^ mmmmimv " ■*' W«U ~~ New Sallman Painting Depicts - Theme of Crusade for Christ -- ■■■ - 11 ■■ ■ -■ -"mi " — ' I r.-— 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 | 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 "msms 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 C ■ 666 USE Co Id PreDarntmns as directed I 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 I PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT Houser Drug Co. WE DELIVER PHONE 4771 It’s the Quality of leadership that makes Leaders fi IP ATLANTIC 41€md(#€€R _r€€R are the Leaden !I|IWW *cw rot**' ttf l natural... this amazing 2-minute make-up by Dorothy Perkins! Flattering as moonlight, Magic Makup your skin petal-smooth ... camouflages tiny linesl Lovely shades that impart color to natural skin tones, / Also Lipstick, Rouge, Cologne, Face Powder, Dust Powder; Perfume, Weather Lotions, and all Kinds of Creams. Belk-Matthews Company