The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-18

refuse to take good. liberal price for It.
!: Naboth declared as his objection that the
Lords regulations forba de that he should
sell his family inheritance. apparently
Z II. was d hopeless case and Ahab. solemn
and sour. lay abed. refu sing food :
Covetousness IN Action
Then entered Jezebel The Queen, inquir-
fng the cause Of his scrrow. Hearing It
abe answered. I will give it to you. Forth.
with she wrote letters to the chief men OF
the city. signing the letters with her hus-
bands seal With brutal frankness the
( letters told the select men OF the city
. whatSwas desired Of thnm. Is
a. They were to mako mockery of re-
Iigion by keeping fast. IA
50 CO They were TO ac. hypocritically to
their aeighbor Nabogh by giving him the
most prominent place Of honor at the fast.
81 (3) They were to proyide two worthless
scamps presumably By bribery who, at
the appropriate time n tho fast would
take their places near Naboth and then.
with feigned religious fervor. protest
against him and denounce him aS q BIAS
I phemer Of God and the King. corroborat-
ing each other with sworn testimony. that
they had heard the blisphemy with their
.own ears. =. ,,z.ssslgE
90 Th.s penalty Of blasphemy vas rec
osuizee to be that Of stoning and the de-
cree was to boz carried out and Naboth
thus to be gotten rid Of sGii.ss
II we are inclined to feel or Hpeak
strongly OF tho wicked, ceuraa OF Joaeoei'
rs we; should, let as not forget that some
what similar practices prevail IN our day.
Z Truess no one today: aould ho stoned TO-
death st tho suggestion lof Queen m
4 c1ylizeel landH. Nevertheless. people have
1 bcen heard to express tho wish that they
Z had lived ia former tsnaa. 80 as, - have
had arf opportunity for stoning those
whom they. dIsliked. But take case In
point: suppose "a n,ar conducting . Suc-
eessful busihess.E Suprese eovoteu1 neigh
bors set up a compatiNe business. n1 they
would have 4 full tight to do: But sup!
pose, then; that ons or the other. coveting
the-wnole trade. wore :tor attempt ;GhaFp
{ prectisss in sbusiness. selling commodities
at below: cost, interfering with the others
6 credit lit. the bank. OF slanderins the otn-
: en-, would not this be :coyetousness IN ac-
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF ahe same Kind Whlch
& King .Allab entertair>ed? And would II
mot be reprehensible In GODS sight!E AND
dare any who rcspec-2 the Lord. so thor
$oughly neglect the Golden Rule OF bis
Word ~ I. ,.,.,s, 3, s5-5;l =.
- Another illustratson:.A&s A storekeeper 90
ing a rood business vas offered a certain
commodity. at a less price than he had
Z been paying under three-years contract.
He accepted. p The rarty who had been
\ selling him this commodity in the past
was angry. covetous Of the trade. he set
up q competing business and sold goods
: ut a loss. as he could afford to do, being
wealthy. until the first storekeeper failed
5 for lack Of business. Then the new store
was closed down: because 1t had effected
its work as a business assassin. II had
KILLED Naboth Indesd. covetousness and
Jezebel methods. adapted to pressnt-day
conditions, prevail much more generally
!, than the majority o. people suppose and
chiefly amongst the very rich. who have
/, enough and 10 spare. but who covet their
neighbors' stocks and bonds. gold and sill
yer, etc II God denounced Ahab as nav
z ing sold himself to iniQulty. what would
Z the Lords verdict bs on some OF the GUS
toms Of our day. which has so much
I greater degree Of light and knowledge
! than Ahab possessed?
II "That Woman Jczeber'