State Shinto Through

.Japanese Eyes

Johannes G. Vos

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Divided We Fall?

Brnce F. Hnnt

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The Gossip Snowball

Harriet Z. Teal

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Orthodox

PrelJbyierian

Church News

J. GRESHAM MACHEN • EDITOR 1936.1937

The doctrine of an eternal purpose of

God is the foundation upon which all

the teaching of the Bible is really based.

Back of all the events of human history,

back'?f all the changes in the inconceiv­

able vastness of the universe, back of

space itself and time, there lies one mys­

terious purpose of Him to whom there is

no before or after, no here or yonder,

to whom all things are naked and open,

the living and'holyGod.

-J. Gresham Machen

May 25,1945VOLUME 14, NO. to

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May2£)

tlly youtll."

OVERHEARD IN WESTFIELD, N. J.DOROTHY P.: Going to a fire,

Bill?BILL R. (on the run) : No, I'm

going to the Post Office to mailthis card to the G.Y.C. I wantan entry blank for the PhilippiansContest and I want it in a hurry!

"As a Sparrow Alone"

WHAT could be more helpless, me. lost-looking than "a sparrow alo

on a housetop"? David said he felt Ii'that. You and I have, too. Remem"that time when all the world seemed to,misunderstand you, even your own fam­ily? Remember that party you attendedwhen you were the only. Christian? Ourfriends in the service have felt like thattoo, far from home in a strange land andwith little or no Christian fellowship.

But listen! David says_ elsewhere, "Thesparrow hath found an house . -. . eventhine altars, 0 Lord!" In God we maytake refuge, no matter how lonely or de­spairing we may feel. In Him is security.He is our dwelling-place.

And what does Matthew say? "Are nottwo sparrows sold for a farthing? and oneof them shall not fall on the groundwithout your Father . . . Fear ye not,therefore, ye are of more value than manysparrows." Nothing shall happen to usoutside God's knowledge and will. In allour sin and unfaithfulness we are preciousin His sight-"of more value than ma1lYsparrows".

What a comfort are these thoughtswhen one feels "as a sparrow alone"! '

THINK ON THESE THINGS:I. What is meant by God's omni­

presence? What comfort can we derivefrom this doctrine?

2. Should a Christian bow his head inthanks before eating when he is in arestaurant?

3. Won't a Christian appear to be tak­ing a "holier than thou" attitude if heattempts to stand out against the crowd?

entering the service, he made a fine photo­graph of the interior of the WestminsterChurch of Los Angeles, where he is amember. Chic is now stationed at Vic­torville and attends his own .church regu­larly. He is secretary-treasurer of theyoung people's society.

Chic is quiet, shy, and soft spoken,with a big smile and a dimple. Hewould like to pass on to you this versewhich has meant so much to him sinceentering the army: "There hath notemptation taken you but such, as is com­mon to man: but God is faithful, whowill not suffer you to be tempted abovethat ye are able: but will with the tempta­tion also make a way of escape, that yemay be able to bear it."

Intimate Glimpses

THE Youth Center has received aletter from Deming, New Mexico,

written in appreciation of the faithfulnessof CpI. Nelson E. Turner in attendingthe Baptist Church during the two yearshe was stationed near-by.

•I thought you would like to meet"Chic," so here he is, riding his hobby,photography. He is now in the photo­graphic division of the A.A.F. Before

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WE'RE expanding! No sooner does, someone suggest a young people'snews column than we have one! Don'tmiss it on page 158, If you haven't ap­pointed a G.Y,C, Reporter, do· it soonso that we may print some news fromyour society and from your members inthe service,

Speaking of the service, what are youdoing for your service members andfriends? In West Collingswood and prob­ably other places, the young people aresending out "Soldier's and Sailor's Evan­gels" to their own members in the serv­ice and to anyone else whose name isgiven to them. They meet once a monthto address the envelopes and they havea good time doing that, too, The lettersof appreciation they receive are reallythrilling. But what are you doing? Youthink about these friends; now do some­thing for them.

Here it is May. Only a month in whichto study Philippians for the G.Y.C. Con­test! You had better get busy. If youdon't, think how you'll feel when youhear that other people are getting thatJamieson, Fausset and Brown Com­mentary on the Whole Bible, thoseHamilton books The Basis of ChristianFaith, and those GUARDIAN subscriptions.Don't be' timid if you don't get very far;even if you learn only a few verses, enterthe contest. By June 25th go to yourpastor and recite to him what you havelearned. Get him to (ill in the entryblank, and drop it in the mail box withhigh hopes!

And remember, even if you don't wina prize, you will be rewarded by havingin your possession a beautiful portion ofGod's Word. David tells us that whenwe hide God's Word in our hearts weare restrained from sinning against God.This in itself should be an incentive tous all. So, again I say, get busy, youngpeople!

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MISSIONS

The First of a Series of Articles

ment. In fact, comments are reallysuperfluous, for these Japanese utter­ances, as they stand, constitute ir­refutable evidence that State Shinto isidolatry. In certain cases, brief com­ments or explanatory notes will beadded. So far as I am aware, none ofthe material to be presented in thisseries of articles has been publishedin America before. These newspaperclippings were mailed from Man­churia to the United States duringthe summer of 1941.

Kokutsu and Domei are the namesof Japanese news agencies.

From The Manchuria Daily News,April 25, 1940:

H. I. M. THE EMPEROR WILL VISIT

YASUKUNI FOLLOWING IMPRESSIVE

ENSHRINEMENT OF INCIDENT

DEAD

(Kokutsu)Tokyo, April 23.

A solemn service for enshrining theremains of 12,799 Japanese officersand soldiers, who sacrificed their livesin the current China Incident, washeld at the Yasukuni Shrine thisevening. This is the fifth enshrine­ment since the outbreak of the ChinaIncident.

Over 30,000 members of bereavedfamilies gathered at the Shrine fromall parts of Japan to participate in theceremony, and to meet their departedsons, fathers, or husbands, whose re­mains have been laid at rest and who

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Compiled by the REV. JOHANNES G. VOSMissionary to Manchuria Under the Reformed .Presbyterian Church

ligion, it must be a false religion. Fromthis it follows necessarily that all per­sons who have participated in theceremonies of the State Shinto systemare guilty of the sin of idolatry, andthat all churches which have either.sanctioned or condoned such partici­pation are guilty of a greater or .lesserdegree of apostasy from the Christianreligion. As a matter of fact, this isthe deplorable condition of nearly allthe churches of Japan, Korea andManchuria at the present time. TheForeign Missions Conference of NorthAmerica and the major boards hav­ing interests in Japan and East Asiahave persistently refused to face thetragic facts and admit the embarrassingtruth about this wholesale lapse intocompromise with idolatry. The boardsare still taking refuge in Japaneseassurances that State Shinto has noth­ing to do with religion; or else, insome 'cases, they admit that com­promise with State Shinto on the partof the oriental churches is wrong, buthold at the Same time that it is nota great enough wrong to constituteapostasy Or to' warrant the boardsbreaking off fellowship with the com­promising churches. In my judgment,the repeated statements of non-Chris- 'tian Japanese in their own publicationscut through· this tissue-like fabric ofwishful thinking with a stroke, andshow State Shinto unmasked in itsreal character of abominable idolatry.

Most of the material to be pre­sented will be quoted without com-

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State Shinto ThroughJapanese Ey~s

Introductory Note

THE purpose of this series of arti­cles is to call the Japanese govern­

ment and people to the witness standto testify concerning the real charac­ter and meaning of the system of ideasand ceremonies commonly called"State Shinto," the cult which hasbeen vigorously fostered by the mili­tarist government of Japan. Practicallyall the Christian churches of Japan,Korea and Manchuria have either for­mally sanctioned or tacitly ,condonedparticipation in the rites of StateShinto on the ground of Japanesegovernment assurances that the ritesare.merely patriotic and of no religioussignificance. The present series of ar­ticles will undertake to expose. thehollowness of such a claim by quotingverbatim from news reports and edi­torials published by the Japanesethemselves. Most of the quotationswill be taken from The ManchuriaDaily News, an English language dailynewspaper owned, edited and pub­lished by Japanese nationals in Hsin­king, the capital of the puppet stateof "Manchoukuo." The reader shouldrealize that everything published inManchuria was subject,to rigid cen­sorship by the Japanese authorities,and therefore none of the materialthat will be quoted could have beenpublished if j it set forth a point ofview contrary to that of the Japanesegovernment. It should be noted, too,that some of the quoted material' willconsist of public statements made byhigh officials of the Japanese govern­ment and the puppet government of"Mancheukuo," These men were nottrying to tone down State Shinto inorder, to oonciliate Christian opposi­tion; they were speaking without in­hibitions, for the general non-Chris­tian public of Japan and Manchuria,and therefore their testimony concern­ing. State Shinto possesses specialvalue.

These articles will show beyond thepossibility of contradiction that StateShinto is a religion. And since StateShinto clearly is not the Christian re-

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THE ~RESBYTERIAN GUARDIAN May 25

EMPEROR WORSHIPS AT SHRINE(Kokutsu) ,

Tokyo, April 25.Twenty-seven thousand mourners,

bereft of fathers, brothers, husbandsand sons in the holy campaign weredeeply moved by the graciousness ofHis Majesty the Emperor in. payingpersonal homage at the YasukuniShrine where, in common with thenation, His Majesty prayed for therepose of the souls of the war heroes.

His Majesty left the court early inthe morning of this day dedicated tothe enshrinement of the souls of themartyrs to the cause of East Asiapeace, as guardians of the advancingempire of Japan.

