Unorthodox Anglican Clergyman
Refutes Supernatural God Belief
By TOM A. CULLKN
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
LONDON iNEAi What happens
when a bishop publicly declares
he no longer believes in God as a
supernatural person? Should he
be told to resign? If he fails to
do so, should he be prosecuted
as a heretic? Or should he and
his beliefs be ignored?
These are the questions that
are splitting the Church of Eng
land after the publication of a
controversial paperback, "Honest
to God."
The author is Dr. John Robin
son. Anglican Bishop of Woolwich,
and a stormy petrel as far as
the Established Church is con
cerned. In this slim book Dr. Robinson
explains his belief in what he
calls "religionless Christianity."
Secular man, (lie bishop argues,
no longer believes in God as a
supernatural person. "He finds
no necessity to bring God into
his science, his morals, his poli
cal speeches."
Therefore, the Church must
change its mental image of God
to conform to that of modern
secular man.
As re-defined by Dr. Robinson,
God becomes ultimate reality, a
principle of harmony at work in
the universe, love, depth, "What
we take seriously without reser
vation. But as a p e r so n He is
simply abolished.
The bishop also expresses'
doubts about the virgin birth,
maintains that Holy1 Communion
should not be deemed a withdraw
al from the world, and that moral
laws are not applicable in every
circumstance.
Finally, he declares, "I can un
derstand those who urge that we
should give up using the word
'God' for a generation, so im
pregnated has the word become
with a way of thinking we may
have to discard if the Gospel is
to signify anything."
Discovery Throws Light
On Early Church Beliefs
VATICAN CITY (UPD A firstand with early Christian rituals'
century silver tablet has revealed
how the sacrament of extreme
unction, or the last rites, was ad-j
ministered in the early days of
the Christian Church in Palestine.
Details of the discovery, which
throws much light of the rites
and beliefs of the early church,
were reported recently in the
Vatican City newspaper Osserva
tore Romano.
The two and one-half by one
inch tablet was bought in Janu
ary by a museum director in Jer
usalem from B e d o u i n s of the
Ta'Amari tribe. The tribesmen
said they found the tablet togeth
er with a number of clay vessels
of a type known to archaeologists
as "Herndian lamps." and known
to date back to the first century
AD.
The tiny tablet bore a 17-line
inscription in Aramaic, the lan
guage spoken in Palestine at the
time of Jesus. The writing al
lowed scientists to date it
between 70 and 130 A.D., presum
ably closer to the former.
A translation. Osscrva'tore said,
showed the text was the ritual
for the anointing of the sick.
extreme unction, as practiced in
the original Christian - Jewish
community, the first followers of
Christ in Palestine.
The most interesting point. Os
scrvalore said, was the close cor.
respondents of the text to a pas-
sace of the Epistle of St. Jamesl
Fete Honors
Area Ladies
The Women's Missionary Coun
cil of the Malin Assembly of God
Church was host for a mother
and daughter banquet in the Ma
lin Community Hall on May 2.
More than 60 mothers and daugh
ters from the Malin. Merrill, and
Tulclake Assemblies of God were
present for the affair.
Serving the tables were Ihe
ministers of Hie three churches.
Rev. Joseph Bovle of Malm. Rev
Howard Peterson of Merrill and
Rev. Glen Wakefield of Tulc
lake.
The guest speaker for the eve
ning was Mrs. Lloyd Fosner,
whose husband is presbyter of the LAKEVIEW Rev. Hal H. Ilar
Klamath Section and minister of greaves, minister of St. Luke's
the Klamath Falls Assembly of
God Church. Following her mcs-
sage, the croup was entertained
with special somes, a piano solo.
and poelrv readings.
TO VISIT r.s.
LEOPOLDVILI.E. Tlie Congo
iLPI' Maj Gen. Jowph Mobu
tu, commander-in-chief of the Con
golese army, will go to the United
Mates net Thursday, iniurmed
.sources said Monday
The sources said Mnbulu had
been invited by the L'.S. Army
for discussions on reorganizing the
Congolc- army.
His fellow bishops have been
careful to avoid calling Dr. Rob
inson a heretic so far, but they
have condemned his ideas
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DR. JOHN ROBINSON
"dangerous," "'
'rong
headed"
and "incoherent."
