Tárogató, 1943-1944 (6. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)
1943-10-01 / 4. szám
TÁROGATÓ 13 OUR ENGLISH SECTION. FLASHES FROM THE FOREIGN FIELDS “A MODERN MIRACLE” A missionary Doctor in India, member of a team working in the villages was sitting at the back of an evening crowd, listening to the story of the Prodigal Son, half in song, half in prose (Indian fashion). She felt a tap on her knee. Someone from the crowd wanted to pass out. She flashed her torch and saw a young girl with one side of her face much swollen. Further examination revealed a good-sized cyst extending into her mouth, so that she could only speak very indistinctly. It had been there for two years it seemed, growing bigger, and for two months her diet had been conjee (a pale glutinous concoction made of flour and water). She was on her way home for her evening food, but at the suggestion of cure she most willingly accompanied the doctor through the darkness to the car where the medicines were, collecting some relatives en-route for moral support. On the smooth ground her relatives sat themselves down in the darkness while the patient squatted in the circle of light made by an electric torch and trustfully opened her mouth. The cyst was incised and slowly emptied itself, her face gradually assumed its normal proportions; her tongue was free, her mouth empty. The audience was silent; the patient was silent. Who could speak before such a marvel?” “A MODERN EM MAUS” A Korean pastor was finishing an hour of Bible study, after the regular Sunday evening service in one of his village churches. The people begged him to go on. They wanted to hear more. Only three years before an evangelist had been driven out of that village at ten o’clock at night and forced to walk 3 miles before he could obtain shelter. The Gospel was decidedly unwelcome then. Some of the people now before him had taken part in that episode. He rejoiced greatly that in the meantime “their eyes had been opened and they knew Him.” In the midst of great travail many Koreans are finding Christ. “A MODERN STATEMENT OF FAITH” Without faith human affairs both great and small are difficult of achievement. I have nowT been a Christian ten years and during that time I have been a constant reader of the Bible. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen was a Christian, and the greatest thing he received from Christ was love — love for the emancipation of the weaker racgs, and for the welfare of the oppressed people. This spirit remains w'ith us and reaches to the skies. I am an ardent follower of the revolution, and although my faith in Dr. Sun at the outset did not app>ear to have any religious significance, it was similar to a religious faith. To-day I find that I have taken a further step and have become a follower of Jesus Christ. This makes me realize more fully that the success of revolution depends upx>n men of faith and that men of character, because of their faith, cannot sacrifice their principles for personal safety under circumstances of difficulty and crisis. In other words, a man’s life may be sacrificed, his person held in bondage, but his faith and spirit can never be restrained. This is due to confidence brought abouth by faith. On this Good Friday these reflections are ours. For such is the importance of faith in the revolution, and faith in religion. What I have just said represents my spiritual conception of Good Friday, interspersed with a few facts out of my own experience. I offer them as a testimony and not in any sense to exalt my own worthiness and achievements. (From Chiang Kai Shek’s Good Friday message.) WOOD HAS MANY USES Apart from their importance as a source of raw material for the lumber and pulp and paper industries, Canada’s forests yield a widening range of products derived in whole or in part from wood, in which this material is not apparent. According to the Forest Products Laboratories of the Department of Mines and Resources, the largest group of such articles is derived from wood pulp. Rayon is a well-known derivative of wood pulp, but at one stage in their creation rayon stockings, ties or drapes might equally well have become movie film, artificial leather, cordite, or the glossy finish on an automobile. Wood is an important, though rarely noticed, element in automobile batteries, and is also an ingredient of many floor coverings, explosives, and plastic products such as electric switch buttons, radio cabinets, and all sorts of novelties. It also provides a number of medicinal products and is likely to become an
