The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
MINISTER URGES
CHRISTIAN IDEALS
FOR ALL TEACHERS
Dr. Ranek Fears Present
System in Schools May
Bring Calamity.

eASA must De CnFlSIlhu II It's
fullest value in molding the lives
u the youth OF today is to be real
l]ed' the Rev. Henry Ranck declared
IN Grace Reformed Church yester-
day morning in his Reformation Day
sermon "Christianizing Education"
Popular education. the common
schools" said DR.. Ranck. are one
the many beneicsnt products OF
Ihe Reformation of the Sixteenth
century which was an effort to bring
tne church back TO the simple first
principles of Christ. Jesus taught
the incompatible value of the hu-
man soul which was made to know
Ine truth. Therefore it rs the in
Alenaole right of every child to
nave an education whereby the
doors Of truth are open to him.
Religion Divorced.
Education. born Of religion" con-
unued DR.. Ranck, has now been
largely divorced from it. We can
not have vital morality apart from
religion, however, and there is dan
ger that in training the minds of
youth We may be making educated
lamtties which have befallen the
human race had no other origin
than the union Of high intelligence
with low desires" said Lord Ma
caulay, and if he had lived to our
day he would have seen in the Ger
man nation the most terrible con-
nrmation Of his statement that his
tory has ever shown. Many of our
educated people. even teachers in
our universities. pooh-poOh the
church and make fun Of religion.
II is an ominOus situation. What
shall we do about it?"
The answer. Dr. Ranck said, is
to let the church teach views of
the Bible and Christian doctrine
which are in harmony with mod
ern knowledge. 1T will save many
youth severe storm and stress
when he comes to know science and
the principles of evolution" he
said.
Let the church also make re-
ligion a thing 50 vital to our MEM
bers that whatever be ones ideas
Of Bible inspiration or theology.
Christ and His principles will be a
gripping power in life.
Let US have teachers in high
schools. colleges and universities
who really know what genuine
Christianity is. Noblesse oblige-
so wealth and culture still entail
obligations on those who possess
them. Education is not only to
make a living, but a life. We are
here to serve our fellows, not sim
ply to poaCh on them by our shrewd-
ness. We are here to help estab-
lish Gods Kingdom on Earth"
FLAYs MODERN DIVORCE
As THREAT AT HOME LIFE.
Man as the builder for eternity
was the keynote of the sermon Of
the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe in New
York avenue church last night.
Taking the text upon House
Building from Deuteronomy, Dr.,
Radcliffe said in part:
Every man is builder. We are
building men and institutions for
eternity. The text is imbedded in
the midst OF minute directions con-
Ceruing birds and oxen and dress.
Nothing is indifferent or unrelated
in the Kingdom Of God. Everything
around us is an agent in the de-
veIOpment of our own individualtsm.
Sometimes the roof is more Import
ant than the foundation. The roof
IS the platform for life and medita-
ton. and carries the great possibili-
ties of distress and fatality.
The nation is safe when it has
for it's battlements the home, the
school the ballot box and the sab
bath. The church, if it lives and
gives life. must have and defend
for its battlements the cross, the
baptism and the Lords Supper.
Divorce a BIasphemy.
The four battlements for the
home are the dual oneness of mo-
nogamy. the heRrthstOne, the family
altar and the library Utah is con-
tinual and dire threat. Modern di-
vorce is an affront and often a bias
pbemy. The Bible is to be not the
ornament Of the center table, but
the food of the dining table. A
home without books is a bulb with
out light. Sell your spoons and get
books Il you would have a house
become a home.
In building the man the first bat
tIement is an altar, a man cannot
he without a god. Faith is the
breath of the soul. His sense of sin
must somewhere find its answer OF
roconCiliatiOn. The second bulwark
IL A mercy seat. Prayer is power.
The other battlements are an up
Iif,ed hand and active talent which
declare confession and stewardship"
.oUIET HALF HOURS
At EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
canon Douglas. acting rector of
81 Johns Episcopal Church, last
night called attention to the fact
that the Quiet Half Hours" which
are to be held at noon on Fridays
beginning February 4 and contin-
uing until Lent, at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H
streets northwest, are not neces-
sariIy for members Of the parish Of
81. Johns only.
because OF the fact that st.
John's Church is downtown, so near
70 the business district" Canon
Douglas said. I'VE hope there will
be a general acceptance Of this op-
portunity to spend a quiet half hour
on the part of both men and women
who could not ordinarily spend the
time away from business to go up
town to their own churches"
The observance of Lent is to be
a preliminary service under the
auspices of st. Johns Parish. at the
1Iptown residence Of Mrs. William ],
Boardman, 1901 P street northwest
which will be conducted by Very
Rev. z. S. Rousmaniere, Dean Of
St Paups Cathedral. Boston. Mrs
Boardman will be glad to give cards
for this service, up to the capacity