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CRACK UPBy Bishop ReedŻy

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For young people

The Youthful

AccentBy Hoover Rupert

USEFUL AND YOUTHFUL LIVING

ONEof my favorite sports characters

is still playing the game of baseball. He plays now for Miami in theInternational League. If I said hisname is Leroy Paige, you might notrecognize it. But if I tell you his nickname, there is hardly anyone who haseven the most remote relationship tothe sport pages but will have heard it.His name is "Satchel Paige." Ratedby many authorities as one of the greatbaseball pitchers of all time, he unfortunately did not reach the major leagues in his prime, simply because he

happened to be born with a dark skin.But, there is hardly an active playertoday who has left his mark so indeliblyon the favorite outdoor sport of Americans as has this colorful character. Hisage is a national enigma but he is wellalong in years, and certainly far beyondthe usual active age for baseball players.

His humorous comments on life andliving are summed up in these six bitsof advice which he once gave as thebasis for youth and useful living. Ipass them along in the actual words ofthe inimitable Satch Paige:

1. "Avoid fried meats which angryup the blood."

2. "If your stomach disputes you, liedown and pacify it with coolthoughts."

3. "Keep the juice flowing by jangling around gently as you move."

4. "Go very light on the vices, suchas carrying on in society. The so

cial ramble ain't restful."5. "Avoid running at all times."

6. "Don't look back. Something mightbe gaining on you."

You will readily recognize thatSatchel Paige has never been noted forhis hard work. He is one individualwho refuses to let a hurly-burly worldrush him into anything. He pitches free

and easy and with apparently very littleeffort. He takes the advice he givesin these six rules. He lives easy-like.He "jangles." He never runs when he

can walk. In fact, the report is that

the fastest he has run could hardly be

classified as more than an "easy lope."

Granted that our industrial commu

nity would falter in its tempo and slip

in its productivity if we were all

"Satchel Paiges" and followed literallyhis rules for keeping young. Grantedthat there are many other rules needed

to augment these suggestions for relaxing, if we are to attain the full life.But, don't you agree that all of us would

be better off in our rush and hurry ifwe took time out to take time for the

kind of "jangling restfulness" of which

old Satch is the personification ? I have

never heard of his kind getting ulcers,

or an early coronary, or colitis, or skin

trouble, or jangled nerves, or emotionaltantrums. And he seems to be keepingactive in a game that only the most

rugged can stand beyond the age of 35-

37. He is reputed by some to be push

ing 60 in age.

Go back and read his rules again and

then in these summer days, resolve to

slow down just a little and give yourselftime to "really live!"

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The Bishop's Page By Bishop Marshall R. Reed

Ministers Should lot Crack Up

THElate Theodore S. Hender

son, first bishop of the Detroit Area, frequently remindedhis ministers that they were ina preferred insurance class. Hedid not consider it a credit tothe profession that the hazardstaken by ministers were so fewand their activities were so restrained that they were considered better insurance risksthan most persons. Some ministers who heard this charge resented it but undoubtedly everyone of them who heard it wasstimulated to examine his ownway of life.

Now the current issue of awidely read magazine carries afeature article in which theclaim is made that more andmore Protestant ministers arecracking up. Illustrations arecited from nearly every denomination of some clergyman whohas taken a leave of absence inorder to receive psychiatrictreatment and there are manymore who need it. A fairanalysis is also presented of thefactors that contribute to thiscondition.

The statement on this page isin no sense an argumentativeanswer to the main thesis ofthis article but rather an expression of the opinion thatministers ought not to crack up.They are supposed to be expertsin the very areas where mostnervous and mental disordersbreak out. This opinion is notacademic but comes from thirty-one years of ministerial experience in six widely differentkinds of churches and eightyears of episcopal experiencewith opportunity to observe theactivities of a thousand fellowministers. It is out of what I

have learned in these years thatI record the judgment that ministers should not crack up.

One of the most remarkablephenomena of our time has beenthe increasing complexity of oursociety. Wherever one goes hehears the same lament that thereare not nights enough for theplaces the people want to gonor days enough for the thingsthey want to do. We are toldthe term parsonage came intouse as the residence of the parson who was the person of thecommunity. He was often thebest educated man in the community and his word was accepted as authority by the members of his congregation. Thisformer distinction has givenway to the more doubtful oneof being the busiest man in thecommunity.

A fellow-clergyman calls hisdate-book his Hitler dictatingto him what he shall do everyhour of the day and night. Aminister's ego may be inflatedwhen he is told what a busy manhe is. If it is, he fails to recognize that the thinking membersof his congregation will regardhim more highly for doing wellwhat he is supposed to do ratherthan for spending his time withmany good causes which are nothis primary responsibility.

When a minister keeps hislife centered on his mission, hewill be held steady. Ministersare ordained for two principalservices, one of which is topreach the word of God and the

other is to care for the peopleas a pastor. To preach theword requires an understanding which comes through studyand is made effective both bywhat he says and what he is.

To minister to the people meansto do good to them especiallyat the point of meeting theirdeepest needs. If in a spirit ofdevotion he really believes inthe word and loves his people,he will find joy and peace in hiswork.

When ministers crack up, itis usually outside the orbit oftheir mission. It may be amoral crack-up because they donot possess moral strength toresist temptation. It may be apressure crack-up because theyhave never learned to say noto too many activities that aregood for the community but notgood for one man to carry. Itmay be a mental crack-up occasioned by some obsession thatwas outside the bounds of reason. It may be a plain emotional crack-up that comes because they do not possess theemotional stability to carrythrough.

Ministers ought not to crackup. Committees that pass uponthe qualifications of those whowould enter the professionshould use every available meansto determine their emotionalstability for such a career. Thehonor of the church is at stake.When the state licenses a manto practice medicine, the peopleare justified in believing he willkeep his poise in a crisis. Thepeople are also entitled to be

lieve that a minister licensed bythe church in the midst of allkinds of frustrations will holdsteady. Like the noble tradition of the sea that the captainis the last man to leave the sinking ship, the minister who livesin a society where many go topieces should be the last one tocrack up.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1956

Forget the anger and the hot reply.And ask your soul the proper tiling to do Douglas Malloch

EXPRESSED EDITORIAUYBy The Editor

The Suez Crisis and WarColonel Nasser's refusal to go along with plans

for the international control of the Suez Canal has

now led to the question: What now? Will it be

war or peace?

Up to this writing the British and French have

acted as though a turndown from Nasser was tanta

mount to a declaration of war. Troops of both

nations are poised to land in Egypt. A word to

move in could mean the beginning of a war that

wouldn't stop short of Moscow, London and Paris.

The United States has made it clear that it

does not favor the use of force although this country

is sympathetic with the British and French point of

view. Other British allies go along with the United

States, namely, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

It would appear that the British and French would

not dare attack Egypt without the support of these

allies. Should Nasser close the canal, then the U.S.

and the others might change their minds but so

long as the canal is kept open and business as usualcontinues, it is not likely Britain and France will get

the support they need.

Even if Nasser should become more bellicose

than he has been and even if he should close the

canal, it is a question whether there is anything to

be gained by the use of force. The United Nationswould almost certainly brand Britain and Franceaggressors just as China was branded an aggressorin the Korean war. This certainly would not add tothe prestige of countries so accused.

If Egypt is attacked, the oil so necessary to

Britain would be cut off. For a while this mighthurt the Arab countries but it would not be longbefore Russian and Eastern European businesswould make up the difference, leaving Britain worseoff than before. Then too, there is the greatest riskof all — the risk of a global conflict.

Sooner or later the question will have to comebefore the United Nations unless a war ensues. Toolong this question has been debated outside the U.N.This is a serious mistake. From the beginning theU.N. should have been in the center of the thinkingof all parties concerned and not a port of last resort.The United Nations was specifically created for sucha time as this and to ignore it on the one hand orpostpone referring to it on the other, is to employa diplomacy of the past long since proved incapableof meeting today's problems.

It is not likely war will break out over the Suez.

It is more important that peace be strengthened by-

utilizing the U.N. to solve the problem, for every time

peace is preserved through the help of the U.N. that

organization's prestige is magnified and it becomes

easier and easier to find solutions without resort to

force and war.

