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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1948
Page
4
Week-End Editorial lauds Goodspeed's Paul as a nonfiction biography that unfolds Paul's mind and aims, tracing his conversion, intellectual growth, and world mission. It highlights clear historical grounding, scripture alignment, and a portrait of Paul as a global religious catalyst, surpassing other treatments.
A Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church sermon by Dr. George Arthur Buttrick argues that practical charity requires the "foolish abandon" of costly acts in service to God and neighbor. He contrasts feeding physical needs with spiritual hunger, urging believers to balance practical aid with Bible-led witness and faith in eternity.
The piece argues that universal hunger persists despite abundance, citing Sir John Boyd Orr on a global food plan. It urges transforming production and distribution to end perpetual hunger, stressing the link to world peace and national stability.
The Senate passes the Fast bill providing federal aid to states for education with a 58 to 29 vote. It lets states determine fund distribution to private and parochial schools, directly or indirectly. First year cost estimated at 300 and some funds in four figures.
A Peace Train carrying 20 clergymen and leading laymen will depart Los Angeles in April for Washington to present trials of peace to President and other officials. Sponsored by Protestant churches and Western state groups, the mission aims to promote a world constitution, supra national governance, and UN cooperation. About 10,000 leaflets have been distributed urging church participation and representation on the journey.
Presbyterians adopt two new booklets outlining the Christian faith with commentary for the General Assembly. The works, produced by a Princeton chaired committee, reflect Douglass and La Roe contributions and will be sent to over 8900 ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the USA for study and leading guidance.
German churches formed a federation including Baptists Methodists Evangelical United Brethren Old Catholics and Mennonites with Pastor Martin Niemoeller leading the effort. Re. J. W. Ernst Sommer said the group organized at Kassel on March 18 with broad support from Evangelical and Free Churches. The move marks a rare cross sect alliance among Germanys Protestant groups and resembles councils of churches in the United States and elsewhere.
The American Bible Society reports global impact with 1,878,065 Testaments and 2,912,071 portions distributed abroad last year, plus 402,683 volumes in the United States. Plans show 2,500,000 dollars of Bibles overseas and 100,000 new members as the society expands to serve fifteen more nations. The Southern California office at 325 Ramona Street, Pasadena, offers Scripture copies and gift options.
Ten Lutheran bodies in America named delegates for the first assembly of the World Council of Churches at Amsterdam August 22 to September 4. The Evangelical Lutheran Church will decide on membership at its June 8-13 convention in Minneapolis and the Lutheran Free Church at its June 9-13 convention in Willmar. If approved, delegates may attend Amsterdam.
Protestants united against universal military training UMT amid church meetings in Philadelphia and New York. Quaker and Methodist voices condemned UMT arguing it lifts war risks and disarms peacetime goals while Catholic leaders split, some backing Truman plan for preparedness.
The Abraham Lincoln Friendship Train assembled February 12 by CROP surpasses previous values with an estimated 1.2 million dollars. Nebraska sent 310 carloads, Trinote 84, Trwa 45, and Indiana six. The cargo was loaded aboard ship in Philadelphia as Meanwhite leads a March push sponsored by Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief through churches.
The World Constitution project unveils a draft for a global government of justice after two years of work by a committee of eleven led by Robert M. Hutchins. The preamble envisions universal peace through united sovereignty and a covenant among nations to form a federal world not yet in force.
Berlin reports a strong Methodist revival in the Soviet controlled zone of Germany with a hundred percent Sunday school participation and notable relief work. Church leaders note the movement surpasses expectations despite occupation, refuting claims that revival hinges on material aid.
Rome based Osservatore Romana lauds the Marshall plan as paving the way for reconstruction and political cooperation in Europe. The Vatican paper cites the $6.205 billion aid bill as an instrument for peace and warns misery and unrest could drive people to despair if misread.
Dr Willan Warren Sweet retired professor of history of American Christianity at the University of Chicago is a leading scholar in American Christianity. He holds Research Fellow status at Huntington Memorial Library and works on Religion in the Development of American Nationality. He authored over twenty books and contributed to Britannica and the Dictionary of American Biography. He has lectured at Garrett Biblical Institute Bangor Theological Seminary and more. He now chairs the Theological Faculty at Perkins School of Theology SMU Dallas. A year ago he penned Religion Today and Tomorrow articles for the Pasadena Star-News.
Reports from 30 churches show 82 in favor and 168 opposed to the proposed union with Evangelical and Reformed Church. Iowa reports a negative roll with 38 against. Washington Wisconsin yet to report. limited news from Minnesota Michigan New Hampshire. Twenty six assemblies report all in favor, with two site conferences Wisconsin and Northern California indicating support.
A Saturday Review critique praises Edith Hamilton’s Witness to the Truth, noting her grasp of Jesus and the Gospels, her balance between style and substance, and her humane, literate treatment of Paul and early Christian thought. The author, despite reservations about theologians, finds the work enlightening and faith strengthening.
A church service audience recalls a four year old boy interrupting a lengthy pastoral prayer. When the minister paused the boy piped up with a request for factory identification, adding a moment of unexpected humor to the service.
A minority of opinion argues against a fully sovereign Jewish and Arab state in Palestine. It compares Palestine to a world trust under protection and questions Zionist goals, urging self government without warfare while cautioning against religious statehood.
The world faces hunger with 20 to 30 percent lacking enough to eat, worse after World War II due to war damage, failed harvests, disrupted trade routes, and population growth. Asia bears the worst burden, Europe seeps in, while the United States reports rising food use. Noted contributors warn that hopeless hunger risks autocracy and dictatorship, yet hunger is avoidable with action.
A compact analysis argues that democracy, justice, and security must be upheld as the Communists exploit insecurity to push reforms. It warns that while Communists may sacrifice immediate aims, they seek to cultivate discontent, threatening the long term health of a strong democracy facing apathy and economic decline.
The essay calls for clarity in social and international aims and for prioritizing inner growth over wealth and power. It urges revolt against material abundance and the race for success, advocating the permanent values of mind and heart to build a calmer, peaceful world.
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