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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1955
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Caroline
By LOCKIE PARKER
Some Looks At Books
GREEN POND by Evan Bran
don (Vanguard $4.7$). This is a
grand book and we can be proud
that it came out of North Caro
lina. It is a full-bodied, flavor-
■ some book full of the love of life,
the love of the land and love Of
people, especially the “sturdy,
rock-gutted ScotchTirish.” These,
say the author, were chosen by
the Lord to till the red, rocky
land between the rivers because
it took a tough people to wring a
living from that soil. Mr. Bran
don also loves words, choosing
them with care, rolling them on
his tongue, relishing the colorful,
colloquial phrase until his para
graphs sometimes read like
—poetry—the swelling, free
poetry of Walt Whitman.
The novel centers around Doc
tor Victor ThornweU who has
lived a long life in Green Pond
and his rather before him and his
grandfather, too—his grandfather
who came from Scotland and
gave the land for the North Beth
el Presbyterian Church. These
forbears counted heavily in shap
ing Doceor Thornwell’s life along
with his grandmother who rode
up and down the valleys helping
women in childbirth at a dollar a
baby, if they had a dollar. An
other strong and intimate influ
ence was Mama Amazon who had
suckled him as an infant at her
black breasts, warmed and loved
him through childhood, taught
him much about life, laughter,
religion. But she is only one of
dozens of characters who popu
late this« rich book, including
“Gawd and Gabriel,” Satan and
Beelzebub.. These four hold racy
dialogues among themselves as
they maneuver affairs in Green
Pond. And then there was Jeze
bel born on a stormy night to
make trouble for everyone, in
cluding herself.
Mr. Brandon, who lives in Gas
tonia, is said to have been twen
ty years hatching this book, and
it has so much depth and flavor
that you can believe it. It has at
tracted attention in literary
circles as a book of prime quality
that will be finding new readers
and admirers long after the cur
rent season. '
UTOPIA 1976 by Morris Ernst
(Rinehart $3.50). Mr. Ernst gives
us a practical Utopia, one that is
neither far-fetched nor impos
sible of attainment. He chooses
the year 1976 instead of 2000, as
he had first planned, because this
date will make it possible that
many who are now living may
live to see his ideas realized for
themselves.
He covers a great deal of
ground with chapters on "‘the
New Leisure and what uses will
be made of it, our new wealth
and increased resources; he
speaks of the use of scientific
methods to keep down our ever-
increasing population and to in
crease food production. We are
even now experimenting with
all these things but he expects
that by 1976 they will all be oper
ating successfully and on an ade
quate scale.
There are interesting chapters
on “Education and the Rich Life”,
and a particularly good one call
ed “Man Meets Man,” showing
what world travel will do for us
when there are no more passports
'nor immigration problemst He
foresees community churches and
believes that PEACE will be won,
by ideas and that the United Na
tions will aid in this by disclos
ures, as distinguished from nego
tiation.
But best of all, Mr.> Ernst is
optimistic. He believes in and
loves America and Americans
and foresees a great future for
us. He ends his book with this
sentence: “Our spiritual roadmap
will carry the direction pointers,
1976 this way—Energy, Leisure,
Full Rich Life.”
—JANE H. TOWNE
down, but this book will especial
ly please her early admirers be
cause she is back in Barsetshire
with a later chapter in the his
tory of the Pomfrets and Leslies
and Hallidays.
Her unique quality is her love
of the illogical human mind and
her genius for following it
through the digressions and side-
paths to which it is prone but
which are usually neatly trimmed
off by authors. A nice instance in
this book is her report on reveries
at morning service in the village
church, “for it is almost impos
sible to keep one’s thoughts from
straying in church—or indeed |
anywhere else.” Not that these
reveries offer the psychologist
any significant dips into the sub
conscious. They are all about triv
ial, everyday affairs of the fam
ily and village, and very charm
ing because so natural and hu
man, “Whatever shall I serve
them for tea?”
It is difficult to write about
Mrs. Thirkell long without be
ginning to fall into imitation of
her asides, so I stop with only
the warning that suspense is at
a minimum in this book. One of
her little jokes on “the Reader”
seems to have been the title, so
that she might keep you wonder
ing whenever she would get to
Sir Robert.
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International Uniform
Sunday School Lessons
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Background Scripture: Luke 9:7-62.
