The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-04-10

O4As 1AGAAl4ANN N. UlUhOEf
 Lunch will be prepared jointly by the Ladies Aid and women's Missionary Society.
 Dr. j. Earl Jackman, secretary of the boards work in Alaska. will accompany Dr. Morse, arriving here on the morning plane flight from Ketchikan. They will leave on a special flight, at 1 o'clock for Petersburg and from there will go on to Juneau on the regular after noon Alaska Coastal plane. The luncheon Tuesday noon is open to church members and friends of the church.
 As Moderator, to which he was elected by exclamation in the 164th General Assembly of the church at New York on May 22,1951, DI. Morse holds the highest honorary office in the church. The duties of Moderator include presiding at the General Assembly meeting and at meetings of the General Council visiting churches, presbyteries and synods; and representing { h e church at official gatherings and functions, both civic and ecclesias- tical.
 Widely known as one of the most influential statesmen in American Professionalism, Dr. Morse's principal field of activity has been home mis- sions. His leadership has been on both denominational and inter denominational levels. As General Secretary of the National Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church, to which office he was elected in l948, he is responsible for admin istration of the boards work in AS states and in Alaska, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The National Board, with a budget of more than $7,50O,OO0 and a mis- sionary force of close to 5000, is the largest in the Presbyterian Church One of the principal fields of activity is church extension, the building of new churches in new communities. At the beginning of 1852 the church initiated a special building funds campaign for S12,- 100000, of which amount the sum of $1,5OO,00O was allocated to new church buildings.
 Dr. Morse has been identified with Presbyterian home missions since 1912, when, following his or dination to the ministry, he served for a year as special investigator of what was then called the BoaId of Home Missions. On the inter denominational level, Dr. Morse has been an outstanding leader in the home missions field, particularly through his activities in the Home Missions Council of North America.
 Dr. Morse was one of the key leaders in the formation of the Maj tional Council of Churches.
 . A thorough student of American history, he has interpreted the im- pact of the church on American life 1 in numerous books, magazine arti- cles, and pamphlets. From 1918 to 1924 he was editor of the by monthly country church magazine 1 Home Lands" He was editor of i Home Missions Today and To- /! morrow" the book of official find ings of the Home Missions Congress | in Washington, December 1880, one of the epoch-making Congresses in the history of American Home Mis- sions.
 Dr. Morse was born in Ludjngi. /, theological training at Union Theo ton, Mich, Sept 29, 1887. He was graduated from Alma College, AL ma, Mich, in 1908. He received his logical Seminary, New York, and was given a diploma by that insti- tuition in 1911. He studied at Col !, umbia University 1908-12. Alma College conferred the Doctor of Di- yinity degree on him in 1927, and 1 Waynesburg College, Waynesburg Pa, conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) on him in 194S. On Sept 21, 1852, Beaver College
 Jenkintown, Pa, conferred upon pr. Morse the honorary degree oi Doctor of Letters (Litt. D.)
 He lives, with his wife and twV
 children, in New York City.