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We face u mighty, implacable foe who cannot be beaten tn earth
by rattling typewriters or by air made noisy with loudspeakers.
That foe must be beaten tp the ground and the cost of doing pio
cannot but be terrible* Det us get ready to pay that cost.
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lOxie thing the study of decimal
fractions in the school rooixj is good
for is that It ena/bleis young men to
figure baseball and racing form
percentages.* * *
The best part of a poem (or a ser
mon is not the thought it contains
but the thought it suggests.- ' * * *
Health |Atn.tliolog[y
There was an old woman who lived
in a shoe p
Her kids were a frightful flock ’tis
true; v. ■
She gave them yeast cake and
zweibach bread,
Three prunes, some bran flakes and
sent them to bed. H* * *
Yvonne: "Well, I know one girl
who thinks her husband is per
fectly wonderful.”
Yvette: “Oh, so you’ve just come
from a wedding.”
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inability of many persons to
due to nonfunctional tear
saltiness of our tears is at-
fact that common
Turning the Pages
For one person who can make us
laugh, there are thousands who can
make us cry.
A good cry, it is said, will really
wash one’s eyes out.
The
cry is
ducts.
The
tributed to the
salt is the most abundant salt in
the bloodstream, *
According to an old belief, the
crying of a child during baptism
is an indication that the devil is
going out of it.
As a certain amount of crying
each day helps develop a tiny baby’s
lungs, the normal crying of an in
fant should not occasion worry.
Crying is usually beneficial be
cause, as a safety-valve, it relieves
emotional tension. Habitual cry
ing, however, would make one feel
worse instead of better.
—Page Turner.
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wrote thanking ’’Dear Uncle fAhd”
rew” for his kind
forgot,.......
Anyway,
net gain of
note...but,..,..he
the wager,..,.,a
We’ve heard no complaints of lack of soil moisture.A
■H® $ * # * 4 B *
And how our stores are full of mouthwatering bargains*
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The United States sees a red light very plainly peso days*
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DIO YOU TAKE A
LAXATIVE TODAY?
go you really know wfey Opnsti*
pation is so hamful?
You probably .know that
pation seta up. poisons 'ip, large
intestine or colon. But do you know
tpat through tliq
walls of the colon and infect the
bloodstream? They set up toxic
.accumulations in kidneys and liver
and me contributing causes of
rheumatic pains, sciatica and back
ache.
Most laxatives only act in the
colon* Kruschen dews more. It is the
laxative with a double action, Besides
ridding the colon of stagnating waste
matter, Kruschen's mineral salts
have a diuretic action. They flush
the kidneys, help to clear the
bloodstream of all poisonous matter,
and so protect your whole system
from that form of infection. *
YOU can get Kruschen from all
drug stores. Prices 75c, 'and 25c.
THAT CHBIST-W BROADCAST
“The New Year will be hard,” His Majesty, the King told us
as he mentioned the war, “but,” he added, “our feet are planted on
the path to victory and to peace and justice." Highly heartening
. words, those. ‘‘I’v,e tended these furnace fires fox’ forty years,"
that munitions worker in Wales told us. “With God’s help we’ll
see that these fires never go out. They've bombed the chapel/ We
used to crowd to the doors that we might sing. But they, 'haven’t'
killed our song. Hear those men sing as they work,” These
great sons of Wales sing the Lord's song in a strange land. Bombs,
you see, may ruin brick and mortar, They cannot touch the spirit.
And those kiddies far away from home, how they shouted and
sang. And the men with the fog of the North Sea or of the Atlantic
in their throats, busy with the appalling task of mine sweeping as
they came home from an all night’s vigil and hard work, how they
replied to the commander’s query, “How did you get on? “Wfe
did a good job sir?” And those old Irish veterans, how they cried
out, “Sure we’re a bit too old for the furrst lolne but we do be (do
ing what we kin roight here!” But why attempt to give again that
broadcast? iGur readers heard it every word and stood with bowed
heads and moist eyes as they listened. “I hope Hitler heard it,”
one matron remarked. “He’ll see that he can’t conquer that spirit."
