MONDAY, MAY 24, 1926.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOUR5JAL
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Alvo Department
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Mr and Mrs. Stromcr is getting along
crv nicely at tins time.
Arinur umges anu wiie wc-ic in'
ing last Sunday at Syracuse, where
thev had a most delightful afternoon.
. .. i vlcil.
Granz were
pilosis at ine iiume ui .m. iuu
Will A. Cook for last Sunday wnere
a most pleasant time was enjoyed. I
Fred II. Gorder of Weeping Water
the county commissioner for the third
district, was looking after some busi-,
ness matters in Alvo on Wednesday of
last week. I
Last Wednesday Vnaries
vUit'mr and lookine after some busi- he had to hot foot IT bacK to me "V f Vo9 Pl-Tttmoiith Hifrh As 1 wattnC(1 proceedings, i saw your c-ouiw-""" "T '
"sussa? --m- ss. kjKKsswsi $ ssss as
day" , i r ,p,p' tt 14 T,o,V p,Vin church. The address which was re- ri'V.Vn, an" ' C(1 through lanes and thoroughfares
Simon Rchmeyer and family were Hold Their Picnic , t U1 ood advice to the young ,ot nJ an,ma; t , ... oi, " r m tint hive broueht you in-
xitlnsr with relatives in Omaha for, Th Alvo schools closed their school L I u.l Wh are this week Being entrusted with an intricate of tnuhs that have 1" ought you
last Sunday, they driving over in n PrWay with a yery enJoy.ble 't the world to make a ,ld rtenc ourseiv m J, oumf Him!
their auto. , ! picnic in Boyles grove. There was a , . f the,nselve3 or to.;harPe of a ,L,fr ''tn fLLtlv vm ,rP heen lingering around
The families of Frank E. Cook. ost deiightful program as well as a te in hIgher halls of learn- Quelle, and which so frequently o i ha.e hem iin l "
and Simon Dehmeyers were visiting al sood time. There also were JJCU ie ca3e fema b wa3 based throws us oyer and our one recourse .here II tv In es J nol d e is t.
una doing son,,, trading at the city of Refreshments galore, which was surely ine- theme 18 u..cry to, (' , , liciltll To 15ve at".kin, lioS in India how fool!
r&lllre the 7 an's Quest for God" in his wori wf ITy lluL
t rank L. cook ana lamiij M erone Kemed to De enjojii s ,vifh nvinirti3sue. But fly net. You should take an elephant ;
. . which occurred on last &aiuruay ucic -1S for tne ueeue to tug ma nay uul
lation tor a monu- goodiy number of people from of the ground to find the light; or
iark tne last rest- o thg vicinity contiguous to lhe sced lo send forth the stalk up
tai remains oi .ur. ihs thrlving little city. There were' rd to the sun, that they may find
COusirucieu a luuuuauuu ii a m""
ment which is to m
ing place of the mota
Olaf Peterson.
Mrs. Clo Schaefer was called to
Lincoln on business on last wednes-
day and wnue sne -was aa iue '
""c B"c '
sistant postmaster, air. . kowuow .
Aas iuumus -uC, -V
postoffice.
Joseph Armstrong ana wue were at,
Eagle on Tuesday evening of last
week where they went to attend the
commencement exercises which were.
n trn ilm clncinp- ilava of SCllOOl I
at that place
The lvo orchestra, which is com-'
posed of Lee and Ethel Coatman, Jess,
vr .npnnPit and Murial Vickers. dis-
persed very fine music at the senior
class play which was given ior iu
nights at the close of school
The Ladies Aid society of the Meth-
o.Iin church of Elmwood. were guests as susie, a mam; bternng cuaiinaii, Canada in tne province of Alberta,
i t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oris '2S. as Leonard Bruce, Phillip Coajit is equal to the famous Klondike
Cook cn last Wednesday and where man. as Wayne Ashley. Gilbert migration. For thirty miles square
all surely enjoyed the occasion and as Dwight Lambert, Clarice Kitzel, overv foot of ground has been staked
both Mr. and Mrs are entertainers of as Peggy Patton; Phillip Coatman. as as a claira Hardships from cold and
the first quality. a writer; Kenneth Bailey, as Phillip ice and darkRCSS have been endured;
M' Alice Cook was the guest at Grant; Miss Lucile Christensen as, waiting for the spring to thaw the
the home of her friends, the family of Sadie; Letha Althouse. and Mrs. Fos-jk,e that thcy inuy (Jig for the treas.
