The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-08-28

ious Union, and
people who want
It have to deal NJ -
with the Union DR.. Foreman
Or they don't get it
The Bible gives no sort Of COM
fort or support to this twaddle.
The Bible teaches, both directly
and indirectly, from end to end,
that religion is for everybody. No
one has a copyright on it, no one
and no union has a right to build
q fence around it and charge ad-
mission. Religion is absolutely just
as much the concern OF the man in
the street as it is of the man be-
hind the stained glass.
Everybody Needs God
The Protestant form OF the
Christian religion. being based di-
rectly on the Bible, high-lights a
doctrine called "the priesthood Of
all believers" For many Protes-
tants today this expression has
very little meaning. They don't
know much about priests and they
don't want to know more And the
last thing they want is to be
priests. But still it is an important
doctrine. Because once you forget
it. you are all set to slip back into
leaving religion to the preacher or
to your grandmother. or to old
people and children. or to religious
specialists Of some kind
The Bible on the other hand
teaches that true religion is for
everybody on the same basis. There
are three important points here
One: Everybody needs God. The
prophet Jod saw tt;s, * dld ~
the prophets The same disaS&ers-
the same temptations, ths same
troubles and trials, the aAme hopes
and disappointnsents, como in var
ID forms to b sare, but q t1e
csnkSv u nfo thefe ass aaDaJD
theoe neeaB and tHuubSeA
Vhess : ~ Deod - oe67
We were thinking lat week
about refugees Literally millions
of them dream ok just one. thing:
. passport A passport to some
where, anywhere away from t1se
bloody prison that their old com-
try has become. An the refugees
IN one barracks may need pass
ports; but not an can get them
L religion ike this? It b true, al
men need God But suppose the
road to God y barricaded with dlf-
fkculties and techmicalities and 70
quirements without number, hke
the road 10 citizenship IN . free
country! Suppose tte road % God
has . secret Eate7 Happily. thu
- not Tie case. Tho road 10 God
y Ia he heart Return TO me viii
n yum. heazt~ tie prophet 1os1
/ says TOR Goa; 10 oscamicalitieA -
eanhnanhe Elkna2 u xnDe book
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eo-~y one needs CD e
one can ind the roa1 70 God, for d
= within him, Il u tlhe road a III
repemtank returning heant BID
theFs = . t1ird point equally m
portant, and alBo . part Il thu
priesthood a m believe9A@ Tn
third point y that Coos Ideal
Wue3d, the world he vim surely
bring to paza, b one IN which Gods
spirit YIN b poured ont On IN per
sunA. an humanity (which = vial
~aa Aes1e naeamsl- In O8d Iesta-
noenk times most good peoPa>
thought a IL Holy Spirit = d.
tired on1y. far TIE Distinguished
lev. 0ods SpkR would como 20 q
Moses q Z Joaanm, 10 . King Mn
David q . peophst Mn Samuel
But nj, d never, b t1e cnnsoa
nm q vumaM Spirit -dDed peop3e
vsss . smau and Eage company
ne ramk and NE might obey God
from . respected Distance. Tn
ordinary believer no moro expected
lii God b i've WIN him than tn
peivsAe expects De general % b
sitting next him It chow time II
NV Testament shows . different
ptctme. t1he prophecy a Joel \
beng fuldned- ~SpkltnaP .penpaa
u Gods church and Kingdom, A.
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whose hearts prayer = Come, c
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