METHODISTS AT EVANSTONBy Ralph Stoody

THE WORLD COUNCIL'SMESSAGE TO YOUR CHURCH

THE NATIONUNASHAMED*To"pRaSf Michigan

By Bishop Reed .._.SEP 15 1954

PERIODICALREADING ROOM

New presidents of the World Council of Churches who were elected at the Evanston Assembly include persons fromdifferent parts of the world and from various communions. Back row, 1 to r: Bishop F. K. Otto Dibelius of Berlin;Bishop Sante Uberto Barbieri, a Methodist of Buenos Aires; Mar Thoma Juhanon of Malabar, South India; Dr. JohnBailie of England and Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. Seatedare Dr. George K. A. Bell, Bishop of Chichester England, an honorary president, and Archbishop Michael of the

Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Stops Around the State

• Grand Traverse DistrictIntermediates

ONEhundred fifty-one youth of the

Grand Traverse District and 19

counselors attended camp at LakeLouise, August 15-21. Rev. HaroldJayne was dean. District Superintendent William Blanding and his familyshared in fellowship with the campers.

Staff members, including QuestGroup leaders and counselors, were:Rev. Philip Carpenter, Rev. StanfordClosson, Rev. Louis Ellinger, Rev. Forrest Mohr, Rev. Gerald Jacobs, Rev.Wirth Tennant, Norman Gibbard, Mrs.Donn Doten, Esther Leonard, AnnaBlanding, Sally Anderson, Kay Win-chell, Esther Bartell, Irma Eidens,Helen Moerland, and Joan Gibbard.Other personnel included music directorJames Leonard of Traverse City, andNurse Carolyn Macey of Detroit. PhoebeMadayag, the camp National, is fromthe Philippine Islands. She took anactive part in the Quest groups andalso taught some Filipino songs andspoke of her native land in an eveningprogram.

Rev. Gerald Jacobs gave the campers

inspiration for each new day with hismessages at Morning Devotions. DeanJayne climaxed the days with his purposeful, constructive campfire meditations. Rev. Wirth Tennant conducteda Craft class which among other useful items, made name plates for all ofthe staff. In the evening programsthe campers were privileged to viewslides taken by Rev. Louis Ellinger,Rev. Stanford Closson, Rev. DonnDoten and Rev. Robert Treat. Intermediates and adults alike in this Christian Adventure camp left, newly committed to Christ, and sincerely eagerto live a more abundant life. —Mrs. I.Lee Moerland.

• Grand Rapids District

Seniors

ONEof the high points in the Grand

Rapids District senior camp atLake Louise was achieved through thepresentation of the drama, "The Challenge of the Cross," preparatory to theGalilean Service led by Dr. Glenn M.Frye.

A senior counselor, Mrs. EmilyCooper, portrayed the evangel in thedrama. The six disciples were camp-

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Grand Traverse District Intermediates, Lake Louise, August 15-21

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MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

The Bishop's Page By Bishop Marshall R. Reed

The Nation Unashamed to Pray

THEPresident of the United

States is both the symboland the voice of our country.When he calls upon the peopleto observe a national Day ofPrayer, as President DwightD. Eisenhower has done forSeptember 22nd, he is both expressing our faith in the efficiency of prayer and bearingwitness to the world that westill believe in the essentialsof the Hebrew-Christian religion.

In making this call forprayer, the President is con

sistent with our best American tradition. The phrasewhich has been lifted up recently from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, "This nationunder God," is more than apoetic expression. It is a con

cise statement of a historicfact. When Columbus wentashore in the new world whichhe had discovered, he plantedthe flag of the country thathad made possible his expedi

tion and the Christian flagsymbolic of the fact that he wastaking the Western Hemispherein the name of God.

We are familiar with the historic references to the Christian character of those whocolonized this country. A recollection of the thirteen colonies and the religious groupsof which they were composed,many of whom came to the newworld seeking religious freedom, reminds us that these

founding fathers believed andpracticed prayer. A historicalclassic has become the requestof Benjamin Franklin, who had

little standing in the orthodoxchurches of his time, made inthe Constitutional Conventionthat so important a procedure

as organizing a new nationshould begin in prayer.

The proclamation of a president calling upon the people to

observe a national Day ofPrayer is in itself not new.

There have been times ofemergency when other presidents have requested the peo

ple to pray. At the cessation

of hostilities in both Europeand the Far East, the Presidenturged the people to go to theirplaces of worship to thank God

that the war was over. Eachyear a presidential proclamation establishes our annual observance of Thanksgiving whenwe are asked to go to ourchurches for prayer.

The unique factor in the recent proclamation is that it isunrelated to any traditional ob

servance and uninspired byany national emergency. Itseems to go a step farther inthat it is a day, other thanSunday, when the people are

asked to turn to God in prayerand meditation. The implication is that we are turning to

God not as a last extremity, butas a sane recognition of whatought to be our consistent relationship to Him. An officialrequest from the head of ourgovernment for such a recognition, gives us renewed courageand confidence.

Our response to this requestmust not be taken lightly.Prayer is a very serious spiritual exercise. If we- are honest,

we will pray only for thosethings we really desire and desiring them, we will try to help

answer our prayers. For ex

ample, it is hypocrisy for us to

pray for peace and at the same

time flaunt our military powerto the rest of the world. It is

positively irreligious for us to

pray for goodwill when ourown hearts are filled with prejudice.

As a people we should prayfor the Christian grace ofhumility. A series of circumstances which we did notcreate brought us out of theSecond World War the mostpowerful nation in the world.Power for what? Jesus reminded his disciples of a saneprinciple, namely, the moreyou have the more will be required of you. If we prayearnestly for the revelation ofGod's will, we will be led inevitably to believe that weshould be the servant nation ofthis American century.

Several years ago I attendeda national convention in amid-western city. An unusualhigh school band from a neighboring community presented aconcert before the opening ofa session. They played thethen popular "God BlessAmerica" with an arrangement of their director in whichvarious instruments led out.

The little piccolo sounded out"God Bless America," and then

the coronet, and then the bigbass horn while the band keptplaying the refrain.

Let all the people join in theprayer for God to bless America. Let the little children lifttheir voices, let the maturemen and women join them andlet the grandparents becomea part of a praying company.From the country and the city,from the school-room and thefactory, from the fields andfrom the home, from the deskand from the pulpit, let the

refrain move heavenward.And then let us all set out tohelp answer the prayer.

SEPTEMBER 16. 1954

'In things essential, Unity — In things doubtful. Liberty — In all things, Charity"

EXPRESSED EDITORIALLY

The Second ComingFundamentalists in America who are afraid to

join the World Council of Churches need have nofear on theological grounds. The Council isstrongly conservative on this subject. Even Professor Josef Hromadka of Czechoslovakia, who hasbeen accused of left-wing leanings, is a reactionarywhen it comes to matters of Christian faith andespecially the second coming of Christ. He isquoted as saying, "With a growing joy I wait forthe coming of my Savior and Lord. This returnof Jesus Christ is the true hope of the world."

Methodists have never been strong on theologyand The Methodist Church is not numbered amongthe so-called theological denominations. This ac

counts for the fact that Methodists can be manyshades of theological opinion and still be good

Methodists. It also explains why The MethodistChurch has grown to its present size and influence.At the Assembly at Evanston, Methodists sat on

the sidelines and watched the theological show withamusement. As was to be expected, by those studying the assembly documents prior to the sessions,

a clash over the doctrine of Christ's second comingwas inevitable.

An American layman opposed the Europeanview of the second coming because he has seen the

results of that belief in this country where it tends

to make people unconcerned about this world and

what happens in this life. They simply wait transfixed for the end when Christ will come again. De

clared the layman, "This is basically immoral."

A German pastor replied that Germans wereaware of such abuses but emphasized that the hope

of Christ's coming provides a dynamic for livingin the present and gives hope when the outlook isdark. So the arguments ran and European and

American minds never got together on this subject

at Evanston. There was more unity on some of the

burning social questions than there was on theology.

We left the assembly convinced that theology

is the great divider of the Church and sociology the

great uniter. This does not mean that there wascomplete unanimity on social questions. It does

mean that where human welfare is at stake differences among Christians are reduced to a minimum.

All were concerned for the world's 40,000,000 refu

gees, for peace and freedom, for the end of racial

discrimination and the reign of Christian brother

hood. On these things Christians were marvelouslyunited. But on the second coming they were hopelessly disunited.

There is a moral here for The MethodistChurch. If Methodists focus their attention onmeeting the needs of persons in the name of Christ,The Methodist Church will be a united church. Ifon the other hand, we become involved in disputeson the second coming or some other theological question, we will be a divided church.

