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Religious education is a task . involving a sympathetic and intelligent co-operation bet wee n church, home, and school. - Dr .. F. Ernest Johnson, New York, ex~ ecutiye secretary, Department of Research and Education, Federal Council of Churches.

* * * We cannot decide what prin

ciples should guide us in the rearing of children unless we have faith, vision, and conviction concerning the human society into which they are. born, whose destiny will so soon be in their hands. -.- Miss Katharine F. Lenroot, Washington~ D. C., chief, Children's Bureau, U. S. De .. partment of Labor.

* * * Becoming a Christian involves self-surren

der that gives true lasting happiness because the person is at peace with God. We must prepare people not only for life but for death. - Dr. E. G. Homrighausen, Princeton, N. ]., professor of Christian education, Princeton Theological Seminary.

* * * T o develop a vital program/of Christian

Education, and- to enlist a strong corps· of workers, give your church a setting in a live conununity in a nation growing in· world importance, in an international order· that challenges every spiritual resource mankind can ,muster, and ina universe with a gradually unfolding divine purpose. - Dr. Ernest J. Chave, Chicago, professor of religious edu .. cation, University of Chicago.

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cies must deal more directly with race-religious conflicts in the postwar era if a rapid increase, in this area is to be avoided. If this is not done, the racial conflict may soon over-

. shadow the mapagement-Iabor conflict as our -.1 principal problem. - Professor Goodwin B.

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If you want to change a -tv-hole civilization overnight,. start· . with the children. If you watlt to plant a conviction indelibly int~ a society, plant it in the hearts of children. - Dr. ,Paul· Calvin Payne, Philadelphia, general· sec" retary, Board of Christian Educa ... tion, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

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ligion today is to give vocational guidance in terms ·ofeternal purpose. We need to push back the paper. walls· of time and let God's eternal purposes breakthrough. - Bishop Charles W. Brashare-s, Methodist Church, Des 1y:Ioines, Iowa.

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velop the kind of character that· can lead the world· out of its present chaos without the religion of Jesus, not as lip service but as Christian personality. -. - Ernest M. Ligon, Schenectady, N. Y., professor of psychology, Union College.

Evangelism is not an "extra" task of the Christian or of the Church. It is --integral to the very nature of the gospel. - Dr. Jesse M. Bader, department of evangelism, Federal Council of Churches.

* * * Many children and youth today see only

the patterns of force and destruction of the war years because they have never known any other . atmosphere. -' Miss Ruth.' ·Elizabeth Murphy, Director. of Vacation Religious Edu~ cation and of Service in Emergency. Areas, International Council of ReligiousEducation~

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Watson, New·Y ork Teachers College" Colum .. bia University. .

Much as we. stress worl~ co-operation,~e must not dim the fact that the.weU-being~of the people of the world, also rests in great measure upon the conduct of ·thecommunities in which they make their homes. _·-.. 'Capt. Harold E.· Stassen, .. president .. of the Inter ... · llation~l Council· of. Religious Education ..

* * * The above statements were all m.ade 'at the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the

International Council of Religious Education.

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44Come unto me~ all ye that labour and ·are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."" That is Chrises promise to man-4''I will give you rest.""

Indications are that the people of the world are in need of. that ,rest and ton" tentment. Everywhere there is ~Qise 'and confusion; . people are disconcerted. The high speed of 'living, and the high. pressure of . business, take a heavy toll in robbing peace of mind and ~~art. Conditions· are unsettled everywhere;. -humanity isuneaf)Y:

Easter tilIl~ giY~~.occasion for man to. turn, his attentiOn: a\vay. from rushing, tem'" peral, worldly matters and giv~ th6ughtto thing·s et¢rnal· aridba~ically- satisfying. 44When men are cast down,~"'Job, .says, ...... !' there is lifting up; and. 'he ' shallO:sav~ ,the humble person. ~~ How, ih-en, 'shall .a pe.rsolj become humble and. be lifted up l, .

" First, he must be willing to spend time in qui~t meditation and study,: seeking God"s' g~idance. ..4Be still and know that I am God""; that is the Biblicaladmoriition. The "4stlll, small voice"" can best be heard in 'peaceful solitude. Life was not ¢eant to be all hustle and bustle. Many peopl~ work too hard, relax too little, and -wouldpro:6.t from' a: Christian version of the" Arab's_ favorite pastime~ making .... kaif .. ,., , In that diver ... sion one puts aside for the time all thoughts· of worldly cares and pains; -.throl.lghthe exerCise of imagination he drift'S into' Elysian .fields where' only pleasure ap,d haR12iness.' reign·. At such moments it is not uncommon for big, ""heavenly'" ideas to be born.·· .. In Isaiah '.'the confident statement'is .made,· .... Thine ears shall hear award behind th:ee,saying, This -is the way, walk ye in' it.'" .' That word of ·leadership will be. spoken, that is' c.ertain. But a person has to ,be still to .hear it. .. .. In quietness and in confidence ,shall be 'your strength." Isaiah 30: 15. .

Those who are .trulY 's~arching the rest which Christ promised ,must ,cultivate' an attitude of contentIp.enrt to follow' ·Divine gUidance' a step at a time. . A- 'co~mol1- fault is for people to become impatient because . they . are unable ~to 'see ·the end: fromt11.~ :he, ginning,to know the outc6m~ from the start. N'othingsaps human energy like.trying , to do a job all at once. A ma'n' clearing ground for a nt!w'house ·.found· thisto,~e~ true. His plot of land ·was heavily overgrown with brush and bramble; several blg.··trees stood where his foundation had to he· pui. Surveying the situation, he was inclined , to throw up ,his hands in despair, saying, 4"The job "1$ hopeless. '. T can "tdQ all t~at neec:l~~, _..:-._/ to be :done by myself."" But he did do the job -' - and .by'-·himself, ·but not 'alL:alone~ Contenting himself "to start the task appointed, he discovered that almost as if by magic the little he accomplished each day sO'on added up .to the· job. complete4 ... By' ·niagic? Mayh¢'! 'B~t more likely, since this individual had$urreride~ed. his will ,to '~. gre.at¢t:· Will (in all things, bOth' great and ·small). his success was': like Ab~aham"s,:' ~"By' fai~h . Abra .. ham . . . obeyed. . . ; and .h~ went 'out, not kno~g whither he went."" If GOd goes along, it is not necessary to know the ultimate destination. That' will ,take ,care of, fu& '.

At least one thing more the consecrated' Christiari IDusthaye.'t(j: liv~ in peac:e, , . ,',., . and that :js ,·.t~e- desir¢.. t(;J\ .~~ay .. :al waY·s·' VJith·-the·Le·ading~~~:iq';:1iye·; constantly - ~n'~ ~a~m an?~, .... , ; . .' joyful~~~c;,e:.~~;_I;~J~~. P9iQ;~~ t~ .. ~ay" ~9· .. $uch :yi.g~9_®~Ji¥.iP.g!.~ .~A ~,p~~~.9n ;mlJst, '~4:nllt_,: ':>,::.:;:",

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'. ·.A. ;oman"~hose social popularity 'keeps ,heroccupied every night in··the, week has

, little'; to,' c.ontiibute to ,'church activities. 'A ,irian whose: lodge .. connections 'claim ., his at .. tention aild '·,his rather: vigorous . service .sev" eral~ times·,a'm.bntn, besides :'his many busi ..

, ness.;· and faIilQ.y "respoilsibilitiess ' is 'taking' 'but. halfnearted . iriterest . in. Christian service. ,Bo£Jfthese p~6p~e p.ave~ real ability. They , ~cduld give t1i~i:r chutch·andth.eir Bible school.

splehdid"·he:lp if" they only, discovered a fd~:sh·'purpose~ 'a genuine sense' -'0fmission~ .

. the 'call of the'layman to' serve God arid his people. '.'

, 0 If you mean business with God, he will do business, 'Yith you.'

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--t FIRST IN 'AN EASTER. SERIES OF ARTICLES ON GUIDANCE By ReY'. Loyal F." Hurley

Pastor. Seventh Da.y Baptist Church~ Chicago. Ill.

HOW DESpERATELY man needs guidance! Everywhere one can see the wreckage , 'that follows a wrong choice-individual live'S broken, business disrupted, national

life imperiled, and the whole world plunged into war because men choose the, wrong paths. If only we followed a Guide-!

Some have learned that there is a Guide. And their happy spirits sing:

He leadeth me, 0 blessed thought! o words with heayenly' comfort fraught! Whate' er I do. where' er I be. Still "tis God's hand that leadeth me.

One must conclude, however, that the number- of those who have found a Guide is comparatively smail, for the unhappy, un" successful lives, are legion. Outside the will of God is the location of most of earth ~s blundering masses.

Many who are partly within God's will are still unhappy and mefficient because they do not- seek guidance in the details of life. Some who seek such guidance are \vorried and anxious because they are not trusting and resting in the direction Gnd gives their lives. They do not implicitly believe that ~~-the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord ... • Trust and wor.ry do not live in the same heart.'

It is not always easy to secure guidance in life, ~d all of us need whatever help and suggestion we can get. I would record my own indebtedness for help that ,has come to me from E. Stanley Jones, C. W. Butler, James H. McConkey,-Hannah Whitall Smith, H. Eugene Davis, and others whose names I do not know. Most of all I am indebted, to the Bible and the, dealing of God with my life., Poorly as I _have'learned the '~ech .. nique of God's dealings with men, I am con" vinced, nevertheless, that there is available ' for us divine wisdom- in solving all of life~s problem.§;. When I say C.~all·" I mean ALL: one's companions, and schools, and jobs, and life work; one"s mate and family; one's loca .. tion; his enemies as well as friends; his pain and loss, his' sorrow and joy - EVBR Y .. THING!

In ~tudying guidance the following out .. line may be 'of value: (1) The Fact of Guid ... ance; (2) The Principles of Guidance; (3) The Means of Guidance; (4) The Methods of Guidance; (5) The Tests of Guidance; ( 6) The Difficult Arecrs- for Guidance; (7) The Dangers Connected with Guidance; (8) The Final Arbiter in Guidance; '(9) The Cer ... tainty of Guidance. . ,

The Fact ,of Guidance The possibility' of guidance grows out of

the fact that God has a plan for every life. Of course, if you think of God a'S being only" a blind, impersonal force that' drives the, universe somewhere, nobody' knows where, thep. it would be silly to expect such a power to guide your life. But ir -God is a personal, all ... wise Father, then he is, anxious to' guide' his children, arid we can learn his will for us. Paul believed . that God has a plan for every life. He' 'wrote, ~~For we are' his . w:orkmanship, -created in Christ Jesus for good· works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them." E phesi?-ns 2: 10; God never made two blades of grass alike, nor ·two leaves, hortwo snow,';' flakes. Thousands and' thousands, of sriow~ flakes have been photograph~d and no tWohave ever been found alike. No two people are alike" either. God made' you uriiqtle;-~ He loves' you just for 'yourself.,'· ,'.' ,

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If you are different in looks_ and persoha1 .. ity, you must also be differenti'n -purpose. The parts of an automobile hav'e difFerent functions. The steering , wheel will not serve for a -tire,' nor -the: carburetor for' ~ light. -The foot pedal will not serve 'as a gas tank <;,>r brake. ,Each' part has its o'wn :function. . When 'all the parts are working well, we have 'a' fine car;' but"'when sonie parts fail, the Cat will not -run at alL . We

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STUDY to shoW'" .thyself. approved. UNTO GOD

CHRIST'S RESURRECTION PREDICTED IN OLD TESTAMENT

(First in a series of Easter Bible studies)

By Rev. Harold E. Snide Washington. D. C., Seventh Day Baptist Church

The· Apostle Paul said of Christ that 4oIohe rose again the third day according to the scriptures. " 1 Corinthians 15: 4. And after

his resurrection Jesus him .... self opened his disciples" minds "that they might un' derstand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suff er, and to rise from the dead the third day."" Luke 24: 45, 46.

