OPINION
The Prophet 9 s Easter Story
WHO hath believed our report? And lo whom is the arm of
the Lord revealed?
For he shall grow up before him as a lender plant, and as a
root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire
him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed from not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we arc healed.
All wc like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity
or us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not
his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to die slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opcnclh not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall
declare his generation? For he was cut off out of Hie land of the
living; for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in
his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath pul him to
grief; when thou shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall
see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the
Lord shall prosper in his hand.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for
he shall bear their inquilics.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the trans
gressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession
for the transgressors. Isaiah 53
Saturday. \|)ril 15
Annual Consignment Auction,
Dauphin County Conservation
Berks 4-H Center, 11 a.m.-4
p.m.
Classification/Holstein enthu
siasts meeting, Klein Fanns,
Easton, 7:30 p.m.
Feeding Sheep On A Budget, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
Ephrata Young Farmers Ladies
Night Out, Cloister Restaurant.
6:30 p.m.
Grain Marketing Seminar, Pied
Piper Restaurant, Trexlertown,
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
Fund Raising Banquet, Her
shey Convention Center, Her
shey, social 5:30 p,m., dinner 7
p.m.
Nutrient Management Advisory
Board, Room 309, 2301 N.
Cameron St, Harrisburg, 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Octoraro Watershed Association
annual dinner meeting, Black
Rock Retreat Quarry ville, 6:30
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Public Town Hall Meeting,
Berks County Ag Center, 8:30
a.m.-ll a.m.
Western Pennsylvania Pork Pro
ducers Club Feeder Pig Sale,
1995 Virginia Beef Expo, Rock-
Editor:
April 22 marks 25 years of
“Earth Day” and 1995 is also 50
years since the end of World War
11. Back then America was a rich
and powerful nation with its peo
ple working in manufacturing jobs
and creating wealth.
Since then our government has
chosen to give out almost unre
stricted foreign aid and to impose
restrictive environmental laws at
home. The end result is that we are
a debtor nation in a global eco
nomy with our global ecology.
If our society is really serious
To Read
Pesticide Labels
The rules of pesticide spraying
are changing. The pesticide label is
required reading before any appli
cation is made.
Invest the extra time to read the
pesticide label a second time. Nev
er make any application that is not
on the label. Also, wear and use all
the protective clothing and equip
ment listed on the label.
The label is a legal document
and must be followed. You cannot
afford an accident The fines, crim
inal penalties, and emotional stress
could cost you your family and
farm.
The information on the label has
been tested and reviewed for your
safety. Follow the label and do not
improvise. The costs are too high!
To Keep
Pesticide Records
Certified pesticide applicators
must begin keeping pesticide
application records in a new way.
These records must be kept for all
restricted use pesticides for two
years after the application is made.
In addition, the information
about applications must be
recorded no later than 14 days fol
lowing application. What must be
included in the records are 1. the
brand name or product name. 2. the
EPA registration number, 3. the
ingham County Fairgrounds.
70ih Annual Penn Stale Dairy Sci
ence Club Exposition, Ag Are
na, University Park, 8:30 a.m.
Second Annual Marico Llama and
Alpaca Festival Tolland Ag
Center, Vernon, Conn., thru
April 23.
Northeast Ratite Association
Seminar, Best Western Inn,
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about the earth, we should be
refusing to import goods from
nations with less stringent envir
onmental laws than ours. Instead
our government has guaranteed
most favored nation status to just
about everybody and signed
GATT and NAFTA Agreements
not to restrict imports for “techni
cal reasons."
It seems to me that at that pivot
al point we’ve managed to com
pletely give away the store!
Robert I. Frey
Phillipsburg, NJ.
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total amount of pesticide applied,
4. the size of the area treated, 5. the
crop, commodity, stored product
or site to which the application was
made, 6. the location of the appli
cation, 7. the date of application,
and 8. the person’s name who
made the application and person’s
certification number.
For more detailed information
on pesticide record keeping
requirements, contact your local
congressional office and ask for
USDA brochure “USDa Pesticide
Record keeping Requirements for
Certified Applicators of Federal
Restricted Use Pesticides,” dated
February 1995.
To Feed
Good Quality Forages
Good quality forages are essen
tial for milk production and herd
profits. To determine the quality of
forages, we generally have them
tested for nutrient content.
