Evening star., 1921-05-29
ALL CHURCHES AID
CHEVY CHASE DRIVE
DR.. Johnson Sees New Spirit
of .Unity-NeW YorkAsked
to HeIp-$77,000 Raised.

! Interest in the wideaed spherse Of
| interdeno om national spirit planned by
! members of the Presbyterian Church
| at Chevy Chase with the erection of
| denominations. it was reported last
night. Response to the call for CO.
operation has come from all parts Of
the country and from numerous
| faiths. Protestant Catholic and Jew
| ish.
almost every religious belief have
congratulated Chevy Chase on the eH-
pansiOn of the activities OF the ChUrch.
Pastor Sees Creed Put Aside.
| Rev. DR.. Hubert Rex Johnson. pas
| tor of the church, and Henry b. r.
/ Macfarland. former District Commits
Sioncr. have made clear exactly what
the new field of activity of the
! churches means as eAemplitied in the
Chevy Chase movement. DR.. johnson
! feels that the important principles of
d denomination are in no wise IN
/ fringed upon by the disregard of what
he says are the minor differences OF
Sect or creed and that the religious
; interests OF the American people are
paramount to any particular doctrine
or creed. His congregation. for whom
the campaign for $125,00O is now be-
ing waged, stands with the minister
IN his advanced religious thought.
the barriers that mark them off into
dcnominational groups" said DR..
Johnson. 1T is we'll known to many
that all denominational differences
rest on false theology. not on the
truth. and that the time is fast ap-
preaching when ministers and laymen
will be able to renounce their differ
ences and draw nearer together. 1t
is equally certain that no present day
/, church. without modification. can be-
come the church of the future. and
| that schism or decay will mark the
history of the church that stands
aloof from the progress of the true
kingdom of God"
DR.. Johnson said that the busiest
center OF activity in community
should be its community church and
that its doors never should be closed
nor its work ever regarded as COM
pleted.
Plea Sent to New York.
Henry B. F. Macfarland has written
a letter to DR.. John r. Mott of New
York in connection with the co-opera-
ton OF that city with the nationwide
movement of Chevy Chase, in which
he said:
With the approval! of the Wash
ington Presbytery and the Presby-
Columbia. the Presbyterian Church at
CheVy Chase, one of our largest and
most beautiful suburbs, full of Pres
DyterlanS and other fine people. and
"a pidly growing, is raising a fund of
>l29'oeo with which to construct a
ne" church building in place of the
one "hlcn is now crowded. They have.
Ior example, two Sunday school an
ne1es. II is a strategic point and
ousnt 10 be promptly and fully oc-
Supled by the Presbyterians, since il
happens to have the confidence and
soperdtlon or their neighbors Of all
denominations Va
More Than $4,000 Subscribed,
ALREADY over $1,000 has been suh-
munity and campaign to raise " s3s
wv In downtown Washington is We'll
under way. Therefore. we now fasi
enat we can rightly ask our friends
Eiu.sioe OF Washington to join us in
improving this great opportunity
Because it is the National Can;t.,
every church here is doing a national
service Tor the thousa nds of men and
@ women; chiefly young people. who
toi, from from all over the country-in
trict-to the government service Jenr
ING the war the peak of numbers was
ABOUT 10000. 1t has now been re-
duGed TO about $4,000. but it never
VIII oe reouced to the pre-war figures.
Rendering National Service.
Cur churches during the war and
ever since have made special pro
vision for serving the civil servants
ana others who have been brought
/. mere by the appeal of the eovernment
ior Their assistance. Whatever helms
.nese c'vil servants goes literally to
every part Of the country in benefi1
cent influence. Washington is and
must be for all time to come also :,
rendezvous of veterans of the rre,,
! war VINO come for errands with the
= national government and for whose
care the churches are continuing their
war service. Naturally these men
! turn TO the churches for spi ritual and
| o.her assistance. One-half at least Of
the work Of all our churches is NOT
local, but national in charact..n