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A LOG CABIN church or chapel on the frontier dif- colonists did not have the knowledge, and lived in fered little from a log cabin home; in fact, homes often brush and bark shelters. Immigrants from the great became churches when Methodist circuit riders ar- forests of northern Europe, however, built the first rived. Built to withstand weather, time, or Indian cabins as early as 1638, and taught other colonists how attack, a number of those early log chapels and meet- to hew, square, and notch the logs, how to chink be- inghouses still stand today, some as official shrines of tween the cracks with moss, clay, or mud. So, long be- The Methodist Church. fore the American Revolution, log cabins had become All it took to build a log cabin was some trees and a standard housing on the western frontier. few simple tools—plus the know-how. The first English The earliest known Methodist log meetinghouse (no longer standing) was built bv Robert Strawbridge, an Irish colonist and carpenter, on Sam's Creek, Md., in the mid-1760s. This house, 24 by 24 feet in size, was replaced later bv a larger and better house at another

site. Bv then, it is said, Strawbridge's fervor had ac- counted for nearly half the Methodists in the colonies. Within 50 vears after Strawbridge's first meeting- house, Methodism forged across the Mississippi and pressed on through the plains, replacing logs with sod or stone. But main' of the cabins stand today—re- minders that Methodism, from humble and rustic beginnings on a long-lost frontier, always has shared the American dream.

Strawbridge's first meetinghouse in Maryland, built in the mid-1760s. gave way to a better house on Pipe Creek in 1783. Asbury credited the area with

"the first society in Maryland—and America."

Together /February 1965 McKendree Chapel, erected near Cape Girardeau, The John Evans House, near New Windsor, Md., Mo., about 1819, is protected by chipboard and canopy. may have been Robert Strawbridge's preaching place

Named for Methodism's first American-born bishop, before lie built a log church (below, left). it was possibly first west of the Mississippi. Evans belonged to the society there.

Acuff's Chapel (1786) was the first in Tennessee. The 1964 General Conference named it a Methodist shrine.

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The News: Since October, 1962, the Roman Cath- olic Church has been struggling painfully and pub- licly in Vatican Council sessions to restructure both

its inner life and its attitudes toward non-Catholics. Although progress has been great, many issues still have not been resolved. As the third session drew to a close late last November in Rome, Pope Paul VI declared that one more Vatican Council session would be convened. When it begins, possibly next fall or early in 1966, the 2,300 prelates who consti- tute the council (most of them bishops) will face The Vatican Council's third session some of the stickiest questions of the historic pro- ended toith Pope Paul's celebration of the mass ceedings. Among them are: in crowded St. Peter's Basilica. • A declaration on religious liberty. Protestants believe that an unequivocal statement is needed if dialogue between Catholics and Protestants is to be sive majority by refusing to intervene when the con- meaningful in years to come. servatives blocked a vote on a statement concerning • A declaration on the Jews. Non-Catholics—and religious liberty. He made 19 changes in the schema many of the Catholic bishops themselves—hope for on Christian unity after it had been passed by the a forthright statement that the Roman Catholic full council. And he proclaimed the Virgin Mary as Church does not hold the Jewish people responsible Mother of the Church—a title the bishops had de- for Christ's death. A preliminary declaration to this cided not to give her. effect was approved before the third session ended. "There undoubtedly was disappointment and re- • A massive schema, "On the Church in the Mod- sentment among the progressive majority," says Dr. ern World." The bishops are tackling a comprehen- Walter G. Muelder, an official Methodist observer at sive statement on a wide range of social concerns, in- the council and dean of Boston University's School cluding birth control (the preeminent problem for of Theology. "But I do not feel that it is as serious many Catholic families), nuclear weapons, and racial in the long run as some commentators have indicated. discrimination. The Pope is in the very difficult position of having to handle questions of procedure and of historic Background: As a result of actions taken at the moment at the same time." First Vatican Council, which ended in 1870, power The Pope has said that the declaration on religious came to be concentrated in the Curia, the central liberty will be brought before the council early in administrative group of the church, located in Rome. the fourth session. Now the pendulum is shifting toward decentraliza- Protestant observers seem to agree that the third tion—more authority in their own areas for the session ended on an uncertain note. Nevertheless, bishops. Just how far it will swing depends on what although there is discomfort over the Pope's ac- Pope Paul will allow. The new statement of eollegi- tions, they point out that his record in behalf of ality, which gives the bishops increased power in progressive principles is a good one. relation to the Pope and Curia, had hardly been Some observers feel that his actions at the end of hammered out by Vatican Council II when the Pope, the third session came because he felt he had to at the end of the third session, reasserted his ulti- remind the bishops of his ultimate powers. Earlier mate powers in no uncertain terms. in the session, the council had harshly criticized and During the last 72 hours of the 10-week session, overwhelmingly defeated a statement on missions, he angered and disheartened many in the progres- after Pope Paul had taken the unusual step of ap-

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peaiing at the council to ask the several levels, and for Roman Catho- gressive majority confronting the con-l bishops to approve it. Instead, they lics it now means that they are joining servatives, who hold central positions directed that it be rewritten. the ecumenical movement—although, of power. And, as Robert Doty wrote like the various Protestant denomina- in The New York Times, the final re- The Record So Far: The bishops tions, they will persist in their own sult will be determined by Pope Paul spent most of the first session in 1962 theological convictions. As the bishops learned in the waning exchanging views and exploring prob- The Roman Catholic Church, says hours of the third session, says Mr. lems. That in itself, say observers, was Methodist observer Robert E. Cush- Doty, "You cannot fight city hall, es- important and one of the aims sought man, dean of Duke University's Divin- pecially when it is called infallible.' by Pope John XXIII when he called ity School, now accepts ecumenism Dr. Albert C. Outler, an official Vatican II into session. More easily, "not as a Catholic invitation to the Methodist observer at Vatican II anc he could have issued papal pronounce- many to return to the one, but as a a professor at Perkins School of The ments to cover the changes he wanted, movement of the whole of Christen- ology, Southern Methodist University, and the church waters would have re- dom toward what Paul VI described takes this look into the future: mained much more calm. But Pope as 'recomposition in unity.' "The consequences and complica- John sought a thoroughgoing updating tions that will follow have scarcely be- of the church, and he seems to have Significance for Protestants: Out of gun to appear in the life of the Roman been convinced that it could not be the welter of council decisions—some Catholic Church, but this much is accomplished without revolutionary of them ambivalent—can any gener- certain: They will entail basic trans- thought and action by the bishops, alizations be made about what the formations and vivid confusions. Re who then would take their decisions council actions mean to Protestants? forms are always like that. Nor have home and plant the seeds of renewal Observers point to these factors: we 'separated brethren' felt the ful in every part of the world. • The very calling of the Vatican impact of a reinvigorated Catholicisrr During the second session in 1963, Council ushered in a new era of Cath- upon our traditional relations with the primary accomplishment was ap- olic history, and Protestant-Catholic them." proval of the Constitution on Sacred relations. Liturgy which, among other things, • The council has tried to avoid Methodists Believed Safe provided that major parts of the mass stating its views in such a dogmatic After Congo Uprisings be said in local languages instead of form that it would close the door to Latin [see Roman Catholic Worship: future discussions with non-Catholics. So far as is known, no Methodist; involved The New Look, page 49]. It also ap- • The council is sincere in realizing were in recent Congo blood proved increased participation by con- that ecumenism means spiritual re- shed which took the life of missionary gregations in the mass. newal—starting with itself—and that doctor Paul Carlson and others a The third session, in 1964, saw the this will be a continuing process. In Stanlev-ville. major accomplishment of the Council its decree on ecumenism, it asks non- Methodist work is centered farthe east and south, and so far—the 30,000 word constitution Catholics to forgive Catholics for the while some of th« Of the Church (De Ecclesia), which sins of erecting unreasonable barriers. church's mission stations were hare defines the nature and function of the It also says Catholics are prepared to hit in earlier disturbances, their Afri Roman Church and contains the sec- forgive non-Catholics for similar sins. can personnel is believed safe. tion on the collegiality of the bishops. • The establishment of a secretariat Dr. Carlson himself went to th< Of special interest to Protestants is for Christian unity, and the quality Congo originally under the "Operatioi the decree on ecumenism, also pro- of its leadership, headed by Augustin Doctor" program, sponsored by thi mulgated at the close of the third Cardinal Bea of Germany, reflects a Congo Protestant Relief Agency, late session, which places the Roman Cath- spirit of genuine ecumenicity. volunteering with the Evangelica olic Church squarely in the ecumen- • The Roman Catholic Church has Covenant Church. ical movement. It calls upon "all the chosen to renew itself in full view of In earlier uprisings in which Meth Catholic faithful to recognize the the world. "There's no theological odist Missionary Burleigh A. Law, Jr. signs of the times and take an active curtain," one observer remarked. was killed, the Metiiodist station a and intelligent part in the work of Many bishops have eagerly sought con- Wembo Nyama was endangered foi ecumenism." versation with non-Catholic observers. a time and captured by rebel force;

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Together / February 1 965] Walk where Jesus walked in Old Jerusalem

This is the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the old walls of Jerusalem is the Garden language" is English. There are first-class the Cross. It twists through picturesque of Gethsemane, whose venerable olive hotels, interesting restaurants, and low cobblestone streets, between ancient trees may have been growing in His day. prices. Jordan will both thrill and care walls. But the walls and the streets seem The Mount of Olives is etched on the for you in comfort. to disappear, and you are swept with the horizon. Bethlehem is twenty minutes Plan your trip of a lifetime now to his- single thought: He ivalked here too. away. To the east lies the Dead Sea, toric Jordan, the Holy Land. Remember, It is impossible to follow His path where the earliest Biblical manuscripts it's only a few hours by air from the without awe and reverence—and a sense were found. Just forty-five minutes from capitals of Europe, or by ship to the of the meaning of His journey. Jordan's capital, Amman, lie ancient Eastern Mediterranean.

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February 1 965\ Together . A report on state governors shows

13 Methodists, 8 Roman Catholics, 7l Baptists, 6 Episcopalians, 6 Presby- terians, and 10 of other denominations. j.%*.n Two of the Methodists are Republi cans, 11 are Democrats. Governors taking office in 1963 are Haydon Bums, Florida; Dan K Moore, North Carolina; and William H. Avery, Kansas; while John B. Con nally, Texas, and Harold E. Hughes, Iowa, were reelected. Methodist missionaries at Lusambo Elected between 1962 and 1964 after their rescue are (from left) are Paul Johnson, Mississippi; Edward Dr. Hughlett, Mr. Lovell, Dr. Plei- T. Breathitt, Kentucky; and John Mc- mann, Dr. Siksay, and Mr. Crowdcr. Keithen, Louisiana. Holdovers are

Frank Clement, Tennessee; J. Millard in August. Five missionaries held as Tawes, Maryland; Donald Russell, hostages for over two months, then These are the South Carolina; George Wallace, Ala- released, were taken before firing bama; and Robert S. Smylie, Idaho. streets Jesus trod, squads a number of times. One of them, the Rev. Eugene H. nearly 2,000 Lovell, wrote recently from Southern Bishop Ensley Injured years ago. Rhodesia that it was only possible to An automobile accident in Decem- get out with Congo army troops when ber nearly took the life of Methodist they went for supplies. Bishop F. Gerald Ensley of Columbus, See them while The rebels harassed the five mis- Ohio. sionaries, and left the Wembo Nyama He was driving alone near Marys- they're still the region in desolation. Villages were ville, Ohio, and was thrown into a way they were. burned and looted, and people hid in field when his car hit a patch of ice. fear of both the rebels and the Congo A tracheotomy was performed by a Everything's the same. The valley army. In addition, Mr. Lovell said, the specialist from Riverside Methodist near Nablus where the Lord spoke to plains people and the forest people Hospital in Columbus, where the Abraham. Mount Nebo from which were fighting each other. "Truly the bishop was taken for another opera- Moses first saw the Promised Land. The Via Dolorosa where Jesus trod poor Congo is fragmented, perplexed, tion. One lung had been punctured, laden down with his cross. The Garden and disturbed in many ways," he said. and six ribs broken. of Gethsemane. The Mount of Olives. The other four missionaries, who At press time, the bishop's conditio! Nazareth. It may be that the Holy with Mr. Lovell hoped to return to was still serious although he hac Lands will change soon. But it hasn't happened yet. Wembo Nyama, are Dr. William shown slight improvement. There isn't anywhere on earth his- S. Hughlett of Cocoa, Fla.; Dr. Larry torically as important as this small G. Pleimann, Lake Charles, La.; the pocket of land. You can spend seven- Anglican-Methodist Union Rev. Douglas Crowder, Randolph. teen days there on a remarkable new BOAC tour; visit Lebanon, Syria, Nebr.; and Dr. Nicholas Siksay of Backed in 3 Dioceses Egypt, Jordan and Israel. Canada. This year will be a crucial year foi think the cost is exceptionally We Jean Emambulu, head teacher of union proposals between the Britisr reasonable. The entire tour (and this the Methodist school at Katako Conference and the Church includes all transportation, hotels and Methodist meals) comes to just $1095, from New Kombe, was killed by the rebels, and of England. York. (Based on 14/21-day midweek the Rev. Pierre Ashema. Central The plan, being studied at the economy fare and double occupancy in Congo district superintendent, was giass roots by both denominations, hotels.) reported missing. Methodist Bishop Eighteen departures are scheduled got a recent substantial boost when from now to November, 1965. See your John Wesley Shungu narrowly escaped three major Anglican dioceses voted Travel Agent or mail the coupon and death when he returned to Lodja for overwhelming support. They are in- we'll send you a detailed brochure. his wife, his 10 children, and other dustrial and densely populated Liver- "1 school children there. Newcastle, the British Overseas Airways Corporation pool, Bradford, and Dept. A-250 first two providing what was seen as 530 Fifth Avenue List Methodist Lawmakers a virtual mandate for union. New York, N. Y. 10036 • MU 7-1600 will discussed in the Please send nie your brochure on the The U.S. Senate has 24 Method- The matter be Holy Land Tours. ists as members, one more than in the next lew months by several important NAME last session. The House has 70. ruling bodies in the Anglican Church, While most Methodist senators did climaxed by the all-important convoca- STREET. not have to stand for election in tions of Canterbury and York in May. CITY .STATE. November, three were reelected: Also in May, the British Methodist

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. . . and you are the cameraman. among the Japanese people. Journal; Francis B. Stevens; J. \\ The stage, a remarkably vast and Further, the church body said, the Alford, district lay leader; and Norma varied one, has been set. Now it's visits might create suspicion that B. Gillis. Jr. Mr. Alford and Nil all up to you—and the imagination Japan is armed with nuclear weapons, Gillis previously had put up rewarB you bring to TOGETHER's ninth thus heightening the danger of an money which led to the arrests c I annual Photo Invitational. outbreak of nuclear war in Asia. 11 white men who pleaded guilt I What does your lens see in this to charges of bombing churches. world of busy people doing inter- Form Advisory Council Methodists in McComb found til esting and important tasks? We'd New statement "generally acceptable," r< I An advisory council has been like to know, and we'll pay $25 ported two of their ministers. Davil for each 35-mm slide used, or $35 formed by the Methodist Central M. Ulmer and Russell J. Gilbert. for larger sizes. Jurisdiction to aid in transfers of its

Deadline is February 1, 1965, so annual conferences to the church's Monk at Northwestern U. time is limited. But you need not geographical jurisdictions. go far to find a subject. After you It plans to meet with its counter- A Buddhist monk has been a] I load your camera, be sure to study parts in the geographical regions to pointed to the newly created professo I

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Send to: Dr. Perry (left) greets Sir Senarat Gunaicardhana, Ceylon's ambassador to th

Together box 423 United Nations; M. F. de s. Jayaratna, ambassador to the United States; th ^ Park Ridge, III. 60068 Bhikku Rahula. and Bishop Charles W. Brashares at a reception for the bhikh

Together /February 196 INDEX An alphabetical index covering Volume 8 ot Together (January-De-

cember, 1964) now is available for 25c from $980 the Together Business Office at 201 Eighth Avenue, South, Nash takes you villc, Tcnn. 37203. back

university. For the past decade, lie has 1965 been at the Sorbonne in Paris. Among the guests who greeted Dr. years Rahula alter his inaugural address at the Methodist-related university were NOW A COMPLETE Bishop and Mrs. Brashares of Ann SET OF 22 Arbor. Mich., Ceylon's ambassadors to the United States and the United Nations, and Dr. Edmund Perry, head of the university's department of his- tory and literature of religions.

Each, $1.00 Negro Heads Georgia Council Lufthansa Tours of the Bible Lands. L.imin.ircd paper covers, 96 pages, In Bethlehem, you leave the 20th Century Ccncral Editors: William Barclay The Rev. Harry V. Richardson, a F. F. Bruce and turn back to Christianity's birth. and Methodist and president of the Inter- Greek and Roman churches shelter the THE NEW BIBLE GUIDES denominational Theological Center in sacred Grotto of the Manger. Close by Atlanta, is the first Negro to become No. 12: Tracts for the Times by are the Mount of Olives and the Garden Council of William McKane. Esther, president of the Georgia of Gethsemene, where you can meditate Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Lamenta- Churches. on Christ's own hallowed ground. tions, and the Song of Solo- His election was unanimous, and Now you are in Jerusalem. You walk mon. was not, the council pointed out, a streets that once knew the footsteps of Jesus and His disciples. Before you is No. 14: The World of St. John sudden effort to emphasize its con- the fortress of Antonio where Christ was by Earle Ellis. "Fourth Gos- cern about civil rights. The educator tried before Pilate. Follow the way of the pel" and Letters of John. was one of the council's founders in Cross to Calvary and the Chapel of the 1952. No. 16: Freedom of the Christian Crucifixion. Stand in awe in the Upper is a graduate of Harvard school by Brian S. Maekay. Romans He Chamber of the Last Supper. You can al- and Galatians. of divinity and holds a Ph.D. from most feel His presence. Methodist-related Drew University. For 15 days you travel to places every- No. 20: Epistle to the Hebrews one's familiar with, but few people actu- by William Barclay. Epistle to ally see. Nazareth. Damascus. The Dead the Hebrews. Church Looks at Self Sea. Jericho. The River Jordan. Beirut. Cairo and the Valley of the Kings. No. 21: General Epistles by in 'One Witness' Emphasis George R. Beasley-Murray. Why shouldn't you see them? The spectrum of concerns around Jude, James, and Peter. Lufthansa's arranged it so you can. the theme One Witness in One World Hotels, sightseeing trips, most meals, PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED was examined by Methodist district round-trip Economy jet fare are all in- superintendents and other church cluded. Even extension trips to Turkey No. 1: The Making of the Bible leaders at a convocation in Chicago and Greece, or Rome, if you wish, at No. 2: Genesis slight additional cost. No. 3: Deuteronomy, Leviticus held recently to give impetus to the Go anytime— February to December. No. 4: Exodus, Numbers, Joshuo, church's quadrennial program. Judges Incidentally, you might even make this The program's keynote is self- No. 5: Samuel, Kings trip free, as a tour conductor. You arrange No. 6: Chronicles, Ezra, appraisal by individuals and local Nehemiah a group; Lufthansa arranges all the rest. No. 7: Isaiah churches, the superintendents were See your Travel Agent. Or send the No. 8: Jeremiah, Ezekiel told. Yet, it is not to be seen as an coupon. No. 9: Hosea to Malachi No. 10: Psalms end in itself, but rather as leading to No. 11: Job, Proverbs self-realization and Christian involve- No. 13: Matthew, Mark, Luke ment in the common life. In New ^^ LUFTHANSA No. 15: The Acts GERMAN AIRLINES Testament simplicity and directness, it No. 17: Thessalonians, Corinthians Dept. TO-2, 410 Park Avenue, No. 18: Timothy, Titus is to increase sensitivity to the deeper New York, N.Y. 10022 No. 19: Ephesians, Philippians, Co- meanings of life. D Please send me details of Lufthansa's Bible Land Tours. lossians, Philemon This explanation, made by Dr. Please send me details about Lufthansa's Tour Conductor No. 22 Revelation Program. Leon M. Adkins of the Methodist Nam*? Board of Education, denotes that the 3 church must serve all in times of radi- Order from your Cokesbury Book Store cal change. There has been too much abingdon press conformity, he said, too much of con- Cty The Book Publishing Department fusing statistical records with spiritual My Travel Agent is of The Methodist Publishing House renewal, too much pride of denomina-

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together/news edition BISHOP Lloyd C. WUL;

EDITOR Mrs. Margaret F. Donaldson, 475 Riverside Drive, New York ^ Room 1924, New York, N.Y. 10027.

VOLUME it , NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY, 1965

Area PR Director-Editor To Be Hospital PR Head

Mrs. Margaret F. Donaldson, director of promotion and public relations tor the New York Area of The Methodist Church tor the past 11 years, and editor of the New Yor\ Area News Edition of To- Gl niiR since its in- ception in January, 1957, has resigned to

enter .i new field of work. She has been named to organize New Yorl^ Conference welcomes Statcn Island ministers. and direct a new de- Mrs. Donaldson partment of commu- nity relations at United Hospital in Port Staten Island Pastors Real New Yorkers Now Chester, N.Y. The hospital, 75 years old this year, serves the communities of Ma- The initials, "N.Y.," after the addresses Yonkers home of District Superintendent maroneck, Harrison, Rye, Port Chester, of their churches have real meaning for Charles L. Warren. Standing from left

and Purchase. It now is engaged in an Staten Island churches now. By action are: The Revs. Walter Everett, Albert Mil- expansion program. of the jurisdictional conference, they have ler, David Parker, Alfred Olsen, and Don- Revs. Prior to becoming director of public been transferred from the Eastern Dis- ald Kimmelman; seated: The Fred- Dr. relations for the New York Area, Mrs. trict of the Newark Conference, to the erick Hubach, Billy Sparkman, War- District of the ren, the Revs. David and Harold Donaldson served on the editorial staff of Metropolitan New York Young The Daily News, Mamaroneck, from 1943 Conference. Moser. Not present when the picture was to 1954. The last four years of that time Shown in photo, right above, nine of the taken were the Revs. John Wood and she was city editor of the Times. She also 1 1 ministers attended a reception at the Kenneth Halstead. is a former member of the contributing staffs of the New Yoi\ Times and Herald Teen-agers at Rally Tribune Sunday book reviews. She has See UN Church Center 900 served as director of fund publicity for teen- The first Methodists to accept Dr. Carl More than 900 Suffolk County Westchester Chapter of the Red Cross. Soule's invitation to visit the Church agers attended a rally of Youth Fellow- A contributor to Together and other Center for the United Nations were 150 ship members of the Long Island East periodicals, Mrs. Donaldson was the au- members of the Freeport, N.Y., Church District in the new education unit of the thor of Meet Ann Brown: She Heads Our under the direction of the Rev. Chester Patchogue Church. Missions Enterprise, which appeared on Hodgson, pastor. Shown from left in photo below are the page 47 of the January issue of Together. The group was briefed by Dr. Soule Rev. Lester Haws, host pastor: District before a tour of the United Nations and Superintendent Harrison Davis; Dana Youngsters Wield Brooms the church center. Scott of East Patchogue, district MYF Dr. Soule is executive secretary of the president; Bishop Wicke, who addressed Thirty youngsters from Broadway Division of Peace and World Order for the rally, and the Rev. Donald RacklifTe Church, Rensselaer, N.Y., took a look at the Board of Christian Social Concerns. of Cutchogue. district advisor to the MYF. the debris which defaced the streets near their church and borrowed brooms from the Department of Public Works for a thorough clean-up job. Under the direction of their pastor, die Rev. Donald H. Brandt, they swept not only the streets but also a nearby city playground. Mayor Clarence A. McNally took the hint and ordered newly painted drums to be placed in the area as litter con- tainers. The youngsters were assisted by their fathers and members of the church's board of Christian social concerns. MYF hears bishop at Long Island East District rally.

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| SHORT CIRCUIT The Rev. Garrett H. Phillips of Cal- ZJhe Simple Qo£pel vary Church, Bronx, N.Y., has had a Every now and again I hear an ancient lament from busy season. He conducted a preaching one of my friends. "If the church would only attend to mission at Meadowbrook Church, Kan- its primary business—the saving of the lost!" Or, I hear sas City, Mo., and also addressed the another disconsolate brother or sister say, "If we would North Kansas City High School students only return to the simple gospel!" and the district Woman's Society of Chris- In the first instance I take it "saving the lost" means tian Service. The new Calvary chapel was restoring misplaced items or persons to their proper and dedicated at a Christmas candlelight ser- intended relationships. I remember a famous British vice. preacher describing the loneliest and most melancholy The prayer fellowship of the Southern sight he ever saw. "A stray brick" in the middle of a District of the Newark Conference cele- busy road. It was really a lost brick. It was an object made for a worthy brated its 10th anniversary with a ban- relationship, a place in a foundation to sustain a home, a corner in a bearing quet at the New Providence Church, wall, a hundred possible uses, but in its present state lost to them all; lost where it started in 1954 with 12 men. It because it was not in the relationship for which it had been created. has grown to a membership of 150. Our Lord told some of his most effective and loved parables about life's Speaking of anniversaries, First Church, lost items. A coin that was lost, its value locked up and useless because it was Hagaman, N.Y., is celebrating its 100th; out of circulation. It was no longer effectively, actively, "redemptively" related Rexford, N.Y., its 125th; and Malta Ridge, to the market place. N.Y., its 150th. A sheep that was lost, estranged from its fellows in the fold and in dire danger of death. Its value and its worth in fleece and meat torn from the Dobbs Ferry Takes Steps shepherd and the community. To Further Ecumenicity A lost boy, a productive "hand" unemployed. A member of a team missing. A son estranged and the family circle broken with all the spiritual damage Catholic-Protestant relations in Dobbs inherent in such sundered relationships. Because of his lostness the father's Ferry, N.Y., took a forward step when house was inhabited by gloom and not by joy. the Rev. Irving A. Marsland, pastor of I agree, we should be about our primary mission, saving the lost, restoring Aldersgate Church, was invited to speak them to the Father's household. We should be saving those whom we have at the investiture of 135 freshmen at lost because of variances from the norms we have established, the privileges Mercy College. we have sheltered and not shared, the circles of isolation we have drawn. God Sister Maureen, dean, later wrote in the forgive us for having been partners in causing this lostness. college paper: "It is heartening to realize During these coming days help us return to our primary task, "saving the that Mercy College is alive in the main lost," helping restore the relationships intended by the God of our creation for stream of activity, engaging in an ecu- all the members of his family, that one child, that one young adult, that one menism of reality. . . . Mr. Marsland's oldster. Let us not assign the task to the professional in our midst, the preacher. appearance among us was more than a This is everyman's primary business who bears His Name. meeting of the minds; it was a challenge To my second lamenting friend I suggest the most important number in the to imitation of his quality, his talents, Christian lexicon, and the most powerful number in the simple gospel is the his reverence, and the Christianity of his simple number ONE. message." You, my friend, find one! Open the door for his restoration to the Christian family. Help create the conditions of welcome for him. Hospital Elects Maytrott You dislike "high-pressure programs coming down from somewhere." So do I! Yet, there is one program to which we must be obedient if we would C. Wesley Maytrott, vice-president of bear his Name. That program is forever coming down to us from our Lord. Consolidated Edison Company, was It is His ambition to find that ONE and bring him in. elected president of the board of man- agers of the Methodist Hospital of Brook- Will you be obedient? lyn, succeeding Joseph Ferry, who had Lloyd C. Wicke served since 1959. New members on the board are Albert

E. Beck, Jr., Albert C. Boye, Parker C. Harvard President Speaks at Drew tary for China and Southeast Asia, on In- Folse, Dr. Roy Nichols, Charles E. Saltz- donesia; and Dr. Stockwell, on Cuba. Dr. Nathan M. Pusey, president of Har- man, Raymond F. Sloan, and Bishop Dr. J. Edward Carothers. general secre- vard University, was the principal speaker, Prince A. Taylor of the New Jersey Area. tary of the National Division, will speak December 10, at the formal installation Mr. Ferry, a member of the board for February 24 on The Rctolution in the Na- of Dr. Charles Wesley Ranson as dean of 19 years, will continue as a member. tional Mission of Methodism. the Theological School, Drew University. College Christ Church Plans Series Marks 130th Year Vermont College in Montpelier this year Methodists in the New York area have is celebrating its 130th anniversary. It been invited by Christ Church, New York was founded in 1834 by the New Hamp- City, to attend missions programs three shire Conference anil was known as New- Sunday nights in February. bury Seminary in Newbury. Vt., the first Dr. Eugene L. Stockwell, assistant gene- Methodist school of theology in America. ral secretary in the World Division, will speak February 10 on the reorganization FEBRUARY. 1965 Vol. 9, No. 2 of the Board of Missions. TOGETHER is an official organ of The Methodist Church, issued monthly by The Methodist Publishing Miss Anne Clar\ of Valhalla, N.Y., can- On February 17 a panel will discuss ten- House. 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville. Tenn. 37203. Publisher: Lovick Pierce. didate of Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn. sion spots in missions overseas with the N.Y., "Miss Student contest, following participants: Miss Marguerite for Nurse" Subscriptions: $5 a year in advance, single copy 50 is fltin/ycd by runners-up Miss Susan Bauer Deyo, executive secretary of work in four cents. TOGETHER CHURCH PLAN subscriptions through Methodist churches are S2.52 per year, cash West Hills, N.Y., Church, left, and Miss African countries, who will speak on Rho- in advance, or 63 cents per quarter, billed quarterly. Linda Jacobs of F.lmont, N.Y., at right. desia; Hugh N. Lormer, executive secre- Second-class postage has been paid in Nashville, Tenn.

