This week we come again to the American
Memorial day of World War Two the anniv-.
ersary of the bombih-g of Pearl Harbor in
1941. During the war ’'Remember Pearl Kar-*'.
bor” was a sort of ca-tch 'phrase signifying
the vengeance that would be Americafs before
the war ended. ■
Now as we go forward into peace and the
time o'f treaty-making, when nations must be
generous .if there is' to be a peace that will
be more than mockery, may we hope that Pearl
Harbor has taught us much more .. than veng
eance. May it come to be a symbol of pain,
and sorrow which will build America into a
bigger and more generous nation -- a country
which will be more fit to help in' planning
the enduring peacSe of a :world.
Perhaps the wbrds of the top reporter of
World'War Two -- Srnie Pyle «*- who said this
in the final paragraphs of.’’Brave Men”, can
best guide our‘thinking on this day in 1946,
when- we must be looking ahead rather than
back to'a dead past:
We* have won this war because, our men are.
brave, and because of many other things. --
because of Russia-, and- England, and the pas
sage. of time, and the gift of nature’s ma
terials. We did not win it because destiny
created us better than all other peoples. I ;
hope that in victory we are more grateful
than we are proud. ,1 hope we can rejoice in
victory -- but humbly. The dead men would
not want us to gloat.. .? . .
"and all of us together will have to
learn how to reassemble our broken world’in
to a pattern so firm and fair that.another
great war cannot soon be possible. -To. tell
AT THE CHURCHES
Gospel Center
Sunday School-- 10:30
Church.7:30
Sermon: Studies
in the book of
Philippians.
Tfu**Blu-<-■*--*-4 :00,
(Wednesday).
Mother’s Class-'-1:30
(Thursday)
Services held in
Union hall.
Methodist Church
Sunday School--2:00
FOUR-H CLUBS
MEET TUESDAY
Junior and senior
membe“rs- of the Four-H
clubs will meet in
the library at 7:30
next Tuesday evening,
Mrs, Ruby Alexander,
club leader, reminded
girls today.
Last week*s busi-.
ness meeting was not
held because the Wo
man’s Club Christmas'
party .was scheduled
for the 'library on
Tuesday evening.'
the simple truth,
most of us ... donf t
pretend to know the
right answer. ' Sub
mersion in war does
not necessarily qual-*
ify a man to be the
master of the peace.
All we can do. is fum
ble and try • once
more try out of
the " memory of ang
uish -- to be as tol
erant with each other
as we car)*”