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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 14, 1943.
d r. h. j. porter
Uutler, Ga.
THE SABBATH DAY
Ex. 20:8-11; Isaiah
Mark 2:23, 3-6.
PAGE FIVE
Tax Deductions For
This Year Will Be
Allowed in 1944
JESUS AND
Lesson Text.
58:13, 14;
rniricn Text: And he said unto
00 them: The Sabbath was made
for man, and not man for the j
Sabbath.
votional Reading: Psalms 1
Introduction
lcson for last Sunday had to
with reverence
that we were not to
Dove
, ^ l ',uith rpverence for God. It
do
warned Qf the Lorc i j n va i n
Today we are to learn how we are
to reverence
comma
v as a uci>
which had been
day through
God by our acts. It
us to lay aside a cer
tain day as a day of rest and wor
tain j--- ,,.v,ihad
ship-
The day
called the Sabbath
miries had been a distinguish
ing mark of the chosen people.We
not taught as to what extent it
lated to a like observance by
races. The Bible is
Atlanta, Oct. 11—Georgians in
filing their state income tax re
turns next March may deduct from
their gross income whatever
amount they have paid in federal
income taxes in 1943, Attorney
General T. Grady Head said Mon
day.
Deductions of federal payments
from state returns have been ror-1
Clem Rainey, Chairman
Prison Board, Under
Old Regime, Resigns
-Clem Rainey,
Atlanta, Oct. 9
chairman of the
Board of Prisons, resigned Friday
as a commissioner of corrections
underthe new law making the
Waverly Hall Baptists
Hold 50th Anniversary
Sunday, October 10
Waverly Hall, Ga., Oct. 12—The
Seventh Annual
Tri-County Fair To Be
Held In Manchester
Manchester, Ga., Oct. 10—The
former State ( ^^eleb^Jte/^ ' Trl ‘County fair composing Talbot
day ceieoarted its outn anmver
sary with services at the church,
with Dr. F. S. Porter, pastor of the
three former prison commissioners! S,huiTh of Columbus
advisory to W. L. Moore, director SJl-S-n Inrip* At’ f ?
of corrections. i Christian Index, Atlanta, as guest
c- uccu (_i Mr. Rainey sa >d he admired Mr. 1 SP £he C pn
mitted in Georgia since 1938. J oort J ™ uch an ? recognized 1 a m was resumed at
Some confusion developed, how- | bis ability, but pressing business and lasted unti , ft
ever, after inauguration of the j '"J™** at Dawson demanded his Lunch was served » on the ground „
federal plan to put most individu- f urn J° hls home there at once. under thp la beautiful pine
taxpayers on a current basis, Publishes a newspaper and has treeg in thp rear Qf h ch J ch
other business and agricultural in- bu nding
Road Improving
Contracts Will Be
Let October 22
Atlanta, Oct. 11—Contracts for
resurfacing south Georgia high-
Harris and Meriwether, will open ! ways at a cost of $500,000 probably
its gates Monday for the seventh i wil1 bo lp t Oct. 22, Highway Direc-
vear in succession, and promises
to be the best.
The “food for victory” program
is gaining momentum, as will be
The program began shortly after ’ P roved b .v a greater number of
2 p.
P-
E.
is rel
nther ancient
° ‘ clear that whether or not the
"'torn did or did not prevail be-
nrc the days of Moses, it certainly
received divine approval at Moun:
\Vo are commanded to keep the
Sabbath Day holy or set aside for
‘ re d use. We are bidden in the
:, erv first word of our lesson to re
nder the Sabbath day. As to
vhy we are not told to remember
' 0 fher commandments is
be
muse we are fully aware of the
vi ls with which the command
ments deal. It is very easy for our
senses of right and wrong to be-
dullcd when it comes to the
of the Sabbath.
the
come
al
and Revenue Commissioner J
Cook asked Head for a ruling.
The attorney general said his
opinion undoubtedly would add to
the administrative burden of the
revenue department because fed
eral income taxes paid in 1943,
based on estimated income, would
have to be adjusted in many cases
later.
