Time to be born and to die and to plant
A compact meditation quotes scripture and Shakespeare on time as the arbiter of beginnings and endings. The lines honor the changing seasons of life and the inevitable cycles that crown human effort.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1967
Page
4
A compact meditation quotes scripture and Shakespeare on time as the arbiter of beginnings and endings. The lines honor the changing seasons of life and the inevitable cycles that crown human effort.
The United States faces major changes to its selective service law amid rising criticism tied to the Vietnam War. Proposals include nationwide lottery and youngest first calls. President Johnson supports both, while deferments for college students remain under study. Congress plans soon to draft a new framework affecting 18 to 26 year olds and addressing inequities in who is drafted.
The sermon centers on Easter faith with three core Christian doctrines the Incarnation the Atonement and the Resurrection. It proclaims Christ's risen presence offers immortality and comfort overcoming sorrow and death and declares Jesus as Alpha and Omega and King of Kings.
A sermon emphasizes the Resurrection as the source of Christianity and the global church. It honors apostles who faced persecution and martyrs who spread the gospel, arguing that Christ’s rising gave courage to believers to endure peril and toil.
In North Carolina the 1968 presidential and gubernatorial races loom as Democrats weigh their options. Terry Sanford says he cannot back Bobby Kennedy for president, a stance tied to Kennedy’s 1960 break with the state delegation. The piece notes Kennedy’s alignments with Johnson and the party’s tension over Vietnam. It reflects on intra party dynamics as Republicans gain a foothold in Congress and cautions against solitary partisan moves.
A reflective verse about Easter’s blessing and the solace of reunion in a heavenly home. The piece emphasizes enduring love and the absence of pain through faith, mourning a dear friend while celebrating the season’s hope.
The piece reviews John Foster Dulles era decisions and their impact on Eisenhower and Johnson. It cites the So viet-American consular treaty as ending SR isolationism, critiques Dulles agonizing reappraisal, nuclear policy, McCarthy era purges, CENTO, SEATO, and the shift toward US USSR cooperation, noting current limits and legacies.
Morning Easter prayers invoke the risen Christ and reflections on faith while local notices report fundraising success for Heart Fund reaching 12,664 toward 14,000, obituaries for Debbie Sherrod Morrow, and tributes to Maria Benignus O Riordan. Also noted are relocations, a bishop’s Mass, and business plans including a new travel agency branch.
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