Dale News, Volume 4, Number 30, Dale, Spencer County, 22 August 1941 — Page 9

NEWS IN THE WORLD OF RELIGION BY W. W. REID

Haines House, not to be outdone by the adults, are buying the ship’s whistle. Others have contributed construction funds.

In addition to the base pay received by enlisted, men in the U. S. Navy, men receive additional pay for certain types of work or honors received. For example, a seaman awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross of Navy Cross, receives $2.00 extra a month; gun captains receive $2.00 to $5.00 a month extra; Mail Clerks, $10.00 to $30.00 a month extra; expert riflemen or expert pistol shots, $3.00 more a month; sharp shooters, $1.00 extra per month; divers $10.00 to $20.00 extra each month, et cetera.

In line with Japan’s policy to bring all religious ; organizations under the control of her Department of Education, the Roman Catholic Church in Japan has been granted official government recognition under the Religious Organizations Law. It has been organ-

for? Democracy cannot indefinitely maintain its vitality without Christian roots.”

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert S. Spencer, recently withdrawn temporarily from missionary service in Japan because of international tension, have been assigned by the Methodist Church to “a work of reconciliation” among the Japanese of Hawaii. Born in Japan and speaking the language fluently, Dr. Spencer is one of the most influential of Japanese-speaking missionaries and it is believed his ministry for a period in Hawaii will do tnuch toward bringing that body of people into an understanding of the Christian message. Dr. and Mrs. Spencer sailed for Honolulu on July 11.

ized much as the Protestant churches

of the empire will be organized after they have been united and held their first gneral conference. Archbishop Tatsuo Doi has been elected “Torisha” of the church by the heads of the fifteen diocese into which the church is organized. He will hold office for four years, when there will be another election. “Torisha” (or governor) is the name by which the sole head of the Protestant group in Japan will be known and he will be elected in the same manner. There are fifteen dioceses in Japan, each with a bishop. Under the new law all these heads of dioceses must be Japanese. Torisho Doi was made an archbishop by the Holy See in December 1937. The new Catholic Church of Japan had in 1939 117,769 believers, 458 priests of whom 311 were foreign, 278 brothers of whom 126 were foreign, and 1,279 nuns of whom 772 were foreign.

Defense Savings Bonds can be registered in the name of children as well as adults.

Ribbon Sandwiches Broadcast by Mary Lee Taylor, August 14, 1941

World Wide Communion Sunday will be generally observed by evangelical denominations throughout the United States, Europe, and in the mission fields on Sunday, October 5. Many communities will have union services of several churches at which time and place the communion will be administered. Some denominations, in addition, are recommending that the previous Sunday, September 28, be observed as “Parish Wide Visitation Day'' or the entire week be observed for the visitation by ministers and groups of laymen of all church members and constituents for the purpose of promoting better church attendance.

2 caps shredded

1 1/2 teaspoons bottled

dried beef★ (7 ozs.) mustard 1 1/2 tablespoons but 12 slices bread, white

ter or other

or whole wheat

shortening 24 strips American 2 tablespoons flour cheese, 3 1/2 x 1/2 x 1 cup Pet Milk 1/2 inch thick

Cook dried beef slowly in butter until edges curl, stirring frequently. Sprinkle flour over dried beef and stir until blended. Stir in milk slowly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; Stir in mustard. Let stand. Turn on oven and set at moderately hot (400° F.). Remove crusts from bread. Toast bread on one side only. Cut each slice in half. Spread meat mixture on untoasted side of bread, dividing equally. Put 1 strip of cheese on each sandwich. Place on shallow pan. Bake 5 minutes, or until cheese is slightly melted. Serve at once. Makes 2 dozen.

“Democracy rests on the theory that human beings are possessed of dignity and value—that there is something profoundly immoral in treating human being as mere means to social or personal ends”, according to Dr. Theodore M. Greene of Princeton University. “This concept is derived from the Christian doctrine of the Fatherhood of God. It is Christianity which insists that men, whatever their intelligence and background, have intrinsic value as human beings because they are the children of God. Social and political democracy is thus a secularized application of a fundamental Christian doctrine. A secular democratic society can maintain itself without explicit dependence on Christian faith as long as it can draw on its accumulated religious capital. But if it draws on this capital without replenishing it, the capital is finally exhausted. Today many people are trying to convince themselves that democracy is

The Presbyterians in Alaska are to have a new boat that wil carry the gospel message to the fishermen, the trappers, and others in isolated communities along the many bays and coastal points. Practically every church in Alaska is helping build the vessel. Juneau Memorial Church is giving a steering wheel, constructed by an expert shipwright, a member of the church. It will be inlaid with Alaskan ivory and California abalone shell. The Northern Light Church, of Juneau, is furnishing lines for the bunks, and the two Haines missionary societies will help to buy galley utensils. The 300pound storm anchor is a gift of the Angoon Church. Petersburg (Alaska,) Church is providing a first-class sevenjeweled ship’s clock; Wrangell Church will give funds for the bronze rudder and fittings; Metlakatla Church is buying a radio phone; and the children at

★If dried beef is very salty, rinse in boiling water and dry on towel before using.

worth fighting for without regard to the religious basis of human dignity, and they are not finding it easy. What, from a purely secular point of view, can they find worth living for, or dying

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