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A Challenge toUnited Methodism

Address delivered last week at the General Conference

By JOHN R. MOTT

R. BISHOP and friends: I am deeply sensible to the privilegeand high honor of being permitted to face so many of my

old and new friends from near and far and to congratulate youwith a full heart on the outlook and the constructive work andthe spirit of union which already characterize this notablegathering.

I have the impression—the distinct impression—that you areproving yourselves true to the splendid tradition and vision andthe constructve services and expectations of the Kansas CityUniting Conference, and that is saying a great deal.

In the light of my world-wide contacts—and they have beenliterally worldwide also, since Kansas City—I have the overwhelming impression that the Uniting Conference did not meetone day too soon and that God, himself, had great designs withreference to what was done in those never-to-be-forgotten days.Think what has token place in the world since that time! It hasbeen a striking coincidence that at the time of the most startlingdevelopment of decisive influences among men that the worldhas ever known, we have had this weaving together of the threegreat major bodies of Methodism at the time of times, at themoment of moments.

As I see it right now, we are called upon with a clear senseof direction and with an overwhelming sense of mission, to lendourselves to great constructive and reconstructive tasks and tomove out into the land of large dimensions.

I would remind us that we are facing here in the UnitedStates alone the greatest concentration of major unsolved issuesand problems that the evangelical forces of America have ever

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In this issue . . .

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Editorials

Methodism Today (Second Report of the General

Conference) . . . . . . . . . Pg 3

General Conference Newsettes . . . . . . Pg. 5

Our Weekly Chat . . . . . . . . . Pg. 5

Articles

A Challenge to United Methodism, John R. Mott . . Pg. 1

The Courageous Christ, R. E. Niemann . . . . Pg. 7

A Flame of Service, W. N. Viola . . . . . . Pg. 9

Jurisdictional Conference . . . . . . . . Pg 10

Regular Departments'

Correspondent . . . . Pg 8 Mothers’ Discussion

As Youth Sees It . . . Pg. 11 Column . . . . . Pg. 16.

what They Write . . . Pg. 13 Personals . . . . . . . Pg. 19

Sunday School Lesson . Pg. 15 Book Corner . . . . Pg. 21

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dist activities and to avoid serious conflicts ofdates this calendar of events is printed. Additional important dates of interest should be sentwell in advance to Dr. Sidney D. Eva, AreaSecretary, at 1205 Kales Building, 76 W. AdamsAve., Detroit.

MayMay 11–Grand Rapids District Queen ..

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Estherbirthday party for the District, W. H

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at Trinity Church, Grand Rapids. -

May 16-17–Detroit Conference Woman's ForeignMissionary Society Annual Meeting, CourtStreet Church, Flint.

May 16-17—Marquette District W. H.

M. S. Annual Meeting, a

t Ishpeming. Miss HelenEdick, Utica Italian Mission, New York,speaker.

May 19–Southern Group of

Port Huron DistrictMethodist You th Rally, East DetroitChurch, 3:30 p.m. Dr. E

. Shurley Johnson

of Detroit, speaker.

May 21-22—W. F. M. S. Michigan Conference

meeting at

Cadillac.May 21—Ann Arbor District. W. H

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M. S.

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Blissfield. Miss Helen Edick,Utica Italian Mission, New York, speaker.

May 22–Detroit District W. H. M. S. AnnualMeeting, Whitefield church, Detroit. MissHelen Edick, Utica Italian Mission, NewYork, speaker.

May 23–Saginaw District W. H. M. S. Annual

Meeting, Vassar. Miss Helen Edick, UticaItalian Mission, New York, speaker.

May 24–Flint District W. H. M. S.

Annual Meetting, Mt. Morris. Miss Helen Edick, UticaItalian Mission, New York, speaker.

May 24-25—Northwest District, Detroit Area, Vacation Church School Institute.

May 28–Kirby Page Meeting in Mt. Pleasant.May 28–Tuesday—The Detroit and Michigan Con

ferences Board of Education will meet atCentral Church, Lansing.

May 28—Port Huron District W. H. M. S.

AnnualMeeting, Romeo. Miss Helen Edick, UticaItalian Mission, New York, speaker.

May 29–Kirby Page Meeting in Hillsdale.May 30–Kirby Page Meeting in Saginaw.May 31–Kirby Page Meeting in Detroit.

JuneJune 6—Michigan Annual Conference,

Citv. Bishon Blake presiding.June 7-8–Central Detroit Vacation Church School

Institute, Y. W. C. A.June 16–Southern Group o

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Port Huron DistrictMethodist Youth Rally, Troy Church, 3:30

Traverse

p. m.June 16-22–Grand Traverse District Youth, Lake

Louise, Rev. Stanley Buck, Dean.June 16-23–Grand Rapids District camp for Queen

Esthers at Maranatha, Muskegon.June 19—Detroit Annual Conference, Pontiac Cen

tral, Bishop Blake presiding.23–Detroit Conference Methodist YouthRally, Central Methodist Church, Pontiac,

7 p.m. Mrs. Harriet Lewis Littell, speaker.June 23-30—Mount Pleasant Methodist Church

Camp and Open Camp, Lake Louise.June 23-30-Albion-Lansing District Youth, Pleasant

idge, Rev. Leon W. Manning, Dean.June 23-30–Grand Rapids District Youth, Lake

Harbor, Rev. E.

H. Babbitt, Dean.June 25—North Central Jurisdictional Conference

at Chicago.

June 29-July 6—Leadership. Education School, Albion, Rev. Frederick G. Poole, Dean.

June 30 July 6—Waldenwoods Methodist Junior

High School Camp.June 30-July 7–Albion Institute, Rev. Wayne H.

Fleenor. Dean.June 30-July 7–Waldenwoods Junior Hi Camp,

Waldenwoods, Mr. Phillip Gentile, Dean.June 30-July 7–Cass Avenue, Detroit Boys, Lake

Louise. Wm. Perkins, Dean.June 30-July 7–Albion-Lansing Junior Hi Camp,£" Ridge, Rev. Howard R

. Carey,catl.

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JulyJuly 7-13–Saginaw District. Youth, East Tawas.

Rev. Charles A. Wolfe, Dean.July 7-14–Cass Avenue, Detroit Girls, Lake Louise.

Wm. Perkins, Dean.July 12-19–Kalamazoo District Youth, Crystal

Springs, Rev. Glenn M. Frye, Dean.July 14-20—Port Huron, District Youth, Romeo,

Rev. Hugh Townley, Dean.July 14-28–Trinity Church, Grand Rapids Boys'

Choir, Lake Louise. Harold Tower, Dean.July 15-21—Marquette District Youth, Michigamme,

Rev. Fred J. Clifford, Dean.July 22-Aug. 1–School o

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Sacred Music at Walden

woods.July 28-Aug. 4—Big Rapids District Epworth

League Institute, Lake Louise. HaroldKinney, Dean.

AugustAug. 4.9—World Friendship Council, Standard

Bearer Girls, Waldenwoods.Aug. 4-10—Ann Arbor District League and Open

Camp, Lake Louise.Aug. 9-11-Missionary Women, Waldenwoods.Aug. 10-18–Lake Louise Junior Hi Camp. Lake

Louise, Rev. G. Dempster Yinger, IPean.

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Vital issues met, and knotty problems solved at the first General Conference

METHODISM TODAYI' ALWAYS takes some time for the delegates to

become familiar with each other and the procedure

to be followed according to the Rules of Order of the

Conference. This conference was no exception inthat regard. The first few days considerable time

was lost in parliamentary tangles, but as the delegates realized they had to get down to business ifthey ever expected to get it done, matters proceeded

with greater speed and smoothness. Nothing provedquite as sobering as the announcement that the Conference costs about $1,000 an hour to operate.

The Setup

For those unfamiliar with its workings it shouldbe explained that the preliminary work is done by

committees made up of delegates. These committeesexamine and debate proposed changes in the Discipline which is the blueprint of the church. Whenthey have reached an agreement, it is presented tothe entire Conference and is accepted, rejected,amended, or sent back to the committee for furtherstudy. When it finally meets with the approval ofthe entire group, it becomes the law of the church.

This makes the General Conference the supremelegislative body in the church. The bishops presideover it but do not vote and have no voice in thedebate unless given permission by the Conferencecomposed of duly elected delegates from the variousAnnual Conferences. A Judicial Council functioningin the capacity of a Supreme Court decides on theconstitutionality of legislation enacted, when such adecision seems necessary. -

In other words, the Methodist Church is organizedvery much like our government at Washington. Itsprocedures are thoroughly democratic and while itmay seem to the casual observer that a great deal oftime and effort is wasted by this involved method, itis really the only way the church can function inharmony with democratic principles. The daily program comprises a session composed of all delegates

in the mornings, committee meetings in the afternoons and inspirational and educational programsin the evening.

John E. MarvinAtlantic City. N. J.

The Cross and Flag

Time is often taken for some apparently triflingmatter, but more than likely there is a great dealunderneath that does not appear on the surface. Suchwas the case relative to the placing of the cross andAmerican flag on the platform. At the Uniting Conference last year a huge cross conspicuously occupied

the very center of the stage. This year the delegates

noticed that no cross had been provided for at all andthat a huge American flag hung across the rear ofthe stage instead. Nor was there any Christian flagin evidence.

The sessions had not proceeded far when a delegate requested that a cross be provided. This was donethe following day but it was placed off to the side ofthe flag. Another request came asking that it begiven a central position and that a Christian flagappear along with the American flag. A further demand was made of the entertainment committee thatthe flags of all foreign delegates present also appear

on the platform. How long the requests will continue to be made can not be said at this writing, butfor the present a white cross hangs to the front andtop of the stage and a Christian flag has been placed

on the platform. At a time of national restlessnessthis little sidelight is rather significant and indicates that the relationship between Christianity andnational loyalty is being regarded seriously.

Women’s Day

One of the early inspirational features of the Conference was women's night at which time the womenhad complete charge. About 3,000 attended. MissGeorgia Harkness of Garrett Biblical Institute wasthe main speaker and she captivated her hearers withher brilliant literary style and personal charm. Hermessage was vital. Among other things she warnedagainst judging greatness in terms of bigness andshe urged the Conference not to neglect the ruralchurches which she called the backbone of the ministry.

MAY 9, 194O

She called for Christian work that was more social and social work that was more Christian. Fortrue unity in the church she said “there must be largeagreement as to goals of action.” This need notmean entire agreement on everything but it shouldmean agreement on essentials. Love is the onlymethod by which this agreement can come. She advocated the right of women to be ordained but feltthat while it was an important problem it was notall-important. “Nevertheless,” she declared, “as longas a woman is debarred by sex from exercising anyfunctions in the church for which she is fitted by

mental and spiritual gifts, a principle is at stake.”Dr. Harkness did not believe that many women wouldseek ordination, however.

Mrs. J. W. Shell of the former M. P. Church presided at the meeting and Mrs. Thomas Nicholson introduced the speaker. A splendid musical programthrilled the large audience as did the spectacular

close when all present stood and waved flags representing the missionaries in foreign lands.

Kai-Shek Sends Greetings

As most Methodists know, Generalissimo Chiang

Kai-Shek and his wife are members of the MethodistChurch having been converted by the influence ofBishop Ralph Ward, formerly of the Church, South.A message sent by the Generalissimo was read firstin Chinese by a Chinese delegate and then in Englishby Bishop Ward. The audience stood in silence asthe message was read in both languages.

It declared that the causes of the war in Europeand China are essentially the same. “They springfrom the same selfishness and avarice of men whosemotives in life do not take into consideration andare not influenced by the teachings of Christ.”

It was not a long message and did not plead forhelp but rather expressed appreciation that theBishops of the Methodist Church should rememberChina in this crucial hour of her struggle. The nameof the Chinese delegate who read the message iswithheld by request for fear of reprisals from Japanthat might be administered upon his return.

A Day of Fasting

On motion of Dr. Ernest F. Tittle, the Conferencevoted to observe Sunday, April 28, as a day of fastingand prayer at which time each delegate would go

without his regular Sunday dinner and give the priceof that dinner to the relief of distressed people inother lands. This was observed. It was further decided to ask the entire church to make a similar sacrifice the first Sunday in June. Prayers for peace

were especially requested.

Moral Reform

For the first time in years National Prohibitionreceived strong and enthusiastic endorsements. Theepiscopal address by Bishop McConnell, reported inthese pages last week, gave definite encouragement toProhibitionists and the address a few days later byBishop Hughes did likewise when he declared: “Wehurl toward the cohorts of rum an oldtime challengeof our church: Abstinence for the individual—prohibition for the state.” He also spoke words of highpraise for our Board of Temperance by saying:“The Board of Temperance today is the most effective church organization in the world for inspiringchampions, educating the young, creating literatureof agitation and lifting high the banner of sobriety.”

His address was followed by a play entitled “IMade My Son a Criminal” which told the story of

the prosecution of a youth who had killed a motherand child with his auto.

Congressman Dies Speaks

An incident which will long be remembered bythose attending the Conference centered around thecoming of Congressman Martin Dies, head of theHouse Committee on the Investigation of un-American Activities. The announcement that he was tospeak Saturday afternoon, April 27, came as a surprise to many. There was the feeling among somethat his appearance on the program would give theimpression to the country that the Methodist Churchfavored the kind of method of investigation whichhe and his committee have been conducting. Tocounteract this impression and not to prevent hisspeaking became the duty of a number who felt something should be done.

Leaders in the National Council of MethodistYouth hinted at picketing the auditorium though thiswas never considered very seriously. Some delegates proposed making a protest from the floor ofthe Conference but later felt it would be better topostpone such action, if taken at all, until after theaddress. Some members of the Detroit delegationhad prepared a protest statement which they feltmight be issued with effect.

But it was the youth who exercised the greatestinitiative and caused the most excitement. They hadprepared mimeographed statements to be handed tothe audience outside the doors of the auditorium atthe time Dies was to deliver his address. The statement declared among other things that “Being young,we have no delegated voice in the General Conferenceof the Methodist Church. But we are not too youngto let a glaring evil go without protest. * * * AsMethodist youth, we profoundly regret the action ofthe program committee which through its invitationto Congressman Martin Dies seems to endorse hisrecord. * * * Let us be clear. We do not desire toprotest the ‘fifth columns and ‘Trojan horses of thosewho set forth political propaganda of foreign originwithin our country.”

A special detail of police had been assigned tothe auditorium and they were instructed by a memberof the General Conference program committee to stopthe distribution of the leaflets. This was done amidconsiderable excitement.

A Rousing Address

Amid generous applause, Mr. Dies gave a stirringaddress in which he challenged the church to combatatheism and materialism. “The ideals of Christianityand democracy are on trial around the world,” hesaid. “The forces of materialism are seeking todestroy Christian civilization.” With a great dealof energy and enthusiasm he asserted that the three“isms” of Fascism, Communism and Naziism arefundamentally the same. He drew applause when hechallenged the audience to take care of our problemshere at home and perhaps become less concernedabout problems of others across the sea. There aremore than 100 organizations in this country havingthe same ideologies as Communism and Naziism he

said. The way to meet this menace is to improveconditions. This remark brought applause but Mr.Dies hastened to add that this was not enough andhe pled that the best solution was a return to oldfashioned religion. The meeting closed with thesinging of the national anthem.

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4. MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

General Conference NewsettesBy J. E. M.

BISHOP NICHOLSON sent greetings to the Coniference and regrets that he could not attend but gaveassurances that he would be following the meetingsvery closely. Mrs. Nicholson was present and hadpart on the program Women's Night.

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MRS. GEORGE L. SIMMONS of Flint accompanied the pastor of our Court Street Church and hiswife.

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AS THE DELEGATES left the auditorium wherethey met each morning for their regular sessions,

chimes pealed forth from the lofty heights of thebuilding. They were recordings amplified by an apparatus set up by a member of the Newark, N. J.,Conference and very appropriately concluded themorning's activities.

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BISHOP COLLINS DENNY of Richmond, Va.,who fought unification for years before it finally became a reality, sent a request asking that his namenot appear in the Discipline. The delegates grantedhis request and sent words of appreciation to him forhis services in the church.

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GOVERNOR DICKINSON spoke in two churchesSunday, April 28, one at Linwood and the other atVentnor, N. J. He was also guest of honor at a breakfast meeting held at the Jefferson Hotel where hestayed. It was sponsored by other laymen residingthere. The Governor left Tuesday morning, April 30,for home.

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THE BADGES WORN by all delegates memorialize Francis Asbury, “The Prophet of the Long Road”who traveled up and down the New Jersey coast inthe pioneer days of Methodism in this country.

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MRS. ANNA KRESGE was mistaken for MissSallie L. McKinnon by Mrs. Merle English who tuggedon Mrs. Kresge’s coat by mistake, saying: “HithereSallie.” Mrs. English knows both of these renownedMethodist women and thinks they resemble each othervery much.

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REV. CHARLES L. CALKINS Of the Board Of

Pensions was seen renewing Michigan acquaintances.

DEFICIT: $167,000 was needed to run the Conference, only $127,000 of which was raised by the localchurches. Traveling expenses of U. S. delegates

amounted to $40,000 and the traveling expenses forforeign delegates (65) cost $55,000. Money had tobe borrowed to meet the deficit not to exceed $50,000.

