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I Hf COVINGTON NEWS
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Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
• Old Sa lent *’
•
This week-end one of Newton County’s oldest and
most sacred organizations will begin its summer activities
for its 115th year! One hundred fifteen years is a long
time, but each year during that period Salem Camp ground,
affectionately known as “Old Salem,” has brought its mes
sage of cheer and encouragement to the people ol this com
munity, with the exception of those years when the war
between the States was raging.
This year war is again running amuck on the face of
the earth, but we here in America have escaped its deadly
touch so far. This summer in other lands women and chil
dren will run in fear at the sound of guns and airplanes
Here in Newton County, God willing, we will have th<>
pleasure of going to Salem on various occasions this sum
mer and commune with our Creator and our fellow man.
Here we can gather in peaceful assembly and hear
those among us who have studied the works of the Saviour
and the hearing will surely make us better men and women.
Many of us who have lived in the community for
many years are inclined to take “Old Salem” for granted,
never giving serious thought to the value that it has been
down through the years. Each season people come from
every State in the Union to visit ths sacred spot while we
stand by year after year without visiting it.
These are indeed perilous times and it would be well
if we would all pause once in awhile to visit those shrines
that have done much to make America the free Nation
that she is today and that will do much in the future to
keep it that way.
A W orthy Enterprise
This Saturday the Covington Curb Market reaches its
first milestone and can look back with .justifiable pride ai
the many accomplishments made during the past year.
While listed among Newton County’s newer projects,
it can also be listed among those things that will be with
us for a long time, for it is certainlv one of those things
from Which every J individual benefits.
It provides a place where the farm products Of the
County may be assembled, under sanitary and orderly con
ditions; and sold to the people of the town at reasonable
prices,-thus providing the farm people with cash that they
need and providing the people of the town with many pro
ducts that they in turn need
The success of the curb market scheme, wherever it
has been given a trial, is a true indication of its
Rarely does any single institution appeal to every individ
uhJ. but the Covington Curb M–iket is nn exception to
the rule. All who have come in contact with this group in
the past year have only praise for the organization.
In the same vein—there are many of us who have
failed to take advantage of the Market. Why not go down
there next Saturday and see for yourself the many things
that mdL thev iney are are offering” onenng.
Ibis is indeed worthwhile enteiprise . that A is .
a one
carried on by the people that live right here in Newton
County, and as such it deserves the loyal support of every
citizen.
i Ant Ait American
No other words can mean as much as do these! For
being an American today means all that is good of the
better things in the world and an opportunity for everyone
to have the things that make living better and easier.
If each of us could go back to our early years and
start over, having our choice of Nations to live in, which
would you choose?
The answer is not hard to guess. You would choose
America! Everything about this big, new country has
bined to make it serve the individual in his or her “pursuit
of happiness.” Its vast wealth ... its variety of climate . .
and above all, its form of government “of the people,
the people and for the people” makes this the best country
in the world.
The state, in our democracy, exists for the sake of
individual and not the individual for the sake of the
as in a totalitarian country. The result is a nation of
pendent, hopeful, ambitious, fearless men and women to a
life of the kind they choose to live.
And perhaps that is the most important thing about
America in these fearful days. If your son wants to go
business, he may do so. If he wants to be an electrical en
gineer, that, too, is all right. But in a totalitarian
all boys must be fitted into the same pattern. If you have a
short wave radio you and your friends may listen to pro
grams from all over the world. In dictator-ridden
they must listen only to the program approved by
state. You read what you please and can get hold of. You
can say what you please, “right out in the meetin’ ” if you
have the courage to stand up in front of your club or
school or Sunday School. In dictator countries you may
arrested for anything you say, even in your own home. And
Sou can buy anything you want to eat or wear and live
•here you please.
ft's a great country, endowed by nature, blessed by
God and inhabited by free men and women.
Randall Evans, Jr., in a front-page editorial in The
McDuffie Progress, points out that Thompson has higher
water rates than any one of fourteen other towns of com
parative populations in Georgia. Of the fourteen named
Monroe’s water rate is the cheapest, furnishing threu times
many gallons for SI.50 as Thompson, and 1,833 more
than Covington, next cheapest on the list.
