The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1948 Page: 2 of 8
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Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the
remnant of his heritage? he retaincth not his anger
forever, because he delighteth in mercy^-Micah
7:18. -
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Some two years ago Moscow inaugurated a campaign by
radio against the United States. The broadcasts consisted
principally of untruths and misrepresentations. To meet
• the attack thgUnited States State Department organized a
broadcasting program of which is to give to the people of
Russia the truth about the .United States. So strongly does
the State Department believe in the value of the program,
that a budget of $44 million is proposed for 1948. This seems
like a lot of money to spend, but there are a lot of people to
contact and extensive facilities are required. In addition to
the radio broadcasts the magazine America is published and
distributed exclusively in Russia. Its circulation is limited
by the Kremlin to 50,000. Information offices are also oper-
ated and libraries in most of the principal cities of Europe.
The program is deemed necessary in the interest of world
peace to counteract the unfriendly broadcasts of enemies of
America and the Communists.
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We sometimes doubt that the sponsors listen to their
own radio commercials. We can’t believe that some of them
would be as bad as they are if they did.
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READING: Roma
World Mission of Church
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No other movement could have withstood the ridicule
that has been directed against the prohibition movement—
yet somehow it still manages to survive. Ever" since it was
first conceived it has been ridiculed. Rarely are the argu-
ments against it based on sound sense and reason and good
judgment. The attack has always been based on ridicule.
There must be something fundamentally sound in the prohi-
bition movement to enable it to stand up and even grow in the
face of such a barrage of ridicule
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An exchange lists as a typographical error an item in a
neighboring paper which read:
a speed of 90 miles per hour.”
‘He approached the corner at
The following Gallop Poll gives some interesting infor-
mation on the relative popularity of the several presidential
candidates: Truman, Dewey, Wallace; Truman 41 per cent,
Dewey 44 per cent, Wallace 15 per cent. Truman, Eisenhow-
er, Wallace; Truman 31 per cent, Eisenhower 56 per cent,
Wallace 13 per cent. Truman, Taft, Wallace; Truman 47 per
cent, Taft 35 per cent, Wallace 18 per cent.
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The life long quest of every man is to find a perfect safe-
razor.
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An Iowa candidate for governor would abolish all taxes
and run the state on legalized gambling. If the above candi-
date had had more experience corralling the votes he would
know that the voter isn’t interested in reducing ta46 so much
as he is in spending more for assistance and increased and
enlarged pensions. This it seems has become the more popu-
lar appeal for votes.
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Two can live as cheaply as one, but it isn’t much fun.
The total damage done by rats each year is estimated at
$3 billion. From this it appears that one of the easiest ways
to increase production in this country is to prevent loss. To
waste a thing after it has been produced at the expenditure
of labor and expense reveals a lack of resource and initiative.
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This one from one of our exchanges: What society needs
is shorter engagements and longer marriages.
The investigation of speculators in government employ,
whom it is charged made money on the market because of in-
side information, brought out that one official left it all to his
broker to buy and to sell and without going near the place,
cleaned up $6,000. What we would like to know is the name
and the address of that broker. It happens we are not a gov-
ernment employ and know nothing about trading on the mar-
ket and could handily use $6,000.
Few persons are more irritating, a local woman says,
than the person who continues to talk while I am interrupt-
ing.
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JOHN WESLEY said. "The world
^ Is my parish." Many another
Christian has entertained this great
concept, and that is precisely what
Jesus wants us to
understand con-
cerning the sweep
and scope of his
Kingdom.
Sunday’s lesson
brings us to con-
sider three great
passages — Acts
16:9, 10; Romans
10:8-10; Ephesians
3:8-12. Read these
carefully, and you
Dr Newton will feel the winds
of Ood lifting up the
flaps of the tent of your small habi-
tation until you will catch glimpses
of the far horizon.
CHURCH ABOUND THE WORLD
««/^0 YE into aO the world and
preach the gospel to the whole
creation," said Jesus, Mark 18:18.
There is no backyard definition of
the mission of the church in these
great words of Jesus. Just as Paul
was summoned to cross over into
Europe with the Gospel, so are we
commanded to make Christ known
to aU lands. He loves everybody.
"Jetttt loves the little cbildrtn,
All tbt cbildrtn of tbt world;
Yellow, brown, or block, or white,
They oro precious in bis sight,
Jesses loves the little cbildrtn of the
world."
REACHING THE WORLD
JUST as Paul went from one land
V to another, so may every Chris-
tian boy and girl do. Each church
can reach out hands of blessing to
all the world.
HowT Through oar gifts. Our
gifts for missions, joined with the
gift* ef all the other members of
our local church, joined with the
gifts of many ether churches, go
out In multiplied blessing through
the missionaries to make Christ
known around the world.
HowT Through our prayers. As
wu pray for the redemption of the
world, wo fortify the mission-
aries — teachers, doctors, preach-
ers — In aU the parts ef the world.
