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* ^ ^ ir| Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 9, 1951 Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER THE CHRISTIAN'S USE OF MONEY AND GOODS Lesson for August 12: Matthew 23:14-15, 19-30. sus tells of the householder who delivered his goods to certain stew-j ards and took his journey into a far country. The man who received five tal ents made five talents more; like wise the man who had received two talents made other two. But the man who was given one talent hid it in the earth and brought it Memory Selection: Matthew 7:12. In the parable of the talents, Je-|to his lord when he returned from "■ the far country. The plain teaching ^‘^res Thousands ol ml worn* and rkUdrsa say they tssl bsMsr. sissp bsMsr. look hsaHh isr sines Sr air • Indian Rt»sr Msdtotos has hslpsd thsm to satoy wholssotos load. Sralfs Indian Rissr Msdirlns con loins hsrbs which grow right oat to ths hsart to moihsr sarth’s surlocs. bringing with thsm stomsais which tond to sttmulats a boMsr appsttls and to turn aid to ths digssttoa to a hqiannsd dtoi rich to sitoantos. proista. riial toed minsrals •quirk acting snsrgy toads all to which toad to promoto vigorous bouyanl ksahh. VXD om a mom«t sack CU Aft ANT 11 UT A ftOTTLI AT TOW* DSUM4ST TOO AT j is that to every man are entrusted! Church membership in the Unit- | certain things which he is required ec j states reaches 56%, says a head- to develop and use to the best oft ]j n e j n th e daily papers recently, his ability in the service of Godji^ headline introducing an Asso- and his fellow men. When certain ci a ted Press story from New York, things are entrusted to a man, cer- gy “church membership” the story tain things commensurate with the includes Catholics, Jewish, and gift are expected and required. | Protestant religious bodies. I quote He who hid his lord’s money was the dispatch: 1 not condemned because be had; “Church membership in the Unit- | only one talent but because he did e( j states rose to 85.705.280 in 1950. ; not develop and use what he had. 1 a record-making 55.9 per cent of And, while the man w’ho received' population, five talents and the man who had* “The total ‘membership was up received two grew • in their ability | 2,950,987 over the previous year, to serve, the man of one talent lost The figures were reported in an all ability and opportunity to serve annual survey compiled by the always a pay-day. All of us, though, pay for that kind of driving. So here is what is said: "Death and injury on the high way—plus the climbing cost of fix ing a smashed car—are sending in surance rates skyrocketing for 20 million insured auto owners. “Today 107 leading insurance | companies will hike rates in 12 , states by as much as 30 per cent on policies covering injury to persons and property by automobiles. the past two months these com panies have been granted ‘emer gency’ increases in ten other states by regulatory authorities. They’re expected to raise their charges in most of the remaining states very shortly. “These grisly statistics of the Na tional Safety Council tell the rea son for soaring insurance rates: j forces in 35,000 killed last year by autos and! started. In more than ,200,00 injured, with the 1951 pace running ahead of that. The figures have mounted year by year as more cars crowded on the highways. As ’recently as 1945, the killed numbered 28,076, the injured one million. “Traffic deaths during the past 12 months were about three times the combat deaths among U. S. Korea since hostilities 4 as the one talent was taken from Christian Herald magazine. him and given to another, God commits unto us all that we “Brotestam membership rose X409.059 to a total of 50,083,868, an Tji have and are to be developed and of 2 89 cen ’ t 0 v er ’ the used for him. Lift is a stewardship. I p rev ious year Let us strive .to be good stewards, . Rojnan Catholics increased 859,- of our money, our talents, and our l7g4 tQ a total o{ 28,470,092, up 3.1 per cent. “Jewish congregations, on which scniFSier LHLr 3 'Paamza MEDICINE time because we are good stewards of ourselves, of the lives God has given us. MORE PEOPLE ARE READING THE CHRONICLE THAN EVER BEFORE! FOR YOI’R PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS CALL 74 . .. ...... .. .