THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959
THE PlLOT>-Southern Pines, North Carolina
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
BIG RIVER, BIG MAN by
Thomas W. Duncan (Lippincott
$6.95). It is a big book, too, just
over a thousand pages and it cov
ers a lot of territory from Maine
to New Mexico. In those days that
was quite a distance. To get to
Santa Fe, you first went to St.
Louis by a series of river journ
eys, then up the Missouri to
Franklin where you joined a wag
on train. Then came the long trek
across plain, desert and moun
tains and on the way you were
often thirsty, dirty, hungry and
afraid of Indians. At last you
reached a city where few spoke
English.
That was the native city of
Esperanza von Zumwalt, a mix
ture of three races, including
Apache, a mixture which turned
out excellently as to physical ap
pearance but which proved dan
gerous to several people, even
some very powerful ones.
The “Big River” is naturally
the Mississippi and we see it in
the days when shrewd men were
making fortunes from the virgin
timber in Wisconsin and floating
it in log rafts down to the saw
mills at St. Louis and other river
towns. The book begins with
Jim Buckmaster piloting such a
raft through a tricky part of the
river and enjoying every minute
of it—well, almost every minute,
he lost one of his crew overboard-
There is a brilliant description of
the hazards of this journey, and
we get quite interested in this
cocky young man who dreams
that some day he’ll own the river
“like you own a girl in a fancy
house.”
But it takes us half the book
to get back to this point in Jim’s
career because the author wants
to tell us first about the parents
and grandparents of Jim and Es
peranza and several other major
characters. It is quite a panorama
of life in the early nineteenth
century, and there are some in
teresting characters and moving
incidents, but the author should
have kept some of it for another
book. Then, in the middle of the
book, you get back to the meet
ing of Jim and Esperanza, the
story line straightens out and
there are some tense situations.
Both of these major characters
are a little larger than life, but
they have plenty of room to
swing their weight around in a
territory that was not yet too
neatly organized, where Jim
picked the sheriff and talked
about getting himself a senator.
THE MEN FROM THE BUSH
by Ronald Hardy (Doubleday
$3.75). Jungle magic and a small
group of British civil servants liv
ing among thousands of natives
form the background of this nov
el of Africa.
The story begins toward the
end of the hot, dry season when
a rumour circulates in the ba
zaar that four men have come
from the bush seeking a human
victim to sacrifice to the rain
gods. Sixteen^ear-old Jeff
Chandler brings the rumour home
to his father who is heartily tired
of Africa and dreaming of the
day he can retire. His father
scoffs at the story. But the shops
in the bazaar are closing, the na
tives have brought their cows in
close to the village, the police are
alerted and the English call a
meeting at the club.
The next day the shops open,
the natives are singing again,
but a little boy, the son of the
half-caste storekeeper, is miss
ing- The police search the town,
drag the lake, but only Jeff be
lieves, or will admit to believing,
that his disappearance is connect
ed with the four men that no one
saw. Since the authorities are
deaf to his pleading, Jeff organizes
his own expedition with a friend
of his own age and two natives.
The beauties and horrors of this
expedition, with the illumination
it brings to Jeff, form the heart
of the book.
The author has considerable
skiU in building up atmospheric
tension by casual conversations in
which more is implied than is
said. He has also given us quite
a range of credible characters,
from the District Officer to the
Hausa craftsman in the bazaar
who made up proverbs.
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Tuesday, August 25, Eureka
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John Blue, 9:45-10; Eureka Pres
byterian Church, 10:10-10:20; Ben
Blue, 10:25-10:35; Paul Green,
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BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Bible Material: Daniel 1—6; 9.
Devotional Beadiaj;;: Revelation 7:9-17.
Prayer of Captives
Lesson for August 23, 19S9
Dr. Foreman
I T SURPRISES most people when
they first look into it, how much
the Bible has to say about prison
ers. To mention only two ex
amples: The Ten Commandments,
copies of which hang on many a
chiu-ch waU, begin with a reference
to a "house of bondage,” a Hebrew
expression for a
place where
slaves and prison-
ers are kept
under guard. The
-God who gave
these laws is the
God who sets
prisoners free.
