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IT’S THIS WAY
BY DOYLE JONES JR.
Jest of the Week: A salesgirl was approached by a matron who
asked where the perfume counter was located.
“Just walk this way,” replied the girl, heading for the counter.
“If I walked THAT way, I wouldn’t need perfume,” said the
customer. Ties.
• • •
MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE
We have written few sermons in our lifetime and preached
fewer still. It is too hot to sermonize, but this has been on my
heart and mind for a long time and July 3rd is about as good a
time as any to get the chip off my shoulder. Anyway with the
mercury hovering at close to the 100 degree mark it’s an appropriate
time to let off steam. Might blow a gasket otherwise.
For the life of me, 1 cannot understand why a Christian, at
least a goodly number of them, need to go around day after day
with a long look on their faces, sour, dour and serving oftentimes,
one wonders, as a walking testimonial against being a Christian. I
always thought that a true Christian, and that little adjective may
be the key, overcame adverse circumstances with grace that came
from God.
Now let me hasten to say that nowhere in the Scriptures does
it promise that man’s life on this mortal sphere is to be a bed of
roses. Rather, conversely, in fact. In the Book of Job, chapter 5
verses 7-I*. the Bible says, “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the
sparks fly upward. 1 would seek unto God, and unto God would 1
commit my cause: Which doeth great things and unsearchable;
marvelous things without number.’’
”... man is born unto trouble ...” It is presumptious
then of us to expect life to be always filled with sunshine and life’s
pathway strewn with flowers. Peter tells us “Don’t be surprised
when the trials and the troubles come. They are a part of life.”
Our Lord said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation ...” He
did not say, “There is a possibility that you will have tribulation.”
He said, "In the world you shall have it.” Can one be more positive
or can a fact be stated more plainly?
What then as Christians are we supposed to do when these
troubles befall us? Shall we seek friends for their advice and
counsel? Shall we devise our own solution to life’s problems? How
infinitely more rewarding and satisfying is it to “seek unto God,
and unto God would 1 commit my cause."
Most of you have read Defoe’s classic story, Robinson Crusoe.
You will recall how Crusoe, sole survivor of a shipwreck, was cast up
on a desert island, became sick and began to despair of his life. One
day, rummaging through a ship’s chest that he had salvaged from
the wreck, looking for medicine, he found a Bible and opened it.
The first words upon which his eyes fell were the words of the 50th
Psalm, and he read. ”... call upon Me in the day of trouble: I
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.”
The words warmed his heart. That night before he retired,
he did something else he had never done before in his life—he got
down on his knees to pray. He reminded God of the promise he had
read that day in the Psalm, and asked Him to overcome his illness,
and to send him deliverance from his exile. He soon dropped off
into an untroubled sleep and in the days and weeks that followed,
he found comfort and hope in the words of the Psalm.
Are we not all sailors traveling over the oftentimes storm
swept sea of life? We must do as Robinson Crusoe did—turn to the
Lord.
In the famous classic, "Beside the Bonnie Briarbush," there is
a scene in which a dear Scottish mother lies dying. Her son sits
sobbing at her bedside. She holds out to him her watch and chain.
She says, "Here, laddie, it’s yours. When ye feel the chain about
your neck, it’ll mind ye of your mither’s arms.’’
Then she put her hand upon his head and said, “Ye’ll follow
Christ, lad, and when He offers ye a cross ye’ll no refuse it, be
cause He always carries the heavy end Himself.”
es, when the Lord offers you a cross—when He thrusts a
cross upon you—will you be reminded that His “yoke is easy” and
His “burden is light.” Our Lord always carries the heavy end.
Do you know this great God, "which doeth great things and
unsearchable; marvelous things without number?”
You may know Him through knowing His Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Why the long, sad faces, Christians?
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
(jinest Editorial
(Editor’s note: We are not certain this article
qualifies in the normal context of an editorial, but it
is timely and provocative. We ask that you read it,
and when the chuckles are over and the claim of
“preposterous” and “ridiculous” have been leveled,
think of the uncomfortable amount of truth em
bodied in this satire. Who of us is to say that in ten
to 20 years this thing that we scoff at today may not
come to pass?)
• • •
PITY THE MIDDLE CLASS
For years the greatest fear in a man’s life was to be
poor. It was about the worst thing that could happen.
But gradually that’s changing. In fact nowadays, you
can get subsidized housing, health and dental care,
university scholarships and various other welfare
benefits, provided you’re poor enough. All you need
to enjoy many of the advantages of life is proof that
you are disadvantaged.
Nobody can complain about that. It’s human kind.
However, in curing poverty, society has created an
other problem group. And that’s the middle class.
Nobody wants to be middle class anymore because
the middle class has an awkward amount of money
- to ° much to be eligible to live as well as the poor,
too little to live as well as the rich. The middle class
wage earner is caught in between.
Instead of living downtown
(like the rich and the poor) the
poor sap has to buy a crummy lot
35 miles from town because that’s
all he can afford. And then he
spends the rest of his life trying
to pay his bills, educate the kids
and meet the mortgage because
nobody will help him out. If pov
erty gets any more attractive, this
is the sort of thing we may run
into at the office:
“Mr. Goodie, I wonder if I
could speak to you for a min
ute?”
“What is it, Smedley? I’m
busy.”
