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TO PROTESTANTS 3e TO 50 -N&t forsaçkiptg the assenblyingof ure's together, ds thew rnanneroA saite is."'-H b. 10:25. On a recent Sunday'morintg a North 'Shore man arose with an urge to attend divine services., Coingto church had not been bis custoin, eIse going would have been, due'to -habit atnd not to an unusual impulse. Perhaps the urge, wasdue to an unconscious sense of thanlkfulness to the Creator for the transcendant b.eauty of a rare morning; perhaps to a sudden realization that he had beéen falling short in a dutv to h'linself. the cburch and bis conîmuityù perbaps onlv to the fact that life looked especially good to hitîî ,,on that bright mornitîg, bringing a desire. to join neighbors and friends iti songs of praise to the Giver of every good atnd perfect gift. During the service this casuial attendanit. who is of an observing turn, took iote of the makeup of the congregation, and ,was amiazed to fitîd Iat men and ,women inî bis own age bracket-35 to 5O-formed a noticeàble minority. The youtig were there, boys and girls ini whose minids the tenets of Christianity bad l'een instilled by de- voted parents and teachers, upon whose reigiouis outlook the blandishmerlts of ife without religioni hiad madei1*1 inroacls. The age4 were there. coii- scdrated men and wotuien wvo had kept the their absence peculiar to this c'chaon 1î dôes it extend to other churches of other prot- estant denominations? Why are thev not bere? In. later days the observer, whose practical mind goes quickly to original sources, soughit to analyze the problemn and find th.e answers to the questions he hiad propounded to himiself. One reason for absence f rom cburcli. lie thought, is the present set-up of tbe social pro,- gram. It bias becomne alniost a universal customn n"d womni .nIn.set aside Saturday niighit ser ver pondered whether it mtght be <due t0 economic.disruption-to changed conditions, dis- tress, fear- an abandonment of the moral.anchor that biasheld men and nations steady throughot good times and badý-a casting away of religious traditions-a rejection of the faitb of our fathers that i the p'ast lias sustained believers. throutgl every human experience. Wbatever the cause, he concluded, a return to revealed religion. %vhich lias endured through Ille ages and is'today the only thing that we- can count- upon as lasting, mnight be the, very thing required to bring ae disappointed world int oper- fect balance. -Sucb are.a few of the thougbts, that came.to the mind of. a man wh o arose one S unday morný- ing with an urg e to go to cburch-anid went. 01,U GioiRy Tuesday, June 14, %vill mark the lÇ,lst anni- versary of the American flag, known to aIl t rue. patriots 'as Old Glory. In observance of the event, ail residences, business concerns and inisti- tutions should display the national emblem. While popular legeiîd attributes the niaking of' the first flag to Betsy Ross, a. flag. mnaker of Philadeiphia, mnuch of its carly history is shrouidedl in mystery. It is known, however, that the Coniti- nental congress adopted a flag of thirteen stars -BAD WEEDS Recent weather conditions, whicli have con- tributed so muchi to the luxuriant growth of, grasses and the fine appearance of lawn-s, have also been favorable to the*rank growth of nox- ious weeds., The fact imposes upon -the house- holder the responsibility to mix. his enjoyment of the former with an aggressive campaign to.eradi- The parad!e of the states back to independence. Pennsylvania, Oregon. Iowa! Others will follow. It sbould be a warning to Little Harry Hopkins, son jim, Honest Harold Ickes and all the rest that the people of the states.,are stili holding to the silly. notion that they cati take care, of 'hi own business without presuinîptuo.s interference from Washington. *The Mlinois departintý of health lias coin- pleted a survey showing that.physicians outlive ordinary people. We remnember when we thoi.ght that physicians neye r died., A, Chicago man: now servi*ng a, terni i pr~isonî for a crimie involving rape *ani murder is inno- cent of the charge. if the, confession ýof another man that.he, committed the crime. is found to be true. During bis trial the convicted, mani main- tainied bis' innocence, asserting that his "Con- fession" had been obtained by fhe police byý torce. Efforts -Wll. of course, be mad'e to effect bis. release if and when the confession of the second mani is siibstantiated. The man now serv ing time for a crime of which be evidntly is not guiîty was, at the time of bis arrest, en- gaged in legitimate business and bore 'a good, reputation. If police, throughi torture of mind and body, forced a confession from an innocent man, there is clearly tîeed for a thorougli investi- gation of the miethods enployed by themn in their work. Police who are not clever enough to soive go v eritettmayýproperly' impose a tax 011 aiuuvu'.. contests at state universities. That won't stop il, f rom .going to the football gaies. *t * * Senator Barklev of Kentucky, thinks tlîat office-holders shold( be f ree to play .politics and take advantage of the spe'nding of public filnd.s. That's the kiiîd of senator he is. -An Atlanta. Ga., m-oniaî sued . her hutsband for div orce and therebv. started a chain of circum- TtEE PHANTOm REPORTER ai.eý year I