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A Pattern for Being Free, President Harlan L. Feeman . Pg. 9

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VOL. 67

"Behold I make all things new”

DETROIT, JUNE 27, 194O NO. 26

The Newness of

Our ReligionHIS is the day o

f opportunity for the MethodistChurch. “New occasions teach new duties.” The

Holy Word points to a “new living way.” We MethOdists have made “a new covenant.” Hither have we

come with a “new song” upon our lips. Shall we notcapture the vision o

f

the Apostle John of

a “newheaven and a new earth,” remembering that He thatsat on the throne said, “Behold I make all thingsnew.”

Personally I am very fond of this text. There is

so much of hope in it. It is distinctly encouraging.

Coming out of

an area where there is anxiety, tension, horrible aggression, war, I need to hear thisclear ring o

f victory. “Behold I make all things

new.” No defeat! Boundless possibility!

Nothing can daunt the sincere believing Christian.Inevitably the Christian is an optimist. He cannot be

a pessimist. He may be a realist. He recognizes sin

in the world. He may have felt the pull of

sin in hisown being. He may have been hindered by sin. Probably he has suffered because of sin. Nevertheless he

knows that there is a power that is stronger than sin.There is One in the world who forgives sin andcleanses from all unrighteousness. There is One whohas defeated sin and who is defeating sin today.

There is One who constantly is engaged in “makingall things new.”

A Beginning, Not an End

In spite of every disaster, every downfall, every

blackout, this is the firm faith. This conception is in

harmony with the world in which we live. Old thingsare passing away; new things are in process o

f becoming. There is so much that is new to be done

that that which has been accomplished shrinks in

comparison. Instead of

the thought of

our world as

about finished, we substitute the idea that the worldhas just begun. The creative powers o

f

God and manare not exhausted. Continuously we are to work together with Him who said, “I make all things new.”

Certainly the coming of Christ marked a new be

ginning in the old world. One very striking evidence

is that His birth changed the calendar. It markedthe year one o

fa new era. Time began a new cycle.

Today The Methodist Church may be at

one of

those

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periods. From this General Conference our Methodist people around the world are challenged to embarkon a new era o

f

successful kingdom building.

What new things may be expected as

we contemlate Christ and the Church—this Methodist Church—reunited, strong, ready for service? If there is to be

a “new heaven and a new earth”—and there is—inpart, a

t least, the Church now as ever, is to be

themeans by which this is to be accomplished. Godworks through human instrumentalities. How perfectly glorious this is! Our prayer is that He may beable to carry on His work o

f redemption in an unusual and transforming way through Methodistpeople who with us dedicate themselves anew to HisService!

Let me raise the question, What have men a right

to expect of

the Church and Christ in a period likethis? I answer,

The Right to a New Start

I. They have a right to expect that men and theworld shall have a new start. How much this oldwar-torn, sin-cursed world needs a new start today!

How desperately the whole world needs a new starttoward peace, toward disarmament, toward brotherhood! How very much we need to do away with distrust, rivalry, retaliation, fear! How clamant is thecall for nations with courage enough, with intelligence enough, with good will enough, to cooperate to

make a new start in the practice of

the principles of

Jesus.The need is equally urgent in the field of social

welfare, of economics, indeed, in all human relations.

It may not be the duty of the Church as such to provide detailed plans and to construct the exact organizations to bring this about, but in my judgment, it is

the duty of the Christian Church to produce good menwho in their several relationships will so think andtoil that the world may have a new start in everyneeded direction.

If the world obtains a new start it will be because

individual men have caught the vision, have felt the

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need and have obtained the power for a new beginning. Changed individual lives will ever be the necesSary predecessors of a changed world life; and it isequally evident that a changed world life will renderit easier to secure changed individual lives. When menbecome “new creations in Christ Jesus,” then “oldthings do pass away” and “all things become new.”Through Christ and the Church men do find theneeded strength to become what they ought to beand to endeavor to make the world what it oughtto be.

A New Insight Must FollowII. Men must have more than a new start. A

new start must be followed by a new insight. Whenwe enter the Kingdom we are babes in Christ Jesus.We must be nurtured. Men must be guided. Theymust be taught. “Not as though I had already attained,” but, says Paul, “I follow hard after.” Wemay well be here to secure that new insight.

It is said that a distinguished actor and an aged

minister met at a certain gathering. The actor wasasked to give a recitation before the company, and atthe minister's request he repeated the twenty-thirdPsalm. Such was the beauty of his voice and thecharm of his manner that at the conclusion a subduedmurmur of praise went around the room. The actorthen invited the old minister to repeat the Psalm.When the minister ended there were tears in the eyes

of many, for he had spoken out of his true experiencewith deep tenderness and true spiritual understanding. No one felt the difference more keenly than thegreat actor who humbly said, “I know the Psalms,but you know the Shepherd.” A new insight!

Finding a New PassionIII. A new passion. Usually men think favorably

of the good and quietly they wish that the good shallprevail in the world; but too frequently they do notdo anything more about it

.

Sometimes this attitudegets into the Christian Church. God's Methodistpeople-indeed all Christians—must take a very definite and vigorous stand for righteousness in everyform and against every evil.

Dear Bishop McDowell said, “I think we have tentimes a

s good a theology as

our forefathers had, tentimes a

s good an understanding of

Jesus and Histeachings, ten times a

s good a theory of

social serviceand human welfare, but nothing like their ardor to

bring men to God.” Whether or

not the first is true,the last certainly is correct. We need more ardorrose passion. We need a new view o

f

Him on the

Cross so that we will go

forth with more passion intothe world.

Intense passion in the world must be

matched byequally intense passion in the Church. There sat a

sa

delegate in the General Conference a veteran, theRev. Karl Hurtig, from Finland. He is completinghis thirty-sixth year a

s pastor of our Swedish congregation in the city o

f

Helsingfors. He has successfully guided his people through three wars—theWorld War, the War for Finnish Independence andthe recent struggle against a gigantic aggressor nation. The lay delegate from the same Conference wasnot privileged to come. A letter tells me that EdwinKarlstrom is “not allowed to leave for America sinceevery man able to work has to stay in the country and

do

his part in the big rebuilding program of

thisheroic nation, whose stand sent a thrill to the hearts

of

freemen everywhere. Spiritual passion in Chris4.

tian world-rebuilding must match material world rebuilding. New passion is the desperate need.

New Power Must Be Furnished

IV. Likewise new power. The Church, ourChurch, must be a furnisher o

f power to the lives ofmen. Frequently we say that more power is harnessed today than ever before. Obviously Christ is

the source of

that spiritual power which the worldneeds—but we must be the new channels of power.Our own Church history reveals that it is marvelouswhat men can do when men truly become instruments

in God’s hands. New power in a new heart! It wasnot a new hemisphere in which to work that JohnWesley needed. It was a heart strangely warmedand newly empowered. In his Journal, Wesley records: “Before, I was sometimes if not often conquered; now I am always conquered.” It is nowonder that a recent biographer can say so truly andbeautifully of him: “Wesley brought to England thespring-time o

f

God and thawed out its frozen heart.”

V. A new start, new insight, new passion, newpower; one thing more, a new outlook. This too is

the mission of

the Church. Fogs obscure, but no fogcan long obscure the sky when shines the Sun ofRighteousness. Then men begin to see things as theyreally are. Doubt and despair do not and can notlive long in a good spiritual atmosphere. We seeclearly both those things that are close a

t

hand and

at

a distance. Christianity does afford a new outlook.We see the needs of man a

s never before; and we rush

to respond to them. Stanley Jones truly wrote: “Thetest o

f my Christianity is how widely I will go tohelp other people. A church that lives only for itself

is a poor, miserable group of people—a group not

Christianized.” Christ gives us

the missionary outlook. With John Wesley we are ready to say, “Theworld is my parish.”

Seeing the InvisibleBut our eyes are not fastened alone on this world.

We see up and beyond. This life does not end all.Our work does not end here. Our loved ones are notlost. They have only gone a little way ahead. “I go

to prepare a place for you,” Jesus adds, “If I go andprepare a place for you, I will come again and receiveyou unto myself, that where I am there may ye bealso.” This is our glorious hope. It is “that eachseparate heart shall live, and find its own and neverdie.” Christianity gives us this outlook that deathliberates. In passing out o

f

this life, Dinsdale Young,the great Methodist preacher o

f

Central Hall, Westminster, London, whispers, “I triumph!” We aremade for eternity. We are citizens of two worlds:“The first heaven and the first earth shall pass away.”“The Holy City, the new Jerusalem” shall come down.“And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,nor crying, neither shall there b

e any more pain; forthe former things are passed away.” “And He thatsat upon the throne said, Behold I make all thingsnew.”

“This is our faith tremendous,Our wild hope who shall scorn,

That in the Name of JesusThe world shall be reborn.”

May God grant it for Jesus' sake. The blessings

of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be

not only upon you, but upon those whom we represent, and particularly those who are in the difficultplaces on the earth for His Name's sake. Amen.

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Lively discussions and the messages of a southern bishop made the conference outstanding

Detroit Annual ConferenceHE first session of the Detroit Conference of thenew Methodist Church met at Pontiac Central

Church last week amid international crises abroadand confusion and hysteria at home. This worldsituation very definitely affected the psychology ofthe Conference and some of its pronouncements, particularly those having to do with peace and socialquestions. -

Tuesday evening, prior to the official opening ofthe Conference, the annual dinner of the Board ofMinisterial Training was held. The young ministersplanning to enter the Conference into full membership were the special guests at this dinner.

Opening Session

An impressive communion service, administeredto a capacity crowd, introduced the first official session of the Conference. The service was conductedby Bishop Blake, the District Superintendents, andthe host pastors, Rev. Clyde Donald and Rev. HerbertHausser. Memorial services immediately followedthe administering of the holy sacrament at whichtime the members stood in silence while the followingnames of the deceased were read by Stanley Stone,Secretary of the Conference: retired men—AlbertBalgooyen, D. H. Campbell, Hamilton Magahay,

Charles H. Morgan, Charles M. Merrill, W. C. McIntosh, Samuel Tamblyn, William J. Bailey; effectivemen—Peter F. Stair, John Austin, George A. Bowles,W. H. MacClenthen; retired widows—Mrs. J. H.Sparling, Mrs. J. W. Heminger, Mrs. Harry Gillingham, Mrs. R. R. Bryan, Mrs. Nellie E. Bettes, Mrs.Charles E. Hill; wives of retired ministers—Mrs.Simon Schofield, Mrs. George W. Wright; wives ofeffective men—Mrs. Frederick G. Poole, Mrs. GeorgeSmith. -

The Conference quartet, composed of pastors Dibden, Ainsworth, Watters, and Harger sang appropriate numbers. Dr. Charles W. Brashares gave thememorial sermon in which he declared that becausethey lived we live more abundantly today. “We needthe kind of Christian life they exemplified, not theway of the jungle,” he said. They knew how to share,pray, and reach out to the least soul in the community.

Dr. Brashares illustrated his points with many pleasant and pithy stories which exalted our belief in immortality. He said, “we gather not as those withouthope, for we have a hope.”

Greetings from Pontiac

In the unavoidable absence of Mayor Booth ofPontiac, Commissioner Flynn brought greetings ofthe city to the Conference. He expressed regret thatthe Mayor could not come and extended the courtesy

of the city to the Conference members. Bishop Blakemade a brief reply, also expressing regret at theMayor's absence. He expressed appreciation that hehad sent such an able representative and broughtapplause when he declared that it was the duty of thechurch to keep America a country where free assemblage might still be enjoyed. Chief of PoliceRhodes extended traffic courtesies to the delegates

and explained where they might procure free parkingspace. He hoped that the delegates would help the

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city of Pontiac keep intact its record of the safestcity of its class in America.

The organization of the Conference took place,including the roll call by ballot of both lay and ministerial delegates. Secretary Stone named his assistants, as did Treasurer Delmere Stubbs, StatisticianH. C. Elford, and Auditor William Johnson. HoraceMallinson presented a resolution requiring the various reports involving financial matters come beforethe Conference early. At the request of W. C. S.Pellowe the ad interim committee on former Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal matters wascontinued for another year. He also presented theCabinet recommendations for various new committees established by the new church, and BenjaminHolme made nominations for numerous standing committees. The characters of the ministers were passed,

and Superintendent John Yeoman, who was absentbecause of illness, was sent a telegram of greeting.

A lengthy but very discriminating analysis of thenew church organization was made in the DistrictSuperintendents’ report read by Superintendent W. E.Harrison. Appreciation was also shown Bishop andMrs. Blake for their invaluable service in the yearswhich they have served this area. The report expressed the hope that the new machinery would carrythe church on its way and indicated that while thenew organization might seem rather complicated andcumbersome, it was not without a valuable purpose.

The Conference voted to print the report in pamphlet

form and to distribute it throughout the churches.

New Lay LeadersSomething new in the church is the District lay

leader. The following were elected for the variousdistricts: Ann Arbor, Cleveland Roe, Belleville; Flint,John F. Stewart, Pontiac; Port Huron, Carl Metzger,

St. Clair; Saginaw, Milford Atchism, LaPorte; Marquette, Webster Pearce, Marquette; Detroit, MauriceSharai, Highland Park.

. The following ministers were transferred into theConference: W. W. Whitehouse, H. G. Thurston,

Richard M. Millar, Frank Littell, Elvin E. Moon, andthe following were transferred out of the Conference:W. J. Kennedy, J. F. Edwards, J. M. M. Gray, Harry C.Fraser.

Bishop Blake recommended various new books,

and presented John Ritt, manager of the Detroit BookConcern. Mr. Ritt exhorted the ministers to settle

their accounts with the Book Concern and presenteda check for $1,076 to the retired ministers’ fund fromthe Book Concern.

Protest to the President

In view of the publicity given to the President'scompulsory military training proposal in the press,it was felt that something should be said by the Conference in opposition. For that reason, a report wasbrought in by Harold Carr representing the WorldPeace Committee protesting compulsory militarytraining and urging that America stay out of the

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OUR WEEKLY CHATby Jem

• • • Who Will He Re?AS YOU READ THESE LINES the North Cen

tral Jurisdictional Conference of our church is probably meeting at Chicago (June 25-July 1). ThatConference will determine who our new bishop is tobe and like all Methodist Conferences, all rumors tothe contrary, we will not absolutely know just whowill be assigned to this area until the appointmentis read.

So many upsetting things have taken place atconferences before that a prediction is not evenworthy of a risk. The probabilities are that the newbishop will be one now within the Jurisdiction, sinceunder the new arrangement it is the Jurisdictionswhich elect bishops and assign them to their areas.A Jurisdiction may elect a man from outside itselfor may invite a bishop from another Jurisdictionand, providing that Jurisdiction is willing, he may

come. This procedure is unlikely, however, and it isgenerally considered that bishops in a given Jurisdiction are probably destined to remain there indefinitely.

In fact the entire Jurisdictional set-up is so utterly new to Methodism that it is impossible to tellhow the plan will work out. Already there is afeeling that it is superfluous and simply an addedoverhead expense. The Jurisdictional Conferencesthat have been held have not resulted in any greatenthusiasm for the plan and it is predicted that itslife is going to be rather limited.

But in any event the plan is now in operation andour own North Central Jurisdictional Conference being held at Chicago this week, will assign our newbishop. Naturally our curiosity is aroused. Whowill he be?

• • • PoliticsTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC archdiocese Of Cin-

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cinnati has been forbidden to permit candidates forpolitical office from taking a prominent part inchurch functions where their presence might havevote-getting value or where they may have the opportunity to appeal to the electorate present.

As the coming campaigns get under way, manychurches will avoid embarrassment if some suchprocedure is followed, for any attempt either consciously or unconsciously to give unusual prominenceto candidates at this time will cause the church tosplit on political lines which can only lead to a division that might be disastrous. Nor should anycandidate, if he has good sense, attempt to use thechurch as a political spring-board. If a candidatehappens to be a member of a church and is knownto that church membership, he will not need to putforth any special effort to win their confidence. Andif a candidate is not affiliated with the church, it isdoubtful if his attempt to use it to win votes woulddo anything but work out unfavorably to him. Partisan politics and the church do not mix but theyhave been known to cause quite a mixup.

Legionnaire Tells 'EmTHE EDITOR OF THE Iowa Legionnaire let go

a justified blast at the 30 educators, lawyers andothers who advocated our entrance into the war ina statement made public recently. The editor askedsome pertinent questions such as:

“What fighting did you do in the last war?“Are you now of an age and physical and mental

fitness which would enable you to do militaryService?

