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APRIL 15, 1954 S&4tei By Malcolm A. McDonald President Thornwell Orphanage The heart of the Easter Message is a victory out of defeat. Calvary spelled black loss. It was a vision of despair. The righteous dying for the unrighteous, the innocent suffering for the guilty, "right forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne". "But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord, Jesus Christ." Here is a word that thrills with the deathless joys of Easter. It speaks home to our rlppnpct 1 r\Y\ dinn anrl r V -v,..? " our highest and holiest hopes. It is a word that makes us stand up and cheer. The man who gladdens with this heartening declaration has won the victory. It rings in his voice. He looks out upon hard-pressed men and women hastening to what looks like defeat and he declares "We Have Won. The Victorv is Ours." For a time it appeared that evil had won a complete victory. The holiest and kindest one who ever lived was dead. The most beautiful life that anyone had ever known had been brought to an end by the Cross. The crown of thorns and a few blows of a 1 - - ' uammer. v^aeser s seal upon the tomb seemed so final. The glowing hope that had dawned in the hearts of men and women in that day and so warmed their hearts had now flickered and gone out the light had been extinguished and the world was in darkness again. The record and the crowd all agree that Jesus of Nazareth was dead. Evil had pronounced judgement on righteousness and seemingly won. Probably every citizen in Jerusalem would have agreed that it was all over. It was a beautiful storv while it lasted, but it was too good to be true. It couldn't go on forever. Nothing in that age could cope with the power of Rome. These instruments of force had already spoken the last word and this would prove no exception to the rule. The deed was done. Christ has been crucified on the cross. But the world then and the world now fails to reckon with God. God always speaks the last word. He spoke again while it was yet dark. The tomb was empty. A voice was heard, a stone was rolled away, a woman crouching near the empty tomb heard the voice first. A threat light was shining. "HE IS NOT HERE, HE IS RISEN" were the words spoken by the angels. The victory is ours. Nothing is quite so satisfying as victory. It is thrilling, securing, rewarding, and costly. It does not come .at a cheap price. The open tomb of Joseph reveals the meaning of Calvary. It seemed like defeat; indeed, it would have been just that had it not been for what happened on the first Easter morn. The resurrection changed everything. Here is a lesson we must all T learn sooner or later. We may all change our dark Calvaries of defeat into bright Easter morns of victory. Rightly envisioned, our trials become opportunities for victory and conquest over selfishness and sin. So from the beginning of time, men have hailed the coming of spring as the resurrection of the faith from the death of winter. Long before the Christian era began every religious cult celebrated in some form the returning season of growth and sunshine with its promise of life beyond. If the lifeless trees and grasses could so demon? ? l: 4. - ...I? onuic iiiiuiui uiiuv, why should man alone die to rise no more. On Easter Sunday Morning the whole Christian world will testify to its faith that death is not the end. We earthbound plodders can no more imagine the new glories of the resurrection than can the maple tree or the wisteria. shedding its scarlet robe of autumn under the smiting breath of winter's frost, imagine the glory of the springtime garments of green. The belief that this is true, that there are far more glories in the new resurrection. has been the most power ful force in the history of civilization. In this faith men have found a common tie of service for a common good. All concepts of duty, honor, self-denial, self-respect, and loyalty upon which great nations have been founded, derive from that faith the root and heart of Christianity. Lot no one say that the faith of our fathers is outmoded, that it no longer has its old power to inspire our lives. Just as spring brings her perennial symbols of eternal life in the world of nature, so God through Christ and His Holy Word speaks to