HowT Through our sympathetic
understanding of the conditions
under which people live in other
lands. Just now we are giving
clothes and food to help the stricken
peoples of the war-ravaged lands,
These gifts of material things bear
their message of our Christian con-
cern for all who suffer. Thus we
are extending the reach of our Indi-
vidual lives and the reach of our
churches to the ends of the earth.
PUBLISHING SALVATION
(( T_T OW beautiful upon the moun-
14 tains are the feet of him that
brlngeth glad tidings, that publiab-
eth peace . . . that publisheth salva-
tion," Isaiah 52:7.
The world mission of the church Is
here pictured In the exquisite lan-
guage of the ancient prophet, with
which words wu may link the dec-
laration of the great apostle, "For
whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved,” Ro-
mans 8:13.
Publishing salvation Is the chief
task of the church of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the objects of
this universal message are the
souls of all men. There is univer-
sal need, and here Is the adequate
and available answer.
See how this conception of the
world mission of the church brings
Into focus the one hope for civiliza-
tion. The only voice that carries
across the barriers of this troubled
world is the voice of salvation
through Jesus Christ. Let that
word be sounded In any spot on this
earth, and some waiting heart will
be lifted up.
the unsearchable riches
A ND what are we to say about
t \ the message we have to pub-
lish? Paul puts it well in Ephesians
3:8-12, when he declares:
"Unto me, who am lest than the
least of uU the saints, is this grace
given, that I should preach among
the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ. . .
In another place we read about
the "unspeakable gift of God,” II
Corinthians 9:15. The message,
then, Is one of unsearchable riches,
and unspeakable gift.
In this message Is healing for
the peoples of the earth. If the true
mission of the church Is under-
stood and voiced In all of the ways
by which the Gospel may today be
given to the world, we shall see
the fulfillment of the dreams of
the prophets, and the angels about
the throne of God will shout for
Joy.-------
As Paul changed his course In the
long ago, heeding the Macedonian
call, so may we today find ourselves
turning about In our response to
the Holy Spirit’s leading; but let us
not be afraid so long as we are sin-
cerely seeking to publish glad tid-
ings to all men.
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(Cetrtitht hr the fotetmttlnml Cnncll
et Kelitiou* idmetiep to hthell »l *0
Prgytrot^itoyAotUoot. Keltwei hr
FRANK
DIXON
Though I am one of those who
will be Affected by the break in
mounting prices I confess that I
have not the slightest idea as to
what happened the other day that
caused commodity prices to begin
to slip. 1 have searched every is-
sue of my daily paper since the
first break was announced for a
possible reasen. No one seems to
have one.
Even the experts who usually
come up with some explanation of
some sort seem stumped. They ere
not even attempting to make a
guess ee to the cause. I have been
in hopes that some one would come
forth with a reason, not so much
out of mere curiousity as h desire
to know if the means really exists
in the hands of some Individual or
group of individuals whereby such
a cheek up, and even such a gen-
eral recession of prices can be pro-
duced at will.
I hesitate to believe that it can.
Perhaps the wish is the father of
the thought, for it seems to me
that it would be dangerous power
for any individual or group of in-
dividuals to possess. Put to the
right use it would be a wholesome
thing, but in the hands of the un-
scrupulous it would easily become
a power for wrong and disaster. It
may appear to reveal a lack of
no heed They will in their
celt congratulate themselves that
the fool catcher missed them that
time and go on their heedless way.
They are the ones who will be
called upon to pay and pay and
their lamentations will ..be beard
abroad in the land.
The problem as I see it izn*t
complicated. It consists of giving
the proper heed to the warning.
Whether or not the recent dip in
the markets is the preliminary
thunder of an approaching storm
or merely a warning depends, I
think, upon with what wisdom we
lay out plans for the future.
I do not pretends to be an an
expert. In feet I think the opin-
ions of experts are of little or no
value at such a time. Before the
crack up comes they warn us.
When it cornea they tell us it is
here, and after it is over they tell
us how it happened. All the situa-
tion needs is the application of
common sense before the storm
breaks. •
If one spends as he goes today
he is going to find himself in the
position of the grasshopper who
after playing all through the gol-
den summer days came at the
first sign of frost to the door of
the frugal ant. The ant would
have enjoyed playing in the golden
faith in humanity that such a ™mmer sunshine just as much as
knowledge would be used for sel-
fish purposes. If it does then I
must confess that I lack that
faith.
However it came about I think
that it indicates that a Supreme
power still has a finger in charting
the course and the destiny of
this people. The recent market
flurry, if it stops at this, consti-
tutes a timely warning to every-
one in this country to put his house
in order and to do his part in slow-
ing down the march toward an in-
evitable financial and an economic
debacle.
As has been the case all through
did the grasshopper but he look-
ed ahead. He decided that even
an ant can’t eat his cake and have
it too, and, realising this, made
his choice. That is what the in-
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