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April, 1961
DOINGS in DENTON
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This was Christ’s faith. It rested not upon the im-
nractical dream of a mystic but upon a realistic and pro-
Bfend understanding of the human heart. Human nature
^Kng what it is, no society except that based upon moral
law and human brotherhood can be made to work or can
be enduring. For goodness and nobility in human leader-
ship have an inherent power to attract, whereas self-
seeking and evil inevitably repel. When dominated by
evil, national leaders, like individuals, lose the power to
attract or hold allies.
If we honestly believe that what Christ said was
JBe, how profoundly it must change everything that we
and do! How profoundly it must change the world!
But that change will never come—can never come—until
we ourselves are changed. Nations are people. A changed
world means changed people. And the only way to change
people is through some power outside themselves.
Translated into concrete everyday realities, this
means, first, living in the presence of God. It means
each one of us changing the center of his or her life from
self to God. If we possess the intrepidity of soul—the
tingling courage—to yield personal, selfish desires and
comforts, we will know profound inner joy and peace.
It means, second, coming to know Christ because of
constant inner communion with Him. This may take
years of persistent effort. But from such knowledge in-
escapably comes in time a sense of comradeship with
Christ that gives to life an entirely new meaning. We
are partners in God’s great work, and the days are not
l^g enough.
It means, third, living in the glad service of human-
ly We leave behind the service of self, which leads only
to frustration and isolation of spirit, and embark instead
upon some great cause into which we can throw our-
selves with complete consecration.
Life like that becomes a shining and entirely wonder-
ful adventure. Such adventurers live with God. Evil
cannot harm them. They know deep suffering and often
grief; they frequently lack the material comforts of life.
But the men and women who live like that are the su-
premely happy ones of this earth.
Is all this true? Or are these merely preachers’
words which practical doers in the world can well brush
aside?
In issues so profound, only personal experience can
be convincing. Like most people, I have faced deep tra-
gedy and agony of spirit. In my own experience I do not
see how, without Christ, I could have come through. He
stood like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
The world is too full of suffering for us to discard
jmlp like that. In these solemn days, when forces are
^mg shaped which will bring either new advances in
human destiny or the utter ruin of Western civilization,
the issue depends in the last analysis not upon decisions
taken by a few men. It depends upon which course the
millions of individual men and women in the world will
follow. If men and women can turn back to God and take
ti^^iand of Christ and learn of Him, there is nothing
i^&ar.
DENTON MONUMENT WORKS KIBLER'S FOR
BANK RATE FINANCING SCHOOL SUPPLIES
SHAREN FARMER
At the District 18 Convention
of Christian Churches held in
Weatherford, Rev. Robert Ruff,
Campus minister for the Denton
church, was elected student
work director for the district.
Miss Sharen Farmer of Den-
ton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J. Harold Farmer, is serving
her third year as the Christian
Youth Fellowship District Presi-
dent.
This was the first convention
for Dr. Leland Cook in this
area.
The last time Sharen
Farmer’s picture was in The
Doings was about ten years ago.
A copy of it is in the corner-
stone of Hubbard Hall. She and
her brother, Bill, had a picture
together. She is now just past
17, so she must have been about
seven when her picture was last
in the Doings—and in the cor-
ner-stone. We have seen her
dad at Rotary about every week
for the last 20 years. He and
Shirley Taylor were married in
August, 1940. Harold was elect-
ed president of the Rotary Club
and the Chamber of Commerce
the same year—1953. This fami-
ly is active in First Christian
Church, and everything else
that is good.
Bill is 18 and is taller than
his dad, and is quite a musician.
Dr. Farmer is Director of the
Memorial Student Union Build-
ing at The University of North
Texas.
YARBROUGH'S
PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY
117 PINER 382-5033
MRS. WEAVER WISDOM, JR.
The former Lujuana Martin
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Weaver Wisdom, Jr., on
the birth of a daughter at Flow
Hospital March 25. Mrs. Wis-
dom is the former Miss Lujuana
Martin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Martin. The paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver Wisdom.
These young people are quite
active in First Methodist here
in Denton.
NEW OPTIMISTS
The following men were in-
stalled in the Optimist Club by
Joe Barns:
J. R. Haywood, sponsored by
Allie Miller and Nat Noles. He
is the owner of Rick’s Donut
Shop in the Denton Shopping
Center.
Marvin Wills, sponsored by
Dr. Ray. He operates Wills
Used Cars Lot, 525 South Elm
Street.
Grady Erwin, sponsored by
Weaver Wisdom. He is with
the Bill Utter Ford Co.
Jerry Klement, sponsored by
Weaver Wisdom. He is assist-
ant County Agent.
Robert Ratliff, sponsored by
Weaver Wisdom. He owns Ihe
Ratliff Trim Shop, 624 S. Elm.
Jack Hassell, sponsored by
Clifford Sankey. He operates
Jimmies Restaurant.
Curtis Jeffery, sponsored by
Clifford Sankey. Curtis - the
Firestone Store Manager, North
Elm Street.
Jimmy Johnson, sponsored by
Ebb Reeves Jimmy is credit
manager for Sear’s.
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