Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1958 Page: 2 of 16
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CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AtJQ. 14, lftfo.
PAQK TWO
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Freedom Is Conditional
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A Warm Welcome Awaits You At
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
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-BY WILLIAM BRODIE
PANAMA CANAL OPENED
For three hundred years, ever
since the days of the early Span-
ish explorers in the New World,
men had dreamed of a seaway
through the narrow "neck" of
Panama to connect the Atlantic
and Pacific. On Saturday, August
15, 1914 the dream came true
when the first shiD passed
through the Panama Canal. The
. "big ditch" had been successful-
ly dug, the great canal was now
open to the commerce of the
world.
A small steamer, the Ancon,
belonging to the government-
owned Panama Railroad, was the
first ship to pass through the
canal It carried a happy throng
of 200 persons as official guests
of the U.S. Secretary of War. in-
cluding President Porras of Pan-
ama and his cabinet. The pas-
sage took nine hours and went
off without a hitch under the
watchful eye of Colonel George
Washington Goethals, the army
engineer who had been in
charge of building the canal.
The first attempt to build a
canal across Panama was start-
ed by a French company in
1881. Ferdinand de Lessens was
the engineer in charge. He had
b±iilt the Suez Caml 15 vears
previously. But the Frcnch failed
in Panama. Tropical diseases,
chiefly malaria and yellow fev-
er, licked them and bv 1889 the
French company was bankrupt.
The United States was ready
to take over the job after the
Spanish-American War Negotia-
tions were begun with the
French company and Colombia,
which owned the isthmus The
Hay-Paunceforte Treaty was
signed with England in 1901.
giving the United States sole
right to build own nnrt defend
the canal, with the understand-
ing that it should be open to
all nations on enual terms.
The French company sold its
rights for $40,000,000. When Col-
umbia balked on the deal, for
political reasons, a convenient
little revolution occurred in Pan-
io November 9i 1903. nd
GO TO T??
CHURCH
moments m
REV.*ROBERT H. HARPER
WHY Bf GOOD?
WE HAVE heard of old that
it pays a young mi n to bo
polite. But if that is the only rea-
son he would try to be polite, ho
would laugh at you 'ty? his sleeve"
and mock you when your back
Is turned. It does pay to be hon-
est, but that is not the prime rea-
son a man should be honest. Even
the devil himself has no respect
for the mortality of expediency.
For when God asked Satan if he
had considered Job as a perfect
and an upright man, Satan sneered
that Job was good only because it
paid and that under change of for-
tune Job would curse God to His
face. Under such change of for-
tune, Job maintained his integrity
and abundantly proved that there
Is disinterested goodness In the
world, goodness apart from will
sslf-interest and hope of reward.
So men are to be good because
God is good and because it is His
will for men to be good. Men are
to be good and true not primarily
to escape hell and gain heaven,
but to obey and serve a loving
Father.
And so will they become more
and more like God as their desires
coincide more and more with His.
Friends and neighbors always
enjoy reading the news item you
turned in. Thanks.
Honor visitors from out of town
by getting it in the local news.
meditation...
bv Fredna W. Bennett
Blessed by the LORD God of
our father, which hath put such
a thins as this in the king's
heart, to beautify the house of
the LORD which is In Jerusalem:
And hath extended mercy unto
me before the Idng, and his
counsellors, and before all the
king's mighty princes. And I
was strengthened as the hand of
the LORD my God was upon me,
and I gathered together out of
Israel chief men to go up with
me. Ezra 7:27-28
A basic principle in Ezra's life
was: "In all thy ways acknowlege
him, and he shall direct thy
paths."
And so we find him giving
thanks to God for causing the
king of Babylon to grant the
Jews permission to return to
Jerusalem and rebuild the temp-
le. We know that God, through
his providence and through his
grace, often puts things "per-
taining to life and godliness" in-
to our hearts. Therefore, when
things happen that are pleasing
to us, let us say, "This is the
Lord's doing; it is marvelous in
our eyes."
In the mercy granted him by
the king, Ezra acknowledged God's
hand. Perhaps the king selected
him because he was well qualified
for the job, but Ezra knew it
three days later the new repub-
lic of Panama was recognized
by the United States, and prompt-
ly gave us the right to build
the canal.
It took ten years to build the
Panama Canal. The dirt began
to fly In 1904, but the first three
years were devoted mainly to
preparations and the control of
yellow fever and malaria which
made Panama one of the worst
pest holes in the world. Under
the direction of Dr. William G.
Gorgas, the great American san-
itarian, the fight against disease
was won. Now men could work
without fear of death or sick-
ness from the mosquito-borne
diseases.
In 1907 Colonel George W.
Goethals, later promoted to ma-
jor general, was appointed chief
engineer and given complete
civil and military power in the
canal zone. Under him more than
40,000 men, with huge steam
shovels and the best in modern
machinery, dredged, excavated,
built locks, dams and spillways.
After seven years of unceasing
work the canal was completed tit
a cost of about $400,000,000. A
lock-type canal 50 miles long had
been cut through the rugped
backbone of the isthmus, two
continents had been torn apart
and two oceans connected, praise
be to Col. Goethals, Dr. Gorgas,
and the thousands of strong men
who had labored mightily in the
tropical jungle of Panama.
August 15. 1914 was the happy
day of fulfillment. Keenly Goe-
thals followed the voyage of the
Ancon, noting how carefully she
was lifted and lowered through
the locks, the smooth working
of the locomotive trains and the
operation of the gates, the over-
all ease of passage. It was al-
most incredible! Yet there It
was, the Panama Canal open to
navigation after ten years of
mighty struggle and toll. It wa9
a proud day for American
achievement.
