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SUNMYKHOOI
LESSON
PETER COMMENDED AND
REBUKED.
International Sunday School Les
son for January 8, 1939.
GOLDEN TEXT—“Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matt. 16:16.
(Lesson Text—Matt. 16: 13-24)
There is a great lapse of time be
tween this lesson and that discussed
last Sunday. After calling His disci
ples, Jesus had taken them every
where with Him and they had wit
nessed the workings of His marvel
ous power on many occasions.
The scene of this lesson was in
northern Galilee during the third
year of Christ’s active ministry. He
was closing His public career and in
about six months He would meet His
fate. The event was important enough
to be reported by all three of the sy
noptic gospel writers, although Mat
thew alone contains the latter part of
our lesson, the promise of the Sav
iour to build His church upon the
rock, about the interpretation of
which there has raged a vast con
troversy.
Jesus, realizing the limited period
of His earthly life, had been actively
seeking to build up the faith and in
crease the understanding of His inti
mate followers. He fully knew that
these men would have to carry on
His great work and He alone realized
the utmost importance of developing
in them the great faith and vital
truth which He had come to present
to mankind. As a noted public char
acter, Jesus had become a subject of
much speculation among men. He had
been the center of great criticism and
object of much antagonism, especial
ly from the accepted religious leaders
of the Jewish people at that time.
Opinions had been formed about
Him by those who felt the influence
of His presence. His select band of
disciples from their close association
with Him should be better able to
understand His purpose and mission
than anybody else, yet, at the same
time, from their easy mixing with the
various audiences they would be able
to know what men thought Him to
be. So, in this little period of heart
to-heart fellowship, Jesus, asks His
intimate friends what men thought
of Him.
The answers were complimentary.
Some Jews regarded Him as John
the Baptist, returned to active min
istry following his death by Herod
Antipas, which in itself placed Him
definitely as a supernatural being.
Othens thought He was Elijah, the
great prophet, who had never tasted
death as other men, who in ages past
had fought the great battle against
pagan faith and won the victory,
which, too, was giving Him high rank.
Still there were those who considered
Him to be Jeremiah, returned to lead
his people to greater glory, or some
other prophet come to bless his peo
ple. All of which was praiseworthy
and complimentary, but not enough.
Then Jesus put to His closest dis
ciples a very personal and searching
question, “Who say ye that I am?”
Without hesitation, the impetuous
Peter replied, recognizing His divine
nature, and calling upon himself a
blessing more personal than those us
ually given by Jesus, who recognized
that this great revelation of faith
had come to Peter as a result of di
vine inspiration. The same vital in
terrogatory still comes to men. Dif
ferences of opinion still exist among
the children of men as to who Jesus
was—none fail to rank Him as a
great teacher, wonderful example, but
there are thousands today who would
reply in the same words used by Pe
ter then.
“Upon this rock,” Christ promised
to build His church, and theologians
of different beliefs have differed on
the interpretation. There are some
who affirm that Jesus referred to
Peter himself. To us this belief is
difficult of acceptance. In a few mo
ments Christ was to rebuke Peter de
cisively, addressing him as Satan,
characterizing him as a stumbling
block, and charging him with being
unmindful of the things of God.
Weeks afterwards Peter was to deny
his leader, as well. On the other
hand, the confession of faith has al
ways remained the cornerstone of
Christian faith and belief.
Nor are the other words spoken to
Peter logically to be inferred as
granting unto him peculiar and exclu
sive power to regulate the church
Peter never exercised any personal
dictation to the early church. He was
criticised by other apostles in regard
to his treatment of Cornelius; he
played only a subordinate part at the
Council of Jerusalem, of which James
was recognized the head: St. Paul
was to oppose Peter to his face in
another matter affecting the Gentile
converts; and, finally, in the letter of
Peter, accepted as genuine without
hesitation, he refers to himself as one
“who am a fellow elder.”
But the rock of the Christian
church, is the faith of mankind that
Jesus was the son of God. His teach
ings were not only supreme philoso
phy but a reflection of a divine de
sire fol’ men. His life was perfect
because he was divine and only could
give to humanity the purpose model
for all others to live by. A man can
admire His teachings without believ
ing Him to be divine, but only those
•vno accept Him as their Savior can
call upon Him for help in their times
of spiritual trial and receive thereby
renewed strength for the combat.
