Sunday Night In Uncle Walt's Vault:"Way Down Cellar" Part One & Two

 

 

 

 

 First aired on January 7, 1968 the delightful Disney mystery story, "Way Down Cellar" 
begins after three boys, chasing a football after a bad pass, discover the entrance to
 a secret tunnel in the ruins of a burned out church and follow it to a supposedly
 haunted house, where the new and  unfriendly tenant, Mr. Marcus is being
visited by his  "nephew Charlie "and girlfriend, Velma.

Way Down Cellar/Part One
(1968)
Walt Disney's Anthology Program
(The Wonderful World Of Disney)
Uploaded by Keeping Walt In Disney
(April 19, 2023)

 

 

In the conclusion of "Way Down Cellar"  the three young sleuths discover that
  their crotchety neighbor Mr. Marcus is in league with a gang of counterfeiters. 

 

 

Way Down Cellar/Part Two
(1968)
Walt Disney's Anthology Program
(The Wonderful World Of Disney)
Uploaded by Keeping Walt In Disney
(April 19, 2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holy Days of Our Lord: Shavuot/ Pentecost

 

 

 "Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the
 whole house where they were sitting.  They saw tongues like flames of fire
that separated and came to rest on each of them."
(Acts 2:2-3)

 

 

 The Descent of the Spirit

 (1877)
 Paul Gustave Dore
(1832-1883)
French artist

 

 

 

 In this classic presentation, filmed on location in Israel,
Messianic Bible teacher Zola Levitt (1938-2006) explains that
when Christ told his disciples to wait until the power of the Lord came
from on high, the Jews were anticipating the celebration of Shavuot.

 

Holy Days Of Our Lord #5
Shavuot/Pentecost
(2000)
Zola Levitt Presents
 Bearded Bible Brothers
(Uploaded August 10, 2020)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great King Of Nations, Hear Our Prayer

 

 

"We do hereby dedicate this Land and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores
with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with
these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth.

 May this Covenant of Declaration remain to all generations, as long as this earth 
remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World.  

May all who see this Cross, remember what we have done here, and may those
 who come here to inhabit join us in this Covenant and in this most noble work 
that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled."

- The Prayer spoken by Reverend Robert Hunt during the dedication
of the first wooden cross (made from oak and brought from England)
 erected at Cape Henry, Virginia
April 26, 1607

Cape Henry Memorial Cross Monument
Erected by the National Society Daughters
 Of The American Colonists
April 26, 1935
Colonial National Historical Park
Cape Henry, Virginia

May the Spiritual Legacy which established America's
heritage as a Christian nation continue today.

Great King of nations, hear our prayer,

While at Thy feet we fall,

And humbly with united cry

To thee for mercy call;

The guilt is ours, but grace is Thine,

O turn us not away;

But hear us from Thy lofty throne,

And help us when we pray.

Our fathers' sins were manifold,

And ours are no less we own, 

 Yet wondrously from age to age

Thy goodness has been shown;

When dangers, like a stormy sea,

beset our country round,

To Thee we looked, to Thee we cried,

And help in Thee we found. 

With one consent we meekly bow

Beneath Thy chastening hand,

And, pouring forth confession meet, 

Mourn with our mourning land;

With pitying eye behold our need,

As thus we lift our prayer;

Correct us with Thy judgments, Lord,

Then let Thy mercy spare. 

 

"Great King Of Nations, Hear Our Prayer"
(1838)
John Hampden Gurney
(1802-1862)
English Anglican clergyman and hymn writer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Poetry Corner: Courage

 

 

 

 

 

 "Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
(Joshua 1:9) 

 

 

The Problem We All Live With
(1964)
Norman Rockwell
American artist

Courage isn't a brilliant dash,

A daring deed in a moment's flash; 

 

It isn't an instantaneous thing

 

Born of despair with a sudden spring

 

It isn't a creature of flickered hope

 

Or the final tug at a slipping rope;

 

But it's something deep in the soul of man

 

That is working always to serve some plan. 

 

Courage isn't the last resort

 

In the work of life or in the game of sport;

 

It isn't a thing that a man can call

 

At some future time when he's apt to fall;

 

If he hasn't it now, he will have it not

 

When the strain is great and the pace is hot.

 

For who would strive for a distant goal

 

Must always have courage within his soul. 

 

 

Courage isn't a dazzling light

 

That flashes and passes away from sight;

 

It's a slow, unwavering, ingrained trait

 

With the patience to work and the strength to wait. 

 

It's part of a man when his skies are blue,

 

It's part of him when he has work to do. 

 

The brave man never is freed of it.

 

He has it when there is no need of it. 

 

 

Courage was never designed for show;

 

It isn't a thing that can come and go;

 

It's written in victory and defeat

 

And every trial a man may meet.

