{M: The Kings Mountain Herald
W"?** Established 1689 \$M
A vv.iH.lv newspaper dev t»r«d to the pramntion of the general welfare and published
f >r the enliglumenl, entertainment and benefit of the Httoaia of Kings Mountain
and i|a viHniiy, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House,
h'niered as second tdass matter at the poeioffjoe at Kings Mountain, N. E„ under
Ant of Congress of Marc h 3, IM7;i
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Miss Elisabeth Htewart )n!,,,,,,. I imitation Manager and SnHety Editor
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ONE VKAH «
TODAY S BIBLE VERSE
I f I do sot the hho As u/ ecy fUtkmr, feeder* mm sot. at, io mt
Farmer Effort
A big group of mid-western farmers
declared recently they would withhold
tenths, rattle end soybeans trom the
markets until price* firmed to consider
able extent.
Well, maybe.
The farmers have a point, They say
mires are too low , that the processor is
the chief beneficiary, and they want
their tatr share.
One wonders, however, if the group
will he aide to bring off the plan Chief
l.v, Kbw many, should prices advance,
though not to the desired goals, w iil de
code to sell earlier?
The action points up the big difficul
ty in settling the agriculture problem of
surplus, ami the rule of supply and de
mand
There was a surplus m the thirties of
at*out every thing, though many people
wove gomg hungry because they could
n't buy even at giveaway prices. Many
rhought it was evil to kilt ptgs and plow
UP cotton, though that is what was
done
The wav years brought farm prosperi
ty a!, vast vptanfifies of farm products
were neislxsi and manpower was short,
that's when ptice supports. got heavy
play to boost production. Post - w at
sea vs have been marked by the old suv
y'\ plus problem w ith starving peoples
sv ever the world minus buying power.
ytvnevaUy the farmer has turned to
governmental marketing pro gra m s.
poth at federal and state level, in his et
to earn semblance- of a proper
'iVr'#v tor his product and to avoid bank
A#yc>
V ^ Oy v
<SV 4* Mr-cu.lu c - a big segment of the
‘'V v“ 'k‘ * .. leaving
. p —■ - *cs v’-K ^ • v % >- *
.* t'hough farmer-, are lea
P'\ '■f?* u >*>*. 'vv temaln 'avge s.n munbet's
-f-',\^ld e.> n. e\ty group, minus the d;o
‘ i! Wi>l va aw in jm .r ' K,,... J _
law many of them deer..
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N#w Associate lustico
Secretary or Utxvr Arthur Galdburg,
just appointed to the Supreme Court to
succeed the retiring Justice Felix
Frankfurter, is winning plaudits for his
work as an able cabinet member alone
with congratulations on his appoint
meat,
Mr Goldberg proved himself a very
able ami responsible cabinet member
ami, though his background has been
as a top labor lawyer, a specialist, he
shoo ml through his service as a cabinet
member a broader concept to his work.
This w as: the Secretary of Labor was
not present as a special interest repre
seutative in the government, but as a
representative of all the people, just as
is the President, W hile politics can
nev er in? eschew ml front an innate poli
tical situation, the total Interest often
demands decisions over, above and out
side the political realm.
That was the kind of service Mr.
Cloldbevk exhibited and is indicative he
will tw an able member of the high
court.
Justice frankfurter, who went to the
court during the Roosevelt era, vender
mi long and capable service, As it not
unusual his early service marked him
as a liberal thinker amt interpreter. At
his retirement, he was considered
among the conservative ot the nine jus
tices.
Age, experience and responsibility
mmservstues more often than not.
Miss J#tte Plonk
IVath claimed last week Miss Jette
P-ottk. retired Kings Mountain teacher,
who spent the major portion of her
working life as a faculty member at
Last school, teaching the little folk of
primary grades, sometimes first, some- |
times third.
A close friend has reminded this j
new spaper of her abiding interest in her j
pupr- and the un - hear a led fact that i
much of her nob-great teaching salary I
was expended in looking after the ma- |
tonal welfare of those pupils of poor pa- I
rents, During the depression years, prior [
to the advent of school cafeterias, it was
not unusual for M ss Ftonk's hutch, to
be munched by a hungry youngster, and
she would have know n less than anyone
•ow many pa s of shoes and other
items of clothing she purchased for
"••voy young-uers.
hho had the big picture on the public
seboo, s job, onetame commenting on
ori; vism of the schools by noting that
he first chore was to raise the educa- i
ttonal level of all the people.
