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j from Vlchj said I dUpat^ JE^Sor“»uiver.W •«tJn^. feoSTclal" wheu» bomb to "*'** ^xplodod. ■ '■■■" IDcxi) Hopr-v l9+'t WE WISH • ALL OF OUR FRIENDS VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR " Camden Lumber. Company ' Th« foturo? Your gut— | is OB good 08 ours—buL U our wishes count iof anything, there is a lot oi health and happiness in store for you in 1944. * AHen’s Shoe Shop CUl Oa IMPROVED UNIFORM- INTERNATIONAL ’UNDAYl :hqol Lesson ^ Si luhdquist. d. d, 1 **y?*^™®*“* >"»OtuU of Chicaeo^ RcleaMd by WttLern Newspaper Union. Lesson for January 2 IjPMon subjects and Scripture texts ae- *5^.1 •iV* '®Py*’**htfd by IntemaUonal ^n^sslM R*^**°“* Education; used by 1E8VS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY LESSON TEXT—Mark 1:9 22. C<M;,DEN TEXT—Repent ye, and believe the gospel.—Mark 1:15. A new year of opportunity is be fore us. What will it hold for us and for the world? We do not know, but God does, and trusting Him we move forward. One thing we muSt have this next year is mor^ Bible study. We need to know what God’s Word has to say to us day by day. In our Sunday schools we begin toddy a three month series on tho Gospel of Mark, which presents Christ as the Servant of God. It is the Gospel of mighty acts. In our lesson we see Jesus— L I^terinf Upon His Btinistry. (w. 9-13). ^ The baptism and temptation of Jesus were not just a preparation for His work, but were rather His actual entry upon His mission. The baptism of Jesus was not be cause of any sin in Him, for He was sinless. It was of real signiflcance as His entry upon the work for which He had come into the world— that of redemption. He who knew no sin became sin for'us. He here partook of the sinner’s baptism, not because He had sinned, but because He came to be the sinner’s substi tute (see Heb. ITlT). “ _ What infinite love and condescen sion! To it God the Father gave His approved (v. 11), and the Holy Spirit gave' heavenly witness by descend ing upon Him. The one who was to be the con stant opponent of Christ and His fol lowers was reckoned with at the very beginning of His ministry as He was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of Satan. Around Him were ^e wild beasts, before Him was Satan, and in it all "the angels ministered unto him." The devil has only three real temptations to present, "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and th* pridg of life" (1 Joto 2;lfl). He ANNOUNCEMENTS Our Laay of Perpetual Help (Catholic) Sunday mass at IQ a. m. Week-day mass at 8 a. m., Holy Days of Obligation and First Fridays at 7 a. m. RenFdictloB at Bp m ' Rev. J. El Burke, Priest In Ch^ge.— j First Baptist Church J. Barnwell Gaston, Pastor Matthew M. Rabon, Associate Pasto? -Sunday school at 10 a. m. Church worship at 11:16 a. m. B. T. U.. at 6:45 p. m. Church W’orship at 8 o'clock. dMlflng to unite with this church. From four until <:S0 in the afternoon our nfwly furnished Receration room for all service men and their wives will be open to visitors. Everyone is cordially Invited to these services. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7: SO p. jn. ^**^^^*^* First District Group meeting Wednes- Sumter, at 10:30 a. m. PAOE NINl ^urch, Wateree Baptist Church Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Preaching services at 11:30 a. m. Evening services at 7:16 p. m. Prayer services Wednesday evening at 7:16 p. m. All are corJtally invited to worship with US. Lyttleton Street Methodist Church Henry F. Collins, Pastor Church school at 10 a. m. Classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11:16 a. m. Worship service for youth, 7pm Holy communion every first Sunday at 11:16 a. m. The nursery department remains open during the morning hour for small children. Grace Epiacapal Church Maurice Clarke, D.D., .Rector will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 -a. m.; church school at 9:45 a m.; holy communion and thought for the year 1944 by the rector at 11'16. The chorus will sing the beautiful Boch chorale,- "Ye Son, Jesus, Thou Art Mine." Springdala Baptist Church—Lugoff Rev. John Dabney, Pastor Sunday school at 3 p. m. Church roll call at 4 p. m., followed by preaching., aerrice.' Hermitage Baptist Churen B. A. Davia, Pastor Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching service at 8 p. m. Prayer service Wednesday, 8 p. The public la cordially invit^ attend these aervlcea. m to Bathany Baptist Church WestvUle, 8. C. Clyde A. Quinn, Pastor Sunday school at 11 o’clock. Preaching at 13 o’clock. Blanty Baptist Church Sunday School at 10 A. M. Preaching Service at 11 A. M. (the first and third Sunday of each month) B. T. U., 8 P. ~Prayer Meeting Wednesday, t P.