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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1962
Riverdale Methodist
November 1, a Day of Prayer
and Self-Denial was held at the i
church, under the leadership of
Mrs. John Hendry. A covered
dish luncheon was enjoyed at
the close of the service.
Mrs. Henry Meyers was hostess
to the Wesleyan Service Guild
on November 1, with twelve
members present. They were
happy to welcome a new mem- i
ber into the Guild at this
meeting, Mrs. Lillie Mae Scar
borough.
Seven members attended the
Clayton County Council of
United Church Women’s World
Community Day held at Memo
rial Christian Church in Forest
Park on November 2; Mrs. J. J.
Jones, Mrs. Katie Smith, Mrs.
Maggie Cook, Mrs. E. P. Smith,
Jr., Mrs. Edna Vanderford, Mrs.
Carolyn Westberry and Mrs.
J. A. McLendon.
The new Council officers were
installed at this service. River
dale Methodist Church and The
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service are very proud to have
three of their members as offi- I
cers; Mrs. J. J. Jones, president; !
Mrs. Edna Vanderford, vice
president, and Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Lendon, treasurer. We wish these
women a wonderful and suc
cessful year.
The regular meeting of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service was held at the church
November 7 with twelve mem
bers present. Mrs. John Hendry
and Mrs. Leia Jones brought the
devotion and program, “United
Nations Family.” Everyone took
a small part in this program.
Plans were made for the
Christmas party at our Decem
ber meeting with the Wesleyan
Service Guild.
Mrs. J. A. McLendon and Mrs.
Carolyn Westberry attended the
Conference Wide Rally held No
vember 12, at the Druid Hills
Church with Rev. Noel O. Swan
son.
The women of the Society and
Guild sang a special number at
the evening service on Novem- j
ber 11. Following the service the ।
Blue side entertained the win- [
ning Red side with light re- 1
freshments and all shared an I
hour of fellowship.
There was a special Thanks
giving Service held at the
church Thanksgiving morning
at 10 a.m. Rev. Noel Swanson
brought a very inspriring
Thanksgiving message to all. |
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Mrs. Deeie Jones is very ill in
Georgia Baptist Hospital and
' Mrs. Cora Camp is critically ill
at her home. Our prayers are
with them.
Riverdale Methodist Church
has just completed a church
wide mission study, under the
direction of Mrs. John Hendry.
The theme of the study was
the Church’s Mission and Per
-1 sons of Special Need. The books
I for the course used were: “Who
Cares”, “The Arm of Compas
sion”, and “Ministers of Mercy”.
Mrs. Shrider, Executive Director
jof Bethlehem Center, on one
i Sunday evening spoke of the
s work there and showed slides of
I the work. A film of a Goodwill
Center was also shown at one of
the sessions. Articles from maga
zines were presented, and a
play, “Walk Without Fear,” was
presented by some members of
the church. We are to present
■ toys to the Bethlehem Center
i for Christmas and also plan to
I help furnish a day room at the
| hospital in Milledgeville.
A surprise birthday party was
given Mrs. Sue Swanson (our
pastor’s wife) on November 27,
at the home of Mrs. Carolyn
Westberry.
—Mrs. Carolyn L. Westberry
Church Reporter ’
Jones Memorial
Women Hear
Mrs. Styron
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service, Jones Methodist
Church, were honored with a
monologue from that famous
speaker, Mrs. Auther Styron, at
their Christmas meeting, last
Wednesday. Mrs. Styron told
the “Story of the Seventh
Christmas”. She held her audi
ence of some 50 members,
enthralled with the beauty of
the story and the magnificence
of her delivery.
A prelude of Christmas music,
played by Mrs. Eva White, led
to the program by the Mamie
Smith Circle. A solo by Mrs.
j Rogers Havird “Silent Night”
। was beautifully rendered. The
! meeting adjourned to reassem-
I ble in the dining hall where a
I luncheon was prepared by the
। Carrie Barnette, the Martha
Porter and the Letha Tanner
Circles.
Guests included Mrs. Styron,
Rev. John Maxwell, Rev. Rogers
Havird, and the Rev. Marion
Pber&n of the Forest Park
I MEthodlst' Church.
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| lization Night last Monday, December 10th. More than 1,400
members filled both the old and the new sanctuaries for the
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
First of a Series By Dr. Charles Allen
(Editor’s note: This is the
first in a series of six articles
appearing in The Free Press
condensed from Charles L.
Alien's new book, THE LIFE
OF CHRIST, copyrighted by
Fleming H. Revell Company.
Used by permission.)
