Newspaper Page Text
Page 2
i THE COVINGTON NEWS I
E 118—122 PACE STREET, COVINGTON, GA 30209 “
E I BELMONT DENNIS
Z | Editor and Publisher
■■
■B
Z LEO S. MALLARD
£ Assistant to Publisher
■>
E OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
I NEWTON COUNTY
Z AND THE
5 CITY OF COVINGTON
w
■
ffIIIIIHIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Whatever you’re doing and wherever you live—
during the week of September 25 through October
2—you should give attention, interest and support
to an observance that will tike place at that time.
It is National 4-H Club Week.
It would be difficult to praise the 4-H movement
too highly. Because of it, great numbers of boys
and girls are helped to learn the fundamentals
of farming—and farming, in these days, is a com
bination of business, art and craft. The ancient
virtues that are an implicit element in land and
nature are combined with the technology of today.
The farm population and the amount of land de
voted to farming have declined over the years,
while the population as a whole has soared.
Yet our farmers have been able to supply the
nation with an abundance of foods of every kind,
and of the liighest quality. This is one of the
remarkable, if little recognized, achievements
of our time.
There are a number of reasons why this has
been possible. One, and a most important one,
is found in the general use of pesticides. These
destroy the natural enemies of crops which, in
pasteras, vastly undermined the farmer’s ability
to produce. Without pesticides, and the other
agricultural chemicals in common use, the problem
of meeting our demands for food would be critical.
However, some little time ago, there was a wave
of fear that pesticides were contaminating our
foods and had become a menace to health. Luckily,
In an age of transition and re-evaluation in the
United States, the world’s largest professional or
ganization strongly urged that programs be adopted
for the nation’s schools which highlight the moral
and spiritual foundations of the American way of life.
The action was taken at the 1965 convention of
the National Education Association at Madison
Square Carden in New York, in a resolution which
reads as follows:
“The members of this Association recognize that
the future will demand of our citizens a moral fiber
seldom required of any society. The complex and
difficult problems which they face will require a
strength of character and a set of values which alone
can supply the power and the courage to hold stead
fastly to these ideals and spiritual concepts on
which this nation was founded. We believe that the
public schools should play an important part in
building values.
“To this end we urged our members to take the
lead in developing programs of education which
highlight the moral and spiritual foundations of our
American way of life and encourage a deep and
genuine respect for freedoms and diversities.
“Further, to this end, we take a strong stand to
support parents, teachers, and school administra
tors in their efforts to find and promote programs
Time was when a Cupid’s arrow, striking a young
man’s heart, inspired him to acts of derring-do,
sometimes heroism, and at least to demonstrate
sufficient maturity and responsibility to earn the
respect - and possibly the hand -of the object of
iiis affections. But now it appears that Dan’s ar
rows must be tipped with another potion. For we
have recently seen many male adolescents (their
behavior precludes calling them young men) rush
ing for marriage licenses in an unabashed attempt
to avoid military service.
We’re hard put to decide for which we feel the
greater pity - the boys who thus deny themselves
the opportunity' to develop the ability, beforehand,
to take on marriage responsibilities, or the girls
w r ho thus accept as a marriage partner someone
whose very reason for wanting to “get hitched” at
once is clear evidence of his unreadiness to as-
Going To School A Dangerous
Trip. Engineer Declares
Nearly one-fourth of Am
erica’s population Is now engaged
In a dangerous movement—going
to school.
If your child Is a part
of this movement, you should
know that going to school Is less
safe than you think, according to
Willis E. Huston, Extension Ser
vice engineer at the University
of Georgia. Mr. Huston backed
up this statement by pointing
out that some 76,000 children
were injured or killed in the
nation during 1964 while going
to and from school. These fig
ures, he said, were compiled
by the National Safety Council.
“Whether your child walks to
school, rides a bicycle, talkes a
bus, or id driven in a car by
parents, there are precautions
you can take to make his daily
trip safer.” Mr. Huston of
fered the following suggestions,
which resulted from studies by
the Safety Council of the most
common accidents and their ca
uses throughout the country:
Don’t load or unload children
across the street from the school,
making it necessary for them
to open the door on the street
side of the car. Both opening
the door on the street side and
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures, and Features)
— NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
7^77
y।j jl l Mi Irw
— Published Every Thursday —
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single Copies .10
Four Months $2.20
Eight Months $3.40
One Year $4.00
Points out of Georgia-Year —$5.00
Plus 3% Sales Tart
National 4-H Club Week
Observance Sept. 25-oct. 2
Our Food Is Safe
School Teachers Urge Moral,
Spiritual Foundations In Life
Camouflaged As Cupid
darting across the street or be
hind the auto to the curb make
the child a target for moving
cars.
