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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON THE STANDARDS OF THE KINGDOM ' International Sunday School Lmsso for February 27. IMS MEMORY SELECTION: "Seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness" ? Matthew 6: 33. Lmmb Text: Matthew S: 1-12; 24-27 Our lesson for this week is taken from what we have come to refer to a* the Sermon on the Mount. Whether this represents a summary of the teaching! of Jesus or a comprehensive ad dress upon one occasion makes very little difference. In it, the New Testament has its counter part to the Ten Commandments. No one can read these three chapters in Matthew, 5, 6, and 7, without being impressed by the high ideals and lofty vision which they contain. Burke, the great Englishman, said this was the most impressive political docu ment which ever set forth the rights of man. This is true enough, for in the&e teachings Jesus dealt with human character in its relationship to God and man. The goal of man's struggle for countless ages has been happi ness. It has been sought in many STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The anAual meeting of the stockholders of the Watauga Building & Loan Association will be held in the offices, of the Association in Boone on February 28, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the coming year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Stockholders are invited to attend this meet ing. Those finding attendance impossible are asked to designate a proxy to vote their stock, since the meeting cannot be held unless a majority of the stock is represented. Walauga Building & Loan W. H. GRAGG, Secretary-Treasurer SPECIAL! Men's Suits Just Received Our New Spring Line of Suits All 100% WOOL Garbardines Worsteds And Others Regular $45.00 Suits NOW $39.95 USE OUR LAY AWAY PLAN . / Hunt's Dept. Store BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA various ways and thought to be in many different thing*. Jesus lays down the perfect rule by iHiich every human heart can find blessedness, which means happiness of the highest type, founded upon those things which are indestructible, beyond the in terference or denials of any other man, thus making happiness for any person depend solely upon the attitude toward life of the particular individual. Proclaiming his famous "Beati tudes," Jesus announced a philo sophy of life which ran counter to the accepted values of man kind, syet it offered a spiritual program which could not fail to bring the benefits of complete happiness to those who genuinely accepted it. Thoee who are seek ing happiness should remember that happiness does not come as a spontaneous offering but as a result of the fulfillment of essen tial conditions. Strange as it may seem, Jesus promised a great reward to those who were discontented with their lack of right things. The poor in spirit those conscious of their own spiritual imperfections; the mourners, those who were alive to sin, sensitive to the incom pleteness of worldly things: the seekers after righteousness, those who realized their own deficien cy and were striving toward the goal of a more perfect life ? to these Jesus declared would be long the kingdom of heaven, with its strength, patience and attain ment of desires. To the meek, those who knew self-restraint, who practiced self control, rather than to the strong and cunning, Jesus promised the earth as a heritage. How sur prising this is in the world ac customed to the power of wealth and of armed forces. Yet, the great Napoleon, on St. Helena, testified to the veracity of this law, saying: "Alexander and Caesar and I founded great em pires; but the empires perished because they were founded on force. Jesus Christ alone found ed an empire on love, and to this day thousands will die far him." And so, Jesus called attention to the great laws which would return mercy to the merciful and reward the poor in heart, the peacemakers and those constant to their ideals. In this great sermon, the atti tude of Jesus to the laws of Mios es was set forth in dear and con vincing fashion. Jeaus declared that he had not come to d?troy the old law, although be pro ceeded to demonstrate that a mewl spirit should - "pitfy It and tlo-1 vat* it* spirituality. The laws of Mom were concerned with the external act. and so, the aeribea and Pharisee* depended upon ritual rather than the spirit, fol lowing the traditional customs ra ther