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Religion
invitation to crisis
On a recent production of
"Sally Jessie", the set was filled
with those who pursue the ridicu¬
lous medium of "triangular live-to
gether” situations which would
have been unthinkable just a few
years ago. Claiming to love multi¬
ple parties, they justify this danger¬
ous lifestyle by appealing to the
"open mind", and the permissive¬
ness of our day. Traditional morali¬
ties and Biblical proclamation are
not even taken in consideration.
Marriage is not even a part of the
picture. Children are only a by¬
product, and the idea of a monoga¬
mous relationship is completely
dismissed.
Such arrangements may be at
least understood, if the parties were
prepared to face trouble down the
calender; but this is not the case.
All involved seemed to feel is noth-
Children of Light beware!
Ye are all the children of light,
and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep as do oth¬
ers; but let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep in the night; and
they that be drunken are drunken in
the night. (1 Thess.. 5:5-7)
"Children of light," and "children
of the day," God's people live in the
light, walk in the light. They love
the light because they are not
ashamed. Our common enemy is
making every effort to overcome us
with darkness, put out the Christian
light, tum the world into spiritual
darkness and put every Christian to
sleep. The night is the time when
men sleep; those who live in the
spiritual night do sleep, "Therefore,
let us not sleep, as do others."
The text has no reference to the
natural sleep that is required for the
physical body. Paul was writing
with the hope of keeping the Chris¬
tians awakened to their duties and
watchful that they enemy might not
overtake them unaware.
What does awake mean? It means
to arouse from sleep or any state re¬
sembling sleep; rouse from sleep or
inactivity. Wide-awake Christians
do not fall asleep suddenly. They
first begin to feel a drowsy, dull,
sluggish, half-asleep feeling creep¬
ing upon them, and they relax into
Senior garden project
seeks help for new
growing season
here and this year we will
bush beans, cabbage, collard
turnip greens, com, egg plant,
onion, peas, hot and bell
squash and tomatoes.
Some of the gardening tools
we need donated to the project
garden sprinklers, 3/4 or 5/8
water hose (50 or 100 feet), one
two gallon garden sprayer,
hoes, forks, soaker hose, a
(for harvesting potatoes) and
wheelbarrow.
You may leave gardening
Obituary
Morris L. McDaniel, Sr.
Mr. Morris L. McDaniel, Sr. of
Fort Valley died on February 17,
1991 at the age of 83.
A native of Bleckley County,
Mr. McDaniel was retired from
Woolfolk Chemical Company, a
member of the First Baptist Church
and a member of Fort Valley Ma¬
sonic Lodge #110.
He is survived by his wife,
Louise Nowell McDaniel; one son,
Gordon McDaniel of Alpharetta;
one daughter, Olive Johnson of
Hickory, NC; two sisters, Betty
Pearson and Ovida Luckie of Fort
Valley; one brother, Billy Mc¬
Daniel of Macon, five grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
February 18, 1991 with Rev. John
Talley officiating. Interment fol¬
lowed in Oaklawn Cemetery.
The family requests memorial
gifts be given to First Baptist
Church's Memorial Fund.
Rooks Funeral Home handled the
arrangements.
The Leader-Tribune 20. 1991
Dan Gatlyn
Peach Crisis Intervention
ing more than a normal situation,
and the "all will live happily ever
after.
One only has to deal briefly
with the aftermath of these relation
ships to realize that crisis is the or-
Evangelist Nathan Martin
a state resembling sleep and become
spiritually inactive.
Awakening refers more to arous¬
ing to spiritual activities, meaning
revival of religion. Paul was seek¬
ing to keep a revival of religion go¬
ing in the churches.
We are called upon to be awake
and walk circumspectly. Wherefore
He saith, awake thou that sleepest
and arise from the dead and Christ
shall give thee light. See then that
ye walk circumspectly, not as
fools, but was the wise. (Ephesians
5:14,15)
Circumspectly means watchful
on all sides. The Christian must
walk cautiously, ever alert, watch¬
ing every step and be ever watching
with Willie Maude Hollinshed on
Spillcr St., Ronald Everett on Al¬
abama St., Sarah Harris on
Vineville St., Shirley Hill on Hin¬
ton St., Phyllis Wynn on Emory
Street, Willie Gregg and Anna Jean
Bright in Indian Oaks Apts, H.E.
Bryant on State College Drive,
Denise Jackson and Inell Troupe on
Taylors Mill Rd., or at the Fort
Valley hardware stores.
For more information, please call
Inell Troupe at 825-7506. Thank
you so much for your cooperation!
Jessie Hill has made
history in Atlanta
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Only three men have served as
president of Atlanta Life, the na
tion's largest black stockholder in
surance company. The first two
chief executives were Herndons.
Alonzo Herndon founded the
company in 1905 and remained
president for 12 years. Norris Hem
don took over the office when his
father died and served as president
until 1973.
