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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, MARCH 23, 1944.
THE BUTLER HERALD
Entered at Postoffice at Butler,
Georgia as Mail Matter of
Second Class.
AIR MAIL
During the last year or two
Ihere has been a sort of silent
revolution in the transportation of
our daily mail. "Give wings to
your letters," reads a familiar
sign posted in every post office,
I J/'-'*-*'' v-»xa.awv-,
Chas. Benns Jr., Managing Editor > and this advice has been followed
O. E. Cox, Publisher & Bns. Mgr. | to an extent never dreamed of a
OFFICIAL ORGAN TAYLOR CO.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
SPEAK FOR COMMON FOLKS
IRVIN S. COBB'S POSTHUMOUS
LETTER
If you want to know wnat is in
the minds of the people of this
Average Weekly Circulation
Fifteen Hundred Copies
SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 A YEAR
Established in 1879
— The Christian Index gives the
nation, read the editorials written following interesting comment on
by the editors of country newspa- j Irvin Cobb's letter written several
pers. They know. They speak for I month before his death early this
common folks. Every day, up and i month in New York:
down the streets of small towns or | “irvin S. Cobb’s letter written
out in the country away from the i ab out three months before his
few years ago when most of these main highways, these editors I dcath on March 10 is unspeakably
signs were printed. | meet all kinds of people. They vis- | sad The letter was sent to Edwin
According to figures released by j it as friends and so discussion is j p ax ton Sr., editor of the Padu-
the Post Office Department the in-| frank and vigorous and fearless. I cah Sun-Deinocrat and Fred G
crease in air mail service has been | In a day the country editor will pjewman his biographer It bore
astounding. In the fiscal year of' sense the attitude of laborers and | ll0 notation “not "to be opened un-
1942 the number of air mail en-| farmers, doctors and preachers,old | (i] mv death it was addressed
velopes issued to postmasters folks and youngsters, men and, „ To vyfiom It May Concern" and
amounted to around 33,000,000.1 women, merchants and morticians it . tiiprofom cuhiect to f/pncral re
This rose to 207,000,000 in 1943 And at the end of the day he v : iew /‘ But millions of Americans
*‘T — T- T'’ , And at the end of the day he view But millions oi American:
• and the estimate for the present, knows how they feel, what they who in his lifetime read his Dub
A man may have curvature of, year is 4(K),000,000. In 1942 252,-I think, and can tell you with as-| ]ished st0 ries, heard his quips
the spine and still be able to keep
his poise as an upright citizen.
‘ i lished stories, heard his quips
OOO OOO air mail stamps were sold surance how they are likely to act. over radio and saw him in a 4 cti £ n
w i, n , dows of American post I ve found country editors very on the screen and e njoyed him
7 tr ‘ pl0d ‘o r ‘ end ‘y- T1 ?ey like people and are I vvill not lau h at his assaults up .
1943, and in 1944 it *s estimated j interested in their doings. Very on death and hell the church £ s
A fellow with expensive ideas -*y “ wv * *** 11 Mimmicu | ... ....... uumga. on death and hell, the churches
.and a flat purse is a combination that the total will far exceed one few of them are cynical. Most of and ministers with his “Red Lik-
hiiiinn ! them have a sense of humor or - ’
where leanness has outgrown the billion,
capacity to expand.
It is not difficult to understand find it necessary to cultivate one.
(why the volume of air mail Usually they have a surprising
Taylor County offers outstanding stamps and air mail envelopes amount of faith in
ker” pen.
