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Pag 9 DAILY TRIBUNE Great Brad, Kansas Friday, April 1, 1966 Service Projects For Methodist Students "Called together and sent. The pieht nrowrt fnr weft "Why Is Christianity Superior?" This Week's Lenten Meditation forth for mission in the world" are: Overseas Jamaica: in- is the theme around which are time of ministry as doctor, teacher, writer, servant to the black man- of the Congo. He Editor's Note: This week's Lenten Meditation is by the Rev. Joseph R. Bogle, pastor of First Congregational Church.

More and more, we of the men face is "What is the meaning of life? We ask: "Why am I here? What is life? Who am We put the question in various ways and as long as man is upon the earth the question ner city Kansas City, New York City; New Orleans, Long Beach, town and country Mississippi; suburban Morris County, N.J.; Students in Urban Affairs Washington, D.C. The form of service and witness in each based the worship, study and work that will be combined in eight service projects for Methodist college students this summer. About 150 will participate in the projects, which are a major program of the Methodist Student Movement (national organization for Methodist college students). of meaning will be raised. Through the ages men have embodied the very view held by our religion.

Man is of worth. Life, all life, has its place in the plan of a universe that is under the care and watchfulness of God. "Even the sparrow does not fall without God knowing it." United States are having contact with people of other nationalities, races, religion, culture and language. and gaining freedom from some form of restraint. This is as it should be.

However, there is more to freedom than just the throwing off of restraint. An individual or a nation can never be free unless there is a love for and dedication to truth. And our religion, by its very acceptance of truth revealed, discovered and tested in human experience, kindles living, lifting it, changing it, and improving it. The words of Jesus, "I have come that ye might have life and have it more project will vary, because of not agreed upon the answers nor do they today. This was the varying needs in each.

The Methodist Student Movement sponsors the projects in made clear not long ago when In our contacts we are not only coming to a new under Of course, there is much in a columnist held two men of letters in contrast- Paul Sartre and Albert Schweitzer (both of whom had common ancestors, the life of men who believe as Schweitzer believes, to deny the very truth they profess. But it is lhi; holipf in Ihp arrprt- Not so in Christianity. Though man is tc seek God, the emphasis rests upon God coming to man through Christ. The writer of St. John's Gospel declares: several generations removed.) PAUL SARTE is the leading abundantly" are fulfilled changed lives.

"In the beginning was the 'Word, anrl th WnrA (2) The uniqueness of Chris God. and Word became flesh French intellectual and the best-known exponent of what he calls atheistic existentialism. He speaks of man as an ab standing and appreciation of them, but we are questioning, as never before, some of the views we have held concerning their religions and our own Christianity. One lady of my acquaintance, after living overseas for four or five years, said, "I have lost any missionary zeal I ever had because I am discovering so much good in the people of other religions. Why force our religion upon them? Why not leave them alone?" Jness of life which gives and significance to our existence.

Christianity places life in a context of dynamic 'meaning and cosmic support. (2) Christianity kindles living by placing it under absolute tianity can only be understood through Jesus Christ. Other religions have many jand dwelt among us, full of grace and truth And to all who received him. who believed surdity in the universe. In his best known play he tells the story of three misfits who are Father Aedan McGrath commands.

cooperation with the Methodist Boards of Education, Missions and Christian Social Concerns. The MSM and the cooperating staff executives of the three general boards describe the objectives of the projects: "Members of a summer service project covenant together to form a community in mission. This common existence for mission is essential to the Christian community at all times and in all places, regardless of how the expressions of mission may vary. Corporate discipline empowers the community in its mission. Members of the community covenant to uphold the discipline that enables them to do the given task.

So members discover as the Christian community always has that they must worship, study and serve condemned to eternal existence When Jesus called men to be- each other's presence. They come his disciples his chief hate each other but there is no wise teachers, prophets and saintly men. Through their writings and record of their lives they still speak much truth about God and they admonish men to seek Him through faithful obedience. Through journeys to Mecca, the practice of asceticism, and the like, they seek the favor of their god or nods. Now, these questions have way out: they just endure.

This, Columban Father, Missionary To China, Will Speak Here I concern was not to restrain them but to show them the jway and lead them into the abundant life. All of his teach-lings carry this overtone. Take, jfor example, the words in St. he says, is man's situation; he can do nothing; there is nothing except nothingness. in his name, he gave power to become the children of God." This coming of God through Christ is known as the It is the belief in a God who cares so much for man and man's redemption that he himself came and dwelt among us to lead, to help, to save man for life that is and the life to come.

