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Gambling a Sin?
To the Editor: On the Sun
day editorial by E. A. on gam
bling, I would like to make a
few comments. You asked il
gambling is a sin, Is it im
moral, or ii it harmful? Any
thing that is a sin must be
immoral and harmful. Now
all we have to do is define
ciii. You can get varied def
initions for sin, but the Bible
scholar will use the defini
tion from the Bible. It states
that sin is the transgression
Jrom God's law. We will now
have a disagreement as to
what the law is but I think
here it means the law of love.
Any Christian will agree that
the law of love is the center
of Christianity.
My definition of sin has
provoked many a discussion
and no one has completely de
nied it yet. I can't say that
many completely agree with
me. To me sin is anything
that distracts or takes away
from happiness. Contrary to
many Christian beliefs and
teachings, we were put here
to be happy and not just to
learn to bear the trials and
tribulations of this life in or
der to reap the gains in the
next life.
The only argument that has
arisen is over what is meant
by happiness. Webster defines
it as good luck, prosperity, or
a stake of well being. Web
ster seems to have it centered
around material life, but hap
piness in the Christian as
pect deals with the spiritual
side of life, or in modern
terms we would say mental
stability or atitude. You may
kid yourself about what
makes you happy, but if you
are a vrue Christian you know
the difference between being
happy and monetray pleas
ures. Can you gamble without
causing mental anquish to
yourself or others? The size
or amount gambled is like try
ing to say which is the bigger
sin. One man can afford to
lose a thousand dollars bet
ter than another could lose
one dollar. We all gamble ev
ery day of our lives, but the
sin comes in when we will
fully promote unhappiness in
ourselves or others. The act of
gambling is not a sin, but the
willful losing of money that
can cause mental anguish to
the person, or persons he may
be obligated to, or are depend
ent upon him is.
Creston McNeel,
2987 Delta Waters rd.,
Medford.
sire, and to him that is given
mat snail you minister, there
by shall you gather. But hj
that ministers not those
things, it shall be taken away
and given to him who has,
and he shall be cast out.
OUt because nf this ratlin
and ministprino chaii ,Finfl
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about that what the Lord
said, "Suppose ye that I am
come to give peace on earth?
I tell you, nay; but rather
division: . . ." For this is the
time and the Baptism of
which he spoke. Whosoever
that will offend one of these,
beloved of the Father, it
would have been better for
him that he had never been
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Letting In Air
To the Editor: May I ans
wer the two rebuttals to a
letter I submitted about a
weelr ago? Mr. Hook, Jr.,
claims I abused statistics, yet
he overlooked the fact that
the report covers a nation
wide survey of 287 correct
ional institutions, not only
those in Oregon which I
thought would be interesting
for local readers. May I re
quest a critical response that
analyzes what I said and does
n't refer to a 12 foot pot
hole for statistical crrants in
a 2 foot coverage depth river?
"J. R.'s" comments are,
however, of a different nature
and deserving of a detailed
response. Very true, "J. R.,"
what I said is not conducive
to "unity," yet I felt what I
said needed saying for this
reason: I have noted the soft
approach toward the Catholic
hierarchy. The authoritarian
ism (which the recent editor
ial "stirrings in the church"
says is diminishing) and some
of the medieval concepts,
which I believe are partly re
sponsible for the very sorry
record which the statistics re
vealed, I respectifully be
lieved should be aired.
Unity, in itself, is no vir
tue. Unity with, or in, what?
with communism? with igno
rance? with the free and open
discussion of ideas? with hon
esty? It makes a difference.
Unity, mutual understand
ing, harmony - call it what
you will - is a natural by-product
of free and open discuss
ion, not suppression.
The aforementioned article
quotes Pope John as saying
the recent council was to "let
tome fresh air in the church."
Many of us. including numer
ous Catholics, believe this is
long overdue.
I have no argument what
soever with any individual
Catholic. However, I do sin
cerely feel the hierarchy of
the church, with its oppres
sive authoritarianism, has
done much to bring about the
situation which the statistics
so incriminatingly reveal.
Irving S. Thomas.
Route 4, Box 427G,
Medford.
Beautiful must be the mountains whence ye come,
nna Drigni in tne truitful valleys the streams wherefrom
Ye learn your song:
Where are those starry woods? O might I wander there,
j-i.Muj,s me nuwers, wnicn in tnat neavenly air
Bloom the year long!
