The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
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 "The greatest contribution the Church may make under the pres sure of war says Dr, M, Willard Lampe, of the University of Iowa, eis the realm of deeper self discovery-the discovery that the Church is more than a church building or an ecumenical move ment of any kind. of organization; that, rather. it is an organism cs spiritual body, the body of Chris,' the fellowship of those who real'y own Christ as Lord, who trust Con as Father, who see in men theT brothers, and who seek what Christ called the Kingdom of God. Suoh discovery would mean not only the sloughing off of all secular ac- cretions to the Church, but the subordination of the secondary and incidental and the putting of first things first. Among these first things are the spirit of humility, the spirit of inclusiyeness, ana, above all, the faith that Christ really can save every individual and also the social order as a whole. Such self-discoyery by the Church would be its greatest con tribution in times like these"
 Sunday, February 8, 1942-as the Sunday nearest the birthday Of Abraham Lincoln-will be generally observed in Protestant churches throughout the United States as Race Relations Sunday and il. some places as Lincoln Day. It is a day for emphasizing brotherly relations among the races, and es- pecially between the whites and the negroes in the United States. In some communities there will be an exchange of pulpits betweeNi white and negro ministers, Ameri- can and Mexican ministers, and white and Asiatic ministers. Else where interracial groups of women, of choirs, of young people, of for ums, or of ministers will meet.
 When the Angola Africa Metho- dist Conference met recently, q translation of Prof. Earl Marlatt's now famous hymn, Are ye able?' in the Kimbundu dialect, was sung lustily and with ferver. and made a deep impression, according toI Mrs. John M. Springer, wife of the Bishop who presided. The translation was made by the Rev. Joachim Bernado, one of the young African preachers. "The trans|a~ tion into Kimbundu from abstract English cannot be made literally" says Mrs. Springer, but the heart of. the hymn was the line with which the translator started, Can you take an insult?' Every man there, laymah as well as pastor, knew that that question struck home to the core of his being. Could they take it? They sang with fervor, Lord, we can take t in thy name!'"
 The Rev Miss Maude Royden and the Rev pr. Leslie Weathes- head, two of England's outstand- ing ministers, are expected to ar rive in the United States late in October for a speaking an d preaching tour of the principal cities of this country. The minis try of both has been in connection with the famous City Temple If London. now badly damaged by re- cent air raids. pr. Weatherhead is. the present pastor of the Tenn pie, but has been carrying on his services at the nearby Church O. the Holy Sepulchre which has opened its doors to the otherwise homeless congregation. The inl- tial American meeting of these visitors is expectsd to be in New York City on Monday, November 3, The World Council of Church es is planning this and other early meetings. later pr. Weather head and Miss Royden will take part in the National Preaching Mission.
 Recent word from colleges and universities earried n1 in China under tic leadership Of various Protestant n1isstdn agencies from America, and suppoFtsd in part by kmerican gifts, indicates that the war has hahipered but not stopped ffieir teaching Yehchins uhivef- Aity, near Peiping (feking}. re- |4hahis on its own catnpus, and has q large enfollmei1t of students fIangchow University is now locat- ed | in Shanghai where it cooper ates with three other Christian schools in rented office build ,x.rr syst,s-n< ,ftxnr onJlauec rSirali,1c