Spiritual Guidance Momma Hammond gave her son Fay in December 1943

Leon Fay-Bud- Hammond, Jr. has a New Testament that Lissie White Hammond gave Leon Fay Hammond, Sr. as he was leaving for Military Service in the US Navy in World War II. She had underlined select scriptures. Those scriptures are included below.

Scriptures Momma Hammond Highlighted for Daddy
As he departed for WWII
Christmas 1943

1. Matthew 5:16, Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
2. Matthew 5:44, But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
3. Matthew 5:48, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
4. Mark 2:5-7, (blasphemy written in the margin) When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee, But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?
5. Luke 12:31, But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
6. Luke 12:34, For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
7. Luke 12:40, Be ye therefore ready also; for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
8. Luke 13:3, I tell you, Nay; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. A (Acts) -16:31, And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
9. John 4:14, But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
10. Acts 16:31, And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
11. Romans 3:23, For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (R. 5-6)
12. Romans 5:6, For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Luke 13:3)
13. Galatians 5:26, Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
14. Galatians 6:2, Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
15. Galatians 6:4, But let every man prove his own worth, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
16. Galatians 6:7, Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
17. Galatians 6:9, And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.