Notes On The Bible Lesson For Jan. 20
By Gilbreth L. Kerr, Pastor of
The Salisbury Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
INTRODUCTION
The incident recorded here took
place on Thursday evening of
"Passion Week”, the evening before
the crucification of our Saviour. On
that same evening there was strife
among the disciples as to the great
est among them, announcement of
our Lord’s betrayal, departure of
Judas, the institution of the Lord’s
Supper, foretelling Peter’s denial,
the farewell discourse, and the de
parture late 'at night for Gethse
mene.
Into the sacred precincts of that
upper room there was brought that
memorable night a spirit that had
caused dissension as they journeyed
about the country. Jesus had en
deavored to put it down. He had
even given the object lesson by
placing a child in their midst. He
had given the solemn instruction
when the sons of Zebedee had asked
for the child places. They brought
the idea of a temporal kingdom in
to that room and they brought the
desire for the places of distinction,
and it may have been in their minds
as they took their places at the
table. The same question may have
been in their minds that all so pro
minent when secretaries and diplom
ats are being seated at state din- j
ners.
A custom of that country gave1
our Lord an opportunity of impres
sing again upm them the much
needed lesson in humility. In fact,
this custom may have caused re
newal of the old debate. In that and
other eastern countries they wore
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uii icti anvj
when they entered a home servants,
or the host in place of a servant, re
moved the sandals, bathed the feet
and wiped them with a towel. The
master of a certain house in Jeru
salem had set apart a certain room
that evening for Jesus and His dis
ciples where two of the latter had
prepared the supper of which all
partook. This master and his own.
family had their own paschal sup
per and while he had prepared the
basin and towel he left this com- ]
pany t„ their own arrangements. '
None of the disciples had volunteer- 1
ed to perform this duty which ac- 1
cording to custom belonged to a
servant. Thus may have sprung
again the question of precedence, i
The Object Lesson 1
How prevalent a thing it is for
selfishness to intrude upon souls
that are weighted with kingdom
work! Tesus in His infinite wisdom
knew that His hour was at hand
and every thought of it increased
the sufferings of His soul. What a
blessing it is that God graciously
veils our future and what a sin it
is for us to seek this knowledge
through emissaries of satan!
Knewledge of the treachery of
Judas was an additional burden, but
with it all the lesson must be given,
so he rises to perform the duty j
proudly refused by others. What:
He did was done with full con-]
sciousness of His dignity. Know- j
ing that "He was come from God,'
and went to God,” He perfomed
the menial task and thus is reveal
ed to us the very heart of the les
son. One inherently a master, took
the place of a servant. As is general
1 v known in rhat country the oeo
pie reclined at their tables and Jesus
walked from one to the other as
their feet lay away from the table.
Evidence seems to point to the fact
that John and Judas were next to
Jesus but on the way around there
seems to have been no interruption
until He came to the man about j
"whom we rae studying these days,
"this man Simon Peter.
An Objection Raised and Removed
A writer informs us that among
certain Eastern peoples it is consi-i
dered an honor for a disciple to wash
the feet of a religious guide, but
such a thing as a teacher’s washing a
disciple’s feet is so opposed to their
idea of reverence that it would not
be tolerated. And this seems to be
just the way that Peter felt about
it. He would have been willing to
have one of the other disciples do
the thing that he had not volunteer
ed to do, but for His Lord to do
this was foreign to his purpose.
"If I wash thee not, thou hast no
part with me,” was the Saviour’s
reply, and with that a slender beam
of light shone into his soul so that
he understand that some spiritual
meaning was to be looked for in
the saying. Impetuous and whole
souled as he was, he cried, “Not
my feet only, but also my hands
and my head.” Does it not mean
that Peter was expressing his wish
to be wholly given to His Lord?
Daily Cleansing for the Saved
The next words of Jesus are com
forting to whose sins are forgiven.
