What Will We Do About It Editorial Plea For Europe Relief
Week-End Editorial urges immediate action to aid war ravaged Europe. It cites CARE and church relief, proposes personal adoptions and community drives, and calls diverting grain from liquor use to feed starving children. It presses government restraint and personal responsibility to curb waste.
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Europe
America
Congress
Church Relief Committee
Long Beach
Pasadena
Frankfort
United States
Religion in Aldous Huxley, an Atlantic essay review
Charles J. Role surveys Aldous Huxley's religious stance in a blistering Atlantic piece. He notes Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza presents a personal religion based on direct experience and non attachment. Role portrays Huxley as skeptical aesthete haunted by the need for a God and spiritual reality beyond science.
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Aldous Huxley
Charles J. Role
Huxley
Gaza
Samson
Encyclopedia of Scientific Fact
World Wide Communion Sunday Observance Across Globe
On Sunday October 3 a service of Holy Communion will be held worldwide. Initiated by the World Council of Churches, the observance unites Catholics Protestants and other Christians in rededication to the spirit of the Master. From cathedrals to ships at sea, hospitals to homes, believers join in a shared act of devotion amid discord.
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World Council of Churches
Church Tower Hutchinson Assails U S Foreign Policy
Dr Paul Hutchinson editor of The Christian Century spoke at the seventh Ecumenical Methodist conference, denouncing American foreign policy as perilously near maintaining a vast navy and peacetime draft while denying refugees entry. He urged a revival of religion to heal a world facing spiritual tragedy and cited a hunger for faith amid rising Communism.
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Paul Hutchinson
Chicago
Christian Century
Ecumenical Methodist Conference
Truman
Hutchinson
Dr. Hutchinson
United States
Palestine
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stratton
Yaorajly Precipus
Dr.Hutchinson
Iman
Methodist Ecumenical Echoes Conference Stresses Faith in Gospel
The Springfield Massachusetts Methodist Ecumenical Council warns against non-theistic humanism and urges adherence to gospel truth in modern thought. Speakers from Cambridge and Emory stress gospel allegiance as vital to civilization and the role of religion in all human activity.
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Methodist Ecumenical Council
Springfield
Mass
Oxford
England
R. Newton Flew
Cambridge University
Methodist Church
Great Britain
W. Aiken Smart
Emory University
Atlanta
Seek Record Church Relief Shipments
Protestant and Orthodox churches sent over 13 million pounds of relief and reconstruction supplies abroad in the first eight months of 1347. Church World Service aims for 20 million pounds this year, the highest target for the inter-denominational relief effort.
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Church World Service
A. Livingston
Warnshuis
C.W.S
Sol Granada
Prohibition Law Urged By Methodist Leader at Conference
Dr. William Warren Sweet urged a new stricter prohibition measure at the seventh Ecumenical Methodist Conference in Springfield Massachusetts. He said repeal was a mistake and alcoholism is the worst in his lifetime. He warned that some in the church resist liquor yet remain untrue Methodists.
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William Warren Sweet
Unrsity of
Chicago
Springfield
Mass
Sweet
Sorfs
Disciples Report Gain in Contributions
Unified Promotion, a central receiving group for Disciples of Christ agencies, announced that 2,341,183 was donated by church members in the 12 months ending June 30, 194%. Dr. Hawley said this shows an increase of 78,816 over the prior year. Additional rises in regular offerings are needed to cover rising costs of operations, missions, and education in the U S and ten other countries.
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Unified Promotion
Disciples of Christ
QO. Hawley
United Youth Groups
United Children’s Groups
Dr. Hawley
Br. Hawley
U. S
Released-Time Classes Reach Over Two Million Children
CHICAGO. More than 2,000,000 children are enrolled in released time religious education classes aligned with public schools. Dr. Roy G. Ross, secretary of the International Council of Religious Education, announced during Religious Education Week. Classes operate in 2260 communities nationwide with 34,000,000 students in Protestant Sunday schools. Last summer 5,000,000 attended vacation schools and 340,000 went to summer camps and conferences.
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Chicago
Roy G. Ross
International Council of Religious Education
Ross
Y M C A Aid Expands to German Needy in War Zones
Luther Hars ibarger reports at World Y M C A staff meeting that the Y M C A is aiding about one million displaced persons in Germany through War Prisoners' Aid. Additional help reaches 30 000 political internees 15 000 prisoners of war 65 001 labor service men and 75 000 former POWs repatriated monthly. A separate effort assists 2000 political prisoners in six camps via a special industry project focusing on vocational reorientation and self help. Income from prisoner-made goods funds welfare supplies and services including Bibles footballs musical instruments and cinema performances.
