Week End Editorial on Toynbee Religion and Civilization
The piece surveys Arnold J. Toynbee’s view that religion rises while civilizations cycle through downfall. It argues Christianity may endure as a spiritual core, with other faiths contributing to future growth. It warns Western secularism risks fading without Christian grounding and envisions Christianity as a spiritual heir of other traditions.
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Heaven
Earth
Arnold J. Toynbee
Edward Gibbon
Toynbee
Leviathan
Mediterranean
India
Far Raat
Never to See Your Child Again Judge’s unusual sentence haunts a custody case
A mother convicted of murdering her first child receives a prison sentence and a stark prohibition never to see the surviving infant again. The judge frames the ruling as a moral consequence of forsaking parental duty, urging society to uphold duty and fidelity in parenthood while noting the severe personal toll of its violation.
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Edward Everett Hale
God
Mormon Church Officials Report Growth and Spending
At the 118th general conference in Salt Lake City the Latter-Day Saints counted 1,016,170 members with 170 stakes 1293 wards 132 dependent branches and 42 missions. J Reuban Clark Jr cautioned against costly cathedral building urging ward chapels suffice and noting that over 20 million dollars would be spent in 1948. A Troy Methodist Conference in Saratoga Springs urged preemptive study of church property tax issues while not recommending taxation decisions.
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Latter-Day Saints Church
Salt Lake City
Mormona
J. Reuban Clark
Clark
Troy
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Missionary Work in China Faces Communist Pressures
American and British church leaders warn of intensified persecution in Communist held Manchuria and North China. They urge UN investigation into Stalinist aggression, citing killings, destroyed churches, and closed schools as evidence while noting ongoing evangelistic efforts despite danger.
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Manchuria
China
Thomas O'Melis
Maryknow
UNRRA
Catholic Association For International Peace
Washington
D. C
Father O'Melia
Stalin
New York
London
England
Candensug
Church of Scotland
Baptist Missionary Society
China Inland Mission
Tondon
North China
Ha Ie
Baker J. Cauithen
Oriant
Southern Baptisl Foreign Mission Board
Shanghai
United States
Cauthen
Frank T. Cartwright
Methodist Division of Foreign Missions
Seventh-day Adventist Church
W. P. Bradley
Orient
French Catholic Cradle Drive Ends in France
Secours Catholique reports the Cradle Drive in France has ended successfully. The campaign gathered materials for cradles and lavettes, plus cereals and other baby foods, aiding undernourished children up to five years old, with another drive being planned.
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France
Secours Catholique
National Catholic Welfare Conference
New York
Berlin council bans confessional schools and limits religious instruction
Protestant and Catholic church leaders condemn a Berlin City Council measure outlawing confessional schools and capping religious teaching at two hours weekly in state schools. The law assigns religious instruction costs to churches and requires parental written requests. approval by Allied authorities is pending. Russian authorities reportedly support the ban in occupied areas where confessional schools are forbidden and public school religious instruction is capped at one hour weekly.
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Berlin
Neboda
Allied Command
Otto Dibelius
Conrad Cardinal von Preysing
Bishop Tucker urges stronger United Nations in Richmond
The Rt. Rev. H. St. George Tucker urged a campaign by 25 Richmond leaders to sign a petition demanding a strengthened United Nations. The plan runs April 16 34 with volunteers already canvassing. He warned insufficient world law could invite another world war and urged Congress to empower the UN while the U.S. leads by giving up some sovereignty.
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United Nations
H. St. George Tucker
Protestant Episcopal Church
Richmond
Tucker
Bishop Tucker
Congress
United States
Fellowship Programs Stress Child's Needs
The 1948 May Fellowship program on May 7 emphasizes every child as part of fellowship. Mrs. Harper Sibtey of the United Council of Church Women announces a nation-wide poll to gauge community equality for children across economics race and creed, advocating housing codes and public health services.
