RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. CHIEF
AMERICA MAKES
BIG DISKS NOW
Lens Manufacturers Solve Diffi
cult Problem With the
) Aid of Scientists.
One of the First Submarines
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
LAHUEST SCHOOL FUND.
The largest tiinouut ever distributed
In the school apportionment has been
virtually completed by Htnto Snpentf
lendent.Matzen at Lincoln. The atnoutii
I.S I ll Viwl Ilium ftm Q'lQ 1.tl,t....
IMflOVED UNIF01M mTEBWATIONAt '
SlrWSfJOOl i
Lesson
(Dy HBV. V. U FI-mVATEU. D. D.
?.f.:,.ch?p of EtiKllBli Ululo in the Moodf
Illtilo Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1520. Vrntrn Newepaper Union)
Rmoly News Culled Froni All
Paris of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
school ngc and shows a total of .fOOl.
1110.00, dlslrlbutod to the mintlos of
Mho stalo ns follows:
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Amt. Due.
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1,213 Tti
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7,:g:i 20
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5, OliO. 42
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County,
Howard
.ii-ncinoii
JullllNOIl
Kciuncy
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Iveltlt
ICojn l'aTia
Klmlinll
Knox
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LESSON FOR AUGUST 8
Following closely on the heels of the
published statement of Hugh Loinus-t-r,
attorney for ll.e .State Hallway
THE KINGLY KINDNESS
DAVID.
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'Commission, that elevators holding
public uateho'isc penults in
grain for storage, the I'pd
mutt accept
illke Grain
Co. of Omaha notified the commission
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CATCHING UP WITH GERMANY
VI Mechanical Difficulties In Making
of Large Telescopic Disks Have
Been Overcome Process
Is Delicate One.
New York. Large telescope disks
me being made In the United States.
All mechanical dlllleultlcs have been
overcome, according to an announce
ment made by Dr. George V. Storey,
if u member of the American Chemical
V society.
' This remarkahln achievement Is due
i 'to preparation and handling of the In
gredients required for pure and flaw
less glass and Is the result of experi
ments begun nt the outbreak of the
world war, under tho auspices of the
geophysical laboratory of tho Carne
gie Institution In Washington.
Catching Up With Oermany.
Beforo 1014 practically all the op
tlcnl glass In tho United States was
Imported from Germany. When the
United Slates enteritl tho war the
flthl glasses, range finders, telescopes
nnd other Instruments of precision
used by . her army and nilvy were
equipped with lenses fashioned be
yond the llhlnc. Private citizens even
' loaned or contributed opera glasses
nnd binoculars to the fighting forces.
Optical glass of fine quality, howev
er, Is now to be bad on this side of
tho wnter. The climax of this achieve
ment of Industrial chemistry has been
reached by American makers In the
manufacture of lenses for telescopes
At first disks which strengthened our
view w'ero made three or four Inches
In dlnmotor. Recently n special four
nnd three-quarter Inch lens was
Marks New Era
In U. S. Flying
Ail Metal Plane Will Revolutionize
Aircraft Design and
. Construction.
BIG ADVANCE IN SCIENCE
i
Frail Spruce and Linen Ship That Did
Its Bit in War and Has Been Used
In Commerce Will Be Displaced
by All Metal Type.
New York. The presence In Amer
N Icn of John SI. Lursen's .IL-0 all metal
monoplane will completely revolution
ize aircraft design, and construction,
according to statements made here by
leading airphoto manufacturers.
Tho frail spruce and linen ship that
did Its bit In tho war and that has
been used successfully, though pre
cariously, In commerce will soon be
displaced by lie sturdy all metal type
brought out after the war by the
Gerimms, almost every aeronautical
l. L. expert who has witnessed the per
formance of the JL-0 agrees. One
American manufacturing company has
already announced Its Intention of
discontinuing operations.
The War Plane Passes.
Thero Is little comparison between
tho JL-0 and the old type plane.
Tho only type of airplane that was
successful prior to the JL-fl's appear
mice was the wood nnd linen biplane.
