WOULD HEWSGRAMN
Assoc¡ate prof, of History, Biola Bible Collegi
ings. The Reverend Mr. Leonty said that he has refused to discuss the status of the North American Ortho dox Church with the Kremlin’s emis sary, Archbishop Germongen, the de mand that the church here submit to dictation from Russia. A Cure fo r Smoking Breathing exercises practiced for five minutes eight to ten times a day for a month helped 15 heavy smokers to stop smoking without “ un due difficulty,” Dr. William Kauff man of Bridgeport, Conn., reported in the Journal of the American Med ical Association. The fifteen.had each been smoking more than 50 cigarettes a day. The exercises consist of ta k i ng deep breaths in and out 16 times a minute. Heavy smokers take short breaths when not smoking, Dr. Kauffman finds, and this causes an uncomfort able sense of breathlessness and pres sure on the chest which may make the person uneasy, restless, tired and anxious. R elig iou s R igh ts in Colombia A sk ed The Presbyterian Church USA, at its 166th General Assembly meeting in Detroit, unanimously requested Colombia to grant Protestants “ the same degree of religious freedom which the Roman Catholic minority enjoys under the Constitution of the United States. A resolution presented to the Con vention by the Assembly’s- Standing Committee on Foreign Missions de clared that the proposed revisions of the Colombian constitution would deny Protestants these privileges: “ Freedom to make any manifesta tion of their religious faith outside the churches and chapels. “ Freedom to hold religious gather ings in homes. “ Freedom to publish magazines, books or papers. “Freedom to use the public press and broadcasting facilities. “ Freedom to teach freely in Prot
estant educational institutions.” Copies of the resolution will be sent to the Vatican. N ew M ood -L ifting P ill D rives the R lu es Aw a y A new “mood-lifter” pill pulls peo ple out of the “ blues and woes,” three physicians reported to the American Psychiatric Association meeting re cently in St. Louis, Mo. “ One young woman was bored, fearful of meeting friends, troubled by insomnia and various aches after her engagement was broken. Six weeks’ treatment with the pills had her feeling self-confident, buoyant, free of headaches and tremulous feel ings,” they announced. We recommend the reading of the book of Philippians for a more per manent cure. Dr. Harold C. Case, president of Boston University, said recently that the hydrogen bomb had become an “ evangelistic instrument” and that a “new concern” about religion was arising. In his address to the open ing session of the annual meeting of the Religious Newswriters Associa tion, Dr. Case asserted that— “ If man’s discoveries promise to annihi late mankind, unless nonmilitary means can be used to resolve dis putes, then out of the mood of self- preservation man looks about with an inquiring eye for saving powers, and he sees that religion is older than the age of science, deeper than the drive for power and more enduring than material assets.” Dr. Case told the newswriters that the “ religious tide has turned.” He said “There is a new concern, not merely within the several branches of the faith, but among people who have known only a minimum contact with religion in any form.” Had Dr. Case recommended Jesus Christ as the solution to man’s prob lems, rather than a return to re ligion, he would have made a worth while contribution. R -R om b R e liev ed to Stir N ew Faith
S oviet to R ein trodu ce Coeducation
Russia will reintroduce coeducation in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities in September, the Soviet news agency Toss reported recently. The decision was taken by the Soviet Council of Ministers “ after consider ing the wishes of parents and the opinions of the schoolteachers.” No further explanation was given. In the future boys and girls will study together in the first nine grades of the Soviet educational system. Sep arate education will continue for those in the tenth (top) grade of secondary schools during the coming year, at the end o f which they will graduate. P r is o n e r s in V .S . at P eak Since 1 9 4 0 Penal institutions in the United States—both federal and state—held 172,729 inmates at the end of 1953. This count, the highest total in thirteen years, was an increase of 3.2 per cent over, the previous year, with the United States locking up more persons, proportionately, than the states. At the end of last year 19,363 prisoners were in federal pris ons, an increase of 1,349 or 7.5 per cent. An important factor in the an nouncement was the rise in the num ber of paroled prisoners being re incarcerated for parole violation. R ed s T r y to Con trol V .S . Church Communist Russia is attempting to take over the Russian Orthodox Church of North America which, since the 1917 revolution, has had no connection with the mother church in Russia. The most Reverend Leon ty, archbishop of New York and Me tropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church of United States and Canada, made this fact plain recently when he warned that the Kremlin has or dered the Church of Russia to insti tute legal action in the United States to gain control of the church hold
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