LeTourneau College NOW, Volume 18, Number 11, November 1964 Page: 4
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Atheism has no right
to take away America's .. .
FAITH IN GOD
Mrs. Madalyn Murray's private
war on God (September NOW, page
4), was covered recently by an article
in Saturday Evening Post. The Sept-
ember 27, 1964 Los Angeles Herald
Examiner had this to say about Mrs.
Murray's crusade in an editorial:
At the time the Supreme Court
banned prayers in public schools, we
wondered how long it would be be-
fore an effort would be made to
eliminate the phrase "under God"
from the Pledge of Allegiance to the
American Flag.
It has not been long.
Mrs. Madalyn Murray, a Balti-
more atheist, made the objections to
school prayers that resulted in the
controversial Supreme Court decision.
Mrs. Murray has now instituted
suit in Federal District Court in Hon-
lu-Iu demanding that her orn be re-
lieved of making implied acknowl-
edgement of God in reciting the Flag
pledge.
We need wonder no more how far
those who reject religion and deny
God are willing to go to impose their
atheistic beliefs on the rest of us.
Why should atheists be permitted
to shape all Americans to their
image?
Faith in God is inseparable from
the American heritage.
The Declaration of Independence
was written by men who believed in
God.
The strongest affirmation in the
Declaration was that all men are "en-
dowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights."
The cornerstone of our republic is
belief and faith in God.
The Congress affirms that faith. It
is attested in administrations of of-
fice. The courts and the military base
all their acts and functions uvon it.
Belief in God should be insepar-
able from, not banished from Ameri-
can schools.
The atheistic concept is in itself
a religion - a religion of disbelief
and denial. Those who accept it have
the right. But they do not have the
right to invoke their will over the
will of God or of other citizens.Communists live under a Godless
ideology. Mrs. Murray has chosen to
live the same way. Her complaint
about exposure of her child to God
reflects her unhappiness. A compat-
ible way of life for her might be
found where God is denied altogether.
The Supreme Court has required
all others to bow to the will of Mad-
alyn Murray on the issue of school
prayers. Will the court extend this
rule to prohibit affirmation of belief
in God?
If, as atheists volubly declare,
there is no God, that would also
mean there is no Savior. That would
mean there is no way for one to be
forgiven of his sins. He would then
have to live and die without hope.
But, thank God, such is not the
case. God's Word makes it very
plain: ". . . there is one God and one
mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus" (I Timothy 2:5-6).
And again, "whosoever believeth in
him shall receive remission of sins"
(Acts 10:43).
Now there is peace (Romans 5:1),
rest (Matthew 11:28), joy (Romans
5:11) and hope (Titus 2:13) for all
who believe.
The genuine believer has a definite
270 CIANDOLPH
P1E ORIA ILL
Second Class Postage Paid at Longview, TexasWith R. G. LeTourneau
NOVEMBER
4 Wednesday, Laurel, Mississippi
7:00 p.m., Dinner Meeting, Ameri-
can Legion Auditorium.
7 Saturday, Marion, Kansas
7:30 p.m., Laymen's Rally, City
Building.
8 Sunday, Wichita, Kansas
11:00 a.m., Morning Worship Ser-
vice, Southwest Presbyterian Church.
10 Tuesday, El Dorado, Arkansas
6:30 p.m., Dinner Meeting, First
Baptist Church.
19 Thursday, Jackson, Mississippi
7:00 p.m., Dinner Meeting, Van
Winkle Baptist Church.
DECEMBER
12 Saturday, Kankakee, Illinois
13 Sunday, Kankakee, Illinois
R. G. TALKS ABOUT from page 3
and streets and perhaps some houses
too, or they may want to build their
own. We will sell the land we have
reclaimed and don't need for a smallpurpose in -life - to love, worship,
serve and please the One who died
for his sins, rose for his justification,
and ever lives to make intercession
for him!Campus appearance is vastly improved with
removal of old buildings.
God's Priceless Door Prize
Shortly after Mr. John Owen, of
Texas, was honorably discharged
from the Army in 1945, he began
running his own Exhibit or Trade
Show, and has continued in that
business ever since.
He has staged 175 exhibits in the
last nineteen years. He has sold.five
million dollars of space, and esti-
mates that ten million people have
passed through the doors of his
exhibits.
Mr. Owen has given away a mil-
lion dollars in door prizes - the
most spectacular rit them ngJl0-
foot producing oil derrick in down-
town Houston. Exceptional as such a
door prize is, we know of one that
surpasses it: Salvation.
Jesus said: "I am the door: by me
if any man enter in, he shall be
saved" (John 10:9).
The winning of this door prize is
not limited to just a few. Those in-
terested need only come as they are,
where they are. And by so doing
through faith in Christ, the greatest
gift in the world - salvation - can
be yours. Every necessary arrange-
ment for you to receive this great
gift was accomplished by the Lord
Jesus Christ.
To all He declares: "I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me"
(John 14:6). Why not enter this
Door to the Father, to salvation and
eternal glory - NOW?
part of the cost of developing ma-
chinery and developing men.
And as business men devoted to
the cause of Christ we will cooper-
ate with the churches trying to get
men born into the family of God.
My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
said in John 3:3, "Except a man be
born again he cannot see the King-
dom of God.",5ar REN Pl
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LeTourneau College. LeTourneau College NOW, Volume 18, Number 11, November 1964, periodical, November 1964; Longview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1527073/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.