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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
N EW YORK.—Mahatma Ghandi
has indicated that, in his opin
ion, a world war against Adolf Hit
ler would be justifiable and possibly
necessary. The
Understudy of
Gandhi Calms
Toward British
Indian empire in
British, with
their impera
tive job of keep
ing their great
hand, probably
aren't worrying about Gandhi. More
important is the attitude and activ
ity of his vigorous and popular un
derstudy, the 44-year-old Pandit
Jawahharial Nehru. The latter has
been boldly resistant to British rule,
spent six years in jail, and has ac
quired popularity and leadership as
Gandhi reaches his seventy-second
year.
Meager news reports from In
dia indicate that Nehru has
been calming down in his agi
tation against British imperial
ism, and that, a few weeks ago,
he was vehemently denouncing
fascism and the new German
aggression. London is re
assured, but watchful, as Asia
] may become a balance of power
in the clash of world dominions
and Nehru has been an active
propagandist of pan-Asiatic doc
trine, summoning browns and
blacks to*resist what he believes
to be the aggression of the
whites.
Born of a noble caste, Nehru wa,
educated at Harrow and Cambridge,
taking honors in the classics. His
father, the Pandit Motilal Nehru,
was a lawyer and the richest man
in Allahabad. He gave away his
mansion and moved into a shabby
little house when he became a con-
ert to Indian nationalism.
His son, reared in splendor,
had no such ideas when he came
home from England. He was a
strong supporter of the British
regime until the Amritsar mas
sacre of 1919. Then he burned
his 50 British suits, donned na
tive dress, and became an agi
tator for the Nationalist cause.
However, he was'no devotee of
loin-cloth asceticism. He was
all for fighting and it was as the
most belligerent of all the In
dian leaders that he came to
the presidency of the all-Indian
I congress in 1935.
Nehru was at times sharply op
posed to the non-resisting Gandhi,
but apparently their differences
have been resolved. He is hand
some and engaging, a vigorous as
sailant of the ancient caste system
of India.
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I T WAS not until « year ago that
Romain Holland returned to
France, after more than 20 years’
exile in Switzerland. He had op
posed war. Sev-
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Sees Hope Only
In *lnner Light 9
eral years be
fore he finished
“Jean Chris-
tophe,” Tolstoi
had calle^ him “The Conscience of
Europe.” He is a pallid old man
now, with thinning hair and sad,
deep-set eyes, but still “above the
battle” and still trying to arouse the
conscience of mankind.
He dispatched to the New York
international congress of the Amer
ican Musicological society a mes
sage of good will. It is quoted here
in accord with this department’s
wartime alertness to such men and
messages. He says:
“In the field of art, there is
not—there should not be—any
rivalry among nations. The
only combat worthy of us is that
which is waged in every coun
try and at every hour, between
culture and ignorance, between
light and chaos. Let us save all
the light that can be saved.
There is none more refulgent
than music. It is the sun of the -
inner universe.”
It was this sun that illumined
“Jean Christophe,” one of the great
est books of all times, published here
just before the World war, profound
ly moving to multitudes of Ameri
cans as an avocation of the creative
and aspiring spirit of man. Many
times in recent years, Romain Hol
land has written that the world had
little hope of escaping another and
possibly last devastating war. But,
described as “an old man, broken
and despairing,” on his return to
France last^ year, he has contin
ued his plea for peace, decrying
hatred, pleading for understand
ing.
His has been a lone voice,
never identified with “move
ments,” or political groupings,
right or left. He opposed Henri
Barbusse and his Clarte group,
and the various “united fronts,”
as he did the leaders of violent
1 reaction on the right.
He was educated in music at the
Ecole Normale, became a devotee
of Wagner and then of Tolstoi and
Shakespeare. He is the evangel of
the humane spirit in a day when it
is hard pressed.
(Consolidated 1 eatures—WNU Service.)
Neutrality Proclamation Stamped With Official Seal
teii aim
Secretary of State Cordell Hull watches an aide affix the official seal of the United States upon the neu
trality proclamation which previously had been signed by President Roosevelt. Shortly afterward, Mr. Roose
velt issued a proclamation placing an embargo on arms, ammunition and implements of war to belligerent
nations. Right: A photograph of the last page of the neutrality proclamation.
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Poilus in Action Near Siegfried Line
Gunny Sack Tarzana
French infantry and machine gunners are shown in action under
covering fire of their tanks during recent encounters in the German ter
ritory near Saarbrucken, adjacent to Germany’s west wall, or Sieg
fried line.
Bearded Explorers Demand 'Tonsorial Aid
When Commander Donald B. MacMillan arrived from an Arctic ex
pedition with his crew of college boys at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the
first demand was for shaves—and not “once over lightly!” Here Mrs.
MacMillan shaves Dr. Wayne Moulton of Massachusetts general hospital,
ship’s doctor. Left to right, Harold Evans of Waltham, Mass.; Mrs. Mac
Millan, Dr. Wayne Moulton and James Wiles of Norway, Maine.
Wearing a gunny sack garment,
and carrying a bow and arrow and
knife. Miss Wilma Jacobson, 19-
year-old Wyoming girl, recently
spent three nights in the wilds of
southeastern Wyoming. Here she
lights a fire preparing to cook the
one rabbit she killed. The trip was
merely a vacation.
London Milkmaid
The London milkman has gone to
the colors, and his job has been
taken over by a comely miss. The
box slung over her shoulder is not
her lunch, it’s her gas mask.
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By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
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THE INFANCY OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 2:13-23.
GOLDEN TEXT—And they shall call his
name Emmanuel, which being interpreted
is, God with us.—Matthew 1:23.
