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DEVOTIONAL RCADINQl Plain 149!
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Power oi God ,
Lesson for February ., 1951
ONCE UPON a ; time, miracles
were one of the strongest
': arguments supporting' Christianity.
In our times, it Is quite the re-
writ: : miracles are for ' many
Christians a major
embarrass m e n t,
and tor pthers a
. principal reason
for not - believing
w h a t Christians
teach. There is no
' room In one column
. to debate this ques
' tton. A very read
this line by C. 3. Dr- rrem"
Lewis, called "Miracles," may help
to clear the reader's mind, show
ing that the common idea that
Miracles are Impossible, is a mis
taken Idea. .
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' Christ the Power of Cod
r.UI calls Jesus . Christ "the
power of God" (1 Cor. 1:24).
' nuk.. KaIIav that Jesus
could perform miracles or not,
.whether you find such a belief
hard or easy, depends a good deal
on what you think of Christ. If
you think of him as a main much
like yourself, and no more, then
you have at hard a time believing
that ha could work miracles as in
believing that you yourself could
do so. But If you believe that in
some way he was more than sim
ply a man like yourself, but that
God was In Christ ( as Paul said),
that In his mind was the wisdom
of God and through him surged the
power of God, you will' not have
much difficulty with the miracles.
Bat suppose yon cannot start -
with the high faith In Christ
as Son of God; at least yon ean
start with historical facts which
no one en reasonably doubt.
' One of these facts is that there .,
lived a person named Jesus of .
Nazareth. Another fact Is that
' It was believed about nun,- al-,
' ready In his lifetime,, that he -;
could do aU sorts of astounding ?.
things, core Jiopeless cripples,
bring people back from the
dead, atop a storm In Its tracks,
. drive demons back to hell. f: v
. , u wflr have, to admit uat tms
" Jesus '"imiiV have been an-extra-'
ordinary", character to have': such
things believed of him, even if they
were not1 truer 'Starting from that
point, you may do tea 10 iook himj
this man's story further, and like
many others may come out at
last believing in Christ as the divine
Lord.
Motive for Miracle v A
ONE THING the thoughtful read
er will see In these miracles
told of Jesus: they were not. done
to show off. Jesus himself did not
brag about them, nor call attention
to them, nor talk much about
them. He saw people In trouble
"and he came to their help. It was
as simple as that He is not re
ported to. have stopped all (he
storms in Galilee but only one;
and that one not to save himself
nor even to save any one else from
death, but to save them from fear.
' - He sent the demons tumbling v.
Into the lake, not to area to s -.
wonder-tale nor to show hew
' much stronger he was than
- demons, but he did H to help a .
poor wild in adman back to ssa
Ity. He did not ge around to '
tune nils la Palestine bringing
all the . eorpses back to life
and cheating the nndertakers '
'. for three years running. On the..;
contrary, he went to Jalnts's
; house only when asked..- ;. ,
' There is a certain modesty about
all these miracles; and there is
love in each of them. The great
difference between miracla-work-lng
power In the bands of Jesus
and such power ; in the hands of
ordinary men, is suggested in the
remarkable tale bj H. O. Wells,
The Man Who Could Work Mir
acles.". It is the tale of a man who
found to his dismay that his super
natural powers brought only . dis
aster to the world.
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The Most Personal Miracle -t
SOME YEARS ago there was, a
young msn In Austria who had
- for a long time put up an unsucces
ful struggle with himself. To put
it shortly, lust bad him In its grip.
He had about given himself up as
a bsd Job, when he made the ' ac
quaintance of two young priests.
He asked himself: What de ',
. these men have that I do not
havef And he discovered the
answers Christ. That was .hew
. Baron von Bagel, one of the
great minds of ear century, be
. came a Christian. ' - "
He discovered that Christ, now
can work a miracle -in a man; and
one tanlrade, experienced in- one's
own life, can be of more value than
hundred miracles recorded on
paper. 'f
(C-nT'l'M r lniraatlal Cmm-
011 ot Ketlirlona I..MI bbaf mt
44 I -rtteS- 4nnmlullMI. S4IMH4
c:: d of thanks
T: a fa ni!y or the late Enoch
How i d v... h to explain their ap-r-rr
lion for the kindnesses shown
hi t 'r re-" t 1 --f.
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- Raleigh, N. C. Jan. 29 Much
talk has been made about the "in
dependence", of this legislature,
how it could not be bulldozed by
Governor Kerr Scott and how ; it
had a mind of Its own.
Most of this conversation has
come from the extreme conserva
tive, or anti-Scott forces.
