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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Our Christ P
Let me do my work each day: and If the darkened hours of despair
? overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in
; the desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright hours
that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or
dreaming on the margin of the quiet river, when a light glowed
within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the
tempest of the changing years. Spare me from bitterness and
from the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget
that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world know
me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as shall keep me
friendly with myself. Lift my eyes from the earth and let me
not forget the uses of the stars. Forbid that I should judge others.
lest I condemn myself. Let me not follow the clamor of the world,
but walk calmly in my path. Give me a few friends who will
love me for what I am; and keep ever burning before my vagrant
steps the kindly light of hope. And though age and infirmity
overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my
dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for times olden
memories that are gocd and sweet: and may the evenings twi
light find me gentle still. — Max Ehrmann and repeated by the
Boss and the Office Boy.
King James Version
Os Bible Is Still
Best of All Sellers
King James I of England has been
more than three centuries but the transla
tion of the Bible that he commissioned con
tinues to be the best-selling book of all time
and to make its impact felt on the life, cul
ture and institutions of the English-speak
ing world.
There are newer translations, writes
Don Wharton in the December Reader’s
Digest, but the 350-year-old King James
Bible remains “The Greatest of Them AIL”
Some books sell a million copies; a few ten
millions. But only one book has had sales
measured in the hundreds of millions, That
is the King James Version.
Lord Macaulay said that if everything
else in our language should perish, the
King James Bible “would alone suffice to
show the whole extent of its beauty and
power.” H. L. Mencken, a critic not noted
for religiousness, called “probably the most
beautiful piece of writing in all the litera
ture of the world.”
It cost King James not a farthing of his
own money, but as the Digest article re
veals, won for him a place in history. It
was perhaps the most successful example
of group journalism on record. Fifty-four
scholars working in six panels did the job
in four years and the first edition appeared
in 1611.
In the final stage one man, Miles Smith,
son of a Hereford butcher, put his stamp
upon the whole at Oxford. He favored short
English words and wrote the preface with
the poetic rhythm of the Bible itself.
Phrases hammered out by Miles Smith
and his fellow translators have been used
as titles for over 1,900 novels and plays —
from Kipling’s “The Valley of the Shad
ow” to such Broadway hits as “The Little
Foxes and “The Voice of the Turtle.” For
a current example, another Digest article
only a few pages away is titled “His Broth
er's Keeper.”
Better than they knew, perhaps, King
James’ wise men wrote in John I,14: “The
qud was made flesh, and dwelt among
us.”
How About a Global Wage?
We note that the White House has en
listed the Post Office in its tub-thumping
for increased exports at any cost. A can
cellation slug appearing on our mail carries
the slogan: “Sales Abroad Make Jobs at
Home.” That's fine as far as it goes, but
there is a corollary that might read: “Goods
from Abroad Take Away Jobs at Home.”
And this applies with especial force when
the Administration strategy for pushing
United States goods in foreign markets is to
cut or eliminate entirely what liitle pro
tection now remains to the American pro
duction worker against his opposite number
abroad whose wage is 13 to 40 per cent as
much.
Young Americans Ask
Nuclear Tests Resumption
Young Americans for Freedom, a na
tionwide conservative youth organization,
has called upon President Kennedy “to
order immediate resumption of nuclear
testing — in the atmosphere as well as
below ground — so as to keep our military
arsenal second to none.” ‘
Declaring that we will have peace only
if we are strong, it asks all Americans of
all ages “to reject the counsels of coward
jce and unreason and to revive the courage
of free men.” i
The organization emtglfxuasmes, too, that
the much publicized youthful “peace march
ers” are “totally unrepresentative of Amer
ican youth” —a fact to remember.
(Our Adveriisers Are Assured Os Resulis)
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Why a Stock Exchange?
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Here's the Answer
Why does a stock exchange exist — and
what purpose does it serve?
