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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 6, 1933.
PAGE THREE
For April 9, 1933
I3y Dr. H. J. PORTER, Teacher Men’s Bible Class
y Butler Baptist Church.
Jesus’ Requirements of Loyalty
Lesson Text, Mark 27:38
"Whosoever will come
J me let him denyhimself j
tuke up his cross and follow, me.’’
hilVe now reached the apex of
, ■ career. He had been on the up-
JeS t from the waters of Jordan, and
Rr n li nmv descending to Calvary,
will , * Cessarea Phillip! is
The Tchmnological and theological
^Tdooint the most important event
rta S.-areer from Jordan to Calvary.
‘? hlS r to keep before us as we study.
" e 11 m»nt of a Christian a
the Tm study of the case. First, the
threefold 8tl J^jL 11 i cra 4 e( i «by Christ isj
there 1 o not onlv is Jesus su-
^•^mrnander in this Christianity
hun, but the Jewish nation as a
whole would deny aim. Through the
orders of tne official heads ox the
Jewish nation Christ was crucified.
Thus fulfilling the Old Testament
prophecy concerning his end. Not
only did Jesus tell of nis physical
death and resurrection in a specified
time.
There are numerous passages in the
New Testament that gives Jesus pre
diction of his own resurrection. In
Mark 8:31; Mark 9, 9, 10, 30-32;
Mark 10:32-34 and others
Folowing the prophecy of his suffer
ing Peter took him asiue and on the
impulse of the moment as he was
prone to do he took the liberty to
lecture to the Saviour. No sooner had
he started this conversation than he
• received for his trouble one of sharp
.ieve in fuss and noise, church or-
gu.au.i ions, etc., and not enough of
uic out unu time-tried religion.
The disc'pies further said that
some thought that he was the
prophet Jeremiah returned to eartn. - .. . TUl . nrp
there is in existence a tradition that 1 ®? 4 a ™ s IShtoA me
Jeremiah hid the ark of the covenant | hi ® exact words, ‘'Get thee behmd_me
and the alter of incense in some cave
somewnere
he would one
uisclose the aiding place. Seme peo
pie thought that Je»us was Jeremiah
come ibacK to earth to bring to lignt
the Ark of the Covenant.
After all these answers had been
given, Jesus came with the main
question which is as follows. “‘Whom
say ye that 1 am?" They had
been intimately associatea with Jesus
for three years. At the beginning
they had accepted his Messiahsnip.
They had not at that time compre
hended the meaning of his Messiah-
ship to become disciples in the true
sense of the word, had their profes
sion upon the banks of the Jordan
been deepened an broadened into a
conviction regarding his divine per-
FIVE POINTS
pretty
wsskS.*s tss s ir&'iifess.
Christ. Peter might have meant well;
likely he did; but in what he was say
ing he was trying to defeat the very
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Ja’rrell, Mrs. G.
W. Jarrell, Mrs C F Bennett and Miss
Iiiez Jarrell were Saturday guests .oi
Mr and M rs< John Haywood.
Mrs. Hugh Cheek and little daugh
ter of Sylvania, are spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Jarrell.
Misses Sara and Vera Peterman
spent Sunday with Misses Nita Rhodes
and Miss Mabel Beeland,
Mrs. Nann Jarrell spent the week
end with Mrs. E. M.-Gaultney.
Miss Margaret Sweeney and Mr.
Russell Scandrett of Macon were the
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Scandrett. 1
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Jarrell, Mrs G
W. Jarrell, Mrs C. F Bennett and
Miss Inez Jarrell were the Thursday
WESLEY
end forThich Christ made his advent guests of Mr and Mrs. Horn and Mi*
into the world. Peter was looking , Laura Jordan.
