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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969
Weekly
Devotional
BY BEN F. STONE, Pa.tor
Worthville Baptist Church
GOD’S DIVINE INVITATION
Revelation 22:17
Ml through the Bible the Lord
extends the invitation to people
to come to him for grace and
salvation. The gracious invitation
is repeated here in the last chap
ter of the Bible.
“Let him that heareth.” The
Lord speaks the invitation. He
proclaims it in many ways and in
many places. The invitation is
given earnestly and distinctly to
individuals and to multitudes.
Men should listen to the word of
the Lord. They should hear the
voice of the Lord. They should
assume the attitude of Samuel
Mien he said “Speak; for
thy servant heareth” (I Sam
uel 3:10). And the attitude
of Joshua when he said, “What
saith my Lord unto his servant?”
(Joshua 5:14); or Saul when he
said, “Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do?” (Acts 9:6).
“The Spirit and the bride say,
Come.” When the invitation of
the Lord is heard it must be un
derstood. The invitation is to all
men everywhere. It invites all to
come to love, light, and life. It is
universal and unlimited. God the
Father, Christ the Son, and the
Holy Spirit join in giving the in
vitation and offer all the riches
of heaven and earth for time
and eternity to all who will ac
cept it and respond to it. Under
stand the source of the invitation
and the purpose of it and the
fulness of life that will come to
those who respond to it.
“Let him that heareth say,
Come.” When we hear the invita
tion of the Lord and understand
it and respond to it, duty is
upon us to extend it to others.
We may extend the invitation by
word of mouth, by manner of life,
and by the written word. We can
extend the invitation anxiously,
enthusiastically, positively, sin
cerely and continuously. The Lord
will help those who engage in
this work for reaching lost peo
ple and enlarging the kingdom.
It is his will and way, and he
graciously gives his servants a
part of it.
Hear the invitation of the
Lord. Understand all that is in
volved in it. Eagerly extend the
invitation of the Lord to a wait
ing world.
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BY REV. ROBERT RIDDLE
There is no one word that will
describe what it means to be a
4-H member, but the word that
comes nearest is “fulfillment.”
The 4-H pledge says it best,
Head, Heart, Hands, and Health.
In other words, total “commit
ment.” For many girls and boys,
the 4-H club gives them their
first opportunity to have a goal
in life and the challenge of ac
complishment.
Competition is learned early.
You are in competition with your
self to do better but you are
never in competition with others
to prove that you are better than
they.
The main-stay of the 4-H club
is the “project”. Without the
project membership in the club
would be meaningless. This is the
challenge! It demands the best;
the best produces success, success
produces fulfillment, and fulfill
ment produces joy.
At the age of 12 I chose
forestry as a project. At that
time my family lived on a farm
and we had plenty of land that
needed to be reforested which had
been left bare by the local saw
mill. With the help and guidance
of the forestry unit, we began
putting out pine seedlings in Jan
uary, 1936. For the initial project
we selected a site on Highway No.
1, south of Baxley, Georgia, as
a roadside demonstration. These
pines and I grew up together.
When the little forest was
twelve years old, it was thinned
and the cut trees were sold for
pulpwood. At the age of 15 to
18 they were streaked and cupped
for gum turpentine. At the age
of 20, some of these trees were
cut for lumber and replacement
seedlings were planted.
These trees have produced
crude gum for the manufacture
of rosin and spirits of turpentine,
pulpwood and lumber, not to
mention the prevention of soil
ersion. No wonder that pine trees
are called “Green Gold.”
I went on to be elected presi
dent of the local 4-H club, presi
dent of the county council, cham
pion speaker, and finally boy’s
vice-president of the State of
Georgia. All of these achieve
ments and honors were appreci
ated, but they were all left in
the shade of a pine tree in South
Georgia.
Happiness is a 4-H club mem
ber with a project!
PERSONAL
Dr. and Mrs. Jim C. Howell
went over to Athens Saturday for
the Georgia-South Carolina game
and were luncheon guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sinkwich at a
party preceding the game.
Friends of Mrs. Wendell B.
McCoy, Sr. will be glad to learn
that she was transferred from
Macon Hospital Sunday to Syl
van Grove Hospital and that she
is making improvement from a
recent fall in which her hip was
broken.
