Evening star., 1925-10-23
$50. .100. 900 Merger Safe.

sionary work, .,e published.
$50. .oo0. 900 Merger Safe.
While the merger of the II mis-
sionarv societies involving S5o.o"o.n""
was sanctioned formally by the coun-
Gil Yesterday each one Of the indiNld-
nal societies must raufy the action
Thi. is regarded as a routine mattef
which while time-consuming. VIII ne
effected without hitch.
ycsterdav's debate centered atouI
the nuestion as to whether the coun-
Gil wisely and legally could create
complete corporate merger whlch
eventually should swallow a numoer
Of the existing agencies TO which spe
ciaI funds were long ago intrusted.
Mrs. II. c. Herring Of New YORK ~
credited with swinging the tide IN
favor of the merger when she salo:
II repre- esent the inarticulate women
of he Congregational churches. heH
Rhave been uniformly in favor OF 'he
report OF the committee OF twetVr-
The only trouble with IT is that IL ooeS
not 60 far enough.
The societies involved in the merger
are the American Missionary Associs-
tiou. the Congrega Home MIS-
sionarv Society. the Congregational
church Building Society, the Consre
sattonal Sunday School Extension 90
ciety, the Congregational Educatloh
Society the congregational rouhoN-
ton for Education and the Congregs-
tional Board OF Ministerial Relief. the
Annuity Fund for Congregational Min
isrers and the congregational Nom-
ans Home Missionary Federation.
Gives Views on Dry Law.
In an address before The council
last night Mrs. Mabel Walker Willie
brandt. Assistant Attorney General
admoniehed the delegates that Amer
leans must drop the idea that SERVING
and drinking liquor at private ana
nublic functions is stylish. She ais"
scored the policy of business and pro
fessional men TO admit the bootlesger
into their society, thereby creating
the impression he is respectahie' Such
people. she said are affiicted with
sleeping sickness where law en-
forcement is concerned.
The Congregational Church mas
furnished men and money to the inter
denominat tional fight against liquor,
but has not actively supported its own
church committee on this problem.
said Wayne s. Wheeler. speaking for
the Commission on Law Enforcement
in his report to the delegates iaNt
night DR.. Wheeler cited the long list
Of denominations having prohibition,
%
missions with appropria ations ra ansinE
upward TO 500. 900 per year. and nrs-
ed the congregational Church Ia
properly finance It's own commission.
The Anti.Saloon Leagu he con
tinued was horn in congregation
STRONGHOLD: its founder was ConSre-
eationalist. and many of it's leaders
belong 10 our church. While there are
some individual churches which do
not realize that church door closed
TO this reform eventually means an
| omen saloon door and a breakdown in
! law enforcement. vet, as whole. our
| Consrega tional churches have been in
the vanguard of this fight for the past
| 80 years"
Asks Aid Of Church.
| Mr.. Wheeler appealed for IAN ade-
auate appropris ton. which, he said.
will bring hundred thousand In
dividends through prohibition and law
! enforcement.
We have Demonstrated" he said. in
| conclusion that the church has the
| mower to do the work. The only force
| that can defeat us is ourselves. There
is only one direction for Congrega ton
! alists to march in this fight for
tanning orderly government and the
greatest American uplift policy that
was ever adopted by a self-governing
people-and that is forward
Rev. DIR. Charles r. Brown Of Yale
| University. In an address. appealed
| to the delegates and their friends Ia
put the trivial matters in the sub
ordinate place where they belong. He
recounted some Of the questions that
are being asked. Was Jonah really
| swallowed by the whale Can we say
that the Bible was really inspired In
view of it's discrepancies? What about
the virgin birth. and personal devil'
What have these questions 10 do
with Iife?" DR.. Brown asked. What
does 1t matter? Let us follow Hint
into the unknown and solve out