The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-04

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The United States Army reports
that of its 1900 chaplains of all
faiths, 46 have been killed in act.
ion, 40 have died wnile in line OF
duty, IA have been wounded, 80
are prisoners, and II are missing.
OF its 1900 chaplains, the U. S.
Navy reports five killed, four
deaths in line of duty, four prison
ers of war, and Is wounded.
The Bible House in the City Of
Manila, P. l., owned by the Ameri-
can Bible Society, has been badly
wrecked, according to the Rev.
William H. Fonger, the Society
secretary there, who was released
from Los Banos internment camp
But the plates for printing the
scriptures in Filipino dialects were
Istored in a concrete bault and are
80 per cent unchanged, he reports
The Society has on the press in the
, United States 100000 copies OF
; gospel portions in Tagalog, Hocane
. and Cebuan Filipino dialects)
awaiting the time these plates car
be cleaned and put on presses n
: Manila.
. According to a recent coznpila.
ton made by the National Christ
, ian Council TO China, there are now
known to be in missionary service
, in Free China, 234 Protestant past
j, ors, teachers and medical special
lists from the United States, 22l
from Great Britain, and SO from
Canada. In addition to these, there
are 1873 missionaries in Free China,
representing Protestant agencies
on the content of Europe.
"The cessation of actual fighting
brings many voices clamoring for
|reconversion of the war effort to
|civilian production" says DR.. Les
lie B. Moss, of New York. II.
the case of the church the recon
version should be to a more com.
plete and ample ministry for the
healing of the war-torn, emaciateo
men, women and children, whose
confidence in God may have totter.
ed but whose hope in his ability to
retrieve their lives from destruct.
ion must not now be allowed to
remain dim. The future of the
church may depend upon upon
our Christian ministry of healing
to ravished souls. No peace will
: long endure which has to rely on
lbroken bodies and w e k e ned
spirits We must now spend our
selves to the uttermost to make his
love and mercy cleansing power
to all who need it."
Extension of it's service to agri-
|cultural areas through the appoint
Iment to EMISSION farms" of trained
agricultural lay missionaries has
been approved by the Methodist
Board of Missions and Church Ex-
tension. Plans for the training Of
personnel and the purchase of sew
eral farm units are now underway.
ACCORDING to DR.. Clarence w.
Lokey, executive secretary, the
program conte1nplates the COM
missioning Of lay missionary min
listers, and their appointment to
rural mission charges provided.
Each Observation-Disclosures will be
provided with a farm from which
he will make part of his living, and
on which he will demonstrate bet
ter farm methods" The size of the
unit may vary, according to the
need and the use to be made
of the farm. The lay missions ry.
minister is expected to be dirt
farmer minister in the community
dividing his time between the main
Itenance of the farm and the de-
velopment of a practical religious
program to strengthen the church
According to DR.. John H. Reisner
secretary of Agricultural Missions,
Inc, (156 Fifthe ave-, New York;,
which seeks to promote the serv-
lice of Christian churches to rural
peoples in America and overseas
by teaching better farm methods,
etc, there is a growing realiza-
ton of the importance of this newer
phase of missionary work. He
points to rural courses for mission
aries offered at the New York State
Colleges of Agriculture and Home
Economies at Cornell University,
and Merrill Palmer School at De-
troit, Scarritt College at Nashville,
the Extension Service of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Tuskegee Institu e, and the
Alabama State Farm Security Ad-
ministration. instruction is in many
phases of agriculture, health and
nutrition, rural education, the
education of underprivileged COM
munities, home and family life, So
cial anthropology, rural sociology
the rural Church, the rural eonl-
l,,,,,n;+v and extension methods