The Bishop of Pontefract, tot
example, calls Dr. Robinson's
Confirmation
Slated Sunday
A class of 13 young people will
be confirmed at the Klamath
Lutheran Church on Sunday at
the 11 a.m. service. Following
the service, the board of deacons
will sponsor a reception to honor
the new members. The public is
invited to attend.
The confirmation class includes
Patti Phipps. Leland Estenson.
Greg Hucit, Terry Preston, Nick
Carr, Terry Klawitter, John God
dard, Gail DeVoss. Linda Vigcn.
Barbara Pulliam, Becky Ganter,
Cindy Lindmeicr and Danny
Riggs.
in the West. This confirmed the
early use of extreme unction
one of the seven sacraments of
the C a t h o 1 i c Church and the
common source of the rite.
The passage )n St. James
which had been the earliest testi
mony about ex t r e m e unction
reads (James 5, 14:13': '
Is there among you anyone
who is sick? Let him send for
the presbyters of the church
that they pray over him, anoint
ing him with oil in the name of
the Lord: and the prayer of faith
will save the sick, and the Lord
will caisc him up: and if he is
in sin, it will be forgiven him
The first line of the inscription
on the silver tablet identifies the
author as one Datcnazan and de
scribes him as a Kohen. the He
brew word for "priest," thus con
firming James' reference to the
presbyters of the church. The
fact that only his name is men
tioncd seems to indicate extreme
unction was administered by one
priest, as is still done in the
Latin rile, rather than by sever
al, as among the Greek rite
Christians.
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CONFRATERNITY CLASSROOMS This scale model buildinq Is a replica of tht
educational unit to be constructed by the St. Piui X Catholic Church on Bristol Ave
nue. It will include eight classrooms, called confraternity classroomi, which will be
used for the religious instruction of mora than 350 students.
Studies Set
For Minister
Episcopal Church, has been ac
cepted for special studies at the
Graduate Institute of Ecumenical
(studies at Cahgny, near Geneva
.Switzerland.
Serving tlie local church tor the
past four years. Rev. Harcreaves
has submitted his resignation to be
effective July 1. and the family
leave lor Switzerland on Aug
1
Tlie school course is sched-
uled to run from Oct. 1 through
Fob. 1
Students representing all Proles-
lant faiths attend the institute.
which is spnnwired by the World
Council of Churches for the study
jof inter-church unity.
book a "dangerous book" likely
to disturb the faith of more peo
ple than it will stimulate. It would
"cause a great deal of pain to
faithful Christians who may not
possess the bishop's intellectual
approach to theological matters."
"Honest to God" has become a
bestseller. The first printing ot
6,000 copies was bought up with
in a few hours of the book being
put on sale, and demand now
exceeds 100,000 copies.
Anglican laymen. however.
have been more outspoken in de
manding that the bishop resign.
Some have even accused him of
attempting to wreck the move
ment towards Christian unity. One
irate churchgoer has compared
his views with those of Lenin
who predicted that communism
would never succeed until t h e
myth of- God had been wiped out.
The Church of England has al
ways, had a horror of heresy-
hunting and has tolerated unortho
doxy in its clergy. In this cen
tury two eminent clergymen have
defied the conventions and got
ten away with it. Bishop Barnes
denied the virgin birth as a literal
historical fact, while Dr. Hewlett
Johnson, the recently retired Dean
of Canterbury, flirted with inter
national communism. Both were
allowed to end their church ca
reers honorably.
Observers here are wondering
whether the Bishop of Woolwich
may not have gone too far, even
for the Church of England, in
denying the supernatural aspect
of his religion.
Apart from being a theological
radical, Dr. Robinson is a mem
ber of the British Labor Party,
a campaigner against capital pun
ishment, and a nuclear disarmer.
When he was recently intro
duced to an elderly lady parish
ioner, she exclaimed, "I know who
you are. You're Lady Chatterley's
Lover."
This in fact reference was to
the fact that the bishop appeared
as a defense witness when "Lady
Chatterley's Lover" was on trial
for obscenity here, an appearance
which earned him a public re
buke from the then Archbish
op of Canterbury.
In defense of "Honest to God,"
Dr. Robinson denies that he is
trying to shake anyone's belief
and contends:
I am trying to remove the
obstacles which stop the unbe
lievers believing.