“It’s about my salary, Mr.
Goodie. I wonder if you could
give me a deci’ease?”
“You had a decrease less than
a year ago, Smedley.”
“I know, sir, I wouldn’t ask
if it wasn’t important, but I sure
could use less money.”
“What size decrease did you
have in mind?”
“1 was hoping for a $25 cut
in salary.”
“Twenty-five dollars! That’s a
big slice, Smedley. What have
you done to merit it?”
“I’ve worked for the company
23 years, Mr. Goodie, and I’ve
never let you down. My work has
always been up to standard.”
“I realize that Smedley, but
$25! Wouldn’t you be satisfied
with a sls cut? We have a bud
get problem right now. We’re al
ready below last year’s salary fig
ures. And I hear that the union is
furious, tax-wise.”
“Mr. Goodie, a sls cutback is
better than nothing, but my wife
and 1 had our hearts set on a
$25 decrease.”
“How about $20?”
“If I made $25 less, we’d be
eligible for an apartment in the
city’s now development, the one
downtown with a pool, sauna and
tennis court. Besides, my son
would qualify for a government
scholarship, and we would get his
teeth fixed.”
“You drive a hard bargain,
Smedley, but you win. You get
[your $25 decrease on this condi
tion: If your work slips, you’ll
take a $lO raise, no questions
asked.”
“Bless you, Mr. Goodie.”
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“And Smedley, will you invite
me over for tennis and a swim
some night when you get into
your new place?”
“Certainly, sir, I believe the
poor should share with the less
fortunate.”
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‘Whatsoever Things’
BY DONALD E. WILDMON
THE GREAT DREAM
We used to be a nation of dreamers. Some
of that is missing now, but we have it as part
of our heritage. Our forefathers, those who
founded our country, were dreamers. They
dreamed of a country where man would be free,
where he could live in dignity and hope and
promise of a better tomorrow.
They lived that dream, believed it so much
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they were willing to give their lives for it. Nothing could stop them
from reaching out for that dream —not even all the combined power
of the King of England. They took that dream and with it they
beat the unbeatable foe, they counquered the unconquerable land,
they traveled the untravelable roads. What great dreamers they
were!
Great Dreamers
But they were not the greatest
dreamers this world has had.
There was a small group of men
who had even greater dreams
than did the founders of our
country. Back nearly two thou
sand years ago there was a group
of eleven men who had a dream
—a great dream. They dreamed
that they could conquer the
world without lifting a sword or
firing a gun. They dreamed
that one day every man, woman,
and child could and would share
with them the new faith they had
found. They dreamed that one
day this world would be ruled
by love.
It was a great dream they
had—so great, in fact, that the
world thought they were crazy.
The world laughed at them, even
persecuted and killed them. But
the dream could not be destroyed.
It lived on. They planted that
dream of a world ruled by love
in the hearts and minds of other
men. The dream lived and grew.
Soon that dream had conquered
men of all -climates, all classes,
all races.
There are those who are still
dreaming that dream today. They
are inspired by a Carpenter Who
touched the hearts of common
men as no other Man. He planted
that dream in their hearts,
nourished (t, watched it grow. It
is the dream of a woild where
men are brothers, where we help
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instead of hurt, share instead of
steal, give instead of grab. It is
a dream of a world ruled by
brotherly love.
Foolish Dream
A foolish dream? An unrealis
tic dream? An illogical dream?
Yes, it has been called all
those things. But that doesn’t
stop men from dreaming it and
from trying to make that dream
come true. It is, in a way, an un
fulfilling dream. But men still
search after it.
The call goes out from this
Galilean Carpenter today for
more dreamers. Few there are
who dare to give themselves to
that dream. It seems unreachable
to most people. It is certainly a
big dream, and requires the best
there is in a man. For this reason,
very few dare dream that dream.
For it is a challenge, the world’s
greatest challenge. It isn’t a
dream for sissies, or weaklings,
or lazy men. No, it is a dream for
men, great men.
If you are a dreamer looking
for a dream to give yourself to,
there is none greater in all the
world. And one day, with His
help, the dream will come true.
(Copyright, 1969, Donald E.
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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969
Mrs. Funderburk
Sister of Mrs.
Holston, Pr sses
Mrs. Mattie Mac F, lndp , K ,
80, sister of Mrs. F. H .! Jrk ’
of Jackson, . died ' Wednes'da"
June 25, in a nursing home at
Decatur following a p ei od of and
dining health.
Mrs. Funderburk, widow of \u
Cliff Funderburk, had been a
resident of both California and
Decatur and was born in Monti
cello.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, June 26 at
Ward’s Funeral Home in Decatur
with interment in Mountain View
Cemetery. Rev. Peters officiated
and was assisted by Rev. \y \
Holston, a nephew of Mrs. Fun
derburk.
Mrs. Funderburk is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Gene
Sprouse and Mrs. E. T. Murphy
both of Decatur, Mrs. Howard
Bennett of Anaheim, California:
one son, Fred Funderburk of R os
well; one sister, Mrs. F. A. Hol
ston of Jackson; two brothers, M
D. Post of Macon, J. C. Post of
Montgomery, Alabama; 12 grand
children, 18 great grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews.
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to family life specialists with the
University of Georgia Coopera
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