The birth of Jesus happened
in this way. When his mother
Mary was engaged to be married
to Joseph, before they came to
gether, it was found that she
was with child—of the Holy
Ghost. An Angel came to her
and said to her, “Hail, thou that
art highly favoured! The Lord
is with thee, blessed art thou
among women.” But she was
disturbed by what the angel
said and did not understand. •
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And the angel said to her,
“Fear not, Mary: for thou hast
found favour with God. And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a
son, and shalt call his name
Jesus. He shall be great, and
know not a man?” And the an
gel replied, “The Holy Ghost shall
give unto him the throne of his
father David: and he shall reign
over the house of Jacob for
ever; and of his kingdom there
shall be no end.”
Then Mary said to the angel,
“How shall this be, seeing I
know no man?” And the angel
replied, “The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power
of the Highest shall overshadow
■ thee: therefore also that holy
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“M” Night program which is one of the most important events ®
during the Baptist calendar year. This also represented the *
largest crowd in the history of the church.
thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of
God. And, behold, thy cousin
Elisabeth, she hath also con
ceived a son in her old age: and
this is the sixth month with
her, who was called barren. For
with God nothing shall be im
possible.”
Mary then said, “Behold the
handmaid of the Lord; be it
unto me according to thy word.”
And the angel departed from
her.
Before long Mary went to the
city of Judah to see Elisabeth.
When Elisabeth heard Mary’s
hello, her own baby leaped
within her. She felt the Spirit
|of God and with a Jdud voice
asid, “Blessed art thou 4mong
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women, and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb. And whence is
this to me. that the mother of
my Lord should come to me?
For, 10, as soon as the voice of
thy salutation sounded in mine
ears, the babe leaped in my
womb for joy. And blessed is she
that believed: for there shall be
a performance of these things
which were told her from the
Lord.”
Mary then said:
“My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low
estate of his handmaiden:
1 For, behold, from henceforth all
generation shall call me
blessed.”
At this time Caesar Augustus
sent out a decree that everyone
should be registered. This hap
pened when Cyrenius was gov-
‘ ernor of Syria. Everyone went to
hjfS own city To register. Because
: -Joseph was a descendent of
There is much more to be said about Moscow, but as we
turn to other thoughts of Russia, there is one thing I’ll never
forget seeing in Moscow and that was the thousands upon
thousands of the largest apartment houses I have ever seen.
Since I have referred to this elsewhere let us now think of
some other things about Russia in general.
Russia is as Winston Churchill is quoted as having once
said, “An enigma wrapped up in mystery.” Russia is dif
ferent!
As long as I shall remember those large apartment houses
and all the other sights of Russia, the one that will linger
the longest is the sight of thousands upon thousands of ex
pressionless faces—expressionless except for the look of
suffering, of hardship, poverty, regimentation, fear, frustra
tion, anxiety, and enslavement upon them. In Finland behind
them, we saw a brave, free, happy people, a people who suf
fered as perhaps no people ever have for their freedom, but a
free and happy people where men and women and little chil
dren can smile, a nation, that though it has a state chruch,
has not lost its faith or its soul At the first place we stopped
on our way out of Russia, Visby, an island about the size of
Rhode Island, there the church was the center of their lives.
They showed us the ruins of churches of the ages and the
church of today and all around we saw precious little chil
dren riding ponies in a land of peacefulness and rest, where
they could smile. Even in Poland, our next stop, at Gyndia,
we walked the streets and saw a happier people. There we
stepped into the first church we saw, and a mother, very
young, rolled her baby carriage with a beautiful baby in it
up to the door, left the carriage and baby outside and rev
erently entered and as others knelt at a Roman Catholic al
tar, dipped her hand in holy water, made the sign of the cross
and went back to her baby and went away. There seemed a
difference even in Poland where we are told they have a
brand of Communism which is their own and are much less
dedicated to Communism than the Russians seem to be.
Many of us left Russia with a deep feeling of sadness and
heartache because we had been among a sad people. Several
people on board our ship confessed to me that they were de
pressed from their visit there. I did not hear this about any
other country. One member of the crew said, “I hope this is
our last trip there,” and this seemed to be the feeling of
people generally — both passengers and crew.
A professor of history, Dr. Schutz, of Los Angeles, was
impressed with the extreme poverty of the people he saw
everywhere. One lady said, “People can’t help not having
clothes to wear, but they can keep themselves clean.” But
what saddened me most of all was to see a great nation of
potentially good people without God, trusting materialism in
the State, worshipping at the Shrine of Lenin, with its
churches (all but a handful of them) turned into museums.
Time and time again I thought of the words of the Psalmist:
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget God.” Psalm 9:17.
Next week: ARTICLE XI — HOTELS AND FOOD IN
RUSSIA.
David, he went to Bethlehem in
Judea to register, together with
his wife, Mary, who was ex
pecting a chjld.
While they werelhere it came
time for her baby to be born,
and she gave birth of her first
son. She wrapped him up and
laid him in a manger, because
there was not room for them in
the inn.
(Continued Next Week)
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