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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Jomkrnm midr war a kmc time with all tkcarMaf*. ?Joahaa llOt. i <*h itMj i Ml '? : * . * <||j; Editorial Page of the Mountaineer TODAY'S QUOTATION ? Aud this I hate?not men, Mr fla* But only War with Me wild, frinnlnx, ?Joseph Miller. . - ? On Easter's Meaning Dadtnes* d.cii. The sun takes on new splen<|or. Night fives way to day. Having shed only dead leaves, plants come to life again in a new and more beautiful preenery, Flowers bloom. The egg yields its form. Out of it comes the Easter biddy. The caterpillar dies. The batter fly is born. In thr spirit of the Easter season, men nnd wortfn and boys and girls shed their old cloth^p and put on their new. In jthf hearts of men, despair dies and hope Js born. Hate .dies and love is bom. fhistet more than any other season sym bolizes-the doctrine of the New Birth ? the death of the old inner life and the resurrec tion top! new and more glorious life. Char}es Edison, the former Governor of New Jersey, has told of a fire that wiped out the material wealth of his father, Thomas A. Edison. Though 67 years old, Mr. Edison was able to survey the ruins with out any feeling of despair. To an associate tie remarked, "You can always make capital out oi disaster.*' "Capital" has a figurative meaning. Mr. Edisoft, we may assume, had in mhjd that from so great a material loss could come spiritual gain of even greater significance. One sometimes has to lose in order to find. It was Jesus who taught us that man has even to lose his life in order to find it. He taught. He demonstrated. His death on the Cross Was the price he paid for doing the will of the Creator, but physical death was no disaster for one willing to do the will of the Creator. There was the resurrection. A wise man once observed that the early disciples cams to their resurrection belief not befchuse they could not find the body of Jesus in an empty tomb, but because they did finer the continuing influence of his life a very ragl thing in their own lives. Nor'should we, as later disciples, base our nesurr^tion belief on a mere empty tomb. > There's More To Moving Than Getting Angry Up In' Clary, Indiana, an alderman was so vpset over failure of the state government to see eye-to-eye with him on a town matter, that he offered a resolution asking that the eity secede from Indiana and join Illinois. v We imagine how the mid-westerner felt as he gave way to his feelings ot pride. The in cident recalls to mind the remarks made here about 90 years ago, which prompted a citizeh to suggest that we become a part of East Tennessee. t A day of two iater, when the man had ^cooled down" and was ia a cheerful mood, he laughed and said: "that suggestion about us becoming a part of East Tennessee has made me wonder if they would have us un til we learn to control our tempera." He might have something then. Accept ance is always a major factor In "joining." e ?! itT LEAST FAIR TO MIDDLING _ A lot of people are killing people these days, some of them for rather trivial rea sons. We don't believe anybody ought to ldll anybody without a fair to middling good reason for doing so.?OHn Miller-in Atlanta Journal. IfTniio aci Arravcin nr\Tfw\n n Resurrection Hope Of Mankind Easter is the most solemn and important period of the Christian year. It records the terrible and triumphant series of events through which the Redeem er moved in the last act at His earthly mis sion: His betrayal and trial, &is crucifixion and finally His glorious resurrection. Thus in every Christian land and home, (?very Christian mind and heart, the illusion of death and the shining reality of life ever lasting are contemplated at Eastertide in the rpfrit of faith. The sacred celebration occurs wfcea the earth throws off the .chill of winter and re joices in the rebirth of spring. It is the time of promise snd awakening, of hope re freshed and creation renewed. Easter is particularly the season of youth, recalling the sublime saying df Jesus when He was asked who is greatest in the king dom of Heaven: "Except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter the kingdom of Heaven." That Divine utterance is both fathomless and exceedingly clear. Of immeasurable depth, because Jesus thus defined the perplexities and afflictions that darken the mind of man. Of utter simplicity, because Jesus thus pointed to the only source of peace and un derstanding. What then, the the foipes and influences that today prevent the world from