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ing up in a sexually oriented culture unmatched anywhere else in the world. Sex shrieks at us from billboards. Sex sells soap, tooth paste, deodorants, beer, and electric appliances. Cigarette ads picture teenagers in the grass. 'Cool5 is the caption, but it’s not coolness that the illustration suggests.” In Pennsylvania, a high school principal, tired o f the endless flaunting o f sex, exposing the flesh to entice others, dismissed sev eral girls for a brief period since they had persisted in coming to school with hemlines far above the knee. Indignant parents gath ered together to take a vote on the action. Seven hundred people attended. (Just try to get that many out to stand for something really important.) More than 650 o f them rose to their feet in protest o f the principal’s action. "W hy bother,” is the feeling o f most educators who throw up their hands in disgust. A recent national news magazine carried an article o f para doxical meaning, "Advance Through Obscenity.” (What a ridic ulous and ludicrous thought.) The basis o f the feature was the comment that, in the eyes o f the writer, in perhaps five, but not more than ten, years censorship o f every type, not just in books, TV , and movies, would be a thing o f the past. The Supreme Court o f our land has been o f little help in upholding the true standards o f morality and decency. When will America wake up? When will Christians take an active stand? When will this nation return to her knees? What will it take, complete moral, spiritual, and political bankruptcy and upheaval? Ten years ago, if anyone had said, "America stands facing a great and grave disaster,” we would have said, "Y ou ’re nothing but a crepe hanger.” Yet, today, our leaders know the facts, many o f which are obvious to those o f us who only see what is released in the newspapers. Woodrow Wilson once said, " I would a great deal rather lose in a cause I know will someday triumph, than to triumph in a cause I know will someday lose.” He was right. Too many o f us are afraid to let our voices be heard. We may feel that they will do little good, or we may be embarrassed to let others know where we stand. Either excuse is poor reasoning. We are so intent upon saving our own skins that we allow others to lose their own souls. Conscience is constantly being hardened so that today nothing shocks us anymore. Scripture warns us constantly, and yet, too frequently, we turn a deaf ear. Before we can change this na tion’s course from corruption we must change the lives o f in dividuals through the positive witness o f our Lord Jesus Christ. It is as clearly given to us, as in the long ago to the children o f Israel, " I f my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn, from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Christians, let us not be a part o f the revolution which is gripping the land today. May we fo l low the Bible’s exhortation not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing o f our minds, that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will o f God.
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would you like to put these funds into effective and profitable use ? Then, you should know about MOODY ANNUITIES Christian men and women are often concerned about the matter o f investing their funds. Some do not wish to become involved in stocks and bonds because o f the fluctuation and uncertainty o f economic conditions. But they are interested in se cu rity and an a s su red in c o m e . M oody Annuities meet both o f these requirements. This is what you should know about M oody Annuities: (1) . . . they assure an income up to 9.09 per cent (depending on your age) and this for as long as you live. T o support this guarantee are the resources of M oody Bible Institute. Since plan's inception almost 60 years ago, the Institute has never missed an annuity dividend payment. A nd in addition , this extra dividend . . . (2) your annuity funds are carefully put to work in the great program of M oody Bible Institute, and thus you share directly in the blessings o f this world-wide gospel ministry. m We’ll be happy to send you the free booklet, Double Dividends, which
explains the Moody Annuity Plan in detail. It contains a chart showing income rate for all ages, explains tax benefits and tells you all about the many ministries of Moody Bible Institute in which you’ll have a share.
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