Christian Science
Lesson-Sermon
proper observance
Customs change. Society makes de
mands upon our times and upon
the service of others. Bit by bit we
find ourselves retreating from the
views that we formerly held con
cerning the Sabbath day, and jus
tify ourselves by saying that times
have changed. Times have in all
probability changed, but we must
at the same time remember that
God's will and God's laws have
not changed with the times.
No divine provision has ever
conferred more blessing on the
human arcc than has the one re
garding the Sabbath. We can be
sure that if we do not set aside a
special day on which to worship
God we will at last arrive at the
place where we are entirely indif
ferent to the demands of spiritual
nature. This command is balanced
between the needs of the body and
ihose of the spirit. The point upon
hich it turns is rest and worship.
It bids us to work six days and
kst on the seventh. This rest
ould be corrupting and debilitat
ing if it did not crown a period of
energetic activity, and the com
mandment incidental to the physi
cal would be useless without that
which deals with the spirit.
God does not want the worship
of people worn out with continual
unrelieved labor. This would not
he the variety of worship which
God desires. The Jews were com
manded to keep the Sabbath day
because in six days God made
heaven and earth and rested on
the seventh day.
In Deut. 5:12-15 there is another
of the reasons set forth. It is that
God by his mighty hand led the
Israelites out of Egypt, and that
they in ercognition of their grati
tude for their deliverance were to
keep the day. In each case the
Sabbath is observed as a memo
rial.
Difference Between Sabbath
And Sunday
When the world was created it
took God six days to complete the
task and on the seventh day or the
Sabbath day he rested. This was
the completing of a work, and the
seventh day was the one that was
blessed. As to the Sunday Jesus
was crucified, buried and arose on
the third day which was on the
Jewish Sabbath day. With Christ's
rising from the dead a new dis
pensation set in. It started with
the Jewish Sabbath. But the new
order of things dates from the
resurrection and it was the first
day of the new order of things, so
Sunday was the first day of the
week. So the Jewish seventh day
and the Christian first day of the
week was one and the same day.
Under the old dispensation, man
celebrated the completion of work
under the new dispensation he
s>eeks for spiritual power at the be
ginning of a week in order that he
rnay be enabled to do the work
which was to follow.
The idea of the Sabbath de
velopes in significance as we read
further into the Bible. In the sec
ur'd passage of scripture in our
lesson today Isaiah declares that
if vve will turn from our selfish
projects on the Sabbath “and cali
'ire Sabbath a delight and the holy
°i Dod honorable, and shalt hon-
or it. The original idea of the
Sabbath was joy and not sadness.
b ' s our own fault if we make it
a day of gloom. Notice the state
ment about turning away our foot
from lhe Sabbath- In the third
chapter of Exodus, Moses received
|he following command from the
burning bush, “Put off the shoes
horn thy feet, for the place where-
un thou standest is holy ground.”
nen we can say that the Sabbath
“Doctrine of Atonement”is subject
of Lesson-Sermon which will be
lead in Churches of Christ, Scient
ist. throughout the world next
Sunday.
The Golden Text is: “Thomas
saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can
we know the way? Jesus saith un
to him, lam the way, the truth,
and the life; no man cometh unto
the Father, but by me.” (John 14:
5, 6).
Among the citations which
comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the
following from the Bible;
“But if, while we seek to be jus
tified by Christ, we ourselves also
are found sinners, is therefore
Christ the minister of sin? God
forbid” (Gal. 2:17).
The Lesson-Sermon also in
cludes the following passage from
the Christian Science textbook.
“Science nad Health with Key to
the Scriptures” by Mary Baker
Eddy: “Every pang of repentance
and suffering, every effort for re
form, every good thought and
deed, will help us to nuderstand
Jesus’ atonement for sin and aid
its efficacy; but if the sinner con
tinues to pray and repent, sin and
be sorry, he has little part in the
atonement,—in the at-one-ment
with God,—for he lacks the prac
tical repentance, which reforms
the heart and enables man to do
the will of wisdom” (p. 19).
is also holy and we are not to
tread upon it with worldly de
signs. The Sabbath was set aside
for holy purposes. We are not to
follow our pleasure on the Sab
bath. We may have the desire to
use the Sabbath for personal prof
it or pleasure. We are to regard
the day as belonging to God. All
time of course is God's, but the
Sabbath is especially his. And in
face of this we are to put aside
any personal desire we may have.