And so we take heart again. Life in this Empire is well worth liv
ing and tremendously well worth, our giving all we possess for its
preservation, England’s workers did not turn Christinas into a
time of junketing. That’s not the way wars are won.********
Remember, that ilka blade o’ grass bauds its Pin drap o dew,
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In the old country, people go tp church on Christmas Day.
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Ever stop to ask -yourself why we are training all those hom.e
guards? ' '
he won
$90.QQ.* *
of 1940; All work and
«
Proverbs
no play makes jack.
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Slips that Pass in the Night .........
From a classified advertisement,
in a Florida paper: “Beautiful 5
room and sun parlor apartment, all
light and airy, with invisible bed.”
From a Toledo Bakery and Tea
Room advertisement: "Makes you
want to eat at home.”
“The 'bridesmother was attired’ in
a soft blue dress that fell to
floor.”
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"We haven’t hoard that the defeated Italian soldiers are making
a bee-line for Ethiopia.
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It was hard luck that Johnny and Mary were deprived of ice*
during the holiday season,
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the
/
law
for
’ Turning the Page
In Los Angeles, where the
requires a wait of three days
issuance of marriage licenses after
application is made, some 20,000
couples applied fox’ licenses in one
year. 'Of these 1,200 failed to re
turn for their licenses aftei’ making
application. iPresumably they chang
ed theii’ .mixjds or theii’ sweethearts
during the three-day thinking per
iod.—Page
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Turner
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Why1 the “She”
At last somebody has found out
the reason fox’ calling a locomotive
‘she’......at least the- following rea
sons were advanced by A. A. Gar-?,
diner of the Canadian National
Railways:
“They weax' jackets with ..yokes,
pins, hangers, straps and stays.
They have aprons, also a lap; and
not only shoes, but pumps and hose.
They surmount great obstacles,
sometimes jump tlie track at
slightest provocation.”
in the same
but
the
Pert and Pertinent
tell us that
the pattern of
healthier...”
if we
nature,
“Scientists
would follow
we would be
—fine, from now on, we will rise
in the morning when the tempera
ture does.
“Members of the Kent Choir have
sung Christmas Carols for twenty
years running......”
‘ —well, that’s the safest way to
sing them. t
“A long-legged sheep.that can run
forty miles an hour was recently
discovered in the Himalyas...”
—it would take that kind to keep
up with Mary these days.
“Sir Oliver Lodge once said that
the Universe never began and never
■will end......” < - «3-■
...an eye-witness like that is al
ways valuable.
•Oley Okeydoke
About the surest way to destroy the'constructive propensities
in a boy is to give ’hin^m set of tools that won’t work.
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The Russian bear is having some long thoughts these days.
We suspect that he's, getting ready to do some lively stepping.
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Bettex’ buy that new parasol and get that new straw hat
those summer flannels. You’ll need them for the opening of
temporary bridge.
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The War is getting terribly oppressive, We can’t get
gloves. As usual we’U tackle the buckskin variety,
a more familiax’ feel. }
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and
the
kid
They have
IN 1941
Do a little better what you can already do well.
Think out and do some more excellent
Help the worker. ’
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Trust ye aye in providence,
For Providence is kind,
And bear ye all the ills of life
With a calm and tranquil mind.
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A DIRGE
. This is the bridge all tattered and torn,
That drives brave motorists all forlorn,
That drive with a hand both fond and sure
That lands them making a long detour
That’s* flabbered and cluttered with mud and
way.
That’s* flabbered and cluttered with mud and ice,
That’s covered with all that’s nasty and nothing that’s nice,
That stirs up language better unspilt , • *
Because of the bridge that nobody’s built. •
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All people smile
guage.
lan-
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It is bad enough to cheat a Can
adian buyer, but the business firm
that sells an inferior product to a
foreign buyer is just as much a trai
tor to his country as the saboteur
who causes an explosion in a muni
tions plant.
Only insofar as our export mer
chandise is of the very highest
standard' of quality will we, as a
nation; be “ respected and esteemed
by people-in other countries.
