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THE RECORD Online Newspaper |
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Wednesday August 10, 2005 |
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A Message to the Compromising Church
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False Prophets on the Left |
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League Banquet Promises to Be Best Ever
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Irate Citizen takes Sean Faircloth to Task
over Support of Gay Rights |
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Conference to Emphasize Compassionate
Treatment of Homosexuals |
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"A people that values its privileges above its
principles soon loses both."
(Dwight David Eisenhower)
“The command of knowledge is higher than the
command over a free people, as being a command
over the reason, opinion, and understanding of
men, which are the noblest faculties of the mind
that govern the will itself; for there is no power
on earth that can set up a throne in the spirits
of men but knowledge and learning, from which
arises the detestable and extreme pleasure enjoyed
by arch-heretics, false prophets, and impostors,
who feel they have a dominion over the faith and
consciences of men, a pleasure so great, that if
once tasted, scarcely any torture or persecution
can make them give it up. But as this is what the
Book of Revelation calls the depths of Satan, so
the just and lawful rule over men’s understanding
by the evidence of truth and gentle persuasion,
and this is what approaches most nearly to the
Divine sovereignty.”
(Francis Bacon)
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Jesus spoke of a spiritual kingdom in which the
good wheat struggled for life against the weeds
and the tares. Yet just as the weeds and the tares
of unbelief threatened the good wheat in that
spiritual kingdom, in an earthly kingdom, the
weeds and tares of unrighteousness threaten the
good principles on which society is based. A
society which is inattentive and indifferent to
the weeds and the tares of immorality can expect,
in return, to reap a harvest of lawlessness.
Maine’s reputation for enjoying a peaceful and
harmonious society is a legacy handed down from
earlier generations who paid strict attention to
matters of right and wrong. Maine’s citizens are
still enjoying this harvest of righteousness, but
the rapid growth of crime and social anarchy - the
weeds and tares of our own age- make it clear that
this bounty from an earlier time will soon be used
up.
The following is the transcript of a court
proceeding held at York, in the Province of Maine
on July 9th, 1667:
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The court indicts Captain Richard Lockewood for
selling beer in small quantities, namely by the
bowl, and strong liquor by the gallon.
Captain Richard Lockewood is fined five pounds for
his retailing of liquor.
The court indicts George Burren for coming out
drunk from the house of Captain Richard Lockewood.
George Burren admits his crime, and it appearing
to the Court to be accidental, he is acquitted.
The Court indicts John Harmon for swearing two
oaths.
The Court indicts Priscilla, the wife of Mr.
Edward Johnson of York, for not coming to church
upon the Lord’s Day, and for not being there for
more than a year.
Mrs. Johnson appeared before the Court and alleged
her absence at Saco for about three months over
the winter; which appeared to be true, upon which
she was acquitted.
The Court indicts Thomas Crawley for being drunk
and for beating and abusing his wife, who is a
weak old woman.
Crawley, for being drunk, is to sit in the stocks
for four hours, and for his other offences, to be
placed under a bond of ten pounds, or to be
corporally punished.
(John Pearce undertakes a bond of ten pounds to
our sovereign Lord the King that Thomas Crawley
shall keep the peace towards his Majesty’s
subjects, especially toward his wife, until the
next Court of pleas.)
The court indicts Andrew Haly, a fisherman, for
swearing blasphemously many terrible oaths, for
which being reproved by Robert Mendum, one of the
Grand Jury, the said Haly did swear again several
very terrible oaths, and said he would put Robert
Mendum in his pocket.
Andrew Haly for his offences is fined 20
shillings, and five shillings court fees and
expenses.
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Also of interest is this portion of the Revised
Statutes of Maine, reprinted in The RECORD, March
1908.
“Whoever in connection with any show or
entertainment, whether public or private, either
as owner, manager, or director, or in any other
capacity, uses or causes or permits to be used, a
phonograph or other contrivance, instrument or
device, which utters or causes to give forth any
profane, obscene or impure language, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.”
(Revised Statues of Maine, Chapter 125, Section
18)
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Be sure to plan to attend the upcoming League
banquet in October. This year’s event promises to
be the most exciting ever, with a keynote speech
to be delivered by Rabbi Daniel Lapin of the
organization “Towards Tradition.” Rabbi Lapin is
an outspoken defender of traditional values and
the family, and a strong critic of the values of
secular humanism.
The theme of the event is Micah 6:8 “He hath shown
thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD
require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
In view of the need at this critical hour in our
nation’s history for Christians to start speaking
with a prophetic voice, the League will offer
tables named after the prophets of the Old
Testament. Tables can be sponsored at the
following levels:
Jeremiah: $1000 includes a table with seating and
meals for eight to ten people, and a signed copy
of Rabbi Lapin's book for each person.
Jonah: $500 includes a table with seating and
meals for eight to ten people.
Daniel: $250 includes a half table with seating
and meals for four to five people.
In addition, the League will hold its annual
awards ceremony, and music will be provided by
Paulie Heath.
Seating will be limited, so please make
arrangements early.
The banquet will be held at the Senator Inn in
Augusta on October 7th, starting at 6:00.
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The Christian Civic League of Maine
70 Sewall Street
Augusta, ME 04330
V-207-622-7634
F-207-621-0035
www.cclmaine.org
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