Nay, barren are those mountains and spent the streams:
Our song is the voice of desire, that haunts our dreams,
A throe of the heart,
Whose pining visions dim, forbidden hopes profound,
No dying cadence nor long sigh can sound,
For all our art.
Alone, aloud in the raptured ear of men
We pour our dark nocturnal secret; and then,
As night is withdrawn
From these sweet-springing meads and bursting boughs of
May,
Dream, while the innumerable choir of day
Welcome the dawn.
Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
o
To A Bird In My Hand
A drop more to drink and a moment to rest,
Till dizziness fades and the life-throb is stronger;
The fluttering heart in your satiny breast
May trust me to keep you not one second longer.
How can you escape from the dangers that fill
The way you must travel is past my descrying;
And yet you will doubtless return to our hill
With springtime, wee voyager rescued from dying.
Blithe symobl of freedom, whose airy career
Invites emulation, my spirit is winging
Where you cannot follow; already I hear
The orbital song which the planets are singing.
May both of us prosper, now you have flown
You in your element, I in my own!
Robert J. Richardson
(Reprinted by permission of the publishers of DRIFT
WOOD, 110 Savage Creek Rd., Grants Pass, Ore.)
O
A Strange Thing
I found when on an idle quest,
A speckled egg within a nest;
And when I straightway soon forgot,
Of nest and egg I little thought.
When fluting spring again came 'round
I looked and this is what I found:
Upon the bough where was the nest,
I saw a bird with russet breast,
And from his swelling, joyous throat
' There poured a sweet and tender note.
This thing I pondered, deep and long:
How speckled egg could turn to song.
Frank Roberts
Medford
O
The Wind
The wind was in the trees tonight.
I walked a lonely mile.
I saw the stars bedeck the sky
And saw the moon's bright smile
Till clouds came scudding o'er his face
To hide his every beam,
Just as the clouds of doubt and fear
Blot out my every dream.
I drew my cloak around me;
The night was dark and chill.
I heard the sighing of the trees;
The wind would not be still.
But then it blew the clouds away
And left the moon to shine,
Just as the winds of hope and faith
Renew each dream of mine.
Martha Ella Minnick
Central Point, Ore.
born. But whosoever will
give one of these, so much
as a glass of water in the
Lord's name, will receive a
righteous man's reward. For
the time comes that this divi
sion shall be even in a man's
house, where there are five
there shall be three against
two, and two against three.
But suffer those things for it
is well pleasing to God that
you do it. Knowing that the
same word that came unto
you, also came unto them.
But you had love of God there
in you, received it. But came
as a testimony against them.
Now all shall be called as
it pleases God in their ap
pointed time. Hold fast to that
what is good, and don't de
spair, and covet charity as
Paul describes it. Whosoever
you know, wheresoever they
are, that might receive these
j things, write or tell them
i these things, stirring up the
purity of their minds, for if
these things were not true,
would not have written
them. Prayers for them who
minister. Now all praise is
unto God. Amen.
Ted M. Sletten
Route 1, Box 224
Rogue River, Ore.
everybody In all of us. In
these critical days, when auto
mation threatens to throw ad
ditional millions out of work,
we should demand of our lead
ers that they go promptly and
thoroughly about the business
of making our economy mean
ingful to ALL.
There arc, of course, the
fortunate few who have al
ready "made it," and the ma
jority who are still striving to
that end; but what of the
millions who would LIKE to
"make it" but are ruthlessly
pushed aside and labeled "The
Unemployablcs"? To these
last, the blowing of the fac
tory whistles at noon simply
means "it's 12 o'clock" rather
than "time for lunch."
Might it not have been that
his former status of UNEM
PLOYED painter pushed one,
Adolph Hitler, into the idea of
becoming a Feuhrer?
George M. Babcock
427 Hospital dr.
Ashland, Ore.
In Chains
To the Editor: I was very
much surprised at the article
of Mrs. Charles Wulff of San
Angeleo, Calif. Does she not
realize Kennedy must have
the Negro votes to win the
next election?
Here's hoping the South
keeps them away from the
polls election day.
One hundred years ago
they were slaves, today they
call themselves the super
race, tomorrow the whites
may be in chains.
C. W. Corey
P.O. Box 144
Phoenix, Ore.
Damaging Town
To the Editor: I can't under
stand why some, with so much
to lose, are determined the
highway should divide Jack'
sonvillc - ruin it in so many
ways.
