THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page THREE
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Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
THE LAST PLANT AGENTS
by Thomas Costain (Doubleday
$5.75). “From the welter of con
trived history, of book throwing,
of efforts to explain away the
discrepancies of fact by theoriz
ing) there still emerges from the
gloom of this particular span of
years the figure of a Man.” So
says novelist-historian Thomas
B. Costain, and the man he finds
so memorable is the savagely ma
ligned Richard III, last of thr
Plantagenet kinds of England.
In this book we have the last
of the four-volume series, “The
Pageant of England.” It began
with “The Conquerers,” telling
the story of England from the
Norman Conquest through the
Crusades, and went on with “The
Magnificent Century” and “The
Three Edwards.” The present vol
ume co”ers the period from the
birth of Richard II in 1367 to the
death of Richard III in 1485.
“Most histories,” says Mr. Cos-
tain, “conclude the Plantagenet
era with the death of Richard II
They call the succeeding dynas
ties Lancaster and York, but both
houses were true Plantagenets—
both by blood and behavior. . . I
fell under the spell of the Planta
genets early in my reading of his
tory; so many of them were great
kings, and the ones who weren’t
had weaknesses that added to
their attraction. They were story
book kings, married to fairy-tale
queens, beautiful always and of
ten wicked, sometimes very wick
ed. It seemed wrong to finish the
.story with someone like Richard
II, when the tale correctly ends
with Richard III, who had the
makings of one of the greatest of
the Plantagenets.”
With the skill of a novelist.
Costain carries us with him back
into this romantic age and brings
to life not only the kings and
queens but such figures as John
Ball, the commoner who inspired
the uprising of the peasants;
Owen Glendower, leader of the
fiercely independent Welsh and
reputed to bfe a magician; War
wick, the Kingmaker, who chang
ed sides once too often; and the
tragic young Princes who were
murdered in the Tower.
THE CENTURIONS by Jean
Larteguy (Dullon $4.95). This
book is dedicated “to the memory
of all the centurions who perish
ed so that Rome might survive.”
But the author is thinking of the
soldiers of France who fought in
Indo-China and Algiers. He cen
ters his tale around a small group
of junior officers. Caught in the
currents of a changing world, they
fight hard, endure much and
sometimes, as intelligent men,
they reflect on the reasons.
All are there by their own
choice; one because it is in the
family tradition, his father and
grandfather having been great
soldiers; another joined up to es
cape the stuffiness of a too re
spectable family in a provincial
town; a third had been in the
maquis and did not fit into civili
an life after World War II. Each
had a strong personal reason, and
each in his own way loved
France. They were good soldiers,
good officers, but the tide was
against them. Or was it some
thing else? Were their leaders in
adequate? Was the other side
more united? •
After the fall of Dien-Bien-Phu,
when they are prisoners of the
Communist Vietminh, they ask
themselves these questions, We
see them enduring hardships, ex
posed to the “brain washing” of
the Communists, using their in
genuity and some mine team work
to survive and maintain morale.
We see them returning to France
where colonial wars are being
bitterly criticized in certain quar
tets, where they find it hard to
fit into the families and situations
they had left.
When the National Rebellion
begins in Algeria, the remnant of
the little group reenlist—only one,
Mahmoud, is on the other side—
and apply in this new war the
lessons they had learned from the
Communists in the old. This is a
big canvas of France and^her col
onial empire, but it is also the
story of individual men with
their loves arid frustrations, their
moments of decision and their
growing distrust of the politicians
at home. Jean Larteguy welds the
whole into a major novel which
has sold 420,000 copies in France
and which received the Prix Eve
Delacroix in 1960.
BETWEEN OXUS AND JUM
NA by Arnold J. Toynbee (Ox
ford $5.00). The quality of a book
of travel is measured by the qual
ity of mind of the traveller as
much as by the interest of the
country traversed. To travel
through these ancient lands rich
in history in the company of Pro
fessor Toynbee is a rare treat in
deed.
The special lure for Toynbee
was the ancient Greek kingdom,
of Bactria. Alexander the Great
on his expedition to India plant
ed a Greek colony at what is now
Begram in Afghanistan, and it
outlasted Alexander. As late as
the first century A. D., a Greek
prince, Hermaeus, was still ruling
there. Then from the northern
side of the mountain wall, now
known as the Hindu Kush, came
the Kushans to conquer and be
conquered, for they quickly be
came Philhellenes and fostered
Greek culture in a kingdom that
extended from the Jumna to the
Oxus, including much of what is
now Afghanistan, Pakistan and
a slice of northern India. Traces
are still found in lovely Bactrian
coins and other remnants of Hel
lenic art. For fifty years this
chapter in the history of civiliza
tion had fascinated Professor
Toynbee. Now we see him recog
nizing with a special thrill the
almost familiar landmarks and
monuments.