Cwtainly the- results accomplished
d'umng the years of her teaching service
prove- this wisdom-, led by Governor
Vy cock in l^Of. ami continued to the
■mo:1 that higher- education, as wed as
specialty work for the eduoable retard
ed. and the especially bright, is mow get
ung major attention. When Miss Shenk
began teaching there were many folk
who couldn't read tier write. There are
-
Miss, shook was. an interesting, convw
sa' onahs especially loyal to her fami
ly t M friends, a:td a staunch. Fresby
o. a:ii Site .ived a hie of service.
Seism
Chat fee, o. Pilling, retired after more
’ha,a >e«trs. jis jt voiiaii.eee i>h.HBi)«ft of
\ j>:;s. Mourn* ain n;v
sutv{>»»vt»: fc»i be soiwea hat ahJitt to- the
::;e horse os »ia>s %b;eh starr
ed tor the fire wheo «t alarm was gix
* <m.
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x,
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<*$* good sendee he has given since the
fujj? dnpw was organized, but the
courage aisd attention to but> all fire
men expand fior a. pittance of psy.
Xjhgs Mountain & fortunate foe the
service of Mr, Ihiimg and his- confreres
through the years.
>7
tuiutions t» K. ^ Pooler Jr.,
cen elected: a director or the
ittle Theatre, This is a quite
producing good. theft®*.
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
By Martin Harmon
Intireriwntfi} bits of neirs,
wisdom, humor, and comment *\
Directions; Tube weekly, if
possible, but m ind
overdosoge.
Sperry & Hutchinson, the green
stamp people, sent out a long
two ■ page press release over the
weekend to comment at length
on a war going on in the trading
stamp business,
m-m
It seems some folks have de
cided to become stamp brokers,
will accept any stamp for re
demption for anything they sell,
in turn marketing them to folks
needing a few extra books to get
a deoired item, or cashing the
stamps themselves.
S & H charges such action is
illegal and that their agreement
with -firms twins Untie stamp* ia
a use contract, rather than a
purchase one. It claims to have
sought injunctions against such
action* )n every instance found
and to have won everytime.
Though S A H is an old firm,
trading stamps are a compara
tively new merchandising tool In
this area There is no question
but that they have appeal tin
spite of the licking chore!. The S
A 11 sales pitch is that stamps
wiU more than sell enough goods
to pay for themselves, which ail
promotional tools are supposed
h> do.
n-n
Coupons were the popular
| tern of my youth. and 1 have
ut around the dotted line of
i many an Octagon soap coupon.
[ Fhts. must have been anient sen 1
j v toe on to) part, as 1 don't re
; .all getting any baseball gloves
| or other iuvenUe needs from the
I makers of Octagon.
Then there vvas the Raleigh
cigarette coupon which, if one
smoked etmugh foe long enough
ported, wouKt claim for him
numerous gifts, with the top one
v handsome wooden card table
both sturdy and beautifully in
laid. I saw one of these in the
Stash and it was nice.
From all the experience I had
m droolirtg over wish books,
irosa coupon redemption oata-!
'.-goes to mail order house ones,
l don't know why. today. I de
west ordering from catalogues.
?wrhaptt it s because t have less
time toda.v to study 'em. Today
i'd rather talk with the sales
man.
Actually, the wishing. was fun
and the wawtwng for the poorer
See package notice eacmcwtoag
pleasure.
Most people have had the ex
perience or chancing :nfo friends
and aw|tt.w»t*»c8s. or people
who know mends, in just about
usy place they ever vumed.
ak-na
Mrs. W K. Maamey. J?„ was
yeiaung an experience she and
Mrs. Howa-d Jackson had one
:.2tie in, a Miami. Wa.. store
Waiting by be waked upon, they
tociced an; odd-appearing gen
tleman at a nearby counter who
wore a long, stiTf waved rtous
acae. Mary wondered where lie
CO**id be from., Haast suggested
Paris, lyhaace
»•
Where the ladies ueted a
•isfr< j»et Unen tviits, the jen
'ieinoit addressed then* ;n Dw^
$t>ur*» drawl, -,Xou adies mast
>e tWMMt foe SWfctitt Vh‘?n from
\ ;fo.»wa,'* 'Rhu may were front
Mountain, Owte*
ie gentleman replied that be
i>w a friend from &ngs Motm
wi, a fellow a foe losstery
Knsuess. named. Silly Mmuie...
a*-a»
"’'•t.j i»v husband,'* Mary
•’epifed.
»■«
Otis. Fsit& *.. resaws ana awn.'
