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chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for March 23
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
JESUS CONDEMNED AND
CRUCIFIED
LESSON TEXT—Luke 23:13-25, 32-34a.
GOLDEN TEXT—What shall I do then
with Jesus which is called Christ?—Mat
thew 27:22.
Two nights stand out in the story
of the life of Christ, and therefore in
the history of the world. The first
was His first night on earth—that
“silent night, holy night” of which
we sing at Christmas, when He was
born as the babe of Bethlehem. The
other was His last night on earth.
Except for the precious hour of fel
lowship in the upper room and His
communion with the Father in the
agony of Gethsemane, it was a night
of darkness, denial, and betrayal.
There were six trials—or mock
trials—of Jesus, three religious ones
before Annas, then Caiaphas, and
then again before the Sanhedrin;
three political trials, before Pilate,
Herod, and Pilate again. At
the close of this last trial before
Pilate Jesus stands
I. Cleared by the Evidence (vv.
13-17).
At the first trial before him Pilate
had declared on the basis of his ex
amination that Jesus was “Not
guilty” (v. 4). Herod, to whom He
had been sent, had only played with
Him (w. 8-11). What a travesty!
Now Pilate again presents Him to
the people as having “no fault.” It
is a striking truth that no man of
any age has ever been able honestly
to point to any fault in the life or
character of Jesus Christ. Think
that over—unbeliever!
Now came Pilate’s first step in
the wrong direction. An accused
man without guilt should be de
clared innocent and released. But
Pilate feared the Jews who had al
ready made trouble for him with
Caesar. So he compromised and
said he would chastise Jesus before
releasing Him. John Morely was
right when he said, “Under some
circumstances compromise is the
most immoral word in the English
language.” It.gained Pilate nothing;
in fact, it led to his next step down
ward.
11. Condemned Through Coward
ice (vv. 18-25).
To avoid a disturbance and to keep
the leaders from complaining to
Caesar, Pilate gave Jesus into their
hands with the “sentence that it
should be as they required” (v. 24)
when they cried “Crucify Him!”
Pilate was in a difficult place, but
that does not excuse him. It is in
the hard and trying place that a
man should stand for the right,
came what may. Too many of those
who profess to follow Christ are
afraid to stand up for Him in the
hour when men deny Him. Some
unbelievers are fearful about declar
ing their allegiance to Him, because
they fear the opposition of men.
Where is. our courage, our manli
ness? Have we lost the moral stam
ina of our pioneer forefathers, the
religious conviction of our Christian
fathers and mothers? Pilate was a
cow’ard, and w r e are ashamed of
him. Let us not be cowardly and
make Christ ashamed of us (read
Matt. 10:32, 33).
111. Crucified with Malefactors
(vv. 32-34a).
The details of and circumstances
surrounding the crucifixion are of
deep interest to every Christian.
We stand with Luther and weep as
we see Christ’s unspeakable agony,
not only of body but of spirit, and
we cry as did Luther, “For me,
for me!” How can any believer con
template the cross and withhold self,
substance, or service from Christ?
Equally earnest and heart-search
ing is the message of the cross to
the unbeliever. He knows he is a
sinher (Rom. 3:23), he knows that
“the wages of sin is death” (Rom.
6:23), and he knows that “neither
is there salvation in any other, for
there is none other name under
heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Here at the cross he meets that one
“who his own self bare our sins in
his own body on the tree, that- we,
being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye
were healed” (I Pet. 2:24).
There were two malefactors who
were crucified with Him (v. 32), and
one railed at Him. The other said,
“Lord, remember me when thou
comest into thy kingdom”; and Je
sus said to him, “Today thou shalt
be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:39-
43). Unbeliever, will you not just
now take the eternal life which Je
sus died to make possible for you?
Loving His enemies to the last,
our Lord prayed for the forgiveness
of those who thus despitefully used
Him. What matchless grace! One
wonders how many of them by re
pentance for their deeds made it
possible for that prayer to be an
swered. That door of redemption
stands open today for every one
who up to now has crucified the Son
of God afresh (Heb. 6:6) by sin and
Unbelief.
WANT ADS
BUY THE BEST COAL at the best
price: Dixie Star, block, egg or
slack, call 91. Summerville-Trion
Ice Co.
WANTED—To drill water wells any
where, any depth. Modern mach
inery, quick service; all kinds of
pumps furnished and installed.
