Verhovayak Lapja, 1943. január-június (26. évfolyam, 1-25. szám)

1943-04-29 / 17. szám

SECTION TWO

ENGLISH EDITION

My Prayer For You, Soldier

May the stars shine down upon you,

When the sun has sunk so low;

May the moon above still guide you When you are all alone.

May a path lie clear before you,

To show you where to go,

May God above still guide you,

And watch you where you go.

I pray you will be unharmed;

You know that I love you,

Your love means all the world to me,

You know my love is true.

Although you’re out there fighting —

You’ll soon come back, I know;

And then together forever We’ll share our love and home.

I pray each night to God above,

That nothing will go wrong;

Should something happen to you, dear,

How could I get along?

Again, I pray for you, dear,

As I prayed many times before; —

May God above still guide you And watch you where you go.

ROSIE SIMO, Royalton, Illinois.

THE RESURRECTION

By KATHRYN RAW

When man ate of the poisoned apple he lost his spiritual powers. He wept bitterly over his loss and was comforted only when he was promised a Redeemer; the Christ Who would raise him to his former state of spirituality, and reunite him with God.

Then came a period in his life When he roamed the earth in darkness. There came a darker epoch when he preferred the night because it hid the wrong deeds he fostered within himself. He allowed bestial instincts to rule his being, until he was more beast than man. His sensuality was so complete that his finer instincts were as though they had never existed. When his degradation was thoroughly wrought out, lacking nothing more to deprave his character, the man-beast heard a strange voice that called to him out of the night. He saw a faint light ahead in the wilderness. He tried to follow the sound of the voice but lost it. He longed to see the faint glimmering light but there was only darkness around him. In his searchings for the great Light came many tests and trials — many hidden dangers ensnared him. Often, he was tempted beyond his strength. Each time he fell into some error, he rose determined to avoid in the future the pitfall through Which he had just passed.

He had not only wordly conflicts to resist and overcome, but there was a greater struggle of opposing powers and forces within him that cried out for expression. There was an unending active antagonism between his primitive instincts and desires and his spiritual and moral ethics and ideals.

When his courage failed, a greater strength from some unknown source assisted him onward. He glimpsed the light again, faintly in the distance; and the voice spoke softly, urging him toward the Light.

When he willingly took up the cross, the way became narrow and dangerous, for the mountain-side grew steep and he had to take care lest he fall and crush himself at the bottom. His physical body began to change as his spiritual powers slowly unfolded. His features grew refined, his intellect enlarged through the assimilation of thoughts that produced development. He learned- to meditate in the quiet, and to use his reason properly.

Near the top of the mountain he learned that he must be bathed in the spiritual waters of life in order to be pure enough to behold the Bridegroom.

One morning he stood alone in the wilderness, his soul in agony, and cried aloud to the

God of the Universe to show him mercy. While he prayed, the sun rose in the east in a blaze of glory and bathed his agonized soul in its spiritualizing rays. It was then he beheld the Light, fearfully at first, then rejoiced at sight of the risen Christ, the promise of God fulfilled! He was a man with the breath of life within him, yet not living, until the glorious resurrection of the Christ took place — the union of man with God — God, the Father, — God, the Son — God, the Holy Ghost! — the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of all Creation!-------v------HUNGARY SAYS “NEM”

j The Hungarians used to have ; a rallying cry, “Nem, nem, í soha” (No, no, never). If memory serves, it applied to the settlement imposed by the Trianon treaty. Times have changed, and now the Hungarians are saying “nem, nem” to the Axis, with which they have been unwillingly allied.

Mussolini has asked Premier Nicholas Kallay of Hungary to send troops to the south of Europe, as part of the defense system being organized against the prospective Allied invasion. The premier has refused; no troops are to be sent across the southern frontier, and indead the forces dispatched across the eastern border are now being brought home.

The refusal to meet Axis demands began in January, when anti-German sentiment flared up in Hungary as a result of Nazi defeats. Hungary suffered heavily in these disasters. Nine of her divisions were reported destroyed, 20,000 men were captured in one battle alone, and a Budapest communique admitted 15,500 had been wounded.

