SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON From The Adult Student Training: to Serve or to Get At the Chrirstmas season the spirit of thoughtful giving ob tains as at no other season of the year. It is this ministry through giving that helps to give Christ mas its perennial appeal. The i dealistic manner in which youth responds to the heroic appeal to give self to the great challenges and adventures of life links this quality of human nature v ith one of the noblest requirements of our Christianity. Does the church now have a compelling cause with which to approach youth that is commensurate with; their abilities and even themsel ves? To give the right answer to this question is a severing re sponsibility. Stanley Jones, in speaking to students during the University Preaching Mission, de clared that the church now is making no universal appeai to its college youth that is com Merry Christmas To AU We wish to thank you all for the splendid business that you have given us and we hope that your Christmas will be the best ever and that the New Year will bring much happiness. Central Service Corp. You Will Need Good BREAD for Christmas Call For -si v 7 Tr*& /"I 'g*^ Bread and Cakes "SSsISL “Makers of Sunrise Bread” mensurate with the majesty of the Christian commission. It is frequently said by the rest of the world and undoubtedly must be acknowledged by Amer icans generally that our life is ex tremely secular, if not predom inantly so. In business the em phasis is upon acquiring. In the professions the quest is for suc cess and the prestige of position. In education generally the aim is being centered upon vocation and the training that will best fit one for distiction in the gain ful pursuits of life. In far too few instances is the major concern centered upon the development of the highest personal quali ties, including religion, and a life spent in helpful human serv ice. The former group of these objectives is by no means to be "left out of account, but the latter is due a much larger place in training and in the vocations than . being given in much of our A is'.orican educational program. At this point the liberal arts church college, which is designed to give a broad basis for rich and useful living, stands in bold con trast with so much of our gener al education where the dominant clamor right from the beginning is for vocational attainment. In PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. Alien Registration Deadline Approaches 4M| December 26 is the deadline for an fe estimated 3,5110,000 aliens residing; in the United Slates to register with the 1 dp? r iliens in the various steps of register- fes' '' the book, Luc Logins at roily, the point is made that liberal ed ucation, like a gem with many facets,- laces life in so many pos sible directions that when the col lege youth is thwarted in one vo cational defection, he may readily turn to another with some chance of making the necessary adjust ment. Vocational specialization is primary importance, but in every, possible case it should rest upon the broad base of liberaltrainvng. The Christian Motive in Choos ing a Vocation While there are sharp differen ces to -be found between the sa cred and the secular, the quality of religious work being done and to be done by ordained as over a-, gainst unordained Christian wor kers in losing much of its one-j time distinction. The general ac-| ceptance of so-called laity rights for both lay men and lay women in Christian service is rapidly changing the meaning of the term “vocational religious work.’’ This does not mean of Course that min isters and missionaries are not called to this high and sacred ser vice, but it docs mean that every Christian who engages in . reli gious work likewise is choosing to serve in just as Christian away to the limit of his ability while he carries on any one of the honored vocations. So the Christian tea cher or Christian physician or the Christian business man may give his life to his profession or business, but in doing so he may be just as conscious of his Christ ian responsibility and may be rendering service just as accepta bly Christian, though naturally not to the same extent, as the or dained or consecrated person who gives his full time to Christian work. Special ability and special ixed training of course, as well as the act of ordination or con secration may and should make a difference in the amount of time given and perhaps in the quality of one’s Christian work, as it most certainly makes a difference in the range of influence one generally exerts. It is most grati fying to discover how rapidly re ♦ | Greetings.... | * ♦> *•> * •5* ♦♦♦ * God Bless America * | May the Spirit Thrive ❖ * On Every Drive ❖ | PRODUCTS I X t | Tip Top! I Service Station | I Jesse Rogers ♦ •J ' Peace on Earth | ± Good Will Toward Men f ligioUs leaders arc .coming to Livej c mivieticn that all vocations; r hould be Christian hi outlook and I in choosing any one of them, tbcj Christian' motive in. making the! choice should be the determine factor. j The Church Gives Vocational | Guidance Eolii the colleges and. I'm church arc recognizing their re sponsibility for giving helpful; guidance to youth in choosing' the; hi. wt:k. American civi lization within the past century, j which iias : been changing from! an agricultural to an industrial! emphasis, is one factor entering! into this necessity. Furthermore,j the recent enormous increase in| college-trained youth that has brought an unparalleled compe tition for positions in the profes sions, is another cause for activi ty in vocational guidance. Such guidance may save much blun dering and unhappiness later on for the student. His early limited knowledge may not enable him. to discover the limitations of bis] own aptitudes and fitness for the! vocation which he at first may have had in mind. His own mo tives, too, may perhaps need skil ful sifting. In such situations tlv. guidance of an experienced adult who has gone much further along the way of life may be of ines timable service. Realizing this our colleges, atul; likewise our church leaders, are becoming keenly aware of the im portance of discovering and train ing persons who by personal fit ness and interest may become skilled in guiding youth in thus matter. They have always done much of this, but it is now becom jjl coming year. PEEBLES DEPT. STORE Roxboro, North Carolina ing a more consciously directed service and one for which pro vision is being made much more adequately. Courses are being in cluded in the college curricula which are designed directly to aid! the student in the selection of bis | life work. So, also, as has been! true for years there come to our' campuses for frequent visits out standing student leaders who have been exerting a tremen dous influence upon campus youth as they face their life work de cisions. In passing, mention should be made of the fact that the college period is a time of un usual opportunity for vocational sifting. Frequently, early in life when one’s understanding is quite limited, a certain vocation may become almost an obsession. Later, however, v. hat such a vo cation requires, of one and the particular fitness of the person a question for that vocation may make a revision of one's; early choice absolutely nee. s ary tq avoid serious;failure, In this ve lvet the college has a sifting sor vcce to render as well as one of positive guidance in one's orig inal choice. It is especially gratifying to note also that the young people’s programs in our local churches : re now making larger provision !'■ ;• guidance in vocational choicer. Discussion groups in local cuur i ,!v. -. 11, Slimmer training cohler- I - pc, a. and in state, regional, and j national student meetings are be ing increasingly provided. Within recent years several training cou :s 1 ft A all heels & ■iv / hm POXES FREE i Q \l Comfort for Him WrJKjjJ SJ/ in this smart two- * tone slipper combin- i ing kill, patent. 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