The Emperor, in army tunic andwearing various decorations, ordered

(See "Vos," page 158)

From The Ma.nchuria Daily News,April 26, 1940

EMPEROR OF JAPAN WORSHIPS AS

WAR DEAD ENSHRINED

15,000 Officials and Citizens ofHSinking Also Worship at WarMonument on Day of YasukuniShrine RitualH. I. M. the Emperor of Japan vis­

ited the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyoo~ April 2 5 ~o participate in the spe­cial ceremonies for the enshrinementof 12,799 spirits of the Japanese wardead. On the same day members ofall Japanese public bodies and com­panies in Hsinking numbering 15,000gathered at the War Monument at10 a.m, to take part in solemn cere­monies in connection with the grandfestival of the Yasukuni Shrine.Lieutenant-General Iimura, Chief ofStaff of the Kwantung Army, at­tended the ritual on behalf of Lieu­tenant-General Yoshijiro Umezu,Commander-in-Chief of the Kwan­tung Army. There were many othermilitary officers present. .

At the signal of the blowing of thesiren from the roof of the KwantungArmy Headquarters, those assembledin front of the War Monumentbowed in an easterly direction towardsthe Imperial Palace in Tokyo, and ob­served a minute's silence. While themilitary band played, Lieutenant­General Iimura, General Yu Shen­cheng, Manchoukuo Minister of Pub­lic Peace, and other high Japanese andManchoukuo officers and officials'offered branches of the sacred tree tothe spirits of the war dead enshrinedin the War Monument.

Dom6iTOKYO, April 23.-0n the

eve of a five.day special Fes.tlval of Japan's pantheon, theYasukuni Shrine, at·· Kudanhere, .solemn memorial servic(:is in honour of u,799 wardead to be newly enshrInedtook place at the Shrine fliTsevening aUended by more than I

30,000 family members of thedeceased.

The ceremony was officiatedby Admiral Kolchl Shiozawawith the attendance of army!and naval high officers and Irepresentatives of the govern-jment offices, schools and the IImperial Guard and 'First,!lDIvisions.

While the Naval Bandplayed muslc dedicated to thepatriotic heroes, tho impres.sive ceremony proceeded, firstall In those attending paying.homage before the Shrfne,. .-

Lights Put OutThen every lIght -on the

Shrine compounds was exUn.gulshed, turning everythinginto pitch darkness recalUngthe prehistoric days. Amids'the darkness, a "FeatheredCarriage" carrying the soulsof the 12,799 war heroes pro.ceeded toward the .Main Hallquietly through members ofthe bereaved famllies whichlIned both sides.,. A ceremony for the repose oftheir souls was then conductedby Deputy C'hief. Priest Sho­saku .Takahara, after whichthe Shrine was lighted and theBand began playing.

The memorial service! werebrought to an end shorUyafter 10 o'clock, after every­one in attendance paid reapeceabefore the Shrine.

A clipping from The Peking Chronicle,Peking, North China, dated April 25,

1940

IYASUKUNI SHR.INE ICEREMONY STARTSAS DEAD SOLDIERS

ARE ENSHRINED

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will be forever spiritual guardians ofJapan. A company of soldiers com­manded by Lieutenant Yamaguchilined up as a guard of honor. Armyand naval officers, representatives ofgovernment offices, schools and othersalso participated in the service.

The ceremony was commenced at7:30 p.m. with the playing of classicShinto music. With torches castingtheir light over the heads of the con­gregation, the scene was most solemnand peaceful. To the strains of thepopular "Umiyukaba," played by anaval band, deputy chief priest Taka­hara chanted Shinto prayers in frontof the altar. At the end of the prayersAdmiral Koichi Shiozawa, chairmanof the ceremony, walked up to thealtar and prayed for the everlastingpeace of the departed souls. He wasfollowed by other high officials, whoenacted similar rites.

At the conclusion of these ritualsall lights within the compound, ofthe Shrine were extinguished, andwhile the whole place remained intotal darkness'and absolute quietreigned about ten men attired in whiteceremonial robes appeared, precededby the naval band playing a funeralmarch, bearing a Holy Carriage onwhich were laid the ashes of the12,000 officers and soldiers. The pro­cession moved on silently into theinterior of the Shrine while 30,000pairs of eyes followed its slow prog­ress. With bated breath the congre­gation saw their beloved departed rela­tives, who had died for the cause ofthe country, formally enshrined for­ever. Emotion gripped the congrega­tion. Stifled sobs could be distin­guished here and there.

The lights were then suddenlyswitched on again and the guard of'honor paid a last salute to the soulsof the departed. The ceremony wasconcluded with a prayer by deputypriest Takahara to the accompani­ment of music. Admiral Shiozawa andothers then approached the altar andlaid branches of the sacred tree, the"tamagushi" on it. This was followedby the "Umiyukaba" played by trum­pets, bringing the ceremony to a closeat 10 p.m.

This religious service will be fol­lowed by the special grand festival ofthe Yasukuni Shrine beginning April24 and lasting for five days. Duringthis festival His Majesty the Emperorwill personally pay homage at theShrine.

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Divided We FaD? I THE ope IBy the REV. BRUCE F. HUNT

Orthodox Presbyterian Field Missionaryin Southern California

THERE has been some discussionof late about the relation of The

Orthodox Presbyterian Church to theAmerican Council of ChristianChurches or to the National Associa­tion of Evangelicals. As one who hasbeen invited on occasion to speak be­fore gatherings of both groups,though a member of neither, 1 shouldlike to express a thought or two.

At present, I have no brief forjoining or not joining either group. Ican see objections to both. I can alsoconceive of certain wholesome ad­vantages arising from some kinds ofinterdenominational cooperation incertain fields. What I say is not saidagainst joining one group or another,but against certain concepts that arebeing set forth, sometimes within our 'Own ranks. They are the ideas thatwe must cooperate in order to beatthe foes of the church, that unlesswe cooperate we cannot expect tosurvive. To me these areanti-Chris­tian in spirit, though often uncon­sciously s9.

The burden of this article is, there­fore, that whatever else our argumentsbe, for or against joining one or theother of these or some other associa­tion, let them not be, "We must co­operate to beat our foes," or "We can­not survive unless we cooperate." Tome such expressions are both the fore­runners and an integral part of thatkind of thinking that makes of uniona god and creates totalitarianism. Theuse of such an argument may be help­ful in getting people behind a causewe believe in, but when we use itwe are putting our stamp of approvalon an argument that is false and onewhich in the end will tum and rendus as it is already doing in the greatunion movements of Protestantismand in the Federal Council.

I have had as good a chance asmany to see the strength of our foes _in the churches and in the states andto observe the trends, but I don'tthink we have to resort to cooperationto beat them. In fact, the closest andtherefore perhaps most dangerous foeof the true Christian today is not somuch the organized foe without asit is the inner capitulation to the

thought that we must cooperate, thatwe must get the help of men to beatour foes, that we will not survive un­less we do. When we say this, wedeny the sovereign power of God, wetum from the arm of God to thearm of flesh.

It is a very dangerous and foolishthing to use these arguments, for weput weapons in the hands of thosewho some day may tum to be ourfoes. When we say that we cannot ex­pect radio stations or governmentagencies to treat with individual de­nominations or churches or pastors inregard to radio time, released schooltime, chaplains or' missionary pass­ports, we are opening. the door forthe government to insist on only onereligious bargaining agency, as the Jap­anese did. If we say radio stations mayproperly demand that all' conserva­tive Baptists, Presbyterians and othersact together and make a united re­quest for time, we are going to findit hard to say they are not justified indemanding that all religious bodiesact unitedly. The state and radiocompanies, after all, are usuallyworldly institutions and cannot beexpected to see the difference be­tween the spiritual and naturalchurches or church members.

The Christians who lived at thetime of our country's founding be­lieved that men must be true to Godand their consciences and that thestate should not only refuse to invadethat right but also should protect it.Consistent with this belief, theystrove to protect the rights of mi­norities. When we,however,- say wecannot expect the state to treat withus unless .we cooperate and becomea large number, we are giving up thatidea of protecting the rights of mi­norities and throwing our weight onthe side of those who say that onlymajorities should be recognized-inshort, that might makes right.

No, I believe that "if God be forus, who can be against us." "Oneman of you shall chase a thousand,for the Lord your God, he it is thatfighteth for you."

If, without compromising ourselves,we can join a fellowship such as the

American Council, well and good.But let us not be threatened into it.Let us not decide we must go intoit because God has forsaken us, andlet us not build up in the popularmind as true that false notion thatonly large groups should or may ex­pect to be recognized by the radiostations, school boards, chaplains' of­fices or state departments.

John the Baptist was content tobe a voice, not a lot of voices or anorganization of voices. He was con­tent to be a voice in the wilderness.He had no fancy church for a sound­ing board, he did not have to lobby,pull strings or threaten with a powergroup as his club. He was a voice inthe wilderness, but he raised a wit­ness that has not .been quenched."Ye shall be witnesses unto me."

Schowalter Ordained andInstalled at Lincoln

L ICENTI AT E Delbert Schowalter,a graduate of Westminster Semi­

nary in the Class of 1943, was or­dained by the Presbytery of theDakotas of The Orthodox Presby­terian Church and installed as pastorof Faith Church, Lincoln, Nebr. Theimpressive service was held on Tues­day evening, May 1St

The Rev. Reginald Voorhees, mod­erator of the presbytery, preached theordination sermon On "The ModelChurch," basing his sermon on thefirst chapter of I Thessalonians. TheRev. Walter J. Magee, clerk of thepresbytery, delivered the charge to thenewly-ordained minister. His themewas "Preach the Word." The chargeto the congregation, based on the text"Occupy till I come," was given bythe Rev. Russell D. Piper, a memberof the Presbytery of California inprocess of transfer to the Presbyteryof the Dakotas. Mr. Piper has re­cently accepted a call to the pastoratesof the churches at Alexandria andBridgewater, S. D. The constitutionalquestions were propounded by Mr.Voorhees, and the benediction pro­nounced by Mr. Schowalter.

