The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-01
HOPE OF THE FUTURE
Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,
Now faith is the substance Of
things hoped for, the evidence OF
things not seen. For by it the cid
ers obtained a good report. He
brews 11:1-2. These two Vreses.
taken from the eleventh chapter
of Hebrews, have a very great
meaning to us if we will only take
time enough to think them over.
Christ tells us that if we have
faith the size of grain of mus
tard seed that we can chase noun
tains into the sea. None of us
are capable of doing this, so in
deed, our faith must be very
small.
Please don't look upon me as a
elf-brag, but I will admit that
my faith is now far greater than
it ever has been in the past. Had
I not gone through a great spirit
ual rebirth between November 20,
1943 to May 4, 1914, I'm quite
sure I would still be the same per-
son I was this time one year ago.
Due to the fact that I have been
through great spiritual rebirth,
I now possess poems that were
never present in my past life.
AS now have a much greater
faith in God than ever before,
that is the reason I feel capable of
carrying out the following plan
If I can get the proper support,
in years to come I hope to estab-
lish an organization known as
''The American Boys Club, pro-
viding am successful in seeing
my plans through the abbrevia-
ton of an organization will be
''The A. B. c." (American Boys
Club.
Any public spirited American
can see that many of our young
people are growing up to be IL
literates. BY doing so they fail
to get the proper training in early
life, so in later years many of
them become criminals of differ
ent types. If every community
had club house where the young
people could meet twice a week,
isn't it likely that many of these
young people could be trained in
to law abiding citizens?
If am successful in establishing
"The A. B. CO., I will give you a
few of the rules that it will be
founded upon. First of all, let's
see just what the club house will
be like. 1t will consist of three
rooms: the recreation hall, the
work shop and the office. In the
recreation room there will be va
rlous kinds of entertainment, such
as playing games, bowling, wrest-
ling, etc. Carpentry work will be
the main function of the work
shop. Here the boys will be
taught how to do various kinds of
carpenter work such as making
sleds, bird houses, tables, chairs,
etc. The rules and regulations
pertaining to the club will be kept
in the office. Here will be found
the officers. The president will
be head man: Next will come the
vice-president and the lower
ranking officers. Over the en-
trance of the club house will be
a sign which will bear the name,
''The American Boys Club, and
also the name of the community
where it is located. Let's Just
imagine that we have. a boys
club in West Jefferson. The sign
would read as follows: 'The Am
erican Boys Club" West Jeffer-
son, N. G.
Now let's see what some of the
most important rules are, that the
club will be founded upon. The
initiation fee for each member
will be one dollar, and he will be
required to put one dollar in the
club treasury each month. He
will be required to prove that he
earned this money himself. No
profanity of any kind will be per-
mitted in or out of the club. AT
ter six months service with the
club, any member who continues
to use profane language will be
expelled from the club. The meet
ing will begin by someone read
ing few verses in the Bible. It
will continue by each member
saying a few words in prayer. At
ter the devotional, the members
will then be permitted to do what