A good many people, seemingly, have
no clear answer to such questions. Yet,
as a new booklet issued by the New York
Stock Exchange makes plain, the answer is
not basically complicated. A stock ex
change is simply a market place. To quote
directly, “The Exchange is a market place
where prices reflect the basic law of sup~
ply and demand.” It is a market placee
where shares in American industry can be
bought and sold almost as readily as you
can deposit money in the bank. And that's
true whether you live in a city of five mil
lion or a town of five thousand, whether
you live in Portland, Maine, or Portland,
Oregon.”
Haw. important is it tuat such market
places should exist? One could write a book
in answering that question, but a few facts
should suffice. Something like 13 million
people now are direct owners of shares in
American corporations, and most of them
are people in the moderate and middle in
come brackets. Something like 100 million
people are indirect owners through sav
ings in pension funds, insurance companies
and savings banks, which invest in stocks.
All of these people, obviously, are interest
ed in the welfare of American enterprise —
and, whether they know it or not, the insti
tutions where securities are bought and
sold, are in a free market.
Finally, just about everyone says that
we need stimulated economic growth. That
can come only through stimulated invest
ment of savings and earnings in new and
better plants and all teh other tools of
production. Stock exchanges are highly im
portant factors in stimulating that kind of
investment by offering a day-by-day mar
ket where seller and buyer can meet, and
each exercise his judgment, the same as
do cattle raisers and buyers in stockyards.
Service Station Man
Generally Has Pulse
Os the Community
The growing credo of motorists, first put
into words a year ago by James B. Light
burn, Purolator vice president, is “Listen to
the Man"” — the man who pumps our gas.
checks our oil, keeps our windshields and
windows clean and air in our tires.
This is the man who long ago changed
the “filling” station into a service station,
who made himself an expert in lubrica
tion, tires, batteries, filters and accessories
in general, and for the best reason in the
world — so that his customers might keep
on using gasoline without interruption.
And since no one else is quite so con
cerned over how our car is running, this
is the man to ask as well as to listen to.
Furthermore, with our confusion growing
as our cars become more complicated and
more inaccessible — to the point where
even the self-made, do-it-yourself grease
ball is giving up — we’ve got to ask!
In fact, we can well take Mr. Light
burn’s advice to heart in all departments of
modern living. Surrounded as we are now
a-days, at home and at work, with myste
rious automatic labor-saving machinery,
fearful and wonderful plumging, climate
control and even electronic brains, we'd
better find us somebody to ask in every
category of our automated living.
And considering the store we set by
our freedom of movement, our unprece
dented capability of going where we like
when we choose, it is logical to start with
this all-round authority on motoring. Cer
tainly there is no better place than the
service station to initiate and cultivate
the protective and rewarding habit that is
- known as; “Listen to the Man.”
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
AARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
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“Good News of a Great Joy”
Bible Material: Matthew 2:1-
12; Luke 20.
Devotional Reading: Matthew
1:18-25.
Memory Selection: And the
angel said to them, “Be not
afraid; for behold, I bring you
good news of a great joy which
will come to all the people; for
to you is born this day in the
city of David a Savior, who is
Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-
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Intermediate - Senior Topic:
“Good News of a Great Joy”.
Young People-Adult Topic:
“Good News of a Great Joy”
The birth of our Lord came
as the climax of amazing and
supernatural events, which an
nounced both his coming and‘
the fulfillment of Old Testa
ment prophecies concerning the
kingdom of God.
Luke records a series of these
events. First ecame the super
natural announcement of the
coming birth of John (1:5-25).
Second, we have the announce
‘ment of the ecoming and the
‘miraculous birth of Jesus, to
be virgin-born, and to be the
“Son of the Most High” (1:26-
38). Third, we have Mary’s vis
it to Elisabeth (1:39-45) and
the joy of that occasion. Four
th, we have Mary’s great hymn
of joy and praise, the Magni~
ficat (1:46-56); fifth, the na
tivity of John the Baptist (1:57-
66); sixth, Zacharias’ hymn of
praise (1:67-80). Seventh, and
climaxing all of these, was our
Lord’s birth (2:1-16).