Those who understand the Sabbath
and keep it have nothing but
praise for it. If we keep the day,
we shall be rewarded, we shall be
come the recipients of God's rich
est gifts.
Lord of the Sabbath
There was never anything in
our Lord's ministry that brought
in greater controversy than his at
titude concerning the Sabbath. On
a certain Sunday it once happened
that Jesus and His disciples were
going through a field of grain,and
the disciples began as they went'
through the field to pull off heads
of grain (probably wheat or rye)
This annoyed the Pharisees. Not
that they were taking something
(hat did not belong to them, for
the law, Deut. 25:35, provided that
when a man came into his neigh
bor's field of standing grain that
he might with his hand pull o.I
some of the grain without the use
of a scythe. The Pharisees brought
up the argument that the disciph s
had been laboring, when they
pulled the grain and rubbed in
their hands to separate the seed
and the chaff, and by sodoing had
been threshing and this would
have constituted a violation of the
Mosaic law, as threshing was of
course forbidden. These stupid
ecclesiastics had entirely lost the
spirit of their religion. They had
really made a mountain of a mole
The Pharisees had become so
devoted to a wise law that they
regarded the law as an end in it
self. Jesus told them just the op
posite. He insisted that the law
was only a means to an end and
that the end was the representing
of man's spiritual life
The Sabbath Today
How should we keep the Sab
bath today? The Lord u
this commandment as He fulfilled
all other commandments. He
acknowledged the provision for a
weekly period of rest and worship
one of God's great gifts and he
made use of it as such. He regard
ed the Sabbath as a day of prm-
ler 0 There is legislation that has
to do With Sabbath observance, but
after all is said and done, men
cannot be forced by legislation to
worship God.
terests in Terrell county.
The resignation followed a
meeting of the prison board mem
bers with Moore Thursday to fa
miliarize the new director with the
details of the prison control of
fices. Moore did not move in with
the commissioners, but has estab
lished a separate office in the
speaker's room adjoining the
House of Representatives chamber
on another floor ofthe State capi-
tol.
Rainey said that the conference
with Moore was pleasant, and he
‘was sorry he could not remain and
help with prison revisions, but he
felt that his services were no long
er required and he did not want to
drawfrom the state any unearned
salary. The act creating the com
missioners of correction left the
three Prison Board members in
office in an advisory capacity un
til next January.
Mr. Rainey has been a member
of the State Board of Prisons since
June, 1936, when he was appoint
ed to succeed his father, the late
Judge E. L. Rainey, of Dawson,
who had served on the Prison
Board 23 years. Mr. Rainey was
chairman of the Prison Board un
der the Rivers administration, but
was supplanted by Royal Mann
during the Talmadge regime. Gov.
Arnall restored Rainey to the chair
manship last March.
Mr. Rainey's letter of resigna
tion to Moore follows:
“Please let me congratulate you
upon your appointment as direc
tor of the State Department of
Corrections. I feel that the Gover
nor has made a most wise choice
and has obtained the services ot a
man thoroughly capable and
qualified for the position.
“I respectfully tender you here
with my resignation as a commis
sioner of corrections, effective to
day. I want you to know that had
I seen fit to continue in office,
you would have had my full co
operation in improving the state
penal system. I am sure that
progress shall speedily go for
ward under your administration.
“I assure you of my highest per
sonal regards and wish you every
success in your new endeavor.”
Rev. J. J. Sizemore, pastor of the
church since 1933, was in charge
of the day's program, with several
previous pastors and veteran
church members participated.
Former pastors present included
Rev. Joe Frank Barton, pastor of
Chamlee Baptist church, Chamlee
Ga.; Rev. R. M. Stephens, retired,
College Park, Ga.; Rev. W. E.
Storey, pastor of the LaFayette
(Ga.) Baptist church; and Rev. J.
E. D. Epps, one-time associate
'pastor, now retired and living at
Waverly Hall.