Harold E. Snide Where do we :find in the Old Testament, the then cur"

rent Scriptures, any prediction of a resurrec' tion '''the third day"'?

Psalm 16: 10, .... For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell [hades]; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption,"" repeated .... ly and effectively applied by ·the apostles to the experience of Christ (see Acts 2: 31 ; 13: 35,37), implies that the time in the tomb would he brief, but does not mention the days.

Perhaps one of the texts which Jesus used on the way to Emmaus and in the upper room was Hosea 6: 1, 2: .... Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up .. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." On verse two the Rev. E.. B.Pusey, in his old but justly fa' m'Ous and still· useful . c·ommentary on the Minor Prophets, says: HThe .Resurrection of Christ, and our resurrection in Him and in His Resurrection, could not be more plainly foretold. .... The Apo~t1e, . in speaking of our resurrection in Christ, uses these· self, same words of the Prophet (see Ephesians 2: 4 .. 6) . . . The Apostle,. like the Prophet, speaks. of that which took place ·in Christ

our Head, as having already taken place in us, His members. n

The apostles found in the Scrip·turesmany Messianic references which would be over .... looked by an unspiritual reader; for, as Wey .... mouth so well translates the last clause of Revelation 19: 10, ~"Testimony to Jesus is .the spirit which underlies Prophecy."''' In like vein the Anglican Bishop of Worcester, Richard 'Hurd, interpreted nearly two cen .... turies ago, "'That the scope and end of prophecy was tHe testimony of Jesus. ""*

With this in mind we need not be sur' prised that many devout Bible students see a prophetic ,anticipation of Christ's resur .... rection in the presentation to God of the sheaf of :first fruits on the third day after slaying the passover (Leviticus 23:' 4,16). Christ is not only .. ~ our passover . . . sacri, nced for us'" -(1 Corinthians 5: 7), but also .... the :firstfru1ts of them that slept'''' (1 Corin ... thians 15: 20, 23).

* An Introduction to the Study of the Prophe .. cies, by Richard Hurd. D.D .• London, 1839. page 22. First published in 1772.

SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON FOR APRIL 13, 1946

How Jesus' Friends R~ponded_ Basic Scripture--Mark 1: 16 .. 20; 5: 1~-20;

10: 46-52; Luke 5: 27-32; John 3: 26-30 Memory Selection-Luke 5: 28

FOUR FRONTS for PEACE THE UNITED NATIONS FRONT

By Harold E. Stassen Former Governor of Minnesota

(Last in a series of articles discussing the Four Fronts for Peace, a plan for postwar· < Christian action outlined by the Commission on a Just an,d

Durable Peace.) . Members of the Christian churches of the

United States made a very important contri' . bution, through their alert and intelligent~~-/

terest, discussion, and action,.t:o the develop .. ment 'Of the United Nations Organization, and. to . the overwhelming .support of that. <;>rganization within the United· States of All1erica~ . • In this movement the·· Commission on a Just and Durable Peace was, one or the . key factors. It co' operated and. co .. otdinated with the. exceptionally able Bishops'Commj:ttee of the Catholic Church and· also with the Jew .. ish committees.

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It is of extreme importance, however, now The new 'organization is now also e,nier .. that the United N.cl.~iohsCharterhasbeen ing into the considerartiql},'of·themanyim"· ratified . and the orga~iz,~tion has ~ome· into· . pdrtaqtprobleiIls that arise· from the . discov .. being, that: themembeI'sof the churches do .. ery of·ato1nic<ehergy.,· A United . Nations not rest on their oars. We have not won Atomic 'Com~mis'Sion· has been established. the .peace by thelIlere. establish~ent of.the This is a good: step jn the· right direction. It United Nations,Orgariiiation.W.'e.have only must be followed through. What will be won a beachhead in the unending struggle the ... powers of the commission'? Will the for a just and durable peace. veto be permitted to prevent effective action?

The existence of the United Nations Or.... Will this remarkable scientific discovery be ganization is . definitely a ,silver lining in the used to advance administration of essential postwar clouds. The purposes of the organi.... wo'rld,wide' problems on .a world level, or will zation and its structure are entirely consistent this histoficmoment be fumbled and. will. we with the principles of Christianity. Butthe drift along ag~in in disorder and confusion? charter is not self .... operating. It is only a Will we ,evolve, ' gradually but definitely, beginning. And the degree to which these stronger police po~ersin the United Nations

. high objectives are realized will depend upon Organiza·tiqn to support a system of justice an alert and informed public ·opinion. and of law?

I hope that the churches of America con' Will the basic human rights that are as" tinue to give the vigorous moral backing· and sured in the charter be d?J:fined oy a Human sense of direction to the 'development and Rights Corrimission? Win· there gradually growth of the United Nations th,!-t they gavy evolve increased. recognition throughout the to -its birth. . world of the fundamental importance of the

right of freedom of worship? . Will there be Administration of ~ependents

One of the specific major p'roblems is that of the administration of the dependent peo .... pIes of the world. The provisions ... of the charter· are, excellent in this respect. 'The declaration in Article 73 states that. "~Mem"" bers of the United·' Nations which have 'or assume responsibilities f.or the administra' tion of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of· self,government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are para'" mount, and accept as a sacred trust th~ obH .. gation to promote to the utmost,within the system of ihternational peace·· and security established by the 0 present. charte.r ~thewell" being oJ the inhabitants. of these territories .....

The churches.·· of America. should··closely follow. the development·. of the trusteeship ,counclland ,the reports···that· are·iIlad~ .. by. tile adfl?inistering Inerhbersas tq the.edllcational, cultural,socia1;economic,· aridpDlitical,prog" ress' of thepeopl~siIl.tlies,e'.depef).den:t 'areas. The:appHcation.·ofa'(Jhristia.rit~~qll~¢ieIlce . to measure ... the.fulnni1le~tofth~agre~llle9"tsof thecharter·.·for:<l~pel1~~nt:'p~9.ples,.,an.d>the clear,·· ·.strong. vdice···.· .••.. 6fth~)c4llr¢h.,¢allin.~:tg account,Jor'·d.efici.enc1¢~,.:-will·-1:i,e;.;a."II1ajqrJa¢i·.· tor, •. not .••• alop.~:in ..• · .•. progress .•. for.·tliec~E¢bl'l~s''Yho ar'e .. ··lllvoived, ... ·but~··.,alsocili:~es~aoHshing:·· : the basis for a just 'and l~stillg: peace.~· .. ..... . <

increasing acceptance· of both the right to work and the right to speak, ofpoth the right to learnancl :the right to vote? ..

Will tne basic dignity of the human beIng, the recognition of which· played such an jm; portant part·· in the drafting oJ the charter, gainincre~sing recognitiona:sthe- basis' for United Nations policies?· . Thes'e are questions '. the members of the churches should ask in the months ahead. .

The -United·· N~tions Organization has moved forwardprolIlptly ... We are pleased at the rapid ratifications, the early meeting of the first assembly ~·and the initiation, of the food and agriculru.ral, and -the. educa ..

. tiona!, scientific, and cultural organizations. But the events of the world have moved even .. -fastel".The Christian church can and .

. it mustcoIitinue to contribute an alert, under .. 'standtng, . patient"and yetyigorous, advocacy of progress i1l:theUIlitedNationstowardthat difficult, goal of tpe brotherhood of man in one '·world at peace:. . . .

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~ .... Correspondence should be' addressed to Bev.WilIia.m L.B~idi~_ASh~ay"R.l •. Checks and money orders should be drawD to the order of Karl G. Stilhz.lan. Westerly.B. I. '.

TWO EVENTS· OF· TREMENDOUS . SIGNIFICANCE The week .of February 1 7 witness~d ~o

events of tremendous significance in Chris ... tendom.

IN ROME In Rome the elevation' of thirty ... two pre ..

lates from ~very section of the world to the rank of catdmal predicted a fresh and mili ... tant undertaking on the part of the Roman Catholic church to spread its teachings an_d power· among all peoples and nations.

At Geneva, members of the Provisional Committee assembled for the creation of the World Council of Churches which will embrace all the major, non .. Catholic· denomi", nations of the world.

Christian leaders, both Catholic and non'" Catholic, are acutely aware of the issues at stake in the postwar atomic age-whether moral and spiritual man is to survive in the world of scientific and mechanic~l force which he has created.

. The newspapers have been so preoccupied with- the dramatic ceremonies/at St. Peter~s, Rome, that they' have given'· scant attention to what took place at St. Pierre (St. Peter's) in Geneva; but it would be well for Prates ... tants to' look ~r.at this picture then. at that, .... and weigh the issues that are drawn 'by the two events fDr the future of civilization.

The contrasts in the stage settings of the two historic occasions soon will pass from

-memory, but their meanings will affect .. the lives of all who live to see these meanings worked out in action on the world stage.

The Pope, . in his memorable address, warned . against the spread of imperialism, . yet imperialism is exactly' what was involved in the. assemblies at Rome and Geneva .. The emergence of ~r.Qne world'" makes. imperiaF ism inevitable. But what kind of imperial ... ism? That.isthe question to which~ in 'large measure, the church of Christ must. give the answer.. . .

At Rome amid upomp and circumst~ce"" \1pmatc;hed in the history ()f the world~s

proudest and ~ightiest .~einpir~s,· the self ... acclaimed . vicar . of Christ, from a .. golden throne, proclaimed against the ,threatening evils of empire and the ~yasiqnofthe . rights of personality and freedom of conscience ...

Thirty .. tw~ 111en of·' fine intellect, . of . ir .. reproachable . character, . honored . .for '. good works, prostrated themselves before' an~ther man sitting upon a throne, crowned wIth a golden miter and. robed in regal· splendor. Humbly they kissed his feet and swore aIle .. giance to him and· to the dogmas of t~e church of which he is the elected·he~td. ThIS man claims to be the'. divinely C!.ppointed suc'" cessor of' Peter, the :6:sherman ... apostle. who, wh~n Cornelius the Roman Centurion pros .. trated himself before hini, cried,C.~Stand up; I myself also· am a man .....

Protestants, together ·with .. Catholics, will approve such principles. enunciated in .. the Pope's noble address as ""The· church cannot cut herself off; inert 'in the privacy-:-.of her churches, and thus. d~sert her divinelypr~vi .. dential mission. of forIDing· the complete man, thereby collaborating without rest in the~on" struction of. the solid. foundations of SOCIety.