“If you could not be in our armed forces, howmany of your own sons would be?

“If we go to war now, what would you have ourmen fight with ?

“Kindly reply by return mail.”The editor's approach is one incisively sound. If

all those who advocate war were put in the frontlines, there would be no war. It's a simple but effective technique. Try it on your friend who thinksthis country ought to get it.

• • • Our MaleazIN A COPYRIGHTED article by John Lear of

the Associated Press appearing in a recent issue ofthe Detroit News it is maintained that Hitler borrowed his blitzkrieg ideas from the United States.Hitler of course adapted them to his specific situation and added a few of his own, but essentially theblitzkrieg, according to Mr. Lear, is of Americanorigin.

It is one of many revelations coming out of thewar that is likely to raise the eyebrows of manyAmericans who have been taught that all the terrible methods of war originated with the enemy. Itis also said that at this moment we are shippingmachinery and other materials to Germany through

Russia and of course our contribution to Japan’srape of China is too well known to require proof.

Humorously, or perhaps otherwise, someone hassuggested that here is another fifth column that willbear watching. It is comprised of those who presume to love democracy and humanity but persist inaiding and abetting for profit the destruction ofthese things. Call it a fifth or a sixth column, thename is debatable. But it is beyond debating thatsuch practices should be stopped with just as muchvigor as any other subversive activity, for the results in either case are the same.

• • • Ford Is RightBESIDES BEING NOTED for his ability to

manufacture model T’s and V8's Henry Ford has areputation as a determined peace advocate. In spiteof the fact that he is going to become America'snumber one airplane manufacturer and make tremendous profits out of the war, his analysis on theeconomic phase of the European conflict is exactlyright. It is as severe an indictment of the present

economic order as any could be. Coming from aleading capitalist, gives it added weight.

He commented on his plans for plane production

as follows: “These planes are for defense,” he said.“That's the bargain. This war was caused by greed.

“Answer me this: Germany was down at Versailles. Where did they get the power to come backand arm themselves? They were armed with the

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\help of the same institutions that are now one ofthe targets.” -

Indisputable facts like these dampen any enthusiasm the American public may have for a European

war. Economic procedures that persist in arming

the enemies of civilization are the germs of war.They are equally responsible for the present European catastrophe with Hitler and his military program.

© Q @ ImagineBECAUSE A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

refused to accept the appointment of a priest, Archbishop Joseph Schrembs was compelled to interdictthe whole parish. All this happened in Clevelandrecently to the consternation of the parishioners.

The interdict is the next thing to excommunicationwhich is the last and most terrible condemnation

the Roman Catholic Church can impose upon itsmembers. To invoke it is to strike terror into thehearts of the disobedient.

Imagine any Methodist Bishop striking terrorinto the hearts of even one member of the MethOdist Church, not to mention a whole parish. Morelikely the parish would condemn the Bishop androundly denounce him over the phone, through themail or to his face. Unlike the Roman Catholic

Church our bishops are responsible to the GeneralConference which is made up of an equal number oflay and ministerial delegates from the annual conferences. The delegates are democratically elected.

Our Methodist hierarchy is Methodist members andour final authority is vested in a democratic crossSection of the church. Under such a system aninterdict is unthinkable and an excommunicationlaughable. Nothing short of a man’s own conscienceor God himself can strike terror into the hearts ofthose called Methodist.

• • • A Stab at PeaceTHE PRESIDENT'S CHARLOTTESVILLE

SPEECH was not a contribution toward keeping ourcountry out of the war. In fact it was another steptoward war. It went too far.

The formula on which the President seems to be

proceeding is that the United States will enter thewar at some future time. To function on the basis

of such an assumption is to practically make certainthat we will enter it.

It is usually a risky thing for a speaker to depart

from his prepared manuscript, as public speakers

who have done so will testify. Apparently, judgingfrom all reports, this is what the President did whenhe went out of his previously chartered path to declare “. . . the hand that held the dagger has struckit in the back of its neighbor.”

Few will object to the statement as distorting

the facts. But many are objecting to it because itwas a highly dramatic and emotional utterance.Coming at a time when the nation needs to keep

cool, such statements, particularly from our President, will strongly tend to stir passions as proven by

the applause which came in over the air.The graphic picture of a man stabbing another

in the back cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, help us to maintain our emotional equilibrium.War is first a state of the mind which is later transferred into action. Therefore, anything which con

tributes to such a mental condition contributes to

War. No matter how many other things the President said in that speech, and some of them were fine,

his “stab in the back” utterance will be quoted mostand remembered longest. To counteract the empas

Sioned statement with an equally strong one: MR.ROOSEVELT'S ILL-ADVISED THRUST AT MUSSOLINI WAS A STAB IN THE BACK OF THEPEACE EVERY UNITED STATES CITIZEN ISTRYING HIS UTMOST TO PRESERVE. Though itwas probably not his conscious purpose, he was doing to the peace prayers of thousands what heaccuses Mussolini of doing to France.

• • • War’s FutilityTO THOSE OF US who are partial to the Allies,

and that includes most of us, the present victoriesof Hitler have been disturbing. We are wondering

whether our peace talk has been wrong or justcompletely wasted and we are distressed that theways of force seem to rule the world.

However, on second and saner thought, we mustconclude that nothing has changed fundamentally.The moral order is still intact and those who takeup the sword perish by it

.

In spite of

Hitler's victories nobody really wins a war. We thought wewon the last one but the economic and moral chaos

which resulted from it has made us wonder if we

were not really the losers. Of course we were and

so were all the other nations that took part in it.

If Germany should win this war and gain apparentadvantages as a world power, the price she has paidalready in loss o

f life, economic and spiritual disintegration can never be measured o

r repaid. Shehas lost already more than she can ever regain. The

same is true with the Allies.Are we witnessing another example o

f

the utterfutility o

f

war as

a means of settling the human

problem of living together? Whoever wins, and

whatever the outcome of

the present conflict, it willnot help the world solve its basic problem. After it

is over the nations will have to start again trying by

other methods to bring about peace on earth. Forthat reason our present efforts a

t peace are notwasted. Indeed, they are the only kind o

f

effort thatnever can be wasted. War is futile. Peace is fundamental.

Freedom of

the Religious PressLewis O. Hartman

The editor of

Zion's Herald in speaking on thetopic, “Preaching Through Journalism” a

t

BostonUniversity School o

f Theology said:“The gravest danger to freedom for the religious

press is likely to come not from without, but fromwithin. Criticism, however just it may be, o

f religious beliefs, o

f

church leaders, of

board policies,

of episcopal decisions, is often interpreted as dis

loyalty to the institution and the cause of Christ,

and may stimulate a flood of protesting letters or

something worse. Here an editor must be sure of

his ground, face the facts, express his views carefully and keep his courage.

“As we confront another world war, the press ofthe democracies will likewise come under the coarcion o

f demoralizing prohibitions and censorship.

This monstrous drive on the freedom of

the press

now well under way throughout the world imperils

the welfare of the whole human race.”

JUNE 27, 194O

The CorrespondentJacob Simpson Payton

© Faithful at His PostWashington’s house of mystery

is the State, War and Navy Building. Under the roof of that multicolumned and gray old landmarkenough secrets lurk to engage theefforts of an army of enquirersbent on prying loose a chunk ofnews. Fortunately for Americathe guardian of this storehouse ofTNT in the form of confidential information sufficient to shake theworld is an aging statesman whounperturbed and undismayed meetsthe emissaries of many nations whoduring these troublous days throngthe historic diplomatic receptionroom. It is often contended thatthere is something in the atmosphere of Washington that accelerates the activity of the vocal organs of office-holders. While Secretary Ickes has gained the nameof being the New Deal cheer leader,

and Secretary Wallace of being thenumber one publicist in disseminating franked propaganda, andothers vested with portfolios of being quite unable to refrain fromletting the political right handknow what the left hand does ingovernment service, yet none ofthese charges has ever been madeagainst Secretary Cordell Hull. Helets the feverish, gabbling politicalworld go by with time out only torequest the legislature of Tennessee to withdraw his name as a candidate since he has a great work todo and cannot come down into thearena of contention for the presidency.

• Money to Save MenThe old glamor of war is fast

fading here in Washington. Sinceit is a monster that not onlybreathes death upon armies, butupon the gentlest and weakest ofcivilians, it has assumed a frightening and horrible aspect unknownbefore the days of blitzkriegs witharmored mastodons creeping overthe earth and with battleshipscruising the skies. Even duringwhat to date have been the twomost belligerent addresses delivered in Congress by Senator Pepperof Florida and Senator Lee of Oklahoma there was no glorification ofwar, but rather a plea to Americato help halt it where it is now raging, lest it leap the Atlantic. EvenSenators Nye and Wheeler, the latter warning his colleagues that hewould leave the Democratic Partyif it became a “war party,” havebeen urging Congress not to go out

in search of a war, but rather so tofortify America against aggressorsthat they would halt slaughter ofAmerican youth either on European or American battlefields. Howto preserve democratic principlesin the world short of dying forthem is the most solemn and baffling question that has ever vexedthis or any other Congress. Because our lawmakers felt that thesurest preventive is in preparedness they have recently given analmost unanimous answer by voting $4,500,000,000 in defense expenditures.

© Mute RemindersWashington is a city of monu

ments. Singularly enough the onlyimposing one perpetuating memories of the World War, aside fromthat of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington, is the one erected to thememory of the slain of the famousFirst Division. And this beautifulcolumn which stands on the Mallbehind the State, War, and Navybuilding, is in striking contrast tothose erected by survivors of otherwars. Cass Gilbert and DanielChester French have fashioned itinto more of a memorial of peace

than of war. Even the 5,586 namesengraved on its base of those whonever returned home with the Division seem to reprimand passersbyfor the failure of mankind for being tardy in discovering no substitute for such a price. An older,though less pretentious witness,may be found across in Arlington.While a steady stream of visitorsseek out the resting place of theUnknown Soldier of the World War,few know of that of the War Between the States. It can only befound by searching. Yet therewere gathered from the battlefieldsof Virginia where they lay mutilated, and with no vestige of identification save by the uniforms theywore, the bodies of 2,111 soldiers.They are housed under one greenmound. And ever since on a Mayafternoon in 1864 when GeneralMontgomery C. Meigs halted thecarriage in which he was ridingwith President Lincoln, alightedand with his heel marked a place

for a burial squad enroute with itsdead for interment near the OldSoldiers’ Home, and bade themmake graves at Arlington, the National Cemetery has been receivingits slain.

Many pilgrims to Washingtonvisit a monument in Rock Creek

f

Cemetery. It stands above thegrave of Mrs. Henry Adams on aslope in a cluster of evergreens.While it bears no inscription, andSaint Gaudens who executed it leftit nameless, yet so alike has beenthe impression it has made uponall those who have viewed it thatit has come to be known as “Grief.”On the sunniest of days this bronzefigure of a woman seated alone,her grief-stricken face shadowedunder the visor of a flowing cape,dispenses a feeling of unutterablegloom and desolation. John Galsworthy after spending days in thepresence of this symbol wrote,“America should be made to sit infront of the statue once a week.”It may be that some such antidotefor current hedonism is needed inthis land. Later for a different reason some suitable sites for replicasshould be found in Poland, Norway, Holland, Belgium and othercountries where mothers by thetens of thousands grieve over theirslain. And by no means should theerection of one of colossal size beomitted on the lawn facing themountain retreat of the troubler ofthe world at Berchtesgaden.

• Should CongressAdjourn?

Speculation over the adjournment of Congress is rife on CapitolHill. In normal times so manyamong our federal legislators arelovers of speech-making and logicchopping that the early part of asession is usually dawdled away tothe strains of oratory. Never aspringtime comes that Pennsylvania Avenue does not surrenderits charm for that of Main streetin the affections of the solons. Prophetic Administration leaders onceset June 22 as the date for biddingadieu to the hurly-burly in theNation's legislative halls.

Unfinished legislation, for onething, has postponed the homewardtrek. Moreover, the honorablemembers have been hearing fromhome urging them to remain inWashington for the duration of thepresent international crisis. Republicans in Congress first led offwith the demand, which may becharged largely to opposition strategy. That the desire rises abovepartisanship, however, is seen inthe increasing number of Democrats who have spread in the Congressional Record the communications from their constituents. Onits pages also have appeared resolutions from the legislature of Illinois and from many patriotic andpeace organizations memorializingthose sworn to protect and defendthe country to stand by on CapitolHill for the present. The pressappears also quite unanimous inthe demand,

MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

A Pretext and . . .

A Pattern for

Being Free

f

Abstract of

Baccalaureate Sermon preached June 9,

1940, Downs Hall, Adrian College,by President Harlan L. Feeman.

Text: I. Peter 2:16. “Live like free men,only d

o not make your freedom a pretext formisconduct; live like the servants o

f

God.”

T' struggle to be free is foremost among the

issues that engage the attention of

serious minds

in this modern world. Up to a few years ago, menhad supposed that a free society was safely lodged in

present civilization. But that sense of security has

disappeared. Men have fought and died to bequeath

freedom to posterity. The free spirit in mankind

is man's surest guarantee for advancement into thenoblest civilization. The highest well-being o

f

theindividual comes to him who is free to choose hispursuits o

f happiness and to determine his owndestiny.

Man rises from savagery into true civilizationthrough freedom; freedom from enemies in nature;from fear of demonic forces all about him and in

him; fear from him being unable to meet demandsthat come to him. He seeks relief from the constantpressure to provide himself with food and protectionagainst forces that would destroy him. He gainsfreedom by having reserves for the rainy day; b

y

advance in knowledge and discovers ways to use nature's power to serve him. He finds it is not best forhis security to destroy the labors o

f

others and treatthem a

s

enemies whom we must kill or

enslave. Manyearns for creative pursuits beyond all this hardstruggle to exist and a true civilization provides forresponse to this yearning.

Easily DeludedThis effort to be free has been difficult.

difficult to achieve and to maintain. The human mind

is easily deluded and frequently resorts to pretext.This is “the fly in the precious ointment.” As Petersaid, men d

o wrong in guise of “being free.” They

slander others and call that freedom of speech. They

indulge in propaganda, false in its information andintended to be false in its impression, and do this in

the name of

a free press and radio. Drivers smashthrough the warning traffic light to injure and to

kill a neighbor and plead their right of “being free.”

Labor rackets flourish and coerce helpless labor to

pay into their slush fund for further exercise of un

lawful leadership and this is called the rights of

free labor. Capital organizes secret empire to control trade advantages and to facilitate interchange o

f

accommodation beyond the courts of law and contends for its free rights to do a

s it will. Religion in

the form of

doctrinal test and institutional specialprivilege coerces people in the name o

f

him who said,

“the truth shall make you free.”The state insists upon man's first allegiance to

itself and forces him to refuse or accept his citizen

ship on this basis and to take the sword in defense of

this freedom. We build up super-navies, the largestarmies man has known, mammoth enginery o

f destruction upon the land and sea, in the air and underthe water, and we d

o this to prepare for peace. It is

the world’s outstanding pretense.

It is.

Emphasis Upon Sincerity

And now the totalitarian despot appears to tellwhole areas o

f people that he with his stool pigeonswill manage all the state's affairs and leave its citizens free to deal with private matters and pursuits so

far as the government and a powerfully organized

secret police shall determine. What unbelievable pretext has come into the midst o

f present life. Thiscurse of pretext is too much with us in this modernworld. We need a new and strong emphasis uponsincerity o

f

word and deed, and upon the fact thatethical principle and moral character are primary in

the making of

a man, and a civilization that is worthwhile. -

Peter urges a distinct and . positive pattern for“being free.” “Live like the servants of God.” “Livelike free men,” he said, “only do not make your freedom a pretext for misconduct; live like the servantsof God.” What does it mean to be a servant of God .

It must certainly include reverence for God. Thisestablishes an authority in life. It implants the sense

of

ultimate obligation to which man is responsible,and it is here that respect for law, love o

f justice

and enduring freedom springs.

And an adjunct to this reverence for the SupremeBeing, is respect and sympathy for fellowmen in thisservant of God. In the Biblical account of man this

is coordinate with his obligation to the supreme, andwhen violated brings a severe penalty. That is thecase from Cain down to Jesus' severe arraignment

of

the Scribes and Pharisees. It is present throughout the ancient Hebrew development from the familyinto clan, clan into tribes, and the latter into a nation,

into a people, with its laws and institutions; its unusual elucidation o

f

ethical principle and spiritualreality. In the observation o

f

its wise men, in itssongs, and particularly in the deliverances o

f

itsprophets, you perceive this mark in its pattern o

f

theservant o

f God; sympathy and respect for fellowmen.The Cross

These servants of

God accept the Cross of Jesus.This has been a difficult matter from its beginning

down into the experience of present man. To Peter

the Cross was a scandal until after the resurrection.

