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1950 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVEBOOK REVIEWSEDITED BY EILEEN HALLBOW DOWN IN JERICHO, by Byron Herbert Reece (Dutton), $2.75.(Reviewed by V. R. Chapman) The author of “Ballad of the Bones” proves himself no “one book poet” by again producing a volume of poetry which goes far to confirm the enthusiastic predictions his first efforts drew from the critics.Mr. Reece has no sympathy with that school of poets whose aim is to wrap their meaning in a cloud of obscure images. He is a North Georgia farmer and his poetry is as down-to-earth as a furrow in a cornfield, or a dusty country road.Yet he is a real poet, less, for only a poet of a very order could say:“The rough palm of the wind Ruffling my hair the wrong way up As elders used to do,And in the morning-glory’s cup The sky drowned in the dew.”Mr. Reece takes many of his themes from Holy Scripture. Catholics should find a special appeal in his ballad “Mary.”THE SONG OF THE CAVE, by Edward F. Murphy, S. S. J., (Bruce), $2.50. ^(Reviewed by Margaret Donovan) Have you ever read the Old Testament story of Ruth, the Moabi-tess who, although not of the Chos-Race, was privileged to become an ancestor of the Savior? Just short chapters, but how much tell!You can’t read the Book of Ruth without getting exciled about it. But the same story as Father Murphy tells it will make you sit up nights to read it and then go to bed and dream about it.Elimelech and his wife Naomi, with their two sons, left Bethlehem on account of famine and went into the land of Moab. After several years, Naomi, having lost husband and sons by death, decided to return to Bethlehem. Her two daughters-in-law started home with her. Then Orpha was persuaded to go back to Moab, but Ruth would not hear of returning. She begged Naomi:Fear” should be of particular value and interest in this section of the country is that it is a stirring narrative of Revolutionary times which tells of the exploits of “Marion’s men” in the Carolina lowcountry near Charleston.The leading character in thebook, “Penn Thomason,” a Quaker is well drawn, and of the other characters, “William Ervin,” the sturdy South Carolinian, and“Hertz,” the Jewish bondservant, seem most appealing. The onlyCatholic character is “Pauline Nichols,” who is portrayed as being a Tory family, though it has always been our idea that few, if any, of the Catholics in colonial days sided with the English.In this, his first novel, Mr.Steward shows real promise, and it is hoped he will soon be offering other w'orks.Readers of The Bulletin may recall that on several occasions this paper has carried articles by Mr. Steward, one of them, about the Trappist Abbey at Conyers, being later reprinted in The Catholic Di- . Rest. ^“No Time for Fear” seems destined to be one of the most popular of the novels which have the struggle for American Independence as their background.WHERE I FOUND CHRISTPersonal accounts of conversion to Catholicism as told by thirteen well-known persons are contained in WHERE I FOUND CHRIST, which Doubleday published on August 17. Edited by Rev. John A. O’Brien, WHERE I FOUND CHRIST is a companion volume to his best-selling book, THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. Among the individual contributors to the book are Thomas Merton, Avery Dulles, Jocelyn Toynbee, and Raissa and Jacques Maritain. Each tells his story in his own words, and together their reports give an integrated picture of why people accept con-I version. Father O’Brien, w'ho has contributed an Introduction, Conclusion and biographical notes to the book, is Research Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame University.“Entreat me not to leave thee; Whither thou goest, 1 will go.Thy people shall be my people And thy God shall be my God.”Shortly after their arrival, Ruth meets Boas, a kinsman of the family, and the story ends as love stories usually do. The son of Ruth and Boas was Obed, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, therefore an ancestor of Joseph and Mary.But let Father Murphy tell it. You see Naomi and her husabnd getting ready to pull up stakes and start out to find a new home in a foreign and unfriendly country. They even have to sacrifice their home in order to get a yoke of oxen and a cart to haul their few belongings. The hostile Moabites, who worshipped idols, resented the newcomers and their religion. Event after event is vividly portrayed, the slaying of Elimelech and his sons out-rivalling some of today’s thrillers. Then the return of the two women to Bethlehem and the jealousy and hatred that is shown to the Moabitess, Ruth.Father Murphy hints that the cave of Ruth’s time was perhaps the same one in which, generations later, Joseph and Mary found refuge on that “Holy Night” when the angels sang because the long yearned-for Messiah was born.“The Song of the Cave” is a wonderful story told in a fasciantjngway.“NO TIME FOR FEAR.” bv Davenport Steward. (Hale Publishing Company, Hapeville, Georgia) $3.00.(Reviewed by Hugh K inch ley)In the September issue of The Reader’s Digest, there appeared an article which was condensed from radio broadcasts by Henry J. Taylor, in which we may read: “If we Americans wish to remain Americans we must know our American history,” and which states that since American history is not a required course in our colleges, a pitifully small number of students actually study the subject.Which adds weight to the opinion that the author of a historical novel is really doing a patriotic service when he strives to make his readers better acquainted with some incident or period in ourcountry’s history.LITTLE QUEEN, by Mary Fabyan Windeatt, new edition with new illustrations by Gedge Harmon, (The Grail Press. St. Meinrad, Indiana), $2.00.