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Harper Sibtey
United Council of Church Women
New York
Lemer Meats
Fustioe
Christian Church
Salvation Army Plans Inter American Talks Chicago May 18 23
Salvation Army announces its first inter American conference in Chicago May 18 to 23 with about 400 key officers. General Albert Orsborn will lead the delegation from London and attend with Commissioner J B Smith and Lt Col Edgar Grinstead as the group visits several U S and Canadian cities during a seven week stay.
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Salvation Army
Western Hemisphere
Chicago
Ernest I. Pugmire
Pugmire
Albert Orsborn
London
Organization
U.S
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Orsborn
J. B. Smith
International Secruitry For
Americas
Edgar Grinstead
International Youth Department
United States
Canada
Southern Baptists Appoint 33 Missionaries for Overseas Service
The Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board named 33 new appointees for lifetime overseas work, including nine ministers and 24 women. Eleven head to China, nine to Latin American republics, with others bound for Japan, Hawaii, Palestine and Nigeria. The board, meeting in semi-annual session, also endorsed a goal of 1750 foreign missionaries and a $10,000,000 annual budget, while considering a European graduate seminary in Geneva with a $200,000 initial investment and $50,000 yearly operating cost.
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Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
George W. Sadler
Africa
Europe
Near East
Baptist Theological Seminary
Geneva
Switzerland
Sacher
Baptists Establish Parochial Schools in Southern California
Three Southern California Baptist day schools will join three existing Baptist schools to begin next September. C Rowan Lunsford, director of the Los Angeles Baptist City Mission, Los Angeles, says the action follows a belief that public education cannot provide a Christian influence due to the separation of church and state. He argues public schools lack moral and spiritual guidance needed for today’s youth.
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Southern California Baptist Day Schools
C. Rowan Lunsford
Los Angeles
Mision
Losiety
Lunsford
Significance of Silence in India and Its Peace
The piece reflects on Hindu Muslim tensions and Gandhi's legacy as a quiet peace, noting Nehru's policy on industry and agriculture, private ownership, state management, cooperative demonstration farms, and a new democratic constitution. It adds Geneva reporting that most Europe DP camp residents are Christians, with World Service aiding displacement and visa prep.
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Pakistan
India
Mahabra Gandhi
Nehru
Geneva
D.P
Europe
U. 8 Prot- Qatani
Church World Service
Committee For Displaced Persons
Barent Landstreet
Truman Cites God's Place in Family Life
President Truman endorses National Family Life Week for May 20 urging interfaith observance by Protestants Catholics and Jews. He says spiritual foundations sustain sound homes and highlights the White House conference on May 8 as a catalyst to reinforce family spirituality.
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Truman
Chicago
Gerald E. Knoff
International Council of Religious Education
New Stamp to Honor Four Chaplains
A three cent commemorative stamp honors the four chaplains who sacrificed their lives when the US Dorchester was torpedoed in 1943. Set for release May 28 in Washington DC, the ceremony will feature kin of the chaplains and first-day events at the White House.
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Dudley Summers
New York
National Carter
Bronx
Veterans Hospital
Baptist Temple
Philadelphia
Clark Poling
Daniel A. Polling
York
Association For Childhood Education
Churches Lauded for Foreign Aid by Rep Curtis
Rep Carl Curtis praised church groups for foreign relief saying a dollar spent by them equals many government dollars. He cited lower waste and admin costs, arguing voluntary relief is less political and diplomatic. He noted cash and goods contributions over two and a half years: Jewish 125,076,808. Protestant 65,864,031. Roman Catholic 93,020,095.
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Carl. T. Curtis
Neb
Curtis
Lutheran Council Elects Dr Empie to Lead National Council
Dr. Empie elected executive director of the National Lutheran Council at a Chicago meeting the first in the council's history. He succeeds the late Dr. Ralph Long who died February 19 after 18 years in office. Other candidates were withdrawn. Lund-Quiet named assistant executive director until the next meeting in New York City. A separate post elected Dr Schiotz as director of the Commission on Orphaned Missions.
