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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1957 Hope and Promise

'T'HE resurrection of Christ and his ascen ■* sion is our hope for eternal lile in the spirit. It is God’s promise of eternal life for those who believe through faith. East er, the celebration of the resurrection, is the most important celebration for Chris tians. The Christian influence lives today in every phase of life—social, government,bus iness. It can be seen in the lives of individu als, in governments, in nations. There is a

tranquility, a strength, a force in individu als or groups of individuals where the true spirit of Christianity is found. Why? Through faith comes an unex plainable power. Through faith burdens are lightened. Through faith there is also hope—hope and a promise—of eternal life, not of this world but in the world to come. Easter, for Christians, brings a renewal of this faith, nope and promise. May we celebrate Easter in true rever ence and Christian faith.

Mid-East Hot Spot

rrilE danger of war impends in the Mid die East and the latest Israeli asser tions that interference with its shipping rights in the Suez Canal would lead to ac tion on the part of Israel is an ominous warning. The situation was worsened in recent recent days because of Egypt’s apparent retreat from an agreement made with the l'nited States and Britain several months ago. At that time, Egypt agreed to six principle.! as a basis of settlement of the S lez Canal issue. However, the latest Egyptian proposal merely states that Egypt, proposes to run the Suez Canal. It i not a proposal for any international col laboration and seems to signify a harden ing attitude on the part of Cairo. Meanwhile, Israel has announced that she is willing to negotiate at. any time on the problem, of Arab refugees who fled Is rael in 1948. This has been a vexing issue between the Arabs and Israel, because the plight of these Arab refugees is actually a pitiful one, which should be solved in the interest of humanity. 1 he Israelis, who have withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and from heights overlook ing the Gulf of Aqaba, are in the position J

of having withdrawn on the assumption that they would gain benefits by doing so. If the Israelis gain nothing from their withdrawal, and their recent war is left without having achieved any advantages whatsoever, the government of President Ben Gurion will be under heavy pressure to act to save face and to satisfy the Israeli population. Therein lies the danger of war in the Middle East. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has indicated a crisis may develop in the near future and these developments may occur before you read these lines. The United States is committed to Israel’s po sition and has affirmed its beliefs in the rights of Israel to use the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. However, we do not believe the Arab States intend to give in on this point, and when the showdown on this question comes, the crisis in the Middle East may be as hot as ever. In case of war between Israel and the Arab States, the United States should do everything possible to keep clear of it. The picture is unclear at the moment, j and Washington can only hope that it will 1 be possible to localize any conflict which may develop.

Atomic Defenses

IjF.sm'K the fact that atumic bombs " have lieen exploding since 1015 — and that is twelve years ago — the United States today is the most vulnerable to atomic attack of all the major nation, with the possible exception of Great Britain. The British can do very little about their situation, which is aggravated by the smallness of the island and its nearness to Europe. However, they may have already done more than the United States. In this country, our armament industry is concentrated in metropolitan areas and an atomic attack on many of our defense plants and industrial cities, where so much of our industry is located, would cause un told havoc and destruction. In spite of this obvious fact, no one has been able to face the terrific problem of building sufficient underground facilities, factories and shelters to carry on a war ef fort in case we are surprised by an enemy

attack. The Civil Defense effort in the United States is fine, as far as it goes, but no one has given Civil Defense enough thought or enough push to actually pre pare this country for eventualities which will occur in case of Sudden attack. Russia has reportedly made far greater preparation for surviving atomic attacks than the United States. Russia is reported to have many factories in the Ural Moun tains, widely dispersed, and the Russian economy could probably function more ef ficiently after an atomic attack than could ours. The Russians also have a natural ad vantage of a greater area, and this makes it all the more advisable for the United States to safeguard its industrial centers. This has not been done, is not being done and probably will not be done sufficiently in the near future. Wv are once again trusting to luck, faith and the stars, which may be neutral.

Tied-In Transportation

HTUK Greyhound Hus Lines have signed a contract with 16 passenger airlines and two freight carrying air companies to sup plement air freight with bus stop delivery. This will mean that almost any village on a main highway will have air freight serv ice available to it. the freight traveling ma jor portions of its journey by air and being transported from the air line city terminal to the addressee by bus. This is simply part of many steps which different types of carriers are taking to keep up with—and meet the competition of -other types of carriers. The Chesapeake and ('hi" Railroad some time ago arranged for interchange of rail and air freight with Slick Airways, one of the largest air freight trai sport companies in the world. Various railroads now are piling truck trailer units on fiatcars to he hauled from rail head to rail head. A Calitornia railroad is building a pipeline on its right of way to use, in lieu o. tank ears, lor transportation of petrol eum products. All of these things are excellent steps and indicate new progressiveness and ag gressiveness on the part of those concern ed. There was a time when the railroads thought the only way to protect their own

