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Theme For Quarter:
“A Nation In The Making”
Lesson for February 3, 1946:
“Feast Days Os A People”
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Basic Scripture—The Book of
Leviticus. Devotional Reading—
Psalm 65:1, 9-13.
Comments to guide further
study. By Rev. R. E. McClure,
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of 1945-1950.
Lesson treatments developed i
from Outlines copyrighted by thej
International Council of Religious
Education. Outlines used by per
misson.
Details on the horizon are usu
ally better understood with a
panoramic picture of the entire
„ scene in mind. Leviticus is a
panoramic survey of the feats and
’ festivals, sacrifices and services
on the worship of the Children of
Israel (last week’s study.) Time
is too short to study the entire
panorama, but it will pay an teach- j
er to spend the time( two or three
hours) in reading the entire book i
then give special attention to the
particular detail, “Aids To the;
Worship of the People.”
Worship is not so much a sin- j
gle act as it is a continuing rela
tionship, expressed by a series of
acts —public and private. The 1
public acts of worship—with oth-
Jer people—sustains faith and
bears continued testimony to the
reality of man’s private fellowship
with God-
Thus the entire book of Leviti- j
cus deals with these continuing |
acts, these repeated ceremonies,
these anniversary festivals. Be
cause they were directed by the
Levites, sons of Levi, the book
was called “Leviticus.”
Those under twelve are to direct
their special attention to the 23rd
chapter, those over twelve the
20th chapter. Here Primaries and
Juniors should see in the story
of the Feast of the Tabernacles,
“A Happy Feast Day” with sin
cere gratitude to God for all
things. Intermediates and Sen
iors should sense the distinction;
between “Holidays or Holy Days.”
Here is an opportunity to lay the
foundation for the Young People
and Adults to evaluate “The
Worth of Religious Anniversar
ies.”
Let it be noted first that the
faithful Jew, obedient in observ
ing all these feast days, would
never forget his God. In years to
come the Jew who neglected these
days, or substituted the days set
by heathen religions, led to the
downfall of Israel.
Secondly, came the spiritual les
sons of the occasions. They af
forded days of repentance, days
of thanksgiving, days of dedica
tion and regularly one day in sev
en a day of rest and worship- In
addition they taught other lessons j
by symbolish and prophecy that'
were to prepare the Jew for the
fullar revelation of God in Christ.
This further strengthened the
habit of worship by lifting the
eyes of the worshipper through
faith to the promises of God.
The first hook of history was
Genesis. Exodus dealt with the
birth of a nation. Leviticus out
lines the way to keep this nation,
and all men, spiritualy alive.
Numbers (next week’s lesson)
points to hardships in the path
way of duty. These can be stumb
ling blocks. They can also be
stepping stones to success.
OUR SHORT SERMON
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By J. C. Cornelius
To believe fully and completely
in the forgiving love and grace of
God is to know that the very mo
ment we turn to God in prayer we
can be freed from- all mistakes of
the past. The forgiving love and j
grace of God can instantly dis- j
solve bitterness, resentment, and
condemnation.
Not only do many of us find,
it necessary to forgive another
for something that does not meet]
our approval, but it is often nec-|
essary to forgive ourselves for
deeds that continue to haunt our,
memory. Many of us wish we j
might retrace our steps in life and
start all over again, because we
cannot seem to forget some mis
takes we have made, but we must
remember it is only by living that
we learn and gain a larger vision.
No matter what we have done
or what circumstances caused us
to do it, we can reorder and make
our life a better life because ex
perience teaches us what is detri
mental to our growth and gives
us a vision of the things in life
that are better.
There is forgiveness with you.
Psalms 130:4.
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NATURE STUDY
| “GOD’S GIFT”— “At Home With The Stars”
By MRS. THOS. S. SHARP
Orion, the splendor of the win
! ter skv!
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“Many a night from yonder iried
casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping
slowly to the west ”
Tennyson: “Locksley Hall.
' Many and many a night during
j those first heart-rendering months
of World War 11, we would go up
! to the roof garden of our apart
! ment in New York City, and find
cmofort in the winter constella
tion as the silver planes roared
overhead, played upon by streams
of search-lights until they were
out of sight. The “beams” fol
lowed them from the second the
first “sound” was caught in the
far distance. It helped us to real-!
ize more fully that the “beam” of j
God’s love would watch over and
protect us when separated as we
soon would be just as these
“beams” were watching over and
protecting the people working,
resting, or sleeping trustingly be
low on Manhattan Island. At that
time we did not know Lt. Warner .
