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THE FUTURE J. F. JOHNSON MISS EMMA P. JOHNSON. L. A. WISE OUTLOOK Editor & Publisher News Reporter Staff Photographer Make all checks payable to and mail to: THE FUTURE OUTLOOK P. O. BOX 20331? GREENSBORO, N. C. 27420 PHONE 273-1758 Second Class Postage Paid at Greensboro, N. C. 10c Per Copy Published Weekly $6.00 Per Year AGE OF BAD HEALTH? For many this is the age of bad health. Everyone should have a family doctor and dentist, however, many people consider the drugstore as being the doctor of all pains. There are too many people relying on pain killers for toothaches, aspirins for headaches and upset stom achs, and foot products for ailing feet. Many of these remedies relieve the pain, but many of them aggrevate the pain. There are too many people suffering from cancers, tumors, and rare diseases and illnesses today because of modern convenient medicines. Rather than making an ap pointment with a doctor or dentist, a person usually runs to his nearest drugstore and buys a bottle of pills. When the pain goes away as a result of the pills, the per son is happy and thinks nothing else about it unless the pain returns. As a last resort the person visits the doctor to find out that he could have prevented his illness two or three months before if he had visited the doctor. Many doctors tell their patients that it is cheaper and more pleasant to prevent than to treat and cure. Drugs used in the hands of inexperienced people such as LSD and marijuana often shorten the lives of many, most of them teenagers because of overdoses. However, drugs are not the only reasons for bad health. Consumer products such as cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products are known to cause heart attacks, lung cancer, throat disorders, and other serious illnesses. Alcohol, another consumer product is known to affect the liver, kidneys, bladder and has caused the loss of many lives in car accidents. Even overeating is dangerous to the health. Over eating is a major cause of heart attacks because food usually turns into fat which eventually surrounds the heart, overworks it, and smothers it. Water and air pollution as a result of big industries in large cities distribute chemicals which are harmful to the body especially the eyes and nose. Bad weather, such as too much sun, usually results in heat exhaustion or sun strokes. Exposure in cold weather can cause pneumonia, flu, or tuberculosis. Believe it or not, overworking can result in bad health. Many backaches and spinal disorders have develop ed from long and hard hours. There are over a thousand illnesses and diseases ; there are over a thousand reasons for them, and yet there are over a million doctors to prevent, treat, and cure them if possible. Therefore, I say to you, as you walk or drive along the streets of the city and observe signs, let them refer to your health as well as to your driving. CAUTION ? handle each pain with care. YIELD ? to the thought that each pain may be seri ous. GO ? to the doctor of your choice. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN ? to what your doctor or den tist has to say, and 26 to 55 more years of good health may be added to your life. I A SONG TO REMEMBER Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope for year* to oome Our Shelter from the story blast. And our eternal Home: Before the hills In order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages In Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the nitfit Before the rising sun. Time, like an everrolling stream. Bears all its sons away; Th?y fly forgotten, as m dream Dies at the opening day. Our God, our Help in ages past, Our Hope tor years to oome. Be Thou our Guard while troubles lest, And our eternal "???? DRIVE SANELY iThis Weed's Sunday School Lesson 9. GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE What Is Onr Concern? Short years ago most coun tries in Africa were colonies of other nations. Today most of Uiem are independent. Many of them are suffering greatly as they struggle to become truly independent nations.- Does God hear their cry? in our own country people with black skin have achieved a new status. Some have com pared their position to that of the children of Israel in break-1 !?l7aynfr0m the bondage of gypt. Does God hear their cry? Is God working through his tory to change this world of T?" Are we working with him uj? the of brother hood and peace? How does God nl nVCr r?Ple tr?m mj^tice, pain, and suffering? Before Yon Read the Scripture Moses needed to know the name of the deity who ad dressed him. He had to convince the Israelites that a new reve iTtu 0t G0d had come t0 him. In the understanding of ancient man a new name for God went with a new revelation. learned that the name ? God of the fathers' (see we^u 3:6' 13"15) was Yah weh. It was the first time that this name was identified with uL n8mf U"ed by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob The reve v !?n ,of toe name of God ' Yahweh _ was very significant for Moses. To know the name of the deity was to have assur ed h KhlS presence when he needed him. exart?W ^ WiSh WC the exact meaning 0f the word n^rh-' S?me Schola? inter Co m 8 ,name Yahweh in Phi losophical terms. . . . Xrhe^jr meant "t ^ but what he w^Tshow to be to Israel He would declare himself through actions. Some have su7 ^ Exodus 3:14 should simply read: 'I am YahwehT (rather than 'I . 