us in a now living faith during the Easter Season which brings hope and faith to a struggling world. Paul believed that Christ died, that ho was buried, and that ho arose again. He believed this because of the supreme worth of human personality, because of the reality of the unseen, because of the great character of God. and because it is possible in this present life to live in regenerated victory. This message puts a song of gratitude in the hearts of he lievers that nothing can hush. It produces a faith that makes a person a tireless worker. It enables one to face the future not only with calm confidence but with eager expectancy. This great victory is ours. We do not win this victory by sheer force or determination. It is a gift. We take what God gives. That should not sur prise us. Physical life was a gift to you. Your mother gave you her life. So with eternal life. Thanks be to (loci which giveth us the victory through our Lord. Jesus Christ. We get this gift by getting hold of God through Christ. We do this by trusting our lives to His keeping care. HE CLOTHMAKE NEWS FRO (Cont'd, from Page 6) 27 and the J. W. Fowlers have their first anniversary April 24. Charlie Barker is barely speaking to anyone with his head high in the air. He has another grandson, making two in three months which is something to be proud of. Little Charles Oxner arrived March 16, weighing in at 8 pounds 11 ounces, the pride (1IH1 JWV W1 IIIC 1-/C W CV WA11CI a. The mama is, as you know, the former Helen Barker. A. A. Barker is right proud too. He has three grandsons now. Mrs. Janet Barker Moss also gave birth to a baby boy the same day little Chuckv came so he informs us he has 14 children, 24 grandchildren and J great grandsons. That can rightly be called the Barker clan. No. 1 Spinning, Third By Willette Smith We welcome Richard Murrs n *^ / ] T> O t ? V-V-N y-1 /-v cinu naviiiuuu i i lit* iu uui department. Happv birthday: Jimmv Campbell. 16 April 28 . .\ Nannie Price. April 20 . . , James Price. April 11 . . , Tootsie Woodard, April 1 . , Linda Bible. April 17 . . , Walter Heaton. in March . . Cheryl Heaton. April 15 . . Willette Smith. April 14 . . Adell Ellison. April 3. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Campbell celebrate their 17th anniversary this month. Raymond Price and Arlenc Ellison were married March 10 at Laurens. He is the sor of Mr. and Mrs. Rennie Price and she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ellison. They are making their home with the groom's parents at present. Third Spinning, No. 2 Bv Helen MrAlister ? A ? ------? Mrs. Jimmy Lvdia and sor of Joanna visited the Richarc Rochesters. Waters King spent a week end with his parents, Mr. anc Mrs. Henry King. Mrs. Blanche Rochester": sister from Georgia has beer her guest. Mr. and Mrs. Richarc Rochester and family were guests of the latter's sisters ir Belton and Honea Path. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wil liams. Mr. and Mrs. Wal Davenport, Gene William: and Terrv Hood were cuest: of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mc A lister. Mrs. Joanette Bvnum i: making her home with he mother. Mrs. Suzie Wood. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Kno: were guests of Mrs. W. T Turner of Williamston. Ciynell. youngest daughte of Mrs. Margaret Chilton, wa six April 3. Charles Sample was 1' March 30. D..?U C? 1 1 ~ 1 * _ _i 1-iuiii oiwiipjifN ii-itroi aifti . birthday April 3. Mr. and Mrs. T cssi Cooper's anniversary \va March 29. Mary Rirchmore's birthda; was March IK . . . Jerry Bake was IK April 1 . . . Ludor Burden. April 11 . . . Rub Burden, April 8 . . . Wand IR M CLINTON Cooper, March 31. We welcome these newcomers: Mary Birchmore, Suzie Wood, Nannie Van Etten and Wesley Medlin. No. 1 Spinning. Second By Marguerite Lawson Mrs. Annie Laura Starnes of Cross Anchor and Mrs. O. L. Dunaway of Walnut Grove visited in Ware Shoals. Mrs. Annie Laura Starnes attended a shower at the home of Mrs. Brice honoring Mrs. Joe Betsill. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Osborne and the Fred Teagues attended the ice follies. