The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 1-26

pmp mm »#6« OUR WHITE HOUSE IN FRANCE ■ mn.mmsea, .A* A » * r i a n i “White KottM” la Karep* ha* alt U*t beeome a reality, Iti I* tli# home xlw n] oyw to, PreMdent; Wilson by Franc*' e a r i n g bis atayj there for th* pho *; oonferMc*. i t (• the ho** of Frin- oew M u r a t , who, p e rso n a lly looked after the workmen In redecorating for. the celebrated yisir tor, Thehpme )f1o-j cated, In a v e r r fashionable part of, Paris. Bren though) - this home 1* of the old world, and built by Prince Joachim Murat, it has been modernised with alb comforts. It* OurGreatest January Sale Now Going On 300 400 Coats ' 500 Skirts Thousands of Blouses $40,000 worth of 11 to be sold 25, 5 arid 50% less lan regularprices. Mearick’s Second and Main Sts., DAYTON* omo A U C T IO N E E R TERMS VERY REASONABLE Satisfaction Guaranteed or no Pay Parties wanting two auctioneers 1 am in position to supply the extra man with unlimited ex* perlence. PHONE 4-120 Cedarville, « » iOhio FRANK L. JOHNSON, Attorney and CoUnsolor*at*Xiaw XENIA, OHIO, Office Mrer Galloway * Cherry: -« PR* O, P. ELIAS DENTIST Exfhaafe Bank Bldg, CedarvlHe, O. C A S T O R IA i m I M i u d CWJdtttt IHfuOVED UNIFORMWTEMATIONAb SWlSODOL lESSffl CBy REV, P. B. FITZWATER. D, D-, Teacher of EcxlUh Blfele-In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago,) (Copyright, 1918,^^Vester» hfew»paper LESSON FOB JANUARY 19 THE PASSOVER. LESSON TEXT-EXodus 12:1-31 GOLDEN. TEXT—For even Christ ottr , passoyer was sacrlilced for us. I Coi >- thlans 5:7. • - ! ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Psalms 105: 86-88; Matthew 26:26-29; Hebrews U«28. I, The Passover Instituted (12*1- 23). 1. The time set fv. 2). With the In­ stitution of the Passover dame a _ change In the order of time. The com- : mon year was rolling on as usual, hut , with reference to Ws,chosen people the order is Interrupted ahd. everything is made to date from this. .This signi­ fies that redemption Is the first step in real life. “Old things have passed away, all things have become new.” Before this the man,was dead in tres­ pass and' srp; now he has arisen to ; walk; in newness of life. All before redemption counts for naught. The, .world thinks that real life ends when one accepts Christ, but th lsis U grave mistake. I t is the beginning of real life.-, ; 2. The lamb set apart (v. 3). This previous setting apart of ,the lamb typifies the .foreovdlnstlon of Christ to be our Saviour.: Redemption,was not an afterthought of Cod (I Peter 1:18- 20). This lamb must be a male with­ out hleinish, indicating that it must he j both representative find perfect. | 8. The lamp was killed by the whole * congregation (v,^6). This shows that It was not fOr the individual only, hut j for the entire assembly. -The setting apart of the lamb was not sufficient, It .must be killed, for ‘'without the. shed­ ding of blood there, is no remission of sins.” The lamb might have beep tied to the door of the Israelites that night, but there would have been no salvation, notwithstanding its perfec­ tion. Had Christ’s Spotless life con- tlnfiqd till the present time and ,his matchless tekchlng gone on without Interruption, not -a single soul would have been saved, lor “Except a corn of wheat ft. 11 into the ground and die It abldeth alone," (John 12:24). i. The blood of the slain lamb was to be placed upon the sldepoSts and lintels of the door (v. 7). I t was not sprinkled upon t..e threshold, os It must not he trampled under foot (He­ brews 10:20). When the destroyer passed through the land,he passed oyer the hcalses where the door postal were sprinkled with blood. This blood was the evidence that a substitute had been offered for them. They could rest absolutely secure, because the matter had been settled according to divine -'arrangement. The blood was the ground of peace. The assurance Is not when yt>u feel your sins nrp pardoned, but “when I see the blood I will pass over you” 6. iwi-.et feeding upon the lamb (w. 8-10). This denotes fellowship. Judg­ ment must precede feasting, The eat­ ing 6 t unleavened bread signifies that no sin is connected or allowed In fel­ lowship with Christ AH who have ert* tcred into the power of