To all this the theologian will say "But youmust believe something." Yes, and the first thingto believe is that theologians are over-rated neces

sities to the Christian movement and that theologyis a subject which needs translating into the simplest possible terms so as to avoid the highly complicated and theoretical disputes that do more harmthan good.

A faith kept simple is a faith men can live by

even though they may have the minds of little children. Oddly enough children of different races andbackgrounds get along wonderfully well. It isusually when they become adults that trouble begins. If we could only become as little children.

One Church Methodists

Should Do WithoutThe Manning Methodist church of Manning,

S.C., is one church Methodism should do without.It threatens to drop out of the South Carolina Conference if any action is taken by the JurisdictionalConference to end segregation in Methodism. Acopy of the resolution was sent to Bishop CostenJ. Harrell after it had been passed unanimouslyby the local Board of Stewards.

It is understandable that many churches in the

South face with concern and some hesitancy the

question of the elimination of racial segregation.Northern churches feel similarly. But it is carrying the matter too far when a local church threatensto secede from union with Methodism because ofpossible action which may be taken by a Jurisdictional Conference. The Methodist Church is reasonably democratic and the rules of democracy require that dissenters go along. There must be something democratically and spiritually the matter withany church that won't.

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Methodists at Evanston

TODRAW attention to the denomi

national angles in the story of theSecond Assembly of the World Council of Churches at a time when ecumenical thoughts should predominate,might seem to non-Methodists to indicate a self-centeredness inconsistentwith the primary purpose of this international gathering.

It cannot be denied that Methodistsare enthusiastic for their own institutions and personalities, but this hasnever interfered with their consistentsupport, in spirit and financially, ofall forms of interdenominational cooperation. It is therefore only to assure Methodists, zealous for Christianunity, that their church has played its

By RALPH STOODYExecutive Director,

Methodist Information

full part in the Assembly program thatthe following items are recounted.

Evanston was named for an ardentMethodist, John Evans. Distinguishedas railroad builder, educator, churchman and government official, Mr.Evans a century ago was one of thefounders of Northwestern University.This institution, a majority of whosetrustees must be Methodists, turnedover its campus, its dormitories, auditoriums and personnel for the accommodation of the Assembly.

Incidentally, Willard Hall, where

delegates were housed and where frequent meetings were held, was namedfor Frances E. Willard, founder andlong-time president of the WCTU. Shewas, at one time, dean of women ofNorthwestern. It was Miss Willardwho broke the taboo against womendelegates to Methodist General Conferences.

First Methodist Church of Evanston,because of its size, architecture andlocation, had the honor of having heldwithin its sanctuary both the openingand closing services of the Assembly,

devotions each morning and evening,

the Assembly's communion service and

the organizing meeting of the new

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The World Council's Message to Your Church

NOWwe would speak through our member churches

directly to each congregation. Six years ago ourchurches entered into a covenant to form this Council,

and affirmed their intention to stay together. We thankGod for His blessing on our work and fellowship duringthese six years. We enter now upon a second stage.To stay together is not enough. We must go forward.As we learn more of our unity in Christ, it becomesthe more intolerable that we should be divided. Wetherefore ask you: Is your church seriously considering its relation to other churches in the light of ourLord's prayer that we may be sanctified in the truthand that we may all be one? Is your congregation, infellowship with sister congregations around you, doingall it can do to ensure that your neighbors shall hearthe voice of the one Shepherd calling all men into theone flock?

The forces that separate men from one anotherare strong. At our meeting here we have missed thepresence of Chinese Churches which were with us atAmsterdam. There are other lands and churches unrepresented in our Council, and we long ardently fortheir fellowship. But we are thankful that, separatedas we are by the deepest political divisions of our time,here at Evanston we are united in Christ. And werejoice also that, in the bond of prayer and a commonhope, we maintain communion with our Christian brethren everywhere.

It is from within this communion that we have tospeak about the fear and distrust which at presentdivide our world. Only at the Cross of Christ, wheremen know themselves as forgiven sinners, can they bemade one. It is there that Christians must pray dailyfor their enemies. It is there that we must seek de

liverance from self-righteousness, impatience and fear.And those who know that Christ is risen should have the

courage to expect new power to break through everyhuman barrier.

It is not enough that Christians should seek peacefor themselves. They must seek justice for others.Great masses of people in many parts of the worldare hungry for bread, and are compelled to live in conditions which mock their human worth. Does yourchurch speak and act against such injustice? Millionsof men and women are suffering segregation and discrimination on the ground of race. Is your churchwilling to declare, as this Assembly has declared, thatthis is contrary to the will of God and to act on thatdeclaration? Do you pray regularly for those whosuffer unjust discrimination on grounds of race, religion, or political conviction?

The Church of Christ is today a world-wide fellowship, yet there are countless people to whom He is unknown. How much do you care about this? Doesyour congregation live for itself, or for the world aroundit and beyond it? Does its common life, and does thedaily work of its members in the world, affirm theLordship of Christ or deny it?

God does not leave any of us to stand alone. Inevery place He has gathered us together to be Hisfamily, in which His gifts and His forgiveness are received. Do you forgive one another as Christ forgaveyou? Is your congregation a true family of God, whereevery man can find a home and know that God loveshim without limit?

We are not sufficient for these things. But Christis sufficient. We do not know what is coming to us.

But we know Who is coming. It is He who meets us

every day and who will meet us at the end—Jesus Christour Lord.

Therefore we say to you: Rejoice in hope.

•The above constitutes the last half of The Message of the World Council to the local churches. The first partis of an introductory and theological character too long to include on this page.

SEPTEMBER 16, 1854

The SpiritualLife Mission

By Glenn M. Frye

IV. THE SUPREME TASK OFTHE PASTOR AND PLANNING

COMMITTEE

I DOUBT if the Spiritual Life Mission will be as successful as was

the United Evangelistic Mission twoyears ago" said a pastor last week.

What human elements could makethat statement a true prophecy? Well,the Evangelistic Mission had one simpleobjective, to secure new members.

This has been a fundamental guageof ministerial success for all of us.It is not uncommonly said, "I took ineighty new members last year," orone hundred and eighty for that matter. I know one brother who, withjustifiable pride, said, "I have averaged one hundred new members a yearthroughout my ministry." Winningnew members was spectacularly in linewith our pastoral objectives.

A less advertised fact was that allof us have had to drop eighty to onehundred and eighty members from ourrolls at certain fourth quarterly conferences. More than that, we havebeen troubled to look down our list ofmembers and find so many still on therolls, whom we seldom saw at worshipor who shared little responsibility forthe on going ministry of the church.

But this was not all that disturbedus. When we pastors and laymenhonestly appraised our work, howmany of the homes of the faithful hadno prayer in them, not even grace atmeals? How seldom was the Biblestudiously read for soul food! Howmany of the lives of the faithful werecharacterized by anxiety and worry,temper and petty bickering, unchristian judging and gossip, or unforgiv-ingness and resentments?

These spiritual needs would havebeen met by a life of faith and prayer,lighted by the truth of God's Word andsweetened and strengthened by humble,trusting service. The churches will beblessed for years by having their laymen trained to assimilate new members and lead them into those Holy-Habits which develop mature Christians.

The Spiritual Life Mission is not sosimple or glamorous as the EvangelisticMission. But it can bring a Christlike- health and power to our churches.Even the increase in numbers will notsuffer. "Seek first His Kingdom andHis Righteousness and all these thingsshall be given yeu as well" is thepromise.

The first and supreme task of uspastors and the planning committees

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is in prayer to be gripped by themighty crucial importance of theSpiritual Life Mission. Next we mustcarefully prepare for it, referring tothe Manual (pages 17-22) that we omitno important responsibility, and thenbelieve that according to our faith andwork, God will bless us.

Clark Home Crowns Queen

CLARKHOME observed the 100th

birthday of Mrs. Zelina Edwardsand crowned her Queen of Clark Homein the Home chapel August 21. Relatives from Albion, and Lakeside,

Mrs. Zelina Edwards, Clark Home centenarian, chats with D. Hale Brake(center) state treasurer, who visitedthe Home recently, while Mr. LawrenceBenedict, another Clark Home resident,

looks on.

Michigan, and Williard, Ohio, wereguests. The party was planned by theHome Social Committee. Originalpoems, written by residents of theHome for the occasion, were read. Icecream and cake was served.

In the crowning ceremony the ladiesin waiting were: Mrs. Libby Fox, 98;Mrs. Sarah Austin, 96; Mrs. Mary Cor-rett, 94; and Miss Carrie Holmes, 91.Clark Home has 22 residents morethan ninety years of age.

