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HONEY GROVE SIGNAL-CITIZEN December 19, 1947
HONEY GKOVE SIGNAL-CITIZEN
a. X. FLADGEH, Mu«|*r
HARRY THOMPSON, Editor
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By V. C. Turner
This is the age of progress,
fa our schools we are utiliz-
ing the most psychological
methods conceivable. The
transportation systems now
in us« have played an im-
portant part in changing the
world. In the realm of agri-
culture, there is constant
progress in every phase of
agricultural pursuits. Pro-
gress is God's order. All na-
ture rises higher. It is God's
desire that we all look up-
ward and onward so long as
we live. For a Christian to
fail to get the conception of
things as God intends us to
have, is to fail to be a Chris-
tian in the truest sense of
the word. Genuine Chris-
tianity is the noblest, finest
thing conceivable. But it is
well to remember that it is a
vitalizing, pulsating, active,
motivating something. It
doesn't stand still. You can
not be a real Christian sim-
ply by going to church occa-
sionally. You must put your
soul into the work of the
Lord. Christianity is the
most challenging thing in
the world. It challenges the
best within us, and promises
the greatest rewards ever
suggested to the human
mind.
Christian progress is not
progress to a higher life so-
cially and financially. These
are often hindrances to gen-
uine Christian progress. Ma-
terial progress is commend-
able if it is used in connec-
tion with spiritual progress;
if not, it is dangerous. Many
times people became so en-
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grossed in things of the
world that they forget about
Christianity. When that is
true then indeed their prog-
ress socially, financially, or
educationally becomes a hin-
drance and can easily drown
them so far as Christian
progress is concerned. Jesus
said, "Therefore, I say unto
you, be not anxious for your
life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink; nor
neither for your body, what
ye shall put on. Is not the
life more than food, and the
body more than raiment?"
In this particular scrip-
ture the Master taught that
people should look upon the
spiritual side of life instead
of giving the major portion
of attention to the material
things. It is sad that many'
forget that life is more than
food, and the body more
than raiment. Certainly one
must obtain a livelihood.
But that is not to claim the
best part of a life. The first
thing needful is seek ye first
the kingdom of heaven and
his righteousness; then all
these things shall be added
to you. Matt. 6:33- God
must come first!
Christian progress is an
increase in faitn, love, and
devotion to God. It was
necessary that the Apostle
Paul give many elementary
instructions to the church at
Corinth along this line. In
the fifteenth chapter of 1st
C o r i nthians, the Aipostle
Paul admonished them to be
steadfast, unmovable, and to
abound — reminding them
their labor was not in vain—
in the Lord.
The most valuable things
in life are not on a monetary
basis. The Christian must
look for a standard based
upon spiritual equations.
When one is truly in love
with Christianity his faith
grows. It grows because he
studies God's word. Genuine
Christian progress must be
measured by our faith. The
Christian must progress as
God directs. Let us remem-
ber that one cannot meet
God's approval when he fails
to acknowledge God as his
supreme source of authority.
Paul taught Christians to
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strive lawfully so they might
receive the crown. We must
prpfcress, realizing there is
an all-seeing eye watching
us. We cannot hide from
God. To strive lawfully
means to do according to
God's law. The Apostle Paul
pressed forward, and urges
us to do likewise. Jesus
said "He that putteth his
hand to the plow and looketh
back is not fit for the king-
dom of heaven." May our
heads ever be directed heav-
enward.
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Dr- Frederick L. Fagley of
the General Council of the
Congre gational Ch ristian
Churches will leave for the
Orient in January, at the in-
vitation of the United States
Army, to officially visit the
chaplains and their work.
His tour will include army
bases in Japan', the Philip-
pines, Korea, and China.
During World War II, Dr.
Fagley was chairman of the
national committee for chap-
lains of his church, and has
been awarded by the Army a
"certificate of appreciation"
for his services.