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Germany
Luther Hars Ibarger
Political Inter
Harshbarger
Belfast Press Holds Back On Child Evangelist Interview
In Belfast religious circles debate the interview of Renee Martz the North American child preacher. Her father sought Belfast Telegraph coverage but the editor refused citing concern over sensationalism and religion.
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Belfast
Ulster
Renee Martz
Los Angeles
Northern Ireland
North America
England
Benes
Belfast Telegraph
Martz
Foreign Missions Spendings in 1944 by Protestant Boards
In 1944 one hundred U S and Canadian Protestant mission boards and agencies spent 32 829 804 on overseas work. Seven denominations accounted for 19 754 976 of the total with General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists 4 570 088 Southern Baptist Convention 4 498 419 Methodist Church 3 858 550 Presbyterian Church in the U S A 2 334 014 Assemblies of God 1 951 018 Protestant Episcopal Church 1 204 144 Congregational Christian Churches 937 518.
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U. S
Canada
Wynn CG. Fairfield
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Committee of Reference
Southern Baptist Convention
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Assemblies of God
Protestant Episcopal Church
Congregational Christian Churches
Episcopal Relief Fund Nears Goal
The 1947 million dollar fund for World Relief, led by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, is all but subscribed and expected to be fully funded within three months. The budget totals 3 million over three annual budgets, with over 7 million already raised for reconstruction aid to war-devastated areas in Europe and Asia. A special day on February 20 was designated for churches to join in raising next year’s million dollar fund.
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National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Henry Knox
Sherrill
Philadelphia
Europe
Asia
World Conference of Christian Youth at Oslo issues statement
On July 31 the Oslo session of the World Conference of Christian Youth released a statement expressing gratitude for global fellowship and diverse Christian backgrounds. It notes joy in meeting Christians from many nations and urges penitence for world problems and personal sin while urging better use of the Oslo opportunity.
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Oslo
Norway
Ola
St Oslo
Geneva
Moral Exhaustion on Relief Problem
Dr. Paul Hutchinson of the Christian Century warned that American churches face moral exhaustion as winter relief needs grow. He said church vitality rests on helping others, not themselves, and predicted Americans will be shocked by Europe’s needs under the Marshall Plan after four years.
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Paul Hutchinson
Chicaxe
The
Christian Century
Europe
Hutchingon
Improved Church Relations in Germany
Geneva report notes relations between the Evangelical Church in Germany and Free Churches have improved considerably due to joint inter-denominational relief programs. Dr. W. O. Lewis of the Baptist World Alliance, visiting Geneva, says Lutheran leaders now refer to Baptists and Methodists as Free Churches rather than sects.
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Geneva
Germany
W. O. Lewis
Washington, D. C
Baptist World Alliance
Europe
United States
Hilfswerk
Lewis
The Schools I Want and How to Get Them
A prize article by Catherine Tulle Squires argues for reforming tax supported schools through better facilities, qualified teachers, revised curricula, and world mindedness. The author, a former teacher and school board member, calls for community effort and seeking state and federal aid while cautioning against federal domination.
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American Publica
Atlantc
Catherine Tulle Squires
Mirror of Opinion on Catholicism Relations
Reinhold Niesuhe argues that bitter Catholic Protestant hostility is scandalous and harms the nation. He urges charity, self awareness, and restraint from political misuse of religion while recognizing weaknesses and avoiding the spread of religious hatreds.
Bibles for All and the Religious Influence on America
A reflection on the Bible's reach in American life noting that many never attend church but still live by Hebrew Christian principles. The piece argues religion shapes laws and customs, praising freedom, respect for individuals, peace, and abundance as core American contributions to the Christian ideal. It questions why a book many ignore still profoundly guides society.
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America
Suez
Jesus
Americ Ta
Education for All Warns of National Risk in Virginia
The speaker argues universal education is the United States' core strength given by Jefferson. He criticizes state gaps and calls for federal action to equalize educational opportunities, warning that Virginia's poor standing harms the nation and that cooperation is needed to raise teacher salaries for all.
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United States
Jefferson
Nextpen
Virginia
Community spark to build better schools for peace and security
A speaker urges citizens to awaken a nationwide initiative to support education. By mobilizing people in towns and cities, the aim is schools worthy of the American tradition that produce citizens aligned for peace and security.
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Aleds
Citiey
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