Evening star., 1925-02-02
WAR END IS GREAT
MISSION Of CHURCH,
PRELATE DECLARES
Tells Conference of World
Delegates to Get Be-
hind Movement.
DECLARES STRIFE RESTS
ON JUNGLE PRINCIPLES
Woman Asks National Pride Based
on Intolerance of Other
Nations Be Dropped.

Characterizing war as the outcome
Of the principles of the jungle Get,
Grab and Keep if You Can" Bishop
Michael Bolton Furse of st. Albans,
England, placed before representa-
tives of 10000, 900 Protestants at the
Foreign Missions convention in Wash
ington Auditorium today, whole
hearted appeal for international as
sistance.
we are in an awful mess in the
world" he said. "Will you come and
help us? We can't get along with
out you"
This represents one OF the broadest
appeals from Protestants across the
Atlantic to fellow churchmen on this
side of the ocean. 1t was received
with warm acclaim by the 5000 dele
gates and guests packing the Wash
ington Auditorium.
Woman Voices Plea.
A voice from this side OF the At
lantic, denouncing war and appeal
ing for the acceptance Of a Chris
fanized readjustment OF international
relationships was heard when Mrs.
Thomas Nicholson of Detroit, Presi-
dent of the Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society OF the Methodist
Episcopal church, took the floor i'm
mediately after Bishop Furse.
War is an anacronism in the life
of civilized man." she said. Let US
be done with our patronizing attf-
tudes; done with the glorifcation of
war or condonation Of 1t; let national
pride be based not on our country,
right or wrong but upon ideals of
service; let us recognize potentiali-
nf
cial, psychological and other causes
of war, develop thinkers. not fighters,
and wage peace under the flag of the
Prince of Peace
Let child love child and war will cease;
Dlsarm the hearts, for this is peace.
High Lights of Session.
The plea of Bishop Furse and the
practical reply of Mrs Nicholson were
the high lights in this last day session
of the convention.
Bishop Furse went deeply into the
causes of war
War is the logical outcome of the
principles on which we had built our
so-cailed civilization" he said. "Thev
were the principles of the jungle
get, grab and keep If you can. Based
on the idea that a mans life, or
= nations life, consists in the number
Of things he or 1t possesses. modern
np, and this has been also the basis
OF international relationships.
mis- leads inevitably to war.
we were at war before 1914 DO
tentlally We are at war TODAY and
VIII continue to be so so long as
these ideas dominate men and nation.
Fear Dominant Factor,
Fear is the dominant factor ~
the jungle. Every single member If
Inc jungle is afraid of some other
: member. The spirit of getting al.
ways leads to the fear of losing. The
only thing that can cast out fear Is
perfect love. But love in the Chris
tan Interpretation Of love Is giving
anu service. When you are out to
serve somebody you cease to be
afraid of him.
ne enterprise of missions as
gee IL, is to disseminate these right
IDEAS OF the world, of the human race
ana of life and to demonstrate and
diHuse this spirit of comon humanity
shh orotherhCd. We take our mes
sage, not as superior people confer
ring benefits, but as fellow human
beings asking a favor. And the favor
1s the help which other nations can
give IN making the world what Cod
means II to be. This as fact is
Gods method.
Less preaching-more teaching
Less talking-more silence Because
~ Is only new spirit that can
change the world. That is the snirit
of the Prince of Peace living in and
demonstrated in the lives of men and
women. To get this spirit you have
got to give God a chance of filling
You up with it. This is the spirit
in which we should carry Christ to
others That is what we of England
say to you in America
Says Church Can't Stop.
Regarding the missionary service,
Mrs. Nicholson stated that the church
has started something 1t cannot stop.
The movement" she said, lis at
a pivotal, critical, potential stage.
If 1t is decided now that frontiers
must be fortified, that each nation
must work out it's own destiny, sur
rounded by the barriers of race pref
udice or national pride, a warless
world cannot be achieved. There must
be no limited Christ and no partial
gospel There must be no bigoted
racial distinctions, or narrow patriot
ism taught by the church, for such
is A misinterpretation of Christ's
words.
The church of Christ is on trial
The church failed to avert the World
War. but il is doing its best to avert
another What better method can
the church use than the processes of
Christian education? Christ held up
the child as a model Why could not
there be the promotion of friend
ship, justice and good will among
all nations by educating the children
of the nations?
Just remember that only $4,000
900 was appropriated for a years
work to extend the kingdom of the
Prince of Peace. And the World War
cost approximately $4,000, 900 an hour.
Five hours of wars would have ex-
hausted the entire years appropria-
tion for peace"
Canadian Speaks.
Application of Christian theory
OF international relationship to
world problems was urged by New
ton w. Rowell, president of the War
Council of Canada some years ago
and now the delegate of Canada to
the League OF Nations.
"A Christian theory of interna-
tipnal relations" he said, "involves
hsognition of the fundamental unity
or our humanity. For nearly thou
sand years the idea of the unity of
our humanity under the common
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