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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
m. Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
THE DISTANT MUSIC by H.
L. Davis (Morrow $3.95). This is
an uneven book but has some
splendid qualities. No milder
word could convey the faculty
Mr. Davis has for making us
share his joy in the wild land of
the Northwest frontier and its
robust men and women, fighting
and drinking, working, trading,
making love. His zest for all
manifestations of life is kin to
that of Walt Whitman.
The story centers around the
lives of Ranse Mulloch who came
out from Missouri around 1850
and his son, Ranse, who inherit
ed the land after the dramatic
death of his father. To me the
best character in the book is the
original Ranse Muloch, fiercely
independent, hard but with a
streak of tenderness for Medora,
the orphan girl, only survivor of
a wagon train. He sees her first
living with a tribe of Blackfoot
Indians with whom he is trading
for cattle. He leaves but later re
members her when he finds he
can stake a claim to twice as
much land along the Columbia
river if he is married. He goes
back and gets her.
Practical as is his motive, a
deep attachment grows up be
tween them yet one which is al
ways shadowed by her years
among the Indians. Ranse dies
fairly early in the book and the
bulk of it is devoted to Medora
and his son but in neither of
these does he succeed in creating
a character that has the impact
on the reader of the first Ranse.
Along with these major char
acters we have a crowd of minor
ones as men of many nationali
ties and many degrees of quality
push up the river to settle the
new country. Some of these are
excellently drawn. Neither sen
timentalized nor caricatured,
they are men of strength who
could stand the hard life, and
women who could also take the
buffets of fate.
Back of it all there runs like
“distant music” a deep love of
the land and the miracle of just
living. The first is evident in a
hundred passages such as this
one where the rising sun strikes
“the gray rocks and bleached
grass and moving water, shim
mering through tree-leaves and
weed-tangles, and telephone
v/ires and flaming from window
to window as it moved across
the living things stirring under
it.” The second is deliberately
epitomized in an episode told by
an old woman of a no-account
drunk, broke and thirsty who
was offered two gallons of whis
ky by a cigar-drummer if he
could out-butt an old billy-goat.
When some former companions
of his from a wagon-train heard
of it, they came down with their
guns to stop the contest, which
they did over the bitter protests
of the drunk, who said he was
done for anyway and he didn’t
care if the goat caved his head
in. The men’s answer was “that
maybe stayin’ alive didn’t mean
anything to him, but it did to
them, and they wouldn’t stand
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HOME BEFORE DARK by Ei
leen Bassing (Random $3.50).
Although this is the story of a
woman newly released from! a
state asylum, ye are told little of
her life there. We are, however,
given flashbacks of her life be
fore her breakdown.
The story of Charlotte Bronn’s
arrival home and of her struggle
to lead a happy, normal life is of
absorbing interest. Her search
for love and understanding is
pitiful, and the only criticism is
that we find it difficult to under
stand why she cared so much for
her selfish, intolerant husband.
We have a charming picture of
Mrs. Bassing on the jacket and it
makes us feel that it is impos
sible for this book to be autobi
ographical.
She is nonetheless particularly
well informed on the Subject of
neuroses and their victims.
—JANE H. TOWNE
ROGUES, ROYALTY, and RE
PORTERS, A Book of Diverse
Excerpts from Periodicals of 181h
Cenlury England, by William
Bragg Ewald Jr. (Houghton
$6.00). In Queen Anne’s era ap
peared the first real newspapers
for general circulation. In them
were recorded the foibles, fun
and fantasy of that time.
Have you sometimes wonder
ed how our forebears reacted to
advertisements, murders, affairs
of state, lost wives, fashionable
beauty aids, the Battle of Blen
heim? What kind of books they
read, plays they saw, laws they
enforced and mocked? Mr. Ewald
has given us a rare look into his
tory by quoting directly from
newspapers and magazines of the
18th century;—Flying Post, Moni
tor English Post, British Apollo,
Courant, etc.