Then in the New
Testament where
Jesus is preach
ing to his own village friends and
relatives, he takes a text from
Isaiah describing his own work
(Luke 4:18; Isaiah 61:1); one of
the first things God gave him to do
was tol “proclaim liberty to the
captives.”
Eleven Mitlien Eidles
Furthermore, some books of the
Bible were written by men who had
been in jail or were actually in a
jail when writing. The prayer'
which is the subject of this week’s
study comes from the Hebrew
exiles, for it represents not simply
one man’s prayer but may be
thought of as the desire of many
a heart. Exile, we have to remem
ber, is a form of captivity without
chains. Living In exile is like a bear
in a modem zoo; he sits in no cage,
but is free to roam around on the
roclcs. He does not have bars
around him, but there is something
just as effective, a deep moat all
around his rocky island, too wide
and too steep for him to cross. So
the exjle (Daniel or Nehemiah or
Joseph, for Instance) may be free
enough to build a house or to plant
a garden; but all around him is the
Invisible pit, the Impossibility of
ever going home again.
Today, it is estimated, there are
in the world more than eleven mil
lion refugees, “stateless” people,
who have left their native land be
cause they had to, driven by the
cruelties of war or the colder
cruelties of peace. Vietnamese,
Arabs, Jews, north-Koreans, Chi
nese, Hui^arians, East Germems,
Indians . . . the list is far longer
than thaL MiUkms of these exiles
are Christians; they know what-
the prayer of captives means.
What eaa Th^ Da?
Many of these modem exiles live
imder con<hti<»is that make a mod-|
em jaS kx^ like the Iffltoa Hot^j
Fear ev&cy Bhmgarian (for
am{^) wbo manages to reach the''
United States and a new ^rt ini
life there are thousands who live:
in barracks, seq^xurted by the>
.Worid Council of Chundies, or the
United Nations, at poverty level.
If it were not tor tiiese great or
ganizations millioas would have
starved and many thousands who
have be^ resettled would still be:
in ragged tents or barracks with
out hope or help. The exiles are by
|no means from the down-and-outs
'back home. Most of them are pro
fessional pe<q)le, farmers, skilled
workmen, persons who could make
an independent living if they had
a chance. The writer knows of one
Hungarian family who at the mo
ment of writing would be very
happy to come to the United'
States, but are barred out because'
—^though the father is an unusually
educated and able man—^no one
here has been foimd who will spon
sor them. They have a ntimber of
children, and imless some person
or group guarantees their support
and education in case the parents
die, the U. S, will not admit them.
This is only one case among many.
PrisoBtrs Nmt By
Most people who read this col-
timn are free and self-mqiporttng.
Concentration camps, detention
barracks, the life of exiles, seem:
far away. But many pecqfie who
read this can do something about
the friencBess prisoners of the'
world. It may be that your church
has never imdertakm to sponsor a
refugee, or to take part in sending
help (through Churdi World Serv
ice or othqjnvise) to the unfortu
nate victims of wars and/or bad;
governments in Uie refc^;ee camps
of the worlid. If so, yoa might be
the person to :^Mrk-p>lug a real
Christian effesrt aicag tMs line.
But there may be priS(H>ers stiU
nearer. There is a jail or a peniten
tiary soaneadiere not far from you.
(Based «■ antWiwa eo^zi«kted bv:
Oe IMvteioa of (hiliillaii Moeatliw,
Kaflonal OouaB o< (ha Ohavekw ofj
Christ ia the n. 8. A. Beiaased hyi
CeasmBBlty Fmn OUNimJ.
WITH THE
Armed Forces
Army Sergeant First Class
Jackson B. Oglesbee, 31, whose
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Cooke, live on Route 1, Cameron,
recently participated with mem
bers of the 237th Engineer Bat
talion is establishing a new Army
European river bridging record
in Germany.
