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SUNDAY SCTi00L
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting u rector of
Sunday School Course Moody Bible In-
stitute, Chicago.)
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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 28
SAMUEL, THE VICTORIOUS
LEADER.
LESSON TEXT-—I Samuel 7:3-17.
GOLDEN TEXT—Hitherto hath Jeho-
vah helped me.—I Samuel 7:12 R. V.
__ Having prepared a “guilt offering,”
6:49, the Philistines started the ark
back towards Shiloh. A: a punish-
ment for their sacrilege and perhaps
for their boastful pride, God punishes
the men of Beth-Shemesh 2nd finally
the ark finds rest in the house of
Abinadab, 6:10-21, 7:1, 2. For 20
years Israel was under discipline in
bondage, v. 2.
I. “And Samuel spake . . say
ing,” vv. 38. It is possible that at
times Samuel was a fugitive, but that
he was praying, teaching and preach-
ing “the word of Jehovah” we are as-
sured. At last Israel was “drawn to-
gether,” v. 2 R. V. margin. Undoubted-
ly Samuel's pure life and his faithful
witnessing had as much to do with
this assembling ~s did the oppression
of the Philistines. Samuel told the
people plainly thay in order to be de-
livered “from the Philistines Israel
must “return unto Jehovah with all
. your heart.” The putting away (judg-
ing) of sin and all idols is the first
step of any real, genuine repentance
towards God, Isa. 55:7. When Israel
adopted Ashtaroth and the “strange
gods” they possibly did so with no
thought of forsaking Jehovah, but
rather with the idea of “enriffching”
their worship. Such liberality, such a
federation of religions is weakening to
the cause of faith, Matt. 6:24, I John
2:15, James, 4:4. Samuel might be
called “narrow,” but his exhortation to
Israel that they return to the love
and worship of Jehovah, to the obedi-
ence of his laws with whole-souled de-
votion, was the first, and the most es-
sential requisite to their freedom. Is-
rael’s response (v. 4) meant not alone
self-denial, but a revolt against the
Philistines. This meant also the giv-
ing up of amusements and profits which
might accompany such worship. The
word “heart” includes the will, affec-
tions, motives and powers of soul
Not merely a surface emotion, but a
de€p change of heart and character.
It is sad to fecall that this was a
reformation, not a regeneration (ch.
8:8), but such is the history of an
emotional reformation. One day, how-
ever, we shall see that one will last
last, Rom. 11:26. Samuel is a type of
Christ as a prophet and also as an
intercessor, Heb. 7:25. Gathering the
people at Mizpah (“a lookout”) he
caused the people to look to God.
Such a gathering was an evidence of
that unity of the people of God which
must ever precede prevailing prayer,
Ps. 99:6, Heb. 10:25. The meeting
beg: by a prayer by Samuel who
was nearest to God. They than poured
out water upon the ground, a symbol
of their utter helplessness, also of
the pouring out of their hearts before
God, II Sam. 14:14; Ps. 62:8. Israel
also “fasted”—an expression of sor-
row for sin which was so deep that
they could not eat, and a sign of the
humiliation of self and an earnest de-
sire to find God, Dan. 9:3, Acts 13:2, 3.
Il. “And Samuel offered yi
a burnt offering,” vv. 9-12. Twenty
years of bondage bred a spirit of fear
in the hearts of the Israelites and in
their extremity they turned te Sam-
uel to intercede for them. Christians
have a better one as their interces-
sor, I John 2:1; Heb. 7:25; Rom.
8:34. Israel no longer places its
trust in an outward symbol as when
formerly they sent for the ark, ch. 4:3
All real prayer is preceded by sacri-
fice, and the only ground we have upon
which to approach a holy God is to
shed blood, Heb. 10:19, John 14:6. This
is also a type of entire consecration
The lamb of Samuel’s sacrifice is a
type of our Christ who entered into
God’s presence for us ‘by his own
blood,” Heb. 9:11, 12. Having thus
properly approached God, Samuel
cried for Israel, and “the Lord heard
him,” John 17:9. In the midst of this
the Philistines gave battle (v. 10)
even as Satan often makes his
fiercest assaults upon us in the midst
of our holiest exercises. God “thun-
dered with a great voice,” v. 11, marg.,
bringing discomfiture and fear to the
enemy, I John 5:14.
