New Britain herald., 1916-05-16
ROCKEFELLER URGES
 INSTRUMENTATION
Says Too Many Christians Are
 Merely Marking Time

Cleveland, O., May 16-John D. Rockefeller, Jr., addressed today's session of the International Conven- tion of the Young Mems Christian Associations of North America, urg- ing a campaign to be called 'The Every-Christian-M at Work Move- ment"
 Many Time Markers. Multitudes of men whose names appear on the church roles as Christians are merely marking time, said MT. Rockefeller, like soldiers parading the streets in dress uniform instead of rendering active service Ike the men in soiled and disheveled khaki. Christian manhood, like muscular or mental power, is only to be maintained by it's use," he said. 'I call upon the ministers of this land to rouse to action that vast horde of Christian men enrolled in the churches but seldom seen in the pews, who are only waiting for some service which requires manly quail ties in order to be again brought into active relation with the churches. The day for the preaching Of a gospel looking toward the pre- paration of the individual for a pas sage to the skies on flower1y beds of ease has passed, and may it never return.
 Bring Classes Together.
 ''The inactive army of Christian men will be drawn to service the more quickly when they have come tc recognize the brotherhood of man as a necessary corollary to the "a nf Int and unique argument recently ad- vanced for compulsory military ser vice in this country is that the sons of the well-to-do families of our communities might thereby be thrown into close contact with the sons of the working people, so that the great gap which too often exists might be bridged and as a, result of daily association in common tasks these two classes of men brought to see that the difference between them is superficial rather than inherent
 'As we face the great industrial rroblems which are arising daily, it seems clear that the only hope of their permanent and satisfactory solution lies in the widespread ac- ceptance of the doctrine of the brotherhood of man. When men of
  together, come to know each other, to admire the strong and manly qualities which they see in each other when they are working side by side for the advancement of common in terest, then and then only does per- sona1 distrust hatred and misunder- standing give way to a spirit of fair play, justice and desire for the common good"
 Tribute To Y. M. c. A.
 MT. Rockefeller paid tribute to the success of the Young Mems Christ ian associations in having "done more throughout the civilized word than any other single force in helping to hring about cooperation between Christian men of different denom- nations It was to be profoundly regretted, he continued, that Christ ian men should spend a moment of time, an ounce of strength, a cent of money in contending among them selves in regard to their individual interpretations of scriptual meanings. instead of uniting together under the common standard of the cross to op- pose with solid front the hosts of darkness
 In launching the proposed cam Taign to put every Christian man at work, MT. Rockefeller proposed the appointment of a special secretary of the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. to have charge of the undertaking, and he outlined some of the general requirements of the or ganization. 'It is hard" he said. Ito conceive of any single effort which would go further toward revitalz- ing the churches of North America and reviving the interest of man in them"