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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.
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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
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got underway, the die had been
east. President Lincoln had as
sured Omaha’s future.
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