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By REV. ROGER WILLIAMS
PASTOR, CUMMING FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
If you expect a conversion
experience like Paul, then you
must first be like Paul. I say
this to simply say a few things
about conversion. Pastors are
often asked about conversion—
what it means, how can you
have it, how can I be sure, etc.
Let me first say that for the
person who accepts Jesus as
Savior and Lord, it is a turning
from one’s old life to a new life.
The Bible calls it being “re
born”, becoming a “new
creature”, and a new person. It
means a new allegiance and
that being to God’s son, Jesus,
the Christ. One may be sure of
the validity of conversion when
one experiences the power and
peace that the Holy Spirit
brings, not merely at the
moment when one’s conversion
begins but all through one’s life.
Let’s not be deceived—we’re
not going to live in some kind of
euphoric trance all our lives.
Being filled with the Spirit
doesn’t mean that. If you want
to see what being filled with the
Spirit means, look at Galatians
5:22-23. A Spirit filled, con
verted life gives evidence of
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D.
Shadburn, Rt. 2, Cumming,
announce the birth of a
daughter, Tanya Dee, born Jan.
30, at the Forsyth County
Hospital.
Mrs. Shadburn is the former
Dolores Blacks tone, daughter of
Mrs. Marjorie Blackstone and
the late Hubert C. Blackstone of
Cumming.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Milledge E.
Shadburn, Rt. 6, Cumming.
The baby joins a brother,
Timmie Dean, age 3 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Elzey
announce the birth of a son,
Jason Todd, born Jan. 31, at the
Hall County Hospital.
Mrs. Elzey is the former Nell
Sullens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Sullens of
Gainesville.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Elzey of
Cumming.
The baby joins a brother,
Shannon, age 3 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Edwards,
Rt. 6, Cumming, announce the
birth of a daughter, Kim
berly Lynn, bom Feb. 7, at
the Forsyth County Hospital.
Mrs. Edwards is the former
Elaine Hyder, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W.R. Hyder, Rt. 2,
Cumming.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Edwards
of Cumming.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ingram,
Rt. 1, Dawsonville, announce
the birth of a son, Gary Marcus,
bom Feb. 7, at the Forsyth
County Hospital.
Mrs. Ingram is the former
Wanda Elizabeth Kile, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kile of
Dawsonville.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Van Ingram of
Dawsonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Joe
Holbrook, Rt. 6, Cumming,
announce the birth of a son,
Jackie Lamar, born Feb. 6, at
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itself in these ways. We’ll have
good days and bad days. There
will be days when we feel as
empty as a chicken platter at a
preacher’s meeting, and there
will be days when we feel ex
tremely close to our Lord.
Remember—our Lord ex
perienced these same things.
I say all of this to simply say
that because we all are different
and have different per
sonalities, different
backgrounds and experiences,
our conversion experiences
differ. Paul was a well
educated, aggressive, hot
blooded zealot whose life was
intensely driven in one direc
tion. His conversion experience
was aptly fitted to his life. It
was dramatic, intense and
unusual. Such a conversion was
needed for such a man. Our
Lord knows our needs and
meets them.
There is much more that
could be said about con
version-let’s simply thank our
Lord that he is concerned about
it for us as evidenced in the life,
death and resurrection of his
son.
the Forsyth County Hospital.
Mrs. Holbrook is the former
Dorothy Buice, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Buice of
Alpharetta.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Holbrook
of Cumming.
The baby joins Debra 12,
Sherry 10, Tammy 8, Donna 6,
Eddy, Jr. 3, and Michael 2.
Mr. and Mrs. James D.
Johnson, Alpharetta, announce
the birth of a daughter, Tracy
Ann, born Jan. 29.
Mrs. Johnson is the former
Martha Ann Payne, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pendley of
Alpharetta.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Johnson
of Alpharetta.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hutcheson,
Jr., Dahlonega, announce the
birth of a son, James Anthony,
born Feb. 3, at the Forsyth
County Hospital.
Mrs. Hutcheson is the former
Betty Ann Satterfield, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Sat
terfield of Dahlonega.
Paternal grandparents are
the late M.L. Hutcheson, Sr. of
Dawsonville.
