Method ists Hear Reports
On Mission Program
By JOSEPH T SHACKFORD
Henson's Chapel, at Sherwood,
was host to a Methodist Missions
meeting held Monday night by
the Ashe-Watauga sub district
area. Representatives from Meth
odist charges were present, de
spite the snow and icy weather.
They were Creston, Green Valley,
Boone, Todd, and Watauga cir
cuits.
Marion District Superintendent
Rev. John W. Hoyle presided and
introduced the speakers who rep
resented the mission program of
the Methodist church at each or
ganizational level. Speaking in
behalf of the local church, Miss
Geraldine Surratt, deaconess as
signed to the Watauga circuit,
urged the effective formation of
a mission society in each church
and reminded that the hub of all
Christian missions is the mission
society of the local church.
Rev. Vernon O. Morton, of East
Marion charge, Marion District
director of mission, spoke of the
mission study book for the year,
"Along the African Path," by
Miss Dorothy McConnell, and re
quested that every charge hold a
school of missions with the study
book as a text. Mr. Morton also
stressed the work of the com
mission on missions in each local
church and suggested key leaders
whom the commission should in
clude and the opportunities which
are open to the commission to en
large the missionary interest and
uctivity of the local congregation.
The work of the district direc- i
tor, Mr. Morton further suggest
ed, is primarily promotional in
cluding such institutes as this one,
the larger use of the study book,
and similar general interests.
The work of the conference
board of missions was discussed
by the board executive secretary,
the Rev. Horace McSwain of
Shelby. Mr. McSwain stated that
Methodists should know that for
every dollar asked of local chur
ches for missionary work, the ur
gent need of another dollar of
known missionary work existed.
Exactly half of the askings for
missionary work was approved at
the church-wide general confer
ence in April of last year.
Mr. McSwain also reminded
the listeners that the only real
advance which will be made in
the mission work of the Metho
dist church during the present
quadrenuium will be the advance
specials of the conference pro
gram and the church at large.
Attention was called to the
mission work of Africa where
the work consists of a well-round
ed community program of hospi
talization, schools, social work,
end religious training.
The advance specials of the
Western North Carolina Confer
ence cited by Mr. McSwain were
(1) completion of the Highland!
church, $5,000; (2) completion of
the Cherokee Indian Reservation
church, $10,000; (3) for Saluda
Methodist church, $10,000; (4) for
Tryon Methodist church, $10,000;
(5) and for renovations of the
Methodist church at Cullowhee
for accomodation of the student
work, $1,250.
Addressing the gathering on
Korean missionary work of the
Methodist church, the Rev.
Charles Stokes brought greetings
from the missionaries in Korea
and the very wonderful assistance
which had come to Korea from
American Methodists, including
gifts, clothing, $100,000 in 1951
from the week of dedication,
world service held, and mission
specials.
Turning to the lot of the Chris
tians during the period since the
beginning of the Korean war, Mr.
Stokes said one word characteriz
ed their experience: "Suffering."
Many Christian workers have
been killed, a few have survived
by going underground and using
every device to escape detection.
Five hundred Christian pastors
have disappeared, many of tbem
are known to have been killed by
firing squads of the communists.
The destruction which has oc
curred, Mr. Stokes stated, is in
conceivable, whole villages hav
ing been obliterated and large
sections of both business areas
nnd residential sections have been
either flattened or gutted.
In the city of Won-Ju, where
he worked before the war, Mr.
Stokes said the Methodist work
had been reduced to a pile of
rubble. In the heart of the city
there was total destruction. The
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few buildings standing were in
complete ruin. When the Chinese
communists entered the war and
set the United Nations forces in
retreat. South Koreans by thr
millions entered lines of refugees
moving south with the few pos
sessions on their backs which
they had been able to gather up.
As trains moved south, every
square foot of spac? available was
loaded with these south-bound
refugees fleeing the Chinese com
munists, in weather, Mr Stokes
said, very similar to, but even
colder than the current freeze in
the mountain area. Many more
were unable to mount the trains
but walked days upon end the
hundreds of miles into the al
ready overcrowded areas of the
south where safety lay.
Every available building in the
southern cities was used tt) ac
comodate the refugees.
But on the bright side, Mr.