Tho wing beams, tho long fuselage,
tho engine bearers, tho struts, the
iinder-carrlago were made of either
spruce or ash nnd ''the wings were
covered with Irish linen. Tho fuse
lage between the wings gave support
to tho panels. It was a strong ship;
only a cyclone or a crash could warp
the wings nround the fuselage.
Dut It appears as fragile and deli
cate as n china vase beside the JL-0.
Thero Is an nil metal fuselage. One
metal wing spreads from each side of
With the
imaMMtv.? ui t- . .- .:;.;.:: mm.'m ma . l jss y-nTr -m t&i jkm'.. . .:- ! . -c ts- - vsm. ivsiHkMMU -s t .j.
TllO nlCtllre k1ioVH ll view nt VlmllvnutoU- llnrlw.p klwitvlno ll.. IT1.U...I V.
,. . , ,...,,.. , ..,,...,, ,v u..,,v aim iiiiiii:atiii un wi IL-III13 111 IHU lore-
ground, a Japanese battleship next, and u Chinese battleship In tho rear. The Insert shows Admlrul A. S. Cleaves,
coiumnndlng the American imval force.
One of the first submarines ever built by John P. Holland, (heir Inventor,)
of whom It Is said that he conceived the Idea of nubiniirlncs as a means of
destroying the Hrltlsh navy. Holland was an ardent Fenian and associate of
many Irish patriots who have gone down Into history. Leaders of the Revolu
tionary party In Ireland became Interested In Holland's Idea and commissioned!
him to build a trial submarine. He built it well enough, hut -on Its trial spin
on Long Island Sound It was struck by a coal barge and quickly sunk. The;
discouraged Irish leaders gave up the Idea. Later Holland built his first sue
restful submarine. "The Holland," which was accepted by the United States
government In 181)7. "The Holland" Is here shown on her trial spin.
ground for Lowell observatory at
Flagstaff, Ariz.
The first nine and one-half Ineh'dlsk
was turned out Inst December. Six
others have since been made and de
livered. As their diameters Increase
disks are made with greater dllllculty.
Finally, on February 15, lO'JO, the llrst
perfect lii-lnch disk was furnished,
and n large optical glass "corporation
now lists this size for short-tuie deliv
ery. Making Larger Disks.
The next size attempted was a 110
Inch disk, in tho manufacture of which
the problem was still more complex.
Several flawless ones were produced,
but they cracked In the annealing
process. American Ingenuity was
brought Into play tc devise a means of
slowly cooling these Immense plates
ii-
the body, a wing that measures eight
or ten Inches In thickness at the lead
ing edge, and has a trailing edge as
thick as the blade of your knife. Theru
are no Interwlng struts to offer wind
resistance, no control horns on the
ailerons, no Hying or landing wires,
no' control wires free to the wind. It
has been said that the Hying, landing
and control wires of the old type ship
cut down Its sliced by as much as
twenty-five miles an hour.
Wings Survive Side Slip.
The wings of the JL-0 are so rigid
Hint only a head on crash will Injure
them. One plane that side slipped to
the earth was Immediately righted
and tlown away after a new propeller
had been put on. Not even the fuse
luge to which the metal panels are
attached was Injured. Eighty-live
men have stood upon the forty-seven
foot spread without causing any HI
effects.
Tho body of the plane contains a
luxuriously furnished compartment
that will seat In upholstered chairs
six people. Two pilots may be seated
In the control compartment. The mo
tive power Is furnished by a ICO horse
power Mercedes engine. It requires
live gallons of gasoline to fly 100
miles. Present aeronautical motors
require from ten to fifteen gallons for
that distance. The motor Is almost
silent, compared to the deafening roar
of tho Liberty. A conversation can he
carried on In the cublu with the motor
wide open.
According to Mr. Larsen, the JL-0
represents the greatest step forward
In Hying In nil time. He has pur
chased uH American rights, from the
Junker co'mpany of Oermany, which
first perfected the all metal plane. It
was from an all metal battle plane
that thQ.bocho shot down MaJ. Itaoul
Lufberry In the most heroic air battle
of the war. Dr. Hugo Junker, Gorman
engineer, Is the original designer of
the all metal ship.
U. S. Navy at Vladivostok
'' ."vfVSAW.'fcv vMfrV.3..;K"'wWv.;.
