Evening star., 1922-03-18
ASKSC,;HURCHA AID
FOR POLICE Of D. c.
Force Best Protects Young
Folks, Says DR.. Clark, in
Federation Report.

THE time has come for the church
not, ehly,'to depend upon the police
to help when some one goes wrong
but to make it harder for any one
ito go wrons,", said Rev. DR.. Lucius
C. Clark, executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches
in his annual report at the business
meeting and ;dinper of the organiza-
ton; Wednesday night, at the Raleigh
Hotel
10 HGe department officials and men,
bers Of the federation have made a
partial survey Of the recreational life
Of the city. "Aa church people do not
go to many of these places of recrea-
tion and know but little of the sur
roundings of large numbers OF our
youth. can they do anything less than
department.. who, of necessity. Is left
to be the guardians Of much of the
young life of the city,
!, SAfted Church Action Urged.
He said the need OF Protestant
solidarity is more apparent In this
city than any American city. He de-
clared it's influence Is greater, for
Washington has as large a Protestant
population as any city OF its size In
the United States. I'VE are set at
the heart :of the nation and Of the
world. What we do. or fail to do
and the influence thereof. reaches
farther than from any other center
Tho Washington Federation OF
Churches represents the only practi-
cal solidarity of Professionalism in the
The. 2 Washington Federation OF
Churches was organized two years age
with Hftr.cIph chttrrhas
sentipg fourteen denominations In its
membership Nominally. the fedora
ton includes and represents all OF
the Protestant churches in the city
and suburbs. The denominations. with
the. r,uH,per.. of. churches practicalls
the. federation. are the fol-
lowing: Christian. l: Congregational
4: Disciples of Christ. 6: Friends. l
Lutheran. 5: Methodist Protestant. 6
Methodist Episcopal South. IL; Meth
odist- Episcopal. %: Protestant Epis.
cepaE H. Presbyterian. Northern AS
sembly. IL: Presbyterian, Southern
Assembly. 2; Presbyterian. United,
Wesleyan Pentecostal. l.
we have five auxiliary organiza.
tions t-1farnely. Young Mems Christian
Association. Young Women's Chris
tfan Association. the Business Wom-
ems Council. Central Union Mission
airy Union. added MIR. Clark. This
and the Observation-Disclosures Mission
makeS a total of ninety-five different
org apizations in the federation"
=. = objects Of Federation.
> The report outlined the various
activities OF the federation carried on
during tde past year
We stand for the churches in
philanthropic endeavor. We will no,
permit other organizations to mini
practical expression of Christianity,
the report SAID.
:; ''EverM. Protestant Christian in
Washington rsmay well be proud OF
ana! give, loyal support to it's Young
Mems Christian Association and
Young WoHans Christian Associa.
tionS& it'll" al their varied activities
to our church schools. to our mis-
Sions. to e1frksix homes for the aged
thy our seven homes for children. tc
our gSnSfAf Methodist Episcopal Hos.
tpitaH ap4 tots special Protestant Epis-
'copal Hoapital
"We-stul. hold to our purpose tC
seeIre- Chapel for Walter Reed
Hospital, ami imperative need an6
now long delayed
'"There We're eleven daily vacation
Bible schools conducted last summer
More than 1900 pupils were enrolled
BY the action of those interested
this work has been placed under the
Federation of Churches. There is. {
careful and yet a real progress being
made in establishing week day Bible
schools in Washington"