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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1921)
MOUNT BETHEL NEWS. Looks more like rain this morn ing. Anyway you needn’t worry, the rain will come in good time. Mr. and Mrs, W. N. Austin and worthy and Blanche Austin visited the family of Mr. Walter Haynes at Locust Grove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Craig and lit tle daughter, Geraldine, returned to their home near Atlanta Sun day, alter a two weeks visit to rel atives here. Quite a bit of visiting, fish frys, etc., this dry weather. Miss Nellie Hooten, of Jenkins burg, is visiting relatives here. Miss Nina Strahn spent a day or two with her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Aik en, of Oxford, last week. Mr. Ralph Bloodworth, formerly of Woodstown, now of Oxford, is seriously ill. John p ierce Hunt, of McDon ough, is ill with measles at the home of his grandfather, Mr. J. W. Jackson, of this place. Men and boys are a good deal interested in the game of pitching horse shoes these days.. Mrs. Lily Lillie, of Atlanta, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nail, and her sister. Mis. Stirling Moss. Now, please let me say for the edification of some who don’t see why we don’t give up this “iittle old prayer meeting” at Mount Bethel and quit —since the tares continue to grow and since they ‘‘can’t see any pood results any how.” Well, now, we planted this prayer meeting less than a year ago. In this time we have not planted and reaped a harvest of corn and cotton. We’ve plant ed truly and area ntinually giving our crops almost daily attention, but we havn’t thought of gather ing yet, and no on£ seems worried or distressed thai we have not. Why not be patient and wait for fruits of the prayer meeting as you do the fruits of the field. If no greater force had entered the fields in this community than have taken up the work of the prayer service we would all have to have help or starve. “In union there is strength.” Remember that. Those who attend and put their hearts into it are growing stronger and being blest. Also, those who can’t attend it, but w ho give their hearts, interest and prayers will reap a reward. The greater effort and sacrifice we make in His service the richer reward. This has been proven to us so many times—and Tffjfip U/y * ) Drop In After the Show & This is the place to come for hot or cold drinks, Our ice cream, sodas and sundaes are made from pure fruit juices, cream, sugar and eggs. Served from an absolutely sanitary fountain. Mixed by clerks who know how. Taste better and are better for you than the drinks they used to sell over the mahogr.ny with a rail in front and mirrors in the rear. If ycu have a headache—and it’s surprising how many do a. er an evening’s pleasure— take Dr. Miles' Anti-Fain Fills. \7e know they’ll stop the pain. HORTON DRUG COMPANY. then you will say to us, STOP or QUIT. Why, you would just as well say to a “moonshine” distiller, “Stop your nefareous work,” for any good it may do. For “love of Jesus” we want to carry on His work. And surely if ever He needed devoted followers, those who will “stand by” in the thick of evil opposition, it is now —hear- ing the cross gladly for Him. You say vou don’t want to attend and don’t want your family to, because there are those who go there with whiskey on their breath. True such a thing is deplorable in the house of God; but by the way, don’t joj ride in cars and sit around stores or other public places with those same men and | boys who are drinking and are profane also, and you don’t resent it there. And, too, the tiling that wrings our heart and tries us so is that those whom we nave a right to expect to help and en courage us in our fight hgainst evil (not the evil doer —mind you ' but the evil) will make sport of the "sura enough men who are trying their very best to crush I out and put down evil for the sake j of the evil doer as well as others j and will make sport, too, in the j wrong doer. What about your influence? Are your not afraid that they will die in their sins arid God will require their blood at your hands?” And how do you know that those moling men who attend prayer meeting are not souls, seeking light, groping their way in spirit and darkness with a heart hunger unsatisfied. Oh! men and women, why are you not there to help us lead them to the fountain of life? Who knows but that those same young men who have desecrated the house of God by going there with whiskey on their breath will some day stand in the self-same place, speaking burning words of life and love aud freedom from sin, led hither by the honest untiring efforts of those who keep alive the prayer service in the church. Don’t you want to be one with us in the great work? Have Faith in God. Last Sunday night one young man and four young women stepped out and gave their hand in token that they wanted to walk that way with us. Do you think we were encourag ! ed? Those young people meant jit, too. Do you think we are go ing to quit? Just watch us, now. I didn’t write last week so didn’t get to tell you of the large con gregation out to hear Bro. John son on Saturday. Almost as many as on Sunday, lam told. This is encouraging. MIS’ FRANC. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA THE UNIVERSAL CAR THE UNIVERSAL CAR AUTO SUPPLIES and PARTS iSTTTi JS jikLJsl if f -■ Kelly-Springfield and United States Tires GASOLINE, ACCESSORIES and OIL A Pleasure to Do Business with You PROMPT SERVICE I Ford sore TRADE MARK H. M AMIS CO , McDonough, Ga., Phone 82.
