Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-12-20

OarDeF feturneQ MONDAY out MRS.
CARRIER remained to help care for the
little one.
| Greeley ToMnship
That happy little chick a-dee is
very pleasant company.
James Blake bought two fine
Poland china boars of E. Williams.
Edward Young bought q fine
blooded Short Horn bull from Wm.
Rucker.
Sam Dutler Jr. was called to the
VIM Armstrong farm as helper during
Mr.. Armstrong illness.
Albert johnson of Larland reentered
Greeley Tuesday with two "busted"
bronchos and q load of hay.
Say, is your broncho "bustes?" Well
no-yes we'll! what now? Why, is your
broncho "busted" to pull and drive
and pillow?
Mr. and Mrs. Earhart, accompanied
by Grandpa Burt, have gone to Kan.
to visit the Deweese who once resided
in Greeley.
Ding is hum dinger His cartoons
are nuts to crack that yield whole
some kernel. We are always hungry
for the next.
Messers Doughty and Gilmor the
latter of Missouri, was in this
vicinity pushing the sale Of Economy
Stock powders.
Reformed spelling, it seems, is a
green apple that should have been left
on for while yet. 1t is giving
great many pepIe the kolik.
Say neig hbor, we can hear the
pump all night long, If you do not
grease it, some one will have you
arrested for CRUELTY to machinery.
We went out to look at our
thermometer the other day and dis
covered that the mercuro had worn
hole in the glass bobbing up and down
to suit the whims of an Iowa climate!!
The Sunday School lesson for De-
cember 9th, wildly portrays the bru.
tai murder of Jesus. We see him
writing in the climax of his agony
on the cross at the base of which
little knot of noisy ruffians are gam
bling over his seamless garment.
Listen, he is uttering those deathless
words that make 80 painfully clear
the difference between him and us.
J His prosecutors have dragged him to
the limit of physical endurance; yet,
he turns his sweet face heavenward
and cries out, "Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do"
The passing years serve only to
bri shten these words. Their beauti-
full spirit has subdued the savage, and
is lifting the revengeful race out of
the jungles of iniquity. AS yet, we
but initiate Christ. We have not the
organic trait to make these words our
own. We use them, but we use them
mechanically. However, persistent
imitation will finally become organic,
so let us continue to initiate until we
become like him. Christ's mission
was to descend into flesh and live a
, faultless life before the eyes of the
world. This he succeeded in doing,
thus setting standard to which we
must attain in order to be free. We
dare not say, II can't" because it has
been done. Let US patiently persevere.
Between the manger and the cross
He walked as we should walk;
And when he spoke his words were
kind
i He talked as we should talk.
i The gulf between my life and his
Is-oh! so dark and wide!
But must cross or perish here
Upon the stormy side.
| The north wind drove him to the
house
And made him hug the fire;
When that which he longed most
to- hug
Was-please do not inquire.
A Weak1ing's Wall
Oh! man, frail thing! What better
chance
| Than the little worm haveI I?
Crushed In the dust by circumstance
And left to and die.
The Voice of The Brave.
Up! Up! today, the time is ripe.
Make circumstance your slave.
A ship with crew in readiness
Can utilize the brave.
/ Had Jesus Failed.
Had Jesus failed to conqner Death
This world ruin would be
Haunted by dark and ghoulish doubts
i And pale anxiety.
With fear and trembling should we
peer
Into the future gloom,
Like frightened children peeping in
Some dark forbodipg room.