South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-15

he read Then too ne had WITHIN
his heart the spirit Of true rever-
ence and worship and never have
conducted the sacrament where
greater spirit OF thoughfulness and
seriousness. pervaded the service.
The officers and men. many Of whom
had gone "over the top. knew bet
ter than did ] the meaning Of sacri-
fee. for had they not on more than
one battlefield shed their own blood.
and had they not more than once
witnessed some beloved cOmrade pay
the supreme sacrifice
Knew Real Meaning.
Hence when 7 spoke OF the sacri-
fee Of Him who suffered in Geth
semanee and on the cross. that sacri-
fee 20 them meant something very
real Only thus can I account fOI
strange undesirable solemnity that
fell upon US all The ma came
down the aisles Of the hut TO the
platform. where we handed each the
little cube or bread. and the soldier
after dipping this into the wine par
took OF the sop" in remembrance
OF Him who died on Calvary.
Again was / convinced Of the fact
that true worship does not abide IN
any particular church or cathedral
II may that
your altar is but a packing-case
Rude as the shed where Mary Law"
nevertheless n the spirit Of God be
there. 10 is true worship Religion
does not consist in any particular
form OF doctrine. creed or church
government True religion in its es-
scntiaI nature is rightness of the
heart toward God Religion may
rightly have its forms. appropriate
and impressive and there may be Of
great value Yet the essence Of wor-
ship is riot in them. IL is found i'm
the since heart. Thus may we not
believe. that though there was lack
ing much Of form, ritual and church
" surroundings in the service yes
terday morning, yet because of the
spirit OF the heart. the worship Of
these men was acceptable in the
sight OF Him, who is our strength
and our redeemer.
At p. m. ! held service at the
Connecticut hut. where T. +. Kindig
Of South Bend Is religious secretary.
Mr. Kindig. who for time was as
sistant 70 Roy Bird az the CITY Res
cue mission. is doing splendid work
among the men in camp. His
praise is on the lips Of many of the
soldier bOys, who make this hu:
their home
Hut Is Crowded.
Al O'Clock last evening I was at
the hut called THE Eastern STAR
just why il is called by this name
I do not know. but ! do know that
Il was crowded 10 it's utmost ca
pacity and at the close OF the serv-
ice. scores of men responded TO my
appeal 20 dedicate themselves to the
Christian life
The day over Rev. F. NJ Ritten-
house, singer; ". Could tour plan
isD and the writer returned TO our
rooms. tired and much exhausted.
but happy within soul thu, we had
been privileged 20 worship with
thousands OF soldiers in the great
est American camp in France.
We NJ Brest are associated with
an illustrious group Of Presbyterian
divines e. lie 10 this port on the
same train with DIT Hugh Black q
international fame formerly of ed
ipburEh. Scotland. but now profess
Sor in the Union Theological sem
inary. New York. DR. Charles r
Erdman Of Princeton Theological
seminary and Dr H. r. Bell Of the
PRESBYTERIAN School OF Theology.
San Francisco. are here preaching
each day The regional religious
director OF the Brest area is Or. r.
e. Dobson. pastor OF the Highland
Park Presbyterian church % Chi
caEo. and the chaplain who has
charge Of the assignment Of preach
ers 70 various huts is DR. Reuben
Snyder OF the Presbyterian church
Of Ocean City. y. J.
Preach Being and Doing.
We one and all. no matter what
particular church ono may represent.
have as our great purpose. the
bringing OF men into vital relation
ship with God. over here. the
preacher without cant. without ritz
ual without affection and without
bigotry Is endeavorinE 10 lay en-
phasis on the two great essentials
OF religion-beinE and doing. char
acter and service over here. In our
great mission OF presenting only the
vital facts OF the Gospel 10 the men
in camp. we have forgotten for the
time. whether we are Presbyteriaus.
Bapusts. Episcopalians. United
Brethren. Methodlsts or Roman
Catholics over here we are too
anxious 90 be OF real help 20 men 10
spend very much time IN discussing
particular creeds or dogmas of the
church
DIT Henry ChurChiU King. presi.
dent Of Oberlin college. who for the
past year has been the director OF
the religious work department Of
the American Y. NJ. C.. a. in France
states clearly the reHgious position
Of this organization thus
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation stands for the basic reality
OF morals and religion in the broad
est way but in no apologize fash
ION
All Work Together.
This can be done. not only with
out any Propaganda against Catho.
lies, liberals or Jews but with the