"He that is washed needeth not
save to wash his feet, but is clean
every whit.” There are two dis
tinct Greek words in this tenth
verse, the first means to bathe and
the second means to wash a part of
the body. One has bathed is clear
except for the dust upon hit feet
as he returns from the bath.j-Wfien
we accept Jesus Christ we are en
tirely washed from all our sins, and
need only day by day clean^in?
from the faults and defilement of
the daily wolk. "For even as he whc
in the ordinary roadway cleanses
himself from outward defilement is
clejn every whit, and needs no aftei
washing save that of the feet, so is
it true of- him who hath gone
down into the great laver, and wash
ed all his sins away in the blood of
the atonement, that he is clear
every whit, has all his sins forgiven,
all the guilt of them removed, and
needs no after washing, saying that
which consisteth in the removal of
the daily stains that are ever a fresh
by our converse with this world, be
ing contracted.”
All Important Reminder
Jesus told His disciples that all
but one had received this first
cleaning. John significantly adds
that the should it was said, "Ye are
not all clean,” was because Jesus
knew who should betray Him. Mere
profession is not enough. The heart
must receive.
Application to All
The heart of the lesson that
Jesus taught is in these words: "The
servant is not greater than his Lord;
neither he that is sent greater than
he that sent him.” Customs in one
country very from those in other
:ountries. In most countries of the
world there is not found the custom
af removing shoes and bathing the
feet at the dcor of the home, but
:he lesson that Jesus taught from
t custom om the East is a lesson in
Christian living in every land and
n every age. It is a lesson that is
aeing exemplified in humble ser
vice in every sphere. Not by every
arofessed followers, it is true, but
:very one may find inspiration, if
le will, from humble service every
vhere. It is found in the pulpit and
n the pew; in the home and in the
:ommunity. There are those who
hink that they are too important to
lo humble service, but as the same
:ime there are those who are so
;reat that they do humble service.
Herein, according to our Saviour,
lies true nobility and genuine hap
piness.
The Lesson Remembered
Just as we saw a week ago that
Peter remebered his lesson about
building stones, so we see that he
remembered his lesson about humili
ty. It is little wonder that many
Bible students think that Peter had
that lesson in the upper room in
mind when he wrote, "Be subject
ane to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the
proud but giveth grace unto the
humble.”
This lesson should come with
force to us all for it is one that is
sorely needed in our individual lives,
in the church, and in the nation. A
good dose of the grace of humility
would do more to lift up our na
tion than anything else than can be
given it, and soaking the nation in
alcoholic beverage is as far from
the grace of humbility as the east
is from the west.
An expedition is going to Africa
to find the world’s largest frog.
They must have overlooked the
famous remarks reported by the old
song, made by the bulldog on the
bank to the bullfrog in the pool.
Using Women Soldiers
AFRICA . . . Abyssinia calls the
attention of the League of Nations,
that the Italian Somaliland is using
women soldiers in the warfare now
being conducted against Ethiopia.
j Around Them Swirls the Drama of the Lindberg Case
iHauptmannl
|Th^udgei
BLEMINGTON, N. J. . . Around
these characters swing the most
dramatic court scenes this nation
has witnessed in years. It is the
trial of Hauptmann on the charge j
of murdering the Lindbergh baby.;
Upper left are character studies of
Bruno Kichaxd Hauptmann. Upper.
right, is Supreme Court Justice |
Thomas. W. Trenchard, 71, who is
presiding at the trial. Below, the j
Hunterdon County jury upon whose !
verdict rests the fate of Hauptmann. I
M The Jury |
Plan Extension Work
For Coming Year
Plans for agricultural extension
work in North Carolina during
193 5 were discussed by farm and
home agents and extension special
ists meeting in annual conference
at State College last week.
Approximately 170 agents and
assistant agents attended the four
day session presided over by Dean
I. O. Schaub. For the first time in
the history of the work, the Negro
farm and home agents met with
the white workers and heard first
hand of the new plans affecting
the agricultural life of the State.