Looking forward to an experience
in life which promises to be both in
teresting and profitable always
brings a glow of expectation. Some
thing of that spirit should pervade
the Bible schools of our land as
they begin a six-months study in the
.Gospel of Matthew.
Consideration of our Lord’s life
properly starts with the story of His
birth, but we reserve that for our
Christmas lesson. Today we stress
the manner in which the Child Je
sus was received into the world.
Men then as now, were either for
Him or against Him. God had only
one attitude, that of loving protec
tion and preparation of His Son for
His ministry.
I. Christ in the World of Men.
The world of today is far differ
ent from that of the first century,
but the difference is all on the out
side. Almost breath takings have
been the developments of modern'
civilization, but these have not
changed the heart of man. He still
fears and hates and fights and sins.
His attitude toward Christ is un
changed: There are stiff only two
classes of people in the world—those
who have received Christ and are
saved, and those who have rejected
Him and are lost.
1. Against Christ.
How do men show their rejection
of God’s Son? Just as they did at
His birth, by: a. Fear. Herod was
afraid lest the coming of this one
should result in the loss of his ill-
gotten gains. His anger and fear
made all Jerusalem afraid, b. In
difference. When the Wise Men
asked where Christ was to be bom,
the priests and scribes knew exactly
where to find the facts in the Holy
Scriptures, but having done so, they
relapsed into utter indifference.
They had no interest in the fulfill
ment of the prophecy, c. Hatred.
Herod poured out the violence of his
heart by killing the first-bom. He
was the first of many who have raged
against the Christ in futile anger,
d. Sorrow. The tears of the mothers
of Jerusalem but foreshadowed the
weeping and wailing which charac
terizes Christ-rejection both in time
and eternity.
2. For Christ.
Thanks be to God, there were
those in that day who were for Christ
and, like those who follow Him to
day, they showed: a. Spirituality.
Men have marveled that the Magi
knew of the birth of Christ. They
must have studied the prophecies of
the Word and been responsive to the
teaching and moving of the Holy
Spirit. Can we say as much for
ourselves? b. Interest. Not content
to know and to marvel, they shamed
the priests of Israel by their per
sistent interest in this great thing
which had come to pass. c. Love.
They brought themselves in worship
and they brought rich gifts from
their treasures. You can give with
out loving, but you cannot love with
out giving, d. Action. They came.
They persisted until they found the
Christ. Then they listened to God
and protected His Son by not re
turning to Herod.
H. Christ in God’s World.
Men had brought sin and ruin into
the world. They had rejected His
Son, but God stiff ruled and we see
Him protecting, preparing, and ful
filling prophecy through His Son.
I. Protecting. Men may hate and
seek to destroy God’s Son. Satan
may inspire them with ingenuity and
cunning, but see how the Eternal
One speaks to Joseph in dreams,
how He prepares a place of refiige
in Egypt and ultimately in Naza
reth, where the boy Jesus may in
crease in wisdom and stature and
favor with God and man.
2. Preparing. God knows of the
days of public ministry which are
ahead and above all, of that day
when on Golgotha’s hill Christ was,
in His own body, to prepare salva
tion for you and for me. God is not
taken by surprise. He moves for
ward to the completion of His plan
with the stately tread of eternity.
3. Fulfilling. God also sees to it
that prophecy is fulfilled. We read
in verses 15 and 23, “that it might
be fulfilled” and in verse 17, “then j
was fulfilled.” God’s Word is always
sure, for He makes it so. His in
finite and eternal faithfulness guar
antees the fulfillment of every proph
ecy, yes, and of every promise of
His Holy Word.
Progress of Mankind
In my youth, looking at this man
and that, I marvelled that humanity
had made so little progress. Now,
looking at man in the multitude, I
marvel that they have advanced so
far.—George Gissing.
No Love Without Service
It is as impossible for love to
thrive without service as for a
plant to grow without soil. Love
feeds on what we give, not on whaf
we get.
Strange Facts
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Beggars* Paradise
Too Lazy to Breathe
Judas Left Out
I
Among the Arabs of /^frica and
Near Eastern countries, the gratu
ity or tip, called “baksheesh,”
goes to the poorer man whether
he renders a service to you or yo*
render a service to him. Even If
you save a man from drowning,
he will demand his “baksheesh”
if you appear to be in better cir
cumstances.
One of the most lethargic ani
mals in existence is the tuatara,
Sphenodon punctatum, a two-fcct,
lizardlike reptile of New Zealand.
Not only does it rarely move, but
it breathes so slowly that, usually,
the creature appears to be lifeless.
Those in captivity have been
known to stop breathing for more
than an hour at a time.
Oysters catch more rats than do
cats on the islands in Donegal bay,
Ireland. The rodents go down to
the beaches in search of food when
the tide is out and poke their
noses into the partly opened shells
of the bivalves, which instantly
close and capture them; then they
are held in the oyster’s viselike
grip until the tide returns and
drowns them.
A number of Christian altars in
various parts of the world do not
include the figure of Judas in the
statuary of Christ and His disci
ples.—Collier’s.
Surfbird s Nest
For nearly 150 years, since the
furfbird was first given its scien
tific name, its nest and eggs re
mained unknown. On May 28,
1926, the first and only nest of
this rare bird was discovered and
recorded by Joseph Dixon and
George Wright. The nest was lo
cated on a barren rocky ridge,
1,000 feet above the timber line
above Savage River Canyon,
Alaska.
NERVOUS?
Do you feel so nervous you want to scream?
Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
If your nerves are on edge and you feel
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up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often ac
company female functional disorders.
Why not give it a chance to help YOU?
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In Cause of Peace
For the maintenance of peace,
nations should avoid the pinpricks
which forerun cannonshots.—Na
poleon to the Czar Alexander.
'Muscular
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