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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1949
Page
4
A summary of readers letters shows strong interest in faith with a hunger for truth. Personal revivalism wanes as religion gains social and intellectual depth, needing moral conviction and life-spanning scope. The column notes two recent religious book reviews by Rev. Curtis Beach supporting these trends.
Curtis Beach reviews Fulton Oursler’s The Greatest Story Ever Told and Harry Emerson Fosdick’s The Man From Nazareth. Oursler paints a vivid composite Christ with reverence, while Fosdick portrays Jesus as a real first century man shaped by Judaism and Palestine under Rome.
Poem excerpt by Dorothy Frances Gurney from Enriching Worship Harpers reflects a spiritual image of closeness to God in a garden with sunlit pardons and birdsong, expressing reverent devotion.
Religious leaders report rising interest in renewed faith as Catholic and Protestant campaigns spread nationwide. Key efforts include The Christophers promoting civic virtue through 30 Hollywood films, United Evangelistic Advance aiming at 42 denominations and 35 million members, and Religion in American Life led by the United Church Canvass with broad church and council support. The Laymen's Movement for a Christian World and Gate-Church push Christian practice into daily life and public campaigns.
A committee of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A has guaranteed responsibility for 2000 displaced families and agreed to secure the necessary support and resources for their resettlement.
Lutheran and church leaders warn that Soviet aligned China will oppress religion. Missionaries report Shanghai retreat and Manchuria resistance as Red regime powers tighten. National Council merger advances while religious liberty faces heavy pressure amid global Christian unity appeals.
Time magazine reports New England Unitarian ministers reject a fixed creed publishing a creedless creed in the Unitarian Christian Register. Rev Os worth Lupton of Waltham Mass cites a universal church welcoming diverse beliefs while fostering universal religion and individual conviction within a creedless fellowship.
Baptist General Convention of Texas forms a committee to sponsor homes and jobs for displaced families. Many DP families have already been sponsored by individual churches. The goal is to resettle 200 people in Texas by next June.
Religious forces intensify drive for humanitarian refugee aid. World Council of Churches and International Missionary Council appeal to the United Nations to fund rapid and effective relief, urging the Assembly to fix past deficiencies. Church World Service launches a 1950 fund drive, patterned on last year's "one great hour" which raised over 3 million dollars, with broad media support and 10,000 local churches to participate.
In Tokyo a ceremony marked 90 years of Protestant missions with about 2000 ministers and laymen attending the Christian Workers' Conference to back the Kyodan five year evangelism drive. Dr. Michio Kozaki presented citations to clergymen and missionaries with over four decades in Japan and awarded commendations to 1089 Japanese lay Christians for more than 50 years.
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church Baltimore appoints Disciples of Christ minister Walter Fiscus of Eugene Oregon as co pastor alongside Dr Albert E Day. Day says Fiscus will not be asked to change his denominational allegiance.
Will Rogers was adored as a beloved American figure for his plain folks image. Despite wealth he stayed humble and confident in America, joking about civilization while urging simple resilience. His friend Fred Stone recalled his unwavering poise in a confusing world.
Local church women in Los Angeles urged immediate passage of pending legislation to raise the number of displaced persons admitted. The United Council of Church Women’s national board members wired senators in Washington to back the bill as the displaced persons program faced Senate scrutiny and stiff opposition on the floor.
European refugees numbered about 12,000,000 and faced a new spiritual crisis, according to World Council of Churches officials at a meeting of its reconstruction and aid committee. During the first nine months of 1949 European churches received about 4 million dollars in aid plus an estimated 5 million dollars worth of supplies and clothing, with American Christians contributing the bulk. Dr W A Visser t Hooft, the council’s general secretary, said conditions had improved materially but spiritual needs were greater than in the last five years and urged church leaders to push Europe’s spiritual needs to the United States.
The Educational Policies Commission led by President Eisenhower and President Conant issues a clarifying supplement to its June report. It urges schools to resist exaggerated fears during tensions, defend civil liberties, oppose loyalty oaths and rigid curricula, and condemn labeling teachers as Reds for differing views.
The speaker asserts that democracy rests on the integrity and dignity of the individual. He warns against any government or institution that elevates the state over people, and argues for an affirmative, everyday practice of democratic principles. He defends free inquiry and opposed abuses such as arbitrary agency actions and unfounded witness protection.
The United States could reshape its Asiatic policy by backing democratic leadership in India as Jawaharlal Nehru visits America. Nehru, praised as a great modern statesman, may guide India through early freedom with American support seen as crucial amid resource and time pressures.
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church urged ceaseless government efforts through statesmanlike negotiations to achieve lasting reconciliation with the Soviet Union. They echoed support for the United Nations and its Human Rights Declaration and urged legislation to aid displaced persons and families by June 30, 1956.
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