The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 26, 1943, Image 3
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S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
Delos Wheeler Lovelace
Consolidated Features.—WNU Relearn.
EW YORK.—The sooty ends of
the mustache of Brig. Gen.
Frank O’D Hunter sweep skyward.
They seem to swagger as they
.... . . ... . sweep. And
He Needn’t Watch 0 n the gen-
Younger Airmen eral they are
To Learn Trick, i ust ri * h ‘
He seems to
swagger, too. His middle has thick
ened and his best profile has two
chins, but even without a plume, a
cape and doub’at and hose, he looks
as swashbuckling a fighter as all the
18th century could chum up.
Outwardly, that is. Actually, the
general, on his record, is tough, di
rect and silent, no fire-eater at all.
His prediction from London that our
attacks will finish the Luftwaffe
slong --bout 1943 is substantial talk.
The general is not one of the
youngest American brigadiers,
but he is young enough, 48, and
his Eighth American Fighter
command, very likely will fol-
* low him toward Germany off the
airfields of England more often
that it will leave him behind.
He downed eight German planes
in the First World war and can
wear a DSC with four oak leaves, a
Purple Heart and a Croix de Guerre
with palms. The oak leaves and
palms indicate repeat perform
ances.
In the following peace he set
cross-country records, crashed
twice, and became an authority
on precision flying, which comes
in handy now. But he won’t talk
about his past and that is why
he is a swaggerer only to the
limit of that mustache.
A long parade of reporters agree
that he is a mum cuss. Invited
once to say a few thousand well-
chosen words on why he remained
in the army, he answered: “I guess
it’s because I like the life,” and
went back to his tip-to-tip flights.
—♦
'\X7'RANGLEJ over the efficiency
’ ’’ of American bombers have
lately been a little muffled by the
roar of American motors high over
, . , German
Think what Gen. cities where
Andrew, Would some critics
Do With Pegasu, s 7 ore ° ur
° slugger-type
craft could not go except at too
great cost. Shortly they should be
quieted for keeps. The new Amer
ican commander of all forces in
Britain is a flier too .Id to be fooled
and his proposal to intensify bomb
ing of the Nazis points to a show
down.
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews
started from West Point in 1906
as a man on horseback. But in
the last World war he quit the
cavalry for a cockpit. Since then
he has held increasingly impor
tant air commands. In his own
amphibian he hung up three
world records, so the water
hazards should bother little
when he orders an invasion
across the English channel. He
is an expert on blind flying, too,
and English fogs or cloudy
French skies ought not to trcuble
him, either.
The general was quite a spell get
ting to a colonelcy over the army’s
peacetime promotion hump. He
made it in 1935. Since then, how
ever, he would have done well to
carry an extra star at all times.
Promotions piled in that fast.
He comes to his command
from the Middle East where he
earned a Distinguished Service
Cross. He has a couple of Nic
araguan decorations, too, and
if he wishes may also sport the
medal of a commander of the
Italian Order of the Crown. If
he wishes!
BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for February 28
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts s*»
leefced and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
JESUS RESTORES LAZARUS
TO LIFE
LESSON TEXT—John 11:32-33. 3B-44.
GOLDEN TEXT—"I am the resurrection,
and the life."—John 11:23.
\/I ME. WELLINGTON KOO,
whose father called her Hui
Lan, which means Meteor-Heavenly
Orchid, seems too fragile to turn
u a* . the spotlight
More a Meteor a ;] b y j,er-
Than Orchid on self on Pres-
U. S. Aid to China id ®", t Roose
velt s lease-
lend aid to China. But she does, and
makes the allowance look much too
much like a pea without any of its
three shells.
Unlike the three Soong sisters
whom she admires, Mme. Koo
works alone. Maybe this if why
she throws aside finesse. Our
help is “pitiful” to a China on
the verge of collapse, she says.
Such plain words have rarely been
used by a more decorative speaker.
In her 40th year the wife of the
Chinese ambassador to Great Brit
ain, now visiting in this country, still
inspires photographers and diplo
matic assemblies.
On the street, in a Fifth Avenue
hat and fur coat, she is only notable.
But beneath these she might out-
charm the Chinese charmer whom
Hergesheimer brought to Java head.
Her dress, blue or black by day,
brighter by night, is always a mod
ernization of an old Manchu cos
tume. Its lines are straight; it is
ankle length, slit to the knee on
either side. Only a woman as slim
as Mme. Koo would risk it. Her
finger nails on her small hands are
long and enameled to match the
deep red of her full mouth. Her
jewelry invariably is jade.
Suffering, sorrow and bereave
ment are so common in our day that
i this lesson is peculiarly appropriate.
Life, even to the Christian, finds its
full measure of things which hurt
and grieve. Many asL: “Why must
I, a follower of Christ, bear such'
burdens?”
The answer is, that while the be
liever is not “of the world,” he is
“in the world,” and here he must
meet the problems of life, including
the evils to which the flesh is heir
because of sin. The fact that Jesus
is our Friend and our Saviour does
not exempt us from human sorrow,
but it does assure us of the needed
grace to bear the trial and makes
us ready to trust Him even in life’s
darkest hour.
Lazarus, the friend of Jesus, was
sick. The home in which Jesus had
found rest and fellowship was in
deep trouble. Jesus was no longer in
Judea. In haste, word was sent to
Him of His friend’s illness. But He
did not come.
