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CHICAGO — Warner Sallman,
whose portrait of Christ nas sold
4,500.000 copies, depicts here the sup
port of millions of Christians to the j
determination of their Leader that
there be no more war. Methodists |
are among those who are working
for liberty and justice for all men.
through their four-year, five-fold |
Crusade for Christ. a
Posters of the Sallman painting. |
how appearing in more t:...n 41.000 i
Methodist churches acros the na- I
tion, appeal for sacrificial comritm
tions to the S25.000.000 Crusade re
lief and reconstruction fund, more
than naif of which will so for food I
lot hint* and other aid for peoples ot .
war devastated and occupied conn
tries. Other phases of the Crusad*
for Christ call for support of co
operation among nations in the poet
war world, renewed evangelism ef
forts. education for Christian stew
ardship and improvement of Sundar
-'■i’o'l n tendance.
“THE CRUSADING
CHRIST”
An interpretation of the!
Methodist Crusade for
Christ Painting.
BY CLARENCE W. HALL
Before attempting to put or.
canvas tnc paliiutjg that lia-' been
adopted die oliuiai Methode-t
Crusaile t* 1 t ncist painting, v\ ai
rier bailmui.. die iii-ti-si whose
"heaii of Liu u't has necome the
best known and niost wideij <hs7
tlibULed tt--gmus pie ell i -• ol oiil
times, conferred at g i eat le.ig'tn
with C rusade leaders.
"1 want to know all about the i
Crusade," said All . MUman, ”il> |
aims and purposes, us inner gen
ius and its scope.
lie listened attentively as
“.Methodism s boldest and fnost
comprehensive program tor world
redemption' was outlined I" him.
A man cf deep spiritual instincts
a lid insight, the distinguished ar
tist's eyes dashed as his heart be
gan to burn with the mutg.nation
that has characterized ali his work
•'1 shall count it a great honor,
he said quietly, “to try to capture
on canvas some ol the mignty
“f c’tris Crusade.”
And he hurried off to ms inrush
es and paints.
How well Warner .sanman
caught the vision of what the C iu
saile aims to accomplish is reveal
ed in this painting — a painting
which should stir all of .Method
ism to meet the opportunities it
It will 1>- noted that the central
figure in this pester—as He is the
central figure of the O m-aiie- is
“the Crusading C hrist. (iaC>eu «n
the robes denoting His Kingship,
hut with the scars of the na'1
prints still in His hands, the Chris,
strides through the scenes ot wai
devastation.
In this conception, the aitis.
has daringly “brought l m is.
down to earth." V\ herea.- most
artists, from the old masters to
contemporary painters, seem t.
persist in paintings of this suit in
depicting Jesus floating shove am
somehow detached from the wot Id
Mr. Sail man has placed Him—
where Jesus placed Himself—up
on the earth itself, amid the sor
rows and sufferings of tint world,
actively leading His people in .ne
amelioration of distress and the
healing of sin's wounds, whetner
those sins he individual or corpor
ate. . .
Thus we have a striding t hrat,
as purposeful as He is compassion
ate. in the van of His peoples
march to “trample out the vine
yards where the grapes ... wrath
are stored." His every expiession
and attitude reflects the impera
tiveness of the task. His left hard
clenched. His right hand extended
in appeal to the onlooker to .tom
the March of Methodists on be
half of the bereft, His .-Jeeves
tossed hack— every gesture por
trays the compassion He I eels. No
remote Christ, this!
Behind Him, marching in a \ -
shaped formation denoting the
vietbry that will, surely attend
their way, come1 the hosts of
Ohrist-inspiredo Methodists. It will
be noted that the artist neve has
included men and women, hoys
and girls, from every walk of life
ahd representing many taces. In
and through the scenes cf devas
tation they come, this marching
host, to minister with Christ and
for Christ to such needs as this
dire day has presented.
And above them, symbolic ol
the hope they bring — the new
'lawn the Crusade stands tor—-is
a colorful rainbow.
In this forceful work Warner
Sallman has not only made a
treat contribution to the Crusade
for Christ., but he has also set the
pace for religious artists to come.
Well may we hope that this paint
ing—like the Crusade it glorifies
—will encourage all men to place
Christ where for centuries He has
sought to be, in the center of ev
ery effort for man's good.
