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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1955.

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HE COUNTS HIS FOLLOWERS BY THE «HUNDRED" THOUSAND... BUT HAVE THEY COME TO STAY?

THE

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How Healthy Is This FRESH'ND-AIRE

Billy Graham Cult?

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By PERCY HOWARD

hands.

the meet

The same is true of Graham's other methods. If Graham wins

P and down Britain be travelling to

people. politicians Care Popu

Three hours later Billy Gra- men and women to a finer life, groping for

ham will speak at Wembley. then it bemmes pointless to. hearing. In plous He will not travel to meet the object to the way he wins them. blue, in strident red, the people: the people of London We can

Iguore the duties of will travel to meet him. A

electric organ

the soles. posters are prepared.

hundred thousand of them, have talk of his team-mates, the Billy

booked seats for that The halls are booked, the

Graham hymn-books-specially evening alone more than may covered, for stewards appointed. Only come to Sir Anthony throughout Graham tart, in the winking one more problem remains, the whole campaign.

lights at the control parel Str Anthony

re-elected, while he leads prayer. How to get the people to will bear our

future in his

If Graham converts sinful, come and listen,

election will mould puzzl

puzzled foil to true Christianity, The question arises at an great issues-peace, prosperity, then we

Anci should ironic moment. For-if only war. And yet-if attendances at overlook these lesser things.

arc to be taken, as Yet there are the parties dare ask him- people are not thinking practising we have one man now in greatly bothered. They are in Britain who bold Maat Britain whose name alene more interested in Dr Graham.

Graham's message is not the Should we condemn this pre- message of true Christianity at berence? Of course unt, Graham's all. For Graham's doctrine. It is Dr. Billy Graham. This afternoon Sir Anthony own words are apki “A religious they say Edges - close to the Eden's car, marked out by de- revival," he has said, will do views of those who call them-

a Big selves Fundamentalists, corous bills, will nose its way Three meeting."

for pence than

The Fundamentalist. belleves through the shopping crowds

Conferences and meetings that every word of the Bible is of Clapham and Battersea. The who can deny it? will be literally true. He believes that Prime Minister of Britain

worthless without a basic change Adam and Eve were real per- in men's hearts.

sons, that the world was created Yet is this revival really in six days. And he believes that religious? Are these people sinneTS will actually burn in focking to hear the Word of hot bellfire,

could do the trick.

"HOW BRITONS DECIDE AT THE ELECTION, NO. 2

WHAT CAN LABOUR

F

DO WITH

BEVAN?

By ROBERT MACKENZIE

will

that Attlee would seriously the party's declared improbable intention, enshrined in its con- be prepared to run the risk. stitution, to bring into common ownership "the means of pro- duetion, distribution and ex-

EW would have Labour Party in office behaves

guessed,

the very differently indeed from the at

Parliamentary Labour Party in height of the recent

In opposition, the opposition. "Bevan crisis," that party annually elects the leader, the Labour Party could

Jeader deputy

and shadow change.' present such 3. bold and cabinet (or Parliamentary Com- mittee). Policy is presented for apparently united front to debate era "private meeting the electorate in this cam- of the Parliamentary Labour a Party before it is expounded on pagin. There may be lingering public recollection the floor of the House. of the ructions of a few

But when the Parliamentary, weeks ago; but clearly the Labour Party wins a majority leading disputants are de- of seats, its principal figures are termined to do everything To longer subject to annual re-

election.

the leader

Most of his opponents in the struggle for the leadership or the Labour Party are fairly ricarly embarrassed by these give Bevan an texts which excuse for preaching Socialist fundamentalism.

Yet it is difficult to see what other posts would satisfy Bevan And Bevan dissatisfied would prove 2 grave threat to the stability of a Labour Govern- ment with a narrow majority.

more

God or merely the vibrant tones of Billy Graham?

There is sincere cause

to be doubtful For Dr

Graham's purely personal appeal is great. Greater, probably, than he him- self would wish. He has fervent- Ly disowned such powers. 'It took more than man he exclaims, suade 36,000 people to answer the Gospel appeal. It took more than publicity to attract 120,000 people to one service. The Spirit of God is working."

M

a mere

THE GIRLS They clamour

per-

logos

Christinen

IN CONFLICT

THE

A new battle

THE Fundamentalist is entitled ta áis view of religion. But many Christians today baye long rejected it. For them the barren conflict between religion and the findings of science has ended.

Now Graham's teaching threatens to open up the battle Dance a gairi His recruiting methods are ultra-modern; the recruits enlist by the thousand, but he equips them with medie. val

armour. He arms them with a doctrine which may only help them to stumble on the march. BUT some asks whether it was Dthe Spirit of God which has A final objection arises, Are

three times brought

more Graham's coverts really con women than men to Graham's verted?

