Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-15
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE present
UNREST IN WORLD
Considered at Interchurch World
Movement Conference Here
Today.
CONVENTION OPENED
IN GRACE CHURCH

Is or is not the Church responsible for
the present wave of unrest that Issweeplng
the world?
This was one of the first questions
brought ND at the training conference OF
the Interchurch World Movement of
North America which opened this morn
ing at the Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church, Ninth and West streets. In his
leading address, DIR. William IL. Foukes,
head of the New Era movement OF the
Presbyterian Church and Vice-Chairman
of the executive committee of the Inter
church World Movement. told of the
present social unrest all through the
world and showed how the church might
take advantage of it and produce calm
that would gradually invade all the pre-
cincts of the earth and bring lasting peace.
At the close of his address, a delegate
asked: do you not consider that the
church is partly the reason of the present
unrcst?'
There are two reasons for the present
unrest. . replied DIR Foulkcs, and IN a way
the church can be held partly responsible
for the present status The first reason,
and the one in which the church plays n
part. is the fact that the teachings of
Jesus Christ which showed the value Of
human life for the first time since the
beginning of life created an unrest which
will prevail until human life and human
souls are accorded the full measure Of
their priceless value The church will now
work harder than ever before to achieve
that state of worth and reall2ation. The
other reason is the matcrailsm Of men
that makes them keep wanting more and
more to an Unsuitable degree the church
in its new and re-invigorated state Will
also teach a doctrine Of satisfaction Will
help Ia allav that cause Of unrest
Delegates from many Of the evangelical
churches Of all Of Delaware and some Of
the eastern shore counties Of Maryland
were present in the veStry Of the church
when the first morning session began.
There were nearly as many women Of the
laitv as there were men. Accommoda-
tions for meals and for rooms for the night
have been arranged for All who want TO
remain until Wednesday night, when
the conference closes.
sIGNIFICANCE or THE MOVEMENT.
In the second address Of the morning
session, DR. Il. :. Bromer, head of the
Reformed Church forward movements
spiritual resources department, described
the significance of the interchurch world
movement. He showed that many other
@Ofb1 EIOUlc Win aNANt iAAtttStF
had joined together for purposes Of mutual
self-help and with no thought Of consoll-
dation, and that the interchurcb world
movement is q promotion agency f9r the
evangelical churches, and works for q
threefold object along with them, united
survey, united promotion and united
simultaneous ingatherlng Of life and
money.
Some Of the underlying principles
Of the movement he said, are the
cooperation Of the whole evangelical
church, the integrity of each denomina-
tional unit, the development Of the
principles and plans of allied strategy
the presentation Of the national and world
task which viii stimulate Christian loyalty
and at the same time preserve den0mlna-
tional initiative, the presenting Of world
needs in such way as will promptly
put the whole movement in = favorable
light before the whole nation There /
are other principles, but / want TO drive
home the fact that the movement has
powers of promotion, but no powers OF
administration and powers of co-opera-
ton. hut no powers OF consolidation.
The session closed with a period of
lntercession. Great stress Is laid on
these prayer-times by the leaders, who
feel that IN order to make the movement
. success. every Christian who believes
IN q revivified and strengthened Chris /
tianity should use all his powers OF prayer
as never before in his or her life
SOCIAL UNREST.
At the afternoon session starting at
230, tina topics are Social Unrest and
It's implications for the Church, Some /
Paramount National Issues the Race J.
Question, Social Vice, Free Speech, Nat /.
ional Loyalty, and Christian American I
lzatlon, and The Ultimate World |
Needs i'll Terms of Jesus Christ
At the evening session at 7-30, there /
will be presented to the gathering The /
American SurveyT-a National Self-kx- I
animation" The feature of this will be. |
the perturbation by means Of charts OF a
county of Delaware, chosen for its typi- I
cal appearance There will be shown the I
number of evangelical churches in the /
county, how they are supplied with |
pastors the growth or decline Of the church, |
and other poignant details
Besides local ministers and laymen |
pres mt at the opening session Of the |
conference, among those from out Of I
town were Rev Dsston w Jacobs, |
Bridgeville Rev j II Warren, Seaford; T
Rev + F. Carpenter, Laurel Rev
Ivanhoe Willis, St Georges; Rev William I
+ Wilson, West Chester; Rev. John
White, Christiana Rev 9. r. Neese, I
Marshallton; Rev Thomas n Given, I
Lewisyille Pa; Rev Howard r Qugg. /
Newport Rev Warren Burr, Harrington;
Mrs Alice Williams. New Castle, John
G. Dover. New Castle; Dorothy H.
Krauss, Henry Clay Rev William L.
Hoffman, Laurel; Rev David Hargis,
Rev Vinol +. Hills, POGO
noke City; Rev Vaughn 5 Collins,
Salisbury, Md Rev J. J Parker and