SOIL conservation
Terrace lines we e -taked rec
ently to be built by farm equip
ment and the county unit, when
conditions are again favorable for
field work, on the follow.ng farms
C. A. Fisher, Cherryville- D. A.
Kiser, R. C. Kiser and R. P. Hay
nes, Route 2 Bessemer City, N.C.
Pine seedlings are being plant
ed from stock purchased from the
State Nursery on the following
farms: Hardin Manufacturing Co.
land—10,000 trees; J. P. Summey
R-l. Dallas—500; Edgar Abeme
thy, Stanley— 2,000; J. P. Rhodes
R-l Dallas, 2,000; L. E. Friday,
R-l, Dallas, 1,000; City Lake
Property, 4,000; and I. G. Jack
son, Gastonia, 1,000 trees. These
tree seedlings are being planted
»n idle, steep and eroding fields to
prevent erosion and to put this
land to work growing timber. It
nays to plant trees.
Ed Summerow, Gastonia, on his
farm iocated near Stanley, has
ordered and plans to put 50 tons
of lime just as soon as he can get
delivery. Lime is necessary for
the successful growth of legumes
ind grasses on all Gaston coun
ty soils and every effort should be
made to put at least one ton on
'-•very acre. Stock piles in the fields
tnii at the side of the road should
he spread as soon as possible in
order to get the most benefit, as
leaching and deterioration fakes
place resulting in reduced quality
• C. A. Barkley, Gastonia, on his
■ arm located just north of Gasto
nia, is making application of 400
lbs. of basic slag per acre on his
pasture land. Mr. Barkley realizes
that good pasture is the founda
tion of a livestock program and
plans to reduce his cattle in order
to adequately develop the pasture
by seedings of adapted pasture
grasses and the application of lime
basic slag and acid phosphate.
W. L. McSwain, Dallas is fol
lowing a plan of gradually sotving
the steep and on his farm in per
ennial hay crops of sericea and
kudzu on the thin areas and the
better areas in alfalfa. He is
planning and making preparation
now for the alfalfa seeding next
fall. He plans to turn under a
areen manure crop this summer,
apply necessary limestone, then
disk the land from time to time to
destroy weeds and to prepare a
good seed bed for seeding in early
September. Alfalfa is a very ex
acting crop and its resuirements
and without good preparation, ad
equate applications of lime and
fertilizer, it will not be successful.
Jumfir mv frs
TOP THAT 10k
BY NEW rms
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LETTERS FROM
SOLDIERS
Camp Mackall, N. C.
January 24, 1945
Dear Fred,
Have just finished reading the
January 18, copy of the Eagle.
There were two articles of great
interest. One was the letter writ
ten by Jack Cagle. I believe that
lie has expressed the thought of
every hoy and girl from Cherry
ville who are in uniform.
The other was the article about
the Legion Memorial Hall. I sin
cerely hope that the people of
Cherryville will cooperate with
the Legion. The facilities that this
proposed building would offer is
needed very badly by our town. If
the people so desire, Cherryville
can be a very progressive amt
modern community. We must look
forward to the future.
Sincerely
Pfc. WALTER SMITH, Jr.
Co. “C” 541st Proht. Inf. Reg.
Camp Mackall, N. C.
Thanks ever so much for the
Christmas gift. Wish 1 could have
beer with you all on this Christ
mas.
Richard Mackenzie
Thanks a lot, fellows.
Johnnie H. Notes
Thanks, very much for your
thoughtfulness and tke package
was greatly appreciated.
P. A. Champion
Thanks a lot for the package all
of you in the States keep things
going and we will over here.
Junius L. Lail
The box sure was nice, it is not
a one-man act. When you send a
guy a box in the Army. I shared
mine with sixteen other fe'lows.
Thanks a million.
William R. Camp
I would like to thank every
member of the Tryon Post No.
100 for the truly fine package. A
fellow can always count on the
Cherryville people for their
thoughtfulness and generosity.
Heman Baker
I wish to express my apprecia
tion for your thoughtfulness in
sending me the package.
Jack F. Reynolds
All of us over here deeply ap
oreciate your kindness and gen
erosity. It reminds us of what we
are fighting for and helps us in
that fight.
Hurley Crocker
1 received the package today
and sure was glad to get it. 1
thank you very much and I hope
I you a Happy Christmas.
