THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA. Pictures INMTIONAL NMrSfllOOL Lessor n Thlo Dopartmont Our Readers In Fulton County and Eloowhoro May journey Around tho Aorld AZIth the Camera on tho Trail of History INIakclno; Happonlneo. (By K. O. BKLLKItS, Acting D!rctnr of sunilay b hool coume, I lie Moocy vim Jnslllule of Chicago,) LESSON FOR AUGUST 15 RE-ENFORCEMENTS FOR AMERICANS IN HAITI FAMOUS BRIDGE BLOWN UP BY THE BRITISH JEROBOAM LEADS ISRAEL INTO of World News v mx m umm'nmMWtmtmmma mmu i i ii ii I ssaBmra M!f I VI j A It r.-CHWi ... ji TO- Scene In the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, as COO bluejackets wore being hurried aboard the battleship Connecticut to be taken to Haiti to re-enforce the command of Hear Admiral Caperton and help in restoring order on the Island. . ONE OF WARSAW'S PRINCIPAL STREETS N I A I - f t 1 i A. i ( 43 A ti l Si 1 f' -1 lii ili 111. I . XI-' iJ; &&&& IV This Is the famous Oalata bridge at Constantinople, connecting European and Asiatic Turkey, which la Bald to have been blown up by a British submarine. TRAINING OUR NATIONAL GUARD ENGINEERS Scene In the center of Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, which has been the object of the great Teuton drive In the eastern theater of the war and is now in the hands of the Germans. CASHIER AND GIRL MISSING fife w w-1 4 ti I . : i nil ijiii Abraham Cornelius, Jr., cashier of the Citizens National bank of Eugle wd, N. J., and Miss Loretta Adelgais, formerly the bank's stenographer, tattt of whom are missing. The directors of the bank have reported a liortage of $11,000 In the cashier's accounts. ISONZO PEOPLE WELCOME ITALIANS 0 I 4. jl Ira' f.-vt-M-t,, . ., ',ltu Viz UNOERWOPO i . scene in the Isonzo district when the long-prayed-for invasion took The Italian soldiers were hailed as the "redoemers" of the section lch for as far back as the inhabitants could remember was under Austrian I Everywhere the inhabitants turned out to give them fitting greeting. 9 Photograph Shows women giving flowers to the Italian troops. NEW ARCHBISHOP IN WEST 1 4 r , r v :yr IF, Engineers of the national guard of various states are receiving valuable training from engineers or tne regu lar army at the summer encampment at Belvolr, Va. Above, New York guardsmen are shown constructing a pon toon bridge across the Potomac. Below, loft to right, are: Major Conrow. N. Y. N. C; Capt. H. C. Woodward, Capt. J. C. Diegcs, Chaplain Fell and Lieut. Frederick Wendel, all of the United States Army. WORTHY OF HIS FATHER hi- 0,f,K - Most Rev. Edward J. Manna was confirmed as archblBhop of San Fran cisco recently, succeeding the lata Archbishop Rlordnn. The photograph shows him in his robes In St. Mary's cathedral. Here's a Sentence. There was the savor, the desidera tum, the force and quantity that we have been talking of a savor im mense and extraordinary, In relation to which the muddlement that I have callod subjective came directly from the fact that it is not, like the savors to which I Just paid tribute, "dished," served, administered after the fashion of precious things In general, Isn't per haps In any dogree the result of what passes in other societies for prepara tion, it grows wild, and I had doubt less partaken of It crude with the marvelous effect of its not disagree ing with me. The Sun. f Several months ago, on the sands In the north of France, the eldest son and heir of Albert, king of the Bel gians, was enrolled as a private In the Twelfth regiment of the Belgian in fantry of the line, Prince Leopold, duke of Brabant, Is a manly, good-looking lad of fourteen, and, as he takes both his profession and his position seriously, his father's words Introduc ing his heir to the staff: "It I cannot finish my work In the course of this war, I rely on my son to do It," repre sented more than a mere formal phrase. Had Remarkable View. The Swiss astronomer, J. Pldoux, reports In Astronomlsche N'achrlchten that he was recently able from an elevated Bpot near Geneva where the air was particularly pure to distin guish plainly with the naked eye the lunar crator Copernicus when lying beyond the terminator, 1. e., the sum mit of the crater was Illuminated while the surrounding region was still in shadow. FRANCE HONORS ROUGET DE L'ISLE &w"! " "" - - - , yi'i. On July 14, the national festival day of France, the nation paid fitting tribute to the composer of the national anthem, "The Marseillaise." The body of Rougct de l'lsle, the composer, was exhumed from its grave at Cholsy le Rol and with pomp and ceremony was conveyed to the Palace of the Invalides. The photograph shows the procession passing through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. "ANNIE" AT WORK IN GALLIPOLI 8 V i "Annie" is one of the powerful British guns with which the Turkish defenses on the Galllpoll peninsula are being battered by the allies. 