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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
THE REV. DR. CHARLES l.. SLATTERY.
Rector of Christ Church.

"And some time, however late, this young
generation. like the generations which have
preceded it, will find the church."
Or. Slattery is in truth optimistic in be-
ewing that spiritual truths, disregarded for
will rise again and again. in the face of all
discouragements, even such periods the
world is passing through now, with full and
commanding strength.
Conditions at present may be dark" said
the rector. but they are really not worse
than they have been at various times in the
worlds history The real difference is that
the evils of the present time are more in
the open.
This may augur good for society for
there is no doubt that concealed badness is
difficult to reach and to improve Unseemy
things have been going on under cover for
so long that hope Is to be taken from the
very fact that people are now in many
cases willing to confess their lives, and we
are looking at evils which have been under
the surface In formers years
"One of the most serious of our difficulties
is the impotence with which our young
people receive direction and the correspond
inga timidity Of parents to give II. Children
of to-day are contemptuous of authority and
disown anything to be gained from their
parents superior knowledge of the world"
DIR. Slattery added THE normal religious
awakening does not always express itself
through the church. Many children arriv-
ing at young manhood and womanhood do
not really know the strength and inspiration
which come from worship. This knowledge
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Declares Billy Sunday Uses
Most Worn Out Phraseoiogy

The rector was asked IL he thought Billy
Sunday had got a smattering of the new.
popular religious speech, but he said he did
not think so.
IL have several times heard Sunday speak.
He is an individuaist. He argues for a soul
because he wishes that soul to avoid hell
and to win heaven. He speaks the oldest,
the most worn out phraseology of religion.
Torment or happiness, he offers you a choice
of these. He is an anachronism in religion.
we need religion. every human being
does, but how are we to attain to true de-
voton? We cannot get along without some
kind and yet we all want the true. Well
before that new expression comes for the
solace Of soul and body. we are cropping.
How many young people of my own con-
gregation are sufficient to themselves until
real troubles of life swamp them! They go
along smoothly until these evils hit and fell
them. Then they say: Alas! we have neg
lected to feed Dur souls; yes, we were igno-
rant that we have souls to feed
1.-The pang Of helplessness comes to us
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
rANY OF the finest shops in China are
II the drug stores. One knows them
Il nv their colossal signboa rds Law

rANY of the finest shops in China are
II the, drug stores. One knows them
L v by their colossal signboards Law
mortars and models of various styles of
knives employed in cutting drugs.
The Chinese pharmacopeia comprises al
most everything in the plant, mineral and
animal worlds. The Chinese still supply us
with musk, rhubarb, cardamom, ginger and
csssia bark. though ginseng is no longer In
vogue in our pharmacoppia.
Since the earliest days the Chinese have
paid much attention to the theory and prac-
tice of medicine and their literature on the
subject is vast. Chinese medicine to-day Is
about like that practised in Europe from the
sixteenth to the eighteenth century, but
for ages the Chinese were at the head of the
world of medicine.
Long ago they attained surprising results
in treating diphtheria and dysentery They
gave TO Europe acupuncture and incubation.
Smallpox has engaged the attention of Chi
nese physicians since the beginning OF the
Christian era, and inoculaton has been prac-
tised for more than thousand years The
method was to insert in the nose cotton
which had been dipped in the virus
In 1876 the Chinese began to vaccinate.
which the concoction was poured into the
mouth. Stone needles were used to puncture
swellings and the idea was not introduced
into Europe until centuries later. Cauteri-
zaton was practised by burning the rolled
leaves of "a small plant. IL was held TO be
good for rheuma tism and nosebeed. An@s-
thetic effects wer- produced by certain
mushrooms and the root of aconite Cases
OF skin grating are early recorded.
In China. as in Europe. religious beliefs
hndered the study of anatomy. But i'm 1927
two brass anatomical figures OF the human
form were made. The surface was marked
off into s67 areas. each having its own spe-
cal name and being assigned some relation
ship to the internal organs
In early times surgery was extensively
practised. but It fell into disrepute owing TO a
belief. which became widespread. that as a
man left this world so he would appear in
the next In European hospitals at treaty
ports in China a patient has been known
to prefer death TO the loss of an arm or leg
even though assured of a strong probability
Of recovery in case ~ operation. Anes-
thetics were used in operations so far back IS
go a. ~
The basis Of Chinese medical practice is
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

