Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 26 November 1897 — Page 7

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.,

LESSON IX, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 28.

JVxt of tlio I^-sson, I Pet. iv, 1-8—Mem-ory VersnH, 7, 8—(ioldni Text, I Pet. Iv, 7 Commentary by tlie lt« v. j). m.

Stearns.

Hliving completed nnr study of fclie Acts of the Apostles, in certainly seems fitting that wo should have at lease one lesson from the writings of Peter, who was mi npoMln before Paul, who was used hy tlio Spirit to he the messenger on the great day of Pentceost, who was also used to open the door to the gentiles, and with whom Paul at, ono timo spent 15 days in Jerusalem (Gal. i, 17, IS). But whether wo F-r.udy tho writings of Peter or Paul, the same Spirit spoke through both and wrought iu both, even as Paul .said, "Ho that wrought, effectually in Peter to tho iipostleship of the circumcision, tho samo was mighty in me toward tho gentiles" (Gal. ii, S). In fact., we n.ust hear in mind that whether wc study Moses, or the prophets, or tho gospels, or epistles, or Revelation, all wero written by the very same holy .Spirit, of God. ]. "Furas much then as Christ, hath suffered for us in the llesh, arm yourselves likewise with the sail in mind, for lie that hath suffered in tin: llesh ha! ceased from sin." The thought, here talus us back to chapter iii, is, where 1)3 said that Christ hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that Hi! might bring us to God. being put to death in the llesh. but quickened hy the .Spirit. It seems to me that, the ihr.nght is a continuation of the beginning of his epistle, where ho emphasizes the living hope by tho resurrect ion of Christ, from the dead and dwells upon the inheritance! thereby secured to us which ought to lift us above all present tilings, making us holy in all conversation. a. "That ho no longer should live the rest of his time in the llesh to the lusts of men. but to the will of God." Or as in Horn, vi, 11. "Dead indeed unto sin. hut ali\e unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." The saved sinner is a new creature or creation in Christ, old things passed away, ail things new, ami ho is supposed to ha\o left in the grave of his baptism into Christ all the self life, with jts aims and desires, nrd henceforth ever to walk in newness of life (Horn. \i, 3, 4). !). "For the timo past of our life may sullico us to have wrought- the will of tho gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousncss, lusts, excess of wino, revelings, ban)uetings and abominable idolatries." That is the life nf many a citizen of this world today, just living to fulfill the do sires el the llesh and of the mind (ICph. ii, !)), with no thought of God cr of a future life. That, however, is mjt the writer's point here, hut rather that those who hear tho name of Christ are ofttimcs guilty of lis nig that sanu! old life in sonio measure, to their own loss and to the great,dishonor of 11iin whose beautiful name they hear. 4. "WlK-riin they think it strange that ye run not with them to tho same excess of riot, speaking evil of you." In our day it, is not only the people of this world who think it strange that their wives or husbands, or brothers or sisters, will not frequent tho theater and the ballroom any more since they have received Christ, but many whose names areon church registers and who are seen at tho communion table and yet continuo in this old godless lifo are harder to put up with in their cruel words and conduct toward those who will walk no longer with them in their world liness. 5. "Who shall give account to Him that, is ready to judge the quick and the dead." As wo found in the Acts, thero shall be a resurrection both of tho just and the unjust,, but not at the same time. There? shall lea judgment, also of living and dead, just and unjust, but not all at tho same' time. If we are Christ's, our judgment lor sin is past at Calvary, where Ho suffered for our sins, but all who are His must appear befeire His judgment seat, to be judged fur their works since: they received Him (Horn. xiv. 10 II Cor. v, 10). After that we* will come with Ilim to judge tho liviiii: nations for their treatment of Israel (Math, xxv, ol). At tho end of thei thousand years all tho unsaved will appear before the great whito throno ere they are sent into the lake of lire to havo their portion with tho devil and his angels (i?ev. x.\, 11-lfi). If people had any faith at all in God and His v.ord, ono would suppose that tho statement, "God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it bo good or whether it be evil" (Keel, xii, 14), would lend them eonsider their ways, and if Christians behoved what is written in I Cor. iii. 14, la, they would surely mend their ways and e|nir, their worldlinoss, lest they be saved as by lire, much to their shame:. 0. "For, for this cause was tho gospel praichod also to them iliat are dead that they might be: judged according to men in tho flesh, but, live according to Geid in tho Spirit." Tho best light I have upon chapter iii, 1'.), is that found in chapter i, 11, which, if I understand it, teaches that, tho samo Spirit who was in Christ, was also in Noah, as wnll as in all tho prophets, and through him preached to tho antediluvians, who in the days of Christ's humiliation were spirits in prison. May they not be the dead here referred to who. when tliov were alive, had tho gospel preached to them, some of whom must have believed during those 120 years, but possibly diod bofore tho deluge? I confess that the waters are deep here, but sonio day wo shall know more fully. 7. "I3ut tho end of all things is at hand. Bo ye therefore: sober and watch unto pruyer." In view of the possibility of our sojourn in these mortal bodies ending any day, or tho possibility of the whole church hoing caugilt up any day, what manner of persons ought wo to bo in all holy conversation and godliness? Whatever gifts or graces God has bestowed upon us, let us minister the same one to another as good stewards of tho manifold grace eif Goel (verse 10). Let us not think trials strange, but endure all meekly, counting them s. privilege, and, even if we suffer lor doing well, God will he well pleased if wo tako it meekly (chapter ii, 20). 8. "And, above all things, have fervent, love among yourselves, for lovo shall cover ft multitude of sins." Humility before God (chaptcr v, f, (i) and lovo to our follows must he very pleasing in tho sight of God, for both aro so Christlike. Though Ho was rich (how rich we cannot imagine), yet for our r.akes He becamo poor that thus He might make us rich, and it was His lovo to r.j when wo wero dead in sins that did it—the love that, shed His blood for us, that blood which alone can tako away sins. This is tho lovo that covers sins, and if wo havo any love to Him worth mentioning we will not worry much over chapter, iii, 19, or lv, 6, but just hold fast nnd wait for light and live to get EOUIS under the blood which eleanseth from all sin. •,

