A friend of mine Luther Miller is a perceptive observer of our times, so when he says there are four homes in America NOT for sale I'm sure he's got something more in mind than real estate in blue world city.

Sure enough! Luther examines the world around him and is impressed by what he sees however he observes a growing disinterest toward human liberty.

According to him, There are four properties that stand between us and the mindless rigors of our lives. He hopes that we will never ever sell one of them.

THE COURT HOUSE This symbolizes justice, law and order. The safeguard of the rights of the individual as they are becoming numbers instead of the name. "We are an insurance number, a social security number, a license number, a street number, a credit card number, a phone number, a street number and a burial lot number," Luther snorts. Luther.

The court house stands as the symbol of honesty and integrity in government WHEN OCCUPIED BY WELL CHOSEN PEOPLE. A right to vote becomes the key to a stable court house. Luther disapproves of the fact that only a minority of registered voters exercises its franchise.

At a recent vote in the state of upstate New York, figures revealed that 32 percent of lawyers did not participate as do 22 percent of doctors as well as 32 percent of dentists, 23 percent of the teachers, 40 percent of the businessmen, and 27 per cent of the housewives.

My friend often points out that he and wife were certain to had absentee ballots in favor of Wooster mayor prior to going to Europe and their friend won, with just two votes.

The school house The school house symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge and truth, declares Luther. The teacher is a staunch advocate of ways to understand, of mental development, of cultural growth and of the rights of all to acquire knowledge. We should not sit at the sidelines and let anything stop our children from having the very best resources and schools for their use.

Teachers work with our children on at least six hours a day, five seven days a week, for 9 months of the year. They supervise our children during the formative years. However, Americans spend 60 times as much for alcohol as for education.

All of us are aware that children are the future of the future. However, we ignore the fact that the future will bring a more complicated and problematic society. The education that was adequate for today's adults is inadequate for children today.

Your House Modern living is known to split the family and home as we have traditionally been accustomed to it. We talk about Dad to be "the most welcome guest in the house." A teenager responded to the question "What is a home?" with this more-truth-than-fun definition: "A home is where part of the family waits until the others are through with the car."

Young people cherish a home and develop most fully in a well-knit family relationship. A girl in high school had this to say in a letter to her family home:

"My residence is not just just four walls and an emerald roof, and a cement foundation. My home is love and warmth and comfort and joy. The truth is, it isn't much different than yours. The water faucet is broken, the roof is leaking, the paint is cracking and the sidewalk is uneven, and we're having problems with the furnace.

"But what makes it so different are the people who live in it. A house is made of plaster, brick and wood - but a home is made of human hearts, tears, laughter and understanding."

Luther insists with conviction that the most delicious food is "home cooking," the most comfortable living "home living," and the best people are "home folks." Without a home, the world falls apart.

GOD'S HOUSES - Our founding fathers recognized the importance of this house and so made the right to worship first in the Bill of Rights. Unfortunately, as my friend points out, many have interpreted this guarantee to mean the freedom to worship without restriction.

Have you ever thought about, that he asked, who is the one who shuts down temples and churches in America? The communists? The atheists? The hippies? No! Indifferent church members starve the churches. Many members are non-participants in the Lord's Corporation.

The number of children aged between 18 and 18 who have no religious affiliation. This is an untapped resource for moral good , and must be utilized.

Like the rest of the world, Luther is searching for the right long-term goal for the church. The answer lies in awakening the desire for goodness that is in the minds of children Luther believes. He loves to quote the final request from Hans Christian Anderson, the creator of Fairy Tales. The Danish author had hoped that he be remembered best for his rigorous books, but eventually came around to the likelihood that he'd be best known for his stories for children.