The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-25
LIBBY, ADDRESSING
FRIENDS, POINTS OUT
LATTER DAY NEEDS


Our generation needs to rediscover
Christ" said frederick j. Libby, in the
second. of his series or seven lectures
before the Young Friend conference
at Earlham Monday.
we shall never move mountains In
the strength of our fathers taitn' we
must have our own. David cannon
win victory in Saurs army. AS one
brought up in the orthodox church and
about to become a member OF the So
called orthodox branch of Friends, /
have no quarrel with the orthodox.
The tradition that has been handed
down to US as a precious heritage by
our fathers cannot lightly be thrown
aside by us.
Orthodoxy is Peril
ION the other hand, I am deeply
conscious of the perils of orthodoxy
as a system that crucified our Lord.
AS soon as beliefs crystalize into a
system. they cease to grow, which
means that they lose their life.
Religion is not a matter of intel
lectual beliefs, but of the spiritual.
The fruits of the spirit are love, JOY
and peace, and if we find that we are
orthodox of the orthodox, we have lost
our vital connection with Jesus Christ
There is no salvation in a creed
or in any clause in creed. Salvation
lies in the facts of experience which
a creed imperfectly tries to state
Even the widespread conviction that
Christ. is our Savior may prove our
undoing If it leads us to settle back
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among those who cry, Lord, Lord,
and do not the things that He says.
I'VE must never look upon ortho
doxy as short cut to salvation. There
is danger that finding the straight
and narrow way too hard. We shall
take up the correct beliefs and correc
conduct of orthodoxy as another wa
of climbing into the sheep fold.
IF Christ is your Master so tina
what He says goes for you, your life
will be built up on solid rock. Adver
sity, temptation, sorrow, death, viii
have no terrors for you. You will live
a triumphant life, for you will have
overcome the world"
Against War Forces
eff your God is the Father of Jesu:
Christ, you will not be misled by The
war gods who ruled the ma tons during
the last few years. The God who /!
revealed in Jesus Christ is love to tbs
uttermost, love that concerns Himsel
with each individual soul, love tina
searches the mountain side for ont
sheep that has gone astray, love tina
is crucified rather than do an injur.
to an enemy that seeks His life. Faitl
in Christ. whether orthodox or I'm
orthodox, it seems to me, should shov
results somewhat like these in thu
lives of believers"
Ruth Hoskins, of indianapolis, ant
Edith Meredith, of Mooreland, led tn,
young peoples meeting Sunday even
ing. 1.-THE Greatest Task for Youn,
Friends Today" was the subject of tn
meeting.
Thirteen group delegations are t
be held Monday night. President "
o. Mendenhall, of Friends university
Wichita, Kans., will speak Tuesda
evening.
While the enrolment now totals 25t
it is expected that the 800 mark wi
be reached before the close of the cor
ference next Monday. Every yearl
meeting in the Five Years meeting c
Friends is represented with the exceI
ton of Canada In addition to the l
yearly meetings represented from tn
Five Years meeting, delegates ar
present from London Yearly meetin
and Philadelphia Yearly meeting.