Friday, June 12, 1953
THE PILOT—Soulhern Pines, North Carolina
News and Personals from Vass
Bessie Cameron Smith. Representative — Telephone Vass 8-F31
Sees Son After
Thirty-Three Years
Mrs. Belle Boggs, 84 years old
last August, has been quite sick
at the home of her son Daniel
Boggs, and on Sunday was* car
ried to Moore County hospital.
Her son Sam Boggs, whom she
had not seen for 33 years, arrived
on Wednesday of last week to be
with his mother, coming from his
home in San Antonio, Texas.
With him' are his wife and three
children, Preston, Verna Deane
and Joyce.'
Mr. Boggs, since leaving his na
tive community, served 27 years
in the Army, retiring as a ma
jor. This is his family’s first visit
here, also.
Buffet Dinner
Mrs. P. A. Wilson entertained
eight couples at a buffet dinner
at her home Wednesday night of
last week. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Finch, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Gladstone, Mr. and Mrs.
Blanie Moye, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Cam
eron, Mr. and Mrs. N. N. McLean,
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McGill, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. McMillan.
Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Evans will
be hosts at a reunion of the Me
Clellan family at their home
Sunday. Mrs. Evans, the former
Ruth McNeill, whose mother was
a McClellan, is expecting all of
her brothers and sisters to attend.
Birthday Surprise
Mrs. G. W. Griffin was given a
surprise dinner Sunday in cele
bration of her 79th birthday,
which was on Monday. She ac
companied some of her family on
a short drive and when she re
turned, all other members were
in the dining room around a table
laden with food, with a beauti
fully decorated birthday cake oc
cupying a place of honor. They
greeted her by singing “Happy
class, that of 1943.
Miss Verdie Hobson of Dunn
visited Mrs. G. W. Brooks Sunday
afternoon.
Attending the MTordecai-Cam-
Birthday.” eron wedding ^n Southern Pines
Together with Mrs. Griffin for Saturday afternoon from this
the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. I were Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. E. Griffin of Lakeview, Mr. ! Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
and Mrs. Richard Griffin of Ham- Smith, Mrs. T.
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let, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Griffin
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Griffin and children, of Vass. The
honoree was presented a number
of gifts.
Suffers Stroke
John C. Blue of the Cranes
Creek section suffered a stroke
and was carried to Moore County
Hospital Monday. When his sister.
Miss Mattie Blue, called him to
breakfast Monday morning, she
received no reply, and upon in-
vstigation found him on the bed,
unable to speak. He seemed as
well as usual Sunday night, it is
said.
Revival Services End
A week’s series of revival serv
ices at the Baptist church came to
a close Sunday night. The Rev.
S. L. Lamm, instructor in the de
partment of Bible at Gardner-
Webb college. Boiling Springs,
was guest minister. Attendance
throughout the week was good.
There were many rededications,
and two persons gave their names
for church membership, C. C. Lof-
tin to be received by transfer
from another church, and Barbara
Stephenson, on profession of
faith. She is to be baptized Sun
day evening.
Woman's Club
Mrs. E. L. Finch and Mrs. R. E.
Beasley will be hostesses to the
Vass Woman’s club tonight (Fri
day) at 7:30 at the Finch home.
Each member is asked to bring
along a souvenir of some kind.
Personals
Harold Lassiter and Jesse Coore
drove to Fort Jackson, S. C., Sun
day to bring Bobbie Lee Lassiter
F. Cameron and Miss Jennie
Cameron.
Mrs. Thurlow Evans left Sat
urday night for Salem, N. J., to
visit her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone
spent last weekend near Greens
boro visiting Mr. Gladstone’s
mother.
Miss Martha McKay and Lister
McKay of Buies Creek visited in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Cameron Sunday. Mrs. Cameron
accompanied them to The An
chorage in Southern Pines to see
their mother, Mr.s. J. F. McKay.
A. M. Cameron, who recently
had a cataract removed at Duke
hospital, went back Monday for
a check-up and was found to be
doing well. His daughter, Mrs. P.
B. Irby, accompanied him.
Mr. and Mrs. Blanie Moye
spent last weekend visiting
their parents near Winterville.
Mr. Moye’s nieces. Misses Patricia
Evans and Jeanette Moye, of
Greenville came home with them
to spend a week.
Mrs. W. H. Keith and Miss Bes
sie Cameron, with N. V. Keith of
Sanford, visited their sister, Mrs.
R. D. Braddy, at Rockfish Sunday
afternoon.
A3|c and Mrs. W. R. McGiU with
their baby son, Robert Duncan,
are here on a two weeks’ visit
to.their parents. They spent the
first week with Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Parker, and went to-the home of
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McGill Mon
day. Robbie was born May 26 at
the hospital at Fort Jackson,
weighing seven pounds, lOounces.
