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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1957
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
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Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIjE PARKER
TURKEY IN MY TIME by faith.
Ahmed Emin Yalman (Universi- In due course the boy finished
ly of Oklahoma Press $4.00). This school and worked on a newspa
book is a piece of masterly
writing from the pen of an expe-
rianced journalist. It is written
as an autobiography, but in read
ing one is not conscious of the
ego of the author but rather feels
as though one were a Turk liv
ing the thoughts and emotions of
a Turk as the events of history
sweep along. The author refers
to his country as “the sick man
of the world” at the beginning of
the twentieth century and now
thinks Turkey is a remarkably
well man in a sick world. j
Yalman, the author, recalls his
childhood in Saloniki where he
had opportunity to observe dif
ferences in custom right in his
home; his uncle was old-fashion
ed in thought and dress, and his
father was progressive to the
point of being revolutionary.
There was spring water in their
courtyard and, as water was very
^carce, the rich who had it open
ed their gates for the poor to
help themselves, and there was a
daily stream of people of many
origins to be seen by the child.
In school he was obliged to say
every day with the others, “Long
live the Sultan!” But one day a
boy whispered, "Down with the
Sultan!” FVighiened Ahmed told
his father who cautioned him
never to repeat that. But it start
ed the boy thinking along new
lines, and he saw hypocrisy i Turkey,
where he had had unquestioning' Yalman
per. In 1911 he won a scholarship
in journalism at Columbia Uni
versity and spent three years in
America absorbing western cus
toms and ideas. He returned
home, zealous to spread the ideas
of democracy but arrived at the
outbreak of World War I. To his
horror Turkey was going to fight
with Germany against an old
friend, England; but he soon
realized that it was because Tur
key must fight against her per
ennial enemy, Russia. All
through the war he worked as a
reporter and came to know Mus-
tapha Kemal.
Kemal, the officer command
ing when the British were de
feated at the Dardanelles, came
out of the war not Only as the na
tion’s great hero but as the far
sighted man who recognized that
Turkey was not to be free as
promised at Versailles. Yalman
saw and sometimes travelled
with Kemal as the latter went
through the interior, educating
and training the peasants and
working people to form a fight
ing force and a Republic. From
there on Kemal is shown as the
genius of the hour, establishing
the capital at Ankara to avoid
the corruption of the old guard
at Istanbul, abolishing the sul
tanate and later the caliphate,
and making the world respect
was offered govern-
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ment posts but steadfastly de
clined because he felt he could
mould public opinion better if he
had no government connection.
He suffered imprisonment by the
English before they were com
pletely eliminated and much
later suffered an attack by an
assassin but, in spite Of obstacles,
he helped to make Turkey a
united nation which he claims it
is today.
After Kemal’s death there was
fear that Turke^ could not stand
without the force of the great
personality, but it has stood and
the author believes it will so con
tinue. More heartening still' is the
fact that in the development of
democratic processes, Turkey has
gone beyond Kemal. In the last
decade they have developed a
real two-party system and con
siderably extended freedom of
speech and the press.
Were I planning a course in the
study of the Near East, I should
put this book at the top of a list
of required reading.
—MARY E. DAVIDSON
THE VOICE AT THE BACK
DOOR by Elizabeth St>encer (Mc-
Graw, Hill $3.95i). As one can
guess by the title, this is a novel
of race relations, but it is a great
deal more than that. It is a well-
written, factual account of both
races in a small Southern town.
Long after finishing the book one
remembers the two problems of
Duncan Harper who is running
for sheriff. One was upholding
the law in a dry county, the other
was furthering justice for the Ne
gro. There were also the emo
tional problems of his appealing
wife. Tinker, and of his intimate
friends. All of the characters are
well drawn.
The setting is the Mississippi
Delta country that Faulkner and
Eudora Welty have made fa
miliar. Miss Spencer seems to
strike a happy medium between
these two,—her characters are
less depraved than Faulkner’s
and perhaps a bit more so than
Miss Deity’s. It is certainly one
of the best novels of the year and
should be on the best seller list.
