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Show FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH 1929 6, JI rp IAKCII FROM DAD Is comfortably settled for the evening with the old log fire in th. living room sending out a cheering, warm ing blaze. Why the secrecy? smiled back the understanding Mr. Stnithhough. Well, were going to debate a lot of mighty important questions, and we dont want to be bothered with any wisecracks from anyone who does not mean business Ive got to lie getting at my side of one tonight. It's a tougli one, too, and perhaps, as usual you can help, me. Yes, perhaps. Hut how do yeu know well both be on the same side?" Well, I never thought of that, hut 1 bet we are, cause I know you. Here it is: Is There Really Any God? am) I've got t lie adirmative. Dad smiled quietly, with the re mark, That is some question, and us new as the ages. Id iiate to have the negative, Hob Well, I don't know, Dad. Of course we believe there is u God. You and mother lane always taught me there was, und its nice to believe there Is but. Dad, honest the preponderance of evidence (Mr. Smithhough coughed to save tlie chuckle that Just would come) is against the Idea, that is, its easy to believe what you want to be Hove, but it's not so easy to prove It. With all thats been said and written, nobody has ever really seen him, Dad. and isnt seeing proof? Hut, here, Hob, I t.iought you had the affirmative? "Yes, Dad, I have, but Im Just trying to get you to argue. The trouble I is, I dont know where to begin. cant Just dish up a lot of beliefs Ive got to have facts, and say, Dad. facts about God are mighty scarce. You mean about how He looks and talks and what He eats? Yes, those sort of facts will be bard to get. But, Bob, use your bean ! You do not necessarily have to see a thing to be absolutely convinced that it exists, do you? That would be childish. If you had a terrible pain In your tooth and came to me for relief and I looked in your mouth and said, Boy, you must be mistaken, I cant see any pain,' youd think me utterly unreasonable, wouldnt you. Yet, there Is a pain because you can feel it. There Is an Incandescent electric globe burning in your desk light I say to you, how come? You say. I say, but I electricity, of course! dont see any electricity. How does It come, by the pound or the peck? Now, Bob, to me the surest way to know there is a God Is to feel him and see His presence in lighted faces and In countless situations and circumstances which cannot be explained without a belief in His presence. Bob, when you are impelled to do a kind and generous act; when you We impelled to play square when you have an opportunity to cheat to your advantage, and after a moral wrestle you do the splendid thing, thats God In you. No man or boy who is living up to his very best In every way, day by day, doubts that there is a God even when they do seriously doubt other mens Interpretations of God. On the other hand, Bob, did you ever fall in a situation when some one was counting on you to be big, fine, and splendid? Did you ever feel sick at heart and utterly ashamed and per- haps go off and cry and then declare that never again would you so utterly forget yourself? Thats God you feell But there is much evidence to see, too, Bob, that is quite as irrefutable. There is one fine little spot in the life of Napoleon that Is great He was once on the deck of a vessel at sea when a group of skeptical officers, wise in their own conceits were debating the same question you are about to debate, only they had all taken the negative. Napoleon stood quietly wrapped In his great military coat listening and finally he raised his hand, and pointing to the sky, he said quietly, And, gentlemen, who made all that? The debate was star-fille- over. Who can study the marvels human body; who can watch come in the garden or in the ness; who can look but for d of the spring wildera few hours into the microscope to observe the absolute order and majesty of life unfolding, growing, maturing and again reproducing itself, and say there Is no infinite or universal cause which we nahte God for want of a better name? "Dad, I see It and feel It and know It, but its hard to express. Isnt It? Bob, I can't imagine our little finite human minds being able to prove much at all about the majestic Infinite cause. If we could define and classify and prove out God, I'd be afraid after all He wasnt big enough for His job of keeping a hundred million worlds orcanized and on the move. Dad, I bet I can win that debate!" And he did! i ? , (, 1930. West Newspaper Unlew.) By Frank H. Cheley Is College Worth the Price? There Really Any God? Dad, we got the debuting society formed, and jffies going to be a warm one. Everybody wants to Join now. but she's a closed corporation and were going to have our debates be bind closed doors.' Hob advised his t.i (her ufter both weie i 1AKE IT FROM DAD By Frank H. Cheley had another hot argu "Dad, ment around ttie lunch table. Think we better organize a debating society. Whv we CALM COWS am not an affectionate creature," laid Mrs. Cow. "I would rather give I you up as a companion than have to give up chew ing iny cutl. "Yes, Id rattier give you up any day. I do hope yon ie not offended " Not the in Mis feel the same way about