Evening star., 1911-06-07

answer, We are In an age wnere oid
problems are treated with new processes.
These are the men who have touched the
tangles OF modern economics. Ihey are
the moderns who are seriously anxious
that He who was a man among the
classes in Palestine may aEa'n oe per.
mitted to apply himself to those who toll
and suffer and die because the laws OF
ethical and legal justice are ignored or
withheld from the common people.
Problems for the Church.
THE relation Of capital and labor. the
problem of equitable wages. the aues-
tions Of sanitary conditions. the hand
ling Of delinquents. the caring for the
unfortunates. the proper culture of chill
dren, the better housing OF the poor, the
cleansing of the slums. the curbing and
rescuing OF the degenerates, ana all such
phases Of life are problems that the
church must face and aid In SOWING.
This work cannot he done by revivahsm'
by Salvation Army methods. ny rescue
mission workers. by ethical-culture guilds,
by fraternal associations. all valuable In
their limited circles, but inadequate TO
those tasks which can be worked out
only when the church makes II her large
and persistent duty to send every MEM
her forth as temple of the Holy Ghost
personal empire in which the serving,
sacrifcial Christ reigns supreme.
"A government may destroy repelAon
at the point of the bayonet. may tncar-
cerate a villain or execute murderer;
a supreme court may shatter q trust py
verbal decree or right q wrong os SIN
gle decision but the church cannot DO
such things. She must work In con-
sonance with her original commission;
she must disciple the nations: the head
must work through a nominal ohrisuan
civilization. In America this unrest Is
growing at rate that brings fear ana
forebodings to men who are anchored to
past traditions, the defenders OF human
utterances and methods that are rooted
In the dark ages"
Influence on Education.
In stepping in to the sphere OF intel
lectualism," DR.. Fenner declared that the
church must support her schools. must
patronize her higher institutions with her
own youth, must see that the public
schools are pervaded with the atmosphere
Of evangelic truth. must throw her tnfiu-
ence against all movements that VIII
morally devitalize by the ascendency OF
the spirit OF secularity.
The church must help the age to its
highest achievements, not by nerce docu-
ments against modern ideas and products,
not by threats OF accommodation to
those who thirst for the new phases OF
the teachings of nature. not by obstruct-
ing the intellectual progress or mankind
but rather help by filling education
throughout its empire with the Spit,
and influence of the serving. sacrfhcial
Christ. II education is to be a true and
permanent force for good to the age.
the Christ must be the dean OF every
school of teachers and training.
Public Opinion the Gear.
Public opinion is the car OF America:
and public opinion Is the creature. very
largely. OF the man who sits upon the
editorial tripod. II the church cannot ma
terially own the tripod she must sway
the occupant by the presence Of the serv-
ing Christ In His presence the press
should realize that the greatest achieve
ment and glory of its work is In the serv-
ice it renders the age by forming a pub
lie opinion that is pure, noble. unselhsh
and sacrifcial: that rules, not simply for
special ranks, classes and interests, but
seeks to secure the absolute and greatest
good for all men. To aid the present age
effectively the Son OF God must move
among the forces Of education and the
educated as he that serveth."
1.-The people of God are not resentful
Of reasonable criticism; the church is
willing, as touching its human phases.
to be advised concerning conditions. en-
vironments and methods. But the church
will not be quiet when Misrepresentation
is the description OF her attitude; Will
not listen when told to seek a new mis-
sion and commission: will not accept
with any complacency. dictations from
social leaders, political experts and intel
lectual monarchs. much Of whose altru-
benevolent simply for dividing equitably
the public and industrial spoils.
Aim Of the Church.
THE church at times may seem to be
falling behind In the worlds progress;
but this is so only in the seeming. In this
apparent delay the church has been
adapting to herself the methods that &C
cord with her mission, and with these
modes OF action will reach the ends Tor
which she exists. The Church reads In
her own library OF experience that great
changes, which are to renew, uplift and
purify ycivilizations-bound with traditions,
practices and forms centuries In thetI
making-cannot be effected In q genera
ton; centuries must be measured before
the righteousness OF God will I'LL the
church Is certainly, perhaps slowly. en-
tering upon her special methods for doing
her work in this present age. She has q
message, spirit and plan for lifting
men to higher planes and giving justice,
equity and peace to all mankind.
1.-The supreme business of the church
is that of saving men-saving the indi-
vidual man by q birth from above then
saving the world by sending him into So
ciety to establish the kingdom Of heaven
on earth. The masterful personality In
this kingdom is the Christ OF God-the
loving, serving, sacriflcial Man OF Galilee,
the elder brother Of a celestial frater-
nifty"
Greed Of Nations Deplored.
Charles r. Keedy Of Baltimore de.
clared at the session last evening, in an
address on Commerce and Missions"
| that the greed OF commercial nations in
their dealings with those Of the orient
must be checked. IAN idea of God" he
declared, rs lost by the commercial ma
tions in their dealings with the heather.
Money is their one thought Their doc
trines are lust and greed. The heather
can never become christianfzed until
these deplorable practices are stopped
Mr.. Keedy declared 1t is significant
fact that wherever a commercial power
has come in contact with heather ma
ton vice and corruption are heaped
upon the ignorant native. He also de-
clared that commercial nations are SO
busily engaged in teaching their material
civilization to the heather that tho spirit
ual side Is forgotten.
Other Topics Discussed.
Preparation and Power for Service"
was the subject George B. Remensnyder
Of Sunbury, Pa. discussed. This was
followed by an address on "A Vision OF