The Washington times., 1920-01-16

proved program for the spending of more than billion
dollars advance the of Christianity throughout the
world
In another column you find the announcement Of a
campaign in New York to increase the membership OF the
churches because two-thrds Of the cys and
without any church affliation
Elsewhere you find the reports compiled by DR.. H. T.
Carroll showing that the increase in church membership
In the United States for entire year only 284599
the smallest gain shown in a quarter of century.
Those who are pessmstic ask the question: "Is Chris
ay falng?" and they point to the world and its
resulting chaos They argue that Good samaritans
few and far between and that Dives has plentiful
Der of descendants.
They point to the profteers and the dodgers
the poorly paid ministers preaching to empty pews and to
highly paid motion picture artists appearing to standing
only And from these and other premises they draw
the conclusion that Christianity fulfilling mission
But they wholly wrong.
Christianity is not failing likely to fail
The electric light not failure because you your
neighbor chooses to burn a candle.
The transportation systems of the world not fail
res bcause chooses to walk from here to Chicago
rather than ride the Limited.
Christianity cannot fail because TRUTH fails.
Every force that enters into the operation of the wire
aess telegraph has been a reality and TRUTH since
time began but they useless until application
was made Of them.
Christianity as valueless and unfruitful as the wor
p of the unless its principles made part Of
le relationship Of men
The trouble is not with Christianity but is with in
viduals.
we choose not to apply the Golden Rule if we pre-
to pillage and rifle and kill and MAIN fellow beings
encourage envy and greed and stimulate malice and
tired the world will continue to advance but slowly
ward the ideal of Christianity but that will not be Chris
hnity's fault
Too many people look upon Christianity an emo
ion. It is less that than anything else.
Jesus frequently used the term He that believeth on
He treated with ignominy, He had not where to
His head and He was finally crucifed. That argues
against Him His teachings, but only the unwilling
of the people to accept His creed of life.
And the Christianity of today is failure only so far
fail refuse to accept and apply it's principles to
life and our relations with the other.
What the world needs is convincing argument that
uld be better of right the determining factor
human relations.
he minute man concludes that Justice and decency
oftable will he be just and decent.
thing to do then is to make justice and decency
bile.
hat cannot be done with It cannot be done by
down to and worshipng the individual who has
rich on the want suffering Of others. 1t cannot
|ne by appauding and eevating greed which never
its neighbor itself
|hrstianity is a state of mind. It Is attitude of
That one chooses not to adopt and apply it-f the
world chooses to ignore it and its teachngs-does
Ind cannot affect either its reality or its potency
Jesus speaking to the people gathered at the shore
ailee after having told the parable of the sower said
lis peoples heart is Wa1ed gross and their ears are
of hearing and their eyes they have closed lest at any
e they should see with their eyes and hear with their
and understand with their heart and should be con-