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TIb@ V<s>-n<c® _riBUSmhU WEEKLY _ Dedicated to the oromotion oj the cultural, social end spiritua itte ot a great people_ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Phone 2-4081 It No. Answer Calk 5-7508 ftum« A Shakespeare.....................Advertising and Business Manage! Dorotny Green ................................................ OfBce Secretary Mrs loe Green .Circulation Manage] Heniber of the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association_ Entered as Seeond Glass Matter.. June 9t l#47 at the Post Office at Lincoln. Neorastta undei the Act of March 3. 1879. ___ I year subscription .... $2.00 Single copy.3° Kill 1 OftlAlJS . The view# expressed in theee eolumn* ere those of the writer ana oat necessarily < reflection of the policy of The Voice. - Pub. Responsibility When we want assurance that we live in a world where God’s laws govern, we need look only at the sun as it rises regularly each morning and sets at the close of each day. This regular and stable action of a body clearly beyond the control of man and subject only to God’s way prompted * the Psalmist to write: “When *1 consider the hea.v«ns. the work of thv fingers, the moon and the stare, whi'h thou lias ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him?. . . Thou nas made him but little lower than tve angels and crowned him with glory and honor." The sun conveys the idea of time Eveiy person is exactly equal in his allotment of time. Each one of us has 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Time is God given. Mb dfre can charge the -wmouht available. We can only determine what we will do with the time entrusted to us. The Christian concept places great emphasis on the use of time. The Bible begins in Genesis with the work God did in creating the universe. God j rested on the Sabbath Day. When the commandments were given tc< Moses, one of the ten gave a world-wide rule Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. When Jesus was on earth he kept the Sabbath. Throughout the Christian world the Sabbath is at least partially observed. Sunday was made for man. It was intended as a day when we would worship our Lord. To me of Time If Jesus should walk on earth today, and He found us too tired on Sunday to get up early enough to attend church he would demand an accounting of our stewardship of time. If he \ should hear us say that we are too busy to give the church any time, He would probably call us to an accounting of the time that He has given each of us. Our Master has called us to a life of Christian Service and stewardship, a proper use and accounting of our time. He has said to every one: Watch ve. therefore for ye know not when the Master of the house some th at the cock crowing or in the morning: at evening or at midnight.'' God’s voice speaks as clearly today as at any time through the ages to those who hear. He ; would have us attend the church of our choice regularly each Sunday and use a part of our time every day to advance His kingdom on earth. He would have us be good stewards in the ; use of our time. Letter to Editor Dear editor: Ehclosed please find check for subscriptions to The Voice. There are many interested readers in Trinity and we’re out to get a 1 subscription in every home. Mrs. Bessie Walton Kansas City, Kans. Lexington, Ky., was the scene of 17 harness races or time trials in which a sulky puller covered a mile in two minutes or better during 1950. ; NEB 5 r * IAMBS C. •LiOH * IMtl ■ItTOllCU M«,MT Probably no person has nacre completely captured the imagina tion of Nebraskans and is more firmly enshrined in our traditions than Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we celebrate on Febru ary 12. Our capital city and one of our large counties are named in his honor. His statue by Daniel Chester French, backed by a tablet of polished granite on which the Gettysburg Address is engraved, dominates the west approach to the capitoL As a war president, Lincoln naturally exercised a great deal of influence over the lives of all Americans. Because Nebraska was a territory during the Civil War, the President exercised j much influence over its affairs. All executive and judicial of ficers of the territory, for ex ample, were appointed by the President In the State Histori cal Society’s museum in the state capitol there is displayed a commission re-appointing Alvin Saunders as governor of Nebraska Territory. It is dated April 13, 1865—the date of Lincoln's as sassination—and according to a statement by Mr. Saunders the commission was signed just be fore the President left for the theater in which he met his death. Undoubtedly, though, Lincoln exercised his greatest influence on the development of Nebraska in selecting Omaha as the starting point for the Union Pacific Rail road. Strictly speaking, the Presi dent’s order designated a point, “within the limits of the township in Iowa opposite the Town of Omaha,” as the place of begin ning; and the citizens of Council Bluffs always maintained that their city was the eastern term i inus of the road. Even though the lowans were upheld by the I Supreme Court in that view, Omahans have always contended that their city was the starting point of the road. Be that as it may, Omaha reaped rich rewards from Presi dent Lincoln's decision* and the significance of that decision in the city’s development was rec ognized from the beginning. Ground-breaking ceremon i e s were held in Omaha on December 2, 1863—the very day that word of Lincoln’s decision was received. Tn less than an hour after re ceipt of the telegram, a commitr tee on arrangements was ap pointed, and by two o clock in the afternoon, a crowd of 1,000 had assembled at the place where the ground was to be formally broken. Though it was to be many months before actia^ construction i "■■■—— . ^vl got underway, the die had been east. President Lincoln had as sured Omaha’s future. ---—;- "I UJUIVU icgu larly^ and take part in its work. I If WE BUY, SELL & IS TRADE USED GUNS! I r' Prices Paid. ROYAL JEWELERS V 143 North 12th ;-IMHi &fMMHHfi Bmm f J" i I Your City Light Department | UabtnlinsiA $oa fcuoAijnnsi! 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