The Olustee Democrat. (Olustee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE OLtJSTBE DEMOCRAT
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A little later Manley eat ea the
white-pillared Veranda relating Ml
'range ilory to a groep of Itateaera
1 remember a terrible etptoeioa
be eald reflectively "thea the at
oleum tame tumbllaf down about
my eare like a house of enrda After
that everything aeemed to get dart
and about a week ago I came to my
rnaee lying oa a eot ta a hospital
You must hare mistaken aomo ether
poor beggar for me and whllo every
one thought I was dead ft ssemsd
like a good chance to cateb Legar
his guard I got the paper I wasted
but I guoao 1’ro attired up a hornet's
peat -
One of tko Ilsteaora waa a haU-
necked tndtvtdual ' with a reddish-
brown completion wearing the uni-
form of a captain of police Ho aew
shuffled bla feat nneaally
“That's all very Interestin' young
man" ho broko In with aa air of Im-
ps! len re -but -fro coma an tho way
to tbla Jumpta’ off placo from bead
(lunrtora to got that Vaa Horn loot
yon oay you lifted out of Legal safe
‘Tie got a oonpla of shoe ffy cope
from Jersey ORy worlds’ with me oa
this fob and tta tlaa we got dowa ta
bottassa"
-All right Oeptalm Brackett" r
Joined the ralllag Davy on he roee
to bit feet Mwe can get tba etotoa
plate whenever you're reedy Tba
etuff In dowa at tho oM ban htddea
la ona of tho feed bine Wo had
Negus the eeooad aaaa mount guard
over ft with a rifle until yea ea
As the group moved toward tho
steps of the veranda a atoop-ahoui
dered old gardenar pottering over a
nearby tulip hod atralghteaad his
btueoveraUed flgurt'aad toothed hla
cep respectfully Hla pntrinrehal beard
atreuked with gray alaaoet oorerad
his left an which ho bore in a
Improvised from a red bandanna hub
kerchief knotted over hie shoulder
-You can let that work go aad come
along with us- Ooldsa replied aad
eo bo caught right of tho stalwart
figure ef one of tho andergardoaara
amid the shrubbery ho added refloo-
lively -aad bring Peter with yaa
Fishing In the depths of a iholdy bin
Davy drew out a heavily weighted
gnnny each which clanked moricafty
to tho ears of the rua-vt-faeed police
captain ? - y
"Tbla la goto to tank aome stir ad
headquarters" he glceted tenderly re-
placing the yellow metalled dinner eel
-an’ I've got a hunch that one-armed
crook ain't eo far off Well send tho
awag np to tho house an than bast
every Inch of the gully for thin hunch
of rattloanakaa"
This plan met with Ooiden's appro
at and be tamed to the old gardener
who was standing with mouth agape
-Here Tim- he ordered “take
Tatar aad Negus and get thte bag up
to the house Tell Mlae Margery t
want It locked In the gunroom onto
end keep that safe guarded earefulty
until we get back"
It waa with much dubious head-
shaking that old Tim accepted this
apparently unwelcome trust and he
bled off In company with Peter who
boro tho treasure each on bin shoulder
while the perturbed Negus trailed
dose behind with hla rifle Ae they
reached the graveled driveway swing-
ing tn a graceful half circle under the
columned porte-cochere the head gar-
dener stopped ns though struck by a
sudden thought '
-Be sorry!” he ejaculated -th' mas-
ther clans forgot ho kap&s that safe
locked up entolrely nary a soul but
hJmseif kaowlri th combination — Ns-
gna be a good led and run back an
ask him w hat'll ws bs doin' with th
sack- j-
Tim and hie companion mitered -the
boose and made their way along high-
ly polished floors to tho gunroom at
tho further end of the Imposing halt
Hare they found Margery Ooldea who
lletened with amused interest to the
old Irishman’s voluble description of
the treasure
"Thera was ae fleeasstty for seodtaff
Negus bank” she exclaimed "I know
the combination ef tba Safa flolta an
well as father"
A startling transformation sodden
ly took place In the person of old Tim
Tho stoop -vanished from - hie hack
