Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-10
First Meeting Of New Era
Movement Held at. BrandeiS

The Brandeis theater was packed
to the doors last night for the first
mass meeting of the New Era con-
ference of the Presbyterian church
In the United States. Hon. N. H.
LOOMS presided.
Rev. J. Frank Smith of Dallas,
Texas, moderator of the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church,
delivered an address on The
Church and the Hour" DR., Smith
IS a man of worldwide celebrity as
one of the most forceful orators in
the church. His speech was inter-
spersed with many witty parable"
He paid a high tribute to Theodore
Roosevelt. They say he is dead,
but that is only a fiction of speech" y
he declared, Somewhere that great
spirit is marching on TO new tri-
umphs." He also eulogized the
genius Of Woodrow Wilson and
Lloyd George.
Church Needs Program.
"And why were these men great
and why did they accomplish their
work so well?" he asked. 1T was
because each had a program. The
great. need for the church today is
a program. There is no limit to the
mighty 4 things that can be ac-
complished by pastor and his peo-
pie with a program, backed by the
limitless power and resources of the
living God.
"The church must get out of the
pulpit and the pew and it must go
abroad into the office, the store, the
street. 1t must get the best places
that money can buy to come in con-
tact with men and bring them into
the fellowship of Christ.
Many Revivals.
There are many revivals today
in the world. There is a revival of
swearing, of gambling, of pugilism.
There is even already a revival on
the part of some men of the desire
70 have light wines and beers. But
the best thing of all that we have
done for the returning soldier boys
is the removal of this menace to
their future prosperity as they
carve out their careers and raise
their families.
But the greatest revival of all in
this great day when so much is hap
pening is the revival Of the God
consciousness. When we get the
right perspective, when we can see
the reality behind the passing show
of startling events we see clearly the
marvellous revival of the God con-
science. Harry Lauder, comedian,
stood by the grave of his dead son
and said, This is time when
man turns either to drink or to God,
and | turn to Cod Henry Waiter
son, veteran editor, declared recent
ly, The hope of the world is the
gospel of Jesus Christ H. G.
Wells, novelist declared lately, I'm
til man has found God he begins at
no beginning and works to no end
On Eve Of Great Events.
1--WE are on the eve of great
events, greater, perhaps, than those
through which we have passed. The
church will do its part to make the
world better place than it has ever
been before"
Rev. John A. Marquis, general
secretary of the Board of Home
Missions, speaking on "The Church
and the Nation in the New Era,
declared that two Of the great prob
lens to be solved by the church are
the race and labor question.
In the past" he said, capital and
labor have dealt on the pagan basis.
They have been inspired with mu-t
tual fear and distrust Strikes and
lockouts do not bring the labor ques-
ton nearer solution. The one way
out is through the church. Aud
when capital and labor deal together
on the christian basis Of love and
trust and mutual confidence, a bet
ter day will have arrived for both.
Nations on Christian Basis.
1--WE are today witnessing the
placing of the nations of the world
on the christian basis of mutual con-
fdence and trust. 1t shall be the
mission of the christian church to
foster these relations and to put into
human hearts those principles which
reflect their goodness in individuals,
societies and nations alike"
Rev. William III. Foulkes, general