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"T’ff i-Ki,o II E‘8 T G R iicxl;
The v hlgMst: ' gi-ace is not knowledge-,• but trust.'
This is singularly-' true for ' m'an as hfe confronts'
God. He has never seen Him or touched Him or heard 1
Him.- When, therefore., with the full•Confidence of
his heart, he places implicit trust in the love
and power of’ Gcd, he ‘ has attained a' state' which
•knowledge alone1'cduld never give.
Such trust never its really an attainment, of course;
it must be a gift—'a ' gift from God Himself*. : For
how can man, by( sheer resolution, wrest himself
back utterly into 'such an unknown?
Chape l Janie
Remains a Mystery
Even as both
chaplains held
dedication ser
vices for the
new NavComSta
Chapel yester
day, the name
of the Chapel
— >"Whiteface
Chapel" — re
manned a mys
tery, -
During the■ 195-Os, ComSta
men worshipped in an old
quonset hut—the original
. "Whiteface Chapel..” . When
the new Chapel was conrplet-r
ed, however, ComSta wanted
. to .preserve thq. naige Mnte
. face for continued use.
fNo .one, though,, remembered
the reason for the name.
So, Whiteface Chapel—in
..its new surroundings-etill
is significant to CoraS ta's.
complement.’If the origin
al meaning of the name is
shrouded by time, the tra
dition of the Chapel isn't*
Gad will -not withhold this gift from those seeking
;it.Vl. But . the; man who seeks must be prepared to ac
cept the corollaries of the gift. To entrust one
self into the care of God inevitably involves giv
ing i-Qneself to, the> leading and the lordship of God.
;And this-may- shl'ftrithe direction of a man’s life.
If you board.a;shtpj—yQu’re not only.cradled in.the
ship, you're also carried toward a port scheduled
•for the ship. God -will ‘Carry you, to be sure, but
He fcarries you His way,.and not .yours.
Man has many marvelous endowments, but the most
awesome . is his , capacity, under God, to^find his.,
security and his joy .in-a trust which fastens it
self to an Unseen.Creator and Redeemer. (Chaplain .
Perry) ' *
Linda Halzworth:
Choir director and SQiiie Bssiees
For Mrs. Linda Holzworth, the job of
Choir Dire3tor and Organist at the
Protestant service is an "all hands”
job—and she’s still short a few.
Directing a mixed choir takes one
hand, and playing the organ usually re
quires two. ’’That’s where I have the
trouble,1'' she says. ”1 have to sneak
in a few downbeats for the choir be
tween "chords on the organ. It gets
difficult at times.’’
Although this is the first time shefe
held both jobs at once, Mrs, Holzwcrth
has had experience in church groups,
glee clubs and choirs in Her home town,
Atlanta, Georgia,
She was also a member of the singing
group at Georgia State College, which
she attended for a year. On Adak, she
has been a piano teacher.
Wife of LTJG Ralph Holzworth cf
Ground Electronics Division, Linda
hopes to continue studying music when
her husband returns to civilian life,
in late June.
As for the choir, she says,,, r "We're
coming along, but wo need' popple., ,very
badly—and a new choir director., alsc^
very soon."