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KaUbUmhed July. 1M
? PubUahad every Thuraday at Murphy, Cherokee
County, N. C.
GENE PARKER ROY A. COOK
Editor and Publisher Mecbanlcal Supt.
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WORDS Ob LItE
REV. R. T. HOUTS, Jr., Futof
Pint Methodist Church
Mnrphy, N. C
OVERCOMING fear
Matthew 14: M
One of the wisest saying* ?n the
subject of fear appeared a number
of years ago in the daily cartoon,
"Hambone". In it the old Negro
commented, "Ghosts can't hurt
you, but they shore can make you
hurt yourself
Most of us have run away at
times from things which could not
really hurt us. Every person has
known fear at one time or another,
that icy, cold sensation which tugs
at the bealt and causes us to stand
transfixed or to run away. This
is the kind of fear that comes when
we face the unknown or a situa
tion of great personal danger- But
there is still another kind of fear,
the nagging* persif/jnt kind,
may take many forms, the fear
that we wfll lose our means of live
lihood, fear that we may die or
that someone close to us may die,
fear of the future, or fear that our
past may come bade to plague us
This is by far the most common
type of fear, and much * the mis
ery, unhappiness and P^^al ill
Mss in the world is caused by it.
pear || one of the basic human
emotions, rooted deep in oar inner
- lives, a*d tt serves a useful pur
pose. A person who is without fear
is not only lacking in intelligence,
but he is a menace to society. We
would not be able to remain alive
for any length of time without fear.
By it a learns not to touch a
hot stove or to dart In front of a
moving automobile- As adults we
learn to fear the results of actions
that will bring unpleasant conse
quences.
Many adults would be much
saiier persons if they learned to
fear the right things- For example,
we should fear the demagogue who
rises to political office and at
temps to use the people for his
own ends- We should fear those
who fail to recognize the need for
human brotherhood- We should fear
those who recognize no god except
their personal desire and whims
Jesus said at one time, "Do not
fear those who will kill the body but
cannot kill the soul- Rather fear|
him which can destroy both body
and soul in hell." Jesus' eyes were
on the real man- He believed that
while the fires of persecution might
kill the body they could never
reach the soul. Jesus gave us a
profound insight into how we may
overcome fear- He did not counsel
men to live without fear, for he
knew people too well for that. But
he did advise them to face their
fear honestly. We alone determine
how we will meet our fears. We
may allow defeat and despair to
sweep over us until we yield to the
temptation to give up, or we may
face our fears and determine to
overcome them
When we face our fears honestly,
ve are enabled to do the best with
-what we have- It is when we give
up the struggle that we lose the
privilege of changing our life sit
uation- To resolve that we will do
the most with what life has given
- us is one of the most important
decisions which we are privileged
to make.
But Jesus not only advised his
followers to face their fears honest
ly, he also offered to them a faith
in' a God who could , help them
overcome their fears- Only when
we are convinced that there is a
God who will back up every good
intention, every honest effort and
worthy desire, do we begin to rise
above fear- Only when we are cer
tain that God guarantees truth, jus
tice, honor and goodness can we
live without fear.
We do not gain this kind of con
fidence in God, however, until we
are willing to venture all that we
have. The kind of spiritual daring
which enables us to Uve heroically
is expressed in the words of John
Bunyan as he went through a per
iod of soul-searching and self -ex
amination. He said: "If God doth
not come, thought I, will leap off
the ladder blindfolded into eternity,
sink or swim, come heaven, come
hell. Lord Jesus, if thou will, catch
me. . - If not, I will venture for
thy name " John Bynum, ignor
ant and untrained learned to live
intimately with God- The depth of
his personal struggle was reflect
ed in his writing. When he spoke
of the final triumph of the soul, he
was able to do It with conviction,
because he himself had become a
triumph of the soul- He had bet
his life on God.
I There Is a saying among men
who once sailed the sea in sailing
vessels that a young seaman, who
had never been aloft in the rigging
of the ship, must look up if he was
to avoid falling. So it was that
when an untrained crewman first
climbed the rigging they shouted
to him, "Look up, look up!" That
is precisely what Jesus is saying
when we feel ourselves overcome
by fear, "Look up!"
