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THE JOYS OF ANASSISTANT MINISTERBy Marshall W. Hoyt

LET’S END THE OUTGROWNJURISDICTIONAL SYSTEMI

An Editorial

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Around Methodism

With The Circuit Rider

New Bishop: The South Central Jurisdiction elected Rev. Eugene M. Frankof Topeka, Kansas, to its College ofBishops, filling a vacancy caused by theretirement of Bishop Ivan Lee Holt ofSt. Louis.

South Central Jurisdiction: TheSouth Central Jurisdictional Conferencein session at New Orleans approved a$1,298,410 missionary program amongthe Indians of Oklahoma and the Spanish-speaking people of Texas and NewMexico. The money will be used in theRio Grande Conference which has 138

churches with 12,000 Spanish-speakingmembers and 101 Indian churches with7,359 members.

South Georgia Conference: At Way-cross, Ga., this conference approved thevoluntary racial segregation policy enacted by the General Conference inMinneapolis. At the same time, thedelegates opposed any further proposalson race relations which would "impairthe jurisdictional structure of theChurch" or "coerce any church into arelationship which is not approved bya majority of churches or conferences."These statements, contained in a resolution presented by Dr. Albert Trulock ofSavannah, were adopted by an over-

Methodists Commission12 Overseas Missionaries

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GREENCASTLE, Ind.— Mr. and Mrs.Kenneth Slade of Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, were commissioned here as overseas missionaries of The MethodistChurch by Bishop Richard C. Rainesof Indiana. The service was unusualbecause most Methodist missionariescommissioned are Americans, though a

few are Europeans. The Slades willserve in Johannesburg, where Mr. Sladeis manager of the Central MissionPress. They were among 12 personscommissioned during a conference ofnew and furloughed Methodist mission

whelming majority. Bishop Arthur J.Moore said fears expressed in resolutions

from three South Georgia churches op

posing the General Conference actionwere "groundless."

Heads Nashville MI Office: Dr. RalphStoody, general secretary and directorof the Commission on Public Relationsand Methodist Information, New York,has announced the appointment of William M. Hearn of Louisville, Ky., as

director of the Nashville, Tenn., officeof the commission. Mr. Hearn willbegin his duties on October 1, succeeding O. B. Fanning who becomes directorof the commission's new Washington,D.C., office in September. For the lastsix years Mr. Hearn has been publicrelations director of the Louisville Areaof The Methodist Church.

Northwest Texas Conference: Thisconference in session at Big Spring,Texas, adopted a resolution expressingconcern over the increasing use oftobacco among youth and protesting"misleading and suggestive advertisements for the promotion of its sale."The resolution said in part, "In the interest of a larger Christian influenceand service, we issue our solemn warning to youth against all such deceptiveadvertising .... We remind our adultmembership in the conference that the

principle of right example must be con

sidered in regard to the use of tobacco."

U.S. Church Strength Surprises Swedish Minister: Rev. Ture Dahlquist fromGothenburg, Sweden, who completed aweek of lectures at Epworth Forest,Methodist camp near North Webster,Indiana, expressed surprise at the largecongregations and the general strengthof the churches in this country. Beforecoming to the United States early inMay he had heard reports that religionwas losing ground here, but this is notso, he said. His visit here is sponsoredby the Board of Missions, New YorkCity. He will return to Sweden inAugust.

Bans Segregation: The official boardof First Methodist Church in Mission,Texas, voted to ban segregation in thecongregation. It passed a resolutionwelcoming "all races as they might be

come of this community." The resolution instructs Rev. Roy B. Shilling"upon whom rests the responsibility ofreceiving individuals into church membership to discharge that responsibilitywithout regard to race, color or national origin."

Our Cover

THEcover picture this week is one

of the subjects for "Michigan onCanvas," a project sponsored by The J.L. Hudson Company of Detroit. In thisproject, noted American artists from allsections of the country were commissioned to record pictorially the contemporary life of Michigan. The picturehas been cropped some on each sideto fit in with the Advocate's cover format.

aries. MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

The Bishop's Page

A Summer Invitation for

Life-Weary People

PROFESSORWilliam Hock

ing, Harvard philosopher,concluded the first chapter ofan interesting little book a fewyears ago with these words:"Everybody today knows not byrumor but by introspection thatmodern man is tired of himself." This view is quite in contrast with the song in RobertBrowning's "Pippa Passes"where the girl sings: "Theyear's at the spring, the day'swarm, God's in his heaven, andall's well with the world." Who

is right, the eighteenth centurypoet or the twentieth centuryphilosopher?

When one reflects upon theAmerican scene, he finds muchin the Western world that tendsto wear us down. Lin Yutang,Chinese author and critic, haslisted as one of our principlevices our inability to loaf. Heaccuses us of placing actionabove being. The attempt ofolder men and women in thiscountry to gain the respect ofthe younger generation by activity beyond their years looksridiculous to an Oriental. Ournational history has been thestory of the conquest of thefrontier and out of that heritagehas come an exaltation of suchwords as energy, drive, achievement, and success.

There is something else thatmakes us weary and ProfessorHocking refers to it too. That

is our sense of transition.Scarcely had we conquered thelast physical frontier when webecame involved in First WorldWar, followed by a long seriesof world involvements. All ofthis has produced a state of fluxand relativity. We sometimescall it an on-going world which

is correct if emphasis is on thegoing. Not many are settleddown where they want to be orexpect to live very long so they

have little thought of quiet orrelaxation. They become prematurely tired out and deathnotices record they die too earlyof a heart attack.

We must acknowledge thatthe same spirit has invaded therealm of religion. Activism hasbecome the dominant mood ofChristianity in America. Weadmire the church with a sevenday a week program. The lateWalter Rousenbush once observed that too many religiouspeople literally wear themselves

Bishop Marshall R. Reed

out in countless activities thathave little to do with the Kingdom of God. Catching theAmerican spirit, we have putpunch and program and driveand dynamic into our religion.We have too often exalted persons for what they have doneeven at the neglect of what theyhave been or even what theyhave believed.

Are we life-weary? This doing of so many things hasrobbed us of a poise that oughtto come from faith and a

strength that should come fromcharacter. It is often observedthat our scientific and mechanical advance has brought liberation to humanity from thedrudgery of monotonous workformerly done by hand. It hasbeen estimated that we havethree billion mechanical slaves

in America which is equivalentto thirty servants for everyman, woman, and child. Insteadof rubbing dirty clothes on a

washboard as her mother did,the modern woman turns a

switch and then sits to read a

book while the machine doesthe washing. One of ourstrange discoveries has beenthat machine's may lessen physical labor, but they have notrested the souls of those whohave them.

We have an invitation to accept what will give us relieffrom our sense of life-weariness.

A famous divinity professor inEngland had to cancel a seriesof engagements in the UnitedStates because of war. Writingof his disappointment, he said:"If I were not a Christian, I

might emulate the example ofStoic and sit in the warm bathand cut my veins." If we werenot Christians, there might be

many insane things to do to getout from under the pressures ofour complex living, but we areChristians and so we will acceptthe invitation of Christ when hesaid : "Come unto me all ye thatlabor and are heavy-laden, and

I will give you rest." This is

not the rest of inactivity butthe rest of identification withGod and His cause.

At the Century of ProgressExposition in Chicago severalyears ago, there stood LoradoTaft's statue of Christ with hishands extended to the crowds ashe said: "Come unto me."Nearby were demonstrations ofnew powerful machines and exhibits of amazing scientific advance. All around were greatcrowds of human beings milling aimlessly about. In themidst of the best that man coulddo, stood Christ offering to allsomething better in rest fortheir souls.

JULY 19, 1956

"A camper discovers the wholeness and holiness of life"— Robert P. Crosby

EXPRESSED ED/TORIALLYBy The Editor

Let's End the Outgrown

Jurisdictional System!This editorial is being written as we pack our

bags and head toward Des Moines in what is the

most futile, expensive, time-consuming and unneces

sary meeting of Methodists —the sessions of the

North Central Jurisdictional Conference. (Thereare many others who are going, who think the same

way but aren't likely to be so blunt about it.)

The fact is that in the next four years the wholeJurisdictional system of the Church is coming understudy and under fire. A special committee was set

up at the last General Conference to study the matter and bring in a report. In the meantime the

Church North, South, East and West should be discussing the matter with concern and courage.

The most recent and most severe blast againstthe system comes from Bishop G. Bromley Oxnamof Washington, D.C., speaking at Ocean City, N.J.,last month. Noted for his insight and incisiveness,Bishop Oxnam refers to the Jurisdictional systemas a "crank" that was needed to start Methodist unification but is no longer needed to keep it going. Infact he feels that it is defeating the high purposesof unification and encouraging divisiveness. Concerning its values as a promotional agency he says:

I make bold to state at the very beginning thatthe Jurisdictional promotional agencies are an unnecessary, costly, and ineffective interposition ofpotential bureaucracy and constitute a danger ofdeepening provincialism in outlook as well as ofseparating our people from the fuller riches of thewhole church.

In commenting further upon the system's potential threat to unity among Methodists he states:

There is danger present in the periodic meetings of the Colleges of Bishops of the Jurisdictions.Without intending to do so, these meetings have atendency to become caucuses in which the mind of aregion is made up before the Council of Bishopsmeets.

Bishop Oxnam then goes on to point out thatthe College of Bishops from a given Jurisdiction mayissue a statement contrary to one issued by the largerCouncil of Bishops composed of all the bishops. Thisdivided counsel creates confusion and works against

unity. Thus, he says, the Jurisdictional system has

the "possibility of tearing the church apart."

Those are strong words but necessary ones and

they have needed saying for a long time. Too much

the talk about the Jurisdictional system has centered

on the race issue because one of the Jurisdictions(the Central) is racial in character. This has tended

to blind Methodists to many other weaknesses such

as those to which the Bishop from Washingtonalludes.

