Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-12-13
IN {, BBHOP MAKE
STRONG APPEAL
Board Of Eminent churchmen
Make Statement for Practical
Christianity u.

s The Board of Bishops Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church which recent
ly held its selni-annual meeting at
Baltimore has issued statement to
its four and one-half million mem.
:bers and ten million adherents. This
statement calls for world wide repen-.
lance to end the present crying evils
and to restore humanity. It discusses
the social, political and spiritual
problems Of the world today, con
dennis injustice and war, calls for
repentance, urges the practice of the
Of Christ and demands in
:ternational cooperation.
Twenty-six bishops constituted the
Board which issues the following
statement:
"Facing the social, political and spir-
itual problems of the world today. we
call for frank reappraisal Of national
and racial motives and practices Chris
tian society is based upon the idea1isln
of it's founder. The alrruism and self
sacrifice of Jesus Christ are the pro-
fessed motives of our modern associated
life. Yet the growth Of personal and
organized greed has limited and often
..
day in grave danger from pagan meth
DDS Of gain, ease and control.
I'VE look with profound concern upon
the havoc wrought by our recent war.
CT European, Asiatic> and American
youths gave their lives at the call Of
idealism. Certainly those of US who
the ideals for which we enclosed them
in battle: It. is sad to contemplate the
poSsibi hit, Of our dead having died in
now live in vain. The world waits for
that heroic hour of personal, national
ecclesiastical abandon to Christ's pro
gram of confidence and good will.
Calls for Repentance
"The first corrective of the world S
woes is sincere repentance. Therefore,
beginning with our own personal lives
we call for individual and national pen
itence for whatever share we may have
taken in the defence and support of un-
Christian programs of power. We urge
all Christians to make confession with
us and to enter into a period of world
wide and cooperative restoration.
The second corrective is the organ
iZation Of political and social life ev-
erywhere upon the basis of the welfare
of all, instead Of privilege for the few
Here, and here only, lies release from
the military heritage of the past and
from the present economic causes OF
of brotherhood: the substitution of SER
vice. for reward the discovery of the
spiritual values in labor; a policy OF
| freedom in speech, press, conference and
| contact; federation and cooperation in
religious. economic and social organic
| alton. Such q program will so mould
political procedure by the principles OF
onomic and social needs of the entire
community.
Condemns Injustice AID War
I'VE deplore the unjust accumulation
| and inequitable distribution of huge sur
plus, profits by financial corporations
We insist that Christian principles shall
| be applied alike to capital and labor
We deplore the distribution of re-
! wards of conquest in the form of gov
ernmental monopolies and territorial
control for personal and selfish advan-
| tage.
1--WE deplore the investment of taxes
IN arn1aments and pompous display, and
| urge the nations Of the world not only
to limit but to destroy this bulwark OF
hatred
| Christians Must Practice Christ's
| Teachings
| 1T is our solemn judgment that moth