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MAR 2 9 1 9 5 1 Mack Mountain (NC) I^EWS—JJ Thursday, March 2*}T 19ol you spare 9 minutes to read a message t * 19 centuries ola ? The Sermon on the Mount is for everyone. Anyone who reads it will be happier during the next 24 hours. Anyone who carries it in his heart will be happier forever. Read ... re-read... and understand its words. No speech ever promised... or delivered... so much. _he saw die crowds of people be wenr up oo the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him, he opened his lips to teach them. And he said: ★ Blessed are chose who the house. Your fight must burn in that way among feel their spiritual need, men so that they will see the good you do, and praise for the Kingdom of your Father in heaven. Heaven belonss to them! Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled! Blessed are the humble* minded, for they will possess the land! Blessed axe those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied! Blessed are the merciful, for ml.AV ill/ //// they will be shown mercy! Blessed are the pure in hc-art, for they will see. God! Blessed are the peace Eiakers, for they will be called God’s soas! Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you! * You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good or nothing but to be thrown away and trodden erfoot. You are the light of the world! A city that ^ It upon a hill cannot be hidden. People do noc 8 t a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they Put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in if Do not suppose tnat 1 nave come to uo aw ay w.ui Tfx» Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them but to fulfill them. For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a / will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed. Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, anti teaches Others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the King dom of Heaven; but anyone u ho observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven! Cc\ \i; ★ You have heard that the men of old were told “You shall not murder," and "Whoever murders will have to answer to the court." But I tell you that any one who gets angry with his brother w ^c answer to the court, and anyone w o spe temptuously to his brother will have to aI^e , greatcouncil, and anyone who says to h« bwtte Hfou cursed fool!" will have to answer for n m the fiery pit! So when you are presenting your g^ id tar, if you remember thar your brother has any TEXJ 15 FtOM Tx "NEW BHOOH, AM AIOACAM TAflf millCTr j. oooMfta>. ccmtotm. UN«B»IT Of OICA00. tm M*> W POET’S CORNER SPRING ^Uandhg0ne0rth W‘nd has come Then" a^tht’V'T' falLv , e'er the* la,vnCH Wmd SW6epS !rim’onmthheii nCW Karb> ridea lm() Vn the lawn, hfc earth’s drab halls. "comes!1*"’ Hfe and hoPe- 8he <jay as the nymphs of old; She is seen in the blossoms of loaches and plums, With a healing spirit she steals into slums That treasure her as gold. She is seen in the grass and the bluebird’s song 1 hat floats through the clear, * mild air, I'he memory of her will be kept as long As the hearts of men are held by the thong of hop. Pure an<1 fair' Oh, Spring. though war ma> *v irr.h*:. yoi'n**».r, yjTr™.. -P""* •*' * The homeless children dr.nk then Of your hfe. free from fear. Their mothers and fathers, with brigntened eyes. ecked Though their homes are wr by bomb*. ... „reet the skies, Lift their faces to greet Skl(.s that are tree irom and lies of trvants — thus Spring comes. Yes Spring, we are building our *YTueonie when"hearts are downed,, \nd within we feel surging our life anew v jjf,. of all hopes and dreams Which,1 through you, are found. _Nancy Ormond Former pupil of Black Mountain High school. grievance against you, leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your gift. Be quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may tff/ k I // / hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the last penny! ★ You have heard that men were told “You shall not commit adultery.” But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with desire has already com mitted adultery with her in his heart. But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of yourj body'than have it all thrown into the pit! If yourj right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw if away! For you might better lose one part of your) body than have it all go down to the pid ★ They were told, "Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce." But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife on any ground,1 except unfaithfulness, makes her commit adultery,! and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery. 1 ★ Again, you have heard that tne men or o*a were told, "You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.” But I tell you not to swearj at all, either by heaven, for it is God’s throne, or bff the earth, for it is his foot stool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king. You must not swearj by your own head, for you cannot make one single SION or UMWHSHY or anew —Turn to Page 7, This Section AT FAMILY REUNION The Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Byrd and children, Judy and Bobby, visited Mrs. Byrd’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hallman in San ford, N. C., during Easter. While they were there they attended the family reunion of Mrs. Byrd’s family. HOME FROM VIRGINIA Mr. and Mrs. Dave Atkins have returned from a visit with Mrs. Atkins’ sister, Mrs. Nettie Penland in Norfolk, Va.
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