THURSDAY^JULY 31. 1958 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina Some Looks At Books By LOCKIE PARKER ONLY II %\MERICA by kairy|Wine, sacks of smoked meat and Golden (Wot1^,$4.00). If we were cheese, cooking utensils, water putting stats on our favorites,!®^*”®’ candles, medicines and we would give this about four quantities of bis- was a kind of des- stars. But no one who is familiar with '‘The Carolina Israelite” needs to be told how Mr. Gold en’s comments on the human ert currency,” they were on their own to deal with the Arabs as best they could, whether with the wild tribes who occasionally - - - -- wiiu WUilSlUUaiiy race—past, present and future—[swooped down on their camp but sparkle with wit and abound in wisdom. Joseph Wood Krutch in the current Saturday Review has called him a first-rate essay ist, ‘‘closer to Montaigne than Mencken.” During the debate about the Pearsall plan he produced his could be placated by a show of force and gifts of biscuits or with their own camel-men who were shameless thieves. However Father Felix is not one to condemn a whole race for the faults of a few. He had the greatest respect for one of their own plan of ‘‘vertical desegrega-i Arab guides and trusted him tion,” which lightened the tense-' ness of the debate and, spreading first by word of mouth, then by editorial quotation, brought him naticmal attention and feature articles in such magazines as “Time”—another is shortly to ap pear in “Coronet.” This is not his only good idea. He has the gift of cutting through windy arguments and cherished prejudices with sharp common sense. His admirers will welcome this chance to have his best es says in permanent form, and newcomers can sample what they have missed. ONCE TO SINAI, The Further Pilgrimage of Friar Felix Faber by H. F. M. Prescott (Macmillan $5.00). Known best in this coun try by “The Man on the Don key,” Miss Prescott has per formed a unique service in inter preting the Middle Ages to our generation in imaginative tenns and first-rate prose. In “Friar Felix at Large,” she gave us a fascinating tale of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1480, based on the good Friar’s own account and in troducing us to a character whose wide ranging curiosity, open mind and readiness to laugh at himself made him the best of travelling companions. In 1483 Friar Felix made an other journey and called the rec ord of it his “Evagatorium” or “Strayings,” because when the other pilgrims turned home from Jerusalem, he and a few other adventurous souls went on to Mount Sinai, a desert journey of weeks. From the momient they left Jerusalem with their camel caravan of supplies, ‘‘jars of completely. In fact so open-mind ed was the good Friar and so willing to judge each man on his own merits that before the end of the journey, which included Egypt and a return by sea, he was a bit startled to reflect on his own tolerance: “Who, I ask you, would ever have dreamed that F. F. F. would be the friend of heathens and hob-nob with renegades; that he would per force flatter the Turk, trust and collaborate with Saracens, agree with Tartars, be civil to Arabs and Egyptians; show respect to Mahpmet, and walk humbly with the barbarian?” The day to day events chronicled here show how this came about. But the author does not rely wholly on Father Felix’s manu script. She correlates it with the accounts of the few other trav ellers who took this journey in the fifteenth century, giving us a rounded picture of the Middle East of that time. MADAME BOV ARY' by Gus- lave Flaubert. A New Transla tion by ...Francis Steegnuller (Random $6.00). This translation is far superior to the others I have read—choose any one you like and compare it—and is in deed a fitting celebration of the centenary of this book’s appear ance. That the book is still read and praised, still studied by young authors learning their trade is a sufficient guaranty of its contents. For myself I was never before able to understand why Flaubert was called a great and the translations gave you no idea. Francis Steegmuller, who has made a special study of Flau bert, has devoted his talents to keeping “the rhythm and asson ance” of Flaubert’s prose, and the final effect is convincing. The publisher has wisely " given the book better paper and binding ( than the usual novel, something for your permftnent library. PRINCESS SOPHIA, a Novel of Alaska, by Edwin Marshall (Doubleday $3.00). This is ro mantic fiction of the old school. In fact, when the hero and hero ine of the book, around the turn of the century, were reading those new novels, “Trilby” and “The Gentleman from Indiana,” one could not but think how close this novel came to thexm in type. The only thing ihat is out of key is a toucxi of Freud in the central situat on and that is not bandied nearly as skillfully as the themes of star-crossed love, pioneering in (Jod’s great outdoors and a man’s deep dedication to the wishes of a woman he loved and lost. The story begins in the low country of the Carolinas where an old mansion stood “in the mossy gloom of the liveoaks.” Here Sophia was bom and later educated by her scholarly father, Stanley Hill, who loved her too well. When Hill is offered the job of supervising the schools of Alaska, the scene changes and we get an enthusiastic picture of Alaska—its scenery, its wild life, its native peoples and some -of the types who went there in the early days. Now that Alaska is about to become our 49th state his account of development" there in the early ^lecades of this century will have special inter est. The structure of the book is not closely knit—it rather ram bles. At first the center seems to be Sophia, then the Norwegian sourdough” that she married and finally, the halfbreed son of the latter rather steals the show. True, the spiritual influence of Sophia is still a factor in impor tant decisions, but that seems a bit forced at times. In any case the book makes pleasant reading, and Mr. Marshall is a good story teller and warm-hearted in his championship of minorities. Page THREE InlarMtwnat lAurfom Sunday School Loeaom BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN Bible Material: Amos 7:10-17: John 8:31-38: Acts 4:15-30; 5:37-33; Gaia- 5:1-26; Colossians 4:1, 7-9; Philemon. Devotional Beadlnc: Isaiah 68:5-13. Bookmobile Scbcidiile Guarding Freedom t«s80ii for Angnst S, 1958 Production efficiency is one of the secrets of successful swine production. 