Lloyd Woicott, of Weeping Water, for ter. a sister of "Ruth". The piay wa3iUre there. It is not gold, but a rkh
the week end. and all took a trip to set somewhere In the cast, and wasjcr metal platinum. But there have
Khrnar.doih on Sunday where they
enjoyed the occasion and visited both
broadcasting stations. j
Daniel Williams was assisting in
the planting of corn at the farm of
Frank E. Cook, and during the time
Lenox was looking after the dwray
work and hauling a load of dirt to
the garage of Art Dinges for filling wood last fall, was shown and proved
and leveling up the uneven ground. ! to be one of the very enjoyable feat
John Skinner was dragging the urfcS of the evening's entertainment,
roads and getting them in the best of By watching the picture one could
condition last Wednesday, which he Eee just how the contest was put on
did and it was well for nature was jand it was so realistic one could al
kind to him. not coming with rain tom0st hear the ears of corn hit the
spoil all his work as was the case
in the eastern portion of the county.
In the action at law which was
hfld on last Saturday wherein Mis3
Ethel Hartsook and Clarence Ohm
were the principals, after a long and
labored hearing before a jury, they
stood three to three, and no discision.
to the case was set for hearing for
May 22th.
There are many people who admire.
the Stirling qualities of the former
air service man. Mr. Mitchell. anu !
demonstrating their admiration of
this gentleman, there were from Alvo
to hear him one evening last week
when he spoke in Lincoln. W. II. War
ner, R. L. Parmenter, J. W. Banning,
Henry S. Ough, and Geo. P. Foreman.
Joe Banning and the family of
Union, were in Alvo on last Sunday, (name of Charles, and a very fine name
driving over for the day to visit at; at that. The folks are all doing nicely
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Banning, the genial lumberman,
where all enjoyed the visit very much.
T' e family from Union were in quite
a hurry when it came to going home,
for the bluster of the storm added
much to the speed limit.
Walter Collins, Arthur Dinges, J.
B. Skinner, R. L. Parmenter, C. D.
Ganz. George Eidemiller, Lee Stewart
and James Applegate were all in at
tendance at the district meeting of the
American Legion, which was held at
Plattsmouth on last Thursday, and
some of thorn are reported to have
gotten a little damp in the rain storm
which prevailed. They all, however,
had a most delightful time.
C. H. Kirkpatrick and wife. R. M.
Coatman and the family and Mr. J. B.
Skinner, all were visiting last Sun
day at the beautiful city of Seward,
where they picniced in the park there
and were the guests of Miss Bessie
Ober and Miss Iren Carson, as well
as Miss Alvira Meyer. Everyone sure
enjoyed the occasion and following
a most pleasant visit returned home
and had a merry chase with the bluff
of a rain which was in evidence on
Sunday evening.
Everyone seems to have to have ex
periences before they really know a
fact. Art Dinges, who sells gas,
works on cars and knows them from
"A" to "Izard," knows well enough
Chickens Help Pay!
We have movable metalic individual coops
for the hen and chickens. Also galvanized
feeders at prices that will save you money.
GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS
Fencing" and Farm Implements
POWER WASHERS
Coalman Hardware Co.
ALVO -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
,of o ot win ot run any ways for
a ny great distance without gas, still
.1.. .A ni.,1.- o trin Ml laSX
ne aa)tu iu - .
mrumoita; i.. , i
cient supply of gas in to rseJv!;-
He made it very well until he had goi-
lTn,lnnlnv mnrn IIP Willi ail luoum-
ten over near tne lumuer jaiu,
lvb., -
and took a squint at the luture wiin
jts possibilities for the members of
the senjor class, as they are the ones
wno are going out into the world.
