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THE COVINGTON NEWS
•ELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
Official Organ at
Newton County
Md the
City of Covington
“Be Good To The Old Tian
.You Are Going To Be’’
Several years ago we listened to a
sermon given to a graduating class of
young men and women. The sermon so
impressed us that we have never been
able to forget its true significance.
This sermon was given by an eminent
preacher who was then nearing the age
of eighty. He was celebrated for his wit
and his “down to earth” preaching.
There were about fifty young men and
women looking eagerly to this eminent
pastor for some word of advice as to their
future course in the world they were about
to enter.
As this beloved and aged philosopher
and preacher looked into those eager faces
he said: “I have some words of wisdom
which I would like to give to you young
people. .These words have been proven
lay nearly eighty years of living through
the goodness of God, and in the joy of as
sociation with Him.
“My one and only thought on this oc
easion is this advice: Be Good to the Old
Man you are going to be.” He then further
illustrated his story by referring to Nature.
He cited several examples of neglect to
growing things by people and its result.
He cited other examples of how a plant
He cited other examples of how a plant
would flourish and bloom under tender
care.
He told these students each day they
were either neglecting or were building
their bodies as well as their minds for the
later years of their lives. He cited how
inexorable were the laws of nature and
their future actions would determine if
they arrived at a ripe old age in good
health or bad health, clear conscience or
a worried mind.
He warned them of intoxicating
liquors in a novel manner. He said if you
will go out into the fields and examine the
various vines you will find most of them
grow from left to right. Those that grow
from left to right bring forth fruit which
is welcome to the human body.
He stated the “hop” vine, from which
alcohol is made, grows from right to left,
just backward from the usual vines. This
example alone should prove it is not good
for the body.
This sermon was so real and so vivid
we have never forgotten the scene, the
tense stillness with which he was heard
and the intense faces looking to this Man
of God as he taught them how to live after
tbeir graduation.
This is the phrase which we would ;
like to pass on to those of our community
who are graduating this year. The only
thing which we would like to change is
just to include the girls also. In other
words it should read: “Be good to the old
Bids Are Requested For
Construction Os Hospital
are being requested w an ad
vertisement in this issue for the construct
ion of the Newton County Hospital. This
is the beginning of the fulfillment of a
long felt need in this community.
As far as we can ascertain the funds
have been set aside for the hospital. This
was done before the recent cut in ap
propriations and we feel certain the New
ton County Hospital will go through with
out further delay.
SOUR WiHLY
UNDAY
Background Scripture: I Coria
ihiant 12—13.
Memory Selection: Faith, hope,
love abide, these three; but
the greatest of theee te Jove.
I Corinthians 13:13.
“God h Love.’* This is a
much more significant atate
ment, Ihan may appear from a 1
hurried readings,!. It do** not
‘•y that God is lovable, although
He is. It says that God is love.
That is. love is the essence of
the divine nature. Love is the
tHng which makes God, God.
Love is vastly more Khan senti
ment It rjges above human
^iclatinnships and prevade* the
reaches of the universe
’ ! ,hr religion of
It is a revelation of God s
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i love and of the power ot God's
I love to change men's hearts.
In order to understand the
thirteenth chapter of I Corin
i thians, we need to read the
twelfth chapter, which speaks of
I th* diversity of gift* among be
' lievars.
Here Paul makes it plain that
I there is a place for every person
and a need for every human
gift in the service of Christ.
But, (he goes on to sey, there
is something above human gifts.
He calls thia something “a more
excellent way.” Then he pluges
into what we now call the thir
teenth chapter of I Corinthians
to describe Rie greatest ihmghi
the world, which hi kwe.
Pau) begins by contracting love 1
with other gifts. First, there k|
or woman, you are going to be.
By living cleanly, with good moral and
health habits you will be able to live long
and happily. By avoiding dissipation, by
I refraining from those things which are
evil or which tend to harm the body, or
mind, you are being good to the old man,
or woman, you the going to be.