The Heart of the Lesson. This les-
son is a great revelation of the power
“and effectiveness of intercessory
prayer. ‘Moses and Aaron among his
priests, and Samuel among them that
call upon his name,” Ps. 99:6, seems
to place Samuel at the head of Is-
rael’s intercessors even as Moses and
Aaron led the prophet priests.
Prayer for others is not only a duty,
but a privilege and ioy as well.
Too few Christians are interceding
for others. The sincere prayer for
others is inevitably followed up by
service for others, even as Samuel's
prayer waz followed by his service
Judging Israel.
This
need
cies
cob
rial
lesson also emphasizes the
of appreciation of God's mer-
Abraham erected his altars; Ja-
and Joshua . erected memo-
stones to recall signal blessings:
uel calls the one he erected “Eb
: for “Hitherto hath Jehov
Song and
Story ......
Our Own.
If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex “our own”
With look and tone,
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
Youmay give me the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart should cease,
How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night,
And hearts have broken
For harsh words spoken,
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thought for the stran-
ger
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best,
: Ah! lips with the curve impatient,
Ah, brow with that look of scorn!
"Twere a cruel fate
Were the night too late,
To undo the work of the morn.
—Margaret E. Sangster
Little Bobby, aged seven, was sent
by his mamma to his auntie, with
goods to make him a pair of new
trousers. After Bobby had started
mamma called auntie by telephone
and told her that the trousers were
to be made short with no pockets.
When Bobby arrived he told auntie
to make them long and to make pock-
ets, plenty of them. “But,” said auntie
“does mamma want them that way?”
Bobby was thoughtful for a moment
then he said, “Now see here, auntie
mamma don’t have to wear these
trousers.”
The Coming Spirit.
“This war will go on and on,” said
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, on the
Lusitania. She has given a $250,000
field hospital to the belligerents.
“This war will go on and on,” she
repeated sadly, “and the side that is
getting the worst of it will display the
spirit of little Willie.
Little Willie’s father as he laid on
the slipper, said:
‘Willie, this hurts me more, far more
than it doés you.
“Then keep it up,” said little Willie
grinding his teeth. “Keep it up, dad, I
can stand it.”
John Phillips, the magazine editor,
has a suspicion that form letters are
sometimes dangerous. Not long ago
he wrote a letter of complaint to a
Western railroad explaining in detail
why he had preferred to sit up all
night in a smoking compartment Ta-
ther than share his berthwith a fine
line of bugs that are not called by
their first name in polite society. The
letter of apology that he received
was so much of an apolpgy- and- so
reasonable explanation that Mr. Phil-
ips felt perhaps he had been unreas-
onable in filing his complaint, when he
happened to notice that his original
letter, through error, had been return-
ed with the letter of apology. Look-
ing at it, he saw scrawled across the
top this blue-pencil indorsement:
“Send this guy the bedbug letter”.
Advantage in Good Looks.
“What did you learn at the school?”
the boss asked the fair young appli-
cant for the stenographer’s job.
“I learned,” she replied, “that
spelling is essential to a stenog-
rapher.”
The boss chuckled.
“Good. Now let me hear you spell
essential.”
The fair girl hestitated for the frac-
NEWS IN GENERAL.
|
Preparations were begun on Friday '
by the Morton Truck & Tractor Com-
pany of Harrisburg, to fill a Russian
war order, calling for 300 armored
trucks at $5,000 each. The cars will
be of the four-wheel drive type, with
120 horse power. Additional employ-
ment will be given to 250 men.
