The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-28
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l NEWS IF FNS|H l
 Rev L. E. Brubaker, pastor of the Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church. is noted for his patriotic sermons, and though no services have been held at his church for several Sundays, he has furnished the Age-Herald with a ser monette dpon the very interesting topic. Church Making Good in War Times'
 The ministers utterances follow:
 "A popular slogan in the earlier part of the war was, Don't bite the hand that is feeding you, but while many pa- triotic citizens have made this demand or our immigrant population they have not lacked to hurl biting criticism agains, the church for it's utter failure in a great crisis like this. While I hold no brief for ~the church, I make the un- qualified statement that the church has and is making good beyond any other organization today. I welcome the crit icism such as Odelrs Peter Stood by the Y Hc anu w dlIilcu IlliIlScilr lu6 DOUh bL r English chaplains and the work of two Scotch chaplans and many others, for it will set the church to examining herself and she will brush away a lot of rubbish that we have held very dear. And beneath it all we will find the bed- rock truths of the Nazarene's life and teachings that have shaped the ideals
 
 fellowship with God, and a brotherhood of man.
 ''I know that churches do a lot of fool ish things which shallow thinkers use as the bases of their bitter criticism forgetting the conditions into which Christ came. and while His spirit has not touched the masses in any age, yet it's levening influence has been there and is responsible for the infinitely bet ter conditions of humanity today.
 The charge is brought that the church has lost her leadership and that Presi- dent Wilson and Lloyd George are the great preachers of righteousness today These and others are the proudest of the church and are as much a part of is as any minister or bishop.
 a back of the mem that are behind the guns that will win the war. No one rn- stitution has done more to maintain the morale of the citizens than She church We miss the significance of this in the city where we have great parades and speakers, but out in the village and open country the church has been the one to bring the citizen into happy co-opera- tion with the nations programme
 Tn the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Liberty Loan and food conservation drives the committees have been largely the active churchmen and women
 But since I can't enumerate all the things the church is doing, I close with the fact that the church is the one or ganization that has it's eyes to the flu ture and is the prophet of new ana better day. It is the one that says that we must have more than democracy; it much be democracy founded upon the simple laws of the Sermon on the Mount and must be hot for Europe alone but for the whole world.
 ''The only thing that will make democ- racy safe for the world is when Chris tianty has taken selfishness out of the hearts of the people and nations, then, and then only, can you have a league of nations that will prevent another world war.
 Religious principles brought our fore fathers across the sea: wrote our con- sttution and has shaped the destiny of our republic. And now the spirit of the brotherhood of the Christ sends us across the sea to help our brother. In the light of history can we ever say the church is failing?"
 Rev. A. K. Wright, pastor of the First Baptist church. and the active organiza- tons of this church have been busy the past week looking after the sick and of- ficiating at funerals. This church has an extensive membership and is we'll or ganized. The pastor is widely known as ar efficient organizer The women of the church are actively engaged in work through the different bands of the mis- sionary society with monthly meetings al | the church.
 | The juniors of the church are doing ex- cellent work in the junior Young Peo' ples Union with membership of 40 This work is under the direction of MT and Mrs. E. w. Boyd
 1 The progress of the senior B. ". P. U
 has been materially retarded by the draft as the several presidents have been called to service during the year. This worl | is being reorganized under the leadership of Miss Ruth Davis, vice president, witt Rev. Judson Martin, the associate pastor directing
 Rev Wright stated that no plans ou of schedule had been perfected for tht nextftw months on account of the stat' convention at East Lake November Il ant the B. Y. P. Y. convention at the Firs 1 church November 17.
 l The pastor will continue his morning topics on the war when services are re stunned. The remaining topics are: 'Got and the War Christ and the War. Man and the War; "The Devil and thu War"
 l In the evenings the stereopticon lecture. on Christ in Palestine, The Cigarette 1 Peril' and Religious Work in Army
 Camps.
 | Rev Judson Martin will return toda, l from visit to his parents at Equality ! Alabama.
 1 O. & Phillips is improving following an operation at the Norwood infirmary. l There was no state-owned employ ment service in France for recruiting labor at the Beginning of the war.