Twice before he had gotten as
far as Torkham on the Afghanis
tan border, seen the white shoul
der of the Hindu Kush and been
stopped as though by an invisible
pane of glass. Now at seventy-one
with a proper visa from the Af-
Bookmobile
Schedule
January 22^25
Monday, Jan. 22, Doubs’ Chapel
Route: John Willard, . 9:35-9:40;
Frank Cox, 9:45-9:50; F. L. Sut-
p^in, 9:55-10; John Thompson,
10:05-10:15; Clyde Auman, 10:20-
10:30;W . E. Jackson, 10:35-10:45;
R. L. Blake, 10:50-10:55; Arnold
Thomas, 11-11:10; Mrs. Joyce Hay
wood, 11:15-11:25; Mrs. Pear’
Frye, 12:05-12:15; S. E. Hannon,
12:20-12:25; Coy Richardson
12:35-12:45; V. L. Wilson, 12:55-
1:20; Mrs. Herbert Harris, 1:3(1-
il:35.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, Murdocksville
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 Margaret 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; Sandy Black, 12:55-
1:05; H. A. Freeman, 1:10-1:20.
Wednesday, Jan. 24, Cameron
Route: Sam Taylor, 9:30-9:35;
Jambs Hardy, 9:40-9:50; M. M.
Routh, 9:55-10:05; T. K. Holmes,
10:10-10:20; Mrs. J.A. McPher-
son,10:25-10:35; Mrs. H. D. Tally.
10:40-10:45; Mrs. Archie McKeith-
en, 10:50-11; Mrs. Kate Phillips.
11:05-11:15; Jesse Maples, 11:25-
11:35; Walter McDonald, 12:15-
122:25; Mrs. Ellen Gilchrist, 12:30-
12:40; Wade Collins, 12:50-1;
Lewis Marion, 1:05-1:15.
Thursday, Jan. 25, Miriefal
Springs, Sandhills Route: W. R.
Viall, 9:45-10:15; the Rev. W. C.
Neill, 10:30-10:50; J. W. Greer, 11-
11:15; Pinehurst Nursing Home,
12-12:10; Richard Garner, 12:20-
12:30; Ed Smith, 12:40-12:50:
Frank Cox, Jr., 12:55-1:05; W. E.
Munn, 1:20-1:30; T. L. Bronson,
1:35-1:40; A. J. Hanner, 1:50-2.
ghan consul, he was able to enter
this country of his dreams and he
shares with us his enthusiasm for
its mighty mountains and green
valleys, his visions of the Greek
conquerors who called these
mountains the Propanisadae—•
“loftier than an eagle’s flight.”
But his richly furnished mind
is not confined to the Greeks. He
tells how the ancient Aryans
made their way through these
passes into India, how Buddhism
travelled from India to China by
the reverse route, how the Mogul
conquerors, too, came this way.
In short these formidable passes
have always been the route be
tween Eurasia and the subconti
nent of India-Pakistan. Nor is h'e
without interest in the modern
problems of the region. He marks
the progress being made toward
a better life for the impoverished
masses, the surge of nationalism;
and he makes an earnest plea that
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
adjust their rival claims and show
a united front to the dangerous
pressures from Communist China,
and Russia.
Nominations for
Merchant Marine
Academy Open
Congressman A. Paul Kitchin
announced today that the dead
line of January 31 has been set for
accepting nominations of candi
dates for the next school year, of
the U. S. Merchant Marine Acade
my, one of the five Federal Acad
emies. Congressman Kitchin i.'--
entitled to nominate 10 qualified
applicants from the eighth Con
gressional District and he will re
ceive applications for such nom
inations up to the deadline.
The U. S. Merchant Marine
Academy has as its mission the
education and training of quali
fied young men for careers as of
ficers in our Merchant Marine.
Its four year college level pro
gram leads to a B. S. degree, a
U. S. Coast Guard license as a
third officer or a third assistant
engineer in the Merchant Marine,
and a commission in the Naval
Reserve.
Congressman Kitchin further
advised that constituents seeking
more detailed information abou^
the educational and career oppor
tunities afforded by the program
of the U. S. Merchant Marine
Academy, should contact his of
fice in Washington or write to the
academy’s ’Training Representa
tive, P. O. Box 674, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
SHIHEH TO SPEAK
William L. Shirer, internation
ally famous foreign correspon
dent, will address students, fac
ulty and season members of the
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
concert-lecture series Friday
January 19, at 8 p m. in the Na
tional Guard Armory at Laurin-
burg. Mr. Shirer will speak on
pressing problems now facing the
American people from both the
national and international points
of view.
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Sunday School Lessons
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Bible Material: Kxodua 20:4-6; John
4:5-26.
Devotional Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-
16.
Next Sunday
God Is Spirit
Lesson for .January 21, 1962
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'T'HE Greek language, in which
-*• the New Testament was at'
first written, has no way of ex
pressing our English “indefinite
article” a or an. Consequently the
two sentences.