Returning to his address, Bishop Oxnam criticises the effect of the system on the office of bishop.Because the Jurisdictions are geographical and

regional in character the bishops who are electedby them are in danger of becoming regional and

provincial in outlook. Before unification bishopswere elected by the General Conference from the

whole church but such has not been the case since1939. To quote the Bishop:

If we ensmall the episcopacy until at last wethink of the bishop in terms of the Area, or even theJurisdiction you get Area concepts and at the mostJurisdictional proposals. You are not going to havea leadership that can influence leadership or be effective in determining the course of history.

There is also difficulty in assigning bishops, forunder the present system they are confined to theJurisdictions where they reside. If the Jurisdictionalsystem were abolished, bishops could be assignedeasily to any section of the country which would be

better for the Church as well as the bishops.

Actually one has to attend a Jurisdictional Conference to see how utterly unnecessary it is. Bothlaymen and ministers attending the North CentralJurisdictional Conference, to which Michigan Methodism belongs, have since the beginning referred toit as a fifth wheel and in similar uncomplimentaryterms. About the only business of importance hasbeen the election of bishops. Since none are retiringthis time, there will be little or next to nothing to do.

It is true that the Southeastern Jurisdiction hasbecome much more organized but according to figurespresented by Bishop Oxnam this has produced nobetter results than those achieved in the NortheasternJurisdiction which isn't so organized. So the arguments go and what the outcome will be by the timeanother General Conference comes around is anybody's guess. We can hope by then the end of theJurisdictional system will be in sight.

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

The Joys of an Assistant PastorT AM AN ASSISTANT pastorJ- and I like it. I have had assistants, good ones, for whom I haveno complaints but I would ratherbe one than have one. I am toldby those who are close to me thatmy situation is unique. Maybe itis. I am in a large church wherethere are four ministers. I haveput in forty-eight years in theministry counting my student pastorate years. I have had my flingand do not need to promote my owninterests. But admitting all ofthat I contend that the principlesgoverning my job are the samethat they would be if I weretwenty-five years of age.

First of all I would like to say

a word to the men who are thinking of an assistant for the firsttime. It does give one a sense ofimportance to speak of "My Assistant" but it isn't worth what itcosts. Unless you have a churchof something more than one thousand members you can do it betteralone. An assistant will not lessenyour load. You will do better totrain your laymen to do some ofthe work.

But there are many churcheswhere assistants are a necessityand two men must adjust to eachother in a close relationship. Itis more difficult than the marriage relationship because neitherof these men have any feminineattraction. It is a heart-breakingsituation for God to look on, whentwo Christian leaders whom Heexpects will show the rank and filehow to live a Christ directed life,begin wrangling with each otherand lose all of their respect andChristian love for one another.

To serve as an assistant pastoroffers to any man an opportunityto render genuine service for thebuilding of the Kingdom. Theyoung and inexperienced man hasa golden chance to learn what hecannot get in any other way.Maybe the chief minister whogives the directions is wrong but

JULY 19. 1956

By MARSHALL W. HOYTRetired Detroit Conference Minister

the young man has a chance to tryit out without being responsiblefor the failure. The older manlike myself can give of himselfwithout stint and at the same timebe completely free from the burden of running a big institution.

I wish to present to you a fewprinciples which are absolutelynecessary if an assistant pastor is

A veteran minister, now an

assistant minister, dealsfrankly with a delicate sub-

Sect and comes up with

some mighty sound advice.

to serve the Kingdom usefully andjoyfully. And he must serve joyfully if he is going to serve usefully.

First of all you must comprehend that the primary purpose ofevery Christian minister is to buildthe Kingdom of God. You mayinterpret that expression most anyway you like but you must alwayscome up with the idea that you arenot in your position to promoteyourself or your own welfare. "Hethat saveth his life shall lose it"and that statement by our Masteris absolutely true always. Youcame not to be ministered untobut to minister and to give yourlife for the blessing of many.

The second truth that you mustgrasp is that you were not calledto your position to direct the chiefminister in the operation of hischurch. If you really knew betterthan he how to handle the affairsof a great church, you would bein his position and he would likelybe in yours. At least you do notneed to worry about the adjustment for the world will soon discover your greatness and you willcome into your own. The worldand the church need such men sobadly that they will soon discoveryou. Just be patient.

And no matter what you are

called, whether an assistant or anassociate, and even though certainresponsibilities are delegated toyour care, don't get the idea thatthe chief minister is no longerresponsible because he is and ifin his judgment he concludes thatyour program and your decisionsare less than the best, it is not onlyhis privilege but it is his obligation to reverse them. To be sureyou should be able to talk withhim and to even argue your pointbut he must always be the judge inthe case and his decision must befinal.

You see, the church is a greatinstitution, much greater than anyindustrial organization, there is somuch more involved. And yourchurch if it is great enough to havean assistant pastor like you, it isgreater than the Buick Branch ofGeneral Motors. Some one personmust be at the head and make thefinal decisions. Who can it be ifnot the chief minister? And whenhe has made those decisions, thenthey are "OUR" decisions. No onewill ever know that you were theleast disturbed or that the decisionwas not your very own. Even alittle girl behind the counter in aDime Store usually knows enoughto use the word "WE" instead of"I" when talking about the policiesof the store.

That brings us to one of the mostimportant principles over whichmany young men stumble. Yourfirst job is to promote your chief.You see it is like this: what people think of you doesn't make atremendous lot of difference. Youare only the assistant. And don'tbe humiliated or disturbed by thattruth. That is the way it is. Butin the building of the Church ofGod in the hearts of men and inthe world in the spot that is assigned to your church, what people think of the chief ministerdetermines what will be accomplished. Can't you see? You willexalt Jesus Christ by exalting yourchief, It is tremendously impor

tant that the people of your community think of your chief as agreat Man of God and a greatChristian Leader. He is or hewouldn't be in that spot. If he isless than perfect, and probably heis, you can help to lift him tohigher levels. It is quite naturalfor all of us to reach to the heightsthat people fix for us. And thegreatest service you can renderto your church is to promote yourchief. Don't ever allow the flickerof an eye lash to reflect upon himin any way.

Then too, you can say a lot ofthings for your church as youmove among the people that youcould not say if you were the chiefminister. You can boast about lastSunday's sermon. (Of course youare tempted to think that youcould have done a better job thanhe did because some dear, sweetold lady, who doesn't know onething about what constitutes good

preaching, told you so.) Talkingconstructively about last Sunday'ssermon does two things. It steersyou away from useless conversation which is always a dangerwhen making routine pastoralcalls. But you can get somethingout of that sermon that needs are-emphasis and indirectly yougive some needed pastoral direction. Then you do get a chanceto casually tell what a wonderfulblessing it is for the communityto have a man like your pastor init. That might be true about yourself but even if it were, you couldnot with reasonable modesty talkabout it and so advertise yourchurch and your pulpit.

And after all if you are a youngman and think that you must promote your own cause rather thanthe cause of Christ you will mostdisplay the beauty of your own lifeby showing a selfless loyalty toyour church and its leaders.

It's True!

A Lake Louise Fish StoryBy A. T. Halsted

EARLYin the summer I took a teen-age boy with me to Lake Louise.

It was rather chilly and rainy. The previous occupant had notleft much firewood inside of our cabin. The wood pile outside was soaking wet. The lad suggested that a clump of white birch trees downby the shore had a dead stub in it. We took the cross cut saw and axeand went to cut it.

After sawing in a ways the leaning of this tree pinched the sawblade—so we removed it and started notching in with the axe. Presently the lad climbed the adjacent bank, put one foot against the trunkand started a rhythmic rocking of it to crack and fell it. Suddenly thetree snapped and lurched, and—down came a rainbow trout out of thetop of that tall stub. It was shiny fresh, but had its head eaten off.Without its head it was thirteen inches long.

My guess is that an eagle swooped down and caught that troutwhen it surfaced, took it to the top of that white birch stub, and holdingit with its talons against the jagged, crotched end of that tree trunk—ate off its head, then flew away leaving the body of the fish cradledup there. We have seen a pair of eagles in that vicinity almost everysummer for the last twenty years. You can imagine our surprise atgetting a rainbow trout out of the top of a tree.

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The hardest thing in the worldto achieve is unselfishness. Butunselfishness is the only way to

happiness.

I find it very advantageous forme to report everything that I do

to the chief minister. Every nightI make a report of all that I havedone through the day. If I have

made hospital calls through the

day I report which hospitals and

the number of calls made. If anything that could possibly be of interest has taken place I report thatitem to him. He should knoweverything of any importance justas though he had made the callhimself. Sometimes I am not satisfied with the call myself and thenI tell him that and if possible I tellhim why.

I seek to place myself and allthat I have completely at his disposal and my greatest joy is whenhe uses it. He carries the burdenand I must save him wheneverpossible. If I were seeking to advance my position with the con

gregation, which I hope I am not,there is no better way than to sincerely maintain this attitude toward my chief.

For the young minister there isa severe temptation to dissatisfaction because there is small opportunity for preaching. That is areal test. But you must rememberthat the pulpit of a great churchis not the place for an inexperienced operator to practice. Youwould not do it in the field of lawor medicine or any other of the

great professions. Every Christian pulpit must have every Sunday the greatest possible ex

pounder of the truth of God. Thesituation is greater than a case oflaw in the supreme court or anoperation on your mother's eye.

You will need to wait for some

future time to get in your practice. In the meantime learn whatyou can by carefully observingyour chief. You might even learnwhat not to do or say. But do notpublish any of your negative judgments.

SELF-ISH-NESS destroys happiness.

