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COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BKF.F.1UN
The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. Observe
now: The fear of the Lord. I
think w r e must have some bad
translations, or, els#, the an
cient mind was habituated to
fear.
To the ancient god, all gods
were awesome creatures, ready
to punish, breathing fire all the
time; never finding anything
worthy of praise, nor yet cap
able of a smile.
The Jews were surrounded Py
people who believed in an awe
some god, a god of fire a n d
brimstone. So they must have
understood even the revelations
of Jehovah in the light of the
awesome figures regarded as
gods.
“Thou shalt fear the Lord,’
was the first tenet of th-'ir
faith.
‘ Fear God and Keep His
commandments. ” The ancient
Jew was brought up on that.
Fear God. Read your history:
The Romans, the Greeks, the
people of all nations lived in
dread of their gods. And so the
Hebrew, too.
That little talk about the
universality of Jehovah seems
to have impressed favorably
some of my friends, so I ven
ture on this little exposition.
Surely nothing could lie more
important or more timely than
some light on our relation
ship to the Maker of Heaven
and earth, the author of all
energy and force.
Who is our authority for a
proper attitude toward God?
Jesus is the second figure in
the Godhead. Yes, Jesus is
the second figure on the Tri
une God, Father, Son a n d
Holy Spirit. IP' speaks with
full knowledge and authority.
What does He say? “Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, with all thy
oul and with all thy mind:
; ?.d thou neighbor as thyself,
(hi these hang all tho law and
the Trophi'ts."
\’" cavil about that- Love,
’i" f. ar and awe.
Sa d Jesu - • “ Come unto me
a'i ye that labor and are heavy
laden and I will g ve vou rest
!Io\v different from the ancient
whoso god laid on burdens and
oxae'od (he utmost strain.
Ohservo again: “Come unto
mo all yi that labor and are
hmivv laden and Twill give you
rest.”
How different from the anc
ient god of the heathen!
“Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God: and thy neighbor" -
meaning all those in our gen
eral association.
The ancients never imagin 'd
anv such relationship as that-
loving your neighbor: loving
other people a^ you love and
magnify yourself.
Jesus came as the God of
love, mingling with us and in
timately aware of all our weak
nesses, our impulses and our
little tribulations.
Even on the cross: “Father,
forgive them: they know not
what they do.” A God walking
the earth, suffering and vet in
voking mercy on those who tor
tured Him, almost unbelievably.
for that agony is hardly known
today.
Imagine, if you can, a hea
then pleading for mercy for
those who tortured him. And
Jesus, Lord of Heaven and
Earth, Son of the Father, with
God in the creation, yet having
pity on humble creatures.
And you recall the plea of
the robber hanging *n the
cross by the side of Jesus:
“Master, remember me when
Thou comest into Thy King
dom ? ” A kingdom for that
torn and bleeding figure! A
Kingdom! And Jesus, torn,
bleeding, suffering incredible
agony holding out the hand of
mercy and help: “This day shall
thou be with me in Paradise.”
Let your mind and spin
dwell on that! The suffering
Saviour offered help and mercy
even in that moment of in
credible agony, flesh torn, body
racked, despised, forsaken, yet
“This day shalt thou be with
me in Paradise.” That—to the
thief!
That, friends, is the founda
tion of the Christian faith.
The voice, rather the spirit,
lifted to Jesus in faith That
humility is the key to Heaven.
Remember the two men at
prayer in the temple, as Jesus
stood and looked on? The
Pharisee and the Publican? The
Pharisee” a man of dignity
and power; a man observing all
the ordinances of the temple!
A respected figure, a man of
dignity and honor, a figure
who would command respect in
any church today—upright, yet
he looked up to heaven and
said, not the glory of God, but
the good points in himself.
Those of us who glory in our
good works, our membership—
and all the benefactions of or
ganized society. We may, like
the Pharisee, see our good
works everywhere when we
look God in the face!
It was the Publican w h o
earned the approval of Jesus,
as the publican fell on his
face and begged “God have
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City Building
Permits
Construction value for build
ing permits issued last week b\
the city totaled $8,924.00. The
permits were issued to:
Mrs. Hugh Connelly, 1504
Nance St., repairs; Eriest
Martin, 1220 Chapman St.,
repairs; James Brown, Snow
den Circle, locate trailer; Pope
Buford, 2304 Main St., re
pairs; Pauline Briggs, 1225
Hunt St., repairs; E. P. Church
Main St., repairs; F. M. Hair.
1418 Dave Drive, erect build
ing; Hal Kohn, Johnstone St.
addition: Pet Dawkins, 1507
Evans St., repairs.
County Building
Permits
W. Wayne Ringer, Route one,
8-room brick veneer dwelling,
$25,000.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
Helena, 3-room building, $17,-
000.
Ethel Cannon, Route 3, 5-
j-oom veneer dwelling $17,000
TB group hires
new personnel
The executive committee of
the Tuberculosis and Health
Association of Area 6 recently
voted to underwrite the serv
ices of a part-time X-ray tech
nician for the Laurens County
Health Department until July 1,
1909 at a cost of $700. The as
sociation had previously spon
sored a similar demonstration
in Greenwood County until the
position was written into the
health department’s budget be
ginning July 1. 1908.
