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Spiritual inspiration, rest, and Christian fel
lowship in a revival atmosphere can bestdescribe
Salem Camp Meeting which is scheduled to begin
Friday evening, August Bth, and continue through
Friday, August 15th,
The meeting place is historic old Salem Camp
Ground located off Covington - Conyers Interstate
Highway 1-20. The camp ground was established
in 1828, when worshippers came in horse or oxen
drawn wagons, during ‘‘laying - by’’ time, tohear
thebgld. oOld Gospel Story expounded in a brush
ar .
Modern frame cottages have long since replac
ed the circle of “tents’”’ made from protecting
sheets used over cotton hauled and sold in Au
gusta, as farmers returned from market,
The ancient tabernacle, laboriously built with
hand hewn beams joined with wooden stands
unmovedbyoveracenmrydume%gb
testimony of the Faith and zeal of its 8.
Its rafters have echoed stirring sermons by some
of the century’s outstanding preachers of various
denominations, Salem mw become an in
terdenominational camp .
Emerson once stated that ‘‘Life is not so short
but that there is always time for courtesy,”’
This truism expresses a principle which should
be a common virtue among all present-day
law enforcement omcers&:tated J. E&ar Hoover,
The enforcement of law in our country
today is not an easy task, Certainly, law en
forcement is subjected to more abuse and crit
icism than ever before, Some citizens not
only verbally attack policemen, but fl)zyalsophy
sically assault them without provocation, While
such unwarranted action cannot be condoned,
the law enforcement officer should not let hos
tile public reaction affect the manner in which
he performs his duty,
One of the complaints law enforcement of
ficials hear repeatedly is that the personal
contact between the public and officers on the
streets is decreasing, No doubt this is true,
but police officials have valid explanations for
the decline, Some of the factors involved include
the rapid increase of popuhtlonththe continuing
growth of areas to be policed, the lack of man
power, and the obvious advantage of direct& con
stant communication with motorized patrolmen,
Thus, in adopting procedures and changes to
We are a nation almost wholly dependent on
petroleum energy, yet we exhibit a cavalier
indifference to whether the petroleum industry
will be able to meet our future petroleum needs,
Though it is already heavily taxed, lawmakers
and critics seem to think producing more taxes
from the petroleum industry is more important
than produclngofl. The thesis is thatas declining
exploratory efforts fall short of meeting the coun
try’s petroleum requirements we will turn on the
spigot of foreign oil imports, This is a sure
road to disaster,
An oil executive testifying before the U, S,
House of Representatives Ways and Means Com
mittee in suflrt of the percentage depletion
provision of tax laws warns, ‘‘lf we had to
depend more and more on foreign oil, and then
be faced with major conflicts or confrontations,
American consumers by the millions would be
Realistic Comparison Needed
Critics of U, S, railroads often make invi
dious comparisons between U, S, and foreign
passelfier train service, If ever there was a
case hitting a fellow below the belt, this is
it, For in maflnfi the comparisons, the critics
never seem to tell the whole story--a story that
American taxpayers have every right to know,
Unlike rail transport in other nati U 8
passenger train service has been deg.l‘:ing for
one very good reason--fewer people are riding on
the trains, Under the g;vate enterprise system,
a aflx-ocluct or service that is no longer economi
cally self-supporting must eventually give way to
other products or services that have received
greater public acceptance, If a noneconomic
service is to be continued, the taxpayers must
pick up the tab, That is precisely the lI)l'wosl
tion now suggested by U, S, railroads, If regula
tory requirements force them to continue opera
tion of money-lostng passenger trains, they ask
that losses be made up by government, There
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Salem is a symbol of the Christian ideals and
freedom of worsmfi upon which America was
founded, It is a place where we as Christians
veritably come “‘Back to Bethel, and rekindle our
Altar Fires of Faith’’,
The Christian people of this area owe a debt of
abiding gratitude to those who have preserved
this Rock of Faith from which we, as Amerifi
were hewn, Our thanks to the Salem CampGr
Board of Trustees and Chairman C, D, Ramsey
for the preservation of this religious institution,
Everyone is cordially invited to attend the daily
services at 11:00 a, m, and 8:00 p, m. to hear such
eminent ministers as Bishop John O, Smm
A, Jason Shirah, pastor of St. Luke Me
Church, Columbus; and Rev. Charles H, Gib
boney, pastor of the First Presbyterian Churchin
Bristol, Tenn,
We are humbly grateful for Salem’s stabilizing
influence and annual “‘call to worship” in an era
when immorality, strife, violence and wars are
seeking the destruction of the minds and souls of
all mankind,
meet its obligations in the fight against crime,
law enforcement has, out of necessity, but with
reluctance, lost some of its valuable personal
relationshfp with the individual citizen, This is
