Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-16


town, and Florence Coles, of Harri-
sonville, have been visiting George
Heritage's family.
Joseph T. and Emma Carter enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Butcher, of Cam
den, with their two sons, Howard and
Herbert, over Sunday.
DIR. Sarah Taylor, of Wooistown,
has been visiting relatives in this vi
cinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Tomlin Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bishop near
HarIisonville on Sunday Mrs. Bishop
was formerly from this place, her
many friends in this locality regret ex-
ceedingly their recent loss and incon-
venience by fire.
Jerre and Mary Haines recently en-
tertained James and Anna Stackhouse
of Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch " Lock enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs Albert Perry and
daughter, Reba, from Bridgeton, over
Sunday
Mrs. Milton Mires has recently met
with a sad bereavement in the loss Of
her mother; sympathy is extended.
Amos J. Peaslee is expected home
on the eighteenth, after seven months
absence, most of his time has been
spent near Birmingham, England, but
side trips have been taken on the con-
tinent, etc, the last trip to Wales.
The First-day School Union held in
the Friends Meeting House here on
Seventh-day the eleventh, was largely
attended, all delegates being present
but one. After the usual period of sit
lence observed by Friends, j. Omar
Heritage opened the meeting by read
ing a portion of the first chapter of
Isaiah. Reports were taken up from
Mickleton, Mullica Hill, Woodstown,
Salem, Hancock's Bridge and Green
Wich First-1ay Schools; all being rep
resented but the last named, and all
indicating a growth in the right direc-
ton. Besides the places already
mentioned Friends were present from
Woodbury., Sewell, Camden, Philadel-
phia, and NorristcWn, Pa The Off
GERS selected for the coming year
were: J. Omar Heritage, of Mickle-
ton, clerk; Florence Stackhouse, Saz
lem, assistant clerk; Edward Kirby.
Mullica Hill, treasurer. A class exeya1
session was participated in by Nor
ris Allen. Ellwood Heritage, Maria1sa
Brown, Gertude Steward, Howard Dg<1
den. Earl Thompson and Thomas Bbp<
den. Individual recitations were Civ
en- by Cora A. Dawson, Rebecca Bol-l
den, Walton Borden, Harry Lock, Car
oil Haines, Thomas Borden and Mar
ian Brown. George A. Walton, of the
University of Pennsylvania, was then
introduced and gave a thoughtful,
earnest address on "The Temptations
of Jesus" No report can give an ade-
quate conception of the presentation
of this subject by this scholarly young
man, student of past and present
time. The temptations of Jesus We
can all understand il we will but take
the trouble and study and understand
ing OF the life of Jesus should be the
primary work OF our First-day schools:
some think to develop an all around
religious life, we need only the activi-
ties of the world and that delving in
books of the past is but little adyan-
tage. The speaker was of the opin-
ion that for the most rapid develop
ment we must avail ourselves of the
lessons learned by those who have
gone before us. We must make the
study of the Bible the center of our
First-day school work We adult
young people are here to work out a
satisfactory method of religious
growth, to that end as helps the speak
er recommended Hastings Bible Die
tionary The Life of Jesus, by Gates,
The Life of Jesus, by Burton and Mat
thews; Stephens's and Burton's Har-
mony of the Gospels, Jesus thought
things out for himself. There is moth
ing more powerful than an idea. Jesus
realized that the kingdom of Heaven
was within him, that God was not a
being with whom he could trifie and
that he must square all his actions
with his idea of God We also must
keep our conception of God clear in or.
der not to be caught by the tempta
tions surrounding us. In other words
we must have a religion that will en-
able us to throw off these temptations.
God never over-tempts any man. After
brief remarks the closing minute, and
a period of silence, the Conference
adjourned to meet at Mullica Hill in
September.
The president conducted the devo-
tional exercises at the last meeting of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union after the transaction of busi-
ness, Rachel Liyezey Borden read an
interesting story portraying the part
played by the children of a town in a
no-Iicense campaign. Extracts were
read from poster being used in st.
Louis, Mo. The supporters of the sa-
loon assert that if it was suppressed
an enormous number of people would
be thrown out Of employment. of 500,
spent for hardware; $2417, goes to Ia
Dor; of 500 spent for furniture,
$23.77 goes to labor; of 800 spent for
clothing, s17,42 goes to labor; of $100
spent for liquor $1.23 goes to labor.
'eThe liquor traffic consumes large
quantities of corn, etc. One bushel
corn III las is used in manufacture Of
spirits if saloons were put down much
of this would still be used in making
IintIor for 1lsp in the manufactures and