Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-12-31
NEW YEAR MESSAGE
FROM "AURT BELLE. .

Well. Christmas has come and gone
and hope all the readers have enjoy
ed themselves and still have the
Christmas spirit of PEACE and good
will to all. Tue first of the year is an
excellent time to make good resolu
tions for the the year to come. Let us
make good resolutions respecting what
we shall be willing to do to suffer in
fellowship with our Lord that we may
by His grace make of it this best yeal
of our lives thus far, the year of larg-
est hopes, of best endeavors and by
the dear Lords grace, of largest sue
cesses in self-sacrifice, in overcoming
the world, in resisting the adversary
and in clarifying our Lord and en-
couraging His people.
As we review the leading of divine
providence during the yeaI that is
past, let the goodness and mercy of
God stimulate our faith and confidence
in Him in respect to the new coming
year. Let Us render thanks for the
blessings of the past year and look up
and lift up our heads for we know
that our deliverence is nearer than
when we first believed, and that He
who began a good work in us is both
able and willing to complete it. If we
submit our all to his wisdom and
loving care
l aid not see any account of the
death of Mrs Nancy Davis in last
weeks News She died on Friday
week before Christmas She had been
sick two years She is survived by
four grown up children, three grand
children and one aged sister.
Well, it seems that DR.. Blalock's
dead shot are so scattering that they
don't hurt anyone much. AS for me.
do not expect anything better of
him than to be called a liar. I've be-
come quite used to it. The old doc
tor tries to put himself on an equality
with his maker. He claims the same
rights that God and the Lord Jesus
Christ have have only found the
word liar used four times in the Bile.
and then 1t is not used personally ex-
cept when Jesus speaks of Satan as
liar from the beginning. In the tt6
th Psalm the Psalmist rebukes him
self, saying, In my haste have call
ed all men liars | have not kept all
back numbers of the News, but l am
sure / have made no mistakes bad
enough to justify anyone in calling
me liar. When l make mistakes
am glad to be reminded of them in
a friendly way. l do not claim to be
perfect. l hsye only been trying in
my humble way to "show forth the
praises of Him who has called me out
Of darkness into His marvellous light "
1t does not make any difference
what the translation of hades is, it |
IDn 30 :po
cept the grave or state of death, for
we know that our Lord didn't go to a
place of eternal torment. yet the APP
ostle Peter shows plainly in the Sc
cond chapter of Acts that Jesus aid go
to "hades," the Bible hell, The real |
of the word hell is only a
hole or pit. The Hebrew word "sheol''
means exactly the same as the Greek
word hades, and it is translated |
grave as often as it is rendered hell,
which is about thirty one times. II
DIR. Blalock writes such articles as he
does in good humor, as he says he
does, | wonder what he would write
If be was to get real angry l am
sure it would not be printable He !
says be can easily prove that none of
his opponents have done the will of
God. l wonder il be thinks that be,
IS doing Gods will. 1 Go not think
that any of US can do the will of God
pc, fectly, but we should 90 the best
that we can and be very careful not .
to offend. for Jesus says lit is impos-
sible but that offences will come, but
woe unto him through whom tney .
come. Luke 17:1. Again, Paul .
lays, "aiva none offences, neither to
The Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to |