Last Sunday you probably heard a
Temperance Lesson at your Sunday School.
Your teacher may have spent the entire
time on the evils of drink. True temper
ance, however, is to be temperate in all
things.
Be temperate in your eating as well
as in your drinking. Be temperate in your
athletics, your relaxation, your work and
in your play. Temperance means more
than just refraining from drinking alco
holic drinks. It means temperance in your
every action.
We trust our graduating classes this
year will take the above advice both as to
being good to the old man you are going
to be and in temperance in all things. We
would like to add just one more piece of
advice.
We once told a school class which was
about to graduate that if we had the power
and ability to give them some highly
scientific formula for success that they
would eagerly write it down and try to
follow its direction. Yet we have a simple
formula for success given freely to all
young people and given by an Author who
knows all.
This simple formula to you graduating
young people has been tested by millions
of young people and found to be sound. It
was given by the Supreme Architect of the
Universe. It is simple and complete. It
is tried and true. It has never failed.
, You will find this in the Sermon on
the Mount as Jesus was teaching the
multitudes who had gathered to hear
Him. He was speaking of food, of cloth-
! ing, of shelter and all the good things of
life, and He ended with “for after all these
things do the Gentiles seek”.
“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and
His Righteousness and all these things will
be added unto you.’ This is so simple that
it is often overlooked. It is however all
inclusive. It is a statement of fact. There
are no if's and but’s to this formula.
We recommend this to our graduation
class in the knowledge that it is true and
challenge them to give to this passage
their careful consideration and devout
service in the knowledge that it will bring
them everything desirable in this life and
in the life to come.
We wish for each of you all the good
things of life and know you ean receive
them if you will follow the teachings of
this passage of scripture.
Th* Newton County Hospital Authori
ty composed of L. J. Moore, chairman, B.
B. Snow, secretary, Leon Cohen. S. A.
Ginn and Mrs. Aubrey Sherwood, have
worked diligently on this project and much
credit is due them lor the excellent man
ner m which they hav* worked together
in making the early construction of this
hospital possible.
th* epee king witli tongues, cer
tain utterances made by believers
in the early church when under
rth* power of intense emotion.
No cme could understand what
the person speaking with tongues
was saying except certain inter
preiors Paul himself »t times
spoke with tonguest I Cor. 14:
18—19), and the gift seeme to J
have been highly regarded. But
being open Io abuse it sometimes
becam* ridiculous and brought,
tile ehurdh into disrepute.
Paul likens love to a sweet
voice or a well-tuned instrument,
and speaking with tongues to the
discordant lone that came from
th* elanggingg together of two
bronze disks.
Paul contrasts preaching with
love. He declared that "it was
God's good pleasure through
tihe foolishness of the preaching
to save them that believe’’ (I Cor '
1:21). No on* could have valued;
preaching more higgghly than
. Paul, yet preaching without love,
he aays, is sterile.
| Many a preacher has bad a
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
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at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
sterile ministry because he has
lacked a loving heart. What ap
plies to preaching, applies also
to Sunday school teaching.
Charity is good, but it is not
good enough. Charitable acts can
be performed witih an eye to
personal glory. Certainly marty
dom for the faith is sublime.
Yet even martydom is not
enough. There can be such a
thing as prideful martyr s—
martyrs who love the popularity
they enjoy and who give up
everything for the faith excit
ing their perverse wills and their
bad tempers.
Speaking with tongues, preach
j ing, faith, charity, martydom—
these make up a list, of fine
Christian virtues and services,
yet all can be practiced in a spirit
of selfishness. Os themselves Hhey
are not enough. Without love,
they are nothing.
“Love suffereth long, and is
kind. .. .” Only those who
truly love realize Ihow great the
suffering of love can be. The
motther’s love for the wayward
boy, the wife’s love for an erring
husband, the dying patriot’s
love of country, the romantic
love which is unrequired—here
is suffering indeed.