Don’t stop the car on cross
walks. This makes children
walk out of the designated walk
and Is unfair to safety patrols
trying to direct them.
Don’t double park or stop too
close to the crosswalk. This
blocks the view both of children
crossing and the safety patrols.
Don’t pull in front of a school
bus to avoid having your child
miss it. This endangers children
boarding the bus.
Do pool rides whenever pos
sible to reduce the number of
cars In the school area. Always
meet children riding with you
at a designated location, if pos
sible on the school side of the
street away from the crosswalk
or corner and on a different side
of the school from the one ped
estrian pupils are using.
Use more than ordinary caution
driving in the school area and
observe all traffic and school
regulations carefully. This not
only contributes to safety, but
sets a good example for the child
ren.
If your child rides the school
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS E
Associate Editor Z
■■
3
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD =
Associate Editor
3
-
Entered at the Post Office 2
at Covington, Georgia, as Z
mail matter of the Second Z
Class. Z
We live in an increasingly urbanized society.
Inevitable as that may be, a very great deal of
the strength and the character of this nation is
found in the rural side of its life. The land, and
those who work the land, feed and clothe and sus
tain us. And there, away from the congested
cities with all their problems, is the strongly beat
ing heart of America.
There are no juvenile delinquents in the ranks
of 4-H. They carry on those traditions—pride of
purpose, fair dealing, independence, consideration
for others—that are so vital to that heartbeat.
thorough-going “total diet’’ studies conducted by
the Food and Drug Administration disproved this.
The latest of these found that the amount of pesti
cide residues detected in our foods by today’s
highly sensitive analytical methods are insignifi
cant from a health standpoint Pesticide levels
found in test samples were generally less than
one per cent of the safe legal tolerance, and many
of the most commonly used pesticides were not
found at all. The tests were made on composite
samples representing 12 major food groups in
cluding root vegetables, dairy products, and grain
and cereal products.
What this means is that the pesticides are safe
when properly used - - and that the farmers are
using them properly. The manufacturers’ labels
clearly describe die safe ways to employ the
products. No one need fear that the foods we see
in such succulent abundance in the markets are
anything but healthful.
which improve and enhance the principles of moral
ity, truth, justice, and patriotism for our youth, to
perpetuate and safeguard our American way of life.”
The resolution was adopted by a standing vote of a
large majority of the delegates. Those who achieved
its passage hailed it as “an effective instrument for
teachers everywhere to encourage values of dis
cipline, patriotism, and purpose in the classrooms
of America.” They emphasized, however, that NEA
resolutions are adopted for one year only and urged
that parents, teachers, and school administators
move immediately as broadly as possible to in
augurate a program of action which will be sus
tained from year to y.ear. These steps are sug
gested;
1. Distribution of copies of the resolution by
PTA groups and use by them to strengthen their
efforts to heighten the caliber of television and
radio programs.
2. The setting up of committees by local educa
tion associations to implement the resolution.
3. The planning of teacher workshops to institute
character-building programs in the schools.
4. Distribution of copies of the resolution to
teachers through state and local channels.
sume such responsibilities. It would be a bit un
fair to cynically say “they deserve each other,”
for obviously, whatever their physical age, both
parties to such a marriage are in some respects
still adolescent. We suspect that those were not
really Cupid’s arrows, but pernicious barbs cast
by demons of childisliness, camouflaged as Cupid.
Hoping for the best, we see it as possible for a
bride and groom to grow up after the ceremony, in
stead of before. But it is unlikely in all cases, and
we think it is well that the President has put an end
to the foolishness of drafting or exempting young
men from military draft on a basis of whether or
not they are married. The young lady who waits
for her boy friend to come back after a couple of
years in military service, will likely find he has
grown to be a man. .And the one who doesn’t wait -
well, maybe she didn’t grow up enough, herself,
to deserve that kind of fellow.
bus, crossing the highway to
and from the bus stop Is the
greatest single hazard he faces.
