THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
PINEBLUFF
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD, a bi
ography by Joseph P, Lash (Dou-
bieday $4.50). This is a thought
ful book, and I found it illumi
nating on the United Nations as
well as its recent Secretary Gen
eral. I think Dag Hammarskgpld
. would have liked it for this rea
son. He was never one for the
cult of personality nor did he
have the political candidate’s
need to show he was just as folk
sy as anyone.
Joseph P. Lash, who has been
covering the United Nations for
the New York Post since 1950,
shows admiration for the man as
well as his work but we get this
more by implication than direct
praise or chatty anecdote. On the
personal side. Lash does give a
chppter to Hammarskjold’s Swed
ish background, which tells of
the family tradition of service to
the state reaching back to the
seventeenth century, tells of his
parents and brothers, of Dag’s
student life at Uppsala Univer
sity and the stages of his career
as an administrator in Sweden.
What these things meant in
forming the man who was to
guide the United Nations through
eight precarious years, Hammar-
skjold himself has summed up,
“From generations of soldiers
and government officials ... I
inherited a belief that no life was
more satisfactory than- one of
selfless service to your country
or humanity. This service requires
a sacrifice of all personal inter
ests, but likewise the courage to
stand up unflinchingly for your
convictions.”
How thoroughly he lived up to
this statement one realizes as
as one reads this book which fol
lows the acts and decisions of the
Secretary General from his elec
tion in 1953 until he left for that
last trip to the Congo. We see the
difficult and embarrassing prob
lems with which he was faced
when he took office, we follow
him throubh such crises as the
detention of the American air
men in Peking, the embroilment
over the Suez Canal, the endea
vor to keep order in the Congo.
One comes out with a better com
prehension of the labor, determin
ation and courage that Hammar-
skjold and his colleagues have put
into the effort to run the world
peacefully in the last decade, a
realization of the formidible ob-
tacles they have had to overcome
and a deep hope that the United
Nations may continue to grow in
effectiveness.
It should be added that this
book was not a hasty compilation
after the subject’s untimely death.
The author had been working on
it for more than a year.
has done a service in assemoling
from old deeds and local chron
icles this memorial to early re
ligious life in this state.
St. Thomas Church at Bath
holds the distinction of being the
oldest church building in the
state; it was constructed in 1734,
For obvious reasons, many of the
early churches were near the
coast and were Episcopalian. But,
Mr. Rouse also gives good space
to Baptist, Lutheran, Evangelical
and Reformed, Presbyterian,
Friends, Moravian and Methodist
churches.
The author' is quite as much
concerned with church history as
church architecture and has in
cluded interesting accounts of
early ministers and other reli
gious leaders who did heroic serv
ice in pioneer days. They labored
selflessly to keep religion a liv
ing force along the frontier and
to establish the first little church
es. One church building comple
ted in Chowan county in 1702
was twenty-five feet long, win
dowless and cost one hundred and
seventy dollars. Of course, in
most cases, original buildings
have been replaced by larger and
more substantial structures, but
the author includes descriptions
of the earlier structures.
SABA'S TREASURE by Don
ald McNutt Douglas (Harper
$3.50). This is an entertaining
story of strange doings on the
small Caribbean island of St. Mar
tin. It begins with a beautiful
blond lashed to the mast of g
slowly sinking ship from which
she is rescued just in time by the
gallant Sabastian, a recent addi
tion to the island’s police force.
In case you haven’t met him
before, Sebastian represents the
long legs and sharp eyes of a
team whose brain is Captain Man-
chenil, huge, black and kindly. In
solving this mystery—the res
cued lady refuses to talk—they
are ably assisted by a few of
Captain MancheniTs ten chil
dren.
Considerable complications de
velop not only in the criminal in
trigue involved but in Sebastian’s
love life, and we get a most ap
palling. villain. The narrative pro
ceeds at a good pace and gives
the reader fun as well as thrills.
By MRS. EHRMAN PICKLER
Week of Prayer
The Woman’s Missionary Union
of Ives Memorial Baptist Church
observed a week of prayer each
evening last week at the church.
Mrs. Abram YanBoskerck, prayer
chairman, was in charge of the
program. The theme for the week
was “Good Tidgings To All Peo
ple.” On Wednesday evening, the
Brotherhood had charge of the
program and showed a film on
“Good Tidings To All People.”
The Lottie Moon offering for for
eign missions was taken at the
close of the week’s program.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Pickier and
sons, Mark and Thornton, of Ra
leigh, were guests Sunday of his
grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Pickier
and aunt, Mrs. O. C. Adcox and
Mr. Adcox.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tally and
son John, of Sanford, visited her
aunt, Mrs. W. K. Carpenter, Sr.
and Mr. Carpenter Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison Creel and
Mrs. Minnie Morris of Raeford
spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs.
Virginia B. Creel.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McHam of
Sanford visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Adcox Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brooks of
Albemarle and Mr. and Mrs. T.