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BISHOPS BLAKE AND McCONNELL had lotsof fun telling about their grandchildren at the banquet sponsored by the Methodist Federation for SocialService. Bishop Blake was the toastmaster and BishopMcConnell was the principal speaker. As many know,they have grandchildren held in common.

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REV. LOREN M. EDWARDS, Colorado delegate,looks like a twin brother of Rev. John Edwards ofDetroit. They’ve enjoyed fellowship at Atlantic Cityas only brothers can. Brother Loren was one payingtribute to retiring Bishop Mead at the recognitionservice given for the retiring bishops. Interestinglyenough Loren Edwards followed Bishop Mead in the

church served by him at the time he was electedbishop. For twelve consecutive years thereafterBishop Mead appointed Mr. Edwards pastor of thatsame church.

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MICHIGAN VISITORS during the last week included the names of REV. AND MRS. LLOYD H.NIXON, REV. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. HELRIGEL,REV. AND MRS. PARLEY C. BINGHAM, REV.JOHN F. EDWARDS, REV. DWIGHT LARGE, REV.J. A. HALMHUBER, REV. HOWARD FIELD, MRS.ALBERT PELLOWE, REV. AND MRS. RAY PRESCOTT, AND DR. JOHN L. SEATON.

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OUR WEEKLY CHATby Jem

• • • The Dies IncidentIT WAS TOO BAD that an otherwise harmonious

first General Conference of the church should havebeen marred by the dissension caused by the appearance of Hon. Martin Dies on the Conference program.

His appearance was looked upon by many Methodistswith surprise, if not stark amazement. Chief responsibility for the blunder belongs to the entertainmentcommittee planning the program.

There has been a feeling among some Methodiststhat while the purpose of the House Committee on theInvestigation of Un-American Activities is legitimateenough, the way in which it has carried out its taskhas produced an effect the very opposite of that tobe desired.

While it has allegedly sought to root out Fascismand Communism its tendency to label all liberals indiscriminately has made for more confusion of thoughtinstead of less, and created embarrassment and hardfeelings among those who would otherwise be friends.In other words, it has created friction in our society

instead of lessening it.

No one who listened to the Address of the Council

of Bishops, delivered the second day of

the Conference, will ever accuse the Methodist Church o

f being

in league with Berlin or

Moscow. But one thing thechurch has stood for is tolerance. The Dies Committee by its hysteria-creating propaganda has made it

more difficult for the kind of liberalism inherent in

the Methodist Church. It has, therefore, seeminglyplayed into the hands o

f

the kind of

reaction thatbreeds the very “isms” from which it ostensibly seeksto rid our nation.

In a conversation with Judge Lyons of

KansasCity, head o

f

the program committee, it became apparent to the writer that the judge was quite unaware

of

what he was doing when Mr. Dies was invited.Likewise many o

f

the delegates were completely ignorant o

f

what was behind the objections to his coming.

Some asked, “How can any one object to an investigation o

f

un-American activities?”This question honestly deserves to be answered

and there are plenty of

answers from reliable andrespected sources. For example, the Federal Councilof Churches of Christ in America issued a statementonly last February appraising the Dies committee a

s

follows:

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During the first year of the committee's work itseemed willing to let almost anyone talk for hours ata time, and demanded little or no proof of charges made.The result was that persons who had “axes to grind”—those who had quarreled with groups with which they

had previously been most friendly or had an extremebias in some direction—were permitted to “Smear” individuals and organizations, even though there was nothing but gossip back of the charges. There has been muchless of that during 1939. But some of the most recentcommittee statements hark back to that early testimony.

And even in 1939 when George Deatherage of the Knightsof the White Camellias was being investigated by thecommittee he was allowed to discuss Communism, though

he seemed to have little but opinions to offer. (The committee did not, however, take him as seriously as they

did earlier witnesses.) The committee's procedure wasin striking contrast to that of the LaFollette Committeewhich insisted that witnesses confine their testimony tomatters they knew at first hand.

Individuals and organizations who have been“Smeared” have either had no chance to defend themselves before the committee or were heard so long afterthe original charges were published that the connectionbetween the charges and the defense was probably missedby many readers.

Dorothy Thompson has commended some phases

of the committee's work but has asserted that it“might easily develop into a political police, into ourown little Gestapo.” Also sixty-two prominent educators including among them Professor Halford E. Luccock, Robert A. Millikan and Harold C. Urey issued astatement last January declaring that the work of theDies' committee resembled a “witch hunt”; that itmade attacks on persons which indicates “that ouruniversities, educators, and learned societies mustgive up their intellectual freedom”; that the committee “has sat in judgment upon current books, periodicals, plays, and works of art” which threatens thevery foundations of intellectual liberty.

In view of these facts it seems strange that those

who planned the Conference program would have included Dies on it

. Perhaps there was some very good

method in their apparent madness which we, up to

this moment, have been unable to see or maybe theirignorance was to blame, as intimated above.

We have all made mistakes and should try to forgive and forget and much of the indignation against

the program committee's choice could have been forgotten amid the other Conference issues had it notblundered again, and this time even more seriouslythan before.

When it learned that some of

our own Methodistyoung people had planned to protest by circulating a

mimeographed copy outside the doors of

the auditorium, it called a special detail o

f police to prevent

their doing so. Editor L. O.

Hartman of

Zions Heraldcommented o

n this incident by saying: \

“Delegates and visitors who came to the meeting wereshocked to find policemen guarding the doors. Who requested their presence seems not definitely known, but it

is commonly supposed that the local committee in charge

of the Conference was responsible. In any case, neverbefore, so far as we are aware, have officers o

f

the lawbeen called to guard a Conference against its own Methodist people.

“It has been said in attempted justification of theprocedure that ‘reds' were busy inciting the protest, butthere is not the slightest Scintilla of evidence that suchwas the case. Said one of Methodism’s most brilliantyoung leaders “This is the first time cops have been pulledon Methodist kids.”

“The whole incident will be bad in its effects on thechurch, especially upon its youth. Mr. Dies ought neverto have been invited to address the Conference, Since hiscommittee has been operating in such a way as to stimu

late a widespread opinion that consciously or unconsciously its procedure is dominated by the Fascist Spirit.Methodism should neither directly nor indirectly beplaced in the position o

f endorsing the totalitarian ideaof Naziism, Fascism or Communism.”

Our Michigan delegations, although taking no specific action a

s a group, generally felt that the Diesinvitation was unfortunate. Drs. Henry Hitt Craneand Harold Carr were among those who interviewedJudge Lyons o

f

the program committee requesting

that the young people be permitted to circulate theirmimeographed protests a

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their youth meeting.

It should be made clear repeatedly that the protests were not directed a

t

the speech Mr. Dies made,which was quite unobjectionable. In fact what hesaid most Methodists would heartily endorse. Rather,the protests were made that it might be clearer tothe public generally that the Methodist Church wasnot necessarily favoring the policy o

f

the Dies’ Committee and to further protest the action o

f

the program committee in bringing him to Atlantic City andthus tending to give that impression, and also to protest the unkind action taken against our own Methodist young people.

That Methodists are unalterably opposed to Fascism, Naziism, Communism and atheism, there canbe no doubt, but it is equally evident that Methodistsgenerally favor fair democratic procedures in destroying them root and branch. This General Conference incident, although unfortunate in some ways,may have gone far in increasing interest in a vitalquestion and helping to clarify a perplexing issue. It

is to be hoped that more good than harm has resultedfrom it.

• • • He Waas wa’t ThereONE MAN WHO could have gone to General Con

ference at Atlantic City as the head of

his delegation,

but didn’t, was Dr. M. S. Rice. A veteran of many

such conferences, he preferred to step aside to makeroom for younger men coming on. There are notmany who are known to d

o this with the graciousspirit o

f

Dr. Rice and his act ought not to passunrecognized.

Many of

the delegates were reminded of this when

they beheld a letter written in his own handwritingand green ink and pasted on the window o

f Mrs.Herman's eating establishment on the boardwalk. Theletter read:

My dear Mrs. Herman:Thank you for your wire re. General Conference. I

will not be there because I believe I have already been

to enough for one man and other and younger men shouldcarry on the work.

I, however, still like “Hot Turkey Sandwiches.”Blessings on everybody.

M. S. RICE.

In the rush of

these conferences no recognition is

given delegates who retire in this way. Others taketheir places and the business moves along and theyare soon forgotten. It is one o

f

those cruel factstime sooner or later makes inevitable for us all. Inthis case Dr. Rice has beaten time a

t its own gameby voluntarily giving up a place o

f prominence thateverybody knows could have been his without the asking. We salute a man whose heart and generosity arean example to u

s all and predict that as long as some

of us attend General Conferences in the years tocome, his consideration will be remembered withkindly affection.

MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Another sermon printed at the request of one who heard it

O' must have great and noble courage if he is tolive triumphantly in this or any day. A man,

sixty years of age, stopped me on the street thismorning and said in substance: “What's the use oftrying? After all the work of the church and theschool we breed a race of gangsters and crooks anddrunks. In international affairs the outlook is darkerstill. Why not give up and call it quits?” A young

woman writes asking, “What's the use of trying?I’m no good and never will be.” Or two people havinglived together for the better part of a half centurygive up and go their separate and lonely ways. Andso it goes. Life cannot be met without a great faithwhich is given reality through courageous action.

I want to set before you the courageous Christwith the hope that we shall be moved to follow hisexample and go out to live courageously; to be morethan conquerors through Christ that loved us.

Courage is of three kinds. Physical, such as animals have and which they display magnificently. Mental courage, the courage that comes to those whothink and know the rightness of their positions. Moraland Spiritual courage that comes to those who contend for great causes because they have a sense ofthe eternal values which God Himself is bound to defend and to bring to fruition in the lives of individualsand Society. Jesus had all three kinds of courage.

Jesus Had Rare Physical Courage

I am not greatly drawn to the portraits which theartists have given us of Christ, and yet they may beright. One of the foremost half-backs that ever ranwild on a college gridiron had features almost girlish.He was absolutely fearless in the presence of physicaldanger. Now Jesus may have been of that type.

I always read with amazement the account of hisfearlessness when, after a very pointed sermon addressed to his fellow-townsmen, they turned uponhim to cast him over the brow of the hill. He didnot flee. He walked unmolested through the mob, andwent on his way.

Again, most people are afraid of crazy people, butJesus was not. One day, as they were passing a cemetery, a madman rushed at him. The rest of the band

was for flight, but not Jesus. He walked steadfastlytoward the maniac. His calm and composed bearing

disarmed the poor demoniac. Great strength burnedin his kind eyes and met the stare of the madman.Gently Jesus spoke to him and the man ceased hisraving. Here was someone not afraid of him. Howstrange! He would investigate. All the while Jesustoo had kept coming toward him. At last they met.Jesus had conquered the wild spirit and had tamed it

.

Men filled with fear can’t do that.One cannot easily appraise the feelings of Jesus

as he approached the cross. But of this we may be

certain: At no point was he tormented with physical

fears. His spirit so completely ruled his body thathe was unafraid. He who said, “Be not afraid o

f

those who can destroy the body but who can’t do anything beyond that” now walked unfalteringly to physical death. His courage was superb a

t

this point.Having said this, I must remind you that he was no

The Courageous Christ

\ “He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.” Luke 9:51.

R.

E. Niemann

Pastor at Howell

fatalist. He correctly estimated the place the bodyoccupied in human existence, and he never let it get

out of its propr sphere.

He Had Fine Mental Courage

In a supreme way Jesus knew where he stood andwhy. He was not caught in the unenviable place in

which so many of

us find ourselves when indecision

has overtaken us and we are clammy with fear. Ourhearts fail us because the head has failed to do itswork properly. We are torn between two opinions(or more), and through hesitation we are lost. Heknew he was right. And a

s

one who knew he wasright he deserved to have great courage.

He never faltered when men questioned him. Wehave not made much o

f

this in our preaching. But it

is most important. Men grew furious at

his certainty. They accused him o

f putting himself abovethe Law and the Prophets. Without batting an eyelash he answers, “It was said to you o

f

olden time, aneye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say untoyou, Love your enemies.” He knew that he was rightand that the old rule o

f getting even must in the endyield to the rule o

f generous forgiveness and goodwill. -

Nor did he hesitate to point out to men the errors

in their thoughts. Looking full into the eyes of

thehaughty Sadducees he dared to say to them, aristocrats though they were, “You d

o err not knowing theScriptures nor the power o

f

God.” He went on courageously to point out to these blue-bloods that faultythinking always leads to more faulty living. He wouldmost certainly have refuted that silly statement wesometimes hear, that it doesn’t make any differencewhat one thinks so long a

s

he is sincere about it.

In a certain school district that I know about, once

lived a family of

Christian Scientists whose childrenbecame ill with scarlet fever. They treated it a

s a

little matter and exposed all the children in theschool. Others became ill and two children lost theirlives. Often our muddy thinking gets us into evenmuddier living.

It is rather interesting after twenty centuries to

discover that Jesus was never caught making a foolish statement or defending a wrong position. Wewalk humbly in the presence o

f

his perfection at

thispoint. A certain radio speaker one Sunday eveningchided preachers and professors for their mistakenutterances. With much unction he declared, “Weshall never listen to them again.” And some o

f

usthought o

f

the foolish things we had said at

times.But Jesus still has somewhat to say to that man.Automobile manufacturers admit their mistakes andchange their models. Preachers preach new sermonsbecause the old ones won’t do, but we do not revisethe teaching o

f

Jesus. There is but one thing for us

to do and that is to live it.Now Jesus had the courage o

f perfect sanity. Hisfriends thought he was crazy. His church regarded

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MAY 9, 194O

The CorrespondentJacob Simpson Payton

© Ink and Ideas

In varying forms and often theobservation has been made thatnothing is so powerful as an ideawhose hour has come. Of thistruth Washington has its mementoes. Now that the severest winter of many years Seems OVer,

Americans are venturing forth likeEskimos from their igloos. Overin a gallery of the Library of Congress at almost any time some ofthese tourists may be seen gazingat a document. It is not much tolook at—, this small square ofparchment turned yellow and brittle by the long, long centuries. Yetin the faded ink there is the dateof a June day, 1215, when on anEnglish meadow called Runnymedeabout the most powerful force thatever shook the fabric of despotismwas released. The hour of an ideahad arrived.

Almost the only visible trace leftof that idea is found in that historic document known as MagnaCarta. It is the most perfect offour known copies, and wasbrought from Lincoln Cathedralfor exhibition at the New YorkWorld’s Fair last sum mer.Through the offices of Lord Lothian, British Minister to the UnitedStates, it has been placed in theLibrary of Congress, where it notonly serves as a reminder to Americans of one of the sources of theirliberties, but also suffers less likelihood of falling prey to the ravages of the European war.

In this last reason for its sojourn here there is certainly atouch of tragedy. History chartsstrange destinies for her documents. Once King John, traitorous, despotic and cruel beyond expression, stood livid with r a gewhile a representative of the English barons read the Magna Cartawith its 48 conditions to which hemust subscribe in order to retainhis throne. Of course it was farfrom a perfect document. It guaranteed the property rights of barons more than the personal rightsof the common people. Nor werethose who wrested from the insolent dictator certain liberties able

to hold all their gains. Yet thebanners of freedom were afieldthat spring day 725 years ago. Thehour of an idea had arrived, powerful as the released fury of a floodbefore yielding levees. A new thinghad come to pass. King John hadsigned on the dotted line of theMagna Carta, and a committee of

25 barons had been appointed tosee that he kept his contract.

Strange as it may seem that verycontract which once inflamed thehearts of oppressed Englishmenwith a fresh hope may now be seenin the Nation’s Capital. Its inkhas almost vanished, but fortunately ideas outlast ink. In this hourof the world’s unrest when theoutlook for perpetuating the veryliberties gained at Runnymede isnone too promising, it is assuringto recall that every tyrant who,like King John, has sought to supplant right with might has met thefate of that unhappy monarch. Thelast in the succession to lay asidehis sword after it had becomebloody as a butcher's cleaver, formore than a score of years hasbeen handling a saw in a woodshedin Doorn. With no desire to appealto the baser passions of war, butrather to the solemn pronouncements of history, it may be pointedout that sooner or later all usurpers of power come to their Runnymede. The pity is that some ofthe thousands who stop to examinethe Magna Carta cannot yield theirplaces to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and othermodern King Johns that theymight reflect upon this ominousdocument.

© The House Turnsto WorshipAnnually Congress sets apart a

day on which the life, characterand public service of each deceasedmember is reviewed. The memorial roll call on April 24 included thenames of two Senators and 17 Representatives whom death had summoned from the Halls of Congressduring the previous twelve months.On that occasion the House, sceneof party rivalry, bitter debate andparliamentary struggle, hoisted aflag of truce. Nearly a score ofmen had gone down from CapitolHill during the year never to return, and during an hour dedicatedto memories the survivors spoketheir official farewells.

