THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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A People in Confusion
ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By Alfred J. Bueschar
. Scripture Judges .
MEETING OF
Board of Equalization
ni Review
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Again and again the Israelites did evil
and were punished, and they cried to he
delivered. One day Gideon was thresh
ing wheat when an angel of the Lord
appeared to him, saying, "The Lord is
with thee, thou mighty man of valour "
Gideon, a mrdest man. asked for a sign
tint h? was the one chosen by the Lord
to lead hit people, so Ihe angel toid him
to lay food on a rock, and when the
n::;;il touched it with his staff, it burst
into flames.
The Lord told Gideon to take 10 young
men and overthrow the altar of Baal
and cut down the grove that was by it,
and build an altar unto the Lord upon
the top of the rock, offering a sacrifice;
and Gideon did so.
Gideon and his chosen soldiers con
quered Israel's enemies, and the people
praised him and asked him to r:ign over
them, he refused, but asked for their
earrings and made a beautiful ephod.
MEMORY VERSE Hob 13 6.
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Churches
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REV. HERBERT SIU (.II. i). !.
How do you take criticism from
others? It's not easy to do this
graciously and profitably.
I orifje heard a preacher say
that one sign of being a mature
aduit is the ability to take criti
cism How true that is. We live
daily with other people, rub
shoulders with them, affect them
for good or bad. Our success and
happiness in life depends on how
other people react to us.
From childhood to the grave our
reactions to people and principles
determine our destiny.
No two of us are alike; we all
have our peculiarities of manner,
speech and action. It is good for
us to know how these affect other
people with whom we associate.
There is one art in being able to
give criticism, and another in being
able to receive it
I Most of us are
willing enough to
make it of other
people, especially
'behind their
backs. People are
still t h e chief
topic of conversa
tion.
If we are gaini;
h to criticize others.
"" it will be of great
help if ,we firat put what we say
about others along side of otir
own actions. A friend once said
to me, "whn you criticize another,
you imrffediately put yourself in a
superior position to him." Jesus
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xt Sunday, March 0th S. R.
Crockett, pastor, will fill his Sec
mid Sunday appointment of the
llelhel rresh lei ian church. This
i for the morning service. His
ul jeet: "David, His Life and Wit-e.e-s."
He will preach at llazelwood at
nh'.ht. The hour is 7:00 o'clock.
Subject: "Christ's Ministry to
Womanhood."
The llazelwood Sunday School
meels at 9:4.") with l.awson Sura
nit i.ow. superintendent.
The Pioneers will meet at 0:00
p. m Sunday. And prayer meeting
eaeh Wednesday at 7:00 p. m.
Wednesday's service will be given
'o the last study in a series on
'lie subject of "Witnessing." spon--iii
ed by the Women's Auxiliary.
It' inn are not supporting the
church by your attendance and
otherwise, you are neglecting the
most important organization of the
commurity.
Church Publicity
y REV. I.. G. ELLIOTT
1'ustor of Kirst Baptist Church
GI5A, : t.l'IsCOI'AL CiU ltCII
K( v. 'lobort (I. Tatuni. Hector
"hm i ii school. 9:30 a. in.
Morning Prayer and Sermon,
i 1:01) o'clock.
Young People's Service League
r. I C i leiiders. 0:30 p. in.
St. Mary's, IMicadale
ivev. Koberl G. Tatum, Hector
K i n.suiig. 3.00 p. in.
CTNTK AL IMETHO HIST CIH RCII
Canton, N. C.
' A People in Confusion
HIGHUGlfTS ON .THE SUJDAY SCHOOL LESSON
. K. P. Billups, pastor.
. ices for March 10, 194G:
in. sermon subject-
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL
(The International Uniform
Lesson on the above topic for
March 10 is Judges, the Memory
verse being Hebrews 13:6, "The
Lord is my helper, I will not
fear.")
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JOSHUA DIED and all his
generation, and another genera
tion arose that did not remember
Jehovah and all His goodness to
His people. Living as they did
among the nations whom they had
not driven from the land as the
Lord had directed them, these peo
ple corrupted the Israelites and
they became again worshipers of
Baal and Astarte or Ashtaroh,
who was worshiped as the moon
goddess and as Venus.
The anger of Jehovah was kin
dled against His people, and He
"delivered them into the hands of 1
spoilers that despoiled them, and
He sold them into the hands of
their enemies round about, so that
they could no longer stand before
their enemies."
Jehovah raised up Judges to lead
them, but they would not listen to
them, but ran after strange gods.
