New Britain herald., 1927-01-27
CHAMPIONS YOUTH
 IN ITS REVOLUTION
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all depends. not upon the garment, 1 but upon the girl. Since grandmoth-
 CTS have themselves subscribed to
 the new fashion. they are quite cer- ! tain that their former views were
 mistaken ones.
 God Practically Different ] If you are as familiar with the l origins of religion as is desirable for l your future comfort in case you be- 1 come seriously involved in religion. i you will appreciate that God is not unchangeable. Fundamentally He Is i the same yesterday. today and to-
 morrow, but practically. He was
 much different yesterday than He 1 will be tomorrow.
 For your background, if you have studied the beginnings of re- ligions, you have stored in your mind certain pictures-of man wor- shipping. first the powers of na- ture in awe of good and evil spirits that need to be made friendly to man by sacrifices on high places of the chiefs of the tribes respected as gods-of the sun and moon wor- shipped as deities Of reality-of the change from outdoor to indoor gods
 when man began to build house for himself and temples for his gods of how he made images of the out door deities so that he could con fine them between four walls--of i the rise of the caretakers of the
 gods, the priests. until they became a powerful factor in early iife-of their increased dominion over their
 subjects in proportion as religion
 was made mysterious-and of the rites, ceremonies, rituals and other forms created as complexities for
 religion that was originally simple. Thus fortified and with an ap- preciation of the comedy of fife, one may choose his own faith and not be in danger of becoming religious bigot.
 But If you have partaken Of the common heritage of religious train ing, you have paid more attention to the selection of your clothes than
 you have given to the choosing of
 your reNgion. The accident of birth into a Christian home has probably
 been a bigger factor in making you Christian than has voluntary choice on your part.
 Tn that case you cannot afford to be too naughty about your faith. Certainly there should be no intDi- erance on your part toward Roman Catholics, who are fellow Christians. And 1t is bad manners to despise the
 Hebrews who furnished the founder
 of your religion. Also it hardly be- hooves any of Us to belittle the re-
 Iigion of those people whom we are wont to call heather. AS
 Frenchman said. Tt is neither per , ynissible nor prudent to mock at any idol"
 Errors of Proselyting
 Especially Is this true if one is
 bent on proselyting. as the policy
 of pioneer missionaries to foreign
 countries proves by what Is now 1 happening in China and Indio. ! Christianity seems to us superior to
 Confueianism and Mohammedanisn1, I but if Chinese, Japanese and East
 Indians don't think 50. after sam
 bling Christian civilization for hun-
 dred years, then they have a perfect l right to follow God in their own l way. More progress might have f been made if the missionaries had felt that all gods are divine. And 1 if Upton Close is right in his analy-
 sis of the situation. the world may
 soon witness the end of Christian
 civilization in Asia
 That is quite different matter 1 than saving that Jesus teaching and
 His gospel will be effaced from 1 Asiatic countries. Quite the contrary. | 1t Is entirely possible that the king dom of heaven may come as real ity in lands that are strange to the name Christian. Jesus ts very ac- ceptable in China, Japan and India. Christianity at present Is not in &a-
 vor there.
 If you are accustomed to taking for granted that the two are one and the same thing, inseparahie.
 you should know that Jesus and
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