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COMMENTS
Reading is the key to knowledge and knowledge
has opened the door to success and achievement
for mankind down through the ages. With this
thought in mind we take this opportunity to recog
nize the Newton County Library and the Oxford
College Library and their staff during National
Library Week—April 21-27.
Our library services are of growing importance
to the advancement of this county’s educational,
cultural, and economic goals. These institutions
assemble, preserve, and make easily and freely
available to all citizens--children, young people,
and adults—the printed and other materials that
will assist them along the path of knowledge and
success.
Books available in our libraries provide material
for continuous education to help us keep pace
with progress in all fields of knowledge and become
better members of our home and community.
Libraries discharge political and social obliga
tions and through their services people are able
to become more capable in their daily occupations
as they strive todevelop their creative and spiritual
capacities.
Southeast Business Continues Upward
Businessmen in the Southeast experienced an
other good year in 1967. Increases were re
corded in all fields in most areas of the South
east, although the rate of growth slowed slightly
compared to 1966.
Daniel M. Paul, Director of the Atlanta Field
Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in
announcing figures in an annual survey of the
general economic situation in Alabama, Flor
ida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the
Carolinas said that banking, retail and whole
sale trade, and other major segments of the
business economy all advanced in 1967 over
1966.
Bank deposits in Federal Reserve member
banks totaled $19.2 billion as of the last Wed
nesday of 1967, with increases ranging from 16%
in Florida to 8% in Alabama, Florida, and Geor
gia over 1966. Loans rose 9%, and debits-or
withdrawals from checking accounts - topped
the $32 billion mark in December 1967. Total
debits for the year 1967 showed an increase of
8% over 12 months for 1966.
Department store transactions were up in most
areas of the Southeast, from 1% in Winston Salem,
North Carolina, and Greenville, South Carolina,
to 13% in Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbia, South
Carolina. A decline of 2% for 1967 as compared
to 1966 was registered in New Orleans, Louis
iana. Merchant wholesale sales expanded slightly
over 1966, and retail sales totaling over SB6
Children In The Middle
School children in this country are caught in
the middle of a tug-of-war and the power play
has become so fierce that only the determined
intercession of the parents can stop it. Money
is a very big factor in this power struggle. Per
haps you have not realized just how much money
is involved.
Back in 1950, the federal appropriation for ed
ucation totalled about $32 million. Two years la
ter, in the first year of the Eisenhower admini
stration, the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare was established, with cabinet sta
tus, and with the Office of Education as a div
ision of that department. By 1960, the last of
the Eisenhower years, the Office of Education
was spending $464 million. That’s 14 times the
1950 budget, a considerable jump for a 10-year
period.
But have a look at 1965; the budget for Educa
tion that year was $B4l million. For 1966 the
figure jumped to $1,972 million. For the fis
cal year 1967, HEW’s budget for Education is
an estimated $2,946 million.
What do we have to show for this budget which
is 92 times what it was in 1950? Well, for one
thing/we have one of every four draftees, or
thereabouts, who has to be rejected, or assigned
Industry And Natural Beauty
Florida is one of the most rapidly growing areas
of the nation. A mecca for vacationersand retired
people, its growth could easily erase many of the
attractions that make it one of the most beautiful
states in the union. Thanks to Florida’s southern
reaches, the U.S. stretches, geographically, into
the warmer zone of the semi-tropics. The wild
life and vegetation of this state are to be found
nowhere else in the country. They are a part
of a natural heritage that must be preserved.
No one is more conscious of the need to protect
Florida’s natural wonders than the people and
businesses of Florida. Typical of their actions
in this direction have been the development pro
grams of the power companies in the state. The
Florida Power & Light Company which serves the
power needs of some of the state’s most populous
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Growth of knowledge is the major contribution
of the public library. Through its facilities people
can learn to appreciate and enjoy works of art
and literature as well as keep pace with our
changing times.
Use of the books offered in the library is one
of the wisest investments that a man, woman,
or child can make in their future .. . and reading
is a wise use of leisure time.
During National Library Week we pause to thank
the librarians in our county for the service that
they render to our people and this community
throughout the year. Their efforts to keep in
order our local storehouses of knowledge is appre*
ciated and their willing contribution in aiding
our people in their search for knowledge and a
better way of life in Newton County through reading
and study is recognized and honored.
