RURAL ENTERPRISE óiepnen Girard U u a u > li > ViurOKM U X ltA N A llO ÌU l Ìf7 •-Ì \ * Jr t - 'F n i» Gw t t ì ' lBJ , r “ V »** H riTZWATER. D P «><«: o T oì X 7 t p SundaySehool ’ LessonT D m . m “ uu J i ' *“ “ • “ ■ UL* I M t, W • • le r a N ew sp ap er U ntoa.) - r r-S » w Lesson fo r Jan u ary 3 TH E SON O F GOD BECOMES MAN Î ¡L 3 k S S L E S S O N T E X T — J i h n 1 1 -1 J O O L P K N T E X T — A n d th » W o r d t>»- i ’*'i?h 1‘ n,d d w , I t a m o n g u» ( a n d w s b e h e ld H i» g l o r y , ( h e g lo r y o f t h . o n ly b e g o t t e n o f th ,- E s t h e r » f u l l o f g r a v e and ir u t h — Joh n 1 1«. “ P R IM A R Y T u p l e — J o h n T e lle th e P e o p le A b ou t Jeau e. IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P ­ IC — W h y U o d C a m e to E a r t h lu J e a u e C h r is t . Y O l'N O P E O P L E A N D A DL’ L T T O P ­ IC — T h e B u r p o » « a n d P o w e r o f t h e I n ­ T ra in L ackin g Tub, H e Bathes in R ain Oslo.—W hen th e night tra in on th e O slo-Bergen railw ay a r­ rived a t Yosa, at 8 a. m. recent- ly. th e re sid en ts of th u t Nor- w eglan village w ere shocked be- yond words. T he raiu w as [m uring and from one of th e com partm ent w indow s a m an was leaning out —sa n s raim ent. He stepped out of tlie window aud w as bidding o nto th e roof o f the car. T here he rem ained sw aying on th e edge, tak in g a batli lu th e fresh m orning rain w hile the train sped along a t m ore th an 45 m iles an hour. At the next sta tio n an official en tered the co iu p artiu eu t and found th e man. still nude, sittin g In his seat and hum m ing a cheerful d itty w hile lie shaved him self, lie w as an E nglish m an who had w anted his m orn- Ing tub. :: & K {! ust L it t le DEAL IN JUAsal FUTURES Young W ilkins, win« w as of very lim ­ ited m eans, p re se n te d th e m in ister, a fte r the w edding cerem ony, w ith a ft couple o f frayed hank notes and so in L- loose change, s a y in g : "1'ut so rry , p a r ­ a son. hut Hits is all I've got." ft Í ~W ” T hen, observing th e fa in t look of S v S 5 * ij5 t • S i d isap p o in tm en t w hich th e pw tr p e r- 5» aon w as u nable to re stra in , he added carnation. » h a s tily : "B ut, if we h ave any chil­ T h e lessons fo r th is q u a rte r a re ft w wJ..*,, dren, we will send them to y our Sun­ tak e n from th e Book of Jo h n , giving u s day school,” —C o u n try G entlem an. >* iin o p p o rtu n ity a s tea ch e rs to presen t , " " " " " —- - - " ' - ' / d - K ' d ' . z i î i z ; " - : B th is g re a t m essage from God. Ln O n w a rd and U p w a rd ? X x& x i . # ' * teach in g th e lessons the tea ch e r m ust H U N T F O R M IS S IN G R e p re se n ta tiv e T im b e rla k e suld In get J o h n 's c en tra l purpose and bend every lesson to It, H appily th e w rite r ■ M IL L IO N S S U C C E E D S a 1. M. C. A. a d d re ss in D en v er: "D on't confine y o u r good reso lu tio n s lias plainly d eclared It in c h a p te r to Ja n u a ry 1. M ake good resolutions 20:80, 81. It Is twofold. 1. T o prove ' th a t J e s u s Is th e C hrist, the Son of I Securities F o u n d W ra p p e d every day In th e year. T h a t's w hat I do." ì - . God. 2. To show th a t e te rn a l life is to 7 « in O ld N ew sp ap er. Mr. T im b e rla k e sm iled and a d d e d : lie obtain ed through fa ith in Him. "M any a m an, by tu rn in g over In­ " Ith th is tw ofold object before him, >V R ockm art, Ga.