Words & Works

P: The National Council of Churches of Christ reported that the collection plates of 47 member churches yielded $1.5 billion in 1953-54, an increase of $136 million over 1952-53. The most generous givers were Seventh-day Adventists, with an average yearly contribution of $173.35 apiece. The next five, in order: Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, $170.39; Church of the Nazarene, $118.33; Orthodox Presbyterian Church, $112.56; Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America, $109.03; Conference of the Evangelical Mennonite Church, $107.78.

P: Prime Minister U Nu of Burma, the devout Buddhist head of an overwhelm ingly Buddhist nation (TIME, Aug. 30), laid the cornerstone of a Student Chris tian Foundation building at Rangoon University. U Nu presented his hosts with a check for 5,000 kyats ($1,042), urged Burma's more than 18 million Buddhists and 600,000 Christians to do their "utmost to preserve religious tolerance."

P: Nashville's Cokesbury bookstore started a drive to swap Bible story cartoon books for commercial comics. For every comic book a child brings in, Miss Lilyan Doss, manager of the store, will trade, without charge, any one of the following: Jesus in Jerusalem, The Story of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, John the Baptist and Jesus in Galilee.

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