Show How Will Your 1948 Recording Sound When en Played Back to You A Front Page Editorial Whether we realize it or not each o of us is making a delicate recording which someday will vill be played back to us The eternal soul is the record on which the transcription is being made the irrevocable laws of God are the recording needle which cut the record and our daily thoughts and actions are the music and sounds which will vill be faithfully recorded Some of us have recorded terrible discords in past years Some have made one continuous sweet melody like a beautiful hymn lymn whose appeal lasts forever Some lives have been as a solo sweet and harmonious Others have been duets lovely and sublime Still others with outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing abilities have been like a great symphony In these the discords are often most noticeable because the harmony must beso beso be beso so exact if th the symphony is to please That is why leaders are often being mercilessly lambasted by others of simpler lives whose defects and discords are not so noticeable In many lives there are no apparent melody and harmony just jumbled discords of vibrant drums clanging anvils bleating trombones squeaky violins all in one discordant mess accompanied by shouting wailing profanity and cursing In others there are periods of lovely melody inspiring speech soothing harmony in interrupted interrupted interrupted in- in all too frequently by the discords of anger and sin Yet someday all these records will be played back to the theone theone theone one making them How will yours sound I It t is well to think of the discords recorded in the past only with the aim of seeing they do not creep into an otherwise beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- record in the future The New Year is an ideal time to look back at the past imagine your so soul l record being played so that all your loved ones yes and all your enemies can hear it Just how would it sound to them and to YOU Would your enemies rejoice in inthe inthe inthe the discords and clamor Would your your friends weep in sorrow v Would you hang your head in shame and remorse on hearing that soul record played Then turn your thoughts and your energies to the future Resolve to cut a record during 1948 and in future years that will bring sorrow to no one especially yourself Make a record that will bring joy and hope and noble purpose to all who hear it The way to make such a record has been pointed out in the Ten Commandments Commandments Commandments Com Com- in the Sermon on the Mount and in the many other divine directions with which God had blessed the world During 1948 resolve to spend a bit of time at least once a week but preferably once each day in reading a bit of scripture Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all other needed blessings will come to you including the blessings of peace in your soul in your family in your community and inthe inthe in inthe the world peace in the knowledge that your soul record when played back to you will inspire all who hear it especially yourself I |