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Sweetest words,
saddest phrases
ByL. M. BOYD
Was reported that the 5 sweetest phrases in the English
language are: “I love you." “Dinner is served.” “All is
forgiven.” “Sleep ’till noon.” And “Keep the change.”
Little argument over these. Where the debate turns up
is over the 5 saddest phrases: “Buy me one.” “Out of
gas." “Dues not paid.” “Insufficient funds.” And
“External use only.”
According to a client who claims large experience in
unhappy situations, this list of the saddest should include
“Easy to assemble.” “Batteries not included.” And “This
side up."
It’s not just a custom but a rule of golf that all clubs,
except putters, be made so the shafts join the heads at the
heels, never in the middles.
The only natural enemy of a young crocodile, besides
man, is an old crocodile.
Numerous Soviet medicoes treat arthritis patients with
bee stings.
FIDO
Q. “How did ‘Fido’ get to be a stereotype name for a
dog?”
A. Came from the initial letters of “Freaks, Irregulars,
Defects, Odities.” It was humorously hung on mongrels
years ago. The word also names any coin with a minting
error.
Q. “Which states permit personalized car licenses
plates?"
A. Easier to name the states that don’t: Alabama,
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana and South Dakota.
Q. “What’s the average number of pitches in a 9-inning
major-league baseball game?”
A. 125. Not counting the warmups.
The center attraction in Danny Kaye’s personal Chinese
kitchen is a stove that costs SIOO,OOO.
L. M. Boyd, Box 681, Weatherford, TX 76086
Copyright 1977 L. M. Boyd
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Today
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Sept. 19, the
262nd day of 1977. There are 103
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1881, President
James Garfield died of wounds
inflicted by an assassin in
Baltimore, Md., on July 2nd.
On this date:
In 1777, American soldiers in
the Revolutionary War won the
first Battle of Saratoga in New
York.
In 1870, the French surren
dered Versailles to the Ger
mans in the Franco-Prussian
War.
In 1928, Americans were in
troduced to Walt Disney’s char
acter, Mickey Mouse, in the an
imated cartoon, “Steamboat
Willie.”
In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann
was arrested in New York and
charged with the kidnaping of
the baby son of Col. and Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh.
In 1955, President Juan Peron
of Argentina was ousted from
office after a revolt by the army
and navy.
In 1973, Sweden’s new king,
Carl Gustaf, was formally in
stalled, succeeding his late
grandfather.
Ten years ago: Thousands of
people fled from Texas coastal
areas as Hurricane Beulah
swept toward the coast with 135-
mile-per-hour winds.
Five years ago: The United
States 7th Fleet was shelling the
northern coast of South Viet
nam.
Thoughts
If any one thinks he is
religious, and does not bridle
his tongue but deceives his
heart, this man’s religion is
vain. Religion that is pure and
undefiled before God and the
Father is this: to visit orphans
and widows in their affliction,
and to keep oneself unstained
from the world. — James
1:26,27.
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advance.
-—Griffin Daily News Monday, September 19, 1977
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Viewpoint
Fairness to all
The Griffin Dally News’ policy is to be fair
to everyone. The editor’s opinions are
confined to this page, and its columns are
Educated voters
A committee of interested citizens,
educators and business people has been
organized to inform the public of the
details involved in the coming school bond
issue. The committee favors bonds and the
facts it presents reflect that.
Rut the committee’s presentation is well
Cotton
The Georgia Crop Reporting Service
announced the other day that this year’s
cotton crop in the state is expected to be
the worst since 1866 which was the first
year records were kept.
Panic would have followed such an
announcement 50 years ago when most of
Georgia’s economy depended upon the
fleecy lint. Today hardly anyone raised an
eyebrow.
Back in 1914 Georgia raised its biggest
crop, 2,718,000 bales. This year the total is
expected to be about 120,000.
How times have changed. And mostly
they have changed for the better.
★
Taxes are taxing
Taxes are back in the news, or perhaps
we should say still in the news.
Some places such as Henry County they
have soared. Here in Spalding the County
Commissioners have limited the increase
to nine-tenths of one mill and we
congratulate them for holding it to that in
spite of inflation and constant demands for
increased services.
Additionally, the City of Griffin has
called upon its citizens to vote for or
against a local option sales tax of another
penny per dollar on all sales inside the city
limits. That election will be a week from
Second tries harder
Newton County’s defense stopped
Griffin’s runners last week and dumped
us from the top of the football heap.
But one thing about high school
football is that winners can change to
losers in the twinkling of an eye, and the
losers can change right back to win
ners.
Friday night the Bears will play here
at home against a triumphant
My Answer
This is a warning
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: How do you
interpret I Peter 3:18-20, which talks about
Jesus after His death going to speak to the
“spirits in prison,” which seems to mean
hell. Does this mean there is a “second
chance” for people who rejected Christ in
this life?-N. N. 0.
DEAR N. N. 0: This passage has been
the subject of much discussion, but
whatever it means, it is clear that it is not
talking about some type of “second
chance.” Peter says that the only “spirits”
to whom Jesus preached were those active
before the time of Noah, and there is no
Billy
Graham dPJMkI
open to every subscriber. Letters to the
editor are published every Wednesday.
