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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And PnbiMwr
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
We Are Thankful.. . .
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He
is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 107:1.
As we approach this Thanksgiving
Day, first, we are Thankful to God for His
many innumerable mercies to us all, for
the health and strength which He has
given to us; for the ability and desire to
work; for the ability to walk, to talk, to
see, to love and be loved, and the many,
many little pleasures and talents which
are ours through His great loving kind
ness and generosity to us His children.
We are Thankful this Thanksgiving
Day that we are at Peace. While we may
be fighting a cold war, it is not a war
which deprives us of the youth of our
Ration to be slaughtered upon a battle
field.
We are Thankful for this great coun
try of ours; for the ability to worship our
God according to the dictates of our con
science; for the privilege of free speech
and free assembly which is so important
to freedom loving people all over the
world.
We are Thankful for our city, our
county and our community. Thankful that
it is a fine place in which to live, to raise
our youth and train them for citizenship
and the responsibilities of life, both spirit
ually, meatally and physically
Especially are we Thankful on this !
Thanksgiving Day for our friends and
loved ones. “Man cannot live by bread
President Eisenhower Is
As Much Puzzled
As The Rest Os Us
Asked at his news conference about
Fidel Castro and “what is eating him,’’
President Eisenhower displayed the same
puzzlement that his fellow citizens have
been feeling.
The President declined to discuss the
Cuban dictator’s “motivation” saying, “I
am not qualified to go into such abstruse
and difficult subjects as that.” He went
on to express the feeling of most Ameri
cans that the history of Cuba is such that
this country should regard us as its best
friend. President Eisenhower referred to
the US role in freeing Cuba from the
Spanish yoke in 1898, our further inter
vention in 1906 to save the country from
insurrection when its weak government
collapsed, and our administration of the
country under the Cuban flag until 1909
when the republic was reestablished on a
firmer foundation.
Mr. Eisenhower said that he had gone
over with Secretary Herter the State De-
“THE MOST IMPORTANT i
BOOK IN THE WORLD”
What place does the Bible
have in your life? Does it re
main undisturbed on the ta
ble? Is it becoming a lost book
in a sea of reading material?
Like a roadmap, the Bible is
useless unless we utilize it. A
stranger might have in his pock
et a perfectly clear map of
every street in Atlanta and still
get lost. It’s value depends on
application. The Bible is a
spiritual roadmap with signs of
warning and with directions
which will help us on our moral
journey through life.
In the Bible we find a record
of the early Hebrews and their
relationship with God. It is also
the best verbal picture of the
true nature of God man has
ever read. In Jesus we see God
revealed to perfection. The cen
tral message in the New Test
aments seems to be this; Jesus
is saying, if you want to know
what God is really like, look at
me. Man across the centuries
have carried blurred pictures
of God in their minds. Some
have pictured God as a ruthless
and cruel judge. Jesus gave us
a new insight into His true na
ture. He is fair. He loves us.
He is eager to forgive our sins.
In Him our highest aspirations
d dreams can be realized.
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LIFE CAN
RE BETTER
ROBERT V. OZMENT, Ph. D.
St. James Church, Atlanta
| Without Him, all worthy hopes
’ remain in the land of shatter
ed ambitions.
Horace Greeley said once, “It i
is impossible to mentally or
socially enslave a Bible read
ing people.” From its pages men
are inspired to leave the low
road and travel that road which
leads to a land of unselfish ser
vice and peace which surpasses
understanding. “To start thel
day without the Bible,” wrote
E. Stanley Jones, “is like a
captain starting on a sea voyage
without compass or map.” The
Bible assures me that God is
I in command of the universe.
The Jews lost their faith in
Jesus when it was evident that
the cross could not be avoided.
’ It looked like defeat. The Dis
-1 ciples felt nothing but despair.
1 Their days with Jesus had
seemed like a dream, but now
all they had to remind them of
Christ were the smoltering ash
-1 es of burned hopes. Easter
Morning revived these defeated
men. Calvary looked like God
had deserted the Throne, but
the resurrection assured them
that He was still Sovereign.
The Bible teaches me, to use
the words of Emerson, “That
the lesson of life is to believe
what the years and centuries
say as against the hours.”
The Bible is a good book. It
1 has stood the test of time. Do I
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alone”, and the happiness brought by
friendly greetings day by day is one of
the greatest pleasures a man can enjoy.
“He who has a thousand friends has not
one to spare.”
So, as we gather around the festive
board this Thanksgiving Day, let us bow
our heads in Thanks to the Great Giver
of all gifts, expressing to him our sincere
Thanks for all His goodness to us.
