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Newspaper Page TextPwlt Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Saf Aug. 11, 1948 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Every Evcnlnc tnd Sunday) EDITOR AND P"mT Alton F. Bikir MANAGING EDITOR WUlUm M. Tufmaa NEWS FTiYK Preta, United Ptcm KyMnra Audit Bureau of Circulation Entered at the Port Office at Eugene Oregon, as eecond- manor. The Reaiiter-Ouard'a ooller li the complete and Impartial publication In lte news page of an newt and etatementa cm mws. On thli page the editor of The ReiUter -Guard offer thetr opinions on eventa of the day and matte.! of Importance the community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful In the development of conitructlva community poJicy. Assembly, World Council of Churches (Editor'! Note: The following article ii submit ted by the Oregon Council of Churches and pre pared by Robert S. Bilheimer, executive secretary of the Intereemlnary Movement, secretary 01 me U. S. ecumenical study committee for the Amster dam Assembly of the World Council of Churches, and Presbyterian minister from Cedar Manor, New York.) By ROBERT S. BILHEIMER More than 1400 persons representing 142 Protestant and Greek Orthodox denomina tloni from 42 countries of the world will gather together at Amsterdam, Holland, Sun day for a two weeks' assembly of the World Council of Churches. Many persons who are qualified to know, feel that this meeting in Amsterdam will be one of the most important events in the his tory of the mighty Christian Church. Surely the bare facts of the meeting will not call for such an opinion. The meeting is small, it will not vote huge sums of money; it will make no political rearrangements; it may to many hardly seem relevant to the great is sues which plague mankind. Yet the judg ment ii justified, for if God has His way with this first Assembly of the World Coun eil of Churches, vast parts of the Christian Church in the world will be renewed and unified. One of the powerful contributing factors to the effectiveness of the Assembly is the process of preparatory study which has pre ceded it. Thirty-seven authors have been chosen, and four volumes have been pre pared, but behind these facts stands a long period of Intense consultation among the leading minds of the Protestant and Ortho dox churches a consultation which has clari fied issues, brought persons closer together, and prepared a solid spiritual and intellectual foundation for genuine advance at the meet ing of the Assembly at Amsterdam. This process has come to be known as that of ecumenical study: a kind of international school, carried on by conferences and corre spondence, in which persons from different nations and churches advance a conviction, send it out in an article for criticism, and re write the original on the basis of constructive comments. The ecumenical study leading up to the Assembly of the World Council of Churches has involved exactly this process, over a pe riod of two years. Three meetings of leading Christian thinkers, drawn from different countries and churches, have been convened. First and second drafts, and in some cases third drafts, of the different chapters have been prepared, and subjected to the most in tense criticism. In America alone, 500 people have been asked to comment laymen, cler gy, educators, theologians, church executives alike, so that a representative cross section of opinion might be gained. The whole is thus far more than an inter change among professional theologians. It represents a genuine meeting of minds, not always in agreement, indeed sometimes in the sharpest disagreement. It is part, and a fun damental part, of the painful process by which the disunity with which we are beset Is fashioned out into a recognizable unity. Moreover, the process has helped greatly to clarify issues, and in some cases to locate answers, on the great themes with which the Assembly will be dealing. The general sub ject of the meeting is "Man's Disorder and God's Design," and the theme of each volume is as follows: The Universal Church in God's Design. God s Design and the Church's Witness. The Church and the Disorder of Society The Church and International Affairs. The first study in which the participat ing Americans are Conrad Bergendoff, Clar ence T. Craig, Bishop Angus Dun, Georgia Harkness, John A. Mackay, and H. Bichard Niebuhr goes directly to the Bible for the basis of our thinking about the church; and though different Interpretations appear, It is agreed that our unity is to be found in the Biblical message concerning the church. Moreover, it is clear, especially through the remarkable chapter on new life in the church, that there will be no unity without a great rebirth in the church's life. Beyond this, the ecumenical movement and its or ganizations, are treated in order to show their relationship to this renewal and this unity. In the second volume, "God's Design