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THURSDAY, MARCH 26. 1964
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By LOCKIE PARKER
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ROGUE'S HARBOR by Inglis
Fletcher, The Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
Inc.. Ne-w York, 1964, 242 pages,
$4.50 is Inglis Fletcher’s sixteenth
published novel—twelfth in her
Carolina Series, which has done
much to awaken interest in the
state’s early history. She has
searched old records and brought
back to life the fascinating Colo
nial Times in the backwaters of
the Albemarle and Pam.lico
Sounds and has written of those
days with deftness and color un
matched by anyone.
“Rouge’s Harbor’’ was Eng
land’s name for a settlement in
the Perquimans district. The col
onists hated this slur on their
town as well as the tobacco tax
and naval blockade imposed on
them in 1677 by the Crown. They
organized a rebellion for the pur
pose of ousting the English rep
resentative sent to govern them
and to seek more sympathetic
representation from the mother
country.
The novel contains fragments
of many novels. We meet Captain
Ralph English, the sea captain
of Salem whose wife is whispered
to be a witch. He drifts off stage
and we become acquainted with
the Willoughby family. Nathan
Willoughby is one of the “iron”
men of Albemarle. His wife, Dor
cas, is a strong-willed woman
whom we might grow to under
stand, but we are sidetracked by
the intrigues of Frances Culpep
per, widow of one colonial gover
nor, and shortly to marry Lord
Berkeley, Governor of Virginia.
The romance of Judith Willough
by and her schoolmaster becomes
the new focus of the author, but
again we feel no strong interest
in this affair because we have be
come only sketchily involvel with
them. Matthew Willoughby is
kidnapped by pirates off the har
bor, . a potentially fascinating
story in itself, but we hear no
more of this.
Mrs. Fletcher in this book omits
the richness of background ma
terial, of character development
and of historical detail which so
enraptured lovers of her other
historical novels. But she is still
one of North Carolina’s great and
beloved ladies, and we salute her.
—KATHRYN GILMORE
THE GREAT ARAB CON
QUESTS by John Bagel Clubb
(Pienlice-Hall $6.95). Convinced
of the significance of this little
known chapter of history. General
Sir John Glubb has given us a
fast-paced and impressive account
of the first fifty years of the Mus
lim rise to power. This was the
short span of years in which the
poor and ragged Bedouins defeat
ed the trained armies of rich Per
sia and Byzantium and establish
ed an empire that stretched from
the Atlas Mountains of North
Africa to the Indus river in India.
No one could be better equip
ped to tell the story. Formerly the
head of Jordan’s Arab Legion, Sir
John Clubb has spent some thir
ty-six years in the Middle East.
He has fought over much of the
ground where the campaigns he
describes took place. He has lived
with Arabs, talked with Arabs,
fought with Arabs, and it is this
understanding of their characters
and beliefs that makes so vivid
his reconstruction of the develop
ment of Islam from Just a hand
ful of believers in an obscure
prophet to a power that changed
world history.
Beginning with Muhammad
himself—born 570 A. D.—^we get
a picture of a quiet man fond of
solitude and meditation. He was
forty when his first vision came
to him on the mountain. His first
converts were his wife, his two
adopted sons and his best friend,
Abu Bekr, a well-to-do merchant
who was to prove a tower of
strength in future difficulties and
to become Muhammad’s successor
as head of Islam. The new religion
was not popular in Mecca; it was
persecuted and in 622 Muhammad
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and his followers were forced to
flee to Medina.
Ten years later Muhammad’s
power extended over most of
Arabia, and a shaky unity had
been established among the war
ring Bedouin tribes by their ac
ceptance of Islam, verbal or gen
uine, and the payment of an an
nual tribute to Muhammad in
Mecca. So shaky was the unity
that it nearly fell apart at his
death, and the first task of Abu
Bekr was to punish the apos
tates—some had even produced
rival prophets. His next was to
march against Syria as Muham
mad had planned.
The story of the early successes
and setbacks grows into the dra-
m.atic sweep of one great cam
paign after another. Sir John
prefaces each chapter with ap
propriate quotations, often from
the Koran and the Old Testament
side by side, showing how like
they were in spirit. “And ye shall
chase your enemies and they shall
fall before you by the sword. And
five of you shall chase an hun
dred and an hundred of you shall
put ten thousand to flight.” (Lev
iticus 25:7).
Words similar to these were
often recited to the troops before
battle. The confidence so inspir
ed in the support of God—togeth
er with the assurance of immedi
ate entry into Paradise should
they die fighting the Unbelievers
—account, in Sir John’s opinion,
for their fabulous success against
enemies superior in numbers, re
sources and military science.
'The book is excellently organ
ized with a generous supply of
maps, at the end of each chapter,
lists of notable dates and person
alities to enable the reader to fol
low complicated events without
confusion.
SUNDIAL OF THE SEASONS
by Hal Borland (Lippincott $5.95).
Here is a pleasant book. Hal Bor
land, writing of another March—
“There is a succession in the days
now that quickens the human
heart. Whether they are gusty
days or days of calm, chill days or
days of deepening warmth, they
have the air of change.” Through
the whole cycle of the seasons he
shares with us his keen percep
tions of the small signs that mark
the turning year and the human
response to it.
Of the October wind he says,
“A sweater-cool wind with a
chrysanthemum in its buttonhole
and a glass of sweet cider in its
hand. . . It is a shimmering wind,
gleaming with thistledown and
silken with milkweed floss.”
There is a brief essay for every
day in the year, making the book
an ideal companion to keep on a
bedside table. Readers of the New
York Times may find some pas
sages familiar as these have ap
peared on its editorial page from
time to time since 1941, some 1,-
200 of them. Here he has collected
the best for his almanac of the
year.
