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THE COVINGTON NEWS
COVINGTON. GEORGIA
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Official Organ of Newton County and The
City of Covington.
in 17*#* \utttv of Liberty
The excesses of labor are alienating some of its oldest
and best friends.
A letter recently written by Senator George Norris
t<T th e heads of the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O., is extreme
lr eio-nificanf f ' “Durinir ^ a!! mv nublir f service ” fhp / Senator 1
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said, 1 have i been, I wl think, - u a consistent t Inend of oigan
izeri labor. But labor itself cannot expect its representa
tives, either in Congress or out of it, to sustain any action |
that requires a man who is out of work to pay a fee of $50,
$400, $ 150, and in some instances $250, for membership in
a local union, in order to get a .job.” Unless labor mends its
ways, he added, “I am satisfied that Congress is going to
he b railed unon f to takb action ; ° in reirard g ?, to it ‘ ' ”
Army construction . officials , at f ort Meade, , „ Maryland, r ,
estimate that under closed shop agreements, two unions ;
took $400,000 or more as “initiation fees” and dues out of
wages paid to workers. In many of the principal crafts,
no man is permitted to work unless he “kicks through”
with a sum of money far beyond the ability to pay of the
average worker. If he doesn't pay, he can starve or go on
relief relief for I r all all the tne union union cares tares. '
It is this sort of thing that is breeding widespread en
mity for labor — and threatening to destroy all the legiti
mate gains labor has made over many years.
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Modern war has two distinct phases. One is military,
The other is economic. And the deciding weapon in either
case will be the belligerent powers’ natural resources. It
takes coal to keep factory furnaces glowing. It takes oil to
provide motive power for planes and armored equipment
and fighting ships. It takes metal of all kinds in an incred- j
idle quantity to build the weapons and the machines which
produce the weapons. It takes abundant electric power to
keep industries producing on a wartime basis. And the j
extent of a nation’s natural resources determines its posi- j
tion as a trading power — and so determines to a very large
extent what its diplomatic influence shall be.
The United States is singularly blessed by nature
with the principal natural resources—metals, petroleum, :
coal, water-power. Second, and equally important, under I
the private enterprise system we have developed these j
natural resources to an extent unrivaled anywhere on i
earth. borne magnificent The American fruits tradition for all the of private people. initiative has)
And it is this,
tradition which must be maintained if this country is to i
achieve its full strength both as an arsenal of democracy,!
and as a free nation where every man may succeed and
prosper and serve to the very limit of his abilities, ambi
• turns and
. energies.
there are those who would now use ‘national de
fense” as an excuse to have the government develop our
natural resources—who would, in a word, socialize them,
We have examples to indicate what would follow if that
happened. Russia is rich in natural resources. Yet the Rus
sian standard of living, after more than 20 years of social
ism, remains at rock-bottom, and Russian production is
notoriously low, wasteful and inefficient. Is this the kind
of political philosophy the American people wish to
follow?
The industries which turn our natural resources to
productive use will cooperate to the limit with government
\ now and in the future. They will show the world that a
free. America, working under a free enterprise system, is
stronger than dictatorship, and that free men will out
• produce slaves. This is no time to change a system which
has met and conquered every menace of the past, and
; which today is gathering all of its vast resources to meet
the menace of the present.
Snriny With ## Purpose*
One phase of the National Defense program that
should, along with many others, have the loyal and whole
hearted support of every American citizen, is the Treas
ury Department’s scheme to finance the defense meas
ures by offering bonds to the public.
Anyone having a few extra dollars to invest can cer
• tainlv find no better place r to place them than in securities
that are guaranteed by the government of the United
States. As Jong as the Nation stands the investment is
safe, and as long as the real American spirit, the same
spirit that carved this Nation out of a wilderness, con
tinues to dominate, the Nation’s safety is assured.
Aside from the evident fact that government bonds
are a good safe investment, there is a stronger and more
compelling reason for investing in your government. Bv
clomg ,o you insure the future of the Country and the
future of of the things that you now hold dear. In so many
lands today the people have no part in the government,
They are not even allowed the privilege of electing their
leaders and any funds that they might place with the
governmental powers is not in the form of an investment.
