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JNITOOIONAL SllNDAYSfllOOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible institute, Chicago.) (Copyright, 1H7, Wtetfrn Newpspar Union. ) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 16 NEHEMIAH ENFORCES THE LAW OF THE SABBATH. LESSON TEXT-Nehemlah 13 :15 22. I OOLDEN TEXT-Remember the Sab bath Day to keep It holy. Exod. M:8. Nehemlah remained In Jerusalem twelve years, from B. C. 444 to B. C. 482. He was then recalled and was In Persia some years, perhaps Ave or even, but returned about B. C. 425, the year Artaxerxes died, for we know that he returned by permission of that king. Therefore, the date of this les son would be sometime In the summer or early autumn of 426 or 427 B. C, 10 or 18 years following Inst Sunday's lesson. In the section, w. 10-14, we see that the gifts for the house of Ood and the Levltes, who led In worship, had leen neglected. Whenever the house of Ood and Its service of worship is neglected, we may expect that the Sab bath day and the worship of Ood will also soon fall Into contempt. Ezra has dropped out of our history without a' him as to his end. I. "Remember" (v. 14) the Neglect of God's House, (vv. 1-14). The neg lect of Ood's house grew up out of the Incursion of heathenism Into Jewish life. Nehemlnh realized that the pur ity of the race depended upon absolute separation from the mixed multitude, (v. 8). Nehemlah also confronted the difficulty of having n priest ,(vv. 4, 5), who had defiled himself and also dese crated the temple, and finally the por tion for the support of the priest and he temple worship had been withheld. v. 10). II. "Remember" (v. 12) the Sab ,bath Day. (vv. 15-22). Nehemlah's next and most difficult reform was re garding the fourth commandment, He at once set about to learn the facts; then relates what he saw (v. 16). The record also tells how he testified against them In that they were selling .merchandise on the Sabbath (lay. He contended with the nobles that they had done evil on the Sabbath day. (v. 17). He testified B gainst them that the merchants and sellers of ware had lodged about and within Jerusalem, (vv, 20. 21). The root of the trouble .With Juilah was that they forgot Ood's word and followed the devices and de islres of their own hearts. The Jewish Sabbath In Its outward form on the exact day of the week Is not binding 'upon Gentile Christians (Col. 2:16. 17). 'it was given to Israel as a people. ,Deut. 5:1. 2), as a memorial of their deliverance out of the land of Egypt and the house of bondage, (Deut. 5:6), The Christian, by the death of Christ, Is made dead to the letter of the law of Moses. (Deut. 7:4). hut the prin ciple of the Sabbath Is older than even the law of Moses and Is as binding upon the Christian believer as are the many other principles which underlie the Mosaic law. In Its exact form, the aeventh day, the observance of the eabbath belongs to the old order and ot to the Christian order. Christ, who rose from the dead (Rom. 7:4), rose on the first day of the week, and we, as Joined to Christ, are not under ob ligations to .the Mosaic law. but to Christ. Therefore, the Lord's day. the resurrection day. the first day of the week, (Rev. 1:10; John 21:20; 1:19 .26; Acts 27), Is the day of privilege, jnot of obligation and la more sacred -to us than the Sabbath day of these uews. The Jews In Nehemlah's time showed their contempt of the Lord's day by making it a day of profit, hence this exhortation which we see set forth In this section. This should be a warn ing and n exhortation to us In these days of a secularized Sabbath. III. "Remember" (v. 29) the Holy jPrlestheod. (vv. 23-31). In this section iwe see that the priesthood had even defiled themselves with women, and again this Nehemlah entered upon a 'cleansing process, (vv. 30-31). The use of this word "remember" in verses 14, 22 and 29 gives strong emphasis to the three cardinal sins against which Ne hemlah w as battling. IV. Summary: As In Nehemlah's time, so now. Sabbath desecration Is the surest road to national ruin, and a large proportion of our present calam ity can be traced to growing Irrever ence for the Lord's day. Jesus swept away the cobwebs of Sabbath Irrever ence, but did not tear down the house. He kept the principle, but removed the Jbarnaeles with which the Pharisees and Jews had encumbered It. Jesus taught that the Sabbath as made for man and not man for the Sabbath, (Mark 2:27, 28), and he set himself as an example In this regard, for he Is Lord of that day as well as the other Mays of the week. The Sabhuth Is a day of rest and if observed, workmen without exception will produce more than