Special music was supplied by thenewly organized junior choir of FaithChurch. A generous offering was re­ceived, and was used in part to helpdefray the expenses of those partici­pating in the meeting, and in partfor the general work of the presbytery.

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clare the Word of God, the peopleof God will surely come under Hiswrath. Because the people look to theminister, for precept as well as ex­ample, it is necessary to proclaim thefull counsel of God. Where there isno teaching ministry there is a spir­itual poverty among the people re­sulting in a falling away into evilways. Pray that God will call Hisshepherds back to the care and feed­ing of His sheep.

15TH. EZEK. 34:1-15 (15)Some of you, into whose hands

these devotions come, may be mourn­ing because your pastor is not ful­filling his holy office as shepherd ofthe flock. Despair may even now filtyour heart. But, precious one, thoughthe under-shepherd may be unfaith­ful, there is One who ever abidethfaithful, even our Lord" Jesus, thatgreat, good and chief Shepherd. Hewill both seek out His Hock and de­liver them; He will both nourish andgive them rest.

16TH. MARK 10:17-27 (27)As we behold the picture of the

fine young man coming to Christwith such eagerness and leaving sosorrowfully, we pause to think. Is ittrue that the one thing which I amunwilling to give up will keep mefrom heaven? Yes, questionirrg one, ifyou treasure one tiny thing morethan you love' Jesus, it is humanlyimpossible that you be saved. But bythe grace of God it is not impossiblewith Him. Come, then, needy one,with all the corruption of your heartand receive of His grace.

17TH. REV. 5 (9, 10)On this glorious Sabbath day, we

might well anticipate the song ofthe twenty and four elders as theysing the worthiness of the Lamb ofGod. When He took the book fromthe hand of the Father, as one hasremarked, there was sealed (1) thework of Christ's redemption, (2) thefinal defeat of Satan the adversary,(3) the felicity of the saints, and (4)the glory of the Redeemer. Let allnations lift up their hearts in praise!

18TH. MARK 10:28-45 (45)Those who would be first in the

kingdom of God must willingly ac­·cept the last place in this present evilworld. As Christ came not to' beministered unto but to minister, somust all who hear His name. Butwhat a consolation for our sacrificesis held forth here. As one has said,

the Lord's Day, it is well for us tothink on the lesson of our reading.It is God's will that we should pre­pare on Saturday for His day. Thepreparation of our minds and heartsfor the spiritual feast of the morrowis paramount. Let us not bring downthe rebuke of God upon ourselves andour nation by our disobedience.

10TH. PSALM 118:15-29 (24)What a great boon is this day to

us! How many reasons we have torejoice in it! It is made and sanctifiedby God. It is truly a day of salvation.It is a day of rest unto our souls. Itis a day of praise to God. Yes, in thisLord's Day, saving grace is proclaimedthe world over. Thank God for Hiseverlasting mercy!

11TH. DAN. 4:28-37 (35)Pray to our heavenly Father that

those who are responsible for thesettling of the peace terms in Europemay be aware of God and His pleasurein the affairs of men. The pride ofman is naught to God; the will ofGod should be the desire of men.Let us learn from this ancient king'sexperience that God does rule amongthe inhabitants of earth, as well as inthe armies of heaven.

12TH. PSALM 53 (la)The Scripture corroborates the

testimony of the natural universe,that only the fool says in .his heart,There is no God. When we beholdthe wonders of His handiwork, themarvels of His power, the extent ofHis providence "and the riches of Hisgrace we cannot but be constrainedto bow the knee and worship inhumble awe. God's natural and spe­cial revelation give the lie to all athe­istic thinking.

13TH. I COR. 4:1-10 (7b)There are those who willingly be­

come fools for Christ's sake. Suchhave no trust in the flesh, no confi­dence in themselves, no .pride inpossessions, and no self-esteem.Rather, they bear reproach for Hissake, and are made a. spectacle untothe world. These, who are fools inthe eyes of the world, know that allthey are and have, came from thehand of God. Having received allthings from Him, they glory not inthe flesh but in Him who is the giverof every good and perfect gift, evenour gracious God.

l,4TH. Has. 4:1-11 (6a)Except the messengers of God de-

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* Verses printed in parentheses are tohe memorized..

.~fAMlLYALTARJUNE 5TH. MATT. 9:27-38 (38) *

HAVE you ever realized that Jesuscalls upon Christians to pray

that God. will raise up and send forthministers and missionaries? Jesus'ministry was filled with meeting thephysical and spiritual needs of themultitudes. The need still exists, theopportunity still presents its demands,the fields, near and far, are even nowwhite unto the harvest: therefore,pray that God will send forth con­secrated and earnest laborers into Hisharvest fields.

6TH. ISA. 45:20-25 (22)As a young lad Spurgeon heard our

memory verse and looking to Jesuswas saved from his sins.. How simplyand clearly does the Bible presentthe free invitation to salvation! It isnot only free but it is universal, goingforth to all men, in all kinds of con-

. ditions, in all parts of the earth. Look,my friend, to the only Saviour! Yoursins will be pardoned, your soul willbe redeemed, you will be reconciledto God.

7TH. DEUT. 31 :1-8 (6)War in Europe is over! War in the

Pacific still rages! God has given de­liverance in one theatre; He will notfail thee, nor forsake thee in theother. May our sons and husbandsand fathers go forth in this confidence,that "the Lord thy God, he it is thatdoth go with thee." Pray for thesouls as well as the lives of those whoare facing the dangers of conflict andtemptation over there.

8TH. PSALM 150 (2, 6)Just a month ago, and while these

lines were being written, word wasgiven of the unconditional surrenderof the remaining German armies. V-EDay! A day in which to rejoice andtake courage. But more, a day inwhich to humble ourselves beforeGod with thankful hearts for· Hismighty acts in our behalf and theexhibition of His excellent greatness."Let everything 'that hath breathpraise the Lord!"

9TH.' Ex. 16:22-31 (3°)In this time of lax observance of

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fessor of church history. He prefacedhis address by telling of the giftof the graduating class to the semi­nary.This was a contribution ofmoney to be used toward the pur­chase of voice recording equipmentfor use in the department of prac-tical theology. .

There were a number of factors,'said Professor Woolley, important inthe life of the pilgrims, which influ­enced the subsequent history of ourcountry: The pilgrims took the Wordof God seriously. They' were seriousin recognizing Christ as Head of thechurch.. They stood for salvation bygrace alone. And they held strongly tothe doctrine of the covenant and itsimplications in life. In addition, theypossessed the pioneer spirit of thefrontier. Then Professor Woolleyturned to a consideration of the con­dition of the church in the presentday. He discussed the influence of theFederal Council, with its call forunity, and the authoritarian influenceof the Roman Catholic Church, anddeclared tlIat their positions and em­phases were the opposite of those ofthe pilgrim fathers, He held that theanswer to the challenge was not thatof a rugged individualism but ratherthe answer supplied by a type of trueuni ty which is not based on organiza­tion or coercion but upon an emphasisof principle. Westminster Seminary,he said, is representative of thatunity. It stands clearly for its positionand principles, but does not try tocoerce others to conform with it solong as those principles are notviolated. The same type of unityshould constitute our answer unitedlyto the Federal Council and theRoman Catholic Church.

Following Mr. Woolley's address,

This year's student body and faculty at Westminster Seminary

that the world was crucified untohim and. he unto the world. Thistext, said Professor Kuiper, is ap­plicable to all Christians, but it ap­plies in a special way to ministers ofthe gospel, for it points the path toa ministry that is happy and blessedand glorious.

Alumni BanquetThe banquet of the Alumni As­

sociation was held on Tuesday eve­ning, May 8th, at Glenside's CasaConti, and was attended by ninety­four alumni and their friends. Fol­lowing the business meeting andbanquet, brief talks were given by theRev. Adrian DeYoung, a minister ofthe Southern Presbyterian Church;Mr. Jacob D. Eppinga of the Chris­tian Reformed Churs,p; ChaplainWilliam B. McIlwaine, U.S.A., Chap­lain George Vanderpoel, U.S.N.,Chaplain George J. Willis, U.S.N.;and the Rev. Edwin H. Rian. Briefstatements were also made by mem­bers of the graduating class, who toldof their plans for the future.

The address of the evening wasgiven by the Rev. Paul Woolley, pro-

in the faith and promote courage inthe face of persecution. When weconsider what Luther faced when hestood against the-evils of a corruptchurch, it is no wonder that this washis psalm. May you gain new couragefor the Christian conflict through

'reading this precious portion! '

-HENRY D. PHILLIPS

I NEWS IWestminster ~olDmeneelDent

1945

For every one thing I have given upfor Christ, He has returned a hun­dredfold even in this life, so that Iam possessor of a hundred homes;and beside all this, life eternal.

19TH. PSALM 46 (1)Spurgeon entitles this "A Song of

Holy Confidence." The thoughts ex­pressed here come from a heart strong

Baccalaureate Service

T H E sixteenth annual commence­ment exercises of Westminster

Theological Seminary' began on Sun­day afternoon, May 6th, with the bac­calaureate service held at 3:30 in theauditorium. The baccalaureate sermonwas preached by the Rev. R. B.Kuiper, professor of practical theology.