GETS TWO YEARS.
LOS ANGELES.—Following con
, viction for having stoled blueprints of
a new naval bombing plane and at
tempting to sell them to the Japa
nese, Karl Allen Drummond, 21-year
old former aircraft worker, was sen
tenced to two years’ imprisonment.
After a lecture on patriotism by the
presiding judge, Drummond declared,
“I would rather lose my life than lose
my citizenship as an American.”
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GRACE
By 4. W. KING.
(Installment VIII)
The soul is also partaker of the
spiritual part of man and “must,
therefore, he born again” and grace
is also sufficient for the salvation of
the soul, but unlike the spirit of man
(there is a distinction between the
“Spirit and Soul”, Heb. iv:l2, I Thess.
v:23; the soul is “born again” a babe
in Christ (I Cor. iii:l) and must be
fed first on the “sincere milk of the
word”, then on the stronger meat of
the gospel that it may develop and
“grow in grace and in the knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ, I Cor. iii:2.
If the Soul is not fed upon the Spir
itual nourishment of trust when still
a spiritual babe, he will become a
spiritual dwarf and though he is a
child of God, because he is born
again, born spiritually, made thereby
partaker of the divine nature, receiv
ed eternal life through faith in Christ
and is saved, and safe so far as spir
itual life is concerned, but will never
be any more than a babe, spiritually,
I Cor. iii:ls. Saved like one escaping
naked out of a burning building.
Soul saved for all eternity, but re
ceiving no reward because never
growing out of “babyhood” into
“adulthood” spiritually, and all his
own fault because the necessary food
for that nourishment is provided, ly
ing right beside him, and he has
only to reach forth and partake. Nor
will he receive any reward. Salvation,
by grace through faith, is an unmer
ited free gift of God and is complete
on God’s part in itself without the
addition of anything that man can
do. God even gives him faith through
which grace must come. Man has only
to exercise it after it is given. There
is absolutely nothing in the light of
the atonement of Christ on the cross
to prevent the vilest sinner from re
ceiving free and full pardon of all his
sin and crime except the exercise of
genuine faith which God will give by
His own grace. It is very different
with reward, men and women are re
created in Christ Jesus “unto good
works”; that is, to do or engage in
good works that is the purpose for
which they are “recreated” in Christ
Jesus; therefore, they are in their
natural sphere when thus engaged.
But God proposes to give a reward
for every good deed they perform. He
proposes to pay them extra over and
above the salvation of the soul. How
ever, it is a matter of choice whether
we go and work in His vineyard or
remain idle all the day: If we labor
in the vineyard in good works, we
will develop and grow as a normal
Christian and at the same time in
crease in spiritual knowledge and
wisdom and “verily thou shalt be
fed,” Psalms v:l. Otherwise, the soul
(“babe”) will remain “a dwarf” spir
itually, I Cor. iii:l2-16.
So Paul admonishes us that we
are to be “workers together with
God,” Romans, that we may mutual
ly help each other and the cause of
God and that none should be spirit
ual dwarfs, but full grown, strong
adult Christians and when Christ
comes, reward us as such.
Golden Gleams
Religion always sides with pover
ty.—Herbert.
They do not easily rise whose abil
ities are repressed by poverty at
home.—Juvenal.
A wise man poor
Is like a sacred book that’s never
read—■
To himself he lives, and to all else
seems dead.
—Dekker.
A man may, if he knows not how
to save as he gets, keep his nose to
the grindstone,—Lord Chesterfield,
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1939.
A GEORGIA* PROGRAM
RE-CREATE THE
TfcX EMPIRE STATE
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If 39% XhM l! ASSIGNED BY LAW 1
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by and
In 1937 Georgians determined upon I
a progressive program for their
state. Although the public welfare ef
forts attracted more attenion prob
ably than any other single feature,
the basis actually was the education
al program. This was limited, for the
time, to the common schools, the un
iversity system receiving no increase.
Education was promoted by two
measures: free text books, funds for
which were provided by the assembly
of 1935 by a tax on malt beverages;
an increased school term, in the form
of a guarantee of the payment of
teachers’ salaries by the state for
seven months. The appropriation for
the teachers’ salaries became pay
able out of the general funds of the
treasury.
