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LESSON.'
PETER SEES CHRISTS GLORY
International Sunday School Lesson
for January 15, 1939.
Golden Text: “We beheld his glory,
glory as of the old begotten from the
father.”- —John i: 14.
Lesson Text: Matthew 17:1-18;
II Peter 1:16-18.
Our lesson deals with a profound
mystery. It is better to recognize this
frankly in the beginning and to re
alize that it can not be easily under
stood or explained.
A few days after Peter’s recogni
tion and declaration that Jesus was
the son of God, three of the disciples
were selected for a new and great
spiritual experience. On several im
portant occasions Peter, James and
John were thus distinguished, prob
ably because they had the capacities
to receive the lessons designed.
On a high mountain while Jesus
prayed we are told He was “trans
figured.” We have no means of pic
turing exactly what this means, but
we do know it came as a sign of the
highest religious attainment. In hu
man circles we have learned to form
judgments as to character from fa
cial appearances, which shows how in
life today good deeds leave their
characterization on the countenanc
of man. So, Christ, pure, sinless, and
close to the Creator, shined with a
strange brilliance, noticed and mark
ed by those who saw Him.
With Jesus appeared Moses and
Elijah, two gigantic figures to every
Jew, for it was Moses who establish
ed and founded the law and Elijah
who courageously championed the
cause of Jehovah against the en
tranched forces of paganism. Law
and prophecy was symbolized in these
ancient and historical characters, and
in their appearance with Jesus the
disciples were told that these men
were forerunners of the Christ who
was at that time actively in their
midst.
Fifteen hundred years had passed
since Moses’ day and nearly a thou
sand since Elijah challenged the
prophets of Baal. To earthly eyes,
they were long dead, yet in showing
them alive and moving, the great fact
of a life beyond was being emphasiz
ed to these three followers of Jesus.
The Savior taught the doctrine of a
life eternal, in words direct as well
as in parable, but the disciples were
to be reinforced in faith on the es
sential truth. To strengthen the spir
itual insight it was given to Peter,
James and John to witness their
leader in communion with the eternal
spirits.
Out of the cloud spoke the voice _f
God, as it had done once before and
would do once again in the life time
of Jesus. There was to be no doubt
as to which one of the three figures
seen was to reveal the Creator to
men. Although the law had been pro
claimed by Moses and the reality of
God demonstrated by Elijah in times
past, the divine voice instructed the
inner circle of the twelve to “hear
Jesus.” And, so, to men today the
great Creator is revealed most truth
fully by the teaching and example of
Jesus.
What wonderful lessons He left for
mankind, the climax of all perfection
as far as human mind and heart can
gauge it. Os forgiveness, that it was
to be unlimited, that God’s love and
mercy would never be exhausted. Os
life, that it can be enjoyed to its
fullest only by obeying the principles
of the kingdom of God. Os trouble,
that relief and solace can be found
by approach to Him who said, “Let
not your heart be troubled.” Os death,
that it was not the ulimate end of
man but that in Christ was life eter
nal and He had power over the re
lentless foe. Os the hereafter, that
there were many mansions prepared
for those who loved God and obeyed
His mandates to love, serve and fol
low His son.
Peter in years after could write con
fidently to his followers of the won
derful revelation of God’s glory at
the Transfiguration. His record was
no “cunningly devised” fable but the
statement of an eyewitness. So, also,
could John, another such witness, re
fer to this great episode in after
years. The three earlier gospels each
related the story of the Transfigura
tion, although the meaning of it to
the disciples themselves was not clear
at its occurrence.
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America’s Third Largest Fair Site of
Pan-American De Soto Exposition
Aerial view of the Florida State Fair grounds in Tampa where, from
January 31 to February 18, the United States Government will sponsor
the Pan-American Hernando IleSoto Exposition. There are 24 modern
steel and concrete fireproof exhibition halls to house the wealth of
exhibits from all Florida and many Latin-Ameriran nations. The im
proved Fair plant is valued at more than 55.000.000.