Germans Want ReunificationThe German Evangelical Church Day witnessed

half a million German Christians applauding de

mands for the reunification of their country. About25,000 East Germans were in the group. The strong

desire for reunification was expressed again and

again in the discussion groups and was enunciated

to the entire body. It is a great spiritual yearning of

the German people to be one.

While concerned for their unity, they were not

unmindful of the suffering world around them. One

speaker stressed that "hunger threatens the very ex

istence of half a billion people over the world." That'seven worse than separation. The closing ceremony

must have been impressive beyond belief as participants stood in a semi-circle a quarter-mile deep around

a steel cross 120 feet high. These German ralliesare a modern phenomenon that might be adopted

with value to other countries. They are mass meet

ings yet personalized on the level of discussiongroups. They are inspirational but also intellectual.And they symbolize a spiritual unity not only among

Germans but among Christendom as a whole.

Fire Bugs and ChurchesSeven fires were set last month in Norfolk's

McKendree Methodist Church resulting in damagetotaling $30,000. The minister had no idea who

could have set the fires or who might have had any

reason for doing so. There is complete harmonywithin the congregation which makes it very unlikely that anyone within the fellowship is the culprit.

Church fires set by an arsonist are not unusual.Several churches in New York recently have been deliberately set on fire. Our own Methodist Church inGreenville, Michigan, was completely destroyed someyears ago by an arsonist. Because they are easily accessible and not always carefully attended, churchesare vulnerable to arson. Meetings held at irregularhours and all hours make supervision difficult andfixing responsibility next to impossible. Perhaps it

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

is a risk churches have to run in order to operate atall but at least every church should do all it can tokeep its supervision at the maximum.

Fire extinguishers properly located and the

elimination of tempting piles of rubbish would help.And of course adequate fire insurance coverage atall times is a must. Now that cooler weather is hereand heating plants will again be put into use, it behooves every official board to see that its church'sheating equipment is in first class shape. It is atragic thing for a church to burn because of a firebug. It is even more tragic for it to burn becauseof the neglect of those specifically charged with itspreservation.

Lay Leaders Take NoteWhile sitting in on a discussion by the laymen

of the Big Rapids District the other day at LakeLouise we heard a Lay Leader make a suggestionthat struck a ready response among the other laymen present. He said that he has made it a practiceas Lay Leader to meet with his pastor once a monthfor breakfast, sometimes at the parsonage and some

times at his home.

It is a time of fellowship and devotions. Theytalk over matters pertaining to the church, the

pastor's duties and problems and anything theythink is important. The practice has proved veryhelpful to the two directly concerned and to thechurch as a whole.

Like so many things provided for in the Discipline of our church it is easy to take an office forgranted without making the most of it. The LayLeader can be a kind of figurehead or he can bea functional person who makes his job a practicalhelp to pastor and church. It appealed to us as anidea that ought to be passed on to other Lay Leadersand pastors. What do you think of it?

False FearsThe anti-integration demonstrations that have

been taking place in the South are a reflection uponour American traditions of fair play and equal opportunities for all. Colored nations around the worldcan be expected to make capital of these incidentsto the detriment of U.S. prestige abroad. While theimmediate problem is essentially one for the Southto settle, at the same time the reputation of the wholenation suffers. From the days of the Pilgrim Fathersuntil now our land has been known as a haven forthe oppressed of every land and nation, the greatmelting pot of the world. On the basis of what hasbeen happening in recent weeks it looks as thoughwe have reversed our policy.

It might help the South to know that integration in the public schools does not mean integrationeverywhere. In the North we have had integrationin the schools for a long time and it has not meantintermarriage of the races or other practices sofeared by the South. Unfortunately too many in theSouth regard school integration as threatening segregation in other areas of life. This fear is false ifthe Northern pattern is any indication of what mayhappen. At some far distant time segregation maydisappear in all areas of our life. This will be agradual process. But, as for the present, the Southhas little to fear that integration in the schoolsmeans integration of the South's entire way of life.It would help a great deal in the present difficultyif more Southerners knew what we Northerners haveknown for a long time.

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God and Segregation

">^>OD, the first Segregationist!"\J Angry people and bold orators

have been using this slogan in recent

months. Many good people think thatit is based on scripture and theology.But it is not.

Before we take someone else's wordfor what the Bible says, let us turn tothe book of Genesis. Does it say thatGod cursed the Negro, as some peopleare saying?

Look at the fifth chapter first. TheBible says that Adam (meaning "of theground," "firm") was followed by thefollowing descendants in order: Seth("compensation" or "sprout"), Enosh("mortal"), Kenan ("one acquired orbegotten"), Mahalalel ("God is splendor"), Jared ("descending"), Enoch("teacher"), Methusaleh ("man of thedart"), Lamech ("overthrower" or "wildman") and, finally, Noah ("rest"). Themeanings of these names should be

known: the first readers of Genesisunderstood Hebrew, and to them thesenames meant the realistic characteristics of the early heroes.

Noah in his turn had three sons. Thefirst was Shem ("name" or "renown"),the ancestor of the Jews and other"Semitic" people according to Hebrewtradition. Japheth ("the extender" or"the fair") occupied the "isles of theGentiles" (Gen. 10:15) and moved northwards to become, according to tradition,the father of European people.

Noah, though himself presumably a

white man or at least the father of thewhite Japheth, had a third son whomhe called Ham ("swarthy," "darkcolored"). It is important to note thatthe Bible does not report a special actof creation when Noah had sons of different racial characteristics. The Bibleseems to assume that racial variation isa natural outcome of human procreation. (The idea that Ham's mother wasa dark second or third wife cannot bededuced, for there is no evidence thatthe God-fearing patriarch, Noah, enteredthe Ark with more than one wife.)

Ham in turn had four sons: Cush(meaning "black"), Mizraim (the usualname for Egypt), Phut ("the bow") andCanaan ("low," "flat"). While the firstthree were considered the progenitorsof African peoples, Canaan was fatherof the people who occupied the flat seaboard and the low valleys of Palestineat the time of the conquest by Joshua.

Now turn to Genesis 9. Here we findthe story of a curse. Noah, after theflood, became drunk. Ham inadvertentlysaw his father in his nakedness but didnothing about it except report to hisbrothers, who went in and covered their

By CHARLES L. SWANAlbion College

father. Now read the Bible's words,

"Noah awoke from his wine, and knew

what his youngest son had done unto

him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan;

a servant of servants shall he be unto

his brethren." (Gen. 9:24,25)

It is clear that Noah did not curse

Ham, for never is "Canaan" used as a

synonym for Ham. Nor did Noah curse

Cush ("black"). Nor is it reported thatthe sons of Cush or Mizraim or Phutwere enslaved by the sons of Shem or

Japheth. It was Canaan, whose descend-

An article that shows the

Bible gives no justification

for racial segregation as

some claim.

ants were conquered by Joshua, who

were cursed. Canaan has never been

called "black," and there is no basis forcalling the people conquered by Joshua"negroid" or "black."

So we see that the Bible does not say

that God cursed anyone. And Noahcursed Canaan, not Ham nor his darkeroffspring. There is no Biblical basis

for the slogan, "God, the first segrega

tionist."

It is sometimes said that since God

created the different races he meant

them to remain separate. Such an im-

Integration at Work

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COLUMBIA, Mo. Negro children arewelcome at the vacation church school

run by Olivet Christian church in Harg,a rural parish of Boone County, Mo. Asession of the class is shown beingtaught by Mrs. Martin Behymer of Harg,a church and PTA worker. The smallcountry church, center of Harg community life, also opened its doors {0

pression is only possible if we confine

our knowledge of the races to our own

particular community or region.

A completer knowledge of the human

race and its racial variations leads us

to very different conclusions. God has

(1) made a great variety of racial

groups which cannot be clearly dis

tinguished from each other, and (2)

God is still producing new variations in

the human race.

If all the human race were lined up

according to the color of their skin, we

would find people of every imaginable

degree of white or black from the white

of the Scandinavians to the black of

the West Africans: there would be a

continuum of very slight variations.

And we would be puzzled to find a place

to draw the line between "white" and

"black."

