The Cedarville Herald, Volume 70, Numbers 1-26

TheCedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER, JR. Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter October 31, 1S87 a t the Postof­ fice a t Cedarville, Ohio, under Act of Congress of March 1879. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valley Press As­ sociation. The Editor..Edits We’ve just been trying to fig­ ure whether the National Broads casting company was really mad a t their comedians when they cut Fred Allen, Bob Hope and Rad Skelton off the air last week or whether* they just wanted a little publicity. Either way they got plenty of publicity out of the affair and ro doubt gained thou­ sands of listeners for their funny men. Best of it was when Allen turned down NBG’s offer to be­ come an honorary vice president. He said it would take too much time. If we dare open our trap about this it’ll start in raining but up to the time we wrote this it looks like the weather profits were right when they said the rains were over. According to them we had all of th a t fog on Friday morning that the rains would be over. The only thing we are afraid of is that like the old saying about all signs failing in dry weather maybe true when it comes to wet weather too. Re­ member a few years ago when they were trying to get farmers to build ponds on their land. I f they had just waited until this spring nobody would have had to have gone to any expense. Every farm had a pond the last few—'Weeks in fact to drive thx*ough the country you’d have thought that was all they had. Personally we never cared for tha t many May Flowers. Buck Eye, this department’s Columbus correspondent, comes up with this. We here at the state capital were hoping to get a look a t the Cedarville college baseball team last Friday when they were to come up here to play State’s JVs, but Jup Pvilvius . and the ball fields along the banks of the Olentangy would have been much more suit­ able for water polo than baseball. The last Sunday in April as usual has le ft the country in its annual state of confusion. Day­ light savings time in the eastern parts of every time zone goes into effect on that date every year and always plays havoc with everybody’s timepieces. We in Ohio can count ourselves fort­ unate that we’re not affected ex­ cept when it comes to the time of that favorite radio program. But since the war we have learned to appieeiate the troubles of those who’s time is effected. The year’s round of labor and management seems to be getting . % over much smoother than a t any­ time since the war ended. The steel and auto workers and the folks they work for have got to* gt ther without any lost time and the gov’ment seems to have John L. pretty well under control since his round with the courts. So the only inconvenience has been the telephone strike as fa r as the public has been concerned. John L. did get that fine re­ duced finally, but Judge Golds- borough told him he’d have ta behave himself or he’d take it away from him again. No doubt the Cincinnati Red’s ball fans were hopping mad the other day when one of the Queen City paper came out with a screaming headline that some figure with a whole string of Os following it would be used to fight the Reds. I t recalled to us tha t the day following the te r­ rific beating the Reds had taken a t the hands of the Yankees in the 1939 world series a Cincin­ nati paper carried the headline “Reds Sign Latvia and Esthonia.” Some wise crackifig sports winter wanted to know if they could hit. The move to cut retail prices through the country is gaining momentum. But until the manu­ facturers cut there prices we figure that it won’t do a lot of good. Although it might make some of the boys that have been marking their goods fo r all they think the traffic will bear come down to a normal markup. Carl E'oright, Columbus Dis­ patch legislature writer, says the boys a t the state house hope to adjourn sine die by the middle of July. There are four major pieces o f legislation before them and two more to be introduced later. They arg the appropriations bill, soldiers bonus, aid to local page Two_________________ governments and aid to school. The two coming up are the addi­ tions and betterments bill and the sundry claims bill. We’re going to have to some­ thing about the Cincinnati En­ quirer. During the baseball sea­ son we always like to read all the ball scores and glance over the game (the funny papers too) be­ fore getting down to the real work of day, but with Nelson not getting Frank's copy to us till about 9 it sure messes up the morning. Friday, May 2, 1947 The Cedarville, O. Herald BUY VICTORY BONDS Improved ' Uniform International j SUNDAY 1SCHOOL LESSON- : - Ev HAROLD L. WTHOQUIST, D. D. | Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western N cwsdupm Union, Lesson for May 4 Lesson subjects an d S cripture texis ee- t j lected and copyrighted by In.err.atu>nal : ■ Council of R eligious E d ucation, used by . perm ission. SOURCES O F NATIONAL CONFLICT LESSON TEXT—1 Kings 12:1-5. 