Professor Kuiper's text was Mat­thew 16:24: "... If any man willcome after me, let him deny himself,and take up his cross, and follow me."What is Christian self-denial? askedProfessor Kuiper. It is not just adenial of our sinful desires, nor is itmerely the controlling of our naturaldesires so tha t they will be used to theglory of God. Christian self-denial,he declared, is the denial of selfcoupled with the exaltation of Christ.A selfish Christian would be a con­tradiction in terms. What, then, doesChrist mean when He speaks of- tak­ing up one's cross? That cross is notmerely the trials and tribulations ofthis life, which are common to allmen. Nor is there here any identitybetween the cross of the Christianand the cross of Christ. Rather, thecross of which Jesus speaks is themeasure of persecution which theChristian must be willing to sufferat the hands of the world. He mustbe willing that self should die andthat Christ alone should live in him.And when Jesus said, "Follow me,"He did not mean that we shouldimitate Him in every detail, for Hewas unique. Nor did He mean a meregeneral and vague following in Hisfootsteps. Rather, said ProfessorKuiper, He meant that those whowould be His disciples should followHim to the place where He took upHis cross-should follow Him intodeath, into the death of self, to theplace where the disciple could say

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do nothing against the truth. Therewas something in Paul himself whichprevented him from doing anythingagainst the truth, and that was thefact of Paul's regeneration. When aregenerated man denies the, truth, itis sin, the old man, and not the new

- man which is doing it. Moreover, saidProfessor KUiper, we can, by the graceof God, do much for the truth. Wecan defend the truth, propagate it,exemplify it, and apply it.

He urged the graduates not to beunduly alarmed when unregeneratemen fret and fume at the truth, forthey can do nothing against it. Whenyou find yourself opposing the truth,he told the graduates, recognize thatit is the old man, sin, which is raisingthat opposition and "sit down on ithard." "Serve the cause of truth," heconcluded. "Labor for that cause.Give yourselves wholly to that cause.Let the one concern of your life bethe truth."

Following a hymn and the closingprayer, the members and friends ad­journed to Machen Hall.

Board of TrusteesAt the meeting of the Board of

Trustees which preceded the com­mencement exercises, three importantappointments were made. Mr. DavidWestlake Kerr was appointed As­sistant in Old Testament for the com­ing year. The Rev. Edmund P.Clowney of New Haven, Conn., wasappointed a lecturer in homiletics.His appointment covers the period ofProfessor Kuiper's leave of absence.The Rev. Arthur W. Kuschke wasnamed Assistant Librarian from Junetill August, and Acting Librarian forthe following year. Mr. Kuschke willsucceed the Rev. Leslie W. Sloat,who has served as Acting Librariansince September, 1939. Mr. Sloat hasindicated that he did not wish to ac­cept appointment as permanent li­brarian, but rather that, though hehad no specific plans, he desired toreturn to the type of work moreusually associated with the ministry.

Women's AuxiliaryAt the meeting of the Women's

Auxiliary it was announced that thegroup had, exceeded last year's recordby several hundred dollars, althoughit had still failed to reach the goalit had set for itself. Mrs. Frank H.Stevenson was re-elected president ofthe auxiliary.

organism of faith. The Christian musthave not only a creed but also theenergizing principle, which is an ac­tive and living trust in God. As thephysical body must grow, so the bodyof faith must grow. And, to carry theanalogy still further, as the temporalbody will one day become eternal, soour present body of belief will oneday be transformed into knowledge.

Trust, declared Chaplain Mcll­waine, is to be found only in con­junction with faith in God. Trustproduces peace of mind, but onlywhen it is combined with faith in analmighty sovereign. Sometimes thosewho have a strong body of faith lackmuch of the vital energizing-factor oftrust, and then there is little God­honoring activity and works. Worksreveal the character and state .of healthof the organism of faith. In exercisecomes development and growth.

To the members of the graduatingclass, Chaplain McIlwaine said thatit was the duty of ministers to striveamong their people for the maximumof transformation into the image ofChrist, not merely for the leadingof souls to the place of conversion.He urged the graduates to rememberthat, as God alone gives and main­tains physical life, so in Him residesthe source and nourishment for allthe organism of faith.

At the conclusion of the address,the following /students received thedegree of Bachelor of Theology:Ralph Eugene Clough; WilliamCharles Goodrow; Thomas MaclayGregory; Herbert John Hoeflinger;Paul- King Jewett; Donald ThomasKauffman; David Westlake Kerr;David Blair Muir; Oliver StewartPage; James William Tompkins. Thedegree of Master of Theology wasawarded to Donald Thomas Kauff­man and Paul King Jewett.

The William Brenton Greene, Jr.,Prize in Apologetics was awarded toDavid Blair Muir. A Frank H. Steven­son Scholarship for graduate studywas awarded to Paul King Jewett.

The Rev. R. B. Kuiper, professorof practical theology, gave a brief ad­dress to the graduating class. Basinghis remarks upon the words of Paulin II Cor. 13:8, "For we can donothing against the truth, but forthe truth," he said that all truth re­sides in God and that our denial oftruth never makes even a dent upontruth itself. But also, he said, thereis a subjective reason why we can

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there was a brief devotional periodwhich reflected forcefully the mem­bers' thanksgivin~ for the V-E Daywhich had been proclaimed only afew hours earlier.

CommencementThe commencement service was

held on Wednesday, May 9th, at 3P. M. on the campus behind MachenHall. Presiding was the Rev. EdwinH. Rian, president of the Board ofTrustees. After, the singing of theprocessional hymn, "Jesus Shall ReignWhere'er the Sun," and the singingof the doxology, the invocation waspronounced by the Rev. William P.Green, pastor of the Third ReformedPresbyterian Church, Philadelphia.The Rev, Charles H. Ellis, acting pas­tor of Immanuel Orthodox Presby­terian Church, West Collingswood,N. J., read the Scripture lesson, James2:14-26, and prayer was offered bythe Rev. Fred C. Kuehner, assistantprofessor of Old and New TestamentExegesis in the Theological Seminaryof the Reformed Episcopal Church.

The commencement address wasdelivered by the Rev. William B.McIlwaine, D.O., who, for more thantwenty years, had been a missionaryto Japan under the PresbyterianChurch in the U.S. and who now is aChaplain in the United States Army.Chaplain McIlwaine is a member ofthe Board of Trustees of WestminsterSeminary.

The subject of his address was"Faith as an Organism." The Jap­anese with whom he had labored asa missionary, said Chaplain Me­Ilwaine, regarded faith in Christ asjust another form or manifestationof the faith which they already hadin many other things. Thus in talk­ing with them, he had tried first touse the verb "believe," emphasizingthe object of belief and trust-a holyGod. Faith is not an end in itself,but those who hold to a false viewof faith make one aspect of it thewhole of faith.

Just as physical activity is aneces­sary manifestation of life, so, byanalogy, is activity also required offaith. As life consists of a union ofbody and spirit, and absence of ac­tivity would indicate a lack of life,so a union of belief about and trustin God constitutes a living faith, andabsence of activity would indicate alack of that living faith. Body, spiritand action are all necessary in the

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thankful; and that we may show forththy praise not only with our lips, butin our lives, by giving up ourselvesto thy service and by walking beforethee in holiness and righteousness allour days. .

We are sinful, 0 Lord; we areweak. Our hope and our help is inthee, who hast made heaven andearth. Hear our prayer, 0 Lord, forwe offer it to thee solely in the meritof thy dear Son, our blessed Re­deemer, Christ Jesus the Lord. Amen.

-J. P. G.

A Tributeto the Past

By THEODORE T. SNELL

I N A VERY real sense we all cansing with the poet Longfellow,

"Let the dead past bury its dead!Act, act in the living present!" Weare grateful indeed for our good an­cestry, the wonderful history of ourcountry, and the great progress of thearts and sciences over much of theworld. We may well find satisfactionand profit in thinking on these things,deriving therefrom inspiration andpractical aid in the responsibilities ofthe present.

We must acknowledge also ourdebt to many ancient cultures andinstitutions, but we will not mummifyour dead like the Egyptians, nor wor­ship our ancestors as do the Chinese;nor adore relics of the saints as prac­tised by the Roman Catholic Church.Nor will we prize our Bible only 'orchiefly because it is venerable andclassic literature.

Some of us who are no longeryoung, but who, in the providence ofGod, retain in some measure ourphysical powers and still have workto do in the present, rejoice in manyblessed memories of the past and itsrich contribution to our happinessand comfort, especially its matchlesslegacy of the Bible which we esteemas God's own Word, revealing Histrue nature, His plan for our lives,and, supremely, the gift of His Sonfor our salvation-He who is thesame yesterday, today and forever.

We will, as far as we may, forgetthe sins and failures of the days goneby, or, better still, use these and thehappy memories too, as steppingstones to a nobler and truly livingpresent; being sustained by the

us a great victory and triumph overour enemies! .

Now, therefore, 0 Lord, do wegive thee our thanks. For if thouhadst not been on our side when menrose up against us they had swal­lowed us up quickly, when they wereso wrathfully displeased at us. Yeathe waters had drowned us, and thestream had gone over our soul, thedeep waters of the proud had goneover. our soul. But praised be theLord, who hath not given us over asa prey unto them. The Lord hathwrought a mighty salvation for us.We got this not by our own sword,neither was it our own ann thatsaved us, but by thy right hand, andthine arm, and the light of thycountenance, because thou hadst afavor unto us. Thou, Lord, hast ap­peared for us, thou hast covered ourheads, and made us to stand in theday of battle. Thou, Lord, hast ap­peared for us, thou hast overthrownour enemies, and dashed in piecesthose that rose up against us. There­fore not unto us, 0 Lord, not untous, but unto thy name be given theglory. The Lord hath done greatthings for us, whereof we are glad.