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Now therefore, under and by virtue of said order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Moore County and the power of sale con tained in said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale upon said opening bid at pub lic auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse door in Carthage, North Carolina, at twelve (12:00) o’clock, noon, on the 7th day of August, 1958, the properties conveyed in said Deed of 'Trust, the same lying and be ing in Moore County, North Caro lina, and more particularly de scribed as follows: BEING Lot No. 2216, as shown on a map entitled “Knollwood Center, a Division of Knollwood, Inc., Moore County, N. C.” dated September, 1929, made by W. I. Johnson, Jr., C. E., said map duly recorded in the Office of the Reg ister of Deeds for Moore County, North Carolina, in Map Book 3, page 31, to which reference is hereby made. Subject, however, to aU condi tions, reservations, restrictions and easements of record running with the land. The above described property an OLD prisoner named John •CAcame into the warden’s office at the penitentiary, "Why don’t you ask for a parole?" asked the warden, for this was a model pris oner. John said he was not inter ested. AU his people were dead by that time, and most of his friends. No job could be had on the out side. John had no use for a freedom that meant no more | than the priv ilege of starving to death. Freedom that is nothing but taking off the Foreman chains, opening a gate, freedom that is only never hearing tbej words “You must,"—^without ever! feeling ‘T can;” this is freedom nobody wants. ^ frMdopi is Bssio ' This should be particulaTly in teresting to Christians; for free dom is at the very center of the Christian life. Christ has set us free for freedom, Paul writes. But Christian freedom does not mean that we can now do whatever we like. Freedom does not mean we are never under orders. It does not mean we. should never accept any man’s authority. It does not; mean that we shaU run around,; each man working out his own little rebellion. A Christian can take orders from other people, and if he is in a subordinate posi tion (as most of us are to some body), it is usually his Christian duty to take orders and to carry them out as best he can. Christian freedom means that whatever other authorities have the right to tell us what to do and what not to do, our topmost au thority is God. Christian freedom means that we have no right to consent to, or to obey any brand or sort of tyrant or dictator who sets himself up as final judge and controller of other men. Christian freedom means cnat vvx.eii a man, or men, ask us or order us to do what we know is contrary to the will of God, we have to say as Peter and John did to the police court in Jerusalem, we must obey God rather than men. The Price of Lfberty “Eternal vigilance,” our revolu tionary ancestors said, “is the price of liberty.” That Is to say, freedom always has to be guarded. Let us give a thought to two ene mies of CSuistian freedom, one outside us, one inside. One is the :^ate or the commun ity arotmd us. This turns out to. be an enemy of freedom when a Christian is discouraged or pre vented from speaking out in any ■way which might seem to criticize the community or the state. That was what, got Amos into trouble. The chief priest 'warned him not to preach any mem there In Bethel: *Tt is the king's sanc tuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom,” he said. In other words, the church belonged to the king and the king could not be criticized, much less condemned. The Lord had commanded him to speak, not the king; and he insisted on being heard. So in our time there are people in politics and out who say that ministers have no business criticizing the government, or the “American way of life." True min isters know their call is from God. not the government, not any other organization whatever. In Atlanta., Georgria, a group of ministers put out a statement condemning seg regation as practiced there. If they had thought of the state, or the public in general, as their authority, they new would have dared op«i their moirths. Tbnat Frm Withhi More subtle ttan attadc from without, is the atttude on freedom from 'Within, ^lere are in our country far more persons ■who are slaves to their own sins than per sons who are slaves (in body or mind) to the state. Christian free dom is a i>recious thing, because freedom is what makes the differ ence between ourselves and the lower animals. If a man lets him self drift into tin far enough, he reaches a point of no return, like a man In a rowboat floating down toward Niagara Palls. When a man forges his own chains, he may even admire the chains as his own handiwork. But a man who cannot and dare not say NO to himself has failed to guard his freedom ag;ainst his worst enemy —himself. 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