Week-End Editorial on Driving Like Jehu for Reform
An editorial warns against frantic wholesale reforms likened to Jehu the furious king. It criticizes political zealots for bypassing due process and fostering totalitarian methods in the name of national security, urging slow, lawful, inclusive progress toward justice and freedom. It cites Hickenlooper, communism fears, and Ku Klux Klan parallels, urging measured civic reform.
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Israel
Jehu
America
Hickenloopers
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Kingdom of Heaven
Ehu
Life Editorial Surveys Europe June 1849 Outlook
Life surveys Western Europe in June 1849 noting improved living standards and reduced hunger. It argues communism waning while socialism recedes, with Britons unsure socialism will deliver. The piece sees a shift toward a new European capitalism aligning with liberal rewards and American capitalism.
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Great Britain
Western
Europe
America
The New Colossus Poem By Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus writes a sonnet praising the Statue of Liberty as guardian beacon for immigrants. The poem contrasts a mighty female figure with welcoming lines inviting the tired poor and homeless to find refuge at America’s golden door.
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Emma Lazarus
Dissenter Bill Signals New Religious Freedom Era in Sweden
The proposed Dissenter Bill would loosen church tax rules for non Luth erans, allow non Lutheran pastors to wed, and permit leaving the State Church without revealing a preferred denomination. It would open university theology posts to other Protestants and expand Catholic education while maintaining Scripture in schools.
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Lfe
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Salvation Army
Lie
Lutheran Church
Scandinavia
Protestant Catholic divide highlighted in Time profile and church council
A Time magazine profile traces Georges Barrois a Dominican turned Protestant theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary and notes his wife’s articles on Catholic and Protestant views. It discusses Protestant Catholic tensions and urges nonmilitarist, democratic resistance to Communism while promoting Congregationalist ideals and social action through church work.
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Georges Barrois
Chay Jeville
France
Leter
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbbterian Barrols
Time Magazine
Rome
Maass
Sale
Catholica
Batrola
Church School Enrollment In U S Increases
Shared school pupils in the con of religious equality in Finland is that while religious broadcasts were previously almost exclusively Lutheran sponsored since 1944 other religious bodies including Methodist Seventh Day Adventists Baptists and Pentecostals have been getting more air time, putting on about 10 per cent of the broadcasts.
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Finland
Methodista
Reaction to AEC scrutiny and anti- Soviet jitters risk
Editorial comment cites Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer as endorsing the AEC after congressional testimony. It condemns anti- Soviet jitters as political manipulation and notes rising public opposition to attacks on atomic energy oversight and its chairman David E B Lilenthal.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
AEC
Hickenlooper
Opner
Intts
Advisory Commission
Thia
David EB
Lillenthal
Litenthal
Benator Hickenlooper
Joint
Truman
Revolu
Tion
Negro Pastor Heads Presbyterian Synod at Baltimore
The Baltimore Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the USA elected Rev. Halley B. Taylor, pastor of Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C., as moderator for the first time in its 24 year history. The unanimous vote highlighted cross racial progress within the Synodical Conference as Taylor urged unity and brotherhood in his acceptance remarks.
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Presbyterian Synod
Baltimore
Presbyterian Church In the USA
Halley B. Taylor
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
Washington
D. C
Taylor
Columbia
Guidin
Suasere
Farmers send 38000 tons of farm commodities overseas
American farmers donated about 38 thousand tons of farm commodities to war-devastated nations through CROP, amounting to 2392 railroad carloads valued at 6.6 million dollars. The year ended June 1 saw 28,975,504 pounds wheat, 22,081,357 pounds corn, and 13,185,661 pounds beans, plus other staples, sent via church networks to 22 of 43 nations served.
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Christian Rural Overseas Program
Crof
America
Christian Brotherhood of the
Erbcan
John D. Metzler
Church World Service
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Lutheran World Relief
Germany
China
Japan
Italy
Pakistan
Belgium
Poland
Church Peace Union Approves Pact at Atlantic City
The Church Peace Union board of trustees approved the North Atlantic Pact at its semiannual meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey. The union founded by Andrew Carnegie unites Protestant Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths to abolish war and foster peaceful cooperation. Dr Ralph W Lockman Christ Church New York president said the move aims to bring peace efforts to local churches.
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Church Peace Union
Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations
Andrew Carnegie
Ralph W. Lockman
Christ Church
New York
Union
Salvation Army Pledges Freedom From Politics
Thirty five Salvation Army leaders from many countries met at Sunbury on Thames to reaffirm the organization will stay free of political activity. They endorsed Gen Albert Orsborn's call to resist civil interference in spiritual work within social institutions. The conference also focused on saving souls, especially among unchurched and irreligious individuals. Britons reportedly spent about 2.6 billion dollars on gambling in 1948, down from 3.164 billion the prior year according to a Churches' Gambling report.
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Douglas Horton
Wellesley Céege
Congregationalism
Universal Church
Sixth International Council of Congregational Churches
Wellesley
Mass
Sixth International Congregational Council
John C. Bennett
Union Theological
New York
Bennett
Salvation Army
Sunbury-on-Thames
Albert Orsborne
International Salvation Army
Churches’ Committee
Czech Hierarchy Bids Catholics Stand Fast
The Czech Catholic hierarchy calls 9,000,000 faithful to resist government pressure seen as subduing the Church. In a 4000 word pastoral letter signed by Archbishop Joseph Beran of Prague and 12 prelates, it orders readings in all churches nationwide urging steadfastness in the face of oppression.
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Czechoslovakia
Joseph
Beran
Prague
Mirror of Opinion: Communism and Islam Clash in Faith
The piece argues that Muslims are devout and view life as under God's immediate presence, with prayer as testimony. It contends Marxist materialism cannot coexist with Islamic brotherhood, as Muslims see humanity as God's children, making ideological conflict with the Soviet Union inevitable.
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New York Times
Soviet Union
Arm of St Francis Xavier Relic Returns to Japan
The ancient right arm of St Francis Xavier, kept in Rome since 1614, was returned to Japan to bolster Christian evangelism amid anti Christian sentiment. As Japan shifts toward political action and Buddhism, Catholics showcase the relic in cities including Nagasaki, while Communists gain votes in the January election and General MacArthur calls for more Bibles.
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St. Francis Xavier
Japan
Rome
Xavier
China
India
St. Francis
Nagasaki
Beran of Prague shows clash of faith and communism
The article argues Archbishop Beran of Prague embodies the impossibility for a free man to live quietly under a communist regime. It portrays increasing Czech Catholic pressure, 75 percent Catholic population, and fears of religion being controlled as a tool, with Beran labeled by Communists as an enemy of fascism and ally of the regime’s officials.
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Beran
Prague
America
Joseph Beran
Europe
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Jeeet Berna
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Hichmond Hill
Reustie
Mrs. Douglas Horton
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