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This Sunday Attend 'Church "A Sunday Well Spent Brings a Week of Content" 11:00 A.M. "THE GOSPEL TRUTH" 7:30 P. M. "OUR UPS and DOWNS" AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ALTON F. BAKER Publisher ALTON F. BAKER JR. Editor ROBERT B. FRAZIER Associate Editor SERVICES Full Associated Press, United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Register-Guard's policy 1j the complete and impartial publication In Its news pages of all news and statements on news. On this page the editors of the Register Guard offer their opinions on events of the day and matters of importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful in the development of con structive community policy. A newspaper Is A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY. Entered at the Post Office at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. Willagillespie Baptist Chiirch (American Baptist) Glenn E. Camper, Pastor 345 Willagillespie Rd. LAMS ctuwfvf EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1955 Hospital Named for Schweitzer (From The Christian Century) From France to Africa to Arizona to . Haiti and the end is not yet of the out reach of Christian compassion through the Influence of the great physician Albert Schweitzer, whose 80th birthday is Friday, Jan. 14. Recently an unusual "service of partici pation," held in Park Avenue Christian Church in New York, brought to public knowledge a new event connected with Dr. Schweitzer's work. The service celebrated the laying on December 11 at Deschapelles, Haiti, of the cornerstone of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, named after tho famed Alsatian scholar and musician who has given his life ministering to the sick in tropical Africa. But who named the hospital after Dr. Schweitzer? The story goes back to Novem ber 1947, when William Larimer Mellon, Jr., a 37-year-old rancher in Arizona, picked up a copy of "Life" magazine and for the first time learned of Dr. Schweitzer. He became so interested that he made the acquaintance of Emory Ross, then head of the Africa committee of the Foreign Missions Conference, later to join tho staff of the National Council of Churches. Through Dr. Ross contact was made with Lambarene,. with the result that Mr. Mellon went to visit Dr. Schweitzer in Africa. The result was a radical change in his life. He resolved to follow, as Schweitzer has done, in the footsteps of the Great Physician. There were many obstacles. He had had only one year in college. But he sold his ranch and, in the seven years since then, this young man has completed college and medical school and is now in the last year of internship. His wife, who shared in the decision, took nurse's training and studied laboratory techniques, while caring for their four children. Meanwhile a decision had been reached to work in Haiti. The government of that country gave a hundred acres of land fori a hospital site. The young doctor, who is a member of the Mellon family of Pitts burgh, set up a foundation to build and endow a. hospital. While he is finishing his medical training the Albert Schweitzer Hos pital will be completed, and when its doors open he will become its doctor. Its dedica tion should bring a deeper consecration to every Christian. When such things happen, the hope of the world in Christ is constantly renewed. MAKING FRIENDS-s-The "Friendly" Church, Friendly Street Church of God, has already started making friends with its new minister and family, the Isham E. Cranes. Left to right, Connie Jean, the Rev. Mr. Crane with Kristine Beth, Mrs. Crane, and Susan Jo. The family comes to Eugene from a former pastorate in Oklahoma. Schweitzer's Religious Worth First Christian Elucidated by Local MinisterjU i. Dav By THE REV. EDWARD L. ERICSON I lUOUJ lACUljf On Missions Minister of the Unitarian Church Next week the world will pause to observe the eightieth birth day of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The Nobel Prize winner, recognized as one of tho leading humanitarians and most versatile geniuses of our time, will celebrate his birthday Friday, Jan. 14. Many churches throughout the world will pay special tribute in their services tomorrow. i Methodists In Cincinnati For Assembly CHICAGO WV The Methodist Church has announced it will hold its first general assembly of its 25 boards and agencies in Cin cinnati in January. The Rev. Dr. Harold Mohn, ex ecutive director of church promo tions, said the groups previously held separate annual meetings. The 1955 general assembly was set up in 1952 at a meeting in ban Francisco. Dr. Mohn said the