Warren Goldston and son Forrest,
of Raleigh, were Sunday guests of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Leavitt.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Carpenter,
Jr. and children, Cathy and
David, went to Greensboro Sat
urday for a day of shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Ehrman Pickier
spent Sunday in Sanford with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs^ E. A. Helms.
Bookmobile
Schedule
Becky’s father and brothers bring
in the tree and everyone helps
to decorate it. Finally comes the
grand climax of Christmas itself.
This is a simple story, but it
conveys delicious odors, sights,
flavors, sounds and happy human
relations. The soft, glowing pic
tures are by an artist long loved
for her books for children.
December 11-14
Monday, December 11, Doubs
Chapel Route: John Willard, 9:35-
9:40; Frank Cox, 9:45-9:50; F. L.
Sutphen, 9:55-10; John Thomp
son, 10:05-10:15; Clyde Auman,
10:20-10:30; W.. R. Jackson, 10:35-
10:45; R. L. Blake, 10:50-10:55;
Arnold Thomas, 11-11:10; Mrs.
Joyce Haywood, 11:15-11:25; Mrs.
Pearl Frye, 12:05-12:15; S. E.
Hannon, 12:20-12:25; Coy Rich
ardson, 12:35-12:45; Vernon Lisk,
12:50-1:10; V. L, Wilson, 1:15-
1:30; Mrs. Herbert Harris, 1:40-
1:50.
Tuesday, December 12, Mur-
docksville Route: R. F. Clapp,
9:35-9:40; P. B. Moon, 9:45-9:50;
Mrs. Finney Black, 10-10:10; W.
R. Dunlop, 10:15-10:30; Dan
Lewis, 10:40-10:50; Miss Marga
ret McKenzie, 10:55-11:05; Earl
Monroe, 11:10-11:15; Mrs. Helen
Neff, 11:20-11:30; Harold Black,
12:10-12:20; J. V. Cole, 12:25-
12:30; Art Zenns, 12:35-12:45; K.
F .Whitaker, 1:10-1:20; H. A
Freeman, 1:25-1:35; John Lewis,
1:40-1:50.
Wednesday, December 13, Cam
eron Route: Sam Taylor, 9:30-
9:35; James Hardy, 9:40-9:50; M.
M. Routh, 9:55-10:05; T. K.
Holmes, 10:10-10:20; Mrs. J. A.
McPherson, 10:25-10:35; Mrs. H.
D. Talley, 10:40-10:45; Mrs. Arch
McKeithen, 10:50-11; Mrs. Kate
Phillips, 11:05-11:15; Jessie
Maples, 11:25-11:35; Walter Mc
Donald, 12:15-12:25; Mrs. Ellen
Gilchrist, 12:30-12:40; Wade Col
lins, 12:50-1; Lewis Marion, 1:05-
1:15; Lynn Thomas, 1;25-1:30.
Thursday, December 14, Min
eral Springs, Sandhills Route: W.
R. Viall, 9:45-10:50; the Rev. W.
C. Neill, 10:35-10:55; J. W. Greer,
11:05-11:20; Pinehurst Nursing
Home, 12:25-12:40; Richard Gar
ner, 12:50-1; R. J. Smith, 1:10-
1:20; Frank Cox, Jr., 1:25-1:35; W.
E. Nunn, 1:50-2; T. L. Bronson,
2:05-2:10; A. J. Hanner, 2:20-2:30.
Growing By Study
lesson for December 10, 1981
Make sure your Christmas de
corative lighting does not over
load electrical circuits.
History — Mystery — Romance — Mirth
CHRISTMAS
BOOKS
at the
SOME INTERESTING COLO
NIAL CHURCHES IN NORTH
CAROLINA by j. R. Rouse (Kan
napolis $4.95i). This is an attrac
tive piece of Caroliniana with
good photographs and consider
able data on thirty-seven early
churches in this state. As you
may gather from the title, the au
thor does not consid-ef his collec
tion definitive. Nevertheless he
BECKY'S CHRISTMAS by
Tasha Tudor (Viking $3.00). This
is a lovely story of an old-fash
ioned Christmas as experienced
by ten-year-old Becky. It begins
weeks before when the whole
family shells nuts and beats eggs
■it takes sixteen—for the Christ
mas cakes.
Then comes the busy time of
secret work on gifts, for Becky’s
family always make their pres
ents for each other. Luckily
Becky has a grandmother near
and, she can go to her house to
work on her biggest present, a
woven rug for her mother and
father.
Next comes the day when they
put up the Advent calendar and
begin opening, its windows one
each day. Then, on December 24,
180 W..Penna. Ave.
OX 2-3211
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lAFCEMBER 10th of this year
IS celebrated aU around the
world by Christians as Bible Sun
day There are many fine and
truthful things to be said about
the Bible The
story of how it
came down to us
is a story of com--
age. brilliance
and heroism But
people do not
read if enough
Not even Chris
tians, whose book
it chiefly is, spend
Dr. Foreman enough time on
it. What conceivable good could
you get out of any book if you
read only from one to six inches
of it a day?