sad with p quick movement he freed
his left arm carried la n ellng by
bla ride Tba next moment that left
arm bearing a heavy hook of wrought
Iron crashed down upon the skull of
tho unsuspecting Peter
With a' panther-like spring the meta-
morphosed gardener wsa upon tho bo-
si Id e red girl bonding over tho nufo
and again that cruel Iron claw shot
hut clutching her arm as la a viso
-With s derialvp laugh of triumph La
gar tore off hi false trappings his
thin lips gsvo n shrill penetrating
whistle In response to this signal a
faint shuffling noia came from the
direction of the fireplace and two af
Tagar's followers with feces black-
ened like Impo of darkness sprawled
out At a curt command from their
grltn-faoed leader they quickly hound
fhe shrinking girl and tying a hand-
erchlef over her mouth dragged hog
cross the floor Jatb the flieplaoa Lh
Jar oaughl up the pack of dispute
Aulh or tf
-THE OCCA-
SIONAL OF
FENDER THE
WIRE TAP
PERE" "CUN
RUNNERS ETC
Nmitlutd from
THE PATHE
PHOTO PLAY
OF THE
SAME NAME
plunder and clawing aia frag up the
regged lining of tho murky chimney
flue vanished -Even
as the quaint personality of
old Tim merged ' Into that viciously
depraved character isles Legar the
batted group of aearchcre returning to
tho old bora aaw approaching them
tho rhouawtle stooped figure of the old
gardener who carried his left hand ta
a red headmens allng
-What does this aeaa Tim?" Enoch
Golden Interrogated sternly ”1 thought
I told you to guard tho safe until wo
returned"
-Faith an I don know phwst ye
molght be talkin' abont Mtriher Ool-
enN rejoined the old men querulous-
ir -th' new deqthure yer waa either
tendin' to look at me hand gave me
a sblspin powdher to relave th' pain
an said twaa ys'ar ordbers to stay In
no bed th wholls" - -Into
the foeea of hla startled Hates-
v flashed bewildered amusement
' en they rsshed with one accord
tward the distant manor bouse Davy
as already throwing hla slender
'eight ngslaet the bolted door of
he gunroom and calling out worda
f encouragement to the gentle girl
e believed was la that room The
‘yon germed police captain selling
medleys! bottle ex which — ament-
d the well smashed ta the locked
aor with a couple of well-directed
(owe The men a to need across the
freehold of th gtroom thea
topped abort In olank surprise The
-Inflows were shut and fastened from
He Inside the limp and sprawling Pe-
ter ley where he had been dropped in
Ms tracks but of Margery Ooldea and
the burlap seek there was na trace
1 It waa Davy who eagerly circling
the room picked up by the fireplace
a dainty square of filmy lace and reo-
ognlted It ns that earns handkerchief
which a little earlier bed fluttered Its
friendly message to him from Mar-
gery's hand as she stood on tho ve-
randa His quick eye noted tho
marks of grjmy fingers oa tho wood-
work and the layer of dislodged soot
coating the brick flooring or the fire-
place The next moment he dived Into
the gloomy throat of the chimney and
gained a narrow ledge formed by the
Junction of the gunroom chimney with
ece leedlag to another wing - of tho
‘ Cautiously peering about for some
algo of bis unseen foe Davy caught
a brief glance of n swaying shadowy
figure perched high above him' Thea
h a muffled oath that tottering
cure came avalanching down ' the
htmney and landing oa the narrow
edge gripped at Davy as a drowning
"an clutches a floating hit of wreck-
age 1 The Interlocked nntngoalate hurtled
endlong down the shaft Into the
’replace of the gunroom It was duo
to tho fact that linear's picked assas-
sin had landed underneath bad brok-
en the force of Davy’s tail ihat the
badly shaken secretary owed hie llfo
Al that tnataat a volley of etaccato
reports like those of a gatling gun
going Into notion smote' their ears
"They vo stolen the Mercury" cried
the frantic millions Ire -and If they’ve
topped to put the Arrow out of com-
mission they can show a elean pair of
heels to anything on tha lake”
