El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-24
RELIGION ON A
C0NN0NGR0UND
Ell Paso Churches to Work
Together for the Things
They Agree On.

termlued. The leaders seemed con-
scious of the fact that history was be-
ing made. that new day was being
usnered I'm. The seriousness Of the
world situation was uppermost i'm all
hearts and the respouSi bility of the
church was consciously felt and faced
It's Purpose.
Vow with this general statement
Of the setting of the congress before
I us may ] speak a moment more Of its
[ purpose
EFT was To- find ways and means for
. closer fellowship and cooperation II
+ was an evangelical crowd. II repre-
E scented the group Of churches which
I cling steadfastly to the great funda-
menJals Of our faith, and so there was
no need OF raising docrrlual questions
f The congress did not set itself to cor
E rect the errors OF the Episcopalians
nor OF the Presbyteriaus. nor Of the
Batplsts, nor of any other body rep
resented. It proceeded upon the rea-
sonable assumption thar these fol-
lowers OF our Lord have enough ia
common 20 permit them TO work to-
gether along certain we'll defined
lines Of religious activity
There has been a growing spiri,
Of cooperation among these bodies for
q number OF years. and the purpose OF
this congress was 90 inquire as TO
what has been achieved and how it
was done and 20 plan Tor extension OF
these methods.
Some Of the Work
some cities have puU on eyaugelis-
tic programs, notably Cleveland and
Indianapolis Remarkable results have
been obtained some have put on
moral reform campaigns PittsburE-
Chicago. Cleveland and Minneapolis
have cleaned up their red light dis
tricts
ut developed that united Prot
estautism can do almost any thing 10
sets its hand 20 DO.
The Waste Is Felt.
we have all begun 20 feel the waste
and the inefficiency of our older in
GlyIdualistIc programs and methods
There are some problems so big that
no one of us can think OF handling
them alone, such as missions. re-
leluus educa ton. temperance reform,
municipal reforms. etc
The AnL-SalOOu league has shown
us what cooperating Professionalism
can accomplish.
The purpose Of this congress was
the achievements OF the past and 10
plan for an extension of this coOpera-
tive movement
Nine Committees Report.
The program was unique IL was
built around the reports of nine sub
commissions. These subcOmmissions
were appointed many months ago
There was a committee on comfy,
headed by AIr. BamberEer, OF Cleve-
land another on community evaugel-
ism. headed BY Morton O.. Piersou. OF
Indianapolis, another on social sery-
ice, headed by Rev. Worth ". fifty,
Of New York, formerly OF Cleveland;
another on religious education. head
ed BIZ b. s. Winchester, Of New Ha-
ven; another on religious publicity.
headed by Chas. Stelzle. of New York
another on international justice and
good VIII. headed by Rev Sidney l.
Quick OF New York another on
principles and methods Of organiza-
ton, headed by Rev Horace F. Hol-
ton. Of - Louis. another on world
evangelism. headed by Harry Wade
Hicks, Of New York city, and still an
other on war time interchurch work,
headed By =. l. Slivey. Of Dayton. o.
This program consisted Of the pres
entatiou Of the reports OF these COM
missions in printed form and verbally,
and the free discussion Of each
from the floor.
The evenings were given over 10
platform addresses by noted men,
Report on Comfy
In presenting the report on comfy.
the chairman read what he called the
20 chronicles of the New Tes-
lament I Cor. xiii. reading the word
sonny Oh each instance where the
word love appears i'm the text. Speak
noting comfy, he referred TO war
Three quarters OF the world is now
federated 20 overthrow aurOcracy. one
duty OF the church is 10 keep pace
with the growing spirit Of brother
hood that IS in the world some one
said We must help the community
first What are its needs. For
Eet our GeuomInariouaI interests
The church that fails 10 keep up
with this unIfyiug program viii find
itself left in some isolated spot high
and dry from the currents of the
Community Evangelism.
The report on community eFangel-
ism called out some remarkable facts
In Cleveland campaigns have been put
on each year - four or five years
without Billy Sunday, and they have
the churches. The same is true in
indianapolis and Cincinnati
The report OF the committee on
social service was freely discussed
Great tasks require the Christian
spirit.
The report OF the committee on
religious education began with the
statement. 'Of the church's methods
none are more vital than the educa-
ton No part of its work is more i'm
portant than that Of religious educa-
ton In the discussion IL was en-
phasized that the community is the
unit Of education and that we have
no community unit for religious edu-
cation
international Good VIII.
In the discussion of international re-
port on justice and good VIII il was
said. If the churches in the past 80
years had paid attention TO questions
Of international justice and good viii
there probably would have been no
war
Fred Lynch said. we must begin
TO think I'm terms OF world patriotism
if we are 20 have any voice i'm the
coming peace
But / need not go further. one
word stands out clearly i'm all the re-
ports-coopera rion, cooperation, CO.
operation.
Are we 90 clean up the moral cess
pools Of our ciues- We must have CO.
operation.
Are We to evanEelize our COM
We must cooperate.
Are we 20 evaugellze the world .
We must cooperate.
Are we to give publicity TO the
Kingdom of God: We must cooper
ate
Are we 10 adequately educate peo-
PIE in the principles Of the kingdom
We must cooperate.
Are we to promote abiding peace2
We must cooperate"
Those Mt the Meeting.
Those present at the gathering
were Rev. Perry j. Rice, Rev. G. X
Campbell. Rev. O.. L. Overstreet. Rev.
Fuller Swift, Rev. Dwight j. Bradley,
Rev. Watson 81. Farley. Rev. j. r.