Carey C. Willis, moderator of the
Columbus Association, made a
brief address in the afternoon.
displays and a better quality than
of previous years.
The 4-H club girls will be an
outstanding feature, under Mrs.
Elizabeth Proctor's supervision.
Favorable reports come from the
farm, produce, hogs and cows.
Grover Stancil, Meriwether county
agent, base harge of these dis
plays.
An exhibit of the negroes will
be under direction of colored
County Agent David Grant, and
Home Demonstration Agent Ruby
O’Neal. Midway entertainment
will be furnished.
Your Ration Dates
With Uncle Sam
October 17—Brown stamps F be
come valid for rationing of meats
fats and cheeses and expires Oct.
30.
October 20—Blue stamps, U. V.
and W expire.
October 21—Deadline for making
application for renewal of gaso
line ration book “A”
October 30—Brown stamps, C, D,
E and F. expire.
October 31—Coupons 15 and 16
in ration book 1 expire; sugar
stamp 14 expires; deadline for tire
inspection for holders of B gasoline
rations.
November 1—Airplane stamp 1
becomes valid for one pair ol
shoes.
November 8—No. 6 coupon in A
gas ration book expires.
November 9—Gasoline stamp A-S
becomes valid.
Let us serve instead of rule,
knock instead of push at the door
of human hearts, and allow to each
and every one the same rights and
privileges that we claim for our
selves.—Mary Baker Eddy.
tor R. G. Clay said Monday. .He
told the State Highway Board that
this will increase road mainten
ance expenditures for the year to
some $3,200,000.
In the last three years, he as
serted, the largest amount spent
for maintenance was $1,800,000.
The new projects will have to
be for highways in the southern
part of the state, Clay said, be
cause it soon will be too cold for
this type of work in the northern
part.
The board deferred action on
the pending abolition of state
highway camps, Clay informing
it that district engineers would
report next Monday on how quick
ly the work on which the convicts
are engaged can be completed.
He said the state camps now
have only about 500 convicts.
The happiness of love is in ac
tion; its test is what one is will
ing to do for others.—Lew Wal
lace.
The effort made for the happiness
of others lifts us above ourselves,'
—L. M. Child.
METHODISTS DEDICATE
ORGAN AT BARNESVILLE
Barnesville, Ga., Oct. 10—The
beautiful Pilcher organ at the
First Methodist church of Barnes
ville was dedicated Sunday with
appropriate ceremonies. The pas
tor, Rev. W. R. Sisson, presided
over the service. Special music was
erndered by the choir.
The organ, the expense of which
was borne in. the main by Mrs.
Mollie Rogers Holt, bears a bronze
plate inscribed with the names of
Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Rogers, parents
of Mrs. Holt, in whose memory the
gift was made.
Notice to Farmers
We will not operate
our cotton gins on
Mondays and Tues
days any more this
season.
Respectfully
J.T. COCHRAN, Butler, Ga.
W. A. PAYNE, Butler, Ga.
TAYLOR COUNTY FARMERS
KEEP YOUR FIELDS GREEN—PLANT COVER CROPS
ON PEANUT LAND
Peanut Land When Not Protected Washes Atvay
Protect Your Peanut Land With Winter Cover Crops
The Supervisors of the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District encourage
the use of winter cover crops on all peanut land to insure continued good yields next year and the
years to follow.
Protect Our Land For Which We Are Fighting. Plant Winter Cover Crops
This announcement is a contribution to the Food Production Program by:
WHATLEY WAREHOUSE
Reynolds, Georgia
Qualified For Anything
HINTON & COMPANY -
Reynolds, Georgia
Fertilizer - Seed - Feed
RICKS WAREHOUSE
Reynolds, Georgia
NEISLER WAREHOUSE
& COTTON GINNERY
Reynolds, Georgia
FARM PRODUCTS - FERTILIZER
Qualified For Government Loan on Cotton
PAYNE WAREHOUSE
Butler, Georgia
Seed - Feed - Fertilizer
H. E. ALLEN HARDWARE
Butler, Georgia
Farm Supplies For Every Need