MR. S. A. MORRISON

MISSION WORK IN EGYPT

- AND KENYA

Mr. S. A. Morrison, secretary of the Christian Council of Kenya, died at Hayes, Bromley, Keit, on Saturday evening at the age of 62.

Stanley Andrew Morrison was born at Liverpool on March 25, 194, and was educated at Liverpool and Oxford. After several years' teaching experience in England he was accepted as a missionary by the Church Missionary Society in 1919, and sailed for Egypt in. 1920. After a number of years of evangelistic and social work he was appointed secretary of the C.M.S. Mission'in Egypt in 1929, and contitued to hold this post with great distinction until 1951. He acquired an exceptional mastery of Arabic and a very extensive and intimate knowledge of Egyptian affairs and made many friends in the Coptic' Church. One of his greatest achievements in Egypt was the initiation of the "Committee of Liaison," which included representatives of all te Churches. including Roman, Greek Orthodox, and Evangelical Churches, and represents a unique expenment in ecumenical cooperation: Among its achievements was the production of an agreed syllabus for Christian instruction in Government schools.

In 1951 he was appointed executive secretary of the Relief Committee of the Near East Christian Council, and this enabled him to use his great organizing abilities for helping the Palestinian refugees. In a short time his able presentation of their needs led to a very great increase in the contributions for this work, especially from America. After 35 Years of missionary service with the Church Missionary Society in the Middle East, his retirement officially took effect in 1954. But that retirement date found him in Nairobi, already engaged on what was to prove the most exacting and complex task of his life-he had accepted an urgent invitation to become secretary of the Christian Council of Kenya.

EMERGENCY IN KENYA

Kenya was in the midst of the Mau Mau emergency. Quickly Morrison gained a grasp of the whole situation and his experience of cooperative activity was a great strength and encouragement to the other Christian leaders on the spot. In the ensuIng two years the Christian Council of Kenya became the focus for an outstanding programme of constructive Christian action. The work of the C.C.K. staff among the Kiktyu in the detention and rehabilitation camps, and in the new villages, and in Nairobi, is well known. Less well known, but nq less notable. has been the research work initiated by Mr. Morrison on particular problems arising out of the Kenya emergency.

At the beginning of last month he flew to England, having been advised to rest completely for two or three months. But he was not to have the rest he so badly needed. He arrived in London to find himself the centre of controversy arising from allegations about the conduct of the emergency in Kenya. In letters.and articles to the Press, and in many private meetings, he...