Although law requires autos to
stop in both directions, cars
still fail to stop for a number
of reasons. Instruct the child
to cross on signal from the
bus driver or school bus patrol
only, and even then after looking
both ways himself.
Avoid last-minute rushes to
make the school bus on time,
but also avoid long waits for the
bus. Once children are on the
bus, they should obey the driver’s
instructions quickly and avoid
loud talking, playing and moving
about while en route.
If the child walks to school,
he should be given thorough in
structions in obeying traffic signs
and signals. Teach him to cross
streets at marked crosswalks or
intersections only. One of the
most dangerous practices is to
step from behind a parked car
Into the street.
The child should follow a de
finite route to school, either
one laid out by school autho
rities or one selected by par
ents. Find out from school
officials if protected routes have
been established.
POUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
K Sunday School
GROWING IN UNDERSTANDING
AND PATIENCE
Devotional Reading: I Corin
thians 13.
Memory Selection: Let us not
grow weary In well-doing, for in
due season we shall reap, if we
do not lose heart. Galatians
6:9.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Growing in Patience.
Young People-Adult Topic:
Growing in Understanding and
Patience.
Today’s subject, “Growing in
Understanding and Patience,”
presents a topic which makes
a fitting study for all Christians.
Understanding and patience are
basic needs for us all, and Ch
ristians, above all men, need to
exemplify these traits which ch
aracterize our Lord.
In churches, as In all other
groups of people, differences of
opinion occur and 111 feeling
sometimes results. When this
Is so, the testimony of the Ch
ristian Church is at stake. Such
witness of Christians causes the
world to question the validity of
our faith, and men ask, Just
what difference does it make
to be a Christian? The Ch
ristian fellowship is broken, and
often serious consequences re
sult.
Paul was concerned about the
church at Philippi, and he wished
to show the Christians there that
patience growing out of under
standing can help in our dis
agreements. So also, in his
letter to the Colossians he points
out the qualities that are needed
for harmonious human relation
ships.
Today’s memory verse says,
"Let us not grow weary In well
doing, for In due season we shall
reap, if we do not lose heart.”
As our Christian faith matures,
and as we are Involved in the
daily effort to respond to God,
we need to grow in patience.
Difficulties within and without
demand that we exercise tole
rance and understanding at all
times. Our patience may be tried
to the utmost, but the application
of patience will pay rich divi
dends to him who will acquire
it. The fellowship that results
is truly worth the price of our
patient understanding of all God’s
children.
The wonderful patience of Je
sus in dealing with his disciples
and with all who came in contact
with him proves the power of
patience to overcome many ob
stacles.
Paul found occasion to write
to his fellow Christians at Ph
ilippi. They had entered on a
time of prosperity, and the Ap
ostle took the opportunity to thank
them for sending him a gift
to be applied to his work. Never
theless, he was aware of troubles
at Philippi and used this opport
unity, while thanking them for
their gift, to give them some
THE
CHATTER.
...80X...
My but it’s fun now to go all
around the city and just look at
the merchants windows! They
will tell you that Autumn is in the
air. . .that your mouth will fairly
be watering for the beautiful
dresses, and colorful coatsuits,
as well as Men’s clothing you see
in the windows. Nothing is as
pretty as the little girl’s Fall
dresses and the very young man’s
winter suggestions. . .Watch for
them also in your Covington News
. . .and trade at home where
prices are right! And when it
comes to groceries just take
your Covington News to the stores
with you, after marking your
grocery list in the News, where
the prices are right. . .and then
you will know just what you want,
and not flounder all over the
store and buy a peck of stuff you
do not want. The Grocery Stores,
as well as the Merchants of the
town. . .are doing their part in
making this a place in which you
love to live. . .because you can
find the finest of groceries, dres
ses, clothing of all kinds, China,
Furniture, rugs, Drugs, candies
Automobiles of every make. . .
and just name it! Your Covington
merchants have it!
Mr. Henry Wright is at Newton
Hospital, and has to go to Atlanta
for Lung Surgery. He has been
waiting about 20 days to get Into
the Atlanta Hospital of his choice
. . .we are praying that his con
dition will soon be taken care of
and he will be fine and well.
Mrs. Trippe and Mrs. Camp
bell, at Newton Hospital have been
there for a long time with frac
tured hips. . .and their many
friends are happy they are doing
nicely. Mrs. Tom Heard came
home sometime ago and is doing
nicely, and enjoying visits from
her many friends at home.
