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But, oh. how few behev r e it! Who will
listen? To whom will God re\eal His sa\-
mg power 9
In God’s eyes He was like a tender
green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry
and sterile ground But in our eyes there
was no attractu eness at all. nothing to
make us want Him.
We despised Him and rejected Him
a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest
grief. We turned our backs on Him and look
ed the other wa\ when He went b\ He was
despised and we didn't care
Yet it was our gnet He bore, our sor
rows that weighted Him down And we
thought His troubles were a punishment
from God. for His own sms!
But He was wounded and bruished for
our sins He was chastised that we might
have peace: He was lashed and we’re
healed!
We are the ones who strayed away like
sheep! We, who left God's paths to follow
our own. Yet God laid on Him the guilt and
sins of every one of us!
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
yet He never said a word. He was brought
as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep
before her shearers in dumb, so He stood
silent before the ones condemning Him.
From prison and trial they led Him
away to His death. But who among the
people of that day realized it was their sins
that He was dying for that he was suff
ering their punishment.
He was buried like a criminal in a rich
man’s grave; but He had done no wrong,
and had never spoken an evil word.
Isaiah 53:1-9 Living Proverbs
Easter Greetings
To You!
When slender, delicate lilies lift their
pearly faces toward the sky . . . when
glorious music fills the air . . . when fami
lies on their way to church have a special
look of joy . when everything is bright
and all are happy . . . then, you can be sure,
it’s Easter!
It’s time to worship and rejoice, time to
enjoy all the glad traditions of the season,
from Easter treats and Easter outfits to
those most precious moments when the
sacred story lives anew And Lancaster
County area churches have put forth a tre
mendous amount of effort in preparation
Farm News This Week
Holstein Breeders Visit
Berks County Neighbors Page 1
Co. 4-H’ers To Attend
State 4-H Capital Days Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P. 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E Main St, Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone. Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191
Everett R Newswanger, Editor
Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director
Subscription price $2 pei yeai in Lancaster
County, S 3 elsewhere
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Farming, Lititz, Pa
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa.
17543
Member of Newspaper Faim Editors Assn.
Stand. ..
for the Easter week programs as so many
realized at the Palm Sunday cantatas and
other special programs last Sunday.
One prized tradition is the exchange of
Easter greetings with our friends and thus,
most happily, warmly, we wish for you and
jours ....
A Bountiful and Joyous Easier!
STORY
A Man Of History
All of us felt we were prepared for the
death of Former President Dwight David
Eisenhower for he had suffered so many
months, had fought off so many repeated
heart attacks yet when death did come to
this great man of history it still was a sad
dening shock. This past week the nation has
fittingly paid tribute to his long and dis
tinguished career of serving his nation and
the American people.
In the Lancaster County area churches
and schools both paid tribute to his memory
and public flags here are flying at half
mast A true man of history has passed
from our scene.
Across The Fence Row
After holding out for a generation,
candy bars are about to join the ranks of ex
nickel-apiece items such as toll telephone
calls, soft drinks, newspapers, and cups of
coffee.
When a leading candy company recent
ly dropped its line of nickel chocolate bars,
it was surely the beginning of the end of an
era. Rising cocoa prices were partly the
reason. But costs of processing and delivery
also contributed.
Just a few years back, when world co
coa prices tumbled for a season, candy men
were able to put more chocolate for the
money into their candy bars. Now, the re
verse is beginning to happen.
Although 5-cent candy bars (along with
packs of chewing gum about the only valu
able items still available for a nickel) are
not slated to disappear overnight, their
share of confectionery consumption is likely
to continue to drop.
Morals don’t necessarily improve as one
ages, but inability to misbehave certainly
increases.
The man at the weather bureau who
predicts light snow obviously cleans his
sidewalks with a snow blower.
You can always find it in the Yellow
Pages, if someone will just clue you to how
the darned things are indexed
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the
world It beats money and power and in
fluence Single-handed the enthusiast con
vinces and dominates where the wealth ac
cumulated by a small army of workers
would scarcely raise any interest.
A committee is a group of the unfit, ap
pointed by the unwilling, to do the unneces
sary.
Love for your country is not necessari
ly expressed by your hatred for others.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average near normal with
daytime highs in the low to mid 50’s and
over-night lows in the low to mid 30’s. Little
day to day change Normal high-low for the
period is 59-37
Precipitation may total l k to V 2 inch as
ram Saturday and showers again at the end
of the period.