 

It's part of his hours, his days, and his years, 

 

Back of his smiles and behind his tears.

 

Courage is more than a daring deed:

 

It's the breath of life and a strong man's creed. 

"Courage"
Edgar Albert Guest
(1881-1959)
British-born American poet
Known as the "People's Poet"

for his optimistic and inspirational writings

 

 

 

 

"Courage In Art"

 

 

"The Problem We All Live With" is an iconic painting by American artist Norman Rockwell,
and inspired by a courageous six year old black girl named Ruby Bridges, being escorted 
by US Marshals to her first day of class at William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white
 public school, on November 14, 1960, during the school desegregation crisis in New Orleans.  

 

Although Rockwell received "sacks of disapproving mail" after the painting was published
 as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 edition of Look Magazine,  with one letter accusing
 him of being a "race traitor", as an adult, Ruby Bridges expressed admiration for the artist 
in creating the painting during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights Movement in America.

 

"Here was a man that had been doing lots of work, painting family images, and all of a sudden 
decided this is what I'm going to do," said Ms. Bridges, "The mere fact that Norman Rockwell
 had enough courage to step up to the plate and say I'm going to make a statement, and he did it in
 a powerful way. Even though I had not had an opportunity to meet him, I commend him for that."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashback Friday: Sunshine On My Shoulders

 

 

 

 Originally written for his 1971 album, "Poems, Prayers, & Promises" John Denver's
 iconic song, "Sunshine On My Shoulders" was released as a single in May, 1973
and became one of the most memorable songs of the decade.

 The song began receiving significant air play on Adult Contemporary radio 
stations at a time in America when the Vietnam War was ending, and reached 
 the Number One slot on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in early 1974.

Cash Box called the song, "A soft, tender ballad equal to the task and the
pretty lyrics come shining through as a result.  A good remedy for relaxation
in these troubled times."   And for these troubled times in our nation today.

  

Sunshine On My Shoulders
(1973)
John Denver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Tires, Lots Of Peanuts: A Simple Growing Trick For Huge Harvest

 

 

 

 

 The resourceful host of Terrace Gardens shares an easy and inventive
   method for growing a huge harvest of peanuts and more!

 

Old Tires, Lots Of Peanuts:
A Simple Growing Trick For Huge Harvest
Terrace Gardens
(May 22, 2026)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America At 250: Decoration Day/ Flowers For The Brave

 

 

 "Once again flowers we gather,
On these sacred mounds to lay;
O'er the tombs of fallen heroes
Float the stars and stripes today."
-Flowers For The Brave"
E.W. Chapman

 

Decoration Day 
(May 1899)
Image courtesy/Library Of Congress Blogs
 

 "What We Would Have In The Community We Must Put Into The Schools."

The beautiful custom of decorating the graves of soldiers should have its lessons 
for the schools. Decoration Day committees may secure an ample supply of bouquets
 if they will adopt the plan of certain Grand Army Posts in the larger cities.  

Instead of requesting donations of flowers from the citizens at large, all the schools of the
 village, town, or city, may be listed in the good work of providing them, representatives 
of the committees visiting the various schools some days before the flowers are wanted 
 and speaking of the propriety of the children's doing what they can to furnish them.

The boys and girls will at once be interested. The bouquets may be brought to schools
on the afternoon proceeding Decoration Day, to be called for by local committees.
Thousands of bouquets may thus be obtained. The entire locality is laid under
contribution for flowers, and in the most effective way possible.

 The children-each boy or girl-has done something, or, has decided that he or she can
do nothing, for the observance of the day-and thus, has come into personal contact 
 with the thought of gratitude due, and honor, paid, to the patriotic dead.

The teachers call the attention of their schools to the meaning of the day, under
circumstances most favorable to producing a lasting impression. The story of war
is retold; the meaning of the great struggle is taught as the lesson of the hour;
and in every way the result is profitable for all. 
-J.P McCaskey

 

Decoration Day is now called Memorial Day and observed
every year on the last Monday of the month of May.

Decorating the graves of the war dead began in the aftermath of the American Civil War. 
One of the first occurred in Columbus, Mississippi on April 25, 1866 when a group 
of women, many widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters, visited a cemetery to  
 decorate the graves of  Confederate soldiers who fell in the Battle of Shiloh. 

While in the cemetery grounds, the women noticed, and became disturbed by
 the sight of the neglected graves of the Union soldiers there. They decided
to decorate the graves of these men as well.  Thus, Decoration Day became
part of the healing process within a nation recently torn apart by war.

 

"Flowers For The Brave"
 Flag Of The Free Collection
Favorite Songs And Hymns
(1907)
 Published by J.P. McCaskey
Lancaster, Pennsylvania