This is not merely because of race

mixture. This is partly because the

human races have been gradually and

surely changing. For ages the sons of

Noah have been a little different from

their fathers. This is the natural process

of "mutation."

When groups of people have been

isolated from each other, the changes

in bodily make-up have tended to make

the groups more and more different.

But when groups of people have

mingled together, the changes have been

shared by all. Thus isolation has pro

duced greater and greater variations in

the human race: it is proper to speak

of these variations as "specializations."Communication, however, has tended

always to make groups of people similar:

it has preserved the "generalized" nature

of the human race. "Mongrelization"

is an emotion-charged word without

biological support: "hybridization" is

commonly used in farming where "hy

brid vigor" is much sought after; "gen

eralization" is the correct term for keep

ing the general unity of the human race.

Through uncounted ages of poverty

and isolation, the human race developed

many racial variations: so many, in fact,

that Anthropologists find it impossible

to agree on a racial classification.

Just before the Protestant Reformation, with the dawn of the Columbianage of discovery, the process of isola

tion began to give way to the process of

communication in human interrelations.Today, instead of more and more "spe

cialized" racial types we are returning

to a more "generalized" human race.

In short, God has not created the races

by special act: through His living and

unceasing workmanship He is making

a human race more fit to enjoy HisDivine Rule.

parents of the Negro children, MirjHIG^ CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

World Methodist Conference AppraisesChurch's Role in Christendom

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C.— (RNS)—Delegates to the World Methodist Conference here heard speeches by severalforeign churchmen attacking racialsegregation and urging the churches totake a stand for integration.

A Canadian delegate, Raymond D.Doucett, said that American churches"can do more to solve the problem thanlegislation." He expressed the view that"the Supreme Court decision may haveaggravated a situation which might haveworked itself out in another generation."

The Rev. C. C. Ponde, head of a Methodist Church district in India, said hefeels "very strongly" that the Church,by action and not words, should backintegration "even if it means a loss ofprestige and revenue."

A Japanese minister, the Rev. HiroshiShimmi, told the more than 2,000 delegates that segregation "is a strongweapon in the hands of those who areenemies of the United States."

W. Russell Shearer of Birmingham,England, declared that a large influxof Jamaicans and other dark-skinnedpeople into the industrial centers ofGreat Britain has given the English anew insight into the Negro problem inthe United States.

Most Britons "feel that segregation iswrong,'^ he said. But he added thatthe arrival of many Negro workers hasmade the English realize that "the closeliving together of white and colored doescause problems" and "consequently ourinterpretation is being changed."

Three Mexican delegates took a strongposition against segregation. They areFrancisco Cepeda, Eduardo Guerra andDr. Gonzalo Baez-Camargo. The firsttwo said the Mexican people don'tsympathize with discrimination and thechurches of the United States must finda way to convince the people that segregation is wrong.

Dr. Baez-Camargo, a leading MexicanProtestant churchman, particularly attacked segregationists who seek Biblicalsupport for their views. He said that"race discrimination and segregationhave no support whatever in the Scriptures."

In sessions held prior to the WorldMethodist Conference, the council voteda contribution of $30,000 toward restoration of the Epvvorth rectory where JohnWesley, founder of Methodism, grew upwith his brother, Charles.

The council also voted $5,000 towardmaking the boyhood home of the Rev.Francis Asbury, America's pioneer Methodist bishop, into an historic shrine. Thehome is situated in a suburb of Birmingham, England. The restoration wouldbe sponsored jointly with the WestBromwich Borough Council.

Until last year, the Epworth rectory

was in possession of Epworth parish ofthe Church of England. It was recentlyacquired by a holding group of trusteesof the Methodist Conference of GreatBritain.

The building, long a shrine of Methodism, was the home of Wesley's parents, the Rev. Samuel Wesley andSusanna Wesley and their 19 children. Itfigured in a dramatic fire in which John,six, was rescued from an upper windowby a human ladder as his father exclaimed: "a brand plucked from theburning!"

The 300-member council, headed byBishop Ivan Lee Holt of St. Louis,adopted a new constitution aimed atgreater cooperation among variousMethodist church bodies. Commentingon the action, Bishop Holt suggestedthe possibility of ultimate union of Methodist denominations into one worldChurch.

Queen Salote of Tonga, the onlyindependent sovereign in the Pacific,sent a message of greeting to the conference. It was conveyed by the president-general of the Methodist Church inAustralasia.

"A world conference of this nature . . .will make it possible for us to make alarger contribution to Christian unityagainst the forces of darkness," wrotethe queen, a Methodist herself.

The native ruler expressed regret atbeing unable to attend the sessions butsaid she and the 60% of her 50,000 subjects who are Methodists would be praying for the conference.

Queen Salote has ruled her kingdom of36 inhabited islands since she was eighteen. She was born in 1900, the descend-

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NEW YORK — This poster showing afamily going to church will be displayedon thousands of billboards across thenation starting November 1 as well asin buses and other vehicles. The postersare part of the ainual Religion inAmerican Life campaign to increaseregular attendance and support for allchurches and synagogues. The programis sponsored by a Laymen's Committeecomprising members of various faiths.

ant of a royal family 1,000 years old.Tonga lies 2,000 miles east of Australiaand 1,000 miles north of New Zealand.Its 30,000 Methodists are connectedwith the M e t'h o d i s t Church ofAustralasia.

"The Queen is an ardent Christian,"the Rev. Dr. Alfred H. Wood, secretary-general of the Australasian Methodists,told the conference. He spent 16 yearsas a missionary in Tonga and supervised the secondary school education ofthe Queen's two sons.

"She prays with great fervor in ourpublic worship and each week conductsa Bible study class for women," he

said.

President Eisenhower in a messageto the conference, said that we must"be willing to endure hardship andcriticism for the sake of world peace."

If the world is to live in peace, itwill require sacrifice." he said. "But ifwe want peace as much as we say wewant it, we will have to pay the pricefor it."

Gen. Eisenhower said that "Christianity can and should be the answer toruthless, Godless Communism," and that"if, with tireless perseverance, we worktogether for a peace that is based onjustice for all men, on the rights anddignity of all men— for a peace foundedon the eternal principles of the morallaw—we shall succeed."

The message was read by BradshawMintener, Assistant Secretary of theDepartment of Health, Education andWelfare.

A new World Methodist Council headquarters building, containing a collection of historical Methodist memorabiliawas dedicated.

The $100,000 one-story limestonebuilding was turned over debt-free tothe council as a gift from the bishopsof the Southeastern Jurisdiction, trusteesof the Lake Junaluska assembly groundsand other friends of world Methodism.

Dr. Elmer T. Clark of Lake Junaluska,secretary of the council, gave much ofthe historical material from his collection of memorabilia of John Wesley,founder of Methodism. He told thegroup that "from this place will emanatea subtle process of education that willdeepen the loyalty of the multitude tothe Church."

The conference was told by a Britisheducator that the authority of the Bibleis being challenged today as it was inthe 16th Century.

Dr. Norman H. Snaith, president ofWesley College, Leeds, England, saidthe challenge came from "the whole ofthe modern historical scientific approachto life, and the attack has arisen fromthe ever-widening sweep of modernknowledge."

He added, however, that science'sinvestigation oi the universe will convince scientists of the existence of aSupreme Mastery for which the Bible isthe sole authority.

( Continued on page 15 )

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gtSwhflt They WriteComment for this column should be written

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

Recalls Some History

To the Editor:The letter of Mr. Orson E. Munn of

Grand Rapids published in the August30, 1956, issue of the Advocate stirs me

to write this letter, particularly Mr.Munn's statement, "whereas before that— the less said the better" referring to

the occupancy of the White House by

the great Presidents Truman and Roose

velt.

For my part, I am proud of both

President Roosevelt and PresidentTruman and their leadership and Ithink it is good for all of us to remem

ber that the courage of PresidentTruman brought about the TrumanPolicy which saved Greece and all of the

Middle East from the Communists; thathis foresight in inaugurating and carrying out the Marshall Plan saved all ofEurope from Communism ; that his greatcourage carried out the Berlin Airliftand when it was necessary to put up orshut up in the Korean situation, meatand sinew were placed on the bones ofthe United Nations and that instead of adebating society, it really amounts tosomething because of President Trumanand his action in the situation. Yes,I think he was a great President andthat his action in showing General Mac-Arthur who was President of the UnitedStates will be one which history willdescribe as greatness. To me, President Truman had greater courage to do

what was right for America and theWorld than any President since AndrewJackson and statements like Mr. Munn's— "the less said the better" about thesegreat things prompt me to recall themto him and to others who may haveforgotten that they occurred. — AndrewJ. Transue, Flint.