The agents met in district meetings
to talk shop each morning from
8:30 until ten o’clock, after which
they gathered in joint session to
hear discussions of the main pro
blems affecting the State at this
time.
Land planning, the tenancy pro
blem, rural rehabilitation, soil ero
sion control, 4-H club work, ad
justment programs, rural electrifi
cation and kindred problem were
presented by state and national
leaders and were discussed by the
extension group.
mere were no evening sessions,
since the agents have worked un- j
usually hard during the past year,
but recreational and amusement
features were provided by the en
tertainment committee. A feature
of the entertainment program was
the annual extension banquet spon
sored by the North Carolina chapter
of Epsilon Sigma, Phi, national ex
tension fraternity.
Fred E. Walker, farm agent of
Rockingham County, was elected
president of the chapter to succeed
Mrs. Rosalind Redfearn of Anson
County and Mrs. Effie Vines Gor
don, home agent of Nash County
was elected president of the state
home demonstration agent associa
over $50 to the Jane S. McKimmon
loan fund to aid worthy club girls
in obtaining a college education.
Agricultural Work
Needs State Support
Had educational work in agri
culture, both research and extension,
been better ' supported in North
Carolina during past years, it is
likely that much of the misery re
sulting from poor farming methods
and low prices would have been
avoided.
This is the opinion of Col. J. W.
Harrelson, administrative dean of
State College, expressed before the
annual extension conference held
at the college last week. Col. Har
relson called attention to the fact
that the federal government is
making many unusual experiments
at the present time and that land
grant colleges are being put to the
test. He declared that State College
had never been adequately support
ed by the State and pointed out the
poor laboratory facilities of the col
lege and experiment station for the
scientific study of farm problems.
"Farming is not only a matter of
production at present. It is a matter
of economics and engineering also.
We are finding that farm engineer
ing is becoming increasingly im
portant in this state and yet we
have little or no financial means
to properly investigate the en-|
gineering problems of North Caro-'
lina farms,” Col. Harrelson said.
"Our livestock situation is a dis
grace yet the college has practi
cally no funds for carrying on live- !
stock investigations.” '
Deploring the lack of financial
support given by the State to thej
investigation and extension workj
at State College, Dean Harrelson
said that sooner or later the federal
government would stop aiding in
this work to the extent that It does
now. "We cannot expect outside
people to take an interest in us, if :
we do not take an interest in our
selves,” he declares.
He congratulated the farm
agents on the fine way in which
they had handled the adjustment
programs of the past two years.
Toys are said to be the children’s
tools, and anyway Junior says that a
tin trumpet is an excellent tool
with which to to wake up Grand
ma and keep her from sleeping too
much.
They used to complain about the
noise the children made with their
Christmas drums, but it would
sound good now compared with the
noise made by some of the jazz
bands.
The hunters are urged to wear
red when they go in the woods, but
some here in North Carolina are so
excited that everything looks red.
They used to grow romantic
about dreams coming true, but the
taxpayers says the only dream that
comes true nowadays is a night
mare.
In former days they used to hunt
for the end of the rainbow, which’
did no great harm until recent j
boom times, when they would cut
the end of the" rainbow up into sub
division, and the people would put
all their money into these houselots.
r
They say we need a dictator, and
some men say they have had one at
home so long that it would be
nothing new.
We are all urged to walk grace
fully, but the many folks who can’t
move without an automobile say
they don’t need to know how.
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LEGAL NOTICES •>
NORTH CAROLINA,
ROWAN COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Gurney P. Hood, Commissioner of
Banks, In the matter of North
Carolina Bank & Trust Company
vs.
