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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941
A christening
Our drive to Hyde Park one day
was very pleasant and we stopped
in Saratoga, N. Y., long enough to
assist at the christening 6f a very
sweet baby girl. She never cried
at all when the water was poured
over her head, which I am sure
means that some day she is going
to give her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. A1 William Kresse, a very
hectic time. You see, I was brought
up on the old superstition that
babies must cry the “devil” out of
them at their christening, and if
they don’t it will surely come out
later on! •
We spent the night with a friend
and arrived home to face the usual
mountains of mail which greet one
after two days without any contact
with the postman.
• * •
SAD LETTER
I found a rather sad letter from
an old friend of the President’s, who
has always been very fond of the
sea. Like many other people, this
friend adopted an orphan during the
last World war. But I think he
must have taken it more seriously
than the rest of us, for he has kept
in touch with him and really helped
him and known him well.
The Other day, the Daily Mail in
London carried the story of this boy,
now grown to manhood and follow
ing the sea, meeting his death, as
have so many other gallant English
officers, on his ship, the HMS
Patria. He was a first lieutenant
and, when someone had to go below
to free a hundred or more men who
were trapped, instead of ordering a
junior officer to do the job, hp went
himself and was never seen again,
but nearly all the men on board
were saved.
The story in itself will be one
more tradition told on British ships
on the seven seas to educate the
young. It is the quotation in a letter
from his wife to my husband’s old
friend which I want to give you. She
writes:
“I am convinced that when he met
this last trial, he maintained that
quiet confidence, that unbreakable
courage, and that smile of his that
indicated peace of mind and soul.
Danger at sea, he had always met
without flinching, and this is as we
must remember him. For my part,
I am proud to have been his wife,
even if for only eight years, and if
his sons (there are two, five and
two years old) grow up as straight
and as fine and clean as daddy, I
shall be satisfied.”
This is a courageous attitude to
take, but it must be hard to attain
such, fortitude of soul. If that is the
spirit, however, in which the British
face all defeats and still keep such
high courage then we may be sure
that in the end, right must tri
umph over might. If our own cour
age and determination can be at
the same level, perhaps, before
long, might will be on die side of
right.
• • •
As I write we are having our sec
ond day of steady rain. It is the
kind of June weather when a fire
on the hearth is pleasant. Yester
day I discovered that last year’s
robins, or their progeny, have re
turned, not to the same bathroom
window, but to the one next to it.
Two blue eggs lie in the nest, from
which the mother flies away when
ever she hears a noise. I really
wonder whether they are wet and
miserable when the rain beats upon
the window and all the protection
they have is the ivy vine which
grows thick around them.
CHIEF JUSTICE *HUGHES
The news that Chief Justice
Hughes is retiring on July 1 comes
as a shock. He always seemed to
be such a vigorous person that I
do not associate him with any par
ticular age. It must be a great
satisfaction, however, to reach the
point where you feel you can lay
aside your work and do only the
things you want to do the rest of
your life.
To be able to look back, as Justice
Hughes can, on a successful per
sonal career, a good name achieved
professionally, a happy home in
which children have grown to ma
turity and started out on their own
lives with a satisfactory back
ground, a public life which has
brought posts of honor as recog
nition of his high ability and integ
rity, all this must give the Chief
Justice happiness. His countrymen
will rejoice with him and do him
honor, both in the present and the
future.
I cannot close these few words
about him without saying how much/
I have always admired Mrs. Hughes.
It seems to me, she has contributed
greatly to the success of his career
and that some honor and affec
tion from her countrymen are due
her as well.
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VALUABLE LIFE
Several days ago I noticed the
report in the papers of the death
of a woman I have known for a long
while. Miss Julia K. Jaffray was
associated with the National Com
mittee on Prisons and Prison Labor
for 33 years. She came to the United
States from Galt, Canada, as stenog
rapher to Miss Helen Varick Bos
well, who was secretary of that com
mittee. Miss Jaffray, herself, served
as secretary for 25 years. This
Canadian woman became a leader
and wielded great influence here.
