4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 26, 1962 From Where We Standi... The Water That Sustains Us Man can live without food lor only a tew weeks Without water, human life can exist only a few days In a world ot many choices, you have no choice about water You must have it or perish Nor is man alone in this need Water is vital to the life ot all living things This is not a new or startling re velation, but the simplicity of the truth makes the truth no less important •‘The Water That Sustains Us”, is the fitting theme of Soil Stewardship Week, beginning with May 27, Rural Life Sunday. Our demands on the water sup plies of the world are increasing daily Neither is this a new revelation, but ‘oo often we do not pause to consider •'hat as we increase our demands on the supply, we compound our responsibility lo protect and manage the supply. The National Association of Soil Conservation Districts says, “The water hat sustain us demands constant vigi lance " We have learned that the universal benefits ot pure water are not automa te they demand constant vigilance In Lancaster County, recent tests -how that watei from one third ol the tells and springs once wholesome and lure, is now unlit for human consump . ion Each year the hazards and ugliness A pollution in this beautiful county in rcase Far too vast amounts of rich opsoil flow down our streams each eai New industry and new population ncreases put added strains on the once ilentiful supply There is a price for pure water, md we are learning tardily and some imes reluctantly, that it must be paid ■oi in care and dollars alike The water that sustains us under bids the community Water has been .he elemental'}* tact of human society Primitive societies sprang into being wherever a pure and bountiful supply ■if water could be found Later commum les came into being where water sup plies, neither pure or bountiful could support life when populations outgrew .he confines of centers of pure water As the villages followed the grazing camps springing from stream watered meadows, the trading centers and cities roJlowed the villages Water wheels turned the first mills and factories and water bore the burden of commerce mom earliest civilizations to modern lines Even today water is an integral part of manufacturing and commerce Man has followed a stream of water on all his Tourneys of exploration, but he has rarely gone beyond The water that sustains us requires odjustment to nature Many people will my theie is no water shortage it is just not distributed evenly There is some truth to this Manv ■f ir SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK MAY n —JUNE 3 mi Lancaster Farming Iwinr.islcr Coiinlj's Own I*.inn l!)^r> <iii\ In l.,nu .ibttr-K.u mmg ln f - r//f •>s~ <' p o K mi tiMoi Poiina 1’ () P.o\ -Mill - I,il it / P.i Ollu cs z> r ,m mi si i,mr/ r.i Plioin - L.im.islfi JO\|ni ss I-IK 17 or l,itil/ M \ 1.-Jl 'll Jiii k <>u <ii F<lu or Uoli II (I C'.itii|il)i 11 \<hf 11 ism_, im,^t.or areas of the world have rainfall far in excess of the needs while others are parched and bare Lands that were once dry are now being irrigated, and lands once unckx water are being drained Storms, ice, wind and rain, are being constantly studied to determine how man can co operate with nature for the benefit ot man The nature of weather has remain ed constant since the beginning of re corded history While we can not alter the laws of nature, we need to be just as constant in our attempt to adjust to nature The water that sustains us chal lenges the imaginations of man. The his tory of man has been a succession of conquests of the impossible In his reach for new horizons, man has constantly been on the search for ways to reach a more harmonious re lationship with water. He has sought to use water to make his livestock, crops and machinery more productive And little by little man has pro gressed toward a friendlier more fruit ful relationship Who can say how soon bridges will span the vast waters of the world 9 Who can say how soon the salt waters of the world’s oceans can be made sweet to drink for man beast and tree 9 Who can say how soon man will be able to purify the rivers, harness the tides, re phnish the underground reservoirs or manipulate the clouds at will? In due course all these things and many more will come to pass The water that sustains us can elevate man's horizons, the water that sustains us invites cooperative efforts, and the water that sustains us tests the judgment of nations The lack of water brought out the worst in man throughout recorded time The sharing of water throughout the same time has brought out the best, the finest, the highest ideals As man lifts his eye upward to God in quest of a new hope and guidance, he often finds that God has already pro vided him, in the priceless gift of water, with the means of a brighter tomorrow As men join forces in the attain ment of their common goals, they are learning that soil stewardship and water stewardship are inseparable They are learning, too, that as they work together enhancing the purpose of God’s gifts, they invariably serve more than them selves The water that sustains us flows from God, and shapes our earthly des tinies As is found in Job 38 28 “Who is the father of the or who begat the drops of dew'?’’ Water is life We can not live with- out it, We can not live well unless we manage well the water over which we have been made stewards At least that’s how it looks from where we stand rio\ I 7 1 1 lOstnlihshed Vow'inbci 4 I’ll hlibherl c\oi\ S.ilin- it/. J’.i Kntcifd <is 2ml i lass maii'M PtijitU/ Pi mull 1 \i I <>l Mir S I,ST'i SullM ! Ipl ion U. ltl*S 'T' -I }H'l lime umis *■> Snmli' \e it iop v Pi i< ( 1 ( euls Mtuii bi*i I’u \( w spu i>f i s Pub lish! i-, \sscx jilt ion N.itnnuil i'ldiLni lal Vssoi Mtion Btblo Material; Matthew 6 14. nuko IS 11-32, I John 1 1 through 2 17 Devotional Reading: 1 Thcssalonlano 5 li 24 Tests of Faith Lesson tor May 27,19G2 HOW do we know when a per son’s faith is genuine? “We” means human bemgs,—such as other Christians We don’t know this as God knows it. He looks on wo cannot. God knows eveiy one’s faith as he knows all tilings, direct ly. But there is a great deal that w« human beings know only indi rectly, such as the state of an other person’s mind and the sin cerity of another’s motives. It is not, after all, other people’s faith that most concerns us What about our own? Do we really ha\e faith or do w e only think we ha\ e 9 Some people (like bishops, pas tois, elders, parents) do have the great responsibility of deciding, in all humility, whether the al leged faith (for example) of can didates for membership in the chinch or candidates for baptism, is what it is claimed to be. (To judge fiom the present state ol Chnsl’s cluuch, some errors oi judgment at this point seem to ha\c been made. Piobably not enough testing has been done ) Just a walk “By then, fiuits ye shall know them,” Jesns said God does not need to wait till the fruit ripens to see what the tiee will produce; but we do Paul gives us (in Gal )) a list of “fuuts ol the spirit” The Apostle John had his own way of expiessmg things He would lake a simple word and make it hold many meanings One overall list which he pioposed ically says the same things Paul and Jesus said, in othei woids John’s tesl was tins How does this person walk? He uses “walk” in the Old Testament sense, the one-thing aflei anotliei ness, the every-day ness ol h\ mg Life can be likened to a ince or to a light; but mosl of the time it is just a walk No! Now Is The The widespi cad use ol Atuzme i' chemical weed sptay on tom ground should not be contused with its possible damage " n tobaico ground This inatenal should posi ti\elv not be used on tobai i o mound eiflnt bet 01 e 01 altei planting last lear consider nble damage was done when some ot il' ( ‘ spiav tanks were not thoioughly eleamd between sprat 1114 ot corn fields with atn/nie and the spiajma ot tobauo land pnor to jilanling foi wnewoim and cutwoini con're’ Keep Atii/me awa\ tiom the tobauo bin 1 MW M. SMITH the piactite ot applvuis; phosphorus and l lll, “ ash feitih/ar such ns 0-20-20 or O-fi-dO. immediately alter the removal ol the hrst < rop ot altalt i oi tloiei This pro\ides id dilioual plant loot! foi later (iiltitiKs and is a recommen'h i> pi at tu e To Kill Ulalla Weevils I’lodiuets of allalta who had weevil inCostatioii on their hrst mums; and did not sprav should sptav immediotelv at li i the lemoval ol the first (iop m ordei to Kill the small Aieeu woinis. it these small lanae ate not killed they will feed upon the set ond itrowth .ind jin vent iitutli spowth 2 quails ot Metho- Use eitliei wthloi oi 11/,I 1 /, pinls of Mala- thio 11 pel atde exciting, not dramatic, Just « m tie tedious, monotonous and sl 0 » Many a man waits in vain for great crisis in which he can pr ov l himself a hero. But most U\ # , don’t operate by crises, they ar ! pretty dull, when you come rigu down to it. John makes the p ouit that it is just this everyday ing that is the test of the icaiiii of faith. 1 Walking in light How do you walk, then’ speaks more than once of “walk, ing in light.” Cockroaches and jackals walk in darkness. Deep and humming-birds move by day. light. Walking in light means hw mg with your shades up and your windows clean. It means living that you will have no skeletons to hide in closets. It means a hi* “like an open book,” clean pap er and clear type. It means you coull die on the street the next time you go to the super-market, and not worry about what people would find in the house after you ar« gone. Walking in light means b*. mg what you seem to be. Walkini m light also means is God’s light, keeping close to him, remember mg him in love and a thankful heart. It means steering your host by the great lighthouse and not by the little lights on the fishing boats It means living ra joy and hope, not m gloom and despair, 7h» way Ha walked John has another way of putting this. Any one who claims to bt “abiding in Christ” is using lan guage that was dear to Christ and to his friend and apostle John, But the test of faith is not the beautiful language that can be used about it. The claim is a good claim; but how do you test it? You can’t see a person abiding in Christ. We have his word for it, yes, but how do we know he it sincere? John has the answer in words of one syllable: One who claims to be abiding in Him ought to walk in the same way m winch He walked. This means nothing, of course, to one who knows noth ing of how our Lord lived on earth. This calls for ever-fresh, ever renewed, ever-renewing study of the Gospel records. There are those who say it makes little dif ference what manner of man Je sus was. John could not agrea to that. It is of vi»al importance to know as much as wo can of how Jesus met life, how he worked, taught, helped,—how ht met trial and terrors, how he faced triumph and tragedy, friends, enemies and finally death. The simplest test of faith is: Does it produce a We reminding us of Jesus? (Based on outlines copyrighted bp the Division of Christian Educsllooj National Council ol ths Churches of Christ In iho U. S A. Released br Community Press Iservlee.) Time . . . in MW SMITH To Keep \tn/im> Vw.it From Tobauo To l''(‘rtili/e I .e<;limes SiKcesslnl quality loiaite produce! s 'ec To Kill Weeds in Tobaite (liowcis who hate a w<<*d problem in their tobacco tit Id Plight allow the weeds to -ft some giowth then spiaj with i pints ol the amine form •>( - 1-1) pel .me wait lor a i'' l1 ’ daj to two week period and then ptepaie their soil bir pi uituiß This hand led in this manner Will hai in the tobacco plants and will lediue the w'eed prohh r> I ifpi in flip kpisnn (■round
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