To Enoch Golden's Intense relief the
machinery of the high-powered Ar-
row bed not been tampered with and
soon the chase was on
Tho delicate mechanism of tho Mer-
cury revolted at tho unskilled han-
dling of her olumay-flngered engineer
She began to mine badly while her
peed perceptibly diminished longer
caught up hie glasses and for a mo-
ment intently studied the on-omiag
Arrow which waa evidently gaining
Then with S quick twist of the
tearing wheel he- sent the racing
nower boat heading’ directly for tha
nearest shore Even as bar sharp
prow grated over tha shriving beach
L-e gar aad hla vfllalnoua crer swarmed
ovsftbe ide- cfcrrjlnff tie fettered
girl aad the burlap sack with them
They scrambled hastily' up the em-
bankment of the railroad track skirt-
(lng the lake Just earths enraged
father -of the abducted girl beached
the puleating Arrow and sprang has-
tily ashore
Hampered by hie Captive aad the
heavy sack of loot the master schem-
er realized he could not hope to out-
strip hla opponents by ordinary meth-
ods of flight But the evil genius
of the man was equal to the occasion
At g little distance down the track a
doren Italian laborers were busy re-
pairing the roadbed under the super-
vision of a burly Irish foreman The
handcar on which these men went to
aad from tbalr work had been act off
to one aide of the track near wbaro
Legar was standing
"Get that handekr bach on tha rails
and be quick about It” came his sharp
command to the men With his bur-
den he leaped aboard and -was laugh-
ing at hla pursuers as he rscod away
Just then an automobile of ancient
vintage driven by e stupid rustic
came wheeling up the highway which
paralleled the rail road
"We wart to catch a handcar that
Just wnt iip the track!" shouted Gol-
den "I a I’l pay you $100 to help us -'
Lrg-if had congratulated himself
too soon on the case of his escape
s (be handier started tolling up a
on gradual grade he looked back
and saw Ihe automobile loaded with
sriued men In hot pursuit But he
cheeked his muttered oatli the
sputtering car struck the hill slowed
down and finally cams to a dead stop
The heavy load bod proved too murk
for the time-worn engine La-gar
-oulil see bis opponents getting out
of tho balky automobile which re-
Meted of Its burden started crawl-
ing up the 111 with Its passenger
hurrying behind It
Then the handesr reached the crest
of the rise and went rapidly roasting
down the incline on the other side
But Leyar knew that eventually be
must be cvertskeu Human sinews
cou!d not prevail against the power-
driven vehicle of hie enemies
At that moment there beat In upon
hie ears the long drawn screech of a
locomotive whistling for a crossing
With a look of fiendish hate Legar
stooped and lifted Margery Golden
rom the rough flooring of the Jolting
handcar and dropped her betweeh the
glistening rails
la a breathing space bis victim
would be ground to death beneath the
Ponderous driving wheels of the en-
gine rushing down upon her But In
Hat breathing space an incomprehen-
slble thing took place
At some distance beyond the foot ot
the Incline the rails sweeping In
wide curve around a bend In the road
were lost to stcht It so happened
Hst Just around this bend the switch-
ng apparatus used to throw freight'
trains on to a siding waa undergoing
certain repair at the hands of e blue
’naned track walker This man all
snco"selnta of threatening tragedv
Had finished hla labors and was win
’ng hie grimy bends on u piece ot
'ntton waste Suddenly he became
'onsclons of s motlonloss figure stand
ng beside him
Ss he glanced up he saw the etrsn
er‘s - face was covered by a mask
‘t hy a grotesquely laughing mouth
'’Ithout a word thld strange figure
nt and grasped the long lever con
' rolling the switch snd the train rolled
nto the siding
The half-consclona girl felt herself
’fted by tender arms and laid on a
-eft bed of grass A hssy figure bent
