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mmm- mmmmm ■■■■ -PM — ' ■ ft#' '■/ —: —- FAGB FOUB. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA . THURSDAY, DECEMBER SI, 1331 I t & tm NATIONAL ECONOMIC PLAN By ROME G STEPHENSON Bm»kert tr Prrsidtnt A meric an A iiociatien w hear much 'lE future economic planning to nave the nation from repetition of deprenalon and promote more stable buai- C STEPHENSON ness activity. I know no better plan to suggest to Insure future bet ter times than that every, wage earner, every family and every business through out the country lay down as soon as they are able a program of proper savings as the foundation of their financial policy. I know of no better plan than this to build for the nation as a whole a stronger economic situation,—that la. through a common structure of In- *1>virtual working, earning and saving. And I know of no better plan to re vive activity In a depression than to spend a proper volume of past savings to keep the momentum of business go ing. But unlr»» there are tavingt t* prosperity there eannot be spending during depression. Those who practiced this plan dur ing the past period of prosperity have a, security and a protectlda against present adversity that ; could be pro vided In no other way. Those who did not are the ones who are now most dependent upon others. If there had been more preaching of this doctrine when it was more feasible to put it Into effect than it is now, there would be less depression a«id less financial Insecurity today. However, white there should have been more emphasis on savings dur ing proaperlty, a measure of the em phasis today might properly he the other way,—at least to the extent that those who can safely do so may well Increase their spending Instead of overdoing their saving. While many have seen their earnings fall, there are millions who have not suffered top seriously In respect to the real purchasing power of thMr Incomes. If we listened to all the scare stories 6f the day, one might get the Impres- sioa that everybody was out of a Job and nobody's business was earning anything. Many of our people who are able to continue a normal program of prudent buying are curtailing their expenditures beyond reason. Our feelings cf sympathy and com passion have lately been stirred by a detailed recital of conditions of suf« feting and distress right in our midst that we had hardly thought possible. But in order that feelings of sympathy should lead to purpose ful action they need to be based upon something stronger than natural compassionate instincts, which may be erratic and changeable according as our immediate circumstances chance to affect us. Nothing less than the unchanging Word of God can direct u s truly. , A large part of the Christian world is possessed by the idea that Jesus came to offer us an easy religion, an easy way to Heaven. Did He not in vite us to take His yoke upon u 8 and learn of Him, saying, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”? He did! ,But a close view of our Lord’s life as set forth in the Gospels will reveal that never by precept br ex ample did Jesus teach that His yoke was easy o r Hitf burden light to the flesh save only a* His Spirit so con trolled His faithful servants that they forgot about the desires of the flesh and could say with John Wesley, “All is good that lies in the way of glory.” It i s this search fo r an easy religion that is the matter with the Christian world to-day, the reason fo r the financial troubles as well as others. God did not bring it upon us. We broke and are breaking His laws and therefore brought them on our selves. God can’t accept any such sorry service as we have been offering Him—a remnant of ou r time and thought and material possessions. What does He require? Obedience to that first great Commandment, which includes them all: “Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength— and—“Thou shall love thy neighbor a a thyself.” The last proves that He seeks not just a sentimental, emo tional profession but a love that evidences itself in genuine, constant self-sacrifice. At the present time this love fo r God and our neighbor is to partly manifest itself in our offer- A BusiawM Stimulus Tb» sum total of this unreasonable •curUdlmeDt of spending Is an eco nomic influence contributing to the stagnation of trade. By the opposite token, I believe the resumption of normal spending on the part of those who are able to do so would be an Important tonic toward the stimula tion of trade. 