A Big Little
Word - "Bui"
BY THAD K. JONES
2 Kings, 5th chap. 1 verse: "But
now Naman, eaptian of Syria, was
honorable. Be was also a mighty
man of valor, but he was a leper.
How often this little work ? But,
alters, changes and sometimes
upsets, weakens, degrades, and de
stroys. Sometimes it causes finan
cial loss, suffering, death and per
haps the eternal loss of the im
mortal soul.
If we allow some dangerous, or
deadly evil habit to fasten itself
upon us, drunkeness, sensuality, de
grading and corrupting Immorality,
violent temper, cursing and swearing
and other evils which could be men
tioned which end in suffering, dis
grace, doom and death. In the be
ginning these evils could have been
^^^slly overcome but they were al
Mved to remain and dreadful and
^PSrrible was the result. How often
have we known and heard of peo
ple who were brilliant, gifted, and
talented, capable and competent
and could have reached the heights
of eminence and success; yet be
cause of drunkeness and other abom
inations of desolation they proved
to be worse than failures for time
and eternity.
Horrible; dreadful and lothsome
desease of the body; it could only
be called a living death, cured only
by divine power, and this great
General Naman heard of Elisha,
the Prophet, went to his house and
was healed by Divine power and
which can only heal the leprosy of
sin which is the worst form of lep
rosy.
For the mountains shall depart
and the hills be removed, but my
kindness, shall not depart from
thee, neither shall the covenant of
my peace be removed, sayeth the
Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Isiah 54: 10.
This is a glorious promise to the
true christian and the earnest and
sincere seeker, and the covenant
of my peace shall not be removed
.This is great! The peace of God,
peace with God and the God of
peace. Worthy of our serious, sober,
second thought and persistent and
determined effort.
Proverbs 1: 25-26 ? But at naught
all my counsel and would n-ne of
my reproof. I also will laugh at ycur
ca'amity, I will mock whep ycur
fear cometh. This Is' s^leian and
plain warning to the unconverted
and impenitent sinner. A loving and
merciful God offers you peace, pax
don and salvation. Will you accept
the great offer or will you reject?
If you refuse and reject at last
you will hear the awful denuncia
tion depart. Let us heed the Di
vine commands: repent. Be ye also
ready and prepare to meet thy God
Prov. 4:4-5. Hie lewd woman tt
mentioned in terms of disgrace and
destruction. But her end is as bit
ter as wormwood, sharp as a two
edged sword. Her feet go down to
death. Her steps take hold on hell.
John 12:42." Among the chief rulers
also many believed on Him but,
because of the Pharasees they did
not confess Him lest they should
be put out of the synagogue. For
they lored the praise of men more
than the praise of Otod." Hfere
rises the question ? were these peo
ple truly converted; did they have
saving faith: were they not of the
type that in time of temptation fall
away? Does a truly converted per
son love the praise of men more
than the praise of God? Somewhere
in The Book Jesus said, "If we love
Father or Mother, Wife or Hus
band, or Children more than Me,
yC are not worthy of Him. Luke:
10-38; it is recorded Jesus was at
the home of Lazarus, Mary and
Martha and he seems to be a fre
quent and welcome visitor at this
christian home. How are we re
ceiving Jesus in our homes in so
called christian homes in America, |
and in this so-called age of progress?
When Jesus was born, it is record- 1
ed there was no room for Him in
the inn. Are we any more loving
and respectful to our Divine Mas
ter at this time? We as christians,
if Jesus was on earth today in our
country With Hi* Mighty Power
Preaching Blessing and healing,
would we gladly and lovingly wel
come Him to our homes? Would we
be as Mary who sat at Jesus feet
and heard his words learning of
Him?
But Martha was cumbered about
much serving and came to Jesus
.Ifi a complaining way thaJt her
sister had left her to serve alone
This grieved the loving heart of
Jesus and He quietly rebuked her,
saying: "Martha, Martha thou art
careful and troubled about many
things." Many are the people to
day who are Imitating Martha of
old who are careful and many per
ishing, fleeting and evil things of
this life. But listen at Jesus' words
of approval, "But Mary has chosen
the good part which shall not be
taken away from her."
Something the world cannot give
or take away, that which will bring
peace and happiness in this life
and on through eternity. How great
It is to sit at Jesus feet, read His
written word, follow his shining
ways, sing His songs and speak His
praise. Let us imitate the most wor
thy and loving example of Mary.
She Is one of the prominent and
? worthy people mentioned In the
New Testament. But, and if ye suf
fer for righteousness sake, happy
are ye; and be not afraid of their
terror, but they that live goodly in
Christ Jesus shall suffer persecu
tion, but if ye have bitter envying
and strife In your hearts glory not
and lie not against the truth. Iftis
wisdom decendeth not from above,
but is earthly, sensual, develish. But
the wisdom that is from above is
first pure then peaceable, gentle and
easy to be entreated, full of mercy
and good fruits, without partiality,
and without hypocrisy. James: 3
14,15,17.
But God resisteth the proud and
giveth grace to the bumble. Money
may make a good house, but money
alone cannot make a good home.
The thirst and craze for money
and worldly possessions Is the chief
concern of many, but let us remem
ber that it takes more than world
ly riches to bring true and perma
nent honor peace and happiness.
The rich man went to hell and Laz
arus. the poor beggar, went to Heav
en; Many church members strive to
keep up appearances and make a
fine display in a worldly way. Pine
clothes, fine furniture, fine auto
mobiles, fine table ? fair sumptious
ly every day. But, they often make
a very poor show in a spiritual way.