la possible If it Is not observed. The chief value of the Sabbath, how aver, la In connection with the wor ship of Ood. The feeding of the spir itual nature; the rest which Is to bo differ, itiated from mere holiday or pleasure; Its need for adult and child life; its educational value; Its oppor tunity for Christian service and exal- tutlon of family relations, all show It to have been created to fill a real need and to manifest the wladocs and DBS Of Ood. Cough Togctquick relief take Dr. Kings New Discovery. Used 50 years. Checks the cold. Stops the cough. Try It. W MT m Sold by all druggista "iwiscoverY for Coughs 6 Colds The Evils f Constipation Leaving waste material in the body poisons the system and blood and makes you liable to sick headaches, biliousness, nervousness and muddy skin. Try Dr. King's New Life Pills. Prompt relief. 25c. At all druggists. Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Alliance, Nebraska, Nov. 7, 1917. Notice Is hereby given that John O. Hennlngs, of Hemlngford, Ne braska, who, on December 8, 1914, made Homestead Entry, Serial No. 017053, for L4. Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, 3ft NE, SH NW4, N S SE and NV4 SW of Section 3. Township 23 North Range 50 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make final three-year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Alliance, Ne braska, on the 19th day of January, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Charles C. Coker, Oeorge H. Haga man, R. R. Reddish and A. O. Under wood, all of Alliance, Nebraska. T. J. O'KEEFE, 50-9t-862-8820. Register. Notice for Publication Isolated Tract. Public Land Sale. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Alliance, Nebraska, Nov. 6, 1917. Notice is hereby given that, as di rected by the Commissioner of the General Lund Office, under provis ions. of Sec. 3455, R. S., pursuant to the application of Earl C. Barker, of Alliance, Nebr., Serial No. 018157, we will offer at public sale, to the highest bidder, but at not less than :'..u0 per acre, at 10 o'clock A. ML, on the 8th day of January, next, at this office, the following tract of land: SE Vi NV'4 , Section 25. Township 25 North, Range 50 West. Sixth Principal Meridian. The sale will not be kept open, but will be declared closed when those present at the hour named have ceased bidding. The person making the highest bid will be required to immediately pay to the Receiver the amount thereof. Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advised to file their claims, or objections, on or before the time designated for sale. T. J. O'KEEFE. Register. J. C. MORROW. Receiver. 49- 8819-861-8t Serial No. 018157. Serial No. 017053. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of Box Butte County, Nebraska. In the matter of the Estate of Hiram Bentley Hoppock, Deceased. Notice to all persons interested in said estate is hereby giv?n that Mat tie Hoppock, administratrix of said estate, will meet the creditors of said estate at the county court room in the city of Alliance, Box Butte coun ty, Nebraska, on the 20th day of March, 1918, at the hour of 9 o'clock a. m. for the purpose of hearing, ad justment and allowance of claims against said estate. All persons hav ing clnims or demands against said estate must file the same In the said court on or before the 20th day of March. 1918, or all claims will be forever barred. Dated this 17th day of November, 1917. IRA E TASH. (Seal) - County Judge. Lee Basye. Attorney. 51-5t-865-8823. SHERIFF'S SALE Notice is hereby given that by vir tue of an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of the 16th Judicial District of Nebraska, within and for Box Butto County, in an action wherein The Alliance building & Loan Association of Al liance. Nebraska, is Plaintiff and George H. Miller, et al.. are Defend ants, I will at 2 o'clock p. m. on the 19th day of December. A. D. 1917, at the West Door of the Court House in the City of Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, offer for sale at public auction the following de scribed lands and tenamonts to-wit: the NV6 of the Si of Lot 1, Block 9, second County addition to Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, being a tract of land 50 ft. wide North and South and 140 ft. long. Hast and West, described as follows: Com mencing at a point on the East line of said lot, 100 ft. South of its NE corner; thence South on the East line of said lot 50 ft.; thence West Parallel with the North lino of said it 140 ft.; thence North parallel with the East lino of said lot 50 ft.; thence East parallel with the North line of said lot 140 ft. to tho point of beginning. Given under my hand this 10th day of November, 1917. C. M. COX, Sheriff. Burton & Reddish, Attorneys. 