Out of the verse of scripture
which was cited in the beginning,
there comes a parable of life- Pet
er, weak and impetuous, was al
most overcome by fear. His eyes
were partly on God and partly on
himself. When we become convinc
ed that the God to whom Jesus
prayed is a reality, then we will
look toward him, and He will be
come at once the greatest strength
and the greatest reality of our
lives.
The Apostle Paul was strangely
unafraid when he faced shipwreck
Why? Listen as he speaks to the
people on board the ship: 'There
stood by me the angel of God,
whose I am and whom I serve say
ing, fear not. Paul: Thou must be
brought before Caesar; and, lo,
God hath given thee all them that
sail with thee." The martyr Ste
phen was without fear when he
faced the mob which sought to
stone him. Listen, "I see the heav
ens opened, and the son of ! man
standing on the right hand of God ?
Jesus tells us, "In the world ye
shall have tribulations, but be of
good cheer, I have overcome the
world!" And his true followers are
able to sing in answering chorus,
"God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help ? ? therefore
will we not fear . . . Yea though
we walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, we will fear no
evil".
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Rollman's Views
Editor'* Note: This is the twenty
seventh in a series of articles by
Heins R o 1 1 m i n, industrialist,
You and I, even though we might
not even know it. have worked
awfully hard for the Ust 40 yews
to find oil in the middle East, and
get that oil to market so that we
can drive our cars. Hie invest
ments which we,
the people, have
in t h e Middle
East are abso
lutely tremen
dous. Don't for
get, the oil com
paniesinthe
middle East are
not owned by
Mr. Gulf, Mr. Esso, Mr. Shell, Mr.
Sinclair or Mr. Phillips. These oil
fields have been explored with the
hard-earned money of the Ameri
can people who were willing to en
trust some of their savings to
these corporations so that these
corporations can grow.
The presidents of these corpora
tions may appear as the spokes
man for us, but it is still you and
me and our friends who own that
pipe line going through the Middle
East which now, again, is threaten
ed by communism.
That is why this life has taken
on complications and ramifications
which were completely unthinkable
to our parents, let alone our grand
parents
What has really happened, and I
think this should make it some
what easier for all of us to live
with the facts of life, is this: civil
ization went on and on and on. The
wooden wheel was invented. Hie
plow was invented. These were, in
our own days, major revolutions,
for they made life a little better
and easier, but basically, a country
kept on living its own way of life,
raised the necessary food to sur
vive, built their own sturdy homes
and family life went on around the
kitchen stove, and country life
took place around the stove in the
grocery store. This was a clean,
simple wholesome life. The worst
that could befall a family was that
SEEDS
J. WILKES
"The Smallest of all tat
when It grows ap, it is larger than
any herb." Mt IS, 31.
"YOU'LL FOLLOW ME"
"Remember man who paaaes by
That la yon are. m once was If
And as I am a* will yea he, Pre
pare yourself to follow me."
To this tombstone Inscription a
"To fallow yoa's not my Intent
Until I know Just where yon went."
While we cannot approve of de
secrating the resting place of the
dead, we can learn from the wis
dom contained in the last two lines
How? By trying to assure oursel
ves of our own salvation and work
ing for the salvation of others aft
er the example of Charlie. Charlie
was the most difficult prisoner in
the death house. He had a short
time to go, and he was determined
to make the worst of it. He would
talk to no one and he swore at the
chaplain- One day suddenly he had
a change of heart and called for
the chaplain- He wanted to make
his peace with God. It was just as
simple as that
The day before his execution the
chaplain heard that Charlie wasn't
eating at all. He went to him and
asked if he was sick. "There is
nothing wrong," said Charlie, "1
have just been reading of all that
self-denial by one of our senses
the man of the iamily had one
drink too many with the boys.
There was a doctor with a horse
and buggy, but Grandma had a
pretty good remedy herself. There
was no need to call the doctor at
least once a week
All this went on winter after win
ter- Most people lived politically as
slaves- They were ruled by abso
lute monarchies or warriors or war
lords. But then, lo and behold,
came the invention of gun powd
er. of steam, of electricity, of rad
io, of the combustible engine, of
TV, of airplanes, and a host of
things made possible through the
invention of steam and electricity
MUSTARD
By EEV. JAMES
Kathlera Nailey
ToDiscoss
S tmdy Cntw Bnk
ANDREWS? Miss Kathleen Man
ley, of Carton Newman College,
wil) review the mission study
course book "Continent in Com
motion", Saturday at 6:90 p. m- in
the social room of the First Bap
tist Church.