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A winter resort
CHRISTMAS DAY, 1940
How Charles Dickens would have revelled in the sunshine and
crisp air of Christmas morning. “Hey, boy, what day’s today?”
the transformed and renewed Scrooge; asked of the boy in .the
street. ‘‘Why, sir, it’s Christmas Day!” And so it was. The new
Scrooge was glad to be alive and how he lived that glorious day.
And our Christmas mornijg^^ 1-940, with its fleecy clouds and its
superclean air and the shouts of those kiddies. And those greetings,
but the old. printing press simply falls down when it comes to tell
ing of such a morning. The dinner was good, the old folk took
a nap and the youngsters were off to their play. But we’d better
let it alone, we can’t do it. iBut nevex* were there more smiles and
tears and earnest prayers for dear ones fai* away than there were
on this Christmas morning with so much in it of trembling- hope
and shining faith. .
And our Christmas morniL. vjrw. ___, ___________„ ___„____
superclean air and the shouts of those kiddies. And those greetings!
♦
is a place where
' people go to pretend they are more
important than they really are.
A grouch is just ‘a grown-up’s
way. of pouting...and pouting means
you lack the courage to fight.
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Co-inteidental
To every person comes his day,
So calmly wait your chance.
Pedestrians
When in
A Canny Letter
Do you always get a reply to your
letters? Andrew Carnegie, who
had a deep understanding of 'human
nature, knew the value of a ‘hook’
to bring replies. Here is an example:4
The story is told that his sister-
in-law was worried over hex- two
boys who Were in college. They
were apparently so busy with their
own affairs
write home
whatever to
for letters.
Then Carnegie offered to -wager
a hundred dollars-that he could get
an answer by return mail without
even asking for it. Someone call
ed his bet; so he,wrote his nephews
.a chatty letter,. casually mention
ing in a postscript that he was send
ing each one a five dollar bill. How-
. >ever, he did not enclose the money.
(By return mail, both- nephews
that they neglected to
and paid no attention
their mother’s appeals
M./8
Stubborn Cases
of Constipation
Those who keep a. mass of
-impurity pent up m their bodies,
day after day, instead of having it
removed as nature) intended, hi least
once -in every twenty-four hours, in
variably suffer from Constipation.
The use of cheap, harsh purgatives
will never get you any where as they
-only aggravate the trouble and in
jure the Jclichte mucous lining Of the
bowels, hnd are very liable to* cause
piles.
If . coiistipated take Milbttfiris
Laxa-Livef Pills and have a natural
movement of the bowels. They do
not gripe, weaken and sicken as
; .many’laxatives do.
Tho T, JiiTbnrn do,, Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
have the right of way1
the ambulance.
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there Was
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A fool
And he took a chance
Carelessly ignored
The train’s adyance.
Thought he could beat
The train perchance—
But they carried him off
In an ambulance.
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Today’s Simile: So dumb that she
would need a compass and a road
map to • get out of a • telephone
booth.
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Unity
“We should behave toward our
country as women behave toward
the men they love. A loving wife
will do anything foi’ her husband
except stop criticizing and trying to
improve him. We should cast the
same affectionate but sharp glance
at oui’ country. We should love it,
but also insist upon telling it all
its faults. The noisy, empty ‘pat
riot’—not the critic—4s the danger
ous citizen.”—J. B. Priestley.
JA man with whom wO have no de
sire to become acquainted: is the
orchestra leadei’ who whispered to
the trombone player, “When we
finish playing ‘Happy Days Are
Here Again’, you’re fired.”