Mrs. Edwards is the first ClarkHome resident to reach 100 years.She remembers Abraham Lincoln andsang for him on one occasion. She isin good health and enjoyed the birthday celebration. She received morethan 100 greeting cards, which weredisplayed in the narthex of thechapel. Her daughter is Mrs. Eliza,beth Harrodd of Albion. Mrs. Ed-,wards is a member of the AlbionMethodist Church, and has been atClark Home two years. More than200 people attended her birthday cele-.bration.

What They Write(xjmment for this column should be written

briefly and bear the signature and address of thewriter, which the editor reserves the right toprint What appears here does not necessarilyrepresent the Advocate's point of view.

Youth Explains Songs

To the Editor:

I read with interest the letter froma parent and pastor in the August 12issue of the Advocate concerning campsongs. I am eighteen years old andhave spent the last six summers atMethodist youth camps. I agree withthe writer that many of the songswhich we have sung were both non-religious and ridiculous and if they hadbeen the only songs that we learnedI would indeed agree that they werewrong.

However, I think that a closer lookat camp activities would disclose thatover six hours a day are spent in eitherworship, religious lectures, Bible study.Christian activity study, or missionstudy not to mention the grace atmeals, unplanned religious discussionin cabin groups or among individualsor evening devotions.

Along with the "Saraspondas,""Waltzing Matildas" and other catchytunes which are sung around a camp-fire are the lovely hymns "Take MyLife," "Breathe on Me Breath of God,""Are Ye Able" and many others.

I believe that singing is one of themajor treasures that a youth bringshome from camp. Each familiar campsong, no matter how silly will recallto him the one or two weeks of closeunion that he has spent with God inHis own out-of-doors. Let's not be tooharsh on the ditties that have beenhanded down from generation to generation until they have become folksongs — no matter how "Americanized"they may be. —Mary Alice Benedict,Battle Creek.

Quotas Lifted forFamily Life Conference

REGISTRATIONSfor the National

Conference on Family Life to be

held in Cleveland, Ohio, October 8-10,as of September 1 included the following delegates from Michigan:

Mr. James F. Wheatley, Rev. James D. Parker,Mr. Earl W. DowninE, all of Detroit; Mrs. W.Ray Sinittle. Pleasant Ridge; Rev. Kenneth D.Barringer, Grand Rapids; Mr. Leo C. Stine,Kalamazoo : and the following men accompaniedby their wives: Robert E. Field. Pontiac; FrancisC. Furton. New Haven; Floyd W. Porter, CassC'itv; William Munro, Owosso; Dean W. WaltonDetroit; Albert E. Howell, Royal Oak; CharlesM. Law, Detroit; Gus Landa, Detroit; SamuelF. Stout, Highland Park; Ted E. Barnes, RovalOak ; Wayne M. Lindcckcr, Detroit ; Donald M,Duquett, Wavne; Charles G. Davis, Detroit; William E. Knight, Imlay City; Conwell R. Tavlor,Mt. Clemens; Russell Caulkett. Port Huron;Donald E. Alguire, Battle Creek; Winston Dancer,Bronson; Herman W. Johansen, Bangor; DonaldT. Strong, Kalamaioo; Eaden P. Davis, Lansing-Walter L. Rock, Benton Harbor; -Deltnar C. Bren

MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

ner, Alma; Thomas A. Nichols, Alma; James McDowell, Grand Rapids; Donald \V. Brown, Alma;Harold M. Taber, Shepherd; Jack K. Dale, Kalamazoo: Eugene W. Holsworth, Ludington ; EarlR. Sorensen, Fennville; Willard E. Pearson, GrandRapids ; and Theodore Conger, Kalamazoo.

Quotas for the conference have beenlifted. Interested persons may contactRev. Howard Smith, Box 9, Albion,Michigan; or Dr. Harold Bremer, 1205

Kales Building, Detroit 25, Michigan,at once.

Dr. Babbitt ContinuesAt Adrian College

FOLLOWINGthe sudden death of

president-elect Clarence C. Kleinof Adrian College the trustee executivecommittee of the College met and re

elected Dr. E. H. Babbitt acting president. Albion College had cooperatedin a heartening way by giving a temporary release of Dr. Babbitt to continue at Adrian in this time ofemergency. Five days before the Bab

bitts planned to move to Albion Mr.Klein died of heart attack in a hospital in Boston. He had become illon a plane returning from Europe.

Since Dr. and Mrs. Babbitt had soldtheir home in Adrian they will move

into the president's residence until a

new president can be secured.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett L. Ridge,

South Bend, alumni of the College and

generous donors have made a condi

tional gift of $15,215.00 toward debt

retirement of the College when the

sum can be matched. The first matching gift came unsolicited from a school

teacher-alumnus of the College livingin Pittsburgh. He sent a check for

$50.00.

In addition to the above gift the

Ridges contributed a block of stock

valued at $1,960.00 to be used for the

physical education department over a

period of three years.

Another recent gift to Adrian is in

the form of stock certificates valued

at $6,250.00 given by Clarence C. Wilcox, Adrian alumnus and prominent

Detroit attorney. The gift is to be

used for library improvement.

Walter Moessner of Muskegon will be

chairman of the afternoon session at

1:45. The agenda includes: Our Advocate, Thomas Null; Stewardship, Howard Nagle and assistants —a demonstration ; Camping, Robert Smith and HowardSmith; Church Extension, C. W. Mackenzie and assistants —a demonstration ; and

at 3:15 Bishop Marshall R. Reed willclose the program with special emphasis

on the Spiritual Life Mission.

It is hoped that every church in theconference will be represented. Ministers, lay leaders, presidents of MethodistMen's Chapters and all other men who

can are especially urged to be present.Conference Lay Leader Elmer Ormistonanticipates this meeting will set thestage for the year's work throughoutthe conference.

About PersonsREV. CLARK H. PHILLIPS, super

intendent of the Big Rapids District,announces the appointment by BishopMarshall R. Reed of Vernon C. Andrews to the Stanwood Charge, effective Sept. 12.

DR. THOMAS ROGERS, professorof religion at Adrian College since1949, has accepted a position at Kentucky Wesleyan College. With Mrs.Rogers and their two children, MaryAlice and Richard, he will live at 1114

Parrish Ave., Owensboro, Ky.

REV. LaVERNE FINCH, superin

tendent of the Ann Arbor District, an

nounces the appointment by Bishop

Marshall R. Reed of Rev. Horace L.James to Tecumseh. For the lastthree years Mr. James has been pas

tor at Williamston.

MRS. CAULEY H. PERRIN and

MRS. HORACE A. ROSS celebrated

82nd birthdays on August 1. Both are

members of Algonac Trinity Methodist

Church. Many friends sent cards and

Grand Rapids Trinity to Be

Host to Laymen's Retreat

THEMichigan Conference Board of

Lay Activities will hold a retreatat Trinity Church, Grand Rapids, on

Saturday, September 18, with registration at 9:00 A.M. The morning ses

sion begins at 9:30, chairmaned by

Alvin Neller of Lansing; Dr. Charles

Goff of Chicago will give an inspirational address at 10:00 and group ses

sions are scheduled for 10:45. Topics

and leaders are: Lay Leaders and Pastors, Judge Donald Holbrook of Clare;

Officers of Methodist Men, Don Calame

of Chicago; Church Members —"GoodChurchmanship," District Superinten

dent Richard Miles of Kalamazoo.

The ladies of Trinity Church 'will

serve luncheon at noon,

greetings and the families of each

helped in celebrating the occasion.

MISS LAURA HEIST of Baroda,

India, visited her sister, Mrs. JamesS. Steininger of Detroit, enroute to

her home in Portland, Oregon.

MR. AND MRS. VERNER TEMPLEwere guests of honor at the morning

service, August 8, in the Duplain Meth

odist Church in recognition of their50th wedding anniversary. There were

32 relatives present. Miss Frances

Pearl sang a solo and Mrs. Charles

W. Lane of Kalamazoo, a niece, wasguest soloist. Mr. and Mrs. Donald

Temple entertained 39 relatives fordinner at their home in Duplain. Inthe afternoon 225 guests were enter

tained at the church. Many relatives

and friends were present from out oftown. Local friends presented the

Temples with a purse and they were

the recipients of many lovely gifts and

flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Temple have

given a life-time of service to the Dup

lain Church. Mrs. Temple, the formerMollie Harmon of Duplain, is active

in the WSCS of which she is now

secretary, having previously served as

treasurer, vice-president, and secre

tary of missionary education and serv

ice. She is a past president of the

former Ladies' Aid and was active in

the Woman's Foreign Missionary So

ciety. She has been a church school

teacher for 25 years and one of her

pupils, Miss Lora Mae Mort, has begun

her studies at Scarritt College to be a

deaconess. Mrs. Temple has also been

communion steward for many years.

