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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 13, 1947.
State Baptist Convention
Opened 126th Session
In Atlanta Tuesday
Atlanta, Nov. 11—Proposals to
raise $1,600,000 for Baptist schools
and coleges in Georgia are expect
ed to draw top interest as the
State Baptist Convention opens its
126th annual meeting at the First
Baptist church in Atlanta today.
It will be the 12th time the con
vention has met in Georgia’s capi
tal since its organization at Powel-
ton, Ga., in 1822. More than 3,000
messengers and visitors from the
2,559 churches throughout the state
are expected.
Convention President Columbus
Roberts, who was elected at Sav
annah last year, is the 18th man
to head Georgia Baptists. Jesse
Mercer, founder of Mercer Uni
versity at Macon, was the first
president and held the office long
est—from 1822 to 1840.
Reports prepared for the con
vention show that gifts to denomi
national causes for the first ten
months of this year exceeded last
year’s gifts for tjie same period by
$105,177. This year’s contributions
amounted to $654,964, while those
through October last year totaled
$549,787.
The last statistical report of the
convention shows a membership of
598,728 persons in 2,559 churches.
Figures for the current year are not
yet completed.
Dr. Jas. W. Merritt, executive
secretary, will offer his report on
the convention’s weekly publica
tion, the Christian Index, at the
opening day’s session. He also will
call attention to the opening of
Truett-Peabody Junior college at
Cleveland. This school opened last
September. It is the sixth Baptist
college in the state and will share
in the $1,600,000 to be raised by
the Baptists this year.
The convention sermon will be
delivered by Dr. J. W. Middleton,
pastor of the host church.
Columbus Roberts Is
Unanimously Chosen to
To Head Baptist Group
Georgia Baptists Tuesday unam-'
ously elected Columbus Roberts,
letired Columbus businessman, as
president for the second term, at
the opening session of its 126th an
nual convention at Atlanta First
Baptist church.
The convention re-elected the
same staff of secretaries and its
I treasurer but named four new vice
I presidents: G. F. Tyner, First Bap-
j tist church, Metter; Jas. W. Middle-
I ton, First Baptist church, Atlanta
and host pastor; W. M. Marshall
! Jr., Oakland City Baptist church,
Atlanta, and D. H. Hall Jr., First
Baptist church, Decatur.
Re-elected were James Claigg,
of Dalton, ^secretary L. E. Smith,
Atlanta and Jas. A. Ivey, Perry, as
sistant secretaries, and Z. E. Bar
ron, Hapeville, treasurer.
Recognized at the opening ses
sion was about 50 new Baptist
pastors and convention ministers,
including Dr. Bela Udcarnoki,
president of the Baptist seminary
at Budapest, Hungary.
An increase of about 3,000 in the
circulation of the Christian Index,
official Baptist publication, was re
ported by Rev. Marshall, chairman
of the Christian Index committee.
He recommended that individual
churches send the Index to resi
dent members.
The convention stood in honor of
the late Dr. O. P. Gilbert, for 17
years editor of the Index. Dr. Gil
bert died April 6, 1947.
More than 3,000 Baptists Were
present at the opening session of
the convention. Proposals to raise
$1,600,000 for Baptist schools and
colleges in Georgia is expected to
be of top convention interest.
J. B. KNIGHT JR.,
DIED IN COLUMBUS
Columbus, Nov. 10—James Barton
Knight Jr., 65, president of J. T.
Knight and Sons, Inc., died at Co
lumbus Monday after an illness of
several months.
A director in the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank, the YMCA, and
the Chamber of Commerce Knight
had been a city commissioner for
the last 21 years.
He headed the wholesale and re
tail metal and scrap iron firm
founded by his father. It was the
largest of its kind in the South
and had branches in Atlanta, Sav
annah and Birmingham, Ala.
REP. REED'S DAUGHTER
DIES IN HOTEL PLUNGE
Washington, Nov. 6—Ruth Alden
Reed, daughter of Rep. Daniel A.
Reed (R-NY) leaped to her death
Thursday from the roof of the ho
tel where she lived.
A certificate of suicide was is
sued by Deputy Coroner Christo
pher J. Murphy, a few hours after
her body was found in an alley
back of the Meridian Hill hotel,
operated exclusively for govern
ment women workers.
The tall ‘ red-haired woman, de
scribed by Murphy as “about 37 or
38” was an employe of her fath
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SCRIPTURE: II Peter; Jude; Luke
1:40-52.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Matthew 5:3-
16.
Building Character
Lesson for November 16, 1947
Dr. Newton
\\7 E SHALL need to read careful-
’ * ly Second Peter if we are to
profit most in the study of Sunday’s
lesson. Peter tells us:
“According as his
divine power hath
given us all things
that pertain unto
life and godliness,
through the knowl
edge of him that
hath called us to
glory and virtue.”
We may partake
of the divine na
ture, having es
caped the corrup
tion that is in the
world through lust.
That, I realize, is very difficult for
us to understand, and yet it is with
in the grasp of every boy and girl,
every man and woman, in all the
world.
In addition to Second Peter, we
are asked to read Jude and Luke
2:40-52. The passage in Luke tells
how Jesus grew and waxed strong
in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the
grace of God was upon him.
* * *
As Jesus Grew
VIJ E HEAR a great deal today
’ * about juvenile delinquency. The
question everywhere arises, What
can we do to prevent juvenile de
linquency?
