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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1961
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina
Page THREE
Some Looks
At Books
By LOCKIE PARKER
BEYOND THE ALPS: A S\mi-
mer in the Italian Hill Towns by
Robert M. Coates (WUliam Sloane
$4.00). Every traveller in Italy has
caught tantalizing glimpses of
small towns a few miles from the
main road and wished he could
explore them or hurried through
others where he longed to linger.
Robert Coates, novelist and art
critic of the New Yorker, took a
summer to visit such towns in
Umbria and Tuscany, towns he
had missed or seen too briefly.
These towns were picked part
ly from mental notes of earlier
trips and partly at random. They
range from the famous Assissi
where he stayed a week to Alvi-
ano, a “compact little village' no
more than a wedge of houses,
really, set on top of a similarly
wedge-shaped eminence overlook
ing the Tiber and its valley be
low.” Yet, tiny as it was, Alviano
had a long and complicated his
tory. As one would expect, Mr.
Coates speaks with knowledge
and appreciation of the architec
ture and paintings he finds in
these towns. He is refreshingly
candid about his personal reac
tions to such objects, however,
admitting that the moment .and
the mood may influence these as
much as esthetic quality. He
sometimes derived as much
pleasure from a small; village
church under its plane and chest
nut trees as from a distinguished
.cathedral.
Mr. Coates has some interest
ing things to say about the pleas
ures of the traveller—why one
place of deserved renown may
arouse only respectful attention
and some obscure little town en
chant you and make you want to
stay on and on. “It seems to me
that the mood arises from a sense
of harmony. As with some of the
landscape views one gets from the
hill towns, there are times, too,
when the whole pattern of life in
sist him.
This story is laid in a fishing
village in Galway that faced the
Atlantic and had a great moun
tain behind—a mountain about
which there were legends that
ante-dated Saint Patrick. How
much did the people still believe
these legends, ^ook to the older
gods? How much confidence did
they have in the priest and his re
ligion or in the district doctor and
his modern cures? This thread
runs through the book with many
subtle variations.
The story centers around the
Stranger who carfie to Killknock,
compared to that of Stendhal and
Balzac, has created an epic novel.
It is not merely a book of lush
description and love affairs, it is
a novel of ideas and events, as
only a good story by a fine story
teller can be.
—NATALIE LOMBARD
Next Sunday
wnen me wnoie pauieru ux auc m- . -
side a town falls into a pattern a kind man, a friendly m ,
xirnncii rtrPC^np'P TTlf^nP .QOmP
of complete serenity and accord
.'. . Time stopped; one feels, when
the town reached perfection, and
it arrived at that stage genera
tions ago.”
He also shares experience of a
more homely sort with the read
er, glimpses of busy markets and
chance contacts, having the nov
elist’s skill at catching and ex
pressing character and local col-
6r. One engaging incident was
that of an old, old woman buying
tobacco in Orvieto. It was a busy
market day, and she had been
sent to the tobacconist with the
money and a list of purchases.
She recited the list like a well-
instructed child, but when the
time came to part with the money
she held in her hand, her brown,
bony fingers tightened around it,
her head went down stubbornly.
It held up business, but no one
got impatient. The usually dour
shopkeeper, the waiting; custom
ers coaxed and cajoled “grand
ma” until the brown fingers final
ly opened. It is glimpses such as
this thdt give people a warm
weeling toward the people of a
country.
STRANGER AT KILLKNOCK
by Leonard Wibberley (Putnam
$3.75). Leonard Wibberley was
born in Ireland, and neither ah
English education nor some years
of residence in America has made
him any less Irish. Starting with
rather droll, homely pictures of
everyday life, he likes to lead you
imperceptibly on into the world
of fantasy while making the fan
tasy so logical that you cannot re-
whose mere presence made some
people happier and others very
uneasy. No one could say why.
How he affected the course of
several lives and how his identity
gradually became clear makes a
fascinating tale.
ILONA by Hans Habe (Har-
court, Grace & World $5,95).
Three generations of women are
portrayed in this absorbingly ro
mantic novel by noted European
novelist Hans Habe. Spanning the
years from the time of Emperor
Franz Joseph and the age of Vien
nese gaiety to the present, the
book is the fascinating story of
beautiful Ilona; her ill-fated
daughter, Zita; and her lovely
granddaughter, Eva.
