Indiana daily times., 1920-03-04
HOLDS CHURCH
HAS NO PLACE
FOR PIKERS'
Revolution in Righteousness
Predicted as State Pastors
End Conference.

Christianity has no place for a "piker,' -
declared DR.. L. D. Young, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, Lincoln, Neb.,
yesterday at the closing session OF
the Indiana pastors conference of the
Interehurch World Movement held in
Tomlinson hall.
"Churches must function as big bust
ness. must do big business, or go out
of business, but the church was founded
twenty centuries ago by Christ and viii
never go out of business" asserted DR.
Young.
"Thefe is no place for peanut peddling
or selling of small wares in the kingdom
of Cod he said, 'for life looms ever
large on the horizon, and the spiritual re-
sources challenge us always. For the
church to fail We might as we'll try to
put out the sun with garden hose, oil
try to dip the ocean dry with lineup
We are going to experience a revolution
in righteousness
GIVES REASONS
FOR MOVEMENT.
Or. Young believed in the interchurch
world movement, he said, because 1t
was a big movement; because it had a
wonderful, functioning approach; because
it was a great opportunity started at
the psychological, time after a world
of destructiveness and was program of
constructiveness, and because it was fos-
tered by the greatest three spiritual
leaders of ages, John R. Mott, Robert
E. Speer and Sherwood Eddy.
"We said during the great world war
for Christian ideals that we would give
the last drop of blood If necessary, the
last man, the last dollar. and now, in
this greatest of all fights for the king
dom Of God, can we do less?" asked the
speaker
DR.. W E. Doughty presided at the
afternoon meeting.
Bishop Thomas s. Nicholson, head oi
the Northern Methodist conference, who
presided at a meeting of Methodists al
Roberts Park church, declared that the
Inter Church World Movement was one
Of the greatest events in the Christian
era.
Interest Of Hoosier Methodism In the
Inter Church World Movement was evil
denced by the discussion Of the benefits
of the movement.
Rev. f. I. Johnson, Columbus. o.. sec
retary of the Cincinnati area. Methodist
church north, who spoke at the Roberts
park meeting. insisted that every Meth
odist devote his unselfish, unstinted at
ment.
''Weve got to put our very souls into
the work of the Lord. give up ourselves
lend even ourselves unto agony, If need
be- to further the work of the Master,
he said in behalf of the movement
Rev. John G. Benson. New York City,
educational secretary Of the Centenary
Movement who supported wholeheartedly
the Interchurch Movement, explained the
part that the Centenary work of the
Methodist church would play In the in
terchurch cause.
Denominational meetings were scheduled
at the following places: Meridian Street
NJ E., lions Evangelical, Evangelical
association. First United Brethren, Sec
ond Presbyterian church, First Baptist
church, Central Christian church, Y. NJ.
c. A. and the Y. W. c. 4.
SEE GREATEST
CHRISTIAN OPENING.
Out Of the various meetings came eK-
pressions Of support of the movement.
Many ministers saw In the movement the
greatest opportunity of all Christian his
tory TO accomplish worldwide results In
Christian service.
At the meeting Tuesday night DR. ".
+. Doughty of New York City presided.
Rev. c. NJ. Dinsmore. Or. Z. c. Rapp.
Rev. John McGarvan and DR.. Frank E.
Rines spoke.
At the afternoon meeting Tuesday Or.
Frederick E. Taylor delivered the prin-
cipal address.
Evangelism must be made orld-wide
now he declared.
Other speakers during the afternoon
session were James P. Chadbourne of
Boston. financial director of the move
ment; DR.. Rines, Frank Resler financial
director Of Indiana, and AnsOn T. Wong,
assistant headmaster of the Methodist
College in Shanghai. The latter pleaded
for support of the movement in behalf of
China.
'It is the Christian religion more than
gold, more than anything else, that my
country needs" asserted Mr.. Wong, q
graduate of Columbia university and 3
student of oxford university.
TOTAL OF 1929
MINISTER'S PRESENT.
The final registration Of the conference
showed a total of 1929 ministers present
exceeding the Ohio record, although that
state has more than twice the number of
Protestant ministers.
Following the afternoon sessions Tues
day, departmental supper meetings were
heiu dI tho l. W - a bullclH5' the l.
". c. A. building and the First United
Brethren church. at which DR.. Doughty,
Rev. Dinsmore and DR.. Clippinger spoke.
At the women's gathering of the con-
ference DIR. c. Blesher of China mission
ary fields, DR.. Rebecca Parrish of the
Mary Johnson hospital In Manila and
Mrs. Henry Topping, who has spent a
quarter of a century in the orient, spoke
About $50 delegates have registered at
the wOmen's conference.