Tárogató, 1947-1948 (10. évfolyam, 3-10. szám)
1947-11-01 / 5. szám
16 TÁROGATÓ blue eyes shone, and she did not mind being too small to go out with John and Peter, because she knew Mummy needed her. “WHY DOESN’T GOD DO MORE?” Mr. Very Wealthy was showing an acquaintance and his small son around his tremendous estate. “Beautiful lawn”, murmufed the visitor as he surveyed the green velvet-like carpet that was immaculately clipped and trimmed. “Ought to be,” said Mr. Wealthy with proud complacency. “Had the whole thing brought here as sod at a dollar a square foot.” “And those trees!” exclaimed the other. “I’ve never seen more perfect specimens. Such grace and beautiful foliage!” “Had them transplanted,” confided Mr. Wealthy. “Cost me two thousand dollars apiece.” Junior could contain himself no longer. “Gee, Mr. Wealthy, think of what God could have done if he’d had all your money!” The observations of children are sometimes profound. Think of what God could do for the children of Greece and the orphans of Belgium if he only had more money to put in the hands of his church relief agencies which are buying and shipping as fast as they can milk, meat and grain that can save the lives of thousands who are slowly starving to death. Think what God could do in wartorn China if he only had the money to send six thousand instead of six hundred missionaries to the devastated cities and drought-ridden countryside. Think of what God could do for the children if he had the money spent on liquor to invest in Christian education. It is hard to believe that our country is twice as interested in booze as ift learning. Think of what God could do if he had just a tenth of the money spent on tobacco, candy and gum to invest in training young men and women to go out and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ and what he can do for human personality to the indifferent, the careless, the bewildered and the neglected people of the world? Why doesnt God do more for people? Because he hasn’t the money! And why doesn’t he have the money? Because men and women do not love him with all their minds, hearts and souls. They love drinks, smokes, eats and clothes and entertainment so much that God and his church must worry along on small change. The average giving of Protestant Christians of every denomination on this continent was sixteen dollars and fifty cents for last year. When you consider the work of Gods churches throughout the world and measure their programmes against the investment the returns are amazing. God’s trouble is that his children on the average invest only onetenth of one per cent, of their income in his work. — Jesse F. Perrin. THE BEAVER IS AN ENGINEER The beaver, the national animal emblem of Canada, is more than merely something you read about in the history books, more than an engraved image on a nickel. He’s a wide-awake engineer who works hand in hand with provincial projects. In the Fisher River rehabilitation project, where beaver had not been known for a generation, several pairs of beaver were transported by aeroplane. They were released in a likely-looking spot, where the survey engineer had planned a concrete dam. Game wardens observed over a period of time, that the beaver travelled down the river and back again, and explored tributary streams, covering some 200 miles. They returned to the very spot, and built their dam exactly where the engineer had planned his dam. Though they cut surrounding trees, they spared the tree on which his bench mark was blazed. As the beaver multiplied and spread to other parts of the game reserve, they were evidently dissatisfied with one of the dams erected by provincial engineers. When the latter decided to raise the dam, they found the beaver had got there first with sticks and mud, and already had done the work in their own way. And some people continue to doubt the beaver’s intelligence!
