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Bible Society News
By MARY AM .BED
Nnu| imssliaa BiM* mS
NEW YORK—Playing tht
front half of a horse in a
school play, going on an
overnight camping trip,
swimming or bike riding,
are normal activities for a
12-year-old boy.
What makes these feats
extraordinary is that John
Coughlin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Coughlin, 220
Raff Avenue, Mineola, L. 1.,
is blind. But few people
would know that the
freckle - spattered straw,
berry blonde boy does not
see normally with the sure,
fleet <feet of a fully sighted
boy, the 118-found five
foot four inch lad bounds
up the same stairs that
may have been the cause
of his blindness.
About three years ago
Mrs. Coughlin was press
ing clothes downstairs in
the modest tv o-story red
brick house when John
fell down the stairs while
bringing her some hang
ers. Although the 40 to 50
doctors who conferred on
John’s case do not defin
itely confinm the cause of
her son’s blindness, Mrs.
Coughlin, herself a regis
tered nurse who sat in on
some of the conferences,
said that the fall may have
caused the loss of sight in
his right eye. In any
event, John underwent an
operation for a detached
retina in his right eye in
April, 1965. When he re
turned for a checkup the
doctors found almost no
vision in either eye. Neu
ritis of the optic nerve had
developed in both eyes.
Then came the difficult
days of decision.
John left his friends at
the local school where he
was in a class of 50 stu
dents and enrolled in the
Lavelle School for the
Blind, 221st Street and
Paulding Avenue, Bronx,
where there are only 11
boys and folr girls in his
seventh grade class. He
also studies Braille for an
hour and a half each
school day in a special
small class at Lavelle.
3f&£stpg him pass his san
ative fingers haltingly
over the intricate system
of raised dots, making
them come alive with
meaning, points to the
conviction that John will
soon be able to read
Braille as well as most
people read newspaper
print. But John and ap
proximately 13,000 youngs
ters between the ages of
six and 12, who are among
the more than 400,000 blind
in this country, must have
Braille books. And the
one that brings light into
darkness is the Bible.
One of John’s most
prized possessions is the
American Bible Society's
new two-volume paper
back Braille books, “Bible
Stories for Children.” Be
cause his favorite Bible
hero is Joseph, the chap
ter entitled “Joseph the
Dreamer,” is the first one
he is planning to read.
An enthusiastic member
of Boy Scout Troop 250 of
Mineola, John is working
toward his Tenderfoot
badge and hopes “to go on
another overnight hike
soon.” He is also anxi
ously awaiting warm
weather when he can swim
at the municipal pool sev
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When asked if his mother
drives him to the pool,
John answered nonchalant
ly, “No, I walk or ride my
bike with friends and. they
guide me.”
An avid Yankee fan,
John, who displays no self
pity, had to give up play
ing hardball “because I
got hit too much.” Like
most 12-year-olds, he isn’t
keen about household
chores, but handles the
garbage detail, dries dishes
and cleans his room with
comparative ease. His
other interests include act
ing—he will be the front
part of a horse in a school
play next month and last
year he danced in a school
production of “The King
and I.” He is also taking
trumpet lessons and gaye
quite a creditable im
promptu performance of
“When the Saints Come
Marching In" during this
interview. He will play
“Little Brown Jug” in a
duet at a forthcoming PTA
assembly.
When John was asked,
“What do you want to be?”
his little brother, Kevin,
chimed in revealing the
grown-up plans of all,
three Coughlin youngsters.
(A sister Cathy, 15, had
just come home). “Cathy’s
gonna be a teacher. I’m
gonna be a people doctor,
and John’s gonna be a
lawyer, but now he mostly
fights with Cathy,” Kevin
concluded with five-year
aplomb. Ignoring the re
mark about fighting with
his sister, John explained
that “I might be a lawyer,
but I’m not sure. Now I
am planning to go through
ninth grade at Lavelle and
I hope to leatn Braille this
year,” he said with the
realistic approach of one
taking first things first—
one step at a time.
Pointing to John’s pro
gress in learning Braille, is
a letter he wrote recently
(o his new friend, Dr. Dale
C. Recker, ABS secretary
for blind work, who lost
his sight 20 years ago.
“This is a brief note to
thank you for the Bible
you gave me.- It- -was b
very thoughtful gesture. I
know that it will be a
great help for my Braille
reading. Thanks again. I
am looking forwrad to
meeting you at the Bible
House.”
At the suggestion of Dr.
Recker, publication of the
new Braille ‘“Bible Stories
for Children” was made
possible through funds
from The Fellowship of the
Least Coin, a United Pres
byterian women’s world
wi d e interdenominational
prayer group. The Fellow
ship was formed over 10
years ago in response to a
woman in India, who felt
the need for a tangible
token of prayer and con
cern that all women—rich
or poor— could contribute
each month. The “least
coin” of each country is
such a token, and the to
tal gift from United Pres
byterian women is for
warded to the Geneva of
fice of the World Council
of Churches tar the com
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mon fellowship fund from
which grants are made by
the East Asia Christian
Conference on recommend
ation of the Asia Church
Women’s Conference.
In keeping with the Am
erican Bible Society’s pol
icy of distributing Scrip
tures to the blind without
charge, the “Bible Stories
for Children” are avail
able from the ABS, 1865
Broadway, New Yor, N. Y.
