Reformátusok Lapja, 1970 (70. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1970-08-01 / 8-9. szám
REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA 13 IX When the service has ended, in Christian friendliness I speak to those whom I know and also to those who are strangers to me. X As I pass through the outer portals, I dedicate my life to walk this week the high road with Christ. AUTHOR UNKNOWN from, Heirlooms by Margaret T. Applegarth 0 What Is Your Nationality? At the turn of the twentieth century Buffalo’s population was 352,387. There were 104,252 residents of foreign birth. According to the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900 there were only 215 Hungarians in Buffalo. But ten years later the number of Hungarians reached 3,041. At this time more than a half million Hungarians lived in the U.S.A. With the passing years their number was growing and hundreds of Hungarian churches and organizations mushroomed all over North America. Why was it possible for the Hungarians to keep their cultural heritage outside of Hungary? Mainly because the cultural life of the Americans was not inherited from the native Indians, but was created by the nationalities. America is like a colorful mosaic or rainbow. Each nation is a color. The U.S.A. is a pluralistic society, where the immigrants do not have to give up their curtural heritage to become good citizens. Yet often we find individuals who imitate Anglo-Saxons believing that they are becoming Americans. American is not Irish, Dutch, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, etc. but the combination of all the national values brought in by the immigrants. An American is not the one who denies his own past, but he who wisely uses the beneficial values of his own heritage and combines them with the values of other nationalities. Thus we can be good Americans of Hungarian origin. Paul Kantor NEWS ITEMS Our current issue of the Reformátusok Lapja appears through the courtesy of Pemco, Inc., Mr. William Köteles, President. The entire cost of printing this issue has been underwritten by this Corporation. We wish to thank Mr. Köteles for his ever present help — we are deeply appreciative. LIGONIER MEETINGS September 6-7: Elders Conference. September 7:-9: Ministers Association Meeting. September 10: The Bethlen Home Board Meeting. BOOK REVIEW Marianna Norris: Young Hungary With photographs by: Blaise Lévai Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1970. Pp. 64. $3.23 The Dodd, Mead and Company of New York is publishing a series of books about the lives of children in different countries. Recently, a very good book was published about the “Children of Hungary at work and at play.” The author gives a short introduction to the history of Hungary with maps and illustrations. Following the introduction, are pictures of Hungarian children in their homes, at work and at play. The majority of the photographs were taken by the Rev. Dr. Blaise Lévai, who is of Hungarian descent, and was for fifteen years a missionary in India. The remaining photographs were supplied by the Hungarian Mission to the United Nations. This very pleasant book could be well used to get acquainted with Hungarian children, to better understand their way of life and their present struggle. 1970—MAYFLOWER YEAR Plymouth, England — Arrangements are well in hand, not only here, but in other parts of England, in Holland and in the United States, to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrim Fathers across the North Atlantic in search of religious freedom. Civic and religious functions are planned to take place over a period of more than a year. They will include the sailing of a replica of the Mayflower from Plymouth in September. Various Church Historical Societies in the U.S.A. have combined to commemorate the 1620 event. On May 4, 1970, a special anniversary dinner was held at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth, Massachusetts, which is located on the exact spot of the first Pilgrims’ settlement. Dr. Robert V. Moss, president of the United Church of Christ, U.S.A., was the speaker. The Pilgrim Fathers were Independents, or early Congregationalists, who after a period of exile in Leyden, Holland, sailed to the new world, motivated by the idea of the local church in a covenant relation with God to develop full Christian responsibilities without dependence on outside structures. This idea produced the “Congregational Way of church life”, and has profoundly influenced American thinking. RPPS UCC HONORS DR. KING A neighborhood service in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was sponsored by the UCC Board for Homeland Ministries in the Gramercy Park area of New York where UCC headquarters are located. Some 300 persons, businessmen, students, merchants and UCC staff heard Mrs. Dorothy F. Cotton, director of the citizenship education program of the UCBHM and Southern Christian Leadership Conference speak about “The Man I Knew.” Also participating in the service were Dr. Howard E. Spragg, UCBHM executive vice president, Milton L. Upton, Paul H. Sherry and Theodore H. Erickson, Jr., all of the UCBHM staff and Bennie E. Whiten, Jr., assistant executive, New York City Mission Society. UCC national offices, and some conferences, were closed on Jan. 15th in honor of Dr. King. Keeping You Posted
