The Cedarville Herald, Volume 34, Numbers 27-52

t , € b 1 5 Holiday Sale ■AT. Hutchison & Gibney’s XEN IA , OHIO . N e v e r b e f o r e h a v e w e p l a c e d s o m a n y u s e f u l a n d b e a u t i f u l p r e s e n t s f o r t h e h o m e f o l k s a s t h i s y e a r . ' O u r m a n y g l a s s s h o w c a s e s fu l l ; n o t i o n c o u n t e r s l o a d e d . Gloves, Dolls, Ritis^ Handbags $T up Silk Hose, Kid and Silk Gloves Aprons 25 c to $ 1 L e g g i n g , M u f l e r s a n d R ib b o n s R ib b o n s J O c a b o I t— t h e h o lly . .1000 y a r d s o f r ib b o n s , fo r b ag s . G L O V E S tt N E M O ” “ R U S T P R O O F ” “ F E R R I S W A I S T S ” J^omatter (ww •tboJc Tfe- f yfeazebui&i Harriet’s O u r s a l e s w e r e n e v e r l a r g e r in t h i s d e p a r tm e n t . L ad ie s c a n g e t j u s t t h e c o r s e t s t h e y n e e d . - F l a n n e l S h i r t - W a i s t s ..............................; ..............., . . . . . . . . . . . ; $ l u p k I 1 - | 2!4 I J \ 'I GLOVES—-Silk Gloves, 50c up, long and short. Kid, long and short, all colors. COMFORTS—Maish comforts, wool filled com­ forts. SOFA PILLOWS—Nice Assortment. Men’s bath robes, fur buggy blankets. MUFFLERS—All colors, 25c and 50c. KNIT MITTS—Kids Mitts. Scarfs 49c up. Beautiful assortment. HOUSE NEEDS—Scalloped Table Cloths, Table Cloth Napkins to match $4.50 to $12.00. Lunch Napkins $3 per dozen. Table Linens by yard with napkins to match 75c up. * PILLOW CAS.ES—Sheets and pillow cases, •sets a t $3.50, $3,75. Plain pillow cases, 10c up. Linen pillow cases, $2.50, $2,75,. $3 per set. Fur SetS $10,00 to $25,00. Ladies* and Children’s' muffs $2.50 up. Flannel Waists. OutingGowns for men, svomea and children. Dentofi Sleeping garments; Flannel Knit Petticoats.; Long Kimonos, crepe, etc. $1 up. AVIATION CAPS 50c to $1,50. Wool Waists $1.00 up. The lattest thing out. Ladies’ Umbrellas $1 up to $5 Children’s Umbrellas, 50c, 75c, $1 Men’s Traveling Cases Toilet Sets Embroidery Scissors Hat Pins, endless variety Drawn Work, Mexican, Cluny and Scollops White Wool Scarfs, 60c and $1 Flannelette House Dresses, $1 up Long Coats, novelties, $5 up. Spits $10 up, fine sales. , Ureas Skirts, $3,75 ftp. * Bed Spreads, all sizes, white and colored, scallops and fringe, Pictures, 10c, 19c, 29c 39c Bed Room Slippers Pih Cushions Toilet Sets Holiday Ribbons, 10c a bolt, very cheap. Hand Bags, Velvet, Corduroy, German Silver Mesh Belt Pins, fine-assortment. Neck Wear in Christmas Boxes, 50c Ladles’ Silk Hose 50c up Men’s Hose, also in boxes. Men’s Umbrellas, $1 up to $5. To Core a Cold in One Day t a * L a x a t i v e B r o m o & r in m e iurnt m itti him »jtwwHttwy MIBOTIOM. SUNMTSOKIOl IM S LESSON FOR DECEMBER 24 MALACHl REBUKES JUDAH. ! LESSON TEXT-MalacM a;t-4:3, I MEMORY VERSES—0:JC,.17. j GOLDEN TEXT-1. -"Bcturn unto ir.e, ; and X will return unto you, calth tlia ; Lord of hosts."—Mai, 3:?. a “Unto you Is tiqrn U i I b day In the ' city of David a Savior, which IB Christ i the Lord."—L u I sq 2 j 11, | TIME—Some time during th e age' of ■ E zra anil Xcliwnlah, but It Is h o t certain i whether about 438 (Ezra) o r 444 or 430, 1 PLACE—Jerusalem and vicinity, ; UDXTEMPOBAUV HISTORY — A id . blades at Athens. The . Peloponnesian ■v/ar (431-331). Tho republic a t Pome, gov- i erped by consuls and military tribunes. About this time Eocrates' was teaching the only approach to & pure morality which Athens over .knew. Herodotus tvan nearly through bis travels (4S4-400). Plato, the philosopher (430-330), was npw a boy, listening to Socrates. . Xenophon (444-354); leads the retreat o f tho ten thousand back to Greece’ (400), wblhb retreat ho, has Immortalized In his Anabasis, There la no certainty as- to the definite time when Malachl uttered his prophecies, because no data Is given in the book, and. the sins which lie sought to reform were present throughout the whole period of Ezra and Nchemiah,'from 458 through the rest of the century. Most placp him soon after Nehemiah’s second coming to Jerusalem, between 483 and 430. He is plain spoken, end direct, with­ out high eloquence, fir supreme poetic power, but abounding in effective similes, metaphors and imagery which hit the mark, and do-the work. What a London paper says' of a distin­ guished , man’s straightforward speeches, applies well to the sermons of Malachl; / ‘A sound and healthy gospel doubly welcome because ‘the world is waking to the consciousness of intellectual and moral hunger which only these truths can satisfy .’" If wo read the later chapters of Nchemiah and compare the sins and evils which Nchemiah laboured to re­ form, with tlie sins .and evils which Malachl. denounces, it