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J i t & THE CLINTON CHRONICLE In the Cross of Christ I Qlory A Member Of Parliament Writes A Hymn At a boy I rvdall bearing a member of my fa ther's church make excuses for his habitual ab sence from preaching service "But," the truant member added assuringly. "I am always there in spirit.’' That’s fine." my father feplied. “but. for tunately. most of my flock comes in person. TTtat spares me the stupid feeling of preaching to a bunch of spirits” * On a rainy Sunday in 1849. the Rev* Dr Hiscox s congregation at the Central Baptist Church in Nor- wich. Conn. was comprised mostly of spirits. The goud minister had prepared .a series of sermons on "The Words On the Cross” but. on that dismal Sun- most of the members stayed home and sent their spirits to hear the sermon Of the choir members, only the leading soprano, one Mrs. U S Rathbun, showed up in person So humiliated was Organist Ithamar Conkey that he put on his hat. slipped out a back door and went home in disgust Kngland's Sir John Uownng was one of the most brilliant men in the British Empire Son of a wealthy manufacturer and exporter of woolen goods. John Bowring could speak five languages when he left school at 16 to represent his father in foreign markets Before he died, at age 80. it is said that Sir John could s|>cak 200 languages' Twice a member of Parliament, awarded the de- In ih« cross ot Christ I glory. Towering o'er the wrecks of time, Alt the light of socrcd story Gothers round its hood sublime. When the woes of life o'ertoke me, Hopes deceive, ond feors onnoy. Never shod the cross for soke me Lo! it glows with peoce ond |0y. gree of LL D, knighted by the queen and governor of Hong Kong, Sir John wrote 36 books on subjects ranging from politics to religion. But all his writ ings have been forgotten, save only a small collec tion of hymns The best of these, one based ota Galatians 6 14, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” might too have been forgotten had not a disgusted organ ist in Connecticut left church one rainy Sunday in 1849 Remorseful for deserting his preacher. Organist Conkey ipondered the Rev Hiscox's series of ser mons on "The Words On the Cross." He recalled Sir John Bowring's hymn. “In the Cross of Christ I Glory” The music was not very good and the choir had never sung the number with much en thusiasm In fact, for want of better music, the hymn was on the way out But the words fitted perfectly with the Rev Hiscox s sermons So. while the rains came down that Sunday afternoon in 1849, Ithamar Conkey wrote a new tune for the hymn Sir John Bowring had written in 1825 He named the tune "Rathbun.” in honor of the lone choir member who had showed up that morning During the week he taught the tune to the choir and the following Sunday the Rev Hiscox preached to more people and fewer spirits. When the sun ot Dhss is booming Ltght ond love upon my woy, From the cross the rodionce streommg Adds more luster to the doy Bone ond blessing, pom ond pieosure. By the cross ore sonctihed. Peoce is there thot knows no meosure, ' Joys thot thro' oil time obide Integration Impossible' Now—Virginia Richmond, V«., April 9—Vir ginia told the U. S. Supreme Court today it considers integra tion in its public schools “im possible at this time,” arguing; that Negroes have a lower level of educational attainment and a higher ratio of infectious diseas es than whites. It cited statistics to prove both contentions, and pleaded that the psychology of the whites, as well as the psychology of the Negroes, “must be taken fully into ac count in the final decree” on the segregation issue. The commonwealth, and coun sel for the Prince Edward county school authorities filed a joint supplemental brief with the court on the nature of final de crees the court must enter to car ry out its ruling of last May that segregation in the schools is un. constitutional. Archibald €k Rob ertson, an attorney for the coun ty school officials gave the press a copy of the brief today after it was mailed yesterday to the Su preme Court. WALNUT FLAVOR To bring out the full flavor of walnuts—spread about 4 cups of nuts in a shallow pan, dot with 1-2 cup butter and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes and serve. IF TOO DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE TOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE 7e TO THE VOICE OF NATURE! If it were not for pain, our bodies could be destroy ed without our knowledge. Pain is a friendly warning that something is wrong. ' If in disease you silence this warning by deadening the pain, you have not corrected the cause, but you have taken away nature’s danger signal. Chiropractic Is a Science - - ■» Not Of Deadening Pain But Of Correcting the Cause That Produces the Pain Hart Chiropractic CUni 205 Chorch St — LAURENS, S. C. TeL 22561 Let's Talk Dollars and Sense about Yo ^ r Homo Loan ■V. When you have selected the hotne you went to buy or build, and have the necessary down pay us for a truly sensible plan for financ ing the balance you owe. 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Scurry grocery, Cron Hill-Chappeks high way, 2-3 p. m. April 12—John T. Young’s store, Clinton, Greenwood highway, 1- <1:30 p. m.; Wilkie’s grocery, Olin- ton-Greenwood highway, 1-36-2 p. m.; Mountville, Watts Bros, gro cery, near school, 2-3 p. m. April 14—Renno, Earl Cogiburn’s grocery, 1-2 p. m.; Bonds Cross Roads, Nabors grocery, 2-3 p. m., Youngs Cross Roads, Gtostley’s grocery, 3-3:30 p. m. April .16—Joanna, Fire Dept., 10:30 a. m.-l p. m.; Veterinarian’s office, CMnton, 2-4 p. m. April 16—Hopewell community, B. H. Boyd’s farm, 1-2 p. m.; Mil- ton Simpson’s grocery, 2-3 p. m. April 20—Sandy Springs, Ful mer’s grocery, 1-1:30 p. m.; Long Branch grocery, Clinton-Ora high way, 1:30-2 p. m.; Benjamin’s gro cery, Chnton-Ora highway, 2- 2:30 p. m.; Sharpton’s grocery, near Lowman’s lumber mill, 2.30-3 p. m. April 23 — Clinton mild, ball park (morning clinic) 9-10 a. m.; Bell street, Clinton, Little Bit’s grocery (morning) 10-11 a. m. Lydia Mill, swimming pool (morning clinic) 11 a. .-noon. Veterinarian’s office, Clinton, 2- 4 p. m. Greenwood, Laurens FFA Judging Held —— Ford high school of Laurens and Gray Court-Owings high school were leaders in the Laurens- Green wood Federation Future Fanners of America animal judg ing contest last Thursday. In the dairy cattle division Ford high took first place and Clinton high was second in team competi tion. Individual high scorer was Jimmy Harlan of Ford high. Judging meat animals and poul try, the Gray Court-Owmgs team wen first place, with Greenwood coming in second. Bobby Poole, of Gray Court-Owings, was indi vidual high scorer. Wanning teams in each division will enter the district contest to be held in Anderson later in the spring. All FFA chapters in Greenwood and Laurens counties took part in this event. Participating schools were Clinton, Ford high of Laur ens, Gray Court-Owings, Green wood, Hickory Tavern and Laur ens. 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