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Os borne and children visited Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leapharts in Aiken. Betty G a m b r e 1 1 spent several days with her aunt, Mrs. Doris Osborne. Glad to know Donald and Pat Osborne are over the measles. S-Sgt. and Mrs. Willie Hughes of Cherry Point. N. C. spent a week with Mrs. Nellie Hughes. Mrs. Nellie Hughes, Mrs. Williams and their mother spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Caughman. Mrs. Maude Lloyd of Spartanburg and her two sons from the army and navy visited Mrs. Maggie Wilson. Pvt. Larrv Cagle finished his training in Arkansas and his grandmother says she hopes he will be stationed i near home. 1 Mrs. Granny Wilson is glad i to be back after losing much , time with her foot and we are glad to have her back. J Seaman Ocial Nix, station J ed with the navy in Boston, and son of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Nix of Atlanta, spent a weekend with his aunt and uncle, i the Corders. in Whitmire. 1 Mrs. Mary Harris and daughter, Frances, shopped in Greenville. 1 Mrs. Lucille Whitmore's son Tommy visited his grand5 parent in Buffalo. i Birthdays: Connie Griffin. April 9 . . . Katherine Heaton. I March 27 ... J. T. Whitmore. ? April 18 . . . Jessie Corder. l March 26 . . . Stanley Paul Foster. March 28 . . . Henry Lawson, Jr., April 2 and Mrs. t Joe Caughman. March 24. s Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Whits mire observe the fourth anniversary April 22. Mrs. Katherine Heaton s wishes to thank evervone for r their help while her husband was ill. Glad she is able to be c back a1 work. We are glad to have Ellen Corder back after being in r the hospital. s Mrs. Annie Laura Starnes brother. Orin Cogdill, spent s 7 furlough at home with his parents after being in Arabia \ We welcome Mrs. Nellie Hughes and Helen Rushton U c our Department. We alsc s welcome three old Spinner: back?Mrs. Annie La nr. Starnes. Mrs.- Rachel Gra\ r and Mrs. Lucille Whitmore. a Glad to have Betty Shep v ard back after a leave o a absence. 7 Mrs. Annie Milam's nephew Douglas Sexton, of Camp Gordon, Ga., visited his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Welcher of Joanna and Mrs. Edna Heaton and daughter, Mary Ann, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heaton, Jr., visited in Greenville. No. 1 Weaving. Third By Izell Campbell The David Lawsons of Cross Anchor visited the Frank Lawsons. The Fred Wyatts visited J. F. Rogers in Spartanburg. Sarah Shelton and Sallie Wyatt went on a shopping spree to Charlotte. Sallie said she really got her enjoys out of riding the escalators. The Johnny Godfreys spent a weekend with the Frank Lawsons. Mike McAlister spent l ...;tu u;? ~ j ocvciai uav 3 Willi ilia gidiiuparents, the George Pressleys, in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Workman are both up and fine after several days in the Laurens hospital. Will someone please tell us who is the prettiest woman on the third shift so we can stop arguing about it? Sorry to lose Alton Pavton to Second Shift. We will miss him. Hewlitt Alford of the air force in Oklahoma spent a furlouuh herp with his mother, Mrs. Mae Alford and his sister. Mrs. Sarah Shelton. Bobby Jo Bowling leaves for the navy in April. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moss announce the birth of a son, Stanley Ray, March 16. Mrs. Moss is the former Jeanette Barker. The Frank Lawsons celebrated their 5th anniversary April 9. The Johnny Smithermans celebrate their first anniversary April 24. Cecil Lee Wehunt was 18 April 10. The Frank Lawsons visited the Jack Messers in Cross nncnor. Shelby can't make up her mind whether she wants her hair black, brown, blonde or red. Wonder what color she will pick next? Miss Roberta Kitchen of Liberty visited the C. E. Roberts. John O'Neal Roberts, stuof T'CP ~ 1 uv.ui c* t UUV, opcill ci WCCIVend with his parents, the C. E. Roberts. No. 3 Weaving By Ruth Oxner Charlie Lever was two l February 28 . . . Mr. and Mrs. Will Lydia celebrated their I 19th anniversary March 16. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Oxner announce the arrival of a son. Charles Dewey "Chuckle." March 16. He is the one and only grandson of yours truly and R. C. Oxner. Bovce Lawson remains ill at his home. Wish him a speedy recovery. Mrs. Sadie Quinton has re. tired after 30 years here. She ^ (Cont'd, on Page 8) ^ ' WANT ADS WANTED?Lawns to mow f in Lvdia Village. Lerov Alexander, 124 Pine Street.