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THÉ TRAGIC STORY Of RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AMONG THE INDIANS
TV—‘Blessing or Curse? P robably every generation has been faced with some sort of problem- entertainment. In the immediate past here in America the big hue and cry for conservative Christians has been the dime novel, the motion picture, the modem dance and now television. Many fundamental Christians have been openly surprised by the way TV has been welcomed. The shocker is that some Christians who have tabbed movies a device of the devil now embrace TV without a qualm. When you talk to some Christian TV owners about the problem you somehow get the idea that their thinking about it is almost as blurred as the reception of their favorite TV movie. Actually from a moral point of view there is no difference between viewing a movie on TV or in a local theater. However, some Christians do feel that there is a difference since they do not have to walk up to a box office and pay money. But the industry is being financially supported in both cases even though the money is collected in different ways. Aside from any moral issue it would seem TV is a medium of com munication that bears close watching. Educational psychologists tell us that there is a grave danger of producing a generation of intellectually blunted people. When we read a book we actively participate (in a men tal sense) but when we view TV we just passively absorb what pours forth upon us. Probably of more immediate concern to Christians is the fact that TV is a great robber of time. Before TV when we went to a friend’s home we could spend a profitable evening in conversation but now all-too-often we are subjected to an evening of second-rate entertainment without a single worth-while thought ever being developed through conversation. One of the most logical arguments we know of for not going to movies is that it takes time from more worth-while things. TV is far more guilty here. It would be well for every TV owner to write down on paper for a week the time spent before his set and then compare it with the time spent in prayer, in the Word and in witnessing. If TV is the winner then perhaps it is a curse and not a blessing. — L. H. W ith The Lord T o the saints at home and abroad comes the news of the translation to her heavenly home of Mrs. R. A. (Clara B.) Torrey. Mrs. Torrey, quiet in manner and speech, was nevertheless a real tower of strength to her distinguished husband, the first pastor of the Church of the Open Door and vibrant inspiration to the founders of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Dr. Torrey was a world-evangelist of mighty power, and Mrs. Tor rey made it a point to travel with him as the family matured. She obeyed the injunction in Proverbs 31: “ She looketh well to the ways of her household . . . Her children arise up and call her blessed; her hus band also, and he praiseth her.” Mrs. Torrey maintained a residence at 618 N. Wheaton Ave., Wheaton, 111., with her daughter Edith, teacher of Bible at Wheaton Col lege. Funeral services were conducted by her grandson, the Rev. Archer Torrey. The body was laid to rest beside her husband in Montrose, Pa., in a spot beloved by both Dr. and Mrs. Torrey. Biola faculty and staff sincerely sympathize with the family who grieve not as those who have no hope. (Further particulars not obtainable at the present time. — Ed.)
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