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- f r m • ■■ Thursday, August 23, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SoulK Caroltm Page Number Six STROM FUNERAL DIRECTOR, \ . EXPERIENCED EMBALMER IN CHARGE McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA. . « FURNITURE AND STOVES Night Phone, 55 Day Phone, 76. THINGS WORTH i KNOWING Russia has one motc'r car to 6,- 000 inhabitant".. The oldest typewriters were equip ped with capital letters only. More than half the narcissus .bulbs j produced in the United States last —» . year came from Florida. Sunday Sdux ' Lesson' <By REV. P. B. P1TZWATER, L>.l). t Oea Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) ((c). 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for August 26 * PAUL IN A ROMAN PRISON ffe [The Word of W God By REV. H. OSTROM, D. D. Extension Department, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. TEXTS—Blessed are they that \ear the Word of God, and keep it.—Luke 11:28, These which hear the Word of God, and do it.—Luke 8:21. ✓ \ 01 YOUR HOME AND THEN EACH YEAR YOU’LL “RATE” A REAL VACATION Perhaps that’s a new way of looking al it, but it stands to reason that after your home is paid for that you will be more care-free and have more money to use for the pleasures of life. The matter of monthly rent can be saved and accumulated if you have your own home, which, alone, would be enough for a real vacation each year. START SAVING FOR A HOME Now is the time to start saving so that your dream of a home of your own will come true, with the independence that it will bring. If you will deposit your surplus funds regularly at this home bank, the total will soon grow to surprising pro portions. You wdil find every feature of e-operation and safety at this bank. THE FARMERS BANK McCormick, S. C. lATS-EVEItV OCCASION No matter what meal or what the occassion, you can get something good and something suitable here. Picnic or party dinner it makes no difference yen can depend on this shop. You will not be dis appointed. We have a most pleasing line of cold meats for sandwiches and cold meals. Everything is first class quality, no second rate unpalatable stuff. Delicious steaks and roasts that will form the nucleus for a meal that will be the talk of the guests and family. Your dinner w'ill be a success from the start if you get the meat here. J. PRESS BLACKWELL Augusta Street McCormick, S. C. TOY THE BIG STOEE OSilSBHSSSSSHBCBHHffSfiB WHEB H5 The modern drug store has developed into a store of service and convenience for mest every small need that arises. Drugs and medical articles are erdy a part of the vast stock that every drug store carries. The chances are, too, that it will be of a higher quality and of easier use f if you get it at the drug store. WE HAVE KEPT PACE with this modern conception of the drug store and are here to serve you with every article of merchandise and feature of service that you expect from the drug store of today. You will find that every article in our large stock is the best qual ity obtainable. Make it a habit to try this drug store first when you are in need of some article of general nature. I >”3F PIPKIN’S DRUG STORE We Serve To Serve Again W. S. PIPKIN, Proprietor H3S&5 ’Phone No. 42 McCormick, S. C. Success in raising the bob-white quail in captivity is reported from the Virginia state game farm. ‘ j A magnet more than twice as pow erful as o "dinary tungsten steel magnets can be made from cabalt : steel. LESSON TEXT—Acts 16:16-40. GOLDEN TEXT—Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say. Rejoice. PRIMARY TOPIC—Paul in Jail. JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul in Prison. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—The Source of Paul’s Joy. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Paul As an Evangelist. Tho Diana monkey is named the moon goddess because it has a cres cent-shaped white mark on its fore head. The son of a Zulu chieftain, Albert Makaula White, who was adopted by a British missionary and his wife sixty years ago, has been a success ful farmer in England for the last twenty-five years. I. Paul and Silas in Jail (vv. 16-2G). 