In the midst of wars and rumors of wars. We can again expect as another Christmas season approaches that there will be an almost universal clamor for “peace”. Even while nations are locked in a malicious struggle for supremacy, and while others are feverishly preparing to enter the conflict at a moment’s notice, the “Prince […]
Sunday afternoon, A. D. 1941. November, the ninth. The dock in the radio studio WLAV stood at precisely 4:15. At the wave of the baton the choir of six male and six women voices struck up the opening theme song, “Established in the highest heavens, the Lord has set His throne, and over all His […]
Bethlehem! Wonderful Bethlehem! Where the wonder of all wonders, the mystery of all mysteries, the Incarnation of the Eternal Logos, is accomplished in the way of the sign of all signs, the miraculous Virgin Birth! Blessed Bethlehem! Small to be numbered among the thousands of Judah, yet to us the greatest of them all! For […]
Under the above title I shall write on the subject assigned me for this December issue of our “Beacon Lights”. The subject on which I have been asked to write is actually: “The Political Conditions of Rome and Palestine at the time of our Savior’s Birth and the relation of the former to the latter”. […]
As I read in The Standard Bearer the “impressions” our 1941 Convention made upon the guests, 1 am glad that we have had the privilege of being the Host Society. Especially glad that everyone felt that we wanted them to enjoy themselves, and that they did. We wondered, as we looked at that cold, wintry […]
“The flowers have left their withered stalks. And snow-encompassed lie the walks. That once were gaily shared. .4 few green shrubs that dot the snow, Some gaunt-stemmed berries still aglow, Else lonely have I fared.’’ -Sarah Day Yes, lonely, for who of us have not noticed the gradual disappearance of familiar forms and sounds […]
Fiction is often defined as that form of prose narrative in which the characters, scenes, and incidents are partly or entirely imaginary. The novel and the romance are the two kinds of fiction, although they are not often consistently differentiated. There is, however, a slight difference between a novel and a romance. A novel deals […]
“Instead of the Thorn” by Bastian Kruithof, Publsihed by Half Moon Publ. Co., Fifth Ave., New York. This historical novel, very recently written, goes back a century into the history of the settlement of this country to give us a picture of the hardships undergone by the Dutch and of their indomitable spirit and courage […]
Society—Secret Societies—High Society—Society Life of all kinds! Webster defines the word as a “number of persons united for a common interest; the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations.” Secret Societies have been a common form of organization since the beginning of communal living. They vary from organizations whose only secret is […]
Outline IX The Unforgiving Servant: With this parable begins the study of what we have called the second group of parables. (See the Beacon Lights of September). The parables thus far studied were spoken first, and all treated of the origin and growth of the kingdom. This group was spoken second, after the sending out […]