With all of these set before
us, the pattern comes more
clearly to mind. As in Olld
Testament times, we have
again the nearness of the su
pernatural and the presence of
God in history in a miraculous
way, but with a vast differ
ence. It is not now Egypt be
ing smitten with plagues, kings
‘set up and kings brought down,
great and mighty works, but
events of a simplicity and hu
mility. Two babies are born,
one of virgin birth. This did
not mean that God was through
shaking the nations or destroy- |
ing hostile powers. |
It meant, as Luke suggested
by his genealogical table (3:23-
38). that in Jesus Christ, God
made a new beginning, gave
the world a second Adam, so
that a new humanity might be
est~blished throush him.
Thus, the beginning of the
new humanity was with a
babe’s birth, born of the old
humanity through his mother,
vet, by his conception through
the Holy Ghost, divine, and the
fountain of the true humanity
decreed by God.
This, then, was the beginning |
of a new humanity, a new
chosen neople, the saints of
God in Christ, and a new crea
tion—new heavens and a new\
earth wherein dwells righte
ousness.
Caesar Augustus reigned from
30 B.C. to 14 A.D. His reign of
forty-four vears was charac
terized mainly by peace and
prosperity. As a result, he was
able to bring an organization
and system to imoverial govern
ment which endured till the
fall of Rome and made possible
the rapid spread of Christian
ity in this organized and uni
fied empire. |
One aspect of this organiza
tion was a more systematic
method of taxine. In keeping
with Hehraic tradition. the tax
ing in Palestine woas based on
the tribal foundation. Hence,
each man returned to his tribal
'| city or town for the registra
tion and taxing. This decree
| was made during the girst gov=
ernorship of Cyrenius in Syria,
| Cyrenius being another form
of the name of Publius Scul
| picius Quirinius, one of the
| most prominent Romans of the
|.day and highly regarded by
| Augustus.
' In Micah 5:1 f.,, we have a
| prophecy of the birth of the
| Messiah in Bethlehem. In the
| fullness of time, God used the
machinery of the Roman Em
pire, her emperor and one of
the greatest Romans of the day,
to accomplish his destined pur
pose.
‘ In every age, God uses all
men to accomvlish his sover
eign purpose. He cannot be
| hindered or frustrated. Men go
| their way, thinking they have
| by-passed God, but, in the end,
it is they who are by-passed,
1 it is God whose purposes are
| accomplished. The tax destin
'led to increase the might and
| power of the Roman Empire
| heloed fulfill the pronhetic
| birth of the king of all kings,
| whose kingdom has outlasted
'| Rome and shall know no end.
| Joseph was one of the many
| returning members of the tribe
{of Judah. Together with his
| wife Mary, he was “of the house
and lineage of David,” and, ac
cordingly, was headed for
David’s home, Bethlehem. Orig
| inally, Bethlehem was knowan
as Ephratah, and ,to distinguish
this small town from the other
and somewhat larger Bethle
hem in Zebulun; the two names
were frequently joined, as in
Micah 5:21. Jews in Old Testa
ment times and to the fall of
Jerusalem kept careful genea
logical records, and the ances
try of every Israelite was ac
curately preserved.
In terms of this ancestry, a
matter of public record, Joseph,
although a humble carpenter,
was of royal lineage and might
have been the heir to the throne
of David, a fact which he un
questionably knew, and others
as well. Although the Roman
'law did not require the women
! to return for the tax collection,
[ Mary accompanied Josep h.
| R~th were unquestionably fa
| ¢liar with Micah’s prophecy.
The miraculous conception of
the child Mary carried, and the
promise that this was the
Messiah, to be named Jesus,
(God saves), brought them
both to Bethlehem eagerly.
Here in David's town, by the
act of Rome itself, the world
king, the Messiah, would be
born.
' It should be noted that, al-l
though they were not living
| together as husband and wife,
they were formally married
(Matt. 1:25). Here, Mary is
called “his espoused wife,” or
his betrothed, to indicate that
the marriage was not consum
mated in order that it be clear
that she was pregnant through
the overshadowing of the Holy
Ghost and not through Joseph.
Scripture is meticulously care
ful on these details; the miracle
of the virgin birth is too central
and too important to allow for
| any misunderstanding. ‘
They had come to Liethlehem '
in joyful anticipation of the
climax of this grear miracle.