A pot-luck supper will precede
the meeting.
Miss Manley, a returned mis
sionary from Africa, will discuss
the work of missionaries there
The WMS members in other
churches in Western North Caro
lina Association are invited to at
tend.
Mrs. W. E. Howell
To Be Hostess To
Methodist Circle
Circle No. 2 of the Womans
Society of Christian Service of the
First Methodist Church will meet
Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 with
Mrs. W. E. Howell.
I
(snuff, cigarettes, candy, TV, etc;
in reparation for our own sins,
and in petition for dying sinners
Prayer: Jesus, once in agony, have
mercy on the dying.
"Do penance or thou shalt perish."
(Lk. 13, 3).
"Bring forth fruit befitting repen
tance. (Mt 6, 16)
Christ suffered for .me and other
sinners. I'd be a sort of heel if I
went out without doing a little suf
fering."
We should always keep the door
open for every sinner to help him
And his way back to God. Like the
thief who was crucified beside
Christ on Calvary, they may co
operate with Divine grace before
it is too late- The suffering of
Christ can touch the heart of the
most hardened criminal. We can
help gain this grace, tor He is the
Vine and we are the branches, (Jo.
15. 2-5) and as a vine is pruned to
help the flow of sap to other parts,
so our willing self-denial helps His
Vine bear more fruit.
RESOLUTION: A daily act of
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Mother Can't Write Letter Now
(Editor's Note: The following story
w as passed on to The Scout from
Bill Crowell of the N. C. State De
partment of Motor Vehicles)).
LOS ANGELES? A letter address
ed to "Dear Mr. Motorists" arriv
ed at the Mirror-News.
"I am not writing this to you to
remind you all over again," the
letter said, "but to all motorists
now that school has begun.
"I want to prevent the tragedy
that we have shared together? a
mother and you, Mr. Motorist
"That day three sun-tanned lit
tle faces smiled as they waved me
a happy goodby and so important
ly went on their way to school- I
wanted to call them back to (ell
them how lonesome it would oe.
"Mr. Motorist, I wanted to ku>3
them once more? then I saw you
take that corner? tires screaming,
car out of control
"What was your hurry? Were
you late for work? Were you angry
at someone?
"Surely not my three. I am sure
you would not want to run your
screaming tires over their happy
faces intentionally, erasing forever
the smiles they had for me
"But, Mr. Motorist, children are
very forgiving in life and? I'm sure
? in death. They would if they
could, pat your hand and feel sad
that because of one tragic moment
you are left to live over and over
again how your love of speed took
threee lives.
"I don't hate you any more. I
feel sorry for you. I can still see
those smiling little faces as they
wave goodby."
The letter was signed. Under the
signature this postcript
"Another year. And once again
your flowers arrive. They are
beautiful. Thank you."
The newspaper sent reporter
Charles Neiswender to investigate
He talked with a close friend of the
letter writer- She told him the let
ter was written four years ago on
the first anniversary of the trag
edy. It was written but never in
tended to be mailed to the man
who was driving the cm. Hie
friend tent the letter to the pap
er, which printed it Thursday.
He still sends the mother flow
ers on each anniversary of the chil
dren's death.
And the mother?
She couldn't write a letter now.
For in her mind she still waves
goodby to the smiling faces of her
children.
The tragedy was too much.
She it Is a mental hospital,
hopelessly insane
Red Cross Helps
Needy World Over
Br MAUREEN DUNN
Publicity Chairman
Local Red Crois Chapter
The American Red Cross is one
of the world's most active socie
ties.
Each year it raises hundreds
of millions of dollars in voluntary
contributions- These funds enable
the American Red Cross to carry
on a large-scale program of disas
ter relief, health education, and
wartime activities.
It's comforting to know that our
contributions help relieve human
suffering. Whether our contribution
is used in our own hifne town or
in South Africa to help a young
earthquake survivor, we can be
assured that it is used to prevent
misery throughout the world in
time of war and peace.
We should all be happy to help
sufferers of all races, nationalities,
and religions.
Farmers can market their cot
ton more efficiently by using pub
lic storage facilities.
WELL DRILLING
K. O. Hampton
? ANDREWS, N. a
P. O. Box SM Phone N
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