Religion: Words & Works

¶The Church and Nation Committee of the Church of Scotland prepared for this week's General Assembly a report warning that "Another threat to Christian values comes today from . . . those that exploit the fear of Communism for sinister political ends . . . The emergence of McCarthyism can no longer be regarded as a merely temporary phenomenon . . . The Christian heritage of truth and freedom is endangered by a movement that is having evil repercussions throughout the world . . ." ¶After eight days of balloting on a country estate near London, the High Council of the Salvation Army elected a new general to succeed retiring General Albert Orsborn, 67. British General-elect Wilfred Kitching, 60, a Salvationist for 40 years and onetime secretary to Founder William Booth, predicted a new surge of Salvation Army activity, especially in Africa, Indonesia and India. ¶ The American Bible Society reported at its 138th annual meeting that distribution of the Scriptures in the U.S. increased by 140% during the past five years to reach an alltime high of 9,726,391 volumes during 1953.