Utah Mormons celebrate centennial monument in Salt Lake Valley
Week-End Editorial notes Brigham Young's 1847 trek to the Great Salt Lake area and the unveiling of a $300,000 monument commemorating the 148 pioneer travelers. It contrasts the early company with modern Saints, outlines church leadership, polygamy history, Utah's political shifts, and the church’s enduring social and economic influence in the region.
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Brigham Young
Salt Lake Valley
Little Company of
Mormon Pioneers
Plains
Illinois
Rocky Mountains
George A. Smith
Sunny Plains
California
Great Salt Lake
Young
Utah
Church of Jesus:Christ of Latter Day Saints
Ilinois
Green Valley
Joseph Smith
Smith
Elinois
Hyrum
Church
Church of Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Ife
Kingdom of God On Earth
Opening of a new era in Protestant foreign missions
The Whitby International Missionary Council ends its 14 day sessions marking a high water mark in cooperative Protestant mission work. Delegates from 40 countries urge a non denominational approach and warn that Christian forces face unprecedented global pressures. The final statement calls for tens of thousands of leaders and vast Bible and literature supply amid rising tensions and religious liberty concerns.
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Endersy Prise
International Missionary Counci
Whitby
Canada
Terusalem
Madras
India
John FR. Mott
World Alliance of the ¥.Mc.a
Husain
West
China
Indonesia
Korea
South America
Europe
United States
Relief effort urged as churches form relief committees
Editorial urges local churches to organize relief committees through World Service to aid clothing collections CARX packages and donations for Europe Asia. It notes delays in famine relief lasting another year and calls for posters education and coord.ination beyond the local congregation, citing Richmond Frederick and other towns as examples.
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World Service
Europe
Asia
Church World Service Center
New Windsor
Maryland
Church “World ‘Service
Richmond
Frederick
America
Ranson named general secretary of International Missionary Council
Rev. Charles W. Ranson of London England was elected to the new post of general secretary for the International Missionary Council with headquarters in New York. He previously led the council’s department of social and economic research. Re elected officers include Bishop James C. Baker Dr. John R. Mott emeritus Dr. John W. Becker Rev. Norman Goodall and Dr. Leland S. Albright with Miss Betty D. Gibson and Miss Doris H. Standley named assistant secretaries.
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Charles W. Ranson
London
England
International Missionary Council
Ranson
New York
Department of Social and Economic Research
Council
James C. Baker
San Francisco
The
Methodist Church
John R. Mott
John W. Becker
Norman Goodall
Leland S. Alpright
Betty D. Gibson
Doris H. Standley
World Christian Youth Conference Opens As Japanese Leaders Dealt Visa Denials
Oslo opening of the Second World Conference of Christian Youth drew over 1000 participants from Europe Africa Asia and the Americas led by Bishop Eivind Berggrav. Japanese delegates were blocked by exit visa denials prompting criticism of Allied authorities. German delegates from Allied zones attended with Pastor Niemoeller.
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Oslo
Norway
Christian Youth
Eivind Berggrav
Lutheran Church
Our Saviour's
Europe
Africa
India
China
Burma
Malaya
Madagascar
Middle- East
South America
North America
W. A. Visser 'T Hooft
World Council of Churches
Visser 'T Hooft
Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Geman
RNS
Morality Supremacy Dr Mather Warns At Oslo Conference
Harvard professor and churchman Dr Kirtley F Mather told the World Conference of Christian Youth that mankind now bears the atom bomb power for collective death and that the fate of humanity hinges on morality and ethics as science advances. He urged Christians to foster a society that enhances the human spirit and soul growth through goodwill added to intelligence.
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Oslo
Norway
Kirtley F. Mather
Harvard University
World Conference of Christian Youth
Dr. Mather
Perpetually Adolescent Bernard Jddings Bell
A New York Times Magazine piece argues democratic education must be education too. It urges teaching children to read write and speak English clearly and to respect others rights. It contends Americans lack maturity and only value present concerns, not deeper meaning or reverence for the unseen.
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Bernard Jddings Bell
New York Times
California Christians Aid Kagwa Work in Japan Effort
Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, a prominent Japanese Christian leader, will receive support from about 14,000 Friends of Jesus members in Los Angeles. They pledged to save a penny daily to fund Kagawa’s mission, including establishing pioneer Christian work in a troubled Japanese region and developing a watchmaking industry in Shizuku prefecture.
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Toyohiko Kagawa
Friends of Jesus
Los Angeles
Cal
Hag
Kagawa
Japan
Shiztoka
Americans Hope for Bridge Between East and West
Dr Reinhold Niebuhr of Union Theological Seminary spoke in Oslo about Americans wanting a path to reduce the Russia West impasse. He urged a modus vivendi with the Soviet Union, warning democracy in Russia harms individual liberty and stressing mutual trust between the two power centers. He argued military planners fear war and that the United Nations cannot function effectively without greater trust.
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Reinhold Niebuhr
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Oslo
Norway
Russia
Niebuhr
Soviet Union
Europe
Amecrica
Niepuhy
United Nations
U.N
Jones Says India Is Bright Spot In World
Dr Jones, fresh from India, declares India the brightest spot in the world. He predicts India will avoid civil war, with 350 million remaining in the Union as funds distortions settle and unity grows despite tensions. He cites Muslim leader Tinnah and readers from Nehru supporting religious freedom in the new constitution.
