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Z Wg cannot give too much praise to the men of our
commimity who are serving in the Home Defense Corp.
These men are giving of their time and energy in a patri
otic maHner worth)' of the highest commendation.
Business men, clerks, attorneys and men in all walks
of life ftre serving. They are all of one accord giving of
what tEey have in the service of their country. I he re
cent man euvers evidenced the fact that they are also very
efficient. This efficiency has been earned by long hours
of tedious drilling and study.
Most of them have received real benefits also as a
result ]Qf their labors. They are very much improved in
health and will probably add many years to their lives by
engaging in this patriotic duty which calls for regular
exercise.
There is only one drawback. There are not enough
men interested in the organization. They are in need of
recruits, so if it is possible for you to serve we wish to urge
you to join this splendid group of men.
John Bob Weaver at the Covington Bank – Trust Co.,
Dan Weigel at People’s Drug Store, Leon Cohen at W.
Cohen Co., or any of the members of the Defense Corp will
gladly give you all the information necessary.
These men who are doing such a splendid job need
your help. By helping them you are serving your country
and there is no greater honor.
Jupu n \ i! I luck
The treacherous attack of Japan upon Pearl Harbor
and other possessions of the United States was a distinct
surprise to most citizens. We admit we never dreamed of
such an occurrence and we believe it is the most foolhardy
thing Japan has ever done.
There are two or three things which must be taken
under consideration though and time alone will tell just
what prompted her to make the attack.
We all admit that tremendous pressure has been
brought by Hitler upon Japan to start something with the
United States and Britain. We also can realize that it
will only be a few days until Germany and Italy declare
war upon the United States.
: Germany may be able to take a portion of her army
now in Russia and start another offensive on some other
front or make an attempt to invade Britain. Or she may
send some of her troops into Africa to attempt to drive
the.British out of Lybia.
I There is little likelihood of Japan defeating the
United States and she know’s this better than any Ameri
can: She has been fighting the poorly equipped Chinese
Army for two years without making any appreciable dent
in China.
— Japan is almost bankrupt. She has no natural re
sources of any kind for materials of war. She has built
w'hat ships she has from scrap iron bought throughout the
world. Her Navy is not comparable to the Navy of any
great power in efficiency. Many of her ships were cap
tured from Russia during the Russian-Japanese War long
before the first World War.
They are good fighters though for they have no fear
of death and very little to live for. Their religion makes
them believe that they will immediately enter what is
known as their heaven with great honor if they kill any
one not of their own religion and are killed in the en
deavor....
They are fatalists of the extreme type and most of
them have only the meager necessities of life. They have
very litile to live for and much, in their opinion, to die for.
Their houses are mostly of thatch, flimsy and very
flammable. A few fire bombs would burn most of the city
of Tokfo or Yokahoma. Their fire fighting apparatus
very poor and water is scarce.
They live like rats in the poorer quarters.
houses jire the dwelling places of hundreds of
Unlike the Chinese, the Japanese are a very clean race
are strong, but the oriental mind cannot think in
cies. •
Jarman may be trying to “save her face” as the
al expression is called. As we mentioned
Japan 51 practically bankrupt and would like to get out
China JT Her War Lords have seen the folly of this
and the utter impossibility of conquering such a
mendous country.
She would “lose face” if she withdrew from
but, if she was beaten by the United States and part of
settlement at the peace table was their withdrawal
China, she would not ‘“lose face” having lost to a
much superior to her own.
That may be wishful thinking, but having spent
time in Yokahoma and Tokio several years ago this is
conclusion which we have reached.
But we wish to warn our citizens that the
are fierce and merciless as long as they can hold out so
is not going to be an easy war for us.
The Covington News is a public servant, ready
spread publicity about all worthy local causes
compensation, if people directing the undertakings
take the time to give us the information.
We believe that e very citizen of Covington
whenever possible, trade with the business men of
ington and that the business men should make it
able.
about them, represent the only organizations devoted en
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f Sunday School Lesson
CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP
The Lesson Text: 2 Corinthians
« I9- 9:6-7
Golden Text: It is required in
stewards, that a man be found
faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:2.
Sunday ^ suggested . .
