f HE FULTOfl COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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Lesson
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Urn Hundnv fcthonl Course, the Woody
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GUNBOAT PRINCETON, SUNK, SAVED AND HOME AGAIN
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United States gunboat Princeton photographed as aha appeared recently In San Francisco bay flying her home
tut pennant. A year ago the Princeton ran on to an unchartod coral rect off Samou and Rank. Slip was pumped
it by nor own crew and the hole In her hull patched, and she Is home again after an absence of five years.
ITALIAN TROOPS CHARGING IN THE OPEN
Italian troops on roconnoiBsanco duty caught by the camera as they
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COLONEL BULLARD AT BROWNSVILLE
were charging a detachment of tho
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Coionel Bullard, commanding tne Unltud Stales troopd at Urownsvllle.
l- li here seen (left) In front of his headquarters consulting with Captain
one of his aids.
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L ll(J" the German and Kusslan armies have marched through ana fought
L this village of Roren. Newspaper correspondents found there only
L .' kld children when they passed through In the rear of the advancing
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Roquo Gonzales Garza, at one tlmo
president of the convention govern
nient of Mexico, Is now In Washington
as a representative of the Vllla-Zapata
factions. He says any pacification plan
that rocognizes Cnrranza and docs not
include, tho Villlstas as factors In the
situation will mean nothing but anar
chy in Mexico.
Too Much to Imagine.
One evening Smith Jitneyed to the
suburbs to call on his friend Jones,
and while they wore Bitting on the
veranda enjoying their after-dinner
ragweed, large volumes of music
broke, loose In tho adjacent bungalow
"Soino music," commented Smith
glancing through tho fireflies in the
scenery beyond. "Who might the per
former be?"
"It Is my neighbor, ureen, on
swered Jones. "And would you oe
lleve that he plays by ear alone?"
"1 would not," was the prompt re
Joinder of Smith. "I can easily lm
aglne that he might make that much
noise by using both hands and feet
and an ax, but you can't make me be
lieve that he does It by banging the
side of his head on the keys."
Stock Trout Stream With Flies.
The Dritlsh Salmon and Trout as
soclntion asks anglers and fishery
owners to send to Its secretary, Sir
Wrench Towse, Fishmonger's hall.
London. E. C, totalis of cases In
which the valuable water-bred files
have been lucreasod substantially In
number by any special measures, such
as the Introduction, by the planting of
eggs or larvae or thu liberation of mi
ture files on thu banks of a liver or
lake; and the Improvemen' of
stream or lake by the cultivation ot
i.Teclal weeds, careful removal of mud
and so on.
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sian Boldiers that had been capture.
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What tho bombs dropped from tna German Zvppollns In their recent
raids over London did to tho buildings whre they full Is well Illustrated by
this photograph of a houso lu Shakespeare road, br.dly wrecked and seem
ingly about to collapso.
SIXTH CAVALRY GETS A MASCOT
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Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, sue
cessor to Henry Wnrd Beechor and
Lyman Abbott In the historic Ply
mouth church. Brooklyn, Is Involved
In financial difficulties which, as he
admitted to his congregation, aro due
to his ambition for wealth and power.
Doctor HIUIs Is hare seen In his pulpit.
TWO RUSSIAN BARONS HERE
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This young burro m rayed from the Moxlcan lines Into the United State3
and the boys of the Sixth cavalry, U. S. A., adopted him as a mascot.
The More the Merrier.
"Who Is that old fellow who says
everybody ought to own . hfine?"
"That's old Mr. Grasplt. I f")ar he's
talking from a solflsh motive."
"Yes."
"He holds a ciortgago on more
homes than any other man In town."
Mistreating His Wlfs. .
"1 understand Mrs Daubson posed
for a number of Daubson's paintings."
"Yos. There never was a more
striking case of wifely sacrifice."
"Surely, you exaggerate ber soiv
Ices." "Not at all. I've seen the pictures."
llarons Jacques and Richard
Stackolberg. sons of liaron and Baron
ess do Stuckelberg of Russia, photo
graphed in New York on their arrival
for a gruiid tour of America.
Parish Registers.
The origin of parish registers dates
back to 1538, when Cromwell, Henry
VlH'a general, Issued an Injunction
to the clergy to keep a record ot
births, marriages and deaths. And
the explanation of the gaps In ancient
parish registers lies In the fact that
during William Ill s war with France
they were used to assist on the collec
tion of a tax on births and marriages,
which was frustrated by the parish
clerks, for, as one of them naively
notes In his register: "No entries
were made tor some years to avoid
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ELIJAH TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN.
LESSON TKXT-II King 2:l-i;a.
GOI.DKN TEXT In thy presence !
fullness of Joy; at lliy right hand then
are plirusures forever more. I's. 10:1L
This chapter Is In type the Chris
tian's chapter. There are two chief
divisions: (1) Translation vv. 1-12; ,
(2) reception and use of power vv. 12
25. Tho event occurred probably 89'J
H. C. This is a wonderful lesson for
youth as It emphasizes that the way to
heaven is the way to the best of life.