Many Enjoy Picture Shows
,vitl the ODeninK of the free shows
which occurred on last Saturday there
V, ,, nrtpil on the streets.
tho wfao came n them added
people of Alvo and all
unloved the wonderful play wnicn hv
wnnrirfnl nlav which
nrpnfP(l. Come acain folks and
a fl lime
Ruth in a Rush
T7i fortniniv was in a rush at the.
senior class play on both last Tues-'
day and Wednesday evening at the
high school auditorium which was
scarcely able to hold the vast crowds
which thronged to hear the play,
Those to take part in the play were
.Mitff v isiumia niiuuuo, -- ,
sica Brownell, an aunt of Ruth; Miss
Opal Steel as Juliet. Ruth's friend ;
Thelma. as Ruth herself; Delia Xeben.j
full or action, mirtn anu wu, as w"iuten michtier rushes for God than
as sunsnine anu a iev, ciouus.
Local Color Was Added,
x bit of local color was added to
the free moving picture on Saturday
evening in that the corn husking con-
test which was staged north of Green
throw boards.
Decoration Day Services Sunday
Arrangements have been consumat-
ed for the observance of Memorial
services to be held at Alvo on Sun
day, May 30, and at which time the
Rev. W. II. Chenoweth will deliver
the Memorial address, which will be
at the regular morning serive hour.
rhHe in the afternoon the wrvices
ill be held and Judge E. B Chappel.
or tne Aiunicipai couri oi jumtuiu
will deliver the oration.
A Freak Coincidence.
On last Thursday, May 13th, there
arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Ganz, a boy who inherited the
and all are happy over the arrival.
Then again six days later, came the
stork, making a second visit, this
time arriving at the home of Charles
Roelofsz, and was accompanied by a
young man. who secured for his name
that of Carl Ganz Roelofsz, and now
there is one Charles and one Carl in
each family and two men aro honored
by another man named for them.
Notice of School Meeting
The annual meeting of the legal
voters of School District No. 102 of
Cas3 county, Nebraska, will be held
at the high school auditorium at
Alvo on Wednesday, June 14, 192G,
at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of
voting an appropriation of $16,500
for school purposes, which is in ex
cess of the levy, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
lawfully come before them.
II. L. BORNEMEIER,
nil 7-3 1 Alvo Secretary.
FARM FOR SALE
The Dovey section. Will sell in one
piece or will divide to suit purchaser.
See or write
O. II. ALLEN.
Omaha, Nebr.
2220 Howard Street.
Try Journal Want Ads. It pays
Sermon to the
Graduates Fill
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GO Willi iXlVICe
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Bev. IricClusky Delivers Annual Bac
1 i. KJJ 4-.- V. no
caiauieaie auuicss iu incmutu
of the Senior Class.
Rev. II. G. McClusky delivered the
mieht find Him." Job 23:3. Scrip
ture: John 14:1-14.
Every person is a seeker after God.
From the Igorrote of the Philippines
to Tresident Ilibbin, of Princeton,
there is a yearning for God. It
is
iust as natural that this is so, as it
is for the beetle to dig his way out
fi,0!p frop.inm ami their Dower,
' Thus pouls buried in (ho flcsh,
smothered in weakness and harassed
k,. ;ic -iti SPnrr-h for the troal of
t,,fir i.ipaiism. which we term God
pn,.o tr,r ,f "Vnirlit hut r.nd ran
satisfy the soul." Says the Psalm
ist,
'Man shall not live
by bread
David, "I
alone
Said the great
shall be satisfied only when I
in thy likeness."
awake
Give us a God. a living God;
One to wake the sleeping soul.
One to cleanse the tainted blood
Whose Dulses in our bosom roll."
li was onaire wuu saiu, ii iuciu
.g UQ God it wouid ie necessary to
lavent one."
