4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 28. 1959 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Wasted Youth Not Found Here A humerous expression attributed to the playright, George Bernard Shaw goes, "Youth is such a wonderful thing, it'is a shame to waste m on young people." Six young people from Lancaster Co. have demonstrated this year theft they have not wasted their youth and they have been rewarded for it. We know it is a well worn expression by now hut it bears repeating that less than three out of 100 young people in the country ever become involved with the police. This is sometimes difficult for us to be lieve when we hear so much about the delinquent youth, but so- many times when a young person does an outstand ing piece of work it goes unnoticed or gets scant notice at best. We believe that one -of the reasons the crime rate among the young people in uiban areas is greater than in rural areas is the lack of organized activity, profitable activity, available to the young person in the city. We believe that youth organizations such as the 4-H and the FFA. and FHA, deserve the -wholehearted support of ev ery farm family m the country whether or not that family has a boy or girl ellg- AGRICULTURE -EXTENSION PERSONNEL HELP us celebrate our birthday. Lan caster Farming begins its fifth year of publication this week. To help us celebrate our birthday Mrs. Norma DeLellis, extension home economist prepares to cut the birthday cake while County Agriculture Agent, Max M. Smith, also seated, looks on. Standing left to right are Asst. Co. Agent, Victor Plasto, and Mrs Lauretta Kreider and Mrs. Hel en Suydam, Secretaries an the office. We thank them for joining in our celebration and for the assistance they have given us in the past four years. —Li PHUIU Davidson There are many things for which we, all of us, should bow our heads in reverent thanks this Thanksgiving week. There is both peace through out nearly all parts of the •world, and bright hopes of universal good will among all men Our boys are at home instead of on some far away battlefield. We have an abundance of the good things of life. We tre thankful that we can share this abundance with the less fortunate people in many parts of the world Christ said that as “you do it unto tiie least of these you do it unto me.” Some 300 years ago the THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton. Davidson Day of Thanks Pilgrims assembled in their meeting places to bow in thanks for a meager harvest that would, nevertheelss, as sure them food until the next harvest. Our cup of plenty overflows. Apostle Paul The observance of a speci fied day for Thanksgiving is comparatively new, but the Bible (,16th Chapter, Book of Acts tells of a day tw ? o thousands years ago when the Apostle Paul and Silas were arrested, though they had done no wrong. They were flogged unmcr cifully and thrown into a dungeon From that dungeon ible to enroll in one of the clubs. But to have a forward looking pro gram for rural youth such as we do have in Lancaster County we need not only support from the parents and friends, but we must have qualified leaders. ' At this time of year we should pause a moment to pay tribute to the persons who „ devote their life and energies to the task of helping' young people avoid wast ing-'their youth. We should be thankful for the Extension personnel, tire teachers of Vocational Agriculture and Home Ec onomics in our public schools and for the many volunteer leaders who give willingly of their time with no return except the satisfaction of a job well done. agree that youth is a wonderful thing,* and we want to congratulate the six young 4-H’ers for their accomplish ments and say, "Well done." We think they have merited this trip, and we are sure that our country will bo proud of their activities in Chicago. Youth has not been wasted on these six young people. At,least that's how it looks from where we stand. came a song of praise and thankfulness to God. They sang His praise because they were thankful for the strength. His spiritual guid ance gave them. Thankfulness, like happi ness, is a state of mind. It comes from the peace that is within our hearts as we pause to consider our many i Turn to page 5) .tncaster County'* Own Farm Weekly Phont- Published every Saturday by t,*nrpst«T Farming. Lancaster. Pa Entered ns 2nd class matter at Lancaster Pa under Act of Mar. 1. I*7" >ddltlonal entry at Mount lev P Subscription Rates: 32 per year; three years $5. Single copy Price 5 term- Mtmlx ' Pa New spaper Pubish ;is’ Association, National Editor, al Association. v Nfc. «• / > "&■< v 's•< Lancaster Farming P U Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Offices: 61 North Duke St, Lancaster, Penna. Lancaster Express 4-3047 .Tack Owen, Editor Robert G Campbell. Advertising Director St Business J*inager Established November 4, 1955 Bible Material; Acta 9:1-9. Devotional Beading: Romans C. 6-11. Lesson for November 39, 1989 OUTSIDE Of what we are told about Jesus in the four Gospels, what event is v the most important of all those’described m the New Testament ? Most intelligent Chris tians would- probably agree on one particular event. If it had not hap pened, nearly half the New Tcst : ament books could not have beer written If it had not happened, over a quarter of the pages'of the New Testament would he" blank. If it had hot hap pened, Christian ity might well have died by strangulation. _ For there we »r. Foreman