A great period in English his
tory is here brought back to life
with all its fascinating quirks;
history both formal and intimate
with all the freshness of the
morning paper.
SERVICES
The Rev. Cleveland R. Dier-
lamm, supply minister, is con
ducting services at Niagara
Union Church in Niagara.
The next service will be on
Sunday, February 17. In March,
the minister will be at the
church on two Sundays, March
10 and 24. Time of the Sunday
service is 10:30 a. m.
The Rev. Mr. Dierlamm is liv
ing at Dogwood Dell, south of
Sanford on Sanford, Route 1. He
is a Congregational minister who
formerly was pastor of a church
at Lisle. He came to this area
last November, after retiring
from active ministerial work in
New York State.
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BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Background Scripture: Matthew 13.
Devotional Beading: Matthew 13:24-
30. 36—43.
Truth Is Alive
Lesson for February 17, 1957
Bookmobile
Schedule
TTOW do you explain advanced
I- -I mathematics to children who
don’t know what 2x2 means?
Jesus had an equally hard time
trying to explain what he meant
by the Kingdom of God. (By the
way, comparison of passages
will show that Kingdom of “God”
aid of “heaven” mean just the
j a m e thing.)
nearly every
thing he said
about it has
been persistent
ly misunder
stood by some
body or other.
Harder than ex
plained a totally
new idea is
transforming an U*"- Foreman
old one, and Jesus had this more
difficult task; for many of his
contemporaries, both friends
and enemies, thought they knew
what “Kingdom of God” meant,
already, and they did not want
to be told.
A Definition
We can venture a definition of
the Kingdom of God to which most
persons will agree: The state of
things in which God’s will is wholly
done by aU men in all things,
iiiany persons will agree to that
definition; but it leaves several
questions unanswered. One of these
questions is dealt with in the
parables chosen for this week’s
study. It is this: How does the
Kingdom grow, or spread, or come?
’This is an especially important
question if we understand that it
is a part of God’s plan to use his
servants—meaning and including
ourselves too—to help bring the
Kingdom to pass, to bring it out
of the w’orld of hope into the world
of fact and experience. Most
churches sing the hymn: “Rise up,
O men of God!” They do not sing
the parody on it which begins,
'Sit down, O men of God, you
annot do a thing!”
Not by Force
But suppose we do rise up to
work for the Kingdom, what shall
we do?
Good men have long.asked. them
selves that question . . . and some
times given wrong answers. Some
have thought that the reign of God
could be forced on men. So we
have had the Crusaders, the Inquisi
tion, the New England “theocra
cies”, Calvin in Geneva and Crom
well in England—all working on
the same theory: You can force
people to do God’s will. This earth
can become like heaven if your
police force is good enough.
Nof by Machines
But that never has worked. It
can’t work, because the Kingdom
of God is not that sort of thing.
So, other good but mistaken men
have supposed that the way the
Kingdom spreads abroad is by a
copying system of some kind, let
us say by a vast mimeographing
machine. Some particular person,
or period, or institution, is taken
as the absolute pattern, and peo
ple are encouraged to imitate it
to the last detail. For example:
the early Christian church, as de
scribed in the book of Acts, is
taken by some people as the pic
ture of the ideal church, and aU
churches (it is said) should be as
nearly exact copies of it as is
possible. Or the social and polit
ical organization set forth in the
laws of Moses are taken to de
scribe the ideal state, and we to
day should imitate that if we want
to get the perfect society. Or some
ancient saint is taken as the exact
model of every one who wants to
be a good person. But these no
tions are aU off center. No world
and no institution and no age or
system in the past was perfect
even for that day; and when you
take something that was imperfect
yesterday and try to make it fit
today, the result is more imperfect
then ever.