WITH THE STARS
Nancy Kelley is to have the only
femdnine role in “Stanley and Liv
ingston,” with Spencer Tracy and
Walter Brennan.
The committee on Exceptional
Photoplays of the National Board
of Review of Motion Pictures has
selected “The Citadel” as the out
standing English-language picture of
1938. The French picture, “The
Grand Illusion,” was chosen “the best
picture of the year from any coun
try” . . .
The ten best pictures from Eng
land and America are “The Citadel,”
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,”
“The Beachcomber,” “To the Victor,”
“Sing, You Sinners,” “The Edge of
the World,” “Os Human Hearts,”
“Jezebel,” ‘South Riding” and “Three
Comrades” . .. .
“Thunder Afloat,” a story of a tug
boat captain who commands a sub
chaser during a war in which Ameri
ca is attacked, will star Wallace
Beery ... .
George Brent is to appear in a re
ligious role opposite Bette Davis in
A GEORGIA* PROGRAM
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Proposals to balance the budget of
Georgia by diverting some of the
funds available for the state highway
department are made with regularity
at every session of the general as- i
sembly. As the biggest spending j
agency of the state, handling the
largest budget of any department and
in many ways independent of legis
lative and executive authority by vir
tue of receiving its income from allo
cation revenue instead of current
appropriations, it is very natural
that the highway department would
be regarded as “fair game” by those
who wish an apparently easy solution
to the fiscal crisis of the state.
The entire revenue of the highway
department, exclusive of the federal
grants, comes from the motorists of
the state. No general tax of any
kind is expended by the department
upon road work. The major sources
of income are the gasoline tax, two
thirds of which amounting to $12,-
531,000 in 1938 went to the highway
department, and the motor vehicle
license fees or auto tag payments
that totaled $1,392,000 in the same!
period. A small sum, approximating
about a half million dollars devoted ;
exclusively to the post roads divis- |
ion, is yielded by a “weight tax” on
trucks and buses.
The small yield of the tax on
trucks and buses, falling $750,000 be
low that anticipated by the authors
of the legislation, forced the transfer
by the highway board from its regu
lar accounts to the post roads divis
ion of approximately that amount.
That leaves the department with
approximately $13,500,000 to spend
for all purposes during any given
year. Nineteen Thirty-Eight expendi
tures were above this figure, because
all accumulated surpluses of the de
partment were spent in matching fed
eral funds that had been “hanging on
a peg,” which would have 'been lost
unless the work were under way in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1938.
The highway department has one
major fixed charge, for the retire
ment of the refunding certificates is
sued to reimburse the counties for
money spent on the state road sys
tem prior to 1930. Approximately
$2,700,000 each year is required to
retire these certificates. This leaves
only about $11,000,000 for all road
work.
The cost of maintaining the state
system, with more than ten thousand
miles of road, is approximately sl,-'
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939
Rachel Field’s “All This and Heaven
Too” ...
A movie about a love affair be
tween an American man and a Latin-
American girl will be called “Pan-
America,” and will star Cary Grant
and Rita Hayworth.
Luise Rainer has the best part in
“Dramatic School” that she has had
since “The Good Earth.” She will not
appear in a picture again for at least
six months and perhaps longer than
that as rumor has it that her hus
band, Clifford Odets, with whom she
became reconciled several weeks ago,
thinks that one career in a family is
enough . . .
Wallace Beery’s first job was that
of an engine wiper on the Santa Fe
railroad . . .
Hedy La Marr’s studio is not al
lowing her to receive interviewing
callers and Hedy doesn’t like it a
bit. She likes.to talk and doesn’t like
this Garbo act at all.
Reginald Owen is hard at work
trying to complete his play, “Pot
Luck,” for stage production this win-
400,000 annually. This work is essen
tial, and can not be skimped in any
way or the state’s great investment
in roads would be lost.
To match federal funds —that is,
grants made through the bureau of
public roads and not emergency
grants made indirectly for relief pur
poses—costs the department approx
imately $3,250,000 annually. Without
this expenditure, the federal grants
to Georgia would cease.