Commends Clement

To the Editor:May I add some authentic news about

Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee.It is a quotation from the New YorkTimes ("All the News that's Fit toPrint"), an editorial of Monday, September 3.

"Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennesseestirred some gently mocking laughterby the hifalutin oratory of his keynotespeech to the Democratic convention onAug. 13. There was nothing flowery,however, in the broadcast he made Saturday evening about the segregation riotat Clinton. He said he could not 'sitback as Governor and allow a lawlesselement to take over. If (he added) theycan take over Tennessee because of oneissue they can take it over on others.'He sent into Clinton first the state

police and then the National Guard.

Another Southerner of Old Tennessee

stock, U.S. District Judge Robert L.Taylor, acted with promptness withinhis own jurisdiction. He sentenced a

man who can properly be described as

'an outside agitator' to a year in prisonfor disobeying a restraining order."

In Tennessee such responsible action

takes political courage. Hats off to our

Methodist preacher!

When the Supreme Court was asked,

point blank in flawless legal language,

by the Negro people of our country, ifour segregated educational systems were

in accordance with the Constitution ofthe United States, the Supreme Courtcould not in conscience do anything butdeclare them contrary to the Constitution. We 'applaud the increasing honesty

of our legal order.

But when a political figure must put

the Constitution, as interpreted, intoeffect, that takes even greater insightand courage, principles and Christianfaith. It would pay Michigan people to

sit up and take notice of Frank G.

Clement and the political movement of

which he is a part. Charles L. Swan,

Albion.

"Clued" by the AdvocateTo the Editor:

While the news from the local churches

is always of interest, the Bishop's Page,

the editorial page and the various articles take our attention. The Advocate's coverage of the General Conference really "clued" us (as our youth

would say).

We are glad for the aggressive com

mitted Christian concern which has thecourage to speak whether on the popularside or not. We look to the MCA forleadership. — Mrs. Lawrence B. Ward,Milan.

have received with the greatest appreci

ation your gracious message conveying

your warm feelings. Thank you most

sincerely and send you my best wishes.

The Laymen's Movement sent the same

cable to Prime Minister R. G. Menzies

of Australia, chairman of the Five

Nation Suez Committee.

The organization comprises business

men who seek to spread religious

principles.

LAYMEN CABLE NASSERON SUEZ ISSUE

NEW YORK— (RNS)— The Laymen'sMovement disclosed here that it hadcabled President Gamal Abdel Nasser ofEgypt that members of the organizationwere praying "that God will guide youin your deliberations" for a "rightsettlement" of the Suez Canal issue.

In reply, President Nasser cabled: "I

"To be sorry for your mis

takes is good— to say so isbetterl"

Minister Threatened ByAnti-Integration Mob

MANSFIELD, Tex. — (RNS) — An

Episcopal minister who tried to tell an

angry crowd outside Mansfield High

School that all men were equal under

God was booed and threatened with

violence by the wrathful whites. Texas

Rangers escorted him from the scene.

The Rev. Donald Clark of St. Timothy

church, Fort Worth, sought to convey

his religious message to a mob gathered

to prevent three Negroes from enrolling

in the school.

"It comes as a shock to me as a Chris

tian that something like this should

come about," he said. "I came down

here to see if there was anything Icould do about it. I am a peacemaker

and I don't like to see this kind of

thing going on."

"Go back where you came from— we

don't need you here," a man in the

crowd yelled.

The clergyman pointed to a Negro

dummy strung up over the school door.

"Man is made in the image of God.

You've got the image of God hanging

in effigy," he said.

"That ain't no image of a man," a

voice shouted.

"God didn't create white men and

black men in the same image," someone

else called. "If He wanted 'em to live

together why didn't He make 'em all the

same color!"Other shouts and catcalls came

"There'd be a lot less people in hell

if preachers kept out of this."

"If you want to stay healthy, you

better get out of here!"

When the minister pointed out that

the Supreme Court decision on segrega

tion was the "law of the land," he was

greeted by a derisive shout:

"If you want to preach to the Court

go preach to them. Don't preach to

us."Observing that the temper of the

crowd was becoming inflamed and that

Mr. Clark was visibly agitated, Texas

Rangers on duty to keep order suggested

that he leave. The crowd stood quietly as

he departed with one of the rangers, say

ing, "You are a group of people who

have set yourselves up against God and

the law of the land."The 30-year-old clergyman is a Cali-

fornian who has served at St. Timothy's

for eight months.

8 MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN APV0CATEsvaaeae

Church Membership in U.S. Exceeds

One Hundred Million for First TimeNEW YORK— (RNS)— Church mem

bership in the United States reached arecord 100,162,529 in 1955, a gain of2,679,918 over the previous year.

This marks the first time in the nation's history that church membersnumber more than 100,000,000.

A total of 60.9 per cent of Americansnow belong to religious bodies. By comparison it was 36 per cent in 1900, 49

per cent in 1940 and 57 per cent in 1950.

Of the grand total with religiousaffiliation, 58,448,567 are Protestants;33,396,647, Roman Catholics; 5,500,000,

Jewish; 2,386,945, Eastern Orthodox;367,370, Old Catholics and Polish National Catholics; and 63,000 Buddhist.

Continuing an upsurge that goes backto World War II, church membershipgains in 1955 again outstripped population growth. Percentage-wise, the increase was 2.8 over 1954 as comparedwith a U.S. population gain of 1.8 percent in the same period.

The statistics are from the Yearbookof American Churches for 1957, scheduled for publication by the NationalCouncil of Churches on Sept. 15. Theyare based on official reports furnishedby 258 religious bodies of the 268 listedin the yearbook.

The compilation shows more than 98

per cent of all members are concentratedin 82 religious bodies.

Dr. Benson Y. Landis, Yearbookeditor, said the figures show fresh statistical evidence of increased interest inreligion in Amrica.

"But figures alone cannot tell howdeep this interest goes or whether thenation is actually undergoing a spiritual re-awakening," he said. "More members, new churches, gains in contributions —these are all good signs. Butthey are not conclusive."

According to the yearbook, the relativestrength of Protestant and Catholicgroups remained virtually the samelast year as it has over past generations.

In 1950, Protestants made up 33.8 percent of the population and Catholics 18.9

per cent. Last year, Protestant churcheshad 35.5 of the population and Catholicchurches 20.3.

More than 85 per cent of Protestantsin the nation are included within ninegeneral denominational families. Baptists, divided in 27 church bodies, number 18,793,097. Methodists, in 22denominations, are second with 11,784,-060. Then follow the Lutherans, with7,059,593 in 19 bodies.

Largest single Protestant body is TheMethodist Church with 9,292,046 members. Second is the Southern BaptistConvention with 8,467,439; and third,the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A.,with 4,557,416.

The yearbook shows that a majority of

SEPTEMBER 20, 1956

American Protestants belong to Churchbodies that are constituent membersof the National Council of Churches.

Other tables in the Yearbook show:

A total of 38,921,033 enrolled in Sunday or Sabbath schools, a gain of 3.4per cent over 1954. Of this number,slightly more than 3,000,000 are churchschool teachers and officers. The number of Sunday schools was given as264,726— about 2,000 more than theyear before.

An increase of 5,393 places of worship —bringing the 1955 figure to305,449.

At least 222,018 clergymen in chargeof local churches —an increase of 8,051.There are 353,695 ordained clergymen,including those retired and those en

gaged in non-pastoral work.

An average per capita contributionof $48.81 in Protestant and EasternOrthodox churches — a gain of sevenper cent over the previous year. Forty-nine Protestant bodies — the only denominations that make such figures available — reported contributions for 1955

totaling $1,687,921,729, up 9.3 per centfrom the previous year.