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S«Bd»F Sdiool
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Easter Faith
liCsson for Hardi Z9,1964
Badcttronnd Seriptnre: JcAn 20:1-Z9.
DcTOtional Readinat: Coiinthians 15:42-57.
E aster is a Christian festival.
That seems to insult yoiur in
telligence, perhaps? No offense is
intended. But Christians as well
as non-Christians need a reminder
that apart from the Christian
faith there would be no Easter.
All sorts of peo
ple try to latch
on to Easter, so
many in fact that
it is observed as
a holiday season
by millions of
people who have
not the least idea
what it really
means.
Dr. Foreman What word goes
most often with “Easter” in news
papers and greeting cards? Over
and over you will see or hear the
expression, Easter bonnet, or
Easter outfit, or Easter parade. A
day to show off, to dress up to the
nines and in fact try to out-dress
everybody else; to make yourself
into a fashion model. Sometimes
the reason is given that because
this is the season when all nature
is bright and singing, we should
be bright and gay ourselves. But
of course this is not it, it isn’t
even a parody, it is not the Easter
idea at all.
It is not a festival to celebrate
the returning spring. There is a
poem which is quite lovely and
yet makes a sad mistake about
God. The last lines go:
“Green April is thy very soul,
Thou great Lord God!”
But green April is not God’s
soul. Its beauty was no doubt in
God’s mind before the world be
gan; hut God’s soul is not a season
of the year.
Faith on the first Easier
Easter does not celebrate even
immortality or resurrection,
though this is getting “warm.” On
the first Easter morning in Jeru
salem, what of Jesus was
happy? Not one, so far as we
know. The disciples were anxious,
downcast, in dire confusion. In a
few hours it was quite different;
hut when that Sunday morning
dawned, although all Jesus’
friends so far as we know believed
in immortality or resurrection,
they were not made happy by that
belief. We have two examples in
John’s story: Mary Magdalene and
Thomas the apostte. Each of them
began the day in confusion and
sorrow. Spring had come, hut how
empty and mocking spring can be
to a grieving heart! Mary on that
very day, and Thomas a week
afterwards, came to the Easter
truth, the great fact: He is risen!
That is the right message of the
day. Not, we shall live again (al
though that is induded), but He
lives. By His resurrection Jesus
was proclaimed Lord of death and
the place of the dead. (See Rev. 1:
.-,^.wMions at their first discovery
of the truth. Thomas said “My
Lord and my God!” while Mary
Magdalene said only “Rabhoni!”
which means “My teacher.” Mary
had a long way to go before she
came to have the faith of Thomas;
hut Christ does not rebuke her
for not being humble enough. If
you start with realizing that in
Christ we confront one who has
battled with death and won—won
a victory for us all—and if you
keep on thinking what that means,
you will be sharing the meaning
and message of Eastertide.
Because Ha lives • • •
If that had been all it would
have been enough. But there is
something more. Christians have
long believed: Because He lived,
I too shall live! The writings of
St. Paul are bright with the
thought that we share in the risen
life of Christ The Resurrection,
which is the reason for Easter, is
also, and more importantly, the
reason for the Christian’s life of
joy. Easter is not merely a time to
re-tell wonder stories from the
days of old. It is not a time to
celebrate the heroic triumph of
Jesus of Nazareth alone, it is a
time to begin to share in the tri
umph. Each Christian is set free
to say, because this is His Day, it
is my Day no less. What does it
benefit us that a light brighter
than the sun shone in Joseph’s
garden long ago, if no light is
kindled in your own soul?
(Based on outlines copYriffhted 1»y the
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Council of the Churches of Christ in the
U. S. A. Released bjr Communit/ Press
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METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
A. L. Thompson* Minister
Ghitreh Schpol 9:46 a.m.
Worship SexSrice 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship 0:16 p.ra.
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:00
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SaENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenaa
Sunday Service* 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church BnUding opan
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Are. at Ashe St.
Father John J. Harper
Sunday Masses 8, 9:15 and 10:80 a.m.
Daily Mass, 7 a.m. (except Friday*
11:16 a.m.) ; Holy Day Masses* 7 ajoa.
and 5:30 p.m.; Confessions, Saturday*
4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:80 to S;80 p.in.
Men’s Club mpeting: 3rd MoBiday each
month.
Women’s Club meeting. 1st Monday*
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 878, Wednesday*
7 :30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday* 8
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MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.. Worship servica
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of the Cha::ch meeting 8 pmi. second
Tuesday. Mid-week service Thursday 7:80
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Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:46 a.m.
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Choir practice Thursday 8 p.m.
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Blassachasetts Avs*
Martin CaldweU* Rector
Holy Communion* 8 a.m. (First Sundays
and Holy Days, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.)
Family Service, 9:80 a.m.
Church School, 10: a.m.
Morning Service, 11 a.m.
Young Peoples* Service League. 4 p.m.
Holy Communion, Wednesday and Holy
Days, 10 a.m. and Friday, 9:80 »jn.
Saturday 4 p.m.. Penance.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Dr. Jalian Lake, Minister
May St. at Ind. Ave*
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8 p.m Monday following third Sunday*
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’eloak
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service* Wednesday, T:S9 pjm*
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
, Carl E. Wallace, Miniator
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WorsUp Service, 11 a.ai.
Sunday, 6:00 p.m.. Youth Fellowship
Women’s Fellowship meets 4th Thursday
at 12:80 p.m.
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New York Ave. at South Ashe 8t*
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11 a.m., Training Union 6:80 pjn.* Ev**
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Scout Troop 224, Monday 7:80 pjn*
Mid-w-?ek worship, Wednesday 7:80 pJB*»
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