I "Editor McGill
opportunities
man
their
irtumties for investments in bas risen by such tremendous men. Not many of them are what a
ufacturing enterprises, dairy- ' percentage during the past two psychologist would call “brilliant”
mg, poultry raising and general years. With millions of American but nearly all of them write clear-
farming. ! boys in the service, parents, wives ly and honestly and are practical
. i sweethearts and friends find the an*d sound in their attitudes to-
Maybe it's just as well that man ° rdinar F wa Y s of transporting mail ward life,
can not see his own faults for to ° slow for thoir letters - They Country editors I have known
his defense would be broken down vvrite thcm one da F and have fond haven ‘t been saints by any means,
when he began to formulateex ho P es that their words vvi11 bG but the >' have come a * near living
cuses for his mistakes j read in tbe next day or two. This decently and being decent to their
' I thought and its result have doubt- fellows as the rest of humanity. In
Cairo Ga citizens sav thev are lcSS beon of inestimable value in fact, I think they may be a bit
v.airo, v*a., uuz n sa u y a preserving the morale of the men above average. Certainly they are
governmental Affairs aT expressed abroad and in the Arm Y camps at as likely to squeeze through the
governmental attains as expressed home -Pearly Gates as are any of their
fleeted *p r VnnHnrMnlrhqm Tbc Post Office Department is subscribers. Even the occasional
elected R. R. VanLandmgham as experien cing difficulty in provid- one who goes to the Devil, I'm
Walter i^Wrirrht opponcn ’ rS- ing enough air mail envelopes to sure does it nicely and with con-
waxier Li. wrigni. I satisfy public needs. This is be- sideration for the sensibilities of
'cause a large part of the output ethers
of The Atlanta
fellow- Constitution, fearing the “bigots ’
against whom he holds strong an
tipathy, will criticize Mr. Cobh's
views on life and death and the
life to come, rushes to his defense.
He describes his background:
Paducah, where Mr. Cobb was
born and brought up, is a Missis
sippi town. Gamblers, rich plant
ers, great ladies, banjo tunes and
river songs gave the town “a sort
of cosmopolitan air. It was never
a smug town nor an inhibited
one.” There were and are many
churches in Paducah, in which
there are no more sincere practic
ing Christians anywhere.
So much for Cobb's background.
“How did it affect the people
and Cobb? He says: ‘Maybe it was
•yellow river rolling forever which
v.uuijv. w xuigv. JVUX l Wl NIC UUl|JUI , - W
The Albany Journl, ably edited from the printing agencies goes to One thing is sure. If ever the had the effect of making the peo-
iby John H. Crouch, observed its 0 ur armed forces abroad. The men press is throttled in this free land P le humble. Whatever it was, triere
fifth anniversary last week. Com- overseas seem willing and eager of ours, country editors will be the never has been in Paducah's pul-
paratively in its youth the Journal t Q “give wings to their letters" by last to show their heads and sub- pits, streets or clubs much bigo-
has rendered a service to its com- paying six cents, even though mit to that desecration of our lib- try or desire to narrow one's
munity befitting one of mature they have the privilege of mailing erties. And as they yield to force thinking or to make men walk in
years. May it live long and con- free by the slower means of trans- some rebellious one of them will daily fear of the Lord. Paducah is
tinue to prosper. portation. Nine million air mail slip away, with his pockets full oi a town which enjoys religion and
| envelopes go each week to New type, a tube of ink in his hand, finds in it a love for their fellow -
A meeting of business men and York and San Francisco for distri- some sort of a press, an armful of rnen something along the line of
farmers at Waycross has endorsed bution to the men abroad. paper, and set up a secret print “ Ahrm ’’ “ T *
Herman Talmadge, son of former In these astonishing figures we shop. From it he will issue a
'Abou Ben Adhem.” “It was out
of this town,” says his apologist,
“that Irvin S. Cobb came to be
come one of great newspapermen,
and authors of our
“The River had done something
iiciiuau xaiiuau^c, aun ui luiuiu ill ctSlUlllsnillg IlgUreS VVf* oitvy. r luui 11 lit* will issue a.
Governor Eugene Talmadge as a get a glimpse of what use of air sheet dedicated to the destruction
candidate for Congress in the mail service will be like even in of the oppressor and to the resco-
Eighth District. Young Talmadge peacetime, now the public has be- ration of the right to express humorists
is a Naval officer, now serving in come accustomed to it.—Atlanta opinion freely and without fear, time.”
the South Pacific. Journal. Don't fool yourself, he'll do i^
J I In'This time of trouble and un- for him, too.”
