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need!"spring.".cease."Glimpses of the Religious WorldFrank E. Allen, D. D.Missionary GoalsThe Free Methodist Church is calling for 52 new missionaries. Their church is urging that every member give tomissions every week. They have 218 missionaries on the fieldat the present time. Byron S. Lamson sums up the conditions in their various fields, Brazil, Congo-Nile, SouthernRhodesia, Portguese East Africa, Transvaal, South Africa,India, Japan, Philippines, Formosa and Hong Kong. Of thesedifferent missions our church is especially interested in Japan.The writer says, "Japan is the least Christian (measured bythe strength of the church) of any great nation in the world.There are between twenty and thirty million Christians inAfrica. The same is true in Russia. In Japan, a country of87,000,000 population, there are approximately 275,000 churchmembers. Less than one-half of one per cent of the populationis identified with the church! We have a strong conference inJapan with able leaders. Japan is important to the evangelization of Asia. We could send every new missionary we are ableto appoint to Japan and not meet theWebster's PreferenceStudents of American history are aware of the massivemind, the statesmanship and the oratorical ability of DanielWebster. He spent his vacations in the quiet regions of hishome state, New Hampshire. He attended from Sabbath toSabbath in a small countrychurch to listen to the sermonsof the minister and worship with the people there. Some of hisfriends wondered at this and asked him why he went to thelittle country church rather than in Washington where hecould hear famous preachers. He answered in this way: "InWashington they preach to Webster the statesman, and I stayat home. In New Hampshire they preach to Webster the poorsinner, and Igo."The editor of the paper in which this appearscomments: "Well said! There are people todaybelieve they are sinners. Webster did. Are theyhe?"who do notsmarter thanshould it be made obligatory upon any teacher in any publicschool to teach worldliness to pupils? Do conscientious andChristian taxpayers feel that their money is rightly used bysuch school boards? Our advice to any community where suchpractices go on is for Christian .people to get rid of their present school board and put in people who have sense in theirheads and a moral obligation to God in their hearts. Suchridiculous procedures as happened in Alexandria, Virginia, willthenLess Headache for RefugeesAt a recent gathering 150 representatives from churches ofeleven states and the District of Columbia,an agreement wasreached among officials of both church and state whereby thelong-promised resettlement in the United States of 209,000overseas refugees can now be carried out on a larger andmore rapid scale.Alcoholism and InsanityFirst admissions to state and private hospitals for insane due to alcohol psychosis or alcoholism have been increasing until about one in seven cases is due to the use of alcohol.This is revealed by the Public Health Service of the FederalSecurity Agency of the U. S.Political CampaignsThinking people will agree with The Grand Rapids Pressthe recent political campaign when it says: "Mostconcerningobservers will admit that this type of campaigning (smearcampaigns) doesn't contribute anything of lasting value to thescience of government by reducing office-seeking to the statusof a tavern brawl. It's doubtful whether any candidate reallylikes to campaign with bare knuckles, since he can anticipatetaking some hard blows in return. But the candidate whodwells on a lofty plane above the battle stands a good chanceof finding himself still there after the smoke has cleared andthe returns are all in." Another editor adds: "The onlygovern-Bug Poison(Continued on page 343)An item appears in The Banner which is well to re-readand remember. A tobacco company sent packages of cigarettesto high school boys accompanied by this explanation: "We aresending you a pack of our finest cigarettes. We hope you usemore."them to your satisfaction and want One of the boyswrote back, "I received the cigarettes and used them to mysatisfaction. I soaked them in a quart of water and sprayedour bug-infested rose bushes. Every bug died. The cigarettesare good poison. I want more nextTeaching Dancing in SchoolsWalter A. Kirk, Jr., is a former professional baseballplayer and a member of the Southern Baptist Church. Hehas been fired for refusing to teach dancing in a Junior HighSchool in Alexandria, Virginia. He was in charge of instruction in a gymnasium there and was told by the school boardto teach the young people how to dance. He replied that hisreligious scruples would not permit him to teach the "evilelement"of dancing to teen-agers. He affirmed that "Muchsin and ungodliness is committed on public dance floors."Because of these Christian convictions he was discharged.Commenting338on this the Watchman-Examiner states, "WhyTHE 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, Topelta, 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 E. Allen, D.D.Prof. William H. RussellWalter McCarroll, D.D.Remo I. Robb, D.D.Departmental EditorsRev. John O. EdgarMrs. J. O. EdgarMrs. Ross LatimerSubscription rates: S2.50 per year; Overseas, $3.00; Single Copies10 cents.TJie Rev. R. B. 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