The San Francisco call., 1910-07-01
DECLARES CHURCH
HAS LOST POWER
Social Revolution Alone, Says
Prof. c. E. Rugh, Will Re-
store Former Standing

BERKELEY, June 30.-That nothing
less than a social revolution will re-
store the church to it's former place In
society and in the home was the decla-
ration made this afternoon by DR.. Z. h.
Rugh of the department of education
of the university, in speaking before
the nineteenth annual conferenc of the
California state Epworth league of the
M. E. church. South, in the parlors OF
the local church. He was the chief
speaker of the afternoon and laid great
stress on the fact that nowadays the
churches seemed to be built solely fol
the attendance of the adults.
Continuing Professor Rugh, under the
subject of the conference theme
Equipment for service said:
on account of the economic and social CON
ditions existing. especially in America,
churches are for adults. Even the benchsS
are built for adults, and the church VII WIZ
never be able TO solve the problem Oh Tue
young people unless correction is made,
Once the church the mother OF chii
dren, but this can not be sala now nu nU1 Nor
formed by the state and will continue 10 De
the until some unforeseen revoiutlon
takes place in the social affairs or the coun-
try once the church looked after the poor,
but now the state and charity organizations
do the work. Once the church looked alter
but now the public and private hospitals per
form this task. !.
The young people organized societies Out OIL
| uecessity and along the lines of the prayer
meeting. The prayer meeting, however, was
not sufficient. In fact. the only way 70 get
grip on Cod is by prayer, especially private
PRAYER This is one means Of SOWING the re-
| ngious problem
The new vision of this religious problem;
and it is the biggest one facing man ana
| woman today, is what | want 10 sho"
you in a clear light. There are those VINO
think that international peace is the great
! est; others think the saloon problem Tue
greatest; others the white slave problem, es-
pecially when it gets into the high sehoois
and institutions of learning; others think 1t
is the conservation of the national forests.
But if the boys and girls of today adhered
/ ~ thev nracticed chastity there would be no
white slave traffic and If they understood the
principles of economics there would De no
labor problem. a.,
The church is not helping TO solve the
great problems of religious Development OF
the young and women but TINS Work ID
being done by the young peoples societles.
| The church with its adult appointments can
not and will not accomplish tt work, ana
the only remedy must be the adoptlon oi
some service TO develop relleious cohsciou'
ness in the young
Wouldn't it be a good thing to do away
with all saloons? Now can tell you how IL
can be done. Every. man who now drlnss Is
whisky or makes whisky and every saloon
man will be dead in 20 years This Is shown 'e.n
| by figures. and unless there are new recruits
the saloons must go out of business
| Religious life of the next generation de-
pends upon the solving Of religious prob
lem of this generation.
In the absence of J. Landrum Ora
lham, president of the organization
Prof. W. B. Herms of the university
third vice president of the league, oe
cupied the chair at todays sessions an
will continue to do SO throughout tn
week He is a strong candidate fo
/ the office of president for next year.
Rev. J. j. Kenney of Fresno was tn
principal speaker at tonight's session
The convention will be continue
through Sunday.