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"Shepherds Of Jesus'
Sheep" Will Be Sunday
Sermon For Lutherans
"Shepherds of Jesus" Sheep,"
will be the sermon subject Sun-
day morning, April 24, for the
8:30 and 11 a. m. (DST) services
at St. Thomas Lutheran Church in
Ranson, it was announced Mon-
day by the Rev. Richard E. Neal,
pastor.
Nursery held during worship
for pre-school children. Sunday
Church School at 9:45 a. m. DST
for adults, young men and wo-
men, and children; James E.
Brand, Superintendent_ Luther
League Spring District Assembly
at St. John's Lutheran Church,
Martinsburg, at 3:00 p. m. Choir
rehearsal on Thursday at 8:00 p.
m Catechism classes at the par-
sonage on Saturday at 9:00, 10:00,
and 11:00 a. m.
Jehovah's Wflnesses
To Hold Bible Seminar
In I risonl , Vs.
Homer A. Doll, presiding min-
ister of the Martinsburg Congre-
gation of Jehovah's Witnesses an
nounced plans for a three-day
Bible seminar to be held in Har-
risonburg, Virginia, May 13-15.
According to Doll this assemb-
ly will have the theme "Make
Disciples of People of All the
Nations" based on Matthew 28:19,
20. This training program enable
us to better carry out this basic
Christian commission, he continu-
ed.
Jehovah's Witnesses themselves
will plan, man and execute the
entire program. There will be
twenty different departments
staffed by persons who will per-I
form their work without pay. ]
"We're looking forward to the
three-day gathering, for we feel
the program that has been arrang
ed will be pubuilding and help-
ful," Mr. Doll concluded.
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"Viet Ham Profile"
To Be Shown Friday
At Duffields Church
"Viet Nam Profile," just-com-
pleted film production by Dr.
Bob Pierce for World Vision, Inc.,
will be presented m a special
premier showing at Elk .Branch
Presbyterian Church Duffields,
Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p. m.
Eighty minutes in length, the
sound-color documentary film
takes the viwer throughout war-
torn Viet Nam, portraying "the
drama of God at work in the
midst of war."
Dr. Pierce, President of World
Vision, Inc., has spent the major
part of the last two years in Viet
Nam filming and directing pro-
duction of 'Viet Nam Profile,"
while also establishing his organ-
ization's vast relief program there
"Viet Nam Profile" portrays
the people of the war-torn little
country, including colorful abori-
ginal m, ountain tribespeople as
well as the Vietnamese people
themselves It ,takes the viewer
into scenes of actual combat,
follows missionaries and Vietnam
ese Christians in their faithful
and aften heroic labors for Christ.
and depicts the ministries of a
typical U. S. chaplain.
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Mrs. G. E. Webb
Injured in Fall
Mrs. Harvey Staubs, of Bolivar,
who fell in the yard at her home
slightly over a week ago and frac-
turd her right arm in four places,
is getting along as well as could
be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Elashia Webb, of
Baltimore, Md., spent last Tues-
day at the home of Mrs. G. E.
Webb in Bolivar. They report that
Mr. Ernest Webb, well known
throughout this area and a broth-
er to the late G.E., Webb, o~ Boli-
var, is very much indisposed at
his home. He visited the many
Webbs throughout this area as
long as his health would permit.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dudrow
and two daughters, of New York
spent the weekend with the for-
mer's mother, Mrs. C. E. Dudrow,
in Bolivar.
Saturday evening visitors at
the home of Mrs. G. S. Webb
were Mr. and Mrs. Brawner
Harding and Miss Dot J. Mayoli-
tan and Miss Mary K. Labonori-
wiz, all of Gaithersburg, Md., and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Webb and
little son Parker, of near Wash-
ington, D.C.
Gardens are showing up well in
this area, considering the cold
weather.
Mrs. Howard Lemen is a patient
in Charles Town General Hospi-
tal, facing surgery. She is a res-
ident of Bolivar.
Mrs. C. E. Dudrow, of Bolivar,
who has spent the winter with her
sons, has returned home coming
with her son, Charles David, and
their daughter, Paula and a
friend, Laura Monforte, of Mend-
ham, N.J.
Mr and Mrs. Herman Manor,
of Jones Spring, were recent visi-
tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M .Henretta, in Bolivar.
Sunday was really tthe most
springlike day that Bolivar folks
have experienced for a long time.
Clear all day, for a cha~e, and
warm enough\.to sit outszde and
enjoy the warm sunshine.
Mr. Jay Eackles and family, of
Front Royal, Va., spent Sunday
with his moth~r, Mrs. Mary
Eackles in Bolivar.
Mrs. Thelma B. Cornell and fa-
ther, Mr. J. C. Ballanger, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Burdette and sons at Gaithers-
burg, Md.
Mrs. Thelma B. Cornell and Mr.
J. C. Ballenger spent Easter Sun-
day with Miss Dottie Cornell at
Oxen Hill, Md.
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Stole Religion
Lesson for &prfl 24, 1966
I~adtground Scr;plure: 1 Kings 12:25 through 14:20.
Devofi~of bed|ng: Proverbs 2:1 .,9.