you. too. said least," Cow. I 1 get along with you all right in the pasture and we dont quarrel over our places in the barn, but cud chewI Knew You lng ,s ,80',,ethlDg very perfect. Would Agree It Is such a calm, quiet, lovely pleasure. I knew you would agree with me, aid Mrs. Cow. Did you see all the Ice creum they had at the picnic? asked Miss Cow. Yes, said Mrs. Cow. They bad a fine party here today. All the neighbors came. I saw the boy when he froze the Ice cream, too. "He turned the crank, but I didnt offer to help him. I vvouldn t have offered to help him any way. "In the first place I had helped toward that Ice cream, and In the second place I couldnt have helped any - more. I couldnt have turned with my tall, could IT the crank Certainly not," said Miss Cow. She was grinning a silly cow grin, but It was a pleasant grin. After a few momenta of Bllent chewing she spoke. Im very foolish, and youre very fnollsh. We dont think deep thoughts. Why should we? There are some creatures wboYe always thinking of this and worrying about that. They take up so much room In thinking. At least that is the way it seems to me and the way I would express myself about It. We have big bodies but we're not using them up on a lot of thoughts. "True, said Mrs. Cow. Moo, moo, very true. We look at people. They look at us. "We see a good bit of the world for we go to county fairs, but people all look in such a hurry to us. They're always rushing around and always being so dressed up, too. "Now we are so simple in our fash ions. W have followed the good old cow styles for years and years and years. We don't rush around so much. Not nearly so much. We are so ready to rest and doze, to sleep and eat, and graze and chew. We take the time to try to whisk the files away with our tails, but we even our move tails slowly, very slowly. Were not particular about time rushing here and there. said Mrs. "Oh, Cow, "we are calm, nice cows. I think I will sing a little song about calm cows." So Cow Miss listened and Mrs. Cow began. She chewed as she sang and the song went very, very slowly. This was it: "Cslm cow w ar. W never go far. Moo, Moo, Very At least not too far. Tree." For calm cowa we are. Miss Cow waited to see if there would be another verse, but there wae no more, Mrs. Cow said. So they just sat aDd gazed at nothing in particular, and chewed a little and thought of practically nothing at all. It was very restful, vary pleasant at any rate to their eow way of Blinking I Counting Came Flayers sit In a circle, and one In the middle has a wand. He starts to count, one, two, three, four, five, etc., as many numbers as he thinks, and he must be very quick. All at once he stops, points the wand at a player, who must Immediately count on from where the player with the wand left off, until be reaches a number with ten In It Ten he stops, and the player wit the wand Immediately points to another player who must carry on. The game must be played very quickly, and anyone who hesitates must pay a forfeit and fall out Game continues UDtil all have fallen out, except one. Young Idea I brought you now, Peggy. This Is hardly a play for a girl of your age. Daughter Oh, done mind It, dad! tll probably liven up a bit bids ihe eadl ,v , Father Im sorry t IBXMUKUllIKKKIHIIiaKflllHBIIIIIIlllKlHBIIIlllH "LEAKY CHIMNEYS ADD $ 20,000,000 TO M a SAIL U. S. FIRE LOSS M Nearly 120,000,000 a year Is needlessly lost in this country in fires that tart from defective chimneys and flues. In addition, reports the Holland Institute of Thermology of Holland, of"Whether life-lon- g tO, 111, Wwittrn Nwppc Ualos.) IHE WORLD H U H with Si m Dr. H. M. Woodward of there simply Isnt any thing upon whichW many people agree, there? Vby, It never occurred to me In the world but what every fellow that wanted to get anywhere would go to college but titer0 was a third of that gang today who said, Nothing doing, It sim ply does not pay.' Thats their stand." Leaky Thimble Joints and Clean-ou- t Tliat'8 right," commented Mr Doors Increase Fire Hazard and Smithhough without looking up from toot Accumulation. his paper. College Is not for all boys It depends upon the boy and what he Mich, millions of tons or coal are Is going to do. Many a boy wastes wasted by the Inefficiency of beating four years In college and a deal of his plants served by such fluea. Cracked futher's money to absolutely no avail. or leaky chimneys are prolific causes He would have been a heap more self both of destructive home fires and of respecting and happier, too, If he had fuel waste. So anything that will cause cracks gone to work Instead of to college." Humph, that doesnt sound much like la the chimney Is to be avoided In the line you peddled me when I want building a new fine or removed if it Is ed to quit school and go to work. Flue liners of oralready present. Yes, but youre a mere kid. Every dinary clay should not be used. Chimboy In the land should have a high neys should not be built of porous school education. If It has been the oncreie blocks. Solid brickwork with smooth, sound Joints of rich tuortur Is right kind and be has tended to hi The chimneys knitting he ought to be able to make lie best material. a good living for himself whether be nmhitlun should lie carried down far goes on to college or not thats