It is still a scandal to many. We admire its symbolupon our buildings. We feel an inward comfort to

wear it on our breast. We find a mystic satisfaction

in songs about the Cross. But when we get a glimpse

of

its philosophy of life, its ideals and principles of

life, then raw human nature quails before it as Peter

did. It is offended by it.

We doubt if we want it

very much. We do not feel adequate to its demands.There is a television in the Cross that reveals

character, personality, like the portrait drawn in thebeatitudes and in the Sermon on the Mount. A moraland spiritual majesty o

f

life appears, that to man'searthy sense seems undesirable and impossible,though it is the essence o

f

the deeds in those whommen call heroes and whom they admire and wouldexemplify.

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JUNE 27, 194O

It is still vital that we ...

"Keep America Out of War"ODAY all about are ominous signs.

• The American scene is filled withmoving, sinister figures who hide behind,

or would organize to their purpose, theoverwhelming majority of the Americanpeople who are sympathetic with thecause of the Allies. They would haveus march. They would bring about asituation making almost inevitable ourparticipation in the present armed conflict in Europe. With these are otherswhose sincerity is above question butwho believe that again we should sendour sons and ships overSeaS.

We are not and cannot be neutral inthought. We may and should take ourselves out of Japan’s war against China.We may and must give in multiplied millions to relieve human Suffering on allfronts. We are challenged to a sacrificial, great part in organizing the peace.

But we are determined not to repeat themistake of another generation. We havelearned the lesson of war's futility, and,

God helping us, we shall profit thereby.We went into one war to save democ

racy. We must stay out of this war orwe may lose democracy altogether. Wemust stay out of this war to finish thestupendous task with which we are hereengaged. We must stay out of this warto preserve and strengthen democracy

for ourselves and others. We must stayout of this war to save ourselves thatWe may Serve others. We went into onewar to end war. We must stay out ofthis war if we would help achieve thatend. We must stay out of this war ifpresently we would make our sacrificialcontribution to a lasting, just peace. Wemust Stay out of this war if we wouldavoid the hate and intolerance, the warmadness, that has never yet failed todictate a peace of vengeance which hasbeen always the beginning of the nextWar.

The choice is not easy. Immediately

it is harder than to choose war. Weshall be tragically misunderstood. Thosewhose interests are so largely ours andwhose sons are dying will judge us asselfish and craven. But truth can afford

to wait. Time alone is competent tojudge So great a matter and history willwrite the judgment down. Today ourmoral courage must be greater than anyphysical ordeal, or human freedom may

be lost for a hundred years.

A national political campaign is soonto Open. Already partisans in Congress

have invoked the usual formula of “point

with pride” and “view with alarm.” Weare in for another medley of “sounding

brass and tinkling cymbals.” But abovethe tumult and the shouting of the captains Small and great, the voice of theAmerican people has been heard, heardwith rising fervor and commanding purpose—“Keep America Out of War.”

That Voice cannot be silenced with

evasive answers or by general platform

declarations. Nor can its purpose beSatisfied with uncertain candidates. Ofthese the candidate is the most important. What is his record? What is hisexperience? What is his philosophy of

Daniel A. PolingEditor, Christian Herald

government? Is he of proved intellectualintegrity and, in so far as may be judged,

does he think peace?—to think is to be.

All things else fully regarded, only the

man who by every reasonable test andon his record for keeping faith, gives tothe American people their best hope thatto the absolute last he will “keep America out of war,” qualifies now to be President of the United States.

The American Republic has foundwithin itself the great one for every pastcrisis. These times demand anotherleader, providential as Washington andraised up as was Lincoln. He may behumbly born or a son of privilege. Hemay be from the North or from theSouth, from the East or from the West;but he shall become the chosen one of

all the people and the servant of all. Heis now a Democrat or a Republican, buthe may become another Savior for thenation.

Only an immediate, dynamic sacrificialprogram to help win the peace can keep

us out of this war. Already we havewaited too long, but it is not yet too late.

"The Voice of God”Dr. Charles Stelzle

OD still speaks through specially inG spired people, although this message

is not accompanied by “signs and wonders” as in the days of old. Usually wedo not recognize such people nor heedtheir message until they have been takenfrom us. Ordinarily, the world first crucifies them, and long afterward, it “immortalizes” them, and we erect statuesto their memory. And yet, what they

have collectively contributed becomes part

of the common fund of the people's wisdom, so that it may truthfully be saidthat “the voice of the people is the voiceof God.”

The undiscerning hear in the people's

Voice only a roar of discontent, or themutterings of the misguided mass. Butthe statesmen in every age who have accomplished the things which have produced the greatest good for all the people, got much of their inspiration fromthe masses because no group has a broader experience in the vital problems of

Our Pastor Says ...We are prone to unduly stress

reports, results, success, forgetting

the needed emphasis on the quality of our living. Better think ofthe character value of your motives, your desires, your purposes,your efforts, for these are thethings that count most. Whenthese are right, reports, resultsand success will be all right.

every day life than the “common people.”

Sometimes the people's expression ofGod's will is crude. Sometimes it comesas a shock to those who are quite comfortable and have become accustomed tothings as they are, and who, fully satisfied with present conditions, are unwilling to be made uncomfortable by the perplexities and problems of others. Butrarely is an appeal made in behalf oftroubled or perplexed people but whatthe common people respond to such anappeal.

This has been proved in history, and itis true today. It is being demonstratedin many parts of the world where helpless men and women are strugglingagainst fearful odds—men and womenwho are being driven from their homes;

robbed of their belongings; deprived offood and clothing; scourged by brutalpersecutors; and many other tortures areinflicted upon them which cannot even bementioned because of their horror.

American Labor has declared itself regarding these atrocities. Many workersin other countries are fighting the battles of those who are being oppressed.

And the tyrants who are subjecting themasses of the people to these degrada

tions are beginning to fear for their future. The common people—the men ofuncommon sense—to these the world owes

a debt of gratitude. If you would hearthe voice of God, keep close to the people!

Clergymen Urge Quick ActionIXTY prominent leaders of the Protes

S tant Churches of the United States,clergymen and laymen, have indicatedtheir support of the declaration on“America's Responsibility in the PresentCrisis,” issued on May 24th by thirtyinfluential Christian leaders.

The statement urged “that the UnitedStates immediately enlist its moral andmaterial resources in Support of theAllied nations, as the best hope of avoiding either military involvement in thiswar or a later single-handed encounterwith victorious totalitarian powers, eastand west.” The document declared thata decisive German victory would menace“the most elemental securities and liberties for the people of the whole ofWestern Europe,” and would imperil theinterests and ideals of the United States.It urged that the hour has come “whenthe American people must decidewhether they are prepared to face thefuture in a position of virtual isolation,surrounded by powerful victors madestrong by practices destructive of American ideals, or whether they will lend tothe European nations struggling desperately against the German threat suchsupport as may yet enable them to haltthat aggression.” The declaration concludes with an urgent call to quick andresolute action on the part of the UnitedStates. “This is the hour” it is said,

“when democracy must justify itself bycapacity for effective decision, or riskdestruction or disintegration. Europe isdotted with the ruins of right decisionstaken too late. Not a day can bespared.”

The sixty new signatories who have, desired to record their complete agreement with this declaration include representatives of virtually every principaldenomination in every section of thecountry.

1O MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

As Youth Sees ltOur Youth and Their Leaders Discuss News and Views

Winona Lake Conference

PPROXIMATELY a thousand MethA odist young people, with their adultleaders, will come together for the fourthbiennial National Conference of MethOdist Youth at Winona Lake, Indiana,Tuesday, August 27, to Sunday, Septem

ber 1, 1940.

The National Conference, called together by the National Council of Methodist Youth, is held biennially. Its delegates, ranging in age from 17 to 25, aredrawn mainly from the youth groups ofthe former Methodist Episcopal Church.They represent youth groups of localchurch organizations, campuses of Christian and state colleges and universities,religious organizations within colleges,Wesley Foundations, local chapters of Epworth Leagues, young women's organizations of the missionary societies and similar groups.

Intended to provide a constructive andinspirational week, the theme of theConference will be “We Build With Thee.”

The program will proceed by means ofaddresses, forums, symposiums, discusSion Seminars, and reports of commissionsof Study.

Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, head of theMethodist Church in the Boston Area,

will sound the keynote of the conferenceat the opening session Tuesday evening,August 27, in an address entitled “Temples Still Undone.” The address, to begiven in the form of a survey, will alsopresent the challenge of the unfinishedChristian tasks awaiting youth.

Other programs for the daily sessionswill be: “The Faith by Which We Build,”by Dean Howard Thurman of HowardUniversity, Washington, D. C., and “O'erCrumbling Walls,” a symposium of youthfrom the “front line” in the social situation, Wednesday morning, August 28;

“Reconciliation—The Christian Way,” by

Dr. Kirby Page of La Habra, California,lecturer and author, Thursday morning,

and “Which Way?” a town meeting onthe Christian Solution to the internationalsituation, representing the pacifist, neutral, and interventionist points of view,Thursday evening, August 29; “What ofthe Church?” by Russell Bayliff, pastor ofthe Williams Street Methodist Church inDelaware, Ohio, Friday morning, and“Let’s Start Now,” a symposium of youth

who dare to look out at the new day andwho have found a notch where they canmake an imprint upon it, Friday evening,August 30; “Building Together,” a roundtable discussion of Jews, Catholics, andProtestants, Saturday, August 31; and a“Commitment Service” based on the experiences of the Week and “We Build withThee,” an address by the Rev. Dr. JamesChubb, pastor of the Methodist Church inBaldwin, Kansas, Sunday morning, September 1.

During the course of the conference,

Dr. Paul Minear, professor of New Testa

"These commissions are as follows:

ment Interpretation at Garrett BiblicalInstitute, Evanston, Ill., will give a seriesof lectures on the living Bible.

Twenty-One Special Study commissionshave been set up, which the delegates willattend and which will make a report offindings before the conference as a whole.

1. “God

in the Stream of Life.” Subjects to be

considered under this head include, Godin the New Testament, God in History,and Christian Concept of God Today.

2. “The Nature of the Christian Message.”Subjects to be considered under this headinclude, What is the Christian Gospel,Integration of Personal and Social Aspects, and the Message of the Church.3. “Modern Discipleship.” Subjects to be

considered under this head include, Christian Personality, Personal DevotionalLife, Evangelism, Fellowship Cells, Sacrifice. 4. “Preparation for ChristianHome Life.” 5. “Making Our Life WorkCount.” 6. “Using Our Leisure Creatively.” 7. “Guides to Personal Conduct.”Subjects to be considered under this headinclude, Liquor, Gambling, Boy-girl Relationships. 8. “The World Mission ofthe Christian Religion.” 9. “The Church'sMinistry to the Disinherited.” 10. “TheChallenge of Rural America.” 11. “Building a Christian Economic Order.” Subjects to be considered under this headinclude, The Nature of a Christian Economic Order, Philosophy of Change,Liquor and Its Economic Base. 12. “TheChristian and the Co-operative Movement.” 13. “Labor's Role in Modern Society.” 14. “Christian Citizenship in aDemocracy.” Subjects to be consideredunder this head include, What is. Patriotism? Civil Liberties, Problem of Nationalism, Church and State, Social ReSponsibility. 15. “Unemployment.” 16.“America's Racial Barriers.” 17. “ModernPropaganda.” 18. “The Christian Pacifistsin Time of War.” 20. “Non-Violence andReconciliation” and 21. “The Basis forPermanent Peace.”

An Outstanding list of Methodist menand women is being chosen as resourceperSonnel for these commissions. TheDirecting Committee for the NationalConference consists of Herman Will, Jr.,president of the National Council ofMethodist Youth; Thomas R. Pendell,

executive secretary of the National Council of Methodist Youth, and Dr. EdwardD. Staples, secretary of Epworth League

and Young People's Work of the MethOdist Board of Education. Thomas R.Pendell is acting as Program Director.An ample recreation program is beingprovided under the capable leadership ofLawrence Eisenberg of Chattanooga, Tennessee. There will be special group programs for the adults attending the conference. Plans are under way for issuinga daily Conference Bulletin. And therewill be a Conference Report volume,

edited by Dr. T. Otto Nall, editor of theCentral and Northwestern editions of TheChristian Advocate. Dr. Miron A. Morrill,promotion and publicity director for theMethodist Board of Education, will be incharge of press relations.

Commencement Sunday—Adrian College

** AN Christians Be Neutral?” Thiswas the Subject of the address de

livered by Dr. F. W. Stephenson at theChristian Association Service in the FirstMethodist church of Adrian on Sundaymorning, June 9. While reference wasmade to present international issues thetheme was applied to life in general atthe present time. “Christians,” he said,

“are called upon today to stand up andbe counted and not be negative in theirinfluence.”

This Christian Association Service is a

definite part of the Adrian College Commencement week. It emphasizes the organized work of religion on the campus.Students, faculty and friends plan to attend out of recognition of the place religion holds in the educational program.

The pastors of the church, Rev. JohnW. Greenwood and Rev. Norman MacNaughton were assisted by MargaretPowell, representing the College Christian Fellowship; Earl Dickey, MajorCole Association (Ministerial group);Mary Obee, Y. W. C. A., and KennethDickey, Y. M. C. A. Dr. James H. Spencer,

director of the college music department,played the organ and directed the churchchoir.

At four o'clock in the afternoon thebaccalaureate Vesper service was held inDowns Hall. The program opened withan organ solo by Miss Arlie Rogers, astudent in the music department. Thecollege choir sang the anthem “ExpectansExpectavi” by Charles Wood and “Allthe World in Very Corner Sing” by E. T.Chapman, both under the direction ofDr. Spencer. The subject of the addresswas “A Pretext and a Pattern for Being

Free.” It was the twenty-third baccalaureate sermon by President Harlan L.Feeman, who became president emeritusafter Dr. Samuel J. Harrison assumed theoffice on June 16. (An abstract of Dr.Feeman's baccalaureate address is given

elsewhere in this issue.)* * *

Immediately following the baccalaureateService the annual cane ceremony tookplace on the College Mound. The seniorsapproached the mound from the Southcampus and the juniors from the north.Upon reaching the mound the classesformed two semi-circles around it. Thecollege faculty and choir was assembledfacing the mound. During the singingof a college song the faculty representative, W. A. Rush, bearing the cane whichholds the colors of Adrian's graduatingclasses, took his place on the mound,

where he was joined by Harlan Farnsworth, president of the senior class, and

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JUNE 27, 194O

Detroit Conference AppointmentsANN ARBOR DISTRICT

W. E. Harrison, District Superintendent

503 Roosevelt Blvd., Ypsilanti

Addison—Lawrence Taylor.

Adrian-John W. Greenwood.

Ann Arbor—First—Charles W. Brashares, John Ed

Ward Lantz.

West Side—Howard C. Busching.

Belleville—Alfred E. Eddy.Berkley-A. H. Wallschlaeger.

Blissfield–Herbert Brubaker.Brighton—Millard Wolfe.Britton and Wellsville–Leo Burch.

Carleton—Robert A. Lawrason.

Chelsea—Frederick D. Mumby.Clayton—Lloyd F. Merrell.Clinton—Rial Simons.

Dansville and Wheatfield—(Marjorie Hawkins).

Deerfield—Verle J. Carson.

Dexter—Ronald A. Brunger.

Dixboro–Francis E. Wilson.Dundee—Robert C. McLean.Dundee Circuit—E. O. Davis.Farmington–D. C. Stubbs.Flat Rock—William S. Smith.Franklin—Howell G. Guin.Grass Lake—Harold J. Salmon.Howell—R. E. Niemann.Hudson—W. C. B. Saxman.Ingham Circuit—A. B. Fockler.Lincoln Park First—Victor D. Longfield.

Manchester—John Bunney.

Milan and Oakville—William A. Johnson.Livingstone Circuit—Edward Swadling.

London and Moorville–Luren Strait.Monroe–Luther B. Butt.Morenci—L. LaVerne Finch.Munith-John Van Havel.Newburg—Robert M. Trenery.

New Hudson—R. C. G. Williams.Northville—Harry J. Lord.Novi and Garden City—(Douglas Parker).Plymouth—Stanford S. Closson.Ridgeway—Norman MacNaughton.