The Connellsville coke region is
maintaining its upward trend and the
weekly production of 250,000 tons al-
ready established will be further in-
creased as the result of orders issued
a few days ago by the H. C. Frick Co.
for the firing of 418 additional ovens.
This will make a total of 3773 ovens
fired by the Frick Co. since the begin-
ning of February. This company is
working five days in the week.
Fire which swept through the bus-
iness section of the town of Ebens-
burg destroyed 13 buildings with an
estimated loss of $200,000. A fire com-
pany hurriedly sent from Johnstown
and the use of dynamite checked the
flames. Among the buildings destroy-
ed was the Mountain House. The au-
thorities have been unable to deter-
mine the origin of the fire.
The Panama-Pacific International
Exposition—San Francisco's $50,000,-
000 fair—is ready. Down to the last
miutest detail of construction and ca-
jolery it is ready and on February 20,
1915, it was thrown open to the world
completed and on time. On the stroke
of 8 o’clock the gates were flung open.
Forty-one nations of the world will be
epitomized and the best that there is
in the states of this country ‘will
be brought to a focus. Two hundred
thousand people joined in a triumphal
march through the gates of the expo-
sition at the opening. The exposition
is to be continued for a period of
forty-one weeks and one day.
Ten thousand employees of the
Pennsylvana Railroad marched to
Billy Sunday’s tabernacle with bands
and transparencies one night last
week. More than 15,000 persons were
turned away from the service. The
‘Pennsylvania: Railroad had the right
of way. Choir Leader Rodeheaver
sang a new song for the occasion,
“Can You Trust in Your Engineer?”
The railroad men liked it and cheer-
ed to the echo whle their four bands
blared away. Sunday delivered his
“Booze” sermon and gained 235 con-
verts whle 229 women who heard the
same sermon in the afternoon were
converted.“No man can say the Lord’s
prayer and vote for booze,” Sunday
yelled. “No man can booze and get
‘along in the railroad world; you fel-
lows know that . Safety, first boys.
Get right with God and get your
white lights set, be sure all the sig-
nals are with you and then steam a-
head.” .
British prime minister has informed
the House of Commons that the allied
governments are still
methods of reprisals against Germany
for its naval policy with regard to
merchant ships and that he hoped to
be able to announce the scope of the
measures at an early date. —Only 15
men from the American steamer, Ev-
elyn, which was sunk at Borkum is-
land by a mine have been definitely
accounted for. These are the captain
and 14 seamen, one of whom died from
exposure. They are in Bremerhaven,
their boat having been picked up by
a Dutch pilot ship. Another boat be-
lieved to contain 13 members of the
crew has not been heard from.—Much
anxiety is said to exist at Cuxhaven
over the absence of two large subma-
rines, which are two days overdue at
their base.—The Scandanavian gov-
ernment’s representatives are holding
a conference on Germany’s sea war
zone proclamation.—The Prussian di-
et has appropriated $25,000,000 to be
used in alleviating the sufferings of
persons affected by the war.
=I
The poles for the new electric light
and power company are being dis-
tributed between Meyersdale and Gar-
rett, by the P. & M. Street Railway
Company: The new powerline will
run parallel with the P. & M. trolley
tion of a second.
There are three ways,” she replied.
“Which do you prefer?” |
And she got the job.—Cleveland,
Plain Dealer. |
GARRETT.
Mrs. R. F. Moore and two little
children, of Brunswick, Md., have been
visiting Mrs. Moore’s sister, Mrs.
