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VOL. XXIII. Home Circle Column. Pleasant Evening Reveries —A Column Dedi cated to Tired Mothers as They Join the Home Circle at Evening Tide. A husband and a wife have no business to tell one a nother’s faults to anybody but one another, and the more rarely they do that the better. Don’t send a boy where a girl can’t go, And say there’s no danger for boys, you know, Because they all have their wild oats to sow. There’s no more excuse for a boy to below, than a girl, So never tell him so. Easter Eggs. The custom of giving eggs as presents about Easter time is ancient and widespread, but its true origin is lost in ob scurity. In England it has been revived of late years, and the shops at Easter are full of prettily dyed ornamental eggs of all discriptions and of various prices, many of the more expensive ones containing valueable gifts. A basket or dish of freshly boiled and colored real eggs placed on the break fast table on Easter morning is, however, preferable to imi tatio eggs, while the prepration of them will give pleasure and occupation to the younger members of the family. Some Easter Flowers. Easter-day, the glory of the Christian year, is essential ly a feast of flowers. Highest among them is the lily of purity, emblem of the Annunciation to the Maid blessed a— mong women, emblem also of the gloricus resurrection. Its beauty lies sleeping in the dormant bulb ;it is the very pro totype of the mortal which shall put on immortality. Every florist’s window now shows a mass of ‘‘Easter lilies,” a pop ular name applied indiscriminately at this season to several differing varieties. While the lily typifies the glories of the resurrection, passion-flowers are a symbol of the pain and sorrow of the three great days. Ade out fancy makes every part of the flower emblematic of the Passion; the stigmas represent the three nails, the authors the five wounds, and the curious of the corona the crown of thorns; the ten petals represent the ten faithful apostles, the digitate leaves the hands of the persocutors, and the curling tendrils their scourges. It is a beautiful fancy, more suggestive of Gerarde or Tradescant than of our modern botanists, though they do not all belong to the Gradgrind school. God bless all true mothers in their sacrifices for their little ones. Even should they reap no reward here, such is naturally to be looked for, love, care and prayers have not been lost. No one can tell how much they have wrought until that great day when the whys and the whereforesof life shall have been answered'by perfect love and mercy and mother and child stand face to face with Him who has noted each struggle, gauged each motive, and made allowance for human natute, imperfect, even at its best. Look aloft, look aloft, and keep the cheerful side of life in view. Grumble not but sing and whistle often, Who said, “God loveth the man who whistles at his work.” A man who goes about with his head cast down and eyes on the groud, may pick up many a nickle, now and then a gold piece, and perhaps some day a bank note ; but he misses the great blue sky above, the great, green, bounteous earth about him, and all the stimulating sunlight of heaven. To what ever occupation a young man or a young wo man expects to devote life, whatever business or trade or trade or profession be chosen, let him first be a man—let her first be a woman, broadminded and great hearted. But this requires education, and education requires efforts—great and prolonged effort—for there is “no royal road to intellectual eminence,” and effort requires eecision. To all the oppor tunity comes; but each must deesde for himself whether he . will sieze the opportunity or let it slip by. ®)£ startlf tfktcgkit PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION, EDUCATION, LITERA 7 URE AND GENERAL INI F.L LIGENCE. CTTMMING, GA. MARCH ?£ 1918. THE STATE OF RELIGION. E. A, COCHRAN. We first notice what religion is. Our religion consists of what we rely on for salvation. There are many kinds of religion in the world. We have the phariseeic religion, consisting of their self righteousness; then we have the Hindoo religion, the Mormon re ligion, and many other kinds that are unscriptural and unsound. We want to get up the kind that is undefiled—religion that will be sufficient to rely on in life and in death. Paul said, after the most strictest sect of our religion, I have lived a pharisee. But when God saved him and put Paul into the ministry, that he must bear his name before the Gentiles. True religion and undefiled be fore God and the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and wid ows, in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. The world is full of re ligion. The one kind that is in the text, that is the kind that saves the people from their sins. When we look around and see the indifference and coldness that exists in our churches, it does seem to me that religion is at as low ebb as I have ever seen it, There is a cause for it, and what is the cause? The causes may be many. We will some of the causes. One of them is that we fail to love one anoth er as the Lord has commanded us, and here is another cause, which is self-righteousness that gets in the way of Christians, and finders them from loving one an other; and here is malice and en vying- These are some of the causes that get in the Christian’s way and keep him from serving the Lord acceptably. For it does seem that the light of the church is almost gone out, but not quite. