Tárogató, 1940-1941 (3. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1940-09-01 / 3. szám

i.6

TÁROGATÓ

James Evans would hardly recognize the people and their ways of living at Norway House in 1940.

We are not met here to celebrate this Centenary out of idle curiosity. It is more than marking an interesting occasion.

We remember what Evans did with pride and gratitude, but we also have the thought that we are called to do for our day and for our people as much and if possible more than Evans did. We have science and skill such as he never dreamed of, and resources beyond any upon which he could draw.

In spite of this, we hardly know what to say what we ought to do to mark our pride in James Evans. We can erect a cairn and put a tablet in the church, but we must do more. May I briefly suggest one or two ways by which we can mark our pride in and our appreciation of the work of James Evans.

We should dedicate ourselves to the task of seeing that every Canadian has the opportunity for that Education which will help him live a better life.

Just across the way is the Residential School with the opportunities it opens to every student. It is the result of the love that Evans and others had for the Native People. The missionaries knew what it meant to have education. They wanted to share it. One way in which we car mark this Centenary is to see to it that every child has the best education possible.

Next, we must see to it that there are better opportunities for healthy lives. This can be achieved by co-operation between the People, the Government and the Church. The Hospital, the Nurses and the Doctor are all hard at work. It would be a fine memorial to James Evans to have less sickness and fewer deaths each year. It would show that we really appreciate his work.

We can mark this Centenary by remembering why the missionaries came. They travelled thousands of miles to tell about Jesus. That sums up their purpose. They came to say that God was rot to be feared. He was like Jesus Christ His Son. That is what “God is Love” means. They came to tell about the power God gives a man to overcome his temptations and how he forgives sins.

That is the Good News the missionaries brought. To tell this was the reason James Evans taught men to write and to read the strange signs, the reason for making the Birch Bark talk.

So if we want to do more than merely put up a tablet which only a few will see, let us seek by God’s help to change our lives. Let us seek education and health, but above all let us learn to know God in Jesus Christ and to live His life.

(To be continued.)

I AM YOUR NEWSPAPER A Message To Young People

For me men faced the dangers of the deep forests and of the rushing rivers of springtime.

Others toiled patiently to perfect the precision of machines, to blend the colours of ink, to mould the grace and vigour of type.

In the far places of the earth and near at hand they have gone on the endless and risky search for news and knowledge and entertainment.

Thus, in a magical panorama, I daily distil the world and bring it in small and varied compass to your hand.

I must be all things to all men—and so I bring you an infinite variety — crime, world news, humour, comics, sports, books, the sins and the glory of mankind.

I do not select the evil from the good, the trivial from the sublime.

That selection I must leave to you.

And as you choose—you reveal, and at the same time continue to create, your inner self of mind and heart and will.

I am Your Newspaper.

from “Onward.”