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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961
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risidscauivnip* *M>I the Blue Ridye rullM|.
There was a period in my life
vhen.-J... lived in a community
made ,up mostly of industrial wor
kers. Not a ■ few ,yoyng men were
constantly clranging jobs. They n ev.
er seemed,sto ..settle down. What
ever job they had, they soon came
to dislike it. _ They, were always
thinking .tlyit somewhere else would
be .better than where they. were. _
Such a state of mental . unsettle
ment. prevails also among people
in Jtfayer than just industnal 'Com
munities. .There ~are~ people" eVery
where who . wish they.'were else
where arid ‘who wonder what life
is.'all about. Hundreds of older
men*ar&hapnte,d by regrets .at.
foolish choices they made earlier in
life. What ■ gobd£bas living, -been
for them? Where have
To those questions they have , no
answer. They see no sense in it
at all. many of them
spend their days in stolid? endur
ance, or apgry, they feeh. like
fighting the world (which may, in
their. case, mean _ fighting . their
wives, or picking. on - their child
ren “or. . conitnu&lly. scolding and
criticizing look after
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them).
Young people may not be as dis
illusioned as their elders: they
are still at the stage of jumping
from this to that, always hoping
that luck will. be with them, but
often soon finding themselves in
trouble.
These attitudes, these states of
mind, define what the Bible
means by being “lost”. Such folks
are like people lost in the woods.
They don’t know where they are,
or which is the way that will lead
hem out. They are lost, too, from
the point of view of their friends,
or perhaps from their parents;
and most certainly from the point
of view of God. Oh, that they
could be found! such would be
he longing desire of any one who
cared fpr them.
One of the greatert joys of my
life is the faith that enables me
to tell anyone that God cares for
him, and that to any human being
to whom human existence seems
meaningless and cruel, I can say
with assurance, “God has a plan
for you.” If we can but learn it,
there is wisdom behind every sitvia-'
Ition; there is a word of hope that
may be spoken to '/any one m des
pair. Life up to now may indeed
have been meaningless, but it
nejtd 119 longer be so. One may
truly have got lost In an 'impene
trable jungle, but God is a Search
er, and He is a Finder, too.- Let
any one who is lost allow himself
to be found! _
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But and here I think of your
* young people it i* far "better if
one may keep from getting lost
in the first *Thfe fbHi. g man
or the young woman .who from
youth vp abides in the faith that
God will lead him aright, and who
knows that God is the Planner of
bis life and Who tries his best to
follow that plan will in the
long run come out best such
is my own assurance. To a young
person who is faced with making
a choice as to what he is going to
, be, God would say: “Stbp doing
your own planning. Hear what my
ideas for you are!” We may tell
ourselves, God has better ideas
about what we should be and do
than we have, or than our par
ents have, or than our buddies
have. The thing for us to do is to
believe God, and to pray. We
should not. .jump to the conclusion,
however, that even with this faith
we won’t sometimes make mis
takes; nor should we be too inde
pendent and give no heed to what
a parent or teacher or minister
might have to advise, for often
God meditates His thoughts to us
through others.
We hear increasingly of the vo
cational guidance that is offered
to young people in schools and
colleges. The. .term, “vocation”,
has come to mean the " profession
or the occupation or the trade in
which a person becomes engaged.
We should remember, however,
th§t orrginally it had a more pro
found meaning than this. It sig
nified that some one was being
“called” to something, and this
1 usage arose out of the thinking
of God’s people, first of all in the
dimes of the Old Testament, and
then later in the early Christian
Church. According to Bible us
age, God was the One who gave
people a “call”. We may illustrate
it to ourselves if we think of a
military platoon or company
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standing at attention and of the
company officer calling a man out
of the ranks and assigning him
some mission to perform. Similar- 3
ly, God may be thought of as . call
ing a person out of.the ranks, of 1
society and putting him in a, spec- J
ial classification. It-would .be; 1
mistake to think, as sometimes 1
people do, that this ealling is just 1
to be applied to
ally, according to,.the Bible, God’s,
call is directed to EyERX'CHR.Is't-,
lANr- He calls ayer y *Cbristian..put ,
of the ranks of ordinary society;
to be in a special unit of alUthose
who have faith. Fundamentally,
He calls EVERYBODY TO BE: A
CHRISTIAN. That means that, ev
ery Christian from the , moment
when he hears and responds to the
call, is to have a meaningful life,
not a meaningless one. , .
Christian vocation, therefore,
signifies much .mqre than merely
job placement.lt means . , essenti
ally, besng right with God.. If one
is right with God, then Odd will
help with job placement, too, .no
doubt. God with His infinite fund
of ideas, lovingly wants ..you and
me to find His idea about what.
job we should be in and even atniit
the little daily taskev.-that, tak«.n
singly, may not, seem sq^..impor
tant. He wants us to .believe that
He loves and cares for us, so that,
despite our many mistakes, all
things may, in the long run, work
together, for good. A This faith,
which is ours to ..share with our
friends, is the thrilling good news
of the Gospel. >
membership in the United States
has increased 28# since 1950, arid
76# ■ since 1940. On the other
hand crime has increased GO#,
since 1950, and 128# 9ince 1940.
The over-aH population increase'
mice 1940 has been 36#.
this un-balanced ratio
between of church
jtlgjpbership ,pnd crime could be
greatly remedied ts pastors all
across the nation would put less
emphasis upon card-signing
profession, and begin shocking
their congregations with Bible
based sermons on the wages of
sin: death, followed by hellfire
rind damnation. ~
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir:
In your county there are young
folks who ire" eager to become
tVhll qualified for the future. Many
if them} iid doubt/ have access to
gbod eleriieritary and high school
(Programs. The establishment of a
good foundation^-for • advanced or
specialized training is not a pro
blem for them. We are told, how
ever, that many schools in the
Southern Appalachians are very
limited itr'-their ■ offerings.- • This
causes some young folks consider
able difficulty in college admission
Because they have been unable to
«>
get the courses needed in science,
riiathetnatics, and language. Then,
there may be those who want or
need some special high school
work, , such as industrial arts,
business, music, and art, that is
not available in their local schools,
There are others who live ip such
remote areas, that no.-schools are
easily,.-available to them.
Few people realize there are
t private elementary and high
ols in the mountain area that
I are in a- position to be of help to
these fine Voupg folks who really
"want t& move forward.
Os these schools the Foundation
School of Berea College is fully
accredited by the Southern Assoc
iation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools and by the Department of
-Educatioft of the state of Kentucky.
In the ungraded classes, over-age
students and others who have
been delayed in their education
may move along as rapidly as
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