The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-07-22

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nothingi 'as DR.. Foreman
usual any more. There is no way
nation can crash without taking
many individual lives and much
happiness down with il
Pulling others Down
Out Of the many lessons one can
learn from the downfall OF Judah
and its capital Jerusalem is that
innocent people suffer with The
guilty and because Of the guilty
Not every one in wicked nation
is wicked; some may have been
doing their level best N keep the
nation from gong on the wrong
track Jeremiah is arprime ex-
ample Of this kind Of man An in
spired prophet he had been warn
ing his fellow citizens. for years
as had Ezekiel and other prophets
But in the general disaster be
suffered quite as much as anybody
who was TO blame for the whole
mess Jerusalem was swallowed,
you might say in two bites The
first was in 597 B c when the boy
king Jehoia chin was taken of 10
Babylon there to spend the rest
OF his days as prisoner. Aldng
with the kinglet went the royal
family. the aristocraey, the top
army officers and thousand
skilled workers. Jerusalem and Ju-
dab were left 10 thirq- for
eleven years, stupid, weak men
who ito make hong story shortt
committed national suicide Jere-
miah suffered great ceal At The
hands of these men More than
this he suffered in the final days
of starvation and panic. lOf which
more next week. He was by far
not the frst, last or only innocent
man to suffer in a nation disas-
ter. A good Christian like Niemoel
Ter suffers for Hitler's madness;
. sanity Christian lie KaeAwa
suffers In Japans defeat. even
though both Of them protested
against their nations policies
Pulling others Up
Needless to say, there Is the
other side OF this Just as the in
nocent are dragged down by the
guilty so the guilty are sometimes
protected and benefited by the
good A nation by breaking God
laws pulls down many individuals
who keep Gods laws so far as
a nation that keeps Gods laws
pulls up many individuals who are
quite indifferent TO God Take
America at the present writing, for
instance The picture may have
changed by the time yoi read this
but while il is being written our
nation is at peace, prosperity
blooms on every side, We are one
OF the two most powerful nations
the world has ever seen Who de
serves the credit &oa all Of US,
surely We talk about she heroism
OF our forefathers, in1miEr ants and
pioneers, but we are rot very he
roic We talk about American
smartness and knoW.hrp but how
few Of US know how We point
with pride 10 our vast educational
system and We read the comic
strips We are happy 70 see erosion
brought under control and fertility
restored TO waste land But how
many farmers we're eager for such
q program at frst7 We are proud
OF progress, when IL II had been
left to most Of u.s.. We would still
be stuck In the mud
The Price OF Being Human
The truth is and We cannot be
human race is all tied together
Mankind is made for community
The human race is not like a tray
Of sand. where one grain can bloW
of without disturbing the others
very much II is more like block
Of concrete, move one grain Of
that and il all moves We are hap
by enough 70 be pulled up by the
community or the nation when that
is better than We are SO We have
not too much 70 cry about when
We are pulled down by The com
nunity or the nation when that i.
worse than we are W. can't have
Il both ways We nus not expect
20 BENEFIT from the goodness u our
good nelghhors and at The same
time not be hurt by the badness
0. our bad neighbors Il Is The
price OF being human, hat ne are
bonded together piss countless
others. ard that .*isn .her1 We
mus, otter suffer the severe audg.
rnent Of God
tnAsed or outline. eesyrf-hted by the
piviaion of Christ.an Fac stiSHs Ma
tianai Ceanetf 81 tn shesfh.s .: Christ
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