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WORLD NEWSGRAMS A Good Use for B eer Firemen of C om stock , Minn., doused a burning tavern wall with beer to prevent the blaze from spread ing to an adjacent grocery store. The firemen broke beer bottles and splashed the contents against the wall when they ran out of water. Indonesians to B ike to Mecca Two young Moslem Indonesians are planning to travel to the Holy City of Mecca on foot, according to Djakarta Dispatch. They are S. R. H. Loebis of Medan, Sumatra, and L. Effendie of the Lam- pong region, both civilian employees in the Indonesian army. They estim ate that it will take them seven years to reach Mecca via Singapore, Ma laya, Thailand, Burma, India and the surrounding Moslem countries. They intend to return by way of Egypt, Syria and Turkey. Many Christians in America will not go a few blocks to church. Radios for Pakistan Sadar Mumtaz Ali, Pakistan Minis ter for Information and Broadcasting, stated that it is the aim of the gov ernment to place at least one radio set in every village and hamlet in the country. He laid particular stress on education and the need to keep the general public well informed, espe cially on daily happenings in their own country. These radios may serve as instruments through which mis sionaries will be able to reach the masses in Pakistan. .V e il- Y o rk Buddhist University Planned A Buddhist university will be es tablished in New York soon by the New York Buddhist Association in a move to disseminate Buddhism in the United States. Remodeling of a five-story build ing purchased with a 600-sq.-yd. lot near the Hudson River is expected to be completed by Autumn. The university will include a li brary which will contain 10,000 books 24
Jomet O. Henry, M.A., Editor Associate prof, of History, Biola Bible College
Bearts Govern Actions The following editorial appeared in a local newspaper and is given without comment. “ Jesus did not try to improve con ditions by the inactment of law. He held no government office; He set up no organization; He headed no pressure group. By the appeal of His personality He attracted the attention and the allegiance of a few men and women. By faith in Him and by will ingness to follow Him their hearts were changed. The contagion of His message spread to others. Into a sav age and cruel world came the exam ple of overwhelming love. Slowly the institutions of men were transformed; social consciousness developed; Men became aware of the suffering of oth ers and sought to assuage it. Integ rity and honor came into being. Standards of conduct based on un written moral law were gradually ac cepted and quite generally respected, although by no means always ob served. “ Contrast the results achieved by those who would think only of regu lating others. Karl Marx’ theory that evil can be conquered and wrong set right by law, by administration, by force and by penalty has flowered into the greatest cruelty known in the history of man and the greatest lapse from all standards of morality and righteousness. “ Those Christians who would im prove social conditions by law and administrative power of government should read and ponder well the teachings of Jesus. “ Is this not plain that the way to improve customs, habits, folk-ways, economic conditions, government and all the institutions of men is to be gin with men themselves, with their rebirth? Changed men and women changed their institutions. It is very doubtful if any improvement can be brought about in the affairs of men that does not grow out of individual change. “ The hearts of men, not law, gov ern action and established the char acter of institutions.” THE KING'S BUSINESS
on Buddhism, classrooms for students and an Oriental Art Gallery. Orion Arteries Scientists at North Carolina State College reported recently they have been successful in knitting a substi tute for the human artery out of orlon, one of the so called miracle fibers. The orlon was fashioned into a sub stitute for the human heart’s main artery, the aorta and its y-shaped aortic arch, by knitting the fabric in a process similar to that used in turning out neckties and gloves. State College authorities said that the orlon substitute was “ developed experimentally,” but added that if further tests prove it successful it will be a historic mile stone in medical science. A machine used for knitting neck ties was modified to produce the orlon tubing in the proper shape, size and quality to replace the aorta. This substitute has been used successfully to replace the aorta in dogs and may soon be used on humans. Democracy for Formosa Urged Confidence of Formosa’s massed population could be won and ulti mately, with the help of the United States, the Nationalist Chinese could liberate the main land of China if the present “Dictatorship” of Chiang Kai-shek is substituted by a “ Demo cratic Government,” believes Dr. K. C. Wu, former governor of Formosa. Dr. Wu said that “ The good will of the Formosians under a democratic government would enable Chiang to set up a Draft System similar to that in the United States, thus at taining an army of 1,000,000 instead of 300,000. “ Chiang has interpreted the Na tionalist constitution to give himself as President major executive powers,” said Dr. Wu. “ Instead, if the United States would force him to appoint a prime minister with independent views who would form a cabinet, we would have a Nationalist government which has the confidence and support of the people.”
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