Methodist Church Hosts
WSCS Annual Conclave
The animal spring meeting of
the Eastern sub-district of the
Women's Society of Christian Ser
vice was held May 16 at the First
.Methodist Church, with "New
World Horizons" as Ihe theme.
Among those attending were
members from Lakcview. Beatty,
Bly. Chiloquin, and Klamath
Falls.
COUPLES TO MEET
The Couple's Cluster, a newly
organized club lor Methodist
couples and their guests, will
meet Sunday, May 19. at 7 p.m.
in the First .Methodist Church.
Members are to bring a potluck
salad or dessert and hamburger.
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Church To Construct New
Unit For Religion Classes
Construction of a new education
al building by St. Pius X Cath
olic Church was recently an
nounced by the pastor. Rev.
George A. Murphy. Work is slated
to begin within the next few
weeks, and the building is ex
pected to be completed in Sep
tember,
The plans for the it.ooo square
feet unit, located on Bristol Ave
nue, call for eight classrooms,
two storage rooms, kitchen, and
lavatories.
Five classrooms on one sule
of a long corridor will be
equipped with folding partitions
which can be arranged for any
combination of rooms. When all
the partitions are opened, the
space may be utilized as one large
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CHURCH COUNCIL ELECTS Highlight inq the Annual Meeting of the Klamath
Council of Churches on May 6 was the election of officers for the 1963-64 term. The
five who will head the organization are, from left, Glen Campbell, treasurer; Mrs.
Fred S. Kelsay, secretary; Rev. Quinn L. Hawley, president; Mrs. Don P. Smith, second
vice president; and Rev. Warren W. Peehman, first vice president.
Council Elects, Draws Resolution
W. M. "Jack" Douglass, ad
ministrative dean at Oregon Tech
nical Institute, was the guest
speaker at the May 6 annual
meeting of the hlamath Council
of Churches in the First Pres
byterian Church.
Selecting as his topic, "Mis
placed Generation," he presented
the view that children in the ele
mentary and pre-high school
grades are not the misplaced ones,
us they have parents and school
from which to get their bearings.
V hile recognizing the "teen-ager"
has given evidence of certain hos
tilities and conflicts, he feels the
tccn-aged generation is giving a
good account of itself and de
serves every encouragement.
Douglass concluded that the
actual misplaced generation con
sists of many parents who lack
the stability young people have
Ihe right to expect and who have
The morning session included
a message from the guest speak
er, Rev. Ralph Richardson; a
skit presented by the Chiloquin
W.S.C.S. members; and a pro
gram on leadership given by the
district ofliccrs. The business
meeting was conducted hy Mrs
Dale Alter, sub-district president
Irom Klamatlf Falls.
Following a luncheon, the af
ternoon session was opened with
a solo by Mrs. Ralph Richard
son. A special guest at the meet
ing, Mrs. Alice Romane of Spring
lield, district president, reported
her impressions of the national
W.S.C.S. assembly held last May.
The meeting was concluded with
the installation of new officers.
hall tor various church functions
Three of the classrooms on the
other side ol the corridor are
also designed to be arranged as
needed with the folding partitions
These rooms, called the con
fraternity classrooms, will be
used primarily for the religious
instruction of parishioners. More
than 350 students who are now
taking home study courses
religion will be able to receive
personal instruction in a class
room atmosphere.
The cost of the building when
completed is estimated to be ap
proximately $73,727. The con
tract for the construction, sub
mitted lor bids, was awarded to
the Brosterhcus Construction Com-
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failed to find a sense of life's
meaning and purpose.
Ho added that these parents
also have not seen it necessary to
identify with the religious agen
cies of their community, thus pre
senting a challenge to the church
es to provide a sure sense of di
rection, purpose, and inner
strength, which is born of Christ-!
ian faith, to communities audi
parishioners.
Following a politick supper, the
council held a short business
meeting to elect officers and ap
prove the annual report. Mrs.
Frank Peyton presided.
Elected to serve the 190.1-64
term were Rev. Quinn Hawley,
First Congregational Church, pres
ident: Rev. Warren W. Peehman
Hope Lutheran Church, first vice
president; Mrs. Donald Smith
second vice president; Mrs. Fred
Kelsay. secretary; and Glen
Bible Scholar
On Meaning
The Drama of the Book of
Revelation" will be the subject
of five lectures by Dr. John Wick
Bowman, prominent author and
Bible scholar, at 7:30 p.m. each
evening. May 19-23, in tne reace
Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Four morning lectures entitled
Jesus' Teaching in Its Environ
ment" will also be presented each
cloy except Sunday at 10 a m.
