Show GATHERED HERE AND THERE under the caption infuriation infuriating m and saddening in a recent I 1 I 1 editorial of the grand junction daily sentinel the editor calls attention to some of the conditions existing today all in keeping with the time of the end when the materially minded will go to any end to profit at the expense of those who are helpless to prevent it unemployment insurance racket scandals in veterans housing cheating under G I 1 bill of rights such state statements as those headline far too many news stories and magazine articles these days to honest americans and the majority are in that category there is something not only infuriating but saddening as well in this evidence that there are so many cheaters among us that their number is even great enough to ti menace lenace these projects designed to aid veterans and the aged and to bulwark the nations workers against economic disaster regrettably this tei tendency dency to cheat is not confined to the above mentioned fields it showed itself in the black markets that flourished during the rationing period it is evidenced in the continued foisting of inferior quality goods on the consumer public not because of material limitations such as prevailed during the war but because the chiselers can get away with it at big profit while still so many new families are being established perhaps this tendency to cheat is a normal aftermath of war few among us but recall the mad scramble to get rich quick at the least possible effort after world war I 1 a scramble that eventuated in all of us including the overnight over night rich landing in the depths of a depression but bu t whatever excuse may be found for postwar post war cheating it is a sorry reflection on our national character implying unjustly I 1 i we trust a total lack of any moral standard in the scramble for i profits 1 while on the subject of profit it might be well to consider what happened in cortez recently during their carnival as mentioned in the cortez sentinel of recent date As the time for our annual celebration draws near it would be well to avoid repetition here if the same concession tries to put one over bedont intend to offend the district attorney nor his office with this friendly query why cant as much effort be put into trying to suppress skin games as is devoted to keeping slot machines under cover the way the suckers were being taken by one concession at the carnival here recently was a disgrace and a black very black mark against the district attorneys office the player should have at least a ghost of a chance one the slot machine gives but not this traveling slick duck so much for the material aspect of living which is so in in i contrast to the spiritual way of life in a recent issue 0 of I 1 harmonization fellowship under the caption that which Is important by derek neville we find the key to proper I 1 living in accord with gods way for man to act excerpts from this article follow the importance of what we have to say does not depend upon how many words we use god measure by size nor does he measure by how much we do it is what we are when we do it that counts it matter whether your life is a big or a small one in the eyes of the world the only thing that matters is that you express the life of god in your life day by day bringing to all those whom you contact a sense of something that is eternal it is quite impossible to feel ineffective the moment that we become aware that our lives are allied to the great purposes of god for then the size of our efforts is measured by the love in our hearts and by I 1 i nothing else the following ap appeared in the voice of prophecy and is is 1 food for thought for those who may feel that life holds little or nothing for which to be thankful I 1 met a rich man who had grown old and very infirm too said 1 he my aly lad id give all my gold to be as strong as you said I 1 to him 1 I crave your wealth a fact I 1 wont want deny yet riches cant restore your health so youre more poor than L I 1 then later on by chance I 1 met a man devoid of sight I 1 thought my lot would b e worse yet were I 1 in that mans plight I 1 asked my aly friend how can you smile since nevermore see ile he answered life is well worth while and just as sweet to me mel to some the world seems harsh and cold and life a bitter curse and they are inclined to sneer if told that their lot could be worse and still the rich man that I 1 met and the blind had learned that life held sweetness yet which trouble helped them find with those two men your lot compare then like me you will say that though fate seems at times unfair we should give thanks today author unknown |