Howard J. Hall
I wish to express my gratitude
to you all. The package was very
nice and was enjoyed gieatly oy
myself and several buddies. It is
nice to know that the iiome folks
remember us in such a way and 1
hope to see you all before next
Christmas.
J. N. Wyant
Many thanks for the lovely gift
It made me feel as if I still have
a few friends that don’t forget a
guy.
•;oniey j. luowser
Was surprised to receive such a
wonderful package from you all ,
and I really want to thank you all
very much.
Hugh L. Randall
Many thanks for the swell gift.
It was certainly appreciated.
Evan B. Wehunt
A pleasant surprise. Many
items will be of use as time goes
by. Many who have been overseas
for some time are more deserving.
Thanks so much.
Yates L. Barber
Thanks a lot the package was
greatly appreciated. Especially
the fruit cake and candy
Clyde W. Brownie
I received the lovely package I
and I was very, very happy to get
it. It was just what I needed and
I do wish you all a Merry Christ
mas and a very Happy New Year,
from some where in Corsica. And
I am doing my best to help get
this war over. Thank you again.
Arthur John llart
Thanks a lot for the package.
My Buddies sure did enjoy those
peanuts. • Something we haven’t
seen for quite some time. Thanks
again for remembering the boys
over here and we sure do appreci
Thanks a million for the pack-1
ate it Very much.
“Bus” Cates
age and I hope we will all be home
for the next one,. I appreciate be
ing remembered with the nice gift.
Homer H. Smith
Sure did appreciate the nice box
you sent me and hope you all had
a nice Christmas and happy New
Year. , I have changed bases twice
that’s the reason it was late. But
it was still good and nice. Thanks
to H.K.H. and American Legion.
Lloyd W. Lease
Thanks a million to my old
friends of Cherryville.
William L. Goins
Thanks so much for the Christ
mas package. Words can't express
my appreciation.
Robert L. McCloud
Thanks, each and everyone for
the nice gift I just received. All
the articles will sure come in han
dy. The nuts were really good.
Keep up the good work and we’ll
be back home together soon.
Jack Propst
It is hard to say just how much
Making a Fresh Start
MAKING a fresh start in life
is i»ot a matter of place or
time. Very frequently, the
desire to begin over again arises
from tha feeling that somehow
we seem to have missed grasping
life’s deeper meaning, including
our own relationship to it. And
the conviction that personal or
business affairs are becoming
more and more discordant or un
satisfying gives support to this
feeling. What, we may ask, is to
be done about the matter? Surely
we are entitled to go forward at
all times, and to enjoy in ever
increasing measure our divine
right to happiness, freedom, and
plenty.
For the answer to this query,
we need but turn to the words
and works of Christ Jesus. Again
and again did this great Teacher
endeavor to make plain to those
who wished to share in the bless
ing of his ministry, the fact that ]
healing and salvation would be
found in the degree that a spirit
ualized and demonstrable under
standing of God was acquired.
But to acquire this understanding,
he insisted, mortals must be pre
pared to relinquish material be
liefs and evil thinking, which can
not comprehend God, Spirit. In
words unparalleled in their scope
and emphasis, he declared (John
3:3>, “Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God.”
Spiritual renewal, then, is a
prerequisite to entrance into the
kingdom of God. In other words,
in order to bring divine good into
our present experience, our think
ing needs to undergo a change of
base, that it may accept the fact
of spiritual reality as constituting
the truth in every situation and
circumstance. This implies be
coming ever more conscious that
the real inan exists spiritually, not
materially. The Master made vet
clear the absolute necessity of
gaining a newborn sense of exist
ence when he added, “That which
is bora of the flesh is flesh; and
that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit” (John 3:6). That is to say,
material thinking is mortal, and
its consequences are discord and
mortality. Per contra, spiritual
thinking is of Spirit, and the fruit
age thereof is harmony and im
mortality. Spiritual understand
ing is the activity of divine intelli
gence and wisdom, bringing the
loveliness and glory of real being
to light.
Thus we see that making a fresh
start is not a matter of place or
of time. The kind of thinking that
has brought about a sense of de
feat and despair in one place is
very liketv, if uncorrected, to
bring about the same result in an
other place. Nor is the human ele
ment of time sufficient of itself to
improve our experience, since
mistakes ignorantly made one day
may all unwittingly be repeated
the next. As Mary Baker Eddy,
the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science, points out in
“Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures” (p. 201): “We can
not build safely on false founda
tions. Truth makes a new crea
ture, in whom old things pass
away and 4dl things are become
new.’” Obviously, any mere re
shuffling of our thinking on the
same old materialistic basis must
always prove unavailing.
