Calvin Synod Herald, 1996 (96. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1996-05-01 / 3. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Fifty-Five Scores of Years in tempestuous times of human history The Panorama of the Ancient Nation of Hungary was severly changed by the drastic territorial changes caused by the dismemberment of the Hungarian Kingdom following the two World Wars. For the first time in Hun-gary's history the Magyars have become "a nation without boundaries," with more than one third of them living outside the borders of their mother country. This political phenomenon should be examined from a historical perspective. Of the world's close to 16 million Hungarians, 10.7 million live within Hungary's present-day borders, while about 4 million live in regions that had been once part of Hungary but were annexed by Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. The rest live in the free world. But history has proved the Magyars to be a tough and resilient people. Situated at the crossroads of Europe, they protected the Christian world from Asian hordes for centuries. More than once Hungary nearly perished in the process, and more than once it rose like a phoenix from its ashes. However mercilessly the winds of history may blew, the flame of the Hungarian spirit has not yet been snuffed out, and may never be. This hope was movingly expressed by Victor Hugo when he said: "Hungary died not and cannot die. This eminent nation will arise from its grave where tyranny laid it. As long as the spirit of independence is virtue and heroism, glory and aspiration for liberty will live, Hungary will live." Stephen Sisa in "The Spirit of Hungary" ooo- 5 -Mourning Humanity Prison Poem by Dr. Kálmán Csiha Oh, man, who lost in oil and steel your bright intellect, Became a world-stripped sad inmate, A lonely, orphaned derelict; Now your soul turned into a thing inanimate. If you only knew your deep bereavement, What a beggar you are, deceased and dead. Your brilliance became abandonment, This rude life had you thoroughly ransacked. Sobbingly would you so to seek The Dream anew and the Song And no one would hinder you indeed. You would again defeat agony and death So that with your soul stirred-up, hopeless You would find God of all instead! Dr. Kálmán Csiha PRISON POEMS Light Through The Bars The English version of Transylvanian bishop Kálmán Csiha's book “The Light Through the Bars is off the press. It is the story of te Bishop's sixand-a-half years of imprisonment by the former Romanian Communist regime. It is a unique publication, with 38 immortal poems. The 166-page book is selling for $8.00 + s/h. Quantity discounts are available. There is no greater gift at the present on the book market for yourself or for your English-reading family members or friends! E? YES! I would like to order--------copies of Kálmán Csiha's book 'The Light Through The Bars” # of copies. s/h - add $3.24 for 1 to 5 books TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED .x $8.00 =$_ = $= $_ Name:. Address:. City:__ State: Please make checks payable and mail to: “The light" Publication Project 415 Steven Boulevard Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143 It you order 25 copies or more, we can oiler each booh to you Jor only $6.00 + s/hj “ percopy!, ” ■