12-1S, j 19. 29. , N MEMORY SELECTION—A matt s Priua j shall bring him low: but he that is of a ■; lowly spirit shall obtain honor.— Proverb3 ■ 23:23. ASK Y O U * P K U 0 0 1 S T UMCM8C1THlSt* SATISFACTION GUARANTIED OX MONEY REFUND© Un4 3« fttampf* TRIALSIZE»*ft*ADURJKA CO* Peot.4. H. Faul l, MI ab . “He did evil, because be pre­ pared not his heart ta seek the Lord”—this is the divine epitome of the life of Rehaboam the king as given in II Chronicles 12:14. The destiny of the people hinged on the choices of their ruler, so they went down into confusion and sin because of his bad leadership. Here wo have magnified anew the great importance cf making right decisions for ourselves and far their influence on others. Life is full of choices, and the decisions we make determine our destiny both in this life and in the life to come. Since the great issues of our life may hinge on the sim­ plest of choices, it is obvious that we need guidance at every point and in every moment of life. The picture before us is astonish­ ingly up to date, People wore cry­ ing for relief from tax burdens. One group of leaders counseled modera­ tion; another group said in effect, tax them all you can and keep on spending. The king, who in a mon­ archy had the final decree in his power, replied to the plea of the people with sarcastic indifference to their need, and the ten tribes revolted. I. A Friendly Request (vv. 1-3). Governments exist, for the people, not the people for the government. Political leaders seem to forget this axiom and begin to rule as though they need not listen to the reason­ able pleas of the people. Tax bur­ dens rise, regimentation of the life of the nation takes place, and sooner or later the people rise to overthrow the government. It hap­ pened in Rome; it was back of the French Revolution; it brought an uprising of the serfs, of Russia; it can and will happen elsewhere if men who rule do not listen to reason. Rehoboam made at least one wise decision—to wait three days before speaking and to seel: coun- seL He needed this, for having been brought up in the palace of Solomon without proper training for his place as king, he was quite unable to make immediate answer to their request. Incidentally, we note that much of the folly of Rehoboam is chargeable to the neglect of his father to rear him properly. May that terrible thing never be said about you and me regarding our children. n . An Arrogant Refusal (vv. 12* 15). The picture of the two groups of advisers is a most graphic one and should afford the teacher an excel­ lent opportunity to shew young people especially, haw important it is to heed the counsel of their elders. Even so, youth stands today At the fork of the road. Let us in all kindness, love, and tact seek to help them choose the right way. Note the arrogance and pride of the young men and their king. They were not content to make a simple denial of the reqirest. They did not ; have sense enough to temper the j bitter disappointment of the people I by an expression of regret. No, they j had to use the foolish whip cf caus- j tic words and harsh judgments— j what folly! Let us learn a needed j lesson from their failure. j HI. The Inevitable Revolt (vv 19, 20). There is a limit to what men and women can bear—an end to their patience and their loyalty. People, long submissive, ulti­ mately *come to the point where they think, and when they do, dicta­ torial rulers tumble from their self- made thrones. Would that the people of the earth realized the power which they have and that they would use it for the glory of God. Rehoboam: felt the power of the people who revolted, others have followed him, for it is still true in the world that the rulers “do evil” because “they prepare not their hearts to seek the Lord.” Rehoboam, who had awaited the arrival of this crucial hour in antici­ pation of taking his place as the king of the ten tribes, was ready, and was at once chosen as the leader of these who withdrew from the rule cf the house of David. Rehoboam’s sin brought this about, but it was also in the counsels of God (v.15). Is it not a comforting thought to recall that back of fee confusion ■which men have created in their efforts to rule the world, God stands in. the shadows watching, watching and waiting for that day when the Prince of Peace, his Son and our Savious, is to come as King of kings and Lord of lords to reign forever and ever. Blessed day! 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