We trust each of you will have their
loved ones with them today for Thanks
giving Day is one which should be shared
with those whom we love.
If your loved ones live out of the city,
try to go to them. They will appreciate it
more than you can know, and above all,
start this sacred day with . . . “We Thank
Thee O Lord . . .”
Dear Lord, kind Lord,
Gracious Lord! I pray
Thou wilt look on all I love
Tenderly today.
Weed their hearts of weariness;
Scatter every care,
Down a wake of angel wings
Winnowing the air.
Bring unto the sorrowing
All release from pain;
Let the lips of laughter
Overflow again!
And with all the needy,
Oh! divide, I pray,
This vast treasure of content
That is mine today.
—James Whitcomb Riley
I partment's report on the protest lodged
। by US Ambassador Philip W. Bonsai
: against the Castro charges that this coun
try had permitted planes to take off from
this country and “bomb the defenseless
population of Havana.”
In reply to a later question the Presi
dent said that “we are using every single
facility that is available to the Federal
Government and . . . the cooperation of
the state of Florida” to prevent illegal
flights over Cuba.
But the puzzlement of Americans at
large is not so much over the alleged
“bombing” incidents that Castro complains
of and his threats of seizing American
property and throwing the US Navy out
of the Guantanamo base it has occupied
since the panish American War, but
why our Government allowed Castro to
get too big for his britches — and why
we still don’t seem to know who picks
up his expense account.
It is inconceivable that the State De
partment, or its huge, super-secret Cen
tral Intelligence Agency, does not know
the facts. But, to know and to fail to
act is even worse than not knowing.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Edit"-
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
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Belmont Dennis, Editor,
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
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Mr. and Mrs. Belmont Dennis
The Covington News
Covington, Georgia
Dear Friends:
It gives me great pleasure to
inform you that at the last
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tion was unanimously passed:
“WHEREAS, the “All Geor-
not read it to try to refute or
contradict it, but to weigh and
consider it. Cardinal Newman
said. “I read my Bible to know
what people ought to do and
my newspaper to know what
they are doing.” The Bible is
the most important book in the
world because it presents the '
J plan of eternal salvation. •
THE COVINGTON NEWS
SOUR WEEKLY
UNDAY
SAUL CONFRONTED BY
CHRIST
Bible Material: Acts 9:1-9
Devotional Reading; Ro
mans 5:6-11.
Memory Selection: There is
salvation in no one else, tor
there is no other name under
heaven given among men by
which we must be saved. Acts
4:12.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
About Face!
Young People-Adult Topic:
Confronted by Christ.
All through this series of
lessons we have been con
scious of the continued work
ing of the Spirit in the ’ife
and activities of the church.
Persecuted though they
were, the little group of Chris
tians were getting off to a
good start. Peter’s sermon on
the Day of Pentecost had
brought three thousand into
the church. Philip had preach
ed in Samaria and encouraging
results. The Ethiopian eunuch
had been baptised and Chris
tianity began to grow on the
continent of Africa.
All this achievement, how
ever, was accompanied by per
secution. In fact, it can be as
sumed with considerable as
surance that persecution was
largely responsible for the in
tensity of the believers’ efforts,
for the deepening of their
faith, and for the extension of
the church.
Today we examine an event
in the life of the archpersecu
tor, Saul of Tarsus. No other
event recorded in the New
Testament, following the resur
rection and ascension of Jesus,
equals in importance the con
version of Saul.
Let us look a little more
closely at this sinister figure
who was causing so much trou
ble and suffering among the
early Christians.
We are informed of his per
secuting activities by several
statements made in the Book of
Acts. Jn Chapter 8:3, we read
that Saul “made havock of the
church, entering into every
house, and haling men and wo
men committed them to pri
son.” In Chapter 22, verse 4,
Paul himself declares that he
“persecuted this way unto the
death, binding and delivering
into prisons both men and wo
men.” In Acts 26, verses 10 and
11, we read Paul’s statement
that “Many of the saints did I
shut up in prison, . . . and when
they were put to death, I gave
my voice against them. And I
punished them oft in every
synagogue, and compleed them
to blaspheme; and being ex
ceedingly mad against them, I
persecuted them even unto
strange cities.”
Why was Saul so vehement?
An answer to this question is
not hard to find. He had been
brought up in a strict home and
had become a Pharisee of the
Pharisees, sitting at the feet of
the great Jewish rabbi Gama
liel.
Everything about this Jesus
of Nazareth was offensive to
Saul’s background and train
ing. Jesus appeared to be
against the law, although ac
tually he came not to destroy
the law but to fulfill it (Matt
5:17).
