Strengthen Our Church Through Intellectual Emphasis
In a Princeton Theological Seminary address Dr Eugene Carson Blake urged Presbyterian leaders to renew emphasis on intellectual tradition over emotion and to uphold a high doctrine of the church in policy and liturgy. He argued for ecumenism and a prophetic voice guiding society, cautioning against rigid denominationalism and class alignment. Dr Albert Schweitzer will visit the U S in late June to attend the Goethe Bicentennial events in Aspen and New York and to meet with the Schweitzer Fellowship on his Africa work.
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Princeton Theological Seminary
Eugene Carson Blake
Johan
Chich
America
Albert Schweitser
United States
Schweitzer
Aspen
Colo
Dr. Schweitzer
Goethe
New York
Albert Schweitzer
Schwaitzer
Lambarene
French Equatorial Africa
Africa
Jesus
Bach
Lambatene
Bible Societies push aid and Bible shipments to Europe
In New York delegates from 21 national Bible societies at the 4th annual Council of United Bible Societies urged widening Marshall Plan aid to include mass Bible shipments to Europe. The gathering featured a message from General Douglas MacArthur praising Bible work in Japan and noted 17,508,484 Bibles distributed in the year, with 1.25 billion portions since founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
National Bible Societies
Council of United Bible Societies
London
Eng
United States
Great Britain
Germany
John Sutherland Bonnell
United Bible Societies
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
American Bible Society
Sigrid Unset Death Reflections On Life And Courage
The Manchester Guardian tribute recalls Sigrid Unset as a writer who grew apart from life while noting her clear-eyed comments on contemporary events. It stresses that life must be lived and faced with courage, faith, and hope, citing Paul on enduring affliction without despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigrid Unset
S.S
Manchester Guardian
America
Apostle Paul
Jesus
Are Christians Indifferent to Social Justice
Sherwood Eddy reports from Asia that revolutions rise from demands for social justice, led largely by Communists, with Gandhi and Nehru restraining them in India. Eddy finds many Christians, including students in Asia, apathetic toward social justice, urging the church to reform its own institutions before critiquing others.
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Sherwood Eddy
The
Guardian
Madras
Mr. Eddy
Asia
India
Gandhi
Nehru
Eddy
Ceylon
Japan
Korea
China
America
Methodists Commission New Missionaries in New York
The Methodist Board of Missions and Church Extension commissions 42 foreign and 13 home missionaries and deaconesses, part of a planned 1000 new workers by 1853. Sixteen will sail overseas, including 12 to South America, 11 to Africa, 10 to China, six to India, two to Korea, and one to Cuba, with roles as nurses teachers and evangelists.
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New York
Methodist Board of Missions and Church Extension
Women's Division of Christian Service
South America
Africa
China
India
Korea
Cuba
Protestant DP Assurances Rise in May
Church World Service announced 1083 job and home assurances for displaced persons were validated in May, nearly matching the first quarter total. The interdenominational relief agency campaigns for each American Protestant and Orthodox church to sponsor at least one displaced family, reporting 600 assurances between April 18 and May 18 versus a 330 monthly average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church World Service
Interdenominational Reef Agency
C.W.S
Protestant Unity Gains in May Church Meeting
Most of the nation’s Protestant churches will settle down after a hectic spring of merger talks, reorganizations, and annual meetings. The Methodist Church is an exception, having met last year, and the Congregational Christian Church is involved in organizing the International Council of Congregational Churches in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The Episcopal Church prepares for its triennial meeting this September in San Francisco.
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Methodist Church
Congregational Christian Church
International Council of Congregational Churches
Wellesley
Massachusetts
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Methodist Missionaries Remain in China Amid Communist Control
Dr. Frank T. Cartright reports 176 Methodist missionaries remain in China, half are women, with 32 evacuated. Christian witness continues despite seven areas under Communist rule, schools hospitals and churches operate with little hindrance. Amb. J Leighton Stuart met leaders in Shanghai. universities at Peiping Nanking Soochow and Huachung report normal operations.
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China
Frank T. Cartright
Christian Witness
Cartright
J. Leighton
Stuart
Shanghai
United States
East China
Mid-China
Peiping
Nanking
Soochow
Huachung
New York
United Board For Christian Colleges
Cheeloo
Ginling
Hua Chung
St John's
Soochoy
Yenching
Stop This Dirty Parade.
A critical essay from The Messenger condemns daily sensational reporting of sex crimes and gruesome love triangle tales that fuel newspaper profits. It questions the public’s and churches’ muted opposition while noting the broader Midwest impact and a trial of a doctor husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
St. Louis
Midwest
UN mediation praised as path to peaceful world
Dr Ralph Bunche, acting mediator for the United Nations, addresses the Presbyterian Church assembly in Buffalo. He argues the UN intervenes to prevent war, cites Palestine as a success, and urges global support to achieve a tolerant, peaceful world through mediation and cooperation.
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Ralph Bunche
Palestine
United Nations
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Buffalo
N.Y
International Congregational Council Formed
A permanent intercontinental body of 3,000,000 Congregationalists from about 50 countries was established at Wellesley Massachusetts by 37 nations. The Sixth International Congregational Council adopted a constitution and elected officers creating a full time world agency with London as headquarters. Dr Sydney M Berry was named secretary and Dr Douglas Horton moderator for five years.
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International Congregation
Wellesley
Mass
Sixth International Congregational Council
London
Eng
Sydney M. Berry
Douglas Horton
New York
General Council of
Congregational Christian Churches In America
Houghton Chapel
Union Seminary Names First Woman Professor
Mary Kay Lyman dean of Sweet Briar College in Vermont was elected professor of English Bible at Union Theological Seminary. She is the first woman to hold a faculty post at Union and among the first women with a full professorship in an American theological school. Lyman is a Mount Holyoke 1911 graduate, earned a 1919 bachelor of divinity from Union, and a 1924 PhD from the University of Chicago.
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Mary Kay Lyman
Sweet _Briar College
Vermont
Union Theological Seminary
Union
Lyman
Mount Holyoke College
University of Chicago
Phi Beta Kappa
Vassars
Eugene W. Lyman
Mirror of Opinion on Education Reform by Bernard Iddings
The excerpt reviews a book by Bernard Iddings pointing to severe flaws in American education. It argues for placing religion at the core of curricula, urges bold curriculum shifts, and calls for greater home church support and reduced political interference. Dr Bell outlines nine steps to avert a cultural crisis, praised for public funding and student aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Iddings
Bell
Atomic Hypochondria and the atomic age
The Christian Science Monitor warns that public obsession with atomic power risks political hysteria and secrecy, threatening civilian control and civilian-led research. It argues fear could undermine national security more than the bomb itself, urging calm public debate and imaginative development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
United States
France
God pity us and the Episcopalian pensions crisis
An Episcopal pastor denounces the Church Pension Fund for meager retiree benefits. He cites monthly pensions of 76 for active retirees, 65 for illness retirement, and 31 for widows, arguing such sums degrade the Church’s Christian creed and bring religion into disrepute.
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Episcopal Church
Theodore Bell
St. John's Chapel
del Monte
Calif
Episcopal Church Pension Fund
Jesus
God
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Edwin Markham
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Markham
Heywood Broun
Mediterranean
UN American Activities Committee
Epworth League
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Beran
St. Vitus
Gottwald
Beran
Catholic Action Organization
Katolieke Niving
Catholic News
ENS
Methodists Commission
New Missionaries
Ralph Bunce
Beliave
By Ralph Sunche
International Congregational Council
Union Seminary
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