methods of agriculture before the war. BASEBALL 0000 FOR BOYS. . National Game Indorsed by the Play ground Association. Pittsburg. Pa. —That baseball is a healthy sport for boys and should be encouraged on the public playgrounds, was the decision of ehe Playground Association of America in session here. Many were. advocates of a new national game to take the place of baseball, but the vote disclosed a large majority for the present na tional game. Athletics for girls were discussed, but occasioned no friction. Several addresses were delivered by delegates attending the congress. WRIGHT BROTHERS WELCOMED. Aviators Have Enough European Con tracts to Keep Them Busy. New York City.—Wilbur and Or ville Wright, the American aeroplan ists, returned from the scenes of their European triumphs abroad by the North German Lloyd liner Kron Prin ze-ss Cecile. They were accompanied by their sister. Miss Katherine Wright, who made three flights at Pau recently, and said that she was not scared a bit by her achieve ment. A big reception and welcome home which had been planned by the Aero Club of America and other societies was called off at the request of the Wrights. WONDERSALVE The Great Remedy for Family Use. All that the name implies. 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