The Bethlen Home Messenger, 1998 (1-2. szám)

1998-12-01 / 2. szám

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Amidst all this, and above all, God's plan and purpose in the preaching of the early missionaries, calling all souls to repentance and a new life in Christ proclaimed an eagerly embraced message of brotherhood and reconciliation in a hopeless, morally bankrupt cauldron of humanity. The road from the Manger of Bethlehem to the marble colonnades of imperial Rome was one unprecedented victory march of salvation.------------------------ * -------------------------Today, 2000 years later? - We Christians also read the news from every corner of the Earth, - now popularly called our Global Village. And we behold the promoters and profit-hunters, eating the first bitter fruits of their Global Economy, producing more slaves of the Mammon than all the ancient empires ever did. Yes, we, too, shudder seeing the very real sceptre of an all-annihilating Armageddon, a final cataclysm in which there would be no victors, only victims. God, and God alone, knows the next chapter of history. We have but one task, and this we do: to give Him all the glory - and not to any sinful man. Then, and only then can we hope to live in peace and enjoy the blessings of good will among men.------------------------ * -------------------------PRESENTS FOR PATIENTS DONORS

"Many Thanks" to those who recently participated in the Presents for Patients program this year. Your donations will help to make many residents' Christmas a special one. God Bless You for sharing the true spirit of Christmas.

Corena Stiffler

Joan Luff

Donna Hinkle

Sam and Louise Vespremi

D.A. Harrold

Margaret Balder

Cornelia Mecs

Nancy Flickinger Hagopian

Fay Cochran

Connie Hails

Chick Cicconi

M. Schober

James W. Clark

Elizabeth Hamilton

Lloyd Santmyer

Louise Mitchell

David Gross

Dorothy Preuhs

Norma Thomas

Thelma Iscrupe

Gertrude Gibas

Janet Hoffer

Linda Hauck

Mary Jane Shaw

Suzanne Virgulák

Mary Lou Murphy ^ ^

Mr. and Mrs. John Gallo

Charlene Reed

Barbara Ruhl

t Pete Picadio

Marshal Schober

PRESENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. Szymkowiak

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Mr. and Mrs. James G. Wilhite

PATIENTS

NEW YEAR'S EVE REVERIE

Tonight I would be quiet for awhile,

No raucous horns, no screeching jubilee Only by firelight now review the file Of hoarded treasure held in memory.

All of the rich year's golden store, the brief Bright moments, and the deeper tones of pain Stand out against the embers in relief.

Hold close the year that will not come again.

Then on the living ashes still aglow,

Another log, a leaping tongue of flame,

And all the unknown way that we must go Is warmed and lighted as the way we came.

Builders of dreams, we hold these moments dear... Magic...enchanting. This might be the year!!