This memorial service revealedseveral things, first of which isthat the mortality rate amongFederal lawmakers is high. Thereare the ceaseless demands of constituents, the stra in of keepingabreast of the involved and controversial issues that are packed intoalmost every bill, and most exhausting of all, the campaignswhich every Representative must

wage every two years. Furthermore, from the tributes of Members to their departed colleagues itwas revealed that most of theclashes on the floor represent butso much stage play which, with thefall of the gavel at each day's adjournment, gives place to the resumption of old and endearing fellowships. That these are strongerthan sectionalism and party affiliations was demonstrated a ga inwhen Members, touched with asense of loss and loneliness, lookedacross the aisle where their opponents once sat and paid tributesof respect and affection for the departed such as are heard only whena family circle is decimated bydeath.

At times political rancor doesstrike deep and lasts long, but suchcases form the exception. In theirfiery youth Andrew Jackson andThomas Hart Benton pumped leadat each other with dueling pistols,but a day came long after when thelatter rose on the floor to move thatthe Senate's censure of PresidentJackson be expurgated from theminutes. After the strife of political battle Thurlow Weed was seenriding in the funeral cortege ofHorace Greeley. And in our owntimes during social occasions inWashington one may hear SenateMajority Leader, Alben Barkley,and Senator A. B. Chandler singing together, “My Old KentuckyHome,” although only two yearsago they were stirred by animosities that had the i r expressionthrough avenues other than song.

When Members of Congress assemble to voice their loss causedthrough death, the note of theChristian faith is dominant. In1892 Associate Justice B re werafter citing half a dozen inductions, or proofs, in giving an opinion said: “These and many othermatters which might be noticedadd a volume of unofficial declaration to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.” To the evidence may beadded the employment not alone ofthe comfort , and the promises ofHoly Writ, as voiced by ChaplainJames Shera Montgomery, but theaffirmations of faith contained inthe encomiums pronounced duringthis hour of remembrance. At thattime this hall of the lawmakers became a sanctuary of believers inwhich those bereft of dear colleagues turned again in utter dependence to Him who will still befound caring for the souls of thefaithful long after the stones ofthis Capitol have turned to dust.

© The Unbroken MarchOver in the Senate Carter Glass

of Virginia leads the processionnot only in honors, but in years.

(Continued on Page 24.)

8 MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Florence Nightingale ...

A Flame of ServiceNE hundred and twenty yearshave passed since the birth of

one of the most determined and influential characters in modern history. Florence Nightingale wasborn on May 12, 1820, at the VillaColombaia near Florence, whereher parents, Mr. and Mrs. WilliamShore Nightingale, of Lea, Derbyshire, were staying. Her namewas suggested by the fair city offlowers in Italy.

Although “Florence” connotedthe goddess of flowers and “Nightingale” spoke of sweet melody, thechild was endowed with a quiet determination. Once, later in herlife, she made the statement, “Itmust be done,” to a doctor, whoquestioned the possibility of one ofher orders. And it was done, asis so familiarly known by everyonetoday.

Throughout Florence's childhoodshe mended broken dolls and caredfor injured animals. She was obsessed with the desire to serve allliving beings in physical distress.

The foundation of Miss Nightingale's character was energy, indomitable tireless energy, harnessed to a strong, clear, far-seeing mind. Above all things, shewas a worker, a worker and afighter. She fought prejudice, incompetence, red tape; she foughtpeople, she fought wornout ideas.If she had not had this drivingpower, she never could havebrought order out of chaos in thearmy hospital of the Crimea: shenever could have reformed theEnglish Army Medical Department or, in her training school atSt. Thomas’ Hospital, laid the foundation of modern nursing.

Unique GirlFlorence Nightingale lived in an

age when girls did not “do things.”This only added to the peculiar attitude toward the girl with the unusual ideas and actions. She wasnot content with the trips abroadnor the social functions in herown community. She wanted tobe doing, especially nursing.

Mrs. Nightingale was shockedwhen her daughter at the age oftwenty-five announced that shewished to take charge of a nursingschool. Nothing came of this matter at the time; but some yearslater the plain, rather gentle looking, aristocratic little lady had herway. At thirty-four she becamethe superintendent of a charitablenursing home in Harley Street.

Her wealthy parents could notunderstand why their daughter

*

W. N. Viola

was so determined to have a career,

rather than marry one of the eligible young men which she easilycould have done. Mrs. Nightingalealmost weeping said to her intimates, “We are ducks who havehatched a wild Swan.” “But,” asLytton Strachey notes, “the poorlady was wrong; it was not a swanthat they had hatched; it was aneagle.”

Opportunity KnockedHer real opportunity came with

the outbreak of the Crimean War.She secured an appointmentthrough Sidney Herbert, a friendand admirer of hers, who was inthe Cabinet, and went with thirtyeight other nurses to the armyhospital at Scutari. It must beremembered that in those yearsthat the profession of nursing waslooked down upon because its participants were the lowest type ofwomen, crude and immoral. Therevolutionizing of that hospitalfrom an insanitary horrible breeding place of disease and death, intoa comparatively clean, well-kept institution in which sick and woundedhuman beings could live and recover, was a great achievement.

With untiring energy she nursed,cheered, encouraged the men, weak,ill, and dying. It was with lovingtenderness that the soldiers called

her “the lady with the lamp.”Tired, weary, and often ill herself,

Florence Nightingale would go therounds o

f

the hospital with a smalloil lamp before retiring. Many a

grateful soldier kissed her shadowas it moved along the wall.

Rest was unknown to her. Nomatter how worn-out she was andhow ill, she worked on. When thewar was over she worked even

harder. She wanted the completereorganization of the Army Medical Department, so that those terrible conditions at Scutari couldnever be repeated.

Teaching the ArmyHer agitation for reforms started

with the appointment of a RoyalCommission to investigate thehealth of the army. Her service to

the men of

her country in theCrimea had placed her high in thepopular heart. So she triumphed.

All the while she was instillinginto the Army Medical Department,the new and modern idea that tokeep a soldier well is just a

s important as to cure him.

All this had its effect on thenursing of the day.

She organized a health crusade

in Buchinghamshire. Teacherswent from cottage to cottage giving practical advice about ventilation, disinfectants and cleanliness.

In 1860, she founded her School forNurses, that institution which wasto turn out the trained nurses ofwhich she had dreamed.

A clear, farseeing mind, a tireless energy, a great organizer, a

heart burning ever with the enthusiasm of service; a great leader in

an age when women were bounddown by customs and traditions—Florence Nightingale—A Flame ofService—an everlasting light, burning brighter as the years go by.

Oh Europe!

Miss Canada and Uncle Sam to EuropeMiss Canada and Uncle Sam are living side by side

In amity and fellowship along their borders wide;Through all the years, unknown to fears, they ply the arts of peace

In friendly understanding, which, please God, shall never cease.

(Chorus) -

Lift your eyes and see how nations ought to liveIn true reciprocation, willing both to take and give.The God on high who rules the sky would set your peoples freeFrom haunting fears that blight their years.Two nations living side by side in lasting peace and love,As peoples should who own as good a common Lord above.Shake off the spell!—the spawn o

f hell—of envy, hate and greed,Thus ever we across the sea shall humbly pray and plead.

We're kindred of your own you know,-we hail from all your lands.

We're sorry for the bars and bonds that bind your hearts and hands,

| The constant strife, the clouded life, that drove our folks away,

". As well you know, long years ago, to seek a fairer day.

No forts along our borders frown; our ships no envy breed,

t",

The friendly smile, a thousand mile, is passport all we need.The earth belongs to God alone, and at His feet we find

| The paths of peace, and sweet release from fears that gall and bind.

Behold across the Sea

—A. F. Nagler, Evart, Mich.

MAY 9, 194O

About the coming North Central

Jurisdictional ConferenceESIDES performing those electoralB and administrative functions as:

signed in the 1939 Discipline of the Methodist Church, the North Central Jurisdictional Conference to be held in the

Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Ill., June 26, willprovide a constructive and inspirational .week-end in the life of the church.

Procedures were practically completedby the Committee on Arrangements at ameeting held in the Methodist Book Concern Building, 740 Rush street, Chicago,Friday, March 29. Bishop Ernest LynnWaldorf of Chicago, chairman, and theRev. Dr. Orien W. Fifer of Cincinnati,vice-chairman, shared the presidency.

The Rev. Dr. Raymond F. Shipman ofDes Moines, Iowa, is secretary and theReV. Dr. Fred D. Stone of Chicago, treasurer. All but five members of the commission were present.

The conference will begin with a communion service in Chicago Temple at 10

a. m., Wednesday, June 26. After thisservice, the first business session willbe held in the Stevens Hotel with suchitems as election of committees, and thedelivery of the episcopal address.

The programs for evening sessions willbe: Wednesday, June 26, “The Message

of the Church in Times Like These,” by

the Rev. Dr. Lynn Harold Hough, deanof Drew Theological Seminary, Madison,

N. J.; June 27, “The Church and ItsWorld Mission,” by Rev. Dr. Henry PittVan Dusen of Union Theological Seminary, New York; Friday, June 28, “TheChurch and Womanhood,” by the Rev.Dr. Georgia Harkness, Garrett BiblicalInstitute, Evanston, Ill.; Saturday, June29, “The Church and Youth,” speaker stillto be announced.

Sunday, June 30, 3:00 p.m., “The Placeof the Layman in the Church,” by Dr.Franklin B l is s Snyder, president ofNorthwestern University; 7:30 p.m., sermon by the Rev. Dr. Richard CampbellRaines, p a S to r of Hennepin avenueMethodist Church, Minneapolis.

Monday, July 1, symposium: “TheWork of the Local Church,” W. F. Kirkof Fort Clinton, Ohio, master of the OhioState Grange and Francis Johnston of .

Des Moines, Iowa, president of the IowaFarm Bureau Federation; “The Programof the Local Church,” by the Rev. Dr.Weldon F. Crossland, pastor of AsburyFirst Church, Rochester, N. Y.; and“Stewardship in the Local Church,” by

the Rev. Dr. John M. Versteeg, pastor ofWalnut Hills-Avondale Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Programs are not being provided afterJuly 1, except that the concluding service of worship will be founded upon JohnWesley's “Service for Such as WouldMake or Renew Their Covenant WithGod.”

The Methodist Book Concern will publish a Daily Advocate for the North Central Conference to be edited by the Rev.Dr. Miron A. Morrill of Chicago and theRev. Christie Swain of Galesburg, Ill.

'Prof. Dean McSloy of Garrett BiblicalInstitute will be conference precentor.

Organizations wishing to hold luncheons, dinners, and other affairs in connection with the conference are required

to make arrangements with the Rev. Dr.Aubrey. S. Moore, Chicago Temple, 77

West Washington street, Chicago. Herepresents the committee.

The conference will have 376 delegates

as members not including reserve delegates.

The following special standing committees are to be elected by the conference upon nomination of the bishops:Committees on Rules, Journal, Credentials, Reference, Editorial Revision, Courtesies and Privileges, Presiding Officers,Chairmen, Business, Elections, Appeals,

and Entertainment.The following standing committees are

to be constituted by election of the annual conference delegations in any manner they may determine, consonant withthe General Conference rules of order:

Group A–Episcopacy, Education, Missions and Evangelism, Hospitals andHomes, American Bible Society and Interdenominational Relations, (this latter,

one committee).Group B—Membership, Temporal Econ

omy and Lay Activities, (one committee); State of the Church, Social Serviceand Temperance, (one committee); Conference Claimants; Conferences, Boundaries, and Annual Conference Journals,(one committee).

The jurisdictional conference will bebound by the rules of order of the General Conference, a copy of which will besent to each delegate. It will receive arepresentative of the Council of Bishops,

who will deliver an address. The episcopal address of the bishops of the jurisdiction is being prepared by Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit.

There will be ample space in theStevens Hotel for Visitors to the conference.

“Let Us Think on TheseThings”

For Detroit Conference Members

E HAVE just received the 1939 ReW port of the Treasurer of the Epis

copal Fund. It is a very clear and concise statement of the monies apportioned

and collected during 1939 for the episcopal part of our ministry.

There was a balance of $192,882 on

Who Will Save

Liberty?If liberty is to be saved, it will

not be by the doubters, the menof science, or the materialists; itwill be by religious conviction; bythe faith of individuals who believe that God wills men to be

free . . .

—Henri Frederic Amiel, 1870

hand Jan. 1, 1939, and the apportionment

was 2% 9% upon the pastoral support ofevery charge in Methodism, not includinghouse rent.

The amount of the apportionment was$444,180 and $404,915 or 91.16% was collected.

-

The disbursements totaled $346,011,

leaving a balance of $58,903 to be addedto the balance of Jan. 1, 1939, making anet balance of $251,786 on Jan. 1, 1940.

The net balance has increased from$11,011, Jan. 1, 1935, to the present figureand one wonders why the rate of apportionment is not lowered.

Perhaps the mounting balance may account in part for the lack of loyalty ofsome Conferences to the Episcopal Fund.

Eighty-seven Conferences are listedand the Detroit Conference stands 48th,

having dropped from the 38th place theyear before.

It is quite interesting to note that AnnArbor District has displaced SaginawDistrict as the most loyal in our Conference; Saginaw now standing second.Port Huron is third, Flint fourth, whileDetroit and Marquette have changedplaces, although Detroit dropped from88% to 83.3%, Marquette dropped from90.6% in 1938, to 80.1% in 1939.

A careful analysis of the report willshow that of the receipts for 1939, only$254,626 was needed to pay the movingexpenses of the Bishops, their salaries,their rent and the care of the widows ofdeceased Bishops; an additional $80,030

was spent for such administration expenses as office help, fixtures, stationary,postage, telegrams and travel.

Ministerial support is no longer a plainand simple item of our connectional ministry that may be prorated between thepastors and District Superintendents, theBishops and the Claimants. Not onlythe Episcopal Fund, but the Dist. Supts.Fund have had a great burden of administrative expense attached to themand the great majority of our pastorsserving small salary charges are beingassessed (not apportioned) with a flatrate of 7%, plus 2% 7%, to care for theDistrict Superintendents and the Bishops,while some of the biggest and most able,financially, of the charges of the DetroitConference fix their own assessments forthe District Superintendents and Bishops.The “powers that be” do not seem torealize that the whole apportionmentplan of caring for our ministry is sojeopardized that although the retiredman is supposed to receive as a servicepension an amount equal to one per centof the average salary of the pastors inthe effective relation, multiplied by theannuity years of service he has rendered;

he is receiving less than 70% of thisdisciplinary allowance last year and thisyear.

According to the Disciplinary Standard,our Conference should raise an amountfor claimants greater than that for theDistrict Superintendents and Bishopscombined and yet only 65 of the highsalaried charges paid for the claimantsas much or more than they paid for theDist. Supts. and Bishops; 136 chargespaying from $1,200 to $2,000, paid morefor the Dist. Supts and Bishops. Chargespaying their pastors less than $1200 wereasked to pay from 50% to 100% more forthe Dist. Supts. and Bishops than forthe Claimants. LET US THINK ONTHESE THINGS.—John E. Mealley.

1O MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

As Youth Sees ltOur Youth and Their Leaders Discuss News and Views

Albion College NewsSpecial to Michigan Christian Advocate

Robert McCoy

Albion College Sophomore

HE Pulitzer Prize play of 1939, “OurT: by Thorntón Wilder waspresented by the Albion College Playersin the chapel auditorium on the evenings

of May 1 and May 4.

Leading roles in one of the largest

casts ever to present a play at Albionwere taken by Donn Doten, Bay City; Edward Boies, Nashville; Charlotte Baker,Greenville; Frank Jenne, Leslie; FaithManning, Lansing; Robert Esling, Albion; Mary Margaret Baldwin and LoisTapert, Detroit.

At an open meeting held by the campus

German Club Wednesday evening, April24, Mrs. Alice K. Reischer, a portraitpainter, who is a refuge from Vienna,spoke of life in Germany and in NaziAustria. Mrs. Laura Ley Gray of AnnArbor also spoke on the German refugee

work carried on by the American FriendsService committee both here and abroad.

Georgia Atha, Mt. Pleasant senior, presented a group of piano solos over radiostation WIBM on Saturday afternoon,April 20. This was the last of a seriesof programs presented by Albion collegetalent, which carried through the winter.

The Albion speech department entertained the high school Little “C” speechleague on Monday, April 22. Representatives from Bronson, Homer, Litchfield,Quincy, Tekonsha, and Union City high

schools were present. Homer won theoratorical and extemporaneous speakingcontests, and Quincy won the declamation contest. Chairman of the contests

were Lois Tapert, Betty McDougal, andLeslie Fleming, all of Detroit. Judgeswere Dr. K. G. Hance, professor ofspeech, and Mr. Clarence Peters, instructor in speech. The high school studentswere guests at Susanna Wesley hall fordinner.

About one hundred eighty-eight students took standardized sophomore testsThursday, April 18, according to Dr. D. L.Randall, chairman of the tests. Thetests, sponsored by the American Councilof Education, were given in about onehundred colleges last year. Their purpose is to discover the stage of development reached by the average sophomorestudent.

Dr. R. G. Spencer, Albion college professor of physics, read a paper, “An Xray Study of Fatiguing Aluminum,” atthe meeting of the American Physica!Society in Washington, D. C., Wednes:day, April 24.