In that month the government was openly denounced in Parliament, and there were reports that Count Bethlen would visit the Vatican to open discussions with the United Nations. Hungarian workers were recalled from Germany, and Berlin was told that no further supplies of labor or food could be furnished.

In February the Hungarian minister to the Vatican was reported to have discussed a separate peace with the Pope. An underground movement developed in Hungary to restore a democratic government. And as March arrived the remnant of the Hungarian First Army was' brought back from Russia, along with the Italian Eighth Army which Hitler sent home for “rest, and reorganization”.

Now it is stated that the Hungárián Second Army also is being brought back from Russi^, and Premier Kallay refuses to send any troops south. These developments testify as strongly

National Fraternal Life Insurance Week

May 3rd to 8th

The Fraternal Benefit Societies of the United States and Canada will celebrate during the week of May 3rd, National Fraternal Week. It is more urgent this year than ever before, that fraternally-minded people of this country meet and give thought to the work of the Fraternal Societies, based on doing good work among their fellowmen.

During the past year, Fraternal Benefit Societies realized their share and responsibility of the all-out war effort. Lodges throughout the United States and Canada invested in United States and Canadian Government Bonds. Members willingly gave of their time and money toward the cause, which we must support, in order to bring peace to a world tom with racial and religious hate.

From our ranks, young men and women have gone forth from their comfortable homes, and joined the Armed Forces of the United States and Canada. Those members left behind, are doing their share by contributing to the Red Cross, taking part in civilian effort, and carrying on many other war activities, which are just as important to win the Victory, as1 the tasks on the fighting fronts. We do not aim to boast of the accomplishments of our members, but desire to tell their achievements so that others who hear and read, will want to follow their example.

Since the close of the last great war, we all know how Naziism and Fascism grew in certain countries. These national

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parties not only objected to the idea of Fraternalism, but exerted influence against the belief of a Supreme Being, the essential character upon which all Fraternal Societies are founded.

Men have failed in their atbrotherly love, not as a duty, but a privilege; for only in this way can man come near the God of the universe, Who embraces all races, creeds and colors.

Many virtues of fraternalism are practiced by the Fraternal Benefit Societies; among these is

to Hitler’s decline as do his retreats in Russia and Africa. They promise that Allied troops will be welcomed as heartily in Europe, when the day of invasion dawns, as they were not so long ago in Sfax and Kairouan.

(“The Youngstown Vindicator”)

charity, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and providing tempt to change the laws of God. The finite can not encroach upon the Infinite. Religion and fraternity are activities of human life, which are based upon God-given principles; and if violated, disaster results.

Many Years ago our Fraternal Societies were founded upon the belief of God, a Supreme Being that man can not define in words, or touch in a material sense, but know only spiritually. Through the Fatherhood of God, all men are brothers; and this is the principle upon which Fraternal Societies are based.

It was through the Great Master that men learned to live peaceably in a changing world of politias. Each generation has seen the rise of some nation, ruled by tyrannical men, who recognize no Being above themselves. But since their earthly state is temporal, they pass away, and men are relieved of their presence; and, because of the teaching of the Master, men have learned to forgive their rulers’ trespasses, and carry on the work of Him, within their Fraternal Societies.

Many predict a complete victory for the Allied Nations; and when Victory is ours, we must be ready to take great responsibility upon our shoulders to meet the subdued dictators at a peace table, and arrange terms for world peace that shall embrace the two great commandments of God — first: Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God with all thy soul, with all thy strength, with all thy might, and with ali thy mind; second: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. And we must practice the principle of divine love in our every-day life.

The responsibility of individuals as members of Fraternal Societies is not to hate our fellow-men, who have been forced into Axis service, but to remember that to err is human, to forgive divine. We must promote the principle of for homes that are burdened with illness. This was the reason tint Fraternal Societies were founded.

Today we need Fraternal Societies more than ever before, in order to carry on the principles of true brotherhood. In unity we can function toward the attainment of a successful civilization and culture which can be inspired only through the goodness of God, and practiced through the brotherhood of man.