The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
GOING BACK ON GRANDFATHER

lesson for January 8 is, goods Pa
thence With Israeli" Judge, 2:7-19.)
If, just for this one New Year Sun
day, Mr. Average Man could discard
his shallow sophistocation and his
American "smartness,,"f and acquire
for a few hours the spirit of sound
wisdom, he would surely go apart for
10 time and take counsel with this
grandfather and with his grandchild-
rem. I4s,@ 3. 59,r A.l%.
This is q critical time; the must
critical in all the history Of the world.
There never has been a New Years
season 81 ~soiemnizing as the present
To meet the call of our great day
spccesSfuiiy, We must look backward
and forward; listen to the past and
to the future; weigh our responsibility
tiles to those who shave gone before
and &c thoss who will como after u.s..
Opportunity, the millions who Ease
their serious thinking largely on the
international Sunday school lessons,
will find a stimulant for the present
occasion in the new course OF hes
sons in Old Testament history which
begins today. The opening study is OF
a people who had gone back on their
grandfathers. They were the third
generation. Direct contact with the
great personalities OF the eariies day
has been lost.
Like the rest OF us, they were, SO.
built shat they needed great leader
ship. But these Hebrews had to face
fresh and difficult problems alone.
They were called upon to- stand On,
their own feet and to prove by theme
selves their fidelity to their past and
to their futufe..A searching qaesti1ii
concerning them4as concerning ne
is, Were they Of the sort to whom
grandchildren could look ~ back In.
|pride2s
b answer is. tersely told by the.
Scripture: "And alEo all that genera;
ton yer gathered unto their faith
era; and there arose another genera
htion hitter them. that knew mo, sIe-ss
|hdvas nor yet the work which He
had wrought For Israel And the
children OF Israel did that which was.
we'd the Baal; and they ;forsSok Je-:
brought them out OF the land OF;
Egypt and followed other, CODA, gods.
of tho peoples that were roundabout
them, and bowN themselves down
unto them: and tIsy prosoikeG Ie@s
hovah 70 anger. Es
Afsae Igsnas Wha55
TIE city Of Phi.edelphia has Of
recent days come ussfkf the spefk OF
o powerful personality. billy Sun-
day begins 0n the day5of this Lesson
an evangelistic campaign IN this city.
OF 100000 people. On many counts
II Is the most significant relfstSns 4s-
terprfse attempted ia ia :: 1sSas.aSs..
municipality within the memory OF
the present generation,
stir OF hcHs Saa { thrill. * S
altation has been IN the hearts Of
anxsons observers as they have be-
held the way In which the CONSERVE
tive Old Quaker city has arisen to-
the approach OF this religious leader.
Hundreds OF thousands of, meH and
women have gathered In big weekly
preparatory prayer meetings, The
plinistors have assembled from time
to tinne In the mrgesk clerical gathcr--l
inEs the city has known FOR 4 gens
Grafton. Tens OF thousands OF mem
have already been added 20 Bible
classes. The daily newspapers, ara fnilI
Of news OF every chase OF prepara-
ton tor the campaign. The Ghufehss
athfM With expectation, so that
observers say. "The revival had ass
ready come.
All which lisa modern Commences
tary on the need OF JSshpS. The
cburctgg cry today ts for grant ieads
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