er her cutting ewey the cruelly
“'ting thongs and gently chafing her
-Tlsts Then she felt a kiss Imprint
d on her aching bnnd but when she
w-ened her eyes the stranger was
-ane In bis place came tbe figures
'? her tortured 'father the anxious
’'ary and the solemn-faced police cap-
tain -What yon say Is Impossible’
3noch Golden sold soothingly "The
men IS deed
“Bel it was t the Laughing Mask I
tell you" Margery wearily answered
'I saw him 'plainly and besides he
kissed my hand before be went sway
(TO BE CCN1INUED) )
MUCH IN LITTLE ' i
HnwaM Is making bricks from lavs
Ajca a Csyuse Indian Is dead at
one hundred snd twenty In Pendleton
Ore
Valuable deposits of lignite have
been discovered In Sicily
India bus become one of the world's
greatest consumers of aluminum
Cuba has the largest orange grove
In the world covering 2000 acre
Taper coven to protect automobiles
In storage have been Invented
A thin paste of wood ashes and lem-
on Juice trill renew tarnished brass
The destruction of birds costs this
country f 1000000000 a year It Is es-
timated More than 145 words a minute bre
been sent In high-speed wireless testa
In England
A portablo vaeyurn timber of Eng-
lish invention can be osrd ns a seat
table cabinet music stool bf pedestal
A meteorite weighing about 20 tons
Is reported to have fallen recently at
Beserros In the state of Pernambuco
BrazlL
If cotton and linen are steeped in
any Btfllne notation such as alum
ammonia chloride or borax they will
brooms fireproof
Now apparatus far filling automobile
tires with air automatically cats off
the supply when the overinflation dan-
ger point Is reached:
Chinese ship fresh eggs long dis-
tances In good condition by coating
them with a paste made of sea skit
vegetable ashes snd water
jRusslan engineers soon will begin ex-
periments that will cbver three years
to' ascertain If stigsk beets can bs
ra sed profitably In Siberia
Cooky Drawer
Saving hit upon such an excellent
place fur keeping drop cooking (or
any others) I thought perluqie some-
one elwAnlght welcome the idea It Is
a shallow box three Inches deqp
three feet loug and as wide us the
pantry shelf I mode It from a mu out h
wdoden grocery box and painted- it
In qlde and out with white ecumct
paint The cookies cun bo slald flat
on sheets of waxed -paper in the bot-
tom As the drawer Is entirely con-
cealed by the altrif paper It ould be
a fiuod Idea where It Is thougnt neces-
sary to conceal cookies from tha small
members U tha houaokold-— Aunt Jp
Dorothy’s Dime
Crayce txkcl grim as he thrro
the lewtr i u then Muiilihri on” ths
roll of ny tli-t ly Ju-t wit lull
"Auntie r night tin a cotiu unit that
landlord Mill Ihi-n bis i-tll life be
railed ol d from the dimly lighted par-
lor (titne 111 uiitWi-ring mix
llert iniy re hung up hi coat ths
half Khrouded hntnu-k and cider -I ths
nano The furniture wan awsto 1 In
l-urli p and cxcelnlnr tin- plan was
cutcrid with old Manki't und other
soft wrapping and trunks and luxes
were piled with t-oiuft ot tempt at order
along tie- Imre walls and apt”: ths
rqutlly Imre Hour
On top of the upturned ) Tug
group of c-indh-s i-purii-rod di dally
their feeble fnvs sirtlug In urt-c oats
tbe idea uv of gtiN 1 - du'loa — ths
desolation of an exudn — brood-1 as
cry wln-re I- ( U1II the face th
woinuu who sat in a low rocla-r 1 rids
the cund!m uud iJuly made pmenss
of reading
' H-r’s turn u lovublo fuv frai' -4 la
masses of hi her hulr ami Ur: yes’s
smile softened and grew more i ndrr
as bo bent to Lls the Mill smooth
forehead
"Cheer up mother nihi'" he ald
laughingly "All i-t uut it loetth iSgb
the painters remain on Mrlkc To-
morrow the new home will be pal itcd
By Kutnrduy we shall be i-omfo tablj
settled"
“Are you sura!" demaudcQ Mrs
Grayce wistfully "If you are w will
not have the gus turned m again"
-There ure electric lights In tin- now
home - he reminded “You w ill t -rget
these nights of Egyptian dsrka and
