Peace and nationalism in an age of shrinking world
The editorial argues that global peace requires nations to put aside selfish nationalism and embrace inter national cooperation. It warns sovereignty must yield to international needs as travel and communication shrink the world, and cites Daniel 2 to claim a future divine kingdom will replace earthly powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
France
Babylon
Christ
God of Heaven
Compassion and Christ Like Compassion in Daily Life
The text highlights compassion as a divine trait reflected in God and Jesus. It cites gospel instances where Jesus heals and consoles the afflicted, urging believers to imitate this care in daily life. Compassion is presented as essential Christian conduct and a fruit of the Holy Spirit, guiding faithful action toward those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Lazarus
Nain
Johm
God
God the Father
Local Mission Work Planned by New Haven Council of Churches
Rev. John W. Abbott says a committee of the New Haven Council of Churches will study the need for a missionary group. The commission would promote missionary work through radio and television, speakers, and publicity, and sponsor missions institutes and seminars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hat
New Haven
Conn
Council of Churches
John W. Abbott
Council
Abbott
Clergymen Killed in Korea and Korean Election
The report notes 255 Presbyterian clergymen killed or kidnapped in two years of the Korean War, with 152 churches destroyed and nearly 300 damaged. In Korea elections a retired Presbyterian minister, Rev Taiyoung Ham, was elected vice president of the Republic, aged 78, after long public service post retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Republic of Korea
Taiyoung Ham
Seoul
The
Presbyterian Guardian
St Johns Lutheran dedicates new chapel and school space
St John’s Luthern Church will dedicate its new 300 seat chapel at 67th Street and Waige Avenue in two services Oct 26 at 11 am and 4 pm. Rev Vernon W Hillmer will speak at 11 and Rev John Geisler will deliver the dedication address at 4. The project completes a three year program with buildings valued at 560,000 begun in 1949 and a remaining 2300 needed for cash financing. Future plans include a six classroom elementary day school and parish hall. Sunday School will be held at 9:30 am and services return to 11:00 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geisler
St. John's Lutheran Church of Orange
California
St. John’s
Favorite Bible Verse Highlight by Grace Lutheran Pastor Fehner
The Press Telegram asks ministers which verse guides them today. Rev Walter Fehner of Grace Lutheran Church selects John 17 3 declaring eternal life through knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fehner
Grace Lutheran Church
Jesus Christ
Christian Science Lecture Monday Broadcast in Buffalo
A free lecture titled Christian Science The Living Lights of Christ Truth will be given by Jean M Snyder CSB of Buffalo NY. She is a member of the board of lecture ship of the Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist Boston. The talk is under Second Church of Christ Scientist at 302 W Seventh St at 3 p.m. on October 27 and will be broadcast over Station KFWB 980 kc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean M. Snyder
CSB
Buffalo
N.Y
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Second Church of Christ, Scientist
Seventh St
KFWB
Missions Leader to Exhibit Film at Orthodox Church
Rev. John Galbraith of Philadelphia will show color pictures of his Orient trip during a Sunday evening lecture at the First Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Antonio Drive. In Pusan Korea he taught at Korea Theological Seminary for months and visited Formosa and Japan where the denomination conducts mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
John Galbraith
Philadelphia
Committee On Home and Foreign Missions
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
First Orthodox Presbyterian Church
San Antonio
Pusan
Korea
Galbraith
Korea Theological Seminary
Formosa
Japan
Final sermon and retirement of Long Beach minister Pratt
Dr Robert Murray Pratt plans to retire as minister of Unitarian Church in Long Beach after four years in the post. He and Mrs Pratt will leave Dec 30 for Palo Alto. Other Sunday services feature missionaries Henry Lacy and Korean speaker Henry Cha, along with Rev Frank C Matthews and Rev Earl Breen at multiple churches. Reformation Day observances, baptisms, and budget talks fill the church calendar across North Long Beach with pastors and evangelists delivering sermons and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Murray Pratt
Unitarian Church
North
Leonor Beach Methodist Church
Linden Ave
Henry Lacy
China
Malaya
Henry Cha
Frank C. Matthews
Earl Breen
Church of the Brethren
Magnolia Ave
Breen
First Presbyterian Church
Reuben ¥. Pieters
NLB Sets Series of Vesper Services Begin Sunday Night
The North Long Beach Ministerial Association plans a series of Sunday vesper services starting with a Reformation Day observance. Rev. Robert Shattuck will speak at Community Presbyterian Church Gard St in Gard Street at 7 30 PM. The series runs weekly in cooperating churches culminating Nov 26 with a Thanksgiving Eve service. Leaders elected Rev George C Marsh as president and honored Rev Frank Matthews who departs for San Gabriel.
