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with ashrug,with a not meant for me”,would be the mark of a little man plunged in mediocrity.To attempt to grasp its message and apply it to the daily grind,in the pulpit,in the shop,in the office,at home,on the street,will be to start on the road to sainthood and the way toheaven.  \nTHIS WAY TO HEAVEN  \nby Paul Hanly Furfey  \nWhat the critics say:星\"Strong“message that caeiestuesothe marta  th young.”$2.00placesociolo-The Magnificat\"A pleasure as well as anoholiserie%6  \n\"A challenge to the mod-ern world.”  \n—Dominicana\"Militant and intenselyCatholic.”  \n\n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | THIS  \u003Cbr>WAY TO  \u003Cbr>HEAVEN  \u003Cbr>A    ANLY   |\n|  |  |  |\n\n一The Missionary  \n\"A new adventure inreading.\"eloguenlyeo he muli.  \n-Catholic Book Club  \ninspiration.”  \n《队  \n一The Sign  \n\"Snobs will not like thisbook.Nor lazy bones.”—Paulist CalendarThe Preservation PressSilver Spring,Maryland  \n公,  \nThe PRESERVATION  \nof the Faith   \nWe Present  \nPUBLISHED BY The Missionary Servantsof the Most Holy Trinity at Holy Trinity,Alabama :::EDITORIAL OFFICE HolyTrinity Heights,Silver Spring,MarylandEDITOR:Joachim V.Benson,M.S.SS.T  \n★  \nRONALD KNOX,well known priest,authorand lecturer of England,whose article on sim-plicity brings to mind that greatness does liein doing little things well...PAUL HANLYFURFEY,of the Catholic University of Amer-ica,whose latest book This Way to Heavencontinues to be the guiding post for all thoseseeking perfection.Father Furfey recentlyconducted a retreat at Easton,Pa.,for morethan a hundred and twenty-five delegates ofthe Catholic Worker groups throughout thecountry...DORAN HURLEY,of New YorkCity,author and writer of note.Consideringhis name you can't blame him very much forwriting with pride about the Hurley's....JOHN HANLEY,of Laurel,Md.,keepsmoving closer to the editorial offices of thePreservation of the Faith—anyway,his latestcontribution should delight altar boys every-where,and priests too,and people who watchthe altar boys,and Sisters who know how itis with boys,altar boys or not...SIGMUNDCRATZ,O.F.M.Cap.,late Minister Provincialof the Capuchins whose death takes a greatman and a gifted pen from the ranks of theChurch Militant on earth ...STANLEY B.JAMES writing from England at a time whenEngland is in great suffering,suggests thatall of us recite the Confiteor...BENJAMINMUSSER of Atlantic City,noted poet laureateof New Jersey.  \n★  \nPublished once every two months by the MissionaryServants of the·Most Holy Trinity,at Holy Trinity,Alabama.Subscription price $1.00 a year in advance,20c a copy.Cum permissu superiorum.Entered assecond class matter at post office at Holy Trinity,Ala-bama,May 1,1928,under the act of March 3,1879.Vol 13,No.5.  \nManuscripts and all literary communications should beaddressed to The Editor at the editorial office.Stamped,self addressed envelope should accompany all Mss.  \nENTIRE CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED.COPYRIGHT1940 by The Preservation Press,Silver Spring,Maryland.The permission of the editor must be secured in writingto reprint any entire article.  \nContents  \nOCTOBER,1940  \n★  \nSimple ThingsBy Benjamin Musser  \nThe Art of Being SimpleBy Ronald A.Knox  \nModerates and ExtremistsBy Paul Hanly Furfey  \nFrancis of AssisiBy George Vaux Bacon  \nThe Hurley's Are TalkingBy Doran Hurley  \nEditorials  \nEnemies Blame the EnemyBy Stanley B.James  \nThe Dixie MiracleBy Sigmund Cratz,O.F.M.Cap.  \nOuter Missionary Cenacle News  \nThe Bell and The BookBy John C.Hanley  \nBook Reviews  \n# SIMPLE THINGS\n\nThe simple things in life are loveliest:Children's scrapbooks,and a home-made toy,A friendship without cognizance of gender,Contentment in a house whose purse is slender,The laughter of a boy.  \nRipple of wind across a wheat field blowing,Undreamed-of beauty in a hated weed,  \nA mountain tarn,three bare trees in NovemberAgainst a sky whose saffron you rememberWhen riches fill no need.  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