The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-06

VIC e TX OPC ans
who came to
settle South
America came to Dr.. Foreman
find gold, but those who came to
North America came to find God.
Is this true? And If it is, could you
guess it from what North Amer
leans spend their time running
after?
What Kind Of God?
Everybody talkin' about heaven
amt goin' there" an old spirit
ual' sings. You might add, Every
body talkin' about God amt his
real friend" With better grammar
we might say that there is lot Of
talk about God, in magazines and
clubs and newspapers and even in
the church, that is no more than
talk. It does not go deep and 1t
means very little. But even when
thing, does it mean the right thing?
We don't want to be pessimistic
about this. We don't mean to ac-
cuse the whole population of being
hypocrites. Nevertheless there is
an appalling lot of loose talk (set
to music sometimes) about God.
GOD FIRST is a noble motto. A
God who is not first is no God But
God first" is noble only if it
means the right kind Of God or
in other words the true God, for
the true God is the only right kind
OF God there is.
Therefore all wrong kinds OF
God are actually no gods at all,
only make believe images carved
out in the minds Of mista X en-
people. For instance, if people sing
about ~the Man. upstairs" they
may think they are singing about
God, but they are not God Is not
4 man, not even an enormous, sky
ffIling man
Rival oeds
It Is not far wrong to say that
whatever 4 person with all his
heart puts nrst that IS God for
him Religious people sing, Praise
God from whom all blessings flow !"
But If We may judge peoples true
opinions by their actions, we may
have to conclude that some people,
II they were absolutely frank about
T. would prefereanother doxology.
They would have revised version
4 would be ~Praise Wealth from
which an blessings how.s Not only
wealth, but pubic opinion. secur-
ity, power, success measured by
height Of tailfins and horsepower
IN the MOTOR may likewise be as
God to those who expect all bless
ing from such things Now a don
b perfectly harmless, indeed It
may be pretty toy. 50 long as Il
is only q dol But # some one gets
hold of . don md sets Il up as a
rod and prays 10 d. that Is i3na-
akry and It b bad So wealth and
success and security ape good
tlrin8x Il is vhen they are set mp
- riva1s to t18e true God dhat dhey
become symbols a sin
hys1ay o.
We hear q god desa about by
6ty o8thR- The fact A every one
v4so IS 4 prufeesed Christian haz
made . pubic vow of loyalty to
God, when be has taken his stand
as 4 member of the church Of God.
Nov what? II that is the end a
II, II be IL seldom Il ever seen u
TIE church again, 4 be can never
Be counted On to share N any good
vnRk, Il be cannot spare even Z
tenth AZ his income for the King
dan At God, then what did his
loyalty oath amount 10? TINS r
Temperance Sunday, and the e
sence Of temperance, Of tbs Chris
tian sort, Is Irving with considers
ton for others, not sef6shly fns
your own comforts. A church
member" who habitually spends
on Injuries whether hquof o
vifatever) for himself, what b
might be sharing for the help d
the needy lin mind. body and
spirit) through an the world V 8
member IN name only. If we really
mean -God First, we mean we IN
tend to obey God first To i've fns
onAaef alone Shows that God Is
After m, Z sk1aa3eR.
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