By adopting the public welfare
bills, providing for old-age assistance
and aid to dependent children, by en
larging the health program, and by
providing better schools, Georgia pre
pared to move forward in the ranks of
the most progressive states of the
Union. However, inadequate provision
was made for the financing of the
program.
The idea that provision was made
for payment for the i)ew social serv
ices or that provision was made for
absorbing the loss of income ‘ from
the progressive homestead exemption
measure is refuted readily by an ex
amination of the income of the state
during the present fiscal year as
compared with previous years.
The income of Georgia applicable
to general appropriations in the 1938-
39 fiscal year approximately $12,500,-
000, a-reduction of more than three
million dollars from the preceding
year, occasioned by revenue losses
from homestead exemption and from
the failure of the liquor tax to pro
duce the revenues anticipated by
more optimistic estimators.
The income of Georgia in 1926, ap
plicable to general appropriations,
was $12,518,507. In that year—twelve
years ago—'Georgia had no free text
books, no old-age pensions, no grants
to aid dependent children. The expen
ditures for the elemosynary institu
tions were smaller and the state did
not graduate a full school term for
Georgia children. The only item on
the state’s 1926 budget that figured
as important and that was negligible
twelve years later was the item for
Confederate pensions.
A state is not greatly different
from a family. If the Smith family
decided upon an effort to elevate its
standard of living, the condition would
be much the same. Pa Smith would
send his elder son to college, and the
other three kids to grammar and high
school. He would provide for a dentist
for the smallest girl, and cod liver
oil for the younger boy who isn’t
growing fast enough. He would try
to send a check home to help Grand
pa Smith, who can’t plow so well
since arthritis twisted him all up.
If the family income did not match
these expenditures, the problem of
balancing the budget could be met in
one of two ways. One would be to
take the children out of school, leave
the smallest daughter’s teeth unat
tended and let Granpa Smith arth
ritis and all, shift for himself. Or Pa
Smith could dig a little deeper in his
jeans and pay the bills.
Georgia is faced with that precise
condition and has the same choice. It
is possible, perhaps, to go back to
1926—although it is doubtful that a
single Georgian could be found who
would agree to this solution. For this
would mean the end of the public
welfare program, with its assistance
to the aged and to small children
from broken homes. It would mean
the return of the poorhouse and the
orphanage. It would mean a return of
Georgia to its position of forty-eighth
among the states in education. It
would end the policy of homestead
exemption.
Or Georgians can provide the mon
ey for the continuation of the serv
ices that they desire, and for a con
tinuously progressive and social-mind
ed government in their state. The
choice rests with the people of the
state and with their representatives
in the 1939 general assembly.
To produce this needed revenue,
the general assembly will be com
pelled to consider the entire problem
of taxation in this state. The ‘Pro
gram’ is not a short-term project to
be completed in twelve months or in
two years, and revenue devices that
will not produce the needed money
year after year will be valueless in
answering the problem.
In Fashion Now
Two coats that come from Califor
nia—and many of the play tog de
signs originated in that state yon
know—are just right for the casual
outdoors. One is of rust suede with
large pockets and is about finger-tip
length. The other is of mustard-col
ored suede-like rayon and is tied with
a belt.
Some of the resort suits which
come from California feaure appliqued
flowers and vines.
Materials are simple, such as crash
linen, denim, cottons or unbleached
muslin.
The Parisian fashion boys are go
ing in for hand knit garments. Some
are wearing entire suits of hand knit
material. One famous man has a
hand-knitted top coat.
I Not now!
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BLACK-DRAUGHT., ggrfl
“An old friend ■ I I
of the family.’*. j ■
WITH THE STARS
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who
have been with Warners since 1932
and 1930, respectively, will not renew
their contracts when they terminate
within the next few months. Although
.hey claim to be doing this in a very
friendly spiiit, neither Mr. Powell
nor his wife have been satisfied with
the roles they have been given in the
past . . .
Barbara Stanwyck will return to
RKO when she finishes work in “Un
ion Pacific.” The next story for the
star will be Frances Parkinson Keves’
novel, “Hearts Unknown,” the story
of a young couple in the U. S. for
eign service . . .
The second Charlie Chan picture
featuring Sidney Tolar as the detec
tive in place of Warner Gland is to
be started this month. It will be en
titled “Charlie Chan in Reno” . . .-
The title of Maxwell Anderson’s
“Elizabeth, the Queen,” will be
changed to “The Knight and the
Lady” when Errol Flynn and Bette
Davis do the screen version . . .
