Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1904 — Page 3

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ROCKVILLE.

Misses Bessie Evans and Mattie P#ice of the Terre Haute Normal spent the holidays at home with their parents....The B. T. W. club gave a social Wednesday evening and it proved to be a grand success.

Williams Mrs. Henry Humph-! The A, M, E. Sunday-school had a

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.

Miss Maud Dabbs, of Bridgeport 111., is spending the holidays wish her mother, Mrs. W. T. Patterson Mrs. Lizzie Gare, of Indianapolis. is the guest of Mrs. J

rey quite handsorfnrty entertained at Xmasdinner, a number of friends last week Ernest Rudd of Indianapolis, spent Xmas with his cousin, Miss Maud Fisher. Clarence Garrison, of Springfield O., is spending the holidays in the city... Santa Claus visited both churches ou Xmas eve W. F. Fisher and wilt entertaioed|i host of triends and acquaintances at three o’clock dinner Sunday Miss Susie Ray spent Xmas ir Indianapolis ......W. E. Loundes of Madison, Ind., isthe guest of Miss Minnie Hale during the holidays Miss Emma Taylor is spending the holedays in Indianapolis Mrs. Maria Housley of lodianapolis, is visiting Mrs. Maria Patterson John Hale, of Tufcola, 111., is speodKig a lew days with his family ......Miss Minnie Glover is again quite ill, having never fully recovered from the attack of tvphoid teaer some thiee months ago Misses Minuie Ha»e and Eva Johnson attended the “Mikado"” at Indianapolis Monday night Mesdames M. A, Tiester and Henry Humphrey will spend New Year in Indianapolis, the guest of Mis. S. E. Porter L. E. Manuel ot Terre Haute, is the guest of Mrs. Sarah Thomas.

^ ALEXANDRIA, TND.

Rev. M. C. Elzy and wife are spendiug the holidays in Indianapolis with his mother....Mrr. Bell Ellis is in Chicago. The Odd

Xmas tree Thursday which was a uice affair The social at the Second Baptist church was a pleas, ing event....Mr. Bishop of Clenton is visiting Will Akers Walter Bennett arrived here from Danville to take charge of his brothers barbershop The A. M. E. church was well attended last Sunday total colleetion $t 1.75 ...Billie Moore has accepted a position in the Culver school John Ramsey is here visiting his mother in-law Mr. Pettiford of Bedford is visiting Jesse Evans C4j ,artor ^y conferanc« has been announced for the 17-iS of Tanuary......Jack Pearson is on the sick list )asper West made a flying trip to Indianapolis. C^uite a numbar ot Friends were entertained by Bright Holmes and mfe at Xmas dinner on Sunday last A very plesant evening was spent by the pupils of the advance department ot the Ohio street fechool, at“the home of E. <(!£>. 'Grissoms, games were the chief amus--merit. They presented Mr. Grissoms with a copy of “The Horsier Schoolmaster” as a Xmas gift.

KNIGHTSTOWN, IND. Sunday was Quarterly meeting, P E. Lewis was present and preached afternoon and night, the choir rendered some fine music Miss Clara Gill of Marion and Harry Taylor and wife are the guests of friends here The house of Mrs Rebecca Crenshaw and daugh ter was burned to the ground Tuesday night Dec. az during their absence. but Ijttle household goods were saved Quite a number ot people from Mt Pleasant and Spiceland attended quarterly meeting here Sunday The semi-Annual session of the Distrct Household of Ruth Nc. 9, met at the home of Miss Margaret Crenshaw, Tuesday, the board of directors is composed of Mrs. Ada Goins,, D M. N. G-, Indianapolis; AmandaBrekenridge D, R N./G7, Indianapolis; Josephine Piereon, D. W. T., Muncie; Miss Mafgeret Crenshaw, D.W,R, Knightstown Rev.W I. Roberts and P. E De w is were entertained at dinner last Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Means.

