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THE CLAUDE NEWS Claude, Texas JULY 25. 1963.
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Living Water
by Fredna W. Bennett
Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER
SKY HIGH
ALL Americans may well be
proud of the feat of Gordon
quent, or the literature and tin Luther, "I can do no other!"
habits in which they indulge. World events today point to the
Or it may all be in the reverse approaching time when the fact
order: Polly may be evident by of Israels identity will be re-
money not spent, words unspok- vealed before all nations and
Jesus answered and said unto en, associates avoided, places God Himself will declare, This
her U Uwir knew«!t the rift of never visited, books not read or is My J.'Then every tool
God, and who it is that salth to habits never acquired. ff * J" n S of troth
thee, Give me to drink; thou But surely the greatest mark It really Is. an evasion of truth.
wouldest have asked of him, and of a fool is when he says in his
he would have given thee living heart, "There Is no God (Ps.
water. John 4:10 and deliberately excludes
As Jesus talked with the wo- God from his calculations while
man at the well, He led her to persisting in some outward form
realize something of the value of of religion. The religious fool is
living water. the worst fool of all because he
He said to her, "If thou knew- is fooling himself. A religious
est the gift of God . . . thou fool's paradise exists mainly in
wouldest have asked of him." the imagination. To conceive that
Jesus Christ is the gift of God indifference to God, neglect, pray-
to us, the fountain of living erlessness, abstention from Chris-
water. "For the Lamb which is tian fellowship, disregard of Di-
in the midst of the throne shall vine sanctions, waste of God's
feed them, and shall lead them Day are compatible with a re-
unto living fountains of waters." Ngious profession is the religious
If she had only known who fool's paradise, a kind of spirit-
was talking to her, she would ual and moral no-mans land Cooper in his many orbits around
have asked and He would have from which to advance is to enter the earth and his safe descent into
given her living water. By the enemy territory and to retreat the world's greatest ocean.
living water, Christ meant the is to risk being mistaken for an It now is known that Gordon
Spirit, so often compared to liv- enemy by one's own friends. Cooper is a devout believer in the
ing water in the scripture. Christ There is also a theological Almighty God who plants his
can still give the Holy Spirit to fool's paradise. To have a creed footsteps in the sea and rides
those who ask Him for it. that gets you nowhere and yet upon the storm. Following in the
If we have the right knowledge refuse to discard it, to hold a steps of hi!s p;ar<B°jj.h*
of Christ, if we realize the value wrong belief and yet persist in ? a hT3
of living water that Christ can advocating it because of a denom- own famUy are active mem-
give us, we ask and seek and inational or family tradition, to
knock for more of the Holy theoretically believe the Bible to
Spirit. But if we do not seek he Gods inspired word and yet
for the Holy Spirit, isn't it a refuse to allow it to be the final
good sign that we do not know appeal in all matters of doctrine
Him? Even though Christ is set and accepted religious views is to
before us in the gospel there hve in a theological fool's para-
are multitudes who do not know dise. To live in the strait-jacket
Him. They do not realize that of some theological or creedal
He speaks to them; they do not bias °f a one-track sectarian
hear when He calls. view or interpretation of the
From experience, however, ev- Bible is to bar the way to that
ery true Christian knows that freedom Christ would have us
the graces and comforts of the all know and experience when
Holy Spirit satisfy the thirsty soul He said, "Ye shall know the
as nothing else can. David said, truth and the truth shall make far above the mists and clouds
bers of that church.
About three thousand years ago
the Psalmist declared that "the
heavens declare the glory of God
JUST A THOUGHT:
The more we discover about
the earth and universe, the
easier it should become for
us to recognize that there is
one God above all things.
and the firmament showeth his
handiwork." And from a vantage
Evading
The Truth
Howard B. Rand, Editor
Destiny Magazine
Merrimac, Mass.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Evening Worship .... 7:30 p.m.
Morning Worship .... 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting, Wed., 7:30 p.m.
Training Union 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal .... afterward
Meet Your Friends At
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Claude, Texas
"O God, thou art my God early you free."
will I seek thee: my soul thirst- The truth, the whole truth and
eth for thee, my flesh longeth nothing but the truth is what
for thee in a dry and thirsty Jesus would have all men know
land, where no water is." and enjoy. No church or denom-
ination can claim to have that.
Even the Apostle Paul claimed
no more than to "see through a
glass, darkly" and to "know in
part" (I Cor. 13:12). Yet even
this, there is far more to know
than we at present understand,
and it behooves us all to break
away from the mental restric-
tions which limit our vision and
learn gladly to welcome knowledge
It is surprising to notice what ancj light that comes to us. no
a lot is said in the Bible about matter through what channel or
fools and their folly. One comes from what source.
to the conclusion that there jt demands courage and fear-
must be very many in the world, lessness to break away from the
Some amazing things are said ties which bind us to orthodoxy
about them, and the general or the accepted creeds of the
vedict seems to be that the only many religious sects and cults
thing to do with them is to leave an(j tQ iaunch 0ut into the deep
them alone. No sentence of great- Q0d's vast ocean of emanci-
er severity can be passed on pat,i11g truth. But once there we
any man than that. To leave a experience an exhilaration of spirit
man alone because every attempt ^ our qUest leads us into hither-
to help him will be in vain, to unknown, unfathomed depths
means that he must inevitably 0j reality beyond the cramped,
perish in his folly. It was Christ s restricted boundaries of the theo-
sentence on the Pharisees and for logical fool's paradise.
Him to have uttered it shows Many readers all over the
them to be beyond even His help. worid will persue these lines and
The difficulty with a fool is among them will be those to
that he does not know he is a Whom what is termed "Anglo-
fool. You can correct a man who Saxon_Israei Truth' is still open
of the earth the devout astronaut
saw more clearly than could the
Psalmist see the wonders of the
universe that God has made.
We cannot know whether or not
God approves of the efforts of
men in this modern time to gain
a point of vantage like the build-
ers of the tower of Babel, where
they might see how the wheels go
round, we can well believe that
He will care for those who put
their trust in Him.
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The Claude News
knows he is wrong, guide a man to question. Some will be a- « FOR INVITATIONS printed In
who knows he has missed the mong the "almost persuaded"; the best taste, have The Claude
way, but a fool is hopeless. For others will hesitate to commit News order your cards from the
any single man to be all that is themselves openly fearing the "Flower Wedding Line". Thes<j
said under the dictionary defi- ostracism it may involve; Chris- Include "ng invitations, mar-
nition of a fool seems almost
tian ministers will ponder the rlage ?■
St
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g cards, confetti
incredible, and this must account advisability of alienating their mentf
for the fact that none are ab- church officers or influential card^ ^ienu, napkins, party invl-
solute fools, but that all are fools chUrch members by definitely in- tauons, personal Invitations, place
in certain directions. dioating their conviction that It cards, silver and golden wedding
One man may be a fool with has the sanction 0f both Scrip- announcements, Slim Jim "thank
his money, another with his (.ure and history. Our sincere you" lnformals, sweet sixteen and
tongue, others by the company hope ig thftt many wm cast ^ide shower party Invitations, tea and
they keep, the ptaees the, fre- prejudtce, doubt,. « heal- , please „Mp to mln„ ^ Um„
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1963, newspaper, July 25, 1963; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355603/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.