A-2 Together /February 1965 — needs 1,200 new ministers each year retire, ist to replace those who die or i, /\Hollvwoorl

Troy Seeks 'Builders' Boy With a Vision Sparks Church Renewal \ church Builders' Club is being organ- ized in the Troy Conference to enlist Led by a boy with a vision, a group of persons will agree to pay 510 $,000 who teenagers from the youth fellowship ot on call, .i <>l twice a year, maximum the Williston, Vt., Federated Church toward the purchase ol sites or construc- worked mam weeks last summer and tall tion of new churches. to bring a crumbling, abandoned church Each church h.is been asked to enlist back to lite. from three to 50 persons, depending upon In February, 1833, the Burlington Free the si/e of the membership, who will eon Press carried the following news item: tribute .i total of $30,000 for each appeal. "The edifice lately erected in Williston The drive was authorized List May, .it tor the use ot the Congregational Church the annual conference, and each pros- .\nd Society in that place, was solemnly pective construction project will be ap- dedicated to the spiritual worship of the by the superintendent of the dis- proved ." Triune God . . trict and the executive committee of the For the next 66 years, the Congrega- conference Hoard of Missions and Church tionalists worshiped in the brick, Gothic- Extension. style building but by 1899 it had become

a financial burden ,\n<.\ the congregation New Honzons moved in with the Methodists. From 1899 to 1964, the structure was Methodists in Piscataway Township, left to the ravages of time and itinerant MYF clears debris from the church. N.J., are holding services in their new pigeons. By last spring it was facing com- sanctuary on Hoes I. .me. New Market. plete collapse. Then a boy named Mark

The cornerstone was laid for the new Hutchins looked at it and saw a vision. faith that in the early days when one

Trinity Church, Windsor, Conn. Robert He saw it as it must have looked 130 group was shoveling debris out of the

Filkins, building committee chairman, is years ago and he saw it as it might be- sanctuary, another group was building a

shown in photo below, right, with trowel come if he could interest fellow members sign for the front lawn. in hand, under watchful eyes of District of his MYF. The old pulpit furniture was found and Superintendent Wilfred Hansen, and the It took more than interest, however, and a pump organ installed. A can of gold- Rev. Garfield H. Thompson, pastor. the teen-agers' first job was to obtain tools colored paint was obtained for the cross, The Mechanicville, N.Y., Church set a and materials to go to work. the sign, ami the chandelier. Two-thirds goal of $40,000 for renovations and pur- Help poured in from many sources of the money was used to make the walls chase of adjacent land—and raised $56,000. many of them unexpected. A newspaper and steeple structurally sound. In October "Start at the top and work down" story brought $50 from a Jewish couple there was still much to be done, but it might be the slogan at East Pearl Street and $100 from an anonymous donor. A was ready for its first vesper service. Church, New Haven, Conn., in photo be- local resident gave $500 in memory of his One of the young workers later wrote,

low . center. father. "A lovely sound filled that old church . . . Painters recently went to work on the The story reached the president of the God was being worshiped in his own church in the new Fair Haven Parish. Stravgn Wallpaper Company, in Boston, house again." The New York Conference has contrib- along with a sample of the ancient wall- An older member of the congregation uted $25,000 from Urgent Needs funds to paper. He offered to reproduce it and fur- voiced the reaction of the community. finance extensive renovations which will nish enough for the sanctuary. A grocer '"The dominant emotion," he said, "was include a remodeled sanctuary and new volunteered his time and enough glass to admiration with a sense of awe that the gymnasium. replace 153 panes in each window. A work was sparked by those kids." The congregatiaon at Latham, N.Y., member of the Shelburne Museum staff When Mark first had his vision, he unanimously approved plans for a new gave advice about features which should wrote his pastor, "If we don't act now, one sanctuary for which a $105,000 fund cam- be preserved. more landmark will fall down and one paign will soon be launched. The youngsters had more than tools, more part of Williston will die." A new sanctuary is being constructed materials, and money, however, and with- Whatever the future holds for Williston by Fisher Church, Schenectady, N.Y. out that essential ingredient, the job could and its historic church, one thing will Members of Albany Street Church, Sche- not have been done. They had so much surely never die: the memory of the dedi- nectady, N.Y., are remodeling their educa- cated teen-agers whose labors brought an tional unit. abandoned church back to life. The Nancy Gene Purick education wing in Smithtown, N.Y., was dedicated with Dr. Norman Edwards, as guest preacher. Shown in photo below, left, from left are: Miss Dorothy Fisher, youth minister; Pas- tor John Rardsley; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Purick, parents of Nancy, for whom the wing was named; and Dr. Edwards.

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to/# Mrt itar/ Methodist Activities in Area

Herbert Steel serves a roast-beej dinner to Methodist Men President Fred Tannler, at Simpson Church, Amityville , N.Y. Pro- Dr. and Mrs. Edgar N. Jackson, left, were welcomed back to the Mamaronec\, N.Y., ceeds helped refurbish pastor's study. Church after a year's sabbatical leave, by Mrs. Charles L. Warren, and A. E. Tuttle.

Chaplain Roy M. Terry and Mrs. Terry, of the New York Conference, are pictured at a breakfast in Tokyo honoring armed forces members on the U.S. Olympic team.

Above are visiting members of the New Concord, Ohio, Presbyterian Church and their hosts, the MYFers at Simpson Church, in Amityville, N.Y., with the Rev. Stan- ley O'Lough/in, from Ohio, left, and the host pastor, the Rev. lames L. White, right.

Dr. Norman Hall, center. Police Associa- Croup of non-Methodist clergymen from 'New Yor/y City attend clinic at Methodist tion chaplain, leads Protestant policemen. Hospital of Brooklyn, In center of photo are Miss Edith Roberts, who is director of of Suffolk County, into First Church, nursing, the Rev. Keith Keidcl presently as resident chaplain at the hospital. Amityville. NY., for a communion service. and , serving

A-4 Together /February 1965 needs 1,200 new ministers each yeai just to replace those who die or retire, and another 1,200 for the church ade Hollywood quately to serve a growing population. Fewer than 000 persons a year (Ni- ter the Methodist ministry, the bishop Knickerbocker pointed out, and the education level THE Methodist Operated ol in.ui>' has fallen below that ol the FAMILY HOTEL i No Alcoholic ^ Children Under 14 Methodist constituency. There are six IN THE Beverages In Same Room FREE times as many pastors, including HEART OF supply, today who are not seminar) HOLLYWOOD. FREE Overnight Parking graduates as there were in 1000. * Heated Pool * Superb Cuisine * American and European Plan 39th in Giving Methodists • Special Rates For Tours And Conventions More than $2.85 billion was given Disneyland, Airport and Tour Bus Terminal last year by churchgoers ol H Prot- • • • 5-31 71 estant denominations, says the Nation- 1714 N. IVAR HOLLYWOOD 28 CALIFORNIA HO al Council ol Churches. On a per eapita basis. The Method- i ist Church witli 10.3 million members, i\iti umiii DE MOULIN stands 39th with $59.60, while sev- AND MORE! IT'S EASY, FAST! ROBES eral ol the smaller denominations For Your Club or Group Designed willi grace and Ixrad the list. Your group can raise all the money it needs dignity in your selection easily, quickly, without lecosttoyou! I'll First is the Free Methodist Church send your group a supply of my assorted of the finest materials ;- luxurious Prayer Grace Napkins in and beautiful eolors. (53,601 members) with $358.17 per advance. Exquisite designs and agraceful.thankful Masterfully tailored. capita; Wesleyan Methodist Chinch prayer texts set mood at meals. Have 10 members Sensibly priced. Write 38,194 members) with $264.20; and each sell 20 packages; keep $50 for your treasury, send me balance of proceeds. for free catalog and Pilgrim Holiness Church (30.453 Never Spend lc of Your Own Money swatches. State name Take up to 60 days; we give credit on nap- of church and pulpit members) with $237.93. pprr kins. You risk nothing to try my amazing i«tt tested plan, used by over 100,000 groups. or choir type. The per-member amount of $69.87 Rush your name and address now for details of my Plan which brings you FREE SAMPLES! De Moulin Bros. & Co for all causes in the 41 denominations fast cash for your group, sent free, no 1103 4th St. obligation whatsoever. Write today. RUSH NAME & So. i eporting is an inerease of $1.11 over Anna Elizabeth Wade, Dept. 762BC. Lynchburg, Va ADDRESS NOW! Greenville, Illinois the previous record set in 1962.

TRAFCO Plans New Programs WESLEY MANOR OF FLORIDA Because of the growing importance winner of top National Award for 1964 of mass communications to the church. Methodism's Television, Radio, and Film Commission expects to produce an increasing number of religious pro- grams for radio and television. As TRAFCO recently organized for the quadrennium, it presented plans for five new radio series. These include a late night conversation program, a series to help mothers "answer ques- tions their children ask," interviews seeking to demonstrate the relevance of faith in today's world, a series on laymen who have taken stands on spe- cific issues, and a music-news-inter- view program. Released early in January was a sec- ond series of Breakthru television pro- grams for children. A five million dollar surburban community accomodating 300 retirees located The six half-hour programs have a on an arm of the picturesque St. Johns River. Here, complete care, including different somewhat format from that medical, is available in beautiful surroundings for congenial people over the used in the first series. A combination age of 62. Full information is available in our free multicolored brochure. of courtroom drama and discussion is used. Featured is a team of three idea SEND THIS challengers, and three idea defenders. NAME. A jury of eight children decides which team did the best. The youngsters dis- COUPON IN ADDRESS. cuss issues which many adults have not resolved. TODAY/ CITY The commission also approved an oo~ STATE 5,000 expansion of its headquarters and studios in Nashville, Tenn. MAIL TO FLORIDA Dr. Harry C. Spencer, reelected WESLEY MANOR OF general secretary, expressed pride that JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32223

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February l 965\"Together // !

most other denominations in its recog- board Committee in Nashville, also

nition of the importance of communi- reviewed a new occupational data file Give Your Church cations in our society," but added that being prepared for district superin- "we still have a way to go before tendents and others interested in the Methodism recognizes the tremen- vocations field in The Methodist THIS MEMORIAL dous significance of communication." Church. He pointed out the challenge to the Other speakers were the Rev. Wil- ABOVE church presented by such newly de- liam T. Stephenson of Dallas, Texas, veloping techniques as the satellite who reported on a laboratory study of communications system and pro- vocations in a Dallas church; and the \l ALL! grammed learning. Rev. Fred Cloud, youth publications K Bishop Aubrey G. Walton of the editor also of Nashville, who discussed Louisiana Area was elected president use of resources. A Ringing Tribute! of the commission. The conference reviewed changes in the 1964 Discipline, affecting Chris- Loving! Motivation a Must, tian vocations, as approved by the last Living General Conference. Vocations Leaders Told Las tins:! Keep telling men to dig holes and they will quit. Explain the purpose of Methodists in the News the holes and they will keep working. Like such men, Christians need to Superior Court Judge Donald A. engage in a new quest for meaning to Odell of Pasadena, Calif., received recover their lost sense of vocation. the Bishop Gerald Kennedy Award, This assertion was heard by 75 presented yearly to an outstanding Methodist leaders in St. Louis recent- layman of the Southern California- ly. The Rev. Ralph E. Peterson, a Arizona Conference, for his more Lutheran minister who put Christian than 30 years of dedicated service to vocation into perspective for the The Methodist Church. group, is director of a new ministry, vocation, and pastoral services de- Robert B. Anderson, former secre- partment of the National Council of tary of the Treasury under President Churches. Eisenhower, was named to head The Meeting under sponsorship of the Cathedral Thousand, a group of 1,000 Methodist Inter-board Committee on men, each of whom pledge S 1,000 a Christian Vocations, the group con- year for support of nondenomination- sidered recruitment for full-time ser- al Washington Cathedral in the na- Memorial Bells by vice in the church as well as the tion's capital. Schulmerich!® What a philosophy of vocation for all Chris- uniquely wonderful way tians. It was the first time annual con- Dr. Tai Son Park, former Methodist to remember a loved ference chairmen of Christian voca- Crusade Scholar, has been inaugurated tions had been brought together on a as president of Yonsei University in one! And surely your national basis. Korea, one of the largest Methodist- church would appreciate Methodism has reached a plateau related schools overseas. receiving these pure- in recruitment for professional church toned Schulmerich bells careers, the Rev. Richard H. Bauer of O. D. Jacoby, Methodist layman as a ''living" reminder, Nashville, Tenn., told the chairmen. and retired banker of Oakland, Calif., is executive secretary of the In- received the Order of the Pacific, high- too. As a gift from you, He terboard Committee. est award of the University of the ... in your own name Christian vocation is a matter of Pacific, Stockton, Calif., for his 50 . . . while you are here "using our gifts to realize God's total years of service as trustee and regent. to give! Appropriate purposes," Mr. Peterson said. "Even- plaque, if desired. Inex- Christian is called to full-time service Mrs. C. A. Bender. Leonia. N.J.. pensive! Write for infor- in Christ's name, and professional min- official Board of Missions observer to isters are needed within the church the UN, received an honorary doctor mation. ©Trademark. to build it up and to prepare laymen of laws degree from West Virginia for their ministry," he continued. Wesleyan University at Buckhannon. Too often, he said, recruitment is based on emergency and fragmentary Dr. William C. Finch, former dean

measures, whereas it should be tied of Vanderbilt University divinitx in with the life and mission of the school, becomes 15th president of church. Methodist-related Emory and Henry Good sources of ministerial candi- College, Emory, Va. He succeeds Dr. dates may be Peace Corps volunteers Earl G. Hunt. Jr.. elected a Methodist who have completed their terms and bishop last year. young adults changing vocations, he SCHULMERICH added. Charles C. Parlin. Methodist layman CARILLONS, INC. Another speaker told the confer- and a president of the World Council SISS CARILLON HILL • SELLLRSVILLE, PA. ence chairmen, mostly ministers, that of Churches, was one of seven Prot- At tho World's Fair, hoar the Schul- estant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, merich Bells ring out from the Prot- die average young person may change estant and Orthodox Center. careers as many as five or six times and Jewish leaders given degrees dur- these days. The Rev. Arthur Hopkin- ing the 200th anniversary celebration son, associate secretary oi the Inter- at Brown University, Providence, R.I.

12 Together / February 1965 —

patjr tht exprettioi I'.W \\ H\ I / a for

Who Will Fill Our EMPTY PULPITS?

By WALTER IV. BENJAMIN, Professoi ol Religion, Momingside College

OLOOM HANGS HEAVY over Methodist Con- and little attention to broader, deeper concerns ference boards of ministerial training and seminary especially when newspaper headlines blare that auto- admissions committees. Recruitment of young men mation, civil rights, poverty, and the "warfare state"

for the Methodist ministry is a critical problem. are the white-hot issues of our hour. Ministerial Danger signals have been flying for some time: recruitment is hurt by a residual stereotype of long- Fewer men are entering the ministry than before faced and sterile Puritan moralism, which convinces

World War I; we cannot fill our quota of military students only that the church is lost in irrelevancy. chaplains; we have 1,000 fewer missionaries today 3. Deserving congregational sons who commit than in 1923. themselves to the ministry should have financial Signs everywhere point to a disenchantment with support. While millions are being spent for the bricks the pastoral ministry. Preliminary reports from a and mortar of retirement homes, hospitals, and Lilly Foundation Seminary Study indicate that only ornate sanctuaries, the dollars that would keep a 33 percent of men now in seminary visualize them- Methodist pre-theological student from dropping out selves serving a local church 10 years hence. A of school or from ecclesiastical moonlighting in a former seminary president finds very few "competent traumatic pastorate are wanting. Lutheran and and committed" students in training, while he sees Episcopal churches follow their budding pastors a growing percentage of those committed but in- with financial substance as well as prayer! competent, or both uncommitted and incompetent. 4. Lift the yoke of trivia from your pastor so that

Many students are disillusioned with Methodism, his image is enhanced. The sons of middle-class which they find a homogeneous, white, middle-class Methodists—teachers, doctors, engineers, lawyers, church cut off from the realities of life. The supposed businessmen, farmers—will not view positively a appeals of higher ministerial salaries, better church calling that is emasculated by chores of mimeograph- plants, more elaborate parsonages, and added status ing, hat-in-hand financial pleading, and floor-sweep-

promise little hope of eradicating their hostility. ing. Pablum-like sermons and hit-and-miss confirma-

What can the layman do to reduce the antipathy tion sessions result if ministerial "mahogany" is used

of young people toward the ministerial calling? Here for "kindling wood." Help your pastor to put first are a few suggestions: things first—preaching, teaching, reading, writing, 1. He should seek to understand the mysterious counseling, serving the community—so that the metamorphosis that takes place between the carefree image of his vocation takes on new stature in the MYF high-schooler and the anxious, college-sopho- minds of youth. more "adult." College experience does not alienate 5. Request and support programs of serious theo-

the student from the church; it only makes visible logical instruction. Confirmation classes should run an existing estrangement at a time when a student at least one if not two full years. The best teachers is desperately trying to find himself. should be assigned to senior-high classes. These In college there is a "shaking of the foundations," teachers, together with MYF counselors, should meet a loss of innocence, which transforms youngsters into with the pastor for theological discussion, outlining anxious, probing, doubting adults. Many a parent reading programs and lesson preparation. does not understand the psychological world of to- 6. Send key college students significant paper- day's student, with its legitimate rebellion, anxiety, backs by such writers as Reinhold Niebuhr, Bishop and cynicism. If such an adult mouths such shallow John A. T. Robinson, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, William cliches as "Don't worry, everything will turn out all Hordern, C. S. Lewis, Robert McAfee Brown, and right in the end," the estrangement only deepens. Paul Tillich rather than devotional tracts. Short sub- Today's sophisticated students are hungry for scriptions to such outstanding journals as The Chris- meaning. They ridicule "boneless sermons stewed tian Century, Christianity and Crisis, and Christian in cream" and literally interpreted Bible stories that Advocate will elicit student response. remind them of primary-department play. They 7. Finally, every Methodist should have a com- hunger for theological interpretation, not pietistic mitment to the basic integrity and glory of the pap. ministerial vocation. A motto above the fireplace in 2. Encourage your pastor to exercise a prophetic a Catholic home reads: "We thank thee, O Lord, ministry concerning the great social issues of our that this family has been granted the privilege of time. Students react positively toward the ministry sending a son into thy holy priesthood."

if they see their pastor struggling with 20th-century Any Methodist layman who cannot assent to this Goliaths, not tilting with Lilliputians. Respect for conviction concerning his own son or daughter

the ministry hits rock bottom when there is incessant should neither wonder nor worry about the possible carping against smoking, drinking, and swearing, demise of our Wesleyan heritage.

r ebruary 1965\Together 13 NEW DIRECTIONS NUMBER 5 in a Series CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Despite rocketing national population, Methodist church schools

in recent years have reported smaller enrollments, wavering attendance.

A leading professor of Christian education sees these hard facts as symptoms

of a deeper illness: institutional irrelevance. Here he proposes

12 starting points for an impact-ministry on future decades.

By GRANT S. SHOCKLEY

Professor of Religious Education, Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, 111.

tlGHT YEARS AGO, Dr. Wesley Shrader of the population growdi, but also have shown numerica Yale Divinity School faculty wrote an article which be- losses. If this trend should continue at present rates came a storm center of discussion. His subject: Our averaging about 1 percent each year, the churcl Troubled Sunday Schools. It was a scathing critique of school could become obsolete in less than a generatioi religious education. Loudly and clearly, it character- as an effective agency of nurture and outreach. ized the American Protestant Sunday school as "the Methodist church-school decreases are reflected ii most wasted hour in the week." each age-group. Dr. Mary Alice Jones, formerly di A statement like that, when church-school atten- rector of the department of Christian education o dance was at an all-time high, was bound to stir con- children, reports diat among children up to age 1: troversy. The tenor of the reaction ran the gamut, from "the percentage of increase has been declining sine* the "bravo" of skeptics who had quit Sunday school 1955. In 1960, we passed the zero mark on the de to charges of "irresponsible" from its guardians. Today clining scale, and it became a definite minus." the Yale professor's indictment still haunts us, though The situation in die Youth Division is also a cause in different form. for concern. A report to the 1964 General Conference Dr. Shrader had found the church schools of 1957 concerning Mediodist membership found diat die well attended but a waste of time. Now the situation youth membership in the church school increased IS is reversed. Current Methodist statistics reveal losses percent from 1950 to 1960. Yet in die total U.S. popu- in both enrollment and attendance. If Dr. Shrader was lation, diis group (ages 12 to 21) grew 27.4 percent. more iconoclastic than helpful in his observations, it The report, prepared by Dr. Earl D. C. Brewer, also may be true that his critics misjudged the dimen- went on to note that the percentage of Methodist sions of the situation they so quickly defended. youth population has steadily declined, from 5.2 per It is time we evaluated the facts for what they actual- cent in 1950 to 4.8 percent in 1960. Since 1960 there ly mean rather than for what we wish they meant. have been further decreases. There is no question about the decline in church- Turning to the adult division, we find that member- school enrollment and attendance. Moreover, this de- ship increased from 1950 to 1960 twice as much as the cline has occurred during a period of serious efforts to increase in United States adult population. Since 1960. improve the quality of a religious education! however, there has been a decline in total adult mem- bership. Between 1960 and 1962 it was 6.3 percent, and Some Hard Facts in 1963 it was 2 percent. In recent decades, until about 1959, Methodist This is not the full picture. These statistics are more church-school membership grew more rapidly than alarming in the context of other trends. In die chil- the United States population. Since 1960, however, dren's division, for instance, this decline comes during both enrollment and attendance not only have trailed die period of the highest birth rate in U.S. history.

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1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964

i 10 years U.S. papulation rose 18.19 percent—from 161,884,000 to 191,334,000. But Methodist hurch schools failed to keep pace. Enrollment climbed from 6,574,577 to a 1959 peak of 7,154,254, then

II to 6,768,170 in 1964—a 10-year gam of only 2.94 percent. Average attendance went up from 3,384,513

i 1954 to 3,745,435 m 1961 but sagged to 3,676,717 last year—an 8.63 percent gain in 10 years.

Latest official Methodist statistics show that, dur- tional irrelevance. If the teaching agency of the church

lg 1963-64, church-school membership decreased 69,- is to have a continued vital existence, the church must 94 in enrollment and 8,332 in average attendance. reexamine its purpose and mission. It must respond in a relevant way to an emerging culture that is the Declining Attendance product of an unprecedented rate of social change. A serious aspect of the critical state of the church Christian education, to be pertinent today, must deal -hool is its declining attendance rate. Two facts realistically, knowledgeably, and helpfully with the tand out. First, the over-all picture of Methodist problem of living in an age of electronics, automation, hurch-school attendance resembles the national Prot- and space. Its lack of contemporaneity, sophistica-

stant picture. Attendance in a typical church school tion, and appropriateness is the crux of the problem verages between 50 and 55 percent of the emoll- of our declining church-school statistics. ient. Second, since 1961 there has been a noticeable rop in attendance, especially sharp in 1963. The Role of Family The implications in this are crucial for several Our educational ministry to families must be re- masons. There is a definite correlation of church- thought in terms of new social realities. Since the .hool growth with average attendance. The growing turn of the century, the family has been playing a hurch schools are the ones with increasing attendance decreasing role in the religious guidance of children ates. There also is a correlation of church membership and youth. This function, together with many others, ith average attendance. Six out of 10 persons who has been transferred almost entirely to the church ecome full church members do so through the church school. Many families viewed the rise of "active" chool. And persons actively involved in the life of religious education programs in the churches in much he local church are far more likely to retain their the same manner that they viewed the coming of the elationship and remain active. laundromats. Church schools become laborsaving de- vices for religious training, though this was never their What Does This Mean? intended purpose. These decreases in church-school membership and Many parents have given up any significant re- ttendance are symptomatic of a deeper illness which sponsibility to complement the church's ministry, and

fflicts the church as a whole. That sickness is institu- far too many spend no time themselves deepening

sbruary 1 965\Together /5 HH^^^H )

biblical and religious knowledge. While their children Two of die basic demands this situation raises are are in church school, they too often are pursuing a for adult leadership and church acceptance. There parallel social life quite unrelated to Christian paren- are entirely too few effective adult leaders with youth] tal responsibility. and the churches, for the most part, are not geared td As a result, most Protestant education for the past realistic, dynamic, future-oriented programs for youth. two generations has been limited to one or two hours Dialogue and reconciliation in a community of accept a week. This limited amount of formal Christian tance, concern, and faith are goals that must be sought. guidance, often mediocre and sometimes ludicrous, becomes the child's religious educational foundation. Adults: Reeducation Required This is not often remedied in the teen years. Drop- Hopefully, the education of youth, caught in the outs begin their trek early in this period, as is evi- maelstrom of recent changes, will not be too difficult. denced by the usual sharp decline in attendance at the This will not be the case, however, with adults. The Sunday morning sessions of the church school. This massive problems of our rapidly changing society are vicious cycle is completed when the dropouts return bringing traumatic experiences upon adults from twe directions. They not only must help youth to face these changes constructively, but they also must master thi- transition themselves. For their background and edu "Christian education, to be pertinent today, cation are to a great extent of a prenuclear, precivil rights, and pre-new-morality vintage. must deal realistically, knowledgeably, and Gale Jensen, professor of education at the University living in helpfully with the problem of an of Michigan, makes this point abundantly clear. "For age of electronics, automation, and space." the first time in the history of civilization,'' he declares, "the time span of dramatic cultural change has been telescoped into less than a lifetime of an individual. The current generation of mature adults now repre to church (if they ever do) as young parents and are sents the first generation faced with managing a prevailed upon to teach a class "because we need you culture different in kind from the one originally trans desperately." Even if leadership training is available mitted to them." as preparation, too many of these persons teach out of a biblical and theological orientation which comes Where Do We Begin? from their own skimpy preconfirmation years in church Redesigning die church for an impact-ministry upon school, possibly shaped by inadequate teachers who the ensuing decades will involve a genuine reappraisal were pretty much victims of the same situation. of its sociocultural setting, and a depdi reassessment of its whole ministry from die standpoint of a teaching Youth: New Approaches Needed mission. Study and observations lead me to make these Pertinent Christian education for youth today must 12 proposals as starting points in diat direction: be alert to other dangers—and opportunities. 1. The church must reproject its image of education It is estimated that young people under 25 will through a new relationship to the church school. It constitute about half of the total U.S. population by must be a relationship in which die church school is the end of this year. seen more clearly as organic to die entire life and work In just five years (by 1970), the high-school popu- of the church. lation will reach at least 15 million. Teen-agers now 2. The unfortunate term 'local" church should be figure more prominently than ever in the national discontinued. The church should come to diink of economic picture, with their gross spending at about itself as a center of Christ's redemptive power rather $15 billion annually. The adolescent has created a than as a locality. Neidier die building nor location vast new market that is being astutely exploited. of the church should obstruct its essential purpose of Youth experiences and activities increasingly are serving as an operational base for the community becoming "adult" much earlier. Senior highs and an of faith which is alternately gathered for refreshment increasing number of older junior-high girls are marry- and then scattered for service as Christ's disciples in ing. One third of these marriages become working- the world. couple unions, and many of the young husbands are 3. The church must become discontented with a "moonlighters." Divorce rates in this age group far limited and static ministry to a relatively homogene- exceed the national average. ous "clientele." Both its organization and program must

Automation has profoundly affected the youth situa- recognize the new and insistent social realities in its tion, and so far has taken away many jobs faster than midst. It must develop more effective approaches and retooling and replacements can occur. High-school activities, both within the church fellowship and out-

dropouts are increasing while jobs for unskilled labor side it, to implement its mission to persons in every

( the only kind available to non-high-school graduates condition. The number of contacts is die key to oppor- are steadily decreasing. tunities for the church school to present die claims of Young people also have been affected by the con- the Gospel. temporary sexual revolution. There is evidence of Concretely, this suggests better utilization of cur- increasing uninhibited sexual activity among American rent ways—and devising new ways—of reaching per- youth as early as the junior-high-school years. sons. We live in a communication-dominated era.

