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i Messages From 1 1 the Cross 1 By REV. GEORGE E. CUILLE 5 S Bibb Tch. Fwnwinn Deputmou. Moody Z 2 Bibb ! titan olOiiro j 5 TEXT And they crucified him. Matt. 27:35. No one can read this story without being struck by the artless manner In which it is told. The writer. If left to his own wis dom, would have filled page after page, omitting no detail and adding Imposing imagery of every kind to heighten the ef- feet. The Spirit of God is the nar rator of these events and in them he is tell ing the story which, however slow men may be to hear, he most " .WM TV A delights to tell. And thus he has writ ten down, as a part of Holy Scripture, certain things that transpired, that, wherever the story of the cross ehould be told, these things must be told In connection therewith. Let us look at three of these. ! The Place. First, then, the place of the crucifix ion will speak to us. "And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull." There, at the "place of a skull" the utter wreck of human wisdom, did they put to death the "Wisdom of God." "For of him are "ye in Christ Jesus, who has made unto us wisdom from God." The world boasts of its wisdom to day, boasts of the achievements of cience and philosophy, but for the most real problems sin and death, it lias found no solution, nor has it taught us anything about God. "The world by wisdom knew not God." ""And the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness." Herein is the offense of the cross, that it 'sets aside all of man's wisdom forever, as -well as all his glory. The Greeks were wisdom worshipers, but at Corinth the apostle would know nothing "save Jesus Christ and him crucified," the cross in all its marvelous attractive ness for hearts enlightened from Above, in all its intolerable repulsive ness for unregenerate men. Modern rationalism despises the cross, but the humblest believer In it has found it to be what the apostle declares, "The power of God and the wisdom of Ood." The Crown of Thorns. The last king of David's line to be crowned at Jerusalem is crowned with "thorns. In derision they crown him, "but the Spirit of God writes it down. Xor that crown symbolizes the curse "which he has come to put away. In Cienesis 3 we read of the curse pro Bounced upon creation because of man's sin: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake ... thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth unto thee." Thorns, then, have become the em blem of the curse of sin, and now we aee them on the Savior's brow. "In sorrow," goes on the pronouncement, -"shalt thou eat of it," but the One who wears the crown of thorns is the "Man of Sorrows," saying, as he goes to the cross, "Now is my soul exceed ing sorrowful, even unto death." "In the sweat of thy fce shalt thou eat bread," and of him who hangs on the cross it is written, "His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling from him." So the thorns are telling of what he is made for us: "Christ hath delivered us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us, as it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." "Made a curse!" How simple to utter the words; how unutterable the depth of their meaning! The Supernatural Darkness. "The darkness sought his woes to hide." is a beautiful hymn which some times we sing, but it does not explain that awful darkness. That "darkness over all the land" is witness that God, who is light, has withdrawn his pres ence from a scene In which he can have no part. And it was a faint out ward expression of a deeper darkness that pressed upon the Savior's soul. And thus his own cry interprets It: "My God. my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" And there is no an swer from God. Where shall we find the answer to that cry of forsaken sorrow? We have but to turn to the Twenty-second Psalm, from which It is quoted, and there we shall find the Holy Sufferer answering his own ques tion. "Thou art holy, oh, thou who inhabitest the praises of Israel." God Is holy and he turns away. "Thou art of purer eyes than to behold in iquity and canst not look upon sin." Christ in the darkness, Christ for saken of God Is Christ "made sin." "He hath made him to be sin for ns " And this was his anguish. To Calvary they take him. as unfit to die within the holy city. "For the bodies of those beasts whose blood Is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned with out the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the .gate." Christ on Calvary, Christ mbandoned, is the true sin offering. HIS MONEY A MYTH? After Contracting to Spend His Thousands in Wichita a Farmhand is Held. CLAIMS TO BE HEIR TO FORTUNE After Making Many Purchase J. W. Cobb Asked Probate Judge to Appoint a Guardian. J. W. Cobb, a farm hand near Wich ita, said he fell heir to $83,000 the other day, and started out to spend it He bought $400 worth of mission fur niture for a bachelor apartment that he had arranged for in a family hotel. A $000 player piano was next ac quired and then a motor car at a cost of $2,800 was chosen. Clothing and other personal necessities Mr. Cobb bought at random. The aggregate