Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-28

u denomination by reason Of the
herculeRn3t task OF home mission work
has taken account Of only q small
part OF the need. Now the necessity
faces US Of assuming support OF the
immense foreign mission fields Of
dispossessed, otherwise the bases Of
the possible Contamination Of the
world will be lost.
"The alarming and menacing fact
that the greater part Of our nation
by reason of being unchurched lacks
the restraints and ideals essential to
the welfare Of society Inc progress
of our MISUNDERSTANDING and ideals
which only the Christian church can
supply-compels our attention to this
immediate need. This unchurched
mass is now the fertile soil of all sorts
of false religions and false philoso-
phies of life whether social or eco
noInic. pSome of these which have
proved only a curse and bane to other
.ands have already made Roadway.
Included in this problem is that Of
the necessity of C~hristianizing our
negro population as the only solution
of that national question.
"The need of providing religious
education to supply the fatal defect
in our present educational system; of
social service; Of producing citizens of
the soul-giant type also fronts US.
One Of our crying needs is for Chris
tan citizens to wrestle with the
gigantic problems before which little
men are proving themselves as help
less as babes and as venal as Judas.
Lacking soul-giants chaos in social
ecouomic and political circles Is GER
tain.
1.-THE Situation! In spite Of the
evident need, in spite of the recognt-
tiou and general agreement that no
profession is as noble or satisfying as
one which has God as its source Of
inspiration and mankind as its object
Of administration, today, just as in
Jesus day, there exists An alarming
scarcity of laborers whether in the
sphere of the ministry or laity.
+; The drift is away from spheres OF
service toward spheres Of self ag-
grs.rdizement. Schools whose aim ia
the development of ideals have hard
sailing. The humanizing courses in
the secular not in%frequently are
elected because Of being apparently
the easiest.
1.-THE reasons for this drift are
sponsibility; a fatal defect in ouI
scheme Of education; the, churches
lacking vision and functioning poorly;
our potential leaders, the youth, lack.
ing guidance, misled by prevailing
ideas Of success and happiness in life
with reference to u particular
branch of the Lutheran church. this
situation results in q shortage Of SOC
leaders and twelve per cent Of gu
pulpits vacant And yet we are no
nearly as bad off as most other Prot
estant denominations.
1.-THE Christian church thus crippled
at its base Of operations is unable t.
grasp the golden opportunity tt
Christianize especially China ant
Japan; can only make feeble attempt
at conserving for leadership its youth
most OF whom are attending secula
institutions and providing adequate
religious instruction for its children
It's social and community work is still
confined to isolated experiments.
This is the situation that exist
even Sthough the need for Christian
leadership as we'll as Christian citizen
ship. has never been so acute.
1.-The Remedy! Jesus in his da
suggested the remedy: Pray y