One of life’s greatest pleasures is the self
satisfaction of learning and expanding one’s per
spective. Reading is the key to this pleasure
and to those who seek this satisfaction through
books will come self respect and confidence
that will prove profitable in every walk of life.
billion in the broad South were up from 1% to
8% in most lines. Auto sales, however, showed
a 2% decline in 1967 compared to 1966.
Total receipts from farm marketings exceeded
$5.7 billion for 1967, a slight decrease from 1966.
The output of baby chicks for broiler and egg
purposes totaled over 1.5 billion, a very slight
increase over 1966.
Sales of electric energy in the Southeast for
home and industrial purposes reached the 191
billion kilowatt hour level, almost 7% higher
that 1966.
Southern Bell reported more telephones in use
in residences and businesses than ever before.
Residential phones were up 7.1% and business
phones were up 5.9% over 1966.
International trade continued on the uptrend with
customs districts in the Southeast handling over
$4.2 billion worth of exports and over $2.4 billion
in imports. Exports in the Southeast showed a
5.7% increase over 1966 with imports registering
a 2.6% gain for the same period.
On the labor front, increases of 3% and 2.3%
respectively were registered in 1967 over 1966
in total non-agricultural and manufacturing em
ployment, with the Southeastern states exceeding
the national percentage gains. There were 8.3
million persons employed in non-farm pursuits,
of which 2.6 million were in manufacturing plants.
There were 28,470 new businesses incorporated
in the Southeast in 1967, a 4% gain over 1966.
to special schools to learn to read and to do sim
ple arithmetic. Ane we have a call from the floor
of Congress that the Office of Education be raised
to cabinet status. There also is a call from the
National Education Association for an increase
of $6 billion in expenditures for education. This
is the organization which wields powerful influ
ence on teacher-training-or lack of it-and which,
for years, has been attempting to get legislation
at the state level giving the association autonomy
over education, bypassing school boards and such
local nuisances. Os late, the association has been
promoting and encouraging teachers’ strikes for
higher and higher pay.
As we said earlier, the poor school child is
caught in the middle. The system marches him
into a fancy bus to ride congested streets and
highways to an elaborate school plant, and then
runs him into a huge gymnasium for some exer
cise, since he didn’t get any walking to school.
Washington, the teacher unions and the NEA want
more money for education, but somehow the young
sters aren’t getting educated.
Parents can rescue their youngsters from this
situation by moving in to restore local autonomy
over the schools, and the teaching methods em
ployed.
areas is carrying out a vast generating plant
construction program that is becoming a national
model of harmony between natural beauty and in
dustrial progress. Its Turkey Point development,
located 25 miles south of Miami, has been trans
formed into a large natural park and conser
vation area—as well as a power plant site. It
includes Scout camps, nature trails, canoeways,
beaches, picnic areas and other public recreational
facilities. In addition to Turkey Point, the company
is purchasing land for a similar development not
t far from famed Cape Kennedy.
i New plants under construction by this one
> company represent almost 3 million kilowatts
■ of new generation. If our vacationers and travelers
> can become as conscious of preserving natural
> beauty as has modern industry, we need have
s no worries about the future.
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associata Editor
LEO MALLARD
Advartiting Managar
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81 WEEKLY LESSON J
FOR I
inday School \
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
Devotional Reading: Proverbs
2:6-11.
Memory Selection; If any of
you lacks wisdom, let him ask
God who gives to all men gen
erously and without reproaching,
and it will be given him. James
1:5.
Intermediate-Senior Topic;
How Do We Get Wisdom?
Young People-Adult Topic:
The Beginning of Wisdom.
Last week we began an eleven
week study of the wisdom liter
ature of the Scriptures. With
that lesson we turned to the
Books of Job and Proverbs. To
day we return to Proverbs as
we shall do for the next two
weeks.
We should note at the outset
that these lessons help us to
gain from wisdom literature the
abiding values that contribute
to our spiritual growth and de
velopment. 171656 are, of course,
Old Testament lessons, but they
contain principles which will help
every follower of Jesus to be
a better Christian. Since this
is so, these lessons contain ma
terial which we should master.
They help us to know and to
understand God’s dealings with
his children.
Ultimately all wisdom is a gift
from God.
We shall seek, then, to ex
amine some of the wise sayings
of the past in order to see that
divine guidance Is not only a
promise but a reality for all
those who trust In the Lord.