Their groanings brought help
from Jehovah again and again,
but always they backslid and Je
hovah's wrath was raised against
them.
Numbers Increase
They increased in numbers,
however, and tilled the soil, keep
ing down the wtlcLbeasts and were
trained ifi warlike skill. They en
dured numerous oppressions, and
a number of judges were raised up
toJead them, but finally the Midi
anites and the Amalekites, nomad
( tribes, made yearly forays on
' their territory, so terrifying them
. that they hid in caves, dens and
a strongholds. They were brought
' very low after seven years of such
forays.
! So reduced were the Israelites
' that they were forced to hide their
J scanty crops In wine presses and
i other secret places to keep them
from the enemy.
One day a man named Gideon,
$ son of Joash, was threshing wheat
by the winepress, when an angel
of the &ocd appeared to him, say
ing, "The "Lord is with thee, thou
: mighty rfnanf -valour:" No doubt
1 Gideon was astonished by this ad
dress, and asked why, .if the Lord
wai wl(k them, fhatf all -the mis
fortunes befallen them?
"The Lord looked upon him and
said. Go In this thy might, and
thou ahalt save Israel from the
hand of the Midjanite; have I
not sent thee?"
Gideon protested that he was
not an Important person, "Am I
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lain. Gideon went
and returned with
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tS.mie. Thus was Gid
I that he had indeed
to lead his people.
Told to Hreak Baal's Aitar
The Lord told Gi i.-on to take 10
young n.en. and to break the altar
of Baal and cut down the trees of
the grove, and to build an altar to
the Lord in that place. At night
Gideon did as he was told, and
when the people saw it In the
morning an,! protested to his fa
ther that hesh-"aid .he for the deed.
Joash an.sv.irel, "If he (Baal) be
a god, let him plead for himself."
That siien, ed the protestors.
The great bjltle Gideon waged
and won against the Midianites
must be told very briefly By two
miracles Jehovah assured Gideon
of His aid. and the people rallied
to Gideon's standard, but Jehovah
said there v. ere too many, so at
last the force was cut down to 300
men.
The Midianites were camped on
the north side of the Israelites, in
the valley The COO men took food
and trumpets, and all the rest
were sent to their tents. That
same n:ht word came from the
Lord to Gi '.( n to get down to the
Midianite tamp and hear what
they were saying Taking one man
with him he obeyed, and heard a
Midianite U!l hi.s dream of seeing
a cake of barley bread tumbled
into their n,. k-t which struck a
tent and it fell. The other man
said that rr.iant nothing else but
that it was the sword of Gideon,
"for into h:s hand hath God de
livered Midrin."
ru-turrnnj.' to his own camp Gid
eon toon Ins men, dividing them
into three companies, with a trum
pet in each man's hand, an empty
pitcher and a lamp in the pitcher
in the other He told each of them
to follow his example. They ar
rived at the enemy's camp, and as
Gideon blew his trumpet, each
man did likewise, and at the same
time broke the pitcher and let the
lights shine out. shouting, "The
sword of the Lord and of Gideon."
The Midianites thought they
were surrounded, and grasping
their weapons they began fighting
among themselves, not knowing
friend from enemy, and all were
pursued by the triumphant Israel
ites Again the lesson Is too long to
tell here, but the teacher may re
late more of the dramatic stories
to be found in j this Book of Judges
to emphasize today's, lesson.
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"Giace and Peace."
(i 30 p. m.. Youth Fellowship
supper, followed by the evening
. oi ship service at 7:30. The Youth
fellowship will be in charge of
'I e worship service and the pastor
' ili fiivo the second chapter of the
no- ion study book. "Christ and
!'' Country." The subject of the
,!: u-ion will be: "Close to the
Smi."
MUST BAPTIST CHURCH
I.. C. Elliott, pastor
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Earl
Me--ser. superintendent and Ben
Phillips associate superintendent.
isM-ry member of the family lias
i en provided for with classes
from the Cradle Holl through the
adult aies "A People in Confu
sion'' is the general lesson topic
ioi- March 10th.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock.
The pastor will speak on the
"Church iiecruiting Its Ministry."
This message will deal with the
responsibility of the church enlist
ing it.; young men for the minis
try. Baptist Training Union meets at
6:30 p. m.. with Miss Hatsic Free
man directing the activities. The
theme for March is: "Christ Above
All As Saviour." The interest of
the church can make this training
program an asset to the total life
and work of the membership.
