The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-04
MRS. JACOBS TALKS.
 ON VICE CRUSADE AT. TRAINING SCHOOL.
Dr. HonIine in Lecture States That Church of Tomorrow Will Stress Service,
 Not Doctrine

mingham of vice rests with the Christian people of the city" Mrs. Solon Jacobs told the students of the training school of the Birmingham Sunday School association at the ses- sion yesterday afternoon.
 The teachers of the young must realize that the moral welfare of Bir- mingham rests with them" Mrs. Ja- eobs said. .1'he moral indignation of the citizens of Birmingham must be aroused against the conditions which have existed We must begin with the cradle and teach the single stand ard"
 Mrs. Jacobs said moral questions are not discussed frankly enough In : the Sunday school and in families. She declared 1t to be the churches l'duty to save fallen women after they have gone through detention homes, i by visiting them and teaching them to lead Christian lives.
 Opening Worship
 The opening worship for the after noon session of the school yesterday was conducted by Rev. W. NJ. Me Donald, Sunday school field secretary of the North Alabama Methodist conference. The evening worship was conducted by Dr, R. N. Simpson, pas tor of the First Christian church. Dr, M. A. Honlne of Chicago, edu- cational superintendent of the Inter national Sunday School association, and Dr. Arlo Brown, president of the University of Chattanooga. continued | their series of lectures before the t. in part as follows:
 Democracy rests on the dual foun- dation of intelligence and righteous ness. We look to the schools to make our boys and girls intelligent; we must look to the church for instruc- tion. The church must Christianize what the public school is seeking to intellectualize The forces which make for righteousness must be made to keep pace with the forces which make for intelligence. Knowledge should be led to function in the right kind of behavior"
 Dr. Honline quoted figures to show that more than 69 per cent of our population between the ages of and 20 are receiving no religious instrue- ton of any kind In any school. Jew. Catholic or Protestant. and this in | which majority rules. In & democ- racy like ours in which definite re- ligious instruction cannot be given by the state, the educational pro gramme of the church must be made a part of the programme of general education and be made equally eff ficient.
 Church of Tomorrow
 In contrasting the church of tomor- row with the church of yesterday, pr. Honline said:
 The church of tomorrow will stress service rather than doctrine. A religious belief that does not modl- fy a mans dealings with his fellow man Is getting pretty close to the ragged edge of the non essential.
 "The church of tomorrow will rely on formation rather than reforma- tion. In moral as well as in medical pathology we are coming to rely on prevention rather than cure.
 "The church of tomorrow will not allow ecclesiastical ur sectarian in terests to run counter with commit nlty and kingdom interests. We are now beginning to stress our common interests rather than our denomina tional differences, for most of us be- lieve our agreements are fundamental while our differences are pretty large ly -essential.
 "The church of tomorrow will take it's educational task seriously, by providing adequate religious educa- ton for all the children of all the people,"
 The closing session of the school will be held today. The address this afternoon will be delivered by Mrs. Neil Wallace, city amusement inspec- tor, who will speak upon the subject, The Relation of Religious Education to Birmingham's Amusements and Recreational Life"