The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Church announcements
Church Folks and Affairs
BY c. B. RIDDLE.

Of1ufCn FOlkS
By c. B.
:, The Methodist Protestant Church
10 North Carolina is building q hand.
some college near High Point and
hopes to have Il ready to admit stu.
dents In September, 1928.
Reports Just made public indicate
that more church papers suffered
financial collapse during the past
two years than ever known in the
history Of church journalism. High
cost of materials and labor contrib
ute 70 the failure.
In the northern branch of the
Baptist Church there Ia a rising op-
position between what Is known as
the "Fundamentalists" and Mod
erns." The opposition Is attrac<ins
considerable attention and many
church publications are giving ample
space TO the discussions Of both
sides.
An advance report on a message
of Lloyd George to q great ministerial
quotes the great statesman as SAY.
ing that another war seems possible,
unless the churches can set about
some method 10 avoid II. He points
out that unless the churches can pre-
vent such. they had better close their
doors.
The auadrennial session OF the
American Christian Convention, the
highest official body of the Christian
Church. Is to meet i'm Burlington, n.
c., In October Of this year. This Is
the second time that this body has
met In the south. The first session
held In the south was in Norfolk, Vir.
ginia. in the year 1892. The body In
composed of 400 selected delegates.
Prof. Dallas L. Sharpe, of Boston,
University, Is to enter the race for
the United States Senate in Septsrl-
bep. Professor Sharp has declared
himself out and out for the Eigh-
teenth Amendment and opposed 10
light wines and beer. He says that
great moral issues belong to no party
and that Christian men must come
out and be willing to stand up for
what the church advocates. His can.
didacy will be watched with interest.
THE Motion Picture Problem" is
the subject Of a striking study Just
published by the Federal Councils
Commission on the Church and Social
Service. To Very Rev. Charles N.
Lathrop, secretary of the Department
Of Social Service of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, and Mr.. Lee r.
Hammer. director of the Recrea ton
Department of the Russell Sage
Foundation, Is due especial credit for
a great amount OF investigation and
research.
The First Community Church,
! Columbus, Ohio, supports an in
structor in Robert College in Con.
stantinople and the American Uni.
versity at Beirut. This fact seems
to prove that a community church
does not lack interest in the outside
world. ..~
Henry Ford is a member Of st.
Paurs Cathedral, Detroit, where he
attends services with his family.
Ford 10 a reader of the Bible and
there Is said to be a copy Of the
Scripture in every room In the pala-
tial Ford home. Ford was asked
recently the best way to express re-
iigion, and his quick reply was:
Service" Help to make the con-
ditions better, so that others may
become prosperous and happy" the
car magnate added.
Recently the Episcopalians held q
convention in Chicago. and in making
a report Of the social and economic
life. said in part: "A fundamental
change in-the spirit and working of
our social and Industrial life Is neces-
Esary to restore the world to peace
and order. The fundamental change
can be effected only by accepting on
the basis of all our relations the prin.
ciple Of cooperation In service for
the common good, in place Of unre-
stricted competition for private or
sectional good"
There is going the rounds Of the
newspapers much talk about one
F"Smart Aleck" parson who performed
IndrrlAge CerenOHy III pothhhs
pool and did many other things out
Of the ordinary. His credentials have
been revoked and the public approves
this. This much publicity over a
minister, seemingly worth but little,
| Is an evidence that the public wants
':news''--something of the rare and
unheard of The thousands and thou.
sands Of honest and honorable and
upright ministers go on their way
helping humanity and the world
knows but little Of them.
That the plan Of conference and
cooperation now being worked out
lin the South as a means OF solving
irterracial problems Is destined to
lead the world in this field was the
statement Of DR.. Thomas Jesse Jones.
noted SOCIOLOGICAL. before the annual
meeting OF the Commission on Inter
Racial Cooperation, In session at
Blue Ridge last week. DIR. Jones,
recently returned from trip to
| England and a tour of Africa, stated
that the greatest interest was every
where expressed in the commission
method OF dealing with race rela
tions, and that General SHUTS, OF
South Africa, on learning about II
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