LIMITED IN THE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN LIFE BY OUR IN WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY.pdf · around the subject "heredity versus environment". well, there were the edwards' and jukes 1 families.

"WHAT MANNER OF CHILD SHALL THIS BE?" LUKE 1:66

"CAN WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY?"

SOMEONE ASKS "WHAT IS THE MOST I MPORTANT HAP­PENING IN THE WHOLE WORLD?" ANSVlER: THE BIRTH OF A BABY. SIMPLE REASON; IT IS BASIC TO ONGOING OF HUMAN RACE. SOMEONE MIGHT QUESTION THIS ANSWER BY SUGGESTING THAT MORE IMPORTANT IS- THE BIRTH OF A SOUL OR THE SAVING OF A SOUL. IMPORTANT! YES BUT WON 1 T BE ANY SOULS TO SAVE UNLESS THERE ARE BABIES BORN.

I NTERESTING SITUATION IN GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE THAT HAS TO DO WITH BIRTH OF A BABY. BABY IS NAMED JOHN. ACCORDING TO ACCOUNT THE BABY 1 S BIRTH HAD BEEN PREDICTED BY ANGEL GABRIEL. ON DAY CHILD IS BAPTIZED FRIENDS AND NE IGHBORS GATHER FOR THE EVENT; AND BEGIN TO SUGGEST TO CHILD'S MOTHER THAT HE SHALL BE NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER, ZACHARIAS. TO THIS THE MOTHER, ELIZABETH REPLIED THAT CHILD WAS TO BE NAMED JOHN.

RELATIVES PROTEST - NO JOHN IN THE FAMILY. AS A LAST RESORT THEY APPEAL TO ZACHARIAS WHO HAD BEEN STRICKEN WITH DUMBNESS SINCE ANGELIC ANNOUNCE MENT . CALLS FOR TABLET UPON WHICH TO WRITE - "HIS NAME IS JOHN". THEN ACCORDING TO THE STORY IN THE MOMENT OF WRITING, HE RECOVERED HIS SPEE CH AND BE­GAN TO PRAISE GOD. RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS FILLED WITH AMAZEMENT AND CONCLUDED THAT ALL THESE EVENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE BIRTH AND BAPTISM OF CHILD, CONNOTED A VERY UNUSUAL CAREER AND FUTURE. AMONG THEMSELVES THEY BEGAN TO ASK THE QUESTION "WHAT MANNER OF CHILD SHALL THIS BE? 11

THE VERY SAME QUESTION AND WONDER IS EVER ON THE LIPS AND IN THE HEARTS OF ALL PARENTS AND TRUE LOVERS OF CHILDREN - IN SPECULATIVE WONDER WE ASK, "WHAT MANNER OF CHILD SHALL THIS BE?" WHAT SHALL BE THIS CHILD'S DESTINY? CAN VIE CONTROL DESTINY? OR ARE WE PREDESTINED TO A FUTURE OVER WH IC'H WE HAVE NO CONTROL? AND TO-DAY I WANT TO SPEAK OF THE THREE FACTORS WHICH ENTER INTO THE BUILDING OF PERSONALITY. SAYS DR. FOSDICK, "THE CENTRAL BUSI­NESS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING IS TO BE A REAL PERSON". AND TO BECOME A REAL PERSON IS AN ACHIEVEMENT - IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BABY EINSTEIN AND EINSTEIN TO-DAY. THE INFANT WAS JUST

2 A 11 BIG, BUZZING CONFUSION"; BUT EINSTEIN TO-DAY IS A STRONG AND UNIFIED PERSONALITY - "EINSTEIN ONE J>IECE; THERE IS NO DIVISION IN HIM". TO EXTENT AT LEAST, A PERSON IS SELF-CREATED.