BRIDGEPORT.. James McDonald of Chicago 6 pent the holidays with his parents James McDonald and wife,...Quite a number of the young people of Plainfield attended the Xmas exercises on Thursday eve^.MUs Mary Malone of Plainfield, spent Thurs* day evening and Friday with her uncle John McDonald was here Sunday Waller Goss, Charles Willsams and Wilson Morand attended The lierary at Plainfield last Monday night Albert Johnson of St. Louis is the guest of his grand parents James McDonald and wile.

FRANKFORT

GREENCASTLE.

Mrs. J. D. Kersey is quite ill at her home on John street with pneumonia David Mitchell has returned from La*Fayette, where they visited Mrs. Amanda Edwards The Tippicanoe Lodge. of LaFayette has issued the New Year dance invitations Missees Myrtle Parker and Amande Powell ot Bloomington University are home for their jvacation Mrs. David Valentine is visiting her

Smith and Carrie Davis deserve a great deal of pra se for the proficient training ot the children Ben

Fellows ami Household ot Ruth I Hayden spent Sunday out ot town

will give their public installation on Thursday , Ian 7, at their hull. The Mission Circle was entertained by Mrs Ddlla Ellis, Monday evening Alcian Nash formerly of this city, now residing in Muncie visited Mr, Starks and wife Sunday Rev. C. W. Maycie preached for us last Sunday in the absene** of Rev. M-C. Elz> Thtoffic rs ot the Second Baptist chu.ch will ;;Tve a grand entertainment for the benefit of the church to night at the Odd Fellows hall Mr Hamillon, of Kokomo, was in the city recently.

.KOKOMO

The "Xmas iree at Bethel church Thursday evening was a grand success m every way, the program was rendered by the children in

first class style. Mesdames Myrtle ! daughter in St. Louis.‘.....The Jolly-

Few club of this city was entertain ed last Monday evening by the Dunbar club in Kokomo Ind...Miss Flora Harper is home from the State Normal at Terre Haute during his vacation Edward Lindsey is improving after his operation at the Parmer Hospital Prof Edward Harper of Charleston Ind, is spending his vacation at home. Charles Turner was in Marion last Monday Mrs. Elroy Cummings and Misses Alice White and Flora Haiper visited Dr Brcwo and wife in Indianapolis Mrs. Prophet of of Bloomington is the guest of R.

M. Powell, this week.

The annual feast of the Sisters Tabernacle of D. T. which was held at the home Eugene Gaskins was a success The family reunion at the hame of A E. Cay lor was well attended .Mr. Armstrong and wife of Nobelsville. spent the holidays with friends and relatives here Sister lane Dorset was found dead in bed on Christmas morning, she died a good Christian and was a member of the Taber-

nacle Mrs. Elmore Greene of Watchmeeting at the A M. E

News of the recent death of Mr. and Mrs. Ccse of Seymore, formerly of this city, came here as a surprise last week. The many relatives ot thp aged couple in this placie have our heartfelt sympathy. •‘Punch Pin Rally” at the Bethel next Sunday under the auspices of the Bishop Grant Chu*ch Aid Society. Mrs. Carrie Daves, pres. The members and many friends of St. Paul Baptist church pre-sent-ed the pastor, Rev. H. C. Franklin, with many u-eful presents, the willing Workers club women, through Iheer president, gave the pastor a fine stud was received with pleas-

ure.

WEAVERRev. Johnson preached at the Baptist church, Sunday Thos. Guilford and family are getting better of the small pox Rev. T. A. Edwards’ church and both the schools have been closed for two weeks on account of small-pox......

SOUTH BEND.

Mrs. Thomas Wilson spent the holidays with her husbanb in Fort Wayne Geo. Bundy and wife of Chicago spent the holidays with friends and relatives in this city.. Ommer Powell spent the holidays with his father in Calvin, Mich... FlintMitchem of Jackson, Mich., spent Xmas with his parnts in this city Some dirty, low down individual stole a gallon of ice cream from the Mu Zion Baptist church Christmas eve night while the children were going through their exeicises on the stage Thomas Howard of Kentucky, is here visiting his sister Mrs, Nannie Crittenton Mrs. Bertha Stewart of Cass County spent Xmas with he* sister in this city The Ladies of the Odessa Chapter zS, O. E. S. held their annual sermon preached jat ihe Mt.Zoiti Baptist church Sunday night, the church was crowded to its fullest capacity, Rev. W. I. Waites officiated and preach ed a fine sermon. Colections were $10.50 Lydia Cross of Calvin, spent Christmas with her mother and other relatives in this city ' Elmer Mars of Detroit Mtch., spent Xmas with friend here.... Dr. J. H. Fears was called to the bedside of a sick sister at Zenia .Ohio, last

