Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
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that is true. But, May Sinclair seems to be at
the top-notch right along. What do you think
about this?
THE GOSPEL MINISTER. BY L. M. thinner
man. Baltimore: Mayer g. Thalheimer
TALL young KEEN he stepped into the book
room like one waywise to daily entrances
and exits. And so he was. Retired" he called
himself, though one looking less retired" could
hardly be imagined. Almost ut once he began
to talk about his work and its beginnings.
About this time, way back when his passion
was to know men and women who were not
having any easy go Of life. An he told-hah
to himself and half to me-of the top room
in the shabby little house; of Juggling coal up
to it and toting ashes down from it. OF food
plain and a trfde Scant OF clothes quite I'M
tailorish and usually shabby On up through
the years along this path he came to the
present to the state of being retired" I.smile
at that last. As the man left he placed upon
the table this little book with its slightly formal
name. Slightly formal, for the warmth and
immediacy of its contents. This slender vol
ume is the talk which I have sketched, the
same thing amplified and ordered, but of an
equal simplicity and feeling. Here, in effect,
is a clear looking out upon the business Of
working along beside men and women for the
sake of knowing them, so that by the grace
of the good God real service may be rendered
them.
An orderly book; as book should be, sep
arating into two parts. The first given over
to the minister in his role of prophet" The
second devoted to the minister's work with
those who are in trouble, confused and a little
alarmed at the attacks of life upon them, OF
their own attacks upon themselves This sec
ond part Is my part and yours. In 1t we come
upon the minister, the man of broader vision
than ours, of deeper insight, of better schooling
in things of the spirit where we have been en-
crossed in quite different matters. Here is
faith that seems never to have met doubts.
But it must have, somewhere along the road,
else how this comprehension of the questioning
heart? Just a little book gathering up of
points In the strenuous business Of helping to
save people, mostly from themselves Take the
book up now and then Beside many useful
gleanings you viii be able to see. incidentally.
how a retired" man feels and thinks and
keeps right on doing
THE SENTIMENTAL vAGABOND. BY A.
TSerstevens. Translated from the French
by Whitaker Chambers. New York: Farrar
g. Rinehart.
D FADING this gorgeous comedy, one grad
ually begins to realize that it is, In effect,
an all:gory. In school days an allegory
is a most hateful thing. But, reality
comes along after these early hardships OF
the youngsters there dawns the conviction
that an allegory may be mighty useful and
beautiful thing 1t is here. An inclusive thing
in this instance well Here Is the romance
Of that one who is always going to-but never
quite gets started right. In every serious enter
prise, like earning bed and board, like produc-
ing a play or q novel or a picture there are
too many entangling alliances. Regularity of
effort. for instance-the days work, to put it
plainly, and obnoxiously-order, punctuality,
things to be signed or Endorsed, practically
about the worst of all requirements 30
on in an endless run Of necessary, and wearing
performances. Here one finds himself ut every