bill would have made a noticeable dent in the big bank roll that the young lab orer had suddenly come Into. All the stuff was bought subject to delivery October l and a mornin'g paper carried a big story of Cobb's good luck and liberality in merchandise splendor. In the afternoon Cobb appeared be fore Probate Judge Jones and request ed that a guardian be appointed for him or he would blow in all his for tune. Judge Jones felt out Cobb's mental and financial status and or dered him detained until a jury could inquire into his mental balance. Cobb's employer had not heard of his hand's good fortune. He blamed the sudden heat. ROB ANOTHER KANSAS BANK Seven Men Raid Institution at Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County Held Town at Bay.. Seven men held the entire town of Maple Hill at bay early the other morning, robbed the Maple Hill State Bank of nearly $3,000 and escaped in a fog. Maple Hill is in Wabaunsee County, twenty-one miles west of To peka. Sheriffs of three counties had posses hunting over the territory within fifteen miles of Maple Hill but had not discovered a trace of the rob bers. Some carriage tracks leading east from the town are the only tracks which the sheriffs' forces have been able to find as pointing to the way the men escaped. A hundred . men stood within one hundred feet of the bank building and listened to seven charges of nitro glycerin explode in the bank and did not dare attack the robbers. The rob bers walked out of the bank and disappeared in the fog. - -K - Crude Oil Goes Up Another 5-cent raise in the price of crude oil has been announced by the Prairie Oil and Gas Company. Rapidly decreas ing production in the Cushing field, with greater demand for oil. was the cause given for the increase. The new price is 60 cents a barrel. Man Struck by Cow May Die. A toss of her head by a pedigreed Jersey cow may cost Albert Knopple of Col ony his life. Knopple was grooming the animal for the Allan County Fair. In striking at flies, which were an noying her, the cow struck Knopple across the forehead, fracturing the skull. Bees in Feud at Wetmore. Two col onies of bees belonging to W. H. Blood of near Wetmore, happened to swarm on the same day and for some reason declared war on each other. Not only did they attack members of Blood's family, but also the cat and chickens, three of which died as a result of their stings. - -X Woman, 65, a Suicide. Mrs. Frank Pope of Frontenac, aged 65 years, shot and killed herself in - her home the other day. -fc More Harvest Hands Help Up. Five harvest hands were held up at Caldwell the other night and robbed of $50. The police have arrested a man who has been identified as be ing one of a gang that held up harv est hands a week ago. He Is in Jail at Wellington. Early Settler Dies. James Hack ett, 83, for many years a resident oS Kansas, is dead at his home in Atchi son. Mr. Hackett settled in Nemaha County when he came to Kansas in the early days, but moved to Atchi son County eighteen years ago. He was a retired farmer. - - Gas Caused Death at Newton. Austin H. North, a student brakeman for the Santa Fe, was found dead the other morning in a bathtub at New ton. He had been overcome by gas. He came here a week ago from Ot tawa, Kas. -X - Wylie W. Cook to Seek Office. Wy lie W. Cook, deputy state treasurer of Kansas and former banker and chief of police of Kansas City, Kas, an nounced at Parsons that he will be a candidate for the Republican noniina tion for state treasurer at the nest election. to succeed Earl Akers. Standard Oil Dividend Declared. The Standard Oil Company of Kan sas has declared a quarterly dividend of $3 a share, payable September 15, to stockholders of record on August 26. - 0NAL ilHWSOIOOL Lesson (By O. E. SELLERS. Acting Director ot the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 29 GOD'S CARE OF ELIJAH. LESSON TEXT I Kings 17:1-16. GOLDEN TEXT Casting all your anx iety upon him, because he caxeth for you. I leter 5:7 R. V.' We now skip thirty to forty years to consider .the first of those great prophets whose lives are recorded at length. Samuel and David fought ani mals, armies and giants, but these men fought engagements in the moral and spiritual realm of equal and greater importance. Emphasize Elijah as a real live flesh-and-blood hero. His work was with the northern kingdom and he probably first met Ahab at Sa maria, his capital in 912 B. C. ( ?) The Moabite stone (A. D. 1S6S) is a re markable confirmation of the. Bible story of this period. I. The Challenge, v. 1. The lesson is a great illustration cf faith. Sin had again made vast inroads upon the people (ch. 16:30-33) and this "man ot the hour," whose name means "Jeho vah My Strength," (1) saw the condi tions; (2) responded to the need, and (3) had faith in his cause because it was that of Jehovah. The source of his faith was the word of the lord God (Deut. 11:18; 32:20), He that "liveth" and before whom the prophet stood in daily, hourly communication. Elijah was a man with a mission (Matt. 23:19) who trusted in God and considered it safe to obey. His power, "according to my word," was in ratio according to his life of faith (Rom. 10:17). He