The Detroit times., 1915-12-18
kurches Lead Radical
4 Scheme for World
Harmony
LOVES LAW
is ADVOCATED
ACtiOn Declared to Be
y Like Francis of AS
sissi's Way
J rns RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.

krw yhG RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
mr. several months there has
ooa quietly spreading in this coun-
F md abroad a new movement
~ aims at world peace and new
pternity between the warning ma
1ns. II is not merely one more
lnco plan. Instead, II lays down
religious basis so fundamental
9At many active Christians feel
rord Il ~ conventional church
n; must have felt toward the
~ laid down by Francis OF
Ij5U promoter of the fellowship
- America is DR.. Henry T. Hodg-
4 British Friend. long ago
rGisaary In China, and one of the
|nontia. figures at the Edinburgh
6ted's Missionary conference. He
y member of that body's CON
11nttor committee" which is a
II ee high court of Professionalism.
FL of the Worlds Christian STU
ut coderatt0n. DIR. Hodgkin has
oD1v spent two months in this
alsy, enlisting Americans in the
oo1oWoh1p. II is known that many
- md women of national prom
ouoe have united with DIR. Hodg-
but the movement purposely
Doalns from the use of q list OF
11nee. There Ii no effort being
U0a for what IL called - large
Eceive membership" Headquar-
>o3 have been opened at No. l25
nG& Twenty-seventh-st.. New York.
NJ 10 story of the formation of the
1owship Of Reconciliation In this
1NtBy h best told In the words
'0be ef its own active men: This
v has been taken by q group OF
- and women following a two
~ conference recently held at
rnf4en City. Long Island. Those
~ attended the conference. though
lge0onting various faiths, were
1Wn together by q common feeling
lNot the time was ripe for a deeper
ootpfotation OF the Christian mes
|HHo They were distressed not
~ over the tragedy of the war but
~ many present social conditions,
y well, and were disturbed by the
cntueed utterance of churches ana
IGftsttan leaders. After the most
6e;ous consideration OF what was
oxolved. the conference expressed
b cs.nviction that love as revealed
! the life and death OF Jesus Christ
} the only sufficient basis OF hu-
m society. that II Is the only
Uwer by which evil can be over
ONE. and that in order to establish
|Oriety upon such a basis those
rho believe In this principle must
Ircept II fully and dedicate them.
|oeyeo unreservedly TO the enthrone-
Dont Of love In every sphere OF
Devsonal and social life.
The movement thus launched
11Gefentiates itself from others oc-
1neioned by the war In certain par
(lcG1ars which arrest attention. II
y obvfously not simply an addition
~ the already long list OF peace so
c3etses While there is no doubt
thAt the members OF the fellowship
ptend absolutely against war, the
acceptance OF the spirit Of Christ as
&be only suficient basis OF society
Clearly involves for them very much
1D0re than opposition to war. They
.HIoW war not as an isolated phe-
'6omenon but as only one out of
Hony unhappy consequences OF the
virtual poverty OF society. While
~ question of war may at the pres
t time be the most serious and
oGk pressing problem confrontinf
-. they conceiye their task tc
Ia 40 less than a common quest
11eor an order Of society In accord
ance with the mind Of Christ.
80 great q purpose. seriously
necessarily implies tina,
HE Fellowship is not to be prima.
riIy . protest but a power It's
10asOn for existence is not in the
)o<ter which killeth. but in the spir-
\ which quickeneth. To those who
nko this position II seems that no
nlsount OF negation. no literalistic
t1o0ries OF non.resistance. no pro-
1ibitlons Of the use of force. can
G0pe our social diseases or eradi.
roao war. The fundamental need
q new discovery Of God, fresh
MN 70 the sources OF life. a prep
oe1oo Of living channels OF pow
1t h 20 this deeper work that
~ DoJlowship II dedicated.
- fellowship has no program
< ~ % the one path toward its
d fooIIses that II is not deal
= = o1nule prob1sm. and that