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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941 BIG TOP ^TVi 'SILK" FOWLER \H THE HOSPITAL ,3EFF EANSS HAD HAD TO INSTALL A LOUD SPEAKER AHDDON WRIGHT,HIS PRESS AGENT WITH THE SHOW . TOOK OVER THE ANNOUNClNCr ■^T - AND NOW, LADIES AH* GENTLE MEM, AS A SEN NATIONAL CUMAK TO OUR “WILD WEST' CONCERT, COWEOK HAL THOMPSON, ON HIS wonder horse ; sun shine: will attempt^ TO CLEAR AH EIGHT FOOT FLAMIN<3r CARRIER - WATCH HIM M ~Frank Jay Markey Syndicate, Inc. By ED WHEELAN EEW moments LATER, HAL FOUHD* , RED* WAITING FOR HIM AT THE BACK DOOR - 1/ALL RIGHT, PARDNER. NNE’lD HAVE THAT R1DIN' LESSON NOW - THE RING STOCK, BOSS IS GOIN' TO LET YOU USE ONE OF THE PONIES ^ 7^OH~B0y -I ' '=*- 1 CAN HARDLV WAIT»« !». •% '•/M . LALA PALOOZA Invading Vincent’s Privacy By RUBE GOLDBERG YOU WOMEN ARE CLEANIN' 1 ALL THE TIME- MY DESK IS ALL RIGHT THE WAY ,T ,S ^ €2 VINCENT, I ^ CAN'T STAND OLD PAPERS PILED UP ALL OVER THE PLACE S’MATTER POP— Ssh! Keep It Quiet! By C. NLPAYNE Maybe the Moon Isi^t Right POP—General Dissipation By J. MILLAR WATT I WAS A CORPORAL JUST LIKE . YOU -ONCE; m The World gSg M At Its gigs ig Worst iggg Xv.v. SfV.Ve Kv.v. J.v.v. * • • • • fcv.v r. - m m • • • < RvX*; KyX% yX%*r* *•*•*•*•*•* v.v.%* v.-.y.r Sy.w >xw • • • • * • V* • • » • WHEN VOL) 6Et 10 THE END OF THE SfORY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED BREAK OUT LAUGHING. AND VOD REALIZE THAT VOUR AUDIENCE IS WAlfivio FOP VOU TO 60 ON AND COME TO THE POlMT olOYAS THE SPORTING By LANG ARMSTRONG “Guess whot” - .'-a. •- ^ > .. V - ........ |MpROVED j UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQT'IST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for October 5 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se* lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER LESSON TEXT—Genesis 1:26-28; Matthew 9:24-33. GOLDEN TEXT—Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name.—Mat* thew 6:9. Without God man has no hope in this world. This is the teaching of Scripture, which is confirmed by experience and admitted by the philosophies of men. “Having no hope and without God in the world,’* says Paul (Eph. 2:12), and every godless philosophy paints the same dark picture. Says one, “It cannot be doubted that the theistic belief is a comfort to those that hold it and that the loss of it is a very painful loss. We have seen the spring sun shine out of an empty heaven to light up a soulless earth; we have felt with utter loneliness that the Great Companion is dead” (Clifford). That desolate and despairing con clusion need not be the lot of any man, for we have in God’s own Word a clear revelation of Himself as our Creator and our loving Father. Why not accept it? I. God Our Creator (Gen. 1:26-28). Both of our Scripture passages tell us much about man, but in doing so they reveal God. 1. How He Made Man (w. 26, 27). “God created man in his own image” (v. 27). This does not refer to any physical likeness, although it is abundantly evident that man’s body is far above the animal level and perfectly adapted to be the dwelling place of the soul and the instrument of its activity in a physical world. Even the Son of God took upon Himself the body of a man and, in its glorified state, still bears that body in heaVen. This means that man’s body is worthy of honor and considerate care and use. The real image of God in man is a moral and spiritual likeness. Man is a moral being, knowing the dif ference between right and wrong. He has vail the characteristics of personality, self-conscfousness, in telligence, feeling and will. That image has been marred and defaced by sin, but it,is still there. Even in the lowest man or woman it is capable of being reached and trans formed by the grace of God. 2. How He Blessed Man (v. 28). He gave man “a help meet for him** (Gen. 2:18); that is, a. completely suitable companion and helper. He gave him dominion over the entire earth, and his restless, pioneering spirit still presses toward the com plete realization of that promise. He provided for every need of man, not only physical and social, but also spiritual, for we read that He walked with him “in the cool of the day” (Gen. 3:8), until man by his own sin broke that fellowship. God’s love toward His creation is shown by His provision for man’s complete joy and full usefulness. II. * God Our Heavenly Father (Matt. 6:24-33). Two things harass the mind and heart of man—anxiety for today and fear for tomorrow. He must have what he and his family needs for today, and it is a constant struggle for most men to meet that need. Then, as though that were not enough, there is always the mor row’s new and possibly greater needs. Even those who have all they need today live in dread (and well they may if they do not trust God) that tomorrow or next week or next year they too may be in need. Our text meets both prob lems, for it tells us 1. Why We Need Not Be Anxious Today (vv. 24-31). The answer is simple—look at the birds. They cannot work, they are not even able to pray, yet God feeds them. Consider the glory of the flowers. Even a king cannot dress in such beauty—God provided it for them. “Are ye not much better than they?” (v. 26). No bird ever worried because it did not have a meal laid by for to morrow, and no flower has fretted itself lest its blossom failed to come forth in its accustomed beauty. Why should we be anxious? Intelligent forethought is good and proper, but anxiety about our daily needs is always dishonoring to God. He is ready and able to meet our daily need. 2. Why We Need Not Fear To morrow (vv. 32, 33). “Your heaven ly Father knoweth that ye have need” (v. 32). Does not that settle the whole future? It is in God’s hands, and even if it were in our hands, what could we do about it? Tomor row with its joys and sorrows is not yet here, and when it does come God will be here as a loving Father to graciously provide for every moment of it. What then shall we do? Verse 33 tells us, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” Give God first place in your life and He will see that all “these things” are added. Simple, isn’t it? and blessedly true. Let’s trust Him I