the cross-will put away sin. 6. They ate the passover ready for action (v. l l ) r The loins being girt about, betokens Separation from sin and preparation and readiness for service. The feet being shod indicates thfeir willingness to lertve the land. The staff id the hnhd Indicates their nature oS pilgrims leaning upon a sup­ port outside Of themselves. They word to leave behind them the place of denth and darkness and march toward the promised land, 7 , The unclrctltncised defiled parttcl* patioii in the feast (vv. 48-40). Cir­ cumcision was typical of regeneration, The significance of the requirement is that, only those who lmvo become neW creatuies by the power of the cross have A right to sit at the Passover feast. . H* Th* Sfonlflcsnce of th* Passover (12:24-28). It w a s 'a memorial institution, calling to miud the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage- Cod'* Interposition,'bn their behalf, freeing them from their oppression, This was to be taught hr their chil­ dren when they came'into the hunt from .feneration to generation, lit, Th* Awful Judgment (12 :2», ft.')). That hlghf the d , p a s s e d through Bgypl: and slew tin- first born (Aevery home where the htood was not found. An awful cry wont «P from jfigypt that night. 5 IV. Th* ttfwA Deliver**)** (12:31* tn « * . Ten thousand dollars was paid to the estate ot Arthur Sargent and wife a t Bellefontaine by the Big Four Rail­ way company for -the benefit of their 10’minor children, Mr. and Mrs. Sar­ gent were killed when a train struck their automobile a month ago. A plea for physical.education is made by Frank B, Pearson, state su­ perintendent Of public Instruction, in a statement which will be sent to school officials throughout the state. Joseph „C. Spessten, * taxicab driver a t Canton, is recovering from -serious injuries received at the hands of three bandits, ,who robbed him of his machine and 257 while they were passengers in his auto. Chester Baus, recently convicted of manslaughter a t Canton for causing the death of Joe O’pribn by striking him with his, fiat during an argu­ ment, was given a suspended sen­ tence in the Mansfield reformatory. At Columb'ns, Leroy Scott, 32, was shot to death by Policeman George JB. Jackson during a struggle for a revolver which Scott had flashed.' P. Frank Fair, aged 58, postmaster1 at Qlark, Holmes county, is dead after a short Illness. Democratic executive comrnitteo of Darke ebunty has Indorsed' George W. Mannfx, an attorney of Greenville, to fill the position ot common pleas judge of Darke county, owing to the resignation of Judge D. W, bowman. Marriage* decreased and .divorces increased In Ottawa county during the year just closed, according to the’ records, whiqh show 132 licenses for 1918 against 164 fo r 1917, while the numbfer of divorces asked for during the last year was 33, against 24- far 1917,--;. , f , A’ big victory arch will be 'erected in the public square a t , Canton in honor of returning soldiers. Presbyterian church, a t Bowling Green was destroyed by fire. Dos* is estimated at 615,000. - , Clcrnm Eatheriore, 57, Findlay, and Frank Finns, 59, Detroit, were found asphyxiated in a rooming house at Toledo. A ga* stove in the room was defective. Fred Herman, 41, Newark, died of hums suffered when he thrust his feet into th e .blaze of a gas stove. He bad been suffering from nervous, trouble, hospital attaches stated. H. Ar Manchester, Justice of the peace in Canfield township, Mahoning county, tendered hie resignation after holding office for' 56 years. ■William Griffith; wealthy fanner, was found dead in a bam on his farm near Johnstown, Licking county.' .Peter C, Sells, 78, former sheriff of Marion county, died at Marion. Barton Russell, 90, who claimed his right as the oldest Odd Fellow in central Ohio, Is dead. He was a mem­ ber of the Mt. Gilead Odd Fellows’ lodge for 68 years. Coshocton city firemen and police­ men are working without pay for several weeks as a result of strained Cuanclal conditions revealed by City Solicitor Kieln, J. Kent Hamilton, aged 80, twice mayor of Toledo and once state sen­ ator, is dead. Grace McBride, a nurse, whose home was int Mansfield, died of ty­ phus in Siberia, John Sehullck, 40, Port Clinton, who was found in