The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1914 — Page 6

Syracuse Chautauqua, July 26th tn 30th, Inclusive

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INTEBURMN BOOSTERS i IN FIVE AUTOMOBILES Twenty-Two Citizens Visit North Webster; Wolf Lake And Churubusco Twentv-two interurban enthusiasts in five automobiles made a pilgrimage to North Webster, Wolf Lake, and Churubusco, Monday, for the purpose of reviving interest in the electric line project. This matter has been at rest for several months, but Samuel F. George returned to Syracuse last week and with several of the boosters is making ati effort to arouse new interest in the matter. The party was received with the usual enthusiasm at North Webster and this town is prepared to take up their subscription at any time. An automobile load of Nortn Webster people accompanied the Syracuse contingent to Wolf Lake and Churubusco. At Wolf Lake, the situation remains little changed. There was no crowd there but the citizens interviewed agreed to make known their intentions Thursday of this week. At Churubusco the promoters succeeded in getting a committee appointed to arouse the people there to action. The party of autoists run into some bad weather on the trip and a portion of the roads was very muddy. The Graff machine skidded into a ditch when a little ways out of Churubusco on the return trip and the passengers were compelled to alight and push the machine back into the road. Dr. George was a great pusher. He pushed so hard and the mud hung so tight that he lost an oxford and on the rest of &e trip he was compelled to do with one shoe. Fortunately he wore white socks and after sinking the shoeless foot in the mud the missing oxford was not noticeable. The machine was broken in the fracas and the auto pushed back to Churubusco for repairs. Some little diversion was caused at the hotel at that place when the waitress announced three kinds of pie which so confused the genial doctor that to save his soul he could not tell the kind he wanted. Some time this week a like excursion will be made to Benton in an effort to line up the citizens of that place. The sentiment of the people at this tillage is unknown but it is thought that at least a part of the people there are favorable to the idea. The local men who are exer ting themselves in behalf of the electric railway feel that the line will be of wonderful benefit to our town and they are working not from

' any hope of special renumeration I but for the purpose of sharing in the ; universal benefits that will accrue. We hope they succeed. Warsaw’s Centarian Dead William S. Clark, aged 103, died at his Warsaw home, Monday night. No Services There will be no services at the Dunkard church, Sunday. Fresh paint and varnish have been applied to the wood work and this will not be sufficiently dry to allow of meetings being held. Card Os Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E; Snavely wish to earnestly thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness extended to them in their recent bereavement and to all others who expressed their sympathy in various ways. Three Ladies Surprised Mrs. Chas. Thompson, Mrs. Aaron Ketring, and Mrs. Eli Tully were the victims of their friends at a very pleasant surprise given at Butter Milk Point, Sunday, The occasion was their 56th natal anniversary. Those present were: Clarence Snyder and wife, Alva Ketring and wife, Waller Ketring and family, Aaron Ketring and wife, Byron Doll and wife, John Neff and wife, Ed. McClintic and family, Eli Tully and wife, Chas. Thompson and wife, Jerry Hammon, wife, and son, Grover, Harry Juday and family, Artie Geyer and family, Elias Gray and fami’y, Thomas Jenson and family, Jasper and Chas. McClintic, Dan Neff, Louis Seider, Donald and Lena Bailey, and Alverta Freed. An excellent dinner was served on the lawn and these ladies will long remember their 56th birthday. Wilmot Mr. Poiser of Cromwell, drove Miss Clara Gesard, daughter and neice, from Chicago to Warsaw, Tuesday evening. Orvil Line, wife and company, made a trip to Etna Green a day. J. W. Shock, wife and son and Paul Beezly and family, were entertained by Lloyd Shock and wife eating ice cream. Miss Florence Korchen of Chicago, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Gesard, for a few days. Young Peoples meeting at Dan Elbery’s on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs Airgood and daughter, of South Bend, were entertained by J. W. Shock and mother, over Sunday. Mr. Arnold and Mr. Miles, pf Anderson are spending a few days in and around Wilmot taking a vacation.