Mr. Temple has taught the young

married people's class for a long time

and served as church school superin

tendent. He is a member of the church

board. Mr. Temple joined the church

in 1896 and Mrs. Temple, in 1904.

They have two sons, Donald of Dup

lain and Rupert of Ovid; four grand

daughters and one grandson.

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Mr. and Mrs. Verner Temple

SEPTEMBER 16. 1954

NEW

FROMT

CHURCHESBttsuit Methodism's success is in direct pro

portion to the success of each local church, theADVOCATE welcomes news of your church'sachievements.

HARDY, on the Hartland Charge,held a ten-day camp meeting with Rev.Ben Hollis of Peck as evangelist,preaching at 10:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M.His 14-year-old son Joe assisted atthe Baldwin organ, with home talentdoing the special singing. The meetings closed Sunday, August 29.

WHEATFIELD CENTER has purchased the land formerly used for public school purposes and lying adjacentto the church property, and will useit for additional parking space andother church needs. Wheatfield Centeris a very active rural church located atthe center of Wheatfield Township.Rev. C. E. Pollock of Holt is the pastor.

NORTH STAR, a three-point chargeserving a rural area south and east

of Ithaca, concluded a successful Vacation Bible School program on Friday,August 20, at the North Star Church,under the capable leadership of theDistrict Worker, Miss Nina Miller.The first school was in the Beebechurch with an average attendance of30 children; Newark had an attendance of 44; and North Star, 50. AtNorth Star an unusual feature was anadult class, a highlight of the entireprogram. Rev. John H. King is inhis fourth year of service in this community.

RAVENNA, on the CoopersvilleCharge, held a special meeting of theOfficial Board, with a representativeof a church furniture company, atwhich a contract was signed for thepurchase of new pews. The contractcalls for 20 pews giving the churchseating capacity of approximately 150.The delivered, installed price includingbook racks, is $2,387. The pews willreplace chairs which have been in usesince the new church was completed in1950. Rev. J. Lawrence Ward is thepastor.

WATERVLIET held an informal openhouse for its new banquet hall andkitchen, sponsored by the WSCS, onAugust 25. On a recent Sunday alarge choir of girls from Camp Water-vliet sang at the morning service, andmany other girls from the camp werepresent. Sunday, August 29, Dr. E. C.

White Pine Lays Cornerstone

Monday evening, August 2, a large gathering saw Bishop Marshall R. Reeddedicate and lay the cornerstone for the Community Church at White PineAssisting in the ceremony were, left to right: Walter Ekum, chairman, BuildingCommittee; Ralph A. Schwarz, church treasurer; Bishop Reed; Rev. Charles FWolfe, district superintendent; Rev. V. S. Blackwell, pastor; and J. W Wood"chairman. Official Board. After an appropriate ceremony, all hastened to thenew grade school .building where nearly 200 participated in a lavish pot-lucksupper, followed by a short program consisting of two special musical numbersand short talks by J. W. Wood, Rev. Charles Wolfe and a stirring message byBishop Reed. Because of rain during the month of June and two periods ofstrikes since, the building is about two months behind schedule. It was hopedit would be ready by November 1, but now hardly seems likely before the

first of the year.

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Prettyman, superintendent of the Mich-gan Temperance Foundation, was theguest speaker. On WSCS day at theCrystal Springs Camp Grounds theWatervliet Society was credited withhaving the second highest number with25 members in attendance, five ofwhom spent the entire week at thegrounds and attended daily services.

COLON observed its 75th anniversary on August 29 with well over 200persons present at the morning worship at which Dr. Stanley Buck ofBenton Harbor, a former pastor,preached on the subject, "What Is aLiving Church?" After the servicelunch was served in the church basement with the Young Adult Class ofthe church school serving. The program was presided over by Alice Grimeswith Belle Watson, Leon Millard andLoella Goodrich recalling the earlieryears and ministers. Various Buildingprojects and spiritual advancementswere recalled and with them manyfamiliar names were brought to mind.The many beautiful flowers thatdecorated the church, from membersand friends who sent their best wishes,were sent to those of the communitywho were sick and unable to attendthe event. Rev. Morris F. Howell isColon's minister.

BOYNE CITY sponsored outdoorworship services in the Boyne CityMemorial Park during July and August. Among the guest preachers atthe "Drive-in-Church" were Rev. Russell King on July 18; and Bishop Marshall R. Reed on August 15 when 250worshipers assembled from five neighboring states. Guest soloists andmusicians included Mrs. James Stakus,Mrs. Daniel Marsh of Erie, Pa.; Mrs.J. H. Bricker, Mrs. M. C. Bricker, Jr.,Mrs. Inga Casper, Mr. Wm. Casper, Mr.DeVere Middleton, Mrs. Norman Davis,Mr. Robert Lee and the Senior Choir ofFirst Methodist Church. Guestpreachers at Boyne City at morningworship services were Dr. Thomas M.Pryor, Robert Moore, John Lockyer andBishop Raymond J. Wade. Severalmajor improvement projects were approved and a financial plan authorized by the official board at a FallPlanning Conference on August 23

with the disti'ict superintendent, Rev.William Blanding, the honored guest.Rev. Forrest Mohr is the pastor atBoyne City.

NORTH BRANCH was host to a fallseminar of the Woman's Society ofChristian Service August 25. Theprogram material and study bookswere reviewed by Mrs. Jay Black ofSandusky, Mrs. Clarence Kolman ofArmada, Mrs. Howard Rexin of CassCity, Mrs. Wm. Holmes of Port Huronand Mrs. Edgar Williams of HarborBeach. Special music included a soloby Mrs. Delbert Myers of NorthBranch and hymns by Mrs. StewartButterfield of North Branch, inter

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spersing the devotion period, directedby Mrs. Stuart Mitchell, Mrs. KarlPatow and Mrs. Ralph Gardner. JamesTerrill of Lapeer reviewed the Easterntrip of the Youth Caravan and highlights of the Jurisdictional Assemblyat Milwaukee were given by districtpresident, Mrs. Miles Beach of Case-ville, Mrs. Merle Corbin of Romeo,Mrs. Black of Sandusky and Mrs. LeeVanlnwagen of Richmond. Luncheon,catered by the hostess groups, wasserved at noon by members of theSenior Youth Fellowship.

GRAND RAPIDS VALLEY AVENUE, where Rev. Stanley Thayer is inthe third year of his pastorate, hascompleted a renovation program begun18 months ago. Total cost of the improvements was $20,000. The congregation is worshiping in the remodeledsanctuary which has new carpeting,new chairs in the choir loft, new candlesticks and cross on the altar, and newhymn boards presented as memorials.Other improvements in the sanctuaryinclude a new heating and ventilatingsystem, tiled ceiling, newly plasteredand decorated walls and new lightingfixtures. A modernized church kitchenhas been added, a church lounge andrest room completed and furnished, andold dining room chairs and tables replaced by new ones. The parsonagealso has been modernized. A renovated downstairs bathroom and an entirely new tiled bathroom upstairs, together with rewiring of many roomscomplete the improvements.

KALAMAZOO EAST MAIN Girls'Softball team brought another trophyto their church. In a very dramaticplay, the team came from behind towin the championship game by onepoint, 10 to 9, oveT the North Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo. Theteam was coached by Bud Gay andRobert Powell. Gene Bartels wastransportation manager. This is thesecond trophy to be won by the EastMain players, the first being won in1952. Earlier in the year, the Men'sbasketball team won the inter-leaguechampionship trophy, and played inthe state play-off games at MichiganState College in Lansing. The athleticprogram of East Main Church is considered one of the primary characterbuilders on the religious educationalprogram. An allowance is made eachyear in the annual budget for thiswork. Volunteer leaders have sparkedthe program into a championship position. More adequate facilities areplanned for an increase in this program in the future.

The Daily Vacation Bible School atEast Main was the largest in its history. Over 135 pupils were enrolled,with an average attendance of 109 forthe two-week period. Mrs. Cecil Rob-bins, director of the school, was assisted by 20 volunteer workers, teachers

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A LIFT FOR LIVING

Are We Missing Too Much?

WEDO NOT like to miss any

good thing that is going on,do we?

Watch people on their vacations.They go to a pleasure resort or to abig city where many things are going on. They want to see it all andthey try to crowd every possiblepleasure into the brief time of theirstay.

We often feel we are missing something in our work. We live today ina society of increasing specialization.We immerse ourselves in our own occupations in order to get ahead. Thuswe come to know our own lines butbecome too busy to lift our eyes togeneral patterns of living.

The result of such specializationis, as Alfred Noyes has said, that weare misled by small clever minds, thatis, minds which know their own fieldbut not life in general.