1 am,' . . .) am who I m ''Thf* latter suggestion arises out of the fact that by .ho,,* 250 n n r 7 Dy ??xmt . .. ' Jews had begun to avoid pronouncing the divine name. Others have sug?2l that the divine name, Yahweh, sunply means 1 will be thS S ""5, whenever needed.' We do not know which inter S t *???*. The author leans toward the latter views, but prefers simply 'I am *??. h,. ?Kote tttt J*.'" to Pharaoh, Thus says Yahwrt! ?Vl? ** my P^Ple book If ?f Ch"Pter 3 ?f the bookof Exodus delineates God'. f. one who win ^ ? when needed, and also as tioL 18 ta0Wn by bia ?c ? ? Moses was told not to wh?^LTy llna*e8 of Yahweh whatsoever. When men pn^ed, to*y were to call upon the ??? of Yahweh.' rather than nM^r^nl^ lm**el 80 ^ Momi^ If068 image in Mowuc religion. To cjj u B Except in Exodus 314. neither the King James Version Stands, si?n attempts to translate the ?w.Te- Instead' ^ ?r- so?etimes, "God" (printed in capital letters). See Amos 6:8, where each of these USCd once to translate its Hebrew equivalent and once YahwPernt ^ dtVtae ?? ? What the Scripture S?n 'k ^ 18 xoaus z.23 through 322- 5-29 6:9." 12 through i5 ? lected verses are printed below See Home Bible Study suc tions in the back of terly. the <luar" Exodus 2:23-25 toe course of those tt LrT^ '? s ^ under bonda^ ^ up to 24 And God heard their waning, and God wlr?? ^ Ab"*?S Art 81111 ^ Jacob- 25 And God saw the people of X "d G?d Exodus 3:7-8a 7 Tben the Lord sai<T7""i have pp?lci^z.rz hand of the Egyptian, to ? Up out of that land! to a good and broad land, a I honey ^ ^ ml* and Exodus 12:21, 23-27 -m* 111611 Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Select lambs for your es according to your fami ? CS' 23dFoft?leTPaSSOVer 1&mh to slay th^^W ?teT V'65 *e tne lintel and on the two door f.ost?' the Lord will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter y0ur hou?s to slay you. 24 You shall T erve this rite as an ordinance eve/* And when^you ^ ?e land which the Lorf? ? e you, as he has promised. J~ -Mi top m, And when your children say to Sic^a27d? y?U mwm by this wrvice? 27 you shall say, 'it is ta I 1)601,16 ta Isr"l u* ? ^ when he slew the Egyptians but T houses'." Ann fk our their hear). People bowed ?>eir heads and worshiped. Exodus 14:30-31 th^Ilrj?6 Lord Mved E h 7 from the hand of the and Israel saw tte Egyptians dead upon the sea ?hore. 31 And Israel Mw K?at work which the Lord did ~r z Ly?. ? ? "jr ,?ai ?m sa""??- ' ?u ^ you for my people, and I will y?"r God; and you ^ I teow that I am the Lord your God; wh? hM brought you out ?om under the burdens of tl* Egyptians. -Exodus How We Understand The ^ Joeeph, the last of the petri mentioned in Genets, ? prominent position in the Egyptian government. When the Hebrews first came to live in Egypt, they were wel come. Long after the time of Joseph, a new king (Pharaoh) came to the throne who was greatly concerned about the in creasing number of Hebrews. (Exodus 1:8-9) He did every thing he could to kill them or drive them away. He even is sued an edict that all baby boys should be killed. (Verses 15-22) As Moees grew up, he had ample opportunity to observe the inequities his people suf fered. His defense of a fellow Hebrew caused him to flee from Egypt to Midian. (2:1-15) Israel's burdens grew heavier and heavier. They cried out for help. When God heard their groaning, he remembered the covenant he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Verse 24) In his call to Moses he said he had seen the way the Hebrews had been mis treated. He had heard their cries, and he was coming to help them. (3:7-8a) The Passover Genesis 12:21, 23-27 tells about the Passover, a great re ligious festival celebrated by the Hebrews. The Passover ob servance relates closely to the last plague Egypt suffered be cause she would not release the Hebrews. The Passover festival is centered in the family and home, though for a short time It centered in the Temple at Jeru salem. (See Deuteronomy 16: 5-7; 2 Kings 23:21-22.) Moses instructed the Israelites to select lambs "according to your families." (Exodus 12:21) The blood on the doorposts (verse 23) was a sign to protect them from the destroyer. This practice had probably been in existence a long time. In ancient times people believed that blood kept evil spirits away. "Thus the Lord saved Israel." (Exodus 14:30) No matter how others might interpret what happened, the Hebrews believed that God's redemptive love was at work in their escape from Egypt. When the people of Israel saw that they had been saved from Egypt, they "feared tha Lord; and they believed in tha Lord and in his servant Moms." (Verse 31) God's Mighty Acts The primary themes of this lesson are (1) the election of Israel as the people of God and (2) God's revelation of himself in his mighty acts. The Exodus from Egypt was indeed the greatest of God's mighty acts in the Old Testament, and Is rael's deliverance at "the sea" was the most fateful day in Israel's history. Running through this Scrip ture is the hint of another theme ? promise and fulfill ment In the Exodus God was fulfilling his promise to make of the descendants of Abraham a great nation through whom all nations would be blessed. A people in bondage in Egypt could not be this great nation Their deliverance was therefore essential. In the account of tha call of Moses to be God's agent, Moees appears as a reluctant propbat He was not eager to take on (Continued en Pa#e t)
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