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LIFE
ABUNDANT
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by ORAL ROBERTS
GOITER HEALED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The ministry of Jesus of Nazar-
eth completely meets every need
of "every human being on earth.
Whatever is wrong with you,' Jesus
of Nazareth can set you free right
now.
I say NOW because what Jesus
was two thousand years ago lie is
today. What he did for people
who prayed for the sick and who
had a strong faith in God, was
scheduled to arrive in Manila on
January 1, 1956. My uncle asked it
1 was interested in having this
American preacher pray for me. I
answered that 1 was very willing.
"We notified Dr. Richli im-
mediately that the operation would
today, wnai ne uiu ror ijeuyic - . • . ,- , .
yesterday he is doing for them to- j ^ ^rvif.es \ft' ^
day. He is the same in purpose,
power and desire. He is just as
good in our time as when he per-
sonally went among the people.
Daniel Z. CySip found this out.
He was manager of a plantation
in the Philippine Islands. He
suffered with a toxic goiter and
was very weak and undernourished.
The date for his operation was
- December 14, 1955, but it did not
take place. Let him tell you why:
"I had been ailing for nearly a
year. Dr. Richli had found that
I had a toxic, goiter. He advised
that if I ever wanted to be fully
well, I should have an operation
As there seemed to be no way out,
1 finally agreed to his advice.
"I went out to the plantation of
which I was manager to inspect
everything and to see that all was
in order before going back to
Manila for the operation.
"1 arrived back in Manila on
December 12 and went immediate-
ly to the office of my Uncle Al-
fonso. In the course of our conver-
sation my uncle asked me if I had
a strong faith in God. I told
him that if I had not had faith in
God, 1 never would "have survived
a recent serious illness. Then he
H>,1
I attended the services of this
minister. After the sermon, he-
began to pray for the sick.
'When he came to pray for me,
he asked me how long 1 had had
the goiter. I told him that I had
had it for about five years, and
that I could not sleep well at
night. I was extremely nervous
and could not hold my hands
steady. He then prayed for me.
While he prayed, I felt groggy and
my neck experienced a sudden
warmness. The swollen part
around my neck began to subside.
When the prayer was over, my
hands were steady and the grog-
giness had completely left me. I
felt like a newborn being. I was
instantly healed.
"The minister then asked me
who had healed me. With joy in
my heart, 1 told him that it was
Jesus Christ, tlv Son of God. The
congregation was singing as I
came down the ramp to the
ground, physically and spiritually
healed."
I. have nothing to add to this
story. It breathes such an atmos-
phere of simple sincerity as to
make further testimony unneces-
sary. Mr. CySip has found that
_ Jesus is still adequate for every
told me that an America a minuter, I need.
was Ood who "extended mercy to
him before the king and his
counselors." And since "It is God
who worketh In us both to will ~
and to do of his good -pleasure,"
we know that any good thing
coming into ouf hearts or Into
the hearts of others Is from God's
hand.
Ezra thanked God for the
courage given him to $o on in
the work—"I was strengthened
as the hand of the Lord my God
was upon me." If God's hand is
upon us, we are bold and cheerful
to do his will; If he withdraws
his hand, we are weak as water.
Therefore, whatever service we
are enabled to do for God and
for our fellow men, let us ack-
nowlege God's hand in It; and •«
then we may rest assured that
"He will direct our paths."
todd thinks...
Another hymn of the church
which came out of the tug and
pull of heart strings is the one
sung frequently at the close of
public worship, groups of young
people, as well as adults and fra-
ternal orders—"Blest be the Tie
that Binds . . . Our hearts in
Christian love; . . . the fellowship
of kindred minds ... Is like to
t>hat above,"
Rev. John Pawcett, minister of*
a small Baptist Church out in
the village of Yorkshire, England,
had received a call to a larger
congregation in London, where he
could better care for his family.
He had preached his farewell
sermon and his household goods
were loaded, ready fi r the move
into London. Members of the con- ,
gregation gathered to bid him
farewell. It soon became evident
that more deep and abiding at-
tachment existed between this
minister and his congregation^
than any of them suspected or
realized. He asked the men to
unload and replace ths household
goods in the humble parsonage.
He wrote the verse and Hans
Nageli set it to music.
John Pawcett spent the re-
maining years of his ministry
with this congregation in the
little village of Yorkshire, and
now, more than a century since
his death in 1817 his hymn still
tugs at human heart strings.
sermonette....
from Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Divine direction
A complicated system has been
devised to keen man out of trouble
if he loses his sense of direction
in space.
The system will be used to keep
the new X-15 rocket plane from
burning up ,when it streaks back
into the earth's atmosphere dur-
ing tests next year.
The X-15 will carry a man
higher and faster than anyone
has ever gone before. The craft
is designed to hit at least two
thousand miles an hour and climb
over 100 miles into the sky.
One of the main problems has
been finding a way to let the
pilot keep control of the rocket
plane during the return flight.
The new system, developed by
the Sperry Gyroscope Company,
uses three gyroscope's and a
light-weight computer. The com-
puter will feed the pilot infor-
mation he needs to keep the ship
on a safe return course.
Regardless of his own sensa-
tions during flight, the pilot will
know what is happening to his
ship.
The problem of guidance in the
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1958, newspaper, August 14, 1958; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355992/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: 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.