The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-20
CHRISTIAN WORLD
IS DECLARED ONLY
WAR
Pearce Says France and Ger
many Kept Apart BY
Funds

Give the world to Christ or pre-
pare to baptise the world with the
blood of civilization" declared w. C.
Pearce of the National Sunday school
association, discussing The Spiritual
League of Nations" before the Ala
bama Sunday school association at
the First Methodist church Thurs
day night.
with sixteen of the great powers
of the world actively preparing for
war no one can tell when the break
will come. The one thing prevent
ing open warfare between France
and Germany today is the lack of fin
ances and preparation" he declared.
Continuing he said: with one half
the world Christian and the other
half Pagan no one can predict what
the final result may be. Conditions
today remind the student of history
of the conditions which lead up to
our own Civil war Slavery was not
profitable in the north 1t was profit
able in the south. This caused diff
ferent conditions In each section,
both antagonistic. So it is with the
world today, as regards religion"
Under the present conditions he
was best for America to prepare for
war in her own defense, but there
was one thing he did know, and that
was America can and should assist
in giving Christ to the entire world.
our ability to give Christ to the
world depends upon the teachings of
the church." he said. I'VE haven't a
teaching church in America, we
haven't a teaching church in the
| world"
Urges World Association.
He said there was but one solution
to present world troubles and that
was to organize the world into one
big Sunday school association. He
said America should assist more than
any other nation in this movement,
because she was more able, and the
entire world was looking to Amer
lea. Especially was this true In
China Japan, Korea and other
countries of the Orient.
He told of his work for the Sun
day school in India, in Egypt, in
Japan, in China, in Korea and in
many other countries, and how
Sunday schools were being organized
in those countries, but said more
teachers and more money was needed
in all these countries, to carry on
this work
The Christian education of youth
Is the only salvation of the world"
he declared. More Sunday school
literature printed in the various
languages is needed badly"
He declared if the United States
did not assist Germany in organic
ing Sunday schools I'VE may be
called upon to pay for our failure in
blood in later years"
O O o
Looking to America.
"The world is looking to America
for religious leadership, and the Civ
ing of Christ TO the world" he de-
clared will we fall down on the
job? We will win If we will only
do our part in the great world Sun
lea needs is a baptism of fire for
Christ and His teachings"
He said that Birmingham was CIV
ing 1000 year for the world Sum-
day school work.
At the close of the address the
Government Street Baptist church,
Mobile, was presented with a Chris
tan flag for sending the largest
number of delegates to the state
presented with flag for the largest
number of delegates from any coun-
ty in the state.
A resolution extending thanks to
the press, Chamber of Commerce,
Birmingham Council of Religious
Education. the First Methodist
church, Gov. w. w. Brandon and
many others who addressed the con-
vention; Artemus Lewis, director of
club, young women of the women's
colleges of Alabama and many other
citizens was adopted Thursday night.