One of the high functions of religion is to stand where the specialtiesmeet and lift people's thinking fromtheir lines of work "to see life steadily and see it whole."

What broad and varied interests areinvolved in religion. Some peoplethink that to be religious means anarrowing of one's life and a missing of the pleasures of living. Othersthink of religious activities as socialextras, things people may do if theylike that sort of thing, but hardlyvital enough for busy practical people like themselves.

If there be any reader who thinksof religion as narrow, may I justtear a leaf from a minister's diaryfor a typical day? In the morningI sat with a board of directors deciding on some gifts of money to colleges, churches and students. Nextcame an interview with a committeewhich is founding a religious organization to combat communism. Following that was an hour of letterwriting to correspondents who hadasked advice on all sorts of life situations. Then came a visit from ananguished father asking for aid fora boy caught in the net of the lawand now confined.

After that came some problems confronting our city churches. Next arepresentative of the World Councilof Churches reported on the work being done by the churches amongrefugees in Europe and the Near East.The last interview was to arrange awedding.

I have indulged in this personalaccount in order to show how in onebrief day the Christian faith touchesalmost every area of human interest.

By Dr. Ralph W. Sockmari

Is it not amazing beyond human explanation that a Christian movementbegan back in Palestine, embodiedvital elements of its great Hebrewheritage, and has enlarged down thecenturies until it touches all aspectsof life and all parts of the earth?Let us lift our eyes to behold thegreatness of it all.

We have all been reading aboutthe world Council of Churches atEvanston, 111. I was there as a delegate and I had my eyes opened tomany aspects and activities of religion which I had been missing. God'swork is far bigger business than manyof us in the ministry realize. And ifany young person thinks the parishchurch in his neighborhood is "smallpotatoes," let him remember that theChristian church has outlasted theCaesars to become the vastest organization in the world.

Here are some words whose soundmakes life seem larger. As they rollthrough the chambers of the mindthey give a sense of spaciousness.They were used by Saint Paul: "Weare the children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God." Greatwords, aren't they?

When I consider how God has ledHis children up from the jungle ofsavagery to the arts of music andpainting, how He has lifted themfrom the muddy cave of the head-hunter to the glorious symmetry ofthe Taj Mahal, how the adorationof God has given birth to the finestarchitecture, I begin to wonder if Imay not be missing much of the beautywaiting for me as one of God's heirs.

When I think of the great poetswho have found "sermons in stonesand books in running brooks" and ofthe prophets who have caught visionsof truth beyond the crowd, I feel thatI am using only a fraction of my mindto get the truth which God has madeavailable to me.

At this season when we are returning from vacations to work, let's plana little better to "see life steadily andsee it whole."

(Copyright 1954, General Features Corp.)

SEPTEMBER 16, 1954

Stops Around the State(Continued from page 2)

ers: Eleanor Bush, Judy Vanderlaan,Dorothy Fowler, Don Mosely, PeggyBailey and Bill Furstenau. MaribethLyndrup was soloist and Mrs. ArleneDarby, director.

The drama challenged the youth toaccept whatever cross the Master mightgive them, bearing it to the Honorof his Name, against opposition andregardless of what others might say.For as the sixth disciple said, "It isHis to command, ours to obey. Histo call us to service and sacrifice. Oursto answer 'Here am I, send me.' Histo say, 'Follow Me.' Ours to answer,'My Lord and God'."

Crosses symbolic of the attitude ofeach of the disciples to the call ofChrist were used in the drama itselfand crosses symbolic of the task ofChrist for each one were given to theyouth as they left the chapel.

Detroit Area Older Adults at Camp Chief Noondaj

• Detroit Area Older Adults

THEBi-conference Older Adult Camp

was held for the second consecutive year at Camp Chief Noonday.Co-directors were Rev. Park New-combe (Michigan Conference) and Rev.James W. Deeg (Detroit Conference).There were 47 campers, an increase of25 over a year ago. The average agewas 66 years. Five campers were over80 and one was 84. The oldest wasMrs. Harrietta Handy of HarborBeach.

On Tuesday evening, July 27, twoof the campers had birthdays. Mr. L.Sydney Lyday of Metropolitan Church,Detroit, celebrated his 82nd birthday,and Mrs. Letticia Baker of FirstChurch, Midland, observed her 79th.

Mr. George Carhart, a retired boy's

secretary for the YMCA and now of

Oakland Park Church, Pontiac, led the

group in singing, games, and other

forms of recreation. There were even

a few brave souls who went swimming.

Many brought their hobbies with them

and the opportunity was given foreveryone to learn some new skill.

Mrs. Ray Barnard of Portlandconducted the Bible Study period each

day, and Rev. Herbert Hichens, retired

member of the Detroit Conference,

preached daily at the worship hour.

The current missionary theme for1945-55 was presented by Miss IvaTibbetts, a retired deaconess now living in Flint, who emphasized "God and

Man in the City" following this withthe film "City Story." One of the

evening programs was a missionary

panel where Miss Cora Simpson, re

tired missionary to China who spent

some 40 years in that country, and MissHelen Desjardins, home on furloughfrom Malaya, discussed the missionaryoutlook and value as they had experi

enced it during the war years and

under communistic influence. Both wore

native costumes.

The presence of Miss Virginia Stafford, field worker for the General Boardof Education in Nashville, Tenn., as

signed to Older Adult Work in the localchurch, was a wonderful experience.

She was the resource leader during the

morning discussion periods where op

portunities for continued Christiangrowth and service were discussed. Mr.Andrew Ball of Jackson was chairman.

Early in the camp period two committees were appointed. A fellowship com

mittee to work with Mr. George Carhartfor recreation and fun, and a Worship

Committee to arrange for the daily de

votional exercises and grace at meal

time. They also arranged a worship

center each day and provided the table

decorations for the closing Communion

Service consisting of crosses made of

pine boughs and flowers.

One of the features of the camp pro

gram was a clandestine affair held in

one of the tiny cabins where a group of

some 25 people gathered "after hours"

and had a "rip-roaring" time that lasted

far into the night. There was so much

talent among the campers that it could

not all possibly be used in the regular

program. This "unofficial program"just about used up all the talent and

energy that was left.

The camp closed with a discussion of

plans and hopes for another year, followed by a Communion Service. One

of the main purposes of the camp was to

demonstrate the necessity and oppor

tunity of organizing Older Adults in the

local church and what the possibilities

of such a group might be. It is hoped

that this may become a reality in many

local churches and be a rich and rewarding experience in Christian Fellowship.

In the Detroit Conference, a follow-up

of this camping experience will be held

at the Lake Huron Camp, October 12-13-

14, where Miss Virginia Stafford willagain be present. Keep the dates in

mind and make your plans to come. Arrange for transportation and fill your

car. Any Michigan Conference people

who care to come will be welcome. —

Iva E. Tibbetts, Recorder.

Participating in the drama, "The Challenge of the Cross," presented at the Grand

Rapids District Senior camp, were, 1 to r: Mrs. Arlene Darby, Eleanor Bush, Dorothy

Fowler, Mrs. Emily Cooper, Judy Vanderlaan, Peggy Bailey, Maribeth Lyndrup,Don Mosely, and Bill Furstenau.

• Clark Home

THEHome has settled down to

normalcy since the birthday party

for its centenarian, Mrs. Zelina Ed-

MICHKSAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE10

wards. The Home is honored again byhaving the picture of Miss CarrieKnause, 93, in the Grand Rapids Press.

The Byron Center W.S.C.S. enjoyeda picnic dinner at the Home. They heldtheir program in the Fellowship Hall.Miss Beatrice Weaver and Mrs. SusannaMonseau from the Home and Mrs.Syble Hartman from First Church,Grand Rapids, were their guests.

Mrs. Mabelle Carpenter, 68, diedAugust 22 after weeks of severe suffering. She had been a member of theHome for two years. A prayer servicewas held at the Home, Rev. F. N.Drake officiating. Funeral serviceswere held in the Palo Methodist church,Rev. James Birdsall of Carson City,a cousin of Mrs. Carpenter officiating.Burial was in the Palo cemetery.

A Sunday school class from Greenville enjoyed a picnic supper at theHome, August 25. Miss Edith Lunn,Mesdames Leonora Griffith and NellieBigler were their guests. The members of the class called on Mrs. LuraHubbell in the hospital.

