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can't,"matters,"Glimpses of the Religious WorldFrank E. Allen, D. D.Why India Rejects MissionariesWe are told in United Evangelical Action why Indiadoes not welcome American Missionaries.For months it has been increasingly obvious that India'srejection of American missionaries is based primarily onthe fact that they are Americans and not on the fact thatthey are Christian missionaries. The India Embassy here inWashington recently made this crystal clear by quoting astatement by Prime Minister Nehru.The Prime Minister was quoted as saying, "The questionof foreign Christian missionaries in India is not consideredby us from the point of view of Christianity butfrom the point of view of foreigners coming to Indiafuture."problems which may give us trouble in theDry Royal BallAt Brisbane, Australia, according to the National Voicethe city served only soft drinks and fruit juices at theRoyal Ball held in the beautiful Renaissance-style CityHall on the occasion of the Queen's visit, reports the WesternTemperance Herald.Despite the ease of drinking in Brisbaneopen from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.drink in, at,hotels arethere is a law which forbidsor within 200 yards of a dance hall. This lawhas been in force for manyopposition.years and meets with littleThe city council committee which organized this lavishball could have had the Act amended for the Royal Tour,but it did not bother. Legally, the Royal ball was a danceand, in effect, the City Hall a "dance hall."How a Judge Helped"I want to stop drinking but IEdward G. Robinson, Jr., told the domestic relations court, reports the Detroit Free Press."I've had some experience in thoserepliedSuperior Judge Elmer D. Doyle. "I'll show you how."So the busy judge, who handles more than 100 casesa day, offered to set aside his lunch each day for two weeksto talk to the actor's 21-year-old son, who has been arrestedthree times in recent months for intoxication.Women MinistersWe are informed by the Free Methodist that Sixty-threereligious bodies now ordain women for the ministry and have2,869 women pastors and a total of 5,791 women ordainedor licensed.Mr. A. P. Upham Asks:Why should we give money to save the heathen abroadwhen there are heathen in our own country?Why should I give money to save those in other partsof the country when there are needy ones in my own state?Why should I give for those in other parts of the statewhen there are needy ones in my own town?Why should I give to the poor of the town when myown church needs the money?Why should I give to the church when my own familywants it?98Why should I give to my family what I want myself?Why? Because I am a Christian not a heathen.The Upper RoomDr. John A. Mackay, president of Princeton Seminary,will receive The Upper Room citation for 1954 according tothe announcement by J. Manning Potts, editor of The UpperRoom, world's most widelyused devotional guide. The announcement is made with the release of the first copies ofthe annual World Fellowship Number of The Upper Roomin which Dr. Mackay is the onlywriter from the UnitedStates. Writers of the 60 meditations come from 45 countries. The Upper Room is published in 27 editions, includes22 languages, and is used in nearly every corner of the world.Statistics on Church AttendanceThe F.B.I, has given out the following striking listof statistics:Only three per cent of the population attend church onthe average Sabbath morning.evening.Only two per cent attend on the average SabbathOnly twenty-eight per cent of the people ever attendany church.1,000 rural churches are dyingtraining.30,000 villages have no resident pastor.altogether each year.10,000 villages do not even have church buildings.27,000,000 youth under twenty-one receive no ChristianBingo Loser SuesThe Christian Cynosure tells of a woman in Flint,MichiganCharging she had lost $4,000 playing bingo atSt. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in the last two years,Mrs. Irene Walhite has filed suit for that amount againstthe church.She said she had lost her entire earnings, and chargedthat the church and Robert Kerner, co-defendant, hadcarried on gambling at the church for several years.The suit was filed under a State law which permitsthe recovery of gambling losses.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, Topeka, Kansato 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: $2.50 per year ; Overseas, $3.00 ; Single Copie*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.THE COVENANTER WITNESS