Call or write W. M. Kittle, Box
132. Ringgold, Ga.
FOR SALE—Desirable 3-acre tract
on Menlo-Summerville highway,
2i/ 2 miles out. Good well; TVA
j lights in front of property; good
garden spot; some timber. Bar
gain. Apply at News Office.
' WANTED —If you have real estate
for sale mail a card or letter to
P. O. Box 252, Summerville, Ga.,
for further particulars.
PIANO FOR SALE—Upright piano
in this vicinity, will sell at bar
gain rather than ship to Atlanta.
Write or wire Piano Factory
Warehouse, 1007 Columbia Ave.,
N. E., Atlanta, Ga. BtMar27
FOR SALE—Practically new three
burner oil stove. Bargain. See it
at News Office.
FOR SALE—My home, including
eight-room house, garage and 16
lots. Located southeast of Sum
merville High school, just out
side city limits, just off main
highway. Phone 69-20. Marl 3
HAVE your typewriter repaired or
rebuilt. Guaranteed service on all
makes. Ribbons, carbon, supplies.
H. S. KING, 208-210 West Build
ing. Rome. Phone 3339.
BABY CHICKS, $2.85 hundred. Hea
■ vy Mixed, $4.85. Reds and Rocks,
$6—C. O. D.—NICHOLS HATCH
ERIES, KINGSTON, GA. 2t-Ml3
LOST—One pointer bird dog, male;
white with brown spots. Answers
to name of “Sport.” Liberal re
ward. Notify Don Groce or Robert
Pettyjohn, Summerville, Ga.
FINE UPHOLSTERING, furniture
repairing and refinishing, an
tiques restored, chairs reseated,
mattresses renovated; rebuilt
furniture for sale. See Murray,
- West Washington St., opposite
court house, Summerville, Ga.
WANTED—Two hundred P.-T. A.
members at $1 each to help get
a public health nurse. This nurse
will cost the county a very nom
inal sum. The help of a nurse is
badly needed.
LESPEDEZA seed and Kingwa soy
bean seed, $2.25 per bu.—Sum
merville and Menlo Gin Co., Sum
merville or Menlo, Ga. 2tMarl3
FOR SALE Two well-matched
mules—weigh about 1,200 pounds
each, in good shape. Cash or good
note.—A. M. Snow, Summerville,
Route 2, Lyerly Fruit Farm.
FOR SALE—Wood range, ivory and
tan enamel. Call at News office.
WANTED—GirI to do housekeeping
and cooking for couple; near
Pennville church; must live out.
Call Summerville 7-31.
FOR - SALE, - FILLING STATION
SlTE—Large building and half
acre ground between Gore and
Crystal Springs on Dixie highway.
Suitable for store and filling sta
tion. Price SSO0 —terms.—B. W.
Farrar, Agent.
FOR SALE—Three mules for sale
cheap.—W. B. Williams, Gore, Ga.
On L. C. Moore farm, one mile
north of Gore. 2t-Mar2B
FOR SALE, FARM—Eighty acres
of good farm land; dwelling and
barn. In sight of Subligna paved
road. Price $1,200 —terms.—B. W.
Farrar, Agent.
FOR SALE—Two good mules about
10 years old.-—J. T. Gamble, Sum
merville, Route 3.
WANTED—Boarders, a couple or
two girls. Also a 1940 Deluxe
Ford for sale. Phone 157 or see
Mrs. Harry League.
FOR RENT—Two nice large rooms
with connecting bath, hot and
cold water, phone, close in, terms
reasonable, for couple or parties
wanting to do light housekeep
ing. See Miss Maude Sewell on
Espy street, back of high school.
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
INSTALLS OFFICERS
New officers were installed and
secretary of causes named at the
meeting of the Woman’s auxiliary
Monday afternoon at the church:
Mrs. J. C. Johnson, president; Mrs.
C. C. Fink, vice-president; Mrs. D.
P. Henley, secretary; Mrs. Earl
Beatty, treasurer; Mrs. B. W. Far
rar, historian.
Secretary of Causes:
Foreign mission, Mrs. A. A. Lit
tle; home mission, Mrs. J. W.
Flanagan; Christian education and
ministerial relief, Mrs. Roy Alex
ander; religious education, Mrs.