follow ing the path that Jesus indicaed ? Chief and foremost, the unrestrained lust for power. By repudiating God and denying mortality, a small group of brutal and unscrupulous men have used naked violence to enslave great nations. Flouting the natural and inaleinable rights nf ninn annlirlfiiv iVin Iksaala #lnn4U 4am ui <*HF'J >US viic tin *-o wi ui ucavii; tui - tare, prison and expropriation, cruelly pen alizing free thought and expression the over lords of Communism have reversed the clock of history back toward utter barbarism and materialism. No wonder they have exiled the image of Christ after profaning His altars. And no wonder they attempt to drive Him from the hearts of the people. For Jesus preached tolerance, peace and love. It was His tray, and it is the only way. And in that exalted path there is no cause nor reason for persecution, grfeed and vio lence. Thus His crucifixion is today more than ever symbolic. Making The Mare To Trot "It is money that makes the mare to trot," wrote the poet John Wolcot some two cen turies ago. That has become a classic aphro ism, in a slightly different form: "Money makes the mare go." "> American industry provides a, wonderful example of this truth. At the end of last year, our manufacturing companies alone represented $176,000,000,000 of capital ? which works eut to an investment of $12,000 for each of their workers. We will need many more tens of billions to provide goed jobs for our growing popula tion. And that means that we need to main tain the kind of economic climate which in duces people to Invest their savings in job making enterprise. v icitto ur vin&iv Ciuuuu Wondered If He Were Dead I *u In the union atation in a big city for half an hour a few weeha ago and it waa etched deef in my memory aa the most mechanical half hour in all my life. Ever since I have been wondering sort of nlght marishly whether that half hour was a preview of a mechanical world for the future, a world ao full of mlraculoua machines that human speech can be largely done away wttfa. and the only thing left to shake hands with will be a push button or an occa sional lever. My first voiceless machine was the locker In which I deposited my suitcase, in which transaction the automatic lock.pocketed my dime and handed over the key. Then I rode downstairs on an escalator (I came back on an automatic elevator). Following which I alaked my thirst with a little fountain of soda that rushed from a wordless machine after being thawed out with a dim*. I then bought p .stamp from a machine. It M not speak my tonguags, so I could not explain that I needed only One stamp. I had to take three. Then I hag my photograph taken (not from vanity, but to aessd it to say wife to prove that I hadn't left my owrcoat In the train). That trans action eras all paedhanlcal and silent, except for the deep sigh I gave on looking at the exact likeness Then I had a contact In which I broke the aonnd barrier by one word. I pronounced the name of the town to which I wished to buy a ticket. A machine podded "OK," and turned out the ticket, all typed. Seven transactions, and only one word! I began to wonder If I had died. Then I wept out en the street, stunned with loneliness In n mschtoe world, and crossed against a red light. A big policeman saluted me warmly: "Too blanket}' blank fool! The next time you do that TU run you In!" I f?ft like ruling nut and throwing my arms aaaund htm and *71 ag. "Thanks, oh thanks, Moth er VUr that was the 8rst kind word, or the Srat Wong. I had had 1* half an hour, the Srat suggestion that I was stK alive and had not bean changed Into part ef a Mot machine. ?Shunmi Stylltes In Christian Century. ?f . .?? k THE MOUNTAINEER Main Street'"" ' WgL 6-6801 The WAYNESVBtJLfi SOUNTA^NEKR, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS ? Editor W. OurtU Rum ?n^ yirion T. Brld?~. mhmbor; PUBLISHED EVEHT MONDAT A?P THURSDAY BY MAIL m \lAYWOQp OOUHTT On* Year a fSSO Six month* ? ?? MO BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year 4J0 . Six month* llO OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One T?er 8.00 SU ^_LoCAL CARRIER DELIYEBT 5fM?2 tar ewrler silvery /So " j'j m ,h" ,| Thnmdaj Afternoon, March 29, 1*58 0 ?? V*' Liili-vL. " ' - . _ * SON VALLEY c This Side Of Easter By the Rev. Joseph Clower, Jr. Morganton News - Herald Tomorrow the altars of Christendom will be draped in black, and faithful souls will pause to remember One who hung upon a cross for the world's redemption. Yet the vestments of mourning will be but symbols of