Mrs. Grace Tobey was in Manisteeto attend the wedding of her granddaughter, Barbara Tobey, to Mr.James Oftler of Saginaw. Others whohave been visiting away from theHome are Rev. August Klaiber, hisson John Waldo Klaiber and daughterHenrietta Hamacher at East Lansing,Mrs. Frieda Baur, Williamson, andRuth Adele Bortel of Bowling Green,Ohio; Mrs. Mary Hice, her son nearPlainwell and a grandson in Kalamazoo; Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Strong,friends and relatives at Onsted, Cold-water, Kalamazoo and Mendon; Mrs.Leonora Griffith, Lake View; Mrs.M. Ellen Mann, Flint to attend thewedding of her nephew, David Wilkinson, to Amy Lou Unangst; Mrs. GraceAbbott, friends at Evart; Mrs. CarrieBrickley, Niles and Benton Harbor;Miss Lois Bishop, friends in Kalamazoo; Mrs. Flora L. Carpenter, friendsin Whitehall.

Relatives and friends helped Mrs.George Carpp to celebrate her 84thbirthday August 31, with a picnic dinner in Fellowship Hall.

The Lyons W.S.C.S. enjoyed a picnic dinner at the Home August 27.

Mesdames Lucy Townsend, SarahWettimore and Lucy Wright were theirdinner guests.

Mrs. Dorcas Whaley of Three Riversand Mrs. Kate Luyendyk of GrandRapids are new members at the Home.

Mrs. Mattie York has returned fromher cottage at Spring Lake where shehas spent the summer.

Mrs. Ellen Baldwin, 88, who hadbeen a member of the Home for nearly16 years, died suddenly August 28.She was a member of the PortlandMethodist church. Funeral serviceswere held in the chapel, August 31,

Rev. F. N. Drake and Rev. Park H.

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Newcombe of Portland officiating.Burial was in the Portland cemetery.

Some visitors at the Home havebeen: Mrs. Elizabeth Dabb of Lansing,Miss Mira Moore; Mrs. P. Ray Nortonand granddaughter Margaret of Plymouth, friends in the Home; Mr. andMrs. Murl Harrington of Pittsburgh,Pa., their aunt, Mrs. Martha Potter;Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wright of ThreeRivers and Mrs. Hattie Rickert ofChicago, Mrs. Hattie Flick; Mr. BertWillits of California, Mrs. Ella Ingham; Rev. Olive Knapp of Free Soil,Mrs. Grace Tobey; Rev. and Mrs. Nelson Price of Sioux City, Iowa, formermissionaries to Burma, Mrs. LottieLewis and Miss Carlotta Hoffman;Mrs. Edith Shields of Washington,Iowa, her mother Mrs. Mary Corette;

Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lair of Dearbornand Mrs. J. H. Coon of Gladwin theiraunt and sister-in-law, Mrs. CoraRobinson; Mrs. May Keene of Mis-hawaka, Indiana, Mrs. Ida Williamson;Mr. and Mrs. Don Curtis of Richmond,Indiana, Miss Edith Lunn; Mrs. HarrietL. and Miss LaVinna Jilson of Muskegon, Mrs. Milton M. Weed of Hartford;and Miss Mae Sumner of Dixon, 111.,

Mrs. Martha Lewis. —Lucy Wright,Reporter.

• Chelsea Home

SINCEour last Advocate stop, we

have welcomed the followinggroups, some for pot-luck dinners ortours of the Home, some to bring programs and to hear the chimes: Boulevard Temple, Detroit; Adrian, Willis,Clarenceville; teen-agers from MillLake Camp, and a group of Counselors,also from Mill Lake.

Mr. O. Kimball and Mrs. Wilberwere week-end gue-sts, from Hillsdale;Miss Lottie Weir from Richfield was a

dinner guest, stopping on her way toattend the Albion Graduate School;

Miss Bernice Whipple who has been a

guest of Mrs. M. Cheever, has now leftfor Cleveland. Recently, she spentfour weeks in Alaska on the ChristianAdvocate tour. While here, she gavean interesting talk about her Alaskantrip. Miss Whipple is a Deaconessand later in Autumn she plans to enterthe Ocean Grove Rest Home in NewJersey.

The Home WSCS entertained the women of the North Lake WSCS. Amusical program was presented in theChapel by Mrs. M. Cheever, Miss MaryGregg, and the Chapel Choir. The organ chimes were played, also. Laterthe group met in the assembly roominformally and refreshments wereserved.

The August Birthday table centerpiece was a very attractive camp scenemade by Mrs. Frances Fellmy, a Homemember. The gifts of stationery were

from the Chelsea Home Friends.

The following movies have been en

joyed: "Inside Opera" with GraceMoore, "Birds of the North Woods,"

the "Enchanted Forest," and Abie'sIrish Rose." New slides of the Homewere shown by request.

The Chelsea High School Band ofapproximately forty pieces, under theable direction of Mr. Eugene Shroyer,gave a very fine concert.

Extensive improvements are beingmade in the infirmary and the workis progressing nicely.

Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Bachus are spending a few days with relatives in PortHuron.

Home members and Staff hope tosee many of their friends at the Harvest Open House on October 1, sponsored by Ghelsea Home Friends.

William Dale Robinson

REV.William Dale Robinson was

born in Vincennes, Indiana, November 25, 1882, to John and EmmaritaRobinson. He was educated in theVincennes public schools and at De-Pauw University. He joined theMichigan Conference in 1908, wherehe served for nearly 40 years. In 1911

he married Anna Schmalzried of Levering, Michigan. They had five children;Glendale, who is with the First MarineAir Wing in Korea; Malcolm, of Hastings, Michigan; Richard of EatonRapids, Michigan; and Elizabeth (Mrs.George Randall) of Waverly, Ohio. Ason, Billy, died in infancy. He leavesten grandchildren.

In 1948, because of failing health,he retired and moved to Hastings,where he and Mrs. Robinson lived forfive years. In January, 1954 theymoved to Eaton Rapids to be neartheir son Richard. He died in theirapartment on Saturday, August 21.

The funeral service was held in theEaton Rapids Methodist Church withRev. Ralph Witmer, pastor, officiating. Rev. William H. Helrigel gave

the sermon and Rev. Maylan Jones, ofLansing, spoke briefly of the life ofthe deceased. Organ music was furnished by Mrs. Gerald Gillett.

The body was laid to rest in Rose-hill Cemetery of Eaton Rapids. Casketbearers were members of the DeltonMethodist Church, including theirminister, Rev. Martin Mclntarfer.

Mr. Robinson served the followingchurches: Northport, Levering, BurrOak, Galesburg, Middleton, Parma,Middleville, Marcellus, Breckenridge,Elsie, Coleman, Reed City, Hubbard-ston, and Delton.

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WHY NOT ENJOY an autumn week-end at LakeLouise? For cabins and information write Mrs.

Don Bailey, RFD 1, Boyne Falls, Mich.

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The BIBLE for TODAYBy Frances Huntington Martin

Lesson commentary based on "International Sunday School Lessons; the International BibleLessons for Christian Teaching," copyrighted 1951 by the Division of Christian Education,

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A.

Sunday, September 26

Growth Through Bearing Witness

Matthew 5:13-16; Acts 8:4-8;II Corinthians 5:14-20

WEHAVE been considering

briefly how study of the Bible,prayer, worship, giving and serviceare some of the means whereby wemay grow as Christians—"grow ingrace." This final study seems to be

the climax, or the purpose of the onespreceding.

A "witness" according to Mr.Webster is "one who furnishes evidence or proof; to witness is to attestto something, to give evidence." Toa woman who was concerned thather husband did not respond to herarguments and become a ChristianBilly Graham wrote: Argument mayconvince a person intellectually, butthat alone would not make anyonedesire to follow Jesus Christ. Desistfrom argument; instead, give evidence. Let your husband see yourloveliness and see God through you."Let the beauty of Jesus be seen inme," we sing.

Jesus did not argue with people.He told his followers "You —yourselves, personally — are the salt of theearth." Salt was an essential productin Jesus' day. Before the knowledgeof refrigeration salt was the preservative for food. Something inherentin the salt itself made it indispensable.Salt is not for itself. Not until itis used is its quality recognized."You —personally —are the light ofthe world," Jesus insisted. The quality, the character of light makes itnecessary for safety and for the ongoing of life. Light is to be used,to be seen. A city seen from a planeat night cannot be hid. The lightdispels darkness and fear. The lightsignifies not itself, but, symbolizeshomes, families, community, security.So with our growth in Christian,living. It is not for ourselves, likereceiving an A in a course in school(Pride is one of the seven mortalsins!). It is the use we make of itfor the benefit and blessing of others.We recall that "Moses did not knowthat his face shone." Countlessministers, teachers, doctors, businessmen do not realize perhaps untilyears later what influence their witness has meant to young people—and others. "That men may see yourgood works and glorify your Fatherwhich is in heaven."

