THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
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JESUS OF NAZARETH, The
Hidden Years by Robert Aron
(Morrow $4.00). Based on his
knowledge of Jewish history and
his own religious experience,
Robert Aron has given us a con
vincing and illuminating account
of what must have been tbs re
ligious training of the boy Jesus
in the years between Bethlehem
and his meeting with John the
Baptist. The book has been ac
claimed by leading churchmen of
several denominations for its
scholarly documentation and its
new insights. It offers the lay
reader a fascinating reconstruc
tion of this period.
You will recall that the Gos-'
pels have little to say about these
thirty years except that “Jesus
increased in wisdom and stature
and in favor with God and man.”
The one exception is the account
of the boy’s staying behind in
Jesusalem and being found by
his anxious parents discussing
theology with the doctors in the
temple. That was when he was
twelve and has a most precocious
sound to us. Robert Aron places
it in perspective. At that age a
Jewish boy is receiving intensive
religious training; for on his thir
teenth birthday he is aco^pted asi
an adult by the religious com
munity and may conduct the ser
vice in the synagogue as a priest.
God had said to Moses (see Exo
dus 19:5), “Ye shall be unto me
a kingdom of priests.” It would
not have se-emed too strange to
have a boy of this age asking
questions of the theologians,
though they were “astonished at
his understanding.”
Granting the author’s chief asr
sumption, that Joseph and Mary
were devoutly religious we find
it easy to credit the account he
gives of Jesus’s upbringing As
one instance the author points
put the emphasis placed by the
devout Jew on the principle that
God was in everything even in
animate objects nad the conse-
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tions “Food and clothing, these
two fundamentals of a child’s
early years, were impregnated, in
tba young Jesus’s eyes, with a
religious meaning which trans
cended and transfigured their
mere everyday function.”
There is much more that throws
light on the beliefs and practices:
of the Jewish people of that era,
on the impact of the materialis
tic Roman power on the commu
nity and on derivative results that
may have helped to shape the
thinking of Jesus in the import
ant years of his youth.
HORNSTEIN'S BOY by Robert
Traver (St. Martin's $4.95). This
is a novel of politics as practiced
in a certain Midwestern state,
supposedly Robert Traver’s own
Michigan. Not the first political
novel to appear since the success
of “Advice and Consent,” this one
is well above the average, for
Judge Traver is a man with
something to say and the'gift of
saying it effectively.
“Under what other form of
government,” asks Hornstein,
“could the sons of a deoeased
saloon-keeper and a glorified
junk dealer sit down and gas the
night away debating whether
they should go out and try for
one of its highest elective jobs?’
This is pretty much what th.;
book is about. Emil Hornstein, a
rich and erratic youth from the
East, and Walt Dressier, a local
boy working his way through
State University, had roomed to
gether in student days. Twenty
years later Emil flies back, afire
with determination to get Walt,
now a lawyer, elected to the U.
S. Senate for the good of the na
tion and the forwarding of their
common ideals.
The last are approximately
those of the present administra
tion, but Hornstein thinks that
Kennedy, Rusk and Humphrey
need more support in Washing
ton and need it now. That is: the
gist of the all-night debate, which
Hornstein wins. As a narrative,
the book picks up when the cam
paign starts. It starts at tba bot
tom with wooing the Negro and
labor vote, and there are some
lively moments. The two princi
pals had a good time, too. I could
not help but wonder whether
Dressier and his campaign man
ager were not taking more drinks
than consonant with efficiency
but anyway they won. To make it
a regular novel, the author in
cludes a not very convincing ro
mance, but he is more at home
with his male characters. Their
repartee is notable for earthy
humor and common sense.
DEMOCRACY'S MANIFESTO
by William O. Douglas (Double
day $2.00). To the common peo
ple of underdeveloped lands, says
William O. Douglas, the United
States is usually known “by our
generals, not by our educators;
by our military despots, not by
our first-aid centers or hospitals;
CONGRESSMAN CHARLES R. JONAS lends a hand to the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club’s seat belt safety program, by purchasing
a set from Dr. R. B. Warlick, club president. The Kiwanians are
rnaking a determined effort to equip all automobiles in this area
with seat belts. Any Kiwanian will be glad to take an order.
The photo was made when Rep. Jonas was here as a guest of
honor at the Stoneybrook races.
Lakeview News
By LINDA WATTS
Bobby Apple from Norfolk, Va.