We have the answer in Sun
day’s lesson. As Jesus grew in
wisdom and stature and in favor
with God and man, so can every 1
youth in America grow into strong
and beautiful manhood and wom
anhood.
The parents of Jesus, we are told,
obeyed God in doing for the Child
all that they were commanded to do.
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The Love of God
*‘1Z'EEP yourselves in the love of
, God,” Jude 21. There is the
formula for building Christian char
acter.
This business of building Chris
tian character is based on a formu
la—keeping within the circle of
God’s love.
It is just as essential to have
the proper nourishment in build
ing Christian character as in
growing a line ear of corn. Prog
ress is not accidental. It is the
result of right thinking, right be
havior, right purpose. Only in the
love of God can the young life
find the nuture for Christian
character.
* • *
Christian Mathematics
HpURN again, If you will, to Sec-
*• ond Peter, and read his mathe
matical formula by whish Christian
character is realized:
“Add to your faith virtue, and
to virtue knowledge, and to knowl
edge temperance, and to tem
perance patience, and to patience
godliness, and to godliness broth
erly kindness, and to brotherly
kindness charity. For if these
things be in you, and abound, they
make you that ye shall neither be
barren nor unfruitful in the knowl
edge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Old-fashioned stuff, someone will
cynically observe. Aye, old-fash
ioned it may seem, but only from
this old-fashioned formula can char
acter be built—Christian character.
And what is it that our needy,
frightened world is asking for above
everything else today? For the
certitude of hope that is found only
in hearts that are staid upon God
We may smile at Peter’s mathe
matics, but his formula is the only
hope for United Nations, the only
hope for world peace, the only hope
for civilization.
* * *
Jude’s Benediction
yOU have read, I hope, the brief
* Book of Jude, only 25 verses. You
have followed his pungent, cogent
argument. You have followed his
exhortation. And now you come to
his benediction—a very fitting cli
max for Sunday’s lesson:
“Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling, and to pre
sent you faultless before the pres
ence of his glory with exceeding joy,
to the only wise God our Saviour, be
glory and majesty, do # minion and
power, both now and evermore.
Amen.”
As you sit in your living room,
or on the train, or in the plane,
or in the hotel, or at the hospital,
or wherever you may be, read
ing these lines, remember this—the
need of America today is more
Christian character in the home,
factory, store, bank, mill, field,
school room, in the meeting house.
God grant that we may heed the
admonition of the Scripture pas
sages above cited, and think on our
ways while it is yet day. The night
cometh apace.
• • •
(Copyright by the International Council ot
Religious Education on bet-tli of 40 Protester,
denominations. Rale aged by WNU features* 1
Colquitt, Ga. f Nov. 8—The press
of the Miller County Liberal hum- '
med this week as usual. The mast- j
head of the county weekly was un- ,
changed. It reflected the spirit of
a kindly, determined woman, who
50 years ago in September, turned
out the first issue of the paper on
a hand-fed press with handset
type.
Mrs. Zula Brown Toole is gone.'
She died in late October, just a 1
few minutes after the 50th anni
versary of her paper’s founding.
But members of her family will
carry on “as best we can in her
stead.” |
It was back in 1896 Mrs. Zula
Cook was left a widow with a
year-old son to Tear. For a year she
made a living for herself and boy
by teaching in three rural schools
at a salary of $40 a mnnth. She
managed to save $200 and made a
down payment on a hand press ancl
several fonts of type. And on Sept.
11, 1897, the first edition of the
Liberal was printed.
“Good churches, good schools
and good people” was the platform j
of the paper. Her first editorial was
an appeal to the people of Colquitt
to establish a Baptist church. She
lived to attend the 50th anniversary
of the church’s founding.
At the time the paper was found
ed, Colquitt had no railroad, no
telephones and no telegraph serv
ice. Mrs. Toole used a bicycle to
gather her news, working on her
paper in the morning and after
noon and teaching school during
the day.
About three years after launch
ing the paper she married Joe
Toole and gave up her teaching.
Mr. Toole d'ed in 1917 leaving her
with three children, ranging in
age from 7 to 15 years. Mrs.Toole
carried on.
In 1932 she established her sec
ond paper the Decatur County Ad-
vahee at Bainbridge, which she
operated until 1939 when ill health
forced her to retire from active
business life.
Bert Priest, son-in-law of Mrs.
Toole, is now editor and publisher
of the Liberal. “As long as he and
I live, we hope to carry on as best
we can in her stead,” Mrs. Priest
said.
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From where I sit... iy Joe Marsh
Bess is Still Bouncing!
Scooter Wilson has the oldest
taxi service in our town. In fact,
Scooter’s cab, “Bouncing Bess,” is
of 1927 vintage... and Scooter him
self remembers when Main Street
had cobble stones. But Scooter
hasn’t missed meeting trains in
thirty years, come rain or shine.
Scooter’s mighty proud of that
record, and he looks upon his taxi
license as an obligation—to serve
the community well, charge fair
rates, and abide by traffic laws and
rules of courtesy.
From where I sit, Scootei has
hiB own “Self Regulation” program,
like the Brewers and the licensed
tavern keepers. Taverns selling beer
agree to abide not only by the law,
but by strict rules of cleanliness
and good behavior.
If there are any violations
they’re reported to the right au
thorities for necessary action. But
like Fcooter, most tavern keepers
find “Self Regulation,” and serv- ( a
ice to the public, add up to good
will—not to mention good business.
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