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ber of friends at tea Moneay evening Mrs. W. W, Anderson was called to the bedside of her aunt, at Covington Ky., last week. The lollowing happened among the race During the year 8 marriages. 5 divorces, 6 births and 12 deaths.

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LA^AYETTh.

Alexandria made a short visit to frieudfl here Mr«. Byrd of Matioti spent Sunday here...The Forum was postponed on account of the funeral of Sister Dorson The Dunbar club entertained the Joly Few of Frankfort it was a success.

church Thursday night, all are ininvited to attended, come and re new the covenaut with God to do better in thevnext year, come praying that some one may be saved Rev. J, Pond* has returned from

Mis* Maxie Burnett and Adie Par-) j> eru h e sports a good time in his

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IRVINGTON Ed Mills returned home Thursday after a four weeks visit with relat-ivrs and friends at HartsvilJe, Tenn Mrs. Alice Baker spent New Year’s day in Edinburg Little Elorence Corley is somewhat improved after ^ week of illness... Miss Maggie Mayes returned from Bloomiogdale last Wednesday [rs. Melinda Bentley ot Chicago ormerty ot this city was the guest f Rev. Simmons and wife. Monday neoute to Lebanon, Ky., to visit rber mother and two children...Mr 'letcher Beechum who has been uffering with a broken rib is able o be out again.

EDINBURG. IND. James Hill, Bud Johnson, Jim Latthews and Mis Henry Bird ere in Columbus Monbay night ta he party Burt Means of An'ereon, was the guest of James Hill enry Bird was in Taylorsville mas day James Hill and Jim atthews spent Sunday in Anderthey were accompanied home y Wm. Johnson a piano player of 'anon, who played for the Columpeople Monday nighc Miss Bird it making her home in tpolis. ,.

first Quarterly meeting Mrs. Ida Stafford and Mis* Martha William* v» eie tbe gues'.sof Rev. Edwards and wife, Sunday Mrs. Becks attended the Xmas tree in Marion Miss Nellie Casey and Mr. Jeffrey* of Ohio, were married V\ ednesday. Rev. T Pierce officiated J. H Weaver is doing a good business at liis grocery ...Mrs. Alma Smith of Mich, is spending the holidays here with her daughter

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LOGANSPORT

Miss Ambia Keen of Indianapolis, spent Xmas with Miss Mable < Parker Miss Bessie Lewis was able to attend services, Sunday... The holiday exercises at the A. M, E. church were largely attended and a grand success, Herman Aatir left Friday for his home at Rockville Mrs. Seietta Russel of Kokomo, is visltiug her aunt Belle Wilson Miss Mida Chavis of New Castle is the guest of her parents James Chavis and wife Hazel Taslor and Mrs. Parker are on the -sick list Miss Blanche Winslow was in Kokomo Sidney Smith of Marion, was the guest of John Parker ...The Mocking Bird Choir with Mrs Sarah Winslow as chorister and Mrs. L, Brewer organist sang nicely Sunday morning..Mrs. Gertrude Alsers has returned from Chicago... .The Subject •Ghristain Optimist’ was well discussed Sunday, P. Hjnslow led the meeting with much interest.

WASHINGTON.