individual agencies will begin preliminary meetings Jan. 7 with general ses sions scheduled from Jan. 10-15. Bishop Raymond Grant of Port land, Ore., will deliver a speech on the program of the local church at Wesley Chapel the night of Jan. 13. Friendly Street Church Has New Minister Taking Pulpit YOUTH for CHRIST Tonight 7:30 p.m. THE NEW REVISED "CHINA CHALLENGE" Dr. Bob Pierce's great documentary film! 40 minutes Sound and Color Powerful Challenging First Baptist Church Broadway and High JANUARY RALLIES IN FIRST BAPTIST The Rev. and Mrs. Isham E Crane and children have arrived in Eugene to take up duties at the Friendly Street Church of God, where he will be pastor. The Rev. Mr. Crane succeeds the Rev. Wilma I. Perry, who left the nf tho reputation which the learned doctor holds in equally difficult areas. Yet a growing number nf admirers will hail him as one of those universal genius es, like Leonardo da Vinci, who appear only rarely in history. Schweitzer has maintained steadily throughout this half-century that mankind is making a mistako in turning from faith in reason and experiment to a ven eration of the authoritarian. He has made "Reveronce-for-Lifc" the keystone of his religious phi- losaphy, at the same time insist ing that religious idealism must always be guided and tempered by tho intellect and by a rever ence for reason. Lane Council Sets Tuesday For Meeting Dr. Schweitzer, who renounced the life of a musician-philosopher to becomo a medical missionary in French Equatorial Africa, has not allowed his reputation as a scholar to suffer. He is the fore most authority on tho German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe and is equally respected as a master of J. S. Bach and the organ. He holds an honored place among the theological and philo sophical writers for his scholarly Studies on the historical life of Jesus and St. Paul. . Whilo sUll a very young man, fcomo 50 years ago, Schweitzer came to the attention of European scholars for a small volumo en titled "The Psychiatric Study of Jesus" in which ho refuted the then-popular theory in psychiat ric circles that Jesus could be understood as a paranoiac. Dem onstrating that much of tho so called "evidence" was from non historical matcriat and was badly' Interpreted, he presented his case no forcibly that slnco the publico. J tlon of the psychiatric study, the paranoiac theory has steadily lost ground. Later he published a monumen tal study tracing the efforts of scholars to separate the historical elements in the life of Jesus from the lengendary. This work, "The Quest of the Historical Jesus," has profoundly influenced subse quent views of the life and mes sage of Christianity's first teach er. At the samo time that these theological works were making his name, Schweitzer came to be regarded as one of Kurnnc's fin est organists. Ho was a leading1 jifciuu ju uic emms men being mado to prcservo the rharacler of the old organs of Europe's churches. Ho argued that purity of tone was being sacrificed to bigness, and that organ music was being sullied in tho pursuit of tho spectacular. Schwcitcr's decision to become a medical missionary was prompted by his feeling that the whito race had wronged the col ored peoples, together with a desire carried over from child hood to share with the less At tunate. He selected Africa be cause ha felt the need was great est there. Since 1913 most of his life has been devoted to this work in a crudely built hospital on the bank of the Ogowe River. Yet he has found time for an occasional concert tour to raise needed funds, or to contribute to tho world of scholarship. In lMil 1 he camo to the U.S. to deliver llio main lecture at the Goethe Hi- sic Festival at Aspen, Colo, Last' year-he was awarded the Nobel IT;i- it peace prize in recognition of hisj Unitarians Honoring humanitarian work. The. gifted native of Kayser- bcrg, Alsace, graduate of the The service and sermon at the University of Strasbourg, has Unitarian Church Sunday. Jan. 9. earned four doctorates, in the; will he devoted to a consideration widely separated fields of philos-jnf the life and thought of Albert ophy, theology, music and modi- Schweitzer, the German philcm cine. The first three of these ophcr who 40 years ao became were earned simultaneously, dur- a medical missionary in Africa, ing his 20s. I Unitarian and Universalis! When tho tributes are paid to churches throughout the nation him next week, persons who rec- are observing Schweitzer's 80th ogniio his position in their own anniversary of birth, Sunday. His fields will not tlwiys be aware I actual birthday is Friday, Jan. 14. organizen in