60! Till!
Lesion for April 6,1969
Backgraunrl Senator#* Work 15 42 through 16 7.
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Have you ever been the bearer
of good news?
"Dad says I can go!"
"You passed the exam!"
" I found your wallet!”
"We won the championship!”
"We found your little boy,
ma’am!”
"She’s going
to be all right!”
Search your
imagination for
the most wel
come news you
might ever carry
to someone else.
No matter what
you come up
Rev. Althouse with, this will al
ways be the best news you can
bear to anyone: CHRIST IS
RISEN!
How to say it
Many people have proclaimed
this message in many different
ways.
Charles Wesley said it with
a hymn:
Christ the lord is risen today.
Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say.
Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs
high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth,
reply, Alleluia!
Fierro della Francesco said it
with a magnificent painting, "The
Resurrection Morn.”
The Apostle Peter said it from
a cross in Rome.
Missionaries the world over
say it with quinine, powdered
milk, books, tractors, and the
sweat of their faces.
And you . . . ? How do you
and your church say it?
Saying it is important, for
that’s how Christianity began. On
that first Easter morning three
sorrowing women went to atomb,
their hearts immersed in sorrow.
And there, something wonderful
happened!
Read Lancaster Farming
For Full Market Reports
To Put It In Writing
Many farm leases went into
effect April 1 and it is very im
portant that all concerned par
ties know of all their lesponsi
bihties We realize that an
agreement is just as good as the
persons making the deal, how
ever, if the terms are in writing
and both paities possess a copy,
there will be less chance of mis
understandings and unpleasant
relations It’s not too late to
draw up copies and confirm the
lease details
To Plan Sewage Systems
The problem of sewage con
fronts many of us With many
new homes and industries be
ing built out in the rural areas,
the problem of disposal of
waste needs additional atten
tion. Septic tanks and disposal
The empty tomb
First of all, they found an
empty tomb! Something stranga
had happened since they had hut
been there. The huge slone that
hud covered the entrance wa*
found moved to one side. Going
within, they found that the body
of Jesus was not there! He was
not to be found in the tomb, nor
is he to be found there today,
'lire graveyard, the burial vault,
the tomb—Jesus is not to be found
in any of these.
Secondly, they received a mes
sage of "good news,” He ha*
risen! (Mark 16:6). Jesus was not
missing from the tomb because
his body had been stolen awry,
nor had it disappeared into thin
air. He was not there now be
cause he had been awakened from
the sleep of death and had risen
from the slab to go forth into the
world once again. They had coma
expecting to shed tears over a me
less corpse and found instead the
good news that their Lord wa*
alive again!
Thirdly, they received a c >re
mission: "But go, tell his disci
ples and Peter that he is going
before you to Galilee; there you
will see him as he told you.”
(Mark 16-7) It was a wonderful
moment, perhaps the most thrill
ing moment of their lives, to stand
within that tomb and discover
that Jesus had conquered dearh
and was alive. Yet, they were not
to stand there and savor the
moment for themselves, for they
needed to "go, tell” others chat
great news.
Greatest news story
Isn’t that what Easter nust
mean for us too? In fact, isn’t
this the very basis of whac it
means to be a Christian?
To discover for ourselves tiiat
"He is risen!”?
To "go, tell” others that g 1 jri
ous news?
That is why the Christian mes
sage is called the "gospel” (good
news). That is why also it is me
greatest news story that can ever
be taken to anyone.
Perhaps as we have studied
Mark’s gospel we have regarded
Jesus as someone who lived long
ago. Yet, let us know that be is
also our contemporary. Impor
tant though it may be that he
once lived, it is even more im
portant to know that still he lives!
That is what we are called to
"go, tell . . . »”
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NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
fields work fine if contractors,
builders, and owners under
stand the requirements and
make plans for the system.
Some heavy soils will not per
mit sewage systems to woik A
special cncular on the subject
is available from our Extension
Office.
To Kill Brush
The time for killing blush
and trees in the dormant stage
is getting shoit and needs at
tention befoie all types of ciops
are planted The use of 2.4,5-T
on stumps and brush will pre
vent growth without doing dam
age to other crops if done early
m the spring Caution should
be used in the application of
this herbicide because it is very
selective; it will injure or kill
most any kind of tree or plant.