Lancaster Forming. Saturday. February 14.1970
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From Where We Stand ...
Filling The Gap
The "generation nap" mav nut be as
wide as mans people hereabouts think. Ac
cording to a recent authontatue opinion
survey, adults and teen agers agree on a
number of important points concerning col
lege student demonstrations. Both teen
agers and adults think that the colleges
have been "too easy" on student demonstra
tors. Teen-agers and adults agree in the be
lief that the demonstrators are breaking the
law. A substantial percentage of both teen
agers and adults believe that law-breaking
student demonstrators should be taken to
court. Both teen-agers and adults also agree
to a substantial extent that demonstrations
are the work of small groups of trouble
makers on campus. The draft and opposition
to the Viet Nam war are seen by teen-agers
and adults alike as primary causes of stu
dent demonstrations. Adults and teen-agers
differ in the matter of whether students
should have more say concerning the aca
demic side of colleges. The majority of
teen-agers would like more control over
courses, examinations and so forth, while a
majority of adults believe otherwise.
Perhaps the gap of understanding be
tween youth and adult is not as wide as has
been popularly assumed. The fact is that
each generation faces many unknowns, and
so far each has met the test and has contri
buted to the growing strength and well
being of the nation.
Where Are
The Customers?
News stories have described disastrous
electric power shortages in Yugoslavia.
Now a press dispatch from Berlin tells of
shortages of power in East Germany. The
dispatch recounts how an East German
WASHINGTON REPORT Ajf
Congressman Edwin D. Eshfeman HI
IM Dbfrld-PMinsylvwito HHHUIi
The pollution issue has be
come one of the major concerns
on the national front and justi
fiably so We must deal with
our environmental crisis now or
face extreme consequences in
the very near future The prob
lems are far-reaching While
many commentatois and politi
cians are talking about the pol
lution of our air and water, I
like to add another area to my
personal list food pollution
If you put those three areas to
gether and icsolve to come up
with solutions, you will have
what I call the ‘ Challenge of
the Seventies ”
Dealing with the pollution
problem is not a deferable item
in government business We aie
poisoning oui selves today with
our an water and food When
you icalize that there aie many
instances whei e you can see the
air smell the water and be
made ill bv food, you begin to
recognize the extent of the
crisis Government action is not
only desnable but it is neces
sary
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newscaster opened his program instiuctinc
all hnuseheldci.s to shut off lights and elec
trie appliances for a peiiod of thiee minutes
as an appeal to East German citizens to
consene electricity.
Tht interesting point about these stones
is that nowhcie in them are there any in
dications of organized citizen protest, in
\estigations or '‘Congressional" hearings.
In communist countries, customers of the
go\ernment-owned power system are mute.
There is no place they can turn to \oice
protest against a government monopoly.
Consequently, wire service dispatches te'l
ing of the power troubles in dictator-ridden
countries hold a common buck-passing
theme in which the pattern is always the
same. One group in the political hierarchy
blames another, and e\ entually a few heads
may roll and that is the end of the matter.
The first reaction on reading these
stories when they arme in this area is one
of bewilderment where are the customers
and their spokesmen? The answer is simple.
In communist nations there is no Public
Utilities Commission to speak for custo
mers. If the state wishes to increase power
rates, it does so by decree. This is in sharp
contrast to the United States where an ap
plication by an investor-owned, taxpaying
electric company for a rate increase is fol
lowed by exhaustue hearings, after which
the increase may or may not be granted
to the so-called "private” company.
Saturday (today) will be fair and cold
with temperatures between 24 to 30. Sun
day, not as cold. Chance of snow or rain
Sunday. Temperatures moderating Mon
day and Tuesday with the lows between 5
and 20 and the highs between 20 and 30.
Possibility of snow Monday and Tuesday.
We might as well face some
facts about the environmental
crisis fiom the beginning First,
the solutions to the problems
are going to be expensive
Second, there are no easy ans
wers to curbing pollution and
we aie all going to be affected
by the actions needed to save
our environment and our health
The expense connected with
conquering pollution is impos
sible to calculate exactly except
to say that the cost will be high
I would hope that the programs
adopted by the government will
not be so unimaginative as to
just pass the bill along to the
taxpayei I would piefer to see
the government take pnmai ilv
a legulative' role which will
dnect a large part of the anti
pollution costs to those respon
sible for the pioblem For ex
ample, since the automobile
contributes so gieatly to the
an pollution problem, the auto
manufacturers should be re
quired by government to clean
up the exhaust of then piocluct
Of couise, the man who buys a
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
car will eventually end up pay
ing for the additional equip
ment, but that is more fair than
adding the cost to the taxpay
er's yearly bill I might add re
garding this regulative role that
all requirements set down
should be stiff and should be
rigidly enfoiced.
