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Vf/& ^ XXXVI. No.
TRUETT MEE
POWERF
UNS;
La5i Words Of Mos?s
To Israel To Choose
Between Life and
Death Text of L-?-1
Sermon
FAREWELL WORDS
VERY IMPRESSIVE
P.stc- .?d Preacher EXpr?. Word,
Of Gratitude For Co.opcra,jo? of
At' Anencie. Duri^ Mealing?
Colored People Sing
" ' "'cning in an earnest
and V .rful appeal to the more than
S.IM, wh fathered to hear. ?r.
" T,u' 't closed a .- ci i. s ,.f
-- .v- here with an exhortation
to he hearers to choos. the Master
v V .vuuH serve, the life thee would
l > . < death they would die; the
P" ti n that would I.O theirs !lt the
.' Jtlei .nt liar and.the home that
would lie theirs in the next world.
Not durtmt the entire series had he
shown quite so much earnestness and
quite SO much concern for the spiritual
welfare of his hearers. He hud
>' -reed his best for the lust. Ever.
previous service had been buildtrx
u] to this final one. which
h- ..j. -t. much seriousness and whi.it
n? maiiw- so impressive.
"Ofteni I have Conducted the funeral
of ode whose soui I have know:,
Was eternally d o.med, I have
< ' <1. he said during th. .outs of
the set vice, "if | could ever senile
T'"- l[ " as su<^ a not as this
that ran through the entire evening
tri m bct'inning to end.
The audience was touched in the
inginning by the sincere and gracious
Wot.ls of thanks exnr ssed hv the
?? -: R";- U Sa-se . ,he vaii
individuals and ugcn.ies which
" "tributcd in making the meetmg
a success; by his calling on the
I""1 I ra*lte an offering of their I
y as " K'ft of love to Dr. Tructt
Who had requested tlutt no offering
f<"- hi" h. wanted h'.
service here to his own people to he
labor of love
by the earnest prayers that we e offered
and the appealing songs that
were sung, especially that old hymn,
"Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior,"
sung by the colored people by special
Tn- prefatory remark? of the
preacher before taking his text, hi.*
jot: of grateful acknowledgein-at
for the privilige of visiting with
the people of this town, and this, his
native section, and the people of
more distant sections; his expression
of hope that the local Bapt'st Church
would soon be able to realize the ambition
of its pastor and its members
to have a fine new church house; his
exhortation to the pastors of all
churches an<! all Chri ^ tn people to
gather up the loose ends of the meeting
and see through the work that
had been begun; and his expression?
of good-bye (God be with you) to all
the vast assemblage, with most of
whom he could not speak personally,
bl'OUfht n nrnfnnnrl fn the VSSt
throng congregate^ ir. the tabernacle
for the last service.
For hi? farewell sermon. Dr.
Truett chose the ll?th verse of the
30th chapter of Deuteronomy, some
of the farewell words of Moses, whom
He referred to as a university for the
world, then and now. as a text. The
verse is: "I call heaven and earth to
record this day against you, that I
have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing; therefor^,
choo-e life, that both thou and thy
seed may live."
These are weighty words, btgan
Dt- Truett, as the last words of most
men ar*, ^Then he referred to the
la?t wor' - of M/?vinky, of Wilson,
Hiding,/Ajoody, John Adams, XaJ1*
u andJotbei-.i to prove his suitera?-.^
choose, so follow i*RU^'//:e
' ^ aitcea, harvcsts,*he said.
Choi e wa^1 ^n* key-word of the sermon.
must make a choice
?f what his relation to his Saviour
I ?J)t
an of Murph> and Che:
1TING CLOSES
:UL APPEAL F
^VED TO MAF
'wake up in Hell me day," were
impressive words during the early
sentences of the > . rm m. We must
all answer Pilate*:- question: "What
then must I do witn Jesus, who is
called Ciirisi*' " said he, "and there
are only two pos.-:M answers. One's
choice must be for hin? or against
him. If one refuses to choose Chrisf
by his action he choo s Satan," said
Dr. Truett. Every man a free agent
and must choos for himself,
pointed out the speaker.
