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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1921)
An Exhortation. “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.” John 6:63. Now, all of you please read text, and then listen to the words of Jesus again. John 8:31: “If ye continue in my Word, then are ye my disciples indeed.” Please read from the 31st to the 36th. I think they will help you, as they have helped me for many years. And we are commanded to be filled with the Spirit. How can we be filled with the Spirit, when we are full of the vain tilings of this life? I have been here about four years—not able to go—my heart has been made sad so many times when I read and hear of so many, even church members, going to picture shows and other vain places that do not point to to God. The Bible plainly tells us to deny ourselves and take up our cross and do as Jesus did. And we are told that He spent His life doing good to ali—yes, all, all rich and poor, high and low. I was stopped right here, to an swer a letter that a chaingang boy wrote me, It came in this morning’s mail. So back to that Spirit. I could have put it off, but I felt this way about it. If I knew that I could do but one of the two things I had rather an swer the poor boy’s letter than to finish my letter to you all. So I wrote to him and have it mailed. The letter was so touching. I want to tell you something about it. I have alread told you that I couldn’t go from home, but I try to do as Jesus said, “Watch and pray,” and when the boy was near by our road 1 called him to my window and talked to him. He was young and such a bright boy; ons father and mother both dead, and the poor fellow alone in this vain and sinful world. So I gave him a Bible and all the good ad vice I could with God’s help And the letter was full of thanks, telling me how he had enjoyed reading the Bible every night. Saying it in such an humble wav that he didn’t think that I would mind him writing as he thought I was his friend and said that he had no one else to write to. I just want to say here, “Bless the Lord, O my soul,” for giving me strength to obey His Holy Word. Oh, the joy that this vain world cau neither give nor take. I just want to beg you every one, to turn from the vain things of life, and listen to that sweet spirit that Jesus said that He would send to guide us, and I do want you all to remember this. We have promise of God’s care, only when we obey His blessed Word. Just think this way about it When you are filled full of tin vain pleasures of this life maybe is THE. T! IV! E to begin your repairs for the are prepared to do vour Sawing and furnish you with Shingles, Flooring, Laths, etc. We exchange Meal and Hulls for Cotton seed and will also buy your seed. See us-when in the market for our line. We will make the price right and appreciate your patronage. , Ph me No. 54-J. Yours very truly, BROWN & HARKINS. “What Do I Get?” The man who pays his debts and his taxes may be a blessing or a curse to Ihe community. It de pends on what else he does. In making this statement it is under stood that by the word “debt” is meant the ordinary cash obligation which a man incurs in the trails action of his business. There are men who appear to believe that so long as they are not endebted to their neighbors for goods pur chased, or to the municipality or tiie state for the last tax levy they have discharged their whole duty and nothing more can be asked of them. But in reality a man’s duty to his neighbor is limited only by his power to do his neighbor good, and his duty to the community by his ability to be of service to it. The community in which the pre vailing sentiment is, “What do I get out of it ? ” is one which does not and canot prosper. at a picture show, if death were to call for you then, where would you spend eternal life? Now, some of you may think it a sad thing to try to obey the Holy Spirit. But I want to tell you it is not. All of you just try it for one day and lam sure that you will try it the next day. Jesus said: “Ye are my witnesses.” Mrs. Geo. T. Kelley. The Christian Index. Don’t be a knocker. Hide your little hammer and try to speak well of others no matter how small you may really know yourself to be, A Tonic For Women “I was hardly able to drag, I was so weakened,” writes Mrs. W. F. Ray, of Easley, S. C. “The doctortreated me for about two months, still I didn’t get any better. I load a large fam ily and felt I surely must do something to enable me to take care of my little ones. I had heard of The Woman’s Tonic “I decided to try it,” con tinues Mrs. Ray ... “I took eight bottles in all ... I re gained my strength and have had no more trouble with wo manly weakness. I have ten children and am able to do all my housework and a lot out doors ... 1 can sure recom mend Cardui.” Take Cardui today. It may be just what yott need. At all druggists. ESI l. —■ -I : Tim fliw—-t'W MOL HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOITGH. GEORG! a What Old Folks Will Say in 1971 May I stoD right here and look fifty years into the future? Very well, then: Fifty years from now your grandchildren and mine will hear some old white-haired man or woman (maybe it will be you yourself) tell of farming condi tions as they were up to 1921. And in the course of his or her reminiscences, the old patriarch will say something like this: “Why, children, back there be fore 1921 the farmers had no voice whatever in fixing the prices, of anything they sold. Every little one-horse, two-horse, five-horse, ten-horse or twenty-horse farmer individually sold t or tried to sell) the products of his particlar little piece of ground all by himself, and ninety-nine times out of a hundred without any real thorough going knowledge as to market conditions or what price he ought to get! You may not believe it, but it is so. “The farmer made the cotton without which the cotton dealers, cotton manufactures, etc., all would have been helpless, yet the farmer every fall took his cotton to town, and helplessly and sub missively asked the buyers what grade they chose to cali it and what price they saw fit to give— and ne had nothing to do but to accept! Then when he bought cotton goods, he had to pay what the manufacturer and merchant aS k e( j “The truth is that before 1921 the farmer of the South let the other people price not only everything lie bought, but he also let other people both grade and price all the products which he and his family worked hard to raise.” — The Progressive Farmer. Would Not Do Without It, You can stop a common cold if you act promptly at the first sign of sneezing and chilliness, hoarse ness, tickling throat or coughing. Just take a dose of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound. It is effect ive and pleasant to take. Harry L. Neff, Price Hill, Cincinnati, 0..: knows it is good for long standing I coughs and colds, too. He writes: “I had a very bad cough for al most two years. I have taken 3 bottles of Foley’s Honey and Tar and am almost well. 1 simply would not do without it in the house.” McDonough Drug Co. MR. MERCHANT —Everywhere—Give your customer that all-satisfy ing, cool and fragrant, mild HAVANA Tampa. 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