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City of Covington.
“Preparedness”
“Prepare to the limit for war—and at the same time
take every possible legislative precaution against becom
ing involved in potential wars that are not directly our
own concern.” That, in a sentence, seems to be the atti
tude of Congress today.
The details of the Administration’s long discussed
Armament program have at last come to light. The Pres
ident has urged that with “as great speed as possible,” a
special appropriation of $552,000,000 be authorized and
spent for the tools of war. Three hundred millions of this,
according to plan, is to go for army airplanes;
000 is to go for anti-aircraft guns, automatic rifles, field
pieces, etc.; $8,000,000 for strengthening our seacoast
defenses; $27,000,000 to increase the normal garrison in
the Canal Zone; $44,000,000 for naval bases; $21,000,000
for navy airplanes, and $10,000,000 for training civilian,
air pilots, to build up a reserve of expert combat fliers in
case of necessity.
During the 1940 fiscal year about a billion more will
be spent for military expansion and maintenance, in addi
tion to this “emergency half-billion, makng a total of
about a bilhon and a half. That comes to a little more
than $10 for every man, woman and child in America—a
sum not so large as exaggerated early estimates indicated,
but still the largest in our peace-time history.
The American people haven’t had a chance to vote
“aye” or “nay” on this program officially, But unoffi
dally, they have made their voices heard, and the chorus
of approval has apparently drowned out the minority of
dissenters. A late Institute of Public Opinion poll, for
example, shows that the public is overwhelmnglv back of
the armament program; that the bulk of our citizens feel
that Germany is democracy's worst enemy, and favor a
boycott of all German goods, and that 46 per cent of
queried believe we will have to fight Germany again in
their their lifetimes. lifetimes
The Labor Relations Act
It is refreshing to see that certain progressive labor
groups. including some affiliates of the American Federa
tion of Labor, are urging reasonable modification and re
vision of the National Labor Relations Act.
Far-sighted labor leaders are the first to recognize
that the cause of honest unionism is harmed, not served,
by extremist legislation which is predicated on the prin
ciple that labor must be favored at every turn, and the
employer . always penalized. The Labor Relations . Act,
is
at least as construed by the Labor Board, puts almost no
restrictions on the activities of labor—and hogtidS the em
plover to the extent that he has almost no rights at all
when controversies arise.
Lisp Disnassionate as: lonare and ana fair iau revision tension of ot the ine ACT Act is is aosoiureiy absolutely'
essential to the maintenance of peaceful industrial rela
tions—and to the welfare of legitimate workers.
Some speakers select a subject to speak on; then
speak far off the subject.
If you didn't actually see them you'd think some wo
men had two mouths and one ear.
None of the “ideal husbands’’ seem to have ever been
married!
Some people wake up and find themselves famous;
others remain out nights and become notorious.
Hush! It takes two to argue, and only one to end it
.. . so why waste one perfectly good person?
There's no excuse for picking the wrong girl today,
for a man can certainly see what he’s getting.
We men are queer folk. We deliberate an hour se
lecting a suit of clothes and seldom ever question what we
put in our stomach.
Many a man could lighten his moving load by first
returning the things friend wife borrowed from the
neighbors.
The difficulty with being poor is in trying to save,
and buy as much as the rich do, at the same time.
Many people apparently think they are their brother’s
bookkeeper.
After all is said and done many people keep on saying
and doing.
Truth is not only stranger than fiction but is also a
stranger to many people.
The man who has more business than he can tend to
seldom has time to attend to anyone else’s.
One thing that can be quickly homebrewed is trouble.
Church Bulletin: “Morning service, 10:30. ‘Prepare
for the Worst!’ Quartet will sing.”
Mother says that life for her is just one darned thing
after another.
Married men don’t live longer than unmarried men.
It just seems longer.
“I run things at my house,” said the man as he re
membered the lawnmower.
Putting the shoulder to the wheel will keep the back
the wall.
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poor tire* end my brake* don’t hold."
Sunday School Lesson
Ijesson . Acts 2:15-18, 36-41.
Golden Text—“Not by might,
nor by power, but by my Spirit,
*»th the Lord of Hoses. -Zecha
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tpr be chjp{ of th e apostles had
h tort uring
experipnces nf weakness and vac
illation. John tells us at the be
ginning of his ministry Jesus gave
Simon the surname Peter, but
even the end Jesus at times
had to withdraw that name, be
cause the one to whom he had en
trusted most responsibility was
unworthy to bear it.
