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Show fcwwwvwvvvvwvwwwvwvwvvvvvvt ' 9 ' HGWG F ' TTEaGD (From mo Folio lout Now lorvlco ond Iho wlroo Frost and mo United Prou Intomolionol.) - I J i that ail British Anglican and Methodist clergymen resign in a highly publicized gesture on a given Good Friday to pave the way for A dramatic proposal f reunion of tiieir churches, was advocated by Anglican Bishop John Phillips of Portsmouth, England. The bishop cited the suggestion as one way of overcoming current difficulties created among members of both churches by the proposed Sendee of Reconciliation. This service, which is designed to integrate the two ministries, has emerged as the major point of controversy in negotiations for uniting the two churches. . . . . 4 ' "" 'V ,v t ' " f ' A V - ' : f, 1 . 'An - , ' F ' V i- i , jt : ' Aa it V V V Vrf; coming the golden plates, says Mr. Zimmer. I bought a Book of Mormon and took It home and began to read "1 hadnt gotten too far through the book when I told my wife. this books got something here.' The message came through loud and clear to me, he said. Hi3 curiosity aroused about the Church, he drove over to Palmyra collected . and bought every . and piece of literature and book he could find. I couldnt find the address of the Church in Rochester. I contacted the RLDS but that wasnt what I wanted. Thats when I drove back to Palmyra and got all the literature, he said. He never could make contact, but one day the missionaries found ' their home, and it wasnt long until he" and Mrs. Zimmer were baptized. What was amazing to him was the difference he had found concerning the Mormon people between those he had met in previous visits a . S. . a ' V rf.. ; t. : 1 . ' ; ty Su"' ljn ,s - v 'Iff , '' , ' Urges clergy resignations LONDON t r ol ( Aotoclotod p 4-- " i?i fv ..a H Study union proposed ROCHESTER, N.Y. An ecumenical center for the theological studies, which would combine faculties, library resources, and Classes is being studied by two Protestant lty schools and a Roman Catholic seminary. The venture, termed a major development In American theological education and a major ecumenical breakthrough, was proposed by Episcopal Bishop Nelson M. Burroughs of Ohio. Involved are Bexley Hall, an Episcopal seminary in Gambler, Ohio; Colgate Rochester Divinity School, an nominational school founded by the Baptists in Rochester, N.Y., and St Bernards Seminary of the Catholic Diocese of Rochester, N.Y. - . 'HE IS LOVED BY ALL' ' 1 Will Always Try To Do As Asked' Baptisms show decrease SEATTLE The Episcopal Church has experienced a continuing decrease for the past five years In the number of baptisms, it was reported at the Church's General Convention in Seattle. The Committee on the State of the Church also said that confirmations and received members decreased in 1966. By PALMYRA, N.Y. I have always tried to do everything those in authority in the Church have asked me to do. Thats the philosophy of Eari C. New adult curriculum NASHVILLE Approximately 44 out of every 100 Methodist adults who attend church school are in classes which have adopted a totally new denominational curriculum which was launched on the first Sunday in September. Thomas K. Potter Jr., editor of Graded Press, a part of the Methodist Publishing House in Nashville,-Ten- n., said that while 56 out of every 100 Methodist adults in church school programs continue to use the International Lesson Series the new material has been well received. Oppose Surtax KANSAS CITY, MO. Roman Catholic priests in Kansas City, Mo., have indicated their opposition to President Johnsons proposed 10 per cent surtax because . we could not in conscience pay a tax earmarked for deeper involvment in die (Vietnam) war. The priests expressed their view in identical letters sent to the two Missouri senators, Stuart Symington and Edward V. Long, both Democrats. Twenty-thre- e' . Women pastors TORRE PELLICE . in its 800 years history, (he Waldensian Church Is expected to ordain two women to the pastoral ministry, it was announced Oekkuce, Italy. e, Mrs. Carmen Ceteroni, S7, and Miss Gianna 25, have already passed their faith examinations and are expected to pass the last test, presiding at a service and delivering a sermon. Soi-don- 12 CHURCH Zimmer of the Rochester, N.Y., Ward, and. says Pres. Bryant