Riverview—A. C. Thompson.

Romulus—S. H. Berry.

Salem Grove—Henry W. Lenz.Saline—F. A. Lendrum.Samaria—Lorne Carter.Southfield-Simon Schofield.

South Lyon—R. C. G. Williams.Stockbridge and Unadilla—Edwin

Stephens.

Tecumseh–E. F. Hildebrand.

Trenton—Marshall W. Hoyt.

Van Born Community—J. T. M. Stephens.Wayne–W. H. Young.

West Mound—Carl Strange.

Whitmore Lake—Howard C. Busching.

Willis—Clifton G. Hoffman.Wyandotte—

First–E. H. Wilcox.Glenwood–Russell Sursaw.

Ypsilanti—Walter B. Heyler.

DETROIT DISTRICTSidney D. Eva, District Superintendent

1205 Kales Bldg., Detroit

Birmingham—Embury—(Rudolph Boyce).

First—Charles C. Becker.

Clarenceville—(William J. Prisk).Clawson—John W. Parrish.Dearborn—

First—C. Gordon Phillips.Mt. Olivet—Owen M. Geer.

Detroit–Asbury—Edwin B. Pearce.Bethany—H. H. Mallinson.Bethel–(E. C. Oliver).Bethlehem—Owen Knox.

Boulevard Temple-A. D. Klontz.Brightmoor—Fred A. Andrews.Calvary—John E. Martin.Campbell Avenue—Merton L. Stevens.Cass Avenue—W. H. Perkins.Central—Henry Hitt Crane, E. Shurley

Johnson, O. G. Starrett, F. N. Littell.Christ—R. D. Hopkins.East Grand Blvd.—Frank M. Field.Epworth–E. C. Stringer.Ford–Charles Bayless.

Fourteenth—Paul Havens.Grace—M. C. Oliver.Harger Memorial—(Harry G. Muir).Henderson–H. W. Burden.

Holmes Memorial—Leonard Sanders.

Jefferson—H. T. Howard.McCabe—Ezra RoberSon.Metropolitan—M. S. Rice, C. B. Allen.Mt. Hope—Victor Darling.

Nardin Park—Marshall R. Reed, M. H.Banks.

North Detroit—(Clyde Marshall).Preston—P. Ray Norton.St. James—Arthur Mansure.

St. Mark's—Richard M. Millard.Simpson—(Wm. J. Prisk).Strathmoor—Ensworth Reisner.

Thoburn—J. H. James.24th Street—M. J. Betz.

Van Dyke—F. E. Hart.Wesley—G. M. Wood.Westlawn—B. F. Holme.Whitefield—Arthur E. Smith.

Woodmere—J. H. Shilling.

Detroit City Parish—Harper Ave.—Miles De Pagter.

Palmer—V. A. Castellucci.St. Luke's—F. F. Benish.

St. Peter's—To be supplied.

East Detroit–L. M. Blakely.

Ferndale—First—W. O. Moulton.Campbell Mem.—(George Thompson).

Hazel Park—E. C. Oliver.Highland Park—

First—G. W. Olmstead.

St. Paul's—W. M. Hughes.Trinity—J. A. Halmhuber.

Lincoln Park— -

Dix Avenue—Ezra Roberson.

Roseville—M. J. Johnson.Royal Oak

First—T. M. Pryor, E. M. Moore.

St. John's and Warren—F. C. Vosburg.

St. Clair Shores—Don A. Morris.Troy and Big Beaver—E. R. Major.

FLINT DISTRICTR. M. Atkins, District Superintendent

506 Crapo St., Flint

Bancroft–Etsel F. Stubbs.Byron–Harold L. Patton.Clarkston—W. Harold Pailthorp.Clio–

Trinity—Wm. Combellack.Wesley—W. A. Gregory.

Columbiaville–R. E. Bachus.Corunna—Wm. P. Schlitts.Davisburg—(Ralph W. Brown).Davison—Herbert F. Hausser.Durand–G. MacDonald Jones.Fenton—Wesley J. Dudgeon.

Flint—Asbury—Harry W. Colenso.Bethlehem—Dwight A. Lawson.Bristol—Thomas S. Bottrell.Calvary—A. Stanley Stone.Central—John Meredith, E. D. Dimond.Court St.—Harold F. Carr, Frank E.

Smith.

First—Charles Dikley.

Grace and Flint Park—Matt Mullen.Huron St.—(Gilbert Ward).Kearsley—Frank N. Miner.Lakeview–Carfon Foltz.Lincoln Park—Floyd H. Sullivan.Oak Park—Parley C. Bingham.Trinity—Harry A. Brewer.

Flint City Parish—Atherton Road—Samuel J. Caddy.

Dimond—Lincoln Ostrander.

E. Grand Boulevard–Almon E. Moon.

Flushing—Ralph D. Harper.

Fowlerville—Ira W. Cargo.

Gaines—Horace L. James.Genesee and Richfield—Everett Smith.Goodrich—James McGee. -

Grand Blanc—Herman A. Hudgins.

Hadley—(To be supplied).

Hartland—G. Bryn Evans.Henderson—George Merton.Holly—Emerald B. Dixon.Laingsburg—Wm. J. Robinson.Lennon—Ernest L. Carless.Linden—George R. Millard.Milford–Benjamin J. Holcomb.Montrose–Roy C. Johns.Mt. Morris–Horace B. Sellers.New Lothrop—R. R. Terwilliger.Ortonville—Harold D. Dakin.Otisville, W. Forest, and Otter Lake—Al

bert B. Johns.Owosso–

Asbury and Corunna Ave.—Dean W.Parker.

First—Clifford E. Doty.

Owosso Circuit—H. G. Thurston.Perry—Thornley T. Eddy.

Pontiac—Baldwin–(Charles A. Bragg).

Central—W. Clyde Donald, Oren F.McClure. -

Elmwood–Harry Godsell.First—J. O. L. Spracklin.Oakland Park—Thomas E. Collister.Keego Harbor, Four Towns and Co

vert—Dudley C. Mosure.Wilson Avenue—Loren Campbell.

Swartz Creek—Bert Ede.

Vernon—Paul B. Sullivan.Walled Lake—Andrew F. Niemann.

Webberville—C. S. Risley.Williamston.—R. Rex Reid.

MARQUETTE DISTRICTJohn A. Yeoman, District Superintendent

422 E. Hewitt, Marquette

Bessemer–(Paul M. Jarvis).Calumet—R. D. Richards.Crystal Falls—E. C. Parlin.Escanaba—D. E. Evans.Ewen—Sara McDonald.Gladstone—Ivan Gonser.Gwinn—Joseph Talbot.Hancock—L. H. Hagle.

Hermansville—Meldon E. Crawford.Houghton—E. K. Seymour.

Hulbert Circuit—To be supplied.

Iron MountainCentral—H. A. Manahan.

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First—F. M. Townsend.

Ironwood—First—Hedley Bennett.Newport—Wm. G. Prout.

Ishpeming—First—Lewis Keast.Finnish—K. Ruotsalainen.Salisbury—Don Stubbs.

Lake Linden—J. D. Epps.L'Anse-Joseph Oatey.

Laurium—J. J. Pacey.

McMillan Circuit—Phil Carpenter.Marquette—Fred Clifford.Manistique–Otto Steen.Menominee—Fred Matthews.

Mohawk—(E. W. Tink).Munising—K. O. Savaried.Negaunee—Ernest Brown.Norway—Howard F. Snell.Newberry—John E. Lewin.Ontonagon-Merwyn Morse.

Painesdale—W. J. Rosemurgy.

Pewabic–Clarence Ploch.Republic—(Samuel G. Thero).Pickford—W. P. Ainsworth.Sault Ste. Marie—

Central—Ross W. Stoakes.Algonquin-John J. Strike.

Stambaugh-Fred Bircham.St. Ignace—W. Leslie Williams.Stephenson—Lawrence A. Worth.

PORT HURON DISTRICTFrank L. Fitch, District Superintendent

1222 Pine St., Port Huron

Adair—(A. B. Sutcliffe).Algonac-Erland J. Wang.Argyle-Ubly—Clifton W. Scott.

Armada-(John Adams).Avoca Parish—Arthur E. Tinglan.Bad Axe—James Roberts.

Brown City–B. R. McNally.Capac—Ellis Hart.Carsonville—Robert L. McCleary.

Cass City—Henry G. Bushong.Croswell—Hugh Townley.

Decker—Frank M. Purdy.

Deckerville—William Pryor.Disco—(W. E. Prowse).Dryden—James W. Lees.

Elkton—Cedric Harger.

Goodells and Smith's Creek—To be supplied.

Goodland—Robert J. Chase.

Harbor Beach—Versile D. Bentley.Imlay City-Rex M. Dixon.Jeddo and Fargo—Paul Hart.Kingston—Herbert C. Elford.Lake Orion—Fred R. Walker.Lapeer-Earl P. Sawyer.

Leonard-(Albert Coleman).Lexington—Russell L. Hubbard.Lum-George Hoffman.

Marine City—J. Paul Pumphrey.

Marine City Circuit—A. G. Kruschwitz.Marlette—Charles Bragg.Memphis—H. H. Cheney.

Mt. Clemens—Dunning Idle.New Haven—(W. H. Tirrell).North Branch— (Frank C. Watters).North Branch Circuit—(E. L. Morrison).Oxford—George Q. Woomer.Peck Parish— (H. N. Freeman).Pigeon-William Morford.Pinnebog—Herbert Hichens.Port Austin-Edward H. Jones.

Port Hope-(Harold L. Kaufman).Port Huron—

First—Dwight S. Large.

Gratiot Park—Ernest E. Robinson.

Mills Memorial—(O. W. Trask).South Park and Marysville—Willie

Firth.Washington Avenue—Frank Hartley.

Port Huron Circuit—(George Marshall).Richmond—Romilly H. Prouse.

Riley Center and Berlin—William Wager.

Rochester—William H. Collycott.

Romeo—James W. Lees.

St. Clair—Karl W. Patow.

Sundusky-Kenneth W. Burgess.

Utica—W. Paul Nicholas.

Washington—Bruce R. Davis.

Yale—Central-A. P. Rickard.Trinity—L. W. Bishop.

SAGINAW DISTRICTW. C. S. Pellowe, District Superintendent

914 Cherry St., Saginaw

Akron–U. G. Ostrander.

Alpena—A. T. F. Butt.

Bay CityFirst—Charles W. Wolfe.Fremont Ave.—Robert Bryce.

Madison Ave.—Alfred P. Landon.Van Buren St.—(Gerald Jacobs).Auburn-Paul Plueddemann.

Bay Port—Aaron Mitchell.Bentley—Robert Davies.Birch Run–W. H. Clark.Brant—A. E. Hatt.Cass River Circuit—E. Ray Willson.Caro

First—Arnold F. Runkel.Sherman St.—C. F. Oliver.

Cheboygan—William Lovejoy.Chesaning—Joseph K. Dibden.

E. Tawas—Samuel A. Carey, John W.Dingle).

FoStoria—E. A. Benedict.Freeland—N. M. Pritchard.Gagetown—Wesley Dafoe.Gaylord-Percy L. Lomas.Grayling—Henry W. Kuhlman.Harrisville—Cortland S. Brown.Hemlock—(Reginald S. Hocking).

Hillman—(James N. Cobb).Laporte—(William N. Mertz).Mayville—George W.-Gilroy.Midland—Reginald R. Feuell.Millington—Samuel T. Bottrell.Mio, Biggs, Curran—W. L. Jones.Onaway—William Young.

Oscoda—Samuel A. Carey.

Oscoda Indian—(John B. Silas).Ossineke—(Harold Watson).Owendale—(Blanche S. Francis).Pinconning—Ethan Bray.Poseyville—(William Mundy).Prescott—(Henry G. Mayer).Prairie Circuit—Walter Mollan.Reese—Edward Hocking.Rose City—Joseph Blackmore.SaginaW

Ames—George W. Curts.Epworth—Walter Firth.First—Guernsey Gorton.Jefferson Ave.—Wilbur D. Grose.

Kochville—James W. Deeg.

Sheridan Ave.—Arthur Howard.

Stephens St.—D. C. Turbin.Tuscola St.—Carl E. Buerkle.

Warren Ave.—H. E. Duttweiler.

St. Charles-A. A. Ziarko.Standish—John W. LeVan.Topinabee, Wolverine, and Aloha—(Ern

est J. Harris).Turner—Clifford F. Edgerton.

Tuscola—Daniel W. Ryan.

Vassar—E. H. Hazard.Whittemore—Howard Watkins.West Branch—E. H. Soderburg.

Note: The names in parenthesis areSupplies.

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTSHenry M. Battenhouse, Professor in Al

bion College.

E. W. Blakeman, Counselor in ReligiousEducation at U. of M.

Charles L. Calkins, Assistant Secretary

Board of Pensions and Relief.

Howard A. Field, Secretary, MethodistFoundation of Michigan.

Walter R. Fruit, Area Secretary.

Samuel J. Harrison, President of AdrianCollege.

Frederic B. Johnston, Executive Secretary Endowment Fund Commission.

Leroy I. Lord, Superintendent, OldPeople's Home.

John McLucas, Pinckney Congregational

Community Church.John E. Marvin, Editor Michigan Chris

tian Advocate.

A. J. Polglase, Upper Peninsula Book and

Tract Society.

Frederick G. Poole, Executive Secretary

of the Conference Board of Education.

Edward T. Ramsdell, Associate ProfessorTheology and Philosophy of Religion,

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.Earl R. Rice. Instructor in Character

Training for High Schools.Eli D. Richard, Chaplain, Civilian Con

servation Corps. Camp Argyle, Wisconsin.

W. Carl Rufus, Professor in University

of Michigan.Arthur L. Becker, Missionary to Korea.

Elmer C. Cable, Missionary to Korea.

DEACONESS APPOINTMENTSSally Chesser, Christ Church, Detroit.Mildred Cline, Methodist Union, Detroit.

Doris DeVere, Westlawn, Detroit.

Jennie Eddington, Trinity Church, Highland Park.

Florence Esslinger, Jefferson Avenue, Detroit.

Leah Belle Lyman, Oak Park, Flint.Mary Belle Stewart, St. Luke's Church,

Detroit.

Mildred Sweet, Wesley Foundation, AnnArbor.

Beulah Woodcock, Boulevard Temple, Detroit.

Lois Zimmerman, Boulevard Temple, Detroit.

Edna Ruth Hayes,Church, Detroit.

Leona Winegarden, First Church, Midland.

Palmer Memorial

How to Get On

“Tell me how to get on in life,” saidthe kettle.

“Take pains,” said the window.

“Never be led,” said the pencil.

“Do a driving business,” said the hammer.

“Aspire to great things,” said the nutmeg grater. -

“Make light of everything,” said thefire.

“Make much of small things,” said themicroscope.

“Never do anything offhand,” said theglove.

“Reflect,” said the mirror.“Do the work you are suited for,” said

the chimney.

“Be sharp,” said the knife.

“Find a good thing and stick to it,”

said the glue.“Try to make a good impression,” said

the Sealing Wax.

13JUNE 27, 194O

|Note: The Advocate welcomes from each charge

news of interest or of help to our readers andchurches. Your copy type-written double space ispreferred.

Belleville FarewellN June 12, the members and friendsO of Rev. Wm. Richards, who has been

pastor of the Belleville church for nineyears, gave Mr. and Mrs. Richards a farewell party.

At 8 o'clock a very fine program wasgiven with Mrs. Cleveland Roe in charge.It consisted of: an anthem given by theChancel Choir; music by the Men's Octet;trombone solo; a reading by a memberof the junior choir, and music by thejunior choir. At the conclusion of theprogram a beautiful wardrobe bag and apurse were presented to Mr. Richards.Mrs. Richards was presented with a veryfine wrist watch. Both responded withappreciation.

The reception was attended by nearly300 and refreshments were served by theladies in the parlor of the church. Underthe pastorate of Mr. Richards the churchhas had a successful time. Ill health demands that he retire and his manyfriends hope for a speedy recovery. MayGod bless and keep them both.

Victory Dinner at CharlotteN IMPORTANT event in the historyA of the First Methodist church of

Charlotte was the Victory dinner heldMonday evening, June 10.

The purpose of the affair, planned bythe official board of the church, was tocelebrate the fact that for the first timein 25 years the church is free of debtand has a bank balance to its credit; areception for Rev. Leon W. Manning andMrs. Manning, the forfmer having beenreappointed minister of the church for histhird year, and to give Special recognition to Some of those who have served thechurch in official capacities.