This mission is for her essential.'" ._

But Protestants, relying upon the teach .. ings of the New Testament, 'wiIr never ac" cept· the autocratic dictum that thechl1rcais only .... the community of the faithful oljl' earth under - the. guidance-. of the common head, the Pope,and of the· bishops in . coIn'" munion with him.'"

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At Geneva, there was -no· definition of the church which limited it to one sect of Christians. At Rome, the walls. of . exclusion were· built. higher than '. the .' walls which enclose the.. sovereign, VaticanCity~ Yet the . princiR.lesproelaimedby the Pop~ aremo:e effectively operative . among .' peopl~s and)n nations where' non~Roman, ~Catholic . Chris'" tianity is ill the ascendant ~nd less effectively. operative among peoples and in' nations " where'.

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M' 1 . "a .. ...( .". r; ,> f·'th. the{~lIow$1iip'~hi¢h'had iem~ined 'unbroken m.aki.~rag····:.o. :.'~' r.th!. Pl.w.i"l.h.t, .. u.b.i.·.e."_.:m .. l. m.,~"",,·~~ ... ,p .. · •.•... 1.n ... 1S .•• · •. ~ .. · ' .. li .. ".;;r.,._.t.s.~~:;w ... : :il .. ~ .. · •. · •• '~across; the';:dark cha:sms, of war~ .

d Ii Ii ······:.Ma~tin'Niembeller~:who,suffered as Hit, be ·apptQved.:hyh()~1i-,prot~stan:tia~p~t}) 'c:, .' . le.r~s ... p'. e. rs.o. n.a.l··pr.iso.ner.·.,·,:,:s.et.· •. ,the theme ··for but theCathoHc:church·· a'ssutrie$:jln:perialistfc .. control '·over;¢ducati()h,':m~rriage;·an:a~:P9litics. . the. meetip:g:whenhe:c.alled lIpon. ev'angelical and claims' the'ex:c:lusive Zsattc1jidl:lo£<dhdrie :chuiches<f9rpeni~ence. and a new world authbrityas .the'oniy·tTtle-chtirch: 'With,t!?:e •... vi~w, lest they "C.subside intonational provin"

. 1 d ..' cialism.n . twO'.keysoftemp6rala~d,spiritua .•.. Om11110n. The heroic .,Bisliop Berggrav of Norway

WorldConnciiOkgani~ed, ...••. c.... arid Chester Miao of China ,told the assembly . Now let.:u,s .. 'gO' ,t~ .• Gen~.Ja.,·'"W:i:tl101.1t JaIl'" " that Christian' fellowship toward their peoples

fare and· accoIripani:m~ntsof regal.sple.~dor;. : a . 'had.· •. ~~transcended· the' war, . race, and na" gFOUp, representing,. thefinest.minds,;.::andti()hality.'~ ,,' . .' '. .. . ,... most devoted ' hearts in . Christeiidom,:1U~t to '. 'Geoffrey'. Fi~her,' archbishop of Canterbury? org~nize'the .•. W?rl~:C()~ncil 'of ; .• C.h~~hes caIled;llPoh:the. churc.hes· ·to:tear down· the ded1catedto. Chrlstlan U111ty,Ch.rl'Stra,1l{1 edu'" 'walls·which.s;"separate~and divide"~ andullder .. cation, and worldevangeli~a;tioil., .•.. '.. . take: th-eprimarYtaskofi:he ,chllTch to bring • . The-procession into thehisto~icchurchof· .. to men' ""the·messag'e·· and power ofrecon" St.Pierre; where·Calvin.preached. the': tenets . ciliation.", . of.Prote-stantism.·tour· centuries.ago; •. was:·,:What: .]japi?e~ed . Rt 'Geneva mayprov~ headed ·by John I.t.Mott,-·the elder statesman more'importarit in: ful:fillirigthePopes. urgent ofmoderl1 . evartgelical: Christianity ,.who;Inore plea. for humall. freedom, the . righ~s of.: per;

. than . any other· . man • . has influenced .·.·ril.ove.. .sonality.· and the salvation . of~the ""wIi-ole' man·" . ments forChnstianunity',cfor the enHstment :tha,nthe. handip:g!.of red::. hatstothirty .. two of the youth of colh1ges and univel:"sities innewprinces,:ofHlechurch. .' .• . . ..

-world Christian· $e'rviCe ". and ·forthe:exp~n"'-'--'Reptirited .. from the .... Christian;Evangelist ... S10n of Christian missions. a'cross the .• 'earth. .. . .' . . ... ...., . .'. y:se~,by peiI:tlission.

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conditions, he said, "Old walls are down-· or crumbling. ~~ Then he pointed out that to have barriers out of the way means not only that constructive new ideas· can come in but that detrimental old ideas are able to. be put out. Empha:s~ing that our work is wher .. ever we are, the dean concluded that recon" struction gives the opportunity for rebuilding -as we go-on a surer, sounder Christian foundation.

State of the World John Foster Dulles, chairman of the Com ..

mission on a Just and Durable Peace and recently returned from the UNO meeting in London, reviewed the state of the' world in an opening day address to the delegates. Although his description of world conditions was full of such phrases as .... pitiable and numbing misery,~' "intense hatreds," "·polit .. ical disunity, " and •• economic chaos," he expressed confidence that a satisfactory new world order will emerge. He forcefully em" phasized that the present appalling conditions should not be discouraging, because now there is evidence that people are willing to face facts and accept them as a challenge rather than try to ignore certain regrettable details. .. .. Life needs challenge not to expire, H

Mr. Dulles asserted. "Through challenge, great achievement comes. While spiritual forces are not yet &trong enough in the world, there is a rising tide." It is that which prompted his paradoxical conclusion that there is great hope, even though the situa .. tion now seems hopeless.

Hope was the keynote of the Federal Council sessions. Dr. E. G. Homrighausen, head of the religious education department of Princeton Theological Seminary and chair .. man of the Department of Evangelism, Fed .. eral Council, echoed it as he summarized the objectives of his department. "Time for mere discussion is past," he a·sserted. "Church leaders must, not only know the gospel, but apply it to today's problems-. -through prayer, Bible study, and Christian conduct. Moral standards are not commensurate with church membership. Much will have been accom" plished when all church members recognize evangelism as one of the major obligations of the church-actually a part of the gospel itself. ~~

Henry Sloane Coffin, former president, Union Theological Seminary, as chairman of

the Department of Research and Education, presented the case of community. tensions, posing these questions: Are the churches prepared to supply a pattern for conduct that both the community and the nation can fol-low? Do we really have the wisdom and power of ·God? The special meeting went on record as renouncing forced racial segre ... gation and caUed for Ha non .. segregated church and a non .. segregated society." >

Returning service men and women received . attention from the church committee on that subject. Roy A. Burkhart, chairman of that commission, pastor of the First Community Church, Columbus, outlined the problem, expressing the hope that the church will not wait for ex .. service people to come to the church, but that the church will immediately take steps to improve its facilities and r.each out to meet the needs. ""The churches must not wait," the speaker admonished, "for people to be 'sold' on Christianity by com" ing to the church. The salesman does not sit and wait!" A specific program of church action -was adopted by a plenary· session, including these proposals : continued study of the church's relationship to veterans; mak .. ing its resources available to· serve veterans and their families at all times, not -just for an 'hour of worship each week; opening its leadership to their participation. The report stressed that not all veterans of the recent war are those who have been in uniform. Veterans also are those who, because of conscientious objection to participation in military serv·ice, have done ·civilian work of national importance or have been detained by the government.

Foreign Relief

In discussing foreign relief, Ralph E. Dif ... fendorfer, vice .. chairman of the Church Com ..

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mittee. on Overseas Relief and Reconstiuc';;-~ tion and New Yark executive secretary of the foreign division of the M~hodist Board of Missions, began by stating that the job of relief is too big for private agencies, even for the churches combined. The relief prob .. lern, it was shown, has a relationship with all other phases of the work of the Federal Council, the embryonic Wodd Council; as well as governments and government agen" cies. .. .. The devastating effects of six years of ruthless war,"~ Mr. Diffendorfer reminded,

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"cannot be overcome in a year or two. This is a job for years to come."

Bishop G. Bromley· Oxnam, of ,the·· Metho .. dist Church and president of the council, presided at the Columbus meeting. .. .. We have the responsibility of choice,~~ he pointed out as he elaborated on the call for the meeting. "Christianity i~ more than accept .. ing a way of life; it includes a command to do.'" He indicated that more and. more people are accepting that challenge of action, which gives promise for the future. "·Church .. men w·ill rise as one man," he concluded, "against that "vhich jeopardizes Christian principles." )

High light of the three .. day meeting was an address by President Harry S. Truman, who declared that only a "'high moral code~' can master atomic energy "'and develop it for the common good.'"

.... There is no problem on this earth," said the President, "tough enough to with .. stand the flame of a genuine renewal of religious faith.''' K. D. H.

BIBLE SOCIETY LAUNCHES ANNUAL SEAL CAMPAIlGN

The eighth annual Bihl~ Seal campaign of the American Bible Society is now under wa y. The theme selected this year is the challenging slogan '''Marching Orders for a New Day," which typifies the program of greatly enlarged Scripture distribution' the

MARCHING ORDERS FO A.1UW DAY, __

Bible Society faces~ (pr6vidiQg Scriptures for the many countriestllroughout the world emerging. from years of destructive warfare.

Assistant Secretary. Joseph C .. Grew and Chancellor Arthur H. Compton~ . Washington Uniyersity, St .. Louis, are sponsoring the so" ciety's campaign and have addressed strong messages to fellow Americans.

Mr. Grew has written: Fr-om:everyland where the blight of war-has

peen felt there come pleas for the Chi"istian Scriptures to aid in the search for that sheet ... anchor' and a better way of life. Shall we withhold ·from. these hungry souls the peace to be found in the 23rd Psalm and the firm sup" port and helpful guidance of the Sermon on the MoUnt? . .

Only American Christians· can fill those needs now, for> only America has the paper and the presses and the .. resources to provide the Books. A Christian may well feel that he can give to no more important cause than for the d~trihution of the Scriptures through the American Bible Society. .

Dr. Compton, prominent scientist and ~ne of those principally concerned with the ""Man .. hattan project," has said:

Most highly valued· of the sources of VISIOn and courage that the world has found is the Bible. Here in the Bible is health and str~ngth to the crushed and hewilderedpeoples of the earth, and for the victors, humility, patience, and good will. .

Bombs have stopped a tragic war. Inter .. national agreements may . prevent the early recurrence of a war of unparalleled destructive .. ness. But the lasting peace the world is seek .. iug can come,pnly as men learn to live in the knowledge of the' truths of the spirit.

The responsibility lies heavy upon America to give to peoples throughout the world the opportunity to find the good life that is the proper heritage of mankind.

Once more, as in the war years, when the society was supplying 'millions of Testaments to the armed forces, the assembly lines at the printing plant are rolling off thousands of copies of the Scripturefo a day, that will be used for the undeJgirdingof a world at peace.

For the Jurtherance of this program the Bible Seals supply a considerable. support. Sheets of Bible Seals are being supplied at one dollar each .. Address, Bible House, 450 Park Ave., New York 22, N. Y.