SELF-LESS-NESS is beautiful

and life-giving,

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN AOVOC/-

Methodists Cooperate to Put Church

Into Modern Life of Zurich, Switzerland

SWITZERLAND'Slargest city, Zurich,

is the object of an intensive campaignby the evangelical churches to communicate the place of the church in modernlife to all its citizens. In mass meetingsin all the large halls, cinema houses anda large covered stadium, meetings wereheld May 13 to 19 to which people wereinvited to consider the main question"Whither Zurich."

"Whither Zurich?" is an attempt madeby the Evangelical and Reformed Churchof the city of Zurich in cooperation withThe Methodist Church and the Evangelical Community, all members of theSwiss Federation of Churches, to demonstrate the task of the church in theworld.

Hundreds of church members havebeen working for the past two monthsto prepare the campaign. Large coloredposters asking the question "WhitherZurich?" have been displayed in publicplaces announcing the campaign. Allchurch members were asked to visit a

dozen people and invite them to attendthe Whitsuntide meetings. Thousandsof people received personal invitation inaddition to the announcements throughmass media.

"In our city of Zurich there are thousands of people, tens of thousands, whoknow little or nothing about the Christian message," said Dr. Ludwig Kohler,one of the campaign leaders. "Theyhave forgotten their church; they have

turned their backs on it. They don'twant to know anything about Jesus.They have finished with all that."

"But they feel terribly lonely. Theydon't know which way to turn. Theyhave no purpose. They are bitter, indifferent, and hopeless. It is these people whom we want to reach," said Dr.Kohler in his call for volunteers.

The mass meetings held in Zurichraised such questions as "which way willwe go?" in marriage, in family and education, in social life, in work and vocations, in industiy and politics.

The big youth rally on Wednesdaynight entitled "The Big Chance" included jazz band and youth choir singing Negro spirituals. People wereasked to see plays by Maxwell Anderson,Leo Tolstoi, and Otto Heinrich Kuhnerand the film "A Man Called Peter," andothers, before the campaign started.

At the Saturday open air meetingsMay 19, in three public squares inZurich the subject was "Why are wehere?" The campaign closed on Whitsunday with Holy Communion in thechurches.

An illustrated paper entitled "TheFuture of Zurich" was sent to everypostal address explaining the purpose ofthe campaign. A group of helpers wereattached to every hall where meetings

TIV 19, 1859

By BETTY THOMPSONZurich, Switzerland

were held to prepare and conduct themeetings.

Experts on the subject discussed suchas family life and industry and politicsparticipated in the evening meetings.

The problems raised by the week'scampaign are to be discussed later inspecial groups in the churches. Possibilities for practical work will be considered and special groups formed tocarry out such work.

Negro Football StarBecomes Minister ofInterracial Church

LOS ANGELES — (RNS) — DeaconDan Towler is swapping a career as oneof the all-time greats of professionalfootball for a trial ministry at the Lincoln Ave. Methodist church of Pasadena,an interracial congregation.

Bishop Gerald H. Kennedy announcedthe appointment when he read his listof assignments to conclude the 106thsession of the Southern California-Arizona Methodist Conference.

The 28-year-old Negro player, whoearned $10,000 last year with the LosAngeles Rams football team, will startat one-third that salary as a Methodistminister on trial.

He won a master of theology degreein June at the University of SouthernCalifornia School of Religion which he

attended despite an athletic schedulethat took him all over the country forsix years.

His contract with the Rams providedthat he could continue his studies at theseminary, and he commuted by planeto the school from playing fields acrossthe country.

Mr. Towler has assisted at severalCongregational churches in Los Angeles.He said he planned to be ordained aCongregationalist in the near futurebut may transfer into The MethodistChurch if a suitable opportunity presents itself.

"Frankly, I don't want to serve anall-Negro church," he said. "I think Ihave something to contribute to interracial relationships and I want to bewhere I can fulfill a real need."

Deacon Dan earned his nickname whenhe brought prayer to Rams' pre-gamepep sessions and quietly asserted thatprayer is a big part of his life.

He has won the "most valuable playeraward" for his team and in 1952 capturedthe National Football League's ground-gaining crown with a 5.7 yard averagefor 156 tries.

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ZURICH, Switzerland—More than 100,000 persons attended a week-long series ofmeetings in a "Whither Zurich" campaign held to make its residents aware of thechurches' task in the world. Photo shows a capacity crowd attending one of themeetings. Cooperating in the campaign were the Evangelical and Reformed Church,

The Methodist Church, and the Evangelical Community —all members of the SwissFederation of Churches. Leaders of the effort described it as "an outstanding

success." They said it had initiated discussions among people in all walks of lifeon such topics as marriage, family, education, work, industry, gocial life and politics.

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briefly and bear the signature and address of thewriter, which the editor reserves the right toprint. What appears here does not necessarilyrepresent the Advocate's point of view.

Concerning Financial CampaignsTo the Editor:

No wide-awake person attending recent sessions of the Michigan Conference can fail to become alarmed at certain sinister trends. One of these waspointed out by the speaker at the Michigan Conference on Friday afternoon, Dr.Dwight Loder of Garrett Biblical Institute.

After a brief summary of the dangersconfronting our generation, and a subsequent statement in recognition of thecurrent religious revival manifesting itself in increased church attendance, Dr.Loder issued a warning to the ministers.Briefly, he warned them against takingthe credit themselves for this revival.But he went further, stating that wemust not use this as an occasion forbuilding new churches while easy moneyis pouring into our coffers; otherwisethese same churches may become emptymonuments ten years from now.

One wonders whether The MethodistChurch, on a conference- wide scale, isnot falling victim to the very temptationDr. Loder warned against. I for onehave become somewhat appalled at thegigantic financial "drives" just in theoffing, some of which were suggestedat the recent Michigan Conference,•lust what effect are these "drives" going to have on our smaller and poorerchurches? (Perhaps the word in quotation marks should be broadened to include increased apportionments.) True,the ministers would be the first ones toconcede that, even for their own sakes,our churches need to give. More thanone hard-pressed church, however, hasmade a supreme effort to meet its fullquota of benevolences and extras, onlyto be told the next year that these havebeen raised to a point utterly impossibleof attainment; which circumstance hasthrown its members into a mental stateof discouragement, frustration, and evenfutility. The ancient Hebrews were oncetold by a new king that, whereas hispredecessor had chastised them withwhips, he would chastise them withscorpions. Is there a parallel suggestedhere ?

The District Superintendents' reportat conference stated that a good manyrural churches have closed within thelast few years. We all know this hasbeen due to a number of factors, someof them beyond our control. But is itpossible that the pressure of unreasonable financial obligations has played itspart too? An attempt to squeeze bloodout of a dry turnip usually results in thecollapse of the turnip.

While serving on a small charge some

years ago I conducted a systematicvisitation campaign in behalf of one ofour educational institutions. We werealready having a difficult time to raiseour regular budget. The committee Iappointed made over sixty calls withoutsuccess. Some prospects whose enthusiasm for the church was of the doubtful kind were driven farther away. Justwhat is to be gained by such a campaignis a question to ponder. It is to be hopedthat in the future the askings will bebig enough to be challenging, but alsothat they will be governed by the spiritof judgment and reason. —Lynn E.Chapel, Union City.

workers. Assisting him are his wife,a trained mezzo-soprano, Mr. Sam Hood,young people's and children's workerand Mrs. Hood, organist and violinist.This three weeks' Spiritual Life Mission will also include a Daily VacationBible School.

Native of India SpeaksTo Caseville Audience

MR.DAVID JAMBAYYA, native of

southern India, spoke to an overflow audience Sunday morning, June24, in the Caseville Church. Wearingthe costume of his native land, he toldof the growth of Christianity in India.

The Head Master of a MethodistPreachers' Training School in Raichur,India, Mr. Jambayya came to the UnitedStates in April as a delegate to the General Conference of The MethodistChurch. At the close of the conference,he learned that he had been awardeda scholarship in Boston Universitywhere he will work on his Master'sdegree in Education. Thirty-eight yearsold and married, Mr. Jambayya is thefather of six children. While in Caseville he visited in the home of Rev. andMrs. Adolf Bergman whom he met atthe General Conference.

An Abundant Life Mission is beingconducted in the Caseville Church byRev. Brookside, approved evangelist ofthe Methodist Church, and his team of

Layman Holds Record!

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sexton, Jr. attendedthe Detroit Annual Conference at Adrian in June which made the twenty-fifth consecutive time Mr. Sexton hasattended as a delegate. So far as isknown this is a record for a Detroit Conference layman. They have been members of Swartz Creek church for 41years and despite their age of 78 they

Methodist Woman WritesPrize- Winning Hymn

CHICAGO — (RNS) — The 70-year-old daughter of a clergyman submittedthe winning entry in Chicago TheologicalSeminary's centennial hymn contest.

The $100 prize was awarded to MissElizabeth Knobel, who lives in an Evan-ston (111.) home for the aged.

Her father was the Rev. Godfrey C.

Knobel, a Presbyterian, late field secre

tary of the Illinois Children's Home and

Aid Society. Miss Knobel is a memberof First Methodist church of Evanston.Her grandfather was an Evangelicalbishop.

She entitled her four-stanza hymn"God of All Greatness." The firststanza reads:

"God of all greatness, Who hastgreatly wrought

In starry space and in the soul of

man,Help us to trace the pattern of Thy

thought,Building according to Thy perfect

plan."The competition was sponsored by the

Alumni Association of the Congregational seminary.

Miss Knobel is the author of a bookof children's verse. About 200 of herpoems have been published in variousperiodicals.

She wrote' the centennial hymn in1954 for First Methodist church ofEvanston, host church that year to theSecond Assembly of the World Councilof Churches.

COMMITTEE PIGEON-HOLESCONTROVERSIALHAITI TREATY

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (RNS) —The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has officially pigeon-holed a con

troversial new treaty of friendship,commerce and navigation with theRepublic of Haiti which omits the usualguarantee of religious liberty to American citizens on Haitian soil.

