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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
PAGE FIVE
Banett: Visit To Holy Land
Was ffighlight Of His Ministiy
Editor’s Nolo: Tho followin'^ (os-
timony has l>e‘!n of forc'd by a
former Cleveland C.cnty man,
the Rev. Wray c;. Barrett, wh(( is
now pastor at Springs Road bap
tist church in Hickory. 'I’he Rev.
Carrett explains in the foliowiiiH
tlic groat impact his visits to the
Holy Land have had on his life.
Barrett hopes one day to do mis
sion/vvork in T.sracd.
REV. WRAY G. IL\RRKrr
I vvas horn June 9. HUH about
half-way between Kings Moun
tain and Shelby, N. C. Aiy pai-
ents, Ben and LillU* Harmon Hat-
rett, were devout Christians. 'I'hc'y
took me to church from hirlh. In
fact, I cannot rememiber when T
did not go to church. 1 can thank
and praise my paicnt.s for many
things, but, most of all, lor iheii-
Christian example ami inflm'nc;*
They are both in Heaven now-
ml, they still
heart ard life.
I'Ve within
my
tlian houses, land, and new trac
tors, etc., to .satisfy the longings
of the human heart. It takes Ih'-
ing in the will of Jesus Christ,
ancf I learned tlial the hard way.
Because of my stand for the
Right and Chiir.t, I liav<* lost
some whom I thought to be my
frk'tids along the way. II is not
easy, in the.se trying Tlays, to he
a preacher and pa.stor of a
more helpful, mon* uplifting, and tor of First Baptist Bible Churcli.^
more of everything els« than I Jerusalem, Israel. Atif has talk-
had ever dreamed. I was remind- ed to me about the netKl in Israel,
In ih^ year of l.')3|, I was mar
ried to Irene Mi'.Murry. 'rh(' Loivi
has blessed mo with a fine Chri.:-
tian wdfe, and four Christian church,
children, Eli/abelh, Jack, Thomas, j have pastored four wonrler-
Wandii and six grandchildren. fui churches since 1951. Victory
I aeceptcfl Christ at the age of Baptist, Grover. -Allen -Memorial
twelve and joined Moasani Hill Baptist. Gmver, Antioch Baptist
Baptist Church between .Slirlhy church, Lincolnton, and .Springs
1 remained Road Rapt st Church. Hickory. 1
and Grover, N. C.
faithful to Pleasant Ilil! until I
.‘Uirrendei-ed to the gosiiel minis
try in 1951 at the age of 3S. 'Phis
w:u the haP lest tiecision of my
life. 'I he Lord had blessed me
with two farms and adecpiate
Miiipmont to do a good job far
ming. I felt that Gorl was being
unfair to call me away from far
ming, iny first love as a vocation;
however, I learned, after yielding
to Gorl’s call, that it tak(?s more
am now in my ninth year at
Springs Road.
My dream /)f a life time ram(*
true, Oct. 2S, 1959. From child
hood, I had dreamed of going to
the Bible Lands, anrl it Ix'came
a reality in 1969. When we made
-a tour of Israel and Greoa*. it
was hard for me to b:elieve that
it was really taking place. The
tour
ed of what lh<‘ Queen of She!)a
said a out Solomon, “The iialf
was not tol 1 nv’."
Our tour arrangements w(*re
the very Ix'st, We flew tlie new-,
esf, biggest, b(*st and safest
planes made. The hot(*’s \\(‘re of,
the hesi and food in abundance
wherever we went. We toured in
ih(* Ije.d air condilione i hu.ses,
had well irain-^d guides and ex
pert firivers. W(* were wel' taken
care of from the lime we left
Chariotle until <'ur !•eturn. It |s
ama/ing liow far .vou can go and '
how much you can see in just 10'
da - s.
Arrivin.g in Jerusalem, Israel
for the first time w'as an unfor-
gelakle exp<‘rience. D r i v i n-g
through Jerusalem .show^cd ua at
once that were in a country
hustling with activity. Modern
build ngs, heavy traffic li.ghts. al
most made us forget when* we
proved to be more exciting,, were until we approached thr
wall around lh(* city of Old Jeru
.Salem.
