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Friday, May 29, 1964 MIRROR MEDITATION By EMMITT L. BRINSON It has been said: "there are three distinct roads to wis dom;" and through our normal attributes such as talents, an- letles, and drives, we come upon such routes. We either travel forward to discover a Gussmon CLEANERS 223 CRAVEN J. W. SMITH AGENCY, INC. General Insurance Premiums Financed Hotel Governor Tryon Telephones ME 7-5500 ME 7-2344 THERE'S NO PARKING PROBLEM AT ROSS BARBER SHOP 1300 Old Cherry Point Road For economy heat with maximum heat for your money ^ .til. ,c ""/.o co^ Ives Oil Co. 506 Cypress ME 7-2197 truth for ourselves, or re- msdn bewildered at the road side of life. Religion, science and art are the three principal fields of the natural creative spirit, Imnatlng within the individual man. In the search of Joy and beauty one inevitably comes upon God; for in every work of creation. Intuitively we study and question the purpose and reason of the master art ist in his work. How can one study the beauty in all the growth of spring; the flowers, their texture and the birds that sing, and every form of life without being steered to Inwardly and spiritually ob serving the hand of God at work. In creatively expressing our selves in all that we do it should be easy to say "all Is done in the glory of God". So In search of Beauty and joy man first came upon He llion and through this search of God, he found the arts and then the sciences. Through Religion we find our egloess selves. We find a sense of humility, of magnanimity, a pureness of consciousness. We And new channels of enlighten ment through illumination of mind and spirit. We discover an awareness of soul and God. Through art we discover a creative talent within our selves; God given endowments of expression, exerting itself to be born. This creative ex pression finds its way, and is far more Important to the artist than Intellectual qual ities; more Important than the rigidity of routine or mater ial gains; more important than transient things. In this field of endeavor, the artist finds certain perspec tive in creative expression; he attains a certain natural aes thetic truth. It leads to know ledge, Insight, vision, and the experience steers the earnest seeker from a material sense to sensibilities, and from sen sibilities to soul and God. In deed! Music and the arts are pure expressions of soul and God. Along the roads of Religion and art we find the signs of honest doubt. They are seeds sprinkled in our paths by the creator. Through science they grow and flower Into know ledge and truth. The whole world, the uni verse and all infinity, with all its countless wonder is its workshop. It rebuilds, solid- fies, and firms up the founda tion of truths envisioned and revealed in Religion and art. It discovers hidden facts and relationships of one to the other. It expands our knowledge of the phenomenal world in which we live and have our being. It probes into the inner storehouse and secrets of the creator. In all its search it too leads to soul and God. While all three In a sense are still in their Infancy, they are roads that point to the same horizon. One could not stand without the other. Edward Ar lington Robinson, the Amer ican poet once wrote; "The world Is not a prison house, but a kind of spiritual kindergart en, where millions of bewild ered Infants are trying to spell ‘God’ with the wrong blocks." Which leads us to the story about the man who continued to search throughout his life time trying to see and contact God. He felt God was evading him at every turn. He left nothing un- FRY BONDED BUILT-UP ROOFING -Call For Fra# Estimataa- R. E. BENGEL 1311 N. Craven St. SHEET METAL WORK Dial ME 7-3404 COOKING (Continued from Page 2) Ing to notice, but quite a few humorists and lecturers only make a pretense at feasting on what’s in the plate before them. Usually, they eat something they really enjoy before the affair they’re headlining, or grab a late bite somewhere after it’s all over. We read some place, a long time ago, that the rich suffer from want of apetite and the poor from excess of apetite. There’s truth in the statement. Few millionaires would hesitate to swap apetites with a hungry done, no stone unturned in his search. On day shortly before he died in his deep meditation, he dis covered that everything there is bathed or submerged within the spirit or law and order of God. It was then he learned the truth; that God was with him all the while, that God was within himself, and that he too could be, if he chose, a son of the living creator, a part of the soul of God. In this he dis covered the answer to all of man’s research; the end of the roads to wisdom. That part of man which is spirit; that part which is soul, that part which is God, that part which shall never die, and is God himself; the im mortal part of man, the infin ite spirit of the Creator. Discover How Good a Hot Dog Can Be . . . All of Our* Boast a Pedigrao The Chorburger TRYON Fri. - Tues. HARRY SAtlZMANJIlERr iieROR)IIU«« WRIWN1 FROM MM SICOIRYasMBOIIDSm- .«&»rc:iiMTEDUTi$TS USSL urchin whose pockets are as empty as his stomach. It is said that when a man loses his a])etite temporarily, he is in love. When he loses it permanently, he is married. To which the cynic adds, a bride should make sacrifices for her husband, but not burnt offerings. Here’s a bit of advice to you New Bern wives. Think twice before getting rid of your hus band, one way or another, if he is easy to feed. A man may be thoughtless, slouchy, and ex cruciatingly boring at times, but he isn’t all bad if he settles for any kind of meal (and some times no meal at all) without grumbling. PHONE US FOR YOUR FUEL OIL Tommy Davis Oil Co. 707 Chattawka Lane Dial 638-5100 Scoff TILE AND FLOOR COVERING 1. c. scon, JR* FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION • INSURED SAVINGS • • HOME LOANS • 417 Broad Street Phone ME 7-3721 New Bern, N. C. THE BRANCH AND THE VINE "This is the day which the Lord hath made" In it I will rejoice, I will not be afraid. As sorely as I am a branch, He is the vine, I will claim the riches that are mine. The right that came to me by birth, To enjoy the fulness of the earth. And all the beauty there is to see When I look on Him, not on me. As the branch from the vine does grow. To Him I go for answers I need to know. In confidence I leave my questions there. He provides the answers because He cares. As a branch I shall endeavor to do my part. In some small way to ease troubled hearts. Psalms 118:24 —Lucy M. Grady OETTINGER BROS., INC. Good Furniture for Good Homes f nc m M CENTER CENTER Downtown New Bern Your Center for Fine Fashions
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