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Services Held For Mrs. C. A. Nicholson ATLANTA—Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Nicholson were held March 21st at St. Anthony’s Church, Rev. James E. King officiating. Survivors are Mr. and Mrs. John C. Chase, New Orleans, La., Mr. and Mrs. Emmett E. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward J. Nicholson, grandchil dren, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. CHAMBLEE CHAPEL * Mrs. Geo. W. Marchman, Licensed Catholic Funeral Directress George W. Marchman, Jr., Catholic Funeral Director GL. 7-3101 North Peachtree Rd. Chamblee, Ga. CASTLEBERRY'S APPLIANCES Visit Our Beautiful Show Kooin At The Location in Chamblee TuiM-ture—Appliances—Television GL. 7-0216 3614 Chamblee-Dunwoody Kd. Chamblee*, Ga. 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And the ridiculous notion that we are descendants of Abel while the other races come from Cain would mean nothing even if it were true; we would still be brothers because of Adam. Some worry because they know brothers shouldn’t marry sisters. If Adam and Eve were the only people, they reason, their children would hdve to marry each other. There’s no doubt that Mrs. Cain and Mrs. Abel were sisters of the boys. But in the early days of the human race this was a necessity and therefore not morally wrong. There’s no escaping this fact of the unity of the human race— unless we want to abandon the solemn teachings of our faith and the findings of science. There’s no escaping the truth, either, that the unpleasant neighbor next door, the fellow with the different skin color, the starving peasant in Asia- all of them are our brothers with the same great-great-great- etc. -grandfather we have. Most important is this: we don’t have to take second place to insects at all. Our ancestry goes back for who-knows-how- many years. And who’s running the world anyway: people or insects? Maybe we’re not doing such a good job running it. But I’d like to see those ants and scorpions and fireflies do any better! C. U. RECTOR SEES DECLINE IN RESPECT FOR LAW HAVING ‘CORRODING’ EFFECT ON U. S. AIM IN LIFE Don’t expect opportunity to knock at your door tomorrow unless you made an honest bid for it yesterday. Radio Station WERD KC 8S0 On The Dial 330 Auburn Ave., NE JA. 4-0666 — Atlanta, Ga. (N.C.W.C. News Service) NEW YORK — Decline in re spect for law has had a “cor roding” effect on American so ciety, the rector of the Catholic University of America said here. Not only is actual crime in creasing in this country, de clared Msgr. William J. McDon ald, but “also there is a wide- spread disregard for law amongst apparently respectable citizens in their public, person al and domestic relations.” Msgr. McDonald made the statement in an address to the 21st annual Communion break fast of the New York Catholic Court Attaches Guild. Some 1,000 judges and court person nel attended the breakfast, held after a Mass offered in St. Pat rick’s cathedral. The speaker warned that de cline in respect for law “means that civilization is endangered and that other forms of govern mental activity are rendered in effective.” “It is useless to endeavor to build up our defenses against an external enemy and' to try to promote in the world our great ideals of peace, liberty and jus tice, if our own system is cor roding from within,” he said. Msgr. McDonald cited figures showing that the crime rate in this country has currently reach ed an all-time high. He added that it is “especially alarming” that young people play a “major part” in Ameri can crime. He blamed the increase in ju venile delinquency on the ab sence of good example in many American homes. “Such good example is hot provided,” he ex plained, “because of the preva lence of broken homes as a re sult of divorce, separation, de sertion or the institutionaliza tion of one or both parents. Msgr. McDonald asserted that a historical survey of the con cept of law in the western world shows it to be based essentially on the religious virtue of justice. “If the civil law of our coun try depended entirely for its enforcement on the penalties and sanctions it can mete out, the result would be chaos,” he said. “The peace and tranquili- Aefrive worth ioking..., VISIT ONE OF THE GREAT NATIONAL PARKS OR FORESTS America’s far-flung system of National Parks and Forests, the greatest in the world, stretches not only from border to border and coast to coast, but into U. $. territories. All told, there are 182 National Parks, Historic Monuments and Recreation Areas, plus 149 National Forests. No matter where you live in the United States, one of these places is within easy driving distance. For real recreation for the whole family, take the nearest road to one of them. I hese places are open to everyone—they are yours to visit and enjoy. E&EE Ahjto Jour /nformuifon When you d like to visit a National Park or Forest, or drive anywhere in the U.S.A,, ask your Sinclair Dealer for a free Tour Service Request Card. Mail the card and you will receive complete touring information, including a colorful National Parks Map. SINCLAIR FULTON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA ty of any society are to be as cribed in large measure to the moral principles of its mem bers . . . The strength and moral fiber of the nation depend far more upon . . . moral support derived from religious convic tion than upon the ability to punish.” “Unfortunately,” the speaker continued, “in our time the law, instead of being something demanded on moral and relig ious grounds, has become for many something to be accept ed only if it is expedient or useful or profitable. This has had disastrous consequences not only in domestic and na tional life, but in international relations. “Hence the prevalence of law lessness and the inevitable ac ceptance of the alternative that ‘right equals might.’ ” Msgr. McDonald urged Americans to return to religion and the moral sense as the sur est means of restoring respect for law. He declared: “We must do everything we can, as apostles of prayer, action and example, to revive in ourselves and in others ... a sacred feeling for justice and for the virtues of good citizenship. “We must literally hunger and thirst after justice realizing that wrong inflicted upon any of our neighbors sends a shiver, a reverberation throughout our whole social framework.” Question Box (Continued from Page 4) in any one of many ways, ac cording to one’s capacity and disposition. One method is to visualize the various mysteries in one’s imagination. “A more simple and elevated way,” ex plains Father Garrigou - La grange, is “to keep the eyes of faith fixed on the living Jesus Who is always making inter cession for us, and Who is act ing upon us in accordance with the mysteries of His childhood, or His Passion, or His glory.” Still another method is to use a meditation book or pamphlet depicting the various scenes of the mysteries. G. To say the rosary proper ly, it's not necessary to use ros ary beads, is it? A. To recite the rosary it is not necessary to use beads. The Aves and Paters may be count ed by any means. Jottings (Continued from Page 4 ) Catholic educational system of the United States, “unique in world history.” • OUR LORD was a teacher. (The first Catholic intellectual, if you will.) Christ said: “My teaching is not my own, but His Who sent Me ... He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory.” The most intelligent and talented people I have known have worn the Roman collar or religious habit. They are college presidents, his tory and English teachers, edi tors, librarians, administrators, poets, translators, theologians and philosophers. In most cases by their very dedication they are hidden from worldly plaudits. They are known to God and to a few grateful stu dents. They pass on their knowl edge and wisdom which appears to be compounded when found ed in religious dedication. It is not an end in itself. I am think ing right now of two examples of giver and recipient. Yester day, a student at the college where I am teaching was award ed a Woodrow Wilson Fellow ship. She was the only student at a women’s college in the United States awarded such a coverted fellowship. The com petition is keen with all the best secular college students competing. The young woman selected was a product of Cath olic schools conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Cross from first grade through college. Yes, she came from a family where scholarship and intellectual in terests were revered. Behind her however was a team of profes sors, intellectuals in habits. This is but one incident of dedication to excellence found in but one Catholic College in the United States. I would say that this is not an unusual story. I am think ing, too, of another example. Yesterday our college chaplain marked his 80th birthday. It was deeply moving to hear this dis tinguished scholarly chaplain speak in thinksgiving for his priesthood. In his lifetime, he had been president of two Cath olic men’s colleges, a translator of the doctors of the Church, a teacher of theology. In secular life, he might have been an eminent historian and hailed as a leading Catholic intellectual today. Instead thousands have benefited by not only his wis dom, knowledge but his guid ance and priestly example. He is of that vast number of hidden Catholic intellectuals. We thank God fervently for the intellect uals in black. Don’t spend your life trying to fix the blame on others. BILL WILLMOT, MGR. SHELL GASOLINE AND OIL PRODUCTS CLAIRMONT SHELL SERVICE 160 Clairmont Ave. DR. 3-9234 Decatur, Ga. Beavers Letter Service, Inc, Multigraphing — Mimeographing -- Multilithing Complete Mailing Service ‘ RHODES BUILDING MU. 8-6902 ATLANTA, GA. 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Conscience is the practical moral judgment of the intellect, the intellect’s judgment upon the rightness and wrongness of our own actions. The intellect makes its judgement according to God’s law known to it in one or other of the two ways we have been discussing. As only God can tell us with certainty the laws by which we should live, so only God can tell us with certainty the purpose of our life. We cannot use any thing intelligently till we know what it is for. Men apply the rule as a matter of course to everything—to everything, that is, except one thing. Themselves. Yet, it is no less clear about man himself than about all other things. We cannot intelli- gantly handle our own lives, or influence the lives of others, un less we know what man is for. There is no space to develop this idea here: but please re flect on it. Unless we know the goal man is meant to reach, we cannot direct our own life to wards it or help others to reach it. To walk the road of life, not knowing where it leads to, is mere blindness. Our Maker has told us what He made us tor—to come to the fullest development ot our own powers in total union with Him. Let us take a first look at this. Man’s highest powers are intel lect, by which he knows, and will, by which he loves (and, according to his love, chooses). The object ot the intellect is truth, of the will goodness. Our intellect is to come to the fullest knowledge of the supreme truth —which is God. Our will is to come to the fullest love of the supreme goodness — which is God. in knowing and loving God we shall achieve the purpose for which God made us. So much we might have guessed without any revelation from God. What we could never have suspected, without His telling, is what the knowing and loving are to be. Pay as you go and you’ll never exceed the speed limit. SNACK ’N SHOP DELICATESSEN GIFT BASKETS Free Delivery in Atlanta Area North Decatur Plaza ME. 6-4622 — Decatur, Ga. 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