16 Together / February 1 965 Mure than 95 percent ol the total U.S. population is the church famil) sees its mission as a redemptive ami accessible by radio, and at least 60 percent ran be transforming fellowship. Parents must be taught to readied by television. Religious educators must take communicate those qualities ol Christian faith and life these outlets more seriously and through them develop that will help growing persons to cope with life in an more teaching-learning experiences. We also need to increasingly mature way. work harder at our educational ministry to persons too 7. The ecumenical effort must he taken more serious- distant to attend church school regularly —homebound, ly by the school of the chinch. Children, youth, and shut-ins during severe weather, persons in the armed adults need to know that the true church exists wher-

forces, and students. ever the- spirit ol the Lord is present, where two oi 4. Through creative educational evangelism, the three are gathered in Christ's name. United or inter- church must close the gap between the church-school denominational work needs more sympathetic inter- population and its corresponding unchurched popula- pretation and leadership. The children of our genera- tion. Data provided by the National Council of tion ought to be prepared for membership in one Churches "assigns" The Methodist Church, according church as well as one world.

to its numerical strength, responsibility for 5 percent 8. Religious educators should share increasingly in of the U.S. population, or approximately 3.3 million dialogue with specialists in all fields of knowledge unchurched persons. This objective is particularly which may have value for Christian teaching. Such urgent in view of declining numbers of churches in dialogue increases opportunities for learners in the the last 20 years, in both central city and open country church school to integrate religion with life. areas. Public-school children in grades one to three are Methodism must return with greater purpose and learning how others live. The teacher can relate this strength to the inner city. It needs to strengthen its to material, in the new Methodist children's studies, ministry to the vast majority populations there. And for example, on basic Christian concepts in human re- we need more outpost church schools in suburban, lationships. Youngsters in the sixth grade are studying exurban, and rural areas. about the life of Northern Europe. This can be re- That phase of the "Neighborhood 1 Program" in called in church school with units on the Reformation which members of churches each pledge a year of and the subsequent rise of Methodism. service to help establish a new church is a feasible (Time magazine reported that the Massachusetts technique to implement this idea. Council of Churches was studying "a plan to tie in 5. The church school must reexamine its concept of Sunday-school lessons with subjects being taught in parish boundaries and community responsibility with public schools at the same time, so that a study of a more sensitive view toward inclusiveness. Whether Paul's travels . . . could draw on the familiarity of a in the city, in the country, or in between, parish world geography course.") boundaries should be drawn to encircle areas needing Another exciting method coming into wider use in redemption rather than strictly around ethnic, eco- religious education is the "documentary" approach, nomic, or educational segments of population. Meth- whereby junior and senior-high students read the odism can no longer afford to ignore any restrictive Bible, other original religious documents, and creeds local policy that threatens the basic principle of in- as the basis for a discussion. clusiveness, which is germane to the Christian mission 9. Recent judicial decisions pertaining to prayer and and inseparable from Methodist evangelistic history. Bible-reading in the public schools vitally affect church education. In effect, they strip away the spurious facade of a Protestant ethos, which Protestant families mistook to be a more meaningful educational device "There are entirely too few effective adult than it ever was or ever could have been. Rather than interpreting these decisions leaders with youth, and the churches, for the as negative and narrow readings of the First Amendment, we most part, are not geared to realistic, should view them as a clear call to more responsible dynamic, future-oriented programs for youth." action. They are in keeping with the pluralism in the nation's religious situation today. They encourage an atmosphere of respect for historic and contemporary religious traditions and permit their inclusion in the 6. Education for Christian family living must be curriculum where it is natural. Beyond this, however, pursued in every church with a new sense of urgency. the church school must bear increased responsibilitv The sweeping changes of the past two generations af- for the direct teaching of religion, Christian faith, and fecting the family must be taken as challenging op- commitment. portunities, rather than as enervating dangers. Edu- 10. The challenge of other world faiths must be cation about the meaning of sex and of marriage, with taken seriously. Christians today must be prepared its covenant of commitment and parenthood, must increasingly to relate and defend their faith amidst be approached more realistically and at every age level conflicting world faiths. As Asian and African fron- of the educational program. tiers vanish, Christians must learn to assume more The home must recognize its coministry with and effective roles as creative religious minorities. through the church. It can become a transforming Their response to the challenge of resurgent and fellowship for its members only to the extent that mission-minded Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam could

February 1 965 \Together 17 be critical for the future of Christianity itself. Chris- 12. The new church education calls for a new type tian faith in the future has the task of encounter with of ministerial leadership, aware of the potential of an other world faiths, as much as with secularism. educational approach to the ministry of the church as 11. The implementation of such a program must be- a whole. Within such a view, the pastor-teacher guides gin with a radical reinterpretation of the meaning the whole community of believing disciples as they of the apostleship of the laity. Laymen (children, participate in witnessing, teaching, sharing, and learn- youths, and adults) must realize anew their relation- ing the whole Gospel. ship to the new community into which all have been called. Then each and all church ministries will assume These are some of the guidelines I see for a new a new relevance. All will see anew their own ministry teaching ministry of the church. In this space age. within the whole ministry of the people of God. In the mission of the church school has to be reoriented growing personal commitment, vocation, marriage, along some such lines as these if its effectiveness is to parenthood, and service to God through the church be brought up to date. Doing diis will require that in the world, each layman will seek to make known laymen, as well as ministers, take Christian education the nature and will of God to all men. more seriously than ever before.

What Is a Church?

A CHURCH is a man traveling, promoting his It is a seminar to the United Nations, letters to business, and concerned with sensitivity, success, congressmen, petitions to the legislature, and the and safety. support of police. A church is a girl moving from the teens to It is a series of crusades against narcotics and whatever is next, and going through in a brief alcoholism and pornography and ignorance and time the problems of school, job, car, love affairs, aimlessness. clothes, service to the church, rejection of the It is a far-reaching plan to reach all our youth church, alternately seeking and spurning the sup- and give them direction, and to help them, in their port of her family, and alternately finding and discovery of themselves, to become independent, losing herself. integrated individuals and to choose their basic The church is a family trying to keep a child identifications in a mature understanding of the alive when all the intricate mechanisms seem not Christian ethic. to have been completely and properly formed, and It is a housewife earnestly seeking to blend a then finding ground to stand on when that life career and self-expression with the demands of moves on. her own household as she, too, seeks to become a It is a girl in a hospital helping her parents find person. faith through her tragedies. It is a choir singing. It of Scouts. is a boy swirling through the years It is youth building and people discussing, and the Y, Little League, school bands, MYF, paper all praying, and serving a community and a world. routes, and hoping to become a man. It is utilizing tensions and working through It is a teen-ager twisting, car washing, and par- them, and solving problems rather than avoiding ticipating in an evangelism weekend. them. It is a child, open faced in the sun, finding God It is staying at a job till it is done—even a everywhere. difficult, thankless one. It is of his youth seeking the blessing God and It is recalling the One who is the same yester- direction for love and marriage with long counsel- day, today, and forever, even in the midst of ing sessions, a meaningful wedding, and a beauti- change. ful reception. It is lifting high the Christ and claiming for It is a man and woman seeking for the love that him attention and discipleship. It is even serving led them to an altar 20 years before. him ourselves and giving him our best. It is getting new land for increased activities It is loving and believing, caring and hoping, for children and youth, and more places to park in the darkest day. during worship and fellowship and study. It is putting our hand into the hand of God, and It is a grateful congregation pausing to pay its letting the Jesus of history become our eternal homage to those who have blessed it but who have contemporary. now joined another, more perfect, church. A church is Christ living and breathing and It is counting money to pay bills to keep doors moving and working in you, in all you do, for- open and lights on and programs operating. ever. —Franklin Greene

18 Together /February 1965 Not even the child psychologist is prepared when

Paulie Takes the

"II-m-in," she mused. "Well,

let's try the next one. If the tip

of a spoon is blunt, then the ?" tip of a knife is . . .

I ONCE asked a psychologist what down to loud applause. Paul re- took him to the school psychologist. an intelligence test was designed to fused to budge from his chair dur- "I'm taking you to see a nice

measure, and he replied, "Intelli- ing the second half. lady," I told him ( following school gence." "Paulie," I asked him afterwards, instructions not to coach him for Maybe so. But I've begun to won- "why didn't you sing and play in die exam). "She's going to ask you der whether the psychological con- die last part of the show?" some questions and play with you." cept of intelligence isn't a little in- "Well, all die people was clap- "Why does she want to play with adequate. Consider my son, Paul, ping so hard," he replied, "I me?" he asked. "Doesn't she have for instance. Even in nursery school, thought I better sit down and see any ladies her own age?" his mental processes were far from what was going on." "Of course she does. But sonic- routine. Remarks like that should have times she likes to play widi little At the nursery-school variety prepared me for what happened children." show, Paul was to sing and to play when Paulie missed the kindergar- He nodded. "There's a kid like the cymbal. He participated with ten entrance deadline by three days that on the next block. Only he gusto in die first half of the pro- and was required to take the I.Q. beats them up." ceedings. Then the curtain came With blithe self-confidence, I We entered die psychologist's of-

February 1 965\Together 19 — " — "

fice. Paulie eyed her suspiciously. psychologist was saying, " 'dien

.' Do The "You may wait in the hall, Mrs. your sister is a . . Zawadsky," the psychologist told "Baby!" shouted Paul. me. "Paul and I would like to be "I don't think you quite under alone." stand," the psychologist cautioned Children Paulie gave me a scared look. him. "Isn't your sister a girl?" "It's all right," I whispered. "She "Sure," he replied. "But she still won't beat you up." wears diapers and she knocked The psychologist looked puzzled. down my fort this morning. So Understand I went out in the hall and sat she's a baby." down. The door was open, so I I couldn't stand any more. I got could hear every word. up and walked around the block "Well, Paul," the psychologist thinking of activities to entertain You? asked brightly, "how would you Paulie during the next long, school- like to go to school next year?" less year. "I wouldn't," he replied. When I returned to my post out- "Why not?" side the psychologist's cubbyhole. "I'd rather raise dinosaurs." Paul's I.Q. test was coming to an

"I see." (I could imagine her end ( and so, from the sounds of it, IT'S FUNNY how much we adults making a black mark on her built- was the psychologist). take for granted. Because a thing is in I.B.M. card.) "Well, suppose I "That was a very good man you clear as ABC to us, we assume the ask you some questions anyway and drew, Paul," she was sayring. "But youngsters will understand it. But all see how many you can answer." why did you color him over with too often the church-school lessons we "O. K.," Paul agreed. black after you finished?" the " teach fall flat—simply because "I'll say to you," she explained, 'Cause he's the Monster from children don't understand the points "'If my father is a man, then my Outer Space," Paul told her.

we are trying to make. .' mother is . . And you say, 'A wom- "The Monster from Outer The very young cannot always grasp an.' All right?" Space?" our adult logic. One church-school su- "I don't know your mother," "Sure. Didn't you see die movie?' perintendent I know suspected an im- Paulie told her. "No." Her voice was shaky. "I'm portant lesson wasn't getting over as well as the teacher thought. So the I was beginning to get nervous afraid I missed it." superintendent asked the children what and she hadn't even asked the first The psychologist appeared at the the women in the Bible brought to question. door with Paulie beside her. anoint the crucified Christ in the tomb. "Oh, you'll know all these other "Thank you for bringing Paul The replies she received amazed her. questions I'm going to ask," the over, Mrs. Zawadsky," she said "Rice," one boy answered. "Mice," psychologist assured Paulie. "Like with a dazed look. "But I'm afraid said another. When the teacher ex- this first one. 'If birds fly, then we won't be seeing him for anodier plained that they brought "spice," the fish . . r year. answer was, "Well, it sounded like "Jump!" yelled Paulie. Paulie and I walked out of the mice." "No, no, no!" she corrected. school together. When we reached I know, too, of a child who told his mother, "We sang the craziest song in "You're supposed to say, 'fish the sidewalk he looked up at me Sunday school today Crazy, Crazy, swim.' —his brown eyes full of expectancy. All the Little Children. Investigating, "Don't you ever go fishing?" he his smile eager and confident. his puzzled mother learned the song asked. "Well. Mommy," he asked, "how had really been Praise Him, Praise Him, "As a matter of fact," she ad- did I do?" All Ye Little Children. mitted, "I don't." I looked down at him—so small Even the Christmas story can be "Well, they jump," he told her. and happ\r and proud. Who cared misunderstood by the little folks. One "All the time." if the psychologist said Paul wasn't church-school teacher was telling a class "H-m-m," she mused. "Well, let's ready for kindergarten? From die how the shepherds were in their fields, try the next one. 'If the tip of a sounds of it, kindergarten might taking care of the sheep. "Wouldn't the is blunt, then the tip of never read\r for Paul. planes hit the sheep?" a child interrupt- spoon a be .'" knife is . . I knelt down and pulled him into ed. To him, "fields" were airfields—an | understandable conclusion for someone "Plastic!" my arms. too young to understand that the world "Isn't it sharp?" she asked help- 'Tou did just fine, Paul," I said. I of Bible days knew nothing about jets fully. "I know," he nodded. Then the I or DC-7s. "Oh, no," Paulie assured her. smile faded from his face, and he I It all adds to the fact that many up "Mommy never lets me play with said, "But die nice lady didn't do I of us who teach church-school classes that kind." so good, did she?" may be taking altogether too much I groaned. Two questions and I "What do you mean?" for granted. was wondering how to tell the fam- "All diose questions she asked. We ought to check up, now and ily that Paulie had flunked the test he explained. "She must be kind of I then, to see if the children have really if she has to get the answers I grasped what we are trying to tell to get into kindergarten. dumb " them. —Eleanor Weeks 'If your brodier is a boy,' " the from a little kid like me." I

20 Together /February 1965 —

"Deliciousl Bui what J " is il' asks Minora Nakai. The

~> young Japanese was one of 1 1 foreign students welcomed by Michigan hosts al an old-lime dinner•on-the-grounds.

Foreign visitors seldom had known the unique qualities of rural America

until a group of church folk in Michigan's 'Thumb' area undertook their own hospitality

program, starting with tiny Mayville as their first . . .

Host Town to the World

By THEODORE MANZANO

I X 10 YEARS as a Spanish-speak- from all the continents, initiating Catholic families? Could a large- ing escort-interpreter for the U.S. warm relationships that will con- scale hospitality program remain government * I have traveled to tinue for many years. ecumenical? many parts of the nation with The program actually began in Once again, Tuscola County sent some 40 visiting delegations from a small way in 1961 when the May- feelers through administrative chan- 20 countries. ville Methodist Church invited a nels at the university. The reply: But one assignment stands out as few students from the University of "You can expect 12 to 15, possibly unique. It took us into a rural, Michigan, Ann Arbor, to spend the as many as 20 students." small-town region of Michigan Thanksgiving holidays with mem- Instead, 70 foreign students said where some 400 families have initi- ber families of the church. they were eager to take part in ated their own good-neighbor pol- "This was a pilot project on the Tuscola County's "Operation Open icy as ambassadors-in-shirt-sleeves part of the university and was en- House!" School busses were dis- to more than 1,000 foreign students tered into with some fear and patched to Ann Arbor, the students in nearby universities. trembling," says the Rev. William arrived, were weekend guests, and Administrative center for this Lutz, executive director of the returned to the campus with re- growing program of Christian con- CRHC and pastor of Methodist ports that America's warm rural cern for visitors in a strange land churches at Mayville, Silverwood, hospitality had opened their eyes to is the Christian Rural Hospitality and Clifford. "Arrangements were the real source of a nation's great- Council at Mayville (population made for 21 students to come. It ness. SS9) in Tuscola County. The area turned out that both students and "It has been my most agreeable is in the heart of an extensive farm hosts had such a marvelous time and instructive experience since my and dahy region known as the that another venture was planned arrival in the United States," one Michigan "Thumb," so called be- for the following year." student reported. cause it resembles that appendage Would people in communities "It was a real and precious ex- of a giant hand extending north- other than Mayville enjoy hosting perience," said another. "In a world ward into Lake Huron. On holidays students from such countries as of hurt and division, this kind of and weekends, farm folks throw Japan, Egypt, Thailand, Venezuela, visit will be a help to build bridges open their doors to foreign visitors Syria, Spain, and Turkey? Would of understanding and mutual con-

1 Mr. Manzano is an escort-interpreter on Muslims and Buddhists feel at cern." with the Agency for International Development and the State Department.—Eds. home with Methodist, Lutheran, or Mr. Lutz, who originated the

February 1 965 \Together 2/ —

What I saw there convinced me that they had mobilized, in a mag- nificent way, one of America's spe- cial human resources—that so characteristic of rural folk—an in- nate kindness and an ease with which they can be themselves. Big

city life is much the same the world over, but America's unique quali ties remain clearly discernible in our rural areas. I was interested, of course, m hearing what members of my dele gation would say about diings diey observed. When asked what visit in America had impressed them most almost without exception the spon- taneous answer was "Mayville!" One farmer-host told me: "Peo-

Hospitality always is a two-way street. At Caw, a thousand ple are apt to diink diat because American hosts look on as Gloria Cabal and Hector Marin of Colombia we work the land, we're provincial entertain with an impromptu dance, Latin-American style. Some have the idea that fanners are limited in dieir outlook toward other people. That's not true. You idea for the CRHC, is convinced Methodists in Tuscola County, re- don't have to live in the city to be that "while these students are here mains strictly ecumenical. Roman concerned in world affairs." to get an education, perhaps in the Catholics and Protestants work to- The International Center at the long run it is even more important gether as family hosts or as mem- University of Michigan has strong- that we become friends. bers of the council's board of di- ly endorsed die CRHC in letters to "As guests in our national house, rectors, welcoming guests of every some 50 national programming they have much to offer us in re- religious persuasion. agencies for foreign visitors. Dr. turn—and we Americans have the Initial visits are arranged by James M. Davis, a former director, responsibility of simply making a the Protestant Foundation for In- declares diat die council has oper- Christian response to their pres- ternational Students through its ated "responsibly with a high de- ence." Ecumenical Campus Center at Ann gree of competence and care. Mr. The development of warm, Arbor. But after first contacts be- Lutz has been especially careful friendly relationships between tween foreign students and their to orient each host family prior to Christian Americans and interna- American "parents," the CRHC its involvement. Their motive is tional students and visitors, Mr. program becomes a person-to-per- service. We have sent them people Lutz believes, "can only happen as son thing. Hosts drive to visit cam- of many different faiths and wide- guests become an actual part of an puses, and return with their guests. ly variable cultural backgrounds American family over a sojourn of Once on the farm, many students with uniformly good results." several days in the family circle." pitch in to do die chores around the When nine Iraqi students arrived Mayville's hospitality program al- dairy barns, or in the fields where nearly a month before die second ready has spread to such other navy beans and sugar beets help semester at the University of Michi- "Thumb" communities as Caro, support the region's economy. gan, Mr. Lutz arranged for them Bay Port, Cass City, Fairgrove, The Rev. Paul Dotson, director to be guests in rural and farm Elsie, Kingston, and Pigeon. Stu- of the Ecumenical Campus Center homes. One host family was diat of dents return time and again to their at die University of Michigan, has William Alexander at Bay Port. American "homes"—on Easter, found in rural areas "a spontaneous, Mrs. Alexander describes die arrival Christmas, Thanksgiving, or for joyful acceptance of any student of her two Iraqi "sons": weekends. Many now taking part who wants to come here as a guest." "It took us one day of getting to come not only from Ann Arbor, but Friendship and mutual understand- know each other to relax and be from Michigan State University ing are so common that hosts and ourselves,* she says. "We were in East Lansing, and Wayne State guests frequently find it impossible cleaning up the house and getting University in Detroit. This is to part without tears. ready to retire one night when significant in that only California En route to Mayville with a dele- Mohammed handed me a letter. 1 and New York receive more than gation of engineering students from am writing my father to tell him I Michigan's share of 92,000 foreign Guadalajara, Mexico, I wondered now have an American family citizens who come to America on how the small communities in a rather, a mother, one sister and educational assignments. Michigan could find the resources four brothers.' he said. 'Is diis not The Christian Rural Hospitality to carry on such an enormous pro- right?' Council, although initiated by gram of international hospitality. "Yes," I said, "very right."

22 Together /February 1965 — *' J B ' will good life its Then my father not worry,' K i abundant and for Mohammed said. * workers without people having to "Christmas Eve, after attending W&JL give up their personal freedom and (.lunch, we had invited two couples ^^ v dignity." to our house. After everyone had Many see the practical aspects ol left (including my husband who good farm management and mar- works nights), my two Iraqis called 1 H^W s keting, the farmer's relationship tor me to sit down— they had some- with his government, the benefits Both so full ol continued research thing to say. were / of agricultural words ... 1 wanted to cry for them, % projects, and the role played, for hut eventually they got it all out \ example, by the county agent. that they had never felt so at home Most important, lor hundreds re- before. As Mohammed put it: Tve ^M turning to foreign lands, Americans sever been so 100 percent free!'" x no longer are a "selfish, uninformed Mrs. Alexander found that "in people." America, they have return we got a free education on t learned, is not Hollywood or New the country of Iraq—their customs s York—and they have yet to see a ,ind their beliefs." She hopes other gangster on the broad farm lands will take advantage of around Mayville! Americans At a big picnic—or a Tokyo the "chance of a lifetime" to start. Important, too, is the common parade—there is no heller way for in their own little corner, an under- bond of faith shared by the hosts. a boy to see what's going on! standing that will cover the world. "Most of us like to express our faith At Caro, nordi of Mayville, more in ways that make sense and make than 1,000 people turned out last the benefits, multiplied a thousand a difference," Mr. Lutz says. "Here September to welcome 115 students limes, since the plain hospitality we are providing an opportunity from 35 countries at the CRHC's and friendliness of rural Christian for people of many church and de- first annual international festival hosts went to work to break down nominational affiliations to unite on and picnic on the county fair- the artificial barriers that make a common level in an ecumenical grounds. Only a year after the communications between people so program. Students are invited to council was formed, Mr. Lutz re- difficult and frustrating. participate irrespective of their ported, the program had spread to Seizo Oshiva of Okinawa, who race, religion, nationality, or politi- 10 Michigan counties. once thought all American women cal persuasion. As our families re- "No prospective guest has ever were helpless and pampered, ob- ceive guests, they become aware of been refused, no matter how late served Mrs. Lila Freeland bustling the depth of their own and other the date," he said. about the house, sampled her religions by living together with English-language students at the canned fruits, jams, and pickles their friends of other faiths and

I niversity of Michigan, in particu- and found it hard to believe that from other countries." lar, have been encouraged to par- Mrs. Freeland had upholstered an Emile Habiby of Lebanon takes ticipate. They usually arrive on a easy chair after taking lessons in a a long-range view. "It is entirely Thursday night, visit local schools home-extension class. possible," he says, "that by giving on Friday, and remain with host Jose Mercado, a trade union future world leaders an understand- families on Saturday and Sunday. leader from Colombia, said: ing of authentic Christianity, we

"This is something that has "I have seen that it is actually may be making a real impact on needed to be done for a long time," possible for a society to achieve an history." writes Ivan Smith, a former resi- dent of Mayville now with the Peace Corps in Thailand. "I am more aware of this now that I have met many students here who have studied in the States and never really got to know America or Americans. For many of these stu- dents, life in America was a dormi- tory and a few friends—usually from their own country, or other students from abroad." It would be impossible to assess

Young Herb SatcheU is host to the Congo's Leon Micamhai, a Methodist minister, and Yasuaki Sugimato, a law student.

February 1 965 \ Together HERMAN SCHWAGEREIT Scutytor in Metals

F.OR 31 LOXG YEARS after he came to the United States, Herman Schwagereit earned his living as a steelworker. Rut all the while he dreamed of devoting his time and ability to metal sculpturing. It was not an idle dream—he had become a master of ornamental blaeksmithing in his native Germany—but it took him until 1959 to achieve it. Today he works full time in a studio at his Mahopac, X.Y., home, and his artistry has added beauty to many churches, public build- ings, and private collections. Mr. Schwagereit's ideas—which include religious expression and statements of human values—are first sketched, then modeled in clay. Finally, each piece is either forged from wrought iron or burned out of thick metal plate. Then it is hammered into shape while red hot. The process requires a master's hand, for the working period of heated metal is short, and there is no room for error. One of his favorite pieces is the Good Shepherd (shown in the picture at left) which graces his own church—Mount Hope Methodist. It was a gift from the artist, whose work itself is a form of worship. UNUSUAI Methodists

RAY CHEEVER Accent on Living

EjLEVEN YEARS AGO Ray Cheever was in an iron lung, totally paralyzed by bulbar polio. His doctors. he says, had written off his case as hopeless. Although he minimizes his long struggle for life and the ordeal of learning first to move his legs inch by inch, then to walk again, he says that his battle left him with a new philosophy. "Those who have had the experience of a disabling injury or illness," he says, "have a vital opportunity—almost an obligation—to offer help, en- couragement, and advice to others in similar situa- tions." Acting on his conviction, Mr. Cheever began to publish Accent on Living—a quarterly magazine of inspiration and information for the handicapped. That was in 1956, about the same time he returned to his editorial job at State Farm Insurance Companies in

Bloomington, 111. Today, the 36-page magazine with 7.2(H) subscribers is edited in a converted garage at the Cheever home. The "staff" includes Rays wife. Grace, and their children: Sheryl. 15. Ricky. 11. and 4-year-old Julie. Sundays, when magazine work stops, the Cheevers attend Bloomington's Wesley Church.

Together /February 1965 "

RUFUS and DOROTHY MORROW Hope for the World's Sick

D RS. RUFUS AND Dorothy Morrow are planning their fourth excursion into mercy aboard the medical training ship S.S. Hope. This summer they will go to Africa, after previous tours ot duty in Southeast Asia and South America. On two past trips to Peru and Ecuador, their two teen-aged sons. Paul and Robert, went along and lived with missionaries. "In a world of envy and materialism," says Dr. Ruins Morrow, 'we want the boys to follow the 1 ancient educational dictum. 'With all thy getting, get understanding.' The Morrows laughingly admit to being victims of what they call the "Hope syndrome." It is caused by close association with a group of people dedicated to advancing human welfare by educating medical personnel of newly developed nations. Back home, Dr. Rufus, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, and Dr. Dorothy, a pediatrician, both are

staff members of die University of Vermont college of medicine in Burlington. They are known at their church, Burlington's First Methodist, as a terrific team—so humble they could easily be bypassed in a group, and so Christian in their outreach that they gladly leave their local teaching, their practices, and their combined salaries to give of themselves on some

)f the world's neediest medical frontiers.

