THE NOME NUGGET
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Nome, Alaska, Friday, June 3, 1949
SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH
The churches of the world are institutions of man, de
signed to help human beings toward perfection, the goal
of most religions.
Intelligent men and women, for hundreds of years,
have supported the church of their choice. Sometimes,
superstition and ignorance have egged individuals to do
great things in the name of religion but, more and more,
people support churches from an intelligent apprecia
tion of their functions.
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person to decide for himself. Some human beings like;
religion served in one way and some like it otherwise.!
The variety of style, treatment and types can only be
explained by the varied nature of the men and women
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Just as adults give their time and money to support
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ly plan to give of their time and money to the church
to which they belong. It takes money to run any organ
ization and while the church has a divine mission, it has
certain very definite human needs, which must be met
by those who belong to it, if it is to function in a mate
rial world.
TO BE OR NOT TO BE—THIS IS THE QUESTION
(By Willard Hunter in “New World News”)
“I do not know how any nation todav can ‘wait and
see,’ when ‘to be or not to be—that is the question’.”
Thus spoke Mayor H. E. Stokke of Oslo to the U. S.j
Conference of Mayors in Washington. Addressing thei
final session of the conference, Mayor Stokke was refer- i
ring to the position of his own country and her stand
against neutrality in favor of the Atlantic Pact. But the
Shakespearean query uttered by coincidence the same
week that Laurence Olivier’s “Hamlet” was winning
Hollywood’s Oscars—might well be applied to every
phase of the cold war. For there are very few points in
the world, even in Chinas where we can afford the lux-j
ury of waiting and seeing—of not taking decisive action!
in favor of our very existence. “To be or not to be—that
is the question.”
But the fac^ remains that we are still losing the cold
war. True, we are holding the line in Europe so far. But
we are indebted to Winston Churchill for the reminder
that Asia is also in the world and that we have suffered
there “the worst disaster since our victory.”
Our occupation policies in Japan and Germany have!
not yet set the people aflame with a passion for democ-'
racy. We find ourselves in the embarrassing position of
having built by Soviet strength to fight Germany and
Japan and now being compelled to build up Germany
and Japan to fight the Soviet strength. One wonders
whether we may go on with this seesaw sequence until
the world is bled to death.
Here at home, one of our most basic industries—-coal
—girds itself for a summer civil war which both sides
agree may be the toughest yet. And, in at least one of
our state governments, corruption marches ahead
roughshod over solemn obligations in order to encour
age lucrative traffic in human weaknesses.
Truly, our very existence is at stake. To paraphrase
Lincoln, the world cannot continue to live half slave
and half free. Our only hope is to win over the slave
world without war. But we will not do that as we are.
In the words of the Attorney General of a great mid
western state, “We pay lip service to our principles, but
we do not live them.” A mighty change must sweep the
free world, purge it of its dross, and usher in renais
sance. Otherwise we are through.
This is not an idealistic yearning. This is life and
death for Mr. Anyman, for the family next door, and for
THE TURNED WORM
all our kids. That is why the statesmen of the democratic
nations are turning inevitably to the ideological factor.
Naturally there is some confusion in this sphere. One
of the foreign ministers who met in Washington to sign;
the Atlantic Pact said not long ago that if we could only!
get rid of “this wretched ideological business” we could;
easily solve our problems.
Another foreign minister has thought the problem
through more carefully, realizing that ideology is at the t
heart of every world issue. He said “We must reach the
masses so that the Pact will be sustained by a change in
the way of life of the western world. In the economic1
field we have the Marshall Plan. In the political and
military field, the Atlantic Pact. Now we need to give,
ideological content to the life of the millions of Europe.” !
The House foreign affairs committee has been
strengthened this year by the appointment of three
young Democrats to its membership. They are Rep.
Laurie Battle of Alabama, Rep. George Smathers of
Florida and Rep. Omar Burleson of Texas, the latter1
having been recently appointed to fill the vacancy left
by the death of the, late chairman, Rep. Sol Bloom. All
are from south of the Mason-Dixon Line. All are veter
ans or World War II. All are deeply concerned that
American foreign policy be made more realistic
through an ideological approach.
All were strengethened in this by extensive trips t
through Europe last fall, which included attendance at1
the non-communist ideological training center at Caux,
Switzerland.
With the approach of summer and the Congressional
recess, the Senate foreign relations Committee is begin
ning again to schedule world inspection tours for some
of its members. Rather than planning extensive junkets,1
representatives on the House foreign affairs committee
are making inquiries as to what specfic spots in the
world should be visited where they can make the great
est ideological contribution toward winning the cold
war and securing the peace. Rep. Christian Herter of
Massachusetts, whose committee on foreign aid in 1947
laid necessary groundwork for ECA, has called for a
Congressional committee headed by Rep, Mike Mon
roney of Oklahoma to examine our occupation policies
in Japan and Germany.
These trips will perform a very important service,
and legislation next year will benefit from them. It is
important, however, that members of Congress go
abroad not only as observers of trends and events, to
make reports and recommend action. The further step
is for these men to be salesmen for a central theme that
makes democracy tick. They will be carefully watched
as representatives of a superior idea which alone can
win the loyalties of the world’s peoples away from the
extremes of left and right.
Senators and representatives may find the import
ance of their trips measured as much by what happens
to persons and places they visit as by what happens in
Congress when they convene next January.
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
8:00 a.m.—Mass
9:30 a.m.—Muss
4:30 p.m.—At the Base Chapel
May devotions every evening at
7:30 p.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors—Rev. H. R. Amundsen
end Rev. Theran McGrew
Sunday—
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service
Wednesday—3:30 p.m.
Children’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday—7:30 p.m.
Prayer Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Sunday 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
PENTECOSTAL
Third Avenue West
Miss H. E. Brown
Missionary in Charge
Sunday—
Sunday School .10:00 a.m.
Adult Bible Class 11:00 a.m.
Evening Service 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday—
Young Peoples Meeting 4:00p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Friday—
Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“Keep quiet: keep sweet; keep
going; keep your head; keep going
to church.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meeting.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and special
music.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
hese services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelizafion Society
Rev. Vern Rimling, Pastor
*
Sunday—
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Eskimo
language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday—
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday—
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
boys and girls.
Friday—
730 p.m. Bible Study.
LT. COL. ALEXANDER
SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS
Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander, head
of the Alaska National Guard,
spoke yesterday at a noon lunch
eon of the Nome Rotary Club.
He told the group that the na
tional guard has played a very
important role in the progress of
our nation and that there is a very
urgent need for the organization
of the units throughout Alaska.
Other guests were Col. M. R.
Marsten, nad Lt. Robert Owen,
Marsten, and tL. Robert Owen,
both attached to the staff of the
Alaska National Guard.