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THE BUTLER 'HERALD, 'BUTLER, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 13, 1945.
SUM SCHOOL LISSOM
By—
Dr. H. J. Porter
) -EXALTING CHRIST IN THE
LIFE OF A NATION
Lesson Text:
Isaiah 9:2-3, 6-7
Luke 1:26-38
Devotional Reading:
Philippians 2:5-11
ctGokicn Text: For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is
given; and the government
shall be upon his shoulders,
and his name shall be called
wonderful, councillor, mighty
God, everlasting Father, Prince
Luke. The angel Gabriel, was sent
to Nazareth as God’s chief mes
senger to make to a betrothed
virgin the most astonishing an
nouncement ever made to the hu
man race before or since. To this
maiden came the news that she
would soon conceive, and bring
forth a son before her marriage to
Joseph was consummated. Yet as
strange as this message was, Mary
bowed her head and received the
news as a blessing from God.
There was a reason for her being
chosen. She was filled with the
grace of God She trusted God and
kept herself unspotted. She had
lived after the best traditions of
her people. It is very probable
that she was decended from Da
vid. From a life of simple trust I
she had been selected to serve
God in a momentous fashion.
of Peace.
Nearly two thousand yeais I gQ,^ parts of the Christian church
ago and under amazing su- ba S g one beyond scripture authori-
-pematural conditions the Babe of jy j n adoration of the virgin
Bethlehem was born. The promise j m0 (her, and have caused other
■was that this babe would become c hurches to neglect Mary and to
the ruler of all nations. i appreciate her significance.
In today’s lesson we have the g be outstanding among all
prophecy telling us of hte coming WO men who have ever lived,
of the Saviour of the world, and Great men usually have great
with the supernatural circumstan- mo thers. The mother of our Lord
ces before he put in his actual j ia( j m uch to do with his un
appearance.
The Light
The human race had seldom
known a darker time than when
our Lord was born.
Greece and Rome was at the WflS ^ probabll itie 9 this
height of their glory and had .. f . t vi ^ f , t h ,
paralled greatness. |
Shadow from the Most High !
Mary was troubled by the an
gel’s appearance and his an- \
nouncement. One reason for thi9
was the first vision that she had
• ever beheld. To say the least this
announcement was overwhelming.
produced great literary men and
the case, the bloom of their civili- y ^
zation had departed, and the y , “ y considered that
. , ... K her faults were numerous and her
whole Mediterranean world cor- virtueg but f She ld h d .
rupted with luxury, had sunk into . ol , „ c . . . . - y
believe that she had found favor
with God.
, . . ,, , . , We can then say of her Son
years earlier the birth of Christ; .. „ .. . . . , • ,
L. * ,-_^w ^ j tha the would be great and
secularism and moral darkness.
Isaiah prophesied eight hundred
would be caleld the son of the
that light would be shed over
what seemed to be an inpenetra- . ... , ,, , , ,
bio darkness. In spile of all the £** "T 1
happenings and threats of inva
sion and the apostacy of the nor
thern tribes; in spite of all this
Isaiah’s prophecy has a forward
Him the throne of David. He
would reign over the house of I
Jacob and there would be no end
of his kingdom. Was there reason 1
why this be other than the Mes-
look. He foretells the coming of a . c , „
. ,, , ,. ., siaii. She was doomed for disap- i
better day. While the child would . , . ?■
. . , T , pointment in later years as his
be born m Bethlehem of Judea He , ‘ 3 “ , ;
. . , , , career unfolded. She would mis-
would spend a greater portion of . , , , . . i
, . ... . . ..... . .., , . understand him, as almost every
his life in the little hill town of , y, . 3
:Xr _ ... . „ ... one else would. She would have,
Nazareth which was in Galilee. . . . ..
... . .. , , the sorrow of seeing him end his
His native city was regarded as a ,, B „ "~i
. i , . ,, ? , erthly career on the Cross, which
miserable place full of moral cor- , . , . !
.. , , • . . . , she had hoped would end on a
ruption largely imported by sol- Jbrone
diers and travelers who made use m. - , .. . ..
of the highway passing through rjiffirnit / °- P^P e ln< ^
the city Truly it was reeking with dlff ‘ cult to r «»gnize trouble and
cuy. lruiy it was reeKing witn spirUual triumph.
Gentile ingenuity. The sc^cond and ,
third verse prophesies the coming t M ^ a
of that day when the gospel of !
Christ would go out to bless the ^ W ™ t 'nS? 1 * - WUh
Gentile world. It would turn sor- grp t t , r . ' j S v , V ’ aS 3
tow into gladness, infamy into f lnu LT h ? „ r &nd S* °° n '
J tinued to be a mystery till now,
~ . . , The best answer th
hr S , lor the virgin birth is to say that
ip <in 1C hPliPuH ^
it was a natural birth from an Un
natural conception. This arrange
ment was necessary that our Lord
Butter Baptist W M. U.
Observed Prayer Season
At Church Last Friday
i . .
Members of the local W. M. U.
met at the church last Friday for
their annual Lottie Moon Foreign
Missions program. During the
morning and afternoon sessions,
the members on the program
gave accounts of the work being
done by the Baptist Foreign Mis
sions organization that extends
around the world. These accounts
were interspersed with prayers for
the work.
Mrs. T. G. Turk was in charge
o fthe morning program. Taking
part on the program were: Mrs.
L. P. Anthony Sr., Miss Myra
Byrd, Mrs. T. L. Fountain, Mrs. E.
B. Wilson and Mrs. Lewis Bea- |
son. |
During the noon hour the mem
bers enjoyed hot coffee with the
lunch they had brought.
Mrfe. Martin Chapman led the
afternoon program on which Mrs.
