Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1924 — Page 4

g Cupid Rode to Victory in an Elephant Hunt | —*— 5 By MILDRED GOODRIDGE a dooooooooao 000000000000 ooa 104. Weatwru Newspaper Union.) lii)E tolerant, Ephraim, remember *-J you were young yourself once." "I do, Martha, but I’ve seen the folly and outcome of selfish pleasure and I want to Instill the principle Into .Man's mind.” “Going to a circus once In awhile won't pervert the dear boy,” declared Mrs. Woods. “I've sometimes thought we were making him old before his time. For my purt I am glad to see him brighten up, as he has since the excitement mid glare and glitter of the circus came right next to us.” "You fell in love once, Ephraim,” remarked Mrs. Woods naively. "Did It hurt you any J” "You dear woman!” cried her husband expansively, "I’m more in love with you now than ever. You wee a minister's daughter, though, and thlL girl Is a circus woman.” “Hardly, Ephraim," contested Ids wife. "She is a dear, sweet creature, Ir. charge of a tittle angel of a child who rides the big elephant. This had happened to disturb the quiet humdrum life of the Woods family. A circus had camped on the vacant lots next to their house. The stake men enme to the pump for water, and Insisted on paying for It. Some of their grazing horses broke down a fence and devoured a atnall haystack. The fence was replaced with a new and better one ami double the value of the fodder was forced upon Ephraim, who hud to concede that “they were very fair folks.” Ono day a nently dressed young lady crossed over from the living tent of the circus into the Woods yard. Alan was nt once struck with her modesty and beauty. “I would like to see Mrs. Woods,” she said. “My mother fa not at home," explained Alan. She tarried for it moment Irresolutely, something In his earnest sympathetic face attracting her. "You hnve shown nur little company a great many accommodations." she said, “and we are truly grateful. I had come to nsk a very great new favor of your mother.” "If It Is urgent, I will be glad to act for her if I can," replied Alun encouragingly. “Mrs. Woods knows why we continue with the circus." she said. “When Idalia's father died he owed the circus proprietor a few hundred dollars on the elephant. Yon have seen Idalia's pretty act where she acts as trainer of the elephant. At her father's request (l.e was my half-brother) I have gone with Idalia to care for her. Elie t.as fir. 1y , -med sufficient to pay off the debt her father owed. Today she is quite ill. The mdse and bustle of our tent prevents her resting. We sire to remain here only two days long -r. I would be glad to pay any price to hnve a quiet room and Lome comfort f >r the dear little one." “I will go with you and enrry her over here at once.” declared Alan rend By. "She shall have my room.'J Mrs. Wood*. when she retssrj d. at crj'» set ats-ut acting as nurse for the little patient. Tit.- cirrus compony moved away 4« itours later, but n -Ithet Mias Mercy Tester nor Idalia went with them. The child developed a riow. w.inting fever. The elephant was leased to the circus and a sttlurtitute for Idalia found. Tills Insured an income to the 11: tie patient, and should she n <t return to the sawdust arena, a good bulk figure from the sale of the elephant. Even when another mont" had passed by little Idalia was not yet entirely well. Then some Important news mme. The clr< u«. stranded, hnd gone to pieces. Its proprietor wrote Miss Lester that the elephant would be rent back to her In charge of one of hie men. _ But a month went by and neither man nor elephant appeared. Alan smrted an investigation. One evening, still In quest of some •dew ns to the whereabouts of the missing nnfmnl, Alan happened Into n moving picture show. One of the films depicted n day's life of one elephant. The moment Alan saw the first reel he recognized the missing animal from a peculiar murk on Its breast. It djd not take long to down the subject of the picture. The unworthy messenger hnd Joined the use of the elephiint to some film makers In an Istfiated movies camp, nnd was enjoymg a regulny Income. It was th«> evening after Alan had 7”?, *" r * port ,o MI » H <•*«• ,m" i'! n "' ” n ' y f " nn '’ 11 , nnlo t * n ° ff ' r " f for the animal, that utile Idalia and the family were discussing the future plans of their guests. Miss Lester loot I llttln ,V h’ " f b " y " i little home In a near-by seminary ' "But there are good schools here" Instantly chimed In little Idalia “I don't want to len\e Uncle Alan and my rfenr friends here." "And we do not want you to, dear." mild Alan, lovingly stroking the goi<j| en-hnlred child. "Nor you, Miss Let? ter," ho ndded Impulsively, before al’ of them. "You hnve rend my hear? long before ttys. Will you stay--ai my wffeT‘ “I shall never lore any man as I lovt you." said Mercy frankly, placing hM hand confidingly within his own.