* ». .. — .. »«W».V.W*»W»V»«W».W»«V»W»«W*»WWn. n. N.V. #. :: :: :: :: Cotton Dusting :: :: :: And Spraying :: :: :: :: :: :: :: New Equipment for Liquid Spray in Addition to Dusting Equipment. Four Airplanes At Your Service :: :: :: :: :: \\ Dusting 1.00 Acre Spraying 1.00 Acre Defoliation 1.25 Acre These prices under condition that materials are furnished by the farmer. IF MATERIALS ARE SUPPLIED BY US, THE PRICE OF LIQUID SPRAYING IS S2.25 ACRE. i: :: :: Shipman Flying Service Laurens Airport Telephone 614 li B there were no new statistics, re mained listed at 5,000.000. “The magazine, which makes the only comprehensive, regular survey of church membership in the Unit ed States, said the major faiths continue in about the same propor tion to each other.’ “Persons not belonging to any church now make up 44.1 per cent of the population. Fifty years ago, the percentage of non-members was 65.3. "The 1949 overall gain in mem bership was 2,426.723 and the 1948 gam was 2.190,264—both less than the 2.950,987 of 1950. “Commenting on the 1950 gains. ! however, the report said: There was no spectacular turning to re ligion, no spiritual upheaval. Reli gion fought for every foot of gain; there were no easy, sweeping ad vances. But there was a continu ation of even growth.’ “Southern Baptist, which added B 18.624 members in 1950. had the biggest gain of any single Protest ant denomination. The report said Southern Baptist, with 7,079.889 members, now is the fastest grow ing denomination in the United States’ and within ten years ‘may well be our largest.* “The Methodist church still is the largest Protestant denominatk>n.j Its membership rose to a total of 8,935.647, Its membership gain was the second highest.” Devout churchmen will, ponder' the 44 per cent out of the ihurch, more than the 55 per cent within i the fold. It is obvious that if we, who are the 55 per cent were full i I spirit and aflame with the! zeal of the believers at Pentecost^ we should soon have many of the[ 44 per cent enlisted and active. Per haps many millions of us who are! on the books are not enlisted; ifj enlisted, in a military sense, we’ are so far in tTie rear of the march ing hosts of the church militant that the army of the Lord doesn’t know us except on* pay-day; that is. the day when wc collect, not 1 when we pay. Religion is our greatest interest. *to#a***a*otototo+•++ ++ ++++ ***• »••••«•••• *• to*oto***♦**•♦.•♦.*♦.• ‘houfih often it to ho our chief a t: concern. The only enduring inter- DRINK 8 8 tops for quality est is religion. We. all, shall die. No argument denies that. But that re ligion which doesn’t mean any thing until old age and infirmity sober us from the intoxication of living fails, as it might have sweet- i ened and ennobled the days of| striving amid “the maddening crowd’s ignoble strife.” :: :jr :: * J.: I I 1 More Bounce To The Ounce • COOL • SPARKLING • SMOOTH Insurance rates go up like every- thing else. Railroad rates go up, ♦;j inter-urban bus rates go up, insur- ance goes up. At this moment Fm considering automobile accident £• and liability insurance; I don't know about fire and life rates. Why do automobile insurance £ rates advance? Is it just the whim of some company, or some rating | bureau that fixes the rates? Like j many of my lay brethren, I won- j der about rates. In Columbia I am associated very pleasantly with j some insurance apostles, and in the , town where I live, the insurance $ j men are like a gentle zephyr breathing ’er a bank of violets, or li something like that. At least, they are the salt of the earth. Did you ever see a driver “start off” with a rabbit leap? Some drive in that manner. And then when they jam down the brakes for a sudden stop, leaving telltale marks on th^ paving. And the driving be tween the start and stop is about what you might expect — turning comers at great speed; jumping ahead of everybody else, cutting in under the next man. Well, there is is n No Finer at Any Price! In Big 12-ounce Bottle PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. 'V FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 22nd day of August, 1951, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Rufus Earle Sadler in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun ty, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Executrix. 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