SEUNGHO PAIK Church Came First

A NEW METHODIST church is rising in the little town of Kijisi, Korea, because a Korean sergeant postponed his marriage and took qualifying exams five times so that he could get to the United States to take more army training—and to raise funds for his congregation. Once in the U.S., "I knew no Methodists," Seungho Paik says, "but I was certain God had taken me this tar. and he would find Methodists who would help." That help came when he met Mrs. Chester Ashby at \oland Methodist Church in Newport News, Va. Soon the ardent young Korean was speaking to Meth- odist groups several times a week. He explained to each gathering that the Kijisi congregation needed $4,000 for building supplies. "Our people will do all the work," he said. Methodists and other friends contributed money through the Board of Missions and, as his personal gift, S/Sgt. Paik saved his own funds for a church

organ. He earned part of it by staying two extra weeks in Virginia and working for a contractor, after his course ended. W7 hen his mission was completed and he returned to Korea, he was married—to a Christian worker. Says Mrs. Ashby: "No doubt this is just a beginning story, for I feel sure that he will always be one of God's ambassadors."

(February 1 965\Together Kalhlcen Gricr ARE Parents

loanne Doss

o UR ONCE teen-aged son and not, she needed to, desperately. I daughter have moved irrevocably realize that now. More often than into their 20s, and the mistakes we we parents know, teen-agers may made in their earlier years are interpret our permissiveness to be clearer now in the light of retro- indifference. spect. My lenience with our teen- Recently I led a group of teen agers often agers in discussion Lawson Clonineer was so prompted by "All a of teen-age ." the other kids are allowed. . that problems. A high-school sophomore I must have represented, to some whom I will call Linda had been degree, "all the other parents." invited to a fraternity dance by But my viewpoint, I believe, is college sophomore. And as she put

broader than our own family ex- it, her mother "just wouldn't say perience. Let me go back to an no." It was a scared Linda who had incident in my own teens. set out with the young man four Four of us girls, all high-school years her senior, and a very scared freshmen, were walking home from Linda who had tried later to avert a Latin Club meeting. As passed heavy petting. Edwin Fair we the college campus, Ellen sug- When parents fail to set limits. gested: "Let's go down past the adolescents may face decisions too fraternity houses. Maybe some of big for them. And for parental soft- the guys will offer to take us for ness, most teen-agers pay with feel- a ride." ings of insecurity. "I can't," Ann replied. "My Many mothers. I guess, are "soft" mother told me to come home as in allowing teen-agers freedom soon as the meeting was over—and from household duties. And for this she knows what time it's over!" softness, youngsters are apt to pay "Your mother never lets you do witli lack of responsibility. anything!" Ellen gibed. At dishwashing time, I rarely "And your mother doesn't care called our teen-age daughter to the what you do!" Ann retorted. kitchen until after I had scraped To our amazement, Ellen burst and rinsed the plates and cleared into tears. "My mother does, too, away the garbage. Who paid for my care what I do!" indulgence? She did, when she Whether Ellen believed that or faced the reality of her first job.

ABOUT OUR CONTRIBUTORS: Homemaker and lifelong Methodist Kathleen Crier has reason to be proud of her son, architecture student at the University

of Cincinnati, and her daughter, a nurse's aide . . . Joanne Doss, 18, is a freshman

at Methodist-related Northwestern University . . . Municipal Judge Lawson

Cloninger is a Methodist church-school teacher and father of four . . . Psy- chiatrist Edwin Fair, his wife, and three daughters were the 1962 Methodist Family-of-the-Year in the Bartlesville (Okla.) District. —Your Editors

26 Together /February 1965 MIDMONTH POWWOW

DO u(Jr JL .* Or just disinterested?

A mother, a college freshman, a judge, and a psychiatrist look at this question

! rom different perspectives—and come up with substantially the same answer.

Vs a \ olunteer nurse's aide, she was parental attitudes, nor pressure parents. They were always inter- issigned a task that seemed to her toward unrealistic goals, nor nag- ested, and they never lectured me. listasteful. "My mother wouldn't ging. Never nagging. I do believe They brought me up to respect \ant me to do that," she told her we must aim for firm, loving dis- them, and that was why I didn't upervisor. She was sent home to cipline that will provide our teen- try to do anything against them. ootherl agers with security and self-respect. Teaching a child respect has to Fortunately, the supervisor was Good discipline sets limits that let start early, I think. If the parents inderstanding and helpful. She dis- our teen-agers know we care. would stick with what they say the iisseil the problem with us, and first time, and would not change —Kathleen Grier ve have been able to help our their minds when the children beg Cincinnati, Ohio laughter learn to accept the re- and plead and really put on a scene, ponsibilities for which my indul- the kids would be better off. Some gence had not prepared her. kids know that what their parents Low moral standards are another say the first time isn't final if they

iigh cost some teen-agers are pay- I HAVE TALKED to many other wheedle or argue about it. I don't ng for our failure to train them in college freshmen, and the majority think these kids have any respect lonesty, self-discipline, and respect of them feel that most parents are for their parents. or the rights of others—all essen- too soft. This does not mean that Respect can go two ways, though. ial to self-respect, that prime req- they feel their own parents were too My parents usually respected my lisite for living comfortably with soft on them, but they think the judgment, and trusted me. For in- meself and others. majority of parents are too easy stance, my curfew was midnight, And for some teen-agers, the cost with their children. but if I didn't come in exactly at

)f parental softness is still higher. When I was in high school, we midnight and had a good reason, They pay with their lives. See the didn't think our parents were too they were understanding. I didn't lewspapers for reports of teen-age strict. Some of the kids didn't get mind my curfew. It was a help to

raffle deaths attributed to irrespon- a chance to prove they could be me sometimes when I wasn't having ible driving. trusted, though, and it is better if a good time. It is a temptation to "give in" to vou have a chance to prove your- But I did not like the town's

t teen-ager's request. We want him self. ten o'clock curfew whistle. I felt o be happy, and it is hard to say The biggest complaint some teen- that fixing a curfew time was not 10 if "all the other parents let their agers had was that their parents the town's responsibility. Parents cids." It is hard to be a tactful, just were not understanding should do this. Anyway, the kids •ffective chaperone at teen-age enough, and it was hard to talk to who didn't obey their parents parties, very hard to try to make them. Some of the kids, especially wouldn't obey the town whistle mrselves into the kind of people boys, didn't even try. They ate and either.

ve want our children to be. But if slept at home, but they didn't try I never had any problems about

hese things are too hard, it may to tell their parents how they felt money. I was not given an allow- )e that in failing to give our young- about things. ance; my parents just gave me what iters discipline, we really are being What young people need is for I needed. Some of my friends had oo soft on ourselves. their parents to show interest. Of allowances, though, and I think We need confidence in our own course, some parents can be too this is good. An allowance teaches udgment. We must know what our interested, too. They not only want you to budget yourself, and then, deals are, and we must believe in you to be in something but want when you go away to school and hose ideals with a strength that you to be head of it, and then they have just so much money to last a .vill enable us to guide our teen- want to tell you what to do and certain length of time, you will

igers firmly. how to do it. know how to do it. I do not believe in domineering I never had trouble talking to my Neither I nor most of my friends

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did a lot of chores around home. tions. But it also is a result of failure against the parent for the specific

My younger sister, Debbie, and I to show by example, failure to let wrongful acts of his child. Many were supposed to keep our rooms the child know a high standard of times the parents have been soft to clean and make our beds, but I'm conduct is demanded, and failure the point of being guilty of criminal afraid I was not always responsible to allow the child freedom to learn neglect, but the neglect has oc- about this. We did help with the the things a mature adult must curred over a period of years. ironing and did the dishes, but the know. I admit, therefore, that I suspect dishes were no problem—we have Irresponsible teen-agers are a a great deal more than I can prove. a dishwasher. more serious problem each year. But I believe there is a definite re- Most of my friends didn't do very Two thirds of all automobiles stolen lationship between the growinpiano and flute. I think parents I BEALIZE that the youngsters I and another child, then between the should help you get into good habits see appearing in court are not rep- child and his teacher, and finally about homework. Then, when you resentative of all teen-agers. I be- between the child and the police have them, you will be able to regu- lieve, however, that the frustrations officer. late yourself. and weaknesses they display are Even good parents need all the Some parents are afraid of losing magnified versions of the frustra- help they can get, and the courts their children's love, and so they tions and weaknesses common to a sometimes are able to back them up let the kids run over them. But steadily growing number of teen- and take some of the pressure off giving a child everything, and let- agers who never appear in court. both parents and children. Ideally, ting him have his way all the time, A visit to a juvenile or criminal a parent should see his duty and do is no way to keep his love. Of court could benefit the parents of it, but in practice they are some- course, a child can turn against children any age. Extreme examples times like the father who thanked parents if they are too strict. There of misconduct seen there might me for suspending his 17-year-old has to be some give and take. But point up misconduct of a lesser son's driver's license for a traffic if the child is taught early in life to degree in their own children and offense, adding apologetically: "It respect its parents, I think this re- could serve as a storm warning. should have been done six months spect will last through life. Time after time, the reports of ago." our local Child-Family Guidance My community has a curfew for —Joanne Doss Center have indicated that a per- teen-agers under IS which is uni- Monticello, III. sistent pattern of misbehavior has formly enforced. It is not. I think,

been established long before the unduly restrictive, and it is liber- child is formally charged with a law alized on weekends. I have had few

violation. He has failed repeatedly complaints about it from parents,

I BELIEVE parents are too soft. to respect the rights and property and many have told me it is the I do not mean simply that teen- of brothers, sisters, and classmates: finest law we have and has saved agers are not punished as often as he has failed repeatedly to show them many arguments with dieir they should be, or that too few proper respect for parents and teen-agers. restrictions are placed upon them. teachers; he has been a behavior The proper people to discipline I mean that parents are too soft in problem at school. In short, he has a child and teach him self-discipline failing to teach their children to be failed to play the game at home or are his parents or others who may mature, responsible adults in their at school according to established stand in diat relationship. Anyone own right—adults who will have rules. else is a poor substitute. But if his respect for the rights and property When he goes out into the big. parents fail, then die job falls by of others, who will be able to take outside world and does the same default upon teachers, neighbors, failure without quitting and with- things he has done at home and at other children, and, in extreme out bitterness, who will take respon- school, he is arrested and brought cases, upon die police and the sibility for their own acts, and into court. courts. For of this you can be sure: most important of all—who can There have been many attempts someone, sometime, is going to discipline themselves. to make parents responsible for the discipline that child.

I believe this failure stems in criminal acts of their children. But part from lack of discipline in the it usually is impossible to estab- —Judge Lawson Cloninger form of punishments and restric- lish a legally sound criminal case Fort Smith, Ark.

28 Together /February 1965 m w ill develop, and his sell confidence they have self-discipline thai free L.F SOFTNESS means that we will suller. dom must come From within. parents are too indulgent with our Likewise, parents who put too I>\ the time the teen-ager leaves teen-agers and that we fail to help much pressure on their child to be home to go to college or a job, he them assume responsibility because better than average will make him should have learned to share with

we lack firmness, then I would say Feel he is a failure if he does not other people in the Family, in the

\ es, we are too soft. do better than average; if he feels school, and in the community; and

As parents, our role in life is to he can never please them, he gets he should have developed honesty help our children grow up to be a poor concept of Self and feelings integrity, and dependability. responsible adults who have some of guilt. Olten when parents consult me degree of emotional maturity, per- Jesus had a lew words to say about an irresponsible, immature, sons who can give love to others about loving ourselves: "You shall sell -centered youngster, they say. I and receive it, and who have a love your neighbor as yourself." guess we've loved him too much." meaningful faith. This is sound psychologically be- What they mean is that they Our children are not horn with cause if a person does not develop were too weak to sec that he ful- built-in controls or built-in guide- a concept of self that is clear filled the responsibilities expected lines they can go by. There is a enough to give him a degree of for his age and gave in to his part of man that is selfish, self- self-respect and self-confidence, his selfish demands. Often parents do centered, and uncivilized. We have concept of himself will not be this because they are afraid their descriptions for this in psycholog- healthy. children will not like them. But ical medicine, but in religion this I am not talking about self- what they have given the child is is what we refer to as the sinful centeredness and egotism. I am not love; it is indulgence. part of man. Man has to learn to talking about a concept of self If parents have not been able to control this. As parents, we are that enables us to assume responsi- guide the child successfully in the responsible for guiding our children bility and learn to live in a world earlier years of his life, they are in this learning process. We do this with other people in a co-operative going to have more difficulty with with attitudes of firmness, consis- effort, giving and receiving love. him in his teens. By then he will tency, and kindness, in a loving, We cannot love odier people unless have developed personality traits understanding way. we have a degree of respect for that are difficult to reverse. How- We need to recognize that the ourselves and, in this context, a ever, they can be reversed, and this child is a person in his own right, degree of love for ourselves. is where professional counseling but one who must have help to may be necessary. Some people shy develop into the best kind of person away from this, but parents should he can be. I F THE child has learned to trust be as willing to seek help about We must be consistent and firm himself and have faith in other Johnny's behavior as they would as we give him the benefit of our people, he also will be able to about his sprained ankle or his experience and our knowledge. We develop a meaningful faith in God, dietary problem. begin when he is a little child by one that will allow him to live with The American Medical Associa- giving him small responsibilities God in daily life and not lean on tion and the American Psychiatric so he can learn the joy of achieve- him in an immature way. Association recently held a meet- ment and, in turn, a degree of self- Responsibilities can become more ing to consider effective community confidence and self-respect. complex as a child grows older. In mental-health programs for cities These should be tasks that we their teens, boys should be able to large and small. The small city can compliment him on, because he take over the responsibility of yard where I live has an outstanding needs acceptance, approval, and work. Girls should be able to help program, including a guidance recognition of his efforts. Along in the house. If children have clinic. Other communities have, or about the first grade, he can learn learned to handle responsibility in will have, similar programs. People to make his own bed. It probably childhood, we can trust them with in the mental-health field are shar- will look as though it had a bunch larger responsibilities, like the ing knowledge with schools, min- of eggs in it or the family cat may family automobile, as teen-agers. isters, family physicians, and courts; have been left under the covers, Almost universally, teen-agers and gradually we are developing but he has made his bed, and he will say they want freedom. They guidance centers to help parents wants to be recognized for his are not sure what they mean by meet the needs of their children in achievement. freedom; sometimes they believe developing a system of values that We praise him because, if we set it is freedom from parental domina- will allow them to become respecta- a standard of perfection that is be- tion. But this is not to say that they ble people living happily in a world yond his ability, it will lead to want their parents to turn them of other people, knowing the mean- frustration, and he will not develop loose to the four winds. They want ing of love, and having faith in a clear concept of self. What should us to be strong enough to define themselves, their fellowmen, and have been a learning process in- their guidelines for them and strong God. stead will have given him a sense enough to see that they are adhered of failure. He will feel that his to. They must learn through us that —Edwin Fair, M.D. parents have rejected him; stresses they do not have freedom until Ponca City, Okla.

February 1 965 \Together 29 He was a giant of a man ivho taught the Bible and the plow

to Yakima Indians at Fort Sirncoe, Washington Territory, a century ago.

In their cause, he could not be daunted or silenced.

'Father Wilbur,' Indian Agent

By ROSCOE SHELLER

1 HE INDIANS liked him from with brawn and stamina, as well as ganization underway, he moved on. the first, spontaneously calling him brains. By this time the war had ended. "Father," for they read in his face Wilbur was 35 when he, with his leaving the Indians whipped, lead- the love and authority of a wise and wife, Lucretia, reached Portland erless, fear-haunted, and bitter. devoted parent. When he told and set out immediately to preach Fort Sirncoe. an army post dur- them, "The Bible and the plow go the Gospel in the wilderness. He ing the hostilities, became an Indi- hand in hand," they submitted to carried no gun as he crisscrossed an agency on May 22, 1859. his strict discipline, and he led the timbered country west of the Wilbur's heart went out to the them out of cruel misery, defeat, Cascade Mountains, visiting Indi- crushed and suffering tribes, rem- and hopeless despair. ans and whites alike, making nants of a once-proud people who Father Wilbur was a Methodist friends, lending assistance, whether faced no alternative to life within circuit rider who became an Indian it called for muscles, sympathy, or the boundaries of the Yakima Res- agent at Fort Sirncoe on the vast wise counsel. But he had hardly ervation. He went to them and Yakima Nations Reservation in the set foot in the new country before talked to them as a fadier to sad- territory of south-central Washing- savage warfare broke out between dened children. He told diem of ton 100 years ago. This extraordi- the Indians and the whites. the Christian life and won their nary man who preached the Bible Nine years prior to Father Wil- confidence bit by bit. But again he and honest toil was to leave a rec- bur's arrival, a party led by Jason was called to another field, this ord of accomplishment unequaled Lee, the first Methodist mission- time as presiding elder in charge of among the many Indian agencies of aries in the territory, had estab- the Walla Walla District. the young nation. lished a mission east of the moun- Busy as he was in his new role. James Harvey Wilbur was born tains at Wascopam (now The he could not erase the plight of the in northern New York on Septem- Dalles) on the Columbia River. It Yakimas from his thoughts. Was it ber 11, 1811, and grew to manhood was intended to augment their Wil- not possible, he wondered, to do there. He was a giant of a man, six lamette Valley headquarters, but something for the Indians who had foot four, who weighed more than lack of sufficient support from the felt the military lash?

•'300 pounds. Ramrod erect, wide of East forced them to dispose of it. "Those poor, despairing people shoulder, and powerful of arm, he The Presbyterian medical mission- need God's guiding hand," he told carried ham-sized fists that could ary, Dr. Marcus Whitman, bought Lucretia. "I wish we could be there be used—when absolutely neces- it —but before he could take pos- with them. With your help we sarv— in emergency work for the session, he was massacred, along could teach diem the Bible and Lord. with his wife and 11 followers. The show them how Christianity is the Wilbur entered the ministry in result was the Cayuse War of 1S47, best path from their old life. The 1S42 and soon was traveling the followed bv the Rogue River Wars transition won't be easy at best." circuits of what was then Black of the 1850s. Father Wilbur's wish became River Conference. When his super- Despite the fighting. Father Wil- fact when he received an appoint- intendent, the Rev. George Gary, bur crossed the Cascades to expand ment as religious leader and was transferred from New York to his field. At Walla Walla, a supply teacher at Fort Sirncoe on Septem- the Oregon mission, he sent for center, he preached to miners, cow- ber 1. 1S60. Lucretia assumed a Wilbur. Oregon in those preterri- boys, traders, and trappers, and share of the teaching and gave spe- torial days was alive with hostile made inroads against the drinking, cial attention to training girls in Indians, outlaw gunmen, and god- gambling, and other vices that the arts of cooking, sewing, and less fortune hunters; and the times flourished in the frontier com- housekeeping. He taught daily demanded a Methodist circuit rider munity. After getting a church or- classes in "the three Rs," and never

30 Together /February 1965 ,il tin passed up an opportunity to apply bill all was not well agen supei ior, I le w as promptlj dis lis "Bible and plow" text by word cy. The Hist agent was discharged charged, and although he offered to or example. alter being unable answer to stay on without paj , was ordered He demanded regular atten- charges against him. The second from the reservation, dance at church services as well as seemed determined to violate (lie I he burly Methodist preachei school. When one ol tin- Indians principles Wilbur was devoting his was not ;i man to be silenced, 'loo piled to show up, Will m ir called life to teach. nian\ had placed their trust in linn. at his farm to ask the reason. To tlu- bed Man, Wilbur had pic- Me would go to the top—and that "'Must plow," he was told. tured the "(neat White Father in meant Abraham Lincoln, president

"Attending chinch is just as im- Washington" as honest, just, and Ol the United States. portant," Wilbur admonished. loving. Yet the new agent was Lincoln was impressed by the "Yon punish?" treating the Indians in quite an op- big man who made the long trip

"No. I'll plow for you a day so posite manner. to Washington, D.C., on his own. your crop may be planted in time. When the situation became in and alone. He listened attentively Yon attend church." The Indian tolerable. Wilbur took his objec- as Wilbur pictured the plight ol never missed another service. tions to the agent, who was his the leaderless remnants of the Yaki-

"W'hile the man lay .stunned, the old circuit rider tore down the lent, poured out the liquid merchandise, and smashed (lie containers. Then, as the man regained consciousness,

Father Wilbur helped him to his feet . . . and pointed him down the trail."

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t mas, their lands overrun, their con- ablest as preachers, established men store, laundry, and hospital helped fidence in the white intruder's word on farms, and supplied them with to make it a self-contained com- shattered. seed, implements, instructions, and munity. An Oregon friend of Wil- He told of timbered mountains help. He provided shops for die bur's circuit-riding days joined die rising behind the beautiful oak building of furniture, wagons, im- agency as resident doctor. Cattle, grove that sheltered the agency plements, and everything possible sheep, hogs, and poultry became buildings, the exceptional fertility of local manufacture and need. The abundant. Fruit trees planted on of the open land adjoining, await- shops doubled as classrooms for the old army parade ground bore a ing only the Indians' training to the training of those showing a rich harvest. make productive farms. He told of flair for carpentry or mechanics. He Father Wilbur's "Bible and vast bunchgrass ranges where instituted an all-Indian police force, plow" text continued to take on thousands of cattle could make and an Indian judge to dispense meaning for the once-despairing their contribution toward agency justice. He acquired a water- Indians, and their gratitude was support. powered sawmill, and another boundless. As many as 600 would The President gave his visitor a powered by mules. He added a gather to hear his booming sermons searching look. "Are you ready, gristmill. No complaint was too and fervent prayers. Rev. Wilbur, to assume the position trivial whenever one of his charges But at last, die years took their as Indian agent?" wanted to be heard. toll. On August 15,' 1882—when al "I did not come here, Mr. Presi- Father Wilbur's strict rule most 71—he sat down to write his ." dent, seeking an appointment . . against alcohol in any form was last report. An uncontrollable sigh

"I'm quite convinced that you're made clear and circulated widely. shook his giant frame as he at- not after another man's job, Wilbur, When a white peddler set up a tached his resignation. and you are correct in assuming tent a few miles from the agency Many eyes—once hostile to the that evil practices will not be toler- and began selling liquor, he sent white man—were moist as Wilbur ated. You impress me with the ac- two of his Indian police officers to and his wife rode away toward curacy of your report, your sin- drive him from the reservation. Walla Walla where the last five cerity, and your familiarity with the They returned, bruised and bat- years of the old preacher's life situation, with which I'm not en- tered. would be spent. As he climbed die tirely without knowledge. Rumors Without a word, Wilbur climbed trail, Father Wilbur turned for a of unsavory practices there reached on his mule and headed toward the last look back. The arid sagebrush me a few days ago. Your coming tent. Several Indians who followed valley extending eastward from saves the investigation I planned." saw the peddler take a wicked Fort Simcoe was still uninhabited. Wilbur received his official com- swing that failed to land. Wilbur's It would be 2 more years before mission as an Indian agent, and a did. While the man lay stunned, the the first railroad would arrive to second sealed document to be de- old circuit rider tore down the tent, open it to die white man, and 10 livered to "the former agent." There poured out die liquid merchandise, more before irrigation Mould spark was no malice in his heart as he and smashed the containers. Then, settlement and development. rode up to headquarters at Fort as the man regained consciousness, When diat time came, Fadier Simcoe, and handed his former su- Father Wilbur helped him to his Wilbur's Indians were ready. By perior the still-sealed document. feet, onto his horse, and pointed 1924, federal audiorities deter- When the Indians learned of him down the trail. mined diat the Yakima Indian dieir Fadier Wilbur's return as The agency at Fort Simcoe con- School had performed its purpose agent, they were jubilant. In the tinued to grow. Another school was and could be closed. years diat followed, he trained the erected. More shops, a general Fort Simcoe today is a 200-acre historical state park, established in 1953 by the Washington State Parks

Fort Simcoe, partially restored, is a state park today. Until 1SS2, and Recreation Commission, and Father Wilbur lived in the "house of many gables" at right. on its picturesque, tree-shaded grounds still stand five of the origi- nal structures, including die many- gabled residence first occupied by the military commandant and later by the Wilburs and other Indian agents. The land is under 99-year lease from die Yakima Indian Na^ tion. But die memory of Fadier Wil- bur has not died. At White Swan, a town seven miles north and east of die old fort itself, a 116-member church, including 44 Indian mem- bers, bears a proud name: Wilbur Memorial Methodist.

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Making It Tough for the '^wna%

F YOU do your part as a private The FCC itself does not and itizen, you can help counteract could not monitor all programs on nd perhaps stop—the broadcasting the nation's more than 5,000 sta-

f vicious, untruthful attacks on our tions. It takes action only after a fended party complains, but it will hurches and church leaders as well complaint is lodged. Since the or- at least be alerted. s other individuals and groups. ganizations and people who are Send another copy to the Coun- Airwave hatemongers have attacked cannot be everywhere at cil for Civic Responsibility, c/o Bived in the United States tor once and since some stations may Public Affairs Institute, 201 Massa- ears—notably on small radio sta- neglect to tell people when attacks chusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, ons that accept prerecorded pro- are made against them, concerned D.C. 20002. This organization, rains from self-styled evangelists private citizens have a job to do. formed last fall and headed by id patriots. But the Federal How do you tell what is fair and Dr. Arthur Larson, former head of

ommunications Commission now what is not? The FCC says the the U.S. Information Agency, is try- as spelled out implementation of personal attack principle is appli- ing to combat what it calls "an

s "fairness doctrine" and has made cable when the integrity, character, ominous increase" in radical, reac- clear that the people who are honesty, or other personal qualities tionary propaganda. le subjects of diatribes can de- of a person or an organization are In just one area of the council's and, and get, time to reply. attacked—not when an individual concern, he cites this statistic: The FCC's fairness doctrine is or group is simply named or com- "There are more than 7,000 radio sentially this: When a station's mented upon. and television broadcasts weekly cilities are used to broadcast a If, for example, you hear a in 50 states now being aired by ersonal attack on an individual or program in which a minister's groups whose officers are either r ganization, the station is required patriotism or morals are impugned, acknowledged members of the John send the text of the broadcast to or The Methodist Church and its Birch Society or linked with it in le person or group attacked, along programs or literature are called other ways." ith a specific offer of the same communistic or subversive: The hate groups seem to realize cilities for a response. Compliance • 1. Make notes of the charges the potential power of an informed to be examined at the end of each being made, and the issue being and alert public. Since the fairness ation's three-year license period, discussed. doctrine has been clarified and id a hearing may be ordered be- • 2. Note the name of the pro- toughened, they have screamed in >re renewal. gram and the station which is agony and charged the FCC with

In this way the public, through broadcasting it, the date, and the censorship and with exceeding its le FCC, holds each station respon- time of broadcast. power. ble for the accuracy and fairness • 3. Send the information to the But that is just another of their

• the programs it carries. person or organization being at- phony charges. In the best tradition Stations that regularly provide tacked. He can then follow up by of freedom of speech, they can me for notoriously intemperate asking the station for a copy of broadcast anything—there is no leakers obviously face a big job the broadcast and for time to reply. prior censorship. But in the best monitoring all of them and If the station denies the request, tradition of democracy and respon- Dtifying all parties personally at- the offended party can complain sibility, they must be willing, after- icked. Yet a station that does not to the FCC, and the complaint will ward, to be held accountable for Jer or refuses time for rebuttal be considered when the station's its fairness and accuracy.

luld lose its broadcasting license. license comes up for its renewal. The issue is clearcut. Can a man

1 self-defense, many are expected It's a good idea, too, to send a or an organization whose good

) cancel or demand the cleanup of carbon copy of your letter to the name and reputation have been

ich programs if enough corn- Federal Communications Commis- attacked get a chance to reply? The laints are made. Some stations sion, Washington, D.C. 20554. It answer is yes—if each of us does ready have. will not take action unless the of- his part. —Carol D. Muller

ibruary 1 965\Together 33 Meet Robert Hodgell, ARTIST

^JURLY, quiet-spoken Robert Hodgell likes Hodgell was using familiar religious themes talking through art better than talking with in his painting, sculpture, and printmaking as

words. Art is a language of its own, he says, early as the 1940s. Painting now is his chief

and it communicates meaning that goes be- medium. His works are exhibited in the Metro- yond words. politan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, One of Hodgell's first jobs was as mural and and various college art centers. Some of his studio assistant to John Stuart Curry. He assisted work shows rich humor. Curry with murals for the capitol building in Searching for artists to portray biblical his native Kansas and then followed the mural- themes afresh in new curriculum materials for ist to the University of Wisconsin. Methodist children, editors turned to Robert In the early 1940s at Wisconsin, where he Hodgell. He had watched his daughter, Patty, was a Big Ten Conference high-jump champion, grow up as he painted, and had learned much Bob's main interests were his art and track. about speaking to young, growing minds. His The clear traits of body and character which paintings on the following eight pages are he developed in his athletic days continue to selected from a series commissioned for the flow through his strong paintings. two-part filmstrip What Is God Like?, now

World War II took Hodgell into navy service. available as two of the first 12 preferred audio- When the war was over, he went back to his visuals in the new Christian Studies for Meth-

art, spending a four-year residence at the Des odist Children. It helps answer such questions

Moines (Iowa) Art Center. After a season in as "What is God really like? Does he care

Mexico for further study, he taught in Illinois about me? How can I know God?" and Wisconsin. The five Old Testament men of God por- Hodgell is less interested in being identified trayed on these pages were among the first with a particular style than he is in communi- to discover the answers that have come down cating. His work has appeared in such varied through the long Judeo-Christian heritage. publications as an encyclopedia, children's In Hodgell's view, any artist who deals with books, motive, and other magazines. Now he ultimate concerns is producing religious art.

is a teacher of art at Florida Presbyterian Col- But first of all, art must communicate. The sole

lege in St. Petersburg. judge of this, he says, is the viewer. The son of a Kansas Methodist minister, —Your Editors

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Old Testament Men of God

+ Beginning with Abraham, a long line of strong personalities, spokesmen and prophets, were central figures in the Old Testament drama. They were instruments of God in calling his people and in proclaiming

that He is present in all history, giving it ultimate meaning.