On the same trip Dr. Spencer visitedSeveral industrial and commercial laboratories, including the Westinghouse Rssearch laboratory in Pittsburgh.

The Albion college Women's SelfGovernment association, in cooperation

with the European Student Service fund,

is undertaking a financial drive on thecampus to secure contributions to be

used for relief of the -suffering studentsof Europe, caused or increased by theoutbreak of war. Faculty members, fraternal groups, clubs, and individuals arebeing approached for contributions.

Several Albion faculty members attended the annual meeting of the Michigan Schoolmasters' club at Ann ArborApril 26-27. Dr. E. R. Sleight, professor

of mathematics, presented a paper onthe college attitude toward the Schoolmasters' club, and Dean Marian Gray attended a meeting of the State Association of Deans of Women and Advisors ofGirls in conjunction with the conclave.Dr. Vera M. Buck, assistant professor ofmodern languages; Mr. John G. Schrock,

instructor in fine arts; Mr. E. E. Ingalls,instructor in mathematics; Dr. H. M.Battenhouse, professor of English, alsoattended the convention.

The Albion College Classical Club,meeting at the home of Dr. DorothySchullian, instructor in ancient languages,

held its annual election Tuesday evening,April 23. Those elected were: Mary Kellogg, More n c i, president; FrederickPowell, Mt. Morris, vice-president; RuthGunn, Holland, secretary; Rich a r dWeeks, Albion, treasurer.

President John L. Seaton returnedApril 23 from New York, where he attended a meeting of a Commission onPublic Relations of the Association of

American Colleges. The purpose of themeeting was to discuss the position colleges should take in regard to the SocialSecurity Act, and to make plans in dealing with the matter. -

Dr. William S. Sadler, famous physician and psychiatrist, spoke on “TheStudy of Personality” Sunday afternoon,April 28, in the Methodist church. Hisvisit was partially sponsored by the College League forum.

Dr. Sadler, who is a consultant of theW. K. Kellogg foundation, was brought

to Albion by the Calhoun County HealthDepartment and the Kellogg Foundation.He is a professor at Northwestern University and also has a psychiatric clinicof his own in Chicago.

Dean Albion R. King, of Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, spoke, in chapelWednesday morning, April 24. His talkwas on “The Psychology of Drunkenness.” Dean King is the author of many

articles and a book on the subject.

Mr. C. H. Blanchard, '22, gave a talkin Monday's chapel program, composedmostly of poems written by himself. Mr.Blanchard’s present position is that ofCounselor at Detroit Northern high

chosen

school. He was class poet of Albion's1922 graduating class.

A formal tea, sponsored by Chevron,

senior women's honorary society, wasgiven in the drawing room of SusannaWesley hall, April 18, honoring freshmenwomen with two point five averages.

The women honored were: ElizabethBrown, Westfield, N. J.; Marjorie Cooley,Holt; Betsy Davison, Wheaton, Ill.:Helen Shepard, Elgin, Ill.; Patricia Sommer, Bronson; and Margaret Zolliker,Detroit.

Rev. William Clyde Donald of theCentral Methodist church in Pontiac, addressed the College League forum Sunday evening, April 28, in the Methodistchurch. Alice Nutting, Homer Senior,led in devotions.

The Albion college Y. W. C. A. group

centered its April 25 meeting about adiscussion of the Geneva conference heldeach summer at Geneva, Wis. PatriciaHughes, Albion sophomore, and Genevieve Copeland, Owosso senior, talked onthe week they spent there last summer.

Three Albion college co-eds were“beauty queens” on Saturday,

April 27. Helen Compton, Pontiac senior, was chosen queen of Susanna Wesleyhall, women's dormitory, by the freshmen Women. As a feature of the annualBig-Three week-end, Carol Harger, Farmington senior, was crowned “Miss Britonof 1940,” Saturday evening by electionof the student body.

Nancy Breed, Highland Park freshman,was named “Pictorial Princess” in a Detroit beauty contest.

The Quiet MindOBERT LOUIS STEVENSON wrote:R.' minds cannot be perplexed

or frightened, but go on in fortune ormisfortune at their own private pace,

like a clock during a thunderstorm.”

Lincoln holding his course during thetrying days of the Civil War; Washington at Valley Forge; Elbert and AliceHubbard calmly facing death on theLusitania; Christ before the mob—quietminds all.

The man who can say, with Walt Whitman, “Nothing external to me can haveany power over me”; or with Seneca,

“Most powerful is he who has himselfin his power"; that type of man has aquiet mind. He moves forward “astranquilly as a ship on a placid stream.”He plows ahead like a steamer, rain orshine with that perfect poise of a clockduring a storm.

“I’m glad I'm not a snake,” said Sammy.

“Why?” asked his dad.“Because when a snake has a stomach

ache, how does he know whether it's aStiff neck or what it is?”

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Youth NightProbably the largest meeting of any

was held in the evening of the same day

when youth came from various parts ofthe state to a great rally. Many couldnot find seats. A remarkable worship

service prepared by Harold A. Ehrensperger was held in which several leaderson the platform participated. A splendidmale chorus rendered musical numbers.

Three youth speakers gave short addresses. Miss Harriet Culler, president

of the Methodist Student Movement,urged greater educational facilities forour church youth and an emphasis uponpersonal evangelism. Mr. George M.Houser, student at Union TheologicalSeminary, said that he had had to change

his speech somewhat because CongreSS

man Dies had spoken in the afternoon.Mr. Houser then proceeded to take issuewith Mr. Dies and explained that theArrangements Committee had again refused to let the youth either read ordistribute the printed statement whichhad caused such a controversy in theafternoon. He too, was applauded generously, thereby indicating a rather pronounced division on the Dies matter.

Herman Will, President of the NationalCouncil of Methodist Youth, pled forpeace in the world and urged that we ridourselves of the hypocrisy of the ideathat we can love and yet kill. Dr. PaulQuillian of Huston, Texas, delivered anaddress in which he challenged youth togreater loyalty to Christ who is thehead of the church.

Location of Boards

The work of our church is done largelyby boards. Since unification and the combining of the work of the former threebranches, the harmonizing of the locations of these boards became necessary.Many factors enter into the final decisionof the lew locations, such as property interests, the center of Methodist population, transportation facilities and the expense that moving would entail.

After great deliberation by the special

committee over many months, and afterSome debate by the Conference, it wasfinally decided that the boards would be

located as follows: Board of Missions andChurch Extension, New York; Board ofEducation, Nashville; Board of Publication, left to the discretion of the Board;Board of Hospitals and Homes, Columbus; Board of Pensions, Chicago and St.Louis; Board of Lay Activities, Chicago;

Board of Temperance, Washington, D.C.;Commission on World Service and Finance, Chicago; Commission on Evangelism, Nashville; Commission on WorldPeace, Chicago; Commission on Coursesof Study, Nashville, and the Board ofTrustees of the Methodist Church, Cincinnati.

Retiring Bishops Feted

A solemn service for those bishops whoretire at this Conference was made a part

of one of the sessions. Two speakersspoke in praise and appreciation of eachbishop retiring. Dr. Orien W. Fifer, editor of the Cincinnati edition of the officialAdvocates, and Dr. Henry Hitt Crane paid

tribute to Bishop Blake. Both gavebeautifully genuine and straightforwardspeeches which will be printed in full in

a later issue. Suffice it now to say thatDr. Fifer characterized our bishop asunique of all the 125 bishops he hasknown through the years. He declaredthat Bishop Blake “never has lived in therealm of uniformity or unanimity. Theruling philosophy of his life has beenantagonism to the yes, yes, policy.”

Dr. Crane delivered the most distinctiveaddress of those given in honor of thebishops and in his own inimitable waywas “humble and hilarious.” In commenting on the fact that only ten minuteshad been allotted to each speaker takingpart in the retirement service he said,

“The proverbial homiletical allotment ofthirty minutes in which to raise the deadis no limitation at all compared to tenminutes in which to lay away the mostutterly alive man I know.” He tracedthe bishop's biography back to Gorham,Maine, where Bishop Blake was born andwhere Dr. Crane started his ministry. Hecommended the bishop's courage, kindness and intelligence and his profoundly

Christian nature exemplified in his knowing the mind of Christ and actually having His spirit. Mrs. Blake came in for a

CorrectionIn this report on page 4 which

quotes a statement from the youngpeople concerning Martin Dies, thestatement should read “We do not desire to protect the fifth columns and"Trojan horses of those . . .”

The word appearing in the Advocate report is “protest” and not “protect” which almost makes the sense

the opposite of what was actually intended by the youth.

closing “climactic” tribute as being justa wee bit better than all the rest of herhusband.

The Church Press

It is literally impossible to tell what'sgoing to happen in a great gathering ofMethodists. Some times those things

that are least expected are sure to happen. The reverse is also true and was inthe case of the decision on the churchpress. It will be recalled that there wassuch an even division on the question atthe uniting conference a year ago thatthe whole matter was left for reconsideration at the next General Conference.

The committee was composed of many

of the same persons as last year and division appeared to be about as marked.However, a report was finally framed thatmet the unanimous support of the committee and was adopted with equal unanimity by the Conference as a whole. Whatmany said would be the hottest spot ofthe Conference took very little time.

The plan adopted, virtually turned thematter of the church press over to theBoard of Publication which was instructed

to establish one weekly religious paper

to be known as The Christian Advocate,having one editor as its head, but withthe board having the authority of settingup as many editions of the paper as itmay deem necessary. The report requested the board to set up a paper forthe Central (colored) Jurisdiction also.

In no way does this legislation affectthe Conference papers such as this one.

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General ConferenceNewsettes

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THE ADDRESS OF JOHN R. MOTT, inthe estimation of the editor, was thegreatest short speech delivered during theentire Conference. Mr. Mott is a layman

unique in the history of the church. Hisaddress which begins on page one of thisissue, is worthy of repeated reading.

BISHOP AND MRS. EDGAR BLAKEwere honored at a banquet at the Jefferson Hotel fast Sunday evening. Membersof the two Michigan delegations werepresent besides Michigan friends.

MRS. JOSEPH DIBLEY was also among

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THE EDITOR AND HIS WIFE plan toreturn by way of northern New Jerseywhere they expect to pay a hurried visitto old friends at Parsippany, where theeditor served a student charge while attending Drew Theological Seminary.

THE EPISCOPAL ADDRESS, now famous document, may be secured in pamphlet form for ten cents per copy or $7.50per hundred. Order from the MethodistBook Concern, 28 E. Elizabeth St., Detroit.

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REV. LLOYD NIXON was the guestpreacher last Sunday at Collingswood,N. J.

DELEGATES W. E. HARRISON ANDARCHIE McCREA were made the Secre

taries of their respective committeeswhich entails a lot of work and the usualamount of scarce thanks.

TRAGEDY CAME TO the Conference

when a delegate, Miss Millicent Corps,

died in the Atlantic City hospital of a

heart condition that became aggravated

when she fell and broke her hip on herway to the Conference. She came fromTroy, N. Y., and was 70 years of age.

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MRS. W. H. VEEN BOER, alternate, Substituted one session for delegate SMITHBURNHAM.

SOME OF OUR lay delegates from Michigan feel that Methodism has too muchmachinery and that the work of thechurch ought to be simplified. And they’re

not the only ones who feel that way.

THE DEATH OF BISHOP TARBOUXwas announced at last Friday's session.He was a bishop in the former Church.South, and had served 50 years as missionary in Brazil. He was 81 years ofage.

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What They WriteIn the interests of preserving the democratic

custom of freedom of expression, this column isprinted. Our readers are invited to use it to makecomments. Contributions should be brief and bearthe signatures and addresses of the writers whichthe editor reserves the right to print. Whatappears in this column does not necessarily represent the point of view of the Advocate.

About Conference ReportsTo the Editor:

Lest Michigan Conference men be discouraged by Brother Mealley's commentabout the Detroit Conference plan ofgetting reports in early, let us note thesuccess of the plan in Michigan Conference last year. Reports were to be

mailed to the Treasurer the Thursdaybefore Conference. A high percentage ofmen did so, so that staffs of Treasurer,Statistician, etc. were kept at work fromMonday noon, on till reports" were done.Some close at hand, finished reports alittle later, but only a very few were solate as to delay the staffs in their work.

One of them showed penitence by takingall the staffs out to lunch; another enclosed a dollar for “Eskimo Pies” for allthe staff. They were quite readily forgiven, but they recognized the justiceof the present plan.

As a minister of one of s m a l l ercharges, let me say that the deadline waseasily met. I did not wait to inform laymen of the requirement until the middleof May, however. The District Superintendent informed all First Quarterly Conferences of this requirement, and repeated it at Fourth Quarterly Conferences. Several ministers have said that

this program made closing up reportseasier and not harder for them. Laymenresponded willingly when the reason wasexplained. Experience shows that anygain made by getting that last Sunday's

collection is simply borrowing from nextyear, and starting a new déficit for thatyear. The Conference met problem ofdelayed vouchers by authorizing staffsto recognize a statement signed by bothPastor and Church Treasurer in lieu ofVoucher in case where voucher was notreceived in time. Said statements couldthen be sent on to various boards, etc.,

for verification, if necessary, if this provision were abused.

As a worker on one of the staffs, letme say that it was a pleasure to be ableto attend Conference sessions. The oldersystem was good training for the youngermen, to stay out of, not to get into Conference sessions.

The accuracy of the reports depends onthe attitude of men making the reports.

If men feel that they are simply going

to be embalmed in tables that nobodyuses, they will “guesstimate” a lot of thefigures, as many reports seem to indicate. But if the District Superintendent

were to use the pastor's report as basisfor a study in the First Quarterly Conference of policy and plans for the following year, I am sure more accurate figures

would be forthcoming, and their usefulness would be conceded. Or if the Auditing Committee were asked to make awritten report indicating comparison offigures in Minutes, with figures of bookson the Charge, it might help.

If Michigan Conference men do as wellas last year, or a little better, we of thestaffs will acclaim the procedure an un

qualified success. We did not find itnecessary to require so a long a time inadvance of Conference as did Detroit,

and that may account for our success.-Marcius E. Taber, Battle Creek.

Wesleyan Service GuildHE Wesleyan Service Guild of CenT: church, Detroit, spent a most

delightful afternoon, April 21, with amusical tea at the home of the president,

Miss Maybelle Shaffer. The May meeting will be the usual supper meeting atthe church with book reviews by a number of the members. On June 3, Mrs.Henry Hitt Crane is entertaining thegroup at her home, 741 Edison Avenue,

for dinner at which time reports of theAtlantic City Conference will be givenby some one of the delegates from Central church.

As the year draws to a close the objectives set up by the national society

have been approached, the budget is being met; with special offerings the average giving for the work of the Guild isapproximately $10.00.

Grand Traverse DistrictW. H. M. S.

HE fortieth annual meeting of theWoman's Home Missionary Society

of Grand Traverse District, commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the National W. H. M. S., was held in Centralchurch, Traverse City, April 24, with overone hundred women in attendance and

with Mrs. M. D. Robertson, district president, presiding.

Rev. R. C. Miles, pastor of Centralchurch, led the morning devotions andinspired the women to still go “ForwardTogether” as workers for God's kingdomon this earth.

The business session followed withreports from the secretaries of the various departments of the organization,showing a one hundred per cent response

in Thank Offering work and a fine gain

in Queen Esther work. Mrs. E. B. Yingling, the district corresponding secretary,

told of the work accomplished on thedistrict this year through the efforts ofthe. Christian Citizenship, Missionary Education and Spiritual Life secretaries.

Miss Marion Norris, the first Wesleyan

Service Guild Secretary, spoke on “OurWidening Horizons,” stating that thereare now Six thousand members in thisorganization with twenty per cent of themembers tithing making a contribution of over $400,000 to the work ofmissions.

Miss Laura May Robinson, Bureau Secretary of Mexican Work, spoke on “Making Missions Work.” Miss Robinson inspired us to look for the likenesses inpeople instead of the differences and togo “Forward Together” with a faith anddevotion as consecrated as those missionary-minded women of sixty years ago.

Mrs. Thomas Ray of Manistee, who hasbeen a member of the W. H. M. S. forfifty years, was presented with a corsage

in recognition of her years of usefulService.

Mrs. Cecíl Pollock, of Ludington, conducted the Memorial Service, after whichMiss Rebecca McKenzie, the ConferenceCorresponding Secretary, spoke on “Today’s Needs” and as always left a message in the heart of every woman pres

ent and urged us to continue “ForwardTogether” in the great organization thatis to be for women in the United Methodist Church.

Mrs. W. H. Helrigel, Conference Recording Secretary, spoke on “SpecialGifts” and asked for a sacrificial gift ofmoney to be used for the George O.Robinson Home in Porto Rico . . . afterevery Woman had passed before the altarand placed her gift in the treasure-chest,

a circle was formed and with joinedhands the hymn “Bless Be the Tie” wasSung. Rev. W. H. Helrigel, district superintendent, closed the program withprayer and the benediction.

Mrs. Miles and the Women of Centralchurch greeted us at the door in themorning and gave us a most cordial welcome. Our every need was cared forthroughout the day. The last districtmeeting of the W. H. M. S. closed witha lovely tea and social hour in the parlors of the church with Mrs. Helrigel andMrs. Miles presiding at the tea table.—Mrs. Paul Boodagh, Manistee.