was also a man of prayer James 5:17) and showed his faith by his works (James 2:17, 20, 26). II. The Command, vv. 2-7. Elijah's faith was not audacious. He took each step as commanded by God (v. 2). There is a time for seeming retreat as well as for the spectacular charge. Elijah's first place of testing was "Cherith," a gorge to the east cf the river Jordan. This command was era trary to human reason. "Would It nut soon be involved in his prophesied drought?" Again, ravens frequently feed upon carrion, and he knew all the regula tions regarding cleanness. Thus to be secluded would prevent his observing the effect of the drought upon both king and people. Still the command is explicit. It was "there" (v. 4), and there only, that Jehovah was to save. The miracle of saving was to be wreught under the most adverse cir cumstances and by the most unlikely means. "So he went." Having faced the peril, God hid him to preserve him, and at the proper time God also re vealed him (ch. 18:12). It was a daily testing for Elijah at Cherith, thus to be fed and to see the water evaporat ing, but it was a time of communion and after the brook was dry there came a new command (vv. 8, 9). III. The Continued Deliverance, vv. 8-16. Zarephath was (Luke 4:26) in the dominions of Jezebel's father, on the coast of the Mediterranean sea be tween Tyre and Sidon, a dangerous journey for Elijah through Ahab'S1 kingdom (ch. 18:10). The word Zare phath means "smelting furnace," and it too was suffering from this same famine. Commanded to hide in Cherith Elijah is told to "dwell" in Zarephath and that a widow was to be the agent to supply his need. Again Elijah's pride had to be overcome for there were abundant reasons for disliking such a journey, such an abiding place and such a dependence upon .a poor widow. Elijah, however, "arose and went," a continuance of his life of obedience. He first asked for water and as she went he added his request for food. It was a particular widow to whom he was sent (Luke 4:25-27) and through her God was ready to work a miracle of salvation on his behalf. Though about to prepare what she thought was to be her own and her Ben's last meal (v. 12), yet she at once proceeds to obey the cemmand of the man of God as it was conditioned upon the word of Jehovah (v. 14). God. through his prophets, has commanded as, given us assurance and promised to sustain (Phil. 4:19), yet we hesi tate. "She went and did" the seem ing impossible, but according to the word of command, and those ot "her house did eat many days." Obedience saved her own, her son's and the prophet's lives. There is sound philoso phy in Prov. 11:24 which found its complete fulfillment in Jesus who "came not to be ministered unto but to minister. Read carefully Prov. 3:7-10 and II Cor. 9:6-11. As with the Israelites in the wilderness the supply was only from day to day (v. 16) noth ing ahead, no accumulation, yet a per petual supply because based on "the word of the Lord" v. 16). God worked this miracle: (1) to up hold and to preserve his chosen mes senger for his great work in Israel; (2) to show his loving kindness and sustaining grace to the poor; (3) to strengthen the faith cf his prophet against his spectacular conflict on Mt Carmel; (4) to the end that he might show Israel and all others down through the ages a great object lesson of his sustaining grace and providence. The widow's "two mites" are filling church treasuries today, and Mary's box of ointment has filled all Christen dom with its aroma and fragraao. Providence is progressive. WANTED TO SEE THE FINISH Small Girl Did Not Consider That the End of the Proceedings Had Been Reached. The short Interval that elapsed be tween the visit of the little girl to a commencement exercise and atten dance at an old-fashioned camp-meeting' may explain a remark that she made at the religious event- She went there with her grandmother, and. very much interested in everything that oc curred, asked numerous Questions which her grandparent attempted to answer to the best of her ability. "Who is that woman up there and what is she doing?" asked the little girl, referring to a woman who was on her knees in the "amen corner." "I don't know who she Is, but she's going to get religion," was the reply. Some time elapsed and the woman remained on her knees. Finally, the grandmother of the little girl became tired of the service and announced that it was time to leave. "Oh. let's not go yet," exclaimed her grandchild. "Let's wait and see 'em give it to her." Louisville Times. For genuine comfort and lasting pleas are use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day. All good grocers. Adv. When two cats fight in the dark they merely scratch a match. Some people seem to have an idea it's a poor rule that won't work both ways at once. It's all right to save time, but some people lose a lot figuring how they can save a little. What is worth doing at all Is worth doing well, unless you are going to make a fool of yourself. All telephone operators in Egypt are required to be able to speak Euglish, French, Italian, Greek and Arabic. Beautiful Neutrality. The Venus of Milo explained. "An endeavor to be neutral," she