Against the panorama of two
world wars the great cities of
Europe—Budapest, Berlin, St.
Petersburg and Vienna—are
brought to life in vivid detail. For
thoie who feel perhaps they were
born a generation or so too late
the excitement of elegant society
in the early twentieth century is
recreated, as Ilona, the daughter
of a stationmaster in a small town
in Hungary, captivates royalty
and leads a chrmed life, to be
come a great lady.
Habe, whose work has been
JACKSON
SPRINGS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Amundson,
with Mary, Valeria, and Lois
Ann of Huron, S. D., arrived
Wednesday for a visit with her
mother, Mrs;. Geneva MoLeod.
With North Carolinians shivering,
the Amundsons are enjoying the
bakny weather, having had tem
perature drops to 20 degrees be
low zero in South Dakota. They
also boast they are missing a se
vere snow storm. Mrs. McLeod
had the family of the late K. A.
and Mary Patterson McLeod, in
cluding 33 descendants, with her
on -Sunday. Calling on the Mc
Leods in the afternoon were Lt.
and Mrs. Kent Maness, who are
vacationing with her mother, Mrs.
Otis Poole, and Robert Clark.
With the Marvin Pooles for
Christmas dinner were the Dick
Dickerson family and the Bob
Vickery family of Seneca, S. C.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bud Ellington
and family of Chandler arrived
Tuesday for their Christmas visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dickerson
attended a reunion of the McNair
family on Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lichtenberg-
er in High Point.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walden were
Christmas day guests of the Carl
Osbornes in Lexington.
With Charlie and Sam Dilling
for the holidays are Mr. and Mrs.
Doc Dilling and Clara of Monks
Corner, S. C.
RYiDR. KENNETH i. FOREMAN,,
Bible Material: 1 Corinthians 13: Ephe-
sians 4:11-24.
Devotional Readlnf: Ephesians 1:15 23
Are We Growing
Lessen for December 31,
1961
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There isn't a horn big enough or loud enough to
blast out our best wishes to all of our good
friends. May the sounds of happiness fill your
home all through the coming year and fill your
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As we ring in
the bright Neiu
Year, lue wish
for one and all
the uery fullest
measure of
happiness!
B efore the Old Year dies, it
is well to look back over it and
do some serious thinking. How are
we different from what we were
a year ago? The world has
changed, but have
we changed? We
are a year older,
each one of us.
But “older”
means different
things at different
stages of life. A
child has grown
larger and strong-
er by growing
Dr. Foreman older; his grand
father has perhaps shrunken and
grown weaker by growing older.
But the question is about our
real selves. Do our souls have to
shrink, grow sickly and feeble
with age, as bodies do? The Apos
tle Paul felt his age, as we say;
ne was conscious of becoming an
jld and shaky man. But he can
write of himself, “Though our out-
, ward nature is wasting away, our
inner nature is being renewed
every day.” (II Cor. 4:16.)
Measure of growth
How shall we measure the
growth of a soul? How can we
measure our true selves? A child’s
progress can be shown by pencil-
marks on a wall. A young man’s
progress can be seen by his pass
ing examinations in more and
more difficult subjects. But to
grow taller is not necessarily to
grow better; and a mind may be
highly developed while the soul is
shrinking. Paul gives us a stand
ard by which we can test our
selves—-the standard of the one
perfect Life, Jesus Christ. We are
to “grow up in every way” into
him.
Let it be remembered that only
God is the true and final Judge
of us all. Our own opinion of our
selves may well be distorted by
pride Nevertheless we need to
examine ourselves, and the one
basic test and standard is this;
Are we growing more, or less,
like the Christ whom we say we
Sviote, and whose name we bear?
One way to make this test is to
read over the Gospels and pay
special attention to the things
Jesus said. Do they seem, from
time to time, more true, more
living, are they more attractive,
do they reach us,—or do they
seem, from year to year, stranger
and stranger to our ears? Are
we, or are we not, more sympa
thetic and responsive to the mind
of Jesus than we used to be? Or
is he becoming a kind of eccentric
stranger?