—JANE H. TOWNE
THE GUARDIANS, A Novel
by J. L. M- Stewart (Norton
$1.35). This is a witty and light
hearted comedy of manners. It is
also a pleasing sample of the new
movement among publishers to
bring down the high cost of
books by publishing new novels
in paper covers at a reasonale
price. These are distinguished
from the 25c reprints by good
paper, type that is easy on the
eye and individual design. They
are indeed a boon to the discrim
inating reader who likes to have
his own book but does not care
to pay four or five dollars for a
novel whose quality he cannot
judge until he has read it.
“The Guardians” is civilized
entertainment, full of chuckles
and skillfnlly plotted. The scene
is contemporary Oxford. The
journals of one Arthur Fontenay,
a mid-Victorian literary figure,
are by the terms of his will about
to be released, and there is ten
sion in literary circles over the
manner of their disposal. The de
cision rests with his daughters,
two ageing maiden ladies.
We see the situation through
the eyes of Willard Quail, a rich
American of worldwide business
interests and a former Rhodes
scholar. Quail, now in his fifties,
had once written a scholarly
book on Fontenay’s early work.
He comes back to Oxford to find
that he is distinctly remeiribered
by older members of the academ
ic circle as a promising young
scholar but that they are uni
formly vague as to what he has
been doing since he left Oxford.
Quail wants Fontenay’s papers
for an American university but
finds that he will have opposi
tion. The moves and counter
moves are fascinating, the por
trayal of shades of character and
conflicting personalities is mas
terly, and there is some of the
best conversation we have met
in many a day. Suspense is just
what we should expect from this
author who is also known as
Michael Innes, writer of some of
the most literate and lively mys-
teiy stories of our time.
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Background Scripture: Matthew 3-4.
Devotional Reading: Hebrews 3:1-14.
Tempted We Are
Lesson for January 13, 1957
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U'VERYBODY is a sinner yet not
everybody is tempted to the
same sins. But being tempted is
not a sign of sin. The church be
lieves that the same Jesus who “in
every respect has been tempted as
ve are” (Hebrews 4:15) neverthe
less was tempted without sinning. It
would be a mistake to suppose
that in order to
be tempted as we
are, Jesus would
have to have
been tempted to
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all the sins there
are. What this
means is simply
that the way he
was tempted is
the way we are
tempted. Dr. Foreman
At Highest Moments
One thing we can learn from
Christ’s temptations is that it is
not possible in this life to be guar
anteed freedom for temptation. In
the first place, it can be said that
only serious-minded h 1 g h-princi-
pled people know what real temp
tation is. Weak, flabby, frivolous
persons fell no pull or push; they
drop into sin like a stone into
water. You can’t feel temptation
without resisting. Low-minded peo
ple do what they feel like doing
without thinking. They aren’t even
aware they have sinned. They are
like dirty little boys who can’t see
the sense in washing — they Ceel
clean enough! It is the cleanly per
son who is conscious of dirt on his
hands or clothes. So only the per-'
son with real convictions and
ideals can feel the tug of tempta
tion. It is only people with con
sciences who can be tempted to go
against their conscience. Now
high-minded people, people who
really want to please God, often
wish they could reach a stage in
life where they wouldn’t have to
struggle to be good and to do right.
3ut the story of Jesus shows that
his is a false hope. Jesus had just
'Gen baptized when his g-eat
amptntions came. If ever there
'as a consecrated, holy person,
onscious of God’s approval, it
was Jesus at that time. If ever
there was a person filled with the
Holy Spirit, it was he. Yet Mat
thew tells us that Jesus was led
by the Spirit to be tempted! In
life’s highest and holiest moments
one is tempted to say. Now I am
safe. But that may be the very
moment the great struggle begins.
