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We welcome the following youngpeople as new communicant members ofour church: Deanne Fountain, BarbaraKilgore, Connie Kilgore, Janie Humphreys,Robert Humphreys, and Eddie Wilkey.This followed many weeks of "Bible studyclasses.Kara Dawn, four-month-old daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Marlin McFarland,received the sacrament of baptism as acovenant child at the evening worshipservice on May 9, by their pastor, Rev.Paul Faris.Mr. and Mrs. Willis Edgar attendedthe Kansas State University graduation atManhattan when their granddaughter,Nancy Edgar, daughter of Robert Edgars,graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S.Degree in Education-English Department.Only six graduates out of almost threethousand received this honor. Mr. andMrs. Dean Fountain and family and MissLulu Tippin also attended.Miss Blanche McCrea, from ourHome in Pittsburgh; has been a houseguest of Mrs. Reah Mathews and Miss EldaPatton, while attending Sterling CollegeCommencement week. She was here toattend the reunion of the graduating classof 1921, which was also honored at theAlumni Banquet as the Golden Age Class.Our pastor. Rev. Paul Faris hasannounced his resignation to accept apastorate at Lisbon, New York. Mrs. Faris,a registered nurse, has also resigned herposition at thje local hospital. It will be abusy summer for the Farises as their sonDavid, graduates on June 8 from GenevaCollege with a degree in Business Administration,and will be married to JerriLong, in Lafayette, Indiana on July 10.Daughter, Eileen, is to be married to Mr.Larry Falk, July 30. The Farises plan tomove early in July. His 14 years hererepresent a record of tenure at the SterlingR.P. Church. Their labor and willingparticipation in community and churchaffairs will be missed by their many friendsand neighbors.Dr. Roy Adams, head of theChemistry Department at Geneva College,was a guest speaker during our morningservice, May 16. Dr. Adams and familywere here to attend the Sterling CollegeAlumni Banquet where he received anAward for Outstanding Achievement in hisrespective field of chemistry. Dr. Adamswas 1940 graduate of Sterling College. Hisparents were also Sterling graduates.The CY held a Polaroid CameraScavanger Hunt and picnic at the SterlingLake for their May party under thedirection of their sponsor, Harry Wilkey.The young people were divided into threegroups to go in three cars to take picturesat certain places, with certain people, andunder set rules. Harry Wilkey was judge ofthe winning group. A good time was enjoyedeven if they did take turns sitting inthe police car with our local policeman—just for a picture! ,Mr. and Mrs. Joe McFarland, Bill,Kathy, and Matt from Topeka werewelcome visitors of our church on May 16.They were _guests of her father. Mr.Robert Dill of the Presbyterian Manor.Mr. and Mrs. Van Wilkey and babydaughter were surprised by a group fromthe church who paid a late evening call andleft a Welcome Home Gift for them. Vanand his family are making iheir home inSterling following his military service in theAirforce and tour of duty in Vietnam. Vanis the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wilkey.ORLANDO, FLORIDARev. lames Wright, MinisterOn New Year's Eve we gathered atthe Church for an evening of entertainmentand fun. After a short programa Christian movie was enjoyed by all.We have enjoyed the fellowship ofmany friends this winter. Mrs. W.R.Whiteof Almonte, Canada, did not arrive untilJanuary because of the illness of her sister,Mrs. Morton. The Misses Sarah andDeborah Archer of our Broomall, PennsylvaniaChurch spent part of Decemberand January in Bradenton, Florida withtheir brother, coming up on Sabbath toworship with us. In February they movedhere and stayed with Mrs. W.M. Robb. Weenjoyed their fellowship. Mrs. BethZimmerman of Enid, Oklahoma spent twomonths with her nieces, Nanna Terry andClaraBell Worsham.Visitors who were here for a Sabbathwere Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Caskey, Artesia,New Mexico; Donald White, Vinita,Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chestnut,Leesburg, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. FosterMcClintock and Mr. and Mrs. VirgilStone, Sr. of Bloomington, Indiana; Dr.and Mrs. P. D. McCracken of Gibsonia,Pennsylvania; Mr. and Mrs. BruceBackensto of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Joseph, Hopkington,Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Long and family,Lafayette, Indiana; Mrs. K. V. Arents.Montclair, New York; Mr. and Mrs. JackMorton, Almonte, Canada; Mrs. and Mrs.Don Mulliniux, Indianapolis, Indiana andhis parents of Port Orange, Florida; Mr.and Mrs. George Henning and Mr. andMrs. David Fenchel, J. W. Patterson,Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and PaulCopeland, Syracuse, New York.This nas been a cold winter,especially for Florida. Freezing temperaturesoccurred on January 20 and 21causing damage to our citrus, both fruitand trees. Many of our members who owngroves suffered damage, especially to theyoung trees. We had frost again inFebruary but not cold enough to damagethe groves; however,it did hurt some ofthe vegetable crops. We had a cold, dryspring but are thankful that aroundOrlando we had a good rain the first weekin April and again the middle of May, thussparing us from