Tárogató, 1943-1944 (6. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)
1944-03-01 / 9. szám
14 TÁROGATÓ and was originally created by the Education Committee of the League of Nations. In the camp of about eighty children, aged from 13 to 17, are Scandinavians, Scots, English, Americans, French, Netherlanders, Poles, Greeks, and Czechoslovaks. Each day starts with physical training under Dr. Ambros, who helped to make football popular among the Czechs, and closes with camp-fire songs and folks stories. The national flags which fly over this camp will be given to Mr. Nils Hjelmtveit, who will take them back to a freed Norway, where, in the not too distant future, the Norwegians hope to act as hosts to just such another gathering, but on their own soil instead of in the Highlands. —The Children’s Newspaper. Benevolence is characteristic of all men, but only the good man develops it to its proper extent. A man’s goodness may be measured by his benevolence, that is, his good will to all mankind. YOUTH OF STALINGRAD Historians will have many a tale to tell of the heroism of boys and girls in many lands. Malta and Singapore, Poland and Yugoslavia, London and Lidice, Athens, and Amsterdam and Oslo, all produced their young heroes and heroines. But we think that a special place on the roll of honour is likely to be kept for the boys and girls of Stalingrad, for whom no finer praise can be given than that they were worthy of the city in which they lived. “Lived” is a strange word to use for the period in which, with the Nazis hammering and blasting a path into their beloved hometown, these young folk toiled in the depths underground, beside their own grandparents, too old to take any more active part in the struggle, making mortar shells and other munitions to help to beat the invader. Stifling, starving, menaced with death every minute of the day, they toiled ceaselessly, almost without rest or sleep. They had no time to be afraid or to wilt under the strain. The warriors of the dauntless city, their own fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins, needed every ounce of help they could give; needed it each minute of the day. And when at last the Nazis were pushed back, up came the children to rejoin the mighty company of workers who had continued their duty in the munition plants above ground, or what was left of them. —The Canadian Girl. INCONSISTENT FAULT FINDERS Jesus had critics. That is something we must never forget. Criticism in itself is not a bad thing, provided it is fair and constructive. The Apostle Paul advised Timothy to prove all things. It is the same word which has somewhat degenerated in meaning. When we speak of a critic we are apt to think of the negative aspect. It was in that sense that the Pharisees considered Jesus. John the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking. He was not seen walking the village streets or frequenting the country lanes. He was not a familiar figure in the synagogue. He withdrew into the wilderness and his lack of social qualities angered the religious leaders of his day. They said, “He hath a devil.” When Jesus came he manifested all the social qualities which had been lacking in John. We read, “He came eating and drinking.” That is, he was friendly, easy to approach and always accessible. Nicodemus, the woman of Samaria and scores of others did not hesitate to seek him. Yet the same men who had found fault with John the Baptist because of his exclusiveness said concerning Jesus, “Behold a man gluttonous and a wine-bibber.” This was not criticism. It was vicious fault-finding. When men do not like the message they find fault with the messenger. Read: Mark 2:23 to 3:6. —Onward. STRENGTH THROUGH FAITH The following letter, written by a Major of the British Forces in Africa, was recently published in an English magazine: “You will be pleased to hear I go to church regularly, and that a fortnight ago I went to Communion the first Sunday after the battle was over. It was Church of England, but that didn’t matter. Nobody pays much attention to what you are out here; it’s how you go about it that matters. You don’t tell people to go to church; they just go. If the people at home were half as keen as the people out here, there wouldn’t be enough churches. It’s surprising but true, men you never would
