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Weekly Semi Fitzgerald Leader
Official Orjan Ben Hill County.
EDUCATIONAL TRAIN WILL ARRIVE IN FITZGERALD AT 11 O'CLOCK MONDAY, FEB. 13,
Fifth Sermon
On The Creed
-
Rev. Guyton Fisher Preaches
On The fHoly Catholic
Church
“I Believe In The
Holy Catholic Church”
Turning to my encyclopedia I
' find the word “catholic,” and what
doe^ ii it mean “liberal,” ? “ U niversal,” ‘ ‘gen¬
ed “not narrow¬
or bigoted.”
ooking for “Catholic Church;”
my cyclopedia declares it to be
“the universal Church of Christ,
embracing all Christian disciples
of all lands and of all ages.”
“My cyclopedia further declares
that the Holy Catholic Church
cannot be properly “applied to
any particular sect or body, such
as the Roman, Protestant, Episeo-
pal, Presbyterian, Congregational
or Quaker, all ol which form
merely portions more or less pure
of the church universal.”
I turn to that ancient symbol
known as the “Apostles Creed,”
and I lind it defines the Holy
Catholic Church as the “com¬
munion of saints.”
From this it follows:
First, that no church whose
rules shut out any whom Christ
plainly receives as His disciples
can be Catholic.
Second, that the greatest misno¬
mer in the English language today
is the name applied to the Cuurch
of Rome. To state that a church
is the Church or Rome, ami then
call it “catholic,” is to make an
assertion and deny it in the same
breath.”
The term “catholic” was first
employed to distinguish the Chris¬
tian Church Universal from the
Jewish Church which was not uni¬
versal. The Jewish Church was
restricted to a single nation while
the Christian was intended for the
the world in general. So that it
is clear what was in the minds of
the disciples when this article be¬
came a part of the
formula.
The question was asked
some days ago, why did
Methodist Church in its new
cipline? change from the
of God,” to saying “the
Catholic Church?” My reply
aH now is, the premise is wrong.
T . eal change was when
ich” laying “the Holy Catholic
A and began to print in our
“the Church of God.”
This was done because, I suppose,
in some minds the term “Holy
Catholic Church” was confuted
with the Roman Catholic Church.
Do you ask? “Why do you
say, Holy Catholic Church.” My
answer is because that is the
Apostles Creed. And if it be
asked, Why not say, The Church
of God?” 1 must reply because
that is not the The Apostles Creed.
The same reason applies to this as
to why you should not call me
John Smith— that isn’t my name,
For you must understand we
not making creeds, nor mending
them, but repeating them. John
Smith is a good name, if Mr.
Smith wanted a christening party,
and had that wherewith to chris-
ten; but if Mr. Smith desires to
repeat the name of one already
■christened, he would better stick
-to facts.
We are witnesses on the stand,
mot carpenters at the bench. The
world is asking: “Do you believe
in the creed that hak come down
from the fathers of the church,
that has been baptized with the
blood of a thousand martyrs, and
glorified with the splendour of a
FITZGERALD, BEX HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 8, 1911.
Georgia Sena-tor
Is Paralyzed
Senator Jos. Terrell was striken
with paralysis Saturday in his
office in Washington where he
was attending Congress, and al¬
though the atteneding physicians
are inclined to minimize the seri-
ouness of the Senator’s condition,
his friends in different parts of the
country are rather uneasy, owing
to the fact that linked with the
stroke of paralysis, was also an
attact of acute indigestion.
It is said that the nature of Sena¬
tor Terrell’s attack is somewhat
similar to that which Senator Till
man suffered last winter while on
the capitol steps, and left him weak
for some months. It is not thought
that Senator Terrell will he
physically able to appear in the
sena te any more this session,
He is receiving medical atten-
pi on a t th e George Washington
Hospital, where Dr. George Ruffin
ca j] s ev - er y three hours, and which
is only two blocks from the Coch¬
ran Hotel, where the Senator has
apartments.
thousand—thousand victories,”—
not “what can you do in improv¬
ing a creed?”
