Tárogató, 1943-1944 (6. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)
1943-11-01 / 5. szám
TÁROGATÓ 13 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL IN THE HOME BY MAIL AND AIR An Inter-Board Committee has been set up by The United Church of Canada for the purpose of co-operating in an effort to reach the thousands of isolated families who are not within reach of Sunday School services, with a view to bringing to them by mail and air the services of the Sunday School through the lesson helps and papers, and where possible by radio broadcast. The Boards co-operating in this effort include — The Board of Christian Education; Board of Home Missions; Board of Publications; and The Woman’s Missionary Society. The project is known as “The Sunday School in the Home — by Mail and Air,” and already considerable progress has been made in getting this new work organized in all the Conferences. THE CHRISTIAN IMPERATIVE FOR HOME MISSIONS As long as there is anywhere in Canada a community without the Gospel, a body of New Canadians or Old Canadians uncared for, a group hostile to our Canadian ideals and institutions, so long will there be a real Home Mission need. It is a startling fact that the last census should reveal that many Canadians in our population are listed as non-christian. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER To what extent should good people mix with bad ones? Punch gives us a picture of a mother and her son. The mother says, “Pve told you often enough that those Timsons are bad boys for you to play with”. The boy replies, “But I’m a good boy for them to play with.” The attempt to segregate the good and the bad is well meant, but it is often ineffective and the result is not always what was expected. We may save a boy from acquiring certain bad habits which we hate, but we may see him acquire others which are even worse. It is not by any means a simple problem. Do what we will, we seem to run up against evil on every hand, and the way of escape is not.(clear. The schools are not frequented by spotless saints, and sometimes the roughest are very far from the worst. It seems natural for careful parents to try to segregate their children from the wicked world round about, but the segregation is seldom effective and is sometimes hurtful. When some of us call to mind the lads with whom we associated when boys, we smile at the idea of attempting to build a fence around our own children. The best safeguard for young people is the purifying influence of a good home. This does not mean that we should be utterly careless of the youthful friendships which our children form, but we must recognize that they must very early in life learn to stand on their own feet, and the only goodness is that which persists because founded deep in the nature of the child.-—“The United Churchman". BEURLING’S CHARMED LIFE Flying Officer George Beurling is again in the news. Early in June he had a close call. Flying a Spitfire over Britain with a fellow Canadian there was an explosion and the machine took fire. Beurling promptly roled it upside down and the occupants bailed out. They were at an altitude of about 1400 feet. Beurling’s parachute refused to open due to tear until he was about 600 feet from the ground. He landed unhurt, however, in a corn field near his machine. When he walked to the farmer’s door he was greeted by a lad, an enthusiast over flying, with “Gee Whiz, Screwball Beurling!” He was welcomed and given a hot drink by the farmer, himself a former R.A.F. man. Beurling, Canada’s outstanding flying ace in this war, has 29 enemy planes to his credit. He has been honored by the King and received the D.S.O., the D.F.C., the D.F.M. and the Bar, four decorations at the one presentation. He is the only man ever so honored. He has had several close calls. He bailed out over Malta. He was later a passenger on a plane which was wrecked on a hillside near Gibraltar when fifteen persons w’ere killed. Beurling is regarded as a ‘natural’ in flying. His aim and speedy firing are phenomenal. He is a total abstainer and a non-tobacco user. After the accident near Gibraltar he wrote his mother at Verdun, Quebec, thanking her for his upbringing. Part of his letter lead: “You always said I’d thank you some day, and my only regret is I’ve not thanked you OUR ENGLISH SECTION.
