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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1955
Page
7
New Year’s Day services fill Syracuse and Onondaga County churches with morning and evening worship. Ministers outline themes on Christ, Israel, and beginnings with Holy Communion planned at several churches.
Francis Cardinal Lexson-Serx arrives from Okinawa to offer mass at Hau Shan Church in town. The service includes a reading from Luke about the centurion's servant who was sick and near death.
A reader asks why God takes a young son and leaves them, fearing uselessness. The response cites II Peter 3 8 that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years and urges accepting God’s timing. It notes examples like Plato and Victor Hugo and urges focusing on service to God through comforting others sharing witness and starting now with a personal list of what God has done.
The Bible Record marks its 100th year with the January issue. Rev John W Osberg notes wide readership and global reach as the publication traces back to 1818 and the society’s Civil War era distribution. Notable members include presidents Eisenhower Hoover and Truman.
Elder Hafner was named first elder at the Syracuse Seventh Day Adventist Church. Leonard Barnes announced additional 1855 officers including Allen Learned as first deacon and Mrs. William Ish as head deaconess, with roles for treasurer clerk and Sabbath school superintendent among others.
The First Ward Presbyterian Church celebrates its 145th founding anniversary and 100th anniversary of the building with a mortgage burning ceremony tomorrow. Pastor Rev. Russell Damstra will preach “An Old Church Faces a New Day” as mortgage signers attend. Damstra commends the Centennial Building Fund finance committee led by Kenneth Eddy for debt liquidation and notes future building improvements funded by new gifts.
A group of religious journalism students at Syracuse University selected the 10 biggest religious news stories of 1954. The Marian Year, Billy Graham's European crusade, Kirchentag in East Germany, and tensions between Christianity and Communism top the list. Other noted items include Italy’s Protestant sect reforms, India's missionary policies, the Kumbh Mela disaster, and the USS.R. Presbyterian Alliance session behind the Iron Curtain. The nominees reflect global religious events and church-state clashes.
Mrs Eva Smith will speak for the Spiritual Science Church tomorrow at POL in Hote Onondaga. Music and spirit greetings will follow. Mrs Iva Thompson associate minister and president will preside.
A reader notes a proposed social security tax amendment could cover state and local employees under special federal agreements. The letter asks if a person aged 65 in 1957 could be retired earlier, and advises contacting the Social Security office for benefits. Also reports Minister dies at funeral in Wicksburg City at Baptist Church.
The Week of Prayer to begin the year is highlighted by the Universal Week of Prayer originated by the World's Evangelical Alliance in 1846. The observance, endorsed by the Rev. Dr. Howard Y. Harper, extends eight days from January, featuring daily meditations and a Westminster-style program aimed at grounding personal life in religious values.
Sermonette stresses a decisive commitment to Jesus Christ and living by faith. It contrasts two foolish paths per Kingsley, urges honesty and right conduct, and urges reliance on Christ to guard against daily anxieties. It emphasizes Christ alone or not at all and living by faith day by day.
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