Stokes said, in th? midst of all
the tragic sorrow, loss, and suff
ering, he naver heard one word
of complaint. More, they re
sorted to every ingenuity to make
whatever provision was possible
to provide shelter and food for
th> family. The Christian work
ers, along with the rest of the
population, became refugees. But
in their new refugee quarters,
they began to give their Christ
ian witness, to teach and to or
ganize churches.
In the city of Puson, for exam
ple, Mr. Stokes said that there
was one Methodist church before
the war, there are now eleven
Methodist churches in Puson min
istering to the refugees.
In the city of Won-Ju, Mr.
Stokes found 100 people wor
shipping in an abandoned army
tent. Returning later, he found
they had stretched the tent, ex
tending the flaps, and had added
a wooden floor.
Returning still a few months
later, the church had outgrown
the enlarged quarters, and being
unable to stretch the tent further,
they had established two addi
tional churches in other parts of
the city, and the original church
ifcas still going strong.
In the midst of the trials and
hardships, destruction and deso
Mien which ha* cwne to Korean
Christianity, her faith in God and
her aspiration for the Christian
life remain unshaken, Mr. Stokes
declared.
There remain, Mr. Stokes con
cluded. great unmet needs in Ko
rea of many sorts including (1)
phymcal commodities of food,
clothing, and medicine; (2) re
habilitation of places of worship;
(3) extension of the Christian
work to realize the new oppor
tunities which the shattering of
old ways ha* opened to the Chris
tian missions.
Ministers Gather
In West Jefferson
The Rev. Wilson Nesbitt, pas
tor of West Jefferson Methodist
Church, was host to a meeting
of Methodist ministers from Wa
tauga, Ashe, and Alleghany
counties at the Methodist parson
age in West Jefferson Monday.
Plans were discussed for the
forthcoming united evangelistic
mission to be held in the entire
southeastern area of the Metho
dist church in April and May.
Under the plan some 450 minis
ters from the Western North Car
olina Conference will go to Vir
ginia to conduct evangelistic vis
itation and preaching missions.
The Virginia ministers in turn
will come to the Western North
Carolina Conference for similar
work May 15-24.
Other business included discus
sion of the student deputation
teams from the Wesley Fellow
ship of Boone Methodist Church
to present programs in the local
churches of the tri-county area.
District supreintendent Rev.
John Hoyle, Jr., Marion, ten
Methodist preachers, and Deacon
ness Miss Geraldine Surra tt were
present at the meeting.
Luncheon was held at a rest
aurant and Rev. Ralph Miller of
Henson's Chapel was elected
connener for the next meeting to
be held in July, possibly at the
picnic grounds of the Daniel
Boone Theatre.
19S2 RECORD YEAR
The year 1952 closed with re
tail and manufacturers' sales, per
sonal income, employment and
other key economic factors above
January, 1951, according to the
Commerce Department
Mission* School
To Start Sunday
The annual school of mixtions
will begin at the Boone Metho
dist Church on Sunday night at
7:30 o'clock, jointly conducted by
the Church Commisaion on Mis
lions and the Woman's Society of
Christian Service The study litis
year will be based on Africa, us
ing the general church mission
text, "Along the African Path,"
by Miss Dorothy McConnell, and
the WSCS jurisdictional study
book, the "African Heritage," by
Emory Ross. Sessions will be held
Sundays and Wednesday at 7:30
in the church santuary January
11. 14. 18, and 21.
The opening study on Sunday
night will be "An Introduction
to Africa." Other studies will in
clude a review by Miss Eunice
Query of ASTC on "Cry. the Be
loved Country," a treatment of
the African problem by Taton
which has received world-wide
attention, and a sound film on
African missions entitled "The
King's Man."
Transportation committees have
been formed by the circles of the
WSCS to aid persons reaching
the church. Persons desiring
transportation may contact circle
chairmen. In charge of the study
are Mrs. J. R. Melton. WSCS sec
rotary of Missionary Education;
Mr*. Milt Greer, chairman of the
Church Commission of Missions;
and the pastor. Rev. Joseph T.
Shackford
All members of the church, men
included, are urged to attend the
sessions of the mission school.
I and all friends of the community
| will be welcome to share the stu
dy. ?
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
was formally elected President
when members of the electoral
college in the 48 states cast 442
votes for him and 89 for Gover
nor Stevenson. Every state which
gave a candidate a plurality of
the popular vote cast its entire
electoral vote for him. Vice-pre
sident Alben Berkley will of
ficially count the electoral vote
on January 6 at a joint session
of the House and Senate.
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