8IN. I.KHHON TEXT-I Kings 12:-31 OOLDKN TEXT Thou holt nof mk unto thee a Kraven lmae, nor any neu of anything that la In heaven abova. or that la In the earth brncath, or that to In the water under the earth; thou abalt not bow down thyself down uuto tbem. nor serve them. Ex. K:i. 6a. Whether Jeroboam Incited Israel' rebellion or was summoned home be cause of his being known as an op ponent to Israel, we cannot say. Ha must have remembered Ahljab'a prophecy (11:29-40) and he bad anoth er prophet on his side, Bbemaiah (12:22-24), though Ahljah afterward deserted him (14:1-18). In Egypt, Jeroboam hud learned of the worship of the bull Apis and upon setting up his kingdom, saw at once the need of centering the religious life of the peo ple elsewhere than In Jerusalem. I. "Calves of Gold" vv. 25-30. Given these ten tribes by God (11.81) the people had chosen Jeroboam without seeming consultation with God, and the result was a tragic future for th Hebrews. David's monarchy lusted scarcely two generations. Rehoboam'a second attempt at coercion (12:21-24) is rebuked and he settles down in Judea but fortifies many cities (II Chron. 11:6-12; I Kings 12:24; 14:17). Jeroboam likewise built cities, She chem and Penuel, but the result of the schism was a weakened people and Israel was the first to be carried Into captivity and to extinction as a na tion. Defensed cities are not adequate safety for a nation (11:38; 2 Chron. 20:20; Zech. 1:4, 6). Witness Lleg and Antwerp. As a matter of political prudence Jeroboam's scheme of re moving the center of worship from Je rusalem succeeded admirably. The center of gravity of a man and of a na tion is that place where he centera his worship. The temple had no im age, and his setting up of his Image of bulls was a backward step, though doubtless It was regarded as best for the nation. Jeroboam's fatal error was In deflecting the people from the Invisible Jehovah to the visible crea tions of their own bands. Mankind al ways prefers to trust to their own de vices and to plan their own deliver ance rather than to trust in God. The evidence of our trust In God is to obey him. Note Jeroboam took counsel, not as did Rehoboam, of the aged or the young, but "in his heart." We are not to lean to our own understanding but upon the Holy Spirit (John 16:13). Man is "bIow of heart" and that one at all familiar with Hebrew history should repeat the mistake Aaron made Is scarcely to be understood (Ex. 32:4 8). The errors and "Isms" of today are but a repetition of the false teach ings of former days dressed In a new garb, labeled with a new name; such Is the dcceitfulness of the human heart (Jer. 17:9). Jeroboam's excuse was plausible enough (v. 28) and ap pealed to the ever-present weakness of the human heart to seek some easier way of Bervlng God. But man's way al ways becomes the hardest way. Jero boam today would be classed as a "liberal" and held up aa a "broad minded man." Note bis cunning ap peal to sacred memories (v. 28). j II. "Priests of the Lowest" vv. 31-33. Jeroboam's real concern was not that of the people but the permanency of his kingdom. Jeroboam was not intro ducing a new God but a new way of worship. One step always leads to another, and to fully establish this new way, and at the same time en tirely to control the situation, he se lected from among "all the people" priests who were to carry on Jeho vah's worship. God had selected the sons of Levi and specially ordained them for this service (Num. 3:10). When the devil Introduces a new re ligion, or any false Idea of Christ, or the Bible, he always appeals to sa cred memories, or else claims a "mod ern expression of the truth." Jero boam not only chose those who would be beholden to himself, but he also selected positions in his kingdom, at cither end, each of which was easily accessible. Thus to build and thus to select others than the sons of Aaron as priests was expressly forbidden. But such is the natural perversity and stubbornness of the human heart that It readily follows Its leaders Into all sorts of apostasy and error (Rom. 8:7). Jeroboam also changed (v. 32) the feast ordained of God on the 15th day of the seventh month (Lev. 23:33, 34) to one occurring In the eighth month. No possible appeal of local Interests warranted any such substitution; to obey is better than to modify (Matt. 15:6; Mark 7:13). The last verse (v. 33) tells us whence all of these changes originated, "of his own heart" hence it is not surprising that he finally assumed to himself the priest's office (I Sam. 13:12, 13; 1 Chron. 2:16), a crowning act of apos tasy and presumption. III. The Main Teaching. Jeroboam' chief purposa was not the glory of God, but this new religion was for per sonal safety and glorification. His cunningly devised program became the agent of his own and the nation's destruction (13:34; 14:7-11; 2 King 10:29, 31), and his opproblous title has become "Which made Israel to sin." Graft and trickery succeed for a time, but only those who obey God in all things build on a solid and lasting foundation. "Nothing in this world Is worth doing wrong for." Boys do not succeed by breaking the ruWs ot the game. Bad habits' and vice are but a defiance of God's laws. There Is no sadder sight than that of ship wrecked souls seeking their own gains at the cost of the ruined bodies and souls of their fellow men. To seek to clothe the calves of Egypt with mod ern religious Inventions la the devil' most cunning dejj'e.
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