Sponsored jointly by the First
Presbyterian and Peace Me
morial Presbyterian churches, the
scries is open to the public. Child
care will ne prnvicien at cacn
lecture, and a freewill offering
will be received.
Dr. Bowman is an eminently
liialified interpreter of Ihe Bible.
having a varied and distinguislied
background in missionary, aca
demic, evangelistic, theological,
and literary work.
He served in the Punjab, India.
mission for 16 years in several
successive capacities including
.superintendent of a mission dis
trict of 730.000 people; seminary
professor in charge of student
field work and evangelism; pro
fessor in charge of New Testa-
BAPTLST APPEAL
A committee of the South Car
olina Baptist Convention has ap
pealed to all "sincere Christians"
to help preserve public order and
n.n:n..l rA.nnot A J-nnctitxtAfl
tense situation resulting from the
court-ordered admission of 1 Ne
gro to a slate college.
The pica was issued by the
Christian Life and Public Affairs
Committee of the Baptist Conven
tion, Ihe state's largest religious
body. It said "everv effort" must
be made to forestall violence
disorder, maintain open lines of
communication between various'
groups in the population, and pre
vent any "interruption of normal
educational processes."
SALE CONTINUES
Saturday is the final day of
the rummatie sale slated by the
Klamath Lutheran Church at
H 30 am. The sale opened on
Fndav.
10:10 A.M.
SUNDAY
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Friday, May 17, 13
Campbell, treasurer. The new of.
ficers were installed by Rev. Carl
Simmons
In other business, the members
voted to draft a resolution to the
Klamath Union High School Board
of Directors, which was subse
quently presented to the board.
The resolution read as follows:
"The Klamath County Council
of Churches at its annual meet
ing on May 6, 1963. submits the
following resolution for your con
sideration. Believing in forgiveness and
recognizing the fact that Willard
McKinny has proven himself to
be an able leader during the past!
years while he has been living in
our community,
Be it therefore resolved that
the Klamath Council of Church
asks that tile KUHS school1
board completely restore Wil
lard McKinny to his full position
as principal.
To Lecture
Of Revelation
mcnt interpretation, and princi
pal of the United Theological Col
lege at Saharanur.
Dr. Bowman's academic work
was taken at Wooster College,
A.B.; Princeton University, A.M.:
Princeton. Seminary, B.D., and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ph. D.; with graduate
studies at the University of lu
rich. Switzerland. He also holds
several honorary degrees in the
United States and in Scotland.
In addition to his work at Sa
haranur. Dr. Bowman was pro
fessor of New Testament at West
ern Theological Seminary. Pitts-
DR. JOHN WICK BOWMAN
burgh. Pa., from 19:!i-44, and pro
fessor of New Testament inter
pretation and Biblican theology
at the San Francisco Theological
Irom 1944-61.
He is tlie author of "Introduc
ing the Bible." 1941; "Tlie In
tention of .lesus." 1943: "The Re
ligion of Maturity." 194H: "Pro
phetic Realism and the Gospel
1953; "The Drama of Hie Rook
of Revelation." 19V; "The (Jos-
,.1 tht, f,,nl " vy.7- "r:n.
Kpi5, aod'-n ,',e Lay.
men's Bible Commentary, iar.2;
and "Jesus' Teaching in Its En
vironment," 19M.
A writer of numerous essays
and articles, Dr. Bowman's
tide on the Book of Revelation
appears in the recently published
four-volume "Interpreter's Dic
tionary of the Bible."
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Conference
Plans Made
By Johnson
Capt. Dale E. Johnson, com
mander of the local Salvation
Army installation, has been se
lected as the organization's dele
gate to the 90th Annual Forum
of the National Conference on So
cial Welfare from the Oregon-
Southern Idaho Division.
The conference will be held
May 19-24 in Cleveland. Ohio,
running concurrently with the
Salvation Army's National Con
ference on Social Welfare r"or
um May 17-24.
The 90th Annual Forum will
draw representatives from more
than SO state and national or
ganizations concerned with so
cial welfare including the Ameri
can National Red Cross, Nation
al Association of Social Workers,
United Community Funds and
Councils of America, National So
ciety for Crippled Children and
Adults, YWCA of the USA
and the National Council YMCAs.