“God is a Spirit”
and “God is Spir
it” would be ex
actly the same in
Greek. So then,
what did Jesus
say to the Samari
tan woman? Did
He say “God is a
Spirit” or “God is
Dr. Foreman Spirit”? This is
one of these places where Bible
translation can’t depend on the
words only, for here two different
translations would be equally cor
rect, so far as the words go, On<
reason wify practically all con
t^-mporary translations say “Spir
it” in John 4:24 is that saying
“God is a Spirit” might give the
idea that God is just one among
many spirits. God is Spirit fits bet
ter with all that the Bihl- o'Is us
about God.
What is God like?
The central meaning of “God
is Spirit” is that God’s nature is
spirit. Water is liquid, earth, wa
ter, fire and air are physical;
God is spirit. It is very hard to
think clearly what this means,
because we have never seen spir
it by itself. We experience what
it is to be spirit, ourselves; for
man is partly body, partly spirit.
Yet in ourselves spirit never is
felt alone. It is extremely hard
to be certain at any point in our
experience what elements are
“spirit” and what elements are*
physical, material. We know what
spirit and matter are in close
combination; we can observe mat
ter without spirit every time we
look at a rock or a raindrop. But
spirit, pure and immingled? Let
us try to speak of a few of the
meanings that Christian thinkers
have seen in this tremendous say
ing, so simple and yet so profound.
He likanaM of anyfhliig
Moses did not try to tell the
Israelites that God is spirit. What
he did say was something sim
pler. The people of God were for
bidden to make any image or
likeness OT anything at all, in
water, earth or air. The Israelites
alone, among the people of the
ancient East, had no status nor
pictures of their God. God is not
like any physical thing. Nothing
that can be seen with the natural
eye looks like God. Now this is
very important. If God had some
kind of body, if God were as de
pendent on his body as we on
ours, then like all bodies, his
would have to be at some definite
location in space. You could point
straight at God (let us say) at
noon by the clock, but because 6t
the way the earth spins, at mid
night you would have to point in
the opposite direction. Nothing
that has a body can be in more
places than one at one time.
Everything that has a body, or is
a body, has to move or be carried,
from one place to another place.
But God Is everywhere all the
time. AR places are “here” to
him. This could not be true unless
God is spirit.
Judginent and oonsolation
This Christian belief (which we
owe directly to our Master) that
God is spirit, is not just a difficult
doctrine. It is extremely practical,
and that in two ways. For .one
thing, you cannot go anywhere
and shut God off from following
you. He does not need to follow
you. He is always there. No door
can be closed against him. This
means that nothing escapes His
eye. No recording angel is needed
to keep your, record. At the final
judgment there is no need to sum
mon witnesses, no wondering if
they are telling the truth. God
does not depend on eye-witnesses
His, judgment is just because He
is always at the scene of every
crime . . . Crime? Yes, at the
scene of every sin too. In a human
court a man may “get by with
murder.” He may build up a re
putation he does not deserve. But
no man can surprise God; your
reputation with Him is no better
than you are.
The other very important prac
tical bearing this truth has is that
God is present in our darkest
hours. We may be too ill to visit
the bedside of a dying loved one.
We may arrive too late for a fu
neral. But God is never too late;
the high God, the only God there
is,—He is always there. We are
never alone, and we need never
feel alone. We may know that no
human sympathy quite penetrates
to the inside of our hearts; but
God knows us from the inside as
well as from without.
(Based on outlines eopyrlfhted bj
the Division of Christian Education,
Xationai Council of the Churches of
Christ In the U. S. A. Released by
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Ashe St*
Maynard Mansrum, Minister
Bible School. 9:45 a.m. Worship II s.m.
Training Union, 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor
ship. 7:30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:30 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday. 7:80 p.m.;
mid-week worship, 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 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at A«h«
' Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Daili
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses. 7 A t
a.m.: Confessions. Saturday. 6:00 to 6:tf
p.m.: 7 :30 to 8 p.m.
Mpn’s Cluh Meetings: Ist A 8rd Fridays
8 p.m.
Women’s Club meetings: lat Monday
8 p.m.
Hoy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7 :S0 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118 Monday,' f
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, II a.m.
Sunday Scho(^. 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday Sciiool 9:45 a.m. Worsnip Serv
ice 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.
Cr oir Rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowiihip)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampishtre
Carl E. Wallace^ Minister
Sunday School. 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowshti
(Young People).
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EMMANUEL CHURCH VEplseopal)
East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin CaldweU, Rector
Holy Communion. 8 a.m. (First Sundays
md Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 ajn.)
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
sys. 10 a.m. and I^riday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
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(Presbyterian)
Dr. E. C. Scott, Interim Minister
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship serv^
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The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’sloek
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:16 pju.'
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Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
> Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m,
Sunday School. 10 a.m.
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Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney. Jr., Minietet
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Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 P. M.
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