FIRST FACTOR - HEREDITY "WHAT SHALL THIS CHILD BE DEPENDS UPON THIS FORCE WE CALL HEREDITY. WE ARE

LIMITED IN THE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN LIFE BY OUR IN HERITED GHARACTERISTICS. THE INHERITED CHARACTERIS TICS OF THOUSANDS OF UNKNOWN ANCESTORS - MOST OF WHOM ARE DEAD. WE NEVER KNEW THEM.

HEREDITY HAS MUCH TO DO WITH OUR BODIES. soME· ARE BORN WITH SOUND BODIES AND SOME WITH HANDICAP-PED BODIES. WE ARE BORN WITH CERTAIN MENTAL CAPAC-ITIES WHICH TO A LARGE EXTENT DETERMINE THE KIND PERSON WE ARE GOING TO BE. PSYCHOLOGISTS AGREED 0 THIS - WE ARE BORN WITH CERTAIN POTENTIALITIES AND ARE THEREFORE LIMITED IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS. THERE­FORE WE CAN ONLY BECOME WHAT ARE INDWELLING POTENT­IALITIES SUGGEST.

MUCH DEPENDS UPON THE UNFOLDING OF THOSE LAT­ENT POViERS WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL. IN ONE CHILD MAY BE THE SLUMBERING POETIC GENIUS; OR MUSIC GENIUS; OR A GIFT FOR MAGNETIC LEADERSHIP; OR MATHEMATICS.

AT SAME TIME WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THE DEV­ELOPMENT OF A FINE PERSONALITY DOES NOT DEPEND ON FINE PHYSIQUE. CHARLES DARWIN CONTINUALLY ILL. R. L. STEVENSON WAS A GREAT SUFFERER. HELEN KELLER BLIND AND DEAF. MANY FINE PEOPLE HAVE NOT COUNTED ILL-HEALTH AN EXCUSE FROM BECOMING FINE PERSONS. THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IN SPITE OF CALAMITOUS PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND INHERITED WEAKNESSES .

SEEMS TO ME THAT 0 NE THING WE HAVE TO LEARN IS TO ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT ARE INEVITABLE. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN BORN WITH CERTAIN LIABILITIES. THINGS WE CAN'T HELP. QUESTION IS ARE WE DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE? DR. LIGON AFFIRMS THAT JOE IS THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN SCHENECTADY. INTEGRATED AND DOING THE BEST HE KNOWS. USING ALL HE HAS.

SECOND FACTOR - ENVIRONMENT "WHAT SHALL THIS CHILD BE? 11 IS PARTLY ANSWER ­ED IN TERMS OF ENVIR-

3 ONMENT. I SUPPOSE YOU'RE SAYING "I KNEW THAT WAS COMING. YOU'LL BE GIVING US THE OLD CLASSIC CASE AND ARGUMENT OF 'EDWARDS VERSUS JUKES' 11

• YES, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT ALL THE ARGUMENT AROUND THE SUBJECT "HEREDITY VERSUS ENVIRONMENT". WELL, THERE WERE THE EDWARDS' AND JUKES 1 FAMILIES. WORTH STUDYING. THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID HOWEVER AND IT IS SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN - THE EDWARDS' FAMILY PROFITED FROM THAT FINE NEW ENGLAND ENVIRONMENT -WITH ALL ITS MORAL INCENTIVE AND FINE TRADITIONS. THE JUKES' FAMILY DID NOT HAVE THAT ENVIRONMENT. I DON'T WANT TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER PIG WOULD CHANGE PARLOR OR PARLOR CHANGE PIG. BUT ENVIRONMENT OR CIRCUMSTANCE DOES PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN DETERMINING WHAT KIND OF PERSONS WE GOING TO BE.

