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THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
By LOCKIE PARKER
Some Looks At Books
OLYMPIC, the Life of Victor by his countrymen that at his
Hugo by Andre Maurois (Harper
$5.95). When Mr. Maurois writes
biography, he has a genius for
making the whole cast come
alive, so that we read of their as
pirations and conflicts with the
same absorption that we read a
good novel.
This time he has chosen a mag
nificent but difficult subject, for
the life of Victor Hugo nearly
spanned the nineteenth century
in France, and he was actively
writing, living, making love, and
participating in public affairs
from his late teens until his death
in 1882.
A poet who was so venerated
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funeral two million Frenchmen
“followed the hearse,” the Senate
and Chamber of Deputies
adjourned as a mark of respect
and whose 150th anniversary was
marked by another immense
throng gathered in and around
the Pantheon to do him honor,—
such a man is not easily reduced
to life size.
Yet the author has made him
very human. We see him as a
frail small boys playing with his
two brothers in that beautiful
garden in Paris, following his
military father to Italy and
Spain, watching with troubled
eyes the struggle between his
adored mother and his much ad
mired father. We see him as an
ardent youth, now living in a
poor garret, deeply in love with
the playmate of his childhood
and his love returned but too
poor to marry her, yet remaining
steadfast in his devotion to poet
ry and to her for three long years.
Then the teiumph of his first
substantial successes, his pension
from the government, his long
desired marriage. We see him
proud and happy as husband,
father, poet, leader of a literary
circle.
But that was only the begin
ning.
Storms and griefs, disappoint
ments and tragedies in his do
mestic circle as well as in his
literary and public life were to
be plentiful, and some were his
own fault or the fault of his being
the kind of man he was. The
story is told by Maurois with a
calm weighing of evidence, and
he has made a rather contradic
tory character plausible.
Nor does he ever forget for a
moment that Victor Hugo was a
poet. Many of the emotional re
actions to crises in the poet’s
life are given in his own words—
sometimes from his poems, some
times from his letters. The latter
are translated, the former given
in the original French, though
translations can be found in the
appendix. Reading these one is
reminded again of the power and
poignancy of his verse.
Better known in English-
speaking countries for his novels.
Maurois makes clear that Victor
Hugo is most valued in France
for the impetus he gave to poetry
when he broke free from the for
malism of the classical school and
“because he had. . . voiced what
all had felt—the piety with which
a country honors its dead; the
joys of young fatherhood; the
charms of childhood; the intoxi
cation of young love; the duty of
all to th% poor; the horror of de
feat and the greatness of mercy.”
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Award as the best picture book
for children published this
spring. It is certainly the most
'beautiful piece of bookmaking
that has come our way lately
From the handsome paper jacket
with its elegant design on the
folds to the double spread “LION’
that forms the climax of the
book, it is carefully thought out
in every detail, and we suspect
that the artist himself supervised
thp production and checked the
colors.
We note that, contrary to the
usual custom in children’s books,
no age limit is specified, and that
is right enough, for anyone with
an imagination and a love of fine
artwork can enjoy it. A condens
ed version was published in Life
Magazine which is not aimed at
the kindergarten.
The story is one of William du
Bois’s most imaginative flights.
“Long, long ago, high up in the
sky, way above the clouds, there
was a white and silver palace. It
was called the ANIMAL FACTO
RY.”
Here one hundred and four ar
tists made up the names of new
animals and then drew pictures
of them before the animals were
manufactured and ‘'“flown to the
Planets of the Universe.” This is
the tale of how Foreman, who
was boss but had almost forgot
ten how to draw, thought of the
lovely word “Lion” and of the
trouble he had drawing it right.
Children will derive amusement
from his silly mistakes and prob-
''bly be stimulated to make up
some animals of their own.
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMA
Background Scripture: Acts 12:25-
15:35.
Devotional Reading:: Isaiah 49:7-12.
Sending Spirit
Lesson for May 27, 1956
TF THE Descending Spirit is the
story of the second chapter of
Acts, the thirteenth teUs part of
the story of the Sending Spirit.
People may be very much inter
ested in the Descending Spirit but
not enough in the Sending Spirit.
People today like Simon of Sa
maria in olden
times, want the
Holy Spirit to de
scend into their
hearts — but for
the wrong rea
sons, sometimes.
We want the Spir
it to help us do
what we want to
do, to accomplish
our plans, to Dr. Foreman
make us persuasive and popular
personalities. But the Spirit of
God, although everybody’s aid, is
nobody’s aide. ’The aide to a gen
eral is just the General’s right
arm, his tongue — whatever the
General wants done, the aide is-
there to see it done. The Holy
Spirit is no aide!
LION. Story and "Pictures by
■William Pen du Bois (Viking
($3.00). ’This book has just receiv
ed the New York Herald Tribune
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CASTLE ON THE BORDER by
Margot Benary-Isbert (Harcourt
$3.00). This is a junior novel of
the same fine quality as th'e au
thor’s earlier book, “The Ark.” It
is a story of youth in post
war Germany, courageous, high
hearted youth surmounting
obstacles in pursuit of its dream.
Leni Winkelberg, daughter of
a teacher and a distinguished ac
tress, has an adult’s responsibil
ities thrust on her at thirteen
when her father and brother go
to war and leave her in charge of
her delicate mother. Both parents
die. Lonely but gritty, Leni gets
a job, first in domestic service,
then as a stenographer. But
through it all she keeps her
dream of some day being a fine
actress like her mother, and her
free time is spent in study at a
dramatic school.