I IMPROVED UNIFOXZ IKTERJtATIOMAL , . Sunday School » Lesson ’ 1 (By REV p B FITZWATER. !>.©-. I i of thr\E veiling School. Muudy BiVie lu I ( ■tltutf pt Chk'Afo ) l (©, lf*«t W*M»»rn Xnwspn|'»t Unlnn > - Lesson for July 27 i THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS i LESSON TEXT—Matt. 4:1-11. GOLDEN TEXT—"For in tlist He Himself hath suffered being tempted. I ' He 1» able to succour them that are I tempted.”—Heh. 2:18. PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus Refuses to I Do Wrong. ! JUNIOR TOPlC—Jesus Conquers the I Tempter. 1 INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- I !C—Jesus Shows Us How to overcome I Temptation YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC I —Victory Over the Tempter. ! I. Its Purpose (v. 1). d The Holy Spirit led Him Into the I wilderness with the specific purpose I that He there meet and overcome the I one whose works He came to de-11 stroy (Ileb. 2:14). His temptation «ns I not a preparation for His work, as I usually thought, but rather the opening I »f the dreadful conflict between Christ I and Satan, which was to issue in Sa- I tan’s defeat. It was not to test Jesus I to find out as to whether He tymhl I stand fast—to see whether He would 1 sin. The eternal purpose of God as to I redemption absolutely could not fall. I It was rather to exhibit Him as an oh- I Ject upon which faith might rest, to I show that a union between God nnd I man had been effected which would I Insure man's reconciliation. h 11. The Conflict (vv. 2 11). ! 1. The Combatants (v. 1). (1) Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, the I Divine Mun, Is now entering upon His I mediatorial work. He went ’imuiedi- I ately from the plate of anointing and I heavenly recognition as the Son of I God to meet the arch-enemy of the I race. I (2) The Devil. Ho was a real per- I son and. while always filled with cun- I ring mid malice, In this case the Initla- I five was taken by the Lord. He was I drugged Into the presence of Jesus I Christ nnd forced Into the struggle. I 2. Tile Battle Ground (v. 1). It was I In the wilderness of Judea. The first I man w: s tempted in a garden with the I most pleasant surroundings and fulled. I The second man wns tempted In a I barren wilderness, surrounded by wild I beasts, and gloriously triumphed. . j 3. The Method of Attack (vv. 2-10). I Since as our Redeemer Christ sus- I tallied a threefold relationship, the Son I of Man, Son of God and ns Messiah, I each one was made a ground of attack, 11 (1) As Son of Man (vv. 2. 3). Tills I wns a test of the reality of Ills human- I sty. To demonstrate whether the hti- I manity which He obtained through the I virgin birth was real, the appeal wns I made to the Instinct of hunger. Hun- I ger Is not the result of sin. IVlille the I appetite Is not sinful, to have satisfied I It In a wrong way would have been I sin. f (2) Son of God (vv. 5,0). This was J a fest as to whether the personality I which had come from heaven nnd 8 taken upon Itself humanity was divine, f The Devil quoted from a Messianic I psalm to get Him to presume uj>on I Gisl's care. God does enre for His | own, but to neglect common preeau I tloti —to d<> the uncalled for thing— I ju«t to put God'* promise to a test Is I «!n nnd <leath. Satan tempts men t<>- | day to do the spectacular things in or- I der to gef to gain the ears I of the |>eop!e. I (3) As Messiah (vv. S, 9). Christ's I mission as the Messiah was to recover I ' this world from the Devil. The Devil I offered to surrender to Him on the I simple condition that He would adopt I Ids method, thus oliviatlng the neces- I I sjty of tlx- cross. The kingdoms were I really Christ's nnd He knew thet they J would ultimately become Hi*. The in-) dm-emern was to get immediate iwisws- ‘ slon without the sufferings of the' ’ cross ‘ 4'l I I>< (»■!,-<• (vv, 4. 7. Christ; ine< the enemy each time and repulsed h bls attack with the Word of God. Each time He said. “It Is written" and I quoted from Iteuteronmny, the book i which the higher critics would dis- i credit. Christ hnd enough confidence iii It to use'h in thia, the most crucial, hour of the world's history. 5. The Issm).(v. 11). /I) Natan vanquished. The enemy wns completely routed. The strong uuin wns so bound that the spoiflag of nla house waa poualble. • (2) Angels came and mlnfrtered I unto Him. This event was so notable i that these glorious beings were st nt I from heaven to give It recognition urn) I to minister unto the triumphant King. . r. — Man’s Sorrow* Man's sorrows age a mystery, but that sinners should not have sorrows were a sadder mystery still. And Clod pleads with ns all not to lose the good 1 of our experiences of the bitterness of , ; sin by our levity or our blindness to i their meanings.—Alexander Maclaren. i A Prayer I I We pray Thee. 0 God. that Thou wilt f '>*lp uh to be faithful, earnest und ] , true in *ll O s our work, whatever It .. may be. I n Lot. ? lc * r C °n»cience rt science "as’more a clcflr con ' I Considering Other* •r It is always easier tn et. duties of others, tb.u to do ow owa ' ‘ - I

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