HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Published Weekly at
Perry, Ga.
JOHN L. HODGES, Publisher.
RUBY C. HODGES. Editor.
Official Organ of Houston County
and City of Perry.
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Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be
likeminded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one
mind. Philippians 2:2.
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Too many people have the
habit of doing today what should
have been done yesterday —or a
day before.
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It is estimated that the auto
mobiles of this country are going
off the road at the rale of 200,000
a month. This means a loss of
2,400,000 cars a year. The rate
will probably increase next year
with cars & year older.
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When it comes to post-war
planning, the planning that will
do our local community the most
good will be the planning that
we do here at home. Washington
may be able to hit a few high
spots in national post-war plan
ning but the planning that is go
ing to get the job done here will
have to be done here at home.
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In spite of all the persecution
that has been directed against it
the past several years, this coun
try was made the great country
that it is by private enterprise
and individual effort and energy.
Planned economy may step in
and control private enterprise
and industry, but planned econo
my can’t accomplish a thing
without the genius of private in
dustry and private enterprise.
A good sensible hobby is a
good thing for a man or woman,
it is said, but we have never had
time for a hobby, unless reading
might be classed as a hobby.
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Women are divided into four
classes, according to a certaii
man. There are the women with
brains and no glamour, the wo
men with glamour and no brains,
the women with glamour a n d
brains and finally those with
neither glamour nor brains.
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Here's a new diversion. Pla -
ning the things you are going t
do with your war bonus after
the war is over. You’ll find an
ticipation and plaiini ig to be
wonderful and an me olive to
buying war bonds.
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Why is it that a woman will
scream and run from a mouse in
her own home and two minutes
later go out and get into a car
and drive off with a wolf?
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There are a lot of people in
this country who don’t seem to
know that we are fighting a wai
and that tires are a vital need
and should be conserved to th*
utmost. They do mile after
mile of unnecessary driving,
wearing out scarce and preciou
rubber, and burning up prtc om
gasoline. Their actions are eith
er b tsed upon thoughtlessm ss oi
complete indifference. Mayb
they realize what they are i oing
and don’t care. They should b
thoroughly ashamed of them
selves. It is little enough the
are being asked to do to save tires
and gasoline. Simple comma
sense would tell them that tin y
are not being good Americans.
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The request has been made
that Rome be not bombed. The
Allies are perfectly willing to
spare Rome but will be unable to
do so as long as the Nazi use it
as a military fort and center.
The city might be spared if a
committee from the Allied arm
ies were stationed in the city
who would see to it that neither
side used the city for military j
purposes. Such a plan could I
save the city from destruction. 1
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UNIfORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
Ry HAROLD L, LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 7
Lesson subjects nnd Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
PAUL CROSSES INTO EUROPE
LESSON TEXT: Acts 16:13-15; Philippians ■
1:7-14.
GOLDEN TEXT: I press on toward the
1 goal unto the prize of the high calling of
God In Christ Jesus. —Philippians 3:14.
Pressing "toward the mark”
. (Phil. 3:14) well describes the zeal
and intense devotion with which
Paul lived his life for Christ. He
was wholehearted in giving himself
to the preaching of the gospel. Our
lesson tells of his carrying of the
gospel into Europe by the guidance
. and blessing of the Holy Spirit.
It seems appropriate to consider
the two Scripture portions in re
verse order, looking first at Paul’s
declaration in Philippians of his pas
sion to know Christ, and then in Acts
of his purpose to make Him known.
The man with vision is eager to
serve. "A task without a vision
I makes a man a drudge; a vision
i without a task makes him a vis
ionary; a task and a vision makes
him a missionary.”
I, Paul’s Passion to Know Christ ;
(Phil. 3:7-14). |
r There were many things in Paul’s l
) life of which he was proud, until he j
’ met Christ, and then everything else
, lost its importance and interest.
All things in life are relative in
value and our attachment to them
is determined by our heart attitude.
Now being spiritually minded and
. having found in Christ real satis-
I faction for his soul, the Christian
counts as refuse the things in which
the world takes such pride and sat
' isfaction.
1 To "know Him” calls for a depth
i of experience, sacrifice and of joy
• which is not easy to describe in
words. It begins with a divine
| righteousness imparted by faith.
Self-righteousness will not suffice.
This is not a matter of law, but of
grace.
l It is a resurrection faith and there
fore powerful’. It is a faith which
accepts suffering for Christ as a
part of fellowship with Him—not
only bearable but glorious because
it is in the power of His resur
rection.
i That fellowship is one day to be
i complete and eternal, for there is
to be for Paul the assured experi
• ence of a personal resurrection out
from among the dead (v. 11). The
faith of a Christian looks beyond
the grave.
All this has to do with the present,
as well as the blessed future. The |
man who has this kind of spiritual I
experience shares the purpose of j
Paul expressed in verses 12-14. Here
there is no resting back in self- j
satisfied comfort, no pride in one’s j
past victories, no sense of having I
“arrived."
Paul saw not only the necessity !
but the blessedness of going from j
victory to victory. Too many Chris- j
tians of today are entirely satisfied
with what they have attained (and I
it is usually all too little).
There is a prize to be gained,
the prize of our "high calling in j
Christ Jesus.” Let us, like Paul, be [
filled with holy dissatisfaction with
ourselves until we reach that bless
ed goal.
The man who had such a vision
was ready for God’s call to carry
tlie gospel into Europe.
11. Paul’s Purpose to Make Christ
Known (Acts 16:13-15).
The story of the conversion of
Lydia has many elements of spe
cial interest. It presents the turn- 1
ing point in the progress of the j
gospel, which by fine grace and load
ing of God brought it northward to
Europe rather than southward into
Africa. Many of us have heard
because of the way Paul was led,
and one wonders if Europe and
America might not otherwise have
been the “dark continents" rather
than Africa. We are what we are
by the grace of God.
Then we note that the first con
vert was a woman. She was not the
last woman to give an attentive ear
and a believing heart to the gospel
message. The church through all
its history has been blessed by the
readiness of women to bear and
heed the gospel.
We like to note that she set a pat
tern of hospitality and service which
her sisters in the church have main
tained (see v. 15). She "con
strained” the visiting preachers to
enjoy the comforts of her fine home,
and thus put forward the work of
Christ (see 111 John 5-8).
It is encouraging to note how per
fectly the leading of the Holy Spirit
worked out in the experience of
Paul and his brethren. The Lord
sent His prepared messenger to the
place where there was a prepared
heart waiting to receive the Word
with gladness.
We may confidently go on the er
rands of our God, knowing that when
He leads, He goes before and pre
pares the way. That does not mean
that there will be no trials and dif
ficulties. Paul had plenty of them
(see II Cor. 11:23-33). But It does
mean that we may go with the as- !
Isurance of blessed results, in His ,
name, and with the grace to bear j
whatever comes along the way—for I
His glory.
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Perry, Georgia
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Petition To Adopt Minor
Georgia, Houston County.
In the Superior Court of Said
County.
Albert Leon Kinchen and Mrs.
Irene Beasley Kinchen having
filed in said Court their applica
tion to adopt a minor child to be
known as their son, John Rich
ard Kinchen, this is, therefore,
to notify all who may be con
cerned that said application will
be heard at Macon, in the Court
House of Bibb County, in the
Macon Judicial Circuit, at 10 a.
rn. (CWT) on the 26th day of
! May, 1944.
Witness the Honorable Mal
icolm D. Jones, Judge of said
Court, tnis the Bth day of
March, 1944.
Tommie S. Hunt, Clerk
Houston Superior Court,
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