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communion, the members were privilegedto sign the Covenant.Evening services were started aboutOctober 1st in the NEW CASTLECHURCH with an average attendance ofabout 30. It is hoped that interest andattendance will grow.NEW YORK CITY: Miss Anna Hawthorne is able to return from the hospital to her apartment. Mrs. Jean Weirreturned home from the hospital Saturday, November 20. We wish them bothcontinued improvement.** * Myaddress while on furlough isKansas-1208 Avenue A, Dodge City,Blanche McCrea.CORRECTION: Typographical errorin the Prayer Meeting Topic for December 15: p. 322, first paragraph, lines 9and 11, read"conversation."Ineachcase the word should be "conversion."L. E. K.CLARINDA: The pastor and his wifevisited in Chicago recently at the homeof Rev. and Mrs. Norman Carson. OnCommunion Sabbath, October 31, Dr.Carson administered the sacrament ofbaptism to his grandson, Mark WinthropCarson.GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENTWe would be ungrateful indeed not tomake public acknowledgment of thekindness of individuals,groups and congregations over the church which remembered us on our fiftieth wedding anniversary.Especially do we thank the followingcongregations in the Middlewest Sharonand Morning Sun, the congregations ofour childhood, Denison and Winchesterwhere we spent fifteen happy years in thepastorate, and Topeka where we residedseven years more.Nearer home, we are grateful to Central-Pittsburgh where we served twentyoneyears and to the Union congregationat Mars where we now reside. Both ofthese, through their personal representatives remembered us with handsome donations of money. Added thanks is duethe Mars congregation for the lovely reception tendered us in co-operation withour children and grandchildren.Other congregations nearby which wedesire to thank are Allegheny, Genevaand First Beaver Falls. Of course we arenot forgetting the three hundred who favored us with their presence on the eventful evening. We feel so unworthy of it all.Above all we thank our Heavenly Father who has so supplied all ofgraciouslyour need "according to his riches inJesus."glory by ChristWe trust this public expression of gratitude will assure these and all otherswhom we have not been able to reach by368personal message that "at evening time"you have made it light.Emma and Delber ElliottMars PennsylvaniaPROTESTANTS AWAKE!A FREE OFFERBeginning January, 1955,The Converted Catholic Magazine will embark ona great national campaign to inform theChristian public on the inside plans,purposes and programs of the RomanCatholic Church. Editor of the magazine,Dr. Walter M. Montano, states:"The pressure exerted by the RomanCatholic hierarchy on the free press ofAmerica has become so powerful thatthe press has longsince ceased toprint the whole truth where Catholicismis concerned. Even the most daring ofour independent newspapers and magazines are paying homage to Romenotonly in the way they report the news,but more important in the news theydo not report."Protestant American leaders have become increasinglyalarmed over this situation, for an uninformed Christian public cannot be aroused to action. We cannot protect our American freedomsagainst the threat of Roman totalitarianism unless we recognize the enormityof this threat."The Converted CatholicMagazine,staffed by former Catholic priests andmonks who know intimately the innerworkings of the Roman Hierarchy, haslong been bringing to its reading publicthe truth about Catholicism. The Catholic problem has become so acute thatthe magazine is now forced to enlargeits size and writing staff to cover theCatholic question adequately for itsmembers."Not only must present readers bebetter and more fully informed, but itis vitally important that every Protestant Christian in America be informed on this issue. To introduce thenew, enlarged Converted Catholic Magazine to the Christian public, its publishers are offering free of all cost a threemonthsubscription to the magazine, beginning with the January issue."This free subscription may be obtained by writing to Dr. Walter M.Montano, The Converted Catholic Magazine, Dept-NM, 27 E. 22nd Street, NewYork 10, N.Y."CURRENT EVENTS(Continued from page 368)but the American officials who got toknow the French premier were impressed with his cordialityand reasonableness. The French, in turn, feel that theyhave achieved equality in the Big Threeand that we and the British will notmake further decisions without consulting them.Austria's Chancellor, Julius Raab, hasalso made a successful visit to thiscountry. He urged that the Westernpowers put an Austrian peace settlementat the top of their list of East-Westquestions. This issue has been deadlocked since the Berlin Big Four conference last January. Twice this yearthree of the occupying powers Britain,France, and the U. S. have offered toaccept a treaty which Russia once proposed, but the Soviets have refused.Further negotiations will now be postponed until after the ratification of theParis pacts for the rearmingof WestGermany. But the Reds will undoubtedly use this as an excuse for keeping theirtroops in Austria, so the deadlock maycontinue.CABINET SECRETARIATPresident Eisenhower has taken astep toward making the cabinet a moreeffective administrative body, by creating a Cabinet Secretariat. The Secretariat will draft formal agenda for theweekly cabinet meetings, record thedecisions made, and see that they arecarried out. The head of the new instrument, with the title of Secretary tothe Cabinet, will be Maxwell M. Rabb,a Boston lawyer who has been actingas assistant to Sherman Adams, who inturn is Assistant to the President. Theuse of a Secretariat carries out a pattern already followed by the NationalSecurity Council, and should increasethe importance of the cabinet as a formal policy-making group. Of coursesome time will be needed to test the effectiveness of the new setup.The Editor takes this occasion tothank Rev. Joseph A. Hill on behalfof the Church and himself for the faithful work he has done for the past yearin writing the Sabbath SchoolComments. Mr. Hill feels now that he needsto be relieved, at least for a time,andwe are acquiescing because we feel thathe has done his share for the time being though we are sorrywe have toseek another person to take his place.Whether you wrote to him thankinghim for his work or not we have hadfavorable comments from many.Editor.COVENANTER WJJNESS