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will you be there?
by Paul E rowland
Do you know that you are going to
heaven when you die? Some might
rhink that it is presumptious to think
that you will go to heaven when you
die. In this age erf uncertainty, perhaps
there would be a considerable number
who might say, There is no heaven or
hell. When you die-that’s all there is to
it. Get as much out of this life as you
can because when your body dies, that
is all there is to it.
On the other hand from the
beginning of time, men have dreamed
of a place called heaven. The tombs of
ancient Egypt tell of the Egyptian's
hopes for the future. History shows
that civilizations of every age have had
an instinctive awareness of eternal
life.
For the believer in Christ, heaven is
more than hopes and dreams of eternal
life. The Apostle Paul was absolutely
sure that when he died he would go to
heaven. He wrote, ‘‘for me to live is
Christ, and to die is gain.” He knew
the presence of Christ in his daily life.
He also knew that when he died, he
would see Christ face to face. The
disciple John knew that he was going
to heaven, and he tells us that every
true believer could have the assurance
of going to heaven at death. In I John
5:14 he wrote, ‘‘These things have 1
written unto you that believe on the
name of the Son erf God, that ye may
know that you have eternal life, and
that ye may believe on the name of the
Son of God.” John had heard and
believed the words of Jesus before He
went to the cross, “let not your heart
be troubled, ye believe in God, believe
also in Me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you. And if 1 go and prepare a
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Established 1888
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THE CITY OF FORT VALLEY AND THE CITY OF BYRON
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place for you, I will come again, that
where I am ye may be also ” (John 14:
1,2
You say that your faith is so small
and that you sometimes have doubts.
Who is so great a sinner that the blood
of Jesus cannot wash away his sin?
Take comfort in Christ, if you have
really come to Christ. Cast every care
on Jesus. Tell every need to Him Lay
ever sin, doubt, fear on Him
If any man is willing to be saved, the
Lord Jesus Christ stands ready to save
him. He says, ' ‘Come guilty soul and I
will give you free pardon . Settle it in
your mind, last of all, that if you have
committed your soul to Christ, Christ
will never allow that soul to die. The
same hand that was nailed to the cross
is holding you. ‘‘Now unto Him that is
able to keep you from falling, and to
present you faultless before the
presence of His glory with exceeding
joy.” (Jude 1:24) Come every soul by
sin opprest, there is mercy with the
Lord. He will save you, He will save
you, He will save you now. Look to
Him who saves you, live for His honor
and glory, and look forward to that
time when you will be welcomed to the
Father s house of many mansions
Anderson, South Peach, etc
Mike Lovvom
Taking a brief look at some things
that are happening around us these
days...
...Peach County will pay tribute this
week to Mr. Ernest Anderson with
ceremonies before Friday night's
football game, and at an appreciation
banquet Saturday night in the PCHS
cafeteria. It is simply amazing to roe
that one man could be elected to a local
office ten straight time, and only face
opposition once. Apparently, the
citizenry was pretty happy with his
performance.
As I said before, I haven’t had the
opportunity to know Mr. Anderson like
most of you have, but his work is very
evident...
...Speaking of work, the new South
Peach Park recreation complex was
opened officially Monday night with
youth football and soccer games. One
of the first things that struck roe when
1 moved to Peach County was the fine
recreation facilities, and that was
before South Peach was completed
If you don’t think there is any area in
May the years hasten on
Pete Nichols
All of you moms who have had teen¬
age daughters will readily identify
with our recent experiences. We say
"recent” when perhaps we should say
"experiences of the last several
years.” As our daughter approaches
the exalted age of 20, we realize that
the end of our-or hcr -humiliation
may be in sight. The humiliation to
which we refer could be termed The
Sum Total of Mama
As you know, there are several ways
in which we disgrace our daughters if
they are in the least bit sensitive to
public opinion. First of all, we never
can dress to suit them. Just the other
day we received from our daughter a
letter about our pending visit during
Parents Week End. "Mama, wear
clothes that look nice," she said "You
can leave your boots at home if you
want to,” she continued.