Mt # M<
Proverbs of 19'40: A rolling stone
—‘is seldom an early bird,
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to Flease'Hard
He took her to the village for a
soda
And when she didn’t like that
sort of treat
He told the little girl where hbe'
■could go-ta
' And so, from now on, ‘never the
twain doth meet/
—Bachelor Parnoy
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NOT SO BAD
Exeter merchants and theix* -best * friends, the farmers of the
surrounding neighborhood were anxious as 19 40 began to ap
proach its setting sun. There was the bad weather. There were
many disappointments in farm work. There was the taking of
many choice young .men to training camps. There was the diffi
culty of farmers getting to town. However, all concerned went on
the principle that faint hearts ne’er overtake the nimble and elusive
dollar. With chins well up and with minds on their job the task
was faced by all and now the yeax’ closes with the note of prosper1-)
ity sounding high and strong. Fox- the most part the gale has beexi
well weathered and’the good old ship has come to harbour well
laden and with happy crew and passengers. The long pull and fthe
.hard pull and the pull altogether backed -up by strong faith has
brought Exeter and her friends off victorious. Exeter merchants
will not forget the friends who stood by them when getting to
their stores from some quarters was difficult. None who overcame
those difficulties were disappointed.
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BETTER SCUTTLED
One of thei traditions of the sea. is that the captain must go;
down with his sinking ship as proof of his full measure op devo
tion to his duty. -Should this tradition live? We think not. 'A cap
taincy of a ship Can be won only by first class men, morally and
patriotically. As nearly as human perfection can he attained in
all that’s manly the captains have attained. No class of men upon
whom the sun shines or the rain falls arei finer-in all the best*
qualities of manhood than the captains Who guide our ships. Why,
then; should men of this calibre be required by any law> pr by any
tradition to waste their lives when they may be spared for future
usefulness? The men we speak of seek no cushy job and they do
no cushy work. Thpy never would have set foot on the bridge wer.e
they of that sort. -While the captain must be the last to leafvei the
ship,, there is no reason, human or divine, why he should unneces-
away a life so valuable, particularly in times like
brave and trained and
sarily throw
these, when a
the Empire.morally sound man mpy save
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DECEIVEDLET NO ONE BE__________
Boxing Day forecasts brought us wox'd tha!t the War tide had
definitely turned in favoi* of Britain, Christmas Eve broadcasts
announced that Hitler was likely to fill John Bull's stocking with
invasion of his seil. Which ate We to believe? In any case, fore
casting is but unskilled meddling with probabilities, one thing
is certain namely that Hitler would invade England if he could
and that nihid the hosannas of the German people. The question
Is, cun he make the invasion with anything like, a fair prospect of
success? The Chrisfmbs Sve broadcasters evidently thought that
he can. What happened on Christmas Day to change their minds?
Do these talkers knew* anything about it?
Let us not be deceived, Germany is going to take a lot of
beating and we are confident that we can administer >tliat beating
but only at the cost ’that Mr. Churchill mentioned, "toil, tears and
sacrifice.” Take a look at these three words and .consider what theiy
mean, A treacherous, deceitful, lying, cruel foe Is threatening our
liberties, a threat that he has spent twenty years ahd more in ear
nest, skilful, determined effort to make good* At this hour a solid
Germany is behind him eager to put all they have into the struggle,
WHAT OF 1941?
This question involves an estimate of the war in Europe. And
what can be said when the wax- lord of -Europe is the most uncer
tain quantity in the world? He has no sense of moral .responjsU
bility as we -understand that term, yet he is backed solidly by a,
clever, industrious people with no end pf resources to work upon.
What, then, can be said about it? The British Empire has immense
■wealth. Her people are resourceful and full of endurance. Can
they stand the pounding being given her, and will she give a little
bettei’ than she is getting? We believe she can and will. Wh.en
the wax* of 1914-18 broke out, it was confidently said that the war
would -never be settled till one or both countries was exterminated.
That forecast was a sound one, as read by the light of events. Let
it be noted that there’s no making peace with Germany, In yii-eW1
-of this fa.ct let us set oui’ faces to the necessity of the drawing clos
er of all parts of the Empire. The imperious call for unified action
within the Empire grows louder with every emergency such as the
world war. .It is the business of statesmen- to overcome any diffi
culties in the way of such a desired end.