Rev. E. H. Babbitt, pastor of the Methodist church at Hastings, was the guestSpeaker. He gave an inspirational mesSage, emphasizing the joy accompanyingachievement and the need for additionalzeal in carrying on the work of thechurch. The bohemian dinner was incharge of Mrs. W. A. Vance, Mrs. HarveyHarmon, Mrs. Arthur Parker and Mrs.Morris Merritt.

The program following the dinner included group singing led by Harlan R.McCall; a report on the Michigan annualconference held in Traverse City, June 5to 9, by Wendell H. Anderson, lay delegate of the church; two vocal numbers

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by Arnold Koch, with Mrs. Walter Chevalier as accompanist.

Gifts of appreciation for service rendered the church were presented to Arnold Koch, director, and Mrs. Walter Chevalier, organist, of the senior choir, by William H. Smith, and to Mrs. RichardShaull, director, and Miss Dorain Hettmansperger, pianist, of the junior choir,by Miss Ettie Dennie.

The surprise of the evening came whenthree of the members of the official boardwho had planned the event were themselves presented gifts of appreciation byJudge Russell R. McPeek and GordonNielsen. They were Miss Ettie Dennie,treasurer; Huey Stall, financial secretary,and Paul S. Bond, chairman of the financecommittee.

As a fitting close to the program, Mr.Bond in behalf of the group present, toldMr. and Mrs. Manning of the love andesteem of their church flock for them.While serving the local church the lasttwo years, they have been active in civicas well as religious work, and have endeared themselves to many. They werepresented with a garden set of tea cartand chairs.-Lansing State Journal.

BreckenridgeFTER four very successful years asA pastor of Breckenridge, Floyd N.

Drake returns for his fifth year.During the past year the inside of the

church building has been redecorated,and a gas burner installed in the furnace. Thirteen hundred dollars havebeen expended on improvements and allpaid for. The membership has been increased and the attendance at the churchservices is the best it has been in manyyears. The pastor and his wife are notonly ideal workers among adults but withyoung people as well. During these yearsMr. Drake has built up a fine robed choirof young people, who by their faithfulness add much to the services, and theEpworth League is one of the best on theDistrict.—W. M. Drake, M.D.

W. H. M. S. Observes SixtiethAnniversary

HE sixtieth anniversary of the Woman's Home Missionary society was

observed jointly by the home and foreignsocieties of the Methodist church in Charlotte, Tuesday, June 4.

Mrs. J. B. Foote and Mrs. WilsonGeddes Were in charge of the one o'clockluncheon served to fifty members andguests. As the special project for theyear has been the raising of $60,000 to rebuild the Geo. O. Robinson home in PuertoRico, a decorative theme and menu typical of that island were carried out.

Following the luncheon splendid reports of the year's work were given andMiss Lulu Tubbs, home on furloughfrom her duties as a missionary in SouthAfrica, spoke briefly. Miss Tubbs will return to South Africa in November.

Mrs. Leon Manning conducted the devotional service and a pageant “Heroinesof Faith,” was presented by members ofthe home Society with Mrs. W. A. Vanceand Mrs. John May as readers. Appropriate music was furnished by MissEileen Sisson, Miss June Saums and Mrs.Richard Shaull.

As the history of the six decades wasreviewed the outstanding figures in the

growth of the W. H. M. S. appeared asliving portraits. Mrs. Hartzell, thefounder of the society, was portrayed byMrs. Clem Shepard. Mrs. R. R. McPeekappeared as Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes,the first president, who was also at that .time the wife of the president of theUnited States.

Mrs. Robert Thornton, Mrs. Eva Stealy,Mrs. J. B. Foote, Mrs. A. J. Franklin andMiss Emma DeGraff portrayed the otherfive national presidents who have serveddown through the years.

In the sixtieth year of the W. H. M. S.,900 missionaries and deaconesses arereaching uncounted numbers of every

race and nationality through 182 centersof work, homes, schools, settlements andhospitals, located in 39 states; the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, PuertoRico and the Dominion Republic. Theassets in investments and buildings exceed ten million dollars.—Charlotte-Republican Tribune.

Special Meetings atAlgonquin

N SUNDAY evening, May 26, theAlgonquin church at Sault Ste. Marie

closed a three weeks' series of Specialmeetings. At these services three adultsknelt at the altar and gave their heartsto God. Rev. L. C. Robie, of UnionSprings, N. Y., known as “Sky PilotRobie” was the evangelist.

Several members of the church kneltat the altar for a reconsecration of theirlives to Jesus Christ; and during themeetings about thirty young people kneltat the altar for salvation. Some of themare already members, and others areexpected to join the church later.

The meetings accomplished much good.May God bless brother Robie whereverhe may labor for the Lord.—A member.

Birthday Anniversary ofDr. James Henry Potts

LGONAC is honored to have living inA its community the very much lovedDr. James Henry Potts who for fortyyears was editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate. On June 12, he celebratedhis 92nd birthday quietly at his homewith a family dinner at noon. He wasthe recipient of some fifty birthday cards,telegrams, telephone calls, and personalgreetings, also many gifts and flowers,and a fine birthday cake from the OfficialBoard of the church.

These many testimonials show theesteem in which Dr. Potts is held andgive him added incentive to go on andround out the nearing century. His exemplary life is an inspiration to all whoknow him. He is enjoying very goodhealth and each morning, conditions permitting, he may be seen taking his dailywalk in his well kept garden.

God bless him abundantly and granthim many returns of the day—Grace G.G. Warner.

Evart Circuit ReceptionHURSDAY evening, June 13, theT£,

and friends of the EvartCircuit gave a reception to their newpastor, Rev. Gerald Hedlund and hisWife, and a farewell to Rev. and Mrs.

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willCH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Mothers' Discussion ColumnElsie Grafius

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Dear Column:

One of our column friends gives us avery vivid impression of Canada in thesewar times. The people of Canada arein reality, our neighbors and friends.Their anxieties and heart breaks arevery close to us. Thank you Pearl Hidey,

for the word picture of this country,just across our boundary.—E. G.

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Canada ContributesPearl M. Hidey

T IS a grim and earnest Canada thatI is at war. The Canadians are not justhelping the Allies. It is their own warthey are fighting, and they are fightingfor their country, they are fighting fortheir lives.

“Why yes,” they agree, “we might bekilled, but after all one can die onlyonce, and if the Germans win we'd bebetter off dead.”

A French-Canadian father is sending

his four sons overseas. “And the oldest,

he's twenty-eight,” he explains withpride. “At first he was with the RoyalCanadians, but he learned German sofast,-he already knew French—that nowhe's in the Secret Service.” “But he'll

be used as a spy, won't he?” we question. “Yes, and that's very dangerous,”

the father replies as unyielding determination replaces the pride in his deep-set

blue eyes. “He wrote his mother not toworry,” the father goes on, “that he wasone little Frenchman they couldn't kill,that he'd be coming home safely afterthe war was won.”

There are no two ways about it as to

who will win the war, it is only a question as to how long it will take.

The International Nickel Plant in Sudbury is under very heavy guard becauseas they naively explain, “if anythingshould happen to shut off our nickel supply the war is lost.”

A thousand girls from all ranks of lifeare attending a Toronto school learningto drive ambulances, and some of themare already overseas. All of them areeager to go.

All day long the radio hums with warnews. There are no sponsors to be reckoned with as to borrowed time, since inCanada all receiving sets are taxed tosupport the studio programs.

Everyone is knitting socks, the shadeof yarn indicating the nationality of thesoldier for whom they are intended. Andthe directions may be had wherever yarnis sold, even in the five and dime stores.

Small canvas sacks just large enough

to carry a pair of socks and a few packages of cigarettes may be purchased formailing overSeas.

In the banks are circulars urging allthose at home to contribute to the OverSeas League Tobacco and Hamper Fundas organized by The Overseas League.

“Send them plenty of smokes,” the circular reads. “A relief to nerve Strain intheir hours off duty and in those tediousperiods of watching and waiting.” TheOverseas League is incorporated by

Royal Charter with H. M. The King aspatron with various officials includingamong others the Duke of Connaught,

the Duke of Kent, the Archbishop ofCanterbury, Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King, and SirEvelyn Wrench. The members’ creedreads as follows: “Believing the BritishEmpire to stand for justice, freedom,

order and good government, we pledgeourselves, as citizens of the British Commonwealth of Nations to maintain theheritage handed down to us by ourfathers.”

If in a last extremity the British shouldlose their island home Mr. Churchill believes the empire and fleet could carryon until “in God’s good time the NewWorld with all its power and might stepsforth to the liberation and rescue of the

Old.” If such an unbelievable calamity

should occur, at least Britain can findsanctuary with the staunch and loyalCanadians.

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Let us not be too discouraged:

“Power in the modern state is not

maintained by machine gunners and airmen but by the regular and adequatefunctioning of multifarious agencies fartoo complex and numerous to be directedfrom a single center. The modern statelives through the activity and interaction of individual minds. Its existenceday by day testifies to the power of intelligent beings to cooperate for purposes

of social welfare. Every bank, postoffice,every railway station, every telephone exchange is a tribute to mind over matter,

of the invisible over the visible.” From“Our Greek Heritage” by Justus FreelandSoule.

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The mother of three adopted boys gives

us Some of her thoughts about the young

mothers who find it necessary to give up

their babies, and the parents who adoptthe children. She starts her little articlewith . . “There's Another Side to theStory.”

“T H E RE'S ANOTHER SIDETO THE STORY”

There is temporary shame and suffering and pain for the girls and the families of the girls who find it best to “give

the whole baby to the other woman” forthe child's sake: but there is such permanent joy and happiness and blessing

in store for the parents who are fortunateenough to receive into their hearts andhomes these children of unfortunate circumstance of birth. I sincerely believethese children can be happy just as I believe the little mother girls can returnto society better than they left it, neverany worse than most of us, now cleanerthan many of us if they are willing tomeet their challenge. And I know several who have. The battle of wrong attitudes is the battle which gets most oftus down. God's blessings know no bounds.Many are the channels through which Heflows. Just as I pray that the mothers

of my children may find new life and truelove, I hope they are praying that Godmay bless their babies and give the parents wisdom and strength and grace tocarry the responsibility which has been

lifted from their shoulders, and in liftinghas given them freedom.

And I think the people who look oncan be kind, in Jesus' name.

T. B. K.* * *

There are times when nothing helps

me to gain my equilibrium so much as abit of homey philosophy in verse form.One of our column mothers does thisvery necessary thing so well that I meanto share a number of her poems withyou. They help me . . . I know they

will help you too. Today we will enjoytogether the charm and happy content ofher—

Quiet LunchMrs. W. Baggott

I eat alone—I sit at ease—Some crackers or some bread and cheese.

It's very quiet sitting here.No one around, their voice to cheer.

But, when friends come in my lunch toshare,

It makes a difference. I declare

I reach my yellow dishes outAnd place the silver all about.A linen cloth of white I spread.Fancy dishes for the bread.And maybe there's a flower or twoSet in my vase of golden hue.And from my pantry shelf I reachSome jelly—maybe grape or peach.Sugar, cream, we must have tea.Sandwiches cut so daintily.A house dress too, so neat and clean,

I feel as happy as a queen.

It makes a difference, I declare,

When friends come in my lunch to share.

Kocktail KicksENATOR SHEPPARD made clear the

S present picture in an address published in Signal, January 14, 1939. “Wefind intoxicating liquors confronting men,

women and children with the drink temp

tation in almost every place where thebusiness of life is conducted. Womenand children were denied admission to

the old-time saloon. At present threetimes as many women and girls areworking liquor-selling places as thereare women students in the public universities, colleges, and teacher normalsof the country. Women customers ofsuch places are becoming so constant andso numerous that to the old problem ofthe drinking father has been added thenew problem of the drinking mother.

“There are now three times as many

retail liquor establishments in the UnitedStates as there were before national prohibition. They are to be found in department stores, drug stores, hardwarestores, food stores, shoe stores and restaurantS.

“Today the voice of the radio announcer calls unexpectedly into the family circle with the unsought advice todrink somebody's beer, somebody's wineor somebody’s whiskey. By advertising

in streetcars, on billboards, in newspapers, periodicals, and by other means,

the trade attempts to cultivate the drinkhabit. It pictures everything except thefinished product — the drunkard.” - D.Carl Yoder.

J-U NE 27, 194O

Religion an Element in . . .

Adolescent TrainingNote: The following outline hasbeen used in a course for training camp counselors.

I." The full reach of religion is denied thechild. But the child possesses the rawmaterials of religion in great abundance.Trustfulness, imagination, sympathy, flexibility and suggestibility,–all these characteristics may be thought of as explanatory of Jesus' statement:

“Unless you become as a little childye cannot enter the Kingdom ofHeaven.”

II.The object of guidance from the stand

point of religious education is to bringthe growing person into “en rapport” andso interpret the forces within the livingorganism and the forces outside the body,

in nature and in other persons,—that thechild may love its world and act freelywithin it.

“God is a spirit and he who wouldworship must do so spiritually.”

III.The unfolding powers of the body and

the mind may be looked upon as a complex feeling-out of the native forces,—amedley of urges groping for balance, relation, rest.

The statement of objectives of the National Educational Association in 1928

after an able committee reported setsforth four specific objectives of Americanpublic education:

To help the growing person understand(a) Self; (b) Nature; (c) Society; (d)God (the force of love).

IV.For children the great concepts ac

cepted as religious ones are not reachedby the reason but by the imagination,through stories, lovable persons, groupsituations, loyalties which objectify theyouthful wonder, by team effort whererules are imposed by the group,-andgoals are striven for in a society of enveloping good will.

Love is learned from being loved.Sacrifice is learned from the thrill of

“otherness.”Destiny is learned and its claims are

accepted through human relations directed toward intangible values.

God is learned from the Sentimentwhich trustful friends display toward theworld we are in and by means of themysteries about us.

Religion, an inclusive emotion, is attained through the experience of adjustment to an ever-widening status. Anever-deepening trust is learned as the“inner” or ego by faith, lays hold onpowers beyond. Thus the otherwise uncontrollable objective world becomes anally. Fear is overcome by faith and practice.

V.

The counselor need not think of religion as separate from nor added to thechild's experience. Religion, as a word,co-nes from a root similar to “relation.”

E. W. BlakemanCounselor in Religious Education

University of Michigan

It is the most intimate and dominatingsentiment, being the person making loveto his universe. Religion, far from beingapart from the daily life, finds its chiefdifficulty in the opposite direction,namely: religion is so deep and so widethat it is readily confused with life itself. It is the focusing of all the sentiments, impulses, desires on God, God, inthis case being the universe personalized,

made an ideal and thought of as responSttee.

“This, then, is life eternal, to knowThee. Or, in society,–Religion is

“Greater love hath no man thanthis, that a man will lay down hislife for his friends.”

VI.Hence development of the following

traits or experiences of the growing perSon into specific characteristics so theybecome a “core of behavior” and so thatthis core of behavior is the person, andwill tolerate no interfering impulse norbe deflected from the life purpose soSelected,—namely:

Imaginative interest

Team work and fair play

Inner control during group actionDevotion to selected group goals or

aims

Free emotional appreciation of natureand beauty

VII.During early adolescent years the

awareness of complications about the

body, the impulses and all sense impresSions will make it necessary for the counselor to explain the complexness, give assurance that the eacperience is normaland establish trust. Here is where religiousness as understood in our preceding paragraphs gets its full swing andcan perform its finest service. It is awnifying force. Here is attainment:

The Lord is my shepherd: I shall notWant.

He maketh me to lie down in greenpastures;

He leadeth me beside still waters.He restoreth my soul.

VIII.In later adolescence the fuller meaning

of group responsibility and personal integrity Settles into character. This fullerexperience cannot be imposed upon thesmaller child nor is it possible for the behavior of adults to be successfully taughtto early adolescent youth. Attractivepersons living maturely and enteringsympathetically into the experiences ofthe child, coupled with much experimenting, Splendid play of the imagination andalmost constant activity will bring integration. It is the counselor's office tounderstand. His creed should be

“Ye, that are strong should bearthe infirmities of the weak, ratherthan act to please one's self.”

Fond Mother—“Well, Johnny, what didthe music teacher think of your rendering of the “Morning, Noon, and NightOverture?’”

Johnny—“After I'd played a few bars.he told me to call it a day!”—Selected.

“You look very much like a minister,”said a man who met President WoodrowWilson in England many years ago.

“Have you ever been taken for one?”“No, but I have been treated for one.'“How is that?”