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chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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EVERYTHING FOR HER NEW KITCHEN
(See Recipes Below)
Lesson for June 22
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
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FIRST JERUSALEM CONFER
ENCE ON WORLD MISSIONS
LESSON TEXT—Acts 15:6-21.
GOLDEN TEXT—But we believe that
through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
we shall be saved, even as they.—Acts 15:11.
The conference on missions in
Jerusalem was not the result of an
appeal to a ruling church organiza
tion for a decision, but rather a gath
ering of the beievers from Antioch
with those in Jerusalem to confer
regarding a serious difference of
opinion. The earliest converts to
Christianity were Jews, who had
come by the way of Judaism into
their new faith in Christ. But now,
through the preaching of Paul and
Barnabas, certain Gentiles had be
lieved in Christ. Their new-found
joy was soon beclouded by a theo
logical problem. Certain teachers
from Judea (Acts 15:1) declared
that the Gentiles were not saved un
less they came into the Christian
faith the way of the fullfillment of the
Jewish law. Paul and Barnabas at
once realized that this was
> REALLY PRACTICAL!
Whether the bride-to-be is bound
for a six-room “dream house” or
for a one-room kitchenette apart
ment, you can’t go wrong if you give
her a kitchen shower . . . one that’s
practical, of course!
And, knowing that some of you
are anxious for new, clever, unusual
ways to entertain, I’m ready with
plans for a kitchen shower that’s
really different!
In Chicago’s huge Merchandise
Mart, where buyers from all over
the country come
r\ to purchase kitch-
$ JfrJk enware, I found a
/U variety of inex-
pensive, yet dura-
ble gadgets which
/y7~^ \ \ anyone about to
/ / \ J be married would
* love.
To make the party practically all
play and no work for the hostess, I
decided to place the gifts on the ta
ble (see picture at top of column).
When luncheon is over, everything
is hers!
The tablecloth is of a fancy new-
type oilcloth, and the place mats
and napkins are none other than dish
cloths.
An angel food cake pan serves as
the base for a “gadget bouquet” cen
terpiece of measuring spoons and
cup, carving set, sugar scoop,
funnel, spatulas, pancake turner,
strainer, tea ball, grater and other
vital kitchen helpers.
The plates are pie tins. The flat
ware is a very inexpensive kind with
gaily-colored plastic handles. And
note the spice jars to the right I
which, because they’re to be gifts,
hold salt and pepper while doing
table duty. They’re from the Grif
fith laboratories.
The first course of the luncheon is
a tart *Cardinal Salad, set on the
table right in its aluminum ring
mold. A tasty Beef Stew in a cas
serole follows. Iced tea is poured
from a tall aluminum pitcher into
matching “glasses.” And rolls, all
buttered, are served from a com
pact, serviceable bun warmer,
which may be the hostess’ gift. Des
sert is *Peach Upside Down Cake,
served from a square cake pan.
*Cardinal Salad.
1 package lemon gelatin
1 cup boiling water
% cup beet juice
3 tablespoons'vinegar
1 cup cooked beets, diced
% teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons onion juice or grated
onion
1 tablespoon horseradish
% cup celery, diced
LYNN SAYS:
There’ll be lots to talk about at
your party, and conversation,
plus opening of shower presents
may well fill up the allotted party
time, but just in case . . . here’s
a clever game that suits a bridal
shower to a “T.”
To each guest pass a slip of
paper titled “Things Found in the
Bride’s Home.” ’Neath the title
are these words (1) engar, (2)
gothorphrpa, (3) elmiunol, (4)
fubfet, (5) hicra, (6) rifhifcoen,
(7) pavndorte, (8) blaet, (9) nur-
caef, (10) pardyer, (11) kccol, and
(12) pocarbud.
Ask each person to rearrange
the letters in each of these 12
words to make them spell an
article of furniture that would be
likely to appear in the bride’s
new home.