W. Ross iter of the Cumorah Stake, Ear! Zimmer not only tries, he does it. Mr. Zimmer has a deep love for the soil and for the things-th- at grow in It and feed off it So It was only natural that when a super- visor for the WEEK ENDING OCTO&ER H stake farm 500-acr- e was needed that the assignment would go to Earl Zimmer. The farm is on the beautiful rolling countryside surrounding historic Hill Cumorah, and about 150 cross-bre- d head of Brahma-Angu- s cattle browse the pastures. The farm also grows enough hay to take care of the beef there now, and if Mr. Zimmer's plans to raise corn and other feeds materialize, the farm would be able to support twice as many cattle as Jt how has. Mr. Zimmers love for the son extends to flowers, also, and he has supervision of the grounds surrounding the ymmmmmmm Hill For what is the first time JACK E. JARRARD Cumorah r ny Visitors Cen- - ty r ter and the nearby Joseph I TrUliS Smith farm.. Mr. Zimmer now resides in nearby Rochester on seven acres of land and when Mrs. Zimmer retires shortly from East- - if -- ! ?S7 Their Earl C. Zimmer, supervisor of the Cumorah Stake welfare farm, mounts his tractor to see how the cattle are doing. to Salt Lake City and at the Pageant and those concerned in stories told around the Palmyra area. I had a good Bible background, and I suppose through this I had been trying hard to find a religion that would satisfy me. There were many questions in my mind about various aspects of the Bible. When I read the Book of Mormon these things were straightened out, Mr. Slimmer said. Since his baptism on Oct: 19, 1957, Mr. Zimmer has been busy. He is now a high priest and his work is with the members of the man Kodak Co., the couple plans to move to the stake farm in Palmyra. He retired four years ago after serving many years as transmitter engineer for Radio Station WHAM Aaronic Priesthood-Adul- t, but he has served In mission capacities, In the. Sunday School, on the stake high council, and then to his work with the farm. Pres. Reid E. Bankhead of the Cumorah Mission notes that the farm is now. productive thanks to In Rochester.-- . Mr. Zimmer is a patient, kind man and has always had a longing Mr. Zimmer. to do the Lords work. "The qver-aHe was (nought up a Methodist beauty of the and wanted to be a medical missiongrounds around the Visitors Center ary for that faith and he attended - Is the direct responsibility of Brother Zimmer. Through his love for his Union College In Schenectady, N.Y. However,, his plans fell through work these grounds have never and he later became a printer for "looked more beautiful, Pres. Bank- the Megiddo Mission, a religious or--' head says. fie Is loved by., the .missionaries ganlzation in Rochester. 1 was .there 14 or 15 years, .and here. Whether they are helping him it was while working as a printer on the farm, the grounds of the there that I met my wife," he said. various places around or Just plain However, It was either his work : visiting with him. Brother Zimmers or be married as the religious group patience and kindness has endeared didnt believe In either marriage or him to the missionaries. But hes strict though, which Is a fine children. I couldnt believe some of the assets Pres. Bankhead continued: thing's they taught, so I got out of What, in Mr. Zimmers opinion, does the pageant do In improving there, he recalls. He and Mrs. Zimmer were wed in the Image of the Church in the 1940 and moved to Pittsburgh, then ' East? later moved back to the Rochester "The Pageant has done wonders suburb and the seven acres where in raising the respect for the Church in this area. It has brought many they now reside. He had heard about the pageant' into the Church. I know if it hadnt the Mormon Church presented been for the Pageant I might not be every year on Hill Cumorah and in the Church today, Mr. Zimmer one evening persuaded a fellow -said. . radio engineer to go with him to see He was bom in LaFargeville, the spectacle. N.Y., a small farming community "At this time I had no connection near St. Laurence on May 30, 1899, with any religion. The pageant was a son of Charles Phillip and Jennie very interesting' and sobering, to C. Van Brocklln. me. I thought about it a lot and - His mother died this past July 20 especially the message it had con-- at the age of 94. -- . ll -- A - |