THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
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Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU by
Frank Moraes (Macmillan $6.75).
In addition to being a good biog
raphy, this book gives a fairly
complete history of the Congress
Party and will make clear the
position of India in foreign af
fairs and the main outlines of her
present domestic policy. Mr.
Moraes, who is editor of the In
dian TIMES, Oxford-educated, a
Catholic and author of a book on
contemporary China, writes
clearly and objectively and he
has organized a mass of material
into a straightforward narrative.
No country has been more for
tunate than India in the quality
of the men who have been her
leaders in recent decades.
Through the critical years when
she was struggling for indepen
dence, such men as Gandhi, Jaw-
aharlal Nehru and his father,
Motilal Nehru, gave examples of
selfless devotion to the cause of
the nation and the Indian peas
ant. The relation between these
three makes a fascinating story
in itself.
Differing widely in tempera
ment, differing often in their
opinions of the right thing to do
next, they .argued, disagreed,
voted against each other in Con
gress sessions, but never for a
moment lost their profound res
pect and affection for each other.
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While he lived Gandhi domina
ted and the others, though un
able to follow his mental pro
cesses, recognized again and
again the soundness of the intui
tion with 'which he chose the
right thing to do at the right
time and so kept the masses of
India behind the drive for inde
pendence.
Nehru, an aristocrat, an intel
lectual, a much less religious
man than Gandhi, was still his
political heir. Gandhi described
him as “pure as crystal,” “truth
ful beyond supsicion” and said
that “the nation is safe in his
hands.”
This is too long a book and too
fully packed to summarize ade
quately in a brief review. Mr.
Moraes is an admirer of Nehru
but not an uncritical one. He
finds him not too trustful of his
associates and inclined to keep
too much power ‘in his own
hands but untiring in his devo
tion to India’s welfare and inter
national peace. His domestic pol
icy is summed up as socialism
achieved by the democratic pro
cess.
"Gandhi,” says Mr. Moraes,
“with British acquiescence and
approval in the final phases,
proved that a political revolu
tion was possible without vio
lence. In independent India,
Nehru is attempting to prove
that an economic and social rev
olution, built on the utilitarian
principle of the greatest good of
the greatest number, is equally
possible without violence or class
conflict.”
Nehru’s foreign policy stems
from this same rejection Of vio
lence as the best way to settle
disputes. He dislikes to be called
“neutral,” because India takes a
positive stand on this principle
and has again and again been
quite definite as to her position
on particular disputes. The book
includes the thrilling story of
the progress that, has been made
since independence in the ameli
oration of the lot of the Indian
peasant. It also gives us a warm
picture of Nehru in his family
life and a credible account of the
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THE STRAIGHT AND NAR
ROW PATH by Honor Tracy
(Random $3.50). This is high
comedy. A British anthropologist
recuperating from researches in
the Congo goes to a little Irish
village to rest. There he becomes
involved in the life of the village,
has a set-to with the local clergy
and legal tal^t and finds
ways of the Irish even stranger
than those of the Congo.
There are some hilarious situ
ations that include the local lord,
the nuns of the convent, a ghost
and a miraculous visitation. The
contrast of the forthright British
way of doing things and the Irish
love of more imaginative ways to
one’s restination is beautifully
done. How the British anthro
pologist eventually finds himself
out-Irishing the Irish makes the
tale even more satisfying.
Miss Tracy writes with acute
appreciation of human foibles, a
minimum of slapstick and high
good humpr. The climax is hap
pily contrived to give everyone
a prize. Yet Dr. Butler, the an
thropologist, still feels his head
spinning when he tries to under
stand the Irish. ,
KAPPY OLIVER by Nona
Walker (HoU $3.00). Here is a
teen-age novel that is a real
study in human relations. The
author lives in North Carolina
and has a teen-age daughter of
her own. The story is laid in
North Carolina and tells of the
experiences of two young people
from the North in finding their
places in high school circles in a
small Southern city. Kappy
Oliver is a lovable heroine.
At first, she had welcomed the
chance to make good on her own
merits without her popular and
attractive parents but she little
guessed how much she had taken
on. After some unsuccessful ef-'
forts to make friends for herself
she decides that she will never
get far until she does something
about her cousin Till who is
prickly as a cactus and yet very
appealing to the understanding
Kappy.
How Kappy does this with the
help of the awkward Bundy, who
at first seemed to only make it
more difficult, is well told in a
story that develops logically
from character and has a good
deal of tension.
A FRIEND IS AMIE by Char
lotte Steiner (Knopf $2.75). If
you would like to start some lit
tle girl early on learfiing French,
we cannot imagine a more at
tractive beginning than this gay
story of two small girls who liv
ed next door to each other and
wanted to play together despite
a difference in language.
How they managed to commu
nicate and Milly learned some
French while Lili learned some
English is engagingly told in this
colorful picture book. Phonetic
spelling is included with the
French words.
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BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Background Scripture: Deuteron
omy 6.
Devotional Reading: psalm 78:1-7.
Home School
Lesson for October 21, 1956
Dr. Foreman
OT many people are born In a
school-house. But most people
in America move to some school-
house before they are two weeks
old. Because then they come home
from the hospital; and home is the
greatest school in the world. Ex
perts tell us that a child learns
more before he is
six than he ever
learns after-
ward; but at the
age of six he is
only just starting
to school, as the
saying is. It’s
only a saying, be
cause he has been
learning every
minute since he
first blinked at the light, and most
of this he learned right at home.
Learning is not just what is printed
in books. The child learns to un
derstand and to speak his mother-
tongue; he learns to walk and run
and eat and play. He learns a lit
tle about how to get along with
other people. Among the most im
portant things he learns are what
never gets into a book—prejudices,
habits, attitudes, both good and
bad.