Charles Colbert, here for several
weeks. A few days ago the children
were taken ill with pneumonia and
have been very sick. Mr. Moore ar-
rived on a late train Tuesday night
and as soon as his children’s condi-
tion permits it, will remove his family
back to their home at Brunswick. | |
The concert rendered by the Gar
rett Concert Band was a great suc
cess. A large and appreciative audi-
ence was present. The proceeds from
these concerts will go towards buy-
ing new instruments, uniforms, ete.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beal
Thursday evening, a bouncing
vy have named the little
he family now has
| two weeks
wires. °
‘A landslide just west of Riverside
Park on the P. & M. trolley line, held
trafic up between Meyersdale and
Garrett all day Wednesday. A force
of men were put to work early Wed-
nesday morning to remove the slide
and it took them all day to clear it
up. Dozens of passengers coming
down on the morning car were obliged
to walk from the slide to Garrett,
which is about one mile.
Luther Walters, who has been con-
fined to his home several weeks, suf-
fering from a nervous breakdown, is
able to be out again.
S. M. Gardner, of Connellsville, sig-
. nal supervisor of the Connellsville
Division of the B. & O. Railroad, was
here recently.
S. P. Zimmerman resumed his duties
as engineer on the, Berlin Branch
pasenger train after being laid up for
with a severe case of
considering |
BIG GAIN IN LIVE STOCK.
Beef Cattle, Milk Cows, Swine and
Morses All Show Increase.
Washington.— For the first time in
many years information collected by
the United States department of agri-
culture shows that all classes of live
stock in the United States are increas-
ing in numbers. Thus the real facts, it
is pointed out, contradict reports that
prices of meat and shoes would rise to
unprecedented figures in the immediate
future. It has been said that a govern-
ment statistician predicted meat at 50
cents a pound and shoes at $10 a pair
within the next two years. Such a
prediction, the real government statis-
ticians say, is unwarranted.
Jan. 1 the number of beef cattle
showed an increase of 3.4 per cent
over the number a year ago and an
actual increase of 1,212,000 head.
Hitherto the number of beef cattle in
the United States has declined steadily
since 1910. There are also more milk
cows in the country than last year, the
increase being 2.5 per cent, or 525.000.
Swine showed the greatest increase of
all classes—9.6 per cent. Jan. 1, 1914,
ere were 058,933,000 swine in the
country: Jan. 1, 1915, 64,618,000.
The prediction of fifty cent meat and
ten dollar shoes was accompanied by
the declaration that France alone has
taken from America nearly 300.000
horses within the last five months and
that the other countries at war have
drawn upon our resources in the same
proportion. The facts are that more
horses were on the farms of the Unit-
ed States Jan. 1, 1915, than there were
a year before, the increase being 233,-
000 head, or 1.1 per cent.
France having taken
from us the total exports since the war
began have been much less than 100.-
000, and likely not over 75.000. Since
there are approximately 25,000,000
horses in the United States, the drain
on account of the war is not consider-
ed alarming.
ADMIRAL OUTLINES
GERMAN NAVAL PLANS
Thinks England Means to Dic-
tate Peace Terms With Fleet.
Berlin, Germany.—Grand Admiral von
Koester, president of the German Navy
league, in an address at Kiel univer-
sity discussed the considerations gov-
erning the part that is to be played by
the German navy. in the war. He said
=4helf the relative strength of the Ger-
man fleet compared to the Anglo-
French-Russian fleet was perhaps 1
to 4.
The British, he added, perhaps esti-
mated German lust for battle so
highly that they had said to them-
selves, “Some day they will come, and
we shall be able to assume battle in a
situation favorable for us.”
Another possibility, Admiral von
Koester said, was that the British
have a higher regard for the German
fleet than Nelson had for the French
or the Spanish. That the offensive
spirit of the Germans is greater than
that of the British, the admiral con-
tinued, can justly be assumed when
one recalls that the Germans took an
offensive against England's east coast,
whereas the English had not dared
to approach the German coast.
“We are full of the firmest confi-
dence in our fleet,” said Admiral von
Koester, “but we know that a sea bat-
tle means death or victory and that a
destroyed fleet cannot be replaced in
the course of the war, even if it lasts
for years. We must therefore under
all conditions be cautious in our pro-
cedure and allow ourselves to be incit-
ed to no deed which might eventuate
in our defeat.
