The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-27

ed life, and he got
it. only it was the DR. Foreman
wrong sort If you had asked him
at first why he was going away.
he would have said, Il want to
live" But he ended in pigpen
The Lost Are All Around
Men and women get lost today
for the same reason They look
for life in the wrong place. Vic
Tins of narcotics. or of alcohol
wanted something more out Of life
ethan they had. and they thought
drink or drugs would help them.
Every patient in an alcoholic
ward is missing somewhere. -
missing from payrolls, from homes
they had OF might have had.
missing from the ports they might
have reached if they had not
made shipwreck of themselves.
And for every patient in some
alcoholic ward there arc great
many others who, though they
may not have gone so far. are
Just as lost. What ought a Chris
tians attitude to be, toward such
people? Surely if Jesus taught
anything plainly, it is that God
does not despisc or hate lost per-
sons, he loves them and does not
want them to stay lost. SO the
Christian who shares the mind OF
Christ will neither hate nor de-
spise the lost people all around
us today.
Prevention Is Better
One of the commonest ways OF
getting lost is through drink. Ev-
erything is done in advertising
and in other ways to make it
appear that you haven't really
lived till you use our old famous
brand" Of expensive alcohol.
Young people need to have the
other side of it shown to them.
not in Don'ts but in Dos. Educa-
tor H. H. Hill Gas adapted in
'Listen"D has put it something
like this. What do you want from
life? Topnotch health? You can't
have it if you drink. A serene,
satisfying, lava hiding life? Not
with liquor for your companion!
Life on the highest moral level?
Not for drinkers and dopers. Do
you want to wake up every morn
ing with a clear head? Do you
want uninterrupted success in a
profession? Do you want to save
money? To be a good driver? To
Z form the habit of meeting your
problems squarely without fuz-
~ mind? Do you want to be able
to enjoy good time without the
danger of flirting with a habit
forming drug? Do you want guar.
anteed immunity to one Of Amer
lea S four most damaging dis
cases? Do you want to be an cx-.
ample of good and not evil for
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nifty? All right. that's living. and
you can't have that kind of living
and the alcohol habit too
Testimonials
Maybe the main reason why the
prodigal son went wrong was that
he listened to the wrong people.
Men can always be found who
can be paid to pose in liquor ads.
How about listening to some free
testimonials on the other Side?.
Ezra Benson. Secretary of Agri-
culture, says: knowing the in
finite JOY and peace of mind which
result from never having used
narcotics. smoked cigarette, or
taken a drink Of liquor or
knowingly profaning the name Of
Deity. | can sincerely recommend
such a course to all" DIR. Kate
! Newcomb. written up in the Read
cr's Digest in juno. 1854, says:
Naturally do not use intoxi-
cants Why start a habit so many
people must break" Lewis Hoad
Of tennis fame speaks for many
another athlete: 1T is hard
enough to get anywhere in life.
without liquor or tobacco hinder
ing ones chances for the future.
Gil Dodds, the track star. says:
God has given me body which
| should not detilc." Do you want
to live? Such people know how.
BASED on outline, copyrtshted by the
| Division Of Christian Education. Ma
| uoral Council Of the Churches 81 Christ
| In the L. =. A. Released by Com m unity