Devotional Reading: Mark 10:35-45.
His Demands
Lesson for December 4, 1955
ENTER SIR , ROBERT by An
gela Thirkell (Knopf $3.50). A
new novel by Angela Thirkell
needs no more introduction to
her devoted readers than, “Here
it is, tasty as ever!” As she gaily
remarks in her first paragraph,
one reader has said that her
“books are so nice because it
doesn’t matter which you read
or where you open it as they are
all exactly the same.”
Certainly, she never lets you
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(Scott $2.00). With a good folk
tale for base, this young Russian
painter has made a handsome
picture book that is keyed jqst
right for children from three to
seven. The story deals with a
peddler cf caps who carried his
stock in a great column on his
head. While he dozed under a
tree one day, some monkeys stole
the caps, and his efforts to get
them back make an exciting and
amusing tale full of “monkey
business.” It lends itself very well
to lively pictures which are exe
cuted in bright, flat colors that
we associate with Eastern Europe
and peasant art and which are so
much relished by small children.
Unlike many folk tales this one is
simple enough for the very young
and not so well known that it
will be an “old story.” The text
is in large type and should be
within the range of a second
grade reader.
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^KRISTIAN living is not a mat-
ter of vague general good will.
A character in a movie remarked:
“I’m not a mean man. If I heard
that my neighbor’s children had
been e^ten by wolves, I would feel
some regret.” Well, of course that
didn’t make him a Christian. (He
turned out to be the villain, by the
way.) But there
seems to be a
number of church ^
members and oth
ers who think that
being a Christian
calls for nothing
more than being
generally at peace
with the world . . .
like a turnip. Be
ing a Christian is Foreman
a far more demanding thing. And
the demands are _ Christ’s de
demands. He is not a trademark,
a portrait of a Founder beaming
on us benevolently from the wall.
, He is the living Christ, Son of
I Man and Son of God. He makes
I demands on his disciples, and he
! has a right to make them.
Discipleship
Those who were closest to Jesus
in Galilee, those with whom he
took the greatest pains, were
called Disciples. Now the least
that “disciple” can mean is
“learner.” The first demand that
Christ makes on us who would call
ourselves Christians, the demand
preliminary to all others, is that
we learn of him. We never should
assume that we know all about
Jesus—his character, his teach
ing, his purpose. It is a sobering
question: How much of our be
havior, our attitudes, our think
ing in various fields, our relation
ships with other people — how
much of this did we learn from
Jesus, and how much did we copy
from other persons, and how much
is our own invention?
Becision
Another demand Christ makes
of us is decision. This in three
ways: decision for him, decision
about him, decision with him. It
is specially these last two that are
highlighted in this week’s pas
sages from Luke. The decision for
Christ is the point at which one
begins to be a disciple. But be
sides learning, the Christian dis
ciple has to decide, and act ac
cordingly, about some questions
that affect him vitally. One is the
decision about Christ which Jesus
pushed on his disciples. “Who do
you say that I am?” Jesus put
this question only after they had
been disciples for some time.
(Why?) But it can be answered at
any time, and it must be answered
some time, if we have any title
to the name “Christian.” How
seriously do we take Jesus Christ?
That depends on what answer we
give to his question: What do we
think of him? Who and what is
he? The more fully we know his
importance, the more seriously
w'e shall take him. Is he a dream
er, a poet, an impractical ideal
ist? Is he a child of his age, im
portant then, but now such a man
as we can safely neglect? Is he a
noble thinker, a stirring leader of
men? Or is he, as Peter dared to
believe, the Son of the living God?
Does he come to us with the
authority of one man’s opinion,
or does he speak as an ancient
sage, or does he speak with the
wisdom of the Almighty? He de
mands a decision.
Denial of Self
Now if we have answered the
first two demands, for discipleship
and for decision, we may be ready
for the third demand. (This is the
decision with him, spoken of just
now.) We shall pay very little at
tention to this if we have not
rightly met the other two. If we
are not true learners we shall not
even hear this, or we shall mis
understand it. If we think less of
Christ than we ought to th|nk,
then this demand will seem ego
tistic, unreasonable, suicidal. It is
only the Son of God who has the
right to make such a demand. It
is for nothing less than denial of
self. There is a cheap substitute
for this which is sometimes mis
taken for it. It is called “self-de
nial” and may mean no more
than going without ice cream for
a while, doing without some lux-
dry or other. Denial of self is
something different entirely. Jesus
T-ds ’.t in terms of a crucifixion,
i’o take up a cross was to be al-
-eady on the last mile. To deny
h,e self means to cease being
one’s own eenter-of-the-universe.