True wisdom begins when a man
possesses a wholesome “fear of
of the Lord.” It continues to
increase as one is attentive to
God’s bidding and seeks to make
the proper response to God.
Trusting God and following In
his ways is the only true course
of wisdom.
The Book of Proverbs is at
tributed to "Solomon, the son
of David, king of Israel” (1:1).
It is a poetical book that sets
forth the precepts of practical
piety. Hie word proverbs comes
from the Hebrew word that means
maxim. However, this book is
more than a book of maxims,
for a complete reading of Pro
verbs shows it to be a book not
only of maxims but also of rid
dles, satires, and parables.
The opening portion of the
Scripture (1:2-7) gives the pur
pose of the writer. His object
above all else was to declare
that the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge. "To
know wisdom and Instruction”
gives us some indication of his
true purpose.
The brief Introduction to the
Book of Proverbs fittingly de
scribes the whole book.
First of all, Proverbs gives us
some indications regarding the
personality and character of King
Solomon. As the son of David,
who was king before him, we see
Solomon as a monarch who pos
sessed unusual gifts. He doubt-
Archie Moore's Advice
By Archie Moore
(Former Heavyweight
Boxing Champion)
The Devil is at work in Amer
ica, and it is up to us to drive
him out. Snipers and looters,
white or black, deserve no mercy.
Those who would profit from their
brother’s misfortunes deserve
no mercy, and those who would
set fellow Americans upon each
other deserve no mercy.
I’ll fight the man who calls
me an “Uncle Tom.” I have
broken bread with heads of state,
chatted with presidents and tra
veled all over the world. I was
born in a ghetto, but I refused
to stay there. lam a Negro,
and proud to be one. lam also
an American, and I’m proud of
that.
The young people of today think
they have a hard lot. They should
have been around in the ’3os
when I was coming up in St.
Louis. We had no way to go,
but a lot of us made it. I be
came light heavyweight champion
of the world. A neighbor kid
down the block, Clark Terry, be
came one of the most famous
jazz musicians in the world.
There were doctors, lawyers and
chiefs who came out of that
ghetto. One of the top police
men in St. Louis came from our
neighborhood.
We made it because we had a
goal, and we were willing to work
for it. Don’t talk to me of your
“guaranteed national income.”
Any fool knows that this is in
sanity. Do we bring those who
worked to get ahead down to the
level of those who never gave
a damn? The world owes NO
BODY-black or white-a living.
God helps the man who helps
himself!
Now then, don’t get the idea
that I didn’t grow up hating the
injustices of this world. lam
a staunch advocate of the Negro
revolution for the good of man
kind. I’ve seen almost unbe
lievable progress made in the last
handful of years. Do we want to
become wild beasts bent only on
revenge, looting and killing and
laying America bare? Hate is
bait, bait for the simple-minded.
Sure, I despised the whites who
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less had collected wise sayings
from the days of his youth. Da
vid had named him Solomon, thus
giving to him a name that means
"peaceable.” Doubtless David
anticipated that his son’s reign
would bring peace and quietness
to the realm in contrast with
his own turbulent and stormy
life.
In order to understand his in
terest in proverbs, it seems im
portant that we should under
stand the man Solomon. He show
ed his wisdom in the execution
of governmental affairs. He sur
rounded hlmslef with eminent
officials. He took part in the
religious life of the state and In
voked divine blessing on the mul
titudes. Commerce flourished
during his reign. To protect
trade routes he built cities like
Palmyra in th^ desert.
We see him as a man inter
ested in literary pursuits. He
was a naturalist and wrote treat
ises on botany. Two psalms
(72 and 127) are attributed to
him, and he collected and wrote
proverbs. The Book of Eccles
iastes and the Song of Solomon
are also from his pen.
Although very learned and an
able administrator, Solomon op
pressed his subjects and com
pelled them to labor on the Tem
ple and his beautiful buildings.
To be accurate we should speak
not of the wisdom of Solomon
but of his learning.
"To know wisdom and instruc
tion; to perceive the words of
understanding” was his object
ive for himself and for his peo
ple. He recognized that unless
a man receives the Instruction
of wisdom he is poor Indeed.
Worldly treasures are all in vain
unless a man comes to the point
where he obtains some of the
wealth of knowledge that is all
about him.