Instead it is confiscated, the dictators taking what they
desire and offering nothing in return.
Here in the United States, your government is offer
ig you an opportunity to enter partnership—to derive a
reasonable profit from the venture and at the same time
have the satisfaction in knowing that you have done
your part in making America free from the
power-mad dictators.
The plan is not for the man with large sums of money
alone. It s true that the government will accept any
amount for investment but that does not bar the
with only a few dollars or even the children with only a
few cents.
rr. Today : _ we often e . , heal , Pt , ,, ^ too , desire , .
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a part in pre aring for the del* ’se of the Nation. Some
are too young or too old to serve with the armed
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Others are held at home by dependents and still others
by the importance of the job that thev are d-no
Eve ryone wants to do their part and we all can’t be
fighting men. We can, however, all nave a p<m, a » icl an
important one. .Just go to the Post Office today, or to a
bank, and purchase a Defense bond, or invest a few extra
dimes in Savings Stamps. You’ll feel better—you’ll have
a safe investment and Uncle Sam can use that money to
speed vital defense production.
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jSuiiday School Lesson
THE FIRST JERUSALEM
CONFERENCE ON WORLD
MISSIONS
The Larger Lesson: Acts 15:1-
45; Galatians 2.
The Lesson Text: Acts 15:6-21. 1
Golden Text: But we believe
that through the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be
saved, even as they. Acts 15:11.
—There are many barriers to the
progress of missions—ignorance, i
misunderstanding, prejudice, op
position, indifference, physical
barriers, social barriers, political
walls > financial failure. Yet as
great as are these dlf ticulties, it
.s doubtful if all of them put to
gether hinder the piopagation 0l
the gospel as much as faIse doc . *
tr j ne if we do not have the
truth about God and salvation,
divinely revealed in its full and
linal lorrn in Christ, it is an im- j . j
pertinence to send missionaries
with half-truths to try to convert j
people who already have a reli
gion of half-truths. Salvation is:
either wholly oi grace through j
faith, or it must come some other
way. If it is by works of the law 1
or human merit, then the gospel
ot We ] grace cai Y lot ls have made null gospel and of void, sal
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vallon y grac ’e a " d a ’ the same
time a gospel of salvation by
works,
it was inevitable that this is
sue should come to a head among
first century Christians. The first
Christians were Jews brought up
in the Judiastic traditions. To
them circumcision had been the
seal of the Abrahamic covenant.
They were Jews before they be
came Chr.stians. How could any
one else become a Christian witn
the demands °’
* ea”" us"’at' 0
la ? It is this
distance to see why these first
Jewish Christians should have in
sisted on circumcision as prereq
msite to baptism and admission
,nto the Christian church. How 1
was this issue to be met and set-
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—Qulte naturally Paul and Bai
nabas were greatly disturbed by
the constant contention of the
Judaizers. If all who became,
Christians must first become
jews, submitting themselves to
circumcision and the demands of
the Mosiac law, the missionaries
would be left without a mission
,xbey would, in reality, have no I
g ” s P el ' vo P reach to tha e " 1
Their would be full of f i
message
contradictions, powerless, in its
appea i t 0 the heathen mind and
ntart, and quite bereit oi its
glad news” of salvation by the
mace ot God through faith m
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Clearly in this issue the cause
of Christ at nome and abroad
was at stake. Should the Juda
izers win out in their contentions,
Christianity would De reduced to
a Jewish sect. Its missionary pur
, pose and passion would be lost
and in couise of time it would be
rele 8 a ’ ed to oblivion. Paul clear
ly saw this truth, and leaped to
the defense of the world-embrac
ing gospel which he had received
from Jesus Christ, the only Sav
iour. No living man was better
■ prepared to make this defense
than Paul, and alongside him
stood the strong, sensible layman
Barnabas.