The battalion spanned about
800 feet of the Rhine river with
a class 60 floating bridge in one
hour and 57 minutes.
Sergeant Oglesbee, a squad
leader in the battalion’s Company
B in Heilbronn, entered the Army
in 1946 and arrived in Europe in
July of last year.
Oglesbee attended Chiefland
(Fla.) High School- His wife, Dor
is, is with him in Germany.
Army Pvt, Merritt N. Suggs. Jr.,
23, whose wife, Helen, lives on
Route 1, Aberdeen, is participat
ing in a lengthy large-scale field
training exercise with the 4th
Armored Division in Grafen-
wohr, Germany. The exercise is
scheduled to be concluded August
17.
The training is designed to test
the combat readiness of the 4th
Armored Division, a part of the
NATO shield of defense in Eur
ope.
Suggs, assigned to Headquarters
Battery of the division’s 14th Ar
tillery in Furth, entered the Army
in October 1958, completed basic
training at Fort Hood, Tex., and
arrived in Europe last May.
Suggs, whose parents live at
11 Orchid blvd., Melbourne, Fla.,
is a 1954 graduate of Aberdeen
High School and a 1958 graduate
of the University of North Caro
lina- He was employed by Pat
rick Air Force Base in Florida
before entering the Army.
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THE CHURCH FOR ALL
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor on
earth for the building of character and
good citizenship. It tsa storehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong
Church, neither democracy nor civiliza
tion can survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should at
tend services regularly and support the
Church. TTiey are: (1) For his own sake.
(2) For his children’s sake. (3) Fur the
sake of his community and nation. (4)
For the sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material support.
Plan to go to church regularly and read
your Bible daily.
Day
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Monday
Tuesday
Wedne^a}
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Book
Chafit^
Verses
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35-36
Psalms
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1-6
Job
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8-17
Isaiah
9
1-6
Jeremiah
13
15-17
Lameotations 3
22-26
John
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6-13
Have you ever been deep in a woodland, where it is
so dark that you think light can never enter? Then
suddenly a shaft of sunlight strikes through the trees,
and you find yourself standing in unexpected beauty.
Life can be like that, too. At the darkest moment,
suddenly there can be light—if you have the power to
see it. But that’s an important “if.” So many of us
fumble through the days and years when the greatest
candle of all, the Church, stands ready to light our
path.
If you have been depriving yourself of the guiding
strength of the Church, start now attending its services.
It will help you find your way both in sunlight and
in shadow.
Copyright 1959. KmUtw Adv. 5«rv/c9, SttMtburi, Vs*
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Ave. at South Ashe St.
Maynard Mangura* Minister
Bible School. 9 :45 a.m. Worship 11 a.m.
Training Union, 6:30 p.m. Evening W<w-
ship. 7:80 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:30 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30 p.m.;
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7 :Q0 p.m,
choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meeting, ^rst and third Tues
days, 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Avenue
Sunday Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday School. 11 8.m.
Wednesd^ Service. 8 p.m.
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Malcolm Anderton, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Serv
ice 11 a.m. Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m., second Tues. Mid-week Service on
Thursday, 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal Thurs
days 8 p.m. Men of the Church meeting, 8
p.m. fouiidi Wednesday.
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 J^iday, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:80 a.m.; Daily
8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses, 7 ft 9
a.m.; Confessions, Saturday, 6:00 to 5:30
p.m.; 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Men’s Club Meetings: 1st ft 8rd Fridays
8 p.m.
Women’s Club meetings: Ist Monday,
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Tuesday eve
ning 7:30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday, 3
p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE FBLLOWSHIh
(Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Cwl B. Wallace^ Minister
Sunday School, 9:46 a.m.
. Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:80 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowship
(Young People).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Minister.
Sunday Schixil 9:45 a.m. Worship serv
ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Church meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third. Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’clo^
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Widnesday, 7:15 pja.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Minister
Worship Service 9:30 A. M.
Church School 10:30 A. M.
MYF 6:30 P. M.
Choir Rehear^l Wednesday 7:30 P. M.
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