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THE BUTLER HERALD. BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 30, 1944.
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PAGE SIX
SUM SCHOOL LESSON
dr, h. j. porter
Butler, Ga*
SAUL BECOMES A NEW MAN
Red Cross Hospital And
Camp Council Expenses
Applcation For Donations
[called Moses to his great task,
when Christ was born and when
he was baptized, when’tile*‘chinch
was established at Peteecost. God
accompanied these circumstances
of transcending importance with
miraculous manifestations. Men
are consciousof the presence of the
■ divine in many great spiritual cri- 1 n behalf of the Taylor County
j sis. When such a crisis is of great Red Cross, Hospital and Camp
scope, miracles are manifested. j Council, I wish to personally thank
From the intense-light on teh | those who contributed so gener-
road there came a voice saying,. ously in an effort of trying to
r . lri pn Text- If a man is in Christ “Saul Saul, why persecuiest thou 'make our sick and wounded boys
Golden Text. If a man is in me „ Hp did ^ why hg per . happy. Also bringing home-iife to
secuted his followers but instead ( f he able-bodied.
Mrs. Gordon Wallace, steel
Lesson Text:
Acts 9:1-9, 13-19
he is a new creature.
Devotional Reading:
I Timothy 1:12-17
The Second Quarter
he said why persecute thtjli me
Paill was not perSYSfcutirtg his - guitar.
fellbw m£h, he was persetAlting j Mrs. Leonard Sims, Mrs. Henry
- Christ. He was throwing all his McLain, Mrs. Helen Dunwody, a
The Apostle Paul was one -of.i power agarlrrst everything that the generous collection of Life Maga-
the greatest figures of all history, kingdom of God stood for. What zines.
His writings have constituted not ; mat j e hsi position more perilous Mrs. Julian Edwards Sr., dona-
only a basis of Christ's life and was that he was not only oppos- tion (cash).
thoughts but for millions of fol- j n g man but Almighty God. This- Mrs. Sims Garrett, and contribu-
lowers a fountain head of spiritual j s a j so a ] W ays the way of sin.,, tors of magazines, records, books,
comfort Through the coming Every time we sin against our- coat hangers and cash donations
quarter we will have the privilege feiiowman, we sin against the Son from her district,
of studying the life and letters of 0 f God W ho came into the world
this great man. In the first lesson ( p at man ma y p e saved This vis-
we study the account of his con- j on on road to Damascus trans
version. After Easter we will study f orme d Saul’s life completely. Laf*
circumstances under which he be-j er p au j declares, “and last of all
McGinty, portable
Mrs. Lillian
Victrola.
Mrs. J. T. Cochran, Book of the
Month; tier community, a collec-
v.. Qi x ; tion of coat hangers and cash do-
gan his public ministry of teach- as to the child untimely born he Rations.
Ing and preaching. Not only was appeared to me also (I Cor. 15:8).;f. Mrs. Lewis Beason, a set of
he a great teacher but he was a when we get a vision of Christ we 'books.
great missionary and made at W I11 never be the same again be-T The Methodist W. S. C. S., new
least three great missionary jour- cause he is an entirely new crea- Congoleum rug.
The Answer of Saul
Paul’s answer to the question,
tl why persecui
was
neys. During these journeys he ture.
established churches all over the j
country that is now known as tne
near East. At Phillipi he establish- I .
ed the first Christian church on I Saul, Saul why persecutest thou
the European continent. The New I E!f> was “ u ’bo are thou Lord?’’
Testament contains nine letters I very ^ apt ^ at Saul used the,
which Paul wrote to churches. We word Lord, is that he had long
also have in the New Testament 'bought that this was Jesus whom
four personal letters written to in- these people not cmnforoed to the
dividuals. He also wrote to Timo- ^ ew ' s b synagogue was preaching
thy and to Titus. Into these let- u ’ as ' n deed and in truth the look-
tore Paul nrmroH fha. fnllnocc r\t IOF IVleSSlclll. The TOclSOnin^
ters Paul poured ’ th^ fullness of &***& m^de yoVCe'n' Washington, D. C.-What every
his learning into all his letters. that Stephen had made before the yoUr home that we can taxpayer should know: ■'■ni j
Mrs. Robert Wilson, ash stand.
Mrs. Bertha Bazemore and oth-
OYER $1,000 MORE IS
YET TO BE RAISED IN
LOCAL RED CROSS DRIVE
Have you a soldier in the arm
ed forces? Be he son, husband,
brother, nephew or friend, fighting
for his homeland and yours; re
member the Red Cross is at his
side—and you are the Red Cross.
