The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-09

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Premier Lloyd George chatting
at the HarecL Castle historical pag
morning session of the meeting all
delegates assembled in front of the
East Main Street Friends ms letting
house for number of group pictures.
The groups taken were: all mission
aries who have been abroad or who
have been connected with homa mis-
sion work; the London, Dublin and
Philadelphia fraternal delegates; all
former presiding clerks as well as the
present clerks of the meeting; chair
men of the visiting delegations; and
the business cimmittee.
Boards Merged.
Approval was given by the Five
Years Meeting Friday to the recon-
mendation of the business board in
consideration of the report of the ex-
ecutive committee on reorganization
that the functions of the publication
board and the Bible school board be
re-aligned and the name of the latter
changer to board of religious educa-
ton
The re-alignment of functions in
clures the placing of all publication
work in the hands of the publication
board thus removing a large part of
the work of compiling publication on
data from the shoulders of the board
of religious education. From now on
the work of religious education will
be confined to the members of the
latter board.
The editor of the American Friend
weekly magazine of the Five Years
meeting will be chosen by the publ
cation board, but those in charge of
publications relating directly to re
ligious education will be nominated
and have their names submitted to the
publication board by the board of re-
ligious eduction.
Christian education's challenge to
the church was particularly stressed
in the report of the Board of Educa-
ton. submitted by PRECEDENT David NJ.
Edwards, chairman of the board.
President Edwards said:
"The place of importance of Chris
tian education is well established.
That education should be Christian is
a truism That Christian education is
and the world as Christ saw them is
we'll understood. That the world is
desperately needy and that its need
can be met only by Christian men
and women, trained in body, mind and
spirit, and under the power of God, is
| the firm belief of the Church of Christ.
But is the church rallying to the
support of those institutions from
which men and women with this Chris
tan training must come? One comes
away from a study of this question
with a feeling that the church is too
| lethargic in her support of these in
| situations. May the day speedily come
when the schools and colleges which
are charged with the responsibility of
/ furnishing the Christian leadership
may be so we'll supported that they
may perform their high and noble mis-
sion"
! He also recommended the appoint
ment of a permanent executive secre-
! tary for the board whose duties would
4 be confined largely to work among the
various Friends colleges and schools
of the Five Years Meeting.
| Lack Seriousness
! 1--WE Go not take Christ seriously
/ enough in Chlistendom today de-
/ clared Ebert Russell. of Swarthmore,
/ Pa, formerly head of the Biblical lit
erature department of Earlham college
/ in his address before the Five Years
| Meeting of Friends Friday.
4 do YOU dare to take the Sermon on
! the Mount at its face value or do you
/ dare put into practice the principles OF
! universal love? People will not dare
/ to introduce these principles in their
/ daily lives and business practice.
Americans say it isn't safe. They do
not trust God and the Christ. How
then can we expect other peoples to
/ trust their spiritual interests - us?
I'VE may recite creeds and sing
songs blessing the glory of our God
but until we accept his plain simple
1 teachings as meaning what they say
we shall not find the Kingdom of God
Confidence Needed
1--WE need confidence in the truth
we need to have Jesus faith in truth
revived. Criticism of the present so
! cial order is the result merely of dill
! gent, wholesome search for truth and
| yet, as in years past, this often brings
| Imprisonment and punishment II
/ somebody says socialism, we get sore
| We ought, at least, to give d man
/ a hearing and respect his sincerity"
Our crying need is faith in men,
said DR.. Russell John Woolman was
| great among Friends because of his
undying faith in his fellowman At
the time when anti-slavery activity
was causing much debate and antip-
athy, John Wooiman declared his faith