Religion: Worlds Apart

Between the barren spot of U.S. land called Little Diomede and the Russian island called Big Diomede lies 2% miles of Bering Strait and the International Dateline. From big, weather-worn Father Bernard R. Hubbard, the 61-year-old "Glacier Priest" whose Alaskan explorations are known around the world, came a postcard last week to Alaska Authoress Barrett (Spawn of the North) Willoughby. From his mission on Little Diomede (pop. 130), Father Hubbard wrote:

"This is a very interesting circumstance of time & place. Today, I am 27 years a priest, 42 years a Jesuit. Today, I baptized an infant and gave the last sacrament to an old woman. Today, as I write this, I am gazing at tomorrow, 2½ miles across the straits separating the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. A Soviet lookout is observing my Little Diomede mission as I pick him out in my binoculars. We are worlds apart."