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Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee
County, N. C.
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Scripture Reading: Job, 38: 1?7.
Text: Where wast thou when I laid
the foundations of the earth? Job,
38: 4
In a great many instances, if
you ask a person "what is relig
ion", you will either get a hazy
and insufficient answer, or else he
will answer, "Religion is life". For
religion, if so be that it is not in
vain, is life eternal. And because
each of us sin against God, and
because each of us fail to accomp
lish God's puposes for us, religion,
for us in this world, becomes simp
ly and primarily our return to God.
Which of us is he who does not
live at the ragged edge of the loss
of his soul? Job was a just man,
and a good, and generous, and de
vout But did these things protect
him from catastrophe? We know
the answers. The robber nation of
the desert, Sabeans, stole his oxen
and his asses. Fire from heaven
(lightening?) killed his sheep. A
windstorm destroyed his loved
ones. And he was tempted to curse
(blame) God. Nor does Job stand a
lone. You spend years building a
business, then a depression for
which you are in no way to blame
comes along: and your business is
wiped away. Or your loved ones
are riding along in a car, and
someone with an insane yen for
speed comes along head on, and
they are no more. And we too are
tempted to ask "Why believe in
God",? and throw away our souls.
Nor is that all. Job was sore beset
when his body became a mass of
boils- How could he either work
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or worship? It added t> the already
too-great tacaion to tarn against
God. Why should a man believe in
God if God (ails to be a good Santa
Claus, giving us every stick
candy, and every cozy corner? And
to make it Worse, ? his friends!
((See Job, chapters 4, S, and 11)
Each of his friends tell him in their
own way that all his suffering is
for his own sins. It is like the
"friends" of today, telling a man,
when he is in difficulty that he is
probably incompetent, or a "suck
er" or a round peg in a square
bole: which things may or may not
be correct. Yes, at the best, our
sins keep us skirting along the rag
ged edge of spiritual death: then
in addition to this, these insiduous
temptations beset us, ? to lose faith
in God, and also in self as a child
of God.
And where is God all this timq?
He is right where he is supposed to
be, making our salvation straight
before us, ? but leaving us to choose
and to act. When the Sabeans stole
Job's livestock, when the depres
sion or the auto wreck overshad
ows your family, God is calling on
you to grow! He is calling on you
to trust Him for the dead. He is
calling on you to rise up and live
by faith in Him, and action built
on faith, which action is faith.
And what of the many "friends"
who advised Job, and some of
whom are ready to offer us the
same advice? There again God is
present. These friends often are
earnestly seeking to help, and if
we like Job turn completely to God,
we find that God is right there;
and that He wants us' to keep our
chins up, and work with Him, and
be His witness both to these and to
all others. ' ? ?" .. ?' ,
In Job's troubles, and in ours,
there is hope for us. For these
things pin-point for us the gulf be
tween loss of the soul, and salva
tion of the soul. The great tempta
tion that Job had was the tempta
tion to mentally turn against God;
and in so doing to seek for himself
a path of happiness. And in the cat
astrophes and ills that beset our
lives, our great temptation is to
lose faith in God. In this story of
Job it is pin-pointed dramatically
for us that turning from God would
have been for Job, as for us, the
loss of the soul eternal. But, Job
did not turn. Instead, Job answered,
"though He slay me, yet will I
trust Him" (Job 13: 15). He saved
his soul. He never lost sight of God,
nor lose sight of his 100 per cent
dependence on God. The saving, or
the loss, of the soul, is the product
of that simple an equasion.
"Where wast thou when I laid
the foundations of the earth"? If
man could only remember that
truth as Job remembered it! Man
at best is only a tenant, and on
probation as well. It is God who
created. It is God who gives. And
when, in God's world, catastrophe,
and false highway signs (conserva
tions and advice) beset our way, it
is because the voice of God is call
ing on us to awaken from our
childlike cradles of slumber, and
take upon ourselves the responsi
bilities and acts of life.
What a contrast there is between
Christ on Calvary, and his own
parable of the false stewards!
(See St. Matt. 21: 28?41) Christ
on Calvary was witnessing,?
"though he slay me, yet will I
trust in him; and behold heaven
opens before me". The false
stewards are witnessing, ? "Why
worry about the Lord, ? we will do
what we think is right,? and the
inheritance will be ours on our
own terms."
And another thing. There is no
need for Job to be the only person
in heaven, nor will he so be. You
and I, each in his own path, can
always refrain from doing what
WE think is right, and go to the
Bible, read and follow, and do what
GOD lays down as right- You and
I, each in his own path, need
never say, "life is hopeless." In
stead we can each say, "God be
ing my helper, and helping me
through His established channels,
I #ill succeed in this and in other
things." And each of us can say,
each in own way, not, ? "I, or my
parents, or circumstances gave
me what I have and am: but, God
has been generous to me, and to
Him I render all thanks".
For we were not there when God
laid the foundations of the earth,
and all the morning stars sang to
gether- But God is even now plan
ning for Os to be the population
on these foundations, and to join
in the chorus, when that song
swells into an anthem that be
comes the joy of eternity.
WELL DRILLING
K. O. HamptoH
ANDREWS, N. C.
P. O. Box M4 Pbooe It
{tollman's Views
Editor'* Note? This la the twen
tieth in a series of article* by
Heinz Rollman, Industrialist,
Waynesrilie, N. C.