BYRON THE POET WAS THE PRODUCT OF A VERY UN­WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT. FATHER A LIBERTINE; MOTHER COARSE AND OF VIOLENT TEMPER. SHE WOULD MAKE SPORT OF HER SON'S DEFORMED FOOT AND RASP HIM WITH CRUEL TONGUE. NO WONDER BYRON GREW UP TO BE RESENTFUL, PROUD, ERRATIC AND EMBITTERED. WHAT AN ENVIRONME

OVER AGAINST THAT I THINK OF THE MOTHER OF CARDINAL VAUGHAN. "RELIGION WAS A REALITY TO HER. FOR TWENTY YEARS SHE SPENT AN HOUR BEFORE BLESSED SACRAMENT EVERY EVENING, PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD CALL EVERY ONE OF HER THIRTEEN CHILDREN TO SERVE HIM IN THE SANCTUARY. HER FIVE DAUGHTERS ENTERED CONVENTS; SIX OF HER EIGHT SONS BECAME PRIESTS AND THE OTHER TWO ALSO ENTERED SEMINARIES".

BUT ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT DETERMINE EVERYTHING. MEN SOMETIMES BECOME WHAT THEY ARE IN SPITE OF EN-VIRONMENT. MANY A MAN HAS ENTERED THE MINISTRY BECAUSE OF DISGUST WITH HIS PARENTS. BUT ENVIRONMENT DOES PLAY A DETRMINATIVE PART IN SHAP­ING OUR LIVES.

THIRD FACTOR - PERSONAL RESPONSE AND THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR. "WHAT MANNER OF

PERSON SHALL THIS BE?" - DEPENDS UPON PERSONAL RES­PONSE - RESPONSE TO FACTS OF HEREDITY AND TO THE FACTS OF ENVIRONMENT. WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY REGARDING THE KIND OF PERSON WE SHALL BE; WE DO IN A LARGE MEASURE CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY. AND IT I ALL WRAPPED UP IN THIS TERM "PERSONAL RESPONSE 11

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LIFE CONSISTS NOT SIMPLY IN WHAT HEREDITY AND EN­VIRONMENT DO TO US, BUT IN WHAT WE MAKE OUT OF WHAT THEY DO TO US • •

NOTICE THE TERM "RESPONSE". NOT "REACTION". THINGS REACT TO STIMULI BUT ONLY PERSONS CAN RES-POND. REACTION IS MECHANICAL; RESPONSE IS PERSON-AL. BILLIARD BALLS REACT; PERSONS CAN DO MORE -BEHIND THEIR ACTION OR RESPONSE IS WILL. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR HEREDITY, AND MUCH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL; BUT WE ARE RES­PONSIBLE FOR OUR PERSONAL RESPONSE TO THESE THINGS THE THING THAT WILL DETERMINE THE KIND OF PERSON WE ULTIMATELY WILL BE IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT HAPPENS TO US AS THE WAY WE TAKE IT. GLENN CUNNINGHAM IS A METHODIST. RAN THE FASTEST MILE ON RECORD - IN FOUR MINUTES AND FOUR TENTHS SECONDS. CRIPPLED IN BOYHOOD IN SCHOOLHOUSE FIRE. 11 NEVER WALK AGAIN! 11

ONLY A MIRACLE WOULD HELP HIM WALK. STARTED OUT BY FOLLOWING A PLOW LEANING ON IT FOR SUPPORT. DETER­MINED TO WALK AND RUN. THAT WAS HIS PERSONAL RES­PONSE.

MUCH FATALISM TO-DAY. "CIRCUMSTANCES ARE AS THEY ARE; DON'T GET THE BREAKS; CAN'T HELP SELVES; WHAT 1 S THE USE. IF THINGS ARE TO BE THEY WILL BE. COMFORTABLE DOCTRINE. CAN SIT WITH ARMS FOLDED AND DO NOTHING. "YOU ARE ACTING LIKE A FOOL". "WELL! IF THAT'S WHAT I AM I CAN'T HELP IT"."THAT'S THE WAY FATE MADE ME". STORY OF LYMAN BEECHER. WAS TO EXCHANGE PULPITS WITH NEIGHBORING MINISTER WHO BE­LIEVED IN PREDESTINATION. BOTH STARTED OUT AND MET MIDWAY. "DR. BEECHER, I WISH TO CALL TO YOUR ATTEN TION THAT BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD GOD AR­RANGED THAT YOU WERE TO PREACH IN MY PULPIT AND I IN YOURS ON THIS PARTICUlAR SABBATH". "IS THAT SO THEN I WON'T DO IT". TURNED HORSE AND WENT HOME.