Just EOW thcre is a grcat rush into
for gold. The Crusades still speak to
us ot a tremenuous attempt to ;in
God. Our mightiest wars were vain
struggles to find God. Great intel
lectual and spirited controversies
and credal debates have filled the
press of late in a recent outbreak to
present God in the true light. Eng
land's labor struggle is a seeking
after God. The colonizing of our
eastern shores was a search for God.
Every battle in the human heart, ev
ery desire, every spirit of discontent
are all the growing pains in search
for a more abundant life. 'Tis true
that the few are finding Him. For
"Straight is the gate, and narrow the
way that leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it." So many are
like the bug thrown into the water,
that frantically strives to swim to
shore, but merely turns around in a
circle. They know not the way.
It i3 the constant question of the
three Wise Men of the East. "Where
is He that is born king of the Jews?"
Where shall we find Him?
The words of the text are taken
from Job. "Oh that I knew where
I might find Him." They are the out
burst of a tried soul. We hear the
echo many years later from the lips
of Jesus in the garden, "Oh that this
cup might pass from me." Their
deeper meaning is. "Is God the God
who permits suffering and distress to
come upon us?"
Job had had great prosperity and
a fine home. But Satan had been
permitted to rob him of all these.
And more, to visit upon him a ter
rible aggravating disease. Three of
his friends try to console him. Elip
haz, Bildad and Zophar all argue
with him that because of his sinful
ness God has sent these punishments
upon him. Job secretly denies this
charge, and upholds his righteous
life. Their accusations become more
pronounced, until Eliphaz openly
accuses Job of secret sin. It was
then that Job exvlaims in the words
of the text, if I knew where I could
find Him, I would lay my arguments
before Him and He would sustain me
and put strength into me. It was
then that Elihu comes forth, and
offers a different line of argument,
claiming that this punishment was
not because of sin, but because God
wauted to strengthen and purify him
and was sent out of a loving father's
desire to chasten. This brings com
fort to Job and he breaks forth with
the words, "I know that my Redeem
er liveth, and He shall stand up at
the last upon the earth; and after
my skin hath been thus destroyed,
yet from my flesh shall I see God."
nnniial Ft H frn 1 3 11 TPfl t P SermOIl tO the " " ' , I ,, C Virrl, cohml
Job's possessions were restored double There are preliminary steps to be
their former amount and his family taken in a successful search for God.
restored in the same manner. He had And the main reason why so many
endured the test and had found God .do not find Him is that they stop be
in a larger sense than ever before. fore they have taken all the prelimi
The Psalmist says. In the 90th I11'11"' t(-l,s- Wll" Moses built tne
Psalm. 3rd verse, "Thou turnest man
ito destruction, and sayest. Return, ye
children of men." This is a world
iof destruction. We people have been
turned into it. But we are command
ed to return to God out of it. In the
making of a mighty steel wheel, a
mold is first constructed out of sand.
Into this the molten steel is poured.
iWhen the wheel is hardened the mold
;by which an ugly worm has become
the beautiful butterly. "Change and
'out. These bodies are but the mold of a wren about my house. There was , f ' ve ?t Lve
for the soul. But they arc like the one way that such could be accomp- ' ,mi" . co ,,e L,
grass, in the morning it groweth up. lished. Not by .calling to one; Not Stlrecl Z Sty-five langu-
but in the evening it is cut down and by trying to catch one In a net. for awJvs Take it lit h you. It
withereth. Their strength is labor if I aught him he would not sing. li;- aiuus take it vun
and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and But by building a little house. This 13 . f , i U -i1 -i 1 ' thi
we fly away. The cocoon is but a I did, but I made the opening too ' Strickland Gill.lan has put this
frail she'll, but it has been the means small, and he ,ould not get in. I 111 convincingly.
