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JEREMIAH
It is a terrible handicap to the
memory of a man when a descrip
tive phrase or adjectives attaches to
his name, for people feel that they
are thereby relieved from learning
anything more about him. Thus
"the patience of Job" hatf effectually
cloaked the real significance of that
heroic figure; "as meek as- Moses"
has distorted the grandeous of one of
the really great leaders of history,
and the adjective "doubting Thom
as" has libeled the brave soul who
cried, "Let us also go up with Him
that we may die with Him." Sim
ilarly, Jeremiah has been labeled the
"weeping prophet" and, though there
is hardly any Old Testament char
acter about whom we have more bio
graphical material, this totally un
worthy phrase constitutes his entire
biography for a majority of people.
He did weep, and good cause he
had to do it. Qod laid on him a
tremendous burden, and once when
he cried out because he was carrying
every bit that he possibly could
God's answer to him was, "Cheer up,
Jeremiah, the worst is yet to come",
or, in the fine phraseology:
If thou hast run with the foot
men, and they have wearied thee,
then how canst thou contend with
horses? and if in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedst, they wear
ied thee, then how wilt thou do in
the swelling of Jordan?
Only a courageous spirit could
stand a message like that, and Jere
miah was, on the whole, the bravest
figure in the Old Testament. He
was the kind of man who would
have enjoyed a home' but it was de
nied him.
The «ord of the Lord came also
unto me saying, •
Thou shalt not take thee a wife,
neither shalt thou have sons or
daughters in this place.
He was a priest, but he had little
to do with the temple. He was a
man of property, yet he encountered
continuous privation. A friend of
kings, he was cast into prison for
reproving royalty. A stern patriot,
he was under suspicion of giving aid
and comfort to the enemy and was
compelled at one period to take
shelter with the enemy against the
friends whom he had vainly sought
to save. A natural optimist, loving
people and desiring to be loved by
them, he was forced to utter truths
which estranged him from compan
ionships.
Woe is me, my mother, that
thou hast borne me a man of strife
and a man of contention to the
whole earth! I have neither lent
on usury, nor men have lent to
me on usury; yet every one of
„ them doth curse me.
Jeremiah was a countryman, born
in the little town of Anathoth. When
the call of God came to him to
stand forth as a turbulent prophet
instead of a quief, priest, it found
him modest and reluctant.
THE HEART OF DAVID
We know that David solidified his
kingdom and made it respected
among the powerful nations of that
part 01 the world.
Let us pass by, then, the record
of his official life and touch on two
incidents that reveal his heart. It
was after one of the great battles
with tiie Philistines when his little
force was surrounded, cut off from
supplies and even from water, that
David, worn out and thirsty, thought
of the clear pure water in his fath
er's well which had cooled his lips
in boyhood. His parched throat
yearned for it.
And David longed, and said, Oh
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that one would give me drink of
the water of the well of Bethle
hem, which is by the gate!
And the three mighty men
brake through the host of the
Philistines, and drew water out of
the well of Bethlehem, that was
by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: nevertheless
he would not drink thereof, but
poured it out unto the Lord.
And he said, Be it far from me,
O Lord, that I should do this:
is not this the blood of the men
that went in Jeopardy of their
lives? therefore he would not drink
it.
It is easy to understand why men
worshipped a leader like that.
The other incident occurred in the
campaign against his son Absalom,
the boy whom he loved more than
all the world and who repaid his
love by organizing a revolt and at
tempting to seize the throne. David
gave orders that the boy was. under
no circumstances to be killed, but
the zeal of a professional soldier was
not to be curbed by such an order,
and word was brought to the king
that Absalom was dead. The revolt
was broken, his throne was safe, he
could go back to the security of the
palace, but it all meant nothing. The
feeling of the monarch was swal
lowed up in the heart-breaking an
guish of the father.
O my son Absalom, my son, my
son Absalom! would God I had
died for thee, O Absalom, my son,
my son!
Perhaps the most poignant cry in
history from a father's bleeding
heart.
The faults of David are set forth
none the less clearly than his vir
tues; we feel the reality of him in
every line. Yet no catalogue of his
shortcomings can hide his essential
greatness. He was a genius in war,
in administration and in literature.
He reorganized a government that
lasted more than four centuries as a
single dynasty and which lived as an
ideal through thirty centuries.
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Victim of Tragic
Death In Yadkin
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rion told him to take the fish which
they had caught and go home. He
said he intended to fish awhile and
. would join Williamson later at his
father's home.
The following morning, when it
was found Marion had not reached
home, Williams started making in
quiries for him. Failing to learn
anything of his whereabouts, he
spread the alarm.
On the following morning the
search began in earnest. By night
fall about 100 men and boys were
dragging the river and searching
the adjacent woods without result.
Saturday morning the search was
again renewed, this time with Sheriff
John D. Thompson and two deputies
assisting.
The river was diagged thoroughly
with grappling hooks, this work go
ing on all of Saturday morning un
til about 1 o'clock when the body
was hooked and drawn to the sur
face.
The body was immediately re
moved to a Mount Airy funeral
home where a thorough autopsy was
held. The autopsy revealed that the
lungs contained no water, and that
the young man did not die by drown
ing. Officials said his death may
have been due to a heart attack.
Young Marion was a member of a
highly esteemed family and his
tragic and untimely death is mourn
ed by all who knew him. He is sur
vived by his father, the Rev. Thomas
Marlon, a Baptist minister, who has
retired from active pastoral work;
his step mother, two brothers, Bausie
Marion, welfare officer of Surry, and
Fuller Marion; one sister, Miss Ver
lie Marion; one half-brother and a
half sister, O. V. Marion and Mrs.
Ben Williams, all of Crutchfield. His
maternal grandparents also survive.
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be low if construction plans are
changed.
The Elkin Plumbing and Heating
Company also entered low bids on
the Yadkinville project. The plumb
ing bid was S7BO and the heating
bid $770,
Other bids will be opened next
Tuesday at 2 p. m. for the additions
at East' Bend and Courtney school#
and for the Fall Creek building. Ori
Thursday, April 11, at 2:30 p.*to.
bids will be opened for the jpoon
ville addition and the West Tadkln
and Forbush buildings. It ls|stated
that very satisfactory bids are being
received. J
All bids are subject to Hp'iew by
the public works administration, the
work being a part of the PWA pro-
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was a PWA grant.
No convict labor may be used in
the construction work, and a 30-
hour week will be used.
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Clinic In County
Beginning April 1
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A. M.; Combstown, colored, 11:00 A.
M.; Holly Springs, 1:00 P. M.
Wednesday, April 17: Rockford
Street, Mount Airy, 9:00 A. M.
Thursday, April 18: North Elkin,
9:00 A. M.
Friday, April 19: Eldora, 9:00 A.
M.; Siloam, I*oo P. M.
Monday, April 22: Green Hill,
9:00 A. M.; White Plains, 1:00 P.
M.
Tuesday, April 23: Bannertown,
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Mackie 3B Mitchell .......... cf
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Clodfelter c Cornelius If
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Maxwell IB Wentz rf
Woodruff ss Wagner c
Harkrader P Weafer P
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Umpires: Behind the plate Loosey
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