a minimum necessary to get on In our ever more complicated modern society. From that point on It's a matter Is worth the college price? Exactly, my boy, provided you do not Insist upon Interpreting entirely In terms of money for there are other prices Involved. If education Is anything It Is an Investment An investment of four prime years of life, plus a cash outlay of some four thousand dollars, plus a tremendous amount of nervous and mental energy. AJI of these Items are a young chaps stock In trade his capital. If hla Investment Is going to bring returns In technical or professional training which will In turn, open larger opportunities for as well as Income, then a thoughtful boy Is justified In attempting the Investment ?Every boy, whether or no, with the exception of the few ultra rich who do not count anyway, must sometime come to stand od his own feet; fight his own way and be an Independent individual. Usually at best that Involves a certain amount of experl mentlng trial and error. Then too, Bob, without casting any aspersions upon anyone, we are forced to recognize that some men have a much great er ability and aptitude to study and research titan others. Many men are motor minded and exceedingly practical. They must be doing things Instead of thinking things, to be bappy. Bob, it Is largely a matter of In dividual temperament, circumstance and attitude. I firmly believe in higher education. I just as firmly believe that a large number of the nearly half million boys In colleges are largely wasting their time at a very large expense and emerge handicapped the rest of their lives with expensive tastes and habits with no conception at all of work and with a very late start In the big battle of life. Turn a minute to your Ready Reference there again. Bob. Look under education. See If It doesnt give you Borne facts and figures to think about? 'Education Costs of Advantages of DOES AN EDUCATION PAY? Aba, here we are, let's see DOES AN EDUCATION PAY? Does it pay to fit ones self for a superior position? Does it pay to get a glimpse of the " Joy of living? Does It pay for a chrysalis to unfold into a butterfly? Does It pay to learn to make life a glory Instead of a grind? Does It pay to open a little wider the door of narrow life? Does It pay to know bow to take the dry, dreary drudgery out of life? Does It pay to taste the exhilaration of feeling ones powers unfold? Does It pay to push ones horizon farther out. In order to get a wider outlook, a clearer vision? Does It pay to learn how to center thought with power, how to marshal ones mental force effectively? Does it pay to acquire a character-wealth- , which no disa aster or misfortune can wreck or ruin? Does it pay to have expert advice and training, to have high ideals held up to one in the most critical years of life? friendDoes It pay to make ships with bright, ambitions young people, many of whom will occupy high places later on? Does It pay to become an enlightened citizen, able to see through the sophistries of political cl opt rap and note Intelligently on public matters? Does It pay to change a bar of rough Iron Into hairsprings for watches, thus Increasing Its worth to more than fifty times the value of Its weight in gold? Does it pay to experience the Joy to open ip whole of continents of possibilities in ones nature which might otherwise remain undiscovered? " Bob closed the book with a slam. "Anyhow, Dad, I'm going to college cause Im going to make It pay." "I believe you will, son I hope so." AROUND 8 SI aH m Brigham Young University 3 Join Extension Class which will meet each Wednesday at 7:30 iii 3 s M M n am M m m Payson Junior High School Instruction fee $15.00 Five Hours Credit 3 Open to everyone. 8 3 mi .jKSEBin More than 390 old time songs have certain Monttana barber shop is turned into a raining school for Sun- been played and sung during the past day School teachers every Saturday eight months by the Old Stagecoaeh-ers- , reahose four music makers out of night, accordng to information the a Denver. KOA past who broadcast each week ching A ing teachers suggestions for teaching their classes next day. The owner of the barber shop is superintendent of the local Sunday to be present each week to hear the School and he requiree his teachers over KOA in Denver. Begun as an experiment to learn if a banjo - guitar . fiddle - harmonium quartet assisted by a vocal trio could create a frontier atmosphere, he Stagecoach-er- s were accep.ed enthusiastically until so many old n ambers were requested that the musicians will be several months catching up. There has not been a repetition in numbers during the eight months except in a Reverend Rogers. few cases where listners demanded The Rev. William O. Rogers, pastor of Washington Park Congregational church in Denver, is their instructor. He broadcasts a pre.view of the international Sunday SchooJ lesson each Saturday night over KOA, giv- it SPECIAL NOTICE TO MOTORISTS We have on hand for you the famous daca Distinction, QuaJi), and Good VaKasksra In every! card vJe are PARCO rTHYL GASOLINE tkisaar; And Which is $ou ov?n special tasls Vs can gratify too. To carr $out Christmas PARCO BEAR CAT - Greetings for yam with ETHYL ANTI KNOCK compound added to it. 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