why it is so vitally important that every officer
be courteous and considerate in the contacts
that he does make,
Objectionable traits of one member of a police
department can be a serious liability to all mem
bers. Arrogance and condescensionhavenoplace
in law enforcement, If an officer is to uphold the
ethics of his profession, he cannot let personal
feelings or prejudices influence his actions, Asa
policemen, he is given a public trust, and the
public has every right to expect him to serve all
citizens alike, with integrity and honor, After all,
the good wui and assistance of the public are
his most valuable assets,
Departments seeking means to improve their
üblic image should check their courtesy rat
fnfifl. Courtesy is basic to good public relations,
While it may be in danger of becoming a lost art
in some sefllents of our comgiex society, cour
tesy must an ingrained habit of every law
enforcement officer, He should always have
“‘time for courtesy,”
cold, and unable to get to and from work. All
business activities would diminish sharply, It
is questionable whether, . .food and medicine
could be kept flowing in quantities sufficient to
maintain the health of our citizens, If this
shutotf of foreign petroleum supplies occurred
during a military conflict, which would be very
likely, the petroleum supplies remaining to us
fil;obafily would have to be allocated entirely to
e military and its support,”’
Somewhere in the United States each day
somebody or some group of people have to find
an average of 15 million barrels of new oil to
keep our cars, homes and businesses running
and habitable--that is 630 million gallons a day,
So don’'t make the mistake of thinking that what
happens to the oil industry is no concern of
yours, It is your life,
is no other way,
So far as the elaborate luxury trains run by
the nationalized rails of other countries are con
cern;;dk,l we can have them, too--at a price,
An ing of what that price would be can be
auned from rail deficit figures in the tiny coun
y of Japan, In 1966, the last year for which
figures are available, the Japanese rail deficit
was over $2 billion, half of which went into the
construction of a new, high-speed train, By
contrast, U, S, raflroaés not only pay their own
w’}i' in every i)narficula.r but also pay almost a
billion dollars in taxes to the various levels of
government, The nationalized railrcads of other
nations are tax free,
When ma.kmfha comparision between railroad
operations in the U, S, and other landls{ the cost
to the taxpayers of supporting nationalized rail
roads should be kept in mind--especially at a
time when U, S, citizens are burdened with infla
tion and backbreaking taxes,
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
LEO MALLARD
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““‘Could You Spread That A Little Thicker?"’
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
GOD’S PRESENCE WITH
HIS PEOPLE
Devotional Reading: Psalms
90,
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
God with His People.
Memory Selection: He made
from one every nation of men to
live on all the face of thé earth...
that they should seek God, in the
hope that they might feel after
him and find him. Acts 17:
26"27.
Young People - Adult Topic:
God’s Presence with His People,
Memory Selection: I will walk
among you, and will be your God,
and you shall be my people.
Leviticus 26:12.
After the giving of the basic
law at Mount Sinai, God deli
vered to Moses instructions for
the life and worship of his Cho
sen People. “Thése were com=-
municated in great detail with
hundreds of prohibitions and
commands to regulate the daily
life as well as the worship of
the nation that was being organi
zed,
A great deal of the detailed
instruction was connected with
the tabernacle or sanctuary that
was to be central in their whole
ritual of sacrifice and worship,
and would eventually determine
the plan of the permanent temple
to be built in Jerusalem.
With the tabernacle in their
midst the people of the nation
were reminded at all times that
they were chosen of God tobe the
religious leaders of the world
THERE HAS BEEN NO CEILING on death or injury in Viet
nam. I do not believe the people of this nation want the Congress
to place a ceiling on the compassion our country has for its veter
ans, and the agency which must look after them.
As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee
on Veterans’ Legislation, I recently secured passage by the Senate
of Legislation which would prevent federal spending cuts or limi
tations from being placed on veterans’ medical services and hos
pital programs.
1 amended a supplemental appropriation bill which would have
exempted only veterans’ pension, compensation and insurance pro
grams. My amendment also includes exemption of the essential
services directly required for the administration of all veterans’
programs for the fiscal year 1970.
* * “
THERE ARE CURRENTLY more than 460,000 veterans in
Georgia, and the Vietnam war is producing around 75,000 new
ones nationwide each month.
This puts a tremendous strain on the Veterans’ Administration.
Demands on every major program are up, with the medical pro
gram alone showing a 14,000 increase in the first nine months of
fiscal 1969.