Jessie Hill has been president of
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der of the hour; and that continuous
conflict is to be expected. Disap¬
pointments, pam, disease, heart¬
break, and tragedies are the product
of such antics; not to mention con
demnation from self and others; and
the frequent suicides or homicides
involved.
Pshchologists, and other pro¬
fessional people may choose to rec¬
ommend direction and conduct to
clear the air of guilt, but it will not
eliminate the problem. Mark it
down. We will pay for our insis
tance in gathering adverse values;
and all because of selfish, illicit,
and immoral desires.
Which will it be? A life of cri
s j s situations, or one which is
wholesome, and brings credit to the
individual, to the family, to the
community, and to God. The an
swer j' s u p to you.
for the enemy's are
snares and pitfalls all along the
way. A man walking in his sleep is
sure to be caught. It is very danger¬
ous for anyone to get up at night
and walk in his sleep.
Watch ye therefore, for ye know
not when the Master of the house
cometh, at even, or at midnight, or
at the cock crowing, or in the
morning: lest coming suddenly He
find you sleeping. And what I say
unto you / say unto all, watch.
(Mark 13:35-37)
The Lord will come suddenly,
there will be no previous warning.
No man knows when He is com¬
ing. Every Christian has a lifetime
job watching for Him. Watch will
be the password of His coming.
Those who are asleep will sleep on
out into the awful night of tribula¬
tion.
He is ever in danger of falling
over a precipice. He can be easily
apprehended and handcuffed by the
enemy. Unconsciousness is one of
man's most dangerous conditions.
It is high tome to be awake: And
that, knowing the time, that now it
is high time to awake out of sleep;
for now is our salvation nearer than
when we believed. (Romans 13:11)
sing to be held
Saturday night
Open Bible Tabernacle on Sandy
Point Road in Crawford County
will hold a sing on Saturday,
February 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The featured singers will be The
Encouragers from Savannah and
The Messengers from Lizella.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Pray
For
Peace
since Norris Herndon's retirement.
The St. Louis native joined the
company in 1949 as an actuarial as¬
sistant.
After years of dedicated service,
Hill became the actuary and vice
president of Atlanta Life. Under his
leadership the firm has acquired sev¬
eral other insurance companies and
moved into its spacious new corpo¬
rate headquarter on Auburn Avenue
in 1980.
A community leader, Jessie Hill
led voter registration drives in the
1950s. In the 1960s he and his
company supported the student sit
ins of the civil rights movement. In
the 1970s Hill managed the suc
cessful mayoral campaign of May
nard Jackson and the winning con
gressional race of Andrew Young,
When Hill was elected president
of the Atlanta Chamber of Corn
merce in 1977 he became the first
African-American to head such an
organization in a major U.S. city.
Dixon
excellence as an educator
Mrs. Virginia Dixon, Assistant
Principal of the Fort Valley Middle
School, was among nine women
who were honored for their out
standing skills as educators at the
Statewide observance of the Delta
Sigma Theta Founders Day pro¬
gram. The salute to Georgia's Great
Delta Teachers took place at the
Macon Hilton in Macon, Georgia
on February 15, 1991. The sorority
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THE BIBLE STORY
"THE CALLING OF GIDEON"
‘AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THE LORD IS WTHI THEE,
THOU MIGHTY MAN OF VALOUR / JUD , 6,12.
"GIDEON is usually looked on as the greatest of Israel's "judges." It was he who delivered the land
from the hordes of the Midianites. He was of the half tribe of Manassch which dwelt west of the Jordan
in the same central valley where Barak had overthrown Siseja. Here Gideon was one day threshing out
his father's wheat, doing it in a secret place lest the wandering Midianites should discover and seize it.
To him there suddenly appeared an angel, sent to bring him the divine command that he should be the
one to rescue Israel.
Gideon was amazed and troubled. His family was poor and few in number, and he himself was
unnoted. Moreover, as he frankly told the angel, it seemed as if God had wholly deserted Israel to
slaughter and starvation. Gideon offered to make a sacrifice of worship to the Lord, and asked for a sign
that this was indeed the Lord's messenger who spake to him. So the angel, having bade him set his
sacrificial offerings on a rock, touched them with a staff. Immediately they flamed upward in fire. Then
the angel disappeared, leaving Gideon in (ear of death. But the Lord Himself spoke to the startled young
man and promised him support.
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a part of its five point program¬
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Mrs. Dixon was selected to be
honored based on her dedication and
exceptional skills as a teacher, the
respect and admiration of students,
parents, and co-workers in the
Peach County School System, her
active ability to inspire students of
all backgrounds and abilities.
Additionally, professional de-
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She has 23 years of teaching expe
rience with 19 years of service in
Peach County. Her last three years
in Peach County System have been
administrative.
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