In the next place, Canadians will be well advised to consider
. the Sirois report, g report -that points the way to scrapping the
British North America Act, The B.N.A. was born in the days of
intense political rancor and cradled in times when party politics of
the most acrimonious nature controlled life in high places, , This
period was followed by a time of intense struggle for provincial
rights, a struggle that resulted in the defeat of some of the best
features of the B.N.A, All this time, there was the overshadowing
potentiality of a bitter race war within our borders.
ly there was the continual unrest in oui’ Northwestern provinces,
a portion of our country exploited by strong but often -unscrupulous
traders and by many “bad” men, This period was succeeded by ah
orgy of spending that outran the ability to pay of those very- ’-pro
vinces, despite the talk about “oux- unlimited natural resources.”
No matter how great those natural resources, when pay day came,
those provinces were not on hand with the cash. This period was
followed by a succession of crop failures that impoverished the
western farmers away beyond all recovery tof thousands of them. Then followed a year when the provinces1*, produced in teeming
abundance, an event that was followed by the startling fact that
the wheat could not be marketed.. There wa^ no one needing oux*
wheat. And now comes the Sirois report witlnits dimly-veiled portent that the government, is about to take from\the “haves” in the
interest of the easy-spending “have-nots”. Canadians, early in
1941 will be required by stern necessity to look well to those who
consider this report. We need to weigh and to consider., every word
said at that conference. Each municipality will neCid" to know just
what is going on. If they fail to do so, they may find themselvjes
jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Canadians will be dull
and slow of heart to allow other people ox’ any of their own number
to do their thinking for them.
Simultaneous-
they will have limits. Almost cer
tainly the coming year will see
greatly increased simplification in
fashions- and outer forms* Ostenta
tious display will become unpat-
I riotic. People will make money
but may be compelled to put a fail
part of it into wax* bonds or govern
ment loans bearing no interest.
Thrift and simplified living will be
forced on us.
Now that gives a magnificent op
portunity to the Christian church.
We have prayed for a simplifying
of national habits and fox’ less ex
travagance over useless fripperies,
■Now what we have prayed for may
be forced on us. Already there are
signs of a deepening interest in
spiritual things. I look for that
tendency .to increase in the new
year. And for the church tp be
forced back to her fundamental
message, ‘’Repent ye, and believe
the gospel.”
And I would again remind you
that those things which cannot be
shaken* will remain. Any change
the year may -bring will be such as
we can endure and bear with. Oui’
rest must not be on the things that
change, but on certain fundamental
verities that God has given us. So
long as -God lives these will re
main, and these form the bedrock
upon which we can build.<> There
fore because of 'God, and let me shy
God made known to us in Jesus
Christ, we have certitude that no-
change will carry us beyond His
providence, His care, His love.
That is enough.
KKRB
A NEW YEAR’S SERMON
The following is a synopsis of a
New Year sermon delivered by Rev.
D. C. Hill at Caven Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning last:
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“That these things which -cannot
be shaken may remain.”—Hebrews
XII 27.
Nineteen-forty has almost come
to an end—a momentous year in
which much has happened that we
did not consider possible twelve
months ago. It may be a long time
before we shall have the perspec
tive to see clearly what -has taken
place in this period. But at the
moment it seems that very seldom,
if ever, has a single year brought
about so many changes.
And in view of what unexpected
developments marked the course
of nineteen-forty it would be a bold
man who would attempt to fore
tell what nineteen-forty-one has in
store for -us. Certainly I shall not
make the venture.
However, it is surprising how or
dinary events go on in the midst of
world cataclysms, and how neces
sary it is that ordinary life should
continue. And so I shall venture
on one piece of advice. Do yoUr
duty from day to day as though life
were proceeding normally. It is
not normal of course. It may well
be that much of your labor will be
rendered fruitless by happenings at
present unforeseeable. But we
must take the risk. We must as
sume that even amid the abnormal
there is a place for the normal. The
motto which came into populai’ use
during the last war is still good,
“Carry on”.
We may not face the opening
year with dismay, but at least we
are aware of unpleasant possibilities
Which may become realities during
the ensuing year. We may aS well
resign ourselves to changes. In
stitutions may crumble. Rooted
habits may have to be given up.