The theme of Paul's letters to hisyoung churches is how Christians areto live. The characteristic mark ofChristians is that they do not live forthemselves. (2 Cor. 5:15). He emphasizes it again as the distinguishingcharacteristic of Christians "None ofus" (that is, none of us Christians)lives to himself." "You are my witnesses" said Jesus again. Every com

mercial product, whether soap orwashing machines, must depend for itssale upon personal recommendation.The same is true of Christianity. Jesussaid his Way of life was to be recommended by persons. Every Moslemtrader who goes into Africa is a missionary for Allah. What aboutAmericans who go to foreign countries for business or as tourists? Ourmissionaries tell us that all of themare not witnessing either for Christianity or for democracy. What aresome of the ways America does witness before the world for Christianityand democracy? And some of theways she does not?

We have all heard the story of theChristian Chinese student who wasto room with a non-Christian whodemanded that no word regardingChristianity be spoken. Neverthelessbefore the end of the school year thenon-Christian inquired of the roommate what it was that made him dowhat he did and be what he was!

A lovely nun recently wrote theseverses: "Not only in the words yousay, Not only in your deeds confessedBut in the most unconscious way IsChrist expressed. It is a beatificsmile? A holy light upon your brow?0 no, I felt His Presence while Youlaughed just now. For me, 'twas notthe truth you taught, To you so clear,to me still dim; But when you cameyou brought A sense of Him. Andfrom your eyes He beckons me, Andfrom your heart His love is shed, Till1 lose sight of you and see The Christinstead."

Some questions on this subject be

fore the World Council of Churches:"Why are members not witnessingbands which Christ intended hischurch to be? What should a trulywitnessing church do? What keepsthe masses out of the church? Whattrends of thought among intellectualsmust be challenged? How may a person bear witness in his vocation? Ifnot, what changes must be made inthe character of his vocation or work?How are we to witness in our international relations?

QuietJimeJhoU

By LeRoy M. Whitney

THEpoet Lowell once wrote:

"Life is a leaf of paper whiteWhereon each one of us may

writeHis word or two, and then

comes night."

That is our equipment. A sheet ofclean paper called the future. A wordor two to be set down, (we are tochoose what it shall be.) And only a

brief time in which to write! The first

thing you know, half your life is gone,and you have put off writing anythingnoble, sacrificial, kind, or hopeful,and the time is running out. Time is

getting away from you and the opportunity to write anything for God!

In the second stanza the poet ex

horts:

"Grandly begin, though youhave time

But for a line, be that sub

lime.Not failure, but low aim is

crime.

Some people never write anything be

cause they cannot write a masterpiece.

It is no sin to fail. The sin is in not

trying. Though you have time, andtalent but for a line, let that be sublime, and "Grandly begin!" If what

you write is good, if it is helpful, en

couraging, it cannot fail. And if itis good and helpful, it should be begunat once.

We cannot all write masterpieces.

We can all write goodness across theclean page God gives us each day.If we can, and do not, that is our realfailure. And if we are to make themost of our brief time, we must be at

it. You must begin now to set youraffections on things above, to presstowards the mark of the high callingin Christ, to submit your life to God'scleansing, guidance, strength and care.

PRAYER: Father, help me to delayno longer, but to be about "my Father'sbusiness." Help me to begin now.

Help me to make a start. Grant toguide me each step and make me anapt pupil in the school of Christ.Amen.

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Methodists at Evanston(Continued from page 5)

Central committee. The minister, theRev. Harold A. Bosley and church officials received from the World Council two bronze tablets, much enlargedreproductions of the Assembly medallion, as permanent reminders of worldwide appreciation.

The World Council is headed by sixpresidents of equal rank. In Amsterdam in 1948, Dr. John R. Mott, Nobelprize-winner and noted missionaryleader, was named honorary president.He is, without doubt, Methodism'smost widely-known layman.

When the first presidents werenamed, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam wasthe only one from the western hemisphere. Following the resignation ofa president from China, the late MissSarah Chakko was elected to fill thevacancy on the presidium, by the Central Committee. Although a memberof the ancient Mar Thoma SyrianChurch of Malabar, Miss Chakko wasclosely related to the Woman's Division of Christian Service of The Methodist Church which sponsors IsabellaThoburn College in Lucknow of whichMiss Chakko was president.

The recent Assembly voted thatpresidents may not immediately succeed themselves. However, among thesix newly chosen top officials there isstill a Methodist. He is Bishop SanteUberto Barbieri who supervises Methodist work in Argentina, Uruguay andBolivia.

The World Council, between Assemblies, is administered by a centralcommittee of 90 members. Of these,10 are Methodists. Two come fromBritish Methodism in the United Kingdom, one from West Africa, one eachfrom the independent Methodist bodiesin Australia and Brazil, and one fromthe African Methodist Episcopal Church.The Methodist Church (U.S.) has fourmembers — two ministerial and twolay: Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, BishopWilliam C. Martin, Mrs. Frank Brooks,president of the Woman's Division ofChristian Service and Charles C. Par-lin, New York attorney.

Dr. J. Earl Moreland, former member of the Central Committee, has beenchairman of the nominating committee.

The representatives of The Methodist Church, one of the largest groups,included 42 delegates, 54 accreditedvisitors, 16 consultants and one youthconsultant.

Frank Northam, a British Methodistlayman, is director of the Finance andBusiness department of the WorldCouncil in Geneva.

Bishop Oxnam, as one of the presidents, not only took his turn at presiding over the Assembly's deliberations,but preached the opening sermon. Likethe recurring theme of a symphony,

he elaborated the phrase of the Amsterdam message, "We intend to stay together."

The communion service, which followed the Methodist ritual, wasplanned and carried out under thedirection of Bishop Ivan Lee Holt. Hewas aided by Bishops Martin, Brasharesand Oxnam and Dr. Bosley and representatives of ten other denominations.

The- program reveals addresses byDr. Charles W. Ransom, general secretary of the International MissionaryCouncil, a member of the MethodistChurch of Ireland; the Rev. D. T. Nilesof the Methodist Church of Ceylon;the Rev. P. K. Dagadu of the MethodistChurch of the United Kingdom in theGold Coast (Africa) and Mrs. RenaKarefa-Smart, Sierra Leone, A.M.E.Zion.

The section on Evangelism, whichtreated one- of the six sub-themes ofthe Assembly, met under the chairmanship of Bishop Richard C. Raines.He presented its report to the Assembly. Bishop William C. Martin waschairman of the business committeeon General Policy and the Rev. Dr. J.Robert Nelson of the executive staffin Geneva served as secretary of thecommission on Faith and Order.

The names of Dr. G. Baez-Camargoof the Methodist Church of Mexico andof the Rev. Walter W. Van Kirk ofthe department of International Justiceand Goodwill of the National Council,appear on the program for AccreditedVisitors. Dr. Van Kirk was liaisonofficer for the section on InternationalAffairs.

The Festival of Faith, that long-to-be-remembered spectacle which brought125,000 worshippers to Soldier Field,was planned under the chairmanshipof the Rev. Dr. George W. Fowler,minister of St. John's MethodistChurch. He headed the Chicago AreaWorld Council Assembly Committee.The prayer used in the liturgy waswritten by the Rev. Dr. Charles M.Crowe, pastor of the Wilmette Parish.Carillon music for the Festival was

"piped in" from First MethodistChurch, Evanston.

Another Methodist, ProfessorGeorgia Harkness of the Pacific Schoolof Religion, a consultant, was the author of the Assembly hymn, "Hope ofthe World, Thou Christ of Great Compassion." It was selected from morethan 500 by the Hymn Society ofAmerica.

Charles C. Parlin, who will be

remembered as a prominent lay figurein General Conferences, has served theAssembly as chairman of the committee on Press and Broadcasting. Hedirected an operation which includeda technical staff of professional publicists, newswriters, radio and television writers and producers totaling 80.

The press rooms serviced more than300 newspaper reporters and 200 editors of religious periodicals. New records were set by this coverage. TheCommission on Public Relations andMethodist Information loaned its director to supervise the press rooms. Dr.Arthur West of Chicago and Mr. O. B.Fanning of Nashville, associate directors, served as chief of photographicservice and assistant in the reportingservice, respectively. World Outlookfurnished to the reporting service staff-member Arthur J. Moore, Jr. and thePublishing House, Newman S. Cryer,Jr., editor of The Pastor.

Active participant in the tremendously effective broadcasting program,was Dr. Harry S. Spencer, executive

secretary of the Methodist Radio and

Film Commission.

Press and radio people were given a

banquet at the Edgewater Beach Hotelin Chicago on the eve of the Assembly

where high officials of the World Coun

cil were introduced to 500 publicists.Chairman Parlin picked up the check

for the crowd.

