Refugio Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1949 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4—Feb. 10, 1949, REFUGIO TIMELY REMARKS
JESUS FACES OPPOSITION
MEMORY SELECTION: “Do not
"be overcome by evil, but over-
come evil with good.”—Romans
12: 21.
Lesson Text: Mark 2: 3-8, 16-17;
3: 1-6.
One of the most striking mira-
cles of Jesus was the healing of
the man sick of the palsy, brought
to him by four devoted friends, all
five having in their hearts the
faith so necessary for great
achievement.
Jesus was busy as “he spake the
word” unto the crowded company
in the Capernaum home. He had
eager listeners, hurriedly gathering
when they discovered Jesus had re-
turned from his recent swing
around Galilee.
- The effect of Jesus’ ministry had
already had its influence felt far
and wide by this second summer of
activity. The religious leaders of
Jerusalem had been aroused by this
new doctrine, already critical of
their own religious leadership and
sincerity, and had sent their emis-
saries to Capernaum to scout out
this teacher and discover some flaw
in his life or doctrine with which
they could discredit him.
When the four friends brought
the palsied sufferer to the house
where Jesus was, they were block-
ed away by the crowd, but, full of
persistent faith, they lowered him
down from the roof, placing him
immediately in front of Jesus, at-
tracting his notice both to their be-
lief in his power and their devotion
to the suffered. Jesus always re-
wards faith and fidelity, so, here,
he addressed to the patient words
forgiving his sins.
The scribes from Jerusalem took
note—this lay-preacher dared to as-
sume divine power, that of remit-
ting human sin against divine com-
mand. This, they readily reasoned,
was blasphemy—a serious ecclesi-
astical crime then as it was later
in the Dark Ages! How often have
the assumed and assured upholders
of truth been revealed by history
as selfish, prejudiced enjoyers of
privilege which warped their judg-
ment and discernment.
Jesus knew the thoughts of his
critics, and accepted the challenge.
Nobody could disprove his spiritual
miracle of forgiving sins, which
gave no outward signs, but “that
ye may know that the Son of man
—hath authority on earth to forgive
sins,” he would perform the visible,
physical cure of the body of the
sufferer. This done, it was not
strange that those who witnessed
it were “amazed and glorified
God.”
Various other incidents brought
about the continued condemnation
of the Pharisees.
Levi was called from the seat of
custom to follow Jesus, and assum-
ed his new name, Matthew, “the
gift of God.” The Roman tax sys-
tem was iniquitous.The higher im-
perial officers charged with tax
collecting farmed out the local priv-
ilege to others who were more or
less compelled to exort duties from
the surrounding population in order
to pay for the privilege. These col-
lectors were called publicans and
usually made money, receiving the
cordial hatred of the people. That
Matthew abandoned his profession
to follow the new teacher speaks
highly for his sincerity, self-sacri-
fice and desire to be of service.
Matthew celebrated his calling
with a great feast. Exercising the
freedom customary in the East the
critics of Jesus watched the fes-
tive occasion in disapproval. They
questioned his disciples about their
master eating and drinking with
publicans and other sinners, Jesus
replied: “They that are whole have
no need of a physician, but they
that are sick: I came not to call
the righteous, but sinners.”
Very shortly these critics of the
Saviour were condemning him for
failing to fast. The strict Pharisees
abstained from food twice each
week, on Thursday in commemora-
tion of Moses’ ascent on Mt. Sinai
and on Monday because of his re-
turn. The Pharisees could not con-
template a religious leader failing
to observe this ancient ceremony.
Jesus answered such criticism that
new wine could not be put in old
skins. Many of our i^odern church
leaders need to recognize this, fact,
as Lowell wrote: “New occasions
teach new duties: Time makes an-
cient good uncouth.”
Shortly afterwards, Jesu^ enter-
ed a synagogue where a man with
a withered hand waited for healing.
Even his critics realized that Jesus
could cure but they watched him
to see if he would do this on the
Sabbath, contrary to Rabbinical
lav/.
Jesus asked: “Is it lawful on the
Sabbath to do good, or to do
harm ?” The man was cured and
the Pharisees outraged.
They sought out the Herodians,
their natural enemies, to join forc-
es to destroy this new teacher who
did not hesitate to set aside por-
tions of the older .revelation as hav
ing been of temporary value in fa
vor of his “new convenant.”
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C. R. Brewster, Pastor
“Sleeping Watchmen and a Sleep-
ing Church”, will be our sermon
subject for 10:50 a. m. Sunday.
What sort of a church member are
you ? Are you Active ? Indifferent ?
or are you Lukewarm, trying to
play both sides ? Hear this message
Sunday and see.
At 7:15 p. m. the subject will be,
“You cannot run away from the
Spirit of God.” Why should you
try to .run away—but rather you
should run to Him who alone can
help you in time of need.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Methodist Youth Fellowship, 6:15
p. m.
“See you in Church Sunday”.
Christian Science
Services
“Soul” is the subject of the Les-
son-Sermon which will be read in
all Churches of Christ, Scientist,
on Sunday, February 13.
The Golden Text is: “The Lord
is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me'to lie down in green
pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters. He restoreth my soul”
(Psalms 23:^ 1-3).
Among the citations which com-
prise the Lesson-Sermon is the fol
lowing from the Bible: “My soul
jongeth, yea, even fainteth for the
courts of the Lord: my heart and
my flesh ’fcrieth out for the living
God” (Fsalms 84:2).
