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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page THREE
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
IN, TRE ARMS OF THE
MOUNTAINS by Elisabeth See-
man. Illustrated by Glen Rounds
(Crown .$4.00). Deep in the great
Smoky Mountains beside a
waterfall, the Seemans built their
home. They came from the city.
She was a designer; he, a novel
ist. Neither of them was young;
neither had any background for
this kind of life. Difficulties piled
up, but so did marvelous experi
ences—delight in intimate views
of forest life, friendly relations
with animals, satisfaction in
their own ability to live without
nodern gadgets, to raise som.e of
their own food.
Elizabeth Seem an tells the
story and tells it with vigor, hu
mor and charm. The drawings
capture these qualities and em
phasize them. Mrs. Seeman was
younger than her frail husband
and bore the brunt of roughing
it. When things got toughest, she
remembered her pioneer ances
tors and said that, at least, the
Indians weren’t shooting at them.
Actually tbe Seemans went out
of their way to do things like
the pioneers, washing their laun
dry in the stream and cooking
on the open hemth,
From the beginning domestic
animals played a large part in
the household—chickens, a dog.
a cat; and the author’s keen in
terest in their individual idio
syncrasies and emotional life is
one of the major fascinations of
the tale.. '‘What are a chicken’s
thoughts at nightfall?” she won
ders and then tries to imagine.
Dearest to her heart were the
goats who played with her, teas
ed her, had amazing caprices,
gave her many troubles and
much delight. Yet when hard
times’ struck, it was the See
mans’ responsibility for these an
imals that precipitated a crisis.
Eventful as life with the ani
mals was, some of the' best and
most memorable passages of the
book have to do with just her
deep appreciation of natural
beauties. Mrs. Seeman sees with
an artist’s eye “the wild glory of
winter. . . the pervading delicacy
of spring.” This is a book that
pulses with a deep z-sst for life
and counts not the expense if
only awareness of life may be
deepened.
THE LOTUS AND THE RO
BOT by Arthur Koestler (Mac
millan $3.95). This somewhat
cryptic title introduces an honest
report by a good mind on reli
gious beliefs in India and Japan
and their effects on the human
condition. Arthur Koestler, prob
ably best known for his ‘‘Dark
ness at Noon,” had had some ex
perience of the evils of Western
civilization, in concentration
camps and elsewhere, -^vhen he
decided to make a “pilgrimage”
to the East in search of the wis
dom that had sometimes com
forted Western sages from Plo
tinus to Aldous Huxley.
While earnestly hoping that
the East, with a less materialistic
outlook, had some solution to of
fer to contemporary perplexities,
he says that he went with “a
split mind,” due to his scientific'
education. What emerges is an
objective and unflattering de
scription of what he saw and
heard, a weighing of its results
in human welfare, and all amaz
ingly well documented for so
short a book.
In India he interviewed “four
contemporary saints.^ The most
attractive of these was Vinobe
Bhave who has walked up and
down India persuading those who
have land to share with the land
less, thus obtaining nearly eight
million acres from 700,000 do
nors. How and why? In his efforts
to find the answer, Koestler dis
covered the Indian’s great faith
in “the guru” who radiates peace
and enriches the spirit by his
m.ere presence, an experience the
West has not known since the
Middle Ages. In Hindu theologi
cal thinking he again found
much that reminded him of the
schoolmen of the Middle Ages.
Besides his case studies of
leaders and their followers,
jKoestler undertook to analyze
Yoga, its theory and practice,
using available documents and
visiting three research institutes.
He found that on its honiie
ground it differed from the
bowdlerized versions that had
reached the West in important
respects, and he was not attract
ed to it nor impressed by its re
sults. Quoting the Upanishads as
well as later commentators to
show that the ultimate aim is
complete negation of the phe
nomenal world for concentration
on the ReaJ. Self, which is “with
out shape, without horizon, with
out end,” he does not see that
this is going to help the world
through its present problems
however much peace of mind it
may give its practitioners.
In Japan he found many peo
ple were split, living on' two
levels, robot land and lotos land,
an enthusiastic but superficial-
copying of Weste/n culture on
the one hand, and a tendency to
turn from actuality to mystic
contemplation on the other.
