RURAL E N T E R P R IS E •u'XOVU) UN1EURM INTERNATIONAL LINC0LNIÁNA.1926 SundaySchool Little yLfe*. ’ LessonT RKV p H r iT Z W A T K R , U .D . D ea a th e E v e n in g S c h o o l. M oo d y B ib le la* • t i t u t e o f C h :c a * o .) ts£>. 11#X<. VI e s te r n N e w s p a p e r U n io n .) • y or Lesson fo r F e b ru a ry 14 JESUS. TH E GOOD SHEPHERD L E 3S H N T E X T —J o h n l i l - 1 0 . G O L D E N T E X T — I an, th e g o o d s h e p h e r d , th e g o o d s h e p h e r d g t v e t h h is lif e fo r th e stie sp ." — J o h n 10:11. P R IM A R Y T O PIC — T h e G ood S h e p h erd an d H is S h eep . J t N1OR T O PIC — J e s u s th e G ood S h ep h erd . IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P - R" W h a t th e G ood S h e p h e r d D o e s tor H is S h eep . young p e o p l e and a d u l t t o p - IC— M any S h e e p , b u t O ne S h ep h e rd . BOTH W RONG A dispute arose betw een tw o old la dies as to the nam e of the music the band was playing. Said the firs t: "It'» the O verture from T h e M astersing ers.' ” ’■Rubbish!’’ declared the s«*onJ. “I should think I know the Prelude from L oheugriu' when I h ear It." As n eith er would give in. No. 1 con sulted a notice board. “W e're both wrong,” she announced on re tu rn in g " I t’s ’R efrain From S p ittin g .'" Tiie relationship of the Messiah to H is own is set forth in the Old T esta ment under the figure of the shepherd and his sheep. (Ps. 23, Ez. 34). S h a d e s o f W e b s te r ! I. The Good Shepherd (vv. 1-18). 1. H e Is tlie T rue Shepherd (yv. A w estern new spaper reports th at 1-«). one m other said to a n o th er; He came by the divinely appointed "My little g irl's tonsils w ere re way. The power exercised by the moved last week by D octor Blank, the P harisees in casting out this man was fam ous tonsorlnl specialist." not obtained by lawful means. It was Probably Doctor Blank was <>qunlly stolen by them and exercised in the expert regarding singes, sham poos bold spirit of robbers. John the and shaves.—M anchester Union. Baptist, and others of the prophets, had perform ed the function of the Sauce! p o rter and opened the door to the M cCarthy -W hut's thltn little red Shepherd (v. 23). Despite the deceit, audacity, th eft and robbery of these berries? O 'B rien—T hlm ’s cranberries. Pharisees, those who w ere C hrist's M cCarthy—Are they good to eat? sheep were declared to be form ing a O 'B rien—Good to eat? Why. don’t new flock and following Him as the tru e Shepherd (v. 4). T he reason the you know th u t cranberries make bet> man suffered excommunication for te r upple sauce thun prunes ever did? Jesus' sake was th a t he recognized OF COU RSE Ulin as the tru e Shepherd and the Pharisees as strangers. 2. He Is the Door of the Sheep (vv. 7-10). The way to fellowship to God Is through Christ. He Is the only door (A cts 4:12). T here is absolutely no way to get into the fold of the re deemed but by Him. All who attem pt it are thieves and robbers (v. 8). Those who become m em bers of the flock through Him enjoy marvelous gifts (vv. 0, 10). (1) Salvation—"Shall be saved." Not only saved now but saved etern al ly (vv. 27, 28). (2) Liberty— "Shall go in und out" It Builds S tr e n g h Just th e rem edy to aid the system in th row in g off catarrhal w astes, help the functional organs, restore digestion and bring back th e perfect balance. P e-ru-na m eets the n eed w hich w e all feel at thia season o f the year. S o ld E v e r y w h e r e Tablets or Liquid PLRIFNÄ, 0 0 YOU SUFFER PROM SW THMA? Olive Tar haa relUsvv.1 hun- dretla. It« toothing nine «»<!