—A fter search ex te n d ­ n um erable new leaves, finds him self a t John proceeds law yer-llke, to lay down ing from G eorgia to the financial cen­ •he top o f th e tree ." > 1 his p ropositions and then to In tro ­ duce his w itnesses, one by one, to te rs nf New York, approxim ately $1,- 000.660 In stocks and bonds belonging CAUSE FO R JEA LO USY estab lish them . T he section for our lesson is th e prologue to the Gospel to the e s tu te of T hom as J. Flournoy, has been found w rap p ed In an old according to John. XJ n e w sp a p er a n d chucked aw ay In th e I. The P re -ex iste n t W ord (vv. 1-4). cem ent vault of th e Southern S ta te s T h e E te rn al Son Is called the W ord C em ent com pany, of which he was • W È>Z of God because H e Is th e expression president. of God to m an. H e is th e one who ■nm^ ¿ f » Mr. F lournoy cam e to R ockm art 'ISL síse u tte rs to men th e F a th e r ’s will "th e about tw enty five y e a rs ago from K en­ «A - ...ev only begotten Son w hich Is In the tucky. lie died here S eptem ber 5. bosom of th e F a th e r, H e h a th declured T he Fidelity and C olum bia T ru st Co. H im " (v, 18). O bserve: of Louisville, in a d m in isterin g th e es­ 1. T he Son Is u Person S e p a rate tate , found th a t he w as w orth about ‘ , From the F a th er. $2.000,006 in securities, although only j ■ ^W £ T h e re Is a t th e sam e tim e an Insep­ about h a lf of tills am ount could he Io- I : - ■ a rab le union ex istin g betw een them . cated. I |! { i " i i ; ^ - t ì ,,♦ •.. f u l l o f living h e re and In K entucky. A n u m b e r o f t h in g » W hen th e F ir s t U nited S ta te s a g a in th e com ing su m m er first fo rty y e a rs of S te p h en G ira rd 's 1812. By Him w ere all th in g s m ade, the J u s t why Mr. F lournoy left the val- I I t i» n 't s u r p r i s i n g In P h ilad e lp h ia . F o r th e life. H e w as born M ay 24, 1750, a t b u n k 's c h a r te r e x p ired In 1811, G ira rd world and all th in g s therein. T ile One T h a t n io n a y h a » w i n g s . ualile p a ck a g e loose In Hie cem ent “C ity o f B ro th e rly L ove” B ordeaux, F ra n c e , th e son of a se a w as re v e a le d a s th e la rg e st sto c k ­ who died to redeem us, m ade us. p la n t's v a u lt Instead of In Hie vau lts holder. H e bought th e hank anil th e h a s an n o u n ced a n exposi­ c a p t a i n ; sa ile d a s a cab in b o y ; a t 5. T h e W ord of God Is th e Source of (he F a rm e rs and M erchants’ N a­ T r u t h 's R e w a r d tion In h o nor o f th e n in ete en w as c a p ta in a n d p a r t ow ner build in g fo r $120,000 anil opened th e of All Life. tional B ank of R ockm art, of which "E x cu se me for hugging you. T h e B an k of S te p h en G ira rd w ith a c a p ita l of a sm all v e sse l; s e ttle d In P h ila ­ se sq u lc e n te n n la l o f th e H e Is th e e te rn a l fou n tain from he a lso w as p resid en t. Is not known. corridor w as d a rk and I m istook you p a ssin g o f th e D e c la ra ­ d elphia In 1769, w h e re he w as a l­ o f $1,200,000. B a n k in g o f any kind w as which all life has been derived. Mr. F lournoy had extensive in te re s ts fo r my w ife.” th e su b je c t o f B itter c o n tro v e rsy In tio n o f In d e p en d e n ce by te rn a te ly sh ip m a s te r and m erc h an t. 6. T h e W ord o f God Is th e L ight nt I'a d u ca h , Ky., and his body w as "H ow long have you been m arried ? ” F a te so f a r had not been kind. H e th o se d a y s a n d th e p riv a te bank w as of Men. th e Second C o n tin e n tal “T en y e ars." c arrie d to P rinceton, Ky., his old a n a th e m a . B u t G ira rd 's b an k p ro s­ had lost th e sig h t o f one eye In c h ild ­ C ongress a n d first-tim e M an’s pow er to reason has come hom e, for interm ent. "W ell. I aupIMise I'll have to excuse hood. H is m o th e r h a d died w hen he pered. v is ito rs w ill d o u b tle ss be m any. from Him. T he conscience, and even you. You deserve c red it for hugging T h e W a r o f 1812 w a s so u n p o p u lar T h e se visito rs, In seein g th e city, w as tw elve a n d h is ste p m o th e r had th e illum ination o f th e Holy S pirit, your w ife th a t w ay,” said th e girl. C rim e R eh earsal A lm o st w ill he Im p ressed by a collection of not loved him. H e had In c u rre d d eb ts In New E n g la n d tlin t S e c re ta ry G a lla ­ have th e ir source in Him. H e had m arrie d M ary bum , a p re tty tin 's a tte m p t to flout a loan of $16.