10023, at no cost to sight
less children or they may
be purchased as a gift for
a blind child at $4 a set.
This Is The Life
By D. R. THOMAS
Immanuel Baptist Church
NO IF IN GOD’S
PROMISES
Take your Bible, please,
and turn with me to St
John, 3:1-21. A real ar
gument was arising in a
Sunday School class of
high school boys on “Eter
nal Security of the Be
liever.” This is a common
argument among Christians
of today to believe once
saved, always saved. It is
well to remember that the
person of God is not sub
ject to man’s logic nor are
his workings subject to the
logic conceived by man’s
■minds. As the argument
proceeded the teacher be
gan to . write upon the
board John 3:16, If; John
1:12, If; Acts 16:31, If;
Ephesians 2:8-9, If.”
The pupils sat dumb
founded until one of them
asked “Why the If”? Your
argument this morning is
whether there’s an “If fol
lowing God’s plan of sal
vation. There are no “ifs”
in God’s promises. He
didn’t tell Noah and his
family to go into the ark
and hang on, but just to
come in. The ark today is
Jesus. I’d like to ask you
a question, “Are you
saved?” I didn’t ask you
what church you belong
10, but are you saved?
Brother, sister, I love you
very much and I don’t
want any of you to go to
hell, but unless you come
to Christ and accept and
trust (I said trust) Him as
your saviour, you’re on
you way to hell. God
doesn’t lie.
The Bible says: “Verily,
verily I saw unto thee, ex
cept a man be bom again,
he cannot see the Kingdom
of God.”—St. John 3:3.
Mass Schedule
4t St. Ann’s
Father Joseph J. Lash,
pastor of St. Ann’s Cath
olic Church, announces the
following schedule of
masses:
Thursday, 7 P. M.; Fri
day, 7AM.; Saturday, 7
P. M.; Sunday, 8 AM. and
12:30 P. M.; Monday, 7
A. M.; Tuesday, 7 P. M.
At All Souls’ Church, Co
lumbia, 10 A M.; Wednes
day, 7 P. M.
A Just Reward
A closed mouth gathers
no feet.
—New*. Bell Plains. Kan.
Let’s Go To Church Sunday
Sunday School Lesson
PERSECUTION AND DELIVERANCE
International Sunday School Lesson for June 25
Memory Selection:. “If ye be reproached for
the name of Christ, happy are ye: for the spirit
of glory and of God resteth upon you.”—
I Peter 4:14.
Lesson Text: Acts 12:1-25.
Our studies for today are concerned with the
persecution, imprisonment and subsequent de
livery of the Apostle Peter ifrom custory under
guard.
Jesus had never painted a rosy picture to His
followers in regard to what they would be called
upon to face for His sake, and for their pro
fession of faith in Christian principles. They
were well aware of the fact that their new re
ligion was unpopular with those who held high
offices in local and regional government; they
had certainly had ample proof that to be a
Christian in those days was to be at the mercy
of every barbaric and cruel whim of unenlight
ened individuals and the fickle populace. Yet
they firmly averred their beliefs in the new
Messiah. Os such stuff were the martyrs made.
But, always when their darkest hour seemed
to be upon the bold little Christian community,
God put out His hand, and a miracle was per
formed— such as the one that released the
staunch and uncompromising Peter from the
hands of his enemies.
It is, indeed, odd to think that what is sup
posed to be the one unchanging element for
good in this troubled world in which we live,
should be beset by so much conflict—both within
and without its circle. Yet Jesus’ warnings that
the path would not be easy are as true today
as they were all those centuries ago.
For the church is ever in conflict with the
world, and worldly things.
The church is—rightfully—at war with pov
erty and disease; with ignorance and corruption;
with cheating and stealing, and with exploita
tion of people, salacious literature and alcoholic
beverages.
And while many say that these are human
failings, and (like the poor) will always be with
us, this need not necessarily be so.
The early Christians protested the injustices
and evil practices of their times; they were suf
ficiently dedicated in their beliefs to stand up
and challenge their enemies—they were not
afraid to raise their voices in protest against
that which they, under the leadership of Christ,
deplored. They had every faith that God would
take cognizance of their plight if ill befell them
for their outspokenness, and deliver them from
the hands of their oppressors.
Today, we prosper as openly-professed Chris
tians in a free land—a privilege that was denied
the early’ Church.' Triie, as This letter is feeing
written, Christian missionaries are languishing
in prison camps in foreign lands; but—we, of the
Church, who go freely about our business from
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He was a captain in control of his ship, and very
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Being in control is often hard work, even for
adults. Many people wish they could control their
tempers, or perhaps curtail bad habits, but they
fail to find within themselves the strength of will
that would help them.
When problems are too big for us, that’s the
time to ask God for assistance. We are His children
and He knows all our weaknesses. Through church
attendance and prayer, we can be guided to a more
serene approach to daily life. We will find His
presence a constant support as we begin to take
pride in our new possession ... self control.
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The Church is the greatest factor
oe tarth for the building of charac
ter flood citizenship. It Ss ft
storehouse of aplrltual values.
Without a atrong Church, neither
democracy nor civilisation can
aurviva. Thera are four round
raaaona why every person ahould
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nil own sake. (2) For his children'*
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