Fortieth Annual MeetingHE Woman's Home Missionary SoT', of the Methodist church of Le

Roy entertained the Woman's Home Missionary Societies of the Big Rapids District Thursday, April 25, at a one-daySession.

The forenoon and afternoon programs

were given in the auditorium of thechurch. The Queen Esther banquet washeld in the high school auditorium.

The programs were carried out asScheduled, with Mrs. Stella Lampman,

District President, presiding.

The morning devotions were conductedby the pastor of the church, Rev. B. B.Swem, and the afternoon devotions werein charge of Mrs. Nellie Jenkyns, ofMarion.

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The departmental reports were inter--esting, instructive and inspiring.

Gleanings from these reports:Better Lenten and Thank Offerings

than last year.

Ten new Conference and Memorialmembers.

One new Perpetual Member – Mrs.Briggs, of Big Rapids.

More enthusiasm was shown in the

Mite Box giving—therefore more money.

Between the need and the supply westand. The task is Christ giving.

Service is the rent we pay for theplace we occupy.

Woman's Home Mission should be inevery home.

By helping others we help ourselves.Mrs. Hayes, of Whitehouse fame, was

the first President of the W. H. M. S.The service of the past is linked with

the achievements of the present.

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Alma gave a very fine young people'sreport.

The address given by Miss Laura MayRobinson, Bureau Secretary, Mexico andSouthwest, was filled with activities forthe underprivileged. A hospital at ElPaso and a sanitarium at Albuquerque,Sponsored and Supported by the Missionary societies. The payment of your duesmake it possible to employ efficient andtrained workers.

Good music interspersed the programs

and a very enjoyable day came to a close.

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Methodism Today(Continued from Page 12.)

Indeed it does not demand any fundamental change from that which is now inoperation but it does give power to theBoard of Publication to experiment anddetermine just what is best for the churchas a whole. What the board will decideto do cannot be predicted but at least forthe present and possibly for some timeto come no radical change is likely toresult.

Taylor Recall Requested

From the reflection of the opinion ofthe delegates on various occasions, itseemed as though they would favor astrong resolution denouncing the appointment of Myron C. Taylor as ambassadorto the Vatican. This suspicion was not

ill founded as later results proved. Thevote favoring the recall was close enough

to require a count with the result that

23 registered opposition to requesting a

recall and 393 favored it. Seventeen of

Michigan's twenty delegates supportedthe recall. The paragraph debated, whichfinally passed, follows:

“We therefore respectfully but withgenuine earnestness urged our President

to recall Mr. Myron C. Taylor. His ap

pointment has created a spirit of uneasi

ness and resentment in the minds of

a

great number of people, and instead of

promoting peace has engendered discordand strife, which seems calamitous a

t

this time when there is imperative needfor harmonious united action on thepart o

f all those who fear God and loverighteousness.”

The Case of Women PastorsAnother upset in the predictions o

f

many came when the question of

fullrights to women a

s

ministers lost by a

large majority. One year ago at Kansas

City the same proposition lost by only

a few votes and many felt that surely it

would pass at this conference. Many of

the same arguments were advanced onboth sides that were advanced then. Onespeaker felt that woman's place was inthe home, another that women trulycalled o

f

God to preach should be giventhat right and another that since womenwere given places in all other fields o

f

human endeavor, they ought to be giventhe right to enter this field in full. Sooverwhelming was the vote opposed to

allowing women to become members ofthe annual conferences that a show o

f

hands was sufficient without a countbeing necesary.

(Owing to the fact that the Conferenceextended beyond our press deadline, theaccount o

f

the final sessions will be reported in next week's issue.)

|MAY 31Remember the Date!

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© Pastors, World Service and benevolencetreasurers, lay men and women can helpclose a successful World Service year by

| bringing in all World Service moneys andremitting them to Dr. Orrin W. Auman,treasurer, the World Service Commission,740 Rush Street, Chicago, Ill., to reachhim by the above date.

There Is a Real Chance to ComeOut Ahead!1–

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A Challenge to UnitedMethodism

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faced. The difficulty of it is that we

meet it by day and night. It has changedgreatly in a few years, not only in scopebut in complexity and in pace.

Whether we have in mind the greateconomic situation or social uplift or sexrelations or race relations or the thoughtbasis of the Christian faith—and the listruns on—it is the time of times and it

calls upon united Methodism in a uniquedegree because of Our prominence in sizeand in history.

Then, my friends—and this burdens meheavily—we are called upon, as I see it,to assume the greatest Single responsibility which has ever come upon a Christian communion. Have you noticed thatalready there have been drawn into theorbit of these wars east and west, elevenof the great missionary-sending countries, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada,Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,Germany, France, Denmark, and nowNorway and Finland? I say, drawn intothe orbit of these impossible wars.

That leaves, besides the United Statesof America, only three other sendingcountries, little Holland, little Switzerland, and Sweden, which is now beingclosely pressed; I say, except the UnitedStates of America. What a colossal responsibility. It comes upon this land, andmore particularly upon its Christianforces, and I would say, therefore, stillmore particularly upon this largest of theevangelical communions, because, I remind you, that of those eleven—or youmay now almost say fourteen countries—some of them are cut off completely fromusing their resources, even though theymight be able, that all of them aregreatly imperiled in their missionary establishments, and that God only knowswhat may happen in these coming days.

I was talking with one of the outstanding leaders of the British Isles withinthree days, and he was reminding methat if matters go on a

t

the present pacethey would have to look to the UnitedStates of America, these splendid missionary societies of the British Isles.

The Richest Country

So I say, this richest country in theworld, which by the way has in the aggregate larger wealth than all theseother countries Save two combined, andthose two are not including Great Britain—they are in—has something overwhelming, staggering, in the sense of responsibility that rests upon this communion ofours at a moment like this. Shall wehave the insight, shall we have the leadership, shall we have the sacrificial devotion to obey the Golden Rule and do untothese other countries and these MissionBoards and agencies as we would be doneby under similar circumstances?

Then I am reminded, friends, that weare facing the greatest area of unmethuman suffering right now that the worldhas ever known. I make no exception

in making that statement. It comeslargely, I am afraid, not through thefloods, and not the famines, but throughwhat comes in the pathway o

f

whitewars, nerve wars, undeclared wars, lightning wars, and wars that have broughtinto play instruments and powers o

f

greater deadliness and cruelty than theworld has ever known.

It would be something startlingly incongruous if a body like United Methodism, meeting at that fateful hour, didnot recognize in this a call to do something that would break us out o

f all categories and lead to something reallyworthy of the sufferings o

f

our Lord andof his children across the breadth ofthe world.

An impossible Psychology

What adds to the intensity of this, myfriends, is the fact that we are confronting right here in America an impossiblepsychology. It is hard to understandthat at a time like this, of admittedlygreater suffering, our people are in thisdilemma. It reminds me of a conferencewith the Archbishop of Canterbury atthe time of the Abyssinian incident. Hesaid to me, “Mott, we are humiliated here

in England,” and he added, “It is the humiliation of impotence.” What he meantwas this: They had just had a plebiscite in which over eleven million peoplevoted, “We will not go to war to settlethe dispute,” and on the other side, a

strong power visiting great cruelty uponinnocent tribes in Africa. He said, “It is

the humiliation of impotence.”

I trace to this good cause our trouble

in this country. We have a whole country and are so determined We are notgoing to go to war that we are in greatdanger of having isolation, not only in a

political sense, but isolation of our conscience, isolation of our intelligence, isolation of our Christlikeness.

“I was in prison,” he said, “and yecame unto me. I was hungry, thirsty,without clothing, and ye came unto me.”

I say we are in grave danger here for a

good cause, but it adds to the solemnityof a meeting like this, and an hour likethis.

The Opportunity of

the Ages

Happily, in the face of sinister facts"ke I mentioned, and o

f alarming facts—and I am understating—we are confronting, my friends, now, the opportunity ofthe ages in the distinctive mission ofMethodism which has ever been from itsfoundation the mission of evangelism.

Follow me closely. Never has theworld had so many doors open for thefriendly and constructive ministry of theevangel as now. Never so many hundreds of millions exposed as now. Andnotice, never has there been a timewhen the world was so humble and therefore so open to her. Never was there a

time when the people across the worldso admittedly concede that we must haveSuperhuman wisdom and guidance ofpower. And never, thank God, was there

a time when we have had so many outbursts o

f evangelism, especially in theparts of the world where we might leasthave expected it.

O may God help us as Methodists tobe true to our most distinctive tradition,and with the veil pulled from our eyeswe may be wise leaders in this day ofour visitation, in a double sense, visitation not only of our sins of omissionupon us, but also thank God for thedrawing near of his Sacred Presence.

Then I would cite another reason whywe are called out in large dimensions,and that is to press the unprecedented

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MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

The Sunday School LessonMay 19, 1940 by Frances Huntington Martin

Jeremiah

TWOSundays are too short a time for

the study of Jeremiah, the last andgreatest of the preexilic prophets. LastSunday we studied Habakkuk, the contemporary of Jeremiah at the close ofhis career. We must now go back morethan forty years to the beginning ofJeremiah's ministry. We find here tooa contemporary prophet —Zephaniah. Hewas of noble blood we are told, a descendant of King Hezekiah. Both he andJeremiah appear to have been stirredto activity by the oncoming hordes ofScythians (ancestors of the Cossacks),who swept out of Europe across the Caucasus into Media and Asia Minor (626B. C). They saw in these wild horsemen "from the north," the judgment ofGod, the "Day of the Lord." (Zeph. Chapter 1; Jer. Chapters 3-6). In that yearthe great Ashurbanipal of Assyria haddied, and the weakling who succeededhim could do nothing to stop the tide.Herodotus tells us of the Scythians. AtScythopolis, twenty miles from Nazareth,archeologists have uncovered relics ofthese fierce horsemen. They did nothave the skill to capture fortified cities,such as Jerusalen, but they poured southward along the coastal plain, wiping outPhilistine towns. They were stopped atthe frontier of Egypt either by men orby money.

Jeremiah's Home

Jeremiah's home was in the village ofAnathoth, three miles northeast of Jerusalem. Anathoth is the plural of Anatb,an Egyptian goddess whose name appears on Egyptian monuments as earlyas 1500 B. C. To reach the dirty villagestill called Anata we ride past the cemetery where are buried the British soldiersof the last war, over the hill Scopuswhere the Roman general Titus encamped his army when he was besiegingJerusalem. It faces the desert on thsEast; it was both an observatory and asanctuary. Its location on the boundarybetween the northern and southern kingdoms doubtless gave Jeremiah his sympathy with Israel which is apparent inhis words. We can see Hosea in hispreaching; that voice that came to thenorthern Kingdom before its fall. SoJeremiah came to Judah in her last days;both of them the most like Jesus in hismessage to his country.

For the story of Jeremiah read chapters 1, 7, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, 31,35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Jeremiah came from priestly lineage,a descendant, doubtless, of Abiathar,David's high priest who had opposed theaccession of Solomon to the throne andhad been exiled to his "estate in Anathoth" (I. K. 2:26-27). There was theconservative element of the priesthoodin Jeremiah's training, to which wasadded the progressive element of theprophet. He knew the history of whathe was trying to reform. Martin Lutherwas the perfect reformer in this respect.Dr. Clyde Wildman, president of DePauw

University, says a preacher should befamiliar with American history. A truereformer does not take anything awaywithout putting something better in itsplace.

Jeremiah had seen the orgy of idolatryand the persecution of the prophet partyunder Manasseh. The king had been thetool, doubtless, of the idolators and grafters who hSd been put out of power byIsaiah and Micah. He had signed thedeath warrant of every reformer theycould lay their hands on, Isaiah included:"He shed very much innocent blood untilhe had filled Jerusalem from one endto the other." (2 K. 21:16.) Those whoescaped the sword started to write, thereby making an outstanding contributionto the religious thinking of the world.It was they, it is thought, who collectedthe sermons of the prophets Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah, and wrote a newhistory of the Hebrew people, in whichthey compiled the historical material ofboth the northern and the southern Kingdoms. A beginning was also made onthe book of Deuteronomy which putdown in definite laws the reforms ofIsaiah and his co-workers, which appeared for the first time in the reign ofJosiah (in the lesson next Sunday). Thisgrandson of Manasseh and great-grandson of Hezekiah, was placed on thethrone at the age of eight. We wish weknew how this skillful move was broughtabout! The little king was taught definite ideals by someone in sympathy withthe persecuted prophetic party; somethink it was Hilkiah, whom Josiah latermade high priest; others are of theopinion that it was Zephaniah, who washimself of royal blood, being related toHezekiah. (Zeph. 1:1.)

The Call of the Prophet

Jeremiah's call came on a spring day—"when the almond trees were in blossom." How beautiful Spring is in Palestine! How appreciative Jeremiah was ofbeauty! One may still see the almondtrees in blossom, and fields red with cyclamen, as our fields here are coveredwith dandelions. We are impressed withthe simplicity of the call. (Jer. 1:4-19.)It is different from that of any otherprophet we have studied. Do we evermake the mistake of trying to imitatesome other person's call, instead of being settled in our own experience withGod? The message, "Speak," came to asensitive young man. He shrank fromthe message. He is told, as someone hasexpressed it, that he "was a thought ofGod ere time had anything to do withhim." Do we give our young people thisconviction; that they are not just "hunting for a job," but that God has someplace and some work planned for them?Do we help them to find that particularplace and work?

No wonder young Jeremiah shrankfrom the task. The persecutions ofManasseh were not many years past. Herealized the message a prophet must deliver. He saw clearly the position of

Judah in the tide of world affairs. Hewas well aware what were the life —anddeath — of a prophet. But God said toJeremiah, "Speak all that I commandyou ... I will make you a fortified city,an iron pillar, and a bronze wall, againstthe whole land — the kings of Judah, itsprinces and priests, and its commonpeople."

What God makes of men when He hasa chance! Out of the vacillating PeterGod made a rock: from the timid littleMary Slesser He made a fearless missionary to Africa: and out of a sensitiveyouth He made a bronze wall — the greatest prophet and statesman of the OldTestament. This recalls Jesus' word tothe fisherman: "Come after me and I willmake you"— not give you. We have oftenmisunderstood this command and promise, have we not? God works in therealm of personality. The prodigal sonsaid as he was leaving home, "Father,give me what belongs to me" ; when hecame to himself he said, "I will say,father, make me." So often we have notgiven God the right of way, the authorityto "make" us. Then we do not enjoythe freedom of a unified personality andfellowship with Jesus Christ. We become dissatisfied with our spiritual life;problems come which we have no resources to meet; we say the church hasfailed; we decide to try come cult thatwill give us what we want.

The story of Matthew Simpson is helpful here. His college president calledhim into the office at the time of hisgraduation and asked, "Matthew, whatare you planning to do?"

"I have not yet decided," the youngman replied.

"Well, whatever you do," the president returned with conviction, "don't gointo any line that will require publicspeaking: that is the one thing you cannot do." But the Lord touched the mouthof Matthew Simpson and said, as he saidto Jeremiah, "See! I put my words inyour mouth," and he became one of thegreatest voices, for urging men to repentance and righteousness that Americahas heard. Time and again AbrahamLincoln called him into his office in thoseterrible days, for counsel, and for prayer,to Almighty God ; it was he who preachedthe funeral sermon for the martyredpresident.

Jeremiah Against Professional Prophets

In the verses printed for our lessontoday Jeremiah is uttering his cryagainst professional prophets, who aresaying what is agreeable to the people.They are foretelling peace and securityfor Jerusalem, because that is the location of God and his temple: it could notbe destroyed. Isaiah had declared, hadhe not, that the city would be saved?Jeremiah, however, proclaimed a God ofrighteousness, and the consequences ofsin. "But if only they had stood in mycouncil, and had listened to my words,they would have turned from their evilway, and from their evil doings." (J.23:22.) Jeremiah has, moreover, a newconcept of God: God is in the life andhistory of Judah, it is true, but also Inthe life and history of those other nations: "Am I a God near at hand, saiththe Lord, and not a God far off?"

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Mothers' Discussion ColumnElsie Grafius

We MothersMrs. F. W. Tank

We have a busy, happy life,We mothers . with our day.Beginning early with the dawnAnd no time off for play.

We bake and sweep and scrub and cleanThat Jane and Johnnie tooMay have a home that's shining sweetWhere they may live and grow.We go without the thrills we crave.To help them on their way,

And when the evening comes, we readHis word, to close the day.

Lo midst our problems and our joysWe live . ..

. nor ask for fame,

And though 'tis sure a full-time job,We love it, just the same.

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Mother's Day MessageHE letters that come to the Mothers'Discussion Column seem to be im

pregnated with the spirit of

a compositemother-mind, peering through the wreckage a Specialized world has made ofmother-confidence in her ability to do herjob and do it well.

