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COMMENT
on
Men & Things
B> J. k. BREED!\
The pratire of naming a can-
riidate for vice president apree-
alde to flie candidate f>-r pres
cient seems not soundly based.
The vice president is a sort
ter. his man s e r v a n t, his
president die.- or becomes ineap-
;i ole.
'Fhe vice pi e -:dent hould he
;i man fully cajuihle of si rviny
as president.
In any case why must he he
a special favoiite of the pres
ident 0 II.s capability should be
-at i factory to the people and
to the Senate.
Mur nation seems to he hav
ing an epidemic of riots.
i have some experience in
tpuelliny disturbances and, while
1 know that “A soft answer
turneth away wrath", I also
know that a soft hand does not
always curb riots.
In dealing with the disorders
we need a strong hand for we
must maintain public order as
the first obligation of any gov
ernment .
“Remember the sabbath day
to keep it holy; six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work
but the seventh is the Sabbath
of the Lord Thy Cod and in it
thou shab not do any work,
thou nor thy on. not thy
daughter, thy manservant nor
thy maid servant, nor thy cat
tle. nor thy stranger that is
w thin thy prate”.
Observe this carefully, so We
new be fully imp! e-sed. Who is
it that mu -t not work on tho
Sabbath 0 'I'he man who is head
,>f the house, his son, his dauph-
: i r to- man servant, his
ma Id ami the stranper within
Ills pates.
I to \ on oh er\ c any otniss-
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nils in our country, such as the
Catholic and Episcopal Cath
edrals in New York, as well as
one in Washinpton.
In Char eston there is an im
posing Cathedral of our Cath
olic brethren. A Cathedral, you
know is the throne of a Bishop.
We Protestants have some im
posing edifices too, sum as the
sprawling Citadel Square Bap
tist church in Charleston, just
across from the Old Citadel, you
known
It is a vast seat of religion.
We do not have the same loy
alty to our Cathedrals that
the ancient Hebrew had for the
Temple of Solomon. It was the
sacred abode of the Most High
and from it went out the spir
itual life of Jewry.
A Hebrew would travel miles
to refresh his spiritual relation
to Jehovah.
The Temple, in Jerusalem
was the sacred edifice of the
High Priest and all the other
priests.
We have no such relation
ship to our Cathedrals, in fact
our Cathedrals do not touch
our everyday life, as did the
Temple of Jerusalem.
I’ve been thinking lately that
the humble, lowly country
church may have a sacred ap
peal to us beyond that of a
massive edifice.
My mind centers on the old
church across the Ashley river
near Charleston. St. Andrew’s
parish that region is called. 1
can imagine those early plant
ers coming in and their slaves
in the galleries. One might go
there today and imagine ids
grandmother, his mother, and
all the family coming to wor
ship.
By the same token I fancy
the little old country churches.
The new churches may have
snlendor, hut the sacred asso
ciation is not there.
As I pass an old church, with
the graves of our people near
by I think there is a sanctity
that no new church can have,
even though it may be full of
splendid music.
It seems to me that we
should preserve the old chu
rches as shrines closely associ
ated with many generations
who upheld the banner of th*'
Lord.
Am I an old fogey or am I
right ?
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Hoover says
society is
not sick
By J. F/dgar Hoover
America is NO I a sick sic-
mty. Let us stop condemning
our whole populace for the
sins of a few. Let us stop th'S
nonsense of self reproach and
self-ridicule and throw off
the guilt complex which threat
ens to envelop our country.
When we face adversities and
tragedies, let us do so with
rosolute confidence, avoid pan
"Whatsoever Things'
By DONALD E WILDMON
Minister
LEE ACRES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
TUPELO MISSISSIPPI
Everybody is in a hurry today. We
are in such a hurry that we don’t have
time to do some of the things we
should do. This is the period of the
instant breakfast, the condensed book,
the mini-vacation and the speeding
jet. And, as could be expected, we have
brought this speed into the area of
success. We think we should become
the world’s greatest overnight. We are
of the opinion that we “have arrived”
when we spend a few months at the
task.