many who wanted to strangle it in its cradle, and except for one man they might have succeeded. Why, Saint Paul happened, to be sure! He himself never would say it "happened” and we do not mean that it was a happen-sp, a chance occurrence He believed, tahia dy ing day that God planned it, and we may well believe he was right. Confronted With Christ / Saints do not become saints oVfcr night But they have ta start some* where, somehow. The amazing thing about Paul is that he did an absolute about-face, after a cer tain day near the city of Damascus in Syria. He was, to put it m one word, converted. That means, in still plainer English, turned around, faced backward from the way the person was going, started in the opposite direction. It is quite a mistake to think that unless you are converted just as Samt Paul was converted, you haven’t been converted at all That is as silly as saying that if you haven't married a girl exactly like my wife, you aren’t really manied. As Saint Paul was a unique char acter any way you look at him, his conversion would be unique too. Further, his situation was de cidedly a strange one. He was » Now Is The Time .., MAX SMITH TO PUT COLOR INTO HUNTING TOGS— The big game hunting season is at hand and many hunters will be expos ed to the sharp eye of other hunters. Hunting safety is veiy important at all times and every percaution should be taken to prevent an accident The color of the clothing is impor tant in the woods in order not to be mistaken for game. Wear either bright red or yelow to be seen easily by other hunters; yellow is actually more visible than the tradition al red TO TOPDRESS NEW SEEDINGS—The practice of topdres sing small grain and new legume seeding with manure dur ing late fall or early winter is to be encouraged. The ma nure will furnish some extra nitrogen next spring and more important, will help cover the ground this winter to pre vent freezing out and heaving. This will be especially help ful in the case of very late seedings that did not get a good start. TO CLEAN DRAINAGE TILE OUTLETS—In the case of a tile drainage system the condition of the outlet in many cas es determines the success of the entire system. Farmers are urged to inspect the outlet this falLapdr clean away any vegetation, silt, or other matter that may prevent the free flow of water from the lino. If muskrats are under-mining the end of the tile line, then a concrete head-wall should be poured to prevent them from working back into the sys tem. Without a clean outlet the tile system will silt fiul and be worthless. * About Face! BY MAX SMITH TO TRAP THOSE MUSKRATS—On many farms extra income may be realized from the sale of muskrat pelts. The season op ened Nov. 21st and wil lun until January 16th. Farm pond owners should especial ly take advantage of this period to elimin ate the muskrat problem and reduce pond bank damages. Along many creeks and small runs the muskrat population is in creasing and damage is more evident. The changing of the course of a stream out in to pasture or crop land may be prevented by a heavy trapping campaign. reßiftous . en ;eri m^Wjiule^e''murder. He was a hgtn one ' the"strictest; reHgioui ’Vests of \t or -any; other era, and yet, en ;ed in 16 were actually' better tfian he i. He yras a man who‘was past tnktcly" 1 devoted to serving God, ending his time making life mis erable (when he could not actually kill 'them) for persons who'under- Stood God better than he did. A man like that, you * would think, is not likely to have a "con ventional” or average religious ex perience. Budding Saint Pauls since his time may have had some what “similar conversions ; but John Doe usually has the John Doe .type of conversion. CoafrontedWith Christ For all that, whiles much in the circumstances of Paul’s conversion (to use a name he did nofactually bear till some time' later) was pe culiar, bizarre or awe-inspiring as you might think It, still basically it was; a. Ch’ri&tian .conversion, with tho4>aslc Christian .elements plain ly in it. First of all, if was con fronting Christ. It was a kind, of ’ miracle In PauPs 'case .-The. mi ra cI e may-nbfbe so spectacular in other cases but, Christ la .always theie at the begtompgfof every “reahy ' Chcjsrtian life It may be a Confu cian scholar, reading a Bible, for the first time: it may,'he an artist attracted by a picture of the Last Supper; it may be a French ag nostic, seeing Christ in his wife’s character: or a middle-aged man remembering one day how his mother used to pray Somehow or other, all conversion is based on this meeting between an individual and Christ. The First Tvr* Questions Years later Paul told the sloiy of liis conversion, to some people who at the moment were bent on killing him. He added something to the stoiy told m Acts (the best manuscripts). He relates two ques tions, not one, which he asked m that great and awesome hour near Damascus The first question: “Who art Thou, Lord?” and the second one: “What will you ha\e me to do?” (See Acts 22) On those two questions hung all his future life Note three things here: he put his questions now to the highest Authority; he wanted to loiow all about Jesus; and he put his life at the disposal of his Loid. This is the essence of conversion. (Bast'd on outlines copyrighted hr the Division of Christian Education, National Connnl of the Churches of Christ m the C. S. A. Released hy C'omnvniytv I’ress Service.)
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