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T ?AuE o i't.t bUL INi ■ - AD- 0 BEST WISHES FROM nujz ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY EILEEN HALL 3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia BRUNSWICK OIL CO. OIL JOBBERS IN THE GOLDEN ISLES SOC Gasoline & Motor Oils // THE MODERN FUEL FOR THE MODERN CAR 7 »// Made by a Southern Industry and designed for Southern driving. Each issue of this Book Page is confided to the patronage of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces, with the hope that every read er and every contributor may be specially favored by her and her Divine Son. ISRAEL AND REVELATION, by Eric Voegelin (LSU Press, Baton Rouge, $7.50). (Reviewed by Flannery O’Connor) This is the first volume of a six-volume study, Order And History, which for both breadth of imagination and close scholar ship is perhaps unequaled today by any work of comparable scope on the philosophy of his tory. Israel And Revelation be gins with a consideration of the archaic cultures of the ancient Near East and their cosmologi cal order. Voegelin considers the beginning of history as that break in civilizational develop ment which began with Abram’s exodus from Ur, continued when Israel was brought out of Egypt by Moses and became a people under God, and finally with the breakdown of the Davidic King dom, continued with the Pro phet’s movement away from the concrete Israel itself into the vision of Israel as the Suffering Servant of God. In the Hellenic world man was seeking God, in the Hebrew world God was seeking man. Real history be gins when man accepts the God Who is, Who seeks him . This monumental study, of which three volumes have so far been published, has been com pared in importance to the work of Vico, Hegel, Spengler, and Toynbee. However, unlike Spen gler and Toynbee, Voegelin does not see history as civilizational cycles, but as a Journey away from civilizations by a people which has taken the “leap in be- The First National Bank of Brunswick C. H. SHELDON, Chairman A. M. HARRIS, President E. R. SHERMAN, Vice President E. R. GRAY, Vice President & Trust Officer A. R. FAIN, Cashier J. O. TAYLOR, Assistant Cashier J. H. CARTER, Assistant Cashier W. HAROLD PATE, Assistant Cashier BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation COMMERCIAL • RETAIL • WHOLESALE WHITTLE FURNITURE COMPANY COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS 1325 BAY STREET PHONES: 567 AND 350 SAVANNAH • BRUNSWICK • ALBANY • WAYCROSS RAY W. WHITTLE, President ing,” and has accepted existence under God. The study is a fur ther advance over Toynbee in that it satisfactorily answers the comparativism which sees all spiritual movements as funda mentally the same and of equal importance. “Without Israel there would be no history, but only the eternal recurrence of societies in cosmological form.” Eric Voegelin has lately re turned to the University of Mu nich from which he was at one time expelled by the Nazis. "NOR SCRIP, NOR SHOES," by John H. McGoey. "Boston: Atlantic, Little, Brow," Publi cation. NOR SCRIP, NOR SHOES, even though described on the jacket of the book as “The Auto biography of a Missionary Priest,” is more than simply that. It is our contemporary world with all its confusion and chaos, its pragmatism and op portunism and mirrored in the life of one who has the single- mindedness of Mary and the en ergy of a Martha. Father Mc Goey, whose life and activities are unfolded in NOR SCRIP, NOR SHOES, by reason of his priestly formation has not only a consecrated concern for the Ultimate Reality underlying all existing phenomena, but throughout the pages of this en gaging autobiographical narra tive demonstrates that devotion to God adds up to a devotion to one’s fellowmen, even to the least amongst us. Not too long out of the Semi nary in his native Canada where he prepared for the foreign mis sions, Father McGoey soon found himself in war-torn and unhappy China. Here he ex perienced the confusion and chaos wrought by the invading Japanese Army, and later, the rank pragmatism and wild op portunism of men in high places in collaboration with the Chi nese Reds. All this and more are spelled out in Father McGoey’s autobiography. To read this book is to get a clear insight into the almost in surmountable difficulties which now-confront our Government in the Far East. More important than that, however, is the clear insight it gives the reader into his own life, so that motivated accordingly, he may avoid the debilitation of contemporary liv ing and achieve happiness even in the midst of frustration and disappointment. The style of the book sweeps without being LETTERS RECEIVED Dear Editor: For some years now, it has been factually established that Father Abram. J. Ryan, poet- priest of the South, was born in Hagerstown, Washington Coun ty, Maryland, on February 5, 1838, and that he was baptized there, in St. Mary’s Church, on June 4, 1838. This year,. 1958, is, therefore, the 120th anniversary of his birth' in Hagerstown. And we are, too, on the way to the 125th anniversary. Eleven cities, among them Augusta, in nine states, already have memorials to Father Ryan. Mobile and New Orleans each have at least two. At Hagerstown, no memorial of any kind has been erected in his honor, marking it as the birthplace of the author of “The Conquered B a n n e r,” “The Sword of Robert Lee,” and oth er patriotic, religious, and mis cellaneous poems. Within recent weeks, how ever, various persons and organ izations in Hagerstown, Wash ington, Washington County, and Maryland have become intrested in a proposal to erect a Father Ryan memorial in Hagerstown. The matter has been under serious discussion by the Divi sion Chairmen of the Maryland Centennial Celebration Com mission, which is planning the commemoration of the Battle of Antietam. It is most fitting and timely that Father Ryan have a nation al memorial in the city where he first saw the light of day, and where he spent the earliest ten der years of his childhood. Events and activities in his later years as a pulpit orator, poet, and lecturer have also linked him prominently with the State of Maryland. If Father Ryan is to b6 hon ored with a memorial in Hag erstown, there must surge from many cities and states in the country enthusiastic and vigor ous support for its erection. May I urge, as fervidly as I only know how, that readers of THE BULLETIN, and Fa ther Ryan admirers everywhere, breezy. It is captivating both in content and narration. So en gaging is the narratice that one regrets the lack of chapter head ing, since these would relieve somewhat the nervous tension of the avid reader, who is prompted to devour this absorb ing story without searching. RT. REV. MSGR. T. JAMES McNAMARA DURALITE That Famous Paint DIXIE PAINT AND VARNISH CO., Inc BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA make known to the Maryland Centennial Celebration Commis sion how strongly they are in favor of a Father Ryan. me morial in Hagerstown? All letters are to be directed to: Dr. Walter H. Shealy, Sec retary - Treasurer, Maryland Centennial Celebration Com mission, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Father Ryan did so much, in his comparatively short life, for so many — spiritually, charitab ly, patriotically, literarily, and even materially. May his cause be not now neglected! Sincerely yours, EDWARD A. EGAN Mrs. Mary E. Grogan Services In Augusta AUGUSTA — Funeral serv ices for Miss Mary Elizabeth Grogan were held October 29th at St. M a r y’s - on - the - Hill Church, Rev. Daniel J. Bourke officiating. Survivors are one sister, Mrs. C .C. Dorn of Augusta; brother, James L. Grogan of Augusta; two nieces, Mrs. J. B. Schweers of Augusta and Mrs. J. H. Pow ers of Washington, D. C.; two nephews, James G. 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