Új Magyar Út, 1954 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1954-07-01 / 7-8. szám

SUMMARY

THE REV. ALADÁR EGYED was a high-ranking clergyman in the Hungarian Lutheran Church. We publish his sermon delivered at the funeral of the late Rev. Sándor Nagy. (See below.)

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DR. ISTVÁN SZAKÁTS of Cleveland, Ohio, also spoke at Rev. Nagy’s funeral. He bade goodbye in the name of the Hungarian Cultural Fellowship, the publisher of

this magazine. His address has been printed in this issue.

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THE REV. ANDRÁS TUNYOGI CSAPÓ, Presbyterian minister of

Cincinnati, Ohio, pays eulogy to Rev. Alexander Nagy, “The European”. For one and a half decades Rev. Nagy was the Presbyterian pastor of approximately 200,000 Hungarians in Bucharest, the Rumanian capital. He knew from his own life the destiny of modern apostles who were torn out of their own surroundings and became seeds of new life in an Eastern Othodox society. This was the destiny of great numbers of Hungarians throughout the centuries and in this fate Rev. Nagy envisioned the widening of the Hungarian horizon: to take part as Europeans in the guiding of the East’s life. This new aspect widened his entire horizon and affirmed his patriotism. We were able to observe a beautiful example of Hungarian humanity in his person.

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THE REV. SÁNDOR NAGY died on July 1. With his passing the

Hungarians in the free world lost one of their most loved spiritual leaders. The late Rev. Nagy was for a long time minister of the Hungarian Presbyterians in Bucharest, the Rumanian capital. Later he became secretary of the Synod of the Hungarian Reformed (Presbyterian) Church. After the war, Rev. Nagy was the moderator of the Hungarian Reformed Pastoral Service in Germany. He was deservedly loved by all the Hungarian refugees, regardless of their denomination. As an excellent preacher, he gave constant testimony of his high culture and knowledge. In 1952 Rev. Nagy came to the United States. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, which is called the “American Debrecen” — Debrecen being the stronghold of Hungarian Calvinism. Here he was one of the leaders of the Hungarian Evangelical World Service, sending the written Gospel to thousands of Hungarian Presbyterians all over the world. In Germany Rev. Nagy was the founder and editor of the church paper “Harangszó” (Chime), which was the first Hungarian language publication in Germany after the end of the war.

In a tribute to the memory of this great Christian we publish here an excerpt from his book, “The Temple of the Hungarian Mission”. He was convinced that God gave the Hungarians a specific mission in this world — to show other peoples how to live in peace and Christian love, working for the mutual happiness of mankind.

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