interests was to fight the bus lines and the air lines. That attitude did not last long be cause the railroads soon realized that if some other form of transportation gave better service to the public, the public would use that form of transportation. Railroads still are struggling to regain lost breath in the field of passenger trans portation but they have made some gigan tic strides of late in freight transportation -—and some in passenger, too. There is no reason why air, bus and rail transportation should not all tie in togeth er for the benefit of each and especially for the benefit of the public. From Shreveport (La.) Times Virginians E have been taught from childhood that ” Virginians are distinguished not only by their good works and successes in business, government, education, or the arts, but also because of a graciousness, a courteousness, good manners, an unaffectation, an innate sense of propriety. Virginians recognize and appreciate customs and mores,—proud but not arrogant.

THE A ©aiiLii _SPEAKZ -IZ—— .-•.♦mt:- • m Or. ■ 'rm tv . j S-jr.-nv S' - -«'• L- ^n:- V/'v /l j Background Srripture: Matthew 27:5f, 28 20 DevoUonal Reading: I Corinthians 13:12-23. God's D-Day I.csson for April 21, 1957 ONE OF the most famous of Easter hymns begins: “The strife is o'er, the battle done. The Victory of life is won . . Among the many true meanings of Christ's death and resurrection is this: Christ has conquered sin and death. All that death and sin could do to him, was done: yet he "rose

a victor o er tne dark domain,” as another familiar hymn goes. The last word of Je sus to his dici ples, as Matthew reports it. begins —"All authority has been given

me . ." Easter is not a season Dr- Foreman for puzzles; and yet all this does raise a question in the minds of both Christians and unbelievers. If it is true that Christ has won for us the victory over sin and death, if it is true that it is He who has the true authority over man and history, how is it that the world racks along in such a slow, painful, frustrated sort of way 1 Looking at a slum, or a battlefield, or a cemetery, or a jail, looking at life as it is lived on this planet, would we guess that God had won a tremendous victory over the powers of evil?

D-Day Is Not V-Day A theologian of our time, Oscar Cullman has given an answer to this in the simplest terms We live, he says, in the interval, so to speak, between D-Day and V-Day All who can remember back to June 6, 1944. remember the tre mendous victory of that hard fought D-Day. But the war went on for nearly a year after that. Was D-Day, then, a failure? By no means. With D-Day the war v. as virtually won The enemy had little chance, after that; but it took a lot of fighting, and some of .1. like the Battle of the Bulge, costly and disheartening. So we arc living, in the time between Car:. ' s ascension and his coming igain in glory, as it were between D-Day and V-Day. ' Whal God Has Done What has been accomplished by God's D-Day? One thing is, that God's power has been shown, once and for all. Over and over in the New Testament, especially in the letters of Paul, the power with which God raised Christ from the dead is called the same power that works in Christians. The victory over sin and death which we see in Christ, can be the hope and to an increasing degree the exper ience of our own livis. There real ly is a difference between living in the world before Christ and af ter. All that Christ was and did and said, climaxed by the resurrec tion. are ever before our minds if we only think. Before Christ, no one on earth really know what God could do. Since Christ, men of faith do know. The oilier achieve ment of D-Day's victory is, for us, sharing in God's certainty of vic tory which finally shall be com plete. One of the easiest and subt lest temptations into which we can fall is to wonder whether God may not at last be overwhelmed by a universe which he created but can not now control. Realizing what D-Day means, we need never have such fears.

What We Must Do Calvary and Easter have prac tical messages for the Christian. They are not mere admiration days, when we can sing happily about what God has done. They are challenge-days calling us to thought, attitude, action, as befits children of the mighty God. As for death, we can see clear through it.' Christ has shown us the glory on the other side. As for sin, Christ bore our sins with Him "to the tree’’ as Peter said The power that wrought in Him is available for us in our struggles against evil. But there is something more than this. John Baiilie speaks of our era. between the time of Jesus and the end of time, as "the years of grace," that the great task of Christians is just the very thing which Matthew leaves with his readers as the climax of his story of Christ. "All authority has been given me . . . therefore—(sit down and be at ease’.’ wait quietly for the end? spend your time singing | my praises? no. none of these,) — | therefore GO, and Make Discip i les,” The going, winning Christian is the one in whom the victory of Easter moves on toward final tri ; umph. 1Ba*ed on outlines cop*rlyhted bv the !> i r i«, i c n of Christian Education. Na tional C n u r r i I of the Churches of Christ •n the l * \ Released by C ommunlly j Prr*s '-er t If e > MIST THROW SNOWBALLS Aurora. 111.—As part of their pun ishment for breaking a track wind shield with a snowball, five boys (#re ordered to throw snowballs across the Fox River for three hours each day for two days. Super vising the pitching was the father of cu: cf the be"