'" DEATH.QF.NATIVEAFRICANPASTOR REVEALED .... BY "LETTER

A letter'.fro:m }osht:la / Chateka Okumani tells of the death on-December 12, J945, of Pastor Timothy Kalumbweof Chinoko ViI .. lage. He' leayesa. wife and seven sons: Diliau, Elesi,Everresj,Lusia, . Abiton, Ma .. zoni, and Richard.-

In making hi$ ~·sad~~report,Mr. Okumani says .. of th~decea$ed :."~·I am ·sorry,· because he was my hand, and~active pastor.~~

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Sponsored by the Seventh Day . Baptist Boare! of Christian Education

ENLIST FOR· (fl.RIST A Christian Must Live

Doubly Rich Life By Marion Maxson

(Miss Maxson, a public school teacher, is a young adult of. the N-orth LoupChurch. The following was given as a talk on C. E. Day, Sahbath, Februa:ry 2, 1946..))

HEnlist for Christ." W'hat a golden oppor' tunity this phrase suggests for us. We who have been brought up in Christian homes think aut-omatically that all our thoughts and actions should be for Christ. But here, tqo often, is where' we fall short. Perhaps we are too apt" to take such a challenge as a matter of course and not really stop to analyze its meaning. After we come to the realization that this phrase is for each one of us, VJe may have a lit!tle difficulty then in knowing where to begin. The home, of course, is the first place to begin. Then, our fellow men are next in line.

Society has been defined as follows: ··peo .. pIe in general, considered as Jiving in rela ..

; tionship with on~ anather"; also, "a group of people bound 'together by some common . " lnterest or purpose.

In the light of this definition, we are entering the realm of society whenever we make contacts with others. We know that in our modern age it is impossible to live within our own world. We are dependent on others for our very existence. The rna' jority of our daily conveniences come to us as a result of much' effort on the part of others. .

After galnmg a brief knowledge of the meaning of society, we must try to determine our responsibiliJ:ies to this group. If a Chris, tian ~sto be a good citizen~. he must live a doubly rich life. There are a good' many factors to consider and practice in being a good citizen, but twice as many in being a good Christian citi~en. First of all, we mu~t remember "the second great commandment as found in Mark 12: 31, '''Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."'''

In the Ten Commandments we are .told, HThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Finally we are advised' by Paul in Romans 12, ""If it be possible, as much as lieth. in you, live peaceably with all m.en." These are but a few of the many ways we have been told to be good Chris' tian citizens.

Process of Give and Take In order .to fulfill all of· these commands

we must remember· that it is a process of give and take. We are too often prone to blame the other fellow for some difficulty or misunderstancling which arises; instead we should stop and. analyze ourselves to see if we are in the wrong.

An at her Christian responsibility which we owe to society is taking our rightful place among others. In all w·ays we must give our best. If we are capable of doing-some task VJhich is im.posed upon us, we are respon" sible for recogni2;ing the duty' which is ours. If every individual in the world were to take the attitude that he was useless to society, that he had nothing to· giv~ .. what . a de' pressed state our universe would soon fall into! If all the great sciehtists of all time were to have kept their priceless knowledge to themselves, where would we be' today? Re:r;n.embering . the benefits which all mankind has received from these fellow· citizens of ours, let us, . too, resolve to give our best, whatever it may be, in whatever way we_may be of ser.vice to athers, and· whenever the occasion demands it. This, I feel, is a smail part. of our Christian citizenship' in social responsibility. Jesus went ahout doing good; ·let us follqw his blessed example. --_.:.--<'

. A Good. ExaIllple

The parable of.' the Good Samaritan cer' tainly gives. us an example to follow in. deal~ ing -with other races. Of course many of us D do not have the dii-ect contacts which raise some of the problems found in . certain sec' tains of our country; nevertheless, in this age of· rapid . communication with . other . ria'. tions, we are closer than we. sOmetimes,tea' li~e. ·The strife we have just l?een -witnessing has brought us nearer to people in all pait~,

of the world than ever before,-and the prob-... and an ojfering~t"t~e clQ"se. That the school . lems .. , which are.,. :still ... hanging in the balance .·was a su~~ess.and:<well~¢ceived vvas .. indicated are very vital to 'all'oftis. andwillodemand .' by the fact that th~'grotip~vhted u.nanimously careful thought, based on 'Christian good will. tbhold "another school·n.ext year.

It is often .cdifIicultforus:' to realize that . R" L" .... . . . God loves all of his.people~al1colors. Just because we are white gives us no' priority on Christianityand~ no ~ claiin. oI1God:~s love· which is not. possible for all races~We must. do our best to spread thisfeeJing,()fbrq~her' hood among ourselvesaIid others.. .

If . We are' to be tri,le Christian ,citizens, part of our responsibility~ is to ·share ~a feeling of goodWill ,with aU people .. We mustre' member, also, to enlist-all of our best efforts for Christ. If we truly follow 'our'cOllvic, tions, we will practice .. good· citizenship ···in . all our sodal contacts and try to ·douurutmost to fulfill our responsibilitie·s· to soCiety. by living good Christian lives.

North Loup, Neb.

TRAINlNG SCHOOL TO ·BEIHHELD . IN· SHILOH AGAI:N NEXT YEAR

A leadership training school was held .on six Monday nights from January 28 to.March -4 by the West· District of the' Cumberland County (N ew' Jersey) Council of· Christian Education. -Sessions ,vere held in the· Stow Creek schoolhoU'se.· . . . .' .

Two COllrses were .. offered .' thenrst .-hour: a Bible study 6f Gene$isbyDr. N.H.Rob, bins, of Tom.s-River; N~·J., and a stlidy.of prim·aiy . methodSbY·Mrs~·SOm.er~:.Qor5oti.{).f Shiloh. During the second 'hbur:there'was . a song service';and. a· missionary'.a4drt!ss. Representatives. ofthe·9hina:Inla1."l41vJjt;si()A, , the· Sudan . Iriterior: Mission, . aurma.neld;<.'the New Jer.sey·Baptist Board,. and,.out;own',M:rs. Luther' Crich1ow, frolll·Jamaica,;bi::oughf.the.

. 'ev.· . esterG .Osborn.

Surely jtmust,.have . b~eIl:·.anfuspiration to be .apartcof; 'such a . schooL ·····Ttshows that Reople~r~: ,really. responding .' to . the call, ;SJudy t~ .showthyself'approved;. . ."" .'

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" ·'AlLFRJED .. ·SABBATH·· SCHOOL .RE'PORTS ... ·.···J)r. BenR.·Crandall, superintendent of the Alfred Sabbath ~''sCh061, -reported . as follows in. ·themim.eQgra.phed report 6f the" anhual husinessmeetiIig: . >. :. . .. , .

.... Theavera~e attendaJ).ce th.roughout the year was s~venty'elght. ..N~wt~a~hers recently added .to the staff are 'Mrs~ Helen Thorngate,Wendell SteP.han, . and, :Mrs. ··.·SamuelKaetzeL Mrs. Luella Straight's. faithful servi,ce' as superin ... tenclentof . the: prim:ary clepartmentwas noted

:.withappreciation. ·MrK . Lillian:H .. ' J acobshas . cons~n.tedtocarry Qnthisworkthrough the comIng year. i ~Mrs. Bessie Button, as treClsurer

;of ~theJ~abbatli. scnool;. reported 'i;hata total of .~257.77ha~.b.eenin:thetreasilry, during the

'., year:, of '.' whIch $158.09 had ,been expended for . , the work ofthe~chool,le,avinga balance .of

$72.68. Receip~'frori{the classes revealed a '30 ,per . cent increase over last year.

.. SUPPLmS:.sENT~ TO NEW . ZEALAND

. A gift of. $10 was'received ftom the Little Genest!e .. $aq};#th:,.$cpogl·to, help ·financ.e.the .s~ndip.gFof·-Ji,~l'pil1g<Bands, for·cidults .. and

.<; '< : ":.: •. , ....... y .... Puna .,p' eople ,an· ·d· . S· ab .. b'~.' ·th .. ' _. .0.. . .,.... . a.

)6hool.catds,pdntedby Pas.·;i·." •• f-:r.·.· .. ; ,CHiford;Beebe, .to . the

schools of ;N~w

messages. .: .. ' ." .... '., .'. .... .........> ". ....hasbeenplaced . Rev. ~Lester '>.G~'Osp_~rn,p~;fd:r-· 'pf·, the ...........•.. ". . . the. ReSO:rder Press:an

.Shiloh-church,wasthedean>ofthE2-school,· .......•.........•. ..' ·Jhr'~ll0:Ug~~ttppli~s;f()r . and Mrs .. Ella' K ... $p.eppard·had charge of the·" .. ........' ......•.......................... · .. t:~eSa1Jbath scAoQls,-artd.the .

:,:i~r' !,J~t:~%:s\l:~\);t'~~gh~~~~~ ...1Iarl<>: Sutfo~ 'i(~-t~:~j,'f;~~{l,l~~~~<)h! fifty. . The' average.'attcilclan(:e.··v(TasarC>und \£sed' 'as~· datet:L' . ..'.. ....... ' " '" . one. hundred ten ... ' 'Besides·.··.·.those· •. Jr:dm .. the··:tl#Sg~tt~frQ.zP.\LiPtl~;(j.ene.seei.s\Tery:.muc.h. five' .. churches. ···.com posing:~.·· .. the.··.· •• · .. West· .• ·Di'st~ici.,.· . ··appreQiated·.by··tlie ••. D"atd,.··a.rid···:.tne.· .• Nev.l .•. ~.4ea'

.. ~~!W~:;:~::·=::ln::SQ::Z;~: .:~~~ii~i~~~~~J~t!is~~igf~f~i~~\; assessment of : $30ol)'each of thee five schools '. andbririg'us::·arlclosetiogether~·:"·;<H:.S.:·

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WOMEN'S SOCIETY BOARD OF DIREcrORS HOLDS MEETING

Many Letters and Reports Received; Treasurer Indicates Balances

The Board of Directors of the Women's Society of the Seventh Day Baptist denomina .. tion met in regular session March 10, 1946, in the Mrs. G. H. Trainer Sabbath school room, with the following members present: Mrs. J. L. Skaggs, Mrs. M. C. Van Horn, Mrs. S. O. Bond, Mrs. Okey W. Davis, Mrs. ]. L. Vincent, Mrs. Edward Davis, Mrs. Ottis Swiger, Mrs. A. G. T. Brissey, Mrs. R. P. Seager, Miss Lotta Bond, Miss Greta F. Randolph. Mrs. John Randolph, the board's correspondenJ for the Southeastern Association, was present also.

Mrs. Randolph was in charge of devo .. tions. She read verses from Proverbs and offered prayer.

Mrs. S. O. Bond brought the treasurer's report, showing the following balances: Gen .. eral Fund, $224.97; Special Fund, $890.83; Helper's Fund, $348.46; Trailer, $368.13. Her report was accepted and placed on file.

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A letter from Mrs. Hubbard was read con" cerning her being guest delegate of the board to the Buck Hill Falls, Pa., conference.

A letter was read from Mrs. Mildred Ehret recommending that Mrs. Hugh Whitford· become Women's Board correspondent for the Northwestern Association. A letter from Mrs. Whitford indicated her acceptance of the place.

