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LEDGER COLUMNIST
Love thy neighbor as thyself ...
Joe HUGHES LEDGER STAFF WRITER
      When Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Washington Monument in 1963, his hope was that all men regardless of race, color or creed, would have equal opportunities for success. For the most part, the good doctor's wishes have come true.
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LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
     The Gaffney Ledger made its way to Las Vegas as readers (from left) Lydia, Carroll and Lori Gaffney are pictured at the Bellagio Hotel during Spring Break.
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THEIR VIEW
The great river question
      The Catawba River is designated the most endangered river system in the nation by an environmental watchdog group. South Carolina is heading into another parching summer without any extra rainfall predicted and every single county still officially in a state of drought - in a dozen cases, severe...
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The Sunday School Lesson
First Things First
      HAG. 1:1 In the second year of Da-ri'us the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Hag'ga-i the prophet unto Ze-rub'ba-bel the son of Sheal'ti-el, governor of Ju'dah, and to Josh'u-a the son of Jos'edech, the high priest, saying,
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Stories Behind The Hymns
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
Stories Behind The Hymns By: Warren Shiver
      ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS AUTHOR: SABINE BARING-GOULD (1834-1924) COMPOSER: ARTHUR SULLIVAN (1842-1900) Sabine Baring-Gould was born January 28,1834 in Exeter, England. He was a brilliant child and was credited with having one of the most brilliant, eclectic minds of Victorian England. He at...
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