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McGregor, mirror, McGregor, Texas
FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. If
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HARD TO REGULATE
USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS
The House of Representatives,
through an investigating com-
mittee, has been looking into the
activities of various organiza-
tions, other than Established po-
litical, which took part in the
1944 campaign. \
The committee admits that it
cannot guess at t ie amount of
money spent. I1; recommends
that the activity ol1 these new po-
litical groups be covered by leg-
islation requiring^ a public ac-
counting of campaign spending
and that the law j also apply to
“educational, cnjic, fraternal,
social, patriotic, recreational, re-
ligious and 'welfare” organiza-
tions.
The campaign investigating
committee calls attention to the
fact that “organizations engag-
ing in political activity” will
“more often than not be found
masquerading under one of these
non-political heads. ’ ’
The attempt to regulate cam-
paign expenditures has been un-
derway for some years but there
are many difficulties connected
with enforcement of legislation.
We see very little objection to
open and above-board expendi-
tures for campaign purposes by
certain organizations plainly
identified.
The most objectionable feature
5s the practice of some interests
Dr. Robert W. Cagle
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NOTICE!
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for ANYONE to make
sewer connections to city
lines without first re-
ceiving an application
and final inspection. Ap-
ply at City Hall or Lee
Hardware Co. for appli-
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CITY COMMISSION
to set up.* a “front” organization
for political activity, depending
for its effectiveness upon the
secrecy as to the sources of its
income.
There have been numerous in-
stances of committees formed,
under high-sounding titles, ap-
parently of unselfish design, but
representing nothing but propa-
ganda which Would lose its ef-
fectiveness if distributed by its
sponsor.
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MARIETTA MARTIN PAINTS
‘PICTURE OF THE MONTH’
The ‘Picture of the Month,’
displayed in the library, lias
been changed to feature a still
life by Marietta Martin, junior
art major from McGregor.
Miss Martin started taking-
lessons in art when she entered
Baylor as a freshman, because
she has always been interested
in drawing and thought that she
might, like a few courses of in-
struction. Before she had taken
very many lessons, she decided
she would like to make art her
major.
Her hobby,as one might guess,
is art—it was her hobby before
she entered Baylor, and she saw
no reason for changing it. Aside
from her painting, the art student
likes music and has taken voice
instruction.
Still life is her first choice in
art, but next to that she prefers
commercial art*
Mils Martin’s mother and two
sisters have attended Baylor, but
Marietta is the first of her fam-
ily to take up art.—From the
Baylor Lariat.
BENEFITS
About 1,120,000 men, women
and children are receiving old-
age and survivor’s benefits at-the
rate of $20,500,000, according to
Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman,
Social Security Board.
BOOST G. I. MORALE
WITH GOOD LETTERS,
GIRLS ARE URGED
TLEtRITE the kind of letters that
* * will make your G.I. Joe, serv-
ice brothers, sisters, cousins, friends
say “That sounds just like Jeanie!,”
is the advice Holly Miller gives ’teen
age girl readers of her column in
Capper’s Farmer.
“You’ll be lifting morale and at
the same time having yourself a
good time,” she declares in the na-
tionally-circulated farm magazine.
“The trick is to write as if you
were talking to the person. If he
or she were there, you’d probably
tell how you thought you’d die try-
ing not to laugh backstage when the
villain’s beard dropped off just as
he raised his gun in the second act
of the Junior Class play. And how
he covered it by saying ‘That was
the quickest shave I ever had.’
“Put in a little spice. Give your
correspondent the low-down on the
latest gossip, if you will, but keep
a light unmalicious touch. For a
good will bonus, tuck in snapshots,
clippings, cartoons.
“As to the actual letter, remem-
ber it’s the only tangible evidence
the receiver has of you. You’ll want
at to look neat and legible. Use nice
paper, V-mail if it’s to go overseas.
Your special G.I. Joe will probably
like the faint scent obtained by
sprinkling bath powder or sachet in
the bottom of your stationery box.”
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OcHboL [Lessors
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUISV. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for January 21
Lesson
lecte
Council
permission.
