Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-12
CRIMINAL ELEMENT
IS FOUND AT DESKS
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
GIVES VIEWS
True Christians Now independent in
Theology Declares DR.. E. 3. Burton
at Baptist Ministers Confer
ence-Discusse Missions

DR.. e. B, Burton of the University OF
Chicago is q thorough advocate of edu-
cational principles in evangelizing for
eign countries, and sees church and mis-
| sionary federations everywhere.
| The Baptist ministers conference met al
| the First Baptist church yesterday morn
ing with Vice President Rev. w. L.
Tucker presiding in the absence of Rev.
Albert Hatcher Smith, president.
Following the preliminary exercises and
remarks from Mrs. G. p. Wallace in the
interest of the India child-wives, DIR.
Burton was introduced and said in part:
''The federation of the church and the
mission work is largely showing itself in
foreign countries as well as in the United
States. The differences of the church de-
nominations of twenty-five years ago are
being eliminated At that time each de-
nomination maintained that its religion
was true and all others false. 1t is not so
today In rightly judging religion and in
winning others we must compare our re-
ligion with Confucianism, although it is
claimed by opponents that there is no re-
ligion in Confucianism.
1--WE must admit that all religions are
not good, but there are light and truth in
each of them, and the diminishing en-
phasis on the differences is largely due to
educational facilities. The foreign coun-
tries must be evangelical through these
mediums
Choose Own Sects
Real Christians are independent today
regarding theology They find that the
gospel IS life and fellowship with God,
which continue with system, while the
ology is at variance. Take a family of
young children who are taught certain
line of religious belief when they grow
up they find the conflictions that arise in
the different Christian denominations. 1t
Is then that each must decide for himself
his future course and herein lies the fun
damental principle of eyangelistic educa-
ton
"The churches now are called upon to
endure greater perils as we'll as advanced
opportunities. They are confronted with
the spirit of lawlessness and criminality.
"There are twelve times more murders
in San Francisco than in Japan. In Chi
cago the criminal element is not wholly
in the slums, but occupying desks in well
furnished offices to large extent.
"Another peril we have to contend with,
although I am not an alarmist, is the un-
desirable influx of foreigners to this
CT untry.
Another thing that confronts the
church is that science has divulged so
mFny untrutnS tnaC people are growing
up with shattered faith in truth.
"But there is large increase in re-
llgious fervor in our universities compared
to twenty-five years ago. There are $4,000
men and $4,000 women studying the Bible
in the United States today They are to
make the strong men and women of this
country.
Korea Christianized
I'm the foreign field there is none equal
in religious zeal to Korea-in fact, there
are more Christians there than in any
ether portion of the world, in proportion
to its Inhabitants. What is needed in the
different parts of China is the founding
of educational institutions by outside as
slstance.
"In the last year China has established
sixty-seven daily papers and a large pub
fishing house"
After the adjournment many of the
ministers went to the federation coffee
club to lunch, where was discussed "The
Present Theological Position of the Con-
So rvative School of Higher Critics"
DR.. c. G. Chivers, filled secretary of the
american Baptist mission society of New
York city, will address the December
meeting.