Answering the question as to what j
is involved in the ohoi i that men
make, the foil'-wing wire mentioned:;
First, a choice between two muter-,
Christ and Satan. Sutan mean?
nothing but evil and Josu3 means:
nothing but good for men?g >< .1 liv- j
i. e. good dying, good at the bulge-^
will be, he eaici. "If one waits until
some compelling force makes him
chcose," saiU the sps-aher, "he win
t J?
p^l * y . *'t - *".
Sr. . - i~.
lit in ;i?ii i'i vii HI.
S cond, a choice b.-twe- n tv. > liv
here in this world is involved? a life
of waste, of fct v< rt ?1 nflucr.ce and
example, . r a lift or usefulness, and
f influence for goi J and i?ght.
A third thing involved in the choice
men make is the kind of death they
shall die; whether it shall be one of j
darkness, gloom, tragedy; or of joy,j
peace and happine > with a feeling of
set urity.
A fourth thing involved is a choice
| between two positions at the judgment
bar of ChiisL Ilow wili you
mil.. .- tii.. ,1 fl.. sit
|\cu retained <"hrisi as your irvdme'
iaiy? Th. iuJgtuent bar las n?> ler?
| .-:>r for the Christian. I: said.
\ la>t tiling that i> involved in the
i ho'ce men ma ho, s a choice between
j :\vo homes. It is a question of where
! wo will spend oteinily. Will it'be a
[ j lace of clarkiUs-. of sadnisv, of cv
. Hasting punishment, or a place of
| happiness, peace, of joy, a place
whete there is no sorrow, no tears,
! no death, a place of knowledge?
Coming pack to |U original question
as t.t which choice men would
niak , whither it would i.e for or
[ Dr. TiUt-n atmgui. iu
lieli) some of his hearers by answering
some of the difficulties that get
in their way. If you arc waiting
fur more feeling, he -aid, for a great
sruuting expcricnc. like some others
l ave had you may never choose
Christ. "Salvation is net a feeling,
not an emotion. Christ is our Savior.
Salvation comes through a person."
pon't stand back because you are ai
sinner and feel unworthy, said the
sprnk r. That is the kind Christ came
to save. The well need not a phy-J
sieian.
Alter hastily running over :on. - of
the motives why men choose Christ,
such as duty, because of influence'
over others, because of usefulness j
and the danger of dglav, he plead j
.vith his heavers, those who had not
!\et made the deeisicn, to end thebat-j
tk, to make a choice and as verses of
"Oh Happy Day," and "Why not To,
: ght' were sung a number cajne forward
and made the choice for Christ.
1 The total number of conversions during
the meeting is not known.
! In the Wednesday morning sermon
the theme was the life after death.
| caning, uvus Hutauuu.|
J "If a man die, shall he live again?" |
and if there be another world afterj
.this one. The Bible gives us glimpsesl
I through half-open windows, as it were;
' of that other world, said D.\ Truett, J
. and he read for a text one or the.
I most comforting passages in the Bible
, with regard to the after-life, which
.is found in the 14th chapter of John.:
! The text was taken from the second
and third verses: "I go to prepare a
place for you, and if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come again and
riceive you unto myself."
Briefly describing what sort of a1
place Heaven will be. the noted
preacher said: First, it is to be a place
of absolute exemption from all sin,
a holy place; second, a land of exemption
from all weariness of body,
mind and spirit; third, a place of. absolute
exemption from all suffering,,
and pain, tears, sickness and from!
death itself; fourth, a place of glorious
manifestation of knowledge,
where we will know the reason for
things that have baffeied as; and fifth
it is to be our final, eternal, perfect
home. It will mean fellowship, mutual
lev., trust and understanding.
! ~
Cf)crc
rokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLIN,
WITH
OR THE
CE A CHOICE
There we .shall meet our loved one?'
who have pone belore, he said, and!
shall know them and shall be sepai- i
ated from them no mort.
strmc.ns delivered while here follows:
Tuesday r.ight the text was: "How
shall we escape if neglect so great a
salvation?" Emphasis was placid on
the ,word. "neglect." The Bible is
full of immense questions, questions
of eternal importance, began Dr.