Our standards of comfort may have
to be reduced. (Securities for the
future may cease to offer protect
tioh. Whatever fortune nuay attend
our armed forces, changes are in
evitable, although no man can tell
what form they will take. And
remember, changes are hot neces
sarily for the worse, in a world so
far from perfect as ours is, change
may well be for the better,
In a time when so much is being
altered our text sounds a note that
GRANTON W* M* S. ELECT
OFFICERS FOR THE
! COMING YEAR
The Women’s Missionary Society
of the United Church held their
election of officers with Rev, L.
C. Harvey in charge. The execu
tive is -as follows: Pres., -Mrs. L. C.
Harvey; first vice-pres., Mrs. J.
Middleton; second vice-pres., Mrs.
A. Baker; recording secretary, tMi'S.
W. ;A1P; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. M. 'Lindsay; treasurer, Mrs.
C. W. Roberts; strangers’ secre
tary, Mrs. J. F. Barthel; literature
sec., Mrs. A. T. Switzer; Missionary
Monthly sec., Mrs. N. Gunning; as
sociate helpers, Mrs. G. Jamieson;
temperance sec., Mrs. A. C. Littick;
sunshine comm., Miss M. Rigney,
Mrs. M. Barrisdale; Mission Band,
Miss Freda Wells, Miss Ione Jones;
Baby Band, Mrs. N. Bilyea, Mrs. A.
Kent; pianists, Miss Grace Lindsay,
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Try
T. -Gunning; supply^ comiii;,
E. Middleton, Mrs. A. Hobbs,
G. Squire.
This Next Time........ It Might
Work Once!
smart young thing had parked
where life becomes in-
who speak of a breaking
civilization being immin-
speak of a world rushing
Even if they are
enables us to remain calm. ‘‘That
those things which cannot be shak
en may remain.”
|A11 the elements of our life fall
into two classes, the permanent and
the temporary, or the changeable
and those which are not subject to
change. And in a time of revolu
tion, of breaking down and build
ing up, we are-made aware by ac
tual demonstration into which of
these two classes these things fall,
which are deal- to us. We are led
to new judgments, and better judg
ments as to the value of all that
touches our life.
And then there is this thought:
Whatever changes may come, and
however drastic they may be,, noth
ing of real worth will be harmed.
The only things that will go down
are those which have no enduring
quality. “That those things which
cannot be shaken may remain.”"
Let me say that I have no pa
tience with the prophets of disas
ter who see the world reaching a
■condition
tolerable,
down of
ent, who
to bankruptcy,
right in what they say about bank
ruptcy, the worst would not hap
pen. No doubt there would be pri
vations. But our civilization has
a better basis than economics. The
spiritual inheritance that is ours
from the Bible, the cultural tradi
tion that comes from Greece, these
could survive in a greatly impover
ished society. None of the men to
whom the world owes most were
rich men. In China Confucius, in ’ India Bhudda, in Greece Socrates.
I The Son of Man had not where to I lay His head. Our best civilization
and culture were not built by mon
ey, and they can well survive econ
omic ruin.
But if X am unable to see eye to
eye with the foretellers of disas
ter, I am just as unable to agree
with those amiable souls Who be
lieve that Utopia is at hand. They
give us a fair picture wheteiit all is
sweetness and light, only it is not
reality. Sin and evil are too deep-
rooted in us, wo ourselves are too
far from pure to guarantee purity
for the world even if we settle Hit
ler and gain coxnpiete control of it.
What I am suggesting is that We
should be prepared to accept even
sweeping changes with a certain
equanimity. They are coming, but
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her cai’ out of hours in the business
district and about five feet from
a fire hydrant.
Returning after a short absence,
she perceived a fat policeman
lounging comfortably in the front
seat awaiting the owner's return.
With quick womanly(?) decision,
she called a taxi and drove home
from whence she imediately called
the Police Department, informing
them that her car had been stolen.
In a remarkably short time, the
same policeman appeared and ac
cepted with beaming complacency
her praise of his astuteness.
Try
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Easy Parking Facilities
Convenient to Highway a
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