Tempted to Do Good ■
Again, the story of Jesus shows
that sin may not always be some
thing evil in itself. The three
temptations of Jesus illustrate
three levels of temptation, three
levels of sin. Falling down and
worshiping Satan is obviously the
sin of sins. Jumping off a temple ‘
roof isn’t so much wicked as it
is foolish; but playing the fool is
still sin. (If the President of the
United States rolled his Secretary
of State down Pennsylvania Ave
nue in a wheel-barrel, it might not
be wicked, but for him it would
be very wrong indeed.) But turn
ing stones into bread —? That
would be a helpful thing in a coun
try full of poor people. Nothing
was said about Jesus using the
bread for himself alone. And if
he could turn stones into bread he
could turn them into medicine, into
meat, mansions . . . Not wicked,
not foolish. But still wrong; be
cause Jesus was commissioned to
do something more profound, more
radical than supplying people with
bread. He came to change men
from the inside, to feed their souls.
So we, like the Master, are some
times tempted to do what is good,
when what is better is possible.
“To choose a lesser good,” said
Prof. W. M. Urban, “in the pres
ence of a greater, is the essence
of wrong.”
Sword of the Spirit
Another way in which the Chris
tian can learn from Christ’s temp
tations is by observing how he met
them. He did not play around
with them. He did npt say, “Well,
there is something in what you
say.” He did not debate what for
him was not debatable. And he
met each temptation with a word
from God’s Word. Each of the quo
tations he makes, (“It is written”)
came from the same book of the
Old Testament, Deuteronomy. If
Jesus could find help, in time of
temptation, in his Bible, surely the
Christian of today is cutting him
self off from a major source of
strength if when temptation comes
the best he can think of is, “I am
sure there is a verse in the Bible
about this somewhere, but I can’t
think what it Is.” The best way
to have the Bible ready for daily
help is not to have it on a shelf,
but to have it as a treasure in
the mind.
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The Bennetts live here. That’s Grandmother Ben
nett’s Bible on the window sill, and the whole family
goes to the church across the snow covered field.
John Bennett works in the local bank. Martha,
his wife, is president of the PTA, and they have
three lovely children. Grandmother Bennett has
been living with them for the past couple of years,
since she broke her hip. She can’t always get to
church in wintertime and that’s why she calls this
Aer window. When she can’t be in church, it helps
to be able to see it.
To her, the church steeple represents a great many
things, and brings back many memories. Her son was
married in that church. Her husband was buried
from it. Her grandchildren were christened in it.
The Church has helped her to bear grief, in hours
of sorrow; and it has seemed to put a benediction
upon her happiness, in times of joy. Most important
of all, whatever the occasion, whatever the crisis . . .
the Church has always been there.
To Grandmother Bennett, the most comforting
thing in the world is knowing that it always wiJ/ be
there.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest fac
tor on earth for the building of
character and good citizenship It
IS a storehouse of spiritual values
Without a strong Church, neither
democracy nor civilization can
survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should
attend services regularly and sup
port the Church. They ore- (1)
For h.s own sake. (2) For his
children s sake. (3) For the sake
nis community an<d nation. (4)
For the sake oi the Church its-elf
which needs his moral and ma
terial support. Plan to go to
church regulorly and read your
Bible ciaily.
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T uesday.
Wednesd’y.
Thursday.
Triday, . .
Saturday.
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Matthew :
Luke
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Verses
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3 1-6
I 1-16
3 10-23 .
8 16-20
7 18-35
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CHURCH (Presbylerian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Wor
ship service, 11 a.m. Women of
the Church meeting, 8 p.m. Mon
day following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave.
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP (Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
, East Massachusetts 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, Wednesdays
and Holy Days, 10 a.m. and Fri
day, 9:30.
Saturday—6 p. m. Penance.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Ashe
David Hoke Coon, Minister
Bible School, 9:45 a.m. Worship
11 a.m. Training Union, 7 p.m.
Evening Worship, 8 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p.m.; mid-week worship, Wednes
day 7:30 p.m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 pjn.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Church
and family suppers, second Thurs
days, 7 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a.m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m., second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at
8 p.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S (Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a m ;
Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a.m.;
weekday mass at 8 a.m. Confes
sions heard on Saturday between
5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p.m.
at
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METHODIST CHURCH
Robert L. Bame, Minister
(Services held temporarily
Civic Club, Ashe Street)
Church School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a. m.;
W. S. C. S. meets each first Tues
day at 8 p. m.
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