NO, FATALISM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WE ARE MORE THAN HELPLESS PAWNS IN GAME OF LIFE. ON US RESTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING RESPONSE TO ALL FAC-TORS OF LIFE. JUDAS DID NOT HAVE TO BETRAY JESUS; BOOTH WAS NOT HELPLESS IN THE MATTER OF SHOOTING LINCOLN; FRANCIS OF ASSISI COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER THAN A SAINT; NEIMOLLER DID NOT HAVE TO OPPOSE THE HITLER REGIME AND GO TO PRISON. WHATEVER THESE MEN DID THEY DID IT OF THEIR OWN VOLITION - IT WAS A PERSONAL RESPONSE. CHOPIN WRITING MUSIC IN THE THROES OF CREATIVE AGAONY, AND CHRIST IN GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, ARE MAKING A_l?ERSONAL RESPONSE TO LIFE

ARE WE RESPONDING OR SIMPLY GIVING IN?

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SCIENCE IN REVIEW The Old Riddle of Heredity and Enviroumen1

I Is to Be Tackled in a Thorough 1\llanner l

By WALDEMAR KA.El\IPF.FERT Aided b,v a grant of 1[.282,000, to be supplied to don1estil) animals of th

spent in five years, the Roscoe B . Jack- same family will bring about diffet son Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ences in size. 'Vhen chickens of a cet Me. , directed by Dr. Clarence C. Little, tain breed are fed on white corn thei is to engage in socially momentous normally yellow legs, sldn and bcal1 research. The age-old controversy over arc white, but if ye!;ow corn or green the relative importance of heredity and are fed they regain their yellow colo environment is to be clarified. In other breeds legs and skin and bea

From the Jowliest one-celled organism are white and remain white no mattE

I to man e1rery living creature is the what 1tind of food is given. product of heredity and enviroumeut. It is 11ow established that the h01

I Are we completely shackled by heredity'! moncs secreted by various glands c

I Can environment-food, light, shelter, the body regulate many bodily proc schooling, work-change heredity? This I e~ses. If the thyroid is injured by ace is the old conflict of nature vs. nurture. dent or disease an animal shows it. I

No matter what we eat, 110 matter 1 some pat·ts of England young- pigs a what school we attrnd, no matter what birth are weak, sickly and hairless. , our friendships and occupations may deficiency of the mother's thyroi be. the color of ou1· eyes, the five fin- gland is the reason . When iodine l gers of our J1ands and our physical administered the young ?re norma characteristics in general are fixed by At Bar Harbor it will be necessary t heredity. But what of the expressive experiment witll hormones. and emotional :Mediterraneans and the Jt is evident that both heredity an more reserved, more practical Nordics'.' emrironment make us what we are. Bt Did these different human strains in- we must disenLangle the one influenc herit their temperaments? Or ~rc their from lhc other. Food, home, schoo temperaments merely products of social friends, jobs-all help to 11hape Ol influences '? So with varintions in men- charaeters and personalities. If con tality, criminality. artistic ability. trolled experiments l\l'C made wit

smnrt clogs and dull dogs of pure strai Experiment With Dogs we can cL·eate f'nvironments and di~