The answers are (1) range, (2)
photograph, (3) linoleum, (4) buf
fet, (5) chair, (6) chiffonier, (7)
davenport, (8) table, (9) furnace,
(10) drapery, (11) clock, and
(12) cupboard.
To make the game more inter
esting, you might set a definite
time limit. Collecting all papers
after, perhaps, five minutes. Lol
lipops or some similar original,
inexpensive gift may be awarded
is first prize.
SO YOU’RE TO BE MARRIED!
The date is all set, invitations
mailed, your dress, white and
simply beautiful, is hanging in
the closet . . well, then the rest
is easy. But, in case you’re per
plexed about the after-ceremo
ny refreshments, whether they be
in the form of a breakfast, gar
den reception or dinner, please
read next week’s column. Lynn
will tell you how to entertain
your wedding guests correctly,
yet inexpensively . . . Watch for
“After The ‘I Do’s’ ”...
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water,
add beet juice, vinegar, salt and sea
sonings. Chill until slightly thick
ened. Fold in vegetables and mold.
*Peach Upside Down Cake.
1% cups sifted cake flour
IV* teaspoons double-acting bak
ing powder
Va teaspoon salt
% cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons softened butter or
other shortening
1 egg well beaten
% cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour once, measure, add bak
ing powder, salt and sugar, and sift
together three times. Add butter.
Combine egg, milk and vanilla. Add
to flour mixture, stirring until all
flour is dampened; then beat vig
orously for 1 minute.
4 tablespoons butter
% cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
2 cups sliced peaches (fresh or
canned)
Melt 4 tablespoons butter in an 8
by 8 by 2-inch pan over low flame;
add brown sugar, (Vi teaspoon nut
meg may be mixed with brown sug
ar, if desired), and stir until melt
ed. On this, arrange peach slices.
Turn batter over contents of pan.
Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees
F.) 50 minutes, or until done. Loos
en cake from sides of pan with spat
ula. Serve upside down with peaches
on top. Garnish with whipped
cream, if desired.
Canned pineapple rings, cooked
apricots or prunes, or sliced tart ap
ples may be substituted for peaches
in this recipe.
Going back to entertaining the
bride-to-be, had you ever considered
a Recipe Show
er? A new idea
comes to mind
. . . why not
serve a luncheon
at which every
dish, from the ap
petizer to the cof
fee, is prepared
according to some
favorite and test
ed recipe of one of the guests. Have
each recipe written on the back of
a place card, collect these, put them
into a file box (gift of the hostess)
and present them to the bride-to-be.
• * *
A shower that calls for an almost
negligible outlay of money on the
part of those who buy the gifts, but
which will help the young bride to
do some real housekeeping, is a
“dime” shower.
The five-and-dime stores are bris
tling with simple little things the
bride will use every day without be
ing aware of them. If you’ll con
tribute two ten-cent items, you’ll be
doing her a real service.
Matches, gummed labels, paste
and waterproof cement (to repair
the china she’s bound to break some
time or another), playing cards and
score pads, plenty of tissue cleans
ers, electric light
bulbs, little wire
flower - holders,
assorted pads of
paper for shop
ping lists or ad
dresses — they’re
all so inexpensive
when purchased separately, but how
they do mount up in cost if the bride
has to go out and buy the whole
batch at one time!
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I. The Vital Question—Is Salva
tion by Grace or Works? (w. 7-11;
see also w. 1-5).
Paul and his fellow workers had
rightly apprehended God’s plan of
salvation apart from works of the
law. Paul realized that the entire
future of the gospel ministry was in
a sense dependent on the solution of
this problem. Christianity is the
only religious faith in the world that
presents justification by grace as the
way of redemption; all others follow
(more or less) the path of salvation
by works.
The question now was: Shall
works of the law be mingled with
grace—can Jesus Christ alone save
men, or is salvation through Jesus
Christ plus something else?
How was such a serious question
to be settled? Should argument and
strife be permitted to go on until the
stronger party prevailed? Better
judgment indicated the desirability
of a friendly discussion and a joint
decision with the believers at Jeru
salem. This was
n. The Christian Solution—Coun
cil Rather Than Controversy (w. 6,
7, 12-18).
