Sermonette on Loving Enemies from Matthew Passage
A Biblical passage urges love for enemies and prayers for persecutors. It contrasts common sayings with a higher command to bless, do good, and forgive those who spitefully use you.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
4
A Biblical passage urges love for enemies and prayers for persecutors. It contrasts common sayings with a higher command to bless, do good, and forgive those who spitefully use you.
The Senate trims the lending spending bill by 850 million dollars amid House sentiment to kill it outright. Restrictive amendments aim to shield private enterprise and block political contributions. The $475,000 miners union advance linked to John L. Lewis is cited, with doubts about the bill's effectiveness and overall debt impact.
A neatly designed booklet titled Kansas was prepared by the Kansas poultry industries committee for the seventh World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. It covers poultry growing and marketing in Kansas along with livestock dairying wheat bluestem pastures corn and forage crops mineral wealth transportation industries climate and scenic views plus a slice of Kansas history.
The Wellsville school board proposes to meet district competition by using two buses to transport students to and from the Wellsville high school. The plan targets tuition competition as districts lure students with transport. The move reflects a broader statewide debate prompting legislative attention.
A brief line notes that someone was called to it and may respond again, hinting at recurring duty or need without detailing events or individuals.
Clif Stratton notes liberal factions insist on calling names and using must. Republicans enjoy the moment while Democrats fracture. F D R and T R are described as Rooseveltians. 1940 hints favor Wheeler as a dark horse, with Farley or Garner unlikely picks.
WPA will continue with current rolls as orders to drop veterans after eighteen months are cancelled. Full effects of pending congressional action are deferred, postponing anticipated economies. The delay prevents immediate administrative shakeups and disruption to beneficiaries.
The passage notes President Roosevelt has trouble getting his bait accepted not only when after marlin spearfish but in other situations as well.
Colorado faces a drought and tight water supply. Officials choose to prioritize the tourist industry, which brings 83 million dollars annually, over farmers who need irrigation water. Eastern slope farmers suffer as mountain reservoirs stay full to protect fishing and recreation profits.
A South store tricked a youth buying cigarettes by presenting a misleading bill of sale. The piece critiques business overhead and hidden taxes as burdens on profit.
London report says Ramon Serrano Suner, Franco's brother-in-law, shapes Spain's future as interior, press and propaganda minister. Suner, head of the Falangists, pushes a Nazi-Italian model while two factions vie for power after the civil war.
A collection of public remarks by Dr Frank Buchman Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia Dr John Stewart Burgess Yale Dr John P Peters and Rep Roy Woodruff. The statements touch on moral rearmament freedom of speech anti Semitism modernization and government debt in a period of social tension.
Billy Scrivner twenty year old worker at a feed mill suffered the loss of his left arm after being caught in a power belt. He was taken to a Newton hospital for treatment.
State forestry fish and game commission announced work will begin soon on the Leavenworth county state lake project near Tonganoxie. Also named were the first class of Summerfield Scholars with ten boys listed and 174 men in preliminary exams 19 in finals. Family trips and community notices follow including a pioneer party reenactment and local appointments and births.
Thirty years after declarations of war the London front is massing armies while actual clashes are not yet registered. Chicago wheat markets show instability with a nine cent rise and four cent fall in successive days. Water plant pumps start, wells tested in North Lawrence, and residents plan extended visits with several regional residents traveling between Chicago Topeka and St Louis.
At a Charlotte scene of a severe car crash July 31 a ventriloquist voice echoed from a ditch as police and bystanders worked the wreck. The speaker was later identified only as the ventriloquist and was not named.
Salina Kansas July 3 UP City Commissioner M L Mitchell 78 died here Saturday from a heart affliction. A retired assistant postmaster and former Salina school board member he suffered a heart attack weeks earlier while visiting son Herbert H Mitchell in San Francisco Calif The widow a son Walter R Mitchell two daughters Mrs F E McCollister Blackwell Okla and Miss Helen Mitchell Salina survive
Police investigated a report of a naked child found in a yard. A 2 year old Black baby was found unclothed. the mother promised no repetition. No further details given.
Miss Ida Steele was surprised by a group of young people last night and will depart tomorrow for Zuni New Mexico to resume work at the Indian school there. Mrs Loren Hunter entertained the Helianthus club today. In Topeka forty three life certificates were issued by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction including Miss Mary E Brown and Miss Orpha G Kight of Lawrence.
Professional cards list physicians and a dentist among local names. Rev Betts preaches at First Methodist, Sears receives Clara Barton Red Cross letter, Augusta Flintom hosts friends, Hazen builds a new Ohio Adam residence, Innes travels with Weiser to Galveston New York and Canada, children die of membranous croup, Olive Brock returns from California National Teachers meeting.
On the Brune brothers farm near Lake View in Douglas county a new sprinkler system replaces ditch irrigation to water rye wheat Sudan grass and expanding cabbage fields. The 18 acre cabbage plot nears maturity without irrigation while six acres on level ground are flooded. A 1 000 gallon per minute well and a 670 gallon per minute pump power the system enabling up to 16 sprinklers with water supplied from a portable unit built from an old car and a used eight cylinder motor. The brothers plan to expand irrigation across more land as drought protection and market prospects improve in eastern Kansas.
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Linda faces a moral conflict between love and friendship as she contemplates an affair with Jimmy Cooper while accompanying Marcia to a wedding at Pensacola. The scene reveals Navy life, cadet tensions, and Linda’s resolve to return home without hurting Marcia, setting up a dramatic continuation.
The Family Doctor notes that eight glasses of water daily support hydration in heat and that warm water satisfies thirst as well as ice water. Large amounts of very cold drinks can cause temporary stomach cramps, but no major health danger exists. Ice is uncommon outside the United States and chilling drinks is a habit rather than a health requirement.
Radio listings show WREN KMBC and WDAF programs across 5:30 to midnight with musical orchestras led by Orrin Tucker Natl Radio Forum and The Shadow plus Blondie and Amos n Andy. Weather forecasts and newscasts appear late night while various dance orchestras perform throughout the schedule.
Valley Chapel invites all to an ice cream social on Wednesday evening August 2 in the church yard with a program and homemade treats. Various local residents are noted visiting, picnics, and a public sale on Thursday August 3 at 10 oclock as Mrs. O O Eudaly moves to town.
A resident has been confined to home for five weeks with a broken leg just above the ankle and is now able to move about slightly with crutches. The article lists numerous visits from relatives and friends including Mrs. Sick of Kansas City and Mrs. Mary Thome, with social activities such as a birthday party for Eva and a Jelly Stitchers club meeting. Several families from Lawrence Topeka and nearby towns are mentioned as visiting or hosting.
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