AlO—Uwcastw Finning, Saturday, February 16,1980
Lancaster Farming says...
Remember the sign that
mysteriously appeared on notice
boards in public schools over a
decade ago 7
“In case of nuclear attack, all
regulations against prayer in school
temporarily will be suspended,” it
said.
It was meant to be a semi
humerous stab at the Supreme Court
decision which banned prayer from
schools.
With the exception of a relative
minority of people, there was no
humor in the removal of any sort of
prayer from schools.
It hardly seems like 17 years since
the Supreme Court handed down its
verdict, but it has been that long.
But now, for the first time in almost
a full generation of school children,
there is a movement abroad to get
prayer back in the schools.
Earlier this year, in a remarkable
turn-around of past votes, both
houses of Congress have voted
favorably on proposals to reinstate
school prayer.
THE ADULTRESS
Lesson for February 17, 1980
Background Scripture:
John 8:1-20.
Devotional Reading:
Ephesians 4:25-32.
The t-cnbes and the
Pharisees knew their man
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We can get prayer back in schools
all right. This Jesus of
Nazareth betrayed a com
passionate streak which they
could use to catch him on the
horns of a dilemma. At last,
they had him where they
wanted him; he would have
to choose between love and
law.
They would spring their
trap with a woman caught in
the act of adultery. This
time, they were certain, the
Nazarene would not be able
to escape their trap with a
few clever words as he had
before.
What Do You Say?
It is interesting to
speculate on how the scribes
and Pharisees knew where
to find an adulterous woman.
end one of these meetings,
fill out the proper re
certification blank, and then
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While the votes were not binding
on the Senate-House Conference
committees, the members of
Congress clearly went on record as
being in favor or returning some sort
of devotion to the schools
The U.S. Senate vote was 53-40,
the House vote 255-122.
Congressmen Holt, a Maryland
Democrat, and Crane, an Illinois
Republican, have taken the lead in
drafting measures which would get
the prayer legislation onto the floor.
A relative minority of citizens were
able to get prayer removed from
school by judicial maneuvering.
President Jimmy Carter, himself a
Baptist and brother of an evangelist,
does not support returning prayer to
schools.
"My preference is that the
Congress not get involved in the
question of mandating prayer in
school," Carter has said.
"I believe the subject of prayer Jr*
school ought to be decided betwaflßfc
person individually and privately,
and God. And the Supreme Court
has ruled on this issue," Carter
That would seem to be an
area of knowledge lying
beyond their official ex
pertise. Nevertheless, they
found and brought her to
Jesus in the outer precincts
of the temple. Notice how
craftily they bait him:
“Teacher, this woman has
been caught in the act of
adultery. Now m the law
Moses commanded us to
stone such. What do you say
about her? (8:5). Yes, they
knew their man all right.
But Jesus knew them even
better than they knew him.
He knew that they wanted
only to trap him, embarrass
him. He also knew that they
were convinced that they
had him trapped. So, he did
hundreds of producers have
been successful during the
past decade. Many crops can
be planted into existing sod
or vegetation with good
results. The use of her
bicides is very important to
kill existing growth and to
control weeds Improved soil
erosion control has always
been in favor or no-till
said—as if that clinched the
argument
Those who feel prayer has a place
in schools have their work cut out for
them President Carter outlined the
case against prayer quite well
"I personally don't think the
Congress ought to pass any
legislation requiring or permitting
prayer being required or encouraged
in school," said the leader of the
country whose motto is “In God We
Trust ”
“Sometimes a student might
object even to so-called voluntary
prayer when it is public and coor
dinated. It might be very em
barrassing to a young person to say,
‘I want to be excused from the room
because I don’t want to pray',"
Carter said.
While admiting he did/iot know all
of the Constitutional aspects of this
difficult and sensitive question,
Carter concluded, “I think it ought to
be an individual matter between a
person and God.”
Farm people don't seem to agree.
Many outsiders, attending a rural
not answer them im
mediately. Instead, he bent
down and began to write
with his finger upon the
ground. What did he write?
We will never know, but it is
obvious that his silence only
made them even more
anxious and confident. They
were certain that he did not
know how to answer!
When the tension had
reached what must have
seemed a breaking point,
Jesus stood and devastated
them, not with an argument,
nor a recitation of the law,
but with a challenge: “Let
him who is without sin
among you be the first to
throw a stone at her” (8:9).
programs. This system
might be one way to get the
cross planted with less time
and expense.
TO UTILIZE LIME
FOR BETTER WEED
CONTROL
Perhaps you never heard
the suggestion to use lime for
weed control; however,
indirectly lime is important
By Tom Armstrong
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BY CURT HARLER, EDITOR
They Went Away
Jesus knew his ad
versaries far better than
they knew him. He knew
what was in their hearts. He
knew them, not as exalted
religious leaders, but as
human beings who are no
less dependent upon the
mercy of God than the most
despised sinner. And
because he knew them, he
had snared these men with
iheir own trap.
Notice that none of them
questioned him or argued
with him. None of the ac
cusers tried to justify
himself. Without one word,
they each slipped away. One
thinks of the old saying,
“People who hve in glass
jr best weed control with
chemicals the soil lime
requirement must be
satisfied. Many poor weed
control experiences have
been reported on sour soils
A complete soil test will
reveal the amount of lime
needed. A well limed soil will
give dozens of other better
results in addition to her
bicide action.
TOKEEPSMALL
CHILDREN AND
MACHINERY SEPARATE
The spring cropping
season will be getting
started in another month
Monday, February 18
Adams Co Extension Farm
Estate
Meeting; 9:30 a m ; West
Street Branch Gettysburg
National Bank.
Maryland Agriculture Week,
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PTA meeting or other school-related
gathering, would be shocked to hear
public prayer start the session It is,
in fact, contrary to the letter of the
law
Perhaps the most substantial good
to come from the banning of prayer is
increased enrollment at church
related schools of all
denominations—Catholic, Protestant
and Jewish
There are times, then, when our
leaders have to be shown were to
lead
Nobody is asking folding donations
for a campaign to get prayer back
into schools All that is needed is pro
prayer action as fervent as action by
anti-prayer factions
Invest 15 cents and 15 minutes.
Write your federal legislator. Let him
know how you feel about the Holt-
Crane proposals. Send along a card
to the Chairmen of the Senate and
House Judiciary Committees and
urge them to report out the school
prayer bills.
This is-one cause that prayer alone
won’t win.
part of this action and ask to
ride on machinery, or even
operate some of the smaller
tractors and et?. It ought
take nerve to refuse them at
times; however, for their
own protection they should
not become involved Many
serious accidents have
happened because “Dad” or
“Grandad” took them along.
Where there is small
children all machinery
operators should be es
pecially careful of their
exact location Farm
machinery and small
children do not mix
Farm Calendar
Planning
Lancaster County Crops and
Soils Day; 8:30 am.
Farm and Home Center.
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houses shouldn’t throw
stones.” And as Jesus made
it clear, that means all of us,
for we all hve in glass houses
and none of us can afford to
“throw stones” at anyone
else. *
But Jesus also “knew” the
adultress. In fact, he did not
address her as an adultress,
but as “Woman” for he knew
that, despite her sm, there
was a sinner worth saving, a
life worthy to be redeemed:
“Neither do I condemn you;
go and do not sin again”
(8:11).
Whenever Christians are
more prone to condemn than
to redeem, let us remember
those words.
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