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THE' CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON; S. C.
Thursday, December 25, 1941
H. D. HENRY
1S98-1941
r. M. BOLAND
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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
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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.”
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