LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 1, Number 4, January 31, 1947 Page: 4
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T1Two-Gun Sheriff Asks Rope For Hotel Room
By Tom M. Olson"Former Sheriff Jess Sweeten of Athens, Texas, who has established
a reputation as a two-fisted, two-gun peace officer, is afraid of only one
thing-a hotel fire," say United Press.
The six-foot 4-inch ex-sheriff of Henderson county refused to go to
his room on the 11th floor of the Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, until he was
furnished with a 200-foot-long rope.
The management objected. "Man,
you'll scare everyone to death,"
said a hotel official. ity to God
"I'm already scared to death,"
said the tough young peace offi-
cer. "With all these fires in the Every person
country, I want to be prepared."
Sweeten got his rope. He tied
one end around the plumbing. The
other end of the long rope he
perched on the window ledge-
ready for a hasty fling out. Sweet-
en also brought a pair of leather
gloves.
"I don't want to blister my hands
sliding down," he said.
There is a real difference be-
tween courage and fool-hardiness.
It is good to read of this courag-
eous sheriff insisting on prepara- who
tion against fire, because of his
fear of it. If more hotel patrons
had had a wholesome fear of fire,
and had insisted on protection
against it, they would not have
perished in the flames of burning
hotels.
When unsaved persons read or Sometime ago NOW related the
hear the warnings of Holy Scrip- story of Dynamic Kernels as it
ture against "Hell" and "eternal appeared in the public press; but
judgment" and boastfully say "I the following is the story as re-
am not afraid of such things," lated by Perry Hayden, the man
they reveal the fact that they have who planted the kernels and who
not given the serious matter much is now President of Dynamic Ker-
thought! nels Foundation, Incorporated - a
"For God so loved the world that Michigan, non-profit corporation
He gave His only begotten Son, for "charitable and benevolent pur-
should not perish t acThe possi-
biiyof our perishing was a real-
given such a costly Gift to deliv-
er us.
Ever pesonwho has not re-
ceiv ed by faith that Son, Who on
Calvary's Cross "died for our sins"
is on perishing ground, but need
not remain there.
That risen Lord still presents
Himself in the Word and can be
received by whosoever will. And to
as many as receive Him is given
the right to be called "children of
God" (John 1:12).
The sheriff could lie down for a
sound sleep once he secured the
rope and gloves, and the person
receives Christ by faith can
rest in the knowledge that "there
is no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus." (Rom. 8:1).
The Story of
Dynamic Kernels
that whosoever believeth in Him poses without regard to race, coloror creed." Its primary purpose is
the promotion of Christian Stew-
ardship:
On September 22, 1940 I heard
a sermon in the Tecumseh Friends
Church based upon John 12:24-
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, ex-
cept a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone;
but if it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit."
Being a miller and interested in
wheat, this text seemed to be di-
rected toward myself. The follow-
ing Thursday, September 26, 1940,
with the aid of twelve school boys,
we planted 360 kernels of wheat
(the complete number) on a little
plot of c'round 4 x 8 feet in size.
We told our friends that we were
going to prove the principle of the
rebirth-there must be death be-
fore life. Also we were going to
nrove the great tithing principle of
Malachi 3:10, "Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse; that
there may be meat in Mine house,
and prove Me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to re-
ceive it."
In accordance with that plan,
year by year as we harvested the
crop. one-tenth was faithfully paid
to the Lord and the balance re-
planted.
Six ears later, on August 1,
1946. the Governor of Michigan
proclaimed the day as "Biblical
Wheat Day" in commemoration of
a harvest of 2,666 acres, produced
by 276 cooperating farmers, and
yielding an estimated 70,000 bush-
els of wheat, with a value of about
$140,000.
We felt led to apply the Sabbat-
ical principle of Leviticus 25:3-4,
"Six ears thou shalt sow thy field,
and six years thou shalt prune thy
vineyard, and gather in the fruit
thereof; but in the seventh year
shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the
land, a Sabbath for the Lord; thou
shalt neither sow thy field, nor
prune thy vineyard," in carrying
on this project.
Were it carried on for ten years,
it would require all of the acreage
in the United States; and in thir-
teen years would cover the globe!
We feel God has used this dem-
onstration to prove His Word in a
tangible way. It pays to honor
God.
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LeTourneau Technical Institute. LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 1, Number 4, January 31, 1947, periodical, January 31, 1947; Longview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526536/m1/4/?q=%22Education+-+Colleges+and+Universities+-+LeTourneau+University%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.