50- 5t-863-8821. NOTICE TO DAIRYMEN. Ordinance No. 218, Section 21, calling for the tubercular teat of all milk cows, of which their milk la sold In Alliance, must be complied with at onco or auch action as necessary will be taken. J. E. HUGHES. Deputy Milk Inspector. lit mi SI Q fit riuicumr rur mnr a ar srsfl m sra a ra wm Br bf a i iimviiinu nit, l LU I 1 ALLIANCE IIEKALD, Till RSDAY. Dl . Ill, 1017. NOTICE TO HEIUTOHS State of Nebraska, Box Butte County ss. In the Matter of the Estate of Ferdi nand Trenkie. Deceased. I, Ira E Tash. County Judge of Box Butte county. Nebraska, her. 'by notify all persons having claims and demands ncainst the estate of Ferdi nand Trenkie that I have set and ap pointed the 28th day of March. 1918. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the County Court room in Alliance, for the examination of all claims against the estate of said decedent with a view to their allowance and payment. All persons Interested as creditors of the said estate will present their claims to me at said time, or show cause for not so doing, and In case any claims are not so presented by aid time they shall be forever barred This notice shall be served by pub lication thereof for four consecu tive weeks in The Alliance Herald, a newspaper published in Alliance, prior to the day of hearing. Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 2 let day of Novem ber, 1917. IRA E. TASH. (Seal.) County Judge. Burton & Reddish. Attorneys. 54-4t-866-8824. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the District Court of the United States for the District of Ne braska, Chadron Division. In the Matter of the Allicnce Auto Supply Company, bankrupt. Case No. 42, in Bankruptcy. Volun tary Petition. At Chadron, Dawes county, Ne braska, in Bald District, before Fred erick A. Crltes, referee in bank ruptcy, December 6th, 1917. To the Creditors of the Alliance Auto Supply Company, a corpora tion, bankrupt: NOTICE US HEREBY GIVEN that on the 12th day of October, 1917, tho said Alliance Auto Supply Company was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt corporation will be held in the offices of Boyd & Metz, in the city of Alliance, Box Butte coun ty, Nebraska, on the 17th day of De cember, A. D., 1917, at 2 o'clock p. m., at which time and place said creditors may attend. prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such oth er business as may properly come be fore said meeting. WITNESS my hand this 6th day of December. A. D., 1917. FREDERICK A CRITES, Referee in Bankruptcy. l-lt-869-8827 Chamberlain's Tablets CHRISTMAS imiTTOsV i Chamberlain's Tablets are in tended especially for stomach trou bles, biliousnes sand constipation, and have met with much success in the treatment of those diseases. 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The lad dismounted and held the bridle of the donkey tightly in his hand. "Why are you holding on to your brother so hard?" asked a group of soldiers who were standing near and wanted to tease the country boy. "I'm afraid he might enlist," said the lad, without batting an eyelash. Chicago Daily News. Young Lady (to army surgeon) I suppose you will niary after the war, doctor? Doctor Nc, my dear young lady. After the war I want peace." Sli'ib. WHEN INOMAHA VISIT THE ever? 'wIek Musical Burlesque C tin. Cimy Fr,t,'tt;nmnl. Ertrybcdr 0m. Ilk litrkM) UDIlt' DIM! MAT HIE OUU DON'T CO HOME SAYING: I DIDN'T VISIT THE QAYETY Famous Collins Saddle Beat saddle made. Have stood the teat tor 60 years. Writ lor free catalogue. Alfred Cornish & Comp'y By LOUISE OLIVER. John Pendery ssw something shlulng on the sidewalk and stooping quickly lest It he crushed by the foot of some pedestrian, picked It up and put It Into his pocket. In the elevator he took It out and examined It. It was a buckle off a lady's slipper. He bad It In his hand when he opened the door of his of fice, and Miss Purcell looked up with Interest and surprise when he laid It on her desk. "That's what I've been looking for for six months!" he said. "I don't understand," she answered, puzzled. "Don't you remember my telling you that I was going to write a book Just as soon as I hud a real clew to a plot. I've always held that there wouldn't be so much bosh in fictlou If authors would choose real things to work on Instead of making them up. Now, here I have a mystery a real one. To whom does the buckle belong?" "Yes, Mr. Pendery, but that's only an Incident, finding It, not a plot." Miss Purcell felt It her duty to discourage any literary attempt on the part of her employer's son, In her employer's ab