The hard journey was over; now
the happy anticipation. But a
| new problem arose., The vil
| lage was overcrowded, and, al
though no one could mistak
| Mary’s conditior, none were
‘|willing to give up their own
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Joseph. No doubt, many were
ready to blame Joseph for
bringing Mary, in view of the
fact that her presence was not
necessary for the payment of
her tax.
Having no place else to go
for protection against the
weather, they took lodging in
a stable. Here, in an animal
shelter, the incarnate son of
God, king of creation and re
deemer of mankind, was born,
and then, lacking any other
bed, laid in a manger. As Paul
expressed it, in speaking of the
humility of the incarnation,
“For ye know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though
he was rich, yet for your sakes
he became poor, that ye
through his poverty might be
rich” (2 Cor. 8:9).
When God the -on was born
‘into flesh, the world, not re
cognizing him, gave him only
‘a stable and a manger for shel
‘ter. When they recognized him,
they ecrucified him. The world
and sinful men have not chang
ed much since then, and if we
miss this point, we miss the
‘gospel.
~ Sin in every age is rebellion
against and hatred of God and
a desire to destroy God and
his works. But the world which
then slew him could not hold
him: he rose from the dead.
And the world today cannot
harm him; he shall ‘udge and
Idestroy the ungodly world and
create all things new so tha!
‘his new humanity may dwell
in the eternal kingdom of God.
We too were there when they
crucified our Lord, but by faith
we have gince chosen to be with
him there to be crucified and
iresurrected with him and to
share in his victory over sin and
death. The anonymity of Jesus
‘at Bethlehem was his protec
tion against the world until the
time of readiness for his min
istry and atoning sacrifice.
| Many centuries before, a
young shepherd, David, had
been called from tending sheep
by the call of God through
Samuel. Now, the birth of Da
vid’s prophetic heir and Lord
was announced to other shep
herds on those same hills. Dur
ing the daytime, the flock was
‘divided among the shepherds,
‘but at night they were bedded
‘down together, to simplify the
itask of guarding them from
’beasts of prey. To these lonely
and busy men there suddenly
came an angel of the Lord, “ani
the glory of the Lord shone
round about them: and they
were sore afraid.”
The fear of these men was
!more than any modern shock
iand fear of the supernaturai.
Common to all Old Testament
thinking was the fear of any
vision of God. Men felt that the
presence of God meant death to
the sinner, and as sinners they
feared his appearance. The
prophets, on receiving their
call, responded with a like fear.}
But the announcement the‘
angel brought was to destroyi
that fear forever among god
ly men, men of good will. God
was reconciling the world un
to Himself through the aton
ing work of Jesus Christ. The
great gap and partition were
being bridged. '
Our text sings out. No more
radiant and beautiful words
have been written, themselves
a song of grace and glory.
“Fear not!” The day of fear is
ended; man has a redeemer, a
king, a Lord, who now shares
his life, his burdens, his suf
ferings. Here are “good tidings
of great joy” for all people.
The privilege of Israel is for
ever ended. The new covenant
shall transcend the old nation
al lines, which, while made in
order that Israel should wit
ness to the world, would now
be replaced with a coverant
people drawn from all nations,
“all people.”
“Unto you is born . . . @
Saviour.” “Unto you” was spe
cific; it meant the shepherds;
but it meant also the world.
Saviour means rescuer. The old
burden of humanity, sin and
death, shall be removed for
ever by this rescuer, Jesus the
Christ. “This day” he is born;
this day the whole history of
the world changes course from
degeneration and decay, sin,
and death, to a glorious regen
eration and re-creation of all
things in Jesus Christ.
And all this is in fulfill
ment of the Secriptures; it is
“in the city of David”; Mican
5:1 f. is fulfilled; the law and
the prophets have their happy
unfolding. Here is Christ the
Lord.
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By LEO S. MALLARD
Christmas is always celebrated as a time of joy, peace,
and goodwill toward men in the minds of Christians the
world over. This year in our prosperous America there will
be much joy over gifts and over being together with famil
ies, but peace on earth and goodwill toward men seems to
have gone out of the window in reality.