Evening worship at 7:30. The
pastor will present the third ser
mon in the series of "Walking
With Jesus ro the Cross." The sub
ject of this message is "Victory in
Gethsemane," The picture of Jesus
in Gethsemane calls for our deep
est solicitude and highest admira
tion Come and stand with us on
this "Holy Ground" Sunday night.
The Junior Choir will meet for
rehearsal in the social hall Mon
day afternoon at 3:i5.
Sunday School officers and teach
ers will have their monthly meet
ing in the Intermediate assembly
of love. j
"What about the reverse gear?
How are you going to explain
that?" inquired this reader. "Don't
you have to use that?" Certainly
you do. St. Paul has a fine dis
cussion of domestic relations in
hi.s Epistle to the Ephesians. Con
cerning married life he wrote
"Submtting yourselves one to an
other in the fear of God." The
Greek word for "submitting" is a
military term which calls for the
use of strategy. The successful
military commander knows that
there are times when he must ad
vance the attack, other times when
an attack from the front is unwise,
so he drives in from the side or
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An Associated Press dispatch
appearing in many hading news
papers a few days ago brings to
the attention of churches the poten
tial value of newspaper advertis
ing. Th" English Church may
have its "Advertising Campaign"
as a part of the "five year pro
gram" lor the conversion of Eng
land, spending an aggreg ate sum of
$4,000,000. iiul the average minis-
rooni Monday night at 7:30.
General meeting of the W. M. S.
in the Intermediate asa-nibly room
Tuesday night at 7:30.
Mid-week worship and choir re
hearsal Wednesday night at 7:30.
The pastor is conduct ing brief med
itations on the "Voices of Passion."
Come and hear Peter (ell his story
in his own words. You will be
richly rewarded by Ibis forty-five
minute period of devotion.
On Friday night at 7 o'clock the
Adult Training Union will spon
sor a banquet for all returned serv
ice men and their wives, mothers,
or girl friends. All returned serv
ice men of the church are invited
lo this event which will be held in
the social hall of the educational
building. The date is March loth.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Church School begins at 10:00
o'clock. M. 11. Howies, superin
tendent. Sunday morning worship service
at 11:00. Sermon by the pastor.
This wiil be .Methodist College Ad
vance Day. Everyone will be
given an opportunity lo contribute
lo a special offering lor the sup
port and development of our col
leges throughout Methodism.
Methodist Y o u I li Fellowship
meets at (i:3l). Aletha Cagle. pres
ident. All members of the Youth
Fellowship are urged to he present
for an interesting program.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend Ihe Wen Id Day of Prayer
service. I- rila. afternoon, March
.'1, at 3:0(1 oVIoi k. The service will
be conducted b the women's or
ganizations of Ihe churches of
Wa nes ille. in the First Methodist
Church. Mrs. S. II. Unslmell pro
dding. The meeting of the Hoard of
Stewards for the monlh of March
will be held Wednesday night,
March Kill,, at 7:30.
THE CLYDE BAPTIST CHURCH
Clyde, N. C.
Kev. T. If. Parris. paslor.
Sunday School meets at 10:00
a. in., wiih W. E. Abbott, super
intendent, in charge
The pastor will preach ,n M:00
o'clock using as his subject. "The
Symbolic Cross."
At 7:00 p. m., the Training Union
meets with Miss Potty Joyce Mor
gan, director in charge: and Miss
Dorothy Walker, assisting.
The evening worship hour will
begin at 8:00 o'clock. The pastor
will continue the series on "Bible
Characters."
Miss Dorothy Walker will lead
the adult choir al the morning
hour, and the young people's choir
in the evening.
WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
(At Mcdford Farm)
Rev. Manuel Wyatt. pastor.
The Sunday School will meet at
3:45, with Avery Gaddis. superin
tendent, in charge.
At 11:00 the pastor will preach
on the subject. "Christ. Greater."
At all services, a cordial invitation
awaits you.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The church rooms arc located
on the second floor of the Masonic
Temple. Services each Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. The sub
ject for the Lesson-Sermon next
Sunday will be "Man." and the
Golden Text will be taken from
Psalms 37; 23; "The steps of a
good man are ordered by the Lord;
and he delighteth in his way."
ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Schedule of masses: A.M.
Waynesville, every Sunday .... 11:Q0
Bryson City, 1st Sunday 8:00
Canton, 5th Sunday 8:00
Cherokee, 3rd Sunday 8:00
Cullowhee, 1st Wednesday ... 7:00
Franklin, 2nd Sunday 8:00
Murphy, 5th Saturday 8:00
Sylva, 4th Sunday 8:00
Welch Cove, 1st Saturday ....... 8:00 i
ter of the average church may knit
his eye brows, shrug his shoulder,
and pass up ,the whole matter of
church publicity as an impractical
and too expensive matter. Whether
the church has $4,000,000, $4.00, or
four cents for publicity, there is a
medium of publicity within the
reach of every church whose min
ister will take a little time eaeh
week to use it, and at no cost what
ever to the church.