Warners may buy Zoe Alkins’
“The Old Maid” for Bette Davis and
Miriam Hopkins. Paramount paid
$10,009 for it, originally intending it
for Ann Harding and Claudette Col
bert but Miss Harding declined her
part. It was later assigned to Irene
GEORGIA’S NO. 1 NEED.
Gov. Rivers’ plan for an enlarged
educational program in the common
schools with the help of WPA funds
should meet with sympathetic atten
tion in Washington. It is a sound
plan because ultimately self-liquidat
ing. If Georgia at this critical period
of educational need and financial
strain can get assistance in establish
ing an adequate system, the result
will be an inceased capacity for earn
ing and for intelligent living which
in the future will enable the state
to take care of its own obligation to
its children more fully.
This is simple cause and effect.
The situation at present is plainly
stated by the governor in his letter
to Administrator Harry Hopkins.
Georgia is now doing is very best to
overcome years of neglect in the
school system. The state government
is spending to the limit of its ability
—more, in fact, for schools than for
any other state sei-vice. But this lim
ited ability leaves much unfulfilled.
There is a pressing need for new
buildings and for the renovation and
expansion of existing plants. There
is need for assembly halls to • make
of the schools community centers of
vast social and moral value. There is
the vital necessity of maintaining a
nine-month term, and of paying a
more just salary to the teachers who
have borne more than their share of
the general sacrifice for education.
There is a need for additional funds
to maintain the system of free text
books.
These facts are plain, and easy of
verification by the WPA authorities.
Less easy to demonstrate, but accept
able in all common sense, is the gov
ernor’s contention that WPA relief
rolls cannot be substantially reduced
until ignorance is routed. There would
seem to be no sounder or more hu
mane method of approaching the so
lution of all these problems that have
been discovered for us than by lift
ing the level of education and earn
ing power among the people most
needful of these fundamental boons.
It seems to us that the governor’s
appeal for aid in bringing about such
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Dunne, who also refused the role . .
Robert Montgomery is to have the
role in “Maiden Voyage,” which was
originally assigned to Fernand Gra
vet . . .
Although Jean Hersholt has ob
tained his release from Twentieth
Century-Fox, he will return to the'
studio at intervals to play Dr. Dafoe
in the Quintuplet pictures . . .
Hedy La Marr will sing her first
screen song in “A New York Cinde
rella.” She has a lovely voice and
will sing a Spanish love song while
taking a shower . . .
Frank Morgan’s hair has turned
snow-white. He attributes it to an
automobile accident in which he was
involved. Mr. Morgan was asleep in
the back of the car and woke up to
find himself under a clump of orange
trees . . .
Rumor has it that Nelson Eddy and
Mrs. Ann Franklin are house hunt
ing. Mr. Eddy ds one of the largest
income earners in Hollywood. He has
three sources to draw from, radio,
movies, and concert stage . . .
Basil Rathbone’s last three screen
roles have been sympathetic ones.
The actor says he welcomes the
change as he is definitely tired of
whipping little boys and killing little
children on the screen ...
desirable consequences will impress
those able to heed it as a document
of good sense and good faith. There is
no inclination on his part, as he makes
clear, to rely on education alone to
solve all our problems. There are:
matters of public health to be studi
ed and improved, along with the im
provement in educational facilities..
There are the unjust freight rate dis
criminations which must be removed
by pertinacity and logic. The WPA is
not so immediately concerned with
these other tasks and obligations, but
it is concerned with public education,,
and we believe Mr. Hopkins and his
associates will find in the Georgia
program a worthy cause.—Reprint
i’rom the Atlanta Journal.
THE ANSWERS
1. A treaty, made in 1915, in con
nection with Italy’s entrance into the
war against Germany.
2. 82 years old.
3. London’s mean December tem
perature is 3 degrees higher than
New York’s 35 degrees.
4. Every five years.
5. None whatever.
6. In February, 1937, Chinese'
planes were reported over Formosa.
7. 110,006 out of 145,000.
8. In Mexico.
9. From Jan. 18 until March.
10. Twenty-seven states; 127 out of
an estimated 3,000 members.
Hitler and Mussolini have been
raising so much sand in Europe dur
ing the past year, that it probably
would be advisable to give to them a
sizable slice of the Sahara.
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