Now we readily confess that we are
not a clothes horse. A minimum of
money do we spend on clothes, nor are
we overly concerned with styles and
fashions. We do not in the least mind
wearing a dress that is 15 years old if it
still looks all right and is in good
shape. Never do we spend tours
agonizing over proper attire for a
particular outing.
tt Fight on you Orange and Blue 99
Vicky Coleman
Since arriving in Georgia a shade
over six months ago, I have met with
ridicule, scorn, disgust, teasing,
laughter, jokes and name-calling. On
two certain nights in the past few
weeks my telephone has almost blown
its cork from all of the constant calls
from so-called, “Friends.”
What is my crime, yew ask? I am an
AUBURN FAN. Yes, folks, I am one of
those dread creatures from the other
side of the state line. On top of
everything else, I have the AUDACITY
to be FROM Auburn! That makes me
doubly suspect.
Now, up until this time, I had spent
the fell months revving up for all the
crude remarks we made about Bama.
To most of us, Georgia Bulldogs was
just a name that cropped up one
Saturday in November. Now they have
replaced even the Florida Gators at the
top erfmy hit list. I honestly never paid
Georgia any attention until this year. I
had no argument with them, nor did I
Advertising in the Leader
Tribune doesn’t cost...
It pays!!
which tax money, along with grant
money, is well-spent, you owe it to
yourself to go out and take a look at the
new facility. More detail on it later...
...Something else that will be a big
asset to Fort Valley and Peach County
is in the works out on 341 South. What
has been an empty building for several
years is buzzing with activity these
days and will soon house a new
industry that will employ over a
hundred people
Corporation folks have been known
to play the cloak and dagger game at
times, so I'm not supposed to tell you
anything more about the industry; but
then, everyone in the county already
knows about it any way.
Chamber of Commerce Director
Herman Stine is still waiting on the
OK to announce on the new industry,
and you'll see it here as soon as he
gets it. By the way, the landing of a
new industry for the county is a bright
light for Peach County. We will all
reap the benefits from it, so remember
Sis made her point, you say?
Probably so At any rate, we spent a
longer time than usual deciding what
to wear last Saturday At last we
settled on a wool skirt, pullover
sweater and tailored blouse, an outfit
we considered appropriate for a
college football game We were
rewarded, 1 guess, by Sis’ neutral
comment, "That’s what 1 figured you
would wear."Needless to say, the
boots in question we had left at home
Other requests our daughter had
made "Don't have Jack's hair cut too
short," she admonished in the letter
Did she want him to look like a shaggy
dog or a hippie or a drug addict, we
wondered "Please don't get horn¬
rimmed glasses," Sis had begged
when she learned that age was taking
its toll of her mother’s eyesight At
this stage in her development Sis is
concerned with appearances more
than substance
Another source of embarrassment to
our daughter lies in the outspokeness
of her parent We tell her frankly our
thoughts about her friends, our
impressions of her boyfriends, our
opinions of her proposed college
curriculum, our ideas about her
activities. In short, we try to guide her
pull against them unless they were
playing us. The situation now,
however, has changed. No one was
any happier than me on, “Gamecock
Saturday.” The Bulldog Bubble finally
burst, and strangely enough, my
phone did not ring once.
I was not aware of the rivalry’ that
exists between the Tigers and the
Dogs, but I see now that it is extreme.
What fun! This is even better than
being back home. We were guilty of
some really dirty tricks on Bama, and
they on us, but I must say that Georgia
and Auburn fans here are much more
creative than we ever thought of
being. Some of them are truly original.
Sure, we rolled Toomer’s Comer after
the games and wrote on all the
buildings and generally created havoc,
but nothing compared to what these
fans are capable erf. I have really
learned a lot from them.
