THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1962
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, Noith Carolina
Page THREE
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
DRAWN IN COLOR, African background.
Contrasts by Noni Jabavu (St.
Martin's $4.50). It is rare indeed
to get so Sensitive and candid a
view of a country where lines of
conflict are as harshly drawn as
in South Africa, an account writ
ten by a person with intimate
connections on both sides. Noni
Jabavu, now living in London is
editor of the “New Strand: Maga
zine'’ and the wife of an Eng-‘
lish film director. She is a Bantee,
bom and brought up in South
Africa where her father was pro
fessor of Latin and Biantu at Fort
Hare Native University.
This hook tells of her sudden
return to South Africa on receiv
ing the shocking news that her
young brother, studying medicine
in Johannesburg, had been mur
dered by gangsters. As her plane
approached the airport of Johan
nesburg, the sympathetic hostess:
came to Miss Jabavu and offered
to get her through the formalities
of entry ahead of the otheis, so
she would not have to wait. This
was done despite the glares of the
Boer officials, who found them
selves violating their racial code
by giving her precedence over
white people. Yet the hostess, too,
was a Boer. Stressing this inci
dent is characteristic of the au
thor’s conviction that plain hu
manity can and often does trans
cend color prejudice.
The first chapters tell of the re
newal of family contacts in the
gathering of scores of kinfolk at
the funeral of her brother on the
native Reservation. The Jabavus
had been Christians and people
of education for four generations,
hut Bantu tribal ties were still
strong and many of the kin still
simple country people. How
whole - heartedly Noni Jabavu
entered into this warm commu
nal life and its traditional cus-
foms is surprising when you con-i
sider her sophisticated London
After the funeral, she is ex
pected by the elders to visit a
younger sister who could not
come and to teU her all about it.
This sister is married to a lawyer
in Uganda. In the view of the
natives of the Cape, Uganda is
a wonderful land where people of
any color can own land, partici
pate in government, where there
are no color bars. The author
found a coiuitry more backward!
:than her own, jiust one genera
tion from barbarism, and being
earnestly prodded forward by the
^English Protectorate. Her own
reactions suiprised her, and the
problem of her sister’s marriage
adds poignancy to her efforts to
understand.
What the reader gets from this
fine book, aside from a very hu
man tale full of humor and pain,
is a deepened awareness of the
immense complexity of Africa
with its many inner conflicts, its
strong tribal loyalties and the
varying degrees of progress to
ward modem standards Of living
and education.
Churches Join
In Sponsoring
Series Services
The following West Southern
Pines churches will sponsor joint
ly several pre*Easter and Easter
services.
Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p. m.,
the Rev. J. W. Peek, minister of
Harrington Chapd Free-Will
Baptist Church and his choir will
conduct the service at the First
Missionary Baptist Church.
Friday, April 20, 7:30 p. m. the
Rev. G. B'. Gilchrist, minister of
First Missionary Baptist Church
and his choir will conduct the
service at Trinity A.M.E. Zion
Church.
The Rev. F. L. Stanford, Sr.,
minister of Trinity A.M.E. Zion
Church will deliver the sunrise
.sermon at Harrington Chapel
Free-Will Baptist Church, Easter
Sunday morning, 5:30 o’clock.
Mr. Stamford will also be accom
panied by his senior choir.
On Good Friday, the doors of
Trinity A.M.E. Zion Chimch will
be open all day, so that all per
sons who so desire may go in and
pray.
The public is invited to attend
all services.
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STORIES FROM MODERN
RUSSIA edited by a P. Snow
and Pamela Hansford) St. Mar-
itin's $4.95). These are excellent
Istories, not much concerned with
either propaganda or protest, so
(those looking for ammunition for
or against Communism may pass
■them by.
Yet there is something to be
learned here. The authors, who
know Russia fairly well and
know some of these authors, tell
us that most of these stories
’would be familiar “to nearly any
Russian of literary tastes.” In
other words, they are accepted
and admired in their own coun
try. Yet ‘The Stovemakers,”
“Potholes,” or “Other People’s
Windows” might have come out
of the old Russia except for some
minor detail's. They are about ob
scure people from unimportant
country places—the roads are
still muddy, stoves still smoke,
some people are wise, some fool
ish, and officials are still officials.
There is the intense concentra
tion on humanity as such that is
remniscent of Chekhov, the re
spect for the individual.