and the Church's Witness," the subject of the evangelistic task of the church is viewed for the first time on a comprehensive, world wide basis. The unequivocal position of the book is that evangelism, that is, the work of bringing the Gospel to life in the hearts of men the world over, is the first task of the church. The commission is a representative one, in which the Americans are Robert S. Bilheimer, Robert L. Calhoun, Walter M. Horton and Kenneth S. Latourette, and there are different views as to how this Gospel should be stated; but on the question of the evangelistic duty of the Christian there is no doubt. An impressive survey of effective evangelism is at once encouraging and dis heartening: there Is universal evidence of the hunger of people for faith in God, and in many places people are joining the church by thousands. Yet there is still to be dis covered a really significant "break through" by the church into the hardened secularism of our time, nor is there evidence that the church is able to stem the tide of spiritual disintegration in western society which is so ably analysed In one of the chapters. The third study of "The Church and the Disorder of Society" is concerned almost ex clusively with the prime problem of western society, namely the need to achieve a con structive balance between freedom and or der or control in a society which has become almost wholly mechanized. Two brilliant analyses, one particularly indicating the con sensus which exists among Christian and secular thinkers alike, states the uroblem clearly. How may the Christian Church con tribute to the achievement of a truly respon sible society, in which man is free, but in which the machine and all its benefits are controlled for the common good? A state ment of the goal of Christians in this regard is followed by a statement of some of the strategies which may be followed by the church, the whole indicating the chief social issue which must continue to challenge the mind of the church until the key answer is found. These participating in the commis sion from Amercia are Reinhold Niebuhr, John C. Bennett, F. Ernest Johnson and Bishop William Scarlett. The fourth study on "The Church and In ternational Affairs" strikes at three points: the overwhelming tension between Russia and the-United States; the fundamental im portance of religious liberty, and the respon sibility which the church has for exerting its ministry of reconciliation within the struggle of international power politics. It is too early yet to indicate the way in which this volume will state the problem, or the recommendations which will stand out from it. More of the process of ecumenical study is needed: drafting, criticism from many na tions, redrafting, before the volume is ready for publication. The forthright attack of lead ing lay-people and clergy from America John Foster Dulles, O. Frederick Nolde, Rein hold Niebuhr, Bishop Ashton Oldham, Bish op G. Bromley Oxman, F. W. Rennie and Mrs. Leslie E. Swain on this problem how ever, particularly in an ecumenical setting, is a source of strong encouragement. Even this cursory account of some of the major issues which have raised themselves in the total study, indicate that the recur ring theme throughout the four books is the renewal and unity of the church. In each book there is a vigorous criticism of the pres ent thought and life of the church; in each also repeated demand for radical renewal. This is undoubtedly the overarching question which the preparatory study will present to the Assembly: can that happen which will bring to the church the new and vigorous life which God is ready to give us? J REV. STERLING SIMONSON breaks ground for the first unit of the Springfield Lutheran parish house and church project at Fourteenth and I Streets. A pumice block structure is now being built at a cost or about $20,000 on the 405 by 111-foot site. The first building will be used for worship until a new church is con structed later, and the first unit Hill will then be converted for edu cational purposes. The building te a project of the Home Mission Churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The local congre gation is less than two years old. (Wiltshire engraving). Oregon Day is Observed at Washington Cathedral Sunday WASHINGTON, D. C. The State of Oregon will be honored at Washington Cathedral here Sunday, Aug. 22, when prayers will be offered for the government and the people and particularly for all Oregon men and women who served the nation in time of war. The Very Rev. John W. Suter, dean of the cathedral, indicated many Oregonlans would share in the observance of Oregon Day thla Sunday. Each state in the Union Is honored annuallv at Washington Cathedral in the na- tloni capital as part of the cam Bethesda Lutheran At Bethesda Lutheran Church Sunday school and Bible classes lot all ages is at 9:45 a. m. Divine worship with Holy Com munion Is at 11 a. m. The pastor's ermon