CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
CDR. WESLEY E. SKILL
Executive Officer
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CHAPLAINS CORNER-- -
"A CONCERN ABOUT GOD"....For a pro
per concern about these things will
make less important the usual things
we worry and argue about, money and
allihie rest# A proper sense of values
about the things of our religion, will
make utterly foolish the seeking fun
only without knowing deep and satisfy
ing and lasting pleasure.
It will make utter foolishness out
of excesses of all kinds. It will make
foolish excesses like gamling, overin
dulgence and any other means of trying
to escape the boredom that afflicts so
many people. It will make utterly
foolish most of the products put out
by Hollywood. This is not a tirade
against movies, drinking, or gambling.
It is to point out that these things
become escapes keeping so many people
from thinking about what life is all
about and what the future holds. They
seek only escape either in a movie, a
deck of cards, or a bottle rather than
finding out there is something really
worth while living for, even on Adak.
Seeking a means of escape is a one
way street. It has a numbing quality*
Soon the chosen way of escape, or tne
escape that was drifted to becomes too
tame,it no longer satisfies. It either
becomes a substitute for thinking or it
is abandoned for more spectacularmaans
(Continued next column)
of mentally "getting away." A new for©
is found and it is usually a step to
ward greater degeneracy.
Again, the way out is through a re
apraisal of "what is life for?" And
here the Church has the answer. Life
was given by God and is owed to Him.
iAnything less is a sin against the Com
mandment, "Thou shalt have no other
gods before me."
The way a person remains constantly
aware of this, the way he remains con
stantly on guard, morally, physically,
spiritually is by frequent exposal to
the things of importance, frequent
attendance of church and frequent stu
dy of one's Bible, and frequent read
ying of a good book—something besides m
the latest fiction. ^
It is not enough, if our country is
to be strong, to send the kids to Sun
day School on Suriday morning. This is
commendable, to be sure, but there are
even those homes where it is conven
ient to send the kids to Sunday School
simply to get them out of the house on
Sunday morning. This is . cowardly and
will not result in children who will
care about the things of eternal value*
Bring-them, attend along with them. It
will be of as much value to the parents
and will give a needed sense of secur
ity and well-being to the children to
know their parents are also aware of ^
their duties as parents and of their ^
own well-being.
Most family problems would be avoid
ed if the parents practiced a strong
religious faith, and there would usua
lly be more ready solutions to other
problems. Our basic unit of society
the family, would be stronger, and
thus, so would our country.
"LET'S BE CONCERNED" Part 3;
Chaplain V. Stenberg
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