Tiuett, mentioning the first ques-1
tion in Genesis, "Where art thou?" ;
and the second. "Where is thy broth-'
er, Abel?" "What hall t profit 1
? if u . ?i
and lose his own soul?" If a man I
die. shall he live again?" etc.
Answering the question of the te::t:
the sp.aker said that men and wo-j
men are lost net through intention.
>ut neglect. "As thy servant was
'm.-y hi re and there, he was gone.",
We iet other things get in the way.
Hire the speaker made a strong plea
for Christians to move their church
mcmbcr.-hips to the church in their
hometown or community and be active
there.
Then he spoke of the neglect i f
non-Christians, who put off settling
the great question. All neglect
should cease, h - said, because it Is
not reasonable. He referred t th
squirrel and ant, which do not neglect
storing up food against winter,
as proof that it was not reasonable
to continu: to neglect this all-important
matter. Then h said that it
wa- rot right to neglect salvation
any longer; it is not right toward'
God, as it would thwart life, ard no
one has a right to* ignore the bless-!
ings of God. It is not right toward
one's si If. because it means dtath
and destruction; and it is not right
toward anyone else, because it leads
others astray.
riiiuily the spcaltCt p'Ointvd :;gt :
that neglect was not safe, that sooner
or later, perhaps at any mow?!!!,!
we must pass into eternity. We
should, therefore, face death and get
ready for it, he said.
At the close of this service the first
proposition was made, in response
to wl-ieh t\V?? I?l* ihri'i' csmo ?,wl
Wednesday morning the theme fori
the sermon was, "Life's Burdens."
Dr. Truett began by saying that it
v.-,;s the lot of men and women every\vh
>re to have burdens, many of which
c u!d b- seen, but the deepest and
pust pni'Ttmnt burdens are n*>t seer*. ,
* The Bible has thrte things to say
aV? ft our burdens,'f continued.
"Notice them: 'For every man
shall bear his own burden.'
'Bear ye one another's burdens, and
so fulfill the law of Christ.* .
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and'
lie ihall sustain thee.' "
In discussing the three-fold mes-j
sage of the B:b!e about the burden?"
of life, the speaker made the following
points, amply illustrating each:
First, our burdens are not transferable,
he said: "Every man shall'
bear his own burden." "Every lif.
is separated from every other life,"
he stated. "You were born into the
world alone, and when you shall
leave it, no matter where or how.
you shall go into the valley of the
shadow alone, and between your birth
and death, the cradle and the grave,
life is largely lived alone. Nobody I
uan repent of your sin, nor can any-'
body believe in Christ for you, nor
can anvnnp nnwpr nt U""
bar of God fur you."
Second, many of our burdens are
social burdens, community burden?,
burdens to be shared with others,
"Bear ye one another's burdens and I
so fulfill the law of Christ."
"We need always to look at the
scriptures in their true setting," he
said, "and let them say what they
mean to say." He quoted the ?crip- j
ture: "Brethren, if a man be over-1
taken in a fault, ye who are spiritual,
restore such a one in the spirit
of meekness, considering thyself, lest,
i thou also be tempted," and asked
j hi3 hearers: "If a man be overtaken
in a fault, would you criticise him? j
j denounce him? throw stones at
jhim?" To which he said: "Nay, but
! (Continued on page 2)
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.ead ing New'pappr in I
A FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1924
MURPHY WILL
CELEBRATE ON
LABOR DAY
Speaking by Goverror-Elcct McLean,
Free Barbecue. Baseball and
Band Concerts
With definite acceptance from A.
W. McLean that ke will be here on
September 1st to meet a speaking en
KUEviiicui. a cummiiii'e oi local cit-1
Izens is fast whipping plans into'
shape for a labur day celebration
here on the first of September.
While the details c.f the program
have not been definitely arrang- i
ed as yet, the big features of the day
besides the McLean speaking, will be
a free barbecue for the visitors,
band concerts and baseball, probably
with the fast club from Copperhill.
Special significance attaches to the
coming of Mr. McLean for unless an
unheard of and unlikely change tako
placu between now and November,
he is di stined to be the next CJovern.
or of the state, and it is not often
that the Governor or Governor-elect
of this commonwealth comes into this
part of the state. The speech of Mr.