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ABRAHAM . .

EXPECTANTLY, he hurries ahead of his herds, his started the journey up the rich Tigris-Euphrates valley servants, his family. Each day, his old eyes search for and got as far as Haran, where he died. But Abraham

their first glimpse of the land promised him. The God continued, on through Syria and into Palestine on of Abraham's seminomadic clan, Yahweh, called him the Mediterranean's eastern shore, briefly down into to go on this journey: "Leave your country and go to Egypt, then back to Palestine for good. His mission

the place I will show you!" A hard command it is for was accomplished. Abraham's trusting obedience

a man his age. Things had been good at his birth- makes him the patriarch of all the faithful. Like a place in the land of Ur in Mesopotamia. Yet he must theme song, his faithfulness runs through the Bible,

be faithful and trusting. His aged father, Terah, had which tells the story of his God—and of ours today.

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MOSES .

THE story of Moses begins with oppression of the Israelites in Egypt. They had not wanted to be slaves, but the Pharaoh needed them to make bricks

(as shown at top left) . They worked long and hard for their masters and were mistreated, but they learned the special kind of relationship God has with his people. Impetuous Moses, sickened by the sight of an Egyptian flogging a Hebrew, struck down the man who swung the whip. Frightened, he

fled to Midian, married Jethro's daughter, and tended sheep. There God called him to lead the Hebrews out of slavery. At Mount Sinai, he received

God's commandments on stone tablets (picture at left) . Moses explained to the

Hebrews (above) that God will care for them if they would be his people.

From this initial covenant relationship, some 13 centuries later, was to come the new covenant with God in Jesus Christ.

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AMOS . .

MEN as angry as those at right make angry times. And that is the way things were among the Hebrews, much of the time, during the five centuries after Moses. Often they neglected the promises in their pact with God. Then came Amos, who became indignant as he watched the people (above). Using sharp, scornful words, he told them their cheating, lying, and bribe- taking was wrong, that the rich and powerful should not mistreat the poor and weak. Coming from the village of Tekoa, just five miles south of Bethlehem, he preached that the

God of his people was God of all people, and that His moral law is right for people everywhere. Living in the eighth century before

Jesus, this layman was the first prophet whose writings were preserved as a separate book. Succeeding prophets built upon foundations which Amos had laid in ancient Israel.

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HOSEA

WHATEVER happens, God never stops caring for his people. Hosea was the one who understood this most clearly. Coming a few years after Amos, but probably from a northern village, he denounced most prophets and priests of his time as irresponsible. They preached only what people wanted to hear. Not Hosea. While he felt that wrong would be punished, he learned

that God is always ready to forgive. The story of his discovery is told

in third person, as though it happened to somebody else. But every

incident was very personal. There was the moment (shown at left) when he helplessly watched his wife, Gomer, go away to play the harlot. But there was also the moment when he took her back into his arms, forgiving, as a father with a mistaken child. This experience was to Hosea a dramatic parable of Israel's unfaithfulness to God. When obedient Hosea restored his own home and family, he discovered God's redemptive love.

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ONE hundred years after Hosea, times still were difficult.

Little Anathoth, northeast of Jerusalem and on a hill overlooking Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, was the place where Jeremiah was born—to be a prophet. In 626 B.C., this son of Hilkiah, a priest,

heard the clear call to become "God's mouth." His direct and powerful approach to people made him unpopular. Their masklike JEREMIAH faces, as shown below, suggest anger, scorn, and the results of their dissipation. He told them they were not obeying God, not meeting for worship, not making wise decisions. Again, they had forgotten they were God's people. Without wife and family, Jeremiah was a lonely man, suffering the torment of being set apart for a special task. His prophecy, dictated to his secretary, Baruch, produced lyric poetry and lean prose packed with imagery

that is the heritage of both Christians and Jews.

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children would respond hum their

respet ti> <• bedrooms. "So be it." Satisfied, the old If gentleman would settle hack and resume his sleep. So when Mother thought a pil-

lowcase a becoming hat, ;i bed-

spread a fetching shawl, I did not Senility argue with her. Hooks, figurines, pots, and pans were whatever she said they were.

I learned not to be ashamed that

she was as she was. And I learned not to think of senility as second childhood. A child may investigate,

By MARGARET ). ANDERSON experiment, and get into all kinds of mischief, but for him such ac-

tivity is part of the learning process.

This is not so of those whose mental

capacities fail. In time, the senile will need I WILL never forget the clay I tragic to those who remember around-the-clock supervision. Un- received the letter from my sister former mental alertness. less the family can hire someone to saying: "Mom built a fire in the There was the time Mother relieve them, the day may come kitchen wastebasket today. Her watched me thumbing through a when they no longer have the excuse ... 'It was raining.' woman's magazine. strengdi to cope with the situation. Or a later one: "The doctor says "I wish I had some," she said This was true in my case. Having

it's cerebral arteriosclerosis. He be- pointing to the magazine. to watch Mother constantly, nights lieves it won't be too long before "Of course," I told her, handing of broken sleep, and the physical

she will have to be put in an insti- it to her. exertion it took to bathe and dress tution where she can get special "Now what should we have with her caused a flare-up of a previous care." it?" she asked. "Coffee would be back injury, and tests revealed I Cerebral arteriosclerosis, which good. Pie is always good with cof- had a herniated disk that required

is the major cause of senility, is the fee." immediate surgery. hardening of the arteries that lead Puzzled, I looked at the maga- Mother was moved to the home to the brain. The mental deteriora- zine again. It was open to a page of another member of the family, tion it brings with it is puzzling, picturing a lemon meringue pie, but there small children compli- frightening, and heartbreaking to colorful and appealing. Suddenly I cated her care. Her senility was the families of older people who understood. Mother believed the beyond the point where a nursing suffer from it, but understanding pie was real. home would take her, and a state helps immeasurably. I know, be- "Coffee would be good," I agreed. hospital was recommended. cause I assumed Mother's care, "But let's wait until dinner. We'll No matter what people say,

[hoping to keep her out of an insti- spoil our appetites if we eat now." choosing this type of placement can tution. My acceptance of the pie as real be a heartbreaking decision. But First, I learned not to be was a practice I had learned from when I rebelled against it, my ashamed that she was senile. a friend who had cared for a senile doctor asked: "If your mother broke Cerebral arteriosclerosis is like any father-in-law, a retired clergyman. her hip and you couldn't care for other incurable disease and should "Agree with them," my friend her, you'd hospitalize her, wouldn't

I be accepted with the same intelli- told me. "Whatever they think at you? If she had terminal cancer, gent fortitude with which one ac- the moment is obviously so. Noth- you'd place her where she could cepts cancer or heart disease. In ing you say will change that. Just get the care, wouldn't you?" fact, some types of heart disease humor them and before long they His arguments were sound, I have the same origin, hardening of will have forgotten." knew, and I finally gave my consent the arteries. Then my friend told how her to her commitment. As cerebral arteriosclerosis pro- family had practiced this harmless I realize that some of my reluc- gresses, memory deteriorates. And strategy. They often awake in the tance to put her in a state hospital when memory is gone, patterns of middle of the night to hear Grand- probably was conditioned by fear behavior change. Because senile fadier preach a sermon, officiate at of what people might say. So much Behavior is so unpredictable, senil- a wedding, or conduct a church has been written about children

ity is often treated as a joke. It is business meeting. who place parents in institutions true the antics of the senile are "All those in favor," he would because, selfishly, "they refuse to strangely amusing at times, espe- announce, "please say 'aye.' face the responsibility themselves."

cially to outsiders, but they are "Aye" . . . "Aye" . . . "Aye," the "Stifle that guilt complex," my

"ebruary 1 965 \Tcgct!-.er 43 doctor told me. "You've done all sounded pleased. "You entertained mother-in-law, a relatively young you could. And, remember this, no me at lunehtime, too." woman. This is something to re- one is committed to an institution I slipped through the door. The member if senility strikes your without a regular Probate Court key turned in its lock. I stared at home: you are not being singled procedure and the recommendation die door that separated us, leaned out as different from anyone else. of two doctors who agree that such against the corridor wall, and wept It is important to keep in close care is mandatory. This is true in uncontrollably, remembering the contact with those responsible for many states, as it is here." intelligent, self-possessed mother the senile patient's care. The doc- Whatever the situation, the of my youth. tors, in most cases dedicated people family should get the best medical Many visits followed. None was who have bypassed lucrative prac- diagnosis it can. If an institution is easy. Mother's mind could no longer tices to do institutional work, will recommended, its location is im- hold a thought pattern, and it was keep you informed of the patient's portant. "Proximity to members of difficult to talk with her. In spite health. Ward supervisors will tell the family is a prime concern," one of this, and though she could not you about personal needs. psychiatrist told me. always call me by name, she Having Mother near us meant This advice led us to select an seemed content just to have me we could take her on outings, we older institution within close driv- diere. could care for her hair, we could ing distance for several members of "Is there any cure?" I asked the provide berween-meal snacks. the family, rather than an institu- doctors. Later, when she was confined to tion that was newer but several "Unfortunately, no," her physi- bed, we could be with her even hundred miles away. cian told me. "No known therapy is more frequently. "Even though your mother may truly effective in this illness. Differ- True, we never knew how much not always recognize you, she will ent medications are intermittently of what we said reached her con- sense that she is loved," a resident in vogue, but we have found none scious mind. But we were there. doctor assured us. to be the satisfactory answer. Then the day came when we He was right. But, proximity or Tranquilizers help, especially with were told she could not last much no, visits were never easy. patients who are unduly disturbed. longer. "Read something from die The first time I went to see "Any future successful treatment Bible," my sister urged. "Remember Mother I signed the guest register must lie in prevention therapy. how she loved the Psalms." and made my way to the ward to There are those who believe a low I opened the Bible that lay on which I was directed. I rang a bell, cholesterol diet will help. We hope her bedside table, pulled up a chair, a key turned in a lock, and I was medical research will come up with and began to read the Shepherd's ushered down a long corridor into something that offers more hope Psalm. I read slowly, deliberately, a small guest room where Mother than the medications which are praying that somehow I could reach sat waiting for me. available to us now." her soul. It was hard, tears blurred "Margaret!" she exclaimed, and In another counseling session, he my eyes. rushed into my arms. said: "You should remember diis Then what I will always consider I held her close. I had not ex- disease shows no favoritism." a miracle happened. When I read:

pected her to know me, and I was What he said is true. A state "Surely goodness and mercy shall completely unnerved. Then I re- senator, a man who had had a bril- follow me all die days of my life; membered her doctor had said: "We liant career, was a patient in the and I shall dwell in the house of think that in moments of excite- same hospital as Mother. So were the Lord for ever." Modier moved ment or heightened interest stimu- a former lawyer, a doctor, house- for the first time in hours. She lated heart action increases the flow wives, laborers, the doctor's own opened her eyes. "Yes! Yes!" she of blood to the brain. Result: clear, whispered hoarsely. rational thinking." Shortly afterward she left us. When I gained control of myself, Time is meant to heal die deep- I let her go. Already she was con- FOREKNOWLEDGE est wounds. Nevertheless, my heart fused. We visited the best we could. still aches when I think that her I let her talk about anything that last days were so bewildered, so came to her mind. She asked about By Elaine V. Emans memory-fogged. members of the family. Although If senility comes to your family, some had visited her frequently, you will know this sorrow, too. Let This is the miracle within she wondered why they had never this be your comfort. The one who The miracle of prayer: come. suffers does not realize he has

Before I ever once begin When I kissed her good-bye she changed. Visit him frequently. To pray, You are aware started to follow me. But a nurse Show him the same love you gave

That I shall come with some new plea, plated a hand on her arm. him when he was well. If you do

"Oh, you mustn't go," she told Or thanks for being blessed . . . the best you can, you will find you Mother. "It's soon time for dinner. have gained an understanding that You promised to be my guest, re- Of all aspects of prayer, to me will in turn enable you to help member?" This is the loveliest. others who will face die same worry "Again?" Mother asked. She and die same hurt.

44 Together / February 1965 —

Retirement Cities: Blessing or Curse?

A 'geriatric ghetto' was what one ex-resident called a village for oldsters.

But other towns, where young mingle with old, have enthusiastic boosters.

Before moving, this author advises retirees, weigh pros and cons carefully.

By STANLEY S. JACOBS

N,OT SO MANY years ago, re- The new trend is for parents and lage. The advertisement explained: tirement for most people meant grandparents to go to other pas- Our village is for couples 50 and going to live with children and tures, not bothering their young older. There arc no stairs, door grandchildren in a continuation of when working years are over. ledges, or home hazards. Property maintenance is easy we provide warm and enjoyable family rela- On-the-move Americans, living in — free gardening service. Radios and tionships. apartments or houses with inade- TV off after 10 p.m. No children But today newspaper ads. direct- quate room, have neither the incli- permitted, except as weekend visi- tors. pail brochures, billboards. TV, and nation nor the facilities to take radio trumpet living in "retirement parents under their roofs when Bill and Ethel Griggs visited this cities" restricted to older residents. retirement—forced or voluntary paradise, liked what they saw, and There, men and women as young is thrust upon the elders. paid $2,000 down on a $14,000 as 50 flock together to enjoy sup- The experience of William Griggs house. Less than six months later, posedly carefree days, special!}' is typical of what befalls many a they sold the house and moved back designed houses which require little man. At 62, he had been automated to Kansas City. Let Mrs. Griggs tell maintenance, and activities ranging out of his railroad job. He and his the story: from shuffleboard and folk dancing wife read a colorful magazine ad "We felt like we were living in to camera clubs and golf. extolling a Florida retirement vil- a geriatric ghetto. We grew bored

Older couples predominate, hut families of all ages are welc this retirement village in Florida. ,

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For so??2e., retirement cities open new horizons of interest, but others find "planned busy hours" an oppressive bore.

seeing only people who were 50 or of life. In Port Charlotte, there are Another couple who sold their older. The absence of children, 2,000 school children. The oldsters home in an Arizona retirement com- teen-agers, and young married peo- supervise juvenile play groups, um- munity and moved back to Seattle ple gave our village a strained and pire ball games, and instruct young- said: artificial quality. sters in hobby craft and sports. "In our town, grandchildren "To get to church, we had to could visit the place only on Sun- drive 23 miles each way. Every- days. It was dreadful living only thing was done for us in the village JL HE BOOM in retirement towns with people who were advanced in —laundry service, gardening, medi- has alarmed many sociologists and years, and never hearing the laugh- cal care, home repairs, and a pro- specialists in geriatrics. Such com- ter of children, the chatter of teen- gram called 'planned busy hours.' munities—more than 50—abound agers, the crying of babies. In our We wanted to be active, concerned in Florida, Arizona, and California. city, we found absolutely no intel- citizens of a real community; in- With 42 million people in the lectual curiosity about the rest of stead, we were treated as pam- United States now 50 years of age the world, little concern about edu- pered guests or aging children. or older, and with the proliferation cation, indifference to the issues of The wonderful climate couldn't of private pension plans, insurance war and peace. compensate for the dullness and annuities, Social Security benefits, "When people in their 60s or 70s isolation." and increased savings, middle-aged live exclusively among themselves, In contrast are retirement com- and older people are on tire move. they tend to chat too much about munities which welcome families They seek congenial company; high taxes, the cost of living, their of all ages, including those with small, easy-to-tend homes; and a aches and pains, and to gossip." children, such as Port Charlotte. less frantic daily pace. Psychologists warn diat person- Fla. However, middle-aged and What diey sometimes get is a alities play a vital role in whethej elderly couples predominate there. sanitized, supervised, insulated, and older persons can adapt to life in Almost one third of the men have bored aggregation of aging resi- retirement cities. One couple gave hill or part-time jobs. Unlike some dents who exist in a "comfortable up their home in Detroit and moved such cities, there is no feeling of concentration camp with TV and to an Arizona community for the vegetation in an enclave of aging wall-to-wall carpeting." as one elderly. Introverted and fond of people shut off from the mainstream woman termed her city. reading, good music, and adult-

46 Together /February 1965 there is no room For them in their \ point in faVOI ol retirement

children's homes or apartments. towns is thai the elderly cannot be To those who have savings or shouldered aside by the youngei pensions— today's 17 million Ameri- generation. Nor must lhe\ compete cans over 6.~> have a total annual social!)' or in business. income ol $32 billion —retirement Hut many geriatricians say that cities offer many attractions at first tension is needed by older persons

glance. I low did the trend develop? il they are not to vegetate. S;t\ s

\ lew years ago, Thomas I'. Theodore H. Isenstadt, director ol Breen, a vice-president of the the Project on Aging for the Family nationwide Del E. Webb Corp., a Service Association ol Vmerica: construction firm, was appalled by "\\ hen people move into age- the drab rooming houses and segregated communities, the) benches filled with listless elderly widen the already existing gap be people in St. Petersburg, Fla. He tween themselves and succeeding saw a vast market for new homes generations. We should strive for for the over-60. age-balanced communities in which The first major community for older people can enjoy contact with oldsters—Sun City—was built by the very young, the young, and with the Webb firm 12 miles from the middle-aged." Phoenix, Ariz. There several thou- sand couples now reside in pastel- colored houses which have a top T,HE PROMOTERS of retire- price of $15,000. The average age ment cities tempt older people to

is 62. Most residents like the uni- buy homes or apartments with sit- formity and planned activities. down kitchens having electrical out- So successful was the initial Sun lets at waist height, community City that the Webb firm is building meeting halls, free movies, meals a similar huge tract outside Bakers- delivered hot by a station wagon, field, Calif. visiting nurse service, doetors-in- Another development, Leisure residence, and dental clinics. World, in Seal Beach, 25 miles south But one physician in a city near of Los Angeles, will have 6,750 liv- a California retirement center told ing units when it is finished. Leisure me: "I have many anxious patients education programs, they were World boasts 24-hour nursing ser- from that village who hear so much bored. They sold and left. vice, free drugs, and 10 physicians. talk about ailments that they come But their next-door neighbors, a Catering to the infirm and sickly, to me with imaginary pains of psy- hearty service-club type and his its co-operative apartments cost chosomatic origin. One 64-year-old gregarious wife, enjoyed their com- around $100 a month after a down man never had a twinge of arthritis munity, its endless card parties, payment of approximately $1,000. until he moved from damp Port- games, and small talk. They are Leisure World is surrounded by land, Oreg. Here he heard so much boosting die town. a wall, has a 24-hour security guard, chatter about arthritis that he com- piped in music, a newspaper, and plained his legs had stiffened up free Asian flu shots for its residents. on him. I recommended diat he D,ESPITE mixed reactions to re- But Seal Beach city officials have move back to Portland. He now tirement communities, such towns voiced concern about this 541-acre lives in his old neighborhood, are hound to multiply. By 1980 development which will have 12,- but his arthritis complaints have there will be 35 million people in 000 residents. ceased." the United States 60 years of age or Such a huge aggregation of Despite varying opinions, a Cali- older. The Federal Housing Admin- elderly people could constitute a fornia welfare worker said: istration issues mortgage insurance formidable voting bloc, officials "These cities are the pattern of for these villages, and will make fear. The aged could dominate local the future. They are here to stay. loans to nonprofit groups which set politics, resist school taxes, and play They provide a graceful way for up retirement towns. hob with civic projects. older people to get out of the way Back in 1910, 600 out of every The retirement city boom is of young families who are busy 1,000 Americans lived on farms. spreading to other parts of the na- with their own living and prob-

When their working days were tion. At North Cape May, N. J., lems." :iver, it was expected that they 1,500 homes have been built, with Many of these new cities lack- would stay widi their children on half reserved for elderly people. adequate facilities for worship. At the farm. Calling itself the "St. Petersburg of least one California retirement town Today only 87 out of every 1.000 the North," the community mixes was 30 miles from the closest [persons live on farms. The rest are younger people with residents who church.

} :ity dwellers. In their golden years, are 60 and older. The promoters of a Florida vil-

ruary 1 965 \Together 47 k > lage tried church. rails for a community palsied or arthritic hands. Here is what one resident says Though it is a building for elder- about it: ly tenants, those who want to can "It was neither a church nor very wander through the city, enjoying religious. On Sunday nights, we the shops, parks, the activities of Keep gathered in the community hall, children, and the noise and bustle sang a few hymns, listened to a so- of everyday life. called inspirational talk by any The better-planned retirement neighbor who felt like speaking, cities are approved by some ex- Life had a silent 'universal' prayer, and perts. Says Dr. Edward B. Allen, then went home. My wife and I psychiatrist and past president of sold our house and moved back to the American Geriatrics Society: Chicago, where we rejoined our old "People can find serenity when Contemporary church. Now we're happy again." they identify with others of similar age. In such a setting, where resi- dents are given a chance to make A NEW Jersey couple in their the most of their leisure, there are 60s who moved to a California re- social stimuli to relax. tirement city missed the annual "Much depends on a person's community chest drive and church temperament. Those who are gre- philanthropies in which they always garious are apt to find fulfillment in had participated. As they explained a dynamic retirement \illage. If a

it to me: man has never had much time for "Villages like this one are in- relaxation, the force of example habited by people who are neither can have a good effect on him." poor nor rich. As there are no visi- The key to contented living in ble needs here, residents tend to such towns is resiliency of spirit. Criticism for J\. SIMPLE phrase sometimes can ignore their obligation to aid the of enclaves the aged is change the direction of a life. These less fortunate." voiced by Dr. F. J. L. Blasin- magic words, spoken by a counselor, Only 5 percent of all persons game, executive vice-president of changed mine: "Keep life contem- over 60 are chronically ill or in- die American Medical Association, porary." firm. The majority want to be ac- who declares: What do these three words mean? tive, though on a reduced scale. For "Older people who have strong Simply to act in the forsake present, many, golf, hobby work, gardening, family ties and a wide circle of the unpleasant past, and avoid point- chatting, and siestas are enjoyable friends get satisfaction from church, less preoccupation with the future. for a while in a retirement village; charitable work, and hobbies. If, in By carrying with us only the help- but as unvarying routine they can addition, tiiey always have been re- ful, healthy remnants of our past quickly pall unless contact is main- luctant to change neighborhoods, and by planning prayerfully for the future, we can face the present with tained with the outside world. it is doubtful tiiat diey will adjust assurance. Dr. Michael Dacso, director of easily to diis change of environ- One common complaint of the rehabilitation at New York's Gold- ment." young is that older persons live in water Hospital, puts it this way: As might be expected, a few pro- the past. Even devoted children "No matter how good a time moters have tiirown togedier re- sometimes hate to visit oldsters be- they're having or think they are tirement cities which fall short of cause the talk will be of the dead, having, older people in such towns expectations. Sometimes the prom- of unforgiven hurts, and of faded are in a place of exile. They should ised medical service is inadequate dreams. If our elders would only be kept in die community baby- or nonexistent. Shopping centers keep life contemporary, there would sitting, counseling with die young, fail to materialize. Houses are jerry- always be pleasant things to discuss. and doing what diey are able to do built. One manifestation of living in the as long as diey can. That way, older \Yhen one couple in their mirJ! tuture is the credit-buying boom. If time payments have brought you a people will maintain a sense of 50s wanted to move away from money problem, perhaps it is time usefulness and stay younger such a city in Florida, diey learned to reconsider your philosophy of liv- longer." diat their contract stipulated diey ing. Realistically face your situation With an assist by taxpayers, the had to sell die house back to die and understand that the easiest way city of San Antonio, Texas, has cre- developer. They lost several diou- to live is one at day a time. Then ated a retirement center of a differ- sand dollars. things are bound to change for the ent type. This is a $2.5 million apart- If you are thinking of migrating better. ment development for 216 elderly to a retirement village, or if you To paraphrase the Bible, "Let the people. In the heart of San An- have relatives who are considering dead past bury its dead and don't it is all it. weigh the pros very worry about tomorrow. Today's tonio, convenient to and cons die carefully. problems are quite enough for to- churches, has a senior center on Such a move may rob you life day." Or, to repeat, "Keep life con- first floor, refrigerators on platforms of most of the tilings that make temporary." —Ruth C. Ikerman so no stooping is required, and grab interesting and challenging.

48 Together /February 1965 Fear of the word 'reform' is gone. Among changes once thought impossible,

Catholics now sing hymns, make responses, and hear most of the mass in their own tongue.

