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’Round the World with B. J.
w orks for their splendidly w orded descriptions of certain places, some
of which we have extracted. It is impossible for an author to have
taken the time to spend years, such as they have done, to gather the
m easurements and historic, as w ell as exact, data.
Both of these trips have also been broadcast over radiophone station
w oe. ..
T h e se talks became so popular to the estimated four m illion people
who “ listened in” regularly every T uesday and Frid ay nights that, as a
result, over 50,000 requests came in by letter, postal, and w ire, insisting
that they be published— so here they are.
Subsequent to the publication of these talks, in their original form ,
they w ere given, in person, in snatches here or there to m any luncheon
clubs.
T h e W O C radio audience w ill please note that, w hile the speaker
assumes a certain position on the m issionary question, every Sunday
night the pastor of one of several different denominational churches
fills our W O C pulpit in carrying the G ospel to our audiences, which
proves that both sides of this most vital question have an opportunity
to be heard. It seems that this answ ers every criticism that has been
directed in rebuttal to this speaker’s position.
W h a t a man is not up on, he is down on. T h a t is to say, that a man
cannot be a m aster of every subject that he sees, studies, becomes in
terested in, or talks about— or even sets dow n in a book. I t should be
every m an’s object to become as efficient and state him self as accurately
as possible— but, even here, it is not given fo r every man to know the
exacting minute detail of every subject that he m ight desire to see and
then describe to another via the printed page. T h e reader as w ell as the
radio audience must and should clearly understand by this time that the
speaker is not a member of any of the religions or sects or creeds that
he has studied or investigated on these trips around the w orld, therefore
he is not posted on any of their massive intricacies of form s and ceremonies.
T h ose w ho are, therefore, should be considerate of any mistakes that he
m ay have made in tryin g to describe them. A s a traveler, he presents his
impressions, which, from a strictly ecclesiastical or religious language
could be stated w ro n gly. W h a te ve r the mistake, if such it be, the w rite r
gladly corrects it to w hatever the follow er of that religion knows that it
should b e ; the w ords in this book m ay not actually change, but the intent
does.
T h e speaker is prone to w eigh the mass of m aterial at his command,
pick out the things he thinks of human interest and speak about these;
and perhaps in so doing passes up much that m ight come to your minds.
W e did ask our radio audience to feel perfectly free to ask questions
and w e answered them to the best of our a b ility ; in this w a y you can
check us on the issues that are vita l to your minds. In this w a y we
made these travel talks personal between us in clearing up problems
that might otherwise continue as such.
W e have already received many questions. Some of them deal with
w orks for their splendidly w orded descriptions of certain places, some
of which we have extracted. It is impossible for an author to have
taken the time to spend years, such as they have done, to gather the
m easurements and historic, as w ell as exact, data.
Both of these trips have also been broadcast over radiophone station
w oe. ..
T h e se talks became so popular to the estimated four m illion people
who “ listened in” regularly every T uesday and Frid ay nights that, as a
result, over 50,000 requests came in by letter, postal, and w ire, insisting
that they be published— so here they are.
Subsequent to the publication of these talks, in their original form ,
they w ere given, in person, in snatches here or there to m any luncheon
clubs.
T h e W O C radio audience w ill please note that, w hile the speaker
assumes a certain position on the m issionary question, every Sunday
night the pastor of one of several different denominational churches
fills our W O C pulpit in carrying the G ospel to our audiences, which
proves that both sides of this most vital question have an opportunity
to be heard. It seems that this answ ers every criticism that has been
directed in rebuttal to this speaker’s position.
W h a t a man is not up on, he is down on. T h a t is to say, that a man
cannot be a m aster of every subject that he sees, studies, becomes in
terested in, or talks about— or even sets dow n in a book. I t should be
every m an’s object to become as efficient and state him self as accurately
as possible— but, even here, it is not given fo r every man to know the
exacting minute detail of every subject that he m ight desire to see and
then describe to another via the printed page. T h e reader as w ell as the
radio audience must and should clearly understand by this time that the
speaker is not a member of any of the religions or sects or creeds that
he has studied or investigated on these trips around the w orld, therefore
he is not posted on any of their massive intricacies of form s and ceremonies.
T h ose w ho are, therefore, should be considerate of any mistakes that he
m ay have made in tryin g to describe them. A s a traveler, he presents his
impressions, which, from a strictly ecclesiastical or religious language
could be stated w ro n gly. W h a te ve r the mistake, if such it be, the w rite r
gladly corrects it to w hatever the follow er of that religion knows that it
should b e ; the w ords in this book m ay not actually change, but the intent
does.
T h e speaker is prone to w eigh the mass of m aterial at his command,
pick out the things he thinks of human interest and speak about these;
and perhaps in so doing passes up much that m ight come to your minds.
W e did ask our radio audience to feel perfectly free to ask questions
and w e answered them to the best of our a b ility ; in this w a y you can
check us on the issues that are vita l to your minds. In this w a y we
made these travel talks personal between us in clearing up problems
that might otherwise continue as such.
W e have already received many questions. Some of them deal with