Here then are at least three of the qualities of our religion that make it unique and distinctive and superior to all others. been raised by us all in one form or another and it is for this reason that this question is raised at all. What is distinctive in our religion that sets it apart and makes it superior to all On the other hand, the late The emphasis in the non-Chris strengthen the foundations that The Apostolate of the Laity which has received much em had already been laid. One others? May I suggest three night in beptember 1951 he was phasis from Pope Paul VI since John Gospel: Ye, shall know the truth and the truth shall make you One of the great drives of man has been toward freedom. tian religion is wholly on that of man who labors, struggles, sacrifices to appease or secure divine favor.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER has been acclaimed as "this age's great affirmer of He saw life as noble, beautiful, and full of the greatest good. His fundamental view was "reverence for basic facts: arrested. His work for the Leg the conclusion oi the vaucan ion of Mary for the next three Council, will be the subject of (1) Christianity places life in years was to be done in the an address in each of the Dodge a context of dynamic meaning and cosmic support. City deaneries during Easter Today, as never before, all mankind appears to be in a 'state of throwing off controls Furthermore, he demon A basic question which all strated his philosophy by a life week by Father Aeaan Grath. cells of Communist jails 25 months of it in solitary confinement.

The Legion of Mary became the special target of the persecutions. But so effectively had the apostolate of China's Legion After his ordination as a Columban Father, Father McGrath was assigned to missionary SAFETY AT BARGAIN PRICES Save on Pairs-Save more on Sets work in central China, wnere worked for 18 years under the aries sustained the moral of the direction of Bishop Elward Gal- vin, founder of the Columban Fathers. He started the Legion of Mary in his parish at T'sien Kiang in order to enlarge the laity all over China that even the Communist program to create an Independent Church resulted in a humiliating failure. As a result of their understanding the lay apostolate, through the work of Father Mc ucNtRAL NYLON JET-SPECIALS The savings are terrific. Nylon cord construction is stronger.

Defies bruise damage. Runs cooler, rides'1 softer, tasfs longer. Safe mileage More mileage scope of his missionary work. That small beginning developed into six branches of the Leg Grath, the laity in China have ion, which continued to operate provided the Church with a without a priest after Father countless number of martyrs McGrath was removed by tne Japanese. In 1947 Father McGrath was commissioned by Archbishop Ri-beri.

the Internuncio to China, to develop the lay apostolate through the Legion ot Mary as many places as possible. and confessors of the faith. Father McGrath welcomes this opportunity to speak to the clergy and laity of the Dodge City diocese. He will deliver his talks at the: Sacred Heart Auditorium, Dodge City on April 12; Sacred Heart Auditorium, Lar-ned, on April 13; Knights of Columbus Hall, Great Bend on April 14; St. Mary's Center, Garden City on April 15.

All of the talks arc scheduled to commence at 7:30 p.m. after which refreshments will be From there on, it was a race aeainst time because Communist armies were already tightening their grip on China, The task that Father McGrath accomplished in two yean astonishing both in extent and in results. Starting in Shanghai wnere he set up seven praesid- ia, he went through the dioceses Two-Week Summer Crusade For London of central China, then north to Peking and Tiensin. The lay peo ple who joined the Legion of ANDERSON, Ind. The Mary at his invitation knew they were taking a big step.

They could sec that there were dark Church of God, from world headquarters here, has announced a two-week evangelistic crusade for London, England, July 24-Aug. 7, as an initial effort to establish an interracial 'ork in that city. Dr. Dale Oldham, minister for the church's international radio program. Christian Brotherhood Hour, has been named speaker.

Rev. and Mrs. David Collidge, Anderson, will direct music for meetings in the town hall at Crouch End in the London borough of Haringey. clays ahead for the Church in China, nevertheless, they literally joined in thousands. Father McGrath left Tiensin in advance of the Communist arrival.

He returned to Shanghai to set up the first Curia. Before Shanghai fell he was on his way to Canton, Kweiling and Hong Kong, setting up branches of the Legion in each of these places. He returned to Chunking where he worked for the Legion until the arrival of the Communists a few months later. When the area was taken over by the Communists, he was prohibited from further activity. He was allowed to return to Shanghai and there for the next year he continued, amid growing tensions, to extend and The crusade helps launch the recently announced London Pro ject to be directed by Rev.

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