Goal of growth
Some one may object at this
point: “Isn’t this impossible? How
can I ever be the man Christ
was?” Two answers can be given
to this question. One was put by
Dr. E. D. Soper years ago: “If
you’re not aiming at perfection
then you’re aiming at imperfec
tion.” And the other is, that in
all walks and activities of life,
people do aim at more than they
may ever accomplish. Every
breeder of horses aims at the
perfect horse; every artist tries
to produce the perfect painting,
poem or what not; every minis
ter tries for the perfect sermon;
—even criminals attempt the per
fect crime. They never succeed—
though maybe some criminals
do; it’s easier to be perfectly bad
than perfectly good! But even if
they never succeed, “JMot failure,
but low aim, is crime.” And the
fact remains that perfection, in
any line, is the bright background
against which we can trace our
direction up or down.
Secret of growth
So Christ is the standard, Christ
the goal, of the Christian’s life.
Yet we are troubled by a dark
thought. That question, “Isn’t this
impossible?” haunts us. Humanly
speaking, it is impossible. Yet if
the New Testament makes any
thing clear, it is this: the Chris
tian life is a supernatural life. It
is spoken of as “life in the spirit”
or “life in the Christ” or “life in
God.” The process of becoming
Christ-like is not something we
do all by ourselves. The secret
of Christian growth—that is to
say, the growth of a ,Christian’s
inner and true self, is that we
have a Power that is not our own.
—Or do we? If in this year now
past we can detect no signs of
growth, is'it perhaps because we
have not wanted to grow? Our
heavenly father is ready to give
the Holy Spirit to all who ask him.
in the year now dawning, we may
pray for many blessings; but what
dre other blessings worth, if we
dq not welcome God himself?
iSfisfd on outlines eopyrti^lited bj
tbe Ditlslon of Christian Education*
Katlonhl Connell of tho Churehes of
Christ In tho U. 8. A. Released by
Community Press SorTlco.)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York Are. at South Ashe 8t«
Maynsrd Msnsum. Minister
Bible School, 9:45 a,m. Worship 11 s.m.
Training Union, 6:30 p.m. Evening Wor-
hip, 7 :30 p.m.
Youth Fellowship, 8:80 p.m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:80 p.m.;
mid-week worship, Wednesday 7:80 p.m.;
choir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.m.
Missionary meeting, first 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 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.m. 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 Rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 pjtn.
I
EMMANUEL CHURCH (Episcopal)
East Massachusetts Ave.
Martin Caldwell* Rector
Holy Communion, 8 s.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, 9:80.
Saturday—6 p.m. Penance.
ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC
Vermont Ate. at Ashe
Sunday Masses: and 10:30 a.m.; Dafl>
Mass 8:10 a.m. Holy Day Masses, 7 A t
a.m.; Confessions, Saturday, 6:00 to 6:8f
p.m.: 7 :30 to 8 p.m.
Mpn’s Clu^ Meetings: 1st A Srd Fridays
8 n.m.
W omen’s Club meetings: lat Monday
8 p.m.
Boy Scout Troop No. 873, Wednesday
7 :30 p.m.
Girl Scout Troop No. 118,' Monday. >
p.m.
THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Church of Wide Fellowship)
Cor. Bennett and New Hampshire
Carl E. Wallace, Bfinister
Sunday School, 9:46 a.m.
Worship Service, 11 a.m.
Sunday. 6 ;30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fellowehtt
(Young People).
Sunday, 8:00 p.m.. The Forum.
BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Presbjrferian)
Dr. E. C. Scott, Interim Minister
Sunday School 9:46 a.m. Worship serv.
ice, 11 a.m. Women of the Chnreh act
ing. 8 p.m. Monday following third Sunday.
The YoutlT Fellowships meet at 7 o’cloah
each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday, 7:16 pjn.
OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Civic Club Bnildinff
Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and Ashe St.
Jack Deal, Pastor
Worship Servic, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
METHODIST CHURCH
Midland Road
Robert C. Mooney, Jr., Ministei
Church''School 9:46 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship 6:15 P. M.
WSCS meets each third Monday at 8:0®
P. M.
Methodist Men meet each fourth Sunday
at 7:45 a.m.
Choir iteiiearsal each Wednesday s«
7:30 P. M.
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