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JP*.»ge 8. Foothills View, Nov. 25,1981 Billy Graham’s ''My Answer Foothills Area Church Directory )) DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I have “original sin,” but I’m not sure Does the Bible talk about this?-H DEAR H.N.: Although the exact words (“original,^”) are not found in the Bible, it is a term theologians have used to describe a thoroughly Biblical teaching-one that is found, in fact, throughout the Bible. I Basically, what your pastor means is this: The Bible declares that every individual on this earth is a sinner. “There is no one righteous, not even one...for all have sinned and fall shprt of the glory of God” (Romans •3:10, 23). But it teaches that we are not just sinners because we sin-we sin because we are sinners! Think about that a moment. We sin because there is within us an inclination or tendency toward sin. Our basic nature is warped and twisted, and we are born with the tendency to sin. The book of Genesis declares about man, “every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood” (Genesis 8:21). The Psalmist' states, “Surely I hu/e been a sinner from birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5). Man, in other heard my pastor talk about understand what he means. .N. , words, is born with the tendency to sin-it is part of his original nature. Just as a child may be born with a crippling disease, so wej are all born with a spiritual disease which,] cripples us—the disease of sin. But the good news of the Gospel is that wej do not have to remain enslaved by sin, nor do we have to stay under the judgment God] has pronounced on sin. We cannot free ourselves from our sin, nor can we forgive ourselves. Only God can do this-but he does, in his Son Jesus Christ. Christ came primarily to deal with sin and to make forgiveness and new life possible. “Every one who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin isj lawlessness. But you know that he appeared j so that he might take away our sins” (1 John 3: 4-5). Have you committed your life to Jesus Christ? He alone can take away our sins, and he will as we turn to him in repentance and faith. TT* . fi Religion North History of orAe Border Hymns by William J. Reynolds Wakey awake, for night is flying. The watchmen on the nights are crying. Awake, Jerusalem, at last. This Advent hymn was written in the winter of 1597* by Philip Nicalai, the Lutheran pastor in the Westphalia town of Unna. Bubonic plague had struck the town of Unna in the summer of 1597, and had claimed 1400 lives in six months. Nicolai's parsonage overlooked the church yard, where sometimes there we.e as many as 30 funerals in one day. He faithfully ministered to his flock and comforted them in their sorrow. During these days, Nicolai kept a record of his daily meditations. This he published in 1599, with the unusual title “Mirror of Joys.” “W ake. Awake, for Night Is Flying” was one of two hymns he included in this book. As one reads these stanzas against the background of the extra-ordinary circumstances in which they were written,, one senses the radiant faith of this Lutheran pastor. The hymn is richly embroidered with biblical references. With the promises of God, Nicolai comforted his bereaved flock as they bore the bodies of loved ones and neighbors to the churchyard. For the believers there is the promise of heaven in death, and the reality of being in the presence of Christ, the Bridegroom. Nicolai wrote the music we sing for the hymn and published both words and music in his “Mirror of Joys.” The magnificent tune has long since been referred to as the “King of the Chorales. Many English translations of the German hymn have been made, but the most widely used and the most enduring was done by Catherine Winkworth, and published in London in 1858. It is found in most American hymnals. Advent, in anticipation of Christmas, remembers the first coming of Christ and claims the hope of his second coming. Like the wise ones in Jesus parable of the ten virgins, to which ’Nicolai refers, we keep our lamps burning bright and our lives reflecting this hoiie. i^F.XT VtEF.K'S HYMN; “Come, Thou Long F.xpi'Cted ,l('sus“ Dr. William J. Reynolds is' on the faculty of the school of Music ai Southw'estem Baptist Theological Seminary in Fori Worth. He is immediate past presidem of the Hymn Society of America and was formerly secretary of the Church Music Department of the Southem_Baptist Sunday school board. A Tecturer musicians and composer, he was written several books on hymns and was general editor of Baptist Hymnal. prinpetON N.J.