His grandmother Parker and his
Int«mation«) Uniform
StindAY School Lewoot
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
15:1-29; Galatians
112*^****““* Psalm 119:105-
Free Christians
EesstHi for Jane 14, 1953
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home for a visit of a few hours.' uncle Joe Parker, three months
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Donaldson
of Ocala, Fla., were in town on
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week, visiting Mrs. W. C. Leslie,
Miss Louise Leslie and Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Mullinix
spent the weekend at Ophir, and
their daughter, Jeannette, who
accompanied them, remained for
a week’s visit to her grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Scott of
Columbia, S. C., came Saturday
to bring Mrs. Scott’s mother, Mrs.
H. C. Wilson, to spend some time
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
P. A. Wilson. The Scotts remain
ed until Sunday, when they went
to Charlotte to visit.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Stewart vis
ited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Cameron on Cameron
Route 1 Sunday. Mrs. Stewart’s
mother, Mrs. Dan Cameron, came
home with them to spend the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rosser
and little daughter, Ann, of Char
lotte spent Saturday night with
Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Rosser. They
went to Chapel Hill Sunday to
attend a reunion of Mr. Rosser’s
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old, were on hand to welcome
him, spending several days in
Sumter, S. C., where the McGills
reside.
Neil M. Smith of Dobson
spent Friday night and Saturday
visiting relatives here.
George R. Blue and Gordon
Bailey, recent graduates of Vass-
Lakeview Aligh school, have gone
to Sanford to work for the Rogers
Funeral Home.
Mrs. L. S. Jessup and Mrs.
George M. Blue spent a night last
week in Wilson with Mrs. Jessup’s
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Mock, and
family. The new Mock baby, El
len Catherine, six weeks old, was
the special attraction on the visit.
Miss Agnes Smith entered
Moore County hospital on Mon
day of last week and underwent
a major operation Thursday. She
is reported to be getting along
satisfactorily.
Mrs. W. B. Graham returned
home Thursday a week ago from
Rex hospital in Raleigh, where
’she had a cataract removed from
her right eye. She is doing well.
Mrs. Raymond Carrick of
Louisville, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Paschal and sons, Phil and
Paul, of Bonlee visited Mrs. C. J.
Temple Thursday atfernoon.
After a 45-day leave Maj. P. B.
Irby is now stationed at Fort
Bragg, following more than three
years’ service in Germany. He is
commuting daily until a house
there is available, staying in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cam
eron where his wife (Marian
Cameron) and children, Susan
and Chip, are visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cockman of
Newport News, Va., and Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Patterson of Carthage
visited Mr .and Mrs. Ray Griffin
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Edwards
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Doyie Campbell in San
ford.
Mrs. S. R., Smith and Miss Bes
sie Cameron visited Mrs. W. T.
Cox in Sanford an evening last
week.
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SOUTHERN PINES. N. C.
W HEN Paul speaks of Chris
tians as "dead to the law’’ or
"free from the law” he is not
thinking of what we call the law of
the land. Paul was very careful to
observe the laws of his own Ro
man Empire, as well as all local
laws. Furthermore, when Paul
speaks of Christians’ freedom from
law he does not
mean that a Chris
tian can afford to
turn his back on
the Ten Command
ments, eventhough
when he says "law”
he is usually think
ing about those
Ten Command
ments and all they
involve. Let us see
what is meant by Foreman
saying Christians are dead to the
law.
• •
Law As A Curse
Pam speaks more than once of
the “curse” of the law, as for ex
ample in Gal. 3:13—Christ “re-
deemed us from the curse of the
law, having become a curse for
us.” Now it may seem odd an<
even perverse to think of law as
a curse, especiaUy a good law.
And particularly the law of God;
how can that possibly be a curse?
To understand this we have to
think our way back into Old
Testament times. There were cer
tainly some iieople, like the tm-
known poet who wrote the 119th
Psalm, who loved the Law and
found joy in studying and keep
ing it. But for every such man
there must have been numberless
others who found the law just what
Paul at one time in his life had
found: a sort of standing threat on
God’s part. "Do this or else-
don’t do that or else—.” Don’t we
know people in our times who think
of God as keeping a sort of record
book full of black marks, — who
think of God as keeping up with us
just in order to take down every
thing bad we say or do or think?
A person who is not very conscien
tious may think gaUy, ‘T’U get
by;” but a conscientious person
who realizes what a high standard
the law calls for, may live in ter
ror lest God demand vengeance for
every broken law, great or small.
Now the Christian can breathe
freely; he is free from such terrors
because whatever curse theye may
be in the law, Christ has taken
upon himself.
m * *
Law As A Condition
Then the Christian is free from
the law as a condition of God's
favor. “When shall I be good
enough for God to love me?” is a
question ^o one ought to ask. Hie
Christian tis one who has discov
ered that God’s love does not wait
for our obedience. A mother does
not wait till her baby is old enough
to understand her and obey her
before she wiU love him. And
even when he is old enough to
understand, if he disobeys she
may disapprove and punish him,
but she will not stop loving him. H
God had waited to love us till we
were good enough to love, he would
be waiting yet. It is God’s gracious
love that produces what goodness
we have, not the other way around.
