—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1979
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Lancaster Farming says...
CHRISTMAS
PEOPLE
Lesson for December 23,1979
Background Scripture:
John 1:1-8; 20:20-31;
21:24,25
Devotional Reading:
Luke 1:26-35.
People are fond of dividing
TO CHECK
BARN VENTILATION
The proper ventilation of
all types of livestock and
poultry bams is very im
portant during the winter
months When the warm,
RURAL ROUTE
May the true
of Christmas
your holiday season
and shine throughout
the holiday season
their fellows into various
classifications and
categories. Among these
would be both the silly and
the profound: left-handed
people and right-handed
people; optimists and
pessimists; conservatives
and liberals; activists and
quietists; and so on ad in
finitum.
The World Knew Him Not
In a sense, the writer of the
Fourth Gospel divides the
contemporaries of Jesus into
two groups. One of these
groups he characterizes as
having rejected the In
carnate Word of God, Jesus
Christ. “He was in the
world,” says John, “and the
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moisture-laden air is not
moved out of the area we
usually get condensation on
the windows, walls, and
ceilings. This is especially
true with little or poor in
sulation. Electric exhaust
fans can move out the air
and protect the building.
This time of the year the
barns are filled with
livestock, these annuals
give off large amounts of
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world was made through
him, yet the world knew him
not. He came to his own
home, and his own people
received him not” (John
1:10,11). It was not just that
the world rejected him as a
stranger, but that the world
should have recognized him
as being of God. His own
people, for the most part,
though many had been
waiting for the Messiah to
come, did not recognize who
he was or whom he
represented.
The other group of people,
as John sees it, obviously are
those who did recognize and
accept Jesus as God’s Son.
“But to all who received
body heat. When con
densation occurs it is a sign
that some attention is
needed; m most cases it is a
problem with ventilation or
with insulation.
TO STORE WOOD
CAUTIOUSLY
The use of wood as a fuel is
getting wide usage. Many
folks are turning to wood to
reduce their heating costs.
The storage of this wood is
meaning
brighten
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Management and Staff
him, who believed m his
name, he gave power to
become the children of
G0d...” (1:12). Included m
this group of people were
many who would not have
seemed likely to become his
disciples. Some were
Samaritans, Romans,
Greeks, and, worst of all,
odious sinners! Even Jesus
himself noted this irony. One
day, when told that his
mother and brothers were
standing outside, waiting to
see him, he replied, “My
mother and my brothers are
those who hear the word of
God and do it” (Luke 8:21).
Power To Become
Yet, this division between
important in order to keep
buildings from getting in
fested with insects When
wood is stored in a building
for any length of tune, the
structure could become
infested with powder post
beetles or with carpenter
ants. When stored in a
heated building for a week or
two, many other kinds of
insects could hatch out.
Wood can be protected from
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the accepters and non
accepters of Jesus is not so
much a separation of the
“good guys” and the “bad
guys”. It is not so much that
the rejectors are marked for
punishment or even spiritual
stigma, but that in neglec
ting to receive the Incarnate
Word they deprived them
selves of God’s greatest gift:
“power to become children
of God.”
For the next fifteen weeks
the writer of the Gospel of
John will be introducing us
to some of those persons who
encountered Jesus. Some of
them, such as Judas
Iscariot, Annas, Caiaphas
and Pilate, belonged to the
first group - they “received
the weather but should not
be kept in buildings.
TOORDERTREES
Land owners who are
thinking of making a tree
planting next spring should
be getting their trees or
dered. This is true with fruit
trees as well as forest trees.
Many nurseries are unable
to meet the current demand
for trees. To get the variety,
size, and quality desired, the
order should be placed m the
near future. Most trees can
be planted during March and
April in this part of the state;
they should be ordered now
for delivery at that tune.
TO PLAN 1980
FERTILIZER PROGRAM
Do you know what fer
tilizers you will be needing
next spring 9 Have you had
some complete soil tests run
m order to guide your fer
tilizer investment If these
questions cannot be an
swered in the affirmative,
then some attention might be
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him not.” Most of them,
however, including familiar
names such as John the
Baptist, Simon Peter,
Thomas, and so forth, aspjji
well as nameless others (the W;
man born blind, a paralytic,
the woman of Samaria),
belong to that second group
who “beheld his glory”
(1:14) and received “grace
upon grace” (1:16). We
might say that these are the
Christmas people, who
looked in a manger and saw
not just a child, who beheld a
cross and saw God’s victory
in the heart of the suffering
Jesus the Word become
flesh, the Son of God who
“has made him known.”
in order. Fertilizers will be.,.,
more expensive next springUM
according to several sour
ces. By placing an order now
some saving might be ex
pected. Good planning of the
fertilizer program is timely
and should help with
maximum returns per acre.
The consideration of farm
manure, and the value of
legume sods, should also
play a part in a good fer
tilizer program. Consult
your 1960 Agronomy Guide
for additional details
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