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2 THE CLAUDE NEWS Claude, Texas SEPT. 5, 1963.
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converting the aoul: the testi- Kingdom. The raucous clamor of
mony of the Lord is sure, mat- atheists and agnostics will bo
ing wise the simple. Th6 stat- forever silenced in the day when
utes of the Lord are right, re- the knowledge of the I-iord will
joicing the heart: the command- fill the earth as the waters cov-
nfent of the Lord is pure, en- er the sea.
lightening the eyes. The fear of
the Lord is clean, enduring ior
And now I am no more Jn the ever: judgment of the Lord
'are true and righteous altogether.
world, but these are in the
world, and I come to thee. Holy More t0 jjC desired are they than
Father, keep through thine own gold yea than muoh fine gold;
name those whom thou hast swee{;er aiso than honey and the
given me, that they may be one, honeycomb. Moreover by them is
as we are. John 17:11 j.jly servant warned: and in keep-
Christ did not -Mray that His ing of them there is great re-
disciples would be rich in world- ward" (Ps. 19: 7-11).
ly goods, that they rule the Few jncjeed in this generation
world, or that they would be ex- are acquainted with the whole of
cased from crosses and afflictions. Uie Divine law to which the
He prayed that they would be psalmist referred. They scarcely ...
kept by the power of God unto appreciate the full meaning of e sweet gloom of this Sep
SUMIIf
Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER
SEPTEMBER
salvation
ths Ten Commandments, to say
... ALSO, DON'T FOEGET /
"IN SOD WE TRUST" \
ON AMERICAN COINS*
• A.„THAT HAS TO60/j
A Warm Welcome
''Spare thy people, O Lord, and give
not thine heritage to reproach, that
the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their God?" Joel 2:17
tember day
I wander through the paths we
two have trod,
And still along the dear familiar
way
Grow the blue aster and the
goldenrod."
were the words of a song heard in
the long ago, and they may re-
mind us that September is some-
Christ s prayer was that God nothing of the great body of the
would keep all who are His while Law of the Lord of which the
they are in the world. He knew Ten Commandments ar> but a
that as long as we are in the small part- In che worcis of
world, there is danger because Paul, Christians who art ignor-
the devil, as a roaring lion, an^ 0f au this are 'unskilful (i.e.,
walketh about, seeking whom he having no experience) in thi! word
may devour." of righteousness" (Heb. 5: 1ST. mmfl u_ rnjtr
In His prayer, Christ teaches us They are designated as only babes kow a t;m„ for memories nf the
to seek first the kingdom of God jn Christ needine to continue to ^ jT ■ u memone? °f the
.nd His righteousness. Then, if 8£ BtoSd'
I''® C;"'s wll)'|;'' lhe.se other ' G,xi not its strong meat, i.e., between summer and autumn
t.mi s will be added unto us. the deep and abiding truths per- which comes on the 22nd day of
, mst was leaving His disciples taining -to the law of righteous- the month, with the fall equinox,
and He knew that all the malice ness. The strong meat of the Beside Labor Day, which was no-
of a wicked world would be Word of God is for those whose ticed last Sunday, the month in-
leveled against them. He also senses are exercised to diseevn eludes the Hebrew New Year and
knew that without the almighty both good and evil (Heb 5' 14)
ss i^SLSs.'srsz <«*>, «r,;
eousness which is mentioned in
the Book of Amos is character!?.-
Awaits You
mitted their souls to God who is
S5J0 kTP 'hat Which is COm* ed by the Psalmist as "tne
mitted unto Him.
We know that all the malice of
hell cannot prevail against those
uver
of God, which is full of water."
(Ps. 65: 9). The Psalmist goes on
,irV_„ „„„ f . ., , , to relate: "Thou waterest the
T™. ft ysr?.: «P thereof abundant.,: thou
They may be persecuted, they
may hunger and thirst, they may
settlest the furrows thereof: thou
makest it soft with showers: thou
Yom Kippur, also a very sacred
day to the Jewish people and
marked on the calendar by the
seven-branched candlestick.