Our lesosn today opens a glor
ious epoch in Peter’s life. He be
gan now a ministry that was sel
dom to be marred by any fault,
anrt never a R ain tn bp marked by
the great weakness which threat
enpd to plunge hjm int0 he!L
The greatest circumstance in
the historv nf the Christian
church was the death and rising
of our Lord Jesus. The next
greatest occurrence was the giv
mg of the Hoiy Spirit at Pente
cost
Jesus had beqn received up in- r
j to heaven, an his last words
the one hundr and twenty who
j stood about hirp charged them not
to depart from premise Jerusalem but
W ait for the of the Father.
tohn had declared that while he
baptized with water, those who
came after him would be baptized
with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Where this group waited, we do
’ nrnbablv P in
the home of onp oMh e dlspiples;
perhaps in the large upper room
wbere the Lord’s supper had been
instituted. Day after day the dis
ciples met. probably at dawn. We
are told that “these all with one
accord continued stedfastly in
prayer, with *fle women and Mary
the mother of Jesus, and with his
brethren.” They knew something
stupendous was about to occur in
their lives. Jesus bad assured
them that the Spirit would be
given “not many days hence.” At
last, with a sound as of the rush
ing of a mighty wind, the Spirit
came down in all its marvelous
fullness upon that expectant
group. Upon the head of each
disciple rested a tongue of flame,
fulfilling the prophecy that they
would be baptized with the Holy
Spirit and with fire.
Undoubtedly the sound as of
the rushing of a mighty wind was
heard throughout the city of Je
rusalem, for in a short while a
great multitude had gathered.
Jews, from every part of the civil
ized world, beheld an amazing
sight. It seemed that each dis
ciple was giving ecstatic utterance
to his belief in Jesus Christ, dwel
ling especially upon his saving
death. What amazed the onlook
ers was that these disciples were
speaking neither Aramic nor
Greek—the languages spoken by
most of the inhabitants of Jerusa
lem—but were speaking in ton
gues with which they were not at
all familiar. In utter astonish
ment at this unparalleled event,
Jews from all parts of the world
heard these, their fellow citizens,
speaking about the mighty works
of God in languages altogether
foreign to their experience.
The presence of God in the
world reveals the inner thoughts
of mens hearts. Those who were
true seekers asked the question,
“What meaneth this?” Those who
were scoffers declared, “Thev are
filled with new wine.”
The Christian Church was born
in the great experience of Pente
cost.
Our lesson today tells how Pe
ter delivered the first sermon
ever preached in the Christian
Church and made the day of Pen
tecost that year a season of spirit
ual harvest.
Peter began with a courteous
denial of the charge of drunken
ness as an explanation of the ex
altation of the disciples. Then he
proceeded to preach a sermon.
taking his text from the prophecy
THE COVINGTON NEWS
There are two kinds of things in
the world one kind that we can
see and another hat we cannot
v You can see a scratch on your
. pain
hand, but you cannot see the
it makes. You cannot smell the
pain, nor hear it, nor taste it, nor
touch it. And yet you know that
the pain is just as real as the
scratch. how he
I once asked a little boy
could draw. He answere: ‘T think,
and then I draw my think.” H»
could see whatever he would draw,
and his hand and his pencil, but
he could not see his mind, although
it was just as real. We can see
our bodies, but we cannot see our
thinking part, the soul, although It
is just as real. So we can see the
tree*. and lakes, and rivers, and
BOB JONES
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ON
HERE AN#
Mm HEREAFTER
Some preachers I have met
would have been better off ma
rp ' if thpv y had chosen some
Oiner Kina , but I have met
man y men in thp minlstry who
are really better off in this world :
even materially (all things con-;
s j de red) than they would have
j other profession or
business.
The writer, who is fifty-five
I years old, entered the ministry at
the early age of fifteen. He has 1
bad forty years of this glorious j
service. He knows personally at
I least as many preachers as any
one his age The first two or
three years I walked (not hitch
hiked) and begged for any kind of'
a place to preach. In one com
munity I built a brush arbor and
conducted a reviva mee ing or a
week. We organized a church
with fifty-four members. I did
1 not receive one cent for my serv
I ices, but I had good food and a
place to sleep and peace of con
science and the sweet assurance
I that I was doing God’s will. In
the last forty years I have preach
ed in large auditoriums in practi
cally every city on the continent,
and in some of the cries in for
eign lands, but as I look back
across the years, the sweetest and
happiest memories I have are
those that come to me from brush
arbors, unceiled school houses and
poorly-built country churches
back in the rural districts,
I can see as I write these lines
the families coming to the places
of worship, some with kerosene
lanterns and some with pine
torches. I can see the dimly lit
places of worship and hear the
old hymns of praise. I have been
more comfortable personally in
the cities and towns, but I was
more comfortable in the most
rural communities than Jesus ever
was. “He who was rich for our
sakes became poor, that we
through his poverty might become
rich.” He taught that riches con
sist not only in the abundance of
things which one possesseth. In
the days of my early struggle I
was rich in the things that make
men happy. I had the love and
appreciation and confidence of
those who heard me preach. I
had the joy that comes from see
ing the Gospel transform human
lives and make bad men into good
men. The ministry must be
drudgery to a preacher who never
sees sinners saved, but to see God !
work in the hearts of men is far
more exciting than to see fortunes
pile sky-high. Yes, my boy, it is
big business, preaching the Gos
pel!