1. The occasion (vv. 16-24). As the missionaries went out from day to day to the place of prayer they were accosted by a young woman pos sessed by a spirit of divination. She was owned by a syndicate of men who derived large gains from her soothsay- i R e v.H.Ostrom,D.D ing. - Her utterances as she followed the missionaries became a great annoy ance to Paul, who in the name of Jesus Christ commanded the evil spirit to come out of her. The spirit in this Thomas A. Edison has taken out more than 1 000 patents. The deepest oil well in the United States is 8,000 feet deep and is in California. Most bats Rve entirely cti insects, though one species eats fru't, and the famous vampire of the tropics likes the blood of animala The California valley quail has been successfully introduced into such distant countries as Chile and New Zealand. Woolen horses on French merry- go-rounds have been supplanted by i airplanes, automobiles, tanks and; field guns. An average mile of railway line In the Urfited States last j»sar handled seven passenger trains and seven freight trains each day. Experiments in oyster planting in | North Carolina have been successful, 1 the United States bureau of fisheries! says, and young oysters have had good growth wherever planted. Synthetic oil, made ffom coal, has been placed on the market in Germ any. A Frankfort firm, producing 1,200 tons of synthetic gasoline! monthly, plans 'to manufacture 10,000 tons monthly during 1928. A commercial tramway to carry tourists to the summit of Mt. M(*ad is proposed. In a test of the carrying power of city noises, a train whistle was heard by an airplane a mile and a half up. There is in Port Washington, L. U a five-months-old cat, born with out hind legs, but perfectly normal in every other respect. It uses its tail in the manner o' a kangaroo for balance and locomotion. A CLOSET full of clothing, hals, ami ehoes represents an investment of many hard earned dollars. To huy neW again v. culd probably be a severe hardship. Suppose ihey should burn tonight? This agency of the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. will insure your household goods and personal belongings. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 McCormick maid testitied tiiat these were serv- j ants of the Most High God and that i they proclaimed the way of salvation. ! But Paul, like Jesus (Mark 5:7), would not have Satan’s testimony. The evil spirit immediately obeyed Paul’s com mand. When the demon was cast out, the supernatural power of the maid was gone, therefore the source of rev enue was dried up. This so exasper ated her owners that they brought Paul and Silas before the magistrates on the false charge of the changing of customs. It was not custom but their unlawful gain which was interfere*! with. There is always trouble when the unlawful business in which men are engaged is threatened. 2. Their behavior in jail (v. 25). Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns to God. It seems quite natural that they should pray under such cir cumstances, but to sing hymns is as tonishing to all who have not come into possession of the peace ot G*mI through Christ. E\y>n witft hacks lac erated and smarting, and feet fast in the stocks compelling »he most pain ful attitude, in the dungeon dark ties'* of the inner prison with extreme tin certainty itefore them, their beans went up to God in gratitude. 3. Their deliverance (v. 2G). The Lord wrought deliverance by sending a great earthquake which opened the prison doors and loosed their hands. II. The Conversion of the Jailer (vv. 27-34). The jailer had -Ufinll sympathy for the prisoners, for as soon as they were made secure, he went to sleep. Being suddenly aroused troin slumber by the earthquake he was about to kill him self, whereupon Paul assured him tha» the prisoners were all safe. What he had heard of their preaching and what now he experienced caused him to come as a- humble inquirer after sal vation. He was convicted of sin amt felt the need of the Savior. Paul clearly pointed the way to be saved, saying, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” The word “believe” meaii'- to trust and fully obey. The prool that the jailer was saved is three fold: 1. Transformation from brutality to tenderness (v. 33). He who a little while ago could with impunity lay on the cruel lashes is now disposed to wash their wounds. 2. Confession of Christ in baptism (v. 33). Those who have really been con victed of sin and have experienced the saving grace of God delight to con- j less their faith in Him under all cir j cumstances. 3. He set meat before th6m (v. 34) j 4. His whole household baptize*! ! (v. 33). When a man's family is willing to follow him, you may be sure that his conversion is genuine. * III. The Magistrates Humbled (vv. 35-40). 