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India
Stanley Jones
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Jones
Union of India
Dr. Jones
Tinnah
Nehru
Catholic Church Shows Losses in China
Official Vatican statistics released in Shanghai show a drop in Roman Catholics in China from 3,435,830 in 1842 to 3,270,815 in June, a loss of 54,017. Seminary enrollments declined from 6,376 in 1942 to 5,357 in 194?. total priests reach 5,442 with 2,048 native Chinese. There are 1,304 friars and brothers and 456 nuns.
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China
Vatican Fren
Shanghai
Boston Bows Head in Shame
Boston’s civic leadership faces scandal as city officials are indicted for fraud during the war era. The Boston mayor is named in the piece and a council president stands trial for bribery attempts to ease garage licensing. The piece laments a lack of public response or reform effort.
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Boston
Hig Engineers
Sis
Cureley
Missouri Synod Adopts 2.5 Million World Relief Plan
At the Chicago centennial convention the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states approved a 2 1/2 million world relief program to aid postwar Europe The plan was urged by Dr Waller A Maier and Dr John W Behnken who warned that without continued relief and U S occupation Germany could fall under Soviet influence and that continued military and relief aid from America and private churches was essential.
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Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Missouri
Ohio
Chicago
Europe
Waller
A. Maier
International Lutheran Radio Hour
John W. Behn- Ken
Mayer
Synod
U.S
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Report From the East on Christian Missions in the Orient
Father Calvert Alexander of the Jesuit Missions reports seven months touring the Near and Far East. He claims Christian missions offer more softening influence than prior missionary work and predicts the Orient could become a democratic prize if Christian tradition guides politics, not 18th century influence.
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Orient
Near
Calvert Alexander
Jesuit Missions
Father Alexander
Congregationalists Warn Against Anti-Catholic Campaigns
Congregationalist ministers nationwide were cautioned by the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches about joining anti-Catholic movements. Dr. Douglas Horton urged caution, noting evidence of a new anti-Catholic campaign formed by a few Protestants with influence in the religious press.
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Douglas Horton
Gideons Distribute Three Million Bibles in Nations
Gideons International announced at its Toronto convention that about 3 000 000 Bibles have been placed in 34 countries including the United States and Canada. The distribution reached hotels vans schools prisons hospitals and other institutions worldwide.
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Gideons
United States
Canada
Toronto
Perils to Freedom sermon contest announced nationwide
Spiritual Mobilization Inc announces a nationwide preaching program for Columbus Day October 12 with 25000 churches and pastors. Prizes total 5000 with manuscripts eligible. judging panel includes Edgar Goodspeed Robert Sproul and Alfred Noyes. Movement expands among 10461 ministers defending freedom against communism fascism and stateism.
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Spiritual Mobilization, Inc
Gundey
James W. Fifield, Jr
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Robert Gordon Sproul
University of California
Alfred Noyes
Paet
America
Jesus
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Donald J. Cowling
Roger W. Baboon
William F. Braasch
Upton
Close
Ely
Cubertson
Cory Eggleston
de Witt Emery
Edger J. Goodspeed
Theodore Graebener
Alfred P. Haake
Albert W. Hawkes
Sem Higginbottom
Rupert Hughes
Rufus B. von Kleinsmid
Robert A. Millikan
Felix Morley
Norman Vincent
Feale
Norris Poulson
Richard C. Navies
Leonard
Read
John James Tigert
Ray Lyman
Wilbur
Carroll A. Wise
A German Easter Prayer Suppressed in Russian Zone
A German prayer distributed by the Evangelical Church of Saxony in the Russian Zone was suppressed by Russian authorities. The text pleads for religious liberty, faithful pastors, and the spread of the Gospel amid suffering, aid for the weary, and prayers for peace and deliverance. It urges deliverance for prisoners of war and aid for the afflicted while seeking guidance in the world’s unrest.
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Evangelical Church of
Saxonry
God
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Ufe
Russian Church Subservient to State
Dr Matthew Spina of Hartford Theological Seminary reported to the International Missionary Council that the Russian Orthodox Church is utilized for state purposes and subservient to Soviet rulers. He argued the Soviet system exhibits state capitalism with government ownership of all property and nationwide labor mobilization.
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Matthew Spina
Marteford Theological Seminary
Hart+ford
Dr. Spinkaaid
Soviet Union
Churches Destroyed in France After 1945 Survey
A survey reports about 5600 churches and ecclesiastical buildings destroyed or badly damaged in France after 1945, versus around 4000 in World War I. The federation for rebuilding churches is formed to coordinate parish efforts, raise funds, and plan reconstruction projects.
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France
Federation For the
Mirror of Opinion The Princess Betrothed
The Times notes Americans show interest in the English royal engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten III. It recalls Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s courtship, describing emotion and sacrifice, and suggests public sentiment favors a romance over political unions.
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Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
III
England
Victoria
Albert
Saxe- Coburg
German Churches Move Toward Reunion
The second Treysa conference unites Lutheran, Reformed and Union churches in a strong revival of Protestant life in Germany. It moves German Protestantism toward unification within the Evangelical Church of Germany and signals wider ecumenical trends via the Lutheran World Federation.
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Germany
Treysa
Evangelical Church of
Acon
Lutheran World Federation
Sweden
World Council of Churches
Protestants must avoid anti Catholicism over school aid
The piece argues Protestants should not overemphasize separation of church and state or oppose aid that could help Catholic children. It warns against inflamed anti Catholicism and urges strengthening Protestant religious life to prevent a spiritual vacuum in the nation. It notes the danger of rigid separation and the need for fair treatment of disadvantaged children.
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America
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