The Washington herald., 1920-11-29

involving the elimination of many
common forms of amusement. That
the war was direct outgrowth of
the world tendency to turn from the
paths of true Christianity, was the
burden Of a message delivered to
mis- congregation at Calvary Baptist
by Rev. George Elliott. At the
Church Of the Epiphany Rev. Percy
l.. Hall asked Divine assistance in
AID Of the reform movement, while
third minister. Rev. Henry w.
wilmington. pastor of the Brookland
Baptist Church, announced the in
tention Of securing a fund of $1,000
70 assist in the enactment Of the
blue, laws. Others to fan in line
Were Rev. Henry A Tupper, pastor
OF the First Baptist Church. and
HeV. George H. Miller. pastor of the
Ninth Street Christian Church.
while the reform bee has not yet
oegun to buzz around the Congress
sional horse. 1t Is obvious that IL is
headed in that direction. Indications
are that 1t will re-enter the Capt.
tol with renewed life during the
coming short session of Congress. 1
Would Stop @CommercinIixation
"Commercialization of the Sab
bath day" must be stopped through
out the United States, DR.. Wilbur
r. Crafts. head of the International
heIorm Union, declared.
Crafts now Is directing activities
OF the union in many cities and
states with the object of closing
sunday movies, prohibiting Sunday
Dali games and other forms of the
characterization" of Sunday.
most States have laws providing for
sunday closing. Crafts pointed out,
but these laws have been allowed
to become dead letters. The reform
union now is trying to educate pub
lie sentiment to enforce the laws.
enforcement of prohibition and
the laws against prize fighting. inn
moral resorts and other evils also
are part of the program of the
union.
According to Crafts, the union.
which has been fighting twenty-six
years for strict observance of Sun
day. now has active workers in
New York and a score of cities
which are supported by $4,000 con-
tributing members. The union also
Is fghting to preserve the home
from the divorce evil." Crafts said
How War Came About.
Rev George Elliott, who is editor
or the Methodist Review, New York,
who said that the world war was
the outgrowth of the turning of the
world from the standards of Chris
tianity. urged a stricter observance
OF Sunday as a step toward the cor
rection of this condition, in an ad-
dress at the Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets northwest,
yesterday afternoon.
AS a former pastor of a church.
L realize that the church must
shoulder portion of the blame for
this turning away from God" said
Rev. Elliott. The example set by
the Good Samaritan is not carried
out by majority of the churches.
Most churches do not property ex-
anime the members of the commun-
ity which it serves and then give
them the care which they need.
am thrilled and want to march
when / hear the strains of Onward
Christian Soldiers" but when
think of that part of the third
stanza which reads, Like a mighty
army moves the Church of God" I
lose my thrill. For that is a lie.
| There Is nothing in the world thst
! is more unlike an army. in my mind,
than the church. Most of, the
churches I have known are more
, like hospitals and convaIescent
wards. Instead of the pastors be-
ing officers in an army. l find thar.
/ ike myself, many OF them are only
nurses keeping their members in
good humor.
Ihe church must form itself into
united body, regardless of creed.
and with a united effort return to
God and his teachings and bring
ABOUT a strict observance of the
Lords Day and the Lords Book.
''sin the Assassin,
SIN Is the assassin of nations,
ana 1t was sin that was respon-
siole for the great world war. At
the outset of the war. even be-
lore the United States entered IL,
many people with whom 1 came
IN contact told me that they be-
Ile'eu God had forgotten the peo-
PIE. TO all these people 1 an
s~ered that they had just reversed
the "rder OF things and what had
really happened was that the peo-
pie had forgotten God.
This war was fought to make tho
world safe for democracy. Now n
Is the duty of every Christian 10
make democracy safe for the world
The winning of the great world
war will have netted us nothing
unless we now wage a holy war,
Instead of staying and killing. we
must now confine our efforts to saw
ing and healing.
II we now assume the attitude
that our own selfish interests are
ABOVE all else. We are making the
same mistake that the Germans
made when they adopted the motto,
deutschland Ueber Allies" For IL
Is the same damnable theory. We
must look out for the interests of
all the world. We must revive the
true spirit of Christianity and the
golden rule.
Make District an ExampI..
Il plead with you. the Christians
of the National Capital, to make
this city an example for the rest
OF the country. have recently re-
turned from a trip to France and
England and I have Travelled over
goodly part of this country, and
L must say that Washington is one
OF the most wide OPEN cities L
have ever been in. Put all your
energy into the movement which
Is now on foot to seal forever the
Christian Sunday with an immediate
return to the true Christianity. For
only when the Lord rules over the
world will democracy be safe for
the world"
70. Hilton Jackson. attorney for the
legislative committee of the Sunday
Observance Association, pointed out