Nation's Call to Prayer Shapes 1951 Peace Message
The Nation's Call to Prayer urges a Day of Prayer for Peace across the United States as 1951 begins. Leaders including Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill and Pope call for unity, humility, and action, shaping public duty toward peace and justice.
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White House
Capitol Hill
National Council of Churches
Washington
Henry Knox Sherrill
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Millikan
Fulton Oursler
Abraham Lincoln
God
Lincoln
Stuart Chevalier
Peace Comes With Good Will
Christmas brings laughter yet differs from daily life, sparked by love and renewal. The piece urges yearly devotion to the Christ spirit, acknowledging human fallibility while promoting peace and goodwill among men through constant small steps.
Eggs from Kansas caves ship to Vienna relief effort
Nearly 28,000 pounds of dried eggs were shipped last month as part of American Friends Service Committee aid shipments of U S government surplus foods. Surpluses of eggs milk cheese wheat and other foods were provided free to private welfare agencies overseas in March. The Day of Peace poem by Thomas Curtis Clark closes the fragment.
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Kansas
Vienna
American Friends Service Committee
U. S
American Friend
End Year Prayer Urged By Methodists In 1950
In Ashville Tenn on December 30 1950 the General Board of Evangelism urged all Methodists to observe December 31 as a day of prayer for world peace and a halt to tensions. Bishops call all 40172 churches to seek wisdom for leaders and to pray for enemies the homeless and children and for personal repentance to preserve freedom and peace.
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Sherrill
Truman
Rev
National Council
Ashville
Tenn
Denomination
General Board of Evangelism
Council of Bishops
New York
United Nations
Baptists Recall Missionary Over Red Letter Controversy
Officials of the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society recalled Dr. Dryden L. Phelps, a missionary in China since 1921, after a letter published under his name praised the Chinese Communist regime. The society announced the letter may be from Phelps and stated it contradicts board policy, directing him and his wife to return home for conference.
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EW York
American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Dryden L. Phelps
China
Soviet Russia Today
Jetter
Phelps
West China Union University
Chengtu
Dr. Phelps
American Baptist Foreign Mision Society
Interfaith Christmas Eve Service Broadcast in Fresno
Clergymen of Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths joined a 50,000 watt KMJ radio program in Fresno for Christmas Eve. Dr. David L. Greenberg opened greetings from Temple Beth Israel and the service moved to St. James' Cathedral for part with the Very Rev. James M. Malloch. At midnight a Pontifical Mass was broadcast by Bishop Aloysius J. Willinger of Banteresrinesno.
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Aloysius J. Willinger
Css.r
Banteresrinesno
The Challenge of Truth NCE to every man and nation
A poetic excerpt by James Russell Lowell speaks of truth’s struggle against falsehood, urging decisive choice in a great moral struggle. It contrasts darkness and light, praising truth even when burdened by the scaffold, and frames history as guided by a divine watchfulness.
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James Russell Lowell
Year in religion shows growth and unity efforts
By WINFRED E. GARRISON a year summary notes Protestant and Roman Catholic gains, a push for unity, a Holy Year pilgrimage, and renewed interest in the Jewish state Israel. It highlights mid year statistics showing Protestant about 2.9 percent growth and Catholic about 2 percent, with the Southern Baptists expanding most among large denominations. The report cites a United Evangelistic Advance, postwar crusades, and observer optimism on religion, plus moves toward nondiscrimination in American churches and a World Organization for Brotherhood formed in Paris.
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Winfred E. Garrison
University of Chicago
Rome
United States
United Evangelistic
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Associated Press
Atlanta
World Organization For Brotherhood
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Paris
World Order
Federal Council of Churches
United Nations
Korea
North
Good Old Days Then and Now Reflect on Faith and Morale
A reflective column argues the good old days were never truly gone, urges return to God as moral strength wanes, and cites Army chaplains praised for courage in Korea. It notes a Richmond church plans a lighthearted Highland Park Methodist “One Two Choir” project to bring joy through singing.
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Galilei
Highland Park Methodist Church
Richmond
Spiritual Attack on Reds Goal in Canadian Council Meeting
At Park Road Baptist Church in Toronto the Canadian Council of Churches debated opposing communism on spiritual lines. Gordon Sisco warned it would be hard to prove and urged simple Christian action. The council discussed overseas relief, housing for low income families, immigration, and missions, and elected W. M. Barclay president after the death of George Kingston during the gathering.
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Oronto
Park Road Baptist Church
Toronto
Canadian Council of Churches
Gordon Sisco
United Church of Canada
R. K. Naylor
Montreal
Europe
Canada
Western
World Council of Churches
A. E. Kerr
Halifax
W. M. Barclay
Hamilton
John W. Woodside
Ottawa
George Frederick Kingston
Church of England
Opposition to use of atomic bomb in Korea polls revealed
Providence World Affairs Council surveyed prominent citizens after President Truman's statement and found widespread opposition to using the atomic bomb in Korea. Rhode Island Council of Churches urged universal prayer for peace and UN strengthening, with daily prayer and focus on those at battlefront. Also reports on Methodist ministers learning church public relations and on religious radio and TV concerns.
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Truman
Korea
Providence
R. 1
World Affairs Council
Rhode Island Council of Churches
United Nations
Council
Mittsburgh
Erie
West Virginia
Fittsburgh
Ralph Slandy
New York
Clayton T. Griswold
Christian Dairy Farmers Eight-Point Code in Wisconsin
A group of southern Wisconsin dairy farmers advocate an eight-point program for being a Christian farmer. They urge soil care, humane herd management, family labor, recreation, marketing organization affiliation, adherence to sterilization and health standards, fair government dealings, and equal opportunity aligned with Christian and democratic values. The ideas, expanded in Successful Farming, aim to inspire broader faith-based social ethics.
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Wisconsin
Youth Conference Split on Training Youth Conference Split on Training
American leaders in child welfare remain divided on religious training in relation to secular schooling at the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth. Debates over released time and use of public schools for religious instruction dominated, with a final stand against direct religious training in public schools.
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Wshington
White House
Ralph Norman Mould
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
God
Congress
President's Commission On Civil Rights
CN. S
Fight on Gambling in Texas in 26 Texan Cities
Ministerial alliances in 26 Texan cities probe gambling and vice in their communities. Some appeal to the Kefauver committee for aid. Texas Christian and Baylor leaders warn professional gambling threatens college sports. Gambling cards are reported to be widespread in the Southwest.
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Waco
Texas
Kefauver Crime Investigation Committee
Sta Is For
Texas Christan
Dallas Morning News
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian Football Tear
Justice of the Peace
Women First Aid Koreans by B'nai B'rith Women
The B'nai Brith Women Argo Chapter of Washington DC donated over 1500 clothing items and 1000 yards of material plus 100 pairs of shoes to South Korea via Ambassador John M. Chang. Counselor H. Kim praised the effort at the Jewish Community Center, noting the group as the first to provide such aid.
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Washington
B'nai Brith Women
Argo
Washington, D C
B’nai B'rith
John M. Chang
Republic of
South Korea
U. S
Kim
Korea
Theote Ae RT
Mee
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