Of course you will not fail that
soldier or the milions of others
waging this desperate struggle
which is not of their making.
Then, give to the Red Cross—
and give now. The month of
March is nearly gone and Taylor
county has more than one thou
sand dollars yet to raise, or nearly
one-half of its $2,700 quota. Therfe
are persons in every district who
have not yet contributed. If no
body has been to see you, if you
were out when your district
worker called, send a check to
Mr. Thelmon Jarrell, our County
War Fund Drive Chairman; or,
call or mail a card to one of your
district workers to come for your
gift. Every year some of our best
and most appreciated contribu
tions come this way.
Those District Chairmen who
have not made a recent report,
please call Mr. Jarrell at his of
fice in the courthouse and let
McArthur Named Sheriff
Of Sumter County In
Tuesday's Run-Off
Americus, Ga., March 28—Son
will succeed father as sheriff in
Sumter county, voters today hav
ing nominated Jack C. McArthur
in a run-off primary over Z. A.
Littlejohn. McArthur polled 1010
votes against Littlejohn's 905
Fort Valley Man,
Sgt. Ernest Rape, Is
Awarded Flying Cross
An Eighth AAF Bomber Station
England, March 28—Award of th*
Distinguished Flying Cross to T
Sgt. E. H. Rape, 24, of Ft. Valiev
Ga., top turret gunner and aerial
engineer^ on an Eighth Air Force
an-
iws dgamsi euiuejonn s yuo. ; " , . „
McArthur who has been deputy > Flyin £ Fortress, has been an-
sheriff under his father, W. P. Me- 1 nounced at this AAF bomber sta-
Arthur, who siserving his j!0thl! lon ' ^ a P® received the award
year in office and who declined; or extraordinary achievement’’
to ask re-election,* for ten; greats,'° n ? umerous b° m bing assaults on
c Nazi war plants in Germany and
enemy occupied territory i n Eu
rope.
... -. —V.V.J Sgt. Rape has also been award-
employe, will be the new sheriff's cd the Air Medal with three Oak
deputy and they will take office Leaf Clusters.
and since the death of Lott Jen
nings three years ago has been
chief deputy.
A. F. "Buddy” Davis, railroad
on Jan. 1, 1945.
Contrary to prediction by po- t
litical prognostricators the vote
Included in the assaults i n
which Sgt. Rape has participated
have been two of the long-distance
the first primary, 1913, votes be
ing cast at that time against 1935
in the run-off.
ers who so kindly gave coat bim know what progress you are
hangers as well as magazines. making. This request includes
Butler Garden Club, a year's colored committees as well as
subscription to Life Magazine. whites.
The Reynolds District, Mrs. j —County Red Cross Worker.
Ricks’ fine collection of reading —
material. WAR COSTING UNITED STATES
We wish all of you could see S300,000.000
what is being done to make these
hoys comfortable. And we only ask
EVERY 24 HOURS
He had he r P r?2ton SponlaS >™Yave
his learning into
ib»,,ugt-m man . * ~ ~ v, - ~ ..Dart 1 with. If at anv time von havp 1,,e war 1S costing ti
to hold the place in the synagogue J!? pre ?fj 0 " u P on Saul - No sooner ) articles that can be used please States $300,000,000 a day
member. In I han ha heard the volce speaking > fe t k Ld " De USea> please War snendina hit » n
from the brightness of the noon- i
Thank’ you again,
MRS. R. L. SUTTON,
of which he was a uicmuci. mi . — <
every one of his letters he gave rom the brightness of the noon- P
withess to the fact 6f the ProVi-j c * ay sun ’ ^new that his mes- V
dence of God. To Paul the gospel Wenger bad been correct. This man
was the love of God shown forth , aus , tpat b e bad persecuted was
in Christ, and the Christian life 1 mdeed Christ the Lord. In an-
was the love of man poured out °ther place (Acts 22:10) Paul is (
in its entirety to the glory of the quoted as saying, “what Shall I
Father and the service of the Son. . ^ ord - This was the proper at-
Introduction titude for one who was willing
The man with whom this series tearh^Tm "twc Ver _ c God had ^
of lessons deals- First known as * h hlm * ThlS answer proved
S aul of Tarsusthenas Paul the that S&Ul Sh ° Wed that he had the
i»aul ol larsus, then as Paul the sp , nt> that wou i d enable him to
Apostle is one of the greatest fig- tra ,, 0 i ,u 0 , ,, *
ures in world history. To him is ] , vhat n h=taeies h r PS a r d less of
. , , wnat obstacles he might encoun-
yas-girsr tr
*hr°ughout the Gentile world. | Pau | Agaln (AcB £
We might say that he is the
founder of all Christian churches.
