Smyrna times., 1877-05-23
WHOLE NO. 1,IjI.
The Book Of Job.

Mr.. Moody, in one Of his discouryes. said .
"A man once asked me if ever studied
job. And he said there was something
remarkable about Job. If you got the KEY
to job, you got the key TO the whole Bible.
low do you make that out? | asked.
Well he said, 4 divide job into seven
heads. |. job untricd. God pronounced
hIm perfect man. He is Adam in Eden
perfect before his trial. >. Then trial
came-and advcrsity came to job: that is
the second head. Trial came lust as it
came to Adam, and like Adam he fell
3. Then the third head-thc wisdom of
the world. The wisdom Of the world came
to try and soothe job. You never heard
such wisdom; but they made poor work of
1t. job could stand his scoldng wife and
ms complaining children, but he couldn't
stand the wisdom Of the world. {. They
couldn't state anything about forgiveness,
and that is what Job wanted ;. Then Job
cries out, son. that had a daysman be,
| twiXt me and God! That is Christ. t.
Then God speaks and Job learns his lesson;
and flat he comes down on the dunehill.
! Behold | am vile what shall | answer
| Thee? | will lay my hand upon my
mouth, etc, There is man coming to sec
his lost and ruined condition by the fall.
| I. job learns his lesson and God now lifts
! him up, and that is the last And Jobs
last estate was better than his first Why,
man after he is restored is better of than
Adam was in Eden! Adam might have
been in Eden ten thousand years and then
| the devil might have come and taken every
| thing that Adam had but now our life is
hid with Christ in God and Satan can't
get at it
"a man said once to me, Did you ever
notice that God promised to give job
double of everything he had possessed?
And did you notice that he didnt give him
double children? He had ten, and God
didn't give him twenty; lie gave him ten.
God wouldn't admit that job had lost his
children SO he had ten on earth and ten
| in heaven.
GOu that have departed children and
friends, don't say that you have lost them:
and.by you shall meet them.
James Edmundson, a halfwittcd brother
Of PoindeXtcr Elmundson, who was to
have been hanged at Bloomfield No. for
the murder of VIM. Shaw has confessed on
his death-bed that he (James) was the real
murderer. Itsccms that last summer Shaw
struck PoindeXter on the head with 4
brick, inflicting terrible wound. Both
the latter and his brother swore vengeance,
and shortly after the wounded mans re.
covery Shaw was found murdered. James
then came to his brother and told him he
stabbed Shaw. PoindeXtcr then resolved
that he would suffer death for the sake of
his weak minded brother, and was tried,
convicted and sentenced to be hanged, the
evidence being entirely circumstantial
The respite was granted in view of the con
fession.
ALLIGATOR Satisfactorily twenty thou.
sand alligator skins are yearly used by the
boot and shoe manufacturers III the United
States. Only portion Of the hides are
serviceable. These are packed in barrels,
III strong brine, and shipped to the North
ern tanner, who keeps them under treat
ment from six to eight months, when they
are ready for use. The skin formerly came
almost entirely from Louisiana, and New
Orleans was the great centre of the busi-
ness. The Florida swamps and morasses
arc now the harvest fields, and Jackson
vile, in that State, the great depot The
alligators often attain length of twenty
feet, and frequently live to a very old age.
At Oregon, Holt county, Missouri, last
week, Miss Kingsbury, teacher in a select
school, attempted to punish pupil named
VIM. Payne, aged Is. lie resisted and
struck her several blows with his fist in the
breast, when she Immediately fell over and
expired. \ post-mOrtem examination re.
vealed the fact that her lungs were dis
eased, and the heart was so badly involved
that death might have been caused at any
time by over excitement.
END OF THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY BUSINESS.
The attorney general of Kentucky has
decided that all the Kentucky lottery
grants have expired by limitation, and that
no valid grant now exists in that State.
This includes the Frankfort, Paducah,
Henry Academy and Shelby College grants.
The managers have appealed, with no ex-
pectation of success, however, but to gain
time to wind up their business.
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At the "earnest request" of several
young men, Missouri paper publishes the
following bit of information: "There is
nothing so tends to shorten the lives of old
people and to injure their health as the
practice of sitting up late, especially summer
evenings"
Judge Kelley hit the bullseye when he
said of the Presidents course that "the
people like it, but tho politicians don't"
Dt,cfIac ointf tvorn opv mora ond n man