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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
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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
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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
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time because we are good stewards
of ourselves, of the lives God has
given us.
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Cotton Dusting
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And Spraying
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New Equipment for Liquid Spray in
Addition to Dusting Equipment.
Four Airplanes At Your Service
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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.
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Shipman Flying Service
Laurens Airport Telephone 614
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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.
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a t: concern. The only enduring inter-
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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.”
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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
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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.
Any person indebted to said es
tate is notified* and required to
make payment on or before that
date; and all persons having claims
against said estate will present
them on or before said date, duly
proven, or be forever barred.
JULIA OWENS SADLER,
Executrix.
July 21, 1951. 16-4cw
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