Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 4
Page 29
29 / 114
Sipies that they strive to eliminate wy eae
A young isdy shifted from a secreturia] job with
a department of a well-kaown university. She
had become aware of bow ochers were uaing rach
podtions to further dangerous ides. “Why nor
get ince one of these spots and see what I cas do
to push the afe und sane ideas upon which our
country is founded?” che thought to herself. She
found considerable opposition in her way. All
sorts of obstacles were placed in her path in an
attempe ts dacourage ker, That only spurred her
on. She became more convinced thas. ever that.
people Eke herself thould forsake their ows Geile
worlds and petty comforts and get into the thick
of things to ght for good with che same never-
sey-die determination chat orhers were showing is
the fight for evil. She gor the job. Now she is
able to influence the teaching of thouznds!
Yeu, thew ve maa
eh, ¢ are amiall beginnings. Bur €
others begin to realize whae they dis do, indie
vidually and personally, ip the Geld of edvcstion,
to save the world, chis trend will, God williag, be-
gin t smowball into something of major propor
veniences slip back into matters of aecondary inm-
portance, The thrill of building instead of descroy-
ing, of spreading light instead of darksew, peace
instead of confusion, love instead of hatred, will
mare than compenuave far any werifces entailed.
lasting joy of the public achool rescher in Muse
tippi who was awarded the tiele of “Bery. Teacher
at “342," Her salary is only $1,900 a year. Bue
rether than give up the privilege of teaching, de~
spite low pay, she bas takes extra srock after
has a Christopher purpose and sense of dedication
te bar work is evident from ber remark:
“Tbere bh wo more exalting profersion in the world,
except thet followed by thow whe greach the word
of Jeez. IU quake in my boots when T think of
my rexpousibilitin, I fred I am tendering @ sere-
ies to buntenity-—end Lord knows they weed it!”
Surely there muse be in our counury af leer? one
million persons of all faiths who believes is God
with the same sense of devotion and geoersiry,
good of all. Whar inspiration they could impart
to the 36,508,000 mudenrs who hook for-and
have a right vo expectthe best training thar che
est Americans can give them. Te can. be donef
Therefore, let ae gee chac it wall be done! .. . "Be
wot overcome by evel bul overcome evil with goad”
(Rom. aii. 21}. .
Buz, kee us nor forges for ome moment shat #
change for the better will uke place only wives,
ai, end if, thos who ksow better and therefore
have a more serious responnbilicy dedicsss them-
selves, despite sll the hardships involved, w the
Lfetions of teaching. .... It comes down to a mat-
ter of arithmetic. Gully in proportion ar the bear-
ersof light go into the important field of educe-
can will the darkness disappear. Lf only a few
go. then moet of che darkoeas must remain.
WORLD FOR A LONG TIME TO COME
THINGS AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
WRECK THEIR LIVES, THER COUNTRY - |
AND THER WORLD.
23 :
Reveal the original PDF page, then click a word to highlight the OCR text.
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
letter
federal bureau
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic