Evening journal., 1919-02-11
Peoples Column
WIZ NOT A BIG UNION REyIVAL?


Mr.. George Carter Editor, Evening
Journal.
My Dear Mr.. Carter II have thought
good bit about our conversation the
other evening at the Masonic banquet,
and it was quite in line with what
have heard so frequently as have been
in and out Of your city since the Lyon
Tabernacle meeting OF some winters
ago. With your permission / am go
ing to open my heart, through your
paper, to my many friends in Whining
ton. concerning a matter that Is very
much on my heart these days follow
ing the close OF the World War.
As I see it, and that conviction re-
ceived emphasis through my expert
ences in France and at the camps. in
connection with my work for and with
the Young Mems Christian Association
for ! wore the red Triangle proudly,
and found il the open seseme in reach
ing men-the great need Of this day is
for unit action on the part Of the
Christian Church Of whatever name.
This big day Of glorious spiritual op-
portunity will not brook a narrow sec
tarianism. The day and the opportunity
are bigger than sects or even creeds.
Men, red-blooded men; men who want
to be Of some use, who want to count
for the best for the community life, are
just as anxious as they can be for the
chance to do their bit"
OF course, it will be understood that
| decry neither sect nor creed That
great Apostle to the Gentiles was right.
when he said: The hand cannot say to
the foot, have no need Of thee" Sects
have their place, as do creeds; but
people Of all scots and all creeds have
In these recent stenuous years Joined
hands against a common foe and a COM
mon evil. Why, then, might ii not he
so with the Church, at least, with our
great Protestant Church,
What / mean IS about this. Whining
ton Is a city Of churches-pre-eml
so. These churches are set UP for ttss
saving Of men. They are made up Of
earnest folk. for the most part, who
have a great desire TO better city con-
ditions, to bring TO their nelghbors real
good, permanent beneflt They believe
that the religion Of Jesus Christ, His
example, His life, His teachings are the
sheet anchor Of any man or any com
munity. More and more men of sll kind
are seeing clear, seeing as they never
have seen, that Jesus Christ was the
greatest democrat Of all times. That He
was the friend, the champion. II you
please, Of the common man. Mon are
beginning to see that the Golden Rule
which he taught contains the ground
work Of all social and industrial good
That practiced men would be brothers
whether they earned their living by the
professions or the trades
In a word, ! am wondering, and this
wonder has been born Of 3 multitude
OF conversations similar 10 the one re-
ferred to above, whether, say next
winter, the Wilmington churches misht
not be heady for great get-tocetller
campaign both for the stimulation Of
their own church life and for the con-
version Of souls.
May ] say, without seeming to offer
my services, but prompted by multi
tude Of kind suggestions, that, if VIII
mlngton church people are feeling as
the great many who have approached
me upon the subject in regard to a
campaign such as is suggested here,
and, il they feel that I might be of use,
I stand ready, TO the limit Of human
TO put myself into such a
with all my heart and soul
for all that in me is as a servant Of
Jesus Christ
Pardon this lengthy epistle. It is my