, To throw some light on the problem cover hoi\' l:'implc situations affect ca

I the Roscoe B. Jacl,son Memo1·ial Labo- nine behavior We can introduce on l'atory will conduct controlled experi- environmental inflmnce after anothc ments with dogs. Why dogs rather than and thus do sometlting to find out hOI than chimpanzees, whicJ1 are more heredity and "nvil·onment intcrpla. closely related to human beings? Be- For this rcrson tile dog experiment t cause anthropoid apes are too hmmm, I be undertaken ~t Bar Harbm• is one o too mixed in strain, so that it is impos- the most important ever projected. sible to leU from which a11cestors tJ1ey --· - --

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i11hcrited particular characteristi<·s. i Buchenwald J\feclicinc: Dogs on the other hand, are mbrcd by I :fanciers .for generation:,. Mol·eo,·er \ - -dogR brerd more rapidly than apt's, Confirmation of the Reports f)

so that pure strains can be obtained in Experinlents on Prisoners comparatively few generations. Dogs of some strains are more inteHigent than dogs of other strau1s, and all dogs are A reader of_this depar~ment sends l more or less teachabie. Like human a letter m wlucn a c;~ptmn of the Mec beings, dogs are adaptable, which is l ical Co~·ps, U. S . -;'·· desc1·ibes _his vis another reason why they a<·e good ex- to Bucnenwalo. ~n 1t he confll?l1S th peri mental animals. AdaptRble to what? slory t~1.at

0:he German~ u~ed p~1 s01:e~

Ob\'JOUsly, to the environment. , m can' m, out med1c.11 and .,urg1c. Then lhere is the matter of what we I research .

. vaguely call "instincts," fo1• lac:lc of 1 The n;,ecl!cal.· capt:in's l_our t?,ok ~il

. more: Jmowledge. "Instinct" is a sort I to the ·n _ex)~eJ.!lncntal ho::>p1t~l. Hm , of: catch-all into which anything is men '' .. 1 c ,.1, en typhus agamst the : thl'ovm that pertains to behavior and W1ll. Hundreds are sa1d to have dre•

1 I that cannot be explained scientifically., OperatJOJJS wer_e pe:formed m: tt

Dog-s and human being-s have much the stomac~s of p11soners to dtw1se ue

- · -·~... '"".. .t:JA...l~UUt • - - ..... v_.,. •. , ""'n oe passed on to I who had been £oreed to serve as guine

I the next generations. If this were .~o. pigs. According to the captain, one l pErsistent dehorning of cattle and doclr- scription read: "Po.lish Jew, age 3E ing of tails ought to result in hornless Another ran: "Aryan from Bresla cattle and tailless cats. There is no 1 married a Jewess, age 52." A thiJ

I supporting evidence. Remarkable vari- i death mas]{ was that of a Neg1·o schol< atJons can he induced by poisons, stim- I from 1Hrica who had traveled aU ov• ulants and other chemicals. Onr-eyed I the world, according to informatio :<~11d other bizarre forms of fishes can given by a prisoner who had know

I be produced by changing the salt con- him.

tent of the environmental water. But The guide mad~ much of a collectio the variations are not inherited. 1\'fice of pieces of tattooed human skin. H ha1·e ' been taught to seek food at the recounted that the arrogant wife of th

I sound of a bell. Their offspring are camp commander used to attend in said to haYe learned the hick more spections of nali:ed prisoners for lice rapirlly than did their ancestors. But Whenever she saw a tal too that please< the evidence. such as it is, bas not bren her she took the prisoner's number I generally accepted. In another expcri- Soon thereafter he was ltilled, his skil

· ment entirely negative results were tanned and the tattooed sections pre·

I obtained for t11e descendants of rats sented to the gnadige Frau }::amman­which had been taught to find their dant. She had made a large lampshade way through a ma:>.e. of them, the story l'il ll. The captain

European catlle introduced into South says that the slwc!e will he produced ln 1 Africa Ol' Australia. change somewhat a war-criminal trial. 'l'o support his

I in size and shape, but their color m~rk- tale the guicte pul.lcd out of his pocket ings and l1orns are lmaffectecl. The a tanne<! section of human breast briJ­changes in size anct ~h~tpe must have lilil.ntly and intricately tattooed. He had been caused by the environment, f1·om stolen it from the museum.