Why does He delay? Such is the
heart-cry of thousands today who
call on Him in their hour of trouble.
The purposes of God we cannot fully
understand. We need only to trust
Him and abide His time.
Notice that His failure to respond
at once to the message of Lazarus’
sisters did not mean that He had
deserted them (John 11:4-6). Nor
did it mean that He had denied them
His help (v. 7).
Above all, note that He came. He
always does. Jesus has never failed
any child of His. The time and the
manner of His answer to our prayers
may not conform to our opinion of
what should have been done; but
let us lemember that we know only
in part He knows all. Let us trust
Him. Job, in his darkest hour, said:
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust
in him” (Job 13:15).
The steps from sorrow to victori
ous joy in this story are three in
number.
I. Death and Tears (w. 32-25).
By the time Jesus came, Lazarus
was dead and his family and friends
could only weep as they said: “If
thou hadst been here—” Try as we
may to temper its cruel blow, the
fact remains that death is the enemy
of man. It came into the world as
the result of sin (Rom. 5:12), and
only in Christ is it “swallowed up
in victory” (I Cor. 15:54). Until
the glorious day of Christ’s return
ing, when the redemption of the
body will be complete (Rom. 8:23),
death will continue to bring sorrow
to the heart and tears to the eyes.
But let us not fail to notice that
as the friends of Jesus, we do not
sorrow alone. “Jesus wept” (v. 35)
with Martha and Mary. We know
that He weeps with us in our trying
hour. He is the “friend that stick-
eth closer than a brother.” He is
the one who gives grace to meet
the deepest sorrow, and to bear it
with grace because of His tender
fellowship.
II. Faith and Hope (w. 38-40).
“If thou wouldest believe, thou
shouldest see the glory of God,”
said Jesus to Martha. She must
look beyond the evident fact of the
deadness of her brother and see
God’s glory in his resurrection.
Thus faith assures us that those who
believe in Christ have more than
the comfort of His sympathizing
presence—they have a sure hope
(read I Thess. 4:14-18).
Sorrow and unbelief would becloud
our faith and thus rob us of our
hope. Martha needed to have her
faith stimulated by the gracious
words of the Lord; and then
she triumphantly put her hope in
Him, the Christ of God. Once we
recognize Him as God, we have no
hesitation in believing in His mirac
ulous power.
III. Christ and Resurrection (w.
41-44).
Majestic and authoritative are the
words of Christ, “I am the resur
rection and the life” (v. 25). He it
was who gave life, for was He not
“in the beginning with God”? And
is it not said of Him, that “all things
were made by him” (John 1:2, 3)?
Paul tells us that “by him all things
consist” (Col. 1:17). He is the only
one who could say: “I lay down
my life ... I have power to lay
i it down, and I have power to take it
| up again” (John 10:17, 18).
So it can rightly be said that if
j we have Christ we have everything
i —both in this world and in the world
to come. But if we do not have
Christ, we have nothing; we are
without God and without hope. “He
that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live” (v. 25) is
the promise of Christ to us. Let us
j believe it.
The resurrection power of Christ
is at work in the world today raising
the spiritually dead to newness of
life in Him.
May we see many such a Lazarus
called forth—loosed from the grave
clothes of sin and set free.
WICKER CHAIR WITH
PADDED COVER
TOP OF OLD
PHONOGRAPH
CABINET
CUT OFF
I" ABOVE
DOORS
CO MANY readers have written
^ me to ask what could be made
from old phonograph cabinets, and
it is only recently that we have
found a really satisfactory answer.
This smart reading stand with
deep green leatherette top has
good proportions and is made from
an old oak cabinet rubbed down
with sandpaper and then waxed.
In the next article we will show
how the lid of the old cabinet
was used.
The new top of the reading stand
is made of old lumber and the
cover is tacked in place with brass
tacks to match the knobs of the
doors. The old sound box at the
top now houses a small radio and
the old record compartment keeps
current magazines neatly sepa
rated.
• • •
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Cool Flames
Flames vary tremendously in
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tle heat. For example, a flaming
piece of cotton that has been
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1. What job does Hideki Tojo
hold in Japan?
2. What year contains the offi
cial birthday of the Dominion of
Canada?
3. What is the meaning of "sta
tus quo ante”?
4. What vice president of the
United States was a violinist and
composer?
5. What is the name of a dock
used for holding a ship for clean
ing the bottom?
6. Who and on what occasion
sent the message “Stars and
Stripes nailed to the Pole”?
7. Two of our states were origi
nally instituted as palatinates;
which ones were they?
8. At what temperature will
mercury freeze?
9. What is meant by 39 gauge
stockings?
10. What is the difference be
tween a postal card and a post
card?
The Answer,
1. Premier.
2. The year 1867 (July 1).
3. The state existing before.
4. Charles G. Dawes.
5. A graving dock.
6. Commodore Peary, Septem
ber 5, 1909, on discovery of North
Pole.
7. Maryland and South Carolina.
8. At 38 degrees below zero F.
9. Gauge means fineness of
knit; 39 gauge is relatively coarse,
51 gauge is fine.
10. A postal card has a stamp
printed on it, a post card (illus
trated) has not.
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