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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 17, 1955 *
Dr. Herbert Spaugh
Everyday Counselor
An attorney and one-time political figure in California was recent
ly sentenced to serve six months in a federal prison for failure to file
an income tax return. Before the sentence was passed,' he said, “I
find it somewhat difficult to conceive of myself as a criminal, but the
law says that I am, so I am.*’
There are many who say, "I find it difficult to conceive of myself
as a sinner.” I’ve heard them say it. They seem to think that be
cause they have not been guilty in the sight of so
ciety of wrong-doing that they are not guilty before
God.
So many of us seem to think that sin 1* confined
to the realm of the physical. We are quite willing
to concede that those who violate the Command
ments. ‘Thou shall not kill . . . Thou shall not com
mit adultery . . . Thou shalt not steal,”, are law
breakers. But we forget these commandments are
numbered six, seven, and eight on the list. We pass
lightly over those which proceed it. as. “Thou shalt
have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make
“DrTlSpaugh unto thee any graven image . Thou shall not take
the name of the Lord thy God in vain . . . Remember the sabbath
day. to keep it holy . .. Honor thy father and thy mother. .
Very few of us can clear ourselves of violating the First Com
mandment, which plainly indicates that anything which we allow to
come before God, or put before Him, causes us to break this Com
mandment That means, business, family, personal interests and
feelings.
Jesus Christ said that God and His Kingdom were to come first
in our lives, if we expect to be happy and successful. St. Paul warn
ed us not to consider ourselves and our interests as the most impor
tant.
Let's apply that to ourselves. When we are overcome with fear
and worry, we put God out of first place and into the background and
self takes first place.
Recently I shared the platform with a wise and able medical doc
tor. as together we spoke on the relation of religion and health He
said that the majority of patients who come to him for examination
and treatment are sick first in heart and mind.
These emotionally ill people become so because they over-em-
phasize self in their thinking. They put themselves in first place and
God in second place.
I find nothing in the Bible to indicate that God sends disease upon
us. or even wishes us to be ill. He created us to be well and sound.
God rules this world by law. Many of these we recognize, but
others we don't When we violate the laws of health, which are the
laws of God. we violate the First Commandment, become sinners and
, suffer. I admit that I am by no means guiltless The Bible truly says
that all men are sinners Let’s be honest and realize it. Then remem-
bor that we have a Saviour, Jesus Christ who came to show us how to
accept the laws of God and live by them. Many of us find it difficult
to conceive of ourselves as sinners, but by God's standards, we are.
By like token, there is salvation, if we will accept it.
By SPECTATOR..'
COMMENTS
on
MEN AND THINGS
States Rights! What do we
mean by States Rights! Many
people think of States Rights as
something connected with racial
questions in the South: that is
but a phase of the matter.
Let's refresh our knowledge of
history: the thirteen British Colo
nies which declared their inde
pendence were Rhode Island,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Connecticutt, Massachus
etts. New Hampshire, New York,
Maryland, Georgia. South Caro
lina, North Carolina and Virgin
ia
Those colonies cooperated to
wage the war we call the Revo
lutionary War.
At the close of that war King
George recognized the independ
ence of eac hstate as a Sovereign
and independent Nation There
was no such thing as a Union:
each State was Sovereign' and in
dependent, just as France is Sov
ereign today and independent of |
Italy.
The new’ States decided to con
tinue their political cooperation
and bound themselves together
loosely under an agreement
known as “The Articles of Con r
federation ” But this proved a '
weak arrangement, there being
no chief executive, no Supreme
Court, no umpire to decide issues
as might arise between two
states. So some outstanding men
met several times to discuss ways
and means to improve conditions.
George Washington was a moving
spirit and the State of Virginia
called a Convention to be held
at Annapolis to consider commer
cial relations as between State
and State, some States collecting
customs duties on commerce with
other States.
The meeting at Annapolis did
nothing except to call another
meeting,in Philadelphia. Some
States preferred that the thirteen
States should form three great
Nations, or Alliances; Virginia
seemed to prefer an Alliance with
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia.
Some states held vast lands in
the West; some had nothing; so
it was a delicate matter to adjust
the clashing interests of all.
New York at first refused to
ratify the new Constitution;
North Carolina and Rhode Island
remained out of the Union and
maintained their Status as inde
pendent Nations for a while.
Just here let it be emphasized
that thirteen States were plan
ning a Union but they intended
to circumscribe the National
Government. They meant exact
ly that—to circumscribe it and
control it.
When the new Government
1 was established under the plan to
“form a more perfect union”, the
States decided that their sover
eign powers were not clearly re
served in the Constitution and so,
; forthwith, submitted, through
Congress, twelve proposed
Amendments, ten of w'hich were
adopted and were known as the
Bill of Rights.
The reason for the ten Amend
ments was not a racial matter,
the reason for emphasis on the re-
l served powers Of the States was
primarily, or even uhportantly;
the clash of special interests, such
as public lands, commerce, etc.
