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Editorial
COMMENTS
Compromise On The Square
No single incident in recent years has created
as much public interest from as great a number of
citizens as the petition circulated last week among
the merchants around the square calling for felling
the trees and landscaping the area in a different
fashion.
This is indeed a healthy indication that the people
of Covington and Newton County are dedicated as
citizens to preserving our heritage from the past
as our area grows and prospers presently and in
the future.
As a newspaper, we object to the action called
for in the petition submitted to the City Council,
We do, however, feel that the Covington City Square
needs attention in order to be the beauty spot in
our town that it is expected to be.
Some of the old Elm trees need to be cut down.
The two giant Magnolia trees and the old Holly
tree need to be pruned where their branches will
not overhang the Confederate Monument and the
walkways through the park. The Confederate Mo
nument needs to be cleaned, and grass needs to
be planted again.
We commend the Covington Garden Club and the
National YMCA Week
The Young Men’s Christian Association knew its
beginning nearly a century and a quarter ago in
London, England. It was there that a young English
man, George Williams, who had come from the
country to work in a dry-goods store, led twelve
of his friends in the organization of the YMCA, on
June 6, 1844. Its purpose was for the “improve
ment of the spiritual condition of young men in the
drapery and other trades”. London, like all other
large cities in that era of industrial revolution,
had little in the way of wholesome entertainment
to offer youth, who migrated from the country see
king fame and fortune. The new YMCA offered
them recreation and fellowship; and something akin
to a “home” atmosphere. Seven years later the
first YMCA was established in Boston. Today
there are YMCAs in 83 countries with membership
in excess of 2 million, and buildings varying from
thatched huts to skyscrapers. Its programs are
broadened to embrace the improvement of minds,
bodies, spirits and social outlooks of youths on all
levels.
The language of Article VIII of our Constitution,
adopted as part of the Bill of Rights, is very brief
and very clear. It reads; " Excessive bail shall
not be required nor excessive fines imposed, nor
cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.”
In the debate before adoption of the ten articles
in the Bill of Rights, there was some speculation
that the above-quoted article might some time serve
to prohibit capital punishment. Now, 177 years
later, the time for testing is at hand.
In the State of California, the Supreme Court is
being asked to rule on the constitutionality of legal
executions and whether or not they are in violation
of the Eighth Amendment. Wliatever the decision
of that State Court, it seems certain that the de
cision will be appealed to the United States Sup
reme Court.
As recently as 1935 there were 199 executions
in the United States. Since then, the number has
decreased sharply. In 1966, there was but one
execution. At the moment there are 60 prisoners
in California’s San Quentin prison death row. All
On May 16, 1918, Washington passed the Sedition
Act, providing heavy penalties against those who
hindered the war effort by making false statements,
obstructed enlistments, talked against the produc
tion of war materials and the American form of
government It was aimed at the pacifists and So
cialists of that era.
Only four months later, on September 12, 1918,
Eugene V. Debs was found guilty in Cleveland,
Ohio, on three counts of a ten-count indictment;
of attempting to incite insubordination, disloyalty,
etc., in the military and naval forces; attempting
to obstruct recruiting and uttering language ten
ding to incite, provoke and encourage resistance
to the United States and to promote the cause of
the enemy. It took the Jury just five and a half
hours to reach a decision.
The folllwing March 10, the US Supreme Court
upheld the conviction of the Socialist Party leader.
On April 13, 1919, Debs began to serve a 10-year
prison sentence.
It was July 2, 1921, before the Congress, by a
joint resolution, declared the state of war between
the US and Germany at end, and not until two days
efore Christmas of that year diu President Har-
HARRISVILLE, W. VA., RITCHIE GAZETTE;
“As I read and observe in regard to the progress
and events of our time, lam amazed—in the face
of all our loud disclaimers—at how gracefully
we are accepting what surely will eventually be
Socialism in complete detail. . .The national decoy
naturally is Federal Money and to get a share of
it, most areas and communities will accept prac-
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Editor and Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Aisistant to Publiihar
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Test Os Article VIII
Lawful Dissent?
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other women’s clubs for their action to help pre
serve the trees that are beautiful on the square and
we urge them to submit a realistic plan lor beauti
fication of the City Square to the City Council for
their consideration.
Life is a series of compromises and we endorse
a compromise on this issue that will preserve some
of the beautiful trees on the square and eliminate
those trees that have become eye sores in the cen
ter of our town.