These folks w- sitting In the
saddle at the beginning of the 19
51 General Assembly some four
weeks ago -- suddenly have dis
covered that "Independence" is a
two-edged sword that Is likely to
cut their own throats., !- : 5
These folks also have discovered
that the Legislature is divided Into
three' parts: (1) the ultra-conservatives,
hold-the-line, no new taxes
no new spending group -that in
cludes the anti-Scott boys al
though all of this group la by no
means anti-administration despite
the fact that the leaders generally
are "agin-Scotters; (2) the "down-the-line"
supporters of Scott who,
if anything, think he was too con
servative in his recommendations
to the Legislature; and (3) the law
makers who are not on either side
but are considering each individ
ual measure with- an open mind,
trying to do what is best for North
rrnlfn :
Fortunately, the latter group is.
the largest. Incidentally, most-of
the freshmen senators and repre
sentatives fall, into this category.
They have 'not lined up on either
side, although they are resentful
of the ramroddlng attempts of the
ultra-conservative group parti
cularly as evidenced in the stacking
of committees.,- - and at this writ
ing are leaning toward the admini
stration and the" liberal side of
the fence.
The conservative leadership lost
ground with- the committee ap
pointments," hut the investigation
of the building of the State Fair
coliseum -- which they were sure
would cast discredit upon the ad
ministration turned into a
boomerang that had them talking
to themselves 4y last week end.
discover tbt kUUng the cell-!
TllB T .,,1.1.1.;..
seum, which at, . first seemed to
have universal favor, was heartily
opposed by agriculture leaders.
These leaders at a public bearing
told;' apeclal committee investi
gaUngNhe building that It, would
uiiding that it would
an to1 agrlcultuVsuid
th7 Sutle industry.
be -fr.bif -ft
lnduSrHr
ticulift ly lit
whicjh. they labeled as Tar Heelia's
greatest field t for "cash . crop"
growth. '. ': t
'' And ; many . of ..the legislators,
when they found that the coliseum
would not bea basketball or ice
skating arena, but would be Used
primarily as a livestock arena,, de
cided that It was not the monstros
ity it had been at first pictured. '
: They learned,, too, that it would
cost the State quite a bit of money
to welch on its contract to build
the coliseum,: and many "of them
did not Xktf the idea of the State
trying toget out of a contract any
way, '-Vv-v.i;v "Pr'---;.;,' ',
They learned, too, that the in
vestigation had been promoted back
of the scenes by some . would-be
political string-pullers with a pri
mary aim of embarassing the administration.-''
Ironically, one of
these ambitious big wheels now is
talking about how "disappointed"
he is one of the legislators fighting
the hardest for discontinuance of
the coliseum. - This same would-be
kingmaker helped to investigate the
investigation, it is reported, de
spite" the fact that he at one time
fought 'for the coliseum and also
contributed to the election cam
paign of the very legislator be now
is tossing to "the wolves. . v.-
All of which adds up to this: .
You can expect some knock down
dragout legislative fights.
;. The balance of power In the Leg
islature may swing to the admini
stration. . ' ;....".-.... .,f ;y.
" And he who messes with top-
level politics frequently finds his
fingers alnge&S? vi:v.i ;.;;,,...
k i''Q..-
r,Incidentall.'a lot of the law
makers are waking up -to the fact
that the "hold-the-line". recom
mended budget really is a "back of
the line" budget. . K
It le(t out even 'the 'contingent
pay raises for school teachers; it
left out some. $6,500,000 for the
hospital building program, and It
ignored merit pay raises for State
employees under the general fund.
- Just adding up those Items comes
to something like 125,000,000. Add
in money enough to take care of
enough teachers to keep the tea
cherload the same as it Is now and
you get pretty close to the $30,000,
000 mark. Add upkeep and staffing
of permanent! improvements, and
you get mighty close to the $38,
000,000 that Governor Scott asked
for In addition to the recommend
ed budget. , !,:'
Even some of the conservatives
are beginning to talk as though the
governor knew what was needed.
However, they still are fighting
taxes. Their aim, apparently, la to
cut enough money out of the $44,
000,000 still unspent or not yet
contracted for In the permanent
improvement kitty to make up the
difference. v
finance committee sessions would
indicate that several of the boys
will stage a fight to put theaters
back tinder the sales tax and eli
minate many, if not all, of the
sales tax exemptions.
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A hill probably will be introduced
this week giving ABC officers the
right to go Into every county in
the State in an effort to stamp out
bootlegging. -
' Now, the ABC investigators can
go only, into those Counties having
legal sale of liquor or beer and
wine. .. ; -
The measure Would have the
effect of setting up a state-wide
unit similar to the Federal govern
ment's Alcohol Tax Unit, which Is
the scourge of white liquor mak
ers.' -' -'f--:.'.