too much dry weatherdamage.Bob Terry, who had been stationedin Vietnam for almost a year, returnedhome in January. We are thankful for hissafe return and glad that he has found workin Orlando so that he and his family canworship with us.James Tacey entered the Navy inJanuary and was stationed at Orlando forhis basic training. He finished his basic andis now stationed at Gulfport, Mississippi.Byron Vogt is stationed on the USSEnterprise and will be sailing around June20 for six months.Our minister. Rev. James Wright, ispreaching a series of sermons on "TheSermon on the Mount." These messagesare interesting, enlightening, helpful, andapplicable to our daily living.Rev. Mr. Wright's parents, Dr. andMrs. R. P. Wright, of Kansas City, spent aweek with their son and daughter-in-law.Mrs. Wright's parents spent a short timewith them.We are happy that Mrs. DorothyVogt, who had surgery, is almost well againand able to be in her regular place at ourservices.A combination fellowship supper andspring thank offering meeting was held atthe church on Friday, February 19. Ourspeaker was Mr. T. M. Edgar from ourMission in Cyprus. He gave an interestingtalk bringing us up-to-date on the happeningsand events in Cyprus.Mr. and Mrs. George Dube and theirseven children of Wauchula, Florida havebeen coming to our services since the earlypart of January. On May 9, Mrs. Dubejoined our church. We welcome her andher family into our fellowship.Mr. Joe Worsham, who is teaching inRochester, Pennsylvania, and his fiancee,Miss Donna Kubitz, of Beaver Falls, werehere during Easter vacation. They plan anearly June wedding.Mr. and Mrs. Roy Leino, their twolittle girls, and an exchange student fromHetherton, Michigan were here duringEaster vacation. They spent part of theirtime in the W.E. Dill home and part inMelbourne with Jay and Mary Worsham.Our spring communion was held onMay 9 with Rev. Jack White, Dean ofReligious Services, Geneva College, as ourassistant. Rev. Mr. White preached onThursday and Friday evenings as well as onSabbath. His messages, centered around"faith," were interesting and an inspirationto all of us.JUNE 16, 197115
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Patton of VeroBeach and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Robinsonof Palm Beach, worshiped with us oncommunion Sabbath. We are always happyto see these friends and welcome them toour services.Rev. Kenneth Smith, who was in theSouth, came down to Orlando on Wednesday,May 19. He spoke to us at prayermeeting, telling us of his work, why he wasgoing to Ireland and giving us interestingand stimulating thoughts about our presentworld situation. We enjoyed seeing himeven for a short time.AVOIDING SPIRITUAL MYOPIATwo factors, composition andperspective, enter into our understandingor perception of any situation. Perspectivehas to do with arrangement of theelements, particularly those which areplaced in the foreground and emphasized,and those which are placed in thebackground and de-emphasized.One advantage of studying history isthatit provides perspective for evaluatingcurrent events.The story is told of a rock-ribbed MaineRepublican who was deeply concernedduring the famous election of 1896 lest the"radical," free-silver advocate, WilliamJennings Bryan, might be elected presidentand the nation led to disaster.It so happened that the Republicanwas a guide and was leading a party ofscientists on a trip through a wildernessarea of northern Maine. One eveningaround the campfire, a geologist wastelling of the millions of years that hadcome and gone throughout the geologicaleras.Suddenly the guide, unable torestrain himself as the vast vistas of theages unrolled before him, blurted out,"Well, I guessit doesn't make too muchdifference whether Bryan is elected ornot!"Exactly! Perspective made thedifference.One of the evidences of growth inChristian maturity is the cultivation of thedivine perspective. Concerning this, theApostle Paul declared, "We are askingGod that you may see things, asit were,from his point of view by being givenspiritual insight and understanding" (Col.1:9, Phillips).Dr. J. B. Chapman occasionallycommented on the fact that the saintsalways have a faraway look in their eyes.They are not living merely for this life'sshort days. They perceive life and they livewith eternity's values in view. Suchspiritual perspective has great value increative meeting with the problems andfrustrations of everyday living.16Consider this unusually helpful andchallenging statement by Dr. Chapman:"Since God is eternal and I am immortal Ican wait. If others are chosen in thecurrent elections, there is still plenty oftime for me. If others push in and get theirhire, I can wait until my inheritance isgiven. There are too many tomorrows forme to accept as final any slight or failure ordefeat that may come today."To cultivate the divine perspectivewill help us recognize and hold to thosevalues which ultimately matter most andwill endure forever. We will be able to linkour little lives to the great ongoing purposesof the eternal God. The result will becourage and confidence in every testingsituation.In the dramatic episode recorded inII Kings 6:15-17, Elisha's servant sufferedfrom spiritual myopia, or nearsightedness.Elisha diagnosed the condition, and heprayed that the servant's spiritual eyesmight be opened. The prayer was answered,and the young man saw things, asitwere, from God's point of view by beinggiven spiritual insight and understanding.The divine perspective was a key toradiant, victorious living for him. It will befor you and me, too.