Mrs. Okey Davis gave a verbal report as editor of Woman's Work. Mrs. Davis was asked to write her suggestions to be included with these minutes.

Material was presented from the Foreign Missions Conference concerning the United Christian Adult Planning Conference to be held in Lake Geneva, Wis., July 28 .. August 3. Voted to send a delegate to be named later, to this' conference.

Mrs. R. P. Seager read the report of the Christian Culture Committee. Her report was. accepted and placed on file.

• Frances Davis, Salem, W. Va •

Report of Christian Culture Connnittee To' the Board of Directors:

The Christian Culture Committee would report that a meeting was' held in February with all members present excepting one. Our president. also. attended the meeting. .

The committee would call the attenti-on of all society leaders to a study program packet which is being put out monthly by "Good Housekeep ... ing." . This packet contains a complete study pro .. gram which varies each month. It contained. for October. ·a study program on Bible reading. These packets may be obtained by any club or society leader by writing to The Good Housekeeping Club Service, 959 8th Avenue, New York 19, N. Y.

The Christian Culture Committee distributed copIes of the "Talking Leaf" to church leaders at the World Day of Prayer service in Salem.

Respectfully submitted, Mrs. R. P. Seager.

Chairman.

THE '-SABBATH . RECORDER 259 out the pamphlet, .... World Needs in Literacy and Literature,'~ to the' bpard· melIlbers and gave a verbal report of ,her work. Her report was accepted as a report· of progress.

Mrs. ].L. Skaggs read the report of,the Ways· and Means Committee. The report was accepted and placed on:fi.le-.

Report of Ways and Means Committee To the Board' of Directors:

Your Ways and Means.Committee would report· no committee meeting since the last board meeting. Correspondence has been carried on with the promoter of evangelism and with others in regard to plans for evangelistic effort in the near future.

Promoter and Mrs. Greene are working with the church in Washington. D. C .• until some time in April when he . expects to begin work in the Southeastern Association.

Some further, and thus far unsuccessful, efforts have been made to secure tires for our house trailer. ·Mr. Greene- is seeking those '\Vho will help with this trailer work which _ we hope may be started soon.

Respectfully submitted. Mrs. J. L. Skaggs,

Acting Chairman.

Mrs. Edward Davis read the reports of Rev. L. O. Greene.

Mrs: A. G. T.Brissey was appointed a committee- to:. get rlietrailer moved.

Mrs. Okey Davis distributed the board stationery alldpresented a bill from The Fox Printing Company of $10~50 :for the same. This bill was ordered 'paid.

Mrs. S. O. Bond presented a bill for $29.75 for six pages of space in the Seventh· Day Bap~ist Year Book. The bill was ordered paid. The corresponding secretary was in .. structed to write a friendly letter to the newly organized women's organization in

. Jamaica. These minutes "Were read and approved. Adjout:ned to meet the second Sunday In

May at 2 :30 p.m. Mrs. J. L. Skaggs,

. President, Greta' F. Randolph~

Secretary. . . .

BATTERED SUITCASE, ROPEaTIED BUNDLE ARE SYMBOLS OF CENTRAL 'EUROP'E By Your Peace Correspondent

- [This column is written by Robert W. Root, formerly of the Des Moines Register and Tribune; who is now reporting j the religious

. scene to· the American press undet interde .. nominational auspices.} ,

GENEVA, March 15 - If the umbrella was a symbol of· Munich, the. battered· suit, case and the rope:"pinched bundle are sym' bols of Central Europe after the war .. This winter, it· is in Germany' especially ,that everyone is on themove~refugees, . displaced ' persons, ,deporte-es; all the mis€?ranle, wan .. dering pe.ople whose personalities . are for .. gotten b.ehind the stereotype words.

Long lines stand at ticketxvincloW's.. In the bomb .. shattered central railroad station . at Munich, t saw two queuesonep.undr~clfifty feet long, and. during severa'! visitsla~er iri the. day, ,I could not see .that. the .. length changed" much~ ........'

Around·.·.the edges of ·the .. big:,,~d1rt .. covered central room of the- station were scattered groups' .of the.· wandering: with~ .. · their inevit, able bundles. '.~' At random~ .lpickedout·one of the little groups andwe ... starh~(:la.···coriyer' sationOinmybroken German.·· . There was a man of middle . age; his daughter, a ... girl of . -thit;"teen-. or fourteel)"'whowas' thin, ··with a

rose in, her cheeks', , which might be telltale, but otherwise well enough looking; and his old mother, with a shawl over her head, flinty .. faced, unsmiling .

They were Hungarian Jews from Buda .. pest, I found, but it had been a 10n~ time - ~

since they had . seen that city. Six years ago they haq. been put into a German concen" tration camp, arid they had peen there some two years. Then the Russians had taken the camp ~ and packed' them~ off for two years in Sibe#a. For two years they had been intbe Ukraine, where the man had labored for the

. Soviets. Now, after~eeks on the train, without 'Sight of a' bed,.· they had reached Vienn~, and at' last, Munich~ .' They were waiting for a bus -to take them on faTther. '

. The man's . wife . ca.m.~ctiP,· a woman with broken teeth.' She joined in toteH of the food . they . had co:nsumed as pariahs, some" tiIIl'espassable, some1;imes.bare1y . enough, to ke~p them (;lHve .. 'T~ere ha:d_ been a younger boy"in the family,but.h¢.had died. ""Sehr schlecht,'~ she took her head.

Near by_.w~re a man and wifeaf the same gro:tIpofHungarian Jews. . They had some" thing~which isa,gight rare amongsu~h.peo .. ple--a baby of . about·.a y~ar.old~ They

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seemed surprised themselves that the child had survived. For weeks, they said, she had· had little to eat but potato broth. They had tenderly wrapped her in a motley array of old scarfs, but her cheeks were pink with the cold and her nose was running. Not ... withstanding, she offered a wistful smile.

But what is there ahead about which such a child can smile? These. people, too, were waiting for the bus, and expected that there would be a UNRRA camp at the end of the line. A sort of home at last-but still a camp~ When, and where, could they begin life again?

Homes in America

This is where people of favored nations like the United States come in' for different roles. Many of these refugees, like immi .. grants who built our country, would like to :find their future in America, and if it~s a small enough step., there~s still room Jor rejoicing that the Uruted States is g-oing to admit some thousands under immigration quotas. But these people will not· buy steam .. shi p tickets with what most of them have in their pockets, and there are many thou ... sands more who will have to find their niche in Europe.,

I talked with Adolf Freudenberg, who is in charge of refugee work f9r the Wodd Council of Churches at Gene-(Ta, about what American church people can do iIi co ... opera'" tion with others to help with this problem. Pastor. Freudenberg is an anti .... Nazi German exile himself who has given the lie to the notion that .... all Germans are . alike ~~ by his

,vigorous work for Jewish refugees through ... out the war. He had just comeback from the first meeting' in London of the new in ... ternational interdenominational church refu ... gee committee~

Pastor' Freudenberg reported ·thatthe church refugee leaders are especially con .... cerned about ~he remaining Jews, especially those so ... called .... non ... Aryans" who are Chris .. bans. There are more ~~Jewish ... Chrisdans" in Europe than might be imagined. For' ex .. ample, he said, there 'are five thousand· ad ... herents of the Hebrew religion in Berlin t{)day, but the Protestant church rolls there have nine thousand '-non" Aryan Christians.~' The latter suffered under the Nazis, but had a better chance of escaping extermination itself. Pastor Freudenberg' said that. these

Christians of Jewish origin are not· aided by the blanket help for Jews, artdthe Christian churches therefore have a special obligation to help them. . '.' .' .. '

The World Council, supported by churches throughout the world, will bring some 'Of this help to the' European side. The Ameri .. can governmental policy of' admitting· 39,000 immigrants puts on the churches in the United States· the responsibility of' helping at that end.· .

In outline, the church job will be to pro .. vide collective sponsorship for . the immi .. grants, instead of the indiyidual sponsorship with which Americans h:ive been familiar heretofore. In dollars and cents, this adds up to a lot of :financia:l support;. immigration of eight hundred non,Aryan Christians would "'block up $3.00,000 for quite awhile, ~~ Freu .. denberg said. Jewish organizations are ex'" pected to take care of Jews. How 'many Ohristians. will be able to start over again in America depends on the generosity of American Christians.

At this' end, churches which :,have been working with .refugee problems -ar~ already starting to prepare lists of prospective emi .. grants and sending the names to American consulates for action. If American church people ,do their part, they will not only bring light into many lives' that have been dark for a decade, but will demonstrate the realities and possibilities of working in har .. ness with Christians of difFerent denomina .. tions' and different countries.

ORDERS FOR ~XTRA COPIES OF' SABBATH RALLY ISSUE ._

TO BE SENT . IMMEDIATELY . Plans are developing'Jor a Sabbath Rally issue of the Recorder on April 22. Insteao of the supplement, which has sometimes 'been / prip.ted for the annual rally day, 'it' is pr~ posed to make the entire, magazine appro~ priate to the Sabbath emphasis. Department editors are going to .submit . material on' the subject; special features' will be included,. and the· publication will also' contain material helpful in preparing procrrams for Sabbath Rally Day, May 18, 1946~ .... .

The intent will be to make' this· special issue serviceable as an ·aid to the observance of Sabbath Rally Day" and· at the' same time . have,. it especially useful as reading matte~

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$a;:~ ;':7es8:;~1:hn~~~e~;:h~.~~~t;d .·~~~a!:~~~ikt;~dents'#~OlI~b#e~thir(fusJaJ-and be'" supplied in . ·.limited. quaIltities to ". "The·N-¢W:-oYorkS<tat~:.'Qplleg~of Ceramics ch~rches . T..V hich .' . can. • ·.lnake us~'of'them" in 0ff'ersthlee~'cuiric\lla:' ~'qira;mic£ .' '~engineering either of the suggested ways.;. If '·+bu'c:an .. · 'ana glass technology, lea.dmg.to -ti].e: B. 'S., ticipate . ·the Ileedof extra 'c()pies~iI1"ybur ".aJ1diIldlist~iar:~era;micd~sigri; leading.eto ,the church, willyouplease.seethatthepastor, . B:F.:A~degree •. ·~The·CO.negeof LiberalAr.t~ or other representative,. sends. YQut: request offers·: cutrlchlah!a.dmg~to,theltS;.in busi .. to theReco~der '. office '. 'im:niediat:elY~".The ·.·ness -andnursing;:.indto't:heB.A. ina wide print. shop will have' to have ~the~compl(hted' .. var:iety~ .of'other;~nelds.~, 'Through con centra .. order by April 17 ~ ..... "tion&; in. ··mathemati~s;: .p,hY&ics, chemi&try,

bidlogy,·. ·English,'foreignlap.guages; • history, economics~ philosophy,· drama; . etc., · students prepare· va,~ouslyfor.·positions· in .teaching, industry, or :busin:ess~ or.foradvanced study in:medicine,'dentistry, . law, and other pro ..

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. Attention.' Called. to .. ' .' EducatiQna10pportunities ':,' ..... .