The total of church giving was estimated at more than $2,000,000,000 lastyear, but figures were not available forCatholic churches and certain otherbodies. ,

Warns Theology Must AgainBecome "Mother of Sciences"

MONTREAT, N.C. — (RNS) —Theology must again become the "Motherof the Sciences" if modern thought andlife are not to be completely secularized,a leading British churchman said here.

Dr. Eric Baker, secretary of the Methodist Conference of Great Britain, addressed the third Southeastern StatesFaculty Conference. The meeting, attended by 250 teachers from more than100 southern colleges and universities,was sponsored by the boards of education of The Methodist Church and thePresbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern.)

Dr. Baker said the Christian teachermust "stand forth in the freedom thatboldly exposes the limitations of natural science to save men from despairand destruction."

He said the "remarkable interest"shown by British students and teachersin Christianity in recent years is due,in part, to the realization that "scientific answers are not enough." But he

added that this interest has not yetmade its influence felt among the Britishmasses.

The Methodist leader said professorsand students also are realizing that "thepoliticians of none of the politicalparties have the answer."

He called upon the educators to makeclear "the Christian doctrine of man"in the modern college and university.

Senate Chaplain Greets Dr. Rhee

rns photo

SEOUL—Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, and his wifecall on President and Mrs. Syngman Rhee of Korea at his residence here to paytheir respects on the 11th anniversary of his country's liberation from Japaneserule. Dr. Harris was a member of the official U.S. delegation at the inaugurationof Dr. Rhee's third Presidential term. While a refugee in America, Dr. Rhee attended

Foundry Methodist church in Washington of which Dr. Harris was pastor.

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Stops Around the State

• Annual Older YouthWeek-end

FORTYyouth from the Flint and De

troit districts gathered at JudsonCollins Memorial Camp for the annualLabor Day Older Youth Week-end.

Leaders were Rev. Frank Dennis, newYouth Director of the Detroit Conference; Dr. Jesse Roberts, pastor of theHemenway Methodist Church, Evans-ton, Illinois; and Rev. John Adams ofChrist Methodist Church in Detroit, whoacted as dean of the camp.

The program included talks by theleaders and discussion by the youthleading to the basis of discovering ourselves, knowing God and a growingfaith, and the practice of such a faith.

On Sunday evening, the group enjoyedan informal talk by Miss Clarice Bowman of High Pointe College, HighPointe, North Carolina, and author ofmany books and articles on prayer andworship.

Elections were held and officers ofthis newly organized cabinet are asfollows: President, Jim Giguere, Flint;co-vice presidents, Flo Shank, Detroit,and Hal Johnson, Flint; secretary-treasurer, Joan Smith, Detroit; and programdirector, Dick Simpson, Detroit. Theseofficers will work with Jim Ragland,now Older Youth Director of the DetroitConference.

• Grand Traverse DistrictSeniors

THEtheme: "We Test Our Lives by

Thine" was helpful to the GrandTraverse District Seniors as they livedthe week of August 27 at the LakeLouise Christian Community. Themorning devotionals were conducted bythe district officers assisted by the worship and faith commission and Rev.Donn Doten gave inspirational meditations.

Rev. Wm. A. Blanding, district superintendent, gave kick-off talks afterbreakfast daily on the themes; "We TestOur Lives by Thine—At Work; AtSchool ; In Recreation ; In Boy-Girl Relations, and In To-day's World." JoeyRodgers, Bob Goyer, Nancy Schreader,Andy Crain and Ann Meyer were theeffective commission chairmen who ledspirited discussion groups on the kick-off themes. These district officers alsoconducted classes and buzz sessions ontheir respective areas of Youth Fellowship interests. Phil Carpenter of Lud-ington led a Workshop for Adult M.Y.F.counselors.

Mr. Tsutomi Makino, national fromTokyo, Japan, now a graduate studentat the U. of M., was the well-belovedguest. At the dinner on Friday, August 31, the 81 campers and 19 counselorspresented Tom with $122 to be sent toAirin-dan Orphanage, 106 Shimo-negishi,Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Editor John E.Marvin and his wife, and Mr. and Mrs.Wm. J. Petts of Boyne City were guestsat the Missions Outreach banquet whereJoey Rodgers of Bellaire and AndyCrain of Traverse City reigned as TheMostest and Mr. Most.

Very clever and stimulating campfiretalks were given by Dean Lloyd Schloopof Charlevoix. The topics were: "WeHave a Great Party," "We Have a GreatPlatform," "We Have a Great Campaign," "We Have a Great Candidate —Jesus." Among the highlights wereSerenading, Talent Night, Holy Communion, Sharing hour, swimming, Craftsand ball games. The added facilities,the fine spirit of the permanent staff,the splendid co-operation of the DonBaileys, efficient camp managers, andthe mutual helpfulness and Christiangrace of campers and the leaders madethis a memorable camping experience inone of our finest youth camps in northern Michigan.

The staff included Dean LloydSchloop; Registrar Forrest Mohr; Song-Leader Don Scranton; Dr. Wm. A.Blanding; Patricia Schloop, dean of

women; Donn Doten, Morning Watch;Harold Kirchenbauer, photographer;Dick Sellick, recreation; Bert N. Beers,

crafts; Robert Treat; Phil Carpenter;Christena Blanding; Carol Cotton; RuthW i m b e r 1 i n ; Doris Fauble ; BettyBowling; Margaret Dragoo; and Tomu

Makino.Pictures taken on Tuesday of Camp

activities were developed by Rev. Harold Kirchenbauer and shown on filmstripon Thursday evening. Andy Crain of

Traverse City shared his experiences in a

Work Camp in Kentucky, and Mac

Briggs of Scottville told of the trip he

won to the campus of Southern Methodist University and his insights into

the national alcohol problem in the class

room studies.

• Adrian CollegeBy Alice E. McKeehan

INWEATHER as crisp and cool and

blue as that of October the graduatingclass of 1960 met for the first time on

Sunday, September 9. The campus wasat its very best, ablaze with fall flowers,

and the skeletons of the two new dormitories cast an air of expectancy over the

scene as a large group of eager freshmen and their parents wandered aroundbefore the first official meeting, a con

vocation in the chapel. At this servicethe principal speaker was Dean LewisH. Brumbaugh who spoke on a "Banquetof Consequences." Following the con

vocation President and Mrs. Dawsonentertained at an informal reception inSouth Hall where administration, faculty, parents, selected upperclassmen,and freshmen mingled in a highly suc

cessful get-acquainted session. Everyoneagrees that our freshmen are the best

ever. It may not be the largest classwe have ever had —that remains to be

seen, but it is certainly the highest inquality, since the selective factoroperated very actively in the screeningof applications. A large number wererefused, either on the basis of scholarship or because it was felt that they

Grand Traverse District Seniors at Lake Louise

10 MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Albion-Lansing District Intermediates at Wesley Woods Camp

could not contribute sufficiently as members of our campus family.

After the reception a little time wasallotted for getting settled, and then thenew students and their parents were theguests at supper in Metcalf Hall. OnMonday and Tuesday the fun stoppedtemporarily while entrance tests werein progress. The remainder of the"Welcome Day" program will be reported on in next week's Advocate.

At the annual national conference ofthe Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, whichwas held at Mackinac Island September5-8, President Dawson was the honoraryinitiate of the year. This is the highesthonor the fraternity can bestow on anon-member. Each year it is awardedto some outstanding leader in the nation.

Football practice has started with anall upper-class squad.

• Albion-Lansing DistrictIntermediates

A FULL camp of 96 boys and girlsregistered for the Albion-Lansing

District Intermediate Camp. They, and17 adults who worked with them, arrived on Sunday afternoon at WesleyWoods, and immediately entered into a

week of enthusiastic camp life. Rev.Harold Jacobs, of Potter Park Methodist Church, Lansing, functioned asregistrar, keeping track of all enrollments, payments, and a record of thecampers through the week. Miss TakakoHinahara, a national from Hiroshima,Japan, brought the international spiritby her presence and by her interpretation of the life in her homeland, whenshe directed an evening program. Mrs.Clara Ann Hasenick, of Springport,was the nurse.

