Hungarian Church Press, 1958 (10. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1958-01-15 / 1-2. szám
HCHP 1.15,-11.1,1958, Vol.X/l-2- 20 -20 4,) One has to go to the roots of the churches present illness. One has to take energetic measures against any leftover, symptom, personal representative, teaching and captivating attitude of the reaction. Those -who are still adoring America have to get rid of America definitively. America is not valued for so much even by the Americans as by one or another of the Hungarian Reformed representatives of the ohurch’s reaction. Do believe me that I have simply left an other America coming now home of that I had found three months ago going over there. People who believed themselves as moral leaders of the world and regarded themselves as representatives of the most dcvclopped science of the world have realised not to be the first, The symptoms of a certain retreat are presenting themselves. It is obvious that this situation will inorcase the; competition for armamarts for a while. But now - nevertheless that they are for the moment refusing the Jfoskcw Proposal it is gaining strength in the official state, declarations the voice claiming for summit talles among the top level leaders according tó the principle of co-existenoe. In Evanston in the course of the discussions about the international life in 1954-, I should have liked to have a sentenoe inserted jn one of the resolutions in whioh the world ’oc-existenoe’ happened to occur. It was said to be a communist finding out and to have been reserved, and having a certain politioal character therefore we could not make use of it. '.Thereupon we looked for other words which essentially expressed the same,. That happened in those days. How on the General Assembly of the U.H.O. the delegates one and all used this phrase in the most familiar way, the ecclesiastical press similarly rakes use of it demonstrating by it that one hos/'xind the conditions for living side by side peacefully being that the only expedient. I have been relating all that to make perceptible what is on now in the world, Th^ struggle against the reaction is not of a negative character but a positive one. One has got to do what reaction will prevent, finding the place of repentance, receiving our renewal in the place of repentance the church will not show up the symptoms of the decay together with the past but prove to be army for future, congregation looking up ’for the great day* and boldly going cm the prepared way carried on by the Word. And the fruits of our service there will be in our pecple,s life, in the.international life and even those will bless the church who do not shares in church’s faith may see your good works,.. That is our task, * Why did I write that letter on October the 51st to the Church District ? Pot two reasons. As the symptoms of the decay appeared after the tense period I immediately began to cherish the thought - even I talked about it to a number of persons - that I would place my post at the disposal of the church district for I consider in my regard, too, that vocations ore not necessarily for the whole life in oonneotion with certain tasks but for periods. As I was absolutely sure in 1949 in faith and vision to be right in accepting this service - having come the time of relaxation I was sure as well to be obliged to ask the church distriot whether it wants my services further more and only then/to make my mind up whether I should assume it ? That is the basic reason. I have got The immediate reason of having written just then was the situation of those days. Now I can disclose to my f el low-worker s that I was extreemly anx