The committee announced that itsschedule of business is so crowded thatit will not be able to conduct public hearings on the treaty at this session ofCongress.

Since the treaty cannot go into effectuntil the Senate ratifies it by a two-thirds vote, this means that the oldtreaty will remain in force.

Treaties do not die with the end ofa Congress but remain on the Senate's

calendar of pending business until thev

8 MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN JF"'are both still active.

are either ratified or withdrawn by thePresident.

Protestant groups, including the National Council of Churches, NationalAssociation of Evangelicals and BaptistJoint Committee on Public Affairs objected to the treaty's language. Theycharged that the elimination of the religious liberty guarantee would create a

dangerous precedent.

Chairman Walter F. George (D.-Ga.)assured the Protestants that full publichearings will be held before the committee acts on the treaty.

PROTESTANT SPOKESMENASK REVISION OFWAR CLAIMS BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (RNS) —Spokesmen for the National Council ofChurches urged a Congressional committee to make substantial revisions inproposed legislation pertaining to Philippine World War II damage claims. Theysaid the bill discriminates against Protestant agencies in favor of RomanCatholic institutions.

Dr. Arthur L. Carson of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions andDr. Earl F. Adams, Washington representative of the National Council, testified at a public hearing conducted by theHouse Interstate and Foreign CommerceCommittee on a bill sponsored by Rep.John W. McCormack (D.-Mass.)

Purpose of the McCormack bill is topermit payment of $8,000,000 in claimsfiled by Roman Catholic orders in thePhilippines which were rejected by theU.S. War Claims Commission on thegrounds that the institutions concernedcould not prove that they were a branchof an American religious organization.The claims are for goods and servicesfurnished to American military forcesduring the 1944 campaign to liberate thePhilippines.

The McCormack measure proposesthat the claim of any religious organization "of the same denomination as onefunctioning in the United States" filedprior to Oct. 2, 1952, and denied shouldnow be granted upon presentation ofproof of the services rendered U.S.forces.

Dr. Carson, speaking for the NationalCouncil's Division of Foreign Missions,said that, in general, Protestant missionleaders do not like the concept of theMcCormack legislation because "it makesChristian missions in the Philippinesseem mere national extensions of American churches."

Should Congress nonetheless be favorably disposed to the legislation, he said,it should be amended so that Protestantgroups in the Philippines may be grantedequal treatment. He said that twomajor Protestant denominations in theIslands, the Philippine IndependentChurch (Aglipayan), and the Church ofChrist would be entirely excluded sincethey have no exact counterparts in theTTnited States.

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Stanley Stone FetedUpon His Retirement

REV.A. Stanley Stone who retired

last month after serving 40 yearsin the active ministry was honored whennearly 300 persons gathered in theStandish church. The occasion wascommemorated by a "This Is Your Life"program sponsored by the Sterling andStandish churches which he has servedfor the last four years. Delegates fromthe last six churches he served appearedon the program. They were: Mrs.Meade, Bay City Thoburn and Central;Mrs. Ruth Wakeman, Linden; GeorgeStow and Mrs. Ford Smith, Fowlerville;C. H. Baker, Flint Calvary; and Mrs.A. M. Leach, Farmington. LeroySmith, Wanda Bryan, Jeff Reed andPatricia O'Brien represented Standish;Sharon and Ardith Utter, Ethel Yenior,and Barbara Maybauer participated onbehalf of Sterling. Each church represented presented a gift of remembrance.

Other guests included Rev. AndrewMichelson and Rev. Albert Johns, formermembers of the Farmington congregation, both of whom credit Mr. Stonewith guiding them into the ministry.

Five of the Stones' six sons and theirfamilies were present. One son and Mr.Stone's sister, who live in California,were unable to make the trip. Amongthe letters of congratulation was onefrom Bishop Marshall R. Reed. GlenPatterson of Sterling served as master

of ceremonies. Following the programa lunch was served by members of theStandish and Sterling WSCS groups.

Mr. Stone was born August 3, 1889,

Rev. A. Stanley Stone

in Troon, Cornwall, England. He cameto America to live with an uncle atIron Mountain when he was 23, and soonresumed his study for the ministry.In 1913 he was assigned to Trenary inthe Upper Peninsula where he preachedto miners, lumberjacks and Indians whogave him the name of Osh-a-bick, meaning small rock. He was soon called toRogers City where he met and marriedMiss Esther Taylor, October 1, 1914.

They are living in their cottage nearRogers City.

Those participating in a retirement-recognition service for Rev. and Mrs. Stanley

Stone were two men who entered the ministry as a result of his influence. Theyare Revs. Andrew Michelson and Albert Johns. Shown in the picture at the timeof the observance are, left to right: Glen Patterson, master of ceremonies, Rev.

Albert Johns, Rev. Andrew Michelson and Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Stone.

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Missionaries CommissionedBy Two Bishops at Detroit

NEW YORK— Mr. and Mrs. TheodoreMcKnight, Whitesville, N.Y., were commissioned overseas missionaries of TheMethodist Church by two bishops in aservice June 20 at the MetropolitanMethodist Church in Detroit.

The commissioning was by BishopMarshall R. Reed of the Detroit epis-

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore McKnight

copal area and Bishop Newell Booth ofElisabethville, the Belgian Congo.Metropolitan will provide financial support for the McKnights under a planwhereby Methodist churches in thiscountry support individual missionariesabroad. Dr. Chester A. McPheeters ispastor of the church.

Mr. and Mrs. McKnight will go toJohannesburg, Union of South Africa,for social work, primarily amongAfricans from Mozambique who havemigrated to Johannesburg to work inmines. Mrs. McKnight is the formerMiss Martha Kemp of Chataqua, N.Y.,daughter of missionary parents and aMethodist social worker-at Amherstdale,W. Va. They are scheduled to leavethis country in July.

A native of Hornell, N.Y., Mr. McKnight attended elementary schools nearHornell and high school at Angelica,N.Y. He was a student four years atAlfred University, Alfred, N.Y., andwas graduated in 1955 with a bachelorof arts degree in sociology.

His last three years in college, Mr.McKnight was pastor of his. homechurch, the First Methodist Church inWhitesville. Since September he hasbeen studying at the Kennedy Schoolof Missions at Hartford, Conn.

Daughter of the late Dr. AlexanderH. Kemp, Methodist missionary doctorin Angola, Africa, and Mrs. Kemp, nowof Chataqua, Mrs. McKnight spentmost of her early life in Angola. Shereturned to the United States for college and attended Elmira College,Elmira, N.Y., where she received abachelor of arts degree in history andBible in 1951. She then studied at theHartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, Conn., having earned a master'sdegree in religious education in 1953.

Shortly after leaving Hartford, Mrs.McKnight became a two-year Methodisthome missions worker at the WesleyHouse, a community center, in Amherst-

dale. She remained there until lastspring, when she joined other youngpeople for a work camp in Europe. Shereturned to Hartford for study last falland she and Mr. McKnight were marriedin March this year.

Battle Creek YouthBecomes Missionary

NEW YORK— Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M.Miller, 107 Keuka St., Penn Yan, N.Y.,are among 12 persons who were commissioned as overseas missionaries ofThe Methodist Church June 21 at Green-castle, Ind.

Mr. Miller, whose home for severalyears was Battle Creek, Mich., andMrs. Miller will return to Latin America to do agricultural and educationalwork. They have had five years ofMethodist missionary service in SouthAmerica, he in Chile and she in bothBrazil and Chile. Mrs. Miller is theformer Miss Mary L. Curtiss of PennYan.

The Millers were commissioned byBishop Richard C. Raines, Methodistbishop of Indiana, as a part of an annualassembly of new and furloughed Methodist missionaries at DePauw University. The Millers will serve under theDivision of World Missions of the Methodist Board of Missions.

A native of Jackson, Mich., Mr. Millerspent most of his early life in BattleCreek and attended the Central HighSchool there. He was in the Navy V-12officer training program in World WarII and after discharge went to the University of Idaho to study animal husbandry and dairy management. Hewas graduated in 1950 and shortlyafterward joined 91 other young menand women who became three-yearMethodist missionaries.

Born in Frederickstown, Ohio, Mrs.Miller spent most of her early life in

Participating in the commissioning service for Mr. and Mrs. Theodore McKnightat Metropolitan Methodist Church Detroit are, left to right: Bishop MarshallR. Reed; Dr. Chester A. McPheeters,pastor and Bishop Newell S. Booth ofAfrica. Mr. and Mrs. KcKnight are

Penn Yan and attended the Penn YanAcademy. She was a student four yearsat Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y.,and was graduated in 1949 with a

bachelor of arts degree.

For a year after graduation, Mrs.Miller was a seed analyst at the NewYork State agricultural experiment sta-

Mr. Ralph Miller

tion at Geneva. In 1950 she joined thesame group of young people as herhusband and became a three-year missionary.

Since returning to the United Stateslast year, Mr. and Mrs. Miller have beenstudying at the school of agriculture atCornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Ohio Methodists to Seek$4,000,000 for New Seminary

LAKESIDE, O. — (RNS) — OhioMethodists have set a goal of four million dollars as the minimum amountneeded to build and endow a theologicalseminary in the state.

"We will do it because we are calledof God to do it," Presiding Bishop HazenG. Werner of Columbus, told some 3,000

delegates and visitors at the annualmeeting of the Ohio Methodist Conference here.

Establishment of the new Methodisttheological school in Ohio was authorized by the recent Methodist GeneralConference which met in Minneapolis.

Ohio Methodists hope that the seminary will help to offset a shortage ofministers. The Church has estimatedit needs 133 pastors for Ohio congregations now.

Need for the seminary was apparentfive years ago when the North-EastOhio Conference asked the General Conference to consider establishing a newseminary "somewhere in the Midwest."

