Fraternity-Testvériség, 1952 (30. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1952-09-01 / 9. szám

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ECHOES OF THE CONVENTION. — President Truman in a letter dated June 25, 1952 thanked us for the message our Convention sent him. “He appreciates this kind thought a great deal and especially the reaffirmation of your loyalty and support of our country’s efforts for peace in the world” — writes Wm. D. Hassett, secretary to the President. — Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania was also very much pleased to receive our message and appreciates our “kind and generous” remarks. — In the name of the “Alliance of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System” (this is the world-alliance of Calvinists) Marcel Pradervand sent brotherly greetings from Geneva, Switzerland, the ancient city of John Calvin, June 27. No national group occupies a greater part in the preoccupations of of the leaders of the Alliance, — he writes. The Alliance has been instrumental in giving pastoral care to the Hungarian people of the Reformed faith and it will not relax in its efforts in the future. Hungarian Calvinism has been of the utmost importance for the Reformed cause of the world and we shall see that it still remains so in the future. — In the name of the World Council of the Churches, dated June 26, Eleanor Kent Browne sent a letter giving an account of the visit of Dominique Micheli to Hungary’s Reformed churches, who spent two weeks there in May, visiting the Hungarian church leaders and holding a 3 day conference with them. He visited churches, theological schools, hospitals, missions and orphanages and saw the leaders of the other Protestant denominations also. “The member churches are thinking of and praying for the brethren behind the Iron Curtain.” — The message of the International Council of Christian Churches was sent by A. Warnaar, Jr., Amsterdam, June 27. In Holland there has always been a great interest in Hungarian Calvinism. Thev are distressed by the very sad plight of the Hungarian brethren. The message of the Convention will be published in the Dutch monthlv of the organization. — From the same Council came another message, also from Amsterdam, dated July 11 and signed by Carl Mc- Intire, promising to present our greetings to the Edinpburgh conference. (The Rt. Rev. Dr. Charles Vincze and Dean Zoltán Béky participated in that conference.)

WE WERE HAPPY to see Ligonier, Pa. again during the first week of September. Several important meetings were held there, among them the annual meeting of the Directors of the Bethlen Home and a special meeting of the Supreme Council of our Federation. Our District Managers also had a successful conference, reporting about the year’s up-to-date results and planning the course for the immediate future. It is very gratifying to hear that the managers, as a body, have already overwritten their entire annual quota of new insurance. Those few districts where the work was hampered for some reason or other, undoubtedly will report similar fine results at the end of the year.

IT WAS ONLY NATURAL that the greatest interest on the part of the many visitors was shown in the new and modern wing of the Old People*s Building. The lower floor of it is already fully occupied by such old people who are in the need of constant medical or nursing care. We looked into the neat, cheerful rooms which, strangely enough, were really cheerful in spite of the si.ckness they harbor. There was no need on the visitors’ part to cheer up the ailing oldsters. Somehow they seemed to forget their predicament, the uppermost thought in their minds probably being thankfulness that Divine Providence has led them to a place like this. Many sick people would envy them if they would see the surroundings and care they receive.

THE GREAT FAMILY of our churches and Federation suffered a great loss through the death of Mrs. Géza Korocz, widow of the late Rev. Géza Korocz, formerly pastor of the Trenton, N. J. and Flint, Mich, churches, one time Vice President of our Federation, mother of Mrs. Elizabeth Kecskeméthy. Our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family.

Bobby’s Uncle Fred had come for a visit and just as he was leaving he gave the lad a shiny new quarter.

“Be careful with that money,” Uncle admonished. “Remember the old saying, ‘A fool and his money are soon parted!’ ” .

“Yes, Uncle,” replied Bobby, “but just the same I want to thank you for parting with it.”

By Edmund Vasváry