The Kingdom Is a Living Thing
Jesus’ parables show how the
Kingdom of God really spreads
and grows. He caUed it once a
kingdom of truth; and truth is a
Living thing. Truth cannot be forced
upon people. Mere copying of
truth is mechanical and may even
be meaningless. Truth grows the
way a plant does, the way yeast
does in dough; silently, steadily,
by the sheer power of the life that
is in it. But since the Kingdom of
God is made up of people, since
the truth of Christ is not one to be
read about but one to be lived out,
the Kingdom of God, the world
of his heart’s desire, comes into
being by tlie personal touch of life
on life. Truth spreads from pole
to pole only as it spreads from
soul to soul.
(Dased on outlines copyrighted by th?
Division of Chirstian ICducation. Na
tional Council of the Churches of Christ
in the U. S . A. Released by Conimuni;:y
t rts;i Service.)
Tuesday Routh’s Service Sta
tion, 9:45; Sam Taylor, 10; Lewis
Marion, 10:15; Cameron School,
10:30; Cqmeron, 11:30; Wade Col
lins, 1; Miss Margaret Gilchrist,
1:15; Walter McDonald, l:30r
Paul Thomas’ Station, 1:45.
Wednesday — Doubs Chapel
Route: Arnold 'Thomas, 10; Clyde
McKenzie, 10:15; Elmer Vest,
110:30; Mrs. Frances Scarboro,
110:45; R. L. Blake, 11; W. E.
Jackson, 11:15; Robert Blake,
11:30; Clyde Auman, 11:45; Lan
dis Cox, 12; Mrs. E. L. Sutphin,
12:15; Frank Cox, 12:30.
Thursday—^Westmoore School,
10, Roland NaU, 11:30; Charles
Stutts, 11:45; Arthur Baldwin, 12;
Davis School, 12:30; Enloes’
i Grill, 12:45; Carthage, 2.
• Friday—^MurdocksvUle Route:
Dan Lewis, 10; W. R. Dunlap,
10:15; Miss Miurgaret McKenzie,
10:30; Tom Clayton, 10:45; Mrs.
A. Rice, 11; Mrs. Ethel Black,
11:15; Mrs. Edward Black, 11:30; 12:15; R. E. Lea, 12:30; J. V. Cole,
Mrs. Earl Monroe, 11:45; Mrs. 12:45; H. E. Blue, 1; Ira Garrison,
Helen Neff, 12; Coy McKenzie,' 1:15; M. L. McGuirt, 1:30.
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JKKB VOU 'PUZSL'E'D TOO ?
Here is a young lady who’s puzzled. She has all the pieces at her
fingertips but how to make them fit into the finished pattern—that’s
her problem.
And it’s your problem, too! Life is full of odd pieces which just
don’t seem to fit into any kind of sensible pattern. There are the odd
pieces of sorrow and joy, of suffering and health, of doubt and faith,
of evil and good, of death and life, and it sometimes seems as if we
never could make them fit into a pattern which makes sense.
And yet there is a pattern for your life—and every life. God knows *
the pattern and wants to help you find it.
The key to the puzzle of life is a Cross. And the Church, with its
message of the Cross of Christ, can help make the odd pieces in the
puzzle of your life fall into the finished pattern: a life of confidence
and courage and serenity.
THE CHURCH FOR AU . . .
AU FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest iac-
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)
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 Chapter Verses
Sunday Deuteronomy 30 11-20
Monday.... Deuteronomy 33 25-29
Tuesday... .Job 23 1-17
Wednesd'y- Isaiah 35 3-10
Thursday... Acts 17 21-34
Friday Galatians 6 11-18
Saturday... Hebrews 12 1-15
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Copyrigiu 1957, Keltler Adv. Service, Strasburg, Va.
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.m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
iriE 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)
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 p. m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays
and Holy Days, 10 a.m. and Fri
day, 9:30.
Saturday—6 p. m. Penance.
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. 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 3r6
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 (Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 n 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
Midland Road
Robert L. Bame, Minister
Church School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a. m.;
W. S. C. S. meets each third
Monday at 8 p. m.
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