As we turn now with all our ener­gies to the final phase of this terribleconflict, we beseech thee, almightyGod, the supreme governor of allthings, whose power no creature isable to resist, to whom it belongethjustly to punish sinners, and to bemerciful to those who truly repent,save and deliver us from the handsof our further enemy. Yea, thou whoart a strong defense unto thy serv­ants against the face of their enemies,art deserving of our praise for ourdeliverance' from those great dangerswherewith we were encompassed un­til thou didst give us victory. Untothee do we humbly continue to raiseour prayer for thy mercy to be ex­tended until we shall receive fromthee a final and complete triumph.Grant through victory that those thatknow thee not may by thy Spiritbe given to see thy grace, thy power,and thy wrath, and that thus theymay be given to know thee and JesusChrist whom thou hast sent. Grant,o Lord our God, that through theagonies of this sin-cursed generationand the grace of thy hand upon therighteous cause, there shall be praiseunto thee. Give us, we beseech thee, .also that due sense of all thy merciesthat our hearts may be unfeignedly

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EDITORilAL COUNCILJohn P. Clelland

John Patton GalbraithLeslie W. Sloat

Ned B. Stonehouse

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A V·E Day Prayer

O LORD, we come and sing untothee; we rejoice in thee, the

strength of our salvation! We comebefore thy presence with thanksgiv-'ing, and show ourselves glad in theewith psalms, for thou, 0 Lord, art agreat God, and a great King above allgods. In' thy hands are all the cornersof the earth and the strength of thehills is thine also. The sea is thine,and thou madest it; and thy handsprepared the dry land. 0 Lord, weworship thee and fall down and kneelbefore thee who art the Lord andour Maker. Thou art the Lord ourGod, and we are the people of thypasture and the sheep of thy hand.

To thee all angels cry aloud, theheavens and all the powers therein.To thee cherubim and seraphim con­tinually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy,Lord God Almighty; , heaven andearth are full of thy majesty, of thyglory. The company of the apostles,the fellowship of the prophets, thearmy of martyrs, the Church through­out all the world, do acknowledgethee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.Thou art the King of Glory!

Thou, 0 Lord God Almighty, artalso the Judge of all men. Where­fore, we for ourselves and in behalfof our nation do acknowledge andbewail our manifold sins and wicked­ness which we from time to timemost grievously have committed, bythought, word; and deed, against thydivine majesty, provoking most justlythy wrath and indignation against us.We do earnestly repent, and are'heartily sorry for these our misdoings;the remembrance of them is grievousunto us; the burden of them is in­tolerable. But thou, 0 Lord our God,hast been merciful! Thou hast given

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Cornell triumphantly. "She was prob­ably 'out on some wild party Saturdaynight instead of being home withher family. She must be a worthlesscreature. The children would be bet­ter off if they were taken away fromher and put in some Home."

"Oh, Mrs. Cornell, I think it'sgoing too far to say that! After all,we don't know her or the reason whyshe has to work. I believe my hus­band was right," continued' Mrs.Haines, "when he suggested that theP.T.A. ought to investigate and seewhat we can do to help that family."

Here young Wilbur broke in,"John was late to school this morn­ing--and he had' a hole in the kneeof his pants. I don't like him!"

"That's right, son," replied hismother, "I don't want you to playwith him. I won't have my son as­sociating with the boy of that dis­graceful woman!"

Mrs. Haines was shocked to realizehow the snowball of gossip hadgrown, and she said, "Please, Mrs.Cornell, let's not speak that way.After all, we don't know anythingagainst her. You are only guessing."

But Mrs. Cornell only tossed herhead and said, "I know enough,"and went into her house.

"Oh, Mother," cried Janet, as shefollowed her mother and little brotherinto their own house, "I'm afraid it'smy fault. I started the Gossip Snow­ball rolling when I said John didn'tlike to come to Sunday school anymore and that his mother went towork. John isa good boy, I think­his mother is nice and kind, too­she used to talk to me when I walkedhome with John's little sister some­times!"

"Janet, dear," said her mother verysoberly, "I'm afraid the fault is moremine than yours, for I added to yourGossip Snowball and rolled it on,but I mean to do all I can now toundo the wrong by going to call onthe Bowen family to see what we cando to help them."

But Janet and her mother did notdream what would come of their Gos­sip Snowball in a very few days,

John Bowen had always been abright, happy boy, who loved to goboth to school and to Sunday school,and he had been a fine student inboth places. But that was before hisfather had that accident at the planta couple of months ago and had beenlying in a plaster cast in the hospital

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the way some mothers go off to work,just to earn money for finery thatthey don't need, and neglect theirchildren!"

"Well, of course, dear," Mr.Haines replied, "you don't know allabout the Bowens--do you? PerhapsMrs. Bowen has to work to help sup­port her family."

"I doubt it," answered Mrs.Haines impatiently. "There are toomany mothers going off to work now­adays, just because everyone else isearning easy money, and the poor,little children are the ones who haveto suffer. Something should be doneabout it!"

"Well, my dear, you are presidentof the P.T.A. Why not investigatethis case and ~ee what can be done?"

Mrs. Haines looked a little startled,and then said rather slowly, "Yes,I suppose we ought to do that."

But it is always easier to talk aboutdoing a thing than to do it,so theinvestigation was put off.

The next day when Janet and herlittle brother Tommie came in fromschool for their lunch, they foundMother at the back door talking overthe fence to her next-door neighbor,Mrs. Cornell, whose son, Wilbur, wasabout Janet's age and in her class atschool. Wilbur was an only child,and a rather spoiled one at that, whothought he should always have hisown way, and usually got it-in hisown home, at least.

As the children ran in, the twomothers were talking about the caseof the Bowen children and theirworking mother, Mrs. Cornell wassaying, "It's disgraceful-a mothergoing off and neglecting her childrenthat way!"

Janet said, "I asked John thismorning why he wasn't at Sundayschool yesterday, and he said hismother was so tired Sunday morningshe didn't wake up in time to getthem up and they all slept too lateto get ready."

"There, you see!" exclaimed Mrs.

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The Gossip SnowbaU

MOTHER. and D~ddy, w~at ~oyou think? This mornmg 10

Sunday school I said the Ten Com­mandments all the way down to num­ber nine-I'm ahead of everyone elsein the class."

"Why, that's fine!" replied Daddy."Let's hear you recite number nine."

"'Thou shalt not bear false wit­ness against thy neighbour,''' recitedJanet correctly.

"Do you know what that means?"continued Janet's Daddy.

"Well, our Sunday school teachersaid if we talk about someone andsay what isn't true-or we're not surewhether it's true or not-then MissBlair said it's like when you make alittle snowball and roll it in the snow.It grows and grows, all the time,while you roll it, till it's a great, bigsnowball. She said that's the way witha Gossip Snowball; we start a little,tiny story about a person and every­one who repeats it adds a little moreto the. story until it grows into agreat, big lie, that may hurt the per-son it's about very much." .

Janet's Mother now asked, "Howis it, dear, that you are ahead of allthe children in the class? I thoughtJohn Bowen and you were keepingeven in reciting the Command­ments?"

"We were, Mother, but John hasmissed Sunday school several timeslately, and he's 'way behind in theCommandments now."

"Why, how is that? John and hislittle brother and sister never usedto miss Sunday school."

"Well, I don't think they likeSunday school and church very muchany more. They hardly ever come toweek-day Bible class either. But Ithink one reason is that their motheris working now and is away everyday, so the children have no one toremind them to go. [ohn is fallingbehind in his school lessons, too."

"I declare, Will," said Janet'smother indignantly, turning to herhusband, "I think it's just dreadful,

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was no good. Then John said hecouldn't talk about his mother thatway-and punched Wilbur's nose,and Wilbur hit John with his books."

The principal nodded. "I ratherthought so," she said. Then sheturned and spoke sternly to the as­tonished Wilbur. "You are a coward!John struck you with his fist (andI'm not sure I blame him, after theway you spoke of his mother), andyou struck him in the face with thoseheavy books, and the buckle of yourstrap just missed injuring his eye."

Needless to say, Wilbur's motherwas very excited and very angry andindignant when her son came homestill weeping and with the front ofhis polo shirt sprinkled with drops

- of blood. She threatened to send thepolice to arrest the whole Bowen fam­ily. She said it just proved that whatshe thought was true-that they werea bad lot. And the principal phonedto Janet's mother, who was presidentof the school Parent-Teacher's As­sociation. Miss Wood asked if Mrs.Haines would go with her next dayto call on the Bowen family.

That. next day John was not atschool. In the afternoon, just as theearly winter dusk was falling, Mrs.Haines and Miss Wood knocked atthe door of a little, frame cottage onWillow Street. They noted the cleanwhite curtains in the front windowsand the neatly swept porch. After amoment the door was opened rathertimidly by John, who looked startledwhen he saw the principal and an­other lady.

"Is your mother home, John?"asked Miss Wood.

"Yes, ma'am, but she's sick inbed."

The ladies were sorry to hear this,but when they assured him that theywere there as friends, John led theway through the darkened living roomto the cozy, clean kitchen, where alight was burning and John's brotherand sister sat at the supper table.

. "John got our supper for us," theytold their guests.