Henry Ford says he believes the! The Atlanta Constitution takes certainty, of propaganda and hys- « Mr McGill seems to think that
war will be over in two months, pride in the record of one of its teria - when folks hardly know «oid Man River” affected the re
Ford in a copyrighted interview employes, Mr. Glenn W. Pearce, as what to believe or whom to trust, i igious attitudes and convictions
for the Atlanta Constitution Mon- does also Mr. Pearce, in the mu- read what the editor of the coun- of Cob5 Maybe Paducah's nulDits
day also predicted the eventual tual interest of the two that has tr Y newspaper you take has to say. street s and clubs which have been
abandonment of railroads. Asked bound them together most happily 11 doesn't make any difference comparatively free from hi entry
his reason for the prediction on tor the past 41 years. Says the what his political beliefs are. If « or a desir y to na g J
1he war's end, he said: “No rea- Constitution: “A little of the there 1S S n Y sanity and good sense thinking or to make men walk in
son for believing it.” I spring has gone from his step, and le£t ln the world, he will Have a daily fear of the Lord” had more
. r ; 7 i his hair has turned gray in the Dlt of it in his editorials. You can to do with the famous humorists
A set of photographs showing the years since 1903, but he's still ba " k °n that.—Ray Yarnell in than the yellow river Lon j aB o a
° f J h ® _^i avy ^ pa 5. 01 . ,here - carefully reading proofs to “Between Thee and Me” in Cap- wise and g 00d maa &a °id
trellises on which the vine cf
faith reaches its maximum growth
1 and fruit-bearing. The vineyard's
value, in no small degree, is de
termined by the fames on which
the vines lift themselves with
each spring flow' of sap. Much of
, this talk about Christianity with
out a church is speech without
meaning—it is pure bunk. Christ
loved the church and gave himself
up for it, that he might sanctify it
having cleansed it by the wash
ing of water with the word, that
he might present the church to
himself a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle, or any
such thing; but that it should be
holy and without blemish. (Eph.
5:25-27).
However, Cobb paid Jesus a
fine compliment. He said He was
the first true gentleman of record
ed history and the greatest gen
tleman that ever lived. One is re
minded of the compliment Nico-
demus paid Jesus. He said, Rabbi,
we know that you are a teacher
come from God; for no one man
can do these signs that thou do-
est except God be with him.
Jesus brushed the flattery aside
and said to him, “Except one be
born anew he cannot see the
Kingdom of God.” Jesus was and
is more than a gentleman. He is
the Son of God with power to for
give sins.
“Cobb's reference to his mother
is tender and beautiful, and his
preference for Psalms 23 touches
an almost universal chord, but
not for the reason he gives. It re
minds one of Shakespeare's Fal-
staff adventurer, braggart, glut
ton, profligate—who dies babbl
ing of green fields. Cobb must
have come close to his mother
when he spoke of her and her fa
vorite passage of Scripture.
Probably the noted man now ,ap-
i prised of early death had com
pleted the circle of life and was
again at her knees.
“This posthumous letter of the
noted “newspaperman, humorist
and author” will touch many a
heart. Let us thank God for His
boundless grace and how it comes
to man. God is merciful and able
to save unto the outermost all who
truly repent of their sins and trust
Him.”
another tower
By Jim Seymour in the
Sindersville Progress
It almost scares me somoii
to think about what kind of g ad * S
ets we’ll have after the war '
cording to some magazines, we'ii
push a button to lift us out of h*H
dress us, and slide us gentlv ’
our office chair. From then on
our greatest amount of energy wni
button. ° f reaCh ' ng ""
(Wonder who is going to instu.
all those buttons?) Stail
It strikes me that we're a ii
building another Tower of RohJ
We're trying to reach the skies'
and we may topple over.
I think of civilization as beine
a sort of triangular structure We
started out with one invention n ,
discovery—maybe fire, or the
wheel. Each subsequent invention
is pyramided on top of the others
and the more inventions the more
possibilities for other inventions
The upper base of our triangle
has grown in alarming proportions
in the last hundred vears esne
dally the last 20 years. Maybe it
will topple over one of these days
For instance, suppose someone
really does discover a death ray’
(Any scientist will tell y ou that
this is not only feasible, but very
probable—it has been already dis
covered in a minor way). Or sun
pose they really get down to har
nessing the power in the air or
in the tides? In the hands of’ an
unscrupulous individual or nation
such powers could easily result in
the destruction of the world
But so long as we have Batman
and Superman and the others we
can rest fairly easily!
Not only those interested in our
schools but the citizens of Georgia
generally are commending Con
gressman Pace for his effort to
bring congressional assistance to
the schools of the state in their
lunch program. The Third District
. Congressman has been quite suc
cessful in all measures he has
j sponsored, and w'e have much
faith in him being able to con
vince Congress that it must find
some way to provide the money
for this all important purpose.
, ® j t* iiitfitr, cdrciuiiy reading proots to 1
comber Spirit of Dooly County, keep errors from going through on per ‘ s Farmer.