(Reviewed by Mary Eileen Hall,age 16)This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. It is simply written and appealing to children of all ages. I had read “Little Queen” about five years ago, but I enjoyed this new edition more than I did the first one. Mary Fabyan Windeatt is my favorite author and I know she helps many people, both children and adults.Her story of St. Therese, told in the first person, reveals the childlike soul of the Little Flower and shows how close to God simplicity is. It shows how the little ordinary things we do each day can be made most pleasing to God.And it is a lesson in trust. A child who is afraid something will hurt him, will run to his father for protection. And the father, happy at his child's confidence, will protect him. St. Therese shows that our heavenly Father is the same to us.Just the other night I was babysitting and the little boy kept bragging about his daddy. When I was getting him ready for bed I told nim I would help him say his prayers. He acted like he had never heard of God, but finally repeated a few pray el's after me. If only he could learn to have confidence in God like he does in his daddy. If only WE could be that way, full of trust in God no matter what happens to us.Back to the book though. It is one that can help you make your daily actions into puayers. You will find a friend in lit lie Therese who is ready to help you. She can do that now that she is in heaven better than when she was on earth. You won’t find a dull page in “Little Queen.”THE 385TH ANNIVERSARY of its founding on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady was celebrated when Bishop Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary of St. Augustine, offered Mass at the rustic outdoor altar on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in Florida. The parish, established in 1565, is said to be the oldest inOne of the reasons why Davenport Steward's . “Wo « Room * Jorthe United State*.MElnah-Atlan-cntire state lome today abroad in of their in govern-uman rela-ense, Arch-ira and his signor Johnand Mon-iocese for about four Rome and e the Arch-Nunciature carried on to leave by nent which order on limen were ’Hara has as utterly end, a fact recognized he Red ef-endeavors.Romania, s the last Vatican in itries. He it been at typical of tiat he said y and comas not glad ather have'’Hara left op O’Hara, the higher s Pope, in es, confer-of Arch-faiths re-:»nd join in nies being i Eveningcorrespondent, Thomas Hamilton, that he had evidence that Nazi submarines were allowed to refuel in Vigo, Spain.Admiral White and his associates watched every port in Spain during the war. “And we were never able to authenticate a single instance where a U-boat had refueled or remunitioned from either of those ships or from any other source in Vigo.” And he continues:“We knew in Madrid the strong pressure that Hitler brought towhen we went into with our flank entirely unprotected, to let *him mount German guns on Tarifa Heights and use Cadiz as a U-boat base, which combination would have effectively stopped our traffic through the Straits, which was absolutely essential to the successful conduct of our campaign in Morocco . . . We in Madrid literally held our breaths until we learned that Franco had refused.”— (The Register).HARAFRIENDSVleasure thath b i s h o p10 returns nah-Atlanta ears of dis-Pope Pius’ ve in Ro-has reach-y which be-gence from in in July, ry to leave ted by Rus-Archbishop st of honor ias shown a die Georgia ure in 1947 1 his regardpeople is lis friends the Archexit from a last sum-ied when, e, the Pope ig work by esent rank. O’Hara willSavannali-her the Ro-ill call him h his diplo-alified him, al. We join,ding him a jxpress the e for a longirnal).know the ecommend ‘The Heart (Washing-PRESENTEI) WITH GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION -r- In thepicture above, His Excellency the Mosi Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. I)., Archbishop-Bishop it Savannah-Atlanta, is shown as he was being presented with the proclamation issued by Governor Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia, wnich designated September 17 as “Archbishop O'Hara Day.” The presentation is being made by Lieutenant Colonel John E O’Brien of the Governor's Staff. The Proclamation reads as follows:THE STATE OF GFORGIABY HIS EXCELLENCYHERMAN E. TALMADGE, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIAA PROCLAMATIONWHEREAS: A beloved friend and resident of the State of Georgiahas been away from this State for several years on a dangerous mission in the interest of Christian peoples, it beholt; ves me, as Governor of this State to call the attention of our citizens, the return of this Clergyman, andWHEREAS: Our returning citizen has maintained his headquarters in Georgia, his accomplishments and travels, perilous, have made him an internationally recognized peisonage o' great importance; he has been through many trying situations in performing the tasks which took him away from Georgia, and he has revurned sa’ely now.THEREFORE: I, Herman E. Talmadge, Governor of Georgia, dodeclare Sunday, September 17, 1950, “ARCHBISHOP GERALD P O’HARA DAY” and extend, in the name oJ all good and pe^ee-loving citizens of this State, a hearty and cordial “Welcome Home” to His Excellency. Ar :hbishop-Bishop Gerald P.O’Hara, of Savannah-Atlanta and Papal Nuncio to Romania.The people of this State I am sure, are both proud and honored that Archbishop O’Hara’s duties permit him to be in du: midst again. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this Executive Department to he affixed this date of September 6, 1950 _HERMAN E. TALMADGE,GovernorBy the Governor:WILLIAM H. KIMBROUGH Secretary, Executive Department.ton, D. C., Charles Carroll Forum, price not given). Only 35 pages long, it is a marvelous condensation of the history of the Spanish Civil war and after. Particularly noteworthy is the way in which Father Magner refutes, out of the mouth of Reds and Leftists, the notion that the Spanish Left polled a majority of votes in the parliamentary election of 1936, or that Franco led a rebellion. As the Liberal leader, Alejandro Lerroux, said, Franco was no rebel, because there was no government to rebel against—only a gang of Kremlin-directed scoundrels.A Franciscan priest, two years resident in Spain, informs me that if Madrid correspondents wrote the truth to their home newspapers they would lose their jobs.An excellent refutation of what passes for Spanish reporting came when the anti-Franco New York Times printed a letter by Rear Admiral Drace White in x*efutation of the claims of a former Times
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