Approximately 160 Salvation
Army officers, one delegate from
each division plus executive
members, are expected to attend
the forum, according to Captain
Johnson. His selection as division
al delegate was first made by
the divisional commander and
tent to the territorial headquar
ters in han Francisco for final
approval.
The Salvation Army's social
welfare conference, which he will
also attend, will be concerned
with reviewing and evaluating its
program or services, examining
us responsibility, and investigat
ing the areas of need in this
field.
Captain Johnson said the Sal
vation Army's approach to so
cial welfare is through Christian
ity, whereas the other or
ganizations arc motivated more!
by' social reform in their ap
proach to the work.
Workshops devoted to counsel.
ing, alcoholism, group services.
aging, unmarried parents, youth
problems, and correctional scrv-!
ices will be important aspects of
the Salvation Army conference.
Captain Johnson will attend the!
counseling workshop, which will
stress tlie role of tlie counselor
as well as techniques in provid
ing help to those in need.
Ministers Say Personal Message
From God Can Be Found In Bible
By LOUIS CASSKLS
United Press International
A pastor once startled his con
gregation by asking:
How many of you would like
(o receive a personal message
Irom God to guide you in deal
ing with your problems and help
you make sense out of life?"
After some hesitation, nearly
every hand was raised.
"Very well, said tlto pastor.
'I'll tell you where you can find
such a message."
He reached into the pulpit and
held up a Bible.
"You may have to read this
book fairly extensively before
you encounter the message that
he said.
But I can guarantee that if
you read it faithfully, God will
peak lo you through it, just as
genuinely and personally as if He
had sent you a telegram."
Basie Fact
Thai pastor was neither a fa
natic nor a fundamentalist. He
was trying to communicate a
basic fact of Christian experi
ence, on which there is a strik
ing degree of agreement among
liberals and conservatives, Prot
estants and Catholics, ancient
church fathers and modern the
ologians. "The Bible not only tells us
how God sought His people in the
past; it is also a means by which
He seeks us out today," says
Prof, Robert McAfee Brown of
Stanford University. "Not only
are God's demands and prom
ises brought home to us, but God
Himself speaks lo us as we take
the Bible seriously. It Is for this
reason that we speak of the Hi
ble as 'the word of God ."
Have So Answer
Why God the Holy Spirit should
choose lo communicate with men
through the pages of an ancient
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Gospel Mission Banquet
To Mark Fifth
A nationally known gospel sing
' and an executive in the field
of rescue mission work will par
ticipate in tlie fifth anniversary!
elebration of the Klamath Falls
Gospel Mission on FYiday, May
24.
The guest speaker for the eve
ning will be Alonzo Heath of
Bakersficld, Calif., who is the
president of the Central Pacific
District of the International Un
ion of Gospel Missions. A former
evangelist, he is currently serv
ing as superintendent of the Ba
kersfield Rescue Mission which
he founded.
Musical highlights will be pro
vided by Charles Turner, pro
gram director of a Fresno, Calif.,
radio station. Recognized as an
accomplished singer of gospel
music. Turner has been featured
Adventists
Date Benefit
A While Elephant Auction,
planned (or 8 p.m. Sunday, May
19, at the (Merrill Community
Recreation Center, is one of tlie
benefit programs to be sponsored
by Ihe Seventh-day Adventist
Church for its local church
school.
The program, beginning In the
afternoon, will include a motion
picture and organized games at
i p.m., followed by a iunch at
8 p.m. Tho evening auction will
feature such items as produce,
baked goods, books, antiques.
flower bulbs and plants, household
articles, clothing, appliances and
furniture.
All proceeds from the auction
and the lunch will be turned over
to the church school (and. The
public is invited to attend all
events.
book which contains a little bit
of everything, from authentic his
tory to folk myths and from sub
lime hymns of praise to passion-
ately erotic love poems, is a
question that Christians cannot
answer. They can only affirm
that it happens, and invito skep
tics to try for themselves wheth
er it be so.
Some people unfortunately try
to reduce tlie great mystery to
an absurd kind of magic. They
open tlie Bible at random, slab
their fingers at a verse, and ex
pect therein to find God's instant
answer to whatever is trou
bling them at that moment. The
notion that divine guidance is
dispensed in such a mechanical,
penny-in-thc-slot manner is an in
sult to God and puts Ihe Bible
on a par with a ouija board.