As for the Starlings, we don’t believe that cut
ting down all of the trees on the square will eli
minate them. Other cities that have tried this
remedy have found that the Starlings have con
tinued to roost in the same vicinity on the business
buildings in town. This would be even more
undesirable than having the Starlings roost in the
trees on the square.
To preserve the City Square, the Confederate
Monument, and some of the beautiful old trees as an
attraction in our city’s business district is our only
concern as a newspaper. We favor progress and
beautification, but we feel that a compromise on the
City Square will be in the best interest of our town
and her people.
Among its outstanding programs is the sponsor
ship of Tri-Hi-Y Clubs for girls and Hi-Y Clubs
for boys in high schools. Newton County High Sc
hool Y Clubs have for many years achieved the
coveted AA Rating in the state, under the direct
ion of L. M. Burke, Y-Club Advisor; and Mrs. Bu
rke, Tri-Hi-Y Clubs’ Advisor. There are 250
members in the Y Council of NCHS, whose presi
dent is Slade Exley. The three Tri-Hi-Y Clubs-
Senior, with Dorothy Hardman as president; Ga
mma, headed by Emily Morgan; and Alpha, whose
president is Linda Evans, have a membership of
180. Respective advisors of the Tri-Hi-Y Clubs
are Mrs. Burke, Mrs. J. A. Prosser, and Mrs.
E. A. Callaway.
Much deserved recognition is being accorded the
Y and its organizations, during National YMCA
Week, January 21-28. We add our tribute to the
splendid YMCA program, locally and worldwide,
and to the dedicated Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y leaders
and members, who work toward the achievement
of higher ideals and spiritual values of our youth.
have been granted stays of execution by the Sup
reme Court of the State until it reaches a decision
on the “cruel and unusual punishment” issue.
The Attorney General of the United States,
Ramsey Clark, is on record in opposition to ca
pital punishment “We favor the abolition of the
death penalty. Modern penology with all its cor
rectional and rehabilitation skills affords greater
protection to society than the death penalty which
is inconsistent with its goals. This nation is too
great in its resources and too good in its purposes
to engage in the deliberate taking of human life as
either punishment or a deterrent to domestic
crime.”
Before year’s encL the “death penalty” is
going to be a hotly debated issue, and not a few
politicians are worried that it may intrude into
some campaigns. And all will be hoping that
the United States Supreme Court will review and
render a decision well in advance of election day.
An issue such as this can make political candidates
almost as edgy as death row prisoners.
umg commute the sentence of Debs. He had ser
ved 2 years and 8 months of his 10-year sentence.
A facsimilie of the front page of the New York
Tribune for Friday, September 13, 1918, in which
the Cleveland court finding is reported,by the way,
carries alongside an account of the registration of
13,000,000 American men in the new draft the pre
ceding day, 758,000 of them in New York City
alone—without untoward incident.
On January 5, of this year, Attorney General
Ramsey Clark announced the indictment of five
men, including pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock,
and the Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., chaplain
of Yale University, on charges of conspiring to
counsel young men to violate the draft laws. They
could receive maximum penalties of five years
in prison.
In 1918, the case was tried and reviewed in the
courts with relative swiftness. It was only seven
months from conviction to prison.
Let us hope that the present case is tried in the
courts, and not in the press, and with equal dis
patch. Delays will only foment further disorders
and divisions within our country.
tically any kind of project dictation. . .even that
which they know will work against them and take
all supervision out of their hands. . .Yet, only
once, do I recall having seen where a county in
this State has refused a Government-aided project
on the grounds they simply could not afford to deal
with the Government. . .”
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advertising Manager
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
THE SAVIOUR AND THE LOST
Devotional Reading: Luke 19:
1-10.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
What Is Important?
Memory Selection: Seek first
his kingdom and his righteous
ness, and all these things shall
be yours as well. Matthew 6:33.
Young People - Adult Topic:
Sharing the Good News.
Memory Selection: They said
to the woman, “It is no longer
because of your words that we
believe, for we have heard for
ourselves, and we know that this
is indeed the Saviour of the
world.” John. 4:42.
The lesson this week follows
a lesson on the meaning of the
new birth. In that lesson we dis
covered, through the words of Je
sus himself, the nature of the gos
pel he preached. It emphasized
something basic in our conside
ration of Christian truth, namely,
that both good and evil are mat
ters of the inner heart.
Christianity claims to be able
to transform human life. It does
more than make people better—
it gives them a new quality of
life, new motives, new objectives.