Some will ask why I'm so
certain. 1 lived in a town al
most a carbon copy of Jack
sonville - an old town the
first stage stop from San
Diego in days gone by.
Old timers with lots of land
refused to vote the water in.
So the town had stood still
for years. But after their wells
went dry the water had to be
brought in, also sewage. My!
It wa hkp living in the midst
of a whirlwind.
Real estate offices on every
corner, a large shopping cen
ter planned, all buildings
were to be on the western
theme. The couple leasing the
local store were denied a new
lease. The owners decided
they wanted to gel rich. My
neighbors and myself sold our
homes to May Fair stores Inc.,
other friends were getting op
tions on all the land they
could. Then all of a sudden a
highway came through the
town.
If there's any thing a Call-
fornian runs from it's a valley
with a highway through it
(unless he has to live there),
So after five years it's still as
it was before water and sew
age.
May Fair is still paying me
by the month, hesitant to put
more money in the town,
the chances arc it will never
be more than a smelly, noisy
town with cheap housing.
Have the Senior Citizens
given thought to the added
expense to them, in fact every
one, the changes in sewage
and loss In taxes that the pro
posed highway route would
cause?
Have the businessmen giv
en serious thought to the loss
of every day business from
motel and trailer park against
the catch-as-catch-can of the
highway trade?
Building up a good solid
residential town would bring
the most solid trade to local
business.
Adcle Purgason
506 North Oregon
Jacksonville, Ore.
of the enjoyment of the ma
jority of Its people that Uncle
Sam does occasionally have to
step in.
The people of this state
voted soundly against this
asinine law once, but this
wasn't enough for the few
who stood to benefit by
D.S.T., to with the condon
ment and backinn nf nur anv.
crnor they were allowed to
put the pressure on the peo
ple, as we all remember, and
then we were told unless we
voted for what they wanted
we could expect more miser
ies to come. The neatest bit
of disregard of our wishes as
I have ever witnessed.
So now to add insult to in
jury they have decided with
out our votes to extend this
thing another month this fall.
Yet the people narrowly
voted for this last time be
cause they had no other
choice. I find very few who
do not hate it and which it
does not work hardship on
them. ;.
I say unless we can stand
behind our wishes and votes
in spite of the pressures put
on us and be determined In
our decisions then we deserve
all we get. I for one had
rather hive confusion - time
then to give up a principle
and vote for a thing I hate
and see no sense in at all.
(Name on file)
Eagle Point, Ore.
To the Editor: Do not de
spair, all fellow-sufferers, of
this monster they so wrongly
call daylight saving time. 1 I
understand that our Federal
Government has become as j
alarmed at the chaos, con
fusion and general havoc this
has wrought on us nation-wide
that it is being seriously con
sidered to outlaw it in all
states. I suppose when the
states refuse to govern them- j
selves for the betterment I
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To the Editor: Years ago I
read of a group of million
aires to whom was posed the
question, "What is the most
important thing in life?" Var
ious answers were given, but
tne one voted the best-by
rich men, mind you!-was "a
piece of bread."
Give us this day our daily
bread" is still our prayer. But
our economy cannot be
deemed healthy, nor our free-
enterprise system adequate to I
our needs, when we do not
take care of ALL. What is
there to look forward to when
a government official routine
ly announces: "Jobs are going
to be harder than ever to get,
especially for the 5Vi million
new young workers who will
not be going to college be
tween now and 1965"? Must it
ALWAYS take a WAR to
bring about full employment?
Our chronic recessions may
be likened to having the pro
verbial "bull by the tail," and
they could ultimately bring
about the collapse of our
vaunted "way of life." The
fate of our society could well
become like that of a number
of our sailors who, in the hey
day of the dirigible, tragically
fell from the sky when they
instinctively clung to the guy
ropes of a Navy airship that
took off from the ground be
cause of a sudden wind.
Many in our society pride
themselves as "self - made"
men. They forget, as someone
wrote, "No man is an island,
entire of itself; every man is
a piece of the continent, a part
of the main. Any man's death
("unemployment" I would
have written II!) diminishes
me, because I am involved in
mankind."
There is, Indeed, a bit of
Amen
To the Editor: These things
also I have made known, con
cerning this calling, for as
many as have the love of God
shall be called, for many arc
called, but few are chosen,
but to every one that is called
fhall be given, and if Riven,
it Is not by assumption or dc-
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