“I had a job once where I waited sixmonths for my salary.”—Selected.

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Have greater light.

Clayton, Mich.

We build our pyramids of human stone,

With tombs of chiseled flesh in tiers outside,

For kings who live long after they have died.And though the sun floods every mummy bone,

The host of mangled men whose day has flownBeneath each cruel stride,

The Christ is found among his crucified—Not Pharaohing summits where we carved his throne.

Fools that we were to build upon the sandOf ruthless heels that crush a kindred breast.

The sepulchers we towered with Babel daringNow lean and crash . . . but who will rise and stand,

Not on, but with mankind, and mutually quest

In building Jesus’ pyramid of sharing.

PYRAMIDSLloyd Frank Merrell

"16 Mi CH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Dr. Kraft Comes to AlbionRESIDENT JOHN L. SEATON an

EP nounces that Dr. Charles FranklinKraft has been elected to Succeed Dr.Samuel J. Harrison as head of the workin Bible and religion in Albion College.

The appointment will become effectivein September, 1940.

Dr. Kraft is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Colorado anda doctor of philosophy from the University of Chicago. He also holds abachelor of divinity degree from Chicago and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

As a student he participated in drama,

CHARLES FRANKLIN KRAFT

debate, and musical activities. He hasbeen Successful as a minister, teacher,

and youth leader, although he is onlytwenty-nine years of age. He is direct,adaptable, and meets people easily. Heshould fit quickly and effectively intothe position which Dr. Harrison vacatedto go to the presidency of Adrian College.

During the past year Dr. Kraft hasbeen teaching in Hamline University, St.Paul, and is this Summer on the staffof the Iliff Graduate School of Theology,

Denver. The most favorable reports

have been received with regard to bothhis teaching ability and personal qualities.

Waldenwoods StandardBearer Camp

AVE you made your reservation forWaldenwoods Standard Be a rer

Camp for August 4 to 9? If not, do soat once.

The registrar is Mrs. Howard E.Young, 3517 Gratiot Avenue, Port Huron.

There are to be two missionaries present. Mrs. Wilbur M. Ale will teach bothHome and Foreign Missionary Books.Mrs. Russell Steininger will t e a ch“Bible.” Mrs. Harry W. Chapman willteach Dramatics. Miss Lucille Ash is tobe the Athletic and Swimming instructor.Mrs. George Waller will teach ChristianCulture. Mrs. Herbert Duttweiler willhave charge of the class in LeadershipTraining. Mrs. Howard A. Field is to bethe Dean again this year.

Woman's Program at Waldenwoods isto follow at once after the StandardBearer Camp, August 9 to 11. All missionary-minded women are invited to reserve these dates and come.

Standard Bearer Rates are $8.00 for

five days, $1.00 sent with registration,remainder paid on arrival.

Woman's week-end rates are $3.50 Friday to Sunday, $1.00 payable with registration. Send registrations at once, toMrs. Howard E. Young, Registrar, 3517

Gratiot Avenue, Port Huron, Michigan.

Legion Posts to Erect NativityScene in Indianapolis

MOVEMENT to erect in the City ofIndianapolis a larger than life size

reproduction of the scene of the Nativity,depicting the birth of Christ in themanger at Bethlehem, has been launchedin that city by 35 American Legion Posts.

The tableau is being planned as anannual feature at Christmas time andwill be unveiled at some downtown location early in December of this year.

The replica will be at least sixty feetlong and thirty feet high and will befloodlighted in colors. -

Conference on ReligionHE Sixth Annual Summer ConferT',

on Religion will meet at theUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July7 to 14. Designed for a two fold purpose;(1) to offer to laymen in the SummerSession a series of timely lectures andforums upon religion in our times, and(2) to open to Michigan ministers andteachers of religion courses which shouldawaken interest in those social, psychological and educational principleswhich are available as vehicles of religion, the Conference will offer ten UniVersity courses to meet these needs. AWide variety of interests will be found inclasses in Principles of Guidance, Religious Counseling, Psychology of Personality, Milton, Social Control, AmericanLiterature, Educational Psychology, Mental Hygiene, Social Psychology, and Phi

losophy of Value. Luncheon meetingsand lectures will fill the afternoon andevening hours.

Prof. Wm. W. Sweet, for some years onthe faculty of DePauw University andnow at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, is to give a series oflectures. His opening lecture at 8 P. M.Monday, July 8, in Rackham Lecture Hall

PROF. W.M. W. SWEET

before the joint meeting of The Instituteof American Culture and the Sixth Annual Conference on Religion will beupon “Church and State in the World.”He speaks each day, Tuesday throughFriday.

Further information on this timely Conference may be obtained by writing Dr.Edward W. Blakeman, Counselor in Religious Education, University Hall, AnnArbor.

Declaration of IndependenceHere is a Declaration of Independence

with 6,000 signers *

• When individuals take out annuityagreements with Methodist mission boards,it is in a way a new Declaration of Independence. Since 1872, when these agreements were begun, nearly 6,000 personshave taken advantage of this method tosafeguard their old age by giving $12,000,000 to the Methodist Mission Boards onannuity.

• “I only wish I had more to invest inyour annuities,” a satisfied annuitant

writes in a recent letter. “They Seem to

be the only investment I can depend on.

It is awful to grow old and be dependent.”

• This annuitant is right. It is awful togrow old and be dependent. Methodistannuities are designated to safeguard anindependent old age. Checks come regularly. There has never been a default.Would you like to sign this kind of a Declaration of Independence for your old age?

CLIP AND MAIL ONE OR BOTH OF THESE COUPONS FOR DETAILS

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1701 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. M 43

Please send ANNUITY information:

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war. By practically unanimous consent,it was voted that a communication be

sent to the President expressing theSentiment of the Conference.

Statistics

The Statistician’s report indicated ageneral increase in finances and Someslight decrease in baptisms and membersreceived. The Treasurer's report showedan increase in church property and avery noticeable increase in the financialincome of $3,500 more than a year ago,

and a world service increase of $5,600

over last year. The treasurer reported

that the new plan of getting the pastor'sreports in before Conference was working out very successfully and that thisyear all reports were received on time.Both the Statistician and Treasurer were

commended by the Conference for theirfaithful Service.

Entertainment and Inspiration

Entertainment and inspiration characterized the Wednesday evening Servicewhich began at 7:15 with an organ recitalby Arnold E. Bourziel, instructor of musicat Pontiac High School. His recital wasfollowed by a brief musical program presented by the Children's Village Choir,following which Dr. M. S. Rice delivereda ringing challenge on the theme “Christianity or Catastrophe.” He took as histext, “Have I been so long time with youand hast thou not known me?” He declared that belief is not holding up progress, but the dull sense of Spiritual appreciation. Christ is still our hope, hedeclared, He stands in the midst of thisworld and is unknown and unrecognized.

The Second Day

Bishop Arthur Moore, of the formerChurch South, was given an ovation ashe entered the bar of the ConferenceThursday morning and brought a briefgreeting from the Florida Conferenceover which he had just presided. As theorder of the day, various Board of Education matters were presented. AdrianCollege's new President, Samuel J. Harrison, told of plans for making Adrian aco-operative fellowship. Applause greeted

his statement that it was not his proposal to make Adrian College an instru

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ment for the promulgation of war. Adrian is going to teach the dignity oflabor by enabling its students to help

themselves gain an education. PresidentHarrison said he expected the studentsto earn about one-third of their expenses.

J. A. Halmhuber explained the functionof the Michigan Methodist Historical Society and presented R. E. Meader of theMichigan Conference who is joint Secretary of the Historical Society. Mr.Meader explained that a definite plan hasnow been devised for promoting the workof the Society. The Conference authorized the Society to solicit funds from thechurches to carry on its work.

Corporate Session

Rev. Harry Young presided over theCorporate Session of the Conference andthe Rev. P. Ray Norton, Treasurer, announced a total of $64.20 on hand afterall bills had been paid. A cemetery atWaterloo Township was declared abandoned and was authorized to be turnedover to others for care. Mr. Young advised every church to change its name soas to harmonize with the action takensince unification. This might avoid difficulty in the future should a deed tochurch property bear the old churchnameS.

Area Secretary Office

W. C. S. Pellowe reporting for theCabinet, made the recommendation thatthe office of Area Secretary be made theAssistant Treasurer’s office of the Detroit Conference, and that the WorldService and Financial Committees meetwith a similar committee in the Michigan Conference to discuss the advisability of retaining the office. Dr. HaroldCarr was presented as the new chairmanof the Conference Board of ReligiousEducation. Frederick G. Poole, who underthe set-up will be called Secretary instead of Director of Religious Education,gave a report and asserted among otherthings that evangelism is lacking in thereligious education program.

Woman's Work

A special time was set aside for thepresentation of the Woman’s Society ofChristian Service. Mrs. W. M. Ale, ofDetroit, explained the functions of thisnew set-up, and expressed belief thatthe plan will not only work but providegreater opportunity than ever before forthe women of the church to expressthemselves in Christian Service. Theplan will be launched officially next September, she said, and a study committeeshould be set up to consider the organization during the Summer months.

Missionary Speaks

The Woman's Missionary Anniversarywas observed by addresses by Mrs. Geraldine Townsend Fitch and Rev. P. GordonGould. Mrs. Fitch had China as her

theme and spoke as one having first-handand intimate experience with the problems of that country. She expressed herconviction that China will win the War

and commended the heroic spirit of thosemissionaries who serve in that war-torncountry. Sixty million Chinese havebeen driven out of their homes, but Chinais finding her soul in the midst of herterrible crucifixion. She condemned

America Supplying materials for Japan'swar, but declared that war is not as badas slavery. She wondered what we aregiving our youth as an alternative to war

and urged everyone to write their Congressman protesting our supplying warmaterials to Japan.

Rev. P. G. Gould, a product of the JesseLee Home, of Alaska, told of his experiences and how he came to go to theHome and eventually enter the Christianministry.

All College Banquet

A banquet representing all Christiancolleges was held Thursday evening atwhich time the Conference quartet Sang

a number of selections, and PresidentSeaton, of Albion, presided. PresidentEmeritus Feeman, Prof. and Mrs. MacNaughton, and A. W. Rush, of Adrian,were presented as was Mrs. Blake. Adrian's new President, Samuel J. Harrison,spoke on the theme, “The Church andthe College” in which he traced the history of our educational institutions backto the church which has been responsiblefor them. Religion and education mustbe effective in social action, he declared,and we learn by . doing. Dr. CharlesBrashares stressed the importance ofsupporting our Wesley Foundations thatrepresent our church among the tax supported institutions.

Conference Lecture

Dr. Harold C. Case, Successor to Dr.Henry Hitt Crane, of Scranton, Pa., delivered the Conference lecture whichcentered on the theme “Civilization orCulture.” The lecture followed a fine

musical program by the choir of CentralChurch.

Friday Morning SessionGreetings were sent various ailing and

retired members who could not be present. Rev. Clyde Donald presented agavel to Bishop Blake made by ThomasPotter from the altar rail of the oldest

Methodist church in Michigan, whichhappened to be Central church, Detroit.Dr. Brashares continued his report onthe Board of Education activities and

recommended that Frederick G. Poole beelected Secretary of the Board for theensuing year. Mr. Poole was elected.President Seaton presented a report forthe Board representing the Wesley Foundation, Adrian, and Albion Colleges.

New MinistersHarry Brewer reported on the status of

those in the process of entering theministry as follows: those received ontrial in studies of first year—Gloyd EdWard Allis, James Werner Bristah, Harold Wallace Diehl, William Clyde Donald,Jr., Allan Gordon Gray, Serge FloydeHummon, Edward Haas Jones, WilliamMertz, Harold LaDoit Patton, Luren J.Strait, Carl Britton Strange, LawrenceJohn Taylor, Francis Edwin Wilson andJames Wallace Wright; in studies ofthird year—Wilbur Cadman Prout andRussell Walter Sursaw; exempt fromcourse of study under Seminary Rule—Oren French McClure and Clarence EarlPloch; those continued on trial in studiesof second year—Reginald Bruce Becker,

Ezra Perry Roberson, Herbert EmersonSaxman, Paul Benjamin Sullivan andNorman Whitehouse; in studies of thirdyear—Carfon Eugene Foltz and Robert A.Lawrason; in studies of fourth year—Harold Dickie Dakin, Horace LemanJames, Clifton G. Hoffman, Robert SuttonMO or e, William Cardwell Prout and

Robert Matthew Trenery; exempt from

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18 MICH IGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

Personals

DR. W. W. WHITEHOUSE has been

elected president of the Methodist Children’s Home Society.

THE ADDRESS of REV. J. LAWRENCE WARD, treasurer of the Michigan Conference, is changed from Rockford to Caledonia.

REMINDER. The School of Leadership Education begins at Albion this Saturday, June 29. Every church should berepresented with one or more leaders.

REV. EARL R. RICE is now living at17437 Palmer St., Melvindale, and is available for pulpit supply work during thesummer. His telephone number is Vinewood 1-8671.

MRS. BERT EDE, wife of our pastor atSwartz Creek, was Sent a message ofsympathy by the Detroit Conference atits session last week. Mrs. Ede has beenailing for the past year.

BISHOP RAYMOND J. WADE’S articleon page 3 of this week's issue is a devotional address which was delivered at

General Conference and is reprinted fromthe Daily Christian Advocate.

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ROBERT B. RICE, son of Dr. and Mrs.Earl R. Rice, of the Detroit Conference,

was graduated from the Wayne UniVersity Medical School on June 19. Hewill interne at Harper Hospital, Detroit.

THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY declined to pass a resolution“that in Canada's war effort all men,

wealth and resources be conscripted by

the government.” The Assembly brandedthe measure too drastic.

DR. MARSHALL R. REED of NardinPark church, Detroit, gave the commencement address at Cooley HighSchool last Thursday when his daughter,

Elsie Mae was graduated in the class ofmore than 750 members with magna cumlaude. Dr. Reed was given the honor ofpresenting her with the diploma. Shewill enter Albion college in September.

RICHARD H. LOEPPERT, son of Rev.and Mrs. A. J. Loeppert, of Chicago,pastor of the Methodist Church in Roselle, Ill., and an editor of the ChristlicheApologete received the degree of Doctorof Philosophy in chemistry from the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis,Saturday, June 15.

DR. MEARL P. CULVER, who for thepast three years has served as pastor ofSimpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis,Minnesota, has been appointed Superintendent of the Minneapolis District,Northern Minnesota Conference, in exchange with Dr. J. Arthur Rinkel whogoes to Simpson Church. Dr. Culverformerly served churches in the NewYork East Conference in Long Island andConnecticut.

DR. CHARLES VOIGT PERRILL, sonof Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Perrill, Methodist

missionaries in Lucknow, India, and DR.WILMA E. CONGER, daughter of Rev.and Mrs. H. G. Conger of Evanston, Ill.,were united in marriage June 4 in theCovenant Methodist church at Evanston.

The young couple are under appointment

to the Clara Swain Hospital in Wareilly,11...dia, which is the pioneer missionaryhospital of the Methodist church.

CORRECTION: In the report on theMichigan Conference session recently

held at Traverse City it should have beenStated that the Area Secretary or SOmeone else selected by the Bishop mightbecome the Assistant Treasurer to receive and handle benevolent monies between sessions of the Annual Conference.

The report inadvertently left the impresSion that there would be two treasurerswhen in reality the arrangement calledfor an Assistant Treasurer.

JOSEPH MOR SHEAD PENGELLY,son of the late Rev. and Mrs. Joseph M.Pengelly, was married on June 15 toMISS DOROTHY ANDERSON, daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson of Flint.Rosemary Pengelly, sister of the bridegroom was the bridesmaid and FrankKinnish, uncle of the bride, was bestman. The ceremony was held in Calvarychurch, Flint, with Rev. A. Stanley Stoneofficiating. A reception was held in thechurch following the ceremony.

THE BOARD OF MANAGERS and

friends of the Chelsea Old People's Homevisited the Home on June 6. After dinner a fine program was enjoyed. Phylisand Margaret Salmon sang several selections. Dr. Clarence Hill Frank, of theDetroit Council of Churches, gave asplendid address. DR. H. A. LEESON,the retiring superintendent of the Home,

was presented with a check of $50. andspoke in appreciation. REW, LEROYLORD, the new superintendent, was introduced and spoke briefly.