Lesson lll.—Third Quarter. For July 19, 1914. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, Mark x, 46-52. Memory Verses, 51, 52—Golden Text. Isa. xxxv, 5, 6—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. Causing the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to sing and the lame to walk were samples of what will be more fully when His kingdom comes (Isa. xxxv, 4-6). The blind and all other afflicted ones were physical illustrations of Israel’s spiritual condition, and He was as ready to open their eyes as He was literally to open the eyes of a few individuals. But the great ones among them preferred their blindness because all the time they thought they saw clearly. Our Lord called them blind Pharisees, blind leaders of the blind (Matt, xxiii. 26; xv. 14), and when they asked Him. “Are we blind also?” He said unto them. “If ye were blind ye should have no sin. but now ye say. We see; therefore your sin remaineth” (John ix, 40, 41). In their case, as in the case of multitudes today, the god of this world blinded their minds, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them (II Cor. iv. 4). Our lesson story is found in Matt xx, 29-34, as well as in Mark, and is the record of a healing as He left the city of Jericho. He healed another man who was blind as He entered Jericho, and that man followed Him. glorifying God as He entered and passed through Jericho (Luke xviii. 35. to xlx. 1). Matthew and Mark both say that the healing of our lesson took place as He departed from Jericho, and Matthew says that there were two blind men. Well, there are no discrepancies and nothing to reconcile. He healed a blind man as He entered Jericho and two more as He left the city, and one of the two was called Bartimaeus, and no doubt there were many more blind people healed at different times (Matt. xi. 15: xii. 22; John ix), and we cannot but rejoice with every poor fellow who received his sight, feel sorry for those who did not and pity the spiritually blind who fancied that they did see. because they were wise in their own estimation. When the kingdom comes we shall see the King in His beauty, and we .shall then think that we never knew Him before. He will be so glorious (Isa. xxxiii. 17. 24; John iii. 1.2). Every eye shall see Him, either to adore Him and enjoy Him forever or else to see Him and hear Him say, “Depart from me; I never knew you.” The cry of the man who was healed as He entered Jericho and that of the others healed as He left the city is so similar that some cannot think that Luke is telling of a separate incident (Matt. xx. 30; Mark x. 47; Luke xviii. 38). In each event Jesus stood and commanded the man or men to be brought unto Him or called them to Him. Mark says that those who called him said. “Be of good comfort; rise: He calleth thee.” That which we have in eight words here is just four words in the Greek. I envy those who can read the Greek and Hebrew readily; there is such a fullness of meaning in those languages which it is difficult to express in English. There is something very remarkable here, and it is this: The words “Be of good comfort” (Greek “tharsei”) are used by our Lord on five different occasions. all exceedingly interesting and helpful, four while He was. on earth and once after He returned to heavdn (Matt, ix, 2, 22; xiv, 27; John xvi, 33: Acts xxiii, 11). They make a beautiful, helpful Bible' study on forgiveness, peace, victory and the purpose of God. The remarkable thing is that this word, used only elsewhere by our Lord, is used in our lesson by those who called the blind man. 1 wonder why they should use one of our Lord’s special words. I do not understand it.. I only note the fact. If it was the disciples who used the word they did it as His representatives, and we think of a later word of His. “As my Father hath sent Me, even so send I you" (John xx, 21). If some of the multitude used the word, then I am perplexed. Casting away his garment he came to Jesus, and I expect that he did so very quickly. He knew his need and that there was a deliverer at hand, and he did not hesitate nor make any excuse. He was poor, empty, helpless, ready to receive. In the song of Mary it is written, “He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He hath sent empty away” (Luke, 1, 53). It is also written, “Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye- shall be filled” (Luke vl, 21). The poor and the needy are those who obtain help speedily (Ps. ixxii, 4). The rich and the self sufficient and self righteous are the ones whom it is impossible to help. “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?" This is the question ever coming to us from Him in whom all fullness dwells, for has He not said. “If ye shall ask anything in My name I will do It:” “If ye abide in- Me and My words abide In you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you?” (John xiv. 14; xv, 7.) How brief and definite is the blind .man’s request. “Lord, that 1 might receive my sight" He did not want five things, nor three, nor two—just one. He knew well what he wanted, and he asked for it. If we knew our need as well and were as definite in our asking, what might we not. receive! The longer I live the more clear it seems to me that we have but one great need as believ/rs. and that is to be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit.

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noon with L. M. Stump and wife. Henry Whitmer spent Sunday afternoon with Bird Darr ai.d wife. The social which was held last Friday night was well attended. Four Corners Lee Cory spent Sunday with the James Meloy family. John Scarlet and family of Goshen spent Sunday with Fred Ettline’s. Jame Callender and family spent Sunday with friends near Graveltoh. Crist Darr was a Goshen visitor Saturday. Eve Callender spent Monday at the home of James Callender. Those who spent Sunday with James Meloy’s were, Mrs. Sarah

I Ifiert and daughter of near New Paris, Lee and Guy Cory, Marv Ulery and Hannah Stuckman. Mother earth got the dirt washed from her face Monday morning. Tamarack Mrs. Long and Mrs. Porter visited with Mrs. Stiffler last week one afternoon. Oliver Snavely and family were called to town Sunday by the death of their little granddaughter. Vern Smith called on Dave Stiffler, Sunday. Cecil Coy came to visit with her parents and aunt. Pearl Ashbrook visited last week with Helen Snavely. Cecy Watkines and baby and

: Huldah Mullen called at the home of Ed Coy’s, Saturday. Mesdames Wogomen and Bartz, I called at the home of Ed Coy, on Thursday afternoon. A splendid rain fell upon the thirsty soil Monday morning. Cecil Coy called on Miss Stiffler, Sunday. Frank Bushong and family visited Sunday with Guy Fisher and family. Mrs. Irvin Wogoman . helped her mother, Mrs. Davis, cojk for the threshers this week. Robert Gregory and family have moved into the property on the corner of Boston and Huntington streets. - 111 -L.’_ " ' J" ' ’ 111