Koestler also gives an analysis of
Zen as practiced in Japan.
No summary can do justice to
the pains the author has taken to
make an honest investigation on
this and other phases of life in
these two countries, giving us
facts and excerpts from authen
tic texts. Suffice it ■ to say, that
he came back after two years,
convinced that the West with aU
its failings was on a more hope
ful road with its capacity to as
similate new trends and evolve
its “continuity-through-change”
and “unity-in-diversity.”
THE INFERNAL WORLD OF
BRANWELL BRONTE 1:^
Daphne du Mauriei (Doubleday
$4.5Q). ' Did Branwell Bronte
really write ‘‘Wuthering
Heights,” the novel that made his
sister Emity famous? Probably
not, but Daphne du Maurier, in
this biography of the tormented
brother, makes a strong case for
her belief that he was a major
contributor to this classic.
C-ertainly the imagination . and
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Missionary to
Congo to Speak
To Youth Group
Miss Mary DoAs Moore, Pres
byterian missionary to the Con
go, will address the Senior High
Youth Fellowship of Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sunday at 6 p. m. at the church.
Not due for a furlough until
1961, Miss Moore was advised to
evacuate the Luebo region in
July, 1960. After waiting with
other missionaries in Salisbury,
Rhodesia, for permission to re
turn she at last decided to come
to the States and take her fur
lough this year.
However, when the Congo dis
turbances clear. Miss Moore
plans to return there with a new
job in a new location. She will be
sent to Kankinda where she will
t-aach at the Ecole de Moniteurs,
a teacher training school.
Born in Carthage, she now
calls West End home. She attend
ed the Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina and
the Presbyterian Sbhogl of Chris
tian Education, and is a member
of the Culdee Church.
lir. Hutson Will
Speak Sunday at
Methodist Church
Dr. Harold H. Hutson, presi
dent of Greensboro College,
Greensboro, will be the speaker
at the Southern Pines Methodist
Church, Sunday evening at 7:30.
Dr. Hutson will be the final guest
speaker in the series of Sunday
•evening Lenten services that
have been held at the Church for
the past six weeks.
Dr. Hutson attended Wofford
College, Duke University Divin
ity School, and the University of
Chicago, holding degrees from all
of these institutions. He taught'
in the department of religion at
Birmingham, Ala., and at Ohio
Wesleyan College and is known
as a scholar in New Testament
studi-es, having written books and.
articles in this field.
The public is invited.
Bookmobile
Schedule
March 27-30
Monday, March 27, Union
Church, White Hill Route: J. M.
Briggs, 9:30-9:35; A. C. Bailey,
9:40-9:45; Mrs. Ina Bailey, 9:50-
9:55; M. L. Patterson, 10-10:05;
Elbert Taylor, 10:10-10:15; Park
ers Grocery, 10:20-10:25; Mrs.
Mattie McRae, 10:30-10:35; How
ard Gschwind, 10:40-10:45; Mrs.
O. C. Blackbrenn, 10:50-10:55;
Mrs. M. D. Mclver, 11:10-11:20;
Arthur Gaines, 11:25-11:30; Wes
ley Thomas, 11:35*11:40; Mrs. D
C. Clark, 11:45-11:55; Miss Irene
Nicholson, 12-12:10.
Tuesday, March 28, Lakeview,
Niagara, Eureka Route: J. L.
Danley, 9:25-9:30; Bud Crockett,
9:40-9:50; Lakeview Post Office,
9:55-10; Mrs. E. W. Marine, 10:10-
10:30; Ray Hensley, 10:45-11:30;
J. D. Lewis, 11:35-11:40; Homer
Blue, 11:50-12; Mrs. B-sn Blue
12:05-12:10; H. A. Blue,
12:20; Miss Flora Blue,
12:30.
Wednesday, March 29,
land. Colonial Hts., W. R.
9:35-10; H. W. Ehrhardt
10:05-10:10; Larry
10:25-10:35; Morris
12:15-
12:25-
Rose-
Viall,
Jr
Simmons
Caddell
10:40-10:50; R. E. Morton, 10:55-
11; Mrs. Viola Kirk, 11:05-11:10:
Mrs. Annie Seago, 11:15-11:20
W. E. Brown, 11:25-11:30; Calvin
Laton, 11:35-11:40; Marvin Hart-
sell, 11:45-11:55; W. R. Robeson,
12-12:10; W. M. Smith, 1:30-1:40;
J. J. Greer, 1:45-2; J. W. Gredr,
2:10-2:25.