ligion will not come by waiting; IL will come
by constant prayer. II we churchmen are
not willing to say that we sometimes have
failed. If we will not admit that we lack the
proper appeal, the true human expression
If we are afraid Of risking all that we now
have in order to get something better. then
we won't get anywhere.
"As 1t u.s. too many Of US are playing safe
We won't take chances; we are afraid In
our quest for the greater good of losing
what we now have"
Man is spirit. the rector repeated, and
most of the troubles Of to-day come out OF
his ignorance of this fact. 1t Is the duty OF
the church to insist on the teaching that he
r1ust feed both his body and his soul. AND
the church must not feed the latter thing
husks
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
All Are Welcome in Club Where
Modern Topics Are Discussed

Mr. Melsh is known as an advanced
Christian" He does not hesitate to admit
that he is a human being with a human
beings weaknesses, and perhaps on that
account he has been able to do some real
work in the way Of what is called both by
those who sneer at this kind of work and
by those who admire it, "uplift." For in
stance. the parish house of Holy Trinity,
erected or altered into such by his prede-
cessor and having no particular character,
Mr. Melish has turned into Holy Trinity
Athletic Club. reserving for his own and his
secretary's use but two rooms.
The main floor is a gymnasium with appara-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Tells of Interest Shown
BY Remarkable Audience

Recently there was meeting held in
this edfice of semi-religious character. 1t
was crowded meeting, and it revealed a
latent interest in the church, which, I feel
sure only needs developing. The audience
PRESENTED a cross section of to-day's So
ciety. There were in it rich and poor, Amer
leans and foreigners, negroes, residents Of
Flatbush and Coney Island, as we'll as per-
sons from Manhattan. In fact, the assem-
lily was so mixed in character that one was
able to say when topic Of interest to people
in general is to be discussed in a church. as
in a hall, there is no trouble in finding an
audience Of listeners.
But when the topic is religion, pure and
simple the case is very different. People
have forgotten that in a church are to be
had the things of most account to them. The
generation is materialistic; it is content to
live by bread alone Not until men have
suffered from the ills OF life, not until grief
comes to them from loss of relatives and
hey find there is no consolation in the
Fave souls. and these souls they have not
fed.
Man is a spirit; that is my firm convic-
ton. and at some time or other he will
-calize that while he has a body he has
soul also, and both need food"
From CONGRATULATIONS on the condition and
causes of laxity of moral fibre in people
to-day the rector passed to what things he
has learned from his own pastorate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Church Gets Little Credit
For Work Outside Its Walls

The church inspires it's children to serve
where each one finds that service greatest
with due regard to the capacity of each in
dividual. There the churchgoer will give his
time and service wisely and cheerfully. As
for the church itself, it gets no credit for
this service which it inspired, beyond the
boundaries of its own walls. But this lack
of general recognition of its inspiration il
insignificant
What the church is thinking of is this:
Where did the man woman get the in
spiration to work for others?
The church has never been concerned
with mere numbers. 1t seeks to influence
individuals one by one. That is the way it
is helping the world to-day. as II helped the
world nineteen centuries ago. by help that
it gives to people one by one. The testimony
is always coming in; il comes in quietly and
steadily.
People who yesterday ignored the church
to-day discover that through service kind
ness and prayer it can do wonderful things
And with shining eyes these people lift up
their heads to know that God is their
Father"
II was then that the rector of Grace
Church spoke the telling words that lead in
this interview These words convey strong
but simple faith in the endurance of good
and its absolute. howbeit delayed. conquest
OF evil
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Ministers Between Two Fires
In Trying to Become Articulate