solemnity, not tokens of gloom or despair, for the faithful have already been early to the tomb and found it empty. Easter has robbed Calvary of its phll. And yet there was a time when, even for faithful souls, Calvary was the end of hope; when a Roman cross and a rich man's tomb spelled defeat and despair. For them, dur ing history's' last hours the other side of Easter, the powers of death had done their worst, the gates of hell had finally prevailed. It is always so for those who have never been to the empty tomb. The whole world is "the place of a skull"; life is one continuous Calvary. Every day is a concentrate of mis ery. as fear and hate and lust and pride de feat and destroy the best-intentioned of men. For those the other side of Easter there is nothing but bewilderment and frus tration. When they have dimbed as high as they can they - find themselves on a hill where three crosses stand. What does it matter if on the center cross hangs a good man? He is as dead as the other two. Thus life mocks even goodness the other side of Easter. But this side of Easter we see Calvary in its true perspective. Easter does not remove its pain nor its judgment, for Calvary is real. But Calvary is not the end. Even those who tried to make an end at Calvary seemed to sense almost at once that they had failed. On the next day after the crucifixion "the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, that three day* I will rise a gain. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so that the last error shall be worse than the first." There is terrible irony implicit in those lines. The body which they had destroyed was hardly cold before the instigators of the deed had begun to realize that they stood likely to fail. Whether they actually feared something supernatural is beside the point, although in Pilate's reply there is room for such an inference: "Ye have a watch . . . Make it is sure as ye can." As sure as you can! As if Pilate himself had some doubt about its effectiveness! These men were learning to their dismay the same lesson which gave such comfort to Martin Luther many years later: And though this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. Let gods and kindred go, This mortal life also; p The body they may kill, God's truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever. The enemies of Jesus had indeed killed his body, but even the other side of Easter they had begun to fear that they had not ? silenced him. Indeed, the very sufferings which they had inflicted upon him were but a part of his triumph. They hanged him on a tree. They pierced his side. They left him to die. And then, to make doubly sure they sealed the tomb and set a watch. How stupid! How futile! How provincial! For the Christ of Calvary was the Son of God! Those who stand this side of Easter know it, and those who have been early to the empty tomb have discovered that for them each Calvary eventuates in Easter, and each crucifixion of self in a risen life. Life stirs again within the clod, Renewed in beauteous birth. Looking Back Over The Years tl TEAKS AGO S. C. Liner sets eontrsct to build Cullowhse Methodist Church. Mrs. Hugh Love attends State Convention of Music Clubs In High Point. Hazel wood Roster Club marks 11 years of successful activity. Fagg Sawyer, representing the Wsynesvllle High School, wine declamation event st Cullowhee. 14 TEARS AGO Cpl. Tom W. Jimlaon of Can ton arrives from India. John Ivan* miens as chief of polio* of Kaaalamod to assume similar duties at Clyde. Ed Sims is elected president of the Chamber at Commerce. i ? M- Hobart Byatt receives dis charge from the army after serv ing in Japan and Tokyo. ?,.i jg s years ago Mrs. T. L. Gwyn heads Rich land Garden Club. Mildred Medford is advertising manager of the Brenau College newspaper. . Tom Gibson is here from Wake Forest College to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson. Donald U Leatherwood is nam ed honor man of his company on completion of Ida Naval basic training at San Diego, Calif. <? A Rambling 'Round ' ? By Francw Gilbert Frmxier Composition by Little Johnny. ? A orange U round and yellow like a grapefruit, but it aint the same. You ean tell the difference if you try to suck a grapefruit. Orange* grow on frultstana, and are used to make juice and candy 'range plugs. In Florida the trees have blossoms on them so that brides can have them to put in their hair. Orange trees get cold n winter and then they have smudges wrapped around tbem so they won't have frozen orange juice. Oranges are