John, who had stepped into anear-by bedroom, returned to say hismother wanted them to come in.

lt needed only a glance at thesweet, worn face on the pillow, andanother at the clean, orderly littlehome to convince them that here wasa good mother who had gone outworking for her children's sake andnot in order to neglect them. And as

How can you be so dumb?"John boiled with anger, but there

was nothing he could do. How couldone boy defend himself against sixor seven? He wished he never hadto go to school again. But still hedidn't tell his troubles to his mother;she had enough to worry her. ButJohn did have Someone to tum to,for he remembered a Bible verse hehad learned in Sunday school, "Cast­ing all your care upon him, for hecareth for you.",

So John took his troubles to thedear Lord and asked Him for help tobear them, and felt comforted toknow that the Lord Jesus knew andcared.

One afternoon, after school wasdismissed, John had just passedthrough the big.gate from the school-

. yard when he heard Wilbur and hisgang whooping behind him like wildIndians, "There goes heap big ChiefHole-in-the-Knee-of-His-Pants," theyyelled, showering John with dirt andstones.· Then Wilbur darted out andgave him a hard shove, at the sametime exclaiming, "Get out of myway,' you dirty little tramp. Mymother won't let me play with you,ever, because your mother is nogood."

John swung around with blazingeyes and a hard, doubled fist, "Don'tyou dare say that about my mother!She's good!" The fist shot out andthe next instant Wilbur had a bloodynose! Wilbur set up a howl andstruck at John with his bundle .ofbooks, bound by a leather strap, themetal buckle of which made a long,deep scratch from just below the cor­ner of John's eye down the side ofhis cheek. Teachers and childrencame running to see what was thematter, and' the two boys weremarched back into the principal's of­fice, together with several boys andgirls who had been near enough towitness what had happened.

Janet had been one of these. Wil­bur was screaming, "I just spoke tohim-then he hit me!" Several ofWilbur's friends said, "Yes, that'sright." .

"Was that the way you saw it,Janet?" asked Miss Wood, the princi­pal.

"No, ma'am, answered Janetbravely, while the group of boysglared at her. "Wilbur pushed Johnfirst and said he wasn't allowed .toplay with him because John's mother

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ever since. Then John's mother hadto go out and find work to do, so thefamily would have enough money, tolive on. Since then, things had beenvery difficult for poor John. He mustsee that his younger brother and sis­ter, Willie and Susie, were up in timefor school (Mother had to leave sovery early in the morning), that theywashed their faces, combed' their hairand ate their breakfast. Sometimes hewas late to school himself because ofthe effort to get them started.

Then lunch-s-it was John whocame home and. warmed up the potof soup or whatever it was Motherleft for them-and after school therewere dishes to wash. "The kids ares'posed to help-but .they usuallydon't. They run out and play," John.complained to his mother at night.

In the evenings, when his mothercame home from her hard day's work,she had to tum to and work againtill late at night, cleaning the houseand doing the family wash. So herkind little son tried to do all he couldto help the tired mother. No wonder,poor boy, that he found little timeto prepare his homework properly, orthat next day in school he nearly fellasleep at his desk.

Then there was another trial. Al­ways before, Mrs. Bowen had seen toit that her children went off to schoolneat as a pin and shiny-clean-butnow sometimes the poor woman justhadn't the time for all the mendingor ironing or fixing that was needed,Like the time John had caught theknee of his overalls on a nail. Motherhad said, "Oh, son, I'm sorry, but Ijust haven't time to mend it now­I'll do it tonight."

That day some of the boys, led byWilbur, called after him, "There goesthe rag-man!" and ran away laughingat the top of their voices. Those boysin Wilbur's gang were always taunt­ing him lately. They would call,"Hello, Mamma," then in a mimick­ing voice, "Come to dinner, children.Put on your rubbers, Susie. Washyour face, Willie. Yah, Sissie! Gohome and. wash dishes." Then poorJohn had to dodge a shower of peb­bles or lumps of dirt that the boysthrew after him.

There was the time that he madesuch a dismal failure with his lessonsthat his teacher said, "Why, John!I'm surprised! You always used to doso well." On the way home the boyscried, "Why, John, we're surprised!

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Melvin B. Nonhof self-supporting,since the church at Yale achieved thatgoal a year and a half ago. Missionarygiving has also increased during thepast year.... With the completionof the painting of the exterior of theManchester church, the churches willfinish their reconditioning of theirproperties. . . . A special prayer serv­ice for crops was held in Bancroftlast month.

Westminster Church, HamiII,S.D.:The Ladies' Aid Society has cleanedthe church auditorium and paintedthe floor, which adds .to its .attractive­ness as a place of worship.

.Orthodox Presbyterian Church andLogan-FonteneIIe Chapel, Omaha,Nebr.: The church entertained thepresbytery at its spring meeting. Thepastor, the Rev. Reginald Voorhees,was elected moderator for the comingyear.... Unusual interest is beingshown in attendance at the morningservice, with particular emphasis uponfamilies attending as a unit. . . . Atthe chapel, attendance in the youngpeople's group has been boosted bya contest.... Miss Mary Robertshas begun a Woman's Bible Clubon Wednesday evenings in connec­tion with her work in the chapel dis­trict. This is an effort to reach wivesand mothers with Bible teaching.

Faith Church, Lincoln, Nebr.: Thechurch has recently acquired threenew items. The first is a pastor, theRev. Delbert E. Schowalter, who wasordained and installed on May 1St.A Junior Choir was organized and ishelping to stimulate interest in churchattendance. The third acquisition is anew and attractive bulletin board.

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C A~VARY Church, Wildwood:Following a recent South Jersey

Machen League conference, a MachenLeague composed of junior highschool girls was formed and is nowmeeting on Sunday evenings. . . .The Rev. Francis E. Mahaffy, mis­sionary .under appointment to Eritrea,preached at a recent Sunday morningservice. . . . On May 11th, the WPBgranted a permit to build the board­walk pavilion and it is hoped thatwork can be completed by July 1St.Five thousand dollars is immediatelyand urgently needed for this im­portant evangelistic enterprise. . . .The pastor, the Rev. Leslie A. Dunn,recently observed the tenth anniver­sary of his ordination to the gospel

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"Mrs. Bowen," said Janet's motherhumbly, "I have a confession. tomake, first of all to God and then toyou, for I have broken His holy lawand sinned against Him and wrongedyou by misjudging and criticizing youwithout knowing whether what I saidwas true. I bore false witness againstmy neighbor. I ask the Lord's for­giveness and yours. I have learned alesson which I will not forget."

And Mrs. Haines did more thanask forgiveness, because with the helpof others, work was found for Mrs.Bowen that she could do at homeand that was not nearly so hard aswhat she had been doing. Now sheand her family had friends to comfortand encourage them. Even Mrs. Cor­nell Was ashamed when she heard ofthe good, patient little mother whomshe had so misjudged, and her faith­ful, brave son, and she decided she'dbetter be more careful in training herown son.

As for Janet, she felt she hadlearned the ninth Commandment soshe could never again forget eitherits words or their meaning.

Evert Tanis, pastor of the ChristianReformed Church of Alameda,offeredthe dedicatory prayer. The speakerof the evening was the Rev. BruceF. Hunt, home missionary of the pres­bytery, who spoke on the subject"The Church." The congregationand the pastor, the Rev. Carl A.Ahlfeldt, offer humble and sincerethanks to God for His gracious pro­vision of a place to serve Him.

First Church, Portland, Oregon:The church has recently voted to in­crease its degree of self-support in theamount of ten dollars a month. Abuilding fund has been inauguratedand will be supported by a quarterlyenvelope offering. Mr. David Monroewas ordained and installed as a rulingelder on April aznd.

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they listened to her story, the visi­tors were very sympathetic.

John's father had been in the hos­pital for some time with a hurt back;the plant he had worked for was pay­ing all the hospital expenses becausehe had been injured at work, andperhaps there would be more com­pensation later. For a while Mrs.Bowen had been able to pay the fam­ily expenses with same money herhusband had saved up, but when thatwas gone, she had to go out to work.

She got up early in the morningsto prepare her children's meals, andworked till late at night to clean thehouse and wash and iron and mendtheir clothes. "I don't know whatI'd do without my Johnnie. He helpsme so with the housework and inlooking after the children while I'mgone. Poor little fellow, he's tiredout too and has fallen behind in hisschool work and in .Sunday schooltoo, but he longs to get back and befaithful and, regular as he was be­fore. He said last night to me,"'Mother, em sure that God will un­derstand, even if people don't.'''

Orthodox Presbyterian~hDrehNews

Presbytery of CaIifom.ia

B EVERLY Church, Los Angeles:A four-day missionary conference

under the auspices of the EuropeanChristian Mission was held duringApril. Each evening there was a mes­sage, a time for prayer, and picturesof missionary activity.... The pastor,the Rev. Dwight H. Poundstone,plans to attend the general assembly.During his absence, the pulpit willbe supplied by the Rev. Henry Owen,regional director of the China InlandMission, and Mr. Charles Svendsen,a student at Westminster Seminary.

First Church, San Francisco: Aprili ath was a day of rejoicing for themembers and friends of the congre­gation. On that day the recently ac­quired property was dedicated to theglory of God. The Rev. Dwight H.Poundstone, moderator of the pres­bytery, conducted the dedicatoryservice. Special music was renderedby Mr. Poundstone, the church choir,and Dr. Robert Crose. The Rev.

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ministry.Faith Church, Pittsgrove: On April

6th the church was host to a highlysuccessful Machen League rally. OnApril i ath the annual congregationalmeeting was preceded by a fellowshipsupper and followed by an illustratedmissionary message by the Rev. Sid­ney Langford, recently returned fromthe Belgian Congo. . . . Missionaryday was held on April zand. Mrs.Francis E. Mahaffy spoke to the Sun­day school and Mr. Mahaffy was guestpreacher at the morning service. Atthe evening service, Mr. George Steedof the China Inland Mission told ofhis. work among the demon-possessednatives of central China.

