Tárogató, 1947-1948 (10. évfolyam, 3-10. szám)
1947-09-01 / 3. szám
TÁROGATÓ 13 OUR ENGLISH SECTION. rM YOUNG JAPANESE ORDAINED AT B.C. CONFERENCE By H. M. R. The ordination of Edward Yoshioka was the highlight of the British Columbia Conference. He had been evacuated from the Province with other Japanese, but was permitted to return for ordination. Rev. Norah Hughes, Ph.D., presented Edward Yoshioka. He was a brilliant student, son of the Rev. Y. Yoshioka, a Japanese minister in Kelowna these eighteen years. As a boy Edward worked in the orchards from morning till dark. As he described how he and his mother used to watch the dawn—and it was a truly poetic description—his father softly dried tears of sacred joy. Here was Edward’s testimony, “I feel called to preach Christ, the steady, dependable One, the Morning Star, the Herald of a New Day. My whole life has been moving towards this day. Before I was born I was dedicated to the ministry.” Dr. S. S. Osterhout, who baptized him, was standing by, also Rev. W. P. Bunt, “my Superintendent of Missions,” as Edward Yoshioka called him, and his father. Then Mr. Bunt stepped down and brought his mother to the platform. CZECH MINISTER VISITS CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS, TORONTO The newly-arrived Czech minister to Canada, Mr. Frantisek Nemec, recently visited and addressed the Czech congregation in the Church of All Nations, Toronto. “My main task in Canada,” he said, “will be to strengthen and deepen the existing good ties of friendship and admiration between Czechoslavak and Canadian people. The importance of Canada on the international field has been steadily growing and will continue to do so. Czechoslovak people admire Canada and our government is fully aware of the potential strength of Canada.” Mr. Nemec comes from a humble home. His wife, daughter, sister and brother were murdered in the Oswieczim Horror Camp, by the Nazis. He was a member of the Czech provisional cabinet in London during the war. In his address to the congregation in the Church of All Nations, he said that Czechoslovakia desired to form a link between the East and West. Because of its geographical position, it needs the friendship of Russia and of Great Britain, America and Canada. Mr’. Nemec, speaking of Czechoslovakia’s history, reiterated some of its purposes and needs, and reminded his listeners that visitors say it is the most consolidated state of Europe, with which statement, he agreed. As for its task, which is determined by its national heritage, Mr. Nemec said stability in the world could not be expected without the realization that the problems of mutual relationships at large are actually spiritual problems and ought to be approached from the spiritual angle. R.L.S. INSPIRES THE SAMOANS The brown-skinned people of Samoa remember with affection Robert Louis Stevehson, the great Scottish author who spent the last years of his life in the mild climate of the island of Upolu. Last year in Samoa, on June 3rd, there was a great assembly of 300 chiefs and orators of the Samoan race to join with the Administrator of the islands in celebrating the King’s Birthday. The residence of the Administrator is the famous home built by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1890, which he called Vailima, “the five waters or streams.” To these leaders of the Samoan people was read the address which R. L. S. had penned in October, 1894, on the occasion of the opening of the new road which his Samoan neighbours had carved through the bush to give better access to Vailima. This road they had made to show their gratitude to Stevenson, and to this day it is known as The Road of Gratitude or The Road of Loving Hearts. The reading of Stevenson’s words created a profound impression on the Samoan leaders. The great author, who
