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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
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0 0 YOU SUFFER PROM SW
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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
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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 .
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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«.
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