ay School
Lesson
OCTOBER 26, 1847
By Dr. Paul
Caudill
Topic: "Religion In Practice"
Slrtpture Lesson: James 1:5-6,
88-27; 8:14-20
James is one ot the most practical
books of the New Testaflment.
The Christian principles
set forth by it challenge Christians
at every point of their llrea
today, juat as they challenged
the Christians of the first century.
The Book, though one of
the earliest of the New Testament,
may be regarded as very'
modern: "It 18 a picture of early
Christian life in the midst of difficult
social conditions between
capital and labor which also ex-;
ists today" (Dr. A. T. Robertson).
The chief aim of the Epistle,
says Dr. Robertson, is "to
strengthen the faith and loyalty
of the Jewish Christians in the
,face of persecution from -rich and
overbearing Jews who were defrauding
and oppressing them."
All in all, the writer appears
to be chiefly concerned with the
ethical and social aspects of the
gospel to the end that the Jewish
followers of Christ may "square
their lives with the gospel which
they believe and profess."
Getting Wisdom
"But if any of you lacketh wisdom,
let him ask of Cod, who
giveth to all liberally and upbraideth
not; and it shall be given
him. But let him ask in faith,
nothing doubting" (James 1:56).
Here we have what some
would term a banking figure.
James is talking about a shortage—a
shortage of wisdom:" "If
anyone falls short of wisdom."
.He is not talking here about
mere knowledge, he has in mind
wisdom/ sophias, "the practical
use of knowledge." When a person
falls short of wisdom, says
James, let him "keep on asking"
of (from 'beside) Gpd who gives
to all liberally.
In olden days, as In our own
day, there was the evil practice
of giving stinging word8 along
with the money as is seen in Sirach
41:22 and in Plutarch (De
adulat., p. 648). But there will
be no stinging words to accompany
the wisdom which God gives
to his children when they come
no upbraid
"in faith."
Here is a principle which if
put in proatice wopld lead to the
solution of every problem the
modern Christian has to face.
God is capable of making known
to man his will just as he was
in tha days of the prophets. The
problem lies in getting the follower
of ChriBt to come to the
point that he Is willing to seek
God's will—willing to seek it
and to do it
The addition of the words "upbraldeth
not" is intended "to
encourage boldness in making
petition to God; many might be
deterred, owing to a sense of nnworthiness,
from approaching
God, fearing lest He should restfnt
pi^esumption" (Oesterley).
But the asking is to be done
"in faith," and there is to, be
no doubting. The word "faith"
as used here had to do with
the "fundamental religious attitude"
(Ropes). It Includes "reliance
on God and the expectation
that what is asked for will
be granted by him." , ;
urougnt aown 10 every aay
experience, James Is simply saying
that when the Christian
comes face to face with the need
of divine guldnace In his manifold
relations of life, he needs
only to turn to God, by faith, for
wisdom. God does not fall us
in such hours. In his o'wn way
he reveals his will and purpose.
The operation of this principle
is for the Christian the dorway
to joys unspeakable. It
leads one into the land of few
regrets-^the country where peace
and happiness flow like a river.
Doers Of The Word
"But be ye doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deluding
your own selves. For If any one
is a hearer of the word and not
a1 doer, he is like unto a man
beholding his natural fttce) in
a mirror: for he beholdeth himself,
and goes away, and straightway
forgetteth what manner of
man he was. But he that looketh
into the perfect law, the law of
liberty, and so continueth, being
not a hearer that forgetteth but
a doer that worketh, this man
shall be blessed in his doing"
(James 1:22-25).
Frequently in the ancient Jewish
writings we find the duty of
doing as well as hearing Insisted
upon (Oesterley). The. J^ws had,
of course, from childhood, been
taught to reverence the Torah.
What .James wanted On the part
of the Christians of his day was
conduct in keeping with the message
of divine truth which God
had revealed to them. Just as
the Torah had been rooted in the
hearts of the Jews, in a very literal
sense, James wanted to
bring them to Christ who wis
and is the "Word" of God "In
a newer, higher sense" (Oesterley).
Our problem today does not
lie in our lack of knowledge, or
even in our failure to "hear" the
Word. It lies in our. failure to
Get
Raleigh. — North Carolina i
school lunchrooms, which only a
few days ago received a donation
of nearly a third of a million
pounds of dried eggs to enhance
noonday menus, have been notified
by the State Department of
Agriculture of another contribution
to winter diets—16 carloads
of canned tomatoes.
The new food contribution to
the school lunch program, disclosed
here by Jay P. Davis, marketing
specialist with the State
Department o f Agriculture,
marks another step in the Federal
government's policy of fostering
high nutritional standards
for school children of the State.
The canned tomatoes, he explained,
were purchased by
USDA with funds provide^ under
the National School Lunch Act,
and are being distributed to
lunchrooms throughout the nation
on the 'basis of school population
and participation in the
lunch program. The allocation to
North Carolina schools totals
518,400 No. 2 1-2 cans (21,600
cases).
"The high vitamin C content
of these- tomatoes," Davis said,
"will make them a welcome addition
to our lunch menus during
the months when fresh fruits
and vegetables are not so readily
available.
Support the Y. M. C. A.
"do" the commands that come to
us in the Word.
Faith and Works
"What doth it profit, my brethren,
if a man say he hath faith,
but have not works? can that
faith save him? . . . But wilt
thou know, O vain man, that
faith apart from works is barren?"
(James 2:14). '
James does not have in mind
in his discussion "works" (ceremonial
works) as a mean8 of salvation.
He is talking about works
as a proof of faith. There is no
conflict in what he says her^
with that which Paul has to say
about faith and works in Galatlans
3 and Romans 4. He is
emphasizing the point that a
Xalid creed finds expression in
worthy works. In a word, faith
apart from works is dead. •
If chickens could talk, no
doubt many of them on North
Carolina farm8 would sound the
cry for mote water, says Professor
Roy S. Dearstyne, head of'
the Poultry department at State
College.
North Carolina poultrymen1
are losing money every day,
Professor Dearstyne said, simply
because they do not pay enough,
attention to the water requirements
of their laying flocks.
Since poultry drink only a limited
amount ofx water at one .time,
ft is necessary that the supply
be visited many times a day if
the bird is to secure an adequate
amount of water to meet body
demands.
Approximately 60 per cent ot
the chickens body is made up» of
water and water comprises about
two thirds of the egg, Professor
Dearstyne said^ therefore, the
constant demand of the . body
must be met if the hen is to live
and perform properly. •
At least two, three-gallon Water
containers should be used for
each hundred layers in case automatic
waterers are not available,
he said. To secure good
sanitation, these waterers should
be elevated so that the litter cannot
be scratched into them and
so protected that the chickens
cannot perch on them. It is well
to clean waterers, regardless of
type, once a day and disnifect
them once a week, he added.
Taking the chill oat 6f drafting
water during winter is also
a good practice, Professor Dearstyne
said, M this leadB to a
more liberal drinking of the water
by the ehlekMUk
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chattel mortgage executed by Robert
L. Huffman on the 21st day of
August, 1947, to the undersigned
mortgagee and duly recorded in
book 51, page 605, Wilkes County
Registry, and default having been
made in the payment of the note
secured thereby, the undersigned
mortgagee will, on the 31st day of
October, 1947, at the courthouse
door in Wilkesboro, N. C., at 12
Noon, offer for sale at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder
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