Easy answers to the pollu
tion pioblem are non-existent
Some people would have vou
believe that all we have to do is
make industries clean things up
and all will be well again The
facts speak otherwise While
our industnes do contribute
their shaie to the environment
al crisis, the really big pollu
ters are you and me When we
drive our car, spray insecticide
on oui flowers, turn on our
electric lights, use our garbage
disposal or one of hundieds of
other everyday things, we con
tubute to an, water and food
pollution
The answeis to cuibing tne
cusis thei’efore will involve
some icgulations on each of us,
and in some cases we may not
like the lesult We may have to
diive lowei-poweied cars be
cause high poweied engines
spew out a dispiopoitionate
amount of pollutants Oui use of
electucal powei mav be embed
since big powex plants can con
tribute gieatly to all ano/oi
watei pollution The moie dec
alcify used the moie po>\ei
plants that must be built to
handle the mci eased loads
Again the list of items can be
endless, but you get the idea
In the final analysis leciaim
mg our emiionment is a mal
lei of suivi\al Yoms and mv
great giandchildren will be the
oenefactois if we take me ne
necessary steps towaid cuibing
pollution now They will also be
the iictims if we find the solu
tions too bitter and permit air,
water and food pollution to
continue unchecked.
GOD’S WILL *
Lesson for February 15,1970
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Dn«H*r*l Piilmt7l>) >•
The words of Jesus deeply
moved many who heard him. Yet
it was more than words that won
men to him. For, in addition to
the words, there were also the
mighty acts he performed.
One such incident was the heal
•g of the centuri
i’s servant (Mat
iew 8.5-13), We
1 know the
;ory, yet many of
> have probably
sver considered
;eply the imph
ations of this
‘mighty act” of
Rev Althousc Jesus> When we
Kev. Aunousc lQok afc it care<
fully, it may have some surprises
for us.
The unlikely candidate
' For one thing, when you think
of it, the centurian is a rather un<
likely candidate ior a healing
miracle. He was not a Jew. It is
unlikely that he shared any re
ligious beliefs with Jesus. Since
he was not a Jew, he could hardly
have looked to Jesus as the Mes
siah. Actually, as a Roman sol
dier, he was even considered an
enemy.
An avowed agnostic once came
to me saying, “I’m not a Christian
and I don’t know that I believe in
God, yet if you would pray for my
wife, I would deeply appreciate
it.” He too seemed an unlikely
candidate to ask something from
God, yet I remembered that it
was often people like this to whom,
Jesus responded with his mighty" l
acts. God will not be limited by
the lines which men draw.
Secondly, although the man did
not share Jewish beliefs, he ob
viously believed in Jesus. That is,
he was convinced that Jesus had
the power to perform a mighty
act of healing. Whether he was
the Messiah, the Son of God, or a
prophet was not important to him.
The important thing was his trust
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In Jesus and his authority.'
Once again, this may itrlko US
as surprising. Some of us may
have the idea that the secret o£
piaycr is to hold the "right" the
ology or know the "right" meth
od Vet. as Jesus demonstrated
repeatedly in the gospels, it is
more important for a man to re
spond to Jesus with a personal
trust in his authority and power.
No limitations
Third, it was not necessary for
Jesus to sec and touch the cen
tunan's servant. Jesus was quite
willing to go to the commander’s
home, but the Romm realized
that Jesus's authority was not
limited by time and apace. It was
not hocus-pocus or sleight-of-hand
that Jesus performed in his heal
ing ministry. Jesus, the ccnturian
perceived, was a man who pos
sessed authority over the welfare
of men’s bodies. He likened Je
sus’s acts of healing to the miU
tary orders which he gave to his
Roman subordinates.
Even today we find that the
power of God is not limited by
dimensions of time and space.
Thousands of miles may separate
someone who is ill or in difficulty
and a small group of concerned
people who pray for that person,
hut the power of God may be re
leased just as powerfully as il
they were in the same room.
No doubts
Finally, we note that Jesus did
not hesitate to heal the servant.
He did not say to the centurian,
“I’m sorry, you are not worthy to
make such a request of me,” or
“Just accept this sickness, it i»
God’s punishment for your pagan
faith,” or “Don’t worry, this ill
ness will be good for your servant:
ft will help him grow spiritually,*
or “Too bad, it’s not God’s will for
him to be healed." Nor, you will
find, did Jesus ever say these
things to anyone who came to
him! I defy you to find one in*
stance in which Jesus refused
healing to anyone. Show me one
place in the gospels where he
says, “Lord, if it be thy will, heal
this person”!
.You will mot find any such pas*
sages',’"for.'obviously, it js not
GOd’s will-to withhold healing.
As in Nazareth', where he could
do “no mighty works because o£
their unbelief,” men can, some
times thwart that will; but Jesus
never doubted what God desired
for men.
(lasaJ an outturn capyriilMl by tba Division
ai Christian Education, National Council ol tha
Churchas al Christ in Hit U, S. A. Rotaascd by
Cammumly Prass Same*.)
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancastci County Agent
ri ape vines in the landscape To
beai the most hint these uies
should be pinned When t-e
plants me dormant Piunms dar
iiiit th n next month will
the amount ot vines and he'p
mat ue the uop that is to come.
To Give Attention To Ewe Flock