(Written by John Reed .Spicer, the following hrief · article on AlfredlJniversityis to ca.U :theattention of our young people and' >any returned veterans to' the' opportunities" offered by' A1fred~"(;)Iie':6f' ou~ denominational institutions.' ..... The chairman. 'of . the Vocational. Committee··will <be ,pleased to give "any' further iriformation ,or be of any service possible . to any of' our young people who may' be interested in any of the opportunities o'ff'ered.·· A mote de .. tailed article . on .. the work " off_eredby . the <Agri, cultural and Technical lril:;titute will-appear l~ter. -Ben R. Crandallt . Alfred. N. Y,) .......•.•.... " .....•.. '

- FounCied·.in.T836, .~.Alf1"ed Univer~ity is now in its 110thyea:r~N~verClspiring to' great siie ·orwide·, 'fame, .. A.1fred~:has· •• he~n content to. be·kno""I1favqritl~Hy.· whel"~:"it .·is known at all. . Cordial relationships 'witIi' the State Board of Reg€:ntsand '.' fullaccreditirig by all·. appropriate agencies, ·including. tlie~()p~ · iankirig.As~ociation '. ofAme~i,can.'Un.iversi' ties and the . Engineers'" . Council" fot .·.~··:PrO; . fessional . DeveloPtnent gi:v~.:s6me 'measur:e of the' success . of,t\1fi-ed~$aspiratiorif) .. :··.··

The, university!s. score .of. b~il~l11gs~(:c~py part of a campus . of on~ h:u:Ildr~cl twen:tY.acr:es near t'he top . of the .'AlleghenY·Pla'teau in . south w~ster1).·: N evv ~.York.. . The , · ahno~t;ex" clusive . 'college town.of.·A1fted·is·.· near .• the main line of: ·the: ·Erie,three·htindred .• :mil~s . west ··of New York City.:. .• <'. ~ .. ' > .:

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. Day: 'Baptists; ~Jor ,i,thp~,e,(){' ·that, group: who. "h'appel?to ::read' the' Sa.b-p~th iRecorder,. . we ... will .... print·eacli we,ek .in· ·thls column a' few {acts.aboutSev;enth· Day Baptists.'" "

.•.... BELIEfS····· COt1~eming 'E~~t.gelislD '.' . ..

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tiou' of four · .• divisions. ". TP,e· ColJege:·()ftib~, .. .' eralAt,ts and.: the>gra4uat~:SchddL ofJrhe;;: .' 'irito~ . definite' ,r¢hitiC>llsfiip' . with. 'Jesus -'-Ghrist,. ology. are .pnv~telY:'~ndqwe.d" ••• , .•.. :yhe··.New· 'and' mrusf' proIpPJ¢ .Qh:¢sg~it:y., .t!iroug):lout.·.· York' State.. College .... ()f ~ •. ·,Cer~mlcs·:~ng ~,~ll:e . the', whole::. world,' and· 'm: 'all human:,' relation ... Ney.r York,State .. Agricultiit'alallqTe.chnical~.··shlPs.~ ...... :-:-. ," '" ' .. _;~;"-' ~ ,:' .': .... :.,

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OUR LETTER EXCHANGE Dear Mrs. Greene:

I t has been a long time since I la:st wrote to you; so I thought I would write today.

My little brother just got out of the hos ... pital after a period of sickness.

We have started playing baseball at school and dur principal, Mrs. Tomilson, said we were rushing the season; so we started play ... ing marbles.

We are having nice weather here, and I hope you are having good weather up your way, too. Well, I will have to dose now.

Sincerely yours, John Godish.

Dear John: I'm sorry to hear that your little brother

has been sick and hope he is ~~all well again," as my little granddaughter Gretchen says.

Andover boys haven't started playing baseball yet, for' although it has been· warmer we have been hav ... ing a number of very rainy days. As for playing mar ... bles, the only/place for that would be in . the house, and I don't think boys .. would fIDd that very sa:tisfactory.

Mizpah Greene Do you think so? Yesterday afternoon and

evening Pastor Greene and I attended the Allegany County Youth Rally, held in the Alfred Church. Over one hundred twenty were in attendance, most of them young people and the adult leaders of the various discussion' groups.

After a half hour period of group singing, a half hour worship service was conducted by a group of Alfred Station young people. At the close of this service the young people were divided into the following discussion groups (each one' going to the group of his or her own choosing): ""Can Christianity Mix in PqliticsT''''Am<I My Brother's Keep .. erT' "'Why Denominations?"' ""Am I· .Chris' tian?" 10 10 Giving Christ to Othersj"""Making Me Worthwhile," ""Living with Our -Parents. "" The extra adults present met-·in -another

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group to discuss varIOUS problems in youth training. .

After an hour spent in this manner, ea~h group of young people had great fun pre'" paring amusing skits for after supper enter'" tainment. Both young people and adults enjoyed an appetizing supper followed by the skits and singing in the parish house. The groups returned to the church at 7: 15 for hymn singing and an inspiring sermon on the topic, ""Prelude to One World," by Rev. A. M. McCartney, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Rochester, N. Y.

I wish all my Recorder boys and girls, especially· the teen'age young people, could have attended this rally, for I'm sure they would have enjoyed it.

Your Christian friend, Mizpah S. Greene.

Dear Recorder Children: I think I have just room enough for a

short story. Here it is:. A TRUE FRIEND

Once upon' a time a gentleman was walk, ing along the streets of a midwestern town when he saw a little dog running frantically from one person to another.

No one seemed to take any notice of the dog, although he barked and . whined and jumped in front of everyone who came by to make them notice him.

At last the dog saw the gentleman watch ... ing him and began to jump in front of him, whining and barking louder than ever.- He seemed to -try hard to say something, if he only knew how.

~"Run along, old fellow, and I'll follow you, ~, said the· gentleman. _------/

The dog ran forward, turning frqm time to time 1:0 see if He was still being followed.

-The dog led the way toa d_eep hole from which a large tree had been dug; and there was another little dog, much smaller than c the first, that· had fallen. into· the hole·. and -could . not cli~b· out.. , ..

At once the gentleman 'reached' down into the hole and' H£ted out the' frightenecllittle fellow, and hoth dogs ran away together,

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FORGIVENESS: ./ ORHUlVlANITY.·AT THE CROSSROADS

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·By Rev .. Paul· S.Burdick· Rockville, R.· I.

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Itseeinsas if humanity stands a:t· the cross'" roads today. One way is labeled . ""Forgive and Save'~; the other, ~~Avenge andDestroy.~~ The voice .'. of the world. is telling us to "lobe tough; qon't be soft;don'ltbe impractical.~~ The words of the Bible about forgiveness are. met with a polite sneer,' 'or turned aside as

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meaning something quite different from what they were intended to mean.· May .Godhelp us to' study these words carefully and accept them at their face value.

.}esus says, io"For if ye. forgive m~n their trespasses, your, hea verilY:Father will .... also forgive you~"- Does that meaIl.waitingWith arms folded until the one who has wr()nged us shall come and humbly apo16g~e? cThat was not what the father ·oftheptodigaldid; when. he saw his son. -""a great· 'way off. '~1 That is nbtth~ way of\ourFather ip:lieaven toward .us.- '. '''ButGodcomme~dethhisJove toward· us, ·.~ .. that,whilewe~ere·-yetsin" ners, 'Christ died.Jor,lls."':2 -Fbrgiv~nessisnot apassivebilt , ¥i·~ctive-grace.~:Jt·goeso~t "to seek and··· to. save that.which··was·'·lost.'~3

. PauFteHs· us~ ,'. ·~Dear1yLbelqvti4,-~a~l1geridt. yourselves~- but:ratliet'giveplagetintq''Ytath: for it iswnttin,'Vellgeancec isil1ine; I wIll .

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repay, saith the.t.ord.'~4 --W:ecan safely trust the· Lord to do wliav i?l.lni~hiri.g .' is .. ne-cessary. · Our efforts can then.he-c~iit~red,uponsaving the lost. ""Butif:thinee!le~yhungeI'~feed. him, -if he_thi:rst,·givehipidfiilk, for in so doing thou .shaIt--be.apcoals )JpoJJ. his head.'~ N ()t- just being willing: to forgive-not· .. just ""having' thespii-it :of forgiveness in . our hearts .. ,_ .... but by expressi()lls> of love a~d kind ... ness, . trying ··to'. -bring ·abput -'refqtni, that is the truemean.ing of foriJveness. .. There is·a' :beautifufstory. of Frances E.

WiHard, . the great ,temperance leader. Of a naturallyq\Jick.;teinpeteddisposition, when she receive.cla li~tter cruelly misrepresenting her efforts, she would flush with .anger and clench her fists. _ : 'Then bowing. her heid upon h~r hands she would wait· in' prayer. uWhen T .lcnowthat I love that person," she would say, .... then. ~ .. am ·rea:dy·, to . act. ,oj ..

John, the beloved·.disciple,· tells us, ""If-a man say, I love God, and hateth. his brother; he >isa liar:'· for he that,,: loveth not his brother whom. he -hath seen, how can he love Godwhom,'he hath n9tseenT~5 Our ability to .1ove'God:i§ Closely' con~eqed With and dependentf.up,9U the Christian grace of forgiveness, and OR()Ur . willingness to love and '. save those that . seem 'at first' to • be un;" lovely and'hatefuL Jame.s-says, Io~Brethren, if any of you 'do ·-err -frofuthe truth, and

. one, convert 'him; let hirr)know, that he which conv~rteth·thesinrier from the error of his.way\shfl:lls~ve a s0"91froln death, and shallhigea:-~tll~i~lJ.ge- 6f·· _sifi~~~~6 . 'How"gladly will our heavenly Father cover with the blood ofChr1st·th~'.~iils, bQth_o£.the· soul ... wirmer ando'f 'theprodigal,-whehthey come humbly to him, t~lling>·~h#nt~a:ta. new soul has been · botnirtto .. fheldhgdottiL '. . .. '. .. .

It see~s~~jf-(}9'd,j;s"Sflying t.o·th~n1.enof this .. gep.erati()!l,"~Fo~giye·· .and.s.~_~~.~orarlpf ' · you shallperisf.'1~-~'l'A~))evenangels . with .

. their .seveIl>tp}lll p~ts··Sta.ng.:ready tosoutid.7

'. There.· •.. js ..... niUGli.:p~siID,is.111·; ... ·Il1~ch.:r:ynniqg •. ·.·to. andfro_in.tlle.',earth." ';- We'inl1~t: labor tQke¢p a1ive.th:~qi~lefla;m~~rlove. .' .... -, : .. . .

.. ·'·lt~~~~~h,,~:I;~f~=~lt,"igi1;' •.•.. .""";':"--'---. .' .•....... ~ .......... ~..-.-.. . .... .. . , .. ·'lLtikelS··&.(j<-' ........ 51 John;4~20 '.' . .. .gRoml~ns_"5!8:-.. • . ·····6.t~n:ies,;.5::~.19./i6.

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.. ? .. THE QUESTION. BOX ~? [The . Recorder maintains· thiseolunin . as a· helpful

service to Its readers: Many' people' do' not· have theo:' logical reference bOoks. in which' to look for the answers. to queStions of Christian living· or .' ~ible study; . if . you have such a problem. we will gladly refer it toone of Ollr Bible experts.- Send:. your question in care of' the editor. Sabbath Recorder. 510 Watchung Ave., Plairifielc;l. N ~ J. . Please sign your name and give. your \ address. .