Mr. VanDyke has written some
beautiful prayers, but when he
says, “Let us repeat the Lord’s
Prayer,” he would not, I’m sure,
replace a single petition in that
form, which has come down the
ages, with one of his own manufac¬
ture.
There are creed makers. Vol¬
taire and Ingersol and Tom Paine
made creeds—Elbert Hubbard
makes some today at twenty-five
cents per. Voltaire erected a
church for the worship of God. I
can show you in Los Angeles a
I two-by-four wooden building with
an emasculated Gospel and a des-
sicated Christianity and over their
door they have printed in cheap
paint the stupendous statement
that it is the church of God.
WHAT IS THE HOLY CATHOLIC
CHURCH?
! I think we shall not miss the
! meaning of those who coined the
phrase in saying, T t includes that
company of thc.e in every place
! who call upon the name of God,
and serve Him from the heart. It
is at once visible and invisible,
material and spiritual, temporal
and eternal It compasses all of
every name, and those of no dis¬
tinctive name, who worship God
in spirit and in truth.
No church, altho calling itself
“holy,” is pure enough, or claim
ing to be “catholic,” is compre
hensive enough, or named “apos¬
tolic,” is faithful enough to be ac¬
cepted as the one and only one
Holy Catholic Church.
We cannot sa y> we are the
Methodist Catholic Church; for
the moment we tack Methodist on
t0 eatholic we have drawn the
Prison of the world-church and
the Heaven-Church into the cir-
cumference of a denomination
When you attempt to distinguish
one demomination by so large a
term as “Catholic” or “Christian ’
you are either sublimely egotisti-
cal or ridiculously ignorant,
The Holy Catholic Church is
tho imperfectly and
by the various; orgamza-
toons under which Christianity ap-
pears in the world. And there is
a bond of real connection between
them. Many as their discords
their concords are more.
While the Church is in some
sense ideal, and in a still larger
sense invisible, its secret being
the hidden fellowship with Jesus,
yet it is a visible thing which can
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Change Hour For Arrival
Of Agricultural Special
Farmers’ Educational Train will arrive in This City at
11:00 a. m. Instead of 2:30 p. m., as was at First
Announced. Special Will Pull in at
A. B. and A. Depot.
Owing to the fact that those, who are superintending the opera¬
tion of the “Second College on Wheels,” have deemed it necessary to
make certain changes in the itinerary of the Educational Special of Feb.
13th, in order that Moultrie and Mystic might be included in the route
to be traversed, the schedule, as has been advertised for the past two
weeks, has undergone slight changes. The result is, that instead of
arriving in Fitzgerald at 2:30 o’clock p. m., the Special is scheduled
to be here at 11:00 a. m.
Now, you Farmers, bear this change in mind, and don’t fail to be
on hand promptly at 11:00 a. m. Monday, B'eb. 13, at the A. B. & A
Depot.
Following is a copy of the schedule as furnished by the Atlanta
Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad:
The Educational Train of the Georgia State College of Agricul¬
ture will move over the Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad on
February 13,1911, making the following stops :
Lv. Brunswick 3:00 am.
Ar. Nichoils.., 6:00 am.
.
Lv. Nichoils .. 8:00 am.
.
Ar. Douglas. . . 8:30 am.
Lv. Douglas... 10:30 am.
Ar. Fitzgerald 11:00 a. m,
Lv. Fitzgerald 1:00 pm.
Av. Mystic..,. 1:30 pm.
Lv. Mystic. . . 2:30 pm.
Av. Moultrie , 4:00 pm.
The object of this train is to give much useful and practical in¬
formation of the highest value to the farmers of Georgia, free of cost.
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad is co-operating
closely in this work, which is in line with its efforts to develop the
Georgia territory traversed by its line and tributary thereto.
The train will contain varied exhibits, including live stock, and
demonstrations will be made at all points where stops are shown in the
above schedule.