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Paul ©. Emple
National Lutheran Council
Chicago
Ralph #. Long
Long
Oifice
William G. Sodt
Milwaukee
Trinity Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Commission On Orphaned Missions
Council
Ihe
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Schiotz
American Lutheran Conference
Empie
Lutheran World Action
U.S
National Committee For the
Lutheran World Federation
LWA
New York
Communist Peace Appeal Denounced by Observatore Romano
Observatore Romano denounces a Communist Peace Appeal to Italian priests as an invitation to Catholic collaboration with persecutors. The Popular Front, including Labor, Republican Alliance, and Christian Movement for Peace, seeks worker unity while denouncing clerical opposition and Nazism. The piece notes fears of demonizing factions and cites Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary as cautions.
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Sesdera
Italy
Popular Front
Osseratoré Romano
Communist Party
Nenn Socijatats
Frontale
Labor Party
Republican Alliance
Christian Movement For Peace
Observatore Romano
Catholic Church
Workers of Italy
Osservatore Vatartdd
Poland
Lithuania
Hungary
Palestine Truce Urged by U S Group
The Committee for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land urged Jewish and Arab leaders in Washington to observe a truce while the United Nations considers the issue. It asked both sides to stop actions that could endanger the truce and to avoid political steps during the pause. Signers included Dr Henry Sloane Coffin Rabbi Morris S Laxaron Rev Garland B Hopkins and Virginia Gildersleeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For Justice and Peace
Holy Land
Washington, D. C
United Nations
Palestine
Henry Sloane Coffin
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Morris S. Laxaron
American
Baltimore, Md
Garland B. Hopkins
Board of Missions and Church Extension
The
Methodist Church
Deer Virginia Gilderaleave
Barnard College
New You
Mirror of Opinion Trusteeship for Palestine
The piece critiques U S policy on Palestine from silence to pressure for UN trusteeship. It argues Britain would regain control under a UN trustee scheme, warns of renewed Arab Jewish clashes and a possible declaration of independence by Jews amid a deteriorated regional situation.
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United States
Britain
New York
Mr. Truman
United Nations
Washington
Rustin
U.N
Palestine
League of Nations
Hitler's Chancellery Falls Into Ruin and Oblivion
The former Nazi hub, now a deserted ruin on Wilhelmstrasse, shows no interest from visitors or conquerors. Sentries, guards, and seers have vanished, leaving rubble and a lone ex soldier selling iron crosses. The site symbolizes the Third Reich's rise and fall and offers little clue to postwar reconstruction or future Germany.
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Hitler
Wilhelmstrasee
Geremany
Third Reich
Germany
Evan
Héra
Congregationalists Plan Postwar Relief Push
Delegates from Nebraska Oklahoma Texas Kansas North Dakota and South Dakota met in Omaha to finalize a 4.5 million postwar emergency program for 1946. Dr A D Stauffacher urged renewed devotion to world mission as about a million dollars would fund foreign pellet and rehabilitation projects while the rest supports worldwide missionary work. Dr John A Kueling warned Africa faces unrest from foreign exploitation amid rapid industrial expansion and growing African restlessness.
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Omaha
Neb
Congregational Christian
Wwere
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
North
South Dakota
A. D. Stauffacher
New York
Missions Council of the Church
Stauffacher
John A. Kueling
Africa
American Board of Foreign Missions
Cormmuntem
Lutheran Hour Sets Record for Fan Mail
The Lutheran Hour program on the Mutual Broadcasting System reports a new fan mail record. From March 1 to April 4, about 100000 letters arrived at the St Louis headquarters. Dr Walter A Maier said the response is larger than any in 35 years on the air.
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Lutheran Hour
Musual Broadcasting System
New York
St. Louie
Walter A. Maier
Mall
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Southern Baptists
Baptists
Lutheran Council
Mirror of
O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
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