The Christmas tree exercises last week were a success, many presents were plucked from the tree. The Sunday-school rendered a good pood program Mrs Mylor Hawkins practiced the little girls and exhibited a grand fan drill On Xmas u’ght an old timejubilee concert was given. Receits during the week $24 80 The services Sunday were largely attended, at night a missionary program was rendered Eli Washington was lyadly hurt in a coal mine accident. Rend Th* Recorde* Indiana’s Best Negro Newspaper

MARION. Rev. T. Price will begin revival services New Year night by holding watchmeeting. Rev. Mrs* Wright the evangelist will be here to assist him.. Quite a number of Mrs, Dessie Smiths’ friends and relatives from here attended her funeral in Anderson Monday..Mrs. Mrs. Djilard Artis is spencing the holidays here Mrs. Mary J. Sljoecrafr cf Weaver is spending

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Eastern Star and Masons held their annual sermon Sunday, Rev. Price occupied the pulpit and preached a very interesting sermon.... John Ridgley ot Kalamazoo, Mich, ts visiting Thomas Boyd and wife, he will return home soon........Ernest Griggs and wife of Kokomo, are visiting relatives this week The reception tendered Miss Nelly Gray the Royal Matron O. E. S. given by its members was well attended and a financial success.

Mrs. Lucy Wilson, having spent several weeks the guest of her sister. Mrs. Francis Smith, has return* to her home in Grand Rapids, Mich Christmas exercises were held at both churches last week fb the delight of many Sunday school Schollars. At the A. M. E. chuioh a snow house stood fn an open

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of it, J. H, Garner represented $ ! n ta.Claus and the presents were costly and numerous. A good literary program was rendered...... At the Second Baptiet chvich a beautiful horse shoe six feel in height delighted the little ones, at this entertainment addresses were made by Rev’ts. Rice and Samuel Andrews W. L. Anderson is attending the Indiana Teachers Association in Indianapolis this week Mrs. Elmira Lindsey is visiting her mother, at Marion ... Oeo. WiLon ’and family of Ff. Wayne, spent last week with Jame 8 of this city Mrs. Matlie Drake was taken suddenly ill la^t Sunday night in the Baptest church but is now improving Mrs. Mary L. Hoffman is visiting relatives in Ft. Wayne Dorcas Chapter No. 14, O E. S. held the annual Xmas exercises in the Baptist church last Sunday evening. There was a large attendrnce and an interesting progrom was rendered.;.Mrs Ester Murphy has gone to Taylor’s Station Harry Clark has closed a contract with the new Polo* club and entered upon his duties at the Rink Rev. Rice spent Christmas with his family here and has returned to Indianapolis where he is aonducting a series of meetings.

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Charley Moss spsot the holidays in Doublin, with West Reed and family Willard Gilliam and wife of Indianapolis, are the guests ot C. B* Gilliam and family....Miss Mary Sawyer and Mis Carrie Cotter of Muncie, are at home for a few days Seth Sawyers spent a tew days in Muncie last, >veek..Mrs Jennie Smother*, our Sabbathschool Superintendent treated the scholars to candy Miss Dessie Outland who has been staying at Squire Gilliams’, has gone back to her home in Grandview.. Douglas Scott spent the holidays in Dark Co .O Wm. Hill is living in

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SHELBYVILLE.

j John Hodge of Bloomington is The Xmas visitors ware as fol-j spendiug the holidays here...Dudlows: D. W. Goens, Samuel Wil-| ie y Loving of Chicago, has returned son, Richmond; Samuel and Clara our. city, where he will spend . , , ,, A i /-u n- • the winter Street Hodge spent Mstchell, Anderson; Cltflord Caiue Friday and gaturday in In jianap. South llend; John Mitchell and; 0 |is and Columbia Jacob Staf. wife, Terre Haute; Mattie Payne, ford who attends college in LouisNobelsville; Jennings Luster, Bed-j v *H e spent the holidays in our city. ford; Lte and Alvarus Mitchell, 5 '‘"- Gj*"* aud daughter. Kes.ie, x .. i- w * a-vj- /-x j of Bagdad Ky., are the guests of reIndianapolis; Prof. Od.e Ogjeady, |a , We , here M „, Berlba Reed efiertoovrlle: M.as Mary Delaney- Woodard ot Ind.anapolis spent the Mrs. Rebecca Case, age S S dted holid with relat , vt6 io elly .Xmas day. her husband was buried j Mrs Warren Goode entertained at t wo weeks prev’ous ta her death two o’clock dinner Xmas day quite Mr and Mrs. VanMetor have gone . a Dumber o| (rjends were ^ to Kentuckey to vi.1t. ...Mr-. Mag Abe Rus6el| aDd wjre ^ the gte Furman is on the sick hst. holidays in Rushville ..Master