"A wise man,” he said, "will
hear, and will increase learn
ing; and a man of understanding
shall attain unto wise counsels:
to understand a proverb, and the
Interpretation; the words of the
wise, and their dark sayings.”
It is a pathetic thing for a man
to live in a world possessing
so great knowledge and never to
come to know at least some of
the mysteries of life, of the world,
and of the universe. How much
knowledge there Is, and how few
of the facts of life are discovered
by so many who seem content
in their ignorance!
Recent years have seen the
revelation of much knowledge
concerning our universe that was
completely unknown to our fa
thers, and to their fathers. If
the work of our scientists had
done nothing more, at least it has
revealed to many of us how little
we really know. Content to exist
in our provincial sphere we have
let others pioneer In the vast
ness of knowledge and truth.
"To receive the instruction of
wisdom, justice, and judgment,
and equity,” as Solomon expres
sed it, should be our goal.
cheated me, but I used that feel
ing to make me push on. If
you listen to the professional
rabble-rousers, adhere to this
idea of giving up everything
you’ve gained in order to re
venge yourself for the wrongs
that were done to you in the past
then you’d better watch your
neighbor, because he’ll be loot
ing your house next. Law and
order is the only edge we have.
No man is an Island.
Granted, the Negro still has
a long way to go to gain a fair
shake with the white man in this
country. But believe this; if
we resort to lawlessness, the only
thing we can hope for is civil
war, untold bloodshed, and the end
of our dreams.
We have to have a meeting of
qualified men of both races. Mind
you, I said qualified men, not
some punk kid, ranting the catch
phrases put in his mouth by some
paid hate-monger . . .
There are members of the
black community who call for a
separate nation within America.
Well, I do not Intend to give up
one square inch of America.
I’m not going to be told I must
live in a restricted area. Isn’t
that what we’ve all been fighting
to overcome? And then there Is
the element that calls for a re
turn to Africa.
For my part, Africa is a great
place to visit, but I wouldn’t
want to live there. If the Irish
men want to go back to the
Emerald Isle, let them. If the
Slavs want to return to the Iron
Curtain area, OK by me. But
I'm not going to go to any part
of Africa to live. I’m proud
of ancestry, and of the country
that spawned my forefathers, but
I’m not giving up my country.
I fought all my life to give my
children what I’m able to give
them today; a chance for develop
ment as citizens In the greatest
country in the world.
I do not for a moment think
that any truly responsible Negro
wants anarchy. I don’t think
you’ll find intelllgent-no, let’s
rephrase that-mature Negroes
running wild in the streets or
sniping at total strangers. God
made the white man as well
as the black. True, we haven’t
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Dear Sir,
Picture a plain farm boy stand
ing there in the iron hail of bat
tle, torn slouch hat, rent jacket
and torn trousers, bright eyes
blazing with excitement, powder
stained face a mask of haggard
fury, shoeless feet in the dust
of battle, loading and firing his
ancient rifle with no hope of
reward, no pay and scanty ra
tions.
He knew that if he fell he
would be burled where the battle
raged and be forgotten, except
by comrades, and perhaps a poor
old mother who prayed in her
Southern home for the safe re
turn of her soldier boy. He
knew little of constitutional legal
ities, but he did know that if he
failed his home and the land he
loved would be destroyed.
April 26, is dedicated to the
Confederate soldiers who are
unique in our history. For the
southern soldier in bleak April,
1865 there were no joyous ticker
tape parades or victorious heros
celebrations, no G.I. Bills, ve
terans hospitals or other bene
fits. Far worse, the disfran
chised Confederate had no coun
try.
They were about to realize
the worst fears and beliefs they’d
had from the beginning of their
long and bitter defense. For
the South there was no Marshall
Plan. On the contrary there were
harsh confiscatory taxes, puni
tive and vindictive amendments
ramroded into the Constitution to
assure their status as humbled
and conquered provinces.
Hie Confederate soldiers have
the distinction of being only
Americans who have fought and
died on American soil defending
American homes against invading
armies. Their ultimate failure
to do so however, was due chief
ly to their governments com
mitment to static defense (Pre
sident Davis never believed they
could win independence without
England and France.) and fail
ure of state and Confederate
governments to fully support the
armies in the field.
Lee and Jackson fully realized
from the beginning that the war
could only be won by concerted
and all-out effort to destroy the
armies of the North.
The policies and attitudes of the
Confederate government and
those of our own today are dis
turbingly similar.