1 do not mean by this fAat u>e should have Indiscriminate rvpendlng merely for the sake of spend ing, but the very motive power of our ecttnomlc life is the interchange of goods, and unless we have that we oajmot have prosperity I strongly believe that we are at r.kat point In the depression stage of the business cycle that any souad cumulating Influence will start a real anovement in the direction of a return toward prosperity So much of the weakness of the old state of affairs haa been liquidated, so many malad- jfcstmpnts corrected and such large wolames of cur consumers' goods have used up or worn out that the pressure of necessitous purchases must sooner or later be felt. When £hat time de^nitely romes we may consider It the first Impulse of a new <era of normal business. ing relief % to the suffering aryl needy around us. When Government Aids Agriculture Demand for relief, agr.cultural or oth‘ (prwise, oomos naturally from those who /eel most keenly the impact of eco nomic pressure. Those most affected fly quickly to government for aid. But too frequently agencies set in operation by governments simply postpone inevi table readjustments. The basic laws of supply and demand have never been permanently and successfully set aside. So in general governmental in- j.ervention that artificially stimulates prices or even maintains them when prevailing economic situation ob viously shows that readjtistments are Inevitable are expedients that yieid only temporary relief rather than ,r*rmanent cure. Porous Rasters may ir»Aieve pain for the moment but they rraiely get at the seat of the real' trou- H. L. Russell. When army worms threatened the crops of Marshall County, Tennessee, With this thought uppermost, let us read a fqw passages in God’ 8 law concerning cur dealings with those poorer than ourselves, fp r few of us have but a small amount of worldly goods. Beginning with the law of Mose„ we read in Lev. 25:35—“And if thy brcthe r be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with the^; then thou shalt relieve him; yea tho’ he be a ■ stranger or a sojourner.” Again in Deut. 15:11, we find these words— ! “For the poo r shall never cea Se out of the land; therefore I command thee saying, Th^u shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor ( and to thy needy in the land.” In I Isa. 5g, we find the prophet pictur ing the house of Jacob as crying un- , to God:—"Wherefore have we fasted and Thou see«t not ? Wherefore have | we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?” And God’ 8 answer i in part is—“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? 1^ it not to deal thy bread unto tj>e hungry and that thou bring poor that are cast out to thy house and when thou seest the naked that thou cove r him?” Job, of whom God says “Hast thou considered my servant Job—a perfect and an upright man in justifying himself before his friends, declares “I was a father co the poor.” Again, let us call to mind the pre/ious promise in Pka. 41:1— Blessed ; s he that considereth the poor; the Lord will delive r Turn in time of trouble. “ * These are a few passages from the Old Testament. What about the perfect revelation < f God in Christ Jesus ? We have already mentioned, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor a 8 thy self,” in connection with which the question was asked, “And who is my neighbor?” and you will, remember ou r Lord’s answer was the parable of the Good Samaritan, ending, “Go and do thou likewise.” Recall His words in Luke 12:33, 34—“Sell that ye have and give alms, provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that failejth not, >yhere no thief approacheth, neither moth cor- rupteth.” The mockery of empty pro fession is set forth: in James 2:15-17— “If a brother cr sister be naked and destitute of daily food and one of you say unto them, / “Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstand ing ye give them not those IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL 'chooi. uesson (Br BEV. p. B: rtTZWATER. D. D.. Mam- bar of Faculty. Uoady Blbla Inatituta at Chlcaso.) (A). 1111. Waatara Nawapapar Union.) Lesson for January 3 THE SON OF GOO BECOMES MAN LESSON TEXT—John OOLDEN TEXT—Jeaua aalth unto Ion* you, anJ yet hast thou not known ma, Philip? - Ha that hath aefen me hath scan tha Father; anil how aayest thou then, Shew ua tha Father? PRIMARY TOPIC—Joaus Cornea to Llva on Earth. JUNIOR TOPIC—Jeaua Comaa to Llva on Earth. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Seeing God In Jeaua. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Fact and Meaning ot the In carnation. things The lessons for this quarter are • 'taken from the Gospel of John, giv ing an opportunity for the presenta tion of this great message from God. In order intelligently to present the lessons of the quarter, the teacher must get hold of John’s central pur pose and bend every lesson thereto. Happily the writer has plainly de clared his purpose—John IZOtSO, 31. It Is two.fgld: * 1. To prove that Jesus Is-the Christ, the Son, of God. 2. To show that eternal life Is to be obtained through faith in him. With This twofold objective, John proceeds lawyer-llke to lay down his propositions and to Introduce his wit nesses one by one In their establish ment The section for today’s-lesson is cominonly called "The Prologue.l- I. The Pre-existent Word (▼▼. 