McLean is not expected to be political.
He is being brought solely as
the man wh- is un ioubt diy to be
the next Governor of the state and to
afford the people of this section an
opportunity to see and hear him. The
nominee of the ether great political
party of the state, II mot able 1. M.
Mcekins was also extended an invitation
to come here, but was kept
away because of his duties as chief
counsel to the Alien iTopirty Custo- ,
dinn in New York.
One of the major motives of the
hackers of this labor day celebration
was to have a good-will building event ,
between the merchants, business and
professional interests of Murphy and
the large back country and many1
neighboring towns suriounding. To
this tnd, a substantial purse has been
made up in Murphy with which to '
provide p free barbecue for all visitors.
It is the desire of the local '
business interests that all the people
within a ruiLus uf many iuiics i
shall attend this event.
This is a celebration that has beenh
looked forward to with keen interest
for some time. It was o.iginal
ly planned for the Fourth of July
but circumstances arose that made it !
difficult to carry out the plans at
that time. Arrangements have gone
sufficiently forward now that it cnn!:
he confidently announced that this
celebration will be a certainty.
Music will be furnished by a brass
band all during the 'lav. The speakIne
will b- at iO r.Ybwfc ?r the morning
and the baseball game at 3:30
in the afternoon. Mr. McLean will
arrive Sunday afternoon, August 3i.
Distillery Taken In
Upper Part County
On August i3th
A distillery was brought in Wednesday,
August 13th, from the upper
portion cf the county by sra ciallv
deputized officer Will King.
The outfit was taken on the waters
of Aaron's Creek on the right of
Andrews.
Information concerning the outfit
came to Chief Birchfield about a
week ago. but he was unable to g??
after it. Mr. King was deputized to
bring :t in. It was of approximately'
30 gallons capacity. It was torn out
of the furnace wh n found. Sheriff
W. 1'. Odom cut the cap and boiler
to pieces late Wednesday.
V*T . A
waste v_ans Are
Placed On Streets
One dozen waste paper anil trash
cans were placed on the streets this
week for the convenience of merchants
and pedestrians, who are beins:
asked to cooperate with the sanitary
department by placing all trash,
j waste paper, etc., in these cans.
The belief was expressed by city
officials that this would be a great :
aid in keeping the streets clean and
; would also facilitate the collection of
| rubbish by the sanitary aepartmetn.
The cans are equipped w.th self
closing lids, are painted green and
bear this significant wording:'
"Cleanliness is next to Godlimss. ,
trr-h in cons."
>cout
his Section of Wester
THE CHRISTL
DESCRIBES
COMING O]
A. W. McLEAN, who will speak hire
at the Labor Day celebration, Sept. I.
MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
EAGER STUDENTS.
SAYS TRUETT
Every Hour In These Mountains Has
Been a Delight, Says Noted
Preacher
"The most eager student* that I
have ever known are these moun*
tain students," chelated Rev. Dr.
Geoige \V. Truett, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, of Dallas.
Texas, in an interview a few days
;\Ko.
"Nowhere in all the world," said
this famous divine, who is here
preaching a series of -ernvons to the
[Hoplc of hi* native mountains, "hav
I seen students that equal these
mountain boys and girls for eager
inquiry and application. The nam for
the location of schools an.l 1 rejoice
that fine sch.a Is are hi
built in these mountains."
Dr. Truett declared that these
mountain- are constantly sending out
a stream of fine men and women,
lie spoke of the work being don.
Hiawassee, Ga. He said hat the
school had sent out a great stream of
fine students. The college is des
tined. he said, to be a great permanent
junior college for the serving
of a great field.
Dr. Trueit first taught school st
Hiawassee. The school where he
taught has now grown into the Hia'.vr.ssei
Junior Colligt-.
"Every hour in these mounta'ns
has been a delight to me," said Dr.
Truett in telling of his pleasure ai
being able to spend several days in
th. mountains where he grew to
young manhood. "The very sight cf
the mountains are an inspiration,"
he declared, "and my >tay has bevn
; vesting and unique."
