Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

.Glimpses of the Religious WorldFrank E. Allen, D. D.Alvin Dark a TirherAlvin Dark was captain of the New York Giants whichwon the World-Series in baseball. He attended the CalvaryBaptist Church in New York throughout the summer. OnOctober 3, he and his wife and three children attended theSabbath School and he talked to the pupils of the school onthe importance of attending church and supporting it. Hetold the children that they should learn to give early in life,and that when he was a newspaper boy his mother insistedthat he should give the tithe of what he earned to the church.He has been a tither ever since and intended to give ten percent of the $10,000 he earned in the World-Series, to his homechurch, The Trinity Baptist Church, Lake Charles, La. At thebeginning of the haseball season Mr. Dark and his family arrived in New York onSaturday night, but they were up intime for Sabbath School and church the next morning.Work for Religious HomesIn Cleveland, Ohio, 3000 Methodists at a recent meeting,pledged themselves to work with families in the effort to develop religious homes. Many of these are young marriedcouples who are attempting to persuade their friends to startthe practice of holding family worship, attend church regularly, asking God's blessing at meals and training their children in a Christian manner. The Southern Baptists have alsobeen making a concerted effort to developreligious homes.We as Covenanters should guard against the tendency to permit regular family worship and religious trainingdren to be neglected or to become a mere formality.Less Mai Mau Terrorismof our chilThere is much encouragement for the churches of theKikuyu tribesmen in Kenya Colony, Africa, in that the tribesmen are returning to their homes in greater numbers. Thisseems to be an indication that the Christian church is winningin its struggle against the terrorism of the Mau Mau in KenyaColony.Our Drink BillIs it not an amazing fact that this nation's drinkers spend$1,128,424 an hour for liquor? The treasurer of the W.C.T.U.,Mrs. H. F. Powell, not only made this statement at the 80thannual convention of the W.C.T.U., but that the drinkingpeople of our land spend $9,885,000,000 a year for differentkinds of intoxicating drinks.Religion of University StudentsIt is affirmed from what seems to be a reliable sourcethat of the more than 2,000,000 universitystudents in thiscountry, about three fourths of them have little to do withany church, although manycall themselves Christian.The Gideon Bible Case in N. J.Last September the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled thatthe distribution of New Testaments to the school children ofRutherford, N. J., is unconstitutional. The verdict of theState court was appealed jointly by the Board of Education ofRutherford and Gideons International, to the Supreme Courtof the United States, but the latter refused to review the rulingof New Jersey Supreme Court.290Guatemala's New ConstitutionThe new Constitution of Guatemala is opposed to specialprivileges for any religion. It has refused to adopt the Roman Catholic religion as its official religion. The governmentstates that such a step would destroyreligious freedom. Asfar back as 1870 the legal status of the Roman church wasabrogated and its property confiscated.Censoring Comic BooksThe Minneapolis Tribune conducted a poll in which itfound that four fifths of the adults of Minnesota are in favorof establishing a State censorshipbooks.Temperance Sabbathboard to rule on comicThe governor of Texas, Allen Shivers, when proclaimingNovember 28 as "Temperance Sunday," stated that 50 percent of the fatal accidents on rural roads involve drinkingdrivers. "Traffic accidents in Texas spoil the enjoyment of theholiday season of many of our citizens and their families," hedeclared.The Rev. Sam Morris has scheduled athirty-minutebroadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the NationalBroadcasting Company to be given on November 7 at 6:00p. m. Central Standard time. This is the first time since therepeal of prohibition that a national network has sold timefor a public discussion of the subject, "LiquorAmerica."A curse toThe National Temperance Council has been tryingfor years to get a message on the networks.The Inspired BibleMr. S. E. Anderson, in an article in the Watchman-Examiner, says that "most Christian people hold to verbal inspiration, whether not."they admit it or He quotes from thelate A. J. Gordon as follows: "Verbal inspiration seems absolutely essential for conveying to us the exact thought of God.And while many affect to ridicule the idea as mechanical andpaltry, the conduct and method of scholars of every shade of(Continued on page 297)THE COVENANTER WITNESSIssued each Wednesday by the Publication Board of theREFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHOF NORTH AMERICAat 129 West 6th Street. Newton, Kansas orthrough its editorial office at 1209 Boswell Avenue, Toneka. Kansasto promote Bible Standards of Doctrine, Worship and LifeFor individuals, churches and nationsOpinions expressed in our columns are those of the individual writers ;not necessarily the views of the Covenanter Church or of the Editor.Dr. Raymond Taggart, D.D., Editor1209 Boswell Avenue, Topeka KansasContributing EditorsFrank F,. Allen. D.D.Prof. William H. RussellWalter McCarroll, D.D.Remo I. Robb. D.D.Departmental EditorsRev. John O. Edc.-,rMrs. ,T. O. EdgarMrs. Ross LatimerSubscription rates: $2.50 per year; Overseas, $3.00: Single Copies-10 cents.The Rev. R. B. Lyons, B.A., Limavady, N. Ireland, Agent for theBritish Isles.Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Newton, Kansasunder the Act of March 3, 1879.Address communications to the Topeka office.COVENANTER WITNESS