theme will be: "The Di vine Assurance of Forgiveness." Mr. Carl Petersen will sing a solo. The Luther League will meet la the church parlors at 8 p. m. paign seeking contributions to complete and maintain the cathe dral. In Oregon. Mrs. William Horsfall of Coos Bay is chairman of the cathedral committee. Rev. Suter said completion of the majestic Gothic edifice crown ing Mount Saint Alban, highest point in Washington, is dependent upon the support and continuing interest of all the people. He said more persons are become associat ed with Washington Cathedral daily as they submit the names and war records of their service men and women for enrollment on its National Roll of Honor. Springfield Lutheran The Perfection of God" is the title of Pastor Sterling Simonson's sermon Sunday, Aug. 22, with ser vices being temporarily held in the VFW Hall at Springfield. The young married couples' club will meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, at 7:45 in ih nihil. ' 1335 B St., for potluck aupper. I tinuintf th .luriv First Christian The First Christian Church ser vice will be at 11 a. m. Sunday, Pastor Hugh N. McCallum will bring a message on the theme "What Place Has Jesus in Life?" Barbara and Janice Warner will sing the processional hymn, "Un der His Wing." Robert Fulton will sing a solo 'All's Well" by Del Riego. At the evening service at 8 Mr McCallum will speak on the theme "Who Gains the Election?" A trio will be sung by Miriam McCallum Fulton, Vera and Mary beth McCallum. Sunday school is at 9:45 a. m. for all age groups. Nursery ser vice is provided for both morn ing services. Junior High Christian Endeavor meets at 6 p. m. at the church with Peter Webster leading the group; High School Endeavor will meet in the annex at 6:30 p. m. and the Town and Campus group meets in the White Room at 6:30 P. m. Mid-week service is Wednesday Pastors Asked To Workshop OREGON STATE COLLEGE A two-day radio workshop for ministers and directors of relig' ious youth centers has been sched uled for September 14 and 15 by K.UAL, me state-owned radio sta tion. Invitations have been sent by Rev. Gilbert Christian, executive secretary of the Oregon Council of Churches, to 250 ministers in Oregon towns where there are radio stations. cooperating in this first non- denominational radio workshop are tne Oregon Council of Churclv es, Oregon State College, the Cor. vallis Ministerial Association and the Oregon State Broadcasters Association. The ministers will have an op portunity to view and inspect the inside operation of a radio sta tion as well as to learn from spec ialists in the field techniques of broadcast materials, microphone manners, script and music for re' ligious radio. Dr. Marcotte Chooses Sunday Sermon Topic Dr. Henry Marcotte, pastor at Central Presbyterian Church, will preach on "The Abundant Life" Sunday at 11 a. m. Patricia Havs will sing "With Verdure Clad" by Mendelssohn. The Genevas and Senior Highs will have a joint meeting in Fellowship Hall at 6:15 p. m. Topic, "What Does God Ex pect of Me?" leader, Jacqueline Madigan. At Central Presbyterian Church Thursday evening at 8:15, Mrs. Edna Pearson, the choir director, will present two of her voice pu pils in recital. They are Rena White, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leslie White, and Phil Elvigion, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Elvigion. They will be accompanied bv Thad Elvigion, who will also give piano numoers. The public is invited. Childrens' Story Hour Offered in Springfield SPRINGFIELD Church of God at Fourteenth and D St. has an nounced a vacation Bible story hour to be conducted for children from Aug. 23 to 27. The program will include sing ing from 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m., along with learning scripture verses and participation in handi craft classes. Those in charge of the story hour will be Mrs. Her bert Sackett, Mrs. James Lewis, Mrs. Dwight Miller, Mrs. L. Fish er, Mrs. Tom B. Grey, Mrs. Lewis Mills, and Mrs. Richard Burgess. Children between the ages of three and 14 years are invited to attend. First Congregational Services at the Congregational Church will be at 11 a. m. Sunday. Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson will preach on "The Christian Individ ual." The summer girls' choir will sing "Prayer of the Norweslan Child." by Kountz. Joyce Davis, soprano, will sing "O Lord On High," by Mozart. A nursery will be provided for the children. There is no rgeular Sundav School during the month of Aug ust, McCallums Return Rev. