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While Walter Winchell is on temporary
active duty with the U. S. navy his column
is being conducted by guest columnists.
This week’s column is written:
By KATE SMITH
'We’re All Americans*
As a singer and commentator I
ave had my say via radio to mil
lions of Americans both at home
and abroad. From time to time
I receive gracious invitations from
editors to express myself as a re
porter on topics of the day. I al
ways welcome such opportunities
and more so now, for I feel that
not enough is being said on behalf
of America for Americans.
Not so long ago I introduced a
new song of America titled “We’re
All Americans’’ which your editor
thought should be the title of this
column. The lyrics of this song
which I made recently for Columbia
Records, reads:
•We’re all Americans,
We’re proud to bear the name;
Our nation’s fathers wove a flag
By the light of freedom’s flame.
Now waving bravely overhead.
It tells us what to do;
We’re all Americans,
All true blue.
•Permission by Collwill Corp.
It is that flag which gave us our
birthright. It is that spirit which
gave us our courage. It is that free
dom which made our land a great
democracy. It is that something—
faith perhaps—which is found in
the following stories:
Youthful America
Fin thinking of a child, a little
girl of 11. An average American
girl, her name is Mary Esther
Wheatley, from Hamburg, N. Y. . . .
Mary’s daddy was an aviator. His
was a hazardous job for he flew the
untried planes ... he was a test
pilot.' Making aviation safe , for
America was his vocation. One day,
not long ago, he made his last flight
for his ship crashed in San Diego
bay. The heaviest heart in the world
was Mary’s, but slowly she recap
tured the faith which had always
made her brave and understanding.
She wrote the following lines:
They say my father died ... he
did not die,
Why just tonight I heard him fly—
above my roof . . .
They say he folded his wings at sea
. . . but daddy would have
wanted me
To doubt these things. You can’t
fold wings
That for a lifetime have been spread
to fly above a first child’s
head!
Tonight when all the world is still,
* I’U lean upon my window sill,
And listen for you, Daddy Bill,
And though the whole world fails
to note
A fast-approaching dying boat, with
ghostly motors in his throat,
I’ll hear it come, and I shall be
Proud . . . proud that you flew east
to me . . .
On wings . . that no one else
can see!
Americans at Home
Everyone is talking these days
about our national defense effort;
and hundreds of thousands of loyal
Americans are figuring out ways,
great and small, to help. Knoxville,
Tenn., . . . has figured out one
that seems to be a very substantial
contribution. For several years,
Knoxville was the first major city
in the Tennessee valley to use elec
tricity generated by the TVA. But
now, instead of an unlimited use of
electric lighting, the city has re
sorted again to flickering oil lights.
The Aluminum company’s plants
at Alcoa need all the power they can
get. It is TVA power. Since some
body has to conserve it, Knoxville
has taken the lead in setting an ex
ample. Merchants are turning off
their window display lights and signs
at night. One store in the downtown
section substituted oil lanterns in its
display windows; and strung them
around the store’s marquee. A flo
rist has resorted to candles to light
his windows. A cafeteria also uses
candles to light the restaurant for
its Family Night.
Under the impetus of these pub
lic demonstrations of power sav
ings, more and more ideas for cur
tailing power have been originated.
A 25 per cent curtailment of con
sumption is the goal.
A Foreigner Abroad in America
Last month hearts of all Ameri
cans were touched with great sor
row at the passing of Ignace Jan
Paderewski. A magnificent pianist,
a supreme master of music, his
technical skill was enhanced by his
warm personally and generous na
ture.
Polish by birth and loyally work
ing all his life for that land he j
loved, still Paderewski was an in
ternationalist ... a citizen of the
world. Even when he was ill and
weak, even when he no longer played
the beautiful music that has delight
ed millions through the years, he
gave his remaining strength toward
the rehabilitation of his countrymen, j
Always he was a leader among
men. And yet he was a simple
man . . . speaking a simple lan
guage.
It is fitting that we here in Amer
ica honor this man.
Isaac Shelby
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Camp Cavalcade
CHADOWY figures in a cavalcade
^ of American history—such are
the men behind the names of the
great army cantonments scattered
all over the United States, where
young Americans are learning to be
soldiers in order to defend their
country when the need arises.
