Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1959 Page: 2 of 16
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The Living Scriptures— by Jack bfflmm
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A Warm Welcome Await# You At
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
AMERICANA
Cities To See
Bustling Oklahoma City
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
WHO FIGHTS AND RUNS
Going to the post office, I saw
that a terrible dog fight was on
In the street in front of the court-
house. You have noticed, per-
haps, how dogs happen together
on the street and proceed to get
acquainted. Then one gets peeved,
snaps, and the fight begins.
Soon a bedraggled animal
emerged from the cloud of dust,
shot up the street and turned a
corner just ahead of me. A mo-
ment later, as I looked down the
side'street, I saw the fleeing dog
put on all the brakes in a sudden
stop. For there ahead was the
fiercest-looking dog imaginable,
standing as if demanding an ex-
planation from the little sneak.
Then the smaller dog edged off
the sidewalk, made as wide a de-
tour as the street allowed, and
resumed running with all his
might. The big dog may have
been amused while he stood per-
fectly still and the little fellow
disappeared in the distance.
Who fights and runs away may
live to fight another day, but the
chances are he will have to keep
on running. It is well to meet
troubles head-on and "by oppos-
ing end them."
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This is a better paper when
your news is In It.
moments m
meditation...
by Fredna W. Bennett
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou
that steepest, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall give thee
light. Eph. 5:14.
During the Easter season, we
love to see the new clothes that
will be /evident everywhere on
Easter Sunday. Then too, spring
is here and all about us nature is
beginning to awake and put on
beautiful new robes of many
colors. And so our hearts are
naturally light and gay and happy
because the winter is past and
spring is here!
But along with all the joy of
Easter time, let's ask ourselves,
Isn't it time for me to awake
spiritually? Isn't it time to lay
aside my indifference, my care-
lessness, my selfishness, and my
unconcern for the good of others?
Spiritually speaking, have I spent
the winter asleep; or have I been
growing in grace and knowledge?
Surely it's time for me to awake!
Paul said to us, "It is high time
to awake out of sleep: for now is
our salvation nearer than when we
believed. The night is far spent,
the day is at hand: let us there-
fore cast off the works of dark-
ness, and let us put on the ar-
mour of light."
"And Christ shall give you
light." Or we may read it, Christ
shall enlighten you, or Christ
shall shine upon you. Only Christ
can bring us into the light of the
glory of the knowledge of God;
Christ can give us joy and peace
while we are here on earth; and
Christ will bring us to eternal
glory at last.
And so at this Easter season,
lets make these words of the
prophet Isia&h our motto: "Arise,
shine; for thy light is come, and
the glory of the. LORD is risen
upon thee."
ABUNDANT
LIFE
sermonette...
from Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Cause for sacrifice
Hardy pioneers are on the move
again—this time to Alaska.
Ten families totaling 38 persons
embarked from Detroit recently
on the 4,500-mile tip. They are
traveling in 12 vehicles, ranging
from a 1936 moving van to new
station wagons. They expect the
journey to take 19 days or longer.
Most prized possession of the
modern homesteaders is a tractor.
Within three years each family
must clear at least 20 acres of
the 160 they expect to receive.
"What? Leave the comfort of
home to go off to a wild unknown
place? Foolishness!" So many
people will say.
The same charge is leveled a-
gainst those who give attention to
spiritual matters. A person who
makes an extra gift to foreign
missions instead of buying a new
TV is thought foolish. One who
spends his Sunday afternoons do-
ing church visitation instead of
relaxing in bed is said to be a
religious fanatic. Think of the
missionary or preacher who hard-
ly makes enough to clothe his
family when he could do well in
business.
Jesus gave this answer: "And
everyone that hath forsaken hous-
es, or brethren, or sisters, or fa-
ther, or mother, or wife, or child-
ren, or lands, for my name's sake,
shall receive an hundredfold, and
shall inherit everlasting life."
Matthew 19:29.
We may be sure that every sac-
rifice made to advance the king-
dom of God will be amply re-
warded. And at the end of the
pilgrim journey is heaven itself:
"Here in the body spent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home."
by ORAL ROBERTS
GOD IS AS NEAR AS YOUR NEED
Help! Help!
Air View of the downtown Oklahoma City area
Oklahoma City, capitol of Oklahoma and its largest city, is located
almost in the center of the great eight-state Southwest—the fastest
growing area in the United States.