Last we
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UTuch of these «x is , cf greatest
importance (1) Lee of time; (2)
use <> ' A(cl \ t- us ° cl 1 1
l4 giving of money; (5) use of
influence; “ or (6) ' finding 6 and do
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The So c lpture . references „ sug- c „
gested m our larger lesson may
help to answer this question
ie pa a e o e a en s.
Among the lessons that this par
able , clearly , , teaches , , the fol- , .
are
lowing: , (1) ,, , „ Every normal , person
, has some talent. . , . (2) He must . use
. his . talent . , . or lose , it. •* (3) »T Not . , the 1 .
number u of , talents possessed . but .
(he use made of ... them determines , .
his reward. (4) The character of
the person is revealed in the use
he makes of his talents. Two were
•‘good and faithful”; another was
“wicked and slothful.” (5) The
master does not take anything
away from the one who rightfully
uses what he possesses, but he
even more. These are important
stewardship principles.
The way to save wealth.-Here
we are urged to translate ma
terial possessions into spiritual
values so that when our money
fails we may be received into
‘‘everlasting habitations.” The
faithfulness with which we thus
use cur wealth will have some
thing to do with the amount that
the Lord can entrust into our
hands. For if “ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mam
mon. who will commit to your
trust the true riches?” God wants
to give us all that he can trust
us with. “No servant can serve
two masters ... Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.”
The failure of the rich young
ruler.- This story teaches us sev
eral great lessons. (1) Wealth
failed to bring satisfaction The
ruler wanted salvation. (2) A
man’s true character is better re
vealed by his affections and loyal
ties than by his conduct The
ruler obeyed the law outwardly
but in his heart loved his money.
The acid test proved that he loved
his money more than he roved his
God or his fellow man. (3) God
does most of us a favor by pro
tecting us from great wealth.
“How hardly shall they that have
riches enter into the kingdom of
God!” (4) It pays to put God
fifst in our lives. It pays both
here and hereafter (v. 30). Why
then do we hesitate to leave all
and follow Jesus?
Gifts that honor God.—This one
verse (1 Cor. 16:2) suggests sev
eral things about our giving. (1)
It should be a part of our wor
ship—“upon the first day of the
week.” As we worship in song, in
prayer, in sermon, and in Scrip
ture reading, so let us worship in
giving. (2) It should be personal,
individual giving—“every one of
you.” Every man, woman, boy
and girl should “abound in this
grace also.” (3) I should be store
house giving—“lay by him in
store.” This guarantees the largest
and best use of our gifts and mag
nifies the church of the Lord
Jesus Christ rather than our
selves. (4) It should be propor
tionate giving—“as God hath pros
pered him.” Surely it should not
be less than one-tenth, for if the
Christian under grace does not
do more because of love than the
Jew did under the Law, then
grace is inferior to the Law, and
we had better go back and
under the Law. Many Christians
will want to give much more than
the tithe. (5) It should be ready
giving—“that there be no gather
ing- when I come.” Systematic,
weekly, proportionate giving
provide necessary funds, and
protect the Christian from press
ing demands to which he
neither willing nor able to
spond. Here is a young man
gi'-es one dollar each week out of
his income. He can keep that paid
up and enjoys doing so. But
pose he should fail to give
thing until the end of the
and was then called upon to
fifty-two dollars. He would
be both unwilling and unable
make such a gift. God’s plan
best.
Moffat translates 2
8:1 as follows: “Now, brethren
have to tell you about the
God has given to the
o' Macedonia.” Paul is using
churches of Macedonia as
pies of real stewards of
money. (See 1 Thess. 1:7; 2
1:3). Let us notice several
about these churches.
They were poor but
Out of their poverty and
joy they gave with great
osity (v.2).
They were willing
was not necessary that Paul
at, offering from these poor
ple for the persecuted Jews in Je
rusalem, but even beyond
ability they gave, urging Paul
with much entreaty to
their gifts and bear them to their
fellow Christians who were
need. No wonder Paul spoke
them as being an example! How
many Christians do you know
urge their pastors and their mis
sionaries to accept and to distrib-
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ute their gifts? There is no won
der that they had joy because
such unselfishness is certain to
bring joy.
The secret of their Hberality.
