The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD


of the leading men of that country in
[. the movement Among those who prom
ised him to help in the campaigns to be
held in America next year are Arch
deacon Madden, of Liverpool; Evangelist
w. R. Lane, of London, and Rev. j.
Stuart Holden, of st. Paurs Church. Lon
don. These ''over the sea messengers
will take active part in the great meet
ings to be held in the ninety cities OF
America. -
In speaking Of the way in which Eng
land is taking hold of the movement Fred
B. Smith said recently: II am perfectly
amazed at the way the idea of the men
and religion movement takes hold
upon the hearts, minds, and convictions
of the great leaders Rof religious work
anywhere and everyvhere-men like DR.,
John Kelman, of Edinburgh, the Lord
Bishop. of London, Lord Kinnard. and
Rev. Frederick B. Meyer. These men
have read the literature and are tremen-
dously impressed with the idea"
At the meeting IN washington on Sep
tember "A there will be special speakers
on Bible study, boys work, social serv-
ice. missionary responsibilities, as well as
several evangelistic meetings.
The Church and Social Service.
That the church is too emotional and
neglects social service that the church
will adjust itself to the new order Of
things and rise to its opportunity, that
physicians are unconsciously the cause
of the spread of atheism were among the
ideas advanced at the National Society
for Correction and Charities, in session
at Boston during the past week:
DR.. Washington GLADDEN. in speaking Of
the Church and social work" said:
IL. hat faf
tion OF the church is to prepare for an
other world, not to make a better world
of this. Between organized Christianity
so far as the Protestant churches are
concerned, and organized charity, there
has been too wide separation. Chris
tian work has been one thing, and So
cial work quite another.
Now, 1t seems to me that the pro-
gramme of Jesus does not contemplate
philanthropy. There can be no justif-
cation in these days for an institution
calling itself a church which is not
pledged with all it's resources, loyalty.
and enthusiasm to the work of helping
the weak, defending the oppressed, COM
forting the sorrowing and lifting up the
lonely. The time Is past for any religion
that means less than this"
The Very Rev. William J. White, super
NiSOT VI lie OF bTOOh-
lyn. sounded a note Of warning against
losing sight of the spiritual element in
social service
THE prime function of the church, he
said, is to get men occupied about the
salvation of their souls. There is dan
ger that social workers may become as
intolerantly dogmatic as were some of the
scientists of an earlier age. Social work
needs the doctrinal elements, and the
business of the church is to interpret So
cial work in terms of the Gospel
The bewilderment of the church at the
immensity of the social problems by
which it IS surrounded was spoken of by
Rev. Samuel NJ. Crothers, Unitarian, Of
Cambridge, Mass
What has happened" he said, sis that
recently a new set of lights has been
turned on, and we now see more duties
than we had -bargained for. It is In
regard to these newly revealed duties
that the church stands blinking.
1T does not know what to do. But
fits heart is all right. Give 1t time, and
Il will do a great many things it has
not done before The social reformer
aud the spiritual inspirer must stand
side by side