Finally comes an item that is over
looked by most of these who see in
the highway department a rich source
of possible money for the general
treasury. Although, technically, the
Georgia system complies with the re
quirements of the federal bureau of
public roads, which prohibit ‘diver
sion’ of highway funds, the state
highway board makes an annual sub
sidy of between three and four mil
lion dollars to the penal system, state
and county, in Georgia. This is done
through ‘county contracts,’ for work
done by county public works camps,
and by maintaining several camps
for convicts through the department’s
own division of state forces. In 1938
the payments to counties for road
work, important items in county bud
gets without which they would have
to return their convicts to the state,
amounted to about $3,300,000.
That leaves the deparment rather
less than three and a half million
dollars normally with which to carry
on construction on state highways not
included in the federal system, and
with which to maintain the adminis
trative and engineering departments.
The sum is adequate, in noimal years,
although in 1938 it was inadequate in
view of the federal spending pro
gram.
Already Georgia is taking from the
highway department 2 cents of the
gas tax paid by motorists. One cent,
yielding annual revenue of about $3,-
130,000, goes to the counties for main
taining their local roads. Another
cent, granted by the assembly to the
common schools provides $3,130,000
for the ‘equalization fund’ that has
accounted for so much of the advance
in Georgia’s rural schools. Further
diversion of highway revenues, how
ever, might be met with serious legal
obstacles and assuredly would wreck
the present department and curtail
drastically the construction program
that, at long last and after a score of
years of strenuous effort, is making
good the promise to “Get Georgia
Out of Mpd.”
Old.-Age Insurance
By JOSEPH R. MURPHY, Manager,
Atlanta Field 'Office, S. S. B.
Q. Can a worker secure a state
ment of wages credited to his old-age
insurance account ?
A. Yes. Since July 1, 1938, the so
cial security board has been answer
ing requests for such information.
It will continue to send wage state
ments to other workers who specifi
cally ask f-or them. Information con
cerning wages for each year will foe
available after July 1 of the follow
ing year. For instance, a man inquir
ing as to the status of his account
now will be furnished a statement
showing the amount of wages cred-:
ited to him for the year 1937, and
similarly after July 1, 1939, informa
tion will be available concerning
wages credited through 1938.
Q. How does a worker go about
getting information concerning his
wage record ?
A. The manager of the Atlanta
field office and all other field offices
of the social security board have
been instructed to advise any person
wishing to inquire about his account
to give the same name he used in ap
plying for his social security account
number, the exact date of his birth,
the account number assigned to him,
and his address. Forms for this pur
pose are available, free of charge, in
field offices of the board throughout
the country.
Q. Suppose the statement of wages
furnished by the social security board
loes not agree with my record,
A. If this statement of your wage
account is incomplete, it may be be
cause you did not give your account
number to your employer and he
could not give it on his report of
your wages, or it may be because
your employer did not file his report
promptly, or because his report has
not yet been received. Where wages
earned in 1937 were not actually paid
until 1938, they may not be included
in this statement. The amount cred
ited is also subject to adjustments if
it is later found that any part of it
represents payments for employment
not covered by the social security act.
Q. What should a worker do if the
ter. He was the author of “Stable
Mates,” which had Wallace Beery
and Mickey Rooney as the leading
players.
statement of wages furnished by the
social security board does not agree
with his own record ?
A. If the board’s statement does
not agree with your record, please
send promptly information showing
(1) the name and address of each
employer you bad during the year
1937, (2) the beginning and closing
date of employment under each em
ployer, and (3) the,amount of wages
received from each employer.
LYERLY H. D. CLUB.
The Lyerly Home Demonstration
dug met Dec, 24, at the home of Mrs.
Harold Bishop with eighteen mem
bers present.
Miss Henry gave a demonstration
on cake baking and house and tree
decorating. ,
Mrs. Arthur Kimball had charge of
the program. The next" meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. J. C.
Williams.
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Office: 109 V. Commerce St.
Phone 371 Summerville
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