Garden Clubs are beginning
to “Come Alive” again. . .so
just watch out for their planning
for a “Truly, City Beautiful!”
They are not going to “let up”
until Newton Count) is truly not
ed for it’s beautiful plantings.
Dogwood and Day Lilies will be
planted in quantity. . .but we
really want to see some rose
beds in the parks such as the
one in front of the Episcopal
Church. . .Azaleas under the
pines at City Hall. . .and some
THE COVINGTON NEWS
sound advice.
Paul loved the Phllipplans, and
he admired their noble spirit,
which had been expressed by
their kindness to him. Because
his affection for this church was
so great he did not hesitate to
Include In his "thank you” a
note of fear concerning certain
Influences which could menace
the well-being of this devoted
church.
The troubles which Paul had
in mind are clearly Indicated in
his letter, though he touches on
them with great kindness and
tact. The church had become
divided, not by doctrinal differ
ences, as in Galatia and in Cor
inth, but by personal animosities.
Philippi was very provincial, and
everyone was conscious of his
own importance. The church
was divided into cliques and was
tried by petty questions of pre
cedence. Instead of working to
gether for the cause of Christ,
the Philippian Christians tended
to become distracted by feuds
and rivalries. There was need,
therefore, for Paul to set be
fore them the example of Christ,
who, though he was divine, hum
bled himself and took on the form
of a servant.
Nothing so brings us to our
knees as the vision of our Sav
iour who was humble and obed
ient, even to the death on the
cross.
Paul also found it necessary
to show the Christians at Ph
ilippi that they must not be de
luded into thinking that anyone
in this life can consider himself
to have attained a state of per
fection. He spoke of those who
"are otherwise minded.” It
is possible that arguments had
developed among them to the
extent that they argued that Ch
rist had come to redeem man
kind and thus there can be no
degrees of salvation. They may
have said, In effect, If you are a
Christian, then you must be a
perfect or complete Christian;
otherwise your salvation Is ques
tionable.
Paul could answer such rea
soning by pointing to his own
life. His faith was absolute, yet
at the very moment he was writing
his letter to the Phllipplans he
was in prison awaiting possible
martyrdom.
So also, the Philippian Ch
ristians were exposed to a con
stant danger from Judaism.
There was the possibility that the
missionaries from Jerusalem
who had disrupted the church
at Galatia would also Invade Ph
ilippi. These were both Jewish
Christians and also followers of
Judaism who were hostile to the
Christian faith, and Paul recog
nized the danger of their frontal
attack on his friends in the ch
urch at Philippi.
Paul was writing, then, with
concern for this church, and
he was aware of the dangers that
overshadowed the Philippian Ch-
fine rose beds there would be
beautiful. . .or tulip beds planted
in the fall. . .and as they die
down after blossoming, fill the
bed with hybred petunias which
stand the sun all summer and
blossom beautifully.
If the neighbors on each street
would sign up with the Covington
Garden Club for Dogwood and
redbud trees in front of their
homes on the curbed streets,
where the clubs plans are to
plant them. . .they can get nice
trees, real cheap. . .planted for
them. . .and if watered and cared
for and one dies it will be re
placed. . .Think this over and
let’s do our bit. . .Mrs. Edward
Hawkins is at home again after
a visit with her daughter in Col
umbus, Ga. Here’s that broom
again so I’ll be “SWEEPIN’UP.”
Will To Conquer
Cancer
About 47,000 men and women
will die of lung cancer in the United
States this year. The American Can
cer Society estimates that about 75
per cent of these deaths will be
caused by cigarette smoking. The
ACS says to stop smoking if you
can: don’t start the cigarette habit
if you do not already smoke.
Legacies and bequests to the Amer
ican Cancer Society continue to
play an increasing role in financing
the fight against cancer. They to
talled $500,000 in 1952. $8,000,000
in 1964. To cure more, give more.
.deiteM *7o
Ba MJL* ■ ।
Dear Covington News Staff:
Thank you for the nice write
up of the Otto-Wren wedding,
especially printing such a clear
picture of the bride. Your pic
ture brought out the beauty of her
veil which the other three papers
failed to pick up in their photo
graphs.
