4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday/* December 17, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Yes, WE TAis.jCi m answering at once and thus prominently the com munication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.’’ Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety-Fifth St. VIRGINIA, YOUR LITTLE friends are wrong They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as com pared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He" exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Vir ginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your Papa to hire men Last summer we reported that some of our friends m -Japan did not beileve the riots winch resulted in Presi dent Eisenhower cance Img his visit represented the feed ing of the majority of the Japanese people. A more recent appraisal of what is happening m Japan, and what it means to us, has been written by another long-time friend, Charles W. Doy e, who has lived in Japan for many years. He reminds us that the difficuties of American - Ja panese relations grow out of the fact that each nation’s views have been shaped by a different history. The Japan ese are fearful of a return to the totalitarian police -state that existed before World War 11, he points out. Many of them view the military alliance with the United States as increasing the danger that the Japanese army will again become so Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. Offices: 53 North Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone - Lancaster Express 4-3047 Jack Owen Editor Robert G Campbell, Advertising Du i ctor A. Business Manager Established Xo\ember 4, 1955 Published every - Saturday by Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancaster, Pa under Act of Mar B 1*79 addlti mal entry at Mount Joy, Pa Subscription Rates - J 2 per vear three jens ?5. Single copy Price B ceni-t Members Pa Xew«paper Publish er*’ Association: National Editor ial Association Virginia, THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson The New Japan strong as to again rule the nation and destroy their new democratic government. Not Anti-American “It is definitely a mistake to explain the recent agita tion as an outburst of anti- Americanism,” Mr. Doyle writes. “On the other hand,” he cautions, “to attribute it mere y to the work of a Hor sy minority is misleading Popular sentiment supported the demonstrators in their general aims” Thd demonstrations, he contends, were not so much anti-American as they were anti-military Mr. Doyle em phasizes that we meed to un derstand the reasons behind the riots in order not to jump to the conclusion that Japan is turning against the U S. “Americans see interna tional communism as the greatest threat to security, and all of our defenses are a erted in this direction,” Mr. Doyle writes “but the Jap anese consider that the great est menace is from the right. “To them anything is pre ferable to returning to the totalitarian police state This t’eavage of thought makes Americans not as acutely sensitive to the signs of re surgent mi itansm in Japan as we ought to be, and it makes the Japanese some what naive in their evalua tion of communism.” Japanese Are Puzzled Because of their different background Japanese find it hard to understand what the true aims of America are Mr Doyle says “On the one hand,” he says “America destroyed the hat ed militarists, on the other There Is A Santa Claus to watch in all the chimneys on Christ mas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but ev en if they did not see Santa Claus com ing down, what would that prove? No body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on ' the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the won ders there are unseen and unseeable m the world. You may tear apart the baby’s rat tle and see what makes the noise in side, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view the picture in the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives! and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. —The New York Sun, Dec. 21,1897 The above is probably the most widely reprinted editorial ever writ ten. Compared' with the elegance of this piece, whatever we might add would be less than the babbling of lit tle children. May we wish for you and your fa mily all the faith, fancy, poetry, love and romance that the coming Christ mas season brings. * * she is now encouraging the creation of a new army. Am erica made the present peace and prosperity possible, but now she be jeopard izing this by ‘“pushing meas ures that antagonize Russia. "She gave Japan her consti tution with the clause that re nounces war, and now seems to be urging disregard of the constitution. She encouraged the Japanese to be politically active, but now frowns upon the political activity of stu dents,” Mr. Doyle says. The article by Mr.' Doy.e emphasizes a point in our international relations which it seems to me, is of para mount importance' We Am ericans need to make a grea ter effort to understand the viewpoint of others, and to take that into account before criticizing them for not see ing communism through the same eyes as we see it. International understand ing must take into considera tion what others think, ra ther than our own views a lone. Average per capita income of the farm population in 1959 was $965 —$644 from farming and $321 from non farm sources. Per capita in come of the non-farm popular tion was $2216. Lighting the way to better ment is the finest profession known. Rural Rhythms WINTER NIGHT By: Carol Dean Huber The sky is deep and frosty clear; The stars are twinkling bright. The windows glow with