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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1952
Page
6
The piece argues that profanity reveals a person’s religious background and reverence for God. It contrasts old myths with the living God and Jesus Christ, asserting that true profanity harms only those who know and love God, and that knowing Him leads to service and a world turned toward heaven.
A devotional piece extols motherhood, arguing the mother's heart mirrors divine power in creation and redemption. It emphasizes the infant soul's eternal value, compares world and soul, and asserts mothers shape eternity through Christs redemptive plan. The piece closes noting Jesus as God becoming man chose to have a mother.
The text argues that Wesley Moody Sunday were driven by inner compulsion to preach and testify for Christ, not duty. It links prayer to burden for lost souls, enabling believers to witness and make disciples, and warns that only regular prayer sustains strength and impact. It uses a church hymn anecdote about nightly prayer and urges daily communion with God for empowerment.
Readers can dial 6 9066 to locate Long Beach area churches and service hours. The Press Telegram phone service replaces the old church directory, offering quick weekly information with operator assistance if needed.
Dedicatory services for the Lakewood Christian Reformed Church at Wardlow Road and Chatwin Avenue will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. Rev. Frank DeJong, pastor, announces. The church and adjoining educational unit are nearing full worship readiness after funding from Grand Rapids and support from Bethany Christian Reformed Church. Guest pastors, liturgy, and music will mark the ceremony with contributions from area churches and Home Missions officials.
The Press-Telegram asks ministers from all faiths to share a guiding verse. Today Dr. Floyd B. LaFavre of Burns Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church, Southern District superintendent, selects Joshua 1:9. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord is with you wherever you go.
Long Beach churches announce National Family Week observances with sermons on family life and church leadership. Rev Norman J Bausher speaks at First Church of the Brethren, a film at the same venue supports Goodwill Industries, plus gospel programs at Covina Grace, Atlantic Avenue Methodist, Calvary Baptist, Calvary Presbyterian, and Immanuel Lutheran as they mark anniversaries, missions, and a May 24 reunion with special events.
Bishop Kern argues that youth reflect the era they were born into and the conflicts they faced. He urges adults to examine their own actions, noting how legalization of liquor, gambling, and war forged a troubled world. He calls for stronger family leadership to restore youth integrity.
First Lutheran Church pastor R Lawrence Acker will speak at the annual Lutheran Hour Rally in Long Beach on May 11 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. He will address Go Forward urging Christians to revitalize faith through belief in the Saviour. The event features Rev G H Smukal and Rev Tobias J Joeckel, with massed choirs of 300 children and 300 adults, and is free to the public.
Lutherans from California Arizona and Nevada gather for the second annual Los Angeles convention Tuesday to Thursday. Laymen and pastors from five Lutheran bodies hear speakers including Dr Paul C Empie and Dr Alvin Rogness with Dr Conrad Bergendorf. The theme is The Living Word in a Responsible Church and a drive seeks 1000 pints blood and clothing for world relief. Blood pledges go to Dr Empie at closing banquet. Informational contacts via Lutheran Welfare Council or Red Cross. In Florida state officials plan a Passion Play Amphitheater in Lake Wales seeking 1000000. Amphi theater project aims to fund religious production with community loans.
The Fifth Ward Latter-day Saints Church hosts a spring children's song festival Sunday at 6 30 p m in Searchlight Masonic Hall 2821 E Anaheim St Chorus of 60 voices directed by Mrs Heston Wilberg primary president Children ages 4 11 participate with officers and teachers assisting
This reflection stresses deep hunger for belonging, noting Christians are known by what possesses them. Belonging to God provides guidance, care, and purpose, with God owning time, talents, and money and believers urged to act unselfishly in alignment with His will.
A sermon compares offers from Christ and Satan, urging readers to value the soul above earthly pleasures. It warns that Satan’s fleeting joys bring guilt and misery, while Christ paid with his life, promising forgiveness, inner peace, and a purpose filled life in the kingdom of righteousness.
A 38 story United Nations building on the East Side is criticized for abandoning plans for a prayer and meditation chapel. The piece urges the UN to embrace Divine Providence, citing Declaration of Independence rights as God given, and calls for engravings of sacred scripture in the vast facility to guide its peace efforts.
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