The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-09-15
PRIZES AWARDEDFOR BEST
RESUME OF ADDRESS AUG. 7
Pauline Smose Gets First Place
and Is Given First Prize

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Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Smouse, of Oak
land, was awarded first prize of $40
for having submitted the best resume
Of the address of Mr.. Dulaney, of Bal
timore, which he delivered at the
Lords Day Alliance meeting at Noun
tain Lake Park on August Z.
Elwood Hauser was second with an
award of five dollars; Rosetta Bishoff,
third, who was awarded three dollars,
and Mary Francis Yutzy, fourth, who
was given two dollars.
Mr.. Dulaney offered twenty dollars
in cash prizes for the best resume of
his address, taking God at His
Word, One seventh of Your Time and
One Tenth of Your Substance" Eight
young people of Oakland and Noun
tain Lake Park handed in essays for
these prizes.
Any boy or girl of high school age
was eligible to compete for the
awards. DR.. W. w. Davis, of Balti-
more, who is general secretary of the
Alliance, was here on Friday and gave
the winners their prize money. DR..
Davis while in Oakland announced
that he is now working on program
for a Sabbath Day Institute to cover
a period of four days to be held next
year at Mountain Lake Park in con-
nection with the annual Lords Day
Alliance meeting.
Following is Miss Smouse's paper
which won the first prize:
The earth is the Lords and our pos
sessions are only lent, therefore one
seventh of our time and one-tenth of
our income belongs to Him.
| Abraham and Jacob rendered their
tenth to the rightful owner. Later this
law was given to Moses on Mount
| Sinai, hence it is just as binding and
| deserving of attention as any of the
| Ten Commandments.
In the biblical days when the law
| of the 1.-THE was obeyed, the people
| prospered, but due to the burden of
heavy taxes they became stingy with
| Gods money and were brought to re-
alize their mistake by the ceasing of
their prosperity.
God has promised an abundant
| overflow of blessings to all who pay
their tenth, and His promises are
| never broken, but always contain an
eff"
God will give back to US what we
give to the poor, land whether our gifts
| be smiles or dollars we shall receive
the same in greater proportion than
we give.
Some people wonder why their
prayers are not answered. Jesus said,
eff We abide in Me and My words
abide in you, We shall ask what we
will, and it shall be done unto you"
This promise will be kept, for our
Lord is the same yesterday, today and
forever-always DESTROYS to be taken
at His word.
John Kennedy and other worthy
men have written of the prosperity
which is theirs because they have paid
their tenth to God.
John D. Rockefeller, when earning
only seventeen dollars a month saved,
paid his debts and gave to the Lord.
He has reaped his reward and is now
using his millions for the benefit OF
America and humanity.
Fifty-eight years ago, Mr.. Dulaney
was born again. Eleven years later,
even though in debt, he took God at
His word and paid his 1.-THE. Today
he has no reason to regret this action.
The relating of his experience has
caused others to heed the word OF
God. A Baltimore minister has writ
ten telling of the prosperity of his
church members, the blessings of his
church and the increasing of his sal
airy at the age Of seventy-one and
again at seventy-six. When Mr.. Du-
laney told this remarkable incident to
school teacher, she replied that she
also had tithed and her salary had
been increased when she was sixty
nine years old, and that upon retiring
she was provided with an ample pen
sion. This all goes to show that God
is waiting to be proven and will stand
the test.
We are not compelled to obey His
law, but are free to make our choice:
to go His way and receive our bless
ings, or to sin and pay the price.
The saddest picture in the world
comes from wrong doing, and is the
parable of the lost soul, while the
brightest picture is the reward of the
man who has trusted God; for it is
His intention that His obedient chill
dren shall prosper and the wicked
! shall nerish