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- - - - - - - -- - -- - ~ - - - -= - =~ - - -- Se p t. 12th , 1 965 . His Honor t h e Mayor Cit y Hall , Atl an t a , G'a . De a r S ir: You a re v ery bra v e and , I am s u re, v e r y c ons cien t i ou s . Wh ile I adm ire y our fin e qualities I am concerned for y our we lfare. I wou l d like to s ite for you r c onsidera ti on s everal e xampl e s of mob viole n c e : 1 ) Th e s ton i ng o f S t ephe n - Ac ts 7 : 56 - 58 (They " s toppe d t h e .il.: r ear s " - cas t h i m out - s t one d h i m) 2 ) Ale xand e r - Acts 1 9 : 3 4 - the mob c ried f or t wo hou rs " Great is Dia na of the Ephesians . i.1obs wi ll n ot li sten ~ 1 3 ) Paul - many t i me s beat e n , s to ned , le f t for d ead , f ina ll y be h eaded in Rome. S ome l ist e ned bu t t he maj ority did not~ 4 ) P ilate - saw tha t he could p revail nothing - washe d his hands - Ma t thew 27 : 24 For further referen ce see : Act s 17 : 5 - an u p roa r ~ Ac t s 1 9 : 29 - the whol e city was fi l l ed with confu sion ~ ( and v. 40 - u proar ~) Act s 21 : 30, 3 4 " a l l th e city was move d ~ " some c ried one t hing , some ano t her " I Co r . 14: 33 " Fo r God i s not the author of c onfusion" James 3 : 1 6 - "c onfu s ion a nd e very evil work " " Let a ll t hings be done de cently and in order. " I Cor.14:40. The real trouble is tha t Chris tians h a ve faile d to ge t out the Gospe l mes sag e ~ " Love never faileth " ~ ( I Cor. 1 3 :tl ) �Now it is a little late for this approach. The y will not listen~ May I su ggest th a t a g ood Christian psychologist b e called in to offer his sugg estions as to how to cope with this matter? The only one I know is Dr. Clyde M. Narramore wh o is in Pasadena, Calif •• (his home address is 115 Sequoia Drive, Pasadena. Phone - Clinton 6-2724) Perhap s a phone call would be of g reat help. I was a resident of Atl a nta for t wenty- one of the t wenty-four years I was a captain with Delta Air Lines so you see th a t Atl a nta has a big p lace in our hearts. I pray for your safety and for the welfare o f our g reat city. May God bless you and g uide you in these trying ti mes. ~;:it~~ Ge org e J. Wells Lak emont, Ga. 30552 