Vienna, Ga. has been presented th* final editions. Beginning as
to Sen. and Mrs. Waiter George. an ad setter, Peace worked up to
The bomber was named in honor ad foreman, then to proofreader
of their son, Lt. Marcus George, And there he intends to stay until
who was lost while flying the At- the final hand is played”
lantic patrol. — Americus
Recorder.
Times-
TRUNK MYSTERY STUMPS
EATONTON PARENTS
i fear of God is the beginning of
■’wisdom.” It is regrettable that
Cobb's mind was so broad that it
lost its course in the jungle of
mirth; that his early life accord-
After April 1st, the OPA has an
nounced, the five-gallon “R” gas
oline coupons will not be good at app r ec iatea. it has
inline Stations and mav ho °P enod a cafeteria in the new an-
The Macon Telegraph Publish-
Company has broadened its useful
ness to its employes and in a way
to be greatly appreciated. It has
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Cunningham b .is apologist was spent un-
of Eatonton, are trying to unravel e * nf | uencG o£ ministers who
the mystery of the stolen trunk. r ad , no d f slre to tea ? h hlm to fea r
The trunk owned by their son,' God and keep Hls command-
Lt. Douglas Cunningham, was men S ‘
stolen in North Africa" last August “® Ut jn ; bera is ye !! ow s u en -
The lieutenant and a fellow offic- K ! S thls:
("One advantage of dying is that
liliing stations and may be used ZZ t“ 1‘ „ “ d m an ‘
unly by those buying gasoline at th „ f 0US P a P er >uilding for t , lUFiJCU lI1L . u Jt;ep aiier anV ing , , t. - -
bulk plants or having it delivered ! h f em P lo y es aR d their 2 4 hours They took off their * affords a fellow opportunity to
into sCStantothe!?“ 2 “ shoes and ST<town in the sfnd J: ‘°\° f «?">«* have been
ses. This is another move in the ‘ ‘ m P °y p ^ and then (to get a s i eep Awakened by ls s y st<? m all these
campaign to break up the gasoline ishin „ rnr ! n;in g v th<? - Pub l a noise, Lt. Cunningham saw an ' nH J bs Gon£esslon » the
black market. Farmers who buy. llShmg compaiiy at the openln g- Arab running off with his trunk u-w-A. whicb reveals the
most, of their gasoline at filling j , and the officers’ shoes. He and his ^. H ^ n bal a e . man wbo asked . hiS
.stations have until April 1 to ex-i, ,^ ev ' Whaley of Lump-j companion gave chase but were „ „ a f °. - e be was Jolly
change their “R” coupons for “E ’ kln ’ who assisted Rev. F. J. Gilbert ] unable to catch the thief because f nd unafraid \'' blle . dea th was
coupons, which will ho arrpntpri I a series of revival services hero'of the difficulty of running bare* 1 sting. A
last year made many lasting foot on the sand , make-believer. A life he
With the shortage of manpower
in this country \yomen are filling
imany places with the same apti
tude and ability delegated to them
iin the domestic realms of life. A
list of women serving as rural
carriers in Georgia is furnished by
i the Carriers' Association Secretary,
i Mr. Chas. L. Wall, as follows: Miss
j Lillie V. Smith, Doerun; Mrs. Es-
'ther C. Ward, Boston; Mrs. Willie
W. Glenn, Rochelle; Mrs. C. D.,
Thomas, Newnan; Mrs.' Mary M.
Barfield, Hampton; Mrs. Annie M
Humphrey, Milledgeville; Mrs. A.
L. Moore, Culverton; Mrs. Ethel L.
Botts, Rome. “This list," Mr. Wall
states, “was hurriedly checked
from the state roster, and there is
a possibility that some may have
been overlooked, but we do want
to recognize these fair ladies as
outstanding, all of whom no doubt
are doing excellent work in the
postal service. There are many
uho have joined the ranks of
workers as clerks and m other
postal work and our hats are off
to them all.”
by filling stations. Now all “R”and. . .
“E” coupons must be endorsed, £riends among our citizens who
whether for gasoline delivered in- dee P'y sympathize with him in a
to storage tanks or picked up at double sorrow that came to him in
liliing stations. Buyers of large i recent weeks, first in the death of
quantities of gasoline may en-! bis mother ar >d the passing last
gasoline may en
dorse a whole strip or block ct
coupons with a single signature
and address written across the re
quired number of coupons given
as a unit for his single purchase.
