Editorial Continued
hleous shall be protected. If it’s not His will, we can’t do
thina about it anvway. The Lord does promise the righteous
Iwmal life in Heaven, and THAT'S assured!
^5 for our temporary existence here on earth, it simply comes
to a unyielding faith in God.
The situation described in the “Letter to the Editor” by Greg
Coates is a good replica of reality. His solution does make sense.
In my previous editorial 1 was not advocating reality as it is but
rtther a solution to the problems of reality as it should be. No
matter what, Jesus is the answer, the ONLY answer! Until
people start realizing this a lot more, peace will never be found,
hether it be a peace between warring nations or just a deep
inner peace.
BUI, this is the clincher. Who am I to limit the power of God
and to say how He should go about doing things? 1 have no right
to In to “put God in a iJottle” and then let Him out when I deem
necessary. You see, I’m not completely anti-protest. For 1
fuUv realize that it might be part of God’s plan to use “war
protest” as a means of preventing our nuclear extermination [or
whatever the case may be]. My personal belief is that 1 have
serious reservations about “protest” being God’s answer.
However it might be. The important thing to remember is to let
Jesus be the light of your life. Let Him be the guiding force that
enables you to make that right decision. Don’t do it on your own,
check with Him first.
First Samuel 2:6-8:
“The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the
grave, and bringeth up.
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low and
lifleth up.
He raising up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the
beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to
make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth
are the Lords, and he hath set the world upon them.”
It’s only natural for human beings to have great concern for a
situation like the one at hand. BUT, fear is unnecessary. Don’t
let paranoia cause you to alter your lifestyle and do wUd things.
The above scripture shows that the Lord is in complete control!
Knowing this, IS one great feeling! If He wasn’t in control, we
WOULD be in trouble! Try leaving a bunch of little kids without
their parents in a room filled with deadly poisons and you’ll soon
see what 1 mean. Give it all up to Him and then rejoice in that
peaceful serenity given to us by Jesus Christ in return.
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Frustrated and angrv Ameri
can voters have cried out for
change, and profound change
they are going to get. Perhaps
more than they bargained for.
In giving iionald Reagan a
landslide electoral victory,
handing control of the Senate to
the Republicans and reducing
drastically the Democratic
majority ir the House, Ameri
cans seeking "single-issue" or
’ no-issue" change may unwit
tingly have brought a curse
upon their heads.
Some voters turned to Reagan
because of the election eve
spectacle of the Iranian parlia
ment and the Ayatollah
Khomeini spinning Jimmy
Carter like a top, trying to use
the president’s political pre
dicament to extort absurd con
cessions from him. But did
those who voted for a different
approach to the hostages intend
to bring about the prospect that
Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina will replace Edward M.
Kennedy as chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committe?
Expressing anger and disgust
over the Iranian situation is one
thing; creating a situation guar
anteeing a reactionary Supreme
Court and ensuring an effective
end to efforts to push qualified
women, blacks, Hispanics and
others onto the federal bench is
something else.
In Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
and elsewhere, the high rate of
unemployment caused a lot of
union people to vote for change.
One change they may get is
Robert T. Stafford of Vermont
heading the Environment and
Public Works Committee in
stead of Jennings Randolph. If
Reagan and Stafford don’t like
federal public works programs,
what will they offer to cushion
the impact of the next recession
on these workers and their
families?
A lot of poor folks were angrv
at Carter because of the way the
prices of food, clothing and
other nexessities have risen,
and farmers were angry because
Carter blocked their sales of
grain to the Soviet Union. They
wanted change, but 1 doubt that
they wanted to hand the chair
manship of the Senate Agricult
ure, Nutrition and Forestryd
Committee to Jesse Helms of
North Carolina, one of the most
ruthlessly conservative mem
bers of Congress.
No amount of frustration just
ifies giving Helms the power to
reduce or cut off food stamps for
millions of Americans and end
effectively this nation’s com
mitment to ensuring that our
citizens shall not suffer the
degradation of hunger.
Many Jewish voters aban
doned Carter, despite the pres
ident’s remarkable achievement
of producing a peace agreement
between Israel and the most
important Arab nation. Egypt.
Some Jews voted for a change
from the pressures Carter was
putting on the Begin govern
ment - but 1 doubt that the
disaffected Jews counted on
tidal wave changes that would
sweep fricnd-of-israei Frank
Church out as chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com-
niittee, with that key slot prv>b-
ably going to Charles Percy of
Illinois, no foe of Israel, but one
who has angered Jews with his
"even-handed" appn>ach to the
Middle Fast situation.
And jew s now have to wonder
how far Reagan will go in
support of Israel when he Is
beholden to right-w ing evangel
icals. some of w hom say publicly
that "GihI dt>es not hear the
prayer of a Jew."
Wisconsin voters turned out
Denuvrat Gaylord Nelson. His
sptn as chairman of the Six'ial
Security subcommittee should
go to Republican John Danforth
of Missouri, a switch that may
not enthrall the older people
whose economic plight led many
to vote for change.
Jake Garn of Utah probably
w ill replace William Proxniire as
head of the Senate Committee
on Banking. Housing and Urban
Affairs. That has got to be bad
news for the nation's cities, for
those who depend on govern
ment assistance for shelter --
and for a housing industry that
is so at the mercy of govern
mental policies.
It will take a long time for
Americans to comprehend all
the the implications for their
votes for "change" -- but it
won't take long before a lot of
them are saying. "1 got rid of
Carter, and 1 sent the ayatollaha
a message, but 1 didn't vote
change all this!"
Dear
Editor
I
[Regarding the editorial “No
Jesus, No Peace”]
Today’s anti-war/anti-nuclear
“mania” is not a mania at all,
but instead a deep and vocal
concern over world tensions and
the possibility of nuclear an
nihilation. If everybody in the
world lived and loved in the
light of their respective religious
faiths we would not be faced
with this dilemma. Unfortunate
ly, this is not the case. Many
national leaders have only their
own interests in mind, not the
interests of the country and its
people. It is the duty of those
people who recognize there is a
problem and that change is
necessary to try and redirect the
policies instituted by the power
structure. One way of voicing
the need for change is through
protest.
The purpose of protest is
twofold. To begin with, protest
is the means through which
people voice their opinion on a
given situation in hopes that the
present policy will be changed.
Martin Luther King’s non-vio
lent protest methods, for ex
ample, were instrumental in
affecting political changes in the
area of civil rights. The other
purpose of protest is that of
dispersing information. Protest
gives groups and individuals a
chance to present to the public
alternate views and ideals con
cerning changes they beleive
need to be made. From this
additional information concern-
ed citizens can develop a clearer
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