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Su nday School W..n
A CONVERTED MAN'S
NEW HORIXOV
The Largfr Lesson: Arts 9:21.
The Lesson Text: Arts 9:1-16.
Golden Text: f was not disobe
dient unto the heavenly vision,
Arts. 26:19.
Professor A. T. Robertson, in his
Epochs in the Life of Pau ! , asks this
startling question, "What would
have been the history of Christi
anitv if Saul had not been con
verted?” He answers unhesitating
ly, “It would not have been ex
terminated. That much we know.
But the difficulties in Its path
would have been immeasurably
greater than they were when Saul
stepped out of the way.” He goes
on to say that from the human
point of view Saul was carrying
everything before him. Unless his
career was stopped, the annihila
tion of Christianity was imminent
“And who was there who could
stop his onward course?” No one
of the apostles at Jerusalem seem
ed equal to the task, nor indeed
all of them combined. No one of
them could stand before Saul not
was his equal in ability, train
ing and experience.
Wiiy was Saul so bitterly oppos
ed to Christ? First, because he sin
cerely believed that Jesus was an
impostor, that his followers were
dangerous heretics, that the whole
movement was false and fanatical
Second, because he clearly realized
that if Christianity succeeded,
Judaism would be overthrown, he
and his fellow Pharisees would be
left without a cause, and the mes
sianic hope of Israel would for
ever go unrealized. Yet deep in his
heart Saul must have had mis
givings, for after all, why could
not Jesus of Nazareth be the ex
pected Messiah? Stephen’s testi
mony and martyrdom must have
sunk deep into his soul. Christi
anity must be destroyed, else his
conscience would never again let
him rest.
No amount of argument could
have changed Saul. Teaching,
preaching, persuasion would have
made no dent in hi s armor. The
evidence of miracle-working pow
er by the apostles left him cold.
His mind and heart revolted from
j the who claim had that crucified Jesus,of Nazareth,
been as a com
rnon criminal, was the Messiah of
Jewish history and prophecy—
that he was the Son of God made
flesh - dead but from tbe
if eat ’ a "ve and leadmg hi, fol
; lowers in the establishment of a
new religion which proposed un
j iversal spiritual conquest. How
could such a man as Saul, with
his Jewish training, his Greek cul
j jever ture, and his Roman practicality
be brought to believe such
^ and * ield t0 him who made
' rn '
The answer is obvious: he must
see and hear this crucified and ris
en for himself. And this is
precisely what happened! At the
height of his murderous career,
Saul met Christ and Christ con
quered. Read again the dramtic
- story - the i ° a ' n ® y to *? a
the blindlng .. hght
masucs ’
the question of Christ, the stun
reply of Saul, the blinded per
£ . cu t 0 r led helpless to Damascus,
where, with his whole life col
lapsed, he waited without food
drink three days for the
up of the darkness in which
blindly groped. The living
was transforming his greatest en
emy into his greatest witness.
Always there are two factors in
a soul's conversion to Christ—the
divine and the human. In Saul's
case the divine factor is over
whelmingly evident. In all the
world there was perhaps no man
so well fitted for Christ's purpose
as was Saul of Tarsus. The win
ning of Saul, at this crucial mo
ment of the Christian movement,
justified the miracle which we do
not find xepeated in the New Test
ament records. Yet we are not to
lose sight of the human factor
which we see also clearly present.
Whether Saul had seen Christ in
the flesh we do not know. On the
grounds of 2 Corinthians 5:16. some
scholars think that he had. Cer
tainly he came to know personal
ly the Christian leaders, and he
had heard the testimony o those
whom he had persecuted. We
know that he had listened > Step
hen’s speech, and he must have
been profoundly impressed with
the witness which Stephen bore
in his death. These d ubtless we,
th “picks” or “gcad” against
which Christ said that he was
kicking, and we may well believe
that his soul was tortured, even
while he was “breathing out
threatenings and slatm’ :r against
the disciples.” Do men not often
exhibit their fiercest mode when
inwardly they are quaking?
Another human factor not to be
overlooked was the visit of the
good man Anan as, sent of the
Lord to restore Saul's sight and
bring him out into the fuller un
r r ianding of hi. experience.
t i needed just such a tiiend at
tills crucial moment, that the di
vine work of grace might be com
pleted through human instrumen
atluy. It is good to know tha1
Christ and man thus work togeth
ar in this supreme gutter of the
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soul's conversion and enlistment
tor service.