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Presbyterian ‘Church
Orange Ave
Pat Davison
Robert Shattuck Wis
Carl I. Crain
North Long Beach
NLB Ministerial Association
Theodore M. Anderson
George C. Marsh
Knolls
Frank Matthews
N.L.B
San Gabriel
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
Richard G. Irving
Community Presbyterian Church
George O. Marsh
Bixby Nolls
Evangelism Leader Here Sunday at Immanuel Church
Pastor William Berg of the Augus tana Synod will hold evangelistic meetings at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church 345 Carson St starting Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The series runs nightly 8:00 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Monday to Friday with auxiliary groups hosting society supper Tuesday and youth events Wednesday and Thursday for teachers officers and Luther Leaguers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Berg
Augustana Synod
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carson St
Women’s Missionary Society
Valley Sermon in the Punch Bowl Battlefield
Chaplain Morris B. Margolies from Korea recalls a battlefield sermon beside a valley ringed by mountains named the Punch Bowl. As artillery roared, he and comrades read Psalm 23 aloud, finding the valley of the shadow of death a fitting sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris B. Margolies
Korea
Pfe
Chicago
David
Belief Through Faith in the Unseen Forces
A weekly meditation notes that perception can mislead through perspective tricks and unseen powers. It highlights sound, radio waves, gravity, tides, and growth as forces beyond sight and touch, asserting that faith accompanies scientific inquiry and everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Beggar Village church brings hope to Kyushu slum
In Beppu City's Beggar's Village on Kyushu, a 10 by 14 foot church built with donated lumber now serves as the community center. Dr Brumbaugh notes families attend Sunday school, sing gospel songs, and wish for a larger church to accommodate parents and bigger children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beppu City
Island
Kyushu
Japan
Thoburn T. Brumbaugh
Catherine Stevens
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Brumbaugh
Quotable quotes on faith, crime, and religion from era sources
A collage of aphorisms and attributions cites Dr William Carlson J Edgar Hoover Grayson County News and NYT Magazine. It notes rising church worship alongside more Americans outside church and questions enthusiasm versus suspicion in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. McCay
William 8. Carlson
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Grayson County
Kentucky
New York Times
George C. Flubbs
Africa
South America
India
Thailand
Malaya
Indochina
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
New Guinea
Philippines
Ministerial Union to Hear Moore Sermon on Communism
Dr Wallace Moore of Long Beach State College will address the Long Beach Ministerial Union at noon Tuesday at the Armed Services YMCA. Moore, son of missionaries in Japan, has completed three special missions for the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Moore
Long Beach State College
Long Beach Ministeria Union
Armed Services Ymca
Moore
Japan
State Department
Musical Program at Grace Church
HETV musicians of the Long Beach Youth Band present a musical program in Grace Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The event starts at 7 public is invited. Gordon Carmen will direct with Gary Flynn Bob Cherry Jane Leppard Elaine Lee and Fred Cross as soloists and contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HETV
Long Beach
Will Pizson
Fellowship Hall of Grace Methodist Church Sund Nigot
Gordon Carmen
Gary Flynn
Bob Cherry
Jane Leppard
Elaine Lee
Fred Cross
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Christian Science Lecture
Phil Shuler
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Third St
Jack Shuler
Sac
Bob Jones College
Cleveland
Galvary Presbyterian
Robert B. Shattuck
Luther
Mueller
Bennett
Robert W. Winslow
Arli W. Hoescher
Woodruff Community Church
Woodruff Ave
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Louis
Martin Luther
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Oscar C. Mees
St. Stephen Lutheran Church
Pine Ave
John Peters
Shirley Madison
First‘ United Presbyterian Church
Atlantic Ave
Fifth St
Aaron Powers
Canterbury - United Presbyterian Church
San Fernanco
Valley
R. M. Grove
Minnie Reese Kehl
Robert Reese
Atlantic Avenue’ Methodist Church
Willard Schurr
Louis I. Mertz
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wardlaw Rd
James H. Hughes
California Heights Community Methodist Church
Everett Hauser
J. Roy Strock
Donald Mosling
Faith Lutheran Church
Strock
Tennessee
Andhra Christian College
Guntur
Carl Kruse
Bethany
Okla
Lakewood Church
Clark Aydelotte
Los Angeles General Hospital
Lakewood Church of Christ
Arbor Rd
Charlemagne Ave
Aydelotte
Northwest Christian College
Eugene
Ore
General Hospital
Houston
Texas
Raymond T. Richey
Pastor Berg
James H. Stirling
Grace Church
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