The greatest single thing that
could happen to today's world since
the birth of Christ would be this:
A unanimous declaration by the
House and Senate? in other words,
by the Congress of the United Stat
es?to the whole world of "A
WORLD BILL OF BIGHTS" gov
erning our rela
tionship w i t b
every country
under the sun.
Such a "WORLD
BILL OF
RIGHTS" unan
animously, or al
most unanimous
ly, passed by
the Congress which has been elect
ed by you and me, would electrify
the world more than 100 atomic
bombs. It would give strength and
it would give courage to the des
perate. It would show our united
love and understanding to the
needy. It would pump life into the
sick and the dying.
No Congressman serving in
Washington, however, can ever
pass such laws to have a "WORLD
BILL OF RIGHTS" unless and un
til millions of Americans prove to
their Congressmen that that is
what they want.
I don't think I am a dreamer or
an idealist if I say that if enough
of us are willing to take an inter
est in government, and if enough
of us are willing to fight, then in
our lifetime and maybe sooner
than we think, such a "WORLD
BILL OF RIGHTS" will be entered
by the Congress of the United Stat
es.
u on me &unaay Deiore congress
enacts this "WORLD BILL OF
RIGHTS" every preacher and
every priest in every church in our
beloved country, regardless of its
denomination, preaches the same
sermon for this "WORLD BILL OF
RIGHTS", then this world will
know within 24 hours that there is
hope, love and understanding, and
that the whole world will have
walked, united together, one step
closer to His Kingdom.
I am not, by any means, the in
ventor of this "WORLD BIIL OF
GARDEN TIME
By M. K. GARDNER
N. C. State College
Should you have a home frutt
planting? Some say yes, while
others say np. I prefer to leave it
up to the individual or f a m i 1 y
group. It's easy to plan on paper,'
but reasonable care through the
growing season is the big problem.
The suggestions I am making are
based on your willingness to carry
out the jobs of pruning, mulching,
fertilization and protection against
the usual, and ever present insect
and disease pests
Here is a list of varieties from
which you can make your select
ions.
Peaches: Dixiegem, Early-Red
Fre, Redhaven, Southland, Geor
gia Belle and Elberta or Red
Globe. These are listed in their
approximate order of ripening.
Apples: Lodi, Horse and Hollow
Log are summer varieties. For lat
er maturity, Richarded Delicious,
Golden Delicious, Winesap or Stay
mared. i
RIGHTS". It has been invented a
long, long time ago, when first the
Bible and the ideas of the Bible
were available to us. All I am try
ing to do is put together the moral
value of the Bible, the high stan
ards of comradship of the Ameri
can people, and the fantastic tech
nological advancements made in
the last 50 years. All I urge us to
do is to continue into one nice,
neat, compact package what we
have- Let the world know that we
not only mean our mountains, but
ALL the mountains ALL over the
world, when we sign "LET FREE- v
DOM RING".
The
Mountaineer
on Blue Ridge Lake
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MIKE and IKE, a pair of live pigs, have started their
growing rac^ right in our store. MIKE gets Purina and
grain fed just right, but IKE gets only half enough
Purina. See 'em now, visit 'em often. Watch MIKE pull
away from IKE. See how quickly and cheaply he makes
m pound of gain . . . see the difference it makes when
Purina is fed in "just right" amounts.
We know what MIKE will do, because we know what
the Purina plan will do. But we want you to see it with
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Bunch Grapes: Fredonia (B),
PortUnd, (W), Delewars (R), Nia
gra (W), and CaUwba (R). In or
der of ripening, the letter after
each variety name indicate the col
or. I have not mentioned Concord
(B) became it doe* not ripen even
ly in many sections of the state.
Muscadine Grapes: Scuppernong
(W), Hunt (B), Thomas (B) and
Burgaw (B). All of the varieties,
except Burgaw, are self unfruitful.
Be sure to plant Burgaw with the
other varieties for pollenization
Strawberries: Albritton and Mas
sery are satisfactory for the Pied
mobt and Coastal Plains and Ten
nessee Beauty for the mountains.
Some of our mountain people like
the everbearers. Red Rich and
Superfiction are good everbearing
types, along with some other va
rieties.
Dewberries: Carolina and Boys
enberry. Dewberries do best on
the lighter soil types.
Figs: Celeste, Brown Turkey
and Brunswick. Celeste and Brown
Turkey are the most popular.
Brunswick is the largest of the
three. Fig plants are rather cold
tender and will be killed back
during some winters. However,
ON OUR STREET
By SALLY DAVIDSON
Lady, on pur street today, Uvea
in two state* and four counties,
Union and Town in Georgia, and
Clay and Cherokee in N- C.
"Shoo tin' up the town". Young
boy on bicycle, drawing toy pistol
from hip pocket, popping it above
his head.
Murphy's "Tennessee Ernie",
with a bad "crick" .in his neck.
Do you know who he is? 7 ?
Pretty girl, using reflection in
store window, by which, to give
her slip a "hitch".
they will come back so the chance
is worth taking in order to enjoy
this delightful fruit.
I have run out of space for this
coluinn so will continue with other
fruit and nut varieties next time.
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sell automobile liability insurance can furnish you provided the
coverage is in one of his companies.
This certificate is one approved by the North Carolina De
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plates. ? ? ? ?
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be sure your policy is correct. If not, contact your agent and
have it corrected immediately.
We will be glad to discuss this matter with you and help you
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