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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
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Bell Street
Happenings
BY RENE KNIGHTON
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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.
Greenwood Mills
Vacation Period
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Greenwood and Laurens Counties
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night Saturday, June 27.
They will resume operations at
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