Week End Editorial: Churchmen Face Great Duty and Opportunity
A Week End Editorial argues church leaders must confront large societal questions. It critiques dull sermons and calls for faith leaders to address war, suffering, repentance, and moral guidance, urging prophets to rise in a time of danger amid political and religious power.
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Ile
University of Kansas
Washington
London
Moscow
Nanking
Israel
Tinstein
Eternal God
Wall of My Own Making by Rabindranath Tagore
Poem speaks of imprisonment within a self-walled life built from pride and wealth. The speaker, haunted by a shadow self, declares a prayer to renounce penury and seek strength, service, humility, and surrender to a higher will.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Pauls Prayer of Strength and Blessing in Ephesians
A devotional excerpt recalling Pauls plea that believers be strengthened with might by the Spirit, dwell in Christ through faith, be rooted in love, and comprehend the vast dimensions of Christs love. It asserts Gods power at work within us to exceed all we ask or think, giving glory to Him through the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Christ
God
Christ Jesus
Protestant Church Warns Against Side With Communism
Dr. W A Visser t Hoott, World Council of Churches leader, told a London audience that Christians cannot side with Russia and Communism against capitalism. He warned young Christians attracted to Communism that it is a dictatorial power using inhuman methods. Protestant leaders across Europe and the United States stress vibrant church action at home and abroad to counter Communism and promote Christian brotherhood and cooperation. The Philippine Independent Church renounced religious Communism and will campaign against materialism in collaboration with other faiths. Inter-Church efforts urge improved U S Soviet relations to reduce hysteria and foster understanding for world peace.
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W. A. Visser 'T Hoott
World Council of Churches
London
Student Christian Movement of
Great Britain
Eirelos
Visser
World Council
Hig
Russia
West
Causa
Europe
F. Otto Dibetius
Berlin
Tr. Dibetius
United States
House of Bishops of
Protestant Episcopal Church
Winstons Salem
N. Cy Aatew
Philippine Independent (Aglipayan
Aglipayan
Philippines
Comrouniam
Dts
Inter-Church
American Trussial Institute
New York
Atlanta
Executioa
Fedaya Coueil
Churches of Christ In America
Council
New York City
Altlanta
Justler
Nts
Philadelphia
Council On the
Marehall Plo
Charles 77
Taft
Schweitzer book praised as essential life and mind study
A lengthy review extols George Seaver's The Man and His Mind as an indispensable two part work on Albert Schweitzer. It lauds Schweitzer's life and writings, praising his intellect and moral conscience, while noting the author’s admiration from The Christian Advocate and Life magazine.
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George Seaver
Albert Schweitzer
Sian
Bock
Albert Schweit
Tous
Schweitzer
The
Christian Advocate
Church Union Writing Voices Caution on Proposed Denominational Merger
Dr Henry David Gray of Oneonta Congregational Church warns that while cooperation and inter church programs are valued, the proposed merger of Congregational Christian Churches and Evangelical Reformed Church risks bigger bureaucracy and loss of local voice. He plans to vote against the union as proposed.
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Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical’ Reformed Church
Henry David Gray
Oneonta Congregational Church
Oneonta
Constrega-ional Christian Churchcd
Evangelical Reformed Church
New Archbishop of Washington Elevation at St Patrick’s Cathedral
The Most Rev Patrick A O Boyle was consecrated as Washingtons first Archbishop at St Patrick s Cathedral New York with Cardinal Spellman leading the rite Auxiliary Bishop John M McNamara and Bishop Henry T Klonowski assisted Protestant and Jewish observers attended In Washington he will oversee about 185000 Catholics in five Maryland counties and surrounding area with inauguration set for Jan 21 at Cathedral of St Matthew in DC
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Pius XII
Benedict XV
Patrick A. O'Boyle
Washington, D. C
St Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Francis
Cardinal Spellman
St. Matthew, the Apostle
Amleto Giovanni Cicagnani
Washington
Maryland
Denmark Faces Higher Divorces Amid Housing Shortage
Denmark reports six divorces per thousand marriages in 1945 up from five the prior year. Housing shortages delay marriages while average ages are 27 for men and 25 for women. Childbirth within nine months of marriage rose to 37.4 percent in 1845 from 33.4 percent in 1998. In the United States divorces run one per three marriages.
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Denmark
United States
Cripps Warns of Growing Materialism in Democracy
Sir Stafford Cripps warned at Westminster that democracy could be overtaken by totalitarianism if society relies solely on material gain. He argued a battle between Christian faith and material progress shapes world events and urged Christians to apply faith in daily human relations.
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Stafford Cripps
Exchequer
Westminster
Celppx
Cripps
Cluiatlin
Lutheran World Action appeal tops goal by over half a million
Lutheran World Action’s 1946-47 two year drive closed with receipts totaling 10 507 565 dollars, about 111 502 55 dollars over 10 090 000. The United Lutheran Church in America raised 5 007 565 dollars, 100 7 percent of its share. The Danish Lutheran Church exceeded its allotment with 57 282 dollars, 1014 percent. Seven of eight bodies surpassed quotas. Evangelical Lutheran Church 1 855 276 dollars, American Lutheran Church 31 660 001 dollars, Lutheran Augustan Synod 1 358 480 dollars, Lutheran Free Church 155 811 dollars, United Evangelical Lutheran Church 109 797 dollars.
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Lutheran World Action
Paul C. Empie
United Lutheran Church In America
Danish Lutheran Church
National Lutheran Council
Evangelical Lutheran Church
American Lutheran Church
Lutheran Augustant Synod
Lutheran Free Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran World Federation Leader Arrives for U S Visit
Ds Anders Wygren of Lund Sweden president of the Lutheran World Federation arrives for a multi city U S visit. He will stay at Gettysburg Theological Seminary and speak at Union Theological Seminary New York Andover Newton Yale Divinity School Mom Cormick Theological Seminary Chicago and several Lutheran schools in the east and midwest.
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Anders Wygren
Lund
Sweden
Lutheran World Federation
United States
Gettysburg
Thelogical Seminary
Nyaren
Union Theological Seminary
New York
To Apell
Andover Newton
Newton Center
Mass
Yale’ Divinity School
New Haven
Conn
Mom
Churches Back European Recovery Program in Faith Driven Stand
Atlanta church leaders approve a statement endorsing the European Recovery Program as a landmark act of moral purpose. The document asserts belief in freedom, human rights, and the capacity of Europe to recover with Christian support, while stressing nonpartisan aims and respect for self-determination.
Britain Displays Her Meager Newspapers Exhibition
In London at the Daily Express Building a window shows world newspapers in stark contrast to British editions. A Chicago Daily News from Sept 24 1947 weighs 12 ounces while British sheets weigh about 84 ounces. Newsprint is described as a rigged diet for starving presses.
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London
Daily Express
Freet Street
Britain
Chicago Daily News
The
Express
London News
Mirror of Opinion on World Government Crusade
The piece argues that churches must confront international anarchy by openly supporting a world government as a peace guarantor. It urges faith communities to mobilize, extend influence, and fuse religion with legal obligations to rally public support for the improbable but possible goal of world governance amid existential threats.
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Fouillalion
Hinateln
Protestants United Oppose Parochial School Aid
The Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State argue against public funding for parochial schools, warning such aid would divide state education and fuel religious intolerance. The piece emphasizes First Amendment limits and calls for fairness toward all denominations.
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Protestanta
Knights of Columbus
Americana United
Jess Umbrige
Congress
Secu Farian
Supreme Court
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Gheat
de. Reinhold Niebuhr
Urben Theological Seminary
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