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by The Rev. Charles H. Gilbert
lographic reproduction of a
famous manuscript of the holy
scripture. It is taken from the
“Codex Siniaticus,”’
which I have become somewhat
reading about Bible manu-
scripts. My recollection is that
the manuscript by this name
has long been acknowledged as
very . valuable as one of the
sources of material for transla-
tion.
This fascimile of a famous
manuseript in Greek is printed
on the jacket of (his particular
Bible: because of the interest
which people have in its lan-
guage-Modern Greek such as
is. spoken. in Athens and else-
where in Greece loday. But the
special interest awakened in me
from seeing this picture of a
piec e of an ancient Bible manu-
interes! . in prayer -and
For it suddenly occurred to me
how difficult it must be to try to
read 'such a manuscript. It
might be of the extremely fra-
gile variely, such as those made
of reeds from the river, parch-
ment otherwise poorly pre-
served.
Su even in the case of some
ihese photographs in which
i photographer’s art has been
able to make more easily dis-
cernable the lines of the letters,
ihe reading would be much,
much more difficult than the
clean, clear letters which be-
come the printer’s skill, which
do not hinder reading the Greek
language.
What I am wanting to say is
that 1 had never thought far
enough away to bring these
skills up before that mind of
God who inspires writers and
readers of all languages and
dialects, of all lands and cli-
males and peoples. But it just
came over me in the midst of
my slow and ponderous study of
Greek, how much worse my lot
would have been if I found my-
self presented with such an an-
cient and faded manuscript lo
by Nelson Woolbert
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Jay Martin, Highland Avenue
is recuperaiing at his home
after being a surgical patient in
Sacred Heart Hospital at
Norris:own. “Jay: is the son of
and Mrs. Charles Hoff-
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ly celebrated: their silver
wedding anniversary. Mrs;
Mr
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fecker is district manager of
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The Rev.
pastor of St.
Joseph Sammons,
Therese’s Church,
property on the corner of
Pioneer Avenue and Davis
Sireei, Trueksville, has been
purchased and will be made into
a parking lot for the con-
venience of parishioners.
Faiher Sammons stated that
ihe only lot. they have now is
located on Davis Street and il is
not adequate lo accommodate
those who attend Saturday
evening and Sunday morning
Masses. ' He hopes the new
parking area will help eliminate
some of the” congestion on
Pioneer Avenue during busy
hours.
Bids for preparing and paving
ihe area have not yet been re-
the Rev. Sammons
and
Company in Nanticoke.
Mrs. Charles W. Palmer, 24
Orchard St., has returned from
a visit with her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Rice and family, Jersey Shore.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allen,
Sweet Water, Tenn., have
returned after spending several
days with ‘area friends. The
Allens have been away from the
area for over 20 years.
Jennifer Lynn Engler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Engler. South Memorial High-
way. was baptised at the
Sunday morning worship
service in Trucksville United
Me: hodist Church. A family
dinner followed the ceremony.
Mrs. = William Nichols,
Warden Avenue, celebrated her
birthday yesterday. A dinner
party marked the occasion.
Mrs. David Rosnick Sr., will
celebraie her birthday tomorr-
ow. A family dinner will mark
he occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Federi-
cia. Willard Street. Luzerne,
announce the birth of a son born
in Nesbiit Hospital. July 7. Mrs.
Federicia © is © the former
Maureen Rosnick, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Rosnick
Sr.. Staub Road.
Christofer Bligh, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Bligh. Easton, is
spending the week with his
grandparenis. Mr. and Mrs.
Sheldon Bennett, Orchard
Sireei.
Daniel Slagle, Highland
Avenue. has returned from
Surrey. England, where he
spent a month with his aunt
Elaine Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brady and
family. Holly Street, have
reiurned from Norwich, N.Y.,
where they spent a week with
her | parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilford Anderson Sr.
Samuel Lawson. Carverton
Road. was honor guest at a
surprise party held at his home
Saiurday. The occasion marked
his birthday.
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decipher. Just ordinary hand-
writing has often been a chal-
lenge to me, to make out what
ithe dear writer is trying to tell
me.
And for those who sometimes
have to read, not my hammered
oul lypewriling, but the slow
and unsteady scrawl of my
longhand script, I should offer a
prayer. I thought perhaps I
would try to phrase such a pray-
er as I am (rying to offer be-
iween myself and God, on
behalf of those whose research
iakes them through almost un-
readable material and yet with
the know-how to present their
results to scholars, school and
library people, and finally even
down to me, who late in life, but
with all eternity to live in, can
have the Greek with all its tiny
curly-kews and iota subscripts
clearly spaced and spelled, and
sel out to be read. And enjoyed!
So I have something more (o
pray about! Know something?
The more people and things and
situations you have to pray for
and about, the more times you
go 10 God in prayer. And here is
something I discovered long
ago. the more occasions I have
io meet God in prayer, the rich-
er I feel in my soul! Even the
daily mail can sometimes star-
ile you with a new occasion, or
even perhaps a new answered
prayer one discovers. I would
not invite you to look over my
shoulder when I happen to get
one of those answer-to-prayer
kind of letters, for it might even
come from one of you, my read-
ers, for whom I had prayed for a
long time, and only just getting
around to see the prayer ans-
wered. Some times I am just {oo
dumb to notice how the dear
Lord manages to answer some
of my prayers.
No apologies for this disserta-
tion on prayer!
Bui I should not omit telling
you that another prayer is be-
ginning to come through. Yes-
ierday morning il came about
just right for Catherine and me
io reach the same conclusion,
each with a special part to play,
when we together set about at-
taching wood panels (othe
siudy walls. It only takes one
panel ai a time. And sometimes
it lakes some individually
learned and learning lessons on
how best to handle this panel-
ling situation. Anyway we got
the first panel on and it looks
beautiful. She is working on
preparing the place for the next
panel. And in the meantime, I
may make up my mind whether
or not to change my desk
around from the position it has
always had since we lived here.
Bui it could be the other way
around! And it might just be
hai other way around!
Another point of delight in our
life just now is the heavy per-
fume emanating from 30 clus-
iers of Hoya blossoms hanging
from the ceiling in our Glass
House. That extravagant per-
fume drifts through the open
window of our living room and
makes one wonder for awhile
just what castle he is visiting!
These Hoya vines are relatives
of the Milkweed. Comparing the
blossoms of one with the other
makes it easy to believe they
may be closer than second cou-
sins!
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