1-4). The eternal Son Is called the Word of God because he Is the expression of God to man. He is the one who ut ters to men the Father’s will. God has In these days spoken to ns by his Son (Heb. 1:1, 2). Observe: 1. The son Is a person separate and distinct from the Father (v. 1). There is at the same time an inseparable union existing between them. 2. The Son Is eternal (v. 2). He was with God in the beginning. He did not begin to exist when the heavens and the earth were created, neither did he become the Son at his baptism, for he was before all things (Col. 1:17). 3. The Son Is divine (▼. 1). “The Word was God.” He Is a being equal with God and one in essence with him. 4. The Word of God Is the omni potent Creator (▼. 3). By him were all things made, the world and all things therein. This refutes the gross error which postulates the eternity of matter. 5. The Word is the source of all life (v. 4). a The Word of God is the light of men (▼. 4). Man’s power to reason hjft come from Jesus Christ. The very faculties which the skeptic uses in his attempt to destroy Christ's work in the world have been derived from Christ. The conscience has its source in him. II. The World’s Attitude Toward the Word of God (vv. 5-13). 1. Men are insensible to the pres ence of the true light (vv. 5-10). So dense is the ignorance of mankind that the presence of the very Lord of Glory Is unrecognized. Being thus unrecognized, God. in his grace, sent John the Baptist as a witness that all men might believe (vv. 0, 7). "Man’s Ignorance can only be accounted for by the malicious blinding of his mind by the Devil (II Cor. 4:4). 2. The desperate wickedness of man’s heart (v. 11). The Word was rejected by the chosen nation, They_ would not receive the ona^whom God had anointed to be their King. With the self-revealing light, the earnest testlpiony of John the Baptist, and the glorious privilege of becoming the sons of God, the rejection of Christ most certainly reveals the awful per versity of the human heart in its natural state. "To be carnally minded is death” (Rom. 8:6). 3. Some received Christ and thus becaqie sons of God (vv. 12, 13). In this section we are shown how men become children of God. It is not by blood relation with the covenant peo ple, "of blood” (grace is not inherit ed) ; not by the efforts of our natural hearts, "the will of the flesh”; nor by the acts and deeds of others—“the will of.man; but of God." - III. The Eternal Word Became in carnate, "Made Flesh” (vv. 14-18). In these words we are taught that the enternal Word became the incar nate Son. The eternal Son of God be came man, born of a woman. The - eternal Son did not become a Jew, but "flesh.” He designated himself "the Son of Man.” He became really hu man. The eternal personality did not cense or become modified in any way when he entered upon human relation. The human ami divine natures were united in one person. This Incarnate Son of God tabernacled among us. > Until Further Notice Our Prices ~ Will be as Follows: 'pfir § Men’s Suits, Dry Cleaned and Pressed. - ■ . - - ; Men’s Overcoats, Dry Cleaned and Pressed 50c to 75c Men’s Suits Pressed - ------ 35c Men’s Hats Cleaned and Re-shaped - - 50c • • i. — ^ — ; . • J - . ' • . X - l . . . ...... , lac Neck Ties from 50c Up Ladies’ Dresses - - - - - ' ' ■ . , ■ r | Ladies’ Coat Suits - - - - Ladies’ Felt Hats - - - - - - - Above Prices effective in our entire territory. » s % , • • Special Low Prices on All Other Work. from 50c Up - 25c c We Clean anything except Characters and Repair anything except Broken Hearts. _ • . “WE START WHERE OTHERS STOP.’ rr Bolen Dry Cleaning Co. Tho*. K. Bolen, Propr. BARNWELL SC S ’ B ' F ° X ’ P><U>> Mgr ’ SAVE MONEY! ON A Job Extra Special Combination Offer 500 Letter Heads jr 500 Envelopes . . 500 Bill Heads . All For f T T T T 1 • t f ? T f T T T f Y t T f Y T T ❖ A o / * This offer is for a limited tifne only and may be withdrawn without notice. Send your orders to we remem be r the end “and it fell." Lastly, quoting from “The Pente costal Herald,” Jesus t< us tely •culture, and bankers fmmedt :-steps to organise a war against the •common enemy, calling mass meetings ’ !ta their communltiee where complete *acta and helpful recommendations for itlon could be pnt before the num^f Of people possible. This timely action saved the deatruc- of. many fields qf crops. ' •. • * hath not works, is dead." An apt commentary on Jesus’ wordsy^“Apd every one that heareth these saying bf rnihe an d doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which-built his house upon the sand," and after <J <- the storm-of life had beaten upon it Contributed. basig-of our treatment of others He' goes so far as to say that when we are visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and ad ministering to the imprisoned, we are doing these things to and for Him.— ■-J Barnwell, So. MS* X * ' a : a _ ’»>.. rv '