Roman Catholic Worship: THE NEW LOOK

By R. P. MARSHALL, Pastor, Summerdale (Pa.) Methodist Church

s.ON IE YEARS ago a noted what it was originally, a celebration address, "The old motto of Tray, Catholic liturgist addressed a con- of the Lord's Supper. Pay, and Obey' is out. We know we vocation or the Order of St. Luke, All this was apparent to those must do more than that if we are to a fellowship of Methodist minis- who were present during Catholic save the world." ters devoted to liturgical study Liturgical Week Services in the vast This is a revolution, but a quiet and practice. To the surprise of Kiel Municipal Auditorium in St. one. It is a reformation from bottom these Methodists, the Catholic Louis last August, when Joseph to top. The old Catholic fear of the clergyman paid high tribute to the Cardinal Ritter celebrated mass in word "reform" is gone; Martin liturgy of our church. English. He stood behind a bare Luther is the subject of sermons "You have," he said, "one of the gray table whose only covering was and books by Catholic authors; his finest liturgies of any of the a white cloth—no tabernacle, no hymns are being sung in Catholic churches. It is simple, free from huge crucifix, no flowers or candles. churches and included in new col- too much ceremonial, yet true to As if this were not enough, the lections of hymns. the primitive pattern." He went on service began with a processional Had not Pope John opened the to praise the Holy Communion of white-robed priests (no elabo- window, this might not have hap- service as revised by Methodist rate vestments ) who marched down pened. Had Pope Paul shut that founder John Wesley. Then he the long aisle to the measured beat window, there might have been a added: "If you would only use it!" of Martin Luther's great Reforma- stubborn underground movement In the subsequent question and tion hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is which could have produced another answer period, this Catholic scholar Our God, as the congregation of Luther and another break in the pointed out that the Roman mass 16,000 priests, nuns, laymen, and Roman Church. It did not happen was overlong, full of medieval Protestant visitors sang. thus because, in God's providence, accretions and meaningless cere- "How come?" I asked a Catholic he provided in succession two monial actions. "We hope that it friend. "It was no accident," he popes whose hearts were filled with will someday be simplified and smiled. "The cardinal requested love of God and man, leaders who put into English," he said, "but we that hymn!" looked in compassion upon the are not as fortunate as you. Here was liturgy in action, a world, instead of seeing it as an | We cannot change overnight. What you vigorous movement toward practi- opportunity for conquest. Methodists can do in four years cal Christianity in the spiritual Protestants who have not read would take us four centuries." tradition of John Wesley. Catholic books and magazines re- But he was wrong. What has happened? cently are sometimes cynical about It has taken only 14 years from I asked that question many times the whole thing. "It's just a move the time when he spoke for the and received the same answer. "It to gain power," one Methodist Roman Catholic Church to do away is the work of the Holy Spirit within minister told me. "They say one with many of the ceremonial elabo- the church. This is a new reforma- thing to Protestants and something rations, to put the mass almost tion." else to their own people." entirely into the vernacular, provide And indeed it is. After 400 years This man can believe that be- (for congregational singing, set up of silence, the Catholic clergy and cause he does not read what Cath- a commission to completely revise laymen have begun to speak out, olic leaders are writing these days. the liturgy, change the position of asking for an aggiornamento, an And it may be he does not read the priest from before the altar to updating of the church to meet the them for fear he might find out he

behind it, abolish many useless rites challenge of the times. As one is wrong. But the inquiring Protes- and actions, and turn the mass into prominent layman said in a recent tant has only to go to any library

: ebruary 1 965 \Together 49 )

and read the articles in The Com- to be present at mass, go to confes- it was at St. Louis, a somewhat momceal, Columbia, Catholic Lay- sion, and support bingo parties! large, rough wafer of whole wheat, man, The Catholic Digest, The They will be asked by many priests instead of a thin, white circle of Sign, or almost any other Catholic to contribute a tithe of their income, indeterminate origin which re- publication to see that there is no and to refrain from depending upon sembles nothing except fish food. difference in what Catholics are various schemes for raising money. (We may have to reconsider our saying to Protestants and what they A new hymnbook will be in use, own Methodist practice in this are saying to each other. containing the great hymns of Prot- regard! I firmly believe that this new estantism. As one eminent Catholic In another break with tradition, reformation is the result of the scholar explained, "We have to sing it now is possible for Catholics to liturgical movement. The reason for Protestant hymns. We have none of receive Holy Communion without that statement is that it has been our own." That, of course, is an having gone to confession within the liturgical movement which has overstatement, but it is almost true. a certain number of days, for this sought to place spiritual values And what will happen when was not a rigid rule, only a custom. above ceremony and administration. Cadiolic and Protestant worship be- In the light of these develop- It was this movement which re- come so similar? Will we eventual- ments in Catholic liturgy and prac- sulted in adoption of the Dialogue ly be able to worship together? tice, it would seem proper that we Mass, some years ago, as optional. Methodists should give renewed This form of the mass was a small study to our own liturgy. The work step toward the eventual elimina- F,EW OF us on either side would of our Commission on Worship has tion of Latin, and toward the par- dare to predict an early end of our resulted in a much-improved Book ticipation of the congregation in divisions. But it does seem probable of Worship with a proper lec- the action of the mass. that, after a few decades of borrow- tionary, a fine service of Holy Com- Leaders of the liturgical move- ing from each other, of holding munion. The new book, approved ment, priests and laymen, have dialogues together, of helping each by the 1964 General Conference, is sought to eliminate ceremonial as other in community activities, meet- to become available in March. far as possible, to simplify words ing in Bible-study groups, and shar- There still are opportunities for and actions, to get back to the ing lecturers in colleges, we may improvement, but the new liturgy primitive pattern of the Lord's find common worship is possible. is, no doubt, the best that we ever Supper. They have advocated the Even now permission is being have had. Thanks to the efforts of return to the use of both bread and given in some areas for Catholic our liturgical scholars, Mediodism, wine in Communion; they have priests to join with Protestant min- perhaps for the first time, has suggested that statues of saints and isters in joint Bible services, at looked farther afield for inspiration a multiplicity of side altars should which there is no celebration of than the admittedly defective be abolished; they have sharply Holy Communion. Becently, a Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. criticized the very things that group of Catholic laymen were told As a loyal Methodist, I see in the Luther objected to 400 years ago. by a priest that there would be no present situation a Protestant op- And they have seen their hopes objection to their attending special portunity greater than ever before. realized! services of a general nature in a The actions of the Second Vatican On November 29, 1964, a new Protestant church, and he urced Council have shown that the Refor- constitution on the liturgy went into they do so at every opportunity. mation is now recognized as valid effect. Its introduction marked the Protestant students of liturgy in its judgment and emphases. We beginning of a new era in Catholic may be in for a shock when the have a great heritage, a charge to worship. No longer is it possible full implications of the changes keep. No longer must we defend for Catholic worshipers to sit pas- contemplated by the Catholics are our doctrines of the priesthood of sively in church, saying their understood, for many non-Catholic the laity, justification by faith, and beads or praying private prayers. liturgists have turned to the Roman our Methodist emphasis upon per- Catholics now are singing hymns, mass as the pattern for their think- sonal religious experience. Catholics making responses like Methodists ing on the subject. But the mass, are proclaiming them also. and Episcopalians, listening to three as it has been, soon will be gone. Would it not be ironic, if in this lessons from the Scripture read in In its place will be a simple and century the Roman Catholic their own tongue, and listening to a beautiful Communion service, with- Church were to move out as a great sermon based upon a Bible passage out the trappings which we associ- evangelical witness to the faith of which has been read. The priest ate with the Roman rite, without Jesus Christ while we who have faces the people, dressed in simple many of the prayers which we protested against priestcraft, cere- garb. Laymen will, in some cases, sometimes have imitated. monialism, and preoccupation with read the lessons and offer prayers. Today the priest, on giving the machinery should retreat into our All worshipers are encouraged to bread, says only, "The Body of shells of conformity, making no receive Communion at each mass. Christ," to which the communicant effort to speak to the world through All this comes as a shock to Cath- replies, "Amen." That bread, still the Word of God, offering no per- olics who have been content to believed by Catholics to be the sonal witness from our laymen, and leave worship to the priest—secure Body (but increasingly in a mysti- adopting a supine attitude toward in the belief that their only job is cal and symbolic sense) may be, as the pagan world around us?

50 Together /February 1965 Christ Methodist Parish includes (left to right) the Broadway, Mathewson Street, and Tabernacle Churches.

Downtown Mathewson Street Church is the square structure with arching windows.

Instead of moving to the suburbs, Providence's largest congregation studied

and prayed its way toward renewal and a vital stake in the problems surrounding it.

Now it has joined with two smaller churches in a pioneering Methodist parish. Providence Shows the Way

A,-BOUT a month after the 1964 The Providence program is simi- except finances and Sunday worship general Conference adopted a new lar in intent to the suggested Neigh- services now are being blended. quadrennial program for all of borhood-!, plan in which members Of the parish churches, Mathew- Methodism, three churches in Provi- of one Methodist church would join son Street, with about 800 members, dence, R.I., launched a parish plan another congregation for a year to is by far the largest. Located in

that effectively catches the spirit of help give it new life and leadership. the downtown shopping district, it jthe quadrennial theme, One Wit- The Christ Methodist Parish was has lost hundreds of members in ness in One World. planned before the quadrennial the last decade, as more than 50,000 Christ Methodist Parish came program was adopted, but it does people have fled the city for its •into being at annual conference reflect the creative thinking that suburbs. But the future holds time last June when the Broadway, congregations around the world promise. Within five or six years, Mathewson Street, and Tabernacle share as One Witness in One World redevelopment housing for 800 Churches of Providence were offi- gets under way. The purposes are families will be built within three cially designated a parish and their the same: The achievement of blocks of the church. pastors were assigned as ministers greater oneness in Methodism and About a mile to the west is

: to the entire parish instead of to its practical demonstration in Chris- Broadway Methodist, originally an lithe individual churches. As a re- tian witness. Italian mission church that present-

[jsult, the strongest congregation, Christ Methodist Parish is one ly has 60 members. Middle and

[Mathewson Street, is sharing its congregation, even though it meets low-income housing to be built leadership with the other two. in three places. All phases of its life nearby could make the church's

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The parish staff (left) includes two full-time and two part-time pastors, a pastoral assistant,

and a nurse-social worker, who is also shown at right visiting a senior-citizens' home.

neighborhood interracial for the building a new church in the sub- the Rev. DeWitt C. Clemens of first time. urbs. After prayerful study, how- Mathewson Street, die first halting More than a mile west of Broad- ever, they determined to pour their steps toward the parish organiza- way is Tabernacle Church, with 156 energies into the problems of the tion were under way. members. Once the home of many central city. The plan is so new that the com- textile workers, the area now is Mathewson, whose membership bined congregation doesn't know bisected by highways, and many of includes many white-collar and pro- what to expect in many areas.

the mills have closed. ( All of Rhode fessional people, is not lacking in "Were ready to relate as the Island, in fact, is classified as a leadership talent. Three years of opportunity presents itself," one of' depressed area by the U.S. Depart- retreats and study groups, one the members explained, "but we ment of Commerce.) A large, low- member explains, "brought us to the haven't die foggiest notion of what income housing project with a high point where we were able to re- this is going to mean. And if we turnover rate and a large Negro spond to needs around us." When thought we knew, our answers

population lies within a few blocks. the Rev. Robert J. Mollar, who was might be suspect." The prelude to the parish idea pastor of bodi the small Broadway But first steps have been made. came from Mathewson, where and Tabernacle churches, began Mr. Mollar and Mr. Clemens, the several years ago members debated talking about mutual problems with full-time ministers, are helped by

The Rev. J. Richard Peck, who spends half of his time as a college chaplain, meets commuting students on campus. the Rev. J. Richard Peck, a part- gram. They come nut only from the time minister of education, and the city but also from nearly every pari Rev. Allen S. Cutts, a Baptist who ol the compact state.

is part-time minister to shut-ins. For single adults, there is a pro- Miss Bernice Chase, a retired gram with an interdenominational lieutenant colonel of the Army approach. One of its concerns is to Nurse Corps, serves as a link be- see that single people do not feel tween the parish and social well are trapped and alone in the city. agencies. "There's nothing you can't Members of Christ Methodist count on Bernice to do," says Mr. Parish believe their progress so far Clemens. Anything from drying must be looked upon as only a start out an alcoholic in the middle of toward larger involvement. They the night to moving an elderly lady want members of suburban Irom her possession-cluttered house churches to contribute a year of to a nursing home. their time to the weaker churches Bounding out the staff are Mrs. of the inner city as part of the Earl Larrabee, who presides over Neighborhood-1 program. They the combined office and also pro- want regular, continuing financial duces a parish newspaper; Mrs. support from suburban congrega- Margaret Cutten, secretary; and tions. "The mission of this confer- Bert Willey, financial assistant. ence," says Mr. Clemens, "is in the At this early stage of parish central city." development, the official boards of Meanwhile, plans of the parish ?ach church meet separately. But are moving ahead on many fronts. there is a parish policy committee Evangelistic services are planned that serves as an advisory board, at Broadway to reach people pres- ind one set of commissions func- ently attracted by storefront sects. tions for all three churches. The area has one of the highest The new life of the congregations school dropout rates in the city, and s focusing on a parish plan which the second highest juvenile delin- groups the membership into 24 geo- quency rate. Tutoring classes at graphical areas. In small study and Broadway are being worked out worship groups, members of the with community agencies. hree churches are getting to know "We seek to make a stronger ^ach other and to plan ways of united witness in Christ's name," a ;erving their city. parish statement says, "through The combined youth fellowship unified planning and action—one neets on Friday evenings, and its mission, one people, one ministry, nembers help at a local youth cen- one voice, one educational program, er on Saturday afternoons, and and one fellowship. What this will participate in sports on Saturday mean we do not know, but we be-

\ enings. As many as 50 have been lieve and trust the one Lord who howing up for the fellowship pro- does." —Carol D. Muller

Involvement in their community takes the people of the parish in many directions. Teen-agers have been making regular visits to shut-ins. Miss Doris Hosking (above), a Methodist since she was 12, is now Salvation Army pianist, with the blessings of her home church. Both college (left) and high school students have been working with children at a home for wards of the state.

53 OPEN PULPIT / Drawn from sermons by Methodist ministers 4 .3 I f

GOD and MR. JONAH

By GLENN ALTY CRAFTS Minister, Christ Methodist Church, Snyder, N.Y.

1 HE FASCINATING Old Testament story of God "Take me up and dirow me into die sea," he said, anc and Mr. Jonah is a parable of what is forever happen- over he went. The storm stopped. That was the enc ing. Its point is that God loves all men. The love of of crisis number one. God is broader than the measure of man's mind, which is sometimes so limited that it squeezes the soul to Jonah and the Whale death. But if die ship was safe, our hero was in a rathei The whale, unfortunately, always gets top billing, bad situation—in the sea without his water wings but his role really was a minor one. He was only a Enter from the west a big fish going east. One greai convenient device to get Jonah from one place to gulp and Jonah was his guest. Jonah began to pray another. To argue whether God could make a whale Now, in his time of need, he was not above demand with a benign, acid-free stomach is to miss the point ing that God report for duty. completely. Read the story. In this parable, remember, the purpose of die whali is to get Jonah from the ship back to Nineveh, unhur Jonah's Mission and as quickly as possible. So the whale threw Jonal

"Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah . . . saying, up on the land, where he stood wet. a little pale anc

'. . . go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against puckered, a bit shaky, but still up and doing. it; for their wickedness has come up before me.'" That was the second crisis: Jonah in his moment oj Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, and Hebrews need turned to God and was saved. hated the Assyrians—who had plundered their cities, raped their women, and carried off captives. Bitter Success Jonah hated the very men to whom he was sent to Then God spoke to Jonah a second time. "Arise preach the love of God. It was like sending Richard go to Nineveh, that great city"—and this time Jonal Nixon to be keynoter at the Democratic National Con- went. By now he knew better dian to try not to. vention; Orville Faubus to speak before the National Nineveh was a great city. It was, so the book says

Association for the Advancement of Colored People; three days' journey across it. Jonah walked into the or President Nasser to address a Zionist rally. Jonah city one day's journey and began to preach. His mes- believed that God was "Made in Israel" for Israelites. sage was one of gloom. "You sinners," he preached It is easy for us, too, to think that God is our God "in 40 days your city will be overthrown because ol —exclusively. It is hard to remember that God loves your wickedness." Hating them as he did, he rathei a migrant as much as a millionaire, a Muslim as much enjoyed that kind of preaching. In his heart, he felt

as a Methodist, an African as much as an American. they deserved it. God told narrow-minded, nationalist Jonah to go Good people do get smug. Religious people get so to Assyria to preach the love of God. And Jonah, hat- self-righteous that at times they are harder to live with ing the Assyrians, took a slow boat for Tarshish, the than the sinners they look down on. I suspect that farthest-away port in the opposite direction. many a pious man gets a thrill out of the fact that But God was not without his own resources. others are not religious, that God is on his side and

"The Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea and not theirs—or so he likes to think. So Jonah laid it ." there was a tempest on the sea. . right on the line: "Repent, you sinners, or your city The sailors were scared. They prayed, each to his will be destroyed and you will die." own god, but the storm continued unabated. Honest Talk about miracles! The people of Nineveh re- man that he was, Jonah confessed it was his fault. pented and turned to the Lord! And that is harder to

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believe than the whale story. To show their contrition The people oi Nineveh wanted to sn\<- the <"»l for their evil ways, they fasted and put on sackcloth Jonah served; but if they did, he could no longer and poured ashes over their heads. hale them. So Jonah went outside Nineveh, up mi a "When God saw what they did, how they turned hill where he could sec the cit\ and lie built a little from their evil way, God repented of the e\ il which he booth and sat (here to watch. He was still hoping to bad said he would do to theni; and lie did not do it." see them suffi i.

That was the third crisis: Nineveh turned to Cod Calamity did strike—but not Nineveh! And it was and the city was saved. not some great thing like a mushroom cloud filling the sky wiping them all out. Overnight a gourd vine Jonah and the Vine had covered the booth. It gave Jonah shade from the One might think the story should end right there, searing summer sun and broke the stifling sand that but it doesn't. Mr. Jonah should have been ecstatic blew in from the desert. The next day a worm at- with his success, hut he was scorching mad. lie had tacked the plant and it died. vn eagerly looking forward to Nineveh's destruc- Now Jonah was furious! "It is better for me," he tion. said, "to die than to live." It was bad enough that He railed at God: "God, that's what I've been trying Nineveh had repented and was saved, but now he was to tell you. That's why I wanted to go to Tarshish. and personally uncomfortable. "Really, God—first you save iow you've gone and spoiled it. The city has been the city, and now you send a worm! There is, after all, saved." Success galled him because he wanted God to a limit to what a man can take!" >e his God, not theirs. So God asked Mr. Jonah, "Do you think you are Now he would be expected to love them as brothers. right to be so angry?" Vow. he supposed, he would have to sit with them on And Jonah shot back, "Yes. I do well to be angry, he bus, let them use the same washroom, eat in the angry enough to die." ;ame restaurant, worship in the same pew. The only And then God said, "You pity that plant, which was way to keep them in their place would be to keep them here yesterday and is gone today, because it is near it arm's length—and here God was reaching out and and precious to you. Why shouldn't I be concerned for hawing them close. this city that is near and precious to me?" I wonder how many people have been turned from There, abruptly, the story ends with the fourth crisis he Christian church because we, with our narrow unresolved. The ship had been saved from the storm. ninds and pinched little souls, have not been willing The man had been saved from the sea. The city had o accept them. That is why Gandhi never became a been saved from destruction. But Jonah had not been Christian, although after he was assassinated a picture saved from Jonah.

>f Jesus Christ was found in his shack. Years before, a hurch in South Africa had called him "colored" Jonah and Us tot one of their kind—and the Christian church drove There was the love of God—wider than the mea- >ff one of the saints of our century. sure of man's mind; and there was the narrow little How often has human hatred stood in the way of world of Jonah who could see only his own problems, *od's love? We know which way we should be going love only his own people, and could not bring himself -but we head for Tarshish. We want all men to be to believe that God cared for others as he cared for christians, but we won't accept them as Christian him. irothers. We, too, live in a world of walls and barriers built Would you rather go back to the whale? by hatred, prejudice, and fear. Many a man would like to see the Russians and the Chinese kill each other off rather than repent of their evil ways. Many Renascence a churchman complained bitterly when the Russian Orthodox Church was admitted into the World Coun- cil of Churches. Such individuals would rather have The world stands out on either side seen the door slammed in their faces than to sit and No wider than the heart is wide; pray and eat with them. Many a man damns the Negro Above the world is stretched the sky as backward, and then does all in his power to keep No higher than the soul is high. him that way. The heart can push the sea and land We, too, have turned our backs on God's will unless Farther away on either hand; it happens to fit our purposes. What happened to Jonah? Nothing at all. The soul can split the sky in two, He's still here. He lives on every street. He sits in every pew. And let the face of God shine through. He stands in many a pulpit. He lives in all the narrow But East and West will pinch the heart and noisy little men who know better than God. That cannot keep them pushed apart; "There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness And he whose soul is flat the sky — of the sea," but we will never see it until we open our Will cave in on him— by and by. eyes to see others as God sees them. Edna St. Vincent Millay The love of God is great enough for the whole world, but only he can receive it who will open his (.From Collected Poems. Harper & Row. Copyright 1012. 1940, by 'liia St. Vincent Millay. Used by permission of Norma Milluy Ellis.) heart wide enough to let his brother in.

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"Our discussion group misses you,

Fred . . . When you're not there, we don't have anyone to leap on as soon as he opens his mouth."

Cartoon by Charles M. Schulz. © 1904 by Warner Press, Inc.

By RICHMOND BARBOUR

A,.RE YOU thinking of quitting they would approve of our marriagi school? Do you wish you could drop plans. How shall we go about telling out, find a job, and start being inde- oa them?—P.L. Wait until you ar< pendent? If so, you are not alone. alone with your parents, at a timt Thousands of teen-agers share your You have said that kids are better when they are feeling happy and co sentiments. off in a small college near home than operative. Then tell them about you

Recently I met with 12 boys in in a big state university. I object! Have girl. Ask them to invite the girl t( the sophomore class of a big high you attended both big and small col- your home so they can meet her. It h school. They were buddies. They had leges, Dr. Barbour? Did you ever normal for people of your age to be talked things over and had decided teach in them? I went to a small one come engaged. Your parents probabh to quit. Their principal sent them to two years. I had only one good will not be surprised. Also, ask you) me for counseling. teacher. The library was a joke. I girl friend to have you visit her honit I did a little arithmetic for them. now am a senior in a big state univer- and meet her folks. It will not be hard Experts have found that those who sity. I think it's wonderful. Would you stay in high school until they gradu- change your advice? —H.T. What ate average about $100,000 more in- I said was that most 16 and 17-year- come during their lifetimes than olds are better off in a good small oa those who drop out. That's a lot of college dian in a typical big university. money. I divided the number of days That would not be true of a small I am a girl of 11. My father is c remaining in the boys' high school school with a weak faculty and poor minister. I ivas raised in the church years into $100,000. I found that with library. And I'm fully aware that many but I no longer believe in God. I average luck, each day they spend young people do well in big schools. don't pray any more. My prayers in high school will be worth some- To your personal questions, my answer never were answered. I spend on my- where around $180. is "yes." I attended one good small self the money I used to give to The boys thought T was fooling. I college and two large universities. I church. My friends say I am wrong. had them do the arithmetic over have taught at one good small college They say I shotdd talk with my father. again. When they fully understood and in a couple of universities. 1 don't sec why. Am I not old enough the figures, they were impressed. to make up my own mind? Dr. They agreed to remain in school. Barbour, do you really, honestly be If you are thinking of dropping out, oa lieve there is a God? Do you think please take a paper and pencil. Find He cares about us? —B.V. Yes, 1 out how many more days you will honestly believe there is a God and spend in school before you graduate. I'm 19 and will graduate from col- that he cares about us. However, I am Divide that number into Si 00.000. lege in two years. I am in love with not surprised that you feel as you do. Get your own answer. You will see a co-ed. Our parents do not realize At 17 you are working your way how foolish it would be to quit school. how we feel. I do not know whether toward intellectual independence. You

56 Together /February 1965 tare reconsidering many of the thi i you formerly took for granted. You ate old enough to make your own decisions. However, VOU should con- sider all aspects of the matter before

king so. I hope you will talk with vour lather or some other minister. Tell him how you feel. Consider his answers to your questions. Trj praj for others, not for yoursell. Mosl g llish<>i> Nail Answers ol us are too selfish in our prayers. Bead the hooks or pamphlets you Questions About . . . will receive. Take time to think every- thing through, then decide. \1\ predic- tion is that alter you do the things suggested, your faith will he renewed, on a more grown-up hasis than before. That has happened to many others

oa

You are a drip, Dr. Barbour! You W hat attitude can Christians take toward revolution? If we are condemn necking and petting. May I sure that our current revolutions were not invented by Communists ask why? I am a girl, 11. I have but really stem from die revolutionary statement that "God so loved dated four boys. On the second date the world," we can take one of several positions. Bishop Richard C. each one expected me to do things Raines sees three: you say are wrong. With the first 1. We can assume that revolution is evil and, therefore, determine three boys, I said "no." They dropped to have no part in it and it will run over us. 2. can stand aside me quickly. With my present boy- — We and let the revolutionists take over. 3. participate in the revo- friend, I June gone ahead. Now he We can lution political, scien- cants to go steady. Isn't it better to and, by our act, give the revolution ( economic, rim a little risk and have dates than tific, cultural, religious) humble, devoted, understanding Christian 'o run no risk and be a wallflower? leadership. —CD. I am sorry you disapprove

>f the advice I have printed so often. hy are demons mentioned in the Bible? Demonic powers, Please look closely at the popular girls W n your school who do not neck or pet. responsible for all manner of ills, both public and private, were as- Ton will find there are many of them. sumed by biblical writers. The first Christians were accused of I'hev are good conversationalists; "atheism" because they disbelieved. feey dance well; they keep them- Actually, their disbelief was a refusal to acknowledge the over- selves neat and attractive. They prove lordship of the "elemental spirits of the universe," as Paul calls them hat you do not have to do whatever in Galatians 4:1-7. By the grace of God, the Christians had a i boy wants to have dates. When you redeeming power over the demonic forces. (In the cases of demon- let, you trigger physical reactions possessed victims of "unclean spirits," it was a healing power. ) They vhich are extremely hard to control, insisted (as we ought to do) that man subjects himself to demonic have been a counselor for a long power only when he refuses to accept Christ's promise of mature hue. I have tried to help many young iieople who have been trapped by- sonship. heir instinctive reactions and have Hone too far. I know that many kids IVlust we fear God? Yes, for all religious reality starts there. But bet, but as an advisor, I cannot com- the fear of God is only the beginning of wisdom: the end is that God promise. What you are doing is wrong. is love. A. N. Whitehead said that religion is the passage from God 'lease do not continue. the void, to God the enemy, and then to God the companion. The mystery of God remains, for his ways are above our ways, but the oa dread and despair are gone.

I^an the pastor help preplan funerals? He can, and he will, if you / am a girl, 19. 1 was graduated talk with him while the person (even yourself) is still alive and in torn high school two years ago. I have good health. Then you can make the arrangements calmly and con- i job. I want to save money and enter If sealed ollege next year. My parents will not fidently. you want plain simplicity', with no hermetically et me have dates. They even object vault and no grave lined with brick, cement, and stones, he will help then I drive a car. 1 am their only see that your wishes are honored. If you prefer an elaborate funeral, hild. They tell me I must stay home he will help work that out, with dignity and good taste. vorcver, taking care of them. I must Of course, your pastor will be with you at the time of your loss, \*scape, or—I'll never grow up. What and he will continue his ministry in those months when die wounds y'an I do? G.R. Your problem is not of grief need healing. (unusual. Some parents are shortsighted "Our people are full questions," Bishop Nail observes, after four nnrl a half years in the lind seem unable to let their youngsters of Minnesota Area. "I often wonder u-httlicr Joint Wesley wasn't right in putting all the con- l^ow up. However, you have your own ference business in the form of questions and answers."

