Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-07-01


tians and students.
Pierre Ceresole, founder of the
volunteer work service-the Service
Civile Internationale-by which
war-resisters can show their willing
ness to aid their country and hu-
manity at large instead of going to
war, plans to visit America this
summer. He will attend the Friends
World Conference at Swarthmore,
Pa, Che is now member of the
Society of Friends) and spend some
time in American work camps. This
is form of service which has been
undertaken, at Ceresole's inspiration,
very largely by the Quaker youth.
Ceresole began his significant work
near Verdun in 1920, when he and
a group of international volunteers
helped to rebuild the war-torn
region. Since then he and his vol
unteers have worked in many places
and have earned the gratitude of
many people. At present he is in
Bihar, India, aiding the victims Of
an earthquake. From there he will
go to Japan and then to America.
The work camp movement in this
country is now entering it's fourth
season. Last year seven camps
were in opertion and like number
is planned for this summer.
The Irak government which gov
,erns the greatest part OF Mesopo-
tamia, will reconstruct the Tower
of Babel and the famous hanging
gardens of Babylon, for the great in
ternational exposition that is to be
held in Paris, France, this year.
The Gideons of Canada, the Of
fetal name of the Christian Com
mercial Travellers Association, have
obtained the consent of the Provin-
cial governments department of ed
ucation to place Bibles in the public
schools of Winnipeg. This work has
already been done in the province
of Ontario under an arrangement
with the school boards. More than
5000 Bibles have already been plac-
ed in Toronto schools.
Something of the magnitude Of
the home mission work of the Pres
byterian church (North) can be dis
cerned from the fact that no less
than $40 Presbyterian churches en-
ploy foreign language and serve II
different nationalities. SiXty-two
Presbyterian neighborhood houses in
immigrant and industrial communi-
ties reach constituency of 10000
1t requires a budget of over $780,
600 to carry on this specialized work
of evangelization, education and
community service. The largest ex-
penditure is for Spanish-speaking
population in the southwest There
are 4 5 Presbyterian churches and
missions for Hungarians in this
country, with membership ap-
preaching 5000.
The Belgian Congo represents one
million square miles, 100000
people, almost half a million Prot
estant Christians, including "A Prot
estant denominations united to form
'"The Church of Christ in the Con-
60" There are 10000 Protestant
schools, a million and half con-
sultations annually in Protestant
hospitals, and innumerable other
phases of religious work extended
over period of so years of sacri-
fetal pioneering effort.
American Catholics contributed
$641 900 in 1896 to missions organ
lied under the auspices of the So
ciety for the Propagation of the
Faith. All contributions amounted
to about $4,000. 900, with the United
States leading.
DR.. Robert Millikan, the noted
scientist, gives his views on the sta
bility of democracy in the following
terms: "My own judgment is that,
If the influence of the American
churches in the furtherance Of So