It is believed that the ser
vices of a trained technician
will insure better films while
freeing the public health nurses
for duty in other areas. The
request was made by Dr. Von
A. Long of Newberry who
serves as health officer for
Laurens, Newberry and Saluda
counties.
The parttime position of pro
gram director was approved and
will be filled, beginning Sep
tember 2, by Mrs. John Hugh
Mahon of Laurens. Mrs. Mahon
a Winthrop graduate and for
mer home demonstration agent,
has also had experience as a
case worker for the Laurens
county Department of Public
Welfare.
As program director, she
will undertake additional pro
gram activities in the seven
counties which include Abbe
ville, Edgefield, Greenwood,
Laurens, McCormick, Newber
ry, and Saluda. The initial fo
cus will be on the School Press
Project.
Students of schools with
newspapers will be invited tc
write and publish articles on
tuberculosis, health careers,
cigarette smoking and health
and clean air. The local publi
cations can be entered in the
nationwide contest jointly spon
sored by the National Tubercu
losis and Respiratory Disease
Association and the Columbia
Scholastic Association.
Monday, January 27, w a s
elected as the tentative da.c
for the annual membership
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE
MENT
1 will make final settlement
of the estate of James A. Cald
well in the Prohate Court for
Newberry County, S. C., on
Thursday, the 5th day of Sep
tember. 1908, at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon, and will immed
iately thereafter ask for my
d.scharge as Administratrix of
said estate.
MRS. DOROTHY C. AMICK
P.O. Box 243, Newberry, S.C.
Administratrix
Aug. 8, 1908 Aug.l5-4tc
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the undersign
ed intends to apply to the
South Carolina Alcoholic
Beverage Control Com
mission for a license to
operate a retail liquor
store for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1969, at
2427 Main Street, New
berry, South Carolina, un
der the provisions of the
Alcoholic Beverage Con
trol Act, ('ode of Laws
1962 and Acts Amenda
tory thereto.
C. R. KOON
“WHATSOEVER
THINGS”
By DONALD E. WILDMON
So you have problems. Have
w T e not all got problems? Every
one, from the small fry to the
big giant, has problems. So let
us not think that w r e are the
only one who has problems.
And let us not consider our
problems beyond help. They are
not no matter how much they
seem they are. And we only
tend to make them worse by
worrying about them constant
ly. We even build them up
bigger than they are.
Any problem, no matter how
large, can be w r hipped. You
can defeat it, capture it, con
quer it. It is wdthin each of
us, this pow r er to conquer our
problems. The Creator endowed
every one of us with the capac
ity to do it. But don't think you
can do it alone. Oh, no! No
matter how big and independ
ent we get there comes prob
lems our way which we cannot
conquer by ourself. We all need
help sometimes.
Now I’m not saying that we
can get the solution that we
always would like to have to
our problems. But what I am
saying is that we can get a
workable solution to our every
problem. So cheer up because
there is help.
You cannot, however, receive
this help with your great sense
meeting to be held in Green
wood.
Members of the executive
committee include the officers:
Richard W. Stowe of Green
wood, president; Rev. Neil E
Truesdell of Newberry, presi
dent-elect; Mrs. Jerry E. Rowe
of Saluda, secretary; and Har
old W. McClintock of Laurens,
treasurer; and Mrs. James N.
Bonner of Due West, James M.
Dorn of McCormick, W. A.
Gardner of Ninety Six, D. J.
Gray of Johnston, Mrs. W. C.
Koon of Pomaria, Mrs. Joe Cal
Watson of Ridge Spring, and
Mrs. Furman Thompson, of
Clinton.
of self-pride. You will have to
admit your inability to con
quer. And if you are not wil
ling to do this then forget what
I said about conquering the
problem. Go ahead and fa:e it
the best way you can—alone.
But if you are willing to ad
mit that you need help in
overcoming the problem, then
I have some good news for you.
You see, the One who made
this old universe is still behind
it. He is still the Creator, the
Maker. He could be thought of
as being a Great Repairman.
When things go wrong He can
make them straight.
So when you get a problem
you can’t conquer and you are
willing to admit that you need
help, ask Him for His help.
He will be happy to give you
help because you are His child
and He loves his children. But
don’t think He wall necessarily
solve it the way you think He
should. Sometimes He works
another way from what we
would. But we can count on
His way being better than ours,
anytime.
Let us remember that He
has had experience with this
thing of problems, too. He was
born in a stable, had to run
for His life before He -was mcr*
than a toddler, grew up in a
home supported by a carpenter,
entered the ministry but was
unpopular with the religious
power structure, had only a
handful of close friends and
one of those sold His friend
ship for about $20 while all
the others ran out on Him
when he needed them most,
never harmed a man and help
ed all who would receive His
help. Then, to top it all off,
He was considered a common
criminal and executed as such.
But through it all He continued
to believe in His Creator, Him
self, and His fellowmar
So vou have problems,
share tin i vith Him. He un
derstands.
IT WON’T STRETCH
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