The Methodist Church now supportsfour colleges in Ohio. Last year contributions from Ohio churches totalled $2,-120,903 for the schools, according to thereport of Mrs. Miriam Richey of Delaware, O., executive secretary for theUnited Approach to Christian HigherEducation.

Mrs. Richey said 859 students weregraduated from the four schools thismonth.

10 MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE,kneeling at the altar rail.

About PersonsBORN: To Rev. and Mrs. Keith A.

Bovee of Centreville a daughter, SallyAnn, on July 3.

REV. RIAL E. SIMONS is now serving as assistant minister at Trenton.Rev. Herbert C. Brubaker is the minister.

NANCY HUNTING, six-year olddaughter of Rev. and Mrs. Willis B.Hunting of Fennville, is recovering froma broken leg, suffered when she collidedwith another bike rider.

BORN: To Rev. and Mrs. FrankCozadd of Christ Methodist Church, Detroit, a son, Ronald Mark, at SturgisMemorial Hospital on June 27. TheCozadds have two daughters, Barbaraand Janet.

CHARLES GROSE, son of Rev. andMrs. Wilber Grose of the MinnesotaConference, was ordained by BishopStanley Coors at a recent session of thatConference. Rev. Wilber Grose wasone time pastor of Jefferson AvenueMethodist Church in Saginaw.

REV. G. MacDONALD JONES, pastor at Utica, gave the Camp Rotarychapel message to the Explorer Scouts,and the baccalaureate sermon to theUtica high school graduating class. Hewas among those to visit the G.M. TechCenter open house, his third such industrial visit since beginning his Uticapastorate in 1951.

MISS OLGA DEAN, daughter of Rev.and Mrs. Ralph M. Dean, pastor ofWestwood Church, Kalamazoo, receivedher Master's degree at the Universityof Pittsburgh in June. She has accepted a position as Superintendent ofNurses at Toledo Receiving Hospital,Toledo, Ohio, and assumed her dutiesJuly 1.

MR. AND MRS. E. PHIL BRAD-STRUM of Sparta have returned froma nine weeks' European tour. While inLondon they attended a Sunday morningservice at the Wesley Chapel, also visitedthe Wesley home next to the Chapel,which is now a museum, and the graveof Susannah and John Wesley on theChapel grounds.

REV. AND MRS. JOSEPH DIBLEYare living at 512 W. Bay, East Tawas,Michigan. The Dibleys were honored by

the Caro Methodist Church at a retirement party when the church presentedthem with a check for $1,000, and thevarious departments and members of

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the church presented them with numerous other gifts. Mr. Dibley, who hadserved the Caro church since 1948, retired at the Detroit Annual Conferencein June.

REV. AND MRS. JOSEPH TUMAwere guests of honor at a farewell partygiven by the Courtland Circuit in thebasement of the Oakfield church withabout 200 persons present. A cake bakedfor the occasion by Mrs. Tefft wasdecorated to represent an open Biblewith the pages marked "1907-1956" forthe years Mr. Tuma has served in theministry. A musical program includedsolos by William Dean and MarabethLyndrup ; accordion selections byDouglas Daniels; and selections by theOakfield Junior and Courtland choirs.Gifts from the two churches were presented to the honored couple by MarleneParmeter, Ralph Piatt and Russell Gray.The group sang favorite hymns of Rev.and Mrs. Tuma, closing with "God BeWith You 'Till We Meet Again." TheTumas have three sons; Jim, a graduateof Albion College and the University ofMichigan, who will be teaching undergovernment supervision, Military Scienceat the University of Illinois, beginningin September; Joseph V., a graduate ofAlbion, aircraft representative and assistant director for the CIO for the last13 years; and Stuart, professor and headof the department of radio and televisionat Massachusetts Radio College, Boston,Mass., from which he graduated someyears ago.

BULLETIN

ASWE GO to press word comes of

the sudden death July 9 of Rev.John M. McLucas, pastor at Brightonand Novi; and of the death June 28 ofMrs. G. B. Millar, widow of Rev. G. B.Millar of the Michigan Conference, inthe Community Hospital in Douglas.

Churches Hail GamblingReferendum Setback

THEchurches of Michigan are rejoic

ing because of another victory overthe proponents of legalized gambling.Gambling supporters endeavored to ob

tain the required 219,000 valid signatures on petitions to place the issue onthe ballot for the election in November.

The Michigan Council of Churchesand local Councils did everything within their power to discourage the signing of these petitions. The result wasthat only an estimated 45,000 signaturescould be obtained. Dr. G. Merrill Lenox,executive director of the Michigan andDetroit Councils of Churches, wholeheartedly praised all church leaders whocontributed to this victory.

In a statement to the press, Dr. JohnE. Marvin, editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate and chairman of the Division of Christian Life and Work of theMichigan Council of Churches, expressed

his gratification upon learning "that

there will be no need for a referendumon further legalized gambling this fall.There is already too much legalizedgambling permitted in Michigan," Dr.Marvin declared.

The churches were prepared to set up

a state-wide committee to defeat such

a proposal had it come up. "The failureof the supporters of gambling to obtain

the signatures will relieve the MichiganCouncil of Churches of organizing thiseffort and will permit its energies to be

concentrated in other useful areas ofservice," Dr. Marvin said. The Council

led the state to a victory in a referen

dum in 1954 by a vote of 944,388 to 903,-

303.

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UTICA'S Fellowship Hall completed

last September signaled several unique

projects: a potato pancake supper, a

Fishermen's Club, a church school or

chestra, the starting of a Junior MYF,hosting Senior missionary banquet and

pilot evangelism school, the starting ofa new young married people's and mid

dle adult groups, a $25 scholarship

raised from sale of newspapers to send

a Spanish Protestant to Geneva, coffee

breaks for new members and graduates,

$50 each to flooded Winsted church and

ministers in the South whose pulpits

were in jeopardy over the segregation

issue. "Power" devotional booklets have

been placed in motels, the niki base,

and the convalescent home. The last

week of August the Utica Commuter

Lab School will be in session and gives

promise of an enriching week. Rev.

G. MacDonald Jones is the pastor.

EAGLE held a Vacation Bible School

June 18-22 with 63 pupils enrolled.

Rev. Earl I. Prosser directed the school,

assisted by his daughter, Mrs. CliffordKeizer, and nine teachers from the

church. Mrs. Keizer and two children,

Rick and Linda, of Pella, Iowa, visited

her parents and Dr. Keizer's parents in

Byron Center and flew to Chicago where

Dr. Keizer is teaching this summer in

the Argonne National Laboratory.Seventy students from 29 countries out

side the United States and 31 from

within the nation are working at the

Argonne on President Eisenhower's

"Atoms for Peace Program." Dr.

Keizer is head of the Natural Science

Department at Central College. The

Booster Class of the Eagle Church

School sponsored a reception for Mr.

and Mrs. Prosser the evening of June 29.

Mr. Davis of Lansing showed nature pic

tures and refreshments were served.

The honored couple were presented a

gift of appreciation,

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Suffering as Christians

I Peter l:3-9;5:6-ll

PEOPLEoften criticize Christian

ity because they say it is another-worldly religion, and manytimes its defenders rise to insist thatit is not other-worldly, that it is concerned almost exclusively with thisworld. One would not get this impression from reading the NewTestament, however. It is unashamedly other-worldly, though italways insists on the importance ofthat other world for this world. Andthis is particularly true in our lessontoday from the First Epistle ofPeter. The motive for the actionand endurance of a Christian lies inanother world, says the author. Soalso Paul could write his Corinthianfriends, "If in this life only we havehoped in Christ, we are of all menmost to be pitied" (I Cor. 15:19).This world does not provide theanswer to our fondest dreams. Whatis usually meant by other-worldli-ness? Why do people criticize it?Is this the sort of other-worldlinessthe New Testament expresses?

Regardless of how unsatisfactorysome people call it, this is one of theanswers the New Testament givesto the problem of suffering. Suffering is of two sorts: that causedspecifically by Christian commitment (this was discussed in the lesson for July 1), and that caused bythe unaccountable factors of humanexistence. The Christian meets bothin a characteristic way, but it is thelatter that is the principal subjectof this lesson. If at the end of eachday we want to make a tally to seeif our allegiance to Christ has paidoff, we will likely be disappointed.Not even the tally of a lifetime canbe depended on to prove in itselfthat Christianity is worthwhile. TheChristian is not likely to justify hisloyalty to Jesus without reckoningin the "crown of life" that is laid upfor him. Have the Christian saintsas a rule been known for their freedom from life's problems? Whathas characterized them?

Note that the hope of the Christian is not wishful thinking. It isa living hope (1:3) whose existence

By Paul B. Hessert

does not depend on the state of ourminds, but on God. Hence our authorspeaks of an "imperishable inheritance" "kept in heaven." (1:4). Because of this hope, Christians havesomething to see them through theirvarious trials (1:6). Robert LouisStevenson tells of talking with aScottish farmer about education,politics, and the aims of one's life.During the conversation the farmersaid, "Him that has aye ayont needno be weary." (He that has something beyond need not be weary.)Our author says it is precisely thissomething beyond that Christianshave. And it is endurance whichshows the genuineness of faith.After all, the Christian life meansa complete trust in God, even in moments of heaviness. Specifically,what resources does the Christianhave in suffering that others lack?

When we learn to trust God, the"why" question of unexplained suffering is no longer the importantquestion of life. So long as we arehuman we shall continue to ask it—not, however, from desperation, butin anticipation of the time when "weshall know even as we have been fullyknown." This is another way ofsaying what our author does in 1:8,9.When people ask "Why?" whentragedy strikes, what is it they reallywant to know?