Sf'me of the unforgetable high
lights linger in my mind. We
able to walk through the old and
new cities of Jerusalem, pray in
the Garden of fk'lhsemane, stand
on the .Mount of Olives, sing fr<»m
Mount Zion, gaze upon Jci’icho
and 1 i>’an to go there some day
and work with him in Tho School
of the Prophets or in a mission.
His church has recently opened
up a mission in Bethlehem. Atif
wriies and prints h-s own mal'M’-
ials for his cluinh and school. Ho
is intc'k'gent, well educated, a
Bible scholar, with a deep in.sight
In Bible prophecy. Ho unrl^r-
stand.s what is taking place in
Israel.
II(* was horn in Beirut, Leba
non ami studied to he a scientist
His wile is from Amman,
Joi-fian. They are l)oih very fine
Christians, and doing a great
W’ork for the Lord in JerusaH'm.
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It is my firm conviction that
God is rriaking it possible for
I multitudes to tour I.srael. in these
, may; last days .:efore Jesus re
turns. Every Christian should
make at ’east one lour of Israel
if |>o.ssihlo. Some cannot \o he-
! cau.se of health and financial rea-
son.s; but, most p('opi<‘ that really
'want ti) go can. II cost l<^ss than
some of the Iv'tter color TV sets
, and less than the first year de-
I>r(*cialion on some new cars.
, Many churches have sent their
pastors to the Ho’y Land. This
, is something that most churches
Road, visit Jericho one of the' can affoi-d to do lor God’s ser-
worlds ('’dost cities, wade in Die vants. 7 know by experience, ihat
D(»ad Sea. swim In the .Sea ofitliis meant more to me than any
Galilee*, .'aptize in Jorelan Rivof. Bible Cintrse ever taken. You can
di ink water from Jacob's well, I only evaluate a tour of Israel
worship bn .Mount of Beatiludoj^. 1 once you have gone. .Many that
drive through valley of Armaged- can afford it go back again and
don, continue to Megiddo and stje jigaiiL
.Solomon’s Stables, go by Mt. Car
mel, Caesarea by the .Sea, built
by Herod the Great in 22 B.C.;
Here in Caesarea, Paul was im-!
prisoned for 2 years, visit Mary’s
.Spring and Joseph’s carpentry,
shop at Na/areth, tour Bethle
hem, 'Bethany, Hebron. Ashkeloi],
hii thplace of Herod the Gi-eat and
the place where Samson lived.
'Phis is only a paid of tlic many
highlights in Isiael, it is an tin-
forgetahle higiilight ever more
you make and e\d?ry slop ydu
take.
As you toui’ Israel, you se« Bib
lical prophecy unfo’din^ before
'your eyes. The state of Lsrael
itself is a fulfi'lment of prophecy.
The Jews are back in their home
land. The parable of the fig-tree
seems to be flourishing. (.Matt,
I will he making m.v fifth tour
to Israel Feb. 27. 1973. I have
used my vacation time to make
a tour for the past four years
anrl plan to do it again. We have
included F^gvpl in This lour. The
pi'ice is only $699.00, for 10 days
from Xew' York. This includes
flight, food, 13 meals a day* ho
tels, transfers, pert tour opt'ra-
tors. The price. <'f this tour, is
loss than a lound trip flight to
Te’ Aviv. Israel and back on a
regular flight. If interesli'd con
tact R^v. Wray G. Barrett, Rt. 2,
Box 175, Hickory, N. C. 2S601.
Telephone 256-S.572 oj- 256.5340.
Kev. Barrett has a good choliM?
selection of slides made on pre-
vir)us lours. lie will he glad to
24:32). Jerusa'em is hack in the. set up for a showing at churches.
hands of the Jews for the first
time in ovei* two thousand years.
(Luke 21:21). Tho desert is hi
Mossom as rhe rose. (Isaiah 35:11.
This is made p<issihlo irriga-
j fion. The wilderness like Eden;
i has come alive. (Isaiah 51:1-3).
F Some Bib.’e scholars believe God
.is in the process of fulfilRng the
promise made to Abraham of old.
! I plan to spend some time in
Israe' doing mission work upon
retirement. In my four tours
there, I have made many friend.s.