I Which it follows that the persiRtence of Yet the prisone1·s in terYiewccl by t.h"' color-markings and horns is inborn or I medical otptain considet•ecf Buchenwald

, ~;et1etic. / '·one of the better and l~ss dreaded con~ I Differences in the amo~tnt of food 1 centration c11mps in Germat<:;."

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WAY NOW SEEMS OPEN ·FOR DEMOCRATIC MAYOR Party May Get ALP Support as Result

Of La Guardia's \Vithdrawa1

Ry .JAlUES A. HAbER:I'Y I ?ltayor La Guar·dia';; announc~- Control of the Labor party

mcnt of last Snnday tl1at he wil!Jshillcd from its ng-ht to ils left not run lo!' rc-c!ccti~n and his sub-~wing alter the 19.Jl election and SCCJUCnt a:-.sertton lhat he cannot formabon of the L1beral party by bn drafted make it Vlllually cer-~righ[ -Wlllg members was the re­tain thai the Dcmocra1 s will el1>et sull. In Uw 19 [ J <.lcclion Lilc Lib- '

:.1 Mayor ncx! Novembe1• for !hr· era! party polled :;o6,15D voles for ..., J 1rst [ imc sJuc:e the election of John , President Rc,osevcH in Nc \' YoJ'l( ( P. O'Brien in 1932 to Jill lhr n•- I Citv lo .J88.591 \'Olcs polled by UlC c·c;ney caus~d by th~ re:;ignalion of/Labor })Rrly. Liberal party leadcr.·s ~ .James J. Walker. cn•'flclenLl:v expect to poll mo1e ~

By Mr. La Guardia',, volunt<~ ry than 200,000 Yoles for ils nominee ,, rcti;·cment from thP 1\Tayora][y for 11-fayor. The ;::-realest propor- •'· n:cc Tammany has lost the most I tiona! strength of the Liberal party

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j'-.. -formidable opponent it ever had.jis in the Bronx. Elected first in 1933 by public •·c- Wilh thi:; set-up. the DcmocJ·a tic :sentmeu[ a! disclosures made by /leaders now haw· lo ciecidc with ~ .. Samuel. Seabury as connscl_ for a/wh1ch or these two 1111nor parties ._ .. -. kg 1sla tJ'.'e. comn.nttec lll'.'csb?·at!llg llhe;: will form an alhan<'c. Should ~ the aclJom~stratwn of .l\11·. V.. a.ll,cr,lthey decide to JlOlllillatc M:r. '~ llfr. La GuardJa eas1ly \VOn rc- O'Dwyer, they seemingly wrll have / .... , election in ·19:17 and 1911. 110 cliff1culty in gcttmg the Labor ~

\Vhile failure to get support for I party to endorse him, as some of ~ renomination by the Republican j' the most ll1lportant lcaclci·s of that ~ party this year may have influ- party are known to favor such a ~ rnced his decision not to l'Wl for a course. .-•·-'

--·-fourth term. he rel"ains much pop-/ . . ... Hlar suppo1t and might haYe had a f,.Jberai-:\LP DII1crenecs ~ chance of re-election without. a/ 'rhr Liberal party, however, ~ ma]ur-party nommabon, pa1·tJc- prooably would 11ot .take Mr. '· · ularly if the DemocratiC pa.rty hac! O'Dwyer as 1ls camhclate. Ils - · c·ommitlecl a blunder in piel<ing a leaders object to taking a Demo-~· ..;g canclidalc. lcmt too closely Iclcntlflcll mlh lhe 2

