Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-04-25
SELLING PRICELESS
POSSESSIONS CHEAP
The international Sunday School
Lesson for April s 10, Jacob
and Esau," Gen. XIV, 27.34;
BY william n. Ellis.

ho rpajp for tho birth~foht Vxyhap o1,,t-
tony and avarice traffic Il is ALWAYS a had
BARGAIN Neither vo,,np man acted nc he-
came his family name or his sfandinp i'm
the world Both did Violence to their
Trho eni.od. ,,,yh+ no ,.he,ad ..r,,,s;nass
is h,,sinass " 1rha ola foshiom ~ %n,,ttinr
aside ali "cns,dar. tinrs ~ tr,,th and hme
ms nitv anI inharant r,.h+ ,,ha, ,naL;ny
even 40 NTH .n,,a ,,ndarr r,nm Icsn,,
was impulsive. rmilibie' easily deceived
and entfreIw heedIess ~ his nup hiph oh
iieations. His ef hrnther 81 J as ow was ' eeraftv.
adroit and saif-SaeLina taE,py advantage
of his hhrother,s nend pauinm an I've on1v
for his own main chance As Esam renTe.
der n,hhiic riybt. rn, ,r,wo+" urot ror-
9ettipy all thu nIa;m :. ~ p no.fe r,tS a az 1acnh
f. ,Ie nthar r ,a. y pos.e,.'y, . Sa ~
= NE h, U.h \, NOT uncomInom .ype VINO
chez most . ~ a ri,aas ~ atntnai aossss. .
tinns I,,.t = 3 w 49, :, - cornrS F., ,na
taee 81 he r,n,,ia cnrner u,heat or mai
or anv other nscas.itv ~" hin q r,n,,,ii
mean nothinr that his profits ~, were wrume
ont of the S,ond md "i rw,rtns ~ ~" sms
ninyas III. -, %"u ,,o,,iS -. ..n',.,nas.
r. h,siress. mede Rim an offer He
70 hny " y " ieave = ne Az ~ nave
The Story Down 20 Date.
The incident irresistiblv calls ia mind
the wav in which MANY of ma harter the
priceless possessione. because az our
youthful heedlessness. our shortsiehted-
HESS Ot our S0e0r Slavery To the m0nent 8
desire. The p%oliticai crisis in America has
been due to the fact that the obligations
Of citizensh!p were. bartered tor ease and
engrossment in business Good men have
eoid their mower to influence the world
because fhev had mt fha Initiative the
COURAGE. or the vision TO exercise that SOW
ereieniv. YomtN has again and again sold
its rremediable innocence for the fash
ar a nnomenfss avn mr. M the hehest n
unbr.died passion. thousands have sold
the opportunity for an education and for
- -
because o. the shirt OF self Indulgence
which preferred present ease to future
power and profit. friendship have been
petty self-will. Love has been riven in
exchan0e for base limitations even a. the
savages barter real Jewels for colored
rlass.
The story OF Esau.s tragic betrava Of
his own manhood and hirthrirhf is e,o-
quent in every line with an appeal to
youth to safeguard the priceless things.
If Esau had been gifted with even a little
bit Of i%masination' and a modic,m ~
sturdy will. he would have looked ahead
and called tomorrow 10 the s,ccor OF to-
day. It IL Wholesome to view the nresent
from the standpoint of the future. That
naolt OF lie makes the sagacious man.
The Make-up Of Family.
This is a domestic scene. but not 4 love-
~ one When We look from the BOYS to
the parents. we ind Isaac. a weak father
rturdy maintenance az pIincinics' Ne had
the nassiye virtues, b,i ne had given nm
his crown OF manhood and fatherhood.
the hands Of Rebekah' a shrewd. .naster :.
fui woman OF the same type as her broth
or Laban. Both father and mother we're
Euiity e that 9 !, ga, cardinal ,sl,s of fS,, IN parents.
the weakiing. the stay-at-home the mot.
,terer about the tents Of the ~enca,npnant
loved his lusty. Held-ranging. olen-air
1ho m.n NJ n,ftcr pnhoLot, r,r,,e. :. Ut