“For what would be the situation if
a sea battle took place tomorrow in
which each one of our ships took a
hostile ship to the bottom with it and
perhaps some others? Then we should
be without a fleet, and England could
proceed gradually in its attacks against
our coasts. And you can be sure after
the conduct of England in our colonies
that no city would be spared. Our
coast from Emden to Memel would be
most severely threatened. Landing at-
tempts, if they were sufficiently well
prepared, could succeed at places most
uncomfortable for us.
“Our fleet must protect us under all
conditions and may accept battle only
when it can reckon on victory.”
Admiral von Koester said that the
course of the naval war up to the pres-
ent had caused him great surprise. He
added that a high British naval author-
ity sald seven years ago that Germany
would wake up some morning and find
her fleet gone.” He also recalled the
utterance of Winston Spencer Church-
ill, first lord of the British admiralty,
in a speech at London last September,
in which the German fleet was desig-
nated as a “luxury” and in which he
said that if the warships did not come
out and fight they would be “dug out
like rats in a hole.”
CARD TABLE IN 10,105 PIECES
Maker Labors Year on It—Irish Bog
Oak Used.
Orange, N. J.—James Neill, whois
in the wood turning business here, has
finished a card table after a year of
labor in which 10,105 pieces of wood
are cleverly put together. He will give
the table to his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
i J. Alexander Neill.
| country, and eight other kig
grip.
Watered Stock.
“Pa, what do they put water in
stocks for?’ ‘To soak investors with, '
on.”—Boston Transcript.
Bog oak from Ireland, his
native
Is of wood
were used.
Instead of
200.000 horses !
MONEY TO BURN
3 3 3 3 3 3 $ 35 5
$ 8 3 3S 5 3 8 5 5 3
$ 3 3 3 $$ 3 3 3 35 3
$3 8 3% 3 8 3 3s $
$ 8 3 3 3 5s
3 3 3 3%
$ 3
IF YOU HAVE MONEY TO BURN
Keep it in the house where it may be burned, lost or
stolen, but if you want to keep it safely where it always
will be ready for you when needed, deposit with us.
A bank account will give you a better business stan-
ding in thc community and a prestige that may never
have enjoyed before. . If your name is not on our books,
we shall be pleased to see it there before the close of the
YEAR 1915.
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~ Messrs. Milton and Chas. Webreck,
of Somerset, came home on Sunday
for several square meals to try sis-
ter’s cooking.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bittner, of Rock-
wood spent the week-end at W. H.
Bittner’s.
Miss Elsie Shaffer enjoyed the week
end with her friend, Leah Webreck.
Another telephone meeting in the
form of third spasm was held in
Glencoe hall on Saturday. The com-
pany has learned thoroughly how to
stand on its feet and think.
L. H. Broadwater, of Wilmington,
Delaware, is here in the interest of
his once Formosa stock farm.
Bert Raupach and family, of Cum-
berland, are visiting relatives here.
Samuel Tayman was a Connells-
ville visitor on Saturday and brought
his granddaughter, Fairellen, home
with him.
Ralph Poorbaugh is making a san-
atorium of his father’s domicile, just
now. That grip is ravishing our sec-
tion now.
Mr. E. Kraushaar is improving slow-
ly from a severe attack of acute indi-
gestion.
The entertainment at Southampton
brought out all the “laddies” and all
their corresponding “lassies”. It was
surely well attended.
Chas. Poorbaugh just returned from
a four days’ business trip to our sis-
ter state. His countenance had suec-
cess written across it. See!
Mrs. C. H. Snyder and Lois spent
Thursday at the J. L. Snyder home.
S. R. Leydig is at Somerset this
week as a juror,
Miss Emma Miller, of Windber
spent the week-end with her parents.
Mrs. Calvin Sturtz, of Sand Patch,
is home at present. Her mother, Mrs.
W. H. Raupach is confined to her
bed in a serious condition.
Wm. C, Price
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Funeral Director
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