7r?5T&vwjpr?zn.Tw?' '4v?!imfy&itiMvs
of glass, so that they might be free!
from the strain so likely to destroy';
them. Kvpurlmcnls by scientists of!
Ihe geophysical laboratory showed ox-!
actly how slowly their temperatures!
must be lowered, and the cooling'
schedule outlined was closely foI-
lowed. Owing, liowever, to the ex-,
Ireme cold weather of last March and
the shortage of gas, this schedule could!
not he followed. One splendid disk'
strained and broke Just whtu nearly
ready to he taken from Ihe won.
Equipment hitherto used was then;
scrapped nnd an electric furnnce was'
specially fleslgmVl to inivt ilnj needs of
the problem by experts of nji electric
company. This device Is thoroughly
Insulated and provided with an auto
matic appliance which will hold the
temperature absolutely constant to a
fraction of a degree while the glass Is
being treated to remote strain. The
temperature c;n be dropped a few de
grees a week. (
With the aid of this furnace now In
process of construction it' Is believed
that the last dllllculty In the way of,
the American manufacture of tho'
largest disks will be overcome. Or-,
dors have already been accepted for
the production of several large guur-j
nnteed disks, Including one pair of the
18-Inch size for refracting telescopes,
and a UO-Inch disk for a lellectlng tel
escopy. Tho furnace will receive the
10-lnch size. When that goal has been
reached, the company will continue,
the development, so that eventually)
the largest and finest disks In tho
world will be American made.
NEED WEAPONS FOR -SAFETY
German Farmers Reluctant to Surren.
der Their Firearms, Says
Cabinet Minister.
Herlln. There Is a reluctance on
the part of some German farmers toi
Mirrom'wr their llrenrms, due to "Uie(
legitimate desire to protect their'
homes against marauders," Minister
of Agriculture IJrnun said to a Tage-1
blatt representative.
Ho added, however, that a number;
of farmers havo been "storing arms,
deliberately for subversive purposes,"!
but he said that these were not as'
numerous as generally believed.
"If the people only will keep their
beads," Herr Itraun said, "I do not1
believe there will he nny organized
outbreak In tho near future. The
rural situation at this time Inspires'
confidence."
wwwwwvwwww
.. . -Pi
vets Receive Money
Due Half Century
Lnnslng. Two Civil war vet
erans, each more thnn 80, re
ceived aid from the state, which
was duo more than hnlf a cen
tury ago, when the board , of
state auditors granted them
their unpaid bounty and Inter
est. They were tl.-e oldest ten who
were similarly treated at the
same session. f:i
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lugs, Clay CentOr, .Morse niulfs, llruno,
Seward, (iohner, North Omaha, Hlilo
rado ami IVirvard,
A Nebraska cow, owneil by the lnl
vers of Nebraska College of Agri
culture, at Lincoln, Is bidding for a
record. In 1!M da.vs she has produced
in average of inure than fo ir pounds
of butter dally., In that time she has
produced l",!7(.7 pounds of milk and
7(7..ri7 pounds of butter. She Is, .still
milking about S." pounds dully, and
bus 171 days left of her .war.
A vote of two to tine was cas',
agalast a proposition to straighten aim'
control Ihe Klklinru river by voters
of West Point at a' special election.
The reasons given for lis defeat was
the Immense cost of material required
for construction work and the gcnen.f
high price of everything required to
carr.v out the work.
Aniued by Ihe death of Mis. Je
rome Potter of Omaha, who was killed
In an automobile accident near I'm
monl because an approaching driver
did not dim his headlights, Dodge
comity authorities have Instituted a
campaign for speed and headlight law
enforcement. The sum of S.". 101. HO was Hie amount
retolwd for wheat rabod on .VJ-iure
lra'i on a farm a few miles we.st of
Llmoln. It was sold direct from tne
mat lilac to l.inco.vi mills, for, sh. I0v a
bushel, the field averaging II bushels
to tin' acre.
Allorneys for the regents of Ihe I'ni
verity of Nebraska clfarge that the
kmIi hi the Lancaster district court at
Lincoln, Involving operation of the
stale serum plant, fls an attempt of prl
Mile nuinufactiirer.s to put the' slate
plant out ul' business.