Thursday, March 30, High-
falls, Glendon Route: Mrs. W. G.
Inman, 9:30-9:45; Edgar Shields,
9:55-10:05; Presler Service Sta
tion, 10:10-10:15; Mrs. Helen
Maness, 10:25-10:35; Norris
Shields, 10:45-10:55; Carl Old
ham, 11:05-11:15; J. R. Presley
Store, 11:20-11:25; Jefferson Dav
is, 11:30-11:40; R. F. Willcox,
11:50-12:05; Ernest Shepley,
12:15-12:25.
GUEST MINISTER —• Dr.
Louis C. LaMotte, president
of Presbyterian Junior Col
lege, Maxton, will be the
guest minister at Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian
Church at the 11 a.m. ser
vice Sunday. Dr. LaMotte is
chairman of the Department
of Education and director of
the Summer School of the
new St. Andrews Presbyter
ian College at Laurinburg.
School Cafeteria
March 27-31
EAST SOUTHERN PINES
Monday—barbecue beef on
bun, French fries, tossed vege
table salad, pecan cookies, but
ter, milk.
Tuesday — cr-eamed turkey,
steamed rice, butfered peas, cel
ery sticks, hot rolls, butter, milk,
Easter candy.
Wednesday — sloppy joe ham
burger, whipp-ed potatoes, cole
slaw, buns, butter, apple sauce,
milk.
Thursday — toasted' cheese
sandwich, deviled eggs, green
beans, carrot sticks, chocolate
pudding, milk, butter.
Friday — spring vacation be
gins.
InMnuhontJ Unttem
Sunday Sohod Itwow.
ISliliilIMZSiSuBBi
Bible Heterial: John 18, 19.
DeTotional Beading: Psalm 33:1-8, 19.
How He Died
Leason for March 1961
Dr. Foreman
the church, the
wild, unfettered spirit of the pre
cocious Branwell was a major
influence on his three sisters,
Emily, Charlotte and Anne. Miss
du Maurier’s examination of the
childhood manuscripts about
Branwell’s mythical, sslf-invent-
ed Kingdom of Angria revepls
extraordinary productivity. Yet
Branwell was unable to bridge
the gap from childhood fantasy
to adult creativity, and at the
time of his death could only be
described as a monumental faiL
ure.
Daphne du Maurier is the au
thor of two other biographies
and a dozen novels, including the
highly popular “Rebecca.”
THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE
The New Testament
Cambridge and Oxford University Presses
$4.95
From the original Greek emd He
brew texts, a group of English
scholars, poets and authors have
made this translation into modern
English.
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I
T F YOU Wirj.1 take time to count
4- the pages of the four Gospels,
and then count the pages of the
chapters telling of the trial, death
and resurrection of Jesus, you can
see for yourself that the events of
those last days and hours a#e
given space far beyond what Is
given to any
other part of
Jesus’ life. It can
even be said, as
a paradox, that
nothing stands
out ia the life of
Christ as it was
first written, as
does his death.
Not only In the
Gospels but In
the thinking of
death of Christ looms large. Look
at the pictures or statues of Christ
In Protestant or Roman Catholic
homes; how often he appears as a
dead man!
"I TWrttJ”
At first this seems strange. Do
not all men die? All men do, to
be sure, but not always In the way,
nor ever with the purpose, which
the church has always seen in the
death of Jesus. If on Good Friday
In many a church three full hours
wiU be set apart for meditation
on the memory and the meaning
of the Cross, all we can do here is
barely to suggest some of the
thoughts which that tragic and
glorious story suggest to a sym
pathetic readen One is that Jesus
died by violence, died under
torture, died In disgrace, for the
penalty of crucifixion was inflicted
only on slaves and savages. Jesus
himself, looking forward to this
event, had used the pain words
“die," “be killed.” He did not use
any of the pretty word’s that have
been thought of, like a blanket of
flowers over a corpse, to conceal
the fttce of death. It was death
that afternoon, death in the midst
of youth, death with much to say
that could not be said, death with
out friends. Uke a red under
scoring of the mental distress and
spiritual agonies, was the physical
agony of being crucified. Bleeding
slowly for hours beneath the hot
sim, the sufferer’s whole body
cried out for water. The one ory
of personal physical distress that
was wrung from Jesus during
those six terrible hours, however,
was just that desperate “I thirst.”
