The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-06

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top, - and slice -
OF nelba toast. Il - ~
m trying to re DR.. Foreman
duce. she said The audience
laughed, as well they might Mrs.
Quincy will never get thin il the
nelba toast she eats tops off meals
like that one. A woman who can't
choose to say MO- to what she
knows will make her fat. will al
ways be the wrong size A boy in
school who can't make up his mind
to go out for active sports will
probably turn to be understood
compared to what he might have
been Our choices make us, OF
break us
Gods Scale ond Ours
II is not only our health and
physique il is our minds and souls
too, that grow by right choices,
shrink by poor ones. Everybody.
whether he has thought about II
or not. has a scale of values"
That is. there are some things he
prizes more than anything, others
for which he has little use One
l.,
rare stamp, another man Will give
his last cent to missions. third
will leave his last cent at the race
track The writer's grandfather
was known to have gone without
meals more than once in order To
buy certain books Tell me what
you prize most highly and | viii
tell you what sort Of person you
are But what the Christian wants
to know is How does God look at
it? A jeWeler will not buy gems
without first having them APP
praised by an expert he can trust
Life spreads many a bright spar
y
can we tell the true from the
false? How can we tell how to
value life unless God appraiSes it
for u.s. 50 when Saint Paul, or our
Lord himself, tells us what the
true values in life are, we are only
hurting ourselves if we pay no
attention
All Values Are Reol
Jesus words sharply provoke
thought. end he meant it that way
He clearly taught that things do
not matter in comparison with
greater values such as peace Of
mind and health Of soul But some
people reading the Sermon on the
Mount. have jumped to the con-
elusion that he meant for Chris,
tians TO pay no attention at all to
food and drink and clothing that
If Christian concentrates on the
kingdom Of God he need not give
ordinary things thought Jesus
certainly did not mean to be taken
that way. He himself would ask
for water when he was thirsty He
vas not indifferent to meals, IN
deed his enemies accused him Of
eating too much He did not build
ur a large wardrobe. but he wore
clothes and som times sood ones.
It is only a poor translation Of
Jesus words that makes him say
Take no thought for food or
clothing or for tomorrow What he
said was Do not be anxious, do
not worry about such things What
he means is clear; Christians
should put their greatest energies
OF thought, interest planning and
action into the greatest things
Don't You Won't the Best9
bad means: choosing lower
value in the presence OF higher
So a modern philosopher CUrbahl
has said The tragedy of life is not
that men choose cheap things The
tragedy is that they choose cheap
things when they might have had
better It is no tragedy 10 have
high school diploma-on the COP
trary il is a good thing. But il is
tragedy to have only a high
school diploma if you might just
NJ we'll have gone on to college. Il
l. NO tragedy to be worker on d
farm. it is too bal il the tenant
nIAht have owned the farm by
harder work and better manage
rnent 1t is no ragedy TO be a
clerk; one can serve God any
where But it is a pity before COD
II a man is content to live and
work in some easy corner when he
might have gone into God S great
service as a minister or mis-
sionary Gods question to every
man is not Did you choose the
good? but, Did you choose the
best7
tBAsed on outlines copyrixht.d by the
pieision Of Christian Education Ma
tinnai Council Of the Churches Of Christ
In the T. S. A. Released by Com m unity
Press Service
Middlebury. VT. - Seeing a red
glare behind his barn, Fire Chief