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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-
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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
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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. Connor of
Denver, Colo., and George W.
Renze of Washington, D. C.
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