Bliss Reed of Indianapolis is the

PORTLAND. guest of his aunt Miss Ida Johnson. Rev. B.J. Coleman preached two The party given by Ines Stafford

excellent sermons Sunday to atten- Tuesday night in Walkerville was tive avdiences, the dissourse in the a grant aftair. 1 he party of thirty evening was especially eloquent enjoyed themselves ull a Gte hour

. r 1 , | Mm. Martin and wife of Edinburg

and impressive...... I he infant class were the guegts of Branche Martin ot the Sabbath school gave a very | an( i Hwife £. O. Montgomery plesant entertainment Xmas eve at and Miss Mable Johnson spent Frithe close of which their hearts were day night in Rushville The gladdened with the Xmas tree with j * ,v f" b >' Thsdeoua Jones at

, , , . the Second Baptist church was well

,ts burden of da,nty presents. The, attended Rev. Leonards’aub. concert which was to be given on j ect s UO{ j a y night, which was deXmas night by the young people ;"ij vere< j to a i arge audience, was

was postponed until Monday even- ^Christ, Gods gift to the World”, ing on account of £the |inclement ___ weather and was also a great treat BENTON HARBOR, MICH.

,o all present. Mr. Gaines, of Mjss Lena Bu6b Mr Madry Covington ky., was here last week , and Rev w R 8imrot( pastor of

Second Baptist church, are on the

on business, while here he was the gueetof Parker Smith and family. Leroy Cottman and Miss Maud Tate were married last Sunday at 4p. m., Rev, Moon officiated...Miss Katnryn Coleman is visiting Ind-

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Mrs Etta Jennings of Indianapolis. is visiting her brother Rev. Creve Miss Irene Cravrn is visiting her cousin Rev. Craven..Mrs. Wm, Prolet is visiting Mrs. Powell 1 of Frankfort Corneilus Pierce' of Kansas City is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Hammonds Most of the stucents are spending the holidays a: home...Miss Susan Alexander is on the sick list.. Mrs. Mattie Jackson entertained a number of triends Tuesday night in

sick list........ Mis* Cynthia Brown of Muncie and Carrie Busby of Indianapolis, Ind., are here spending a few days with friends and relatives Rev. Isabelle of Ypsilante, is assisting the pastor of the Second Baptist church iu a series of meetings Sleighing is excel lent here now and all are kept busy Opening paths that are constantly filling up Though the snow fell in great flake* and the crisp, icy winds blew, Dec. 25 was what might be termed ‘a merry Xmas’, a Xmas tree was given by the pastor of the A. M. E. church and his wife a good time was had by all present,

PLAINFIELD.

Miss Carrie Austin entertained quite a company at her fathers home north of the city last Saturday... All Xmas exercises and enteataioments were abandoned on account of the

honor ot her nephew Neil Pierce, number of cases of measels and Geo. Wheeler and wife entertained scarlet fever Rev. Jasper Siler a number of friend* at 6 o’clock of Marion visited his mother Mrs.

dinner Friday evening Milford Logging has returned home from Brazil where he has been at the of his daughter Mrs, Zeno Roberts vr ho is seriously ill.

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Text of tlie l,uke II, 40-521. Memory VcrMea, 4»-5J—tiolden Text. Luke il, 52—Commentary Prepared Uy Rev. I>. H. Steam*. [Copyright, Utoa, by American Prcaa Association. T Whether we study what is ealled the Old Testament or the New Testament our aim should he to know God, for, as I>r. Murray says: “The central thought of this hook is God. Its ono object is to reveal God, His Klory, His will. His love. In reading it our chief desire ought to bo to know God. May our life and heart be as full of God as this hiwik is!” As no man hath seen God at any lime except as the only her gotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father hath doelared Him, and as no man knowoth the Father save the Son. and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him Uoliu I. 18; Matt, xi, 27), we can only know God in Ghrist, and must see the Son of God In all the revelations of God from Gen. 1, 1. onward. It Is well to remember these things as we begin again :i study of the life of Him who was "God manifest in the flesh” (1 Tim. iii. 1H>. Two weeks ago in our rbristnias lesson we saw the Mist: met) from the east worshiping Him with their gifts, but in the lesson today years have passed .since then and He is now at the age of twelve keeping the Passover with Hts mother and Joseph in Jerusalem. Verses 3!> and ol each speak of si return to Nazareth, hut in the former it is His first going to Nazareth after He was born of Mary; in the latter it is His return at the age of twelve to be subject to the limitations of the humble home and the carpenter's shop for eighteen years more. Verse 40 gives His history to the age of twelve, and verse 52 from twelve to thirty. All the while He was the "Salvation of God,” "the King of the Jews/-’ "tlie Lord's Christ,” "a light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of Israel” (Luke ii, 25-32; Matt,