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum were scheduled to return Satur day from Berkeley, Calif., where Mr. McCallum has been taking a two weeks refresher course at the Baptist divinity school of re ligion. Rev. McCallum was to be back in the pulpit of First Chris tian Church here Sunday. Emmaus Lutheran Sunday School and Bible classes will be at 9:45 a.m.: morning wor ship at 11 a. m. Sermon topic: 'Who Is My Neighbor." Sunday school teacher's meetine will be at the home of Andrew- Anderson at 8 p. m. PIONEER SPEAKS JUNCTION CITY Rev. J. J. Gillespie, pioneer evangelist from Salem, will speok at the 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. services of the Church of God here Aug. 22. Dr. McCall is Guest At First Methodist The guest minister at First Methodist Church Sunday morn ing will be Dr. Roy C. McCall, head of the speech department at the University of Oregon. The soloist is Miss Henriette Scholten, who has come to this country from Arnhiem, Holland, where she was graduated from teachers' college. For the past year she has been a student at Valparaiso University in Indiana, and she plans to return there this fall. Miss Scholten has just com pleted work with the Internation al Service Seminar in Eugene un der auspices of the American Friends Service Committee. The minister. Reverend L. O. Griffith, will be serving as dean of Suttle Lake Institute at Suttle Lake, Oregon, from August 21 to August 28. Many of the young people of the church are planning to attend this summer camp. There will therefore be no Meth odist Youth Fellowship meeting this Sunday evening. Sunday School Has Membership Drive THURSTON A membership drive between the "Win One Class" and the "Bible Class" of the Thurston Christian Church w&s begun the past Sunday and is scheduled to run until the an nual church "rally day" which is always held durinB Octnher. Both classes are organizing plans 10 enusi meir community friends, and new people who have re cently moved to this area. Lea ders of the respective classes state that some type of entertainment is in store for the winning group, but as yet no announcement of the nature of the affair has been given. Sunday School is held each ounaay at 10: a. m., in the Thurs ton Grade School. Church serv ices, under the direction of Rev. Harold Rchards, follow at 11 a.m. Church Gets New Pastor SPRINGFIELD Rev. Wesley Graves, pastor of the Methodist Church at Willamina, Ore. ihe past five years, is the new pastor of the Springfield Free Methodist Church. The new Springfield minister replaces Rev. C. B. Starkey, who has been transferred to the Cot tage Grove Methodist Church. Rev. Graves will speak at 11 a. m. Sunday on the sermon theme: "Finding Yourself." Visiting the church this week end will be the Rev. J. R. Stewart of Salem, conference superintend ent of the Oregon Free Methodist Churches. It will be his first visit to Springfield since his recent election as superintendent for the state of Oregon. Rev. Stewart will speak at 7:45 p. m. Sunday. Meal Features Foreign Food A typical Guatemal an dinner will spark a missionarv-minHprf evening program planned by members and friends of the Church of the Nazarene, Aug. 26, at 7 p. m., in the Colin Kelly School. The meal will hp nmiroH k a former missionary, Mrs. Eugenia Coates, of Dallas, assisted by two natives, leresa Castro Juarez and Guillermo Paau. Following the dinner the visitors, dressed in na tive costume, will present a pro gram of Guatemalan life. The ev ening will be sponsored jointly by the Women's Foreign Mission ary Society and the Teen-Age Missionary Society of the local church. Baptists to Hear Speakers, Quartet At the 11 a. m. service, Dr. Vonce H. Webster, pastor of First BaDtist Church will hrino o sage on "Man's Disorder and God's uesign, tne tneme of the World Council of Chiirchpis Amsterdam. This service will be broadcast over radio station KASH. At the dy, pastor of the Highland Baptist L-nurcn in Portland, will be guest speaker. His theme will be, "Does God Forgive?" There will hp baptismal service. The Bible school meets at 9:45 with classes for all ages, and the six Fellowship grouns meet at 7 p. m. At the mid-week service at 8 P. m. on Thursday the Calvary Male Quartet of the Bible Insti tute ot los Angeles will present a program. The quartet has been making a tour from the nit tn east coast and return. Dick Cook of Eugene is a member of the quartet. There will be no admis sion charge but an offerinff uHU be received. r S Bishop Gerald II. Kennedy, elected a general superintendent of the Methodist Church at the recent conference In Seattle, has been assigned to the Portland area which Includes Alaska, Oregon, Idaho and Washington! Bishop Kennedy will take up his residence In Portland about Oct. 1, after filling a number of speaking encasements the east and midwest. ..... rn?er Meet1 verai m.mu. . of God i r U"S0,thecJ Intern,: 'U8nra.tt,.J ' Denver. . " CJ '"""ccdsatu;;:'0 30-- Tl'ey ineli.H. ... ' lake. June WajL? cr. Eda Rose J' "."- Musses jun. ''V"C:! Anderson Inrt , L .'