"CHAPLAIN’S CORNER"
What are the functions of prayer? ]
iForemost, it exposes oneself to the
jpromptings of God rather that of self or i
jof the world. It focuses the conscious j
imind of men on God who is made known to \
jus by Jesus Christ, so that we place our j
iown being, Prayer illumines and purif- j
lies the desieres which arise out of faith j
jit is faith in exercise, and therefore !
jstrengthens faith. I
Prayer grants release and healing to
jour repressions. It helps to define pro
blems by bringing them into the light of
^ivine guidance. It gives thought its
inspiration for decision. It enforces
the will to do what conscience demands
rather than the impulses.
In Coleride’s "Rime of the Ancient
jMariner" we have the poetic conception
jof how sin hinders prayer. After the An
Icient Mariner had killed the sacred Al
jbatross, in his distress he tried to
pray. But his lips could not pronounce
the words;
"I looked to Heaven, and tried
to pray.
But or ever a prayer had gusht,
A wicked whisper came, and made
My heart as dry as dust."
It was only after his repentance, and
fjnen his stricken conscience was put at
ase,that he found himself able to pray,
;The great poem comes to an end with the
lAncient Mariner telling his delight in
igoing to the church with the goodly com
;pany to pray.
| The world as well as the individual
ineeds prayer which can work wonders by
imolding our every thought to the stand
ards of Christ, in humility, in grace,in
iabundant living.
E. «J«
NERTHLING
; CATHOLIC MEN’S CLUB:
’’There will be a meeting of the
jCATHOLIC MEN’S CLUB in the R E Building
;on Wednesday, Jun 4 at 1930.
FROM THE OL» SOURDOUGHTS MATURE NOTEBOOK
We are happy to announce the opening
of a branch of the Adak Museum at the
Reeve Aleutian Airline terminal on Adak.
Bobby Wright will be director. We hope
Daddy Wright, who has done some very
fine black and white sketches of Alaska,
will get busy and paint some murals on
the walls.
Karl Krueger from Public Works will
be taking care of the museum for the
next few months. Karl has had about
three years training in geology and at
present is working on a new rock display
Dr* Peter Hammil, Public Health phy
sician aboard the Explorer, is intending
to do some work with Aleutian artifacts.
Dr. Hammil has spent about six years on
the mainland working among the Natives
and anthropology is one of his hobbies.
Corpsman Larry Miller who has done
work with the Wildlife at Yellowstone
Park will be taking over this article*
Call him at 433 if you have interesting
news somebody may want to read.
From the boys on the harbor tug we
hear two more Handsaw fish were washed
ashore on Great Sitkin. ^he bodies were
well destroyed and their length could
not be determined. A few blue fox were
over there at Sand Bay to meet them too.
Speaking of fox it is easy to see
their resemblance to a dog, but how many
know that bears are also closely related
to the dog without a tail. If you don’t
believe us take a look at Mr. Morgan’s
dog, Zeto, or compare xne aog1s sku_l± uo
that of a bears skull given to the mu
seum by Hank Henderson. I once won a
round of drinks on this point back on
the mainland a couple years back. An
other bet winner is that the hyena isn’t
a dog and in some respects is closer to
the cat family.
Before closing out this last article
I would like to send our thanks to Roger
Schroeder who painted the water scene
and the Indian scene in the museum. The
Indian scene shows an Indian in typical
southwest dress and grass leggings arid
ram’s horn headdress. Also many thanks
to Mr. Faul Cooper for his typing and
(con’t on page 4)