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Apple over the weekend.
Miss Sue Beard and Mrs. Mar
row went to Raleigh to the Fu
ture Homemakers of America
meeting Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Mercer
and family, from Baldwin, Fla.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bracey over the weekend.
Make Beard and children. Sue
and Jerry, when to visit Miss
Mary York in Fayetteville Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Barrow, Sr.
went to Rockingham Monday af
ternoon. Their grandson, Lane
Barrow, returned home with
them for a visit.
Mrs. W. D. McGill and chil
dren, Paul and Danny, took Mrs.
R. C. Holder to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Joe Fite in Kan
napolis Thursday.
Mrs. Ruth Matthews has re
turned from a one-week visit in
Greensboro.
Mrs. Ben Gulledge called on
some friends in Sanford on Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wood visit
ed their son, Phillip Wood, who
is stationed at Charleston, S. C.,
over the weekend. They were ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Shaw of Sanford.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Croom
of Goldsboro visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Priest, over
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hina returned
to their home here after spending
the winter in Florida.
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Hunt of
Florida spent a few days at their
home here and returned to Flori
da Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stvanson Oldham
and children, Donnie, Ronnie,
Carolyn and Sharon, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Carol Oldham in Glen-
don Sunday.
Duncan C. Blue, who has been
a patient at Moore Memorial Hos
pital for the past few days, re
turned to his home Monday.
Mrs. Clara Oldham and moth
er, Mrs. Mary Garner, w»9re in
Sanford Tuesday.
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by our military strategists, not by
our military strategists, not by
our political philosophers.”
In this book, the Supreme Court
Justice, who is also a famed
world traveler, says, “I have nev
er visited a village of Asia where
America was revered as a sym
bol of freedom and justice.”
Calling the prevention of war
only the baginning of the strug^
gle with Communism, Justice
Douglas suggests that a radical
change in our contacts with these
nations is called for. Too much
of the time, he says, our govern
ment deals with those interested
in tba “status quo,” people who
already have more than anyone
else in the country. He lays out
a several-stage plan for a nation’s
development, and calls for Amer
ican aid to be made conditional
on basic reforms of the govern
ments aided.
THE HAUNTED MONAS
TERY by Robert Van Guliclc (Art
Printing $2.50). Tbis detective
story laid in China in the seventh
century A. D. is a refreshing
change both in its exotic atmo
sphere and in the mothods em
ployed by a Chinese magistrate
to solve a mystery.
It begins with a sudden storm
on a mountain road. Judge Dee
traveling with his three wives and
his servants finds his journey
stoppsd by a broken axle. There
is no place to take shelter except
an ancient Taoist monastery on
the mountain above. There the
judge and his retinue are receiv
ed by the abbot with typical
Chinese courtesy. But on the way
to the suite assigned to them, the
judge catches a brief glimpse of
a strange and violent scene. Even
befor.3 this the judge had heard
rumors of strange things going
on in this monastery, and he now
makes it his business to investi
gate thoroughly. '
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Bible Material: Acts 16:1, 2; 2
Timothy,
Dfivotlpnal Reading: 2 Timothy
1:8-14.
A Mature Faith
Lesson for April 8, 1962
Page THREE
Next Sunday
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at 8o«th Aah« Bt.
Maynard Manma* Mlniater
Bible School, 9:45 a.in. Worship 11 a.m.
Training Union, 6:80 p.m. Evening Wor
ship, 7 :30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:80 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:80 p.m. •
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:80 p.m.:
('.hoir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.m.
Missionary mseting, first and third Tues
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 pjn.
ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Ash*
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; DaOi
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses, 7 A I
a.m.: Confessions. Saturday. 5:00 to 6:lf
p.m.; 7 :30 to 8 p.m.
Mart’s Ciu^ Meetings: l>t A Srd Fridays
8 p.m.
Women's Club meetings: lat Monday
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7 :30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118 Monday, I
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service. 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
A MAN may be embarrassed to
discover that his mother has
saved some of his baby clothes,
or he may be pleased that she did
so. Either way, he is not going to
hunt around in the
men’s clothing
wM'- ■ 18^ stores looking for
something to wear
just like what he
sported in his sec
ond year of life,
only bigger. The
clothes of baby
hood do not suit
the man.
