The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-14
ENSLEy RESPONDS WITH FERvOR IN CLEAN UP DRIVE
Dr. Milford Sets Forth His Beliefs Following KiWaniS
 Club Speech
ENSLEY BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD EnSIey Ala ,July Ia

Ensley has responded so enthusi- asticaliy to the call to clean up, is- sued last week by city officials and civic organizations, that capacity of wagons and trucks engaged in haul ing trash and debris to the dumps has been greatly overtaXed, accord ing to a statement Friday by Mrs Drayton Trucks, president of the Ensley Council of Women's Clubs, who is leading the campaign in Ems ley.
 Mrs. Trucks called upon residents of Ensley to exercise patience and wait for the trucks, which she said are making the rounds as quickly as possible. She expects that com plaints will be few when 1t is real ized how greatly the trucks have been overworked this week.
 Failure of city wagons to remove the accumulation of garbage and trash after premises have been cleaned Is the only complaint reg eliminated these complaints, 1t is be- lieved.
 Concentrated effort Is planned Sat urday to make the cleanup an overwhelming success in Ensley.
 STATEMENT BY DIR. MILFORD
 In connection with a recent ar ticle in this column, Dr. John J. Milford of Howard college has made the following formal statement:
 q have been done a great in- justice in a report in The Age-H Her aid in which it is purported said in an address to the Kiwanis club at Ensley on Thursday, July 5, some things concerning the Christian re- hgion which are foreign to my real belief.
 T did not say that -tenths of all ministers thought things about religion and modern themes which they dared not give voice to and that they preached old-fashioned creeds from the pulpit to keep in line with ecclesiastical authorities. I did not say that clergymen were standing by the old creed while in their hearts they did not believe the sixteenth century ideas l did not say that nearly all ministers were trying to break the old ties. l did say in this connection that some ministers had broken with their church creeds and referred to MT. Percy Stickney Grant as an example, but did not commend MT Grant for his position, merely quoting MT. Grants state ment.
 T regret the interpretation placed upon my address and am sorry if any one has been distressed thereby. 1 deem it a good thing here to state briefly my belief concerning the Bible and the Christian religion.
 T believe that the Bible is the inspired and authentic word of God, and that as such 1t will continue in the future as in the past to with stand all assaults made upon 1t.
 "I believe that in the beginning God created the universe, and that He created man, a spiritual as well as physical being, as is stated Tn Genesis.
 q believe. as taught in the New Testament, in the supernatural birth of Jesus. That He is God manifest in the flesh, and, accordingly, l believe in His divinity. or deity, as well as in His complete humanity, so that He is therefore a perfect mediator between God and man, and that through Him men may become par takers of the divine nature.
 "I believe that the teachings of Jesus as set forth in the New Testa - ment are to be fully accepted by the mind as well as the heart, and thus become matters of vital and saving belief in Him and in the Father, whom He came to reveal to men.
 T believe that in the death of Jesus He made atonement for sin, and that through Him and His death full propitiation for sin has been made and that forgiveness for sin is offered to every man born into the world who will repent and believe end accept the same.
 T accept and believe the New Tes- lament statements as to the resur- rection, appearances on earth, and final ascension to heaven, of Jesus after His death. And that, as He said, He will come again in power and great glory, and that all the dead in. Christ will alike arise and be for ever with Him as Lord and Savior. That in the meantime He is alive and in the world functioning, to- gether with the holy spirit, in the hearts and lives of men who are true believers, in His churches, and who are the body of Christ"