; Much has been said about the
laxity of law enforcement in so
called dry counties. ' In- many of
them you can buy liquor easier
and cheaper than you can in those
counties having ABC stores. Pub
lic apathy, Indifferent law officers,
and in some instances payoffs are
responsible.
This bill would give ABC officers
the right to go Into, any county in
the .State to make investigations
and arrests of bootleggers and other
violators of the liquor, beer and
wine laws. Its backers elalm it
would Increase enforcement of the
laws immeasurably and cut down
bootlegging to a minimum. ;
: Ironically, opposition is expect
ed from the drys -- who yell for
a state liquor vote but in many in
stances don't bother to try to en
force the prohibition laws in their
own dry counties. --
Incidentally, the Allied Church
T.n&tyuA has ffoplnrftri WAr pnmfi
1952 --on all legislators who aren't
militant Urys. This organization
does not approve the jpresent bill
before the legislature, which would
call for a vote on an all-wet or all-
dry State. It will draw up one more
to Its own liking and seek some leg
islator to Introduce it. Such a bill
"-
is" state - -the Allied Church Lea
gue being afraid to take a chance
on a real test of wet and dry
strength. Their attitude is 'fwe
want you to quit selling liquor but
we don't want to take the remote
gamble that you might win and be
' " r .
0l"t you
Vllw
hooch in our ter-
they claim such a
vote should be taken in the name
of democracy! This corner believes
the State would go dry if a refeiv
endum were to . be .held, but the
question should be honestly ans
wered and not on a half-way basis.
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i
y hi
ced to put Jud ,e Ltu'
r Hamilton-!
of Morehead pity back on the re
tirement pay roll, it ran into trou
ble from lawmakers who- didn't
feel a bill should be passed Just
for one Judge's benefit.
Many of our legislators feel that
the laws on retirement of Judges
should be rewritten entirely..
Among other-things, they have
discovered that Judges do not con
tribute to their own retirement
They don't put one penny- in the
State employees retirement fund.
That caused some raised eyebrow.
, . It probably will cause the bill to
be much amended, If it ever sees
the light of day again. And there
was some speculation that if and
when it is passed it will either
leave Judge Hamilton out in the
cold or name him specifically.
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You can expect a conserted ef
fort and considerable pressure to
get Governor Scott to name Bruce
Etherldge of Manteo to the Board
of Conservation and Development
to succeed the late Roy Hampton
of Plymouth. i , !
The conservative forces already
are pushing the "Duke of Dare" -
who resigned as director of the
Department ef Conservation and
Development because he and Kerr
Scott didn't exactly see eye to eye.
Should be right Interesting to
watch the parade.' -
.4 ' ; . !
Senator Junius Powell of Colum
bus has been introducing all kinds
of measures aimed at putting more
stringent restrictions on the high
way laws. They range from out
lawing stock car racing to putting
more severe penalties on speeding,
drunken driving, and the like to
lowering certain speed limits;
But Just because he 'introduces
them doesn't mean that he is for
them. You see, he's chairman of the
Senate Roads Committee. Custom
has it that the chairman of this
committee introduces Motor Ve
hicle Department-sponsored bills,
whether he personally backs them
or not.
' .
Legislators dodge questions on
senatorial redisricting much in the
same way they would evade such
queries as "have you beaten your
mother-in-law lately?" They feel
like they can't win, no matter how
they answer. ; i .
Most of thei districts would lose
by xedistrioting, and no. lawmaker
wants to go on record as favoring
something that would hurt his sec
tion of the State. ',-V
Charlotte, Greensboro, et al, will
yell, but it wouldn't be at all sur
prising' if ,b constitutional re
quirement for redistrictlng every
10 years is Ignored by this session
of the General Asembly.
The first bill really doing any
thing about reorganization of the
L.,i cite in t
bill last week. (.
ak. You no
it was Dr.
doubt, recall that
Cheek's study of State government
that started all the latest fuss about
reorganization. AS1. ; :'
Sawyer's bill would submit the
constitutional question to a vote
at the' next g. ,r.ai .-lection. If fa-'
vored, tli --i .stature would be
authorize v; tj ,s ,'7'e tne var'ous
agencies .... j 1 ,. o::ur than agen
cies heau-J b elective officials.
It also would set up a merit sys
tem, covering all but elective offi
cials and top appointive brass.