1. Orders to release the prisoners (vv. 35, 3G.). The earthquake brought fear upon the magistrates and thus moved them to give leave for the prisoners to go 2. Paul’s refusal to go (v. 37). The ground of his refusal was that their rights as Roman citizens had been violated. They demanded public vindication. 3. Brought out of prison by the olli cers (vv. 38, 39). Because they were Roman citizens they were released, the magistrate* fearing what they had done. 4. Returned to the house of Lydia (v. 40). Upon lh£ir public vindication the* left the prison and entered the hous< of Lydia, and after ministering com fort to the brethren, they departed- God Will Aid It is my habitual practice about lit tle things to bring them before Go*l I never attempt to carry any burdens myself. I roll them on God, and speak to God about them.—Georg* Muller. Safety Be thou like the bird perched upon pome frail thing, although he feels the branch bendiftg beneath him, yet loud ly sings, knowing full well that he has wfngs.—Gnsparin. The Word of God! Has custom drained for us this phrase until it no longer thrills and arouses us? These two instances In which Jesus so forcefully c o ra- mends the Word of God are both brought to view by statements made to Him concern ing Mary, His mother. In the first of these a woman in the throng cries out to exalt the woman who is the mother of such a one, pro nouncing her blessed. He answers the woman’s comment: “Yea rather blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it.” In the other instance it is reported that His moth er and His brethren are seeking Him. To this He replies that His mother and brethren are “these which hear the Word of God, and do it.” Surely, there is here the exalting of the Word of God above the human instrument by which the Son of God became incarnate. Is it not as if He had said that the fact of His having come by Mary is not of outstanding moment, like the fact that men hear the Word of God. and keep it, and do it? Anci, is He not also making it clear that the basis upon which men come into close relationship with Him cannot he found in physical relation ships, hut that it can be found in the Word of God? In the Epistle to the Colossians there is the declaration, “I am sent to fill out the Word of God.” exalting all the message above all opinion and phi losophy. It discards all reference to the writer’s training or natural ca pabilities. The Word of God (and emphasize every word in the phrase) must appeal as worthy of the most accurate attention. Blessed, they who cherish it. The lie, the first awful lie in the Eden gar den that caused man to he a sinner, has brought forth lies so many; and some of them apparently quite plaus ible at that. They compete for atten tion until men are not only them selves deceived, hut they become de ceivers. Truth is being uttered hut it is not heard. We entertain false hoods until we are ill at ease in the company of truth. We do rot “listen in.” We listen around, and the titne is gone before truth gets our atten tion. But Jesus says that they are not only blessed who hear God’s Word but who kssp it and do it. Here it is then for us to put it to use and not to try to explain it away, or reduce its sovereign value. For want of this, faith is lacking. Not for want of emotion or excited feelings but for want of really having God’s Word and putting it to its designed use, for “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." The person who can confidently trust that he has heard from God has a security in which he can rest, though heaven and earth pass away. And the great dividing line between the saved and lost does after all appear just there. The one is certain that he rests his all upon what God has w-o-r-d-e-d, the other either does not believe it, or. at least is uncertain. Hmv far. how i m measures hi.v far from human speculation and inven tion is lhe foundation for the faith that saves! It is not only well to ac cept that foundation, hut nothing else will do. Jesus’ YYJtrds will not admit of our classifying Christianity merely (is su perior to systems of religion, as if that would give it due distinction. He is giving assurance fuom God. He is telling of Revelation. And, that is from another realm; that is from above all other realm?. Does not this assure us that Christianity is not a fit subject for debate? That it is not competing for a plaeo! That it al ways had a place, nay. T-H-E place just as falsehood is falsehood always and everywhere, and truth is truth always and everywhere, in a realm by itself! God lias spoken, and there is an end to discussion. The first step, the very first