will be seen that both are" laboring for the same ends, and realize the same necessity of reform. God was dishonored, and religion made a mere form nnd farce, by offering mean things for sacrifices, as polluted bread, and,lame and sick animals, by refusing to do the sim­ plest service in the temple without pay, by refusing to pay, tithes for the support of the. temple ‘worship, by being weary of serving the Lord, by intermarrying with the heathen. In all these things they broke the di­ vine law; they showed - .that, ' their minds were all wrong."; One of the peculiar gloried of the Bible is that from the very beginning its golden age id in the future, pot, as in other ancient nations; ini tho past' And he tho golden age must have a maker, God’s revklaHph a&on brings into view the one, tho, Messiah who alone can make tho ago of gold which Is the Kingdom of Heaven. Isaiah, tolls us that “unto, us a child Is horn, unto us a son Is given; and‘the gov­ ernment gliall bo upon his shoulder; and his name Shalt be called Wonder­ ful Counsellor, the mighty God,1the everlasting Father, tbo Prince of Peace," In tho lust hook of tho Old Testa­ ment, about 400- years before Christ was bom, the last prophet brings the hope, and ideal ah'd goal in tho person of the Messiah, Christ, the Jesus who was born on the true Christmas day, Behold I, God, will send my messen­ ger, one coming in God’s name, and bearing ■a divine message, .whoso work shall bo to prepare- tho way be­ fore me, the coming of God himself. This "messenger, Interpreted by our Lord himself on two occasions, was one wlio should come in. the spirit and power of Hlijah, doing the same work, rebuking sin, denouncing all wrongs, catling men to repentance, awakening the consclonce. It is possible that tljese words had ‘a partial fulfilment in Nebemlah, a foreshadowing on a smaller scale, of John the Baptist who completely ful­ filled the prophecy. Nehemiah’s re­ forms were a part of the preparation for the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven, a nd ,fixed the eyes of the. people an the great Ideal toward which they wore slowly moving. Supoao we mttke two maps of the> world on tile *plan furnished by the United States census to show the de­ gree in which Ignorance, certain dis­ eases, and many other things prevail, by means of higher and darker shades, On one map we will note the countries where1,tho purest Christian­ ity prevails, by white. A darker shade will mark the more Imperfect forms, and then let the shades grow darker *| and darker through Mohammedanism, and the various forms of heathenism till we come to the blackness of the lowest fetishism. Then, with entire independence, make a similar map of the moral and Intellectual condition of men. Where there Is the most manhood, tlie no­ blest womanhood, the highest moral­ ity, tho best social conditions, the most done for the sick ahd suffering, , the most of ai! that elevates the peo­ ple, and brings the greatest‘happiness —these put in white. Barken the shades as these things grow less, till We come to the blackness Of the low­ est savagery. The two maps Will al­ most coincide. Where there is the most Christianity there will bo tho most that is good for man. C H R I S T T 1 A S Cure* Grip In Two Bays* Jfy Dii every W & vh L * * k i t * - 0 5 4 (fir'hWo, tvkh(Pwcrlfc htniSblfe o. *»(. frM of UlljSj,NmUv«uV<?d.„■ U lffiftfraw*,""With , Md foreign *m«3nth«U .■Awe#**. O.A.8NOW& DO. (ArtHt epftac, wteameataM, tt. e*! Practical Gifts for Men T o t h e a v e r a g e m a n a w e l l b a l a n c e d s e l e c ­ t io n o f C h r i s tm a s g i f t s c o m e s a s a c o m p l e t e s u r p r i s e . G i v e h im s o m e p r a c t i c a l a r t i c l e t h a t h e ’ll in s t a n t l y r e c o g n i z e a s f i r s t c l a s s . T h e r e a r e s o m e r a r e g i f t p o s s i b i l i t i e s in the- s e l e c ­ t i o n s s h o w n b e l o w . Suits, Overcoats, Ties Shirts Beautiful Combination in Hosiery Initialed Handkerchiefs Underwear Scarf Pins Dress Gloves, Fur Caps Fur Gloves Etc, We Will Reserve Them Until Christmas Haller, Haines & Company, 33 East Main Street, Xenia, Ohio. Springfield, Ohio. “The BigStore” For Everything For Everybody 30 Great Stores Under One Roof ONLY 2 more da^s till Christmas. No wonder everybody is thinking CHRISTMAS, talking CHRISTMAS, dreaming CHRISTMAS. • What satisfaction tha t there’s ONE store where EVERYBODY can . get EVERYTHING for EVERYBODY—one place where you can do ..all your buying. One place where you are CERTAIN to find the EXTRA gifts tha t will give the MOST pleasure to EVERY person on your Christinas List. 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