Newspapers are always glad to
receive and publish church news.
In practically every newspaper
there is a church page which min
isters of every faith and denomi
nation would do well to use. If a
little thought is given to the copy,
this can be the best publicity a
church can have, and it does not
cost the church one penny. Stero
typed and static announcements
mean little to the reading public;
in fact, they are simply not read.
But a live, newsy column will be
read and pay great dividends. The
minister's sermon topic is of inter
est to the public. The church
school, various organizations, and
personnel connected with these ac
tivities deserve some publicity
through the local newspaper. Any
special feature of the lite and work
of the church is of interest to the
town or community in which Un
church is located.
Many church people seem to
think that religion is not news, but
the press has a different opinion.
Religion seems now to be better
news than ever before. News
papers are finding more space for
church iu'ormation. The secular
press, weeklies and monthlies, is
carrying more and more articles on
religion and the church. When
great newspapers like the Chicago
Tribune, and the New York Eve
ning Graphic devotes snace to a
religious editorial once a week, it I
speaks well for both press and !
church. j
What shall the church advertise? j
Such a question should enga"e the!
thought of any minister who thinks
at all concerning church publicity. :
Shall we advertise Ihe preacher?!
the church? the services.' the ser
mon? If it is not over-done there
is a place for all of them in the
columns of the newspaoer. The
church is a permanent institution
in any given locality, and because
of that it has good publicity value.
In some faiths and denominations
the preacher is considered to be
the human head of the church. But :
whatever his traditional position I
may be he is the "voice" of the
church, and (hat voice should be I
heard, both from the pulpit and ;
from the printed page. There j
should be no sense of false mod
esty on the part of any minister
(o refrain publiicty of his sermon :
topics each week. These topics ,
should have "point, punch, and
prayer," scriptural and defiinilive, S
but not generalized. There is no
advertising appeal in generalized
sermon topics. But more than they
all, the virtues for which the ;
church stands should be advertised.
Our church publicity should deal
less and less with "factory" adver- j
tising and tell more and more of
the products of Christian living.
When we reid the weekly an-.
nouncements of church services ,
they ought to mean more to us
than the personality of the minis
ter, the names of the churches and
their locations, and the hours of
services. We need to feel that the
product of the churches is some
thing we must have for successful j
living. A well-planned method of!
church publicity will help achieve
this goal.
I
How women and girls
may get wanted relief
from functional periodic pain
Cardul Is a liquid medicine which
many women say has brought teller
from the cramo-llke e?onv and ner
vous train of liiictlontil periodic
ditlrtu. Hero's how It may help:
1 Taken like a tonic,
1t should stimulate
appetite, aid diges
tion, thus help bulid re
sistance tor the "time"
to come.
OOK
aim
Started 3 days te
stis lore "your time", 11
should belo relieve
pain due to purely func
tional periodic causes.
Try Cardul. If It helps, yon'D.
b (lad you did.
The Haywood County Board Of
Commissioners
WILL SIT AS A
oard of Equalization
AND REVIEW BEGINNING
onday, larch 18, 1946
The Haywood County Board of Commission
ers will sit as a Board of Equalization and Re
view beginning Monday, March 18th, at the
commissioner's office in the Court House in the
town of Waynesville, for the purpose of examin
ing and reviewing the tax list of each township
for the current year and shall hear any and all
taxpayers who own or control taxable property
assessed for taxation in the county, an respect
to the valuation of all property in the county and
correct any errors appearing on the abstracts,
and for the transaction of any other business
which may come before the board in compli
ance with the Machinery act of 1937. This is the
only time in which the commissioners have the
authority to change valuation of real estate.
Complaints from the various townships will
be heard as follows:
Monday, March 18 Ivy Hill, Jonathan Creek,
White Oak, Cataloochee Townships.
Tuesday, March 19 Fines Creek, Crabtree, Iros
Duff Townships.
Wednesday, March 2Q Pigeon, East Fork, Cecil
Townships.
Thursday, March 21 Waynesville Township.
Friday, March 22 Beaverdam and Clyde Town
ships. GEO. A. BROWN, JR.
Chairman Haywood County Board of
Commissioners