THAT is our problem, we ministers. We
are seeking, we are striving to become ar
ticulate. But II we use the language Of the
people, the language they have been used to
in the forum and debating society, then we
are revoutionists, and we shock the staid
elders in our congregations who are the
church's chief support.
1.-The people believe in God. but they think
of Him as a great factor I'm a wonderful
partnership in which they share. They ac-
cept Jesus of Nazareth but as a workman
like themselves. In such religion they take
comfort Who shall deny it to them?"
Mr.. Melish believes there Is I'm society a
great potentialty OF religion, but the min
listers are not bringing II to fullest express
sion because they are themselves cropping for
the right word.
Religion and religious feeling are big in
the people" said he, and IL only needs the
living word to bring them into life. Not to
be able to speak that word. but to go on
using the formulas we have been taught,
formulas that repeat we have outgrown, Is
a minister's greatest grief to-day We are
cropping. and we shall surely find the word.
trust in that prediction.
To-day. though we are more or less
tongue tied, and this perhaps may be what
Frederic Harrison refers to when he says
that the church has not displayed any power
10 restore religion to its true place as the
guide of human life repeat that when we
speak of the things OF the soul we are no
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
The Rev. j. Howard Melish Blames Use of
Dead Language" for Failure of Church
to Stir Interests of Young Folk
. .THE tragedy of the church, or OF

..THE tragedy of the church, or of
the ministry of the church, is
that we are trying to talk of new
things IN a language that is old if not
dead"
In these words the Rev. ]. Howard Me-
sh, rector of Holy Trinity Church, in
brooklyn, summed up the problems of the
ministers of the Episcopacy. He had just
been reading a digest of the pessimistic
views of Frederic Harrison, the venerable
humanist of England, who gave vent to
hem on his seth birthday, expressing hope
lessness over the condition of society as it
found itself after the great upheaval, the
World War. The church. said Harrison,
as doing nothing to better this condition.
MIR. Melish passed over in thoughtful ST.
ence the Englishmans criticism of the
church and spoke only of conditions of reli-
zion As he found them in his own church
and in his observation of other parishes.
What he encountered in his mental review
vas an abstinence from religion, rather
than its decease; therefore, he did not feel
hopeless.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

longer quite articuIate, we see through
glass darkly. 1t takes time to get values re-
stored to things which have become dis
arranged or thrown out of their true rela-
tions by war or any cause. but these things
will settle. and the best can do is to wait
prayerfully hopefully for that new lam
guage to be understood of all men, gentle
and simple, to be born"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Many Not Interested in Church.
But Eager for Social Service

Perhaps, it was suggested, the parents
who have allowed religious training to drop
away from the home in part to blame.
But the rector shook his head.
such may be the case, sometimes" he
said but it will not stretch wide enough to
include all the detection. Only the other
day distressed father said to me: I have
no influence over my boy in matters OF re-
ligion. He is a good boy, but he has lost
all interest in the church and positively
refuses to attend any of it's services.
Now, strange to say. these same young
people are all very interested when it comes
to service. They volunteer for it, they well
come it and given the right opportunity.
ably But a minister cannot make lot Of
such opportunities; he cant provide pro-
gramme of service for all the young persons
who are or should be. sons and daughters
of the church. 1 wish he could, but he has
other duties quite as solemn and as pressing.
Yes they like to do any work, and the
majority will rush into IL gayly, but they
are unaware that they themselves have
souls that have not been awakened, and in
work that is as important as the other,
actual church work, they don't enlist.
Every boy and girl must be provided
with something religious that appeals to
them The church must provide it, or the
church will fail. The weakness is that
there aren't enough jobs to go around.
And what these young people show is
true of their elders, who are not of church
birth and training. The latter are keen to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Notable Clerics SayWord Is More Impous Than Vicious