The Tenth Amendment, read in
the light of all the facts, is espec
ially interesting. It says: “The
j powers not delegated to the Unit
ed States by the Constitution, nor
| prohibited by it to the States, are
j reserved to the States respective
ly. or to the people” (the people
of the States). Obsen-e the word
“delegated”. The men who wrote
the Constitution were lawyers
who used the language with me-
; ticulous care. It was an age of
precise legal style.
! That Amendment is clear en-
, ough and was thoroughly under
stood at the time. Virginia, and
paijtiej OAeq tou pinoM ‘sjaq;o
the Conestitution if they had not
( been assured that declaratory
amendments would be adopted,
expressly setting forth the re
served powers of the States; or,
I rather, the limited scope of the
! National power.
| New York and Connecticutt
had clashed over Western lands;
and so had others set forth di
verse and competititve claims
that made it necessary to reas
sure them ,as to the limited pow*-
ers of the National Government,
as a “delegation" of authority
from the Sovereign States.
Was it the South that first
threatened secession? In 1814
Massachusetts called a Conven
tion of the New Rngland States to
meet in Hartford, Conn, Decem
ber, 1814 Twenty-six delegates
met and deliberated for three
weeks, behind closed doors.
Among the pronouncements of
the Hartford Convention, a group
of New Englanders, we note
these: (1) “A severance of the
Union by one or more States,
against the will of the rest, . . .
and especially in a time of war. j
can be justified only by absolute .
necessity”; then it indicated that'
the time had come, only pend
ing conclusive proof of the ne-
| cessity."
I Now’!! Now! Who is first pr>^-
! claiming secession? The South?
Nay! Nay! New England!
I That same Hartford Conven- \
| tiom proclaimed: “That Acts of
; Congress, in violation of the Cocn-
j stitution are absolutely voidVj,
I and that “The States which have-
no common umpire must be their
own judges and executie their
own decisions ” This, now was
New England, under the leader
ship of Massachusetts!
The Tenth Amendment was
gladly and quickly ratified by the
thirteen States, as, of course,
were the other nine. They were
not racial; they were a part of
the compact of union, a moral
right, a legal, constitutinoal right
still inherent in the fundamental
law.
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1 I have great admiration for
; Massachusetts and not disposed
to chide our brethren of New
England, but it must be apparent
that the South in 1861 adopted a
j course clearly and boldly an-
nounied by New’ England in 1814.
1 They threatened to do it, but
we did it. Unfortunately there
was no Marshall Plan to reim
burse the South, as w’e do for
Germany and Japan, Italy and
others.
* • •
George Washington can’t be
passed over casually; he was a
bulwark, a tower of strength,
even among men of great ability,
patriotism and zeal.
Elson, an eloquent historian,
says of Washington;
“No other Ameridan has won
the love and respect of the peo
ple as he did For half a cen
tury after his death, Washington
was regarded as little less than
a demigod. He was an avowed
Christian, and his deep religious
convicfions formed the basis of
his character and guided his daily
life. He had a great, generods
heart and he loved his fellowmen;
but he held every friend at a dis
tance. Thoogh never familiar, he
was courteous; his manner
was dignified and reserved.
His popularity was not won by
a captivating manner or a con
scious effort, but by his unswerv
ing devotion to duty, and his
high, unselfish motives.
His greatness consisted for
the most part in his lofty motives,
in his extradordinary sound judg
ment, and his unlimited courage
when standing for a principle
that he believed to be right”
As the historian Green says of
j him, “No nobler figure ever stood
in the forefront of a nation’s life."
Probably there has never been
a cortference of abler men than
the membership of the Constitu
tional Convention. The lawyers
were not mere “case-lawyers”,
but men deeply ingrained 'with
the basic principles of British
jurisprudence, as well as sound
ly indoctrinated with the lessons
of history in man’s struggle for
the bast government.
Dr. Fred E. Holcombe
OPTOMETRIST
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Phone 658
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Bring a Friend To Church With You
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Some men are remembered for their deeds... the battles they
won and the prizes they gained. But ngt A. Lincoln!
Men still call him “honest Abe,” and they take courage in his
humility. Men honor his devotion to the principles for which he
stood; they esteem his love for humanity; they marvel at his
capacities for sympathy, understanding and forgiveness.
History has known few men whose memory could survive the
hatreds of war and find sanctuary in the hearts of victor and
vanquished alike. But Abe Lincoln belongs to all of America.
Christian nobility is revered for itself, whether it wore blue or
gray.
As the character of a man can bind up the wounds of a nation,
so the Christian faith which moulded Abe Lincoln can build
under God a world of peace and understanding. To that propo
sition our Churches are dedicated.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . rr
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor on earth for
the building of character and good citisenship.
It is a storehouse of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy nor civilisation
can survive. There are four sound reasons why
every person should attend services regularly
and support the Church. They are: (1) For hie
own sake. (2) For his children’s sake. (3) For tb#
sake of his community and nation. (4) For die
sake of the Church itself, which needs his moral
and material support. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
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