In his conversation with Nico
demus we observed Jesus in last
week’s lesson setting forth this
basic Christian truth. Good and
evil consist of more than just
good or evil acts. They involve
goodness of heart, or an inner
and corrupting evil.
Today we study a lesson enti
tled “The Saviour and the Lost.”
The Scripture passage employed
is the story of our Lord’s en
counter with the Samaritan wo
man at the well. It is one of the
most dramatic episodes in the en
tire Bible. In it we see Jesus
confronting sin and weakness,
challenging it, dealing with it in
a loving and understanding fas
hion, and pointing not only to the
woman but also to us the way
which leads to salvation.
“There cometh a woman of
Samaria to draw water: Jesus
SENATOR PENNINGTON
At The Capitol
The second week of the 1968
Session of the Georgia General
Assembly was a busy one, with
members hard at work refining
and amending bills as the calen
dars of the House and Senate be
gan to fill with bills to be taken
up each day.
Major legislation considered
this week included a bill which
would require trucks hauling gr
avel and sand to so load or co
ver their trucks so that mater
ial would not fall from the truck
creating a hazard to motorists.
The first of several bills in the
“Traffic Safety Package” was
considered in the Senate and pas
sed with several amendments
after two days of debate and dis
cussion. Sent to the House for
action by them was a bill which
would stiffen the penalties for
driving under the influence. Bet
ter known as the “D.U.1.” Bill,
this legislation would provide
that first offenders would lose
their license for sixty days; se
cond offenders would lose their
license for six months and teen
age offenders would lose their
licenses until they reached age
21.
The Senate spent considerable
time with public hearings on the
proposed abortion law. This bill,
which was passed by the House
last year, brought a large number
of people—from both in Georgia
and out-of-state—to the State Ch
amber to testify.
Legislation was introduced to
prohibit the sale of glue to
youngsters for use in the practice
of “glue-sniffing” as well as to
PARENT-TEACHER
REPORT
By Mrs. Robert I. Burall
Tenth District Director
Georgia Congress of Parents
and Teachers
National and state PTA repre
sentatives are often called upon
to attend meetings of agencies and
other organizations with which
the PTA cooperates. At these
meetings they receive informa
tion they need for PTA work
and quite often have opportuni
ties to build understanding and
support for the PTA program.
Some of these agencies and
organizations are the National
Conference on Crime Control,
American Association for Health,
Physical Education, and Recrea
tion, the National Voluntary You
th-Serving Agencies, and the Na
tional Consultation on Working
Women and Day Care Needs.
The problems faced by such or
ganizations and agencies are vast
and very serious. To solve them
there is a great need for public
responsibility, therefore we str
engthen our PTA by working to
gether with these agencies and
organizations to accomplish a
common goal and purpose.
All parents, teachers, and oth
er interested persons should give
to the PTA all the effort it de
serves. By so doing you will
find It the most rewarding com
munity work you have ever done.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
saith unto her, Give me to drink.
(For his disciples were gone aw
ay unto the city to buy meat.)”
Jesus asking someone to give
to him! We think so often of
Jesus as the source of our bl
essings that it is rather hard for
us to think of him standing in
need before a situation and ask
ing human assistance. But every
thing in the scriptural account
indicates that he was truly th
irsty, perhaps even famished, for
water. Jesus had left Judea and
departed again into Galilee, but
in doing so he must needs go
through Samaria. On this jour
ney, and while his disciples were
in the village of Sychar purchas
ing food, Jesus remained at what
was known as Jacob’s Well, “be
ing wearied with his journey...”
A woman of Samaria appeared
with her waterport. Day after
day the women of the village
had to make this journey to get
water. It must have been a rou
tine so tiresome that we with
our modern conveniences can
scarcely appreciate how tire
some it really became. Jesus
sat on the edge of the well, and
when the woman of Samaria came
to draw water, Jesus said unto
her, “Give me to drink.”
We have asked ourselves the
question whether or not it is
possible for us to give to One
who has so much to give to us.
The answer very decidedly is
Yes. First of all, we must give
attention to the fact that God
has sent this Being into the wor
ld to perform for us a service
no one else could perform. We
need to remind ourselves also
that after we have confessed our
sins and asked forgiveness, we
put ourselves and our lives into
Christ’s hands.
This giving of ourselves to him
is absolutely essential in the pro
cess of salvation. Likewise he
gives himself to us. The ex
change of life is that we give
our hearts to Christ, and he gi
ves the blessing of his presence
to us.
outlaw the practice of glue-sniff
ing—which is so often fatal—
itself.
