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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949 KERSHAW BAPTIST PASTOR TELLS HOW HE WAHTS HIS FUHERAL CONDUCTED THE CLINTON CHRONICLE County Fire Tower Operators Taking Part In Contest Pasre Seven Although disclaiming any premon- good hymns suitable for use. which ition of impending death, Rev. L. W. comfort, such as Abide With Me, Edwards, pastor of the First Baptist , Ag ® s ’ ^ earer My God To ., . , Thee, and others. church of Kershaw, told in an article „ ... . „ . ,1 Please, no eulogy: If anything is in the Baptist Courier last week t£> be said> let it be included in the how he wished his funeral conducted prayer, not in a harrowing, tear-jerk- when he does pass from this sphere, ing recountal of my virtues. My life, - His article which is a most inter- has been lived before men, and has will ™n until May 31, 195 °. whe esting one follows: spoken for itself. If anything has to the towersites will be judged and “I have no premonition of impend- be said, let it be a beautiful poem P. riz ®s award ®^ J he ’ ing death, nor do I have any morbid such as “Crossing the Bar.” And t° a rn ^ reasons for writing this article Buti a bove all, do not let them preach an to develop a complete live-at home after yea^infhe ministry; dur- evangelistic sermon at my" funeral d toimproveanddevelop ing which time I have conducted and service. Let the Scriptures and the the areas of state-owned land Columbia, July 26.—(Special to The Chronicle)—The operators of the fire lookout towers in Laurens coun ty are taking part in an annual tow- ersite improvement contest being held throughout the state, according hlo J. R. Tiller, assistant state’ for ester in charge of fire control. The contest began last month and observed hundreds of funerals, some depressing and disturbing to my sense of decency, and some beautiful in their expression of true Christian faith, I simply want to pass on my observations and views in a state ment of what I want my service to be. Not that the service said over prayer reflect the glory of our hope which they live, Forester Tiller | and the joy of our faith, and let s ^ a ^ €< ^- ^be contest is judged in re- these two items speak for themselves Sard to gardens, neatness of lawns and compose the service, with the an d houses, improvement of condi- b y mns ! tions and appearance at towersites, . . , , . , , as well as in regard to the best jobs Let the casket be closed before * " ‘ „ the service begins and remain clos- 1 d ° r stat( , Jls are awarded, ed. If it be necessary to place my» . my dead body will do me either good'body on view, let it He in state be-! ranging froI T * 5 t0 * 25 ’. ari u e j Ch fore the funeral service where' towerma ? ^^mpetes in the dis- friends may quietly come, but do not i tnct P°" tes ^ f ° r t whlch P rize ! open the casket after the service. I were offered : a fir f st t ?n AZe ° f ,15, and How destructive of the beauty and / ,5!J; or harm, but my family will be pres ent, and others will be affected by the manner in which it is conducted. “In the first place, I do not want my service held on Sunday unless dignity of the service is the march-:. T r , . th M t villc mw- it is necessary. It is often the case ing around of the congregation, with Ri«’ Knnh tnwpr that funerals are held at such a time babies being lifted up to- look, and er an g as to conflict with the worship ser- wiih the family sitting amidst all vice of some church, for many of this confusion, I do not want to feel our rural churches have their ser-J that this body of mine is going to be vices on Sunday afternoon. Why! an object or either morbid curiosity should a service for the dead be of} or veneration. more importance than the worship j “Make the service at the cemetery service of the living, with its pos-. br i e f. pi e ase omit the old commit- sibilities of saving souls? A nd why' tal “earth to earth,’ and pronounce should my service be held on Sunday, t be benediction. Then quietly leave , r • j c *. j in order that a larger crowd, who do and let the undertaker finish his | Thursday, Friday, Saturday not think enough of me to come on a ( WO rk. For truly I shall not be there; l I shall be in the realm of joy where I t death is not to be found, reunited I Old-fashioned straight RAZORS, with those loved ones who have gone 1 made in England before First World before me into that celestial realm War, your choice, each j $1.00 of eternal day. Money talks .. . See what a dollar says — at The Wheel's DOLLAR DAYS 3 BIG $ DAYS! at T. E. Jones & Sons • * • • V* ' WHERE YOUR DOLLAR GOES THE FURTHEST ALL WINDOW SHADES, some were $2.25 CONGOLEUM REMNANTS, 2 Sq. Yds. COCO DOOR MATS week-day, might attend? And why should my service distract the mind and energies of the minister who has the heavy task of preaching on that day to lost souls? “Again, I want only one minister. .. And) please( let no si Qf . f $- to conduct my service, unless some mark this mariowo Tv*,.. r.Lnn tu,A marking^ my per-, FLOOR LAMPS worth 98c, you get Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Products Phone No. 2 Ji Unbleached ladies white ANKLETS, dozen pairs ? $1.00 -$- One table ROOKS, your .choice, any 6 for $1.00 LIFE JACKETS, air corps type, each , $1.00 Roll around to The Wheel and save! The WHEEL Old Broadway Theatre Building HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES We Deliver H. J. PITTS STORE imperative reason should make two jsonal triumph. For it w7li%ut'm7an 1 worm »ec, you g necessary. And that one minister is that I have triumphed over death andl 1 $1 ‘ to be my pastor, should I be retired jfar from being dead, have just be- and a member of a church at that 1 g un truly to live ” time. How often have I tried to fit ' three or four ministers into a serv ice, and tried in spite of it to keep the service brief and dignified! I see no reason to call a minister to come 50 or more miles just to say a prayer 1 or read a verse of scripture, when my own pastor should be conducting the service as a pastoral ministry to my loved ones. Should other minis-! ters come, I know that they had ra ther sit in the congregation with thej family and thus express their sym pathy to them by their presence. “Of course I want music and flow ers! No other service expresses the joyous hope'that is ours more than ) does a true Christian funeral. He that believeth on me shall never die. and that body that is being committed to the ground is but the early house which I have vacated—is it not I! I know that undertakers have to live, but I decidedly do not want an ex pensive vault and casket in the mis taken idea of protecting me from the elements. I’m not there—that is just the clay shell that I inhabited dur ing my brief sojourn on earth. And' flowers express by their fragrance and *beauty the hope of immortality that is ours. As a minister I have had services without flowers, and how gloomy and cold those services were, | and how lacking in the visible beau ty which flowers add to this solemn service. * “I shall want music befitting the dignity and beauty of my hope. Not the overly sentimental popular gos pel songs being put out by some music companies for the use of gos pel quartets, but the ageless, comfor ting hymns of beauty and dignity. Personally I would choose He Lead- eth Me because of its meaning in my own ministerial life; My Task as an expression of the ministry I have tried to perform; and An Evening | Prayer as the expression of my own plea to God. 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