- fin e b u ild in g s of w hich th e f e a tu r e II. The W orld's A ttitu d e T ow ard B rin g s A b o u t a L yn ch in g Is a m arv e lo u sly b e a u tifu l G reek b a re fo o t girl of six tee n , w hom he ooo. ooo re su lte d in su b sc rip tio n s of the W ord of God (vv. 5-13). H o n e s ty B a r is — F reneli love for detail and less th a n $0.000,000. Jo h n Ja c o b saw a t th e public pum p. She had be­ te m p le w ith 34 m assiv e C o rin th ia n 1. Men a re Insensible to th e I'res- T h e C lerk —T h e sto re hns been „„ , .. ... . , . . , . i e x a c titu d e In th e m a tte r of crim e lic­ A sto r a n d his frie n d s th e n took $2,- co lu m n s. I t will be n e ce ssa ry to tell com e ln sn n e anil h e had p u t h e r in rolilied. B u rg lars hnve tak e n off som a ence of the I rue E ight (vv. 5-10). ........ . , , . th e m th a t it is G ira rd college and for th e P e n n sy lv a n ia h o sp ital In 1790, 000.000 a n d S te p h en G ira rd sta k e d his No dense Is the Ignorance of m ankind r, « - r o n " o f 'T h * i ' " ’IK’,‘r on H of o u r m ost expensive pieces. fo rtu n e by g u a ra n te e in g th a t th e presence of th e very Lord of th e ir benefit w ill be re to ld th is w h e re his only child h a d been born e n tire "" "* " w**r" T h e D ealer In A n tiq u ities— T h e low lu lle d upon by th e police to re-ennet th ro u g h his bank th e re m a in in g $8.- J G lory is unrecognized. a n d had died. c la s s ic : C hrist not w re tc h es! T h e dish o n est th ie v e s I th e robbery of a post ofllre and the 000,800. W ould th e W ar o f 1812 have F o rtu n e now tu rn e d a sm iling face ' only m ade th e world but w us in th e Well, let's he nt least th an k fu l th a t ail H o ra c e G reeley, w e arin g h is u su al killing of th e a g en t In o rd e r Hint Hie been won w ith o u t th a t $8,600,006? of tlie thin g s w ere fakes. w orld d irecting and governing Hie w h ite c ra v a t, a p p ro a c h e d th e gnte of on S tep h en G irard. A lucky lea se of — S te p h en G ira rd died D ecem ber 26. w hole c rea tio n before Hie Incarnation. evidence for th e forthcom ing tria l th e college. "Y ou c a n 't com e In," said a ch ain of sto re s, su b le t nt a larg e m ight be In [«erfect o rd e r As th e • profit, laid th e fou n d atio n of his fo r­ 1.831, lea v in g a n e s ta te in e x cess of J H e is th e p re se rv e r o f all Its forces th e gaten m n . sto p p in g th e fam o u s edi­ m u rd er re h ea rsa l proceeded a crowd A m o n g th e S au s ag es to r. “ W hy n o t,” sa id G reeley. “ You’re tune. N ext cam e a w indfall of $56,- $7,000.000. H is w ill, a m ost re m a rk ­ and In tere sts. Being th u s unrecog- of v illagers gath ereil about tlie post s | k h ,e »l UI<1 ( " t hntch- a c le rg y m a n .“ “T h e h— 1 I am !” " E x ­ 000. D u rin g an In su rre ctio n In H a iti a b le docu m en t o f nbout 14.000 w ords, j nized, God in H is g race sen t Jo h n the nfllee a n d becam e m ore and m ore ex- ' ” r —I* (he head cheese over se v e ra l p la n te rs sto re d th e ir v a lu a b les re v ea le d th e m a k e r a s a m an o f s e n ti­ B a p tist a s a w itn ess th a t all m en c u se me— w alk rig h t In !" cited a s th e th ree young c rim in als— I ,h p r,‘l on tw o o f his ships. T h ese p lan te rs, m en t a n d a tr u e lo v er o f m ankind. m ight believe (vv. 6, 7). God waa not c le r k —I should suy not— the hose Now, su p p o se o u t o f te n such w ith every m em ber o f th e ir fam ilies, H e le ft m oney fo r m ore n u rse s in th e w illing th a t men should grope In who had only been ra p tu re d a f te r a Is out. v isito rs one Is a la w y e r a n d one a h o sp ital w h ere his In sa n e w ife had d a rk n ess. Be H e sent a m an w ith a stiff hunt w ent through Hie actions w ere m assacred . c h u rc h