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Jackson Progress-Argus
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THE LAST STRAW
By VINCENT JONES
On Easter Sunday it was our pri
vilege to spend a few hours in lei
surely conversation with a man who
knew very intimately the late Peter
Marshall, revered Presbyterian
minister, while Dr. Marshall was a
atudent at Columbia Seminary in De
catur and later during his pastorates
at Covington and Atlanta.
Two best-seller books have recent
ly brought the Scotch immigrant into
the national limelight and increased
in stature after death a man who was
a giant among men in life.
A compilation of Peter Marshall’s
Bermons and prayers before the
UJnited States Senate, which he
served as Chaplain, entitled “Mr.
Jones Meets the Master” topped the
non-fiction hits a few seasons ago,
following his untimely death. Then
more recently, "A Man Called Peter,”
the story of their married life written
by Catherine Marshall, has been high
ly acclaimed.
Inevitably, the question was asked
by one who sat spellbound with
hundreds at Dr. Marshall’s pulpit
magic, “What qualities did Peter
Marshall possess that stamped him as
©ne of the greatest ministers of the
•ges?"
His reply took the following form.
These are not direct quotations but
are in substance the opinions
held by one who knew and loved
Peter Marshall from the time he first
began his religious training up to
nd through his greatest earthly
triumphs. These are, as we remember
them, his thoughts.
Peter, when he entered the Sem
inary, was a boy magnificent in his
■ppearenee, engaging in his person
ality, aggressive in his firm faith and
possessing a Scottish brogue that was
car-appealing. He was the kind of
man who could be tenth on a list of
Speakers at a lengthy program and
arouse word-dulled brains and cause
excited whispers before he had utter
ed a full sentence.
He loved his Master but he was not
long-face about it. He could inter
mingle anecdotes into his serious
thoughts in a manner that would have
bis audience smiling through its
tears.
He loved sports and when not par
ticipating in them himself, he loved
to watch all kind of athletic contests.
As an athlete, he participated in
those sports offered by the Seminary
and excelled in them all.
Asa student, he was noted more
•
for his delivery than theology. Stal
wart in his faith, Peter did not need
additional knowledge to sustain or
strengthen his belief. Hence, he mas
tered his studies with ease as a mat
ted of course and devoted most of his
time and energy to preparing his
llawless sermons.
Peter was essentially an actor and
the pulpit was his stage. He believed
firmly that his Master called him —
not to visit, to counsel or to comfort,
although as a pastor he was sympa
thetic and courteoua —but to preach
h£is word in the most effective man-
PLer from the pulpit.
Asa preacher, he was without a
Looking Backward
Through The Filer
New* of 30 Years Ago
“The Sleepy Hollow Gossip” was
the name of a paper issued by the
Jackson seventh grade, Miss Bessie
Blackman teacher, with Lillian Jam
erson as editor.
A group of 200 citizens planned to
visit Evans Lunsford pasture at Cov
ington.
A contract for a bridge over the
Tcwaliga river on Route 16 was
awarded for $25,000.
College students home for the
Easter holidays were Frances Wright,
Anna Dawn Edwards, Agnes Scott;
Evelyn McMichael, Ethel Merritt,
GSCW; Lewis Leach, Joe Buchanan,
University of Georgia; T. B. Smith,
Emory; Arthur Copeland, Ben John
son, J. R. Carmichael, Ernest and
Aris Newton, Don Woods, Tech;,
Carie Moore, Shorter; Atlee Car
michael, Oglethope.
New* of 20 Year* Ago
T. J. Dempsey resigned as county
school superintendent to become
state high school supervisor. Board
of Education named Van Fletcher
as superintendent.
Engagements announced were Miss
Mary Virginia Watkins and Forrest
Davis, Miss Martha Newman and
Sam Lambert.
Miss Maugie Mills and Fred W.
Echols were married March 31.
Contract for paving Route 42 from
McDonough to Locust Gove was let.
In UDC medal contest winner in
Jackson high school was Nettie Rose
O’Neal; grammar school, Sara Evelyn
Compton; Butts county schools,
James Hiley, Indian Springs school;
Marian Minter, Jenkinsburg school.
News of 10 Year* Ago
Chaplain E. L .Daniel was a pris
oner of the Germans.
Miss Margaret Ward Bush of For-
I syth and J. O. Beauchamp of Jack
son were married March 29.
Mrs. Lucy Maddux McMichael, 89,
| died at her home near Stark Thurs
day.
In Service: W. A. Smith Jr., ar
rived in North Africa; Howard Per
due was discharged at Fort Custer,
Mich, for being overage; Robert
Riley was transferred from Ft.
Leonard Wood to Camp Stockman,
Calif.; Jimmy Cornell completed
training at Northwestern University
and was graduated April 23 with
rank of Ensign in US Navy.
Dixie Theater opening was sched
uled next week after building was
damaged by fire December 29.
Easter was to fall on April 25
the latest day it could occur in any
year. It happened in 1886 and will
not fall on that date again until
2038..
MAKE FARMS SAFE
Spring clean-ups make your farm
safer, according to specialists for
the Agricultural Extension Service
of the University of Georgia. You
should be alert today so that you
can be alive tomorrow, and remem
everything and everything in its
place you most likely will be alive
tomorrow. Make your farm safe now.
peer. His dialect was flawless and
catchy, his brouge appealing, his ap
pearance magnificent and his sin
cerity and devotion unquestioned.
He knew what his congregation
needed and he gave it to them, over
and over again, once repeating the
same sermon six times upon request.
His language was original and
fresh without being flowery. His tal
ent for the right word in the right
place would have made him a great
poet.
But Peter Marshall’s sense of des
tiny and understanding of his Mas
er’s will was that his most effective
way of winning souls was as a pulpit
magician. He gave himself heart and
soul to that call and drove himself
beyond human endurance answering
innumerable calls to rostrums other
than his own. But that was Peter
Marshall. He not only surrendered
himself to his Master but he never
gave Him less than his best.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
Jackson Burial
For Mrs. Stanley
Graveside services for Mrs. Nena
T. Stanley, who died in her Atlanta
home Tuesday, March 31, were held
in the Jackson cemetery Thursday.
Rev. Gaither Briggs officiated and
burial was in the family lot under
direction of Peacock & Ball Funeral
Home. Funeral services were held at
11:30 a. m. at Spring Hill.
Mrs. Stanley was the widow of
Vivian Stanley, longtime official of
the State Prison Commission. As
Miss Nena Tye Turner she was born
and reared in McDonough. She first
married the late Lamar Etheridge,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Etheridge,
and following his death she was mar
ried to Mr. Stanley.
Mrs. Stanley is remembered as a
woman of beauty and charm of man
ner and during her residence in Jack-
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affairs, having been a charter mem
ber of the William Mclntosh Chap
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Survivors are two sons, Frank S.
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