GOOD ROADS A NECESSITY.

I'rivatp Knterprlso Cannot Ituilil Tlioin mill tho State Should Take Hold. Once this country seemed to bo tin proaehing an em of roadlmileling. Fragments of the splendid de*gn of that great statesman Henry Clav, the: national road, still endure, and the impetus of the national government affected at least one commonwealth—the "state road" ol' Indiana did much, very much, to develop its resources.

It may be naid that the railway system lnts rendered the construction of national and state roads needless. Let this be granted, though it is open to debate, yet it still is true that good roads are needed if farm produce is to be hauled easily and cheaply at all seasons of tho year to the railways, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. There is not a pound of freight, hauled upou the railways of this country that is not first hauled to the railways, and thousands of tons of dead weight, that never are loaded on cars are hauled over tho roads and streets of the country. Great as is the yearly freightage on all the ships, canalboats ami railways of the country, it is far less than the freightage that passes along the country roads. Self evident as this proposition is, it is overlooked by the. farmers. Wo hear frequent grumblings concerning American railway freight rates—though they are the lowest in the- world—but does the coinplaincr ever think that it has cost hiiu more to haul 40 bushels of corn or wheat over ton miles of bad roads than to ship it 100 miles over a railway:

Reconstruction of our country roads is becoming a necessity. More money is lost in one year by had roads than is levied upon till the tariff dutiable articles imported, or than is collected from all the internal taxes levied by the general government. Three hundred millions is tliei estimated loss by bad roads. Neither tariff duties nor internal revenue ever have produced such a sum. Private enterprise caime build roads. Good roads are the result of wise expenditure of public funds. And lienee good road laws are needed.

MACADAM AND TELFORD.

System* of tlie Two Eminent Romlbuildera llrielly Lxplained, It was the custom of Macadam, after the engineering work was completed anel the subgrade established, to spread on a layer of stone to a depth of ten inches and to roll this surface with a heavy roller drawn by horses, writes C. L. Whipple in Popular Science Monthly. These stones wero broken by hand with small hammers, frequently a whole family working together, and wero broken small enough to pass through a 3 inch ring, or were not to have a maximum weight of over six ounces. A family of live people could break several tons per day. Side ditchcs were excavated whero necessary, so thut at no season of the year could water penetrate to tlio substructure of the road.