m a n . T h ese tw o a re likely to o f th e ir crim e w ith com plete nonchal­ In 1885 he began th e build in g o f lived and d ie d ; for coal fo r th e p o o r; tru e testim ony to point o u t th a t light ance, h a v e h e a rd th e s t o r y ; c e rta in ly , hy B ad Show his fam o u s fleet fo r trn d e w ith th e for th e a id of th e d e a f and d u m b ; for to them . re a so n o f vocation, th ey should se e I tin e of th e b an d its, th e m an who T h « c o » l s t r i k e In « b l« a f f a ir O rient. H e h a d w ith d raw n from th e d istre s se d m a s te rs of sh ip s ; fo r b e tte r 2. T h e D e sp e rate W ickedness of th e p o in t o f th e Joke. F o r th e o th e r had fired (he fa ta l shot w hich had F o r w h ic h i ' l l h a v e t o p a y m y s h a r e » R om an C ath o lic church and becom e police p ro te c tio n ; fo r c ity Im prove- J M an’s H e a rt (v. 11). n d 1 b e« ru < 1 « e t h e n a m e b e c a u a e e ig h t th e Joke m u st be e xplained. All I killed th e postal agent, e n te re d Into A m ents. Jt b r in g s n o la u g h t e r o r a p p l a u s e . T h e W ord w as rejected hy th e cho­ a F re n c h fre e -th in k e r. So he nam ed o f w hich show s th a t to th e a v e ra g e I th e a ffa ir w ith such gu sto th a t the his first vessel V oltaire, th e second B ut It w as to o rp h a n s th a t his sen nation. T hey would not receive A m erican G ira rd college m eans n o th ­ crow d w as soon sh o u tin g for Ills blood ing. A nd It's m ore th a n likely th a t j R o u sseau a n d so on. T h e acco m p an y ­ h e a r t tu rn e d m o st—hence G Jrard col- 1 th e one w hom God had ano iu ted to he C urses w ere h urled Ht th e prisoners H E R R I N G O N T H E H O O K ing p ic tu re Is a re p ro d u c tio n o f a lege. H is r e la tiv e s co n te sted th e w ill; ' th e ir King and jvere h urled back nt th e crow d h e h a s n e v e r h e ard of S tep h en G irard . bronze b a s-relief on th e p e d esta l of th e long litig a tio n w as c a rrie d to the 3. Som e Received C h rist and T h u s W ith a [ileasant sm ile th e accused Its fo u n d e r—u n less h e know s his th e G ira rd s ta tu e In C ity H all plaza. S uprem e c ourt. D aniel W eb ste r vain- I B ecam e tlie Sons of Goii (vv. 12, 13). m u rd e re r goaded th e v illa g ers Into D ic k en s a n d H aw th o rn e. - .1 T h e w ritte n re co rd p ictu res S tephen ly a rg u e d th a t " th e plan of e d u ca tio n j W h ile tlie nation re je cte d Him, som e such a fu ry th a t soon all hounds w ere T h is Is a p ity — fo r sev eral reaso n s, ! in d iv id u als em braced Him and w ere o f th e G ira rd school of o rp h n n s w as G ira rd ns a dual p e rso n ality . H ere Is passed and the In fu riated onlookers E v e ry good A m erican should know o f ! one p e rso n a lity : I lls E nglish w as In- d e ro g a to ry to th e C h ristia n religion, crow ned helrg of Im m ortal glory. In mad»* a rush for the Hire»* men. I Inly G ira rd college. T o he sure. It Is not d ifferent. Ills fo rb id d in g api ’ra n c e c o n tra ry to so u n d m o rals a n d su b ­ th is section we a re show n how men th e fa ste st w ork on th e p a rt of the in th e “ W ho's W ho” o f colleges. B ut j becom e c hildren of God, It la not liy w as th a t o f a rough old sniior. H e versive o f law ." polli-e, w ho h u rried ly called off th e In Its 78 y e a rs o f e x iste n c e It has . ., ,, , , i w as crabbed. Inhospitable, unap- W e h s te r's co n te n tio n w as h a s o f on blood re la tio n with th e C ovenant peo­ crim e re h ea rsa l and ru sh ed th eir b e e n both college a n d hom e to m ore - pri)fichllble , Ie no „ „ „ n|> ple "o f bloo d "; (g rac e is n o t In- I S tephen G ira rd 's d irec tio n th a t no c h arg es Info an autom obile, p re v en ted th a n 12,000 o rp h a n boys, a s It is to d ay plying a t his d o o r; th o se he allied "e cclesiastic, m issio n ary