, decay in all around I see," but out But I made it just right and he came J
of it we are striving for that which, and sang all summer tor me. Thu3
'changeat not and that is GOD. twill we find God.
j These demands for God are seen in I Knowledge is the first great pro
our deprivations. When we are sick liminary essential. We cannot find
!we seek a doctor. Human souls are the All-Knowing God unless we our-
ail sick an(1 theJ need the Great
Physician. That is why there goes
from of aJ1 the world a
orv for fJort Tt is like the child that
climbed into the Ford Sedan stand-
ing in the back yard, and while in-
Ivestigating its varied mechanical
! levers released the brake, allowing
tho car to run down the yard and up;
ltnnlr on.) nirnf rtn Its RlflP
lU .1 II UIMl I li 111 V ' ' ' ' - .
we barely rret started into life when
something interrupts the machinery
of the flesh and we begin to run down
and to die. We read that bodies
once lived for hundreds of years. And
wc today are averaging only a little
over forty. And there is something
that suggests to us that-wc should
never die. Every perishing power
within us cries out against dissolu
tion. Merely to say we cannot know
about anv other life than this, so
this is all. does not satisfy, for we
cannot smother that longing for more
life. Cicero tells us, "There is, I
know not how, in the niind3 of men,
a certain presage, as it were, of a fu
ture existence; and this takes the
deepest root, and is most discover
able, in the greatest geniuses and
most exalted souls."
'It must be so! Plato, thou
reasonest well
Else whence this pleasing
hope, this fond desire,
This longing after Immor
tality? Or whence this secret dread
and inward horror
" Of falling into naught? Why
shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and star
tles at destruction?
'Tis the divinity that
stirs within us;
'Tis heaven itself that
points out an hereafter.
And intimates eternity
to man."
Addison.
We are deprived of much know
ledge. Paul says, "Now I know in
part, but then shall I know even as
also I am known." The more we
learn the humbler we grow. Each
day brings us new revelations in this
vast store-house of knowledge, and
the wisdom of man is but foolishness
'vith God. And when we have stud
ied through three srore years of life,
only to find that our most brilliant
mental attainments have but pene
trated the outer rim of truth, we
must know that a fuller knowledge
is held in store for us in another
life.
"All things I thought I knew;
but now confers
Tho more I know I know, I
know the less."
Owen
In London a huge floating dry dock
was constructed in two parts, launch
ed, joined together and people won
dered why so largo a dock. For boat3
that large could not be brought up
the Thames river. It was all out of
proportion to the need. But the
builders knew best for they floated
it down the Thames to where it was
needed for boats that would fill it.
So our capacity to learn is far too
large for the amount that we have
stored up in this life. Why that un
filled desire and unsatisfied thirst
for knowledge, but we are to be
taken away where there will be
knowledge gained to fill that capac
ity. Another deprivation of this life is
the need of the soul. The soul is that
part of our human construction that
attends to all the moral actions and
conduct of life. It has to do with
our goodness or our depravity. Paul
emphasizes this thought in the words,
"For the good that I would, I do
not; but the evil that I would not,
that I do." There is undoubtedly
no part of our human existence where
ir we mignt rise so higli, yet lull so
short as in the moral excellence of a
Godly life. There is nothing in all
this world so wonderfully attractive,
magnificently beautiful, and exquis
itely adorable as a character highly
cultured in the virtues and graces of
unselfish love and altruistic service
for others. And there is no one who
degrades himself to do an act of
meanness, but always feels a sense
of Khanie and self condemnation in
its doing. This is the main reason
why the human soul craves the need
of a God to supply that immense lack
of moral righteousness.
Now comes the question. "Where
shall we find Him?" For it is God
only who can supply these needs.
!ia,H racie, ne mm io compieie every
was accepted of God and God's pres- J 11 ,t n,er OI Painiers. anu ne .a..
'ence filled that tabernacle. If you et, 1 to a Pointer,
are building a home, it will not be In the Bible you will see the great
a home until you have put on the masterpiece of life, and see that you
roof, and finished up every enclosure, too can be Godly. Believe the Bible.
