Fraternity-Testvériség, 1956 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1956-11-01 / 11. szám
8 FRATERNITY RESOLUTION Passed by American-Hungarian Protestants of the Eastern United States at the Third Annual "Reformation Day Service" held at the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York City — on Sunday, October 28, 1956. We, the sons and daughters of the Hungarian nation, citizens of the United States of America, Protestant Christians, assembled today in New York to celebrate Reformation Day, appeal with deeply moved hearts to the conscience of every Christian the world over. In these hours the Hungarian nation is fighting what may be the greatest battle of her tragic history for the regaining of her liberty. For six days now the battle has been raging. In the capital of the country, in the provincial towns and villages, in industrial centers, and in mining towns, the nation is struggling against Russian imperialism, against Communist tyranny, against the bombers, tanks, artillery and machine-guns of one of the world’s greatest military powers. The bodies of the martyrs lie unburied in the streets. In the hospitals there is no more place for the wounded and dying. There are not enough doctors, not enough medicine, bandages. In the ravaged towns famine is stalking. Our responsibility before God compels us, as free citizens of a free land, that we broadcast this cry for help of the Hungarian people into the heart of every Christian man and woman. At this fatal moment we cannot ignore our conviction that if the Hungarian nation fails again in this life-and-death struggle for freedom, which is the heritage of Kossuth and was also inspired by the spirit of Washington and Lincoln, every free Christian will be held responsible before the Judge of History. In order “that these glorious dead may not have died in vain”, we call upon the conscience and compassion of the President of the United States, the Congress of the United States, the National Council of the Churches of Christ, the World Council of Churches, the American and the International Red Cross to act urgently and effectively in behalf of our Hungarian brethren. We plead with them to do everything possible that the Hungarian Revolution may not fail, and that the blood of the sons and daughters of this forsaken little nation may not be shed in vain . . . again . . . May our compassion be manifested in the sending of hospital supplies, medicine, clothing and food to meet the tragic need of the tortured Hungarian people. For we all know, as Jesus said, that “as you did it to one of the least of these, my brethren, you did it to me.” The Evangelical and Reformed Church, Magyar Synod The Free American-Hungarian Reformed Church The American-Hungarian Presbyterian Conference The Reformed Church of America, Hungarian Section The American-Hungarian Ministerial Association, Reformed, Eastern District The American-Hungarian Reformed Presbyters' Association The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America
