Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-27
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BY EVERY
SPEAKER
Northern Baptist Convcn-
ton Has Day of Discur-
sive Lecturing. That Drew
Only Pictures of Deepest
Gloom.

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 27.-Thc
present dearth Of candidates for the
ministry, and Americas Serious dan
ger of raising up a generation of men
and women who know nothing of the
ideals or the sanctions OF religion"
were emphasized here today by the
Rev. Frank w. Padelford, d. D., at the
14th annual convention of Northern
Baptists. -.--
DR.. Padelford who Is she executive
secretary of the board of education of
the Northern Baptist convention, and
as such in closer touch with the de-
nominational institutions as whole
than any other Northern Baptist III
the country, declared that all denom-
inations are suffering alike from a
dearth Of candidates for the ministry.
"The situation needs to be faced
seriously and Immediately" he said.
mot only is the attendance in our
seminaries at low point. but there
are few ministerial students in our
colleges. Not for long time has the
number been so small. Institutions
that have usually had large groups Of
ministerial students have at present
scarcely any at all.
DR.. Padelford declared that the
church had "a very serious problem
in education here in America"
Emphasizing the need of Christian
education, DR.. Gilbert n Brink, of the
American Baptist Publication society,
Philadelphia, speaking before the con
vention sounded warning:
tfTbot Yp1acc tba nation ic tN nav
dearly for neglect in developing char
in religious education as the state is
in secular education:
"That the church must take its part
in solving social unrest and acute in
dustrial questions by expressing
Christ's spirit of brotherhood and
confidence"
Two billion pages of Sunday school
literature, in addition to bibles print
ed and sent to Is foreign lands, were
among the society's work for the ye2',
DR.. Brink reported.
Religious education is gaining
rapidly" the report says, NEARLY
every state in the Northern Baptist
convention is training workers, in
summer assemblies and Institutes.
Through correspondence courses, too,
efficiency of all types of church work
ers has been raised, and this will be
extended.
Denouncing Certain features opera
tive in The public life of America to-
day, which were declared so serious
as to almost prevent us from being
good neighbors to the rest of man.
kind" Rev. DR.. w. J. McGlothlin
president of the Furman University
! Greenville, S. c., sounded a warning
in an address to Baptist Young Peo-
pies delegates.
One of the eravest of these. he
declares, was "a narrow and bellig-
erent nationalism which would pre-
vent America from taking any share
in the worlds sufferings eXcept as the
action will inure'to our benefit, which
declares that America entered the
war and made all her sacrifice from
purely selfish standpoint and tha
there is no worthy national motive
or policy in dealing with the rest o.
the world"
The last quarter century ha'
brought the whole world into far NOR,
intimate relation, and contacts Of in
creasing number and enlarged scoop
are being accelerated the speake
said. That these should promote goo'
fellowship is vital to future peace am
I haOninpss