Lois Gray
Read THE COVINGTON NEWS
(Our Advertiser^ a.C
ristians. He could say with
conviction, "Therefore, my br-
ethren dearly beloved and longed
for, my joy and crown, so stand
fast in the Lord, my dearly be
loved.” He had reminded them
that through Christ they had a
part in a kingdom which is not
of this world. As citizens of
this heavenly (divine) kingdom,
It was necessary for them to
hold firmly to their allegiance
and first love.
He did not In any way try to
hide his concern. He had pointed
out certain dangers, and he told
them that they must "stand fast.”
So also, they must remain in
concord and “be of the same
mind in the Lord.” He en
treats Euodlas and Syntyche, who
had apparently quarreled to re
solve their differences. He calls
his comrades in the faith “true
yoke-fellows” and asks them to
help these women who he says had
worked side by side with him,
and with others, including Cle
ment, who was a Roman Christ
ian. Clement , we are told
wrote an epistle which is the
earliest Christian document out
side the New Testament.
To the Christians at Philippi,
Paul said, "Stand fast.” This
was good advice for them, and
it is good advice for us as we
too seek to grow and mature as
Christians.
At the beginning of chapter 3
Paul had already begun to say
farewell: “Finally, my brethren,
rejoice in the Lord.” In chapter
4, verse 4, he returns to the
same note of goodby and repeats
himself: “Rejoice in the Lord
always: and again I say,
Rejoice.”
Commentators on this part
icular scripture remind us that
in Greek, the language Paul used
in writing his Epistles, the word
“rejoice” was away of saying
farewell. Doubtless Paul took
occasion to use the double mean
ing of joy and goodby.
As we grow in patience and un
derstanding, joy should be the
keynote of the Christian man.
Our faith is cause for rejoicing,
and such joy must needs be
come a habit for the follower
of Jesus. As he wrote to his
friends in the Philippian church
he took occasion to state his
imperative again and again. “Re
joice in the Lord. . . Rejoice
in the Lord always. . .Rejoice.”
Paul’s joy in the Lord was
great. Had not God done for
him great things? Had not God
used him for his own glory?
Had not he become a new cr
eature in the Lord? He knew
how God had employed his grace
to transform him into “the chief
of saints.” Though he could not
understand how God’s grace could
do its wonderworking miracle,
Paul knew that it was so. He
took no credit for it, and he
expected no credit. He knew,
however, that God had been the
author of his salvation, and in
such redemption he could re
joice.
Without taking any credit for
the transformation in his own
life, he recognized that God’s
Initiative had changed his life.
The Spirit had done his work so
that Paul could on every occasion
rejoice and give credit where it
was due.
IscjenceDß
■
KIDS who usually get their
knowledge of space science from
backs of cereal boxes will now
get It straight from the teacher’s
mouth, reports Northwestern Un
iversity, where a Workshop in
Space Science deals In class
room material for kindergarten
through eighth grade. For exam
ple, Newton’s law of action and
reaction, a basic principle of
space flight, is described: “You
throw a rock while standing on a
skateboard. The rock goes one
way and you move the other way
witti equal force.”
A COLLISION in space 520
million years ago is responsible
for most of the meteorites that
plunge to earth today, claims
University of Chicago scientist
Dieter Heymann. The meteor
ites’ unique structure and min
eral composition strongly in
dicate that they orginated from
one major crash which broke up
the parent asteroids Into chunks
from 10 to 100 miles in diam
eters. Subsequent collisions bet
ween the pieces of the common
family, Heymann theorizes,
produced the small bodies that
plummet to earth from time to
time . . . PICKLES account
for more than half the U.S. cu
cumber crop, which in 1963
amounted to nearly 722,000 tons
with a farm value of about $57
a ton.
PROCESSING — heating or
cooling — thick slurries in the
chemical industry is easier with
a newly developed “Votator”
scraped surface heat exchanger.
The Louisville firm’s “Clean
wall” unit is 20 feet long with
a 10-lnch Interior diameter, pro
viding 50 square feet of heat
transfer surface. Material
pumped through the unit is con
stantly scraped from the walls
by fixed blades, preventing foul
ing common with other equip
ment . . . WOOD-PLASTIC has
been developed by West Virginia
University. Wood impregnated
with liquid plastic, a monomar
such as methyl methacrylate,
then treated with ionizing rad
iation to polymerize the plas
tic molecules, has many im
proved properties while retain
ing the natural beauty of wood.
By Charles N. Earnest,
Pastor
Porterdale Baptist Church
"But Lot’s wife behind him
looked back and she became a
pillar of salt”.