step, is to listen. But when one has really heard, beyond space, when above space there has been something spoken into space, and we have heard what has been said, and we know that the Lord has said it. oh, to keep it and do it! If it were opinion or theory we would he justified in discussing or delay ing when it is heard. But when the prophet is given the message to call out W CHURCJHPS Episcopal Services At Willirigton There will be service at St. S>*ph- ens’ Church, Willington, on the i*r' S t and third Sundays cf each mortv^. When there are five Sundays in t&j month there will also be service oa / the fifth Sunday. ^ The hour of the service at St. . Stephens’ is four o’clock in the after- ^ noon. A good program of music is - provided under the direction of Mrs. James Hester of Calhoun Falls with Mrs. James Hemminger cf Willington acting as assistant. The services are in charge of the Rev. R. C. Topping of Anderson who promises a short sermon upon an in teresting and vital topic with each service. X Plum Branch M. E. Charge Beginning first Sunday in Febru ary, the Plum Branch M. E. charge schedule will be: ASBURY r — Sunday School at 10:30 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and third Sun day at 7:45 p. m. BORDEAUX—Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching every first Sunday 3:30 p. m., and third Sunday at 11:00 a. m. PARKSVILLE — Union Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.; preaching every second Sunday at 7:00 p. m., and fourth Sunday at 11:00 a. m.; prayer services, Thursday nights at 7:00 o’clock. ST. PAUL—Sunday School at 10:b0 a. m.; preaching every second Sunday at 11:30 a. m., and fourth Sunday 7:30 p. m.; prayer services, Wednesdays 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League, 7:30 p. m. every Sunday. BARS CHAPEL—Sunday School at 10:30 a. m,; preaching every sec ond and fourth Sunday at 3:30 p. m. E. A. WILKES, Pastor. X Pentecostal Holiness Church Schedule Sunday school every Sunday morn ing at 10:30, at McCormick. Preaching every 3rd Sunday at 11:00 o’clock a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Public cordially invited to all our services. * W. RAY ANDERSON, Pastor. txt Plum Branch Baptist Schedule Plum Branch — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:30. Preaching every first and third Sunday at 11:30 a. m. , B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 7:30 p. m. j Parksville — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:00. Preaching every second and fourth Sundays at 11:00. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 7:30. RED OAK GROVE — Sunday School every 1st and 2nd Sunday monfng at 10:30; 4th Sunday p. m. at 2:30. Preaching every 4th Sunday at 3:30 p. m. Clarks Hill — Sunday School ev ery Sunday at 2:00 p, m. Preaching every first Sunday at 3:00 p. m. Modoc — Sunday School every Sunday at 10:30. Preaching every third Sunday at 3:00 p. m. H. M- HODGENS, Pastor. X McCormick Methodist Church Schedule McCormick — Sunday school every Sunday at 10:15 a. m.; Preaching at 11:15 a. m. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Sun days, and at 7:30 p. m. on fourth Sundays. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 7:30 o’clock. Board of Stewards meets Monday night following 1st Sundays. REPUBLICAN Sunday School at 11 a. m. on 2nd and 4th Sundays. 1st and 3rd Sun days at 2:30 p. m. Preaching on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3 p. m. *I* r0 y — Sunday school at 10:00 m. 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays; 2 Sundavs at 3 p. m.; preaching 2nd Sundays 3:30 p. m.; 4th Sundays 11 &• in. Beulah — Preaching every / / a. 2nd 4th ut, “O earth, earth, earth, hear the SumJay afternoon at .3:30 o’clock, ord of the Lord.” we know (hat ! j ^ BLEDSOE, Pastor. —1 1X1 such utterances claim to originate in another realm. God hath spoken. If we are questioning, hesitating, debating on the very ground where we should be assured, we are like men lost in midair who should (but who refuse to) read the name of the city they are seeking. Worse, far worse than that it is for us to wilful ly shut ourselves out from that which Jesus Christ pronounces so blessed. Forget not that we are confronted with not a theory and not a hobby, but with THE1 WORD OF. GOD. A R. Presbyterian • Preaching at Mt. Carmel. S. C., o« he first and third Sabbath* at 11 U Preaching at McCormick, S. C., oil the second and fourth Sabbaths at ** Sabbath school at both church*# every Sabbath day throughout the —- - Leoa T. Preesly, Pitta*, r