Bible Thought for Today on Using Hidden Talents
A devotional note cites Matthew 25 18 about the servant who hid his lord's money. It urges readers with modest gifts to use what they have rather than burying talent and to develop more through use.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1958
Page
4
A devotional note cites Matthew 25 18 about the servant who hid his lord's money. It urges readers with modest gifts to use what they have rather than burying talent and to develop more through use.
The six day Southern Furniture and Rug Market proves highly successful with buyers from across the South showing optimism for stronger business ahead. Shorter shows boosted store attendance and demand, highlighting High Point as a central furniture hub and signaling growth in market facilities and services.
A million pamphlets of the high school text Democracy versus Communism will be distributed to armed forces personnel. John Marshall, president of the Institute of Fiscal and Political Education, oversaw four years of work and secured 150000 for production. Brig. Gen. S F Griffin, USAF, ordered distribution to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, arguing understanding of communism aids morale and readiness.
The city council failed to set retirement policy before budget plans, delaying raised pay for most employees. Merit increases totaling 3.1 percent were recommended, but now workers face about three percent less take home pay due to retirement contributions. Critics urge morale improvement at City Hall alongside retirement progress.
Lawmakers debate revival of fair trade laws weighing consumer benefits against small shopkeeper interests. Senate testimony notes court rulings have crippled state laws and that fair-trade practice has largely vanished. Hearings begin soon as Hubert Humphrey leads three proposals backed by druggists to curb abuses with new measures.
Viewers see Elfreda von Nordroff reveal Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels amid Herman Goering related plot ending her 21 week restraint on the Twenty One quiz show. The exposure serves as a brusque reminder of the show’s tense atmosphere.
The piece notes Uncle Sam’s near confiscatory tax rates on top incomes as Elfreda wins 220 500 in a quiz show. It attributes much of the payout to business write offs and marvels at how tax collectors would extract most of the prize, highlighting the tension between wealth and taxation.
Sunday Sermon contrasts Methuselah’s nine hundred sixty nine years with the idea that life gains depth breadth and height through action. It cites Rufus Jones Pierce Harris and others to emphasize living fully in deeds and character rather than merely longer days. The note observes even short lives like Jefferson Burns and Raphael achieved lasting impact.
The funeral sermon honors Pal a boy of twelve praised for devotion to church school and scouting. The pastor contrasts a life lived in three dimensions with the long life of Methuselah, invoking Jesus to illustrate a life wide and generous beyond years.
Readers comment on a dog’s medal for heroism and its biting past, Nixon’s Latin America visit and reception, a call to curb litterbugs with Judge Haworth and A. Pat Brown praised, and Alfred Kohlberg’s approval of Oren Harris’s aims but not his methods.
The piece details Atlanta’s promotional campaign to attract furniture buyers from High Point by stressing city hospitality, traffic, hotels, and entertainment. It notes High Point’s response, possible reforms, and calls for a united community effort to boost market stature while preserving existing goodwill.
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