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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1949
Page
6
John B Kenyon argues a business’s worth is measured by its stake in heaven not earth. He cites scripture, war era finance, and a humorous jab at ostensible folly comparing treasure on earth to an ostrich eggs and calls readers to invest in the afterlife while warning against an earth bound enterprise.
Baptist services feature Dr Henry A Parker at First Baptist on The Divine Imperative and Love on the Cross. Headland Avenue Baptist invites Jesus on the Cross and Jesus Raised from the Dead at 7 p m. Grandview Baptist hosts The End of the War and Behold He Cometh in a Bible conference. Southside Baptist presents The Prayer of Our Lord and Come to the Light. First Christian hosts The Teaching Ministry of the Church and Christian Beliefs in evening.
All Christian Science churches will focus on the Sacrament as the lesson sermon. The golden text reads Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me Psalms 1 10.
The Rev. Joseph L. Kellermann will preach on The Epiphany at 11 o clock at the Church of the Nativity. Rev C W Northcutt topics include A Beginning at Curtis Memorial and How God Keeps Us from the Evil of the World in the evening. Dr W F Calhoun speaks on Work God Left Unfinished in the morning and Responsibility and Responsiveness in the evening. Rev Charles Hildreth preaches Nothing New Under Heaven at Lafayette Street in the morning with Dr A E Shafer preaching in the evening.
The Church of the Nazarene pastor will deliver the morning sermon on Saints in the Wrong Places and the evening discourse on The Seven Ages. Services are at the usual church hours.
A Presbyterian discussion addresses how differing viewpoints can arise from identical questions, exploring theological themes and interpretations during the planned session.
W W Reid reports on changes in chaplaincy circles as military needs grow, noting a push to recruit younger chaplains and form a reserve. The Methodist Church in 1948 reports 651,062 members, 62 bishops, 24,113 ministers, and $196,435,168 in giving, with large missions outlays. Northern and Southern Baptists fund European displaced-person resettlement, while the Netherlands Reformed church warned against armed intervention in Indonesia, urging independence and collaboration. In the U S, 106 theological students from fourteen European churches study at 39 American seminaries, including 16 Greek Orthodox ministers. Amid global turmoil, the Mid-China Methodist conference in Nanking ordains seven deacons as wartime tensions loom under Japanese and Communist pressure.
ATLANTA AP Southern Baptists started a program of enlarged service to the armed forces. Dr Alfred Carpenter of Atlanta becomes full time director of the chaplains commission overseeing recruitment of more chaplains and support for those on duty. The drive includes securing $10,000 in funding for the commission.
The description touts an eight inch electric shoe polisher with a sheepskin buffer that is gentle on fine stitching and ornaments while reaching seams edges and holes. A quoted note mentions a Hercules mother found in Australia with two wingspan four inches.
The 1895 Jones Hotel in Newton Alabama gained fame as Uncle Alley's lodging renowned for a round dining table with a rotating disc for self-serve meals. It featured early amenities like a telephone, a windmill, and a light plant, with Uncle Alley active in church and education. Black Mammy served as hotel maid and is remembered fondly, with the building remaining as a weathered landmark and the hotel family legacy ending in 1920.
Frank Covington of Dothan will direct the Associated Industries of Alabama public relations pre exam in 1949, as announced by association president Hugh P. Bigler. The program aims to educate the public about industry through plant visits student forums pamphlets and town meetings with emphasis on high school outreach and youth engagement. The AYA library offers films on steel cotton aluminum plastics chemicals rubber and more free to schools clubs and groups and speakers are available for engagements on industry topics.
A meeting to organize the Jackson County Association of Clergymen will be held Monday in Fellowship Hall at the new Methodist Education Building. Rev Charles A Corbitt to preside with Ven W G Lowery as host. 10 am start to review a proposed constitution and bylaws.
The Bishop’s Youth Fund will allocate 35000 to Tuskegee Institute for an Episcopal chapel, part of a 260000 campaign to build chapels and student centers across Alabama. Fund-raising proceeds include a 65000 Tuskegee goal, with an initial 5000 on hand and a 10000 national council grant possible.
The author extols the four Gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John as exact in essential details about Jesus while noting their brevity in everyday biography. He emphasizes reading the original sources, asserts Mark’s conciseness, and highlights John’s focus on divine power and Jesus’ passion, crucifixion, and resurrection.
Sudbury, Mass. reports poultry humor as H. Whitworth, a poultryman, donating a hen for a local production Dress Rehearsal. The hen laid an egg during the performance, was returned, and next morning a second hen proved to be egg productive.
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