If the deeds of a man who served
brilliantly in three wars can inspire
his fellow-Amer-
icans, then the
men who are
training at Camp
Shelby, near Hat
tiesburg, Miss.,
have plenty of
cause for inspira
tion. For it is
named for Colo
nel Isaac Shelby,
(1750-1826) born
in Maryland but
a settler in west
ern Virginia at
the outbreak of
Lord Dumore’s war in 1774. He
fought in the historic Battle of Point
Pleasant but he won his greatest
fame during the Revolution as one
of the leaders' of the frontier rifle
men who won the great victory over
Major Ferguson’s British at the Bat
tle of King’s Mountain. Moving to
Kentucky after the Revolution, Shel
by was one of the framers of the
constitution of Kentucky and in May,
1782, was elected first governor of
the new state. At the outbreak of
the War of 1812 he led 4,000 volun
teers to help Gen. W. H. Harrison
fight the British and Indians in the
Northwest and for his bravery at
the Battle of the Thames he was
given a gold medal by congress.
Another Revolutionary war hero
is immortalized in Camp Stewart
near Hinesville, Ga.—Gen. Daniel
Stewart, bom near the site of the
camp in 1761. He enlisted in the Pa
triot forces at the age of 15 and
served under Marion and Sumter in
South Carolina. Captured by the
British, he escaped from a prison
ship in Charleston harbor and im
mediately re-enlisted in the fight for
freedom. After the Revolution he
served in several Indian wars and
rose to the rank of brigadier-gen
eral before his death in 1829.
Louisiana has two camps named
for notables whose careers were
closely associat
ed with the his
tory of that state.
They are Camp
Claiborne and
Camp Livingston,
both near Alexan
dria, La. William
Charles Cole Clai
borne (1775-1817)
was a Virginian
and a friend of
Thomas Jeffer
son, who per
suaded him to
study law. He
moved to Tennes
see, where he became a member of
the first Tennessee constitutional
convention and was elected to con
gress. When the historic contest for
the presidency between Jefferson
and Aaron Burr was thrown into the
house of representatives for a deci
sion, Claiborne cast the deciding
vote for his friend on the thirty-
sixth ballot. Thereafter Jefferson
appointed him territorial governor
of Mississippi and in 1803 named
him and General Wilkinson commis- !
sioners to receive Louisiana Terri
tory from France. He became the
first governor of the new Territory j
and finally United States senator but
died before taking office.
Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)
was a native of New York, who was
elected to the
Continental con
gress and was a
member of the
committee ap
pointed to draw
up the Declara
tion of Independ
ence. Elected
chancellor of New
York in 1777 and
again in 1779, he,
as the head of the
government of
that state, admin- *
istered the oath of office to George
Washington as first President of the
United States. In 1801 Livingston,
as United States minister to France,
opened negotiations for the purchase
from Napoleon of the territory be
yond the Mississippi and two years
later he and James Monroe signed
the Louisiana Purchase treaty. He
was associated with Robert Fulton
in developing steam navigation and
when he retired to private life it
was to his estate, “Clermont,” for
which Fulton named his historic
steamboat.
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S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for September 14
W.C.C.Claiborne
R. R. Livingston
Origin of Army Titles
A captain commands a company
and his title is derived from the
Latin word for head, “caput.” His
second in command was his lieu
tenant, the man who held (tenant)
the company in place (lieu) of his
superior officer. Next came the ser
geant, one who served (servir).
Several companies together form a
column commanded by a colonel
(column). His second in command
is a lieutenant-colonel and the third
in command was originally a ser
geant-major but is now a major.
A. look into the future is some
thing that would interest most of us,
and we have it in this lesson. We
agree with Dr. Wilbur Smith that
“this is an excellent opportunity to
bring to the hearts of our pupils
some of these divinely revealed
truths which the world, in its mad
rush today, so easily and tragically
puts aside.”
The portion of Revelation, chapter
seven, which is before us comes
immediately after a section dealing
with Israel. The Church is not men
tioned. The ones spoken of have
come out of “the great tribulation”
(as the Revised Version rightly
translates it) and are evidently Gen
tiles who have come to believe in
Christ during that time of unparal
leled tribulation described in later
chapters of this book.
