Show THIS and THAT contributed bairy can a man stand up straight and strong and yet be crushed can he be up in the air and down in the mouth at the same time A recent news item causes this weary pilgrim to ponder A man is to stand hours on a 13 inch disc on top of a flagpole on one of the highest buildings in a aty for the time being this man is to be elevated occupying the highest position of any man in the city but heres the trouble for though this man has a job he can do nothing on his job but stand on it for hours now this mans job on that flagpole is so like our job in moab that we just had to write about it he cant do a thing but stand on his job he cant even bat his eyes or wiggle his ears we are just as helpless on our job as Is this man on his job and weve stood on our job hours no sir we aint doln a thing jes on the job and with jes on the job this weary pilgrim Is standen ln in de need 0 prayer see matthew 13 57 58 there are young people in this country committed to evangelizing evangel izing the regions about them and beyond they represent almost every conceivable calling except preaching yet they are preaching the greater portion of them are students in the higher institutions of learning in the land these young people have organized themselves into group teams every one of these teama representing marked speaking and singing ability the purpose of which Is to go wherever they are invited and thus to carry the gospel of god in story and in song to communities everywhere any community anywhere ip the united states can have one of these teams for the asking they do not intrude themselves they must be invited what would be the reception accorded one of these teams should they come to moab tribute here is a tribute to a christian A christian several years in the homeland A christian whom all baseball fans have knowland know nand loved christy mathewson ls his name there was recently dedicated at bucknell university the christy mathewson memorial gateway to the manorial stadum judge kenesaw mountain landis high commissioner of organized baseball was there and paid tribute to christy as the christian pitcher the athlete and the gentleman he hailed matty as the first really great figure in baseball and attributed to him the credit of having made the game the truly national sport it is today john mcgraw the veteran baseball manager said matty was the greatest pitcher of all time he could play ball said mcgraw because he had a christian heart and brains that had been trained to think mathewson was graduated from keystone academy and bucknell university lesser here is tribute to one of lesser re raymond dandridge is a sorely afflicted negro of cincinnati having been bedridden for 16 years being al most totally paralyzed A coal company allows raymond to receive and phone in coal orders from which he gets a small commission he also writes poetry A member of this coal company recently said of raymond he possesses more of christian virtue tenacity of purpose love of mankind and faith in god than any mortal it has ever been my privilege to meet 1 I often go to see raymond says this man not to help him but to get help from him it a mans faith in his god and his religion Is wavering and in mankind Is shaken a half hour spent at this negros bedside will give him a quickened spirit to show what christianity can do for a poor afflicted negro we are giving below raymonds most recent poem GRATITUDE in the face of the pace of an on rushang horde do we pause on this day to give thanks to the lord our thanks for the mantle of life as we wear it for the heart and the spirit that naught ever numbs for the loaf never lean if we in turn share it with one who has no loaf or perhaps only crumbs in the face of the pace of an on rushang horde do we pause on this day to give thanks to the lord |