«< relieve« Irritation, l ee eater* nally and inte rn ally . A wonder fu l relief fur eomneee an<1 itv r ia t n i n e lio ii . ■ <»l-is . h ro n . L iti* , coughing. Pure, hamüeae. ■ A L L • KU0XEL. New York w as alw ays reading, digging lnt( books, stretched out flat on his stom ach In front of th e fireplace, stu d y in g till m idnight and p m , mid N a tu r a lly (v. 9). n ig h t, picking a piece of charcoal to “ Why Is D orothy running arounc Only those who accept salvation In w rite on the fire shovel, shaving off w anting of more and more of w hat to th e B ritish parliam ent, “For God’s C hrist know w hat freedom is. with the Rokhilt tw ins?" w h at he wrote, and then w ritin g more w as hidden betw een th e covers of sake, then, m.v lords, let th e way be "Slip’s building heir castles." (3) C ontentm ent—“Shall go In and — till m idnight and p ast midnight. The books. Instantly opened for reconciliation. out and find p asture" (v. 9). next thing Abe would he reading He kept on saying, “The things I I say in s ta n tly ; or it will be too late M other—Bobby, this note from yoor The one who really enters the fold books betw een th e plow handles, It w ant to know are in hooks; my best forever." A Druggist’s Confidence by C hrist, the door, receives that teacher says you're the last boy In seem ed to them. And once try in g to friend Is the man who'll git me a book Stockton. Calif.—"When I was about class of twenty-five. The Weems book reached some deep which Is all-satisfying to the soul. speak a lust word, D ennis H anks said : I a in ’t read .” sixteen I had my first experience with spots in the boy. He asked him self Bobby—Well, It could be worse. 3. He Is the Good Shepherd (vv. 'T h e r e ’s su tld n ’ peculiarsom e about Dr. Pierce’s medi Besides reading th e fam ily Bible and w hat It m eant thut men should march, 11-18). M other—I don’t see how. Abe." cines. I suffered figuring his way all through th e old fight, bleed, go cold and hungry for the Bobby—I would be In a bigger class. He Is so devoted to Ills sheep that w i t h suppression, H e w unted to learn, to know, to arith m etic they had at home, he got He willingly lays down His life for got ail rundown, live, to reach o u t; he w anted to sa tis hold of "Aesop's Fables," "P ilgrim ’s sake of w hat they called “freedom." weak and so nerv them. The hireling abandons his D i v e r s i f i e d F lu s h e s “Few g reat men a re g reat In every fy hungers and th irsts he couldn’t tell P rogress," "Robinson Crusoe." and ous I never got a I h e ld a fluah lant e v e n In < about, th is big boy of the back- Weems’ “The Life of W ashington." thing,” said th is book. And th ere was sheep In tim e of danger. The Good night's sleep I A nd th in e v e n in g , by h e r g r a c e , woods. And some of w hat he w anted The book of fables, w ritten o r col a cool sap in the p assag e: "W ashing Shepherd has perfect knowledge of I ’m h o ld in g a V ery p r e tty g i r l — doctored but kept so much, so deep down, seemed to he lected thousands o f y ears ago by the ton's delight w as in th a t o f the m an j His sheep and they know Him (vv. W ith a flu ah u p on h e r face! getting worse in in the books. Maybe In books he would G reek slave known as Aesop, sank liest sort, which, by strin g in g the ; 14, 15). He enjoys such personal In- stead of better. My j tlm acy with His sheep th at He knows limbs and sw elling the muscles, pro find the answ ers to dark questions deep In his mind. As he read through mother consulted A W recker her d r u g g i s t — pushing around in the pools of Ills the book a second and third time, he m otes the kindliest flow of blood and : them by nam e and goes before them to Maw—W hat a re you going to do | lead the way and defend them from asked him if there th o u g h ts and the d rifts of his mind. had a feeling th ere were fables all spirits. At Jumping w ith a long pole, with Josh when he gets through with was anything he H e told Dennis and o th er people, “The around him. th a t everything he touched or heaving