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Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., Dec, 21, 1967
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CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS
CANDLE: The candle is symbolic of Christ, the Light of
the World. Just as the candle is consumed as
it gives light so the Christian gives of him
self in loving deeds of kindness for others.
STAR: The star is a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem
- A z which led the Wise Men to the manger where
•' ' l they found the Christ.
EVERGREEN TREE:
The Evergreen Tree is symbolic of Life Eternal.
GIFTS: Gifts are symbolic of the spirit of goodwill.
At Christmas we are reminded of the Supreme
Gift, God's own son, given that vie might hav<
everlasting life.
H lE.I.TH: The Wreath of Holly is a symbol of the crown
gX of thorns, the red berries, drops of blood
it# from Jesus' brow.
BELLS: Bells are symbolic of the news of the birth of
X the Messiah bringing Peace and Goodwill.
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Solicitor, Civil and Juvenile Court
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It was the night of Christ's
birth in Rethlehem. Outside the
stable of the inn where the Holy
Family had taken shelter for
the night, a group of people
had gathered. Among these
were the shepherds who had
come to worship the Rabe. All
of them were bearing gifts for
the Child
There was a young girl in
the gathering. She joined the
group to find out what had
brought them here. When she
heard their story and knew
that the young child born this
night had been called the Sav
iour. she too wanted to go in
and worship.
Rut she had no gift to offer,
and tears of disappointment
fell from her eyes. As her tears
touched the ground, at that
place there sprang up a bush
and on it was the most beauti
ful white blossom she had ever
seen! She plucked it happily
and reverently offered her gift
to the Christ Child.
According to the legend, it
was in that way, the Christ
mas Rose came into being.
$4 Million
Paid Under
Medicaid
Benefits totalling almost
$4 million have been paid
out to Georgians during the
first two months ot Medicaid,
the state’s new medical as
sistance program that began
in Georgia Oct. 1.
Figures compiled by the
State Department of Public
Health—the administrative
agency for Medicaid in Geor
gia—reveal that 79,574 indi
vidual claims for payment
were processed in October,
with the number rising to
101,789 in November.
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'Hymns — Product of
Their Times — IV'
{Editor's Note: This is another in the “LaGrange Col
lege Perspectives," a weekly series of informative and inter
pretative articles on current affairs and problems. It was
prepared for The Free Press-News by the faculty of the
Methodist, coeducational, senior college in LaGrange, Ga.)
By KATHRYN T. CLINE
Music Department, LaGrange College
The English people brought their Metrical Psal
ters to America and then produced one of their own,
the “Bay Psalm Book.” These and the hymns of Isaac
Watts dominated until the early 1800’s when the
evangelical movement brought a new emphasis to
the personal side of religion.
People became concerned
with developing the mystic
idea of communion with
God, and that heaven was a
reward for a life well-lived
on earth. This and the stress
on the winning of souls
through conversion brought
about the "gospel hymn."
The gospel hymn is dis
tinctly an American contri
bution which developed out
of camp meeting songs of
the early nineteenth cen
tury. It was used in revivals,
Sunday schools and churches
where the members were not
very well-educated and were
more influenced by emotion
than literary form. Tunes
had to be easy to sing and
“catchy” as they were mostly
taught by rote. A refrain or
chorus was typical. Some
familiar hymns of the bet
ter type are "I Need Thee
Every Hour," "What A Friend
We Have in Jesus," "He
Leadeth Me.” and “Jesus.
Keep Me Near the Cross."
An outstanding musician
of this period was Ira D.
Sankey, song leader for the
famous evangelist. Dwight L.
Moody. P. p, Bliss and
Sankey compiled many
hymnbooks including "Gos
pel Hymns," numbers I-VI.
containing 739 hymns.
Moody Bible Institute in
Chicago was founded to
train song leaders and evan
gelists. Fanny J. Crosby, a
blind poetess, who died in
1915 at the age of 95. wrote
8,000 gospel song texts, in
cluding "Blessed Assurance,”
”1 Am Thine, O Lord,” and
‘Home Care
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The Griffin Spa 1 d in g
County Area Vocational-
Technical School will offer
a 30 hour course in “Home
Care of the Sick” beginning
January 4, 1968. The classes
will be held each Thursday
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The
classes will be conducted by
a registered nurse, and will
cover all the essentials of
home nursing, including the
care of the aged, the bed
ridden and the acutely ill
patient.
The cost for the course
will be $3.00 plus textbooks.
Only 20 students will be ac
cepted for the course, there
fore; anyone interested in
taking the course should
contact Griffin Tech by call
ing 227-133 or writing P. O
Box 131.
“Rescue the Perishing.”
John S. Curwen in “Studies
in Music Worship,” said:
“The American Gospel
Hymn is nothing if it is not
emotional. It takes a simple
phrase and repeats it over
and over again. There is no
reasoning, nor are the lines
heavy with introspection.
‘Tell me the story simply, as
to a little child,’ The feelings
are touched, the stiffest of
us become children again.”
Today, in the twentieth
century, although hymnals
are compiled to serve the
congregation of a certain de
nomination, hymnal com
mittees have borrowed freely
from other faiths—an ecu
menical idea.
A hymnal is usually out of
date in one generation so
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that every 25 or 30 years a
new one is published. Many
hymns from older editions
are shortened or omitted
completely. Only three
stanzas out of 16 of "Soldiers
of Christ, Arise” have sur
vived. ideas on sin, hell,
death, etc. change with the
times.
The 50-odd years following
the Civil War saw many eco
nomic, social, and religious
ohanges in America. People
began to interpret the old
theology in terms of psy
chology, philosophy, and so
ciology. This reduced the
number of evangelical and
evangelistic hymns and pro
duced a new type of non
theological Christian hymn.
There was a need to apply
the gospel to everyday life,
and to raise the standard of
living. “Where Cross the
Crowded Ways of Life” was
written in 1905 with New
York City slums in mind.
Hymns such as this one
stress active service and the
'Whatever Christmas means to you,
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