OUT purpose .in this column is not to enter into theological disputes; but rather to give an· answer, an opinion, or food for ·thoughtabout matters. of sincere and heartfelt ·con<:ern. We hope you will· fu:td here a real aid to your Bible study ap.d a help in Christian growth.]- ..

Question: . In . 1. Corinthians 14, I. fail to see the harmony between verse 22 on one side, and· verses 23 and 1.4 on the other side.

In verse 22 Paul.says prophesying is a sign not for· unbelievers, whereas' tn' ,verse 24 the ,unbelievers will ~ be ... convinced · by· the prophesying of alL.· And so, too,· with the tongues. Verse ·22 says they are a' sign for unbelievers, but in verse 23 the unbelievers will say the members of the chuTch are' mad when- they :find them speaking with tongues.

Can yqu ~elp me to understand the texts in the right· way? . G. Z.

Answer: Paul. includes .among the gifts of the Spirit both fO"speaking\virih tongtles~1 _and ~~prophesying:~ However,' he makes a- clear distinction as to their relative importance. In the verses cited· a;bovethe issue seems to be that. of 'the' speCIal use to be made' of each gift in the work 9£ the cJ:tut:ch. 'What concerns our·' enquirer is th~ ,s-eemingcontra: ... diction between the statement ·that· "c.torigUes~~ is a sign'for unbelievers and' c.c.prophe.sy!ng~" is for believers, and' the later .S'tateni~ni. tha·t if· all spe'a:k with tongues . the .. unbelieverwi11 think them. mad. . 'And, also, that unbelievers may be convicted by prophecy~ .

DENOMINATIONAL •• 6~HOOK~tJP" : Marlboro, N. J~ ..

.. We are so gl~d to . have regularly with us now Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tomlinson and family. Mr. Tomlinson hasheen away several years, working . as a'chemist on war . projects in several Western states. ... .' .. .. The February· nleetjng of the Ladies" Aid was a well'attended aU'9ay meeting at the ll:ome··of the president,'. Mrs.· Edward· Cook, Bridgeton. A' delicious . dinner was·· served, and in the' afternoon Mrs. Albert' Avars . led . , a discussion· pn the last chapter of ""Lessons. In Soul~Winning11 by Dr.Houghton~. . .

. . . Co~respopdent. . . .. Alfred, N. Y.. .'

Trailer Town is practica.11yfullaricl: is fast becoD;,ling"c.home, sweet'home""to veterans and their families, even to an Eskimo Husky' in hiskerin:eL . '. ..

. The community is being fitted with wooden . sidewalks, . street lights, a cinder drive, ' •. and, parking . space around:. the thirty ... ;five .. units .. The cirtder·· drive . circles'· three . sides:'. of the . gymnasium. giving . access· to':the'l1viIlg .~quar" ters~ some hQusing.nien ()nly, . others -veterans and their.· families.-·Alfred .. Sun. .. .

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veterans enrolled .• indci:sses. hy1\pril..oi. The. Federal Public: .• HousiIig; 'Adniinistrationhas granted· the college .. ;fwenty .. five trailers for use of veterans. . .

These trail~rs wiU···be placed··on.··. fC)lInda" tions on college property at the end of P~?n' sylvania" Avenue' and connected:with elec" tricity, gas, water, and sewerage·)ines. .' . ... M~nyof the units' have been reserve~> by veterans and the remainder . will be a·ssigned in order . of application;~Saiem .Hefald~· .

. Neyer say'~No" to' (304% ...

Speaking with tongues was· accompanied by expressions of ecstatic feeling. This exalted feeling is" like1y',.1:o ·impress the· -unbeliever and is therefore a sigll'for hini: However,· if the . whole' assembly surrenders' to stich .... .... . . . ........ ...• .... .' .'. ' . ,~/ emotions . and' ecstatic deInonstrations~even A .. possible.' mod.ern .•.• application : of. ,thIs un!='elievers. will be. puzzled ... as. t9. what '.' is Scripture may .he eFpr~ssedasfolldy.rs:.There

. are. 1.egitilIld:te.revlval 'meth9(:lswhich should. gOIng on. , .. . .. ' . .. .. . . ... b d ..... h h . h .' .. . ··d . b ..... Prophesying, or'preaching, is the· gift of euseln tee urc,aqcoIIlpanle ·YU,lJ:'

the Spiritbest.t;alculatedto strerigthenthe· usua1.em.otion,but.cal;"e>·~.1).ou14hetakell nqt believer and build hiin Up In> the holy Jait~..to apus~. t.l1is.'fre:edoIn'9(_religiol1;seipn~s~ioil. By preaching alsQ. the :unbeliever maybe ". Preaching'sotih,d dOctriI1:e,j,vl>ich,is e~p~ci~Jly convicted .. ·.There . is a place,' for boththe·-helpf~l; fqr: ·the·:belie.v~~!I' m~ype'~h:el;>est preac;her· and

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theeIIlo1:ibnal·e~horter.·'-· But. " ~eansofreacJ#ng the:~~1?:e1iev~., .... ,. ' . in.apublic assembly restraint is desirable, .. . .. :.:"~A.J·~·,C.:Bond~·D~an·,· so that there shall not be confusion;· Alfred School ()f~'J'heology.

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"For wher~yourtr~aSUr~i$, ,th:erewiU'yourb~~ealso:'" "'..-_"""""''''''''''''="=====feature, published the' first of . e~ch. month, .'i~ ·-f~~. tho,~e' p~rticulai1y. interest:~din the~

finances of the denomination.. Statements from alldepartniellts' are given here, . faCilitating comparisons7 and che~kin,g.: . .

DENOMINATIONAL BUDG~T Statement of TreasUrer, . February 28, 1946

Rec;eipts Total for

. February 8 months Adams Center ..... _ ................ _............ ,~$ .129.50 Albion ........ _ ....... _ .... ~ .......... _ .......... _..... . 1 7 .1 (). 114.02 Alfred, First ..... _ .............. ~................. 1,875.39 . Alfred, ·Second ..... _ .... _ .... +................. 582.55 Andover: ....... ,.~ ...................................... _.. 3.3.00-A . . . d 240.41 . ssoclatlons an groups ........... . Battle Creek ..... _ .......... ,........................ 224.75 1,086,95 Berlin ......................................................... 10.00 99.30 Boulder ,. .... _ ...................... _.................... 300.73 Brookfield, First ........... _ .......... _..... 143.95 Brookfield, Second .... ,................... 160.56 Chicago ................................................... .25.15 240.70 Daytona Beach .................................... 13.00 1 7 5.50 Denver ...................................•.......... :....... 37.00 361.2-D De Ruyter ............................................. ·275.31 Dinuba ...................................................... . 50.00 Dodge Center ............................. _ .... _.. 51. 26 Edinburg .................................... .\0........... 1'1.00 80.00 Farina ......................................................... 1'5 .00 160~ 00 F o'uke ..................................................... _.. 71.67 Friendship ........... _ .......... ,.; .... ,................. 67.15 Gentry .~ .............. ;-.... ~.~............................ 5.00 44.50 Hammond ..... _ .... ,., ......... _ ................ _.. 65.00 He:ildsburg;Vkiah ........................ 4.00 11.25 Hebron, .' ·First ....................... _........... 59.28 Hebron, Second .............................. . 5.25 Hopkinton,: First .... + ... _ ...... ~ ... _..... 13.7.50 ... 31.8,24 Hopkinton, Second ......... ,.............. 2.50 . 15.55 Independence .: ......................... :._..... 8.00 129.00 Individuals '. ............................................. 7.00 2,559.90 Irvington ......................................... _..... - 170.00 Jackson Center ........... -.... -.............. '. ; .... , ... _.:.".'2 ..•. 13. ·c'.06·>c.~.·.~. '0° L 'ttl Genesee .. ··.·21· 30" ., Ie. . . .. ................ .-.. ,.,: .. , ..... ".. . . •... " Littl~Prairie' ................ : ............ _........ ' .". "'15.00 Los Angeles ..... .; .... ,~, ........... ~................. 164:.00 Los Angeles, Christ's . .:~.............. 3~00 13~00 Lost Creek ....................... J ••••• ~ ••• ,_ .... ~... • 202.31 Marlboro ................ :............................... 86.00 .' 5 57.-55

. . . 4 01 :'62.98 1v1iddle Island ....................... ~............ ..' . Milton ..... , ........ " ............................ ~................ ·1 19.85. ..~~840~90· Milton Junction ........... _.................... 45.58 . ·'51:6.96 . New Auburn. ........................................ . '169.'00. N 'Y k 31.25 ...... 533/t7 ew . or ................................................ .

. ·:·:2000()··:',"·j:97·9·S NQrth ~Loup ..... ,,;., ... , ........... ,., .. ~ ... ::., ... : ';, ·4~3·.5···· ";'1',6. '8:55 . Nortonville .......................................... -P, tu" k . -< ··.2·15L83 .a wca c ....................... 0\. •••• , ••••• _ ••• ,.... . ,.. . ......•

. '. .' .' . . •. "161.57 Piscataway ................. -.... -.... -.... -....... . PI '·fi ld·· . .... .119.;94' 1"362.50. aID e .......................... -....................... . ... ;.' 1·:0· 4' ' •• 10 Ri· h' b· ". .. '. '.. 17.50." c urg .... ,-, ............................. ~:.~ .. : ..... . Riverside .. : ............. , ...... :, ...... ;.: .. ;~; ........ :... 16.1.f.&7742.92 Roanoke ....... , ............... , ............... : .... ,:.,.. • .•. 2.6~OO .

. '7.25 .' . ',-3' .. 45 •.. Rockville ' .... , .......................... .-................. . 'Salem .... , .. ~,.~::: .... : .......... ~ ......... ~ ... ; .. ; ......... :..' ;15.00 . '·:50855

1 . 11· '.. . . 48.3'7 :Sa emvi e ~ .... ~; ......... ; ...... : ...... ~ ................ ..

. Shiioh .......... ~ ...... _.:.; ............................... . St6ne '. Fort: .~ ... ~ ...... ~ ........................... ,_ ..

. Verona ... : ... : ..... _ ................ _ .... _: ......... + .••••.

W alwoI"th ............ : ... ~ ............................... . Waterford ....................... : ........... _ ... ; ... . White Cloud.' ................. _ ......... _ .... .,. ..

$20,000.·

$15,000

93.00

10.00 23.4:9

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1,292.41 10.00

291.14 . 155.00

97.85 202~92

< . Specials .$ ··487.85 .. . .

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1946 1945 .t. Budget receipts:

For February ._.-._ .... _ .... _ .... _ .... _ .. $ 825.89 ,For 8 months ..... _ .... _ .... _ ........... 13.853.88·

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$1,344.75 13;539.68

Special receipts:, . For February ..... _ ... + ... _ .... _ .... _.. 657.50 635.43 'For 8 months ..... _ .... _ ... _ .... _ .... _ .. 7,941.02 3,561.31

L. M. Van Horn, Treasurer.

Milton, Wis.