Aithur .1. Koenlgsteln, former coun
ty attorney of .MtidNon county, con
lded of receiving lirlbes from keep
ers of disorderly houses, has been
paroled from the stale penitentiary to
his brother. Jack Koenlgsteln, of Nor
folk. r.elwcon December 1, 1010, ami Slav
1, IP-JO, ihe city of Lincoln had but
Ss:iiJ7 In lire losses, which is consider
ed a most remarkable showing for a
clt.v of It .slyo by Slate Tire .Marshal
Ihulfoid.
The village of Hardy was visited by
n disastrous lire Ihe past week. Three
.nislness houses, Including Ihe munic
ipal Ice plant were destroyed. Tin''
loss will total several thou and dol
lars. A report Issued by the state labor bu
reau at Lincoln shows that Sl"J 1,111
ins been awarded antler the workmen's
loinpensallon law for disability and
death claims during the llrkt six
months in 1020.
Teams representing Sidney, Scot Is
Hull's ami several other Nebraska
towns and from two Colorado points
will compete for lienors at a baseball
tournament al North Platte the week
of August II.
Henry Itleyhl of Snyder told stock
men at South Omaha (he other day, It
while there visiting, that farmers o'f
Dodge county are looking forwnrd to
Ihe greatest crops in hlslcry this year.
Iteports from Washington are that
Nebraska will lose one congressman on
iiccount of the stale's Increased popu
lation unless Ihe lower house of con
gress Is Increased to .100 members.
A reward of !?."0O has been offered
for Information leading to the arrest
nml conviction of the person who shot
Alois Helnman, 1", the sou of Frank
lleinman, at West Point, on July 5.
A lOO-acre farm four miles east of
P.eatrlce, bought fourteen years ago
for !00 an acre, was sold last week for
S.'l."0 an acre.
Koiir miles of the new highway be
ing built between Pawnee City and
Table Hock haw been completed.
Sarpy county olliclnls are Investigat
ing a proposition to pave a portion of
llellevue boulevard through the county.
The War department at Washing
ton has granted (ho board of county
oinmlssloners o'f Lincoln county per
mission to build a (iO-foot right-of-way
across ihe l-'ort McPI.erson military
reservation In the county.
Nebraska exceeded Its quota to
wards America's gift to IJnince, which1
is to take Ihe form of a statue to com
memorate the battle of Ihe Maine. The
university of Nebraska scut direct to
the New York ofllce the sum of ?U:U..ri7
find M.l-'O.O:! was raised by schools of
1). state, making a total of .? l,UtH).Ct
The state's quota was !.'l,fi00.
l'p to the middle of July more than
t!iiO claims for hall losses to Nebraska
crops were rocolwd by the state hall
Insurance department at Lincoln.
A special election will be held at
Oerlng August 10 to Mite on u bond
Issue of Sl'JO.OOO to build two now
ward school buildings.
At mi election for the purpose of
consolidating rural schools if the ills
n lets, voters of Lillian community.
Cosier county, defeated the proposi
tion by thirty-nine votes. It was the
llrsl consolidation school election In
the county. '
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Totnl niiiount
Ldniii Drake of Hrldgeport, a soldier,
drew No. I in t,c land drawing c.mie.st
al Alliance, entitling him to homestead
Hglils on n oio acre fract or some nf
the best land in .Moiflll county, other
Nebraska ov-soldlors who drew first
choice on t,e other tracts are: Fred
erick Johlns Worth-, North Platte, -ISO.
acres; Ira David P.rvmi.i i i.,..i.. ,,.,
4icres
acres
aere-i
acres
" ..,u, inn, IMj,
Karl C. Kaschke. Oshkosh, ;tii()
.lames Capplegnte, Lincoln, OKI
Chiir.lcs . 'j-0H .:V(,tl.f .,S(J
Lonnee It. Shears' Iti-iiiniuni,.,.
010 acres. Tin. land, totaling ou-r
I.OOO acres, was recently restored to
IHIII.I-7CUII entry ly I lie government,
following several jears of negation.