Quest leaders for the week were Rev.Kendall Cowing of Jackson, Rev. GeorgeStart of Litchfield, Rev. Gerald Salisbury of Bath, and Rev. Keith Palmertonof Girard. Material used in the questswas "Stewards in God's World." Thesefour men also acted as counselors forthe boys. Women counselors were Mrs.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1956

Keith Palmerton of Girard; Mrs. GeraldSalisbury of Bath; Mrs. Francis Johan-nides of Eaton Rapids; Mrs. DorisMitchell of First Church, Lansing; Mrs.Howard Roberts of Potter Park, Lansing; Mrs. Irving Noyce of Mich. Ave.,Lansing; Miss Alice Plasterer of BattleCreek First; and Mrs. Joan Dutro ofMarshall. Handwork was in charge ofMrs. Edwin Pike of Grand Ledge. ForMorning Watch and for Nature Studythe camp was directed by Mr. EdwinPike of Grand Ledge. The Director hadcharge of the campfire program eachevening.

A special offering was taken for a

missionary project, which is to be sentin the form of a cross to the dormitoryof the Hiroshima Girl's School in Japan.The youth enjoyed the week of fellowship, fun, learning and worship; being

with God in the out of doors.-Jayne, Lansing, Director.

-Harold A.

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The BIBLE for TODAY fLesson commentary based on "International Sunday School Le.son.; ths

International Bible Lessons for Christian Teaching, ' copyrighted 1951 by

the Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches of Christin the U S. A.

Sunday, September 30

The Glory of the Heavenly LifeRev. 22:1-5,8-9,16-21

JOHNreassures his readers that

what are often regarded as chance

turns of history are really steps inGod's direction of history to its finalpurpose. As God is righteous, so allevil will finally be destroyed. If we

are apt to think that the Revelation

is a "bloodthirsty" book, we must

remember that it was written by one

of the church in an age when the

faithful suffered to the death the

depraved action of an empire thatamong other things killed people forthe sport of watching them die. These

Christians were sustained by the

faith that as God lived, wickedness

would not go unpunished. In our

time I can remember the terribledetermination of a Jew who had

somehow survived Hitler's mass murder of his people as he said, "It shallnot happen again!"

Something of the first part of the

book was sketched out in last week's

lesson. Things were coming to such

a state, thought John, that all the

faithful would be martyred, and then

hated Rome would meet her own end

in a rebellion of subject kings led

by Anti-Christ. This final combination of evil power would be conquered

by Christ and the host of heaven, and

the kingdom of righteousness would

be set up on earth with the martyredsaints resurrected to reign. Jewishthought in which John was steepedrecognized, however, that conditionsof this earth could not give perfectexpression to God's glory, so thismillennial reign, too, would end in a

loosing and final destruction ofSatan. At a final judgment allrighteous dead would be resurrectedto inherit the new life in a newearth, while the wicked would die a

second death in the lake of fire.

Details of this picture are borrowedfrom first century Jewish apocalypticwritings and are not the importantmatter which is rather the faith thatGod will conquer evil, and that therefore the decision of those who remainloyal to death will be justified. Thebook closes with a picture of theheavenly counterpart of "God's city"— Jerusalem — on earth, and thelife of the redeemed. These wordsare not meant as literal descriptionbut were written to carry us beyondsensual images to the surpassingbeauty and glory of God's perfect

By Paul B. Hessert

realm. Our lesson must be seen in

this context.

All impurity is gone. The river ofthe water of life can be compared

with the river in Eden. Jerusalem on

earth never had such a water supply

and was often embarrassed by thatlack. The Psalmist spoke of God as

being the real life stream of the

city (Ps.46:4). The tree of liferefers to the fulfillment of life denied

to Adam after his disobedience (Gen.

3:22). God's servants shall serve

him (22:3) without the limitationsof an unsympathetic world. Heaven

has often been pictured as endless

rest. But when we are able to do

things for people we love, rest is forgotten. Surely our first thought inheaven would not be of ourselves, but

of our Lord.John is warned that even the angel

revealing these things to him is not

to be worshiped, but only God

(22:8-9). Note the kinship of all who

serve God on earth as well as inheaven expressed in the phrase "fellow servant." Do you see a connec

tion here with the impulse towarddemocracy either in government orthe church? See Matt.23:8,10.

The invitation of 22:17 is not to

Christ for His return, but to the

people of John's day (and to us) to

share in the glories of Christ's vic

tory and reign. The appeal to the

thirsty repeats Isaiah 55:1, a pas

sage also written to bring hope indark days. The warning of 22:18-19

is typical of Jewish books of thisperiod. We need to remember that the

New Testament was not yet compiled

when the Revelation was written.

What does it really mean to look

forward to Christ's return and the

end of history? Certainly not gazing

into the sky (Acts 1:11a). It means

that we recognize that however wonderfully events in this life can be arranged, they cannot satisfy thatyearning that makes us at best

strangers and pilgrims on earth. Itmeans that we recognize that the

fulfilment of life is not something

forever denied us, but lies ahead to

kindle a hope that does not disappoint.

It means that misunderstanding and

hostility will not turn us from ourChristian commitment because we

follow our Lord for His own sake and

not the world's. It means that we

will never despair in doing right be

cause all power is His who reignsforever and ever.

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Standards and ProceduresIn Adoptive Placements

By Clayton E. Nordstrom

Executive Director,The Methodist Children's Home Society

I HAVE just returned from Camp

Knight of the Pines where I had the

opportunity to see thirty-one boys and

girls from Children's Village have a

wonderful two weeks in a very beautiful

campsite. The children had lots of fun

— with swimming, hiking, fishing, boat

ing, canoeing and just plain browsing

around for new kinds of bugs and

animals. It was a new and stimulating

experience for many of the boys and

girls as they participated in camp ac

tivities and attended outdoor Chapel

Services by the lake each day. Yet, as

I observed the children, it was with great

concern that I noticed that two of the

boys did not really enjoy themselves

and they seemed unable to have a pleas

ant relationship with either their peers

or their counselors. This same observa

tion has been made by the staff at

Children's Village and by school teachers

before the boys came under our care.

The present day problems and per

sonality of these two boys are the pro

ducts of adoptions made without the

benefit of study and supervision of an

accredited adoption agency. Each was

adopted as an infant by different adop

tive parents — and the couples were

alike in one major aspect — they were

immature, maladjusted people who

wanted a child for purely selfish reasons

and when they had their child they could

not give him the love and care he needed

to grow into a healthy individual.

It is because of cases like these that

adoption agencies such as the Methodist

Children's Home Society have established

standards and procedures in their prac

tice of making adoptive placements.

When our Social Workers make a home

study of adoptive applicants, it is the

process whereby both the adoptive ap

plicants and the Society determine

whether or not the couple really want

a child and whether or not they are

needed as adoptive parents for a baby

who has been given up by his natural

parents.

The "home study" usually consists of

several visits by our Social Worker in

the couple's home where husband and

wife are interviewed together and sepa

rately. During these visits the husband

and wife as a couple and as individualsare helped to evaluate their reasons forwanting children, their understanding

of adoption and its meaning to adoptive

parents and adoptive children, and theirreadiness to adopt a child. Sometimes

during this study an individual, or a

couple together, may decide that they

are not yet ready to take a child into

their home or that they are trying to

save a marriage through the addition

of a baby to the household. Experience

has shown, however, that marriages are

not saved through children but that

adoption of a child merely adds to the

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

problems already faced by the unhappycouple.

During the "home study" it is notunusual for a couple to withdraw itsapplication for one reason or another.Sometimes the Society decides that thestudy will be terminated because thehome will not meet the needs of anyspecific child under our care needingadoption. When the "home study" goes

through to completion, it also involvesinterviews with people who know theapplicants, such as, their minister, theirdoctor, and friends, relatives, and em

ployers. Through all these sources, ourSocial Worker gathers information bywhich an evaluation can be made of thecouple's marital adjustment and theirabilities to be good parents to an adoptedchild. When the "study" is completedand recorded, it is reviewed by theAdoption Supervisor, Casework Directorand the Executive Director for approvalor disapproval.

Approval is, of course, based on thefact that the Society believes that thecouple is suited to meet the specificneeds of specific children who are eitherknown to us or who may be expected tocome under the care of the agency pending adoptive placement. Next comesthe process of picking the right familyfor a specific baby — but this is another story in itself.