Dr. Foreman The same should
be true of a man’s faith. The faith
of a little child is good, make no
mistake about that. And the baby-
food which a small infant guzzles
by the bottle-full is good also, at
the right time. But when the boy
goes off to college his mother does
not pack his cute little teddy-bear
to go with him, nor does she look
to see If his supply of baby-goo
is plentiful.
A taught faith
What is good, and sufficient, for
a child, may still be good, but not
sufficient, for a grown person. If
we are expected to become ma
ture in what w;e eat and what we
wear, not to mention what we read
and what we think about, surely
a Christian can be expected to
acquire a more mature faith as
well.
In Paul’s letter to his young
friend Timothy, we have some
hints about what mature faith
may be. Those who have studied
these letters to Timothy and Titus
have sometimes concluded that
the two young men were opposite
types. Titus is thought to have
been a rather hard-boiled, hard
hitting type, and Paul has to urge
him to be considerate and gentle;
Timothy was shy and rather boy
ish; Paul has to urge him to be
manly, to stand up and take it,
and not to lean on others. ;
There are three marks of the
mature faith which Paul wants
his young former assistant to de-
be his very own? Among the other
things which Paul here says about
the Christian life, one is specially
intriguing. Speaking to slaves es
pecially, people at the very bot
tom of the human pyramid, Paul
calls on them to “adorn the doc
trine of God.” Truth about God
is beautiful; but unless it is
“adorned” by the lives of those
who believe it, even the most im-
porlant truths remain only dry
propositions
Tha cross compels
Some who read Titus for the
first time are not attracted to it.
There is a kind of hardness about
the letter, ft is full of such expres
sions as “must,” “should,” “see
to it,” “insist.” It is full of im
peratives. As translated in the
New English Bible, Paul says that
by the grace of God we are
(—what do you expect him to
say?—enlightened, comforted, edi
fied, enraptured, made happy and
bold? No, not any of these!)~we
are disciplined. “We”—Paul and
Titus, Paul and Titus and Chris
tians today, put your own name
in if you will—are disciplined by
the grace of God, which (Paul
makes clear) comes to us through
the cross of Christ’s sacrifice.
Before we complain too much
about that being a harsh way to
think of the grace of God, we
might remember some of the
things being said today about the
general flabbiness of easy-living
Americans, and how we all need
to become more hard (i.e. more
fit) than we are.
Tha crow consoles
The sadness of the world is
great, has always been great.
Does the Cross deepen the shad
ows? It was a terrible event. Even
supposing Christ to have been no
more than a man, it is tragic that
a young prophet, the teacher who
gave us the Sermon on the Mount,
was murdered—for it was essen
tially a “legal murder”-by hi.s
own people. But supposing Christ
to have been the Lord of Glory,
the Son of God, the tragedy is
made infinitely worse. For this
means that the goodness of God
himself w-as rejected in hate. The
crucifixion, whoever Jesus was,
stands out as inhuman; but if this
was truly the Son of God, then to
crucify him was a deed for de
mons. No other tragic event in
history witnesses to worse than
this. And yet, from the beginning,
Christians have been declaring,
as Paul does often, that the death
of Christ, so far from deepening
the shadows, brings to the world
its only consolation; that “while
we were yet sinners, Christ died
-for us.”
(Based, on outlines copjrlrhted by
the Division of Christian Ednoattoh,
National Goniieil of the Churches of
Christ in the U. S. A. Released by
Commnnltf Press Servleo.)
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship service
11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. PYF 6 p.m.
Women of the Church meeting: 8 p.m.
second Tuesday. Mid-week service Thurs
day 7:30 p.m.; choir rehearsal 8:30 p.m.
THE UNITED CHURCH OP CHRIST
(Chprch of Wido Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Carl E. Wallace, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowshli
(Young People).
Sunday, 8 ;00 p.m.. The Fomm.
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Eplscopnl)
Bast Massmchnsetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (First Snndart
and 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 Lengtis, 6 p4ll.
Holy O«mmunion, Wednesdays and Holy
Osys, 10 a.m. and l^iday, 9:80,
Sfiturday—6 p.m. Penanea.
BKOWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Dr. E. C. Scott, Interim Minister
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship serv^
ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Chnreh mmU
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o'tloell
<mch Sunday evening*
Mid-week service. Wednesday. 7:16 pja.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Clnb BnUding
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe 8t.
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worsthip Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 10 a.m.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Minlstet
Church School 9:45 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 P. M.
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:8f
P. M.
Methodist Men meet each fourth Sunday
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