Also, among other major services, outpatient visits to VA hos
pitals are up by more than 285,000, while compensation and pen
sion claims have increased by more than 225,000. Moreover, the
VA’s hospital system is treating all Vietnam casualties with 5,000
fewer employees than it had in 1966, and with no new hospitals.
* * *
IN VIEW OF THE SACRIFICES these courageous men have
made, I do not see how we can cut or limit the funds necessary to
provide them with the finest medical care possible.
Vietnam may be termed a “police action,” but to the men serv
ing there, it is nothing short of a bloody and tragic war. And cer
tainly the gallantry and heroism of our soldiers, many of them from
Georgia, have been unsurpassed.
Our brave young veterans are entitled to the full range of bene
fits already granted by Congress. They have earned it, and they
must receive proper service for their future needs. I for one intend
to see that the nation’s commitment to all its veterans is fulfilled to
the fullest possible extent.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
and must therefore keep in con
stant touch with Him through ri
tual and prayer, sacrifice and
worship. Thedetailed instruction
as to how approach was to be
made to a holy God was to keep
people in constant knowledge of
sin and that a sinner could only
approach the presence of a holy
God after expiation for his sin
had been made,
It is surprising that the exact
details of how the tabernacle sh
ould be built, the material for
every part of the construction
and the objects specified, and
just how the worship should be
conducted are so minutely given.
Perhaps there has never beena
more elaborate ritual for wor
ship, In the theocratic form of
government that God was to give
his people this sanctuary was
the center and focus of their so=
cial, political and religious life.
The details of this magnifi
cent place of worship are given
in six chapters of Exodus and
repeated almost word for word
in six more chapters that des
cribe the actual construction of
the tabernacle,
The outer court around the tent
or tabernacle itself was 150 feet
long and 75 feet wide., This was
surrounded by a fence made upof
curtains supported by pillars,
The great altar for burnt sacri
fices was in this outer court,
as was also the laver or wash
basin for the ablutions of the
priests.
The tabernacle itself was 45
feet long and 15 feet wide, the
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Well, we are happy to relate
« o Jthat our ¢Little Sister” (she
will get me for that) is home
from the hospital after surgery,
doing just fine, . .seeing all her
friends, . .and we actually caught
her propped up writing ¢‘Thank
YOU” notes, . Her right arm
BIG SISTER thinks should not be
used since surgery was on her
right side, . .We also wishto join
her, in thanking each dear friend
who remembered her so beauti=
fully in the hospital, . .since she
has been home also, We have
never seen so many beautiful flo
wers, cards, letters, etc, . JOf
course YOU KNOW how dear an
only sister can be. . .She has
always been my heart, . .since
we lost both Father and then Mot=
her, in later years, . .and WE
ARE that part of that family,
left, Words are inadequate to
express our sincere apprecia
tion of the many loving calls,
and every kindness. Some count
dollars as riches, but God gave
us the kind of dollars that make
of us ““Millionaires’’, . .LOVING
FRIENDSHIP , . . which money
cannot buy. God bless each of
you, and yours, . .your telephone
calls are priceless, as well as
your visits, . ,WNOW! We are
already, . +/‘SWEEPIN’ UP,”
sides were of acacia boards co=-
vered with gold, and the roof was
a colorful tent. The room in
front, known as the Holy Place,
was 30 feet by 15 and contained
the table of shewbread, the gol
den candlestick or lampstand,
and the altar of incense just be
fore the thick veil that shut off
the Holy of Holies. This wasa
room 15 by 15 feet in which was
the most sacred object of the
whole worship, the Arkofthe Co
venant. R contained Aaron’s rod
that budded, a pot of manna, and
the tables of stone on which the
Ten Commandments were in
scribed. Above the ark were
two kneeling cherubim with th
eir wing-tips touching each ot=
her. Between the golden cheru=-
bim was the shekinah represent
ing the earthly presence of God.
A modern Bible scholar has
worked out carefully the cost of
building the tabernacle, which he
reckons would be the equivalent
of one and a quarter million dol
lars — 2 considerable sum in
those days!
In our lesson today we have six
references showing how God pro
vided for worship in the covenant
community, the central point of
the annual worship and the spiri
tual object of the divine adora
tion and ritual.
The constitution of the moral
law, in the Ten Commandments,
had been given. The worship of
the golden calf had been put away,
if not forgotten, Moses had de
livered and had written down the
Book of the Covenant (Exod, 24:
4)% The people had solemnly
made 2z covenant to hear the
voice of God in all their life and
to worship Jehovah only.