heavy weights, for his every danger. T his He will do even college? eonld recommend — and, following his unto death. On Calvary this was his th in g s I w ant to know are In b o o k s; and handled, everything he saw and years he hardly had an equal.” P aw —I hadn’t thought of that. I advice, she got Dr. Pierce’s Favorite torically fulfilled. It whs C hrist’s love my best friend is th e man w ho'll git learned had a fable w rapped In It Such book tulk w as a comfort Prescription and Golden Médical Dis w as w ondering wliat the college was for such sheep as this poor blind man me a book I a in ’t read.” And some somewhere. against th e sam e thing over again, day covery and thru the use of these medi th at caused Him to give up His life In going to do with Itself when Josh gets tim es friends answ ered, “Well, books cines I grew well and strong and never One fable w as nbout n bundle of a fte r day ; so many m ornings th e sam e order to find for them the abundant through with It.—Green Onion. a in ’t as plenty as w ildcats In these sticks and a farm er whose sons were kind of w ater from the sam e spring, had any more trouble. And since I mar life (v. 10). T his sym pathy Is world ried I have always used Dr Pierce's p a rts o’ Indlanny." q u arrelin g and fighting instead of the sam e fried pork and corn meal to wide— "other sh«»ep I have which are J u s t L i k e t h e F ir s t P o n c e medicines "—Mrs F C. McGregor, 1626 T his w as one thing m eant by Dennis sticking to g eth er; and th e farm er took eat, the sam e drizzle of rain, spring ; “W hen I w as a t the Ponce de Leon S. Aurora St. All dealers w hen he said th ere w as "su th in ’ pe- a bundle of sticks, gave them each a plowing, sum m er weeds, fall fodder not of this fold." T his suggests that the G entiles have a place In His fold In F lorida they hud a sign out, ’Youth cullarsotne" about Abe. It seemed stick, asking them If they w ere strong pulling, each coming every year. All who believe In C hrist form one W anted.’ ” th a t Abe made the books tell him more enough to break It, which they did Lincoln was th ankful to th e w riter ! flock. In order to save H is sheep He “The Ponce dc Leon ! A case of his th a n they told o th er people. All the e a s ily ; then he handed them a bundle of "A esop’s F ables" because that , voluntarily laid down His life (vv. tory repeating Itself, eh?" o th e r farm boys had gone to school of stick s and asked them If they w ere w riter stood by him and walked with j 17, 18). an d read “The K entucky P re c e p to r,’ strong enough to break It; and they him, an invisible companion, when he I II. The Sheep (vv. 19-30). O n e W o m a n ly W a y lint Abe picked out questions from It. tried th e ir stren g th to th e lim it but pulled fodder or chopped wood. Books I 1. U nbelievers Are Not His Sheep Bos«-— C laude says he w orships the such as “ Who has th e most rig h t to ould not break the bundle of stick s; ilghtfsl lam ps in the d ark rooms of Ids (vv. 19-26). com plain, the Indian or the negro?” w hereupon th e farm er told th em : "In gloomy hours. W ell—he would live ! C hrist's assertion th a t He was very ground I stan d on. Madg<>— I don't blam e him. A farm an d Abe would talk about It, up one union th ere Is stren g th ." o n ; maybe the tim e would come when , the good shepherd caused a di of th a t size Is not to he sneered at. w ay and down the other, while they T he style of th e Bible, of "A esop's he would be free from work for a few I vision among the people. Some ac w ere In the cornfield pulling fodder F ables," th e h earts ami minds back weeks, or a few m onths, with books, cused Him of being mad, others that fo r the w inter. When Abe got hold of those books, w ere much In his and then he would read. God, then | He had a devil. To th eir request that A V O