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Devofional
BY REV. RALPH GOODWIN
Pastor, Jackson Nazarenc Church
THE SIN OF PROFANITY
Profanity is a very common sin
of this day. It seems that we are
becoming part of the most pro
fane nation upon the earth.
I heard the story of a mission
ary who stepped off a boat in
New York City one day, bringing
with him a man fresh from heath
enism. A man swore and the mis
sionary stopped him and said,
“Please, sir, do not swear. I have
with me a heathen here and this
is the first time he ever heard
God’s name taken in vain.”
I have been on street cars,
buses and railroad trains, and
have heard God’s name in vain in
such a vile way, until my patience
revolted, and I have promised
God that wherever I go, I am
going to condemn them in no un
certain way, this useless sin; this
vile, vulgar, useless, sinful habit.
Someone has given ten reas
ons against profanity. I want to
quote them just here: It is un
natural. It is'irrational. It is with
out excuse. It is unprofitable. It
is corrupting. It is unmanly. It
is ungentlemanly. It is defiant.
It is hazardous. It is soul-destruc
tive.
This person also says when one
swears he does ten things: He
breaks the comandment of God.
He violates the Law of the I,and.
He transgresses the Rule of Good
Manners. He outrages decency.
He insults good people. He pro
fanes sacred things He shows
bad breeding. He dishonors his
parents. He does what, if he has
a conscience, he will be ashamed
of. He does what he will regret.
I have seen men, who it seemed
to me, had in their blood a dis
position to commit certain sins;
born with a thirst for strong
drink, or with a tendency to steul,
but 1 seriously doubt if one has
ever been born with a cussing
disposition.
Have you ever noticed how ir
rational a man who swears is? He
swears at his friends; swears at
his enemies; swears when he is
mad; swears when he is glad. One
writer pictures the devil fishing
for sinners. He uses various baits
to allure his prey, but when he
wants to catch a cusser he uses
the bare hook. The profane man
swears without cause. It is pos
sible that a man is born with an
appetite for alcohol, or with a dis
position to commit certain sins.
Hut no man was ever born a cus
sing creature. Cursing is the
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MRS. T. H. PRICE
Visiting with the Herschel Har
rises over the weekend were Mr.
| and Mrs. Joe Harris and children,
!Mrs. J. T. Harris and John, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Harris and Mr.
and Mrs. William Harris.
We are glad to see Mr. and
'.Mrs. F. S. Bohannon out again
after being confined several
weeks with a round of the flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Connell of
Warner Robins and Mr. and Mrs.
Randolph Sims and Bobby of
McDonough visited Mr. and Mrs.
T. R. Sims on Sunday.
Mr. Jack Leverette spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs.
J. I. Leverette.
Mrs. Eva Mae Polk visited Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Washington, Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Evans, Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Washington, all of
shriveled fruit of a depraved
brain.
It is the vulgar expression from
a heart that is vile, ugly, and
venomous.
Cursing is ungentlemanly. Be
cause men realize this, their oaths
are silenced in the presence of
ladies and ministers of the Gos
pel.
Cursing reveals ignorance. The
English language is filled with
strong descriptive adjectives. Our
great statesmen have found it
quite useful as a medium of ex
pression. But men who are
limited in their vocabulary have
to fill in the gaps left by their
ignorance with cuss words.
It is degrading to swear. It
drags God down to the level of
man. It exalts man above God. It
hardens the hearts of those who
hear it and brings contempt from
those who have character. I have
just as much right to spray
poison gas in your home as you
have to befoul the air that I
breathe with profanity.
Robert G. Ingersoll, an infi
del, said, “The man who swears
is either very wicked or very
foolish.” If there is no God, then
you are wasting your breath, and
if there is a God, and every man
by intuition knows that there is
—it is a very wicked thing to take
His name in vain.
Sel.
United Pentecostal Church
243 Lyons Street
Jackson, Georgia
Rev. James L. Baxter, Pastor
Sunday School each Sunday at
10:00 a. m. Worship services
11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., Pray
er Meeting Wednesdays at 7:30
p. m.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Barnesville, and also Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Collins of Jackson.
Mrs. T. H. Price, Mrs. R. C.
Edwards and Miss Dorothy Thom
as attended a dinner meeting of
the Forest Park Business and
Professional Women’s Club at the
Community Center Club House
in Forest Park Tuesday night.
Mr. Charles Kenney of Mace
donia Church was the speaker at
Jenkinsburg Baptist Church on
Sunday. His wife Rita was a visi
tor also. W’e enjoyed having this
fine young layman speak to us in
the absense of our pastor, Rev.
A. L. Price.
Visiting the T. H. Prices Sun
day were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Price and children of Lake
Spivey, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Price
otf Forsyth, and Mrs. Mickey
Upchurch of Atlanta. Mr. Price
will enter Macon Hospital on
Tuesday for eye surgery.
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Baptist Churches
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Donald L. Foliom, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 1 1
a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Sunday
School at 9:45. BTU 6 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service,
Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m.