So we have to say of Jesus that
he died in torture. But the last
word from the cross which John
records is not a word of pain but
of power: “It is finished!" This
does not mean “AU is over!” as
an admission of defeat. It is the
shout of the victorious fighter
after the battle. It la the cry sent
up by the mountali| climber who
after many perils seta his foot on
the topmost pinnacle never before
scaled, it is the outburst of the
engineer who after months of
pltumlng and years of working
sees the span over the great river
complete at last. He had said
something very like this the night
before (John 17:4), so that we
must not think of the Cross as the
one and only achievement of
Jesus. The cross was the crown
ing accomplishment. Jesus* life
and death were all of one piece,
his death was “In character" with
his life. Every man leaves his life
unfinished in some respects. 'We
leave behind us friends, children,
a new generation, plans imful-
flUed, words imspoken, work un
done. EJven Jesus knew what it was
to wish to say things that could
not be said. And even his perfect
life has not had its full effect
without other lives welded tp-
gether into his It'Ving purpose.
Nevertheless there was a onee-
for-all quality about Jesus. He
had finished what no one else could
have done..
For Us
’This Is true, because, as the
Christian dnirch soon came to see,
Jesus’ death was mfich more than
every-man’s death. Alone and
unlqudy It was on behalf of aU
men. TUs in turn would not have
been so if Jesus had lived a selflirih
life; and it could not have been
so, even If our Lord had wished,
unless his life was more that of
one man In history. For the church
makes two great affirmations of
faith about Jesus Christ the Lord:
first, he is not only a particular
man, but he is Man, he sunu up
In himself all the human race, he
is the Man. The other affinnatlon:
He is the Di'rine Son of God.
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N«w Tork Art* M Soatli Atht Si.
Marnard MancaMo Mlniatar
Bible School., 9:45 h.m. Worship 11 a.m.
Training Union, 6:S0 p.m. Evening Wor
ship. 7 :i0 p.m.
Youth Fellowship. 8:30 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:80 p.m.;
Riidoweek aA>rship, Wednesday 7:80 p.m.:
choir practice Wednesday 8:15 p.m.
Missionary meetinK. first and third Tues*
days. 8 p.m. Church and family suppers,
second Thursday, 7 p.m.
Next Sunday
ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ave. at Asha
Sunday Masses: 8 and 10:30 a.m.: Daily
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day ^sses, 7 A I
a.m.: Confessions, Saturday, 5:00 to 6 :lt
p.m.: 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Men’s Club Mc^ings: lat A Srd Fridaya
8 p.m.
Women’s Club meetings: 1st Monday.
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 87S, Wednesday,
7 :30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118, Monday. I
p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ayanne
Sunday Service,'11 a.m.
Sunday School, 11 a.m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p.m. '
Reading Room in Church Building open
Wednesday, 2*4 p.m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9:45 a.nl. Worship Serv
ice 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Women of the
Church meeting, 8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Choir Kehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE FELLOWSHIP
tCongragatioiial)
Cor. Bennett and Naw Hampahira
Carl E. Wallaeaw Mlniatar
Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowship
(Young People).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m., The Foram.
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Massachaaetts Ave.
Martin CaldweU, Ri’ctor
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 ^iday, 9:30.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon, Mlniatar
Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship, serv
ice. 11 a.m. Women of the Chnrcb meet
ing, 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at 7 o’cloeh
each^ Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:16 p.m.
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Civic Club Building
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Lester Roof, Pastor
Paul Beatty, Pastor, assisting
Worship Service, 9 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C, Mooney, Jr., Minister-
Church School 9:45 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:80 P. M.
Junior Fellowship 6:30 P. M.
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P. M.
Methodist Men meet each third Thura*
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