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Reply to an Atheist
Ilie I irst Baptist ( hutch of
Jonesboro carried the follow
ing in a recent bulletin.
1 XPRI SS YOURSELF
Ihe publicized atheist.
Madelyn Murry, has started a
campaign against the three
American Astronauts who ac
knowledged God as creator of
the world and used the Bible
(Genesis> as their message to
the world as they orbited the
moon last Christmas I ve She
wants to have three men
publicly censored for using the
Bible as they did She has
gathered over 30,000 signa
t ures
Bill Mansdoeter of l amily
Radio has announced a cam
paign lor 100,000 letters in
support ot these men and their
action He has received 25,000
letters so tar
If We Knew Our Needs, Would We
Make It Profitable to Us? '69
Wc often speak of a person as having an
itch for this or that A persistent itch is a
tormenting thing, and wc can't help but
scratchscratch If the itching spot cannot
be reached with the hand we rub against the
door post and will not cease until it has
been reached, but when we do not itch, we
do not scratch Hunger and thirst and the
desire for things and the love of things is
another kind of itch that keeps us scratch
ing; to know and please God, if the desire is
for God, but to please self if the desire is
of the self Wc need to be keenly aware of
the difference
0 God, thou art my God, early will I seek
thee, my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh
longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is” (Psa 63 I) Think of it,
imagine vourself in a desert without water,
and you will know how a man ought to feel
toward God
To live after the desires (itch) of the flesh is
to be m the flesh, "and they that are in the
flesh cannot please God” (Rom 8:8) If any
man will come after me, let him deny him
self (the itches and desires of the flesh) and
take up his cross daily and follow me (Luke
9 23) Cur problem is a matter of loving God
with all of the heart and all of the soul and
all of the mind and all of the strength, and
our neighbor as ourselves ” (Mark 12 30-
31) Because Christ told men of things that
they should not do, they thought he was
condemning them, but God sent not his
Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be
saved (John 3 17)
He represents the light and the low by which
men are saved. The making of law is a ma
|or concern and occupation of first impor
tance to men, but men have never designed
a law that unites them in the way that God's
law unites them, all members of one body,
each serving the body as our hands, feet,
eyes and ears, serve our bodies. If our mem
bers refused to act as a part of the body, it
would be death to the ability of the body to
care for itself. So it is with men as members
of Christ's body, and they will be cut off as
branches which bear no fruit
The laws men pass are intended to benefit
the body politics, but the condition of the
body politic shows the inadequacy of men
to make and administer laws that unit them
in a body, having the same care one for an
other, willing to bear one another's burdens
511 PEGG ROAD
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Write your letter today to
NASA c/o Family Radio, San
Francisco, Calif 94134 and
these letters will be delivered
to the officials of our space
program.
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The following is a copy of a
letter written in reply by a
Forest Park man:
Forest Park Georgia
May 6, I 969
NASA
c/0 Family Radio
San Francisco, California 94 I 34
< ientlemen
I am not an atheist, how
ever. I expect to have the same
freedom of speech and the
same opportunity to express
myself as Mrs Madelyn Murry
enjoys in this great country of
ours
Our country is built on the
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foundation of freedom and if I.
as an individual, do not exer
cise my right that so many of
my forefathers have bled ami
died for then I deserve to have
this freedom taken away just as
this woman is trying to do to
our Astronauts. This is the
reason for my letter.
I will be very disappointed
in my government if these
three men are reprimanded in
any way for their actions of
December 24, 1968 when they
read from Genesis while orbit
ing the moon. Truly anyone
who has ever been in space
must realize even more than we
who are earthbound that there
is a Creator, great and omni
potent. for without some
power infinitely greater than
anything we know about here
on earth the heavens could not
have been formed and set in
motion.
I truly feel sorry for Mrs
Murry for she seems to be miss-
and so fulfill the law of God, being of one
mind and one heart
The itch of desire is intrinsic in every man,
but man must defeat and master desires
that run wild, for our own sake, and for the
sake of the body of Christ, letting our light
so shine that others may see our good works
and glorify the God of all grace, and all
glory, from whom our life is drawn The or
dering of their desires is the most funda
mental thing m the life of man, when the
desires order the man, all order collapses,
and the effect of men's failing to order their
desires if for time and eternity.
Desires which spring from the pure foun
tain of God's Spirit bring only blessings, but
the desires which spring from our own per
versity bring a curse and bitterness. Desire
that is not of God is responsible for all the
discord and chaos that afflict us. If we sow
to the flesh we shall of the flesh reap cor
ruption, but if we sow to the Spirit we shall
of the Spirit reap eternal life
Man is drawn away by his own lust (desire)
and enticed (Jas. 1 14). Through desires
that are born of the knowledge of God, we
lay down our lives for one another, through
desires born of ignorance, we bite and de
vour one another. "Whence come wars and
fighting among you come they not hence,
even of your lusts that war in your mem
bers' 5 Ye lust, and have not, ye kill, and de
sire to have, and cannot obtain; ye fight and
war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye
ask, and do not receive, because ye ask
amiss, that ye may consume it upon your
lusts” (Jas 4:1-3).