As we pause to pay tribute
to our Confederate heroes and
the undying glory of their deeds
to uphold the rights of thei i
Southern States, let us use our
vote in the coming elections to
assure that our gallant fighting
men in Viet Nam do not suffer
the same fate for the same rea
sons.
Sincerely,
T. C. Berry
Box 1631
Eglin A.F. Base, Fla.
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TRANSPLANTS RAISE
A MORAL QUESTION
SELECT COMMITTEES that
exclude doctors may be needed
to make difficult moral decisions
In future heart transplants, says
a University of Michigan profess
or of psychiatry and law. “We
are faced with a myraid of per
plexing questions that will have to
be answered,” he said. “The
prospect of more clinical trans
plant trials by surgical teams
calls for defining the physician’s
role. Who gets the transplanted
organ? Whom do you let die,
whom do you let live? This
latter question is critical. Can
we leave it up to the doctors
to decide?”
acted as brothers in the past,
but we are brothers. If we’re
to be so many Cains and Abels,
that’s our choice. We can’t
blame God for it.
Something must be done to
reach the Negroes and the whites
in the ghettos of this country,
and I propose to do something.
As a matter of plain fact, I have
been doing something for the past
several years. I have been run
ning a program which I call the
ABC—Any Boy Can. By teaching
our youth, black, white, yellow
and red, what dignity is, what
self respect is, what honor is,
I have been able to obliterate
juvenile delinquency in several
areas.
I would now expand my pro
gram, change scope. If any
boy can, surely any man can.
I want to take teams of qualified
people, top men in their fields,
to the troubled areas of our cities.
I know that the people who par
ticipated in the recent riots,
who are participating and who
will participate, are misguided
rather than mad.
If some bigot can misguide,
then I can guide. I’ve spent
too much of my life building
what I’ve got to put it to torch
just to satisfy some ancient hat
red of a man who beat my grand
father. Those men are long
dead. Do we have to choke
what could be a beautiful garden
with weeds of hate? I say NO!
And I stand ready to start “Oper
ation Gardener.’’ I invite the
respected Negro leaders of our
country to join me.
Spring weather has caused a
local epidemic of "fishing fever”
that can only be cured by an
occasional trip to a pond, lake
or reservoir where the angler
can test his skill against the
elements of nature and bass,
crappie, white bass, and bream
in particular.
Good crappie fishing and fair
bass catches were reported on
Jackson Lake up until the heavy
rains came about two weeks ago.
Since that time the crappie fish
ing has tapered off and the bass
have gone on the bed.
Muddy water at Jackson Lake
and in many farm ponds has
slowed fishing down but the water
is beginning to clear, which
should improve crappie fishing,
and the bass should be coming
off the bed in the next couple
of weeks down at the lake.
Farm pond fishing is still pro
ductive for bass in most areas
of the county and these fighters
have not yet gone on the bed.
The Rapala, L & S Bass Master,
Mirro-Lure, Injured Minnow,
and plastic worm—black, purple,
and, pink—seem to be producing
the best results.
Fish the top water lures slow—
so slow you can hardly stand it—
if you want the best results. Old
man, or mama bass, just can’t
resist the temptation of an easy
meal off an injured, struggling
plug resembling a minnow in
dispair.
Plastic worm fishing is pro
ductive but requires the "pa
tience of Job”. Cast It out
and let it settle to the bottom.
Then slowly raise your rod tip
and wind in slowly about three
feet. Let it settle to the bottom
again as you hope for a strike
in agony. Repeat the process
over and over.
When a strike comes don’t
try to set your hook, do just
BOREDOM IN YOUR WORSHIP?
In 2nd Timothy 4:2, we read
these words: "preach the word,
be instant in season, out of sea
son, reprove, rebuke, exhort with
all long-suffering and doctrine.”
From a by-gone day comes this
command to us that is just as
modern as today’s newspaper:
“preach the word.”
As I see it, there is not en
ough of the “thus saith the Lord”
in our worship today. Conse
quently our congregations are
bored and uninterested.
We need more of God’s truth
from the Bible in our sermons,
more emotion, a little groaning,
a few tears and some Amens,
a spontaneous testimony that
is not on the printed order of
service. These things will go
a long way in destroying the
bored, indifferent atmosphere of
our Sunday worship.