Grace Church, Westfie1d: All re­ports at the annual congregationalmeeting held last month indicatedprogress during the past year. Overeleven hundred dollars to benevolentcauses represented an increase ofabout fifty per cent. Dr. Enno Wolt­huis and Dr. James Harkema wereadded to the session and Messrs. Pitt,Dreier, Wolthuis and Partington wereadded to the Board of Trustees. . . .The Rev. David Freeman spoke to anopen meeting of the Women's Mis­sionary Society, with a consequentheightening of interest in Jewish mis­sions. The Rev. Francis E. Mahaffypreached at the evening service onApril zqth, On May 11th a specialmeeting was held with Chaplain E.Lynne Wade as guest speaker andmusic by Coast Guardsman DanStukey.

Grace Church, Trenton: Guestmissionary speakers in recent weekshave been the Rev. John E. Phillipsof the Sudan Interior Mission and theRev. Francis E. Mahaffy.... Moneyfrom the building fund has been in­vested in five more one-hundred-dol­lar war bonds. . . . The congregationhas voted once more to cut in halfits dependence upon the Home Mis­sions Committee.

Covenant Church, East Orange:The church, under the pastorate ofthe Rev. Richard W. Gray, is enlarg­ing its present auditorium. The sizeof the congregation has grown steadilysince the building was purchasedthree years ago, and during April theaverage morning attendance washigher than it has ever been before.'fatal gifts of the church and its or­ganizations during the past year were$7,540 including about $1,600 forbenevolences. .. The Machen

League has undertaken the task ofmailing "Soldier's and Sailor's Evan­gels" together with a news letter toservice men in the community.

Calvary Church, Ringoes: The Rev.Richard W. Gray, brother of thepastor, the Rev. John F. Gray, wasthe guest speaker on April zand. Atthat special service the church mort­gage was burned. The sacrament ofbaptism was administered to the in­fant daughter of the pastor and Mrs.Gray.... The Rev. and Mrs. FrancisE. Mahaffy were speakers at a recentmid-week prayer meeting. Mrs. Clar­ence W. Duff told the members ofthe Women's Missionary Society ofthe work being done by Mr. Duff andthe Rev. Charles E. Stanton in estab­lishing the mission station in Eritrea.. . . The annual congregational re­port showed that gifts to missionshad almost doubled during the pastyear.

Presbytery of New Yorkand New England

ORTHODOX Presbyterian Church,Franklin Square, N. Y.: The

Rev. Bruce A. Coie has resigned aspastor of the church, and preached hisfarewell sermon on April zoth, Recentguest speakers have been Mr. ThomasGregory and Mr. William Goodrowof Westminster Seminary, and theRev. Leroy B. Oliver.

Memorial Church, Rochester: OnApril 27th the Rev. Robert S. Mars­den, general secretary of the missionscommittees, showed pictures of thework of the denomination to an ap­preciative audience, and on the fol­lowing Sabbath preached at bothservices. A male quartet sang in themorning and the girls' society assistedin the evening by singing two num­bers.

Church of the Covenant, Albany:The Rev. Robert S.Marsden showedpictures of the work of the denomina­tion and preached to the congregationon April 14th and 15th. The secondmortgage on the churoh's propertywas burned, and new offerings werereceived by the building fund. . . . .The pastor, the Rev. Herman T.Petersen, is vacationing .during thefirst two weeks of May, but plansare already being made for Children'sDay and the daily vacation Bibleschools.

Calvary Church, Schenectady: TheNew York trip of the Rev. RobertS. Marsden also reached the Schenec-

tady church' during the week-end ofApril 15th and his visit was well re­ceived. . . . Members of the con­gregation have begun a neighborhoodsurvey for the third summer Bibleschool to be held next month....Gifts and pledges for the mortgagefund will be received on May 27th.. . . Four young men of the con­gregation are now planning to enterthe gospel ministry. Two are in thearmed services and two are now atWestminster Seminary.

Presbytery of Philadelphia

COVENANT Church, Pittsburgh:On April 27th the Federal Hous­

ing Administration granted the neces­sary priorities for the erection of aproposed manse in Blackridge, thenew community which CovenantChurch will serve. It has been stipu­lated that the house be completedwithin six months. The request forpriorities for a church building wasrejected about a month ago but. thereis good reason to suppose that theymay be secured more easily at thepresent time. The Board of Trusteeshas voted to accept an offer of $13,000for the present church property andhas agreed to have the pastor, theRev. Calvin K. Cummings, move tothe Blackridge manse by September'i st, provided the purchaser of thepresent property is willing to leasethe chapel and Sunday school roomsuntil the new building is completed.

Faith Church, Harrisville: Thepastor, the Rev. Charles G. Schauffele,exchanged pulpits with the Rev. Cal­vin K. Cummings of Pittsburgh onMay 13th. During the sessions ofgeneral assembly the pulpits of Faithand New Hope Churches will be sup­plied by Westminster student ThomasGregory.... On June 3rd, HilltopSchool expects to begin regular morn­ing worship services under the leader­ship of Mr. Herbert Bird of West­minster Seminary, who has beenassigned to the territory for the sum­mer season. . . . On May 6th theentire senior class of Corsica HighSchool attended the Sunday schooland morning service of Faith Church.

Bethany Church, Nottingham:Plans are being made for the inaugu­ration ofa building fund for thepurpose of constructing a Sundayschool unit. This move seems neces­sary because of present record-break­ing attendances. June 14th is set for a"repair and clean-up day" at Bethany,

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ing May 29th and 30th. The theme is"Soldiers for Christ," and they have linedup some excellent speakers and music. \The place? Westminster TheologicalSeminary.

Calling all service men and girls! Ifyou're ncar' San Diego, phone G-75429or go to 1040 E. 17th St., National City.The Hunts report that in the brief yearor so of O. P. C. work in the San Diegoarea, service men and women .from. manyO. P. churches have been entertained inhomes there and welcomed at the serv­ices. Here are Some of their guests:Arthur Evans from Long Beach, Bill andFlorence Achuff from Willow Grove,Hiram and Edna Bellis from Ringoes,Homer De Janvier from Bend, Ore., JohnWickstrom from Hamill; S. D., BertRoeber from Westfield, N. J., and Leon­ard and Almyra Van Hom, formerly ofSchenectady. So, if you drop in, youmight meet your next-door neighbor aswell as those friendly Californians.

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his cortege to move slowly before thefamilies of the departed heroes wholined the way leading to the shrine,from his gracious wish to. respond totheir humble salute. Seated before thesanctum, the young sovereign person­ally offered the sacred tree and madedevout worship to the deified heroesof the land in a most impressive at­mosphere. The rites ended at 10:20a.m. when the Imperial cortegeslowly departed for the Palace.

CONSECRATION OF WAR DEAD

(Kokutsu)Tokyo, April 25.

The consecration of twelve thou­sand seven hundred and ninety-ninewar dead in Yasukuni Shrine as guard­ian spirits of the Empire of Japanwas solemnly observed yesterday, inthe presence of the Imperial proxyspecially dispatched for the occasionand of over thirty. thousand relativesof the enshrined heroes, who hadbeen invited to the Capital from allparts of the land to participate inthe memorable rites.

Soft breezes and genial sunshinegraced the day as the relatives of hon­ored dead assembled in the Shrineprecincts early in the morning. Atnine o'clock the Imperial messengerarrived at the Shrine and paid hom­age to the consecrated heroes on be­half of H. I. M. the Emperor. Half

Bible Camp to BeHeld in Colorado

T HE Seventh Annual Bible Con­ference will be held at Camp

Chief Yahmonite, near SteamboatSprings, Colorado, from July 13th to23rd. The main speaker will be theRev. Professor Edward J. Young ofWestminster Theological Seminary.Superintendent Brandt Bruxvoort ofThe Way of Life Gospel Center(Christian Reformed) of Denver andothers will be on the teaching staff.

The camp is interdenominationaland draws from a large area in Col­orado. Persons wishing further infor­mation about the camp are requestedto write to the Rev. W. Benson Male,Camp Director, 1509 E. 31st Avenue,Denver 5, Colorado.

they use any of the material them­selves. They have also given sacri­ficially of their time for the accom­plishment of this work.

Young OrthodoxPresbyterians

By NORMA REMSEN ELLIS

WHAT a happy thirty days' leave BillGouch of West Collingswood is

having! On April zSth he and MyrtleHunt of Merchantville were married. Billis a pharmacists' mate second class andhad been on the Lexington for two years.He recently won a citation for braveryunder very trying conditions.

Speaking of wedding bells, they rangout for Daniel Stukey, Jr., and DorothyHipprnan, back on February zrst, Danielis Boatswain's mate, U.S.C.G., of Tucson,Arizona. He is a Wheaton graduate andhas been on the Board of Directors ofChief Yahmonite Bible Conference. Dor­othy is very active in the First Church ofDenver, and is editor of the Camp ChiefYahmonite News.

I wish you could have been presentat the South Jersey Machen League Rallyat Pittsgrove on April 6th. You wouldhave enjoyed the dinner served in thebeautiful newly-finished church basementand you would have enjoyed the soundmovie, "The Ancient Stones Cry Out",which so graphically demonstrated howarcheology substantiates historical state­ments in God's Word.

If you live in Philadelphia or withinflying distance, don't miss the overnightconference the Machen Leagues are hav-

in anticipation of the summer Bibleschool to follow a few day later.. '..Cottage prayer meetings will close thesecond week in May after a .winterof study of the books of the Bible.Aboul: eight dollars was received forlocal and foreign missionary and evan­gelisticenterprises.