Leon Gamble; S. and P. home mis
sions, Mrs. R. S. McWhoter; spirit
ual life, Mrs. Henry McWhorter; i
Christian social service, Mrs. John?
Black Whisnant, Jr.; church host
ess, Miss Lois McWhoter; White
Cross work, Mrs. J. A. Beavers.
Circle Chairmen
Circle 1, Mrs. J O. Meadows; cir-
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH 2p, 1941
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“I OOK behind the automobile,
Johnny Tax Collector, and
you will find a nice birthday gift
of $10,000,600,000.”
If you heard that" come out of
the radio loud speaker, you would
probably think that Orson Welles
had taken over one of the popular
birthday salute programs, in
which listeners with birthdays
are told about hidden gifts.
Such a message, however,
would be entirely appropriate for
use on Tuesday, Feb. 25. That day
is the 22nd birthday of the Amer
ican gasoline tax. Behind the au
tomobile is more than $10,000,-
000,000 that has been contributed
in gasoline taxes by the motoring
public since the birth of the
youngster.
These billions of dollars in gas
oline taxes are being paid largely
by families with modest incomes.
According to studies by the fed
eral government, more than half
of the car-owning families in the
United States have incomes of
less than S3O a week. For that
reason they have small ability to
pay taxes.
First inaugurated in Oregon in
1919, the gasoline tax was soon
adopted by all the states. In 1932
the federal government imposed
a duplicating levy, the rate of
which was increase in 1940. Most
of the states also have increased
their tax rates, chiefly in the de-
Chattoogaville News
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smiley and
daughter, Lucile, were visiting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Smiley Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell and
daughter were week-end guests of
Mrs. Powell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Anderson.
Miss Tessie Cook spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Emma Lou
Anderson.
Bill Cook is at home and doing
fine after having his tonsils remov
ed at the Riegel hospital at Trion.
Harold Cook, of Georgia Tech, At
lanta, was the week-end guest of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Brady and
children, Johnny, Elizabeth and
Ruth, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Smiley Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. Holland and J. S. Taylor
visited Bill Cook Sunday afternoon
awhile.
Mr. and Mrs. Fye Bronson an
nounce the birth of a daughter
March 14.
Mrs. Will Warren is spending a
few weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Jim McDonald.
Arvel McLeod and Misses Maggie
Belle Cook and Martha Haygood
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Cook and family Sunday.
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As cotton velveteens reach the
peak of their winter popularity,
this desert tan hollow-cut velve
teen coat is making its appearance
at Southern resort centers. It is
worn here over a printed dress in
complimentary shades. The match
ing bag is also made of hollow
cut velveteen.
cle 2, Mrs. L. C. Turner; circle 3,
Mrs. J. L. McGinnis; Business Wom
an's circle, Mrs. O. H. Elgin; home
circle, Mrs. Henry Bradford.
Supper Chairmen:
Circle 1, Mrs. Carl Wilson; Cir
cle 2, Mrs. Will Hinton; Circle 3,
Mrs. B. W. Farrar,
pression years of 1930 to 1933.
The overall burden of federal and
state gasoline taxes averages
about 46 per cent of the retail
price. For every $1 that the aver
age motorists pays for gasoline,
he also pays an additional 46
cents in taxes.
At this time America may well
salute the gasolihe tax on its
birthday, for the roads built with
the revenue have eliminated the
isolation of the farm. These roads
have facilitated the movement to
market of products of field and
factory. By opening up the scenic
beauties of the country they have
made real the slogan, “See Amer
ica First.”
These roads, built with gasoline
taxes to serve the peacetime
needs of the nation, now stand as
the first line of defense in our
great program of national secur
ity. These roads already have
been produced. They do not have
to be built. Men, equipment and
supplies can be moved over them
today. There is no waiting until
next month or next year for these
roads. In a national emergency
the entire nation could be moved,
with a seat for every man, wom
an and child in the passenger
cars and buses now operating on
our highways. The 4,500,000
trucks now on our highways
could service the biggest army
that this nation could put into the
field.
HOLLAND NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. White spent
Friday with Mrs. Walter Hensley
in Trion.
Friends of Mrs. Cora High are
very sorry to learn to her illness at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Rufus Brison.
Misses Helen and Eva Worsham
spent Saturday in Rome.
Miss Margaret White, of Chat
tanooga, spent Sunday with home
folks.