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gen tleness, goodness, faith, meek ness, temperance, against such there is no law. If we live in the Spirit, if he is the element of our inner life, cherishing, strengthening it, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let our words and actions with his impulses in our hearts and with his teachings in the book he has inspired there. Was the three Hebrew children and Daniel and Elijah and Abraham, Noah and Moses, by faith when he was come to years refused to be called the son of Pharoh’s daugh ter, choosing rather to suffer af fliction with the people' of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the re proach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt? Those who live by faith die in faith. In whatever circumstances j Christians are placed in this life, whether in prosperity or adversi ty be their portion, they should ever rejoice that there is a better country, that is, a heavenly. This is the kind of religion that those servants of God had in those days. They proved their religion and faith in God. And through faith all the duties we owe to God and to men are in volved in the one great word LOVE. We are commanded to love God supreme and our neigh bor as ourself. Oh. that the church would let hfer light shine that the world might tike knowl edge of her that she had been with Jesus. If Christians would be useful in the world they must FIRST WEEK OF STRINGj Given to Christ, Our King 23rd inst Sunday, 11 a. m. East er Services at Methodist Church. 1. Song service by choir and congregation. 2. Prayer. 3. Song by choir. 4. Free will offering for Chris tian Education. 5. Duet—Miss Estes, Mrs. Poole. 6. Sermon by pastor—“ Resu rrection of Christ”. 7. Song by choir. Prayer. 8. Doxology. Benediction. Evening Service. 1 Song service by choir and congregation. 2. Prayer. 3. Duet. 4. Preaching. 5. Song by choir. 6. Prayer. 7. Doxology. Bendiction. 24th inst. Monday 8 p. m. Ser mon by Rev. F. T. Williams. 25th, Tuesday Bp. m. Sermon by Rev. T. P- Tribble. 26th, Wednesday 8 p. m. 27th. Thursday 8 p m. Sermon by Rev. J.T. Eakes, of Lawrence ville. 28th, Friday 11 a. m. Sermon by Rev. J. T. Eakes 28th, 4:10 p. m. Sermon to the children by Rev. Eakes. 28th, 7:30 p. m. Sermon by Rev. Eakes. by Rev. F. S. Jenkins, of Canton. 30th, 2:30 p. m. Talk to ladies, Mrs. Fannie Hutchinson, Dist. Secretary. 30th, 8 p. m. Sermon. Above program subject to change live consistently with their call ing. In order to exemplify the pure religion of our Lord and Master we must wake up and put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil Where fore take unto you the whole ar mor of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand There fore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness and your feet shod with the prepara tion of the gospel of peace, above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. The warfare in which Christians are engaged involves their most important interests for time and eternity. May the Lord bless these lines to the good of all who may read them. Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling and to pre sent you faultless before the presence of His glory with ex ceeding joy to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen! Notice of Intitute. The annual Teacher’s Institute for Forsyth county will begin Monday April 7th and continue for five consecutive days. Miss Paris will conduct the Institute and all teachers will receive rea sonable compensation for attend ing. C. L. Harrrs, Superintendent. Read W. A. Thaliy’s new ad. ROUTE 2 Misses Gene, Bessse and Edith Haygood spent second Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Lee Hawkins. Miss Myrtle Tatum, who has been teaching at Ducktown, has been called to her home in Carte cay, on account of the serious ill ness of her mother. Miss Vada Heard spent several days of last week with Miss Fleta Tolleson. Mr. Bailey Groover has moved his family into their new dwell- ing- Messrs Grady Bramblett, Carl and Lover Holbrook spent Wed nesday night with Mr Elmer Hol brook. Miss Pearl Wallis spent Satur day night with Miss Gene Hay good. Mrs Mary Bramblett spent