Details of motherhood, once taken inour daily stride, have become complexproblems with which we feel incompetent

to cope. We can not afford to ignore thematerial the child specialist brings us.We must not discard it as useless. Wemust digest it, assimilate it, and thenwith one eye on the material at hand andthe other on the child at hand, we mustdecide just what part o

f

this find we willuse, when we will use it, how we will use

it . . . and then perhaps not use it at

all.We must stand at the core-center of our

particular job. We must draw to thiscore-center of motherhood, every bit ofworthy material available from the various specialists in our particular domain.We must imbue ourselves with the importance, the sacredness, the responsibility of motherhood. We must say: “I amthe mother of this child of mine. I amthe one of all others who can best interpret his needs. I can not shift the reSponsibility to other shoulders. I am theone whose life blood, whose heredity,Whose chromosome arrangement has created this individual personality in thebody o

f my child and I must live up to

this responsibility.

A Mother's Creed

I will stand firmly on the core-centerof my individual motherhood. I will notallow my mother instinct to be disintegrated by “isms” and “theories.” I willuse every means at my hands to grow, toadd to my knowledge as a mother.

I will not be afraid to change my mind

. change is the sign of growth. I will

use the understanding and the love (ohyes very definitely the love) of my child

to bridge the space between our physicaland spiritual personalities. I will nevertake unto myself the cut and dried

opinions of others and then without assimilating, attempt to pour them into thelife o

f my child, regardless of

that child'sneed.

I resolve to encourage my child to unfold his personality and not attempt topush him into set behavior patterns.

I resolve to hold my child up to God

in prayer daily and say: “O God, I amnot a machine to produce babies andmore babies. I am a partner with you increation of both the body and the spiritof my child. I have within me the seedsof intelligent motherhood. I desire to usemy particular talent to its highest power.Help me to do my job well . . . to love

to understand, this child of mine;

to interpret . to assimilate . . . toapply, through this mother love, allknowledge of worth set before me.”

*: * *For those of us who wear a white flower

on Mother's Day.

“My Mother and I"

I cannot thinkThat that life without which I knew no

life,Is forever gone.

I know

That somewhere, about, above, beyond,Where dwells the beginning of all that is,

Gleaming.”

A Tribute to MotherhoodAcross the years o

f time, O mother dearest,

We’ve learned the meaning of thy love divine,

And from our hearts, fond tributes we are bringing

To you, who turned our thoughts to hope sublime.We sense a nearness o

f thy kindred spirit,Today, a

s in the years long past away,

As to our God our voices sing the praises

You taught us in our childhood's happy day.

We thank Thee, Heavenly Father, for our mothers,

Whose lives were consecrated to Thy Holy will,

And whose hearts were filled with reverence and devotion,

An inspiration, and a blessing still.God bless the many mothers o

f

our nation,

And motherhood throughout the whole wide world,

Until all have visions of

that obligation

To train for Christ, a people ruled by love.

–Anna McDonald Jones, Saginaw, Michigan

Note: May be sung to the Londonderry air—as in the

Methodist hymnal—"Across the Hills of

Time the Cross is

My Sweet mother is trailing untroddenpaths

Of immortality.

Though she has left me,

And I can no longer kiss her Smoothcheek,

Or touch her dear hand,

She is still within the circle of my con

tact.-

She still lives in the great Scheme ofthings

As they were planned to be.

Somewhere in the vast labyrinth of time,Which no mortal mind has yet conceived,Her Soul has taken its abode.And from that far, yet near horizon,Sends forth to me

Infinite love and understanding.

Somewhere from out the blue of unfathomable Space,

She smiles and waves a hand,Not in farewellBut in gay greeting o

f good comradeshipScarce begun.

And in Some unforgettable moment,My spirit may rise to meet hers,Without the cumbrance of this heavy

flesh.And riding high on winged thought,

Touch the garment of

her soul,As she touches the garment of God.AndTogether we shall write in the “Book o

f

Life,”

A Truth.Together . ..

. my mother and I.

—Elsie Grafius.

(This was published on our page lastMother's Day in memory o

f my mother.Due to the number of requests for it, I

decided to give it to you again.)

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16 MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Kalamazoo District W. F. M. S.

N APRIL 24, 1940, the Spring Rally

O of the Kalamazoo District W. F.M. S. was held in the Methodist church

in Berrien Springs. Although it was arainy morning the church was filled withinterested women, and several men.

The president, Mrs. Storrs, presided,

and the meeting opened with music byMrs. Paul Hartman. Mrs. J. H. Bancroftbrought a helpful message on Stewardship, followed by a message in song by

Mrs. John O. Hagans.

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Harrison, missionaries from Arabia, were introduced. Mrs.Harrison gave a very interesting talk oftheir life and work in the hospital andhome. Dr. Harrison followed with stories

of his work as a doctor, mode of travel,

and the missionary work they are doing.Dinner was served at the United Breth

ren church.

The afternoon Session opened with aninspirational song service led by Mrs.Rolfe R. Taylor. 134 delegates answeredto roll call, and about 200 were in theaudience.

The reports of the District and Conference Officers were given in the formof “Information Please,” followed by music by a quartet from Benton Harbor.

Mrs. Augusta Hollidge, Conference Secretary, gave a stirring talk on “TogetherWe Build” and also told of Some of the

new plans.

Mrs. Dempster Yinger, of Albion, sangtwo numbers.

Mrs. J. C. Brompton spoke of “TheChallenged Church.” The meeting closedWith an impressive consecration servicein charge of Mrs. Storrs.—Minnie M. Russell, Recording Secretary.

Rev. and Mrs. W. E. TimmsReturn to America

FTER three and one-half years inA England, Rev. and Mrs. W. E.Timms, members of the Michigan Conference, are back in America with manyinteresting experiences to relate.

After only four weeks in England, Mr.Timms was asked to fill vacancies in

different churches. He supplied a Presbyterian church in the heart of Londonfor two years, also a Methodist churchin Birmingham Mission circuit for a year

and a half. His ministry in Birminghamwas at a mission in the slum district.They gave out nearly 11,000 free dinnertickets and many tons of coal, besidesclothing, etc.

While in England Rev. and Mrs. Timmswitnessed many royal scenes. They sawKing Edward VIII (present Duke ofWindsor) open Parliament, also saw thememorial services at the cenotaph forsoldiers killed in the last war, held onNovember 11, 1936.

At the coronation of King George VIIthey stood in the procession from 12:30midnight until 4 p. m. the next day andwitnessed the royal coronation procesSion which extended for many miles.Also went to the ceremonial services atWestminster Abbey.

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After many months of hard strugglethey obtained a special permit to leavethe country to return to the UnitedStates. They left Birmingham on April1, traveled by way of Victoria Station,London, and were forced to wait eight

hours in the harbor before crossing the

English Channel. They arrived at Calias,France, after an uneventful. channelcrossing, and spent one night in Parisviewing many points of interest. In ItalyMr. Timms was much impressed by thesnbw-clad mountains and the farmersploughing the fields with oxen. An ominous note was cast over these peaceful

scenes by storm troopers who wereStationed all over the country.

REV. W. E. TIMMS

On April 6, Mr. and Mrs. Tim msboarded the S.S. Manhattan and sailedfor America. At Gibraltar there was adelay of eight hours while the BritishContraband Control Commission examined the ship's paperS. Seeing theBritish convoy of 40 ships enter theStraits of Gibraltar was the only eventfulthing on the crossing.

Mr. Timms led the Angelican serviceon the boat April 14. April 15, they arrived at New York, and to quote Mr.Timms, “We were mighty glad to see thestatue of Liberty, and thank God for ourSafe return.”

More Echoes from SaginawDistrict

SSINEKE Circuit—Ten weeks ofO catechism classes held with twelvejoining the church; also ten others onconfession of faith. Pastor has made 803

pastoral calls in the year. $84 raised forWorld Service. The Quarterly Conference Voted to install bathroom at theparSonage. The mortgage on the Hubbard Lake church has been paid in full.—Harold Watson, pastor.

Hillman Circuit—The pastor of thislarge circuit has travelled over 20,000

miles since last Conference in doing hiswork. Six young people received frompreparatory class. The Hillman churchhas been painted and five hundred dollars spent on enlarging the parsonage.

The Spratt church is now in process ofrenovation. World Service offering todate, $67.26.—James N. Cobb, pastor.

Rose City Circuit—Thirty-five preparatory members and twenty-two full members have been received since last Conference. Six weeks of revival meetings

held. Sixty persons attended the Eastersunrise breakfast at Rose City. Ten newmembers have joined the Biggs churchand the Ladies' Aid is painting the huil

ding. The Mio church is installing abasement dining room. The pastor hasdriven seven thousand miles doing thework of the parish since buying a newcar last December, and made 754 pastoralcalls.—Joseph Blackmore, pastor.

Harrisville and Glennie—World Service giving almost double that of year ago.New Junior choir of fourteen membersorganized at Harrisville. Two membersreceived on confession of faith and tWO

from preparatory class. The QuarterlyConference v o te d mortgage loan oftwelve hundred dollars to modernize theparsonage.—C. S. Brown, pastor.

Henderson Circuit—Fourteen newmembers since last Conference. Newfloor in Henderson church dining room.The Chapin church is spending forty-five

dollars for landscaping its grounds and ishoping to have the most attractivechurch grounds in the county. The pastor has made five hundred and sixty callsso far this year in his new field.–GeorgeMerton, pastor.

Freeland—Since the Conference year

began, fourteen new members h a vejoined on confession of faith and five bytransfer. An old mortgage note of $330

has been paid off, besides a new furnaceand blower and air conditioner installedin the parsonage at a cost of $500.-N. M.Pritchard, pastor.

East Tawas—Eleven names have beenadded to the church roll so far this year,

eight in preparatory classes and threeby church letters. The debt on the newbuilding program which was carried outlast year at a total cost of $4,900 has nowbeen reduced to $2,151.55. The churchat Wilbur Point has been equipped withelectric lights and the exterior of thebuilding freshly painted.—S. A. Carey,pastor.

Chesaning—The average attendance atSunday services is ahead of last year,

stimulated by the District-wide attendance campaign of last fall. Five newmembers received. Three hundred dollars spent on parsonage improvements.

A new piano installed in the League

room. Besides his Sunday work the pasttor has attended 229 other meetings.

World Service giving will maintain thelevel of last year.—Kenneth W. Burgess,pastor.

I thought of the things I might say

amiss tonight, and I remembered thateditorial which appeared in a little country newspaper on the occasion of theopening of the only theater in the town.This is what the editor said: “The opening of this theater is the fruit of a goldenegg that has been ripening for thirtyfive years in the brain of the proprietor.”—Henry Smith Leiper in remarks atthe Churchman's Dinner.

|MAY 31Remember the Date!

• Pastors, World Service and benevolencetreasurers, lay men and women can helpclose a successful World Service year bybringing in a

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World Service moneys andremitting them to Dr. Orrin W. Auman,treasurer, the World Service Commission,

| 740 Rush Street, Chicago, Ill., to reachhim by the above date.

There Is a Real Chance to ComeOut Ahead!

mAY 9, 194O 17

Detroit W. H. M. S. DistrictMeeting

EADING up to the union of theWoman's Division of Christian Serv

ice the District officers have planned adifferent meeting this spring, which willbe held at Whitefield church, Tireman atBegole, May 22.

The morning meeting which starts at10 o'clock will include the 60th anniversary play, “Heroines of Faith” directedby Mrs. D. R. McMullen of Metropolitanchurch. Mrs. Victor Longfield, of Lincoln Park, returned missionary fromAfrica, will speak. The afternoon ses.sion will include a message from HelenMarie Edick of New York, on the Italianwork in Utica. Mrs. Henry Hitt Cranewho is attending the Conference at Atlantic City, will speak on “Our UnitedChallenge.”

Luncheon will be served at the churchat 12:30, 40c. Please make reservationswith your Home Missionary president.—Mrs. P. S. Jenkins, Publicity Chairman.

Albion-Lansing DistrictW. H. M. S.

HE W. H. M. S. of Albion-Lansingdistrict held its 50th annual meeting

April 30 in the Methodist church in Marshall. Over 200 attended.

Mrs. R. V. Birdsall, district president,presided. Reports given by various officers were gratifying.

The dining room was decorated withfruits which grow in Puerto Rico, withminiature palm trees on tables-as wellas a birthday cake with candles. Atluncheon groups representing the Sixcounties in the district gave highlightsof the six decades since the organizationof the national society. An offering takenfor our 60th anniversary project, a newdormitory for girls at Geo. O. Robinsonschool, in San Juan, Puerto Rico,amounted to $187.

Fifty red roses were used in a memorial service conducted by Mrs. A. I.Gilbert, in honor of 16 deceased membersin the district.

Miss Laura May Robinson, Bureau Secretary of Mexican work and the Southwest, told of some present needs, and pastaccomplishments, and hopes for the future, in our homes, schools, communitywork and medical service.

A history of the district revealed workas early as 1886—and many women servedas officers during the last 50 years. Mrs.A. I. Gilbert, as president, and Mrs. A. E.Austin, as treasurer, each served nineyears.

Miss Rebecca McKenzie, conference corresponding secretary, mentioned the needfor putting all buildings in good condition and for securing new members.

All expressed faith that the new Woman's Division of Christian Service willimprove on the work of separate societiesand interest all our Methodist women inthe years ahead.-Mrs. Robt. Hershey,Corresponding Secretary.

LINEE AIDSREFINED EMPLOYED YOUNG WOMAN wishes

light work evenings, in Detroit. Good reference.108 Hague, Detroit. I'hone Madison 5854.

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A Challenge to UnitedMethodism

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advantage given to us by the recentMadras Conference. There Methodismwas more largely represented than anyother Christian Communion, not excepting the Church of England. There allof our field services ,were represented.There we were able to work out a unitedprogram. For ten years there will notbe another meeting like that.

How unwise it would be for us not topress this unprecedented advantagewhich is now ours.

What Methodism is Called to Do

That leads me to ask a question andto answer it, and that is, What is MethOdism summoned at an hour like thisprimarily to do? As I see it, we are summoned to rethink, to restate, wherenecessary, revise, enlarge and wherenecessary revolutionize present programsand plans with relevancy to an absolutelychanged world situation, and a vastlygreater demand.

Secondly, my friends, we are calledupon to lift and hold in a place of centralprominence this General Conference andthe agencies that will be responsible toit. The working out of our jurisdictionalplan adds enormously to the significanceof the General Conference. May Godhelp us in these days to set the kind ofprecedent that will command unshakablythe confidence of our whole united Meth

... odism.

An Adequate Outlet for YouthThen again, we are called upon to

afford an adequate outlet to the mostmarvelous generation o

f youth that it

has been my privilege to serve, and I

have served now the generations ofyouth for fifty years. By the way, weset a good precedent in Kansas City, notonly for ourselves but for other denominations, in weaving into our Boards moreof the new generation. But that is only

a beginning. We must press there againthe advantage that is now ours in helping to liberate this most largely hopefulgeneration but by no means won as yetto our world-wide plans.

Also, we are called upon, if I may usethat word again, to liberate a vastlygreater and a

t present a largely latentlay force. I say relatively largely latent,and yet, Methodism has had as one o

f

its crowning glories the calling forth of

laymen. Right now we must have them,or it is an idle dream to talk about fillingwith living content what I have beensaying this morning.

Then I am much burdened also that Weshall conserve this greatest asset thatunited Methodism has right now. Wehave it right now, it is not a theory. I

am referring to our women forces. Theyare better organized, they have the burden on them, they are showing moreinitiative, more creative ability, and mayGod preclude our doing anything in thistime of readjustment and realignmentthat will stifle any o

f this marvelousspirit but rather give it larger, freer andmore successful play.

Retired Leaders Should Be Used

Then I am now mentioning a point thatmay seem strange to some here, yet I

may never have an opportunity to saythis again to our united Methodism. Let

us in all we are doing now do somethingto make available the marvelous experience and splendid gifts and prestige o

f

our retired leaders at home and abroad,and the others that will be retiring inevitably in these coming days. We maywell take a chapter from the experiences

of

the British Isles. They have a worldwide empire. We have something greaterthan that. We have Methodism workingin about forty countries, far transcendingthe British Empire. They have found it

more wise, after people have reachedretirement age, to find ways not necessarily officially, but unofficially, thereforeall the more influential—to weave thatmarvelous experience, that influence, into the constructive plans.

I would also say, my friends, it is a

hope of mine—my friend Diffendorfercatalogued a long list there, it dazed me:

it reminded me of what President Coolidge Said once when I was urging On himthat he let us vote for him a second time,

and after I had finished my list he said,

“I hope some of these things are true."

I was going to say this is a Special

b ur den I am carrying, because notthrough any choice of mine I have beenbrought into relation to what we callthese ecumenical movements. I am moreanxious than I can describe that we havethe united Methodism throw our fullweight into this great movement of cooperation and unit. We are in a position,because of our size now, to afford what I

call this morning an authentic leader.What we need right now in the world is

some body that is so true to its guidingprinciples, its unerring guiding principlesand to the beckoning hand o

f

its livingLord, that it has the courage to affordthe leader. There is nothing quite socontagious as an authentic leader. Havethey got a right to look to us?

