Arizona republican., 1920-05-06
PARTIAL REPORT IN 2 |NTERCHURCH DRIVE !
 SHOW S144,176, ,53G

More than s7,0Oo000 was added to the great united financial campaign of ] the Interchurch World Movement in
 reports received yesterday, according
 to advices received at state headquar-
 ters here last night from national head
 quarters in New York The addition of
 s7,359,760 brought the total actually re-
 ported so far in the drive to $144,176, ,536, of which $12.49S.651 was represented by
 reports Tuesday. Not more than half
 of all the churches taking part in the drive are represented in the reports l so far.
 Latest reports from national headr
 quarters show that Pennsylvania con | tinueS to lead in the campaign with 1 s14, 3SS, ,00o. New York is second with $11, 357 ,000, which does not include New York City's contribution of about S9.000,000 to various budget boards but not tabulated as subscriptions to meet quotas.
 The total already reported shows ! that the great spirit which moved the people of the entire country during the war still is triumphant among men and women of the church year and a half after the signing of the armistice,'' de clared Lyman l.. Pierce, national di rector general of the campaign, in telegram yesterday. While results are large, the task is only partially com plete. Not more than one-fOurth Of
 the churches in some of the participat- ing denominations have made reports
 showing the completion of their cam
 paign, and it may take three weeks to get all reports"
 Significant of the view taken of the campaign by leaders in the nation were
 two statements made last week, re- spectively by Senator Kenyon of Iowa.
 md I,xrI ATrA q secretary of the treasury and director general of railroads. The Interchurch World Movement, the organized effort of thirty cooperating denominations to spread the spirit of Christianity. will go farther to solve the problems which confront us than any laws we cdn pass" declared Senator konyon in a statement in Washington, April 2S. He continued:
 "The situation which confronts this country-and the entire worlds a challenge to Christianity. The great war has unleashed two demons.- Greed and Hate. The people have learned to hate. You find it every where you go. There is little tolerance of others opinions. Greed also has fas- tened upon nearly every one, and the profiteers taking advantage of world conditions seem without number. so numerous are they. Only by spreading the spirit of the Nazarene can we hope to remedy these conditions"
 Former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in an address on the Inter church World Movement at Youngs- town, O.. April 2S, deplored the suffer ing and the poverty existing in the world today and denounced the "wild extraNagance, lust for pleasure and de- sire for ease" which, he said, "tpervade every class. MT. McAdoo spoke of the deep unrest that pervades the world. expressing the deep conviction that nothing but the divine spirit of Christ can calm the troubled waters and bring that peace and contentment for which the human soul yearns.'' Mir McAdoo closed his address as follows:
 The Interchurch World Movement cannot offer you bonds for your sub scriptions; it cannot give you any paper evidence of indebtedness; it can not promise to pay interest. on the in- vestment you make. But it promises you something better than bonds better than material rewards of any kind-it offers you an investment of good deeds; it offers you an oppor- tunity of investing in a plan which will promote Christian service. eliminate war and bring peace and happiness to suffering people throughout the world by making dominant those great spir- itual forces which alone can provide the sure foundations for noble and human achievement. That is the investment you can make by subscribing to this great undertaking, and that is the in vestment which every true American and every lover of Jesus Christ should be not only willing, but glad to make"