One is Rev. Atif Himadeh, pas-
clubs. etc.
with his
church.
if it <ioes not interfere
line of duties in his
HOG CHOLERA
As a part of the massive effort
to eliminate hog cholera from
tile Unitefd ^tates.'hnportatioh of
hogs and fresh pork from na
tions where hog cholera is known
t” exist has been prohibited. The
action by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture became effective
last October.
If you could buyelectridty by the carton...
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CONSIDER these BOI.VI'.S
L\ SELECTIN'; YULE 'I'RKE
By M. E. GARD.NER
N. C. State University
M'hat d'j you look for wh('n
.so’cHing a Christmas ti*e^*? •
Whiili species do you like best?
Do you pi’ofer a North Carolina
grown tree or an imported one'.’
Fii-st, what do you look fni
when .solectin.g a lr**e? Perhaps
the first thing you slujuld look
for is freshness. Many trees are
cut too soon and transported long
distances to market. Fretpjently
the leav’es have elided <»ut and ai’c
shed ling befoie you buy it. Such
handling lowers both the (luality
and co'or of the plant. Fragr:in(e
is also i-educed.
M’hich species do you like he.'l?
The Red Cedar has been a favoi*-
ite foi* many, many years and
still is. It can he grown from the
Coastal P’ains thi-ough the Pied- '
mont. Due to the natural com
pact habit of growth, it recpiire.^ ■
little oi- no .sheaiing. It should
he used fi’osh as it has a tend^'n-
cy to dry (juickly after rutting—
probably best adapted for local
retail sales.
Other species adapted to North
Carolina are: Fraser Fir. White
Pine, Scoch Pine, and Norway
Spruce. Of these species. Fraser
Fir and White Pine are pr<'s''nt]>
the most important for commer
cial pi-eduction in the mountains
of W'estei*n Carolina.
I Fraser Fir has good color, ,
pleasing fragrance, strong bran
ches and excellent ne<‘dle holding
ability. It likes the coo] environ
ment provided by tlie higher ele
vations and prefers a moist sf»il.
White Pino is a rapid grower.,
has good shape anrl Pexihie'
branches. It roquiies proper
shearing to produce a c-ompact
tree. The color is go'xl and the
popularity of this spe.'des is on
the inciease.
The gi-owing of Christmas tre<*s-
in North Carolina has developed
into a full-fledg«d enterprise
hacked by a lively Chi'istmas
Tree Association. While lire in
dustry is smal!, in comitarison. it
has an excellent potential and
will grow ns our people .support
it.
Appro.xima tely one million
trees aix* used in North Carolina
homes each year, with about 75
percent of this number imported
from Maine and other producing
areas.
.So \eu can see the opportunity
Private Costner
Completes Basic
FT. .TACK.^ON. S.C. (AHTNl'*
.■\rmv Private Dennis J. I'ost-
ner, 20, son of Mr. an 1 Mr.^. Jack
R. C(»slner, H'-ut(' 1. B*'.ssemer
, City, re enlly compleleci <‘ight
weeks of h-mic training at It.
Jackson, S. C.
He recciv(*d instruction in Drill
and Ccremoni''s. Weapon'^. Maj)
I Reading, C'om' at Tactics, Military
j Courtesy. Military Justice. First
I Aid. and Ai-my History and 'I'ra
ditions.
The 1970 graduate of Bes.sem(*r
; City hiyh school received hi.s
. training in Company B, sth 'bat
talion. 2nd Brigade.
His wife, M’anda. also lives on
Reut(* 1.
Tho earli(*.d authenlii-ated
strike of workers in the Unite !
.<tales in a single trade occurred
i when Philadelphia printers gain-
I ed a minimum wage of $6 a weekj
I in 17S6.
we hav(* to supp(u t a horn" indus
try. Ask for Noith Carolina
grown Christmas tree.., to bright
en the Yule season far you and
vours.
SM'KATER ACT
Men’s wear has joint'd the
"sweater act’’ with layered look.-
in geometries, argyles and spoil
motifs. The popular cdas.de vah-
els and shetlands are reappear-
ing.
Cardigans, sweater v'ests and
bulky pullovers will also pay a
big roc* it) men's fashitjn.s this
fall, observes Ilarrit't Tutterow.
extension clothing speeia'isl, .\.
C. .State ITiiversity.
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