Ocean Level Will
Flood New York
Physicist Predicts
SANTA MONICA, UP)—A noted
physicist predicts ocean levels
will rise at least 40 feet and in
unduate vast areas of the earth
in the next 50 or 60 years unless
atmospheric temperatures can be
controlled.
In a copyrighted story, the San
ta Monica Evening Outlook Sat
urday quoted Dr. Joseph Kaplan
as saying this inundation could
occur as a result of accelerated
melting of the polar ice caps.
Dr. Kaplan, a professor at the
University of California at Los
Angeles and head of the U.S. Na
tional Committee for the 1957
International Geophysical Years,
said the melting of the ice caps is
being speeded by man’s tremen
dous use” of oil and gas.
“We’re changing the earth’s at
mosphere.” he said.
The 54-year-old scientist said
the burning of fuels is of such
great magnitude that discharged
! gases are creating a “greenhouse”
i effect over the earth. The gases
! are warming the atmosphere as
far up as 15 or 16 miles, he said,
and will have a great effect on
the arctic and antarctic ice masses.
Should the oceans rise by 40
feet, their waters would roll thru
part of New York City, downtown
San Francisco, much of Florida,
sections of Tokyo, and many oth
er coastal cities.
Dr. Kaplan said heat control is
the answer to the threat.
“We’re now working on a meth
od of controlling man’s environ
ment and the temperature of the
world,” he said. “We’ve already
fired rockets into the upper atmo
phere and discharged chemicals
that affect the temperature of the
atmosphere.
“Control by man of the earth’s
weather and temperature is with
in the realm of practicality now.
“The end result of our studies
(of temperature control) will be
more important to the survival of
man than atomic energy.”
BIBLE READINGS
for use during
Lent and Easter, 1957
APRIL
Friday 5 . Revelation 1:1-7
Saturday 6 .James 5:10-20
Sunday 7 . Mark 9:14-24
Monday 8 . John 8:26-32
Tuesday 9 . Romans 6:16-23
Wednesday 10 . Romans 8:22-28
Thursday 11 ..II Corinthians 5:11-16
Friday 12 . Luke 15:11-20
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Dewey Goodrich
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Wednesday Luncheon
i Church Must Keep
Youth Active,
i Says Minister
SEATTLE, UP)—The pastor of a
! Lutheran church in Anchorage
who entered the ministry only a
few years ago expressed concern:
Saturday over youth in the church
and Christian evangelism in gen
eral.
He is the Rev. A. Herbert Mjor
| ud, who is here to conduct a Bible
j and evangelistic conference at
1 Denny Park Luthem Church.
The Reverend Mjorud was cap
tain of the 1933 national champion
University of Washington crew;
practiced law here, and was for
merly president of the Seattle
Fishermen’s Co-op Association.
“There is a need for more
evangelism by all churches,” he!
declared. “Churches also must
have a, definite program to attract
young people and to keep them
active.
“Primarily, youth must have a
definite program to attract young
people and to keep them active.
“Primarily, youth must be in
doctrinated into a sound Bible
study. But a church program also
must be geared to meet young
people’s needs in fellowship, fun
and recreation on a spiritual
basis.”
COMING
TO THE THEATER
THE LONG
GRAY LINE’
I CjHnnSgrt
I GAS PRICE UP
IN JAPAN
TOKYO UW—Parliament's upper
house approved Friday a measure
boosting the gasoline tax in Ja
pan from the equivalent of 13.7
cents per gallon to 19.2 cents. The
bill will become law when and. if
the lower house approved revi
sions made in the upper house.
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the story and call of
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
P R O J E C T (See reverse side of this page)
A WELL LOVED newspaper man (and
prophet) Will Rogers, said this: "Every
one is ignorant, only not about the same
things!” There is surely one thing we all wish
we were less ignorant about, and that is how
to get along together better.
The 'Sermon Project’ is built upon the
belief th . there are certain well tested lessons,
, which should be brought before the public
more often. The old expression, "Peace on
earth, good will toward men,” makes people
thirst for more good sense and peace of mind,
at home and abroad.
Thruout the world, many different theolo
gies have become rather complicated. But it
seems that most all of us can use a little
religion; perhaps just a little would often do.
And we believe that such 'basic training’ is
the best way to disarm the evil genius on all
sides of the oceans, and in all parts of town
and country; to help everyone to live sensibly,
to solve problems small and large — and so
help us to enjoy life more.
With these things in mind, our committee
planned the Sermon on the Mount newspaper
page, and ran it in the New York Herald
Tribune, December, 1950.
The response was greater than we ex
pected, and in March, 1951, we appealed to
the newspapers of the United States to print
the sermon page from our engraved layout.
Within a few weeks about 145 publishers
thruout some 40 states had mailed us a copy
of their newspaper for the day they had
printed it. They had taken our suggestion:
selling the page to an advertiser, organization,
or group, or printing it themselves or jointly,
as an educational public service.
(We were grateful to all of the sponsors:
churches, business, industry, and to the Ameri
i can press. And we wish to thank everyone
responsible for printing this page in this paper
today.)
Reports to us from the newspapers, and
again the people’s response, were extremely
good. A few did criticize, constructively,
certain expressions in the text, which justi
fied study and modification of these. A very
few called us hypocrites, doers of pious "good
deeds in public!” Others gave valuable help
or suggestions to the project. Almost every
one focussed upon the great central strength
of The Sermon on the Mount.
That conviction came out in letters from
people in every walk of life, of very different
circumstances and backgrounds, including
some of the best informed leaders of the
Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish faiths — a
wonderful cross section of human intelligence.
From time to time, certain papers still re
port that they are finding a way to present the
sermon page. Naturally we are very happy
when they do. This now includes a few pub
lishers in Canada, Ireland, Wales, South
Africa, Australia, New Zealand. Sometimes
they’ve repeated the page, and sometimes com
mended this story to their readers or the
schools. We know the page is being used
at times, in one type of area or another, as a
lesson in the English language. And some
papers have actually translated it.
In an important sense, we feel this sermon
represents the strife and distilled wisdom of
all the prophets of all time: Akhenaten,
Moses, Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Confucius,
Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed; and others un
recorded thruout centuries before any of these.
All along, their essential teachings have surely
pointed the way to sane conduct, within the
universal discipline and challenge of 'God.'
Men of science, and of faith in God, have
now learned from Him great secrets of the
earth; an accurate story of the vast extent of
time and developing life, which we believe
upholds His Kingdom, revealing His v/ill for
the full growth and happiness of mankind —
as we cooperate.
We believe The Sermon on the Mount is
the greatest human charter, and we hope that
this year a larger interest than ever will be
shown by the newspapers, for we feel that
far too few people have ever seen this sermon.
And so we ask and pray that it may be
floodlighted—thru the most common medium
of news and information. And when seriously
explored and made use of, perhaps somewhat
in the way we test and advance our vital dis
coveries of chemistry or electricity or medicine,
we believe the Sermon on the Mount can lead
to the intelligent solution of every human
problem, and offers great power for healing
among the nations.
Faithfully yours, The Sermon on the Mount Project
P. L. Nortpn, Chairman, Box 205, Mayville, New York, U. S. A.
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