Our lesson therefore deals witn a
specific time and a certain people
in connection with an event yet to
take place. But we find in this pas
sage the description of the experi
ences of those who, like Christians
of our day, triumphed through their
saving faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. We may therefore here learn
something of the future blessedness
of the redeemed.
I. Saved Forever and Ever (w.
9-12).
Salvation is a reality, and we are
never going to be more certain of
it than when we, like this multitude,
stand in God’s presence to praise
Him for what He has done in our
lives. It is real. Praise God!
Notice that there was an unnum
bered multitude from all nations.
The good tidings at the time of
Christ’s birth were for all people
(Luke 2:10), and some from all na
tions respond. Note too that the
hosts of the Lord are greater than
we might at first suppose.
These redeemed ones had imme
diate access to God’s throne, offer
ing their praise direct. They were
clad in the white robes of God’s own
purity and bore in their hands the
palms of victory. They, with the
angels, the elders (possibly repre
senting the Church already caught
up into heaven), and the living crea
tures (not “beasts” as in A.V. They
are divine beings of highest charac
ter), ascribed a seven-fold praise to
God “forever and ever. Amen.” It
is a glorious picture of completed
redemption.
II. Serving Day and Night (vv.
13-15a).
It should be observed that even
those who came through the great
tribulation did not look to their own
deeds or faithfulness to save them.
Their white robes of righteousness
were washed in “the blood of the
Lamb” (v. 14).
Now that they had reached eter
nity through peril, toil and pain,
they would (according to many
folks’ idea of heaven) sit down for an
eternal rest and retirement. Not at
all—they found their joy in serving
their blessed Lord “night and day”;
that is, without any weakness or
exhaustion, without any failures or
defeat.
HI. Satisfied Throughout Eternity
(w. 15b-17).
To be covered by the “tabernacle”
of God (whatever it may mean)
surely betokens the perfect and con
stant protection of His own pres
ence. Everything destructive and
disturbing will be gone. There will
be no lack of any good thing needed
to satisfy every desire. There will
be no thirst unquenched and no hun
ger unsatisfied (see similar descrip
tive passage in Rev. 21:3, 4).
The redeemed are said to be un
der the tender care of the Good
Shepherd Himself; the Lamb (our
Redeemer) who is in the midst of
God’s throne shall lead them, not
beside “the still waters” of the
Twenty-third Psalm, but “unto liv
ing fountains of water.” Thus in
the beauty of figurative speech, we
are assured that God’s provision for
His children, the redeemed in Christ
Jesus, will perfectly satisfy every
need of soul and spirit. There is
no such satisfaction this side of eter
nity, but we shall find it there.
Then too, there is to be no sor
row. God Himself is the guarantee
that there shall be nothing in that
blessed land to cause anyone to shed
a tear. Think what that means!
Think of the weeping of boys and
girls, men and women, who in this
world of hatred, sin and suffering,
shed bitter tears of pain or sorrow.
Well, it were almost enough to know
that heaven is a place where there
shall be no tears.
Remember that the promises of
joyous completed redemption for
these, the Gentile believers of the
great tribulation, will be for all
God’s children, for us who believe
in Christ. Reader, will you not join
us today if you are still an unbe
liever? Take Christ now as your
Saviour.
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used bj
permission.
THE ETERNAL GOD, THE
SOURCE OF HELP
LESSON TEXT—Revelation 7:9-17.
GOLDEN TEXT—Holy, holy, holy. Loro
God Almighty, which was, and Is, and is to
come.—Revelation 4:8.
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The Questions
1. When did the Seminole war
end?
2. What is the world’s oldest
jewel?
3. What king of England was
beheaded in London?
4. What is the population of the
Philippines?
5. What is the minimum age for
a United States senator?
6. Where was the home of the
ancient Etruscans?
7. Does the Stars and Stripes of
the United States antedate the
Union Jack of Great Britain?
8. What two states profited by
the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?
The Answers
1. Formal fighting terminated
around 1841 in the second Seminole
war, but the war has not yet ended
technically, since no peace treaty
has been signed.
2. Amber, “gem of the ages.”
3. Charles I, in 1649.
4. Approximately 16,000,000.
5. Thirty years old.
6. Italy.
7. Yes, by 24 years.
8. Arizona and New Mexico (a
strip of territory adjoining these
states was purchased from Mexico
for $10,000,000).
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