By Harold Fite If the trend continues, 50,000 suicides will have occurred in this country by the end of this year. Ten thousand of this number will be committed by young people between the ages of 15 and 34. Suicide is the second greatest killer among those between the ages of 13 and 19. The rate …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Lotteries
By Herbert Fraser State lotteries are much in the news and have been for some time. Legalized lotteries are not really new. In this nation, they were fairly common in the nineteenth century, the last one was abolished in 1982. State operated lotteries in their present form began about twenty years ago, and have been adopted …
A Look At Church “Officers”
By Robert F. Turner Soon after the beginning of the Lord’s church the concept of church was subjected to change. Instead of being considered a people of God, there was a growing tendency to consider the church an institution of God not simply instituted (as was marriage), but a universal body politic. Perhaps it is impossible …
Announcement and Apology
By Mike Willis The Guardian of Truth is happy to announce that brother Robert F. Turner has agreed to contribute articles to this paper on a regular basis. Brother Turner was born in Scottsville, Kentucky on 3 November 1916. He was married to Vivian Allison on 12 December 1936. They have two children (Barbara Semmelmann and …