The baby joins Lee Hutcheson
m.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D.
Scollon, Atlanta, announce the
birth of a daughter, Ruth
Amilia, born Jan. 11.
Mrs. Scollon is the former
Ellen Ruth Barnett, daughter of
Mrs. Sue Bell of Atlanta. The
maternal great-grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Heard,
formerly of Cumming.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Reynolds of Oakwood, Ga.,
announce the birth of a son,
Melvin Leroy Reynolds, Jr.,
bom January 25, 1973, at the
Forsyth County Hospital.
Mrs. Reynolds is the former
Michele Shorvers, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shorvers,
Florida.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds,
Ohio.
Woman’s Mission Group Meets
By MRS. JIM BENNETT
The Lottie Moon Woman’s
Missionary Union of the
Pleasant Grove Baptist met
Monday night at the church for
the February meeting, with
Mrs. Jim Bennett, president,
presiding.
Opening with group singing:
Mrs. Winfred Waldrip gave the
Call to Prayer with Mrs. Ray
Hemphill leading the Prayer.
A business hour followed with
Historical Group
to Hear Forsyth
William H. Forsyth, of
Atlanta, historian of the For
syth families in America, will
be guest speaker at the Feb. 22
meeting of the Forsyth County
Historical and Genealogical
Society. The meeting is
scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.
in the Historical Room of the
Pioneer Restaurant in Cum
ming.
Forsyth was born July 20,1902
in Mason City, lowa, a son of
William Owen Forsyth, of
Leesburg, Va., and Hephzibah
Sarah Hayward, who was born
in a log cabin in Pocahontas
County, lowa. His grandfather,
J.W. Forsyth, was a Methodist
minister and held pastorates in
Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and
lowa. He went to lowa in 1886 to
organize new churches.
Through his maternal line of
ancestors, he is a direct
descendant of Nicassius de
Sille, founder of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands; of Peter
Wyckoff, whose New York
home is the oldest frame house
in America; of the founder of
the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry;
and of three members of the
Continental Army who were
present at the surrender at
Yorktown.
William Henry Forsyth was
educated in lowa and employed
in Chicago until 1932 when he
moved to Atlanta with a
business firm which finally
deceased operations during the
depression. In 1943 he took a
position with the Federal
government as an auditor. In
later years he went into the real
estate business, remaining in
this work until his retirement in
1962.
His interest in the Forsyth
families, wjjich started him on a
Atlanta--International City?
Aspects of Atlanta as an in
ternational city will be
discussed by minister and
world-traveler Wayne Smith at
Kennesaw Junior College
Thursday, Feb. 15.
The Rev. Smith, an associate
pastor at North Avenue
Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, will lecture at noon in
the library seminar room. The
program is open to the public.
The Atlanta minister, for
seven years a missionary to
Brazil, accompanied Gov.
Jimmy Carter to Brazil last
spring when the Governor made
a trip to South America.
The Rev. Smith began the
President’s Prayer Luncheon of
Brazil in 1967 and is now
cooperating with the U.S.
Senate Prayer Group in the
southeastern part of the United
States. He has traveled widely
in South America, Europe, the
Middle-East and the United
States promoting a “new
concept of Christian missionary
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Mrs. Ralph Cox, Secretary and
Treasurer, reading the minutes
and giving reports on projects
for our Annie Armstrong
special offering for Home
Missions coming up soon.
Assistant program chairman
Mrs. Carl Stovall, presented the
program “Faith, Mission and
Salvation.” Mrs. Stovall was
assited on the program by Mrs.
W. L. Wood, Mrs. Ray Hemphill
long journey of intensive
research, originated when he
was asked to write a history of
the Forsyth families for a
historical society. At that time,
he admits, he knew nothing at
all about the family history.
The search began in the
Archives at Des Moines, Iowa;
from there research trails
carried him to Utah, New
Orleans, Virginia, New York,
Detroit, Ohio, and the Georgia
Archives. During these years of
compiling voluminous amounts
of historical and genealogical
material, he learned that
several Forsyths were founders
of some of our largest cities:
Thomas Forsyth founded
Chicago; William Forsyth
founded Detroit; and Ambrose
and. William G. Forsyth founded
Atlanta.