Only one thing has really bothered
me. Ifrat remark by a Tech coach in
9J']Jl ions
that when they come around collecting
Chamber dues...I will...
.. .Construction seems to be the topic
for today, so we’ll also point out that
our new Piggly Wiggly store opened
Tuesday to a packed house, and it is
nice, another asset to the area...
...On the national scene, the
Democrats are making a big deal over
Sunday night’s debate, which most
folks agree went pretty much in favor
of Walter Mondale. In such a
situation, debating is much easier for a
challenger than an incumbent. All he
has to do is attack the weaknesses of
the past administration. But the
President and some of his campaign
people don't seem to be helping
themselves much at times.
Reagan's famous radio remark that
got on tape about bombing Russia was
inexcusable, and Mrs Bush's
comment Monday about Geraldine
Ferraro being a word that rhymes with
’’rich’’ didn’t help matters either. If
the current trend of blundering by the
Republican campaign people contin-
in important choices No doubt she
would prefer for us to blend into the
woodwork, chameleon-like. She would
like to have a colorless, spineless,
nonentity, we suppose, a person
incapable of an independent thought
or decisive action.
Our principal source of comfort
amidst these trying times is the
memory that we. too, at one time were
as short-sighted. We, too, were
embarrassed at one or two “Cos¬
tumes" our mother wore. We, too,
were sorely distressed at our own
mother's individuality We, too, felt
branded for life because our mother
was ”a character.” Regrettably, we
did not mature enough soon enough to
inform our parent that we were deeply
indebted to her for her guidance, her
personality, her character. Too late to
tell her, we at length realized that we
were glad she was a colorful individual
instead of a Casper Milquetoast kind
of drab, nondescript person. Finally,
we came to appreciate her for the gem
she was-principled, intelligent, cap¬
able. idealistic, practical, wiser than
most.
Although we do not begin to pride
ourself on equalling our own mother’s
personality, character, or perfor-
"Sports Illustrated.” The one about
the Auburn player and plow. Now, you
would think Tech would have a little
sympathy, since they have been at the
bottom with us for a while. We do not
begrudge them their wins, as a matter
of fact, they can have a turn just like
we did. They even have some people
now who will actually ADMIT they are
Tech fans. Now if that is not an
accomplishment, I don’t know what is!
1 promise that the next time I crank
up the old tractor and head home, I
anil jot some of these things down to
tell all my friends while we sit out in
the pasture and eat moon pies and
drink RC colas. (Oh, yes, contrary to
popular belief, the hotels in New
Orleans last January were very
understanding about our eating Vienna
sausages in the rooms, since these
delectable items were not on the room
service menus.) I would also like to
take this opportunity to tell the fens
that we have taken your suggestion
and suited our football players in
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ues, this could turn into an interesting
election...
...Speaking of blunders, how in the
world can Congress fail to act one day
on something called a supplemental
emergency appropriations bill so that
the government won’t go broke and
federal employees can stay at work,
and the same day approve a bill
sending $14 billion in foreign aid to the
Middle East? It would seem that
having our priorities in that order has a
lot to do with why we needed a
supplemental bill in the first place.
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mance, we do hope that at some later
date our daughter may come to realize
that perhaps her judgement was a bit
warped. Maybe her parent was not the
"weirdo” she considered her to be;
perhaps, surprisingly, she had gotten
a little bit smarter during the last few
years. In short, we hope to hear Sis tell
Bubber a few years from now, “You
know, Billy, Mama is not quite the
‘dumb bunny’ I thought she was when
I was a teen-ager.” Then we will feel
that we have “arrived" in establishing
a good parent-daughter relationship.
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tear-away overalls. We have found
them to be much easier to care for.
In closing, I would just like to say
that I love my War Eagles, and will be
there rooting for them against the
Bulldogs and Tech. I know wi will
have a tough time with both teams, but
I have every confidence that we will
BLOW THEIR DOORS IN!!"!