This is the greatest educational opportunity ever afforded Geor¬
gia farmers. Two passenger coaches will be attached to the train and
half-hour talks will be made on subjects of great importance to the
farmers by members of the faculty of the Agricultural College.
Every farmer who can possibly do so, should visit the points
at which the train will stop, and get the benefit of the exhibits, dem¬
onstrations and listen to the talks.
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
WITH OUR GUARANTEE
The Leader will, within the next thirty days, inaugurate apian by
which the people can secure a subscription to this newspaper
cost to them. Arrangements have been made with the chief manu¬
facturers of staple groceries and provisions of the United States to
place a coupon in each package sold, and those who buy the goods in
BeD Hill County can have coupons redeemed at The Leader office in
payment for a subscription, When you have collected coupons to
the amount of $1.50 we will take them and receipt you for one year’s
subscription.
After you have become a paid up subscriber The Leader will still
redeem the coupons by giving an order on stores advertising in The
Leader for the amount represented by the coupons in your possession,
but you must be a paid up subscriber to get the concession.
We have signed contract for this County, the coupons can only be
redeemed by us or our authorized agents, there is no skin game of any
nature in this proposition, it is business, backed by the leading manu¬
facturers of the United States. We will make further explanation
each week; keep your eyes open for advertisements, the coupons cost
you nothing, but are worth good money.
Rodwell Residence
Damaged by Fire
The residence of Mrs. J. W.
Rodwell on south Sherman street
was damaged to a considerable ex
tent by a fire that was discovered
by the occupants, Mr. and Mrs.
C. U. Gaines, at about four o’clock
Tuesday morning.
The Fire Department answered
the call promptly, and although it
required some skillful maneuver
ing to get at the flames, it was not
long before the fire was complete
ly extinguished. The greatest
damage was done in the second
Hoor, notwithstanding the fact that
the fire started in the dining room
downstairs.
Mr. Gaines who had just moved
into the house, is at a loss to ac¬
count for the origin of the fire,
stating that there had not been a
spark in the house since noon of
the preceding day, and it is the
belief of many that it was the
work of incendiaries, although
there seems to he no clue to the
guilty parties.
The damage to the house is fully
covered with insurance, as well as
the damage to Mr. Gaines’ furni¬
ture.
FOR SALE—Good Jersey Cow.
Enquire at Leader.
Exhibits With
Educational Train
The exhibits on the second edu¬
cational train are tastefully arrang¬
ed, and present in graphic form
data of interest on every phase of
agricultural practice m the state of
Georgia. The car of live stock is
very attractive. Some splendid
specimens of horses, cattle, sheep,
swine and poultry are being carried
on this car. They will be exhibit¬
ed on a flat car, and this will ena¬
ble all to see them to advantage.
The car of farm machinery will
prove interesting to many. There
is a gas engine, which drives a
motor, showing how light for the
farm home may be generated: va¬
rious grinding mills, and a gin
such as farmers might use to de¬
lint their choice selected seed, and
prevent its being contaminated by
pressing through a public gin; a
manure spreader, deep tilling
plow, and various other imple¬
ments the use of which means bet¬
ter preparation of the land and
larger and more profitable crops.
In the baggage cars many of
the exhibits shown are behind
glass and present a very attractive
sight. Everything has been lab¬
eled with the utmost care and one
taking enough time to pass through
the car can gather much valuable
information without the aid of a
guide, though some fourteen ex¬
perts accompany the train for the
sole purpose of giving information
to visitors. The boys’ corn club
exhibits, showing methods of ger¬
minating and testing seed, will in¬
terest many. The soil analyses
shown are certainly as important
as anything could be to the farm¬
ers of the state. The exhi bit of
cotton grades will prove instruc¬
tive to all who study them for a
few minutes. The model farm
showing how the land should be
divided to enable the practice of
an economic rotation is one of the
most instructive features of the
train, and everyone can afford to
spend some time studying this
unique exhibit. The working
dairy will furnish many valuable
lessons. See it by all means. Ar¬
tificial cotton plants and charts
have been prepared to illustrate
the effect of a deficiency in certain
elements, such as potash on plant
growth. A section of plants just
as they grow in the iield forms a
feature of the cotton exhibit, and
illustrates a yield of about two and
have bales per acre. This is one
of the selected strains of cotton
prodeed on the farm which is re¬
sistant to Anthracnose, a decease
which causes millions of dollars
loss in Georgia every year In ad¬
dition there are exhibits of spray
machinery and spray material
for controling injurious insects and
plant diseases.