Views modern morality and the Church. expressed in THE
NEW YORK HERALD to-day by the Rev. Howard Mesh and
Rev Dr. Charles Se like of those of other eminent
cecs previously published offer marked the
mistic criticism recently by Frederic Harrison.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Sees Need of New Presentation
of Old Truths in Religion

why is this? Is there a natural pre1u-
dice against the church because 1t is a
church? l do not believe 1t. If we could
speak here in the language of the people
the people would come and would stay for
long hours. 1 must not let these words
stand as II they referred solely to the Holy
Trinity for they are applied generally. This
congregation is gathered from near and far
The subways have helped increase it, and
the neighborhood is populous. The point |
make is that place where thinking per-
sons in the audience who do not agree with
the speaker and who are permitted without
breach of decorum to rise up and answer
him are more frequented than any church.
Dr. Grant has found on lower Fifth avenue
figures of attendance that confirm what
say.
II feel" said the rector slowly and en-
phaticaly. II feel we need new presenta-
ton of religion. The old truths are here
still; the Ten Commandments, the sayings of
Christ are vital to-day as 1900 years
ago. but the old truths must be dressed in
new clothes Even there the speaker smiled
IL they must adopt the fashionable short
dress!"
The rector added few words of explana-
ton He wished, he said, to get within the
mind of the workingman who never went to
church because he found nothing for him
there.
And il is true, he doesn't. what stands
for religion in his mind is the outward FORM
the sign of It, not it's spirit These old forms
this worn out sign has no relation TO his
life. They are husks. Why should he feed
on them?
Il firmly believe that there is a great need
OF religion in almost all persons and a strong
wish to receive II. It is latent. And the
ancient forms of expression will never bring
Il to life again. Religion is for every day.
not confined to Sundays; IL must enter
everyday life.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
DIR. Slattery's Views on Church Problems

TIME Rev. DIR. Charles Lewis Slattery,
rector of Grace Church, listened at
tentively to the criticism of modern
life as made by Frederic Harrison, in which
that nonagenerian set forth his opinion that
the foundations of society had been weak
ened by the World War and his correlative
opinion that the churches were doing moth
ing to strengthen them.
DR.. Slattery also read the article written
for THE New YORK HERALD by the Rev. DR..
William T. Manning, rector OF Trinity
Church, who in the main admitted the truth
Of Harrison's statements and attributed
much of the church's weakness to what he
calls the present lamentable disunity among
Christians.
Theh said the rector of Grace Church:
THAT the church is far from being what
1t ought to oe every one who is in any de-
gree responsible for its administration will
instantly confess But the power Of the
church is not Of men. Through it God will
serve any who will turn to it for help.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Lack of Full Understanding
Keeps Youth Away From Church


"One reason why the churches have
large proportion of older people attending
services is that out of their experience they
have come to know the way in which God
gives his help to men and women, sngly or
in association in common aspiration.
THE chief difficulty one finds in dealing
with the present tendency is that young
people, developing into maturity and meet
ing the inevitable crash, are quite unaware
OF the supreme help which is within their
reach.
ITO say that the church is in peril of dis
solution is to forget the power which even
in it's most ineffective days has been with
in il.
GAS long as men are conscious Of the
enormous need of help beyond themselves it
is always certain that the large proportion
of them will discover for themselves what
tho church can give. From this proportion
the church can confidently count rein
forcement
"And the church will always be found
ready and willing to serve humanity. That
is its purpose--to bring the individual into
consciousness of Gods presence.
The pathos of the whole situation is that
the present generation as it comes on may
have to grope through many sad experiences
before 1t discovers that help which is the
greatest of all.
THE power of the church to serve is not
fully represented by the people who
working in clubs and other instruments of
service in parish houses The power of a
parish church to serve is best represented
by study of the individual members who
are giving service to the whole community
IF the worship within the church makes
people willing to serve on hospital boards
committees for better housing of the poor
eepeciallv this wOrShin sands peOn1e ont
to be efficient public servants in the Of
fees of the city and the State, then the
church by means of this worship is doing
greater service than II it confined its labors
to the walls of parish house or any group
Of parish houses.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