^ „ rnmmander in this Christianity
P r «f «?£ter of all. That is the fact
fct jSis the one and only way to
Nation and we can enter by no
Am route. Christ now goes from
other roure tQ Capern i um and
Deca ' , " ira in in contact with his foes.
c ? ,nre.l the sight to a Wind man,
He with his disciples, paired
'nrthward about 26 miles to the tetri- , v — m
,,f Cesarea Phillini where _ he son ? p e ter answered the Saviour by
taueht his disciples the important .saying: "Tuou art the Christ." To the
ssiahship. Jew tne Messiah was the persop in
sveaLi Himself whom all the works of God were
little group, probably 1 consumated. Is this what Christ
twelve, then took the road 'means to you? If not it should be.
on Jv, th .fr i out of the basin of the sea i Christ told the disciples now to tell
a 0 *,™ _ hi „u I, between 600 and no one that he was Christ. Some are
of Gall* e ® i A „ A i 4-Vio Viicrh- Ipj t.n nupst.inn whether nr not dhrisst
700 feet bel<
w'above'seaTevel. The place I tie room for doubt as to whether or
1200 feet the tablelands not he approved of tne title. The on-
where tn y jjj g 0 j Mount Her- ly reason that he had for the secrecy
was in ine .. J +Vio com- iwas a nolitical one. for the people
nporal
ail learned
upon' the death of Jesus simly as
not ' death like others men and to be pre-
not vented if possible. The way Christ
was to die was the means by which
God had chosen to satisfy his broken
law, ary the salvation of man.
Christs’ Loyalty
Christ, though a suttering inan,
knew that he was sovengn. lx he was
Mr. and Mrs: Robert Suggs of Rey
nolds were Sunday guests of Mr.xapd
Mrs. R. M. Suggs and family. * ^
. Mrs. J. H. Adams was the Monday
guest of Mrs«Tom Wilson.
Miss Mqrie Payne spent the week
end with home folks in Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Smith and
children spent Sunday with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John. Pippins.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sealy' and
children were Sunday guests of Mr,
and Mrs. J. A'. Heath aha family.
Sunday guestB of Mrs. J. H. Adams
and family -included: Mr and Mrs.
Clem Waters and children of Rey
nolds; Mr.'and Mrs. Will Adams and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ab Adams and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Adams,
and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Adams and
children.
“hp visited all the cities com-. was a political one,
• .'"Vwrea Philippi This was a would try to make <
Cy beautiful .city. It had been built (King, and If the people
ZZ as Banias. Jesus spent
time in solitary prayer and while they
were probably in some recess in the
mountain side Jesus propounds a
question to the disciples that has a
-oonViim/ meaning for us. The
^p tbiioeror Tiberius and is now tnat he had no intention of becoming
u„ni»a. Jesus spent some an earthly ruler there woul d be a
wholesale turning from him. Also
the disciples must wait for further
instruction. They did not give exactly
the correct answer to Jesus’ question
as'Peter showed immediately after iby
becoming the tempter of the Lord. So
we see that the reason for.the secret
about Jesus was that trouble might
arise if the people proclaimed him as
Messiah, without thoroughly under
standing the kingdom of his.
Confessing Christ
We are today perfectly willing to
be caield a follower of jesus. he is
our greatest teacher. So let's strive
to learn something of him every day.
uuccwvt* - “ ■
far-reaching meaning
ouestion was: "Whom do men say
that 1 am?" We gather from this
uuestion that Jesus recognized the
Zl that his earthly PH^ge was
drawing to a dose and that before
his demise, he wanted bis divine na
ture to be fully understood by his
disciples who were to carry on what
he ha,) started. He well knew what
the Hisciplcs thought of him but he
wanted to hear from their own lips
tnuv iic dvtw.o— — *
going to die for our sins was, and is,
he not entitled to ibe aerved by u ?
It is natural to suppose that he naa
a message for those nearest hUn,
he also had a message for '“JM"
crucial hour he called to Wm his
ciples and the multitude and addressed
them in one memorable sentence.
This one address only a few words
length was one of the greatest utter
ances that the Saviour ever uttered.
least afraid to bear his own cross
which he din and paid the suprem
price aB his gift to Christianity.
Anv man can come after Christ ii
he sc> y desires. Though he must deny
himself, for Christ wants no divided
alegiance. He must controlhimself for
the cross must be carried dady. When
what they thought. The disciples con f egs him as our Saviour for
knew that Jesus’ enemies called mm | tnere 13 no 0 t n er way nor no other
a glutton and a wine drinker and ac- , name w u e reby we can be saved. Let
cused him of being in league with the
devil through Beelzebub and an asso
ciate of publicans and sinners. What
Jesus wanted to know was what peo
ple at large thought of him. He
wished to know if they doubted- him
because lie had refused to be a po
litical deliverer. The future of Chris
tianity was based u P on the conception
of people as to who he (Jesus) was.
