Evening star., 1925-05-08
BRYAN DENOUNCES
GODDESS SCHOOLS
Declares Materially Is Worst
Evil Force in Mod
ern Time.

Sharply scoring Goddess intelli-
gence" and pointing to Leopold and
Loeb and an alleged typhoid germ
murderer as horrible examples, VIII
liam Jennings Bryan told an audience
of more than 5000 persons at the
Washington Auditorium last night
that the greatest menace of the world
today is the intellectual who regards
religion as merely a superstition. II
was the closing session OF the l2th
annual convention of the Interna-
tioual Union of Gospel Missions.
The speaker. taking for his subject
"He Calleth Thee" or Blindness" +"
declared that spiritual blindness was
worse" than either physical or IN
tellectuaI blindness.
II believe the training of the heart
more important than the training or
the brain" said Mr.. Bryan. "A good
heart can use a dull mind to useful
purpose, but a bad heart cannot use
any kind of a mind for the beneht OF
mankind. We are liable TO fall into
the delusion of the mind worshiper.
Out of the heart are the issues of
life.
I'VE educate our children in vain II
we educate their minds and let their
hearts go to ruin"
Says Colleges Losing.
ed, was creeping into the colleges and
should be offset by an understanding
OF the gospel of Christ.
Nothing so far, he said, had been
able TO stop war, neither commerce,
eduCa ton or science. In fact, science,
he charged made war so hellish that
civilization was about to commit
suicide"
The only one thing that can save
i, h-,
bonds of universal peace" he declared,
.'is the gospel of the Prince of Peace"
Skeptics came in for criticism by
Mr. Bryan. who said there was ''righl
now an attack on Christ in learning
not tempered with love-" adding that
there was too much gospel diluted
with skepticism."
Roper Introduces Bryan.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by Daniel
c. Roper, former commissioner OF. in
ternal revenue. Bryan came to Wash
ington, it was explained by II. H.
kratzig of Norfolk, Va, presiding
officer, at his own expense, refusing
any compensation whatsoever for his
trip and lecture in the cause.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. A. E. Barrows, presi-
dent of the Ministerial Council of
host TO the convention. The choir
of Mount Vernon NJ. E. Church South,
r. Dean Shure directing. sang
Thanks Be to God" from Elijah" +"
and He Calls to Me-" by Mr.. Shure.
Resolutions expressing appreciation
to all who had helped make the con-
vention great and successful" were
presented by Rev. Charles w. Simpson
of Bridgeport, Conn.,, and unani-
mously adopted.
Three Put on Honor Roll.
Rev. W. f. Paul, president of the
union, placed on the honor roll three
men who had served for 80 years in
the same missions. David Fraser,
Montreal; L. K. Ward, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and J. c. Davis, Toronto.
Mrs. John S. Bennett, wife of the
superintendent of Central Union Mis-
sion, was rendered a tribute for her
work in Washington by DR.. w. A.
Lambeth, pastor Of Mount Vernon
NJ. f. Church South, on behalf of the
church, and others. She was pre-
Sented with a. basket of roses as the
audience stood in respect.
Miracles of Salvation" the life
stories of men who had been down
and out" and had been rescued by
missions through the gospel, were re-
lateu Dy John D Bennett, Superintend-
ent of the Central Union Mission here;
j. Arthur Schlichter of Philadelphia
and George w. Roughan of Buffalo.
Peter MacFarlane of st. Paul, in
asking for $500 contribution in
pledges and cash for the expenses of
the convention, announced that the
convention delegates had pledged S10,-
600, which would be matched by an
other $4,000 by Robert Z. Hicks, an
editor of Indiana, for three field sec
retaries. Singing was led by Peter
Quartet of Dayton, Ohio.
Rev. James II. Taylor, pastor of Cen
tral Presbyterian Church, spoke at
yesterday afternoons meeting and
Frank Carr of Philadelphia told his
life story at the Keith's Theater noon
meeting.