A real old-timer of the Georgia
Legislature Ls back in harness in the
person of Ed Wohlwender, a mem
ber of the House from Muscogee
County. Mr. Wohlwender, a promi
nent Columbus lawyer, came to the
House in 1908 and served contin
uously until 1922. He then dropped
out and now is back after an ab
of seventeen years . Mr Wohl _
wendcr is outspokenly a partisan
°J. . ^ Talmad , . ^ and . a crlU ... " ... tbe
Ri ^ rS ^"ration There is
n0 lna: y-mouth n t e ohl
wpndpr temperament. He Is a smart
anci ag ^ ress * ve fighter, but always
**8hts with a smile. His first biil
was onp to prohibit Atlanta picture
t from issuing pas.see to
members of the Legislature. It was
billed in committee, which action
be accepted with a wide grin on
his face. During his previous ca~
in the House, Mr. Wohlwen
der’s colleagues nicknamed him
“Side Winder.”
A farm inventory at the begin
ning of the year is a good way to
begin keeping a farm record.
of Joel, wherein he described the
outpouring of the Spirit of God in
(he coming day The point Peter
mgde ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
bppn rPadine in , hP old Testa
ment for centuries was being ful
wiled in their midst. “This is
that,” he said, “which hath been
spoken through the prophet Joel.’
Thpn Peter went on to tel1 the
people of Jerusalem that they had
to recognize Gods Messiah
when he came. By the hand of
lawless men they had crucified
and slain him. But God had rais
ed him from the dead, and of this
resurrection the disciples were
witnesses.
Peter’s conclusion to his sermon
was that “God hath made him
both Iord and Christ, . this Jesus
whom ye crucified.
Peter’s sermon had an unusual
pffpct on his hearers. There was
nothing “preachy” about it nor did
1 it consist of smooth phrases and
glittering generalities. Its sen
; tences were like sharp arrows
which, going traight into the bos
| oms of his hearers, pricked their
bpal ’ ts and made them cry out,
I ‘Brethren, what shall we do?”
If prayer, Bible reading, and
the hearing of God’s message from
the lips of consecrated preachers
arl d teachers are stirring your
conscience and making you miser
able with a sense of unworthiness
and Slr >. thank God and take cour
You have started on the
road to salvation.
Jesus began his ministry by
saying “Repent ye.” Now in the
first sermon ever preached in the
Christian church, Peter, chief of
1 the apostles, in answer to the
question of the multitude, said,
j “Repent.” Peter’s barbed message had
a
| ash wonderful straight, effect sincere upon preaching his hearers, ad
dressed to the spiritual needs of
men always has.
First of all, we are told, the
multitude received the Word, j
They opened their minds and j
hearts to it, and it produced in
them a change amazing to wit- j |
ness.
Next, they that received the
Word were baptized. This was the
badge of their repentance and
their separation from the world,
Since they had taken the first step
by faith and repentance and, by
j so doing, declared their intention
to God, they took the second step
1 by announcing to that they
men
were through with sin.
Finally these converts contin
ued steadfast. They did not start
with great enthusiasm and then
become backsliders. They con
tinued the apostles’ teaching and
fellowship, “in the breaking of
bread and prayers.” These are
the things that keep Christians
steadfast. Repentance and bap
tism are only the beginning.
Fear came upon every soul, but
salvation only upon such as re
pented. These were baptized, and
continued steadfast.
We are not told that three ;
thousand members were added to
the Church on that day—we are
told that three thousand souls
were added. And there is a vast
different between the two. Huge
accessions to a church may be a
: sign of spiritual health or it may
indicate nothing more than hard
work and efficient organization
j on the part of preacher and peo
pie. But when the hearts of men
are touched to a sense of sin by
the Spirit of God. and when the
Holy Spirit does his transforming
work, people are changed from
glory unto glory.
In a world of many needs today
the greatest need is clearly that of j
evangelistic to mtn in preaching. the Church We must j
say and that! to j
youth in the Sunday School
the heart of man is obdurate and
wicked, and that only by turning
in repentance unto God and cast- |
ing our lives like precious treas
ure at his feet will we know peace
:n our earthly life and the glory!
of eternal life with Christ. J
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•ST* SUBJECT—“LORD’S PRAYER”
– TEXT:
‘‘Our Father Which Art in Heaven”
Matt. 6:9.
BV REV. ARTIU'K KINSF.Y
Pastor. Newton Circuit, M. E. Church, South
the world about us, but we cannot
see the One who created and keep?
the world, God, our Father, al
though .he is just as real.
Now, boys and girls, we know that
our earthly fathers are real be
cause we can see them. And God,
our heavenly Father, Is just as real
because we feel His Holy Spirit In
our lives and see the beauty of
his creation.
Will see you next week.
r and
STOCKS aunt jemima
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