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58 Together /February 1965 AMOS I OK I I \l S ( HOICK In

I ii\ Dudley

Zuver. I am grateful to Mr, Win.!

wright aiul I pass this recoi enda- tion on to you with enthusiasm. It is a kind of half-fiction story based upon old New England records oi a Negro in Fiction to slave in Boston who was allowed purchase his Freedom. It tells how he With GERALD KENSEDY, bishop, los angeles area established himself as a tannei in a New England town, of his marriage late in life and of his experience as a

freeman. It is a wonderful story of }OME TIME ago The New Yorker's Reticle estimates that it must have understanding as well as a picture of ["he Talk of the Town" reported on returned to the publisher about $35,- some bitterness and prejudice. le Beatles' first movie. Standing in 000. So nothing 1 can say will either Amos Fortune was a religious man ne to get his ticket, the young critic hurt the book or help it. who joined the church when he be- ot acquainted with some of the fans. However, now that I have read it, came free. There were some unpleas- le discovered that two of the girls I want to talk about it and confess a ant incidents in his life, but, on the ad written a 300-page novel about kind of bewilderment over its becom- whole, the story is a testimony to a le Beatles in about two weeks time. ing such a success. It begins very New England village's willingness to (e concluded that the Beatles are well, and it has a kind of mystery accept a man for what he was. It is a ling to be around for quite a while which leads to anticipation and ex- fine book to read in our time when so ecause their fans are nice girls who pectation. I kept thinking that we much heat has been generated over ress neatly and who will pay $2 to were going to have some sudden the Civil Rights Act. I wish you would

Q a movie they already have seen wonderful discovery before it was order it. I do not suppose it will have rice for free. over. Somehow it never quite worked a very wide sale, but it is the kind ol He went on to say that the Beatles out that way. book that gives a man a good feeling.

rye some acting ability and, so far as It is a story of the Korean War and It is also well written. I am very glad,

knows, they are the only singing of the execution of a group of Chris- indeed, that I read it. I think you will

oup who has had a 300-page novel tian pastors by the Communists. Two enjoy it. ritten about them. This, in my judg- pastors do not die, and the older ent, is more a commentary on novels of them is the main character of the One of the treasured memories of an it is on the Beatles. book. Why wasn't he killed, too, and my boyhood is reading Jack London's Judging by some of the books which what did he do to escape death? He Call of the Wild. When I received oss my desk, many people assume is obviously a fine and humble man, a book finished after his death, called at anybody can write a novel. Of and those who deal with him, from THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU, turse, many people think that any- the colonel on down, are at pains to LTD. (McGraw-Hill, $4.50), I de-

>dy can preach a sermon, too. Only discover and understand his secret. cided to read it and see if I could re- e man who understands that such So far, so good. capture something of the joy he had ings deal with truth and life will Finally it is revealed: he is a man given me before. It is no good. This is J iow the anguish and pain which who has lost his faith. He has to pre- one of those blood-and-thunder things riting or speaking demands. tend to believe, but he really does about a secret order to get rid of any- A long time ago I used to read not. He does not deny or surrender, body who the members believe ought unit some of the great writers, and and the author would have us believe to die. Then the leader himself be- thought their confessions of agony that his essential greatness is in en- comes convinced that he ought to die, obably were overdone. I no longer couraging his people to believe that although he is going to try to keep it

1 ink so. When the time comes that which he is unable to accept himself. from happening. le seriousness of discovering a truth Well, this is not the first time this I found the whole thing pretty id sharing it is understood again, we has happened, it is true, but the corny, contrived, and unreal. It just

ill have fewer novels, but they will answer to me was a disappointment. goes to show how things change in a better. So many books impress me Some of the other pastors had proved man's experience. being dashed off by people who unworthy, and the truth was that they This book will be as good as some ive lost their sense of reverence and had died not as heroes but simply as of the paperback thrillers you are ander. This is the mark of an irre- victims. Maybe the author is trying reading, and it is an amazingly clean jtfous age. to say to us that we have to fight for book. If killing people doesn't bother our faith, and we never get to the you, but sex in a book does, this is You cannot say this, however, about place where we can sit back and be for you. Alas, it is not for me. HE MARTYRED by Richard E. safe. I can take that thesis out of my I had some other books I intended im (George Braziller, $4.50). This own experience. But I do not think to mention this month but on looking

^jview is long overdue and should it is proper to intimate that a great them over again, I decided that I U'.ve been offered many months ago. Christian pastor is great because he could not recommend them except in le book came to me in a paper- pretends to believe what he does not a lukewarm way, and some I would

i icked edition before publication, but believe. have to condemn. Some folks assume

put it aside and then forgot about As I said before, this will not hurt every book mentioned in this column One day I awakened to the fact the book's success, nor would it have ought to be endorsed. I do not agree, at it had become a best seller and had any effect if I had said it much but this time I will not argue. One

i The New York Times list for 16 earlier. This was a first novel, and I day I may write a column about the kbeks. It has sold more than 40,000 shall be very interested to see what books I wish I had not read. That has pies, and an article in the Saturday Richard Kim offers the next time. real possibilities, don't you think?

ruary 1 965 \Together 59 mission old Barnabas the of the Roman Catholic China. He served as governor i Church in the world. four districts under the Chine; For more light on Roman Cathol- Nationalist regime before he di icism, you may want to read The covered that painting rather tha Chair of Peter (Holt Rinehart Win- politics was his true interest. He le ston, .$12.50), a lively history of the China in 1933. papacy by Friedrich Gontard, who is The watercolors with which he In

a Protestant. I think it is a much better illustrated this book evoke the city

hook, for Protestants at least, than an ever-changing colors, its spaces, i Looks imposing volume on The Papacy affinity with the sea and sky. His liv< (Macmillan, $19.95 until March 31, ly anecdotes about people and h

$25 thereafter) edited by Christopher sense of humor (which leads him t Hollis and composed of chapters by compare the faces of beatniks wit various experts on Roman Catholic those of the bison in Golden Cat history. It is brilliantly illustrated but Park) add spice to his exploratioi at rather pedantically written. His trip to the top of one of th

towers of Golden Gate Bridge gives i I have been fascinated by the sights, an inside impression of the engineei sounds, and smells of San Francisco ing marvel that also is a work of ar since I was five. My memories of my And his descriptions of fog-drape NEW first visit are fragmentary and prob- hills, the sight of the rising sun froi ably inaccurate, but they are under- Mount Tamalpais, the sights an scored by a special excitement that has smells of Fisherman's Wharf, and th come back to me every time I have color and mystery of Chinatown ar returned to that city that seems to unforgettable. float in space beside the Golden Gate. I feel as if I had just been in Sa Books I have tried many times to share Francisco again. this special feeling, only to become tongue-tied. Now Chiang Yee has done Victor Searchers account of Th it for me in The Silent Traveller in San Farewell to Lincoln (Abingdor Francisco (Norton, $12.50). $5.95), to be published February 1: It is appropriate, I suppose, that this has a particular poignancy to a natio 1 WO STRIKINGLY different views gifted travel writer who also is a poet, that so recently saw on its televisio of the Christian church are reflected an artist, and a teacher should, like screens the assassination of anothe in books by Protestant theologian Karl so many San Franciscans, come from beloved president, the murder of hi Barth and Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini, now Pope Paul VI. Both agree that the church is the Body of Christ. But Barth, in God Here and Now (Harper & Row, $3.75), thinks of the church not as an institution but as the event of Chris- tians gathering together. The Roman Catholic cardinal who was to become pope, in the 10 essays that make up The Church (Helicon, $5.50), dis- tinguishes between two aspects in the church: "one the church as a divine institution, the other as a community made up of men." Oddly, it is this Roman Catholic view with which most Methodists would feel most com- fortable, for in spite of our freedom in theology we are a strongly institu- tional church. Few Methodists, I think, would go so far as to agree with Pope Paul, how- ever, that it is only within the church that an encounter with God is possible. Barth observes that God's free grace "can always be at work outside the walls of the church and can be an- nounced even by quite other tongues than those which have been given to us." The two books, actually, are not comparable, and 1 do not mean to contrast them to the detriment of y ^ either one. Barth was writing as a theologian free of institutional lies. t The then Cardinal Montini was writing as a leading member of the Roman

( latholic hierarchy, concerned with The Silent Traveller in San Francisco found a hike and a waterfall.

60 Together / February l 965 presumed murderer, and the somber both the teller of tall tales and the funeral rites with which the nation's author ol the Gettysburg Vddress, the dead leader was laid to rest. man ol peace who joked his w.i\ out

It will be 100 years in April that of a duel and the man ol war who Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's would not rest until the war was over, Theatre ami his funeral train made Not people today believe in its slow, 12-daj journey from Wash- man) ington to Illinois. Searcher picks tip witchcraft, but many do seem to be- lieve that a mysterious magic turns the stor\ with the I. ill ol Richmond This FREE words into truth because they appear on April 3, lS(v>. earries it through in print. There is no tin- surrender of the Confederacy, the such magic. shooting of the president and his death Ignoring the human possibilities ol all dollar error, which haunt responsible box the following day, attempts on the li\os ol the vice-president, secretary publishers, there is still the possibility of state, and commanding general, in- that the writer may be mistaken, or that he even may be deliberately vestigation ol the crimes, and the long, of Mason disseminating a false anguished funeral journey with its idea. crowds and ceremonies in cities en During the recent election cam- route. paign, there was an unprecedented Searcher reminds us that Lincoln's outpouring of "documented" material Candy can death was the result of a rebel con- in which the documentation was flimsy spiracy, although the guilt was never enough but the innuendo was strong pinned on rebel leaders. The presi- and highly colored. It is important that all readers know help dent's own assassin was gunned down you during an attempt to capture him. how to evaluate such material, and I Eight other conspirators were found know of no better teachers than Harry guilty by a military tribunal. Four and Bonaro Overstreet. These authors raise of responsible studies 180 were hanged, three were sentenced to on contemporary life imprisonment, and one was sen- communism turn their attention to the tenced to six years imprisonment. But fir right in The Strange Tactics of Extremism much evidence in the case still has not (Norton, $4.50). In it they 10*2,500! been brought to light. Certain Civil analyze how in some radical right War records were withheld from the books and pamphlets "documenta- public until recently so no living per- tion" turns out to be merely other son would be hurt, and much of the equally rightist articles, how facts and material they contain still has to be nonfacts are placed side by side, how sorted and inventoried. readers are asked to credit statistics from no known source and be im- Some historians have called Lincoln pressed by quotes from unnamed a religious sceptic, pointing to the fact authorities. that he never joined the religious sects But the Overstreets' study of ex- of the frontier. Theologian Reinhold tremism on the right is a great deal • MASON MINTS • ALMOND COCOANUT Niebuhr says that Lincoln's religious more than this. Emphasizing methods • ASSORTED JELLIES • WALNUT FUDGE convictions were superior in depth and and results rather than personalities purity to those of the political leaders or motives, they present a detailed No money in advance ... no risk ... no of his day, and to those of the religious analysis of the John Birch Society, Obligation. We will give you a FREE leaders as well. examine other groups of similar per- dollar box of nationally known Mason I found this in a collection comment suasion, and suggest methods of com- candy and tell you how your organiza- of commemorative papers on Lincoln bating extremism, on either right or tion can make 40£ on every $1.00 box. the varieties of and Gettysburg Address (Univer- left, that are appropriate to a free You have a choice of four Mason Candies. At no extra charge each sity of Illinois Press, $2.95), edited by people. 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[February 1 965 \Together 61 > sional visit. This is a reissue of William ganized ones tried to reach its summit. Spratling's Little Mexico, first pub- The British succeeded in 1953. The lished in 1932 and still a little gem. Swiss made it in 1956, and the Chinese Who is Bill Spratling? Why, senor, claim to have done it in 1960. everyone in Mexico knows. He came In 1963, however, an American FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY to the village of Taxco from Norte- expedition scaled the peak from two america 35 years ago and turned from directions: the South Col, which was

architect to silversmith. He is, also, the route other successful expeditions a writer, praise be, of rare sensitivity, had taken, and the West Bidge, which and his book throws open the doors never had been negotiated before. of the real Mexico. James Ramsey Ullman and other members of this American expedition If you enjoyed Glenn Alty Crafts' led by Norman C. Dyhrenfurth give sermon God and Mr. Jonah [page 54] us the official account of the ascent in as much as I did, I think you will want Americans on Everest (Lippincott, to that a know new, fictionalized ver- $8.95). It is, literally, a cliff-hanging sion of Jonah's story is available for saga of adventure and courage that boys and girls of junior high-school will have the reader on the edge of his age. easy chair and will, undoubtedly, be- THE FAREWELL Jonah (Abingdon, $3), by Helen come a classic in its field. Doss, is a lively chronicle of a man's

TO LINCOLN stubborn but futile struggle against Religious faith is not something to doing God's will; and it is, equally, be shut up in a box and guarded Victor Searcher. Related as it hap- a vivid picture of the times. jealously lest outside influences pened—Abraham Lincoln's funeral jour- steal I think young or it. ney from Washington to Springfield. people will enjoy corrupt I prefer to think of it as Thoroughly researched and docu- both Mrs. Doss' writing and Norman a journey, an adventure in which we mented. Notes and sources, bibliogra- Kohn's strong illustrations. find ourselves challenged, confirmed, phy, and index. $5.95 and expanded by the experiences, A highly sophisticated young busi- people, and ideas we meet. nesswoman in late her 20s told me One challenger and expander is recently that the only book she has philosopher Alan W. Watts, author of kept from her childhood is Mary Pop- Beyond Theology (Pantheon, $4.95). pins, Dr. Watts, who holds a master's degree "I it read over and over again in theology, is best known as an then," she said, "and the other day interpreter of Zen Buddhism and other I got it out and reread it." Indian and Chinese philosophies. Fortunately for youngsters of this In Beyond Theology, he examines generation, a motion picture is bring- the Christian faith in the light of 1 ing Mary Poppins delightfully to life, Hindu assertion that all experience and on top of that the newly issued whatsoever is God's, and that all mul- book Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins tiplicity, all sensations of limited and Comes BUYER BEWARE! Back (Harcourt, Brace & separate individuality, or die duality World, $5.95) contains two of P. L. of here and diere, I and Thou, are Fred Trump. Concise and reliable in- Travers' original stories about that God's dream or maya (a word that formation about the clever operator- remarkable, unpredictable, totally signifies art and miraculous power as how he works, how to avoid being tak- wonderful nursemaid and the children well as illusion). en in, and what to do if you are. In- who adored her. Dr. Watts has always felt that the cludes appendix and index. $3.50 The creator of master spy James Bond would seem a most unlikely author of children's stories. But the VULNERABLE late Ian Fleming's spirited tale about a magical car and the English family By Carmen Wilks that rescued it from a junk heap should be a favorite with youngsters for a long time to come. Laughter Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (Random Cuts closer than tears: House, $3.50) is the sound the old racing car made when Commander Sunshine Pott rebuilt it and pressed the starter, Flooding dark corners, and that is what his children, Jeremj GAMES and Jemima, and Mitnsie, his wife, Touching hidden fondly called it. What young readers AND PUZZLES will probably call the adventure that- pain. FOR FAMILY LEISURE followed is pure, shivery delight. E. Richard Churchill and Edward H. A smile Blair. One hundred and one stimulating Soaring 29.028 feet into thin, bitter- cold air. in Ideas Ear I irmly recreation 01 individual Mount Everest the Hima- Is a powerful weapon, use. Clear descriptions of games, with layas, the world's highest peak, has solutions and illustrations. Paper, 75< been an irresistible challenge to Crumbling fragile defense mountain climbers. Between 1920 and ABINGDON PRESS So carefully The Book Publishing Department of 1962, a total of 15 major expeditions The Methodist Publishing House and a number of unofficial, less or- erected.

62 Together /February 1965 .

leal mot o( the Christian concern that 1 .e\ Hie lii ilds up for healtliN emo- lie lies ( tod should other | Thou | in tionalism, saying that the force ol I confusion about what is oneseli (I), tradition and pressures ol society have A superior religion, he writes, "goes deprived men of their Freedom to beyond theology. It turns toward the express then emotions or react with

(.•outer; it investigates and feels out the feeling to the feelings of others. most depths ol man himself, since Women maj he unahle to do \ci\

it is here that we are in most intimate much to tree their husbands in this contact, or rather, in identity with regard, she sa\s. hut the) cm smeK kostence itself. Dependence on theo- create a home environment in which logical ideas and symbols is replaced their children will be led to healthy h\ direct, nonconceptual touch with emotional maturity.

level ol being which is simultaneous- David Lambuth, who taught En- 1\ one's own and the being ol all others." glish at Dartmouth College from the 1920s through the 40s, wore a white This is not a simple or an orthodox beard, pince-nez, a black beret, white hook, hut 1 Suggest that it you start suits, white shoes, and a black opera it, the only way to be lair to Dr. Watts, cape, lie also drove a white Packard, and to yourself, is to read it all the this for the wa\ through. very practical reason that he wanted his wile, who was very For Human Beings Only (Seahury, absentminded, to be able to recog- 11.25, paper) might be termed an nize the family car when she was out etiquette book, but it is a most unusual shopping. (White cars were rare in ami necessary one. From her own those days.) experience as a white woman trying This professor with the absent- sincerely to make friends with minded wile had a passion for preci- Negroes, Sarah Patton Boyle has sion in communication, and in 1923 he learned that there are common mis- collaborated with four colleagues in understandings that need to be over- developing a little book on writing. IMAGINE! come. Dartmouth issued it in a single edition. She has, therefore, tried to write Forty years later one of his former a primer for people of goodwill of students remembered it and repub- A LIFE INCOME both racers who want to bridge the wall lished it as a guide for the writing staff that has existed between them. What of his New York Advertising agency. she says will be very helpful to all of And in 1964, Viking Press brought for you and for us who read it. out an edition that contains a fore- word by Budd Schulberg, another your survivor! Oriana Fallaci, looks who more like former student. You can find this a movie star than a writer, made her edition in your bookstore as The generous income, paid quarterly, start as A a journalist when she was 17, Golden Book on Writing (Viking, writing the criminal can be yours for the rest of your column for a $3, hard cover; $1.25, paperback Com- life, and the full life of your sur- daily paper in her native Italy. First pass Edition). Whether your own impression of her latest vivor . . . under the special Life book, likewise, writing involves letters to the family, is deceiving. The Income offered the jacket of The Use- business correspondence and reports, Plan now by less Sex (Horizon, looks as if it $4.95) or more professional forms, you will American Bible Society. might cover a paperback novel, but find this book by David Lambuth and This unique plan offers you not it is a serious though highly interesting others as illuminating as if a light had only income-producing benefits report of conversations Miss Fallaci been snapped on in a darkened room. (payments exceed 5%) but you has had with women around the world. eliminate the capital gains tax when Her report is both compassionate "Our story centres on an island, not securities are transferred. and cruel. "The great refrain that is widely sundered from the Continent, In addition, an even greater re- stirring women all over the world is and so tilted that its mountains lie all called Emancipation and Progress," to the west and north, while south turn comes in the satisfaction of she writes. "Every time I'd landed in and east is a gently undulating land- providing the Holy Scriptures in a new country, I'd been confronted scape of wooded valleys, open downs, the native languages of people in ." by these two big words, and they and slow rivers. . more than one hundred different filled the mouths of women like So begins Sir Winston Churchill's countries of the world. chewing gum. We, the advanced preface to The Island Race (Dodd, Send coupon below for full details. women, had taught them the words, Mead, $27.50), a magnificent volume as we'd taught them to chew gum; that compresses his A History of the but we hadn't warned them that English-Speaking Peoples into one T-2 : AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY chewing gum can be harmful to the great book with illustrations that take 440 Park Ave. South stomach." She does not know which you on tour of the British Museum, New York 16, N.Y. appalled her most: an old Chinese Westminster Abbey, the National Por- Please send me, without obligation, woman with her bound feet or the trait Gallery, the cathedrals of Britain, full details about your special Life Income Plan on amounts of $1,000.00 American woman, who, she says, is and many private collections. or more. a "man with many advantages." Sir Winston's sonorous prose has More sympathetic to American always reminded me of the King Name women is Lena Levine, M.D., who James Version of the Bible, and this Address. with David Loth is the author of condensation of his longer history of The Emotional Sex (Morrow, $4.50). Britain loses none of its grandeur. City .Zone State Psychiatrist and gynecologist, Dr. —Barnabas

February 1 965\Together 63 I V I y 1 1 1 .3 L. L/v_>/*3*3 It was just a summer job,

but the lessons it taught in love and reciprocal trust have lasted the author a lifetime.

By RALPH McGILL

E.-ARLY IN 1919 the war-swollen which I often find myself thinking the roofing crews is short a man." U.S. Marine Corps notified its "du- today, as the deep-South racial ten- "Could I have it?" I asked. ration" enlisted men that those who sions, fanned by unreasoning fa- "It's Charlie's," he said. "You planned to return to school could naticism and exploited recklessly mind working under him?" apply for discharge on that basis. and cynically by politicians, take "No," I said, "Charlie's fine." Certain papers of recommendation on preposterous proportions. I was The real rough work of roofing and, I believe, an oath of intent the only white member of the work- was done by Negroes, with white had to be provided. Mine was filed, ing crew with which I had a job, sheet-metal workers doing the declaring a purpose to return to and the foreman was, of course, a flashing, gutter, and ventilating Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Negro. I worked with him from jobs. Charlie I knew rather well. He Term., where I had been a fresh- late March through August. It was had been with the company a long man at the time of enlistment, and I a pleasant and rewarding summer. time, and I had been seeing him was discharged about mid-March. My father was a minor officer around for years when I would go It was too late to enter spring and sales manager of a small heat- by to see my father. In elementary term, but I went to Nashville and ing and roofing company in Chat- and secondary school years, I fre- arranged to be on hand in Septem- tanooga. The approaching recession quently rode the two miles from ber. I also applied for a student of 1920 was beginning to be felt. our suburb to the Chattanooga loan and put my name on the list and there were not many summer Carnegie Library for books, and of those who would need part-time jobs. I wanted one which would be I'd always drop by the company jobs. After a brief visit with former out-of-door hard work, as in the office before the journey home. classmates, I went on to my home fall I intended to try for the foot- Charlie White was a hump- at Chattanooga. ball team. After three days of job 1 nuked man, quite black, of inde- There, through my father's assist- hunting my father looked at my dis- determinate age. He must ha\ e ance, I got a job. It was one about couraged face and said, "One of been in his early 60s. His arms. I

64 Together/ February 1965 sions, I have tried hard to recoiled g( I in\ legs and back in shape tin

an) rationalization I may have gone football. He chuckled and said,

through about working with a Ne- "Imagine that.' 1 went on to tell

gro roofing crew. 1 have been un- him I had played guard as a fresh- able to recall any. Now and then, in man and explained how important

the weeks that Followed my going it was lor a lineman to have good on the job, the president and chiei legs. He found this amusing, chuck-

owner ol the company, a smug sort ling over it. And 1 guess, in retro of man who wore a collar later to sped, he had a right to be amused. be made famous by Herbert Hoover, would see us come in from an early finish on a job. Two or L HI", first job was to root a new three times he stopped me and said, house, a single-story one and not "How are you and Charlie getting too large. Charlie backed the truck on?" "Fine," I'd say. I recall he had up close by the house. Then he and a somewhat questioning look on his two of the other Negroes put up lace. It never occurred to me that two ladders, tied on carpenters' he was probing for sonic answer aprons with pockets for the roofing

about how it felt to be working nails, filled them about half full, with, and under the direction of, took their hammers and heavy a Negro. scissors, and went up to the roof. Certainly I was asking myself no The third Negro, the youngest, and questions on that first morning I were to carry the baled shingles when I went down to begin the up the ladders to the roof as they job. We—my parents and I—were were needed. It looked simple. One from east Tennessee farm back- balanced a bundle on a shoulder grounds and Scottish and Welsh and, holding it lightly with the

ancestry. We were strict Presby- finger tips, climbed on up with it. uppose, were no longer than av- terians, with prayers at meals and One of the men had such a fine rage, but because of his hump, Bible-reading at night. On the sense of balance he could go right which caused him to seem to be farm, from which we had moved to up without putting a hand to the nown forward in posture, the Chattanooga, any house help we load until he was at the top and rms dangled and appeared, at least had was from the white tenants on had to put it on the roof. But for o my boy's eyes, abnormally long. the place. I did not see a Negro me, it was difficult. The bundle )espite his deformity, he had pow- until I was six years old. I was bit into my shoulder, and the rough- rful arms and was as agile as any- never taught any prejudice about ness of the edges chafed my neck ne else. He had a deeply lined face them since that was not according and cheek. On the first trip up I nd an almost aquiline nose. His to Scripture. I knew, in school, of almost fell backward with it. But •right, quizzical eyes gave him a course, that many boys thought I persevered. I knew they, especial- quaint, almost elfin look. otherwise, but somehow it always ly Charlie, were watching me. seemed some problem of their own. They may have had some ques- So I wasn't bothered when I went tions about my willingness to do a RECALLED the first time to work. Nor was I troubled during full share of work. And Charlie, saw him, years before. I was that pleasant summer, though the though he never said so, must have tartled by a sort of coincidence. I work was dirty and hard and often thought I was a fool talking about ad just finished reading The exhausting. working to strengthen my legs. Late htnchback of Notre Dame, and Charlie was waiting by the old that day he said to me, as I started /hen I walked to the back of the Ford truck, and three Negro men, to climb, "This sorta thing will help hop and saw Charlie, I was, for all older than I, were standing near- yo' legs." I looked down at him, moment, almost afraid. But then by talking. The truck was loaded but his face was impassive. That >e came over and asked me who I with shingle-width bales of compo- night when we came in, Charlie /as, and I saw he was just a kind sition roofing, ladders, sections of walked over with me toward my lan with a humped back. On days gutters, sheets of galvanized iron, father, who was looking at us in- f heavy rain, the roofing crews and two firepots of the kind used by quiringly. "This young man," he /ould come into the shop, and sheet-metal workers to heat their said, "he is goin' to be a good Charlie, when he saw me there, soldering irons. Tire talk was helper, yes, sir, a good one." ould always have some pleasant desultory. Charlie teased me a bit, I think I was. I began to look void with me. So, when my father saying that he doubted if a college forward to the days and my ride aid it would be Charlie's crew, I boy could do the work without out to the jobs beside Charlie. We old him it would be fine. He nod- "white-eying," a phrase used to de- talked endlessly. At noon we ate led and added, "You'll come in scribe being overcome by heat. our packages of lunch together. He frith me early tomorrow." Charlie asked me a few ques- talked to me about the trade of In these last several years of ten- tions, and I told him I wanted to roofing as if he believed I would

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follow it. He had a strong, honest hear. He would talk of the job, and seat, with the old smell of tarrtl pride in his work because he was he never failed to brag mightily composition roofing about it, arl expert at it. about me, declaring I was the best we went to the station, saying littl. The worst part of the work for helper a man could have. I had We checked the trunk and thct me was the tar and gravel roofs. caught on quick, he vowed, and stood outside talking, since tlj They meant pulling up huge buck- could make a good roofer if I waiting rooms were segregate! ets of gravel and smaller ones of wanted to. He never mentioned my Mostly we recollected amusiij pitch with block and rope. The legs, after the first day, and I was things about some of the jobs arl "cooker," a dirty monster coated grateful for that. some of the near-accidents. with glistening tar spilled on it In my last week on the job, we The train came, backing in as I from past jobs, had to be set up, both began to talk sadly of my did at Chattanooga's old Union St fired, and filled with lumps of tar quitting to go off to school at Nash- tion, and it was time to go. \\ cut from their containers. ville. I, of course, was eager but walked over by the gates. I lookt| had a real regret at parting with at him and he at me. Suddenly I him. He knew I had to have a job moved up and put his arms arour J. HE roof first had to be covered there and that I would borrow me and I put mine about hii with a composition material which some money. I had explained the feeling, with a sort of shock, tl had a feltlike texture and smelled student-loan system. He worried, as hard thrust of the hump on h

of tar. It came in rolls. Once it was did I, that I hadn't saved more out back. "Don't forget me," he sai down, the whole thing was covered of my pay. He was inclined to "I'll never forget you, Charlie," with hot pitch, spread with mops. blame my spending habits on my said. "You are one of the fine In the worst rags or old workshoes having served in the Marine Corps. men I've ever known." to be found, our feet wrapped in He stepped back, reached in h sacking, we toiled like demons in inside coat pocket, and took oi the smoke and heat, spreading the TiHERE were to be two or three an envelope. hot pitch. There could be no delay. days between my quitting and my "Don't you open this till you g> Nor could the pitch be too thin or departure on the Dixie Flyer. It on the train," he said, "and it's oi too thick. Charlie, a hunched, black came dirough around midnight, of the station." Mephistopheles with his own mop, and Charlie insisted he would bring We shook hands, with die peop tarred and sticky, was everywhere, the old truck out and take me and who were waiting for arrivals lool

directing here, giving a spot there my trunk down to the station. He ing on curiously, and I turned s a needed touch. The gravel had to came about 10:30. My parents and he wouldn't see my eyes an

be spread into the first coating of I were sitting on the front porch, walked hurriedly up the train I still soft tar. And that, too, was fast waiting. Charlie was wearing a my car.