For one gallon of gasoline one ‘E’
.coupon.
Uncle Sam March 15ih did a
rushing business, with millions of
people all over the nation filing
income tax returns, and making
payments thereon, according to
their earnings the past year. For
many people it was their first ex
perience, while for others it was
just a repetition of previous ex-,
periences, only perhaps a little
more painful by reason of the in
creased amount they had to pay.
For many people, the payment of
income taxes at this time marks
the end of a period of disillusion
ment. High wages and high earn
ings in business operations prob
ably have led many people to feel
and experience what has been
termed “war-time prosperity," and
doubtless many people will have
more money even after payment
of taxes than ever before. But the
tact that a substantial portion of
one’s income goes to government
to help finance the war and other
.governmental activities, brings
home to the average man in the
street, the average worker, the av
erage business man, the stark
reality that we are in war and
Shat it is costing a tremendous
ium of money.
week of his father, a well-known
Hancock county farmer and mer
chant.
Hon. Chas. E. Wall, rural letter
carrier connected with the Ella-
ville post office and one of the
most outstanding officers and
members of the National as well
as the state organization of rural
carriers, is receiving the hearty
congratulations of his many
friends on his recent appointment
by Gov. Arnall as a Lieutenant
Colonel, Aide de Camp, Governor's
Staff.
“We are very fond of Channing
Cope, one of the Georgia Power
Company executives,” says the
Atlanta Constitution. The * Herald
can say equally as much through
a most delightful acquaintance
of many years and share
with he Constitution the honor it
nays him in the following: “He is
one of our favorite persons. We
enjoy his jokes. Some of his fa
vorite ones, back in the days of
the New Deal, used to be * con
cerned with the WPA workers who
spent their time leaning on their
shovels. The other day Sid Truett,
county agent, lured Mr. Cope and
others, out to help with a demon
stration of Victory Garden work.
7 he workers were photographed,
among them Mr. Cope. He is very
photogenic. But how did the
camera catch him? You are right.
UJe was leaning on his shovel.”
Last week a letter was received' With Hi b ° 0tS ° n ’ So
. ,, . . , receivea p as man y an other bv-Dassed the
& t Lt. Cunningham's Eatonton c nn nf f y 5. 7.. nc
toTinZ SniZsTates" Thel« CUrSP °' a chuckle - the
“r ,Mrl i, . J ' Agnostic and humanitarian, was
up JSH2 £&£ one br o°! h Z “
the enc.osed ZSZS 1 tewTa^ : £JT2J" a'nd 'StsTe
later the long-missing trunk ar- rustle „f a wing.
rived in Eatonton. r-u ; a- -a. .
thettC MrS Cunningham know!„ ld qucstlon . M^McGll/says thTt
Hi, VI °w *uH ba u dUty in ! Cobb's death letter is one of the
y and doubt that he knows mo st sincere statements of Chris-
nnSHHth 1 trUnk ‘ What i tian faith and belief he has ever
the A 1 “ 7S° recovered U 1 read. Yet Cobb says, When a man
tn the WHri Qt ^ h ° W ^ g0t dieS With h ‘ S SinS> let his Sins die
to the United States. Jwith him. Would God it were so.
j But the author of that letter as a
Pointers: Mind moves matter young man in Paducah had seen
too many chickens come home to
roost to believe such nonesense.
“Cobb made a last stab at the
churches and their ministers in
Paducah. He thought that one
church combining all the finer
points of all the denominations
would meet with his approval.
Probably so. Variety hath no
bounds, even when it wears the
garb of humility. Statements of
faith such as the Baptists follow
or the creeds of other churches are
‘A Washington, D. C., girl won
a free trip to New York and a ra
dio appearance for writing the
best essay on “Why I Swoon Over
Frank Sinatra.” When they
change the subject of the Sinatra
contests slightly, we will be glad
to try for a prize.”—Ellaville Sun.