♦ * *
Hailing the report of Pres-
ident Truman's "Committee
on Civil Rights" as a "no-
table contribution to our
progress toward a working
d e m o c racy," the Federal
Council of the Churches of
Christ in America has urged
the peoples of the Christian
churches of the land, to study
its recommendations and to
"take seriously the chal-
lenge" in their actions. The
Council says: "We note with
appi-oval that the Committee
Mpas sensitive not only to the
rights of our largest minor-
ity group, the negro, but also
to other racial and religious
minority groups within our
society. . . . Among the ob-
jectives in the report which
seem to call for special at-
tention from the churches in
view of the Christian prin-
ciples involved are the pro-
tection of human life against
mob violence; equal oppor-
tunity for employment, re-
gardless of race, religion, or
national origin; the elimina-
tion of segregation, includ-
ing the outlawing of restric-
tive covenants in real estate
contracts; and the right of
every adult citizen to vote."
♦ * *
A group of church and
church - related organiza-
tions are giving attention to
the need for immediate relief
for the Navajo Indians on
the reservation in New Mex-
ico and Arizona, and they
have appealed to the special
session of Congress to take
some action on the matter.
According to Dr. Mark A.
Dawber of the Home Mis-
sions Council of North Amer-
ica large numbers of Navajos
have returned to the reser-
vation recently, having left
the industrial communities
where they worked during
the war years, but the land
on which they have hitherto
pastured sheep has been
over-grazed. Other organiza-
tions joining the Council in
asking relief include the As-
sociation on American Indian
Affairs, the American Civil
Liberties Union, the Indian
Rights Association, the Gen-
eral Federation of Women's
Clubs, and the New Mexico
Association on Indian Af-
fairs.
* * *
Ten different Lutheran
churches — American, Dan-
ish, Swedish, Norwegian, and
German; the American being
the United Lutheran, the
American Lutheran, and the
Missouri Synod — are now
conducting mission stations
and sending missionaries to
India. There is a total natiye
membership of 500,000 in
these Lutheran churches.
But the natives have some
difficulty ill deciding why
they are Norwegian Lu-
theran Christians and have
no fellowship with Missouri
Synod of American Lutheran
Christians, etc. So the vari-
ous Lutheran groups are get-
ting together at an early
date at Ranchi, Bihar Prov-
ince, and are considering a
constitution to organize as
the United Lutheran Church
of India. Recent mergers oJ
other Protestant bodies, es-
pecially the large United
Church of South India, have
helped Lutherans to unite
their interests.
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Reports from Mexico City
indicate that more than one
million Mexicans were taught
to read during the past year
through the Mexican Na-
tional Campaign for liter-
acy, inspired by the world-
renowned missionary, Dr.
Frank Laubach, and using
methods devised by him for
teaching Spanish. Forty
thousand teaching centers,
most of them schools and
churches, were used in the
campaign; there were thous-
ands of volunteer teachers,
President Miguel Aleman be-
ing one of them. The Com-
mittee on Fundamental Edu-
cation of UNESCO has re-
cently met in Mexico City to
plan its world fight against
illiteracy. Dr. Alfred D.
Moore, one of Dr. Laubach's
associates in the Committee
on Literacy of the Foreign
Missions Conf ere nee of
North America, has been
named consultant to the UN
committee.
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More than 2,500 young
people, representing coleges
and universities in all parts
of the United States and
Canada, together with Chris-
tian leaders and students
from some sixty overseas
countries, will meet in Law-
rence, Kansas, from Decem-
ber 27 to January 1, under
the auspices of the Student
Volunteer Movement. The
Movement is interdenomina-
tional. Through the years it
has recruited most of the
young people who have gone
out from America as foreign
m i s s i onaries, evangelists,
teachers, doctors and spec-
ialists. Among those who
will address the gathering
will be: Dr. John R. Mott,
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Thompson, Harry. Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1947, newspaper, December 19, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth428091/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.