the next time we move ws ttiull SQt
order the current turned off until ws
ora safely out of the houM"
“To think that at the last i i meat
with all parked and ready to ruqvs
this strike should have come up " Sold
Mrs Oroyce with a groan j you
positive Bert that the pnloft you
have engaged will not be won ocr by
the atrikersi"
' “Never more certain of anjti-'nf In
my life" was the laughlSg rroponae
The painter is no less a p rsi tbaa
rour accomplished son 1 effip -) In
wid ordered the paint sent ovir this
morning Tomorrow I shall go t tsnd
vlold lltc brush so you must treks
-ind call me early I must put li u full
Isy"
Bert passed on to Id own roo
iigthtlng Ids way with matches uud
Ids mother heaved a sigh of rell f Far
Ight days they had virtually cooped
n tbe artment they had gtren up
-‘altlng for their new quarters to bs'
rinlshcd ' -
Tbe pn-kers bad done ihelr work
he man had come to cut off the gun
md the raovlug vans were backed up
0 the door when a telephone ri wasge
arae to the' effect thut owin : to a
trike of the painter' tho new rooms
were not jet ready for occupan- y
From day to day the Inndlmd had
iromlHod that something tnn Id bs
June at ooce but now a full wm k bad
passed and hope had t-otnineti-ed to
fall until Bert decided to do thj work
himself ’
lie made an early atari un 1 eight
o'clock found him In a suit of J ns tp-
plylng the paint with as skillful u
brush as though painting were hla
regular occupation He worked rapid-
ly and well and the rooms bad begun
to assume u habitable aspect when bs
beard the ball door Open and close and'
looked up expecting to see the land-
lord Instead he faced about to em oenter
the gaze of a pair of brown eyes which
seemed to pierce his paint-!tuincl Jack-
et and give him an oddly queer sensa-
tion about tbe heart The possessor
of the eyes was a fragile slip of a girl
whose pure oVal face was oddly like
a picture by home old master Ths
slender form was wholly concct led by
a brown Holland pinafore hnl thlsj
was splashed with blue
“So you have aome” slut rild at
length “I was beginning to think that
you would be out on Mr ike all winter
1 wm promised thnt my floors oboald
bs shellacked first”
“Yes but—-” began Bert
''I wahl ho aoswero" sold tha gtri
with a stamp of her tiny foot "I am
io hare 'an exhibition day to: lorrow
and the floors must be done by then
do you heart”
-Yes ma'am” said Bert mecl If
"Then pick up your pall and brush
sad come along” was the qttlit com-
mend’' "If 1 had not smelled tli paint
In tbs hatl yon Would havo sp- nt the
day here when I need you so much
more Oune on please”
8bo turned to feud tlui v ay as
though there were no argument to bs
made and Bert grinning over the ri-
diculousness of tbe affair f- Qotred
after lie saw with pleasure t’t the
other apartment was suly acrss ths
ball from his own It was a asach
smaller pines und it did not tul Bert
lung to paint the floors The giil sno4
In the doorway superintending ths
work and Bert was sorry u ben at last
ho rose from his knees and uuaountfed
the completion of ths Job -"You
will have to finish ths other
apart meat" said ths girl" itvarsly
-Next lime do a you ar-j toVf and you
will bars less troobla You know ry
well that tha agest fold you to do this
atskriment first Ra promised ms that
hs would" '
"lie’ll Jiroaklss anything" began
Bert grimly tut th tiny foot abunpei)
a warning The girl did not ears to
argue tbs point with a workman MS
tbe dismissed him with a nod
“Como la tomorrow and give K a
second coat" she commanded “Wait
f monifBt" she added as Bert tsrued
to go "Buy yourself a food etgnr"
yho finished as she handed him a coin
' Bert dropped the dims la hla pocket
with a murmured ward ol thanks and
backed out of ths door Oue ea ths
other side hla embarrassment died
down and he paused long enough to
ascertain from ths card oa the daov
that It was Dorothy Remora who oe-
cnpled ths apartment That aha was