The answer he received to the in
quiry was in the main favorable to
Jesus but the answer was neither
perfect nor complete. The first ans
wer he received was that some say
that thou art John the Baptist. Herod
really wanted to believe this for the
reason that he had had John the Bap
tist beheaded and doubtless his con
science smote him for the crime.
There was a vast difference in John
the Baptist and John which suggests
that the speaker was impulsive and
answered the question without due
consideration.
Another one answered that some
aid he was Elias among the greatest
figures perhaps in history, either pro
fane or sacred. He smote the proph
ets of Baal and amid horses and
chariots of fire he entered heaven
some thought that Jesus was Elias
returned to earth. Amid all his spe,ti
ns rejoice in the fact that he is our
propitiation from worldliness and
sin. If we learn of him, and he saves
us, then we should acknowledge him
as our Lord and Master at an times.
We should always be ready at his'
beck and call. We cannot approach a
throne of divine grace except thru
him as our one and only Mediator.
Trust in the Christ
That Paid the Price
After Peter spone in answer to
Jesus' question the other disciples
knew tnat Jesus was the promised
Messiah, it was now time for him to
acquaint them with the fact of the
supreme sacrifice that he must pay
This was the first time that the dis
ciples had understood the greatest
secret of his death. He had told them
of the temple to be destroyed and re
built in three days. He had reference
in this statement to himself at the
crucifixion and resurrection. The dis
ciples had not been cognizant of the
meaning of this though till now. He
now begins to openly tell them that
the son of man must suffer many
things before his earthly demise. He
was now only six months from Cal
vary. The sacrificial offering that
Christ would make was taught in the
is X'ssfflrs %
would offer his life in doing the will
of God “For whomsoever would save
his Hfe shall lose it, and whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake shall
find it;’’ meaning that we save • our
lives by losing them in the
life The value of a sacrifice depends
upon the cause for which the sacrifice
is made. To live a useless life is to
lose in the final end our entire life.
What good would it do a man were
he to gain this world at the price of
his life 9 We can look at this state
ment not Vo mean physically every
thing in the world, but instead al
that the world can offer In the way
of eniovment whether it be sensual
ambition, intellectual, or for gain.
We live in an age that is unfaithful
in that it many times criticizes fi-
dolitv to the Lord. How often have we
seen in our own experiences, men
ieered at by the crowd for any
iigious effort. Christ plainly tells us
that whosoever shall be ashamed
him and his words that the .son
man will also ho ashamed of him when
he someth in the p-lory of the Father
and the holy angels.
Here we mi"ht also note that t '
is the first direct reference to the
second coming of Christ. Thus
know that he is coming again some
time. We do not know when. So we
should all be readv for this coming
no matter when the coming may be,
Mrs. Willie Parker was the ThurS'
day guest of Mrs. Nelson, .
Miss Juliette Jarrell spent the
weekend with Miss Elffie Smith at
Butler.
Misses Sara-and Virginia Peterman
and Katinell Gaultney spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. 'Dennis Peter
man.
Mr. G. W. Bivins of Butler was the
Sunday, guest of Mi 1 , atid.’Mrsi Horn
and Mrs. Laura Jordan.
Mrs. W. Z. Goodwin and Misaec
Doris and Winnie Goodwin have re
turned home after* spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. Driskell and
Mrs. Horace Watson at Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ranow and
children were Sunday guests of Mr,
and Mrs. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Jarrell, Mrs G
W Jarrell, Mrs C F. Benne.tt and
Misses Inez and Juliette Jarrell were
Tuesday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. C
Jarrell and Mrs. Hugh Cheek.
Miss Lila Burgess was the Thurs
day guest of Miss Anna Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kendrick
moved to Macon last week.
Mr. W. Z. Goodwin spent the week
end with Mr.,Tom Shine.
Misses Doris Gaultney and Frances
Booth were the Saturday guests of
Misses Evelyn Goodwin, Elizabeth
and Alma Parker.
Miss Myrtle Walker was the Satur
day guest of Miss Lila • BuTgiess,
Mrs. Harper Moore-was the Thurs
day guests of Mrs. John Haywood and
family. . .
Mrs. J. B. Kendrick -Was the Sunday
guest of Mrs. Tom Kendrick.
Sunday school every Sunday p,
at 2:30.