Most people associate quality
with the forage’s protein content;
the higher the protein, the higher
the quality. This is not necessarily
true. Other factors also determine
forage quality.
In addition to providing nutri
ents to an animal’s ration, forages
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EDIFY, EDIFY, EDIFY
April 9, 1995
Background Scripture:
I Corinthians 14:I-33a
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 95:1-7
Paul’s handling of the speaking
in tongues controversy is an
admirable approach by a man who
was not always so gentle and dip
lomatic in dealing with others.
These people were dividing the
church. Some of them were puffed
up in pride and were judgmental
of those who did not share their
experiences. They were attempt
ing to make tongues the normative
experience for all Christians.
Furthermore, 'their practice of
glossalalia—the Greek term—was
disrupting the worship of Christ
ian communities.
He might have attacked the
problem by writing a stiff letter to
all churches and saying, “There
will be no more speaking in
tongues!” (John Wesley once took
the frenzy out of a Methodist
meeting by announcing that he
would personally deal with any
one who couldn’t control their
ecstasy!)
PERSPECTIVE
But, Paul doesn’t intend to
throw the baby out with the bath
water. Speaking in tongues is all
right in worship so long as it is
kept in perspective. What is that
perspective? “He who speaks in a
tongye edifies himself, but he who
prophesies edifies the church”
(14:4). The former speaks in a lan
guage that is unintelligible to
other worshippers; the latter’s
words are able to be understood
and therefore they help other wor
shippers grow in their spiritual
experience. Paul concludes; “He
who prophesies is greater than he
who speaks in tongues, unless
someone interprets, so that the
church may be edified” (14;Sb).
Just to make sure no one mis
understands, Paul adds:”...in
church I would rather speak five
words with my mind, in order to
instruct others, than ten thousand
words in a tongue” (14:19). The
also aid in maintaining normal
rumen function. To accomplish
this, forages must contain adequ
ate amounts of effective fiber and
be free of any toxic compounds
that could interfere with digestion
and jeopardize animal health.
Thus, the fiber content of forage
is important—both acid detergent
fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent
fiber (NDF). As NDF levels
increase, palatability and intake
decrease. As ADF levels increase,
digestibility decreases. Thus we do
not want ADF and NDF values
getting too high. Nor do we want
them getting to low.
We need a certain level of effec
tive fiber in the ration with enough
particle length to stimulate cud
chewing activity and to maintain a
fibrous mat in the rumen. Levels of
fiber we are looking for are around
30 percent ADF and 40 percent
NDF. These levels will depend
upon the rest of the ration, feeding
practices, and the kinds and nature
of forages involved. Another
guideline is to have at least 20 per
cent of the forage particles be one
inch or longer in size.
Feather Prof.'s Footnote:
"Conceive it! Believe it! Achieve
it!"
glaring difference between “five
words” and “ten thousand” indi
cates just how litde Paul values
speaking in tongues in corporate
worship.
This is not because for Paul the
corporate life of the church is to
“strive to excel in building up the
church” (14:12). Perhaps some of
the ecstatic Christians were
competing—who could speak
longest, the most frequently, and
so on. If anyone wanted to excel,
said Paul, let it be in edifying one
another, in building up'the church.
SHAMEFUL!
If you will note carefully the
committee that devises these read
ing was careful to stop the scrip
ture text at I Corinthians 14:33a.
They didn’t intend for us to go on
to 33b. What would we miss by
stopping there? “As in all the
churches of the saints, the women
should keep silence in the chur
ches. For they are not permitted to
speak, but should be subordi
nate... For it is shameful for a
woman .to speak in church”
(14:34-36). So much for subtlety!
So much for diplomacy!
Some scholars believe that,
because these words are not in
harmony with Paul’s other pro
nouncements, they were not in his
original letter, but were inserted
by someone else. But whether
these are his thoughts or someone
else’s, they are not authorative for
us today. The subordination of
women prevailed in Paul’s day,
but not in ours.
Besides, this would be contrary
to the two great principles in this
chapter “Let all things be done for
edification” and “...strive to excel
in building up the church.” Today,
there can be no building up of the
church if we violate another of
Paul’s teachings: “There is neither
Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave nor free, there is neither
male nor female; for you are all
one in Jesus Christ” (Galatians
3:28).
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