Desire is a knowing hunger, a thirst that
will not let us rest, and the origin of the de
sire that masters us makes us of the Spirit,
or of the flesh The desires of the flesh are
sweet at first, but bitter in the end, while
the desires of the Spirit are bitter to the
flesh, but sweet in the end "Woe unto them
with mixed-up desires, that put darkness
for light, and light for darkness, that put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter” (Isa
5:20) "Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they shall
be filled.” If thine eye (desire) be sinale thy
whole body shall be full of liqht, but if thine
eye (desire) be evil, thy whole body shall be
full of darkness. If therefore the light (de
sire) which is in the darkness, how great is
that darkness (Matt 6:22-23)
ATLANTA, GA. 30315
I Would Say This
Many thousands of church
members in a large denomina
tion recently observed “Chris
tian Home Week". This has
been an annual
emphasis for
many years.
Much practical
good has come
from the spe
cial services in
this c o n
nection.
Recently 1
read a
magazine arti-
cle which dis
cussed the No. I thing a child
needs to be taught. A dis
tinguished educator studied
1478 individual children and
out of his experiences in re
search and looking at the
young people over six years he
drew his conclusion.
This he summarized in a
simple way. The word is self
esteem. The more I look and
ponder this matter, the more
certain I am that he must be
correct. This training makes it
possible for a child to see
himself in the proper light. It is
not the spirit of egotism. Nor
docs this create the atmosphere
of false superiority Based
upon an honest self-look a
child is able to see that he has
worth and that his value is
largely in his own hands.
In looking back upon my
own childhood, my parents
taught me this quality of self
esteem. Part of this was based
upon the idea that we were
different from some of the
neighbors. I am thinking about
one family in particular. The
mother had died. The widower
and the boys did not go to
church They were profane and
coarse fellows. Two of the
mg so much of life, simply
because of her hate for God.
Yes, she has a right to her
beliefs but she doesn’t have the
right to force her beliefs on
me She is trying, by asking
that these men be publically
reprimanded, to force her
belief on me and the rest of
this nation It is my request, as
an individual, that these men
be commended for their pre
ception and observation that
God is great and powerful and
that without His power we
would not have a space to voy
age into or for that matter even
an earth upon which to live. I
say to these three men. WELL
DON I 1! You have shown your
selves to be both good astro
nauts and good observers.
Sincerely
Dennis M. Bartlett
P O Box 96
Eorest Park, Georgia 30050
ATLANTA, GA. 30315
older sons in the family were
engaged in bootlegging.
The superiority we sensed
was the attitudes we had
toward ourselves in the family
and the spirit of these neigh
bors. Life to them was mainly
a matter of making money in
the wrong way and in
cheapening their life by
careless and irresponsible talk.
They gave no place to the
church, to education and to
the business of being good
neighbors.
Life must be undergirded by
spiritual experience. This in
volves some knowledge of God
and his estimate of human
worth. Upon learning the high
value which God places upon
us we can never lose that self
esteem which is essential for
knowing what to do with our
time and abilities.
Love of the deepest quality
abounds in the home where
self-esteem is real. There are
moral and ethical rules for
working out the details of per
sonal conduct. The proper
spirit toward ourselves is a
powerful asset for ail of life.
YOU CAN TRUST
PEOPLE UNDER 30!
Being unable to get com
mittments from adults to soli
cit “door-to-door" contribu
tions in the recent Cancer
Drive in the Sweetbriar area,
Mrs. Joe Phillips did what for
the Phillipses is natural; they
called on the younger set.
(Anyone who knows, knows
that the young folks and the
Phillips family are together
frequently, and happily!)
Pauline was not disa
ppointed. On April 29, the
teens and a few who have
slipped over the border, but
still enjoy the relationship
gathered at 4145 Camellia
Circle, inhaled great quantities
of hamburgers and hotdogs,
and then went out to canvass
the area for contributions to
the American Cancer Society
News? No, not a great, earth
shattering event, but so often
our youth are misguided, or
unguided, and their wrong
deeds reap so much publicity
that it is refreshingly hopeful
to know there are the clean,
happy, self less young men and
women in our city who will
give of themselves and their
time to help the helpless, and
to aid in so vital a task as the
Cancer Drive.
We salute them!
Driving an automobile while
drunk is about as serious a
crime as a person can commit
in this day of speed on the
highways.
All Clayton County Schools have met all of the
State standards as developed by the State De
partment of Education as a measurement of ef
ficiency of the educational program and facili
ties.
All Clayton County Schools are accredited by
the State and Regional Associations. This ac
complishment has been brought about at a
time of unprecedented growth in Clayton
County.
School patrons have continued to recognize a
need for quality education by their support.
The increase in population brings about corre
sponding needs for additional facilities. We
urge you to vote YES for the schoo I bonds on
May 20 in order to continue Clayton County's
progressive education program which Clayton
County citizens have demonstrated they want.