The Senate spent a consider
able portion of one day debating
a bill concerning members of the
General Assembly appearing be
fore the State Board of Pardons
and Paroles. Senator Brooks
Pennington of Madison, offered
an amendment to the bill which
would prohibit any and all per
sons — whether they were at
torneys or not—from accepting
any fees or remunerations for
such an appearance if they were
members of the Legislature. Wh
en another amendment was of
fered which would also prevent
all State officials from making
such an appearance before the
Board, Senator Pennington with
drew his amendment and threw
his support behind the second
amendment. It passed and the bill
was sent to the House for action.
Legislation was also passed in
the Senate which would raise the
minimum and maximum speed
limits on limited access four
lane state roads to the same as
those on the Interstate Highways,
and a resolution was passed and
sent to Congress urging them to
reduce the length of time Daylight
Saving Time was in effect each
year from the last day of Octo
ber to the Sunday following La
bor Day.
Senator Pennington, when in
terviewed on the day’s happen
ings in the Senate Chamber, st
ated he was working to find an
equitable method to give the sc
hools and teachers the help they
so richly deserve without having
to resort to a tax increase.
Senator Pennington also an
nounced that he had conferred
with the Game and Fish Depart
ment and had been assured that
the Walton County Fish Hatchery
would be re-conditioned and re
activated.
MDAA Names
New Field
Representative
Muscular Dystrophy Associa
tion of America has named anew
Field Representative, Dudley Ca
sey, to serve the Out-State Geor
gia Area.
Mr. Casey, who will be work
ing out of the Atlanta Field Off
ice, will continue MDAA’s pro
grams to serve patients through
out the state. These programs in
clude research to find the cause
and cure of dystrophy, clinical
diagnosis and treatment and pa
tient services.
Under MDAA’s programs, Ge
orgia patients receive wheelcha
irs, braces, lifts and other orth
opedic appliances free of charge.
In addition, a Patient Recreation
Program, including a summer
camp, Is also available.
Anyone Interested in further
information about MDAA can con
tact Mr. Casey at the Atlanta
Office: 52 Fairlie Street, N.W.:
Phone 524-1752.
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Covington, Georgia
January 22, 1968
Dear Editor:
Last Autumn we wrote the May
or and City Council of Coving
ton expressing our concern for
the beautification and tidiness of
Covington, pledging our coopera
tion in any efforts that the City
administration might be moved to
take toward a cleaner and more
beautiful city.
Frankly, we are disturbed over
the response or rather the lack
of response that our letter re
ceived from the Council. To
say the least we feel that it
should have merited the courtesy
of a reply; which, It did not.
We have written the Council
again, reaffirming our convic
tions expressed In that letter,
hoping that it will take steps along
or approaching the lines of our
suggestions; and then, protesting
the movement currently on foot
to cut down the trees in the park,
which Is the center not only of
the square, but of our city and
county.
While upon the Council the con
sideration of greater effort and
janltoring of the park, we feel
that the removal of the trees
would be a sacrelige to our her
itage from the past. At the
same time it would rob Covington
and Newton County of one of their
most striking physical assets and
attractions.
In closing, we would remind
the Council this and our last
letter were not written in a spi
rit of hostile criticism, but in
one of friendship for you and of
patriotic concern and loyalty to
our city.
All of the Garden Clubs of
Georgia and Its members have
as their objective the realiza
tion of a more beautiful Georgia
by helping to make their local
communities more beautiful.
Thus, we of the Covington Gard
en Club are committed to help
ing and cooperating with you in
making our fair city still fairer.
Respectfully,
The Covington Garden Club
Mrs. J. F. Touchstone,
President
Mrs. Sam B. Hay,
Corresponding Secretary
Dear Editor,
I am distressed to learn that
consideration is being given to
the destruction of the trees in
the City Square Park; this is to
express my strenuous objection
to any such action.
Certainly the Square approach
es being an eyesore and requi
res improvement, however, I
cannot believe that destruction
of these venerable and beauti
ful landmarks is the way to go
at it. Instead, I would suggest
that we emulate the more en
lightened New England towns wh
ere the central commercial areas
are maintained in a manner com
patible with the beautiful resi
dential areas. The first step
should be to retain a professio
nal architect of repute and good
taste to develop an outline plan
of improvement to be implemen
ted as circumstances permit.