SWORD PROPERTY
AUCTIONED OFF
AT GOOD PRICES
Seventy-five Lots and Several Dwellings
Brinj; Nearly Twenty
Thousand Dollars
The auction sale of the Sword prop
erty in several sections of linrphy on
Tuesday proved the valuaolen ss of
Murphy real estate in the minds of
the buying public. Thirty lots, comprising
about seventy acres on the
Ynunc Harris Road n?>:?r the enroor
ate limits sold well for residential
purposes, many prospective hornsbuilders
bidding off iots. The property
in East Murphy, consisting: of
some ten lots, was also readily bought
as was also a number of lots and
houses and lot- on the Southern Depot
Street.
This property was not only in demand,
but brought what is generally
considered good prices. The aggregate
value of the property sold was
nearly twenty thousand dollars, according
to unofficials figures. A
Ford automobile was given away at
the slat, Oscar McClure b.ing the
lucky person. The sale was conducted
by the Oglesbby Realty Auction
Company, of Atlanta. -?
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By LOUIE D. NEWTON, Editor
The Christian Index
Covered wagon? were passing
through Bhi Kidjre last Saturday
afternoon, headed north. Families
were off on a distant trip to Murphy.
aero?? ranges an ! ravines, to be
gone a week. Food for the horses
was strapped to the sides and ample
provisions for the family were securely
stored in the clean boxes kept
for the purpose. Ruddy faces peeped
from the wagons as teams stopped
in the square to rest a moment.
"Where are they all going?" I
asked.
"To Murphy, Truett is coming
hack to preach," came the quick answer
from eager hearts.
AH Blue Ridge had turned out at
noon Saturday to greet the great
preacher as he passed through on the
train from Atlanta. He stopped off
for lunch between trains and got to
shake hands with the hundreds who
had gathered to get a glimpse of
| him. Tin conductor paid no atten|
tion to his watch and signaled the
engineer to leave only after everyi
body had said goodbye. It wouldn't
have done any good to have given
J the signal ea.li-r because the enI
-nicer and fireman were in the
j crowd looking at I)r. Truett and list*
| ening f< r some word. 1 wish I might
| have been in Murphy Saturday afternoon
to sec the crowd that greeted
him there, and to have seen them
along the way at the stations as they
i waited for the train that had long
j be en anticipated with its rare passenger.
Isn't tnat Hn??a preacher coming
back to his native land, loved and
Rhonorcd as though he had been in
, the White House! The celebration
at Plymouth, Vermont, for Mr. Coolidge
when he went back after becoming
President was none the greater
in real enthusiasm and sincerity
than is this reception which the people
of the hill country are giving
these ten days to the return of
; George Truett.
Sunday morning we started out
for Murphy, my little family in our
car, accompanied by Mr, A. B.
Greene, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Gilford and thiir son John in their
car. We wore not wo 11 out of Ri?
. Kidgre before we began to see people
on their way to Murphy. Some
were in cars, some in buggies and
one covered wagon was yet many
. miles from its destination, but
headed north. The train was crowded.
We went thirty miles out of
the direction in order to get tetter
roads, taking the Elairsville route.
As we drove along that winding
mountain trail Mr. Greene told me
many interesting stories about Dr.
Truett and Dr. McConnell and other
cherished men and women of that
section. We parsed over a steel
bridge and he reminded me that
years ago when the first session of
the Georgia Baptist Assembly was
held, he and Dr. McConnell were
driving a pair of young mules from
Hiawassee down to Blue Ridge and
in those days the bridge was one of
these old-time fellows, covered and
dark. He said tWb mules gave some
uouuie out unany ur. McUonnell
put them through and then when they
got to Blue Ridge and the mules
looked around and sa^v their shadows
from the street arclights, they
tried to jump up in the trees. We
crossed the Notla River a number
of times and by this mountain
stream I saw several Baptist meet'
irg houses. Blairsville was stirring
with cars enrorute to Murphy and
- from every road we could see the un
usually heavy trail of traffic head?
ed to the North Carolina town. We
were soon out of the crooked, bumpy
Georgia roads and on the wot:
derful boulevards of North Carolina.
I asked a man how would I knew
when we got to the state line. He
t replied that I would have ro difficulty
in tellir.g on account of