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Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 10, 1957 Hymn ?s Bnrn, “S by CLINT i BONNES n -v . . . J \ \ ^ « ^ ^ Jesus, Thy Blood And Righteousness A German count sees the world dorregglo. Renl, Tltlin, Souoma.'Tmtoretta—ar tists who have pictured Christ on the cross, could never have dreamed of the far-reaching Influence of their paintings . . . The famv of Count Nicolaus Ludwig Non Ztn- itndorf was one of the wealthiest in Saxony. So. when the young nobleman wound up his law studies at the University of Wittenberg, he set out to see the world in luxury. He got only as far as an art gallery in Dusseldorf Pondering a painting of Christ with His bowed head crowned with thorns and the Inscription "This have I done for thee. What host thou done for Me‘ v ’ the Count went back to his estate at. Rerthelsdorf with a heavy heart Ineidentallv, It was the same painting that Inspired England s Frances Ridley Haverga! to write "! Gave My Life For Thee." As Councillor to the Elector of Saxony. Zlnzen dorf was miserable At 22. on his wedding day. he'" and his bride put aside their rank of nobility to follow the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene Shortly afterward a religious outcast named Christian Da vid. wandered Into Beiihelsdorf David was one of the few Moravian Brethren to survive three cen turies of persecution since the martyred John Hus founded,the sect during the early 1400s. Zinzendorf took David in He rounded up all the other brethren he could find and. In 10 years, 000 Moravians were living on his estate. * Banished for his religious activities, the Count organized the’Moravians into missionary groups apd gent them to the far corners of the earth—and be Je- us. Thy blood ond righteousness * •V.v beauty ore, my glorious dress; 'M'dst flaming worlds, in these arrowed, .. Vuth-py. sholl l-lift up my tieod. = Bold shdi stand in Thy greet day, for who o.M>ht to my charge shod lay? Fu'ly absolved through these I am, From. j:n ond fear, from .’guilt end »hcme. When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in th| skies, went with them The Baptist* aay their William Ca rey was a pioneer missionary. He was. But the Mo ravians had 165 missions scattered around the world before Carey put down his cobblers’ last to taka, up his Bible. The Methodists say John and Charlea Wesley founded that demonlnatlon. They did. But Charlea Wesley never wrote the first of his 6500 hymns until he was "converted” at a Moravian mis sion in London. Nor did John Wesley begin hi* movement In earnest until, as he put It, “I felt my heart strangely warmed” at a Moravian mission on Aldersgate Street ‘Greenland. Holland. India, America. The Indies— disease, poverty, loneliness, persecution; nothing stopped the Moravians from carrying on the work of the crucified Christ whose picture their leader had seen In a gallery at Dusseldorf. On Dec. 21, 1741. Zinzendorf founded a mission and preached to the Indians In Pennsylvania As Christmas was only four days off, he named the colony "Bethle hem.” ft's a great steel center today and the Mo- zavian capital of the United States. The artist just couldn't have known all that when he mixed his palette And the Count saw the world. But not In luxury. W r hen he died, back In his na tive Saxony, at age 60. he didn’t have money enough to pay for his grave But he loved every minute of the life fie lived. Of his 2000 hymns, here Is one be wrote In 1739 on board ship en route to establish a mission In the West Indies It was one of the first German hymns John Wesley translated Into Eng lish * Even then thisUholl be oil my pleo, Jesus both |lived, both died, for me. Jesus, be endless proise to Tbee, Whose boundless mercy both for For me—o full oronement mode. An everlostmg ransom paid ; Edwards Named To Head Telephone Operations In State W. G Edwards, of Columbia, has been named to head Southern Bell Telephone Company's ope rations in South Carolina, suc ceeding John M. Wasson, who has been appointed vice-president Robert M. Stribling, Sr, Dies At Cross Anchor W. G. EDWARDS O let th# deod now heor Thy voice; Now bid Thy banished ones rejoice; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, Thy blc>9d ond righteousness- George Blalock, Jr. Student of Month • ■ George Blalock, Jr . a senior at j Clinton high school, was chosen as student of the month. An article from The Sentinel. I -indent publication, says: George is friendly, consider ate. and cooperative. is an j honest and trustworthy person. ) and by being so. he was chosen j to be business manager of this year's Clintonian. 'Last year honest George' was chosen treasurer of the entire -eleventh gradv ; ’ ‘ u w :i> «i mein ber of the Science club. In thi . IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRO&ICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 junior play. George stole show with bis interpretation of j a typical college ' professor. He- was also one of the hardest work er-getting money for The Junior- ! Senior. 