CAPTAIN SiM* SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer THE
A D A K
CDR E.L. CRANCE, USN SUN
Executive Officer
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RELIGION AND SANITY
Feeling in a rut? The rock got you
down? Then, try Religion. No doubt, by
this time you have tried everything
else. Now, try Religion. If you have
been fighting it all these years, just
give Religion a while. Most people who
have preceded you say it works wonders.
Find it out for yourself. Christ Him
self said: nCome and see how sweet the
Lord is. nAnd on another occasion He
said: "Come to me all you that are
burdened and I will refresh you."
The great St. Augustine had to find
this out thru many years of bitter
experience. He, too, ran the gamut
that many men are prone to run today:
sex, alchohol, excessive gambling,
appeal to reason alone, and just plain
ole* revelry in a very pagan way.
Fortunately, one day he heard a
great preacher was in town. Owing to
an insatiable quest for knowledge, he
attended one of his sermons, and the
result of it has been echoed down thru
the centuries: "Our hearts are made
for thee, 0 Lord, and they shall never
rest until they rest in thee.
When people say they feel empty in
side, it may very well be because they
have neglected their spiritual side;
perhaps, their spirit is dehydrate
shrunken from non-use or negl»
Others too express this same thoi
when they say they have absolutely
ambition, no drive. If it in
dependent on the body alone, we would
seem ridiculous since Americans are the
best and most well-fed people in the
world. So, it must be lethargy due to
lack of motivation stemming from a lack
of the proper understanding of the
nature of man. In other words, many
people miss the mark of life; they
shoot the arrows, but miss the bull’s
eye." "They bowl, but miss the pins in
the center.
To be truly happy in this world, it
is necessary to accept man for what he
is in the sight of God, since He Him
self created us, and hence knows us
better than we know ourselves. Un
happiness in this world comes only when
man tries to remake man according to
man’s "image and likeness."
True sanity, then, is the result of
this proper balance being always kept
in mind, and never forgetting it for
a moment. Give the spirit its proper
recognition in the life of man and this
balance will always be maintained,
physically, morally, and mentally.
By
Lawrence F. Keefe
TEXAN LASSOOS STAR FOR CLASS "BM SCHOOL .
UNDER THE NEW STAR PROGRAM—Ray W. BEL- f
CHER, AQ2, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. & Mrs.
R.W. Belcher of 4206 Old Hearne Road,
Bryan, Texas wasted no time when he heard
about the Navy’s STAR program. On 17
November he reenlisted for six years &
won himself a billet at Class "B" Avia
tion Ordnancemen- School as a result of *
his choices.
Celebrating completion of his foufth.
year of naval service on 20 November he
attended Stephen F. Austin High School
in Bryan, Texas before entering the Navy.
A long way from Texas, BELCHER attrib
utes the promise of travel, educational
opportunities and adventursome duty as
just a few of the reasons he reenlisted
under the STAR program.
BELCHER works at the Station Armory
here on Adak.
CONGRATULATIONS AQ2 BELCHER.