The sHuaUon· i.• now changcd./parly organization and profess to -.j The leaders of the Democratic regard .VIr. O'Dwyct' as nf lha, I party now ha1·p the chance to 1 type. 1= lll<{l<e a No\'en1br:r election victory 'f'hC'ir rc;.1l r•h.wnion, hoi\'E'V<'l', whosr <'Cl'Lain b,v picking a rity LicJ;:ct is his reputed JricudshiJ• with nomi

1 that will hal'c tho support of either/ICily Count·ilm~n Michael .l. C/uiiLlcssen the American Labor parl)· or the hl'acl of lhc Transport \>Vol'l<cr:s lrusa l Liberal party. TIJc·y have liLLlc L'nion ilnd a pm1·cr iu the Labor Twr chance of ~·cttiHg both. but a cow-~parf~·. LibPral party members rc-~count..' hma [Jon \l'ilh cilhei' minor party pwcl ·Mr. l-;)uill RS one of tile group James l'iwuld llla.ile elcl!lwn of the jomt Lhcy deseribc as "coJnnuni;;lic'' · Jerem nominees sure. lAnd Lhc feud bct1\·eep the Liberal/are de

• , . pal'l.y and the Labor party is so of 111 Eca.t Mahoney b.r ·1<>3,87-l bitter t.l!at any agreement betweeniLough,

In 1937, lhc first ciLy decliou them i::; difficult, if not impossible. incline• In which the Labor p~rty P<lr~ici-1 Rhould the Democratic party/'strong< paled, 1\Ir. La Guarma defec.ted nominate a canciJdate other than to pre: J.eremiah T. 1\iahone:~.' by 453,8-i1. Mr. O'Dw.;; ·er, now unquestionably/GoldsLt Of the total vote for Mr. La Guar- Ill the lead for the nomination, sugges1 ctia, 6i'4,611 came from the Repub- thi~ candidate, though he \Yould ganizat llcan party, 482,790 f1·om the La-

1have the support or the Liberal ination.

bor party, 159,556 from the City party, WOlllcl not be likely to get :F'usion party and 27.673 from thellhc Labo1· party support. "Darl{ Progressive party, which Was or- Controller Joseph D. 1\JcGoldr.ick, So fc ganizect only to parLicipate in that who bro!te recently with Mayor La O'Dwye year's campaign. /Guardia and wllonJ lhc l\Iayor of l•'rar

ln 19.JJ, lvlayor La Guardia de-,comparcd with Judas Iscariot in own cot fcaLccl District Attorney William/his b1·oadcast last Sunday, is tl1e national O'D\\yc,· of Brooldyn, running on jfirst clloic:c of the Liberal pnrly. in u

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the Democratic ticl,et, b,v 132,28:}. But its .aclndnisll.·a.[i':e committee/his supp or Llle tolal \'Otc for :.VIayor La/H{ il meeting during the wee!\ COli- dictate 0 Guardia, 668,4&5 II' as on the Re-/ sidcrf'd :he qua 11 rica li0ns of Su- <:ora

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publicall party line. 43:::i.:)71 0•1 thc/pl'"lllf! Courl h·~';'" · 1.~h."''t• Y\ ....... i-~· ,.

The Va I ue of Practica I Rei ig ion

+ Religion may be a very mysterious something, .full of VISIOns and

dreams. There may be mysticism there that is simply inexplicable. Yet it can become most practical in its daily application. ·

The Golden Rule, for instance, is religion at work. Who dares say that the Golden Rule does not work? It is religion brought to earth. Religion at its best makes people happy. It also enhances one's person­ality. A prominent pastor once said, "A child who goes to Sunday school and church has a far better personality than one who doesn't."

In other words, religion works. It not only prepares one for life in the hereafter, it also makes life extremely interesting and worth living in this present world. Religion at its best enriches life, adds meaning to it, helps one triumphantly to overcome and rise above the trials and tribulations of life.

An employer knows he is securing an honest and a more reliable worker when he employs a churchman who is responsible to his own con­science and to his God , than an atheist who is responsible to no one.