Frank Worsham spent last week
end in Chattanooga.
Mr. and Mrs. Housch Holland
were in Rome Saturday.
Mrs. Charles White and Miss
Margaret Smith spent Monday in
Trion.
The W. M. U. of the New Hope
Baptist church met Sunday p.m.
with Mrs. R. A. White.
We are glad to know Mrs. C. D
Smith is very much improved from
an extended illness.
C. H. Ratliff and R. P. Brison
made a business trip to Rome Fri
day.
Miss Margaret Medlock, of Trion,
was a guest Sunday of her sister,
Mrs. Hill Clark.
Mrs. Sanders Ratliff and Miss
Margaret Smith motored to Ala
bama Sunday afternoon.
Miss Miriam Holland chaperoned
a picture-show party for the Beta
club of Lyerly school Monday night
to Summerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch High visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Brison Sunday.
Joe L. Flowers made a business
trip to Summerville last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Lacey, of Trion,
visited Mrs. Bolling Ratliff last
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strawn, of
Memphis, Tenn., came Friday for
a few days’ visit with their father,
Arthur Strawn, who has been ill
for the past few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Brad High and
daughter, Eleanor, visited here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Acre, of
Gadsden, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Flowers for the week-end.
* DEATHS
Mrs. Myrtle L. Willoughby
Mrs. Myrtle Lee Willoughby,
24, wife of Tass Willoughby, died
Wednesday, March 12, at 11 a.m.
after a brief illness. Mrs. Wil
loughby was born and reared in
Cave Springs and her brief ill
ness and sudden death was a
shock to her friends and rela
tives of that community as
well as of Trion, her home at the
time of her death.
Besides her husband she is
survived by one daughter, Ge
neva, also of Trion.
Funeral services were conduct
ed. from Cave Spring Baptist
church Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock by the Rev. S. H. Pendley,
of Rome,' pastor of TUbize Bap •
tist church. Ihterment was in
Cave Spring cemetery. Trion De
partment store fa charge.
21 SINCE OCT. 16, 1940,
DO NOT REGISTER
Men who have become 21 years
of age since Oct. 16, 1940, are not
required to register for selective
service training unless or until
another registration day is pro
claimed by the president. Never
theless, they can volunteer.
This announcement was made
today by General Sion B. Hawkins,
director of Selective Service for the
state of Georgia, because of nu
merous inquiries being received at
state headquarters and by local
boards.
Director Hawkins pointed out
that the president’s proclamation
specifically designated Oct. 16,
1940, as the date for the “first
registration under the selective
training and service, act of 1940,”
and that the act provides for sub
sequent registrations only at the
call of the president. Likewise, the
act and proclamation were specific
in limiting the first registration on
Oct. 16, 1940, to men between the
ages o 21 and 36 years on that date.
“The law is clear, therefore,” he
said, “that any man who was not
21 years of age on Oct. 16, 1940,
will not be required to register un
til the president calls for another
In location formerly
occupied by Taylor
Mercantile Grocery
Department
Specials! Friday,
Saturday and
Monday
Red Cross Kitchen Towels, ea. 9c
Emmart’s Roast or Corn Beef 19c
10 lbs No. 1 Irish Potatoes 20c
5-lb Sweet Potatoes 20c
288-size Oranges, per dozen 15c
Large Stayman Apples, per dozen 15c
Lucky Lady Macaroni 3 for 10c
Wisconsin Cheese, per lb 23c
Honey Dew Corn, 3 cans 25c
Northfield Milk, 2 large cans 15c
Lb Glasses Jelly, assorted 2 for 25c
24 lbs Polly Rich Flour, plain 90c
Get Our Prices On F’our
Before You Buy
FRESH VEGETABLES IN SEASON
GREEN BEANS
FRESH TOMATOES
GREEN CABBAGE
TURNIP GREENS
BUNCH TURNIPS
RUTABAGA TURNIPS
CELERY
LETTUCE.
CARROTS
Call Us For Quick
Delivery Service
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registration. However, any male
citizen or declarant alien between
the ages of 18 and 36 years may
volunteer for selective service train
ing, unless he is a registrant who
has received his order to report
for induction.”
On the other hand, Director Haw
kins pointed out, a registrant who
has passed the age of 36 years
since Oct. 16, 1940, remains liable
for selective service training.
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