a bam, where he said he had t c r i robbed of f913 and then shot by a stranger, died with the mystery of the shooting unsolved. State health department issued a warning stating that a smallpox epi­ demic, rivaling that of a year ago, Is in store for Ohio this winter un­ less people immediately take steps to ward off the danger by vaccination. Two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Richards, living near Mortal, in Wyandotte county, choked to death on a peanut kernel, Gifts of 810,000 each to Christ hos­ pital, Cincinnati; Flower hospital, Toledo, and an emergency hospital in Sidney, besides gifts to several Churches In Degraft and Quincy, ate contained In the will of Mrs, Harriet I* Stephenson of Degraff* Two1persons were killed instantly and .two seriously Injured a t Milford Center, near Marysville, when a pas­ senger train struck an automobile parly. The dead; Samuel Culbertson, 56; Mrs. Rose Davis, 36. The injured are: Miss Edith Culbertson, 25, and Charles Davis, 45. Acting upon a request for one year's leave of absence for Superin­ tendent C. E. Bryant of Coshocton schools, the city school board toted to release Mr, Bryant In order that he may instruct American soldiers a t reclamation camps in France. Governor Co* gave an “honorable discharge” to the Obto branch, coun­ cil of national defense. He told mem­ bers ot the ofganistaoin, however, . council committees and county branches throughout the state, that they must hold themselves in rMdi, ness for new tasks of after-war i » adjustment. % it* m * t Aari-Fam tm* ter *n vela In the Name or Pity-Give! Oh, America o f the great heart, the cry o f the stricken 1 j peoples o f the Near East is heard at your door. Y ou have been so close to us through all the years o f . our struggles toward the ligh t Your hands outstretched to us have never been empty• A ND now we cry to you from *X th e depths of a greater need than even our torn souls have ever known. In the name of pity—do not fail u s ! There has been cruel suffer­ ing in our lands, massacre, fam­ ine, death. But the spirit of our ** „ , • ** people still lives, and calls to you across t ie spa to send help lest Wb perish. ’ Our God is your God, and we. . bare our souls for your search- ing eyes that you may see how we have never denied Him, nor shamed Him* When our world rocked in misery about us, in our torn and tortured bodies our hearts still cradled and shel­ tered the crucified Christ. We held true in our allegiance to God and humanity, The people of the Near East ate old in suffering. The way we^have traveled has been Via Dcdorosa, the way of tears and blood. And now—we are so low in the dust that only your young, unshattered strength can raise us. Every dollar subscribed goes to tbe Relief Work All expenses are privately met All funds a r e c a b l e d through the Department of State All funds are distributed through U. S. Consuls or American Agencies Our Government is pre­ vented from giving aid Tbe Red Cross is not or­ ganized for Relief Work in these sections Around tlie world the news Has gone, is ringing today clarion-clear, tha t America’s men.and America’s women have never yet been called upon in vain to right a \yrong, to protect the weak, to succor the defense­ less. W e cry to you, help us—America! We are Armenian, Syrian, Greek, Jew, and we speak strange tongues, but our need of you is so great. .What is left of our children are starving. What is left of our - men and women, young men and maidens, are without work, without shelter, without clothing, racked with disease. Open your great hearts and give, and our people will pay. In the years to cothe,. how they will pay in re tu rn ! You, who are. so safe and strong beyond the reach of such , misery as ours, open your heart to our cry. 17c a day—$5 a month—$60 a year wlU buy life for one of us* In the name o f pity — give! ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF **<• •£**1*9* *1 * 'A , -v* This month’s Butterick Pa tterns are 10c and ISc—none higher. * TRY OUR JOB PRINTING, ifeiai astiffsfffliag ) W . L . C L E M A N S R e a l E s t a t e Gall b* fatiiid at tiny o(Uc* each Saturday or reached by photi* at . my residence each evening. Olflco U PHONES R«6ld*nc* 2*122 GEDARVILLE, OHIO.