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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1956)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Section 2 Pasre 5 Church Council Head Envisions shop 'til 9 Monday thru Friday Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 20, 195b Moral Rebirth 1 New Religious Interest 11 Must Be Geared to Daily Living ; By DR. EUGENE C. BLAKE President. National Council Of Churches Written For United Press The increase in religious inter est and support in our time is heartening to church people de spite some indications of super ficiality and despite the moral de cline which paradoxically accom panies it. If this new interest in religion is transformed into active Chris tian commitment in local chris tian commitment in local Chris years that lie ahead will be marked by a rebirth of moral and spiritual conviction in America. Family Stability Indications of a true religious revival will be such things as the establishment of new Christian enterprises and the strengthening of old ones such as colleges, schools, hospitals and theological seminaries; a drop in the crime rate: a growing stability of fam ily life, and an increase in civic interest participation and respon sibility on the part of the church members. K on the other hand this new ,retigious interest is not success fully geared into the life and ac tivities of particular Christian churches but remains a vague and general religiosity, I predict that there will be no long range gain either to God or to the na Uon. Keugious interest that re mains unrelated to the churches will soon fade out, leaving no traces except the inscription "In God we trust" on some stamps as well as coins. True Religious Revival What is more serious is the pre sent tendency to suppose that God is served by our bestowing on him our approval. But God is ser ved only when men's lives are transformed by him. This trans- formation is marked by a turning away from the worship of mater ial success, selfish comfort and superficial security toward the adventure of a life fixed and di rected towards high human good for all mankind. I believe we are on the edge of a true religious revival but it will come to fruition only if it becomes intellectually deeper, more personal and social, more practical and more local. I do not believe the day will he won by mass appeal and smart advertising techniques, it will only come out of revitalized Christian congregations worship ping and serving God In your town. Drought Seen Reducing '57 Wheat Totals WASHINGTON W The Agri culture Department forecasts next year's drought-plagued win ter wheat crop at 624,953.000 bush els based on conditions prevailing Dec. 1. Such a crop would be 110,042.- 000 bushels "less than this year's production of 734,995,000 bushels and would compare with the 10- year (1945-54) average of 873,690,- 000. A snort crop would affect grow-1 ers' incomes adversely, but the accumulation of surpluses from 1 1 past big crops assures consumers j 1 of ample supplies. '1 The forecast Wednesday was i limited to fall-sown winter wheat. i No prediction on spring wheat will i he given until after the crop is1 seeded next spring. ;i But should the spring wheat crop equal this year's 222 million II bushels, next year's combined i winter and spring crops would total 846,953,000 bushels. This!! year's combined crop was 997,207,- ooo bushels and the 10-year aver-! aee 1.148,289,000. On July 1 this year, reserve and 1 surplus supplies amounted to an estimated 1.034,000,000 bushels, ! most of it stored under govern ment price support programs. Because of the big supply, next if year s wheat crop, like those of the past three years, is being. grown under federal acreage allot ments and marketing quotas lim iting plantings and marketings to the production on 55,000,000 acres. 1 Before controls were invoked, the acreage totaled about 80 million 1 acres. f The department estimated the, acreage seeded to winter wheat, for all purposes totaled 36,778,000 acres compared with 44,503,000 for , this years crop and 54,969.000 for If the 10-year average. The 1957 crop j seeding represented 82.6 per cent j of the 1956 crop seedings. ; The indicated seeded acre yield a was forecast at an average of 17 , f bushels compared with 16.5 this; i year and 15.9 for the ten-year average. I Richardson Renamed ; Parole Board Member 3 James J. Richardson, Portland, 1 1 long a member of the state parole 1 board, was reappointed Wednes day by Gov. Elmo Smith for i six year term. 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