Return of Spring When winter's days are here no more, When things aawke from sleep, When from my lake below the hill I hear spring froggies cheep When I see violets show themselves And springtime crocus flowers, I bid farewell to winter, and Enjoy spring's pleasant hours. I soon will see returning birds That come to us each spring; From winter homes they will come back To us on joyful wing.' The buttercup in meadows soon Will lift its golden head To prove to me without a doubt That winter's days are fled. And we who know we soon must pass Because our course is run, Will bosk again, enjoying life In springtime's warming sun How good it is to be alive When springtime's sunshine is here, To hear the music made by birds And breathe the scented air L D WHITAKER

Double Check When is Spring? Snow flakes and blossoms look good together byt most people slowed down to the new kind of weather and spring opening. It takes all sorts of weather to make a year. Oh; boy we get it. And while the American tax payers are deploring and enjoying all this the Administration is , kicking each other in the side trying new methods to get more ! money out of you folks what seem to be entirely too happy . . . eco nomy, bah! Balancing the budget? Slim Summerfield knows how. He cre ates new expenditures and spends the full allotment and evens off with nothing one quarter ahead of the time for which the appro piation was made. The editors and newspapers will handle that one. Maybe some cabinet member will go on a shutdown to get a new appropriation. Never heard of such a thing before. None of the founders of our brand of democ racy had it in their setup but things can happen, and they did. This teaches us if wc really want anything bad get out and yell. That seventy-two billion looks more possible now than ever before, and no tax cut in sight is assured.

That Omnibus Civil Rights Bill stumbled onto the right of trial by jury and there she be for a spell. Congress is doing a mighty heap of just plain wig-wagging. I hope Miss Sally Ryan enjoyed the Washington trip. Thanks for the visits, and thanks for reading. Yours, J. Marvin Borwn Classical Association To Meet at H-SC Tlie Classical Association of Virginia will meet at Hampden Sydney College April 27, with James Constantine, of the Uni versity of Virginia presiding. The association is composed of Virginia high school and college Latin teachers. Their Saturday program will include presentation of six papers and a luncheon. Marcellus Waddili. of Meherrin, is among those who will present papers at one of the two associa tion sessions. Waddili, instructor in mathematics at Hampden-Syd ney. will discuss the contribution of the Romans to mathematics. INVENTORY’ BANDIT Dallas. Tex—A would-be custo mer at a drive-in grocery was told by the young man behind the coun ter that the store was not open for business and that he was "just tak ing inventory.” The “inventory” in cluded ail the money in the cash register. Locked up in a rear room were the store's two employees.

Cumberland Receives Decade-Old Plans For War Memorial Plans for a war memorial, orig inally suggested over a decade ago, were discussed by a group of Cumberland county citizens Mon day. After World War II, a fund drive was conducted to raise money for the erection of a me morial to Cumberland's World War II veterans. The monument was to be placed in the court house yard, where there is a sim lar monument to veterans of the War Between the States. Approximately $600 were col lected at the time, and then noth ing else was done. Various com munity organizations have tri^d to get at the money from time to time through the years, and fi nally Monday a group of donors decided to go ahead with the orig nal plans for a monument. M. E. Blanton, who was chair man of the original group, was continued in that office, as was Mrs. Eleanor S. Nuckols, treas urer. J. T. Williams was elected secretary. At the Monday meeting, the secretary was instructed to ob tain a list of all Cumberland cit izens who had served in the arm ed forces during World War I. as well as the World War II veter ans.

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When the number oi names to j be included is known, the group ! expects to be able to decide how j large the monument will be and ; how much it will cost. Then a 'fund raising campaign will be conducted to raise enough money to complete the project begun over a decade ago. Cumberland Team Wins Fourth Place The Cumberland High School Future Farmers of America degree team took fourth place in a 15 county Southside area contest at Rustburg Saturday. Degree team competition is an F F A activity which provides training in leadership skills. Each of the 11-man team competing in the contest were required to dem ! onstrate ceremonies for opening and closing meetings, confer an FFA degree, and solve a parlia mentary problem extemporane ously. William Campbell High School, Halifax County High School, and Stuart High were the only teams to place ahead of Cumberland [ fe* ^ Mixed Right and Delivered Right to You

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