In 1810 Macadam began the construction and mainte nance of 180 miles of turnpike in Hristol district, England. A modification of this system was adopted by Thomas Telford about this time, which substituted a layer, or foundation, of irregular broken stone, set up on edge on the subgrade. Nine inches was the maximum dimension of these fragments. The rough surface thus made was smoothed down by going over it and breaking off the tops of the blocks with small hammers anil packing the pieces thus obtained between the largo blocks. This surface was then rolled as betore. Teliord built the celebrated Holyhead road, extending from Holyhead through north Wales to Shrewsbury—a road that served as a model sit tho board of inquiry appointed by parliament in lb'^3. Each system had its partisans, and today tho best features of both methods have been adopted under different conditions, dependent upou tho character ot' the ground over which tho road passes.

A PERPETUAL EVIL.

A Good ItoadH Text That Is Suitable For All Occasions. Chauncey Depew, in a banquet speech, made tho broad assertion that "bad roads area perpetual evil." The remark was quoted by a New York city paper and commented on to a considerable extent. It spoke of a suburban village not far from Greater New York, declaring that it was a type of many villages, as having roads that are literally sloughs for weeks ut a time every year. It is said that these village and country roads are the kind whero a horso sinks at every step to the fetlocks, frequently to the knees and sometimes so far down into tho thick mud that it is necessary to haul Lira out with double teams.

That text is a suitable one from which to talk on the good roads or bad roads question in a convention, in a newspaper, in business circles, anywhere, for every one knows that "bad roads area perpetual evil." No wonder that the brightest and best young men living in eastern villages and cities that are cursed with bad roads, and with equally bad roads for miles around them, havo packed their trunks and gone west, to the prairies, pineries and foothills.—Cedar Kapids Gazette.

Wide Tire Ordinances.

^®Burlington, la., has an ordinance requiring till wagons carrying an aggregate of 3,000 and under (5,000 pounds to be fitted out with tires not less thuu three inches wide and above 6,000 pounds to be fitted out with tires of a width of not less than five inches. Dubuque, la., has an ordinance that is sweeping and requires all heavy wagons to have three inch tires.

The Town Responsible.

In a town of about u.OUO inhabitant"! in Massachusetts a dwelling house was burned to the ground because tlie mails were too muddy for the fire department I to reach it Insurance men claim that the town can be heiil lespousible fui. tho loss.—iixe hange.

A HOLIDAY HINT.

A Christmas Prrsrnt Suitable For Men or Wotnni* A Christmas present that is serviceable and elegant may he made with a slight expenditure of, work anel mated-

al. It. is equally well adapted for gloves and lor handkerchiefs and makes a gift suited to the needs of either tho fastidious mail or tlie dainty woman.

Cut two pieces of cardboard of tho exact size vein wish the case to bo and cover each with black satin on which you have embroidered yellow crocuses anel a yellow border in geilel thread. Lino each with yellow india silk and slretch across them bauds of satin ribbon, as the diagram shows, which is precisely the method useel in making tlie bill erases in vogue some years ago.

Overhand the ribbons neatly to the edge of the1 covered boards, anel you will then find that whichever way the case is opened its contents remain smooth and neat, as it is the ribbons and not the- articles they hold in place, which change troin side• to side'.

At tho center of each hoard on both its le,tiger sides sew fast a handsome ribbon, by which when tied the case may be kept closed and tree Iroin dust, and when that laM step is taken the work will lie coniph to.

FOR EVENING TIES.

A Neat un) IV»ful Christmas Present For it Geiitlomaii. A useful handmade Christmas present to ii gentleman is a sachet for holding white ties. This design is a German fancy and bears the national tree, the oak. A more appropriate decoration would be an ivy branch, which is the emblem of friendship. It is long enough to hold white ties iolded in ball and

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broad enough for two to lie side by side inside it. The case opens in book fashion and the ties are kept in place by four straps of narrow white elastic, put across inside from side to sido of tlie case two near the top and two near the bottom. The outside cover must bo of plain eoleired satin, embroidered, lined with quilted perfumed satin. The cone is edged with cord nnd the loops of the cord made at each corner.