County assessors of Nebraska, meet
ing with the state board of equaliza
tion at Lincoln approved a plan for
making valuations Jif real and person
al property in the counties. The plan
of the hoard has been to assess lam)
on the si,e valuation and reach an
average for each county. This will
raise the assessment in snm(. counties.
Michael It. Sullivan of O'Neill, for
mer state hank examiner, was appoint
ed receiver of the defunct Farmers'
bank of Page. I.'ugene Smith, presl
dent of th'e hank, was found dead In a
cow pasture, his head In a barrel of
water, several weeks ago. His death
disclosed that he had uiaiilijuluted the
bank's funds and records.
The steady advance of land vnluci
in Nebraska was made apparent the
other day when Jeff J. Newman, who
homesteaded In Perkins county VI
years ago on the virgin prairie,' sold
his -I.IOO acre farm near Venango for
more than a half million dollars.
Lincoln ml'rciinms who guaranteed
to make up any amount over Ihe
$700,000 appropriated by the 101." leg
islature for extending the State Uni
versity grounds will be required to pay
about S,.'0O for the Improvement.
The llrst 1020 Klmlinll county wheat
was marketed, the other day. by Wil
liam Uray, and brought i?li.."0 per
bushel. It was fwuii a Held averaging
forty bushels to the acre.
Petitions are In circulation In
Chadron to authorize the expenditure
of !?S00l by the city, to take up the
deficit created In the new water ex
tension program.
J. O. Randall of the state ntn'Irnl.
turn I college al Lincoln estimates that
nearly ,0 per cent of Nebraska's l.'SO,
000 farms are tenanted by renters.
The Odd Fellows' lodge nt Hebron,
.surrendered Its charter to the grand
lodge of Nebraska because so many of
Its members have died or moved away.
Nebraska's corp crop for this year
Is estimated at 185,000,000 bushels by
the stale department of agriculture.
Reports from threshers in .Seward
county show wheat yields running
over .'10 bushels to the'nere.
lty a vote of O.'l to fifl people of Mar
dock voted for u consolidated school
at a special election.
Ucliorts show the when't yield In sev
eral sections of Thayer county. Is mak
ing $100 an acre.
Work on .fJMO.OOO worth of now pav.
Jng for Chadron was started a few
days ago. v
Fnloral census figures give Greeley
county a population of S.OS.".
It Is estimated that rallroild work
ers In Nebraska will receive over $."00,
000 additional salary monthly, as tho
result of the 121 per cent Increase
grained railway employes by the fed
eral labor board at Chicago.
Aaran S. Watklns of Ormnntown,
Ohio, was nominated for president and
I). L. Colvln of New York for vice pres
ident by the national prohibition con
vention al Lincoln Prim- to tlm iinml.
.nation W. J. P.ryan was chosen for tho
drys standard bearer but refused tho
honor, stating .he preferred to stlcU
with the.ilelnocralle parly. ,
A movement Is on ft at Fremont
to organize a company 'of Nebraska
national guards. '
'Ihlnu's are becoming quite lively
nround the fair grounds at Lincoln In
preparation for the 1020 Stnte Fair,
September ." to 10.
V.. 13. Flke, cashier of the. Nebraska
State bank of- Valparaiso, was dis
charged at his preliminary hearing he
fore County Judge D, M, Parmenter at
Wahoo on charges of submitting falso
reports to ihe department of trade and
commerce on the call Issued February
1 1, 1020.
LKSRON TfCXT-Il Sam. SsfS; 9:1-13.
(10LDKN TKXT-DavM executed Jtttlg
ment nnd Justice unto all hlu people.
II Sam. 8:15.
ADDITIONAL MATKIUAL-Deut. 28:
l.Ui Ph. 78:70-7:!. i
PKLMAltV TOPIC-DavId Kind to a
Cripple.
JUNIOIt TOPIC-Davld's Kindness to
Jonathan's Son.
INTBIlMKDtATK AND SKMOIl TOPIC
-David Showing Himself KIiirIv.
youno pi:oii,n and adult topic
-nicnicnta of Strength In David's Char
acter. I. David's Righteous arid Impartial
Reign (8:15).
