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'V. Page Two THE' CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON; S. C. Thursday, December 25, 1941 H. D. HENRY 1S98-1941 r. M. BOLAND H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loaifd^egotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and IMPLEMENTS THAT WORK THERE’S A JOHN DEERE QUALITY IMPLEMENT FOR EVERY FARMING PURPOSE J. R. CRAWFORD CLINTON, 8. C. Once again the reindeer sweep down from the North with their cargo of cheer. About time that we were thinking of the friends who have” so loyally remembered us Your generous phtronage has helped make our year a go^ one, d we are taking this means of an sending you a word of personal thanks to let you know how much we value your friendship. We sincerely ho^e that your holi day season will be exceptionally happy. CHANDLER & COOPER H. Grady Chandler AUTO REPAIR T. Russell Cooper mm lllhlrl • I n I)£1D YEfia A SINCERE GREETING I 1 TO OUR MANY FRIENDS^ AND CUSTOMERS.^ Wl COMMERCIAL DEPOSITORY «. D. HENRY, F. M. BOLAND, Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer MISS MARGARET HOLLAND, Bookkeeper DIRECTORS: C. W. Stone, S. G. Dillard, W. W. Harris, H. D. Hanry, F. M. Bo land, Jolm T. Young. QuAiHf <uut^ HeceUAiH^ By Rev. Walter L. Lingle, D.D., LL.D. In THE CHRISTIAN OBSERVER For centuries it has been the happy custom to make gifts in connection with the Christmas season. This cus tom probably arose out of our grati tude to God for His unspeakable gift, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. It would be a wonderful thing if we would always keep that thought in mind, and if we would try to bestow our gifts in a way that would please Him. In this connection one of the say ings of our Lord has been coming to me over and over again as this Christmas season draws near. The Apostle Paul in speaking to the el ders of the churcn at Ephesus said: “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said. It is more bless ed to give than to receive.” Inciden tally, I may say in passing that those words do not occur in any of the foiu* Gospels and that they^ are the only words of our Lord that are re corded outside the four Gospels. Yotf will find them in Acts 20:35. Dr. Alexander Maclaren says: “Here is one precious unrecorded word which was floating down to the ocean of oblivion when Paul drew it to shore and so enriched the world.” I recall that as a child I never could understand how it was more years long after we have gone to our j eternal reward. j Just last night in looking over! some old pamphlets I ran across the' story of a Christian man in Virginia! who before the Revolutionary war,| set apart a fund the inOome of which' was to be used in assisting young men to prepare for the ministry. That fund is still providing assistance for some young man at Union Theologi cal seminary. Thus the Lord has kept the fund at work for about one hun dred and seventy-five years and the end is not yet. Here is a striking epitaph which was written for Edward, Earl of Devonshire in 1419. It embodies! something of the thought that I have been trying to express: “What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; ‘What we left, we lost.” 5. It is a blessed thipg to give be cause God can take our gifts and ac complish much more with them than we could hope to do. About thirty years ago Dr.' William T. Ellis pub lished a book with the title, “Men and Missions.” In the book there is a chapter entitled, “The Story of aj Personal Investment.” In that chap-i ter he tells of the investments which; ble.ssed to give than to receive. Some- i Dr. John F. Goucher made in mis-; how I preferred to be on the receiv- j sions in India, and at the same time' ing end of the line when Christmas j tells of the results of that investment. i and also at other times. It Dr. Goucher was a Methodist minis-1 came, takes us a long time to get over that feeling and it may be that we never do get entirely over it. Perhaps if we would ask ourselves a few questions it would help us to see the truth of this beautiful saying of Jesus. Would you rather give to ter. He is best known as the founder, of Goucher college, in Baltimore. He] was never a rich man, but from year to year for many years he invested his savings in missions in India. Dr.' Ellis devotes a whole chapter to tell ing something of the results of Dr. the relief fund of your community j Goucher’s investments. It is a mar or stand in the breadline to receive jstory. At the end of the chap-; the scanty allowance provided by our gifts? Would you rather give to a home for orphan children or be an inmate of the home where the gifts are received? Would you rather live in a land of Gospel light and privi leges or live in darkest Africa or ter Dr. Ellis sums it up this way: “The force set in motion twenty- five years ago by an American, whose brains as well as money were conse crated, will continue to work in ever-widening circles throu^MHit ages to come. Put in bald figures to some other dark area, at the receiv- *neet the taste of the business man ing end of the line? Would you rath er live in your comfortable home in a community blessed with churches and schools and give to home mis- who loves specifications, the invest ment has amounted to something over a hundred thousand dollars, and the ascertained returns have sions, or live in some neglected area j more than f^y thousand con- in which your gifts to home missions are to be used? Thus we might go on at length multiplying questions of this kind. But these are sufficient to give us at least an inkling of what Jesus meant when He said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Now let us turn and enumerate some of the blessed things connected with giving. 