'George, while teaching peopte to water ski. has the ’patience-of Job’, and- can teach anyone in-! terested how to tango George is a loyal member fo i the First Presbyterian church and is a key member of the Sen- 1 ior Fellowship division. "Hoping now to follow in the footsteps of his father, George plants to attend Davidson col- i lege after graduation from CHS and then further hr- pre-medical j lv ■e'My'A here. ■jrtj sonality, ability .and- willingness to work, there is no doubt of George’s success in his chosen ca reer. "George is the son of Dr and Mrs "George R Blalock of Clin ton” LAURENS COUNTY Tax Books Now Open The tax books of Laurens County are open for pay ment of the following taxes: Laurens No. 55 Laurens No. 56 Greenville No. 520 County Wide 1 1 if ® £ ■ c § u ® mm +* §5 ? « 4 3 O -o C0 in as ce r. S3 Q a u 2 H . 18 25 49 18 22 4 3 46 18 42 Vi 53*/ 2 . 18 35 60 (County-wide includes: Ordinary county, 9 mills; bonds, 8 mills; hospital, 1 mill—Total, 18 mills). (Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water Dist. levy 13 mills). Every male between the ages of 21 and 60 years, who is not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00 poll tax. Tax books opened October 1, 1956 and remain open without penalty through December 31, 1956. Taxes will be collected through April 15, 1957, with penalty added, and will go into execution April 15, 1957. The following penalties wdll be collected: January, 1 per cent: February, 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent; and from April 1 to April 15, 7 per cent. SAM M. LEAMAN County Treasurer Sandy Springs Club Sponsor Chicken Stew The Sandy Springs Community club is sponsoring a chicken stew Friday evening January 11, at the Community building. The build ing is located about seven miles from Clinton on the Clinton-Ora highway. * Supper wjjl be served begin ning at 6:30. The public is in vited to attend and proceeds will be used to improve the Com munity building. Dominick Infant • Funeral Monday Graveside services for CynthTa Ann Dominick, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Dom inick. of Mauldin, were conducted Monday at 11:00 a. m. at Rose- rhont cemetery -by the Rev. M. A. Martin. Surviving besides hdr parents are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J T. Dominick, of Joanna, and Mr and Mrs L. E. Moore, ot Madison. :;nrt prr,errr! "manager—in ' Nortfc Carolina. The change- are ef fective immediately. Widely known throughout the .-'.ate. the new South Carolina general manager is' a native of Bate, burg and a graduate University of South Carolina, he joined Southern Bell in 1926 at Spartanburg. In 1930 he moved U Charleston'as office manager and in 1931 transferred to -Co- lumbia in the same capacity! ilr. 1 Edwards was named divis- Cross Anchro' — Robert M. Stribling, Sr., 38, was found dead in a building near his home Wednesday. January 2. Spartan burg county Coroner George L. Adams ruled that death was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head. According to Coroner Adams, Mr. Stribling was found by his mother, Mrs. J. B. Stribling, Sr., who lived next door. Mr. Strib- ling-'s sister heard the shot and went for her mother, who entered the building. The coroner said a single barrel shotgun was the death weapon. Mr. Stribling had been in declining health for sev eral month.* He was a native of Spartanburg county, where he spent most of his life. He was a son of James B. and Annie Parham Stribling. He was a member of New Hope Baptist church and a veteran ot Wdrld War II where be served as a sergeant in the China-Burma- India theater. He, is survived by his parents; his wife, Mrs. Kathryn Johnson Stribling, of Cross Anchor; three sons, Robert M. Stribling, Jr, Stanley Stribling and Lynn Strib ling, all of the home; five sisters,) Mrs. Claude Calnnon, of Clinton,, , Mrs. Luthef' Willard, ot Cross An- | chor; Mrs. Verjl Brice, of Cross 'Anchors Mrs, A. I>. Smith, ol Pauline; and Mrs. Holmes Hol- ) land, of Clinton; three brothers, William Stribling and Eddie Stribling. both of Cross Anchor and J. B. Stribling. Jr., of Bre- I yard, N. C. , ’j Funeral services were conduct of the j (.fj a t New Hope church by J. C Glenn, Rev. M. D. Lee and^* Rev. C. B Prince. Burial was in the Cross Anchor Methodist ehureh cemetery. If re- r ict ^ MRS. STONE ON TRIP Mrs. C- W. Stone, of this* city, accompanied by Mrs. Alma Miflg- 1 _ , , • . ley.'of Bennettsville, left bv train ion commercial supervisor for the L- , . , ■ t I S u n d a y night for Los Carolihas division of the com- | California. From there pany m 1935, serving there until he was appointed Columbia man ager in 1937. Irv 1945 he was elevated to Columbia district manager and in 1953 to South Carolina commercial manager they will sail aboard the S. S. Monterey of the Matson Lines, for a trip to Honolulu, New Zeal and, Australia and the Fiji Is lands. They plan to be away i for about six weeks. BARGAINS & come iaimuory ■ v.vl&aK-. ■ -y *. YES, Yov com get the CASH you need here to pay those Christmas Milt ond have some left over to take advantage . ... of the savings of the January Salat. FAST . . . FRIENDLY LOAN SERVICE Hdelity Loan Co., Inc. 201 West Pitts St. Clinton, S. C. Phone 1690 f Now Available We now have crews available to take care of your Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Repair needs. Call Num ber 4 for prompt and efficient ser vice. MEMBER . NATIONAL ASSOCIATION flUMSINO * CONTRACTOR T. C. Johnson Co. TELfePHONE 4 spectacular purchase! 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