—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 26, 1959
4
FROM WHERE WE STAN
“The Good Old Days'
As the kid in the -three cornered
pants gently nudges the old greybeard
out of sight we often set to thinking
about “time” and what it does to all
of us
We sometimes hear references to
“The Good Old Days” and a rather
nostalgic note in the voice of the talk
er. We wonder just what was good
about them.
Several weeks ago I asked my
Dad, now 79 years young, just what
was it that made the good old days so
good. His answer bears repeating, we
believe. “The best thing about the good
old days,” he said, “was that we were
young. I think we ought to hear more
about the good NEW days.”
When he was queried about the
high taxes we pay for schooling today
he said, “No, school taxes are not too
high. Maybe we don’t get all we pay
for, but taxes are not too high.”
But maybe we get more in these
good new days than we give ourselves
credit for. We in the rural areas
should be doubly aware of this. In the
not-too-distant past only the urban
children or the very rich rural ones
could ever hope to have a first class
education.
As we walked home from a wrest
ling match at the high school a few
nights ago with our sixth-grader, the
conversation turned to the stars.
We learned that Sirius the dog star
forms part of the constellation, Canis
Major, and Cassiopeia the Queen was
on her throne as usual. Betelgeuse still
holds a place of prominence at the
shoulder of Orion, the mighty hunter,
and he still wears that belt of three
bright jewels. We sit right out on the
edge of this galaxy called the Milky
Way, and that small blob you can see
right up through there between the
queen and the hunter in the constella
tion Andromeda, is the galaxy nearest
to our own.
Now all this was rather startling
to a guy who has always had trouble
locating even the Big Dipper unless it
is in the water bucket. But our eleven
year-old calmly stated that he had
learned about astronomy in science in
school. No, not science in high school —
|
Davidson
This week there are pray
ers throughout the Christian
wond for an enduring pea
ce on earth and good will
among men That, too, js
our praver this Holy Week
«S
Christ lived in a lime of
strife and bitterness; in at
time of war, poverty and
suffering He aevoted His
life to the teaching of the
brotherhood of all men, of
all nations
The Christian religion wh
Jch He gave to the world
lias endured and grown thr
oughout almost twenty can-
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With Clinton Davidson
Peace On Earth
tunes, and has survived all
efforts to suppress it It is
the foundation of our civi
lization and the hope of our
future
The world looks to the
Christian nations for the le
adership that will continue
to work unceasingly toward
peace on earth We aie mo
re than ever before confi
dent that they will succeed
Good Will Ambassador
President Eisenhower re
turns this week from a good
will visit to nine countries
m Euiope Asia and Africa
Ho has been acclaimed on
all of the three continents
as an ambassador of peace
He told the people of Fr
ance, Italy, Tuikey, Pakist
an, Afghanistan, India, Gre
ece and Morocco that the
great stiength of the United
Slates is dedicated to esta
blishment of permanent pea
ce
There can be no doubt but
that Picsident Eisenhower’s
visits ha\ e furthered the
cause of peace and they have
countered Communist propa
ganda that the people of the
United States want war.
The President is a deeply
uLgious man As a mintais
man, var laugh' him to ab
hor its destructiveness lie
is a man ol peace as well a
a leader of the Christian
world
D -
Were They?
science in the sixth grade.
Our rural youngsters can learn
things in school today that they never
thought of teaching a few years ago,
and wouldn’t have had time to teach
if they had thought of it.
Boys can choose from a wide range
of courses that will prepare them for
almost any career including the busi
ness of farming. Girls have as wide a
choice as the boys and can learn to
hold down many positions in industry
or become more proficient in making a
more pleasant and comfortable home
for the family.
School will not, and never would,
make something of a person against
that person’s will, but if the desire to
become something is there, our modern
schools will help the youngster to be
come something, easier.
As the old year draws to a close
we had better stop pining for the good
old days and start appreciating THE
GOOD NEW DAYS. ♦
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Resolutions
I just looked over my last year’s
New Year resolutions. I find that all
the material and less important things
I have carried out to the letter. It has
been the more noble things I pledged
to do where I have fallen short.
Our financial report for the year
exceeded our plans and expectations.
I had resolved to finish a book and the
last two chapters are being completed •
I also resolved to plan things to make
our life more interesting. I think this
has been carried out to our complete
satisfaction.
However, when it comes to the re
solution where I planned each day to
pass a compliment, or give some en
couraging words, or make someone feel
more important. I find there were
many days in my busy, hectic life I
forgot all about these resolutions. I
shall make them again and I hope next
year to do a better job.
■Eastern Indiana Farmer
The Christian Challenge
Many of the non-Chn&t
xan nations are ruled by le
aders who place a low val
uation on hie Freedom ex
ists only in the nations wh
ich follow the teachings of
Christ.
Christ said that He came
that we might have life and
have it more abundantly
(James 10 10) He lived and
taught the dignity of life, its
purpose and rewards on
Earth as well as after death
He gave meaning to life
and the brotherhood of man
Wc should remember, at
this season of Christmas giv
mg, that Christ said “it is
more blessed to give than
to receive ” He said, too.
that ‘ there is no one who
has given for His sake who
shall not receive a hundred
fold ”
In the years since the end
of World War II we have
given generously to the wo
rld both the material and
spiritual leadership that has
built the foundation of a
lasting peace President Ei
senhower’s visits just before
Christmas have been inten
ded to preserve that peace.