“The Stovemakers” by Alex
ander Tvardovsky develops in a
leisurely and delightful manner
the author’s initial statement that
the trade of a stovemaker is “a
very xinusual trade with a touch
of mystery, even of magic about
it.” The stove itself is an old-fash
ioned Russian one made of brick,
and it is the agonizing problem
of a young teacher; for the stove
ismokes abominably. How the
young teacher gets the help, first
of a resourceful army Major who
lean do almost anything after a
fashion—even to writing poetry;
and then of a crotchey semi-
iretired expert makes an absorb
ing tale. Lacking the common
condiments of violence, sex, pa
thos, the story still holds your at
tention as thoui^ it were your
own stove under treatment. The
way the characters of the three
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Charles Anderson Rose of
Southern Pines, a social studies
majo'r at East Carolina College,
has been promoted to the rank of
Cadet AjaC in the 600th AF
ROTC Cadet Group at the coL
lege. A freshman at Ecist Caro
lina, he is the son of Mrs. Allie
B. Rose of Southern Pines.
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men come out as they work is
even more aidmirable.
The other stories are equally
sound products in their way.
“Bob” describes the progress of
a mediocre mind to academic
heights through careless moments
of indulgence on the part of his
superiors or sheer inability on
their part to resist his expecta
tions. It is a lightly ironic tale
that could happen here. So could
the drifting futility of the house
maid in “Light from Other Peo
ple’s Windows.” It is not fate that
shapes the lives of these i>eOple,
neither is it the opportunities or
weaknesses of the proletarian
state; it is character and human
quirks.
ALIBI by Harry Carmichael
(Macmillan $2.95). This is a pure
detective story, no character stud
ies, build-up of atmosphere or
other distractions, jxtsit a plain,
old-fashioned puzzle and a haid-
working detective trying to solve
it.
But what a puzzle! In a quiet
English village a lady has disap
peared. Piper, whom you may
have met before as investigator
for a British insurance company,
is asked by the lady’s husband to
find her. But why? The couple
have been separated for months,
fhe husband does not seem fond
of her, and why does he suspect
anything wrong? The lady had
left a note to say she was visit
ing friends. These are only the
first of the questions that turn
up in this baffling mystery.
Which leads Piper to so surpris
ing a conclusion that he has to
find proof to convince himself.
AporU 16-19
Monday, April 16, Doubs Chap
el Route: John Willard, 9:35-9:40;
Frank Cox, 9:45-9:50; F. L. Su.th-
pin, 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
Haywood, 11:15-11:25; S. E. Han
non, 12:15-12:25; Coy Richardson,
12:35-12:45; V. L. Wilson, 12:55-
1:15; Mrs. Herbert Harris, 1:25-
1:30.
Tuesday, April 17, Murdocks-
ville Route: R. F. Clapp, 9:35-
9:40; P. B. Moon, 9:45-9:50; Edi-
win Black, 9:55-10; Mrs. Finney
Black, 10:05-10:15; W. R. Dunlop,
10:20-10:35; 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, 1:15-1:20;
John Lewis, 1:30-1:40.
Wednesday, April 18, Cameron
Route: 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.
I D. Tally, 10:40-10:45; Mrs. Archie
McKeithan, 10:50-11; Mrs. Isa
belle Thomas, 11:05-11:15; Jesse
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.
Thursday, April 19, Mineral
Springs, Sandhill Route: W. R.
Viall, 9:45-10; Rev. W. C. Neille,
10:10-10:30;: J. W. Greer, 10:40-
10:55;; E. T. McKeithen, 11:05-
11:20; Pinehurst Nursing Home,
12:40-12:50; Richard Garner, 1-
1:15; Ed Smith. 1:20-1:30; W. E.
Munn, 1:45-1:55; T. L. Branson,
2-2:05; A. J. Hanner, 2:10-2:20.
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BY DR. KENNETH J- FOREMAN
Bible MaterUl: Luke 19:29-38; Titus.
DevettonnI Rcndlnf: 2 Timothy
2 1-13.
The Gross Calls
Lesson for April 15, 1962
Y^E do not always talk the
whole time of what lie? do:)
est to our hearts. A man may take
some things for granted even
when his friends do not knxw tt
For that great
Christian Saint
Paul, the Crost! of
Christ was the
central thing ir..
life, not >is ow.n
life only, but that
of all men. The
Cross 'Teconri'es
all th'ngs, he
wrote to the C-oios
Dr. Foreman sians (Col. 1:20).
Those wao knew Paul knew this,
so when he writes to his friends
he does not mention the Cross i:i
every paragraph. In the letter he
writes to Titus, for example, an
observant reader can find soma
fervent and grateful references to
the cross of Christ; but most of
the letter is (apparently) on odior
matters. Yet the Cross is always
there, in Paul’s diought. It war
in his life, to begin with, of course.
