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
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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.)