Every one can find God when he has 'Swallow it whole. There is nothing
completed his part of the covenant there that can hurt you. But if you
contract. 'so to picking it to pieces it will not
t urnt.i i ,s i uM-t m.isip ! do you much good. Thirty million
enlarged it. But had I made it too '
large he would not have accepted it.
selves know at least in part, it nas
been found that no substantial ad-1
vance can De made in converting the
heathen without a good educational
training coupled with the religious
teaching. One does not have to have
a high school or college education to
find God, but with such education he
will come nearer hurting mm man
t h f nPP WilO flOeS IlOl naVt! 11. 1"
. . . . -
and a high powered rifle,
Toil ay three-fourths of the world
are trying to capture God with the (
fly nets of ignorance, and wnen tney
meet Him they are unable to hold
Him for He is too powerful lor tne j
equipment they have. You will not
find God in knowledge, but with j
knowledge ycu will come close to
Him.
That is the great mistake made to-,
day by the literary minds of the
world. They have sought God in
knowledge, but have not found Him
there. At Princeton we were per
mitted to ramble through the beauti
ful estate of Taylor Pines, a multi
millionaire. It was a pleasure to
view his wonderful gardens of flow
ers and vegetables. And the stables
for his cattle were as clean as the
kitchen in many a home. One would
know that the man who constructed
all that must be one who loves beauty
and neatness and cleanliness. He
must be rich and industrious. But I
though I visited his gardens often, l
never met the man. nor learned to
know him. A study of God's flowers
and Hi3 great nature tells us many
things about Him. but it will never
bring us to Him personally. Such
was the pity in the life of Burbank,
whose years had been spent in the
gardens of God, enjoying their frag
rance and rich lessons of power and
intelligence, yet he never met their
owner. At least, he was not on talk
ing terms with God. The same is true
with our greatest naturalist, John
Burroughs. He loved birds; he wrote
the tenderest stories on nature, and
knew that whoever made all these
things must be God, but he said that
he did not have a personal acquaint
ance with Him. The same is true
with Hiram Maxim. He knew how
to use the elements of God's nature
so that he could use their power as
a mighty protection of our rights in
the Maxim machine gun, but he
never met the maker of these ele
ments of power. So it is with Thomas
A. Edison, whose knowledge has
made light to shine, but he has not
met the true Light that shineth unto
righteousness.
Neither shall we find God in sci
ence. Science is merely discovering
how elements act and react. It is
indeed marvelous to take an instru
ment that picks up a vibration set in
motion in New York and make it
speak here. It tells us that God must
be, but it gives us no introduction.
Philosophy does not bring us to
God. Philosophy is merely the ideas
of man systematized into a logical
order to prove a postulate asserted by
man in the first place. The best that
it can do is to churn up knowledge.
or exercise the brain, much as an
athlete exercises his muscles with a
punching bag. At best it only takes
one around a circle, and leaves him
where he started. Xo philosopher's
dictum has ever become a standard
for ethics of life. It stands to reason
that none of these will lead one to
God because the principles that go
to make up God are not found there.
Nature does not possess the elements
found in the human breast hatred,
vengeance, pride, compassion, gentle
ness and love. Because you know
how many atom? of hydrogen and
oxygen in composition will produce
a drop of water, does not tell you
how to combine an atom of sacrifice,
plus more of forgiveness to produce
a grain of love. Just because one
thinks he knows how many monads
are at work in producing the quality
of living that makes a thief, or a
loafer, or a Saint, has never enabled
anyone to attain the right number
so that he might climb from one of
these character stratas to another.
But if we have learned all this know
ledge or some of it, we ought to be
better able to know God when He
speaks to us. And that is the secret
of finding Him. "Behold, I stand at
the door and knock; if any man hear
my voice and open the door, I will
rome in to him, and will sup with
him, and he with me."
How shall we know that voice
when He speaks? In the first place,
God speaks in His holy book, the
Bible. That is where countless mil
lions have found him. It is the key.
It will unlock the door to God if
you mse it. You will find yourself
there. A painter in a great Empire
had a reputation in his small realm
as an artist, but at Rome he looked
upon the masterpieces of Raphael,
'I have listened to Agnostics since
my childhood days of faith,
Till the trust my mother taught me
seemed as fleetin as a wraith;
I have shed the light of reason on
th Bible tales, an thought
That the miracles it told about
could never have been wrought.