A Novel Ilwtton Hug.

"If you want- to look right, sew your buttons on tight" is the motto painted iu water colors oil a novel button bag that is being finish* for tlio holidays. The main part of this bag is one-half yarel of two inch ribbon, and its construction is quite simple. Fold the ribbon in half, and in the fold place a spool nf patent shot thread. Above it on the silk lightly mark a line in order that when a row of machine stitching is run across the spool will be held in place, but not so tightly that the thread cannot be unwound. Above the thread pocket make a similar pocket for the paper of needles, then ono for the scissors, and above this join the sides of tho ribbon to form a small bag. Turn down the rough edges of the ribbon and make a narrow casing in which a small cord is to be run. This not only draws up the little ribbon bag, but serves to hang up the entire article. To the back of the bag attach six buttonholed leaves of white tlaunel for the needlebook. The motto can lirst bo outlined on the ribbon with a soft pencil and then embroidered in with silk. Rright red and olive green make a dainty, pretty bag.

A Homemade Ttipo Measure. An exceedingly pretty as well as useful adjunct to one's work basket is a tape measuro made from grosgrain ribbon to take the place of the usual ugly measure, which does not seem suited to tho pretty baskets which are now so generally used. Tho measure cau be made as long as one chooses, but for the one most generally used a yard and oneeighth of grosgrain ribbon three-quar-ters of an inch wido are needed. The ribbon, if a pale violet, should bo marked otf into quarter inches with violet ink, and the ends aro fastened over little white sticks, which can be procured at any store where art notions are sold. I The measure is made much prettier when tiny violets, outlined in ink, are (scattered here and there on tho ribbon

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Picture or easel draperies make acceptable Christmas gifts—tor instance, one ol pale shrimp pjnk with bafrauo and La France roses ono of gray blue silk with a flight of swallows, or of light golden olivo with a clematis vine showing rich, bronze green foliage and feathery white blossoms. Every one likes it hauil screen to ornament tho mantel or to shade the face from tho blaze of tho open fireplace. Exceedingly pretty ones of satin with gilt handles may be bought ready for decorating at si reasonable price. If a Watteuu group can be copied from an old fan, no prettier design can be found. Cupid and Psyche, groups of butterflies or clusters of flowers are appropriate.

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A few short wn?ks ago manufacturers and jobbers were offering every inducement to sell retailers, and retailers in turn were begging for trade, but this condition is almost a pa-t memory. Many mills are running night and day to fill orders. Dealers are compelled to wait weeks for merchandise and are selling without much effort all desirable stuff they can buy. The business of

:Is no exception to the rule. The weather has not been favorable to the selling of heavy materials, but that has made but little difference, business has been splendid. Such a state of affairs can have but one result. Large selling always leaves many short lengths and odds and nds he lots are not large enough to advertise and n»-w arrivals push them amde until they accumulate in frightful numbers. This is the trouble at

Now and we have made up our minds to give the matter a few days' attention. We won't mention lots or prices, but assure you it will well repay you to visit us during this offering. Odds and ends of

Hosiery, Underwear*, Gloves, Mittens, Fascinators, Umbrellas.

Silks, Dress Goods, Flannels, Blankets, Wrappers, Cloaks,

Towels, Napkins, Table Linens, Crashes, Corsets, Embroideries.

This is not a remnant sale, but an offering of small lots of desiiable merchandise at special low prices.

Never has the demand for Cloaks been so large as this year. From all parts of the cauntry come crying demands until the manufacturers are well nigh crazy with worry to get materials and workmen to make them up. And many are the disappointments we and our customers suffer because of delays in receiving goods as promised. Take the hint we give and look over the line before it is broken. It can't last always and the weather will fool us all some morning and then there will be trouble to get garments in a hurry.

LOUI5 BISCHOF