.j , Rev. Wilma perry ,. '" will Preach a?,', day on "The r.," '.: turn Love." hI. ?'". d '"""ay during tC service will he 41 ,! fcrer." e The Kvite 1146 E mm. ..ff "4 Rev. U'Rcnn Speaks At Dexter Sunday Rev. P. Crowle-U'Renn will fill the pulpit at the Dexter Baptist Church Sunday, Aug. 22 in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Frank uoora. Rev. Crowle-U'Renn will preach a sermon entitled. "The Dying Embers on the Hearth," at the morning service. Monroe-Alpine MONROF Thorn, of tion for the sermon Sunday, Aug. " me Monroe and Alpine Methodist Churches will be 'The Value of the Kingdom of God" (Mat. 13: 44.45). Wnrshir. .....i.. at Alpine will be at 11 a. m.; and ai ivionroe at 8 p. m. Sunday schools meet at 10 a. m Rev. H. G. Herrmann is the pastor. HALL BELIEVES BIRI.P. " Do YOU believe li. J KJf ST God t m,. I entifie Proof. nV ! tural honk ...:,L S ' K4 nerate Word Is eternal. He m serve hnih li "U iui If lory In order to discredit disprove the Word', , it.v, but (nrai. ii,. asree "Do not fme, complain or FRET.Pul W hole Armor ,d ACCEl 11,. B " 1 the Rock on which, .r Miieiaiti; pm Jesus' pierced hand. A i shines before as-ntvn joy unspeakable, Eld mm. VACATION BIBLE STORY HOUR CHURCH OF GOD 14h and D Springfield 9:30 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. August 23 Thru 27 sinS'"g Handcraft Moving Pictures Each Day on "Life of Christ" No Admission Charge All Children Invi Lutherans to Hear Sermon on Faith In the Sundav service at flrapp Lutheran, which will begin at 11 a. m., ine pastor, Rev. W. B. Mier, will speak on the subject, "Salvation bv Faith. Nnt h Works." William O'Leary will sing a special selection. ihe Lutheran Hour will Hp broadcast over KORE at 9:30 a. m. Sunday school, with Bible classes for young people and adults, will convene at 9:45 a. m. The Lutheran Laymen's T will meet on Sunday evening, be ginning at 8, in the church parlor. Henry Dodge will preside. Lighthouse Temple j Pastor W. Crawford Jones of Lighthouse Temple will begin a series of sermons Sundav nn iho general tneme "Tne Holy Spirit." mum ienowsnip groups will meet at 6 p. m., and in the even ing service at 7:30 the pastor will speak on the subject "Up and Down." At 7:30 p. m. Tuesday he will continue Bible studies, on the subject of what God is to His People." The Overcomers, young people's group, will conduct the service Friday evening, and at 2:30 p. m. Saturday the boys' and girls' gospel hour will be held. First Baptist Church Broadway at High 11 A. M. Dr. Vance H. Webster Will Speak On "Man's Disorder and God's Design" (Broadcast Over KASH) 8 P. M. Hear Rev. George Hardy of Portland, Oregon Speak on "Does God Forgive?" There Will Be a Baptismal Service 9:45 Bible School J P. nt. Fellowship Grid Grove Lutheran . COTTAGE GROVE The Luth eran Church of Cottage Grove will meet for wirship at 1 1 a. m. Sun day. Sunday school will begin at 9:45 a. m. Beginning this Sunday, Aug. 22, services will be held reg ularly at these hours. Fnrmpriy services have been held at 9 a. m. ana 10:15 respectively. Servirpi are held In the Seventh Day Ad ventist Church, located on the cor ner of West Main and North M Streets. The Rev. Richard E. Gross, who was installed as resident pastor during a special service last Sun day, will preach his first sermon as minister of the congregation. MEETING AT HOME The Willagillespie Baptist Sun day school will meet in the gar den of the Truman Ch during the remaining Sundays in AUgUSl. HARD OF HEARING Com In and See Itl NEW MINIATURE S0N0T0NE "900" Finest "all-in-one" hearing aid ever made. Easy to wear as a wrist watch . . . Power fulnaturalfar more eco nomical. Soitotonc of Portland RAY VAN LOON, Mgr. 321 Falling Building BE 261J C. R. Rogers, Mgr. Eugene Office 309 Hampton Bid?., Eugene Phone 3628 Monroe-Methodist MONROE Mrs. Thurman don, the pastor's wife, will have special stories for the rhi1rf-on at the Free Methodist rh-i Carson Hall, this Sunday, Aug' 22, 10 a. m. g Rev. Gordon will speak at 11 a. m., and again in the evenine at 7:45. s Prayer meeting is Thursdav ening. The hour has been changed to 8 p. m. Unity Church Rev. Cleoda Dawson will ni. Sunday morning on the topic,; "Subconscious Power." Donald : Johnson will sing Mallntte's "Lord's Prayer" and "Benediction" by Brown. Mrs. A. F. Holnier will play a selected ETOUt) of nianit I number, 1 1 jj THE UNFAITHFUI 1 I, win ni i i , SERVANT ' Sound Motion Picture I I An Unforgetable Story ffj Music Singing lET'S GO! TONIGHT 8:00 P. M. EVANGELICAL CHURCH 834 Monroe 1 , . . rmllr. olwuav SCHOOI 9:45 a.m. A Fine Class for Every Member or ""- r0Lv SPU"1' MORNING WORSHIP-11 a.m(Fint in Series) "THE PROMISE OF JJJj. YOITH MEETING9-6:00 p.m. Youth Programs That Are Christ Centered. rt) EVANGELISTIC SERVICE 7:30 p.m. 'tjP AND DOWN" (Hlus. with 12-ft. color MID-WEEK SERVICES TUESDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. Bible Study, Testimonies and Prayer. THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 p.m. Ladles' Prayer Service. FRIDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. Young People of Church In Charge. RADIO BROADCAST Every Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday Afternoon at 1:30 over KORE. n-trOStf GOOD SINGING MUSIC INSPIRING rTT""vg BI" '