Because of such trust, the Christian does not demand constant exaltation or deliverance from all misfortunes of life as the price of hisloyalty. Nursery security is something no one can deliver to a responsible adult. Certainly if God cannot,how much less the other things fromwhich men expect it! Man's properattitude toward God is humility(5:6). Whatever glory our lives mayhave can only be revealed by God(Ro. 8:18). Man has enough to doin meeting temptation and resistingdevilish suggestions without tryingto play God or insisting on personalglorification first. It is in this practical life of daily obedience, moreover, that the Christian discovers thefulfilment of God's promise of restoration and strength (5:10). Whenwe pray for deliverance from evil,should we mean avoidance of all conflict or suffering? Has God promised this? What has He promised?

HOLMES YOUTH CENTERAN "ADOPTED HOME"

SITUATEDin a downtown area and

changing neighborhood in Detroit,the Holmes Youth Center provides an"adopted home" and untold opportunitiesfor many boys, girls and youth in thearea, which otherwise they never wouldhave. The Center is sponsored co

operatively by the Downtown YMCABranch, the Downtown Y Men's Club,Darin & Armstrong Men, the J. ArthurWard Association, and Martha HolmesMemorial Methodist Church, and hasbeen a year-round operation since 1951.

The Center is housed in MarthaHolmes Church, and as the programprogressed more facilities were opened,until now the entire downstairs area isbeing used, including several smalleractivities rooms, a large gymnasium, awood-work shop with modern electrictools, and offices.

Holmes Youth Center is unique inmany respects; the sponsoring groupsrepresent many denominations, including Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, andtheir business is carried out duringmonthly dinner meetings held in thechurch. Not only is the sponsoringgroup concerned about the financial welfare of the Center, but many volunteerworkers are drawn from that group,who assist in regular weekly activities,as well as special occasions.

Very special interest has been provedby the many deeds of kindness and generosity by Mr. J. Armstrong, one of theWard Alumni, who somehow nevermisses any opportunity to help in somespecial personal way or in co-operationwith some of the personnel of his business of Darin & Armstrong.

Membership in the Youth Center isavailable to all children and youth in thecommunity, regardless of race, nationality or faith; this membership includes either a basic or full membershipinto the YMCA with all necessary transportation provided free of charge, aswell as any other necessary athletic,crafts, training materials films, etc.,free to any boy or girl up to their 17thbirthday.

Activities are planned from Mondaythrough Friday from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m.with a girls' program at the Y on Saturday mornings. There is a wide rangeof choice on activities, such as allsports, Christian education mid-weekBible School, Scouting, Wood shop,various crafts, for age groups from 4

to 17 and a leader's Club. Christianemphasis is taught throughout all activities, with the church supplying anumber of volunteers also.

A time looked forward to each yearcomes with special holidays, when largecommunity parties are planned jointlybetween the Church and the Center suchas Halloween, Christmas, and a Summer Picnic in June.

The true Christian leadership in the

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Leaders at the Holmes Youth Center,Detroit

project has been felt through the director, George Hawk, who, besides fillinghis job as engineer with the Ford Company, is at the Center daily as well ason hand for special activities, and alsoacts as local preacher of the church. Atpresent, there are approximately ninepaid staff members and 22 volunteerhelpers; through the fine leadership amost unique co-operation betweenChurch and Youth Center has beenworked out, the Youth Center often supplying Church activities with transportation and extra helpers, such as VacationBible School, seasonal parties and activities of church groups, while theChurch is proud to stand beside andwork hand in hand with many of theprograms carried on through the Center.The Church having a voice in the programming, policy and finance of theproject has made it possible to workhand in hand and consequently, on manyoccasions, both have profited.

CONGREGATIONALISTSTO SUE LEGION POST

OMAHA, Neb. — (RNS) — The General Council of the CongregationalChristian Churches took steps here toinitiate legal action against an American Legion Post on the grounds that itdiscriminated against a Negro delegate.

In an unusual action, the Council authorized the financing of a court suitagainst the Omaha American LegionPost No. 1 which allegedly refused a

room at its club to A. Houston Gordonof Chicago, an ordained minister and a

Legionnaire.It acted after City Prosecutor Charles

Fryzek told a denominational committeethat he did not plan to file a discrimination complaint against the Legion Club,operated by Post No. 1.

The committee, named by the denomination's Council for Social Action, metwith Mr. Fryzek for two hours. It saidit would be satisfied if the club reversedits stand.

The city prosecutor promised to investigate. Later, he said the club wasnot an inn in a legal sense so its refusalto rent a room to Mr. Gordon was notagainst the law.

Mr. Fryzek said the Legion Club has

JULY 18, 1956

75 rooms and 80 per cent are rented toveterans who live there permanently.

"It is therefore the opinion of thisoffice that the club is not a hotel or inn,"he said.

The Rev. Edward A. Hawley, ministerof the interracial Warren Ave. Congregational church, Chicago, who accompanied Mr. Gordon to the club, said he

had been promised a room even thoughhe told an attendant he was not aveteran or member of the AmericanLegion. When the attendant later sawMr. Gordon was colored he allegedly refused admittance.

Mr. Gordon served as an Army chaplain for three years during World WarII. He is judge advocate of a ChicagoLegion Post.

"Drive by Golden Rule"Urges Billy Graham

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (RNS) —Evangelist Billy Graham appealed to theU.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce to"te-ach all our young to drive by theGolden Rule as you teach them to drivesafely."

"I believe safe driving in America isa spiritual program," he said in thekeynote address to the Jacees annualconvention. "If the American peoplewould drive by the Golden Rule theycould cut accidents by two-thirds."

First Negro Pastor inMethodist Conference

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DE KALB, 111.—The Rev. Charles E.Frost, 26, first Negro pastor in theMethodist Rock River Conference, isgreeted by Dr. Lester Minion, superintendent of its Chicago Western District.Mr. Frost was named pastor of theChurch of the Redeemer, Chicago, atthe conference's 117th annual meetinghere. The congregation comprises some126 members including two Negro families. Formerly of Youngstown, O., Mr.Frost will be graduated in Decemberfrom Garrett Biblical Institute, Evan-

ston. 111.

Speaking ofBooksBy Allan G. Gray

A SHORT HISTORY OF METHODISM

By Umphrey Lee

and William Warren Sweet

FORmany years there has been need

of a short history of Methodism,something between the excellent Luc-cock and Hutchinson treatment and thevery brief "Methodist Primer" of BishopSelecman. That our Publishing Househas finally brought such a book to printis a commendable effort. Not contentwith just any old book, they have persuaded two of the ablest Church historians in our nation to write it.Umphrey Lee, former Chancellor ofSouthern Methodist University and renowned Methodist scholar, combinedwith William Warren Sweet, noted forhis exhaustive "Methodism in America,"would be hard to beat.

This is a leadership Training Textwhich makes it all the more valuable.Now Church Schools and

'even Adult

training classes have an excellently written informative text to guide them intheir understanding of Methodism. Toooften we hear people who cannot understand certain eccentricities of our history or peculiar twists of our polity andorganization. This book will handletheir perplexities for it lucidly and co

herently guides the readers through themaze called Methodism.

One outstanding section was on Unification which presented facts which Ias a minister had not understood before.Here simply are developed the manysteps which started shortly after thechurch was divided and culminated atKansas City in 1939.

Charts, graphs, and maps lend theirvisual aid to a better understanding ofour church. There are explanations ofour boards and agencies and the complicated conference system which are ofinestimable value to new as well as oldMethodists. The world-wide scope ofthe church is not forgotten nor is thediversity of approach through the varietyof emphases ranging from pacifism toevangelism neglected.

Though this is a second series leadership training text designed for use inschools and institutes, it has a widerrange of possible, distribution, throughout the church at large. Every Methodist can read it with profit and delight.

("A Short History of Methodism," Leeand Sweet. Abingdon Press, $2.00. Thisbook may be secured from the Cokes-bury Book Store, 28 E. Elizabeth St.,Detroit 1, Michigan.)

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Michigan Conference

Woman's Society of Christian ServiceMrs. Fred H. Pa&stnger, P.O. Box IBS, Ithaca

DISTRICTofficers for the Michigan

Conference Woman's Society ofChristian Service for 1956-1957 are asfollows:

Albion Lansing DistrictPresident, Mrs. Harold Kreiger, Lansing R. 1,

Box 122.Vice-President, Mrs. Dwight Ballard, Onondaga,

R. 1.Recording Secretary, Mrs. Andrew Taylor, 212

Ihinham Dr., Battle Creek.Treasurer, Mrs. Russell Finch, 420 S. Walnut,

Lansing 33.Secretaries

Miss. Education and Service, Mrs. ChesterSnyder, 455 E. Chicago, Jonesville.

Christian Social Relations, Mrs. H. E. Krusell,3040 Clinton Trail, Charlotte.

Student Work, Mrs. Chester Betz, Springport,R. 1.

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Children's Work, Mrs. W. A. Tholen, 461 W.Van Buren, Battle Creek.

Spiritual Life, Mrs. Chas. Johnson, R. 1, Charlotte St., Battle Creek.

Literature and Publications, Mrs. EmmetKetrow, 1817Donora, Lansing.

Supply Work, Mrs. J. F. Rogers, 41 WillowSt., Hillsdale.

Status of Women, Mrs. Fred Hodson, Hillsdale.R. 3.

Missionary Personnel, Mrs. Howard Abbott,Heading, R. 1.

Wesleyan Service Guild, Mrs. W. D. Hill, 111N. Finlay Ave., Battle Creek.

Highlight's Reporter, Mrs. Elijah Van Camp,16 Everett, Battle Creek.

Sub-District ChairmenBranch, Mrs. Belle S. Newell, Coldwater, Box

288.Calhoun, Mrs. O. J. Wrright, 255 Bedford Rd.,

llattle Creek.Hillsdale, Mrs. Leslie Donihue, Hillsdale, R. 2.Eaton, Mrs. Fay Carpenter, 506 Warren Ave.,

Charlotte.Jackson, Mrs. Carl Penn,

Jackson.221 E. Robinson,

Lansing, Mrs. J. K. Burnham, 505 Magnolia,Lansing.