They gave, first, because they had
given themselves to God and, sec
because they acce pted Gcd’s
will for their- lives and gave ac
cordl * ^ the wiU of God . There
. g no roblem in getting the fu n y
surrendered person to give of his
m£)n but there may be a blg
problem , in getting ... the ,, Christian , to ,
surrender himself fully to God.
^ example of giving,!
Corinthians to
be fajthfu , stewards . „ e sugges t.s
some reasons why they ' should
raise the offering ... which , . , they J had , ,
pledged , , ® . the previous year and ,
why they should have it ready! , I
when he u arrived • , his u - . to
on way
Jerusalem. /c (See ' 2 „ Cor. „ 8:10-11.) '
Because „ they J abounded . , , in . other
Christian . .. graces, they .. were _ urged
to aboUnd a ‘ SO “ the grace ° f glV "
!” g ^ x ‘ V’ 1 1S a grace i ° gIve ’
* . a sln not to glve ' “ V*'
P? tbat d ‘ e "‘ they and prop 3I ? 7> d *f° ^ ere Und j ore “ -
4 e grace ® r
Young should attend to this
grac « eve n a * to otbers ’
They should u give to set , a good
f xample f ° r oth « s and ^ prove
^ sincerity of them own love
< v8 >- ° ne s opportunity to influ
* nce other f in do ‘ ng gocd shou d
be a great incentive for him to
do The amount on e glves
and the spirit one manifests ( in
making hl * glfts will prove the
^ncenty of his love. , Why c aim
to Io y e God best of * U and ‘ hen
spend your money for everything
church? else ^fore A Christian you give should to your seek
flrst the kingdom of God ’ and
give °{ tbe of his m
ff ase ‘ does not want the
leftover s of either- time or money.
Giving does not make man a
steward, but one gocd look at the
treasurer s book will show what
k ‘" d °f steward he is.
They should give because Christ
gave (v .‘ 9) ‘ He was rlch - and yet
for ^ be ' r sakes be became poor,
Such sacrifice on his part de
served some sacrifice on their
part ‘ Thus ’ becau se of what Christ
did for us ’ we should give our best
fo L bim '
The n ® , °^ ,, ld gl , because t .. e
y y e
law of ^ est J u gges \: IlbcraI
giV ing tba t ls S ingy
saving Wl]1 be disappointed m the
harvest. Likewise he that is stingy
>n giving will be disappointed in
wbn* U -i '--is left ' •’■pn the day of
ccountmg comes. Suppose you try
1° enumerate whai me stingy man,
* be m * ser > or *lie covetous man
does have left when hc dies and
* taves * b * s ' vor ^ d -
A final for . . the
reason g lvIng ls
fact that “ God loveth a cheerfu I
fP ver (9-<). The love of the Lord
and his favor upon us should be
a grea * inducement , for us to give
liberall . y an d cheerfully,
--BITS OF
Southern
Sunshine
By Mrs. Henry Odom
Last Sunday I had the great
pleasure of hearing Dr. Reid, one
of the loved and noted educators
of Athens, Ga., speak to a large
group of people. One of his re
marks went right to my heart. He
said, “I am a Georgian, and I am
proud of it. I would not swap it
for all forty-seven of the other
states.” I too love Georgia, I love
our Soiith, we have more bless
ings than we realize, it may be
that we haven’t much money, but
we have everything to make for
happiness and well being. Yes,
the South is good enough for me!!!
WHERE THE SOUTH BEGINS
Down in the land of “milk and
honey,”
Where life shines out without
much money,
Where the golden sun is always
shining
Where poverty-clouds have a sil
ver lining;
That’s Where The South Begins!
Down where ladies and girls are
pretty,
Men are men, gallant and witty,
Down where knighthood’s still in
flower
Where lovers tryst in rose-filled
bower,
That’s Where The South Begins!
Down where the latch-string’s
hanging out,
Hospitality blooms without a
doubt,
Where money is useful, but not a
power,
Whore help may be had at any
hour,
That's Where The South Begins!
Down where a friend’s a friend
in need,
Where the golden rule is lived
indeed,
Where hearts are kind and un
derstanding,
Where Ancestry’s traced to Noah's
lai#ing,
That’s Where The South Begins!
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Thursday, December \\ 1941