I D E D A W O R S E B R E A K o f a story book and read about a boat thoughts. His fav o rite pages in them he would read. Then he would go and 1 He would tell them plainly If He were th a t cam e n ear a m agnetic rock, and he rend over and over. Behind such get at the proud secrets of his books the C hrist, He referred them to the how the m agnets In the rock pulled all proverbs as “Muzzle not th e ox th a t H is fa th e r—would he be like Ids testim ony of Ills works, declaring that th e n ails out of the boat so It w ent to tread eth out th e corn." and "H e th a t fath e r when he grew up? He hoped the secret of th eir Inability to recog pieces and the people In the boat found ruleth his own sp irit Is g reater than not. Why should his fath e r knock j nize Hltn w as th eir unbelief. them selves floundering In w ater, Abe he th a t tak eth a city," there w as a him off a fence rail when he was ask ! 2. They Recognize Ills Voice (v. 4). th o u g h t It was funny and told It to music of simple wisdom and a m ystery Ing a neighbor, passing by, a qttes- i T here are many voices In the world. o th e r people. A fter Abe read poetry, of common, every-day life th a t touched tion? Even if It w as a sm art question. ) the voice of the hireling, the voice of «■specially Hobby B u rn s’ poems, Abe deep sp<ds In him, while out of the too p ert and too quick, It w as no way I the th ief and the voice of the stranger, N o th in g m o re c o m fo rtin g began w riting rim es himself. When fables of the nnclent Greek slave he to handle n boy In fro n t of a neigh j but none of these will the sheep hear. th a n “ V e a e lin e ” J elly . Bears Abe sa t with a girl, w ith th e ir bare cam e to see th a t cats, rats, dogs, bor. No, he w as going to be a man The voice of the tru e - Shepherd Is pain. H asten* nature'« heal feet In the creek w ater, and she spoke horses, plows, hamm ers, fingers, toes, different from his fath er. The hooks recognlz«sl by His sheep even amidst i n g . W o n d e r f u l f o r c u t« , •cratchea, hruiaes a n d o th e r o f the moon rising, he explained to her people, all had fables connected w ith —his fa th e r hated the books. Already 1 the babel of voices In t i i e world today. tittle accidents. it w as the e arth not the moon—the tlielr lives, characters, places. T h ere I Abe knew more th an his f a t h e r ; he 8. His Sheep Follow Him (vv. 3,27). C H E SE B R O U O H M PO. C O . moon only seemed to rise. T his Is the proof th at they are His. was, perhaps, an outside for each thing w as w ritin g letters for th e neighbors; w _ State Street New York W hat he got In the schools didn't as It stood alone, while Inside of It ; they hunted out th e Lincoln farm to I The one who does not hear, heed, and sa tisfy him. He w ent to th ree differ w as Its fable. ; get young Abe to find his bottle of Ink obey the L ord’s voice Is clearly not en t schools in Indiana, besides tw o In Gne book came, titled "T he Life of , with blackberry-brier root and cop- His sheep. H is sheep have unques K entucky — altogether about four George W ashington, with fu rio u s An- ■ perus In It. snd his pen made from a tioned faith In Ills ability to lead "T hat eom etlst up the street broke • U • FAY OFF m onths of school. He learned his ecdotes, Equally H onorable to Him- turkey buzzard's feather, and w rite them. a blood vessel last bight by practicing PRTROLBUM J i u r ’ 4. H is Sheep Are E ternally Se too much.” a-b-c's, how to spell, read, w rite. And self and Exem plary to His Young j letters. Abe had a suspicion some- Em bellished w ith Six | tim es his fath e r wns a little proud to cure (vv. 27, 28). he had been with the oth er barefoot Countrym en. “H e's In luck. I heard the man next The sheep are entirely depend boys In b u ttern u t Jeans learning "m an St«*! Engravings, by