The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-03
BAPTISTS ADOPT
WORLD PEACE PLAN
Would Purge Books of National
Hatred-Dr. Mullins, of Louis
vile, Is Elected President
At The World Congress
In Stockholm

Baptist Churches the world over are
called upon in resolutions advised by
the Baptists' World Alliance to assist
in promoting world peace through
urging their Governments to make the
maintenance of peace their FIRST ann.
and to cooperate in forming interna-
tional tribunals for the settlement OF
international disputes.
The Churches were also called upon
to employ their efforts in eliminating
from all text books of all nations
those things calculated to promote
racial and national a~ntagonism, TO
auench the worship of military heroes
and to kindle instead in the minds Of
the young an admiration for those
citizens who serve the world in posi-
tive ways.
The resolutions were moved by the
Rev. DIR. Frederick Spur, Of Blrmlng-
ham, England, pastor Of the Ham
stead Road Baptist Church Of that
city and President Of the National
Council of the Evangelical Free
Churches, Incorporated, Of Great
Britain, and follow in full:
"The members of the Baptist World
Congress, meeting in Stockholm, de-
plore the many signs of the contlnu-
ance of the war spirit. The results
are disastrous to the commerce OF the
world, to the progress of liberty, 10
from exhaustion of the late
world war, to the advancement OF the
brotherhood of man, and to the extern
sion of the Kingdom of Christ IN the
world.
"The Congress first urges the mem
bers of the Churches throughout the
world to pray for peace, to counter
work everything likely to provoke
war. to foster kind feelings to cleanse
all the text books of all the nations
of all racial and national a~ntagonisms,
to quench the worship of military
heroes, and to kindle admiration for
all who serve the world IN positive
ways
1.-THE Congress, representing very
many millions of citizens, belonging
to many Governments, appeals TO the
Governments of the world to make
the maintenance of peace their first
aim, for the sake of each nations
people and for the sake of the happi-
ness and well-being of all mankind,
and to cooperate in forming interna-
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international disputes"
The Rev. DR.. E. Y. Mullins, Of
Louisville, was unanimously elected
president of the Alliance. The Vice
Presidents includes: the Rev. c. Z.
Benander of Sweden, the Rev. j. A.
Ohrn of Norway, the Rev. Joel w.
LalI of India, the Rev. F. NJ. Ed
wards of Brazil and the Rev. J.. O.
Prokhansoff of Russia.
The Secretaries include. the Rev. j.
H. Shakespeare of London for Eu-
rope, the Rev. C. D. Gray of Lewis
town, Me-, for the United States; the
Rev. Albert Matthews. of Toronto,
for Canada, and the Rev. Herbert
Marnham for Great Britain.
The American members Of the EX-
ecutive Committee include: The Rev.
w. S. Alternately, of Washington, and
the Rev. C. A. Barbour of Rochester,
of the Northern Baptist Convention;
the Rev. z. T. Cody of Greenville, S.
C. and l.. R. Scarborough Of Fort
Worth, of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention; the Rev. L. X. Williams Of
Chicago and the Rev. c. H Parrish
of Louisville, of the National Baptist
Convention, and the Rev, ". A. Cam
eron of Toronto and the Rev. J. H.
Macdonald of Nova Scotia. Of the
Canadian Baptists.
The Rev. Edgar Young Mullins is
President of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville,
KY, and of the Southern Baptist Con
He began his professional
ife as a telegraph operator at Corsi-
IAN, Tex, and entered the ministry
after graduating from the Theologi-
al Seminary at Louisville, of which
le is now President. in 1895. Later
le studied at Johns Hopkins Univer-
ity.
DR.. Mullins, now Is wears old. has
leld p~astorates in Massachusetts.
Maryland and Kentucky, and was for
| time associate Secretary Of the
Mission Board Of the South
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