Learning Religion at Home
If it is true that our relation to
God is more important than any
other relation of life, then it is
true also that the religion learned
in the home is more important
than anything else learned there.
Suppose a child’s home-school
teaches everything except religion,
how much hope is there that reli
gion will become real to him?
There are 168 hours in every week.
Take out 56 for sleeping (it would
really be more for a child) and
you have left 112 waking hours.
Let us suppose that little Johnnie
Doe, Jr., is sent off to Sunday
school by Mr. and Mrs. Doe, who
take him and fetch him after
wards, but never, no never go to
Sunday school or church them
selves. That makes one hour of
religion per week, 111 hours of no
religion. How much of anything is
a child going to learn if he has
less than one per cent of his time
to put on it? If all the religious
homes of America stopped teach
ing religion, the churches and
synagogues would soon fold up.
Bui Can Religion Be Taught?
At this point someone may catch
us up. Can religion be taught?
Isn’t it “caught, not taught”? Quite
so. The genuine spark is kindled
only on the invisible altar of God.
But in your car engine, the spark
does not come to life in an empty
chamber. ’There has to be there the
right mixture of gasoline vapor
and air. Without that, the sparks
shine for a brief instant and go
out—and nothing happens. When a
gardener plants vegetables, he
knows that if the seed is not fer
tile his work is useless. Every-
thirig depends on a germ he did not
and cannot create. But that does
not give him leave to quit his job.
The gardener’s job is to prepare
the seed-bed in which the living
seed will sprout and not die. So
the home prepares the seed-bed in
which the living seed of God’s
grace can bring forth a harvest.
Speaking without parables, the
home can teach a great many
things about religion which can’t
be learned by inspiration or ab
sorption. The Bible is high among
these; in the home begins the work
of filling the storehouse of the
mind with treasures from the Word
of God.
“When Your Son Asks You ..
The great sixth chapter of Deu
teronomy is perhaps one of the
most often quoted chapters of the
Bible. In it, father and mothers are
commanded to be teachers. God
knows that rabbis and priests and
preachers are never enough. But
we find in this chapter also (among
many others) this further thought:
Children will not always under
stand all they are taught. They
will ask “Why?” So, when (in the
words of Deuteronomy) your son
asks. What is the meaning of the
testimonies and the statutes and
the ordinances The father
and mother are not to dodge such
questions. There is nothing mean
ingless about true religion; on the
contrary, religion discovers life’s
central meaning. True religion is
not a set of “scruples” as an un
sympathetic sociologist has put it,
—not a collection of senseless
“Don’ts.” A great phrase in Deu
teronomy put a great deal in a few
words: true religion, all the com
mandments of God, everything we
ought to believe and be and do, is
“for our good always.” But father
and mother must learn that first
before they can teach it.
(Based on ontlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, Na
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the V. S. A. Released by Community
Press Service.)
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Tuesday — Union Church I
Route: W. F. Smith, 9:45; Vass,
School, 10:15; Vass Post Office,
11:15; Edgar Oldham, 12; Miss
Polly Key, 12:15; Albert Taylor,
12:30; C. E. Smith, 12:45; Tom
Bailey, 1:15; J. M. Briggs, 1:45;
O. L. Darnell, 2:30.
Wednesday — Pinehurst Post
Office, 9:30; Taylortown, 10;
Eagle Springs School, 10:30;
Eagle Springs 11:15; West End
12; West End School, 1; L. H.
Chissom, 2:15; A. J. Banner, 2:30;
T. L. Bronson, 2:45; W. E. Munn,
3.
'Thursday — Carthage, 9:45;
Robbins School, 11; Elise High
School, 12; Robbins Library, 1:30.
Friday — West Southern Pines
School. 9:45; Niagara Post Office,
11:15; C. G. Priest, 12; Lakeview,
12:30; Jackson and Patterson,
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PRAYER
Dear God . . . there’s so much
I’d like to say to You. It’s that
way lots of times. I want to talk
to You, and then somehow I get
stuck for words.
I guess I do some stupid
things, sometimes ... like that
fight with Butch Hendley yester
day. He said something I didn’t
like and then I said something,
and that was it. I guess I won,
but afterwards I was kind of
ashamed. I told Dad about it last
night and he went for a walk
with me and we looked up at the
sky and the stars. Everything
looked so big, all of a sudden,
that it scared me. It seemed too
big to understand.
Then Dad told me that there
are lots of things like the sky and
the stars, too big for people to
ever understand. And he said
that that’s where Faith comes in,
and that it is good to have the
Church to put our trust in.
I got to thinking about that,
and I told Dad that I’d kind of
like to ask Butch to come to
Church with jjs next Sunday
morning, but that I was afraid he
wouldn’t come. Dad grinned at
me and said, “Why not ask him
and see?”
Dear God ... I did ask Butch,
and he’s coming. Butch hasn’t
been to Church regularly like I
have, so maybe when it comes to
praying he’ll get stuck for words
even worse than I do. But You’ll
listen to him anyway, won’t You?
Because he needs You very much
... just like I do ... just like all
of us do.
Thank You, God.
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AU FOR THE CHURCH
The" Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the 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
attend 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)
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CHURCH (Presbyterian)
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
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Wofford C. Timmons. Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 aon.
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)
East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First
Sundays and Holy Days, 8 a.m.
and 11 a.m.)
Family Service, 9:30 a.m.
Church School, 10 a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples’ Service League,
6:30 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays
and Holy Days, 10 a.m. and Fri
day, 9 a.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.m.; 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. Chiurch
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 'Thursday at
8 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S (CathoUc)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter ML Denges
Sunday masses 8 and lUiSO ajn.)
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 aJXL;
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Confes
sions heard on Saturday between
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
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Robert L. Barne. Minister
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Church School, 9:45 ajo.
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