Even according to Graham's meetings; whether the Spirit of God has made teenage girls in own figures only two percent of London and Glasgow struggle to the thousands

who swell his touch Granham's hand at his meet

meetings come forward to "de- whethe

the clare themselves for Christ. sleeve. They ask too

Of two million who packed the

Spirit of God could have done its work through Graham his 1954 crusade only $6,000 if he was not so handsome and came forward. And most of

were so tall, if he was aged 80 and these

practising called plain "William" instead already. It is no doubt significant that

According to onle of Billy the word "socialism" does not

There is, however, an honest 24,000 were regular chanda Party's Mr Mackenzie will sum up answer to such questions. mes appear, in the Labour

It is

even before goerd

Graham electioni manifesto,

election prospects on the this: If Graham's youth and arrived.

we are searching for So, eve of polling day read good looks win converts for God,

Aben we

So genuine converts,

small can rest content. it in the China Mail next

great an end must justify the group already shrinks to 12,000, Wednesday.

The same survey also looked how

this dwindling remnant

becomes Dan

in their power to prove to Prime Minister and exercises the

that electorate

to all the prerogatives of that "gether they offer a united office, He disposes of 70 to 80. ministerial posts, appoints and and coherent alternative to

dismisses ministers very nearly the present government. at will, and plays, if he wishes, almost as prominent a role in the affairs of the party as any Conservative Prime Minister. is a

There is not much doubt, of course, that the prospects of the Labour Party split- ting in two were consistent-

But it is a fair guess that Bevan would not have resigned in 1951 (whatever the size of the arms programme) if Attiec had made him either Chancellor or Foreign Secretary. This does not necessarily mean that Bevan It,

hoseeking opportunitist.

he had been given

The Parliamentary Labour either office he would have Party no longer receives a pre- taken another long step towards ly exaggerated by the press view of the detailed policy the leadership; and certainly, in during the Bevan dispute. proposals of their leaders before the interim, he would have had These predictions completely they are presented to the House. vastly greater influence in ignored this fact:

pre swinging the Labour Party in all con- The Labour Party when

viously in office accepted the the direction which he sincerely cerned in the dispate under- proposition that it would be un- believes it ought to go. “ stood with crystal clarity

constitutional that no splinter group and presented and debated in the no third party has the Parliamentary Labour Party be SOCIAL WELFARE faintest prospect of electoral fore they were presented to the success in the present state of British politics.

House.

bills were

Attlee will face many other problems if Labour is suCCESS→ ful, but this one is likely to prove the most difficult of the IOL.

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Bress

If Attlee becomes Prime All this means that there is 4 Minister again after May 28, vastly greater concentration of how will be deal with the prob- It is true that the two authority in the hands of the lem of Aneurin Bevan? From

Parliamentary leaders once the statements be has made Labour factions gave the r

party has taken

And office,

recent weeks it seems most tin- impression of hating each there is this further considera likely that he will leave him out Chicago and heard a man, governora other more than either of tion: to vote against your of the government. them hated the Tories; but, leaders in opposition may be to it should also have been our odiom; but to vote against

Altogether Attlee may

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President

at

Christiana

this

SUTVEY

of converte responded to the kindly light of

conversion

were

The Billy Graheed theat orgensie- tion, as usual, had referred them to their jocal ministers by means of special cards. How many

stil attending church

eight months after the great

crusade ended? Again, more than two-thirds, ever of this insignificant bandful, had ceased to attend.

vicar i Fast Finchley- who had organised coach par- ties to Graham's meetings made this comment eight inonths later

comes

SUCCESS

to

"I received 14 cards, Only nine were newcomers. Half & dozen of these were school- in Conchildren. поде introduced

demand Federal church," the distribution of control of

But in que freid Dr Graham vaccine. Salk

SICET State has undoubtedly made polic

bombarding lasting converts. They are the

with bishops Eisenhower

oi the Chunch of say pleasantly:- act

"Good evening. This place appeals to get the Bills passed. England. your leaders in office is to again on the principle he is electronically guarded. clear that each of them threaten to bring down

They are alarmed by reports your adopted in 1934 when he gave

of a black market in the vac-

It made a hit was more eager to exercise government and to precipitate a Bevan a job which carried with You'd better scram."

adults being in- There was a briet power (and to advance the general election,

it a trio of almost crippling

pause. cine, and

WHEN he landed with his burdens. He made Bevan Minis- Then all over the factory men's oculated before children.

W team

Church cause in which they be-

last year This is why

screamed: "Help! Help! the Labour ter of Health, which, meant that voices

New-York officials seeking

alooi. lieve) than they were to leaders after 1945 were able to he was to be responsible for Help! Policet Thieves! Burglars vaccine for 281,000 children are spokesmen were cool, drink the cup of fratricidal suspend the standing orders of the tremendous administrative Help!"

Women's voices shrieked told they must wait. But thou-even bestile, Why--they seemed bo ask-should this American the Parliamentary hatred to its bitter dregs.

Labour

tasks involved in setting up the

sands of private physicians.pre Call Party, and to ride with a much health service.

ahowman come to teach us our getting the vaccine.

business? looser rein. In the interests of

But Graham soc displayed freedom

And in addition Attice made of expression in the

Some manufacturers are mall- House of Commons one can only no effort to reringe the shrilled.

good customers in exchange for appealed to them hope that I returned they will archaic accumulation of respon-half a mile away. The burglars ing it direct to doctors who are one outstanding quality which be do so again

sibilities which then developed fled. on the Minister of Health, and Paul Grossi, engineer for the orders on other items the firm success.

makes.

