—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1970
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The Christmas Story
St. Luke Chapters I and II
And the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David; and the virgin’s name was
Mary.
And the angel came in unto her,
and said, Hail, thou art highly favour
ed, the Lord is with thee; blessed art
thou among women.
And when she saw him she was
troubled at his saying, and cast in her
mind what manner of salutation this
should be.
And the angel said unto her, Fear
not Mary; for thou hast found favour
with God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS.
He shall be great, and shall be call
ed the Son of the Highest; and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of
his father David and he shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever; and of tfis
kingdom there shall be no end.
Then said Mary unto the
How shall this be?
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And the angel answered and said
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of the High
est shall overshadow there, therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born
or thee shall be called the Son of God.
. . . And it came to pass in those
days, that there went 'out a decree from
Caesar-Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.
And all went to be taxed, every one
into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, in
to Judea, unto the city of David which
is called Bethlehem; (because he was
of the house and lineage of David) to be
taxed with Mary his espoused wife,
being great with child.
And she brought forth her first
born son, and wrapped him in swad
dling clothes, and laid him in a man
ger; because there was no room for them
m the inn.
And there were in the same coun
try shepherds abiding in the field, keep
ing watch over their flocks by night.
And 10, the angel of the Lord came
Upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them; and they were
sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good tid
ings of great joy, which shall be to all
people. *
For unto you Is born this day in the
city o± David a Saviour, which is Christ
-the Lord/ -
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And this shall be a sign unto you;
ife shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
angel,
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying, Glory to God
in fie highest, and on earth peace, good
v.xll toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels
we T e gone away from them into hea
ven, the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to
pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us.
And they came with haste, and
fc und Mary, and Joseph, and the babe
U ng in a manger.
And when they had seen it, they
m >de known abroad saying which vv,
m d them concerning this child.
d nd all they that heard it wonder
ed at those things which were told them
by the shepherds.
And the sheoherds returned, glori
fym | and praising God for all the thing s
that they had heard and seen, as it was
To Stay With Corn
We have had a number of calls
from farmeis asking what they
could grow m place of corn for
a cash ciop or for livestock
feeding This problem has been
caused by the corn leaf blights
of last summer As was pointed
out at a recent corn growers
meeting, the expected infection
on the 1971 crop Is still very un
cel tain but not expected to be
so bad that the corn ciop would
be a failure Corn is still a very
important ciop to eveiy farmei
and if good management prac
tices are used, it should con
tinue to be one of the most im
portant and profitable grain
ci ops Don’t ciy befoie you’re
hurt
To Boost Alfalfa Yields
We are infoimed by agronomy
experts that we are not getting
enough yield from our local al
falfa stands; the hai vesting of
thiee to four tons of hay, or
hay equivalent per acre, is not
enough The question is why
do we not get more tonnage. Is
THE LOST GIFT
Lesson for December 20, 1970
Eacbground Scripture* John 1 T-T8
Devotionol Reading. Isoiah 9 2 7.
Somewhere I read of a tomb
stone that reads - “Born 1810.
Died 1890 Lived 50 years.” It
It doesn’t take higher mathmatics
to figure out that there is some
thing radically wrong with that
die stonecutter
lade a gross mis
ike or else some
le was saying
iat the man had
it had a very
11 life during his
ighty y ears. Geo
te Bernard Shaw
iggesled very
larly the same
thing when he
Rev. Althouse sai d that an ap
propriate epitaph for many peo
ple might be this "Died at thir
ty; buried at sixty.”
Life before death
Shaw’s observation is both true
and Biblical, I think Jesus sug
gested that there is much more to
life than the mere actmty of a
living, human organism He in
dicated that eternal life is some
thing that one can experience on
earth as well as in heaven. Peo
ple debate whether there is a life
after death, but perhaps equally
important is the question of life
befoie death When racing driver
Jim Paschal was listed by the
UPI as one of four grand nation
al diivors killed in accidents in
1964, he commented “I don’t
think I've been killed At least
1 hope I’m not walking around
dead ” Pcihaps Mr. Paschal isn’t,
but theie seem to be more than
a few’ people today who are, as
i*c says, ‘walking mound dead.”
Jesus said “I came that they
> ■> 'v ha\c hfc, and have it abun
dant; ’ Abundant life, not exist
ence, is the goal he sets before
ice Chustian to know life m its
c cepes l , f'dlcs: sense. “In him,"
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
it disease, insects, fertility, or
sour soils? Alfalfa continues as
one of our very best forage
ci ops; we ask every grower to
evaluate his management prac
tices and to try and discover
why the yields are not higher.
Our soils and climate should
provide the potential.
To Check Barn Ventilation
The winter months present a
challenge to good ventilation
practices on many dairy /and
livestock farms When the barns
are full of livestock, large
amounts of heat and moisture
are given off. This should be
removed for maximum animal
comfort. Exhaust fans will be
needed in most enclosed Jdairy
barns. Insulation will also be
needed in ceilings and Walls.
When warm air strikes cold sur
faces we get condensation, and
dripping Open buildings,, such
as pole barns or free stalls‘need
roof slots in order to draw out
the warmer, moisture-laden air.
Ventilation is important. and
worthy of attention at this time.
!•)
said John, "was life, and the life
was the light of men.” Jesus Is
the source of this life that Is
lived both before and after death.
The Word became flesh
That is why Jesus Christ is sp
essential for Christianity. God ex
pressed or revealed himself
fully as man can ever understand
him in the person of Jesus. Vlks
caphot ever fully understand OW
nature of God, but when wctow
at Jesus' we get our best idea «
what and who God is like. Wfalfc
we see finitely expressed in Hus
person of Jesus, we believe is In
finitely real in the nature of God
“ The Word became flesh and
dwelt among u 5.,.”
Several years ago we received
for Christmas a gift of money in
one of those little envelopes one
obtains from banks. Later that
day, my wife asked me where I
had put the money. “Oh,” I said,
“I thought you had it.” “And i
thought you had it,” she replied
Immediately we began to look for
the misplaced envelope. We
searched from one end of the
house to the other with no suc
cess until, at last, one of u$
thought to look m the wastepaper
basket with the discarded wrapp
ing paper. :
Throwing away something '
valuable
At last, howeier, we found the
money, crumpled up in its little
white envelope in the bottom of
the wastebasket. Ever since that
day I always look carefully at the
wastebasket before I burn it se
that I don't throw away some*
thing valuable. ,1
The story above, I think, is i
parable, for in a like manner w<|
are constantly in danger of
throwing away the most precious
Christmas gift of all. Somewhere
in the midst of the mountains of
wrapping paper, the ‘
tinsel, the gay decorations, there
is waiting for us the gift of
abundant life in Christ Jesus. Let
us make sure—oh, so sure—that
we do not throw away this most
precious of all God's gifts. ' i
(Based on outlines copyrighted by th*
division of Christian Education, National'
ouncil of the Churcnes of Christ in Ih*
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