Jesus Christ Our Only HopeMy last word, that comes from a full

heart, is that Jesus Christ and JesusChrist only is still our hope. This word

is the one that has buoyed me up. As I

was saying to some of my friends onthe Advance Mission, this word of Christhas carried me without pessimism. Christsaid, “In this world you shall have tribulations.” Surely we have them. ThenHe continues, “But be of good cheer, notpessimistic, be o

f good cheer.” I am.Christ had overcome the world. Howdid he overcome the world? By his unerring guiding principles, by his irreVocable commands, by his Sure word ofprophecy. He overcame it likewise byhis incarnation, the world made flesh.He did it by the agony on the Cross.“All this I did for thee, what hast thoudone for me?”

He did it by bursting the bonds ofdeath in the tomb. He did it, O blessedthought, O solemnizing thought, He did

it by His body, the Church, to which weall belong, we all belong. He did it aswe have been singing on this AscensionDay, by his ever living, ever creative,ever triumphant spirit in this world.

“In this world you shall have tribulations. Be of good cheer, I have overcomethe World.”

Opera Star: “Yes, twenty long years I

have sung in ze Metropolitan.”

Admirer: “Gee, you musta knownMadame Butterfly when she was only a

caterpillar.”—Capper's Weekly.

MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Personals

RONALD HILDING KILGREN arrivedApril 25 to gladden the home of Rev.and Mrs. Hilding Kilgren of the Stanwood parsonage.

MRS. C. J. KRUSE, of Cadillac, ismaking her home with her daughter

Leone in Cincinnati, Ohio, and her SonKenneth in Covington, Ky.

MRS. D. B. MILLAR, wife of Rev. D. B.Millar retired member of the DetroitConference living in Mansfield, Ohio, fellabout ten weeks ago Suffering a fracturedhip.

A PIANO OR ORGAN is needed for thenewly redecorated primary Sunday Schooldepartment of the Central Lake church.Any church having such an instrumentnot in use, write Rev. L. S. Reed, Bellaire,Mich.

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DR. H. H. CRANE, of Detroit Central,

will give the commencement address atUnion College, Barbourville, Ky., Tuesday, May 28. The library unit of the newUnion College building program will beready for occupancy in September.

THE MINISTERIAL MEETING Of theDistrict-at-Large will be held in the Columbiaville Methodist church Tuesday,May 12. Dr. E. R. Willson and Rev.Joseph Dibley will bring first-hand reports of the General Conference to whichthey were delegates.

MISS NELLIE BEATRICE HUGERspoke at the Campbell Ave. Methodistchurch, Detroit, May 5, and the SamariaMother and Daughter Banquet, May 9.

Miss Huger will also speak at the HymnFestival at Owosso, May 12, and at theSpringfield, Ohio, Church Music Conference, May 15.

JOSEPHINE STILL of Asbury MethOdist church sails for Guatemala as amissionary under the Friends churchabout the 15th of May. This mission fieldhas need of several portable organs. Ifyou know Where one or more could be

secured will you kindly address Miss Stillat 97.07 Linwood, Detroit, or telephoneTy. 6-9064.

ROBERT NIEMANN, son of Rev. andMrs. R. E. Niemann of the Howell parSonage, had the misfortune to fracturehis leg below the knee Friday, April 26,

while playing second base on the highschool team. Robert, a sophomore, playedregular guard on the basket ball teamand was honored by his teammates electing him co-captain for next year's team.

DEAN W. W. W H ITE HOUSE, ofWayne University, Detroit, spoke Friday,May 3, at the Flint District Annual Epworth League banquet held in St. Paul'sMethodist church, Flint. Dean Whitehouse also spoke Saturday, May 4, at theAnnual College Preview Day at WesternState Teachers College, Kalamazoo.Senior students from high schools inSouthwestern Michigan were guests.

REV. A. P. RICKARD, pastor at Yale,was presented with a purse containing

a substantial sum of money at the morning service on Sunday, April 28. The

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presentation was made by Mrs. N. B.Herbert, on behalf of the congregation,

with instructions for Mr. Rickard toleave for General Conference whenever

he saw fit to go. Mr. and Mrs. Rickardleft the next day and plan to return onMay 11.

FRANK C. JANES, of Grand Rapids,

has recently retired after a teaching

career of 41 years, 25 of which were inconnection with the Grand Rapids schools.Mr. Janes is the Son of a Methodist minister. Both he and Mrs. Janes have been

an influence for good in the lives of manyyoung people and have given freely oftheir time and money in the Work of thechurch. They are members of Firstchurch, Grand Rapids.

SAMUEL COOPER CAREY, Universitygraduate student from East Tawas, hasbeen chosen as one of the 16 men who

will receive a year of testing trainingWith the Indian Affairs Southwest Federal Training Program in Arizona andNew Mexico. Mr. Carey, who came tothe University in 1936 after his Freshmanyear in Northern State Teachers College,received his Bachelor of Science and Forestry degree last year from the University of Michigan and is a candidate for aMaster of Forestry degree this year. Morethan 300 applications were received forthe training from universities and colleges in various parts of the UnitedStates. The training program, now inits third year, is designed to providegraduate students with comprehensivetraining in the technological and otherphases of Indian service.

Obituaries

MRS. GEORGE W. WRIGHT, wife ofRev. George W. Wright retired memberof the Detroit Conference, died suddenlyMonday night, April 22, at her home inAnn Arbor. Funeral Services were heldThursday, April 25.

MRS. NINA GIFFORD TASKER was

born July 14, 1860, in Medina, Michigan,the daughter of Levi Gifford and Nancy

Churchill Gifford, and died April 2, 1940,

at the home of her son, Lloyd Tasker ofAssyria Township. Twenty years ago

She and her husband moved to Bellevue,

where she has made her home until thiswinter. While living on the farm in Assyria Township, Mrs. Tasker was activein the Methodist Protestant church asSunday School teacher and correspondingsecretary for the Michigan Branch ofthe Woman's Home Missionary Society

from 1910 to 1913. While holding thisshe traveled to Pittsburgh and

other cities as official delegate. Durifigthe World War she served as Chairmanof Assyria Township Red Cross Committee. From 1917 to 1933, She Served asstate evangelistic director in the W. C.T. U. She also served as president ofthe third district organization and theEaton County and Bellevue units. Formany years Mrs. Tasker held a localpreacher's license in the Methodist Protestant Church, also in the Bellevue Methodist Church from the time she moved

to Bellevue up to the time of her death.

Besides the son at whose home her deathoccurred, Mrs. Tasker is survived by twodaughters, Mrs. Blanche Seneker of Chicago, and Mrs. Berl Cole of Huntington,Indiana; a sister, Mrs. Louisa Smith ofTulsa, Oklahoma; eleven grandchildrenand three great-grandchildren. Funeralservices were held Friday afternoon,April 5, from the Bellevue Methodistchurch, with Rev. Eaden P. Davis officiating, assisted Ty: Rev. John Foy, Rev.E. K. Lewis, Rev. Henry Campbell,and Rev. J. W. McCune. Interment wasin the family lot in Riverside cemetery.

Again God has called to be with Himone of His faithful disciples. Whilesleeping peacefully and almost at thenormal time of awakening MRS. ORPHACOZIER answered the summons and,

went to be with her Master. This tookplace in her room in East Lansing whereshe has been making her home with herdaughter Laila, a teacher in the schoolsof that city, Tuesday morning, April 16.Orpha B. Studley was born in Sherwood.April 30, 1874, and at the age of nineteenyears she married Henry M. Cozier andwithin a few days they took their departure for Bear Lake where they madetheir home throughout their married life.The husband died six years ago and sincethen she has spent most of her time withher daughter, coming to Bear L a ke,which she always regarded as her realhome, Summers. Of four children whograced their home, one, Harry, lost hislife in a traffic accident a few years ago,

and the other three, Harold of Washington, Laila of East Lansing, and Max ofDetroit, remain to preserve the memory

of their devoted mother. For thirty-nineyears Mrs. Cozier was connected withthe Bear Lake Methodist church and wasalways faithful to her church relationand Christian obligation. It was fittingtherefore that she should be broughtback to this church for the last memorial.

Because of long and close family acquaintance, Rev. E. I. Prosser, now ofBurnips, but who commenced his ministry in this Conference at Bear Lake,was invited to assist the pastor, Rev.B. F. Wade, in the funeral service whichwas held in the Bear Lake church, April18. Burial in the local cemetery.

REBECCA S T R I K E R MAYWOOD,wife of Charles G. Maywood, died April15, in Sheldon Memorial Hospital in Albion, after an illness of two weeks. Mrs.Maywood, daughter of Elizabeth andDaniel Striker, was born in Hastings,Michigan, Oct. 3, 1876. After graduatingfrom high school, she entered the classof 1899, of Albion College, which herfather, a prominent banker, served formany years as trustee, endowment Secretary, and generous benefactor. On June20, 1900, she was married to Charles G.Maywood. After a few years' residencein Hastings, they moved to the presenthome, 1507 Jackson Road, Albion. Mrs.Maywood was a member of the KappaAlpha Theta Sorority, of Hannah Tracy

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Grant Chapter of the D. A. R., and wasa past president of the Jackson RoadClub. During her entire residence inAlbion she was an active member of the

First Methodist Church, serving the Ladies' Aid as its financial manager during

the Epworth League Institutes Sincetheir first meeting at Albion College. Inearlier years she was prominent in themusical activities of her church. Formany years She served as District Treasurer of the Woman's Foreign MissionarySociety, at first succeeding her motherin that office in the Grand Rapids District, and later in the Albion, which subsequently became the Albion-Lansing District. Brief Services were held in theMiller Funeral Home in Albion, Wednesday, April 17, at 1:30 o'clock, Dr. AmesMaywood (retired) of Eaton Rapids,

brother of Charles Maywood, officiating.

Interment took place in Hastings. Surviving Mrs. Maywood are her husband,

two sons, William Maywood, of Alpena,

Ames Maywood of Saginaw, and a granddaughter, Peggy Maywood, of Alpena.

Rev. C. J. Kruse, ObituaryHE First Methodist Parish of Cadillac, along with many other congre

gations and communities he had served,

was saddened by the news of the deathof their pastor, Rev. Charles J. Kruse.He died in Mercy Hospital, Cadillac,March 13, 1940, after a very brief illness.He had entered the hospital on March 8

for an examination and for the first timein his life, he was confined to his bedwith illness which became increasinglyserious until his death.

He had a long fruitful ministry beginning with his ordination in Grand Havenforty-three years go. He had begun topreach as early as 1895, at Edgerton andWhite Creek and supplied the pulpit atHalton in 1897, Berlin and Lamont in1898, Canonsburg in 1900.

His pastorates as an ordained ministerbeginning at Grand Haven have been atMontague; Lansing, Michigan Avenue;St. John's; Traverse City; Ionia; GrandRapids, Burton Heights; Petoskey; Sturgis; Alma; and Cadillac, First.

Brother Kruse's first large field wasthat of the Michigan Avenue Methodistchurch in Lansing, where he organized

a Church and Sunday School, built achurch, and with an initial membership

of twelve constituents increased it tofour hundred and fifteen in the four years

he was there. From Lansing he went toSt. John's. This pastorate was featuredby the installation of the Hicks memorialchimes, and a revival in which one hundred and eight persons became affiliatedwith the church. In 1917 he was transferred to Traverse City where he serveduntil 1921 at Central church, from whichhe was then transferred to Ionia where

he held one of his most Successful pastorates. The greatest revival in the history of this church is credited to histenure, accounting for three hundred andfifteen additional members to the church.

The church building was revamped andkitchen and social rooms enlarged at anaggregate of $20,000.

While in Ionia he was appointed chaplain of Michigan State Reformatory andin his three years in that capacity gainedexperience which formed the basis fora lecture entitled, “Fast, Philosophy, andFun Behind Prison Bars,” which he has

delivered before many audiences. FromIonia he went to Grand Rapids to BurtonHeights church, from which he wastransferred at the end of one year to thePetoskey church where he spent fiveyears, during that time repairing thechurch and parsonage and erasing a debtof $4,000. -

During his pastorate at Alma a churchbuilding was financed and erected at atotal cost of $34,000. Three you ngpeople's groups were organized during

his stay there and every organization

was said to be at the peak of its achievement up to that time under his leadership. At Cadillac he was a beloved pastor, holding the respect and admirationof the entire community. He was a Stalwart Christian, a positive force for good .

and in many ways had his happiest pastorate in that church.

Mr. Kruse was vitally interested incommunity and civic affairs in the citieswhere he held pastorates. He served aspresident of the Kiwanis Club in Petoskey and was a Rotarian in Sturgis, Alma,and Cadillac. In Traverse City he belonged to the Lions Club, and in Ioniawas a member of the Exchange Club.He always was active in the MinisterialAssociation in the community in whichhe lived and cooperated in the promoting

of every community interest.Mr. Kruse leaves to survive him, his

wife, the former Grace Stout of CedarSprings to whom he was married in 1897,

one daughter Leone of Cincinnati, oneson Kenneth of Covington, Kentucky;two brothers, Dr. A. H. Kruse and William P. Kruse, both of Muskegon; twosisters, Mrs. Henrietta Kayon and Mrs.Hall Delmar, both of Muskegon.

The funeral Services were held on Saturday, March 16, at the First Methodistchurch, Cadillac. Rev. Leslie J. Nevinsof Petoskey, offered prayer, Rev. RayMerrill of Cassopolis, read the Scripture,

the church choir sang two hymns andRev. William H. Helrigel, District Superintendent of the Grand Traverse District,gave the memorial address. Intermentwas in Maple Hill cemetery, Cadillac.The choice of the family to leave thebody of their beloved one in the cemeteryat Cadillac was a tribute to the localchurch and community, and an indicationof the love the pastor and family held forthat church—W. H. Helrigel.

Anniversary at MendonHE 80th anniversary of the buildingT: the Mendon Methodist church will

be observed with a combined anniversary,

rededication and Mother's Day Service onSunday, May 12.

Mrs. F. M. CoSner, assistant pastor atWestern Springs, Illinois, and widow ofthe pastor of the Mendon church from1925 to 1929, Will Speak at the Rededication Service at 11 a. m. The afternoonaddress will be given by Rev. ThomasPollard of Hartford, former pastor of thechurch. This service, at 3 p. m., Will be

in the nature of a Remembrance Service

for the pioneers of the Mendon church.The present church organization was

formed in 1856 and in 1860 the buildingof the church was started. The dedication was held February 20, 1861. In1870, the Woman's Foreign MissionarySociety was organized, the second auxiliary of the state and only one year laterthan the foundation at Boston, March 23,

1869. It has functioned continuously for70 years. The church has just been redecorated through a gift left by the lateMrs. Louisa Hower.

All friends and former pastors who arefree to come for this celebration are morethan welcome to attend.—Robert G.Geiger.

Hymn Festival at OwossoOUR HUNDRED singers from sixteenF choirs representing five denomina

tions will participate in a Hymn Festival which will climax the observance ofmusic week in Owosso.

The program is being sponsored by TheMusic Division of The Owosso Woman'sClub, Mrs. Harold Whitman, chairman.

The Festival will be held at the FirstBaptist church, Owosso, May 12, at 4

o'clock. Nellie Beatrice Huger of Detroit, State Chairman of Church Music.will be the Director. Dauntless Keyes isthe soloist, Mrs. Clara Kaltrider Crugher.organist, and Mrs. Edward Latta, pianist.Six Methodist choirs in and aroundOwosso are singing in the Festival.

Sees Interfaith Fellowship as"Cardinal” Problem of

FutureHE problem of “good fellowship”T£ the members of different faiths

will be a “cardinal one” for the “new age

of civilization” now dawning, Dr. JacquesMaritain, Professor of Philosophy at theInstitut Catholique in Paris, declared ina lecture recently.

Asserting that “deliberate” attempts to

achieve closer interfaith cooperation are“relatively new,” Dr. Maritain asked hisaudience how a peaceful society could be“lastingly assured if good fellowship andmutual understanding cannot first be established in , the domain that mattersmost to the human being—in the spiritualand religious domain?”

Such a “rapprochement,” he explained,

“cannot be obtained at the cost of anyweakening of fidelity, or of any yieldingin dogmatic integrity, or by minimizingwhat is due to truth.

“There can be no question either ofstopping at any common denominator oftruth or of marking each one's convictions with a common query. On the contrary, such a rapproachement is only conceivable if we assume that each gives themaximum of fidelity to the light shown tohim.”

Dr. Maritain condemned the “easy andcomfortable” friendship maintained amongcertain believers of the same denomination.

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“I distrust,” he said, “a friendship between believers of the same denomination which would be easy and comfortablebecause charity in that case is reservedto their fellow worshipers, a universalismlimiting love to brothers of the samefaith, a proselytism that loves others only

in order to convert them and in so far

as they can be converted, a Christianitywhich is the Christianity of the goodagainst the bad and which confuses the

order of charity with what a great spiritual writer of the 17th century phrased

asthe order of the good police.”

There's enough happiness wasted tosupply the whole universe.

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Speaking of BooksEugene Allen

I Begin AgainAlice Bretz

HIS is the brave book which a blindT',wrote. She lost her sight

suddenly in maturity as a result of illness. It was not only complete darknessthat came but excruciating pain as well.