It means “love thyself last.” It
means dying to oneself, as Paul
put it, and living to God. It means
“Not I, but Christ, liveth in me.”
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, Na
tional Council of the Churches of Chdsi
in fche U. S. A. Released by Community
tress Service.)
Bookmobile
Schedule
Schedule of the Moore County
bookmobile for the week, Dcem-
ber 5-9 has been announced as
follows:
Monday—I^outh’s service sta
tion Hy. 1 north, 1:45; across to
Route 27; stops at Bennett, Tay
lor, Frye and Moses homes, 2 to
2:30; Cameron: 2:30 to 3:30;
Wade Collins home, 3:45; Mc
Donald and Gilchrist homes, 4;
Paul Thomas S.S.; 4:15; Dunrovin
Cafe, 4:40.
Tuesday — Cameron school,
10:30 a. m.; Colonial Heights, 4
to 4:45 p. m.
Wednesday — Vineland school,
1:45; Jackson Springs: W. E.
Graham’s, 2:15; postoffice, 2:30;
West End, 3:15 to 4:30; Branson
home at power station, 4:40.
Thursday — Carthage Library,
11:30 to 12:30; Nicholson home,
1:40; Joe Pressley’s near Coles
Mill, 2; Floyd Willcox’s, 2:15;
Glendcn, 2:45 to 3; Putnam, 3:15;
Highfalls, 3:30 to 4; Inman home,
4:15.
Friday — Westmoore school,
1:15; Lonnie Brewer’s, 2:45; Ro
land Nall’s, 3; Arthur Baldwin’s
store, 3:15; Davis home on Jug-
town road, 3:30; Frye and Diggs
homes near Calvary church, 4.
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Attend The Church of Your Choice Next Sunday
Through the
Centuries...
Through cold, snow-covered fields,
underneath ice-encrusted trees, the
river runs its course.
This brings to mind the Christian
Church. It was founded upon the
teachings of Jesus who lived His life
and did His work unperturbed by the
coldness of many of His fellowmen
and of the ruling officials. He knew
that His work would stand because
It was founded upon truth. It not only
stood, but has flowed steadily on for
centuries. It is still going on today in
His churches.
. If you do not attend church serv-
8° this coming Sunday,
and identify yourself with this steady
now of the best for which life stands?
There is always room in the river
for one more drop of water. There is
always room in the Church for one
more .worshipper.
5.y *
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THE CHURCH FOR AU . . ,
AU FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth, for ihe building of
character and good citizenship. It
IS a storehouse of spiritual values.
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should
anend services regularly and sup
port the Church. They are- (1)
For his own sake. (2) For his
children's sake. (3) For the sake
of his community and nation-, (4)
For the sake of the Church itself,
which needs his moral and* ma
terial ■ support. Plan to go to
church regularly and read your
Bible daily.
Day
Book
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Sunday Psalms
Monday.... Psalms
Tuesday....John
Wednesd’y John
Thursday...John
Friday/ Revelation
Saturday... Psalms
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Presbylerian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. • Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 p.m. Mon
day following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave.
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, .8 p.pi.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.ni.
Sunday,. 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie. Minister
Sunday School 10 n m
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a.m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m., second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at
8 p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New ’York Ave. at South Ashe
David Hoke Coon, Minister
Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship
11 a.m. 'Training Union, 7 p.m.
Evening Worship, 8 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7’30
p.ni.; mid-week worship, Wednes-
”'1® choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
TT 1 ®“PPly Pastor
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (except
first Sunday).
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S (Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
„ Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.m..
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a-m •
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Confes-^
sions heard on Saturday between
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
SOUTHERN PINES
METHODIST CHURCH
R^erl L. Bame, Minister
(Services held temporarily
Civic Club, Ashe Street)
Church School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11
at
^ j - v^iiurcn ociviue, ii a. m.:
davs^ S’ C- S. meets each first Tuea-
aays, i p.m. ^ g p ^
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