There may be times when it be
comes the duty of the Christian
worker to take an uncompromising
stand for the truth of God and refuse
to be moved, come what may. But
certainly there should be no such
spirit in dealing with differing in
terpretations of Scripture on the part
of sincere and earnest Christian
brethren. HoW much would be
gained in the Church today if, in
stead of magnifying differences and
permitting personal desires and am
bitions to intervene, men were will
ing to sit down in the spirit of Christ
around the tables of Christian coun
cil and brotherhood, presided over
and directed by the Holy Spirit (see
Acts 15:28).
Observe the full measure of lib
erty in discussion, the attentive
listening to the messages of the
brethren. Note also that there were
no secret sessions of a “steering
committee” and no “steamroller”
tactics.
The whole question was honestly
and carefully considered by the
council at Jerusalem, with the result
that there was a vindication of the
preachers of God’s grace.
James finally spoke, giving the
conclusion to which the Holy Spirit
had led the conference (see v. 28).
Here for all the future we have
III. The God-Given Answer—Sal
vation Is by Grace (vv. 19-21; see
also vv. 22-35).
In his epistle to the Ephesians
(Eph. 2:8, 9), Paul succinctly states
this truth: “By grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of your
selves: it is the gift of God: not
of works, lest any man should
boast.” The teaching of Scripture
is very plain on this point, and we
do well to receive it in all its beauty
and grace.
Let us observe, however, that the
decision in Jerusalem, while it laid
no further burden on these Gentile
believers (v. 28), did quite properly
require of them that, as those who
had been saved by grace, they must
“walk in newness of life” (Rom.
6:4) which they had in Christ. Paul
had the same thought in mind when
he supplemented Ephesians 2:8 and
9 with verse 10, declaring that God
has ordained that we should walk
*in good works.”
There are two opposite tendencies
(both of which are wrong) in this
matter, which consistently hurt the
Christian church. The one which we
have already stressed tries to mix
works with grace, making salvation
either entirely or partially by works.
Sad to say, some who have sought
to avoid this error have gone to the
opposite extreme and have done vio
lence to God’s plan of salvation by
making grace an excuse for sin,
using their freedom from law as a
justification of lawlessness. We are
God’s “workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph.
2:10).
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’C'NRICH a protective chair set
with this graceful waterlily
motif. The leaves and stems are
to be appliqued in green; pastel
blooms and a basket of brown are
embroidered.
A rubber band will prevent bob
bins and spools of thread from un
winding and becoming tangled.
• * •
When pouring hot jelly into
glasses set glasses on a damp
cloth and they will not crack.
• * •
Sometimes papering the ceiling
of rooms in color—instead of the
usual white paper—adds to the at
tractiveness.
• • •
Matching sets for divan and chairs may
be made from transfer Z9333, 15 cents. 1
since it is one of the new improved hot
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Cruel Conqueror
The conqueror is not so much,
pleased by entering into open,
gates as by forcing his way. He
desires not the fields to be culti
vated by the patient husbandman; 1
he would have them laid waste by
sword and fire. It would be his
shame to go by a way already y
opened.—Lucan.
Conscience and Passions
Conscience is the voice of the)
soul, the passions are the voice ofi
the body.—Rousseau.
; Never leave egg whites after
•they have been beaten stiff. If
allowed to stand they will flatten
and will not beat up again.
• • •
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WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY^S#
To remove an old calcimine fin
ish from walls, soak it thoroughly
kvith hot water applied with an old
[brush, then remove with a sponge.
Disgusting Brute
He who beats his beast would
beat me if he durst.
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Self-Denial i all that is good, all that is useful.
It is the abnegation of self which nearly all that is ornamental iq
has wrought out all that is noble, | the world.—Whyte-Melville.
Feast-for-the-Least
Short World
Think not thy time is short in
this world, since the world itself
is not long. The created world
is but a small parenthesis in eter
nity.—Sir Thomas Browne.
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