and demanding. And then came neat, dark suit of what certainly When the train was out of tl :> another pouring and spreading of was not summer material. He spoke station, I opened the envelop tar. It was furious, backbreaking, to my mother in an old-fashioned There was a folded 85 bill and

arm-wearing work, and the heat Chesterfieldian manner, and then scrawled note. "For my helper i was sometimes dreadful. But none he and I carried the trunk out and spend at school," it read. It ws of us white-eyed, not even in Au- into the truck. He waited there then I wept. gust when the thermometer was while I went back and bade my I wrote Charlie and thanked bin around 95 in the shade. parents good-bye. and later I wrote him about makin By midsummer I realized I had I climbed into the familiar front the first football squad. I told hii become very fond of Charlie and the legs were strong from climbin he of me. Neither of us expressed ladders. My father wrote me tlit

it, but we knew that each of us Charlie read the letters to his cre\ understood. Two or three times READERS CHOICE and made his new helper, a youn when we were too late getting in Negro, unhappy with stories of hi from some distant job to go into Ralph Emerson McGill, publisher of The college helper. the shop, which would be closed, Atlanta Constitution, is nationally known During the Christmas holiday as a hard-hitting journalist, a 1958 re- Charlie took me to his house. His I went to see him, disturbed t cipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial wife was a large, motherly woman hear he had been sick during No writing. My First Boss is an extract from who always had a pitcher of iced vember with pneumonia but ha the book The South and the Southerner, tea and graham crackers waiting. gone to work. He was bright an< copyright © 1959 by Ralph McGill with They had no children. We'd sit on gay and pleased with the presen permission of Atlantic-Little, Brown and Charlie's small front porch, with Company, publishers. For this book Mr. I had brought. His wife had bakec the summer dusk about us, and McGill received the Atlantic Nonfiction a chocolate cake for me. drink the tea, grateful for the end Prize in 1963. His name stands for justice In January I had a letter from m\

of the day and die departure of and integrity; he is devoted to the task father. Charlie had gone home il the sun. of improving race relations in the South, again and had died two days latei his homeland. Kenneth There were houses crowded close Vipond of Wash- of a second attack of pneumonia ington, D.C., first suggested My First Boss on either side, and their occupants, I sat there in the fraternity house as a Together Reader's Choice selection, too, were on the porches seeking room, remembering him with his and to him go our thanks and the award coolness. It always seemed to me arms tight about me at the statior of $25. We welcome suggestions. Eds. that Charlie talked a little louder and hearing him say, "Don't forget than usual, to be sure they would me." C

66 Together /February 1965 li SELECTED BITS FROM YOUR seemi to me thai in tvL i to I)uh1 Charles M Schulz'a work upon the Procrustean bed of Christological orthodoxy, Mr. Short h;is seriously mis- appropriated the very considerable in- sights into the human situation which Peanuts dots indeed offer,

If a biblical analogy must be drawn,

then it is not at all to the New Testa- ment kerygma, but rather to the wis- dom literature of the Old Testament and the ancient Near East generally jesus' Birth: October 6? ing benches installed when the present that the cartooned aphorisms corre- building was completed in February spond. J. ENOS WINDSOR, Ret. Minister 1962. They are used each Sunday by a Mr. Short's flights of fanciful analysis Fergus Falls, Minn. majority of the congregation when they would have described a less erratic- Regarding the article by V. L. actively join in the prayer of confession. course, I think, if he really had un- Nicholson, When Was Christ Born? They also see extensive use during ser- derstood the "Lucian" saying which he [December, 1964, page 22], I am shocked vices of Holy Communion. included early in his article: "No mat- and chagrined that our editors do not The first reaction of many new people ter how hard I try, I can't read be- study more. is one of mild surprise. But after two or tween the lines." From biblical archaeology and from three Sundays, this is followed by the Roman records it is clear that Christ feeling that the benches add much to Bibles in Clove Compartments >vas born Oct. 6, 4 B.C. at 2:50 a.m. the worship experience. This explains why the shepherds were MRS. LYLE LARKEY El Monte, Calif. ;till in the fields. Ceorgians Have Them, Too! Christ was crucified at 3 p.m. on You and Charles Schulz meant it in A. J. BRUYERE, Pastor Wednesday, April 13 in a.d. 31, the fun when you ran the Teens Together Porter Memorial Methodist Church lay before the Thursday Passover, cartoon showing the teen-ager asking Porterdale, Ga. he holiest day of Judaism. This gave about placing Bibles in glove compart- lim three full days and nights to be Just to set the record straight: When ments of cars. [See November, 1964,

"in the bowels of the earth." we built the Aldersgate Methodist page 57.] But lately I saw an article in Church in Augusta, Ga., we incorpo- another magazine about John W. Many Bible scholars doubt that Jesus rated the use of kneeling benches. They Hedges, a car dealer in Indianapolis, oas born on December 25, but there is were put into use in July, 1962. Ind., who does just that. Since his con- 10 consensus on exact dates of his birth version in a Billy Graham crusade in ind Crucifixion.—Your Editors. Lessons, Humor Mingle 1959, Mr. Hedges has given away 8,000 MRS. GORDON MORANVILLE copies of the New Testament by placing •all Them Showplaces? Bayard, Nebr. them in the glove compartments of automobiles sold his agency. ELEANOR L. STIEVE How many of us search for inspira- by

Point Pleasant, N.J. tional reading but fail to seek it in From the pictures of new churches commonplace media? I heartily agree Approves Gildea's Statement n your November, 1964, issue [see 5 with Robert Short in his conclusions E. M. JONES Distinctive New Churches, page 34], I about Charlie Brown—The Theologian! Denver, Colo.

if [December, 1964, page .vonder we should call them churches 43]. Thank you and Robert L. Gildea for >r showplaces with cross and Bible as My attention was called to the Pea- his statement, Sometimes the church's exhibits. contrast nuts comic strip by my husband, What a between them who approach opens it to criticism, which ind many of our stately edifices or felt its impact on a dull morning spirit was a part of the Powwow, Should luaint little chapels. and realized it should be taken re- Christians Mix in Politics? [November, in it will ligiously. comic contains Perhaps time be left only The a source of 1964, page 14]. friends spiritual lessons intermingled o our Roman Catholic to erect with I am appalled and terrified at the juildings which look like churches in- spontaneous humor. dictatorship of "political considera- ;ide and out. Their churches have a tions" from the paid employees of The quietness and solemnity that Mrs. Brown Noticed, makes one Too Methodist Church. It seems to me that is in dedicated ealize he a house to MRS. CHARLIE BROWN all Methodist literature implies that we }od—even despite the statues. Both Findlay, Ohio members are "ignorant or have un- qualities far too often are missing in Oh! Good grief, Robert Short! worthy motives." Tiany Protestant churches. Peanuts Misappropriated 'Leftists Doing More Harm' Kneelers Not Unique, He Says IRA M. WHEATLEY, Minister CHARLES WHITE WALTER T. GANDEK, Pastor School of Religion, Univ. of Iowa Sioux Falls, S.Dak. City, Simpson Methodist Church Iowa Iowa I believe that many church people Old Bridge, N.J. The unrestrained allegorizing repre- will resent the news story on National In the November article, 5 Distinctive sented in Robert Short's Charlie Brown Group to Counter Ultraright Propa- New Churches, a picture caption on —The Theologian! is not new in Chris- ganda in the December, 1964, issue of page 41 refers to "Kneeling benches, tian apologetics, but I wonder if it has Together [page 8]. Who is spreading believed to be unique in Methodism" been carried to more ridiculous ex- propaganda these days anyway? at Manhattan Avenue Methodist tremes. As a student of the Bible and Some readers of your magazine may Church in Tampa, Fla. a loyal partisan of Charlie Brown, I be willing to be brainwashed, along The Florida Methodists are not the submit that both have been violated with many other Americans, into be- only ones with kneeling benches. The by the shotgun wedding in which Mr. lieving that the so-called ultrarightists church which I now serve had kneel- Short has united them. are a vicious lot; but the leftists and

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THE 1965 ANNUAL liberals are doing much more harm. that in a Christian magazine? A mo ' I am alarmed when a paper sent into appropriate title would have be our home by one of the largest reli- "Living Too Long."

gious denominations comes out against To a happy grandmother of nine, tl! Alaskan these patriotic groups but says not a story sounds like one coming from til word about godless communism itself. cruel and selfish world in which vl live. Do we need another command Cruise for Methodists Headlines or Converts? ment: "Honor thy grandmother arl grandfather"? HARRY M. STRAINE, JR. Come along for a delightful adventure in Sacramento, Calif. good fellowship, thrilling scenery and peaceful, Artist's Work Applauded restful voyaging in cool, far-northern waters An article in your December issue RAYMOND J. BAILEY, Pastor on the annual fun-loving Alaskan Cruise-Tour reports the activities of "prominent for Methodists. Choice of two departure dates Sergeant Bluff, Iowa churchmen" in the Council for Civic June 19 and July 30 from Chicago. For the Responsibility. This group, your article Thank you for Japan's No. 1 ChriJ past fifteen summers these tours to Alaska have tian Artist [December, 1964, page 35l been operated for members of The Methodist states, is looking into the activities of sectiorl Church, and each time a wonderful group of 12 interlocking organizations, including This is one of the best color congenial people who enjoy friendly travel to- Americans for Constitutional Action of that I can remember in Together. Theil gether, assembled for the trip. will be complaints, of course, thai which I am a member. Tadao Tanaka's work is not morl Sailing aboard Canadian Pacific's new S. S. If these "prominent churchmen" in- "Princess Patricia" the cruise includes Ketch- vestigate the activities of the board of pretty, conventional—and shopworn ikan, Juneau, Mendcnhall Glacier, Wrangell, directors of Americans for Constitution- Nevertheless, thank you. Skagway, Lake Bennett and Carcross in Alaska al Action, they will find themselves in- and the Yukon. The scenic Canadian Rockies, A Waste of Space Lake Louise and Banff, the Pacific Northwest, vestigating Mr. Edgar Eisenhower, Rainier National Park, and the American Rock- brother of our former President. OTTIS AARLYS HOUGE ies, are included in the trip. Altogether a Could this type of activity be one Pasadena, Calif. marvelous escorted tour with the best company of the reasons our denomination has I enjoy your magazine, and you of fellow travelers imaginable. slipped from first to second place in Christmas number is lovely—except fo U.S. Protestant membership? Are Space on the tours is limited—Demands are our the center color section. Why wast heavy—Send your reservation in early. "prominent churchmen" more inter- time, money, and space for such ai ested in headlines than Christian con- as this? I had to tear these pages ou ji"*»«- Write for free literature to: verts? so I would not have to look at ther Methodist Alaska Cruise-Tour again! c/o CAREFREE TRAVEL, INC. Church-State Wall Breached 540 No. Michigan Ave. Don't Preach, Practice! Chicago 11, III. MRS. V. V. RUCKMAN No obligation Eugene, Oreg. SUSAN WEBB The Council for Civic Responsibility, Godfrey, III. the Internal Revenue Service, and the I enjoyed Where Are Their Manners others who are studying the status by James J. Cox [November, 1964, pag FREE-LOAN FILMSTRIP of right-wing religious organizations 22]. It reminded me of a song in whid Methodist have an important and difficult task the parents ask: Why can't the kid The ahead. I hope such studies will not be be like we were, perfect in every way Publishing House confined just to right-wing groups. This is not meant to be a stab agains Much of the literature from Method- our parents; however, it shows how ai

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Please send free-loan MPH fil mstrip I have always received my copy of Six Different Meanings [November, (Allow 10 days delivery; 1 will return after use.) Together with pleasure; and when the 1964, page 70]. Showing Expected December issue arrived, I eagerly There are many valid arguments for D.-ite Attpnrinnre started to read it, expecting to enjoy abstinence. But we should never sink to SEND TO something very special for the Christ- selling a good idea with fallacious and Street or RFD mas season. specious reasoning. Falsehood in sup-

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69 February 1 965 \together the church is overly concerned about kid,'' and I do not believe that changi: such practical subjects as parking fa- times require such a disgusting chan M'GREGOR cilities, efficiency, and membership in Christian teaching nor downrig rolls. subversion of our basic Christian print GOtS Our turbulent society poses continu- pies and attitudes. KINGSM ing obstacles to the effective mission of If this is the kind of garbal w Jesus Christ. Many Methodists wish to Together plans to send into my horr^

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Also, Charlie Brown—The Theologian! gone, along with the last index page, bv. is about the best, in my opinion, that the rest is in good condition. There you have published to date. no music, just the words of 1.148 hymn With the back missing, the book A Distressing Echo not a collector's item, but it would b of interest to a student of church music CARL H. LARSON New Wilmington, Pa. Free Money-Saving Drapery Guide Concerned About Teens The feigned shock voiced in your De- Largest selection of Fiberglas draueries at direct-to you savings up to 40% 1 See 031 different money saving cember Viewpoint, Who Cares? was the MRS. LLOYD SHANNON ready-made and Quality custom-made Fiberglas drap- eries, curtains and yard goods. Boole features actual distressing echo of a public choice of New Albany, Ind. fabric swatches: beautiful prints, solids, boucles. da- masks, etc.. plus drapery decorating ideas, solutions to ill construction. The very tone of the I trust that in publishing A Clu problem windows, easy measuring methods, much more; article registered the shock that a fat for Teens [December, 1964, page 51 all FREE I Five-Year ironclad guarantee. Write: Ronnie, Dept. S8A-1, 145 Broad Avenue. Fairview, N.J. 07022 woman expresses when she notes that you are not condoning or suggestin her continued gluttony has resulted that this kind of activity should be use' in progressive weight increase. to draw young people into all Method The 1964 national election gave the ist churches. I am deeply concernec mandate of cynicism, immorality, and too, for the minister who will follow th.

indifference to a political machine which Rev. Robert Blaney, especially if h< adds new luridness daily to the sullied is a man with convictions that "thesi name of politics. things ought not to be." Professional bleeding hearts like Mr I pray that our vision of the work o Norman Cousins, whom you quoted, our Lord and Savior be pure and un-

need not look far for the reasons why defiled and that we may not forget hi.'

this nation is crusted over with a sick- words: "My house shall be called ; ." ness unto death. Let those who house of prayer. . . sneered at the challenge of the state- ment "Extremism in the defense of Another 'Fine Moment' ." liberty is no vice. . . now pass silently FLOYD MULKEY in Saturday review. Chicago. III. Ifyou need a new CHURCH Together's editors certainly are capa- or C. E. building, please let I have just read Football's Finest ble of better than their efforts in the us show you the efficiency Moment [October, 1964, page 33], and and savings possible December issue—but, who cares? through CBI methods. it reminded me of a similar incident in my own experience, an equally fine Disappointed by 'Litany' ID CHURCH DIVISION OF moment 42 years ago. CREATIVE BUILDINGS INC. MRS. W. W. CASE This happened in Topeka, Kans., in P. O. BOX 142-URBANA. ILL. 61802 Kalamazoo, Mich. 1922 when Baker University's football

. . . your inquiry is invited I am disappointed with a Litany team was playing Washburn University. [November, page 28] and the cartoons Just before the end of the first half,

CBI will gladly respond to your inquiry. which accompanied it. But perhaps I a high Baker kick sailed over the head should not be surprised, since I had seen of the Washburn safety. He jumped the earlier November, 1962, issue of high in the air but barely touched the

Minister or Chm. motive magazine from which the car- ball. Quick as a flash, our captain, toons were reprinted. Herbert Friend, picked up the ball and Name of Church (ond denomination) I hope parents will take a second ran for a touchdown, but the referee look at these cartoons and realize that disallowed the score, denying that the Address they are from a magazine for college safety had touched the ball. students. I am a Methodist "preacher's During the argument, the Washburn

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ebruary 1 965 \Together 71 '

l '1* T< )0( l 1 L( with the SMALL FRY MITTENS for FRIENDSHIP

By VIRGINIA H. MAAS "There's that funny, new kid. Let's try these snowballs out on him!'

IT WAS A great day for a snow- rounded the corner. He wore a thin well. The Woman's Society ball fight. The swirling snow was jacket and patched jeans, and he church is gathering some clothe getting deeper by the minute. was clutching a loaf of bread in for Karlo. I doubt if the boy has Kenny and his pal, Chubby, were cold, red hands. warm jacket." She smiled at then: packing snowballs and piling them "Hey, look. There's that funny, "If you boys get cold, come oi behind the snow fort they had new kid," said Chubby. "Karlo. over, and I'll fix you two a cup o built—in case some of their buddies What a name! Sounds like a girl's. hot chocolate. I have some su^a came by. He can't even talk English right." cookies just out of the oven." It was cold, but the boys were Chubby scooped up a snowball. "Mmm, no thanks. Mrs. Martin, bundled up warmly. Kenny was "Let's try this out on him." Chubby mumbled Chubby. "Guess I bette toasty warm in his fleece-lined heaved the hardpacked ball. It hit he getting home." Christmas jacket, and the woolly, Karlo squarely on the side of the Kenny took the grocery sack, am red mittens Grandmother had head and smashed into a mushy walked home silently beside hi knitted for him. Kenny was proud spray. Karlo glared and wiped the mother. When he got there, h< of those mittens. Grandmother had snow out of his collar. But he didn't couldn't even eat a sugar cookie. put a big white K for Kenny on cry or run. Instead he threw down On Monday morning, Kemv the back of each one. No other kid the loaf of bread, scooped up a looked for Karlo on the playgrounc in his room at school had mittens snowball of his own, and flung it at school. He called to him whei like them. wildly at Chubby. he saw the small, hunched figure Just then a hunched figure "Missed me! Missed me! Yah! But instead of waiting, Karlti Yah!" taunted Chubby. The snow- scooped up a snowball and hurlec balls flew thick and fast and soon it at Kenny. Mickey Jones anc Karlo grabbed up his loaf of bread Archie Leeds ran up then and be- and ran. gan pelting Karlo with snowballs "Did he scram fast!" shouted "Com' on, Ken." Mickey yelled. Kenny. "What a spook!" They col- "Let's give it to him!" lapsed on the ground in peals of "No, you guys!" shouted Kennv. laughter. "Cut it out." "Oh, Kenny," called a familiar "Aw, com' on. Ken." yelled voice. It was Kenny's mother com- Archie. "We saw you n' Chubby ing around the corner from the goin' for him Saturday." store carrying a bag of groceries. Karlo didn't have a chance. He "Was that Karlo Escarey I saw lim- finally turned his back and hunched ning off?" The boys got up and over trying to warm his cold, wet scuffed the snow. hands under his arms. "Yes'm," replied Kenny. He sud- Karlo didn't have a chance w ith denly didn't think the whole thing Chubby and me, either, thought was so funny. Kenny. And because we picked on "I hope you boys invited him to him. now the other kids are picking play with you. He must be very on him. lonely. His mother died recently, Suddenly Kenny ran to Karlo's and he and his Father came over side. Pulling off his own red mit- from Italy to be with Karlo's aunt. tens, he thrust them at the shivering But his father hasn't found a job boy. yet, since he doesn't speak English ".Now. com' on, man, throw!

Together /February 196a i (Carlo grinned and pulled on the mittens. For tin- next few minutes Be snowballs flew Furiously, until A-Dios fcchie and Mickey fled. Then Would you like to learn a prayer Kenny turned to Karlo. "Sony about Saturday," said for mealtime in the Spanish language? Kenny. "It wasn't fair." Surprise your family with this one "That's OK," replied Karlo. He tonight. Pronounce every letter clearly. urted to pull off the mittens to Kenny land them back to Kenny. Yo doblo bis manos, .hook bis bead. inclino la cabeza, "You keep em. I've got some Me ithers in my locker. The K is for Te cloy gracias, a Dios, varlo, too." Por el pan diario. For a moment, Karlo looked at venny. Then he stuck out a red- Amen nittened band. / laid my hands, "My friend," said Karlo.

"My friend," replied Kenny, and I bow my head, hey shook. And thank thee, Lord, rr For daily bread. Amen —ALFHILD WALLEN

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—John Wesley (1703-1791) Humor and religion . . . we're glad they mix. One of this month's contributor who makes no claim to sour godliness is the Rev. Romey P. Marshall, edito preacher, writer, and a fun-lover who doesn't devote all his time to such serious minded articles as Roman Catholic Worship: The New Look [page 49]. Whei he recently served as summer pastor of a Methodist church in London, where th I\ Tins Issi i congregation customarily followed worship with tea in the social room, he found i

1 Methodism: Reared in Log Cabins difficult to adjust to the long services the regular pastor customarily conducted (Color Pictorial) "At my first service," he reports, "I left out two of the six hymns sung, ant

13 Who Will Fill Our Empty Pulpits? preached my usual 20-minute sermon. Then, when I pro Walter W. Benjamin nounced the benediction and invited the congregation t< go to the social room for tea, the leading layman stoo( 14 Christian Education in the door with outstretched arms, barring the way. Grant S. Shockley " 'I beg your pardon," he said loudly. 'Since Dr 18 What Is a Church? Marshall has omitted two hymns and preached such £ Franklin Greene short sermon, the pot isn't boiling yet.' 19 Paulie the I.Q. Takes The ensuing laughter, he tells us, set the stage for Patience H. Zawadsky delightful evening—and closer ties, no doubt, betweer 20 Do the Children Understand You? English Methodism and Dr. Marshall—who became knowi Eleanor Weeks as "The Lost Editor" back in the States because he wroU

21 Host Town to the World about humorous misadventures while traveling arouni Theodore Manzano North Carolina for that state's Methodist publication. One night, as he sat undecided in front of what he hopec 24 Unusual Methodists Dr. Marshall was his destination, an automobile pulled up 26 Are Parents Too Soft? (Powwow) "This is the place. Dr. Marshall," a woman assured him Kathleen Grier, Joanne Doss. Judge The preacher-editor wanted to know how the lady, whom he had never met. wa Lawson Cloninger, Edwin Fair, M.D. able to recognize him. 30 'Father Wilbur,' Indian Agent "That's easy," she replied. "You're lost, aren't you?" Roscoe Sheller

33 Making It Tough for the Hatemongers Then there's Judge Lawson Cloninger of Fort Smith. Ark., whose important CaroZ D. Muller contribution to this issue is for the Powwow, Are Parents Too Soft?, beginning on page 26. He writes: "About two years ago a small, elderly woman came into court 34 Meet Robert Hodgell, Artist to be with her grandson who was charged with a minor 35 Old Testament Men of God offense. After the trial, she came back to my office and (Color Pictorial) asked if she could speak with the judge. When I told her " 43 If Senility Strikes I was the judge, she was obviously skeptical. "You look ! " Margaret J. Anderson so much littler back here than you did out there

44 Foreknowledge Elaine V. Emans Almost every month we add one or more housewife- writers to our list of contributors. Mrs. Patience H. 45 Retirement Cities: Blessing or Curse? Zawadsky [see Paulie Takes the I.Q., page 19] works Stanley S. Jacobs at both so hard that she calls herself a "housewright." says 48 Keep Life Contemporary she couldn't stop writing if she tried, and adds: "When Ruth C. Ikerman my children are asked to draw pictures of the family in they invariably draw 'mommy' at a typewriter." 49 Roman Catholic Worship: The New school, Look Mr. Manzano R. P. Marshall Theodore Manzano turned writer when he visited May- ville, Mich., and was so impressed by the Christian hospitality there that he had 51 Providence Shows the Way ff orld. (Pictorial) to tell the world about it in Host Town to the beginning on page 21. "In Carol D. Muller the last 10 years (as a Spanish-speaking interpreter for the U.S. Department of State) I have traveled the length and breadth of this great land with some 40 54 God and Mr. Jonah

delegations. . . . They constantly direct attention Glenn Alty Crafts visiting foreign my to significant aspects of our way of life. They have taught me to examine my country more 55 Renascence closely and to gain a deeper understanding ol it. Through them I have received Edna St. Vincent Milluy my share of 'foreign aid.'" —Your Editors 62 Vulnerable Carmen Wilks TOGETHER—the midmonth magazine for Methodist families.

64 My First Boss Editorial Office: Box 423, Park Ridge, III. 60068. Phone: (Area Code 312) 299-4411.

Ralph McGiH Business, Subscription, and Advertising Offices: 201 Eighth Avenue, S., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Phone: (Area Code 615) CHapel 2-1621. (For subscription rates, see page 4.) 76 Scouts Show Their Skills TOGETHER continues the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE founded in 1S26 as "an entertaining, instructive, (Color Pictorial) and profitable family visitor." It is an official organ of The Methodist Church. Because of freedom given authors, opinions may not reflect official concurrence. The contents of each issue are indexed in the METHODIST PERIODICAL INDEX. TOCETHER is "the midmonth magazine for Methodist families" because it reaches subscribers by the 15th of the month preceding cover date. Features Departments Editorial Director: Ewing T. Wayland / Editor: Richord C. Underwood / Managing Editor: Paige Carlin / Art Editor: Floyd A. Johnson / Associate Editors: Newman Cryer, Helen Johnson, Ira M. Mohlcr, Carol D. Muller, Charles E. Munson, H. B. Teeter / Assistants: Else Bjornstad (research), Page 3 Church in Action / 56 Teens Lorctta Carlson (production), Robert C. Goss (art), George P. Miller (photos) / Administrative Together 57 Your Faith and Your Church Assistant: James A. Miner / Contributing Editor: James M. Wall / Press and Church Relations / 59 Browsing in Fiction 60 Looks at Manager: Herbert E. Langcndorff / Editorial Consultant: Lcland D. Case Business-Circulation New Books / 67 Letters I 71 Camera Manager: P. Clique, Warren Clark / Advertising Manager: John H. Fisher . Promotion Manager: John L. Sellers. Photo Credits / 72 Small Fry. Publisher: Lovick Pierce.

74 Together /February 1965 :

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"When TOGETHER Magazine was first published in 1957, our Loch Raven Church was a small new church faced with a building program and heavy financial responsibilities.

"When I presented the ALL FAMILY plan then in effect to my Official Board, our leaders decided that TOGETHER would help extend every phase of the life of the church — education, missions, evangelism, stewardship, and Christian social concerns. "Since that time, our church has grown to 1,500 members. Program, staff, and buildings have grown. We believe that TOGETHER in the home of every family related to our church is a significant part of the church's ministry and a real force in developing faithful churchmanship among our members."

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75 ;bruary 1 965\Together Scouts Shol

R..ELIGIOUS bodies sponsor al most half the Boy Scout units serv-i ing some 4 million boys in the U.S., and The Methodist Church, identi- fied with Scouting almost from its beginning 55 years ago, sponsors more than any other denomination. Many churches are not sponsor- ing agencies, but they do partici- pate in the movement with special observances of Boy Scout Sunday- such as that at Asbury Methodist Church, Harrington, Del. The local troop, sponsored by the Harrington Lions Club, moved in on a Friday evening to transform the church parking lot into an imaginary forest. Tents went up and campfires glowed, opening a program that continued through Sunday. With emphasis on the final point of Scout law— reverence — the 78 uniformed Scouts marched to the 11 a.m. service for a sermon on

Bacon sizzles and eggs fry over a campfire—a unique scene on a Sunday morning in the Asbury Church parking lot! These Scouts later donned clean uniforms to attend worship services.

Out-of-doors in brisk weather, in uniform now, some older boys stand with Scoutmaster Louis H. Kemp to take turns reading verses from the Bible. Younger Scouts are inside the church attending regular Sunday-morning classes.

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brotherhood and the awarding of Lite, Star, and Eagle ranks to four members. "Such an observance," declared Rev. Olin Shocklev, then the J. Jr., pastor, "helps tie the church more closely with the Scout movement." Mr. Shocklev now is pastor at Richardson Park Church, Wilming- ton, Del., sponsor of four Scout units— Boy Scout, Cub Scout, Girl Scout, and Brownie troops—and an Explorer unit. In the past, the Rev. Rollan E. Ferry, now the Harring- ton pastor, also has been active in Scouting. Both have worked with boys in the thorough, pastor- directed religious program re- quired for the God and Country award, one of Scouting's most cher- ished honors. They agree that the church and Scouting should continue to strengthen the ties of more than half a century.

Mrs. Calvin Wells adds the Eagle award to badges earned by her son Donald, an

Explorer Scout at 14. At right is

the Rev. Olin ]. Shockley, Jr., then Asbury's pastor.

Following church, members of the congregation linger to inspect the camp as Harrington Scouts show their skills.

The Scouts march together to attend eleven o'clock services inside the 105-year-old church.

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