James O. Henry, M.A., Editor/ Associate professor of History, Biola Bible College
its sovereignty to a world govern ment in which an atheistic Russia would have a leading role. Fund to Train Native Clergymen From Achimoto, Ghana comes word of the creation of a $4,000,000 theological education fund to train native clergymen in missionary areas where the churches are be coming autonomous. Dr. Charles W . Ranson of New York, Secretary of the International Missionary Council, said the fund had been made possible by a gift of $2,000,000 from John D. Rocke feller, Jr. to the council for this purpose contingent upon the pledge of a similar amount by the foreign missions boards of eight denomina tions. The boards are: the Method ist Church, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the American Baptist Convention, the United Lutheran Churches in America, the Congre gational Christian Churches, the
International Convention of Chris tian Churches (Disciples of Christ), the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Indoor Plumbing 4,000 Years Ago The ancient Sumerians, long ex tinct as a nation but gaining credit as discoverers of our material bene fits, have just been given another “ first.” Already regarded as the inventors of writing and the wheel and discoverers of some metals, Da nish archaeologists digging in Bah rein Island in the Persian Gulf have come up with the flush toilet. They thought they had located the grave of a Sumerian king and ex pected a gilt coffin when their blades struck metal. The “modem” plumbing equipment which they found instead was probably con structed by the Sumerians 4,000 years ago, according to Svenska Dagbladet of Stockholm, Sweden.
A World Law Urged Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, said recently that the solution to this “ gravest moment in human history” could be found only in a world law. Cousins spoke before 3,000 Meth odist students attending a six-day conference at the University of Kansas. “ The kind of policies that might have made sense 50 years or even 15 years ago are obsolete to day,” he said. “ If we think in terms of military security alone, we will lose our security. If we think in terms of national sovereignty alone, we will destroy our sovereignty.” In a strong appeal for “ world govern ment,” he told these students that, “ No policy makes sense for this na tion unless it concerns -the entire human situation and the present overwhelming danger to the human community.” W e might add that America must think seriously before surrendering
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