a china decorator hs atroady knew and
Vaguely hs remembered having heard
pf her hfclQ
Re was tired whoa bs sought his
toms that algkt but ths thought that
ha wotrid sea ths girt agaia oa ths
morrow gsvo him a feeling that ths
dsy had beea well spent ns careful-
ly slipped ths dims In a locket which
be wore oa hla watch fob and milled
as he thought ot hlfl "tipi"
lie painted ths studio doors ths first
thing next morning and them turned
hla attention ta hla own apartment
It was lute la the afternoon when ha
had finished and was cleaning up
There cams a flag at ths door aad hs
spened It ts confront a young woman
who radiated esafusioa and penitence
"I bars coma to apologias" she said
blushing redly "I stopped la to thank '
tbe agent for sending ms a pointer
and hs did not know that ray floors
had beea done Then hs recalled that
you were painting your own place
und explained my error"
-It's a very natural one" he said
with a laugh "If you were half aa
desperate as my mother I should not
Marne you for kUtriiplng me with a foil
knowleage of the facta 1 am only
glad that I have been of service to
you”
'Ton don't know how greatly you
have sided me" she said ”1 can never
repay your kindness I am so sorry
that I was abrupt yesterday Will you
'pardon msY
The long Mender hand waa clasped
In Bert’s own and he smiled down Into
the brown eyes that dropped shyly be-
fore his case
Dorothy slipped bash Into her own
apartment and Bert daring his door
(hew ths dims she had given him from
hla packet - "
“The Job’s going to cost yon mors
Gtan that UttLe women'" he said as hs
nulled to himself ' “It’S going to cost
yon your bemrt and hand and they are
worth millions of dimes"— Philadel-
phia Bulletin
' Hot Bread for Cold Morning
As a race ws are said to be addict-
ed to ths eating of hot breads But
It Is doubtful tf there Is anything heav-
ier sod more indigestible In the Amer-
ican cook’s list of hot breads than Eng-
lish muffins Some' of tbe Viennese
breakfast breads too are a hit heavy
and probably every country of Europe
would have to plead guilty at ths bob
If accused ot producing breakfast
breads that defy the requirements of
digestibility
Wbatever thc real situation with re-
gard to hot broods may be ths fact
remains that good muffins or other hot
broads make breakfast worth ths eat-Mff-
GLUflfl A NO SPAOCfl
Officer Doolaw— I’ve nlvir done army- that all could see and looking be-
thln sinew rvo bean In Amcriky hpt cmm a set of faith Implying repent-
carryadobl Michael Casey — Degob t An In tho
ould conn try yls nlvtr did annythla'
but handle a shpaflpl
Ragout of Mutton With Rico
t
Put Into a stew pan a tablespoonful
of oleomargarine and when melted add
a tablespoonful flour and let slowly
brown ndd an onion cdt Into small
pieoea a diced carrot two cupfuls hot
water tcai'oonfal sell fourth ten-
spoonful pepper u bit of buy louL fix
whole doves und a sprig of parsley
Cook aloply for two hours Just be-
fore nerving add half a can of peas
This la fins cooked ' In n caaserotm
errs with hot boUoJ n
' toKEnONAL
9MSai00L
Lesson
(By K O IEUXIU Aethir Ptrwtcr of
lu mu lav MlIiuuI Cwvn la Uts U o-l
Mbk iialtuti of l’liligt -
WlHflll IMi VrlUI B I fcifct
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 4
JllUfl
TNC SAVIOR
WOULD
OF THC
Luaav TCXT—Johu 1:1-1
UOUtCN TKXT-Kor dt-l m lewl ttio
worts Uat S av Sis eeijr Seaouas ro:
(Ui skMoetr bvlierath ta buu
perish Put ksv variMima lit-oinv
:1C
This most famous Interview tu his-
tory occurred probably ta soma room '
In Jerusalem where Jesus was n guest
a room reached by an aster stairway
so that hs could receive visitors pri-
vately L Tha Teacher of the Jew (it 1
2) Nlcodemus was a memfcer of tbe
sanhedrin (Ch 7:0) lie belonged t
ths Pharisee who were much devoted
to tbs scriptures and Is whoso hand '
ths poMtieul affairs were largely '
placed by the Romans There are sev-
era! reasons why Ntcodwuo rwme t
Jesus hy night I'rudeoes dictated se-