juiy, . . , . a participation of Ministerial Group rches. Others have , . r Meeting luesday The Lane Central Council of Churches, affiliated with the Oregon and National Councils, has a meeting, open to the pub lic, at tho Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 7:45 p.m. The Lane Central louncit was organized in July, ium, with some 20 chord since joined "Opportunities for Council Action" will be the general top ic of a panel discussion. Orrin Lokken, member of United Lu theran Church in Eugene, will moderate and topics will he pre sented by Mrs. L. 1). Schmidt, "Public Relations"; the Itev. Ernest Wordcn of Springfield Christian Church, "Evangel ism"; Mrs. Darelle Barber, as sistant paslor of the Eugene Congregational Church, "Chris tian Education": the Rev. Rob ert Hurdler of Trinity Methodist Church, Eugene, "Social Rela tions"; and the Rev. Robert Ellis of Eocene's St. Mary's Episcopal Church, "Youth Work." i Following the panel, I)r. Car- I roll c. Roberts of Eugene's First Christian Church, will : speak on the Council's respon- sibililics for the convocation of ! the Oregon Council of Churches. which will take place in Eugene, ) Feb. 1, 2 and 3, at the First Chrishan and First Methodist I Churches. Leaders and workers of the Christian Churches of the state of Oregon will gather at Eugene First Christian Church, Jan. 10 for a state-wide missionary rally. "Close the Switch Accelerate the Power" is the theme for the new state program of the Oregon Christian Missionary Convention. A. W. Mortensen, state presi dent and Portland business man, will open the session at 1 p.m. Each phase of the state program will be presented. There will be 15-minute breaks to allow social opportunities. A series of slides on (he "Close the Switch" idea will be shown during the after noon. The rally is privileged to have as its guest speaker at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Dale Fiers, president of the United Christian Missionary So ciety. Dr. Fiers has recently re lumed from a world journey and written a book "This is Missions." He will present the "World Out reach of the Church" from a non partisan viewpoint, as he visual ized it in a world journey, visit ing mission stations in every country in the world. CHICAGO (IP) The Methodist Church now1 has 9,223,152 mem bers in the United States, a net gain of 71,628 over last year, it was announced today. The Rev. Albert C. Hoover. church statistician, said pastors received 345,999 persons from preparatory membership and on the basis of vows, and 98,025 from other denominations. Episcopalians Meet at Medford MEDFORD IIP The 1955 con vention of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon will be held in Medford the latter part of April, it was an nounced here today. From 300 to 350 delegates from all parts of Oregon will attend the conclave with St. Marks Episcopal church hero as host parish. First Baptist To Dedicate New Hymnals "Living With Eternity in View" will be tho sermon topic of Dr. Vance H. Webster at First Bap tist Church. This will be the sec ond message in the program God Is Our Strength," in which the church is engaged from now until Easter. Six hundred copies of the new hymnal "Inspired Hymns" will he dedicated and used for the first time at the Sunday morning Eugene Ministerial Associa tion has its monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the Con gregational Church, begin ning at 9:30 a.m. Following the transaction of business, a panel of ministers will each speak for ten minutes on: "My Method of Sermon Pre paration." Members of the panel are: Rector Johnson, Duane Muth. and Carroll Rob erts. There will he time for discussion. All ministers are cordially invited to attend. Six Speakers Accept Bids For RE Week Speakers for the University of Oregon's Religious Emphasis Week will include seven out standing men in the fields of education and religion, represent ing seven different churches. Each man will be on the univer sity campus during the annual RE week Jan. 30 through Feb. 3. Six of the speakers have al ready been selected. They are Dr. Edwin A. Halsey, instructor in religion and humanities at Reed College; Rabbi Julius Nodel of Temple Beth Israel, Portland; The Rev. Charles T. Leber, DD Lit., general secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church in New York City; Dr. Harry Rubin. Colgate professor of history at Yale Uni versity, representing the Congre gational church; Dr. Frank Wil liston, professor in Far Eastern studies at the University of Washington, representing the Methodist denomination, and The Rev. Russell B. Staines, DD, from St. Stephen's Episcopal church in