When her uncle and aunt re
turn to live in the ruined family
castle in South Germany, Leni
joins them and later persuades
them to let the castle be used as
headquarters for a group of ideal
istic young actors who have
formed a stock company. The
story of their ingenuity and local
triumphs makes excellent read
ing.
Another thread runs through
the tale. The cellar of the castle
is used as a “stop” by people es
caping from East Germany.
Along with all these experi
ences we see a steady develop
ment in Leni’s character and
when she has to choose between
ambition and responsibility to
others, we are not too surprised
at her choice.
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God Can Break Up Good Plans
The church at Antioch was go
ing strong when the Holy Spirit
broke into their plans. We don’t
know how the Spirit spoke to them,
nor how they were sure it was the
Spirit. But one thing is pretty cer
tain; they must have had plans
which the Sending Spirit broke up.
Barnabas and Saul were what we
would call today Associate Pastors
of that big city congregation. They
had been together there only a
year, and that is a short pastorate.
Very likely Saul and Barnabas
both, along with the church, had
plans of one kind and another
afoot — good plans, evangelistic,
sacrificial. But the Spirit said No.
The Spirit had other plans. The
church must set aside' Barnabas
and Saul, cut them off from their
growing, successful work in the
First Church of Antioch, and send
them out as missionaries. They
must go to parts unknown, to
places not nearly so important as
Antioch, to the backwoods per
haps. They must go out and en-
j danger their lives, far from the
peaceful busy streets of Antioch.
The Holy Spirit has often come to
men in disturbing ways. He often
breaks up our best plans. The
thing to remember is that God
knows better than we do. God’s
Spirit never breaks up a good plan
unless it is for the sake of his bet
ter one.
Th« Spirit Through the Church
The way the Spirit operated
there in Antioch is instructive. The
Spirit called Saul and Barnabas;
also the Spirit spoke to the church.
The command was given: Sepa
rate Barnabas and Saul for the
work to which I have called them.
And the church obediently “laid
its hands on” these two leaders
and sent them out. The Sending
Spirit often works in this way.
Most missionaries today are se
lected and sent out by mission
boards of some kind. The boards
will not, if they know it, send any
one to a mission field who has no
sense of being called by the Spirit.
But on the other hand, even if a
young man feels the Spirit has
called him, if in the Board’s judg
ment he will not make a good mis
sionary, they will not accept and
send him. ’This is all in the wisdom
of God. It gives a missionary to
day, and it gave Saul and Barna
bas back yonder, a strong “lift”
to know that the church is backing
them up, praying for them, wish
ing them well, ready to send rein
forcements if they fall by the way-
side. Sometimes the only way a
call of the Spirit comes to a man
or woman is through the church.
Older Christians ought to realize
their responsibilities here.
The Church Threugh Men
God does not call all men to be
missionaries. But he does caU eV-
ery Christian man, woman and
chUd to be missionary. That is,
missionary in heart and purpose.
The church that is not sending
and supporting missionaries, di
rectly or indirectly, by themselves
or through a board of missions,
the church that is not out there
on the firing line through its rep
resentatives, the church that
doesn’t even know there is a firing
line, the church that spends all its
money and all its interest on itself
—such a church is not even a cou
sin of the kind of church we read
of in the early days, like the
Church at Antioch. The selfish
congregation is contributing to the
death of the church; the sending
church is contributing to its life—
its own and the life of the Chris
tian fellowship around the world.
(Based on ontllnes eopTrl^lited hj the
Division of Christian Education, Xa*
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the V. S. A. Released by Community
Press Service.)
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" A cross—a hundred crosses—marking the
graves of men who died in the service of their
country. But why a cross?
Is this the symbol of our gratitude for the
sacrifice they made for us? It is nott
Is this the emblem of democracy and free
dom in whose cause they laid down their
lives? It is not!
But this is the symbol of a crucified and
risen Christ. The One who unfolded for man
kind the truth of God’s love, the truth out of
which democracy, freedom, and sacrifice have
come.
The cross on a soldier’s grave is a call to us
—a call to the living to fill our churches. It
is a call to serve with eager and sacrificial
devotion the Lord whose Truth men have
died to preserve.
the church for AU .. .
AU FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac-
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship ft
°‘ values.
Wtthout a strong Church, neither
eur”rve°'Th"°' civilization can
survive , ^ere are four sound
^tend services regularly and sup-
Church. They are (f)
childr'* ■ f°'' his
children s sake (3) For the sake
oi his community and nation (4)
Which needs his moral and ma-
'l"°'^PPon Plon to go to
Bible dody'^'^^'’'
Day Book Chapter Verses
Sunday Matthew
Monday Matthew
Tuesday Matthew
Wednesd'yDeuteron'my
Thursday Deuteron’my
rriday Matthew
Saturday Isaiah
36-42
32-44
45-56
4-18
6-13
24-28
1-5
Copyrisrht 1956, Keister Adv. Service, Strasburff, Va. •
BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Piesbyteiian)
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.m.
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.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m., Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Martin Ccddwell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a. m. (First
Sundays, 11 a.m.)
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11
a. m.
Guild meetings—first and third
Mondays: St. Mary’s, 3 p. m.; St.
Anne’s, 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
day 7:30 p.m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a.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 Thtirsday at
8 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S (CathoUc)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and ia;3() a m,;
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a.m.;
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Confes
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5-6 and 7:30-8:30 pun.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Robert L. Bame, Minister
(Services held temporarily at
Civic Club, Ashe Street)
Church School, 9:45 am.
Worship Service, 11 a. m.;
W. S. C. S. meets each first Tues
day at 8 p. m.
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