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new field of religious enter prise is opened to the churches as the United Veterans’ Administration calls upon them to furnish chaplains for various veterans’ hospitals. This is both a needy and profitable work, as many pastors will testify. Those who are convalescing have time to think, and usually welcome the min istrations of an adept spiritual com forter. It is sincerely hoped that these chaplains who respond to this call will be men who believe in salvation by the blood of Christ, and who are coura geous enough to preach it with no uncertain sound. ♦ A recent survey of national mag azines points out that, during 1945, no less than 387 liquor advertisements, covering a total of 348 pgges, appeared in Life magazine. At regulation adver tising rates, this would bring this publication a total of $4,409,175.00. In contrast, the Saturday Evening Pd!st, which has consistently refused to Ac cept ads from liquor interests, h.as again gone on record with a continu ance of this policy. It is rumored that Mr. Henry Luce, the Editor in Chief of Life, is the son of missionary parents. ♦ ■“ ^■The demand for copies of the Scriptures continues to increase, ac cording to the American Bible Society. Recently three carloads of paper were purchased for shipment to China where they will be used for printing copies of the Scriptures in Chinese. Latin American surveys indicate a need for a quarter of a million Bibles and half a million New Testaments annually. Requests for religious litera ture inside Germany show a surpris ing, but heartening increase. Korea, too, urgently calls for Bibles. All of these reports only corroborate the fact that the Scriptures are living and powerful, and will meet the neid of all races without regard to color. Surely, a portion of every Christian’s giving should be set aside for the printing and distribution of the Scrip tures.
■■^►A new course in aeronautics for prospective foreign missionaries Is being offered by the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Theory of flight, meteorology, navigation, and aircraft maintenance are included in the stud ies. Special features will cover instruc tion in civil air regulations in foreign - countries, local weather conditions on the various mission fields, and the particular problems of flying to be found in arctic and tropical climates. Recently a missionary related that a trip into the interior of a certain country, usually requiring a week's time, took only two hours by plane! ♦ ■^►The home going of another Christian stalwart is noted with re gret. In the death of Sir Charles Mars- ton, Christian archaeologist and au thor of a number of volumes in the field of apologetics, Mr. Marston had donated his own personal fortune for the purpose of archaeological research. One of the most notable discoveries with which he was connected was the unearthing of evidence corroborating the Biblical account of the fall of Jericho. . A significant news item reaches us from the Religious News Service, to the effect that, in all the lists of Japa nese war criminals, we do, not find the name of a single outright Japa nese Christian. There were five, how ever, who once professed conversion, but subsequently deserted Christianity. ♦ Dr. Charles Sheard, well known physician of the Mayo Clinic of Roch ester, Minnesota, who could certainly not be accused of fanatical religious views, is reported by the Associated Press as having declared that the smoking of even two cigarettes inter feres with night vision. He further states that cigarettes cause a 15 to 20 minute delay in the time required by our eyes to adjust themselves to see well in light dimmer than daylight. ♦ While the lpcal press entirely ignored the cause of the accident, it
is 'reliably reported in Ethel Hubler’s Voice that the death of the film co median, Charles Butterworth, was due to his being intoxicated while driving. It is a strange thing how both news papers and magazines, while report ing graphically the details of acci dents, fail utterly to deal with the evil which causes them. The reason is not hard to understand as you ex amine the columns of these publica tions, and note how much advertising space is purchased by the liquor in terests. ♦ A recent ruling by the British Broadcasting Company eliminates drink propaganda from all its pro grams. Liquor is not even to be men tioned in drama and comedy broad casts. ♦ "^•The trend to limit the broadcasts of religious program to whatever time is given without cost by the stations themselves is increasing throughout the country. The latest station to adopt this policy is WDGY of Minne apolis, Minnesota. While outwardly this principle of donating time to re ligious accounts, instead of charging for it, appears benevolent, it generally works out that this radio time falls into the hands of liberal religious groups. However, this change may not be without some benefit in that the programs may be better prepared, and that there may be a union of Gospel broadcasters. This is but another strong indication that religious enter prises should secure their own sta tions, under the new FM regulations. ♦ It is our understanding that the Radio Commission is very favorable to educational and public service ap plicants. The requirements are that religious programs shall not be sec tarian or propaganda agents for their own peculiar doctrines. Without a doubt, here is a golden opportunity for conservative religious groups to se cure a firm hold on future radio broadcasting.
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