Big Rapids DistrictEarl Poindexter,

Mrs. Dean Arnold, Fremont,

President, Mrs. Earl Poindexter, Breckenridge,R. 2.

Vice-PresidentBox 102.

Recording Secretary, Mrs. Mary C. Walborn,620 High, Greenville.

Treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Lauer, 708 S. Main, Mt.Pleasant.

SecretariesPromotion, Mrs. E. Lee Johnson, 510 S. Arnold

Mt. Pleasant.Miss. Education and Service, Miss Ella Car

penter, Farwell.CSR, Mrs. Leon Cole, 508 S. Jeffery, Ithaca.Spiritual Life, Mrs. Arthur Delamarter, Clare,

K. 2.Student Work, Mrs. Arnold Whitmer, Lakeview.

Plan Weeks or Week Ends at

BAY VIEWMethodism's Greatest Summer Resort

Rates $5.50 per day up. includesRoom. Breakfast Dinner

Specials for Church Retreats inlate June or early September

Enjoy the Finest at

BAY VIEW INNPetoskey DI 7-2771 Bay View, Mich.

Youth Work, Mrs. Dale Ward, Breckenridge,Box 326.

Children's Work, Mrs. John Rottier, Fremont,R. 2.

literature and Publications, Mrs. Lome C Bird,Greenville.

Supply Work, Mrs. Stanley Michael, 507 Clark,Big Rapids.

Status of Women, Mrs. Nellie Armstrong, BigRapids, R. 3.

Miss. Personnel, Mrs. Willis Gelston, Farwell.Wesleyan Service Guild, Mrs. C. L. Piatt,

Shepherd, Box 134.Honorary Member, Mrs. Leon Manning, 304

Maple St., Big Rapids.Sub- District Chairmen

Gratiot, Mrs. Phil. Becker, 236 S. St. Johns St.,Ithaca.

Mecosta. Mrs. Walter Brack, 1115 Rose St.,Big Rapids.

Isabella, Mrs. Gage Mercer, Coleman.Newago, Mrs. Bon VanderWerp, 326 Main St.,

Fremont.Montcalm, Mrs. Clinton Helms, Sand Lake.

Grand Rapids DistrictPresident, Miss Bernice Creaser, 606 Lafayette

St., S.E., Grand Rapids.Vice-President. Mrs. Edward Holdren, 2558

Brooklyn, Grand Rapids.Recording Secretary, Mrs. Ernest Combellack,

Middleville.Treasurer, Mrs. Rozell Stanton, Middleville, R. 2.

SecretariesPromotion, Mrs. Herschel H. Wright, 1431

Roosevelt Rd., Muskegon.Miss. Education, Mrs. Ralph Hodges, 1158

Fleming Ave., Muskegon.CSR and LCA, Mrs. Gordon Dix, 3723 Prairie,

S.W., Grandviile.Spiritual Life, Mrs. Morris DeVries, 382 Howard,

Holland.

Student^ Mrs. Frank Schreiber, 2230 FrancesAve., S.E., Grand Rapids.

Youth, Mrs. W. E. Bird, 5262 Belding Rd.,Belding.

Children's Work, Mrs. J. Teusink, Holland, 1129.Literature and Publications, Mrs. Thomas Reed,

Whitehall, R. 2.Supply Work, Mrs. Lester Houghton, 201 Brush

St., St. Johns.Status of Women, Mrs. L. H. Holdeman, 2216

Miner Ave., Muskegon.Miss. Personnel, Mrs. D. N. Lipke, 463 Cheshire

JJr., N.E., Grand Rapids.Highlights Reporter, Mrs. Thomas Reed, White

hall, R. 2, Box 258.District Member to Conference Nominating

Committee, Mrs. F. L. Bull, 65 S. State, Sparta.Sub-District Chairmen

Barry County, Mrs. Fred Stevens, Bellevue,R. 3.

Clinton County, Mrs. Kenneth Winsor, R. 1,St. Johns.

Ionia County, Mrs. Wm. Larson, R. 4, Ionia.Kent County, Mrs. Valdo Watts, Alto.Muskegon and Ottawa Counties, Mrs. P. H.

Murdick, 1339 Pennoyer, Grand Haven.

Grand Traverse DistrictPresident, Mrs. M. L. Way, Cadillac, R. 3.Vice President, Mrs. James Pound, Peninsula

Dr., Traverse City.Recording Secretary, Mrs. Robert E. Brown,

Arcadia, Box 334.Treasurer, Mrs. Henry Kidder, 617 Selma,

Cadillac.Secretaries

Promotion, Mrs. Clifford Johnson, 722 E. Dan-aher, Ludington.

Miss. Education and Service, Mrs. Earl Town-send, 1012N. Mitchell, Cadillac.

CSR, Mrs. Arnold Schmidt, 724 E. Foster,Ludington.

Spiritual Life, Mrs. Max C. Hamlin, 306 Cedar,Manistee.

Student Wlork, Mrs. Leon Shaffer, Frankfort.Youth Work, Mrs. Joseph Williams, 116 E.

Upright, Charlevoix.Children's Work, Mrs. Fred Lageson, 501 S.

Literature and Publications, Mrs. RobertLindsey, Traverse City.

Supply Work, Mrs. LaMont Tiffany, Thompsonvdie.

Status of Women, Mrs. Walter Dow, 724 Grove,Petoskey.

Wesleyan Service Guild, Miss Ruth Wysong,Box 45 Peninsula Dr., Traverse City.

Sub-District ChairmenTraverse City, Mrs. Rosalie Happy, Traverse

City, R. 5, Box 326 A.Harbor Springs, Mrs. L. G. Welsheimer, 636

Harrison, Harbor Springs.Ludington, Mrs. Dan Dewey, 208 E. Filer,

Ludington.Highlights Reporter, Mrs. John Hockin, Elk

Rapids.Mem. Conf. Norn. Comm., Mrs. Glenn Horn-

baker, 210 E. Chapin, Cadillac.

Kalamazoo DistrictPresident, Mrs. Charles Steepleton, Lawrence.Vice-Pj-esulent, Mrs. Clifford Klapp, 1220 Mo

hawk Lane, St. Joseph.Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lester R. Schrader,

152Schrader Rd., Centreville.Treasurer, Mrs. John Scarnehorn, 1440 Cedar

St., Nile-Secretaries

Promotion, Mrs. Harold Spieler, 4410 LakesideDr., Kalamazoo.

Missionary Education and Service, Mrs. ClydeQuick, Kalamazoo, R. 1, Box 98.

CSR, Mrs. H. Loree Harvey, 2502 Waite Ave.,Kalamazoo.

Student Work, Mrs. Wilbur Arnett, 435 W.Ferry St., Berrien Springs.

Youth Work, Mrs. Lynn Grojean, 623 Elm St.,Three Rivers.

Spiritual Life, Mrs. Cecil Robbins. 1513 Sunny-side Dr., Kalamazoo.

Literature and Publication, Mrs. Earl Westcott,Kendall.

Supply Work, Mrs. Vernon Olcott, Sr., 314Walnut St., Allegan.

Status of Women, Mrs. Grayce Delp, Wayland.Wesleyan Service Guild, Miss Phyllis Martin,

207;4W. West St., Sturgis.Miss. Personnel, Mrs. Sidney Binns, Galesburg,

R. 1.Highlights Reporter, Mrs. Clarence Dickerson,

824Bums St., Niles.Mem. to Conf. Norn. Comm., Mrs. Robert E.

Reagan, 232 Windsor Rd., Benton Harbor.Sub-District Chairmen

Allegan, Mrs. Ernest Snyder, Shelbyville, R. LBerrien and West Cass, Mrs. J. C. DuBois, 318

N. Tenth St., Niles.Kalamazoo, Mrs. Wayland Zinn, 916 Lakeway

Ave., Kalamazoo.St. Joseph and East Cass, Mrs. Harmon Wollc-

enstein. White Pigeon.Van Buren, Mrs. Victor Pearson, Gobies, Box

392.

ObituariesMRS. MARY A. GREEN, 86, of Pon-

tiac died May 24, after an illness of twoyears. She was born in Bloomfield Hills,April 16, 1870, the daughter of WilliamA. and Eliza Patchett Hagerman. Nov.18, 1891 she married David A. Green,

who served in the State House of Representatives and as a member of the Oakland County Board of Supervisors. Mr.Green died in 1955. Mrs. Green was a

member of the First Methodist Churchof Pontiac and an honorary member ofthe Woman's Society of Christian Service, she also belonged to the WCTU.For nearly forty years Mr. and Mrs.Green spent their summers at Bay View.Surviving are a son, J. Wendell Greenof Watkins Lake; a daughter, Mrs. William C. Kampe of Bloomfield Hills;three grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. William G.Blumberg of Birmingham and a brother,

14 MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATEWashington, Ludington.

Edwin R. Hagerman of Pontiac. Thefuneral was conducted by her pastor,Rev. Paul R. Havens and burial was inOttawa Park Cemetery.

Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk

DR.WALTER W. Van KIRK, 64, of

Mt. Vernon, N.Y., died suddenly ofa heart attack on July 6 on WellesleyIsland, New York, where he had driven,accompanied by his wife, to preach inthe Thousand Island Park Tabernacle.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov.

over an NBC national network from1936-1949; and he served many timesas an NBC commentator at religiousconferences in South America, Japanand Europe.

Dr. Van Kirk

11, 1891; graduated from Ohio WesleyanUniversity and from Boston UniversitySchool of Theology. He married GladdysStuber May 13, 1918, after their graduation from Ohio Wesleyan. He wasordained by The Methodist Church in1918 and held pastorates in Dorchester,Needham Heights and Lynn, all inMassachusetts.