The erou eallt
Without trying to go into the
details of this short letter to Titus,
we may take it as a kind of sam
ple, or background, to indicate
bow a man who found the cross
of Christ central in his life, acted
and thought—and wished bis
friends to do likewise. Including
everything else, we might say that
the Cross calls. The death, not
less than the life and teachings of
Christ, has a THEREFORE that
comes with it. The Cross is not
something one can take seriously
and go on living as if it had not
happened. Paul has seen into the
meaning of it. “He it is who sacri
ficed himself for us, to set us free
from all wickedness and to make
us . .. eager to do good” (Titus
2:14, New English Bible). God had
a purpose in the Cross; do we share
it? Is the crucifixion just some
thing that happened, or is it some
thing that happens to me? Is the
crucifixion just another horror-
story in a tragic world, or is it
God calling us away from evil to
velop. First of all it is a “taught"
faith; in the best sense it waa
handed down to him. His mother
and his grandmother before him
were women of faith. (Paul evi
dently thought it best not to bring
up the men of the family.) Now it
is no disgrace to have faith taught
us, at first, so to speak. We learn
everything else but breathing and
digestion. Why not faith? Most
people of strong convictions would
teU you they received those con
victions, to begin with, by contact
with some one they liked or ad
mired. There is nothing wrong
with that, indeed it is necessary.
Truth-centered faith
But a faith that goes through
life dressed in quotation-marks, is
not worth much to an adult;
“Mamma said,” “Papa thought,”
“Grandpa had the idea ...” won't
do. The whole family may be
right; but if you believe what you
believe just because they said so,
you’re still a spiritual infant. They
believed certain things to be true;
and mature faith believes—so far
as it can—what is true, not what
is said to be true. “Do you ask
me this of yourself,” Jesus said
to Pilate, “or did others tell you
about me?” Pilate dodged the
question; but we should not. Faith
is not worth much, it is a broken
ship in a storm, if it remains as
it began, a heresay faith. When
students learn physics, they have
to perform many experiments in
the laboratory. These test the
truth of what the professor says
in his lectures. The big question
is not. Was the professor force
ful, clear, eloquent? The question
is rather: was what he said, true?
A tested faith
It is easy to have faith when
everything is coming your way,
when the breaks are with you. A
child finds faith easy; a grown
person does not. The reader of 11
Timothy will notice the various
references to trouble, danger, ill
ness, disappointments. Indeed
when Paul wrote this letter he
was a prisoner, facing a death
sentence. A mature faith is one
that can be as joyous as Paul’s
was even when the circumstances
of life are ugly and painful. We
pray, “Lord, increase our faith;”
and then sometimes, instead of
the heart-warming lift we were
expecting, some chilling, dreadful
experience seizes us, and we won
der why God did not answer our
prayer. Well, nothing grows strong,
not a muscle, not a brain, not
even a bone, unless it is subjected
to strains and stresses. So faith
that is mature grows by facing
the trials and the battles of the
mature years.
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NbUobbI CooboU of tho Cborehoo of
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Next Sunday
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New York Ato. mt Boath Aoho St.
Maynard Mancaai? Miniotor
Bible School. 9:45 a.m. Worebip 11 a.Bi«
Training Union. 6:80 p.iB. 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 pjn.;
( hoir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first and third Tues-
•lays. R p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday. 7 p.m.
ST. ANTBONT*8 CATBOUG
Veraiont Ave. at Aoho
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:80 a.m.; Dalit
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Maasea, 7 A f
a.m.: Confessions, Saturday, 5:00 to
p.m.: 7:80 to 8 p.m.
Men’s Glu^ Meetings: lot A 8rd Fiidayo
8 p.m.
Women’s Club meetings: 1st Monday
8 pern.
^y Scout Troop No. 878, Wednesday.
7:30 p.m.
Girl Scout 'Troop No. 118 Monday, t
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CRUKCB
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.
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 CBURCB OF CHRIST
(Charch of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Carl E. Wallace, Miniotor
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6 :S0 p.m.. Pilgrim FeUowshti
(Young People).
Sunday. 8:00 p.m.. Tbs Forum.
EMMANUEL CHURCH xEptaeopsI)
Eaet Massachasetto 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, Wedneedaye and Holy
Days, 10 a.m. and Friday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
BROWN60N MEMORIAL CBURCB
(Presbyterian)
Dr. E. C. Scott. Interim Minister
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship oorv>
ice. 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third SuBdM*
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’alooh
sach Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday. 7 :15 pM.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Club BuOdiBg
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
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Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
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WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:H
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Methodist Men meet each fourth Sunday
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Choir Kenearsal each Wednesday at
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