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I ©•5 & to PACE 12 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, IMP tmoE s<uF̂ ~ Cut it out Fabric Sale, October 23rd, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 417 Straford, McHenry. 385-9267. First quality Fall and Winter fabrics, no seconds or remnants. 10-22 GARAGE SALE: 419 Crestwood, Lilymoor. Portable greenhouse, plants, bath fixtures, drapes, winter coats, clothing, much miscellaneous. Oct. 22, 23, 24,25. 10-22-10-24C 3 FAMILY GARAGE SALE Chairs, lamps, clothes, household misc. October 24- 25, 9 to 4, 5017 W. Prairie, Lakeland Park. 10-22-10-24c A "MERE PRESIDENT" October 26,1980 IUv. AIONM Background Scrlpturi: Nehemiah 8 through 9 Davotional Raiding: Matthew 21 33-43. It will not be long after you read this column that this na­ tion will go to the polls to elect a President and a congress, as well as state and local officials. In all likelihood, emotions will be running high and the intens­ ity and despera­ tion with which the candidates will be conduct­ ing their cam­ paigns is likely to deceive some p e o p l e i n t o assuming that it is the Messiah, not a mere pres­ i d e n t t h a t w e will be electing. A "MERE PRESIDENT" I am not demeaning the of­ fice of our President one bit in speaking of a "mere Presi­ dent." What I am doing is try­ ing to set this election in per­ spective, for whether we elect President Carter, Governor R e a g a n o r C o n g r e s s m a n A n ­ derson, what we will be setting is motion is another political administration, not the King­ dom of God! It is an important election, but the fulfillment of our hopes is not riding on it. It will not solve our basic problems. In all due respect to these three men, not one of them can turn this country around. If there is to be a national salvation, it will have to come, not through the political process, but through the consciences of millions of Americans. Only then can the political process take us any­ where. We have let the election pro­ cess bccome twisted and dis­ torted so that all of our energy and interest are invested in electing "the right persons." When the election is over- even before the inauguration --we assume we have done our bit and quickly return to our own interests (something we never got very far from even during the election). Saving the, country has now become the job of the "Right Man" whom we have elected. But it doesn't take very long until* 'Mr. Right" becomes "Mr. Wrong" and we respond by beginning to look ahead to 1984 and the next circus. TELL US. NEHEMIAHI This is what happened in Israel. They had put their hopes in kings, alliances, armies, di­ plomacy and priests. They ig­ n o r e d t h e w a r n i n g s o f t h e prophets to "Repent!" If they had the right king they didn't need to repent. But they never had "the right king." So the people had a terrible price: war, defeat, captivity, the destruction of all they had held precious. Later, when a remnant returned to the Holy City, they were disheartened with what they found. Sensing a need to return to something their fathers had forsaken, they asked Nehemiah to read to them the forgotten command­ ments of God. He did and for the first time in generations, the people of Israel heard what God was saying and realized how far they had strayed, how grievously they had sinned. Yet, through all this hard­ ship they saw that God alone had remained faithful to them and kept his covenant. And if they were to rise up once again as God's people, this would be the first requirement: to return to the Lord and renew the for­ gotten covenant. Unless that comes first, no­ thing else really matters. (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Own ton of Christian Education. National Council ol the Churches of Christ in the U S A Re I by Community Press Service) • • • * The reason truth makes such slow progress in the world is that it is in c o m p e t i t i o n w i t h pretense. • * * * There are times when placing trust in others is the only answer and it works out in a surprising number of cases. You Should Put Your Advertising Dollars Back Into Your Pocket If you're putting your home up for sale, you have two basic choices. One would be to run an ad in our classified section yourself. The second would be to call one of the Real Estate Brokers listed in our section. * A \K J" We suggest that you take the second choice, even though we do appreciate your business. After all, the Real Estate Professionals who do advertise in the Plaindealer are your neighbors. And they're using the most effective advertising media in this area, The McHenry Plaindealer. . • • • <> So when you do call them, please tell them ' • -- you saw their ad in the McHenry Plaindealer. (815) 385-0170 The McHenry Plaindealer 1