The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-06-12

II is our fortune and our misfor-
tune 10 live in an age of power.
Onr fortune because the power
that is made available by the use Of
Pill, gaS( gasoline, and coal, or by
Harvesting our streams makes it
possible for MS 10 do things that our
fathers and fOrefatherS could not
do. / remember hearing w. ID. Zinn
noted West Virginia agriculturalist
whom many of you know tell of
how il would take him a day to
travel from Weston to Chenille, a
distance of % miles. Now we ira
vel that same distance with much
ease and comfort i'm 40 minutes.
When I was boy We used to
work out orr road taxes with teams
and our muscles, while today most
Of this same work is done with
tractors, G scrapers and giganti
steamshovels. Then, too, when
was boy we cut some wheat with
a sickle and most Of it with era
die while with the great combines
they now cut and thrash the wheat
ut the power that has been made
illustrations Of the enormous ~
mount of power that has been made
available during the last quarter of
9 century.
All Of this power should help us
to live better, but does it? That is Il
question that hobs mp when we
think Of how much of this power is
misused. 1t is our misfortune to live
in an age when many people do not
KNOW how to use this power. In
fact, the race is now between chaos
and control. If we can develop our
selves so that we can control this
power, we can on long ways to-
ward bringing heaven and earth
much closer together. while on the
other hand, If we continue to fail to
control this power, or civilization.
like a great fly mhe Il out of balance
will finally pound itself to pieces.
Every, normal, sober. and sane
Person ia Interested In doing his
party toward helping our civiliza-
fion might 20 on to undreamed of
heights. At this time, we as a peo-
pie, and the people Of the world,
are depending ON education more
than anything else to help us a.
chieve this desired goal. Education
Is an important factor, but we have
plenty of evidence that we need
Christian education. otherwise the
very process we are depending on
for our salvation may become mill
stone around our necks, for the pro-
cess we think as education may
he preparing us as people for n
Hitler, or n Mussolini and the type
Of civilization that we as Ameri-
can people do not want.
We need standards, ideals, and
power beyond our human resources.
Let's be normal an dadmit that we
need the power and help that are n
valuable In Christ, our Savior, for
the proper control of the mechani-
cal power that is available.
On June II, 18 and 10, the seth
Annual State Sunday School Con
yention will be held at Fiarmont,
when serious consideration will be
given to the place Of the Christian
Religion in our modern civilization.
Dr. o. w. Warmingham Of Boston
University; Rev. Paul D. Eddy Of
the International Council of Relig-
ious Education; DIR. A. J. II. Schu-
maker Of the American Baptist
Publication Society; DIR. J. Kirk
wood Craig of Pittsburg; Miss Mary
Lynn, Field Worker of the Presby.
terrain N. S. A; DR.. Richard l..
Bhipiey, Editor of the Methodist
Protestant Journal; DR.. ]. c..
Bloomfield, one of the outstanding
leadefx in the Methodist Protestant
Denomination; along with DIR. F. E.
Brininstool and Rev, d. Il. EdwOr-
thy Of our State Council of Christ
ian Education and other religious
leaders Of the state will bring mes.
ssges and lead the discussions that
win have as their purpose the get.
ting Of a clearer picture of the pow
n that is abundantly available as o
result OF the discoveries of science
in rs:ent ycars. Let me urse you to
make plan, to atteI.d wbst vii, I'm
dottbtedly he one of the greatest of
the ANIMAL state Sunday School Con
yentions yet held.
A-O- -
FACTORY FARMING