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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C Tight Discipline Now A UNT Hattie,” someone re marked to an old Negro wom en down in Alabama, “I can’t help but notice that all of your younger children are much better trained than your oldest boy, Cephus. How do you explain that?” "Tight shoes, missy," Aunt Hat tie replied. “Tight shoes?” “Yes, missy,” explained the old darky. “It wuz dis way. Ah wuz a mighty proud young mammy when dat oldest boy wuz growin’ up, and to make mah feet look small Ah wore powerful tight shoes. Dat Cephus would act up mean and Ah’d say, ’Boy, Ah’m gonna take mah shoe to you!’ But ’tore Ah could get mah shoe untied and off mah foot Ah’d git over my fret and forgit what dat boy did. And then Ah’d fail to punish him.” The old woman was silent for a moment, and then, with a cackle of glee, she added, “But, now honey. Ah ain’t proud no mo’, and Ah wears mah shoes loose, powerful loose. And when dem younger kids is mean Ah takes off mah shoes and Ah applies ’em, missy. Ah applies ’em!” JUST HARD LUCK “Beg pardon, but aren’t you one of the college boys?” “Naw—I couldn’t find my sus penders this morning, my razor blades were all used up, and a bus just ran over my hat.” Crushing Defense Mrs. Johnston, a widow, owned and occupied a large mansion in the heart of a southern town. During the recent war the housing short age was acute, and one day the aged Negro who worked for her overheard a passer-by say, “There’s that old witch who lives in that big house and won’t rent any of it.” When this was related to Mrs. Johnston, she said, “Why, John, didn’t you speak up for me when you heard that remark?” “Yas’m,” John replied, “I did; I said, ‘She ain’t so old.’ ” Revised Fable A cat had stolen a piece of meat and was crossing a river on a log when he looked down and saw his reflection in tl)e stream. Thinking It was anoth er cat with another piece of meat, he resolved to make himself master of that piece, also. Diving in for the supposed treasure he dropped the piece he was carrying, but caught a large fish of a favorite type. Moral: One fish story is as good as another. Using It Up In Washington, an attractive young government worker made a practice of coming in about five minutes late every day. Repeated warnings by her superior had no affect. Finally, in exasperation, he announced: “Miss Brown, I am tired of talking about your tardi- aess. I am therefore suspending you for one day without pay. When would you like to take the day?” “Well, if it’s all right with you,' >he replied instantly, “I’d like to tse it up being late.” GETTING BACK CROSS TOWN Bv Roland Coe “The New York Yankees jirc gonna sponsor a sym phonic radio program. I can already see my parents usin’ that as an argument on why I should continue takin’ music lessons!” mj H0< LCSSON “Of course I love him madly!—but I can’t see spending the rest of my life with him!” NANCY A school teacher had been tick eted for driving through a red light. “I see by the report that you’re a school teacher,” said the judge, when she appeared in court "Lady, your appearance here fulfills a long, long standing ambition of mine. You sit down at the table there and write T drove through a red light' 500 times.” By Ernie Bushmiller fit mML LITTLE REGGIE By Margarita MUTT AND JEFF By Bud Fisher JITTER By Arthur Pointer Light on the Problem Of Human Suffering , LESSON TEXT FOR JULY 20—Job 1:8; 2:7-10: 19:7-10: 42:1-5; James 5:11. MEMORY SELECTION—Thou there fore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.—H Timothy 2:3. EDITOR’S NOTE: Lesson subjects end Scripture texts selected end copy righted bp Internetionel Council oi Re ligious Educetion: used by permission. By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. tJ UMAN suffering—what a prob A iem it is to all of us, in greater or smaller measure. From the bro ken heart of men and women comes the question “Why?” We cannot always answer, nor do we fully know the meaning and pur pose. We must often simply put our selves and our loved ones into the hands of God, trusting him to bring us into assurance and victory. There are some things we can know, and they are most helpful, The book of Job reveals much con cerning the background of suffering and its uses and advantages. It is not all loss and pain. God does not forget his people in their hour of trial. Job had suffered the loss of prop erty, family, and was now person ally afflicted by sickness of his body. His friends who came to com fort him had added to his troubles by their pious platitudes about suf fering being the result of sin (cf. John 9:3), and so on. There was enough truth in what they said to make it hurt, and so we are doubly glad we are given a look behind the scenes. We learn that this was not a struggle between God and Job, nor even between Satan and Job. We see L The Battle Between God and Satan (Job 1:8). D EAD the entire story here and you will see that Satan, when faced by God with the godly ex ample of Job’s life, threw down a challenge. He deciered that the only reason Job loved God was because he received so much good out of it, because God protected him. The issue was clearly drawn; the qnestion was whether God was able to keep a man in the midst of trial and suffering. Was His grace sufficient for the dark hours of life as well as the happy and bright ones? Having stripped Job of all his pos sessions, and left him childless and heart broken, Satan had to admit failure up to that point. But he sneeringly slandered both Job and God by saying that Job was not con cerned about these other things so long as his own body was unharmed (2:4, 5). So the Lord permitted him to afflict Job’s body, and we see the conflict raging in II. The Battleground—the Life of Job (2:7-10; 19:7-10). ' I 'HE mystery of God’s permis- sive will enters into the pic ture here, and we learn too that Satan, while a mighty being, has limits to his power. God may give him liberty to test his people, but it is never with the thought that they will fall; rather to prove that they can stand true come what may. Was any mortal ever .more af flicted than Job? We find him finally an outcast, sitting on an ash heap, scraping the awful sores upon his poor body. Job did have his times of ques tioning and doubt (19:7-10). He felt at times that God had forsaken him. He misunderstood the providences of God. But through it all he held on to his faith in God. He could do without his possessions (1:21). God could even take his life and he would say, “Though he slay me. yet will I trust him.” He saw beyond the grave, for he knew that if his body were destroyed he would still see his Redeemer. What more sublime expression of faith could a man make than to say in his hour of seeming despair, “I know that my Redeemer liveth.” How did it all come out in the end? That is our last point. III. The Outcome—Victory for God in Job (42:1-5; James 5:11). J OB had to come to the end of himself. Judging himself to be unworthy (42:6), he repented of all his own self-righteousness and cast himself upon the mercy of God. God then vindicated him and restored him to a place of blessing and use fulness. The answer then to our problem is this—God is able to keep to the uttermost those who put their trust in him (Heb. 7:25) through the grace he gives. Suffering may be in his permissive will for our own self-judgment and growth in grace. 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