This advertisement paid for by the Clayton County Education Association
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Ist Lt. Gary E. Earls
Lt. Earls
Ft. Rucker
Graduate
Ist Lt. Gary E. Earls was
graduated from the U. S. Army
Aviation School, Eort Rucker,
Ala., on May 6.
Lt. Earls is a 1964 graduate
of Eorest Park Senior High and
a graduate of the Infantry
Officer Candidate School at
Fort Benning. 1 Ie also attended
Southern Tech of Marietta.
Mrs. Earls, the former
Becky Allwine, and their son,
Robert, will be making their
home in Forest Park while her
husband is Hying the “Huey”
helicopter in Vietnam.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Earnest Earls of Forest Park.
Clavton
County
To A ote
Clayton County citizens will
vote on a 4'A million dollar
school bond referendum on
May 20. The county is
continuing to experience tre
mendous increases in school
age children making the school
bond necessary in order to
provide school facilities for
these students in 1 970-7 1.
During the past ten years
the Clayton County School
system is one of the few in this
area that has been able to stave
off double sessions or half day
sessions for students.
The Clayton County tax
digest has experienced a similar
growth to that of the school
system thereby causing very
little tax increases to retire
these bonds. It is estimated
that a bond levy of I'/i mills
will retire these bonds.
Visiting Scenes of
Infamy in Hawaii
BY CHARLESGOE
Executive Promotional Director
Life of Christ Foundation
Seeing again the spots so
famous in world history is
quite a thrill. As we ap
proached Wahiawa Saturday
night several
reminded us
that this was
the canyon
through which
the planes
came as Pearl
Harbor was
attacked
December 7,
1941. We saw
some of the
areas that were
strafed and other areas that are
now being filmed to tell the
story of this tremendous event.
All of this is now a part of
another generation and we are
thankful that we have moved
into a new era of history.
Thursday night, after we
arrived in the afternoon with a
marvelous reception by the
missionaries and pastors, we
went to the May Day Lei day
celebration at the Waikiki
Shell. This was a vivid por
trayal of Hawaii today and
there were representatives of
the various islands in the pro
gram.
Friday noon we participated
in a luncheon with the pastors
and evangelists. This was a
good orientation period and we
enjoyed it very much.
Mrs. Sue (Saito) Nishakawa
is the author of the current
study course book on Hawaii.
She and I were in Southwest
ern Seminary together in 1942.
She joined Mrs. Goe and me
for lunch and afterwards
offered to show us some of the
Honlulu area.
It was quite a thrill to visit
the national cemetery and
from the point nearby we had
a splendid view of the area. A
quick look at the Pali where
the wind blows constantly was
most inspiring. We were able
also to see our Baptist Head
quarters and several of our
churches.
Friday night we had a
special program in the shell at
Waikiki. It was a joy to partici
pate with many pastors and
evangelists in this thrilling
venture.
Saturday morning 1 visited
an old friend, Herman Ray. He
is now pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Waikiki. He
took me to several hotels
where they are having services
each Sunday.
In the afternoon after a
delightful lunch with Mr. and
Mrs. Nobuo Nishakawa, we
went to visit George Chaplin,
Editor of the Honolulu Ad
vertiser. His niece was our
stewardess on the flight to Los
Angeles and she asked us to
look him up. This was a de
lightful experience and we
made our way to the shell
again on Saturday night.
We were now ready for the
Crusades in the local churches
with the theme “Christ, the
only hope.”
Award to
Ex-Cardinal
The fourth annual Leader
ship Conference of the Georgia
Association of the Vocational
Industrial Clubs of America
(VICA) was held at the Shera
ton Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta
April 25-27.
Attending the convention
from Fayette County High
VICA club was Ed Mills, also a
former Jonesboro High Schoo]
student, Pat Hammond, Randy
McDaniel, and Edwin M.
Brown, DCT coordinator and
VICA club advisor.
Ed Mills represented the
local VICA club as state finalist
in the Electronics contest,
having won the Area 11 contest
previously. Shown in the
picture above is Arnold Cheek,
extending congratulations to
Ed for having won second
place trophy in the state. Also
in the picture is Edwin M.
Brown, coordinator of the
DCT program at Fayette
County High.
Fayette County is very
fortunate to have employes
like Mr. Cheek who serve as
instructors to DCT students
who are pursuing occupations
of their own choice at various
training stations in business
throughout the entire country.
The local Fayette County
.High School VICA club re
ceived an excellent rating for
their entry in the best two
pages of Club scrapbook and
an excellent rating for the club
for participation in all Area
and State level.
More than 600 delegates
and their advisors from
throughout the State attended
the annual convention.
PFC DAVID A. MUSTAIN
VIETNAM Army Private
First Class David A. Mustain,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max 1 .
Mustain, 4015 Rock Knoll
Court. Conley, Ga., was
assigned March 15 to the 32nd
Artillery in Vietnam as a
cannoneer.