o r m in iste r h e rlte d ) ; not hy tlie efforts o f th e ir an a tta c k w hich m ight have developed to m ore th a n 1,560. I ts f u tu re should h e a rts, “ th e will of m a n ; hut of It v out to m th e n Inst cent. of any sect w h a tso e v e r" should ever . . . . . I m ust w » « ork n s II u i 11» isi ceni. Into th e lynching of th e bandits. b e s II m o re useful, sin ce Its o rig in a l w „ rl(rldIv fniB „, be co nnected w ith th e college o r even God." T h e new b irth la God’s w o rk ; i b u ild in g a n d m a in te n a n c e fu n d o f ! te r s he w as a m iser. m an cannot change him self, n e ith e r j be a d m itte d a s a v isito r w ith in th e D e e r D ru n k on G rapes a b o u t $6,000.000 now a m o u n ts to H e re 's a lim elig h t view o f th e real college p rem ises. H is m otive w as, the can one m an change th e other. "W hen s girl s ta r ts fishing for a « b o u t $72,000,600 nud In a n o th e r S tep h en III. The E tern al W ord Becam e In­ G ira rd : Yellow fe v er will se t fo rth , “ to keep th e ten d er R uns W ild , Hoohs Cows proposal w hat should I do?" q u a r te r c e n tu ry sh o u ld touch th e sco u rg ed P h ilad e lp h ia In 1793. W ash- m inds of th e o rp h a n s fre e from th e c a rn a te , "M ade Fleeh" (vv, 14-18). Han F ra n c isco .- In to x icated hy a I “ If you love her. put h e rrin g on h e r h u n d re d m illion m ark. In th ese v erses we a re tau g h t Hie Ington. Je fferso n a n d ail th e fe d era l I e x c ite m e n ts” o f c la sh in g d o c trin es meal o f dried fe rm e n te d grupes, a deer And ns fo r S te p h en G ira rd , Its officials left th e city. All th e in h ab it- ' and s e c ta ria n c o n tro v e rsie s a n d to E te rn al W ord becam e th e In c a rn a te ran am uck a few m iles north of Han ) hook, of course.'' T h e e te rn a l Hon o f God be­ fo u n d e r, fiction h id es Its ab ash ed a n ts fled w ho could. In A ugust. Sep- t p a 'h them " th e p u re st p rin cip les of Son. Itafael, honked several cows, p a rtia lly I L o v e s H is W o r k He h e a d a t th e sto ry o f his life. H e w as tem b e r and O ctober 4.631 died. "B rin g m o rality .” so th a t th ey m ight Inter cam e m an, horn o f a woman. w recked a h a m Hnd to re down two passed through childhood a n d youth “ You have no Idea w hat a really big a h u m an enigm a. H e w as a com- i out y o u r d e a d i” w as th e cry on ev ery . a dopt "such relig io u s te n e ts s s th e ir m iles of fence on th e M iller ranch ' He wue te s te d ; He m erclal a n d financial genius. H e w as s tr e e t every day. G ira rd dro p p ed his m a tu re d re a so n m ight e n ab le them to into m anhood. W hen last aeen th e deer, his one iin I executive gets out o f business," de­ suffered and died In o rd e r th a t He clared th e New Yorker. th e rich m an of his day. business, c a rrie d o u t th e d e ad and p re fe r." dam aged a n tle r crow ned hy a garlan d “Nor H e w as a p u b lic ben efacto r. H e th e sick, p erfo rm ed th e m ost revolt- T h e le tte r o f th e will h a s been ( m ight becom e Identified w ith the race of brush, w as stag g erin g Into the hills “G ets down Just In tim e fo r lunclg w as a n A m erican p a trio t. H e saved Ing se rv ice s a t th e hoapltal and dl- lived tip to —hut m any a m in iste r Is and lift It to C hrist, and th u s re sto re T ony Nllveria, m an a g er o f the M iller and then he plays golf." th e new n a tio n by his financial aid. re c te d h is little group of v o lu n te e rs n u m b ere d am ong th e g ra d u a te s of th e broken fellow ship. T h is Incarnate ranch, rep o rted th e In tem p erate deer “ W hat If It ra in s?" Son tab e rn ac led am ong us. I f S te p h en G ira rd , w ith h is m illions, [ — from S e p tem b e r 18 to N ovem ber 16 1 G ira rd college. to th e Han R afael a u th o ritie s and a “T h e re 's th e m atinee.” b unt w as organized. 0 3