State religions are older than
the Pharaohs. Wherever in the
world you find a particular re-
ligion or denomination supported
and protected by the state to the
exclusion of all others, there Is a
state religion. Perhaps a state re-
ligion is better than none, but
this is an arguable
point. One thing
is sure, the found-
ing fathers of
America had seen
state churches in
action, and they
were determined
that this kind of
religion should
Dr. Foreman never take root in
Amerlca's free soiL
Even if the founding fathers
had never seen state religion in
practice, they could haw read
their Old Testament and learned
much by its light. State rehgion
is dangerous because it depends
for its success on the character of
the man who happens to be the
big boss or dictator at the time.
Solomon was head of his church
as well as of his nation. The same
can be said of David, who ap-
pointed some of his sons to be
prlesis though (hot being Levltes)
they were not eligible for church
office. At any rate, the Jewish
people of those times were long
used to having the kind of re-
ligious observances and worship
which the king prescribed. So
when a bad king came along,
Jerob0ara, t] e mas of tlm
people in IsraelfollowedhimwRh-
out asking quesUons. IfJeroboam
said bull calves were quite all
right as objects of worship, then
that w~ all they needed to lmow
State religions tend to mn dow~
hill whenever the goverameatget$
Into the hands of mean or mali-
cious men. Another reason why
state relig~'on is dangerous at
worst and low-grade at best is
that when religion comes under
the control of government it is
managed like any other depart-
ment of the state with the result
that religion becomes a branch
of politics.
Disaster in Israel
How did religion fare when
it got into the hands of that
enterprizing young organizer,
Jeroboam? After that silly speech
by Rehoboar~, there w~s a ~reat
uprising among the Israelites and*
a major secession. Rehoboam
found himself only bargly hold-
ing on to two tribes,' whil~
Jeroboam had in his fight grasp
all the rest of the nation. He set
out to make new centers of wor-
ship, and new methods andfo,r.ms
of worship. Disgusting astt~ems
to us, he actually told the people
that the gold-plated calves ia the
new holy eittes of Bethel and
Shechcm were the gods who had
brought their ancestors out of
Egypt.
Made Israel to sin
T exo w re good traits
Jeroboam, as tlm story shows,
But his good points were scrubbed
out by the bad. Always after,
wards, calf-worship would remind
l~mple of Jeroboam. The tag that
got attached to his name was
who made Israel to sin. He did
not force Israel to like the hooves
of the gilded calves; he just set
the example. Our ancestors used
to think it would be one of th~
joys of the redeemed saints tA
visit the brink of hell and so
there the torture of poor lo8
souls. More sensitive souls W~oulc
find the sight intolerable, for am
might readily picture a lost sou~
crying out to the sightseer, ~¥0~
should be here! You were the
first who made me sin!" Could one
endure it, even In heaven, ff onS
knew what every one else kn¢~:
This is a man who encouraged
his brother in sin?
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Chorch~l of eh~l ifl ~Q. ~. A,, .Rl~eONd't~f
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Mrs. Harry Shirley
Our deepest sympathy is ex-
tended Mr. Harrison Rouzee and
son in the death of Mrs. Harri-
son Rouzee which occurred in
the Winchester Memorial Hospi-
tal.
Mr. James Carper returned
home on Saturday from the Johns
Hopkins Hospital where he had
been a patient for two weeks.
Mrs. John Pestum returned to
her home on Saturday from Mar-
gantown University Hospital
where she had been a patient.
She has resumed her duties as
teacher at the Charles Town Jun-
ior High this week.
Mrs. Edna S. Turner accompa-
nied by Mrs. S. A. Bell from Ber-
ryville, Va., spent ,the weekend
with Mrs. Turner's sister, Mrs.
Alma McGlue in Westport, Conn.
Mr. Harry Baumgardner re-
mains a patient in the Charle,
Town General Hospital where hi,,
condition is improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Nicodemus
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shirley
and family were among the
many who toured the Job Corps
on Sunday afternoon.
Dinner guests on Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Ring were Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Leatherman, Ha-
gerstown, Md., Mr. and Mrs. A1,
len Athey and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenny Ring and son,
Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ring
and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Pa~
Ring aand two children.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Turner and family were
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dawson from
Cumberland, Md., Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Dawson and son, Baltimore,
Md., and Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Turner, Stephens City, Va.
Visitors on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Dunn, Sr., and
family were Mr. and Mrs. Wally
Bly and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley DUnn, Jr., and son, Mr.
and Mrs Max Dunn and son.
Mrs. Thurman Shirley has been
indisposed at her home suffering
from an infected leg.
Miss Susan Athey is spending
this week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Athey, on the Martinsburg
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON FARMER'S
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1966
Pike.
Mrs. Charles Henry has been a
patient in King's Daughter's
Hospital, Martinsburg.
Miss Zita Chambers, of York.
Pa., was a weekend guest of Mrs.
Naomi Barrow and daughter,
Susie.
Miss Kelly Willidms, of Charles
Town, spent Saturday evening
with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Ott and family.
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Strange how a landscape the imwrlnaUon tO work. Right now, looking at
this .ne, I san imsgiae all sort of tlfiag .
Winged ste s riding t¢ heavy musi .... pioneers in the wilderness....
castles on the cliffs.., boating at high speeds.
Look at the magic that enables the lake to mirror the rocky mountain peak
and the heavens! The vastness and stillness of the scene sets my mind to won-
daring about time and space and things I will never understand.
But in standing here and wondering so, I feel like I've been near God.
There is a tflace where I can find Him always--in Church. Will you come
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The Church is the greatest factor
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house of spiritual values. Without a
strong Church, neither democracy
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