Investment in 4-H...
pays BIG DIVIDENDS
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COMPLIMENTS
C&S BANK OF JACKSON
Band Boosters
Plan Spaghetti
Supper Oct. 17
The Band Boosters will spon
sor a spaghetti supper in Jackson
School lunchroom Friday, October
17, prior to the game between
Gordon Military and the Jackson
Red Devils. Spaghetti, cole slaw,
rolls, tea and coffee will be
served from 5 to 8. Home baked
cakes and pies will also be avail
able. Tickets are available from
any member of the band or band
booster for 75c and $1.25.
Officers elected for the 1969-
70 school year are President,
Mrs. John Morgan; Vice-Presi
dent, Mrs. Jimmy O’Neal and Sec
retary and Treasurer, Mr. J. D.
Zachary Jr.
Miss Nancy Long, Band Direc
tor, and Mr. W. B. Jones, Su
perintendent, met with the group
Monday night to discuss the needs
of the band and how these needs
can best be financed. It is hoped
that profits from the spaghetti
supper will help to finance some
of the most critical and immedi
ate needs of the band.
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THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
October 14-15
Annual Meeting
Kimbell Assn
The time for the annual meet
ing of the Kimbell Baptist As
sociation has been set for the
14th and 15th of October. It will
meet for the first day at the
Sharon Baptist Church, 4:00 p.
m., and the second day will be
at the Rocky Creek Baptist
Church, 10:00 a. m.
Rev. Elbert Moore, pastor of
Sharon, will preach the intro
ductory sermon on the first day’s
meeting of the association. Rev.
R. W. Jenkins, pastor of Mace
donia, will bring the Missionary
Message the second day. Other
speakers and complete program
will be announced later.
SAPSUCKERS
Those neat little rows of holes
on the trunks and limbs of your
pecan trees are probably no cause
for worry. According to horticul
turists with the University of
Georgia Extension Service, the
evenly spaced holes are the re
sult of a food hunt by the bird
known as the sapsucker.
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Mrs. Swearingen
Winner in
Grid Contest
An error was made by the
judges in the football contest of
September 27th in which it was
previously announced that
Charles Dreyer of Jackson had
won first place and Mary Zane
Swearingen of Jackson had won
second. It was pointed out that a
game on Mr. Dreyer’s entry was
guessed incorrectly and failed to
be detected by the judges, thus
causing him to miss two games in
stead of the one as originally
checked.
This would make Mrs. Swearin
gen first place winner and entitle
her to an additional $5.00 for
first prize.
The error on Mr. Dreyer’s en
try caused him to have to com
pete with others who had missed
only two games but his point total
of 146 still entitled him to second
prize of $5.00 in cash; however,
since he had originally been paid
SIO.OO for winning first place be
fore the error was detected, he
will not be asked to return the
money with the judges to award
Mrs. Swearingen her additional
prize money.
In addition to Mr. Dreyer’s 146
point winning total, others who
on Sept 27th only missed two
games were Janie Carmichael,
165 points; Mrs. T. A. Carmich
ael, 166 points, Mike Maddox,
174 points; Olin Fuqua, 178
points; Teena Norsworthy, 189
points; John F. Meredith, 207
points; Brenda Butler, 218 points;
Mrs. Will Meredith, 234 points.
ELECT
HAROLD MARTIN
Ist Ward City Council
On October 10, 1969, you will go to the polls to
elect a City Councilman to represent you from the
Ist Ward. If you want a man who will represent,
and be a voice for all the people in Jackson, a
man who will be eager and willing to listen to
your problems and suggestions, then I ask that
you cast your vote for Harold Martin.
If you elect me, I pledge to you my very
best efforts in your behalf. I do not represent any
special interest group or faction. I stand for hon
est, efficient and progressive government. Will
you stand with me?
HAROLD MARTIN
Candidate City Council, Ist Ward
(Paid for by friends and supporters of Harold Martin)
A VOTE FOR CHARLES ROOKS
is
A VOTE FOR
• Progressive City Government
® Economy Wherever Possible
O Closer Cooperation With County
Authorities
4H}oers
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