The beginnings of Oklahoma City were unique in American his-
tory. Between noon and sundown on April 22, 1889, a city of 10,000
persons sprang into being on the rolling prairie along the banks of
the North Canadian River.
It was peopled by men and
women who made "The Run"
when a broad central section of
what is now Oklahoma was
thrown open by United States
Presidential Proclamation to
white settlement. They came by
train, wagon, horseback and afoot
to stake claims throughout the
newborn land.
Today, little more than half a
century, since its founding, metro-
politan Oklahoma City has an
estimated population of 400,000
and Greater Oklahoma City (30
mile radius of the State Capitol
Building) has an estimated popu-
lation of 520.000.
It is the chief market for the
state's vast livestock industry
and a major processing point lor
livestock and agricultural prod-
acts. W U also the location cI ttw>
Oklahoma City Oil Field, one of
the largest in the world. Tinker
Air Force Base is one of the
largest Air Force repair and sup-
ply facilities in the world.
Oklahoma City has a multi-
million dollar Civic Center con-
taining four public buildings,
among the most beautiful in the
country. It has two 33-story build-
ings, among the tallest In the
Southwest.
Oklahoma City has eighty-two
municipal parks and is the home
of the State Fair of Oklahoma,
which has plant facilities worth
$34 million.
Industry is diversified. Out-
standing are production of oil
well supplies and equipment, pro-
duction and processing of petro-
leum, livestock processing, grain
milling* fabrication.
In what direction would you
point if vou were trying to point
to Heaven and Cod? The truth is
-God is everywhere. One man
said, "As a sponge is in the ocean,
so we are in God and lie is in us."
Paul said, "God is not afar ofi,
for in him we live, and move, and
have our being."
Have you ever heard the story
of the two little fish who met a
frog beneath a rock? "Don't you
know you are in great danger,
little fish?" croaked the frog.
"No!" cried the fish, much
frightened.
"You mean you didn't know that
fish can't live without water?"
leased the frog. "You'd better
find some water quickly or you
will die."
And so the little fish swam to
their mother in great distress. 'Oh,
Mother, Mother! The frog says
that we will die if we don't find
water quickly. Mother, what is
water?"
"I don't know," confessed the
mother fish. "I have never heard
anything about it. Let's go ask
the beaver."
"Water, my dear:,?" laughed the
heaver. "Why, you live m water!
That's what you breathe!"
And that is the way we are
with Cod. lie has a certain per-
•... nr'l relationship with us that is
(•ven closcr and more intimate
than our breath. We are not to
look for him somewhere far off.
He is with us and in us.
Some people look skyward
when they speak of God. But God
in his relationship to our needs is
not somewhere in the sky. He is
immediately near us. And if you
need him, you must realize that he
is very intimately near. The Bible
tells us that the Kingdom of
Heaven is within you.
Mrs. M. J. was suffering from
an abdominal cancer in f.n ad-
vaneed stage. She had lost a great
deal of weight. She was in con-
stant pain and the outlook was
bad. In an effort simply to pro-
long her life (for it seemed certain
her life could not be saved), it
was decided to operate.
At this time she first learned
that God was able to heal her.
She was carried to a church in
which prayer was offered tor hr.r
healing. S'le c'r'm ! that she ha J
received healing trom God, b'lt
her family insisted that she should
undergo s-urgery.
When her abdomen was opened,
the surgeon's fears appeared to b"
correct. The growth had invv.dcd
and already partially destroyed
certain vital organs. And yet when
the biopsv was brought back from
the lab, the physician was utterly
amazed to find the report was ' n't
sign of malignancy."
Yet unmistakable evidence of
canccr lay before him. He repaired
the damage as well as he could
and sent her back to her ioopi.
Today, five years later she is h
good health. The supposedly c'r.iy
aged organs are functioning we'.
There are no signs of cance
How close is God? He is just
A clothing drive will be sponsor-
ed by the Student Council from 4
March 20 to April 10. This cloth-
ing will be sent to children
WITHIN the United States. Many
children cannot go to school for
lack of shoes and sufficient clo-
thing. Please sort out your out-
grown or unused clothing and
contact any Student Council me-
mber. Pick up date for the cloth-
ing is set for April 9th. Student
Council members are Keith Hub-
bard, Phyllis Logsdon, Dale Dunn,
Clara Fithen, Glenn Conrad, Jo
Carolyn Wood, Presley Yarbrough,
and Betty Ransom.
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