When he was established ns king;
over all Israel, he executed Judgment
and Justice unto all his people. In
this respect he stands ns a type oC
the Lord Jesus Christ j for when Dav
id's grenter son, the Lord Jesus, shall
reign over all Israel, righteousness
and Justice will prevail In, all tho
earth.
II. David's Inquiry for (Some of
Saul's House to Whom He Might
Show Kindness (0: 1-H).
This story of fajthftil love to a dead
friend Is quite refreshing. David ex
perienced great grief when he received
the news that Jonathan hail fallen in
battle. Now when ho Is made king
and success has crowned his efforts
In the subjugation of Ids enemies, lit
sets himself to make inquiry as to
whether there Is any one left of Saul's
finally to whom he might show kind
ness for Jonathan's sake. When
Mephlbosheth. Jonathan's son, was
found. David ordered him to bo
brought to him and restored to him
hh grandfather's estate. Helng un
able tti cultivate It on account of In
llrmlly, he nrranged that It be culti
vated for him. Not content with this
he ordered that .Mephlbosheth should
eat at his own table as one of hK
sons. This example of David's nobil
ity teaches us that those who- am
blessed and prosjtored should stop to
Inquire as to whether there are not
some de-ervlng ones whom they can
help. It may he that children oC
some old friends who rendered us help
In former days need care and help.
Then, too, sonir faithful servant oC
God could be cheered nlong life's way.
This should not he hlmply done as an
act of charity, but In recognition of
some lasting obligation In 'view of
help rendered by their fathers in by-
gone dajs. This was the case with
Jonathan. He had sacrillced much
and endangered his life for David's
sake.
The chief value of this lesson will
be realbeil by making It a living story
Illustrating the plan of salvation.
David's making Inquiry for some one
upon whom he enn bestow kindness.
Illustrates fiod taking the Initiative In
providing salvation for lost and needy
souls. This Is clearly suggested In
David's expression, "show the kind
ness of God." Mephlbosheth did not
seek David's help or sympathy. Quito
likely he had a fear and dread for
him like the sinner tins In many caFes
for tho Lord. Salvation originated
with tho Lord. He did not make this
provision hecnuso of man's merit, but
out of n heart of grace, for the sake
of another, even Christ.
HI. Mephlbosheth Is Found (w. 4.
0). ,
This Inme man was found In tho
house of Mnchlr In Lodebar. Till
strikingly Illustrates the'slnner's con
dition. "The sinner Is utterly unable
to wnlk uprightly before the Lord.
Mephlbosheth was In, the house of
Mnchlr, which means "sold." This Is
exactly the' sinner's condition sold
unto sin nnd Sntnn. Lodebar means
"no pasture." This, too, suggests tho
sinner's condition of soul which noth
ing can sntlsfy but God. The sinner
maimed and enslaved by sin has an
"ach.ng void" which only God and hit
grace can sntlsfy.
IV. Mephlbosheth's Sense of Un
worthlness (vv. -8).
When he wns brought Into the pres
ence of the king ho reverently fell
upon his face. Every sinner In tin
presence off God feels unworthy of!
his saving grace.
V. David Restores to Mephlbosheth
the Forfeited" Estate of His Father
(vv. 0-10).
Ho not only restored this estate, but
provided a menns of tillage. God not
only receives us Into his family ns
children and restores to us the est n to
forfeited by Adnm, but provides for
Its culture and development.
VI. Mephlbosheth at the" King's
Table (vv. 1M3),.
This, net of kindness on Ihe pnrt
of David was donn out of the sincer
ity of hlf henrt. This Illustrates God's
kindness to us In Christ.
Find Good In Evil.
Train yourself to find the good In
what seems evil, to make of dlsaster
un opportunity for your courage, to
master suffering by pntlence. to learu
from sorrow sympathy. G. sj. Mer
rlaiu. ,
.Rooted In Christ.
As yo have therefore received Christ
Jesus the Lord, so walk ye In him;
rootd and built up In him, and estab
lished In, the faith ns ye have hcem
taught, abounding therein with tlianka
tlvlng. ColosslnnB 2:0 and 7,
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