-A recent report from th^Galup-affil'lated 37% „ Public Opinion shows that o Canadians attended church during the firs) week of May. While the current fjre represents little change in church atten^ f dance during the late . | considerably down from the 55 .o level ^“churihgo^ng has remained fairly s^aWe, “cTt^h^nc^s’llirPrSar^rteJ^^^^^^ survey 51% of Catholics attended in the test week compared to 29% among Pro The decline in churchgoing since 1965 has been primarily a ^®^.*^°hc pheno 4 1QR5 83% of Canadian Catholics atten j In a t'es, week, while 32% of Protestants d''* Churchgoing In United States The national rate of attendance in the U.S ■J'ltXr. with 40% of f hits a tend^ church or synagogue in a typical wee Furthermore, the rate of g'^rat U.S. Catholics closely P^ral els the rat among Canadian Catholics, with 53 /o m th U.S. attending on the ^''®rage. Phurchaoinq among U.S. Protesiam however, is considerably higher than it a^ong their Canadian counterparts-39 / Canada, churchgoing th® fndav is lower than in the mid-1960s, wi the decline again almost entirely J!?® resu nf a decline in attendance among Catholic^ The dimension of the ^xi'^'^^greati 3mnna Catholics has been slightly great j'oTSrrSa (down 4P.proxima.ely 30 pc.n over this 15-year period) than or the u. (down approximately 20 points). ♦BAPTIST* ALLEN MEMORIAL BEAtER DAM BETHANY BETHEL BETHLEHEM BOILING SPRINGS buffalo CALVARY CAMPS CREEK CARPENTERS CJfOVE CASAR COMMUNITY CORINTH DAVID DAVIDSON MEMCffiUL DOUBLE SHOALS double springs DOVER drewery dobbins EASTSIDE EASTSIDE (K.M.) ELIZABETH ELLIOTT MEMpRIAL EMMANUEL ESKRIDGE GROVE FAITH (K.M.) FALLSTON FUNT HILL GOLDEN RIDGE GREEN BETHEL GROVER FIRST HIGRLAND ' HOPEWELL KINGS MOUNTAIN KINGS MOUNTAIN 1ST KEfGS MOUNTAIN 2ND LATTIMORE LAWNDALE ULY MEMORIAL LOVE valley MACEDONIA LAVONIA . MIDVIEW MORRIS MEMORIAL mountain tflEW MOUNT calvary mount SINAI MT.alead MULLS memorial NEW BETHEL NEW BUFFALO NEW CAMPS CREEK NEW HOPE NEW PRESPECT NORMANS GROVE NORTH BROOK NORTpSIM OAKyGROVE OA„ VIEW , OLIVE GRbvfe PATTERSON SPRINGS peach street PIEDMONT PLAINS VIEW pleasant C210VE pleasant hill pleasant ridge POLKVILLE POPLAR SPRINGS PUTNAM MEMORIAL RACEPATH ROSS GROVE SANDY PLAINS SANDY RUN SHELBY 1ST SHELBY 2ND SHILOH ST. PAUL (CASAR) temple TRINITY MOORESBORO UNION VICTORY WACO WALLACE GROVE WASHINGTON WESTOVER WESTVIEW ZION ZOAR WALLS MEMORIAL ♦-METHODIST* ALDERSGATE BELWOOD BMLAH BOIUNG SPRINGS CASAR CENTRAL ELI.BETHEL-HOEY MEMORIAL DUpHAii! CHAPEL FHlENDfemP HOYLE MEMORIAL KADESH KINGS mountain CENTRAL KESTLERS UNION KNOB CREEK LAFAYETTE STREET LAWNDALE LEE'S CAHPEL MARTIN STREET MT. HARMONY MT. PLEASANT NEW HOME OAK GROVE PALM TREE PINE GROVB PLEAS AMOpaiLL POLKV^E*' REHOBETH UNITED ROBERTS tabernacle RUSSELL'S CHAPEL SHARON ST. PAUL ST. PETER SULPHUR SPRINGS ZION MISSIONARY METHOIXST ♦PRESBYTERIAN* FmST JOHN KNOX RYBURN MEMORIAL UNITED ♦LUTHERAN* ASCENSION RE^RECTION " ST. MATHEWS (K.M.) ♦CATHOUC* •«V CHRIST THE KING ' ST. MARYS ♦CHURCH OF CRIST* CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE' ♦SEVENTH day ADVENIST* BUSS MEMORIAL ♦EPISCOLPAL* CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER TRINITY. ♦INTERDENOMINATIONAL’ CHRISTIAN tabernacle ♦ASSEMBLY OF GOD* • FIRST assembly OF GOD CHURCH bF GOD RIGHTEOUS CHURCH OF GOD ♦WESLEYAN* HRST CHURCH OF SHELBY ♦MORMON* CHURCH OE JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. SPONSORED BY THE FOLLOWING Baird Furniture Co. PHONE 482-720S 217 E. MARION STREET SHELBY, N. C. Johnny Green Used Cars FLINT HILLS RD. BOILING SPRINGS phone 482-2424 SHELBY, N.C. CLAY- BARNETTE funeral home Lutz-Austell Funeral Home PHONE 487-7211 C. J. Hamrick & Sons PHONE 434-2554 JOHN DEERE DEALER Palmer Mortuary 514 NORTH LAFAYETTE STREET 8HELBY, .N.C. Maxwell B. Hamrick insurance Agency PHONE 434-2554 BOILING SPRINGS, N. C. 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