said; "arms are munitions of war." Another Hunger Strike. Patience I understand Mr. Styles hs refused to give his wife money for new clothes. Patrice : What's she going to do? "She's gojng on a hunger strike." One or the Other. "Do I make myself perfectly plain?" asked Miss Fortysmith, who is intel lectual, concluding her argument. "More so than anybody I ever saw before in my life!" answered J. Fuller Gloom. "Er er well, either that or you were born so." Kansas City Star "Old and Distinguished." "Gerald," said the young wife, no ticing how heartily he was eating, "do 1 cook as well as your mother did?" Gerald put up his monocle and stared at her through it. "Once and for all, Agatha," he said, "I beg you to remember that although I may seem to be In reduced circum stances now, I come of an old and dis tinguished family. My mother was not a cook." Touch Pre-eminent. "A cozy picture, eh? A man lolling In an easy chair and his beautiful wife leaning over him to light his cigar." "You haven't seen the companion picture to it, have you?", "Why. no." "It's the same man savagely chew lng the end of his cigar a4 writing a check." Kansas City Star. Food For Thought Proper nourishment and -well chosen books are food for thought for those who are fitting themselves for the battles of life. by providing thorough nourishment to both body and brain keeps one in fine fettle bright and alert to absorb the world's great lessons. For "thinkers" and "doers." There's Children Cry "1'M'"'l''llllll'llllllll'l"p''1111111 The mud Ton DaTe Always in. use lor orer SO years, 1 - - -- AH Counterfeits, Imitations Experiments that trine -with and endanger the health of Jnlants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is C ASTO R I A Castoria is a harmless snhstltnte for Castor Oil. Par gone, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is pleasant. I contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other liarcotta substance. Its age is its guarantee. I destroys Worms and allays ITeverishness. For more than thirty years is has been In constant nse for the relief of Constipation. Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething- Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, si-sing- healthy and natural sleeD. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS pBears the Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought th erimuit nann, nw ram crrv. DID IT EVER STRIKE YOU That the modern way of disposing of your cattle and hoers Is to have a responsible and reliable commission house sell them for you? We offer you our services and know we can give you satisfaction. Good sales by experienced salesmen. Good service by competent yardmen. TROWER, CHASE & McCOUN lcom.tcok LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE, KANSAS CITY, MO. Why We Eat Eggs. "1 am a firm believer in advertis ing," said a great advertising expert. "I impute a great part of my own suc cess to it." Here the expert's sunburnt and healthy face was illuminated by one of his rare and charming smiles. "When a duck lays an egg,' he said, "she waddles back to the duck pond in indifferent silence. But when a hen lays an egg her frantic cackles make it known. "The hen advertises. "And that, my dear friends. Is why the world eats hens' eggs instead of ducks' eggs." A Change of Luck. Hicks How do you happen to be going fishing on Friday? I thought you believed Friday was an unlucky day? Wicks Well, I. always have, but it occurred to me this morning that per haps it would be unlucky for the fish! The government of Hawaii has set aside 690,000 acres of forest reserves and will experiment with planting eu calyptus for firewood. Have a little patience. Even a cork-sere- doesn't go straight to the point, but it gets there. After a man is married perhaps it is only right that he shouldn't have a single idea. a Reason" for Grape-Nirts for Fletcher's Bongrit, and -which has feeea lias lom -fh-, -i,,- . vvu luaue unaer nis per " v v7 v uowavo yua xix uu9 and Just-as-srood an hnt Sign; Made a Difference. At a dinner party the other evening, reference having been made to the good old days in the little brick school house, this story was recalled by James L. Rice, coach of the Columbia college crew: The teacher in a public Bchool was giving a demonstration in mental arith metic, and after speaking at some length she turned to a bright-faced boy at the head of the class. "Now, then, Willie," said she, "do you think that you can answer me a Question in mental arithmetic?" "Yes, ma'am," was the confident re joinder of the beaming youngster. "Well, then," resumed the teacher, "how old would a person be who was born in 1876?" "That depends," quickly rejoined lit tle Willie. "Was the person a man or a woman?" Philadelphia Tele graph. Not Easy to Do. "Why is it that the dog is always referred to as the most intelligent ani mal?" asked the elephant. "Because he knows how to get a good living without doing any work," replied the horse. The trouble with many of those who advocate the right is that they are bo disagreeable about it they do more harm than good. In order to enjoy life a man must be a little miserable occasionally. FOOD