I have proved beyond a question that
such doins' hadn't been
But when I set down to read 'em,
I believe 'em all again.
I have heard it proved b science
that the sun-delayin' stunt
That is credited to Joshua's r.a
error! You may hunt
Through the volumes of Biology,
from frontispiece t' end
F"r th' fish that swallowed Jonah
but she isn't there, m' friend.
That th' masonry o' Jericho should
stumble at th' toot
Of a lot o' sheepish headgear is a
tale at which they hoot.
But although the things I mention
seem preposterously thin
When I set an' read 'em over, I
believe 'em all again.
Take the one about where Samson
with the jawbone of a mule
Tackles thousands o' Philistines with
this funny fightin' tool;
That thar tale of Neb'chadnezzar
goto' grazin' line a steer.
Would impress the careless hearer
as at least a trifle queer.
While that one about that donkey
rode by Balaam speakin' out
That uii's quite as hard a story to
believe just about.
T' be brief, they's lots o' storie3
has a world of queerness in,
But when readin' of m' Bible, I be-
lieve 'em all agin.
Thcre's our mother still a lovin' us
thru all these fruitless years
Yep, I'll stop it ef ye thing that I'm
a-tappin' ye fer tears!
Nature's doin' things each minute
with a lot more wonders in;
So I set an' read m Bible an' be
lieve it all agin."
After all there is only one way to
find God and that is in Jesus Christ.
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Light;
no one cometh unto the Father, but
by Me."
The Bible tells you all about Him,
but you have to take Him out of the
Bible, and let Him come right into
your life. "Lo, I am with you al
ways." "I and flie Father are one."
But to take Him into your life, you
must be obedient to His word. "If
ye love Me, keep My commandments."
An artist made an appointment with
a judge of art, to view his painting.
The judge came at the appointed
time, but was kept waiting. He was
impatient. At last the artist came
and explained, "I kept you waiting
that your eyes might soften from
the strong light of the street." So
we see God best when apart from the
world's distracting interests. You
cannot prove God by logic; you just
feel His presence. Just like Mrs.
Browning has expressed it:
"They say that God lives very high;
But if you look above the pines
You cannot see our God, and why?
And if you dig down in the mines,
You'll never see Him in the gold
Tho from Him all that's glory shines.
Gcd is so good He wears a fold
Of heaven and earth across his face
Like secrets kept of love untold
But still I feel that His embrace
Slides clown by thrills by all things
made
Thru sight and sound of every place.
As if my tender mother laid on my
shut lips her kisses pressure,
Half waking me at night and said,
'Who kissed you thru the dark, dear
guesser?' "
A mighty organ was built in a ca
thedral at Moscow. But it was thot
to be a failure. No one was found
who could play it. Finally one day
a youth by the name of Mozart
brought his skill to manipulate its
keys. Immediately there came forta
music in wonderful power, and thrill
ing ecstasy. We despair in our at
temnt to make our lives count for
good. But if we will let God, in
Christ, play these heart strings, every
life can be glorified with a life of
intense joy and peace.
Paul found God in Christ, and it
changed him from a villain to a life
of tremendous power for good. And
if any one does not find God, it is his
fault, for lo He is here, even at the
very door of your soul. When you
find Him, then you begin to live.
Quoting again from Mrs. Brown
ing: "Thou: Art thou like to God?
(I asked this question of the
glorious sun)
Thou high unwearied one,
Whose course in heat and light"
and life, is run.
Eagles may view thy face;
Clouds can assuage thy fiery
wrath!
The sage can mete thy stature.
Thou shalt fade with age; Thou
art not like to God.
Thou: Art thou like to God?
(I asked this question of the
bounteous earth)
Oh thou who givest birth
To forms of beauty and to sounds
of mirth.
In all they glory
Works the worm decay; Thy
Golden harvest stay.