Doing what God wants done is ab
solutely right and we should try
our best every day to do just that.
But it is absurd to think that
God’s love is like a thermometer
that goes up and down with the
temperature of our obedience. We
can’t earn our way into God’s fa
vor. As we were noticing last
week, the smile of God is not for
sale.
• • •
Leland McKeithen
Elected President
Duke Law Alumni
W. A. Leland McKeithen of
Pinehurst, former solicitor of
Moore recorders court, past presi
dent of the N. C. Bar association,
now a member of the State Bar
Council and widely endorsed for
gubernatorial appointment as a
special judge, had to read in the
papers last week about the latest
honor Recorded him.
Being pretty busy at the time,
he was unable to attend the meet
ing of the Duke University Law
Alumni association held on the
Duke campus Friday. The Satur
day morning paper informed he
had been elected president.
Approximately 100 alumni at
tended the annual meeting, at
which the retiring president,
Bryce R. Holt of Greensboro, dis
trict attorney for the Middle Dis
trict of federal court, presided.
Norman Cocke of Charlotte was
the principal speaker.
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THE CHURCH
GOJ9
Man and God see things differently. That’s why man needs the Church
-—it helps him see things God’s way.
But, strangely, even the Church itself looks different to man and God.
To man the Church appears to be an organization. It has leaders, officials,
boards, members. It has a charter, owns property, sometimes has a mort
gage. And even though its aims are the highest in Jife, still
its members are imperfect human creatures like ourselves.
To God the Church is an organism, a living thing. It is
the Spirit of Christ touching men’s hearts, forgiving their
sins, awakening their faith. It is the Word of Truth conx-
manding the attention and changing the lives of men,
women and_ children. It is Divine Power transforming
human sorrow to joy.
Man can learn how to see the'Church as God sees it.
But never by looking down upon the Church. Only
by going inside the Church to worship God, and
looking UP.
THE CHURCH FOR AU . |\
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reasons why ever^
attend serviLs should
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Law As A Cage
Again, law for some people is a
kind of cage. Inside its narrow pat
tern they carefully live. They do
what they must, what the law com
pels; but beyond that they will not
go. They are only as good as they
have to be. Now the Christian is
free from the law as a cage, just
as he is free from it as a curse and
as a condition. The Christian loves
by faith, hope and love; and these
take him clear beyond the limits of
law.
A husband who does for his wife
and family only what the law re
quires will be a poor husband. A
citizen who will do no more for his
country and community than just
not to break any laws, is not the
best type of citizen. A soldier who
will not go beyond the line of duty
wiU deserve no medals. A "Chris
tian” who does no more than bare
ly try to keep from breaking the
Ten Commandments is never the
high-level Christian. A Christian is
free. He is law-abiding; but he does
not live "under” law, he lives
imder Grace. It *4s a different
atmosphere.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Edqcatlon, Na
tional Connell of the Chnrches of Christ
In the U. S. A. Released by Commnnttr
Press Service.)
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Wor
ship service, 11 a. m. Women of
the Church meeUng, ^8 p. m. Mon
day following third Sunday. ;
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7.T5 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave., So. Pines
Sunday Service, 11 a. m.
Sunday School, 11 a. m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p. m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open every Tuesday and Sat
urday from 3 to 5.
CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP
(Congregational)
N. Bennett at New Hampshire
Church school, 9:45 a., m. at
High School building.*Sermon, lb
a. m. in church building. Twilight
grim Fellowship at Fox Hole, 6:30
p. m.. Fellowship Forum, 8 p. m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York avenue at South Ashe
Rev. James Oppert
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Worship
11 a. m. Training Union 7:00 p.m.
Evening worship, 8:00 p.m. •
Scout Troop 224, Tuesday, 7:30
p. m.; midweek worsbip, Wednes
day 7:30 p. m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p. m.
Missionary meeting, fAst and
third Tuesdays, 8 p. m. Ghureff
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p. m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a. m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at 8
p.m.
Hour for Juniers, 6:45 p. m. Pil-
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EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Rev. Charles V. Coveil
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Holy Communion, 8 a. m. (11
a. m. on first Sundays). Morning
Prayer, 11 a. m.
Wednesdays, communion, 10 a.
m.
First and third Mondays—St.
Mary’s Guild, 3 p. m.; St. Ann’s
luild, 8 p; m.
ST. ANTHONYS
. (Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.
m.; H^ly Day masses ? and 9 a.
m.; weekday mass at 8 a. m. Con
fessions heard on Saturday be
tween 5-6 and 7:30-8:30^ p. m,
Sunday school for children 3-6,
160 East Vermont avenue, 10:30
a. m.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
West Pennsylvania at Hardin
Fr. Donald Fearon, C. SS. R.,
Sunday Mass, 10 a. m.; Holy
Day Mass, 9 a. m. Confessions are
heard before Mass.
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