Just as we need a church for
worship, sacrifice, praise, and
prayer, so now the abstract mo
notheism given from Sinal must
have a center for worship, When
a sanctuary is to be erected to
God the first thing needful be
fore construction starts isafree
will oftering of 21l the people.
Then God spoke to Moses and
told him to pess on to the people
the word that a sanctuary for
worship was in order,
«gpeak unto the children of Is
rael that they bring me an offer
ing. Os every man that giveth
1t willingly with his heart ye
shall take an offering.” The Heb
rew actually says, ‘‘Every man
whose heart drives him.”
we belleve that the church
should be supported by the free
will offerings of the people, Ch
urch dinners are a wonderful
thing for fellowship but not for
supporting the church of God,
Rummage sales can contribute to
worthy objects but the building of
God’s sanctuary and the support
of the mission enterprise athome
and abroad should depend upon
offerings made to God by his
people as good stewards and pled
ges that the church may be run
as well, at least, as a secular
business.
It has been sald that few peo
ple would like to put their mon
ey in a bank that had to give an
fce cream social or an oyster
supper to pay the cashier.
God’s sanctuary should be built
with what is freely given by re
deemed men and women., When
one is really redeemed it reach~
es also to his pocketbook.
The apostle Paul says in I
Corinthians 9:7, “Every manac
cording as he purposeth in his
heart, so let him give, not gru
dgmgiy or of necessity: for the
Lord loveth a cheerful giver.”
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A BIG JOB
In Georgia the average dairy
man milks over 70 cows twice a
day, and he has about SIOO,OOO
invested in his business. He
milks his cows at about 4a. m.
and 4p. m., and spends a total
of five hours a day just harvest
ing the milk crop.
And this is a seven-day-a-week
job, 52 weeks out of the year..in=
cluding Christmas, New Year’s
and the 4th of July.
Across the nation the summer
slump is causing concern tobus=
iness men, Collections have been
slow and a slowup in credit buy
ing has been registered. This
has been expected, but the delic
ate balance between a slowdown
and a recession is cause enough
for uneasiness,
High interest rates have be
come more real to consumers
since the “Truthin Lending Bill"’
went into effect on July lst,
The surtax on top of all other
taxes is another sobering factor,
The recent Apollo 11 moon
landing and the exciting pictures
of Mars give only temporary re=
lief from the economic realities
that exist in the United States
back here on earth,
Although earnings are at an
all time high and labor demands
continue with no end in sight,
the squeeze on the working man’s
paycheck is slowing down his
style of living, His credit buy=
ing in the past is beginning to
catch up with him as he sees
groceries, rent, insurance, util
ity, telephone, and clothing costs
rising at an unprecidented rate,
Construction of new homes has
been hardest hit as building mat
erials have almost doubled in
price over the past eight months,
This fact coupled with high in=
terest rates has placed theaver=
age working man in the U, S, out
of the homeowner market until
relief comes from somewhere,
The Nixon administration is
working to slowdown the boom=
ing economy at a gradual pace
rather than see a harsh day of
reckoning with the stock market
By Phil DeMore, Pastor
Salem United Methodist Church
Read Genesis 11:1-9; 12:1-9,
The self-centered pride of man
in his capacities and achieve
ments is one of the distinguish
ing marks of our time, Itissur
passed only by self-confidence
engendered by our modern ach=
fevements, This was the ‘““bug”’
which had bitten the men in the
story of the Tower of Babel,
This is man’s essential probe
lem: building without God but
with the confidence that he can
and will master the future alone,
Today, many leaders, include
ing churchmen, seem to feel that
the solution to society’s prob
lems is just around the corner,
Just as soon as men use educat
fon and social planning they will
make better use of human re
sources, Then our civilization
will be unified, A new perman=-
ence will result,
The Tower of Babel is a sym=
bolos man’s inability to build his
own ladder to Utopia or Heaven.
By contrast, the call of Abraham
is a symbol of man’s response
to God in faith, The first story
is that of man alienated from
God, The latter is the story
of God beginning His redeeming
pursuit of Israel,
In circles of religious leader=
ship, pride appears as a common
sin, Pastors, teachers, organi=-
zational men, and denominational
executives are tempted to pride
in achievement and ability. The
apostle Paul calls us back to
Abraham, the man of faith whom
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A NATURALLY OCCURRING
body chemical, dopamine, has
been found to restore normal
heart function in dogs after an
acute heart attack. The finding,
reported a Stanford University
medical research team, was ter
med ‘‘encouraging’’ and may re=-
present a new approach to treat
ing patients who have suffered
extensive heart damage. The
researchers administered the
drug after the dogs had suffered
heart attacks induced surgically.