sence. She had beard so many alter cations upon the subject. The older Mr. Pendery wished his son to devote all his time and ability to learning the business, that of foreign trade, while John, who had been assistant editor of his college journal, Insisted that he wished to follow In the footsteps of Kipling. "No, It's not u plot, but that will come. The thing was to get a real start and now I have It. What kind of person do you think. Miss Purcell, could have lost that buckle?" He had drnWO up a chair quite close to her desk. She picked It up and looked It over. It was of sliver, square and plain, with fine lines of bluck enamel tracing on It that gave it an Oriental look. "1 should say," said she, "that It belongs to a person who knew something pret ty when she saw it and who would be very much chagrined when she found it gone." "But that doesn't get us anywhere. Let's leave the lady's feelings out of It." Miss Purcell was pensive. "She might be old, of course, for any shoe i dealer would tell you that buckle Is modest enough to be worn by anyone." "Modest: I kuew It. We'll leuve out the 'old.' " And John made an Item with his fountain pen in a small notebook. "And it is good. It's marked sterling. The lady would not weur an Imita tion." "Houest V cried John with delight. "Modest and honest! Holmes and Le coq were not In It with you. Oo on !" "I'm afraid I can't. I should like to tell you the lady was beautiful, petite and clever, but my powers of observa tion fall me here. This buckle could come off a number seven as easily as a two, and the lady may be as homely as Three Eyes in the fairy tale. I'm afraid she wasn't clever, either, or she would have missed it Instantly." "Perhaps she did. There was an Immense crowd. I was probably right behind her. I wish I'd looked." "Mr. Pendery, I'd choose a heroine of my own making. I'm afraid if you go to hunting a perfect one you'll be like Tom the Water Boy hunting Mr. Grimes. It will take you over seveD hundred years." "I have a bully Idea," cried John, springing up. "You'd make a fine critic. I'm going to do a chapter every day and let you go over it, If you will." John started his book, much to the disgust of his family. It was a marvel ous tale of an ambassador's daughter who, after discovering the willingness of the young mun (who finds the lost buckle) to follow her to the ends of the earth, conceals her Identity ami uses him to discover state secrets, which she hastens to carry back to her own country. The young man follows, uud then Up to this time Miss Purcell hud been a great help. She had hurried with her lunch every day and wus back at the office In time to give a half hour s work to the manuscript. "Now what?" asked John, putting the latest chapter before her otse day. "What do you meuu?" "What shall I do next ? I've got the poor fellow in a dreadful box and don't know how to get him out. Besides, I find I have not made the girl affec tionate enough. She doesn't seem to like him. really." Miss Purcell was aghust. "Do you mean that you started your story with out finishing your plot first?" He looked crestfallen. "I'm afraid I did." "Then you'll have to begin all over again," -she said firmly. "That Is, If you really still Insist on writing a book." "I hate to be beaten, but Til be blessed If I can think of a thing." "I told you fuct was stronger than fiction," she reminded him, opening a drawer. "Look here; I'll give you a plot" He bent over eagerly. "What Is ItT" She held up two buckles Just alike, one of which he had found. "it was yours I" he gasped. "Yes. That's your story a coinci dence." "But It won't sell without love." "I can't help that Xoa'll have to do the rest yourself." -All right I shalL Laura, dear, J, adore yon." WagriUchC UiT. by the McCtasre 111 Bis DYE & OWENS Transfer Line HOUSEHOLD GOOD3 moved promptly and TRANSFER WORK solicited. Dray Phone 54 Residence Phone 636 and Blue 574 Farm LOANS Ranch W want your rail estate tan business, will make rates and terms to gat it. can pot ot or a loan for any amount will sovo yon money on your loan., solicit the opportunity to straw you. The WOODRUFF BALL CO. iNvaaTsiaajT lANKBaa VALENTINE, - NEBRASKA ll VI I ; AS AN ASSET The kaiser's astonishing recipe for victory "united in hate and with Ood's help" has brought to light a number of instancea show ng Prus sian faith In the power of hate as a war weapon. It may seem Incred ible, but hate Is preached as a solemn duty in Germany. Nothing is so Invigorating, according to a German general quoted by ex-Ambassador Gerard, as to pass a night n dreaiuo (and thoughts of hate, against England, attracted wide at tention early In the war. Other vl trollc poems