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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1949
Page
4
A reflective piece extols a desert excursion to view fields of wildflowers and blooming orchards. It contrasts natural beauty with practical yields, argues beauty has intrinsic value, and meditates on divine artistry and the splendor of creation. The essay cites poets and religious imagery to praise beauty.
Earl Cranston argues Lent should be a moral journey for individuals and institutions. He urges personal self examination and dedication to social responsibility, urging churches and the state to reflect on racial attitudes economic aims and service to humanity. The piece links Jesus example to modern Christian duty for purification and consecration to the cross.
A concise exhortation on Jesus loving all people as the supreme example of unselfish care. In a greedy world this enduring compassion is urged to be the center of Lent, guiding toward inner peace, courage, and shared humanity despite suffering.
The executive committee of the Federal Council of Churches voices a united stand against Communist and totalitarian regimes suppressing religious liberty. It warns of methods to subdue churches, calls for defense of freedom, and urges Christians to support persecuted brethren while avoiding warlike hysteria. It also condemns fascist regimes and urges action for social justice and human rights worldwide.
A revival in Protestant parochial education accelerates as 20 churches back a Christian high school in Spokane and a Baptist high school plans in Los Angeles. Debates arise over secularism, social democracy, and class implications, while some denominations remain cautious about endorsing widespread church schools.
Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam told a World Council of Churches conference in Evansville Illinois that religious liberty is an absolute right for all people and must be protected worldwide. He stated the council stands for freedom of worship teaching and practice and for the right to associate and organize for religious purposes. The opening procession featured 90 delegates and over 200 robed clergy, with a multi language Lord s Prayer recital led by international representatives.
The Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace opens in New York on March 25 with delegates from Iron Curtain nations. Prof Joseph Hromadka of Prague University and Abbe Jean Boulier of Paris join delegates, while Hungarian Rev Peter Janos is barred from visas by the State Department.
Cyril C. OBrien argues that excessive drinking drains U.S. industry costs about a billion dollars annually through wage losses sickness and injuries. Rehab of drinkers saves money and preserves workers dignity, urging industry to aid rehabilitation rather than terminate and replace employees.
Atlanta delegates to the Georgia Council of Churchwomen resolved to bring the fight against the Ku Klux Klan to their 22 communities. They endorsed two Jaycee resolutions and aimed to extend action statewide. One call urged city and county officials to prohibit public mask wearing.
The Methodist Crusade Scholarship Committee plans to increase scholarships for foreign students. Its current program has aided over 350 students from 40 countries, pursuing graduate studies with a quarter in theological seminaries. Presently 145 foreign scholars study in the United States.
Dr. B Stanley Jones an American evangelist told 200 Christian leaders in Tokyo after a month long tour that Japan is the most promising field for missions. He said large sincere responses and eager audiences exist while Christianity and Communism contend for the soul of Japan. He urged readiness as the door is open and said a Christian Japan would become the natural evangelist of the East.
Dr. D Willard Lyon a founder of the Young Men's Christian Association in China died at his Claremont home on March 18 at age 79. Born aboard a Chekiang Province houseboat to missionary parents he led the first YMCA in Tientsin and later served the Chinese YMCA national committee until 1930. He taught Chinese language to missionaries and wrote extensively on China.
Under the 1947 DP law only 3900 displaced persons had entered the United States by Jan 33 1949 and fewer than 10 percent were Protestant. Church World Service cites gaps in the act and a lag in Protestant resettlement as the European Protestant DP population rises. The Federal Council of Churches urged churches to increase efforts for jobs and housing.
The Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee unanimously reported two measures to grant states 300 million dollars yearly in federal aid to education and 35 million dollars for a school health program. The bills tie aid to state income and pupil counts, allow local choice on private or parochial spending, and prohibit federal control of personnel, curriculum, or materials.
The Hour plans a one hour nationwide radio program on Saturday March 26 at 7 pm to raise ten million dollars for rebuilding churches and charities in Europe and Asia and aid displaced persons. The event features President Truman and stars Gregory Peck and Robert Montgomery with editor Robert Sherwood and commentator Quentin Reynolds, broadcast on at least three networks and followed by a church collection on Sunday morning.
Swiss theologian Karl Barth reflects on ten years of shifts toward milder views and a stronger emphasis on God's grace. He recalls shifting from decisive opposition to openness in ecumenical dialogue at the Amsterdam World Council of Churches assembly, aiming for unity in Christendom rather than settled dogma.
The Evangelical Church in Germany EKID reports 27 affiliated churches with 39,835,434 members. It lists 13 Lutheran Land churches with 20,304,111 members, 12 United churches with 19,113,049, and two Re formed churches with 416,274. In the Soviet zone the group has 17,408,932 members (43.7%), while the three western zones total 22,424,502 members (56.3%).
The article argues that Negro organizations must stay free of Communist influence to remain effective in expanding civil rights laws. It asserts that true liberals recognize a just Negro cause while warns against children growing to view rights and wrongs through racial or religious lines. It calls protecting all minority rights without undermining the broader structure.
The piece promotes One Great Hour on March 27 when over 75 000 churches join an overseas relief effort. A network broadcast of the service airs at 9 pm CST, praising a unifying effort by American churches to aid hungry and homeless people. It lauds cross Christian collaboration and missionary compassion across denominations and nations.
Why Communists attack church when they come to power. The church holds the basic faith arm opposing materialism and police state tactics of Communism. Democracy and capitalism rely on Christianity for strength. A revitalized democracy grounded in Christian faith offers the hopeful alternative to world communism.
A coalition of Americans and Japanese proposes a Christian nonsectarian university in Japan to teach Western cultural ethics and moral values. They argue the system should counter Shinto-dominated education and promote justice, mercy, honor, tolerance, personal initiative, and democratic self-rule as essential Western lessons beyond victory in war.
The holy year of 1950 is seen as a major chance for the Roman Catholic Church to mobilize members worldwide against communist influence. Leaders urge faithful to unite in prayers for peace and oppose communism in political, social, economic, and religious life.
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