than the divine perfection. Jesus said that it was not obedi ence to the physical law but the motive ? the spirit ? in tho human heart which revealed member ship in the kingdom. Then, taking up various ex amples of the Moaiac law, Jesus point out the refinement and el evation which it was now time to implant and emphasize to the hu man race. Where the old law forbade one to take life, Jesus prohibited anger in the heart against another. Where the Mo saic code recognized the law of retaliation, Jesus exhorted men to love one another, rven their enemies. Finally, Jesus pictures for man kind a vision of perfection which it was to strive for, a goal worthy of the effort and difficult of ac complishment, but sufficiently di vine to challenge the admiration and the emulation of man in ev Ury succeeding genentton. "?? ye perfect," Jeeua pleaded, tor nothing Ian would enable nun to share in divinity. DOUBLE TROUBLE Long Beach, C*L ? After gi?hi< Kennit Bell a ticket for apirf ing, cope escorted him to ? hospital. Bell, 37, explained he'd been bitten by a black widow spider and, what's more, he had the spider to prove it Treated for a bite on a finger, ha WM permitted to return home. L* ? ' .. : < ^ ? ; : v*V, ; -j We want you to Vote Dry March 1st The following will provide a way to the polls, for you. Call them. ' BRUSHY FORK TOWNSHIP Fred Hodges, Ronda Hodges, Stanford Berry, Carter Farthing, L. M. Hodges, Bill Hodges, Howard Barnes, Joe McNeil, Poly Wyke, Alfred Adams, Barber Bill, Gordon Hodges, Tom Lawrence, Dough ton Greene, Mrs. Maxie Ed misten, Bud Billings, C. O. Vance, Manley Williams. ' BALD MOUNTAIN L L. Miller STONY FORK Clifford Ray BLOWING ROCK Rev. Oscar Harris, Rev. Payne, Kent Brown, Mr. Culbreth. NEW RIVER June Brookshire, Rev. Ray Hendrix, Woodrow Greene, Collis Austin, Ed Brookshire, Carson Story, Frank Bolick, Charlie Daugherty, Jud Barnes, Stuart Barnes, Clint Norris, Verne Greene, Gurney Norris, Homer Lane, Ralph Hartley, S. B. Greene, Mrs. Andrew Woodring, Rev. G. M. Watson, James Austin, Rev. Victor Trevette, Clyde Bentley, H. E. Brookshire, John Cook, Walter Edmisten, W. C. Downs, Edwin Brookshire, Mace Fletcher, R. H. Vandyke, Laid Moretz, Grady Greene, Homer Arnette, W. G. Todd, Raleigh Moretz, Boyd Williams, Roy Greer, Bernard Cook, Archie Carroll, R. V. Brown, Howard Parlier, Clyde Bodenhammer, Earl Bodenhammer, W. C. Carroll, W. J. Cook. BLUE RIDGE F. L. Hampton, N. L. Harrison, Joe Hayes, Vance Keller, C. C. Critcher, Dayton Cook, Alfonso Elrod, Darius Hampton, Fred Critcher, Bill Brown, W. D. Ashley. BEAVER DAM Carl Wilson, W. W. Eggers, Raymond Eller, Howard Lawrence, Fred Haga man, Grover Johnson, Don Greene, C. B. Reece, Jake Eggers, Vann Farth ing, Perry Farthing, Dave Greene, Charlie Johnson, Roy Norris, Collis Greene, A. E. Trevette, Alfonso Tester, John Ward, Charlie Cornette, Clyde Cornette, Grady Smitherman, Council Ward, Albert Ward, George Smith erman. MEAT CAMP * Arlie Profitt, Ernest Moretz, L. E. Wilson, Fred Profitt, W. A. Profitt, S. G. Wilson, Warren Greene, A. E. Moretz, W. H. Jones, Chester Jones, Fred Michael, Bynum Profitt, M. C. Brown Edward Greene, R. S. Jones, Howard Tester, Ted Clawson, Mrs. Howard Gragg,*Grady Wilson, Kennie Brown, Lloyd Stan berry, Vaughn Tugman, Rev. Ernest Stephens, Mrs. Glenn Miller, George Trevette, Mrs. Waldo Tugman. COVE CREEK Fred Castle, Jeb Reece, Kenneth Thdmas, M. L. Warren, Jr., Lewis Burk ett, 'Ben Cole, Harve Comb's Mary Sue Dishmen, Mollie Combs, Hazel Greene, Cecil Glenn, Odas Wilson, John Sherwood, Clay Perry, John Wheeler, Clint Eggers, Boyd Cook, Frank Henson, Jack Henson, John Hag aman, Will Reece. , LAUREL CREEK Grayden Hagaman, Ronald Ward, Dwight Cable, Lawrence Shepherd, Bert Tester, Will Harmon, E. Y. Edmisten, Charlie J. Greene, B. M. Grogan. BOONE Mrs. Gordon Winkler, George Greene, F. W. McCracken, E. S. Quails, Ralph Greene, H. W. Wilcox, F. C. Miller, Dwight Edmisten, Mrs. B. W. Stallings, Mrs. Wiley Hartzog, Mrs. Lee Reynolds, Alvin Cannon, A. E. Smith, R. F. Greene, Ronda Honda Horton, Rock Hatton, E. F. Troutman, Sam Moss, Mrs. J. C. Yoder, J. K. Parker, M. C. Hollar, I. T, Barnette, W. G. Bond, S. C. Eggers, G. D. Barnette, J. T. C. Wright, John Howell, Perry Greene. MASS MEETING . . First Baptist Church, Boom i '= .. ] '? v . "? ; j ?*'$ v'"-' Sunday 2:? P to. ?tit'* SPEAKEBS Dr. I. G.Greer 3,000 WENT TO RALEIGH WILL COME TO BOONE i,; . 1,000 "" w HV!
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