I do not know the circumstan
ces under which the park was
established but, traditionally, th
ey are dedicated to the enjoyment
and edification of the people of
the community including, but not
restricted to, the business estab
lishment. I would venture the
guess that the trees pre-date any
commercial enterprise now op
erating on the square and it is
difficult to understand why, sud
denly, at this late date, the trees
become objectionable.
In my opinion, the trees are
a valuable and irreplaceable pro
perty of the people of Covington
and, as elected officials, it is
your responsibility to preserve
and enhance the people’s pro
perty rather than to liquidate it.
Sincerely,
Charles H. Starling
Dear Sir:
Gen. Robert E. Lee whose
birthday Jan. 19 is celebrated in
the South was, like all truly great
military commanders, aggressi
ve and fired with intense and in
stinctive determination to win
quickly and decisively in the grim
business of warfare.
Our Confederate government
was however, dedicated to static
defense based on the dubious
hope of foreign recognition and
support. From the beginning
Gen. Lee fully realized that it
would be fatal to allow the in
dustrial North with its over
whelming manpower to develope
a war-machine which would ul
timately be invincible. For al
most two years troops and re
sources were available for Gen.
Lee to win a decisive victory,
but always his brilliant victories
over great odds were wasted
because of failure of his govern
ment to fully support him in fol
lowing up his advantages. Even
his last desperate gamble to win
at Gettysburg (Lee knew that his
army would never be as strong
again) vitally needed veteran tr
oops were withheld at the last
minute for useless defense. He
could not convince his president
that the war could be won only
by a great victory over the en
emies main army in his own
country, that time was on the
side of the North—and time was
running out!
A careful study of history re
veals how very close Gen. Lee
came to winning at Gettysburg.
Time and again his matchless
men gained the vital key to the
Our capitalistic system of go
vernment is a haven for people
who dream and are prepared to
back up their dreams with hard
work in order to achieve their
goals.
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s
State of the Union message to
Congress sounded like a dream
so unrealistic that it even caught
members of his own party off
guard. Our governmental system
and the reality creating the state
of our nation don’t jive with the
Texas brass and benevolent great
white father image in the White
House.
At a time when Democrats bad
ly need sound leadership for their
party, President Johnson has ad
dressed the nation with a program
that sounds great on the surface
if it were fiscally responsible.
Our system of government only
guarantees the “opportunity” for
our people to carve out a good
life. It does not guarantee that
the federal government will cr
eate a social Utopia to cure all
the ills of our society.
In brief, the President: (1)
said we were ready to stop bom
bing North Vietnam in return for
assurance that peace talks
would take place promptly with
reasonable hopes that they would
be productive and the condition
that the other side must not take
advantage of the halt to build up
its forces:
(2) will ask Congress to repeal
the law requiring a 25 per cent
“gold cover” for dollars in cir
culation;
(3) again requested a tax in
crease in the form of a 10 per
cent surcharge on everybody’s
federal income tax bill. . .nee
ded to head off inflation;
(4) revealed a budget for the
coming fiscal year calling for
government expenditures of $lB6
billion, revenues of $l7B billion,
and an $8 billion deficit:
Charles R. Thomas, Jr. Pastor
of Salem Methodist Church
Luke 2;52 “And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature, and In
favor with God and man.”
God chose the ordinary when He
inaugurated His plan of salvat
ion. It is evident that He has
often worked with that which is
ordinary. In the beginning, He
created man out of “the dust of
the earth.” The Church today
uses ordinary water, not neces
sarily from the Jordan River,
to symbolize The Holy Spirit in
baptism. By the same token, God
placed His Son in the care of an
ordinary man and woman. He
placed Jesus In a lowly home.
There was nothing pretentious
about the birth of our Lord. The
King of glory lay In a feed trough
after His birth in a borrowed st
able.
Mary was “blessed among wo
men.” It is no wonder that she
has been honored through the
ages. She must have been a pure
and gentle woman. She was pro
bably a teen age girl at the time
of her engagement to Joseph.
Joseph was “a just man.” It Is
strange that Mary has traditi
onally been venerated above Jo
seph. The father of Jesus was
chosen by God in His Providence
no less certainly than was His
mother.
The home centered around re
ligion. Our homes are the best
schools which we ever will at
tend. Luke 2;40 says "the grace
of God was upon him.” Surely
the influence of a “just” father
Layona Glenn
Says . . .
Why do so many modern church
buildings adopt separate reading
desk and speaker’s pulpit with
the altar further back?