Over recent years he has put
together 1,900 pages of research
data and written a number of
books on various Forsyth lines,
including that of Gov. John
Forsyth of Georgia. In addition,
he has written a history of the
First Methodist Church of
Atlanta; a Memorial to Wesley
Chapel, Atlanta’s first church;
and a Memorial to Col. Pierre
Denys de la Ronda, a kinsman
who was aide to General
Jackson in the Battle of New
Orleans, plus many short
historical articles. (Forsyth has
written a biographical sketch of
Gov. John Forsyth for the
March issue of the Society’s
quarterly publication,
CHEROKEE COUNTRYMAN.)
Forsyth is married to Martha
Elizabeth Spivey of Putnam
County, Ga., who descends from
the Spivey-Hargrove families,
reputable planters of that
county and area.
endeavor through persuasion at
top levels.”
He helped establish leader
ship “cells” all over Brazil and
in some other sections of South
America.
Before coming to the Atlanta
area in 1971, the Rev. Smith was
involved in student work at the
First Presbyterian Church of
South Charleston, W. Va., and a
pastorate at the Elks Hill
Presbyterian Church of South
Charleston.
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and Mrs. Winfred Waldrip.
At the March meeting the
book “No Man Goes Alone” will
be presented by Mrs. Stovall
and Mrs. Edna Hood.
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WILLIAM H. FORSYTH
Authority on Forsyth Families
Preaching
ATLANTA— An Expository
Preaching School sponsored by
the Sunday School Department
of the Georgia Baptist Con
vention will be held at Norman
Baptist Assembly, Norman
Park, March 5-7, according to
Dr. Julian T. Pipkin, Atlanta,
secretary of the Sunday School
Department of the Georgia
Baptist Convention.
Program personalities in
clude Dr. Robert E. Naylor,
president of Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary
in Ft. Worth, who will spotlight
Spanish
Missionary
To Speak
A Baptist missionary from
Spain is scheduled to speak at
both 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
services Sunday at the Victory
Baptist Church.
Rev. Thurman Wade, of the
church said Paco, a Spanish
National who was converted in
Spain and has worked ex
tensively with Cuban refugees,
is set to address the
congregation and guests.
Paco is now with Baptist
International Missions and will
be returning to Spain to work
among his own people, Wade
said.
Hostess at the meeting with
delicious refreshments for the
nine members present was Mrs.
Ix)is Hemphill. Mrs. Hemphill’s
prayer closed the meeting.
School Set
expository preaching in the Old
Testament. Another speaker is
J. Estill Jones, pastor of the
Dogwood Hills Baptist Church
in East Point, who will feature
expository preaching from the
Book of Philippians, and the
third speaker will be Dr.
Stanley R. Hahn, pastor of the
West End Baptist Church in
Atlanta who will feature ex
pository preaching from the
Life and Teaching of Jesus.
According to Pipkin purpose
of the Expository Preaching
School is to provide a renewed
emphasis on Expository Bible
Preaching, to bring a variety of
examples and good expository
preaching, and a suggestion of
content from specific Bible
passages.
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-FEBRUARY 15, 1973-
From the
Pastor’s pen
The Church’s Summum Bonum (Chief end)
I Our Command, II Our Commission, 111 Our Constraint.
The command is “go ye into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature.” Mk. 16:15.
We should have the mind of Christ, for He says, “let this mind
be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made
himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion
as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Phil. 2:5-8. To be mission minded, is to
be Christ minded.
II Ihe Commission: “Then said Jesus...,as my father hath sent
me, even so send I you.” John 20:21.
111 The Constraint: “For the love of Christ constraineth us ...”
II Cor. 5:14a. The supreme attainment for man is divine love
because love: “Sufferth long and is kind; envieth not, brags not;
does not puff up; does not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in
iniquty, but rejoiceth in the truth.” I Cor. 13:4-6.
Since Christ is love personified, I John 4:8, then we need Him in
our hearts. “Christ in you the hope of Glory.” Col. 1:27.
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