The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 18, 1947, Image 7
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
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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. But back of it all is the
assurance that God knows about
it, be has not turned away; that
in due season, if we faint not, we
shall see victory.
Ultimately, the question is not
whether we can stand or not, but
whether God is able to keep us in
the midst of the onslaught of the
world, the flesh and the devil.
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