Books are like foods
You expect to see half-starved
people in certain oriental coun
tries, where most people never
see a square meal. But sometimes
you see half-starved people in
America, in the midst of abun
dance. This may be for several
reasons. This scrawny person
may eat a good deal of the wrong
kind of food, o." of only one kind
He may till up on trash and not
have an appetite for solid nour
ishment. Or he may have some
thing wrong with his insides, so
that no matter what he eats, his
system does not assimilate it
Books are something like foods
They nourish their readers—that
is to say, good books do. Some
books are like trash, they fill the
mind and starve it at the same
time. Some books may be good,
but not good by themseives, as a
steady diet they tack some im
portant vitamins,—like commeal,
and lettuce, for instance. And
sometimes a qian or boy may
read a perfectly good book and
get nothing out of it, because the
mind just won’t take it in, or the
heart rejects it. Christians, ever
some who read the Bible, raa:.
have scrawny souls for any
these reasons.
Growing in Mind
A person who did nothing but
read the Bible day and night would
not be a good Christian, just as a
person who sat at the table eating,
day and night, would be a mighty
poor specimen physically. The
Bible, however, is like corn-flakes
in one respect; a few flakes a
day are hardly enough. Reading
it wisely and regularly, with all
the help you can get, will surely
nourish you.—Your mind, to be
gin with. A book which appealed
to your emotions alone would not
be a good book—it would be like
the cotton candy they sell at
county fairs. The Bible introduces
you to great thoughts, great
truths, great people. Consider
Jesus; if he were the only char
acter in the Bible, it would stiU
be the greatest book in the world
because he is the greatest person
in the world. A man said of a
great lady, ^ “to love her is a
liberal education.” This could be
said more truly about JeSus; one
who comes to love Him through
study of the Bible, in which He
is the central Figure, will find—
to use Paul’s words—that he is
being transformed through the
renewing of his mind.
Growing it: Spirit
But the Bible will especially
nourish the soul of the reader.
The Christian grows in spirit not
less than in mind. What this
means can be seen from that
famous passage in 1 Timothy
3:15-16. ‘ The sacred writings,
Paul says, are “able to instruct
you,”—not guaranteed to do so.
for if you don’t want to be in
structed you won’t be!—“to in
struct you for salvation through
faith,” Inspired Scripture, Paul
goes on to say, is profitable
(among other ways) for training
in righteousness: This does not
mean learning some code of con
duct or any set of rules. It means
becoming an expert in the kind
of living that Christ shows us. It
means not merely doing more
right things, it means becoming a
more right person. .
Two things are necessary for
growth: food and exercise. With
out the Bible, the Christian’s life
may be active but it is not
healthy, it is the nervous activity
of those who lack solid foods. On
the other hand, reading the Bible
or even studying it, without ever
practicing it, produces spiritual
indigestion, not growth. Right
eousness—goodness, straight-ness
as the old Hebrews called it
comes by faith; but faith eaiin
for works Jast as food calls for
exercise, if we are to grow in
strength.
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New York Ato. at Soath Aaho St.
Maynard Hanna, HiniaUr
Bible School. 9:46 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.
Training Union. 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor
ship. 7 :80 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:80 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:80 p.m. .-
mid-week worshijl. Wednesday 7:80 p.m.;
choir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and third Tues
days,, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday. 7 pan.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Aaho
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:80 a.m.; Dally
Mass 8:10 a.m.-Holy Day Masses, 7 A t
a.m.; Confessions, Saturday, 6:00 to 6 :lt
p.m.: 7:80 to 8 p.m.
.Men’s Clulr Meetings: Ist ft Srd Fridayo
8 p.m.
Women’s Club meetings: 1st Monday
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118. Monday, r
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, li a.m.
Sunday School. 11 a.m.'
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
leading Hoorn in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship Serv.
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Women of the
Church meeting. 8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday. 7:30 p.m.
Choir Kehearsal. Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH .Episcopal)
East Massachnsetta 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 Leagne, 0 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesdays and Holy
Uays, 10 a.m. and Friday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. bennett and New Hampaiilre
Carl E. Wallace, Minister
Sunday School, 9:46 o.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday. 6:30 p.m., p;igrim Fellowebli
(Young People).
Sunday. 8 :00 p.m.. The Forom.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Dr. E. C. Scott, Interim Minister
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship serv
ice. 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 a’aloeb
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:16 p.at.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Aahe St.
, Jack Deal. Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr„ Miniitoi
Church School 9:46 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 P. M,
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:00
P. M.
Methodist Men meet each fourth Sunday
at 7 :45 a.m.
Choir . Rehearsal each Wednesday at
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