The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-25
MOVEMENT GAINS MUCH FOR CHURCH METHODIST TO CONTINUE Movement Headed by Dr. Reynolds Makes Profound Impression
 Must Reach Objectives.
tBy the Associated Press,

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 Nashville, Tenn, June 25.-The Christian education commission, of the M. E. Church, south, of which Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Birm- Ingham, is chairman and Dr. J. H. Reynolds, president of Hendrix Col lege, Conway, is director general, has issued the following message to the church:
 From the beginning the leadership Iof the church has recognized the Christian education movement as per- haps the most important task which Southern Methodism has even under taken. It's objectives have caught and held the mind of the thoughtful men and women throughout the whole connection and engaged their SUD- port as nothing else has done No other cause has appealed to bishops, preachers and laymen as this cause ! has appealed The general result is that the Christian education move ment in what it has accomplished up to this time presents profoundly
 
 promise.
 Approximately S1S,0OO,0OO have been pledged to the carrying out of the objectives of the movement, and there is a deep and widespread de- termination on the part of the people not to stop until the full $33OOO,OOO have been pledged. The pledging of so much money in times like these and under conditions of financial loss and a consequent depression of mood, such as the world has never before experienced is an accomplishment of extraordinary significance.
 "1t is clear that when we begin to reckon important results, Southern Methodism has been to a great school during these recent months and has learned lessons of tremendous signi- ficance. These lessons have been brought to the mind of the church throughout the printed and spoken word in such way that we may say that our membership has been edu- cated into new conceptions of Christ ian education and it's need of the ne- cessity of the application of educa- tional processes to the development of conquering religious life, of the supremely important place of the Christian college in the progress of the church and the saving of the world, and of the fact that these in- stitutions cannot render the service they are expected to render without adequate equipment and endowment, and that the church is under the compulsion of divine call to furnish the necessary means. Furthermore this phase of the campaign has been wonderfully successful in the convic- tion it has wrought into the minds of the success of the Christian educa- tion movement is vital and funda mental to the future efficiency of the work of the church.
 "Our men and women of light and leading have therefore acquired the conviction that the Christian educa- tion movement must have a continu- ing program for all the objectives, financial and spiritual, and that we dare not cease our efforts till all of them are realized. It is clear that we have now not only thinking and un- derstanding church, but church with convictions and a conscience. And this of itself must be reckoned as an achievement of immense importance, because a church so minded cannot fail to carry forward to full comple- tion all the plans and purposes of the movement. Therefore, the commits sion feels that it would not be faith full to the great task if it did not give to every charge in the church an opportunity to complete its quota when conditions become more favor able. Scattered throughout the con- nection are charges which never be- fore failed in any duty which the church put upon them. Such charges only await another opportunity to show how true and loyal they are in heart.
 "With such heroic achievement be- hind us, with the promise of so much ahead of us, with such immeasurable gains in hand to build on, the com mission is confident that the whole church is inspired to go forward and triumphantly realize every objective of the movement"