For seed and toil
Thy power shall pass away;
Thou art not like to God.
Thou: Art thou I;ke to God?
(I asked this question of my
deathless soul)
Oh, thou whose musings roll
Above the thunder, o'er crea
tion's whole?
Thou art not!
Sin Unci shame and agony with
in thy deepness lie.
They utter forth their voice
In thee, and cry, 'Thou art not
like to God.'
Then art thou like to God
Thou who didst bear the sin and
shame and woe?
Oh Thou whose sweat did flow.
Whose tears did gush, whose
brow was dead and low :
No grief is like thy grief; j
No heart can prove Love like
unto Thy love
And none save only Thou
BeloW above Oh God is
like to God."
Leinon Conven
lion a Notable
Event in City
Continued from Page 1.
rrretary of the Relief Commission
that has charge of the distribution
of some $85,000 annually to needy
service men and their families. Mr.
Douglas paid high tribute to Judge
Duxbury, service officer of the local
ipost, declaring him to be one of the
best service officers in the state, al
ways alert to so distributing the
money available for local relief in a
manner that it will do the most good
,to the largest number of needy, which
. A. J ! A A. - f A 1 1 T t
,s 1 "e ,nu ni OI ine mw; ,
.dwelt upon government hospitaliza-
t,on features and many post off icia s
gained a new conception o'f what is
being done by the commission to
j extend the benefits to everyone who
i" n rtH.r,nee,d: , . . . .
! Kirkpatrick historian of the
Pa,h Post and radio speaker from
W, " tSa,tuday ,niK.htf . eachf
I week, deviated from his intention of
speaking on Americanization policies
;0f the Legion and instead stressed on
membership and the preamble to the
(American Legion constitution, hand-
ijng the subject in his us-ual ener-
getic and clear-cut manner.
Past Department Adjutant Frank
B. O'Connell. who served the Legion
seven years in this capacity, spoke on
the Military Training issue now be
fore the public in some section of
the state, although it is rather a
dormant issue in this locality. Frank
is a most eloquent speaker and was
warmly applauded at frequent inter
vals in his speech.
Junior Executive Committeeman
Lloyd Peterson, of Nebraska City, and
Sam Reynolds, National Executive
Committeeman from Nebraska, were
heard in impromptu remarks and an
nouncement of the parade prize win
ners was made. A few minutes were
also alloted to A. A. Misgadis, mem
ber of the Talmage post and Amer
icanization committee chairman to
tell something of his work in this
line.
Following this came the matter of
deciding on the next convention city,
and the claims of Shubert were ably
presented by a member of the post
there and a Shubert business man,
the motion in favor of Shubert being
seconded by the Lincoln post and
vociferously carried by the conven
tion. Adjournment was then in order,
for the dance at the pavilion, which
continued into the wee hours of the
morning.
ENCOURAGING PROGRESS
From Saturday's lially
Miss Erma Mayfield and Mrs. El
mer Webb, Plattsmouth patients at
the University hospital, Omaha, are
both making excellent progress fol
lowing their operations this week.
Miss Mayfield, who was operated
upon Monday morning for appendi
citis, is expected to be able to get u;
tomorrow and the surgeons tell her
she will be able to leave the hospital
by the middle or latter part of next
week.
Mrs. Webb, whose operation was
performed Tuesday afternoon, was
showing marked improvement at the
end of the trying first 72-hour per
iod last night and is expec ted to con
tinue on the highway to complete re
covery. EGGS AT REDUCED PRICES
Accredited Barred Rock eggs, $1
per setting, $3 per hundred. Mrs
C. L. Wiles, Plattsmouth, Nebr.
Phone 3421. m!5-6td
Phone us the news!
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MOVEMENTS of the
limbs call into play
the co-ordinated serv
ices of thousands of
nerves.
The will to move and
the power of motion
alike depend upon these
nerves.
YOUR
NERVES
CONTROL
YOUR
HEALTH!
For your health's sake
Consult
Joe J. Stibal
d. c.
Telephone No. 3
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