' Two other bills on reorganization
have been Introduced, but they
merely ' call for ' commissions to
study the possibility of uch a
move. In the past,' such measures
have resulted., in nothing being
done. Sawyer's bill, -if passed and
voted upon by the homefolks fav
orable would make, reorganization
mandatory... , w vS ;vi 1 . : ; ;
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2-23-6X CCB - ' 1 '"'
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brains, spoil more quickly than
others. Store loosely wrapped; and
cook within two daya for best
flavor. .-" . t:;,T :- -,-'',' rv
; Keep cooked meat, poultry, and
fish covered in the refrigerator.
i Keep eggs covered- hf the 're
frigerator.. Storing eggs with the
large end up teeps the yolk cen
tered. :" "; ' .
Keep frozen foods frozen until
time to use. Refreetlng lowers the
quality. ... "' ..
Keep canned foods in dry ploce
at preferably 70 degrees..
furnished reonest.
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ARCTIC MISSIONER . , . ,
Vauier F. Be rube, O.M.I., mem-'
' b. r ef the Oblate mission at ;
I "-nrst Inlet (Canada) on the ,
I. f sea north of the Arctio
1 clMe, wears earibon skin as do-;-
. US' Eskimo parishioners.
Asks Two Billion ;
for Specialists -
j:o Oppose Reds '
rtXAS. Tex. Dr. Frank C.
f- oae h, missionary-educator,
V church " members here' to
e' ,ljute five per. cent of their in
t a to halp finance a plan to save
tue'worid from Communism. ' -:
Sr. taubach told the" downtown
Hons Club and the Dallas Council
of Church Women at two talks thai
t. Vplan would require an army ol
80, j0 specialists and about two
blUlon dollars. He said that, an?
money, contributed to the plan could
fa deducted from income taxes. .
The ermy of specialists would
teach, agriculture, health, hygiene,
Journalism and other subjects In the
lands where knowledge Is lacking
those countries where people are
tn danger of turning to Communism
a a way out of their plight
Dr. Laubach said the army would
work among the 1,200,000,000 peo
ple who cannot ' write their own
names.. '..f-VV ': 1
"We sire -winning the fight hx Ko
rea," he said, "but we have not
begun to Win the cold war, except
In Europe. Asia. is disintegrating;
China wentflast' year;' India and
Bupna are in danger of falling to
thercoW'tarnd - Africa, too,
Is In danger.
"I 'beyeve X know the' reason. It
Is reasonitiTat. ambassadors and
army; generals will, not knfisv be
eauseithey'dopPrhjiiSleJwjth the
maisesiof those'lcojuitnes.' It is te-
'causeithoselmasses' are. hunt ,
iruMrrMe,jfs)dt!'vte
eperp y upyy leauy r,
and luuTder." , .
Fo., CGlhdlcs
tlon ; for Brll i sv n.-C'
were expwsse1(byilP6pei,
to a special 4 oi " . '
100, nrK) Cfl' a PJaemUled ifl ttwu-
MeJt: b.'.e. ',-:' "' '
Add; iiehuge orowdwhlch
had I isafor the ciosmg of
week-L. g'cer monies comrnemorat
tng theJfce'htP' fy ol the restoration
ot'the ' M hierarchy of Eng
land and JVvaies, the Pope bestowed
his apostolle blessing upon his flock
In England, end expressed his "pro
found esteem" 'for Britain's king
and queen. : .
': The pontiff went on to speak' of
"all those men of good will in Eng
land and Wales who would serve
God and who are not In communion
with the See of Peter." v
"We should like them to know,"
he said, "that they have a place in
our hearts and we' pray often for
their welfare In this life and in
the next." -
Arab Orthodox Protest
Disregard of Rights
CAIRO A protest has beer
made here against the alleged dis
regard , of the rights of Arabic
speaking adherents of the Greek
Orthodox community in Egypt by
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Chris
topher of Alexandria.
. The protest -denounced a recent
declaration by Patriarch Christoph
er barring use of the Arabic lan
guage In church services, in t:e
rel' ns status courts, and in thA
o'."' .ul transactions of the patri
archate. ' ' , .'.-.
Formulating ; the protest .were
Arab Orthodox representatives from
vsrlous Egyptian cities who met un
der the presidency of Ellas Emad,
chairman of the Alexandria council
of the Egyptian Greek Orthodox
community. ' . . v
rr OvlSENCE, R. I. r-r a
i on mass movemenU end
i c -"s rather thnn ur'-a t'e
1 will not vi 'c 1 1 t e
,C0 Episcopal ; ct t'-e
1 1 ' -ad diocese vine tola 1 e
ty t.f-r presiding bishop. i
Xa ta vigorous, ndi f I i. I v.
I ry Knox Eherrlil, r " ' a r ' 4
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