Address letters to P.O. Box M, 30224.
worth hearing and weighing with opposing
facts. This is the way voters educate
themselves.
In this instance which involves millions
in local tax money, educated voters are
imperative.
Tuesday.
After that the voters of Spalding County
will decide in November whether or not to
pass a bond issue for the school system.
Meantime in Atlanta Governor Busbee
has said he plans to hold the line against
any new statewide taxes next year.
(Cheers!)
All of which reminds us anew of the old
saying that nothing is more certain than
death and taxes. And while everybody
experiences them, nobody seems to enjoy
them.
LaGrange which whipped R. E. Lee of
Thomaston 25 to 7.
This promises to be an extra good ball
game, and it is an extra good chance for
Griffinites to support our team.
A single game does not make a
season, but second (or lower) does have
to try harder and we expect Griffin
High will do just that and climb right
back up the ladder.
indication anywhere in the Bible that there
is some sort of second chance for people
who have not come to Christ in this life.
I personally think the meaning of this
passage may be indicated in Peter’s
second letter. Here he talks about God’s
judgment on the angels which sinned
against God before the time of Noah, and
were cast down into hell (II Peter 2:4).
The same idea is found in the book of Jude,
verse 6. The context of I Peter 3:18-20
indicates that Jesus did not preach in
order for his listeners to repent, but simply
to announce to the forces of evil that He
had overcome them through His death and
resurrection. James says, “the devils also
believe, and tremble” (James 2:19).
No, the Bible does not teach a “second
chance” It says instead, “behold, now is
the accepted time; behold, now is the day
of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2). The
Bible also warns, “How shall we escape, if
we neglect so great salvation?” (Hebrews
2:3). This is a solemn warning, urging us
to accept Christ while there is still time.
The God /T|
In Secret
By BERTHA COMBS
When Jesus walked this earth among men, He
taught the people and gave counsel on every phase
of life about how to live, how to think, to act, to
desire, to pray, to love, to fast, to seek God’s
righteousness, to live from day to day in the
footsteps of Jesus. In St. Matthew 6:16, 17, 18 Jesus
tells us: “Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the
hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure
their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you. They have their reward. But
thou, when thou fastest, anount thine head, and wash
thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast...”
The individual should look pleased at all times even
in distress and deep despair when with others. The
strength to bear and to overcome trials and
temptations will come through faith and secret
prayer to God.
The devout Christian will fast unto the heavenly
Father. Fasting is from the heart. To fast is to cease
from eating and drinking altogether, or almost
completely and to consecrate the mind and heart on
holy things. There will be joy in the heart of the
believer knowing that Jesus Christ can and will bear
him over the tide. Some persons are always moaning
to others about their troubles, how good they are,
how righteous they live. All of these things they do
for an outside show. Somehow these persons get a
certain joy out of earthly praises, but in the end, this
joy does not give satisfaction to the soul.
All praises for all good things belong to God. Man
can do nothing of himself. God should be given
praise, adoration, glory, honor, and thanks every
day for His blessings by every believer and every
non-believer. When the true seeker gives God all
honor and glory the heart is made glad by the
age-old Story, the unspeakable joy in the heart and
soul. The Holy Scriptures tell that it is sin to seek
self praise for the things an individual can do. God
must be given credit for all the things that He gives
man the wisdom and knowledge to do. Yet there are
those persons who long for honor and glory of man
that they will do almost anything to have their
names mentioned in honor.
The devout Christian goes about doing good quietly
and sincerely from the heart. God knows everything
we do, hears everything we say, even the smallest
thought of the mind and He knows what we need
before we ask Him. It is not through man’s wisdom
that he does great things, but by the mercies and
wisdom of God.
When billows of troubles come into the life of the
believer he can talk to God in secret prayer, and
God will hear and deliver the believer from despair,
no matter how impossible it may seem to man God
can do the Impossible for those who will believe on
Savior Jesus Christ.
Through secret prayer miracles happen. One of
the wonders of sincere prayer is that one can pray
inward while others think not and God will hear. God
sees everything. God looks on the heart. He knows
the mind, the deepest desires and the most hidden
secrets of everyone’s heart. God hears everything,
the song of the birds, all fowl of the air, the music of
the brook, and the song of the mighty waters of the
deep, the language of the rocks and rills, even the
soft whisper of plants and flowers.
The spiritual bread that Jesus gives to man
revives the soul and gives strength to the weary and
courage to the discouraged to go another mile,
another day’s journey in righteousness, to carry his
cross and staff of redemption and endure unto the
end of his mortal life. If the troubled individual will
pray and fast "To God in Secret" he can do all
things according to the will of the Father, and the
seeker will receive the reward of Divine joy in the
heart, and happiness in a full life in this world and
deep hope for eternal life in the great beyond.
Blessings pour out to the sincere devout believer in
God through Jesus Christ who died and rose again to
save man from his sins.
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