Franklin CelebratesCompletion of New Building

FRANKLINCommunity Church is

celebrating the completion of itsnew colonial style building with activities on four September Sundays. September 9 was Youth Day with a specialHomecoming Vesper Service sponsoredby youth at 5:00 p.m. Greetings weregiven at this time from former pastorsand civic groups. The youth served asguides through the building and refreshments were served.

September 16 will be ConsecrationSunday, starting with the Sacrament ofthe Lord's Supper at 7:45 a.m. followedby an 8:30 "Stand-up" breakfast. At10:00 Bishop Marshall R. Reed will consecrate the $250,000 structure with District Superintendent Benjamin F. Holmeand host pastor Robert J. Searls assisting.

Ecumenical Day is September 23 withDr. G. Merrill Lenox of Detroit preaching.

The final Sunday will be a "Day ofThankfulness" when new members willbe received and the Sacrament of Baptism offered. A family pot-luck dinneTwill be held at noon.

The new church is located on a five-acre site at Franklin's center, with along Village Green stretching in front.The sanctuary seats 300 in the nave and30 in the chancel choir pews. In addition to Colonial White, colors used encompass gold and green. A large socialarea is beneath the nave with a study,an office, and 10 classrooms in the edu-

SEPTEMBER 20, 1956

Barth Studios, Femdale

Franklin Community Church

cational wing. Two more wings are tobe added later.

The New England Steeple topped byan eight-foot gold cross, reaches 150

feet from the ground and is lighted from8-11:00 p.m. nightly with 32 lights —a slight already attracting many persons from some distance away.

Organized in 1840 as a Methodist

mBarth Studios, Ferndale

Interior of the new Franklin CommunityChurch

Protestant , Church, the congregationworshiped since 1861 in a building twoblocks east of the new location. Thatbuilding is now leased to a ChristianScience congregation, the only otherreligious body in Franklin and its immediate area.

Republic ObservesRemodeling Anniversary

THEMethodist Church of Republic,

celebrated the first anniversary ofits remodeled church with a series ofservices, beginning with a CommunionService, on Wednesday, August 8, at7:30 P.M., at which Rev Harold W.Diehl, of Ishpeming, officiated. Hismessage was entitled "Lights." Thechurch choir sang "Consecrated, Lordto Thee," and Mrs. Dorothea Campbellsang a solo entitled "The Light of theWorld Is Jesus." As a closing, a candlelighting service was held. All the lightsin the sanctuary were extinguished, excepting the two altar candles, fromwhich each person present lighted hiscandle.

The second service was on Sunday,August 12, at 7:00 P.M. The WesleyMethodist Church Choir, of Ishpeming,directed by Arthur Hammar, gave a

full hour of sacred songs. The programfeatured solos, duets, and trios, as wellas numbers by the whole choir. Mrs.Jack Williams was the accompanist.Mrs. Janie Gill, of Ishpeming, gave a

number of readings. After the concert,

a fellowship lunch was enjoyed in thechurch parlors.

On Thursday the members of TheWoman's Society of Christian Serviceserved a supper from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

During the week from August 12 to 17,

a Vacation Bible School was held.Misses Elaine Francis, of Hawthorne,California, and Anne Bice, of Dearborn,were in charge, and had several assistants. The children rendered a fine program on Friday evening, at which timethey displayed their work books andprojects.

Sunday, August 19, at 7:00 P.M. ananniversary service was held with Rev.Earl Lindsay, of New Buffalo, as guestpreacher. His subject was "The Interruptions in Life." The guest soloist,Elaine Francis, sang, "How Great ThouArt." Neil Tornberg, of Detroit, rendered a trumpet solo, "How BeautifulAre Thy Dwellings." The adult churchchoir sang "Consecration." Mrs. EvelynHehvig was the accompanist. The Children's Choir, accompanied by Carol Hel-wig, appeared for the first time, singing, "Follow Jesus."

The closing service was held August26, with Rev. Alexis Poobus, pastor atRepublic nine years ago, as guestspeaker. His subject was "Lead Us IntoTemptation." Rev. and Mrs. Poobussang two duets, "He Is Mine" and "TheStranger of Galilee." They were ac

companied by Mrs. A. V. Kenny.

One year ago, August 21 to 31, 1955,

Republic held services of dedication —the church had been completely remodeled. This was a time of rejoicing;deep appreciation was expressed to Almighty God for His blessing and guidance in completing this project.

Thanks were also expressed to thosewho contributed labor, memorials, andspecial gifts.

During the last year the remodelingindebtedness has been reduced from $4,-

000 to $2,400. Rev. Cecil C. Lutey isthe pastor.

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About PersonsMRS. R. E. MEADER, widow of Rev.

Robert E. Meader of the Michigan Conference, who has been in Kalamazoo isreturning to Florida where her addressis Box 415, Zephyrhills.

MRS. HUGH KENNEDY, widow ofDr. Hugh Kennedy of the Michigan Conference, has returned from Bay Viewto her home at 363 Benjamin Ave., S.E.,Grand Rapids.

MISS IRENE SACKETT, who hasserved as a clerk in the Post Office atIthaca over a period of years, was appointed Assistant Postmaster, effectiveAugust 25, 1956.

DR. H. G. PEARCE, retired memberof the Detroit Conference, has just completed his 18th year as a summer supplypreacher for one month at East GrandBoulevard Church, Detroit. Dr. Pearcewas at one time pastor at East GrandBoulevard.

MRS. V. J. HUFTON, enroute fromCalifornia to her home in Albion, stoppedover in Chicago to visit her son-in-lawand daughter, Mr. and Mrs. (DorothyHufton) Dennis Firth, and made theacquaintance of a new grandson, JamesStanley Firth. James Stanley is alsothe grandson of Mrs. Willie Firth ofTampa, Florida, and the late Rev. WillieFirth of the Detroit Conference.

MISS GAIL PARR, daughter of Rev.Susan Parr of Jeddo and the late Rev.Mr. Parr, who became the bride of Mr.Mark Kaliczewski, son of Mr. and Mrs.

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Theodore Kaliczewski of Ubly, on September 8, was honored at a bridal showerheld in Ubly. Mrs. Adelaide Murtz ofHighland Park and Mrs. Adrian Martinwere hostesses for the occasion. MissParr graduated from Ubly high schooland studied music in Ann Arbor for twoyears.

REV. AND MRS. A. F. NIEMANN ofHarrison will be located at the Woodall'sTrailer Village, Lakeland, Florida, forthe winter, arriving there about November 1. Mr. Niemann is a retired member of the Detroit Conference.

MRS. B. F. WADE, well-known as"Charlie" among the youth, is homefrom the Clinton Memorial hospital andrecuperating from a concussion occasioned by a fall in her home in St.Johns, Wednesday afternoon, August 22.

She and Mr. Wade had been entertaininghis brother, Rev. H. V. Wade, his wifeof Lansing and her daughter Mrs. RuthDeyoung of Grand Rapids with picturesof a recent youth camp at Lake Louise.Seated on the arm of a rocking chairthe chair fell backwards throwing heragainst the wall.

REV. AND MRS. CLARENCEHUTCHENS and family of ByronCenter, accompanied by Mr. Hutchens'mother, Mrs. Clara Hutchens of Muskegon, recently returned from an enjoyable exchange vacation in Avoca, Pa.,near Scranton. They exchanged withRev. James H. Glasgow, pastor of theLangcliffe Presbyterian Church, who isas Scotch as his name sounds and wasgreatly appreciated by the congregationsof Byron Center and Grand RapidsWesley Park. The Hutchenses not onlygot the "feel" of that part of the countryand saw many points of interest in thatlocality, but also visited Gettysburg andHershey, Pa., the Corning Glass Works,the Eastman Home PhotographicMuseum in Rochester and Niagara Falls,N.Y. A few days were spent visitingMrs. Clarence Hutchens' brother, Dr.J. Harold Greenlee, who is with theAmerican Bible Society heading up research for a new Greek text.