MACEDONIA
Rev. R. W. Jenkins, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School 10 a. m. Mid-week ser
vices 7:00 p. m. Wednesdays.
BTU 6:30 p. m. Sundays.
JENKINSBURG
Rev. Arthur L. Price, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday 11 a
m. and 7:30 p. m. BTU every
Sunday 6:30 p. m. Sunday
School 10 a. m. Mid-week ser
vices 7:30 p. .n. Wednesdays.
FLOVILLA
Rev. P. M. Newton, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School 10 a. m. every Sunday.
BTU 6:30 p. m. Mid-week ser
vice 7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
INDIAN SPRINGS
Sunday School every Sunday 9
a. m. Preaching irregular.
TOWALIGA
Rev. J. C. Parham, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School every Sunday 10 a. m.
BTU every Sunday 6:30 p. m.
WORTHVILLE
Rev. Ben F. Stone, Pastor
Sunday School every Sunday
10:00 a. m. BTU 6:00 p. m.
Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:00
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednes
days at 7:30 p. m.
COUNTY LINE
Rev. Franklin McWhirter
Preaching every Sunday 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School every Sunday at 10.
BTU at 6:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday at
7 :30 p. m.
PEPPERTON
Rev. J. S. Brown, Pastor
Pleaching Sunday 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. BTU 6:30 p. m. Sun
day School 10 a. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday 7 p. m.
LIBERTY
Rev. Geo. Bostick, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at 10 a. m.
MT. VERNON
Rev. s. H. Odom
Interim Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday
School 10 a. m., BTU 7:00 p.
in. Prayer services Wednesdays
at 7:30 p. m.
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Exodus
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• People who need glasses are apt to find the world pretty*
Exodus fuzzy without them. What appears as only a blur without
5:22 their “specs” swings into sharp focus, once they’ve put
• them on.
Exodus If only there were glasses we could don quickly when we
7:1-20 need to put ourselves, our problems, our successes and our
• failures into proper perspective! But that kind of lense has
Exodus yet to be devised.
We all have moments when we seem to be groping and
_ * nothing comes clear. We wonder where we are going and,
*°. perhaps, why. We have such moments whether or not we
' ’ go to church on Sundays—for the Church will not give us
Exodus spectacles, rose-colored or otherwise, with which to view
12-14 28 the But • • • the Church does teach us of God’s world,
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in its proper light.
smpiurc selected by Try going to church. If you do, you may find your “inner
11lP vlslon getting a great deal sharper.
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BAPTIST
Elder W. S. Kelly, Pastor
Preaching every 2nd Sunday
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SANDY CREEK PRIMITIVE
BAPTIST
Elder J. M. Spier, Pastor
Preaching every 4th Sunday
at 11 a. m.
WESTSIDE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Wiley B. Cameron, Pastor
Fundamental, In and e pendent,
Missionary services every Sun
day. Sunday School 9:45 a. m.,
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a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday 7 p. m.
ST. MARY’S CHAPEL
Mass at 9 a. m. each Sunday.
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Preaching every Sunday 11 a.
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163 Covington St.
Grady H. Pitts, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m., Sun
day Worship 11 a. m. and 7
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Methodist Churches
JACKSON
Rev. J. Ray Dunahoo, Paitor
Preaching every Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Junior
Fellowships, 6:00 p. m., Senior
Fellowships at 6. Mid-Week
Service 12:15 p. m. Wed.
STARK
Rev. Ed Galloway, Pastor
Rev. A. E. Barton, Assoc.
Preaching Ist and 3rd Sun
days at 11 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday
at 10 a. m.
FLOVILLA
Rev. Ed Galloway, Pastor
Preaching every 2nd Sunday
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., 4th
Sunday 9:00 a. m., 6:00 p. m.
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
JENKINSBURG
Rev. Ed Galloway, Pastor
Preaching Ist Sunday 11 a. m.
3rd Sunday 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday 10 a. m.
ENGLAND CHAPEL
Rev. Ed Galloway, Pastor
Preaching 2nd Sunday 9 a. m.,
4th Sunday 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday 10:30 a. m.
PLEASANT GROVE
CONGREGATIONAL METH.
Rev. Charles Stevens, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday, 11 a.
m. & 7:30 p. m. Sunday School
9:45. League every Sunday at
6:30 p. m. Mid-week service
7:30 p. m. Wednesday.
CEDAR ROCK
CONGREGATIONAL METH.
Rev. Frank Smith, Pastor
Preaching every 2nd and 4th
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 6:00
p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday 10 a. m.
CHURCH OF NAZARENE
Rev. Ralph Goodwin, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School 9:45 a. m. NYPS 6:30
p. m. Mid-week service Wed
nesday 7:15 p. m. Bible study
Saturdays 7:15 p. m.
JACKSON PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. David R. Black, Pastor
Sunday School every Sunday
at 10:00 a. m. Worship every
Sunday at 11:15 a. m.
FELLOWSHIP
PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. David R. Black, Pastor
Sunday School every Sunday
at 9:00 a. m. Worship every
Sunday at 10 a. m.
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