-.hrs aoere shift ■ tor Japan wxtn a
jaraalHtie- aw^ unit, say* Otta
a ittie Italian ioiiow in anomer
unit proved to be 4 dedicated
.^euDOutr with dices would; tees
"•vjjie up ail rtighc with foe
urweifc of the- dice- **’fouId. hewn in
•tmuteti um o iw any sleep,'
•ays. Ottss
M
Ob foe rattan journey. Qtss.
ttougdfc he d at; least have the
measure of sleeping, 3ut net so.
!“»e arete ttoiian aite man was
attain a passenger
3ut be said for Ins. sins. Jk
wavy winner arnng out, his inch
turned sour on the tecum tnp.
o*he fogju before Owsan^ be
w*ft as- brute as i. was»' Ous.
i »wgj»#.
Shopping Around
By Rolfe '
""" 1
“You aald this camtra was fool-proof. Wall, K laftHP
Viewpoints of Other Editors
DREAMS STILL COME
TRUE
In today's workaday work!,
it ts refreshing to take time out
to road the Joyful story of throe
UindereUas from Kansas and
remind ourselves that dreams
still twin' true.
As our readers will remem
her. the storybook Cinderella had
to sit miserably at home whiie
her more fortunate sisters went
out da muni; until a fairy god
mother intervened and decked
her out in magic finery for the
royal hall, where she met a
handsome prime amt lived hap
pily ever after.
Our dodereltas don't lack for
parties or dancing, we are sure
•these ate every- Ameiean gttTs
birthright. But as happened in
the fairy tale, the magic has
touched them too. transforming
them from Kansas school girls
into stars of a nationwide tele
cast. And hike the original Cin
derella, they too will be “queens
cor a oight“ — while alt America
watches.
This modern fairy tale began
last winter when Marty Meitner
and Owe® By ers of Topeka and
Saadi Beck of Manhattan emerg
ed as “stars'’ during the early
filtering of “The Bead TO Button
Bay'," a morion picture story of
the Girl Scout Senior Roundup
rhe "fairy godmother* is Gen
real Foods Corporation, which
made the movie with Girt Scouts
*f the U S. A. and will sponsor
che telecast as a public service.
And the happy eostog comes Sep
:ennbec 3i when the attractive
teenage)* make their dramatic
.iebtout over 2f» CBS TV stations
before a nationwide audience.
Fi*r the r.-.Tioos who will be
.vatchmg - Gart Scouts, their
families and friends, a; id the
pdlWtr it wUl be a chance to
.hate with them the special mag
c of tfccs occasion. And for the
iappy youngsters themselves, it
aid ’be a never-ao-be-lorgotte-•
•vensitg a fairy tale that csroe
true for three Ctndeceiias frow
iVirssas. ImcoH*. Timm
?L£ASE-D TO MEET
A» evoeaove photograph of am
L- alia.': -am. a French represent
mye in each setters arms after
the test otoehcruetMin bad been
bwbmweed vm oh* Mont Blame cun*
tel ® reminiiSftJi o£ other meet
mgs which Haw made ittfiecira
Liotiai history. As- when* tender*
ft allied wrt hawe met cm
nurd-wmi battittfisfeis. Or -»«w
Mr; Stwtey meets some Mr. L-v
mgseoee
U » also i-enundtdl ot me*t
utg* abac bam made jesyate bis*
tory. As when act established
member ft a netgnborneod cross*
as the street t» :nrip a neat neigh
bor with. some task. of “moving
iti” atal bocb cerate bpa* a. fineiut
ship — with that giad surprase
whsuh seems to mark break
throughs wtfMMMK tuimeis geop*
:«tough subterranean rock.
Every day, ail around: os. these
tunneling* are- going on. The
anas are not always pwmnaair
■iraiits or great ireeatig plants
that awwajuvs keep underground
waters- saieiy soi.d «rmmr that.
Cbime?' while men dig arid
build The toois are- he afternoon
baseball, sews, ah* eteen-ifying.
performance of a symphony ast
mght. the meaning of a new play
the midsummer state if hie gar
den, tr why someone likes what
be likes.
hi«*etngs ate adventures it*
,-otnraumcattun — one A the
meieta of Mbanh is- that A aw*
mils sharing at the other Sedows
maht of view ao that ones own
is never guite so rawtoiswi %an
as it. was before Tamei. away,
hnechenv we may be- just a few ]
jeer, sac even a- hew mehau Ham
w -4Zhr*t%mm 3cmmx low
dor
RESPECT FOR
AUTHORITY
?