Love when it is genuine is
always kind.
“Love envieth not. . . It
may look with longing upon the
gifts and good fortune of another
ai d aspire rightfully to possess
similar good things. There is
nothing wrong about this. But
to look with envy and bitterness
—this is wrong.
“Love vaunteth not itself, is
not puffed up, doth not behave
itself unseemly, seeketh not its
own. . . .” Conceit is a miser
able vice. No one with a truly
I losing heart can tfhink of himself
with anything but a humble
spirit. The “pusher,” the egoist,
the publicity seeker, are all lack
ing in many things, but Ziiefly
in a spirit of love. They are
puffed up, they behave them
selves unseemly, they seek not
the common good or the good of
others at all, but only their own
good.
Love “taketh not account of
evil. , . If we look for evil
in people and in the world round
about us, we will find plenty of
it. Worst of all, we will fail to
see the good.
Love, when it is true love,
overlooks evil as much as possi
ble and seeks to discover and
emphasize tlhe good in people
and events.
Many people rejoice when a
good man succumbs to tempta
tion and fails into evil ways.
T’ ere are others who seem to
take to evil because of an in
grown perversity in their natures.
All this signifies a lack of love
in the heart, for love “rejoiceth
not in unrighteousness, but re
jo'ceth wit(h the truth.”
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; Love “beareth all things....”
• We may have to take a lot of
> unpleasantness if we would get
along with neighbors, office as
: sociates, relatives or even mem
। hers of our own household. Love
, “beareth all things.” Love “be
. liveth all things, hopeth all
things. ...” L is easy to trust
the trustworthy; true love and
ft ce of character are revealed
when we trust the unreliable.
Failure to trust a child, a friend,
an associate, or even a moral out
cast constitutes a thrqst at the
heart of some particular person.
Believe in people. Believe the
best about them. Hope for the
coming of better things not only |
in your own life but in the lives
of others.
Better to believe and to hope
in persons and things and in the
end be disappointed than to be j
i cold and cynical. If you refuse i
to believe in others, then your j
disappointment will be double—
in the outcome of things and in
yourself.
. “Love never faileth.” This is j
a stupendous assertion. It would
appear to many that the word I
“never” needs to be at least
slightly amended. Does not love
fail sometimes? No, says the
Apostle, love never fails. People
fail. Love may not be accepted
by some persons on whom it is
practiced, and they may not be
made better; in fact, its rejection
may constitute their damnation,
yet love has not failed. For your
heart is still strong, and the
spiritual universe of which love
is the chief factor still remains.
D'd you ever stop to realize
how few people fail to respond
to true and genuine love? The
worst of criminals have been
transformed because of some
one’s love.
In the power of Christ's atone
ment we find the greatest proof
of the never-failing character of
love.
Preaching? Yes, preaching fails
often (for what Paul calls pro
phesying we today term preach
ing). Sometimes prophecy was
also foretelling. This has failed
often. Tongues? Paul said they
wou'ei cease, and cease they did
a few geneiatlons aftei his
death. Knowledge? Like a flower
it grows up for a httle season
ii. the world’s life and then dies
down.
Every generation believes it
has found the ultimate in know
ledge, yet the passing of time
show’s that much of the know
ledge of today is the error of
tomorrow. There is no perman
ence in human knowledge, and
we are foolish to put our trust
in it.
“For we know in part, and we
prophesy in part. . . .” Why can
we not learn this lesson; Ninety
per cent of what men regarded
as medical truth a hundred years
ago is now repudiated. Physics
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: sloughing off their mistakes and
discovering new knowledge.
Every branch of human learning
walks precariously on thin ice,
and if this learning is filled with
pride, it if destined for much
distress.
Only the revealed will of God
is finale and unchangeable Only
Jesus Christ is the same yester
day, today, and forever.
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