Churches that celebrate the
“Mass”, in which the officiating
priest is supposed to re-enact
the sacrifice of Jesus, need an
altar. But, the protestant church
es are supposed to be carrying
out the marching orders of the
Master in which he said; “All
power is given unto Me; go ye
enemies defenses only to lose
them through faulty coordination
of his corps commanders, all of
whom failed him except Hill. Any
one of several positions gained
would have won the battle if
support had arrived in time. (Or
if the veterans Mr. Davis with
held had been there). Unquest
ionably Ewells failure to follow
up the victory the first day and
occupy the lightly defended hills
and Longstreets obsession with
defensive tactics prevented a co
ordinated attack at Gettysburg
and cost the South the war. From
that time Gen. Lee was thrown
permanently on the defensive and
although he and his gallant men
Thursday, January 25, 1968
.'A'
AM.
DREAMING ALONG
WITH LYNDON 1
X 4;
By: Leo S. Mallard
(5) will ask Congress to double
federal funds to help states and
cities improve law enforcement;
seek stricter penalties for traf
fickers in LSD and other drugs;
more narcotic agents; and 100
additional FBI men to strengthen
war against crime;
(6) proposed a 25 per cent
increase in manpower funds to
start a new government industry
partnership program of training
hardcore unemployed for useful
jobs;
(7) called for trippling con
struction of homes for low and
middle - income families this
year; and proposing a 10-year
housing program aimed at build
ing six million new dwellings;
(8) wants Congress to approp
riate $1 billion—three times as
much as this year—for the “mo
del cities” program;
(9) will propose a child health
program to provide, over the next
five years, for families unable to
afford it, access to health ser
vices from prenatal care of the
mother through the child’s first
year;
(10) will appoint a special
“consumer counsel” in the Jus
tice department to look out for
consumer interests.
In the light of reality, which
reveals our nation at war in
Vietnam; unprecedented domes
tic program spending that is
taxing our economy; a constant
ly growing deficit that must so
meday be paid by our children
and grandchildren; and inflation
ary period that could spiral into
another depression; and domes
tic unrest among our people as
never seen before, it seems to
be time for a realistic Congress
to wake the big spender from Te
xas from his sweet slumber sp
ending spree and enforce some
sound “rein pulling” on our run
away spending policy.
Wnris
Kiue Uy
and “blessed” mother on the.
life of Jesus cannot be overes
timated. Those of us who are
parents should remember that
parenthood is a sacred respon
sibility as well as a privilege.:
Some parents go to great incon- •
venience and expense to have th
eir children attend what they think
Is a good school while they neg
lect the child’s home whicn is
where he will learn more about
life than anywhere.
Luke 2:41 tells us “His pa
rents went to Jerusalem every
year at the feast of the passov
er.” They did not send their
children with someone else. They
did not leave until it was over.
Joseph closed his business. Mary
prepared the seven children for
the trip, and they went to Jeru
salem. Perhaps Joseph lost a
little business, and Mary had to
go to quite a bit of trouble; but
they gave their children some
thing that could not be bought
with money or replaced by fana
tical housekeeping. They taught
them to worship God. This is
the primary duty of every parent.
Unless a parent strives to teach
God’s love, he has impoverished
the life of his child.
We have nicer homes, better
schools, and grander churches
than any generation ever has had.
Are we using them “to the glory
of God?” Children today come
to our homes, schools, and chur
ches to ask questions and to learn
even as Jesus went to the temple
at the age of twelve. May we help
them each day to grow “in wis
dom, in stature, and in favor with
God and man.”
therefore and preach the Gospel
to all the world.”
Now a preacher or announcer:
needs a pulpit, and it should occ-'
upy the central place in the plat
form whence he can announce the
glad tidings of the sacrifice made
by Jesus once and for all on
Calvary. All he needs is a pulpit
from which to proclaim the glad
news, and it should occupy the
center of the platform. We need
daily renewal of the spirit within.
inflicted frightful casualties on
their steadily growing opponents
for two more years, the saddened
Lee knew that it was only a mat
ter of time.
Today our Communist enemies
firmly believe that time is on
their side. Truly, those who fail
to learn the harsh lessons of his
tory are condemned to re-live
them. Gen. Lee like Gen. Mac-
Arthur, fully understood that:
“There IS no substitute for vic
tory.”
Sincerely,
T. C. Berry
P. O. Box 1631
Eglin A. F. Base, Fla.