Something ttrat is always high
ly amusing is to note how hag
1 time racketeers, little racketeers
and others who flout the law
howl about their legal rights on
the slightest provocation. They
have no respect for authority or
the law except as it fits their
purpose.
We note in the news two ex
amples of disrespect for law and
authority yhich received surpris
ingly opposite treatment. In
Providence. R. I. a judge freed
a traffic offender who called the
police officer a very uncompli
mentary name. The judge com
mented in extenuation that the
term has become “somewhat of
a professional expression.' The
fact that Harr}- Truman used it
and possibly other presidents,
does not in our opinion give it
blessing such as to take the dis
respect out of it when the author
ity of a police officer is question
ed. And we can but wvoder what
the attitude of that judge would
have been had the offender call
ed him that name.
It is more pleasurable to note
that in Richmond this month Mu
nicipal Judge John Pierce took
an entirely different view of the
situation, in hiss court the offense
of giving a policeman “a bad
lime by words" costs $250 or 50
Jays. For hitting an officer it
costs $500 or 100 days. -Hjcs be
lief is that one who doesn't re
spect the authority may respect
the penalty. We would expect
that in Richmond henceforth of
ficers of the law. and. the law.
will receive a great deal more
respect for their authority than
do potscemec in Providence.
Why is this important? Re
specs for the taw and authority,
-sot fear of it. i» the proper atti
tude, and when respect disap
■rears so does public safety ami
tcgao&ed society. Law enJeree
nsent agencies must have the
support of dte cocBawaseCy. Out
standing exceptions to Stas are
n>t remote nor its&requntc. Too
often bystanders ha™- hindered,
rather than, helped, an officer
Mtetwcping So take someone into
custody. If Shat attitude grows
to one can expect to* be safe,
"ydgcs taking She position of
Judge Pierce should have public
support and make certain that;
respect for aurrsorrty of the Saw j
regardless of one’s opinion of |
the* individual officer, is upheld. :
A comssrunify so united need: have
dttse fear of those who flour die
Hwr rrpilirrt Cwda ©9S»f*W f X-jt
■fows,, Crtttf..1
HUES ON THE HSSHWTA.’t - ■ -■ 1
iV-wt-ring to- an arracie in nhe
current issue <*£ *'radio s Keai
«5". pubitsired by ti» Ammem
Mtedfcat AssuesKson. dte safest
car art tile ingtiwav may weii be
one mat' s iwterf up in * iraum.
biustanti yeBew painr joo. When
a car is tfeus <tesir«»d. saennsri
say,., it's easy fet* ocher nunwiss
t» gauge beat fat away it is.
Weil; we’-re as Tmieh in taster
q£ h.goway safety as auij ourfy
eise. In past years '*e;ve install
erf safety belts ami barf ear
braitew, rights ami tares crneckarf
regular^*- But we're a Hitte iufe
■M»t jov ut tins business. of a
aasiiy biue>*nrf-yerfuto ear. The
■niter irtve-.'s- would see us com
5 tig. all right. but would *«y *
ewer in rime to stay out at me
way? — Tbe VMS Strvet Amrmn
TEJL3S J&GC
TWBS WfiS3L
'?#m» of wn tbowc Sing.
K'nuuum area people am
' events token from, ttm X9S j
i 'tie* <if iftti £Sotfa Jlotomat
irr-irr
SBr. and Mrs. Sinest Maun*?
and son. Jlenn and Mr and Mrs.
Miles Mauney returnev Tsaaeway
u their mime in Sew itorit afeer
a visit with .idauvess in Kings
Mountain.
Mfc .sad Mts, 3tenr? Stssfer of
and- Mts. Edui 2teier awtsr dte
rrA Cloud The Size
Of A Man’s Hand
55
By Rev. Norman H. Pusey
Pastor of Grace Methodist Church
Scripture: I Kings 18:41-46.
. .Text I Kings 18:H “There a
riseth a little cloud out of the sea,
like a man’s hand.’’
The lands ot Israel lay dry and
parched; wickedness reigned in
high places and low. Sin and 1
doiotfy were prevalent on every
hand. When the Israelites enter
ed the land of Canaan, they
Sound the country filled with
shrines. Every high place had its
altar, and every tree was sacred
to the worship of a local god.