It is hard to understand his
transformation from persecutor to
HTLrSS ^*7. ^****« ‘°' an
with with the part he played in
the persecution and death of
Stephen. Stephen who was to be
the first martyr of the Christian
church, proclaimed Christ in such
a way that the mind and spirit
of the young rabbi, Saul of Tarsus
were greatly disturbed. As Paul
are told that a voice out of the
vision is said to have declared “It
is hard for thee to kick against
the goad.” Really God had yoked
Paul behaved like the unreason
ing beast who kicks and. rebels
and tries to oppose the will of the
driver.
To say the least of it God was
revealing to Paul the fact that
any one who opposed him put
himself in a position to be open
SET S. ancl Zmess paLS
and to his defense before the
sanhedrin, and saw the courage
with which he met death, and be
held the heavenly expression up
was then told to enter the city
where he would be instructed as
to what he was to do. The plans
of God concerning man are com-
mascus road were said to have
seen th light, but did not see
Christ. The divine purpose seems
to not have been concerned about
Paul’s companions forfAhe reason
on his face as life left him there' „ ell T n 7 ™ Jt I COm ;
must have been something hap- P , ffer ’ th “ consequences 0 "The Ten
destiny 1 elected Tneve/Tcover. 0 ’ Wh ° Wen? with Paul on the Da ‘
Paul the Persecutor
“But Saul, yet breathing threat
ening and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went unto r
the high priest, and asked of him 'hat he did not try to amaze them,
letters to Damascus unto the I The purpose seemed to nave the
synagogues.” The words "threat- I conversion of Paul. The question
ening and slaughter”, tells a sad j now arises, did the events on this
story. Later on Paul testified be- j Damascus road have any effect on
fore Agrippa (Acts 26:9-12) that Paul's companions. We think not
he had shut up many of the j They may have been haunted
Christians in prison. Also he had throughout their lives by the me-
voted to put them to <Jeath, had mory of that great scene. Paul
at all times driven them Irom tne | VPr y likely did, not like some of
synagogues. .would have done, ask time to
What woul w-e think at this day think over the question whether or
of some one driving us from our I n °t to continue the persecution of
churches when we went there to 1 believers or become followers of
worship. Then lets be thankful I Jesus whom he had a moment ago
that we can worship God as wei des Pised, as quick as the flash of
see fit, being aware also that no! light came to Paul was his con-
one will persecute and mistreat | secration to him. He then gave all
us for doing so. Paul a Pharisee. he had to God.
even went so far as to pocketing I After the experience on the Da-
his pride. He went to the high mascus road, Paul was to have
priest who was a sadducee. Paul three days of blindness and mis-
hated a sadducee so we see to, er y- This blindness symboliie^ the
what lengths he would go to carry spiritual blindness that caused
Chm.
The war is costing the United
high
YOUNG DEMOCRATS PLAN
CONVENTION APRIL 18
War spending hit a new
last month of $7,808,000,000.
Up to March 1, the war had cost
$168,600,000,000.
j The WPB’s monthly report on
| spending for war purposes showed
j that February outlays were $14,-
1000,000 greater than the previous
Atlanta, March 28—Young demo-! high which was in November,
cratic clttbs of Georgia will, hold a I The daily rate of spending was
special convention at the Henry $312,000,000, based on the 25 days
Grady hotel April 18 to make in February on which the Treasury
plans for the November general issued checks,
election ande lect new officers, ! Total war outlays are reckoned
State President J. T. Ferguson of from the start of the defense pro-
Tifton announced this week. gram on July 1, 1940.
Thursday was almost the same as flights to Norway. He participated
fi-c -.0-10 j n the attack on Nazi war pj ants
in Trondheim last summer, and in
the fall flew to Rjukan when the
Forts blasted a German electroly
sis plant. Another of Sgt. Rape's
missions was the shuttle attack
on a Messerschmitt factory at Re-
San Francisco, March 28—Police 1 AF For ‘
Tuesday night sought a pyro- S m S • throa gh hundreds
maniac believed to have started tar^eTanriTTn f? destroy the h
San Francisco's worst fire in 381a,® anjTT across the
years which destroyed the New! Alp and and n Afnca -
SEEK FIREBUG AFTER 22
DIE IN FRISCO HOTEL
Amsterdam Hotel, killed at least
22 persons and injured 28.
The same arsonist was believed
responsible for 18 hotel fires in
the San Francisco Bay area this
week.
