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Show Rev. ROBERT B. HARPER OCTOIER OCTOBER, with its autumn leaves, the anniversary on the 19th of the ending of the Revolutionary Revo-lutionary War in 1781, the purchase pur-chase of the vast territory of Alaska which has recently become be-come a State of the Union larger than Texas, the first trans-Pacific flight in 1931, and the annual observance ob-servance of Hallowe'en is a month to remember great things in our history. "In the ancient mystical letters of the Ephesians," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "there was an item that a man should always have in his JUST A THOUGHT: While there Is nothing we can do to change the past, we should not forget the lessons we have learned as we tackle the problems prob-lems of today and tomorrow. mind someone of the ancient worthies." And so it is with great eras and mighty events in our history: For there is much truth in the words chiseled on a build ing in Washington WHAT IS PAST IS PROLOGUE. Let us be grateful enough and wise enough to realize and acknowledge ac-knowledge that we are what we are in our great Country because of the principles and deeds of our fathers who came to the New World to find a place where they could worship God according to the dictates of their own con science and live their lives by the high ideals of life they held. We believe that the ideals they held and the principles they de clared partook of the eternal and are applicable to us today. |