—Paul T. Culbertsonin Gospel HeraldYOUR LAST DAY ON EARTHA woman once asked Wesley,"Supposing that you knew that you were todie at twelve o'clock tomorrow night, howwould you spend the intervening time?""How, madam," he replied, "Why just as Iintend to spendit now. I should preach thisevening at Glouchester, and again at tentomorrow morning; after that I should rideto Tewksbury, preach in the afternoon,and meet the societies in the evening. Ishould then repair to friend Martin'shouse, who expects to entertain me,converse and pray with the family as usual,retire to my room at ten o'clock, commendmyself to my Heavenly Father, lie down torest, and wake up in glory." What wouldYOU do?—SelectedNOTICEChange of address July 1, 1971Rev. Robert A. HenningOakdale, Illinois 62268All correspondence for the Board ofForeign Missions should be sent to thisaddress, since I will continue as theExecutive Secretary.R. A. HenningCOVFAMIKOI FAMILY CONFERENCECovenant CollegeLookout Mountain, Tenn.August 7-13, 1971Theme: "Walk Ye In Him "Featured Speaker (Aug. 10-12): Dr. JayWestminster Theological SeminaryRates:Adults (2 per room)Youth (Dormitory rooms)Children (5-12)Children under 5Registration and insurance fee:($3.50 after August 1st)Adams$48.0034.0024.00Free$3.00For registration forms or more information, write or call:Bill Finley508 N. James St.Sparta, 111. 62286Tel. 618-443-2844COVENANTER WITNESS
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OLUME LXXXVI NO. 1 JANUARY 6, 1971
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THE COVENANTER WITNESSOfficial orgr
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Glimpses of the Religious WorldRev.
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REV. J. PAUL WILSON WRITES:Nicosia,
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Students ElectedTo "Who's Who..."Tw
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George Gillespie's View ofThe Media
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The Children'sPrayer Brings A Lost
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a father, will he give him a stone?
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NOTICE OF CALLOn November 22, 1970,
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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENTTHE WHITE
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our services. Dr. Felker has been a
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Home for the Aged in Hot Springs."
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an aid to missions. In country afte
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How Safe Are You:Rev. D. Howard Ell
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The Children's CornerFounded on fac
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great sinners and so they repented
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NOTICE OF CALLOn the evening of Jan
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IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING!Paul Speiche
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IN HOSPITALMiss Mildred Blair of th
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Used his Talents Aright.The owner o
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winepress in it, and built a tower,
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study group is being held every oth
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The Ethics of EvangelismIn a world
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The Ethics of EvangelismRev. Donald
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One of the Principles of the Reform
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Urbana '70 CommunionRev. RobertAlmo
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CHRIST'SGARDENALCOHOL. THE IGNORED'
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Lesson Helps for the Week of May 2!
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will shine." Christians are often j
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VOLUME LXXXVI NO. 15 APRIL 14, 1971
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When Sorrow ComesRev. Robert McMill
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is love. Jesus loves us and seeks t
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news, however, the Good News of God
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News From Our Mission FieldsLarnaca
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Faith Of Our FathersWhen we speak o
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The Christian Home — A WitnessMrs
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1. The Minutes of Synod, 19702. The
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The Way of SalvationTHE BASIC ISSUE
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The 1970 Action of SynodIt is good
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God Is GoodThe Psalmist cries out,
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The Peace of GodPeace in the home,
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