There could be no dallying
| squarely,° It must be
laced fought out to a
finish and a decision reached
which would represent the com
dined thought of the best Christ-
13,1 s P.’ ri ' ts at Jerusalem and on
!he mission fieids - A delegation
I v of '. as Paul t> tot . mec and L under Barnabas, the leadership determin
ed to go to Jerusalem ana *
,t out concerning this vital ques
tion. On the .ay to a. i ■.
the delegation stopped at certain
points, making clear their posi
Uon * and bringing great joy unto
111 the brethren - 'i' da t they were
! n 101 a llght w ’ as made perfect
“ ’ “'r« S ihUm
ho
0 f the Pharisees who stubbornly
insisted that the Gentiles must be
circumcised and commanded to
keep the i aw ot Moses.
-Cnr.stianity is essentially den
ocral,c - il demands respect tor
personality, liberty ot conscience
d n \ llbeny speech open con
!.Monthssed ,
3t ’a Qe ’
This" “ tirst**"Jerusalem
‘ coercion.
conference was a democratic
meeting in which all engaged in
discuss.on on a basis of equality.
Tbcse wd o contended for the cir
cumcision of Gentile converts
were gIven fuli opportunity to
express themselves. Later a con
,
i ference of apostles and elders”
| ^> as held with the visitors, in
which there was much question
:ng back and forth, it would
seem that James presided ovei
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the meeting. Later, when the
church reassembled, there a
another peri d <
s,on. Then Peter spoke, reciting
his expeiK.nct
and his friends, and pointing ou.
that if would be wrong to impose
°n converted Gentiles the yoke
of the law which the Jews them- j }
selves had not been able to bear
His conclusion was emphatic, j
namely, that Jews and Gentiles
are s» ved exactly alike, “through
’he grace of the Lord Jesus,
Christ.’’
Barnabas and Paul next took
the f loor telling again the won
derful story of their experiences ’
among the heathen, showing how i
God had worked miracles ana
wonders among the Gentiles, who
wer e clearly saved without cir
cumcision. The testimony of
Barnabas and Paul must have
vreatea a profound impression,
a nd when no one else wanted to
speak, James, possibly the chair
man, summed up by showing
’hat the record of conversion of
’he Gentiles was in full agree
ment with Old Testament proph
ety, quoting freely from isaiah,
Hosea, Amos and Micah.
—James, summing up, brought
the matter before the body foi
decision. He then introduced a
resolution which represented his
best judgment and which might
have oeen agreed upon before
hand. The proposal was intendea
to settle the matter in a manner
sauSiatvory to ah sides.
The contention ol Paul and i
Barnabas was confirmed thai
salvation is by grace through
faith alone, —and that Gentile s
Christians are under no obliga- I
tion to be circumcised. But there
were some matters of Old Testa
ment morality that needed to be
impressed upon Gentile Christ
ians. Certain immoralities, par
ticularly offensive io Jewts.i cus
tom, were pointed out, such as
idol worship, rornicahon, eating !
unclean food, etc. Clearly, the
great moral princ.ples of tne Ola j
Testament are not repealed in
Christianity, but rather, as Jesus
taught, they are tulfilled.
'1 ne unanimously conclusions oi adopted, tne confer- j
ence, were
reduced to the lorm of letters, j
and sent hack to the mission
churches at the hands of the vis
iting delegation. Read this cor
dial and courteous “circular iet
ter” and observe us line spirit
and wisdom. It was mdeea a
happy reunion when the messen
gers returned to Antioch, tailed I
the ed church letter, together, Cnristian and deliver- j
the love hau
lound a way to maintain the
truth and to preserve unuy aim
liberty at the same time.
Jesus said, “Ye snafi Know the
truth, and tne truth shall make
you free”-(John 8:32). Paui ana
Barnabas had the truth in Christ
which had made them tree. They
had preached and taught truth
to the heathen and had seen it
make them tree. Now error has
laid its blighting hand on mem- I
bers of the. Christian group
; threatening th Christian
e move
ment. The crisis was met in the
spirit ol Christ, love and liberty
tindmg the answer.
Musi not Uu s forever be the
way by which C hr i s t i a n
people settle their differences!
j Might > iorce - persecution, war
these are contradictions ol
I Christ's way of freedom through
truth. Never have we needea
this lesson more than right now.
when misunderstanding and hat
red and destructive forces are j
rampant Let dare throughout the world |
us to follow Christ sU
tne Way ana in every way:
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