DR. GORDON T. HERRMANN, son ofRev. C. C. Herrmann, superintendent ofthe Aligarh District, India, on completing

his interneship in the Indiana UniversityMedical Center this June will take up

work as resident physician and assistantSurgeon in St. Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw,Mich., beginning in July. Following ayear in Saginaw Dr. Herrmann plans toreturn to India to take charge of theHospital at Brindaban, U. P. India. Hewas born in Jubbulpore, India, and isa Second generation missionary.

THE MUNITH PARISH surprised itspastor Sunday, June 16, at the morning

service. A lovely 3-unit walnut bookcasedesigned for the corner of the room waspresented to REV. JOHN VAN HAVELin honor of his receiving his B.D. degree

from Garrett June 5. A cooperative dinner Was served to 100. There were relatives and friends from Muskegon, Holland, Northville, Deerfield, Gregory, Morenci, Stockbridge, Pleasant Lake, Fitchburg, and Munith present. REV. HARVEY G. PEARCE preached at this service.

“I have only just a minute, only sixtySeconds in it.

I can't refuse it—didn't seek it,Didn’t choose it,-but it’s up to me to

uSe it.-

I must suffer if I lose it.Give account if I abuse it.Only just a little minute.”

Obituaries\mm.REV, JOHN H. TONJES, aged 63, died

in Milwaukee, May 28. He was pastor ofthe Galena street Methodist church inthat city. He had been 35 years a Methodist minister and gave fine Service during the merging of the Chicago-Northwest

(German) conference with nine Englishspeaking conferences from Indiana toSouth Dakota. The funeral and burialtook place in Milwaukee May 31. Mr.Tonjes is survived by a wife and twoSons.

MRS. JENNIE. M. S. RANDALL, widowof Rev. Dr. Edwin M. Randall, one timesecretary of the Epworth League, college president, and prominent Methodistpastor, died in Seattle, Wash., in herhome at Sylvan Beach, Vashon Island,after an illness of a month. She was 72.

The funeral was conducted by Dr. Hopkins, an old friend, Thursday, June 6, inSeattle. Surviving Mrs. Randall are ason, the Rev. Edwin T. Randall of Monticello, Minn., and a daughter, Miss MayRandall of Seattle.

Week Day Religious Education at East Tawas

NOTHER very successful year's work

in week-day religious education, or“Bible School,” as it is more often called,

at East Tawas, has just recently come

to a close.The school is carried on throughout

the public school year under the direction of Mrs. Shattuck, the efficient ChurchSchool Superintendent. It is run in closeco-operation with the public school withthe approval of the school board and thehelp of the superintendent and membersof the faculty. The work this year hascovered the first seven grades.

Each grade is released in regular sequence for a full period every Thursday.The classes as far as the Methodist school

is concerned, come across the road to thechurch parlors where the lessons are carried on from opening of school at 9 a. m.

(Continued on page 24)

THE MILLINGTON CHURCH will Servemeals for tourists every Saturday from

10 to 6. Roast meats, fruits and vegetables in season, home baked breads andpies, tea, coffee, milk, pure well water.All you can eat for 50 cents. Rest rooms.Located 60 miles north of Pontiac onM-15.

ANCHOR HARBOR BARBECUE, NorthJefferson Rd. between Selfridge Field

and New Baltimore, invites the Advocatereaders for breakfasts, lunches, or dinners. Famous for pancakes and homemade pie. Open from 7 a.m. to 9 p. m.Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Walker, PropS.

Serve

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Use recipesfrom under label of No. 2 size can

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course of study under Seminary RuleFranklin Hamlin Littell, Mervyn MelvinMorse, John William Parrish, Melvin Elmore Crawford and Einar Hilmer Soderberg.

Those admitted into full membership:

elected and ordained deacons this yearMiles DePagter (exempt from course ofstudy); elected and ordained deaconspreviously—Howell G. Guin, Ru S S ellLuther Hubbard, Dudley Cornell Mosure,

Almon Ernest Moon, De a n WadhamParker, Lawrence W or th, John VanHavel, George Quentin Woomer, ArthurLee Mansure and Millard William Wolfe.Those members having completed theConference course of study and electedand ordained elders under Seminary

Rule—Howell G. Guin, Russell LutherHubbard, Arthur Lee Mansure, AlmonErnest Moon, Dudley Cornell Mosure,

Dean Wadham Parker, Oscar G. Starrett,John Van Havel, Millard William Wolfe,George Quentin Woomer and LawrenceWorth. Others elected and ordained

deacons as local preachers: Joseph Gregory and Edward Charles Oliver; underSeminary Rule: Clarence Earl Ploch,Horace Leman James, Franklin HamlinLittell, Robert Sutton Moore, WilburCadman Prout, Russell Walter Sursaw,and Oren French McClure. Others elected and ordained elders: as local deacons

—James Napoleon Cobb and William J.Prisk. Those left without appointment

to attend one of our schools: Gloyd Edward Allis, Reginald Bruce Becker, James

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William Clyde Donald, Jr., Allan GordonGray, D. J. Horning, Serge Floyd Humman, Horace Leman James, Wilbur Cadman Prout, William Cardwell Prout, Herbert Emerson Saxman, Russell WalterSursaw, Norman Whitehouse and JamesWallace Wright. It was recommendedthat James McGee be recognized as alocal elder according to the provision ofparagraph 311, section 3 of the Discipline.The above report was accepted.

Walter Fruit presented Dr. McGee andthe class of 22 to be admitted on trial.This is one of the largest classes on trialever to be presented to the Conference.Two P.K.’s, Clyde Donald, Jr., and WilburCadman Prout, were in the class. W. W.Whitehouse of Wayne University waspresented as a transfer from the Michigan Conference, who expressed appreciation for being so generously received inthe Conference where he originally beganhis work.

Bronson Hospital

Dr. Alfred Way gave a remarkable report on the achievements of BronsonHospital for the past year. He said4,953 patients have been cared for, and atotal operating budget of $175,000 indicates in Some measure the tremendous

work of mercy being carried on in thatinstitution. A new building programrepresenting an expenditure of $345,000

is nearing completion, Dr. Way Said, andonly $8,000 is lacking to pay the final expenses. Sixteen nurses are being graduated from Bronson this year. -

Dennis Strong, active layman in theLake Louise project, reported that LakeLouise was a going concern and was onits way to great things. Bishop Moore,

in speaking on the layman's work, expressed the hope that we of the northwould give the plan a chance as he feltthere was great merit in it. Bishop

Moore said that union was working better in the South than had been anticipated. Charles Brashares and P. G.Halmhuber were elected to the Jurisdictional Board of Education.

Conference Relations

The following changes in Conferencerelations were reported by Rev. H. E.Duttweiler and were passed on: Supernumery–Alvin Doten, E. D. Beynon, H.A. Cole, F. L. Hemingway, Hollis Hayes;Retired—Clyde Gearhart, John E. Som

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ers, Howard A. Musser, O. W. Trask.E. W. Halpenny, E. F. Dunlavy, H. E.Davis, William Richards, W. E. Prowse,H. A. Leeson, W. L. Jones, E. L. Morrison, Frank A. Blake; because of ill

health—George Smith, J. Harris Williams; Sabbatical leave—Ben Slates; readmission for purpose of retirementWilliam I. Francis, who was retired.

As is the usual custom, the men to

be retired were given an opportunity to

give a closing word. O. W. Trask reported that for 45 years he had servedthe church and that he joined the Conference after he had completed his schooling. Nowadays, he said, the young menare smarter, they join the Conferencebefore they go to college. He said he

was glad to have been in the ministry.E. W. Halpenny, who for 48 years served

in the church, declared the ministry tobe a great fellowship and that everybodyhad been kind to him. He recalled that

he knew Bishop Blake back in 1908 whenEdgar Blake was in Sunday School work.Mr. Halpenny presented his wife who, hesaid, is taking him to live in Hartford,Conn. H. E. Davis also told of his beginning the Christian work and how theLord had given him the opportunity topreach. William Richards remarked thathe had moved only twice in 26 years anddeclared that the days of revivals werenot over. At his last service in BelleVille he took four into membership.

Frank A.

Blake approached the day of

retirement, he said, rejoicing in the opportunities that had been his. If he had

it to do over, he would do exactly thesame, but he is not going to lie down on

the job, he asserted, but is going to carryon as a layman might. E. L. Morrisonfelt that retiring was not the happiestoccasion. He too, expressed enjoymentof the ministry and does not expect to

stop working in the cause.

Governor Dickinson was sent greetingsand regrets that he was unable to attendthe Conference as scheduled.

Minimum Salary Discussed

C. L. Calkins brought before the Conference a recommendation from the committee which would put upon the churchesthe responsibility o

f paying the minimumsalary instead of the ministers as hasbeen the custom. This proposal resultedin considerable debate in which many o

f

the ministers insisted that since the fundhad been started by the ministers themselves and for ministers, it ought to be

continued by the ministers. Others feltthat it was really a missionary project

and ought to be supported by the churches.Finally on motion of layman EdwardSmith a compromise was substituted forthe original report and carried by 111

to 93. It called for a fifty-fifty sharingof the minimum salary between the ministers and the churches. Frederick Johnston later reported that there was almostenough money in the fund to pay the

claims for this year and the fourth quarter receipts have not yet been tabulated.

Blakes Feted

First Methodist Church played host to

the farewell given in honor of Bishop and

Mrs. Blake. About 600 crowded the largedining hall in the church basement to

capacity. Merton Stevens, pastor of thechurch, introduced the toastmaster of theevening, Walter R. Fruit, who presided in

his usual humorous way. Herbert Haus

(Continued on Page 23)

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Indian Birds I Have KnownRobert L. Fleming

Birds of the Plains

HEN 'I was a youngster at ScottW ville, Grand Rapids and Holland,

and also at Albion in college days, therewere special happy moments that I delight to recall. They took place on thosebalmy spring mornings when the coldwind had gone and the maple trees werein bud as I lay in bed and listened tothe early morning bird chorus out doors.I would count the different birds I recognized. Ever since then, bird calls havehad a conscious, and sometimes an unconscious place in my life.

It was a fall morning in 1928. Ourliner had passed the outer lighthouse

and had entered Bombay Harbor. Indianpassengers had been up all night watching for the first glimpse of the shore oftheir homeland. Soon we passed theclock tower and came to anchor at Ballard Pier. The people in white on theshore, strings of garlands, half-size boxcar—it was like a dream. But what wasthat which brought me to reality? Caw,caw, caw—a thousand caws. All thecrows in Bombay must have come towelcome us. A cloud of them flew outof a tree-crows with brown heads and

breasts. And so, from that day to this,

when I wish to recall Indian villages andcities, I think of the raucous voice ofthe House Crow.

These birds are not the shy, forestcreatures of America; they are bold,

brazen. A friend of ours was studying

cosmic rays and had a tiny, expensive

bit of radium in a special tube. Suddenly it disappeared. After a prolonged andhectic search it was concluded that acrow must have stolen it. The crowwas pleased with his prize as far as thenim tree outside, but there decided thatr a di u m was for scientists only anddropped it

.

There was general rejoicingwhen the tube was recovered. At Lee

Memorial in Calcutta, the missionary

haven where windows are always open,

a crow flew off with a pair of false teeth.The lady guest, however, was too quick.

The intruder perched for several minutesabove the traffic o

f Wellington Square

but because of

the shouts and jesticulations from the window, dropped the teethand flew off. The lady guest recoveredher property undamaged.

Most of India is country and forestand here is the place where most of the2,000 different birds are found. One ofthe beautiful trees on the Indian landscape is shaped like our hard maple. It

stands alone or together in friendlygroves—the mango tree. From among

the branches of the mango tree comes a

loud, mellow “hud, hud, hud.” A tancolored bird, the size of a starling, withblack and white wings and tail, alightson the ground near by. A crest springsup from nowhere, then slowly folds backinto its head. The long, curved beakdrills into the ground for insects. The

Hoopoe hops closer and closer until he

is only a few feet away. His inspection

of

me with his beady eyes is complete

and with an undulating flight, he returns

to the mango grove. Whistler says ofthe Hoopoe that it is found in ancientEgyptian paintings and that it is thelapwing of the Bible. It was thought aslate as 1752, as illustrated by Dr. R.James’ “Pharmacopoeia Universalis” that

if one ate parts of this bird, he could

understand visions or increase his power

of memory. Anyway, the Hoopoe is a

tame, confiding bird and will not be confused with any other.

A gray bird I seldom see but oftenhear is the Common Hawk-Cuckoo. Fromthe top o

fa tall tree in the spring and

more often as the hot days wear on it is

said that this bird starts on a moderatelypitched note but the pitch rises and thetempo increases. Some think that thebird says “Oh lor, oh lor, how very hotit's getting—we feel it; we feel it; WEFEEL IT.” Others say that its words are“brain fever, brain fever, brain fever,

BRAIN FEVER.” It is only when onereinterprets the words as does StanleyJones, that the bird’s call no longer annoys. He contends that the bird says“hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, HALLELUJAH!” There were a pair ofCuckoos in a “banyan” tree last springwhen I was walking through a littlepatch of thick jungle. When the sunwas going down in the east and I washeading in the wrong direction, the

Cuckoos brought me home, so I amsecretly thankful for them, in spite oftheir “brain fever.”

One day I decided to take a picture of

a number of water birds gathered in andnear a little pond. There were reedsand a plowed field between me and mysubjects. If anyone has drawled overfifty yards of hard clods of earth upon

an uncalloused abdomen, he knows howhard the journey was on parts unaccustomed to an earthworm existence.

With the hot Indian sun on my neck,

I was more than glad to reach thefringe o

f

reeds. I tried to move quietly

but a loud crackle marked my every

advance. A squawk of alarm—the airwas filled with retreating wings. Nothingleft but a lone white egret. I hunchedup over my kodak and click! The resultwas a blur scarcely distinguishable fromthe surrounding grass. Thus ended my

one and only attempt to photograph

birds. The several species of whiteegrets are familiar birds on the Indianlandscape. They are often seen in company with cattle where they pounce upon

luckless grasshoppers which fly out to

eScape the hoofs of the animals. Thebirds also perch serenely upon the backsof the herd, ridding their hides of someOf the wild life there. Flocks of theselovely white birds wing their way overthe village at dusk. They go to theirfavorite resting-places in the tops o

f

neighboring trees. I have only seenplain birds during the winter months, so

have never observed the beautiful pinkaigrettes which these birds display in

hot weather.

The Babbler, numbering over seventy

different species, is one of the largest

families. Wherever I have gone in India, I have found some kind of babblerlurking in the wayside hedges, gardensor forests. The Common Babbler or

“Seven Sister” is found everywhere. It

is an untidy, brown bird full of its harsh“twee, twee, twee.” Babblers go about

in groups; they call in shrill alarm whenever a hawk or owl appears.

An old legend says that these BabblersWere once Seven beautiful women. It

was at

the time of the marriage of

Ramand Sita, Indian mythical heroes. Ramwished to have fine music sung a

t

hiswedding so searched his whole kingdomfor the seven most beautiful maidensWith the most beautiful voices. Seven

sisters were chosen and on the appointedday they assembled. When it was timefor the music, no one wished to begin

and each said to the other, “tu, tu,” meaning “you, you.” Their voices rose higherand higher. In the midst o

f

all thisconfusion of angry, harsh sounds, Ramappeared. He was so disappointed thathe commanded the maidens to say “tu,

tu” forever, and with one wave of hishand, he turned them into plain, littlebrown birds. As they flit about the Indian gardens, they periodically burstout into a chorus o

f “tu, tu, tus” just asthey did on Ram's wedding day. However, the Indian garden would not becomplete without the familiar voice ofthe busy Common Babbler.Woodstock SchoolMussoorie, U. P., India.

Series Totals Billion CopiesHE Famous Americans series o

fT£ postage Stamps paying honor

to the heroes of peace, the first two of

which appeared Jan. 29, will increase

the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's

average yearly output of 15,000,000,000

by 1,260,000,000, according to figures released by the Postoffice Department recently.

Origins of

the portraits of

the poetsgroup of the series also were announced.

The portrait of Henry W. Longfellow

... was engraved from a photograph, taken

in the poet's sixty-third year, furnishedby the Public Library o

f Washington,

D. C. A photograph provided by the

Library of Congress served as a modelfor the John Greenleaf Whittier portrait.

Several assists are credited for theportrait of James Russell Lowell. It

was made from a photograph of an engraving by J. A. J. Wilcox from theoriginal crayon drawn by S

.

W. Rowse

in 1855. The Library of Congress fur

nished the photograph.

The Washington Library also supplied

the photographs for the Walt Whitmanand James Whitcomb Riley portraits.Whitman is shown as he looked in 1871.