Boulden who was directing those
great lights for our safety. We!
met him here, in Black Mountain,
a year later, and so had an op
portunity to thank him, and to
show him our appreciation of his
arduous and nerve-wracking
“watch.”
Orion, the mighty warrior, has
been considered the most beauti
ful constellation. The entire ’
southern group formed about
Orion presents the most brilliant
spectacle in the winter sky, in all, '
the sky! Orion may be recognized '
by the row of three stars forming
his belt above and to the left of j
| the belt is Bebelgeuse in his right
! shoulder. Orion with club up- j J
raised in his right hand, drives
Taurus (the Bull) before him. The
diameters of these big close stars
have been measured by an instru-J *
ment called the interferometer j j
The diameter of Bebelgeuse is,
about four times the distance of
the eaerth from the sun (270,000,-
000 miles). It is 300 light years j
away —36oo times that of the sun.
It is a blazing sun more than 250
times larger than our own and
3,000 times brighter! Rigel marks
the knee of Orion uplifted left leg. 1
This star is four times brighter
than Bebelgeuze. j ’
Rigel’s diameter is 21,000 times
that of the sun and it is 540 light :
years away. It has a “companion
star” once every three weeks. j (
One light year is six billion |
m.les—the time that light will l
| travel in a year with a speed of
| 186,000 miles a second,
j The hazy light surrounding the 1
i middle star in the sword of Orion I
! (just below his belt) is the fam
j ous Nebula of Orion. Like the
, one in Andromeda, it can be seen
I without a telescope—the only two;
I visible to the “naked eye.” This j
nebula is an irregular mass of;
! luminous cloud, pearly white. It,
| has two great wings spreading!
j from a very dense center.
Following Orion are his two
! hunting dogs—Cane’s (ka-nis),
Major and Cane’s Minor. Cane’s
Major. Contains Sirius, the Dog!
Star, the brightest star in the sky!
and one of the nearest—less than
9 light-years distan (54 trillion
miles). Sirius is 30 times as
bright as our sun. It is attended
by a curious smaller star compan
ion (called the “Pup”) of the
“white dwarf” class, made of stuff
so dense that handful would weigh
many tons—a tablespoonful weighs !
one ton!
The ancient imagined the crisp,'
sharp barking of a dog in itj '
seinbillabion. That is why it i
marks the mouth of the Great | i
Dog.- This star, is also called j <
Cynosura from which we derive '■
the word “cynosure,” and the :
cynosure of all eyes.” *
Cane’s Minor, the lesser dog, t
is nearly behind Orion, between ■ ]
Genune and Cane’s Major. Its t
bright star, Procyon, is only 1
slightly fainter than Rigel. 1 1
Procyon is a double star. It, ,
takes forty years for the two stars!
to revolve around their center of r
gravity. It is our closest neigh-1 J
bor, just 11.1 light yeras distant!
Pro-cyon, “Precursor” of the Dog|
so-called because its appearance'
above the horizon showed that 1
Sirius would soon rise-
Legend bells us that Atlas, who I
held the world upon his shoulders
and from whom our globes and
maps are named, had seven daugh
ters. Look for the Little Dipper
in the shoulder of Taurus, the ii
Bull, a most interesting constella- 1 li
tion above and to the right of
Orion. If you have very acute
eye-sight you can see these “sev
en sisters” changed to doves and
places in the heavens to escape
Orion who was pursuing them.
With a elescope you can see that
two of the sisters have not been
fully transformed. Alcyone, the
queen, a triple star, is the bright
est. That star was mentioned in
“Among Other Worlds.” Just be
low these Pleiades you will notice
a V-shaped group of stars. These
are the Hyades. They mark the
head of Taurus. The bright red
star, Aldebaran, forms his gleam
ing right eye. It is 53 light years
distant and 91 times as bright as
our sun. In diameter it is about
a third of the distance between
the sun and the earth. (As you
know, our sun is 93 million miles
away from our earth.) Aldebaran
has a “companion” about 40 bil
lion miles away from it.
Above Cane’s Minor you will
find in Genuini, the Twins, two
bright stars, Castor (greenish
white) and Pollux (yellow), rep
resenting the heads of the twins.