In the operating room the surgeon ha s a far greater chance of a successful operation when the patient believes in God. The patient is calmer and less fearful due to his trust in a God who "watches over His own ."

Biblical teachings are not only good religion but al so good common sense. What is more sensible than to "Overcome evil with good;" or "Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God," or "Pray for them that persecute you" or "Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind?" There is nothing more practical than true religion. It will help us all in these trying days. The Bible states the case quite clearly: "Godliness is profitable unto all things."-Theo. C. Honold.

WHAT CHRIST CAN GIVE

I. Assurance of a beautiful life in the land beyond the sunset [John 14:2-3.] 2. Guidance through dark valleys of defeat and dejection [Psalm 23: 1-6.] 3. Hope in the midst of a world of changing values [Hebrews 6:19.] 4. Sustenance in a rationed civilization [John 6:27 and Matthew 6:25-34.] 5. Comfort in periods of sorrow [John I I :25-26.] 6. Forg iveness of sins [John 8:1-11, Luke 23 :34.]

OPEN WIDE THE DOOR You must not shut yourself up in your religion as if it were a prison.

You must issue forth from it as the home in which you have fou nd peace for your heart, and strength for your work, and inspiration for your duty. Christ must be your Door, by whom you go in to God and out to man.

7B-462-W. P. Co. · -Henry Van Dyke.

Church Bulletin

"Jesus is all the world to me My life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day Without Him I would fall."

FREMONT STREET METHODIST CHURCH 10:30 MORNING WORSHIP II :30 CHURCH SCHOO

FRED CLARKE, Minister

We Welcome You to the Worship and Work of This Church

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ORDER OF MORNING VfORSHIP , July 18, 1943

10:30 A • .M.

ORGAN PRELUDE "Prelude" Dubois CALL TO WORSHIP - By the Minister HYMN 20 "We gather together to ask the Lord's Blessing

* SACRAMENT 01<, llrFANT BAPTISM

* SCRIPTURE LESSON PASTORAL PRAYER THE LORD 1 S PRAYER

* SOLO

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Psalm 8

~.ir. Ralph Steele

ORGAN OFFERTORY ,. "Prayer" PRESENTATION OF OFFERING OFFERTORY RESPONSE - By the Congregation OFFERTORY PRAYER - By the Minister

HYMN 180 "Breathe on me, Breath of God"

SERMON "CAN WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY?11

HYMN 73 "Be still, my soul"

BENEDICTION DOXOLOGY ORGAN POSTLUDE "March" * Interval for Ushering

Lemmons

Dubois

Th.G1 Altar Flowers to-day are given in Loving Memory of _lth7. and JVfrs. Walter J. Cook by Miss Alice Cook.

We extend a hearty we lcome and a friendly greeting to all vi~itors who worship with us this morning.

10:30 A. M. ll:30A.lVI.

7:30 P. M.

CALENDAR FOR TO-DAY

MOHNI1~v vWHSHIP NIJD SERMON. CHURCH SCHuOL V\TITH CLASSES FOR ALL. TnJION EVENING SERVICE. This service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Harold P. Kaulfuss will be the preacher of the evening.

NOTES l'JJD ANN OTJNCEMENTS

The Mid-week Service will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:30. The minister will be the leader. Everyone is cordially invited to these helpful services.

The Children's Day Offering on behalf of the Glenn Ifur­tin Scholarship Fund amounted to ~ 128.81. We extend a a word of thanks to all who contributed. ·

Young people, how about the Riverside Institute to be '-held from July 25th to August 1st? If you would like to attend, make reservation at once. This is the last call.

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

The following names have recently been added to our Roll of Honor:

John D. Barnes Eckford B. Ehle Robert L. Lowenthal Warren B. Pierce G~orge Rockwell

Roger Williams

Myron Devenburg Charles P. Loucks

James Ql.ksford Edward·Reed

' Harold Rockwell

There are now one hundred and four names inscribed.