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 . V" 1
I THAT If Ibrn $ K
WILl HOLD YOU ' ' tend rW g
J SPELLBOUND
' ( 1 5 RIVER ROAD EUGENE )