I. Ellsha's Testing, vv. 1-8. Since
Carmel, Elijah had largely been work
ing according to the "still small
voice." Ho hud revived the schools of
Samuel, but now In soma way notice
was sent from God that the time of
his departure was at hand. How Kit
sha learned this fact the record does
not suggest, but he had had a great
object lesson In Klljah's faithful, stcp-by-step
obedience to Jehovah's word
and doubtless was listening keenly
for Klljah's words and for the voice
of Jehovah. This explains Klisha'a
tenacity. Gilgal (v. 1) means "wheel"
our reproacli rolled away, and Is a
picture of our salvation (I. Peter 6:7;
Ps. 55:22). Elijah had already learned
the lesson of being supplanted by a
younger man and so ho gracefully al
lows Elisha to follow him. "Bethel"
the house of God, was a good place to
tarry but not for Elisha at this time.
Now (v. S) fifty "sons" pupils of the
prophet seek to dissuade Elisha.
Knowing something was about to
happen, they "stood to view afar off."
but were not willing to draw nigh, to
follow like Elisha. They thereby
failed to reap a rich reward (John
12:26). Jericho (v. 4) means "fra
grance." It Is the place of tempta
tion (I. Cor. 10:13). This was 14
miles farther and contained a settle
ment of prophets. Again Elijah and
Elisha passsed on, the one to glory,
the other to the fullness of the Holy
Spirit. At Jericho (v. 6) the "sons
of the prophet" evidenced greater In
terest than those at Bethel, but In
reply to their challenge Elisha com
manded silence. The last difficulty to
confront them was Jordan (death),
but they do not hesitate, for God had
provided even for that contingency.
Neither are we to hesitate but wil
lingly "die unto self." Here the aged
prophet exercised his supernatural
power and they "went over on dry
ground" (t. 8). Though this Journey
seems to have been- revealed only
stago by stage, yet it was direct to
the final goal, and at each stage,
though they saw not the end. they
knew where to go next. This loyalty
of Elisha to Elijah Is a great lesson
for us to follow lu our service of
Christ our privilege of loyalty to his
cause and the blessing which will re
sult thereby.
II. Elijah's Translation, vv. 9-1 2a.
Even as In the first section we see In
type the plan of salvation so in this
section we are taught the resultant
facts and the experiments which come
to us when the blessing Is received.
Elisha Is now oncouraged to "ask."
yet we have a like promise from a
greater than Elijah which we too often
neglect (John 14:13. 15:17). Elijah
was such a mighty man of prayer
(James 5:17, 18) that he was on intl
mate terms with God and could there
fore make such an offer to Elisha (see
Acts 8:15. 17). Notice that the "fifty
sons of the prophets" who "stood afar
oft" were not on the right side of the
river to receive a like promise or en
ter Into the same fellowship. In a
senso this was Ellsha's final test
What he would ask would prove what
he was fitted for. Elisha had been
sufficiently tested so that It was per
fectly safe to grant him his requests.
Christ is likewise safe in granting
requests to all who "abide In him"
and In whom his "word abides" (John
15:7). What he asked was not twice
that possessed by Elijah but rather
the portion belonging to the eldest
son (Deut. 21:11, the one who was to
be successor and head of the house
hold. Elisha asked for fitness for the
work rather than position In the work.
Elijah reminds him that the request
made was a "hard thing," for ot all
hard things to Impart to another the
hardest is to transfer spiritual gifts.
Again Elijah may not have known the
plan of God that a man so unlike him
self was to take tho place of leader
ship. Elijah said, however, "If thou
see me when I am taken from thee,"
if God gives you spiritual vision to
use and to understand, then he will
accept you as my successor. There
must bo persistence to the end and
spiritual vision. "As they still went
on" Elijah went up, not In a chariot
but attended by chariots and by a
"whirlwind Into heaven." (See alsi
Ezek. 1:4; II Kings 6:17). Elijah,
the man of tempestuous fire and
sword, who In his hour of weakness
prayed to die, Is swept out of sight
amid a display of God's power in and
through nature.
Note the simplicity of the record
one verso as though such power were
a simple and a common thing for Je
hovah. The translation ot Jesus was quite
different and properly so (Acts 1:9;
Luke 24:51).
"And he saw It."
Ellsha's eyes were open and he saw
his departing chief, therefore he bo
came his successor according to the
promise.
"As a visible proof of his new ap
pointment Elijah lot his well-knftwn
mantle fall, as he ascended, and Eli
sha took it and Is recognized as Ell
1ah's successor.
What Is heaven? Read the last chap
ters ot Revelation.
Do we live after death? Elijah and
Moses on the Mount of Transfigura
tion, and the resurrected Christ prove
that death Is but the transference to
mother field of activity.