Evening star., 1925-07-13

trine a council at Stockholm will
formulate the developments of Chris
tian policy toward new world prob
lens.
Five hundred and fifty officials and
delegates are coming. They will be
under the presidency of the Arch
bishops of Uusala and Canterbury. the
Patriarch of Constantinople and DIR.
Arthur Brown of New York. The Sc
lection of these delegations and the
establishment of a common basis OF
activity have taken IL years of pre-
liminary work by conference of four
world groups and organizations. While
Rome will not be represented the
Pope has shown himself sympathetic.
King to Receive Delegates.
The Swedish King and government
will receive the delegates in Stock
holm. The United States shares with
Sweden and England the honor of TAX
ing a leading part in the preliminary
work under the general secretary, DIR.
Henry, Atkinson of New York. Vari-
Gus governments have shown an inter
est in the selection of delegations.
The Soviet authorities have been par
ticularly desirous to influence the
choice of representatives Of the Rus
sian Church.
who has played a supreme part in
organizing this new encyclical move
ment, Is one of the most remarkable
characters in northern Europe. His
old palace in this beautiful medieval
city is a center of world activities. A
statue of GuStavuS Adolphus at his
gateway proclaims how Sweden pre-
viously led in the battle for world
freedom and progress. In his fine
fEVlN Il
are being forced aside to make room
for cotemporary pamphlets in IL Ian
guages and American typewriters
swiftly handled by touch operators.
Is Modern Apostle.
The archbishop has just returned
from a conference with the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. He closely
questioned the writer in regard to GER
tain activities of the churchmen in
Moscow and central Siberia and ex-
changed notes concerning movements
in Prague, ConStantinople and New
York. A German delegation was wait
ing to tell of the development in their
country when the writer called. Arch
bishop Soderblom seems to be the
embodiment of the practical aspects of
modern Christianity. He is a new
type of apostle, burning up even his
tremendous frame with unceaSing ac-
tivities. He recalled the fact that this
year is the anniversary of the Nicean
council.
Definitions Of doctrine tend toward
separation" he said, but even those
who differ most completely upon doc
trinal issues find it possible TO unite
in campaigns of practical Christian
service. We emphasize the fact that
Christianity depends primarily upon
love of God and peace of soul, but
that these are inseparable from love
toward men. What should be the
attitude of the church toward the
new great social issue, national and
international; toward the duties of
citizenship and toward social injus-
tce, are burning questions which are
causing ferment throughout the whole
world. 1t is necessary to have clear
and precise ideas of our Christian
duties. / advise men who would
limit Christian activity to purely
spiritual matters to buy a cheap little
book, called The New Testament.
which is full of discussions of social
issues.
1--WE face today fresh aspects of
international, national and family re.
iations. What has the church to say
or them? 1t is here that in a united
conference. after much preliminary
work. we. shall try to establish fresh
definitions of Christian social policy" i"
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