Less blasphemous, but equally
ineffective, is the casual kind of
"Scripture-nibbling" in which the
reader jumps around from one
part of the Bible to another,
without plan or purpose, reading
lierhaps a psalm tonight, a chap
ter from one of the Gospels to
morrow night, and one of SI
Paul's letters next week or next
month.
Must Be Studied
Dr. Frederick C. Grant, a lead
ing Biblical scholar of the Fpis-
copal Church, says that those
who would hear "Ihe voice of
Ihe Lord speaking through the
Scriptures" must be willing not
merely to read Die Bible, but to
study it, seriously and systemat
ically.
"Wo are frequently advised to
read the Bible with our own per
sonal needs in mind, and to look
(or answers to our private ques
tions," says Dr. Grant. "This is
good as far as it goes hut bet
ter still Is the advice to study
the Bible objectively, and write
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A Irench ot The Moth.r Church, The Nrt Church el Chrirt,
Stitniitt In toiton, Man. 10th end Washington
Sarrlcti: Sunday Service 1 1 :00 .m.
Sunday School 11:00 a.m.
W.dn.idor toning Ttitimeny Meeting 1:00 O'Clock
Lesion-Sermon Subject May 19, 1963
"MORTALS AND IMMORTALS"
Golden TeiM I Corinthians 15:53 This corruptible mutt
out on incormption, ond this mortal must out an Im
mortality, NurMry facilities avollobla during church serviced
CHARLES TURNER
Birthday
on the Mutual and CBS networks
the program, "Melody
House," and for 16 years was
the soloist for the daily "Haven
of Rest" radio program. In the
field of Christian films, he ap
peared in singing roles in "De
cision" and "Great Discovery."
Turner, who has made numer
ous recordings of sacred music,
speaks and sings at various
churches all over Central Cali
fornia in addition to his duties
as announcer at KBIF, the "Bi
ble Station in Fresno."
The program will also include
progress and activities by John
Pedersen, superintendent, and
personal testimonies by men who
have received aid from the mis
sion. A girls trio from the local
Assembly of God Church will pre
sent several numbers.
The anniversary observance
will open with a banquet at 6:30
p.m. at the Peach Memorial Pres
byterian Church. The public is
extended an invitation to attend,
according to Pedersen.
Tickets, costing $1.50 each, are
now on sale. They may be ob
tained by contacting the Gospel
Mission at TU 2-4895 or any
member of the board of direc
tors.
CONTRIBUTIONS LAG
(CBNl The average American
loses $75 a year through mis
placement of wallets or purses,
or out of his pockets, delegates
to tlie Stewardship & Mission Oon-
tcrence of the United Presbyteri
an Church in the USA were told
recently In Atlantic City. The
American Baptist News Service,
reporting the statistic, noted that
"the lost money is more than the
per member contributions of 15
out of 23 communions in the Unit
ed States and Canada with mem
bership of 100,000 or more."
down what it teaches, summar
izing the thought In our own lan
guage but without regard first
of all to our own subjective
needs.
Let tlie great passages fix
themselves in our memory. Let
them stay there permanently like
bright beacons, launching their
powerful shafts of light upon
life's problems our own and
everyone's as they Illumine
now one, now another dark area
of human life. This we should do
first, making sure that the mean
ing we derive from the text is
tlie one that is really there and
not our private wishful substi
tute. "Following such a method, we
discover that the Bible does
speak to our condition' and meet
our needs, not just occasionally,
or when some emergency arises,
but continually."
The foregoing advice is from
Dr. Grant's superb little book,
"How lo Head tins Eibie," which
is now available in a Collier pa
perback lat 95 cents'.
MKTIIODIST OBSERVER
Methodist Bishop Fred P. Cor
son of Philadelphia, who attended
the first session of tho Vatican
Council as a Protestant observer,
found Pope John XXIII an Irre
sistible personality.
Reporting to a Methodist group
on his experiences in nome,
Bishop Corson said recently:
"Tlie Pope is the kind of man
vou love to be with. He's very ex
pressive. Whenever he wanted to
say something to me, he would
pat me on the arm. And really,
I had all I could do to keep from
patting him back."
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