Signs of the Times

with contributions from John C. Bailar

From a column
in The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star
Cincinnati, Ohio

May [a Pittsburgh woman's] words cheer you as they did me.

"Several years ago my husband and I sat down together and read the Ten Commandments and discussed their meaning. We decided to try harder to live by them.

"When our little boy was seven we taught him to say the Commandments. We also taught him that he will have to go right on learning more and more about their meaning for the rest of his life. Every once in a while I check to make sure he remembers them. ...

"I think we could work wonders if each of us would make a real effort to live by the Ten Commandments and use our influence to see that as many youngsters as possible learn them early in life.

"We all need definite rules especially in moments of temptation. It is just fine for PTA groups and youth groups to set up codes of behavior, but ... we [should] learn and use the rules set up for us by God.

"I'd like to point out, too, that in our house, 'Thou shalt not kill,' means that we do not watch television programs that feature violence and murder. 'Thou shalt not commit adultery,' means that we do not read nor take into our home any questionable literary material."

Dr. John C. Bailar, Jr.
as reported in the
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago, Illinois

A scientist told more than 2,000 Presbyterian laymen and clergymen ... that the hope for eternal life lies not in the advancement of science but in the principles of living laid down by Jesus Christ.

"We've seen so many miracles in the last 20 years that, as a scientist, I'm a bit disenchanted with miracles," said Dr. John C. Bailar, Jr., University of Illinois chemistry professor, in discounting the dependence upon science as the salvation of mankind.

Speaking at a meeting of United Presbyterian Men held in the Palmer House, Bailar declared, "If the rest of the world is to know of God's love, others must see God in us."

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