A RISING TIDE
THE CHRISTIAN OUTLOOK
VISITORS FROM AMERICA
(By Telegraph—Pres9 Association^
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Two of America's leading theologians, Dr. Walter M. Horton and Professor Henry Van Dusen, arrived by the Monterey on a short visit • to New Zealand. Dr. Horton is Professor of Theology at Oberlin College, Ohio, and Professor Van Dusen belongs to the Theological Union Seminary, New York. #They will attend the...■■■third International Missionary Conference at Madras in December.
'There is a rising tide of Christianity in the churches in the world todayj the most potent since: the Reformation," said Professor Van Duseri. "This movement is interdenominational and its momentum may be gauged by the fact that the Episcopal Church (the Anglican Church in the United States) recently voted unequivocally to effect union with the Presbyterian Church." He added that the North and South Methodist Churches, which had been divided since the clash over the slave question, had voted for complete reunion.- This was the largest single church in the United. States of America.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 7, 8 July 1938, Page 10
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