M. L. Weems, fo r have a boy th a t could w rite letters door to him say he was preparing to the Shepherd. It Is break his neck." n ers" nnder the school-teacher, An merly Itecto r of Mt. Vernon P arish ." and tell about things in hooks and out ent upon the S hepherd's business to look after drew C raw ford, who had them open a It pictured men of passion and proud run and o u tw restle and rougb-and Im p ro vem en t door, walk In, and say “Howdy do?" ignorance In th e governm ent of Eng I tum ble any boy or man In Spencer and care for the sheep. T his He does Yet w hat he tasted of books in school land driving th eir country Into w ar county. Yes, lip would be different for He knows them by nam e and Is T h s p a th to v ir t u e a n d c o n te n t W e p a t ie n t ly p u rs u e . f e e t . OfwfcBMt. TM ««a «old «vwrrwbFr« Hewpien w as only a beginning, only made him on the American colonies. It quoted from his fa th e r; he w as already so ; acquainted with th eir weaknesses and fre e , t CaUr-wr» U k e t s U f . i f-.pt M M aj « m M b ««. E a c h t t i l n k l n s u p n e w d u tie s m e a n t trials. hungry and thirsty, shook him w ith a th e far-visioned w arning of C hatham It couldn't be helped. F o r o t h e r fu lb e to do. PISO’S . /»'Coughs Vaseline J Cuticura Soap B est for B aby W i l s o n C o p i e d L in c o ln W hen Woodrow Wilson was P resi dent he had occasion to w rite a letter to a sorrow ing m other. Woodrow Wilson w as a m aster of good English and had ordinarily no lack of confi dence In his own ability to say exactly what he w anted to say. But when he faced th at situation he was oppressed hy a sense of Ills Inability to w rite * nrds th a t combined dignity of posi tion and felicity of expression wRh genuine personal sym pathy. He read Lincoln's le tte r to Mrs. Bixby and eave np th e attem pt. H e copied Lin coln's letter and sent It to his corre spondent with a note of his own. Considering w hat m anner of man Woodmw W ilson was. and his Judg ment In a m a tte r of style und literary taste, th a t was a rem arkable com pliment to A braham Lincoln.—Indian apolis News. istic modesty which la te r was noted as one of his o u tstanding trait» in the W hite House. When he had been inspired to verse by a return to Indiana a fte r 15 years, he w rote to a frie n d ; “T h at p art of th e country Is. within Itself, as unpoetical as any spot on the earth , but still, seeing It and Its objects and Inhabitants im cn o d feel L in c o ln a M o d e s t P o e t ings In me which were certainly po When A braham Lincoln turned poet e tlc a l; though w hether my expressions at the age of thirty-five, tow ard hla of those feelings Is poetry la quite own work he retained th a t character another question." e T h e R eal Blessing The real blessing, mercy, satisfac tion, Is not In the having or the lack of merely outw ard things, but In the consciousness that the true source of life and happiness Is deeper than all these.—John W. Chadwick. A O n e -W o m a n M an Madam— Well, you look aa though you might do. My last chauffeur w as alw ays annoying me by kissing the maids. A pplicant—You may he sure I'll never give you cause for Jealousy, ma'am. Eyes to See As a face Is made b<-autlful by the — soul's shining through It, so the world Is beautiful by the shining through It of a loving God. Hoppy the man who has eyes to see the shining. U n d er-D ressed M other You a re very scantily clad In th at ball d r e s s ! D aughter—B ut I haven’t put my necklace on yet I No Cold Fever headache or grippes Cold« break in a day for the million« who u«e H ill's. Headache and fever atop. La Grippe u checked. A ll In a way to reliable that lruggots giarantee result«. Cold« are too important to treat in lcaeer way«. Be Sure Price 3Oc CASCARA ' IININE Get Red w ith p o r tr iM