Saul and his colleagues real
ized that if Christ were ack
nowledged the Messiah, and his
teachings everywhere were ac
cepted, the leadership of the
Pharisees and the whole para
phernalia of the Jewish priest
hood would be unnecessary.
Furthermore — and this was
probably the chief cause of
their hostility — Jesus was an
unlicensed teacher, irregular,
according to strict Jewish stan
dards, in every aspect of his
life.
Saul had witnessed the ston
ing of Stephen, and undoubted
ly the gallant death of this
martyr and his declaration in
the last moment of his I’*e
that he saw “the heavens open
gia Party” held at the Fall
Meeting of the National Edi
torial Association in Chicago
was termed a great success be
cause of the fine entertainment
and spirit of friendliness that
prevailed: and,
WHEREAS, this result was
attained by the concerted ef
forts of those Georgians who
contributed to its success by
their presence and their con
tributions to the “All Georgia
Party” Fund, therefore be it.
RESOLVED, that the Board
of Managers of the Georgia
Press Association express its
grateful appreciation to you as
participants in this undertak
ing.”
Sincerely,
Homer M. Rankin, Pre
sident Georgia Press
Association
S LESSON FOR
CHOOL
ed, and the Son of man stand
ing on the right hand of God,”
made a deep impression on
Saul. Also, Saul could not
avoid being influenced by the
courageous attitude of the men
and women he persecuted.
Saul’s soul was experiencing
tumultuous unrest. Scripture
describes him as a sort of dra
gon monster “breathing out
threatenings and slaughter
against disciples of the Lord.”
This Saul was a man of in
tense nature, dogged determin
ation, and deep conviction. He
had in his nature all the mak
ings of a fanatic — and of a
saint.
Saul had a definite and,
viewed from a worldly stand
point, a sound plan for stamp
ing out the Christian heresy.
Wherever he found believers,
he would bring them to Jeru
salem for punishment. Thus he
would avoid the danger of
their being tolerated in some
cities and communities.
There were about forty
thousand Jews in Damascus and
probably forty synagogues.
Saul therefore “went unto the
high priest, And desired of him
letters to Damascus to the syn
agogues, that if he found any
of this way, whether they were
men or women, he might bring
them bound unto Jerusalem.”
This was a well-thought-out
and ruthless plan of extermin
ation, sound in every particular
according to earthly calcula
tions. But God was about to
step into the situation.
As Saul journeyed and came
to Damascus, “suddently there
shined round about him a light
from heaven and he fell to the
earth, and heard a voice say
ing unto him, Saul. Saul, why
■ persecutest thou me?” In Chap
ter 26, verse 14, he says that the
; voice spoke unto him in the
■Hebrew (Aramaic) tongue.
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Our Heads <1
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Today, in the spirit of the first > J U Wil Ur
Thanksgiving, let us give thanks to
the Creator for all the blessings we ...
have received . . . both as individ- -A
uals and as Americans ... a free ft* f <
people, living without fear in a free X f
country. Like the Pilgrim Fathers,
let us humbly acknowledge our
debt to Divine Providence for all A
that we are and may hope to be-
come. Like them, let us bow our f
heads in a prayer cf gratitude to -
the Giver of "every good and per- ;i
feet gift."
How better express the gratitude that is in your heart than to
gather with family and friends in Church on Thanksgiving Day?
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standing teachings of this les
son. Every man or woman of
faith needs to get well in mind
that there exists only a thin
veil between the seen and the
unseen world. Intense spiritual
activity is going on round about
us all the time. This is not
spiritualism, this is sound New
Testament doctrine.
Heaven and earth are closer
to each other and more inti
mately related than most of us
suspect.
The arresting agency in
Paul’s great experience was
light. Darkness is of this world;
light is of the celestial world.
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der that we may rest. Dark
ness; in the spiritual world,
norance and sin. In the physi
cal world there is much dark
ness! in the spiritual world,
even more. The wisest of every
generation know only an in
finitesimal portion of the whole
of truth.
Paul, planning to commit
a heinous crime — although
ignorant of its nature — had
his transcending vision as he
approached the gates of Damas
cus. But the gate of grace was
close to the gate of sin.
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Saul “fell to the earth,” par
tly, no doubt, through fear and
partly in awe; for he realized
that he stood in the presence
of heavenly realities. A voice
was speaking, and it said,
। “Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me?” Saul believed that
; with the approval of God he
was bringing to justice per
! verse men and women who
' were following after heresy. As
a matter of actual fact, how
; ever, he was persecuting
Christ himself.