Now, Editor Duncan, you wouldn't
speak harshly of that poor hungry
looking little guy. There's nothing
wrong with him that a Schley
County meal of black-eyed peas
and cracklin’ bread, buttermilk,
backbone and ribs, and dried-ap
ple pie wouldn't cure. Of course,
with the cherbuic health which
would come with a diet like that,
he might lose his swoon-appeal,
but he wouldn't care. He might be
tempted to hog-calling, which
wouldn't be so bad. We’ve never
seen a hog-caller who looked skin
ny from hunger. Chances are he
would be a snorting success. Real
ly, the little guy hasn't a bad
voice. His shrieking, swooning,
swing-silly audiences kill his
songs deader'n a ’coon skin.—
Bruce Wilder in Columbus Ledger,
w
Facing the Future
No one is fitted for all jobs
. . . Better the first quarrel than
the last . . . One soldier does not
make a regiment . . . ’Tis better
to suffer injustice than commit it
... He is scant of news to speak
evil of another . . . You can’t
bring happiness abroad if there is
none at home . . . Improve your
premises, it will encourage your
neighbors to do likewise.
The late John Spencer, whose
humorous column in the Macon
Telegraph attracted a great
amount of attention and interest
over the state, claimed to have a
prayer rug that he brought into
prominence during the season of
excessive drought or rain. If any
one knows the present where
abouts of John’s prayer rug will
they please produce it with the
hope of stopping the rains that
the farmers and gardeners may
proceed with the planting of their
crops.
Hennas,Mess
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LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S SS
A N INTERESTING account in
the thirteenth chapter of the
book of Numbers relates the
experiences of a group of people
who were called upon by their
leader to have faith in their fu
ture. These people, the Israelites,
led by Moses had in the course of
their journey away from the bond
age in Egypt Anally reached the
land of Canaan. Spies were sent
ahead to And out what kind of
land it was. They learned many
good things about it — that it
flowed “with milk and honey,”
and withal was a place very much
to be desired. But one condition
of the land loomed up as a fear
ful thing in the eyes of the spies.
“All the people that we saw in it
arc men of a great stature . . .
and we were in our own sight as
grasshoppers,” they reported.
, How often we, too, belittle our
capacities and are “in our own
sight as grasshoppers.” And how
much better to recognize the truth
clearly stated on page 304 of “Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy,
namely this: “Divine Principle is
the Life of man. Man’s happiness
is not, therefore, at the disposal of
physical sense.” iffe
'l he Israelites had experienced
God s care for them many times
in their journey to the promised
Land. They had seen the barrier
of the impassable sea before them
and the hordes of the armies of
Pharaoh behind them; but the sea
had parted and the armies had
perished. They had been sustained
■wxth food and clothing in the wil
derness, and had been kept free
from disease, through God’s cease
less providence. They had indeed
proved that man’s happiness and
well-being are not subject to the
'Glims of physical sense testi
mony but are spiritual and spiritu
ally maintained. But now, with
the end of their journey at hand,
they were doubting their further
guidance and protection.
. T . h j I ^ raelit es were not de-
sexted. Even in their beclouded
sense of things, when spiritual
reality seemed to them to he a dis
tant unreality, they were supplied
with the help that they needed at
the moment. They had Moses, the
Law-giver. Where they faltered,
he upheld. When they were afraid
of the future, he reassured them
with God’s gracious promises un
til they were able to say (Num
bers 14:40), “Lo, we be here, and
will go up unto the place which
the Lord hath promised.” History
records that they did Anally reach
the land of Canaan and received
the fruition of their labors.
Do we ever doubt what the fu
ture holds for us, even though we
have seen ample evidence of di
vine guidance and divine protec
tion? The Bible designates God
by many names, but none carry
more comfort to the struggling
heart than the name of Love. Di
vine Love, creative and sustaining
Principle, never forsakes man. In
Genesis we read, “God saw every
thing that he had made, and, be
hold, it was very good” (Genesis
1:31). It would be as impossible
for God, the divine Love that
made all good, including man, to
cease His care of man as for the
principle of mathematics eventu
ally to withdraw its support of
the idea that two times two equals
four. ... m
So today, with our future yet to
be drawn into the outlines of the
present, let us accept God as H*
is, as divine Life, Truth, and Love,
and admit no other power or pres
ence. Let us heed the counsel of
the Mastex*, Christ Jesus (John 12:
36), “While ye have light, believe
in the light, that ye may be the
children of light.” Let us recog
nize that God, divine Love, guards
us in all our experiences and Hi*
hand is our steady guide both now
and ever. Sooner or later we must
accept this conclusion; let us come
to it early, yea, at once. Then shall
we And not only the present good,
but the future Ailed with promise.
—XhcChriatian Science Monitor •