The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-05
SECRETARY TALKS
ON FOREIGN FIELD
Dr.. A. c. Harte of the Y. Nj. c. A. in
Jerusalem Gives Glimpses of Work
of Association.

Communism versus internationalism
through Christianity, might have been
the theme of the talk last night by DR..
A. c. Harte secretary Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, at Jeru-
| salem, though this subject, in way,
was barely touched upon.
| But throughout his talk, DR.. Harte
| clearly showed that if the world is
saved from communism today it must
be through those Christian forces
which are seeking to counteract the in
fluences which are producing unrest
and turmoil in the world.
| II have told myself at times" said
| DR.. Harte, that if two thousand men
had been sent out before the war to
carry the message OF the Y. N. c. A,
even that war might have been pre-
vented"
Until recently the Y. NJ. c. A has
had 1873 secretaries in its foreign field,
but lately these have been reduced,
| DR.. Harte, in his message to Pensacola
last night showed that instead of de-
creasing this number 1T should be
greatly increased, in the twenty one
countries in which the Y. NJ. c. A.
| has organized work.
/ Work in Jerusalem.
| For 10 years DR.. Harte was general
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. in Mo-
bile, and for the past 10 years has
been in the foreign field, and at the
present time is located in the city of
Jerusalem.
| The Jerusalem of today, said DR..
! Harte, is about 10000 population, with
1 : 49,
ulation without the city, in what is
, known as the New Jerusalem, the in
habitants number about ninety thous-
and.
DR.. Harte was INFERRED in German
prison during the war and in 1919
was sent to Jerusalem to open a Y.
NJ. c. A. This was early in the sum-
mer and by Christmas the Y. NJ. c.
A. numbered one hundred. BY Feb
ruary of the next year the number had
increased to $50 and is now five hun-
dred.
DR.. Harte pointed out that the three
chief religions represented in Jerusa-
lem at this time are the Christian,
the Mohammed, and the Jew, and that
conditions there are now in a state
of great unrest, owing to the mandate
Of Great Britain, and the hope of the
Jews of returning to Jerusalem and
there building up again a great ma
ton. The Arabs, who also claim their
descent from Abraham, through Ish-
mael, claim the land as their own, be-
cause Of long possession, and the con-
ditions of unrest in Jerusalem at this
time make the problems of the Y. NJ.
C. A. difficult
Yet in spite of this, the work has
grown rapidly and the association has
been able to bring together the OPP
posing forces in many ways, and the
Y. M c. A. is a centre OF Christian
Fellowship.
At recent gathering, when a young
American friend was visiting DR..
Harte, it was found that there We're
thirty-two languages spoken by the
135 who attended a meeting at which
he was entertained.
1t is the purpose of the Y. NJ. c.
A. to bring together these opposing
forces and weld them into a common
vehicle of helpfulness to the world,
and DIR. Harte stated last night that
he felt that the biggest thing that
the American people, had before them
today was the exertion of such influ-
ences, through contacts with the peo-
pies of the world. as would bring
about better understanding. ..s
DR.. Harte pointed out that each day
the world is growing smaller, to all
practical purposes as invention and
science are used to span space and to
coordinate interests, and he stressed
the fact that this country can not
isolate itself from world movements.
but must do it's part in going out TO
other peoples and to other nations,
through Christian comradeship and CO.
operation, put a great world movement
of Christian internationalism in the
place of the present communism, which !
threatens the world.
He spoke of a proup Of Russian Jews
who were carried to Jerusalem for |
agricultural purposes, but for some |
reason, this form of work not being |
found for them, they were put to |
building roads, breaking the stones !
for these roads, as part of their labor. !
He called attention to their devo- |
ton to their ideals and he suggested /
that in spite of the fact that we differ
from them in these ideals, we must l
dChilONtEuSS their COHSEGLdAAOn 10 /
what they believe to be right.
Until we can put that same con-
that same enthusiasm, that
same measure of devotion into our
Christian cooperation, we shall suffer
the danger of communism, said DR..
EIarte.
What we have to do is to meet that
communism with Christian leadership
and to offset it with a real interna-
tionalism OF Christianity.
Beauties of Jerusalem.
DR.. Harte talked most interestingly
Of the topography Of Jerusalem and Of
some of its geographical features, call
Ing attention OF the great water power
Of the Jordan, so long an inspiration
to millions, but only strong as a SYM
Dol, but which soon viii be utilized
as water power. to transform the Holy
Land until once more it becomes
fruitful as it was in the days OF its