Seattle, Wash. ' With the theme "Man, Religion and Society," the week will be gin with a reception for the speakers from 2:30 to 5:30 in Gerlinger Hall, Sunday, Jan. 30. According to RE week chairman, Robert Hastings of Gold Beach, the speakers will make classroom visits and will be guests at cam pus living organizations where they will conduct after-dinner fireside discussions. Public ses sions including lectures, panels and group discussions have also scheduled throughout the Memorial Stu- pulpit recently to teach at Pacific Bible College, Portland, Ore. Before coming to E,ugene, Crane served as pastor of the First Church of God in Nowata, Okla. He is a graduate of Anderson College, Anderson, Indiana and Oberlin School of Theology, Ober lin, Ohio. While in Nowata, he was vice president of the Ministerial As sociation there. Also, he served as chairman of the State Ministers Association of the Churches of God in Oklahoma, and was elected secretary-treasurer at the 17-state Midwest Convention of Ministers which was held in Kansas City, Mo. The Cranes have three children. Susan Jo, 7, Connie Jean, 5, and Knstme Beth, age 11 months. State Meet To Be Here Churches from all over Ore gon will be sending delegates to Eugene for a "convoca tion" of the Oregon Council of Churches of Christ, Feb. 1, 2, and 3. The Council is af filiated with the National ' Council of Churches, and with the local group, the Lane Cen tral Council of Churches. The sessions, at First Chris tian and First Methodist Churches, will be open to the public. A number of dis tinguished speakers have been obtained, some of whom will also be speaking at the University of Oregon's an nual Religious Emphasis Week on the same dates. Theme is general will be "Christ, the Hope of the World." CHURCH op the OPEN BIBLE Holding Services in the New River Road School Hilliard Lane REV. and Mrs. W. C. COLE, Pastors SUNDAY 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 1 1 :00 a.m. Morning x Worship Rev. W. C- Cole, Speaking 6:15 p.m. Pre'-Church Groups 7:30 p.m. Evangelistic Service, Rev. Edythe Cole, Speaking A Sincere Welcome Awaits You at "THE CHURCH OF FAITH AND FRIENDLINESS" New building being erected at 3195 Hilyard St. JP service. The ordinance of baptism, will been be observed at 7:30 p. m. Dr. week in the Erb Webster will continue the series1 dent Union. of sermons on the "Book of Dan- '. icl." This Sunday he will speak I -j ri on "Four World Empires and the nlTlfl .lPPtl One to Come," based on Danieliv' lw 2. Tho special music will Include J VP Ci "Some Bright Morning" sung byjn I T T ILUl tne cnoir; also numbers by the brass trio and quartet. Lutherans Gather Many New Members NEW YORK OB A church offi cial reports membership in the United Lutheran Church denom ination has nearly doubled since tho church was organized in 1918. It is currently 2,141,626. Hear the Christian Brotherhood Hour KUGN Church School For All Ages 9:45 A. M. WORSHIP WITH VS Hear Rev. Crane's Sermon 'How God Unifies His Children" 11:00 A. M. Evening Service 7:45 P.M. "Christ, The Docior of Heads" FRIENDLY STREET CHURCH OF GOD 23rd it Friendly Isham E. Crane, Pastor Ph. 5-6553 At Fairmount Pres. Youth for Christ resumes weekly rallies after a two-week holiday closure with a showing ui a new iinivit-, iuiiii i. iiai- no lenge." at the First Baptist jjji v.nurcn, aaiurua.v, coo p.m. Through the month of January, YFC meets at First Baptist "When God and Man Meet" will be the topic of the Rev. R. E. Clark, pnpst srwakfr at Fair. mount rresbvtcrian Church thisj -"urcn" Broadway and High Ms. coming Sundav. "Challenge" is a movie issued A congregational meeting will hy World Vision. Inc., a mission be held after the monthly Family y enterprise with headquarters Night dinner on Jan. 16. At this ' Portland. Ore., Dr. Robert meeting there will be a discus- Pierce, president of World Vi sion on and review of the work sion, Inc., and an executive in b t .. i nM..;H, nt YFC. filmpri thp crpnre shnrtlv C the work of the coming year, j before the Communists took over study of the budget and election; the government. It is in sound of officers. and color, and lasts 40 minutes. Great Humanitarian "THE HIGHWAY FOR 1955" Sermon at The 11:00 A. M. Worship Hour SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 A.M. YOUTH SERVICE 6:00 P.M. HOUR OF REVIVAL 7:30 P.M. Singing - Music - Bible Message "UNCLAIMED CHRISTMAS GIFTS" Wed. 7:30 P.M. "Highlights of Ephesiorns" KERG "Beams cf Liqht" 9:00 A. M. Saturday You're Always Welcome IN LIGHTHOUSE TEMPLE 1209 Olive Harold L. Adams, raster . Inu rue nr nr ZgfcsST szr . 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