Some of them are negligent in their
church duties and often when they
go to church, they seem to be chief
ly interested in their secular af
fairs, the sermon is seldom men
tioned. The preacher gets scant
praise or approval for his faithful
ness and worthy efforts to lead his
people on to higher and greater at
talnments and achievements. The
good pastor has much to contend
_ f
with. Trtiey are sometimes over
worked and under paid .We should
not blame them for using the pas
torial whip; it Is their imperative
duty. Thousands are so strong on
trifles and so very weak on great
essentials. The time will come
when they will not endure sound
doctrine. He is a good man 'but' she
is kindly disposed 'but' the Preach
er delivered a good sermon 'but'
the promised land Is good 'but' we
are not able to possess it. True re
ligion is the greatest need for this
life and eternity 'but" many, many
will not pay the price. Therefore
their life is a practical failure for
this world and worse than a fail
ure for the next. But, some profess
vain bablings for they will increase
into more ungodliness; but foolish
and unlearned questions avoid know
ing they do gender strife. There
were false Prophets among the peo
ple even as there be false teachers
among you who privily shall bring
in damnable heresies. Yes these
false teachers, heresy spreaders, de
ceivers, pretenders and seducers ga
lore and there are some of this
multitude of degenerates in many of
our churches. They have played the
game of deceit so long, they are
well, upon the game. Some of them,
are sharp, wise to do evil but to do
good they seem to have only a lit
tle knowledge. One of these Indif
ferent and inactive members In a
distant church who has borrowed
with fair promises to pay it back,
'but' getting it is something else.
'But' ? attends the church, takes
an active part in the services, talks
prays and sings in public, 'but* I
suppose his worship is of the sound
ing brass and tinkling symbol type.
They profess to know God 'but' in
works they deny Him. 'But' praise
and "glory and thanks to God there
are some true, active, dutiful, loyal
and consecrated christians who are
truly the light of the world and salt
of the earth. Lord grant their
number may rapidly be Increased.
They are sorely needed to keep
our beloved country from heathen
ism and paganism. I write this with
all due respect to all. I have no de
sire to offend any body. I am not
worthy to sit in judgment for other
people, but what I write is worthy
of our serious sober, second thought
and prayerful consideration.
Schools Get Chance
To Earn Needed
GovTI Materials
Under the terms of a plan just
announced by State Superintendent
Clyde Erwln, the high schools In
this county will have the opportun
ity this spring to earn a supply of
valuable governmental materials
prepared by the Institute of Gov
ernment and accumulate funds for
their libraries at the same time.
The result may be that North
Carolina schools soon will be teach
ing government in action Instead of
the conventional government in
books. For the Institute of Govern
ment staff works on the theory
that 75 per cent of governmental
knowledge is to be found in the
heads of the officials and the meth
ods and practices of their offices,
and not in the books.
Educators everywhere will ufatch
the experiment with wide interest.
"We hare the opportunity to lead
the State and nation in a program
of governmental instruction and
preparation for citizenship," was the
view expressed by Superintendent
Erwln in announcing the plan to
the principals and recommending
its adoption in the high schools Of
the State. . 1 . r _J
The work of the Institute had
previously attracted wide attention
and acclaim both at home and a
oroad. "The Institute of Govern
ment, as conceived and established
in North Carolina," said President
Roosevelt, "has and will render fine
service to the State and Nation. It
is my hope that other States will
recognize North Carolina's leader
ship and that states having no com
parable agency will accept and fol
low Its lead."
By way of explanation, the In
stitute is comprised of some 28
organizations of public officials and
around 25 citizens' groups. The or
ganiztticn is unique in that it
marks the first time that officials
have come together with leading
citizens in a joint effort to make
comparative studies of their govern
ment with a view to effecivfi im
i provements and economies.
The enterprise Is non-partisan
and non-profit in nature. A stall
of six trained men is employed, and
offlcies are maintained In Raleigh
and Chapel Hill.
"Hie institute's project include, in
addition to the school materials, the
preparation of guide books for of
ficials, legislative bulletins, and
study and discussion programs; the
conduct of demonstration offices and
schools of officials and the publi
cation of the monthly magazine,
"Popular Governmenit."
The school materials have been
In the course of preparation since
the Institute was invited by the
State Department of Public In
struction and the North Carolina
Education Association, three years
ago, to help the schools meet the
long-felt need for materials in the
actual structure and workings of
the government of the State and
its subdivisions. "Hie studies have
since been recommended for use in
the schools by both the State Text
book Commission and Curriculum
Revision Committee.
It was the late Dr. A. T. Allen
who suggested that the schools be
given opportunity to earn the ma
terials, but it remained for his suc
cessor as State Superintendent,
Clyde Erwin, to work out the de
tails of the plan. This, briefly, is to
give the schools one subscription to
"Popular Government" and the sup
plementary materials of the Insti
tute for each membership secured
by one of Its students, with a com
mission on surplus memberships to
be used for library funds.
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ETHICS IN A CHANGING WORLD
? The ideal of service is the force
that can All the vacuum in our eth
, ics. I believe it is the integrating
Very Much Improved
After Taking Cardui
"I have suffered a great deal
from cramping," writes Mrs. W. A.
Sewell, Sr., of Waco, Texas. "I
would chill and have to go to bed
for about three days at a time. I
would have a dull, tired, sleepy
feeling. A friend told me to try
Cardui, thinking it would help me
? and it did. I am very much im
proved and do not spend the time
in bed. I certainly can recommend
Cardui to other sufferers."
Thousands -of women testify Cardui
benefited them. If it does not benefit
YOU, consult a physician.
a
force that will enable Individuals
to hold together under the psychic
centrifugal forces of our swifter,
more gigantic modern world.? M. B.
Oerbel in the Rotarian Magazine.
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vantages of this favored
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our markets ? to build our recreational and sport
areas . . . and thus increase our wealth and reduce
our taxes, we must attract new capital and bring a
greater number of new people to the Carolinas.
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