Mrs. Lane Lowe and children were
Thursday guests'of Mrs. Dewey Ra-
noya
tacular“surroundings he was but a Old Testament and could not 'be ful-
pigmy when compared with the j filled without going to Calvary. The
blessed Christ final victory over death was to be
One trouble'with the church today wo nthrough great agony. Christ
is that there are too many Elijahites told the disciples that not only the
su,! not enough Christians. Tiiere are chief priests and scribes -and isolated
thos" among us today who still be- individuals here and there would deny
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HOWARD
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Waller were in
Butler Tuesday. Mrs. Lula Wall ac
companied them.
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Halley spent
Friday night with Mrs. Belle Swear
ingen.
Mrs. Hattie Walker left a few days
ago to visit her daughter, Mrs. Dbn
Ohlinger at Thomasville. Later she
will go to Lakeland, Fla.
Mrs. A. J. and Rita Peacock, Messrs -
Barney McDaniel and Norman Pea
cock were guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Worthen Taunton and' attended
the singing at Mt. Pisgah Sunday
afternoon
Mrs. Will Parker is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Woodall, this
week.
Mr. and. Mrs. J W Lancaster and
baby ary Miss Alice McCantg were
week end guests of Mr and Mrs. J. L.
Anthony.
Mr. Lewis Rustin, who has been in
a hospital in Miami, Fla., for treat
ment for several months, arrived
here Sunday afternoon and was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Dock Pike.
Mrs. Joe Wilder entertained the
Junior Stewards and a few others '
Tuesday evening,
Mr. and Mrs. Verna Parker of
Buena Vista, were guests SUnday of
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woodall.
Mr. Dan Wells spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Emett Wells
near Tazewell.
Mr. J. T. Chapman attended the
funeral of Mr. Will Highsmith at
New Life Sunday p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Morris and lit- '
tie daughter were Sunday visitors of
their mother, Mrs. Morris at Center
ville. i )
Several of our citizens are attend
ing court In Butler this week.
Mrs. Elba Sloan and children left
Tuesday for an extended visit with
relatives at Lakeland, Fla. '''
Miss Jessie Waller spent a few days
last week with Mrs. R. D. Waller. *
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend the Quarterly Conference Sat
urday, April 8bh at the Mauk Metho-
Mr. an,j Mrs.«J. C. Fain wefe the
week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
F Fain, Jr
Mr. Mefcer Parker of Daviston was
the recent guest of his cousin, Mr
Carl Brown.
Miss Louise Parks * has returned
home has returned home after teach
ing a most successful term of school
at Cross Roads.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown, Misa
Mary Wimberly aiy Mr. A. F. Fain,
Jr, spent Saturday in Colum-bus-
Misses Eloise and Ludie R nfrce
were guests of Mrs. Hill England In
Butler last week.
Mrs. Lee Watson and Miss Marilou
Averett were Friday visitors of Mrs,
D. W. Culverhouse.
Mr. an Mrs. O. O. Browp and MIbs
F'rances Brown spent Saturday in Co
ll* mbus
MIbs Sara Baldwin has returned to
Ct lumbuB after visiting her mother.
Mrs. Annie Downs.
Mr. and Mrs. Worthen of Talbotton
were Saturday dinner guests .of Mr.
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BUTLER No! 3
ban uilding Saturday night. A nice,,sum 1
V ras collected from the admission
i ees. The teachers wish to express
speiheir sincere gratitude to all who in
som ny way contributed to make the'
acco lay a success,
not
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of b
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only
KxiMANYcsmuniEj vueiouspeoMs
ALTHOTHEY tuvi LIVED THOUMUMOF
«IIES APART, HAVE HAD SIMILAR
WMVtRBS. SHALL WE 60 VISIT
agouhdtHE world a SEC THESE
CQUMTRieV?
Mr. E.J. Wainwrignt had the mis
fortune of losing a valuable mule by
„eath one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hortman were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrt
Elbert 1 osey.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Moore were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs Jimmie
Stringfield.
Mrs. R A Spillers and little Cleo
Wainwright were Saturday guests oi
Mrs. Rtginal McCrary.
Mr. William Peterman spent the
week end with homefolks here.
Mrs. Rufus Wainwright and daugh
ter spent Friday with Mrs. J. H. Dun
lap and were accompanied - home by
little Aetna who is spending some,
time with Ethel Dunlap.
