South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-12
APPOINTMENT OF
COUNTY RELIGIOUS
DIRECTOR LAUDED
Rev. Keck Praises Action of
County Council of Religious
Education in Sermon.

Speaking OF the employment re-
Gently OF a director OF religious ed
ucation for ST. Joseph county by the
County Council OF Religious Educa-
ton. Rev Albert II. Keck OF the
Holy Trinity English Lutheran
church in his sermon yesterday
morning said that Frank McKibbin
OF Northwestern University. who has
been employed to conduct the work
here, is in every way qualified for
his duties and has a vision OF what
is possible in the training along re-
Iigious lines of every child in South
Bend.
''He is possessed Of a consuming
passion for the safety Of the child"
said Rev Keck. We now have a
program before us that is worthy OF
our support. BY il our Sunday
school teachers will be trained TO
make the very best possible use OF
the time given them in the Sunday
school hour. BY il every department
of our Sunday school work will be
brought up 10 greater degree of eff
dciancy. BY it a program OF week
day religious instructions will be put
into operation 81 the earliest possible
moment. This may be delayed for a
time but it cannot be side-tracked
very long. The child will one of
these days come into his own. Let
US get "A vision. Let Us realize our
responsibility. Let US get behind
this director and help him put this
program across. Let US do this and
the next generation will call Us
blessed.
Denied Best Gift.
1T is true that every parent who
is "A real parent desires the physical
welfare of his child and he supplies
the food necessary for this. 1t is also
true that such a parent desires the
intellectual development of his child
and go he gives that child proper ed
vocational advantages. IL is further
true that most parents desire for
their children a satisfactory social
standing and many of them labor
and sacrifice in order that their
children may move in the right kind
OF society. These are all good gifts
for a father 10 give 10 his children
and vet after all. If he stops here. he
denies them the best gift. How many
parents are just as anxious for the
spiritual development of their chill
dren as they are for their physical,
intellectual and social progress? Is
the church itself as vitality interested
In this as il should be? What en-
phasis is being placed upon the re-
ligious training OF the child? Is II
doing all IT can do or all that II
should do? Shall we hear our chill
dren's cry for the bread of life and
offer them a stone-that which may
satisfy the body and the mind but
can never satisfy the soul? Shall we
hear their cry for a FISH and give
tlrem that which, by itself may prove
Injurious and harmful 10 them Feed
the body and starve the soul and you
may make a prize fighter Feed the
mind and neglect the soul and you
may make clever criminal. Gods
plan Is tnal there Sud4L ot 9ou''N
mind in a sound body but both mind
and body must be under the control
of a soul that knows God. is under
His guidance and is cOnsecrated TO
His service.
There are some in this city who
have vision OF what is possible for
the training Of the child-life OF our
city and county along religious lines
also realize what must be the
result in the coming years If this
training is neglected. The whole
church must get this vision-the
whole church must realize its re
sponsibilty. For the sake of the
child-for the sake Of the church OF
the sake of the ma
ton. this is absolutely necessary.
What will be our answer