Another maker sent. free included, in particular, respon-company--which makes pocket- siblity for both housing and size tape recorders said he and samples of the vaccine to share Grahamn was no longer beneath

another engineer rigged up the holders in the company, alarıi device "largely as a

its first test.

.

MORE POWER

It may legitimately

asked, nonetheless, whether

the Labour Party does in ABOUT BEVAN

fact offer a coherent

alternative to the present

the

the police! Help! "Call

police! Help!TM Sirens walled and alarm bells The din was“ heard

or to Harringay

He was 1

the throngs carme the decided

Billy

that

them. Among the caps and tri- Boone's tumebles, mitres came througing too. * The burglary attempt was SINGER Pat

"Two Hearts' now outsells Bishop, after bishop came for- the same record by Frank ward to make his decision for Sinatra and Doris Day. It sets millions of feet to dancing.

local government Sull, if Labour is returned

It would look in retrospect as government. The answer is there will be one really delicate if Attice had deliberately

de- surely,

yes; the

same problem; what will happen to clded in 1943 that the wisest

NUMBER of Congres factors which have driven Aneurin Beyan? One clue to tactic in dealing with the Welsh THE

sional investigations, started the party factions together his break with the last Labour rebel was to keep him so busy

Government in the Spring of that he would have little time since 1951 now totals 452.

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Dr Wand, Bishop of London, Yet Fat is against dancing decided for Billy, So did Dr in this campaign will tend to 1951 has been largely over- to get into mischief. On case you're interested. No. 452

the

unless the couples are married. Chavasse of Rochester. So did hold them together if they tooked. The two greatest offices same principle he might this is about polygamy,

On Sunday he preaches in a Dr Herbert of Norwich, Dr Senator William Langer is Texas are returned to office.

state,

under the Prime time offer Bevan the Ministry

palpit against social Martin of Liverpool, and the Rt. the investigation at Minister, had recently fallen of Social Welfare, which

the rumming

tor singRev. HER

Barking of Gough dancing. He refuses Short Credic Arizona. The the resignation Labour manifesto promises to

Finally Graham ended with a Both factions are bound vacant with

centra

dissident with dance bands, of a

It opean.ir great to realise that a Labour through illness of the Chancellor establish

Mounta cult is raided

DYLAVE members of a: Harlem Wembley. And the of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Government will survive Cripps, and the Foreign Secre- But would Bevan accept? Ini

120,000 warmly coated in the this post his prospect of success pulls overy few years and some teenage gang admitted in

court that they killed an inno cold spring drizzle sat the citizens are gapled. only if it implements the tary, Ernest Bevin.

would depend almost entirely IXOLOGY, one of

"New cent bystander while firing at Ast sabeltying the con of Canterbury him- highest common factor of

the two on the financial policies pursued M

proudest arts, is rival gangsters in front of self, Attlee had #lled

with his presence policies agreed among its offers by the appointment of (presumably by Hugh Gaftsbell Bizzling out. So the Bartenders sweet shop. members. It will fall apart, men for whom Bevan had little at the Treasury. It is difficult Union is going to have a con-Two other men were wound-

mkenlogists (bar ed, one so severely that he lost to the Gratiam Crusade of 10357 if any of its more important regard, each of whom were to imagine Bevan enduring wab- tent for

tenders), Prize: $500.

We should, I suggest, applaud members attempt to blud rivals for the succession, Hugh servience to his old enemy.

What about the Foreign Says union bead Jick Town-

23 young gang Billy Graham for the sidill as an Quitskell and Herbert Morrison. geon the rest into adopting Bevan Boon resigned in protest Officer Cleatly enough, inget brings to make the public ism and asut

Alice send "We've got to develop sters were would think twice

dor, fola detense sincerity, we particular policies with against ar arms programme

mixologists In the Bronx, police drove should cavy him for his en Health and Happiness can be restored which the majority of the which he had curller approved. Morrison to return to a some back. Many

threatening

ciency and hals capacity. which he hardly adorned during

frustration

home of Lendentafanyi parliamentary party'do not mis is not to any that Bevan 1950-1 Atties might be sum losing there dailia Jack of on.

And we should ask him one had not deep-seated differences ciently daring to offer the post NEW MEXICO Red Indians William Blankenship. with his colleagues on number to Bevan, but it would be a bold have hired on advertising Inside the house his som lay favour. We should ask him to There Is a further factor of of major issues of palley during move wip startling implications egency to duas up tourists for in a coffin. He was shot dead let na

and cense by youths who mistook him for mivation in our own unspecta- great importance; it is too easily the lifetime of the two Attlee for Anglo-American relations, their tribel dances

a member of 8 rival gang. cular Belich way, forgotten that the Parliamentary Governments, Beren wilt takes. On the Late of it, it would seem monials.

agree.

post

"When should be our réponse.

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