The Lesson-Sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, “Sci-
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy:
“Soul, or Spirit, is God, unchange-
able and eternal; and man coexists
with and reflects Soul, God, for
man is God’s image” (page 120).
St James' Church
Masses on Sunday, (alternating
Refugio and Blanconia)—8 a. m.
and 10 a. m.
Evening devotions, Thursdays—1
7:30 p. m.
Masses on week-days—7 a. in.
Confessions Saturdays—4:30 to
5:30 and 7 to 8:30 p. m.
Mothers’ Day Offering for its
charity work, to be taken on
Mothers’ day of this calendar year.
Pie left postal cards with the pic-
ture of the hospital on them, for
use for those wanting them.
Brotherhood
Our last meeting of the Broth-
erhood had a fine number present
with visitors from both Woodsboro
and Beeville, among whom were the
Associational Missionary, Bro. Mil-
ton S. Leach, who spoke a few
words to us about the portable
chapel.
Bro. Brett Hargrove, Association-
al President, brought a message to
the men on the subject of “Depend-
ence”. We depend upon God for
everything that we have and then
can He depend upon us in every as-
pect of life, was the essence of the
very timely message he brought for
us.
Following this program, refresh-
ments were served to the whole
group.
Bro. C. A. Watson, builder on the
construction of the S. S. building
for the Beeville First church, was
present with our Brotherhood group
for the evening.
Workers Conference Served
By WMU
The local W. M.. U. served in
the finest fashion, lunch for the
messengers and visitors present for
the meeting of the monthly Work-
ers Conference. The lunch was
served in the City Plall where the
most attractive decorations were
set up which made the lunch per-
iod all the more pleasant and in-
viting. Between 75 and 100 were
served this fine meal.
The Sick
A large number of our people
are sick. Mrs. John Neely had an
operation last Tuesday morning at
9 a. m. She is doing very nicely.
Mrs. Rose Marie Gideon is in the
hospital also. Mrs. Rex Clark is at
home sick but improving. Mrs. Al-
lie Rigby is home sick from anoth-
er fall with no bones broken but
somewhat bruised. H. B. Copeland
has had relapse with the mumps
but is improving now. There may
be other sick ones unknown to the
writer.
Peace Lutheran
Church •
Woodsboro, Texas
M. Shatto, Pastor
Church School—9:15 a. m.
Divine Worship—10:30 a. m.
Teacher’s meeting at. Robstown,
3 p. m. Boy Scout meeting right af-
ter school Wednesday, Feb. 16.
First Baptist Church
Order of Services
Sunday—9:45 a. m.: Sunday
School.
11:00 a. m.: Preaching service.
6:30 p. m.: Training Union.
7:30 p. m.: Preaching service.
Monday—3:00 p. m.: W. M. U.
Bible study at the church.
3:00 p. m.: Sunbeams at the
church.
Tuesday—7:30 p. m.: Brother-
hood at the church.
Wednesday—7:00 p. m.: Teach-
ers and officers meeting.
7:45 p. m.: Prayer meeting.
Thursday—7:15 p. m.: Choir
practice.
Friday—4:15 p. m.: Jr. G. A.’s
at the church.
Saturday—10:00 a. m.: Jr. R. A.’s
at the church.
10:00 a. m.: “Where He Leads”,
KWBU.
Workers’ Conference
The Monthly Worker’s Conferen-
ce of the Blanco Baptist Association
met with the First Baptist church,
Refugio, Texas and the program
proved to those present to be a
very valuable meeting. Comment
registered was that the messages
delivered were very helpful, giving
rise to the right sort of a spirit for
the preparation for the Revivals
that are to be held throughout the
Association. Revs. Teague, Luns-
ford, Eubanks, Floyd Wren, Sutck-
ey and Griffin delivered messages
on different phases of the Evan-
gelistic program of work and Bro.
S. E. Harry, Woodsboro, brought
the sermon of the day. Bro. K. P.
Walker, Supt. of the Valley Baptist
Hospital, spoke especially on the
Portable Typewriter—
Remarks Office
Hub Club Meeting
At Johnson Home
Mrs. W. A. Johnson was hostess
to the Hub Club Tuesday afternoon
at her home. Her daughters, Vir-
ginia and Martha June, assisted
her in serving refreshments.
Mrs. R. H. Renfro presented a
study on social behavior of chil-
dren, after devotional by Mrs. J.
R. Woods. Mrs. Verna Alexander
of Corpus Christi, directed the
children in presenting a play, “Ten
Little Cookies.”
Attending were Mrs. R. H. Ren-
fro and Patsy; Mrs. J. R. Woods,
John and Eleanor; Mrs. Guy War-
ren and Alice, with Mary Ann Ed-
wards; Mrs. Ray Gilliam and Pam-
ela; Mrs. C. L. Rainey, Susan and
Tim; Mrs. Louis Landrum and Tom-
my; Mrs. J. R. Walker, Mrs. W,
W. Hardy, Mrs. M. B. Null, Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Ofton, Mrs. Verba Alex-
ander, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Vir-
ginia, Martha June and Francis,
and their guest, Shirley O’Connor.
Mrs. J. W. Hooks and Joe H,
Harris, accompanied by Mrs. Har-
ris and Nancy Hooks, spent the
week-end in Houston with their sis-
ter, Mrs. J. D. Parham, and their
sister-in-law, Mrs. G. A. Harris.
The latter is leaving shortly for
Venezuela to join her husband, who
is employed there by Lane-Wells.
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