DR. AND MRS. KARL P. MEISTERof Chicago will be located after Sept. 27in their new home at 259 Hamilton Avenue, Elyria, Ohio. Dr. Meister has retired as executive director of the Boardof Hospitals and Homes of The Methodist Church, a position he has held forthe last 12 years.

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Detroit Conference WSCSAnnounces Fall Assembly

THEDetroit Conference Woman's

Society of Christian Service willhold its Fall Assembly at Court StreetMethodist Church, Flint, on Tuesday,October 9. The morning session beginsat 10:00 o'clock and the afternoon session at 1:15. Miss Louise Robinson,former missionary to China, will be theprincipal speaker.

Paid luncheon reservations ($1.00)should reach Mrs. L. G. Geuder, 2417

Around Methodism

With The Circuit Rider

Died: Dr. John Keith Benton, 60,

dean of Vanderbilt University School

of religion, at Nashville, Tenn., August21. Death came to Dean Benton just as

the seminary he had headed since 1939

was preparing to expand its facilitiesthrough a multi-million-dollar grant he

had helped obtain.

Unity Conversations: Members of the

Commission on Approaches to Unity of

the Protestant Episcopal Church in the

U.S.A. met in New York with the Methodist Commission on Church Union.The Rt. Rev. Robert Fisher Gibson, Jr.,Bishop Coadjutor of Virginia and chairman of the Episcopal Commission, pre

sided at the conversations on churchunity, basis for which was set in a paper

read by Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, chancellor

of Boston University. Dr. Marsh pointed

to the large areas held in common by

the two communions, including their

origins in the Church of England, theiruse of similar rituals, and their accept

ance of Holy Scripture and the creeds.

Further conversations between the two

commissions will be held in New York,Nov. 7-9.

ObituariesROY MITCHELL WEBSTER infant

son of Rev. and Mrs. Lavere Webster of

Indian River died of pneumonia on Monday, September 3. Services were con

ducted in the Indian River Church by

Rev. Dorraine Snogren of OnawayWednesday, Sept. 5.

UHi* APSTWO CARS going to Florida October 9. Riders

desired to share expenses. H. G. Pearce,Gregory, Mich. ^^

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World Methodist Conference(Continued from page 7)

Another speaker, Bishop William C.Martin of Dallas, Texas, said the Churchshould serve as the naton's conscienceand exert its influence in world affairs.

Dr. Walter G. Muelder, dean of theBoston University School of Theology,asserted that the greatest danger facingthe Church today is "within its owninstitutional life."

The danger, he said, lies in the Churchbecoming "a collection of concerns, ofcauses, of functions, of agencies, ofboards, of ministries and of callings toso absorb the attention and energy ofthe members that the event, the wholemeeting of God and His people, does nottake place."

Pleas for closer unity of Christiandenominations were made by an American and a British clergyman. Bothemphasized that such unity was necessary to meet the needs of the contemporary world.

The Rev. Eugene L. Smith, secretaryof the division of world missions ofThe Methodist Church in the UnitedStates, said that, while members of hisdenomination have been active in thesearch for Christian unity, Methodismas a whole has failed to make an effective contribution to world-wide churchunion movements.

"The chief cause of this failure liesin ourselves," he said. "We are not aspreoccupied by theology as some groupsbecause we are not hemmed in by ourtheology. We are not a creedal Church.However, we often carry the implications of that fact to an extreme thatmakes it a source of weakness.

"Our particular witness as Methodists is an empowering work of theHoly Spirit in human lives. No em

phasis is more needed in the ecumenicalmovement. Yet that witness will not bemade with power in national and worldcircles unless it is done in terms of asolid theology, effectively and persuasively articulated in meetings withoutend. This task the Methodists in theecumenical movement are not doing."

The Rev. Rupert E. Davies of Dids-bury College, England, declared that adivided world will not listen to a dividedChurch.

"If we cannot compose our own differences, what reason is there to thinkthat we can compose those of the worldin general?" he asked. "People say, ifwe are to become Christians which kindof Christians are we to become? Thatquestion is urgent enough in Europe,America and Australia. It is infinitelymore urgent in Asia and Africa. Wemust pray and think and preach as oneChurch, not as a thousand sects."

The clergyman said that many non-Christians were scandalized by "theinability of Christians to take togetherthe Sacrament of the Lord's Supper."

SEPTEMBER 20. 1956

Children

Are Still

Sold Into

StaveryHere is Lin Sieh Cing, somewhat

reserved, but a very sweet and kindlittle lady. She was a slave, boughtand paid for. Her family lived in thejungles of Borneo. One d"*y headhunters attacked her home. Sieh Cingsaw her father and mother beheaded,she herself was frightly slashed. Shewas sold into slavery but escaped andis now in a small orphanage, the onlyone serving a vast area of NorthBorneo where an estimated 2,000

children are sold into slavery eachyear. The price for a boy is $100,

for a girl $150 to $200. Many ofthese slave children are used as opiumrunners. Lin Sieh Cing is fortunate.She is in a CCF orphanage. But whatof her hundreds of younger sisters,helpless to defend themselves andwith no one to protect them and ofher brothers, some as little as six,peddling opium ?

Can we Americans complacentlyaccept the privileges God gives us and

ignore such children when we canhelp them with a gift of any amountor "adopt" them for $10 a month?You can "adopt" and place a child inan orphanage and receive the child'sname, address, story and picture andcorrespond with your child. Underthe CCF Adoption Plan children canbe "adopted," for $10 a month, in allthe following countries. Austria, Belgium, Borneo, Brazil, Burma, Finland, Formosa, France, Greece, HongKong, India, Indochina, Indonesia,Italy, Jamacia, Japan, Jordan, Korea,Lapland, Lebanon, Macao, Malaya,Mexico, Okinawa, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Syria, UnitedStates and Western Germany. Incorporated in 1938, CCF assists children in 210 orphanage-schools and isthe largest Protestant orphanage organization in the world. —"He whogives to his neighbor feeds three —himself, his hungrey neighbor and

Me." Vision of Sir Launfal.

For information write: Dr. J. Calvitt Clarke

CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S FUND, INC.RICHMOND 4, VIRGINIA

..Please send me further information.

NAME

I wish to "adopt" a boy

...girl for one year in

(Name Country)

I will pay $10 a month ($120 a year).Enclosed is payment for the full year

first month Pleasesend me the child's name, story, addressand picture. I understand that I cancorrespond with the child. Also, thatthere is no obligation to continue theadoption.

I cannot "adopt'' a child but want to

help by giving $

ADDRESS

CITY Zone.

STATE

Gifts of any amount are welcome. Giftsare deductible from income tax.

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University of MichiganGeneral LibraryAnn Arbor, Mich.

MIAL- HARVEST -HOME

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OPEI HOUSE -October 5, 1

METHODIST HOME

Chelsea, Michigan

Playing croquet on the lawn are, from

left to right: Mr. C. Hill, Mrs. M. Fisher,

Mr. C. Thomas, Mrs. C. Blackmore, Mrs.K. Littlefield and Mrs. M. Harper.

DEAR FRIENDS OF THE DETROIT CONFERENCE:

Those of you who have seen Chelsea Methodist Home know what a pleasant place it is with its attractive

grounds and buildings set back from the roadway. Here our older Methodist people live. It is well worth

a visit. The Chelsea Home Friends is an organization which does much to make the living at the Home

attractive and pleasant. They supply the things which give a personal touch to the aged who are livingthere, such as a monthly birthday party for Members whose birthdays fall in that month. At Tbanksgiv ng

time there are attractive fruit arrangements for the Members and at Christmas there's a remembrance gift

for everyone. We only mention here a few of the many things we do for the Home Folks to make their

days more pleasant. The picture above shows some of the Members enjoying an activity made possible

through the Chelsea Home Friends organization. To carry out this worthy work the Chelsea Home Friends

needs the support of their members and want to interest others to belong to our organization. Won't you come

to the Annual Harvest Home Open House, which will be held at the Chelsea Home Friday' October 5, and see

our Methodist Home for the Aged People. It's located at Chelsea, Michigan, just west of Ann Arbor. Weneed your support. Annual Memberships to the Chelsea Home Friends are as low as $1.00. Won't you join

us in this very worthy work?

Very sincerely yours,

Mrs. W. D. Block,

Publicity Secretary, CHF Board