The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-17
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By NIEs. CHARLES G. DOAK.

Ely MRS. CHARLES u. DOAh,
A total of 12,4O3, SAL copies Of the
Scriptures was circulated by the
American Bible Society in 1914, this
distribution breaking all previous
records of the l29-year-old Society. :
The figures were 825,857 Bibles,
2. sos, 698 New Testaments, and g.
981 1886 gospels and portions Of the
Bible -
Sardines, sugar, raisins and cof-
fee, costing $4,000 have been pIr-
chased in Lisbon for the Secours
Quaker program in France, SUBJ 3
ported largely by the American
Friends Service Committee. Anota-
err $4,000 has just been sent to
Lisbon for the same purpose, and
$50, 900 has been transferred to
Switzerland to purchase mile and
milk products for France. 9th
er recent purchases in Switzerland
include milk cheese fats and
fruit concentrates valued at $50
900.
A communion set has been made
from 20 MN shell castings by Chap
lain William d. Waugh formerly
Methodist pastor at Becker Miss.
now in army service in France and
Germany. Using the empty huus
of shells that had been fired Chap
lain Waugh cut them down to an
inch and one-quarter in height and
polished them until they "shone
likes a mirro~' He bored holes in
board to make tray for the
thirty-six cups in the set which he
describes as REALLY very pretty.
The chaplain has also employed
! his ingenuity ct construct an iron
to be used for much needed press
ing jobs in the army. He borrow
ed tools cut a flat piece OF iron
into the proper shape welded
handle onto it and smoothed it on
an emory rock. He reported that
this was the only iron in the en-
, tire battalion. On Easter Sunday
more than 200 soldiers attended
services conducted in Germany by
: Chaplain Waugh.
Recently released figures from
: the 1889 Religious Census Of the
u U. S. give a not-too-pleasant pic
8 ture of the ages and salaries OF
American clergymen (as OF 1897.
, It is believed that more recently
average salaries have increased
but that median ages have increas-
ed also. Some of the census figures
=, are: OF 140,077 ministers 1861
669 were men, 1893 were women.
: Of the 1856, 500 men liz, 500 report
q ed that they gave all the year to
q the ministry. Of these latter those
= reporting salaries below $500 were
24.4 per cent; below 81, 20o.51 per
cent; below $1,000 1878 per cent;
below $500 9O8 per cent; below
$4,000 sS.S per cent. As to age
e of the 1873, 449 reporting 5l.6 per
$ cent were more than As years old.
n The "median age" was 45.0 years.
d The median age in other occupa-
e tons was: farming 46.6 year
medicine AL law AZ; education
Il (colege) 408; architecture 43; So
- cial work 37.5.
}. Declaring that what Americas
~ youth needs is TO be taught 'ths
connection between the house u
. God and the corner school the fac
:. tory the bank and the store" DR.
> Raw o. Wyland Of the National
i Council Boy Scouts of America
recently spoke against peacetime
n military CONSUMPTION before an as.
a sembly of Boston ministers ano
5. leaders of youth. The training o.
# the youth of America to be God
d fearing law-abidjng citizens with
charity toward all and malice to-
ward none. and thorough know
ledge of the history OF our great
- country to convince them that thu
= church - any house of worship
!. Cathoic Protestant or JeWish--it
il infinitely more important to thu
welfare of our land than any semi
;, military training by means OF uni
y versal military training" he de
u clared. boy Scouts are not taught
warfare and that is not the creed
of scouting here or anywhere else
They are taught reverence toward
God fidelity in religious dutie'
: and respect for the convictions 81
70 others in matters of custom ane
IL, religion
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