"No man having put his hand
to the plow and looking back
is worthy of the kingdom.”
The greatest novel of Thomas
Wolfe is entitled You Can’t Go
Home Again. It has become
an American classic partly be
cause Wolfe was a great writer,
but largely one suspects, be
cause of its theme which is
recurrent in human experience.
George Webber, the hero of the
piece, discovered in fact that
no person can ever return to what
is past. Wolfe himself was torn
by the deep longing to go back
to the mountains of North Georgia
but he could not go back to cir
cumstances as they were.
This recurrent human ex
perience is described drama
tically in an early chapter of
the Bible. Lot and his family,
being warned of God, escaped
Lapina Glenn
Says..
In the 84th Psalm we read the
words: “Yea, the sparrow hath
found a house, and the swallow
a nest for herself where she may
lay her young; even thine altar
O Lord of Hosts, my King and
my God! ”
Once I heard a preacher use
that for a text to preach a ser
mon on Christian assurance and
security. To support his argu
ment he repeated the words of
Jesus comparing the worth of
the sparrow to the worth of the
human soul!
There could be nothing fur
ther from the truth than this
Interpretation of this scripture.
In the Levitical law as given
by God to Moses it was ex
pressly stipulated that the fire
and the altar should never be
allowed to go out. (Liv. 6:12-13)
The priests should add wood to
keep it ever burning.
An awful example of the re
sults of breaking of this law
was recorded in the death of
Aaron’s two sons, Nadab and
Abihu, who through neglect of
their duty allowed the fire to
die out. To cover up their sin
they lighted a fire of their own.
Fire flashed out from the altar
and consumed both of them.
They were buried without
honor. And Aaron and his other
sons were forbidden to mourn
for them.
Congressman Stephens And Picturephone
- -
POjTMIK
— - - —
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN Robert G. Stephens is shown participating
in a demonstration of Picturephone, Bell Telephone Company’s
newest development in telephone service, which permits you to see,
as well as hear, the person you are talking with. Also shown on the
left, is the first telephone model, designed by Alexander Graham
Bell in 1876.
do nt. qanM#' wM.
YOUTH OPPORTUNITY
depends w td/^atdon
W'
f\'V
Th* mor* *ducation you get th* greater your earning potential
in th* y*ars ahead. School graduates earn more and have a
bettor job choice. If you quit school now, you could be reducing
your lifetime earning potential by as much as 50 percent. Don’t
gamble with your future — shortchange your education now and
you may be short of change the rest of your life.
AhUISUUJ, OCplClUvd AG, Av’Uj
the holocaust that destroyed their
home at Sodom and Gomorrah.
But as they fled, Mrs. Lot took
one fleeting longing glance be
hind her. The record says “he
became a pillar of salt.” Pillars
can survive in the frozen past,
but not living persons.
Jesus told his disciples plainly
“No man having put his hand
to the plow and looking back is
worthy of the Kingdom.” The
same attitude is reflected in the
advice of the Apostle Paul to
his readers: “ Forgetting those
things that are behind and stret
ching forth to the things that are
before, I press toward the goal
of high codling of God in Christ
Jesus.” Our Lord knew that the
plowman who looks back cannot
plow a straight furrow. The
Christian who longs for things
past does not truly understand
the nature of newness and the
expectancy of faith. Paul knew
all too well that faith is always
a pilgrimage never an attain
ment—always a going never an
arriving. Men must ever move
out of what is to what shall be.
In this 84th Psalm the writer
(doubtless David) expresses his
longing for worship in the taber
nacle which has been so long
neglected that the altar has grown
cold. The neglect had continued
so long that the birds had taken
possession, and were raising
their young where the daily sac
rifices should be burned.
Open your Bible and read the
whole Psalm with this interpret
ation. Then think of your own
attitude toward your church. Are
we aHowing our spiritual fires
to burn low?
How about our church atten
dance? Do we feel that a day
in our church is worth a thou
sand elsewhere? Do we feel that
we would rather be a janitor In
our Ohurch than spend time In
questionable places? Had we
rather go to church Sunday even
ing than watch the TV?
Did you ever stop to think
what our town would be like if
there was no church in it?
Rather let us sing:
“I love thy Church O God!
Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine
eye,
And graven on thy hand.
Beyond my highest joy,
I prize her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communions sol
emn vows,
Her hymns of love and
praise.”