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PAGE 2 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 1969 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-C'lass Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON rr Minister Lee Acres United Methodist Church TUPELO MISSISSIPPI PURPOSE SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance. Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREED!N The greatest occasion in ttu history of the world will he cele brated soon. Now what was the greatest occasion'.' We have studied about great men of all the world. Near us we had George Washington, a remarkable man. a man of rare judgment and control of him self. We of the South revere the memory of Kobert K bee Our british friends hold m reverence the 1 Hike of Welling ton. the Prench still bow to the memor\ of the great Napoleon, but there came one man wito surpassed all others. It was of that man whom .Napoleon re ferred to m these words “Alex ander. Charlemagne, and my self built great Empires, b u t they were built on force and fell. There was one Empire built on love and each year that Empire grows larger and lar ger and stronger. That was the Empire founded by .Jesus; I tell you He was not a man; He was God" We are about to celebrate the birth of that great figure; who was He'' He was the Son of God Does your mind grasp that'.' The Son of (iod coming into the world to mingle with men and teach them the way of Salva tion. I must repeat that for em phasis; the Creator of the Uni verse sending His son to live with us for more than thirty years so that we may in some measure understand the Creat or of the Universe. The coming of the Son of God was not a matter to be cele brated with picture cards or small Christmas gifts: w h i c h should bring to us some idea of the love and power of Jeho vah. The birth of Jesus is the great est event m all the history of the world; The Son of God com ing to the earth to tell us of the Eather and the way of sal vation. 'Die worship of Jesus is more than a matter of temples and churches; it is the transforma tion of th(' heart and soul of the individual We are living in an age of specialization. For e x a m p 1 e there was a tune when chem istry embraced so much that today may embrace fifty sub jects. In other words in almost everything the subject is broken down and examined minutely in every phase. We go to a spec ialist in everything. In medi cine, for example, we may be gin with the doctor's visit to the patient: the symptoms may be very clear; but the physi cian may call in a specialist; and. in some cases the call may be for several specialists, all experts in different phases. Now another profession which has a practice is the legal pro- Baker’s Dozen On Service But that's what you can expect when you do bust ness with a local, mdepen dent insurance agent. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 14IS Main Street Phone 276-1422 I met an old friend the other day. When he asked me to have coffee with him, I took him up on the offer. Pm glad I did. For my visit with him did much to restore my faith in mankind. During the conversation with him, it happened to turn toward two friends of ours that we knew from our high school days. My friend told me about the two, how good the jobs they had, how much money they were mak ing, and the way they lived. “They have got their own business now,” he said, “and evidently are making a kill ing. But you know what? They haven’t changed a bit. They are the same as always. Life to them is one big party after another. They make big money, dress sharp to impress their business associates, drive expensive automo- biles, and drink their high-price booze while chasing their women.” Living Fast My friend went on to tell me that one of the two had recently gotten a divorce. “He’s dating plenty of sharp chicks now,” he said. “They live in fast company.” Then my friend kinda shocked me by what he said. “That’s a heck of a way to live,” he said. “To know you have got to do that day after day. To go to bed drunk and get up with a hangover and then to know that you have to go through it again that night would be a heck of a way to live.” My friend continued: “You know, that’s a carefree way of living. I wouldn’t know what to do if I didn’t have something to concern me. I want something out in front of me to work toward, some goal to reach, some pur pose in life. I wouldn’t trade places with them for three times the money,” he said. You know, I got to thinking about that. Here was a friend of mine, a traveling salesman, who gets his kicks from making a good home for a wife and son, saying that if there was no purpose any higher in life than living it up and having a ball, then he would find it extremely difficult to find life worth living. For him there had to be some nurpose behind it all. A Goal Isn’t this precisely the feeling that we are created with? To have some goal in life, some purpose, something to work toward ? Here is another Man, walking along the shores of the Sea of Galilee, teaching, preaching, heal ing, saying that “for this purpose I hav*e come.” The purpose gave so much meaning to His life that he gave His life for that purpose. In a classroom behind the Iron Cur tain some years ago the professor was without an answer for a question posed by one of the pupils. “Prof,” the pupil asked, “what’s the purpose of life?” A Galilean had an answer to the ques tion. He said the purpose of life is to serve, both God and fellowman. Maybe we should, instead of com plaining about all our concerns, re joice that we have something to be concerned about. For no one is to be pitied more in life than the person whose major goal is to make more money and whose greatest joy comes from carelessness. “Thank you, Lord, for values great er than money and goals higher than pleasure.” —Five Star lessioii. You talk to your law yer and he may find a hundred court decisions ail at variance, although it would appear that the condition and the facts were exactly the same in many of those cases; so your lawyer goes into court confident, but may find his case knocked into a “cocked hat” by the judge. Funeral service for Dr. Suber held Sunday Dr Thomas E Suber, form er superintendent of the South Carolina Synod, died Friday at a Columbia hospital. Dr. Suber was born Novem ber 24, 1890 near Pomaria. He received the A B degree from Newberry College in 1915. He was school principal at Waiter- boro one year and entered the Southern Seminary m 1916. He received the B. I), degree from the Seminary in May 1919, was ordained November 1919 and he served as pastor of the Silver- street mission from that time until 1924. In 1924 Mr Suber became pas tor of the Uutheran Church of the Incarnation, Columbia and remained there until 1939. Dur ing this time he rendered many services to the Synod, and in 1939 became Superintendent of the S C. Synod. In 1942, he resigned the of fice of Superintendent to become pastor of a parish in Uexington County. He was elected a mem ber of the Board of Trustees of Newberry College, which, ir 1947, conferred upon him the I). I). degree. In 1951 Dr. Suber became pas tor of St. Uuke’s Lutheran Church in Prosperity, which he of Abbeville; one sister, Mrs. served until his retirement in Laura Parrott of Newberry; 1962. one brother, W. J. Suber, Sr. On November 2, 1969 the St. of Pomaria; and four grand- Luke’s congregation recognized chldren. the 50th anniversary of Dr. Sub- Funeral services were con- er’s ordination. ducted Sunday at St. Luke’s Lu- He was married in 1919 to theran Church by the Rev. J. Miss Julia Shroeder Lake, who Hilton Roof and Dr. Karl W. survives along with one daugh- Kinard. Interment was in the ter, Mrs. Fletcher W. Ferguson church cemetery. [ Notice i A 2 per cent penalty i i Will be added to all unpaid 1969 City Taxes on January 2nd, 1970 Unpaid City Taxes for 1968 will go into execution on January 2nd, 1970