Castor is really six stars. It is
now dimmer than Pollux. The
two are about 29 light years dis
tant from each other! and Pollux
is that distance from the earth-
Pollux is 25 times brighter than
our sun. It is a single star. Stars
appear close together because
they are nearly in the “same line
of light. This constellation re
sembles the profile view of an up
rgiht piano, with the twin stars
at the top. The “keyboard” is to
the left. Pollux, being immortal,
as the legend relates, was deeply
grieved at the death of his mortal
brother. He asked Jupiter for the
blessing of death that he and his
brother might be together. Instead
of granting this request, Jupiter
released Castor from Hades with
the understanding that the broth
ers would “take turns” above in
the Heavens and below in Hades.
About 2000 B. C. they were seen in
these positions. Now Pollux is
above more than half the time.
It is a star used by navigators.
Castor is one of the most compli
cated systems of multiple stars.
High above Gemini and to the
right of it, just above Orion and
Taurus, observe the pentagonal
figure. Auriga, the Charioteer.
The god Erichtheus invented the
chariot, so Greek legends tell us
He was immortalized by being
placed in the sky. Auriga means
“Wagon Driver,” “Charioteer.” In
this constellation is Capella, the'
second brightest object now in the
sky- It is 400 light years away
and is 150 times brighter than
our sun. It has a small compan
ion which revolves around it ev
ery three weeks. Capella was of
ten called the “Storm Star” for
at|the season when storms were
dub, it hung low in the east.
associate Neptune, the god of
storms, with the constellation.
Capella is a navigational star.
This star is often named the Goat
Star as it represents the heart
of the She Goat held by Auriga,
the Goatherd, over his left should
er. The three painter stars of
nearly dqual brilliance, in the
isoseeles triangle on his wrist, are
the “Kids.” Capella was also
termed the Goat-Star because its
appearance above the horizon was
just ebfore that of Capricoenus,
the Sea-Goat, responsible for the
weather. Capella, for some, is the
Harvest Star because it rises on
the north-eastern horizon during
the latter part of August. It is
supposed to away from
us at the rate of 20 miles a sec
ond. About 400 B. C. the con
stellation of Auriga was “placed”
among the stars.
Emerosn, in “Nature,” has said
that “one might think the atmos
phree was made transparent with
this design, to give man, in the
heavenly bodies, the perpetual
presence of the sublime.
“When I consider thy heavens the
work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars which
thou hast ordained,
What is man, that thou art mind
ful of him?”
Yet—“ Thou crowned him with
glory and honor,”
Because man, alone, was created
in the image of God.”
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if evenly distributed, would estab
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I All-Stars Defeat
Beacon Mills Team
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i The Hendersonville All-Stars
1 defeated the Beacon Mills five, 54
I to 38, in a Western North Caro
lina league game in
ville Saturday night.
The lineup: |
Beacon Mills (38) All-Stars (54)
F—Hardin (10) Griffith (3)
F—Burgess (2) Peek (<)
C —Suttles (5) Drake (20)
G—Poteat (6) Pryor (14)
G—Davidson (6) Arledge
Subs:Straehla 9 ; Bagwell 4.
Shealy, Williams, * Patterson 4,
Lytle, Hill 2.
Referee —Clark.
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STATEMENT OF CONDITION
BLACK MOUNTAIN BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION
of Black Mountain, N. C., as of December 31st, 1945.
(Copy of sworn statement submitted to insurance commissioner as
required by law)
ASSETS
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The Association owns:
Cash on hand and in banks $ 297,72
State of North Carolina and U. S. Government Bonds.. 1,500.00
Mortgage Loans 150,625.25
Office Furniture and Fixtures 57.87
Other assets 115.92
TOTAL $152,596.76
LIABILITIES
The Association owes:
To Sharehloders
Funds entrusted to our care in the form of payments on shares
as follows:
Installment Shares $71,075.90
Full-Paid Shares 42,300.00
TOTAL $113,375.90
Notes Payable, Other 23,500.00
Undivided Profits 9,444.34
Reserve for Contingencies 6,197.45
Other Liabilities 79.07
TOTAL $152,596.76
State of North Carolina,
County of Buncombe.
Margaret Matthews, Secretary-Treasurer of the above named As
sociation personally appeared before me this day, and being duly
sworn, says that the foregoing statement is true to the best of her
knowledge and belief.
MARGARET MATTHEWS,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18th day of January, 1946.
E. E. WHITE, Notary Public.
My commission expires May 17, 1947.
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