Walter Murphy
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
By virtue of an execution direct
ed to the undersigned from the
Superior Court of Guilford county,
in the above entitled actipn, the
judgment being docketed in the of
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Rowan County, in book
of judgments No. 26, page 122, I
will, on Monday the 4th day of
February, 1935, at 12:00 M., at
the court house door in Salisbury,
N. C., sell to the highest bidder for
cash to satisfy said execution, all j
the right, title and interest which j
the said Walter Murphy, the de-j
fendant. has In the following de-j
scribed real estate:
Situate in the Great West Ward
in the city of Salisbury, N. C., at
the Southeast corner of the inter
section of Bank and Jackson Streets,
fronting 110 feet, more or less, on
Bank street, and running back with
Jackson street about 206 feet and|
7 inches, and not including the well, |
said lot being known as lot No. 1,
referred to in the last will and
testament of Andrew Murphy, re
corded in the Clerk’s office, in
book of will No. 4, page 224, sub
ject however to the life estate of
Carrie Murphy as provided for in
_ -a_:1I
This February 2nd, 1935.
J. H. Krider,
Sheriff of Rowan County.
Jan. 11—Feb. 1.
SALE OF FARM LANDS
Pursuant to an order of Court in
Special Proceedings entitled Eliza
beth Swaim, Anna Belle Randolph,
Meta Phifer, et al, against Florence|
E. Owens, and George B. Owens, et
al, appointing the undersigned
Commissioner to sell for diviFon
the lands herein described, the un
dersigned will sell, at public auc-j
tion, at the Court House Door, in
the City of Salisbury, on Monday,
February 4th, 193 5 for cash, at 12
M. the following described reali
estate, to-wit: One tract of land in
Scotch Irish Township, and bound
ed and described as follows:
Beginning at a post oak, the ori
ginal corner, and corner of Ben
jamin Huie; thence with the said 1
Huie’s line, E. 48 Poles to a post <
oak, or pile of rock, the original ]
crner of said tract, and corner to,'
Benjamin Huie’s; thence S. 43 poles|:
to a hickory, said Huie’s corner;;:
thence E. 56 poles to a red oak on i
said Huie’s line, and corner to Paul l
Phifer’s; thence with Rev. Paul -
Phifer’s line, S. 140 poles to a dog- i
wood on the S. line of the original :
tract, said Phifer’s corner; thence,'
S. 88 deg. W. 104 poles to a hick-;;
Dry said Phifer’s corner; thence N.1:
2 deg. W. 187 poles to the begin- ]
ning, containing 103 acres, more or
less. 1
For back title see Book of Deeds j
No. 108, page 60, and Special Pro- <
ceedings in this cause. ‘
This December 20th, 1934. 1
Ernest R. Alexander, Commissioner. 1
R.. Lee Wright, Attorney. 1
Dec. 21—Jan. 25. t
RE-SALE OF REAL ESTATE i
Pursuant to an order and decree j
if the Superior Court in the matter 1
if Clyde and F. L. Campbell, Ad- 1
-ninistrators, against Jennie L. 1
Campbell,, Bessie Troutman, Robert i
Campbell, Lucile Foster, Rebecca 1
McDaniel, Ralph Campbell, Carl 1
Campbell, and others, as appears in <
the Special Proceedings filed in the 1
Clerk’s Office of Rowan County, i
appointing the undersigned Com- <
missioner to sell the real estate de- :
scribed in the petition to make as- <
sets, the undersigned will sell at t
public auction, subject to the f
dower of Jennie L. Campbell, to i
the highest bidder, for cash, “on i
January, 26, 1935, at the Court 1
House Door, in the City of Salis
bury, between 10 o’clock A. M. 1
and 2 o’clock P. M., on said day, '•
the following described real estate: |
Lying and being in Scotch Irish ’
Township, adjoining the lands of .
Arthur Safrit, C. W. Davis, O. R .
Turner, and others; Beginning at a •
stone, Cartner’s corner; thence S.
4 deg. E. with line of several tracts, i
crossing Beaver Dam Branch, 216 <
poles to a stake and pile of stones :
at side Samuel Luckey’s fence; j
thence with his line N. 87 E. 109 1
poles to a small pine; thence N. <
2 1-2 W. 216 poles to a stone, !