Saul had many faults, but in
sincerity was not one of them. He
never ceased to grieve over his
sin in persecvling the church, his
• ■nly excuse being that he “did it
ignorantly in unbelief” (1 Tim.
- -13). From the moment of his
surender to Christ to the last me
ment of his earthly life, Saul af
terward Paul) haad but one pas
sion and one purpose: “For to me
to live,” he said, “is Christ,
and to die is gain” (Phil. 1:21).
Saul’s first act as a Christian
was that of obedience in baptism
Instead of seeking out the disci
ples at Damascus to destroy them,
he came to them as a fellow be
liever, and immediately began to
preach Christ in the synagogues,
“that he is the Son of God.” We
may well understand the bewild
erment of Christians and non
Christians alike as they observed
this arch-enemy of Christ now
preaching with power on the side
of those whom he had persecuted
confuting the Jews and proving
that Jesus of Nazareth was ‘‘the
very Christ.”
Saul’s call to salvation was at
the same moment his call to prech.
(See Acts 26.) In Galatians 1:15-
18, he tells how he slipped away
to Arabia. There for three years he
thought the whole matter through
and reconstructed his theology and
life purpose. Determined to give
Christ all, Saul wanted him to
have his best. Christ had conquer
ed him—now he must conquer for
Christ.
Saul’s experience was unique,
yet it had in it the elements es
sintial to all genuine conversion
He was a sinner going in the
wrong direction. He tried to make
himself believe that he was right.
when deep within he knew that
j he was wrong. As a result he was
1 j unrappy, dissatisfied, yet
to appease hi' conscience by a vio
j lent zeal against the cause which
was making a strong appeal to
divided heart. There came the
ment of overwhelming
followed by surrender and the
fer of service. Examine your own
Christian experience and
how much you have in common
with the experience of Saul. His
had the unique element of the per
SO nal appearance and
voice of the risen Christ, but to
all who have truly believed he
has made himself known in his
spiritual presence. It is the living
Christ, not a sermon or an argu
ment or witness, who saves,
j Following the Truth
! Jesus said, “Ye must be born
again.” New birth takes place when
the soul meets Christ and sur
renders to him. What then should
be the difference between a once
born man and a twice-born man?
The answer is illustrated at its
best in the change that was
wrought in Saul of Tarsus that
made him into Paul the mission
ary. His unbelief was changed in
to love, his persecution into loy
alty, his selfishness into service.
The question which we must
face is, “What difference has
Christ made in me?” Go back to
the time before you were a Chris
tian. Recall vividly your conver
sion experience, and then enum
erate the changes that have oc
curred in your creed, your char
acter, and your conduct, because
Christ one day met you and con
quered. Paul's high satisfaction
was that he couid say, “I was not
disobedient unto the heavenly vis
ion.” The measure of our Christian
usefulness is the extent of our
j obedience to him.
j
j DOTS – DASHES
By BILL STATHAM
Golf on the J. O. Porter course
is really getting under way in a
hurry. Over the week-end some
100 golfers came out to play the
course.
Sunday afternoon two tourna
rnents were held. A Hole in one
tournament and a Flag tournament,
The Flag tournament was the
main event of the day. Odell Far
row, who shot an 84, won fir-!
prize. Second prize went to Bert
Hewel), who had an 85. Mr. Hew
ell also won the Hole in one with
a mark of 8 feet . . . SIGHTS’
Professor Thornton, throwing his
j said golf clubs Sunday, and what he
we can't tell y-..u . . . Jams
Gcrd n, yit rebec atop the flag
pole on the school ground . . .
Ellis Adams, on the upper end oi
Popl three night s last week
and he most certainly doesn’t Jivc-
1 up there! . . . With baseball anc!
softball teams being formed ev
erywhere its getting hard to keep
‘ with them I' but
up a we’re real-
1 ly glad to see a baseball team
being fcr#hed vhis season , Porter
dale v ,jj be represented by a teau
in the Georgia Piedmont League
this year and local fans should
see gome good games . WE WUT
ROI n) DEPT.: In the .Mom,.,
gam< last Thursday . Of the
annual idea.
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