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Draw nigh unto God, and He
will draw nigh unto you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and puri
fy your hearts, ye double-mind
ed. James 4:8,
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Experience has been described
as something you get while you
are searching for something else.
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Abraham Lincoln was not fa
mous because he was born in a
lag cabin, but because he got out
of it.
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If the various peace confer
ences even so much as establish
a vision of a world at peace nd
free from war they will have
been worth while The people
of the United States are already
sold on world peace. They have
no liking for war. It is our hig
job to get other nations of the
world to look upon world peace
as we do.
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In our opinion Germany will
continue to be a threat to world
peace as long as a vistige of the
teachings of Nazism remain in
the minds of the children now
growing up. A new generation
will have to come in Germany a
generation, the child mind of
which has not been poisoned with
the vicious teachings of Nazism.
If world peace plans do not in
clude plans for this the peace
toward which th >y arc aimed wi 1
be built on sifting sand. Th o
germ of the cancer of Nazism
unless destroyed in the minds of
the people will continue to grow
and spread throughout the na
tion and create a false attitude of
mind. The most difficult thing
to conquer in any people is its at
titude of mind. This remains
even after a people is physically
beaten into the earth.
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The average income tax has
been estimated to be from $375
to $4OO. It is estimated that re
turns were filed from one out of
every three to four men, women
and children in the United
States. The proportion would he
even higher if the law did not
relieve those in the armed forces
from the necessity of filing re
turns. The present income taxes
are five times higher than income
taxes during World War 1.
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An era in human history is the
life of Jesus, and its immense in
fluence for good leaves all the
perversion and superstition that
has accrued almost harmless.
Emerson.
“Learn of me,” says the philo
sopher, “and ye shall find rest
lessness.” “Learn of me,” says
Christ, “and ye shall find rest.”
—Drummond.
However learned or eloquent,
man knows nothing truly t;>ac he
has not learned from experience.
—Wieland,
To most men experience is like
the stern lights of a ship, which
illumine only the track it has
passed. Coleridge.
No man was so completely
skilled in the conduct of life, as
not to receive new information
from age an d experience.—
Terence.
TRAFFIC DEATHS
Traffic accidents in Georgia in
1944 cost the lives ( f 636 people. I
In addition, they caused 3,101
non-fatal injuries. These traffic
accidents cost the people of Geor
gia about $25,440,006. This cost
was $46.00 per registered vehi
cle in Georgia. This traffic ac
cident cost includes wage lo?s,
medical expenses, overhead costs
of insurance, property damag >,
and Are loss.
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY |
chool ILesson
Bv HAROLD L. LUNDOUIST D. D,
Of Thp Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for April 29
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
SETTLEMENT AM) STRUGGLES
IN CANAAN
LESSON TEXT—Judges 2:6, 7, 11. 12, 18,
19; 8:11-18,
GOLDEN TEXT—Be strong and of a
good courage; be not alrlad. neither be
thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God Is
with thee whithersoever thou goest.—
Joshua 1:9.
God keeps his promises. Israel
found that to be true as He brought
them into the promised land of
j Canaan. Those who rebelled against
Him had died in the wilderness, but
now a new generation had come
into possession of the land.
Here they met the challenge of the
heathen, and were victorious over
them as they trusted the Lord.
Joshua, their leader, after faithful j
services was ready to go to be with !
the Lord, but before doing so, re- J
minded them of God’s promise and
of the danger of unbelief and sin.
As our lesson opens, we find the
people settled in the land, as far as |
they had taken it. We find;
I. God’s Promise Fulfilled (2;6)
The Lord had promised the land
to them as they went in and pos
sessed it by faith in Him. He
fully kept that promise in the meas
ure that they believed Him. They
never did take the whole land, but
that was because of their failure,
not God’s.
The story speaks to us. God has (
provided a rich inheritance for the !
believer in Christ, but it must be |
appropriated by faith. How much j
have we taken out of the riches
we have in Christ?
We are also reminded of the ab
solute faithfulness of God. There ia
little in this world in which we may I
repose complete confidence, but we
may and should trust God. He has !
never failed anyone, and He will
not fail us. (
11. Man’s Promise Broken (2:T,
11, 12).
The people had solemnly prom
ised to keep God’s commandments
(see last week’s lesson). That prom
ise they had renewed in response
to Joshua’s farewell challenge (sea
Josh. 24:20, 21). They kept their
word only as long as those who
remembered Joshua were alive,
and then they "forsook the Lord.”
This fall of Israel has its counter
part in what is taking place in our
land today. The great mass of de
cent people in America were reared
in Christian homes. They know what
is right, and they live on the spir
itual and moral momentum re
ceived from their godly parents.
The next generation now com- i
ing into power, without the bene-1
fit of spiritual training in the home
and church, are forsaking the Lord j
and following other gods, the gods
of pleasure, of money, of lust.
111. God’s Plan of Deliverance
(2:18, 19).
One would have thought that God
would give up a people so set on
sinning, but He did not. He pro
vided deliverance for Israel. That
gives us courage, for we know that I
He has not given us up, but has I
provided in Christ a sure deliver
ance—if America will but turn to
Him.
For Israel’s deliverance God pro
vided judges, who were not only
judicial, but, in fact, primarily ad
ministrative in their work. They
were God’s men to call Israel
back to Him. The repeated failure
and backsliding of Israel brought
new acts of mercy on God’s part
in calling out new judges.
It is interesting to note that God
works through men. Some of these
judges were great men. Others]
were just ordinary men. But each
in his appointed place, at the ap
pointed time, was God’s man.
God is looking for men today
who will serve Him. He wants bril
liant, capable men, but He also
j calls the ordinary, everyday vari
ety, and as they are faithful, He
blesses them. lias He called you?
I Have you responded?
IV. God’s Presence and Power
(6:11-16).
Israel had long been under the op
pression of the Midianitcs, who
would sweep over the land and steal
their crops and their flocks. Israel
finally turned to God for help, and
He met their need by calling Gideon
as the fifth of the judges.
God knows better than to call an
j idle man, one who is sitting around
waiting for opportunity to knock.
He seeks out the busy person and
gives him more to do.
Note the entirely adequate pro
vision made for Gideon’s success.
“Surely I will be with thee.” That
means both the presence and the
power of the eternal and omnipo
tent One.
Gideon at once began the tear
ing down of the heathen places of
worship in his own community. It
was the hardest place to start. It 1
always is. But the one whose light j
is to shine afar must see that it
shines brightest at home. ‘
The humility of Gideon as he
looked at himself (v. 15) is com
mendable. But note that he did
not permit it to shut the door of
faith, as he believed God and did
mighty exploits for Him. Don’t trust
yourself, but do trust CodU
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DISSOLUTION NOTICE
Georgia, Bibb County.
To whom it may concern:
Please take notice that the un
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special partners of Red Cab Com
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1944, the certificate of partner
ship being located in the office of
| the Clerk of Bibb Superior Court,
intend to dissolve said partner
ship due to the withdrawal there
from of one of the general part
ners, W. A. Hawkins. Said dis
solution shall be accomplished af
ter due advertisement in a news
paper published in Bibb County,
Georgia, and a newspaper pub
lished in Houston County, Geor
gia, and shall take effect as of
i this date.
This notice is given in accord
ance with Section 75-423 of the
Georgia Code of 1933 as amended.
This the 2nd day of April, 1945.
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Mrs. R. C. Franklin
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