These local deities, or Baalim as
they were called by the people,
were thought to he connected in
some way with the rain, the sun,
and the soil. It the soil refused
to produce, if their flocks did not
increase, if anything went wrong
with the 'weather, if there was a
hot spell or a rainy season or a
drought, the people thought the
gods were angry with them for
some reason.
This Baal religion had been in
troduced into the court of Israel
by none other than the King. A
hab (S75-853 B. C.), who had
married the daughter of a priest
erf Baal. Not long after Ahab be
gan teaching the Jews to wor
ship Baal, God intervened and
sent Elijah to Ahab's palace, an
nouncing a three year drought.
As the Lord God of Israel Up
eth, tsaid Elijah) before whom I
stand, there shall not be dew nor
rain these years, but according
to my word.” The significance of
this announcement was clear.
The Jew's were believing that it |
| was Baal who gave or withheld *
[the rain; they were now to be
I taught that the sky over the land
| of Israel belonged to Jehovah j
l God. Three years passed and j
I there was neither rain nor dew. [
Baal was called upon, but no
J response came. Contention be }
-ween the two religions deepened I
into persecution. .The altars of f
the Lord were thrown down and
the prophets of the Lord were ;
siarn with the sword or hid them
selves m caves. The drought be- i
came so severe thM even the
kirs^ and his steward went out j
to search for water. Then came!
the 'Assembly of the Great De
cision*. where Jehovah honored
the sacrifice oi Elijah and the
prophets orf Baal were defeated
and slate, and the people there
j on Mount Carotel cried out. The
Lord. He is God. The Lord. He is
God.*
FoBoariag this victory. Elijah j
weot to the top of Cfcrmei. and
as fee prayed fee bade has servant j
matrix the sky and the sea. After i
praying seven finaes.. there arose I
i— "‘A Kettle ctowi — the size of a
asan’b bamd."
i I
The first Stag that 1111^.11 nni j
sue about this cfeurct is —
i. Its origin. It came into ex-f
istenee » an answer to prayer.
God had a port is* the fionnatioc '
of this e&xjd.. It wasn't a happen
stance or a cotatidenve It was :
a Godcwilled dotal It is interest
:ng Co notice the re'-rticn. of the |
|; to God and Christians as ■
■et forth In the Bible In the 0id
rescamerat God asenaestwi feis
presence and showed forth his j
gtacy in tSse efotasi. When *S» cfeil- f
(fees cf Israel were I**-' ving j
Egypt.. God: ggmm them a- riHa- ofj
ctoad to direct them ire their j
march. It attended: them throw; i
the wilderness.. In tft* nag^t ’ir
was dear and bright — Kgft -s
their way; while during the dfey j»
■was tihick ami gjtowmy. protecting |
then* front the excessive hew «p: ’
the Arabian desert. In. the- \>w I
rescamertt we are toW that Jest® :
was received by a eiouti when: he (
ascended: into heaven. This toe j
(was a God-wiHed dtota& John t»Bs j
Chat the Cord will come again
in. the efc.ais; while Paul writes
to Ms fieflsw CMWifcrwi; wiling
them, that they will be- caught up
in the dmfejtgft meet the lord
when he- cranes again. Such
clouds are Gddt-wrought, like 1fee ,
one which appeared to: Elijah.
When Jesus was transfigured be
fore Peter. James and John; -Be- -
hold a bright cloud overshadow
r ed. them. and heboid * voice <&£:
ft die c-iwnt which said. This is, j
ny beioved Son., in whom. 1 am '
weil pieased. hear ye him." A 1
: gate God. revealed biased.’ tn: ■,
man through a cloud of divine or*
:ghi. at our lesson. Q*i was re- • ■
: eaUng himseii to trie peupit
.through a cioud die- size ,3t a-1:
mania hand.’
The second thing that impress
; as me about das cloud is._
HI its- size. The answer was
-anail. but its mnwidatitees were
' .treat When Robert Mdrrtson
landed at China in ESTT; it awit
mm *1'®! Sbgcait wears, to make
1 Hist one raws* A -snipping derk
..sneered, tr mm. “Do you-, w—r.- .
expect to "nuke an .mpcession or
the (Chinese gftnpirar’ -?s> *.. '
■tomsatm UEdiatl "inn: God wiii"" ■
And Gad *& m tS34. short** b*.
Dare he hfamson. iooked at 1
the half jeaen eanverts that wen 1
ail be bad to show for 2T weans i
of iabwr and smflded to* frswid ,
■dmc A would ae 3. aw wear* be- 1
fore that number rose to a 1000.