good for you wheth er you drink them or eat them alive. One "Na" is mare potent than three "Yeaaes". The aspen trees outside of our window were stirpped of their >endants by wind end rain and are now ready to settle down to the >usiness of decking themselves out in their new uniforms of green. It is breath taking, the transition of those trees. One day they ire standing gaunt and bare, their arms outstretched as though in upplication. You turn away with pity in your heart, and when you gain turn your eyes baek the transformation has already taken ilace and you see tiny green leaves peeking at you from every ?ranch. Nature is playing her annual return engagement, and you ire enraptured with the show. Suddenly you realize that all around you, beauty is beckoning 'on to come to the feast of the awakening Spring. You throw aside he cloak in which you have wrapped yourself all winter and joyous y enter into the spirit of the season. A feeling of deep gratitude ?nvelops you and you are eager to be up and doing. Your hands witch with eagerness and your heart pumps the blood a little faster n anticipation of plans accomplished. Welcome, Spring. You were so long in coming to us but now that 'ou are here, we all rejoice. If all minds ran in the same channel, what a shallow chan nel that would be. Most likely we are viewing the situation through ttic prejudiced yes of an oldster, and our expressions will be greeted with boos nd derogatory remarks. But in the midst of this babel of pros nd cons, we rise and meekly ask: "Why is it necessary to have Irag races to further the education of youth?" If it is imperative to prove the superiority of speed, why not 6t the contestants fin ?n nn fnnt' It rertainlv u/milH Imsaii th? ar. >entse of hot-rod deterioraion and make racing far least hazardous . . . especially for the innocent by-stander. Then, too, if the raaee whammed himself into a tree, the net results would be little more than skinned bark off of both. And, please may we ask you, would the drag race enthusiastic* be content with a limited space alloted them, such as the drag strip so highly recommended by some? No, sirree! The end of the strip would simply be a challenge and on they'd go their more-or-lesa merry way. And should they concede to limitations, can't yeu see the jumbled mess when they came to the turn? As we said in the first place, we'll be termed old fuddy-duddy . . ? besides when we were growing up the only hot rod we knew came out of the fireplace. May Easter bring yon peace and happiness. A Continuous Easter No event in the Chrirstian experience com pares with the promise of the Easter season; in truth, Easter is the Christian experience, for in it is the supreme example of the ieve of God for ah men, and the opportunity which He provided for the rebirth of the human spirit. Iiv a manner which exemplifies this ex perience, the Methodist Home is the channel through which countless young lives are born again?lives marred by sorrow, illness, hopeless ness, and lack of care. At the Home these boys and girls, freed from the tragedy of their earKer lives, are born again and given a chance to new and greater opportunities. To these children, the Easter season is a continuous one, each day providing new evidence of the work of those who build His Kingdom through the care of His children. ?The Sunshine Monthly. CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Midday * 5 Swine 9. American author 10. Rugged mountain creat 12. Competent 13. Simferopol U lta capital 14. Spawn of <lah 15.' Seise 16. Postscript (abbr.) 17. Trace 19. The bull finch (Eng ) 21. Exclamatioi 12. Spring month 23. Bound 24. Coin (Peru) 25. Chum 26. Petty quarrel 25. Consume 29. Music note 51. Monkey 32. To put at the 54. Mulberry 85. Leave out 27. Evening (poet) 32. An in. ?rmary con nected with a hospital 45. AJBra dan bible 43. PUhtlike welt 43. Unite, as two piece* of metal 44. Rowing: implements DOWN J. Owner of a vineyard (Bib.) 2. Tanker carrying oil 3. Undivided 4. Northeast (abbr.) 3. Listen' 6. To face east 7. Precious jewel - 8 Vast tract I < SE. Eur.) R 9 Describe, E as a word p 11 Relisved Li 13. Like a cake 1 15 Afrikaans h 18 Of strong [J feeling ? 20. Lubricate 24. Perched 25. Portion 26. A pile 27. Headrest 28. Kind of poem 29. Streams of water 36. Put ftwth, as effort tllXf 33. A high * temper attire 36. Recollection 39. Anger 40. Exclamation 42. Cobalt (aym.) ' w nmrrm r ^ 1 *? J* J7 K>Vj28 7^ W Jd Ji P7TO ? n?rr>? frq tzjit TT~# "" 1 -~~ *
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