Five fres were reported within
four hours in the vicinity of the
New Amsterdam Hotel in the
Skidrow district south of Market
street, where pawnshops, saloons
and cheap rooming houses, mostly
of wooden structure, were ready
kindling for a blaze.
Wm. Bernhoff, 33, a tenant of
the New Amsterdam, was ques
tioned by Fire Marshal Frank
Kelly, after he was found, with
singed hair and bruised knees, at
the Palace Hotel, seven blocks
from the fire. Bernhoff was remov
ed to the psycopathic ward of the
San Francisco hospital.
Identification of the dead was
slow and uncertain because the
bodies were burned beyond recog
nition. Coroner's deputies said it
was probable many never would
be identified.
Before he entered the AAF, Sgt
Rape was employed with the U.s!
engineers at Robins Field, Ga. His
wife, Mrs. Adelaide Rape, lives at
Ft. Valley, Ga.
MAN CALLED TO ARMY.
GETS FURLOUGH. BUILDS
HOME FOR HIS FAMILY
Donalsonville, Ga., March 25-
Fred Gibbons, city mail,* carriei
and also a carpenter, .worked
night and day to build a house foi
his family during a 21-day fur
lough after pre-induction exami
nation.
The house has a living room
bedroom, bath, combined kitchen
breakfast room, screened pore!
and storage room. The rooms art
lined with sheet rock and Gibbons
furnished the kitchen with built
in cabinets and an inlaid linoleuir
floor.
. His wife and young daughte:
moved in before Gibbons left foi
active service.
out his persecutions of Christians.
He went so far as to ask the
high priest for letters to Damas
cus. He said that if he found any
of the so-called Christians either
men or women or both, he would
bring them back bound to jerusa
Paul to persecute believers. His
suffering was to remind him of
the suffering that he had caused
others.
There was a new day dawning
for Paul, an humble disciple. Ana
nias was to bear the news. We are
o. nc aic
not to get in mind that this hum-
— — - W i,v«.-iiuh , ble man Ananias, mentioned was
that Stephen and his fellow j the same man as had the wife,
Christians were right and he and sa Hra. They were different men.
his associates were wrong. The Ananias of our lesson today
Paul's Vision was a man who played a great
Paul got his letters from the I Christfan'churnh”^ ™ fly
high priest and started for Da-I.vv,^ w _ c ch * He was the man
mascus. Suddenly thcra, shone I Hand. jHuf’-Y'm ‘ ay
£°f v «"> » '««'>* ‘■; 0 ™ WhVo9.lm“om his “*“• *“ ‘°
Today there ,are people who ,,
try to discredit the story of Paul’s Brother Saul
vision by saying that of this kind.! It happens today as it did in
happens today. The answer to this*(the long ai?o that when a man is
is that there has never .anything I completely resigned to God's will
so important as the conversion of ' truly the scales from his eyes will
Saul of Tarsus ever taken place t drop off when he has entered in-
since tha tday. God does not ac- ! to the fullness of life. So Saul be-
oord men visions except in times 1 came brother to those whom he
°® greatest importance. When he had persecuted.
ats o,
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your Electric Light
and Power
The Charles A. Coffin Foundation
confers a special citation for
distinguished wartime achievement
on the
ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER INDUSTRY
Faced with unprecedented demands, the Electric Light and
Cower Industry has met every war-production requirement
delay ana without impairment of its peacetime services
to the * »ts achievement merit:: Ac appreciation r.ot
only oj American industry but of the entire uaii-jj.
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' I 'Hi*. PURPOSE of the Charles A. Coffin
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iictinguished achievement in the electrical field
by “ prizes to employees; by recognition to light
ing, power, and railway companies for improve
ment in service to the public; by fellowships to
deserving graduate students; and by the grant
of funds for research work at technical schools
and colleges."
Establishment of the awards was announced
twenty-two years ago in a statement issued by
President Swope and dated December 2, 1922: ,
“ On May 16, igee, Char la A. Coffin in his 78th
year retired from the active leadership of the General
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with the development of the electrical industry since
•882. He was the founder and creator of the General
Electric Company, of which he has been the in-,
spirdtion and leader for thirty years.
"As an expression of appreciation of Mr. Coffin's
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pany but also for the entire electrical industry and
with the desire to make this appreciation enduring
and constructive as Mr. Coffin's life and work
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Vital machines would be motionless. Millions of homes
would be cold and an eerie blackout would descend
over the land.
But, electricity has not failed. Rather, in 1943 twice
as much power was produced as in the year before the
war with the minimum of new facilities—and despite
large losses of skilled employees to the Armed Services.
In the words of J. A. Krug, Director, Office of War
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