His visits have come at a
critical time in world his
tory when the world more
than ever depends on the
willingness of free peoples
to make sacrifices in oidei
that Christianity and peace
shall prevail
woodf manage- TO BE ALERT FOR LICE INFECTION—CattIe and swine
ment is cutting low grade are both liable to severe lice infection during the winter
timber trees and building a months Long hair coats in cattle make good habitat for
higher percentage of good , , , „ ~ ,
quahU saw logs Rie Rce difficult to detect Two treatments twelve to
fourteen days apait are necessary to clean them out. In
Frost damaged foilagefiom COid weather louse powder including sulphur and rotenone
wild or cliche cherry trees ma >’ k® used in place of liquid spray treatments The inl
and sorghum wnll poison live- uortant thing is to be on the alert for them and treat be
stock. fore the animals aie retarded in their gams or production.
Bible Material: Acts 13
Devotional Beading: Joshua 1 6-9.
Gad, Our Help
Lesson for December 27, J 959
AT SUNSET, not a ray of hope.
Alone, behind high walls,
guarded by four squads of soldiers
under special orders, his friends
not knowing whether he was alive
or dead But by midnight—! the
man was free, talking with his
friends. (Naturally, hunted by the
police . . . but
they never found
him) What was
the explanation
of It? N-o&ody
has ever quite
succeeded in ex-
plaining it. The
man himself said
an. angel Idid it;
but an angel is
hard to explain, Foreman
too. The real explanation, every
one felt, was in one single word:
GOD. The man’s friends had been
praying to God, and God sent the
angel God had much more for
Simon Peter to .do.
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In Great Crisis
Did God help people in "Bible
times” only and not since then ? By
no means. God himself cannot be
seen, remember; so it is always
possible for some one to doubt—
to say, "Well, I didn’t see God
theie.” Nevertheless all through
history there have been special oc
casions, crises as they may be call
ed, when believers have been quite
sure that God must have been spe
cially interested and active.
For instance, in World War 11,
on D-Day, innumerable slips oc
curred during that great invasion
of the Normandy coast. One writer
who was there said that every
thing that could go wrong went
wrong, and some things that
couldn’t But in spite of-it all, the
Allies got their foothold in the
cnemys land. What accounts for
that? Or take the German guided
missiles. If they had been ]ust a
few weeks farther ahead with pro
duction, England might have been
completely smashed and the war
would have had a different ending
Now Is The Time . . .
TO PROTECT MILK SUPPLY—The treat
ment of udders of dairy cows for mastitis
control should be exercised with special
care Food and Drug Administration oth
cials have warned the dairy producers that
no trace of drugs or antibiotics will be
permitted in the milk supply. When treat
ing infected udders with penicillin be sure
and do not ship any milk from that udder
for at least 72 hours after treatment. This
is important; please cooperate.
TO SORT TOBACCO CAREFULLY
Many growers are finding some shedburnt tobacco which
needs special care; this small amount of burnt, rotten tobac
co has little or no sale value and should not be put into
the hands of delivered tobacco. Better check with your
buyer befoie putting it in the Filler bales or it might be
refused
TO KEEP BEDDING UNDER THE COWS—High produc
ing udder tissue exposed to cold concrete floors could be
pne cause of mastitis infected in your herd, the importance
of plenty of bedding under the milking herd at all times
cannot be over-emphasized Proper stall dimensions will
aid m keeping the bedding in place
items will pay dividends
What held the Germans up? Hitler,
of course; but what made Hitler
(ordinarily a shrewd man) so
stupid ?
“Out of Woaknoss”
For some people it may be easier
to believe that God takes care of
nations and of great events, than
that God takes care of me. Let us
not deny his presence m the great
crises. Last June a streamliner
with 180 passengers on board inn
over a suitcase filled with enough
dynamite to blow the train in two
—and the fuse was lighted! But
the fuse went out, and the train
was not hurt When the passenger s
learned about it, isn’t it likely that
most of they said, "Thank God"’
Some of them said it (perhaps)
who hadn’t thanked God for any
thing in years. Yet God can be in
simple ordinary lives, giving help
to the weak and the unimportant,
just as tiuly as he helps a Saint
Peter or the British Empire. An
immigiant woman abandoned by
her GI husband, with three hungry
children on her hands, said once
“ Sometimes I go to bed andl don’t
think I can get up again But God,
he w akes me up with a song in my
throat and I begin again ” Some
times the only way we discover God
is to icach a point of weakness
where we know that without him
we are done for.
Workers Together
We said that God had more for
Simon Peter to do. This midnight
miracle was the last of its kind in
Peter’s life so far as we-know. He
lived for years after this, a haid
working missionary, no doubt often
in danger, but kept and strength
ened by what we absurdly call the
“oidmaiy’ Pi evidence of God
Then came a day when Roman
guaids came for him once more,
and this time there was no angel
to help him. So he was crucified.
Had God forsaken him at last?
No, his woik was done. If you are,
as he was, a "worker together with
God” you may be sure that until
your woik is done you are immor
tal.
We are at the gate of a New
fsai What will it bring? Gieat
aangeis, gieat distress, great le
sponsibilities 7 Whatever it may be,
God knows what he is doing. We
may see no angels, but wsth%h(b eye
of faith we can see the good hand
of God guiding us, protecting us,
■giving us the help we need, when
we need it
(Based <m outlines copyrighted by
too Illusion of Clmstian Kducation.
National Council of the 03 lire lies of
Christ in tho I', S A Released by
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BY MAX SMITH
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