Let the minister be the exam
ple in this situation. If he is “on
fire” for God his spirit will be
contageous. If he is not en
thused over the great truths of
God’s word he can never expect
his listeners to be. Nothing is
so dead as God’s truth coming
from a heart that is unimpres
sed and unchallenged by the great
doctrines of the Bible.
I lamina Glenn
Sap..
Each of us Is personally re
sonsible for the way in which we
use the time allotted to us daily.
I am not responsible for you, nor
are you responsible for me, but
we are all responsible to God.
Charles Wesley realized this
and expressed his acceptance of
the fact in his hymn of consecra
tion:
“A charge to keep I have
A God to glorify,
A never dying soul to save
And fit it for the sky.”
He also realized that he could
♦ MRS. ROBERT I. BURALL I
xWMK TENTH DISTRICT DIR. |
♦ GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS ♦
♦ AND TEACHERS *
Today lets think about Recrea
tion. Community recreation is
expanding rapidly throughout
Georgia. We, as responsible cit
izens, should assume our respon
sibility in providing wholesome
recreation for the whole family.
Many Local PTA Units have
very active Recreation commi
ttees. Urey provide their com
munity with recreation that gives
the children wholesome growth
and development. They help form
a line of communication among
LOCAL fishing
By: Leo S. Mallard
the opposite, let your line gc
slack so the old large mouth car
run with the worm and chew or
it a while. When he stops, ther
set the steel to him and watcl
the explosion that follows.
Personally, I prefer the Rapala
on top, slow and enticing arounc
the edge of weed beds and stumps
in the early spring. There’s
more action for me, and frorr
the fish, and if bass are inter
ested at all in biting they just
don’t seem to be able to resist
the Impulse to strike.
This time of year, bass fish
ing in ponds, lakes, or reservoirs
is much the same. Bass are
feeding around the edges and
either getting ready to go on
the bed or just coming off.
Reports from Jackson Lake
indicate that the larger bass
have been hooked by plastic
worms or bottom running plugs
and jigs. Many crappie fish
ermen using Doll Flies have been
pleasantly surprised to tie into
a whopping large mouth feeding
along the bottom on occasion.
White bass have not shown
much activity at Jackson Lake
yet but should be plentiful this
year later on as the water be
gins to clear and as temperatures
rise.
Bream fishing is a standard
activity that is usually lively
on red wigglers and popping bugs
of all colors and description.
It shouldn’t be long before these
pan fish go on the bed and ang
lers swarm the lakes and ponds
for some of the most active
fishing known.
Relaxation and good eating is
a winning combination and the
best excuse I know to get away
from it all and head for the
pond bank or the lake. Good
luck and good fishing....l’ve never
seen a man who could worry
and fish at the same time.
,fflnriißon
Stiff, dry, formal, cold wor
ship is not for the person whose
heart has been touched by the
regenerating, sanctifying “fire’
of the Holy Ghost. The sinner
seeing this glory will be made
hungry for this “so great” sal
vation.
This is no plea for race-horse
preaching and wildfire acrobat
ics in the pulpit or pew. All
should be done “decently and in
order,” but can you imagine the
Apostle Peter on the day of
Pentecost speaking in a low,
monotone voice as though what
had happened was just an every
day occurrence? No! There was
thunder in his voice; there was
fire in his message and there was
conviction on the hearts of his
audience.
If a house was on fire we
would lift our voices and warn
of the dangers, would we not?
How much more w e need to
lift our voices and our spirits
out of the realm of monotony
to warn men and women of eter
nal life and eternal death. Let
us do this with tears in our
eyes, emotion in our voices and
compassion in our hearts. This,
I know, will take the “Ho-hum”
out of our Sunday worship ser
vices.
not accomplish the task alone,
but he knew where to go for
help:
“Help me to watch and pray
and on thyself (Lord) rely,
Assured if I my trust betray
I shall forever die.’’
We are all helpless, but each
has access directly to the sources
of power, and that Source (Jesus
Christ) has never failed one who
turned to Him for help.
Have you called on Him? If
not, why not try it?
all agencies and clubs interested
in out-of-school activities. They
become familiar with the school’s
physical education training for
ALL students in preference to de
veloping skills among a few for
team competition. And urge fam
ilies to take advantage of com
munity programs.
These are a few things that
are being (tone, as well as att
ending conferences and work
shops on recreation whenever
possible to become better qual
ified leaders.
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