William A. Roach made all the designs.

The Longfellow portrait was engravedby Carl T. Arlt, the Whittier portrait by

Williams C. Marks, the Lowell portrait

by John Eissler, the Whitman portraitby Matthew D. Fenton, and the Rileyportrait by Charles A. Brooks.

Receipts at

the Philatelic Agency forDecember were $51,698.45. DetroitNews.

JUNE 27. 194O 21

Speaking of BooksEugene Allen

Land Below the WindMrs. Agnes Newton Keith

HE author adorns her volume withmany original drawings. She writes

all the text. She is the whole thing.

This is the $5,000 Atlantic non-fictionprize book. Its title is a literal rendering of the native Malayan term forBorneo.

Mrs. Keith is an American who marriedone of England's governmental Servantsstationed in North Borneo. Her somewhat queasy temperament is set off byher husband's self-contained nature. Sheacknowledges this and gets what amusement she can fröm it.

The book is a free-running descriptionof Borneo life. It tells a deal of the

natives and gives a realistic picture ofthe country. While much of her time isspent at government Stations, more of itis consumed by journeys of exploration

in that comparatively unknown area.

One thinks of Borneo as the land ofhunters after human heads and of Wildmen. So it used to be but it is hardlysuch now. At any rate, the author wentamongst the head-hunters and saw nothing frightful. Her story of the Flintbrothers, however, is thrilling. The savages got one of them and met with suchbloody reprisal that the villains have beendocile ever since, and that was 50 yearsag0.

Mrs. Keith's history of native Serviceand servants will prove of rich interestto lady readers. The standards of Borneoare not patterned after those of London,

Paris nor New York. There may be thesame jealousy amongst menials but it isSet in Oriental subtlety out in Borneo.Yet the author was subtle too, and gotalong with the native help amazingly.

A poignant chapter deals with a nativerun amok; one Abana was who was cruellyand despicably treated by an Englisharmy officer and who single-handed slewa score before he was destroyed.chapter gives us a fine study in nativepsychology. One cannot help pityingAbanaWas.

As a traveling companion with her husband in the interior, Mrs. Keith was adoubtful asset. He took her along, butregretfully. Insect bites and such drawbacks meant nothing to him. But theynearly consumed her. Dressed in shortsshe waded through mud and trod forestpaths protesting at every step and givingthe native guides headaches galore. ButShe insisted although she deplored thefact that rouge and lippstick were notappropriate in a slough of crocodiles andSerpents. She faced things resolutely andwas like the lady whom a Civil War general spoke of in the words: “She wouldbe a brave soldier were it not for toads,Spiders, Snakes and such.”

Yet We like the story for it is well toldand intelligently told. There are no dullspots in it. The author's resoluteness isrefreshing.

And to cap it all, she is going back toBorneo. The land has laid a spell upon

This.

her. The Orient often does. We willawait her next book with expectation.

(“Land Below the Wind,” Little, Brownand Co., Boston, 1939, $3.00.)

A Pattern for Being Free(Continued from Page 9.)

This pattern is beautifully presented

in the story of the suffering servant ofIsaiah and this pattern parallels anotherless unselfish righteousness and prosperity. It reaches its fulness in JesusChrist. It envisages a new man and a

new race. It may look impractical, impossible against the black clouds of thehorizon of the present but in the unselfish thinking of the world's most serious thinkers today, it is the way to lightand man's advance. It solves the problem of sin, man's universal problem, anddoes it without loss of respect for selfor law. It provides hope for overcoming

evil. It supplants treachery and hatewith faith and love. It removes futilityfrom man's experience with life andbreaks his slavery to false ideals. Itstirs him to high courage and develops inhim the finest and most unflinching loyalties. The Cross is the world's most Sure

and abiding source of a free Spirit inm a n k in d and in the civilization heachieves.

The Likeminded

The servant of God belongs not to thecommunity of the perfect but of the likeminded. This likemindedness originatesin an exaltation of Jesus over all. Thiscommunity has been called the “Kingdomof God.” That was Jesus' term for hisSocial ideal.

It is an order of human beings whohave accepted Christian principles uponwhich to build individual and sociallife, those who have accepted Christ. Itis based upon the free choice of God, oftruth, of way of life. It is a fellowshipof men who would promote the opportunity for every man who will to becomea son of God. It would remove the economic obsession that blinds the eyes ofmen, would restrain the fear and selfishness that cleaves men into opposinggroups. It would make more prominentin man's life the fact which common

sense everywhere perceives, that thehuman beings who grow the wheat, grind

it into flour, bake the bread and eat theloaf; that they who plant and pick thecotton, make it into cloth and wear thegarment, are more important than anything else concerned.

“God what a world, if men in the streetand mart

Felt the same kinship of the humanheart

Which makes them in the time of fireand flood

Rise to the meaning of true brotherhood.”

Christian Methods

This community of the likemindedwould establish upon the earth a Christian attitude in the life and thought ofmen, and would persuade men to useChristian methods for the Solution oftheir problems. It may look like a gigantic undertaking to work out this pattern, as it really is, but it is the mostpromising pattern for “being free” thatman and his Society has envisaged forthis world or the next.

When a mad bull got loose on the farmin my boyhood days the farmers turnedout with pitchforks and shotguns andeither brought the animal under controlor killed him. They did not stop withthis. They found ways to prevent therecurrence of this neighborhood danger.They learned how to dehorn these animals and invented other devices to preserve the peace and safety of the neighborhood. Christianity is man's best betfor bringing the wild instincts of hisnature under control and for developinga true freedom in his civilization.

Scouts Attend ExpositionORE than 15,000 Boy Scouts of thePacific Coast States will gather at

the Golden Gate International Expositionon Treasure Island, San Francisco. OnSaturday, July 6. The date has been designated as Boy Scout Day and a full program of demonstrations, ceremonies andfun is being developed under the leadership of a Boy Scouts Day Committeeheaded by Justice John F. Pullen of Sacramento, Calif., Chairman of the Region12 Executive Committee.

In a large open air amphitheatre theScouts Will put on a spectacular show oftheir own, reflecting the many usefulthings they learn as Scouts and also theirmany games, stunts and skills that keepScouting a game. This is planned to beheld in the morning.

The guests of honor will be Walter W.Head of St. Louis, Mo., President of theNational Council, and Dr. James E. West,Chief Scout Executive and Editor of“Boys' Life.” They will greet hundredsof adult Scout leaders at a luncheonplanned in their honor at the Exposition.

In the “Vacationland” Building will be

housed an exhibit erected by the NationalCouncil ShoWing the several programs ofthe Boy Scouts of America for boys ofvarious age levels, as well as the widescope of the program material itself.Troops of Scouts have been invited toman these exhibits throughout the periodof the Exposition which opened May 25

and closes Sept. 29. The Oakland AreaBoy Scout Council has again provided itsCamp Dimond as living quarters for visiting Scout groups.

A little boy harassed by his motherconstantly saying “No,” said, “I wishNo was a swear word mother, for thenyou wouldn't say it.”

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Detroit Annual Conference(Continued from Page 20)

Ser led in the singing of several of theBishop's favorite hymns.

Mrs. Raymond of Flint paid a tribute tothe Blakes and represented the laity.She commended Bishop Blake for his administrative ability, knowledge, humor,courage, generosity and his high respect

for women. The inner beauty of Mrs.Blake and the way in which she merged

her life with the interests of the Bishop

were commended. Nathan D. Rosenbluth,accompanied by Mrs. Floyd Yinger, gave

Several delightful violin solos.Henry Hitt Crane, representing the

ministers, paid tribute to the Blakes saying among other things that if there areany who do not like the Bishop it is because they do not know him, for to knowhim is to love him. Bishop Blake's leadership is rooted in the fact that he sees

what others do not see, declared Dr.Crane. And, he added, we are not going

to realize how much Bishop Blake hasmeant to us until We lose him. In behalf of the Bishop's many friends Dr.Crane gave him a check for $500.

Bishop Moore was extended the courtesy of a few remarks and Welcomed theBlakes to the south and to his area withinwhose boundaries they will reside whenthey live in their new home at CoralGables.

Mrs. Blake and the Bishop responded

after the audience had stood and applauded each in turn. Both expressed

their deepest appreciation for the finetreatment they had received while inMichigan. Bishop Blake's concluding remarks were: “We love you every one andall our people in Michigan. You're wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to me. Godbless you.”

More Business

Mr. Ernest H. Chappel of Ypsilanti waselected the Conference Lay Leader.

Superintendent J. A. Yeoman, lookingnone too strong as a result of his recenthospital confinement, was escorted to theplatform amid the applause of the Conference and extended his greetings, remarking that aside from a little tattooing onhis anatomy he was as good as ever.

Youth Presented

A number of the Detroit ConferenceYouth Cabinet were presented to the Conference and Mrs. Frank Littell, new director of youth work, explained plans forthe future. She answered various questions regarding the work and asked forthe faith and cooperation of all.

Retired Officers

The annual meeting of the retired ministers met, at which time Dr. Rice spoke.

The election of the following officers tookplace: Joseph Dutton, president; EugeneMoore, vice-president, and J. B. Wallace,secretary and treasurer.

Peace Report

Henry Crane presented the report fromthe Peace Committee, which was adopted

with a few changes. The report put theConference on record as pledging Supreme loyalty to God and vigorously protesting universal military-training foryouth as being contrary to the fundamental American traditions. Everythingcontributing to our involvement in theEuropean War was condemned, and thePresident was specifically criticized forhis statements which virtually have been

a declaration of war. The report urgedCongress to keep in session throughout

the present crisis, urged the development

of a political “peace platform” as opposed

to the platform of a “war party.” Bishop

Blake was commended for his courageous

article which appeared in last week'sAdvocate. A recommendation was made

to protect and provide for the dependents

of conscientious objectors in the eventof their arrest or execution, and localchurches were urged to set up peace

machinery.

Finances Discussed

Considerable discussion centered on thereport of the World Service and FinanceCommission which report represented anincrease over a year ago. Edward Smith,

who presented the report, explained thatthe increase was largely made necessary

because of a new arrangement which reSulted from unification and that in orderto protect the Conference benevolencesfrom reductions over last year it waseither necessary to raise Conference benevolences or lower connectional benevolences. It was finally moved and carried that a more realistic asking be made

and that it be essentially the same aslast year. The committee was givenpower to make such appropriations tothe various churches.

Area Office

The question of whom should receivefunds under the new arrangement whichcalls for a monthly remittance to benevolences from the local churches, was discussed in the closing and hurried moments of the final Session. Inasmuch asit had been previously recommended tomake the Area Secretary the AssistantTreasurer of the Conference, Several wondered what would become of the regularConference Treasurer under such an arrangment. Delmere Stubbs, who has beenConference Treasurer for Seven years, expressed his confidence at being able tofit into the new arrangement, but did notfeel that the election of an AssistantTreasurer was hardly fair to his office.

The question was put to a Vote and theproposal to make the Area Secretary As- .

Sistant Treasurer Was approved, afterwhich Delmere Stubbs felt it was advisable that he resign. His resignation wasaccepted.

Conference ClaimantsThe rate for the Conference Claimants

was established at $1.4 per year of servicewhich was the same as last year. Frederick Johnston presented a check for$22,000 from the endowment fund to theConference Claimants which represented

an increase of $1,000 over last year. Itwas decided that the rate be raised to$15 for the year 1941-42 and then to $16.

The permanent endowment fund total inprovision of $715,157 was reported whichincludes real estate, estate pledges, andannuity capital, leaving a productive fundof $552,077. With the sale of real estateand release from annuity obligations theproductive assets will be the present figure in provision.

Final Day

Sunday morning activities began witha Love Feast led by Simon Schofield, andBishop Blake preached the Sermon at themorning Worship Service. In the afternoon a Recognition Service for retiredministers, their Wives and widows washeld. Charles F. Wolfe spoke in appreciation of their services and F. E. Kuns

man responded in behalf of the retiredministers. The Consecration and Ordination Service in which Bishop Blake wasin charge followed. Miss Mary BelleStewart was consecrated Deaconess andthe young men were ordained Deaconsand Elders in accordance with Conferenceaction as indicated elsewhere in this re

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port. In the evening Bishop Moore delivered a dynamic and challenging address, after which the appointments wereread and the Conference adjourned withthe singing of Bishop Blake's favoritehymn, “Be Still My Soul.” Expressions

of appreciation were also given by theResolutions Committee commending thepastors of Central Methodist Church andall others of the Pontiac churches andcitizens of the city who had provided forthe convenience of the delegates and theSuccess of the Conference.

News From the Churches(Continued from page 14)

V. E. Kilgren and baby Ann Louise, whogo to Pentwater.

A fine representation from each pointof the circuit were in attendance. Mrs.Ted Collins had charge of the recreationand she was given hearty cooperation inevery Way.

Mr. Kilgren turned over the churchrecords to Mr. Hedlund and a fine response was given by the new pastor.

A purse of money was given to Mr.Kilgren by both Sylvan and MiddleBranch. Avondale had previously preSented a purse. *

The ladies of the circuit served ice

cream and cake and the evening closedby all singing “God Be With You TillWe Meet Again.”—A. A.

Asbury ReunionSBURY church, Detroit, held itsA tenth reunion on Saturday, June 15,

at Belle Isle. About 115 were present.

The usual greetings and renewal offriendships Started the Successful gathering of old timers. Ball games and various entertainments were going on, whileothers preferred a quiet social time.

Toward evening, all gathered aroundthe tables, and the well filled basketsWere Soon emptied, and their contentsenjoyed, along with the hot coffee and icecream supplied by the committees incharge.

The chairman, Mrs. Frank Wilkinsonof Sand Creek, Michigan, presided at aninteresting program, and many of theold timers took part.

Mrs. Sarah Maxwell, age 91, receivedbeautiful roses as a gift, being the oldestperson present. Asburyites always lookforward to this annual occasion and abigger and better one is expected next

year, under the leadership of RussellMills, the chairman for 1941.-Cora B.May.

Week Day Religious Education at East Tawas(Continued from Page 19.)

to the close at 4 p. m. TWO class groupS

come together for the last period buthave their instruction separate. At thebeginning of the school year a form issent to the parents of all the childrenconcerned, this is signed and returned tothe school, giving the parents' consent tothe release of the child for religious education.

The attendance has averaged 123 per

week and brings religious teaching tosome who are not Methodist children and

some who get no other religious training.The Work done covers the closely graded

course in Book 2 “Work and Worship inthe Church;” Studies in the “Life ofChrist.” A study in the background andcontents of the Ten Commandments as

well as memorizing of them and otherBible material. Also studies and use ofgood church devotional hymns.

The program of the year closed with apublic presentation of parts of the workdone and With the Whole group present

and participating. The parents andfriends Were invited and the programgiven was much enjoyed and many fineexpressions of appreciation of the workof the school were heard from those present. There is a strong desire that thework be carried into the higher grades ifit can be arranged.

Mrs. Shattuck has had valuable assistance through the year from Mrs. Kienholzand Mrs. Patterson, who have been constantly on the job each week and othershave come in from time to time as they

were needed.

It has been a very successful year fromevery angle and much good has been accomplished. It means the giving of timeand effort however and this, with the cooperation of the school officials and thefacilities of the church has made the

work possible.—S. A. Carey.

Adrian College(Continued from Page 11)

Hal Benner, president of the junior class.In addressing the group Mr. Rush said,“One of the most beautiful - traditionsupon the Adrian campus is the annual

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and the past.After Mr. Farnsworth received the cant

and told of its significance to the Seniorclass, Reva Neller, class secretary, addedthe colors of the class of 1940. It was

then presented to Mr. Benner who accepted the trust on behalf of his class.As everyone sang “Day Is Dying in the

West” the two classes paraded backacross the campus, bringing to a closethe traditional cane ceremony.

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General Launderers and Dry Cleaners

Also Shoe Repairing

La Measure Bros., Inc.1450 - 1540 Twenty-first Street

LAfayette 2200Learn to Remember Names; Practice on Ours

T H E FIN E S T P E O P L E IN DE T R O IT BUY F. R O M M I S T E L E

It's Selected and Tested

There’s a Reason

It’s Sheltered and Protected

3778 Customers Cared For in One Day Speaks for Itself

Northwest Yard

HOgarth 8900

Dearborn Yard

ORegon 5700

"I'd Like to Be Your Coal Dealer”

Now 9 YardsCLOSED SUNDAYS

ß:1.5 Main Order Dept.

For Better

Service

PLaza 8900

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