MISSIONARY'SOClETY January 1, 1946, to January 31, 1946

Karl G. Stillman, Treasurer' In account with' the

Seventh Day Baptist, Missionary Society Dr.

Cash on hand January 1, 1946 ........••••.• $5,385.92 Second Century Fund Gifts: .

SalemviUe, Pa. . •..........•....... $ 11.85 DeRuyter, N. Y •• Sabbath School •••• 57.00 Mrs. H. Floyd Carpenter in memory

of Mr. and Mrs .. Myron C. Irish .. 100.85 Pawcatuck C. E. Society •.• ~ . •. . •. . . 10 .. 00 Mrs. Jennie Parker . • . . . . . . • • . . . . . . 10.00 Mrs. D. B. Coon and Mrs. Gladys

Hemminger . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . 10.00

Dodge Center, Minn., £01' China ..•.••..••.. Rev. David S. Clarke' .•....•••.......•.... ~ Clifford F. Lamson, E. Taunton; Mass., for .

Missionary Evangelistic Work •........•..

199.70 80.20 10.00

10.00 Memorial Fund income for quarter ended

November 30, 1945 •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 313.77 M. C. Rockwell Fund. Westerly, R. I., fDr

foreign missions .••.•••.......•..•.... ~ .. . Reta Ie Crouch, Albuquerque, N. M. . ...... . Rev. E. A. Witter forJ amaica School ...•.. Dodge Center, Minn., Sabbath School for

Jamaica . . . ~ ...... ' .......... ' .............. . Dodge Center, Minn.~ Sabbath School fur

Gurley, '. Ala., work ....••..•............... Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Fowler, Exeland, Wis ... Mrs. W. Smith, Sarnia. Ont., for

foreign missions... r •••••.•••••• ~ •• ""( ••••••• Federal. Reserve pank of' Boston, .Mass. : re

demptIon $2,000.90. U. S. Treasury Certifi-

7.12 15.00 18.87

15.00

15.00 20.00

4.00

cates of Indebtedness % % Series ',A 1946 held . as temporary General Fund Investment 2,000.00

Mrs. D: B. Coon and Mrs. Gladys Hemminger . • ...•..•......••••.. ~ . $ 5.00 For Florida work ..•.•......•.....• ' 5.00 For Jamaica work •. . • . . . . • • . . . . • • . 5.00

Prof. L.· B. Crandall for Dr. Grace I. Crandall J>ermanent Fund income Income Myrta E. Greene Sp'e::i~i' Fit~'d . : : : : : :

15.00 50.00

389.98 58.04

$'8,607.60

Cr. Telephone and Telegraph expense.. •••.••••• $ 22.54 Recorder Press - Annual report and share

Year., Book •.•••••••••••••••••• ~ • • • • • • • • • • • 130.00 J. H.' Coon, Treasurer, income Myrta E.

Greene Fund •.•.•••••••••.•..•.••.•..•••... . 58.04 Rev~ A. S. Johnson, Riverside, Calif., gifts to

Australia and New Zealand .•.....• ~ • • • • • 3.50 Jamaica payments as follows:

Rey" . W; T. Fitz· Randolph: salary •• $100.00 Chi.ldren s' allowance •• .; • • • • •• • . •• • •• .25.00 House rent .••••••••• " • • • • • . • • • • . . . 20.83 Travel expenSe' ••• " • " • • • • • • • • • • • . • • 8.12 Native . workers • . . . . . . • • • • • . . . • • • • . 50.00 Ministerial Education Fund ........ ;. 25.00 Insurance. 29 Cllgrles St. • •..•.•• " . 81.20 Balance land cost •..•...• '. • • • . . . • • • 23.44

. Gift Rev •. and Mrs. Crichlow to Jamaica Mission Fund .•..••••.•.. 20.00

353.59 Rev. Neal, D. Mills ••..•• ~ •••.•••.•...•..• ~. 41.67 Rev. 'Trevah R. Sutton •..• • . . • . . • • • • • • •. .. 41.67 Rev. Verney .A. Wilson •••. ' ..••...•• ~ . . . . . • 25.00

Rev.~JoJ;tn .F. Randolph .................... . Rev. ClIfford' A. Beebe Rev. David S.· Clarke: ............... e.- •••

frCl:lary . .. ~ ' .............•........... ~~OO.OO ouse rent . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 25.00

Rev.· William L. Burdick: ~alary • • .•.......•••...•............ $125.00 ofif1:lse and. office ...•.............. ' .25.00 CI' Ice supplIes ......••..........•... 9.56

erk . . .. ' ...........•......... -.. . 41.67 • '=, •

Rev. Herbert L . Polan R G D

· ...•.•.•...•.•..•••• ev.· . • 'Hargis ........................ .

IreasuRer's ~pense .................•.•.•.• R~: Za~k ~WIW~··························· . Ite ......................•• firs. George P. Kenyon ...........•.......• Chr~ ~~~e;ft:or:sgai~li~~~; .................•

Rev. H. E.' Davis ...••....... $75.00

41.6~ 41.67

125.00

201.23 15.00, 41.67 41.67 41.67

100.00 10.00 10.00

Less repayment China advances 2.30 ---$ 72.70

Dr. Rosa W. Palmborg .. ~ • . . • . . • . • 30.00 . 102.70 Lambert puenther: design for 2d Century

Fund CIrcular • • . • • • . . . . . • . . • • • . . • • . . • . . . . 150.00 Industrial. Trust Company: transfer 2d Century

R Fund gIfts to Savings account ........••.• 49.70

eVa A. T. Bottoms: Gift ·Dodge Center Sabbath School •.••.. _. • • . . . • . . • • . . 15.00

Mrs. Esther G;:ivitt, Treas. : Gift to Florida work ~rom Mrs. D. B. Coon and Mrs. Gladys

Ca!1ebal~~~~r o~ ~~d· j~~~~;';" Ji:· i946:::::::: 6,93~:~~ $8,607.60

ACCh?nts payable as at January 31, 1946: Ge~:;any' . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . • . • • • • . . . . . . . • . • $42','919106 •• 0687 . . ................................ . Holland ............ ' .............. '. . . . •• 2.900.00

$10,006.75

A TRUE FRIEND (Continued from page 262)

after wagging their tails andbarkiIia their loudest~ expressing their thanks as ~ellas they knew how. . y o~ see, dogs can be true friends, not' only

to theIr masters but to their dog companions. M. S. G.

Rupracht - Soper. Stanley Burk' Ruprachit~ 'C-son' of. S. Burk a:~dAnna Phillips' Rup~acbt~ and Mildred LouISe. Soper, .' oldest . daughter of

. Ralph and Ruth Soper~ were united in mar" riage on March 6~ 1946. Rev. Herbert L. Po!a?, Verona, N. Y.,. the bride"s past9i.",. _. offlCIated. .

BonneU~ . -. :LeheighBonneU; age' 86, . son of John and Thclda Bonnell, passed away . March 10, 1946, at 'the home Qf;hiS daughter, Mrs. W.· C. Anderson, ParkersbUrg~ W. Va.,.wherehe

. had made' his ,home fot several years. '.' .. ". He was a native of Doddridge ,Co., W. Va. a

worker in .the oil fields. His wife,'·Mahala. E., pitts Bonnell, preceded him in death •.

F.arew'eU.. se~.vices- c~ere ·~¢cn.idudedat· 'hi~"late .'. . home, . Mcu:c'h:~~ 1·3,.- }il:,>thargEi~'Qf'~ Re:v~· ''1 .-E~;'~an .. : ... . dolph .ofBerea; . W .. ·,-Va., . assisted by Rev~ " David-"<

S .. Clarke~of Westerly,R. I.- Interment . was at Buena Vista;W.Va.,:·- J .. F..~. Green.' -.- Mable "E.s··· second' daughter . .of Elmore

Carey' and .,l\4:artha: Davjd Hibbci.1"d~- -·was .. born April: 17, 18&7s at' N-oI"th . Loup, ~N eb~, . and passed awa:yinMilesCitY,;Morit~~' December 17,1945. '. . ._ ' .... ..

Her . only'" sister. Carrie Viola .. nates, . and her mothe.r and' father preceded her in death.

She joined~he . Seventh Day Baptist Church.··· when.-agirL ~9nJune 5~ 1905,. ;she;·waf;>·married .' to Richard L. Green .. To this union wer~ horn three sons and two daughters. . Surviving. besides the husband; are ". the {olloWingchildren: . [email protected] Wildman. Kn-owl:toii, Mont~ ; Alhert·Lee •. Cl~rence Burdette, and Richard. Jr.. all of Miles City. .

Funeral 'serviceswere he1dat.the· Groves. FUneral HoDle in MilesCity,Rev.B. ·Fit~ of .the Presby ... tedan . Chorch 'officiating. Burial was at Custer County Cemetery .... . R. G.

Greene •. -" Alice Cranda11~ dil.ughter of Delos ,;(Jrandall. and S~r~h 'Galferrnia, Coon Crandall •. :

.. was born .. May ''2Q,:J859, and 'died~<J;lebruary-., .. 13, '1946. !at the-home . of' her son' William .

. C. 'Greene in-B.elDiont, N. Y. She attended Miltori' College .' and AlfredUni ..

versityand ~later. taugh~. in,col:intty schools. She was a' m~mberof'the "!Fnendship . Sevepth . Day Baptist 'Church .attNile,-N.,Y., and at the time of- her:deatb.was.a member "of longer. standing than any othet-liviilg .. c~ember.:· She'. was· martied>to Clark W. Greene Match 11. 1886 .. For many years her home. was next'door to the Nile parsonage. She was a much loved'n¢jghbor and. one on'whom all of her friends' depended ... Besides' her son,. Wi!,

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Retiring Director General Herbert H. Lehman (picture

to left) of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Ad .. ministration sayst~at.· failure' to furnish food for the world's hung~y millions might lead to· international disaster.

Speaking hopefully, however, before an UNRRA council session, he pointed _ out that it' has been demonstrated' by

. ~'history's greatest mission of mercy" that men and women of , many nations can work together in harmony for the common .good of mankind.

"Sacrifices will need to be made in some of the countries . if the problem is to be solved." he asserted, "but . . . failure to provide for many millions must inevitably lead -to wide .. spread political instability and can well sow the seeds of further armed conflict."

MY PLEDGE

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"In response to the Presidenrs request to help prevent starvation overseas, I voluntarily pledge to conserve food and to. buy less, bake less, waste less bread,cake, whe~t products.

"I will conscientiously attempt to conserve during. the next six months,' ~r while the emergency exists,. about a quarter of the wheat products oUr household is' accUStomed : t~ lise."

Food Conservation Pays Off

Relief Hour, arrives In Shanghai. . Moored off Shanghai's famous Bund, the 8.8. Marine 8tar unloads its cargo into lighters for transfer to. shore.

"For I was an hungred, and ye g~ve me ~eat."

(Matthew 25: 35.)

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Ship material aid to the

Service Centers:·· New Windsor,. Md., and . Mo .. desto,. Calif. ' ... '

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I N the House of Life.,][ saw an Altar., with candles aglow and a Cross thereon ..

And as I bowed in·reverence.·.andclosed my eyes, I beheld t1H~ Living ChU1I."cho

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