Samuel Luckey’s corner; thence i
with his line S. 87 1-2 W. 115 poles •
to a stone and to the beginning,
containing 150 acres, more or less, i
For back title reference is made to i
deed recorded in Deed Book No. ;
117 page 202, Register’s office of
Rowan County. Dower has been
laid off to Jennie L. Campbell, I
widow, and the purchaser will only \
get immediately the lands mot em
braced in the dower, and then dow
er part at her death. See map on file
for metes and bounds of dower.
The bidding to begin at $1050,00.
Purchaser will be required; to
make a cash deposit on day of sale
of 5% of amount bid. Sale will be
left open for increased bid as now
prescribed by law. This January
8, 1935.
J. T. Wright, Commissioner.
R. Lee Wright, Attorney.
Jan. 11—18,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the estate of Sarah C. Brady,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the said decedent to
file an itemized, verified statement
of same with the undersigned on or
before the 10th day of Dec., 1935,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. Persons indebted
to said estate are notified to make
prompt settlement.
This Dec. 7, 1934.
Mrs. Lillie O. Ritchie Admr. of
Sarah C. Brady., Salisbury, N. C.
Jno. L. Rendleman, Sr., Atty.
Dec. 14—Jan. 18.
NORTH CAROLINA,
ROWAN COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Ollie V. Conrad Andrews
vs.
Ottis Andrews
^ u 1 1 L t
The defendant, Ottis Andrews,
will take notice that the plaintiff
has commenced the above entitled
action against him for the purpose
of obtaining an absolute divorce
upon the grounds of statutory
period of separation, and that he is
required to appear before the Clerk
of Superior Court at his office in
Salisbury, Rowan County, N. C.,
on the 11th day of February, 1935,
or within thirty days thereafter
and answer or demurrer to the
complaint filled by the plaintiff, or
the relief therein prayed for will
be granted.
Dated this 10th day of Tanuarv
1935.
B. D. McCubbins, Clerk Superior
Court.
Woodson & Woodson, Attorneys,
fan. 11—Feb. 1.
SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE
Pursuant to the terms of a cer
ain mortgage deed of trust, execut
d by Luna Wynne Boy den and
msband, Victor FI. Boyden, to
rheo. Atwell, Trustee and Mortga
ge, dated April 23 rd, 1928, and
ecorded in the office of Register
•f Deeds for Rowan county in
>ook of mortgages No. 106, page
170, default having been made in
he payment of the indebtedness
herein secured, the undersigned
trustee and Mortgagee will expose
or sale, at public auction for cash,
t the court house doer in Salisbury,
C., on Saturday, February 9th,
935, at the hour of 12M., the fol
owing described property :
st. Beginning at a stake in Grant’s
reek, Gregory’s corner; thence N.
•5 W. 125 feet, Gregory’s corner;
hence N. 38 E. 175 feet to a stake;
hence to new channel of creek
vhich is in an Easterly direction;
hence with the creek to the begin
ung. 2nd, Beginning at a stake in
lew channel Grant’s creek, Gre
gory's corner; thence N. 52 W. 45
w a ataKe; tnence IN. Z* Jfc.
88 feet to a stake; thence N. 35
'• 235 feet to a stake; thence N.
'2 E. 150 feet to a stake; thence
68 E. 240 feet to a stake; thence
'J- 70 E- 300 feet to a stake, all in
hannel of old creek; thence S. 72
" 125 feet to a stake in new chan
lel of Grant's creek; thence ‘with
enter of creek to the beginning,
rd. Beginning at a stake in Grant’s
reek; thence in a Northerly direc
ion 70 feet with old channel to a
take; thence N. 10 E. 75 feet to a
take; thence S. 84 feet to a stake
n the new channel of creek; thence
vith the creek to the beginning.
The above property will be sold
o all liens and encumbrances, if
ny.
This January 7th, 1935.
rheo Atwell Trustee and Mortgagee
ohn L. Rendleman, Jr., Attorney,
[an. 18—Feb. 8.
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