wel come cheer; It is a winter night. The wind is cold; the snow is deep, But we are safe inside. The chores are done; it’s time for sleep, And here we will abide. Bible Material: Isaiah 61; Matthew 11 27-30; Luka 7:18-23. Devotional Beading: Isaiah 42 1-10. Promise Gome True Lesson for December 18, 1860 *<TF OXEN could invent a God, A It would look like an ox.” So a scornful Greek wrote, long ago. He was making the point that men make gods in their own image— we like to think that God is like ourselves. This is all true; so the real God Is not always like our pictures of him. Last week we re called that al though the Jew ish people bad long looked for a Deliverer, when the “coming one” came, they did not recognize him. This week we have an op- Dr. Foreman portunity to look into this further. If Jesus, the Son of God. did not exactly match what people had expected, what was be like. Worker If God himself took human form and-walked our world’s streets, what would we naturally expect? One thing we should look for is that he would surely do some great thing. A God. visible or In visible, who would only sit silently upon a throne* never lifting a finger, would be no sort of God at all. So the ancient Hebrews thought, and sowe think, and It Is true. But when Jesus came, although his life was very busy, though he worked with all his might, he did not do the kind of things people looked for. He did not leap off a temple roof unharmed, as he was tempted to,do. He did not send for 12 troops of shining angels to res cue jhlm when his life was in dan ger. He did work miracles, fyut most of the things he did were not miraculous. And the miracles he did were simple, quiet, almost shy acts, never done to show off, al ways done to help some one. When Jesus said "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me” he made it plain that Now Is The Timg ♦ . * TO GET YOUR AGRONOMY GUIDE The 1961 edition of the Penn State Agi nomy Guide is now availabe. This pu lication covers al" crop recommehdatioi of the Extension Service and should I useful to every farmer in the state. Van ties of grains and seeds, as well as kim and amounts of ume and ferti izer, a included. We urge a’.l land owners to i their copy soon. - MAX SMITH TO PROVIDE MINERALS Again i stress the importance of an abundance of calcium ail phosphorus in al livestock rations; this is especially ill portant in the milking dairy herd, the young stock, and i steer feeding operations. In dairy herds many breedul problems have been corrected by adding either di-ca ciu® phosphate to the ration as a source of both calcium aij phosphorus, or in more difficu t situations the adding I mono-sodium-phosphate for added phosphorus could gi'j good resu ts. Minerals are very important in the re-produ tion system of farm animals and in proper bone develop ment. TO INSPECT CORN IN STORAGE—Due to the heavy col crop, many bushels of corn are being stored under pol drying conditions. This high-moisture corn will mo d unl«| good ventiation is provided. Corn that is piled on a so| floor and surrounded by a hay mow, or solid wall, throng which air cannot pass free y will certainly mold un ess | was quite dry. Com that is heating or molding should moved to a p ace with cross-ventilation, or pi ed around 4 air duct through which air is forced by an electric fan. | TO FEED AMPLE HAY —The rations for most succes-fi dairy herds are based upon-the heavy feeding of high qiH 1 ty hay and other roughages. Feed nutrients from qua il rougaheges are cheaper than nutrients from grams or oil' l mixed feeds. The milking herd should be fed plenty of l' a at least three times dai.y; some grassland da.irymen f eC more frequently and feel, results are good. The imports l thing is to give them all they can eat every day. this Divine Spirit In him Itself in the healing: and t ing he did day by day. This brings out the secoj The ancient Hebrews « and we should all naturallj that if God were here on ( lyotdd be of course the over all men. He would bi by the absolute authorit commands, he would be ki the way he bent all men t mighty mill. Again they were disap and It can be doubted whe should have been any sni we had been there. For Chi Son Of God, was not kown way he commanded, but way he served One of the | passages in the Gospels, 11 Jesus claims a knowledge such as no other has, come climax through the word yoke is easy, and my buj light." The Son of God—vd expect him to wear a cron no, he carries a yoke. Only; wore ydkes, only ammi slaves carrying burdens, speaks of himself m such as to call up not a pict radiant glory, but just a servant ready to carry shoulders whatever burdei be laid there. Is that too hi Friend People who listened to J«sS were familiar with oxen sj they were harnessed. Yell two were very common,! (who perhaps had many I carved out ox yokes in penter shop) speaks of th.] of thing when, he says yoke upon you.” Let us goj minute. Let us ask once agj question, if God himself j upon this earth, what r-.vf, expect him to do and to fe thing that would be natural! be to hope that he would M us, be on our side, and ta] part. 'And so it is, but not ti most of us would expe;l hope We would want him J us out of trouble, to she! from responsibility, to things easy for us. Well, I true, but again is a surprisuij Christ the Promised Son ' true” in a way We had not d He offers us Jiis fnendsM work. Take my yokewrsha yoke—lift the burderiS of j my side. -We cannot kno friendship If we never shj work. (Based on outlines copyrie! til) Division of Christian Ivd mal Conncil of the Chut r t in the TJ. S. A. Bek: > nnnitj Press Scivice) BY MAX SMITH
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