Blindness seems to be a total handicap

in many cases. The afflicted lose interest in life and become morbidly selfcentered.

But Mrs. Bretz, the wife of a physician,

determined from the start that she wouldlive as normal a life as she could. Itwas impossible for her to forget theblindness nor its incurableness. Heronly recourse was to begin life anew, butof course, in many respects radicallydifferent.

She mastered Braille and her narrativeof this education is particularly moving,

even thrilling. She devised a method ofreading which gave her independenceand freedom. Braille with her was considerably more than a mechanical process. Determined that her life shouldbe as normal as she could make it, shegradually educated herself to pursue ordinary household duties with precision

and effectiveness. For her, fingers became eyes. She learned to place thingswhere they might be found easily andquickly. Furniture, rugs and beds received as efficient care as a Seeing person :might give.

One thing Mrs. Bretz especially decided. She would not omit social duties

and pleasures. She gave her friends tealuncheons and accepted theirs in return.She attended the theatre and even moving pictures, always accompanied by

some one who could explain; frequentlyher grown son. She took daily walks inthe streets and parks (New York City)always attended. Shortly after she wasstricken, Mrs. Bretz lost her fine husbandby death, but she was never withoutmany friends who helped her all theycould.

Going to a restaurant was a happy andoften repeated pleasure. Cafe keepers

knew her and always gave her especial

attention. Not once in her long blindness has anyone been rude to her.

The ridiculous and amusing sides oflife do not escape her notice. Frequentlyshe laughs heartily while her friendsgaze in Sympathetic wonder. Seeingpeople seldom understand the psychology

of blindness. Their kind but often inept

endeavors to help her often amuse her.But she appreciates their sympathy. .

The book is unique. It has startlingrevelations. It lets one into the innersoul of a blind person. It reveals how adetermined mind can really begin again.

The thing that impresses me most inreading the volume is the unconquerablecourage of the author. She has momentsof painful introspection but is morbidfor never an instant. Her book whilecharacterful, is blithe. Perhaps this isdue mainly to her implicit trust in Godand her love of Christ. The closing

pages of her book are filled with a beautiful faith. Her final Sentence: “He does

lead me through the V a l l e y of theshadow. How can I be afraid?”

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Sunday School Lesson(Continued from Page 15.)

God in This World

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them “laws.” If it were possible to subtract from n at u re the all-pervadingenergy of God nothing would remain: nota bird would sing, not a flower bloom, nota star shine.

How Can We Know Propaganda?

How can we know propaganda fromthe truth? We can test a viewpoint,

Jeremiah says, by the idea of God; testit by the character of God. Is he thought

of as a national God, or as a God ofrighteousness? Jesus' teaching of theSacredness of personality, for example,

Stands over against all the propaganda

for money, and for war; against the economic conditions that bring our mass ofshare croppers, and our 3,000,000 migrants that are yearly increasing. It iseasy to listen to those who “are thinkingto make my people forget my namethrough their dreams which they tellevery man to his neighbor,” (the way

ideas are spread); the (professional)“prophet who has a dream let him tellhis dream; and he who has my word, lethim speak my word faithfully. What has

the straw to do with the wheat? saiththe Lord.” We can test the message by

its value; the straw has no permanency;the wheat has life Value.

Discussion

1. We want to ask ourselves veryfrankly, do we know propaganda? Thequestion is before thinking people. Atthe conference of the American Association of University Women there is tobe a round table on “Analysis of Propaganda.” How do we get our information? How do we form our opinions?

2. Do we seek for the voice of spiritualleaders?. Do we read the church papers

for the opinions of responsible churchleaders? Are... they in your public library 2 Do we read the church viewpointin the “Advocate”?

3. Do we listen to “Religion in theNews” on the radio each Sunday morning at 9:15? Are we trying to get thisViewpoint? Or, do we say, I don’t likethat; and turn to newspapers, and listento propaganda: propaganda that nursesour prejudice, and our hatred, and ourgreed?

*4. Do we recognize the war propa

ganda that is now increasing? Detectit over the radio, in the movies, and inthe newspapers? Do we understand why

So much publicity is given to Finnishrelief and nothing more is said aboutChina relief?

5. Stand by China as well as Finland.More than the entire population of theUnited States is now in the greatest

mass need in history. In the disastrousfloods in the Ohio River Valley theChinese people out of their meagre earnings sent $200,000 for relief. Twelvedollars will save a life in China. Willg/our class save one life? Send to theChurch Committee for China Relief, NewYork. Christians must stand by China!

The Spirit of Progress"THERE is a spirit which inspires and

sustains the progressive, and perVades all progressive thinking and allprogressive programs and movements—THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS. In So faras it can be grasped it is a beautifulthough sturdy fabric woven of a complex

of elements. It is an aspiration, a spiritof reaching out for the fulness of life,

the exercise of the Soul within us; but itis also a resentment against all that isstatic or dead or archaic, a nonconformity

amidst mediocrity and crowd-mindedness.It is a spirit of adventure and initiationand experiment; it ever seeks to penetrate new and unknown territory, exploring, prospecting, surveying, and clearing

for new human good. It is a spirit ofsearch for purpose and function, a valuation of all the elements of life. It is a

creative Spirit ever seeking to crystallizethe uniqueness of individual capacity inthe forms of more Sublime artistic expressions, more beneficent Social formsand institutions, more efficient agents ofliving; it actually seeks to create its ownworld; it is vibrant with endeavor anddesire for achievement. It is a spirit oftempered control of self and society inthe interests of the ideal. It is a Spirit ofabsolute truth that strips the artificialityoff the World of make-believe; a resolutefacing of the world as it is. It is a spiritof intolerance for injustice, dishonesty,misrepresentation. It is a spirit of courage in the face of ridicule, of flaming zealin the face of opposition. IT IS A SPIRITOF CONFIDENCE AND FAITH THATTHE HUMAN SPIRIT WILL MORE ANDMORE COME INTO ITS OWN; a spiritof Steadfastness in effort; it refuses tobe discouraged by adversity or desertion.Above all, THERE MOVES THROUGHIT THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, THELOVE OF NEIGHBOR, OF FRIENDSHIP,OF SYMPATHY FOR THOSE UNFAIRLY TREATED; IT IS THE SOCIALIZEDCONSCIENCE. It is a spirit that embodies all the great qualities, and gives

life a new coloring, history a new movement.—(“Social Progress”—Joyce O.

Hertzler).

Our MotherBlanche Hubbard Harwood

As children, our home meant our mother;

Where mother was we felt Secure;

No real disappointment could touch us,

And no sorrow could long endure.

Her hands which were always so busyJust doing from morning 'til night,

Sewing or baking or mending,

Like magic made things come out right.

Her hair looked just like a haloHer eyes were the gray of the dawn,

They seemed always to see without lookingThose gray eyes flecked with brown.

Her words and her kind understanding,

Were perfect as perfect could be—She knew when to speak or keep silent,

Which was always a marvel to me.

Of Christ’s beautiful lesson in serving,

She had mastered the art of it all;So strong, so fearless, so humble,

Upon whom any neighbor might call.

To know her at all was to love her,

Her sincerity was felt right away;And her presence made God seem much

nearer, -

To whom one could more easily pray.

Her Smile sent a ray of real Sunshine,

Clear down to the heart of the sad;And her voice had the tone of Sweet

music,

She gave to the world what she had.

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Motives for the MissionaryEnterprise

HIS question has been well answeredby a Japanese Christian woman who

says: “One is not true to himself if hedoes not share with others what he has,

which he considers the true religion.”

When one begins to question why one hasto propogate Christ to others, he showsthat he does not have Christ. For the

nature of Christianity is such that themotive power of missionary endeavor isthe irresistible power welled up from thegratitude toward Christ Jesus. So if onefeels that missionary enterprise is a burden, one has to realize that he has notfound Jesus Christ yet. Then there is a

moral dynamic in Christianity not foundin other religions, for the cross of Christgives a Christian a dynamic to practice it.

The Courageous Christ(Continued from Page 7.)

him as a pervert. The political leaderstreated him as dangerous and put himto death. But his is the only sanity, inthis too mad world. Slowly but Surely

we must find our way to his feet andlearn from him the sweet sanity thatwill give us courage to live in this distressed day.

Jesus Had Moral and Spiritual Courage

Much as we have admired the courage

of Jesus in the realms of the physical

and the mental yet he is most magnificent in the realm of the moral and

the spiritual. Let me try to illustratewhat I mean.

1. He could oppose friends and familyand church when they were in the wrong.

That is not easy, as any of us knows.You remember that day when he wastalking to the crowd that had come tohim soon after he had chosen the twelve

to be his disciples. Among those whocame were his friends and kinsmen who

came to lay hold on him and take himaway because they thought he was beside himself and would get into trouble.One can almost hear the practical-minded

James say to him, “Come on home. Don'tbe silly and pursue those dreams of yoursany longer. If you will work with me wecan build the best carpenter business inthese parts. And for once in our liveswe can have nice things like otherpeople.” But Jesus pushed him asideknowing that he that looked back would

never be fit for the great Kingdom ofhis Father.

Doubtless he had to face this all alongthe line. Peter would have turned himfrom the cross, and to Peter he mustsay, “Get thee behind me Satan, for thousavorest not of the things that be of Godbut of men.” We all face like situations.

Husbands succumb to the worldly ambitions of their wives; wives lower theirstandards to accommodate their husbands; children listen to the cautions oftheir parents and quench the Spirit thatcalls them to holy daring in the far-flungline of Christian service. In the home

we shall have daily need of courage likethat of Jesus if we are to be fit for theKingdom of our God.

Jesus Could Go on Without Applause

or Crowd Approval

I said something like this one day tomy congregation. After the service aman who serves the public at a verytrying place came to me and said, “Ithink that you are right. We should beable to do that. But most of us Cravethat word of approval when we are trying to do our best.” But Jesus had it inhim to go on regardless of what thecrowd did. He saw them melt away fromhim as he set before them the sternnecessity of cross-bearing. And when itlooked as if his disciples would followthe crowd as it drifted away there wasin his heart the courage to go on aloneif it became necessary. When at lastthey all did forsake him and flee, he stillset his face steadfastly toward Calvaryand the cross saying, “I, if I be lifted up

from the earth will draw all men unto

me.” That kind of courage must one daywin the world to God.

courage Displayed Amidthe Commonplace

Most of us need a crisis for us toappear courageous. When danger is

near men rise to high levels of courage.

Plain people become heroes in a moment.The criminal can even be superb in great

danger. Now most of us must live our

lives amid the common-place affairs oflife. If we fail here we are undone. Oneday as I caught step with a neighbor,

who does not happen to be in my congre"

gation, she began to tell me how hard it

was for her and her family to keep go.

ing when her husband was out of work

so much of the time. That wife andmother needs a courage greater than thatof the soldier. If she fails all is lost.She must have a courage like that ofJesus if she is to keep her family fromgoing to pieces and her husband and

children from losing heart.

courage from a Sense of Value

He knew so well that moral and spiritual values must always be superior tophysical values. Did not this lie back of

that terrific struggle out there in thewilderness those forty days and fortynights? And how splendidly he fought

that battle to a finish. He never denied

the physical needs of men. His deepconcern for the hungry and the sick andthe distressed people of his day gives

ample proof of his concern at this point.

But he always insisted that in the endthey were only secondary; while thespiritual needs of men are primary. Whenmen get it the other way around they

soon begin to live like hogs, as Divesand the Prodigal demonstrated.

Also, Jesus was always sure that personal qualities must ever be rated higherthan material. Was it a question of menor pigs? Well, save the man and let thepigs go. Is it a question of children orprofits? Save the children, even if thereis to be no declared dividend this year.True, it is not easy to follow him here,

and we follow but unsteadily. Children'steeth deteriorate for lack of propernourishment, but profits on investmentsare maintained. We boast of the bettercars we can build, but what about themen who made them? or the people whoride in them? I'm amazed at the beautiful and almost mechanically perfect carsthat drunken drivers h a v e wrapped

around trees and telephone poles. Smallsatisfaction it must always be to us tosee such evident advancement in things

material while the spiritual lags so dismally behind.

Jesus' sense of values was manifested

in his preference for personality aheadof institutions. Now ordinarily personality fares badly when it comes into conflict with institutions. Men in Jesus' day,

as we ourselves, had a terrible timewith the Sabbath and its observance. Ithad become a bane instead of the blessing it was meant to be. But Jesus cutright through the problem by declaringthat the Sabbath was made for man andnot man for the Sabbath. There aremany folks who have not caught up toJesus here. They still go on maintaining

institutions and letting men be damned.They tell us that war as an institution ishere to stay even though it threater's toextinguish the human race. How foolishthat we will not have his courage andput people before institutions as he did.

He knew too that God must be listenedto more than man. That must have been

an insistent teaching with him for it isone of the first to appear at Pentecost.And yet how slowly do we believe himand follow him. We keep our ears tothe ground and have a wetted finger

stuck up for every wind that blows inorder that we might sense the desires ofmen and steer our courses thereby. Notso Jesus. He listened to but one voice,

and that the Voice of his Father. Thatmade him able to say to the SwaggeringPilate, “You could do nothing to me except it be permitted you by my Father.”Whoever lives So Surely in God has acourage too little known and practicedamong men. But we can have it even ashe had it.

Courage of One Who KnewHis Resources

Many a man fights timorously in life'sbattle because he has so few reserves.The weakest of foes Strikes terror into

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our fearful hearts. And when real opposition appears we surrender without eventhe semblance of a battle. Jesus went

out into the conflict against evil unhindered by fear for he knew that behind him were all the reserves of heaven.

God was on his side. Like Joshua he

believed that one man could chase a

thousand as long as the Lord his Godfought for him and with him. Jesusknew this singing strength because heand his Father are one, and rule the

world. The crippling fear that paralyzes

so many of us today is tragic testimony

to our lack of those divine resources

which would give us triumphant courage.

Courage of One Who Knew ThatHis Cause Must Triumph

Anxious folks today ask fearfully ifthe British Empire is breaking up andgoing the way of Nineveh and Tyre.

Schools refuse to buy maps until the

nations shall again be at peace lest the

children shall see nations on the map

that are not a reality. People forsake

causes because they regard them as lost.

But with everything presaging his death

at an early age, Jesus confidently declared, “Heaven and earth shall pass

away but my word shall not pass away.”Very simply he had been teaching a fewpeasants what was in his mind andheart. But he knew that his cause could

not go down to defeat. The whole universe must go under if God does notStand back of such a one as he. Norwas this an isolated utterance. A little

arer he draws to the cross. The body

of his followers is getting smaller every

day, but to that loyal group that stillbelieves in him he confidently declares,

“Be of good cheer, for I have overcome

the world.” When the lights go out inour lives can we still feel the press of

his courageous hand in ours? Believeit to be so. It must be so if we stay

close to him. Nor need the future make

us afraid. For in that first Easter dawn

an angel meets his friends and cheerstheir faint-hearts with those immortalwords, “He goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see him, as he said

unto you.” Over every untried road we

have to tread he goes on ahead. Theconquest of the world is on. The kingdoms of this world must become theKingdom of our Lord and of his Christ.

Hear the words of Ralph Harlow's finehymn sing their message to our aching

hearts:

“O young and fearless Prophet we needThy presence here,

Amid our pride and glory to see Thy

face appear;

Once more to hear Thy challenge above

our noisy day,Again to lead us forward along God's

holy way.” Amen.

The Correspondent(Continued from Page 8.)

Last in this moving column in age isSenator Rush Holt of West Virginia, unmarried, and so boyish in appearance

that when six years ago he first appeared

on the Senate floor he was mistaken fora page. The dean of the House in age

is Representative Edward T. Taylor ofColorado who will be 82 next month. He

has served sixteen consecutive terms,

and despite the fact that he was past 50

years of age when he first came to theHouse, no more than half a dozen members during the entire history of Congress have served a longer period of unbroken service in the lower branch than

has he. Last among the 435 members of

the House to leave his cradle is Lindley

Beckworth. This youngster who twoyears ago when barely 25 years of age

took his place on the Democratic side ofthe House aisle, hails from Texas.

Such is the personnel of the Congres

Sional caravan that began moving 150

years ago. Were those who during thisperiod have served in Senate and House

to pass in review, it is estimated thatthey would constitute an army of lawmakers 10,000 strong. In its ranks may

still be found raw recruits fired with theaudacity of youth, and Veterans madeoverly cautious by memories of muchwell-planned legislation that failed. Itis quite easy to yield to cynicism ordespair here in the Nation's Capital.

Abroad dictators like blind Samsons appear to be laying hold upon the pillars

that support the structure of free govern

ment. At home before one's eyes risethe distilleries, breweries and munition

factories that transform the very bread

for which the hungry cry into the commodities and implements of death. Civilization seems to be going lickety-split forthe graveyard. The Babel-builders abroadseem to be outdoing our own FederalHousing Commission. Thus it seems untilthe House of Representatives halts in its

furious drive for some material objecti

as it recently did, to call the roll of

deceased Members. Then values app

in their true perspective. Sanity isstored. The old conviction asserts its

that if America is to survive, she willso by obedience to laws that ante-d

those of Capitol Hill.

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