less well known fol lowed in succession. Vlerordt's, for example, is in part thus sum marized: "O my Germany, into thy soul thou must etch a deep and In delible hate. Retribution, ven- goance, fury are demanded; stifle In thy heart all human feeling nnd hasten the light. O Germany, hate! O Germany, hate now! O Germany, the time to hate has come!" An other example, "The Song of the German Sword," almost unbeliev able yet vouched for, thus gloats over the carnage among Germany's Ussauer's Hymn of Hate, directed civilian enemies: "I have slaugh tered the old and the sorrowful; I have struck off the breusts of wom en, and run through the bodies of children, who gazed at me with the eyes of tho wounded lion." Wus the like of this ever before given the dignity of verse since the dawn of time? Unquestionably the Germans be lieve In devilish rage as an asset, for Professor Werner Somhart of the University of Berlin gravely declares that "hatred is the greatest force in the world to overcome tremendous obstacles." Even German children are trained to hate. The translation of a song said to be taught in Ger man schools contains such sentiment as the following: "Over there In the cowardly trenches lies the enemy. We attack him. Strike dead everything that prays for mercy. Shoot everything down like dogs." Obviously the whole world must yield the palm to Germany in the matter of hate. But unfortunately we can hardly ufford to sniile of su perior scorn, knowing thai this tor rent of evil passion is now directed especially toward Americans. we have not yet reached the point where detocted spies will be shot at public demand, but the worst offend er will at least be Imprisoned and many others will, no doubt, be in terned for the porlod of the war, a fate which they have obstinately brought upon themselves. This Week's Verne rii" man who wins 1b an average man, Not built on any particular plan; Not blessed with any particular lock; Just steudy and earnest and full of Pluck. When asked a question ho does not "guess," He knows, and answers "No" ot Yea." When set a task that tho rest can't do, He buckles dovn illl he's put It through. No Vary Vim. Little Nelly told little Anita what she termed a "little fib." Anita "A fib Is the same as a' story, and a story is the same as a lie." Nelly "No, It's not." Anita "Yea, It Is, because nay father sui dso, and my father Is a professor at the university." Nelly "I don't care if he is. My father is a real estate man, and he knows more about lying than your father." Auckland (N. Z. ) News. Colonel House Is for waging war "until the world Is free from the shadow and spectre of the sword." Good sentiment, but there is sorae i thing more than the shadowy and spectral in the grim reality for which I'rus.dan : is responsible. Germany is said to have planned the Italian campaign in order to dl V"rt attention from the fnilure of the submarine campaign. What Is she planning now to divert attention from her humiliations of the weBt front? BASE IN;ilATITVIE Aesop's fuble of the frozen viper that was warmed in a kindly man's bosom uud promptly stung its bene factor was never more pointedly il lustrated than in the buye ingrati tude of un active pro-Kaiser elennnt umong the naturalized Germans to whom this country has given of its bl esslngs without stint. The fable applies also to resident subjects of the kaiser who came to this coun try to better their condition and were generously helped to do so. Though we can not expect from 1 tu la tter the loyal service we have a right to aspect from the former, we ought to have been able to count on an honorable neutrality of ac tion as a decent return for all that has been given. But, instead of rec ognizing that they owed at least this much to the government thut has as sured thcni a safe and prosperous residence, many of them huve seized every opportunity to betray the United States and some have de liberately invited the penalty meted out to active spies. Such is the situation that has made necessary the president's proc lamation ordering greater limita tions upon th emovements and ac tivities of the kaiser's subjects. The government has healtated be cause of concern for the Innocent among the guilty, but after eight months of the abuse of our lenity on the part of tngrates aterner meas ure! hare become neeeeeary. The new rulea are none too drastic, In Tlew of the eondltiena Presamahly It RttBt have ben a pacitist who suggested that b; - 'nil players be exempted from v, ir aervloe, for a seal in the "bleach r ' all i ummer is one of tlf soft thl s that the average sh'ikcr le uiost unwilling to give up. 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