Dr. Van Kirk devoted his life to mobilizing Christian churches in the causeof international justice and peace. Atthe time of his death he was executivedirector of the Department of International Affairs of the National Councilof Churches. Only last month he sawthe completion of a two-way visit ofAmerican and Soviet Union Christianleaders which was carried out by theNational Council under the initiative ofthe Department of International Affairsand his personal direction. He was amember of the nine-man deputation thatwent to the Soviet Union in March andshared in the conversations with eightRussian churchmen who spent 12 daysin the United States in June. He spent30 years as the administrative head ofinternational affairs, first in the Federal Council of Churches and then in theNational Council. Leaders of the churchand the National Council who paid tribute to Dr. Van Kirk included Dr. EugeneCarson Blake, president of the NationalCouncil; Secretary of State John FosterDulles; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam,former president of the Federal Council; Ernest A. Gross, chairman of theNational Council's Department of International Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; and Dr.Roy G. Ross, general secretary of theNational Council. Dr. Van Kirk wasknown to millions of Americans as thecommentator for Religion in the News,

JULY 19. 1956

Stops Around the State• Chelsea Home

THEFIFTH Grade Class and teachers

of the West Side Church School,Ann Arbor, visited the Home. The following were present, Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Hubert English anddaughter, Tara; teachers, Mrs. AlfredSchauer, Miss Helen Bybee, Mrs. DeanWheeler, Mrs. Elyn Gooding. The children who rendered a program of instrumental music, readings and a displayof their hand work were: Diane Schauer,Barbara Bauer, Betsy Kirchen, HelenSheperd, Dee Gray, Juanita Wheeler,Neal Uphaus, Betty Knapp, Roger Dick,and Howard Hane. Two guests were,Mrs. Ann Taylor and Mr. AlfredSchauer. For members in the Infirmary, they brought cards made by theFirst Grade Class in Vacation BibleSchool, and fans made by the First, Second and Third Grade Classes.

A recent WSCS and World Serviceproject of our Society, was to makeeighteen sunbonnets for farm women ofGreece.

Our Annual WSCS meeting was heldin June. The reports were excellentand much had been accomplished.

The Annual WCTU meeting of theChelsea, North Lake Area, was held atthe Home. Mrs. Clara Todd of Plymouth, State Treasurer; Mrs. Lulu BonnRice of Ann Arbor, County Treasurer;and Mrs. Ely of North Lake were present. Mrs. May Tandy of North Lake

presided. Devotions were led by Mrs.M. Betz, and Mrs. Carrie Blackmore ofthe Home acted as Secretary and re

ceived the dues and offering which

amounted to $52.00. Mrs. Todd spoke

of WCTU work in general, and the film,"Far from Alone" was much enjoyed.

• A group of women from the Wyandotte WSCS came to the Home by char

tered bus. They had pot-luck dinner in

the assembly room and later a tour of

the Home was made. Our members en

joyed the cookies brought by them.

Miss Mildred Cline attended theSchool of Missions at Albion.

While Rev. Thomas Toy attended a

Church Assembly at Omaha, Nebraska,

Rev. M. Betz preached at the Congregational Church at Chelsea.

The Chelsea Home Friends remembered all the men in the Home with giftson Father's Day.

A treat of cantaloupe was sent forthe family by relatives of Miss CoraSimpson. They were Mr. and Mrs.Harley Goodwin of Detroit.

Miss Bertha Schlenkert, of the HomeStaff, is vacationing in California, visiting relatives and friends in Los Angelesand San Francisco.

Some of the guests at the Home havebeen: relatives of Mrs. Millie Wallacewho spent some time here and all en

joyed a picnic dinner together; Dr. Babbitt of Albion happened to come on theday of the June birthday dinner, whichwas a very appropriate time since hisbirthday was also in June; Mr. PaulBetz of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. M. WayneBetz and daughter, Janet Ruth of Dearborn. Miss Rosa Bradley's guests, MissGertrude Hock, Miss Bessie Carpenter,Miss Maude Lawrence and Miss HildaCorey came from Pontiac. They broughta musical cake plate for use in the Homeat our birthday dinners.

EATON RAPIDS CAMP MEETINGEaton Rapids, Michigan

JULY 26 to AUGUST 5. 1956

PREACHERS PIANISTSDr. John R. Church

Dr. Delbert R. RoseProfessor of Biblical TheologyAsbury Theological Seminary

Rev. Walter L. Mullett

Rev. Helen Riggs Brown

MUSIC"The Singing Shepherds"

Charles and Jeanette

MISSIONARY SPEAKERMiss Marjorie Burt

Supt. oi Bethany Orphanage.Bethany. Kentucky

Wed. Aft.. August 1

Miss Leah BrownMrs. H. lames Birdsall

YOUTH WORKRev. Donald SailorWhite Pigeon. Mich.

Daily at 9:00

CHILDREN'S WORKMrs. Russell L. Jaberg

South Bend. Ind.Daily at 10:30

PREACHING SERVICEDaily 10:30 - 3:00 - 7:30Sun. 10:30 - 2:30 - 7:30

(Eastern Standard Time)

For Further Information write Rev. H. lames Birdsall, Secy. Carson City. Mich.

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EventsThis column is published every other week.

Additional dates for this, column should be

sentto the Advocate, Adrian Michigan, by r

persons as early as possible and not less than threeweeks prior to event.

July

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July 1856

8-20-Detroit Conference Juniors (2-weeks),Camp Knight.

12:21-Detroit Conference Senior Trail Camp,Wilber, Mich.

15:21-Detroit Conference Juniors, JudsonCollins.

15-21-Flint District Junior-High Camp,Lake Huron.

15:21-Saginaw - Bay District Junior-High

p,

Lake Louise.15-21-Kalamazoo District Intermediates II,Crystal Springs, Ralph Pratt. Director.

15-21-Kalamazoo District Seniors II, TriDistrict Camp, Clear Lake, Keith Hayes,Dean.

19-21-National Conference of

Methodist Men

£ative). Purdue University, Lafayette,nd.

19-26-Marquette District Juniors, Michigamme.

22-27-Alma Laboratory School, Alma Methodist Church, Howard A

.

Smith, Dean.22-28—Grand *: District Intermediates,

Tri-District amp, Clear Lake, PaulRobinson, Director.

#betroit Conference Juniors, Judson

July

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22:28-Detroit, Conference Junior-High Camp,Camp Knight.

22-28-Saginaw Bay District Seniors, Lakeulse.

22-28-Port Huron District Seniors, LakeUIDOn.

29-Aug. 4-Detroit Conference Juniors, Judson Collins.29-Aug.-4-Detroit Conference World Friend.ship Camp, Lake Huron.29:Aug 4-Big Rapids District Seniors, LakeLouise, Albert Butterfield, Dean.29:Aug 4-Albion-Lansing District Juniors,

Tri-District Camp, Clear Lake,” KeithAvery, Director.29-Aug. 4-Kalamazoo District Juniors II,

Crystal Springs, Ted Bennink, Director.29-Aug. 10-Detroit Conference Junior-High

mp, (2-weeks) Camp Knight.

August 1956

5:11-Inter-Conference Senior Camp, LakeHuron.5-11–Flint District Seniors, Lake Louise.5:11-Detroit Conference Juniors, JudsonCollins.

5:11-Grand Rapids District Juniors, TriDistrict Camp, Clear Lake, Howard McDonald, Director.

5-12-Crystal Springs Assembly, 96th Season.6:-Detroit Conference WSCS Institute o

f

issions and, Christian Service, NorthernMichigan College of

Education, Marquette.12-18-Detroit Conference Junior-High Camp,

ar Lake.

12-18-Detroit Conference Seniors, LakeHuron.

12-13-Detroit Conference Family Cam -Judson Collins.

y amp

12-18-Grand Rapids District Seniors, LakeLouise, Robert Smith, Dean.12:18-Albion-Lansing District Seniors I, Tri

District Camp, Clear Lake, James Whitehurst, Dean.13-16-Michigan Conference Senior AdultCamp, Crystal Springs, James Deeg, Director.

13-17-Detroit Conference Older Adults,Crystal Springs.

19–25–Detroit Conference Junior-High Camp,Cedar Lake.

19–25–Detroit Conference Seniors, Bible Conference, Lake Huron.19-25-Albion-Lansing District Seniors II,Lake Louise, Raymond Norton, Dean.

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c AU .

University of AichiganGeneral LibraryAnn Arbor, Mich.

26-Festival of

Christ the King. September 195626-31-Detroit, Conference Seniors Officer's Sept. 1-3–Michigan Conference '". Adults,Training, Lake Huron. Tri-District Camp, Clear Lake, rs. John26-31—Detroit Conference Seniors Officer's Buursma, Director.Training, Judson Collins.

26-Sept. d:# Conference Junior-HighCamp, ar ke. - -

26-Sept. 1–Grand Traverse District Seniors, Mimeographing for ChurchesLake Louise, Lloyd Schloop, Dean. Weekly Bulletins-Pastor's Letters31-Sept. 3–Detroit Conference Older Youth Radio Sermons-AnnouncementsCamp, Judson Collins. Financial Appeals

31-Sept. 3-Detroit Conference Young Adults, METCALFE AND METCALFELake Huron. Phone Tyler ":..." 8

.

31-Sept. 3-Detroit Conference Adult Workers $712Stanten Ave. Mich.With Youth, Judson. Collins.

|DI't Takt a Watafill Prüll (ind!

Attend the Gaylord Methodist

DRIVE-INGHUIBGH SERVICES

July 1 through September 2

8:30 a.m.

Olson's Drive-In TheaterOne mile South o

f Gaylord, Mich. on U.S. 27

Regular Worship Service in the Sanctuary

S. Court and E. Second, 10 a.m.

Facilities of

The Drive-In Donated by Olson Theaters

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