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True Friends Are Hard To Come By
"Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatever I command you. Hence
forth I call not servants; for the
servant knoweth not what his
Lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have
heard of my father I have made
known unto you." (St. John 16:14
18).
For the very first time in scrip
ture Jesus calls his disciples
friends. They have this wonder
ful opportunity to be friends with
Jesus on one condition, they must
do as He commands them. From
now on He says I will not call you
|; servants; for the servant does not
■ know what his master does, there
’ 1* information kept from ser
t vanta, the communication about
things are limited but with
friends it> different. I will tell
you things that-1 will not discuss
with another. Friends are hard to
come by and just one friend can
make all the difference in the
world. We call some people Fair
Weather Friends. People who
come to us at a time favorable to
them, as long as things are good
they are around; but when the
chips are down they don't have
time for you. Then there are Old
Friends. These are people who go
back a long way in your life. Old
f" friends ars reliable and consis
tent, you can pick up with them
where you left off. We even have
i • Unfaithful Friends. These are
; friends who will hurt or disap
point you. Slhce friendship
means loyalty and acceptance,
the unfaithful friend is not trust
worthy. It is almost impossible
for an unfaithful friend to even
ujcome a ciose mend again, feel
ings go deep and friendship is
very fragile and muat always be
handled with car*. There is a
saying. "Pick your friends, but
not to piecea." Friendship is not to
be used and abused. The last kind
of friend that I want to mention is
a True Friend. A true friend can
be more loyal than members of
your family. A special bond ce
ments the hearts of true friends.
There is freedom of expression
and communication in the rela
tionship, caring and deep under
standing, trust and loyalty. Of
all friends, a true friend is hard
to find. Josh Billings said, Td
rather have a million friends
than a million dollars, for if I
ever did get hard up they ought to
be good at least for a dollar a
piece." Indeed, true friends are
priceless. They do not forsake
you in your hour of need.
True friendship has to be devel
oped. Jesus spent three years with
his disciples before calling them
friends and when He asked for
their friendship He was ready to
prove His friendship. St. John
16:13 says this, "Greater love
hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends."
Jesus said these words, He was
not a fair weather friend, He was
not an unfaithful friend, He was
a true friend then and now.
When Judas betrayed Jesus in
Matthew 26:60 Jesus said unto
him, "Friend, wherefore art thou
come?" Jesus didn’t call him a
double crosser, He called him
friend. When Jesus called Judas
a friend I believe He was saying
to Judas the door to forgiveness is
open to you, it's still open in spite
of what you have done to Me; I
want to be a friend to you but yoti
must be willing to be a friend to
Me. "Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you." Je
sus is saying among true friends
there is loyalty, trust and faith
fulness. Judas was an unfaithfiil
fHend. What kind of friend are
you, a fair weather friend, an un
faithfiil friend, or a true friend?
If you have a true friend count it
a blessing because a true friend is
a rare Jewel. If you have a true
friend then you know the Joyous
feeling having someone you can
depend on, someone to trust, no
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motives. I believe it takes a very
Tpdal person to be a true friend
and very few ever make the
grade.
I would like to close with the
poem "Be A Friend" by Edgar A.
Guest:
"Be a Mend. You don't need
money: Just a disposition sunny,
Just the wish to help another get
along some way or other; Just a
kindly hand extended out to one
who's unbeMended; Just the will
to give or lend, This will make
you someone's Mend.
"Be a Mend. You don't need
glory. Friendship is a simple sto
ry. Pass by trifling errors blind
ly, Gaxe on honest effort kindly,
. Cheer the youth who's bravely try
ing, Pity him who's sadly sigh
ing; Just a little labor spend on
the duties of a friend.
"Be a Mend. The pay is bigger
(though not written by a figure),
than is earned by people clever in
what's merely self-endeavor.
"You'll have Mends instead of
neighbors for the profits of your
labors; You'll be richer in the end
than a prince, if you're a Mend."
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Duke Endowment Gives
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Davidson, NC - The Duke Endow
mem has given $625,000 to David
son College for a professorship in
international studies, computers and
technological equipment, and ser
vices for students, college President
J.W. Kuykendall announced recent
ly
The Endowment gave $100,000 to
Davidson as the fourth tn«f11mer»i
qf the $1 million endowment for
the J. B. Duke Professorship in. In
ternational Studies. $325,000 for
acquisition and support staff, and
$200,00 for academic and psycho
logical support services for stu
dents.
The $625,000 in grants came in
addition to the Duke Endowment's
annual appropriation to Davidson,
which was over $1 million in 1986.
The total Duke appropriation to
Davidson in 1986 was over $1.5
million. Since the perpetual trust
was created in the 1920s, the En
dowment has given a total of
$30,441 to Davidson, according to
Elizabeth H. Locke, Ph. D., director
of the Endowment'* Education Divi
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