But he underestimated the power
of God about 500 times. By 1934
there were 500,000 Protestant
Christians in China including its
ruler Chiang Kai-shek. God’s ans
wer was small — just six con
verts for 27 years of labor —
but in 100 years there were a
half million. God’s answer to Eli
jah’s prayer was small but oh
how great its ultimate outcome.
Sb often we want the heavens to
shake and the thunder to roll,
and the Hghtniqg to flash when
we pray. How many of us would
have beat satisfied with tbjat
little speck of a aloud on the hor
izon. We would have ceased to
pray after the second or Hfcfrd
tone. There is a great lesson of
faith,,here for us. Elijah felt that
God would honor fats prayer, tor
he said even before he began to
pray, "There is a sound of an a
burtdance of rain.” Yet there Wfts
a need for prayer. Though he had
a feeling that God was going tog
end the drought, he did not neg-i
led Ms period of communion
with him. We also notice that Eli
jah kept praying. He did not
leave his pod to go to see for
himself. Too often we see noth
ing because our prayers lack per
severance. It is seven times faith
that brings results. Yet, after
praying seven times, there only
appeared, “a cloud the size of
a man’s hand." Was Elijah dis
couraged? No. He knew- God had
answered and recognized it as
such. Do you become discouraged
when answers to your prayers
seem so small and neglible? It is
not the size of the answer, but
what you do with it that counts.
God’s answer to our prayers
are not always by great mani
festations, so much as they are
by small, insignificant workings
and manifestations of Ms power.
God could have answered Elijah
by storm immediately, but he
chose the way of “a cloud the
size of a man’s hand.” He
often chooses that way. God
doesn’t always answer by the
spectacular; in fact, very seldom,
but generally through the trivial
and seemingly unimportant oc
curences of life. We remember
that a few days after this inci
dent, Elijah was on Mount Honeb,
and the Lord passed by. The
mountains and rocks were rent
by a strong wind, but the Lord
was re’ in the wind. An earth
quake shook the earth, but Godift
was not in the earthquake. Then V
Elijah saw a great fire, but a
gain, the Lord was not in the
fire. Then there came a still,
small voice, and in it Elijah rec
ognized Jehovah God. “A cloud
the size of a man's hand" had
trained Elijah to find God. not in
the spectacular, but in the every
day — the smaller things of Mfe.
Too frequently we gauge the ans
wer to our prayers by the size
->f magnitude of God’s answer,
dreat blessings often arise from
small beginnings. The talent of
•ours may appear but the size
,*f a man's hand in your sight.
Jirt who knows Its potentialities,
ft may be used to bless a na
tion. to bring joy and gladness
:» thousands. Mr. Edward Kkr.
xliu wars a ousmess naan — a
Christian business roan, possess
es wry Stole preactEi^r tastacc.
Zbte day be spoke Jo one of Ms
'■*>» clerks about Christ. A very
rurafofe? testimony. yet through, it
:bat shoe clerk was converted.
®d Baser became the EX L. Mocdy
:isat shook two continents for
-'’heist. Your ewrtritiatiictt in ser
rendered to the church of
Pesos Christ may be small in
tramparisort with what you would
Wc? to do. Your tithe may seem
o be a Regiagiibfc arraouat in com
^riison So the tittlhons of dollars
® the world. but to Qodfs use to
weenies- a poten t power to bull w
nig the ktogufcjoB, of God. “
The thi rd thing w+sich fespress
s me about this eBouri. the size
■c * man's hand fe _ XBL Its
^corapfohaawws. Jt «as aely a
doud the sire of a nsia’s fc*a±
wt k brought forth, art abundant
fit rain. What a blessing those
srst showers roust have been. It
scant toed and comfort ami har
»nps. Through this cloud God
■u>- rortainiy opened r.he wir-dow s
* «od poured out a Mess
!ii y5*-’ ‘‘lotai told the people
'tchovnh was the true God.
:*aai was. false. Efi’ah was the
•”'* P'cepfeet: Israel was again
n dwSne favor, ft was a snail
■K’ud. hut Kt had; a great ewss
’-crows what you cam *>
w,!*pii8h if you. yield your Mie
»' Gdu — no matter how small
,ou "r J.v feel to the una-verse.
*"ho- knows what you caa db 1?
f°*i surrender your fife to
■'t,nst- *t you »* make hi* ed
uce v«* your- objectives* ft was
wiy a tloud the site e£ a mar'-4
tond. but jt possessed pocentoG
wtooh brought untold toy and
t r^wed faith. » thousands ^
""W® Arnett