Written in the confusion of a hecticpress room, the chances are strong thatin the review of Methodists at Evanston there are those who have renderedsignificant service whose names haveinadvertently been omitted. To these

we make our apologies in advance.

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Michigan Conference

Christian EducationHoward A. Smith, Executive SecretaryMichigan Conference Board of Education

WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THECARAVAN

By Cecile G. Robinson

Conference Director ofIntermediate Work

"'""pvHANKS for a wonderful week.

X You've really helped us a lot!"This I overheard from an intermediatecounselor as she said "good-bye" tothe Youth Caravan team after beingwith them for a week.

As this group stood on our porch andI looked into the faces of the caravanmembers and those of the four adultworkers just leaving to return to theirchurch and their own young people, Iknew that a wonderful week was in storefor us, as well.

It was indeed a thrilling experience tobe present as the Youth Caravan, composed of four trained young people anda counselor, met with our Youth Council on Saturday evening. It was evident

that these Caravaners understood youth,the Methodist Youth Fellowship, and thechurch. In checking over our pre-arranged schedule, one of the first thingssaid by the members of the Caravanwas that, from experience, they hadlearned that their best success had comewhen intermediates met at a differenttime from the seniors. May we stophere to enlarge on this point? (Perhapssometime after our Caravan Week isover I can go on to tell you more aboutthe value of the Caravan to all of ouryouth.)

Intermediates, as you know, are boysand girls from 12-14 years of age or inJunior High School (7th, 8th and 9thgrades.) They are no longer children,neither are they as grown up as theirsenior high brothers and sisters.

Intermediates need satisfying experiences in their own church and in theirown age group. They need to takeresponsibilities big enough to challengenewly discovered powers and abilities;they need to have guidance in carryingthrough and evaluating undertakings;they need to develop spiritual resourcefulness; they need to receive training inchurch membership; and they need tohave many experiences in small groups.All of these can be accomplished more

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fully when they are with those of theirown age where their interests are morenearly the same.

Occasionally, intermediates need experiences and contacts beyond their owngroup to supplement and enrich the ongoing program. These meetings, ofcourse, should be on the level of intermediate interests rather than to bringintermediates into the pattern of sub-district and district meetings of seniorsand older youth.

Experience shows that it is better tohave beyond-local-church meetings of

intermediates for small geographicalareas, such as circuits or neighborhoodchurches. These meetings might be:

1. Entertainment of a group from a

neighborhood church with a partydramatization or other program.

2. Meetings centering in a seasonal

emphasis such as Easter, Christmas, and

camp-echo meetings.

3. Christian Adventure Get-Together—a one day meeting of intermediates

from one or more neighboring churches.

4. Christian Adventure Day Camps —two or more weeks of stay at home

camping in an out-of-doors situation.

5. Christian Adventure Week —a week

of special activities for intermediates,similar to Youth Activities Week forSeniors and Older Youth.

6. Christian Adventure Camps. Having just returned from a week in a district Christian Adventure Camp for Intermediates, I know how much intermediates can grow when they adventuretogether for a week of Christian livingwith others of their own age and withtheir adult counselors.

Intermediates are our future seniors,older youth, and our future church. Butright now, let's not spoil that time forthem; let's give them the chance thatthey need to be in their own age group,both in the local church and beyond thelocal church.

COLLEGE PRESSDOWNS HALLADRIAN, MICH.

News From the Churches(Continued from page 9)

and helpers. The minister, Rev. DonL. Warmouth, was the devotional leadereach morning. Among the projectsundertaken, was a free-will offeringfor CROP, which amounted to $44.44.Such a missionary project is undertaken each year to emphasize theWorld Service aspects.

Thirteen weeks of volunteer laborbrought about many changes in thechurch property. Men and womenunited in a program that completelyredecorated the parsonage, installed anew bathroom, recovered the kitchenand bathroom floors with plastic tile,rebuild the chimney, and installed anew furnace. Not being satisfied withthis work alone, the men and women

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next embarked upon a program to en

large the dining room in the church.They removed a cement wall, and converted an old furnace room into a

modern kitchen; an old coal bin intoa closet of kitchen cabinets. This expansion gave more room for kitchenfacilities as well as making possible

the use of double the space for diningfacilities. The total cost of the par

sonage and church projects was about

$5,000, of which over 50% was savedthrough volunteer labor, which was

done nights and Saturdays. A new

zone-controlled furnace had been in

stalled last fall.

Plans are now in the making to ex

pand the Church further. A new chan

cel, new sanctuary furniture, and addi

tional class room space for an over-1flowing Sunday school, will be added.;It is hoped that this work can be com

pleted by September, 1955, when EastMain celebrates its 65th anniversary.

The probable cost of the new expan

sion will be $35,000 or $40,000, whichwould include the balance owed on the

church heating system.

GRANDVILLE'S pastor, Rev. Gaylord

D. Howell, and family moved into theirnewly finished parsonage at 70 S. Wilson on August 31. An unusual feature

of the red brick home is a fireproof

concrete and steel vault in the base

ment. The vault will be used for

church records and historical papers.

Even though the entire house should

burn the vault would remain intact for

a number of hours. Another feature

of the house is the large windowed

area in the basement that will be the

future recreation room. The room has

its own entrance and will be suitable

for church activities. The pastor's

study has an entrance directly off the

vestibule for the convenience of the

parishioners. There is a living room,

kitchen, four bedrooms and two full

bathrooms. The parsonage, located

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SEPTEMBER 16. 1954

Grandville's Parsonage

next to the church, will have a ter

raced backyard area. Donker Engineering Company of Grand Rapids

provided the architectural plans and

Douglas Dok of Grandville was the

contractor. The Board of Trustees in

cluded Norman David, chairman; L. D.Goodrich, secretary; Wesley Becker,

Ralph Purchase, John Potter, Robert

Alley, Wayne Cavner, Henry Marshall,and Garold Gebben. They were as

sisted by an auxiliary building commit

tee composed of Mrs. Wesley Becker,

chairman; Mrs. Richard Lamoreaux,

Mrs. George Betteridge, Mrs. ArnoldCarr, and Mrs. Gaylord Howell.

ORTONVILLE will celebrate the

75th anniversary of its founding on

Sunday, Sept. 26. Bishop Marshall R.

Reed will preach at the 11:00 A.M.service, which will be followed by a

basket dinner and an afternoon of re

miniscences by former pastors and aninspirational message by the districtsuperintendent, Dr. Wm. O. Moulton.

Rev. E. D. Pumphrey is Ortonville'spastor.

MORRICE conducted a two-week

period of Bible school, with 80 enrolled.There were nine workers. The dailyofferings amounting to $20 was given

toward the support of a Korean boy.

Activities included a sharing nightwith good attendance, and the children

sang for the sick and shut-ins on the

final day and had a picnic lunch atnoon. BENNINGTON, on this charge,

held a one-week Bible school with 75

enrolled and 12 workers. They gave

$15 toward the support of a Koreanboy as their special project. A picnic

dinner was held at the church on Friday and a sharing night on Sunday.

ObituariesWESLEY LEWIS CUSTARD of De-

Witt died September 5 after a long

illness. He was born in East Grand

Rapids, August 15, 1916, and in his

infancy his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Custard moved to Mendon which

was his home through his early life.Following graduation from high school

he entered Tri-state School of Engineering, Angola, Indiana, from which

he graduated in 1937. Previous to thebombing of Pearl Harbor he entered

the anti-aircraft defense under the

selective draft and was sent to Bermuda. He remained in the armedforces until the end of the war, when,

returning to civil life, he entered the

employ of the John Bean Manufactur

ing Company of Lansing, and later of

the Oldsmobile Company as an elec

trician. On Dec. 21, 1944, while on

leave from the service, he was united

in marriage to Miss Zella Halifax ofDeWitt and they made their home near

DeWitt. They had three children. Mr.Custard was a faithful and devoted

member of the DeWitt Methodist

Church, serving as World Service

treasurer and in other capacities, and

always willing to take any respon

sibility that seemed his duty. His pas

tor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. B. F.Wade, were called back from vacation

in time to see him before his death.

Funeral services were held at the Vincent Funeral Home in DeWitt, Sept. 8,

and burial was in the Mendon cemetery.

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SPONSORED BY THE CHELSEA HOME FRIENDSwill be held at the Chelsea Methodist Home

Friday, October 1, from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m.

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CHELSEA METHODIST HOMEThe new Chapel Chimes will be presented by the President of Chelsea Home

Friends, Mrs. Paul Kepler, and dedicated by Bishop Marshall R. Reed at 2:00

p.m. There will be special music played on the Chimes and the Chapel Choir

will sing. Plan now to visit Chelsea Methodist Home on this date.

Remember your membership in Chelsea Home Friends and renew or join now

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