a few days of last week with her mother, Mrs John Holbrook. Mrs. M. E. Haygood spent part of last week with relatives here. Mr. Grady Bramblett spent Sunday night with Mr. A. R. Bramblett. Rev. C. A. Wallis filled his reg ular appointment at Shady Grove Saturday and Sunday, accom panied by Mr. S. D. Haygood. The singing given by Mr. J. P- Holbrook Sunday night was well attended and enjoyed by all. Rev. C. A. Wallis will preach at the new school house (New Liberty) the fifth Sunday after noon in this month, at 3 o’clock. Everybody come- Mrs. S- D. Haygood and chil dren spent Friday night with Mr. Bailey Groover. Mr. Ney Wallis and family spent Sunday night with Mr. John Holbrook and family. Mr. Furman Wallis and family spent Saturday night with Mr. Bob Williams and family. Mr. Oscar Tollison Spent Wed nesday night with Mr. R. K. Heard and family. Miss Stell Sams spent Wednes day night with her sister, Mrs. A. R Bramblett. Miss Nettie Bramblett, who has been attending school at Wa leska, is spending a few days with home folks, and has as her guests, Misses Bessie Holbrook and Sallie Hurt. Messrs J. W. Bramblett and Ernest Thacker spent Second Saturday night with Mr. J. A, Bramblett. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holbrook spent Sunday night with Mr. W. H. Holbrook. Miss Fleta Tollison spent Wed nesday night with Mr. A. R. Bramblett and family. We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Albert Sewell which occured at her home near Heardville Monday of last Miss Gene Haygood spent Wednesday night with Mrs. M. E- Haygood. Miss Fleta Tollison spent Sun day with Misses Lucy and Mary Dougherty. A fine horse and mule of Rev. C. A. Wallis were instantly killed by lightning last Thursday night. Mrs. Groover spent Saturday night with Mr. S D. Haygood and family. Mr. William Mcßrayer, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is visiting relatives here. Wynette. PINEY GROVE Mr. Grover McGinnis visited his sister, Mrs. Mattie Chatham, Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Prestle Green and sister, spent last Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bennett. Misses Mary Castleberry and Ruth McGinnis visited last Fri day night at Mr. T. S. Bennett’s. Mr. John Rollins spent part of last week with Mr. Tandy Anglin. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bennett were the guests of Mr. Glen Guthrie and wife Saturday night and Sun= day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pruitt vis ited at Mr. Alvin Stewart Sun day. , Sunday School is progressing nicely. Let everybody come next Sunday. Mr. E. E. Castleberry and fam ily spent Saturday night and Sun day with Mr- J. H. Castleberry. Say, Georgia Boy, did you get: frost-bitten Sunday night? f Miss Lois Southard was on the sick list last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Castleberry spent last Friday with Mr. Ceph Poole and family. Mrs. T. S. Bennett visited Mrs Henry Pruitt last Wednesday. Mr. Grady Green and family spent Friday night with Mr. Mat Satterfield and family. Mr. Jim Rider visited at Mrs. Mary Bacon’s Saturday night. Wishing all ye correspondents a joyful Easter. Peach Blossom, c. Atlanta, Ga., March 19—A trip out Peachtree Street at this mo ment is in some respects very much like traveling through Mex ico City or one of the Balkan towns devastated by war. The havoc is being wrought by the onward march of business, and not by hostile bombardment; but the effect on many Atlanta’s most beautiful homes is exactly the same. They are being razed to the ground to make room lor stores and sky-scrapers, because Peachtree property is now more valuable for business purposes than for homes. Two of the lat est homes thus doomed are the English residence at the corner of Peachtree and Howard Street, and the Everett property in the same general neighborhood. The sale of the English home was the largest real estate deal in point of aggregate consideration on Peachtree north of Pine that has yet been transacted. The Eng lish sale and that of the Everett home were handled by George & Forrest Adair. The Everett property brought $lOO,OOO, while $200,000 was the price paid for the English property. Bent For Bkin Discuses Nearly every skin disease yields quick ly and permanently to liucklen's Arnica Salve, and nothing is better for burnaor bruises. Soothes and heals. John Deye oi Gladwin, Mich., says, after suffering twelve years with skin ailment and I spending S4OO in docters' bills Bucklen’s Arnica Sah e cured him. It will help you. Only 25c. Recommended by Dr. J. H. Hockenhull. Geo. W. Heard has added to his present business a large and complete line of ready made Clothing for men, boys and chil dren, and also a complete line of gents and boys Hats, and a good line of Shoes, Slippers and Hos iery. Better see these goods and get prices before purchasing, NO- 31