I
• ( Fear' is a great enemy of mankind;, peo
■’•p'ie are afraid of many things^--sickness-,
loss of money,lack of friends, war, dea
th. > The three disciples on the.mountain
were afraid. The prostrated themscives
3on the ground and covered thBlr' faces*
When they 'heard the voice of'Jesus tdll
-■ing them not to be afraid, they looked
.fup and' saw only Jesus»Then they, were all
right. «'• •
v: ' Many people have had this experience.
They were 1 a.ftaid until they thought of
Jesus' and His message. Then they forgot
their fears. They could trust Jesus just
as sheep trust their shepherd.You remem
ber the twenty-third Psalm, sometimes
celled the Shepherd Psalm.lt contains th
ese1 words/! "Though I walk through the val
ley of the shadow of death, I will; fear
ho evil, for Thou art with me*”.,' ,, . •<
A*Bible woman in India.taught,her peo
ple not to be afraid.. of, death. To a- rec
ent bride in the group she. said: "you
wehe afraid when you. first came to live
with your mother-in-law * . But', .when-.you
went'home to visit your’ pa rents ? you , were
not afraid because . you knew ..their love
’for you.Learn to know your .heavenly. Fat-' *
Her1 and you will know He is all love. So •
you will not be afraid when you are cal
led to go to His Home.”
~ As “We face life and as we face death, -•
we shall be without fear if we know- Chr
ist whose perfect love casts ’ out all
fear.
Chaplain Nerthling
"Small Noises"
- ; After losing control of her cor, bo
uncing down.an embankment, and crashing
into a cement mixer, a Texas woman expl
ained that she had been taking her ail
ing..husband for a ride to relieve him of
physical strain. * ' ' ' ; •
#W ***
NONSENSE
■ By A1 Stein
: For^the, people who saw"Helen of Troy" j
lost week at the Bering theatre^-and did- j
n’t like; the,ending, I’am changing the
whole legend*. To this;Faris. carried Hel
en away to safety and they lived happily
ever after;*
Sometimes I wonder how Hollywood'can
do without me. I must admit I have no
experience at producing movies but you
:con always look at it from the viewpoint
of a layman. Simply; THEY NEED MORE SAI
LORS Ity HOLLWOOP1i ' * :•
Well, finally, I received a letter
from a young lady in Iowa. T was begin-^j
ning to think she wasn't going to write^j
to me, but alas, she has, I will tell j
you about her in my next short short st- j
ory. j
? ■■ Looks like our weather here o-n Adak I
i is chanfing back to it’s original condi- j
:■ tion., I’ll be leaving dear old Adak in !
| forty days but.my capable assistant A1 I
j Stein II will be around to spin his wei- j
i rd tales of...nonsense - and- anything else j
i he can muster up in his weary brow.
To all the girls in the states,beware j
there are a few sailors rotation on or j
! about 3 June ;-l'958.j
I was talking to G.A. McDermott and j
• K-el Williams the other day and they toldU
•me that movies are better than ever, wh-fl
at we actually need:, I think, is more j
movies like.•.CENSORED..and all would be. ;
fine. ; - ]
Someone told me , there is a certain j
housewife who really enjoys my weekly j
stories and opem. They wouldn’t give me !
her name but I know who she is. Thanks j
Mom. . ; i •: j
Putting all jokos aside for a moment, j
I.think Adak has been one great place. I j
know I’ve learned a lot about life here, j
If I hadn’t been sent here I imagine my |
pace of living in the states would have I
continued to be around 100 m.p.h.
Well before I go I must tell you a few j
things about A1 Stein II. I know he’ll: j
be telling tales about me as soon as I’m !
;|one. First of all he’s a very capable I
writer and author.He holds a degree from j
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