1. It is a blessed thing to have something to give. There are millions and ten of millions of men, women and children in Europe, Asia and Af rica who do not have the bare neces sities of life. Millions are on the verge of starvation. It is a blessed thing to have the necessities of life and something over to give to others and to the woric of the Lord. 2. It is a blessed thing to give be cause there is a great deal of joy in giving. Years ago I read an article in a magazine by Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock, who wrote the hymn, “This Is My Father’s World.” The ar ticle was entitled, “The Fun of Do ing Good.” I have forgotten the con tents of the article, but I have al ways remembered the striking title. The 'fun' of doing good is just the verts, who otherwise would have re main^ heathen. If that is not a stroke of business—the King’s busi ness— supremely worth doing, then this author has no sense of relative values.” Thus God did more with Dr. Goucher’s gifts than he could pos sibly have done. The same Will be true of your offerings and mine if we really present them td Him. 6. It is a blessed thing to give be cause in this way we can lay up treasures in Heaven. You will re member that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus says: “Lay up for your selves treasures in Heaven when neither moth n<»’ rust dotti oorrupt and where thieves do not break through and steaL” How can we do that? The only way I can think o^ is by investing in something that is going to Heaven.^ Immortal souls are the only things going to Heaven so far as we know. Investments made in them will in due time be treasures in Heaven. Again let us turn to Dr. Ellis’ story of Dr. Goucher. In after years when Dr. Goucher had retired from the presidency of Goucher college and had become president-emeritus, he dedided to visit the missicm field in finest kind of fun in all the world. If (India. As Dr. Goucher was traveling you do not believe it, try it. The joy through India on a hot night, he was of giving when done in the right spirit is one of the greatest of all joys. 3. It is a blessed thing to give be cause it develops Christian character. You have often seen a good mother teaching her child to share his apples or candy, or whatever it may be, unable to sleep and arose and dress ed before daybreak. When the train stopped at a station for water and coal he got out and began to walk up and down the platform for fre^ air. There was nobody in siid^t but the railway employes and one na tive whoi eyed Dr. Goucher very with other children. Does she do it loosely ^d kept ^wtog nearer ^d because she thinks the other children 12*****^. "x are hungry? Not at all. She is trying:®^* ^°'*****’^* to develop the spirit of generosity exclaimed: I am you^servant, and unselfishness in her own child. “S God is doing something like that for us when He teaches us to share with others. There is nothing .for .which people have more contempt; than sefidm stinginest, and nlgpurdllness. On)e as I was talking with a man on a crowded street in Atlanta, all at once he said: “Wait a minute. Do you see that fellow going by in the gray suit? He is the stingiest man In Atlanta. He is worth two or three million dol lars but he would not give five dol lars to get to Heaven.” Then he re sumed the conver8eti<m. What a rep utation! How would you like to bf known as the stingiest person in your and you are my saviour.” Dr. Gou cher, puzzled and annoyed, bade the man get up and asked him what he meant He replied: “You are Dr. Goucher, of America, are you not? All that I am and have X ow<^ tq yqtt Beaiihg yoit^ were Minding thxou^ on this train 1 walked more than twenty miles just to see your train pass. Now God has let me kxdc into your face.” When fifty thouaand or more aouls fran India tell Dr. Goucher in Hea ven he waa the human, instru mentality that God used in bringing him thm, that will be treasure enough in Heaven lor Dr. Goucher. So it may be with all those who city or community? Our Lord was ^ trying to deliver us from that aort of thing when He said: “It la more blessed to give than to receive.” J(dm Wesley handled a great dagl of money for cfaurdi and orphanages. Out of tto experience he said: “Mon ey never stays with me. I fling it out of my hand as soon as ponible lest it should find a way into my heart” God does not want our money to find its way into our hearts. 4. It is a blessed thing to give be cause God can take our gifts and use them in parts of the world where we can never hope to go. Money repre sents stored up energy. If we have earned our money, it is really a part at us. God can take our taaoey whidi is a part of us and release it in Af rica or China or some otttw part of the world where wt can niver hop# to go, thare to do food and to malco Lord Jesus to be used of Him. In our giving during the Christ- kt us remember die mas season words of Jesoa bow He said: “Inas much as yvbava dona it unto one of the kast of tham^ Mj brattutm, ye have dona it unto Me.” SAT, “I SAW n ni XHB CHBON- ICUt* nttJIK TOD. KEROSENE.;. 1 Ac Per GqIIor YAkBQWQUQH OH GREETINGS , caiirnai Clti'n- Aad Oi elod clllWM itof Ml «• iela la l» wlak VM 0*4 TMii a aMM IfMs oad ChrUtaias Fai em |M«* si Ml iM Am PUROL SERVICE STATION ^ AND CLINTON BUS STATION L. HL DAVIDSON, Mgr. ■d r Odb. BUSINESS u JepeaJent upon oiur mamy lojal £riea^ wLo Rave favored im ia many ways Juriag tke past year. It assy luiTe Leea tkrougli your^^troaage . . • it may kare keen tkrougk a kin<]ly wor J of recoas- meiuiation on your part. .. kut in wkaterer wmj you kare faroreJ us, we are gratefuL It is our sincere anJ arJent wisk Jut cack of you may receive tke full klcssings of a joyona YuletiJe season. BULOCK'S GROCERY & MARKET PHONES IM hM U7 U n i ; n ottsne^ you and may new found bkssir^ make the e New Year more bri^t We gtatefully acknowl edge your consideration during die past and solicit your continued thought- HAPPY NEW YEAR FiUpiER-SIlffSON FURNrrURE CIMPANY “THE HOMB-MAKERr* CLINTON, 8. C. Subserfbe to Hm dknrick—Slid a Year IP