Mrs. Lokie Rogers and children
were Saturday guests of Mrs. H. C.
Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso McCrary
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. J
Wainwright.
Remember prayer .services will be
held Saturday night at the home of
Mr. Will Allen.
The people of our community deep
ly sympathize with the relatives of
Mr. Hoy Peterman who met an un
timely death in an accident Saturday
night near Buena Vista. ,
Several of our citizens are'attend
ing court in Butler this week.
CORRBPOHDIMG TO THE TURKISH PROVERB
there is oue here m Italy which says,*
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ft,"LIKEOIICUEHS COME HOME TO ROOST.’ SEARXIHG POINT.
Here iuturkey wk imsiance they have a
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Backache
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. A nagging backache, with
bladder irregularities and
„ tired, nervous, depressed
feeling may warn of some dis
ordered kidney or bladder con
dition. Users everywhere rely
on Doan’s Pills. Praised for
more than 50 years by grateful
users the country over. Sold by
all druggists.
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Mr. anj Mrs. Dewey Moore spent
Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Will
Windham.
Miss Name Gaultney was the recent
guest of Miss Leah Beeland.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Culverhouse ha«
as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. E.
Pike and children and Mrs. Ida Cul
verhouse. j i
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bickley had ar
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Jinks
and Mrs. John Jinks and son.
Mr. Dock Byers was the Sunday
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bick
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Windham had
as Sunday visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Windham, Mr. and Mrs. John
Chapman and children all of Thomas
ton.
Miss Florine Beeland spent Monday
night with Miss Virginia Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rutherford and
Mrs. J. T Beeland and children were
Sunday visitors of Mr. ary Mrs. Ed
Hammock.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Harmon, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Booth, Mrs. H. M
Parker and children, Miss Louise
Booth and Mr Charlie Hammoek were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hammock.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs
Emily French is improving following
a long illness.
Miss Ethel Culverhouse is spending
several days with Mrs. Homer Bick
ley.
Miss Leah Beeland spent Friday
with Mrs. Tom Chapman in Butler.
COURAGE
Goethe, the great German poet,
said: “Lose money, lose Something;
lose honor, lose much; lose courage,
lose everything ...”
Courage is about all that some of
us have salvaged from financial up
heaval.
With courage we gather the dust
of shattered 'dreams and build again.
With the courage of our convictions
and' kindled by the fires of a fighting
faith we face the future unafraid
DAVISTON
Mr. anj Mrs. Oscar Gilbert and
children, and Miss Ruby Gilbert of
Thomaston were week end guests of
Mrs. R. J. Gilbert and family.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A Parker and son
were Sundday guests of Mr and Mrs.
J. R. Fallow.
SlisB Lois Parker was the week end
guest of Miss Evelyn Gassett.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whatley and
son were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Caldwell and family.
Mr. and Mrs; M. J. Fuller spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.,
Len Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. • Purvis and
family were week end guests of Eld.
and Mrs. H. S. McCorkle and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Butler and fam-'
Uy were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Fuller.
Mr. and Mr8 ' George Slaughter and
family of Thomaston were we.ek-end
guests of Mr. J. T. Parker and Mr.
and Mrs, B. Miller.
Little Mary Miller has returned
home after spending rime time with
Mrs. Charlie Miller.
Mrs. G A. Parker, Mrs. M. J. Ful
ler and Mrs. J W. Mathews were
Wednesday guests of Mrs F., L. Pur
vis. !*!$
Mrs. F. L. Purvis entertained the
Sewing Club last week. Miss Evelyn
Gassett will entertain this week.
Mr. Charlie Butler was called to
the hed side of his mother in Fort
Valley recently, who was injured in a
car wreck but we hope her injuries
will not prove serious.
Mr. Griffith Butler has returned
home after spending some time with
Mr. Charlie Butler.
Mr. Carl Butler was the Week end
guest of friends in Howard.
Miss Mamie. Searcy yvas the recent
guest of M.iss Louise Braddy.
Mrs. G. A. Parker was the Saturday
guest of Mrs. J. W. Mathews.
Mrs W. J. Braddy, Misses Ruby and
Louise Braddy were recent guests of
.Mrs. John Searcy and Miss Maurine
Searcy.
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