And it might be said that the
month of September teaches us
the right view of death. It is the
view of death that it is not the
most tragic of human experi-
ences, but that it may be the most
blessed. With the approach of
autumn, the leaves of the tree«
their lives,S Uidr1 pos]CUonsaytheSir b^'ssef„t t;he ^ringing thereof" put on the most beautiful hues
wealth, their health; but they
..v-cw,^ tAcaiui lhil Lut-v (1>s' 65' 101' Just "s the llctual they have known in the days al-
cannot' lose their soulj if they are WaterS °f the(riverf Provide the lotted to them, and in bronze and
in God's keening ' necessary moisture for the vege- crimson, yellow glorious, golden
Peter would have all true Chris tatIon alon? its b'ink' so t0° lhe they deck the branches, fill the air
tians of each generation know m,ghty stream °f the and cover the ground as they fall
(h t .. „kn , , .. ness of the Law of the i<oid will and rest in the sepulchre of earth.
ofLdThroilh cause the "u^ge of morality. So, when our summons comes
tion'rpftdv fn hP in !h i I Justice and equity to result in a to join that innumerable caravan
la,? ? 6 ha,'vest of wellbeing and peace of which the poet writes, moving
for all who will heed the in- to the mysterious halls of death,
may we approach our grave like
one who wraps "the drapery of
his couch about him and lies down
to pleasant dreams." >
A mighty stream
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
Tepee Western
Store
Western Wear
Headquarters in
the Golden Spread
411 -41£Polk St
Amarillo
junction to respect <he peifeetion
of the commandments, statute5:
and judgments of the Lord and
abide by them.
At the present time our land is
cursed by a great apostasy. Skep-
ticism and unbelief are caus :ig a
Through the Prophet Amos the deadly blight to stultify our m-
Lord communicated a warning to stitutions of learning Chnsten-
His people that they would not dom has degenerated into the
escape the consequences if their mere religious observance of rit-
manifold trangressions continued uals and ceremonies of worship,
to mount. Amos' day was called while many injusticas and much
"an evil time" and the reasons oppression are rampant among
for this indictment were given, us. Worship without righteousness
When we summarize the sins for an abomination in the s:ght
which the people were condemn- of the .Lord, who ays, "I hate, I
ed, we become aware of the e- despise your feast f^ays, and I
qually disturbing parallels in this will not smell in your solemn as-
Twentieth Century. Everywhere seinblies. . . . Take thou avay
there is an indifferent attitude f,,oni me the noise of shy songs"
toward those principles and ideals (Amos 5: 21-23). When the mind
which should manifest themselves is not fortified by spiritual con-
in the attributes of honesty, fair victions and the heart docs noi
dealing, sincerity and truthfulness, harbor true reverence, the melo-
Because these virtues have lost dy of hymn-singing becomes only
their genuineness, the exhortation noise in the ears of the Lord,
is given: "Seek good, and not Nevertheless, it is heartening to
evil" (Amos 5: 14), and further know that the day will come when
than that, "Hate the evil, and God is to move against unright-
love the good" "(Amos 5: 15). eosness in the midst of His p?o-
This was to be followed by a Ple- The forecast of the P-ophet
regenerated spirit that would reach Ezekiel will come to pass. "A
to the national level and con- new heart alscr will I give you,
strain the rulers to "establish and a new spirit will I put with-
judgment in the gate" (Amos 5: in you: and I will take awav the
15). Thereafter, through Amos, stony heart out of your llesh,
the Divine ultimatum was given: and I will give you an heart of
"Let judgment run down as wat- flesh. And I will put my spirit
ers, and righteousness as a mighty within you, and cause you to
stream" (Amous 5: 24). True walk in my statutes, and ye shall
righteousness is always related to keep my judgments, and do
the laws of God and the Psalm- them" (Ez. 36:26-27).
ist offered a paean of praise, ex- A great day is indeed coming
tolling their perfection: when all forms of evil will be re-
"The law of the Lord If perfect, moved for all time from Hi*
tolzien music
store
announces a
NEW COMPLETE
Suburban Store
AT
2821 Civic Circle
WOLFLIN-GEORGIA AREA
Downtown Store
STILL AT 819 POLK ST.
Dr. Hugh Sticksel
OPTOMETRIST
209 W. 15th
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1963, newspaper, September 5, 1963; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355688/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.