-3 Malvern Hill Baptist Church Matthew M. Rabon, Pastor Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Church worship at 11:30 a. m. B. T. y. at 7 p. m. Prayer service Thursday at 8 p. m Betheada Presbyterian Church Sunday, Jan. 2, A. Douglas Mc- Arn, pastor: Church school with Bible class for every age at 10 a. m. The nursery class continues through the morning service. The Lord's Sup per will be'observed at the 11:16 serv. ke at which Miss Vivian IJnrush will sing "And He Shall Feed His Flock." The annual Joy Gift offering should be made at this communion service.. The session^^ will meet at 11 o'clock Sunday morning to receive persons ^ The sucoMi w« ’ ^ 1943 is not mcsgly dit of diancc. It fa dM J^®****"*** tewani o£ ^ re*s of effost Ml f*»pttttogivetiwmoM ,• fulity and senrica lor TW poBq- ■**» good in 1944, • ^r*«^waliopa,wni *ower J. CREED uses the same three types of temp tation with us, varying the "dress” in which he presents them. Let us be on guard. Victory came through the use of God’s Word. We need to learn that less(H>>and not attempt to defeat Sp- tan with any man-made weapons of will power, logic, or culture. II. Working As Preacher and Tercher (w. 14, 15, 21, 22). The Gospel of Mark is the book of Christ’s miraculous works. It is therefore significant that His first recorded work was that of preach ing, His second that of calling and preparing fellow workers, and last of all the miraculous healing of the demoniac (w. 23-28). From a human viewpoint one would think that the opposite order would prevail. First let the Master do some mighty miracle to catch the attention of the people, then organ ize a great "party," ' and then preach. Much effort in our day fol lows that human formula and fails of lasting results. The man who magnifies preaching and gives the Word of G<xl pre-eminence will see real spiritual accomplishments. Notice also that when Jesus be gan His ministry in Capernaum (v. 21)*) it Was by teaching, essentially the same as oreachinu. Thprp i« no substitute for the personal pres entation of the gospel. Jesus preached faith and repent ance, or perhaps one should say re pentance and faith (v. 15). They went together in our Lord’s preach ing. Let us follow His exsmnple. The preacher of dur day, truly called of the Lord and faithfully proclaiming the full counsel of God, may well be encouraged by the Im portance our Lord gave to that min istry. He too iLay speak with au- -thority—because—He speaks for Christ m. Calling His Helpers (w. 18- 20). The orderly development of any work calls * for the choosing and training of associates. Moody is said to have observed that "it is a greater thing to put ten men to work than it is to do ten men’s work." CXir Lord was no mere human leader, but He desired and used fel low workers and He committed to them the carrying on of His work after He departed. God still calls men into His serv ice. Would that grace might be given to each one to whom such a call may come to respond "straight way," as did the disciples. The nature of our Lord’s call to these men is worthy of our atten tion. He wanted them not as execu tives, or leaders of an organization, or as His personal attendants. They probably served in all these capaci ties and others. But their main business was to be personal soul winning. Let us not forget that such is God’s calling to each of us who are Christians. We may have other du ties to perform, other work to do, but this thmg we BMM^do-^-we must be "fishers of menT* Providence Baptiet Church Matthew M. Rabon, PMtor Sunday ecbool at 8 p. m. Church worship lat and 8rd Snn days at 4 p. m. B. T. U. at 7:16 p. m. Sandy Qrova Methodist Chureh Rev. K. W. Bedenbaugh. Pastor Preaching aervlcea every first Sun day at 12 o’clock.. Preaching eervioe every third Sunday aftMuoon at tour o’clock. Sunday school at 11 o’clock kvary Sunday. Flint Hill Baptiet Chureh Clyde A. Quinn, Pastor Services each 2nd and 4th Sunday afternoons at 4 o’clock. Mt Zion Baptist Chureh Matthew M. Rabon, Pastor Services 2nd and 4th Bkndays at P. m. Bible class at 11 A m. Church services at 12 nooA Bible Study at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Homer Wilson, Putor Dtrion Baptist Chureh Blaney kfifi TMy Drops Holp Prevent Many Colds Worics MBlit WiMre Most CoMs Start! Beware of colds I At the first warning sign of a cold—first or sneeze—put a few drops of Va-tro-nol up each nostril. This spedalized medication is desired to aid natural mnMWM (defenses against colds and so nelp prevent many wlvlM9 cd^ from developing if used in time. m VB A.M AI. Try it I Follow directions in package. WA*! Kw Iwwfc Trinity Methodist Chureh Rev. W. R. Gregg, paator, announcha the following services: Church school at 10 a. m. with J. 8. Myers, Supt. Morning worship at 11:30 a. m., ser mon theme, "The Backward and For ward Look." livening worship at 7:30 p. m. A program by the youth. Meeting of Circle No, 1 of the W. S. C. S. Monday at 5:30 p. m. Official board meeting Monday at 7:30 p. m. 'Of.' V’ # it The first Union Fkig of 13 stripes j was unfurled by George Wash ington on New Year's Day, 1776. This is another good reason for rejoicing at this time, for Old Glory is a symbol of freedom wherever it waves. So, Happiest New Year to you, and God bless you, one and alll ☆ LANGSTON MOTOR CO. J hum of those lAersfors high hi ’ 1gi^ fa B portent of progress e of the reslity that, speed Ae day! lies beyond the turn of the roed. Pirepdom fa on the nieroh! Thst you msy psrtioipete in sU of ^ good things lh^iW4 msy^^ *• our iiooere New Vesr^s wfah for ★ HflPPItST flflD.rf ^ Another year, anoiber page... time to renew old friendships and • * a that resolution which we mdee'each year—to serve our customers still better than the year before .... 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