The Evil We Do

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="001d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Walmer Baptist Church</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > |     </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walmer Baptist Church"><U><U><IMG SRC="01a581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> The Evil We Do</div> <div> <B>T</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF00FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>he track playing is Chris Rea's 'The Road to Hell.'</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>The quality of the music will depend on your computer soundcard.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This ain't no environmental breakdown, it is the road to hell.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Read the biblical texts and selected quotes and view the images, then do something! If a tear comes to your eye, it's because you still have your humanity.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Look for a long time at what pleases you, </B></div> <div> <B>and for a longer time at what pains you." Colette</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>REV 11:18 </B></div> <div> <B>The nations were angry;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and your wrath has come.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>The time has come for judging the dead,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and for rewarding your servants the prophets</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and your saints and those who reverence your name,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>both small and great</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and for destroying those who destroy the earth."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05a66c20.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Psalm 2:10 </B></div> <div> <B>Therefore, you kings, be wise;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>be warned, you rulers of the earth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05b67c20.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Revelation 18:19</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>" `Woe! Woe, O great city,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>where all who had ships on the sea</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>became rich through her wealth!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>In one hour she has been brought to ruin!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05c2e9c0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05d2e9d0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05e2dae0.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05f2cad0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06028cd0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06129ce0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06229d50.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Hosea 4:13</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>"There is no faithfulness, no love,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>no acknowledgment of God in the land.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>There is only cursing, lying and murder,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>stealing and adultery;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>they break all bounds,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and bloodshed follows bloodshed.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Because of this the land mourns,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and all who live in it waste away;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the beasts of the field and the birds of the air</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and the fish of the sea are dying.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Ecclesiastes 9:12</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>As fish are caught in a cruel net,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="063d8060.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06409c60.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06510b80.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06612b50.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06710a10.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06810590.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="345" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06910b40.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06a10c30.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06b12ce0.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Proverbs 12:10 </B></div> <div> <B>A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06d700c0.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Genesis 6:13 </B></div> <div> <B>So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06eb7e90.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06f8be80.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07096e80.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Psalm 10:18 </B></div> <div> <B>in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07113c80.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Psalm 33:13 </B></div> <div> <B>From heaven the LORD looks down</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and sees all mankind;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>from his dwelling place he watches</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>all who live on earth</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>he who forms the hearts of all,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>who considers everything they do.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0722cc90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0738bb40.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07496b40.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07596b40.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Psalm 94:23 </B></div> <div> <B>He will repay them for their sins</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and destroy them for their wickedness;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the LORD our God will destroy them.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0762cc60.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0772be90.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0782cc80.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0792ccc0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Isaiah 11:9 </B></div> <div> <B>They will neither harm nor destroy</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>on all my holy mountain,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>as the waters cover the sea.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07a48950.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="405" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07b48ca0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07c49da0.jpg" border=0 width="329" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Genesis 49:67 </B></div> <div> <B>they have killed men in their anger</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and their fury, so cruel!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07d41bf0.jpg" border=0 width="321" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07e40f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07f40d10.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="080c8c80.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Why not move the political conventions to one of the winter months so all that hot air won't go to waste? Anon.</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06c13cb0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Zechariah 11:2 </B></div> <div> <B>Wail, O pine tree, for the cedar has fallen;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the stately trees are ruined!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Wail, oaks of Bashan;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the dense forest has been cut down!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08213ac0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H.G. Wells</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08313bc0.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Benjamin Disraeli</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="08411b70.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Thomas Paine</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08514b80.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. </B></div> <div> <B>Leo Tolstoy</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08613c40.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>JOB 1:6 </B></div> <div> <B>One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="087c89a0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>You can accomplish much if you don't care who gets the credit. </B></div> <div> <B>Ronald Reagan</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="08812b90.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"Well done is better than well said. </B></div> <div> <B>Anonymous</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This world and all life in it has been created by God. We are stewards of the earth and one day must give an account for it. We cannot do everything, but we can all do something to look after our environment and all life that lives in our world. The </B></div> <div> <B>optimist expects it to change Revd S.M. Carter</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Psalm 24:1 </B></div> <div> <B>The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the world, and all who live in it;</B></div> <div> <B>Ezra 5:11 </B></div> <div> <B>"We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Prayer</B></div> <div> <B>Good master, help us to care for all creation and all living creatures, to see them all as part of your creation, reflecting your glory. Lord, hear our prayer.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We pray for our own animals, pets and working animals. May their loyalty and faithfulness be an example to us. Lord, hear our prayer.</B></div> <div> <B>In Christ. Amen</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Environment"><U><B><IMG SRC="019581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-198/roadtohell.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>