Many young men in our
country will be separated from
their families this Christmas
because of the necessity of a
national military build - up.
Even those gathered at home
with their families will have
a quiet fear that isn’t easy to
suppress. The most disturbing
thought it that if these tense
moments are evident in Ameri
ca — the strongest nation of
the world — how much more
so are the other nations of the
world disturbed during t h i s
peaceful season.
India has just triumphed over
three Portugese colonies in a
24-hour war to end Portugal’s
four century rule over this area.
Fighting continues in South
Viet Nam in an effort to stem
the flow of Communism in
Southeast Asia. In Europe, Ber
lin is stil} the center of atten
tion and the wall separating the
East and West stands to con
vince us that tense times a r e
here to stay for awhile.
Only yesterday word came
from Cuba, just 90 miles off
the coast of Florida, that Fidel
Castro, except as a figure head,
may take a back seat to a more
competent Red administrator
'who will continue to Build Cuba
linto a mighty Communist
stronghold in the Western
'hemisphere. |
While the United States gov=
ernment dreams of peace and
good will on earth the forces
of Communism are at work. It
is hard to understand who we
think we are fooling by pro
viding the United Nations with
70 per cent of its operating
mony and then allowing the
uncommitted members of that
organization to call the plays
for all the important actions
throughout the world. When
will the United States stop try
ing not to offend the uncom
mitted and neutral nations of
the world and once again side
whole-heartedly with allies
that we can depbend on when the
chips are down.
Those nations that the U. S.
is trying to appease are play
ing both ends against t h e
middle. They are supporting
the United Nations with lip
service only. When and if a
world ecrisis comes they will
throw their support to the ma
jor power that is certain to
win. These nations are on the
fence to bleed from both the
Western democracies and t h e
Soviet countries for all they
can get without any strings at
tached. The unreasonable part
of the situation is that they
are getting all they ask for and
then some.
The present situation in Ka
tanga is a striking example.
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| United States is presently
| backing the U. N. in its efforts
| to crush Tshombe’s government
|and force Katanga to join a
.| Central Government of the
,{ Congo which is infested with
| Communists.
| When the United States once
,|again shoulders its responsibil«
|ity as a leader in the world for
| freedom and carries its big
| stick to stand behind its poli«
, | cies, the world will come clos~
|er to realizing true peace and
good will toward men. Nothing
{handed down on a silver plat
| ter is appreciated. Our submise
| sion to the policies of the Uni
ted Nations has become a farce
|and for doing so we have be
| come the laughing stock of the
| world and especially Soviet
| Russia.
| Letters to Santa:
| Dear Santa Claus,
Please bring me a tent and a
,|sleeping bag. My sister ani [
| want a cowgi~l and cowboy suit,
| too.
| I love you dear -Santa Claus.
.| Do you love me, Will you bring
.| me some candy.
; Ricky Martin
| P. 8. My cousin, Mark Bo
{hanan will be in Covington for
Christmas too, so please bring
{him a cowboy suit, too.
Dear Santa Claus,
| lam 6 years old and I haye
tried to be good. I want a Susy
Sunshine doll and a tent and
a Casper talking doll and a
majorette suit.
| I hope you have a Merry
Christmas too.
Bobbie Wrenn Banks.
| Turkey-Noodle Scallop
Turkeys are a good buy this
Thanksgiving, and you may be
looking for a new way to pre
pare turkey. Here is a tasty
creation called turkey-noodie
| scallop.
This recipe will serve eight
and to make, you need to pre~
pare three cups of a medium
white sauce using turkey broth
as part of the liquid and then
add one-~fourth cup finely minc
ed onion. Now take three cups
cooked noodles, one-half cup
cooked or canned peas, two cups
diced cooked turkey, and one~
half cup grated cheese. Place
this along with the sauce in
layers of each in a greased bak
ing dish. Sprinkle read or
cracker crumbs mixed with
melted butter or margarine
over the top.
Brown in a 400 degree oven
for about 20 minutes or until
the sauce starts to bubble
through the crumbs.
And there you have turkey
noodle scallop.