Selfishness, personal hostility,
impatience, greed, “that which is
born of the flesh,” can but lead
to moral and physical inhar
moiry. On the other hand, in the
rebirth of our thinking to con
form to the pattern of genuine
being, we are la>iug claim to our
God-bestowed heritage of spiritual
dominion. . . .—The Christian £«
ence Monitor.
I enjoyed the package and all of
it was good. I thank you lots for
it. Cline Sellers
I want to thank you for my
friends and myself, who enjoyed
the package very much. May all
of you have a very Merry Christ
mas.
Everette L. Patterson
Received your package today
and many thanks. Was very nice
and sure was glad to get it. Hope
to be home before next Christmas
J. D. Sisk
Thanks, Ray and Troy for the
nice box. It was soon devoured by
me and the follows in my outfit.
Thanks again and a Merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year to
you all.
Colon Carpenter
BUY BONDS
LETTER to EAGLE
In every newspaper we look ab
today we find alarming reports of
petty crimes coming from the
teen age groups who have oecf
neglected proper recreational
facilities. The population of Cher
ryville has escaped having a great
increase in juvenile delinquency,
nevertheless no one is to be com
mended for this record.
Now is the time for each per
son to look into the future and
try to prevent the inevitable.
Nothing could be more timely or
fitting than a Civic Youth Center
here in this community.
With proper sponsorship and
management we could have a
building open to the youth ot
Cherryville where they could meet
and have some talk—a soft drink
a sandwich and possibly, - ping
pong or a game of pool. This club
could also make accommodations
for a stranded soldier and oitei
3 SIMPLE STEPS
To RELIEVE That Dull.
Ache All Over Feelinq
of a
COLD
Alka-Seltzer
ABC METHOD
A — Alka-Seltaer, start taking it
at one* to relieve the Dull,
Aching Head, and the Stiff,
Sore Muscles.
B — Be careful, avoid drafts and
sudden changes in tempera
ture. Rest — preferably in
bed. Keep warm, eat sensi
bly, drink plenty of water or
fruit juices. Be sure to get
enough Vitamins.
C — Comfort your Sore, Raspy
Throat, if caused by the cold,
by gargling with Alka-Selt
rer. If fever develops, or
symptoms become more
acute call your doctor.
ALKA-SELTZER is a pain re
lieving, alkalizing tablet, pleasant
to take and unusually effective in
action.
Take it for Headache, Muscular
Pains and for Indigestion, Gas on
Stomach, when caused by excess
stomach acid.
* At your drug store — Largo
package 60*. Small package 30*,
by the glass at soda fountains.*
Th* Belmont Abbey Farm at
Belmont Is preparing approxi
mately ten acres of land to be
seeded in permanent pasture
bixture this spring. They plan to
seed a mixture of orchard and
red top grasses, white top clover,
and annual lespedeza drilled in
with complete fertilizer. Mascot
lime from stock on hand is being
broadcast on old pastures for in
creased grazing and pasture
maintenance.
him rest and enjoyment.
It has been wisely said that
words cannot conclude a doing.
It is the people’s responsibility.
Would you rather your boy or
girl have clean fun at home or
have them visiting nearby towns
and roadhouses?
At first
SION OF A
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Co Id PreDarntmns as directed
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AMERICA
The American is a life of. indi
viduality. We have boys on the
battlefields fighting for us. Some
are starving and dying that
don’t have anything tomcat. We
ought to be very thankful that we
live in America today and have
something to eat, clothes to wear
and a place to sleep. Some of
them would be very glad to eat
a meal with their mother and
father. Some of the German peo
ple would hug around the men
and womens neck and then stab
them in the back with knives.
The people across the water have
to eat out of garbage cans. They
pour gasoline over the garbage
and then burn it. Some of the peo
ple are paralyzed and those that
have infantile paralysis are in the
polio hospitals.. We have good
citizens in America. We go to
school but some of us can’t. We
can worship and serve God and
do what He commands. Our peo
ple can keep praying and buying
War Bonds and Stamps.
By Margie Clark
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