adversely and trial. Probably when these
young men and women are older and their
tragic day comes to them, 1t has come to
all men before them, they will then find that
the supports which have hitherto been suf-
fcient are altogether inadequate and they
will cast about for Gods help. They Will
surely seek Him not only in the silence OF
their own necessity, but also in community
with others whose experience is deeper and
richer than their own.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
THE REV. ]. HOWARD MELISH,
Rector of Holy Trinity Church.

work ENTHUSIASTICALLY; they haven't any en-
ergy to work soulfully. Indeed. most of
them do not recognize that they have souls.
ITO explain what I mean: Recently
went to Brownsville to speak on a social
subject in the forum there. 1t was crowded
and every one in attendance had to pay
fifteen cents to go in If / had advertised
the same lecture here in the church audi
forum, free admission, l doubt IL there
would have assembled a corporal's guard.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Declares Evils Are No Greater
But Are More in the Open

Manners and customs change, but the
needs of the human soul are what they have
always been. The youth Of our day can
never so far scandalize the church that it
will for a moment doubt that in their hour
of need they will require 1t.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

tus. baths &C., and on the second floor are
club reading and billiard rooms. The club is
literally for anybody" There are no class
distinctions. AS the rector expressed 1t at
its opening II was for any young men over
II who had not yet been hanged The
remark is of course an exaggeration In
tended to convey a general. cordial welcome.
The men who were to be seen in the gym
nasium and club rooms figured like those
in most such places, and seemed of the sort
that one would like to know. Expenses are
very moderate; members on admission pay
fee of 81 and the dues are only 81 year.
In the club room on the second story the
rector conducts and encourages forum or
debating society in which the topics are
far from being talked of Fin language that
is old If not dead" On the contrary it Is
more quick than the language of Karl Marx.
But to continue along the vein first opened
by the rector of Holy Trinity. There is a
tendency among the young people Of our
congregations to drift away from the church.
This is especially noticeable among the
youth of rich parentage, and 1t is deplored
by the parents, who are the support Of the
church. Young men and young women
whose fathers and mothers are the mainstay
of the church never darken its doors.
why? Golf, the auto, week end parties
these are some of the obvious reasons. They
are not satisfactory reasons. for the church
offers services early and late, for one of
which they might easily find a half hour.
but they do not; they are utterly without
religious interest. 1t would appear that as
soon as a girl has been confirmed Cat the
urgent request of her parents, In most cases)
she believes that she has done in religious
way all that conventionality requires.
This tendency has been steadily growing
for the last ten years. l have many friends,
rectors conscientious. sincere. good men, who
have sought unsuccessfuly to establish cor
dial relations with the younger generation
and who admit that they are utterly dis
couraged."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-11
SOUTH BEND IN
STATE TOURNEY
Seven Teams Show Medium
Form at Fort Wayne in
Five Man Event.
BY JEHosAPHAT SPARE.

Seven South Bend teams opened
the state tournament here this eve
ming, which were followed by eight
teams from Gary on the late shift
The Greetings and Bucktails got
away 10 a good start, both opening
with good 900 totals for their first
game. But none of these South
Bend teams finished with enough
wood 10 be considered seriously as
prize contenders.
II was thought that the BUcktails,
who usually get away slowly. would
get going good as all OF them with
the exception Of the anchor were
rolling good 10 pins, but they had
a bad second game, which ruined
them as serious contenders. The
Bucktails started strong the last
game but a couple of fouls with
bad railroads, gave less than 27OO.
The Standards fought a game up
hill battle as did the Studebakers.
but the Buckeyes never got started
together although Kroner and Hau-
gan were going well. All of the
South Bend bowlers Will complete
in the doubles and singles, Sunday
morning.
The five-man scores are as fol-