Unfortunately, (maybe fortunate
ly), success cannot be “instantized”
like other things. Success is some
thing that comes with time. And often
it is a long time coming, too. But for
those due it somehow it finally gets
around to giving them their due re
ward. Look at some of the cases where
success came only after time.
Louisa May Alcott, author of the
book Little Women (among others),
had her manuscript returned by the
publishers of the magazine Atlantic
Monthly and told that she had better
stick to teaching. One of the leading
magazmes of the day ridiculed Ten
nyson’s first poems, and consigned the
young f>oet to temporary oblivion.
Only one of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s
books had a remunerative sale. Henry
Ward Beecher sent half a dozen ar
ticles to the publisher of a religious
paper to pay for his subscription, but
they were respectfully declined. Wash
ington Irving was nearly seventy years
old before the income of his books
paid the expenses of his household.
But we modern day folks think
success, the getting to the top, the
doing of the best, should be instant!
When a lady told Wordsworth she had
spent six hours on a poem, he replied
that he would have spent six weeks.
Thomas Carlyle wrote with the ut
most difficulty and never executed a
page of his great histories till he had
consulted every known authority, so
that every sentence is the quintessence
of many books, the product of many
hours of drudging research in the
great libraries.
Michael Angelo worked seven years
decorating the Sistine Chapel with his
matchless “Creation” and the “Last
Judgment” and then refused payment
for his work. The outstanding Amer
ican journalist Thurlow Weed walked
five miles through the snow with rags
tied around his feet for shoes so he
could borow the history of the French
Revolution and then read it before a
sap-bush fire.
There are no instant “greats”
among the followers of the Galilean,
either. It takes time—and hard work.
It takes patience, and love, and de
votion. It took years to build men like
Paul. Augustine, Luther, Wesley, Gra
ham.
The next time you meet one of these
“instant greats”, clip this out and
give it to him. You will be doing him
a favor, but more than that you will
do us all a favor!
—Five Star Features
ic, and rnsiM’ve judgment until
all the facts are known.
Historically, Americans are
doers, not worriers. No country
has ever done, or is doiny. more
for its own underpri vileyed
citizens and for the unfortu
nate people of the world than
the United States. Our record
speaks for itself. We have no
reason to he ashamed; indeed,
we have much to he proud of.
This is not to say that our soc
iety is infallible and has no
problems. We do make mis
takes, and we do have many
yreat problems. But they are
not insurmountable if wt do
imt despair.
Some of our difficulty today
arises from the fact that ton
much attention is yiven to
various dissident eUments
which have a lot of noisy en-
eryy hut little purpose. Many
of them are eomplaininy about
conditions which thry helped to
create. Now. they want our
whole society to plead yu i It V
to mass ineptness. This is ri
diculous.
A noted columnist, comment-
iny recently on the yuilt com
plex sweepiny our country,
said, “I am tired of the hany-
dny Ameiiean . . a yuy who
lives in the yreatest country on
earth and feels he has to apol-
oyizc for his own existence . . .
The hanydoy American is in
danyer of losiny the fierce in
dependence and self pride of
his pioneeriny ancestors. He us
not only capituiatiny to his
carpiny critics he is hccominy
his own worst critic by douh*-
iny or distrustiny his own ob
vious virtues: couraye, inyen-
uity, loyalty, yenerosity, ideal
ism. That is the worst thiny
that can happen to any man—
to lose faith in himself.”
To me. this makes sense.
Couraye, ability, and pride are
hallmarks of success in any
endeavor. A defeatist attitude
is s-ddom associated with a
winner or a leader. America is
a world leader in the cause of
justice, liberty, and the diy
-nity of man. We have no rea
son to act or think as losers
or second rate citizens.
It is time for Americans to
shed their apoloyetic demean
or and stop belittliny them
selves. The hard-workiny tax-
payiny, law-abidiny people of
this country are responsible for
its yrowth and development.
They provide the strenyth and
resources which move our coun
try forward. They aspire to the
yoals, principles, and ideals
which are meaninyful to all
people. It is wrony to naliyn
and accuse this vast yroun ev
ery time a crisis develoo:
No, our society is NO f sick.
But, I suyyest we cheer, the
puls: 'i tb" well-styled diay-
nostician.-, ice a social
malady from ev..y soapbox.
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