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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., March 6, 1970-6-C God's Smuggler BY LENNART PEARSON Head Librarian Presbyterian College God’s Smuggler. By Brother Andrew, With John and Elizabeth Sherrill. 341 pages. Now American Library. 1967. Every so often you come across an especially inspiring story involving personal courage, sacri fice, imagination, and faith. One thinks of Amy Carmichael and her work with women in India, or Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mis sion, who by the time he was twenty-one had al ready done more by way of missionary adventuring than most people would be be able to in a lifetime. God’s Smuggler is the story of a man and a movement, both of which are quite extraordinary. The man is Brother Andrew, whose name is not disclosed in full for security reasons. His move ment involves the smuggling of Bibles into the Iron Curtain countries cf Eastern Europe. Brother Andrew was born in Holland and rear ed in a devout Christian home, experiencing during his teenage years the deprivations of German oc cupation during World War II. In 1946, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Dutch army, train ed as a commando, and was shipped off to Indo nesia—then still a Dutch colony—where he was wounded in action. Participation in a village mas sacre (not unlike the alleged My Lai incident in Vietnam) was a turning point in his life. On re turning home, he came under influences that rekin dled his religious commitment. Making his way first to London and then to Glasgow, he attended a lay missionary training college that operated no regular missions, provided no funds, and sent its graduates into fields of their own choosing. In 1956, Brother Andrew went to a Warsaw youth festival (“I would talk about Christ and they would talk about socialism”)—the first of what would become many crossings into Iron Curtain countries on his Dutch passport. Through a few tenuous contacts with underground Christian groups, it became obvious that the shortage of Bibles as a result of official state policy on print ing and distribution worked a great handicap on sincere people already undergoing many depriva tions on account of their religious convictions. This he took to be his call. It is not possible to carry Bibles into forbidden territory on the scale done by Brother Agnew with out running great risks. Border guards, police in spectors, bureaucratic watchdogs — these are the hazards faced by the irrepressible missionary, and more recently by his associates who have grown to twelve in number. This book will find a ready audience among those who enjoyed The Cross and The Switchblade and They Speak With Other Tongues, two earlier books by the Sherrills. If in places the account seems a little slack, there is every reason to think that Brother Andrew’s work will survive the en thusiasm of his friends. God’s Smuggler also provides a picture of church life in Eastern Europe today. No western reader will value his freedom to worship any less for having read this story. Social Casework Sessions Offered A series of eight une-daytrain- in* sessions in the fundamentals of Social Casework are being co- ^xmsored by the S. C. Vocational Rehabilitation Department and the S. C. Department of Public Welfare in cooperation with the S. C. Educational Television Cen ter and the Committee for Tech nical Education. The training sessions are being held each Tuesday at the Technical Educa tion Center throughout the State with participants from various Social Agencies. Sixteen films on Casework in Public Welfare will serve as the a ca c reoccwccct Read And Use Chronicle Want Ads SAFETY PAYS OFF - Well over a year’s work without a single lost time injury has won Westvaco’s Timber lands Division special recog nition in the forest products industry. R. L. (Dick) Carpenter of Clinton (center) District Forester for the Piedmont District of Westvaco's Southern Woodlands, receives an en graved pen from Woodlands Manag er W. G. (Bill) Sheppard of Summer ville. Looking on is W. Lang Foster, Safety Coordinator for Westvaco Timlberlands. Some 300 Timberlands employees in regional centers from Pennsylvania to Georgia and west to Kentucky were similarly recognized for their safety achievement. West vaco's forestry personnel are involv ed in logging, sawmilling, land clear ing, tree planting, farming, fire fighting, wildlife and recreation man agement and drive hundreds of thou sands of miles in cars and trucks each year. .v.v.v.y. Bell Street Happenings BY RENE KNIGHTON 4 On last Wednesday, the Guid ance Department of Bell Street High presented a program in con nection with Trades and Techni cal Education. The theme for this occasion was: He Who Hath A Trade Hath An Estate. Barbara Speaks served as Mis tress of Ceremony. Scripture and Invocation were given by Dianne Jones, after which the audience sang Battle Hymn of the Repub lic. Mrs. A. R. Barksdale, guid ance counselor, introduced the first speaker, Dr. James L. Hud- grn, Dean of Students represent ing Piedmont Technical Edu cation Center. The audience was favored with a solo by Deborah Barksdale, a member of the school chorus. Mrs. Barksdale then introduced Mr. Williams A. Jones, Dean of Students and Mr. Ray Mixioo, Field Representative from Greenville Tech. The representative remained after the assembly for a few min utes to talk with interested stu dents about careers in Techni cal Education. The CivicClasses of our school wrote essays on the subject “My Future Career.” From each sec tion, a boy and girl were select ed having written the best essay. From the secondperiodclass, the winners were: Michael Gilliam and Sarah Cromer. From the fourth period class, the winners were Gracie Anderson and Al bert Sturkey, and from the sixth period class were Chauncey Payne and Cleare Wilson. The essays were informative as well as enjoyable. Another project will be undertaken soon. Principle Hudson again com mended the girls’ and boys’ bas ketball teams for their outstand ing achievements during the year. The games Friday night between Gallman High and Bell Street ended the basketball season for the year. Mr. Hudson also gave en couraging remarks of those stu dents participating in the Battle of the Bands contest on last Sat urday night, for their tremendous performance. The Seven Demen- sions of Soul, as they are called, consisted of the following per sons: Henry Motes, Grady Stod dard, Ellis Belton, Kenneth Gist, Michael Clark, John Burton, and John Mobley. They were also pre sented a trophy. 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