Knox Church, Silver Spring, Md.:At the April communion servicetwelve new members were received,seven of them on profession of faith,three on reaffirmation of faith, andtwo by certificate; two covenant chil­dren were also baptized. Total receiptsfrom the local church during thefiscal year amounted to $6,618. Onenew elder, Sgt. Julius Andrae, waselected at the annual congregationalmeeting. . . . On May 4th a socialfor members and friends ofthe church .was held. The Rev. Robert S. Mars­den showed motion pictures of thework of some of the home missionschurches and of the Quarryville andSuttle Lake summer conferences. _

Calvary Church,Philadelphia: Atthe annual congregational meetingMr. William Gaillard, Mr. H. EvanRunner and Mr. Thomas R. Birchwere chosen to serve as ruling elders.They were installed on May zoth.

Presbytery of Wisconsin

GRACE Church, Milwaukee: Thebuilding fund has reached $1,270,

representing a gain of more than $7°°during the past year. Several proper­ties have been examined and the sur­rounding 'communities visited, but nomove from the present location hasyet been made. A Sunday Bible schoolmembership and attendance contestbegan early this month. A teachertraining class has been started forspecialized study and for the trainingof new teachers. Mrs. Richard B.Gaffin, wife of the pastor, will con­duct this class in which sixteen per­sons have been enrolled. .

Indian Mission, Gresham: Excava­tion has been completed and a masonis laying stone for the walls of thebasement of the Indian church. TheRev. John Davies hopes that it maybe possible to move large sections offrame construction from the dormitorynow being demolished and thus savemuch labor which would be lost intearing down and rebuilding suchsections. Two of the members nowown all the material in the formerlarge building and they are desirousof seeing the church erected before

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Presbytery SendsProtest to ODT

AT ITS spring meeting, the Pres­bytery of California of The Or­

thodox Presbyterian Church adopteda protest to be sent to the Office ofDefense Transportation against theorder requiring all gatherings of fiftyor more persons and involving inter­city travel to secure permission forsuch meetings from the federalagency. The text of the protest fol­lows:

"The Presbytery of California ofThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church,meeting in San Francisco, California,April 12, 194.5, does respectfully peti-

the committee appointed to preparean answer to the complaint ... andstate that the doctrinal portions ofthe answer have not been adopted bythe presbytery."

Another motion, that the presby­teryelect a committee to present tothe presbytery an answer to the doc­trinal portions of the complaint, wasultimately defeated, principally on thecontention that some final decisionshould first be reached as to the con­stitutionality of the pleas of the com­plainants. So long as there remained apossibility that Dr. Clark's ministerialstatus could be adversely affected by adecision on the legal or theologicalaspects of. the complaint, a majorityof the commissioners seemed to feelthat the matter should be carried tothe assembly and a final decision onthis point reached at the earliest pos­sible moment.

When, by its refusal to adopt thismotion, the presbytery had indicated I

that it was unwilling to keep thecomplaint alive in the presbytery, Dr.Ned B. Stonehouse, on behalf of thecomplainants, filed notice that thecomplaint would be carried to thegeneral assembly.

A.nnouncing

OVERNIGHT CONFERENCEThe Machen. League of Philadelphia Presbytery

at WESTMINSTER TIlEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

in the case concerning Dr. GordonH. Clark and to report to a laterassembly. This was opposed on theground that it would unduly com­plicate the actual treatment of theClark case itself, in which decisionswould have to be reached on .thesesame doctrinal matters. The adoptedoverture requested the assembly tourge pastors to encourage parents toprovide their children with adequateinstruction in matters of sex, andfurther asked the assembly to requestthe Committee on Christian Educa­tion to make available suitable ma­terial to be used in connection withsuch instruction, or to indicate wheresuch material might. be found.

The presbytery's Committee onHome Missions reported concerningcertain areas in and around Philadel­phia which had been surveyed witha view to establishing church work.The vicinity of Oreland, Pa., north ofGlenside, was reported as particularlypromising,

A motion was carried that the Pres­byterial Auxiliary be invited to fur­nish presbytery with annual reportsof its work, in order that a closer re­lationship might be established be­tween the presbytery and the auxiliary.

The Clark case again came to thefore during the consideration of "rnis­cellaneous business." One of themore important items in this categorywas the consideration of a motionwhich read: "That the presbytery dis­miss the committee appointed to pre­pare an answer to the complaint . . .and that the presbytery state thatthe answer has not been adopted."This aroused much discussion. It waspointed out that at least the con­clusion to the first, or legal, sectionof the answer had been adopted.This prompted an amendment to takecare of this point. Following furtherdiscussion and other proposed amend­ments, the motion was finally carriedby a large majority in the followingform: "That the presbytery dismiss,

Tuesday. and Wednesday, May 29th and 30th

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an hour later the army and navalcorps stationed in the Capital com­menced the paying of respects to thedead heroes led by the First Regimentof the Imperial Guards Division,amidst the martial flourish of bugles.Government officials and school in­structors then followed, worshippingbefore the Shrine in an endless pro­cession.

Meanwhile the relatives of the wardead resting in tents pitched in theShrine precincts were addressed cor­dially by War Minister ShunrokuHata, as follows: .

"His Majesty will personally wor­ship before the Shrine on April 25,though he is in court mourning atpresent. It is indeed an overwhelminghonor. While humbly appreciatingHis Majesty's graciousness, I can wellsympathize with you who have beenbereft of your family heroes. Theyhave now been consecrated as godsof 'Yasukuni' (as guardian angels ofthe Land), and as eternal objects ofthe pious gratitude of a hundred mil­lion people. Amidst your grief, I knowthat you cannot but be moved by thishonor."

After receiving the cordial greetingsof Admiral Shiozawa, Chief Commis­sioner of the Spring Festival of theYasukuni Shrine, the families of thewar-dead sat down to lunch, thenspent the afternoon in visiting theInner Sanctum, in admiring theprecious relics kept in the YasukuniShrine and' in visiting the ImperialGardens at Shinjuku.

(To be' continued)

Philadelphia PresbyteryMeets at Wilmi:ngton

T HE Presbytery of Philadelphia ofTheOrthodox PresbyterianChurch

met in regular session at EastlakeChurch, Wilmington, Del., on Mon­day, April 30th. This was three weeksearlier than the usual time for themeeting, since the later date wouldhave conflicted with the sessions ofthe general assembly. .

Most of the regular 'business of thepresbytery was carried on in anorderly and fairly rapid manner.Among the interesting features werethe defeat of one overture to thegeneral assembly and the adoption ofanother. The defeated overture calledfor an assembly committee to studycertain matters of doctrine involved

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Committee on Christian Education itsappreciation of the work rendered bythe Rev. Floyd E. Hamilton as gen­eral secretary, its regret that his serv­ices are soon to be terminated, andits willingness to encourage an in­crease in gifts to make it possible tocontinue Mr. Hamilton as generalsecretary if lack of funds is thereason for the termination of his em­ployment..

A representative of the EmmanuelChurch, Independent Presbyterian, ofMorristown requested information re­garding the proper procedure to fol­low in order that that church might I

become a particular church of thedenomination. Mr. Atwell and theRev. Walter C. Jent were appointeda committee to confer with the Mor­ristown church regarding entranceinto the denomination.

Mr. Jent was elected moderatorand the Rev. Charles H. Ellis waselected clerk.

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Several readers have requested addi­tional copies of certain issues in orderthat the cover pictures might be pre­served and framed. For this reason ithas been felt. that a real service wouldbe performed by making the originalphotographs available to all who wishto purchase them. THE PRESBYTERIANGUARDIAN is now prepared to supply8-inch by uo-inch photographs (notmere reprints but actual photographs)of each of the cover illustrations thathave appeared thus far, at the price ofone dollar each. In ordering, justspecify the issue in which the illustra­tion appeared and enclose one dollarfor each photograph ordered. Pleaseallow about three weeks for delivery.

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Jersey PresbyteryMeets at Trenton

T H E spring meeting of the Pres­bytery of New Jersey of The Or­

thodox Presbyterian Church met onApril.24th at the Christian Fellow­ship Center in Trenton. Devotionswere conducted by the Rev. EverettC. DeVelde of Vineland, moderatorof the presbytery.

The presbytery adopted the recom­mendation of its Home MissionsCommittee that it 'approve the estab­lishment of a work in the WarrenPoint area in the vicinity of Paterson,N. J.

The Rev. Robert L. Atwell, re­porting for the Foreign MissionsCommittee, recommended no actionon an overture from the session ofthe Vineland Church. After first vot­ing to adopt that recommendation,the presbytery then voted to recon­sider the overture which, after beingtwice amended, was finally adoptedin the following form: "The Presby­tery of New Jersey respectfully over­tures the Twelfth General Assemblythat it request the Committee onForeign Missions of the General As­sembly to make an effort to reducethe proportion of its funds spentupon the administration and promo­tion of its affairs, and in particular toeliminate the subsidy to THE PRES­BYTERIAN GUARDIAN."

The Rev. Richard W. Gray of EastOrange, reporting for the ChristianEducation Committee, told of amovement under way to launch aChristian school in Bridgeton thisfall. The presbytery unanimouslyadopted a recommendation of thecommittee expressing to the assembly's

tion the Office of Defense Transpor­tation to rescind its recent actionattempting to restrict religious bodiesfrom meetings and conferences, be­cause we believe this action to beun-American and un-Democratic. Theeffect of this ruling of the Office ofDefense Transportation violates theprinciple of the separation of Churchand State. We believe it is a violationof our Bill of Rights for the Churchto seek of any government a permitfor any properly constituted meetingof religious conference. America willbe weakened, not strengthened, bythis action of the Office of DefenseTransportation.",

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