Julian Edwards I. and Mrs. Henry
McLean took part.
The two Circles of the regular
W. M. U., the Business Woman’s
Circle, the G. A.’s, the R. A.’s and
the Sunbeams made an. offering
o more than $200.00 for Foreign
Missions, honoring Lottie Moon
and her foreign mission work. (
—Publicity Reporter, j
Auction Sale At Roberta
Tuesday, Jan. 8,1946 !
One 5-room dwelling with cellar
located on 2- acre lot. Also two 2-
story garage apartments. Ail
within city limits of Roberta. j
203 1/2 Acres land, part in cul- j
tivation but most of it in timber,
two streams stocked with fish, j
Eight tenant houses and large;
barn within 1/4 mile of Roberta, j
To be sold at auction at Ro- 1
berta, Ga., to the highest bidder
on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1946. ;
Property of J. A. Hill, Roberta,
Ga.
Clemency For Madison
Farmer Sentenced for ,
Robbery 13 Years Ago
Atlanta, Dec. 10—Freedom came
Monday for another “fugitive
from a Georgia chaingang” who
gave himself up shortly after
Georgia wrote finis to the cele
brated Robert Ellis Burns case.
I The state pardon and parole
board cut the 3-to-10 year sentence
of mild-mannered, 32-year-old Roy
T. Harris to the tw’o and a Half
years he served in prlsdn camps
before he escaped nine years ago.
The board also restored his civil
rights.
Hollis, who returned to his home
near Madison and took up the life
of a farmer after he escaped, said
Burns’ surrender had nothing to
do with his own surrender.
"My wife and I just wanted to
get it off our minds,” he explained
He married after his escape and
has three children.
Burns, who wrote the book "I
Am a Fugitive from a Georglia
Chaingang,” surrendered several
weeks before Hollis, and was freed
by the board two hours later. |
Hollis was given a hearing by
the board Nov. 27, several days
after he surrendered.
The board said it was convinced
Hollis’ life in recent years had
been exemplary and that he hud
been completely rehabilitated.
At the hearing, Hollis said he
had planned to apply for a pardon
while in the Powersville highway
camp in 1936 but that a section
boss "threatened to see that I
didn’t get paroled.”
He was sentenced for robbery.
He told the board members that he
was “just a young fool with a
gun” when he committed a series
of robberies in Atlanta in 1932.
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Moultrie, Ga., Dec. 10—Mrs. Fan
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mother of seven children, was fa- -
tally injured Saturday night when
struck by an automobile as she
attempted to cross the Moultrie-
Camilla highway. She had just
gotten off a bus.
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righteousness, despair into hope. TV ,„ ,. ,
The coming of Christ always Th<? bCSt anSWer that we can ^ v e
brings joy.With some sin is believd
to bring happiness and as a re
sult is sought after. Yet in the
e-nd it only brings bitterness and "7; bt "7 ££7?/ “T UU1 77'
tears and in the final conclusion Stement f
Oj sttement of the whole thing, That
Men rejoice when they know
Christ as Lord and Saviour as
does the farmer at the season of
harvest and the soldier in the
hour of victory.
David's Kingdom
David wished to build the tem
whole doctrine of the virgin birth
is not only very beautiful but is
something which satisfies human
reasoning. God still passes over
the mighty who neglect him and
lays a friendly hand on the hearts
of those who love him.
vid building the temple the un- f ° Und J ‘ n ** ^ hest P 1 ^-
dertaking would be intrusted to uT'E’* ° Ver . f the . hi f h
his son, Solomon, a man of peace ^V 6mple ’ c, * y of Jer ^alem
A greater honor was to be D^id’s 8 ? recorded He made known
He was to lay the foundation of a ^ J n T g 3 C0Unt " y
royal dynasty which at last 8 u d , h b ° rn among the
would be fulfilled in an everlasG wbis P erln ^ of scandal in a city
mg kingdom. This was the pro- ^ Wlth
pheysing of the coming of that
king whose rule would know no! „ Lords kemdmaid
end. I After listening to the angel’s
If the religious teacher had been o nnouncement > Mary bowed her
wise in their reading of the scrip- head and dre PUcd. "Behold the
ture they would have understood hnd maid of the Lord > be unto
that the Messiah would be virgin me accordin S to thy word” and
born and would make his advent the an e e l departed from her.
into the world under humble con- Jesus came to earth to restore in
ditions and surroundings. But man that P erfp ct obedience from
they would not see it in that man- which he had fallen.
ner. They believed tiiat the Mes- 1 — — —.
si a h would appear at the pinnacle 1 ^ ^
of the temple and would descend
into the court yard the temple
amid the joy of his worshippers.
Isaiah had prophetically told that
when the child was born the gov
ernment, would be on his should
ers. Jesus is not only the greatest
religious figure in all history but
the greatest practical figure also.
This child whne he came would
be called wonderful and he has
been acclaimed as such by man
through the ages. He would be
noted for His wisdom--a wise
counciler. The appellation mighty
God is unquestioned declaration
regarding the deity of Christ
Everlasting Father means Father
.of eternity.
The dream of world peace goes
back to hte promises which ac
companied the coming of the
"Prince of Peace. The birth of
Christ was the fulfillment of the
Lord to David. There will be no
end to the Kingdom of Christ as
established. When the earth is
transformed and consumed the
unseen Kingdom of Christ will
fD on.
A Heavenly Visitor
There was a penou of eight
hundred years between the propi.e-
ey of Isaiah and the prophecy as
recorded in the first cnapter of
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make all of your land grow all of the wood it can all Of
the time. Here are the rules: r
Protect your land from fire so that seedlings (your
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Always follow a saw timber harvest with a clean-up for
pulpwood out of tops, etc.
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