ii, 2j.

John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit from his birtli (Luke i, 15/, and surely J<»su.s was also. The Holy Spirit revealed to His humanity that which He needed to know as He was able to lienr ii. and thus He increased in wisdom. The grace of God must have been exceedingly abundant toward Him to enable Him, knowing whom He was, to sojourn meekly and submissively in Nazareth those thirty years. As to His body of flesh and blood. He grew as do others of the children whose nature.sin excepted.He took upon Him <Heb. ii, 14; iv, 15*. More than is written of those thirty years Mary will'doubtless he glad to tell us in due time if we need to know. We do certainly need to know now more of the submission to circumstances and limitations which was so fully manifest in Him. for as one has said, "Submission is the highest mission on earth’** <J;*.s. It. 7; I. Pet. v, 5; Eph. v, 21: Matt. xi. 211, 30j. As to growth see II Pet. iii, 18; I Pet. ii, 2; II Sam. v. 10, margin: EZek. xli, 7. Tlie Passover was one of the three groat annual feasts, and not oulp pointed backward to the deliverance from Egypt, but also forward to a greater deliverance from all nations of the earth, when the Passover shall be fulfilled (Ex. xxiii. 14-17; xii, 1-7; Jer. xxiii, 5-8; Luke xxii. 15. IGi. The sacrificial part was fulfilled when Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us (I Cor. v. 7*. but the full benefit is yet to be seen. We who are redeemed, being perfectly safe under the shelter of His blood shed for us. are to be found with loins girdl'd, eating tin* Lamb, not disdaining tlie bitter herbs, emblem of our fellowship with Him in His sufferings (Phil. i. 2!>; John vi. 57). We must also beware of all carelessness in our daily walk, lest by allowing ourselves to wander from Him we bring sorrow to our hearts as we again seek Him till we find Him. If we allow ourselves to go a day's journey without Him it may take mom Ilian a day's sorrowful seeking ere we again rejoice in Him. There are some seemingly strange things in this story which may well lead us to consider how much or how little they knew of . this unique Son among all the sons of men—the only one who lived elsewhere before He lived on earth, the only one who could be called truly "the seed of the woman,” the only one who never thought nor said nor did a wrong thing. It seems odd that they should start for home without being sure that He was with them; tjiat they should think He would prefer the company of kinsfolk or acquaintance to that of His own mother: that they slio|ild not go right to the temple to seek Him as soon as they returned to the city. But let us turn from them to Him and to His first recorded utterance, the one solitary recorded utterance of thirty years, which covers also His whole sojourn In a mortal body. "I must be about My Father's business’’ (verse 49). This is the first "My Father” of human lips spoken of God. although there is an approach to it in Isa. Ixiii. 1(3; Ixiv. 8: Mai. ii, 10. He ever set aside any thought of the paternity of Joseph. Another child would have thought of the wonders of the great city, visiting friends, or the journey and return, but He is wholly occupied with the things of His Father, to the great astonishment of those specially versed in the things of God. Since we find Him at this early age more interested in the house of God and the word of God and the things of God than in all else—and remember the early piety of Samuel, David. Joash and Josiah—why not expect our young people to receive and serve Him and learn to let Him live in them? Toe same Spirit who lived and wrought in Him and in these others is Yvilling to live and work in us and iu our children.

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