The State Department of Ento¬
mology has a very attractive dis¬
play. Valuable data is presented
relative to fertilizers and fertiliz¬
ing material, and problems in soil
fertility and farm management.
Some twelve bulletins are carried
on this train and will be
ted to those asking for them
of cost. 1 hey will give informa¬
tion concerning a great variety of
topics and aggregate in all more
than 2,000,000 pages of printed
matter. It would takes pages to
describe the exhibits carried with
any degree of detail or accuracy,
but this summary will give the
public some idea concerning them.
Come and see for yourself. You
will be benefited, and those ac¬
companying the train will extend
every courtesy and consideration
within their power to visitors.
VOL. XVI. NO. 11
Valuable Property
Sold Yesterday
Estates of the late C. B.
White and M. Buice
sell to Highest
Bidders
At the Administrator’s Sale
yesterday of the M. Buice estate,
the Racetrack property, consisting
of 38 acres, was bought by Mr.
J. D. Dorminy, the consideration
being $2,450; and the lot and store
on Pine street, now occupied by
Miss Alexander, the milliner, was
bought by Captain E. T. James,
for $2,750. Capt. James also
purchased two lots of the Buice
estate on west Central Ave., con-
sideration, $1,125.
The real estate of the late Dr. C.
B. White was also sold Tuesday.
The home place at the corner of
Pine and Leestreets, including the
two story house just back of the
home place on Lee street, sold for
$3,750, and was bought by R. V.
Bowen. Mrs. White purchased
half intersest in a srasll house on
west Magnolia for$220., the oth¬
er half interest already being
her property, Mrs. White
also bought the two houses
on Pine street just south of the
home place, the consideration be¬
ing $3,000. The three lots on
south Main street, between Mil¬
ler’s Furniture store and J. B.
Seanor’s house were bought by
Dr. Tom White, for $2,750.
Thirty-two shares fo First Na-
tioual Bank Stock, five of which
belonged to the estate of the late
I). B. Jay, the remaining twenty-
seven belonging to the White es-
state were also sold at a rate of
$157. per share.
Miss Madelyn Shone
Comes To Lyric
The management of the Lyric
Theater announce a change of pro¬
gram for tomorrow night, when
Miss Madelyn Shone, singing
comediene, will make her first ap¬
pearance in this city, being billed
for the remainder of the week.
This clever little lady is reputed to
be without a peer in her particular
line of work, that of impersona¬
tions, and if you feel that a good
hearty laug-h would injure jou in
any sense, it would be very un¬
wise for you to get within two
blocks of the Lyric tomorrow
night.
Miss Shone, besides being of
entertaining personelle, possesses
an exquisite wardrobe, which adds
much to the attractiveness of her
act.
Following is from the Cordele
Rambler:
And Miss Madelyn Shone came
fully up to expectations last even¬
ing. In her old maid impersona¬
tions she was a continuous scream
and had to respond to encores at
each show. The house was well
filled throughout the evening.
Miss Shone will appear in an en
tire change tonight. She will give
high-class impersonations in beau¬
tiful wardrobe.
Tom Holt Back
Deputy Sheriff Tom Holt, who
left on the 26th of last month for
Portland, Oregon, to take into
custody Paul Price, who was
wanted here on a warrant for
horse-steal iDg, returned this morn¬
ing with his prisoner, who is now
at the county jail, but will proba-
bly be out as soon as bis bond
can be fixed.