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WHEN THE MINISTER COMES
(Reprinted from The Christian Advocate
By Webb B. Garrison
Through the Christian centuries, dating back to the
beginning of the Christian church, lay men and women
have ‘‘entertained” the preacher. Food and fellowship
have promoted better understanding. And I am putting
down here some of the special values that may be derived
from sitting at the dinner table with a minister:
1. In the midst of the informal atmosphere of a meal,
barriers are lowered, and a feeling of oneness is deve
loped.
2. The minister is God’s messenger. His presence
stands for something very important—the relevance of
religion for an effective home. The conversation turns
Godward, centering attention upon matters beyond the
ordinary concerns of daily living.
3. At its highest and best, the sharing of food becomes
an act of worship. There is nourishment for the soul as
well as the body.
Os course, the provision of a special meal for the
minister has its dangers. Preoccupation with the more
material phases of such an occasion can strip it of all its
real values. Just as there are values to be gained, so there
are things to be lost. Here are some plans for keeping the
meal at a high level.
1. Limit the time and money spent in preparation, whe
ther you entertain at home or in a restaurant. Too much
food, resulting in waste, condemns the society that can
ignore the hungers stalking through our world, and the
minister is sensitive to need. Too much time in the kitchen
so tires the hostess that she is physically and mentally in
capable of worship and fellowship. Here is a good work
ing rule :■ Do not work so hard preparing for the meal that
you cannot attend services at the church before or after;
do not tempt the minister with so much good food that he
feels he must overeat or seem ungrateful.
2. Make the meal a real act of sharing and worship.
This involves both an informal atmosphere and full parti
cipation by members of the family as well as visitors.
Keep the occasion simple enough to permit the hostess to
sit at the table and share in the fellowship.
3. Before or after the meal, plan for a brief period of
worship. Formal words of grace at the table do not meet
the needs of the occasion. Ask the minister to read a pas
sage from Scripture and, lead in prayer; better yet, let
the host or hostess serve as leader.
4. Schedule the meal so rhat there will be no pressure
for time. Especially when an evening service is to follow,
be sure that the hostess has time to get ready for it and
that the minister has a period available for prayer and
meditation before the meeting. When preparing a meal
to be shared just prjor to a service, take special care to
keep the food light ajid simple.
Here is a prayer to be used by the family in preparation for
the minister’s visit:
‘'Almighty God our Father, giver of every good gift, we thank
thee for pleasant and nourishing food. We are grateful for the way
in which thou hast provided for our wants. Enable us, we pray, to
be good stewards —using both our time and our means for thy
glory. Bless the home, we pray, and may our time together be a
real benediction to all of us. May we prepare for the coming of
thy servant, the minister. May we rise up from the table better
persons because we have sought thee there. Amen.”
WORLD HARVEST OF FLUE-CURED
TOBACCO REACHES NEW HIGH
The world harvest of flue
cured tobacco is establishing a
new high during the current
calendar year, it was reported to
day in the September-October
Report of Tobacco Associates,
Inc.
The amount of leaf to be har
vested this year, the report said,
is estimated at almost 2.5 billion
pounds, whjch is an increase
over the past two years and al
most double the 1935-39 annual
world average of 1.3 billion
pounds.
Part of the current world in
crease, the report explained, is
resulting from increasing yields
in the United States with higher
output in China, Korea, Japan,
Canada, Southern Rhodesia, and
India accounting for most of the
increase in foreign countries.
U.S. flue-cured production in
1954, estimated to be about 1.35
billion pounds is about six per
cent larger than the 1953 out
put and represents an increase of
about 56 percent compared with
the 1935-39 average. Total foreign
production, estimated to be 1.4
billion, represents an increase of
14 per cent compared with a
year earlier and is almost three
times the 1935-39 average.
In regard to exports, the re
port pointed out that “some 435
million pounds of U«S. flue-cured
tobacco was consumed in foreign
countries during 1953, an increase
Os 15 million pounds compared
with 1952.”
“This increase in foreign con
sumption, however, was not great
enough to offset the decrease in
U.S. 'consumption,” Tobacco As-,
sociates said, “and, therefore, re
-?* suited in a net decrease in world
consumption in 1953 compared
• with a year earlier."
■ The report added ..that th
amount of U.S. flu?-cured' used
by domestic manufacturers last
year was more than double the
prewar average but slightJy less
than the record level reached in
1952. Due to the decrease in
domestic cigarette output, U.S.
TO OINNER
leaf consumption in 1953 amount
ed to only about 802 million
pounds compared with about
830 million a year earlier.
During the calendar year 1953,
the estimated total world con
sumption was 1,235 million
pounds, farm sales weight, com
pared with the record level of
an estimated 1,250 million used
in calendar year 1952.
In regard to total world pro
duction, Tobacco Associates also
pointed out that “several foreign
countries have been producing
flue-cured tobacco for many’
years, but the amount of their
leaf entering world trade prior
to World War II was relatively
small. However, since the war.
many of these countries have in
creased their production substan
tially and many other countries
which had not grown flue-cured
have initiated its production.”
Western Germany, while before
the war produced no flue-cured,
is now harvesting around nine
million pounds per year; Italy
about 27 million compared with
a. prewar average of four million.
Brazilian production has jumped
from 13 million to 59 million;
Indian and Southern Rhodesian
has more than quadrupled; Cana
dian has tripled, while produc
tion in 'Japan and China has
doubled.
The report said that most of
the foreign-grown flue-cured leaf
entering world trade is produced
in Canada, Southern Rhodesia,
and India with a substantial part
of their surplus being exported
to the United Kingdom where it
is “accorded a preferential tariff
rate.” Increasingly important
amounts of leaf from these three
countries, the Report said, are
ako being used in other coun-
tries of Western Europe. The
use of flue-cured leaf from Ja
pan. Brazil, and Italy is also in
creasing in many Western Euro
pean countries. Western Ger
many’s production is being used
domestically.
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE NAHUNTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1954
Atlanta Division
The overall enrollment of 5,-
978 for the Fall Quarter at the
Atlanta Division, University of
Georgia, indicates a 25.9 percent
increase over the Fall Quarter of
1953, Registrar J. D. Blair, re
ported. “Actually this Quarter’s
total shows 1,165 more students”,
he said.
One reason for the increase
is the large number of Korean
veterans. The veterans enroll
ment is lllpercent over that of
last year. The total number of
veterans is 2,030, the largest
number of any college in the
state. There were 504 transfers
from other colleges.
Another reason for the larger
enrollment is the unusually lar
ge number of 2,146 new students
which comprise 37.8 percent of
the student body. This number
also indicates a 22.3 percent in
crease over the number of new
students for this same period
last fall.
There are 3,789 men enrolled
and 1,954 women registered. The
School of Business Administra
tion has 3,744 and the School of
General Studies 1,701.
Mr. Blair stated that this is a
record enrollment for the Atlanta
Division and that Fall Quarter
figures indicate that the accumu
lative enrollment for the 1954-55
school year will be the largest
in the history of the school. He
also stated that the classes held
on Tuesday and Thursday nights
had appealed to many people
who could not attend three nights
a week Bhd had considerably re
lieved the crowded conditions. He
predicted that the new building
would be finished in time for re
gistration for the Spring Quar
ter in 1955, and this would make
it possible to take care of other
increases caused by the first wave
of war-babies.
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