Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-27
BISHOP DEFENDS 7
YOUTH Of TODAY
Right Rev. w. T. Mcdowell
Says Pessimists Wrong in
Appraisal of Young.

America may we'll be thankful that
the youth of the Nation is not, as a
whole. so bad as painted by pessi-
mists. for there is another youth
movement not in the direction of
frivolity and .foolishness, but in the
direction Of loyalty and earnestness."
Bishop William F. Mcdowell of the
Methodist Episcopal Church declared
today at the National Thanksgiving
service in the Metropolitan Memorial
NJ. L. Church, John Marshall Place
and c street.
Bishop Mcdowell admitted that mo
one can be unconscious of the ex-
istence of another type Of young life.
or the wide extent of it-atype that Is
shallow. superficial, worldly and reck-
less; but he pointed out that this
ways existed, and has always existed
inf large numbers" The shallow"
type, he explained. is easy to see and
exaggerate, and 1t would be easy to
grow pessimistic about it if one were
inclined to Dessimism.
Sees Move to Service.
But it is not of this class that l
am thinking on this Thanksgiving
morning" the bishop stated. There
Is another youth movement that is
indeed exercising a good dea lof free
dom and independence and showing a
good deal of Impotence with tradi-
tional restraints. but a movement
nevertheless toward service and
earnestness of life, unselfshness and
conservation to the will OF Christ.
And in this I rejoice.
Il know literally hundreds of young
men and young women in the colleges
OF America whose levels of aspiratio
Nd do, f1r I'D hn.
the average level in the churches.
They have the spirit of adventure for
the Master. They are impatient that
we do not take Him more seriously.
They have their own faults, but they
are the kind of material out of which
a new age can be made. And for
Christ's sake l thank God for them.
"A second note in my song Of
THANKSGIVING this morning is based
upon what appears to be "a clearer un-
derstanding of the meaning of faith.
Faith means SO much in the life of
the world that everything which
makes il clearer and more potent is d
distinct advantage. AS never before.
1t is coming to be seen in it's highest
reach as personal trust, one person
trusting another person. And this
makes it possible for faith to grow
with knowledge and to increase with
acquaintance.
New Day Brings Change.
There have been times when it
almost seemed as IL the less knowl-
edge a person possesses the more
faith he might have and must have.
But we have come upon better day
which exactly reverses this. We in
terpret personal faith now in the
light of the faith of Jesus Christ him
self, who knew God so perfectly that
He could trust Him SO absolutely.
Last April it was my privilege &c
give a course OF lectures at the Ohio
Wesleyan University from which Al
years ago, in June, | was permitted
to graduate. This furnished the oc-
casion for a fairly thorough review
of the student life of my own period
| in college, the years that | have
known student life since, in many
| colleges, and student life as it ex-
| lists today. And making this review
/ am bound to lift as the first note ir
my song of thanksgiving this morn
| ing my joyful gratitude for the num-
| Der of the noblest young men ant