The drug reversed all the abnor
malities in circulation caused by
the heart attacks in the animals.
It increased the strength of their
heartbeats, and the capacity of
damaged muscle to pump blood to
near-normal levels, and eli
minated all signs of heart failure.
RAIN OR SNOW that reaches the
earth on the eastern United States
is far from ‘‘pure’’ water, re
ports a U, S. Geological Survey
hydrologist. He says that water
from precipitation, falling over
relatively = contaminant - free
areas, contains some sea salts,
sodium - calcium bicarbonates,
and sulfuric and nitric acids.
WHATEVER ELSE may be said
about the wisdom of Las Vegas
gamblers, most of them are pretty
good judges of their chances of
‘winning or losing a bet. And a
University of Michigan scientist
infers from that discovery that
most people are fairly good at
judging their chances of gaining
or losing from any decision they
might make in life. He is con
ducting his studies in a Las Ve-
Thursday, August 7, 1969
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s
ECONOMIC
SLOWDOWN
By: Leo S. Mallard
crashes,
The affects presently felt by
American business are just the
beginning of a twelve month or
more sobering period for our
economy that will get worse be
fore it gets better, How distaste
ful this is, but, it’s better thana
burst and possible depression
which seems to bethealternative
sometime in the future unless
more stable values are placed
on everything in our society,
The unending cycle of higher
prices demanding higher wages
and this creating an atmosphere
of false prosperity that encour=
ages continued credit buying will
eventually check itself in the
same harsh manner it did In
1929,
Only the curbing of credit,
higher interest rates, the sur
tax, and most important of all 2
change of consumer attitude toe
ward free spending as long as
credit is available will check our
present economic boom safely,
If a burst ever comes to the
United States again, 1929 will
be looked back on as if it were
a horn of plenty, Hungry, de
stitute people are uncontrol
able and revolution is away of
life during such times,
The Communist Manifesto sta=
ted that this nation would crumble
from within and fall without a
shot being fired, The collapse
of the American economy could
bring about this frightening site
uation, Even more frightening
is the fact that each one of us
would have helped bring it
about,
Words Co
Liue By
he admired so greatly,
Abraham was a2 man of many
capacities, but he had his weake
nesses also, His faith in God
added the dimension of depth to
his life with a strength that over=
shadows his weaknesses,
God needs and uses weak and
imperfect men in places of rel=
igious leadership when they are
equipped with the virtue of faith,
Thus redemption begins,
A rich woman died and was
received by the angel Gabriel at
the gate of Heaven, He tcok her
to see where she was to live,
and on the way she admired a
splendid house built of gold and
precious stones, On asking who
lived there she was told thename
of 2 man she had known onearth,
and she exclaimed vehemently
because he had been so poor and
unimportant, ¢‘/Yes,”” agreed
Gabriel, ““but he was able to send
materials up to us,” Theypass=
ed a house built of ivory and
lovely-colered marble, and the
lady was disgusted to hear it
was that of a woman who had
been a slum dweller on earth,
She had, however, sent up the
materials so that her handsome
house could be built, Present
ly a wretched little mud hovel
was reached, and the angel in
timated that it was the new ar=-
rivals house, She exclaimed in
horror, ‘‘We are very, very
sorry,’” said her guide, ‘‘but we
did our best with the materials
you sent up,’’
Prayer: O God, bless us in
our weakness and become the
source of our strength and sal=
vation, Amen,
gas casino recruiting reai gam
blers in a real gambling situation
and playing with real money.
KETTLES are fine for cooking
small amounts of food on stoves
for canning, but more sophis
ticated equipment is required to
process the tons of products made
and canned daily in modern food
plants. For example, Votator,
Louisville, says that scraped
surface heat exchangers cancon=-
tinuously sterilize and cool to
mato paste with a 50 percent
solid content in seconds, enabl
ing a processor to make tons of
it each day.
THE GOALS of blologists at
the University of Colorado Fish
Physiology Laboratory would
make any fisherman’s mouth wa=-
ter. The laboratory’s objectives
are to bring those ‘big ones
that got away’ into reality by
working out the genetic potential
for greater fish growth, which
researchers there believe exist
in such fishing delights as the
rainbow trout, channel catfish
and bluegill sunfish,
GLACIERS are a potentially.
important source of water, re
ports a U. S. Geological Survey
glaciologist. He says that glac
iers are one of the few sourc=-
es of water that remain unex
ploited, and that with the advance
of civilization into the subpolar
regions more attention should be
paid to these ice masses. ‘About
three-fourths of all the fresh
water in the world -~ equivalent
to about 60 years’ precipitation
over the entire globe.