STANDARDS OF THE KINGDOM
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 5:3-10, 43-43.
GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed are they which
are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.—Matthew
5:10.
A kingdom must have laws, and
here we have the laws for Christ’s
•kingdom—the kingdom of heaven—
which He shall one day establish on
this earth. In the Church we have
the joy of living as loyal subjects of
Christ, and hence these standards
are for our counsel and guidance.
The verses of this greatest of all
discourses are addressed to those
who have actually taken Christ as
King of their lives. These beati-
tudes are not a substitute for the
gospel. They are not laws that the
unbeliever can keep and thus be
saved, for this would be uterly im-
possible. Only he who knowrs and
has called upon the power and grace
of God in Christ can qualify to walk
as a citizen of Christ’s kingdom.
We note two things in this won-
derful and instructive passage from
God’s Word:
I. The Character of the Follower
of Christ (vv. 3-10).
The eight characteristics of the
Christian here presented are worthy
of extended individual attention, but
we can offer only brief suggestions.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit”
speaks of humility as a commend-
able quality. How contradictory the
present-day philosophy, which calls
for self-assertion and self-reliance.
But Jesus was not mistaken. The
way into the kingdom of heaven is
not that of assertive self-sufficiency.
“Blessed are they that mourn.”
The world does not believe that
statement. It shuns the house of
mourning. It tries without avail to
philosophize away the fact of sor-
row. The Christian, on the other
hand, feels with his fellow man and
thus receives a blessing. One can
really learn from sorrow.
I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chattered all the way,
But left me none the wiser p
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne’er a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me.
“Blessed are the meek.” Poverty
of spirit comes when a man rightly
sees himself, and has a sympathetic
touch with sorrow. Then he “in-
herits the earth,” because he tru-
ly comes to enjoy it as a place of
service and Christian growth, and
not because he has a deed to a sin-
gle foot of its soil.
“It is the hunger and thirst for
righteousness (v. 6), and not the
possession of it, that is blessed”
(Plummer). Self - satisfied people
know nothing of the glory of having
their hunger and thirst satisfied by
God.
We have here also the Christian’s
spirit of mercy which invites divine
mercy; a purity of heart, cleanness
of mind, and sincerity of purpose,
which enable a man. really to see
God even in this impure world; that
Christlike spirit which makes him a
peacemaker in a fighting world—
yes, that spirit which makes him
like the Master in sweetly bearing
unjustified persecution. These in-
deed are the marks of the man who
follows Christ as King.
II. The Conduct of the Follower of
Christ (vv. 43-48).
There can possibly be no more se-
vere test of a man.’s Christian char-
acter than the manner in which he
treats his enemies. Many who pass
the other tests meet failure (at least
in -part) at this point.
It is no easy thing to love your
enemies, but it is the standard of
Christ, and He will enable us to live
up to it. Now is a good time to
put it into practice, not only per-
sonally, but nationally.
There can be no doubt that love
for the brethren will be a more inti-
mate and satisfying experience be-
cause they return our affection (v.
46). Anyone can do that and enjoy
it. Enemies often return hatred for
our love—they persecute us (v. 44).
But we are still to love them.
That love must move us to treat
them kindly and to pray for them.
Someone says, “It can’t be done.”
Yes, it can by the grace of God in
Christ, and it is being done.
We need to exercise care lest we
fall into the easy habit of speaking
with derision or scorn of the un-
godly — that wicked, dissipated
neighbor who hangs around taverns
and other questionable places. Let
us never condone, their sin—that we
should hate—but may God help us to
love them#and lead them to Christ.
This lesson is indicated as being
a temperance lesson. The applica-
tion can only be made indirectly,
but it may have value. The use of
alcohol is so destructive of every-
thing that is good, that it is quite
obvious it is not in accord with
these standards of the kingdom of
heaven. It is time some church peo-
ple decided whether they want to be-
long to the world or belong to
Christ. If the latter is their pur-
pose, we believe the only consistent
position to take is that of abstinence
from alcoholic liquors.
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