eroey hut that he came at all was en-
couraging Re was more apt to find
Jssua nt home la ths evening He had
much that he wished ta learn and
needed a qulst hour removed from -the
crowd The things that Jeans had
dons sSd taught made Xleodrums
think that Jesus might he tho Me-
rttih Nlcodcnms wanted to know '
hew to be bleosed or happy
IL A Teasher Fro oi Qsd (w S-8)
A groat majority of the disciples of
Jeans came from tbe common people
(1 Oor 1:26) yet for all classes he
had tbe same message “Ye must he
bora agaia" The answer of Jeans
was according to tbe condition of tbe
man before him the deepest need ef
hte sonl Literally be said "Most as-
suredly except a man (anyone) be
bon again (anew or from above) he
cannot enter ths kingdom of heaven”
To be born anew means to bo born
again It nutters not w hat your par-
entage may havo been If any moo
could do without a aew birth Nice-
demos was that man Hs waa moral
religious sod sincere Ths Instrument
through which this birth Is effective '
la the word of God (1 Peter 1:23:
James 1:18 John 15 &) and tho au-
thor la tho Holy Spirit (v S Tftn
3:5) Wster lo o symbol of tho word
(Eph 6:26) Literally translated
title passage would road "Except one
ho horn of water and wind" And as
wind "hy universal consent refer to
one factor la regensrattus- tho Spirit
so the water manifestly wfws to tbe
other element of regeneration the
Word" The main contention ts that -tbe
word la tbe Instrument In th re-
generation Although snot expressly
mentioned here tt Is elsewhere
Nlcodemus was a teacher of Israel (v
10 R ) aad yet he did not know so
fuiMlamental a truth as the new Mrth
though the Old Testament tanght It
III The Pupil’s Difficulty (rv 9-13)
The works of the flesh an contrasted
with the fruits of tho Spirit are
brought out In tho E pieties yet like
Nlcodemus people are unking today
"Hew can these things beT Jnons
challenges Nlcodemus with tho words
"AH thou a teacher of Israel and un-
derfitandeet not these things I" What
Jesus said to Nlcodemus (rv 11-13)
la true of the oerlptufee now especial-
ly of the New Testament They tes-
tify to tbe facto which Jesuo know
aad revealed he having keen In
heaven and come dowa from heaven
for tho purpose of making them
known To be born imptleo that it
ts tho starting point of a new Hte that
Vi must grow aa a child grows to b
a man until it reaches to "a perfect
man unto tho measure of tho stature
' of tho fullness of Christ" (Eph 4:13)
‘ IV Tho Lesssn Illustrated (ex 14
1 10 18) Jesus believed la abjective
teaching und he hero refers to u
memeruMo event In tho early history
of ths Jews as 111 nitrating hla teach-
lag Ths Journey through tho wilder-
ness to the promised land 1 became
weary aad dlecouraglng and tho
metrics complained bitterly of their
hardships complaining against God
and against Mooes Punishment cams
In tbe form ot fiery serpents cutled
fiery from the burning stinging sensa-
tion caused by their bite So Intense
waa the venom of the bites that they
'became fatal In n few hours This
! punishment made ths people realize
tho awful evil of sin They acknowl-
edged their atn aad prayed for for-
giveness Moses made a braaea ser-
pent and carried it through tho camp
anew and return to obedience and to
God Thus our salvation la literally
"Look and live" believe and have
eternal Ufe donbt and perish (Mark
16:16 John 8 -Jd)
V God’s Oreotset Gift (v 10) This '
ts probably tho moot familiar verse-
known to tho Christian world and
has led more souls to salvation than
any other In th Bible In It la re
vealed tho mighty God— "For God"a
mighty motive— "God to loved" a
mighty scope "God to loved the
world" O nd ghty sacrifice— “Qod
laved the world that ho gave L!s only -begotten
Soar t Erighty eerape —
“should not pscUihf n mighty gift—!
"wrrnal Ufe" ‘
Thi verso Is the gospel Is n not-
h”Jt : Sp origin god grounds
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